YoungWolf2k: The Origin
Colin is from the Gaelic
word Cailean which means Young Wolf. The nick was
first used in the year
2000 and hence the
addition of suffix [2k] =)
The Dedication
This site is dedicated to all
my friends, those who
cared and kept me in their
constant thoughts and
prayers when I couldn't
see the light at the end
of the tunnel.
The Sponsors
Special thanks to my twin
bro, Gavin @ Cedric and
best bud Kevin @ Vaslav
for upgrading me to
Premium Member previously!
Special thanks to my cousin,
Allen for keeping my blog
alive for the whole of 2006!
Thanks for believing in me!
The Inspiration
And to those readers, for
which this blog is maintained
for, keep those comments
and inspiration rolling in.
And to another special
someone, whose smile
makes and brightens
up my day but doesn't
quite know it, thanks for
your warmth, thoughfulness,
listening ear, and thanks
for being there! You never
know how much your sms on
one fine morning brighten
up my whole day!
I said I promised to write about my review of 2009, but somehow it just got stuck in the draft stage... Haha. Not that it was anything interesting to begin with, but 2009 was not such a great year for me.
But for sure, what 2009 has lacked was made up in 2010 so far. And 2010 has been a GRREEAATTTT year thus far!
A couple of great things have happened this year, and one of which actually just concluded last month was the Men's Health Refine and Define 2010 program!
As mentioned in a blog entry previously, I had something major coming up, and this was actually it. I wrote in to Men's Health wanting to be in this program, and little did I know that I was shortlisted to be in it!
The Refine and Define program is a 6-months long self improvement program where participants (all 20 of us) will be learning new things in several different modules - Nutrition, First Aid, Sushi Making, Skin Care, Defensive Driving, Watch Appreciation, Wall Climbing, Hair Styling and Fashion....
My particular favourite was the Defensive Driving module which saved my life one rainy Sunday night when my car skidded on the turn to Jalan Damansara from Jalan Duta....
Besides that, I also got the golden chance of appearing on TV! I and "Ah-Boy" Joseph appeared on 8tv's Quickie together with Men's Health Editor, Eric for a short 5 minute segment... And it was quite the experience as it was warm in the studio and sweat drops were forming all over my forehead!
Besides all the invaluable experience and tips we've learned throughout the modules (like no slamming the brakes when your car is skidding and what to do when you need to administer CPR), the few of us also got chance to do some charity work, together with the nice folks of Kechara Soup Kitchen. It was an eye opening experience to pack and distribute food to the homeless in KL city center.
I'd like to thank Men's Health for giving me this golden opportunity... And it's been a blast doing it with 18 other guys...
And if you ask me what's the best part of this experience? Upon graduation from this course, I now have the title E.C.A. behind my name...
Colin Pang - E.C.A.
What's that you are wondering? Look below....
To me, that small Award means a great deal to me. It shows that a little enthusiasm and spirit goes a long way even for a guy like me. Thanks guys! :)
Colin @ yw[E.C.A.]
Thursday May 06
[12:36 pm] MayDay!
Huhuhu... No updates for the first four months of the year... So that means I've been paying RM 40 for nothing... Hahaha.
It took four months and my outlook for 2009 is not quite complete yet... So let's see if I have something interesting to post in the coming few days, or weeks... :P
Also, to the four idiots today that 'made' my day... Nvm... Sabar sabar...
yw[2k] :: Pisssed to the max!
Thursday December 31
[7:19 am] Happy New Year 2010!
To all my dearest readers, friends, colleagues and family....
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a great year ahead! 2009 has been one of my most turbulent years in recent memory, with many downs than ups (sadly), but yeah, overall it was a great year despite the many challenges that was faced :)
Hope ya guys will have a great 2010 ahead! Party safe tonight! Don't drink and drive!
I'll write out my 2010: In Review later this week when I have time... Bet it would be something interesting to ponder...
