In this somewhat Marxist mind frame, I clearly saw that time has been transformed into production and then production into distribution. Our work time is converted into salary, and our leisure time into consumption. So we can actually represent and measure time with bills and coins. In the instant that time is transformed into hours, minutes and seconds instead of experiences, well, then time has been taken from us. It has become objective instead of subjective. But time is not a representation. The only way one can feel time is through the free acts and personal moments that we create within it. And following this train of thought, I came to the conclusion that a prison is a kind of physical representation of this idea of appropriated time.
Friday, 27 June 2008
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
just another life
back in manchester , how i am missing the love in london . i hope technology can really bring people closer as in her next to me. come on you nerds , do something !
whats new ? weezer's new album , the zutons' new album, sigur ros' new album and coldyplay's new album. weezer's quite good actually , "heart songs" definitely a must listen... i personally enjoyed the jazz feeling to it.
i went to the hotel yesterday, to work. its been a month since i have been to work. need a good reference off the supervisors, thats the only reason i went to work ! anyway, it was physically draining. we had to basically prepare the grand room , for 5 thousand people, imagine how many tables , chairs and cutleries i had to carry and prepare! hell.
but to be honest it was fun. i enjoyed the company. the group of people i have worked with since i have been with the hotel are amazing. funny people with loads of different/weird problems.
bogdan zurowski , polish , 29 years old - a typical polish looking guy. mean looking , bald , badan tegap-tegap , but yet the funniest polish fellow i have every known , trust me i know alot of polish people ok. his problem seemed to be that he cant find job elsewhere but the hotel. he hates i there and been taking classes to get a better qualification , and after 3 years of doing so he managed to pass only to have the institution spelt his name wrongly on the certificate. he have been waiting for 2months for the instituition to send him a certificate with the right name.
peter hodge , blackburn , 22 years old - a drummer in a local rock band, childish looking but he get chicks easy , funny and a lazy bastard , but if he skips the shift the place will be quiet as hell , so its much better with him around. what is his problem ? well none i think , he did manage to get a better job the same time i did , hence he will be living soon. been with the hotel for 3 years , robbing gallons of free lager and dated probably all the fit birds from reception , i am pretty sure they are not that sad to see him leave. haha . follows blackburn rovers and have half of blackburn logo's tattooed on his back, he ran out of money for the other half.
will yang , china , 24 years old - a robot , will do everything . shifts are much easier when he is about, he doesnt stop , he even work while having his break ! his problem is he work too hard and the hotel is basically making full use of his hardworking-ness. Supervisors will be buried deep in their nice big chair while asking Will to go back and forth for coffee,juices and all sort ! but then i cant say jack as i have been asking favours of him too !! i hope he gets somewhere with the hotel, he got a degree in hospitality and he's just not doing what he is meant to be doing. so good luck to him.
tom , newcastle , 21 years old - a university drop out , he was reading psychology while being a drug addict ! haha a proper hippie , long hair , thin , tall , scruffy and drives and old mini. enjoys flaming lips as much as i do and an avid newcastle fan. working with tom means getting into clever conversations. its like talking with an oxford graduate. he is not sly at all , he do whatever is asked, most of them do anyways, except for pete and myself. tom resembles pink panther, doesnt talk much but will always have the solution to things. for example, once, rachel the boss made us clean up the grand room's store room. this is a nightmare. so his solution to the problem was .................. to clean it up. tom have recently decided that the hotel is not the business he wants to be actively in , he is going back to university to.......... again read psychology.
ah well, all good times will have to end, and i think next two weeks will be my last weeks at the hotel !
bring in the next chapter please !
whats new ? weezer's new album , the zutons' new album, sigur ros' new album and coldyplay's new album. weezer's quite good actually , "heart songs" definitely a must listen... i personally enjoyed the jazz feeling to it.
i went to the hotel yesterday, to work. its been a month since i have been to work. need a good reference off the supervisors, thats the only reason i went to work ! anyway, it was physically draining. we had to basically prepare the grand room , for 5 thousand people, imagine how many tables , chairs and cutleries i had to carry and prepare! hell.
but to be honest it was fun. i enjoyed the company. the group of people i have worked with since i have been with the hotel are amazing. funny people with loads of different/weird problems.
