A Soliloquy

It's amazing. How I've been enjoying the most part of eighteen-odd years and months alive on this planet Earth. All the time I've spent, all the dreams that were never meant to be make me who I am today.

It's amazing. How I've been given so much, that I may give freely unto those I know. That I've been cultured with morals and beliefs in a very unorthodox way, Granting me the strength to live life without any regrets.

It's simply amazing. How I've been to more than enough places to be proud of my life to myself, holding many achievements in my heart. It's been a long journey through life, and I intend to make the most of what I have still.

Still, I have my kryptonites and fights (mentally executed, philosophically orientated). I am still human. I still am.

I'll end this with a very thought-provoking note I pilfered from this really good blog.

“When you hate someone, take a piece of paper and draw a line down in the middle. 

On the left, list down all the reasons you hate them and why they should not be forgiven. On the right, list down all their good values and why they are worthy of your forgiveness. Now, tear the piece of paper down in the middle throw away the one on the left. Now, should they be forgiven?”

A Soliloquy - An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, 

Do You Remember?

Do you remember the day? In your childhood friend's house, playing with toy soldiers.

Do you still remember the day? On the bicycle, when you learned how to cycle by yourself without support.

Can you remember the day? At the nanny's, watching movies with your sister to pass the evening.

Will you remember the day? Hanging with your uncle's Schnauzers and Dalmatian.

Won't you remember the day? Playing with your cousins in the field.

Yes Abel, you better not forget your childhood. You were once a child. Always be.

Like it's the End of the World

Just in case you didn't notice, Verbal Purple is on a 2012 break.

If the world doesn't end tomorrow, I might just update on the day after... or maybe not.

Stay tuned, I do have some content lined up waiting for release. Do keep in touch on Facebook or Twitter (check the sidebar!). Have a nice day!

How to Park #101

After a friend's birthday party one fine Saturday night, a group of us decided to head out for bubble tea. We went to the recently-opened Chatime in Greentown (it's opposite MP, behind DiGi Centre if you didn't know!).

The catch was, the place was full to the brim. And it was already past 10.00pm ! Talk about popular. I chose pearl milk tea and got my friend to order it for me (line was long too).

When I sipped the drink, it was sour. Turns out the variant I ordered was sold out, and the staff recommended this Sour Plum tea. Which my friends conveniently forgot to tell me. Oh, great.

Me, Ivan and Saw headed out to the Dataran food area nearby for supper with some dudes. After that, me and Ivan saw this crazy scenario. A guy parked about 3 inches away from another car. IT'S SIMPLY RIDICULOUS and I immediately decided to take pictures.

Ivan with his shiny white fedora!

Like dude are you serious?

Oh well. It was hilarious while it lasted

Me and Ivan had a good laugh. And oh well, we headed back home! (Hey if you ever spot the same car, do give him a holler on my behalf! And a tremendously cynical snicker while cracking a joke about his amazing parking skills)

Around the World (Part 1)

Here's one to all the bloggers in my sidebar. As they are it's like a Yellow Pages list, mere names and addresses that carry no meaning. Tonight I'll try to tell you their story; the song within the blog. Most of them have a specific niche, maybe you'll find one that appeals to you!

The Shadow Gamer - Ho Xing-Yi 

Here's an award-winning blog to start off with! The name is Ho Xing-Yi, and he blogs mostly about video games, technology, news in the mentioned fields and all sorts of happenings. There are also photo walks and other events stuff cropping up after his BRATs experience and all. I need not say much - just check it out!

Jason Mumbles - Jason Lioh 

Oh, how much do you know about Malaysia's blogging scene? Here's one of the big ones - Jason Mumbles! It's technically his personal blog, but there's plenty of stuff on it; mostly renowned for food, also including product reviews, outings (including one of his loops, blogger outings) - most notably he posts movie OSTs which you can then download. Great stuff, great PHOTOs to boot.

Her Effervescence - Amanda Ng 

How do we go about this - there isn't any way to pigeonhole this blog - it's just a well-written blog on everything 'bout life. A perfect example (an overachieving one by any means of measure) of quality penmanship. You might be interested note that this is one ASEAN scholar - accepted for one of South East Asia's most prestigious awards for students at the O-level equivalents.

I scrapped a few because I'm behind schedule on this update, and lacking any steam to push through on this. Nevertheless, expect more from the next update. It'll continue with additional websites that I read often and all. Make whatever you want of it! Till then.

Verbal Revamp

If you've noticed, or have not, the blog has undergone quite a few cosmetic changes. Although they're minor, they give the blog a better feel, IMO.

• There's a Twitter button, not gonna bother with a Facebook button as well, you can just do a simple search, there are not that many Abel Chi's in the world.
• Then there's this new link especially for BRATs, which'll access the BRATs tag and load the posts related to the camp. The awesome camp, I might say.
• Also, there's a page view counter in the bottom left most corner of the page. Scroll down to see it. Just started a few days ago so take heart of the low number, and visit my blog more often. Yay!

There's also been a tweak in the page width which displays wider, and text size has been boosted to match. And yeah I think that's about it.

I Know It's Kinda Late

A tiny tribute to my parent's 19th anniversary.. Guess you've been hearing 'bout the date non-stop :)