The Path of Time

Friend of mine managed to buy the movie ticket four days in advance, tickets at that time was already selling out fast! I am talking hot cakes here!! I got really good seats for the show, and in my opinion it was probably the best movie I have ever seen in my entire life. Optimus Prime (the robot on the left in the picture), has always been my favourite super hero since I was a kid. And to see him back in the big screen is something I just couldn't sit aside and not witness it. The cast for the show did very well, and the robots were designed to perfection right down to the finest details. The thing about the show that really made it stood out from most shows, is how the robots looked so real and how it just sort of seem they were actually in the scene and not some computer graphic. For those who watched Spiderman, I am sure you could tell the difference between the computer graphic and the real person. The only small thing I didn't quite like was Megatron's (the robot on ...

Have you heard the song by Michael Buble, called home? To me, its one of the best songs ever written in these few decades. Meaningful, slow but melodious in its own away. When I listen closely to the lyrics (get the lyrics from HERE ), it talks about someone away from home probably in order to make ends meat, and in search for better pastures. When I listen to it, I am drowned out by the meaningful lyrics which sounds so good with his voice. I guess, even I miss home even though I am not exactly far from it. The feel of entering my home after a tough day at work, just feels so comfortable. I may not hear a welcome from a fancy butler nor I do I see a large chandelier in my home, but deep down, I feel a nice warmth that makes me feel good and just tells me in my heart, "you are home, kid!". The best part about home? I get to have a quiet time for myself just to simply space out into the ceiling and resting my mind from all the worldly commitments that simply makes life a lot m...

Shuuji and Chise (the girl in the picture) are third year students at a high school in Hokkaido. The shy Chise finally confesses her feelings to Shuuji, and the two of them awkwardly start exchanging a diary. Chise is a simple, timid and often clumsy girl and she constantly wants to become stronger for the sake of Shuuji. Not explicitly explained, but the show depicts Japan as undergoing war. In order, to defend itself against enemy attack, a professor found a cruel method to convert humans into a mechanism of destruction. Chise, becomes a victim to the professor hence, her form in the picture. One day, Shuuji tries to escape from a sudden enemy air raid on their town. While desperately escaping from the air raid, Shuuji sees a scene that he would not forget for the rest of his life. He sees Chise, with huge weapons which looks like a part of her hand, shooting down the enemy fighters one by one. That's when he realises, Chise has become a weapon with a destructive power important...

Since I am having a slight break from weekend classes before the next semester kicks in, I took the opportunity to go down to Ipoh , Perak . Anyway, it is one of the states in Malaysia. I did not go there for a holiday, but it was more of a relative visiting thing. In case you want to know where Ipoh is:- The red circle in the map show Ipoh in Malaysia. From where I am - Selangor , it is about one hour forty five minutes drive assuming I keep to the speed limit. It's good to be able to see my only surviving grandmother, aunties and uncles again - catch up with some lost time over tea and some nice snacks. There really isn't much to do in Ipoh except for eating! Food there, if you know where to go, can be pretty cheap and good tasting too. The highlight for my visit there was none other than beef ball noodles! Just to give you a rough idea why I call it the highlight - I had FIVE bowls of beef ball noodles. And, no I did not type wrongly, five bowls is correct! Unfortunately,...

Every now and then, some people make it big time in the business world either from, pioneering a fresh new business strategy to improving something that is thought to be already at it's best. Entrepreneurs can be found in virtually any part of this world. I guess, when you think about an entrepreneur in a global perspective, the first few people you might think of would be - William H. Gates who founded Microsoft, Steve Jobs who brought to us the iPod or even Warren Buffet arguably the best investor in THE world. Bring it down to a narrower perspective, the local scene - Tony Fernandes co-founder of AirAsia and Teh Hong Piow founder of Public Bank Berhad (equivalent to a PLC), and of course there are many more! I guess, there are times when we sit down and ponder, "how exactly did these people turn out to be who they are?". Were they born with such innate ability? Did they have parents that constantly gave them inspiration to be their own boss? Did they have a natural eye...

CLAYMORE - It's the new show I have been watching lately. It probably comes under the genre of fantasy, adventure and drama. In this story, the world people live in is lurking with man-eating creatures called 'Yoma'. Because of their fearsome and uncontrollable lust for human blood, Claymores are called in to exterminate these Yomas. Claymores are half-Yoma, half-human women - according to the story, men cannot become Claymores because they would succumb to the immense power of the half-Yoma in them too easily. This show talks about a Claymore named Claire (the girl in the picture), who chose to become a Claymore at a young age. When she was still a little girl, she was saved by the strongest Claymore at that time, Theresa. At that point, Claire decided to follow Theresa on her journey to exterminate Yomas. Ironically Claire did not choose to follow Theresa because Theresa saved her, but rather she saw a great deal of sadness and loneliness in Theresa. Well, Claire was a v...

