2007 Retrospect

2007 highlights:

• Lang Tengah trip
• Nokia N95 Wireless Adventure
• Old hobby revitalised - Instant Classic Photography is born
• MLTR/Good Charlotte live (not related)
• Climbed Bukit Tabur
  
• Facebook
  
• Buying a DSLR
• James & Michelle's Wedding
• Primary School Reunion

2007 facts:

• 4 handphones used - SE P900-->XDAII Mini-->SEP910-->Nokia N95
• Almost destroyed my 6 year old laptop via 'the green tea incident'
• Was on reality television!
• Offered a couple of roles by Red Communications (but I couldn't make it due to work)
• The annihilation of the 'Lifestyle' team at work
  

Thank you Wei Wei

Thanks for the fun times, the hard times, for training me in 'chi mui' ways, helping out at work, and for being a good friend. Once a RAPR always a RAPR. :)

Merry Christmas 2007!

14 years in the making - We're all grown up!

Met up with some primary school friends whom I have not met in the past 14 years! Oh how the women have blossomed, and how the men are well...men. :) Despite fearing for my life before heading up those narrow stairs to La Bodega lounge in Bangsar Baru to meet these people, the reunion was a freaking blast! It was so nice meeting up with old childhood buddies and even those who I wasn't even close to (my 'smart kid-dumb kid' theory *wink* me being the latter). I hope that we do meet up again although some are working either in up north in Penang or down south in the Nu-water land of Singapore. Here's to you MPS peeps! *Cheers*

Can you guess which one of these ladies is my first ever crush..? *wink*

Class of '93 yo!

It was a busy day as I had an appointment with Andrea in the morning and a BBQ after the reunion. *Phew*

Andrea

MS @ the BBQ

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The 2007 BCAs! Music Edition

The 2007 Bry! Choice Awards

Music in 2007 has been excellent. From rock, pop, hip hop, and all the way back, music definitely stood out this year. Here are the winners (9 awards):


R&B/Hip-Hop
Umbrella - Rihanna
The Way I Are - Timbaland
Because Of You - NeYo

Pop
The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
Inconsolable - BSB
Gimme More - Britney Spears

Rock
Keep Your Hands Off My Girl - Good Charlotte
Broken Road - 12 Stones
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5

Honourable Mention
Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
Before It's Too Late - Goo Goo Dolls
Dance Floor Anthem - Good Charlotte

Anthem of 2007 - Umbrella - Rihanna

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What's Bry's Choice for Best Movie of 2007? Stay tuned. :)

Wake up and smell the absurdity

After a recent rare visit to Starbucks, MS ordered a medium sized frappucino that cost a whopping RM14.50 before tax. 14.50??! I thought the large version cost about 12 bucks max yo! Since when did Starbucks (or whatever international 'coffee' conglomerate) raise their product prices?? Whislt bitching about the price raise and next year's petrol price increase and consequences, these 2 college looking girls with laptops left the outlet whilst letting the barista know that "Oh we'll be coming back here again tomorrow!". Umm...ok. Where the f*** do people get so much $$ to spend on frigging coffee?!? While I was in Ipoh last week, RM12 is all it took to cover 9 of our Ipoh white coffees from the ORIGINAL store itself! I mean like come on! I think it's time we start to realise just how much money we spend on silly little luxuries like coffee.

This small sized frappucino coffee product that Andrea bought cost RM14.18 after tax. Starbucks calls it 'Tall'.

...where it goes in the end

*Apologies to Y-Von who currently works at Starbucks :)

Off the beaten track

Sigh. 5 straight days of non-work pleasure and free time. Oh what a wonderful time it was. A 2 day trip to Ipoh for dinner with my brother's in-laws, waking up at 9am, then watch some TV and go back to sleep reminded me of good ol' college days. Sigh. But today, I'm back at work. Hmm... I miss my bed already. Am gonna be taking another stretch of leave on Christmas week. Woohoo! Wish I was going somewhere though. Hmm...

Here are some pics from Ipoh.

From Dusk Til' Dawn

Ducks

Persiaran Bijih Timah, 30000, Ipoh

For more pictures, head on to http://www.flickr.com/brianjchong

Narcisism

Photographs

Sunset on my way home on the NPE

Ballon Bleu de Cartier @ Zeta Bar, Hilton KL

Christmas @ The Curve, Damansara

For more do head on to http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianjchong

All photographs were taken with a Nokia N95 (not that fancy 8GB version though)

A 'secret diary' on my day off

What a weird day it was. Am on leave today. Woke up at eleven. Started watching this new British TV show called "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" starring Billie Piper (the former singer) which was recommended to me by Geri (who's most of the time right about TV shows, although I didn't go for 'Desperate Housewives' nor 'Ugly Betty' yet). For those wanting some 'Sex & the City' (and then some), go download it. Parental discretion IS advised =).

After/While watching the three episodes (1 episode = 21 mins), I Facebooked, MSNed, and had Wan Tan Mee breakfast. Was supposed to go to the gym and recce some locations in Glenmarie and USJ but I couldn't as I went to sleep at about 1+ and woke up at 5.30. Crap. Yea, I keep saying I want to hibernate, but I wanted to get some stuff done today! Sigh.

Can't really remember what I dreamt about during my afternoon snooze but there was a scene where I was eating J.Co Donuts downstairs at home as someone bought back a box. Once awakening and the clock read 5.24pm, I got up went down, and there they were. A box of J.Co Donuts. What a weird day it was.