Before we go, we went upstairs to his apartment to pick up his car keys. I went into his ‘recreation’ room while he was checking up on his children and wife. This cousin of mine is known to have non-mainstream (but expensive) hobbies and interest, in the last few years, he’s been interested in R/C cars and stuffs, and since I knew he’s into bikes now, so I expected those two things to be in that room.

And as I look at some bikes, and some R/C cars, I turned my back and saw (upon the rack by the door) boxes of microphones (yes, good ones). I immediately asked him what are those for, and he said, for his wife and her vocal group. I’m fascinated, since there’s (almost) no musician in my family, I didn’t expect anyone in my family to have studio mics and a recording kit in their room (at all).

Then I went to the living room, and I saw a piano there (his wife plays piano)  and I see how a few mics were set up to record the piano, and a recording mixer beside it as well. Damn, I’m suddenly want that apartment! I wasn’t interested in toy car (that much) or even $3000 worth of bikes, or the game console and large-screen TV, I want that musician feel to that apartment!

As soon as I got home I feel the need to record something, grab my guitar and think about stuffs and came up with a statement that: I don’t have anything good (enough) to record. *sigh*

Coversongs are not satisfying me anymore, and I never think any of my songs were great, they were just okay/bad for me. Then I think to myself, IF I have that apartment, would that make me more productive?

Yes and not necessarily.

PS: I also want that coffee machine

Cheers.

She’s not a new someone, she was in the same city, goes to the same university, took the same course, even we’re in the same class for EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT. For two semester, I spent my day with her, as a friend, a close one.

So why now? Not like 6 months ago?

Well. She was always busy switching boyfriends, trying to find the best one of them all, while I was chasing on the wrong girls, trying to find new love, trying to re-heat some of the old love.. But nothing worked..

And finally we realise that everything we’re looking for has always been right there all along, for almost 7 months, side by side. :]

So now I’m living my best days, with the best possible person that I could spend it with, and just hoping that we could be like this forever.

It’s corny, I know, but who cares? Even if you care and tell it to my face that I’m corny, I don’t care. Cause only she and I knows what we really feel.

I know It’s only been two months, but I’m dreaming big, I’m hoping high, and I’m just wishing for the best, for us.

Happy two months anniversary babe,

I love you. :]

What could you do in 7 hours?

First thing that came to my mind is, wi-fi. As long as there’s free wi-fi, I’ll survive! Did a little research on KL airport, no free wi-fi. I kinda figured as there’s no free wi-fi in Sydney and Melbourne airport as well. And I wonder, how come there’s no free wi-fi in those airports while there’s free wi-fi even in a small family restaurant near my suburb next to a prison which probably get like less then 10 customers a day, WHY?

Based on my thinking, I conclude that there’s no free wi-fi in airports because airports is not optional. You have to land there if you have to land there. You cannot choose which airport do you want to land in. Sure you can choose which city/country you want to go to, but it’s just plain ridiculous to not go to a city you want becausethe airport is not comfortable. Unlike airports, restaurants, cafes, hotels, is chosen, the better their service, the bigger their chances to get a customer. So airports, they don’t have the obligation to give you any comfortness during your stay, whether it’s 5 minutes or 7 hours, they just simply won’t care.

So, what could you do in 7 hours?

Actually I’m planning to buy a few season of FRIENDS and watch it non stop for 7 hours. Not bad eh?

I’ve done some wrongs in the past, had some wrongs done to me as well, but everything’s right this time.

I admit it, at first, when i was going to buy this phone, i just thought that this would just be a really cool phone with a bunch of really cool games. but now, as i use it more, the games on my iphone are reducing as more productive and useful apps is coming in.

i used to have like more than 15 games in my iphone, now, there’s only 7 that i barely even use, i just dont wanna stuck in some weird place without a signal coverage and got bored. so i keep the 7.

i got a total of 55 apps in my phone, including factory bundled apps. and only 7 out of 55 that can be categorized as ‘games and entertainment’ the other 48 is almost all useful.

in this post, I’m gonna share the apps that i use the most and what do they do..

let’s start with…

1. Twitterific
when i first got involved in twitter, the first thing i did was looking for the iphone apps. turns out there are 30 iphone apps for twitter, at that time. i went from one apps to another. the best one that fits me well is twitterific. it’s easy to use, does what it should, and looks good. maybe there’s another app that’s better than this, but i won’t bother to look for another app as long as this one fits me.

2. facebook >> self explanatory

3. Best Camera
I bought this one as soon as chase jarvis posted it on twitter. he made this app based on his need, some of you may know that he’s one heck of an iphone photographer.
this app has 14 different filters, and sharing options to twitter, facebook, and a dedicated website for the app on www.thebestcamera.com

4. Things
this app is expensive, compared to the other, and that kinda made me hesitate for a while to buy this app. it’s basically a to-do list, with reminders and categories. sync with the same app on my mac (sold separately). i finally bought it for the sake of being more organized. and i hope i get more organized as i go.

