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Taken from John C. Maxwell

On the first day, God created the dog. God said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes by and I’ll give you a lifespan of 20 years.” The dog said, “That’s too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I’ll give you the other ten back,” and God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey, and God said, “Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I’ll give you a 20-year lifespan.” The monkey said, “How boring. Monkey tricks for 20 years? I don’t think so. The dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I’ll do, too, okay?” And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow. God said, “You must go out in the field with the farmer all day long, suffer under the sun, have calves, give milk to support the farmer. I’m going to give you a lifespan of 60 years.” The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for 60 years. Let me have 20 and I’ll give you back the other 40.” And God agreed.

On the fourth day, God created man. God said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry, enjoy your life. I’ll give you 20 years.” Man said, “What? Only 20 years? I’ll tell you what, I’ll take my 20, add the 40 the cow gave you back, the ten the monkey gave you back, and the ten the dog gave you back. That makes 80, okay?” “Okay,” God said. “You’ve got a deal.”

So, that is why the first 20 years of our lives we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 years, we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next 10 years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. For the last 10 years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everybody that goes by. You have just had life explained to you.

“Don’t let other people put limitations on you.”

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When Everything Fails life, limitations

It was 10 past 1. I just woke up from the sleep and was hungry to the fact I slept throughout the evening skipping my dinner. Attempt to login to the Internet but futile since the U-Mobile go corrupt on me. Damn it.

Called a friend. He told me he is leaving soon and I decided not to join him but sending a sms to CK. He was online at home after returning from watching the SMM Dota competition at the Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur. Knowing that when I making him this offer, it is always an offer that he cannot resist. I asked him if he wanted to go for supper? Note that I placed KFC for supper. He replied and the rest was history.

We on our way to the first ever KFC outlet in Malaysia. It is the famous KFC located at Jalan Raja Laut. I am confused by the statement that said the first outlet was at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. All I know that this outlet has been operating 24 hours since I was young. For many years.

As we devour the pieces of chicken, CK and I commented about the history of Chow Kit. It seems no one really knows the history of Chow Kit and what it meant. Hence, a little wiki manage to provide the update on it.

Chow Kit is a sub-district in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located around Jalan Chow Kit (Chow Kit Road) and is enclosed by the parallel streets of Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. It is named after the tin miner and municipal councillor Loke Chow Kit. Today the area features a large Indonesian community, and more recently, a small African community. It has a daily wet market known as Bazaar Baru Chow Kit which is arguably the largest wet market in Kuala Lumpur.[1] It also features a night market also known as Bundle Chow Kit along Lorong Haji Taib which is known for the sale of used clothings and accessories.[1] Chow Kit is also known for its red-light district as well as for its nightly gathering of transwomen. It also used to be a popular haunt for drug addicts.[2] The Chow Kit Monorail station is situated in this area and the PWTC LRT station is located nearby.

The police withdrew their beat base in Chow Kit in late 2008 on the grounds that the presence of criminals and contagious diseases was a danger to police officers. [3]

Flashing back 20 years, it used to be majority of Chinese community here with the establishment of Hankyuu, Batu Road Complex and stuff like that. I used to hang around after school with Josepha at his parent apartment till late night. It was located next to the Chow Kit Wet Market. It was the residence for the firefighter. I recalled i got punished by dad for coming home late one time.

Back then whenever my mom or dad brings me to Chow Kit, we definitely will walk to the stall behind Hankyuu for the “pan mee”. Till today, it is pretty hard to find the rich flavor soup “pan mee” and it is still boiling the moment they serve it. Hot, mind you.

It was a funny topic because I start to realize that our education failed us. Miserably because we failed to learn to study in depth, about the history. Be it the leaders, places, and what so ever. Just that when I was in that KFC outlet and you look over to the opposite, you will see the old cinema complex. It was the breathtaking moment when you recall back the May 13.

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When Everything Fails Chow Kit Road, History, May 13, supper

At this particular seconds, I knew that the fact that I should get the hold of myself and start to pull myself together to work on several things that I need to prepare before the tomorrow comes. I should know that the WAR report, the pricing schedule and proposal are few things that requires my immediate attention. Once again, I have proved myself to be an ultimate procrastinator by doing nothing the whole day.

I begin to believe I am so good with it that I wanted to cut some slack out of it. Still my conscious mind told me that I cannot do such things. Especially to treat my clients and customers with unfairness. I should start doing my work soon.

