Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Probably, Maybe!

Still cant believe it... OMG! I hit the target this month.. Well, still numb bout it, I should be happy right? I dunno. Mixed feeling probably.

60%

April is finished.. I need think bout May.

This is the life of a Sales person..

This is the life I've chosen..

If you will ask me now If I am happy... I dont know the answer..

Probably.. Maybe!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Most anticipated movies of the Year

I watched all the Mummy series and they're my all time fave. Hope this one will be as good as the rest.



When I was still a kid..Im an avid fan of action heroes.. Captain America, Hulk, Batman, Thor, Aquaman, Ironman and so on.. When I was in college I collect action figures even now! Go go Ironman! hehe!




I love fantasy inspired movies.. my all time fave includes Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Chronicles Of Narnia. They never disappoint me.



Since the tragic death of Heath Ledger, this movie got lots of media attention. Of course it will be a blockbuster.. that's for sure! However I think, its not suitable for kids since the theme is quite dark and hunting. Kids stay away!


Sunday, April 27, 2008

At Johnny Rockets- Marina Crescent

Worked overtime again at Marina Branch, since I got nothing to do after work, I called Jan and Julius to join me go malling (just hanging around the mall) Good thing Julius is off and Jan's duty at 10pm.

We had our snacks at the food court since we're all starving. Some shops are on sale that day so we checked them out.. of course always do! Was able to buy some nice board shorts and a polo at a very cheap price. While we were shoopping, somebody called Julius, when he hanged up, he said that the hawally group is coming. Great!

We went to Johnny Rockets at the Marina Crescent- I ordered a Banana Smoothie (Great!!)

Actually all of us barely see each other since we have different scheds and that night was great since most of us were off or finished duty. We ate again.. the second time that night.. Hows the calorie?! We Chat all night and after no more stories left to tell.. we went to the beach front to have our Pics as always.

Check them out!
(pics courtesy of Julius Nino)



Me and Amelia at the food court

Joyce and Jeff drops by (they're on duty)


The entourage coming..


Me of course..


Julius Nino (our resident photographer)

Mother Berns


Lianne


Jan and Fortune (Gerald not in the pic)



Yikes... feeling! hehe! actually i like this one... I look slimmer!

Group mugshot.. bad thing being a photographer.. your always not in the picture hehe!



Watch out for the new season of LOST.. (Stranded on a desert)

The EYE- a horror story



I'm watching Jessica Alba's "The EYE" watched the original version several years ago. I thinnk the asian version are much scarier.. nothing beats the original. After watching the movie, I remember my own experience about ghost.. and I believe in them.


It happen 10 years ago... got lots of horror experience but this one was the worst!


The year was 1998 and I was in my sophomore year in college. After almost 2 years living in the heart of Manila renting small room, my parents decided to rent our own apartment in suburban Quezon City. It was a 2 floor apartment in a peaceful compound. My estranged aunt(if there something like it) live together with her only son below while we rent the 2nd floor. During that time, I was so excited since I have my own space.. no noisy boardmates.. no loud music from some jerk on the other room.. it was completely the opposite...


My parents live in the province some 5 hour drive from Manila and Im only the one living in the city that time.. My sister decided to temporarily drop from college while my younger brother was still in his high school. I transfer there June 1998.


My first day, I cleaned the whole apartment and I found some things which the previous resident probably left on purpose.. I throw all that and at the end of the day.. I was really satisfied and I love the silence, though I sometimes missed the whole boarding house things.. crazy colleges guys like me, pretty girls are everywhere, crazy stupid random things. But I still prefer the new found silence from my new home.. what I did'nt know was.. what the silence brings.


The house was squeeky clean and after almost a day of brushing, nailing etc. I went to a nearby mall(SM North Edsa) to buy some home items. I arrived late and I go to my room. I still dont have TV then since I just moved out, I just have was my aunt stereo. I was happy living alone in the new apartment..... but not for long!!


After studying and preparing my codigo (cheaters knows this haha!) I already go to bed around 11pm since I have 7am class the following morning. I sleep contented.


