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Spoke too soon?

2012-01-09T02:32:00.000-08:00

People generally blurt things out far too soon when they are excited. Hopefully, on the events that unfolded today, 901, people did not speak too soon.

It's coming. HE is coming!

2012-01-05T23:23:00.000-08:00

The signs and writings are all over the wall. The feel good factor is obvious. It feels good. Yes, it's coming. The GE is coming. It will be soon.

My Lord, the King, is also coming. Halleluia.

Sham-nanigans

2011-04-18T01:47:00.000-07:00

What if the whole world wakes up one day to find that everything that is going on around us are all shams. That all are just wayang kulit, a tera-size puppet show.

CM denies getting rich at nation’s expense

2011-04-02T02:47:00.000-07:00

What !!!!!!!!!!!!????? I beg your pardon? Can you repeat that? Huh?
It doesn't require one with rocket science degree to understand what he said, but it does need that kind of degree to really figure out how he has got the senility and mind to say what he said.

Keeping healthy

2011-02-27T01:18:00.000-08:00

Started going to the gym 260211. Got to give in to the fact that the running shoes will be hanging for a while. There is apparent healing on the knees and will want to keep it that way. Reckoned the need to keep healthy in the meantime. Met a personal trainer at the church. Made no mistake, this is a divine appointment.

CNY 2011

2011-02-01T18:15:00.000-08:00

Another new year is here. This year will be the second year without my dad since his passing. It's a year of the rabbit, the coming year and people say that rabbits are cute. Hmmmmm...............

Sad sad

2011-01-23T23:45:00.001-08:00

Today, I've hung up my boots, or rather my running shoes.

The 34th miner

2010-10-13T19:14:00.000-07:00

In the euphoria of the joy and jubiliations of pulling out the trapped miners one by one from the hole deep in the ground, where the attention is centred on the miners, their family members, the rescuers and of course, the president, very few would have realised and focused their attention to the presence of the 34th miner.

Thank you Lord, for your mighty presence in that hole. Truly Lord, you have shown to the whole wide world that you are indeed a living God and in you and you alone that all things are made possible. Halleluia.

This is it

2010-06-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

This is it. 6.15am, Sunday 27th June at the starting line Padang Merdeka for the 21km run. I am excited. I hope to complete it, God willing.

The young writer's mind

2010-05-17T23:50:00.000-07:00

My darling girl wrote and submitted this as an entry for the writer's circle few years ago.

Time, what is it? Well, having looked it up in countless dictionaries and numerous English books that I could lay my hands on, I realized that Time merely lives in our imagination.

Omnipotent, it passes by man, quietly, unnoticed, never ending. Time dwells in our minds, bringing us the future, hiding away the past. She laughs out loud as she carries to me Past that I have ever so resented. Past, that almost made Future cease to exist. I slowly close my eyes. Once again, Past opens herself to Present…

I was a young girl of twelve when I was involved in a road accident involving a drunk driver. My life was almost cruelly stripped away from me. The doctors did everything they could to save my life. Eventually, I fell into a coma. In coma, it was then I realized that Time was all I had to myself. I was a still body and my survival was in the hands of a breathing machine. But still, Time never left me, nor was she any comfort to me.

Time brought me to a whole new realm that had never existed before. It was a place where Past and Future dwelt. A place where everything was beyond your control and a place where things beyond your wildest dreams came true. It was home to Time. The place where she took control of everything. A world where anything could happen. I adored her world and stayed in that realm without a single care in me. I was free from Death for Time protected me.

I soon forgot about my life, my real life, family, school and my world. But in the world where Time kept me prison, I soon longed for love. Hungry and desperate for love. Love which Time never gave me.

I ached for my parents, who were always by my bed side, waiting for me to wake up. They never gave up for they had faith in me. Faith which I had never appreciated. And so, my hunger for their warmth and comfort encouraged me to return from the unreal world of Time.

I begged Time to release me from my cage-less prison and so she did but with threats that I would die without her. My heart started to swell as I saw my mother by my bed side, asleep. I could not call out to her for I was still stuck in another dimension, the fourth dimension of time. How I wished that a miracle could happen and I would rise from my deep slumber.

Time called to me softly, "It’s not too late if you want to come back with me”. I refused and she left me.

