﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Jickboy's Xanga</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from Jickboy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>All Talk, No Blog</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/703402081/all-talk-no-blog/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/703402081/all-talk-no-blog/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:03:26 GMT</pubDate><description>Let's see... again, last blog? Almost 1 n a half years ago!!!&lt;br&gt;That's it. I guess I just don't have it in me anymore... Imma quit blogging for real or until a time comes again and I get a calling to do that which I-have-no-idea-what-the-heck-am-i-talking-about. So, here's a bid farewell from a constantly unhappy 4th year medical student with not enough life to be emo about it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And if I do blog again I'd like to start from scratch, possibly on another site. Goodbye Xanga!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/703402081/all-talk-no-blog/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chiang Mai (Part 2)</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641442462/chiang-mai-part-2/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641442462/chiang-mai-part-2/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:25:53 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;So, getting back to where I was...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DAY 2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Had breakfast at hotel and then we chartered a van to get around the various tourist attractions around Chiang Mai. We planned to go to the Elephant Show that day but since there was an Orchid Farm on the way there... we thought we'd stop by. It was an utter disappointment. Remember this name:&amp;nbsp;"Willkommen Bienvenue", and if U ever plan to go Chiang Mai pls do skip this place. There were a couple of orchids around, no doubt about that, but there weren't any living butterfly in the butterfly farm. The souvenir shop was covered with dust (literally, i tell u!). And fully explore the whole place in 10minutes! What was worse, was that they even had the guts to charge and entrance fee or approx RM4 per person. That was an absolute rip-off!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, we went to the Maesa Elephant Camp (No, that's not where Gordon Freeman got hired!) after that. I wasn't expecting much here (partly due to the&amp;nbsp;orchid farm, but mostly due to fact that I've been to other elephant shows before) but then I was proven wrong. And glad I was!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/7219f172588152/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0076 src="http://x72.xanga.com/19fc34e6d9430172588152/z131113309.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Welcome to Black Mesa!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/0979f172588186/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0074 src="http://x09.xanga.com/79fc52f172033172588186/z131113341.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Meet the Sparthants!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/1f849172588234/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=04022008(004) src="http://x1f.xanga.com/849c22f373630172588234/z131113381.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I play Dead!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/7ca19172588245/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=04022008(005) src="http://x7c.xanga.com/a19c24f273133172588245/z131113391.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Elephant Soccer!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/220e9172588263/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0081 src="http://x22.xanga.com/0e9c26e550733172588263/z131113409.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Elephant Hat trick!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/3f917172588213/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0085 src="http://x3f.xanga.com/917c30f373431172588213/z131113362.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Elephant does the painting&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now, most&amp;nbsp;of you would be thinking, what image could this elephant possibly conjure?&amp;nbsp;At most, maybe random stripes and paint blots...&amp;nbsp;simple splatter here and there maybe? Dude, you are so wrong. This is the era of Heroes... Animals around the world&amp;nbsp;discover that they have&amp;nbsp;unusual abilities... one that could change the fate of&amp;nbsp;the animal kingdom... Behold, this one paints the future!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Alright, just kidding. But this&amp;nbsp;giant dude can actually paint. I saw it with my own eyes. The trainers just stood by and&amp;nbsp;didn't help them direct the brush in any way... it was like entirely their own effort. And man, U won't believe their work... Bet you've never seen any animal paint like this...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/3c147172591166/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0088 src="http://x3c.xanga.com/147c31f723631172591166/z131116013.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I can't even paint as well as these elephants did... What an insult to mankind!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/e94bf172591206/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" height=400 alt=04022008(009) src="http://xe9.xanga.com/4bfc0ae570c31172591206/z131116045.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This one did a self-portrait. If U look closely, U can see that it's being sold for 4500B, that's like RM450 man!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So yeah, had a real good time at Maesa Elephant Camp. Even made a buddy there...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/f2c13172591231/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0094 src="http://xf2.xanga.com/c1382a00d93a8172591231/z131116065.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After that, we went to some Maesa Snake Farm... which wasn't as interesting as the last one, but I got spat in the eye by a monitor lizard. Thank God it wasn't poisonous. After lunch we went to check out how they make thai umbrellas, then we went to a silver factory, followed by a jewelery factory, then a leather factory, and silk factory n etc... basically, it was&amp;nbsp;very educational and boring.