the BIG soalan

Only Stupid Men Got Married!

2009-12-12T12:36:00.002+08:00

First of all, why men got married? There are many reasons depending who you talk to, to have childrenlah, i love this girl soooo muchlah, 'free' and safe sex lah, parents pressurelah, peers pressurelah.......and many more reasons. Whatever the reason you have for getting married is NOT worth the trouble. Dont believe be? Ask "Harimau Kayu"! He has so much money to spend until dont know how to spend but lastly still kena kow-tow to the wife!!!!!

Do you notice when you go shopping and you see those zombie-like men walking around in a women boutique....holding handbags....and every 5 minutes will try to look interested and ecstatic when the 'master' came out parading in new clothes. Poor soul!

Do you also know that women can be on 'mute mode' whenever they like or when the less intelligent men couldnt read their mind? Check out this kisah benar, scene: in the car after RM 300 dinner and after you bought her RM 800 clothes....

XY : Why no smile?
XX : .........
XY : Did i do something wrong????
XX : .........
XY : If i did then sorry lor....ok darling?
XX : ..................
XY : You dont like the dress huh?
XY : You dont like the dinner?
Xy : You dont like i looked at the waitress huh?
(by now you are gettting more trouble than 2 minutes ago)
XY : Wahlau....if you dont say , how do i know why u so angry with me.........please tell me lah.....
XX : ............................
XY : wtf...&$^$& what u want??&*&*olo..%u think u veru pretty huh$%% u dont say how the fxxx i know what u want*&%*& u think i can read your mind huh??%$#& ( yeah right, like you dare to say in front of her)

You will feel like crap the whole night, not kiss-kiss after that..........i bet your heart pressure also naik....you will try to kick her beloved cat whenever possible...no football on TV....there goes your weekend!

So ...u get what i mean? Men will never win the argument with women, men think they are superior, men think they are smarter, men think they can be CEO, be president....but they will still kowtow to women.

Obama can govern the most powerful country in the world........but still kowtow to the wife!

So u think its worth to get married?

TWO NUNS

2009-10-13T17:00:00.000+08:00

There were two nuns...

One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM),

and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).

It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.

SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half

minutes? I wonder what he wants.

SL: It's logical. He wants to attack us.

SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do?

SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.

SM: It's not working.

SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.

SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.

SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.

So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.

Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.

Then Sister Logical arrives.
SM: Sister Logical ! Thank goodness you are here! Tell me what happened!

SL : The only logical thing happened. The man couldn't follow us both,so he followed me

SM: Yes, yes! But what happened then?

:
SL: The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.

SM: And?

SL: The only logical thing happened. He reached me

SM: Oh, dear! What did you do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.

SM: Oh, Sister! What did the man do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.

SM: Oh, no! What happened then?

:
SL: Isn't it logical, Sister? A nun with her dress up can run faster than man with his pants down.

And for those of you who thought it would be dirty,
I'll pray for you!

H1N1....affects you whether you like it or not!

2009-08-11T16:27:00.000+08:00

Be it H1N1 or not, now is a very bad time to get sick. All clinics are packed!

long...long....long....queue!If normally the good doctor will try to explain what was wrong with you, now he is only need to say "No, it is not H1N1"

or

"You need to go to GH............... NOWWWW!!'

Definitions - Part 2

2009-08-11T11:55:00.000+08:00

Conference Room

A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on

Father

A banker provided by nature

Criminal

A person no different from the rest ....except that he/she got caught

Boss

Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early

Politician

One who shakes your hand before elections

DOCTOR

A person who holds your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Smile

A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office

A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn

The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.

A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee

Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience

The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb

An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher

A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise

H1N1 - 32 deaths but still no SOP?

2009-08-11T10:29:00.004+08:00

NST: "The Education Ministry will issue a standard operating procedure (SOP) on closure of schools where pupils are affected by influenza A (H1N1). "

It is really shocking to hear the Deputy Minister of Education said that only now he is planning to have a SOP for schools closure!

"This is why we are calling for officers from both ministries to meet and come up with a proper guideline or SOP when calling for closure of a school where its students are affected by the H1N1 virus."

Only now that he is planning to get officers form his minister to sit down with officers from Health Minister! Why now? Why not earlier when there was no death? Why you must until 32 deaths? Why?

Where have you been all these while,Mr Minister ?

Definitions - Part 1

2009-08-08T10:19:00.004+08:00

School
A place where Parents pay and children play

Life Insurance
A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.

Nurse
A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.

Divorce
Future tense of Marriage.

Tears
The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture
An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"

Conference
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise

The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody b elie ves he got the biggest piece

4 things that tell a lot of things!

2009-08-08T09:55:00.000+08:00

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things:

1. a rainy day,

2. the elderly,

3. lost luggage,

and

4. tangled Christmas tree lights.

A Bird In The Hand,

2009-08-08T09:40:00.001+08:00

.....is better than TWO in the bushes...................literally!

A Wooden Bowl

2009-08-07T11:06:00.001+08:00

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, andfour-year-old grandson.The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered.

The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather'sshaky hands andfailing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor.When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess.'We must do something about father,' said the son.'I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor.'
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner.There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner.Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.

When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had atear in his eye as he sat alone.Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitionswhen he dropped a fork or spilled food.

The four-year-old watched it all in silence.

One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing withwood scraps on the floor.He asked the child sweetly, 'What are you making?' Just as sweetly,the boy responded,'Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food inwhen I grow up..' The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.
The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken,both knew what must be done.

That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led himback to the family table.For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason,neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

H1N1 FAQ

2009-08-06T17:00:00.001+08:00

A(H1N1) flu: Updates on 10 FAQs — Dr David KL Quek
1) Can we distinguish between regular and H1N1 flu, without a lab test?
No, the flu is the flu, but there are variations in presentation. Some symptoms such as cough, runny nose, fever, body aches, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea occur more or less in every flu patient, but may present differently by different people. Some infected people have very mild symptoms, some in between, and a small minority, probably less than 10 per cent, have severe features including the dangerous pneumonia.
However, from sentinel testing and surveillance by the Ministry of Health the last few weeks have shown that almost 95 per cent of all flu-like illness are now caused by the H1N1 virus. Earlier some months ago, seasonal flu variants caused by the B and other A virus were the main causes, the bug causing most flu these few days is the A(H1N1). This appears to be the case also in neighbouring countries, meaning that the new virus is causing more havoc and symptomatic illness than previous types of flu (which are still in the community).
Because almost every flu-like illness (influenza-like illness or ILI) is due to H1N1, the MOH is now recommending that no testing to confirm this H1N1 will now be offered.
Treat as if this is H1N1 for ILI — symptom relief for mild symptoms (paracetamol, hydration, cough medicines, etc) and self-quarantine, social distancing, be alert for complications.
Most (70 per cent) do not need any anti-viral medications such as Tamiflu or Relenza. Only severe cases need to be referred to hospital for further treatment.

2) How should doctors decide if a person be given further specific treatment for H1N1?
If after 2-3 days, fever and cough symptoms do not improve, a recheck with the doctor is recommended, especially if there are features of difficulty breathing, severe weakness and giddiness, or, if the following risk factors are present:
1. obesity (fatter patients seem to have poorer outcome and more complications)
2. those with underlying diabetes, heart disease
3. those with asthma, or chronic lung disease
4. pregnant women
5. those with reduced immunity, cancer patients, etc
6. those with obvious pneumonia features

3) Many anxious people with flu-like symptoms want to be tested or treated for suspected H1N1, but are kept waiting or sent home, without being tested. Is this practice right?
There is no right or wrong practice as this outbreak is extensive and is stretching our resources to the limit. This is also the case not just here in Malaysia, but also elsewhere around the entire world!
The recommendation is now not to spend too much time and effort trying to get tested at designated hospitals or clinics — there is probably no need to do so. I have been informed that as many as 1,000 patients queue anxiously at Sungai Buloh Hospital for testing, due to fear of the H1N1 flu.
So the message must be made clear: Most flu illness do not require confirmatory testing, and are mild and self-limiting. More than 90 per cent will get better on their own, with symptomatic treatment — just watch out for possible complications, and risk factors as mentioned above.
Our resources are limited especially for testing. This is not just for Malaysia, but globally as well. The global demand for test kits and reagents for the H1N1 (PCR) is overextended and are rationed due to this extreme demand.
Some 200 million test kits have been deployed worldwide, but this supply is critically short because of excessive demand, so most countries have to ration testing to confirm only the worst cases, so as to monitor the pandemic better.

4) Are doctors confused as to what to do in this outbreak, especially when they do not have ready access to confirmatory lab tests?
Not really. Earlier on there was some confusion as to what to do next and who to test or who to refer for further testing and admission. Now the rules are clearer.
There is no need to do any testing to confirm the H1N1 virus for any ILI — just assume that this is the case in the majority of cases. Treat symptomatically when symptoms are mild, reassure the patients and ensure that these infected patients practice good personal hygiene, impose self-quarantine and social distancing, wear masks if their coughing or sneezing become troublesome, and keep a watchful eye on whether the infection is getting better or worse.
If there is difficulty breathing and gross weakness, then patients should quickly present themselves for admission. Understandably this phase of worsening is not always clear or easily understood by everyone... But there is not much more that we can do — otherwise we will be admitting too many patients and this will totally overwhelm our health services.
But prudent caution would help to determine which seriously ill patients need more attention and more intensive care. Unfortunately however, there will be that odd patient who will progress unusually quickly and collapse even before anything can be planned — hopefully these will be few and far between.
A more important note is that all doctors and nursing personnel should be very aware that they too have to take precautions, and employ barrier contact practices, if there are patients with cough and cold during this period of H1N1 outbreak, which is expected to last a year or two. Carelessness can result in the physician or nurse or nurse-aide becoming infected!

5) Are there sufficient guidelines from the Ministry of Health to address this situation?
I think there are sufficient guidelines from the MOH. Although some politicians have blamed the MOH and the minister for being inept at handling this pandemic — in truth this is not the case.
It is useful to remember that this is an entirely new or novel virus, which no one previously had encountered before — thus its infectivity and contagiousness is quite high and almost no one is immune to this virus.
Perhaps, there will come a time when all the resources from both public and private sectors can be put to more efficient use. Some logistic problems will invariably occur, because human beings differ in their capacity to understand or follow directives, whatever the source or authority.
Also patient demands have been extraordinarily high and at times very difficult to meet — every patient necessarily feels that his flu is potentially the worst possible type and therefore requires the most stringent measures and testing...
Doctors are also unsure as to the seriousness or severity of this new ailment — and we are only now beginning to understand this better — so our less than reassuring style when encountering this new H1N1 flu is sometimes detected by an equally anxious patient and/or their relatives.
But there is only so much that we can do under such a pressure cooker of an outbreak which is spreading like wildfire! But nevertheless we should not panic, and remember that most (more than 90 per cent) of infected people will recover with very little after-effects. Possibly only one in 10 patients develop more serious problems which necessitate hospitalisation.

