Friday, June 29, 2007

Lelaki Melayu bermasalah?

Pada ketika Wawasan 2020 hanya tinggal 13 tahun sahaja lagi, saya percaya kita semua harus bekerja kuat pada masa ini. Namun, saya berasa kecewa dengan sikap kaum lelaki Melayu di negara ini.

Baru-baru ini, saya dan beberapa orang rakan perempuan melalui Stadium Hoki Jalan Pantai Bahru di Lembah Pantai. Pada masa itu, ada sekumpulan pelajar lelaki sedang berehat di tepi pagar dengan hanya berseluar pendek dan tidak berbaju. Saya percaya mereka adalah pelajar sebuah sekolah menengah di Kuala Lumpur.

Sudahlah tidak berpakaian dengan sopan, mereka tanpa segan silu bersiul dan cuba mengganggu kami. Entah apa agaknya di fikiran mereka. Mereka ingat lulusan luar negara seperti kami ini berminat hendak berkenalan dengan budak sekolah yang belum habis belajar seperti mereka. --(1)

Saya dan kawan-kawan sebenarnya sudah banyak kali diganggu lelaki-lelaki muda tidak bertamadun seperti ini dan berasa sangat sakit hati setiap kali diganggu seperti itu. Kadang-kadang, yang mengusik itu hanya berpakaian compang-camping dan kotor, berbau seperti sudah 10 tahun tidak mandi dan kelihatan seperti penagih dadah pun masih berani mengganggu anak gadis orang. --(2)

Pernah suatu ketika saya berada di Bangsar, saya nampak seorang lelaki berpakaian selekeh dengan rokok di tepi bibirnya mengganggu dua orang pelancong wanita berbangsa Inggeris yang hendak ke restoran mamak di situ. Dua pelancong wanita itu kelihatan takut, lalu beredar dari situ dengan segera. Barangkali niat mereka untuk mencuba makanan mamak, terbatal. --(3)

Saya berpendapat, sikap lelaki Melayu tidak berubah walau betapa maju pun negara kita. Mereka masih beranggapan wanita perlukan mereka dan mereka tidak peduli untuk memalukan diri sendiri dengan berperangai seperti itu.

Banyak pelajar perempuan di universiti enggan bekerjasama dengan pelajar lelaki kerana mereka merasakan pelajar lelaki memang tidak boleh diharap. Walaupun mereka lulusan luar negara, kerap kali pelajar lelaki kaum lain jauh lebih baik daripada pelajar lelaki Melayu.--(4)

Saya menetap di luar negara selama dua tahun ketika belajar di sana dan dalam tempoh itu, saya tidak pernah diganggu walaupun berjalan seorang diri pada pukul 2 pagi pada malam Sabtu. --(5)

Sebaik sahaja pulang ke Malaysia selama dua bulan ini, sudah ada tiga lelaki Melayu yang berperangai seperti sampah, bersiul dan mengganggu saya yang berjalan di pesiaran kaki di ibu kota. Setelah pulang dari luar negara, saya berpendapat lelaki-lelaki Inggeris lebih bersopan santun daripada lelaki Melayu, sekalipun kita selalu berpendapat mereka itu tidak bermoral. Saya tidak pernah disentuh walau seinci pun oleh lelaki-lelaki Inggeris. --(6)

Saya pernah menghadiri sebuah parti untuk mengumpul data kajian saya dan saya tidak dipaksa minum arak, sekalipun arak dihidangkan di parti itu. Setelah melihat sendiri budaya dan cara hidup bangsa Inggeris yang selalu kita katakan tidak bermoral, saya berpendapat sebenarnya mereka jauh lebih baik daripada lelaki Melayu. --(7)

Golongan wanita tidak kira daripada bangsa apa pun, lebih selamat berada di kalangan lelaki Inggeris daripada bersama lelaki Melayu. Sekumpulan lelaki Inggeris pun tidak pernah menimbulkan sebarang gangguan. Tetapi kalau lelaki Melayu, seorang pun cukuplah untuk menimbulkan masalah.