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sometime later in the evening we went to check out some ruins of anchient Chiang Mai.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/89847172591262/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0129 src="http://x89.xanga.com/847c0beb25431172591262/z131116091.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;That's pretty much it. It wasn't as impressive as Tomb Raider made it look in CGIs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;then it was night, so we went to the nite bazaar which pretty much like a night market of some sort but it was rather crowded so I decided to not take out my phone to snap pics. So yeah...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DAY 3&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have to type this fast. I really got to go attend to some other stuff. So yeah... I'll the pictures do the talking&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We went to Chiang Rai that day. On the way there, we stopped by some hotsprings...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/c4952172594058/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0131 src="http://xc4.xanga.com/952c55e5c4532172594058/z131118666.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Oh yeah, I 4got to mention, though it's hot in the afternoon when the sun is up, the weather pretty cold in the mornings. That's why we wear jackets... in case u were wondering&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/a5b87172594094/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0133 src="http://xa5.xanga.com/b87c21f3c7630172594094/z131118701.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Some more ruined temples&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then, we reached Chiang Rai where we visited another hilltribe&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/3879b172594136/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0143 src="http://x38.xanga.com/79bc20f2c7330172594136/z131118740.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;EMO&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/e02ed172594113/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0138 src="http://xe0.xanga.com/2edc37e524730172594113/z131118719.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This one specialises in the art of neck elongation methods&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/8c3ec172594141/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=05022008(004) src="http://x8c.xanga.com/3ecc36f2c7330172594141/z131118745.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;A young one&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Their way of life was so infectious that it didn't take long b4 my dad became one of them...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/ea583172594166/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=05022008(005) src="http://xea.xanga.com/583c5ae5c4332172594166/z131118768.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Later on, we travelled up north to see the Golden Triangle. What is the golden triangle?&lt;BR&gt;Well it's this part of the river where it's connected to 3 different countries...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/4061a172597428/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=05022008(008) src="http://x40.xanga.com/61ac2bf768d33172597428/z131121620.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Pretty much like that...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/2d697172597382/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0151 src="http://x2d.xanga.com/697c2af368533172597382/z131121582.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We even crossed over to Laos where they were selling this...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/76963172598825/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=Photo977 src="http://x76.xanga.com/963c5af203032172598825/z131122870.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;What's that? Well... it's a local form of whiskey&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here's a clearer view...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/6d7e2172598884/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=05022008(012) src="http://x6d.xanga.com/7e2c45f704535172598884/z131122924.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Yup, Snakes in a Whiskey&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/e7003172598915/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=05022008(014) src="http://xe7.xanga.com/003c55f204032172598915/z131122950.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And apparently good for sex. They gave me a sample from the one in the pic above. It's really strong but it taste just like whiskey... without any snakey flavour or anything peculiar. Of cos we didn't buy any home cos Dad was afraid we might not be allowed thru the customs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;That was pretty much it for DAY3...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DAY 4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Were&amp;nbsp;too tired so we just walked around town (oh n we spent a little too much money so i couldn't go bungee jumping. Mum n Dad said I could do that next time in Phuket or something. And so the day went by just like that... Anyway, I'm a little tired now so I guess I'm done blogging today. Many things happened in Chiang Mai but I haven't the time to blog it all, so i guess I'll summarise... Basically (i seem to use this word alot lately) it's a pretty nice place and if you ever plan to go there then just check out the elephant camp n the snake camp and this flora 2007&amp;nbsp;thingy near the Night Safari. There rest is pretty mundane for the likes of me... Checking out the Golden Triangle may be worth it. Tho it's tiring, u get to cross over to Laos and buy really cheap liqour, or better still snake whiskey which is even cheaper (if drink, of cos)! Otherwise, all in all, Chiang Mai is just a nice place I doubt I'd like to go to again. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DAY 5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Went home... Nuff said&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641442462/chiang-mai-part-2/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chiang Mai!!!