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I took the road less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
-Robert Frost

THE CHICKEN COUNT HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED SIXTY. Y=( ^ O ^ )=Y.


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Don't expect much up here till (at least) March 10. You've been warned.


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Just a quick note. Will be starting NS from tomorrow. Check back after Christmas.


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Okay...The last few days have been very very tiring, but anyway.

I'm finally back in Singapore. Sure, its annoying that hardly anyone smiles and people are rude like heck in the train during rush hour (search up "Hitler and ERP" on YouTube for elaboration on this), but some part of me is happy to be back where I know I can get around without a car, to see friends I haven't seen in too long, to have DECENT CHICKEN RICE AGAIN OMG. (i miss the rest of malaysian food, though =( )

I'm working at a law firm in Shenton Way. It's a small outfit that does general litigation, so I'm getting put to work (and quite a lot of it). Without going into boring (and probably confidential) details, its a very enriching experience because I'm learning a lot both about the work done by the legal profession and the culture within the legal profession. Plus, my boss has a wicked sense of humour. Makes it all worth having to carry a jacket and tie to work and having to brave rush-hour traffic for nearly an hour each day. In short, I'm enjoying myself (which I never thought I would).

I might be in-and-out of Malaysia next weekend for my dad's birthday. Leave Singapore on Saturday morning, party on Saturday night, leave Malaysia on Sunday afternoon. Bus-setting lifestyle ftw.

In other news, I've taken up Magic: The Gathering, and I'm in need of new music =(

Some interesting things have happened in the world this past couple of weeks.

We have a black president in charge of America. I'm not particularly excited - just relieved that at least a certain female politician is not a few, um, convulsions away from becoming the President of the United State of Disaster, as it would probably have had to be renamed. Now to see what this bugger can do to [s]nuke China and their toxic good-manufacturing money grubbing bastards[/s] save his country and the rest of the world. And the animals *coughaleacough*. And the planet *cough*.

Malaysia is set to ban yoga for Muslims by issuing a fatwa against it. I find this rather amusing, given that their reason is "it may cause Muslims to deviate from their religion". Not only am I a 100% believer in freedom of religion, I also fail to see the logic in this. Technically, this means that any other thing arising from a religion which is not Islam should be banned as long as it has ties back to that other religion. So Muslims should not practise kung fu. It came from the Indian monks to the Chinese temples after all - Buddhist origins, and the ties are still apparent today. Muslims also should not speak English, because a lot of English is derived from Latin, which is the official language of the Vatican, the home of *gasp* Catholicism! See where this is going yet? (for a further step in logic, think about sanskrit and its ties to certain languages and religion)

Instead of stuff like this and making noise about white school uniforms because they might be see-through, can we have a fatwa on corruption? Bribery? I don't think there's been one of those yet. No, really. They're banning a form of exercise which actually strengthens your mind (and thus, I would think, would actually AID muslims in prayer because they can be more mentally disciplined and apply that to their own religion if they so choose), but there has been no ruling on corruption or bribery. What's wrong with consigning corrupted people and/or people who take bribes to hell?

Incidentally, go wikipedia Fatwa. It says some interesting things about following fatwas.

Thankfully, one sensible thing in Malaysia has happened at least - they released Raja Petra Kamarrudin from ISA detention. If nothing else, I admire the man's courage. Plus, Malaysia needs someone like him. He's so heavily anti-government (the current one at least) that in another country he'd be out of line, but in Malaysia, I believe he is very much needed to keep watch over the government and let the people know what he has found, and then it is for them to dilute his fire as they see fit. But the fire itself is most definitely needed, so thank God for his release.

I guess that'll be it for now because lunch is here. Bye!

"what does it matter, if it's five after five
you're giving me the time of my life"


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Just a short filler because the next few days will be very very hectic.

I got the letter. National service begins on the 11th of December for me =(

Meanwhile, trying to pack, set up the new old Powerbook that i just inherited and juggle work-stuff at the same time is taking up almost all my time.

I'll probably blog more later, but for now, I'm really tired. Bedtime.

"You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway, they're happier there today"


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I'm leaving Malaysia.

I've known this was coming for a long time, but it's finally confirmed. I start an internship at a law firm in Singapore on the 3rd of November. I'll be leaving KL on the 1st of November, staying a night at Malacca at my grandmother's house, and arriving in Singapore on the 2nd.

Another chapter in my life is closing. Obviously there is a whole lot of emotion mixed into all this, and I don't wish to cloud this blog with it. I'll say one thing for Malaysia, though. The very fact that after two years here, leaving this place stirs up as much emotion as leaving Singapore did after seventeen years there, says a lot. It's a testament to the people and ways of this country, the diversity, the variety, the myriad of race and religion and culture and mixed feelings and extremities - both good and bad - and so many other things I can't even begin to cover (food is somewhere among them, though).

In short, it's a powerful affirmation that, for all its ups and downs, the good, the bad and everything in between - indeed, because of all of this, Malaysia has a core, a spirit, a soul; one that I am more than thankful I got the chance to touch, if only for a while.

The people who know my story will understand how much it takes for me to say this, but in the end, coming up here was worth it all.

Looking back, I wouldn't have changed a thing.

This life is sweet
We're dancing in the street
Who knows who you might meet?
You'll do fine...


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If anyone has been wondering about my Myers-Briggs personality test result, I'm an INTJ. It's accurate.

Anyway, very little of note is happening to me now, although that will change pretty soon once I start internships. I did screw up my neck yesterday though. Apparently, I messed up a nerve in the back of my neck, and panadol doesn't have much effect on these things.

To pass the time, I shall make a list of things that hurt.

Qabir's List of Things That Hurt His Troubled Neck:

1) Looking up
2) Looking down
3) Looking left
4) Looking right
5) Looking behind.
6) Getting into a car
7) Getting out of a car
8) Sitting in a car
9) Sitting anywhere without support for neck
10) Going over humps in a car.
11) Going over humps at very high speed in a car driven by my father.
12) Lying down.
13) Getting up (tried eight different ways and counting)
14) Changing position when prone
15) Staying prone in the same position for too long
16) Trying to put a pillow under my head while prone
17) Trying to remove a pillow from under my head while prone.
18) Sleeping (refer to numbers 12 through 17).
19) Sneezing vigorously
20) Bending down to pick up stuff
21) Taking very deep breaths
22) Trying to watch TV
23) IMAGINING SHAMEEN WORRYING ABOUT ME
24) Drying myself off after a shower
25) Putting on clothes

Ouch =(

I'm thinking of changing this blog template. I like the way it looks, but it's not exactly conducive to reading. Then again, nobody reads this blog anyway. If my previous statement is wrong, opinions would be appreciated.

I start interning the day after tomorrow, so I probably won't be as free as I used to be. Will try to update when I can.


"If you think you've won, you never saw me change
the game that we have been playing"


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