Scratchiiiiiiit.

Indeed.

The final(s) countdown.

Over the past week I’ve managed to achieve the following.

Experience Suria KLCC after hours. Twice.

Got up close and very much personal with one of my favourite Ferraris; the F430 (Pavilion KL).

Witnessed Christmas come a little too early. (also Pavilion KL)

Caught my first classical concert in awhile.

Finals are literally nano-seconds away and I can’t be bothered to study.

-I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic I’m epic-

I’m Epic

Signed, Sealed, Delivered…

I’m yours.

Through the looking glass.

Have you ever taken the time?

To sit down and just think,

How far you’ve gone down this road you’ve been walking;

This little road that everyone walks,

This little road called life.

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Have you ever taken the time,

To just remember how many tears you’ve shed;

Not just those of sorrow,

But also those of laughter.

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Or have you likened your life to the weather?

How bout a fine summers day?

Or the first day of spring?

Maybe you prefer a brisk autumn breeze,

Or the cool crisp winter snow.

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Still,

Life is no bed of roses.

The sun cant shine every day.

There are times when rainclouds and thunderstorms;

Come out to play.

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Have you ever woken up,

Just to catch the sunrise;

Or maybe taken a little walk,

To see the sun set?

Maybe you’ve thought to yourself,

With this sunrise, another day begins;

With this sunset, another day ends;

And you grow another day older.

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You can reminisce all you want,

Remembering the past;

And sharing them with someone who cares,

Thinking about the future,

About where this road is gonna take you.

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Just take the time to realise,

It’s not the years in your life that matter;

It’s the life in your years.

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BOO!!

Here’s to good friends, good times, and great drinks.

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AND RM 34.50 for a pint (or 0.5 L to be exact) of Paulener White Beer.

Anyway, Happy Hallowed Eve and cheers from the laundry bar.

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Yo ho ho…

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and a barrel of the Colonel’s-Original-Recipe-Chicken.

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and  maybe a bottle of rum.

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New -do-oo-oo.

As of late, i have been constantly finding my longer-than-usual hair less tame-able and at times; annoying.

So, after considerable online research, i came across this -do.

I need a second opinion so don’t be shy and don’t forget to tell me what you think.

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Well??

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Bendera..putih

Sunday 4th October 2009

Rebel outlines ‘invasion’ plan

Maintaining that it has valid reasons to ganyang Malaysia, Bendera’s leader reveals details of its planned invasion on Oct 8. Should we be worried?

JAKARTA’s forestry department was the most unlikely place to meet an Indonesian man who was six days away from waging a war against Malaysia.

But that was where my Indonesian journalist friend Samiaji Bintang brought me for a face-to-face interview with Adian Napitupulu, a 38-year-old Batak man spearheading a vigilante group that has vowed to “ganyang” (crush) Malaysia.

As we headed for our lunchtime appointment with Adian, the leader of Bendera (Benteng Demokrasi Rakyat or People’s Democratic Defence), I asked Samiaji how far the meeting place was from where Adian’s vigilante group conducted their “sweeping” of Malaysians.

“It is about 10km to 15km away,” said the 32-year-old journalist.

Hostile intent: Members of extremist political group Bendera armed with sharpened bamboo sticks setting up road blocks in an effort to screening Malaysians. – AFP photo

On Sept 8, a dozen Bendera vigilantes clad in red and white (the colour of the Indonesian flag) and armed with sharpened bamboo sticks set up roadblocks at Menteng in central Jakarta and checked ID card of passers-by to screen for Malaysians.

They failed to net any Malaysians.

On Friday afternoon, when most Indonesians were focused on the double earth quakes that devastated Sumatra, Samiaji and I entered one of the government buildings in the forestry department to locate Adian, who was in Regina Putera Cafe.

I did not know what to expect – a man carrying a sharpened bamboo stick, perhaps?

Outside the café at a Starbucks-like table sat three Indonesian men. I gave my business card to all of them, not knowing who was who. Adian turned out to be a skinny dark-skinned man wearing a white shirt and jeans.

“When was Bendera founded and what is its purpose?” were my first two questions as I wanted to gauge the hostility of the leader of the group that plans to invade Malaysia on Oct 8.