6) Is limiting H1N1 testing only to those who have been admitted to hospital justifiable?
I have explained the worldwide shortage of such testing kits and reagents. Also it is near impossible to test everyone, the world over. Besides, knowing now that almost all the flu-like illness in the country is due to H1N1 makes it a moot point to want to test for this, especially when most are mild.
The rationale for testing only those who need hospitalisation is to ensure that we are dealing with the true virus, and also help to isolate possible changes or mutations to this viral strain. The MOH is also constantly doing sentinel surveillance (random spot-testing at various sites around the country to determine more accurately the various virus types and spread that are causing ILI).

7) Are we short of anti-virul drugs (Tamiflu, Relenza)? Should I take Tamiflu?
These antiviral drugs were available to most doctors during the earlier scare of the bird flu virus, but now are severely restricted, although some orders are still entertained from individual doctors, clinics or hospitals. Remember that these have been block-booked by more than 167 countries which have been shown to have been penetrated by the H1N1 flu bug.
Our MOH has actually stockpiled some two million doses of the Tamiflu or its generic form. In the last inter-ministerial pandemic influenza task force meeting, this stockpile will be bumped up to 5.5 million doses to cover some possible 20 per cent of the population.
Right now there is no shortage in the country. It is just that it is not readily available on demand for anyone just yet. The MOH is still of the opinion that this antiviral drug be used prudently and would like to register every patient given this drug.
The private sector on the other hand would like to have a looser control over the use of this drug — but we acknowledge that we should be meticulously prudent in its use. There is a genuine fear that resistant strains to this drug may develop with indiscriminate and unnecessary use — then we will all be in trouble with a drug-resistant H1N1 virus run amok!
Drug-resistant strains have been detected in Mexico, border-towns in the US, Vietnam, Britain, Australia even. So we have to be vigilant and closely monitor the situation. Right now, the very limited usage of Tamiflu gives us good reason to be optimistic.
However, because of some unusual patterns of seemingly well people dying or having very critical infections, some people and doctors are wondering if these new strains have already reached our shores... or have we been too late in instituting proper treatment...?
The rising number of deaths to 14 now is quite worrisome, but our health authorities are watching this development very closely and are also checking the virus strain to see if this has mutated. We can only hope that this is not the case, for now.

8) What are some of the problems faced by doctors in dealing with the H1N1 problem?
It would be good if every medical practitioner keeps a close tab on the H1N1 pandemic, and remain fully aware of the developments and changes, which are evolving daily. Every doctor has to be learning on the trot, so to speak, to keep up with the progress of this outbreak and its management, so that we can serve our patients better.
Logging in to the Internet regularly for more updated information will certainly help, instead of lamenting that not enough is being disseminated via the media thus far... Every doctor has to be more proactive and practice more responsible and cautious medicine during this trying period which is expected to run into at least one to two years. Importantly, look out for lung complications, and the above stated higher risk profiles, and refer these patients quickly for further care.
Easier access to antiviral drugs and their responsible use and monitoring would help allay public fears of delay in treatment, but this should be tempered with care and not over-exuberance to dish out to one and all, the precious antiviral drug, just for prevention — this may be a very bad move which can inadvertently create a worse outcome of drug-resistant bugs.
However, in the light of the very quick deterioration of some young patients who have died, it might be prudent to use antiviral treatment earlier and more aggressively.
We look forward to the specific H1N1 vaccine, when it does come our way, probably towards the end of the year. In the meantime, encouraging those in the front-line, heart or lung patients and frequent travellers to have the seasonal flu vaccination is a useful adjunct to help stem the usual problems from other flu types.

9) Are we doing everything that should or needs to be done?
Yes, if you check what other nations are doing, we are doing relatively well. We are not overstating the dangers and we have been quite transparent on the possibilities of this pandemic. Earlier, many agencies and even the public and doctors have accused us of exaggerating the pandemic, and our response was dismissed as being too much, even over the top! Unfortunately, it was only when some deaths occur that many are now decrying that we have done too little!
Also if you are quite honest about it, just compare with the countries globally, and you will notice that no one health or government authority has got this right, spot on.
We are all learning about this novel flu pandemic, and each country's response is coloured by its past experiences. In Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia we have had the SARS outbreak, so we are necessarily more paranoid! Also here the experience is that flu does not usually cause death in our community, unlike the west where seasonal flu kills some hundreds of thousands every year!
So the fear factor for this H1N1 flu is not nearly as great in the West, although it is slowly sinking in that its contagiousness and infectivity is far greater, and fears of its reassortment to a more virulent mutant form are growing, into the so-called second and/or third wave of this pandemic, but we will not know until a year or so down the line.

10) Is the public in general doing enough to help in controlling the outbreak?
I think the public is now reasonably well-informed as to this H1N1 pandemic. Perhaps, they are too well-informed, that they have a fearful approach to this virus. But the proper thing is not too over-react and to panic, although I know this does sound easier said than done.
It is almost a certainty that this flu will spread within the community — in schools, universities, academies, factories, work places, offices, etc. WHO has projected that possibly some 20-30 per cent of the population worldwide will become infected by this novel flu bug, after studying various models of spread of past infections — the huge and very rapid spread worldwide is mainly due to air travel. While older flu pandemics took six months to extend to so many countries, this H1N1 flu did so in less than six weeks!
In the worst-case scenarios of course, this outbreak will be alarming — hospitalisations may be required for 100,000 up to 500,000 Malaysians, with perhaps as many as 5,000 to 27,000 infected patients (depending on the case fatality rate or either 0.1 to 0.5 per cent) succumbing to this illness.
But because we have been monitoring closely and containing the outbreak thus far, with heightened awareness and greater social responsibility, it is possible to ameliorate the infectivity, spread and fatality that will unfortunately accompany this pandemic... Just how successful we will be in limiting these adverse outcomes remains to be seen, but we can be hopeful.
How can the public help? First learn and acquire good personal hygiene. If sick, please be responsible and stay at home, even in your own room where possible, wear a face mask (a cheap three-ply surgical mask will do, because large droplet spread is the main danger). Do not go out, practice what is now known as social distancing (about three metres from anyone), and be socially responsible, don't go to public places and infect others — for young people this would be hard, but absolutely necessary — the spread is most rampant in this age group between 16 and 25 years.
When the illness does not go away after a few days or when you are deteriorating, get to the nearest hospital. Most importantly, be very aware and responsible!
Finally, keep abreast of all new developments, because these are evolving all the time. With keen awareness, prudent care, early detection and social responsibility, correct and prompt use of antiviral and other support medical care, and later mass specific vaccination, we can overcome this novel H1N1 flu! But it will take time, patience, public cooperation, much concerted effort and consume great resources.
Dr David KL Quek is president the Malaysian Medical Association.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

H1N1 - Are we doing the right thing?

2009-08-05T15:46:00.001+08:00

My long lost cousin visited me yesterday, i was surprise to see him since it is not a semester break. He told me that a few of his friends were infected with H1N1, the university was closed for a week. I was shocked that the university did not quarantine the rest of the students or restrict their movements, monitor their health status for certain period of time before let them out of the campus. If some of those students were infected and have not shown any symptom yet, wont they spread it further by mingling with others?

Today i heard that my 10 years old niece's school mate was hospitalised after she was confirmed having H1N1, the brother in the same school also having a fever but not confirmed it is H1N1 yet. The school authority said that he cant close the school because the instruction given was the school can only be closed when there are 2 confirmed cases, is this true???? To make matter worse, the insensitive or perhaps inconsiderate headmaster still insisted to have after school tuition in the afternoon despite knowing one of his pupils are down with H1N1. Why cant the ministry make public the ruling so that we parents can be better informed?

Is wearing mask actually prevents you from getting H1N1??? I know that it helps you from spreading it since it helps when you sneeze of cough but does it help in preventing you from getting it???? Since it is not airborne but spreads through contact! Wouldnt it be good that the Health Ministry clarifies this so that we do not have this false sense of security of putting on mask, when it doesnt help in preventing you from getting the virus????

I just saw that 3 more deaths in Melaka today, condolence to the family! I really feel that the government should and could have done more in educating us, the people. People are dying and we should not be afraid that people will be panic in an all out awareness campaign because we ARE already PANIC!

Flip Flap

2009-08-03T16:13:00.003+08:00

The flowers and leaves are suppose to move when there is sunlight, at least thats what suppose to happen. Me being me, kind hearted but naive, bought one for some one in but the flower just refused to move......so i bought her another one ......this time the flower moved but not the leaves.....basically it flips but not flaps.........the only thing thats flip and flap non-stop is the 'aunty' i bought the flower for.....kept asking why me the damn thing not moving.....haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

Moral of the story : Dont be Kepoh!!!!

Interesting Stuff

2009-06-18T11:35:00.000+08:00

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed tobeat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have'the rule of thumb'
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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus the word GOLF enteredinto the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV wereFred and Wilma Flintstone..
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg inthe air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. Ifthe horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of naturalcauses.
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boatname requested?
A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to gountil you would find the letter 'A'?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, andlaser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A.. Honey
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bedfirmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase.......... 'goodnight, sleeptight.'
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for amonth after the wedding, the bride's father would supply hisson-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer andbecause their calendar was lunar based, this period was called thehoney month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in oldEngland , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'
It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked intothe rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill,they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is thephrase inspired by this practice.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when...

2009-06-17T11:25:00.000+08:00

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave..

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3.. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4.. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is
that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries..

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8.. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even
have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for
panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee..

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14.. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!

For Men Only

2009-06-01T10:57:00.002+08:00

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
David Bissonette

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Sacha Guitry

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Anonymous

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, 'What does a woman want?
Dumas

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Sigmund Freud

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.'
Anonymous

'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.'
Sam Kinison

'I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't.'
James Holt McGavra

Two secrets of husband, to keep your marriage brimming:1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it. 2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Patrick Murra

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...
Nash

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
Anonymous

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
Henny Youngman

A good wife always forgives her husband when she is wrong.
Rodney Dangerfield

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.'
Anonymous

First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!' Second Guy: 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.'
Anonymous

Maybank Ridiculous Rules

2009-04-20T16:53:00.001+08:00

My Maybank ATM card war barred because it was inactive for 1 year. I called the service center but was told that i need to go the any of the Maybank branches to activate the ATM card.

