So long and Thanks for all the fish

Had a nice short day today.
Another guy is leaving today!!
Which meant 3 hour farewell lunch, 1 hour farewell speech and pressies. 1 hour deciding on where to eat and 4 hours of real work =P

EXCELLENT!!
Got to love Friday farewell.

The only bad thing... Which is not really a bad thing is the big lunch. Too much food!! Gluttony!!
It has been 2 hours since lunch and I can still feel the pressure of the food in my gut!!.
Pasta, pizza and gelato Do NOT mix!! Yikes!

I am now trying to drink some green tea to calm my tummy....I am just glad it was not curry for lunch... If it was I would not be at work =P heh heh ...HIROSHIMA BOMBING!! =P

Thank god for a loving wife =)
I might complaint about her nagging, or her parents, but it is great to have her, especially when she comes home, just to give me the house key =) Unfortunately for her she had to work late, so she had to take the taxi back.

Anyway for anyone who cares, I got home safely with what little self esteem I had left after all the jokes from work-"mates". Man I got to create a systems so that I wont forget next time. I was thinking getting an extra key made, but that means I have to get the owners permission to create a copy, and that is just too much of a hassle... Since we are planing to leave soon.

Any ideas?

Today started so well, until I lock myself out of my apartment!!

As usual, during the lunch hours I went home to change into my sports cloths to have a game of soccer. Of course in my rush to paly, I left my freaking keys, wallet, every-farking-thing in my apartment!!
What am I suppose to do. I don't even have a mobile to call anyone !!
I am Farking stuck!!

So rather than freaking out, I decide to release my frustration on the field. And what do you know, it was one of my best game on the field today. I scored once and assisted a couple of times! Shit man I was hot, I was assisting in defence and offence. Our team won, 5 to 1 (I think)

So what to do next. I have to go back to work in my sport cloths and my stud shoes and ask someone to buzz me into the building. Called the wife and advised her of my foolishness. She laughed. I laughed. She told me that she have to work overtime, but she will try to drop the key at 5 pm. This means I had to walk around for the last 3 hours in my shorts and t shirt. Thank god that my company is pretty liberal about clothings. Added to the insult I am freezing my butt off under the A/C and I have no money to even buy my lunch.

So how was your day ....

Have anyone tried this...

While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it!

This is one thing that movies don't talk about ... inlaws, and the simple like Mother' day.

My inlaws are planning to have a get togther with grandparents and have a big feast on one side of the city and My parents want to have a family feast too, on the other side of the city.

So what do I do?
Who takes the priority ?

And such problem happens with Christmas, fathers day ..etc.

Thank god my parents are not christians, so they are not too pissed off if I don't visit them on Christmas day itself.
Whereas the inlaws, wants their whole family together every year...

Image the havok if we have conflicting birthday parties....yikes!!

What do you do ?
Who decides whose family is more important?

where is the simple life!!

I have finally join the ebay revolution =)
I am finally a member of the ebay community and added to the fact I won my first bit =()

Damn it is kind of addictive too. The point of looking for bargain and seeing if you win your bid.

I tried to bid for 700 comics, which started at 1.00 and it is now 100!! .. I am guessing I am not going to win that =P

In any case I'll wait for my first product and see how the service is before I jump into the fray of buying or selling any stuff.

back to work after enjoying the long weekend.

Saturday morning, we were invited to a Birthday Party, a 1st birthday party, which included a white bunny and a jumping castle...
My question is why are we invited ? we don't have kids and we are sure hell not going to play at with the bunny or the castle, so my conclusion is the presents. The parents wants lots of pressie for their little baby, so we are invited. I am sure the baby have not accumulated enough friends yet to qualify a party...
Anyway, atleast there were some nice food.

Later in the evening we went a saw an amatuer play of "Much Ado about nothing", the great Shakespearian comedy. One of the wife's ex work mate was playing the character Hero.
The play was awesome. some of the actors were amazing, in the second part of the play they even move us into a real Church to play out the wedding scene.
It was pretty funky, it reminded me of the time when I was watching King Lear at the Globe Theatre in London. Awesome time.

Sunday, went to a picnic with the inlaws. Had to drive for over 2 hours to this place. It was one of the minor Dam for the Sydney catchment area. Had a nice time checking out the Dam and played some frisbee and cards.

