hari ini hari jumaat. hari ini cuaca hujan. hari ini sangat lucu.hari ini sangat sial...ok, enough of the primary 1 bahasa malaysia mantra.
It was raining heavily today..no wonder i woke up slightly late. I just love to sleep in when it rains.
Went to have breakfast/lunch today at J and J cafe with jeff..and then went to see jeffs aunt to settle a problem Godfather style HAHAHA!!
Went back to Village Grove, and vivian told me were going to dinner.hooray!
Avery called and say he wanna hang out
so we hang out..we went to saberkas..wow..kuching is so hip man.
while looking for parking space all kinds of shit happened. biasala, if u go out with avery, things like near misses and self embarrasment are bound to happen. We were supposed to pick up his cousin but he ended up being 20 mins late
so far so good
*it goes downhill from here*
went back to village grove, baru habis mandi..vivian say she cannot make it, kereta rosak and dad is pissed-and ive just declared(dengan confidentnya) to the kakak that i wouldn't be eating home
went online to re-check my flight itenerary, it states that my kch-miri flight takes 2 hours
WTF!!! 2 hours? either it transits in bintulu or its a fokker flight. Either way its gonna suck.
Cousin's flight delayed by 2 hours, so hes gonna be arriving late..i havent met him in 2 years.
hope it doesnt get any worst. there's still around 5 hours left for friday..you never know. life is full of uncertainties.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
power of love
i was online late one night when i read this article i found on msnbc..the caption said something about the sacrifices US troops made in Iraq. I was like pfffttttt..another patriotic article?? I clicked on the link for the fun of it and it led me to a flash presentation showing 3 stories of U.S servicemen..i clicked randomly on one and it told the story of U.S Marine Corps Sergeant by the name of Tyler Ziegel.
A 25 year old in the prime of his life, Ty Ziegel had already served one tour in Iraq and returned home unscathed to his high school sweet heart Renee Kline. They had planned to have their wedding when he returned but he was recalled for a second tour and he wasnt as lucky this time... While on a patrol, a suicide bomb attack on his unit killed some marines. Sgt. Ziegel however was lucky to survive although he sustained horrific injuries..and when i say horrific it really is horrific. He spent 18 months in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas where doctors performed more or less 50 surgeries on him in a desperate battle to keep him alive while Tyler himself was in a coma.
a list of his injuries:
loss of left forearm
3 fingers of the right hand
blindness in the right eye
severe burns leading to loss of his ears and pretty much most of his facial tissue
( doctors had to give him a new skull cap cause his brain was exposed and also pretty much reconstruct a face from scratch..this includes grafting skin to give him eyelids and lips. His nose was also totally burnt off.A toe had to be removed to give him a thumb on his right hand so that he can grasp objects)
kinda hard to imagine? heres a pic to help..
Tyler with a friend and fellow veteran during his recovery period
so, after going through a painful recovery process, relearning to do things with prosthetics
etc, he returned home with his girlfriend still wanting to marry him. I have all the respect in the world for Renee cause of the commitment she made which i know for a fact that most people if faced with such a situation would act otherwise.
The big day. This award winning photo was taken by Nina Bergman..they married in their old high school because that was the only building big enough in their town to host such an event . Note the prosthetic arm on Tyler.
Tyler and Renee now live in Illinois. Renee has a part time job as a bartender whilst Tyler receives pension and a disability check from the U.S government. As of now, they plan to build a house of their own soon and start a family of many 'little marines' as Tyler puts it.
love conquers all? evidently so.
A 25 year old in the prime of his life, Ty Ziegel had already served one tour in Iraq and returned home unscathed to his high school sweet heart Renee Kline. They had planned to have their wedding when he returned but he was recalled for a second tour and he wasnt as lucky this time... While on a patrol, a suicide bomb attack on his unit killed some marines. Sgt. Ziegel however was lucky to survive although he sustained horrific injuries..and when i say horrific it really is horrific. He spent 18 months in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas where doctors performed more or less 50 surgeries on him in a desperate battle to keep him alive while Tyler himself was in a coma.
a list of his injuries:
loss of left forearm
3 fingers of the right hand
blindness in the right eye
severe burns leading to loss of his ears and pretty much most of his facial tissue
( doctors had to give him a new skull cap cause his brain was exposed and also pretty much reconstruct a face from scratch..this includes grafting skin to give him eyelids and lips. His nose was also totally burnt off.A toe had to be removed to give him a thumb on his right hand so that he can grasp objects)
kinda hard to imagine? heres a pic to help..