At the branch, i was told that i need to do a withdrawal at the counter in order to activate the card. Eventhough i didnt need to do any withdrawal, i complied. At the counter, the cashier told me to fill up another form to change the status, from a client with a bank book to one without book since i did not bring my book. While i hated from going down to ground floor again to take & fill up another form, i still complied. Then the cashier passed my documents to his superior for his authorisation, i guessed. I was told that i still cant withdraw my money nor activate my ATM card because i didnt bring my bank book. Anyway they can consider my bank book is lost by asking me to fill up another form and pay RM 15.00 for the process so that i can withdraw my money. Fed up with all the nonsense, i asked can i close my account so that i can get back MY money, the officer said i still need to pay RM 15.00 because there is no bank book!!!! Am i still in Malaysia or what??? If this is not a daylight robbery, i dont know what is????

I called Bank Negara to seek their clarification on whether this is Bank Negara's ruling, one Pn Hamidah assured me it wasn't and asked me to call Pn Mahani from Maybank Customer Service Dept. Pn Mahani was puzzled too on why the officer could not approve my withdrawal or activate my ATM card since i went to my home branch, the same branch that maintain my account, the one and only Maybank branch in Jalan Hang Tuah ,Melaka!

Dear Maybank,
There are a few things that i dont understand:

1. MyKad is supppose a proof that i am who i am. The cashier has put in my MyKad in the card reader TWICE, took my thumbprint TWICE!!!! If this is still not a good enough verification, what else Maybank needs???? Do i need to bring my forefathers, my relatives, my friends, my MP,.....to prove i am who i am!

2. I wonder what a bank book can prove that my MyKad couldnt???? Why in the world that you need my bank book when i was there personally, letting you check my thumbprint...TWICE and with my valid Mykad?

3. I just need my ATM to be reactivated in the first place! I did not ask you to authorise any withdrawal nor approve a RM 1,000,000 loan! I just need you to activate my ATM card so that i can withdraw MY MONEY, MYSELF at the ATM machine! If i can activate my credit cards through telephone calls, i am sure i could activate my ATM card when i personally went to your bank,no?

Maybe i should start bringing my Maybank book instead of Mykad!!!

What Makes Malaysian So Unique!

2009-04-10T12:22:00.002+08:00

1. A typical young Malaysian can name all the players from a topEnglish Premier League club, but ask him to name one football playerfrom Malaysia, he cannot!

2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When MaxisBroadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. WhenWiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you sayStreamyX still the best lah.

3. When highway toll price increase, you complain. When petrol priceincrease, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.

4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walkvery far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall andthere's SALE, run from one end of 1Utama to the other, that one NO COMPLAINT.

5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late isalways either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot findparking.

6. You have a parent who forces you to take science stream in highschool, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask youto forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.

7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent whenspeaking to an American / British / Australian.

8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loudloud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud.Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Oppositionorganise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kenatangkap by ISA.

9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queuing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.

10. When an angmoh stranger kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kisses you on the cheek to say hello,you slap him in face.

Source : Anonymous

Krabi - Part 1

2009-03-27T11:38:00.012+08:00

Let me put it to you, there is nothing special in Krabi Town except this traffic light! I am not sure how many people will spend time & money just to go to see traffic light. If you are planning to go to Krabi, you should spend your time in Aonang Beach where all the activities are.

Krabi airport is quite new & nice. If you are travelling alone or only 2 of of you, i would recommend that you take the shuttle bus which cost around RM 9.00 to Krabi Town and RM 15 each to Aonang Beach. You can find the shuttle bus counter just after you clear the immigration. Buy the ticket and look for white bus at the exit door. Dont worry, you wont get lost or missed the bus.....there is only one way out!

If by one way or the other you ended up in Krabi Town, you can actually take this so -called 'songthaew' which loosely translated 'car motor' to Aonang whch only cost around RM 5 per person. Remember, it is white in colour and their station is nearby the unique traffic light, at the 7-11 outlet.

I would recommend that you only look for your hotel only when you are in Aonang as there are plenty of them and besides that you can actually bargain for a lower price if you are staying for more than 1 night. Anyway if you are travelling with kids or you are just plain lazy to walk then book the hotel prior your visit.

I stayed in Aonang Beach Resort and i would definitely recommend it to friends as it was strategically located in the middle of Aonang Beach.The rate is reasonable by Aonang standard, around RM 200-250 per night. If you dont take their breakfast, you will save more on the rate. Their breakfast is simple...i mean really simple, besides being convenient, there is nothing special about their breakfast though.
Aonang has only 1 main road, the Aonang Beach Resort is right in the middle. Along the road you can find endless row of shops selling eveything you need and everything you dont need.

Just across the road you can see nice beach and many 'mat salleh' sunbathing. If you are bringing kids, try to avoid the beach during the day time unless you want to give them biology lesson or dont mind spending your time explaining to them why all the ladies lying naked under the hot sun....over and over again.....

If you wish to have your husband attention, dont do it at the beach in the afternoon, im sure his minds and eyes will be somewhere else.

..to be continued....

Disney on Ice!

2009-03-24T17:12:00.000+08:00

If.....by any chance that you dont know who Cinderella, Snow White or Belle are.....then this post is not for you!

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Recently i had the opportunity to watch Disney On Ice - The Princesses' Wishes in Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil.

I have never been to the stadium and never dream that i will fork out money to watch the so-called princesses.......not macho mah! Anyway, i was persuaded to be there and i have to admit that i was impressed with the stadium & the whole setup. The seatings & steps are a bit steep though, it looks pretty dangerous for little children who can just slip and fall 20 feet down.

The tickets prices ranging from RM 58 until RM 228, if you are worry that you need a binoculars to watch the show if you are holding a RM 58 ticket, please dont be! I can assure you that you can still enjoy the show, the distance is not that far away....unless you want to see Cinderella's nostrils or you are really a BIG BIG fan!

The whole show was really impressive, entertaining and refreshing....for the young ones and young at hearts!

The merchandise are really expensive though....i mean really...really expensive. This cup of ice costs RM 30.00...........yes, you saw it right ...RM 30.00!!!!!

There was no way that i was going to spend RM 30 for that.......i rather keep this pop corn box as momento!

Conclusion.......i felt like 10 years old again. Definitely will go again in the future! Sob.....sob........i missed my childhood!!!!

Who said history was boring?

2009-03-24T12:39:00.000+08:00

Life in England in the 1500's -- this is great

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be . Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water...

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold = threshold.(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leak onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days ... Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell.

And that's the truth...Now, Educate someone..... Share these facts with a friend.

AH BENG

2009-03-12T17:01:00.002+08:00

Ah Beng : I am proud, coz my son is in Medical College .
Friend : Really, what is he studying.
Ah Beng : No, he is not studying, they are Studying him.

Ah Beng : If I die, will u remarry?
Wife : No! I ' ll stay with my sister. But if I die will u remarry?
Ah Beng : No, I ' ll also stay with your sister.

Ah Beng : People consider me as a ' GOD '
Wife : How do you know??
Ah Beng : When I went to collect money today, everybody said, " Oh my
GOD! U have come again.

A man asked Ah Beng why Ahmad Badawi goes walking in the Evening and not in the morning, Ah Beng replied Ahmad Badawi is PM not AM!!!!

Source : Anonymous

Poor Nepali!

2009-02-21T11:50:00.002+08:00

themalaysianinsider : Freeze on Nepali security jobs
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The government has announced an immediate freeze on employing Nepalis as security guards and might send back, in batches, about 300,000 already hired on the grounds that they might pose a security risk.
This is the most absurd excuse one can think of to lay off those hard working Nepali guards! I have worked with them before, i can say that they are reliable, hardworking & very dedicated in doing their work!

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told Parliament that too many Nepalis were employed in the security industry and most had military training and could handle firearms.
Only now our Minister knows that there are too many Nepali guards in the country????? You mean you didnt know and didn't check beofre this????

"They pose a possible security risk," Syed Hamid said.
The way i see it now, politician posed more security risks than the Nepali guards!

Lawyers and human rights activists dismiss the security fears, saying the government is looking for excuses to create jobs for unemployed Malaysians whose numbers have risen from about 3,000 in September last year to around 80,000.
Spot on!

"They all have military training, which can be a security risk to the country," he said. "If the security industry has only foreigners, it will have an impact on national security if not handled well."
Does that mean you did not handle it well since it now becomes security threat & pose national security, Mr Minister ????

Syed Hamid said locals in the security industry numbered about 200,000.
Have you seen our local guards???? I dare not say all of them but surely most of them became guard because they have no other choice. Most of them are not interested and couldn't care less. Their performance are surely not up to Nepali's standard! Say what you what to say but that's the truth! I know it and you know it!

"They are just finding excuses to get rid of the Nepali security guards," said Irene Fernandez of Tenaganita, a human rights NGO.
What a lousy excuse! Maybe next he will say that those taekwondo, karate exponents in Malaysia need to be sent to other countries because they pose security threat too.

"Going by experience, Nepalis are hardworking, committed and very law-abiding," she said, urging the government to respect national and international labour codes when sending home retrenched workers.
I totally agree!

Truly Rich Brunei

2009-02-21T09:34:00.006+08:00

Brunei is a rich country! I think many of you would have known this but do you know how rich? Recently i passed by Brunei on my way to Limbang, a town in Sarawak but the shortest way to there from Kota Kinabalu was going through Brunei. The first indication that Brunei was truly rich was the number of fire hydrants they have along the road.....there was one for every maybe 100 meters...its really crazy! There was hydrant even there was no house or building in vicinity. The only reason i can figure why they need so many hydrants was Brunei has so much oil that they were worried that someone throw out a cigarette bud on the ground and caused fire....really really filthy rich!!!

Besides hydrants, Brunei also has really numerous number of signboards along the road. Its like every 30 meters or less you will see one signboard. It must be really good doing signboard business in Brunei.

They even have one signboard for those want to go for a swim.......in their car!

Elizabeth Wong - Don't Resign!

2009-02-16T18:38:00.002+08:00

I dont know whether she was at fault or not, i dont know she was willing or not, i dont know she was sleeping or not........but i do know one thing,

if she resigns now then we will be never be safe anymore.....your enemy will try their very best to take your photo in your bathroom while you bathing, while you were sleeping, while you were picking your nose..............as a way to get even with you.

So lets pray that our elected YB wont give in to this unscrupulous act by immoral people!

