WHAT A MALAYSIAN SHOULD KNOW...

Received this piece from a young lady, Ivy Wong, which is ridiculously funny and hope it would brightened up your day as it did to mine!

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR HAIR LOSS

Ajinomoto...lots of it.

NATIONAL INSTANT FOOD

Maggi Mee

NATIONAL BREAKFAST

Nasi Lemak

NATIONAL LUNCH

Nasi Ayam

NATIONAL SUPPER

Roti Canai & Teh Tarik

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE

Traffic Jam

NATIONAL FRUIT FOR INDUCING MENSTRUATION

Pineapple

NATIONAL APHRODISIAC DRINK

Stout..Many Malaysian men swear by it. But then after a few pints they start swearing at everything .....

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (MEN)

Food poisoning

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC ( WOMEN )

Menstrual Pain

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIARRHOEA

Cap Kaki Tiga

NATIONAL CURE FOR HEATINESS

Cap Badak

NATIONAL CURE FOR HEADACHES AND ALL OTHER ILLNESS

Panadol

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIZZINESS/FAINTING SPELLS/HYSTERIA

Minyak Angin Cap Kapak

NATIONAL CAUSE OF DIZZINESS ( FOR YUPPIES )

Happy Hours

NATIONAL INSTANT CURE FOR DIZZINESS ( FOR YUPPIES )

The sight of a police road block

NATIONAL RICE COOKER

National Rice Cooker

NATIONAL RUBBISH DUMP/ DUMP SITE

Anywhere, as long as it is not your house

NATIONAL MOST MIS-PRONOUNCED NAME

Carrefour

NATIONAL ANSWER FOR " WHERE ARE YOU?"

On the way

NATIONAL OFFICIAL TIME FOR BEING LATE

10 minutes

NATIONAL ANSWER TO QUENCH A RAGING TEMPER

Chill-lar

NATIONAL REASON FOR PRICE INCREASE

Petrol Naik

NATIONAL REASON FOR PETROL INCREASE

Still cheaper than other country

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR CAUSING TRAFFIC JAM

There was accident on the other side of the road

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR NOT USING THE SAFETY BELT IN CAR ( WOMEN )

You tak paham. Saya rasa sesak sebab ini barang ada besar sikit. Jadi ,susahlah mau cerita.

NATIONAL REASON FOR REJECTING INVITATION

"I got some work to do....u all go first."

NATIONAL REASON FOR COLLAPSED BUILDING, SLOPE FAILURES, LANDSLIDES  & LEAKY PARLIMENT ROOF

An act of God

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICAL STATEMENTS

None. We were misquoted

NATIONAL MINISTERIAL REASON FOR INCREASING TOLL RATES

Lu ingat ini jalan saya punya bapak punyakah?

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR JUMPING QUEUE

Everybody jumping what!

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR NOT PAYING SAMAN ACCORDING TO DUE DATE

government will give discount one of these days

NATIONAL EXCUSE TO BRIBE

Minum kopi

There you have it , folks!~

The Voice

Anyone watching the new singing competition, " The Voice" would undoubtedly agree with me that the talents are exceptionally gifted and good for this inaugral competition. With equally talented "coaches" like Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green, you bet, it's gonna be one great vocal fight. I must say, I have truly enjoyed wacthing and hearing these talents sing, man. AND they can SING, man! Yunno, in many ways, I really marvelled at God's wonderful gift of vocals and musical talents to these people. Of course, like any other competition, you would have some who just would not make the cut but it's a gallant effort though.

I have truly enjoyed listening to talents like Javier Colon, Dia Frampton , Vicci Martinez, Xenia, Beverly McClellan, Thompson Sisters, Angela Wolff,  just to name a few. As usual, the anti-climax is that the competition was held some time back this year and though the winner had been made known through the internet media, it was still nice to go through all the segments of the competition before the finale. Last night, the competition was still the quarterfinal stage going into the semi-finals stage. You know me, I couldn't wait that long, as usual, and so, I did my usual stuff of going straight to the finale with the magical flicker of the fingers on the internet. Viola! I could see the finale and it was really great especially seeing the competitors singing with established singers and their coaches. It was a heart-lighted moment for me. Some of the most beautiful songs I've heard been sung and tweaked to suit the vocals are like " Time After Time", " Stitch by Stitch", " I Won't Back Down", " Stand by Me", " Everyday People" ( this one is truly fun and one spectacle of colors!), " Man in the Mirror" and many others.

