Def Luck

LOL!

Just got back from Zathura, it’s pretty okay I guess.
Heard Adrian on the radio winning a CD in the car on the way back,
He was going all..

"oh really? I won?! that’s cool man!,
thank you thank you!,
this is very cool man"

In that gay tone :\ but eventually the radio people lost him,
and his CD’s now someone else’s pride.
and I just got back from visiting him,
and now everything’s wrong to him

the lady who complained about the price tag,
chinese people who pee,
the rain,
his astro remote,
yadiyadiyada…

Tough luck, man.

Interesting Blog? Wrong Place.

I was talking to umyra about some things earlier when she suddenly waltzed in via a new conversation window "reminding" me that I have an uninteresting blog. Actually I dont know if she’s talking about this one or other ones but I think it’s safe to say all of my blogs are uninteresting because like what I’ve told most people, I don’t get out enough and at this age most of us tend to blog basing writings on air or humor. It’s not that all blogs written by teenagers are dull and boring, but I dont know, thats just the nature I guess. Don’t make me start writing like rockson I tell you. Not all the things I write here are meant to be read by the way, I’m just testing my writing skills for some of them but what ever it is a blog is still a blog and it may not appeal to all audiences. Megat writes very much interesting blogs, don’t you agree?

Finally, I’d like to make it clear that if you don’t like what I write, then just zip it and leave, I don’t force you to read what I write and I certainly don’t ask for comments, that’s upon your own wish and it can be done in the little godsent miracles called the comment boxes. Ta.
 

This is Shah Alam.

Uniquely Shah Alam is a very peaceful and some would say quiet place to live. I can’t agree more. But when it comes to doing everything else besides living, we open the Official Anatomy Of A Stupid Guide Series handbook. Shah Alam isn’t alive 24 hours a day, that’s simply because the state government says so. Shah Alam has no cinemas, no clubs (not that it would matter), no recreational facilities that open past a kindergartener’s bed time and no public toilets that open past midnight*. Hell I’m still wondering how did the Starbucks even got here! Basically there’s only 4 types of outlets that open and function 24 hours a day and that’s the mamak store, 7 Eleven, the doctor’s (extra hours mean extra large bill) and the firehouse (to make of good use, their new Scania engines). Nope, the police station either don’t open or don’t function 24 hours a day, I’ve heard through a friend before of an excuse given by a high ranking police officer quoting :-

"I cannot risk putting my officers in the open past midnight when the station is unarmed, therefore the main gates must be closed."

Go figure. Moving on, Shah Alam is also a place where people can get on that lazy boy, kick back with a can of cola in your hand, relax and enjoy a generous feed of entertainment on the television. True, this is, but some people get too relaxed until they excercise the same habits whilst driving, any Shah Alam resident who’s on the road often can agree. People here tend to take it easy and just relax way too much until they feel that driving at 40KM/h, on the fast lane is in another way "taking it easy". I remember my dad likes to do this, despicible as I may seem, he’s really annoying sometimes. It would chronicle the life and times of such a driver (they’re all the same here, just different faces) in Shah Alam. When he’s just had dinner, all blown up and enjoying, he’ll drive uber slow swaying from left to right as if my grandpa owns that stretch of road, but he doesn’t realize that actually someone at the back is trying to cut him, and he keeps saying "ala don’t worry lah, just take it easy, if he wants to overtake he will know how to lah". Yeah, sure, easy for you to say when you’re driving in the middle of the road on a two lane street =\ BUT! when he’s in a hurry, and he encounters one of his allies doing the same thing, he’ll get frustrated and start swearing and honking away. So you see, the mentality of these people are just downright based on selfishness, thinking about themselves and themselves only when they drive, it’s no wonder people speed up when you fire up the signal light if you’re in their path. No wait, there’s dessert people, when you do manage to cut these people they’ll give you the earthworm jim face assuming they did no wrong.

I’d say around 75% of the population here in Shah Alam are Malays. Okay, I’m fine with that, I don’t have a problem with Malays or anything but as I’ve demonstrated to many peers, I do have a problem with them not being able to take care of their kids when they’re out of the house. I just don’t get it you know, everybody in town including the homeless people know that Giant is no place to be for long hours, considering it’s 4 feet opening walkway, but these people just have to bring their whole 8 piece batallion of kids when they’re there and the worst part is they can’t even take care of them enough without having them run all over the place (read : toy section) and causing inconvinience for the poor people trying to get their supply of milk there (me). No magic spells or voodoo crap here people, just pure common sense. Got six kids, two hands, solution? Get a leash! Obviously I mean leave the kids at home with their Bugs Bunny and Tazmanian Devils, a Giant isn’t big enough for the whole family, that goes for the KFC and McDonalds too.