12am... the horror starts....


............ In the middle of the night, around 12midnight, I woke up from some sort of noise.. for few minutes I cant fully comprehend what it was.. I thought it was a neighboor who snore so loud, then when I was fully awake... Then the horror starts..


the noise was coming from the other room just beside my room.. it was a deep breathing noise coming from an elderly man.. like he's having an asthma attack or more exactly the sound of a dying man.. How about that for the first night in your dream apartment? I just cant move a single muscle in my body.. not even blink. I was afraid to move.


I tried to think that what I was hearing was not true.. but the painful noise from the other room did'nt stop. I ruled out the possibilty of my neighboor snoring since the noise comes directly from the other room as if somebody was there.. Oh God! Inever prayed that hard in my life haha! My ordeal stops when the noise ceased.. after probably full 10-15 minutes.. I think that was the longest time of my life.. then i fall asleep. If I remember it right, think I flunk the exam the next morning.


I did'nt tell anybody about it coz I thought it will be the first and last.. but I was wrong! My second night was just my typical night.. I eat, read my anatomy book.. Grey's Anatomy (just a trivia- the title of that famous show was taken from this book) listen to my favorite Fm station and sleep. I did'nt turn off the radio on purpose. And like an alarm clock.. my new board mate woke me up in the middle of the night.. the compound was dead sleep and not an insect buzz in the air.. just the noise on the other room. Again I was immobile as a stone, I cant hardly breathe. I am helpless but I cant do anything but listen to that awful noise. I didnt remember but I was able to sleep.


The following morning, I talk with my aunt about what had happened. She said sorry, but she intentionally didnt tell me what was the history of that apartment. The previous residents -a family composed of two sisters and their old father who are relatives of the owner of the compound. The old man dies on that same apartment.. on that hunted room just a month before I transfer... as if all my hairs on my body all stands on ends upon hearing her story. She told me that I can sleep on with them downstairs if I want.. But i did'nt.


I still sleep on my room. Then it happen again... and again and again.. I think it bugs me for almost a week, it just ended when my uncle gave some kind of ritual.. I lit up a candle on the 4 corner of the room, circle some salt around the candles and pray the Lord's Prayer for several times... actually it really took effects. The same night.. the noise was gone! What was funny was on the 3rd or 4th night the ghost bugs me.. I was not afraid anymore and actually I am more angry than scared.. One funny thing was, I ask the ghost to stop from bugging me and let me sleep alone, I'm really pissed off and I stand up and walk towards the hunted room.. I want to kick the door open and kick the hell out of that nuisance ghost but........ I decided not to haha! I just turn around and go backs to my room and sleep. After that ritual.. the ghost did'nt bother me again.


I live happily ever after..








Saturday, April 26, 2008

Banana Milk Smoothie

I feel soo tired tonight since I work overtime from Marina Mall 10am to 4pm then I went to work in shaha from 6pm to 9pm, I did that coz I need to meet my target this month.. everybody are quite stressed out lately due to that damned target. GRHHHHH! Time is running out and I need around 400dinars more. I got only 4 days left.. oh God!

Another thing that bothers me is... I need to find a new flat in just few days! Ohh please.. gimme a break! It's quite hard to find a room that is near perfect.. there's always flaws and lots of issues.

Anyway just to relax a bit, I uploaded these pics I took while in the Marina Mall early this morning. It's the pricey resto adjacent to our branch.. Since I did'nt eat any breakfast before going to work.. I was starving in the middle of the day so I just ordered a Banana Milk Smoothie from this resto.. Love it!

Got to go to sleep now!




Yummy Foods..






Clean and Zen

Cozy Ambience..

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Currently listening to- DAUGHTRY


Only one word to describe this album.... SUPER! Most of the tracks are great and everyday I played the cd over and over again.

My Fave
Its not over
Home
Over you
Feels like tonight
What about now (The Best) senti hehe!


