.:Thank You Notes:.

I am officially 24 last friday and it was a blast..received many text messages and phone calls from friends, sisters, cousins and a brother that made my 24th even more meaningful. Though i received only one present ( Hari Kunzru's novel from Sarah Fitri ) the text messages meant alot to me...

Thank you to my housemates (Zul, Sherah, Alex and Achir) for celebrating my birthday bash ala Paris (we went for a power house 2 hour karaouke session). i'll miss you guys so much..u guys are the brothers that i wish i had and may our journey to excellence will be a blessed one. Thank you for the best 2 years of my life and thank you for making me feel accepted amongst the young generation. To Roy and Herol thank you for being who you are to me and thanx to Zuhaili for the My Team tickets.

Thank you to beautiful Fidah, Nina, Rinot and Syafika for the text message, calls, and friendster message on my birthday..Thank you for whatever you have done for me (the biscuits,money and memmories)

Thank you to my gorjass sisters and cousin (all the way fr NZ) for the text messages and the DaVinci Code movie..love you gals..(i want real presents next time)

Thank you to the ever aspiring and ever supporting Abe Ja (the Big Bro tat i never had) for the text messages and the call on my birthday. You were the one who always pushes me to the top and made me touch the stars. I'll remember the hard and happy times we had together. You made me into a different person with your constant naggings and brotherly love with that i thank you

To my friends that i will always count on through thick and thin ( Sarah F, Sarah Z, Muni, Ken and Hafiz) thank you for always being there for me and support me through my life. Thank you for the financial support, the career support and any support imaginable..you guys are my little hikmah in life.

Gosh...I am very blessed for i have these wonderful, extraodinary individuals as my friends..the memories that we had will never i erase from my mind...remember no matter how big or small my heart all of you will always have a special place in it...

" Emangnya dalam hidup gue ini akan ada yang slalu datang dan pergi tetapi gue yakin dan pasti bahwa sahabat sejati akan sentiasa kekal di dalam hati"

.:Truth and Nothing but the Truth:.

I came across the levis 501 truth website a while ago. they are conducting a contest cum survey on what the young generation is feeling and experiencing nowadays. the topic is truth and truth will be my topic for this edition.

This topic reminds me of a bumper sticker i saw the other day..it reads 'Stay True to Yourself ' and i tot WTF..motivational speakers often yells this phrase to my ears 'Be True'. what exactly are they saying

Personally the truth about being true to one's self is a hard to swallow concept. it is an idea that requires a person to proudly shout that he or she love him or her self. it's never easy and we are not given an instruction paper on how to be true to our self

Being true to yourself is a hard work. we have to fight temptation to be as gorjass as paris, as skinny as nicole, as suave as brad and orlando, as fashionable as lindsay. these superficials that is playing on our telly and in our brains will awaken mr devil and ms ugly in us. this we are not proud of

So how to stay true to yourself? Follow me people..hold my hands..and i will take to to a journey that you in the end will ponder whether what i say is true.. NO?

On a personal note i think being true to youself is not a behavior rather its a reward that one will receive after completing the being true to yourself journey. to get hold of the reward we must first cherish and treasure every moment or thing that we encounter everyday and learn from it. An act of saying i love you to your other half, kissing your baby as you enters the car, touching your mother's wrinkle face, playing ball throw with your brother, telling your sister they are beautiful..these everyday moments that you treasure will make you stay true to yourself

The things you do everyday wont necessary be all rainbow-sunshine-and-smileys filled..but the most important thing is that we learn from it. LEARN

.:the start of many more to come:.

i got my own blog.. i got my own blog..excuse my lateness to catch the blogging-is-the-in-thang train, i am slow when it comes to the latest trends. anyway i'm here and behold the destruction i'll cause to the literature world with my insane, never to any point writtings. right now im in my 2 bedroom manhattan apartment, with itallian take out in the microwave and a venti Americano besides me thinking of what to write..evrything about the previous statement is true except for the manhattan apartment and the itallian take out..i wish i have those..one can only wish aight?

anyway, back to the topic of discussion (as my constantly breathing on my neck boss would say) what am i to write for my first entry in this blog?(thinkin*after 3 minits* still thinkin) AhHa..i'll write about motivation..i know..i know its a boring topic but mind you after a while it'll get interesting I SWEAR..

When we approach the topic of motivation, the image that will come to our mind is always Money..yeah thats right The Moolah, Greens or Dough (i know this from constantly watching Hip Hop Videos) money is the motivation of most people today. being the drive that pushes us to the things we want, we often turn 'evil' for we are controlled by it. For example, i know a friend who wants to own a pair of fuck-me-boots from Gucci and she works her fine ass for it. she shut herself day and night in the office for overtime claims, jeoperdize her friendship to get the most clients and worse of all she became a boot zombie..kesian kan..tsk* tsk*. look what money can do to you. people are living for all the wrong things in life nowadays..the theory that money can buy everyting is rather ridiculous and need to be again define by scholars to ensure that mankind is once again on the right track..

Okay enuff about other people's motivation now lets discuss about mine..what is my motivation, what drives me besides Caltex and what make me stir inside..(hehe im turning porno). The answer is simple..my motivation are all the best things in life tat is my mom (yes im a momma's boy) my pain-in-the-ass siblings and lastly my gorjass friends. They are all my motivation especially my friends because i still cant shake of the stage where friends are more important than family stage. I will NOT be what and where i am today if werent for my friends. They stood there strong as walls when my life is bitter and they lick the corner of their lips when my life tasted sweet..no doubt my family are my number one priority but the bond i shared with my friends are greater than i had with my family.

To all my friends..(i'd better drop some names) Sarah Fitri,Muni,Ken,Abe Ja,Sherah,Fida,Nina,Roy,Jimmy and to those i did not mention thank you for everything..as my biological and my career clock is ticking (its clicking FAST) all of you guided me through it with courage and most importantly with patience..for that i thank you. I manage to graps all the finest things in life with my friends as my motivation. i'll be hitting the number 24 in 4 days time and with just my friends with me i wont need an iPod, Versace's millionaire sunnies, a Blackberry or even Salvatore's shoes in my posession because my friends are waaaayyy better than all those rubbish (the white lies i have to tell my self to elliminate temptation)

Phew..what a topic of discussion to choose kan..i think tat is all for this edition if my blog does not make sense..WHO CARES; GO BITCH ABOUT IT..but if it does lets take it as a lesson..im in no power to preach im just lending you a piece of my experience..