Tyler with a friend and fellow veteran during his recovery period
so, after going through a painful recovery process, relearning to do things with prosthetics
etc, he returned home with his girlfriend still wanting to marry him. I have all the respect in the world for Renee cause of the commitment she made which i know for a fact that most people if faced with such a situation would act otherwise.
The big day. This award winning photo was taken by Nina Bergman..they married in their old high school because that was the only building big enough in their town to host such an event . Note the prosthetic arm on Tyler.
Tyler and Renee now live in Illinois. Renee has a part time job as a bartender whilst Tyler receives pension and a disability check from the U.S government. As of now, they plan to build a house of their own soon and start a family of many 'little marines' as Tyler puts it.
love conquers all? evidently so.
this story just reminds me to be grateful for what i have and always to never give up =).
its also important to note here that this is only one of the many tragedies of war, not to mention the very citizens of iraq who suffer on a daily basis, some suffering an even worst fate than tyler. we do not really understand suffering until we put a face to it. i do not personally believe in the policy of pacifism but wars are nasty and sh0uld be used as an extreme last resort.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
percintaan Tan Hong Ming
check out this cute advert i saw on tv3. When i first saw it, i nearly spilled my drink cause i was laughing like mad..seriously cute stuff la. Observe his facial expression towards the end of the clip Hahaha!!
Monday, November 26, 2007
ways to annoy people
ok, evidently im quite a random person. I might seem annoying to some people so i might as well come clean. I am annoying. so being the generous person that i am,Ill pass on my knowledge to the younger blog savvy generation. Nah! A few easy steps to be annoying Joshua style
1. mumble..
ah yes, the most fundamental step to be annoying. When ure not happy with someone or disagree about something, or even just wanna piss someone off for the fun of it all you have to do is trail of when conversing with someone and murmur something incoherent
2. instead of just saying something, present it in a more creative way
for instance, when a friend asks "hey josh, guess what happened to me just now?"
you reply with Mario Winan's song- I Dont want to know
I dont want to know,
If you're playing me keep it on the low,
coz my heart cant take it anymore,
if ure greavin' please dont let it show
ooh baby,
I dont want to know..
add more feel to it by doing appropriate hand actions like pointing and putting both hands to your chest..can also put on a 'pained' look.
3. play the 'colop' game..might incite some racial feelings so i wouldnt discuss the rules here. Find me on msn if ure interested to know more hahaha!
4. Back in secondary school, the guys used to main burit. yes, literally play with each other's ass.
i know it sounds gay to the max, but trust me..most frens of mine who played this as far as i know, are straight. It involves using the ass crack as an avenue to swipe ' credit cards' or 'bonuslink cards' or whatever other card you can think of. It is really annoying when ure walking up the stairs and some one uses a bonuslink card on you( btw, when i say card, they dont actually use cards. go figure..)
WARNING:please dont do this to girls unless ure interested in serving prison sentences for sexual harassment. Then in prison u can really get your ass played with..not in a nice way.
5. Instead of just greeting a girl, wink one eye and do the cowboy pistol sign followed by a lame statement like" hello there, pretty." if u really want to add to the 'annoyingness' u can just add something like "well no wonder the day is so beautiful, its because you're in town" followed by another wink. HAhaHA!!! my a-levels classmates can bear testament to this.
pretty lame and silly stuff. Wrote this for fun so dont actually go and try on strangers lest you ruin your social life like i have. and also special credits to my cousin jeff who introduced me to step no.2. Boy, its no wonder that im still single HAH!