WHAT ABOUT NOW

Shadows fill an empty heart
As love is fading
From all the things that we are
And are not saying
Can we see beyond the scars
And make it to the dawn

Change the colors of the sky
And open up to
The ways you made me feel alive
The ways I loved you
For all the things that never died
To make it through the night
Love will find you

What About Now
What about today
What if you're making me
All that I was meant to be
What if our love never went away
What if it's lost behind
Words we could never find
Baby before its too late
What About Now

The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day
This broken heart can still survive
With the touch of your grace
As shadows fade into the light
I am by your side where love will find you

What About Now
What about today
What if you're making me
All that I was meant to be
What if our love never went away
What if it's lost behind
Words we could never find
Baby before its too late
What About Now

Now that we're here
Now that we've come this far, just hold on
There is nothing to fear
For I am right beside you
For all my life I am yours

What About Now
What about today
What if you're making me
All that I was meant to be
What if our love never went away
What if it's lost behind
Words we could never find


What About Now
What about today
What if you're making me
All that I was meant to be
What if our love never went away
What if it's lost behind
Words we could never find
Baby before its too late
Baby before its too late
Baby before its too late
What About Now


Sunday, April 20, 2008

Hail, Rain and Sandstorm in Kuwait

I was in Marina Mall the other friday working overtime at the branch.. (Friday should be my day off) Since I dont have much to do so.. I said fine, but my laundry are getting taller and taller.. and it looks terrible hehe! Me and Joyce finished our overtime around 5:30pm, we headed to the foodcourt since I was really starving.. We ate Sambosa. Yummy!

Were about to leave the mall when we heard loud crashing noises on the glass roof above.. then people comes and goes in every directions. Actually we panicked a bit and we can't comprehend what was happening.. then Joyce bf called her and tell her that there's a violent sandstorm that just hit Kuwait. Outside, what we heard thumping on the glass roof are ice as big as a thumb, the roads are flooded and the sands covered the whole of Kuwait.

When I came home that night.. I said.. Thank God my room is still here! The problem is my cable..

Below are some of the pics from the local newspaper the following morning.


It's like some scene from some apocalyptic movies from Hollywood.. this pic reminds me of the movie The Mummy.

From the US BASE


Powerful lightning streak accross the arabian gulf


Beach goers run.... run... run! hehe!




Flooded street all over the city



It's raining ice...in the desert.





Saturday, April 19, 2008

Currently listening to Chris Brown

CHRIS BROWN- EXCLUSIVE


Simply Great ! My fave..

I wanna be

With you

Take you down

Picture perfect

Friday, April 18, 2008

The real Dr. Phil..

The first time I watched him.. I was glued. The second time, it was a confusion and the third time.. I said, okay.. he's a crap! Since then I never watch his show again.

He's supposed to be a psychologist but during his show.. he's so arrogant, rude and plain mean mustached man. I always thought that all the stories in his shows are all a HOAX.. there's a saying that truth are stranger than fiction.. but the stories that were featured on his show is to much a hoax like himself. He got lots of fans out there but he simply did'nt gain my respect. As a read the article below at MSN earlier this evening.. I was never surprised. It was more of a confirmation.

To all Dr. Phil fans out there.. check this out!


Special to MSN Entertainment

Maybe it's awful to kick a walrus-mustachioed man when he's down, but I am all for the recent public backlash against Dr. Phil. His producers bailed out one of the teens jailed for (allegedly) violently attacking a Florida teenager, in exchange for an exclusive interview with her, only to backpedal in the face of public disapproval. This boundary crossing is just the latest in a string of Dr. Phil's missteps; it's high time we all admitted that the good doctor is out -- out of touch, out of step and sometimes almost out of his homily-riddled mind.

Dr. Who?

Phillip Calvin McGraw, best known as Dr. Phil, hit the airwaves as Oprah's golden boy in 1998. She seemed to enjoy his straight talk and the way her audiences responded to his no-nonsense approach. It was refreshing, at first, to listen to a shrink who gave advice free of psychobabble buzzwords; he was even a little folksy, some homespun, gingham-aproned Freud. This is the guy who said, "Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right." Adorable, right? Of course, he wasn't really a shrink, and he hasn't seemed to take his own advice. McGraw has a history of not making the right decisions, nor has he done much to right them.