Okays... I'm logging off from the office for the final time this year. Take care peeps!
And again,
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010! I'm SOOOOO looking forward to my 2010!
Colin :: yw[A New Beginning!]
Sunday November 22
[11:28 am] Woo hoo!
Woo hoo!
Time really flies I guess!
I told myself that I would want to update this blog at least twice a month, or at worst once a month, but this update comes nearly 2 months later!
Well... So far everything is quite good towards the last two months of the year. Work's been good, been some productive weeks in and out of the office.
I've spent sometime the past few weeks with both new and old friends, catching up on new things, while meeting a couple of new pals as well. Caught several movies too in the last few weeks - 2012, The Time Traveller's Wife and just last night, Astroboy. Astroboy is my FAVE animation for 2009! Go and watch it! It's not only cute, but it's cool, and the storyline is pretty decent actually.
Something big is coming up next month, so yeah, its something that I'm looking forward to. Can't reveal anything about it at the moment, but hopefully when the time comes everything will be ok :) I'm kinda nervous, but I'm really looking forward to it.
From next weekend till 2010 (except for the first week of December), every Friday will be a public holiday for us in the office, so woo hoo! December will always be a great month for me and my gang, with a dance performance coming up, and some major parties in the making... Hahaha. And of course, our annual Christmas party! :D
The AirAsia Promo came and left, leaving a heavy hole in my pocket. I've booked two return airtickets on AirAsia X (which means... Not ASEAN destinations baby!) - I'll be flying to Taipei in mid June 2010, and Melbourne in early August 2010. I'll be broke when I get back!
Okies thats all for now... For the purpose of this record, I will state that I'm actively pursuing something... Whether it works out or not I will not know, but wish me luck k, fellas?
[1:18 pm] Merdeka Weekend and Lake Kenyir Getaway!
The past few weeks have been quite fun! August was filled with a couple of birthday gatherings, from mid August all the way till end August.
We had like gatherings, after gatherings, one after another. During mid August we had a small birthday dinner get-together for Ken - a small group of us had dinner at Le Meridien before adjourning over to Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Center for some cakes and drinks, this time with the rest of the gang. And we also managed to head over to the mamak at Pusat Bandar Damansara for drinks with KK before calling it a night.
While for the rest, the night was over, but for me, I still had to get my 'projects' ready by the next day! :)
The next day, we had another birthday lunch, this time at Pyramid for Jeft. We all had a nice Thai lunch, before having some Haagen Daaz ice-cream. Haha. During the dessert time, I gave each of them the special 'project' that I was working on overnight - I made a photoframe each for Ken, Simon, Le Roy and Jeft. Haha. I hope that all of them like their respective projects. It was technically challenging for some, while for others it was difficult to get the items and materials that I required.
Then there was late dinner with Vincent at Maluri before heading over to Starbucks Pavillion for a slice of cake and drinks :)
During the Merdeka weekend we had a surprise birthday gathering for ~J~ at Full House, NZX at Ara Damansara. The gang came in full force, and it was a fun-filled night.... Birthday boi didn't expect anything that night, so he was pleasantly surprise. Jackson had a surprise video for the birthday boi, and for almost 20 minutes all of us sat and watch the clip, filled with birthday greetings and cute clips.
The following weekend we had a short weekend getaway trip to Lake Kenyir, courtesy of the TIPs. 11 of us went for the trip, departing on Fri morning from KLIA. The trip was a short, yet memorable one. We managed to go the waterfall and also went canoe-ing at the lake. Hehe.
Nothing much for this entry, hopefully there'll be more to write soon... Haha. Oh yea... There's a mooncake party this weekend... :D
Colin @ yw[ :) ]
Monday August 03
[3:28 pm] How....
How do I explain this uncertainty, I have inside? :(
Colin @ yw[ :| ]
Sunday June 28
[2:33 am] Miracle 2009 and the Amazing June Birthday Race!
