I Get Money, Money I got

It's been a while but there's some news!
I've recently managed to get back all of my RM550 from the dude who ripped me off! It took a while and he missed a couple of payments but I finally got it all back and it's pretty satisfying.
However, I am now more convinced than ever that both of them are the same people. There's been a couple of times where I called the conman and the person who picks up says he's the guy that's helping me out and he'll try to contact the conman and some days where I try to call the other guy's number and the conman picks up and says that he'll pay soon.
I think it's pretty obvious somewhere along the way he forgot which number he used for who and accidentaly mixed them up revealing his true identity. Such a shame if you ask me, cos he really went out of his way to make up stories and expressions to prove that he's a different guy.
Oh well, sepandai-pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah jua. Such a dumbass.

Also, it's been a pretty busy week for me, but a pretty interesting one too. For starters, I did my first paid MCing job! It wasn't anything big, a friend of mine wanted to have a 21st birthday party for her and all of the friends that's turning 21 this year. I guess you could say it was a birthday party for everyone. They had it at this really nice place in Bangsar. I had lotsa fun and experience is always good!
I also finally finished my rap recording for Senthil's song! It sounds good so far, right now just waiting for them to master it, should be cool!
I'm trying to start a Magic club together in Monash as well, it's been approved and next week we have to promote it and get members. Got very little members so far, but I'm hoping more would join.
However, among all the days, no days were more tiring than yesterday. Had a lunch thing at Farah's, then there was a gathering at some place in Bandar Utama by the BU scout troop that I helped train with the other Rovers last time. It was cool cos I haven't seen these kids for a long time! Not to mention I was able to meet my scoutmaster and my fellow scouts. I couldn't stay long for the thing however cos I had to go to Syaida's surprise birthday party at a park in Subang Jaya. It was really cool as well, the food was good, and it was such a beautiful place, there was a lake and all next to the park, yea, random but true. As soon as Syaida arrived and I had some food, I had to leave again cos some AFSers were leaving Malaysia for good so they threw a party at their apartment near TTDI. It was alright, I didn't know most of the people but Trisha was there, and Hsien Yew came later. Stayed as long as I could and left when I was just too tired.
All in all its been fun. I'm supposed to go for the Orientation Bash camping trip yesterday and today, was so excited about it when I first found out about it, but I guess it was just very wrong timing for me.

Oh well, as a final note, as if you haven't already, go watch The Dark Knight! I really loved Batman Begins and it was my favourite Batman movie before this, but as far as Batman movies goes, this one definitely takes the cake! Before I watched it, I was happy to hear it's by the same director, and I have to say, he did not dissapoint :-)
However, I am pretty sad that we will never see the same Joker again. Let's hope if they get a replacemen for him, the guy would be able to perform half as well as Heath did. RIP.

Take care and have a nice day! :-)

Vice President Icky

And so I was quite recently elected as the Vice President of the Monash University Student Council. The reason why they needed another Vice President is because the current VP is understandably busy, being a Medical student and all, so they needed someone else to help out.
I am quite happy I was elected, however, I have just came to the realization today on how busy I am going to be! Looking through my handphone calendar I find that lots of my days for the next few weeks have been filled up with something. I guess that's the problem of wanting to do everything...

For Monash, there's orientation week next week, then there's orientation camp, street carnival soon after, and not to mention Monash Ball.
In my Magic world, theres Prerelease Mania this weekend, Eventide Prerelease next week, then there's Release Party the week after, PTQ Berlin the week after that, soon after is Malaysian Nationals and 2 weeks after that I'm flying to Manila for Grand Prix Manila.

So basically my weekdays is Monash stuff, classes and Kelsey, while my weekends are Magic (and more Monash stuff). How will I find time to playtest? I was determined to do well this Nationals but looking to the future I see many time constrains. Not to mention I don't wanna fly all the way to Manila and scrub out like a fool.

I guess I'll manage it somehow, I've always loved doing all these stuff. I'm just a little stressed thinking about it right now... there's so many other things that I have put aside... I wanna perform more, and there's my DJing that I wanted so much to be good at, not to mention my much procrastinated completion of my songs. I don't even have as much time to meet many of my friends anymore... feels like everybody is slowly drifting away... TV shows? Yeah, right! Even talking about setting aside time for gym right now is a joke.

I gotta fix this, can't be lazy anymore, I must be better.

Take care and have a nice day.

Dearest Childhood Friend

I was reminiscing my childhood and was inspired to write.

