Friday 29th August 2008, 8pm, the day of Avril Lavigne's concert in Kuala Lumpur, in Stadium Merdeka. Glorious day for us fans. I mean, how often can you see an international artist bringing the house down in front of your eyes?! How cool is that?!!

Who wouldn't want to see?

The performance near you, the glorious sound of the musical instruments, all perfectly tuned for optimum awesomeness, the international punk rock princess right in front of your eyes......
But there's only one disappointment...



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I wasn't there. Darn.




According to my friend, it was spectacular! Good. Not even PAS can stop it! Muahahaha!!!
I'm a big fan of Avril Lavigne too. Okay, maybe not that big. I got to know her when I was still in secondary school, I was around 13 years old and just starting to learn how to play the guitar. My tutor introduced me to Avril Lavigne, and I fell in love with her music ever since. That's also where my interest in punk rock and rock starts, and where I started listening to Green Day, Santana, Muse, etc. So she's kind of like a special artist to me. Haha!

So keep rocking on Avril!!

Yeap, you all heard and read about it in the news. The big headline of, " Avril Lavigne to be banned from performing in Malaysia for being too sexy, says PAS. ".

Is she really "too" sexy for us to bear? I understand about "rules and regulations" of the dressing code for women here by PAS, but come on..... She's a singer for goodness sake! International!
If that's the case, they ought to ban Jaclyn Victor or Ella too for being "too sexy".

They say she can perform but must be following certain rules. Okay, that's fine.

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Can you imagine Avril performing in "baju kurung" with "tudung"? No, I'd rather not. Would you, dear fans?

My brother's birthday is 13th of August. It's on a Wednesday (thank goodness, not Friday, haha.). We decided to bring him for dinner at a newly "discovered" restaurant near my college, Pizza San Francisco.

It's a cool place, the interiors are not bad as you can see in the photos. Made me feel like the time I was in Australia (though named San Francisco in America, it's the feeling you get when you're overseas.......oh, you get the point.). Thing is, the price of the food there is quite high. But we have been there before.

Why go again?

The reason is, the food! The food is amazing. Never tasted food this good anywhere else in Melawati. Of course there are other good restaurants in KL, but this is good enough. So with the high price, I'd say it was worth it.

Happy Birthday Bro!

Note of the day: Go to Pizza San Francisco near Wangsa Maju Carrefour and try! Oh, try the brownies, they're excellent! Just make sure you have enough cash in the wallet.

5th of August is my Mum's birthday.

If one of us have our birthdays, we would plan the rest of us make a birthday card. And who does the birthday cards? Well, the creative guy in the family, of course. And that guy is always me.

Why?

I'm in the art&design line, that's why. I would make the cards, then the four of us lay down our signatures. So, it's like "one for all and all for one" kind of thing. Haha.

Happy Birthday Mum!

Almost everyone in my class has a laptop. Until 3 weeks ago, it's not really that much of a necessary item for me to have, but then, it's beginning to feel important. One thing about me is, I dislike borrowing other people's things. Well, once in a while, it's alright.

But now, I want to ask for suggestions for the best laptop brand.
My required specs are:
-Intel Core 2 Duo
-2Gb RAM or more
- Big hard disk drive ( 120Gb and above)
- Graphic cards with at least 256Mb RAM
- Not to forget: cheap & affordable price
- Not Acer laptops, I heard they're quite lousy and had seen my friends suffering from its malfunctions.

Suggestions, anyone?

Wow...yesterday was probably the best day of my life, watching 2 movies in one day! Nice....

The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Watched it on its opening day, how cool is that?! But alas, the movie wasn't that good. Just an average rate of 3/5....nice 3D effects though. My complaints: They shouldn't have replaced Rachel Weisz. Maria Bello looks older and pairing her up with Brendan Fraser isn't such a good idea. When you take away the original cast, it won't look good to me. No mummies here. The only mummy in sight is the Emperor (Jet Li), the rest...well, just terra cotta statues. But I liked the line," I hate mummies. They never play fair! "

The Dark Knight. Awesome! I have never seen the Joker this dark and heartless since Jack Nicholson played the role. The late Heath Ledger played the role much darker. Storyline a thumbs up, dialogues were realistic. Effects too! The new BatPod is cool, simple-looking, and incredibly fast! I wonder if exploding the building was real....didn't look like animation. 5/5 for this one. " Why so serious? Let's put a smile on that face! "

Note of the day: Met a new friend, a man in his 50s or 60s, in Borders bookstore. Was looking for someone to ask about learning musical instruments, and I happened to be there. Whoops! I'm not full-time musician, what am I doing there? Had quite a long chat about courses, music....even gave me his name card.
Hey, you will meet a new friend sometime, right?

To me, each and everyone's worst fear is learning the horrible truth about themselves. That's what happened to me.

We had another presentation today. A presentation of our annual reports, again in front of 3 lecturers. Heard they will ask many questions.

I entered the room, pumping with excitement. I went through with it, with no problem at all. I got to say what I wanted to say, that's it. It is after all the presentations when all efforts seem useless.

Our lecturer asked us to stay back and gather in the classroom. There, we are each given critiques (comments) of our presentations. Boy, that moment was the quietest in my whole college life. I was given the critique of having the attitude of an "arrogant-boss". That was the worst, and it shocked me. Was I being arrogant? I had no idea!

That really hit me hard. Even now, I'm wondering if I had been arrogant towards my friends... If I did, my friends, I'm very sorry.

Note of the day: When I was presenting, I didn't feel like I was myself. Felt like I was someone else.