finally

Finally, i graduated from Uni, with a Bachelor of Communications title to my name and finally, i get to access the Internet from the comfort of my uncle's hair studio in the urban suburb of Erskinville.

I am gonna keep this entry short, as i'm on a "sponsored" holiday in a foreign land. Too many places to go, too many clubs to hit, too little days to run on the beaches, so little time to grow a mohawk, too many expensive and not-worth-for-money t-shirts to splurge on my EFTPOS and of course, there's too many hours and days, and very little space to capture the moments on my trusted Sony. All in all, i'm ok.

Will be updating more once this surreal figure of yours truly go all humane again. Heaps of photos to be updated and heaps of thoughts to be published.

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Further congratulations to my fellow colleagues upon graduating. No more Canberra, my friends. No more.

I thank you for those who had been sending me SMSes and calls on my Bachelors' completion, sorry peeps for not replying ur texts and calls, i'm running low on mobile credit. So long to Vodaphone and hello Maxis. Anyways, I thank you. Truly.

one for the road

hafidz is leaving 4 hours from now

siva, wendy and jen, are next in line

am living for sydney next week and a month after that, for malaysia

eizaq, david, soffi and lauren are leaving a week before i do to home sweet home

i guess the same applies to teresa with the latter four

not too sure when phil is leaving tho'

firdaus is celebrating his new year here

*sigh*

here goes to us. cheers.

top of my A-list

"I shall not regret for the things i've done, but i shall for the things that i haven't"- Lucas

There's no need for one to cry over spilt milk (milk again?!), but it's up to one to get that damn mop and start cleaning. Funny i should say from that one particular one-liner, Empire Records, a movie 'bout bunch of typical American teenagers working in a record store in the the mid 90's, has made me a fan eversince. I caught the film after a cousin of mine borrowed the motion soundtrack CD from a friend and played it in my room. Gin Blossom's 'Til I Hear It From You, was a pleaser to my liking and was different to my constant then-hearing tracks of Brit invasion acts; Take That, Oasis, Blur and yes yes~ Spice Girls. :P

The movie

Seven friends and Berko, a manager, one vain pop singer with his sweet, innocent then-manager, Eddie the pizza guy, great one-liners and superb musics with mediocre storyline what made the movie great. Did i just mention mediocre story line? Yerp i did. It was predictable and a norm for today's recipe of every teen movie, but back then, it was just superb. Screw to all the new teen flicks with Hillary Duff and co. Bunch of wannabes.

Let me try to summarize in my own words. Heck, this is my blog space, i'll write anything i want. Ok. Try to keep up with my ever-so fragmented English sentences.

The scenes are not in order ya: Guy lost all the company's money from one gamble at Atlantic City after finding out the proposal of selling Empire Records, a guy loves a girl, girl with straight A's wanted to lose her virginity to her idolized heart-throbing singer, bald girl attempted suicide with a pink razor, guy wanted to name his band to Marc instead of Mark, a young school kid attempted to steal few CDs (even a Whitney CD) and got caught, another girl had sex with her friend's idolized heart-throbbing singer on the Xerox machine, the boss plays the drum suprisingly good, the heart-throbbing singer's manager resigned from her post, bald girl and guy dirty-danced to the heart-throbbing singer's Say No More in between of CD aisles, the girl who had sex on the Xerox machine fought with the girl with straight A's who ran as the heart-throbbing singer flashed his bits to her prior of her attempt to lose her virginity, guy girl made out on the roof, the whole gang tried to save Empire Records from turning to another commercialized record store by holding a street party, everyone had fun, Empire Records was saved from conforming to the ever-growing franchising business, the whole gang partied on the roof at the end and voila, credits rolling and me, wanting more.

It's just brilliant yeah? In this movie, my favourites are Corey (Liv Tyler), Debra (Robin Tunney), AJ (Johnny Whitworth), Lucas (Rory Chocrane), Mark (Ethan Embry), Gina (Renee Zellweger), Joe (Anthony LaPaglia), Berko (Coyote Shivers) and Warren (Brendan Sexton III). To sum things up, the whole gang of the Empire Records. Ouh and Eddie the pizza guy (James 'Kimo' Wills). Who could've forgotten of the secret recipe of his garlic bread that drives Mark crave for more?! It's straightly more SUGAR! Haha. This entry may not make any sense to those who haven't watched Empire Records. When the first time i caught this movie on the screen, i was hooked, until now. I was only eleven, wanting to watch movies that weren't too intellectual for my thinking at that age, and thus, i went and rented the LD cause i liked the soundtracks and it's a teen flick. An hour and half after watching, i pressed the play button again. U see, during that time, there weren't too many good movies catered to teenagers. Okay fine, Mighty Ducks were good that time, but it had too much of Disney touch for me.I won't consider Dangerous Minds was a teen flick although the stories revolved around a bunch of teenagers but ended up liking it too. Plus, the storyline runs from the generic proposition of teenflick movies during that time. It was different and real.