At this time I feel insignificant,
Wanna say it but I don't know where to begin,
It's just playing on repeat again and again,
Wanna face it but I don't know if I can,
Here's my plan, pretend it never happened,
Maybe then once again I can start laughin,
But then I gotta face that its life and,
Realize all good things must come to an end,
Back when we were kids playin and nappin,
At the flat pretending like we were captains,
Who knew that in a box you'd be wrapped in,
It's just sad all thats left are just has beens,
I wish I didn't grow up, wish I was a kid again,
This time I'd be around to guide and to hold your hand,
In my mind, your memory is everlastin,
In my heart, you'll always be my lil cousin,
I'm sorry I was gone and we rarely met again,
Sorry I moved on to meet all my new friends,
Wish I took the time to call you to make plans,
If I did, who knew what could have been,
If I tried, who knew what would happen,
If I cried enough would this pain end,
It's not right to witness a parent,
Bury their child even if they're in heaven...

This one is dedicated to Harris, my cousin who passed away over a year ago... Also, to Hannah, Kelsey's cousin who passed away very recently...

I miss you Harris, I know you're in a better place now but I just miss you... I wish we had met more often, I wish you didn't move so far away, damn I wish it never happened. I'm sorry I was missing from the last few years of your life...

Sometimes life moves so fast and we take things for granted. No matter how busy and exciting life can be, let's not forget what's important.


Take care and have a nice day.

Icky Gets Ripped Off... Part 2

And so my exams are finally over. It ended with a pretty demoralizing Macroeconomics paper but oh well, such is life.

Interesting things has happened since I got conned off RM550, here's what happened.
Andrew came back from Australia ad one day, him, his friend and me went for dinner. We were talking about my misfortune and Andrew's friend said that I should call the mechanic and ask for the number plate because he can track down the guy with it. We continued talking and finally decided to make a police report. That was of course a waste of time but at least I've fulfilled my responsiblity.

I then called the mechanic again the next day asking for the number plate and full name. The mechanic said he'd look for it and get back to me. That evening I got a call from mr "private number" again. I immedietely asked for my money back and was obviously too pissed off to face more of this "what are you talking about" drama. He asked me to listen and I finally did. His story is that he owns a cybercafe and a boy that always plays at his cybercafe borrowed his phone that day to make calls. He really didn't know what I was talking about then my SMS got him thinking and he asked the boy about it and the boy admitted. Long story short, he's making the boy pay me back the money. He said that he's gonna make the boy pay me RM50 every 2 days because the boy doesn't have much money and he doesn't want the boy to con other people just to pay me back. Apparently the boy doesn't have money cos he's a gambler and the person I banked in my money to was his bookie which he owed money to. I agreed finally because I thought at least I'll be getting it back.

2 days later came and I was glad to see that RM50 was banked in that day, and even 2 days later another RM50. However, the next payment was supposed to be yesterday but I forgot to call the guy about it cos I was busy. I remembered about it today and SMSed him asking if the boy had deposited the money. He said he'll ask and let me know. Didn't get back from him so I went to the ATM to check, no deposits yesterday. Tried calling the guy but "the number you have dialled cannot be reached". I wasn't too worried cos the same thing happened before but he did call me back, so I thought nothing of it. Until now I haven't gotten a call and I still can't reach him so I have a feeling that I've been had once again. I'm gonna see if I hear from him tomorrow, if not, I'll try calling the mechanic again. It sucks but oh well, at least that's RM100 more that what I thought I'd ever get back.

I still don't believe that there are 2 different guys, I have the biggest gut feeling that they're both the same person. I didn't care cos I was still getting back my money, and now this happens. Some people are scums.

Needless to say, don't be a dumbass like me who thinks he's too damn smart to get conned cos he asked for proof first. Bleh.


Take care and have a nice day.

Beware the Procrastinator

And so I'm supposed to be studying for my exams, have my second paper very soon and I'm not very prepared (yeah, yeah, what's new)...

I was sitting in the library last Friday and had a mental block, couldn't do a thing! But naturally, all these other ideas will pop up in your head when you need it the least, haha. So I rhymed.

See exam's, on monday, and today, is friday,

Get it done, in three days, cos if not, then i'm dead,

With no concentration, doing well isn't an easy feat,

So in the end i'm bound to fail and will have to repeat,

Oh look at what I did, im in so much of shit,

So unprepared, ain't no paper I can sit,

Just sittin, prepare my mind for its demise,

The statement "did the best i could" for me i know is full of lies,

Just because I, know I didn't spend much time,

Instead I spent the time I had to write this page of rhyme,

You know whats the worst crime? Its to procrastinate,

Cos it just makes you do your work only when its too late,

But even when its late, you don't want to do it,

And so instead you tell yourself you need to go to bed,

And so you don't feel bad, you're waking early morning,

But when you do, cant do a thing because you keep yawning,

And when the exam's done, you know what you will think,
"I'll do better next semester" but you do the same.damn.thing.

