Aeroplanes and Friends, My first working experience

It was at 5pm, I received a call from Mr Manager, Phua.

not that curly hair yellow boots with ungraded english, mind you.

At first I was pretty shocked when he said something like

"eh today 6pm u can start work anot, fareez n nazri oso workin. can come?"

"eh i need to call my parents first ah"

*calls naz and talk talk*

*calls phua*

"ok la can."

"good good"

so dil followed me as we met naz at da airport, at cheers. bla bla den dil went meet fren n me n naz go tapping da pass and walkin da path, of BIG AEROPLANES.

It was really a nice view.

so at first, naz intro me to some of those he knows. den he go bck to his departure section, im doin arrival, way easier. at first i was totally silent, just listenin to apeks chattin and smiling at sum funny remarks they made at each other.

and that china boy, sheesh i don understand him but i still laugh at him playin around wiv ppl.

HAHA

so yeah, da work is pretty simple. container comes, we take bags and throw onto da conveyor belt. bla bla bla tiring bla bla bla exciting bla bla bla.

anw i started at 6pm and ended at 1am. super eh?

so bout 10 plus, frez n naz join me for arrival since departure no more bags. had fun really, talkin and singin and shoutin as we take bags n throw throw throw. and i hurt my fingernail. :/

its pretty relax work i must say. if plane land, container comes. no planes? BREAK. and i miss two flights cus i go eat eat, and no one cares. SO RELAX LAH!

anw 1am clock out, i took cab home wiv some girls who work there. but cab is free though, since company pay for us. I TOLD U RITE, RELAX!

now im at home, my palms all swellin. i guess if i raise hand at da middle of da road, confirm cars all stop.

so yea, my first work experience. exciting yet tiring.


I love aeroplanes,
AeropLANes

Romeo and Juliet (edited)


A lovestruck Romeo, sings on phone a serenade
Running his battery low, with that first song that he made
Switch his room light, singing in the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

Juliet says "Hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's just beside the window, she's saying "Hey lan, my boyfriend nags
You should stop singing and hear, and please help me out on that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?"

Juliet, I was excited from the start
And I bet, that you exploded in my heart
I can't forget, can't forget, that Killers song
When you gonna realise, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different pasts, they both were pasts of shame
Both pity, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed that dream of you, and then I hope it's real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

You can fall for songs of Killers,
You can fall for words they sold,
You can fall for pretty strangers,
And the promises they hold.
You promised me many things, you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say "Oh Romeo, yeah, you know I starts to have a scene with him".

Juliet, when I said love, but you said bye
I said I love you like, the skies above, cools me down with your eyes
Let me play, for you, you know that Killers song
When you gonna realise, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

I can do the talk, like they talk in the movies
But I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be
I wanted everything, and I'll do anything for you
I can't do anything cause I'd kept thinking of you

And all I do is miss you, and the way we used to be
All I do is play my song and, no company
All I do is feel blue, through poems of a rhyme
Juliet I'll watch the stars with you, anytime

Juliet, when I said love, but you said bye
I said I love you like, the skies above, cools me down with your eyes
And let me play, for you, you know that Killers song
When you gonna realise, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

A love hurt Romeo, sings to self a serenade
Whenever he's feeling low, with that first song that he made
Had a cig and had a light, smoking in the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, I'll forget it."

Romeo and Juliet cover - The Killers

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Romeo and Juliet, The Killers


A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low, with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

Juliet says "Hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window, she's singing "Hey la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here, singing up people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?"

Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, that you exploded in my heart
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you, and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

You can fall for chains of silver,
You can fall for chains of gold,
You can fall for pretty strangers,
And the promises they hold.
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say "Oh Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him".

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said "I love you like, the stars above, I'll love you till I die"
There's a place, for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

I can't do the talk, like the talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything, but I'll do anything for you
I can't do anything except being in love with you

And all I do is miss you, and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and, bad company
All I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you, anytime

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said I love you like, the stars above, I'll love you till I die
And there's a place, for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realise, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low, with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
He says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"
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I find the lyrics in this song meaningful, and it applies to people both in and out of love. Thus, which is why I put it here.


When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong,
Lan

Games: Addictions of the Past (Part 1)

Heyo, readers of SLN.

Last night, I was talking to my bestie, Dolores O'Raidan, on the phone. We were chatting away when that topic about my past came in, about those hardcore-gaming days. I guess that's a story worth to be posted at, on my blog. Readers, enjoy this story/poem/crap/whateveruwannacallit.


