Adjay77’s Memories…

In your Career:
When you’re hot, you can be tomorrow’s untouchable
make friends on the way up, and you can expect friends on the way down
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Gray can be black or white
So there are a thousand ways to execute a brief

When you have power, remain humble
Genuine humility expects no rewards

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

On the mountain, there can only be one tiger

Never get too comfortable becasue comfort zones are for people who stagnate

An open mind can learn anything and adapt to any situation
A closed mind is ready to retire and die

“Don’t ask what this country can do fo you, but what can you do for this country”- John F. Kennedy

Time is not on your side, so prepare
Make sacrifices to Learn because Knowledge will menifest itself as wealth

In Your personal Relationships:

People never change but we can expect them to

Like Poles repel. Unlike Poles attract (refer to the four personalities)

To possess is to stifle

To love is to set free

Infatuation is blind. Love is an awareness

Give and Take

There is no better person. But there’s always another person

Your parents (and the one you love) are your greatest friends as they are your greatest enemies

To Love is to Hate

Happy today, Sad tomorrow

Situations:
1. A blessing in disguise
2. Winner takes all
3. Its hopeless (there is hope when its hopeless)
4. People who depend on luck are luckless
5. Good guys die young
6. Play safe in shallow waters, and never know what’s out there
7. Life is not a spectator sport (Reebok). Just Do It (Nike).
8. Failures are winners. Those who never fail, will never know what winning is.
9. If you help ennough people get what they want, chances are you will get what you want (Zig Ziggler)
10.Take care of your clients business, and the money will take care of itself (Mr. Leo Burnett)

Some interpritations of the principle of Ying Yang:
In Personal Development / Motivation:
The only constant change in this world is change
The only change that can affect the world is within you

Those who fear death and cling to life will die first

Every time you point a finger, three fingers are pointing at yourself

Fear the Devil and he will devour you
Fear God and he will love you

In Life’s Journey:
Acquire material wealth and you will lose it
Amass knowledge and you will be rich

What you can’t pull along in the journey of life, let it go

Don’t try to cover up mistakes for it will come back and hit you like a boomerang

Fairness builds trust and true friendship. Unfairness is your undoing

loyalty, like respect, responsibility and trust, is a two-way street

In a world of make-believe, always be yourself

Trust your instincts and focus on where you want to go

Courage and being Decisive are the first signs of Leadership

In Business:
To much business is bad
In your darkest hour, there is light
In your moment of triumph, expect failure

Give all you can, and more will come your way
Persevere with passion and you will never hunger

Find the right people and you will save time
Find time and things will get done

The sea is full of fish but you can only catch one at a time
The sky is the limit but you must know yours

To change is to progress
To progress is to prosper

 
Why the heck do I have to participate in this kind of tag game? Personally I’d prefer to play cops and robbers and tag a friend out of ‘jail’! Wonder when this is going to end and with whom. Oh well, better something than nothing. I mean what kind of questions are these and who came up with them anyway?? Like:

10 years ago today: Working in a cycling routine in a computer shop as an assistant computer technician with a mediocre pay and basically with no life. Was also the time I met this girl named Liz. She was hot. She was Venezuelan and she was wild. Still has the hots for her, dream about her, wonder about her…

5 years ago today: I came to realize I came to KL for practically for the wrong reasons and made a decision to change that factor. Get a diploma, get an advance diploma, and get a degree. What else should I get? Hm, something very nice just pop into mind…

1 year ago today: Finished two subject that I got hung over, worked part time in ‘PTPB’ which was a blast koz’ it was fully run by friends from campus. Played Games in between work. Went to events that were mind blowing. Heard of Gatecrashers? If you haven’t, you suck…

Yesterday: Feeling slightly lonely even though there were people around me. Ever had that feeling of wanting to care for somebody other than family members? But don’t know where to start? Went to work like normal, went home a bit late, had dinner, went home, watched 2 episodes of Gundam Seed Destiny, Watched CSI: Season Finally, played Silent Hill 2 after a shower, got spooked by a 4 legged mannequin and fell of the bench, and decided to go to sleep.

Tomorrow: More than like try and wake up early because its Friday and there’s also Friday Prayers to go to. That means I won’t spend too much time in the office. Probably go bowling again with cousins. Trying to raise my average score for a competition coming up done by the AAAA’s. Hopefully.