This is the guy who said, "Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right." Adorable, right? Of course, he wasn't really a shrink, and he hasn't seemed to take his own advice.

Doc in a Cheap Suit

It's a sad fact that, these days, many a high-profile "personality" is going to have at least one good lawsuit lobbed his or her way, but Dr. Phil seems to repeatedly provoke lawsuits. The Texas attorney general investigated him for a possible health club scam in 1973. McGraw sold expensive lifetime memberships to a health club in Topeka, Kan., and resold the contracts to a financial institution, so the members had to keep paying whether the club existed or not. According to the court papers, three different Topeka banks sued him for more than $40,000, but he never showed in court and monies were never recovered. He had moved on to Texas, where he obtained a doctorate from the University of North Texas and began to practice psychology.

In 1989, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists imposed disciplinary sanctions against McGraw for what was deemed an inappropriate "dual relationship." McGraw admitted he hired one of his clients, a 19-year-old woman, to work in his office (can you say "breach of ethics"?), but denied her claim of a sexual relationship. The board ordered McGraw to pass a jurisprudence exam, undergo a psychological evaluation, take an ethics class and have his practice supervised for one year. Did he make amends and make it right? Well, as of 2008, no. Nineteen years in, and he still hasn't met the board's conditions. His license to practice psychology was revoked and, from that point on, he has not been licensed to practice psychology at all. As the man himself has noted, "Failure is no accident."

McGraw, who said, "We teach people how to treat us," exhibited poor judgment again when he decided to feature convicted murderer Laurie "Bambi" Bembenek. Bembenek was scheduled to appear on the "Dr. Phil" show in 2002 to clear her name. It didn't go well. She later filed a lawsuit against Dr. Phil and more than 50 of his staffers for, she said, being held against her will in an apartment with no way to contact the outside world, while awaiting potentially show-stopping, name-clearing DNA results. Bembenek claims the forced confinement led to a panic attack, which drove her to escape by climbing out a window. She fell and shattered her leg, which later had to be amputated below the knee. Despite whether Bembenek was detained against her will, one wonders at the "stinkin' thinking" involved in allowing an emotionally fragile, convicted murderer to become so agitated that she felt her only recourse was to shimmy down the outside of a building on a bed sheet ladder.


In 2006, Dr. Phil was named as a co-defendant (along with CBS) in a lawsuit filed by two brothers in relation to the Aruban disappearance of U.S. citizen Natalee Holloway. McGraw hired a private investigator to interview the Kalpoe brothers. They claimed they were recorded without their knowledge and the material was doctored, but later broadcast as being a true representation, portraying them "as engaging in criminal activity against Natalee Holloway ..."

Sure, maybe McGraw's involvement would break open the case as the one tactic that had so far eluded the combined forces of the U.S. and Aruban officials -- a trained television host.


McGraw has long been an outspoken critic of pornography. Eyebrows were raised, then, when he stood as the best man in his son, Jay's, 2006 wedding to Playboy playmate Erica Dahm; the elder McGraw even hosted the wedding at his Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion. Against porn? Fine. Supportive of his son, regardless? Terrific. Altering his "Dr. Phil" Web site to remove all of his comments about porn right after the fact? Umm, "What in the hell were you thinking?"

In January 2008, McGraw's behavior motivated a psychologist (an actual one, with a license and everything) to lodge a complaint with the California Board of Psychology, alleging that Dr. Phil was practicing illegally when he visited Britney Spears at Cedars-Sinai. McGraw was, reportedly, counseling Spears as well as inviting her to join her family on his stage for an upcoming televised intervention. After his unannounced hour-long visit, he made several long-winded statements on his show about Britney's mental state, which really chapped the family spokesperson. Whether he was honestly trying to help or just looking to snag an exclusive, one is tempted to repeat his own words back at him yet again: "The quickest way from A to B is not always at the most feverish pace."