1. mumble..
ah yes, the most fundamental step to be annoying. When ure not happy with someone or disagree about something, or even just wanna piss someone off for the fun of it all you have to do is trail of when conversing with someone and murmur something incoherent
2. instead of just saying something, present it in a more creative way
for instance, when a friend asks "hey josh, guess what happened to me just now?"
you reply with Mario Winan's song- I Dont want to know
I dont want to know,
If you're playing me keep it on the low,
coz my heart cant take it anymore,
if ure greavin' please dont let it show
ooh baby,
I dont want to know..
add more feel to it by doing appropriate hand actions like pointing and putting both hands to your chest..can also put on a 'pained' look.
3. play the 'colop' game..might incite some racial feelings so i wouldnt discuss the rules here. Find me on msn if ure interested to know more hahaha!
4. Back in secondary school, the guys used to main burit. yes, literally play with each other's ass.
i know it sounds gay to the max, but trust me..most frens of mine who played this as far as i know, are straight. It involves using the ass crack as an avenue to swipe ' credit cards' or 'bonuslink cards' or whatever other card you can think of. It is really annoying when ure walking up the stairs and some one uses a bonuslink card on you( btw, when i say card, they dont actually use cards. go figure..)
WARNING:please dont do this to girls unless ure interested in serving prison sentences for sexual harassment. Then in prison u can really get your ass played with..not in a nice way.
5. Instead of just greeting a girl, wink one eye and do the cowboy pistol sign followed by a lame statement like" hello there, pretty." if u really want to add to the 'annoyingness' u can just add something like "well no wonder the day is so beautiful, its because you're in town" followed by another wink. HAhaHA!!! my a-levels classmates can bear testament to this.
pretty lame and silly stuff. Wrote this for fun so dont actually go and try on strangers lest you ruin your social life like i have. and also special credits to my cousin jeff who introduced me to step no.2. Boy, its no wonder that im still single HAH!
Gladiator
since im dead bored, im gonna talk a bit about my fav movie, as the title of the post suggests, Gladiator. I think im just a sucker for movies with grand lines that give superb emotional impact(backed with a highly dramatic music score of course..)
Now im not gonna giv a synopsis or anything, u can find reviews everywhere on the net. The reason i want to blog about this is because of some of the lines in the movie..and oh, did you know emperor Marcus Aurelius(not sure of spelling) and his son Commodus(played by joachim phoenix) were real people? So was Commodus's sister but the story is purely fictional la.
one of my favourite lines from the movie..
Maximus: what we do in life, echoes in eternity.
when i first heard it, i was like wow..the script writers must be like really dramatic man..what we do in life echoes in eternity..i cant help but wonder 2000 years from now would people hav records of joshua nuing?Hahahaha!! * Ancient Malaysian database search complete: match found 1: joshua nuing: last known add: Lot 1xxx, berembang x, pujutxx, Miri, Sarawak:Description: Jobless bum due to retrenching following the catastrophic asian economic collapse of 2027. Harboured ill feelings to all forms of government which he blamed for all his troubles. Arrested for attempted assasination of Pujut legislative assemblyman during a political rally. *transcript ends**
HAHA! imagine that..
And heres another one..when Maximus was ordered to unmask himself..
Emperor Commodus:Slave!(this is a very cilaka way to call sumone) You will remove your
helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus, after unmasking himself gives the emperor a very 'tu lan' look.(the effect of this scene is multiplied by grand hollywood music) ..not to mention the constipated look on commodus's face upon realising that maximus was not dead.
Maximus:My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,commander ofthe armies of the north...general of the Felix Legions.. loyal servant to the true emperor,Marcus Aurelius... father to a murdered son... husband to a murdered wife..and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.
Now i honestly felt this was a powerfull line, considering the emperor had ordered the rape and cruxifiction of Maximus's wife and child..wish i had the chance to say something like that.
For instance:
Ah beng 1: Ka NI Ne la! u better pay coz u accident my car..tiaw ni la! Im always right
u always wrong ma..tamade, u better tell me ur name and ic number ah
if u run i later call d pulis come tiaw you ah! cibai ah! wo tu lan liaw..
i turn around slowly,take of my specs and give him the 'maximus' look..