This entry is perhaps a little late overdue (especially the first part), so yeah, I guess better late than never.
June has been quite a fun-filled month, first of which the highlight was mid-month's Fitness First Miracle 2009. This time around, my friends, The Invisible Protege (aka TIPs) are in, and the team did all of us proud by emerging the winner of the Tribe Challenge for this year, and as an icing on the cake, they managed to raise more than RM 9000.00 for charity!
While the TIPs concentrated on their performance for the finale, other friends were busy helping in the background - by preparing some tee-shirts, some wardrobe and also helping out with the donations. Great job again everyone, we did it this year! :)
The second highlight of June was the recently concluded June Amazing Birthday Race that was held yesterday evening at the Curve, Ikano, Ikea and Cineleisure. Jason, KK and myself have planned some of the clues since early March this year for this race. From over 15 tasks, we have finally trimmed them to 10 tasks - which saw two teams of threes running around, solving clues and performing tasks.
Although admittedly there were some hiccups in 1 or 2 tasks (the teams were being chased by Ikano's security staff for running around the mall and also were prevented from snapping pics in Ikea for Clue 8), but I guess (and I hoped) everyone had fun, although it was pretty tiring and exhausting.
Sorry ya for the hiccups. It was my first time at it, so minta maaf lah. I was watching some of the videos shot this evening, and yeah, certain things could have been done to better clarify their tasks and options. Sorry ahh!
The hiccups caused the trailing team to catch up with the leading team by Task 9, before teams rushed out to collect clues 10b and 10c from the Starbucks at Borders and The Curve.
Among the tasks, teams needed to solve some maths equation, snap some pictures of poses, complete a crossword puzzle and anagram, print out a group sticker sheet from a photobooth, finding the 'Mystery' Camel, buying and consuming things from Cold Storage, find Britney's CD from Borders before rushing over to Ikea to shoot a video of someone singing a birthday song for the birthday team and also the triple Tall, Venti and Grande clues which lead teams back to the starting point.
It was tiring for our cameramen to trail the teams throughout their race, so thanks again to them - LR, AC and DL... And also to my fellow Station Masters - JS, JL, SC, KK, OS and MW. And to the birthday bois... Alvin, Kelvin, Scott, Patrick, Ehsan and July baby Desmond - hoped ya guys had fun running about the mall. Sorry about the hiccups and the encounter with the mall officers.... :X
After that, we all gathered over at Tony Romas for a nice dinner with almost 22 attendees - just a small group (22 kira small!), having some food while enjoying eacer other's company, laughter and jokes as well.
It was fun to plan this gathering and games - and hope ya guys had fun too :)
Alright, its 6:32am now and I better get to bed now... My eyes are already seeing double....
Nite peeps. And hopefully, the next time I write an entry here, I will no longer be the single one out like at the dinner table last night, and the night before. Heheh.
Colin @ yw[ :) ]
Monday May 11
[9:45 pm] May for MayDay!
It's been quite sometime since I scribbled on this blog of mine, 'fraid not, I'm still here.
My last update was over a month ago, and within that short span, again, many things have happened. But this time around, I guess I'll just keep some of those things to myself. Sometimes, somethings are best kept to oneself, coz no matter what you say or do, some people are gonna think otherwise. Even when you have the best intentions, and one small mistake is good enough to wrap everything up in smoke. I guess, I just had enough this time (too much bs, blaming and what not) and it's time to move on.
Recent scenarios that I've seen only proves one thing... Oh well a couple of things, of which I rather not mention here. I could go on into a battle scenario here, but I rather not. I think it's not quite worth my time, and certainly not even worth the effort either.
Thanks to the peeps that have taken some effort to understand me, or at least to listen to me. Greatly appreciate it :)
Work's been ok lately, with some positive developments, of which was pretty unexpected to say the least. I'm certainly enjoying what I do now, and things are much better now than they once were. An unexpected surprise came late last week, and it just brighten up my weekend.
