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29 January 2004

The day seems very cloudy today. Rain had fall the previous night and it had continued to this very morning. My attempt to loose those excessive loads around my body that I had gathered over the New Year was a failure. Guess, I would remain as I am now till I find the right time and the right weather to get a weight loss. It was a very nice day indeed. The sun was hidden behind the kulumibus and wetness in the air gave the surrounding a cool feeling. It was seriously hard to wake up especially with such weather where your body seem to lie motionless.

“Joeboy! Wake up lah! Faster wake up! I need you to send me to hospital! Wake up”

The sound of my mom’s thunderous wake up call didn’t leave me any choice to wake up at 9am. I had to chauffeur my mom to the hospital for her monthly check-up with the dermatologist (doctor who specialises in skin). My mom and me visit the dermatologist at the local general hospital once a while. Although visiting the local hospital would require you to queue up for you turn, wait few hours just to see the doctor for a few minutes and queue up again to collect the medication, it was quite worth it for RM5 where you get a chance to visit a specialist and receive loads of good quality medicine. One thing for sure, you get to receive good medical treatment with an additional test of patience that comes free with every visit. After leaving my mom at the hospital, I went to get myself a haircut. My mom had been bugging me continuously throughout the whole holiday for a haircut and in the end I had to give in to her constant nagging.

My visit to Kedai Gunting Bob goes along way back ever since I started schooling in primary. From his first shop in Wisma Punca Emas to his upgraded saloon at Thivy Jaya. I never failed to get a haircut from him. Why so many years with the same barber? Maybe I had grown accustomed to getting my hair cut by him. Though he has grown old a little as time passes by and his hands are as steady and precise as it used to, a visit to his shop do bring back good memories especially when I used to sit his ‘bas sekolah’ when I was in primary school. He had just returned from India about a week ago. His constant visit there had always been spiritual. He is a very devout Hindu who occasionally makes trips to India for prayers, mainly for his family. Though many people may think being a barber would not make you a rich man, looking at Uncle Bob makes you think twice. Its very encouraging to see him as a barber venturing into different businesses (He currently has a saloon, a transportation bus company and a gym) and owning many properties. In spite of his success, he is still a very modest and humble man who always cares for his family. Beside that, listening to him speak as he cuts his customer’s hair, especially my dad show me that he is a very simple and practical person. He has two sons; Rajan, who is continuing on his father’s business and Lingam, who is studying to become a pilot. A very interesting family indeed and have learn a lot from them.

Last Samurai

It was 2pm and I was as usual rushing out from my house to fetch Huei Wen as I headed down to Terminal 1 to watch Last Samurai…AGAIN! After a failed attempt to finish the show yesterday, I hope I wouldn’t be disappointed again. Though it would be one and half show that I will be seeing, I think it be worth it. And guess what, it was. It was superb. I can’t explain how good it was. Just as General Katsumoto dying words, “It is perfect, just perfect.” The direction of the movie was simply marvellous. I was indeed happy that the director did not rush through the movie but allowed the audience to digest each part of the movie and understand it well. It was really interesting to see the way the samurai live their life. From the moment they awake, the live a life of perfection, perfecting everything they get themselves involve in. Tom Cruise indeed struck an excellent performance in this movie by portraying a foreigner who accustomed himself to the samurai lifestyle. Ken Watanabe did a marvellous job by injecting humour and at the same time seriousness in each part of the scene he was in. I was even surprise to see a Legolas look alike in the movie as Nabotada did marvellously with the bow and arrow . Higan will indeed grow up to be a very handsome young man and Taka struck a very decent, young, pure and obedient wife. My favourite character in the movie is the small cute kid and Algren protector, Bob. I couldn’t help but be so excited when I saw that small kid. How I wish I had a son like him. And speaking of Bob, I almost cried when I saw him get shot when he jumped in front of Algren to save him. You can really fell that you were attached to him in someway or another. Overall, I love the way they brought about the simplicity and lifestyle of the Japanese people.

Unseen Beauty

I also was in awe of the purity the woman in that time possesses. They didn’t need to flaunt their bodies but you could see the beauty in them by just observing the way they carried themselves. It’s really a contrast to the present time where woman wear so little hoping to impress their male courterpart. I even made a comparison to the woman who live in the middle east who have their whole body covered up from head to toe. How are you going to be attracted to a woman when you don’t even see her? Guess, it’s a test of love where beauty is found in the eyes that is blinded to the outward appearance but not the heart, where the real person lies waiting for that someone to come and discover her.

Entertaining A Threesome

Desmond, Wai Mun and Fong Yang made a trip down to Seremban and joined us for the movie as well. They later drop by my house to visit and I accompanied them to the food court near my place for dinner. There wasn’t many shops open due to an important festival called “Pai Ting Kong” which is celebrated by the Hokkiens on the eighth day of the Chinese New Year. It was also a very noisy night indeed as rounds of fireworks exploded all over the place, lighting up the place with its multi hues of colours. Now I know there were a lot of rich farts living around my area. I was also able to catch a Kun Ming lantern floating in the end. It was quite a controversial thing last year. Maybe that’s why I only saw one floating in the air. I spend the night studying Communication 2 and only manage to cover a handful. However, it was quite a nice night indeed as I concluded my day by giving expresssio a call. It was good to hear her voice and to listen to what expressio had gone through the day. Though we are afar and we are not able to meet or see one another, a call does makes a lot of difference indeed.