This is my Malaysia. I would do anything to protect this freedom.
But I’m frustrated by the indecent acts of my own kind towards other people. That’s one way to make sense & a realization from one of many mom’s best advices: don’t watch too much of television.
Maybe someday, everything will make sense to them. Just maybe, there’s hope for them.
Salam Malaysia.
Here, I present a simple case study in order to prove my tweet. In the end, it’s all about passion & execution.
The latest addition to the family tree. She was born prematurely at 7 months. She’s Nurin’s lil sister & my new girlfriend. Best thing is, she’ll be sharing a birthday with her aunt too!!! And to make it more memorable, 14th of May was the official launch date for Google Maps Malaysia. Awesome :)
Her name is Nurin Shahirah. Hello world…
LOL. Sorry. It’s funny to me. Hehehe…
First & foremost, I want to apologise to my buddy Sukeats, for laughing at your reply email which you actually included your house address. That was the killer! I fell from my chair at work when I read your reply. LOL.
This is a mean, mean, not cool April fools prank, but I was out of ideas. In fact, I almost forgot it was Prank Day day. My colleague told me about his prank few years back. So, just to prove a point (which is: please stop asking me about when it’s my turn. it’s annoying), I just say why not just tell everyone I was getting married. I mean, seriously, and this is to my lifelong buddies (you know who you are), if I was really getting married, you know I will surprise all of you, but it will be personal occasion for me. I mean, it’s one of those BIG decisions of my life, hell no I’m going to let you all know about via email?!?!? I know where you live (my buddies), so there’s no excuse for me. You know how touchy and jiwang I can get about these stuff…
But still… there was a house address. LOL.
And to my new buddies, well, if this was true, you will be surprised by me. Again. This time with a card. Haha. The truth is, I was bored. Just needed to pull a silly prank. Haven’t done that for ages.
I’m soooooo going to “kena” next year…
I sometimes surprise, how childish I can be and also how childish other people can be too. Too bad, most of them hardly admits it. Now, since you people think that getting out from Facebook is bad for your social life, please, please use your academically trained brain to read their Terms of Service even before you sign up.But 95% of Internet user, NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO READ THE TERMS OF SERVICE!
I left Facebook because of this & at the same time, I’m conducting an experiment/observation on Facebook and would like to see how much of my personal data is being retained after 3 months of hiatus. I thought you guys were supposed to be the degree holders, you’re supposed to be smarter than a regular self taught guy like me.
Well, I hardly read the TOS also, but at least, I read it paragraph by paragraph when I signed up with Facebook in 2005. The version back then was way different than now. I just didn’t noticed the “irrevocable” part this time. Scary shit.
Sheesh. I’m the one with ADHD. Are you like me too?
iQ, we will surely miss you bro. I just didn’t expect our supposed gathering would be on your funeral day man. It was just the other day when all of us were commenting on the photo we took together at David’s old house in Bangsar. And Bruce Lee. Haha. It was just yesterday, dude…
The Ruffneck clique is here to stay & be well for you bro. Al Fatihah, rest in peace.
Firdhaus Othman, 1984 – 2008.
Update: Here are some links to reports about the accident involving iQ. Shree also made a tribute remix of the last song recorded together with iQ.
Those were my reading materials when I was 9 years old. My mother bought almost completed the whole collection of different edition & paperbacks for each title, which sadly was ultimately destroyed by the ravaging, hungry termites. Last night, we had a small family get together & I browsed into some of our old family photo albums. My god, how naughty I was. My sidekick was my little brother, we do almost everything together.
We had the luxury at that time – 1st generation of Nintendo Gameboys, Sega Game Gear, Mortal Kombat games, Micro Genius, Atari console, the works. I spent my past time being an avid Tottenham Hotspurs fan, drooling over Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne & Gary Lineker. I’d also spend my dad’s money buying those Popular Electronic, model airplane magazines & also those science magazines that came with a binder & free stuff. I can’t remember what was it called, but those magazines where super cool. I guess my geekness was really there at an early age. I just never bothered to harness it, I guess.