Testing Patience
Who hasn't Dr. Phil ticked off? Thelma Box, a former business partner, alleges that McGraw sold his stake in Pathways, their self-help company (started in 1984), an entire year before he told her. Box also insists she co-created and co-authored the materials used in Pathways seminars, material that McGraw uses today in his show, but she has never been given any credit.

Even the fairly unflappable residents of Los Angeles' Wilshire neighborhood have raised arms against McGraw. His Dr. Phil House was an actual house back in 2006, but multiple film crews, trucks, cables and the numerous wandering, addled, addicted, and just plain nutty guests all culminated in too many complaints. They were forced to stop shooting on-site; the show is now actually shot on a soundstage, not on location (although the exterior of the house is still shown in episodes).

And now this: Last week, Dr. Phil had his producers bail out Mercades Nichols, one of the six teenage Florida cheerleaders accused of beating another girl, videotaping it and posting the footage on YouTube. Nichols signed an exclusivity contract with McGraw's people, allegedly in exchange for her $30,000 bail. In light of the public outcry, producers have since announced they made an error in judgment and they have no plans to go forward with the show. Dr. Phil has yet to make his usual half-apologetic public statement, although now might be just the time for McGraw to heed his own advice: "If you want more, you have to require more from yourself."

The inappropriate bail, on the heels of the Britney fiasco, may be why there are growing rumors that Oprah wants nothing to do with the not-always-so-good doctor; there is also talk that McGraw and his wife, Robin, are on the outs. There are plenty of folks with reason to be upset. After all, "Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration."


Physician, Heal Thyself

McGraw has been remarkably savvy at reinventing himself every time his plans ended at a career dead end and/or lawsuit. He's made a number of business mistakes and personal gaffes, but, hey, so have most folks at his level of success. Of course, not many "lifestyle and relationship experts" have proven to be so generally, well, inexpert. When was the last time you saw Dr. Ruth or Dr. Joyce Brothers so consistently in the tabloids? Even dingbat Dr. Laura hasn't left such a trail of lawsuits and professional enemies in her wake.

Maybe the problem isn't McGraw and his stern-talkin' daddy-tude; maybe the problem is that people are listening to him as if he's got a clue, or at least more of a clue than the rest of us. All facts point to the contrary. Just glance at McGraw's personal life (read his unauthorized biography, "The Making of Dr. Phil," for details about his never-mentioned first marriage and early company dealings); look at his business track record. Or take it from me. Just like Dr. Phil, I'm an unlicensed unpsychologist, and my advice to you, in classic Dr. Phil speak is this: "That dog really, really don't hunt."

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Famous landmark- Kuwait Towers

Taken from my Panasonic digicam last year.


THE KUWAIT TOWERS








YOGA?? MEDITATION? Nope!


Sunday, April 13, 2008

Another Unique Recipe

Yesterday, Joyce called me up and we chat for some time.. then she said she will come for lunch. I panicked since I dont have that much stock, I still dont have time to go to the grocery.After she hanged-up, I run towards the kitchen and I checked the fridge. My fridge looks really sad.. it needs to be replenish haha! At least I found something.. A pair of potatoes and carrots.. Thank God!It looks promising!

I'm the king of cooking innovation.. I never have doubts about it. But still I cannot figure out what I'll do with the carrots and pototoes. I check the freezer and get the shrimp and the ever famous hotdog. Now, I have something in mind.