bogdan zurowski , polish , 29 years old - a typical polish looking guy. mean looking , bald , badan tegap-tegap , but yet the funniest polish fellow i have every known , trust me i know alot of polish people ok. his problem seemed to be that he cant find job elsewhere but the hotel. he hates i there and been taking classes to get a better qualification , and after 3 years of doing so he managed to pass only to have the institution spelt his name wrongly on the certificate. he have been waiting for 2months for the instituition to send him a certificate with the right name.
peter hodge , blackburn , 22 years old - a drummer in a local rock band, childish looking but he get chicks easy , funny and a lazy bastard , but if he skips the shift the place will be quiet as hell , so its much better with him around. what is his problem ? well none i think , he did manage to get a better job the same time i did , hence he will be living soon. been with the hotel for 3 years , robbing gallons of free lager and dated probably all the fit birds from reception , i am pretty sure they are not that sad to see him leave. haha . follows blackburn rovers and have half of blackburn logo's tattooed on his back, he ran out of money for the other half.
will yang , china , 24 years old - a robot , will do everything . shifts are much easier when he is about, he doesnt stop , he even work while having his break ! his problem is he work too hard and the hotel is basically making full use of his hardworking-ness. Supervisors will be buried deep in their nice big chair while asking Will to go back and forth for coffee,juices and all sort ! but then i cant say jack as i have been asking favours of him too !! i hope he gets somewhere with the hotel, he got a degree in hospitality and he's just not doing what he is meant to be doing. so good luck to him.
tom , newcastle , 21 years old - a university drop out , he was reading psychology while being a drug addict ! haha a proper hippie , long hair , thin , tall , scruffy and drives and old mini. enjoys flaming lips as much as i do and an avid newcastle fan. working with tom means getting into clever conversations. its like talking with an oxford graduate. he is not sly at all , he do whatever is asked, most of them do anyways, except for pete and myself. tom resembles pink panther, doesnt talk much but will always have the solution to things. for example, once, rachel the boss made us clean up the grand room's store room. this is a nightmare. so his solution to the problem was .................. to clean it up. tom have recently decided that the hotel is not the business he wants to be actively in , he is going back to university to.......... again read psychology.
ah well, all good times will have to end, and i think next two weeks will be my last weeks at the hotel !
bring in the next chapter please !
Saturday, 14 June 2008
what a week !
I returned from London on Monday to attend an interview with Halcrow on Wednesday. The worst part was my exam results will be out the same day my interview was on. Now I know how it felt to be the chicken in the pressure cooker!!
I had to basically get through my exams to proceed with my research paper. I was quite certain I failed the Solar, Wind and Water paper. It was a nightmare the night before the result and the interview, my head was everywhere, and my heart was definitely on the floor!
Anyway, I got my result, Alhamdulillah it was alright, although I didnt manage to get a distinction this time around, I am totally over the moon with a merit. So thats the cake, and when Wani arrived in Manchester yesterday, she put icing on it.
To make things better (cherry on the cake), I got a call from Halcrow around 4pm yesterday and they told me that I got the job ! Thank God! Hopefully my working permit and visa should be all just fine, so I can start working soon!
I would like to thank all family and friends that have been praying for my sorry ass :) Thanks !
We celebrated last night - Wani paid for dinner at Tampopo, Manchester Central !
Sarawak on her mind!
Starter - Chicken Satay
Main - Tom Yam (Wani) , Kway Teow (Me) , Som Tam (Share)
No dessert , kenyang gila dah :)
I had to basically get through my exams to proceed with my research paper. I was quite certain I failed the Solar, Wind and Water paper. It was a nightmare the night before the result and the interview, my head was everywhere, and my heart was definitely on the floor!
Anyway, I got my result, Alhamdulillah it was alright, although I didnt manage to get a distinction this time around, I am totally over the moon with a merit. So thats the cake, and when Wani arrived in Manchester yesterday, she put icing on it.
To make things better (cherry on the cake), I got a call from Halcrow around 4pm yesterday and they told me that I got the job ! Thank God! Hopefully my working permit and visa should be all just fine, so I can start working soon!
I would like to thank all family and friends that have been praying for my sorry ass :) Thanks !
We celebrated last night - Wani paid for dinner at Tampopo, Manchester Central !
Sarawak on her mind!
