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"I wonder how I 'll dust my laptop", I thought out loud, looking a the new Acer Aspire 4937G I had purchased on my Malaysia trip. My innocent team mate looked at me bewildered, b4 he retorted, "Dust your laptop??? Throw some sand on it or something". He keeps coming up with these innocent comments that leaves the entire team cracked up for a few days. Its not everyday your teammate says 'Shoot me' when you ask him for assistance. It took me ten seconds to figure out that he had accidentally mixed up, 'Tell me' and 'Shoot'.

Coming back to the intent of this post, I had created this blog with the vision of recording some incidents in my life. I have been able to do as much justice to the cause as the USofA to the Iraq cause. But being true to my character of the man that never gives up, I have decided to put up yetAnotherPost - this time to record my first international trip funded by my very own pocket. *sigh* *wipes tear from eye*. This time Singapore and Malaysia. I recited my triumph to a pen pal that I got in touch with after 3 odd years.
Protagonist (me) : "Morning pal. What you doing up so early. Didnt you hear bout the early worm that got devoured by the bird?"
Pen pal : ":)... Well... have heard a lot of stories my friend... I plan to make one of my own".
Protagonist: chatter chatter bla bla
Pen pal: bla bla bla chatter chatter bla
Pen pal: "So, I heard you visited Singapore and Malay recently. That must 'av been fun"
Protagonist: loads of gloating... blows all nearby trumpets. So what have you been doing all this while?
Pen pal: "Well, lets just say, life's been good. Had the luck of visiting 'a few' places myself"
Protagonist: "Really... Tell me about it"
Pen pal:"Oh ... we have loads to catch up on... what else is happening?"
Protagonist: much persuasion
Pen pal: "Well, if you want me to list down... Hmmm...
Phuket..."
Protagonist: "Oh.. Thailand... Thats near Singapore..." feels a little smaller
Pen pal: "Kuala Lampur"
"Singapore"
Protagonist shrinks further
"Macau"
"Hong Kong"
"London"
Protagonist crawls into shell
"Milan"
"Geneva"
"Monte Carlo"
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Protagonist finishes drinking tea
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"Barcelona"
"Lisbon"
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"I too have had the luck of visiting a few places in the last few years coz of my job she related". Needless to say, my elation was short lived as she started listing down the list of locations she had frequented during the last 'couple of years'.

The date is now 26/11/2009. I must have had that conversation somewhere around June 2009, and, started typing this post - post my Singapore/Malaysia trip just post April 2009. The Malaysia visa expiring only around March 2009, talks are on for yet another Malaysia visit, coz, we really din get to see it the first time around.. lol.. Guess, I really have done justice to the title of this blog.

In any case, I think I 'll just sum up this post with some random event from the recent past, so that the publishing of the same doesn't go beyond April 2009 (hmmm... that might actually be some kinda world record... a post a whole year in construction). Geez... 'Ambivalence' the only word i remember from my GRE preparation last to last year!!!

Ok... so what has happened recently...hmmm... I joined twitter... http://www.twitter.com/fraudmalloo. I moved to my 6th team in McAfee in the last 3 years (mostly under the same manager.. *sigh* :p)... I am being tortured on a regular basis in the gym by me instructor... Does anyone know if that David Goliath thing had actually happened??? I 'm thinking of taking him on one of these days... :p Did I mention that my cousin got married, my Dad came down for a month from Bahrain, my best friend leaving for the US, my close bud resigning to start his own company and (...) Hmmm, I really have been away from this site for long haven't I...!!!

Oh yeah... And for the people who have been wondering who the mushroom is, you guys won't have to wait long.. Mystery to be unveiled soon... ;) Till then, its adieu folks. Love you all. Really. :)