Saya tidak faham mengapa lelaki Melayu mesti berkelakuan begitu buruk sekali. Fikirkanlah. Lelaki Melayu di Kuala Lumpur pun berperangai seperti ini, bagaimana di kampung-kampung? Budak-budak sekolah semuda 16 tahun sudah pandai mengusik anak gadis orang, bagaimana sikap mereka apabila dewasa kelak?

Janganlah harap mereka akan berubah sendiri apabila dewasa kerana lelaki seperti mereka inilah yang akan mengabaikan keluarga mereka kelak. Seorang ilmuwan pernah berkata; “Jika hendak tahu keadaan masyarakat pada zaman hadapan, lihatlah anak-anak muda hari ini.”

Jika perempuan boleh dilatih sejak kecil untuk menguruskan rumah tangga, kenapa tidak lelaki juga dilatih bertanggungjawab? Kerap kali kita mendengar golongan tua meleteri gadis-gadis muda, “Kalau tidak tahu masak macam mana nak kahwin?” Kenapa tidak katakan perkara yang sama kepada anak-anak lelaki? Kenapa tidak ada yang berkata, “Kalau perangai macam sampah, macam mana hendak kahwin?”

Saya hendak berterus-terang; saya sudah bosan dengan sikap lelaki Melayu yang terus-terusan menimbulkan masalah dan sentiasa juga enggan mengaku itu ialah masalah mereka. Malah, mereka tidak pun berasa malu mempertanggungjawabkan orang lain atas masalah mereka.

Atas tujuan mewujudkan persekitaran yang lebih selesa untuk wanita supaya mereka bebas keluar masuk rumah mereka, saya mencadangkan agar lelaki-lelaki yang bersantai di tepi jalan yang mengusik anak-anak gadis didakwa atas kesalahan melakukan gangguan sosial.

Mereka ini perlu diajar menghormati wanita. Wanita bukannya bodoh seperti dahulu. Yang bodoh sekarang ini ialah lelaki Melayu, kerana tidak tahu memanfaatkan keadaan negara yang aman dan makmur ini.--(8)

Barangkali saya bersikap terlalu cauvinis wanita. Tetapi saya percaya cauvinis wanita tidak akan wujud jika puncanya tidak ada. Fikirkanlah. Lelaki Melayu sudah semakin terpinggir. Masihkah kita mahu berpeluk tubuh?

– AKM*L F*IRUZ,
New Zealand.
Utusan Melayu 22 Mei

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Nota Kaki:

#1. Jangan pandang org sebelah mata. Mereka itu masih belia. Siapa tahu masa depan, mereka mungkin lebih berjaya dari segi pendidikan dan kehidupan dari diri cik Akm@l.

#2. Maaf, tetapi menurut lokasi, lokaliti tersebut memang terkenal dengan belia belia nakal. Cubalah Cik berjalan di Bukit Damansara, atau di kawasan Ampang hilir. Jangankan tidak sudi memandang, malah, belia2 tersebut mungkin menganggap Cik Akm*l dan kawan2 adalah bibik filipina.

#3. Pada pandangan saya, lebih baik gadis2 eropah tersebut mengelak memakan makanan mamak. Perut mereka mungkin tidak biasa, dan jika muntah-muntah dan cirit birit, makanan Malaysia yang lazat ini akan mendapat nama buruk.

#4. Sila kemukan bukti konkrit. Daripada pengalaman, sesama perempuan juga banyak masalah. Sifat malas lebih kepada masalah individual, bukan masalah jantina.

#5. Jika saya, saya tidak akan memberi contoh sebegini kerana bilangan populasi biri birinya melebihi bilangan umat manusia. Keberangkalian untuk terserempak sesama manusia adalah tipis.