It all starts in the late twenty-oh-five
When I was a student in East View Secondary
About to graduate and start a new life
Just before my first step in ITE

They called it a kid's game
They insulted it in so many names
I used to feel the same
But all of that changed,
When I downloaded the game

Maplestory

Two-Dee graphics, with simple yet complicated animations
I remember walking everywhere and people goes "Hi Noob"
I don't care if it's a friendly gesture or an insult
Hit F2, character smiles, pissing them off their boobs
Or birds

And I got myself addicted, but I still felt lonely
I made my close friend play that game
And lol-ed when he got himself addicted

We started making new friends in that game
"altwtips, ClericJoo, PennilessXue" are some of their "names"
When the guild system came out, all of us contributed mesos to create one
And boy, that game started to be alot more fun

Remembering, I once had a "girlfriend" in this adventure
How we walked side-by-side hitting and killing monsters
And how I stood behind her on a ship
Imitating that scene from Titanic











But that Malaysian girl migrated to New Zealand one day
I waited for her day after day but she never came online
I really miss my "wages", losing her is so suay
As days passed by, I slowly felt fine

I started having a real girlfriend shortly in school
With my influential personality, she too played that game
I bought wedding rings and stuff, sounds cool?
We got married, but in-game (haha)
But when we broke up in reality,
We divorced in fantasy





I had alot of friends in that game,
And I always preferred them over my real friends
But all this faded when I went to a shop and saw a name
"Guild Wars", you got me as your fan

Guild Wars

When I started playing this
I realised how sucky my computer is
This game is graphically-demanding
And how I forked out almost five-hundred bucks to make it exciting

I also learnt how to upgrade my computer by myself.
Video Card, RAM card, power supply, blabla.

I got totally immersed in this fantasy
I even joined the biggest guild in Singapore
But the only difference,
We were not as close as "them" in Maplestory

I remember being Mr. Photographer
Climbing hills just to take a nice screenshot of nature
Waterfalls, beautiful skies and lands on fire
And sometimes I take picture of myself, the poser
That's really one heck of an adventure

I even got my classmate to buy that game
We started playing together 24/7
I love laughing at all those stupid things we used to do
Like hitting flamingos with my Elementalist till they burn

Sometimes, I neglected my studies
Skipping classes, staying at home playing this
I really felt so fortunate
Knowing I still get good grades
But I'm not gonna take it for-granted

After quite sometime of this addiction
Everything ended when someone came into my life
Someone who grabbed my attention
And pushing me back into real life


To Be Continued..

Announcement

To all dedicated readers of Smells Like Nescafe a.k.a Azlan the Great blog, please do not be suprised at the new look of my tagboard. Due to unfortunate events, my previous tag-board was tragically spammed. To ensure peace and security to my blog, I present this to you.

My VERY THE OLD TAG-BOARD.

Thanks, and please tag again,
Lan

P/S: Spammers, bertaubat la kamu sebelum datang dunia akhirat. Beribadah la time bulan pose2 gini, tk bagos tau kacau2 org pat tagboard aku.

Non-Muslim Spammers, STOP SPAMMING DAMMIT. SPAM ME ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL RAPE YOU GUYS WITH MY PINK FLAMINGO.

Upside Down.

Open up my eager eyes, Cause I'm Mr Brightside.

Good things has been happening recently, let's start with last night.

The football match between Chelsea and Valencia. Chelsea won 2-1.

Let's face it, who would have thought the Blues, that very team suffering from off-form and disheartening backroom cases, would have won against a mighty team like Valencia? I've visited CFCSG forum before the match, and everyone was like "a draw is good enough" "hope Valencia won't thrash us" and even "VALENCIA PLEASE DONATE US GOALS!".

That all happened before I turned on the tv, and watch it live. This is the first time in many matches that has me on the edge of my sofa, and even accidentally hit my head on da wall beside me when I saw a goal went in, roffles waffles. Credits to Drogba and J.Cole for scoring, and I must admit they played very beautifully in that particular match, unlike the previous recent ones.

Valencia's 1 scoreline is probably due to Chelsea' defensive mistake, how da clearance ricocheted off their own player and letting Valencia striker run with the ball and put it behind the goalkeeper.

But I must say, both teams played very well, very exciting match.

Football's done, now bout today.

So yeah I woke up very early, bout 2 plus pm. Mind you I always woke up just before azan, as late as 7pm. Maybe cus I was excited since Dil gonna bring me to her aunt's house to see 2 of her persians cat. And I even got my camera charged for phototaking ceremony.