Joshua : My name is Joshua Bakir anak Nuing, assistant class monitor in form 1, Assistant
treasurer of the prefect board 2004/2005. Loyal servant to the true God, jesus
christ. father to a damaged car, Husband to an imaginary wife( jessica alba)..and
I will have my veangence in this life or the next!!!!
Ah beng 1: aiya, wo bu ming pai lah! can u please speaking simpler english??
now, i know that seems a bit far fetched but a funny tought none the less..oh ya!for added dramatic effect, id take out my handphone and play a the gladiator soundtrack while arguing.
towards the end of the movie, maximus says this to the emperor
Maximus: death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.
wah seh man..power betul! Talk about having big balls. Anyway, the point of me writing all this is to show u guys that paying attention to the lines in a movie is really important in appreciating it..so go watch the movie! its worth it..it didnt win academy awards for nothing you know..
sections of the gladiator script was taken from http://www.script-o-rama.com/. Shout out to the author(cant find the name sorry.) who painstakingly put it together by manual verbal listening of the movie and of course 2 thumbs up to the actual authors of the script.
Now im not gonna giv a synopsis or anything, u can find reviews everywhere on the net. The reason i want to blog about this is because of some of the lines in the movie..and oh, did you know emperor Marcus Aurelius(not sure of spelling) and his son Commodus(played by joachim phoenix) were real people? So was Commodus's sister but the story is purely fictional la.
one of my favourite lines from the movie..
Maximus: what we do in life, echoes in eternity.
when i first heard it, i was like wow..the script writers must be like really dramatic man..what we do in life echoes in eternity..i cant help but wonder 2000 years from now would people hav records of joshua nuing?Hahahaha!! * Ancient Malaysian database search complete: match found 1: joshua nuing: last known add: Lot 1xxx, berembang x, pujutxx, Miri, Sarawak:Description: Jobless bum due to retrenching following the catastrophic asian economic collapse of 2027. Harboured ill feelings to all forms of government which he blamed for all his troubles. Arrested for attempted assasination of Pujut legislative assemblyman during a political rally. *transcript ends**
HAHA! imagine that..
And heres another one..when Maximus was ordered to unmask himself..
Emperor Commodus:Slave!(this is a very cilaka way to call sumone) You will remove your
helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus, after unmasking himself gives the emperor a very 'tu lan' look.(the effect of this scene is multiplied by grand hollywood music) ..not to mention the constipated look on commodus's face upon realising that maximus was not dead.
Maximus:My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,commander ofthe armies of the north...general of the Felix Legions.. loyal servant to the true emperor,Marcus Aurelius... father to a murdered son... husband to a murdered wife..and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.
Now i honestly felt this was a powerfull line, considering the emperor had ordered the rape and cruxifiction of Maximus's wife and child..wish i had the chance to say something like that.
For instance:
Ah beng 1: Ka NI Ne la! u better pay coz u accident my car..tiaw ni la! Im always right
u always wrong ma..tamade, u better tell me ur name and ic number ah
if u run i later call d pulis come tiaw you ah! cibai ah! wo tu lan liaw..
i turn around slowly,take of my specs and give him the 'maximus' look..
Joshua : My name is Joshua Bakir anak Nuing, assistant class monitor in form 1, Assistant
treasurer of the prefect board 2004/2005. Loyal servant to the true God, jesus
christ. father to a damaged car, Husband to an imaginary wife( jessica alba)..and
I will have my veangence in this life or the next!!!!
