SHould i have done something?

I had a call from my friend yesterday to go out for some beers. We organised a small company of men. We headed out some place near my office. We went to Thai Bar at first, an old man, a client of my friend bought us drinks. Well, now i know why he called me. Oh well, i guess it was ok, since we had someone to pay for the tab. Of course we had to put up with his words of wisdom which i wasn’t really interested at all. Well that was tolerable to a certain extend.

Next we adjourned to another club nearby, this time is Aloha. The place was pretty packed for a Tuesday night. We grab a spot by the bar. Next to us was this 2 chinese girls and an indian man.  The girls were friendly and almost immediately raised their glasses to cheers as soon as our drinks found the glasses. They gave us their cards, works in some furniture supplier firm. They also introduced their indian friend who turned out to be their client from a hotel from another state. Sales people taking their clients out, nothing wrong with that. One of the girl is a senior and the other a junior. The senior takes on as a mentor, motherly figure to the junior, from my observation. The girls claimed they had 2 bottles of red wine and now were on to whiskey. Pretty heavy i thought. So we chatted a little, the junior girl seems fun and she was telling me how this client of theirs was a sex pervert or more aptly put, Hamsap! She wasn’t kidding, this indian guy was practically rubbing her all over or should I say molesting when they were dancing! And i mean literally rubbing all over, as he grab her breast!! Gosh! I mean, if you don’t treat the girl with respect treat yourself with respect! It was really sight for sore eyes! She kept asking me to ’save’ her, pulling my hand and shifting her attention to me by dancing. Nevertheless, she would also in a way tempt the indian guy by dancing flirtatiously. Yet, she asks me to save her. I could see as it got later into the night she wasn;t getting a little too high. And the wolf was taking every opportunity he could to exploit the situation.

This was when i wondered, should i ask the guy to fuck off or just let it be.

1. He is their client and my actions might offend him and making them lose the account which in the end would result in them telling me off that it was none of my business.

2. I don’t know her well enough to stand up for her and creating any unnecessary confrontation with the bastard was something i wasn’t keen on. I am there just for the drink.

3. It feels morally incorrect that i don’t do anything.

4. I really want to teach that guy a lesson as he really sickens me big time…

5. That stupid senior didn’t do a single thing to protect the junior.

I didnt do anything, i figured it was really none of my business. Judging by the way she danced i supposed she would probably be used to these kind of advances from men. Everyone was high, and any confrontation would lead into something ugly. I guess i was just really turned off by the bastard, I mean the place was crowded with people and everyone was just looking at them both. And he decides to put on a show for everyone to see. I really hope when he has a daughter next time, she will take the place of the girl he so freely molested. Afterall what goes around….

nevertheless, something’s telling me that maybe, i should have done something…..

Miki Imai and Aoi Teshima

well, just heard from the computer repair shop that my processor and motherboard is kaput! And that Pentium III chip of mine is obsolete! Looks like I’ll be getting a new desktop. I would have left it alone and just make do with my Macbook but since it was insured for, I might as well. Afterall i need some heavy duty processor to run my PIRACY kingdom! Torrents and Peer to Peer to be exact. Well, the insurance isn’t paying for all, in fact i’m crossing my fingers and pray that it will be a reasonable sum.

On another note, I’ve been searching for some old 80s japanese songs, songs that i missed out when i was listening to Wham!, Depeche Mode and Bananarama. Yes, I’m not so young as you can tell. I discovered this song by Miki Imai and it is called Piece of my Wish. And I’ve been listening to it ever since. It is surely an oldie but goodie or is it goldie? Correct me please. Anyways, it is one of those songs that you don’t hear anymore, nice wholesome pop i call it. It doesn’t have the complexity of todays pop. I can’t really explain what i meant by that but it’s just simple and nice, the way i like things to be.

Download : Piece of my Wish – Miki Imai MP3

One other singer that i discovered as well is Aoi Teshima 手嶌葵. I saw this girl on Music Station showing on the Animax channel. She is this very demure and innocent girl. Before each went on to sing, the host will do a little chat with them. She is from Fukuoka and about 20 years of age i think. So the host asked her,

H : What have you done in Tokyo?

AT : Ate Shoyu Ramen

H : What else did you do in Tokyo

AT : Ate Miso Ramen

H : Is that all you did in Tokyo? Just ate ramen?

AT : Yes…

H : Maybe i can take you to a famous ramen shop in Tokyo after the show. As a youngster have you been to Harujuku and Shibuya?

AT : I seldom go

H : Why? You don’t like it?

AT : I want to go Home.

H : Ok ok, what did your parents advice you before coming to Tokyo to perform here?

