20100307: U2 No Line On the Horizon

It's been few months since I bought my last CD. Was window shopping & found this U2 CD amongst the piles of "others" on sale (50%; half of the price). I think it's quite a good deal around 28 ringgit. That's almost the price of things during my school time.

The CD section of the shop has been shrinking every year. What hinders consumer like me to always buy a few CDs to every month? think think think...

1) The Exorbitant price. Money used for necessities, like daily food (Survival).

2) Only one/few songs are good why buy the whole album (Only 10% of product is useful).

[After listening for many umpteen time, 18% is perfect for me, 64% OK, 18% - no comment.]

3) I'll probably ripped it to my ipod anyway, why don't I just get from my friends the one good song (Social norm).

4) Do not feel a need to listen to it until become a zombie; actually bought 5 days ago but not open it yet (Not a music addict).

5) Laziness to got to the store, queue up at the counter, chat with the girl a little, bring wallet out from my pocket, take out & count money from wallet, money pass to girl, girl "ka-ching" & pass me the change, change put in pocket while receiving item in a non-biodegradable plastic bag, bring things & plastic bag home, find a place to store it (Convenience issue).

6) Overheard some young people shy to browse the "discount tray" because the CDs probably from few hundred years ago (Peer pressure).

7) It's cooler to buy from online music store like itunes (Technology advancement)

[Without seeing the lyrics, cannot hear the greatness in the songs too. Not a music critic who's job is to study the song for a living.]

Anyways, I just loaded it into my Ipod, will be listening to it later. :-)

[13-March:- Already listened & reviewed, time to keep the few good songs for shuffle mode & delete the rest. Just feels that the songs in this album are not as "urgent" as previous. Maybe they already earned too much money? ;-) ]

20100302: Roots

Had a chance to do breakfast with parents yesterday morning. Went to a quite popular coffee shop which just happened to be sitting on the former site of dad's old old house.
It was just a few shops away. I didn't know that if he hadn't say it.
I recalled a vague memory of a wooden house with wet watery floor and wooden planks as walk path.
Dad say their house was the best with billion wood roofing. That was almost 45 years ago from today.
He remembered the tuck shop location, which is now some electrical appliances shop.
And the alligators in the river behind where they used to swim.
A piece of old memories from our roots I guess. :-)

2010227: Chocolate & Life

Old friends are like chocolate,
How sweet chocolate can be,
it stung my tongue & I felt numb,
Remembering the happiness that is.

In the spring where the flower bloom
& warm wind blew,
how i learnt sweet & bitter are good for You.

(Resuree Spring of Twenty Ten)

