Well, this video has been circulating around and I am truly disgusted on how the level of security in Malaysia has turned out.
If you had read the comments in that video, you will notice that there are loads of racially sensitive comments posted there. I must say those who posted those comments are fking stupid fools. Its not about race. I personally think that all these crimes rose mainly due to the economic situation that we are going through now. If the economy had been good, we wouldn't have rampant theft and robbery going on.
If your wife caught you cheating on her 6 times and she leaves you for it, what will you do to win her back? Will you,
(1) Kneel down in front of a shopping centre and get a spot in the local dailies so that she sees what you have done;
(2) Set up a blog telling how sorry you are;
(3) Go on national radio telling her that you are sorry and you want her back.
Malaysian Kelvin Ng had tried all the above and at print time has yet to be able to win her wife back.
Monday March 9, 2009
Desperate hubby pleading for wife to come home
By KNG ZHENG GUAN
PETALING JAYA: In a desperate attempt to win back his estranged wife, a man has continued to plead for her forgiveness in public.
Salesman Kelvin Ng, 29, made his first public attempt a week ago in SS2 here. On Saturday, the distressed husband tried again, kneeling down in front of Amcorp Mall with banners and a poster saying “I Love You Lee Sook Chin”.
Speaking to reporters as he knelt, Ng swore that if his wife returned to him, he would repent.
“I want her to be the most admired woman out there and I want her to think that this marriage was never a wrong choice.
“I am doing my best to rescue this marriage and the whole world will be my witness,” he said.
Ng said his wife had claimed that he had been caught cheating on her six times.
However, he said he only cheated on her thrice and vowed not to be “playful” anymore.
Two weeks ago, his wife left him, leaving behind their two children – a boy, aged three and a girl, aged one.
One of his friends, Alex Tang, 30, said they were also there to do all they could to help Ng, who had been depressed.
Ng, who had earlier pledged to kneel for a whole day or until he passed out, remained in his position outside the mall until 10pm.
However, it was in vain because his wife did not come back.
When contacted, his wife Crystal Lee, 24, asked to be left alone.
“I will forgive my husband anyway but I need time to think it over,” she said.
This morning, Kelvin Ng was interviewed by Fly FM and pleaded his wife to come home. Listeners were invited to give their comments and my god, ladies can be quite cynical at some times.
He gave out his blog url which I immediately surfed. Initially he had pictures of his wife and children posted on the blog but it was taken down later at night. There was also a poll which stated "Do you think my wife is pretty?". The choices were "Pretty, Good, Bad and Worst". LOL. It was taken down later at night as well. Damn! I haven't vote yet!
Nevertheless, check out the video that was posted on his blog.
I seriously wonder what the hell is wrong with some old people who thinks dance events does not benefit the society. First they banned yoga for Muslims and now dance competition?
Recently, some chaps organised a dance competition by the name "I Dance" in Penang.
Then some old people from a political party complaint against a dance event. Here's an extract of what the fellow said:
Its chief, Mohamed Hafiz Mohamed Nordin, said the 'I-Dance' event supported by the state youth and sports committee at the New World Park not only gave rise to street culture through shuffle dancing but also increased social problems among the younger generation.
I'm quite surprised that the word "shuffling" was mentioned. But the whole bloody dance competition has more than shuffling. Maybe these old people were influenced by some pictures they see on the newspaper. For example..
Anyway, the group of old people and some other people gathered to sort out this mess. They decided that male Muslim participants must be segregated from the female dancers. I wonder why the crap did they even bother talking to those old people on this matter. If they want a dance event, just organised it so long they got license for it. Now my Muslim male friends would need to dance with other male friends.
I spotted this while on Old Klang Road. This is the first time I see such medium on the streets. Quite ingenious - they had 3 cars traveling together and each pulls a small wagon with a banner behind. It would be great if I could give some sort of signal to them asking them to stop so that I could buy couple of boxes of Snickers from them. But I guess there would be some security issue and probably some local licensing issue i.e. license to sell confectionery from a vehicle.
If these cars would stop for people to buy Snickers, I wouldn't be surprised if one of these cars got car jacked.
In the wake of recent serial killings and severe discrimination of the Africans by mainly the Malaysians I wish to advice my fellow Africans who were made to believe that Malaysia is a “humble” destination for foreigners to consider Malaysia as “not a place to go”. Malaysia appeared to be a country of mixed races namely, the Malays, Indians, and the Chinese. One would expect that there should be high degree of racial tolerance. One would also expect that Africans or foreigners in general should be tolerated under normal circumstances. We once heard of our own Kofi Anan urging other countries to emulate Malaysia due to her racial harmony. I wish to tell him and all Africans that “she” cannot be our role model. We should not forget that a country that is racially harmonious must tolerate people from all walks of life. Malaysia is not such a place, this is due to the fact that (1) Africans are regarded as social misfits (2) we are not protected by the law and (3) we don’t have job security.
SOCIAL MISFITS
The African had been and continues to be a “nuisance” in the eyes and minds of the citizens of Malaysia, not excluding the police personnel. Do not be astonished if you realize that the moment they see any black color from Africa he or she is perceived to be a criminal. Their conclusion is that all blacks are criminals. This perception was long ago infused in their minds by the media. The media always portray the negative and the deplorable states as well as the conflict zones of Africa. The youth always refer to us as “Negros”. These very bad remarks ended in the painful death of many Africans in Malaysia. In the recent periods two Nigerians were poisoned in a restaurant, a Yemeni guy lost 3 fingers as he was trying to block a knife that was aimed at his chest, 2 Egyptians were asked by some locals to give whatever they have, when they refused, a fight broke out and all the locals at that area came to fight the Egyptians without knowing the reason!!! Another Egyptian was robbed of RM4000 and beaten up. In Melati Utama, bikers usually rampage the net cafes from time to time with knifes and baseball sticks frightening the people in it and taking whatever they have. These are just very few of the cases.
Let me give you a recent case in Wangsa Maju that has led to the untimely death of an African student from Chad. African undergraduate, HELP University College, Abdel Aziz Hassan Abdraman, 22, (his picture shown above) was brutally murdered just because of his color.
On Saturday, there was a mob attack by some 20 youths wielding metal rods, sticks and knives on 10 African undergraduates in Wangsa Maju which landed in his death and injured the rest, they were unjustly harassed and mocked by the youths for four consecutive days before the attack. The youths even went up to their Tar Villa apartment and demanded money and cigarettes. According to the students and as reported by the Malaysian Newspaper ”Malay Mail” the drama unfolded when three undergraduates were on the way to board the LRT to perform “terawih” prayers (long prayers by the Muslims after they have broken their fasting) at a nearby mosque at 8.30pm.
They were confronted by some 20 youths who were believed to have hurled abuse at them (they called them Negros) and demanded money.
When the trio ignored them and walked away, the youths, carrying switch blades, pursued them and struck one of them on the head.
The students took refuge at the LRT (Train Station) and sought assistance from their African friends living nearby.
Seven of their friends, including Abdel Aziz, went to their aid and together they went back to where the trio was attacked.
Abdel Aziz’s cousin, Abdraman Moussa Mohamat, 23, said: “We asked the youths who were seated at the stalls why they had attacked our friends but they came for us suddenly without saying a word.
“We ran for our lives when they began swinging metal rods, sticks and knives at us. In the fracas, Abdel Aziz was stabbed from the back.”
POLICE CONFIRMATION
The police confirmed that the victims had been regularly ridiculed by the youths who expressed their displeasure at the increasing presence of Africans in the neighbourhood.
BUT WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF THE POLICE?
Sentul district police Chief Assistant Commissioner Zakaria Pagan told Malay Mail that initial investigations revealed that the attack stemmed from the uneasiness of the residents over the behavior (increasing umber of students) of the Africans.
Therefore:
“We believe the youths who attacked the Africans wanted to teach them a lesson to behave themselves in public.”
What a shit?
WHAT ABOUT THE TAXI DRIVERS?
All the taxi drivers categorically refused to pick up the boy when he was injured. Within 15 minutes all the taxis DROVE AWAY without even stopping. It was not a surprise since they always don’t want to pick up blacks. You may be at a taxi station waiting hours while there are taxis available but will refuse to go just because you are a black man.
It is clear in all material respect that Africans are treated like animals and must not live together with “them” in the society. Discrimination we acknowledge is everywhere but not to this extent. I could remember the very first time I arrived in Malaysia, right at the airport people distanced themselves far away from me as I approach them. I could not ask anyone for direction. It was a foreigner who rescued me. In the classroom, Malaysians sit far away from us unless they have no choice. Lecturers themselves who were suppose to be agents of change follow the same suit when marking our papers. We work very hard to achieve excellent results and they try very hard to making sure that we land in futility. They do not want us to outcompete the local students. We thank God, despite all odds we do emerge as the best of all in all.
INSECURITY
The security system in Malaysia is well designed and perfectly carved to protect the Malays. We foreigners have no security. Anytime we have a dispute it always goes against us. Any case reported to the police is discarded if the Malaysian is found to be guilty. “We believe the youths who attacked the Africans wanted to teach them a lesson to behave themselves in public.” You teach us a lesson by killing us? The police records will prove that about 99% of the reported cases were initiated by the Malays. Many were arrested for a crime they did not commit. The only misbehavior as they claim is that we blacks talk loudly thus disturbing them. Therefore, as the number of students increases they feel uneasy.
I urge all prospective students who wish to study here to reconsider their decisions. Malaysia is not a suitable atmosphere for education due to intense discrimination and insecurity. It has the entire physical infrastructure needed to facilitate learning but the student’s mind is constantly occupied by security concerns. Almost every month, if not a week, a student must die like an animal without any concern by the government of Malaysia. The worse of it all is that the African embassies in all these cases voiced not. We did not know before we stepped in. Now you know make a wise decision. Our lives worth nothing in the face of their security personnel. Some of us may not see our families and loved ones in the years to come if still in Malaysia. Some dropped their studies prematurely and went away just to feel secured.
JOB INSECURITY
For those who came here in the name of job and went back home within some days will bear us witness. It is very difficult to secure a job. Once you are through you could be dismissed anytime unnoticed. They don’t just trust foreign workers. Jobs that they consider as demanding, dirty, risky, and dangerous to their lives were those given to foreigners. Examples are working in the petrol shell, shopping malls etc. Just this month, the government came out with a decision to have a zero percent of foreign workers in these areas. Hence, the companies in the mentioned areas were told to terminate the contracts of all foreign workers since the Malaysians are now ready to work. On top of that, all foreign companies in Malaysia are now required to employ only locals with narrow space for the foreigner.
In fact students here face difficulties to getting companies for their industrial training. Not because of our academic inability. We have the potential. We usually turned back to our nations if affordable for the training. Master and PhD students in most cases have no choice than to teach in the primary and Junior high schools. The lucky ones may get senior high schools which otherwise they will not have accepted if at home. Exceptional cases may lead some of them to university level.
In a nutshell, let us not again risk our lives to travel all the way from Africa to Malaysia for education or in search of jobs. Let us stay where our dignity is respected, where our minds find rest, and where our blood will not be shed just because of our color. LET’S LOVE OUR HOME COUNTRY AND WORK TOWARDS MAKING IT A BETTER DESTINATION AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEEN. STAY IN AFRICA… FOREIGN AFRICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS SHOULD GO BACK TO AFRICA AFTER STUDIES TO SHARE THEIR TALENT.
Perhaps you have forgotten how Malaysia gained independency 51 years ago (for Peninsula Malaysia). Here listen to this song:
Oooh...here are the lyrics.
Affirmative may be justified take from one give to another
The goal is to be unified take my hand be my brother
The payment silenced the masses sanctified by oppression
Unity took a back seat sliding further into regression
Chorus:
One oh One the only way is One
One oh One the only way is One
I feel angry I feel helpless, wanna change the world yeah..
I feel violent I feel alone, don't try and change my mind no..
Society blind by color why hold down one to raise another
Discrimination now on both sides seeds of hate blossom further
The world is headed for mutiny, when all we want is unity
We may rise and fall, but in the end we meet our fate together
Chorus:
One oh One the only way is One
One oh One the only way is One
I feel angry I feel helpless, wanna change the world yeah..
I feel violent I feel alone, don't try and change my mind no..
I feel angry I feel helpless, wanna change the world yeah..
I feel violent I feel alone, don't try and change my mind no..
I feel angry I feel helpless, wanna change the world yeah..
I feel violent I feel alone, don't try and change my mind no..
I feel angry I feel helpless, wanna change the world yeah..
I feel violent I feel alone, don't try and change my mind
And oooh...it's a Mat Salleh song. Don't mind me, i am only a "squatter".
BTW, i think this year's the national day theme is 'Unity, the Thrust of Success'.
When Hurricane Katrina was about to strike New Orleans, the gas stations were congested with cars causing few kilometers of traffic.
The scene was almost the same when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on announced price hikes for petrol, diesel and electricity.He said the new price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre. The price goes up by 78sen from the current RM1.92, a hike of 40%.
Abdullah also announced that the price of diesel would be increased by RM1 from RM1.58 to RM2.58.
He also said that Tenaga Nasional Bhd would be raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and 26% for business users.[Whole article]
This is no doubt a huge political set back for Abdullah and Barisan Nasional. If snap elections are to be called tomorrow, there is no doubt that Barisan Nasional will lose all their seats.