But cancelled, her aunty not in Singapore. Roffles.

But Rozaimi called me later on, ajak lepak at tampines, and buka there oso. So yeah I left house at 6 plus and meet him there, with two of his friends, his ex an his ex's friend. We ate KFC, I ate Popcorn Chicken meal, he ate zinger, and the other ate zinger I guess. Blahs not as if you guys cared what we ate.

Now don't complain about having no entries in my blog!

So yeah went home after that, I bought menthol lites to replace sampoerna.

And big news for the day.

"Aku dapat sembahyang lima waktu today! After like, 3 years of not doing so!"

Hurray.


I Love It When You Call,
Lan

Short Story Of Felines & Me

I love cats, I've always loved cats. But what is really the reason behind my affections for these felines? When did all these started? And who was I in the past?

I present this to all my readers, after telling this story to my friends and Nurul Huda being the latest listener, I'm suddenly motivated to write about that story which changed my life:

Felines And Me, A Short Yet True Story By Lan

Simei Blk 246, that's my former house, countless memories were treasured there, good and bad alike. I can almost taste the air from here, how it felt to be walking out from that lift that stops at every floor, but I'm always the first one getting out since mine was on the second floor.

I remembered checking out our house like once every week, to see how much was completed since it's a new estate and my family was the first owner of it.

And sometimes I saw her lying down, on the pathway to my house, but I never dared to touch her when I saw her sharp teeth.

To shorten things up, my family and I moved in, I remember playing jigsaw puzzles by myself in what suppose-to-be-my-room but in the end my sister took it. That aside, I also moved from Boon Lay primary school to Changkat primary school, cause nearer to my new house duh.

That was when I started getting closer with that cat, who will always pass by our house and my sister will feed her biscuits, and when I saw how tame this cat is, I dared myself to start patting her head too.

And we named this female cat; Comat. (Cho-Mart)
Oh btw did I told you I was still in pri 1?

So as time passed, Comat got herself pregnant. And I'm still wondering who the hell made love with her and ditch her aside, effing pussies. So yeah she gave birth to 4 kittens, and unfortunately I only remember one of their names.

That'll be Yoyon, a male cat with white background (lol) and some orange stripes here and there. For this era, he's the most good looking in all of Comat's kittens.

This is where the interesting part starts.

Every morning, when I wake up for school, I will see little legs under my main door, ya know that little opening? Yeah we have 24 legs walking here and there. Yeah you should have already guessed it, those were Comat's kittens. I feel weird saying this but this Comat's treats my house as a childcare center. Every morning she'll send her kids here, and in the afternoon she'l come back and carry them away.

And how I panicked when I saw Comat holding them with her mouth, I really thought she was gonna eat em up. Guess I watched too much Jurassic Park, roffles.

Bear in mind we never really took care of them 24/7, and when they grew older, they start to hang around with their mom more. But they still visit us from time to time, for free food and drinks me thinks.

I can't remember much of this era, but I know 3 of the kittens went missing except for Yoyon. And if I'm right on this one, one of the kittens died and I helped my dad to bury him/her. I know I was crying so much, those kittens were the closest friends I had during pri sch days.

So yeah another effing pussy get my pussy laid and penetrate my pussy's pussy and ditch my pussy again. Again my pussy got pregnant with 4 more pussies (that sounded so wrong lololol).

I could have swore I remembered having 8 small kittens, but I just can't make it out, so lets stay at 4 again.. :P

This time, me and my cat decided to take care of the kittens 24/7. I know their names were like, Coco, Yoyo, Yaya and....Dino I guess, can't remember lah! So yeah this batch of kitties is really that fun kind. They'll sleep in my sister's bedroom, sometimes some of them wanders to my room and scare da living shit out of me. Sheesh, Imagine turning to the side of your mattress and saw two big eyes with two triangles on top staring at u.

"AHHHHH!"
"MEOOOWWWWW!"

But irritating though, sometimes Comat will come in and take them away from us. Stupid family outing. jk comat. =p

Anyway to keep it short, this kittens never did grew up. Some died, some went missing. I only knew about one death, so I figured out the other three must have went missing. When I heard my father told me that he saw one of da kittens, flattened on the road. My imaginations runs really wild, I was visualizing how a car ran over that poor kitten, how that kitty tried to scream but it was too late. And how suffering it might be..I really cried alot, I'm still in pri 4 if im not wrong.

Here's the sad part. After Comat's lost all of her kids, and I really mean all, she started going a senile. Believe me, people, this poor cat kept walking around the neighbourhood, calling and calling for her kids. And over time she even start to lie down in the middle of the road, even with cars' horn, she won't move away till the driver came out and put her aside.

