Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

...To Be Loved

Listen up, turn it up and rock it out
party on, I wanna hear you scream and shout
this is real, as real as it gets
I came to get down to get some f**king respect
taking it back to hardcore level
you better be ready, put your pedal to the metal
taking it back to hardcore level
you better be ready, put your pedal to the metal.

Go!

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved

I want domination
I want your submission
I see you’re not resisting
To this temptation
I’ve got one confession
A love deprivation
I’ve got a jet black heart
It’s all f**ked up and it’s falling apart

I’ve got another confession
I fell to temptation
And there is no question
There was some connection
I’ve got to follow my heart
No matter how far
I’ve gotta roll the dice
Never look back and never think twice

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved

Take your past and burn it up and let it go
Carry on; I’m stronger than you’ll ever know
That’s the deal; you get no respect
You’re gonna get yours
You better watch your f**king neck

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved

Anatomy of a Bry Street Freefall

The dramatic drop in Bry stocks began yesterday when sharp declines in the Fashion market triggered a gender equities sell-off. News of a larger-than-expected drop in durable-goods orders heightened skittishness, even before the Female-gender markets opened.

By the end of the day, the Bry Jones industrial average had suffered its largest one-day decline in percentage since 2003, dropping 416.02, or 3.3 percent, to 12,216.24. The sharpest decline occurred shortly before 3 p.m., when the Bry dropped 200 points -- triggered by a fashion glitch that caused a backlog of trades to be calculated at nearly the same time.

In early trading, even as the Bry dropped 100 points, many analysts shrugged off the decline, saying such fluctuations were not surprising and were relatively small, given that the Bry has gained 10,000 points since the Black July crash of 2006.

Analysts and economists said a number of factors contributed to the market's slide. "It starts out with the Female-gender government saying they're going to crack down on speculators," said Mohd. Ashraf Abu Bakar.

Every sector was affected, but among the hardest hit were commodities, which were riding high based on the belief that demand from females would only grow. The materials, energy and technology sectors were also knocked down, while emerging-market companies and riskier small-cap stocks took a hit as investors fled to safer turf, such as bonds.

Some market strategists said they were holding off on buying, seeing a potential for larger drops. Others characterized the retreat as a long-overdue correction and good for a market still fundamentally strong. They said recent increases in oil prices, geopolitical events in Subang and growing concern about the subprime-mortgage market combined to set off the market downturn.

"The trick is for real investors not to overreact," Ian Yap said. "The last thing people want to do in this kind of environment is get off their long-term Brynancial plans."

Hold On To The Nights

Just when I believed I couldn't ever want for more
This ever changing world pushes me through another door
I saw you smile
And my mind could not erase the beauty of you face
Just for awhile
Won't you let me shelter you

Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish that I could give you something more
That I could be yours

How do we explain something that took us by surprise
Promises in vain, love that is real but in disguise
What happens now
Do we break another rule
Let our lovers play the fool
I don't know how
To stop feeling this way

Well, I think that I've been true to everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you makes my heart long to be free
Everytime I look into your eyes, I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for is right there

Hold on to the nights

Chloe Begone! Introducing Candice!

I have gotten rid of Brycentral Chloe (the XDAII Mini) and have gone back to the brand I trust. :)

Behold.. Brycentral Candice (Sony Ericsson P910i)
(left; next to the original Brycentral Mobile)

Into The Blue - A Birthday Retreat~4D/3N (+ 1D/1N on bus)

The Redang Lang Resort 'port'

Ooooh.. what a good birthday/island break it was last week at Lang Tengah island in Terengganu. Got a lil' tan, a lil' burned, a lil' fat. Argh. My appetite seemed to have increased since then. I'm hungry even now. Cream crackers and coffee/tea were the compulsary post/pre snorkeling snack. Mmmm.. I can taste the semi soft and soaked crackers now...

