Sunday, September 30, 2007

and walk.. in contemplation.

She walks....in solitude

Paradise.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Power Grid Repaired..to be initiated phase by phase.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Eclipse of the Moon.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Power Grid Outage.


* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Big Brother next to me.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 174136

Trip meter: 95.7

Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Kuala Limpur.

Place of Interest: The Employment Agency.l

Culinary Delight: Home cook meal (very good)

Remarks: Fetch my maid.

Malaysia dated: 29th.. September Saturday.

Friday, September 28, 2007

MY POINT OF VIEW>

Six of the best.

Excruciating pain, no adolescent should go through.

Here is my story.

My first experience was when I was about thirteen years old. Brother Lawrence, the Headmaster called me into his office…open the cupboard and asked me to choose the canes that were hanging inside…six canes of varying circumferences – from the thickest to the thinnest. I chose the thinnest…..hands on the table and bent forward…buttock out Whack…whack…whack…whack….whack…whack.

I didn’t cry… held on till I reached home…I went into my room and cried silently….uncontrollably..the excruciating pain. Dinner time, I felt feverish and fearing that my father might find out, I sat down as naturally as possible, …. and give another round of spanking for disgracing the family. The pain from sitting down was twice as excruciating as the caning….I slept on my belly….the pain lasted a week.

The second caning was when I was fifteen years old. Brother Felix Donohue, the new Headmaster called me into his office….this time I chose the thickest (friends told me that the thinnest is the most painful, as it bite into the flesh). Whack….Whack…Whack…..tears pour out from my eyes…I was not afraid at all… cried because it was so excruciatingly painful…three more to go..finished it fast.
The whacking stopped….Bros. Felix open the cupboard, hung up the cane…poured a glass of water for me and asked me to sit down. “I preferred to be cane, Bros. Felix,” I said. …That was the last time Bros.Felix cane anybody as far as I could remember.

Corporal punishment of any sort should never be allowed and those advocates of canning are the people who had never been cane….IT IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE.

THAT IS MY POINT OF VIEW.

My Wife.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


...C mm nic ti n B e kdown......hello!...hello! hello!!!


* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 174040

Trip meter: 133.9


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Kuala Limpur.

Place of Interest: My bed.

Culinary Delight: No time for lunch.

Remarks: I give up……

Malaysia dated: 28th.. September Friday.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Different Point Of View.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


>>> SYSTEM MALFUNCTION>>>>>>

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Sepang Gold Coast.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 173906

Trip meter: 399.0


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang, Chuah and Sepang Gold Coast.

Place of Interest: Sepang Gold Coast.

Culinary Delight: Seafood (fairly good)

Remarks: Business with pleasure.

Malaysia dated: 27th.. September Thurday.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The Mid-Autumn Lunar festival.

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: Unaccounted. as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 44 (26/9)

Remarks: 48hrs. Truce. Beginning 24/9 – 26/9 11.00pm to celebrate The mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Looking up.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 173507

Trip meter: 167.9


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and vicinity.

Place of Interest: didn’t notice.

Culinary Delight: No time to eat.

Remarks: Extremely stressful and exhausting.

Malaysia dated: 26th.. September Wednesday.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Homeward bound.

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 44 (sticks) +2 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 42 (24/9)

Remarks: Another day of mayhem…lost two convoys.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 173339

Trip meter: 127.4


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and vicinity.

Place of Interest: Pasar Malam (night market)

Culinary Delight: Snacks (value for money and good).

Remarks: It’s a killer day. Been up at six since this morning (24/9). Now 1.15am-25/9.

Malaysia dated: 24th.. September Monday.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

A bridge too far.

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 42 (sticks) +7 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 41 (23/9)

Remarks: Convoy ambushed. Seven perished….enemy becoming more dangerous – without front…. without form.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.


DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 173211

Trip meter: 352.6

Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Teluk Intan.

Place of Interest: The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan.

Culinary Delight: Dim Sum (fairly good)

Remarks: In auto-pilot mode. Objectives achieved.

Malaysia dated: 23nd. September Sunday.









Saturday, September 22, 2007

Rooftop Symphony.

...the evening sky.

My History Teacher.

Mrs. Wong, my history teacher and the Form Mistress once said and I quote, “If you have nothing good to say, say nothing.”