With this, I learnt a valuable lessons, Animals do have feelings, Cats do have feelings.

They're like us. When a mother lost her kids, in death or missing, she starts to feel so alone, losing the will to live for some.

So yeah, that's how the Comat's era ended. She went missing after a month. And I never saw her again.

Oh by the way, my mom used to hate cats alot, but she somehow adapt to the life when Comat visited us.

BTW SLYVESTER JUST CAME INTO MY HOUSE AGAIN. ltr i intro who is he kk?

Anyway it was tough living without cats, I felt so lonely. So there was time when goin bck fr sch, I saw this white/orange kitten and bring it up to my house. It was a he, and we named it after our old kitten, Dino. When my mom came back from work, she was pretty angry bout me adopting another cat, but I convinced my sis and dad to side me.

DEMOCRACY FTW!

and we adopt it officially.

This cat is funny in a way, and he's very fierce, love to bite and scratch alot. Some times when my sis is talking on the phone, whenever she talked more than lets say 15 mins, Dino will bite her hand. haha im serious, my mom told me mayb cus my sis nv paid attention to him, den Dino got annoyed and bite her.

Haha.

And dis cat really love fights, each time got cat pass by outside confirm he come out and start a fight. shld have name this cat "mat rep" la, sheesh. I even got a hole on that skin in the middle of two fingers, that stretch of skin, when I tried to carry my cat away from a fight and he jumped up and scratch my finger. Walaoweh damn shocking lor. And pain. :(

Then during pri 6, he went missing. Of course I was pretty sad, but my sis kinda happy since there's no more monster in the house that watches over here. LOLOL. but in sec 1 I remembered I saw Dino when I'm otw to the bus stop for school. But when I told my sis, she never believed me.

Sheesh.

So yeah, in sec 1, my uncle bought a cat for my sis, a siamese cat. That very one I'm having now. She was very small back then, I remember she vomited in the cab otw home. Haha. This have to be the first un-stray cat we kept. She's very shy Siamese, people visit my house she immediately run for cover.

I guess its about 5 years having her as my pet cat, longest I had eh. I love my cat!

btw her name yaya, so simple eh.

Anw this Slyvester I told ya about. He came to my house this past 3 days including now, I was planning to keep him but mom won't let more than 2 cats, and furthermore Yaya might be disheartened seeing us with another cat. heh.


Anyway I'll continue when I have the time. Wanna play with little Slyvester now, HAHA!

18 days unbeaten run, came to an end, today.

Yeah, I guess I gotta admit it, that today, I didn't fast. 18 days of unbeaten run, came to an end today.

haiz..

All I got is myself to blame. I'm not even sick, theres like no excuse for me not to fast. But things are just too hard on me, either that or I'm just thinking too much.

Feels terrible, how I wasted my mom's money, calling McDelivery for sahur. How cruel am I to wake my mom up, get her money to pay for it, and in the end I didn't fast.

I'm so sorry, Mom. I really am.

I just don't understand myself. I tried to sleep, but my insomnia was at the worst for me. I kept thinking and thinking. It pains me that no one was there for me, maybe I'm just not strong enough. I got up and prayed, hoping it'll make things better. Yes it does, but still I listened to my own negative thoughts, and smoke.

I just can't help it, I know smoking won't make things better, but still I did. I'm just too confused at things, things that I should just put aside, things that I thought so negative on it. Shame on me for telling people to not focus on the negatives and in the end I did so myself.

Shame on me to let my tears out and ended my fast.

I just miss those times. Why the heck did I even thought all of it ended, just because lately it wasn't like that. Yes you can say that, shame on me.

I'm confused, I don't know what to think, I don't know who to talk to. I don't know why I suddenly get all pissed up, I don't know why I'll get my negativity get the better of me.

"Help me I'm just not quite myself."

"Look around there's no one else left."

You were not to be blamed.
I am.

For being so pathetic in handling my own problems myself.
I hate this side of me.
How I wish I'm like a computer, shut down and that's it.
No insomnia, no thoughts.
Just sleep.

And without those emotionally-distracting dreams.

Maybe all this happened because I kept things too close to myself.
But;

"Is it cruel or kind, not to speak my mind?
And to lie to you, rather than hurt you?"

I'm sorry to all readers, this post has been rather an unexciting one. Forgive me.


I Feel So Terrible,
Lan

"where were u wen i need u the most..*sighs*"