Then, I realized that I hadn’t lost all there is. I still had Love. And it was Love that kept me alive. Had not it been for Love, I would have died instantly. And so, Love gave me the physical strength to recover. I slowly regained consciousness without the help of any machine (which I subsequently found out to be have been 60 odd days after I slipped into coma). Miraculously, the recovery phase went on smoothly and I returned to the real world and continued my everyday life within one month there after.

But, even when I’m recovered, I will never forget one thing. Time is precious, yet it is unmerciful. Time took care of me yet, she lied to me. She lied to me that she was all that I had. I realized that I’ve learnt my lesson not to fool with time for she’ll fool with you too. And most of all, never take Time for granted for, she can do many things. Many great things indeed.

I open my eyes and I see my mother quietly sitting in the corner of our living room, knitting and my father busy and intently reading the newspapers. Past snatches that memory from me once again and stores it away. I hope Time won’t bring up Past anymore.

To Time if you are reading this, thanks for your hospitality, but I think I prefer the real world, my world.

Why, why do we have to do this, why?

2010-05-13T01:20:00.000-07:00

This kind of destructions of our mother earth, I cannot understand.

I wish to do my part to rectify the damage.

Recycling - it's not a bad word

2010-05-12T23:13:00.000-07:00

I have finally found a centre where I can send all the old stuff that have been collected over the months for recycling. I am all for reuse and recyling and what more if these are to raise funds for charity. I have been collecting a bag of household batteries, but not sure where to send to. Finally, I found, through the faithful world wide web, a place in Puchong.

CRC (Ren Ren) stands for Community Recycle for Charity. It is a registered non-profit, government-approved organization, founded in 2008 with the aim to serve communities by helping those who are in need regardless of race or religion. CRC is dedicated to create tools and services to make charitable giving part of our everyday lives. CRC exists to play a proactive role to serve the needy in our communities by means of environmental friendly practices of "RECYCLING".

Profile of CRC and their contact details are all available in their website.
And no, recycling is not a bad word at all. It basically means "to help nature in order to help ourselves". :) So, commit yourself to recycling and in the course of that, to help the poor and needy.

The founders of this recycling centre are indeed doing a really good job. May God bless them and their work.

There is reason to everything

2010-04-26T19:15:00.000-07:00

There is reason to everything that happened in life. Yesterday, God gave me another life. I had drove by the road just a few minutes before a burst underground pipe blew up three cars and caused a mega size sink hole. Minutes just before that, I was chatting with friends before this nudging feeling to go off for my next chore. What else can I say.

What??

2010-03-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

I may not be a geologist or scientist but I think this (underlined below) sounds really _ _ _ _ _ _

On today's 2.6 mag earthquake that was felt at the Tasik Kenyir, the Malaysian Meteorological Department's Geophysics and Tsunami division director Dr Mohd Rosaidi Che Abas was quoted as saying, amongst others that "He added that since it was the first case since the 1980s, his department would work closely with the Mineral and Geosciences Department to find the actual cause of the quake."

WHATDE,,,,,,

Is this not awesome?

2010-02-17T06:12:00.000-08:00

Scene captured in Penang

Keong ah keong

2010-02-17T05:56:00.000-08:00

1: Ahhh, keong keong keong
2: Ha, keong keong keong

These are the familiar greetings heard over the past few days at the market, stores, roadsides, hawker stalls and virtually everywhere that you see the ah peks, ah mems, uncles and aunties.

Yes, it's that time of the year again when everyone will just "keong" each other, and some with an exchange of the red coloured packets. And yes, this is the typical chinese new year greetings that people exchange in Penang.

And with the very plain hokkien tones that people in this island speak, what you hear are flat-pitch-monotone sing-song of the yesteryears. May just send one to sleep easily.

Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa

2010-01-24T16:10:00.000-08:00

While surfing the food-sphere in the many food related blogs, I came across this name which I thought was very appealing and which then got me jotting down the particulars and googling it for the location map.

After church Sunday, I got my family to check it out. It turned out to be an utter disappointment, overall. The place was easy to find, somewhere in Sunway Damansara, just next to the new Gizo Sunway mall. The outlet looks impressive from the outside. But the food, the typical one across the menu being nasi lemak, was so-so le. I tried the mee rebus and it turned out to be a bowl of completely soggy noodles with some funny looking and tasting gravy. The ingredients too were far from that of a typical mee rebus serving.

