Sexual bribe

All couple has been through this. One of them want something and asked it right after sex. Or in the middle of it. Some say, most women will do it at least once. In the throes of passion, while whispering sweet nothing, while the man is at the height of his passion.

Wham!

"Darling, do you think I can get that car you promised?", she said.

Huh!!???

Ever happened to you?

Lucky number

Today is 09.09.09.

Nice number and if Malaysian are to be like they always are, there will be many significant event happening today. Usually, these events will be nuptials between two person.

Though the Chinese may not all be that excited to do anything today as it is also the Hungry Ghost festival, and the Malay (who are mostly Muslims) are fasting due to Ramadhan, there are people who are planning big things today.

My wife and I was married on 8.8.03 and we celebrated our 5th year anniversary last year on 8.8.08.

Nice number, right? What is your lucky number?

My obsession with certain authors

 

If I start to love certain authors, I will add their books to my collection, including those which may have been published a long time ago. Koji Suzuki is a Japanese who writes horror which were made into films either in Japanese (The Ring) which was then remade by Hollywood (The Ring). The books are futuristic and were never translated well on-screen.

Some other authors are John Grisham whom I read whether he writes all those legal thrillers like The Summons or some of those Americana he wrote on a lark like Skipping Christmas and Bleachers.

Then of course, people like Terry Pratchett whom my wife and I just couldn't get enough of. It is a shame he is diagnosed with Alzheimer and hope he will still be able to churn at least a few more books.

Again, I just love good book, like so many of you out there...

Hardship in hospitality industry

Ever seen the movie Into the Blue where a group of girl surfers worked in hotels around Maui before making it big as surfers. Did you see what they have to go through day in and day out while being housekeepers in a hotel? Having to clean mess like puke (due to the guests being drunk the night before) and picking up condoms off the floor of the hotel rooms. Not really a dream job right?

If a few post ago, I talked about loving the fact of dropping everything and working in a resort, as much as I want to, I would be more thankful to be one of the lucky few who can afford to stay at a resort, every now and then. Maybe I am sometimes guilty on making life difficult for those who work in such resort but I do sometimes try to befriend them when I am ordering food or being served by them.

Maybe working 9-5 at an office is not a bad way to make a living after all...

Asking back the gifts you gave your partner

I have seen a lot of people breaking up and then do this ritual of asking back what they have given their partner as gift. If it is a divorce, it will be even worse. What you have seen in The Break-up is what most couple had experience or sometimes, worse. The list, the division and then the fight.

Ever been in this situation?

Where you have broken up and you wanted to teach the bastard/bitch a lesson and you asked back all the memorabilia or keepsake you have ever given him?

 

In my case, these may be a point of contention

Simple pleasure in life

 

Sometimes, the greatest pleasure in life is seeing stack of books on offer for sale. I can browse through all of these books whether I have seen them countless of time or was just my first time passing through where they are on sale.

If I am bored or the wife is out shopping, I can just go into a bookstore and browse through books. It can be fiction or non-fiction. Classic or brand new. New or second hand.

And this love for books is shared with my wife. Nowadays, she devoured books faster than me as I have become too engrossed with internet life. Maybe I need to be away to enjoy the pleasure of books again. The amount of unread books by my bedside table is getting higher and higher.

No technology can take the place of certain things like the pleasure of reading a book.

Frown less, smile more

I have this tendency to frown more than smile whenever I am at rest. I mean, when I am alone, the expression that I would have on my face will be me thinking about something although I may be alone at that time. I may be reading. Waiting. Talking on the phone. I will be wearing a frown.

Whenever I notice I am frowning, I sometimes try to change my expression. I will try to smile or do a smile exercise as in making a smile with my mouth, regardless of what I feel inside. 

People say, the muscle to make a smile is less complicated than to make a frown. 

And a smile actually is a less stressful exercise than making a frown. At least, I can perfected my smile. And what was that expression?

Smile and the world smile with you?

The problem with being just the two of us

As we love to plan things together everyday, when one of us has another plan, the other one has to make plans of his or her own. None of us really mind if the plan has been told days or weeks in advance but if the plan is spontaneous or done in haste, it can leave the other on a lurch of what to do.

Nowadays, with us having a laptop each and a PC at home, with our growing online presence, this has become a fall-back plan. We do whatever we love to do with the PC and we get in touch with all the friends through Facebook, Twitter and blogs.

In short, in this internet age, it is hard to feel alone. For the past few months, we have been welcomed to so many meet-ups and events that we have gained a lot of new friends with like-minded interest. It has been interesting and has widen our circle of friends. Hope there are many more for us to meet and discover...

Does coffee still affect me?

It does sometimes. At other times, it doesn't...

I remember drinking too much of it and my hands start shaking. I seem to love drinking coffee that in my office, most of the staff will know how I like my coffee. It is one of the easiest way to make a drink.

Ever.

You have your coffee. Either the instant one (Nescafe) or Hai Peng coffee (come in a satchet) or the blended  one from Starbucks. The you just add water. 

That is it.

No sugar. No milk. No nothing. To me, that is how coffee is supposed to be enjoyed. I even have my business partner, a lady, drinking her coffee the same way after all this year (I even influenced her to drink warm water with all her meal). And we surprised people when they ask us how we like our coffee and we replied it as such.

This Ramadhan, without coffee, when morning comes, I tend to be a bit hazy. Just so that I won't be too incoherent, my last drink before the fasting session comes sometime is coffee. But, I do know that coffee dehydrates more than any other drink, so I do the next best thing to not be so sleepy during the day.

Sleep early...

The Ugly Truth about men and women

Yep, you have guessed it. This is about that movie starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. In which they proved the real facts about men and women. Butler as another Cyrano (as in de Begerac) and Heigl as the one who follows the instruction of a man she hates that she was willing to do what he asked as long as he get lost if she managed to get her man using his help.

Then they fell in love...

As always.

However, if you go to this site by Adverlets, Malaysia's internet advertising company, you can win tickets to go to the premiere screening of the movie. Take the test to determine whether you are really a man or a woman. The link is here - The Ugly Truth Quiz.

I took it and here is my result :

In short, it is a confirmed thing that I am a dude when it comes to dating. I think some of those whom I tried to date will even say I am a playerz but I will deny that.