February was great!

Lately, I realized that I’ve been writing blog entries a month late of time.

I wrote about New Year’s Eve celebration on January 31st, posted pictures of my birthday on February, and now, February stuff – recalled in March!

It is a sin to have an inconsistently-updated blog, because all blog-deaths are caused by nothing more than this!

So this time, I’m going to write just a small piece on February, and concentrate on March! It’s better to look ahead into the future.

In February, I was:

Rich – because I got a load of cash from selling my laptop for a very handsome price.

Even richer – because I bought another laptop for RM1,000 and resold it for RM1,300 the next day.

Lazy – because in the end, without my laptop I feel lazy updating this blog.

Guilty – because I’m lazy updating this blog.

Enthusiastic – because, to divert my guilt, I’ve set a goal to do very well in my studies this semester.

Demotivated – because I found out I had six monstrous subjects each with long lab sessions and tough assignments to go through the next twelve weeks.

Encouraged – because people close to me told me I could still do it.

Confident – because I knew I could still do it… Somehow.

Romantic – because I had a wonderful, enchanting February 14th.

Happy – because she was happy.

Luxurious – because I’ve had my most luxurious dinner yet, for Valentine’s day in Shook, Starhill Gallery.

Poor – because I paid for the dinner.

Even poorer – because TM sent me a warning letter telling me I had an unpaid balance of RM446.

Sad – because I am poor now.

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Anyway, March is going to be so excitingly different!

I’m going to Bali on March 22nd!

Before I signed up for this trip, my impression of Bali had been that it was a beautiful, serene island where people go for honeymoon on its golden sandy beaches, dive into the clear water flourishing with colorful corals, and the whole place is like totally peaceful and exotic. 

After I signed up for the trip, and before I’ve actually gone to the place, my impression now has changed to that it has a lot – A HELL LOT OF… temples.

When I looked at the travel itinerary, I saw at least three weirdly-named waluwatu-something temples.

If it’s all about temples, then maybe it isn’t worth taking the tour package after all! But we’ll see.

I know, many of you all out there who’s been to Bali are probably laughing at my naivety towards Bali right now, but that’s really my impression right now.

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Next Sunday, March 15th, is going to be a very special day to me.

I am going to celebrate a ‘friendship anniversary’ with the oldest friend of mine. A very special occasion – our 15th anniversary of friendship!

If you think 15 years is nothing, think again – I have only just turned 21 this January, that means I’ve met her since kindergarten!

How many friends whom you have known since you were 6, and is now still your very good friend, do you have?

I have one!

Details in the next blog entry.

SZECHUAN, CHINA – The poor victims of the Szechuan earthquake are homeless. Please lend them support in any way you can. Show that you have a caring heart. (Call Sin Chew donation hotline 03-79658507)

CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA – Poor James Chow is also homeless. His own old house’s tenancy agreement has ended, and his new house has 1-inch-thick dust covering the floor and windows, no fan and light, contractors and workers walking in and out freely, and – NO ELECTRICITY yet!

In an exclusive interview, James told our reporters yesterday that It was impossible for him to stay in the new house for the time being, and having just returned from Ipoh last week, James doesn’t plan to make another trip back again this week.

Right now, James is essentially living a homeless, hermit’s life; visiting and staying at different friends’ houses for the nights – until next week.

Really, really sad.

Sebastian’s house, where he has been staying for the last couple of nights, is in a new housing area and has no internet connection yet.

Eyewitnesses claim that James is – right now – using (and sometimes stealing from inside the car) public WiFi from a nearby restaurant! Very cham of him!

According to experts, James can’t really write a proper blog entry with just 30-45 minutes of time in the restaurant… Not being a great writer himself, plus the time needed for processing photos – a normal blog entry takes around 3 hours to complete.

If all goes well, James’ll be moving into his new house the day after tomorrow. we’ll see what happens.

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Show some support and donate to the poor homeless victims in Szechuan, and, if you have extra money and a BIG kind heart – also donate to poor homeless James. All donations will go into his bank account.

Please send an email to the Homeless James Chow Fund (HJCF) at james@james-chow.com to donate, or, call him personally for payment instructions. Show him your loving and caring heart!