Had my first try at snorkeling. I havent really gone on an island vacation before (Penang and Singapore don't count). Lang Tengah was great. The sky and the sea was magnificent. Nothing much to do though, snorkeling was one of the only activities during the day (and jungle trekking which we did not go for). At night, it was either watching Astro, karaoke, the games area (bad pool/foosball table, carrom...).

The bus ride on Wednesday night was pretty alright. Took the Sani Express from the station near Putra Place (not sure on the name). Smooth sailing and a couple of stops along the way. In the morning, Ashraf wanted to intro us to some sweet ass Nasi Dagang for breakfast, but it seemed that we got there a little too early and had to settle for Roti Bakar and Milo O instead. We were later joined by a group of people from Long Adventure (at the airport stop). I guess it's some local organization that go on long adventures. =D. 'Candy Ho Hoi Sum' was the umm.. 'looker' of the group *grin*. Check out www.longadventure.com for more details. ;)

Bry, Ian, Meisu

The Gang w/o Ian

Bry & Meisu

A failed Street Fighter 2 'winning pose' cum sillohuette shot

I could say that I have 'sorta' overcome my fear of being in the deep end (as long as I have a life jacket on me!). Snorkeling is definitely something I wanna do again. Seeing a shark swim by in the open sea was pretty sweet (although I missed a zippy appearance of a turtle). Cut my middle finger on some coral (I blame myself as I was in a rather narrow area of rock and coral). Managed to poke a fish that didn't seem afraid at the Marine Park in Redang. Bloody nice place to snorkel by the way! Countless amounts of fishies everywhere and they don't seem bothered by the snorkeling humans that invade.

Sweet ass lighting, bad male model

Thanks to Geraldine, the six of us (Geri, Ashraf, Soon Min, Ian, Meisu, and myself) had a 'whale of a time' =) 4 CO alums and 2 partners. Heh.

CO Alumni 04/06 *wink*

Wallpaper potential

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Pictures courtesy of Ian. For more pictures, head on to i4n.fotopic.net

Western Bar

I was the happiest kid around when my dad got this for me. Can't remember when though. 1991,1992? I think it was my birthday.

XDA For Sale

XDAII Mini + 1Gb memory card = RM750*

Call 012-6696350 for best price
*will trade for Sony Ericsson P910

Bry sounding like Ah Beng

The Final Punchout

Punching out

....

The gang's all here...almost

The interns

Civilised

Uncicilised

Bry & Lis

2007 finally kicks in

Well, CNY07 is over and 2007 has finally kicked into full gear. *Pants* Gawd, what a horrid week it was last week. Late nights, flu, and missed gym sessions were the only things happening. Thank God that's over.

'The Phantom Of The Opera' preview thingy is done for too. That was pretty much the highlight of the horrible week.

Me & Choo posing by the bunting

Mags & I being 'wine-y'

Me...*pif*

Nads & Me

Lis & Me

PR Bry does his stuff

RAPRs & a Nij

Today is CS' final day after 4 years being a RAPR. *haih* Guess I better step up (eventually I have to anyway) and try to help fill the void in the office. But I'm sure I'll do fine as long as my colleagues are with me ;) Thanks for everything. The talks, the crap, the 'skin me alives' and 'vomit blood' :) They will be missed.

CS & I

Listen To Your Heart

I know theres something in the wake of your smile.
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea.
Youve built a love but that love falls apart.
Your little piece of heaven turns too dark.

Listen to your heart
When hes calling for you.
Listen to your heart
Theres nothing else you can do.
I dont know where youre going
And I dont know why,
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye.

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile.
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea.
Theyre swept away and nothing is what is seems,
The feeling of belonging to your dreams.

And there are voices
That want to be heard.
So much to mention
But you cant find the words.
The scent of magic,
The beauty thats been
When love was wilder than the wind.