Trying to work and study definitely is not easy, unless you have really good time management. But let's face it, no one is perfect, therefore virtually none of us can really stick perfectly to our schedules (I am sure you know what I mean). For those wondering how it feels like to be working and trying to study at the same time - it is really tough. My experience: I am sure at least 95% of us have heard of ACCA from someone or somewhere. For those who do not know what ACCA is, it stands for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. I won't go into the details of what it is and all the jargon about it - but let's just say with that qualification, it will boost my value in the job market! Anyway, back to my experience. It is tough, definitely tough! I am not really experienced at my job but I have been doing it for close to nine months now. The last round of exams was not easy at all. There is not much room for play when I am already spending most of time working...

Finally my long overdue mix is ready for its release. With the current off peak season at work, and my classes yet to resume, I took full advantage in using the time to work on the mix. The mix is done, just need to convert it to the appropriate format and work on the CD covers and I will release it on my project's homepage - http://project-mickamix.blogspot.com/ If you do listen to it, and feel there are room for improvements, do give me some feedback and I will work to improve my mixing skills! ;)

It was a Saturday night, and I wanted to catch a movie. Surprisingly, I wasn't exactly planning on watching Fantastic 4 since I felt it was going to be impossible to get good seats or even get any tickets for the matter. So my girlfriend and I were actually planning to catch Pirates of the Caribbean ("Pirates") since we didn't get the chance to watch it earlier with my work and studies getting in the way. So this how we ended up watching Fantastic 4: We were happily eager to watch Pirates and driving to One Utama. On the way there, we both saw a pretty bad jam to get in. So I thought let's not waste time and head up into The Curve ("Curve") - generally the Curve has more available spots for movies, probably because less people go there due to the distance. Anyway, we got to the Curve, found a beautiful parking lot for my car (I love corner parking lots - keeps my car save from inconsiderate people that open their car doors without minding what's besi...

At the client's place today, had heaps to do and it did not turn out easy. Most of us will probably be thinking the client was difficult to work with. On the contrary, they are pretty nice people around the office - definitely a ++ point! Buuuuutttt ........... trying to get documents is a big hassle. I am talking about MASSIVE hassle here. Apparently, their main office is in Singapore so they decided to ship all the documents up into Malaysia. And I mean they really couriered all their documents in 30kg boxes - using FedEx! In short, I pretty much spent at least, at least three quarter of the day digging into boxes in search of those documents so important to my job (in case you don't know, auditing requires heaps of documentation!). --------talk about work stops here before I bore you further------- Good night!

Back to work today after all the crash studying and exam papers! Therefore, the most common question would probably be how did it feel to be back to work? Feeling was somewhat nostalgic, but worst of all - it was definitely a cold start for an engine not running for the past four weeks. Thank God, today wasn't that busy so I had some time to warm up my engine. Tomorrow I'll be starting off in a new client under a different senior. This can only mean one thing - another opportunity to learn more things! That is always a good thing. And the firm replaced my laptop with a brand new one too, and it's a Dell Latitude! Cool eh (wish you had a job like mine eh)? hehehehehe ....... the firm gave the whole set (i.e. bag, power supply, thumb drive, etc...) All in all I cannot call it a bad day since I am back home earlier than usual, and actually have the time to work on my mix (which in case you didn't know, has been long overdue). Definitely made some progress with the mix, sin...

Alright, alright, not exactly final words of wisdom but just some final words before the final paper for this sitting. Many thanks to those who supported me and in some ways or the other gave me a few kind words. Thanks of course to Cindy (casual reminders telling me to slow down), Alan for the notes (the ones I self studied), thanks to Jasmine (for the law textbooks), hamster for the prayers, my lecturers - Ms. Kiran (audit) and Mr. Simon (tax), and Max. Of course not forgetting my parents, and my girlfriend. For those I had not mentioned, you were not forgotten and I will always be grateful for the support you have given me directly, or in directly. I don't really know what the outcome will be for tomorrow's paper but I intend to go in there feeling as comfortable as possible. I feel quite clam right now and I hope I will feel the same tomorrow. Throughout these past four weeks I have gone through a lot - emotional, mental and spiritual challenges, and I truly believe it is...

One more paper left. My thoughts on it? To me, this paper matters the most among the others especially since I am in the audit line. And, it is also proof that I am to some extent knowledgeable of my own job. In addition, what I learn can be applied to my job practically even if it's not 100% usable - a bit is better than nothing rite? Most importantly, no matter what I do I have to make sure I am on track to reaching my goal. Nothing is more important than being able to achieve my goals in life. After all, life without a goal cannot really be called a life. Right? That's how I view life, at least :) Anyway, back to my last paper. Preparation seems to be fine (it's pretty hard to gauge) and I feel like I am ready for it. I have tomorrow to prepare still, and I have every intention to make full use of the day to make sure I am fully loaded for the exam day. Besides, I am on the assumption the paper is going to be tough since the last sitting was considered less difficult. G...

In light of the upcoming Transformers movie, I am going to share this cool artwork I found. For your information, this picture was completely done up on a computer on Photoshop! Transformers all the way!!!!! Oh yea, source of this picture - http://www.animepaper.net this place is a massive database full of anime artwork.