I really appreciate good music and I say it from my heart that it can be soothing to our soul~ wouldn't you agree? Have great fun plugging at the music now! 

What Utter Rubbish!

It is appalling enough to read so much rubbish, anguish, garbage and pain splashed over our morning paper each day and now, we have three MACC officers getting desk duties for their "little heist" on some money changer not too long ago. What is wrong with our authorities, man? I have never ever heard "robbers" getting such a treatment! I guess, this is only applicable to government servants of this country. It is not just the preferential treatment these thieves are getting but also, the backing of  the same department that is really appalling indeed. As far as I know, robbers are usually locked up first before they are assigned to desk duties! So, someone please explain to me that there is a difference between MACC robbers and the usual robbers/snatch thief/ petty thief from the streets? If my memory and my cerebral intelligence serves me right, a robber is a robber a.k.a. a lawbreaker and law breakers go to lock-up/jail, right?  How can we ever trust or even see any integrity in this department which was supposedly set up to eradicate and fight corruption in the first place? It is not only an embarrassment to the current government but most importantly, public funds used in funding this department is simply soiled by these so-called corruption busters. It is not a confidence boost to the society and it only shows the shallowness of our government department these days. OK! Maybe one department only, you may argue and I can accept that benefit of doubt. But when I see mission schools in Melaka struggling to even get the funds to repair the school building, it kinda kicks you in the yunno-where and you come to a conclusion that it is rampant inefficiencies in most government department.  There is an apt Malay proverb that says it all - "Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi." It is an embarrassment and what is saddening is the integrity and the accountability are missing totally today from these establishments. Accountability and integrity  are such prolific dirty words these days and it is the ruins of this nation of ours. I have always believed that integrity, morality and accountability starts from the very top of the command chain. If it doesn't flow from the very the top of command, we are in trouble. It doesn't matter whether we are in the government, private sector, private lives  or even our religious foundation. If those values are not uphold, we are in trouble. Corruption and favoritism are the accepted norms of life today and this will ruin the very nation that our forefathers painstakingly built over the years. I often wondered, how many more lives must be sacrificed to cover up such blatant expensive foul-ups and how many lives would be ruined by such questionable characters and greedy people of authority in our society today?

I shudder too each time EPF partakes in the government financial programmes as funds for our old age are being depleted right before our very eyes and it's called nation building by our leaders? With the raising of retirement age to 60, I am afraid that I might not be able to enjoy the fruits of my sweat, blood and tears when I come to that age! I guess, more money will be pumped in to bail out some crap company in this country soon! Afterall, it's a lottery to squander the public's funds - it's been years- why stop now, right?  What about funds that had already been siphoned off or shall we call it "leaks" that had happened? Mind you, do we really need submarines for our country defence? Afterall, we still have trigger-happy Dirty Harry cops and Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabes running our streets today! The only invasion I foresee happening and is happening are the constant raiding of the public funds, the plundering of the nation's kitty and the in-coming influx of our neighbouring nations maids cum domestic/business helpers etc.etc.! Yessiree, that's the only invasion our country has to be ready rather than arming our already flustered armed forces and police with more firepower that they'll probably have to go for 2-3 year training cum kursus and more karipap eating sessions before they can actually handled the firepower in their hands! When will we ever learn from the vast leakages that had been bleeding our nation for so long? It doesn't take a genius to just run down to the grocery store and see what RM 50 can do to feed a family these days. Sheesh! That's more terrifying than having meetings after meeting and assemblies after assemblies just to get into the groove of our karipap sessions and more souvenir giving sessions.  

