Purpose = Tujuan

What is your purpose in everything you do ?

Apakah tujuan dalam setiap apa yang ada lakukan ?

A simple question , which lead me to a mind map, trail of thoughts ....

Soon, there will be another change in my life ... and what I visualized has materialized ...

" What I am seeking is seeking me .. "

Ironic don'tcha think ?

Dormant N Zara Pics

1) Dormant

Granted MPL has been a bit dormant these past few months ... ever since Junior came :-) .. actually sebelum pun ... ;-) ... well, stuff has been happening here and there ... you might see some changes here and there ... but ... MPL will still be around

2) Gambar Zara

Here are two recent pictures of her .. pada kawan2, maaf ye lambat upload sikit ...



.. every single day, they both bring joy to me ...Linda n Zara ..Thank You God for the blessing !

Kangen

This song is especially dedicated to Nat :D

Kadang2 kita rindu pada masa dahulu ... tetapi ... ingatlah teman, ianya sudah berlalu.

Terima kasih dan selamat tinggal, memori .....

A Few Notes On Today

1. Driving a yellow Mercedes 230, the driver conveniently drops outside his car window, an empty plastic bag, that fell on the road.. right in front of me !

2. Why on the Earth do they wear pajamas to pasar malam ?? This aint sleepytime people !

3. I am a daddy ... it's 2 weeks already ?

While 1 and 2 turned me off, no 3 made my day :D cayang Zara ..

MY BIRTHDAY

20th June was my birthday ! dah 34 weii....

Introducing Zara

Ladies and Gents,

Introducing our princess Zara .... born last Saturday ...



Amirah Nur Zara ... translated as " Princess Of Bright Lights "

Welcome to the world kiddo :D

Acat N Cookie's Wedding

Yes, yours truly went to the wedding today with wifey ... they were splendid, the food was excellent ... and Cookie sang :D .... tercapai jugak impian akhirnya ;-)

Cookie Sang .... Acat looked lovingly at her ...
aww... it was so sweet :D ....
err .. later it rained a bit ... that's why Acat didn't join in ;-)


Me + wifey with The Couple ...

I thanked them for being my inspiration which lead me to meet n eventually marry my wife ;-)

Cookie sang the song below ... and it is worthy of the occasion ...




the original version in video is here.

SELAMAT PENGANTI BARU, ACAT + COOKIE :-) SEMOGA BERBAHAGIA KE ANAK CUCU

ps/ tahniah acat .. sekali lafaz je :D

Attitude Is Everything !!

Once a while, when I feel like I need a good laugh and a pick me upper flick, I'll watch this DVD that is in my collection .... The main message : ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING !! ... and uh, you'll never see Wesley Snipes in the same way again :D

below are some scenes from the movie ....

The Intro


How The Queens Got Together

For Someone in The Middle Of The Nite

It's early Saturday morning and she is on my mind ... I wonder how she is doing, but I know she is doing okay .... the song below will always be her song ....



.. it's all about choices ....

In The Memory Of Susanna Jafri Tay

I met her formally first time on Sept 6, 2003. We were introduced earlier through a friend and began texting each other before the meeting.

She was an interesting person... we shared a love for Indon teen movies .. we saw Ada Apa Dengan Cinta, Eiffel I'm In Love and Ungu Violet .. we would talk about various stuff. The more I knew about her ... the more I could sense that she was a kind soul who had some bad luck when it came to personal matters. In spite all of that, she loved her family ( especially her dad ), more than they will ever know, she was a great friend to her friends and a great colleague ....

Getting the news from my friend Zylia this morning and checking it in the papers was a shock. We drifted apart since early last year, due to personal differences. Our YMs were brief .. she became secretive and didn't say much. When she got married, it was through a friend that I found out about it. It was a hush hush matter.

My regret is that I didn't follow up on her ... I wanted her to have her space with her hubby ... now, I googled her name .. and got to know a few things .. she had transferred to Skudai and she was 7 mths pregnant with their first born. A wave of sadness and guilt is passing over me as I am writing this post. We had some really good times .. and I counselled her a lot when she texted/called me about her problems.

One of my fondest memories with her was the LOTR Trilogy marathon at TGV Sunway Pyramid that I went with her and her friends ... we had a good time and I loved the experience. And the Indonesian movies we shared..

Susan, saya dan rakan2 lain akan merindui mu ... keceriaan and semangat happy go lucky mu akan kami ingati. :-) ..terima kasih kerana menerima saya and memahami saya.... it is so true, when they say that you only miss someone after they are gone ....