Later, we went back to the inlaws place a palyed some Karaoke. My wife is an awesome singer, wereas for me, I am only a great singer in the shower.... =)
It was my first time ever tried to sing and I was horrible. so I am thinking I should retire young, and look for a new profession =)

Monday, rest time for for both of us. We vege out on the tv and ate the whole day =)
then in the evening I played Ultimate frisbee!
Damn the team is going good. We have played 8 games and we lost only 2 (in the first week), so now we have a chance to come second in the comp!! YEAH !!

And added bonus and I am getting better....

Tuesday, back at work...damn!
Another developer just resign double damn!
He is going to our major competitor... Triple damn!!!

I have yet to receive a reply from the position I applied for last friday... Bugger me!!

What I love about Australia is the the long weekend =)
This long weekend is to celebrate or commemorate the Australian and New Zealands soldiers who have lost their life in war. The special day is called ANZAC Day.

So this means that we have Monday off !! YEAH!!

So what is my plans for the long weekend.

Have a good night sleep. which mean not to be woken up by the damn alarm clock!
Do some house work maybe.
Read my new books which I brought recently... the latest book from David Gemmel.
Watch a nice movie.
See my parents. (and maybe get some home cooked meal)

And maybe I'll find some time to update my resume and start looking for a new job, cause work polictics is really starting to piss me off!

As they say a new job is like a holiday =)

So does anyone have a good site to go to for creating a good resume?

it is always good to tell the truth ?

If the truth will hurt the recipient, should your still say it.

Like your partner asking you, if her butts looks big, or is she getting fatter. Should you tell the truth?

If yes, why?
She doesnt really need to know the truth from you, you answer will only hurt her.

If No, Why?
Can this "white lie" become more, where do you draw the line?
Who decides when to tell the truth and when not to ?

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein

"If practise makes perfect, and nobodys perfect then why practise?" -- Unknown

"A man can build a million bridges and suck one cock, at the end of the day he is a cocksucker." -- Unknown

"When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." --Albert Einstein

"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?" -- Marilyn Monroe


"Today's youth are unbelievably horrible. They disrespect their parents. They are rude to their teachers. They use disgusting language and crave easy sex. They have no respect for even the basic forms of authority. They are lazy and avoid hard work. The world really is at risk from their bad attitudes. I truly pity the future of the planet..." - Socrates -- 235 B.C.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us..." -- Unknown

Another day at the salt mine.
I finally found out that I am 10 K underpaid compared to my colleague. And what is my manager doing about it.. well I am told that they are fighthing for me to get a pay rise... for the last year and a half... Woo hoo!
and what have I got ? nothing .. peanuts...

and they wonder why people have no loyalty to the company.
Man do I need a new job.

To the tune of "hey there, Georgie girl"…

Hey there, nancy boys
When you gonna put down your nerdy toys
Can't you see you're lacking vit-a-min Deeee
Cos you don't get enough sun you look way pastyyyyyyyyy

Hey there nancy boys
Improve on those air swings don't be coy
By watching masters at work such as meeeeee
Scoring goal after goal while huggin' a treeeeeeeeee

Cha cha cha

So how is everyones Easter holiday? Lots of chocies??

As for me, Easter could not come any sooner =)
I finally had some chocolate, about 40 days of chocolate fasting. I know I am now catholic, but my wife is, and since she is giving up dairy for lent, I thought I would join her too. Man was that a big mistake. It is amazing how hard it is to stop something as Chocolate. And where do you draw the line? Can you Oreos cookies? Dring Milo? Chocolate milk etc...

Something I have to argue with my conscience, Milo is not chocolate !!... =P
I love my Milo. I have been drinking Milo every morning since as along as I can remember. It is my daily source of energy =P

Anyway I am glad the fasting is over. I can finally taste the beautiful food of the gods.

So why the silence?
Well I have been away. Not away away, I just took a week off during the easter holiday to help my dad in his shop. My parents decided to go on a holiday during Easter, so they needed someone to look after the shop. So guess who had to take Annual leave, to work at the shop.

Added to the insult, the whole week, the shop was quite, everyone was on holiday. I am stuck there with the only entertainment is reading my novel. Well atleast I finally finish my book. Anyway if you want to read a freaky book, with a whole lots of twist, then I trully recommend Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (He is the author of Fight Club). If you have seen or read Fight Club, you would know what kind of genre the book is. Let me tell you, after reading this book, I would never look at a female stranger the same way again.

