Interlude #3:50pm

I hate Rebecca Black's Friday but Glee cast make it sound so cool. The lyrics still intolerable. Can you say Glee make everything sounds so current? From Prince's Kiss to mash-up of classic Thriller and Heads Will Roll, they're making hits after hits. Best of all, none of them are theirs.

# Friday still the worst song of the year.

Interlude #3:55am

A text received @ 01300 by my lil bro Amirul (da one showing his teeth)

Bro, aku dapat dekan!!!!

Great. Back to sleep. ZZzzz...

Day 2: #quitter always wins

Dear cigarette(s),

This is an open letter to you. The day you came to my life a year ago it was a mistake. That day you still cost RM6++ for a pack of 16. Now you cost RM10 for a pack of 20. Even I clearly know I was burning money by getting you it always fun when you're around. The picture as gloomy as my mood...

This morning without you is just a pain. Something is missing, I told myself. It was a sad morning. Working night shift is lonesome. No more puffing with coffee in my hand, looking towards Maybank Tower. Nicotine and caffeine fix can't be together no more.

It's 48 hours and counting. I love you but this relationship must stop. This is a bad romance, you know that. I'm not letting myself go so goodbye to you. You sure tempting me again and again but enough. I'm walking away from this toxic relationship. You are my Bobby Brown.

It was fun when you're around. But good things (is it?) must come to an end. I'm glad it ends, just forward is the way to go, and you ain't comin' with me.

Sincerely missing you like crazy,
demetrius02


UPDATE 11:51 PM: Shit, I'm struggling...

Day 1: The road to smoke-free

Oh, it's been a year since I started smoking. I know, that something you can really proud of. I never counted how much money I spent for that thing, but one thing for sure everytime I bought it I feel guilty. That guilty don't last long however, 'cos a year had past and I'm still smoking.

My buddy Alex told me me I gotta stop or will forever be damned (OK, not really was he said) but everyone got their thing. Bad habits that they know they gotta stop. Letting ourselves go is the common symptoms of a human being. Like Alex himself he's an online gamer. Can he just stop cold-turkey? I doubt that, but it's not fair when his habit never gonna cost him his life. My habit however can cause lung cancer, smelly breath (you got this when you roll outta bed too), yellow teeth (again, excessive coffee also causing this) etc.

I told Alex that I'm gonna stop smoking by new year's eve (2011) and he didn't believe me point blank. Yes, he was right. Not only I'm a smoker but a liar as well. Damn.

After several trial, I've say it is the time to end this insanity. I'm putting my foot down and no negotiations after that. The deal has been made.

I'm quitting smoking y'all. It's been 18 hours since my last puff and it's not good. I'm struggling to hold on. Shit. Pray for me. Peace.

No...later

Look at this picture. What is it? A BlackBerry Curve. I remember my previous job handles a lot of this gadget. If you have a BB in my previous office you are very important and you don't really have a life. Trust me, when I'm handling you a BB you don't want to take it. Period.

The point of having a BB in the first place is for emailing, as most companies reply so much on emails rather than calls. But now college students own one. I mean, what so great about this thing? Smaller screen, annoying QWERTY keypad (once you go QWERTY, you never go back) and far less function as let's say a Nokia.

This evening I granted my brother some moolah to get this BB. I actually owe him but it's devastating when the money goes to this thing. He already own a Nokia ExpressMusic but still, Nokia probably sound cheap. I got into text argument about this and it's his money, why the hell I should care? But what I don't understand is the feeling of wanting more. I have some, but why?

Break it down y'all:

a) Guys, you know this. You have a girl who loves you and want to get married to you. But even marriage does not stop us committing an/many affair(s). Who can answer that? I can't. Can you? Girls, stop that grinning, you too.

b) Keep up with the Joneses. No, not the overly-exposed Kardashians. Kapish? It means keeping up with everyone, material-wise. Your friend own a car, you gotta have one as well, but better. Handphones, houses, furniture you name it. Everything money can buy.

c) Career speak. I don't really fancy my current job now but it's way better than my previous. One year I promised myself, it will be new career path. Better money and benefits of course.

A few examples. But I keep thinking, why? For material-wise, can't we live frugally? Speaking of that, frugal is what I am now. I rarely eat out, as I learned to cook. I eat a lot (sure, hard to believe) so cooking is a no-brainer. If I cook, I can cook quite a lot for myself. It's not that good, but for survivalism I'm on it.

Clothes? Haha, not in my financial book. My mum get mad sometimes when I show up in old outfit. She can't believe that I'm working and very rarely buy new clothes. Mom, I don't need new clothes to be happy. Be frugal, that's OK.

Restraining yourself from committing one of seven deadliest sin (greed) is good. It shows you don't need lots of stuff to be happy. I am, sort of. I'm too shallow to reach Buddha's serenity.

