mad.

i think i'm totally crazy.

or perhaps i have attention deficit disorder, which lays so well-hidden over the many years?

if i'm somewhere in the states or the united kingdom it might not be so surprising, but in malaysia? what more johor bahru?

pretty crazy how my tarantula collection has expanded over just a couple of months, its plain scary just looking at the shelf right now. which person in his right mind would go around collecting these arachnids as if they were some old-school pre-war stamps?

to an extent, my wallet has been sucked entirely dry thanks to these little crawlies that inhibit the corners of my bedroom(s) now. but on the other side of it, there's a really intoxicating feeling knowing that you & girlfriend combined; possess the biggest tarantula collection in the whole country! (although its tentative; there's no possible way to have it confirmed, unless i call in the guinness officials)

really, really madness. i seriously hope i'd stop right here. god knows maybe in a couple of months' time i'd start switching to monitor lizards. that would be the day i see mom coming at me with a foot-long chopper in hand, so bear in mind, its tarantulas & a full stop.

unexpected.

friends who came down from kl for the holidays led to myself spending these few nights with them in my bid to play good host.

what came unexpected was last night. out of nowhere, this friend of mine (we shall call her eeyore!) joined in our session as well. i wouldn't say we're best of friends, but she's a pretty nice girl to talk to, albeit the sudden crankiness she might exhibit at the weirdest hours.

used to hang out a lot when we were in kl, as she was the girlfriend of a guy in our clique. so, of course, since they parted ways amicably, what more with her being in kl and myself in good ol' jb, obviously there were less time we spent together, or talked to each other for quite some time.

well, this girl surprises me actually. the point i was trying to get at goes somewhere along these lines. we had a pretty long chat over a few drinks last night, and i actually realised this girl is really, really deep. the topic of the night revolving around the table actually set itself against relationships; what with mine and her recently ended relationships. talking to this little girl here, i actually absorbed a lot of knowledge, and sent me into a new dimension where now i realise, this girl isn't as simple as what we think she is!

she gave me pretty good advice on my decisions & my route. apart from that, i really learnt a lot from this eeyore-loving girl here. now i guess i have another name to add to my confidante list!

tarantula battle!

sometime ago, when you ran all over the place, jumping up and down laughing at me for having less tarantulas than you did, i decided something had to be done!

so quietly, i went online & after hours of searching i finally got my hands on these babies i've always wanted!

- mexican redknee tarantula

- chilean rose typical color form tarantula

- chilean rose red color form tarantula

& when i was darn ready to show you my achievements, you gave me a lil surprise on valentine's! now i have 2 mexican redknees in my collection!

well, now i'd say, i officially have more t's in my collection than you do, silly girl.

(but that definitely came with a price, i pretty much sold my house, my car, my dog and my cup in order to make those purchases!)

hearts.

its been fluttering bad, real bad recently.

show me the right way!

oh by the way, i'm a coffee bean monster hunter now!

resolutions.

well it's a brand new year, with a lot of hoo-hah sending away '08 & ushering in 2009.

for most, at least those i know of, a spanking new year means a longer list of ultimatums we call 'new year resolutions'.

but enough of the dreaming, how many of us actually bothers with fulfilling our promises made during this period of time?

that's why, my dear readers, i've decided to not create a list of boring new year resolutions i'm supposed to faithfully abide by (not that i ever did have these resolutions at any point of my life anyway), but set a number of possible goals i can achieve, which would be reviewed at the end of each month! (now that sounds more down to earth ain't it?)

1. people say a boy's room will forever be messy, and i lived with that all my life. now's the time to prove these theories wrong! a not-so-messy bedroom would be just about the best thing i'd look forward to seeing everyday.

2. this links to financial stability on a smaller scale, but some of you would understand what i mean. working towards my goals of expanding the collection of exotic pets! i still want my siberian husky & a room full of tarantulas =)

3. as what you have told me, i'd learn to listen from now on. in the sense that it's just proper to let others finish everything they have got to say, before i start a brand new topic of my own.

4. also what you taught me indirectly, perhaps its time i fended for myself more. gone are the days of being sweet & thoughtful to others, constantly worrying for my closest ones; it's time i learnt to be a little more self-centered & not put in so much care & attention for others.

5. don't let my so-called talent (overstatement!) in guitars go to waste, go back to being a little more lifeless, hugging the axe to sleep every single night. at least until i am able to reach say, 85% of my skills as well as speed during my heyday?

6. transform my sleeping pattern back to as per how a normal person functions. that means no more avoiding the sun, boy!

let's see then, how many of these simple monthly resolutions can be kept in check from now on!

exoticism.

take a deep dark look into the world of exotics in malaysia!

be warned, this is only part of the collection.

i'm proud to be guinness.

pogona vitticeps (australian inland bearded dragon)

brachypelma boehmei (mexican fireleg tarantula)

x'mas '08.

'twas an eventful christmas eve last night. from being so bent on staying home for a lonely christmas countdown with my pets, all it took were a couple of messages on my mobile to get me going into the party mood.

'though i was a little late for the countdown, it was a darn happening night out i would say. crazily club-hopped, where it seems the whole of johor bahru was gathered in eden. took probably just an hour or so to get me tipsy and flying; where i attempted some dumb stuffs caught on camera by claire!

after-party was madness i would say. not much of an after-party but we went somewhere malaysians love to hang out at during the late hours leading into dawn. in a drunken stupor, parking my car into the spot i kinda miscalculated and kissed the bumper of a toyota hilux. caught some attention there but wasn't a big deal, so duh.

anyway, merry christmas & happy boxing day, world!