AlFatihah pada Allahyarhamah Susanna Jafri Tay dan suami Johari Maswari.

Lagu di bawah ditujukan khas buat beliau .... InsyaAllah, we will meet again... I know you are happy now, where you are .....

One Sweet Day - Boyz II Men n Mariah Carey

[B II M:]
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
'Cause you've flown away
So far away
Ayyy

[MC:]
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive
Alive

[all:]
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
[MC: Together]
One sweet day
[MC:]
Evetually I'll see you in heaven...

[B II M:]
Darling, I never showed you (I never showed you)
Assumed you'd always be there (I thought you'd always be there)
I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
([MC:] But I always cared)
And I miss the love we shared

[all:]
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
[MC: Together]
One sweet day
[MC:] Eventually I'll see you in heaven

[B II M:]
Although the sun will never shine the same
I'll always look to a brighter day
[MC:]
Yeah
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray

[all:]
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
[MC:] Together
One sweet day

[all:]
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
[MC:] Together
One sweet day

[MC:] Sorry I never told you (oooh)
[all:] All I wanted to say

Her blog and fotopages ....

The news link to the accident, here and here ......

Baby I'm Yours

August 1993 revisited all over again ... enjoy ....

Hiatus

To my dear readers, I am now on a blogging hiatus .... why ? Some issues running around my head ....

Later

Ome

ps/ subscribe to the blog feed as shown ... it might help when an update occurs

What Might Have Been

Below is a video one of my favorite ' could have been ' ... a good female friend is getting married soon .... some times, I wonder .. what might have been ... do you wonder ?

Listen To Your Heart

This song was buzzing in my head the whole day. :-) All the while I was attending an IBM conference ;-)

I guess it's because for the past few days, I have been listening to my heart .. and my heart has been telling me things, for real this time.

Sometimes, when you really listen to your heart .... things become clearer. Whatever lessons you have learned, will also become clearer. I don't regret the lessons I learned for the past 5 years, as it has set me down the path I am now....

Yes, l n g's ... a new course will set soon .. not immediately, but coming soon .... anyway, as a treat for you guys, I am going to give you THREE video versions of the song ... so enjoy it ..

1. Original video
2. Concert Video .. my favorite, as shown below :-)
3. Live Performance Video

Gym Rat Wannabe + Ipoh Mali

Dear body,

Remember this name .... Technogym .. for the next 3 months, yours truly would be really well acquainted with their machines.

Does anyone wanna work it ? ;-)

Check this song below .. nak dgr, pi sini ...

Ipoh Mali - Point Blanc with Jac Victor

(Intro)
Yo, this song’s close to the heart, it’s my hometown baby, representin’/Ipoh where you at?

(Chorus)
Ipohmali Ipoh Ipohmali/ I sing it loud and proud that’s who I be/
Cos’ small town dreams do come through/ so stand up and represent where you from too boo
Uh/ Ipohmali Ipoh Ipohmali/
I sing it loud and proud that’s who I be/
Cos’ small town dreams do come through so stand up and represent where you from too boo

(Verse 1)
Yo I was born and raised in a place/ where the hottest women come from /
Ipoh city/ that’s where I’ll always belong/ Don’t get me wrong yo/
I’m KL lite now/ Its just that my roots stay strong/
Growin’ up as a Ipoh chink kid representin’ it/ Ipoh Garden Eastside yo was the hood I was kickin’ it/
I grew up poor but I had the riches memories/ Wooley Food Centre rockin’ arcades religiously/ And after school/ me and my crew/ DFS would be-boy on the sidewalks in front of Fair Park shops/ And as my story drops/ I recollect I never had them fancy kicks, fancy clothes all I had was Hip Hop/
And peer pressure left me with a scar/cos' when kids were rockin’ Airwalks/I was rockin’ Bata/Back then/ I had nothin’ but a dream to be a rap star/
Now who would have thought this Ipoh chink would get this far?

Chorus 1x

(Verse 2)
Yo I’m a Ipohmali chinaman/ I represent/ small town kids havin’ big dreams so understand/ When I spit this rhyme yo’ I’m spittin’ it right/
My flows divine and miraculous givin’ the blind sight, haha
Back in the day circa ‘95/ In St. Michaels Church where I prayed for my life to get better/
So I can be mah’ family’s provider/ the answer/ was to audition for Poetic Ammunition’s replacement rapper/I dropped the beatbox blew Yogi B away/ got the record deal/ had a choice to make/ leave for KL or do I stay?/ Cos’ everybody sayin’ then bein’ a rapper don’t pay/ From Bingotown to Greentown I was strollin’/ contemplatin’ what mah’ life’s future would be holdin’/ Everybody I knew was all against it/ they said 16 yearold Ipoh kid will never make it/ But I/ persevered/ A boy with no fear/ I had hopes as high as Hotel Excelsior/ For years I proved my critics wrong/ that’s why I wrote this song to tell the world where I’m from cos’ I’m…….

