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So Many Things To See...So Little Money !

TURKEY
(Yes, my trip in 2011).

The unscrambled (left) & original shape (right)

MY CUBES COLLECTION

UPDATE :
Hhhmmm, the last time I edited this page was like 3 years ago ! So many things have happened in my life ! I quit my job at the music place, now I'm going to people's houses giving lectures & get paid handsomely.

The last time I was here, I was enthusing about the trip to Uzbekistan. I have been to China (2009) & Vietnam (2010) ever since that. I uploaded photos & videos to various sites from the China & Vietnamese trips, consider yourself lucky if you can find them.

I'm going to a nice country this year (2011), reading about it. Where ? Somewhere...
MY CUBES COLLECTION
I have also discovered a new pastime, solving puzzles ! Not just any puzzles but solving cubic puzzles !

I could get those PSP, P2P...hand-held virtual games. But before I started calling myself 'virtual gamer', I would love the sound of calling myself, 'A Cuber' ! (Somebody who likes playing/solving (twisting/turning) cubes !

Instead of playing all the virtual games, I would rather go retro by embracing the unpopular cubic puzzles ! Solving the puzzles calms me to the hilt ! it's not like playing Sudoku or Scrabble (which bores me to death !) but using the algorithms (steps) of putting back EACH pieces to their original spot. Not easy...but nothing in life is easy.
have a look at my cubes collection !
MY CUBES COLLECTION

Mogwai live in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center

MOGWAI LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR
Read about my experience of my ecstatic joy at the concert !
You also get to see 1 1/2 minutes of their pure white bliss...
(click on the above link)

Mark E Smith of The Fall...

MUSIC :
I love music ! Music is part of my life ! I work in a music surrounding !
You can check my music collections on this site :
MY MUSIC COLLECTIONSIt is a great site, called :www.rateyourmusic.com;where you can review albums; Where you can rate albums; Where you can get in touch with people & read other people's reviews; Where you can also argue with other members as well !
Just like VT perse...MY MUSIC PLAYLIST
(This is my music playlist where you can hear songs that I am currecntly listening to...

MY SHOEGAZING PLAYLIST
(This is another music playlist where I put my favorite showgazing music,ie noisy guitar but soft vocals type of music).

Both these players will be updated once in a while, so please check them back as often as you like.

Depending on how fast your Internet connection speed is, you should be able to hear these tracks.
Fast connection, the tracks will play smoothly.
Slow connection, you'll experience lots of jerkiness but no fred, give some times for each track to be streamed into your PC & then you can play it one by one !

MY TRIPS SO FAR :

MY OWN :
EURO TRIP 2001
EURO TRIP 2002
EURO TRIP 2003
EURO TRIP 2004
THE MIDDLE EAST TRIP 2005
THE MIDDLE EAST TRIP 2006
THE FIRST ASIAN TRIP 2006
Click on ANY of my travel pages above (except places in Malaysia), you can follow my back-packing trips itineraries from one place to another...; Also you can see which countries the places are in. I invite you all to see my photos, read my stories...in some of the most beautiful destinations around Europe & The Middle East; Plus Asia !

Jellyfish In Dahab, Egypt...

Me ! Me ! Me !
I have never owned a credit card ! My salary is too little to grant me one !

I never carry a condom when I travel ! I never have THAT kind of fun ! I'm scared of AIDS & HIV...I have other kind of fun though !

I smoke !..But I never do drugs or weeds when I travel. I don't do these things in my country it's pointless for me to try them overseas.

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WHY I TRAVEL ?

Hi girls & boys !
TRAVEL started as an afterthought for me !
Some time in early 2001, I called up a friend, dragontml ( I call her Leng or Marleen, depends on my mood...& she also introduced me to VT ! ) & told her that finally I wanted to TRAVEL !
There was a long silence from her on the phone line..."Hellooooo ?!", I retorted back.
She couldn't believe what I just said ! Actually all my friends, local & abroad couldn't believe what I said !
Well, on my part I got pi**ed & annoyed pouring money into something that I didn't get !
I was/am a music lover, y'see...
I spent way too much money bidding/buying music from the Net.
I was years on ebay.com, bidding this & that...Paid the money but sometimes I didn't get what I paid for ! Especially the CDs that I really really wanted to own.
I was thinking maybe I should do something else with my money...
Then, on that night...I was looking at my CD/vinyl collections & "Gosh ! I Do Have Tons Of Stuffs !"; But I hardly listen to them, just stacking one CD/vinyl after another...till they would be as high at The Twin Towers in KL ! (Well, so to speak...).
Again, I was thinking maybe I should do something else with my money...
The word 'TRAVEL' just snapped in my head & I called my friend above.
Now you know ! Not that you want to know anyway...
SO ! Where to go ?
It's not that important but I said to myself that if I really want to TRAVEL, I would give these 3 things to be the first & foremost :
HISTORY
SCENERY
FUN...BIG TIME ! (small time is okay too...)~*~*~*~*~6 years I have been travelling now (MORE than 20 countries ! Like WOW !), took lots of photos (nearly 3000 plus !); Still I was just barely contented ! I want to take the best photos ! I want to take much much better night photos !
October 2003, I bought myself a digital camera (ask me & I'll tell you what brand !) & I am so happy as it has made me to explore more places in my own backyards ! Didn't really bother before that...
Been snapping & snapping & learning how to make good photos...nevertheless I would call myself an amateur when it comes to photo taking.
(....And ask me which is the best AA batteries to continuously taking up to 200 photos at high resolutions !).
SO, the 'habitats' photos on the pages below are taken from my digi thing ! Check them out if you dare !

MY HABITATS :

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My Hometown :
Masjid Tanah

My Residential Area :
Petaling Jaya

My City :
Kuala Lumpur

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MY MOTTO-GROTTOS :

Before setting off your journey, scribble these somewhere on your luggages, suitcases, panties, underwears, thongs, T-shirts, CD covers (on the outside cover as not to ruin the paper cover), etc :

Road maps don't tell you how to fold them up again

Never risk more than what you can afford to lose

One's real life is so often the life one does not want to lead

Why raise a fist if you can't raise a finger !

If you don't have fun out of bed, it's so difficult to have fun in bed

If God had intended man to be unfaithful, he would have created 2 Eves !

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TrendsetterME Mar 26, 2012 at 7:03 AM Report Abuse

Hey Arnaud, am glad to see that u've been to TR, too ... :) U have great photos w very helpful tips on ur pages ...
hopang Dec 25, 2011 at 9:38 AM Report Abuse

Hi Arnaud, Wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012. Hope you have a wonderful time! ~ho & pang
leics Sep 17, 2011 at 1:30 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday! :-) J
adeeltahir Sep 17, 2011 at 9:35 AM Report Abuse

Many Happy returns of the day - Happy Birthday. Have a great week end.
galwaybay Sep 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM Report Abuse

Hi Anuar. Happy birthday! I hope all is well with you and you have a nice day!

Greetings from London!
RickinDutch Sep 16, 2011 at 11:17 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday!
florry Sep 16, 2011 at 12:31 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday,have a great day:)
ChristinaNest Sep 15, 2011 at 11:19 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday! Have a fantastic day and many happy travels! greetings from Sofia
mindcrime Sep 15, 2011 at 10:06 PM Report Abuse

hey hey! happy birthday my friend!
MalenaN Sep 15, 2011 at 9:38 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Arnaud! Have a great day!