quest for a sexy avatar

19 Dec 2006

rotidua had highlighted to me that the image that i am currently using as my avatar is not sexy enough. i was shocked and appalled that the avatar that i fondly named as The Golden Years is considered not sexy enough in this modern and progressive world. it would be an unfair deception to the very limited people who are currently following the chronicles of my life in this blog. therefore, in this entry, i would like to present to you the journey that i went through to replace my current avatar in my quest to represent the true sexiness level of moshimoshi.

scouring through the many pictures taken through the old analogue prints and digital photos, i could only find 3 photos that would truly reflect the evolution of moshimoshi. hence, i had to resort to producing 3 new photographs that would have great significance to the current existence of moshimoshi. the finalists and the selection criteria is thus summarised in the table below.

photo	description	assessment	final verdict
	former wife - broke up while making movie with current wife	too bitter	definite no
	wedding ring - one of my treasured possessions, see moshimoshi ioi	too romantic, not sexy enough	maybe
	current wife - she’s magnificent, isn’t she?	too sweet	no
	my mobile phone - currently i am the last one standing in the office with a monochromatic phone. how more unique could someone be?	too classy	nein
	my car - one of them	too flashy, camouflaging the sexiness level	later perhaps?
	my glasses - my long term associate, can’t live without them	too nerdy	hey! nerd is the in-thing right now. definitely the sexiest object here. guess i'll go with this one then

well, there you go. while i have shared many fond memories with The Golden Years, unfortunately it is time to say goodbye. from now on, my new avatar would be called Nerdaholics.

fairytale with a happy ending

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let me introduce the four main actresses/ actors of this blog, amelya my three-year-old daughter, alyssa my almost-five-year-old daughter, the iron grill in my house (in which i have included a one-foot ruler for size reference) and the floor lamp in the background and my key box. what do two little girls and two (three?) inanimate objects have in common? interested? read on if you are.

it happened about one week before i became a blogger. during that time, gartblue had been pestering me to “quote” take up the challenge to be a blogger “unquote” and this story would be a good start to my blog but i didn’t take up the challenge then so here it is now.

the fairytale begins at the end of a working day at my office. we were supposed to pick up alyssa from sister-in-law’s house in loyalwangsa. but both of us were driving so i decided to ask wifey to leave the car at the office in bungsar to be parked overnight. suffice to say we were on our way home which was about half hour drive from loyalwangsa at around 10 pm. adding more spice to the story, i had the urge to pee while we were saying goodbye and thought i can hold it for another half hour or so. furthermore, i was too tired and was already falling asleep while driving back home so i did not want to prolong our stay at the in-law’s house.

after a half hour jam-free, cat-naps-ridden drive home, we were in front of our front gate when i nudged the half-asleep wifey to open up the padlocked gate (no machoism here, our rule is simple, the passenger always opens the gates). then, like a lightning bolt which entirely wiped out my sleepiness, it struck me that the car that i was driving did not have the house keys! normally, we would keep both sets of keys in both cars but in the morning, i was running late and in the hectic morning rush, i did not bring my set of keys. so, the only sets of keys that is outside the house is in the other car which is sleeping in bungsar. *sigh* ^%&*#@$!

so, the next logical course of action was to drive back and forth to my office will take at least 50 minutes to pick up the keys. but, jigging all the way upon desperately holding my pee, i had to do all the lateral thinking (can’t rely on her in her half-asleep mode). and i came up with plan b. alyssa and i climbed over the gate (she does that all the time, by the way) and got ourselves in front of the sliding door. fortunately, the glass sliding door was not locked and the only thing that stands between me and my toilet is the iron grill. the plan b was to ask alyssa to slip through the iron grill (she does this all the time too) and pick up the keys from the keybox which is quite far from the main entrance (under the stairs, definitely cannot be reached from outside except maybe by dr. octopus). sounds easy? read on.

there i was, in front of my own locked house, literally begging alyssa to go into the pitch dark house to get the keys, while holding my pee. which turned out to be a bad decision given that alyssa is the very penakut type whom would need her little sister to accompany her to go upstairs in broad daylight when everybody is downstairs. i can’t be shouting to my children in front of my own house in this very quiet neighbourhood at 11.00pm, can’t i? somebody would call the security guards or worse the police in no time.

after the longest-fifteen-minutes-of-my-life later, i gave up asking alyssa to enter the house. i was almost ready to pee to in my front lawn when critically, a plan c suddenly spring to mind. i then hoisted amelya over the front gate, slipped her through the iron grill ask her to turn on the lights (one of her favourite activity whenever we reached home after maghrib) so that alyssa will then be able to go into the house to pick up the keys. thankfully, amelya happily obliged. *phew* if you’re guessing that’s the happy ending of the very long blog you could never be more wrong.

