2009 REVIEW

2009 was pretty intense for me.

Work wise, it was a slow slump down.
Bad omens commenced in January and gradually devoured away the months that came.
A deep pile of constant crap left on my doorstep with no one to clean it up.
I tried cleaning myself. Didnt work. Shit stayed.

Fast forward 12 months down the road and here we are. Here i am.
Still facedown on the same dung of faeces i was pushed into.

Oh well.
Despite the negativity, i survived and miraculously managed to pull of 1 or 2 pretty fun stunts in 2009.

I traveled.

Lang Tengah with the Owhy and the Zarooffe
(as well as Kenneth but visually MIA here)

Significantly far.

Paris with Phillippe, Emilie and Sara

And paid for it.

Vonster in pink. in Manchester. | LiAnn and Me shoving @ Platform9 3/4 in London.

Alot of it.

Kuching with the bloodties and the pet angmo

Still paying for it.

greengreengrass in Cameron with the Broda and Sista.

Also, my family played host to a 17-year-old German stray.

Kai the Jonas-*puke*-Brother.

I got to meet the ppl who did the eye candies for a movie i loved alot.

I bermrazmerise with JasonMraz in Stadium Negara.
(with the Jere, the Hamster, the Evo and the Toh.)

...And berboomboompow with BlackEyedPeas in Sunway.
(with the Lapster)

the giantess Fergie.

There.
I think that's it.
That's all the weight this year carried for me.

I know.
It's damn puny compared to the magnitudes i accomplished in 2008.
Guilty as charged.
I dun even remember what my initial goals were for 2009.

Bah.
2010. Lets dance.

Resolutions?
Meh-be.

MY TOP 10 TRACKS OF 2009

And so i carry forth my yearly tradition of dissing out my closetted (or not) playlist repeats of the year.

Yes.

These are the tracks that accompanied me as i brisked pass the compounds of 1U from office to home. The tunes that kept my ears occupied on those lonely bus rides from Pasar Seni to Seremban. The numbers that i sangalong to alot and probably googled the guitar chords one time or another just so i can berkaraoke within the confinements of my room.

Behold my shameless parade of overplayed overbubblegummed overpopped songs that dominated my head when it was not filled with the crap i call work and the genius i call Street Fighter 4.

There. My personal top 10 list of guilty pleasure syok sendiri music.
And yes. Halo is indeed my song-that-you-cant-get-sien-of for 2009.

oh and thank god i didnt buy tickets to her never-gonna-happen concert.
Sai qin sai hei only.

Katy Perry's Thinking of You deserves a thumbs up mention.
But because her album was in 2008 i figured i duwan so outdate la.
Still... tats a killer song.

I'd have to say that my favourite album of 2009 would have to be a juggle between John Mayer's BattleStudies, Colbie Caillat's Breakthrough and LaRoux's LaRoux.
Simply because these albums didnt bore me.

I listened to Mayer and Caillat when i was moody (which was a pretty hefty amount this year) and LaRoux when i ...err... wasn't.

Other mentionables for me include ZeeAvi's, Lady Gaga's Fame/Fame Monster (cuz she had damn alot of catchy songs in em) and the Glee Season 1 OST.

Would like to thank the TsuTsu for recommending LaRoux and Muse.

Would like to say 谢谢 to Raymond for sending me Bebo Norman.

Would like to give new ipod warm lovable hugs and kisses macho pats on the back for enabling a constant supply of sound into my earlobes when needed.

Would like to thank the blue guitar for giving me the joy of selfscreaming and finger-paining until tips started peeling.

Would like to NOT thank work for basically sucking all the time i could've used to expand my guitaring skills /finish my untouched unread books / learn how to do websites / earn more money/ meet more invisible people etc etc.

Oh well.

Music. Done.
Asylum. Out.

2009

Damn it.

Anyone know how to remove the annoying pop-up ads that appear whenever my page loads?

Anyone?

It's got something to do with my Chatterbox on the right...


it's 2009 and i feel a wave of uncertainty sweep over me.
With the economy crisis waving it's diabolical stench over the country, everyone says it's not a good time to start a business or venture into unfamiliar territory. (Which is actually what i've been dying to try out for a while now.... )

Unfortunately at the moment, I am forced to retreat and duck into my little panic room corner until the time comes again when i can stretch and flex my ambition.

Argh.

ON the other hand, what's a business endeavour without risk?
What's life without a leap of faith?
What's to gain without pain?

I wanna start something...
But i have neither the resources nor contacts nor skills to kick-start the aforementioned "something".

Aih.

i caught 2 fun flicks from faithful torrent :

Disaster Movie and Zack and Miri Make A Porno.
(The poster for Zack & Miri just kills me la)

Disaster Movie was
utterly stupid.
Painstakingly slapstick.
Excruciatingly shallow.
and that's why i was laughing my ass off!!!
Its been a while since i actually laughed to myself so loud in my room...

I like this one la.
So much funnier than Epic Movie and Superhero Movie.
Ya. I'm a proud supporter of the Spoof franchise.
i saw the poster of Dance Flick the other day in the cinema and it made me go "OoooooOOOoo!" in 7th note high pitch loudness.
That's how enthusiastic these movies make me.

Zack & Miri also damn fun!
The Porn nicknames. The vulgarism. The deliberate bad porn acting. Me like.
I think Seth Rogen is just dying to take all the taboo subjects in our lives and make them into comedies la....

Pregnancy. Losing your virginity. At 40. Weed. Now Porn.

Spirit was pure crap.
Ip Man was fun.
The Day The Earth Stood Still was ok. Only because i had already heard of the bad ending and prepared myself for it.

2009 yo.
Be strong.