money not enough~

Hey peeps!

Right now, i'm blogging from a COMPAQ Presario CQ42. LOL!!! i'm showing off cos this is not mine! LOL!!!

This is my mom's new lappie. For what she wanted i do not know. All i know is that my sis is quite upset about this purchase. Truth to be told, i kinda feel the same way too. Maybe i'm feeling jealous cos i don't own 1? Maybe.

But lately, seems like money is always the issue that we all shout about.

"WHY MUST YOU BUY THAT??", "I WANNA BUY THAT!" or "Oh, i WIsh i could BUY THAT!".

I know money can buy anything but i just won't buy everything! We study hard so we could get a better job. We work hard so we could earn more. We earn more therefore we spend more. And we worker harder so we could earn more to spend more. And the cycle goes on and on and on...

I hate to talk about work. I mean my day job. So i'm not gonna talk about it. The End..

working life

Hi peeps! I didn't know it was so long since i last posted! LOL!!!!! Guess life is different now that my days and nights are filled with activities!!

Let's see. I'm into my third week at a new job now. I quite like it although i HAD to wake up really early...(-_-"). I have been looking for this kinda job since.....i don't know! LOL!!

Paul said i need to work at least 10yrs and above to get to a managerial position...hmm...i wonder if i can do it in half that time. Lol! That's my new target.

But i didn't forget my main mission. Music. Nothing's gonna change my love for music! Its been a year since i worked on any new song. But me and CM CREW is working on a few right now. Hopefully able to get it done by next year for our first recording!!! Keep your finger crossed!

Life is good. Amen.

Love,
JL

Devilish Device~

APPLE's iPhone 3GS: The root of all temptations... >.< !!!

Waiting Trip @ Penang Island! Part 2

14th April.

8.30am-Got up took a shower and started disturbing my sis. Lucky she was already awake or i might end up getting murdered and stuffed under the hotel bed. Crikey!!

8.45am-Went down to have our complimentary breakie. It was good!

THE emo pose

The Bieber look????


My Fav shot! LOL!!


The lamp outta my head pose?

9.45am-Went up to our room to get our bags to check-out. Since we have some time left. We decided to shoot some photos. LOL!!!

10am-Sis went to her training on the centre of the Island while i was having high hopes of being entertained at a nearby Penang Times Square mall for the next 2hours or so.

10.05am-Hmm...maybe its still early. The mall was quiet and empty besides some mall music.

11.15am-Still early perhaps? Decided to just go and have coffee at Oldtown Kopitiam. Didn't want to get myself too tired cos i still need to sing tonight

12.10pm-Confirmed that this place is empty. There are only 4 levels and on each you can actually count how many stores are open...on one hand. Fail! YOU SUCK, PENANG TIMES SQUARE!!!

12.30pm-Sis called. On the way to save me from a certain death of boredom.

The "Love Love Polka Dot Ambassador" having Springy Noodle @ Oldtown

1pm-Had some lunch at Oldtown Kopitiam..again.

2.30pm-Wanted to go shopping for a bit at Queensbay Mall but taxi fare is about Rm30! Holy Crap! Decided to go against it and went straight to the bus terminal for RM25 instead.

3pm-Had to wait (what else is new?) for departure at 4.45pm

7.30pm-Landed at Ipoh. Went for dinner with mom and dad but i couldn't eat.

8.45pm-Arrived at MoonRiver Cafe straight from dinner. Its gonna be a loooong night!

Lol! There! Quite a detail account of the trip! LOL!!!! Well, apart from just walking up and down at Times Square, I didn’t get to go anywhere also. So please forgive me the lack of scenic photos.

We’ll be planning for another trip there sometime this year. I’ll finish my job then! Hopefully i won't be as lazy and i'll try to update as much as i can!

Till then, ciao~

Love,
JL

Waiting trip @ Penang Island! Part 1

Wow. I didn't even realise that its been so long since i posted anything here. Let's have a recap!

1. Have been working and preparing like mad for the past few weeks. New venue coming up next week and i still think we are shorthanded!
2. Got into a long distance relationship and its looking good! Lol!!!!
3. Missed 2 F1 races due to Item No. 1
4. Went to KL to meet up some really good buddies somewhere after CNY and loving it!
   
5. Lately? Just plain lazy!

LOL!!! Well, then. Let's get on with it, shall we?

13th April.
2pm-Received an emergency call from my sis asking me to help book bus ticket and hotel room for Penang training on the next day. Since WiWi isn't up to task, we've decided to go overnight in Penang. And i get to be the bodyguard! LOL!!!