#6. Merujuk fakta wikipedia, kes rogol di mana mana adalah tinggi. Kemungkinan paras rupa cik akm@l tidak eksotik pada pandangan lelaki eropah.

#7. Saya telah menghadiri pelbagai parti baik di malaysia mahupun di luar negara (Parti mabuk, parti ganja, parti tupperware, parti keadilan, pati ikan haruan polleney). Boleh disimpulkan, jati kendiri dan iman yg kuat yg boleh melawan godaan dunia.

#8. Disini, anda telah melampaui garisan. Benar, wanita wanita dahulu tidak dapat menjejakkan kaki ke menara gading. Tetapi itu tidak bermakna mereka bodoh. Malah, wanita wanita tersebut telah berjaya menghasilkan insan2 bersahsiah tinggi.

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Kesimpulan:

Kebijatan saudari menulis dengan gaya meroyan, berserta fakta-fakta meraban, telah melenyapkan isi2 penting yang harus dikupas.

Tidak dinafikan bahawa terdapat lelaki2 melayu (mungkin majoriti, saya tiada perangkaan) yang amat bermasalah. Dan saya agak bersetuju dengan beberapa isi terutama dari segi mutu lelaki Melayu. Tetapi, pada pandangan saya, kupasan dari sudut 'punca dan kesan' akan lebih memberi erti dari lolongan semborono.

'Permasalahan' ini akan saya kupaskan dengan lebih lanjut dalam blog berikutnya.

P/s: Phew, penanam sayur, hutang dah selesai...

When U Assume

U are just making an ASS of U n ME.
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Biadapnya Metro Kajang, Islam diperlekehkan dan dihina!
M Khaleel Kas
Tue Jun 19, 07 07:59:25 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Jun (Hrkh) - Biadap! Itulah ungkapan pertama terkeluar dari mulut penulis apabila melihat iklan syarikat

Metro Kajang yang disampaikan oleh rakan setugas kepada penulis semalam. Penulis yang terus melayari laman web syarikat berkenaan pagi tadi di www.metrokajang. com.my mendapati memang kurang ajar Metro Kajang.

Apakah motif syarikat tersebut yang meletakkan prasyarat bahawa; 'mereka yang mengamalkan syariat Islam tidak perlu memohon jawatan yang ditawarkan oleh syarikat berkenaan?

Apakah Metro Kajang dilanda Islamphobia? Apakah barisan kepimpinan pengurusannya cuba mendiskriminasikan penganut agama Islam? Apakah Islam begitu lekeh sehingga wujud kenyataan sedemikian? Apakah Metro Kajang memiliki agenda tersendiri untuk

memulakan sentimen agama di negara yang berbilang bangsa ini? Dan lebih menimbulkan syak, iklan tersebut bakal menempatkan calon yang berjaya kelak di Batang Berjuntai yang majoritinya dihuni oleh orang-orang Islam.

Pihak berkuasa perlu memantau perkembangan ini. Tindakan Metro Kajang dilihat sebagai satu provokasi untuk mencetuskan suasana Islamphobia di negara ini. Tindakan Metro Kajang dilihat seolah mahu membentuk dan menanam satu kefahaman di kalangan masyarakat, betapa jika anda beragama Islam anda sukar untuk bekerja. Anda tidak layak berkerja. Anda akan dipinggirkan. Atau lebih tepat lagi 'nyah orang-orang Islam, kami tak ingin anda dalam syarikat ini'.

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The replied from Metro Kajang. Priceless.
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From: Jonas Chong [mailto:jonaschong@ metrokajang. com.my]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 3:34 PM
To: Muhammad Ariff ; hr@metrokajang. com.my
Subject: RE: Iklan kerja biadap...bg org Islam....... satu penghinaan.

These positions concerned are for our pig abattoir and pork retail outlets that are not suitable for our Muslim community.

