Hello All.

It’s 2010! ‘Happy New Year’ is what I’ve been constantly chanting to everyone that I meet..even though it’s already 7 days past 1st Jan!

Most people at this stage will still be reeling at how 2009 went for them. I am too. I’m happy that things went quite well for me. New friends. New jobs. New ventures. New freebies. Same girlfriend.

(The last one is a good thing ok)

To talk about it all here would pretty much take a long time. I know many people like listing their ‘Success Stories of 2009’ but I guess I’ll skip that this year. My last year’s ‘Success Stories’ took me damn long to write wei. Not because there was too many, but because I couldn’t find the old records. And I forgot half of it so had to refer to pics and slowly type type. Haha…!

I’m pretty sure this year would be a good one. Challenging, though, but with good prospective.

Because, I’m going for Ne-Yo’s concert tomorrow. I almost feel like the king of the world. Thanks x 1000 Leowazza and Friendster!

I’m not a great fan of his (don’t kill me), but recent constant OVERWHELMING of his songs on radio should really say something about him. Maybe he’s really that good. Go and see lah. Apparently cameras are allowed…so out comes the dslr. And video camera. Imagona use all hands and feet to record everything!

I can only hope that what happened during MTV World Stage (where I smuggled my videocam into McD takeaway and had to leave it all behind because food wasn’t allowed) wouldn’t happen again. If not then FML liao.

Within the first days of 2010 saw the creation of the all new #Twtclub. If you have been following my little section of the Twitterverse, you’ll know what it’s all about!

1st #twtclub gathering at Zeta Bar. Pretty good stuff, considering i walked into KL Hilton with a round-neck tee and jeans. Mega-informal.

The highlight of the session was meeting up with the faces behind:

@DiGi_Telco ! Her name is S Classified laah. For personal Safety reasons lol.

And there’s not just one, but TWO people behind @DiGi_Telco. His name is G. Personal Safety reasons remain also lol.

Picture taken with @meiyingt, who I’m trying to lure into the dark side called Salsa. Ahahaha.

The other special appearance was by the very cute @StarbucksMy. 2nd from left, girl with yellow blouse and smiling until cannot see eyes. Her name is Jone, The name can be revealed because it was revealed before. No more classified-ed for you Jone!

Visit www.twtclub.com for updates and how you can join us in our misadventures

And also within d first few days of 2010, was my ex-Sony Tai Lou Sunny’s wedding. Aih, another Angpau goes out. Think of Karma, Eu Veng, think.

2010 will also see the launch of the new factory in India, as a result of the joint venture between our company and Wuxi Driveshafts in China. Be ready for more shizzits from India. Accha Hai.

2010 will also see the rise of the side-project, Podfolio, which will hopefully be launched before mid-year. I pray hard for this to work out. Or I will convert to an Indian and disappear from the face of the earth. Ahaha.

My main resolution this year : Not to make more than 3 resolutions. Really mah. Plan more, fail more. Might as well focus on a few.

1.  Micro resolution : Don’t waste time. This’ll lead to further success kes

2.  Macro resolution : Make the people close to me realize that they’re valuable to me. This is gona be effin hard.

3.  Know when to RELAX. Yeah babeh.

So as a start, I’m gona practice Resolution # 3 first. Yeah babeh. Ne-Yo here I come!

If you’re going as well let me know. Tweet @euveng / text / call me!

Cheers!
EVo

 

The days just keep getting happier as Xmas draws close.

Oh, everywhere I go is just full of the season’s joy. It’s almost like ecstasy! ^^

 
Midvalley – The Gardens

 

Tell me you don’t get the warm fuzzy feeling when the Xmas songs slowly but surely lifts your spirits as you stroll along the shopping aisles. I especially know from nostalgic memories from my trips to Europe when I was really little. Images of snowy mountains and the radiance from the fireplace in little homes are plain unforgettable.

Sigh. I just love Xmas. I’m no Christian, but I sure prefer this festival much much much more than even Chinese New Year. Yeah, the effect of angpau is wearing off LOL.

Capsquare Mall, off Jln Ampang.

 

The feeling gets even better when you immerse yourself in the occasion with your someone special.

 

Hehehe. Today Psychkin can officially forget about her thesis! Final presentation over!

Just look at her face. Like kena Lottery + jackpot only. If only I recorded her scream in over-excitement kekeke.

 

I promised her a treat…and so I did!

 

I had no choice but to join her and eat. I can’t let her eat alone right. xD

Say hello to Mr Appetizer Prawn.

 

 

 

Some handsome guy drinking green tea. Hoho.

I ate so much to the point that I had to try so hard convince my tummy to tell my body to stand up and make a move.

 

As part of the treat, our next target was CapSquare Mall! It’s quite a new place, open about 3-4 months now.

 

 

I think most people won’t know the way to Capsquare Mall so here’s the map.

 

Main reason? To check out the Happy Hippyz bazaar that’s happening today and tomorrow!

 

Honestly it was kinda disappointing. The corridor was too congested for the stalls and the items were just brazenly displayed like Pasar Malam. I couldn’t tell if the items were new or 2nd hand stuff.

 

One thing that attracted me though was this stall selling these old-fashioned Sarsi from Negeri Sembilan. Yes Sarsi!

I couldn’t resist and Psychkin got me 1 cool bottle.

 

For Rm 2.50, what you get is Sarsi-flavoured water with no gas! Interesting taste really. 3/4 bottle down and finally I decided that I may collapse into a diabetic coma if I finished the whole thing. Wah sugar-loaded wei. So we threw it away LOL.