5 snacks I enjoy: Junk Food, Fast Food, Cottage Fries, Roller Coaster, Chocolate Fudge ice cream

5 bands that I know the lyrics to most of their songs: Bands no, songs yes. Maybe. Linkin park, Metallica, Maroon 5, Search, Simple Plan

5 things I would do with $100,000,000: Keep the original 1 Billion. No sharing. Bank it, reap the yearly interest. No charity. Invest some. Make some more millions. Buy a smell island. Buy a car. Convert and modify it. Buy hotel shares. Make more millions. Not in this country. Not in Malaysia. Buy my parents a retirement getaway somewhere of their choosing. Send mom and dad to Haji pilgrimage again. Buy mom a holiday anywhere in the world she wants. Buy dad a Harley Davidson or a Lamborghini. Buy my baby sister anything she wants. Give my younger brother some of the extra millions for himself and his family. Some extra millions to close relatives. I guess I’m not that greedy after all. I’m just too kind hearted…

5 locations I’d like to run away to: Japan, Italy, France, Australia and Mecca

5 bad habits I have:
I scratch till I bleed, being too patient, Being too nice, a loner at times, a late sleeper

5 things I like doing:
Reading, playing computer/console games, bowling, watching movies and VCD’s, riding my scooter

5 things I would never wear:
Tight fitting clothes, a Speedo, bright colored clothes except t-shirts, bow-tie, my head shaved bald

5 TV shows I like: National Geographic, Who’s line is it Anyway? World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Teen Titans, Justice league

5 movies I like: Star Wars (all), Star Trek (all), Starship Troopers, Babylon5, Mask Rider (all)

5 famous people I’d like to meet:
Hilton Sisters, Donald Trump, Nicole Kidman, Nelson Mandela,

5 biggest joys of the moment: Family. Friends. Graduating. Gundam Models. Books.

5 favorite toys: My Laptop. My scooter. Baseball bat. Handphone. TV remote.

5 Victims to tag: Irene, Fera, Barry, Nana, Alai

Finally, the First Family of super heroes gets a well deserved (and long awaited) actual movie blockbuster. And it’s not like the horrendous production back in the 90’s which made me cringe just listening to the comments from those that watched that horror show. A big budget, awesome special effects and and a great story-line (even-though they had to change a bit of F4 history to fit into the movie genre). SO what if they had to change a few things from the comic book? Its two different worlds and one can’t expect everything has to be the same just like in the comic book. I think Stan Lee would have have agreed with me on this one.
Brown nosing apart. There were some parts of the movie that I didn’t really like. First off, Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm were way bit too young (but I am a BIG fan of Jessica Alba!). I thought The Human Torch over inflated ego and machoism were a tad overpowering the character and The Thing… what can I say? Actually I don’t because I thought The Thing was closely resembling our lovable comic based character. And finally, Doc Doom. I’d love to have his job. But i never would have thought that he would receive his powers just like the F4. Dooms transformation kind of reminds me of Colossus from the X-Men with his metal organic skin. Now I wont elaborate the movie (koz that would spoil the movie for those who hasn’t seen), but from the comic itself (for those who doesn’t know).
The F4 did get bombarded by cosmic rays to get their powers. Victor Von Doom didn’t become Doom until he went over the edge because he couldn’t seem to be a better scientist than Reed Richard. Lets just say Reed was hogging the limelight. Then Victor was involved in an accident during an experiment (If I remembered correctly) which scarred him for life. Thus, Doc Doom was born. As for his super human strength and devastating weapons, it was the bio-mechanical suit which he designed and use we have to thank for. Remember, this is the comic version.
Now I wont say much more, except go watch the Fantastic Four and tell me what you think of the movie. Bring kids along if you want because they will be rooted to their seats enjoying the movie. The highlight for me I guess when jessica Alba strip down to her lingerie and totally went invisible before chucking the last remains of stitches off. She’s just a hottie don’t you guys think? Those with an overly warped imagination would probably enjoy that moment…

Nuf’ Said.