Browsing through the net a couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a really interesting article and I really think it is worth sharing. _________________________________________________________ The article: WHEN I was young (I mean younger, after all, I’m still young!), I remember taking it for granted that my parents would be back from work by 5.30pm. I got to see a lot of them because, although they both held regular jobs, they were also back for lunch every day. It was something so simple that I never even thought about it. Today, many of us don’t even have the chance to see our children before they go to bed and sometimes, even over weekends. What used to be family time is now taken up with work, meetings, after-work networking and weekend games of squash and futsal with business associates. You know how it goes. And remember the whole concept of extended family? When I was growing up, all my uncles and aunts, to say nothing of cousins, were very much a part of my life. Now I hardly se...

I keep yawning, yawning and yawning but I can't seem to fall asleep. I am pretty sure I am not worrying about anything but it's just probably one of those days when your body decides not to sleep for no apparent reason. So here I am trying to find some away to make myself fall asleep - by blogging! ---------------------------------------- Luckily besides my inventory of trance mixes, I have some jpop to fall back on. Currently I listening to a pretty recent jpop artist - Miliyah Kato (for those interest, check out her official website http://www.miliyah.com/). Pretty good vocals and soothing songs. Generally on the R&B genre if I am not mistaken. I am surprise she's got a good voice at only 18 years of age. Impressive! I am actually in the midst of acquiring her discography, so if anyone wants it feel free to leave a comment and I'll see what I can do to share it with you! ;) ---------------------...

Alright! Had the third paper this afternoon - Business Tax. Verdict? Alright, have you ever been to a holiday and just when you leave your hotel room and despite the fact that you have packed up everything and checked everything on your checklist, you still feel as if you missed out something? Well, that's the sort of feeling I have right now on the paper. It's like this - the paper felt a little bit easier than I expected, so I am not too sure if there was a catch in the questions which I felt was easy. But all in all, I have got this comfortable feeling about it so I think I should be able to pass it. One more paper in five days time! I guess, this is to some extent the most important paper - audit. After all, I am in the audit line so I would really love to do better for this paper. :) And due to the fact that the I have been doing quite well in all the tests for this paper. I kind of look forward to this paper, and hope to see if all my efforts so far has paid off!

Well, well, well, had my second paper today - Corporate and Business Law. Verdict? So you want me to give an optimistic opinion or a down right honest answer? Optimistic answer - I think I have got a 50, 50 chance of passing. A down right honest answer - I had a tough time with the question paper, and I think I might fail it. I did attempt all the questions but, I don't really know if what I threw in for answers were relevant to helping me get marks. The passing mark 50 percent but even at times like this 50 marks can be a huge pain to achieve. Anyway, the paper is done with and that's all I have to say about it. Focus is on tomorrow's tax paper. Just a short prayer: "Father God, thank You for holding my hand keeping me calm throughout the paper even though it was potentially a disaster. Somehow, You kept me focused on the paper and just let me write something on the answer script. Tomorrow is another paper for me, and I hope to do it well as the firm is paying it for ...

Today was an examination for Information Systems. Verdict? Erm, I don't know how well I will fair but I could answer the questions (at least that's what I think). So in terms of passing the paper, I think I stand quite a strong chance of passing. Thank God! Also thanks to the many that prayed for me - Darren, Alan, Max, Cheryl and Zo, Hamster, Mcee. For those I did not mention, thank you very much you have not been forgotten. Of course, my girlfriend for her support! ;) Tomorrow's paper will most certainly be a challenge. It's Business and Corporate Law. Once again, I am not going to make any predictions on how it is going to turn out but I am going to try hard to pull through this paper. It is scary, since this is another paper I self-studied from start to finish. I have absolutely no idea whether what I studied is correct or wrong, and it is probably too late to find out anyway. So I am going to just try to walk into the hall feeling comfortable and composed at the ve...

One more day till my first exam paper. Pretty scary feeling to it, I mean it'll be the first time in my life I am going to sit for an exam I completely self studied from start to finish. So it'll kind of show my fruits of labour..... I hope. :P Although I was feeling a lot more stressed up yesterday, I feel better today probably because I had some assurance from some of my friends last night at dinner. I don't think I want to make any predictions on how it is going to turn or anything like that but I hope to just walk into the exam hall feeling comfortable about it. The past couple of days I have been worried about whether I am prepared or not, and stuff like that but today I am going to try put all that away because I isn't helping in anyway. Worse still, I think it demotivates me! @_@ One more day, I am going to make this prayer: "Father God above, let me hold your hand and let You take me into the exam hall with calmness. As you hold my hand, while I am doing th...

It is 3 minutes before hitting 12am, Saturday which is also the 2nd of June 2007. Which means to say, I have effectively two more days left before my first paper on the 4th of June 2007. So what's the feeling like? I don't know! Since the first two papers will be the exams for the subjects I self-studied I am pretty anxious and a little bit of fearing the unknown. You know, things like 'have I read enough?', 'was the text I used sufficient to help me get through?'. I guess I should take this as a learning experience, since not everyone gets to try something like this. Emotionally, it has been very challenging since all this while since my college days I have always been in control of how things went. Everything I did was well planned and executed as close as possible to the original plan. Succumbing to this situation, things are a lot different in the sense that I have definitely more commitment to shoulder. Coming out into the open world so to speak does not al...