Chorus 1x

(Bridge)
We Ipohmali baby here to show y’all what we got/
Never underestimate yourself/ cos’ you can make it/ no matter where you are/
It ain’t where you’re from but how you make it to the top/
Cos’ we are Ipohmali baby, here to show y’all what we got

To all mah’ peeps all down at JB/ Throw your hands up if y’all hear me/
To all mah cats down at KL city/ Holla at me if y’all hear me/
To all my pheng ew across the sea now/ Penang khia are y’all still down?/
And everybody across the nation/ you can make it just be patient/


(Verse 3)
Now flash forward to the present/ mah’ life at this point/
Nobody knows mah’ real name/ they all call me Point/
I’m an industry veteran/ 10 years in the game/ 3 LPs/ now that’s evidence/
I seen it all/ the ladies, the groupies, the fancy parties, award ceremonies, glory and all that money (money)/ But I learned the hard way that fame came with a price/
For Point Blanc to be more famous than Ipoh chicken rice/

(Outro singing)
Ipoh, Ipoh, if y’all afraid go call the popo/
It’s your boy Point lettin’ you know/ the hottest chink hollerin’ from Ipoh/
(Repeat 1x)

(Outro adlib)
Voyeur Records! It ain’t where you’re from/ its where you at/
So be proud of where you’re from baby, cos’ I am/

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and limau bali rocks :-)

I Have Sinned

Dear people, I have done something which I repeatedly said and thought I would not do. I have succumbed to the temptation of the person below.



I did it tonight. AFUNDI HELIZA .. there goes my 50 cents. :-)

to wifey : I lap u babeh :D

Something To Chill

I loved this song below, when I first saw it a few years ago ... Inn, this is for you ;-)




-- breezy kan lagunya

6 Weirdness of Ome

Tagged by my friend cookie, here are six weird things about me ....

1) Time Management

I always expect people to be on time, but I sendiri ada problem. Go figure ! :P

2) Multiple Thinking

I can think multiple things at one time... wifey says I think too much ;-)

3) Championship Manager addict

I have been CM since Championship Manager 2, but only till Championship Manager 03/04, the last CM that was produced by Sports Interactive, before they left and made Football Manager. I guess I am a sucker for the CM old version. I have spent sleepless nights ;-) playing that game. CM addicts, u know what I mean. The chosen clubs are from clubs that usually play the same season as the Premiership - England, France, Spain, Italy. ;-) I tell ya, playing CM gives you a really good feel, in managing a football club.

4) Loves boybands

This is my weakness and still is. Though boyband nowadays are not that good ;-) It started with NKOTB, my still fav boyband of all time :D .... Westlife, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, Five .. ah, whenever it's karaoke time , I can still belt it out, with emotion lagi :D

5) Used to read a lot of Malay romance novels

I used to read a lot of Alaf 21 Malay novels.. I actually have a stack of them, which I read and reread. ( I am kind of jiwang in that way ). Among the authors whose books I have are Anis Ayuni and Aisya Sofea .. those who read know who they are ...

6) Have travelled all over Peninsular Malaysia on a kapchai :D

Yes sir ... I have done that .... during the late 90s .. I was your original easy rider mat rempit :D my favorite journey would be the ride I took from Johor Baru ( JB ) to Kota Bharu ( KB ). Oh yeah, did I mention that I was on my own ? and it was a Kriss 110 ?

I am not going to tag anyone lah to follow this stuff , dah le tu weii ... :-)

5 Things U Say U Wont Do But U Did On Saturday Nite

Maybe la someone, somewhere did this last Saturday night

1. Write a blog post about your Saturday Nite

2. Watch Tirai Akademi Fantasia

3. Break New Year Resolution On Not Clubbing on Sat Night

4. Watch Premiership footie while on a date with your partner

5. Use your credit card for dinner at a expensive restaurant

Test Email Post

This is a test email post to my blog ;-) Updates coming up soon, later tonight, Malaysian time.
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- author of My Pet Life ( http://ome20.blogspot.com ), The Mind Of Pet ( http://omecool20.blogspot.com )& American Football Malaysian Style ( http://nfl-malaysia.blogspot.com )