I left office around 9pm to find myself stuck in a massive jam. Many cars were lining up to fill up petrol. The previous hikes were not that bad but this time round, the jam is few kilometers long. Many radio stations pleaded with the public to go home and stop clogging the roads.
I took the opportunity to snap some pictures of a petrol station nearby my house. I had to snap it from far cause I couldn't get into the vicinity as the whole place is clogged up with car.
[Edit: Prime Minister Office's website got hacked HEHE: Source]
Recently, the vice-president of the National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia, Munirah Bahari announced in a statement that the Malaysian school uniform i.e. the white blouse is too sexy. They have encouraged students to "cover up" according to Islamic precepts to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex. She said, “This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,”.“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment [Read more here].
I read one entry by MichaelOoi on this issue. It cracked me big time.
The person I have in mind, is the guy who thinks school uniforms are sexy. I don’t know who is the guy (I don’t really give a shit anyway)… but, I think that guy is pretty stupid. You see, when a girl’s sexy, she’s gonna stay sexy no matter what she wears… (imagine Jessica Biel). She can wear a school uniform, a baju kurung, or even a baju hujan, it doesn’t matter. She is still going to look the same. She is going to look sexy in EVERYTHING. So, should we ban every fucking thing that Jessica’s gonna wear? The next thing we know, she’s going to be naked dude… (not that it’s a bad thing).
Same thing goes for the opposite. An ugly girl will stay ugly no matter how sexy she wears. Old people will stay old even if they wear a school uniform. And how do you explain goats? Do you people even know that hundreds of domestic animals are getting raped every year in Malaysia alone? (the farmers, goddamnnn!) Why isn’t there any nincompoops from the government propose for animals to be fully clothed already? As you probably have realized, the issue here is not about the clothing at all. It’s the mentality of the people. People are just sick enough that they’d rape anything that can satisfy their whims and fetishes.
I came across this shop in the old part of Kuala Lumpur. It has many boxes placed in front of its shop and its also a recent addition. Few weeks back, I frequently see a bus parked few steps away in front of the shop.
If you read closely, you'll see..
"if you have brains, please turn off your engine!!"
"If you are a human, turn off your engine! You are wasting government subsidy!"
I think the shop owner is pissed off with the bloody bus-tard.
Malaysia's first online reality series, Malaysia Dreamgirls will soon see the winner of the competition. Adeline, Cindy and Hanis are the final 3 contestants.
The voting ends Monday 28 April 2008 at midnight and the winner will be based on this week’s SMS vote count only. Please give your support to Hanis by sending a text with the words DREAM 06 and send it to 33001.
Also, not forgetting super hot blogger, Cindy Tey by sending a text with the words DREAM 03 to 33001.
The Malaysian Dreamgirl Grand Finale will be held at 1 Utama LG Oval on Tuesday 29th April 2008 at 6.30pm.
If you can't see what's wrong with the pictures above, they wrongly put former Deputy Prime Minister and also de facto head of opposition, Anwar Ibrahim's picture as current Prime Minister's picture.
The elections results are finally out. The opposition takes 5 states – Kelantan, Kedah, Perak, Selangor and the Penang. The opposition also managed to deny Barisan Nasional a 2/3 majority forcing the Barisan Nasional to declare a simple majority.
This general election also marks the exit of a few well known politicians such Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil. Poor Samy Vellu lost his seat which he had been holding on since 1974 on 8 March 2008, on his 72nd birthday. I was told that his supporters prepared a cake to celebrate his ‘victory’ and birthday. Unfortunately, I don’t think he was at any mood to cut any cakes.
Dr. Lo' Lo' .. what a name..
Fellow blogger, Jeff Ooi won comfortably at Jelutong. My cousin also managed to win a state seat in Perak. He’s only in his late 20s! Another surprise would be Low Gwo Burne, the man behind the V.K Lingam video and KeAdalian candidate for Kelana Jaya. For a person who is not even a registered voter in Malaysia, he has created an upset by beating the Barisan Nasional candidate.
My polling station was at SK Seri Mega, my former primary school. It’s been more than 10 years since I stepped into my old school.
Just as I stepped in front of the main gate, I saw Ms Carol Chew, candidate for Barisan Nasional helping out an old uncle with his motorcycle – surrounded by a group of photographers. Ms Carol Chew whom my mum dubbed as “Fei Poh” (translation: Fat Girl) is actually quite petite and fit. Her campaign pictures were not very flattering.
I bet that this uncle is actually an Opposition supporter...
I was directed to a room which I used to sit when I was in standard 2. The transparent ballot box laid in the middle of the room. The polling agents were screaming all sorts of funny numbers. As soon as I dropped by vote into the ballet box, I left the place and went on a tour of my school.
Place to check on voting details..
My old classroom..
My school didn’t change much save for the new computer lab. I started snapping pictures of my alma mater.
A policeman approached me and politely informed me that I cannot take pictures in the compound. Thank god he didn’t confiscate my camera.
Few hours later, Teresa Kok was declared winner of the Seputeh parliamentary seat with a majority of 36,492 votes, one of the highest highest in Election 2008.
It was Monday morning and I had my newspaper spread over the table with my daily dose of coffee by my side. I was having breakfast at Kedai Kopi Beng Huat, one of my favourite spots for breakfast.
A lady in her 30s approached me asking whether I could share my table with her. Together with her was another man. Without hesitation, I agreed as there is enough space for them. However, an elderly couple joined them leaving me with no choice but to keep my newspaper. I was surrounded by a group of strangers.
I soon realised that the elderly couple was Japanese tourists. It’s been a while since I conversed in Japanese – its all down the drain now. I kept quiet and ate my food.
Carol Chew Chee Lin, the young 27 years old candidate for the Barisan Nasional and her entourage suddenly entered the coffee shop and started shaking everybody’s hands. I was quite surprised as I didn’t expect any politicians to step into this coffee shop of mine.
After she made her rounds, she dropped by my table and offered to shake the Japanese elderly couple’s hands.
Both of them ignored her.
HAHAHAHAHA!
But when someone explained to her that Carol was actually a politician vying for a spot in the parliament, the elderly couple quickly Carol’s hands.
Incumbent Teresa Kok of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) will be running against new comer and n00b Chew Chee Lin of Barisan Nasional for the Seputeh parliament seat. Teresa Kok is also running for the Kinrara state seat. This has caused uproar with the Barisan Nasional – labelling her as greedy.
Teresa Kok
Transliteration: Kong Tou Chou Mmm Tou, Foh Chin Cheh Tai Pao.
Translation: DAP is all words, no action.
Recently, I noticed that there are numerous billboards depicting a feminine caricature of a rocket. One of the posters impliedly showed that the said rocket was dumping her old flame for a new one. It is understood that the said rocket is no other than Teresa Kok dumping Seputeh for Kinrara.
These billboards were allegedly approved by Carol Chew Chee Lin. Teresa Kok, being the fiery MP, protested and labelled these billboards sexist.
Recently, I received an email alleging that the Electoral Roll has phantom voters. In the email, it was stated that the following identity card numbers reveals persons who are over 100 years old and have been designated with a polling station!
And indeed the above persons have been designated a place to vote!!
AH LONG FATT IS 109 YEARS OLD AND STILL ALIVE AA?
Few days back, Bernama reported, in order to clarify on the confusion by the Opposition, that the Master Electoral Roll used for the general election is free of the names of voters who had died.
February 29, 2008 00:02 AM
Master Electoral Roll Free Of Dead Voters
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- The Master Electoral Roll to be used for the general election is free of the names of voters who had died.
The roll containing the names of 10,922,139 voters who died up to Dec 31 last year was gazetted on Feb 5.
Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor said it had removed the names of 697,902 voters who died between Jan 1, 2004 and Dec 31 last year.
He said the commission was mindful that there were registered voters who died between Jan 1 and March 7 this year.
"The general election laws do not allow EC to remove the names of the deceased from the Master Electoral Roll. Their names will be exhibited in April for public viewing," he said when commenting on the confusion among Opposition parties.
"Political parties and independent candidates need not worry as claims that some people will be voting in place of dead registered voters are baseless."
The EC would be distributing the list of voters who died between Jan 1 and March 7 and their identity card numbers to all polling centre heads, he said.
"This will enable them to be aware of voters who had died to prevent the issuance of ballot papers in their names.
"They have also been directed to get police help to nab those who turn up to vote using the identity cards of dead voters.
"The offenders will be arrested under the Criminal Procedure Code and the offence is punishable under Section 7 of the Election Offences Act 1954.
"Those who disguise as voters can be jailed for up to two years and fined a minimum of RM1,000 or up to RM5,000."
In an effort to clean the electoral list of names of dead voters, the EC had despatched teams to police stations nationwide to get copies of the burial permits.
Last year, it succeeded in removing 10,064 names of dead voters from the electoral roll and informed their next of kin to produce copies of the death certificates."
Kamaruzaman said a team was also sent to 2,764 longhouses in Sarawak between January 2006 and October last year, and 12,807 dead voters were traced and reported to the National Registration Department.
After consulting the longhouse heads and supported by the district officers, the 12,807 names were later removed from the electoral roll.
-- BERNAMA
The above article is unclear and a bit contradictory. On one part they said that the Master Electorate Roll is free from dead votes. On another part Datuk Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor stated that the general election laws do not allow EC to remove the names of the deceased from the Master Electoral Roll. And later in the article, it was stated that:-
In an effort to clean the electoral list of names of dead voters, the EC had despatched teams to police stations nationwide to get copies of the burial permits...........
...After consulting the longhouse heads and supported by the district officers, the 12,807 names were later removed from the electoral roll.
The EC had admitted that under the election law, the names from the Master Electoral Roll cannot be removed but now they have removed the names of deceased from the Master Electoral Roll??
Once again, the throat cutting day. I'm sure many couples had a blast on Valentine's Day. To the single guys who didn't have a date on Valentine's Day, I dedicate this song to you. Last year, www.xes.cx held an Valentine's Day song dedication. Unfortunately, this year I was so busy until I totally forgot about it.
Ad exec stuns girlfriend with RM54,000 marriage proposal
By CHOONG MEK ZHIN
PETALING JAYA: For this Valentine’s Day, businesswoman Kelly Tan E Li got an unexpected marriage proposal.
It was “wrapped” in a RM14,000 diamond ring and a huge billboard advertisement in which her boyfriend publicly declared his intentions.
Billboard proposal: Ad man David Tan came up with a unique marriage proposal. He spent RM40,000 on a billboard and RM14,000 on a diamond ring to pop the question to his girlfriend Kelly Tan on Valentine’s Day. – KAMARUL ARIFFIN / The Star
“This is the biggest surprise of my life. And, the whole thing started as a very normal Wednesday. We went out for dinner and my boyfriend David Tan insisted on sending me home.
“The date ended very late, close to midnight. We got talking in the car and as we drove along the LDP in Kelana Jaya, he got excited and asked me to look at an “interesting” billboard by the side of the road,” said Kelly, 24.
As David was working in an advertising firm, Kelly assumed he wanted to show her some fancy new advertisements.
“I looked and was stunned. David’s picture was on the board! And beside his picture, were the magic words 'Kelly Tan E Li, will you marry me?'
“I was so shocked and could not speak for about 10 minutes. He finally smiled when I told him 'yes',” said Kelly.
And the RM40,000 billboard was not the only surprise.
Immediately after Kelly said yes, David pulled out a box and inside, was a sparkling diamond ring.
“I cannot ask for a more memorable Valentine’s Day. I really want to thank David for this unique proposal,” said Kelly, a nail salon owner in Bangsar.
David, 26, said he had planned this surprise for some time. He only wanted the best for Kelly.
The accounts executive said he deliberately proposed on Valentine’s Day so that they could remember this day with fondness in the future.
“I work in an advertising company and am always thinking out of the box to come up with new concepts and ideas. I wanted my marriage proposal to be unique,” said David.
He added that luck was definitely on his side for him to be able to book one of the billboards along the LDP, which were highly in demand.
“The fact that I managed to book one especially on Valentine’s Day is so lucky. Hopefully, our marriage will be equally amazing,” said David.
The couple met at a friend’s house during Chinese New Year three years ago and started dating six months later.
David has already started planning for the wedding.
“It should be held sometime at the end of this year or early next year.
“I cannot wait to marry Kelly. She is an amazing woman and she deserves all the attention I shower on her,” he said.
This fellow's father print money one ah? I read one comment from a forum stating that the fellow should have just spent RM54, 000 on a orphanage and get all the kids to scream "Will you marry me??".
Thanks David, you made us feel like cheapskates now. LOL
On another related matter, while I was driving around Jalan Kuchai Lama on Valentine's Day. I saw a few buckets with roses placed by the road side. It's for sale and it's like a drive-in buy-your-flowers-here. People actually queue up to buy it! It's RM18 per piece.
AhBeng: Ah Kao, our workshop is almost complete. Now all we need is a signboard for our shop.
AhKao: Ya lo, but wooden and plastic signboard so expensive hor, banner is cheaper. let's get my friend Ah Ming to make one for us la. We put pictures of some cars and then hor, tell people what we do on our banner.
AhBeng: Ya! If people require anything hor, they can contact us.
AhBeng: eh AhKao, your friend AhMing England good one ah?
