Hospital Virgin - Near Death Experience

I'd never been admitted to the hospital. Well, twice, if you counted my birth and the day I had infant epilepsy/seizure (when I was 9 mth, according to my mum). Growing up I had a few accidents which requires several trips to the clinic. Some of those:

The day I fell from the window chin first.
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Well, I was 6 and was very naughty.  As a punishment, my uncle locked me on the room on the first floor of my grandpa house (on mum's side).  The room had a window similar to this.  

So there I was, bored to death, feeling caged, but nothing much I could do because its too dangerous to jump because of the rocks-pebbles down there... So I was just hanging by the window.. like literally.. Hanging from the curtain like a monkey while singing a song my sister just learned from school ... "aku burung, di dalam sangkar, hidup terkurung, hati ku susah".. Sangat tak kena okay, lagu sedih tapi berperangai ungka.

and before I knew it, the razor thin wire snapped, and I flung down on the ground.  Not feeling a thing, I went to the kitchen.. and my uncle was like I thought youre upstairs...

Then my aunt saw my face... and she looked terrified (I didnt cry or anything as I didnt feel any pain)... then I felt my chin was wet... and i tried to brush off the liquid and it was blood!

So my uncle rushed me to the nearby clinic and I was given a candy!!!! and an antiseptic thingy.. The cut was not deep but its long... and I still have the scar of it.

Chin pain, take two
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Few months down the road, because I was so naughty my aunts and grandma no longer want to take care of me, so i was given back to my mum in Taiping.  She enrolled me to the kindergarten inside the army camp nearby, but as far as I remember, I only went there for less than 10 days (in a YEAR!).

The only thing I remembered abt the kindergarten was I had a homework where we had to draw chicken, so I outsourced it to the neighbor next door. She drew it beautifully, well she was 10 and I was 6, I assumed it was beautiful.. asal ada bentuk.. FYI my sisters (elder) and brother were still with my grandma in Penang.  So there was only me and my newborn sister.

And ooh I also remembered the canteen with candies! 5 cents and you get 2 hacks/halls. and 10 cents you got 5 candies.

Anyway, the rest of the times I skipped school, in my uniform.  I either went to the hills/forest at the back of our house.. Or went to the cemetery talking to the old men there.  He was the jaga for kubur keramat tok bidan. I was so small he thought i was 4, so he didnt suspect me for skipping school.

Or I went to the river nearby for berak, but there was one time while i was defecated, I saw a leech trying to get up my leg... that  was disgusting and scary and from then onwards I became civilized a bit. Hihihihi.

But sometimes I just hide inside the box or the cupboards till I got busted and get the cane, or the water hose! So I decided to just stayed inside the monsoon drain (dried most of the times) somewhere near our house. Something like this but slightly deeper where petite 6 year old could hide.

I would stayed there till the coast is clear (mum was nowhere at sight). Then I would emerge and celebrated my freedom.  But one day, while I tried to climb up the drain, i fell chin down and hit the same spot as before... and it was a bloody mess! and this time I felt it (its deeper). So yeah I had to go back and after she was through with me (with lidi), I was sent to the military hospital nearby.  I had to get the stitches and got another candy.. but yuck it was cherry flavored.

You might asked where's my dad? Well, he was in Sabah.  So, there were only my mum, my baby sister and myself.. well sometimes our granny from my dad's side would come over. I had a love-hate relationships with her.  Because I was so naughty, I always got pinched by her, so I hate her for that.. Also she smelled funny and talked funny (she's pure mami penang)...

But when she visited us, because she will come by train, and always with the danish biscuits, whereas mum only bought Jacobs cracker for our consumptions.. like seriously?  The only time I would eat the crackers was when dad was home and brought back the army rations (pineapple jams).

Plus, granny was a good friend with this Chinese auntie fruit vendor.  When this vendor came, she'd be calling like camilak lai la (cempedak coming or selling depending on how you pronounce lai in hokkien)! Granny would came out and bought us cempedak and the two would talk for hours whereas I would sit there eating the raw cempedak and saved some for frying and to be eaten at tea time. Yum yum...

Sadly she passed away when i was 8...