Overall, it was a disappointment. Conclusion - have to drop this out from my fud-list.

The short-circuited sanity of an old man

2010-01-20T22:38:00.000-08:00

The old man is close to 90 (or is he past 90?) and each time he speaks (unfortunately he still speaks!), people tremble and everyone just had to hold on to whatever (chairs, polls, or whatever) until he finishes his sentence. Why? It's the substance (or absence of it) and the sanity (or the absence of it) of the matter that he speaks about that throws people off (balance).

Yesterday, he suggested that 9/11 was staged by some parties as an excuse to mount attacks against the muslim (world). What a statement! What a conspiracy theory! But theory aside, where did that old man derive this idea to speak in this manner and so openly/daringly? (watching a 3-hour video he said, what????!!!) And that aside too, why does he bother to speak up on this subject now that he's just an ordinary citizen? And Avatar-9/11 - what????

What an embarassment to the nation and to the power-at-large that is not able to moderate his voices.

I wished that he could just keep quiet (forever). I am embarassed.

Ya Elohim

2010-01-19T23:02:00.000-08:00

Lord, forgive me for this but I am very very clear on this one thing. And that is, Lord, you are the most important part of my life. You did what You had to do on the cross and that remained a fact. Your name remained glorified. Your existence in my life remained. You are a living God. Whether I am to now call you as Abba Father, My Lord, God, Elohim or whatever other names, instead of the banned word, nothing has and will change my focus on the cross in my daily life. This I am very clear.

I am also clear that though it is not important for me on how I call You, IT IS for my brothers and sisters in East Malaysia. For they have known you by that particular name for years. So Lord, help me to withstand all forms of persecution that may come about as a result of me standing up for the brethens that worship you in Bahasa.

You are sovereign, my Lord, in this land, across the nation, nations, the world over, in heavens and under the earth. Amen.

People with no heads

2010-01-05T23:48:00.000-08:00

I am utterly amused and lost for words too reading so often in the printed media that this VIP and that VIP, so and so VIP, expressed shock over this incident and that incident. And this VIP and that VIP advises people to do this and to do that or not to do this or not to do that. COME ON. Why do we need all these VIPs to think for us. As if we have no heads, no brains, no minds, no freewill, no senses. We don't need people to think for us when certain accidents or incidents have happened and needing corrective actions to be taken. We don't need people to highlight to us that it is dangerous to do this or that and to advise what needs to be done instead.

It is funny, it is utterly funny. It is also sounds so childish. Embarassing, period.

Onederful country

2010-01-03T23:54:00.000-08:00

After the "mana cina ada" quarrels and ding-dongs, more cerita and wayang kulit were featured over the last few weeks of 2009 and first few days of the new year. Latest one - people are fighting over the use of certain word in a certain language. Never mind that the court has decided but the loud voices of people could drive events even further.

A marvellous country this is, full of endless ceritas and wayangs.

Who cares Mana Cina Ada???

2009-10-29T02:48:00.000-07:00

The country's so called association that is supposedly representing the chinese community is facing its worst crisis of the century. The people that behind all the crisis speak to the entire world as if they are indeed the leaders of this major community of the county. They speak as if the chinese community is all behind them. The speak as they are indeed representing the entire chinese community.

What these "chinese leaders" failed to realise is that the majority and I really meant the MAJORITY of the chinese community, don't even care less that this association exist or goes to the dump. What these leaders failed to realise is that the association has taken its existence in this country so much for granted. Just take the number of its members and compare that with the chinese population in the country.

This chinese association just have to take a poll from the entire chinese community to gauge its relevance in this nation. I wonder what is that that blinds the eyes of all these groups of people that are fighting everyday about their political lives, not knowing that the chinese themselves are laughing at them.

Mana Cina Ada - all you leaders, party members and the association itself are a total embarassment to the chinese people in this country and to the country in general. The chinese people have existed and survived in this country for so many years and we will continue to exist without the association. The chinese people dont need them. It is better if their efforts, time and money are channeled elsewhere to better help themselves or other deserving individuals.

