In Pursuit Of Happiness

Morning rays of happiness

You find someone who makes you happy…who is almost impossible, but not entirely impossible, to have.

To have this person you risk upsetting lots of people.

In pursuit of your happiness, would you go ahead?

No Pork?

This is f***ing hillarious. This is what Countloon tried to order yesterday but got upset when the waiter told him the pork curry was already finished.

My Buddy, My Friend – Part 2

Nisaa massaging my head - 24th July 2007
Picture taken by Fazira using my camera-phone

I think I was at my lowest point when I quarreled with my father via SMS the previous evening. I had everything..headache, neckache and chest pain. So I walked down and saw Nisaa sitting next to Fazira who was eating sausages. So I asked Nisaa if I could put my head on her lap. She never said anything. My head must have been really heavy on her tiny lap but she did not budge. Then I heard her ask, “Ayah sakit ke?”, to which I replied, “Uhuh!”, half asleep.

Then without being told, she massaged my head.

Notice of Meeting

To: Mocha, Countloon, Spazm, Deepblu, Accord Buruk

From: SeaDemon

Organization: Illegal Organization

Chair: There are quite a lot at the venue

Date: 25th July 2007 (Wednesday)

Time: 2000H through 2300H

Place: Restoran Kampung Pandan, Lorong Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 KUALA LUMPUR

IMPORTANT NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION

Participation in, or attendance at, any activity of a TFK Nuclear Research Group or any sub-element thereof, constitutes acceptance of and agreement to be bound by all provisions of the TFK Engineering Manual and permission that all communications and statements, oral or written, or other information disclosed or presented, and any translation or derivative thereof, may without compensation, and to the extent such participant or attendee may legally and freely grant such copyright rights, be distributed, published, and posted on TFK’s web site, in whole or in part, on a non-exclusive basis by TFK or TFK’s licensees or assignees, or as TFK directs. Exceptions to the foregoing may be granted or permitted in writing to the Chair of the Formulating Group by TFK’s Senior Vice President, Standards and Special Projects on a case-by-case basis.

1. Call to Order
2. IPR Statement
3. Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda
4. Approval of Meeting Report
5. Subcommittee Reports
6. Consideration of P2 (centrifuge) for installation in the mini thermonuclear generating plant
7. Set future meeting schedule
8. Other Business
8.1 Reaffirmation of Chairs
Adjournment

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Corporal Choy’s Kenduri

Choy and girlfriend at HRC KL

The above is Corporal Choy and his not-mainland-chinese-looking girlfriend doing a prayer ritual during his kenduri doa selamat for his safe return from Chairman Mao’s Institute of Brainwashing for Foreign Officers in China, at the Kedai Kopi Batu Keras, in KL last night. I couldn’t attend this kenduri as I was having my period, so kenduris are off limits.

Choy is the unwanted soldier. Despite being listed on the PAQ list as “on course” he was transfered out of his unit. I thought he wouldn’t have a unit anyway since he would have done his Clearance Documentation before leaving the unit. According to Countloon, as in the Air Force, the Army also practises the same, but because Choy is a Corporal therefore he is not required to do Arrival and Clearance.

So what is Choy really? He is now starring in the movie “TERMINAL 2″ as he is now unitless. He’s neither here nor there. He cannot report to an Officers’ Mess and neither can he go and eat at the unit’s cookhouse with all the junior ranks. The Army Headquarters seems to have forgotten him. When he came back, he had to rely on Apekbarber’s staff car to pick him up. His payslip indicates that he is a MEJAR, but his epaulette shows he is a KAPTEN…but the figures in his payslip indicates that he is drawing a KOPRAL’s pay.

So what is Choy really? He reminds me of an old soldier who gave us a ‘motivational’ talk when I was undergoing my Officer Cadet Course. He said,

Officer Cadets are nothing but the scum of the earth who are neither here nor there. They are not officers, yet they rank higher than the Warrant Officers. At the same time they can be treated like sh** by instructors who are Privates. They have not been listed as being part of the military strength, yet they are no longer citizens by virtue that they have surrendered their IC back. So that makes Officer Cadets scums of the earth – persona non grata in their own country and workplace.”