Good thing about Easter in Oz..... We have a Long weekend break! Good Friday, the weekends and Easter Monday .... SWEEEETTTTT.... =)

So Happy Easter everyone ... Hope you all have a save on.

I have not eaten chocolate for 40 days and man am I ready for some .... soon my precious.....soonn....

Got this QA from a "Mini" friend, so I thought I should post it here too.

1. NAME: Picolo 'The Merciless'
2. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE NORMAL: Absolutely, and I have a certificate to prove it!!
3. DO PEOPLE FIND YOU STRANGE: Of course... Everyone from work =P
4. DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD: Yes
5. DO YOU SING A LOT: always, especially when I am driving alone
6. DO YOU BACKSTAB: sometimes
7. ARE YOU A GOOD FRIEND: I think so
8. ARE YOU IN LOVE: Of course, I am married
9. ARE YOU YOUNG: Young at heart
10.EVER BEEN A LEADER OF SOMETHING: yes
11.HAVE YOU EVER KILLED A LIVING CREATURE: Insects, Rats, etc...
12.LAST ODD THING DONE: what do you consider odd?
13.DO YOU WEAR MAKE-UP: once....don't ask =P
14.DO YOU REBEL: of course and without a cause
15.EVER STARTED A FIRE: absolutely!! Love to recycle candle wax....emm that is pretty odd eh?
16.DO YOU THINK YOU'RE EVIL: heh heh ... Without good, there is no evil.
17.DO YOU LIKE LYING: Only to customers
18.DO YOU REGRET: Always
19.DO YOU HAVE A BESTFRIEND: Of course
20.DO PEOPLE HATE YOU: sometimes
21.DO YOU HATE PEOPLE: Some people.
22.CAN YOU KILL SOMEBODY: depends on the motivations
23.DO YOU CUT YOURSELF?: Paper cuts, cooking, broken glass.... OUCH!!
24.EVER TASTED BLOOD: Yes, too much iron...
25.DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS MAY THINK OF YOU? Not always, and only from close friends
26.EVER DONE ANYTHING OCCULT: I drew a pentagon once
27.ARE YOU GOTHIC: no way!! I shower twice a day!
28.DO YOU SMOKE: Never. Anti-cigarettes/cigars
29.CONSUME DRUGS: Nope.
30.WHAT DO YOU WEAR: T-shirts and jeans
31.YOUR SKIN COLOR: slightly tanned
32.DO YOU LIKE THE SUN: only went it is rising and setting
33.HAVE YOU LOST SOMEONE YOU LOVE: Yes
34.HOW DOES GRIEF FEEL: and empty heart and soul
35.YOUR ROLE MODEL: My parents
36.YOUR HEART DESIRES TO BE WITH WHO: Only my heart knows...
37.YOUR LISTENING TO: Sarah Mclachlan - Fallen
38.DO HATE YOURSELF: only when I make a really silly mistake
39.DID THIS QUIZ MAKE SENSE: nope
40.PARTING WORDS: It is better to burn out than to fade away.

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• Some Loser, who like to eat/drink. And his new taste is breast milk ...yummyLoser
  
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I am Back and I am now a trained SEa-MeN!! All girls BEWARE!! HAHAHA!!

The trip was awesome!
I saw dolphins swimming on our starboard bow and I swam in the clear blue sea.
I learned that reading the wind is an art, and sailing boat, takes more patience than skills.
We tack and we jibe, we learned how to turn the boat went it capsize and make all kind of knots =)

The drive to the bay was a long 3 hours drive. Since we were using my car, I was the designator driver for the 3 day road trip. We went pass vineyards, farms, and refineries. We met some funny locals and nearly got lost, because my navigator only had an A4 piece of paper as the map!!

Of course like the typical road trip, we stopped at the local McDs for their breakfast deal on our first day. The pit stop was a heaven send, since we started the trip on the wee hour of the morning.

The boat was only a 20 footer, so it was nice and cosy for the 4 of us, which included our instructor.
The conditions were great, 10 to 15 knots, perfect for the amatuers. We learned about the set up the main sail and the jib and of course we learned the sailors lingo. Navigating around a small ship takes some times to get use to, especially when the swells is not kind to us.

The only thing I regret about the trip were that I did not bring my hat and I did not use enough sunscreen, cause now I am nursing some serious sun burn on my legs, arms and lip!!
My lip is cracked and so, when I eat, drink or try to kiss my wife, extreme pain course through my lip.

OUCH!