The Little Nyonya

2009-02-10T15:40:00.004+08:00

I have heard about this series before and even seen the DVD but i did not pay any attention as i thought its just the normal series with full of crying and with never ending storyline.

How wrong i was! I watched about 20 minutes of this series during my Chinese New Year visit to a relative house and fell in love with it instantly. I went straight to purchase the whole series.

The story revolved around a nyonya girl and her daily life. It was set in Melaka & Singapore during 1940s-1950s. I am a Peranakan(straits born) so i can really relate to the story. To those who plan to marry a Nyonya girl, this movie is a good reference.

Trust me, the series is worth watching, the story line was superb, the actors were brilliant, the research done was perfect.......just go and watchlah!!!

Land Of Sub Sub!

2009-02-09T08:55:00.000+08:00

Once upon of time, there were 5 merchants who went to a faraway land called Bolehland to do business. The 5 brought with them a ship load of money...enough to build 100 bridges back in their homeland. The 5 went to meet a Bolehland top businessman and told him of their intention to invest in Bolehland.

"I represent everyone in Bolehland welcomes you my friends to do business in my beloved country! Anyway before you could do any business here, you need to know that the money you brougth would not be enough to build all the 30 bridges our country has planned! "

"...but the money is more than enough to build 100 bridges back in our country!"

"Shhh......dont so loud, you are lucky you were talking to me, if other people, they will ask you to go back to where ever you came from if you asked such question"

"We in Bolehland has this 'Subsub Culture'"

" Huh?"

"Basically when there is a project, we share!"

" I see, thats good but i dont see why the amount of money which is enough to build 100 bridges back in my homeland can only build 30 bridges here when you share?"

"Hahahaha....you all are really lucky you came to me. Since you brought me 20 camels & 20 sheeps just now, i share with you more about Subsub Culture....listen carefully...when i got a project say worth 1000 gold bar (GB), i need to sub it to another company, B since i dont know how to build anything, say for 700 GB then B will sub it to C for 500Gb and then sub it again for 300GB...and it goes on.....you got the picture"

" Wow...thats great...then we go just engage the one who quote the lowest price and build the bridge...but...why you said that the money we brought will not be enough to build 100 bridges???"

"Friend, you did not listen carefully......you cannot go to the tail without going through the head!"

"You mean i still need to pay 1000 GB eventhough i can get it built with 300GB????"

" Hahaha....you are a quick learner!"

"I still dont understand on why you will get the project when you dont even know how to build anything and yet you can still charge the highest?"

"Hahaha....its not what you know, its about who you know!"

"I see....i see......Thanks for the information but we decided to go home."

"Why?"

"We have learned from you, we will go home and spread this Subsub Culture and we will be the 'head' like you, who does nothing, spend nothing but make more money than the ones who did something!"

"Woi...woi.........dont run away......if you dont invest here, how can i continue to be the 'head'?...woi...woi..."

[Confusion over order] - thestar 6/2/09, Pg N22

".........which subcontracted out the project to another company...subcontracted to.............."

Recession Proof Job

2009-02-07T10:02:00.005+08:00

'Son, what you want to be when you grow up? '

'I want to be an angkasawan!'

'Wow, thats great......you can carry out research and who knows, my son might be the one who find the cure for all sickness!!

"Research??? I dont want to be angkasawan to do research!"

"Huh? then why ......."

" Dad, i want to be angkasawan so that i can tour the space, be on the moon, take photos, write blogs.....you know, stuff that tourist does!"

"....but ....but....."

"Dont worry about the cost Dad, my teacher said we just hope that our government will buy something really expensive from Russia, America ....or China in the future, then we will get free ride to the moon!"

"When i come back to earth, i will conduct seminars, talks and what not ...im sure i will make millions like my teacher said"

"Besides that, Dad, do you know that it is recession- proof occupation......even when the whole world suffers from job loss, pay cut, retrenchment.......our government still give pay rise to angkasawan!..Isn't it good to be angkasawan! "

"......but it wouldn't be fair to the Rakyat who paid for your trip to the moon and later still pay for your pay rise during recession, dont you think?"

"No dad, the trip is going to be free.....its like when you bought a toothpaste and then you got the free toy car for me....remember?'

"I indirectly paid extra for the toy car you know?!"

"Nolah dad ......my teacher said its freeleh.....as for the pay rise, i earn itleh, you think its easy to sit in the space ship and doing nothing for so long...????...its going to be very boring....then when i come back i have to smile all the time , go here go there...penat tau"

"....besides, im sure the government got so much money to spend, thats why they give a pay rise to angkasawan even during recession.....my teacher said our government has a lot of money you know...."

"........mmmmmmmmm.......... "

"Dad, are you ok?"

" NO, im not OK.....tomorrow we are going to see your teacher and talk about all thing angkasawan thing......!

[Space Duo To enjoy better pay] - thestar 6/2/09

This is absurd! While the whole world is suffering from recession and thousands losing their job in our country by the day, the government decided that we need to give a better pay to 2 persons! I am not sure how low is the duo's salary but im sure they are better off than many of us, at least one was allowed to keep what he earned from seminars and talks.

The Minister in charge should crack his head to think of a way to tap all the knowledge the duo learned (if any) and channel back to the young ones more effectively so that we can really benefit from the space project. Currently, the only thing we heard was how handsome our Angkasawan is!!!

Can the Minister tell us what has been done specifically & what benefit has the Angkasawan project brought to our students and Malaysian public ???? Students are so eager to be Angkasawan now so that they can be famous, rich and see the the earth from outer space! i dont think we need to spend millions to tell our students that!!!!

So Mr Minister, we dont want to know what you can do to the DUO but we want to know what you can do to the RAKYAT!!!!

Welcome to Perak....Land Of Hopping!

2009-02-06T09:55:00.003+08:00

Yes, this is the latest attraction in Perak....to watch "Made in Perak" frogs (MPs) hop....hop....and hop! It is sure more fascinating that watching ordinary frog hops as these MPs put on nice suits and fake smiles all the times. Besides that they also performed 'Now you see me, Now you dont' trick, they can just disappeared for a few days, when they came back, they were wearing different skin!

This special breed of frogs are also thick skinned, they dont care about their surrounding, the people....they can stare you straight in your eyes and lie without blinking. Didn't i tell you that the frogs can talk??? Of course they can, they are specially bred!

These frogs are also very obedient, they can easily adapt to new master. If you are interested, you can take 1 or two home. The price varies on the acts that they can perform. Anyway you must take extra precautions if you have one as the frogs tend to hop back to the old master if the old mastes has better flies to feed them.

So pls come to Perak and see the 'MPs' for yourself.....better be fast as the new Master might get bored with them soon and stopped them from public viewing, as they know the more you look the the 'MPs', the possibility you will puke is greater !

Note: The frogs are not edible, they stinks and they taste like shit!

Careful: The tongue is poisonous!

Mt Kinabalu is for everyone

2009-02-03T16:18:00.002+08:00

First of all i wish to thank The Star for highlighting the rising cost to climb Mt Kinabalu.

I have climbed Mt Kinabalu twice and was planning to climb again before i saw the article, 500% increase in lodging cost, its a daylight robbery!

I never understand the rationale to privatise Unesco Heritage Site & a wonderful place like Mt Kinabalu. It was reported that Sutera Sanctuary Lodges (SSL) pays an annual resthouse fee of RM 986,000 to Sabah Park in exchange for the handling of lodge operation. At the first glance, it looks like a lot of money before you take out your calculator or abascus. It was reported that the Parks limits 192 people a day to climb the mountain. Since the waiting period is about 4-6 months before you can climb the mountain, we can safely assume that everyday there will be 192 people climbing the mountain. That means if the Park remain charging each person RM 30/night like that they did before the privatisation, it will generate RM 2,102,400 income per year. So its more than double the amount SSL paying the Park now. I might be over optimistic with my figure, so lets be a bit pessimistic and there is only 50% occupancy throughout the year, the amount will come to RM 1,051,200 which is still more than SSL paying the Park Authority??? The big question now is why The Park Authority wanted to privatise a golden egg laying goose for 20 years when they will get more by managing the mountain by themselve?????

According to the Minister in charge, the super expensive package was to discourage block booking by tour operators. Isnt there any other way to stop the operator to do block booking like blacklisting them? By the way, whats wrong with operator doing a block booking if they really have so many customers to cater to? If one operator is more hard working or more creative in promoting the mountain and gets more customers, by all means let them do the block booking, whats wrong with that?. As an operator they would need to know that the lodging is 100% secured before they can confirm the booking with the customers. We as the customer would be extremely angry with the operator who confirmed a booking and then tell us otherwise.

In short:

The privatisation was a mistake!

To privatise it for 20 years was a bigger mistake!

To rely on a private company whose sole intention is to make money to run a national treasure like Mt Kinabalu is even a bigger mistake!

To have a Minister who justified 500% increase in lodging price at Mt Kinabalu by saying that it is still cheaper than other parts of the world ......was the BIGGEST mistake by whoever put him in charge of Mt KK!

If you read the Star, 2 Feb 2009 (pg 12), it said " Talks on reducing cost to climb MT KK". The key word there was 'Talks', so you and i can rest be assured that there will be only talks until the agreement expires or till the next general election!

For now, you better tighten your belt so that you can save enough money to climb a mountain in your own country.

Remember what our Mr Minister said, its still cheaper than other part of the world and you and I should be grateful!!!!!

It looks like No Money, No Climb!

KLIA East , Airasia & Rakyat!

2009-01-23T10:47:00.004+08:00

There is one fact in the whole new Labu Airport saga.........the current LCCT is overcrowded.

If you were a passenger using LCCT before then you have to agree with me that a bigger LCCT would be much more comfortable for all of us and im sure AA staff can work mroe efficiently.

I opine that the big furores over the new plan to build another airport in Labu is because of 2 things,

1. Its Sime darby!

After the IJN episode, no one will believe in SD anymore, they can say whatever they want but we know that they are up to no good! I wonder why all out of sudden SD involves in all major deals in our country? I hope someone will tell us whose hidden hands are behind SD in all these projects.

2. Wasteage

May i know who was the moron who did the KLIA master plan???? We were told that the expansion will cost double because of the peat soil. I wonder whether they only found out about that yesterday??? Didnt you take into consideration the soil condition when you draw up the plan? Didnt you expect that it will be an expansion? We should get the planner to asnwer the question publicly.

Then how about LCCT, after so many millions spent to build it, now we are going to abandon it ....another white elephant?

In short i agree that AA needs a bigger airport to operate but i hate the hidden hands behind the whole deal! It should be a simple & straight forward business deal, not a political game!

The whole deal stinks!

Promise,promise and promise......