AhKao: Ok la, better than me. Let me call Ah Ming now...
*Toot tooot*
AhKao: Hallo Ahming ah, my shop needs a banner aa, can help me do ah, very easy only, put 2 pictures of nice cars and then say we specialise in this and that la. Then at the bottom there put something like if they require anything ah, please contact me @ XXXX.
Among the posh retail outlets in Bangsar lies one humble beauty parlour. Unlike its neighbours, the main entrance of the shop is nothing impressive.
However, when I stepped in, I was surprised. They have a beauty parlour and a small saloon!
Since A had to get her eyebrows trimmed, I tagged along to see this interesting business. The beauty parlour and the small saloon are separated into 2 units, each mannered by different people. When I was there, there were ladies sitting on the sofa waiting for their turn.
Since A is number 4 on the list, I sat at the sofa observing the trade. I notice that many ladies were there to get their eyebrows threaded. The interesting bit here is the threading process. The beautician would hold a piece of cotton string with its hand and mouth forming a sharp piece of string. She would then use the string and rub it on the targeted areas.
Customers are then required to lie on a bed with their knees bended like they were giving birth. I don't know why but maybe because the bed is too short.
The bed
Other than threading, one can have any parts of their body waxed.
A lady suddenly dashed into the room urging for immediate attention. She closed the curtains and the lady attended to her. It left some of us wondering why she cut our queue. Does waxing or threading her bulus (hair) more important than basic courtesy?
We later found out that she had to dash to the airport and had to ensure that her pubes are in order before going overseas.
I entered the room with A when it came to her turn. One of the staff came up to me..
Staff: Are you waiting for your turn??
A: nono, he's with me.
Staff: oooh I thought you wanted to trim your eyebrows. Many guys come here to get their eyebrows trimmed. Anyway, if you're not here for anything, please leave, many women here.
Me: O_o
I don't know where and when the term "2u" came from but it seems that this term is widely used by a lot of companies in Malaysia. This is quite apparent in websites.
First, we have Maybank2u.com
And leno2u.com, a local fashion company.
then we have international company in Malaysia adopting the website DXN2u.com.
And now, it has hit the smaller industry i.e. the money lending industry!
2 years ago, I blogged about Nasi KangKang, a local superstition.
Nasi KangKang, literally means Squatting Rice. It's some sort of love potion made for men. It was believed that after eating the rice, the man was bound to abide entirely by the woman's wishes. His mind will be reset and zombified. Any of the woman's wishes such as, "buy me a diamond" would be fulfilled immediately.
Many years ago, this superstition was practiced by the Malays and also the Nyonyas.
How to make Nasi Kangkang
1. Stand with her legs wide open and while the pot of rice was still steaming,
2. Allowed sweat to trickle down into the steaming pot
3. Serve it to 'victim'
Few weeks back, I received a comment from one kp stating the following:
i want to nasi kangkang my husband. Must read some sentence is it or just squat over the rice ?
He too many girls outside. pls help urgently.
I want to nasi kangkang for my husband.. pls help..?
I WANT TO NASI KANGKANG FOR MY HUBBY. I KNOW IT IS SQUATTING OVER STEAMING RICE. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING U MUST CHANT? PLS HELP... I AM NOT DOING THIS TFOR EVIL PURPOSE BUT TO SAVE MY MARRIAGE... MY KIDS MISS HIM ALOT BUT HE IS TOO BUSY WITH WOMEN. PLS HELP ME
adekgila seems to have a recipe for Nasi Kangkang. According to her..
Ingredients:
rice...
your juice (note: only for girls)
and anything that can be served with rice..
Directions:
u want yr guy to follow ever word u say?
here's how...
get one cup of rice, boil it...
or cook it the usual way u do it..
put it on a plate...
now its steaming hot right?
take off your underpants..
squat about 5 cm from the rice...
think of that person that u want to take control of...
let yr "juice" flow into the rice...
serve it to him
But to me, the best answer would be the one below.
Is it gonna help you? Do you think your marriage can be saved by some silly old practice? What you need to do is pick up yourself and prove it that you can do better than relying on your husband. He's obviously too busy with women, why do you need to care much. Do you think he'll be his old self if you get him back? Everything has change. Tell your kids the truth and it is hurt big time.
Wake your kids up, and you need to wake up too. If he comes to his senses, he will know what he's doing is wrong. If he doesn't, you should move on.
2 weeks ago, I received an email from my HR Department:
Dear all,
Kindly be informed that XXX is on emergency leave today because her maid ran away.
I laughed out loud upon reading it. On the next day, I received another email from the HR department.
Dear all,
Kindly be informed that XXX is on leave today because she had to bring her daughter to school because her maid ran away last week.
LOL! Poor fellow!
I wonder where all these runaway maids go to when they run away. When mine ran away, she got cheated by her Bangladeshi boyfriend, dumped, had an affair with a local married man and gave birth to a child but was dumped by the married man. Tragic.
Domestic maids running away is quite common in Malaysia. So common until a local maid agency had to give an assurance that..
Every ghost festival without fail, my mum and I would set up a little corner outside our house to burn our offerings to the Hungry Ghosts.
Our procedure is pretty simple - place our joss sticks and candles on the ground and there after burn the offerings to them. Offerings would usually be hell money, candies and fruits.
This year round, in light that I've been accused of promoting vice, I decided to do something different. I headed to our local Gods Material Shop and..
Me: Boss, do you have beer?
Boss: Yeah, Carlsberg?
Me: Yea
Boss: OK hold on.
Few minutes later.
Boss: Boy, no more Carlsberg. How about Guinness?
Me: OK sure.
Boss: you want XO (cognac) as well??
Me: OK
Another Boss: So long its liquor you want yea??
Me: Hell ya!!
Behold! Vice for the dead!!
444 literally means DIEDIEDIE
Cans of Guinness and Otard made from paper for the dead
My packet of Guinness and my bottle Otard cost me RM3.50 and RM3 respectively.
Ogawa Chair - placed outdoor! Dont be surprised if you see a report on how thieves dragged the chair out from the display using a lorry :P
Mosquito repellent billboard on the left and their product on the right.
Huge Laptop. I love gigantic sized products :D
One of many Digi's (Malaysian telecommunication company) below the line advertisements. They wrapped these rickshaws in Melaka with their advertising materials, made the cyclist wear their yellow t-shirt and blast their theme song, "I will follow you" in all sorts of dance remix.
While on my way back from Putrajaya, I stopped by at one McDonalds outlet along Jalan Sungai Besi. While enjoying my meal, I had one middle aged Chinese woman (from Mainland China) coming up to me asking for a favour. She wants me to call her friend using my cellphone. She gave me a name card and asked me to call one person by the name Mr Ng, a general manager of some company. I was obviously pissed, especially when she intrudes the intimate time I was having with my burger. Nevertheless, I called her friend.
(conversation in Mandarin, translated into English)
Me: Mr Ng, your friend XX is here in McDonalds, Petronas gas station, along Jalan Sungai Besi
Ng: Who? My friend?
Me: XX
Ng: Huh? Who is she?
Me: I don’t know, some Chinese lady. She said she’s your friend.
Ng: Who are you?
Me: I said she’s your friend, she’s waiting for you. That’s all I am going to say.
Ng: OK. Where is she?
Me: McDonalds, Petronas gas station, along Jalan Sungai Besi
Ng: What? Ok, can you pass the phone to her?
Me: (sensing something is wrong) NO. BYE
I then looked at the lady and said, “Yeah..your friend is coming"
Lady: oh thanks.
She then went to sit on another table with her back facing me. I somehow have feeling that when I pass my phone to her, she would probably walk away and disappear with my phone. She would have probably went,
“Hallo? Hallo? I cannot hear you. I go out talk to you.”
Recently, local newspaper, the Star featured an article on the mobile repairmen who roam around the city offering technical assistance. It was an interesting read as the above advertisement is quite common in the Klang Valley.
The Star interviewed couple of these repairmen.
Din, 42, is a clerk and has been a repairman in his spare time for the last seven years.
“Although there is much talk about the Gang Paku, I don’t feel guilty because I am not one of them. I feel there are a few of them who do it but sometimes motorcyclists stare at us as if we are all guilty. I make an honest living and can fetch about RM3,000 to RM5,000 monthly just doing this part-time, especially since I am a mechanic,” Din said.
“Over the years, I have placed my number at petrol stations in and around Kuala Lumpur and Sungai Buloh. Sometimes, I just can’t handle the calls, especially when some come in as early as 5am. The rule is, when a customer calls, he or she must agree on the price. If not, I would not go and fix the puncture. The normal rates are from RM20 to RM25. After midnight, repairing a punctured tyre will cost RM35,” he said.
Din said he was especially pleased with the work as he was doing a good deed for motorcyclists.
On the way: Zaili rushing to the aid of a motorcyclist.
“My greatest reward is having a motorcyclist say thank you and this is all I need to keep going.
“Besides repairing punctured motorcycles to feed my family, I also help my wife prepare traditional Malay kuih to sell in the market in Sungai Buloh,” said Din.
Mohd Naza Azhar, 27, one of the youngest repairman, said he does this job because he has to feed his two young daughters.
“I travel about 300km daily and would sometimes use RM21 worth of petrol just to find motorcycles to repair. I also take money for workmanship for buying petrol for stalled vehicles and fixing car tyres. I use to be a despatch rider about three years ago and had to quit because my wife was pregnant. Now, I am divorced and take care of my two children - Nur Alya Shahira, three and two year-old son Mohd Hakimi Asraf,” Naza said.
“I am proud of this job as there is cash everyday for me to save. At least I don’t steal and make an honest living. I start work at about 7am and return at 7pm just in time for dinner with my kids. If I am hardworking, I could earn between RM80 to RM100 a day,” said Naza, who is furious over the Gang Paku issue and would charge less for motorcyclists who have nails in their tyres.
Fazalee Mohd Pauzi, 32, said he became a repairman after his motorcycle was punctured and its chain snapped along Old Klang Road 11 years ago and a motorcycle repairman came to his aid.
“Being a despatch rider and having a pregnant wife, I followed the repairman’s advice and took it up as a profession. Then, I practiced opening my own motorcycle tyre and replacing it until I was confident. I only had RM50 in my wallet for the month and brought a few motorcycle tubes, a pump and a tool set and began my journey, “ Fazalee said.
“I still recalled the first motorcycle tyre I patched up was a Suzuki RC80 in Cheras and my hands trembled as I was fixing the tyre. It took me 45 minutes to repair the tyre compared to 10 to 15 minutes at present. Today, I have no regrets. I own a car and my income is stable although I have a daytime job as a driver,” he said.
Fazalee stations himself at the Caltex petrol kiosk in Jalan Tun Razak from 9pm onwards while his friend Zaili Mohd Ibrahim stations himself at the Shell petrol kiosk in San Peng waiting for distress calls from motorcyclists.
Bad deal: Nails like these are strewn along the road by a group known as Gang Paku.
“I have been in this business for a long time and the customers I have are loyal. My numbers are not placed at petrol stations or others areas. Some motorcyclist would even owe me money and pay the next day. I do this because it satisfies me while taking care of my family,” Fazalee said.
[Note: Bandwidth running low again! Website may be down until 1st June GG]
While walking down Jalan Alor, I saw one apartment with inflatable toys hanging outside its balcony. The inflatable toys consist of various cartoon characters.
Unlike those unique advertisements in other countries such as Japan, Malaysia doesn't have many unique advertisements which are blog worthy. However, the following advertisements are pretty unique.
Adhesive Tape advertisement - their tape is so good till it could stick their own advertisement.
My firm gathered couple of their people to participate in this event. I was one of those who got involved. I joined the easiest event, a 3KM walk. This year, Malay Mail is raising funds to help purchase artificial limbs and walking aids for children who have lost the use of their legs as a result of bone cancer.
The race starts at Dataran Merdeka. I was given a free tshirt with the number, 9099. I was told that the race starts at 750AM. So I skipped all my Saturday night outings and stayed home so that I could sleep early. I even set my alarm at 530AM.
I was looking forward to it as it was my first time joining the Malay Mail Big Walk. Further, this could be a good blogging material.
Unfortunately, I missed the race, I overslept. O_O|||
Malaysia most famous blogger, Raja Petra Kamarudin (“RPK”) was invited as a guest speaker at my office few weeks back. RPK is Malaysia’s most well known socio-political blogger and was once arrested under the draconian Malaysian Internal Securities Act. His website, Malaysia Today reportedly has around 50 million hits till March 2007. It was privilege having him at our office. For once, the seats at our monthly talk were filled up.
RPK started off his speech by saying. “Winston Churchill once said that the best impromptu speech is a speech that took weeks to prepare”. Nevertheless, it was one interesting speech.
Blogging in Malaysia
He said that two of the most popular topics to be discussed in blog are sex and politics. It would be even more popular if you blog about politicians’ sexcapades.
He believes that blogging is one of the most powerful tools in politics. George Bush Jr had used the internet to campaign for his second term. Hilary Clinton has set up her blog to support her candidacy. And Malaysian Today, has one mission, not to support the opposition, but to topple those in power. His main focus is not on the people on the rural areas, but on those of the middle class. His target is the decision makers and not the ordinary rural voters who care for nobody but themselves, whether their roads are well maintained and whether they are paid. He believes that by influencing the decision makers, he will be able to change the people on top.