The abominable hornet
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This time i I was 7 and my other sister was back with us (she was 9).  Just like kindergarten, mum would only send us to school on the first day and expected us to remember which transportation to take the next day.  So the day after, here I was with my sister waiting for our transportation at the main road.  There were two type of military trucks that would pick us up, the yellow top or the green top.. something like this:

So when the truck came, we just sat there looking and the rest of the children already alighted. And the military guy was like "are you coming?" i looked at my sister and we both shook our head.. and the truck left us. Like duh... So we sat there waiting for another truck but there was no more. After like an hour, we decided to go back.  Mum was out to the camp to collect half of dad's salary (yeah back then, the army paid half to the husband, and half to the wife).

Skipped school like hurray! And sis was like "hey we have 20 cents pocket money each".. and off we went to the Naafi (Pernama) and bought an ice cream.  When mum came back she wasnt amused with our antique, so naturally we got several lashes....

So dengan perasaan hiba, I ran away to the jackfruit tree nearby, and just sat there for like 5 min until I got restless..I decided to get back and play with my sister... on the way back I saw a dead hornet, so being evil I decided to trample it.. Along the process, somehow my slipper got slipped and I trampled on it barefooted! And the sting got directly into my foot! Served me right... I was out of school for days!

From then onwards I didnt have major/minor accident anymore. Near miss aplenty, but none serious.  There's a time where I brought back eggs I found under the bush, thinking it was birds eggs, and kept them under my bed... but turned out to be snake eggs! Bodoh!

And a time during deepavali where I visited my friend who live next to the train track (his dad manned the gate).  So, there was a scheduled train that would pass in 10 minutes so we decided to put some very hard cookies (round and made from chickpeas flour) on the train tracks, hoping to derail the train..but alas the cookie bounced back to our directions.

And then puberty strike and i turned 180 degree and became domesticated and demure... hihihihi

Fast forward 30 years...

Chinese New Year, long leaves.. I decided to stay at home and not go anywhere.  Need to spring clean the whole house and  started a new diet (SD II diet). On Saturday I started to drink that nasty "milk" and on my way to achieve my goal of 60 kg (10 kg to loose)... But on Sunday I became so sick and ill I stopped the program.

I had a fever which wont go away... and it became worst at night.. I started shivering and hallucinated.   I thought it was a regular fever, so I just took paracetamol..  The clinics were closed for CNY, so I went to guardian and bought the fever pad and more paracetamol. Sunday, Monday Tuesday... still feverish, though by then I had strength to move around better.  Its only at night I couldnt sleep and would have nightmares/hallucinate. On Tuesday morning I went to the clinic but I wasnt that feverish and the doctor said probably chicken pox but had to wait for the red spots to grow.

I was so pissed because its a long holiday and I was sick!  So came Wednesday I went to work.  Promised Rizana to meet her for lunch, but by 11 I was so weak.  Chatted with Rizana and she asked me abt the symptoms...and she brought the bad news... Never in my wildest dream I thought I would get it...

So we decided to do the check up. Took the form, she drove me to the nearest hospital and went to the immediate checkup unit. After like 10 minutes I was ushered to meet the doctor and he asked me to do the blood test.  My temp was like 41 degree by then...

So by 11.30 the blood was taken to the lab.  I had to wait for the result, and its gonna be like 2 -3 hours.  This is the intermediate where I had to wait anxiously for the result.  The thing was I just lost my best friend back in January this year and the hospital memories just come back to me..

By 2.30 the result was out and confirmed I had it.. DENGUE! Like wth! My platelet count was 120 (normal 150-450) , so the admission process begun and it went smoothly. I got a room on the 3rd fl and thank god it wasnt facing the office.  (Gambar di atas sekadar gambar hiasan).

Informed the office and updated my FB :p

And then my brother called saying that mum and dad were coming over to stay at my place.. I said hell no! and told them about me.  So they came and visited me.

First night was hell. I only had office shirt and were given the hospital gown. Because of my increasing temp they had to jab me twice.  I couldnt sleep at all and as usual hallucinated throughout the night....