Speaking in Bahasa Indonesia, Adian, a member of PDI-P (Megawati Sukarnoputri’s Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle), said he founded Bendera two and a half months ago during the Indonesian presidential election as he found that political parties did not fight for the people’s rights.

Power to the people: Head of the extremist group and the mastermind behind the plans to invade Malaysian soil. Adian Napitupulu. – AFP photo

“What has your fight for the people’s right got to do with Bendera’s ‘sweeping’ of Malaysians on Oct 8?” I asked.

“We were ‘sweeping’ Malaysians because (the Malaysian government) is ‘sweeping’ Indonesians in Malaysia,” said the man who was not involved in the Menteng ‘sweeping’ as he had other nationalistic duties on that day.

“We only managed to ‘sweep’ for 30 minutes because the police stopped us,” he added.

“What would you have done if you had managed to find a Malaysian that day?” I asked.

“Suruh pulang (tell them to go home),” he said as he smoked Djarum Super, a kretek (clove-flavoured) cigarette.

“Why did your men carry sharpened bamboo sticks?” I asked.

“It is the symbol of Indonesia’s independence struggle (from their Dutch coloniser),” he said.

When I asked if he had planned to use the bamboo stick on any Malaysian citizen that day, he replied: “We would only use it in Malaysia.”

He was referring to Bendera’s announcement – which was widely reported in the Indonesian and Malaysian media – that Oct 8 is their D-day to avenge all the wrongs committed by Malaysia against Indonesia.

Adian then gave me Bendera’s four-page war declaration with the bold headline “GANYANG MALAYSIA!”

The declaration stated that the Rentcong Aceh, panah Papua, Pedang Pattimura, mandau Kalimantan, keris Jawa, kujang Sunda, golok Betawi, badik Palembang and pedang Sisingamagaraja (Indonesian traditional weapons) had “bloodily” vowed to crush Malaysia’s arrogance.

It also listed several reportedly recalcitrant actions by Malaysians that have exhausted the patience of the people of Indonesia. The list included claiming Indonesian islands (Sipadan, Ligitan and Jemur); stealing Indonesian cultural heritage (food like rendang, songs like Rasa Sayang Sayange, Injit Injit Semut, Burung Kakak Tua, and Anak Kambing Saya, and the Pendet dance); and abusing Indonesian workers (it named 34 people including Nirmala Bonat who was abused with a hot iron, hot water and a metal cup by her employer in 2004).

“How’s your plan to attack Malaysia?” I asked.

Six weeks ago, according to Adian, 10 Bendera spies slipped into Malaysia to build a network among Indonesian workers. He claimed these Indonesian James Bonds managed to convince 1.45 million Indonesians – maids, construction and plantation workers – to burn their workplace when Bendera launches its confrontation on Malaysia.

When I pointed out that it would cost Bendera about RM145,000 just to text message the 1.45 million Indonesian workers (assuming the spies have all their phone numbers and an SMS costs 10 sen), Adian flashed his crooked teeth. “We’ve got our ways to communicate,” he stated.

“On paper, we have already won,” Adian said, again flashing his crooked teeth.

In World War II, according to him, the allies required two months to prepare for their attack on Germany. But Bendera does not need two months as it already has 1.45 million conspirators in Malaysia.

“That is why we have a different view from President SBY (pronounced as ‘ess-bay-yay’, the initials of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono). SBY said Indonesia cannot attack Malaysia as there are 1.8 million Indonesian workers in Malaysia. But for us the 1.8 million people are our strength to attack Malaysia.”

And then Adian started attacking Malaysia by showing the photographs (in the four-page declaration) of Indonesian maids being abused here.

“Look at this,” he said, pointing at the photograph of Nirmala.

“If Malaysia says that Malaysians and Indonesians are satu rumpun (the same stock), then why do they abuse their own rumpun?”

Pointing at a photograph of a man being caned, he asked angrily: “Why does your police, soldier and what do you call… Rela… abuse Indonesians?

“Do you know that once in three days an Indonesian is abused in Malaysia?”

On Oct 8, Adian claimed, about 300 Indonesians – trained in ilmu kebal (black magic) which makes them invincible to sharp objects and bullets – would invade Malaysia by attacking Malaysian towns in the island of Borneo (where Indonesia’s Kalimantan and Malaysia’s Sabah and Sarawak are located).