</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641429344/chiang-mai/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641429344/chiang-mai/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:04:40 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;3 weeks of holidays are almost over. Tomorrow I must head back to Kedah and begin my 3rd year in MBBS. I haven't got internet there so it might take awhile before my next blog... So till then, this could be my final one&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Finally, a post with lotza photos!&lt;BR&gt;Yup, I was in Chiang Mai for about&amp;nbsp; 5days from the 3rd to the 7th (feb) and though it wasn't the best trip of my life... I have pictures!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;DAY 1&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The flight there was uneventful. I guess that was supposed to be a good thing. Our cousin who lives in Bangkok warned us that the weather in ChiangMai might be a little cold so we prepared heavy armour but when we got there, it was rather sunny and hot. Apparently it has been raining there for a week straight or something but it stopped the day we got there. I'm still wondering if that's a good thing... Our hotel was called the Lanna House (rather misleading I must say, I was pretty much hoping to see Lanna Lang greeting us upon our arrival but to our dismay...). It was small but still, a pretty nice place. We rested awhile before getting a tuk-tuk to bring us go sight-seeing. First stop was...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/2f947172578879/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0026 src="http://x2f.xanga.com/947c7be645034172578879/z131104972.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bhubing Palace... somewhere near Doi Suthep area... basically, it was this really&amp;nbsp;large garden place filled with many many pretty flowers. Not my fancy, but it was interesting none-the-less. Oh well, what's words without pictures, right?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/07b58172579799/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0001 src="http://x07.xanga.com/b58c60e623534172579799/z131105817.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Dad, Bro, Me n Sis posing by the flowers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/8adc5172579741/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=03022008(002) src="http://x8a.xanga.com/dc5c2bea05233172579741/z131105764.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And more flower power...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/9db63172579780/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0018 src="http://x9d.xanga.com/b63c27e706533172579780/z131105800.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;... and fountains too!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;then we went further up the hills to check out the local hilltribes...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/bb236172580734/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=Photo926 src="http://xbb.xanga.com/236c21e672130172580734/z131106658.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hilltribe Village!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/2ef19172580718/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=Photo923 src="http://x2e.xanga.com/f19c25e602433172580718/z131106645.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;They've got fancy costumes!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/e0f9a172580705/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=03022008(005) src="http://xe0.xanga.com/f9ac36f015430172580705/z131106634.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;and really cute babes!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/01804172580726/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=Photo925 src="http://x01.xanga.com/804c22f215030172580726/z131106651.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This one was in ET&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/47f74172580737/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=03022008(008) src="http://x47.xanga.com/f74c24f115333172580737/z131106661.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I couldn't afford the souvenirs so I thought I'd take a picture with em instead&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It was a really long and tiring day. All the more because we sat&amp;nbsp;in a &lt;A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuk_tuk" target=_new&gt;tuk-tuk&lt;/A&gt; (Thailand auto rickshaw). Look what that did to my sister...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/5f1a5172581446/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0027 src="http://x5f.xanga.com/1a5c31f321331172581446/z131107310.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;*Splat!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, that night we went to this pretty cool place for dinner. It was called Khum Khantoke... Big hall with a stage where U get to watch ppl perform traditional dances while U dine in traditional "Lanna Style" (No, serious, that's what&amp;nbsp;the brochure said! I have no idea.&amp;nbsp;Lanna could be a tribe or a place)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/b2581172582134/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=03022008(013) src="http://xb2.xanga.com/581c33ea27631172582134/z131107941.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;That's roughly how the place was like. You're seated on the floor with food (buffet style with free refills) served on the table. That's the stage in the background&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/3cfaa172582253/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0041 src="http://x3c.xanga.com/faac0aea28431172582253/z131108052.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Dancers on stage&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/e4c67172582214/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0039 src="http://xe4.xanga.com/c678523b062a8172582214/z131108016.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Some dancers on the floor too&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/0667e172582181/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=03022008(015) src="http://x06.xanga.com/67ec22f327330172582181/z131107985.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Traditional Lanna Food!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/3a81d172582231/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0042 src="http://x3a.xanga.com/81d82103d0538172582231/z131108032.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://photo.xanga.com/jickboy/d5d25172582274/photo.