Just that before I proceed with the actual content I wanted to blog about, would like to voice out here some matters with my principal. Yes. In fact, my colleague and I have been working with a consultant to come out with a tender document which is suppose to be fair and neutral requirements. And indeed it does except the guy just dump the rest of unrelated documents inside. My biggest concern will be talking to the principal. Many times, in fact a couple times when we talked to the same guy we were brushed off by the statement “We have someone inside working on it, you won’t be getting the discount level required”. To me, if there is someone working on it, why till today that none of these project fall into your hand? What are you trying to prove?

Anyway, coming back to the subject whereby I would really love replying my best buddy, Wilson on some of his comment on my facebook.

NP. i no count with him…. oiii dale where is the balance money u owe me… wakaka… joking joking.we are brother la NP… @.@”"

What balance? The 3 bucks went to the waiter tips. He never come back with the change also.

=.=”
he make me sick this month.. u better talk to him more .. haha…

I do wish that talking can solve that issue but it ain’t that simple. Or actually its very simple. Perhaps I just complicated the things. I will survive. Just give me eternity.

haha..u ask him lah.. whole month talk to ppl got bone come out 1… somemore is those sharp type..
I never thought of it as bone. Rather, I am trying my best to be very objective about matters. Hence, I ended up kind of being blunt.

@.@” dinasour bone… like whole world kiam ee yeh……

It me who kiam the whole world. So it is very tiring trying to pay off all these.. u know?

that why i say he make me sick this month… last time he is not like that…-.-” he change……

I changed. Change is good. It is just to the better or worse. It seems to the latter? Good grief, what I am last time?

haha.. u say so.. but he is happy last nite at the end..

Am i? I just glad I am induced with enough alcohol. Come when going to finish the rest of HVSOP? I did pay for it….

Bro, thanks !

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Thoughts, Rants and Musings life, rants, work

some of it i watched throughout the month of November.
Heh.. nothing to do but to enjoy these movies.
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When Everything Fails

I just finished reading “Lasting Contribution” by Tad Waddington, which I bought during the MPH Warehouse Sales a couple weeks back.

Frankly speaking, I have no idea what to expect as I began to read this book. That because I bought it for a cheap price. What you expect for a RM 10 book? Soon I realized that I had just embarked on a journey of discovery to learn the answer to a very important question: How can I make a contribution that lasts? No.

In fact, I learned a lot more about cause and effect. The cause for every single action and the causes for every single reaction. When it comes to what is happening, it starts to make me wonder, why it happen? To borrow a quote from the book, “This book was written to help you not in the way a hammer helps you to build a house, but in the way a blueprint does. It prepares you for action.”

The Nanny Diaries

It is a good book and in fact, I enjoyed reading it to discover a different side of me. What makes it worse was that I watched the “The Nanny Diaries” the night before. One of the most prominent quote I recall is “Who is Annie?” which relates me to “Who the f*ck is Dale?”

Another bud asked me a week ago if I am doing well or not. He said that I seems to having my midlife crisis. Yes and No. In fact, being alive today means a lot of hard work. Yet it depends on who are we comparing ourselves to. Am I right? Some might say, “Dale you are lucky enough for having this and that” Of course I do agree about that. Just that there are things in life when we expect it, it does not happen.

I do not know what am I mumbling about. Jerry used to say, “The other side grass is often greener”. Everyone likes the forbidden fruits. The taste of it. The temptation. As for me, I like it best with some icing and cherry on top.

On the other hand, looking at the sky. The blue sky with the white clouds, reminds me of a person whom keep looking at the sky. Nope. Not that kid that worries the sky will fall. But those people that had the vision to reach for the sky.

Bleargh. I have no idea what I am getting myself into.

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When Everything Fails life, rant

Not feeling well the whole week. Coughing. Too much of thought.

Not work though. I still can manage it. At least I think I do. Some used to quote “Life is like a box of chocolates, you do not know what you going to get”
The thing is with life, it just like a series of surprises. Today you have planned well what it is going to be like. However as time passed by, the series of incident reflecting its effect on you. Things changed. Shit happens. So what?

So what

Some won’t

Some where

Some will

Just got to hang in there tight.

Tune to few songs lately.

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When Everything Fails life, sick, youtube

Not sure whether it is a big full day, I wake up to the alarm from my phone. Getting ready to go out to Traders Hotel in the morning, I get ready for the stuff.

I picked up a friend along the way and we headed to KLCC for breakfast before the designated point, which is the Traders Hotel. As we walked towards the Traders Hotel, we need to walk past the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. Coincidentally, it was the ACCA award or something like that. Managed to pull a photo shot from the place, and while we were at it I took a bottle of mineral water over the counter table.

I assume that the water is for the organization which rent the lot to advertise the company or stuff. Later I found out that the mineral was sold for RM2 per bottle.