2009-01-21T15:10:00.004+08:00

It has been the most hectic CNY preparation i ever had, it is really taxing...not just to the pocket but mentally as well.

My sofa was supposed to arrived this morning but 2 days ago the company called and said it will be delayed to 23 January 2009. I was really pissed off.......i am the type of person who hold you to your words. When you dont keep your words, you dont deserve any respect from me because you did not respect me in the first place. Whats the difference between a person who lied with a person who doesn't keep their words? If there is any difference........i cant see it.

I asked the sales representative countless times whether they can deliver before CNY, she said not to worry, any delivery will be before 21-1-09....the latest!!!! Are you sure??? Yes,....confirm, 100% sure.

Then they called and told me they were sorry they cant deliver because the lorry was full.........hello!!!! How it became my problem??? Why you didnt put my sofa up on the lorry first???

The other girl said "...Ohhh....its CNY lah......"

Fren......you just knew its CNY???? Didnt you know CNY on 26-1-09 when you promised me?????

Then 1 more said ..."oh, your sofa has arrived in HQ but the lorry was not there...."

Sensing that they are getting more desperate by giving all those ridiculous excuses, i asked what are they going to do?"

"Sir, no point for us to promise you on 21/1/09 if we cant deliver it!"

Thats exactly my point, why in the world you promised me in the first place if you cant deliver??? Now you told me this...........wtf!!!! Pardon my language!

Anyway i managed to keep my cool throughout the conversation, i think i didnt raised my voice except towards a smart aleck who gave the lorry excuse!!!!!!

To cut the story short....they promised me to deliver it on 22/1/09 between 10-11 am. I am keeping my fingers crossed...............for my sake and theirs too!

The Art of Buying a Sofa...or the lack of it

2009-01-14T08:52:00.000+08:00

This is 2009 and my first project is to replace my old sofa!

Step 1 : Budget

I started by setting a budget so that i know what to look for and make sure that i dont burn a hole in my pocket.

Step 2 : Material

Mainly it is between fabric or leather. I chose fabric because in our Malaysia weather, it will be sticky if you sit on a sofa without air-cond switched on.

Step 3 : Look for best deals

Hahaha.......cant go wronglah. I have all the newspaper cuttings on furniture promotions from Rozel to Lorenzo, from Kedai Perabut Ah Aw to Kedai Perabut Ahlee.

Step 4 : Ask for feedbacks & recommendations

This is important as your friends or relatives who has purchased their sofa has gone through all the checks and surveys, by asking them, you actually cut down most of the hard work. Anyway please make sure you ask the ones that actually like you or else he/she will give you the wrong information.

Step 5 : Visit the short listed shops

If you must know, you cant actually trust your people 100%, so you must check it our the furniture yourself. So I visited all the shops that in town to check out the furniture myself, you need to see the real thing mah to decide. To see whether the sofa comfortable or not, the material ok or not, the colour pleases your eyes or not. You must also check the sofa seats got spring or not.

Step 6 : Buy it!!!!

Easy right???? WRONG!!!!!

Buying sofa is damn complicated, confusing and definitely time consuming!

There are so many designs in the market...from L shape to U shape, from contemporary to English style. Every shop owners will tell you conflicting information, Kedai Perabut Aw will tell you fabric is good and when you reached Kedai Perabut Ahlee, she will say leather is good, easier to maintain. All the promotions published is the newspapers came with fine prints......you need to buy X dollar of other things before you can buy this sofa at this dirt cheap price.

The worst mistake you can make is to ask your relatives, they will tell all your aunties, ahmah, ah poh, ah ku, ah sam,neighbours next door.......that you are buying sofas. whenever one of them met you, they will ask "when your sofa is coming" or said 'wah....rich hoh now? can buy new sofa huh?'...even my newspaper guy knew that i was buying a sofa.

The second biggest mistake i made was bringing Ms. Indecisive-but-want-to-decide. After numerous visits to so many shops until the shop owners also didnt want to entertain us or know us by name, she still could not decide! Do you know that most of the sofas are tailor made nowadays, so the shop needs at least 2 weeks to deliver to you. I always thought it was cash and carry! At last she decided on the Lorenzo models.....damn, RM 4,000++, half leather....but the worst thing was the day she decided, Lorenzo has stopped taking order because they cant guarantee they can deliver before CNY! Haiiii....back to square one!

Adoiii......CNY is just around the corner........looks like i better start cleaning my old sofalah...sigh!!!!

Christmas in Lawas

2009-01-10T10:40:00.000+08:00

This is sort of a belated Christmas posting.....dedicated to Ms TMK...

Lawas is a small town strategically located between Kota Kinabalu, Labuan & Brunei, therefore this town is quite developed. Majority of the people are Lun Bawangs who are staunch Christians, so Christmas meant more than Santa or presents for these folks.

I went to a village called Kampung Long Tuan to celebrate my 2008 Christmas. This village is about an hour away from Lawas town, the road to the junction of the village was tarred but the road from the junction to the village was not that good, so it was a bumpy ride thereon.

Church services started days before Cristmas on daily basis, i went there on Christmas eve for a service.

The Pastor used bahasa Lun Bawang and sometimes Bahasa Malaysia to preach so non Lun bawang can actually understand the sermon. Besides that, there were presentations put on by the village youths which i think was quite impressive.

Since the road back to the place we stayed was quite dark and slippery, we went home before the countdown. On top of that, we need to be in church again the next morning for Christmas service. The young ones also were too sleepy to celebrate Christmas countdown.

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On Christmas day, we went again to the church which was located about 500 meters from the village.

Since the service started early in the morning, many just brought their breakfast with them to the Christmas service.

This is the Christmas theme which meant ' Christmas is God's gift for mankind". By any chance it was wrongly interpreted, please let me know!

The Lawas MP, YB Datuk Henry Sum Agung also attended the service. What impressed me most was the YB arrived much earlier that many of the villagers and actually stayed until the service ended. For the record, he also attended the Christmas eve service. The YB was very friendly and approachable, no big hoohaa on his arrivals. The Peninsular YBs shld learn a thing or two from YB Henry!

While there were many fans.....stand fans, wall fans but its still hot & humid in the church due to too many people, youngs ones needed additional fans.

Some even left with less clothes after the service.

After the service, the youths will just hopped on any vehicle to the village where all the houses were.

The houses in Long Tuan were huge, i was told this village was one of the most successful & properous villages in Lawas. The people were really blessed there. I believe they reaped what they sowed!

I knew that Sarawak layer cakes were famous for the taste but i never knew that they can make an art out of it, the cake was so nice that i just put a piece in my hand and admired it, too nice to eat!

In short, it has been an eye opening for me celebrating Christmas in Lawas in 2008, the people were very friendly, from their YB to the ordinary folks. The food and cakes were finger-licking-good! It was sort of a faith renewing trip for me when i saw these God fearing people love & faith towards God, its just refreshing!

Kota Kinabalu to Lawas

2009-01-07T09:51:00.000+08:00

The trip from KK to Lawas took me around 3-4 hours, the road condition throughout the journey was very good. The same can't be said about our car, the old Iswara was without air-condition.....so we sweat and sweat and sweat in hot and humid Sabah's weather! This must be my most torturous trip.....lost a bag then being ferried in a 'sauna'....haiiii!

Most of the houses along the road were on stilt, i was told in the older days the area was flooded so building a house on a stilt was the best way to avoid any problem. Now there was no flood....but people still build their house on stilt.......maybe they got used to climb the steps to enter their house!!!

Beaufort is town located right in the middle between KK and Lawas so i was really looking forward to see any landmarks or signs that we have reached the town. What a relief when i saw this roundabout.

There was nothing much can be said about Beaufort, it is a small town, its a stop over town, people travel from Lawas or Brunei to KK and return normally will stop at this town for a drink and a loo break! After Beaufort, the next small town would be Sipitang which is located mid way to Lawas.

Sipitang is even smaller than Beaufort. It is a coastal town, you can actually take speedboat from Sipitang to Labuan, Limbang and Brunei. When we reached here, i was like a roasted pig........given up complaining and missed my old waja at home!!

Dont bother to go to Sipitang police station if you are in town as they were away........

It was a roughly 1-2 hours drive from Sipitang to Lawas. If you are from peninsular or non Sabahan/Sarawakian, you need to stop at the border between Sabah and Sarawak for immigration clearance. I know you are a Malaysian but you are not Sabahan nor Sarawakian....so you need to get immigration clearance. Dont try to be smart aleck and skip the check point, you will have difficulty if you meet any problem in Sarawak or if you want to go to Brunei or Labuan from Lawas. The chekcpoint was at Sindumin, its on Sabah's side, so it means that you are exiting Sabah!

If you dont know, Lawas is in Sarawak. So to get to Lawas, we first exited Sabah then enter Sarawak, after a 5 minutes drive through another immigration checkpoint at Merapok. Get your passport stamped and Welcome to Sarawak!

It took less than an hour from Merapok to Lawas. When you see this then you are in Lawas!

Lawas Airport

p/s: The above was a brief info the route i took from KK to Lawas, if by any chance you are going there and need some info, dont hesitate to email me. I will write about Christmas in Lawas next....i hope!

Only in Kota Kinabalu

2009-01-05T15:46:00.007+08:00

Before we left for Lawas, we made a stop in KK town for lunch, during my brief tour after my lunch, i saw many interesting characters and things that i believe can be seen only in KK. Don't agree? Check this out:

In my home town, if there is any directional signboard to a toilet, it will show either you need to take a left or right turn, but in KK, it even showed you how far...to the last meter! I really salute the officers who spent time to measure how many meters to the nearest toilet. So if you have an urgent 'business' to settle while in KK, you know how fast you need to run! If you can run as fast as Usain Bolt who holds the 100m world record at 9.69s......then you need less than 5 seconds to the below toilet.

I don't know about you but all the canteen food i had ever tasted were like.......hmmm...canteen food......tasteless, no ingredients except a lot of taugeh, pale looking.........not really those type of food you crave for lah. Anyway i noticed that in KK, the people there are so creative....they can make even canteen food to become fastfood!!!! So next time you are in KK......no Mcdonald, no KFC....go for 'The Canteen Fastfood'

If you always wanted to become an actor/actress but your budget don't allow you to be in Bollywood or Hollywood, not to worry, you can take cheap Airasia ticket to KK ( be prepared to lose your bag though) as you can try your luck in KK;

OK, if you are in KK but your bag is somewhere else thanks to Airasia, not to worry, look up for this lady, she surely can help you to do up your hair and make-ups. Sure cantik one!!!!