(What a JOKE)

“From Pontianak (in Kalimantan) we will cross to Kuching (in Sarawak) and capture it. And then we will go to the next town. And from Nunukan (in Kalimantan) we will cross to the next town,” he said.

“What is that town?” I asked Adian, Bendera’s war strategist.

“I don’t know the name. But it is the town that we are going to capture,” he declared. (Just for the record, the closest Malaysian town to Nunukan is Tawau in Sabah.)

In six to eight months, he confidentally predicted, Bendera would conquer Kuala Lumpur.

“Why don’t you just go straight for the jugular and attack Kuala Lumpur?” I asked.

“Uncle Mao’s military tactic was to first capture villages and then the city. We will capture your villages, your towns and eventually your capital,” he explained.

“What is your image of Malaysians?” I asked Adian who has never visited Malaysia.

“Jahat (evil),” he said.

“All 26 million Malaysians?” I asked.

“If 26 million Malaysians keep silent about other Malaysians abusing Indonesians, then they are all jahat,” he explained.

“How do you feel now that you are face to face with a Malaysian?” I asked.

“Mukanya baik. Mukanya lucu. Mukanya tak ada niat jahat (Your face looks nice. Your face looks humorous. Your face doesn’t show any evil intention),” he said, smiling while the handful of Indonesians who were intensely listening in to the interview burst out laughing.

“Are you Malaysian?” asked Poltak Sitanggang, 42, who owns a news website and had just finished interviewing Adian.

“Yes,” I said.

“Why don’t we ‘sweep’ him?” Poltak suggested to Adian.

“No, he is a funny guy,” Adian said.

I continued to smile.

And Adian continued his verbal tirade against Malaysia.

“Malaysia has exported two terrorists (Noordin Mat Top and Dr Azahari Husin) to Indonesia. And yet the international community think that Indonesia is full of terrorists,” he said.

“Is it correct to say that the Indonesian government has not arrested you because it thinks your invasion plan is just omong omong kosong (empty talk)?” I ventured.

His face turning angry, he said the police had occupied Bendera’s headquarters (which was formerly used by Megawati’s PDI-P as their base).

He said he had received intimidating phone calls from people who have the power to intimidate. Others called to warn that attacking Malaysia was suicidal.

But he just switched off his phone when he received such calls, he said.

When told that an Indonesian Embassy official in Kuala Lumpur had said Bendera’s plan to invade Malaysia was “too ludicrous to respond to officially”, Adian said that was what the embassy thought.

“But they don’t know as it is not the Indonesian government which will invade Malaysia but Bendera.”

“So what are the chances of your group succeeding in its invasion plan?” I asked.

“In 1998, Suharto (the former Indonesian president) did not believe the students could make him step down. But it happened,” said Adian, one of the student leaders who had organised mass street protests against Suharto.

Poltak, a Batak, said he interviewed Adian because he was curious about the nationalistic views of the former student activist who had made a name for himself during the fall of Suharto.

“I’m not gila (crazy),” said Adian. “We have good reasons to attack Malaysia. Only crazy people attack (another country) without any reason.”

누난 너무 예뻐.

누난 너무 예뻐

Just when I thought I could go

My heart is lost and you’re pulling me back again

Wishing on a falling star wish I could be where you are

Somehow you came and you changed my everything

Whenever you are not around, I just feel a little down

Now this is kinda silly right; it’s not okay with me

And I think I’m gonna hate it girl

If you turn your back on me

I don’t wanna let this go…but I’m wondering

How do I be careful not to show you what I dream of

Kinda crazy but I (replay x3)

Whenever we’re together every moment that I treasure

Like a movie that I (replay x3)

You are my MVP no one else has got what I need

When it’s just us two,

I get shy but then you keep it so cool

The way you’re always watching out for me

And although I wanna believe

Tell me I’m not just imagining

Whenever you are not around, I just feel a little down

Now this is kinda silly right; it’s not okay with me

And I think I’m gonna hate it girl

If you turn your back on me

I don’t wanna let this go…but I’m wondering

누난 너무 예뻐

I don’t wanna hear it no more

‘Cause I know it’s gonna (replay x3)

Keep trying not to fake it

How am I supposed to say it

You’re the song that I (replay x3)

WARHOL-ISE ME

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