Starter - Chicken Satay
Main - Tom Yam (Wani) , Kway Teow (Me) , Som Tam (Share)No dessert , kenyang gila dah :)
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Time
How fast time flies.
Its been 5 years since I last chat up my current girlfriend ! We have officially been together for nearly 3 years now. We didnt realize it until the other day when I suddenly remembered I had to sort my credit cards out before the 5th of June - 2 days after our date. I look forward to the future with you sayang. We've been through loads of ups and downs and still manage to keep it together still, I hope we can persevere whatever coming our way and keep it intact still :)
Life have been a little bit quiet this time of late, my partner in crime and charity ( opposite crime bah pok) udin flew back home for a good three months. nang sunyek lah ayres road long house lak , no more videoman - so we can now live without being vain ahahahah. now i am in london to catch up with wani , we havent been able to see each other the past months - responsibilites here and there with studies and work, also financial constraint. so, madude is the only person at home now as raa is in belfast, kaz is on vacation in kuching and faris moved out to a bigger place to accomodate his wife who will be moving to the UK soon.
it was only 4 days ago the house -
were filled with laughter, cigarette smokes, rubbish, newspapers all over the toilet, sleeping bags everywhere, wet clean clothes hanging on every little thing that can provide a hanging place, unopened spam letters on the entrance floor with shoes for 1000people, black bin bags surrounding the tong sampah, banter here and there, pizza boxes, chicken bones, empty cans of peaches and unopened ones in the fridge, 5 bags of mouldy bread - thick,medium but no longer white, a sink full of kitchen waste, a dying chinese plant by the window, a broken toilet seat, boxes full of raa's and udin's stuffs at every corner of the house, 50toothbrushes and 40shavers in the toilet's sink, loud celine dion's music from faris' speakers, music from my speakers, music from kaz's speakers, music from ezra's speakers, when everyone is in the kitchen!
now its all over.
a bit sad, but hey, life goes on. and brothers stick with one another, forever.
89 Ayres Road - you`ll never walk alone !
HOW COME WE NEVER TOOK A HOUSE PHOTO ?!?!?!
Its been 5 years since I last chat up my current girlfriend ! We have officially been together for nearly 3 years now. We didnt realize it until the other day when I suddenly remembered I had to sort my credit cards out before the 5th of June - 2 days after our date. I look forward to the future with you sayang. We've been through loads of ups and downs and still manage to keep it together still, I hope we can persevere whatever coming our way and keep it intact still :)
Jeremy says (12:45):
wht 3 years?
Jeremy says (12:46):
hahaha
Jeremy says (12:46):
wtf?
wht 3 years?
just another language says (12:45):
well 3 years ago I would have kick your face in for questioning all of my msn personal messages!hahaha
Jeremy says (12:46):
wtf?
Life have been a little bit quiet this time of late, my partner in crime and charity ( opposite crime bah pok) udin flew back home for a good three months. nang sunyek lah ayres road long house lak , no more videoman - so we can now live without being vain ahahahah. now i am in london to catch up with wani , we havent been able to see each other the past months - responsibilites here and there with studies and work, also financial constraint. so, madude is the only person at home now as raa is in belfast, kaz is on vacation in kuching and faris moved out to a bigger place to accomodate his wife who will be moving to the UK soon.
it was only 4 days ago the house -
were filled with laughter, cigarette smokes, rubbish, newspapers all over the toilet, sleeping bags everywhere, wet clean clothes hanging on every little thing that can provide a hanging place, unopened spam letters on the entrance floor with shoes for 1000people, black bin bags surrounding the tong sampah, banter here and there, pizza boxes, chicken bones, empty cans of peaches and unopened ones in the fridge, 5 bags of mouldy bread - thick,medium but no longer white, a sink full of kitchen waste, a dying chinese plant by the window, a broken toilet seat, boxes full of raa's and udin's stuffs at every corner of the house, 50toothbrushes and 40shavers in the toilet's sink, loud celine dion's music from faris' speakers, music from my speakers, music from kaz's speakers, music from ezra's speakers, when everyone is in the kitchen!
now its all over.
a bit sad, but hey, life goes on. and brothers stick with one another, forever.
89 Ayres Road - you`ll never walk alone !
HOW COME WE NEVER TOOK A HOUSE PHOTO ?!?!?!
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