AT : Smile a lot and sing well…

Ah…she was quite cute i must say…that innocence. This is a song from her new album, it’s not the most popular but it is my favourite. Listen to how pure and coherent her voice is. Most of her songs, if not all are like that, so it’s a case of loving her or really hating her. So try this one out. I will be posting other songs from her soon…Til then

Download : Kokoro no shirabe – Aoi Teshima MP3

Download :  岸を離れる日 – Aoi Teshima MP3

Just another week.

Lightning Crashes again. My Belkin modem cum router and PC was struck again. Again and again, it is getting a tad bit frustrating. You would think they would have come out with something by now. Well there are surge protectors but do they really work? Can I ever leave my PC on to download movies while I’m at work ever again? Luckily for me, I have my notebook still. Those days it was the hand phone, now you can’t help but feel empty or lost without an Internet connection. Has it come to that?! Have I not got any other distractions? I guess I do…
1. I have my PS2 now, playing that super game ‘God Of War 2’, very much like the first but I guess with more cool features. I remembered that was the game that made me switch on the PS2 again. I also bought Burnout Dominator, one of the best driving arcade games around. It’s not so easy to takeout an opponent now, and plus you can’t shove cars driving in the same direction now. I guess in that sense it’s a little more realistic now.
2. About 300 photos unedited (which I swore I’d find some time to edit them in Photoshop)
3. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser for my international marketing assignment on the fast food industry. I’m supposed to be turned off by hamburgers after finishing the book. Ha! I seriously think not! I can never turn down a good hamburger! Ever! Anyways I hope I never have to, as it is one of my favourite foods in the world. Right now I’m just at how these fast food giants are directing their ads at children. Probably not very ethical but sometimes I feel the world are just so free and they are just looking for someone to blame because they themselves did not think of the idea first. Until now, few pages into the book, I may think that but who knows later on? Maybe Schlosser might get some sense into me and make me lay off some fatty greasy goodness.

4. Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai, I bought the book just to see what the big deal it was about. Have not flipped a page yet still….jikan nai yo
5. The Office Season 3 episodes 7 to 18, which I diligently download every week and compiled it into a DVD but haven’t gotten around to watching it yet.
“That’s what she said”.
6/4/07 A Case of Good After Sales Service !
So I went on and call the Belkin After Sales Service Support to check whether I can claim a brand new Router+Modem from them. And wow! It was super efficient, all they asked was what was wrong and that’s it. Within 10 minutes they sent me a authorization form to get a replacement from their sales office. I set out to the sales office immediately after work( excellent directions from the receptionist by the way), present them my damage modem (which was struck by lightning)..and I got a brand new one for free! Boy was I ever glad….I bought like 6-7 modems before, all struck by lightning (God Knows why I seem to attract lightning all the time) and none of them were actually under ‘warranty’. Well they probably were but you’d have to take it to the place where you bought it, no toll free numbers, then the salesperson would probably take a look pretending that he knows something and lastly tells you that it is not replaceable or if it is it(cause he is not sure) he’d tell me that it will be sent to the brand’s head office which will take another week or two…and of course I will have to constantly call to check on the repair status and then drive back there to collect it. And that’s if it’s repairable or replaceable. I tried that once and I had enough, I don’t mind spending a little more for a good after sales support, it is definitely worth it.
Now it’s left with my zapped phone line and PC. I can’t hope for much for the phone line, we know how efficient Telekom can be. I sent in my PC yesterday and they say they’ll look into it soon. Lets hope soon is soon. Though my PC is old, about 6 years now, I love that junk…it’s never given me any major problems and it was basically free of virus not that it had anything to do with it. All I’m saying is that it has been very faithful to me, doing tons of gigabytes of downloads, syncing my Ipod, my Ipaq, my Palm Vx, doing my uni assignments, starcraft, battle realms, counterstrike…it has been quite an experience indeed. I hope it is ok, and I can’t wait to see it again!

8/4/07 Chelsea to take the Premiership?
Seeing that my line is still down. I decided to come to Starbucks to have an espresso and surf a little before heading down to the library. A little wake me up in the morning. I like the posterized effect on the picture, a very contemporary touch to it don’t you think?
Kudos to Chelsea, or rather kudos to David James of Portsmouth for that few fantastic saves. And many thanks to Ferdinand’s blunder for that wonderful, wonderful! (in the manner Elaine of Seinfeld) own goal! I was shocked, happy but shocked that the great Red Devils could still falter. What can I say, luck is on Jose’s side. This effectively cuts the Devils lead by 3 points! Is that exciting or what?!
Moral of the story….you just gotta believe!
I’m not like saying that Chelsea is gonna win already but, now with about 6 matches left to play…anything is possible.