Jokes aside, Kota Kinabalu is really an interesting city, the people are really friendly! If you are planning for a holiday, do consider KK!

p/s: My friend, Ms. Tak-mau-kasi kept bugging me to write about my Lawas trip. So i will write about it lah in my next posting to please her.....and to keep her quiet..i hope!

Rear seat belt.......to fasten or not?

2009-01-02T16:54:00.001+08:00

Boy oh boy.......effective 1 January 2009, whether you like it or not, you need to fasten the rear seat belt, or else you will be summoned! The authority said that the public have been given ample time to adapt and it is our fault if they are still being stubborn and refuse to buckle up behind!

Until June 2009, you will be fined RM 300 if you are caught not fastening your belt at the back, after that it will be RM 2000 or a year jail or both!!!! Wow, the authority really means business this time.

If the authority is THIS serious towards Mat Rempit, many of us would just kept quiet and respect whatever the authority wants us to do! Sadly, it is not the case, after so long the authority still has no clue on how to handle the Mat Rempits, giving every excuse that they can think of! The Mat Rempits still rule the road, we are still at their mercy! What the authority does?????? Closed one eye !!!!!

Please correct me if i am wrong, i understand that buses are exempted from this ruling! I really don't know what type of study the authority did but the last time i checked, many fatals accidents invloved buses. If the intention is to save life, why buses are exempted from this ruling?????

Talking about buses, wouldn't it nice if the authority take time out and drives along the North-South Highway and see how fast our buses can go! Wouldn't it better the ever-so-busy enforcement officer spend their time stopping and fining those buses for speeding instead?

I am sure the new ruling was placed with noble intention but the problem here is whether the authority set their priority right???? RM 2000 for not buckling up behind but kept quiet about Mat Rempits really annoyed many people! There are so many bus drivers with numerous summonses still driving on the road but our enforcement officers are busy summoning us for not buckling up behind????

Ok, I will buckle up behind ( i dont have RM 2,000 to spare) but Dear Authority, tell us what are you going to do with Mat Rempits???? What are you going to do speeding buses??? What are you going to do with those bus drivers who have being summmoned times and again???? Please tell us, please!

New Year Wishes

2009-01-02T09:11:00.006+08:00

Happy 2009!!! I wish to thank to those nice people who sent me the best wishes on the new year's eve. I tried to send wishes through sms to as many people i could but to those who did not receive, treat this as a belated wishes lah!

I want to share a sms that i received which i think is very interesting and funny!

Read below:

"May you be as handsome as your mother think,

As rich as your children believe,

and may you have as many women as your wife suspects,

I wish that you may have the courage of David,

The meekness of Joseph,

The faithfulness of Moses,

The obedience of Abraham,

The wisdom of Solomon,

...and the penis of Goliath!!!!!"

Cute huh?

Once again, may all your wishes come true!

Baggage oh Baggage!

2008-12-30T10:04:00.004+08:00

On 21st December 2008, 4 of us took a 9.25am Airasia flight from Kuala Lumpur heading to Lawas via Kota Kinabalu. It is an annual affair for us to travel to Lawas to celebrate Christmas in Lawas with our Lunbawang relatives. I will talk about Lawas and Lunbawang in my later postings.

Despite the early scare that one of us could not find her IC during the check in, everything went well. We landed around 12.00 noon and after a smooth immigration check, we went to the Baggage Collection Area. There were many people waiting for their bags. I queued up at the carousel and collected 2 out of 3 bags, i waited and waited and waited the 3rd bag but it was not forthcoming. The number of people dwindled from 200-300 to 50 then to 10 then to me alone! Still i was there staring at the conveyor belt hoping for the stupid brown bag to appear!

Then i was approached by an Airsia ground crew, Kevin Kiang. He said there were a few more flights coming from KL and asked to me to see whether my brown bag was on the flights that were arriving soon, so, more waiting. Damn, i hate to wait but there i was .....waited....waited....waited until 2.00 pm. To cut the long story short, he told me that no point staring at the carousel as Santa wont be coming and deliver my brown bag! Damn! What a way to start a holiday!

He said there was good news and bad news......never knew there was good news when my bag not with me! Really felt like telling him how i felt at that point of time. The good news was it was very unlikely that my bag was taken/stolen by other passenger as he said my bag did not travel from KL to KK on the same flight. I asked how he knew it since Airasia they not tag or scan our luggage like Fedex does so that they can trace our luggage, he said he just knew it! Airasia must have telepathic training for their crews i think!

The bad news was he didn't know where in the world my brown bag was at that point of time! He promised he will trace it and revert to me soonest possible.

I think he saw the disappointment or more like anger on my face before he broke another 'good news' to me. if they can't trace my luggage in 7 days, Airasia will compensate me, RM 49.00 for every kilogram that i checked in. That means i will get.....9kg x RM 49.00 = RM 441.00. Wahlau.........RM 441.00????? My brown bag costs half of it, how about my brand new clothes......how about my brand new pants......how about my brand new underwears???? Who is going to pay for that?

Haiiii......... i was supposed to do some island hoppings like Preciouspea did but even my swimming trunk was in the brown bag......thanks to Airasia, we cancelled the itinerary in KK and headed straight to Lawas which took us around 3 hours drive from KK.

Will talk about the trip from KK to Lawas later!

Calories Burned During Sex

2008-12-26T09:22:00.001+08:00

REMOVING HER CLOTHES:
With her consent - 12 Calories
Without her consent - 2,187 Calories

OPENING HER BRA:
With both hands - 8 Calories
With one hand - 12 Calories
With your teeth - 485 Calories

PUTTING ON A CONDOM:
With an erection - 6 Calories
Without an erection - 3,315 Calories

POSITIONS:
Missionary - 12 Calories
69 lying down - 78 Calories
69 standing up - 812 Calories
Wheelbarrow - 216 Calories
Doggy Style - 326 Calories
Italian chandelier - 2,912 Calories

ORGASMS:
Real - 112 Calories
Fake - 1,315 Calories

POST ORGASM:
Lying in bed hugging - 18 Calories
Getting up immediately - 36 Calories

Explaining why you got out of bed immediately - 816 Calories

GETTING A 2nd ERECTION:

If you are:
20-29 years - 36 Calories
30-39 years - 80 Calories
40-49 years - 124 Calories
50-59 years - 1,972 Calories
60-69 years - 7,916 Calories
70 and over - Results are still pending

DRESSING AFTERWARDS:
Calmly.. - 32 Calories
In a hurry - 98 Calories

Her father knocking at the door - 5,218 Calories
With your wife knocking at the door - 13,521 Calories

Right now, as you read this,69 Million People are having SEX !

And you're on the computer !!!

Get a life man!

Note:Credit to the original author & researcher.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T08:46:00.001+08:00

Christmas has had a long and varied history. It has been celebrated by many different people in many different places and in many different ways.

Every one of us celebrates Christmas for different reasons; church goers are happy because it is the day that Jesus was born some 2000 years ago, children are happy with all the gifts & cookies, holiday makers are glad because this is the time you can go to most of the places and see wonderful lights decoration, parents are happy to see their children return to their nest, some are just happy because it is a holiday! Whatever reason it might be, aren't all of us agree it is a joyous season? A season to love and cherish the love ones! How we wish that it is Christmas every day.

If your love ones are not with you today, just cherish the moments you had together!

Mr Big wishes you a Merry & Joyous Christmas! May God bless you!!!

Parenting?

2008-12-24T07:54:00.000+08:00

Damn! It has been 2 weeks and i was still coughing! I have not gone to pay my doctor a visit not because i was scared of the needle but i hate to wait....really hate it! Anyway my cough is getting worse and really have not much choice.

I went to my regular clinic and the torture began....wait...wait and wait! In the waiting room, there were 1 lady in her 30s and 3 children ( i think aged 1,2 & 5 ). The children were adorable and quite well behaved. Then 2 ladies in their late 20s came in and approached the family, i believe they were the children aunties.

The nurse called their number, it seems that the youngest one was sick and the aunty carried her to the doctor's room, the other 2 wanted to follow. Then all hell broke loose, the mother was screaming on top of his lung telling the children to sit down, " You two rascals better sit down or else i will slap you to death!".....it was so frightening that even i sat straight after hearing her! She continued, " You two are damn useless.......really useless, better go and die!". Wait a minute i asked myself, did i hear correctly....she asked the children to go and die because they wanted to follow the youngest sister? I might have heard wrongly, must be!

I think the children other aunty noticed that i was damned uncomfortable, she brought the children out of the clinic. Thank God, what a relief i said to myself. A few minutes later they came back with drinks and ice-cream in their hands, the whole ordeal started again. " Eat...eat...thats all you know, cant even behave properly......useless *^%$*#*! if you dropped the ice-cream, i will ask you to lick the floor %^$^*!"

Then another patient walked and this lady yelled louder, it seems to me that she was enjoying the spotlight.

I am not being judgemental nor i am a parenting expert but i am surely its really bad to the children confidence and morale if you keep yelling at them in front of strangers at a public place. I am sure the kids were traumatised, at least i am sure i was and still am! I am sure that was not the right thing to do, i have read somewhere that the best way to reprimand a child would be in private, but do praise them in public! How true!

They took their medicine and went home.....really pity the children! I am sure the mother meant no harm but the harm was done whether she meant it or not!

The nurse called my number......after the whole episode i thought i needed to have my blood pressure checked too !!!!

Malaysian & Accident (2)

2008-12-23T08:26:00.000+08:00

Let us continue our discussion about what actually attracts Malaysian to stop at every accident scene. I think the best way to solve the mystery would be to know the type of people who were there. i have categorised them as below;

1. The good-hearted-civilian

These people are really the one that are genuinely concern about the victim, he stops to help, normally they are the one who will call the police & ambulance.

2. The KPC (Ke-poh-ci)

These people are there just want to know what is happening. They are very curious about everything. Once there was a crowd, he will be there and will interview every one that was there. They are the one who will let everyone they know about the accident.

3. The Judi-kaki

These type of people will be there for one thing and one thing only, the vehicles number, they are the punters. Don't look down on these people, they really analyse the whole accident, sometimes better than the police. Among the information they need to know; what time the accident happened, how many victims, the car got spinned or not...etc. For instance, for a vehicle with registration number '1234', if it turned turtle, he will buy 4321! if it hits directly, he will buy '1234', you got the idea?

4. The Got-nothing-to-do

These guys really got nothing to do, he will stop at every accident. He wont ask many questions but will just stand there and watch. For what you asked? I dont have a clue, he just like to be there!

5. The Broadcaster

Normally there are only 2 or 3 of them, they are the most hardwoking type, they will ask for as many details and will disseminate to everyone who care to listen. He will talk and talk and talk until he is tired or you are tired.