20100220: Reading - Prosperity Year

23 Thoughts from Reading While Posting - Prosperity year 2010.

Thoughts of 2010 in General:
1) Drama, intensity, change travel (ok, will take note).
2) world conflicts and disasters (hmm... nothing can top the perils & uncertainty I felt during 9-11; or even the tsunami incident, so this is "bull")
3) won't be a dull 12 months for anyone (ok, will take note, especially what undull things others are up to)
4) far reaching changes for everyone (as a person accustom to changes, this is basically normal)
5) New inventions and incredible technological advances have a good chance of occurring (market strategy to incur forced spending, I succumb not)
6) seizing opportunities and making the most of our personal and very individual talents (ok, will take note & apply those set of mirror skills when needed)
7) Everything happens quickly and dramatically (already pick up paced since mid last year, also pick up white hair & eye bags. @#$%^&)
8) blink and you could miss an important chance of a lifetime (that's why i have a video phone).
Habitat Thoughts:
9) Zodiac Stone: Sapphire (jade can or not? I don't want to wear my sapphire accessories so often)
10) Special Flower: Violet (will watch out for people named violet)
11) Best Hours: 3-5 am (best hour to sleep?)
12) Best Season: Winter (will play some snow this year :-))
13) Horoscope Colors: Green, Blue, Yellow (from the 3 I only like blue; #$%^ will buy some green/yellow under-garments)
Lucky Thoughts:
14) 2010 holds great promise exciting developments both personally and professionally (great news but I feel so so only, so-so will take note).
15) Disappointed and disheartened 2009 (no, I've gone thru worst years, last year was kacang, most things came my way)
16) important to leave the past behind and CONCENTRATE ON THE FUTURE, which is looking so BRIGHT! (Super Love This Statement, I started buying Jackpot LUCK. kekeke)
17) Financially, everything improves this year (hmmm... doubtful but good to hear for my ears)
18) money-making thoughts and ideas should be fully explored and investigated (not so sure; GOOD ADVICE this one is though)
19) With the fast pace of this year for all signs, needs to take extra care in planning and thinking all projects through – no rushing headlong into schemes during 2010! (Patience I super have, learning from Survivor while waiting for competition die off)
20) romance will possibly see a friendship suddenly develop into something more personal with exciting consequences. (wah... let's see how it goes this year)
21) August, December and January-2011 (Fun activities)
22) March to May will bring encouraging and interesting job opportunities (Time to test the market)
23) Make sure he puts himself forward and gets noticed at work (already got notice for attacking a lot during play, what need is to build a perfect defence for my teammates to advance the opposing factions, If necessary hostle offensive will be applied. For the benefit of the TEAM).
END ... CHOW BABY...

20100220: Chap Goh May... be

Hoo hoo hoo. Last year missed out on this fish-feast due to mum cooking it later. Will be back for eat this year. Roarrrr....

20100215: Happy Tiger Lunar Year

Happy Tiger New Year.
I learn or re-learnt a few things today.
Old friends are like chocolate,
How sweet chocolate can be (partly due to I ate some "super sweet chocolate" today.)
I guess it stung my tongue & I felt numb for a while.
Milk chocolate with over sweet, would be the great companion for aged red wine.
I wonder would chocolate aged as well as wine?
Just some thoughts for the beginning of spring twenty ten.
Cheers.
Revision/Addition1:
Why would they call it re-vision (huhuhu), it's beginning of the year, Ellen has become the American Idol judge. Blah, the world is just spinning they way it were yesterday. What will be going on/doing for this coming year?
1) Change! Change the old habit, change the way things were, change bla bla. Done all of that & then I changed back. Maybe I should change my job, hold that thought, would I change back. LOL.
2) What about "kyouka"? All your shishio did not spend those time & effort to teach things so that you can change you know.
3) Exercise: According to the book of ways, 3 times a week (sorry I strike off food to below, never was a big fan of food 'chuckle').
3) Food, what would be the to die for taste this year? (no idea now, i'm easy to feed)
4) Travel sight-seeing tour, which month? (planning to go on those lockok beautiful once in a life, go one time never want to go back place tour)
5) Money (don't spend)
6) Investment (don't buy)
7) Bla bla bling... (7D? kekeke)

20090524: Resuree blog rev3

It's that time again to review my blog, and start blogging away.Over worked these few days. OT without money is uninspiring, but other things could be less intriguing. So why waste it on this thought? :-) You should start anew with Suginami's Melody. :-)
nemuru nora neko
hito wa tabibito
azayaka ni yomigaeru aoi merodi
naita tsugi no hi umareru egao
akiru koto naku mawaru kazaguruma yo
ano hito no namae no you na
masayume wo sagashi nagara
nagai namiki michi
komorebi wo abite
aruki hajimeru
zawameita machi ni ukabu
mikazuki ni omoi haseru
nani mo korosenai
yubi wo asobasete
toki wo nadeteiru...
Melody of Suginami lyric & music by Masamune Kusano
The sleeping stray cat and the travelers.The bluish melody clearly reviving.The smile that appear a day after a weep. And the windmill that never get tired of turning.
It's like that person's name.While searching for a dream that would come true.
The long avenue, bathing the illuminated sunlight.Start walking.
Floating in the noisy town.The thoughts run to the crescent moon.
Not taking any lives, let you fingers play.Brush the time, gently.