5. Newsstand and ReadItLater
this one complements the other. I used both. newsstand gives me updates on the blogs that i follow, and read it later allows me to download the article that i want to read to my phone, so i could read it offline, it’s kinda like a temporary bookmark, with offline reading options.

6. whatsapp messenger
when you have a number of friends using blackberry, and they often ‘suggest’ that their phone is better because of the blackberry messenger, show ‘em this app. HA!

those 6 apps that I recommend, look good. don’t you just hate it when an app is dodgy looking?

cheers.

then there was this man that was sitting at the back of the train and said something like, “you don’t have to say that to her. what’s up with you?” then this one d*ckhead replied to him, “it’s not my fault that she’s fat. it’s people like her that make this country looks fat.” the man said, “who are you to say that?” he replied, “i’m a perfect human being, everybody wants to be like me, even you want to be like me.”  and they argue for a few minutes after that.

random people argue on a train is something usual here in melbourne, what makes me uncomfortable is when he said that he’s the ‘perfect’ human being. for one thing, there’s no such thing as ‘perfect’, and for another thing, if he really is the ‘perfect’ human being, why does he seems like a perfect d*ckhead to me, he’s the best d*ckhead on that train tonight, probably the best that i’ve seen in my life. what he did to that girl is so inappropriate, so rude, and so uncalled for.

i don’t usually swear in my blogposts, or even in the real life, but it’s really hard for me to mention this guy without any swearwords as my vocabs.

you can get entertainment, shop, chat, even date on the internet. wonder if i could pee or eat online, then i dont have to leave my laptop. ever.

please don’t judge me. XD

we were talking about the abstract concept of love and how that applies in real life.

well, for me, i think what we see in a prospective girlfriend or boyfriend is different, and it should be different.

it grew as we go along in life.

in junior high, some of us experienced the very first taste of what they called “love”. ah come on, in junior high, if someone’s popular enough asks you out, you would go out with him (for girls), and if someone’s pretty enough, you would ask her out (for boys). that’s not love, but we used to claim that it is.

in senior high, things are getting more serious, and the concept of love is getting deeper. even if he’s the most popular guy in school, you wouldn’t go out with him if he’s a jerk (most likely, but not in some case involving some very poor girls). so we know “love” better then.

then you graduated, go to uni, with 3 or 4 years before we live on our own. and give or take 8-10 years before we get married. we think more maturely. the popularity and the good looks are getting less percentage in  ”what we see in a guy/girl”. especially a guy. because he would have to make enough living for his future family. and that quality has to be there, or even a sign that the quality would show up soon. strangely enough, some girl haven’t think about it.

a part of love and another part of logic make a relationship, and the percentage of logic goes higher along with our age. i’m not saying that love is not important, love is important in a relationship, it’s very important, it’s the baseline of a relationship. but love is not all you need. the beatles lied to you. i’m telling you girls, it is not all you need.

what seems to be the problem is when we now have a relationship that we bring from back in high school. i mean, what you see in a guy/girl has changed, but you have love him/her already.

still with me?

example: in high school, the most good looking and popular guy asked you out, and you said yes, and he’s good to you, really good, he respects you and everything. but he’ showing no interest in what he’s gonna be in the next 3 years, he’s living off his dad money (and seems like he’s planning to do that forever), he’s not showing any sign that he could make a living in the next few years, he still acts like he was in high school. but he’s good to you, and he LOVES you. what do you do next?

unless his father is donald trump, i’d say find someone else.

some girls in that case doesn’t realise that, and they still think that love is everything. and they don’t wanna lose him. (i’m speaking especially to the girls because they’re the one who have to find a “money maker” in the family, unless you plan to work your ass off and let your husband stay at home to take care of the children and making dinner.)

sure, love have to accept all weakness and flaws and imperfections, but once again, love is not all you need. you need money and food in order to keep on living (and loving).

without any means to sound materialistic or anything, but you do need money, everybody does. and you know it.

so if your guy like the above guy,and if all there left is love, and you don’t see a future “money maker” in your guy (i’m speaking for the logic part of the relationship.), don’t sugarcoat it.

try once, step back from all the love you have, and see logically. don’t let love get in your way, for once.

then you revise, he has to be able to give you not only the thing you WANT, but also the thing you NEED in life (even if you don’t want it).

don’t sugarcoat your relationship in the name of LOVE.

love doesn’t feed you food, and never will. you want love, but you still need to eat.

so for both gender, be aware. for girls, look for the guy who could make a living, and for guys, try to make a living!

quite a heavy topic for this happy blog. but what the heck, i’m growing up too!!