So now we have a clearer picture of the crowd but i dont think we solve the mystery conclusively though. I think the only and best answer would be " We are unique, we are Malaysian"! Thats the way we are!

Malaysian & Accident (1)

2008-12-22T08:29:00.001+08:00

Malaysian are funny and some times weird people! Government can spend thousands of ringgit to organise functions like Dengue awareness campaign, AIDS campaign, Health talk, blood donation.....etc but you could hardly see 30 persons (if you are lucky) who will attend the function voluntarily. But once there is an accident, you can have hundreds of people gather around the scene within minutes, from young to old, from rich to poor of all races.....hey, who said Malaysia got problem with unity?

Last few days, one of my Mat Salleh friends got into an accident and i was there to be his translator. He was puzzled with all the people around him, he asked why were there so many people. Ok, then i was puzzled, " What? you mean you don't see this in your country?" He said no way there will be so many people to stop and look an accident scene in his home country, they have better things to do!.

Oooppss, he crossed the line! There is no way the kiasu side of me will let him to talk like that about my fellow countrymen, i have to defend my fellow brothers & sisters! No way that i was going to let a Mat Salleh to say that we Malaysian got nothing better to do other than looking at accident scene, eventhough i have known him for quite a while.

" Mate, your countrymen are terrible, how could they not stop and look...err...i mean to help? We Malaysian are very concern of each other,there is no way that we could just pass by without lending our help, that's wrong! We stop to look at the victim to see whether he is a friend or a family member? We stop to check the vehicle number for 4D ....err......i mean to know the owner. We need to gather as much info about the accident, you know why? Its because we will tell everyone about the accident, from aunty in the market to the officer in the bank will know about the accident within hours, we do this so that everyone is aware that accident can happen to everyone and they should drive carefully!"

My friend started to nod his head in agreement! "Yeah, it makes sense.....Malaysia is truly a great country!"

Ok, now since i have done my civic duty defending my fellow Malaysians, let us be truthful to ourselve, aren't we too were puzzled at times why Malaysians like to stop and look at an accident scene? Every morning the radio DJ will annouce there was a congestion in some place and the main reason of the heavy traffic was because motorists slowed down and look at the scene! Why huh? Why we like to stop and look huh? Its really a great mystery and i shall dsicuss about it tomorrow.......now i have to be in a police station as a translator!

By the way, no one was badly injured in the accident!

"Tang Yuan" or "Kuih Ee"

2008-12-21T09:12:00.009+08:00

Its the time of the year again where you can see aunties at home making small round Tang Yuan (glutinous rice) by rolling little pinches of glutinous rice flour into round balls of red and snow white hues. The children normally will try to help but ending up messing the whole house with white flour,.............. its Dong Zhi or the Winter Solstice Festival. We Melaka Peranakan (Baba & Nyonya) call it "Kuih Ee", literally means round cake.

Dong Zhi is the second most important date in the Chinese Calendar, after Chinese New Year. It is also the day of the longest night and shortest day, signaling the start of winter. While we don't have winter in Malaysia, the Chinese here still celebrate this festival. The downside of this festival is one is considered 1 year older when you eat the Tang Yuan, as the elders believe.

White tangyuan

The size of the white tang yuan is bigger than the red one.

Basically there are 2 types of tangyuan, the sweet and the salty one. For the sweet type you put the white & red tang yuan in a bowl before you pour sweet syrup in. Gingers were added in the sweet syrup to add some spicy taste and pandan leaves for its aroma.

The smaller red tang yuan.

I believe it is for auspicious reason that the Chinese put in red tang yuan to mix with the white ones. Newly weds are supposed to eat sweet kuih-ee on their wedding day too, for good luck and sweet marriage i suppose.

As for the salty type, only the white tang yuan was used and it was cooked like a normal soup. Beancurd, chicken or pork slices were added in the salty tang yuan.

I prefer the sweet type though....it brings back fond childhood memories!

Nowadays tang yuan comes in many types of fillings, kiwi paste, strawberry, peanuts.......i have not seen durian fillings though. Besides that the tang yuan are also very colourful nowadays ranging from blue to yellow.

If you have no clue on how to make tang yuan, no worry, you can just drop by any supermarkets and pick up instant tang yuan. Go home and just boil them.

Dont find excuses for not celebrating.....you will still get older whether you eat tang yuan or not!

Please Save IJN!

2008-12-19T09:31:00.005+08:00

I have 2 questions;

Firstly, why in the world that Sime Darby wants to take over IJN if not because of money, money and money?

Secondly and more important question is why the government wants to take the easy route out and let Sime Darby to take over? Is our government so broke that it can no longer financially support IJN?

GLC is no government, they operate to make profits, it is as simple as that. If Sime Darby really wants to contribute, then they should adopt a ward or a division in IJN and pay for it, not to take over IJN.

'Treatment for the poor will be guaranteed.....'

Haven't we heard that before? What sort of guarantee the government is going to give? How is the government going to guarantee that the poor won't be treated like an outcast in their own country? How is the government going to guarantee that the poor doesn't need to wait hours or months behind the rich before getting treatment? Will the government subsidise the medical bill for the poor? Will the government pump in a few more hundred millions of tax payers money to Sime Darby so that they won't increase the medical fee? Will the government or worse the people be at the mercy of Sime Darby later on?

IJN has served the country well, please leave it alone.

By the way, has anyone checked with IJN staff on this matter? Arent they the heart and soul of IJN? Lets get their opinion on this matter, they deserve that!

RM 36,000,000 Job

2008-12-18T17:19:00.004+08:00

Its confirmed, i am going to quit whatever i am doing now and i will devote myself to do one thing and one thing only.....shoe throwing! Why, you might ask? This is why ; NSTP reported that the Arabs are in bidding war to get hold of the shoes that was thrown at George W. Bush. It has reached a staggering RM 36,000,000 for the shoe.

Can you imagine that, RM 36,000,000.....wow....for throwing shoes! At last my years of softball practise during my younger days do come good. Hahahaha......to those who laughed at me for playing softball and not football or basketball.........now eat your words, or better, eat my shoes. I am going to be rich but unlike the Iraqi guy, i won't miss.

Ok, step 1......i must start the practise starting tomorrow....hmmmm....for RM 36,000,000 i think i better start now.

Step 2 : i must go and check again the photo in the newspaper what shoes did our fren used. Then i will try to find similar shoes in Melaka. I will make some modifications though, like tying the shoe with with an elastic string so that i could pull it back after hitting the target. Hahahaha...i can even smell the money now!

Step 3 : Must be prepared to have broken arm and ribs, must do more push ups to strenthen my arms. My super elastic-doubly protected with layers of fat- belly should be able to protect my ribs.

Step 4 : This is the hardest part, who to throw at huh? Our fren President Bush wont dare to step outside the White House until he retires so now a bit susah! The person must be hated.....despised....the face must make people sick once you lay your eyes on him. Wah....this is harder than i think! So now i have to think...think...think!

I wonder throwing at mother inlaws can get RM 36,000.000 or not?

BM, English, Mandarin, Tamil......who cares?

2008-12-17T10:15:00.002+08:00

What’s happening to our country? It seems that we always ended barking at the wrong trees? Fighting the wrong fight! Who cares it is a white or a black cat as long it catches a rat!

No different this time, why on earth are we arguing on what language to use in our schools to teach science & mathematic? Shouldn’t we more concern on what we teach our children instead of what language to use to teach our children? Our syllabus is so outdated that it makes no different whether it was thought in Bahasa or in English or in Spanish for that matter!

I feel that it is good to have representatives from political parties, educationists, NGOs, PTAs, etc to meet like they are doing now, but they need to meet as Malaysian, act for Malaysian, think for Malaysian and decide for Malaysian. We don’t care which race or group you are representing, we want it to be of the best interest of Malaysian. Please sit down and analyse whether it is language the most critical problem we are having now or the quality of our syllabus? I believe the parents or the people wouldn’t mind what language was taught in schools if our education system can produce top engineers, top surgeons, top scientists, Nobel prize winners or at least quality graduates on regular basis.

I believe the things that we teach our children in schools need to be revised and updated so that our graduates can me more marketable. Once we have a top quality syllabus, the Education Ministry can repackage & translate the teaching materials into 2 or 3 different languages. Then let the parents to choose which medium of schools they want to send their children, knowing that the children will get the same high quality education.

Now students can take up 15 to 17 subjects, why don’t the Ministry trim & revise the number of subjects in our education system and perhaps introduce Mandarin, Tamil, Arabic, French,etc……..classes in our schools instead for children to choose from.

Maybe we can also include a subject on Unity in our schools. Since in many areas most of the primary schools (SRJK, SRJK(C) & SRJK (T)) are close to each others, perhaps we can get the children from different schools to mingle for a few hours every week doing things or play together in order to build up trust & understanding among them. It is sure better than to wait until they turn 18 before we put them in a camp and expect them to like each other in 3 months time.

To sum it up, I feel that we need to have a quality syllabus before we argue about the language.

Who say it is going to be easy but a step towards the right direction will bring us to a brighter future!

“Meet as Malaysian, act for Malaysian, think for Malaysian and decide for Malaysian!” and we, Malaysian will support you!

An Owl Encounter!

2008-12-17T08:15:00.001+08:00

Mr BIG's fren was jalan-jalan when he encountered this lovely creature trapped in an enclosed area. After so many failed attempts to catch the creature with his bare hands, he used a garbage to catch it.

Not easy to be hero though, look at the cuts he suffered.

See......more injuries.

Taa...daaah......an owl!
The owl was really cute, about 1 ft in height and light brown in colour with some black dots on it. It is very light though, i think around 300-400 gram only.

One of Mr BIG's brighter fren suggested to use 2 laundry baskets as a cage,below is the result;

Great! We got a cage, now what we going to do with it? Below are some comments & suggestions from Mr BIG's frens:

Enterpreneur -fren : We should sell it and make some money

National-Geography-fren : We should set it free, it belongs to the nature!

Kaki-makan-fren : How about we have BBQ owl tonight?

Pet-loving fren: We should keep it leh.

Photo-gila-fren : I want to take photo with it leh!

Kiasi-fren : ohh...pleaseeee.....get it far, far away from me!

Feng-shui-fren :Wahlau....fast-fast let it go, it brings bad omen leh!

Finally we came to our senses and mutually agreed to let it go. The owl flew away and suddenly make a u-turn & flew on top of us, i thought it was going to drop its "missiles" but it just flew away gracefully. I bet that was its way of saying thank you! Mr BIG is glad that we did the right thing by releasing the owl, i bet it has love ones to meet too.

