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Yes, I've been away for a while. Too many things going on. Some good, some bad. Listing down some of my activities in the months of July and August for those interested in knowing:

1. July 4th. Went for durian buffet at SS2. Melantak durian banyak giler. Nasib baik tak pengsan kepanasan.

2. July 4th. Movie marathon: "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".

3. July 12th. Olympic Day Run 2009 at Dataran Merdeka. Only 7km but I ran like a turtle. Clocked in at almost one hour.

4. July 14th. Movie: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Ramai tak suka, but I liked it.

5. July 19th. Siemens Charity Run 2009. They said it was 10km but it definitely felt more than that. Ran like a snail. Even slower than they previous run. But it was the most fun. And one of the best organised runs I have run so far this year.

6. July 22nd. Had a mini celebration for Bard's birthday. Dapat makan cake Godiva. Sangat sedap, uolsz.

7. July 23rd. Saw "The Merchants of Bollywood" at Istana Budaya courtesy of ACCS. The dancing was superb!

8. July 24th. Rijal's karaoke birthday party which I FFKed. =P Had family matters to attend. By the time I got home, was too tired to leave the house. Sorry, Rijal.

9. July 25th. Shape men's Health Night Run 2009 in Putrajaya. 11.5km. My first night run. Don't think I'll be running at night again. I found it very hot and uncomfortable. And I felt it was my worst run of the year so far. I gave up halfway and just barely managed to walk to the finishing line.

10. July 26th. Watched DBKL's dance theatre "Sardu". I enjoyed it very much. I wish our local talents could come up with more showcases like this. Thumbs up to Encik Jasz for its success!!

11. July 28th-31st. Festival Tari Malaysia 2009 at DBKL's Auditorium. Only managed to attend on the 30th and 31st. The talents were not bad at all, not bad at all. Made me miss dancing. Congratulations to Sabah for their multiple wins. You guys deserved it!

12. July 31st. Managed to register online for LM's Q3 just in time. Almost didn't register myself sebab sakit hati dengan kenyataan "expecting to jump up on stage" by someone I used to look up to and who should know better than to come up with an unprofessional statement as that.

13. August 2nd. Adidas King of the Road 2009 held in Shah Alam. Our last run before the fasting month. The run was so-so, but the running vest was nice. Was unaware that the flag off time was 7am and not 7.30am. Silly me tak baca instructions on the ticket. Only reached with 5 minutes to spare. Kesian Jen tak dapat lari because her running vest was with me and I didn't manage to find her before the run. Sorry, Jen. Glad we found back your vest. Was horrifed at learning the death of Gary Leon. (I don't know him. Only read about it on the news.) May he rest in peace.

14. August 8th. Picnic in Ulu Yam with the hommies. That was lotsa fun. The food and the cold, cold water was the best part. And of course, the company. =D

15. August 8th. FF GX get-together. Missed that sebab penat tak laraj nak pergi lepas balik picnic. Had other reasons also, but which I won't mention here. =P

16. August 8th. Movie marathon: "The Proposal" and "G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra". Both movies best sebab ada Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum. Georgeous men, I tell you.

17. August 9th. Pementasan "Tun Mamat" by Istana Budaya. Was supposed to go but needed to catch up on sleep. So, tak dapat nak pergi and give my support to Alec.

18. BBQ and UNO Stacko orgy at Jue and Bard's. The food, the food, the food.. =D The company was as always the best! Thanks Jue, Bard and everyone else for a great night.

Hence the long silence here. Plus things at work aren't too good. And on top of that, I've been having a bad case of sleeping disorder for the past month. And because of that, I'm a down-and-out grouch most of the time, unless I'm with the hommies. Trying to overcome it and hope things will turn to normal soon.

Ramadhan is coming up. I'm looking forward to that. It's usually the most calming season of the year mentally, emotionally and spiritually for me. And I get to see my family and spend more time with them.

I'll be in touch whenever I can.