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Sebenarnya, insiden memalukan sebegini dapat dielakkan jika penulis berusaha mengangkat gagang telefon dan menelefon pihak sumber manusi Metro Kajang.

Malah, jika diteliti, iklan tersebut juga adalah sedikit janggal. Secara logiknya, jika pengurusan ingin mengamalkan diskriminasi, klausa yang sering digunakan adalah 'bumiputra are encouraged to apply / must be able to speak chinese dialects', bukan 'mereka yang mengamalkan syariat Islam tidak perlu memohon'. Jika penulis ada menggunakan otak, ayat sebegini sudah dikira 'red flag' sebagai kerja yg bertententangan dengan syariat.

Menyentuh tentang syarikat yg mengamalkan diskriminasi ini, pada pandangan saya, syarikat2 ini (bumiputra are encouraged / must be able to read mandarin) secara tidak langsung menyenangkan kerja menyenarai-pendekkan syarikat2 yg layak untuk saya bekerja.

Benar, hati kita mungkin luluh dan geram kerana terasa dianiaya, tetapi hadapkah kita mahu bekerja di sana? Sebagai contoh, jika klausa tersebut tidak ujud, dan kita telah memohon kerja di sana, kebarangkalian senario2 ini mungkin akan berlaku:

1) Permohonan dibakul-sampahkan. Bayangkan anda yang sudah lima bulan menganggur. Terpaksa menebalkan muka meminjam wang dari sanak saudara. Wang itu kemudiannya digunakan untuk membayar penggunaan komputer di kafe, mencetak resume, membeli setem dan sampul. Malang sungguh nasib jika permohonan tidak dibaca langsung.

2) Permohonan diluluskan. Tetapi sebab hendak mencukupkan kuota bumiputra. Anda bertungkus lumus membanting tulang untuk membuktikan bahawa bumiputra mampu berdaya saing. Walaubagaimanapun, laporan hujung tahun menunjukkan prestasi anda ala kadar sahaja. Dan sepanjang 20 tahun anda bekerja, jawatan tertinggi yang akan anda sandang cumalah 'line-leader' operator pengeluaran.

3) Permohonan diluluskan. Pengurusan syarikat amat tertarik dengan resume anda dan ingin mencuba mengambil pekerja Melayu. Syarikat ini cukup lengkap serba serbi dan layanan terhadap anda adalah mengagumkan. Malangnya, di syarikat ini tiada disediakan surau, tandas tiada air dan kantin tidak menyediakan makanan halal. Malah waktu rehat hari Jumaat juga amat pendek. Apa yang perlu anda buat? Merungut lagi? Panggil Karam Singh Walia membuat liputan? Atau menulis surat kepada majlis tertinggi UMNO?

Fikir dahulu sebelum bertindak. Takut kelak memakan diri sendiri. Syukur nikmat Metro kajang meletakkan klausa tersebut. Sebenarnya, ini menunjukkan keprihatinan syarikat ke atas masyarakat Islam.

Cuma cara penyampaian iklan dan pengurusan massa perlu diperbaiki. Mungkin ingin menjimatkan ruang, iklan tersebut dirampaikan sedemikian. Seharusnya, dinyatakan operasi syarikat di dalam iklan. Sayugia diingatkan bahawa tidak semua umum boleh berfikiran secara logik.

Dari segi pengurusan massa pula, setelah isu ini timbul, pihak pengurusan seharusnya menerangkan operasi mereka dengan jelas melalui media cetak, elektronik dsb. Tidak mengambil jalan tunggu-dan-lihat sehingga keadaan menjadi tidak terkawal, baru hendak bertindak.

Sekian pendapat saya.

P/s: Wah, susahnya menulis baku.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Spongebob Sighted in Muar, Johor



Sighted at Bangsar LRT station. I just dont get this Pepsi advertisement.

What eating currypuff and maggie have got to do with Pepsi?


Tell a man there's billions of stars in the sky, he'll believe you.
Tell a man the paint is wet, he has to touch it :p

Sunday, June 24, 2007

We Expect You To Be Professional, Kapish?