on her way to turning on the lights in the very dark house, she bumped into the coffee table and you could guess from the huge thud that it was eerily painful. so the natural thing for her to do was cry, out loud. by now, you have a complete picture of one very happy family. the youngest daughter inside the pitch black house all by herself wailing, the elder sister outside the house scared as a stricken mouse, the father traipsing all the way with only one thing in mind and the mother at the front gate nagging on something about not giving clear instruction (that really didn’t help, ok?).

thankfully, i managed to remotely comfort amelya after several minutes and she reluctantly turned on the lights while she’s still sobbing. even then, it took alyssa more than five minutes to gain enough courage to enter the house and picked up the keys. with the keys in hand, there is only one thing that was given the highest priority and that had to be the
best pee that i've had for a very long time. life then returned back to normalcy and everybody lived happily ever after.

if you’re still reading this, there must be something else you’re expecting. therefore, i end this very long fairytale with
a moral of the story. the moral of the story is don’t hold your pee especially
when you’re locked out of your own house or be prepared for a very long night.

moshimoshi ioi (reverse enginereed from 101)

upon gartblue request, i will indulge. well, being a newbie, i hope i won't cause so much chaos and destruction as the power puff girls did when they first learned to play tag in the power puff movie :).

the ioi is for somebody who pronounced the ioi mall as 101 mall when it opened and it was quite funny when he said it, became a long time joke for a while. here goes,

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

mosh – first conceived when i was in form 1 in sekolah menengah jalan stesen, kuala kangsar. nothing to do with me being a rocker or anything like that. just a combination of my names
*deleted* – family calls me this, malu nak sebut . but don't get any ideas. not like adik ke, baby ke, bucuk ke or anything like that. just a shorter form of my real name
mohamad - one omputeh lecturer called me this when i explained to him that mohd does not rhyme with load but actually a shorter version of mohamad. never used by other people that i ignored him a few times before realising that he was talking to me!!!


THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

moshimoshi - the latest one, currently gaining fame in the efx2 world
moshie.kudus - definitely a clear act of deception
suhairims - my current ym, gmail and company email account screen names. ym and gmail all migrated from the moshie.kudus to cause less embarrassment when given to people

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
i am so conceited so this one is difficult so i'll try my best

small feet?!! - you know the misconception that people associate the feet to some male anatomy? ;) in fact can almost fit into wifey's shoes! my feet, i mean
myopia and astigmatism - long gone were the days when could fall asleep while watching tv, clearly!!!
spare tyres?!! - have none *in denial mode*

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

malay of course - can't say tiru anybody because has to be true
bugis - mum had some bugis blood in her, according to her
somewhere in sumatra - from father's side. thicker than mom's side coz paternal grandfather apparently went back and forth melaka and sumatra while fishing

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

my lady boss - maybe shouldn't comment too much in case she found out about this blog
losing this tag thingy while typing it - *sigh* this is so difficult to do with the very low bandwidth we're getting in the office
bini - bukan takut, sayang!!! (the usual escape clause)

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

clean toilets for big business - i'm one of those at-least-once-a-day kind of guy
internet access - now that i'm possessed by this blog thingy
coffee definitely - refer to item no 1


THREE OF YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESIONS:

my manhood - god, what would i be without them?!
my family - i'm too domesticated to my own liking. though some human right activists would be screaming that your family is not your possession
my wedding ring - the amethyst encrusted silver ring somehow managed to stick with me despite my absentmindedness. once i dropped it at a mamak shop during lunch and yet the mamak actually passed the ring to my office mate to be returned to me!!!

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
not wearing anything right now so this is even trickier :D

glasses - or else won't be able to type this into the blog. so very rabun. gave up on contacts long time ago. too much hassle.
selipar jepun - nak gi sembahyang jumaat dah nih, did i hear the second azan in the background?
blue dockers - the only thing i bought for myself when i went to the us the other day


THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:

zainal abidin in hijau
metallica - once upon a time
maroon 5 - very catchy, aren't they?



THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS:
don't usually remember song's name but if you have any problem recognizing any, can sing to you but can't promise much though

dealova – once dewa i think, these indon bands really are getting me starting to listen to malay songs again
more than words – extreme (have to agree with gartblue with this one, everlasting jiwang song. used to be able to play this but abandoned the guitar long time ago)
relaku pujuk - spider

THREE THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAVE BUT WHICH YOU DO NOT HAVE RIGHT NOW:

huge manor - something like the craft manor in lara croft movie where you have your private forest reserve with creeks and lakes for horse-riding but wait, i have to learn horse riding first
flying license - and light plane to boot with it
third baby - all my soldiers still mati syahid, belum ada yang survive lagi

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:

trust and caring - read sex
intelligent conversation - with sex afterwards
and sex of course

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
in the order of preference initially, priorities could change later

sights - has to be easy on the eyes, of course
smells - with my ultra-sensitive nose bud, can't stand less-than-affable smells
the third answer is a give-away for any guys i'd imagine- boobies, without doubt

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:

read
blog - just acquired hobby
dig out my corns

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:

finish this tag thingy - why la so many questions??!!!
sleep - blog-induced sleep deprivation
find that metallica song theotheraj blogged about

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:

alaska - love the dramatic landscape. but need to buy good digital camera first. dslr would be nice
pulau sipadan, perhentian, etc - would love to dive but no license yet. guess have to be content with snorkelling
brazil - copacabana beach!!! need i say more?

THREE KIDS' NAMES YOU LIKE:

alyssa
amelya
allyna - was the name of a girl that i had a crush on during student days but couldn't name my daughter that hence alyssa

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
other than the mandatory requirements of 5-times-a-prayer, hajj etc

skydiving and scuba diving - will do this one day. hope won't be too old by then
see children grow and jadi orang - all parents' wish
solve this men are from mars, women from venus thingy - for the benefit of mankind, definitely more important that proving that unified theory of general relativity

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL A WOMAN, WIFE AND MOTHER:

i am?

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY MAN, HUSBAND AND FATHER:

membebel apasal lambat siap ni?!!! - especially nak balik kampung, being urged by wifey pergi siap while she's busy packing up the bags, preparing the children and clearing up the mess, after the half hour shower with all things ready to go except for her, still nak tanya apasal tak siap lagi ni? esh lambat betoi orang pompuan ni nak bersiap!! :)
kind of difficult to convince me that i'm wrong even when i am - wifey kind of gave up on that already
alyssa requires my smelly armpit to serenade her to sleep - not that smelly, thanks to slowstick

phew!!! there you go. i guess now i have to tag somebody, don't i? ok, since dory whom has met me has been keeping quite for a while and gartblue has taken away all the people that i know personally in this blog world, i'll pass the baton to have left comments on my blog, the tag goes to lazydaisy, futuredoc and famygirl. at least it gives me a chance to know you guys better. ondeonde just had one so she escapes the leash, for now

happy birthday love

i have a confession to make. i have a daughter. as a matter of fact, i have 2! and today, the second day of my blogging life, happens to be the younger one third birthday.



her name is amelya. the exact opposite of her elder sister alyssa. while alyssa is the gung ho, independent, go-getter girl, she is the adorable, stick-to-the-parents-while-shopping and never ask for anything type. which is exactly why it took her exactly one year to finally receive the lego sets that was supposed to be her birthday present last year.



did i mention that she could only claim the ownership of a b@rbie comforter set after much persuasion and convincing for the elder one that it is not hers? at least now i am very much overjoyed to see that she is starting to show her own individuality rather than following and copying her very dominant and demanding sister.



happy 3rd birthday, sayang. we'll cut the cake and have it with satay tonight. hope someday you'd appreciate the fact that you have a blog dedicated to your birthday and virtual first blog from your ayah.

p/s- excuse the huge image. still couldn't manage to download picasa or gimp from the net, grrrr!!! had to use huge images uploaded into flickr

hello world

11 Dec 2006

with the old adage of computer programming common beginner introductory program, i humbly plunge myself into this unknown world of bloggers and blogging. some brief introduction of myself.

i- i am a male: if you can't tell from my choice of colours, it means that i'm still tinkering with the controls
ii- two of my dear friends, loLLies and gartblue would be thrilled to see that finally i took the plunge
iii- i will post more photos rather than this dull, word-only post as my hello world debut entry
iv- i'll try to be funny (even though not many people think i am)
v- i hate capital letters, so if i refer to anybody with lower case, please do not be offended as i meant no harm whatsoever
vi- i am not a japanese or have any japanese blood running through my vein

there you go. as i have left this html-programming stuff for quite some time, expect a lot changes in layout, colours, scheme and presentations as i acquire more gotcha's and learn to use more of this efx2 controls.

see you guys around