Jarod Yong

I have been offline for most of last week and have not been updating my blog because I have been trying to avoid certain areas of my house. Why? Because there is a flea infestation that I am still trying to adapt to. Best part is... the most badly affected area is the carpeted area where my internet connection is. Bring chair to aforementioned carpeted area. Sit down for 60 seconds with both feet firmly planted on ground. Look away from computer monitor & focus on the veiny areas of foot. Look for suspicious tiny black dots on yellow skin. Open eyes wide in surprise & horror. Use fingers to, one by one, pluck the 5 or 6 black dots discovered. Kill each flea by rolling between fingers HARD, stabbing with nails HARD or swallowing HARD. Best way to kill fleas with your hands is by rolling them between two fingernails. That is... if you get to hold those little jumpy b*****ds long enough to roll over them. Fueled by the itch for knowledge on how to end my scratching ...

At the end of this year, I will finish my studies & move out of the hostel. Next year, I will be teaching in a secondary school somewhere in Malaysia. (Where exactly? I wont be informed until the end of December. This is will definitely cause logistic & emotional anxiety because school starts on the first week of January.) I really cant wait to get a place to call home. A place that I know I will be at for at least the next few years. And I dont mind flatting or moving in with close trustworthy friends. But what will I have in my house? Dreaming about the fridge got me thinking about what else I must have in my house... Well... Here is my wishlist! =) 1. Fridge Picture taken from theratandmouse.co.uk As mentioned in the previous post, I will never be without a fridge... It opens the door to too many sinful culinary pleasures to give up! I dont mind sharing a fridge with the other occupants as long as I have one to use! 2. Xbox 360 Electronic enter...

Dont get me wrong... I'm happy with my life... I'm happy with my love life... I'm happy with my studies... I am generally a very satisfied person... But when I think about it... My life is far from perfect... There is always that something missing... It bugs me when I wake up in the morning... It bugs me when I have my coffee in the afternoons... It bugs me when I make my bed at night... I miss making myself breakfast with all the bacon, sausages & eggs... I miss the raw & wet taste of fresh lettuce cleaned, cut & stuffed into a ham sandwich... I miss the lazy weekends when I just grabbed any leftover produce in the fridge & put it all into a pot of yummy steamy broth or stew... I miss the feeling of cold full cream milk massaging its way down my throat... All these dreams & desires can never be satiated where I live at now... It is not allowed... But if only I had that one thing required to materialise my great gastronomic fantasy... ...

For the past few days my blog has been receiving a lot of traffic from a Malaysian online forum, Cari Forum . This is very peculiar because traffic was quite substantial for a website that I have no connections with. So I checked it out. This is what I found: On Friday, 7 October 2008 (last week) at 05:02PM, someone posted a picture from my blog onto Cari Forum. I published the picture on my blog in 2006 under ' My First Raya In Wellington '. The picture was taken in 2006 during the Hari Raya open-house of the Malaysian High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand. The title of the thread on Cari Forum is ' Foto Difoto Terfoto Memoto ' with the subtitile 'Thread Foto Selebriti Kesayangan Anda'. This is the picture: With me in this picture is Liz. Apparently someone out in cyberspace thinks that either Liz or me or both of us are celebrities. hahahaha~~ This is hilarious! Thanks for the compliment, dude!

Just last week I experienced the shameful attempt of ah beng in pursuing a 'lady'. Today, I saw a reversal of roles. My Indian housemate, Guna, has been harassed by the sister of an Indian student from the school he did his practicum at. She has been sending him loads of sms, making loads of intentional missed calls & actual calls. This has been going on for quite some time already. Guna has been able to ignoring her even though she is persistent in her demand for affection. I admire his patience. Today, her actions got on my nerves. I was trying to relax & watch a really good movie in my quiet room with my friends. Everything was good until it was rudely interrupted by the ringing of a phone. Guna's. It was her. Another one of her intentional missed calls. The silence after that was a welcome one which was gratefully used to enjoy the movie. But she miss called again. And again. And again. And again. I was pissed. Soon her rude interruptions turne...

This is a hand phone. Man's best & worst tool. To all the little boys (or even some men) out there who want to make friends with girls or women: DON'T DO IT THROUGH SMS!! It is utter disrespect to the lady!! SMS is such a cheap sleazy way to make a first impression! If you want to make a friend & cannot do it face to face, at least have the courtesy or balls to call the lady & be your honest self. When you do call, you dont need any smart or clever lines to impress the girl... Just prepare a few topics that could be of mutual interest. A good conversation or honest discussion is more than good enough! The girl evaluates you through the honesty you put into the conversation... She needs to know that she can trust you before she gives you anything! If she says that she doesnt want to talk, remember to be POLITE . If she says no to a date with you, remember to also be POLITE . Say that you understand & you appreciate her answering the call. The...

A Well-Known Kazak Reporter Today you will find many news agencies claiming to be fair & impartial in their presentation of news. There are also many bloggers who claim to be pragmatic & impartial. I consider myself one of those so called "impartial" writers but, upon honest inspection, I find that my writing eventually pushes my ideals... How unimpartial! So is it possible for a writer to be impartial? I spent some time on the toilet bowl considering the possibility of an impartial writer... This is what came out... Consider this situation. Side A is in conflict with Side B. In this situation, the writer has several choices to make in his portrayal of this conflict. He can either choose to side with A or side with B. He can even side with both or condemn both! Alternatively, he can choose to be neutral and narrate the situation as it is. Let us now consider how neutral a writer can be when narrating a situation. Covering of the strengths of A,...

During my last days in SMK Putri Titiwangsa, both the students & teachers expressed their appreciation towards my colleagues & I. They blessed us with gifts & entertained us with farewell parties! I would like to acknowledge these kind people here on my blog. My class, 1 Maju, threw me & my colleagues an awesome party with water balloons and lots of junk food. I have been entertaining them for 12 weeks so it is fair for them to entertain me at least once... Aimi's class, 1 Jaya, also threw a party for us the next day... they wanted to compete with 1 Maju... hahaha~~ It was good, but I preferred the party by 1 Maju. The party by 1 Maju was better organised & the students were really sporting. I received cards from May Wan, Chin LiYing, Sarah Aiysha & The Lower 6 Students. Thanks for your encouraging words! It has brought a smile to my face! =) I received gifts from SinYan (1 Maju), Vanessa (1 Maju) & Nur Najuah (4ERT). Thanks for yo...