Malaysian Politics
Various topics were touched including our Prime Minister’s sleeping habits, Deputy Prime Minister losing grip on power, Anwar Ibrahim’s political life and his trial in Court and Khairy Jamaluddin being the most powerful person in Malaysia and the future Prime Minister of Malaysia.
When asked on who he thinks is the most suitable person to be the next Prime Minister, he answered, “Tengku Razaleigh”. According to him, Tengku Razaleigh was Malaysia’s former Finance Minister and is well versed with the government and also involved in the setting up of the Malaysia’s powerful economic machineries such as Petronas.
And I always thought it would be our Hishammudin.
His speech lasted around 1 hour plus. I had the opportunity to introduce myself to him before he was swarmed by the bosses.
Recent articles in the Star (5th and 6th May 2007) reported that the Min1stry of Inf0rmati0n want bloggers to be classified as professional and non-professional ones in order to monitor the contents of blogs in Malaysia.
It amused me tremendously, imagining the government department monitoring my blog posts on relationships and food complaints. And my posts with occasional eye candy pictures, such as the "revolutionary cleavage" or "my sports bra"! Sh*t.
If I choose to be classified as a non-professional bl0gger, which is what I am, then I don't see the need to be subjected to strenuous rules. I don't touch on "matters enshrined in the Federal C0nstitution" (quote on page 8, The Star, 6 May 2007).
Most blogs are used as a forum to convey their opinions, be it correct or wrong, and yes, some could be based on uncertified sources. It does not mean that we are not mature enough to know what is correct and what is wrong, what should be the way and what should not, as the freedom of information is what opens our mind to the world.
Read Wong Chun Wai's view "Do Away with Archaic Laws" on this at page 6 of The Star, 6 May 2007, if you still have your newspaper!
I tell you, I meet all sorts of weird people at all sorts of weird places. This morning, I met one stranger sitting at my porch. He’s a Chinese man around his late 30s, tall with acne scars all over his face. He had 2 bags on the floor. Both opened, one containing his clothes.
It was around 7AM and it was raining heavily.
(Conversation in Chinese, translated)
Me: Who are you looking for?
Man: I’m waiting for my father to fetch me.
Me: Who gave you permission to come to my house???
Man: I saw the gate was wide open so I came in lor.
Me: If it’s open doesn’t mean you can come in!!
Man: It’s raining..
Me: Pack your bags now and leave!!
He then changed his story.
Man: I’m looking for someone, but I don’t know which house.
Suddenly, he puts some sort of metal rings on the table and adjusts the metal rings on his fingers. The metal rings had some sort of dragon characters engraved on them.
I took out my house and car keys, held it on my hands and formed a fist with one key protruding out from each of my fists. I was ready to fight.
Me: If this were your house, do you think you’d want some stranger coming to your house without permission?
Man: …
Me: I don’t have any umbrellas for you, but here’s a newspaper for you to cover yourself.
The man started packing one of his bags but left one on the floor.
I took a picture of him. heh.
Me: OI, take your bag AWAY!
Man: Can I come back later to take it?
Me: >:-O ! I’M GOING TO LOCK THE DOOR GET IT OUT!!
He then walked out from the house, in the rain, with his bags. After he left, I realised that he forgot to take his water bottle.
I threw it out from the house on the roadside.
I don’t know whether he has mental problem or genuinely seeking shelter. If he had asked me nicely for shelter, no doubt I will grant him shelter.
The Malaysian government recently set up a website whereby tax payers can pay their taxes online. In order to do so, one has to obtain an e-pin from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB). Unlike many of my friends, the IRB sent me the tax form with my name and particulars including my e-pin printed in it.
Since the hassle of obtaining the form and e-pin has been eased by IRB, I dragged my feet to do my taxes. All I need to do is login to http://www.hasil.org.my and fill up the forms.
My mum bought the above portrait from one Bangladeshi salesman. This portrait is pretty common in Kuala Lumpur as many Bangladeshi men are seen selling them around the streets.
It was around 9PM, Mum and I were at our usual restaurant at United Garden.
Immediately after giving him RM15, the Bangladeshi man said, “5 months ago, at the restaurant, same table, you bought one from me. Few months before that, you bought another one from me too”.
“Do you remember me?”, he said.
“Yes, you’ve gone fatter!”, replied Mum.
The Bangladeshi man then said, “Oh, I’ve gone fitter?? Thank you!”.
Me: LOL
The Bangladeshi man then continued, “Today, I’ve only sold 2. My friends and I are so tired”.
Almost tearing, he said, “Abundance of thanks”
“It’s Okay”, Mum replied.
“May you live long..thank you”.
I felt so amused with his level of gratitude. It’s amazing how RM15 could cause such reaction.
The short drama told me of an untold story of immigrants. They had to leave their homeland to make a living and yet our society has been branding them as a menace and shunning them away.
Many decades ago, our grandfathers left their homeland to Malaysia to make a living. They too were subjected to all sorts of abuse when they first came to this foreign land. When I see all these immigrants, I can’t help to think that of grandfathers used to be like… them.
Yesterday i was in DJ for lunch and when I came back to my car, a Kancil blocked my car. So i sound my car honk to alert the Kancil's owner. I honked and honked but no one came. Celaka betul!!! Hence, i got down from my car and went to check whether or not that kind driver left any phone number on his/her car. Nope, no contact number of whatsoever but the car got damn a lot of soft toys.
"FUCKING WOMAN DRIVER!" i shouted out loud. I am not sexist but cars with lot of soft toys are normally woman's. You will notice this if you are observant enough.
I stood by my car and pressed my car honk for another 2 minutes straight. Everyone around that area was irritated by my noisy car honk. But alas, no stupid woman came to claim that bloody Kancil. Out of anger, i sat in car and tried to read my Newspaper while pressing my car honk occasionally. Thank God, i was on leave yesterday or else i would be late for work, VERY LATE.
Finally 10 minutes later, a stupid aunty came out from the post office, she walked toward me, really slowly, shaking her ass as if she was Jennifer Lopez.
"Could it be the stupid kancil's owner" I asked myself.
When she walked past my car, I stared at her and pressed my car honk again.
WTF!!! SHE WAS IN THE POST OFFICE ALL THE WHILE. THE BLOODY POST OFFICE WAIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE MY CAR WAS PARKED. BITCH!!! BITCH!!!
She didn't apologise at all when she walked past my car. THE WORST THING was she did not drove off straight away, she had to arrange the soft toys in her car!!!
FUCK, I made me even angry. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!! I pressed my car honk again.
FUCKING BITCH!!! If it is not for my profession, I would go down and break her windscreen with my steering lock.
AAAAARGH...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Punch the Wall* I hate inconsiderate aunty driver!!!
Malaysian Jessie Chung made the headlines last year by marrying her boyfriend Joshua Beh in a lavish wedding ceremony was held at a five-star hotel attended by 800 friends and relatives in Kuching.
Now, she once again made it to the newspaper with her newest album "Loving you". Her previous two albums A Heart Filled With Love and There Is Decision were recorded six to eight years ago when she was still physically a man.
Chung, whose original name was Jeffrey, underwent three operations to become a woman three years ago.
Jessie Chung Official website:- http://www.jessiechung.com/
Definately another Malaysia Boleh moment.
Definately another zomG! moment too.
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Sunday night, i happened to surf to channel 19 on Astro. A talk show on current issue called "Talking Issues" was on. They were discussing about corruption in Malaysia. I couldn't really remember the name of three guest appearing on the show but i did remember one of them was MCA youth chief.
He was there not to give his neutral view on the Government policy in combatting corruption in Malaysia but to defend the Government's policy and effort in doing so. Ok, fine. However, when he was cornered by the 2 other guests, he said "The Rakyat gave kopi-o money to the Government Officer to "solve" their problem and to "expediate" the matter."
But hello...if the Government Officer rejected the offer, none of this would happen, right? What about those times that the Policeman stopped a car and told the driver "You were driving while talking on the handphone? The summon is RM300.00 but if you need help, i can help you." or that time when PUSPAKOM officer told the lorry driver "Your lorry a lot of problems but i can help you." When Rakyat ask them how can they help the Rakyat. They said, "We "HELP" la. "
So, who should be blame for all this? You, me or your neighbour's dog?
Note:The entry does not represent the view of www.xes.cx
A couple (I can't remember which one) got lost on the way to a go-karting place in Shah Alam, which hampered their chances of being one of the few to complete the challenge early.
I actually laughed, not because they were stupid, but I could not help but think of how wonderful the road signages in Malaysia are. Have you noticed the strategic location of the signages? It's either AT the junction where you have a split second to decide whether to turn left or right or go straight, OR you'd just miss it and end up in port klang when you had intended to go to Balakong in the first place.
If not at the junction itself, sometimes you are lucky if it's 50metres right before the turning. Good grief! Why can't it be 1km or 500m just before the junction AT THE LEAST?
An example is the Subang exit from the NKVE (New Klang Valley Expressway - right?).
Got to pay the toll charges first - by cash, Touch'N'Go or Smart Tag?
I don't know how true this is but i found this in my (email) inbox.
My girlfriend was "swindled" of her paid petrol at the a-certain-Petrol Station.
"2 Guys at the station, 1 waiting near the payment counter, 1 holding two empty tanks waiting nearby the pumpstation. While my girlfriend moved towards the payment counter, the guy near the payment counter unintentionally cut her queue and made a minimum payment at the counter (eg; Rm5). After paying, knowing which pump station my girlfriend came from, he quickly signalled his friend with the empty tanks to go to the pump station. When my girlfriend paid, the cashier activated the pump for the paid amount. Before she could walk back to her car, the guy has already started filling up the petrol at my gf's pump station. When she asked what he was doing, he simply showed her the receipt saying that he has paid. Not knowing what was going on, she just waited
for him to finish. The meter showed the exact amount that she has paid. She realised something was amissed. When she lift the pump for her turn, no petrol came out. The guy has swindled her paid petrol. Eventually she
found out that the guy paid RM5 for another pump, and used her's which she paid RM50 instead. She complained to the petrol attendant but that guy just turned a deaf ear, saying it was not his fault and asked my gf to chase after that 2 guys! What the heck?? Is that how you trained your staff to be helpful to your customers?!!It's giving a bad image to your station. He kept on saying that he would lose if he gave her back what she paid. Then who's paying
back what she lost?? After 30mins of argument and with the help of other customers and asking to see the CCTV, the attendant finally gave in. I've already complained to the Petrol Station's company via their website, not sure whether they are going to do anything about it until something really bad happen! (Malaysian Style...sighhh!) Luckily her car was locked and not robbed of her valuables by the guy waiting at the pump. REMEMBER to always lock your car though you are away for a second."
I don't know whether or not this story is true. If it is true, it seems like a juicy highliners for Malay Mail or Metro. Nevertheless, it ended up as a chain mail. Could this be a fake story?
Looking at the whole scenerio,I was thinking "how come the lady in the story is so damn dumb one?" Don't everyone know that if we park our car or motorbike next to a pump and went to pay for our petrol, technically speaking and logically, this mean we are buying the petrol from that pump. If anyone cut que, we should be angry at the fellow and ask him to bugger off. But NO...it doesn't happen in this story. The lady happily waited for the fellow to fill up the petrol into his stupid tanks. I wonder if the lady has license to drive!!! How can you not know that!!! Isn't this a simple fact?
BTW, i am also not too sure about the moral of the story because the last paragraph said "pump. REMEMBER to always lock your car though you are away for a second." but the title said "My girlfriend was "swindled" of her paid petrol at the a-certain-Petrol Station." Could the moral of the story be "Don't let your woman pump petrol for her car alone" or "Is it don't let people cut que when you pay for your petrol"? hmmm...could the moral of the story is "You know my story is fake but you give a damn about it and you pass it around. YOU ARE STUPID"
My high school friends and I were invited by Praba (another high school friend) to his Deepavali Open house.
Unlike many Deepavali open houses, the main focus wasn’t food, but instead, it was alcohol. After eating couple of plates of nasi beryani and mutton, we started off with a mixture of whisky + coke. Then beer. Then mixture of Whisky + beer and in the end, just whisky.
Praba: Lei Kong Ngo Keling Yan ma? Nia seng, lei chi ngo hai tong yan! (You said I am Indian! fuck you, You know I am Chinese) !
While uploading the video above, I found this funny Malaysian advertisement.
It's amazing how other cultures influence other cultures.
A BIG FOG YOU TO YOUR FOGGING GOVERNMENT AND YOUR FOGGING PEOPLE!!
Why can't you foggers stop burning the forest for once????
Because of you foggers I am suffering from flu, headache and cough.
Last night, I took antihistamine to sort out my nose. Unknown to me, the pill has already expired a year ago. I woke up with headache, aching kidney and stiff muscles.