Here is my story.

Her quote had a huge impact upon me and I have lived by that code ever sinced. I have never ever bad mouth anybody nor have I said or commented on anything unfavorably of anyone except only on my immediate family members.

If I have nothing good to say, I shall not say anything at all.

When I left school, Mrs. Wong handed me the testimonial and said, “I have nothing good to say about you and so I am leaving it blank for you to fill in yourself.” This was the most devastating statement of me and the most painful.

I filled in the blank myself with the best possible testimony as a teacher would of their best students…..stared at it impressed….crushed it up and threw it away along with the prospect of ever able to get a job. I have no regrets whatsoever…I can bluff the world but I cannot bluff myself.

Mrs. Wong, I may be your biggest disappointment but I believed that I have done you proud by living your code and stand by it as you have stood by.

Thank you very much Mrs. Wong from your favorite student and your biggest disappointment. Class of 1975 LSPJ.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 35 (sticks) -4 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 40 (22/9)

Remarks: The Oilmen successfully extinguished fire from the oil wells. Curfew in effect…shoot on sight. Law and Order must be maintain at any cost.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172859

Trip meter: 74.3


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang.

Place of Interest: None.

Culinary Delight: None.

Remarks: One of the most stressful day and the busiest.

Malaysia dated: 22nd. September Saturday.

Friday, September 21, 2007

The Three Stooges.

Larry, Harry and Moe.

Indlish.

Indlish.

Indish an English spoken or written by the Indian of the sub-continent.

Some of the funnier home-grown idiosyncrasy:

Pritam Singh has left for his heavenly above – a death notice.

Don’t do nuisance in public – government admonition against urinating in public.

Entry from the Backside only – a phrase commonly used in signpost to indicate the rear entrance of a building.

A government official urged farmer to grow “herbs in their backside” (backyards.)

In railway offices, a standard opening line in correspondence is “ Dear Sir, with reference to the above see my below.”

New recruit wrote an e-mail that began: “I am in well and hope you are also in the same well.”

Source: the Star.

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Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 39 (sticks) +4 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 36 (21/9)

Remarks: Economic sabotage by the terrorist set four oil wells ablaze.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172784

Trip meter: 221.7

Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Titi and Simpang Pertang.

Place of Interest: Didn’t notice.

Culinary Delight: No time to eat, not feeling hungry anyway.

Remarks: Unbelievably busy later in the evening. Walked 7km. to boost up.

Malaysia dated: 21st. September Friday.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

At dusk.

Peace neighborhood.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 35 (sticks) +8 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 35 (20/9)

Remarks: Terrorism – car-bomb went off, collateral damage inflicted…situation tense but under control.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172563

Trip meter: 233.2


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang , Jugra and Bukit Pelandok.

Place of Interest: Port Dickson Beach – not worth the time anymore.

Culinary Delight: Sea food (fair)

Remarks: Very relax even had time to eat and nap.

Malaysia dated: 20th. September Thursday.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

I am broke.

I will be broke for the next seven years.

Here is my story.

My children, an ‘Irish Twins’, are pursuing a career in Medicine…..the toughest and most expensive discipline to have your hands wet on…me……..I have my whole body soaked to the skin.

It will be seven years of cuts (cigarettes..sob) ; marginizing (don’t waste water) ; economizing ( cheap sales only); fix it (broken-nail it, tape it, tie it) and patch it…there is a big hole on my favorite arm-chair and it cost $ 1,000 to re holster it….I shall be going to the hardware shop to get $ 2.50 worth of celluloid tapes to patch it.

Another four years, if my ‘Irish Twins’ decide to specialize in their respective fields.

There after, it will be my turn to study….I shall pursue law and I will be a straight ‘A’ student just like them. I shall be a brilliant lawyer ……making sense of law and knocking sense into law…..churning the commonsense in law.

This is what that will keep me going for the next eleven years.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 27 (sticks) - 3 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 34 (19/9)

Remarks: Top Priority – establish law and order, provide health care and basic amenities.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172329

Trip meter: 142.3


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Petaling Jaya.

Place of Interest: Boring.

Culinary Delight: Thai food (good and value for money.)

Remarks: Don’t know where the energy comes from. I felt 18.