Seriously, someone put a complain on my 'unprofessional' pictures on our Yellow Pages.

Whateverr.....

So I did change to the more professional one. Sigh.. to think that we have to do for the sake of conformity..

Alas, I was browsing through the Yellowpages, looking for some guidance, half expecting others would look so darn 'professional' also.

If not typical-square-but-pro-look like these..




At least a casual-look like these...



Or oh-so-obvious-photoshopped photo like this:

If you asked me, I think this is borderline pro :p

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But never in my wildest dream to encounter these:

Peace...


Gasp! That coquettish (manja) pose..Sepi sekuntum mawar merah like that.. beh tahan!!!


What is this? A friendster? To be fair, her name is Sunsook, thats why she gave that Sunsilk look...:p


Whhowww!!! Wind factor some more..

All put pictures like this is a match making site lidat..

Somemore called me unprofessional....
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Just to make the matter more trivial, are these male or female?

chick that looks like a guy, posing like a chick.. confusing!


Her, his, her, oh crap...Shis name is Kitty!


Dude or Duddette?

I Pledge To Give 100% At Work

Bleargghhhh... Tomorrow back to work...

Saturday, June 23, 2007

The Ultimate Child Abuse Case.. and more



Mentally scarred for life ;p

What Happened When the Porcupine Attacked the Dog?
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Gory!!!

Twisters in Kudat, Sabah
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Can't verified the authenticity... please check at the link here: Kinabalu web

Friday, June 22, 2007

I Flunked!!! *Gasp*

The final was horrible...

I was given a mere 10 minutes to complete the online test.. Granted, having my mind on blog during class didnt help either, but the questions really tough ooo..

To prove it, here are the Q (the one with answers are the one I answered correctly, and '#*' part was what I thought during the exam)):

Problem 1.
exp10 x) - returns 10 raised to the x-th power.

(define exp10
(lambda (x)
(if (equal? 0 x)
1
(* 10 (exp10 (- x 1))))))

#*well, well, well, this is a cinch!*

Problem 2.
countdown x) - returns a list of numbers from x down to 0.

(define count-down
(lambda (x)
(if (equal? 0 x)
'(0)
(cons x (count-down (- x 1))))))

#*what is this? kindengarten?*

Problem 3.
(selector-maker n) - returns a procedure that takes a list as its arguments and returns every n-th element in the list.


#*.......*

Problem 4.
Takes 2D array and an item. Search the item in array


#*mmmm, gasp, mmmmm, yeah*

Problem 5.
(binary->decimal bin-ls) - returns the decimal equivalent of the number represented by the list of binary digits bin-ls.


#*whateva...*

Problem 6.
(inc-array arr) - returns arr with each element incremented by 1.


#*next.. dum dee dum *whistling*

Problem 7.
(swap arr i j) - returns arr with its i-th and j-th elements swapped.


#*I'm so gonna fail*

Problem 8.
(rev-array arr) - returns arr with its contents reversed.

(define rev-array
(lambda (arr)
(letrec ((multi-swap
(lambda (i j acc)
(if (>= i j)
acc
(multi-swap (+ i 1) (- j 1) (swap acc i j))))))
(multi-swap 0 (- (index-size arr) 1) arr))))

#*phew finally, something I know*

Problem 9.
(frequency ls lim) - returns an array indicating the frequency of the numbers from 0 to lim in ls. The i-th element of the array hold the frequency of the number i in ls.

(define frequency
(lambda (ls lim)
(letrec ((count
(lambda (ls acc)
(cond
((null? ls) acc)
((<= (car ls) lim) (count (cdr ls) (array-store acc (car ls) (+ (array-ref acc (car ls)) 1)))) (else (count (cdr ls) acc)))))) (count ls (make-array (+ lim 1) 0)))))

#*.......*

Problem 10.
extend-tree takes a binary tree t and an item replace every empty tree in t with a leaf containing item.


