Of new beginnings and endings

Packing up and moving back to my WWW.IVANYEE.COM address. Its been fun blogspot, I'll just keep my blogspot account so I can spam Elaine's blog once in a while. TOOTS

Of Bangkok Trips

Well the entire trip began pretty early.

It was a 8.30AM flight out of Kuala Lumpur and so we were at the airport two hours earlier to wait for Joon Han and Ah Soon. Whilst waiting for them, me and Bak (who followed me to the airport) took a quick nip at KLIA’s one and only McDonalds.

I was having this craving for French fries and decided upon a McValue Fillet O’fish set but was told that it was too early and they only had their stupid breakfast sets. What the hell is a McMuffin? Tasted like dried up sponges left in the freezer and defrosted for consumers.

Flight was uneventful. Did not sit next to a beautiful girl, but on a happier note, I got all 4 seats in a row to myself. Touchdown in Bangkok International Airport. POOF The next thing I knew, we were at the bakery which we were working for. Client wasn’t around so we checked into our hotel THE FIRST HOTEL which was about RM180 a night!

Spent the day goofing of until the next day. Left the hotel early and rushed to the bakery again.Actually started work today, Their public transport system is pretty decent! Took a train to Ngamwongwan district and from there took a cab to our destination.

Ah Soon worked on his product design and I worked on my postcard illustrations. Joon Han started to experiment with his lime juice drink which he plans to introduce to Thailand and Bak fiddled with his camera.

Worked through the day until night finally came…

Phat Phong, a part of Bangkok’s infamous Red-light district. We were all there on the second day

It pretty much resembled Hong Kong’s “Lui-yan kai” or a typical Pasar Malam back home in Malaysia. Everything ranging from T-shirts to DVDs to knick-knacks and accessories were to be purchased from the many various stalls lining the streets!. But that sort of stuff is boring, … on to the fancy parts!

As we took our first steps into the throng of people, we were instantly assailed by bustler yelling “Sir, Sir! You want see Pussy? Super Pussy?” It was hilarious! This happened ALL the way down the street, we would be approached with offers ranging from exclusive Thai girl Ping-pong shows to Banana shows. I personally wonder what the hell a Ping-Pong show would be like. My rampant imagination ran off for a moment here and totally obscene images floated to the surface of my often perverse mind.

I mean, what else could one do with ping-pong balls and a vagina? Bak on the other hand was sorely tempted. Every bustler seemed to converge onto Bak like flies to a smelly lump of poo. This could either be because Joon Han kept pointing to Bak or the fact that Bak has been trying to grow a Goatee/Mustache which is REALLY humsup. He looks like a very dark dirty old man. Chinese people should never try to grow facial hair, especially if it makes them look grubby and unclean. I’ve tried it myself once, but after looking like a Bum that just found his way out of the Long-kang, I shaved the lot off.

Finally a bustler managed to win Bak over with a free offer. He can go up for free, just to look at the “wares”. Thai dancing girls,… WOW. Anyways he wanted to go up but for some bloody reason he insisted I go up with him. Personally I don’t really like the idea of selling one’s body but this was Bak’s first time overseas and he has never seen boobies. So up the both of us went while Joon Han and Ah Soon stood downstairs with knowing grins on their smug faces.

We went past bouncers, hostesses, all which greeted us with the traditional “Sa Wa Dee Kap!” as we were ushered into a dark room with roaring music. Instantly hostesses rushed to us and pointed at tables gibbering in Thai. Being the eloquent linguist I was, I parried off all offers with a polite “Mai Chai” Which according to a Thai friend means “no” If Anthony did indeed lie to me, I will kill him the next time I see him.

Bak on the other hand started to panic in the room. The mixture of naked women and loud music and hostesses rushing to him must have shocked his guts out because when I turned to ask him if he wanted to stay, all he could shout was “PHIET!” Which in Cantonese is the rough equivalent of “Lets get the fuck out of here!” His facial expression was priceless at that moment. I’m guessing he probably has to wash his underwear later or something.

We left the establishment with me laughing my ass off at Bak. I am a bastard. Bwahahaha.

Well, as said earlier, the rest of the street was filled with other totally cool stuff. Surprisingly Han said most of the DVDs come from Malaysia as we ARE the regions largest exporter of pirated mediums. I wasn’t sure whether it was proper of me, but I felt a temporary surge of nationalistic pride. WOW! The largest pirates around!... How cool is that?

I ended the day going back to the hotel earlier as I had some work to do before showing the client the following morning. Bak and Ah Soon went to look for a Thai Massage. They only got back at 5.00am or so and judging from their faces, they seemed to have went to the wrong Thai Massage ^^ (if you know what I mean) What actually happened I don’t know and don’t feel like asking, but would have made a good story though.

Lets just assume they got sexual offers or they went to a Transvestite massage parlour. (Edit: They didn't get a massage and instead went to a Cyber-Cafe)

The stupid business-men from China are making a racket outside the room as I write this early in the morning. I laugh at their earlier efforts at communicating with Thai women as I passed them in the lobby earlier in the evening.