Malaysia dated: 19th. September Wednesday.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 30 (sticks) - 2 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 33 (18/9)

Remarks: City of Urge capture…Little or no resistance. Citizens of Urge liberated.
Great care to be exercised. Celebrations come later.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172187

Trip meter: 160.5


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and the surrounding area.

Place of Interest: Seen them all and not sure what was it.

Culinary Delight: Need not eat..not hungry.

Remarks: Tough as always but felt the strange surge of energy.

Malaysia dated: 18th. September Tuesday.

Monday, September 17, 2007

In yesterday news.

In 1957

The Soviet Union and the United States test-fired their first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles as the world headed closer to nuclear destruction. In the same year, the International Atomic Energy Agency - the United Nations nuclear watchdog - was formed.

source: the Star.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 32 (sticks) - 1 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 32 (17/9)

Remarks: The sweet tastes of VICTORY taste sweeter. 2km.more to the heart of URGE…..liberation of the freedom loving people is at hand.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 172026

Trip meter: 222.4


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Bukit Tinggi, Genting and Port Klang.

Place of Interest: Lost count frankly didn’t bother.

Culinary Delight: Not hungry at all.

Remarks: Strangely, felt very energetic.

Malaysia dated: 17th. September Monday.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 33 (sticks) - 2 as at 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 31 (16/9)

Remarks: I came, I saw and I conquer. > VICTORY SHALL BE MINE <

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 35 (sticks) - 4 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 30 (15/9)

Remarks: Another Victorious Day.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 171804

Trip meter: 191.8


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Bukit Tinggi and Janda Baik.

Place of Interest: Hill Resorts.

Culinary Delight: Chinese and Western food (good)

Remarks: Very productive day and have been horsing around since this morning.

Malaysia dated: 15th. September Saturday.

Friday, September 14, 2007

No: 99,999,999th.

No: 99,999,999

My rating went up two notches to rank the No: 99,999,999th. busiest person on Earth.

Here is my story and the reasons:

One and half months ago, My Indonesian maid absconded, leaving my family and I in a total mess that took a few days to recover. For the first time in twenty-five years, we are without a maid and we went completely blank not knowing what to do? Where to start? How to start?

After recovering from the initial shock, we got down to organize ourselves, each contributing a part to the daily chores and so on and so forth.

My part includes the laundries, general house cleaning, preparing my ‘high-powered energy drink’, a bit of cooking, looking after the dogs and gardening (mowing the garden, gathering the grass and trimming the undergrowth).

The replacement maid will be arriving in two weeks time and I shall be happy to reclaim the title of being the No: 100,000,001 busiest person on Earth.

No: 100,000,001st.

No: 100,000,001

I lay claim to be the 100,000,001st. Busiest person on Earth over the period of twenty years.

Here is my Story.

My day routinely starts at 6am. when I send my children to school and college, the arduous journey negotiating the “mad morning rush” by a series of shortcuts through housing estates and by-roads inevitably leads to a traffic jam at the point of drops. I will reach home at around 7.45am.

After breakfast of a high-energy drink, I will go for my daily morning exercise that includes jungle trekking, brisk walking, jogging, resistance workout and yoga, in various combinations depending on the needs lasting one hour fifteen minutes.

On a alternate morning, I will go marketing with my wife and when my wife is at it, I shall catch up with the reading, paper works, making phone calls, receiving phones calls and going through the daily ‘must do, must meet, must solve, must scold, must attend’ lists.

Reaching the office at around 11am. doing all the things in the must-do lists and meeting with clients and suppliers and staffs; Giving instructions on the ‘do-it-now’ lists and going through the ‘in and out’ trays and the yesterday KIV.

Pop in and out on the net if I have the time.

Pick the children from school and college; send one for activity and one for co-curriculum. If no business luncheon, have a quick at home than off to meet problematic clients, chasing Bills Collectibles and establishing new business contacts.

Should be around 6pm. by now when we finally reach home. Replenishing with the high-energy concoctions, I will set out for the evening workout to de-stressed.

Depending on the day (night), the children might have tuitions or the piano classes and if not I shall be out by 8.30pm doing errands like shopping for sundries and personal hygiene products and so on. * Up to today, I still do not understand why the shopping lists never ends…night after nights, always something that need to be bought.