The naung challenge

2009-08-24T18:38:00.000-07:00

Exactly 15 months after the MtK climb, I am taking on another challenge, this time of a hill in Klang Valley. Bukit Naung as it is called and with a group of people from the MtK climb as well as my church. Not sure how the terrain is but reading from blog, it may take the entire day to go up and down again. Well, no pain, no gain. Will just have to go through it and see myself.

Hard and long wait

2009-08-12T22:56:00.000-07:00

The political situation in this country is like acid in a glass of alkaline solution. They mixed and become neutral.

No, I was referring to my feelings of the going ons in politics of this nation. I feel numb. Very. Period.

Heavenly Father's watching

2009-07-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

People really hate that man thissssssssssssssss much. People ostracise him, people criticise him, people just want to rid of him. Me? I dont want to be part of all these bandwagon, cos I am no god and dont want to be part of this sinning. All I know is that He is watching.

Dry season

2009-06-12T01:58:00.000-07:00

It's dry, hazy and lazy. I was referring to myself. I have been plain lazy and tired to write nowadays. Just plain lazy. Will see.

Mickey mouse play house

2009-05-08T02:50:00.000-07:00

A big bunch of mickeys played in their play house yesterday, in what people said was the most happening political event. All the stories of jostling, pushing, screaming, chanting and what have yous. Poor poor Malaysia. I am embarassed.

The fault lines never end

2009-04-27T03:06:00.000-07:00

Humans are not any divine creatures. So, however pure or immortal they are, people are bound to have weaknesses in them, one way or another. Problem is, humans dont recognise this and consider themselves above all. Above their gods. Or people are always having this denial syndrome, always.

Amidst all the promising changes that have been announced, I wonder why there are so many criticisms made and among those who criticised are the oppositions. These people never seemed to be able to stop talking or criticising. They never stop. They are not happy with any single thing. I actually feel sorry for them though at one time last year, they seemed to be the ones that we had to rely on to redeem this country from the mess. But now, no more. Pitiful lot.

Grace of God

2009-04-21T18:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, something not good happened, something which is really world crushing by my standard. But by the grace of the Creator God, I was able to handle and accept the reality of it with relative ease. It is amazing how the Amazing Grace works. Praise the Lord.

Believe him?

2009-04-15T22:33:00.000-07:00

The PM's actions since assuming power are reflective of my hopes for a better country. His past actions are not for me to judge or for that matter for anyone to judge. It's HIS alone.

I want to believe him. I want to believe him. My hope.

Earth Day 2009

2009-04-15T22:24:00.000-07:00

After Earth Hour, it's Earth Day on 22 April. A day to wake up again to the realities of a dying mother earth and to do our sincere and diligent part in preserving her lifespan and ours.

I will do my part.

http://www.earthday.net/earthday2009
http://www.earthday.net/

Glimmer of hope?

2009-04-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

It's Good Friday today, 10 April and on this day, I want to believe that there is a glimmer of hope for this nation that I live in. From the events of the past few days, I want to believe that God is moving in this land to change the course of events and directions. Will just to now wait out and see the changes that are coming through and in the meantime, continue to undergird these with prayers.

Thank you Lord Jesus for your blood and flesh and for the sufferings that you took upon youself on that cross, all because of the redemptive purpose for mankind. Amen.

Baihai

2009-04-02T02:45:00.000-07:00

Baihai - no, it's not a foreign language. It means, bye and hi!

Today marks the start of the process of one leader saying goodbye and another succeding the nation's top most position of power and saying hi to people.

Referring to the one saying hi, I am really fed up with the many attacks on him from all angles. Fed up to the hilt. Not that I favour him. It's just that I don't think it is our right to condemn him as if we are God and have seen all that happened with our own eyes and seen through the words and evidences of the subject matter of what he was accused of, that were brought forward by so many parties. And as if we were able to sieve through and verify everything before us. Are we God? What if we are wrong? What if? Why are we so righteous to be able to see through all these and agree that he is the one? Why? My stand is that we should just, in our prayer to the One Almighty God, for truth to surface and justice to prevail. Let God's will be done, just as in Heaven. Simple as that.

Chia-lat man,,,,live and die in jail

2009-03-12T22:44:00.000-07:00

Madoff pleads guilty, faces 115 years in jail for US$64.8b fraud

Wah lau eh,,,even if God extends his term on earth, not sure if he will be able to live through to complete his jail term. But 115 years only for this man? He would have passed on lots to his relatives to survive many generations to come. 511 years may be more like it.

