Happy Halloween 2008! With Pics!

As promised, here are the pics from the Halloween Party.


Sin Cyn trying on the pirate cum Zorro type hat & mask.

I'm smiling under the mask!

Sin Cyn said I scared some old ladies walking around with a extra fluffy bright orange pumpkin wig.

Then 8 of us went Trick or Treating, unlike last year! More fun but it also means I get less candy! And here's my bounty. Lotsa sweets and candies, a few paper clips, a pack of chips, RM2+, one tennis ball and one pillow.

Guinness marks the start of the party in the office.

Mini Mouse makes an appearance. She's smoking tho. Not good for the Disney family image.

A fairy, not The Fairy in the dark.

A must for Halloween!

A fairy, pirate & pumpkin.
Pumpkin, fairy, Pinky and Smallie according to height

Casting a spell!

The devil and the gargoyle.

Superman!

Dunno who Boobster is trying to be.

And I don't know who this is.

There wasn't enough Guinness so Lara Croft got violet and took it out on a poor unsuspecting alkie.

Pinky just took it out on herself.

By the way this was a secret party and not many know we sneaked into the office so don't tell anyone!


Enjoy these pics. The office is closed for the afternoon so we can all prepare for the Kancils tonight. More (very drunken) pics will be posted up.

I Would Rather Sit On A Pumpkin

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

- Henry David Thoreau

I came across this line while watching CSI last night. CSI has thought me a lot…… besides how to get away with murder.

And this line about the pumpkin really got me. I like quirky quotes. But I also thought that there was more to the quote.

So I searched the net on Henry David Thoreau. I found out he was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. He was born to John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau. He contracted tuberculosis around 1835 and died in Concord, Massachusetts on May 6, 1862. He was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetary.

Henry David Thoreau was not highly appreciated during his lifetime, but he is now considered one of the foremost American writers of the 19th century. Works like "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience" are often studied in classrooms.

Other than his biography, I could not find out that much more about the pumpkin line or in which context it was quoted it. Anyone got a copy of Walden? I usually like buying my books but I doubt I’ll be reading this one from cover to cover. I just wanna know more about the pumpkin.

As for how I interpret that line and how it affects me in modern life (the line was quoted about 150 years ago), I literally would like to sit on a pumpkin, if only I could find one that big here in Malaysia. Even if we can find some during Halloween, they’re usually quite small, dented and deformed.

As for metaphorically, in recent times, I find that I would rather do something cosy and personal like having a nice dinner with my darling or a small group of friends over going to a club where I get pushed and shoved , have no space to dance and have to wait too long for drinks. And this is in the VIP area! I have no clue how I managed it before….. 4 times a week.

Thus in a nutshell, I’d rather sit on a pumpkin with Paul than to fight the crowds in a club.