Meeting clients that I was not able to meet in the day that sometimes takes the whole night, reaching home usually after 11pm. Going through paperwork and documenting the daily schedules; blogging in the blogspot, updating the deviantART, going through e-mail and so on and so forth.

Reading and relaxing with three cans of ‘stout’ to call it a day at 1.30am.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 39 (sticks) -1 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 29 (14/9)

Remarks: Toughest Day…we will fight them in the trenches, we will fight them in every street, every building, every house till the enemy is driven out…we will fight with our bare hands…
At home: Resistance was squashed. People understood the wisdoms and aspirations of the President.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 171612

Trip meter: 200.2


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Simpang Pertang and Kuala Klawang

Place of Interest: Rolling country roads.

Culinary Delight: Drank ‘Toddy’, a sweet liquor made from young coconut shoots (good) with snacks.

Remarks: Surprisingly enjoyable (maybe a bit tipsy) day and very productive.

Malaysia dated: 14th. September Friday.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Organised Crime.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 40 (sticks) -3 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 28 (13/9)

Remarks: Consolidating with the fresh arrival of replacement Battalion. Military think-tank strategize…new tactics in military maneuver (secret).

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 171412

Trip meter: 274.0

Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Banting and Sg. Pelek

Place of Interest: Morib Beach

Culinary Delight: No time to eat or smoke (less)

Remarks: Fast pace and irritatingly boring.

Malaysia dated: 13th. September Thursday.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Adopt a 'Stray'.


Adopt a “Stray”


The kindest deed anybody can do for man’s best friend is to spayed or neutered them.
Unwanted pups will grow up to be stray and like this mutt here, its days maybe numbered when the long arms of the authority catches him and place him into the animal shelter.

Statistically, the odds are stacked up against him and within two weeks when he is still not adopted, he will be terminated and sent to the local eatery to be served as food. Puppies stand a better chance of adoption, so do breed dog. Unfortunately, most unwanted dogs and puppies are mongrels. Puppies get the same treatment when the two weeks period is up and their meat is in demand as it is tenderer…..you can imagine the rest.

Cats too.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 43 (sticks) +15 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 27 (12/9)

Remarks: Pulled back 15km. Battle line stretch too thin, vulnerable of being cut off from the main column….waiting for reinforcement.

The President Degree: Peace Activists have been infiltrated by the fifth column…Parents and loyal citizens are urge to keep an eye on the young and unsuspecting from being influenced by the propagandas.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 171138

Trip meter: 209.5


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Bentong and Genting.

Place of Interest: Casino and Theme Park.

Culinary Delight: No appetite, need a cigarettes.

Remarks: Stressful morning, anything that could go wrong…went wrong. Pop in the net during lunch time. Exhausting and very, very busy afternoon but productive.

Malaysia dated: 12th. September Wednesday.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 26 (sticks) -18 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 26 (11/9)

Remarks: The Presidential Address: I shan’t yield…I will not yield….I will never yield…The Axis of Evil must be annihilated at all cost…. We heard the man….
At the battle front, the renew commitment by the President boosted morale and gave courage to the troops to achieve the biggest one day onslaught ever.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170928

Trip meter: 134.2


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur.

Place of Interest: Not interested.

Culinary Delight: No time to eat.

Remarks: Busy, Busy, Busy

Malaysia dated: 11th. September Tuesday.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 44 (sticks) +2 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 25 (10/9)

Remarks: The people were told to be calm and wait for the Presidential Address. At the battlefront……directionless and disillusionised…holding. Waiting for announcement.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170794

Trip meter: 69.5


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Petaling Jaya.

Place of Interest: No idea at all.

Culinary Delight: Thai food (good)

Remarks: Calm and uneventful. Walk 5km.

Malaysia dated: 10th. September Monday.

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 42 (sticks) -2 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 24 (9/9)

Remarks: Why are we fighting other’s war? Are we defending our Motherland in a foreign land? Where to from here? From here to where? More questions than answer.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 44 (sticks) +5 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 23

Remarks: Pandemonium at home front widened to the anti-war sentiments that spread regionally, the Cabinet called for an emergency meeting on the referendum….at the battle front the indecisiveness of the Politicians on the campaign is fatal to the morale as the lack of political will weakens the resolve of the military.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170725

Trip meter: 234.2


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Genting Highland (2trips)

Place of Interest: Casino and country clubs.