BTW, "Undilah" video clip can be quite fun, actually! Oh! the censorship board haven't taken a snip off the "sensitive" part. Seriously, what sensitive part you may be asking , right? I don't know and I find it rather entertaining and catchy clip unless our leaders are scared of their own shadow-lar. Afterall, wayang kulit show comes early to them this year.  Well, the consolation is that at least some people are taking note of the need for change. I am waiting for the coming election, I guess. I truly am looking forward to it! My vote is for CHANGE! Wouldn't that be yours too? I'm with the Digi yellow man!     

JE2....

If there is any movie in this year that would tickled you pink, give you cramps in the stomach and make you bend over in tumulous and roaring laughter, it would most certainly be the movie " Johnny English 2 : Reborn".  I had the privilege to watch this movie with my family and Din's family last Thursday at MBO Cineplex. It was after work and I just wanted to unwind to have some fun and I really can't remember laughing so much in my life. I am sure all the muscles in my face are fully stretched, worked out and aching from such laughter exercise. It is a really funny movie , to start with, but horrendously entertaining in a good way. Of course, certain scenes in the movies can be quite unreaslistic but who cares anyway. It is a good laughter-filled movie and that's all that matters , really! SLing was laughing all the way and in a good way, I was glad we went to the movies that night. I have not seen her laughed so much and that's good, actually. What more, we had popcorns, good company and great fun together. 

Yunno, sometimes, the happier times in life are simply the simple things we do with our family, right? Anyway, go and check out the movie. Yeah! The tickets cost may scare you a little bit but what's that compared to the family time and great laughter together! Laugh more and spread some cheer , will you?     

Pictoral birthday....

Wondering what would they do for my birthday? Hmmmmnnnnn....

I wonder if my sister knows......

Will my beloved aunty be involved ?...she's whispering something to my sister...

I guess, only my  sister knows......

Even my "birds" are silent these days....sigh.......

Hope there will be girls around...especially my cousin.....pweeet!.....with presents, of course!

Sigh...even my lovable parents are pretty quiet but they are all dressed up...why? I wonder...

I hope there will be food..... lots of food! My "Ah John" would love food!.....

Especially the CAKE! I hope my parents remember......

Definitely would love my "birds" to flock together......

Aaaahhhhh.....I would love presents....lots of them........the bigger the better....

But then again, my sister is pretty happy.......

Bet she knows something I don't know about....interesting......

But then again....it's just wishful thinking........

GOD please make it happen...... I would love a birthday party.......

Something likes this would be good!

Afterall, I believe I am kinda cute & smart 4 year old boy! What do you think?

Ah! Why do I have to think so much? I'm only a Buckaroo!

* This blog posting is specially dedicated to Ryan & Ashley

 wonderful parents, Wei & Jade *

9/11- A lesson for us.......

I know that many stories had been written and many words had been said while many documentaries had been made about this historical dark history of our times, I just wanted to say that I was too stumped for words even though it has been a decade since it happened. Tonight, as I watched the documentary on historical dark decade of our humanistic existence in this world on Nat Geo channel, my heart was filled with great sorrow and one indescribable sadness over the death of almost 3,000 people on two acts of insane monstrosity of cowardly act supposedly championed one's fanatic religious beliefs. 