I am...Sasha Fierce.

No seriously,

I am superficial, I am shallow, I am human.

BlackBerry, I'm gonna get you later.

Is GaGa losing her edge?

Last February I've got the chance to watch the Grammy live and the reason to wake up a little bit early was to catch what in the world GaGa would wear this time. After countless of ordinary outfit by other celebrity GaGa finally arrives, in an egg (or a vessel according to her). So, the world missed what she put on for the red carpet this year. What a shame. I was wondering was she naked or pretend to be a baby inside that vessel?

Nobody knows for sure but when she debuted her single Born This Way (dubbed as the best album of the decade by herself) it was plain and simple. The song leaked 2 days earlier and when I first listened I thought I downloaded a demo instead of ready-to-air single. What the hell happened to her?

Honestly the world expected something more from her. I do. When she debuted in the music scene I was thinking this is the true successor of Madonna. Well Britney is out of the picture now with her life gone haywire (a few comeback after that resolved this problem) and Christina Aguilera tanked her last album. Well I spoke too soon...

Music critics commented first single Born This Way just a rip-off of Madonna's Express Yourself and Vogue. I couldn't agree more. While she defended the song as original, her second single Judas tanked on charts as well. The single never reach Top 5 (it's ridiculous for this Mother Monster) and new promotional single already out titled Edge of Glory. U.K seems to agree as none of the singles reach #1 there, ironically her debut single Just Dance peaked at #1 weeks before reaching the penthouse in the U.S.

The album is not even out but more songs already released and so far a little praise for all of them. Edge of Glory sounded like 80's band Tears for Fears would sing and Judas just part 2 of Bad Romance. I am disappointed and wondering where the hell the old GaGa gone to?

The Fame was brilliant and the follow up EP Fame Monster was even better. Telephone was one of the best collaboration with Kill Bill-esque video to boot as well. After spending some time on the road for her Monster Ball tour, which become the highest-grossing tour for new artist maybe Mother Monster let herself go with craziness like her persona, overly designed and poorly executed.

 The cover is another thing. It looks cheap and plain awkward. GaGa born as a motorcycle? Does experimenting with Photoshop resulted such a hideous cover? They run out of budget to hire good photographer for an album cover? Nobody knows. I'm not the only one hurt my vision with this image, apparently many are.

The album will drop next week (May 23rd) and no doubt it will debut on top of the chart, but will it stay? With no reliable singles the album just gonna slip down the chart just like the singles. As a consumer I'm not convinced just being a fan required me to get the album. I am a fan of her last studio works. As for current masterpiece, it's just crap.

Now whos' next?

With Osama is now dead, who could be the next person disturbing the peace? You might probably say the whole al-Qaeda but what really rockin' KL now is the anonymous acid splasher. It's been going since last year and suprisingly the police still haven't got their hands on this acid splasher. Hmm...probably they're busy with some video issues (I need not fill you in for that).


I'm working in shifts and there are times that I need to work during graveyard shifts. I tell you, graveyard shift is fun. I'm sure you can't really put up with that but do you realize that when there are no people, meaning there will be no problem? It's pure heaven. But now with this acid guy running loose my journey to my office start to become sort of a challenge.

I know that only girls and ladies should be aware, but I don't know if the splasher might change his splashing policy (I'm damn sure he has some) and start looking for male victim. But in order to understand this human, we should list down his possible motive. Urm, these are mine:

a) He got wayyy too much acid supply and wants to get rid of them...on humans.

b) He wanted to test whether his acid supply works. Imagine this:

KUALA LUMPUR: The acid splasher strikes again this morning on his (insert numbering here) victim. The victim was walking toward her car and splashed with corrosive liquid.

The splasher: Oh, my acid works! Thank goodness. Now next bottle to try...

c) He's tired with news on the TV and newspaper. He wanted to be the headline rather than some hotel-made pornographic materials.

d) He watched SAW VI and wanted to try also. Maybe later he will use a reverse bear trap on some drug addict and caught a few Alongs to test how much limbs they willing to give (please watch SAW I and VI if you have no idea what I'm talking about).

Pretty good huh? Well, he probably reading my blog now and I bet he's nodding in agreement. I'm not a psycho per se but this is the world. People are their worst enemy. I can't see splashing acid to strangers is fun but I think it is fun when you can do it and get away with it.

My advice to this guy, dude, what the hell are you doing? There are a lot of problem in this world already, why the hell you become one of it? I think our PM should contact President Obama on how they located Osama like last time. Oh, it might take a decade to find this splasher and they might found some porns in his compound. Hey, if Osama accused of watching porn this guy probably heading the same way. And guess what, maybe some hotel-made porn are there too. So who recorded/upload the video is no longer a mystery.

Two birds with one stone. THAT'S EXCELLENT!!