Culinary Delight: Fresh water fish-steamed with parsley and ginger sauce (good)

Remarks: Needed a dose of energy drink for the second trip that began at 10.00pm. Feeling great and energized the whole day and even had time for the evening walk of 5km.

Malaysia dated: 8th. September Saturday.

Friday, September 7, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 39 (sticks) Zero 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 22

Remarks: Stalemate. At home front, Peace Activists were wrecking havoc to enforce their will on the Government with their so called Peaceful March. Riot Police were engaged.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170490

Trip meter: 147.2


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur.

Place of Interest: Boring.

Culinary Delight: half piece of KFC. Not hungry..Oats, Oats and more Oats.

Remarks: Must be the antibiotics..feeling queasy, wobbly and my mouth felt dry but nevertheless feeling much better. Went for a stroll of about 5km. to boost up.

Malaysia dated: 7th. September Friday.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 39 (sticks) +1 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 21

Remarks: Retreated 1km. to created a buffer zone. At the home front, the ‘No War Activists’ is gaining momentum…..SAY NO TO WAR.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170343

Trip meter: 259.8


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Tanjung Sepat and vicinity.

Place of Interest: Fishing Village.

Culinary Delight: No appetite.

Remarks: OMG. I got the chilled, felt wobbly and having a fever. Took two Panadol. Visited a doctor two hours ago. Took antibiotic and panadol…feeling better already, Tomorrow I will be fit as fiddler.

Malaysia dated: 6th. September Thursday.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 38(sticks) -8 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 22

Remarks: A VICTORIOUS DAY! …push them back….push them back….way back.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 170083

Trip meter: 117


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang and Putrajaya.

Place of Interest: Putrajaya.

Culinary Delight: Nothing good to eat.

Remarks: I think I am coming down with a flu. The cold is getting worst. Muscular pain all over. Brisk walk 3km, after which I felt better.

Malaysia dated: 5th. September Wednesday.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 46(sticks) +1 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 21

Remarks: Fierce resistance but we are holding well, retreated 1km to form a buffer zone.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 169966

Trip meter: 216.1


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya and Puchong.

Place of Interest: Didn’t notice.

Culinary Delight: Didn’t bother to eat.

Remarks: Came down with a cold. Very taxing and such a waste of energy shouldn’t have rested yesterday. Double doses of vitamin C.

Malaysia dated: 4th. September Tuesday.

Cigarettes and Smoking.

Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 45 (sticks) -3 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 20

Remarks: Peaceful demonstration at home front turns ugly…clashes with the riot police. Meanwhile, at the battle front, made some headways.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 0

Trip meter: 0


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Home.

Place of Interest: Armchair.

Culinary Delight: Home cook food (very good)

Remarks: Got up at 6.00am. and after breakfast and sending my children to school, started reading: National Geographic, Times, Newspaper, ‘No Man Is An Island’, Book on Quotations and part of ‘Thorn Bird’ in between naps, meals and errant. In short, this is my “Maintenance Day”

Malaysia dated: 3rd.. September Monday.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 48 (sticks) -1 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 19

Remarks: Stalemate. The voice of the people is getting louder putting tremendous pressure on the government.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Cigarettes and Smoking.


Stopping Cigarettes Countdown.


Smoker meter: 49 (sticks)+ 7 11.00pm

Target: Battle of the Urge - Day 18

Remarks: A futile campaign……wasted… Can you hear the people sing?singing the song of angry men. The silent majority speaks out….the Voice of the people must be heed.

* Peter suggested that I commit myself in writing if I wanted to stop smoking. I went one-step further in that I shall post my journey in the blog with a daily update. Cold Turkey is out of question, I shall stop gradually.

Journey to the Moon - D.J.J.

DAILY Journey Journal

Odometer: 169750

Trip meter: 255.3


Vehicle Used: Frontier 4WD

Destination: Sekinchang

Place of Interest: Punishing day.

Culinary Delight: Equally punishing food.

Remarks: After a day off to lick the wounds and to celebrate Malaysia’s 50th. Birthday, the day started off punishing-ly.

Malaysia dated: 1st. September Saturday.