Starring:
Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon

Directed by:
Tim Story

Produced by:
Bernd Eichinger, Ralph Winter, Avi Arad

Chris Evans as the Human Torch, Michael Chiklis as The Thing, Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman and Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic in 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four - 2005

Rate:3.5 out of 5

AJ’s Review… War Of The Worlds

Those who hasn’t seen it yet… hit the BACK
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Rate: 3
out of 5

Ever had the sensation of the heavenly smell of the king of fruits in a fully enclosed, air conditioned office? I just had that surreal experience thats just completely mind blowing. One of my collegues came back to the office with a big bag of Durian, and the rest I should say, is history…

Its surprising how somebody could forget the sharp prickly thorns when eating the fruits tender flesh. Its more surprising why almost all westerners aren’t able to eat the delicious fruit just because they cant stand the smell! Whats wrong with the smell? Its just heavenly! Heheh… makes me wonder what will happen if the Durian is put on Fear Factor thats being repeatedly shown on AXN… We Malaysians might laugh our heads of and die of laughter!

Ahh… I think i’m going to sink my teeth into some more Durian…

Looks can be deceiving. Ever heard the phrase ‘never judge a book by its cover’? I guess that would almost completely describe the basic story-line for Initial D. What is Initial D? Never heard of it? Then all I can say is… which planet are you from??

Winding roads, clear dark skies, burning asphalt, screeching tires, roaring engines… what else could a guy ask for? Finally the famous manga comic Initial D is put on the wide screen. The story (to me) is all about a small hatchback car called the Toyota Trueno AE86′ and how it overcomes more powerful modern cars like the Nissan GTR and the Mitsubishi EVO Lancer’s. For those who are not car-literate, those are names for other car models…

It was never about the actors. For MAJOR fans like myself, it has always been the cars! Secondly the girls and never ever about the guys. The guys are always the opposition! I just love the way how the cars in the manga comic are brought to life in the movie! The Trueno 86, the GTR, the EVOIII and EVOIV, the FC RX7 and even the S14 (or is it S13?). What I don’t like is how they changed a bit from the original story line. How’d they do it? OK, lets say you have all the episodes of the manga comics arranged in numerical order from Stage1 until Stage3. Now pick up all 18 books and drop it on the floor (I cherish my InitialD books so I didn’t do this). What do you get? A jumble of episodes right? That was how the movie was! Terribly all over the place! But I have to respect the directors of the movie Andrew Lau, Wai-Keung and Alan Mak for making this jumble of episodes mesh together into one great drifting movie! You have to watch the movie and see for yourself what I mean. For fanatic fans of Initial D, you can tell the difference from the very beginning of the movie.

Now, I always want to enjoy myself whenever I go for a movie. But when I was watching Initial D, all I wanted to do was grab the hand-phone from the person sitting next to me and JAM it down the motherf**ker’s throat! It was the baddest movie experience I have ever had! The guy was sitting with his big a$$ed girlfriend, talking as if he was at home with his girlfriend and friends. And what’s worse, he never even switched off or put his phone on silent!! It keeps ringing every 15 minutes! Trust me, I timed the intervals just so that I wont strangle the guy with his intestines! And he wouldn’t even get a clue from all the stares and glares he’s getting from all around him. He even answers the phone loudly! Arrgh!! Some people are just simply too f**king stupid!

Hmmm… Sorry people. When I watch a movie, I want to experience it to the fullest so that I can get my moneys worth. Hand-phones should be checked one by one by the attendants to make sure its off or on silent, talkative girlfriends or boyfriends should have their mouth muzzled, and snacks and crackers should be banned or stuffed up a place (on the human anotomy) ‘where the sun don’t shine’.

Where was I? Oh yes, the story is placed near a place called Mount Akina which is notorious for its winding roads. Young buck drivers go up mount Akina in their jazzed up cars just to race downhill and to pitt their skills and abilities between each other and other racers from different districts (I think they need one more hobby ;-p). The main character is Fujiwara Takumi played by Jay Chou. An 18 year old with a quiet demeanor. But unbeknown to his friends, Takumi has this hidden ability that only Mount Akina and its winding roads know. Racing at breakneck speed downhill, drifting through the corners, in his fathers black and white Trueno 86′ after sending tofu to the family business clients. Oh, did I mention father (acted by Anthony Wong) and son run a tofu shop? There’s also some lovey-dovey teen romance and conflict between Takumi and Natsuki Mogi (Anne Suzuki). Question. Why are nearly all Japanese girls so damn cute?? Sexy swimsuit? I don’t think so… And for gods sakes! Why the voice overs??? (watch the movie people
Anyways, things get interesting further in the movie as other rival racing teams blast into town from the neighboring district Gunma. The RedSun’s (Mazda RX7 cars), led by RyousukeTakahashi (Edison Chen), The NightKids (Nissan GTR cars), led by Takeshi Nakazato (Shawn Yue) and finally the Emperor team (Mitsubishi EVO cars), led by Kyouichi Sudou (Jordan Chan). Now I wont tell to much on the movie because the last movie review I did kind of spoilt the movie for some people :-p All I can say is the cars and drifting scenes were awesome, the girls were cute (short skirts) and… I guess thats about it.