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=PICT0050 src="http://xd5.xanga.com/d25c37eb28130172582274/z131108070.jpg" width=400&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;A Noraa Dancer. This is a still image but in real-life, she was just as still!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And that was pretty much it for Day 1...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway... I've gtg so I'll continue blogging about my chiangmai trip in the next post, Cheers!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/641429344/chiang-mai/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Insignificant Stumbling Block</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639281846/insignificant-stumbling-block/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639281846/insignificant-stumbling-block/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:53:32 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;Nope, the title has nothing whatsoever to do with today's post. I just thought it sounded catchy.&lt;BR&gt;Anyways, had a pretty interesting day today. It was another Covert mission from dad.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See, my dad's an agency manager in some insurance company n apparently, they need to attend seminars from time to time to collect credit hours or something so that they can continue doing what they do (some a bit like CME in medical practitioners). Anyways dad was busy today and can't attend one today. And today's one was one of those special offers where 4 hours of seminar yields 8 credit hrs! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But dad had to miss it... such a waste such a waste(song from Sweeney Todd ringing in my ears again!!!)&lt;BR&gt;And that's where I come in&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Dang dang... dang dang... dang dang... dang dang&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR&gt;No, i wasn't like saying dang! I was trying to spell out the Mission Impossible Theme... Anyways&lt;BR&gt;Mission Briefing:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Infiltrate into ***(Insurance Company's name, I think I should keep it classified. It was a Covert Mission afterall) HQ dressed as an insurance agent. &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Go up to reception and register for seminar under daddy's name n ID no. &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Act like a massive social retard n avoid conversations at all cause. &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Try to blend in.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Survive 4hours of mental torture and then (and only then!) get the heck out of there.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sounded easy eh? Well, wasn't really&lt;BR&gt;U see, Objective 1 and Objective was pretty easy actually. Objective 3 was really demanding. Trying so hard not to utter a single word can be really tough and unnatural. And Objective 4 was absurd, cos the room was small... there weren't many people... and worst of all, they were all old n middle aged people. Even me sitting right at the corner can be very very hard to miss! What's worse was that I wore a neck-tie cos I thought that wud help me blend in. I was wrong. Yes, grown-ups wear collared shirts and slacks... but none of them had a tie on! I was sticking out like sore thumb, like bloody polyp (with cystic n haemorrhagic formations), like a bloody ascites, like&amp;nbsp;late stage breast carcinoma with Peu d'Orange texture!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A hundred times I was in a position for a perfect conversation (like when i got there but was a heck too early n the only other guy was this funny old man)... Imagine the mess I could get in... with a massive bluff too. I imagined the conversation would have been like...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Old man:&amp;nbsp; Hi, I'm Mr.X... n U r?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Me: Um, uh... I'm (daddy's name)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Old man: Oh, u're an agent here? Which agency?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Me: Um, the *** Agency? &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Old man: Sounds like ur name. Are you...?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Me: Yes, I'm Agency Manager. I know I look young but really, I'm 48! Honest!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Old man: Uh... *turns around and shouts out* Guards!!!! We have and Impostor!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and then there'll be like bullet time, and I'll go diving like... right out the window... and then SPLAT! Lame lame lame... &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, we had 2hours lunch break but i thought I could save up some money so i decided to skip lunch. I ended walking to some cyber cafe n played Need For Speed: Carbon for an hour (they didn't have any other game I like). But it was cool really. Awesome in game graphics and story line... and the characters... WooHoo! Smoking!!! Cekap gameplay too. Sure beats Most Wanted anytime. I'm now in love with a game I can never play! Heck, why can't I get a better PC??? Anyways&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The 2nd session was something entirely different though. It was some health talk... and I found it really interesting... i mean I'm like really interested with whatever that guy presented. I even stayed back and had a chat with the presenter his assistant. It was like Whoa! Real life Sci-Fi man!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, I can't exactly blog about it now. Maybe some other time but if u're curious, check out this websites...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.profit-over-life.org" target="_new"&gt;www.profit-over-life.org&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dr-rath-foundation.org" target="_new"&gt;www.dr-rath-foundation.org&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dr-rath-research.org" target="_new"&gt;www.dr-rath-research.org&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's rather long-windled. I can't explain it now, I could but it'll bore u guys (esp if u aren't interested). But this discovery is a massive eye-opener. I recommend it... It's medical related, but if u have the patience it really pays of. Its knowledge worth keeping!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, that was pretty much it for today... till next post!&lt;BR&gt;Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggh!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RANT OF THE DAY&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR&gt;oh, n i'm currently gaming NFS Underground (1!!!). I know it's pathethic. I can't help it! I'm pathetic, insignificant emo kid with no cekap PC. My gaming life sucks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;CLOSING THE TWO YEAR GAP&lt;BR&gt;I used to have a 7pack-ab(yes, it was uneven n senget. I always wondered why)... Now I have a happy tummy.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639281846/insignificant-stumbling-block/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>A Quickpost (OK, maybe not)</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639188662/a-quickpost-ok-maybe-not/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639188662/a-quickpost-ok-maybe-not/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:52:10 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;*did i say headball bangers in my last post? I meant Headbangers Ball. Gosh, it sounds so wrong the other way around (LoL, if u got what i mean)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hmmm... Lets see...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How do we blog? I dun remember much. Do we start by talking about what happened today?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hmm... I think so. Erm, here goes me petty attempt of blogging, me so rusty.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Well, i didn't do much today i guess. Got up at 730am n sent my bro to work, laze around at home till 10.30 n then left for 1u to meet Sheena (who u ask? My gf laaa!) n had lunch at Oriental Cravings. Watched Sweeney Todd... hmm... I don't have much to say this time around... simply, it was nice but there's really nothing to comment. It's interesting, something different but the plot was simple... way to simple. It sounded like one of those anecdotes in Singapore Ghost Stories or something. Still... Johnny Depp can sing! Then we went to Celeb Fitness to try out the gym (free trial la, where got money otherwise?) worked out till 7(which was kinda fun, I have pictures of my&amp;nbsp;baby working out&amp;nbsp;in her workout outfit, might&amp;nbsp;or might not put it up. I must ask her permission tho. She'll kill me if&amp;nbsp;she doesn't look good in those pics)&amp;nbsp;n got home for dinner...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Gosh, this&amp;nbsp;IS boring! I must have lost it&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So, anyway, in the middle of dinner Elvin (my cousin, sought of) called me to pick him up at the LRT station. I was like &lt;EM&gt;Dude! U can't just call me anytime u like n ask me to go pick u up NOW!!!&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But yeah, I went along with my bro n picked him up anyway (not b4 finishing my dinner, n then bathing... must have kept him waiting for what must seem like n eternity) and brought him to Murni for some roti Hawaii and Triple Cheese Naan... Guess what? The last time i went to Murni was like 4 yrs ago (n its just bhind my house! weird). Elvin was complaining that he couldn't get either one of his bros (on fon) n that's why he needed me to help him get around. Apparently his eldest bro was in Bukit Bintang and his youger bro was MIA or something like that. So, after our short chill out session I sent him to his aunt's plc and got home&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Was getting ready to sleep when the bell rang and guess what? Elvin's bros(Peter and Ah Yeong[dunno&amp;nbsp;his english name])&amp;nbsp;came by! along with a weird friend of theirs. LoL. ANyway, I had to go down n entertain the guests and talk talk talk... gossip gossip gossip... n then they were off. So yeah, i thought of blogging b4 retiring for the night. I know it's a relatively boring blog cos I've yet to get the hang of it... anyways...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh, apparently Peter hasn't blogged in 3 years and after I told him what happened, he said he might get home n try to start again. I can be Infectious too! LoL&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RANT OF THE DAY&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Full Metal Jacket (formerly known as Gamers' Clutch) has closed down!!! WHAt??? Now there's nowhere(in SS2)&amp;nbsp;we can play(LAN) Dawn of War: Dark Crusade with full races. Shucks man. No one cares about us. PPL think dotA is like the only game ppl go cyber cafes for. Damn them! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;CLOSING THE 2YEAR GAP&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;Two years ago: My favorite band was Killswitch Engage&lt;BR&gt;My current Favorite Metalcore Band? As I Lay Dying!!! Tim Lambesis rocks me socks!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/639188662/a-quickpost-ok-maybe-not/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Let’s see… my last post was…</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/638590045/let%e2%80%99s-see%e2%80%a6-my-last-post-was%e2%80%a6/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/638590045/let%e2%80%99s-see%e2%80%a6-my-last-post-was%e2%80%a6/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:26:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;erm&amp;#8230; WHAT?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Feb 6&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt;&amp;#8230; 2006!!! That&amp;#8217;s like 2 years man! Two years. And how do you resume &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;blogging after being MIA for 2 years? And it&amp;#8217;s not just any 2 years? It&amp;#8217;s two of my most important years of my life! My first baby steps in the path of Exarch (for non-warhammer fans, well, it means a warrior initiation rite that requires u to give up all personality and enter that ONE particular form U&amp;#8217;ve chosen. U walk that path, there&amp;#8217;s no turning back. U&amp;#8217;ll lose urslf and all things u held dear. U become an Exarch, a specialist in your chosen Art of War&amp;#8230; my choice? The Art of Medicine!)