PIKOM PC Fair 2008

2008-12-15T18:19:00.010+08:00

Yapedapedoo!!!....its PIKOM PC Fair coming to town!

Its the time of the year when Mr BIG will go to cuci mata on all the cheap-cheap computers & accessories........and the sales girls as well!!

This year is no different from previous years, many Melakans also went to PC Fair to look for the best bargain. So its really "jam.....jam.....jam" !!! Look at the traffic! Mr BIG has to park miles away and sweat like crazy when reached the Fair.

The crowd was bigger on the last day because they thought the vendors will 'lelong' all their goods. Nowadays the vendors also smartleh, the price for the last day sometimes was higher than the first day!
Although the number of booths was not as many compared to previous fairs, its enough to make you sweat..and got lost a few times. A good mixture of goods though, from laptop to camera to accessories, to projectors and many other things!

It was really packed, people really pushing and shoving each other in order to move forward. Not that Mr BIG mind when the one pushing was a 21 yrs old sweetheart, but more often that not it was a 50 yrs big, tall & hairy uncle who last taken his bath maybe when he was 12 years old! To be stucked under his armpits was like you were trapped in a garbage bin, in a garbage truck at a garbage disposal area like for eternity.....you got the picture? Yuckkkkkkk!!!!!

Mr BIG actually wanted to buy a 8GB pendrive & a lamp only, nothing more, nothing less! Times are bad leh, cannot simply spend. Anyway that was the plan until Mr BIG met this sales girl......aiyoo.....so cute! Look at the smilelah, even metal also can melt!

then this happened:

Cute girl (CG) : Sir, may i help you?
Mr BIG (MB) : Yes, may i have you....err......i mean the pendrive & the lamp?

CG : The pendrive is RM 46 & the lamp is RM 18, ok?

MB: okkkkkkkk.......

CG : Sir, the MP4 is also cheapleh, why dont u take one too?

MB: okkkkkkkk.........

CG: Why dont u take the multiple sockets as well?

MB:okkkkkkk........

CG: How about this earphone?

MB: okkkkkk.......

CG: OK sir, RM 229 pls.

MB: okkkk..........

CG : Thank you & good bye sir!

MB: Okkkkk.......

(The a fren came)

Fren: Woi, why r u buying these things????

MB: okkkkkk........

(The above conversation was close to the actual conversation, Mr BIG can't recall much as Mr BIG lost his consciousness & his sensibility right after the girl smiled!)

Haii.....everyone has their weaknesses right?

It looks like someone will get a MP4, a headphone and a socket for Xmas gift, thanks to our cute girl!

Useful TIps!

2008-12-15T15:45:00.002+08:00

Excuses...err...i mean reasons.....hmm...i mean things to tell your wife when you are caught with your pants down!

"Honey, you remember that you told me that our mattress need to be replaced? I found a good one and was trying it out when you walked in!"

( Keep your composure while saying it, remember....you have done nothing wrong!)

"Honey! I did this for you, i know that you are so tired doing the laundries, the cooking, the washing, ........and so many things day in, day out. How could i be so selfish asking you to have sex after all that you have done???"

(Maintain the its-all-for-you face expression)

"Dear, you are hallucinating again! You should really take your medicine! I am alone here with you ......and why are you yelling at the table lamp???"

(Make sure you yell louder than her and act that you are really disappointed with her bahaviour)

" Who are you? Where am I? Who is she?? Why am i naked? Who am I ???

(Just act insane.......remember,its your life at stake!)

"Honey.......i was raped!!!! sob...sob..sob"

(Make sure there are tears...and keep blaming the woman....or the man you are with)

Disclaimer:

While the above tips have saved many marriages, Mr BIG offers no guarantee that it will work for you. It depends how good is your acting, how much you can lie.....and of course, how fierce is your wife!

Sabah : Land Beneath The Wind

2008-12-13T11:00:00.002+08:00

I bet this is why they call Sabah the "Land Beneath the Wind", the view on Mt Kinabalu was just breathtaking.........sometimes even surreal.

This is simply majestic.....i am just speechless!

Look at this.....

I didn't know one can find such a view in our own backyard. I was just simply fell in love with Mt Kinabalu.

p/s: Mr BIG actually climbed the highest mountain in South East Asia, will share about it in the near future.

Why Me?

2008-12-12T15:48:00.002+08:00

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.

From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed:
"Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

To this Arthur Ashe replied:

"The world over;

50 million children start playing tennis,

5 million learn to play tennis,

500,000 learn professional tennis,

50,000 come to the circuit,

5000 reach the grand slam,

50 reach Wimbledon,

4 to semi final, 2 to the finals,

when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'.

And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "

"Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble and
Success keeps you glowing,
but only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...

Note: Credit to the original author.

Sunset in Bali

2008-12-12T15:25:00.001+08:00

Fart 101

2008-12-12T14:59:00.000+08:00

American will say : EXCUSE ME!

British will say :PARDON ME!

Singaporean will say : FORGIVE ME!

Malaysian will say : NOT ME! NOT ME!

Mr BIG will say : Wangi????

p/s : Thanks to Mr BIG Sabahan frens for this post.

*Wangi = Nice smell

Fit - Fitter - Fittest

2008-12-12T10:57:00.000+08:00

FIT
These ladies are going up to Mt Kinabalu, not by the car leh......but by foot! They are carrying like 1 month food supply....for the whole kampung.

FITTER

check out the bags and more importantly.....wearing slippers only leh and can still carry umbrella!

FITTEST

Our fren here is Mr BIG's pick for the fittest, even the Mat Salleh was scratching his head in astonisment!

He was like running up the mountain...with a gas tank on his back.

Note : Mt Kinabalu at 4095.2m is the highest peak between the Himalayas and Papua New Guinea.

p/s: Mr. BIG salutes all Mt Kinabalu porters!

Mt Kinabalu Sunrise

2008-12-11T12:05:00.010+08:00

SABAH

"Eco Treasures from Mountain High To Ocean Deep"

A Xmas Gift from Durex ?

2008-12-10T14:33:00.002+08:00

Taadaaaaahhhhhh...........free key chain from Durex!

Points to ponder:

1. Unique isn't it?

2. Showed that u use condom and not balloon...or worse, plastic bag!

3. Promote safe sex.

4. Support Malaysian rubber.

5. Most important of all......FREE leh!

So, what are you waitng for? Go and grab a few boxes while stock last.

p/s: Mr. BIG supports safe sex !!!!

Sea Reclamation in Melaka

2008-12-10T10:25:00.000+08:00

To have these.................

you have to bear with this...............

this..........

and this.

Worth it ??? You tell me!

Landslide....who to blame?

2008-12-10T10:07:00.000+08:00

House owners say : There was no enforcement, the local Council is to be blamed!

Local Council says: What can we do? We did not make the law, it was the politician job, its their fault!

Politician say: All those developers are bloody greedy, all they cared were money, money,money, & more money......they are to be blamed!

Developers say: Wahlau.......how can it be our faults? Everything was ok if it was not raining.....who control rain, not us right??? It was God's fault!

God says : Yeah, It was my fault............I should have made those morons who were resposible for this tragedy a bunch of slimy toads instead of human being with brain!!!!!!

Mr BIG says: Stop the blaming game and make sure there is no repetition! Dont wait for God to point His fingers at you.

Deepest condolences from Mr BIG to all the victims families.

Animal rescue...........or lunch?????

2008-12-09T12:45:00.000+08:00

ATM blues

2008-12-09T09:51:00.000+08:00

It was a very normal Saturday morning for me.........nothing extraordinary....its early of the month and i paid the ATM a visit.

What seems to be a very mundane visit turned out to be an interesting one.

There were 3 ATMs in the bank and i chose to queue behind and elderly aunty........i waited....and waited.......and waited.......and waited. 15 minutes gone and this aunty still at the ATM. Those in the banks started to notice about this aunty as well.

Trying to be a good Malaysian, i approached the aunty and checked whether she needs any assistance. To my surprised this aunty was withdrawing a RM 50.00 note each time. I told her that she could withdraw more than RM 50.00 at any one time.....and below was the conversation:

Mr. BIG: Aunty! Do u know that u can withdraw more than RM 50.00 at any one time leh........many people are waiting for you leh.

Aunty: You never go to school huh.....cant u read that the machine can dispense RM 50.00 only!

Mr. BIG : Huh? Aunty, yes it said that but it doesnt mean that u can't withdraw more than that.....it says that you can only withdraw RM 50 notes !

Aunty: I have been a customer in this bank for 30 years.....u dont bother me
or else i will slap u...*^&^*$@%^$).

Mr. Big: Gulp!!!!!!!!!........aunty.....u win, i wait !

So we waited for another 10 minutes as the aunty needed to withdraw another RM 800......Rm 50 per transaction!!!!

Sigh........what a way to start my weekend!!!!

WOMEN 101 - The BIG Question....pt 1

2008-12-05T16:41:00.000+08:00

Aiyoooooooooo.....................................

Let me ask you all genius out there....if you can answer this BIG question.....i salute you lah.......

listen carefully.......ok....are u ready?

My woman wanted a gold chain;
i asked how big?
She said anything also can....
I said ok......i gave her a budget and said u go and decidelah........

( Me being a man and i think a few other millions of men will agree with me that that shld be the end of the whole matter, right?)

Wrong leh.........just now i saw her, the muka masam betul ( sour face...literally)...............now the BIG question is ..........WHAT WENT WRONG?????

U tell me...........!!!!!!!!!!!!! aiyooooooooooooo

Thailand's Politic : The BIG question

2008-12-05T15:22:00.001+08:00

Fuuuhhhhh........at last they reopened the airports, after so many curses, after so many sleepless nights, after so many tragedies.....thank God!!!

Yesterday my fren asked, whylah the Thais did that? Wouldn't it bad for their economy???? It seems that in Thailand almost all households has at least 1 member who is involve in tourism industry.........so why they did what they did???? Thats was the BIG question played in his head!!

Frankly speaking.......i have no idea but every one has their reason....has their own thought .....and is free to do what ever they want to do. Besides isnt that what mankind has been fighting for.....gone to war for......died for....FREEDOM!!!! Its kind of irony too......because of FREEDOM, many lost theirs when the 2 airports were closed. They lost the freedom to travel, lost the freedom to be with their love ones, lost the freedom to do what they want to do....all because someone exercised their rights.....free to do anything....... FREEDOM.

So i think now the bigger question now is : Do you want the FREEDOM that one day will cause u to lose yours????

Complicated isn't it????