And I can't believe your Minister would say such thing:-
"It is natural they complain,"
"We have forests producing oxygen and bringing clean air to them but they don't thank us. Now there's smoke and they complain. There must be a balance."
the land where some people are 'boh tak chek' (If I'm not mistaken, "boh tak chek" is a phrase in Hokkien (Chinese dialect) which means "never study". This word is usually used against people who are rude and has no regard to any rules)
snatch theft is so rampant that we have signboards warning people about it
Ever so often, people had been complaining about how rude the taxi driver can be some of the time. We even have Newspaper article and TV programme about them. But, what about their call centre operator. Will if you ask me...My answer is "LOUSY"
This was my personal experience with SuperCab. Not long ago, my mum asked me to call a cab for her because she wanna go down to KL at 5.00pm. I told her no promise but i will try to get one at peak hour. Hence, i called Supercab because the taxi main station was 10 mins from my house. The call centre operator said ok, a taxi was willing to take my mum and it would be at my house in 5 mins time. 20 mins later, my mum called me and asked me where was the taxi? My guess was that the taxi driver got lost in my area (My area is a new housing area). Therefore, i called the Call Centre to ask ...
me: Hello, i called a taxi awhile ago. You said that he will be coming in 5 mins but he is not here yet.
Opeator: Ooooh, so did you wait for him?
me: Ya, of course.
Operator: Well, i think he is not coming already.
me: Then why you told me he was coming just now?
Operator: I thought he would have know that taxi normally don't want to go to KL during peak hour. So i guess he changed his mind la.
me: Then, why he said that he was gonna come when you radio him?
Operator: Now, he is not coming already la.
me: So, what should i do?
Operator: You can try calling another one? Do you wanna call one now?
me: Yes, if you don't mind.
Operator: Ok, if i told you that the taxi is coming in 5 mins. My answer now is please try again later.
me: WHAT!!!
FUCKING HELL, SHE THINK THIS IS FUNNY AR? FUCKING INSULT ME.
So, if anyone of you think that taxi call centre out there should be more courteous and the bad one should DIE. Please boycott Supercab!!! AND I MEAN IT!!!
note: Bahasa Melayu (previously known as Bahasa Malaysia, or Malay language) is the national language of Malaysia.
Just a few weeks ago (or was it just last week, i can't recall), The Star reported that the government was considering a project to promote Bahasa Melayu (or Malay languange) as an international language. i was horrified with this. we are still struggling to promote Malaysia as a country in the international arena, and it is shameful, however, that not all graduates have a good command of the English language. there are many who are unable to carry out a full conversation in English. i have had many occasions where i speak to a contemporary in English, to be responded in Malay or Mandarin. so i switch to Malay or Mandarin for the convenience of my contemporary. I admit it is difficult for me, as my Mandarin is not perfect. but hey, i'm happy to get the chance to practise it. (but why are some reluctant to practise speaking English to improve?)
Bahasa Melayu as an international language? hmmm. will we be able to succeed? or will we be as snobby as the French who are unable to assist lost tourists because they cannot speak English? (this is based on my experience in Paris years ago. perhaps they are much better now, i'm not too sure.)
Imagine a few years ago, when the government was concerned with the deterioration of English in the younger generation, so the Ministry of Education made the move to have Science and Maths taught in English. there was a struggle during the initial change, wasn't there? but how much did it help to improve the children's English?
Anyway, my frustration is this: Bahasa Melayu is no longer unique as it was when it was Bahasa Malaysia. remember when we were hammered with the use of 'bahasa baku' for our oral exams? urgh, it was tough.
Bahasa Melayu is simplified - change the spelling of the English words and taa-daa, you have a Malay word!
Examples (from English to Malay):
Actress - Aktress (i remember it used to be pelakon wanita)
Budget - Bajet
Campaign - Kempen
Concept - Konsep
Communication - Komunikasi
Edition - Edisi
Element - Elemen
Ideal - Ideal
Landscape - Lanskap
Response - Respon
Squad - Skuad
Version - versi
Now everyone can speak Malay too! when in doubt, think of the english word and add a Malaysian twang to it or something. (wait a minute, if we're always stealing English words, how come the Malaysians' English language isn't improving?)
Anyway, this is just my 2 sen worth, albeit a bit jumbled up. i'm just wondering, it must be easier to score an A for Bahasa Melayu in SPM now, right? no? ;P
Yesterday, the Newspaper published a survey done by Reader Digest which said that We, Malaysian are 3rd Rudest people in the World. Hahahaha..the World? How come the survey was only conducted in 35 Countries? What about the Japanese, who are known for their politeness? ooooh..well, the Reader Digest said that they did not carry out the survey in Japan because there is no Japanese version of Reader Digest....
So, are we actually rude? I would say "YES, WE ARE". Take this incident for instance, my colleague and i were walking to lunch today. When a big 4 wheels drive suddenly zoomed past us and knocked (lightly) on my colleague's arm. The car stopped on the road side, and the passenger winded down the passenger Windows. We thought the passenger was gonna apologise to my colleague. But no, he stared at us with his COCK EYES and point to his side mirrors. WHAT THE FUCK LA!!! YOU, A CAR JUST KNOCK A PADESTRIAN!!! YOU FUCKING SHOULD APOLOGISE!!!
So are we really rude people or are we only rude when we are behind the wheels or in my case, in the car?
Although Tony Fernandes (CEO of Air Asia) did a great job building a no-frills airline, with all due respect, I hate Air Asia. My experience with Air Asia has been bad. Of all the times I took Air Asia, 99% of their flights were delayed.
Did anyone notice that the water supply today smells of shit?
Bloody hell, initially i thought it was due to some sort of clorine the water supply authorities put. I proceeded to brush my teeth and shower.
But then, it was later known that excreta have leaked into Klang Water's water supply. Despite the water supply smelling of shit, it was announced that the water supply is safe for consumption provided that it is safely boiled.
Watadafak la. How the fak can this happen. Bloody Third World Country we live in. How da fak you expect people to consume water that smells of shit?
Bloody hell, now I have pieces of excreta all over my body. Probably some stuck in between of my teeth. I DEMAND MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY!! Otherwise, somebody gonna get a hurt real bad...
As regular LRT user, i had seen a lot of "civic minded" folks taking the reserved seat. However, some of them will give it away when they stumbled upon a needy person. Some just could not be bothered and contiune to act blur. I had even seen a blindman standing in the LRT. Comon man, the fellow is BLIND. He might not be able to see you but you can see him suffering there!!! STANDING!!! HE IS BLIND...you DUMBO!!!
However, that still does not piss me off because ever so often there will be some kind soul who will hold his hand or support his body to prevent him from tumbling over. BUT THIS INCIDENT DEFINATELY PISSED ME OFF!!!
On 12-12-2005), i went down to KL and had lunch with Ms. HS because it was a public holiday in Selangor. On my journey back, i was standing. One stop after that, an old man got on the train. He was looking at two teenagers who was sitting down on a red chair (Even though it's a red chair, don't you think you should give it up to the old folks as well?). Teen A looked at the old man's walking stick and said to Teen B
"Dude, you should give up your seat to the uncle. He has a walking seat"
"Why don't you give yours to him"
Then Teen A got up...
"Hahaha, you think i will give the seat to him, right?"
"Hahahahaaa"
They laughed out loudly. The uncle and me looked to each other and shaked our head. Then, the train reached it next stop. I turned around and checked to see if there was empty seat or not. The uncle did the same as well. The two teens still remained unbudged from their seats though so were the other seated passengers.
Soon, the train started its journey to its next stop. The uncle and me glanced at the two teens in disgusted occasionally while i continue to pretend looking for empty seats. The teens remained unbudged for another two stops and the uncle and me contined doing what we were doing namely glancing at the teens and i contined looking for empty seats.
Finally, the teens could not take it anymore.
Teen A: Dude, the journey is damn long la. Let's get down and have a smoke first.
About two years ago, i went to KLCC with Mr. HC using LRT. The LRT was packed with people. We were standing. Then one of the person left and there was an empty seat.
Mr. HC: "Go sit down la, Frank."
I looked at the chair, it was painted in grey. Grey Chairs are reserved for the needy people such as pregnant woman, old folks, handicapped and women with young children. It had a picture sign depicting all those people. Totally dumb prove, i must say. Before, i could say anything. A man around my age took the seat.
Mr HC: " Aiya, other people take your seat already."
I glanced at the man for a second. Then i turned to Mr. HC and said alound,
"Bro, those chairs are meant for the needy."
I pointed to the signs.
"They are reserved for the old folks, pregnant woman, handicapped and woman with young children."
Upon hearing what i said, the man sprang out from the chair.
The girl in the picture is Lee Wei Peng (18 years old) whom had been reported missing since last Saturday, 19-11-2005. Lee is involved in Direct Sales.
On the night she went missing, she was out to see her first client in a coffee shop with a male colleague at around 5pm. Her colleague left at about 7pm but Lee stayed on to chat with the client. Later at 7:15pm, she called her mother and told her mother that she was in KLCC and that she was on her way back to celebrate her mother's birthday. Her family never heard from her after that.
If you have seen her and/or know where she is, please contact the nearest police station or call MCA at 03-21615678
To Fellow Bloggers, please help by posting this on your blog. The missing girl is my friend's friend's daughter.
EDIT: Lee Wei Peng has been found. Thank you all for your help.
This morning, while i was about start on my work, i heard a loud scream from my colleague's room...
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T ACCEPT MY NEPHEW! My newphew is a Malaysian with Malaysian birth cert! Malaysian Passport and Malaysian IC!!!"
Then, she closed her door. 10 mins later, she came out and step into the library where we had our ummmm...after court gossiping, eer...i mean discussion.
Colleague:"Bloody hell!!! This is so unfair! My nephew is born in Malaysia but raised oversea. He returned to Malaysia 2 years ago. He try to apply to a government secondary school but all the schools in KL rejected his application because they says that his father is a foreigner. Stupid la!!! My newphew has Malaysia birth Certificate, Malaysia Passport and a Malaysia IC that says "WARGANEGARA" (citizen)!I am going to call Putrajaya (Administrative Capital of Malaysia) now!"
She went out to make a few more phone calls. When we came back from lunch, she told us that she got the confirmation from Putrajaya that although her nephew's father is a foreigner, he still has a right to receive education in a government school. However, still none of the schools in KL is willing to accept her nephew until they have a meeting among all the Secondary School Headmasters on this issue!!!
If i am her, i will publicise this matter in all the major newspapers in Malaysia. then I will tell the Headmasters not to waste their time and the people's money on this utterly stupid meeting which is to decide a clear cut matter because i will see the Education Ministery in Court.
Oh, forget about complaining to the MPs. They will probably tell you to write letters to the relevent department. They will tell you if you do not get a positive respond on your first letter, write another one. Keep writing till you get a positive respond. If you ask them whether you have other option? Yes, the other option is that they will write the letter for you...or wait till the election is around the corner. They will do anything for you, then.
Reminds me of my primary school days when we alter our national anthem to....
Negara kuu (My Country) Tunku chui fuu (Tunku (first prime minister) takes off his pants)
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The Government released a Sexual Harrasment Guideline for their staff.
Government servent are not allowed to :-
1. ogle ( if i stare at you, how do you know that i am staring at you flirtatiously)
2. hug colleagues without their consent (not even your colleagues who are of the same gender? oh yeah, i forgot there are gays and lesbians in this world).
3. lewd hand signs. (oooh, showing middle finger izzit?)
4. dirty SMS messages.
5. asking for sexual bribes.
6. cracking off-colour jokes. (off-colour joke means indencent joke. hmmm...)
I wonder if the same guideline applies to the public because i sometime flirt with the ladies in the Government Department. That's the only way to get my thing done fast without having to "buy them coffee". Of cause, i don't tell them off-colour jokes but i did show them the middle finger when they turn around (especially when no one else is there).
Note: This guideline was published in NST once upon a time but i can't find the softcopy of it, online.
I had to go to the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.
The queue was quite long when I arrived. Some of us had to stand under the sun. After 15 minutes of waiting, a guard told us that they are having some security problem and asked us to wait. We waited and waited..and suddenly..
An Indian man screamed at the guard, “How long do you want us to wait?? You told us 2PM! We have woman and children here waiting under the sun!!”
Then he shouted at the guard inside the guard house, “You come here when I talk to you!!”.
But thank god, he cooled down after that.
Another guard announced that police is on their way. My first impression was that there might be a terrorist attack.
Few minutes later, 3 Japanese Embassy staffs came out to greet us. They explained that they were having technical problem and all visa applications will be postponed. I was clearly disappointed but not as disappointed as the Indian man.
He screamed at the Japanese Embassy staff in FLUENT JAPANESE!!
The staffs were shocked. They didn’t know what to say. He said something about he waited from this and that time. Seeing an Indian man scolding a group of Japanese in Japanese is something unique. It’s like seeing a White man scolding a Chinese guy in Mandarin.
His last words were, "Kore wa den ki nai!!!!” (directly translated as this cannot!!)
The Indian guy then left with his wife and children. His wife is Japanese. That explains.
I later found out that the closure was due to a suspicious CD which was sent to the Japanese Embassy. According to Japanese news, the sender is unknown. I personally saw one of the staff removing a package with a CD and left it outside the embassy. I also witness Japanese Embassy staffs in Diplomat cars rushing into the Embassy. I guess they were on high alert due to the recent Bali bombing.
Often, we get beggar or "Volunteer" from a Charity Organisation asking for donation in mamak or hawker centre.
As for me when i saw them coming toward me, i will just shake my head indicating to them that i am not interested in giving any donation. If the beggar is a blind man, i will sit there very quietly, pretending that there is no one.