Ah beng 1: aiya, wo bu ming pai lah! can u please speaking simpler english??
now, i know that seems a bit far fetched but a funny tought none the less..oh ya!for added dramatic effect, id take out my handphone and play a the gladiator soundtrack while arguing.
towards the end of the movie, maximus says this to the emperor
Maximus: death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.
wah seh man..power betul! Talk about having big balls. Anyway, the point of me writing all this is to show u guys that paying attention to the lines in a movie is really important in appreciating it..so go watch the movie! its worth it..it didnt win academy awards for nothing you know..
sections of the gladiator script was taken from http://www.script-o-rama.com/. Shout out to the author(cant find the name sorry.) who painstakingly put it together by manual verbal listening of the movie and of course 2 thumbs up to the actual authors of the script.
blog revival
Ahhhh..after an unplanned hiatius, im finally back to blogging. I just cant help it but i need an outlet for my feelings man. Will be doing some changes such as dropping the daily fact thingy(its lame). Probably look for sumone to design me a nice background but at the moment,the current one would have to do.
Okay, ive been in kuching for the past 6 days or so and well, its been fun for the most part. Meeting cousins and friends were the main highlights of my days here.
Been hanging out wif my Uni coursemate/classmate Vivian. Hahaha! Risking my life every single time i enter her car. I dont wanna die before getting married k!!! But i must thank her for driving all the way frm Green Road to fetch me, then driving me to town to fullfill my cheesecake addiction, getting high in Bing's and tom's.MMm Oreo cheesecake, Mars cheesecake.. it makes me trip..after eat that can go feng tao in Travillion liaw....btw vivian, Mango cheesecake frm Tom's is over rated hahahaha! jangan marah~.mmmmmm.My cousins and distant relatives brought me to this place called babaganoush or sumthing, and d food is amazing A+ man..mmmm..butterprawns and lemon chicken *slurp! Apparently the place is featured in TV3's jalan2 cari makan..quite rightly so!
sum pics from Bing's me vivian and her friend jolyn..
I know, i know..i sound like a food addict. BUt who isnt.? Btw, im on the quest to find the best ABC in Klang Valley region..any recommendations ppls? hahaha!
I guess thats all for now, looking forward to fishing..vivian, im counting on you HAHAHA!
shall i use a fishing rod or net?? choices choices :D
joshua's reflections:
Okay, ive been in kuching for the past 6 days or so and well, its been fun for the most part. Meeting cousins and friends were the main highlights of my days here.
Been hanging out wif my Uni coursemate/classmate Vivian. Hahaha! Risking my life every single time i enter her car. I dont wanna die before getting married k!!! But i must thank her for driving all the way frm Green Road to fetch me, then driving me to town to fullfill my cheesecake addiction, getting high in Bing's and tom's.MMm Oreo cheesecake, Mars cheesecake.. it makes me trip..after eat that can go feng tao in Travillion liaw....btw vivian, Mango cheesecake frm Tom's is over rated hahahaha! jangan marah~.mmmmmm.My cousins and distant relatives brought me to this place called babaganoush or sumthing, and d food is amazing A+ man..mmmm..butterprawns and lemon chicken *slurp! Apparently the place is featured in TV3's jalan2 cari makan..quite rightly so!
sum pics from Bing's me vivian and her friend jolyn..
I know, i know..i sound like a food addict. BUt who isnt.? Btw, im on the quest to find the best ABC in Klang Valley region..any recommendations ppls? hahaha!
I guess thats all for now, looking forward to fishing..vivian, im counting on you HAHAHA!
shall i use a fishing rod or net?? choices choices :D
joshua's reflections:
i hope the maryland mideast summit goes well with middle eastern leaders deciding the fate of the israeli-palestine conflict..if there really is a God, please please guide them to achieve the goals of the summit. One day, the conflict will end and arab palestinians and israeli jews can live side by side in harmony.To hell with islamic militancy and extremism, and to hell with ultra orthodox zionist ideals.Theres only one peice of real estate to be shared so wake the f*^& up and learn to live with it. And f&*^ all the people who are viewing the conflict in a biased way, theres no such thing as being totally right and being totally wrong, you've just gotta choose the lesser of 2 evils..call me an ignorant idealist, but you have no idea of the power of ignorant people.
And all this rioting in our country, i really dont think it will bring any good..not that im a die hard fan of the current govt, its just that i think there are better smatter ways to get things done if ur serious about meeting ur goals..thats my opinion.
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