Motivational indeed. We were so motivated that one of my squadmates, Kadir Zakaria, decided to run AWOL that same night to go back to his father’s house in Majidee, only to be surrendered by the father, who was an ex-Warrant Officer, to the Military Police. And he faced hell for the next two weeks upon being surrendered back to the Cadet Wing.

So Choy, we understand your predicament. However, looking on the flip side, you may be a Corporal but even Warrant Officers, Lt Muda and Lt have to salute you. Just don’t tell them how much you’re earning.

Below are some more photos of the kenduri doa selamat for Choy, as provided by Countloon:

Icecool Tony with his escorts..err..bodyguards
Icecool with his escorts…sorry…bodyguards

Apekbarber and Choy
Apekbarber’s daughter frantically protesting her father’s and uncle choy’s attempt to introduce her to health drinks

Holy Bread
..and give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses (as soon as we’re done with the kenduri)..

Loon and Cindy
Countloon showing what he thinks of his lovely wife, Cindy

Horny Monkey in Langkawi
I hope Choy didn’t look like this after he left the Kedai Kopi early this morning. With a Corporal’s pay, he might end up without clothes after the bills came.

Blue Skies, Good Viz – Part 4

My 200th dive, I was at 29m

There you go. The last picture Deepblu took with his Inon strobes before it finally conked out. I was doing my official 200th PADI logged dives. This was at the Secret Reef, Perhentian, at 29.3 meters deep.

Why do I call it that?

I did several dives between 1982-1983 when I first dived. Then more dives in the military. After 1996 I was diving in PD and Pangkor, before I finally enroled in PADI’s Open Water Diver Course in March 2005.

I made an Advanced Nitrox Diver (licensed to dive using O2 mixes up to 100% O2) in November 2005, made a PADI Master Scuba Diver in December 2005, a PADI Divemaster in March 2006, almost exactly a year to being a licensed diver.

Nowadays I prefer doing deep and wreck dives. That is why if you dive with me, it is almost always that you will find me hugging the sea floor.

Missing Helicopter – Part 2

The missing helicopter has been found at 1345 hours today, 5km NW of Genting Sempah. All 6 souls have been confirmed KIA.

As I write, I am choked with emotions. It wouldn’t be easy on the family members, as well as members of their squadron, No.10 Squadron, missing 6 people at once is a big chunk not to miss. No.10 Squadron is where I used to hang out before going for parajumps.

My heart goes out to their loved ones and to their friends. For a meagre sum, they have dedicated and given their lives to us so we can sleep peacefully every night. I just hope that they have not gone in vain, and that they, as well as those still in the various services, will be given kind thoughts by members of the Malaysian public, especially those in this community.

They now join the ranks of my other friends who still patrol the skies above us…

SENTIASA DI ANGKASARAYA

Demented and Deranged

I meant to write this before I left for Perhentian but got tied up with personal stuff. Now I wonder if I can actually pen my thoughts as my thoughts are being clouded by lots of unhappy situations.

The President of the Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association recently called for the government to ban a movie called…for heaven’s sake, I cannot recall offhand, which is supposed to be a sequel of ‘Bruce Almighty.’ The reason stated is, it will lead to blasphemy and apostasy.

How on earth can someone commit blasphemy by watching a movie? You have to ask yourself one question first. How do you become a Muslim? You must first attest that you believe in the one God and in His monoentity and that Muhammad is his Messenger. So for you to blaspheme is to denounce God.

So is it a blasphemous act to watch that movie? Do people actually believe Jim Carrey is god? Will the movie make people go to a Jim Carrey shrine and pray to him? I wonder now why God gave us mind to think with.

How narrow minded can people be.

Anyway, I got to writing this because on my way to Perhentian a school in Kuala Krai organised a power walk. It was sad to see that the malay students grouped together while the non-malays walked together.

Someone should do something quickly.