Audio-Man's Ranting

Due to some circumstances my blog now has become a disaster..I'm trying my best to repair this mess but however...people..DO NOT USE OTHER PEOPLE'S TEMPLATE...its a disaster...even though blogger.com only has boring and simple templates at least none of this crap would've happened if I just keep using this black theme.

Will try my best to repair this I assure you.

Now I closed my poll for nothing...

I'm sure some of you guys heard that I was involved in an accident last year.I finally made the repairs and claimed it through my insurance though. The repairs cost about RM2105.00 if I'm not mistaken. They showed to me what they did, but they never let me keep the invoice of the things they did to my car though. Anyways, as you all would know, this cost me my NCD(No Claims Discount) which also means that I have to start paying my premium in full again. Don't get me started on that. I just renewed my car insurance a few weeks ago and it was a total nightmare. Uugghhh....nuff said about that.

Well here are the pics... I know the before picture shows no justice as how could that little dent could cost more that RM2k++, but you'd be surprise what Toyota are capable of, especially if you buy original parts and also obtaining their services as well.

Oh, there was even one fine Monday morning as I was on my way to work, imagine to my horror as I was just about to get out of my parking space (inside my aunt's condo compound!) I saw this:

I was so pissed because the security guard didn't hear crap when the culprit busted my side mirror. So I couldn't make another police report, because I have no idea who the culprit was, I have no witnessess....frustrated,mad I just took the day off and headed to the nearest Toyota garage and guess how much a(singular,not plural) side mirror cost me...RM300!!

Automobile is an expensive commodity, so please just take care of your car...regardless whether you're swimming in a pool of money because in my opinion...they're just squizing as much as they can out of you...its just too overpriced, and I think this is to satisfy a certain party's thirst for money....if you know who I mean. Bloody bastards...

Oh, I hung out with Saj and Elaine yesterday...at some hidden Thai restaurant in SS17. I would never ever knew about that place if it wasn't for Elaine. The place was kinda classy yet comfy. They have an awesome Tom Yam soup, though I'm not sure if I'm able to get there again. Tim yong?

"She said that love..is for fools that fall behind.." - Shimmer by Fuel

Apparently it seems that some songs could still bring me back through time...oh let's say to about 8 years back. I find it kinda surprising (however that doesn't change the state that I am..*smiling*)...but anyways, perhaps only some who read this would know what the hell am I talking about (some might understand, some might just roll their eyes up again)....



But I'm sure you'd agree with me that these things do happen...songs that remind you of a specific period of your life (or moment)...for example, Red Hot Chilli Pepper's The Other Side remind me of eating lunch in my hostel apartment during my induction week at UNITEN(among other things of course). Anyways, just writing this down.It is a blog of expression right?



What was the song that reminded me of the past? Awesome by Veruca Salt.



I'm current saving the video of their concert from a flash video playing website.

Veruca Salt = Awesome...even playing live

"And it makes me wonder if I ever gave a **** about you" - Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5

That was the lyric that I heard on tv tonight while the music video was playing on one of our beloved cable tv channels. Ok, sometimes it gets worst: they censor the word whore, ass and even bitch. On purpose or not, is one hell of a mystery to me.

By definition,

Whore = prostitute

ass = donkey or bum(pending on context of your sentence)

and bitch = female dog (or as the ignorant/vain/denial would say, Babe In Total Control of Herself..WTF???)

What I'm trying to say here is...are kids so cut off from the world that they can't figure out what was censored?Ok,we just drop about that for now. we will discuss about the Maroon 5 video. Fine, you censor the word f*ck.....somehow or rather they (the kids) are going to hear the song (censored version) on radio, my point being its so famous you got to hear that song at least once in your lifetime.

Kids are intuitive mind you...they will ask "why was there a blank sound at the chorus just now?"

What do you think happens then?

Of course,the kid will actually embark on an adventure of finding out. There's :

1) Youtube
2) Limewire
3) Kazaa
4) The original CD (probably uncensored..at least during the early release)
5) Friends who got the original CD/downloaded the uncensored version/showed the video on youtube

My point being...I'm questioning the nature of censorship and its course. If kids (with their ever so eagerness behaviour and intuition) that they could get the uncensored version of anything so easily (even porn)..what's the whole point?? What's the deal in censoring the word f*ck in the chorus of Makes Me Wonder if it's soooo easily to find out what the f*ck was censored anyway??

Now forget about Maroon 5 then. Just replace that song with anything they censor on our idiot box now. I question its nature (the censorship), I question the point being that the alternative is easily obtained with the help of technology.

I just want to comment on this thing that's been going on in our media for ever so long. Think voting anyone in this election could help us with this issue?

"I don't think so...."

And I choose "None Of The Above".

Ok,Ok..I've thought about it. Publishing my old blogs addresses in friendster would be disastrous. Lots of personal stuff/rantings there so I thought might as well start a new one. A new address. A new face/phase perhaps?hah.right.

Ok,I just want to make things clear that my blog is exclusively for me to express my thoughts/opinions/feelings. If you want to give me feedback, do give it to me privately. Let it be email through your personal email or even friendster. I've disabled the comments section so...


I know, feedbacks/comments are for criticisms, opinions and just to let the writer know what they think about the writer's postings right? Doing it publicly has it good side...and has it ugly side as well. And therefore I choose not to handle the ugly side. I choose this because I have no capacity for a rebuttal or for whatever debate that person wants to put up with me. I choose however, to write because I just want people to know what I'm thinking about, what my opinions of certain things are...and here is what blog readers should've known a long time ago...IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BLOG,IF YOU FIND IT OFFENSIVE,BORING OR JUST INTIMIDATES YOU IN A BAD WAY,GO AWAY. If you do like the blog, then I thank you. And do please come back again.

Everybody has a choice. The writers and the readers. And therefore I choose to turn off the comments section of the blog because I don't want other people to see what you think of my blog. Be it good or bad. Rather, what matters to me is some people out there choose to read my blog because they're just interested to know. That's all.

I don't need your criticism to be public, because if I do, then I'll turn on the comments section. That's the bottom line.

Ok, yes I have written a few blogs before. But those were the years where naivety and idealism was overwhelming to me. They're still up though(the blogs), where some of the postings have rather some good poems actually (of course, not many people have read it... me saying its good is purely my own opinion only)...some are rather corny,some are rather depressing and some are rather sad. But hey, that's the nature of poetry. Expression right?

I choose however not to disclose the addresses of the blogs because they're rather personal to me in a way. However, I might cut and paste some of the postings here one day eh?

Some of my closest friends read them...in case some of you were wondering..."then who reads your old blogs anyway?"



This is me and Razif at work


Well, just a quick introduction about me and my little blog. The reason why I call this blog audio man is because I'm currently working under the audio block for DVD design dept. I've just been transferred to this dept quite recently (August 2007). And to be honest, I think its one of the most interesting block there. However...it can be pretty tough with no old-timer to teach you about the technicalities involved. But we who are in audio block are learning slowly.

Bear in mind, my blog will not only about me describing about work...rather like I've said over and over before...my opinions. I suppose I want people to know what I'm thinking.

Well, I suppose that's all for an introduction post. I'll write about something else soon...see ya.

p/s:I met N.Izzah today *gasp*!