 

but nothing could prepare me for the blood withdrawal and the drip.. not sure because I was too fat or too scared, they couldn't find my vein... and some of the nurses missed the vein and poked the wrong part and it was HORRENDOUS...

Breakfast.. didnt eat much as I got no appetite..

Thank god mum brought over fresh clothes and toiletries.  Though I was kinda pissed because they risked their life by staying at my place. Wanted to send them to the hotel but I was the only one with the credit card and they couldnt find the emergency card I kept at home for withdrawal.

Anyway I had several friends visited.. And the 'thing' start flowing.  100Plus and Crab soup.... even as I wrote this I felt like vomiting... and it was 4 months ago..


I had like 20 bottles of 100plus, I'm sure by the time I got better I'm gonna be diabetic. as as for the crab soup..its enough to make me hate crab soup for life!  I couldnt even smell it anymore without feeling nauseated.

The better view from my room...

My platelet count kept on dropping to 98, 82, 69 , 68.
Only by Friday afternoon it started to go back up. So basically I was out of danger.

By Friday my hand had swollen

it was so tight and uncomfortable. Mode badak...

The food was awesome and the room too, but it was too brief.

On Friday night I felt so much better and sneaked out of the hospital and went to the pavilion with Steve.I had the KFC and of course everyone stared at my hand... but I couldnt be bothered.

By 10 pm we sneaked back in...

Oleh oleh. finally non 100plus nor crab soup.  By Saturday doctor said I could get out already since I have no fever.

You can go back to work on monday! He dropped the bomb! I was like whatttt? Im so tired need to catch up with my sleep and I would be so stressful at work dealing with the people there.

Sentap betul org lain kena denggi 2-3 minggu aku kena tak sampai seminggu. *mode tak bersyukur*

Though I might be out of the danger I dont think my plat count went back to normal .. ISo I had to begged for at least 3 days of MC (I got two) and swore I'd never come to this hospital again... hihihihi

Phew back to normal size by Sunday. 

On Monday I made a report to our mgmt office and found out that they had 8 cases of dengue that months (in this building)... urghhhhh...

So yeah I was back to work on Wednesday and already on call for that week...FML

Another Kecik Kecik Tak Nak Mampos Moment

When the application was packaged 3 months ago, the user said it was fine. Then got some minor update and they decided to change the option as well.

Previously:


They want it to be like this:


So I did. Just to accomodate that simple change, I had to modify many subcomponents and redifined the Registries:


And now after all done and I already submitted the app to the QA, they came back and ask me to revert back to the old one.

Nelli... I have a question ofr you
Famil Sul... yeah
Nelli... There will be a TS package for this app as well. Would it be possible to have A4 and Letter format at the same time on a terminal server?
Famil Sul... thats what we did last time.. and you asked me to change
Nelli... but did it work for both versions?
Famil Sul... yeah
Famil Sul... but now i have to change for the TS
Nelli... I am sorry
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EEEEE, aku rasa macam nak cekik cekik kasi mampus

Got this aplication on my back for eons.. Its all because what I believe was the DB error, but those DBA and jokers kept on insisiting they are right, and its my application which are problematic.

So after 2 weeks of exhausting every possibilities, I sent them a note yesterday for recommendation.
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Dear xxxxlai/DBA;

The Marquas 7.3.1 app still not launching. We have done the following:

1. Install Marquas 3.7.1 as a replacement for Marquas 7.2.3 - FAILED
   
2. Install a new version of Marquas 3.7.1 into a clean machine - FAILED
   
3. Install a previous working version of Marquas 3.7.1 (prior to recycled) - FAILED
   
4. Install Marquas 3.7.1 from the Media provided by the vendor - FAILED

* FAILED as in the app is still waiting for the db to response until timeout occurs.

The dependency has been installed, and all registries entry has been checked to point to the sqldb1.

Therefore we could ruled out packaging / media issue.