It is just so sickening sad that a father, a mother, a son, a husband, a wife and every human relationship applicable lost someone that fateful morning on September 11, 2001. What man , woman or child could bear that heavy human loss on that fateful morning? That is why we, as citizens of our country must bear witness and stand up to assure that our country do not turn into the breeding ground for terrorism , terrorist cells, training grounds for terrorist or even cultist of every level. It is important that we understand this need to eradicate religious fanaticism or even terrorist sympathizers just because of our religious blind inclination. Let's us be constantly reminded of the Al-Maunah case which brought so much pain and unwanted deaths. Just as the 9/11 incident and our own Al-Maunah case, it is never about a Muslim died or a non-Muslim died . It is simply the death of a thousand deaths of innocent lives ; be it a Malay, Chinese, Indian, Sikh, Eurasian , Iban or even a Kadazan. Lives are more precious than some dangerous, failed and wayward ideology. It is important for us to recognise the fact that what can killing innocent lives, blowing up buildings, killing innocent women & children or even blowing up public amenities help in their selfish religious group. As I see it, it is not about defending their religious stand but a genocide of human beings of the highest level and that's called pure evilness and treachery.  I greatly condemned such acts of terrorism and I find it a convenient excuse by such evil people to intimidate the innocent people. I am greatly grieved too as I looked into the Waco Texas debacle , the senseless Oklahoma bombing, Madrid bombing, Japan subway gas attack, London subway bombings, Mumbai bombings and massacre and many other senseless so-called religious cause attacks! I asked again, what is achieved by killing innocent lives? I appealed to sane thinking individuals to wake up from their slumber of such lies and insane individual worshipping of religious leaders or even morally corrupt leaders. Taking the life of another person doesn't win you points in your freedom fight or make you gained any respect. It just makes the statistics of widows, widower, orphans grow dramatically higher! Think of the lives that are senselessly altered altogether when one losses one's loved ones or even the massive re-building of lives one has to go through. I know that sense of loss - believe me.  I "celebrated" my dad's death anniversary two days ago in my own quiet ways and I still feel his loss even though it was through illness and after more than 10 years now. It is a real loss to me and it is difficult every time that date comes around each year. What more for someone who lost their loved ones through such cowardice act of suicide bombings. I can't imagine what they have to go through to re-build their lives - could you?

The 9/11 event is a tragic grim reminder to us that religious fanaticsm has no place in our society and must be weeded out. STOP harboring such religious fanatics, terrorist cells and even questionable individuals of undesirable elements under their belts. Don't ever allow such religious goons to even try to con us into taking up arms and saying it is for a good cause because taking up arms meant certain death. It is death to logic, death to authority and death to society. BTW, it doesn't make our religion attractive if we keep taking up arms to defend our religious beliefs and say it is okay because that would make us martyr , isn't it? We have to constantly check these motives in our everyday walk with God. It doesn't make sense if God wants us to kill people just because they don't want to join us, right? After all, God is love. That's what my Bible says. Yunno, the greatest and simplest wisdom God ever gave us is our common sense. I just wish that some people would just use them daily and life would be much simpler minus all the complexity.

As I reflect on those lives which were loss on that fateful day of 9/11, I could only say a prayer and pray that God is watching over them up there. Let healing takes place and let us all love life and our neighbours as we should irrespective of race, color or creed. 

God bless you all!

The Irony of A Sweet Life....

Men:
1. All men are extremely busy.

2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.

3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them.

4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have one around.

5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.

Women:

1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.

2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff.

3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear.

4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.

5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just "an old rag".

6. Although their clothes are always "just an old rag", they still expect you to compliment them.

7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't believe you.

Wisdom:

I am married for 22 years now and one day, I took a look at my wife and said, “ Honey, 22 years ago, we had a rented apartment, an old Toyota KE30 car, slept on simple mattresses and watched 14-inch color TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot and beautiful 22 year old black-haired woman.”

"Now , we have a RM 160,000.00 home, one Proton and one Myvi car worth about RM 90,000.00, a nice big bed, a LCD TV and two wonderful children but I am sleeping with a 44 year old woman with a sprinkle of white hair here and there. It seems to me that you are not holding up your side of things.”

My wife is a VERY REASONABLE woman.

She told me to go ahead to go out and find myself a hot 22 YEAR-OLD woman and she would MAKE SURE that I would once again be living in a rented apartment, driving an old Toyota KE30, sleeping on simple mattresses and watching a 14-inch China made TV. Ooh! She added this “ Yunno , honey, Lorena Bobbitt’s story had been truly an inspirational story for women all these years!”.

AREN'T OLDER WOMEN GREAT? THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE YOUR MID-LIFE CRISIS. Hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.............................................That's fun!

[ Thanks to my friend, Mr. Ramesh Rajasivam for is ever delightfullly fun articles! )