Recognize, fools, we’re big big people in a small world, manage your space and time right to avoid getting the official AOAS seal of approval for idioticity.

Where there’s a Shah Alam, get ready to smell pride on two wheels. That’s right, many people here are real proud of their wheels, mostly bikers. Not that they ride Ducati’s or anything, they’re just Honda’s and Yamaha’s and I’m not talking about CBRs or the one Valentino Rossi rides here, merely cubs and RXZs but they like to show that they’re fast by making famous roundabouts the "Super Cup Track" or something, and sure enough when they get bored they can either bother cars or become roadkill. I don’t think this little drag fair that happens weekly at the Shah Alam Stadium helps condone against the pulling of stunts whilst on the road because I don’t see a legit organizer there and they just crap around as much as they want. So really, where are the police with their huge anti graft badges? left in denial? I don’t think so.

*correct as of 14/06/2005

Something About Wentz

"The Story Of Ferdinand", by Munro Leaf stories about a bull who sits under the cork tree and indulges on the scent of blooming flowers instead of going against bullfighters in the ring, because he likes it. From this inspirational children’s book, Pete Wentz — bassist and vocalist of rising band Fall Out Boy — came up for the title of their second album From Under The Cork Tree. First single "Sugar, We’re Going Down"’s already topped charts, and now their second single "Dance, Dance" is on the way to the top. Wentz pretty much finds this metaphor interesting, as in how humans should do what they truly admire and not follow what most people would expect them to do. I’d assume spirit to make From Under The Cork Tree was also fueled by this, as most would see in the end result!

I remember first listening to Fall Out Boy, unfortunately I was listening to "I Slept With Someone From Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" and of course, like every 99.9% other people the first two thoughts that ran through my mind were holy crap that’s one long song title and oh this sucks, back about 4 months ago. Well, Fall Out Boy’s known for very very long song titles, the longer it gets the more emotional it is heh! But anyways, 4 months ago, I thought FOB as another ’sure-drop’ newcoming band, but I got hooked to "Sugar, We’re Going Down" just as soon as I heard it on Pre-RL and sureshot. I still remember how I’d hit on anything I’d find following drummer Andrew Hurley’s beats, and eventually I got into playing the song itself where I discovered that it runs on double pedals, and the fusion between the vocals, guitar and drums are amazing!

Then I saw the whole video on FOB’s website for the first time, and even the video carries a significant resemblence to the Ferdinand metaphor. One boy, one girl and one dad. The boy who had antlers and the girl who got her kite stuck in his antlers, eventually the boy would meet the girl’s father who disadmire’s the boy’s unorthodox feature and in an attempt to console to needs and be with the girl (simply because there’s chemistry, let’s assume) that he tried to cut his antlers off, until he’s stopped by the girl. You see, not everyone has got it off easy in life, not everyone – doesn’t matter financially or physically – can accomodate to everyone else, and if you’re different than others, you should make that as your standpoint as you are unique and have something different to offer. Just by watching this 3 minute video my outlook on life got brighter, heh.

Apart from that, you’d think that Wentz came up with the idea since it has similarities, but nope, Wentz actually gave a different idea that was passed on to make way for this one which he himself claims strange, but has meaning. To me, Fall Out Boy is a slightly emo punk band which has passion and engraves that in their music, as akthough most claim it as emo, I see it as inspirational. And of course enjoyable to the ears. Now they’re out with "Dance, Dance" which, I’d assume (no pun intended) is imminently 85% emotional elements and the rest donates to catchy guitar riffs and drum rounds. Still enjoyable, and is definetly something that you’d be able to move to.

All in all, bands that can make changes to one’s personalities and outlook are definetly living legends in my books, and Fall Out Boy is one of them, there’s just something about not being able to grasp the tune of the song due to either sophistication or sophisticated simplicity. It’s subjective to one’s ears, but that’s my personal opinion. Vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist and vocalist Peter Wentz, lead guitarist and vocalist Joseph Trohman and drummer Andrew Hurley end up creating this awesome Chicago grown band, and charms most that it has infected with longing vocals from Pat and catchy joint riffs and not to mention Andrew’s cool drum beats. I hope they tour Malaysia!

Today, I Have Officially…

Lost my sight virginity, oh yeah baby.

Edmond too.

Whoozaa..