Happy retirement mr madoff. Cheers

Mr MAD-off's new Manhattan home

2009-03-12T22:23:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK, March 13 - Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and the disgraced financier can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day - in a cage. The Metropolitan Correctional Centre, which has housed accused terrorists and reputed mobsters, welcomed the 70-year-old Madoff yesterday after he pleaded guilty in one of Wall Street's biggest investment swindles and a judge revoked his bail. The federal jail in lower Manhattan stands between a courthouse and a church and holds inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences. Currently, about 750 men and women are behind bars there. Since his arrest in December, Madoff has been confined to his US$7 million (RM25.2 million) penthouse apartment. When inmates first arrive at the jail, they are given physical and psychological exams and instructed on the rules. If cleared to enter the general population, they are issued a baggy brown uniform and assigned to cells measuring 7 ½-by-8 feet, each fitted with a sink and toilet.

Many inmates must share their cells with another prisoner, but it was not immediately clear Thursday whether Madoff would have a cellmate. There's a strict schedule: Lights on at 6 a.m., breakfast at 6:30 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m., dinner at 5 p.m., lights out at 11 p.m. During the day, inmates can watch television, play ping pong, work on their cases in a legal library or volunteer for janitorial duty. On alternate days, they are allowed up on the caged roof, where from courthouse windows they can be seen playing basketball. For court dates, they are shackled and escorted by deputy marshals through an underground tunnel.
The facility alots three hours a week for visits by family or lawyers. Inmates can also spend up to 300 minutes per month making phone calls, which can be monitored. Those who misbehave or present a risk of violence are thrown into a separate unit where they spend nearly all day locked in their cells and must endure strip searches and constant monitoring by cameras. Authorities tightened security in the unit after a guard was seriously injured in 2000 by a terrorist convicted in the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Notable inmates have included blind sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up five New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president, and John "Junior" Gotti, the Gambino crime family scion now jailed in Brooklyn on murder charges. Current inmates include former Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel, who is accused of bilking investors out of up to US$350 million. - AP

Wahh,,mr. madoff -- not bad ehhh? Got a new home some more?? You know ah,,, millions and millions of people out there somewhere live in the streets, no shelter no nothing. Consider yourself very lucky. Retire happily in your cell ya.

No more bulls please

2009-03-12T02:31:00.000-07:00

PKR tells MACC, "No more bulls please". Haha
The pkr today tried to deliver a bull on a lorry to the macc to prove its point that MACC does not mean the malaysian commission for cars and cows. "why did they investigate the issue of 46 cows but sidelined all other reports?", pkr asked.

This is becoming indeed too much, too amusing and just too ridiculous for malaysians to understand. Can you?

Period of tribulation?

2009-03-11T19:15:00.000-07:00

According to economist Nouriel Roubini, there is a high risk of severe global depression, with the capital "D", that may last for 36 months.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x684wa_the-last-laugh-george-parr-subprime_fun

RM60b of what????

2009-03-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

RM60 billion. That's a lot to swallow. Even to share it out among ALL the cronies, family members, friends and the lot, incoming, outgoing and all former heads of state. Man, man, oh man. What an utter lot to swallow. That man who utters nonsense will be so happy that he may just instantly have a heart attack and die grinning from ear to ear. Boy, boy,,,,as one blogger puts it, "The boys will be licking their lips,,,,"

But all that crap aside, what is this sum going to do us, as lay people of this nation. Details are so wishy washy.

A rotten friday but hey ,,,a shining star

2009-03-06T00:12:00.000-08:00

And catch this:

Asian stock markets resume slide after US rout
HONG KONG, March 6 — Asian stock markets resumed their downward slide today after
Wall Street fell to its lowest levels in more than 12 years amid deepening fears about the
future of General Motors Corp and major financial companies.
The region's retreat marked a return to the selling that had gripped global equities markets
until a brief rally earlier this week on hopes China would announced major new stimulus
measures.
Investors, already deflated after Beijing failed to deliver, were rattled by a warning from
General Motors that the struggling automaker may have to file for bankruptcy.
Along with growing uncertainty about the financial system, the news led to yet another rout
in US markets with banking stocks suffering some of the steepest drops. Citigroup Inc.,
stilling reeling despite billions of dollars in government aid, fell below US$1 (RM3.70) a
share.
"You can buy Citi at the 99 cent store now," said Paul Schulte, a chief Asia equity strategist
at Nomura International in Hong Kong. "It's nauseating. We keep grasping at straws to find
hope, and the markets keep punishing us."
Investors were also holding back ahead of what is expected to be an especially bleak US
employment report later today.
Every major Asian market traded into the red, though,,,,,,