However sometime, we do come across some very enthusiastic beggar. They will specifically ask you to give them RM1 or RM2, if you don't they will curse you in many languages. Most of the time, i will give them what they want so they will go away. As for my friend, he has a more unique way...
One day, my friend, M was having afternoon tea in Nasi Kandar Pelita, SS2. A woman beggar came to him.
Beggar: Boss, can give me RM2 ar.
M: No. Go away.
My friend pushes away her hand lightly.
Beggar: Why you push my hand? Now, you have to give me RM5.
My friend stared at her.
M: Your dirty hand make me lose appetite!!! You should give me RM10.
Beggar: @%^&* i am a beggar!!!
M: So what, Beggar can scold people loud ar? KNN!!! MACHIBAI. You wanna give or not? If not, let's go to Police station.
The cult and culture of privatisation continues in Bolehland. It is being pushed, promoted and peddled by the present government, one which won the general elections on a platform of change, but with little to show except the PM’s `towering' promises.
The country’s assets are placed in the hands of the hand-picked children, `cousins', cronies and courtiers of the political elite. Only a year in existence, and they are out to sell the last bits of the country’s silver for a song.
The promises of privatisation are played up to the full as profitable public utilities are turned into private monopolies – and as the purported purpose and the process of privatisation ironically pave the way for less accountability and transparency.
Privatisation’s costly price is covered, converted and coated with official cocksure and naive confidence. It will, quite evidently and eventually, be paid by the people and their children. Blessed are the young, they shall inherit the country’s debts!
Contrary to what is often portrayed, the pages of history on privatisation in Bolehland speak little of benefits to the people but far more of debts by conglomerates and costly and controversial bailouts by the government.
Often the objective of reduced fiscal burden on the government has backfired, with the government having to pay higher costs with public funds to bail out failed privatisations. We see this in the results of the “mindless privatisation” of the Mahathir years.
Indeed, the records show that the previous government would enter into a privatised project with a brave face and often come out of it with an about-face – and a PM refusing to lose face in spite of the fact that the promised windfall had turned into a pitfall.
Equally outrageous is that workers’ savings, meant for old-age security, have often been used to bail out selected groups of crony capitalists. Malaysia does not have to borrow from IMF because it has the EPF (Employees Provident Fund). Towards the end of September 1997, following serious decline in the ringgit and share values and large losses suffered by several corporate figures, Mahathir announced the formation of a RM60 billion fund, sourced mainly from EPF.
Initially, the public was made to understand that only unprofitable enterprises would be privatised. But, it did not take very long before very profitable state-owned enterprises like Telekom Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional and Pos Malaysia were offered at the altar of privatisation.
Privatisation has resulted in the public having to pay more – and without a commensurate improvement in essential services provided. – whether it be for electricity supply, water, telecommunications, health services, postal services, highway travel, etc.
The former government was right when it declared that privatisation creates a win-win situation. The government wins — and surely the private companies win. Even if they lose, the government is always there to ensure that they will win – by bailing them out. The public will always lose. With such privatisation-made-easy at “no risk”, it is not surprising that many crony companies are begging to be awarded privatised ventures.
Government's role
With the former government raving about privatisation and rushing to privatise everything possible (and the present government following suit), we are left with the inevitable question – what then is the role of the government, especially when it comes to its social agenda?
What about its crucial obligation and duty to provide to the lower-income group and the poor basic and essential services — such as electricity, water and sanitation, healthcare, and telecommunications — that would enable public participation and advancement in society.
By increasingly putting public service into the hands of private ownership the Government is abdicating its role and responsibility — for privatisation is a movement away from a caring society (central to Vision 2020) to a ‘high social risk society’, and an unjust society at that.
Further, instead of funding the maintenance of social safety nets and social development, the former government provided `safety nets' for elite crony companies, which had failed in privatised projects.
Pertinent are the (summarised) observations of M. Nadarajah, a sociologist who works on issues of sustainable development:
The culture of privatisation has spread from the economy to the social sectors.
Economic security of businesses has become more crucial than the social security of workers.
The policies of privatisation tend to reduce the government’s role in wealth redistribution.
The government has increasingly reduced its provision of social protection and shifted its responsibility to the individual and the family.
There is a tendency towards the privatisation — rather than the socialisation — of social protection.
A culture of privatisation upsets priorities and introduces a careless, high-risk society.
Privatisation displaces real ‘need’ with market ‘demand’.
Indiscriminate privatisation and ‘marketisation’ — of health care services, for example — expose the family to high levels of social risks.
Malaysian privatisation has reached a major crossroads. Will the present Government learn from the mistakes of the past or will it embark on an irrational spree to privatise whatever possible, beginning with an imminent privatised healthcare system and a national health insurance scheme?
Lest we forget, below are some examples of instances of the wheels of the privatisation express having come off and the people having to pay the price for the privatised failures. It’s about time that the tell-me-the-truth PM faces the truth about privatisation.
IWK: Pure pong
The citizens of Bolehland can still remember what a stink the former government raised with its RM200 million bailout of Indah Water Konsortium (IWK), the financially hobbled concessionaire managing the national sewerage system. But that was not all that the country lost. According to DAP national chairman, Lim Kit Siang, the soft loans granted by the government to IWK amounted to about RM1.4 billion and they were ‘clearly irrecoverable losses’.
KPB: Sunken ship
Who can forget Mahathir’s rescue of Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd (KPB) (then owned by his son Mirzan), which was submerged in debts of about RM1.7 billion, using funds from Petroleum Nasional Bhd (Petronas)? The Petronas-controlled national shipping carrier Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC) was used to acquire KPB’s shipping assets with cash said to be as much as RM1 billion.
Proton: Sad saga
The previous government fuelled controversy by using Petronas funds yet again to buy 27 percent of the national car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd, or Proton, for about RM1 billion, thereby making it the controlling shareholder. (It has since disposed of its controlling stake). The stake was held by the DRB-Hicom Group Bhd, which was deeply in debt. The deal was announced after Proton reported a net loss of RM19 million in the nine months to 31 December 1999.
MAS: Ailing airlines
The government bought back a controlling stake in the Malaysia Airlines System Bhd. (MAS) at the same price for which it sold it in 1994. But the carrier, which had a light debt load then, was grounded by its RM9.5 billion debt and was headed for a fourth straight year of losses. Bankruptcy was imminent.
The national carrier was first sold to then chairman, Tajudin Ramli, a protégé of then Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin without an open bidding process. In the bailout, the government used the rakyat’s money to pay RM8 a share when the shares of the ailing airline were trading at only RM3.6. It was believed that the government paid close to RM1 billion more than the market value for the stake held by the airline’s former chairman – who had no experience in the airline business before he took over the company and was widely blamed for running the airlines into the ground.
Time dotcom: Damned dot
The manner in which the government rescued Time dotCom, a subsidiary of Time Engineering (then saddled with a RM5 billion debt), itself a publicly-listed company of the UMNO-linked Renong Group, added yet another ugly dot to its integrity.
In a land where anything is possible, Bolehlanders watched in disbelief when:
Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP) or the Pensions Trust Fund (which came under the office of then Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin) coughed up RM904 million to buy 273.9 million unwanted Time dotCom shares, incurring an instant loss of RM280 million.
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) spent RM269.28 million on 81.6 million (unsubscribed public portion of the initial public offering (IPO)) of Time dotCom Bhd shares at RM3.30 – when the share was hovering between RM1.96 to RM2.10 and even less - eventually suffering a loss of over RM100 million belonging to the rakyat.
Danaharta (the agency tasked with removing bad loans from the banking system) and Khazanah (the Government’s investment arm) got involved in the bailout, when it was clearly not their mission to be a vehicle to bail out failed IPOs of companies. (Khazanah acquired 30 per cent of Time dotCom for some RM2.1 billion.)
LRT: ride over rails
The rakyat was again taken for a ride on the privatisation express when in another privatisation reversal the government raised RM6 billion (in what was known as Malaysia’s biggest-ever rescue via bond issue) to bail out Kuala Lumpur’s light-rail transit operators Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (PUTRA) — which belongs to Renong Bhd (former UMNO’s investment arm), and which defaulted on its RM2 billion loan in 1999, and Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (STAR).
The Government through the EPF again, gave STAR more than RM600 million in loans even when the company was operating at a loss - resulting in the Fund’s equity stake of RM135 million being subsequently written off and it’s share of the loss amounting to RM96 million in 1999. Both companies were allowed to continue to operate and manage the LRT systems despite their mismanagement and incompetence. Taxpayers had to foot the mega-bills.
PLUS: Cash cow
In 1988, the Malaysian government awarded the North-South Expressway (NSE) concession to United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM), a company owned by UMNO trustee company Hatibudi Sdn Bhd. This award was heavily tainted with corruption allegations, as apart from conflict of interest, UEM was the least qualified among the four tenders submitted. UEM then formed PLUS to undertake the NSE concession.
Despite this being a privatised project requiring the conces-sionaire to provide his financing, the government provided a soft loan of RM 1.6 billion, which was half of the tender price of RM 3.2 billion. (The construction costs were later reported to be double this amount, for reasons best known to PLUS itself.) Other over-generous terms given to UEM included annual increments of toll rates, guaranteed traffic volumes and various indemnities, the full details of which remain secret till this day.
When the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997/8, PLUS took the role of cash cow to bankroll the UEM Group, which became largely insolvent, mired in debts that ran into tens of billions of ringgit. The endless streams of toll collections from the NSE made PLUS the rose among the thorns in the UEM Group, as far as credit standing was concerned. PLUS naturally became the chief borrower of the group, incurring huge long term debts, in order to keep the UEM conglomerates afloat during the financial crisis. This explains the unusually high gearing of PLUS despite its own highway operation being highly lucrative. It also explains the favouritism practised by the BN government towards PLUS. Looking from this perspective, the people are now being made to carry the burden of the financial follies committed by the UEM Group.
Coming on the heels of the highly unreasonable toll hike of 10 per cent recently, Works Minister Samy Vellu announced in Parliament on 24 March 2005 that the Cabinet had approved a package deal with PLUS to widen certain sections of the NSE. Under the deal, PLUS would undertake to widen two stretches of roads from four lanes to six lanes (Seremban-Ayer Keroh, Rawang-Tanjung Malim, totalling 119 km), to relocate a toll complex (at Jelapang), and to abolish the collection of Senai toll. In return the government would write off a loan (to PLUS) of RM 962 million, hand over the existing Seremban-Port Dickson Expressway valued at RM 50 million to PLUS for toll collection, and extend the NSE toll collection period by eight years to 50 years. These completely one-sided concession terms favouring the concessionaire at the expense of the public must have made the contract between the government and PLUS one of the most unbalanced contracts. (Source: Kim Quek, Malaysia Today)
PSC/Navy project: Future fiasco
Recent reports have it that Pak Lah is trying to unwind the country’s biggest privatized contract, a problem-plagued RM24.3 billion deal (signed in 1998) for navy patrol vessels awarded to PSC Industries Bhd. (PSCI), a Malaysian company controlled by Amin Shah Omar Shah. The deal, which also gave PSC control of the government’s main naval shipyard and the exclusive rights to service the Malaysian Navy’s entire fleet, was intended to be the springboard for Malaysia to create its own marine-engineering industry. The government, which already has advanced more than RM2.5 billion to PSCI, is increasingly skeptical that Amin Shah can deliver the patrol vessels. The first two ships built by PSC have failed to pass pre-delivery trials. PSC itself is in deep financial trouble.
In June this year, Amin Shah was re-elected director of PSCI at the annual shareholder meeting, during whichseveral representatives of several shareholder companies such as Boustead Holdings Bhd.were barred from the meeting. Boustead, the single biggest shareholder of PSCI with 32.7 per cent has served notice to get Amin Shah out of the PSCI board.
The recent recommendation by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Shahrir Samad that the Government should use any means possible to rescue and corporatise the PSC Naval Dockyard, the ailing subsidiary of PSCI, makes Amin Shah’s insistence that “the contract is still in tact”, very suspect.
PSCI has threatened to take legal action against Shahrir for his allegation of the possibility of criminal breach of trust among senior officials of the company, which could have taken the company’s operations to such depths of failure.
Other bailouts which bewildered the citizens of Bolehland included the following:
the perceived bailout of Renong/UEM with the EPF’s acquisition of UEM equity and UEM’s subsequent securing of a RM800 million loan from government — and well-connected banks such as Malayan Banking, Bank Bumiputra, Bank of Commerce and RHB — to implement a controversial purchase of Renong equity from the company’s executive chairman, Halim Saad.
the bailout of Renong’s National Steel Company (NSC) in the Philippines through the Hongkong-based company Hottick, which secured loans, apparently without collateral, from government-owned Malayan Banking and Bank Bumiputra, as well as RHB Bank and Bank of Commerce. Hottick’s loans totalling RM3.09 billion were eventually taken over by Danaharta.
the bailout of Ting Pek Khiing’s Ekran Berhad, which received RM950 million compensation from the government over the Bakun Dam project.
the Park May-Intrakota bus bailout, the Monorail bailout, etc.
Privatisation is no panacea
In the light of the depressing saga described above, the decision by Abdullah’s government to (further) privatise basic services runs contrary to assurances made before the last general elections and can only be seen as defying all logic, wisdom and common sense.