#*daydreaming famil! congratulations!*

The highest scored 7. 2 guys got 5 and the rest (incluging me).. got 4. :p

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Wissen Macht Frei (back 2 Skool Part II)

Im such an eye-eye-dee-ten-tee

For days I was struggling with 'vi' (not so friendly version of notepad), only to discovered there was a simpler way to modify the script.

All I had to do is to modify the script somewhere else, quit cde, replaced the orig files and restart.. voila.

In shorts:
cp /etc/rc.config.d/netconf /tmp/
chmod 722 /tmp/netconf
open the 'text editor'
modify and close
/sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc stop
cp /tmp/netconf /etc/rc.config.d/
chmod 544 /etc/rc.config.d/netconf
shutdown -ry 0


Easy....duh!!!!


Felt like i'm in Blok M, jakarta.. surrounded by indo students.. Transported back yonks ago though, where I was waiting for the 30cent bus ride to class at section 17. The only trivial matter to solved that time was what to wear for class...and the pop quiz... sighhh..


The 'notice' should have read as 'The Upstair Section is Closed'. More palatable that way..


That notice was spotted at the BK, Masjid Jamek.


Noiiiiice Smartfor2. The drivers arent sadly, aren't!


'Kalau ontime bukan komuter lah namanya' (If it's ontime, its not a Komuter-train). Overheard a couple next to me talking about the notoriority of KTM-Komuter services (or lack of it).

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

This is an Asstro Advertisement

Asstro service is down.. again..




Everytime its drizzling or cloudy, you wont get the signal. Paying for free like that..

If its a clear day and you still didnt get any signal, that means it is raining at the Broadcast Center (TPM-Bukit Jalil).

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Yuran membebankan -- Kalau tidak suka, jangan tengok Astro – Keng Yaik
Oleh: YULPISMAN ASLI dan ARSHAD KHAN

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Mei – Keterlaluan dan membebankan. Begitu reaksi persatuan-persatuan pengguna berhubung tindakan drastik Astro All Asia Networks Plc. (Astro) menaikkan yuran langganan bulanannya antara RM5 dan RM15.

Dengan 2.02 juta isi rumah yang melanggan perkhidmatannya - suatu jumlah besar dengan nilai yuran langganan yang cukup tinggi - Astro tidak sewajarnya menaikkan lagi yuran tersebut.

Mereka melihat tidak ada keperluan untuk stesen televisyen berbayar itu berbuat demikian, melainkan untuk meraih keuntungan secara berlebih-lebihan semata-mata.

Yang pasti pelanggan menanggung beban kenaikan itu kerana mereka tidak banyak pilihan melainkan ‘menerima dalam paksa’ kenaikan itu.

Kementerian Tenaga Air dan Komunikasi yang bertanggungjawab terhadap stesen televisyen swasta juga tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa dalam soal ini kerana kerajaan tidak boleh menanggung sebarang kerugian yang dihadapi oleh Astro.

“Kalau tidak suka, jangan tengok Astro,” tegas menterinya, Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik sambil mencadangkan pelanggan yang tidak puas hati menghentikan langganan dan menonton stesen televisyen percuma sahaja.

“Kalau rasa harganya mahal, saya nasihatkan berhenti tengok Astro, tengok sahaja TV1, TV2, TV3, ntv7 atau Channel 9, kita tidak pernah paksa orang tengok Astro, apa menteri boleh buat kalau Astro hendak naikkan harga, nak tutup semua, mana boleh,” katanya ketika diminta pandangan mengenai tindakan terbaru Astro itu.

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Talking about the ass, have you guys watch the Asstro Max advertisements?

There are three of them. One where this guy (driver) talking about his boss 'always got time one'. The other is where the auntie that couldnt watch her soap opera because everyone else would change the channel. And the recent one is where the parents have no 'space' because his kid wont allow them to have any.