&amp;#8230; My first 2 years of Medical Student life! My first two years with the girl I&amp;#8217;ve come to love&amp;#8230;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Yup, I found someone special&amp;#8230; spent 2 years thru all kinds of thicks n thins n didn&amp;#8217;t blog a word about it. I learnt about the weirdest things that man might ever would have wanted to know&amp;#8230; n not blog about it. I saw dead people and not said a word about it. I grieved the loss of a family member for the first time since I can remember n not write anything regarding that&amp;#8230; I finally had a band (ok ok, not a rock band like I&amp;#8217;ve always wanted, it&amp;#8217;s a P&amp;amp;W&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;band, but we&amp;#8217;ve been doing so much in so many places n&amp;#8230; yeah) n didn&amp;#8217;t blog about that either.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So where the HECK do I start?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Man, this is crappy! It&amp;#8217;s like Harisson Ford coming back for another Indiana Jones movie (which he really did!), it&amp;#8217;s like Bruce Willis in another Die-Hard movie (and that happened too!), it&amp;#8217;s like Sylvester Stallone coming back in Rambo (and heck, that one&amp;#8217;s coming too), it&amp;#8217;s like Aliens and Predator is suddenly popular again with&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Jodie Foster in it (well, Aliens vs Predator is back, but no Jodie Foster in it and MAN I&amp;#8217;m glad&amp;#8230; gonna go watch it 2molo. I know it&amp;#8217;s late but I had like my 2&lt;SUP&gt;nd&lt;/SUP&gt; year finals n no, I so not gonna miss this movie!)&amp;#8230; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So, well&amp;#8230; is it possible to not blog for 2 years n then start blogging again?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s see&amp;#8230; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve lost all my readers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t know where to start&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t know how I&amp;#8217;m gonna summarize 2years&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;n&amp;#8230; most of all, I might not be the exact same fella I was in the last post and that&amp;#8217;s like a huge gap&amp;#8230; I&amp;#8217;m talking about Star Wars Episode VI and Episode I gap man!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;I&amp;#8217;m talking about the amount of time they took to come out with the Simpsons Movie man!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;What the heck? It&amp;#8217;s like I got abducted by aliens n disappeared off the face of this Earth n then&amp;#8230; Got back n no I knew is still alive!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Is this possible?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Hari Seldon would say &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s possible, but not probable&amp;#8221;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So yeah&amp;#8230;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Who reads this junk anyway?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;It&amp;#8217;s for me to read in like a year from now.. look back n laugh at myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;and yeah.. maybe enjoy it&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Weird that I think anyone be reading this&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So many pictures I&amp;#8217;d love to put on this blog&amp;#8230; So many places I&amp;#8217;ve been.. ppl I&amp;#8217;ve met, ppl I&amp;#8217;ve offended, ppl I&amp;#8217;ve befriended, and man&amp;#8230; I fell in love&amp;#8230; n not a word&amp;#8230; Not one&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So much I wanna tell, No way to, n no one wants to know&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Cool&amp;#8230; Like Backstreets back n little boys who used to like em grew up to love heavy metal n despise pop. Heck, what kinda methaphore is that? I&amp;#8217;m comparing myself with them? Urgh!!! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Jick&amp;#8217;s Great Comeback! The comeback of all comebacks! This is gonna be tougher than Harisson Ford trying to convince everyone he&amp;#8217;s still the coolest treasure hunter in the world and Lara Croft and National Treasure Dude can go back n suck on some exhaust pipe&amp;#8230; Which is.. well&amp;#8230; not very very&amp;#8230; easy.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;So yeah&amp;#8230; Season Two Begins&amp;#8230;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Chapter one of Jickboy (thank goodness I didn&amp;#8217;t wait 20 years to come back&amp;#8230;. Lest that name would sound rather out of place), the 3&lt;SUP&gt;rd&lt;/SUP&gt; Year Medical Student. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Bah!&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I miss writing out my rants to no one in particular n have random strangers drop a word or two kind n encouraging things&amp;#8230; and maybe&amp;#8230; just maybe, that&amp;#8217;s what makes blogging fun. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;2years&amp;#8230; 2years&amp;#8230; Where the heck do I start?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Well, I&amp;#8217;ll think about it.. and write about in my next post. I hope me not rusty. Me time spent too long not writing on anything else not medical&amp;#8230; Me time spent too long no cyber.. Me now caveman.. Me now no readers&amp;#8230; Me now&amp;#8230; Weird! Wait a minute, Me always weird! Me no change!!! Me still me! Watch out Headball Bangers! This is the Power of I and I.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/638590045/let%e2%80%99s-see%e2%80%a6-my-last-post-was%e2%80%a6/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Monday, February 06, 2006</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/438431081/item/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/438431081/item/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:43:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;Jickson Returns&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Last year, feb 6 fell on the first day of my second sem finals. This year my birthday falls on the very first day of my MBBS degree program. Nothing much to be proud of. I had a few people welcoming me back by saying "Welcome back to Hell!", so yeah... I guess it's going to be great.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Yeah, long time since I last blogged. So here are some updates. Was in Thailand (again!) for about 2 weeks.&amp;nbsp;Then travelled south to SP on friday. Spent a couple of nights at Sean's place. Today, was registration day. So yeah, I'm now officially a medical student. Not too happy about it I guess. After all, there weren't any chicks (or at least I haven't met any). 