The string of de-privatised projects proves that continued privatisation only provides more rope for this country to hang itself economically. The country cannot afford to have more bailouts.
Privatisation in Bolehland has brought more failure than fortune, more bailouts than benefits. The only thing that the public gains is the burden of private debts. The only clear reality is that, the government continues to lack transparency and accountability as was the practice under the previous government.
All that glitters is not gold – including privatisation! Will Abdullah listen to these truths?
Few days ago, I had to meet up with my colleague @ Jalan Raja Session Court. While on my way there, I saw a group of ladies promoting the controversial Falun Gong cult. They set up a banner depicting images of bruised bodies and torture. Next to it was a lady doing some Tai Chi moves. The police didn’t remove them although a police car was parked next to them.
I was immediately given a brochure and a VCD. I took it without hesitation and left the place immediately. I have seen these Falun Gong members when I was in Seoul and Amsterdam. In Seoul, I saw police officers removing them.
wow! it comes with a CD!
After watching the case with my colleague, I passed the Falun Gong gang again. This time round a Chinese lady approached me..
Website reader and friend, Mr. Feng Tau sent me an interesting email about my post on 'Where to get marijuana'.
He added couple of interesting comments and attached some pictures he took while he was in Amsterdam.
Hi xes,
Shame I never got to see your bong collection... I would have like to have tested them :) I used to collect "oil pipes" for a while... but I ended up giving them to friends in Asia to add to their collections. They had working collections rather than my static display.
I was in Amsterdam late last month and ended up taking some pics of a shop in Amsterdam (very near the red light area of course) that must have the biggest collections of bongs there. For some strange reason
its called "The Old Man". I've attached the pics... I took the pics to show some friends in HK. I've had 2 trips to Europe this year and stopped in HK on the way each trip.
When I come back to KL I'll have to try a 10 buck burger and give up on the satay sticks :) I heard a few years back that the cashier at a parking lot of a well known shopping centre was selling those kinds of hamburgers... people who were "hungry" just drove thru the parking lot, not looking for anywhere to park just to get to the cashier.
The entrepeneurial spirit of Malaysians never ceases to amaze me... :)
I hope law practice isn't screwing your social life too much... just think in a few years time you'll be able to do the same thing to junior lawyers...
Cheers,
Mr. Feng Tau
Mr. Feng Tau, thanks for the mail!
Cheers
xes
Once again, whether or not you believe it..
NOTICE: I do not consume Marijuana or condone/encourage the consumption of Marijuana. This post is merely for entertainment purposes.
On thursday (22/9/2005), the Government announced amendments to the Road Transport Act (RTA) 1987 will be amended to allow police to immediately seize the driving licences of those who engage in seven
categories of reckless and dangerous driving.
The seven categories are:
* Beating the red light;
* Exceeding the speed limit by 40kmph;
* Driving recklessly or dangerously, causing death;
* Driving recklessly and dangerously;
* Driving without due care and attention or without reasonable
consideration;
* Driving under the influence of liquor or drug; and
* Being in charge of a motor vehicle with alcholol concentration above the prescribed limit or drug.
The government will also raise the qualifying age for riding
motorcycles from 16 years to 17 by early next year.
This move is made in response to the increasing numbers of road fatality rate involving youngsters especially if we have role model like singer Dia Fadilla. This was what she said when she was asked to test drive Suzuki's brand new Grand Vitara by Malay Mail.
an uprising 20 years singer in the Local Melay Music Industry.
How Fast can Dia goes?
"FROM Shah Alam to KL in 10-15 minutes... on Federal Highway... with a lot of traffic, that's how fast I am"
[10-15 minutes with a lot of traffic on Federal!!! hmmm..it's possible if she is coming from Subang Jaya.]
What She love about Town Driving?
"Still, I like town driving. You know, it's fun to zip around, race
sikit."
What will she do if someone bully her on the road?
"If such thing happens to me I would fight back. How? I'd race with them (laughs)."
[I seriously hope that her fans will take it as a joke.]
What she hate most above other people's driving?
"Oh! One more thing, I really cannot stand drivers who don't indicate
before they change lanes. That would really piss me off. Sometimes when I lost my temper I would. cucuk (tailgate) them."
[Wah, no need tion kao (tailgate) them guah? Show them some sign language can already.]
How does she think about the new Suzuki Vitara?
"It's also very sturdy and stable. For instance, some cars, my car
especially, would give me this unstable feeling once it hits a certain
speed, whereas this Grand Vitara is very smooth. I was going at 140kmph just now and I didn't feel a thing,"
[She was test driving the car with her father on board. hmmm..140kmph with your dad beside you?]
Any advise for your fans on the road?
"My dad once told me although he had been driving for years, he would
never take things for granted and would always be very careful on the road. That's something I hold on to. I'm still young and I know I still have a lot to learn about cars and being on the road."
[ooooh, a jaga (protect or keep) image speech...]
In Conclusion
I can understand why she said all that because we were once young and wanna be dangerous as well. Nevertheless, I think she should be more responsible in the message she want to convey to her fans. Driving fast and racing on the road is definately NOT COOL.
On the other hand, this is one of the crappiest Car review i had ever read. Apart from knowing well that Dia Fadilla is a daredevil wannabe from the review, i have no idea how the car performed. Moreover, Malay Mail should not publish motor review by youngster who openly declared that they love racing and driving slowly is boring!!!
When i was doing my Legal Aid, i had the opportunity to interview a few client who had just been released from the lock up. One of them told me that the police threaten to arrest his whole family if he did not confess to the crime. A majority of them told me that the police hit them with a phonebook and some said that the police hit the bottom of their foot with a metal ruler.
The article below has more detail on what the detainees went through :-
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (AFP) - Detainees held under Malaysia's notorious security laws are routinely tortured during interrogations, stripped naked, beaten with broomsticks and threatened with rape, former inmates said Monday.
Former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees and their supporters gathered at the state-backed Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) to condemn the act and push for it to be repealed as it marks its 45th year in operation.
The ISA, which allows for indefinite detention without trial, is "a licence to torture," said Kua Kia Soong, director of leading rights group Voice of the Malaysian People (SUARAM).
Malaysia cannot call itself a democratic country while retaining a law that permits gross violation of human rights, he said, urging authorities to launch a probe into claims of torture and bring the perpetrators to justice.
"All human beings who were disgusted at the torture and humiliation of the detainees at Abu Ghraib must open their eyes to the reality of the ISA," he said, referring to the jail in Iraq where US abuse of prisoners came to light.
Malaysia must also "abolish the ISA and all forms of detention without trial; charge all detainees in an open court or else release them immediately and unconditionally," he added.
Goh Kean Seng, 55, who was detained between 1974 and 1982 for allegedly being pro-communist, described an ordeal of sexual humiliation while behind bars.
"I was stripped naked most of the time. Police officers booed me on my shrunken penis, sneering at me that I would become impotent after their 'special treatment'," he said.
Police also threatened to rape his girlfriend if he did not confess, and punching, kicking and beating with a broomstick were common during his five-day interrogation, he said.
Patricia Lourdes Irene, 54, who was held for a year in 1987, said she was also threatened with rape if she did not cooperate.
"They said they had raped many times before and I believed them," she
said.
One inmate developed schizophrenia and never recovered, said Ban Ah Kam, 59, who was detained for 10 years from 1968. He said he was hit with a broomstick until it broke.
Pressure group Abolish ISA Movement said in a report that some detainees were subjected to non-stop interrogation for days, had their heads bashed against the wall, needles stuck in their fingernails and nails inserted into their genitals.
It said they were made to strip and sit on open bottles, forced to re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, had their heads pushed into toilet bowls and were force-fed urine.
"Our stand is very clear. Detention without trial is an extreme form of detention. It denies a person the right to liberty, the right to appear in a public trial and the right to assume innocence until proven guilty," SUHAKAM commissioner Siva Subramaniam said.
Subramaniam said the government seemed increasingly keen on using the ISA, even in cases like forgery, which would normally have been dealt with in the courts.
The ISA, originally designed to combat a communist rebellion half a century ago, allows for two-year detention periods without trial, which can be renewed indefinitely.
Critics say that the law, which has been used to arrest more than 10,000 people since 1960, is used to crush political dissent. The government maintains it is an essential tool against terrorism.
Malaysia is currently holding over 100 people in detention under the ISA, more than 80 of whom are suspected Islamic militants.
wah!! chin kei yat, ngo tai dou yat kor bo log yong kong tong wah lei blog wor! sai lei!! kam dou bei hui lam dou!!
yi kar ngo dou yiu si har yong kong tong wah bo log. mmmm wah hou kan larn ah. kan larn tou emm chi yang yong ah!!
kah mai yi kor bo log ah, hou tou chau wah ah. ngo ping si yong kong tong wah tou hou toh chau wah, tiu nia seng la, ku ku pet la, ham ka ling la, lan ah hai ah *bish bish bish*
THE fictional city of Gotham is one of violence, poverty and corruption.
Crime is at an upward spiral, the homeless and needy are walled into dinghy back alleys by skyscrapers which are only half occupied.
Graft and selective red-tape run the administrative system, from the judge's chambers to the district attorney's office and from the mayor's office to the police department.
Filth is the order of the day as maintenance is a privilege not a right,thus restricted to wealthy suburbs, home to the powers-that-be.
The citizens of Gotham are content to leave things as they are, because really, how can you make things better when you know that you are up against the whole system?
The very people who swore to protect and serve you, are, well, Protecting and serving themselves and a select few!
In fact, art may very well imitate life if you come from a city as troubled as Gotham.
So, if you live and work in Kuala Lumpur, you might be able to relate to the ills plaguing the home of the Dark Knight.
One wouldn't call Kuala Lumpur a cesspool, but crime, poverty and Corruption have become entrenched.
Petty thefts, armed robberies, murders and rapes are as common as Lolex watches in Petaling Street, where you can also find society's discards - drug addicts, prostitutes and vagrants.
Just a quick dash across the five-star glitz of Jalan Bukit Bintang, will bring you to the seedy world of Jalan Alor where the steamboat stalls and buah salak hawkers complement the businesses of pirated VCD peddlers, drug pushers and pimps, where a good meal follows a quickie and a quick fix.
The swanky streets of Bangsar and Jalan Tun Razak are squeaky clean. Drive there at anytime of the day, even at night, and you are bound to see the roads being swept or even washed, and garbage collected.
But it's not the same story in places like Kampung Baru and Sentul Pasar, where numerous appeals for proper municipal services and regular police patrols go unheeded.
On the 27th floor of City Hall, the mayor and his officers are looking Over the plans for another highrise building in the city. The mayor is Wondering why one would need another skyscraper when 30% of office space in the city is still vacant.
But, it is not his call. There goes another green lung. And there goes another crony, laughing all the way to the bank!
In Putrajaya, the prime minister sighs after reading reports of allegations of top policemen involved in protecting a wanted man and ponders on his uphill task of ridding the system of graft.
The impunity in which the city and country's administrators and protectors operate, sometimes borders on the ironic, comical even.
For instance on Thursday, after opening a seminar on environment conservation, Federal Territory Minister Tan Sri Isa Samad announces that the government may have to allow hillslope development in Kuala Lumpur, as land is becoming scarce. After preaching about the need for environmental awareness, he tells a press conference that the Federal Territory side of the Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve will be developed.
If there ever was such a thing as saying the right thing at the right platform, this certainly was not it!
But, Malaysians being the pathetic creatures we are, will raise an eyebrow a la The Rock, reminisce about Highland Towers and Bukit Antarabangsa,shrug our shoulders and move on with our lives. Vultures have made their way into government agencies to make millionaires of a few.
Political appointments ensure that resources meant for the people are siphoned to the privileged and well-connected.
Little is ever done in the best interest of the taxpayers, although this is exactly what they will say in justifying the need for another mall or highrise building or de-gazetting a public park.
Three rapid transit systems for a city of 1.2 million makes one wonder just why one system would not suffice.
Then it dawns on you that by having multiple services, at least three parties will be happy. Who cares if these systems are not linked by efficient feeder services?
People will get used to it! Malaysians only know how to complain but they will never do anything about it. The Malaysian culture of never questioning authority will sooner or later bring the country to its knees.
It seems that as long as people have a roof over their heads and food on the table, they fear to rock the boat.
Unlike in Gotham, where you have someone prancing around in a bat suit trying to make things right again, in the real world, we lack people with that kind of desire to fight injustice.
No one is suggesting having vigilantes dressed up as oversized flying rodents, scouring our alleys and dangling corrupt politicians and officials by their ankles from the top of the Twin Towers (although many would relish the thought) but the calls for justice and fair play must be concerted efforts by everyone.
People have to stop taking the cow dung fed to us by self-serving parties and start demanding fairplay and justice. It is time those in power become answerable to those who put them there and pay their salaries - taxpayers and voters.
The only ones who would need masks are those who have something to hide - and you see them almost everyday, wearing one face at public rallies,on election rounds; and another face behind closed doors with their cronies and political masters, plotting how to rape, plunder and steal the country's resources and the people's trust.
Malaysians should wake up to what's happening and realise that things can be so much better if the right people are put in the right positions.
To be content is to be dead.
No one is asking you to take to the streets. Your weapons are the courts, the media and the ballot box. It is time to put those who thrive on people's apathy out of business.