I'm sorry, but IMHO (not so humble actually), the last two adverts are downright crass, rude and tasteless.

What kind of moral values are they trying to instill here? That, it is cool to treat your parents like that? If i were that those people (the auntie or the parents), whenever my kid show disrespect, I'll whack them silly.

Same goes during the world Cup, where it showed a bunch of teenagers throwing pillow at the frail grandmother just becauset the granma was watching her fav soap opera..

Maybe those folks at the not-so-creative department were upbrought like that, that's why they thought the adverts were funny. NOT!

But then, the name itself is an Asstro, what do you expect, NO?

Oppsss.. ter-emo pulak hari ni..

Monday, June 18, 2007

Back To Skool

Noooooiiiicceee..

I'll be away from that PLACE for a week.




The back-breaking-2000-pages-need-to-be-completed-in-a-week 'handouts'.

p/s: It took me 1/2 a day to figure out how to load image using unix/netscape, sucks.

p/s: Blogspot looks nasty in netscape...

Saturday, June 16, 2007

As I Mature

I've learnt that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I've learnt that how much I care, some people are just assholes.

I've learnt that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I've learnt that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better have a big willy or huge boobs.

I've learnt that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.

I've learnt that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're finished.

I've learnt that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

I've learnt that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place!

I've learnt that 99% of the time when something isn't working in you house, one of your kids did it.

I've learnt that the people you care most about in love are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away.

As Hollywood Celebrities Mature
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Friday, June 15, 2007

Confession of a Broken Heart

Why are Thai's Commercials always funny one?





Thursday, June 14, 2007

Flood Alert



Click on the image above to monitor Central KL roads Online (Realtime)
or go to http://www.itis.com.my/itis4/cctv_trazak.jsp

Ladies, Beware Of These Lunch Predators

Got this email from my friend, scary....

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From: s***@sbb.com.my
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Ladies, please beware this happened to me recently...

The strangest thing happened to me at lunch yesterday. I was sitting at a café at the Waterfront having a coffee with my friend and two men came and sat down at our table .....

We gave them the death stare, but they just casually stayed at our table and wouldn't leave us alone. It ruined our whole bloody lunch...

I slowly placed a ring on my married finger, then placed my hand on the table and we hinted to them that we were both married, and that we were not interested in them.

Luckily, they got the hint and left, but thankfully the whole thing was captured on the Cafe camera. I'm sending you this picture as a warning just in case they try and pick you up. --> The PREDATORS: Beware!!

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Hey You, Mother Nature Calls, She Wants Her Earth Back

Australian Storm Leaves Seven Dead, Ship Aground
June 10 (Bloomberg) -- A storm in southeast Australia with gale-force winds and ocean swells as high as 18 meters (59 feet) has left seven people dead, two missing and a coal ship aground. One thousand people were being evacuated as floodwaters rose. --Bloomberg

Storm Triggers Evacuations in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A beached ship carrying more than 200,000 gallons of fuel oil withstood pounding waves with no signs of leaking as maritime officials on Sunday expressed hope of removing the freighter.

Authorities urged thousands of Australians to evacuate as floodwaters surged from three days of wild weather. Nine people have been killed since storms began Friday near the port city of Newcastle, 90 miles north of Sydney. --The Guardian

Cyclone Gonu Kills 70, Leaves Oil Ports Unscathed
TEHRAN, Iran, June 11, 2007 (ENS) - The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 on Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm that swept across Oman and Iran last week. A rarity in this arid part of the world, the storm raised fears of a disruption to oil exports from the Middle East, which pumps over a quarter of the world's oil. --IRNA Newswire

Storm toll reaches 71 in S. China

The death toll from the heavy rain that has swept south China has risen to 71, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday.