5 years of torture awaits me. The best I can do is to embrace my fate with a positive mental attitude. Until then...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;*this is the last time I blog about personal stuff here. I guess I should write my journals on friendster's blog and post my laments here instead. Whatever. Until then (again)...&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/438431081/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>November Rain</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/419998969/november-rain/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/419998969/november-rain/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:57:31 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;When I look into your eyes&lt;BR&gt;I can see a love restrained&lt;BR&gt;But darlin' when I hold you&lt;BR&gt;Don't you know I feel the same&lt;BR&gt;'Cause nothin' lasts forever&lt;BR&gt;And we both know hearts can change&lt;BR&gt;And it's hard to hold a candle&lt;BR&gt;In the cold November rain&lt;BR&gt;We've been through this such a long long time&lt;BR&gt;Just tryin' to kill the pain&lt;BR&gt;But lovers always come and lovers always go&lt;BR&gt;An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today&lt;BR&gt;Walking away&lt;BR&gt;If we could take the time to lay it on the line&lt;BR&gt;I could rest my head&lt;BR&gt;Just knowin' that you were mine&lt;BR&gt;All mine&lt;BR&gt;So if you want to love me&lt;BR&gt;then darlin' don't refrain&lt;BR&gt;Or I'll just end up walkin'&lt;BR&gt;In the cold November rain&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Do you need some time...on your own&lt;BR&gt;Do you need some time...all alone&lt;BR&gt;Everybody needs some time...on their own&lt;BR&gt;Don't you know you need some time...all alone&lt;BR&gt;I know it's hard to keep an open heart&lt;BR&gt;When even friends seem out to harm you&lt;BR&gt;But if you could heal a broken heart&lt;BR&gt;Wouldn't time be out to charm you&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Sometimes I need some time...on my&lt;BR&gt;own Sometimes I need some time...all alone&lt;BR&gt;Everybody needs some time...on their own&lt;BR&gt;Don't you know you need some time...all alone&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And when your fears subside&lt;BR&gt;And shadows still remain, ohhh yeahhh&lt;BR&gt;I know that you can love me&lt;BR&gt;When there's no one left to blame&lt;BR&gt;So never mind the darkness&lt;BR&gt;We still can find a way&lt;BR&gt;'Cause nothin' lasts forever&lt;BR&gt;Even cold November rain&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Don't ya think that you need somebody&lt;BR&gt;Don't ya think that you need someone&lt;BR&gt;Everybody needs somebody&lt;BR&gt;You're not the only one&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;You're not the only one&lt;A href="http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/guns_n_roses/use_your_illusion_vol_1_1991.html#top" target="_new"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="back to top" src="http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/img/2t.gif" align=right border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/419998969/november-rain/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, December 30, 2005</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/416859688/item/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/416859688/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:01:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;The Begining of the End&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Alright, 24 hours to a new year. I can almost feel SP beckoning&amp;nbsp;me just like a rainbow beckons fools&amp;nbsp;to search for&amp;nbsp;a pot of gold. Yes yes... barely a month left for me in PJ and 6 (or 7, whatever) months have gone by without me able to find love in all its glory (i'm talking about girls of course, puh-leez) so yeah... haven't been blogging much I know but this might very well be the last post of the year and if you'd want to know... well, yes, I've regretted living this year the way I did. What an awful waste of time. But heck, I can only hope that next year brings better tidings and all (rather ironic it seems, since I'd be stuck in SP with tonnes of books and no chicks but... then again, who knows what the future holds?). Bah, I just finished gaming Fable: The Lost Chapters, a good game by all account but I haven't the time to give a full review about it just now.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Time is ticking by fast. Aahhh... it is almost over. I'm speaking in riddles again. But if it ain't good it's still cool. I doubt I'd be blogging anytime soon so here's a happy new year to whoever reads this blog but doesn't drop commments nor a line on the chatter box. A toast to all the good girls out there who are still single, cheers to all geeks and dudes and punks and hard core rockers... oh and goth-chicks as well... and well, I'll most likely be celebrating new year at Gentings... maybe... I'm not sure myself but i guess it'd be great fun. I'm not sure what's gotten into me but I'm almost looking forward to going back to&amp;nbsp;Sungai Petani and embark on the journey of a lifetime (yes, 5 years seem like a lfie-time), back to books and early morning lectures... I've slack too long... but now the time has come... MBBS awaits me... lets hope I don't fail there. Ahhh...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Finally... before I say my last goodbye for the year 2005, I'd like to recommend this book, "The Begining and the End", a good one by my favourite geek-dude, Isaac Asimov. Lots of cools facts about our lonely earth, the ever expanding universe, and the cosmic egg that surrounds us. It sometimes makes&amp;nbsp;me wonder how ignorant we are, living our daily mundane lives without ever being bothered by what is happening beyond the milky way... beyond the very fabric of space and time. Gosh, there's so much out there that's unchartered and unknown... and it's almost like Man's worse fear... The fear of not knowing... of not comprehending what is around us... for all our curiosity, it's suprising that there's so much around us that we still don't know about and yet we can live on with&amp;nbsp;that ... it's almost frigthening... what's even frightening is that I don't even know what am I blogging about but it's all cool.