#2.

kalau aku lihat dunia,

kalau aku dedahkan cinta,

adakah bunga yang satu bisa memenuhi rimba..?

- London - Amsterdam , May 2011

Broken Friendships.

I parted with a lot of my friends once I left Alice Smith to finish high school at Charterhouse in Britain and at that time, I thought distance wasn't anything vital. I used to go back to KL on every holiday and we got to catch up on each other's lives a lot. But let's face it, everyone then had to move on to college and university which took up a lot of our free time. We had to juggle between studies and leisure and the former usually won.

Today, I met my best friend of 7 years. We used to sit beside each other since Year 2 and it was a shame that we could not pick up from where we left! The last meeting was a year back but we do call each other every now and then which we thought would suffice. Wrong.

I now know that even the best of friends CAN drift apart when distance comes in between them. When you meet new people and are exposed to new environments, you have the tendency to seek for new comforts and get close to people who can be temporary replacements for your best friends. Yes, you keep in contact with each other but one day, you won't realize you don't need your good ol' best friends that much anymore.

I had tweeted this before but I'll say it again. Everything starts off when you're comfortable with not talking or communicating to your other half (be it friends, best friends, whoever).

Cheers!

Homeboy.

Aku rindu expresi dunia,

Aku rindu luahan cinta,

Aku rindu keajaiban bunga,

Aku rindu ... dia.

- On flight New York - Chicago . February 2011.

Today's Inspiration.

During my last few months in Imperial, it was hard for me to meet a lot of my father's expectations. There were a lot of pressure about making it through and succeeding well. We didn't appear to look like we were pressured but within those last few months, I had a lot of talk with him regarding graduating with a first class degree because whether we live acknowledging it or not, it brings this indescribable sense of proud to every parents in this world.

Few months after that, upon joining my family's company, I noticed no one asked me if I ever graduated with a first class degree. They knew all along I've finished a degree but they wouldn't bother to know if it was a general degree, or a second class or even if I was named the best Imperial student (of course, I wasn't :p) . I realized that prior to joining the professional world, people want to see more of your credibility and there's more to this world than what stated on that piece of certificate. People want to see what we can do and changes that we can make.

...In the world which is doing its best, we run and run, without a halt, trying to grasp a small success. I'm so tiny, I'm so small, oh good lord, what have you got in store?

Watches.

Ordered two new toys today. 

By : Daniel Jean Richard


Limited edition piece; only 50 produced and each is numbered. Mine's lucky number 10! 

By : Patek Philippe


New collection of rose gold. It looks quite similar to this one Rolex my brother owns but I've always had a thing for Patek Philippe. :D


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Both are on its way now. One's carefully in production while the other has been shipped an hour ago. I'm a happy man now, true, but I now have to work harder to make the loose ends meet. ;)

In Hong Kong. :)

I didn't realize my last post was exactly one month ago until I logged in! Ha-ha. 
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Anyhow, I'm in Hong Kong now since I haven't been here since December. It's good to know Hong Kong is rapidly expanding & constantly developing. Some places I visited in December are no longer there when I revisited yesterday's evening. Good! 


Work in NY has stabilized and I've decided to work from KL besides the fact that my mom has been nagging every child of hers to NOT work or live so far away because... "what's the use to live in this house with empty rooms everywhere. I can only listen to my voice echoing everyday". In a way or two, I feel her. I wouldn't like to realize I'm in my 50s, with children (almost) all have graduated, started working are paving their own careers at different countries - mostly so far away - and I'm left with my other half spending the remaining bit of our lives together. Quite an elaboration over there...


The good side is that, I can also work from Hong Kong. :p And my parents won't say much because (1) Hong Kong is just 4 hours away (2) My brother currently works in Hong Kong and (3) Basically it's just so bloody nearer than New York or Amsterdam. My brother on the other hand thinks that with me around, he's happy for he gets a live-in butler. -.- Perfect statement for me to excuse myself to KL this weekend. 


We also attended our cousin brother's wedding last weekend and a lot of interesting moments came up - and mostly concerns both my brothers especially my 2nd brother. He's single, everyone picks on him, God knows why! But I shall save that for the next post.


This time, I'm pretty sure the next post will be up sooner than a month from now!


- God bless, God speed. -

My Pearl.

I went to Spain with B last weekend, but that's not what I really want to talk about. Usually, I don't shop (or let her shop) if we're on purely leisure getaway. If it's leisure, it's strictly leisure - if it's shopping, well, by all means... However, that trip was an exception. We've gone to tens of countries together throughout these few months but this trip was the first time I (actually) let her break the rule.


I knew Freida wanted to shop and she had restricted herself too hard for 3 days because 1) I wouldn't like it and 2) according to her, I've given her more than what she could ever ask for. How can I not love this lady, tell me? 


So I asked;


"You want to shop, don't you?"
"No no."
"You know I won't ask for the second/third time, right? ;) Let's go somewhere. Chanel? Fendi?"
"Nooo. Zara is so cheap over here. I'm fine with getting new coats or anything from Zara."


That was the first time I ever heard any girl declining Fendi (or even Chanel) for Zara. But I guess that was the key to the unbroken spell.


I took her to Chanel instead.

And I made the choice - which I think suited her best. This bag doesn't scream Chanel but people who know will know that it's a jewel. Likewise, she's a person who doesn't (or rather, won't) show people what she has - people who know will know, while the rest can believe what they want to believe in.


I need to work harder this month, don't I? ;)