Been spending some time with some new and old company, and with the family too. Lately I've been enjoying some nice quiet time at home, immersed in reading and some light, stimulating chats as well.
And after several rounds of slaughering the enemy heroes earlier on, its now time to hit the sack. Will update more soon, when time permits.
Hehe.
And I will try to break the spell of 1 entry per month, to 1 entry per week.
I said I'll try.
And oh, Wolverine sucks big time while Star Trek is one of the rare gems this year, despite having some techno inconsistencies. Angels and Demons is coming up, with a string of other popcorn busters such as Push, Aliens vs Monsters (or issit Monsters vs Aliens?), Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, and my next two awaited movies, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter 6 with the Half Blood Prince.
And yea, I still want to catch that movie in cinema before it runs out. Oh well, maybe tomorrow?
Nites.
Colin @ yw[ :) ]
Wednesday April 08
[5:16 pm] March & April - Heavy and Busy!
I think I will one day stop paying for the subscription to my Upsaid, since I only update it maybe one or at most twice a month. It's RM 10 per month, so about RM 2.50 a week, about 36 cents per day..... Hmmmm...
Hehe. Well. What can I say... It's been quite an eventful first quarter so far, and the end of March have been particularly hard. First, I had my credit cards bill from Bangkok to settle, coupled with more local cc bills, and it didn't help when I lost 1k at the gym, stolen from my wallet in my locker.
And I also got a new phone... :X Hahaha. So far, I managed to settle most of my cc bills already, so the only outstanding one now is my 8GB baby... Hehe.
At first, the iPhone needed some getting used to, since it's a fully touch screen phone without physical buttons. Hehe. It's absolutely impossible to sms while driving, and even placing a call when driving is kinda tricky since you gotta really stare at the phone, holding it in one hand while using the other hand to scroll up and down and click. Hehe.
But apart from that, I love it... It's quite a nifty gadget... The iPod music and video functions are great, and the applications that you can end to it is kinda limitless. Hehehe.
Ok, enuff bout Mr I.
Let's get back to more... serious things. Some unexpected things happened in March, and to some point it really bothered me, a lot. As friendships are being affected here, and being caught in the middle, and as a mark of respect to all parties involved, I would not write about it here. As it is, it's already quite draining, and somehow when things are settled soon, things would not be quite the same anymore I reckon.
Oh well, life goes on I guess.
Ok, now back to more... Heartwarming stuff.
There's this local movie now playing in the cinemas... I think most of you would have heard of it already... It's called TaleNtime, and it's a movie from Yasmin Ahmad. I've caught it in the cinemas twice already, and it's one movie I would recommend you to watch if you have some hours to spare at the cinema.
I know some of my friends have said that they are relunctant to watch it because it's a malay movie (and not worth the ticket price) but I've told them it's not a malay movie, but a MALAYSIAN movie that they should really go and watch.
And I'm sure after watching the movie, some of you would probably be looking for songs from the movie. My fave song was performed right at the end, called "I Go" and it the scene that it was being performed in the movie was my most favourite one. I teared both times when this scene appeared on the big screen.
So here you go folks, I rarely endorse or recommend movies, so here's me saying that this is one movie that you shouldn't miss... :)
And as I was reading around, I came across Yasmin's blog and came across this very cute advertisement for Petronas's Merdeka ad for 2007. It's called "Tan Hong Ming In Love" and click here or here to watch it.
In case you were wondering, this is the most successful Malaysian ad that have won multiple multiple international awards worldwide including Media Spikes GOLD award, ANDY awards, Gold Lion @ Cannes Advertising Awards and the prestigious D&AD award - the Academy equivalent of the advertising industry. And according to the Gunn Report, "Tan Hong Ming" is the fifth most awarded film in the world with total of 26 local and international awards to date!
Colin @ 
