Inspiring Movies

I didn't know what was the reason when I suddenly could recall the name Brady and Cinderella. And slowly I remembered that when I was young (looking at the fact the movie was released in 1997, I was just 9 years old then), I watched this Cinderella movie which Brandy was the main actress.

So I went searching in Youtube for this movie, with the hope someone shared the full movie. Indeed yes, there was a fella who shared the movie on Youtube, and thus I downloaded it. To my amaze, Whitney Houston was the Fairy God Mother, and Whoopi Goldberg was the Queen of the Prince. And, the musical was written by Rodgers & Hammerstein (the same composers for the epic Sound of Music & The Kind & I)!!!! No wonder I'd loved the movie when I was young.

The movie was such and inspiration and I was left even more inspired with Whitey's words, "Cinderella, if you are going to get out from here, you will have to do it yourself!".

Looks like we need a lil fairy tale every now and then to remind us some fundamental life rules.

I Need Validation

It has been quite a while since I last posted anything here. Have been quite busy I have to admit, but less stress and definitely I had more time for myself compared to the same period last year. 

To tell you the truth, I have not touched (or finished) a book in the first half of this year. Reading was something that I had to gave up for some reasons that I don't even know until now. So, to get my "spiritual" food, I turned to my iPhone. Owh yeah, I bought my new iPhone about 2 months ago - finally.... Browsing through Youtube and searching for the Renaissance Woman herself, Oprah, I always find myself eager to listen to her and learning something new from her all the time. Last week, I learned about validation. She said that after each interview she had, from a murderer till Beyonce herself, they would ask Oprah, "How did I do?", "Was that OK?"...

Same goes to myself. Constantly, and at times whether I did know it or not, I am consistently seeking validation from others. At times I can be easily ignored by others, as if I am a piece of transparent sheet of glass. I need more than that, and I do think I deserve more than that. If that person could not provide me with such validation, then I decided that I better move on. What they should had better understood is the 3rd law of motion - with every force, there will be an equal and opposite force in return. If you do not validate me, I am done with you!

While writing this, I am (still) not sure whether can I in return validate myself. For instance like taking better care of myself, eating on time, having a break for myself... Is that validation? Or does this kinda validation still requires from someone's else perspective?

My 2 cents on this matter, take good care of yourself first. 

Which God is God

Right! The reason for me kinda "abandoning" my own blog was because I'd always wanted to change the blog's header photo and then start blogging fresh. But I'm that busy and never had the time to take photo and replace that header. Soon perhaps... once I had the time.

So this is just something that I wanted to write because suddenly I've thought of it, and managed to share the idea with one of my colleague (who is a Muslim).

We were talking about God, and how a close friend of mine would always pray for my success in uni days during Friday prayers, especially during exams. And I always reciprocate by saying, "Whatever you prayed for me, I'm praying equally the same if not more for you. At the end of the day, the God you pray to, is the same God that I am praying".

Quickly I explained to my colleague, I said its like going to KLCC from Penang. Some may opt to take flight (#PrayForMH370), some may drive through the highway, some stopped at Taiping and took the old road to KL. These different routes are what I call "religions", whereas the ultimate goal of reaching KLCC is God. So you see, our destiny is the same, just that our way to our destiny is different.

Ah-ha! What a day... It was lovely to get such an enlightenment in the midst of a normal workday.

You Thought I Was Done With 2013?

Following (THE) Queen Bey's footsteps, I am now releasing a number of never released photos before the year of 2013 ends.

Nope! I'm still not done with 2013!

Uninspired

For a guy having a lot to say, speak and shout, I find it rather weird as since coming back from Langkawi, I felt rather uninspired. Am I cursed?

You see, even at this point of this post, I am not sure what should I write.

What the heck is wrong with me???

Anyway, just to promote my Twitter account's sake:

December here you come, and yet, I am left so dull. Well, I always have tomorrow...

Let Her Go - Passenger

When I was cruising around the Langkawi Island, I overheard this song on the radio and it immediately captured my attention. The lyrics were so pure and undeniably true!

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go...

I supposed the message of this song is just to be grateful and appreciative of what you have with you now.  

Deepavali & All Souls

Should you have not known me enough, then i guess you should be reading this post again. I am indeed a believer.

Well it was rather difficult this time around as Deepavali and All Souls coincide on the same day. So the plan was, let's settle the Deepavali prayers at home early in the morning, and move to Penang Island for All Souls' Blessing of the Tomb by 10 a.m.. For the interest of those who are not aware of All Souls, its a day to visit the tomb of our loved ones to say prayers and be thankful of their love and presence. Its just similar to Qin Ming.

So...the drama (and works) begins.

Dad has the honour of breaking the coconut!

Then off to Western Road, Penang.

The tomb of my grandfather, whom I've never had the chance to meet, and my late grandmother whom we had lost 3 years ago.

It was indeed a 'colourful' celebration.

Who is Joe?

Well, Joe is Kelvin's alter ego. Just like Beyonce's alter ego is Sasha Fierce. So the normal "engineer" you see working is actually Kelvin, and the fierce photos of what looks like Kelvin is actually Joe.

Now, this is Joe...

Joe is stunning, confident, successful, cheerful and like what some would say, "He's HOT!".

This, poor thing on the other hand is Kelvin.

Kelvin is rather quiet, workaholic and does not gives a sh*t on his appearances, AT ALL! He can be at times seen as sloop-ish and untidy. But then again, he is a qualified Chemical Engineer working with the national oil company!!!

So Kelvin and Joe goes hand-in-hand. You can't have Kelvin without Joe, nor having Joe with Kelvin would be too bootylicious!

Hahaha... jokes aside, but really I am better known as Joe (or Chow or Choe) by most of my close relatives. This is how it happened. You see, when a baby is born, the typical Chinese parents don't get to choose their baby's name as they wished. They would have to consult someone from the temple to pick the right name for their baby. So the "temple" gave two picks for my parents... Chow and Liang.

My mum straightaway agreed with Chow, hence the complete (and looooong) name would be Kelvin Yew Kean Chow. But when they presented this name to my great-grandmother, she said, "Are you guys crazy? He would be teased 'Kin Cheow' from his friends when he grow up!!!" Kin Cheow in Hokkien simply meant BANANA. Thanks great-grandma!

And thus Madam Lim and Mr. Yew reselected the name, Kelvin Yew Kean Liang for me. But then the weird thing is that, my close family members still recognizes me as Joe, till date! Weird right? Why name someone when you can't call them using their real name?

So long story short, yes, I am a person with multiple names. Call me what you want, I'll still answer with a smile. Peace out peeps!

Tweet a Tweak

Not many people know, but yes, I do have my own Twitter account.

And for the longest time I could remember, my Twitter account is quite "interactive" in a way.

But again, WARNING, my tweets are rather "nasty" at times. Oh well, its an understatement. Its always NASTY! Haha.. Come and see if you dare.

Melbourne Revisited 2013

It has been 6 years since I've last visited Melbourne, Australia in 2007. That remains still one of the best moments in my life!

Rumours start swirling around sometime around July when my GM's secretary started asking for a copy of my passport. I know it will lead to something good, but just wasn't sure that it was that 'good'. But this trip is purely work - no fun at all! It was my first overseas trip with my new camera. So, let thy eyes feast with the following photos!

Being the photographer is no fun at all, cause not much of my own photos are taken. Sigh... The highlight of my visit was that I managed to locate my favourite ice-cream stall - Il Dolce Fredo that serves Roche flavoured ice cream. Satisfying to da max!