Torrential rain, mudslides and floods have also left 13 people missing and destroyed 56,000 homes and 57,600 hectares of cropland. --China East

Tornado Damage in Central Wisconsin
With thunderstorms and a few tornadoes rolling through Western and Northern Wisconsin, it's time to assess the damage. Yet some areas east and north of here were hit hard --Fox News

Residents coping after tornadoes in central Wisconsin
BEVENT — Neighbors and friends loaded bent steel sheets that had once been Carol Zogata's pole shed onto a trailer Friday.

The tornado that roared through her beef farm the night before toppled a silo and damaged another. An old barn was reduced to splinters and windows in her home were smashed. --The Associated Press

Vengeance Vandetta
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Regretfully, we, the human, never leant. Over years, we have been ignoring her and left her in the dire state where recuperation is impossible. In this sick age of consumerism, we horrifically consume everything in sheer excess.

All her natural resources are depleting, her forests diminishing, her air and water are polluted beyond imagination.

Mother Earth has got her own way to flush excessive populations so that the earth could sustain. The only way for her to survived is to thin out the populations. Pandemic, wars, famish and natural disasters are her most potent weapons.

Notable human catastrophies throughout histoy:

Antoine Plague, 165 - 180AD - Europe
Up to five million people perished.

Bubonic Plague (First wave 540; Second 1300s).
Up to twenty million people perished.

The 1918 Spanish Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic, commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, was a category 5 influenza pandemic between 1918 and 1920 caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. By far the most destructive pandemic in history, it killed some 50 million to 100 million people worldwide in just 18 months, [1][2] dwarfing the bloodshed due to World War I (1914-1918). Many of its victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or otherwise weakened patients.
Source: Wikipedia: Spanish flu

A necessary human tragedy.....

God is omnipotent. He gives mother earth and human free will. Right now the score is Human-1, Earth-0. But, the next wave of pandemic is due. When it hit, no amount of 'doa' (prayers) would save you.

Please take care of mother earth, your families and yourself. Survival of the fittest doesn't apply.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Weekend (and some Weekdays) Randoms [Week 22]


It's about time.. O'brien sandwich has opened a branch at KLCC.


Printed and assembled in Xin Jia Po. SIngapore got raw material meh? Where did it process the paper from? Bukit Batok's forest? :p


The random act of vandalisme.


The King needs to shop too. Spotted in front of Isetan.


This guy has escalate the concept of 'Eating Precariously' to the new level.

Movies, Dinner and Bowling
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Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek3 and Shrek3. It's not type, Shrek3 is mentioned twice.

I bought the Pirates for 3.30p.m. While issuing the ticket, I asked that prick who manned the counter, would I make it for the 5.30 movie (Shrek3). He said yes *with attitude*. So, discarding the cardinal rule; 'Thou shall not fall into the young cashier's words pitching for sales', I foolishly bought the ticket.

Much to my horror, that kanina Bergagal Times Sq's GSC showed the advertisements for 30 darn minutes. Not to mention that I got the lousiest seat with the kid behind spilled her pop corn over my head. Luckily her dad said sorry.

Neway, the movie ended around 6.30p.m. Like so obvious, i missed the next movie. Reluctantly, I bought another ticket for the next show. The moviethon had to go on.

Then I went for dinner.



'Kobe' beef and garlic fried rice. Yum yum.


Somehow doesnt taste that great...

At 8, I 'continued' my moviethon. Again, the movie is nothing to shout about. Boring with the capital B.

For what it worth, the couple next to me missed their next movie too. During the advertisements before Shrek (30 minutes also), the guy anxiously said 'we're not going to make it for the next movie'..True enough, they missed the 'Waris Jari Hantu' at 9.55p.m. I was just snickering inside..

After the movie I went for bowling. What a luck, I was surrounded by national players. And those kids scored 160 and above. Reminded me when I went for the swimming leçon... I was the only 'super senior' amongs 20 'toddlers' (who consistently swam faster than me).


Sentul sik banjir ok!! Ghetto she might be, but never experience a flood.