 

Me & Psychkin in a mirror as I go Sugar-High.

 

I wanted to snap a baby Xmas tree when suddenly this charbo decided to obstruct my view with her posterior end.

Huhuhu.

 

Also there was a stall selling these cute plastic cylinders in the form of cameras, hearts, peace signs, even Ipods and Gameboys. I think they call it Froufrou, yes?

 

And after shopping…. finally the main reason going to Capsquare Mall:

Psychkin and I finally watched our first Hindi movie together!!

I’m telling you, Hindi movies have evolved so much since the last. Dostana stars Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan, which is one of THREE movies that Priyanka is releasing these 2-3 months.

 

And boy, Priyanka is Burning Hot baby.

As you probably know, all Hindi films have a hero and heroine, which makes sex a mandatory element.

And in this show, no less. What shocked me is the openness of Bollywood when it came to choosing what to display onscreen. Kids and Muslims (as usual), this is not the show for you.

Quite honestly, as Psychkin (and you if you watch the show) will agree, the level of Bollywood films have surpassed Malaysian films (without doubt) and definitely can take on Hollywood. I was impressed by the storyline, humour, filmography, settings, choreography, ending and how they evoke feelings in me during the movie.

For one who wrote off Zohan as a spoof and wasn’t impressed by HighSchoolMusical 3, trust me on this one. If you don’t enjoy this movie I’ll refund your ticket, no questions asked!

I know I go to India often, but that don’t make me Pro-India OK. Still there’s many things I don’t like about that place keke.

After the movie we came across this shop selling novelty items for Xmas deco.

 

Nice but not cheap!

 

I’m very liking this shot:

 

 

I’m really in holiday mood now.

Anybody wanna go Cambodia somewhere early next year?

 

Cheers!
-EVo-

What do you do when you find out that, as you do more for a person, you make her happy, and oh-how sincerely happy she is.

You know you’re not being taken for granted.

You know from the touch of her hand that she thinks you’ve done much more than you should, and yet in you, you just want to do more.

And even after a few years, you know you both can keep going on.

Oh yes, I believe in the future =)

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On a different topic : 4 days ago, I finally fixed up a slow leak on the car tyre which I was supposed to do weeks ago. When balding marks started to appear on the side, I knew the tyre was calling for help desperately.

Memang lah, the damn thing goes flat every 2 days. Imagine all that wear and tear with every inflate and deflate lol. My poor tired tire. Haha.

So I sent it for repair at the local repair shop outside my house…and wham!a memory instantly flashed into my mind..Keke it’s a memory of a tire puncture I had in Mumbai 2 months ago. Let’s see..that was in Pune, about 2 hours east of Mumbai.

What do you expect..with all those stony roads and every Indian driver thinking that he’s Michael Schumacher, I’m not surprised that a million tires get punctured every single day. Really.

So, back to the repair!

 

This is something we’ve all seen a dozen times while we repair Our tires. That’s my tire being repaired.

 

The Tire-man probably knows more about this machine than his own TOOTHBRUSH. I’d think you know how this works: tire goes in, machine turns one round and the tire pops out almost magically.

 

For the Indian Tire-man, when it comes to removing a tire, there is nothing that works as well as his trusty wedge and hammer. And some body-weight.

 

Very systematically, Tire-man proceeds to the next step: removing the tube.

Yes guys, Indian tires do have a tube in it. FYI, most of Malaysian tires are tubeless. They’ve been tubeless for decades now, so imagine my surprise when he pulled out the tube. Something like the tire’s UNDERWEAR.

 

Then he checks for leakages in his special leak-detector tire bath:

 

 

Tire-man’s shop is not short of curious onlookers:

 

 

Our Malaysian Tire-man uses some blue paste to patch up the leak after a few minutes of grinding.

 

Our Indian Tire-man? I have no idea…somehow or other the hole was patched up and it worked. The technology still escapes me.

 

After patching is done, comes the part where the naked tire is dressed with its underwear again.

 

 

After some heavy banging, the tire is inflated and the pressure checked.

Don’t play play, they really check the pressure. Even our Malaysia Tire-man doesn’t do that.

 

Finally, the tire is fixed back onto the car. In Malaysia we have that trusty jack that lifts cars up in less than 1 minute.

 

 

For Indian Tire-man: who needs to spend money on jacks when you can use the emergency jack belonging to the car owner?

 

Such sound economic wisdom. No wonder Indians are such successful businessmen.

 

In Malaysia, our Tire-man uses this to remove the nuts:

 

Strangely, in India, even though they’re already using compressed air to fill up tires, they don’t have this little device that can just tap into the compressed air and remove nuts within seconds. Maybe doing it by hand is in true Indian Tire-man spirit.

 

Finally, when everything is done, it’s time to pack up. Did I also mention that the tire that was just repaired is actually the SPARE TIRE? The main tire, which we were using all the while was actually punctured beyond repair, and when we tried to use the SPARE TIRE, that’s when we discovered that it was also punctured. what the hell right haha.

 

Now this one is the main tire! LOL. It was conveniently tucked back in the trunk, unrepaired, waiting for the next poor unsuspecting driver to use.

 

Probably the best part of this whole process is payment. All that hard work, done manually by hand by the boss himself costs only Rs40 (Rm 3.33). He’ll accept payment very happily with a big smile on his face.

 

This is our repairshop:   xD

 

A little old and not so hi-tech, but hey, it works for the average Indian.

For me, it was a good experience…hey, how often do you get to see something like this back home?

 

 

‘Come out you goddam wheel!*

That’s incredible India for you. And remember, you got it all here!

Cheers!
-EVo-