Garden Tracking

Even after spending 2 year plus in Petaling Jaya, it is for the first time d3ric3 felt that there are still lot of places waiting for him to explore. This is because he were taken to a fabulous place where he never expect such place does exists in Petaling Jaya city.

Well, some of you might wondering why the topic sound funny. It is due to the fact that, d3ric3 went to "Taman Bukit Gasing" which means Bukit Gasing Garden in English. In fact d3ric3 would prefer to describe it as a jungle rather then a garden and he guess probably all of you might agree with him after looking @pictures he has taken during garden tracking.

Let's enjoy the pictures

d3ric3 got the feeling of "castle in the desert" when he notice this in the garden

The cute little doggie is Jack. Erm...Jack is a male but he is definately cute =)

During the garden tracking, Sharon was complaining that it is not an easy task for her to get through the bushes and obstacles by giving excuse that her legs are short.

Guess what d3ric3 and his colleagues saw after that?



Direction board to suspension bridge~


They finally reached the suspension bridge after noticed the sign board quite a moment ago(more then an hour, if d3ric3 is not mistaken).

Here they are!

Tiring but a wonderful garden tracking ^.^

Damn Day!

Shit!!! This is the word best describe my day. 

Mood changed after went out of office for lunch break. 

Being souless for one hour plus.

Can't even finish a plate of noodle which I used to like it so much. It seem tasteless!

It is x moody, it is x down, it is x blue ... it is dark sea blue!

Trapped in massive traffic jam. 

Staring at the traffic light, 5 green traffic indications is all I need to leave a spot.

Feel extremely exhausted. Damn day!

Window Live Hotmail

3 days ago d3ric3 received an e-mail from Window Live Hotmail Team. Usually such mail will go into his DELETED folder without any further exploration but it is exception for this time. Guess how they made it? No doubt, it is definately the subject "Coming soon - faster, better Hotmail‏". 

Eventually what happened made me wondering whether I have did a good job for choosing d3ric3 as my blogspot address. "d3ric3, you should not go out of topic." suddenly a sound from no where appeared in my mind.  Opps...

Let's see what they offer this time.

click here for more

After scanned through. These are the points:

• 70% faster transaction speed for broadband users, 56% for narrowband connections
  
• better design 
  
• more cool stuff 

Wow, impressive! Well, bout the transaction speed. It is also applied to pictures loading? kekez

Article Sharing

I discovered this article from the blog of my junior. It is nice-to-read article which attracted me to find it back and share with you guys after reading it for quite some time. Please do not read it during your hectic hours and “gotcha” by your employer, supervisor, professor, teacher as well as CEO (d3ric3 own experience) -.-

On my wedding day, I carried my wife in my arms. The bridal car stopped in front of our one-room flat. My buddies insisted that I carry her out of the car in my arms. So I carried her into our home. She was then plump and shy. I was a strong and happy bridegroom. This was the scene ten years ago.

The following days were as simple as a cup of pure water. We had a kid. I went into business and tried to make more money. When the assets were steadily increasing, the affection between us seemed to ebb.

She was a civil servant. Every morning we left home together and got home almost at the same time. Our kid was studying in a boarding school. Our marriage life seemed to been viably happy. But the calm life was more likely to be affected by unpredictable changes.

Dew came into my life. It was a sunny day. I stood on a spacious balcony. Dew hugged me from behind. My heart once again was immersed in her stream of love. This was the apartment I bought for her. Dew said, you are the kind of man who best draws girls' eyeballs. Her words suddenly reminded me of my wife. When we were just married, my wife said, "Men like you, once successful, will be very attractive to girls."

Thinking of this, I became somewhat hesitant. I knew I had betrayed my wife. But I couldn't help doing so. I moved Dew's hands aside and said, "You go to select some furniture, O.K.? I've got something to do in the company." Obviously she was unhappy, because I had promised to do it together with her.

At the moment, the idea of divorce became clearer in my mind although it used to be something impossible to me. However, I found it rather difficult to tell my wife about it. No matter how mildly I mentioned it to her, she would be deeply hurt.

Honestly, she was a good wife. Every evening she was busy preparing dinner. I was sitting in front of the TV. The dinner was ready soon. Then we watched TV together. Or, I was lounging before the computer, visualizing Dew's body. This was the means of my entertainment.

One day I said to her in a slightly joking way, "Suppose we divorce, what will you do?" She stared at me for a few seconds without a word. Apparently she believed that divorce was something too far away from her. I couldn't imagine how she would react once she got to know I was serious.

When my wife went to my office, Dew had just stepped out. Almost all the staff looked at my wife with a sympathetic eye and tried to hide something while talking to her. She seemed to have got some hint. She gently smiled at my subordinates. But I read some hurt in her eyes.

Once again, Dew said to me, "Divorce her, O.K.? Then we live together." I nodded. I knew I could not hesitate any more.

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; I had lost my heart to a lovely girl called Dew. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, 30% shares of my company and the car. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now. The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a months time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage. This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request. I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions. She laughed loudly And thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully. My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed.

So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office. On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her dress. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me; she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head. Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life.

My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office, jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door.I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind. I walked up stairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, "Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore." She looked at me, astonished. Then touched my forehead. "Do you have a fever?" she said. I moved her hand off my head. "Sorry, Dew," I said. "I won't divorce."

"My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death does us apart." Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote: "I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart." The small details of our lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, the property, the bank balance that matters. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy.

So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage! If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you, but if you do, you just might save a marriage or a relationship.

Relationships are made not to exploit, not to be broken.