Probable caused
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I did some checking on the SQL setup and found the following:

1. Access to the Server SQLDB1 has been granted correctly
   
2. Access to the Database VOIS2000_DATA has been granted with the correct role (UR_MARQUAS)
   
3. However, access to the application (VoisUser) is not there.

Recommendations
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I am not sure wether this is the real culprit, however I would like to suggest the following:

1. Remove user xptst05 from the table VoisUser.
   Add user xtstafs and xptst05
   Grant more access to these users (VesselVisibility = A, ApproveRejectxx= Y)
   xxx to look into this. MarquasUserAdmin are responsible to manage users in the application. I dont know whose in the group.
   Only if this method doesnt work, we will do step no 2 below.
   
2. Remove VOIS2000_DATA from sqldb1.
   Restore/refresh/replicate VOIS2000_DATA from June 01 2009 backup (VOIS2000_DATA_Test) OR
   Restore/refresh/replicate VOIS2000_DATA from sqldb0
   DBA to act on this.

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Complete with diagram and stuff so that they could easily understand.

I were even close to give the exact command like:
insert into xxxx
(LoginName,Initials, RoleID, VesselVisibility )
Values ('xxxx','xx',5,'A')

but that would be insulting the DBA.. as if they dont even know their own job.

DID ANY OF THEM LISTEN OR ACT UPON MY RECOMMENDATION?

Hell no! They keep on doing some troubleshooting and today send an email to the vendor asking for assistance...

And today, we received this from the vendor
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The problem is that the Test accounts are not defined in the MARQUAS
Database.

The following commends would add the User accounts to MARQUAS.

insert into voisuser
(LoginName ,FullName,Initials, RoleID,EmailAddress,ApproveRejectHold,
ApproveRejectLift ,ApproveRejectIncident ,ApproveRejectIncidentReport ,
ApproveRejectFinalReport ,ApproveRejectInspection ,ApproveRejectVPRReport
,VesselVisibility )
Values
('XPTST05','Test Account','TA5',5,Null,'y',
'y','y','y','y','y','y','A')

insert into voisuser
(LoginName ,FullName,Initials, RoleID,EmailAddress,ApproveRejectHold,
ApproveRejectLift ,ApproveRejectIncident ,ApproveRejectIncidentReport ,
ApproveRejectFinalReport ,ApproveRejectInspection ,ApproveRejectVPRReport
,VesselVisibility )
Values
('TST06','Test Account','TA6',5,Null,'y',
'y','y','y','y','y','y','A')


Regards

Roger Kelly

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Pengsan aku!

This Premises Has Been Condemned

For failing the health's inspection.

Well, at least that's what I though, because it cant be the renovation because they just had one less than a year ago.

Sigh, no more Betty!

Finally, A Gift That Wasnt Made in China

A couple of weeks ago kecet.com hosted a Frugal Festival where readers were encouraged to submit their experience with frugality. (Ironically, the reward was anything but frugal).

Nonetheless, I just sent him my tips. And these were excerpt from kecet.com (without owner approval):

famil said...
1) I rather walk 1km to find the nearest Maybank ATM than paying RM1 MEPS charge.

2) I would look for the RapidKL bus ticket on the floor or even on the trash bin so that I could save up to RM2. One ticket could be used for the whole day. Sometimes people just throw them away after one trip *stewpid*

3) I keep my savings at the Bank Simpanan Nasional so that I wont have to pay tax - it's the government bank (Dikecualikan oleh cukai).

4) Only shop for specific groceries on specific day at Isetan.
Monday - Fish
Tuesday - Fruits
Wednesday - Vegetables
Thursday - Meat
Because members get 10% dicount..

And what do you know, I got second places! And Srikanth asked me wether I would like the 1G thumbdrive or the 2G one! Einstein, like yeah Im gonna take the 1G one :p

So, on July 15, the thumbdrive was posted. Either for tax evasion or for thief prevention, he declared the value as $3. I would like to think the latter because its an open secret that the Malaysian Custom/postman would pocket in anything they deem valuable.

And today, while gossiping with CT at work, my reward arrived.

Woo hoo.. I was elated. Immidiately I reformat the thumbrive to NTFS filesytem (from FAT).

I'm as excited as this fat kid who had just bought harmonica from toys r us and had to use it rightaway.

(i were about to give him RM1, but his mother was there.. encouraging him.. hi hik)

TQ Srikanth! Do visit him at kecet.com. He is hosting another contest.

P/s: My joy was shortlived though. The internal component is made in CHINA.