More Later..

Of Tablets

Alas so many things to tell, so little time to post!

I just got a WACOM tablet courtesy of the Boss, pretty happy about it. Its one of those HUGE A3 sized things that fit your screen perfectly. Pretty much having the time of my life tinkering around with it now.

The thing about tablets is getting your mind used to the idea of moving the stylus where you want your cursor to go. I was still fixated on moving the cursor ala rollerball mouse. Took me about 2 days to fix my mindset to it.

Heres a first image I'm doing with the tablet. The pressure strokes are GREAT! A little different from traditional strokes but its getting there I hope. I still haven't taken the time to configure the brushes. I downloaded a set of brushes apparently *used* by a pretty good digital artist.


The girl IS definately NOT anyone I know, but just a quick brush test. Did it in 15 miinutes and the tablet passes beautifully! I'm definately going to save up to get one of these for the home.

Sidenote : Bak is smoking in the office and it stinks. Please don't smoke in an air-conditioned room. It makes the air unbearable and stale. Thats what the stairwell is for. Going to de-brain him after this entry.

Of Wallpapers

Whew! no time to Blog these days, well actually there IS! But most bloggers would know times come when one winds down for a while then picks up speed again!

In the office now making wallpapers instead of working my ass off. Heres two I just completed, both in 1024x768 resolution in case anyone might fancy them! HAH! It would be lovely if anyone actually uses these!! ^_^

Liquid Red


Download a larger version >here

Skyscraped


Download a larger version here

Liquid Red was done for the hecks of it. I'm not too sure why either or why I used what I used. On the other hand, Skyscraped is done in one of my favourite styles. All images used for both wallpapers are all mine, nothing stolen ^^ I used a few photographs I took and played with shapes and shades to come up with Skyscraped which was quite fun to do. Might make more if my boss is out of the office more often!

Anyways catch the world soon!

Of Episode III : Spoilers Ahead

Well since everyone that has seen the darn movie seems to have blogged about it. I shall too! No everyone will know what I have to say about STAR WARS EPISODE III : The revenge of the Sith!

Watched it in GSC Midvalley, chosen mainly because of their THX system! WOW! Blow my brains out! Probably about 10% different from other cinemas. Or well at least I don't know how to appreaciate good sound systems. Or maybe I just haven't been to many movies in the past months!

Ok well to sum up the whole show,

"Annie's a bitch and Obi's the One"

I'm breaking this down for easier reading. STOP READING IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED THE SHOW YET! SPOILERS AHEAD!

Padme

Padme is a really ditzy love-struck old pedophile. First off, Anakin is like,.. SOOoooo much younger than you! Way to go cradle-robber! And then, her taste in men go into the homicidal and crazy variety. Anakin polishes off a whole village of Tusken Raiders in Episode II and she still loves him and goes goo-goo over him. In Episode III, he wipes out a whole temple full of Jedis, massacres a bunch of children, turns evil and develops the trademarked "evil-eyes" and STILL theres apparently some good in him, to Padme of course.

Your husband is deranged! Move on!

The Jedi Council

The Jedi Council is of course another silly collective of super powerful nitwits. A whole council full of masters and not ONE can identify Darth Sidious. Senator Palpatine = Darth Sidious. Is he able to mask his force so effectively that not even the Green main-man Yoda can detect it?

And sometimes one really wonders just how "Master" are these Masters. 4 Jedi Masters go to confront Darth Sidious in his lovely executive office. *swish* *swash* *swoosh* Three are now piles of meat marinated in medichlorians quivering on the floor. Whatever happened to these MASTERS??

Mace Windu dies a horrible death here. But at least they remained true that Mace is a master swordsman (sabersman?) and did not lose to the Palpatine in a Light-saber duel. I'm not sure if Palpatine was play-acting his weakness or was he indeed defeated but Mace's death was a pity. Well at least Jango Fett is AVENGED!

The Jedi Killer

In the animated series THE CLONE WARS by Cartoon Network, General Grievous is an unstoppable combination of lightsaber combat and unearthly mechanical agility. He slays 5 Jedi in the series but over in the Movie, he falls to a Blaster shot from ONE Jedi, albeit a master. I am hoping that THE CLONE WARS II will explain his coughing fits and constant need for that silly cloak of his.

Obi-Wan

The reason I choose Obi-Wan as the man-of-the-match is because he not only defeats Grievous, but also kicks Anakin's ass in the grand finale battle. Well yes, he did get tossed aside by Count Dooku (Darth Tyrannus) but that was insignificant compared to his Victories.

The part where he turns anakin into a limbless charcoal stump was a little amazing and funny in a sadistic way. Honestly I would doubt anything could stand the environment of that volcanic planet without a life-support system. The heat alone, the stench of brimstone and sulfur would overpower anyone / anything. The fact that Obi-Wan could still trounce Mr.Evil Limbless is an added mystery.