And another headline today:

BCHB overtakes Citigroup among world’s top
banks
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 —Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd has overtaken Citigroup Inc, the US bank which was once the world’s biggest bank, by market value, according to a Bloomberg report.
Bloomberg said that Citigroup fell as low as 97 US cents (RM3.60) in New York Stock
Exchange composite trading before closing at US$1.02, marking an 85 per cent decline this
year and giving the New York-based company a market value of US$5.7 billion.
Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd's market capitalisation as of today is RM22.2 billion
while its assets are valued at RM210 billion.
Based on data compiled by Bloomberg on the American bank, Citigroup Inc's market value
dropped below US$1 in New York trading for the first time as investors lost confidence the
shares can recover after more than US$37.5 billion in losses and a government rescue.
At its peak in late 2006, Citigroup stock was worth US$55.70, for a market value of
US$277.2 billion.

people, let's launch a takeover of citigroup.

Yet another crap

2009-03-06T00:07:00.000-08:00

It's endless. Yet another embarassing and blood numbing development in the silver state.

The silver state pakatan rakyat will be filing a suit at the KL High Court to stop the silver state legal adviser from representing the silver state assemply speaker in the High Court.

What a childish endless drama. Dumbstruck.

STOP IT

2009-03-03T17:02:00.000-08:00

TO ALL POLITICIANS, STOP ALL THE CRAP !

To:
Nizar Jamaluddin
Ngeh Koo Ham
Nga Kor Ming
All the rest of Pakatan gang
Dr Zambry
All the rest of BN gang
And ALL the politicians out there

Please stop the crap. We are sick and tired of the shows that all of you are putting up. Just like the rest of the world, this country is going through the worst economic crisis ever but you people are in the meantime, acting numb to the situation. What are you people? Animals? Even animals have feelings for each other. Animals are sensitive too to their own species. Animals know how and when to act and react. What are you people? Retarded? Even retards have emotions. Retards have feelings too. What are you people?

To me and every other God fearing citizens of this nation, all you people are sick, sick and sick. You have sinned against your own gods by foresaking your responsibilities towards the people that voted you in to take care of our plights and interest. After we voted you in, you have taken oath to do your best for the state, for the country, for the people. But just take a step back and look at what you are doing now. You have sinned. And I wonder how you live with the conscience of having sinned and still sinning. We are dumbstruck.

If you care to listen for just a moment, we say it loud and clear: PLEASE STOP IT. FAHAM ??? Period.

The pokok assembly

2009-03-03T01:52:00.000-08:00

The country today saw an unprecedented, uncharted history being made. Definitely a record at all levels. A state assembly was convened in the shade of a tree.

What a malaysian politics has this become. Very childish, cartoonic, simply out of this world. Huh what, cant hear you - uhh, yes, very childish political game being played out in the open.

It is sickening, very sickening, very embarassing, and very worrying too to have all these games reaching this level. In as much as I would not support a street demonstration by anyone, it would be very hard to resist any efforts and attempts now for people to go out to the streets. Temper is rising, high and fast.

Go straight, take the bend and u-turn

2009-02-27T01:29:00.000-08:00

The worse, oh sorry, the works minister announced that toll charges for five highways will be increased 1 March. That was just yesterday, 26 Feb and today, 27 Feb, just exactly a day after, the kabinet decided to reverse the decision, allowing the increase to take place only end of the year.

Do we have to say more? What's next?

The clarion call

2009-02-26T01:24:00.000-08:00

In a few days from now, it will be exactly a year since the last general elections following which monkeys were elected to hold office to fight for our welfare, lives and future of this country. Well, needless to say, a clarion call has been sounded way before the anniversary and all the parties involved, whether ruling, opposition or (defector)independent ought to know what they face if things get out hand.