We teach some by what we say
We teach some more by what we do
But we teach most by what we are


source from http://pisceanbunny.blogspot.com/

Welcome

Yesterday night, 19th Sept 08 was a special night. There were 3 visitors who left their foot prints here. In order to bring together all the unique visitors in my blog. d3ric3 have decided to introduce these 3 visitors to all the existing unique visitors.

The first unique visitor was Bobo, Poh Yik. She walked into deric3's life 2 years ago in an ice breaking event organized by Buddha Association, University Malaya. It is so obvious most of us paid attention to her as she is quite a tall girl among the juniors. It is so sad that in these 2 years time, d3ric3 keep calling her with a wrong name. Coincidentally d3ric3 met her during a movie "Don't Mess With The Zohan" and I get to know her name once again. She warned him to remember her name and x to call her with her friend's name anymore else she will kick and ignore him... What a fierce person d3ric3 had ever seen in his life -_-
BoboPohYik: http://profiles.friendster.com/17620037

Let's see who is the next visitor. YooOoO, d3ric3's great pal and course mate Reese, Su Teik. They spent time together in university's campus. Reese is superb in playing basketball. They used to play basketball, having meals, go to warung, make comments about pretty juniors/seniors, do assignments together. He is losing weight during his internship while d3rice is gaining weight during his internship. Perhaps they will reach equivalence in term of weight, that is a great news for both of them, hahahaha. Reese x have any social networking account as such facebook, friendster or even myspace. Well, he is planning to own a blog soon. d3rice is looking forward from him.

Last but x the least, Jacqueline, Kai Mei. A secondary schoolmate of d3ric3. They x know each other well, yet they still got to know each other by their name. She was a quiet person and is currently pursuing biomedical science @ National University of Malaysia, KL branch campus. Hopefully to meet her during visiting on the next coming CNY!

Jacqueline: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jacqueline21

Wall-E

When the first time I saw Wall-E in the cinema screen a year ago, it is confusing me whether the few minutes animation on screen was an advert on keeping the cinema clean or it is actually a movie trailer. As time passes by and the few minutes animation keep on casting every time I went to cinema for movie. Eventually it convinced me that it was an advert.

Surprisingly a year later, Wall-E is on show. The movie don't really attract me as I am a person who don't really prefer animation. Nevertheless, I still end up watching it after getting good comments from friends especially bell. Well, it is also coincidentally i get one to watch with me who drives the plan of watching Wall-E a reality.

The movie is about Wall-E, a robot who was the only one left in the earth cleaning up the rubbish met Eve, probe robot searching for plant on earth. It is mainly revolving between Wall-E and Eve on how they helped human to return to the earth. It is amazing as both of the robots up end loving each other. Perhaps, I shouldn't take it too rationally. Nothing is impossible right who knows in the future we are able to invent such robots.

Hal, the little cockroach in the movie draw my great attention. I really felt sorry for him when he was left alone in the earth and was shocked when he was flatted after Wall-E cross on him for the 2nd time. In the end of the movie, I felt happy for the little cockroach when Wall-E and Eve finally came back to the earth.

On the way exiting the cinema hall, I saw a dying cockroach lying on the ground moving its legs helplessly. It draw attention of most of the people there and we laught unintelligible looking at the little cockroach. From the bottom of my heart, I wish it will survive after the crowd left the narrow corridor. Amen =)



source from http://www.movietome.com/movie/363594/wall-e/pictures.html

Turning Point

Did anyone agree with me that life is filled with turning points. It is obvious that any one in this world get into new environments. We meet new people, deal with new problems, get to know something new, have our lifestyle changed and one words best describes it, "changes".

There is a proverb in cantonese "Yao Dak Pit Yao Sat" which means when you gain something, you will lost something in exchange. A simple illustration is, you lost a friend when you get engaged. Let's make it clearer for those who is still unable to get the points of the example. In this case, engaged is the turning point and a person lost a friend in exchange for a boy friend/girl friend. Well, you might loss nothing if you get engaged with a person you never know until that day he/she become your partner. If you did, please let me know, I am kinda interested to know how it works out.

Malaysia might having a turning point on 16th Sept 08. Personally, I do not prefer political changes driven by politician themselves. If our ex deputy prime minister do successfully take over the control of the government, the same thing might occurs in the future as well. On the other hand, I do not like the way our prime minister react who keeps on making changes. It tends to unstabilize our economic.

Let's pray for our country for a peaceful day on 16th Sept 08. I would also pray for wonderful day for 17th Sept 08 as a turning point of mine(looking forward) ^.^)/

Internship @Kompakar

d3ric3 as a software engineering undergraduate from University of Malaya is undergoing his internship @Kompakar eHealth Sdn Bhd, http://www.kompakar-ehealth.com/. The duration started @1st June 08 and will be expected to end @31 Nov 08. The main differences between study life and work life is that study life provides challenges and new opportunities to explore while work life provides a steady fixed working time frame (as we trainee are x expected to do OT). I like the challenges but realized that challenges comes with x fixed working time, but as decision making occurs i will still go for challenges and hopefully the working time is x widely fluctuating and this will be a dream job for me ^.^)/

In the office, d3ric3 got to know 1 group of trainees from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. Sarcastically speaking, the best words to discribe them are "Never try, never know". One thing d3ric3 discovered from them is that he used to laught or smile merely listening to their conversations. Well obviously they were x joking but they are just tend to make me laugh...

Let's browse to their respective blog page to get a clearer picture of them

Bell: http://creme86.blogspot.com/

Sylvia: http://sylvia087.blogspot.com/

Fiona: http://fyeen.blogspot.com/

I am d3ric3

Yo, every friends of mine as well as you the one who is reading the blog. A great pleasure and excitement for me to introduce my newly created blog @12 Sept 2008, 1431. Photos will be available as soon as I get familiar with this new environment til then cheers!