7.15pm-Able to rush just less than 5minutes before our final bus set off! Phew! Talk about last minute victories! Yay!! A win for dad!!!!

7.45pm-Still in Ipoh...damn it!

8.00pm-Finally!!!!.....passed the Ipoh tollbooth into highway. This is gonna be close...

8.25pm-KO'd

9.30pm-At Butterworth bus terminal. Had to call the hotel to extend our check-in time. Took a Rm25 taxi for a 10minute ride. WTF? Felt like a pig on a chopping board.

10pm-Finally arrived at Sunway Hotel Georgetown!

10.15pm-Dinner at DeHappy Seafood Restaurant. The place looks quite nice. And the dining area is in the middle of the court! Its just around the corner and we had 3 dishes.

Fried Squid slices w some vegetables

erm...some pork

the cod fish

The "snow fish" (cod fish) dish was a letdown. Supposed to be a signature dish but yet could taste the "fishy" smell. And that costs us Rm35 out of our total RM66 dinner bill!

11.30pm-Went back to the hotel. Took our showers and was watching SHOWDOWN 2010 (a hippity hoppity dance competition) on TV.

12am-Sister certified. Watch some reruns of Liverpool Vs Fulham while waiting for my text reply~♥

12.15am-Certified.

to be continued...

Indecision

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”- Romans 8:35-37

For the past 2 weeks, i've been thinking long and hard. Literally losing a lot of sleep over it. Should i really go this time? This is how it all started.....

Just last week, i was having a great teh tarik time with me best mate, Timmy. Somehow i can't remember how we came to the topic of music, bands and joonhui. And this is what Phatboy said, "Mate, JH and i are looking forward to you playing bass with us. Come to KL. We'll figure something out. Since you've been lamenting how you are at the end of the road now."

Since that day, i've been really thinking about a change of environment. A change of my daily life. Don't get me wrong but i still love what i'm doing now. I seriously love the Crescendo Music Crew! I'm living my dream. Playing music for a living. That's what i always dreamed about. But when you, yourself who has been giving a lot of people asking you to go somewhere else for a change for the past i-don't-know-how-long the same and only reason, feeling jaded...you know it is time to move on.

I need to find myself a new set of wheels before moving down and that itself is an obstacle. Then i need to find a place to rent. And not to mention, getting a job.

Timmy has been a real mate by offering me to teach beginner guitar but that of course would mean i'm taking a 20%++ paycut from what i'm having now. But at least that is the only music related job that i'm qualified to do....i think. I'm still thinking if i should get an ordinary office job that is paying much much more (but by KL's standard...still not sufficient!)

Maybe JH's right. This is a really big leap of faith for me. Just like a fish out of its tank into another. What then, is faith? When you fervently believe in something that can't be seen, felt, touched, taste or heard. Am i prepared, mentally, physically and spiritually, for this?

I'm feeling so scared now. So afraid to move out of my comfort zone. I'm afraid that i would unwittingly sacrificed my sister's ambitions. I'm afraid that instead of gaining confidence and financially, i'm being battered by it. I'm afraid of being away from Sue Ann. Most of all...i'm afraid of failing.

JH, you're right. It pains everyone to say but Ann is really not dependent on me..in some ways. I know what i want. Confirmations and blessings. I'm not getting any younger by the minute. I can't afford to "try out" a different scenario. I don't have the luxury to test and try. I have absolutely no room to fail! The cost is too high for me.

Maybe there IS one way to solve this.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
-Psalm 23:4

Just a few hours away from 2010's Chinese New Year and..(drum roll please!)...it still feels like any other day! Crikey! >.< !!!

No loud and annoying firecrackers, no anticipation more waking up wishing the time would go faster, etc. I guess its just me grown up.

I am not much of a gambler either so i guess you won't see me much in a group of people sitting circles on the floor yelling, "PICTURE! PICTURE! PICTURE KA-BOOM!!!" and putting all my angpow money trying double it or blow it all.I still remember those younger days when all of us would sit down in the living room and would just gamble the night away. It is not the money that matters but it was the bantering, the chatting and advices on how to win the game from my uncles and aunties was rewarding. Like feeling all grown up and be a part of "them". Silly me...LOL!!

Enough with the negativity, damnit! Its a New Year!!! LOL!! Anyway, I would like to take this time and opportunity to wish everyone a "虎年进步， 身体健康 ， 虎虎生威!!" and a HAPPY CHINESE NEW TIGER YEAR!!!

RaaAAoOOooUuuUU!!!