P.S. What will Malaysia Batman be known as "Orang Kelawar" or "Kelawar man"?
NOTE: The article was published in the Sun on 17 June 2005 and the Copyright of the poster above belongs to the creator of Batman and the movie company.
Malaysia spends a staggering average of RM20 billion each year, almost tenfold the tax revenue collected from the tobacco industry, to treat tobacco-related diseases, a local anti-tobacco advocacy group said.
Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) president Prof Dr Syed Mohamed Al Junid said about RM4 billion alone is spent to treat lung cancer,heart disease and chronic obstructive airway disease, all classified as tobacco-related illnesses.
"The tobacco industry in Malaysia is only worth between RM1.9 billion and RM2.5 billion a year in taxes but there is reluctance to conduct full and effective enforcement," he said when interviewed recently."
"The reality of the government's stand is in blatant disregard of established facts and figures provided by national and international medical and health organisations."
Acknowledging that the main dilemma hinges on economic considerations, he said the government appears to be supporting the industry because it regurgitates excuses commonly used by tobacco companies to stop or delay any cigarette tax hike.
"The revenue gap is too wide and statistics show that the healthcare cost outstrips any economic gain from tobacco or corporate taxes."
Citing an industry favourite about the further impoverishment of tobacco farmers if cigarette taxes are increased, Syed Mohamed said appropriate data would reveal the fallacy therein.
Recently, he said, a tobacco company used this argument to delay a tax hike on kiddy-packs (packs of 10s).
"The Health Ministry acquiesced, citing the same excuses."
According to him, there are about 20,000 tobacco farmers in the country, contributing part of the industry's needs. The rest are imported.
"The government's excuse based on the tobacco industry's story is far-fetched. To me, the relationship between a tax increase and its impact on tobacco farmers is very distant. It's not a strong argument," he said.
"You tell me, what have farmers got to do with kiddy-packs? Moreover, the government is attempting to diversify the tobacco farmers' activity into cultivating kenaf plants instead."
(Kenaf is a fiber crop that is increasingly being sought by the bedding,padding and paper pulp industries.)
Syed Mohamed said the government continued to entertain the tobacco industry due to established business links and practices.
"The tobacco companies here are well-established, well-linked. In fact,some government entities hold blue-chip stocks belonging to local tobacco giant British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT), hence the reluctance for strict enforcement."
The Employees Provident Fund holds a 6.57 percent stake in BAT, a main board-listed company.
"This is only a short-term gain. There is a clear-cut case for the government to seriously cut down on tobacco and related products," he added.
In an announcement of its first-quarter performance on April 27, BAT declared a lower pre-tax profit compared to the corresponding period last year despite a higher turnover of about RM894 million. Last year's Q1 turnover was RM753 million.
BAT recorded a pre-tax profit of about RM235 million, down from RM277million previously.
It attributed the slight dip to "cost of debranding activities driven by regulation compliance and the price reduction of the value for money brands".
The company which manufactures, imports and sells cigarettes, pipe tobaccos and cigars said it's first-quarter drop in domestic volumes was due to "significant excise-led price increase" last year.
Last year BAT, which holds approximately 64 percent of the market share, posted a RM3.3 billion turnover with a after-tax profit of 1.1 billion.
Syed Mohamed, a health economics professor who consults on public health medicine at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, believes that the tobacco industry's multi-billion ringgit average annual turnover helps to maintain a strong grip on the government's economic sense.
"The current tax imposed on the retail price of cigarette is between 45 and 50 percent. It must be at least 65 percent in order to make smoking a very expensive habit.
"Furthermore, the tobacco industry has shifted its focus on emerging markets in developing countries especially in Asia due to the intense anti-tobacco lobby in the West," he explained.
"In the post-1990s period, developed countries forced the industry to shift their focus to developing countries such as China, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia partly because these countries had weak regulatory framework."
On the other hand, he said Singapore had very strong control over the media industry which, together with enforcement and health promotion, has achieved success in its tobacco-control efforts.
The MCTC has 28 organisations comprising professional bodies such as the Malaysian Environmental Health Association, non-governmental organisations and research institutes from public universities.
This article was originally published in Malaysiakini on 16 June 2005
I got this from galferari. Since she's too busy to post it up herself. I'll do it on her behalf.
It's a basic guide for foreigners on Malaysia idioms. Great laugh :D
Lah
This is commonly used in Malaysia. Foreigners might find it difficult to use. "Yes lah" (yes) "No lah" (no). It is not enough to just say "lah" You must say it with an attitude and zest that can only be cultivated through carefully observing the average Malaysian on the street.
Append "lah" to a verb and you should be properly indigenized in KL.
For instance, say:
"Go back to hotel lah" "Let's go lepak lah" (let's
go chill out) (lepak [leh pak] means "to chill")
Ree lek lah bluh duh (Relax, brother)
Jangan ten shen lah (Jangan - don't, ten shen - tension, essentially means "no stress man")
Aiyoh
This is a flexible term used by Malaysians to express either pain, panic or surprise. Alamak is a good substitute. It does not matter if you use it at the beginning or end of your sentence. The Malaysian Indians have a modified aiyoh to aiyoyo which essentially means the same thing but can be used in humorous situation as well. The Malays
have a specific term for pain - Aduh. So if you trip and fall, yell aduh for sympathy.
Meaning business
Apa Harga? - this is a severely cut-down version of "how much is this or that". For an even better short-form, use Berapa?. Don't worry, you will be understood. In Malaysia, it is crucial to be skilled in the art of bargaining. By bargaining, you get the best price for your purchase.
Use Wah! Sangat mahal lah! for "Hey man! That's damn expensive!" Do not show fear nor rage. Bargain with a moderate amount of aggression and good humor and you will remain in one-piece and be spared superlative vulgarities.
Ladies, be demure and say Encik, murah sikit boleh kah? This means "Mister, can I get this for a little less please?". A slight batting of the eyelids and a pout would do you good when it
comes to male vendors. You can try your bargaining strategies almost everywhere except super posh air-conditioned malls in which case, you can possibly trust the price tag.
Picking up babes and hunks
The young ladies of Malaysia are as beautiful as the country. So here are some pick-up lines for interested parties. *oh yes, uh? eye-popping...
Leng Lui - this is a Cantonese expression for hot chick. Use it if you want to compliment a pretty Chinese girl. Add a whistle or wink for extra appeal. Not to be used in classy environment like
5-star hotels or business conferences because others will be inclined to think you are a pervert.
Cantik or Lawa - this is a Malay term denoting pretty or beautiful. Use it as a pretty Malay girl is sashaying by you in her Baju Kebaya or Baju Kurung (Baju means dress, Kurung and Kebaya denote
different traditional designs). You get a smile in return if you're lucky.
Kacak - this means handsome. Use it if you want to tell a Malay chap that he is cute. Do not use it on "Mat Rocks". A Mat Rock is a generic term for skinny Malay chaps who dress in leather and zip
through town in their Harley-Davidson wannabe bikes. They see themselves as the Asian equivalent of Guns 'n Roses or Aerosmith. Mat Minah usually describes the vampish female partner of the Mat
Rock. She too has a thing for heavy metal and leather. Mat Rocks prefer to be Kuul (cool) rather than Kacak.
Leng Chai - this means cute guy. Say this to a good-looking Chinese guy and you will make his day.
For the lucky ones who find love in Malaysia, try expressing your love in various Malaysian ways. To a Malay partner, Ku Cintai Mu
(Koo-chin-tah-ee-moo, meaning "I love you") would send him or her over the moon. For the same effect, try Ngo Oi Lay or Wo Ai Nee on a Chinese partner. Practice your love declaration. If you think you're going to screw up, stick to "I love you". Malaysians have an excellent command of English.
Malay Guy 1: ahh... I cannot climb now. I'm so full! Perut penuh dengan nasi! (literally means stomach full of rice)
Malay Guy 2: Tadi makan apa ni? (What did you eat just now?)
Malay Guy 1: Plenty of stuff..nasi ayam, daging, cicak, telur etc etc..
Malay Guy 2: Bukan nasi kangkang ke?? HEHE (Nasi KangKang not included?)
Ping & I: LOL!!!!!!
Malay 2: Eh Cina pun tau apa tu Nasi Kangkang? (Eh? Even Chinese knows whats nasi kangkang?)
Nasi KangKang, literally means Squatting Rice. It's some sort of love potion made for men. It was believed that after eating the rice, the man was bound to abide entirely by the woman's wishes. His mind will be reset and zombified. Any of the woman's wishes such as, "buy me a diamond" would be fulfilled immediately.
Many years ago, this superstition was practiced by the Malays and also the Nyonyas.
How to make Nasi Kangkang
1. Stand with her legs wide open and while the pot of rice was still steaming,
2. Allowed sweat to trickle down into the steaming pot
3. Serve it to 'victim'
Remember allow sweat to trickle down...dont shit on it...
I hope none of my friends were victims of this wicked meal. But this seems to be the only explanations why some of my male friends disappeared from my circle of friends after getting a girlfriend. wh4 buggers.
A human resource assistant stood by her principle — she refused to pay ‘duit kopi’ to ensure that she passed her driving test.
She was to have paid the bribe to her driving school instructor who would make the necessary arrangement with the relevant authority for her to pass the test.The 20-year-old from Desa Pandan, who wanted to remain anonymous, was confident she would pass.
However, she claimed that despite successfully clearing three obstacles (slope, parking and three-point turn) on May 31, she was told by an Road Transportation Department (JPJ) tester that she had failed the whole test.
That result was made known to her even before she drove out of the RTD compound in Ulu Kelang for the road test!
She put it down to her refusal to pay the RM200 bribe.
“I had to wait five hours after completing the obstacles test before I was called for the road test at 4.45pm. I got in the car, did the necessary such as adjusting my rear-view mirror.”
“Before I could drive out to the main road, the tester asked me to pull over and said I had failed,” she said.
She said she asked the tester how she could fail even before taking the road test.
She claimed that the tester told her that “There’s an easy way for you to pass but you refuse. I am not going to pass you.”
“There is no way I could have failed unless the driving school owner told the tester to fail me, just because I refused to pay the additional money,” she said, adding that she paid RM890 for her probationary driving licence.
The complainant subsequently lodged a report at the Bangsar police beat base on June 3.
When contacted, a Putrajaya RTD official advised the complainant to lodge an official report against the tester with the department.
“The police report she made acts as an evidence that the matter took place. We still need her to come and see us so that a statement can be recorded,” he said.
He added that a check with the said RTD tester will be conducted to verify if the incident took place.
I remember when our prime minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi ascended the helm of the governmentship, one of his promise was to cut the red tape in the government department. 2 years has pass but little has been done. In fact from my personal experience, none has been done AT ALL.
On Thursday (7/4/2005), i was sent to a government office to enquire about a certain procedure for a matter that i am handling. I reached the office by 2:30pm and the office was still empty. That was not surpising to me at all because i understand that not all the people would return from lunch on time. Ok, fine. I sat down on the bench, reading some documents.
15 minutes later, finally, a lady walked into the office. I waited until she was comfortable sat on her chair. As i approached her, she was wiping her table. I stood before her counter, watching her.
"yes?" she asked while still wiping the table.
"Hello, good afternoon. I want to enquire about something. Is this the correct place?" I asked politely.
"Yes. What do you want to ask?"
So, i told her about my matter.
"Ah...ok." She said. She looked a bit confuse.
"ummm..Puan, (Madam in Bahasa Melayu)what is solution?"
"ummmm, u write letter to enquire lar."
"Puan, this matter is urgent. If you can kindly help me, i shall be grateful."
"ummmm, u wait ar. I will ask my colleague later because i am new here."
"What the fuck!!! You are new here and you act like you know everything!" I cursed her, silently.
"Can i please speak to an officer?" I requested
"Don't worry, my colleague is a senior officer," She assured me.
"Ok, No problem. I will wait. Thank you for your kind assistance," I said with a smile.
So, i waited for another 15 minutes. Another lady entered the room. The first lady gestured me to come forward. I told the 2nd lady about my matter again.
"Ahhhhhh....this matter, very easy only. You do this this this and that that that." the 2nd lady explained.
"Ok, i repeat. I am suppose to do this this this and that that that," I repeated what she told me.
"Ummmm...should be like that lar," she said
"Puan, May i please have a copy of the sample?"
"Huh? That one i don't know. You have to talk to my supervisor. I am only the clerk here."
"Ok, no problem. Can i please see him if he is free?"
"He ar...he is in a meeting lar."
"Ok, i will wait. Thank you."
So, i waited for another 30 mins and i am expected to be back in the office in another 30 mins time. I went up to the counter again. This time, the two ladies were already having their afternoon tea.
"Puan, when is Encik ABC's meeting gonna end?"
"You wait lar, very fast only."
"Ummm...you cannot give me the sample with your supervisor's approval?"
" No lar, not like that. I can give you but my supervisor have to give the approval."
"Ok, i will come back another day."
ARGHHHH.....stupid red tape! Why can't they just give me the sample. Afterall, it is just a few piece of papers with guideline written on it. I wasted my afternoon at that stupid office, speaking to two dumb lady.
NO WONDER OUR COUNTRY STILL REMAIN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY DESPITE OUR 2020 VISION!CUT THE RED TAPE PLEASE FOR GOD SAKE