On My Mind

Let's make a date out of the cinema
Then stay out till early in the morning
I always like it cause we take it slow
While everyone around us seems so hurried

It feels familiar, cause I've been here before
When your words
Swept the ground right from under me
Remember when you were so insecure
Now you can't get your hands up off of me

But the time we spent was so short
Can't believe it's time to go again
You're always on my mind, all the time
On my mind, believe it

Can we pick it up where you left off
When you said you'll never get over me
I'll take for granted every roll off your tongue
Cause you're screaming out all your honesty

But the time we spent was so short
Can't believe it's time to go again
You're always on my mind, all the time
On my mind, believe it

Three Things I Found Out In The Last 12 Hours

1. I love red wine.
2. My O2 XDA Mini is a piece of shit.
3. Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' is a kick ass album to blast in the car when you're late to work.
   

The Green Tea Incident

Looks like green tea has other benefits as well. Late December last year (2006), during one of the lazy hazy days at work, catastrophe struck. I spilled almost half a mug of my lukewarm OSK Green Tea on my laptop's (aka Judith). I thought to myself, "Oh shit, this is it...this is goodbye. After almost six years, this is it." Judith froze. The music that was playing was abruptly cut off. I quickly took out the power plug and ejected the battery.

Judith (February 2007)

After attempts of drying/draining her, I still thought she would have been a lost cause. However, after some advice from Kamil and Faizul (who I called). Judith managed to be switched on the following day, although once Windows booted up, the laptop hanged permanently. I gave it another day of drying and finally she worked as well as she did before. :) Question is, did the green tea ingredients save Judith? :)

Thus I now recommend OSK Green Tea for office consumption and Toshiba laptops for optimum durability ;)

My daily drink at work; OSK Green Tea (available in Giant) :)

Brycentral Mobile v2.0

Brycentral Mobile

About a month ago, I accidently shattered my Sony Ericcson P900's screen while playing with parallel bars at a park near Maria's house during her 'tunang-ing' makan. Sigh. After consulting the Sony Ericcson shop, they said it would cost RM695 to repair it. After almost deciding to do it, I changed my mind and got myself a new 'used' phone.

Brycentral Mobile (aka Chloe)

Bought the XDA Mini from Gadgets Junction in Subang Parade a few weeks ago for RM1200 (inclusive of a leather case and 1GB SD card). Pretty good I guess. MeiSu had to haggle with the guy in order for us to get the best condition one there. There were about 20-odd XDA Minis lying around with kinks and dents. Luckily MeiSu was there to save the day. :) I miss my P900. It's still functional albeit the screen. Anyone wanna fork out 700 bucks for a P900?

Nine get to watch Heroes "first"

In The Star newspaper today.


Monday January 29, 2007

Nine get to watch Heroes first

PETALING JAYA: Ahead of its debut on Malaysian television, the Golden Globe-nominated series, Heroes, were shown to a group of lucky students here.

The Saturday preview marked the start of many activities that will be held for tertiary students and Sixth Formers, the target readers of R.AGE, the youth pullout of The Star.

The nine students picked to watch the show were the first batch to enjoy the private screening room at the recently-launched R.AGE @ Star Deck at Menara Star here.

There was a discussion on the show after the screening and the youngsters will now get a chance to write a review of the film, which will be published in the Wednesday edition of R.AGE.

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You people never heard of BitTorrent before? Geez. Newsworthy my ass.

Geographical Melancholy

I frickin' miss Gold Coast, Queensland.

The First Low Down Of '07

I suddenly fell ill mid last week. It wasn't the usual sickness of mine where my nose would be exploding every ten seconds. This time my nose was more or less dry. Struck a high fever, dizzyness, and cough. Geez. What the hell happened? Was sick the following five days. Today is the sixth day. I seem to be fine now. Not 100%, but functional.

Coming back to work today is a little...ok, pretty damn depressing. Why? Let's see.

• missed a whole week of gym
• been trapped in my own home
• missed Becky & Wei Wei's last days at work
• missed the office belated Christmas party

Bloody hell.

First & Last Picture of 2006

1 January 2006

31 December 2006

Highlights of 2K6

• new job
• Cameron Highlands
  
• Singapore
  
• Brisbane
• quarter life crisis

Resolutions for 2K7

• consume less sugary stuff
• sleep by 12am from Sunday to Thursdays