the journey 5

it’s here! =D *jumps around*

glory glory man uni… what the?!?!?

malaysia is really a sucker when it comes to wasting resources, with the latest example being the petrol subsidy system review. how does that waste resources? well, implementation takes money. the systems to give different people different subsidies. the people to design the system. the rollout of the system. it all takes money, and it all is a waste.

thank God that’s gone. for now at least.

here we have another interesting example. now, what could tmnet, malaysia’s slowest number 1 internet service provider have to do with manchester united, the greatest football club in the history of mankind? nothing at all. and yet here we have this:

“Manchester United has signed Malaysia’s leading telecommunications provider, Telekom Malaysia, on a five-year deal to become its Official Integrated Telecommunications Partner in the country.”

integrated telecommunications partner? what the heck is that? why does man utd need an integrated telecommunications partner anyway? i bet anyone in any tmpoint outlet wouldn’t be able to justify what just happened right here. i’m literally speechless, the only thing i can ponder is how much is tmnet paying man utd coz confirm + guarantee man utd ain’t gonna pay tmnet for any “integrated telecommunications partner” thingy.

i think tmnet thought that we malaysians would be impressed that they could get a deal with such a football team in the epl, but instead i as a streamyx user can only wonder where the money i’m paying for my monthly broadband is going. it definitely is not going to repairs at underwater cables that seem to disrupt everytime. it’s not going to improving their QoS as well.

and to make it worse, remember that man utd deals in british pounds, not malaysian ringgit.

i think whoever thought up of this marketing plan in tmnet must be feeling superbly proud right now, almost as proud as the dude in the govt that proposed that 1malaysia should have a facebook account. but boy are they wrong.

now i’m just waiting for some other ISP to cover my housing area. then bye bye streamyx. oh yeah, here’s my favourite part of the article:

“Just like Manchester United, winning and being the best at what we’re at is our business, and that is why we believe this partnership will benefit both entities. This agreement also goes to show that anything is possible when we connect, communicate, and collaborate.”

read more here

the journey 4

it’s here! =]

the journey 3

oh no, it’s lost! where are you? 😦

the journey 2

it’s here now…

the journey 1

it starts here…

51

that’s the number of days that we’re in to 2010. let’s see what i’ve achieved so far…

1. i’ve got a new job
2. big things happening for my bands (stay tuned)
3. learning to walk toward God

it’s funny how you can feel close to God and yet not be close to Him at all, doncha think? i think i’ve been like that for quite some time. it’s kinda scary, how we can bluff ourselves that everything’s alright when it’s not.

not that things are bad, but they’re not good =]

hopefully things will change.

oh look. day 52 is here.

it’s been a long time

i think i should start blogging again.

what do you think?

this brings back memories

nice job guys. though u should’ve gagged him. i think some of u guys chickened out once victor started shouting =P and kenny, come on la. u got exp doing all this, why la aim nipples, u should pull down his pants already 😉

iact street party

its about time another gig came by =] iact is moving to a cooler place, and we’ll (underheadlights) be playing at their launch cum street partay!!! from what i’ve heard there’s a lot of planning going down for this event so it’s gonna be huge!

there’s gonna be bands (one buck short, underheadlights, eg), even a rap group (manhand), exhibitions (it IS an advertising institute) and awareness events all placed out through the day (25th april). so mark the date down, put on your jumping shoes and come and have a blast!

save me from myself

sounds like a pretty emo title eh? you can kinda image me at the corner of my room,  dim lights with an empty bottle of heineken by my side. i’m curled up in a fetus position, a little tear in my eye. holding a razor in my right hand and my scribbled last words to the world on a crumpled paper in my left, i’m ready to meet my maker.

but we all know my emo days are over eh? heh.

do you know this face?

you don’t? ah, here are some clues:

1. he is a musician
2. his stage name is one of a part of your body
3. his ex-band is the name of a particular yellow fruit comically spelt with a “k” instead of a “c”

for the uninformed ppl who never experienced the nu metal wave that came in the 90s, this is brian “head” welch, former lead guitarist of pioneering nu metal band korn. though i’m not a particular big fan, i must say that i really love a few of their tracks, namely freak on the leash (something takes a part of me), their cover of Cameo’s Word Up and their recent hit twisted transistor.

so yeah a small conversation on korn (that’s all i’m capable of) and now head left the band some 4 years ago after he went to church and accepted Christianity into his life. and now, what we all have been waiting for is here. head’s solo project! titled… you can guess this one =]

save me from myself

i must say the few tracks i’ve listened to on this album sounds really interesting. its still very much loud, hardcore and full of screams, so don’t expect head to suddenly become steven curtis chapman aiight? if you’re a fan of loud music with that nu metal influence then go on and sample some of his tracks by clicking on the album art above.

would your mum consider this a good influence? hmm…

i think a nice controversial song he has is die religion die which he says is about how religious ppl use the bible and its content to give them “the right” to judge ppl which is quite true in today’s world. i think we have too many ppl with strong opinions who speak up too often and think they know more than they do.

here’s a little snippet of a telephone interview he did

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You achieved an incredible amount of success while you were in Korn. You scored two Grammys, you won several MTV awards and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Can you define what success meant to you while you were in Korn, and then define what success means to you now?

To me, success meant getting a record deal when I started out in Korn. After that happened, I started making a lot of money and the success just went through the roof: I got a gold record, a platinum record, and then we hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart. You can’t get any higher than that! It was cool, but then I thought: “Is this it? I’ve reached my goal. I climbed the mountain of success, I reached the top and I hit the bell. Ding! I made it! Now the only way to go is down because I already made it to the top.” It was like, O.K., I rang the bell at the top, but it just didn’t satisfy me.

Now success is watching what God is doing through me. Jesus already won! He’s the success. He died on the cross, and it’s finished. He said, “It is finished.” So once I came to Christ, I reached the ultimate success! Now it’s both of us completing the work that we have together on earth, but that just flows and happens. [Sometimes I battle] with depression, but I don’t freak out because God is faithful. He’ll get me out of it, and it’s already done. Jesus did everything; that’s success—He’s my success!

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he sounds so Christian eh? read the whole thing here

and just for fun, some videos!