Dark Clouds I summoned you to go far-far Away!

--- Ranting time... just bear with me ---
Part I
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Stop asking me to prioritise my works and later complaining that my time management sucks!

Stop coming over for an update which you will forget 5 minutes later. And the futility is compounded when I gave you the situation you just tell me to sort it out by myself!

I need help and directions goddammit!

You said ... "I didnt know that, you should talk to him!" Dude! He's under you... its your responsibility to know every decisions he acted upon.

Since when a low level scum which is commonly known as the TL has any authority to delegate without your endorsement?

And what on earth are you trying to insinuate when you blurted "I hope you wont fail me like J did".

I still have much respect for you, so, please dont turn into a nasty bitch.. We already have plenty around here.

Part II
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"You look lovely in that costume and your dance was mesmerising! You reminded me of Aishwarya Rai" From that one drunk angmoh to that one common ore formerly known as Level9 diva (until that one PMSing-24x7 diva took over her title).

Puhleeaasse... The closest you could be compared to Aishwarya Rai is the BAtang Serai (lemon grass stick) itself.. On a second thought, batang serai is more curvaceous than you could ever be.

What's with the vengeance? That's what you get for talking loudly at my back. Saying that I got no right to boss around that eternal-pms biotch.

Facts:
1 - Those medicines are expired.
2 - I just said "These medicines are expired"
3 - IT'S HER FUCKING JOB TO REPLACE IT.

No need to throw tantrum and yap behind me.. you fucking bitch!

Part III
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Just found out my best friend got into a deep depression. My favorites bloggers are gone (for a while), etc etc...

All I want to do now is to lay down on the bed, under the comfy and never to be awakened!

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..

Final Score: 47 out of 115 (Treasure Hunt Part V - Final)

The prize giving ceremony was held during dinner on Saturday, June 2nd.

The Treasure Hunt was divided into 3 questionnaires. The actual hunt, the bonus treasures and the Quiz.

The quiz was the easiest amongst all, and this year, the marks were counted separately. Thus, separate prizes were given for this. There were 15 images/faces that you have to name. i.e Buttercup, Wil E. Coyote, Angelina Jolie, Eminem, David Becham (when they were very young) etc. We scored 11/15 and emerged the winner.

"This is the only prize you guys gonna get tonite" the MC remarked....

Fine lah, it was so tough and we were late, we might have negative marks instead.

Sans Par = A Diameter In Bed
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Then the MC gave the answers for the bonus treasures. We got 3 treasures correctly (Pepsi Max, Meow meow pizza flavored snack and ?? forgot?? ), which carried 15 marks (5 marks each). We missed the carrot and the dvd one.

The carrot clue was 'A Diameter in Bed.' That was it.... Apparently bed = cots. Diameter = radius x 2 = rr. Thefore you got

COTS + A + RR

CARROTS

Like stupid right... plus when I learnt trigo in high skool it was jj not rr (jejari meh)

So, being me, I bought .. hi hi ... SWISS ROLL mkay! Well, it looks fluffy (like bed) and its round (diameter), so I bought it lah.. Turned out there's like 3-4 other teams bought the same thing. Great Minds Think Alike...

As for the dvd, the clue was about a pirates of the Caribbean's captain. Without equal, you may continue your game.... something like that.

So I went to capt-jacksparrow.blogspot.com for the answer. Of course there's nothing specific there. But there a line about gatorade and paper cups. So we decided to buy the Gatorade (I was so impressed Maran town has got 7-Eleven).

Ultimately, the correct answer was jacksrow.blogspot.com. Without EQUAL = without PAR, so we need to drop that freakin PAR from SPARROW. Only inside that jackscrew thingy that the actual clue was given.

SAMUEL
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This my friend, is a soapy salami.

Then he moved on with the actual questionnaires. By then all hopes of winning were gone. (Ironically, ASTRO was showing Star Wars - A New Hope, that nite)

There was lots of puzzle inside a puzzle and anagram kind of Q this year (last year was Roman Numerals) . The toughest one was

Samuel.

That's all of it... Just plain Samuel. Samuel Jackson? Samuel in Bible? Samuel Anggun Ambin? Which samuel?