Before I sign off, all I can say, watch the movie people. Above is my own personal comments. Different people have different opinions. But overall, it was an good movie. The cars and girls.

(I)Rate: 8/10

Cast:
Jay Chou… Fujuwara Takumi, Anne Suzuki… Natsuki Mogi, Edison Chen… Ryousuke Takahashi, Anthony Wong… Bunta Fujiwara, Shawn Yue… Takeshi Nakazato, Chapman To… Itsuki Tachibana, Jordan Chan… Kyouichi Sudou, Kenny Bee… Yuuichi Tachibana

Directors:
Andrew Lau, Wai Keung and Alan Mak

Three Months has past and finally my probation period in MagicMakers has ended and I am finally a permanent member in the Agency! Pretty cool. Not that I’m not enjoying it, I think I’m enjoying it way too much. Of course work is work, but then again why not mix work with a bit of fun in it? For the past three months i’ve been here, i’ve been to grand openings, photo shoots, ad awards and mingled with celebrities! Now who can say that I don’t have an excellent job?? And quite recently, I heard rumors that i might even have a chance to go to UK for probably a job on one of its international universities! Of course its still in the negotiations with the bosses, but if that deal ever came true…

The job atmosphere is also pretty cool. Music non stop from the radio. If you have your own music selection, just bring it! If you want to play it full blast when doing work… bring VERY good headphones! I’m mostly a PC user, but the iMAC does has its appeal when it comes to music amplifiers and equalizers! At times I’m so absorbed in my music and work, my colleagues basically has to throw the mouse at me to get my attention. What can I say? I work better with excellently loud music and doing work that I enjoy. Ever tried to listen to Marylin Manson on full volume without people giving you the ‘he’s a cult member’ look in their eyes?

The colleagues are pretty cool people on their own. Even though there’s only a few of us in the agency, we are able to finish even the biggest jobs. What jobs? Sorry people thats P&C info I’m just hoping there’s some more cool stuff comes in.

What is it that makes an animal wild? Long claws? Fast feet? Skittish behavior? Or the fact that they eat of silverware, has constant grooming and has showmanship behavior? Everything tended by us humans who wait on them hand and foot. I guess the last statement would be more accurate for the inhabitants of New York Zoo. The main characters of Madagascar from Spielberg’s Dreamworks Animation Studio. A lion (Ben Stiller), a zebra Chris Rock), a giraffe (David Schwimmer), a hippo (Jeda Pinkett Smith), a couple of British monkeys and a trio of neurotic penguins with their heads full of conspiracies!

I’m not going into detail like I did with the Batman Begin review. Instead, I’m going to tell what i like and what i don’t like about the movie. Wether its in order or not, you sort it out. To sum it up totally, Madagascar was mediocre at best. Its not an animation that I think would make an impact and memorable like Finding Nemo, Sharks Tale and Robots. The ratings that was given was a B. I give it a B-, borderline C.

Now I’m not hitting down on the animators from Dreamworks. They did a wonderful job on the movie. From each strand of hair on Alex’s mane to the realistic pink hue on the hippo’s a$$. But I’m not a big fan on how the characters were animated out with their squarish features. Reminds me too much of Hercules… Some people would call Madagascar a fun movie. What was fun about that? There wasn’t a lot of funny moments, the humor were mostly (to me) understandable to adults and the only memorable thing in that movie was the yapping mouth on the zebra, The rave-partying Lemurs and the neurotic penguins. Truth be told I just love the those penguins. They should have their own animation done James Bond style with karate chops, hypnotism and explosions! Wait.. didn’t those penguins already did that? I mean what’s not to love about those pint size birds in tuxedo’s?

Do you see what I mean here? I’m talking more on the penguins than the main characters of the movie itself! Thats the impact a memorable movie should have (even though the penguins are not the main characters). And the only memorable characters are the penguins and the zebra, with a slight pinch of the lion.

My next review will be on Initial D, War of the Worlds and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Not in any particular order…

Nuf’ Said…