Do you want to make.. Memories?

Hello again, it's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin' wine, killing time
Trying to solve life's mysteries

How's your life, it's been a while
God it's good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave

If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be

You wanna make a memory

I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had.
It's bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask

If you go now, I'll understand
If you stay, hey, I've got a plan
We're gonna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory

If you don't know if you should stay
And you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
We Should be

You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory

I can't begin to explain exactly how much the lyrics to Bon Jovi's (You Want To) Make A Memory above haunts me each and every single time the track plays. Its creepy. It haunts me. Its beautiful. It soothes me. It gets me all emo. All at the same time. Hey sometimes you find that one song that touches you so deeply you just can't put it away, you can't stop humming to it, you can't stop softly singing the lyrics and you can't turn it off playing at the back of your head.

On another note, TRANSFORMERS was AWESOME! I can't recall the last time I sat in the cinema feeling totally blown away by a movie. And I can't recall when I last watched a whole movie from beginning to end with my jaws dropped. I'm glad I watched it at Summit USJ's THX hall and again at Times Square's Digi IMAX theatre. Catch this one people, no regrets. You have my word.

Are you lost?

It's been a week since my last entry here, so here I am. Been listening to the tracks from Bon Jovi's latest album, Lost Highway. I personally think this is one of their better albums in recent years. The songwriting is pretty good and I could connect and relate with many of the album's track lyrics. My personal favourites would be (You Want To) Make A Memory and Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore (feat Leann Rimes).

There's an MTV of (You Want To) Make A Memory found here. Enjoy.

Lost Highway's Track Listing;

1. Lost Highway
2. Summertime
3. (You Want To) Make A Memory
4. Whole Lot Of Leaving
5. We Got It Going On
6. Any Other Day
7. Seat Next To You
8. Everybody's Broken
9. Stranger (feat. Leann Rimes)
10. The Last Night
11. One Step Closer
12. I Love This Town

Source: http://www7.islandrecords.com/bonjovi/discography.las

Autobots! Transform and roll out! - Optimus Prime

Come 28th June 2007, this highly anticipated live action/CGI adaptation of the cartoon series Transformers from the 80's will make its opening on local cinema screens.

Being a fan of the cartoon series (Well I'm an 80's baby after all) this is really one of those movies I've been anticipating for a very long time. Thrill me or disappoint me, come 28th we'll see. The Transformers brings back so many childhood memories, namely crying non-stop for a couple of days after witnessing the death of Optimus Prime in the original movie. I can still remember how my mom couldn't understand how some cartoon with robots made me cry. Come on guys, don't tell me the sight of Prime turning all charcoal black and then his head lifelessly falling to one side didn't touch you. It was like watching my greatest hero die. Yes that very same hero you thought invincible and could never perish. Try telling a 6/7 year old its only a cartoon.

And the toys... Don't even get me started on them. Everybody wanted Transformers toys. And back then, yes even back then they weren't cheap. I don't remember having even one. Oh well. Prime to moon base 1 : "Reserve me 2 tickets for 28th June @ GCS 1 Utama. Thank you. Autobots, transform and roll out!"

It survived that single lone post below...

Well here I am, just past midnight and somehow suddenly got this annoying itch to scribble something here. Either just to prove to myself that I wouldn't abandon this blog as I have the rest, or plainly genuinely wanting to contribute something to this space. I don't really know, but here goes.

*Takes deep breath*

Received my offer letter of permanency at CSA CSC, after 6 months of working here as a contract staff. High turnover rate in the department and the trouble associated with hiring new network analysts and training them finally moved or rather pressured the management to convert the rest of us guys to permanent. A welcomed increment came with this conversion to permanency and thanks to that, its been difficult wiping this silly retarded-looking smirk off my face since then till now. Yes, I'm happy. Very. Okay maybe I'm exaggerating.

Compared to my previous job in which I was the Software Trainer (official designation), Support Analyst, Software Tester, Systems Admin, Network Admin, Client Account Manager, tukang sapu/mop lantai (okay I'm exaggerating).. well yeah I was exploited and made to do anything I was competent at. And they paid me peanuts. Living alone in PJ, paying for room rental, car, petrol, phone bill, streamyx bill, digi bill and whatsoever other bill I can't recall right now, my 6 months with that first job was difficult. At times I'm amazed I didn't resort to pulling and munching on the grass growing outside the house I lived in. Like seriously. Would've been so much cheaper to grow 2 hind legs and go "Moooo".

All that being said.. I have approximately 6 hours 30 minutes till shift ends at 7.00am. Well come morning, my 4 days off begins. And the usual question each time this period of the week arrives, "What do I do with myself over the next 4 days?". I guess it'll be me being the lonesome cowboy this week and I foresee a couple of nights at Fuel Up D'sara Uptown chuggin' beer..Mmmm

Desperately fighting the urge to close my eyes right now, which is probably what drove me to post something on the blog in the first place. Now, I'll have to look for something else to keep me occupied till morning. Minesweeper?!

Signing off, and hoping there'll be more to come,

Randy.

5th of June 2007

..hence the blog was born

And don't ask me why its called 'Artificial Stupidity'.

Not a first, neither is this a second ladies and gentlemen. This is blog No. 3

Let's hope this third incarnate of my so-called online venue of crap that goes through my nonsensical mind survives more than just a couple of half-hearted posts. Heck, I'd be surprised if this one survives even a 2nd post. Keeping my fingers crossed, and we'll see what happens. Cheers!