Veggie Recipe

Ingredients

tons of garlic
chopped onions
bell pepper(green, yellow, red whatever)
2 pcs medium size potatoes
1 carrot
lots of shrimps
hotdogs 2-3 pcs
celery
oyster sauce
tomato sauce
mustard sauce
butter
chicken stock

1) put the shrimp in a bowl, add vinegar and leave it for a while (it will remove the unpleasant after taste of the shrimp)
2) sautee the garlic and onion, I add up a spoon of butter.
3) drain the shrimp and add to the sautee while the onion and garlic is not yet brown. quikly follow the sliced hotdogs.
4) Make sure that the garlic will not be over fried since it will ruin your dish, after 2-3 minutes put 1 cup of water.
5) Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer.
6) Add 3 tbsp of oyster sauce, 1 tbsp of mustard and 4-3 tbsp tomato sauce.
7)Add the celery, I add probably 1 tbsp of butter, the put the sliced bell pepper( yummy I love it) It also make every dishes with distinct aroma. Cover simmer for 2-3 minutes and your done.



Oystered-Shrimp Veggies



After tasting it.. I was like.. Did I cook this one? It really taste great.. its a veggie dish with a kick! I'll do it next time that's for sure. I bet kids will love it. The ingridients mixed well and its one hell of a veggie dish, now I look differently towards the dumb and boring carrots and potatoes.

Joyce ask for the recipe and she obviously likes it.

Cooking for me is like an adventure, I always want something different. Everday lots of dishes are being born and lets not limit ourselves of with whatever we usually eat or drink.

BON APPETIT

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Nothing to do Part2

After checking the fridge which composed of only leftovers, breads and chocolate. I checked my stock from the cabinet and I was frustrated.. the cans goods are obliterated ( what a word!) which I prefer since I rarely cook nowadays. The instant noodles are also gone.. In the corner of the cabinet.. finally I saw something to cook. It's a chinese canton noodle(pansit canton) I check the freezer and I take out all whats in there.. beef, shrimp, sausages, turkey slices etc. Since there's no pork here in the Middle East.. I became so innovative in terms of cooking. I choose the shrimp and sauges and put the rest on the freezer.

My recipe

Jhay's Sauteed Shrimp & Sausage Noodles
(Pancit Canton- Kuwait Style)

Ingridients

tons of garlic
medium size onion, chopped
green Bell pepper,
1piece egg
2 pieces of sausage, slice in small pieces
soy sauce,
salt and pepper
half teaspoon of powdered ginger
medium size shrimp 8-10 pcs or hundreds if yoi like
1 chicken cube
2 tbsp of tomato sauce or spaghetti sause
Chinese noodles 1 pack

Instuctions;
1) beat the eggs and put dash of salt and pepper, fry in a low heat pan. When done put it in a small bowl.
2) In the same pan, add oil(Canola- it's healthy) and sautee onion and garlic and bell pepper. Then add the shrimp and the sausages, sautee for 3-4 minutes. Put a dash powdered ginger to remove the shrimp's fishy odor. Put the chicken cube and the egg.
3) Add 4 cups of water, dash of salt and pepper and a tablespoon of soy sauce the simmer for 3-5minutes.
4) Slice a lemon and squeeze over the noodles.
5) Make's 3-4 servings.



Authentic Chinese Noodles

BON APPETIT

Got nothing to do..

I woke up early today knowing that my work will be at 10am at the mall, I took a bath, I readied myself and when I'm about to go .. Joyce called me, Mr.Hani called her and ask her to take the morning shift at Shaha Branch and me instead of Marina Mall, will take the evening shift.. Damned! Im all ready.. What I'm gonna do now??!!

Cant get back to bed, so I open my laptop.. checked my emails, my friendster and my blogs. I got nothing left to do when I remember that I always planned to revise the links on this blogs but I did'nt have the time. Then I made myself busy with it.

I segregate the Links so you my readers can easily navigate my page. Links are very important to any blogs or site and it makes the blog more interesting, so I painstakingly analyze and choose which one to include on my list. Here we go.. there's the Photography, Travels, Fashion, Relevants and Sports Links. I incorporate household names such as OPRAH, DR. PHIL, RACHAEL RAYS and for the sports lover I put NBA, WorldCup and Wimbledon.Actually, there's everything for everybody.. CNN, BBC for the news hungry individuals. I put Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and National Geographic for pips like me who loves natures, sciences and and cuddly animals. There's several links for Men's Fashion like DIESEL, D&G, DKNY. And since it's already summer in some parts of the world, I put travel links to the most famous destinations such as Thailand, Maldives and Carribean.