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;So yeah, to all you people who are probably gonna be at the clubs, clubbing away the new year, those at home with your family, watching ur tv-sets as the numbers drop to zero, those at SP drinking away and realising that it's new year an hour or two after midnight, to those lovers by the moonlight, starring at each other's eyes, oblivion to the fireworks all around, to all you people at the mamak enjoying your teh-o-ais as the clock strikes twelve...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;*in fact, I've just watched Around the World in 80 days... trying to get back before the clock strikes twelve too... what a coincidence*&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;... let's all hope the coming new year is better than the last!&lt;BR&gt;*For those who had a good year, well, nothing wrong with a better one eh? Well then... Goodbye for now... till next year!&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/416859688/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Tuesday, December 13, 2005</title><link>http://jickboy.xanga.com/405726408/item/</link><guid>http://jickboy.xanga.com/405726408/item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:33:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;Took off my shirt in public again...&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I seem to be doing this alot of late. Maybe it's the hot weather...&lt;BR&gt;Maybe it's just me.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Anyway, was out yum-char-ing with nick, tzemin, n her friends at Kayu last nite (or this morning, whatever). Nice dudes I must say. One of them, Calvin (I'm not sure if I've spelt it right, they're many ways to spell this particular name) and I started this dare thing... that if he pulled down his pants, me and nick(nick and I, ok, whatever!)&amp;nbsp;will have to take off our shirts. Nick was a little hesitant but I was all out for it. What was there to lose? He's dropping my pants and all I've gotta do is something I do all the time? No prob!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;So after I've managed to convince nick to take the dare... Calvin did it. I mean... WHAT THE??? He did it! This dude is way more daring than me!!!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Best part (worst part, whatever!) of it... he wasn't wearing boxers... he was wearing a green ugly underwear. He pulled it down and in a split pulle it back up. Four guys who came to sit at the seats to his right left right away. And a family sitting on a table futher down showed their disgusted faces. I had to keep my part of the deal... of course. Then again, this dude's earned all the respect I can give. So nick and I took off our shirt, waited a while, and then put it back on. Tzemin and another one of her friends sat futher away blushing. One other friend, daniel decided to go to the washroom and pretended not to know us. But then again... it was great fun. I love doing things like this. I might not have any problems but I doubt Calvin would wanna set foot in that restaurant again, cos after all, he was (indeed!) caught on camera! Yup, there are CCtvs at Kayu, if you ever noticed the monitor screen at the counter. One of the camera was placed at a perfect angle that would have captured that action right on (him and his little hobbit facing the camera, right, whatever!). Sure, I got recorded taking my off my shirt too but that's ok. Twas fun we'd probably trying something better (or worse, whatever!) someplace else... be on the watch u mamak-hangout-ers, here comes wanton destruction.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Tzemin asked if I'd dare pose for Playgirl mag... which after heavy consideration, I replied, I'd happily do it for free.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Just kidding.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then again...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;not like Playgirl would want me...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;then again...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;heheheh.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-----------------subject closed------------------&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Just got home from OU, was checking out Camp-5, Asia's largest indoor climbing gym. Really cool place! Way way better than the one at summit. And cheaper than I've expected. Was there with Lynn and this girl (forgot her name, really nice girl tho) showed us around. It's cool... it's so cool, i'd probably start tomorrow or something. Any way... gtg. &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I just realised that depressing posts attracts more readers. So yeah, hahahahahaa...&lt;BR&gt;I'm prolly gonna lose em allz... butz who karzzz!!! Buahahaaahrarrzzz&lt;BR&gt;Waaaaaaagggh!!! Boyz!!! Killz killz killz... Killz em puny humanzz!!!&lt;BR&gt;* too much Dawn of War... LoL&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here are some screenshots I took.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://x2b.xanga.com/917890467723021859045/b15554816.jpg" target=xangaphoto&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 400px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt="" src="http://x2b.xanga.com/917890467723021859045/z15554816.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This one shows the new army scheme I created... Pink bodies and green weapons. Cute eh? See the squad of space-marines running about and that big plane in the background? I it looks kewl!!!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://x57.xanga.com/eef8944604c3321859436/b15555135.jpg" target=xangaphoto&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 400px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt="" src="http://x57.xanga.com/eef8944604c3321859436/z15555135.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Here's a nice one... possesed chaos marines giving tribute to my librarian...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://xe1.xanga.com/95688250c2c3321859664/b15555315.jpg" target=xangaphoto&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 400px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt="" src="http://xe1.xanga.com/95688250c2c3321859664/z15555315.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And this... Force Commander and Farseer doing a 1 on 1. Massive!!!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;oh well... till next post!&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://jickboy.xanga.com/405726408/item/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>