The answer pissed me off to the core... It's the Kitar SEMULA (please recycle) billboard. So simple yet so... grrrrrr.

Shame, shame, shame
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We scored 61 out of 115. Then minus 14 pts for being late. Final tally was 47. Last year we got 108 out of 130 for the 11th place. This is a day of infamy indeed.....

The 'winners' for 15 - 10th place were called out and it was obvious we're not in the list....

'8th Place: Traveling Ducks: 47 Points'

Get out !!!! For Real ???

WE WON!! Something..

*GRIN*

Although, technically we were in the 5th place, we are more than happy to get lucky number 8.

Show me the moneyvouchers

So, that nite we went to bed.. happy.. And continued watching Star Wars marathon

Hailing For A Taxi In KL Could Be Stressful

If not for the Infamous-Pea-Brain-Malaysian queue cutters, you have to deal with Another-Pea_Brain cabbies who will choose the destination they would drive you to.


So true, sometimes you have to literally beg them.


'Tak pergi!', 'jam', 'dont know' are the usual excuses given. Up to the point I believe that all attitude laden cabbies are offsprings of now-defunct-PYB* conductors.


At the tourist spot, they would choose their customers. Typical Malaysian wont stand a chance to hail a cab at KLCC.

Someone stole my cab this morning.

*PYB: The Penang Yellow Bus
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Back then when Voltron, Thundercats, M.A.S.K and Jem rule, there were four companies servicing Little Penang island. They were PYB (Yellow), Lim Seng Seng Bus (Green), Hin Bus Company (blue) and local council's MPPP Bus (also yellow). The services and routes could be deemed as superb. There were definite bus routes that ply the main roads in the City, the outskirts and the tourist attractions areas (Bt. Feringghi, Tanjung Bungah, Waterfall, Penang Hill, Mt. Erskine..hi hik).

I always fantasied myself taking the bus ride to those exotic places like Gertak Sanggul or Balik Pulau or strolling around Kg Seronok where, according to my grandma, everyone there worshipped the sun (hang toksah dok pi kat sana, depa sembah matahari, nantisat depa tangkap hang, bagi kat Bang Baguk, baru hang nak tau..). Alas, those dreamt were never materialised, partly because I was busy loitering at Suiwah (local supermarket) or playing with mud skippers at tanah merah while watching ferries went to-and-fro Butterworth-Georgetown.

Jelutong was served by MPPP bus and the PYB. However, no one would want to board those MPPP bus because its so inefficent, dirty and slow, the soya-bean-vendor Ah Pek cycled faster than the bus.

Boarding the PYB bus was sort of like buying Toto. Sometimes you win (good service), most of the time you loose(bad to nasty service), but no one ever won the Jackpot. The first culture shock you would encountered was when those pale-yellow uniformed ah soh screamed 'faster-faster' and the driver would sped off as soon as your first leg stepped the stair.

Then you would get the grandfather storied shall you failed to produce small change for the ride. The conductors wouldnt care if youre a child or an old auntie. When they scolded, they would just screamed. No one in living memory could let us know what would happen if you got out/into the bus through the wrong door (front door only for embarking/ back door disembarking).

The hell ride would get worse shall the grey-uniformed superitendant decided to have a spot check on the passengers (for free riders). If you failed to produce the ticket, you're doomed.. with capital 'D' (my thought was, the superitendant were promoted from the meanest and nastiest conductors).

So, the ride to Tanjung could spoilt your mood entirely, but rest assured, a good glass of heavenly-concocted Line-Clear Sarbat (shorbet !?!) would transform your mood instantly (just like when Jerrica touched her earing.. and transformed into Jem).

Those were the days. How times have changed...

Cadar Itu Telah Ditukar

Did something happen?

'Something' happened alright. Yesterday, when I came back I realised something not right with my room. It has been 'touched'...

Dont know what really had happen, but not taking any chances, i changed the sheet and mopped the floor.

I never lock my room because what's the point of having a housemate if u cant trust each other right? Definitely wrong.

Anyway, im moving away this June. Still going to have a housemate. I cant live alone. Tried before.. got so depress.

