10 reasons to leave work by 6pm

taken from Tech ARP Forums where i frequent.

“Dong Ka Umm Da, Da Sai Ka!” whut doth that meaneth?

Mononoke Hime

Princess Mononoke is one of my all time favourite japanese animated film. actually, i love all the films produced by Studio Ghibli. My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Grave of the Fireflies and Castle in the Sky to name but a few. but one of the most prominent thing that really made me fall in love with this movie is the soundtrack. in particular, the theme song for this film. it’s hauntingly beautiful.

so here i present to you, the Princess Mononoke theme. size: 3.8mb.

Haritsumeta Yumi no Furueru Tsuru yo
Tsuki no Hikari ni Zawameku Sonata no Kokoro

Togisumasareta Yaiba no Utsukushi
Sono Kissaki ni Yoku Nita Omae no Yokogao

Kanashimi to Ikari ni Hisomu Makoto no Kokoro wo
Shiru wa Mori no Sei
Mononoke Tachi dake
Mononoke Tachi dake

In the moonlight I felt your heart
quiver like a bow-string’s pulse
In the moon’s pale light
you looked at me
Nobody knows your heart
When the sun has gone
I see you beautiful and haunting,
but cold
Like the blade of a knife
so sharp, so sweet
Nobody knows your heart
All of your sorrow, grief and pain
locked away in the forests of the night
your secret heart belongs to the world
of the things that sigh in the dark,
of the things that cry in the dark

testing audio linking

muhahaha, finally found a free host for audio files that allows direct linking.
*muah* love you SwitchPod.

this is a hokkien song ranting about smoking and the rising price of cigarettes, chipmunk style. actually it’s not suppose to be chipmunk’ed. i’m scratching my head wondering why it turned out like so after being uploaded. size: 208kb.

this one’s a sugar-plum, cuppy-cake, gum-drop, pumpy-umpy-umpkin chinese song. oh my goat so cute. someone tell me who sang this pwease. size: 628kb.

enjoy!

omg what a freaking cool idea

Toby is the cutest little bunny on the planet. Unfortunately, he will DIE on November 6th, 2006 if you don’t help. I rescued him several months ago. I found him under my porch, soaking wet, injured from what appeared to be an attack from an alley cat. I took him in, thinking he had no chance to live from his injuries, but miraculously, he recovered. I have since spent several months nursing him to health. Toby is a fighter, that’s for sure.

Unfortunately, on November 6th, 2006, Toby will die. I am going to eat him. I am going to take Toby to a butcher to have him slaughter this cute bunny. I will then prepare Toby for a midsummer feast. I have several recipes under consideration, which can be seen, with some pretty graphic images, under the recipe section.

I don’t want to eat Toby, he is my friend, and he has always been the most loving, adorable pet. However, God as my witness, I will devour this little guy unless I sell 100,00 copies of my book, Save Toby: Only you have the power to save toby. You can help this poor, helpless bunny’s cause by purchasing the book online at Amazon.com by clicking HERE, or by purchasing merchandise at the Savetoby.com online store.

by James and Brian of Savetoby.com

as the deadline has already passed, click here to find out the tragic fate of this poor little bunny.

Jordanian Hummus

went to VA last night and came across some of my colleagues. not surprising as most of the ang moh’s at work is staying in Merdeka Palace. honestly, don’t really like VA very much. with a name like Victoria Arms, i imagined the place to be hip and posh, attracting big crowds of cool teenagers especially on a friday night. sad to see that it is dominantly infested with adults and cheap girls looking for *cough* one night stands and something extra.

anyway, played some pool with my Project Director and lost (he cheated! :-P) and chit chatted with someone who gleefully pointed out to me which and how many times he had “scored” with the regular girls there. that one 3 times, that one 2, that one is too bitchy i don’t like etc…oh my gosh, Malaysia Boleh? also met some SEGi College peeps, who are pretty darn good pool players btw.

after midnight i had a case of the munchies and was invited over to a friend’s apartment to try some Jordanian Hummus. i was pretty looking forward to this since last week as my first experience with Hummus was back in KL sometime before Christmas and it made a good lasting impression on me.

Hummus is a creamy puree use as a spread or dip made from chickpeas and tahini, a sesame seed paste. goes well with assorted types of bread and normally taken at breakfast throughout the Middle East.

it’s really not difficult to make. all you need is the proper ingredients. everything except the cheese and tahini can be found at Choice Daily, where my friend got them. i wonder if there is a market here for this. it’s really good stuff.

Hummus, taste better than it looks

Jordanian cheese

pita bread

tahini, ta-hi-ni as in your shit in Mandarin Malay

extra virgin olive oil, makes a big difference in taste