I'm back! Have been taking abit of a break from blogging. I state my current status as "jobless" and to some it might sound like a complaint but in reality its not, cos I'm enjoying these lazy sunny months in KL.

Its great for once that I'm not working, at all. Haven't even bothered hunting for work cos I believe now's the final opportunity to just "not do anything of importance" before I step into the official working world. Its easily imaginable what working full time does to the schedule. No jalan-jalan in malls on weekday afternoons, no relaxing lattes in the mid mornings etc..no such luxury in the future. Oh, and of course less time to meetup with friends etc when everyone surrounding me is more immersed in their busy schedules..But for now, a typical lazy day sounds like this:

? a.m. : Wake up. Unlike other families, I'm left to my own devices. Even if I sleep till nighttime, no one will be banging on my door going "Oi A-na (my nickname) wake up! do you know what time it is now??"

early to late afternoon : 2 choices - 1. Go jalan. 2. Try to think of productive activities to carry out (ie attempt to produce something edible from hours of valiant labour in the kitchen, read etc..)

night : Yamcha? or else, as dearAmber has nicely produced another set of dramas for me, the usual.. one thing I don't do, however, is to go online. Hardly go online these days, cos when I get back to Melbourne it'll be back to 24hrs availability. Too much connection and nothing to do with it then..

I suddenly realized something last week. Nothing fantabulous, just the sudden realization that I tend to be sms-ing more than calling. A coupla days later, an article in the papers mentioned the same thing, that a very high percentage of mobile users were using their phones for sms-es more than calls. IMO people do all sorts of strange things thru sms. Previously there was the notorious misuse of sms to declare divorce (courts ruled it invalid). Also there're lotsof timeslots on tv where users chat thru sms etc..

Voiceless communication - thats how I describe it. But, is it truly communication? Do ppl really communicate? True, sms allows the user to convey what they may hesitate to say face-to-face. But given a choice, I'd take a normal phone call over that. When ppl sms, its impossible to sense their moods. Granted, it is instantaneous and is useful at times (esp when credit is low hehhe) but imo, its just as impersonal as email..and so..I shall be making a conscious effort to reduce sms-ing...

Hmm another thing. Technology these days. There's bad, and there's good as well. A printer these days is no longer only a printer. Now, its a printer cum scanner cum fax cum phone. Phew what a mouthful to pronounce. Thing is I'll have to figure how to make it work - which then means I've to spend more time poring over the accompanying manual - bad.

Football and alittle more

Liverpool 0-1 Manchester Utd
=)

Been ages since I properly sat down to watch a full match, but yesterday night finally had the opportunity to do so - and was rewarded with a nice win! Initially in the morning I found myself sighing at BU..tickets for the 11.30pm shows for National Treasure were mostly sold out. The only seats available were for the 2nd row from the screen. Not wanting to risk a neckache/backache from the flick, I decided not to join the rest as they went for Bridget Jones instead (which I'd already watched)..

Popped by The Curve (in the already oversaturated Dsara area) yesterday.. for an O.B. book a friend wanted to get.. I'm quite an outdated person, haven't even been to Ikano yet.. The Curve..hmm kinda interesting where there're cafes/restaurants at one end with a "Mont Kiara" kindof feel to it, complete with the afternoon bric-n-brac market..

Surprising, to me at least, is the existence of yet another Hong-Kong-style cafe there.. Nowadays they seem to be springing up everywhere like mushrooms (?) There's Mongkok at ss2, Kim Gary here and there, Tong-lo-Wan etc..oh, and in ss2 there's Source of Delight (S.O.D) and Chef Loong (erm I think this's Shanghainese) and many many many more in Klang, Sunway, Pandan Indah etc.. why so sudden?! of course if it means more places to yamcha, its always a good thing..but how many are decent eateries? or mere clones with no substance?

I saw a few more in KL today, there's one amusingly named "洞蜜园" just outside low yat. If you watch the long-running TVB series (8pm weeknights Astro WLT) you'll know what I mean hahh..

KL - SOOO crowded. I've learnt a lesson today. Avoid weekend outings to KL. In a short few hours, we didn't seem to have done/shopped much. Most of the time was probably spent simply trying to push past the humongous crowd. Roaring business indeed at Sg Wang! shall have to go down again on weekdays..aihh although I always say I'm jobless and free, time isn't meant to be wasted on those crowds le..

Been a long time since I last blogged, and the world has indeed changed alot in these few weeks. Tsunami related news is everywhere lately, so I don't need to blog much on that.. I happened to be watching cable news on the Sunday it happened, when the initial death toll was at 2000 plus. It then seemed that with the passing of each day, the toll doubled in number, to reach a staggering 140,000 plus..

Other than that, haven't had much to do these few weeks..Perhaps the need/want for cash this time around isn't as acute as previous years, so I'm a little lazy to work le..after all, this is my final summer break before graduating and in the many many years to come, there won't be any more long empty days to waste away, so I'll enjoy this luxury while I can =)

gtg now, update more later..