20080805: I Know What You Did To Your

Fruit Juice & Milk Boxes:

20080805: Apples in a Box

Fruits tend to clutter up and rot in the fridge, I found this box to arrange my weekend food, cleaned and plucked, ready to be consumed immediately. An apple a day keeps the doctor away... soon the clinic will be out of business. :-)

20080801: Clutter Other People

Stumble upon this pictures of other people's clutter. Before the clean up and after, looks fantastic. Thought I reexamine the potential of an empty canvas over an over crowded living space & tranform it into some art for easy living. :-)

20080726: I Know What You Did To Your

Timberland wrappers:

These wrappers from Timberland are ideal as box wrappers for my new colour scheme.

Like what they say: "Don't Wear It, Use It".

20080719: I Know What You Did To Your

Nirvana T-Shirt:

"Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be. as a friend, as a tramp, as I know memory... ya... memory... ya...".The moment I heard this song and it's addictive melody, Nirvana & Kurt Cobain became a permanent part of my existance.

This is my one and only favourite Nirvana black rocker's T which was very popular during college days.I've "out-sized" the T-shirt but the smell of teen spirit will be permanently encast in an LCD TV cover at my living space. :-)

"Long live Nirvana."

20080620: Wandering Through the Back Road

Wandering through the back road,

Blue sky above.

Long road ahead.

Mountains far away.

The shadow pulling the trees away from the sun.

The air is crisp as I enjoy the view in a moment of peace.

20080618: Self Silhouette (Morning)

In the morning, when the moon is at it's rest you will find me shooting this self silhouette on August 5th 2007.

20080617: Clutter 2008-6

I took this picture while cleaning up. Usually there's no clutter. So I just created some all around just for the title's sake. Enjoy!

20080617: Sunrise December 2008

I took this picture from inside the plane heading towards Japan. The warm sun slowly crawling over the horizon reaching toward me. The ray of light irradiating smoothly like a cup of hot latte on a winter morning. Riding on the wind to welcome the Daybreak's Bell ...

20080616: Resuree blog rev2

It's that time of the year again for a revision & post mortem ( for an instant there I forgot how to spell correctly :/ ). Looking back, I can say that I'm not in the same instances/STAGE as I'd been since the last rev (a better tomoro thingy)... :D
1) Did life become better? Definitely "YEP". (due to less eating & stress theraPSpy)
2) Did quality of life improved? Definitely "YEP". (due partly to recycling & applying the 3Rs)
Now is the time to "tie up the loose end". (Define loose end? whatever that is.) Strange how I can fore-see it's that time again, I do not know what triggered it. Maybe it was something in the air or something I did during end of MAY 2008 (ran a marathon). I thought I'd pen down the ending once I "lift" my pencil so the saying goes: " Time to start blogging ".

20080616: Seagull & the Sun

I am a SEAGULL, flying high in the sky
The SUN is my friend, always by my side
As I glide thru the air, chasing the SKYLINE
My spirits SOAR high, like it's the first time....

by Resuree (midnight & too much coffee)

20080616: Care for my SLR

Had the scare of my life today when I check out my SLR. Seems some pictures i took has some dark spots. OMG... I went to had it serviced as soon as I could, the shop charged me for $28 to clean up the CCD. I didn't even bargain. Anyway, after cleaning, the photo i shot become better.

Lesson learnt: DO NOT think that your camera can take care of itself. Especially the places it's been, high altitude, near salt water, humid place (arrr... sound kinky).... etc.

Now it will sit air-tightly in my $23.90 vacumn box. kEkE....

20080126: Moon

I always dreamt of a moonscape since childhood, bored out of my mind this morning I tried to take picture of the moon. This is my best picture after various tries. Listen to the sound of the moon, telling stories to people on Earth "Moshi moshi, can you read me?" The calm surface, & monochromatic landscapes are captured by my camera lens. No wonder people from the olden days worship the moon, like everything by nature. It's seems to have a life of it's own. Beaming soften lights to blanket us in our sleep. :-D