When we lost (almost) everything due to the ’90s economic downturn, thinking back, it was a blessing in disguise. Had we not lost everything, I would ask my dad to send me to MIT. But had we not lost everything, I would have not instilled & nurtured my self determination to succeed in life no matter what the obstacles are in front of me. Had we not lost everything, I would have been a spoiled brat with a different mindset. Had we not lost everything, I would have not learn to be grateful.
Fast forward to present day, I watched my nephew Ben typed his search terms in YouTube’s nicely positioned search box. He was looking for “dragonball”, “digimon” & “majin buu” and added every single video that he finds interesting on YouTube’s quicklist feature. When he’s done, he just click on his quicklist & enjoyed his cartoons. Amazing. Simply amazing. But one thing though, this could be a sign of human evolution but also a sign to show that we, parents & uncles alike, need to teach these kids to learn to read & appreciate books. Hell, until today, my mom’s Britannica Encyclopedia circa 1980s is still my reference & reading material whenever I’m bored at home.
I guess losing is winning.
Many asked me why I quit the KJROLLERS group. Some came up to me with a direct approach, some just, well, let say loves to assume the reasons why I quit. If you’d like to talk to me about it, please come and talk to me. Don’t just hide behind the tree like a Hindustani actor/actress.
Here’s a reason why I quit: it’s time to move on to my next adventure. I can’t be stuck and be happy & miserable doing the same things & go thru the same shit all over again. When there’s no compromisation, you can either keep on fighting or leave. And I choose to leave.
I’ve been skating for 14 years(if you want to find out how long I’ve been rollerblading, take my age & divide it into 2) & co-founded the KJROLLERS with my 2 other friends for more than 12 years ago. It is without doubt there are clashes of thoughts & arguments with each other, but it was for the sake of Malaysian rollerblading, which I hope would also be the reasons for the other 2 co-founders.
I’m like Jawed Karim, the 3rd silent co-founder of YouTube, where he takes the back seat. He was the one who conceptualized and inspire the development of YouTube (the general public don’t really know this fact, so sad) & let the other 2 co-founders take all the fame & glory. It was full of happy times & happy thoughts. And I choose to go first.
Gua jalan dulu beb.
Find my next adventure or it will find me. I prefer to be an independent & a nobody. But that doesn’t mean I quit skating. That is one thing I can’t quit. Full stop.
And nobody actually know how exactly failure feels like. But anyone can know how to avoid one.
That’s the thing. Why is everyone so afraid of failing? Why is failure not an option? Subhannallah, God didn’t make us humans perfect. But that doesn’t make Him a failure. Maybe, just maybe all that He intended to do was for us to learn how to fall, so that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
I am in no position to think the way He thinks, but it is a thought.
I did something incredible today(more precisely, yesterday). It’s a decision that has been made several years back but it took several years after to figure what, how & when to make it into a reality.
I officially resigned from any active role from my 14 year old rollerblading crew, KJROLLERS. Yes, they are my own version of the “Band of Brothers“. The battle scars that I’ve accumulated over the years are like tatoos that will always reminds me of the great years I had in life as a skater & also as a friend. Was I a good skater, was I a good friend? That answer remains to be unanswered. And I prefer it to be mysteriously that way. Oddly enough.
I don’t regret letting it all go & moving on to be a simple boring geek in this underestimated world. When I think back, without those years, I wouldn’t had made it alive & well today. To be honest to the world, I have never felt better. It’s like nagging thought that has been hidden and keeps scratching for an itch that was never there yet. And now it’s gone. I saw freedom.
It’s ok not to be cool. But it’s not ok to be unable to free yourself when you know you can. That, is not cool.
To the KJROLLERS, I wish them the best of luck & may the group reach success where no one has ever reached before. This I know will happen. In fact, it’s been happening all the while.
Thank you for everything. Thank you for being my friends.