Obi-Wan's the MAN all right. Not Mr.Annie-Lovedrovemenuts.

Finale

I did like the finale,.. the overall ending where they try to tie in Episode III to IV.

They introduced Leia Organa's father, the Senator Organa and Alderann which later gets blown to bits. They also bring in Wedge Antilles, a future Hero of the war and leader of Rogue Squadron. Chewbacca is introduced on Kashyyk. R2D2 and C3P0 stick around and get mind-wiped to explain their sudden amnesia in later episodes. Also Obi-Wan's ability to become ONE with the force is explained as something learned from his former mentor Qui-Gon Jinn in his astral form.

A good end to a good tale. By far the best of the Episodes I and II.

And GOOD GOD! Anakin is DRESSED in BLACK! That makes him EVIL!! DUH! GROW some brains Jedi Council! He's already violating your dress code.

Of More New Acquisitions

I've a brand new liability!



Its a Proton Wira 1.5 SE Automatic. Black and sporty. EXACTLY the same model as Kim Fatt's. Hey Kim Fatt! Wira brothers now. Yes I notice the horrible pickup but being someone that has driven Ford Telstar and a Nissan Cefiro most of his time, both which are a LOT more powerful than my little black-mobile. The pickup is a little apalling, BUT its fun all the same. One major thing I love about it is the fact that its completely MINE!.. Bwhaahhaha YES MINE!.... after 6/7 years of installment payments of course! LOL But in the general sense, It shall be MINE! Yes I shall be eating bread and butter for a loooong time.

So far I've been thinking of the additional accesories to add on that will make my car supreme! or at least VERY COOL!

a) Little blinky lights on the hood.
b) Bright NEON lights underneath the car.
c) BLUE interior lighting
d) Bloody bright Stormlights that will cut through rain and fog like Jason does silly stuff.

Now that will make my car the ULTIMATE JENG jinjang car, so I'll probably aim for these first ;-

a) a Mp3+CD Player with a fancy display.
b) Some decent speakers or in other terms "I want to play SQ (Sound Quality)"
c) Simple car knick-knacks like a fluffy tissue box holder or some Ambi-Pur car freshener or something.
d) Car stickers!!!!!
e) 15inch Sports rims.
f) Techno CDs!!!

What I would LOVE to have on my car if possible ;-

a) Bloody big spotlights on my rear to blind tailgaters or idiots that either have bloody bright headlights or left their high- lights on.
b) Driver operated auto-middle finger-er device for the common fool.
c) Top mounted gajillion rounds per minute Vulcan Chain Gun.
d) A sunroof so I can fire my gajillion rounds per minute Vulcan Chain gun.
e) Caltrops deployment system.

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Manchester United Lost to Arsenal today. And I discovered I don't really care for a Long Island Ice Tea. Stupid cough mixture taste. BLEARGH.

Of MMORPGs and Zeny

Been really slogged with work lately, so I only have time to come up with a semi-interesting story.

Ages ago, I used to play this MMORPG Ragnarok Online. The cutesy kiddy online game which everyone happens to love now. (Malaysians). Well, the sole currency in this said world of Ragnarok is the ever-desired ZENY! Zeny is power and Midgard is suffering from a case of severe inflation.

Although I have left the Ragnarok Community ages ago, I am now about to do something really really silly. I will be buying 350 million zeny. If that number does not shock you then, perhaps if you see it numerically, 350 000 000 zeny. WOW Thats a lot of eggs!

WHY? You might ask,... well NO its not to fund a fetish for that utterly delicious head gear or that totally incredible pointy magical weapon that will make me the Ultimate Warrior. Its more of a currency exchange. I'm buying "zeny" with REAL money to sell to someone in exchange for World of Warcraft reloads. Another MMORPG which I am currently immersed in.

Now the logic is,

Every month I pay RM60 for a Warcraft Reload. So for 6 months I pay a grand total of RM360.

Now I buy 350m zeny at 65 cents a million. 0.65x350 = RM230
65 cents a million is cheap. The Current rating for zeny=ringgit is RM1 per ringgit.

Next I sell the 350m zeny for a 6 month reload for Warcraft.

RM360 - RM230 for a grand total saving of RM130. Which is quite a lot!



ANYWAYS, lets see what else I have.

The Gnomes of the Gnomish Syndicate. An Alliance based all gnome guild on the Scarlet Crusade server. Disbanded after its leader made off with our guild funds. THAT devious bastard!...



Gilean Underharrow, former Chef now servant of Slyvanas's movement against the Scourge. Currently sitting on the throne of Lordearon which was previously vacated by its foolish king. The powers of the elements are now at the command of overlord of Chefs.

I shall not only CONSUME the souls of the unwary but also cook them in a delicate sauce and garnish with some coriander. May the Dark Lady watch over me.