A Story Behind Those Sad Little Balloons

Yesterday:
She1: Hey, I want those balloons.
She2: Sorry, I was here first.
She1: I just gave birth and its for my baby.
She2: Huh? So?
She1: * Grab the balloons and walk off. *
She2: Bitch!


And today, those ballons were in the trash bin already...

Poor Roo!

Skippy was basking under the sun getting sleepy and stuff...

And suddenly!!

Omigawd!





He became Mr Monty Phyton's lunch.

So kesian one.
*Background music:: Skippy (the Bush Kangaroo)*

Pouring Rain and an Incident; but it was a Lovely Saturday Nonetheless

The SMS ringtone woke me up. What? 10 am already...?

The message: *The money has been transferred.*

Okay, thanks. Yeay, i'm rich...

Within an hour, there's another sms. It's from digi. The message: *Your reload bonus of RM42 has been added into your prepaid account*

Double hurrah.

By noon, i was ready to meet Eileen and Aisah. Then another sms. From my sister. The msg *I banked in the money just now. Thanks.* Well, she borrowed them yonks ago and i didnt expect her to pay back, but somewhow, today...

My lucky day indeed. =)

Went to Uptown for lunch with them.

The what would be a lovely day was almost marred by a sneer remark I got from these two nasty i-would-say-beggars-but-they-were-actually-charity-workers.

I was on my way to the atm and saw these two fellas loitering in front of the eBanking center. When I was near, they shove the box in front of me. "For charity."

I smiled and were about to reply "wait after I withdraw money!", but one of these two lan-chiau suckers sassed, "Satu ringgit saja, takkan tak mampu!"(it's only one ringgit, i doubt you couldn't afford it)

Woooooow, that was rude!

I were about to give them lecture about my hard-earn income being deducted dearly monthly and they could beg from Jabatan Kebajikan for this purpose.

But of course, I didnt want anything to spoil my day today. Plus, picking a fight with two transvestite-looking female was suicidal.

So I made a withdrawal, pretended I was smsing (while in fact I was taking their pic), and take out RM1 note from my wallet and 'accidentally' dropped the money on the floor.

When the second kanina bend to pick it up, I felt like kicking her butt and flee. or at least farted on her face (and flee).. but then again, the first biotch was so athletic,if I made a flee, she could easily outran me or worse, she could throw her charity piggy-bank and hit my head.. hard :p

Noted, they didnt even thanked me. But they didnt thank at the nyonya before me either. PLAIN RUDE! I dont even know for what charity, and there was no receipt given.

Luckily the day ended perfectly.

But of course there was this New Year Dinner thingy (and comments), but that is for another blog :p

Remembering Saddam!

Bloody Friday

He deserves to be hanged...

ERC Dinner & Dance Part III

More pic on the DD06.

Well, none of them got me in it..
Mr cameraman must have hate me so much.

The only pic of our table members was taken when I was at the loo.. GREAT! *curses*


*Gasp* It's Juli3 Sudir0! I tot it was 4dibah! Someone said "We couldnt afford her this year lah" I was devastated!

Well, no offence to Juli3 fans out there (if there's any, I dont think they could operate a computer, let alone reading this blog :p), but the tickets said 4dibah.. and we demanded her!


Looked like our prayer had been answered. A short while afterward, there she was! Her voice is lovely! Her wit is sharp.. My friends, THAT IS A DEFINITION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT..


She made a big round (no pun) and visited all the table. Wherever there's a unique headgear, she'll stop and did her thing. Lucky for us..


Mr. and Mrs CE0, with Z0rro in between.


Winners for the best costume/head gear - Male category. And no, the lady in black is not a shemale. She's the emcee.


Winners for the best costume/head gear - Female category. No first place, 2nd place.. They choose 5 and all got it :p


See, my table.. sans moi! Sabotaj betul.. when I went to the loo, they called the cameraman to take the pic :p


Asun's table...


Kylie n pardner...


Satan's lair.. With so many demon and no angel/saint, guess where that night was headin'..


CCSC folk.


What's that things? 'Thing 1' and 'Thing 2' lah! Some'thing' is holding that thing. What thing? Nothing!