It's already 11:30 and I need to check my fridge what to cook for lunch.. see yah!

Friday, April 11, 2008

Sweets and more sweets..

My shift mate- Zainab, simply loves eating.. like me! Since the start of the new shift, she always bring something for us boys to eat, by the way she's the only girl on our shift. The other day she let us devour an assortment of Sambosa(Whatever it mean) it's like a chinese dumpling with lots of variant of fillings you can choose from.. I like the cheese, jalapeno. Last night she brought us these sweets.. Honestly, I dont like much sweets but I tried handful since it looks very promisin hehe!




Saturday, April 5, 2008

My Masterpieces

Today is the 1st day of our new shift in the branch, unlike before, the new shift will be a straight shift.. Much better! I dont need to go home them come back again during the broken shift.

Arrived around 9:30pm and I turn on the tv.. I watched Oprah while I eat chocolate.. I also open my laptop and I check my emails, After Oprah I surf the cable and looks for movies then I found one.. Mona Liza Smile. It's about a bunch of young female students in the 50's and their Art professor played by Julia Roberts. Actually, Im not watching the movie seriously since I'm watching funny youtube videos, what caught my attention are the arts and paintings which are shown on the movie. I am inspired by it and I want to share my own Art. I got lots of paintings and I already gave most of them to my friends and some ex-girlfriends(Hopefully they did'nt set them afire when we broke up hehe) But I consider these three as my favorites.. They're kinda unique and I love the colors blend and they got personality. Hope you like it!



LOVE'S MAIZE

I made this one the year 2003 together with GOLGOTA. Oh! I loved that year.. was already finished college and I was just relaxing and waiting for my board exam.. After several tumultous years in college, I felt really relieved and relax. After I've finished my make-up duties with my 2 hospitals in April 2003.. got nothing left to do but malling, when I was tired of going to malls I just stayed at home and sleep all day. When I woke up after my afternoon nap.. That's the time I paint..

When I paint this masterpiece, I never had a thing in mind. I just stroke, brush and more brush then after some finishing touches.. I saw a great work of Art. When you'll look closely near the center of the painting there's is a red structure which resembles a Heart.. It's like a maize in which there's lot of turns and dead ends but still there's the posibilities of finding your way. I simply love this one.

The GOLGOTA


After I finished the LOVE'S MAIZE i got lots of media and I dont want to waste it so I got another piece of canvas and I just let my creativity do the job.. Then another masterpiece was born.

I titled this Golgota because there's lot of cross like figures... it's quite haunting for me.



CEASEFIRE

After I finished this one.. I did'nt like it at all. For me it's quite unsettling and haunting and wicked.. Probably I'm not in the good mood when I did this one. hehe! But If you can appreciate arts then you can see things the normal eyes cannot see.

One time I saw a pictures from Iraq about US soldiers who were ambushed by the rebels, One or two soldiers were hit by the enemy fire and their comrades comes back to help them.. unfortunately they were also hit by the enemy fire. Such a sad story, but the thing is that picture got some uncanny resemblance on my painting.. as you can see at the center of the painting are several yellow figures which looks like a human, they're close to each other and as if they're helping a wounded comrade in the picture.. Well that's my interpretations.




I need comments and feedbacks.. Thanks!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

A stroll along the Gulf Street

I'm watching FRIENDS on a local cable channel... it's still hilarious. By the way, Just wanna share this cool pics from my Sony Ericson phone.


The view of the Marina Crescent on the other side



Hard Rock Cafe





When we're in the Marina Crescent, we saw a large glowing red ball few meters away.. We curious cats walks towards it to check what the heck.. When were about to enter the opening, a grumpy old man cut our path, he told us it's not yet open and we come back tomorrow night so i contain myself just taking some pics..
a dinasaur egg? alien spaceship? Nah.. ur all wrong! It's a big, red and painful pimple on my nose.. hehe!