The movie cores out the importance of being responsible to one's act (this goes to Lucas), not being selfish to urself and being considerate to other's feelings. Another reason that i like the movie, it's not fake. The director was sensitive to then-trends and youngsters' agenda; Corey and her addiction to pills inorder for her to get straight As, Debra's bold attempt by being a skinhead, Gina's "high school" kinky-ness, Mark and his bands, the decreasing "coolness" of pop music (damn i hate that 'Rex Say No More' Manning) and the rise of alternative music! This movie, is one of the earlier movies before Renee Zellwegger and Liv Tyler hit Hollywood's A-List acts. Whenever i catch a show with any members of the gang, they made me realize how people do grow up. How people start from humble beginnings to pampered life of a Paris Hilton. I was laughing when i was watching Tyler pulling an Arwen in Lord of The Rings, as i still see her as Corey, the virginal straight A's student who were crucially dependent on pills. When she was kissing Aragon (was it Aragon), i thought she was cheating AJ for that moment. But hey, people change, and they are actors. I get wayyy too deep when it comes to films, especially my favourite ones. Great films do affect suckers, right? I'm a victim. Happily being one. One to Empire Records. Anyways, here are some of the scenes that i consider as, simply memorable.

• Debra shaving her head
• Lucas chasing Warren, the adolescent thief
• Warren, mocking the cops and Joe
• AJ, trying to confess to Corey
• Corey and Gina, fighting
• Corey, stripping infront of Rex Manning
• Mark. All of 'em
• Lucas and Joe, the "where's the money Lucas?"
• Gina wearing nothing but a bright orange apron
• Debra consoling Corey, while she was peeing
• Debra's funeral
• Gina, mimicking to "I Want Money"
• Rex Manning, answering to the reason why he does pop music: There's a large percentage of male fanbase. Mark and AJ's responses: LOL
• Joe going for the drums
• The street party
• The gang partying on the roof
• AJ and Debra dirty dancing in between of the CD aisles
• Debra's spunky-ness
• Berko and Gina's duet
• Corey taking her bra off in the public
• The music
• Seriously, the music
• The beginning, the midde, the end

Just watch the movie will ya. U'll get the picture.

kudos to these movies

Almost Famous

Sin City

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds

Fight Club

Reality Bites

200 Cigarettes

Empire Records

i say

will u keep a pine of milk in the darkest corner of the fridge, or u rather take the risk by spilling the milk onto the floor instead?

why don't i just pour it into a clear crystal glass, straight?

weak hands,

am doubting to pour,

one drop too many?

things may have its own turn, maybe.

should i emancipate my thoughts?

should i take the risk?

i don't know,

i may end up spoiling what we currently have,

a sweet, harmonious and melancholic relationship,

am doubting the risk in taking the big step,

no points of questioning,

nothing is ever certain,

things may have its own turn.

moto krzr k1m

Do i want it?

Hell yeah.

What's the function like?

Style outshines and defy technology.

One word to describe the item above.

Gottahavedisshitloveitlikeitwantit.

exams & sydney

I have 2 more exam papers to sit and 2 more weeks to live on campus. If everything goes well and hopefully all goes well, then i'm off for good. Back to Malaysia, back to my normal 20 sticks per day of Marlboro and back to where i left things off. Last Friday's exam paper was a tough cookie. Brand Building. I answered two essays instead of three. There goes to my 4 nights effort of reading plus comprehending Keller and Buddle's notes. Particular and most-paid-attention-to chapters were absent from the 5 page exam paper. I memorised the Power Grid, the long Brand Value Chain, the CBBE Pyramid, 7 deadly sins of Brand Management and more but yeah~ they were bunch of no show-ers. I did manage to answer two essays tho'. One is on brand positioning, which i depicted Benetton's positioning in the q, where i blatantly assumed on the 4 steps of positioning, and the other one is on brand extension, where Disney, Milo and Pantene were some examples i pointed out. Dua per tiga. Dissapointed but heck, let bygones be bygones yea.

Let me stress out on my two upcoming papers mmmkay. No conscience space of mine is vacant to worry on the past. The last paper is on the 15th. *Joy*. Results will be out on the 24th. *Dang!*. There goes my stay in Sydney. Anxious and uncertain thoughts will try to sweat my palms and deter my sanity. *Drama drama drama*. Hopefully all goes well. Insyaallah.

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Wishing all the best to those who are having their share of exams this month

stonefest '06

A picture speaks a thousand words.
There are 9 all together.
Go figure.