Hahaha, so lame but so true!

On another note, I went to P. Ramlee The Musical: The Life, The Loves & The Inspiration last night!

It's the second season and this time they got another dude, Musly Ramlee, to play P. Ramlee, and I have to say, this guy NAILS the part! The talking, the singing, the movement, exactly like the great man himself! Needless to say, I enjoyed it immensely. Those who saw it will agree that Tiara Jacquelina has done it again! I'd tell everyone to go see it, but the last show is on Monday and the tickets are SOLD OUT. Maybe next season!

Take care and have a nice day!

Icky Gets Ripped Off...

So here's the story, been meaning to start a new blog for a while now but just didn't know when, until what happened today...

2 days ago I was going through lowyat.net and found a post by this guy selling a bunch of Jordan stuff, like shoes, jackets and caps. Being the Jordan shoe freak that I am, I checked it out and send him a PM offering to buy his Air Jordan I Retro White and Air Jordan 3 Retro III. What intested me the most is the fact that both the shoes are in good condition and never worn, and the best part of all, it was exactly my size! (11 US)

He replied and asked for my MSN. The thing you should know is that this guy is in Penang, and I was never a fan of non-COD (cash on delivery) deals, but in my mind, since my cousin is in Penang, if I get a good deal I could ask her to get it for me first.

So against my better judgement I went ahead and gave him my MSN and we negotiated. I asked about why he was selling it, how come it's not been worn, how much, how to deal and etc.

He said that he needs the cash cos everything so expensive nowadays (damn, everyone gives that as a reason!), he doesn't wear it cos he collects them, and he would post the shoes to me. After much negotiations, he agreed to let it both go for RM550 including postage. I had said that I'd rather have my cousin meet him, unfortunately my cousin had just arrived in KL when I called her and only going back in 2 weeks so I eventually agreed on posting.

I don't know if it was they way he talked or what, but in the end, I found myself agreeing to bank in money, and he would send me the stuff and it should arrive either today (saturday) or monday. I asked if theres a way I could check that he really sent, but he said the delivery status can only be checked online after 1 day. After showing my concerns and him reassuring me, I said okay.

A few minutes after talking to him on MSN, I had cold feet and messaged him saying that I'm sorry but I won't do it unless he posts it first or he waits till my cousin comes back because theres been many warnings about these stuff and furthermore, he's a new member on the forums.

He replied saying that he understands and agrees to post it first and MMS the posting receipt as proof. He finally sent me the above MMS (using someone elses number cos his phone got no camera) with the pos laju posting receipt. Being the easily convinced fool that I am, I was satisfied and proceeded to bank in RM550 to his bank account.

He called me several times after to ask me if I had banked it in and he asked that I send him a picture of the Maybank slip as proof that I have banked in the money. I asked him why not just check the bank account, he said something's wrong with his ATM card so he needs to deal with that first, so he got no other way to check. In the end I ended up emailing him the following Maybank slip.

Even though I was still a little worried, I thought nothing of it, until today. I wanted to call him to ask what time does packages usually arrive and how to check my delivery status, but when I called, the line said "the number you have dialled cannot be reached at the moment", in the way of indicating that the line is not in sevice. I started to freak.

I went online to search the forum for his topic, and to my surprise, another member posted saying "do not deal with this guy, he cheats money". Apparently that guy got conned too. Thats when I knew my money was gone.

I was so pissed, mostly at myself cos I dunno why I did it when I've always been against this kind of deals... I guess its the pos laju proof...

However, I remembered about the MMS he sent me being from another number, so I tried calling the number, notexpecting much, when suddenly a guy picks up. The guy didn't understand much english so I asked him in Malay about the guy who borrowed his phone to send an MMS. He said that he runs a workshop and that dude sent his car in. I asked for Mr Conman's real number and address but the man only had the phone number.

I called the number immedietely, but surprise surprise, no one answered, good thing was this number was actually ringing. Few minutes later I got a call and I knew it was him because even when he called me before it always says "private number". I asked him bout the shoe but he kept insisting he doesn't know what I'm talking about or who I am. He continued by saying "I gotta call you back later, sorry" and hung up.

I then sent him an sms, basically attempting to put him on a guilt trip and trying to get him to return the money (I know, I know, no need to point out that it's pointless, I've already accepted the loss, I just thought I'd try). He replied with the whole "really dunno who you are and what shoe?". I replied telling him to stop pretending and asked him to return it again. He didn't reply.

I'm just gonna see what happens until my exam paper on Wednesday, by then, if no progress, I'm gonna track the Maxis number and get his address. If I feel like theres a slight chance that it's the real address, he is gonna get a visit from me sometime in the near future. It won't be pleasant.

Take care and have a nice day.