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Welcome to John's and Max's Blog!

Previously Known As : Nuanced and Shaded
Men have no choice over birth and death; except everything in between.
We have chosen ours.


Thank you for visiting.

We are two gay men, facing life's obstacles as presumably as difficult as yours.

We are not perpetuating insolence and arrogance; we are merely sharing our experience.

This is our blog. This is where we share our lives with the rest of the world. This is where we engrave our triumphs and struggles, for us to cherish, in hopes that you would, as well.

Please leave your comments. Your feedbacks are important to us.

You can also e-mail us at:
Maximus - maximuswiser79 [at] yahoo [dot] com
John - john800410my [at] gmail [dot] com

We keep the words so that our children could keep the wisdom

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

"Seven Social Sins :-
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Business without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle" - Mohandas K. Gandhi

"You can never know everything and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway." - Robert Jordan

"Developing the mind is important, but developing a conscience is the most precious gift parents can give their children." - John Gray

Keep In View

My work sucks; everybody is well aware of that. Even the martians got the live feed on it.

As time consuming as my life is, at the moment, I still have this blog in mind.

With that, I am putting down a list of Keep-in-Views of events that had surrounded my life which had managed to happen while I am on my hectic routine.

Detailed entries will be created, I promise, and I can only hope that time would grant me the deliverence I need from these desperate times.

  • Working in Shell
    • after a month, all hell breaks loose
    • a lot of tickets
    • night calls
    • weekend change
    • boss from hell
      • cannot talk to subordinates nicely
      • prefer to yell
      • expect with limited manpower, work could be done on time and perfectly
  • John starts to take up choir
  • John meets my sister, the second time
  • PT's first staffs appreciation night
  • John OFFICIALLY moves in with me
  • PT comes to Shell IT International
  • My Mother went through a hard time, health-wise
  • John's series of visits to Malacca
  • Me quitting Shell IT International
  • My Sister is having a difficult time
  • My Bestest Friend Foreverever had her first time 'rollercoaster' experience
  • John starts his driving lesson
  • My cousin's one week stay
  • John's Sister's one week stay
  • John's Mom's Visit and Our OUR YEAR ANIVERSARY
  • My cousin's Wedding and my family's long-awaited get-together
  • My new job
  • My retraction of resignation
  • SAN Storage New Team Members

27 May 2009

Another Chapter

Yeay. Today, I have got my offer from GSK. Accepted it on the spot.





The job offer came to me attention on March 26th., 2009, along with a handful of other offers.

GSK's deal was good, the job scope is great and I can see that my work-life balance will improve tremendously.

Here goes...

16 May 2009

Favorite New Series and Movies

A dear friend of mine suggested the series and movies below, and I wouldn't appreciate it more.



The Big Bang Theory



It's a sitcom based on 4 extremely geeky guys (Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj) who are living in an apartment across a relatively typical, gorgeous looking girl, Penny.

The series has so far explored the exciting life of geeks, and their larger-than-life take on the universe, while adapting to reality (Read : Penny)



Bigger, Stronger, Faster*



A documentary-movie on steroid use that circles around issues with steroid use amongst the daily gym-rats to the pro sports athletes.

A movie that captivates me based on the ability of the director to make one think on the subject-matter on a broad of a scope and fluent discussion.



Thank You for Smoking



A dark humor movie about a man whose work is to promote the dismissible notion on nicotine effects on the general public.

A must see if you enjoy an occasional slap-in-your-face dark humor.