At Traders Hotel, we hang around at the business lounge with the KLCC view. The view was spectacular and breathtaking. Never ever in my life have the opportunity to take a good look of KLCC until yesterday. As we left the Traders Hotel, I went to the gents and found some stuff that I think I could bring back home. Among those displayed, I took the emery board. Not body lotion, or cotton buds.

On the way, we talked about a session aired over the radio sometime ago. A caller called in. It was about making short film or short clips. The radio dj asked the caller if he is creative enough to come out with 3 clips or so? The caller told that he will be making few independent short films. These are:-

• Little Keong A Day in the Restaurant
• Street Rats Larger than Cats
• Kuala Lumpur Largest Car Park

Basically, the first is about the cockroaches in the dining places. The second is pretty straight forward. Malaysia’s rats is larger than the cats. Finally, the largest car park in Kuala Lumpur can be found at the city center. The whole road stand still, traffic congestion is what the caller meant.

Once done, I dropped these friends at the place they were going while I continue my way to join Leroy for Wii Challenge at Aman Suria. Somewhere nearby there. By the time I reached there it was 30 minutes past 2pm.

For the next few hours, the Wii was the only thing we played till 7pm. At that time, it was about time for me to head to the wedding dinner at Jaya33. I reached the place thirty minutes later but the actual start time was 10 minutes before 9pm. It was getting pretty late and I was starving.

Nonetheless, the rest was history as my earlier post.

Now, I cannot sleep for sure as every few hours I will awake. In 6 hours time, CK and I will be heading to Klang for food. Ehm…Guess I will be missing the gathering organized by Bruce Lee this evening.

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When Everything Fails friends, life, wedding dinner

Drunk. Trying to put words into perspective. I managed to drive home safe. Once I reached home, at the compound I passed out till I awaken by the need to puke. I do not usually drink till I am being controlled by the alcohol.

Just only today. When i attend wedding dinner, usually I control. I never wanted to get myself piss fully drunk. Never. It never felt good.

I just think I did. After 4 years. When the graduation time, I just keep drinking because I know that my friend going to send me hoime. Just today, I am alone and the feeling of driving home drunk was not a good one. Luckily I managed to reach home unscathed. In one piece.

Luckily I still managed to remember that I made 3 stupid phone calls. Then I was trying very hard to walk up the stairs back home. After I reached home with the little effort opening the locks, I just crashed to my bed.

Slowly, I called names. just repetitiously did and somehow the name echoed in my brain. Ahhh.. wonder of alcohol. I felt like puking now. Hangover….

No wonder the people told me that, when one is sorrow, do not drink because alcohol will make one person felt sorrower. *roll eyes*

Black Label, Johnny Walker. ehm…..

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Thoughts, Rants and Musings drunk, life

What you want to achieve in life? Last night, Wilson was at my house again. This time I had to give him a rain check because we did not manage to go to Poppy for clubbing. The lady whose suppose to bring us there decided to bail out. She said that she was having headache and does not feels like going anyway. Being me, I just accommodate to her request and send her home.

Fast forward, Wilson and I ended up watching a concert from a DVD. We did not say much. But both of us knew that I wasn’t in a good shape… as in mentally.

In fact, the night before he was also at my place. We went out for dinner and cruise around the city before ended up at my place drinking Coke. We stopped by Sanctuary for a tour – Halloween tour. After that, we go back to my place and chit chatted. What I like about this friend of mine is even though he might be busy with his life, at times when he really knew that I needed someone to be there for me he will eventually make the time. Knowing him for many years, forbearance is what he had given to me. My infirmities he knew very well and accepted it.

We talked a lot of things. Mainly his love life, his work and his direction of life. Then talked about myself, my direction of life, my work. Nothing much need to talk about. It is knowing that matters.

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When Everything Fails friend, life

that of life is not just about you and me. There are compromising of the other beings. So you decided to move on. There are global issues to take care about. Much bigger and wider picture like child abuse, child trafficking and prostitution. Stuff that not just you and I alone.

Just when you think you have set the mindset clear. As crystal clear as it can be. When we think that way, life hit you with the most unimaginable. It was way beyond my comprehension. Behold!

When you think that life can be so good, even singlehood. Even being alone, single is good enough. That I can survive alone. Without someone.

So I used to think that way until …

someone knocking on my window pane
someone plucking the string of the cello
someone wishes you good night
someone remind you of your meals
someone being angry at you for small thing

and when you had that someone, it is just good enough not to have the whole world but that someone.

Cello

then just when there is someone…

who is opening the door to home
who is playing your favorite song
who is going to wishes you good morning
who is dining with you
who forgive of your everything

you ended with nothing but no one.

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