All proceeds to the HJCF will be channeled to his entertainment and shopping expenditures… or maybe buying a new laptop…

THANK YOU!

P.S. Due to the large amount of funds received, James is currently limiting all donations to over RM1,000 only.

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LOL, please pardon the stupid entry… I think days without internet is driving me crazy…

… But really, if you can, donate to the poor Szechuan earthquake victims… That is real!

Our house was on fire!!!

It was terrible.

The news of the fire will be up on newspapers tomorrow – but you get it first on James-Chow.com. I must’ve been crazy to have stopped and taken the only picture of the fire above!

Two people suffered second-degree burns and were hospitalized, two more had mild injuries (I’m one of them – my right index and middle finger got burned when I took the picture above), and even some deaths – five barbequed rabbits.

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No lah! OK!

Actually, we went to our new house in Seri Kembangan yesterday, to clear the grass and weeds that had grown on the front and rear lawns over the past six years of the house being empty.

It is indeed a good question to ask: Why is it OUR – and not the landlord’s – job to clear up the mess in front of the house…?! I was wondering that too.

Apparently, the agent had asked one of our friends if we could clear up the grass ourselves, and he (that friend) agreed…!! on behalf of all of us! LOL!

Anyway, we soon found out that the agent’s idea of clearing the grass was, not using any gardening tool or chemical, but to simply burn ‘em all!

I personally didn’t think it was a good idea, but it was technically not our house yet, so we just stood and… watched.

The guy got a liquid sprayer from his house and filled it with diesel. The effect was quite incredible, kinda looked like the kind of flamethrower weapons in computer games…

It was very environmentally unfriendly, and the fire that my friend had set at the backyard even went slightly out of control!

The flames were as tall as us, and we had to close the back door and hide inside to shield ourselves from being burned!

Haha, that was how the first photo was taken… In fact, the flames were worse than what it looks like in the photo, seriously!

* Fire went out in less than a minute’s time.

After that, we proceeded to cleaning the mess – removing all the remaining weeds, ashes, burnt branches and stuff…

We’re officially moving into our new house next week! YAY!

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It was our housemate Heng’s birthday!

I think it was very unfortunate of him to have his birthday in the middle of the final exam week! Every year he has to celebrate his birthday with people around who are all stressed-up by exams!

Haha…

Heng received a free, HUGE glass of milk tea for his birthday from Wong Kok Char Chan Teng!

It was so insanely huge and it was very, very heavy!

Heng is only 21, but he has always been our ‘dad’ among us housemates! Yup, he really acts like one! Haha, that’s not an insult ok!

This picture is really great… He finished the whole bucket of milk tea! Or at least it looks like it!

We bought a birthday cake for Heng from Secret Recipe, but they forgot to give us the candles!

Birthday cake without candles ler! We only realized there were no candles after we had opened the packaging…

The cake was supposed to be a surprise to Heng, so we were quite lucky to have the opportunity to get some candles (used candles from another friend’s previous birthday cake ) and light them on the cake before he saw it.

Shheeesh I know it is totally pathetic to use second-hand candles for a friend’s birthday cake… But we had no choice!

Haha… Heng knew it but he was very happy, nevertheless!

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My friend’s car was stolen!

His Proton Waja was parked inside the compound of Cyberia Townvillas, with 24-hours security (kononnya), car locked, at a resident parking lot!

It was very unfortunate because he had left his access card, which was required to get past (enter/exit) the Townvilla security, in the car…

So we guessed the thief probably used the card and happily ‘beep’-ed his way past the security gates, perhaps even waving at the guards as he passed…

We reported the incident to the Cyberia security department, the management, and lodged a police report at the Cyberjaya police station.

The police were unexpectedly helpful and friendly. After the report, some police officers came and ’sort of’ investigated the place – questioning security guards and taking pictures.

One of the police officers actually jokingly admitted that all it would take was two minutes to steal a Proton car… LOL!

We went back to the police station that night for my friend to meet another officer for making statements.

With the police report, my friend was able to apply for his insurance claim. It might take a few months to approve though…

What are the odds of the Malaysian Police being able to find a stolen car?

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P.S. My exams are finished! Yay!