The following letter appeared as a full page advert in The Star on 26 Feb, taken out by Anas Zubedy. Anas helms Zubedy (M) Sdn Bhd, a company that focuses on providing consultancy services and training programs covering areas such as change management, leadership, skill-building, and many others. Anas is very concerned with the political crapola that's been ongoing close to one year on now.

The source of the letter can be found here, (from Anas Zubedy's blog). Read the letter, then feel free to spread the word around, if you feel the same way as Anas and yours truly do,,,

Dear Malaysian Politicians,

Please stop the power chase, call for a truce and focus on the economy. I do not claim to speak on behalf of all Malaysians, but I have strong convictions that many share my sentiments. Our concern today is not who rules the country or heads the state governments but the looming bad economy. Whether Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat leads, it is meaningless if Malaysians have no job to go to, no money to pay rent and no means to put food on the table. I am a business owner, like other business owners and managers of corporations I have a responsibility to ensure people under my care and payroll continue to have jobs and a decent income to take home. We work hard and willing to go the extra mile to make sure our nation not only survive this crisis but come out stronger and wiser. We need your help. Let me explain. I am in the business of Training, Development and Consultancy and have 20 people in my team.

Saedah is 42. She keeps the office clean and helps organise the training rooms. She has four children and her husband is unemployed. She was first hired on a part time basis, because she is very hard working and has a great attitude, we offered her a full time job to help provide a stable income for her family. Even then, when her third child started school this year, it was a struggle for her to buy new school uniforms and other necessities. Saedah lives on a ‘kais bulan, makan bulan’ basis, so, if she is jobless, her tap runs dry.

Samsuri is 27 years old. He lives with his sister and her family in a low cost government flat in Sunway. He does our despatch, helps with various clerical works and occasionally acts as a driver. During the first week at zubedy, we learned that he not only did not have money to buy new clothes and shoes for work, he had no money for lunch. Like Saedah, if he has no job, his tap runs dry too.

Alicia in Client Servicing turns 26 this year. She lives with her dad who is 71 years old and retired. Her mom passed away when she was little. Alicia is a hard-working team member, has a gentle caring outlook and fun to be with. (We like to poke fun at her as she blushes easily). Last May her dad went through a major operation, thank God he has recovered well. Alicia needs a job, both for herself and her dad.

Sudesh, 38, is one of our facilitators. When his father passed away last year, he moved back and lives with his mother in Seremban. He shuttles between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban daily, leaving home sometimes as early as 4 in the morning and returning late at night. He is no stranger to hard work and sacrifice, he knows what he needs to do to survive and to care for his mother, but he too needs a job.

Like fellow Malaysians, every one of us in zubedy needs employment, those that live from hand to mouth like Saedah and Samsuri and others like Alicia and Sudesh with family to care for. We Malaysians need the Malaysian economy to be strong. We need you, our leaders, to work hard and to work together to make our economy viable.

So this is my plea.

Pakatan Rakyat, please stop your attempts to take over the federal government and persuade BN’s lawmakers to join you. Stop all legal proceedings, no more 916 and let go, just let go. The nation can wait till the next general elections if they want change. By doing so, Malaysians will see your party as caring, unselfish and gracious and give you their support in the next elections.

Barisan Nasional, please stop any attempts to take over PR states and win over PR’s lawmakers. You have proven your point with Perak. The nation can wait for the next general elections if they want your party. Focus all your talent, energy and hard work in steering the country out of an economic downturn. By doing so, Malaysians will see your party as caring, unselfish and smart and give you their support in the next elections.

BN and PR! Call for a truce. Get together and compromise. Someone has to give in. Or has hate consumed your heart till it blinds you? You can do it. You have enough intelligent people between you. I am sure you can find solutions. Take the nation to heart. That is why you are in politics in the first place.

Focus on the people.

Focus on the economy.

Anas Zubedy
Managing Director Zubedy (M) Sdn Bhd

More monkey shows

2009-02-26T00:55:00.000-08:00

Today, many monkeys showed their tricks in this "boleh land".

First show - many monkeys led by one or two king chimpanzees showed their faces, tricks and what have yous at the parliament house of this country. They called it "scuffle". I think this group of monkeys are perhaps (or I am convinced), the worst species of monkeys; they are like wild dogs instead and should be put to sleep.

Second show was the announcement of further burden on the pockets of people who from 1 March, will need to fork out more to travel the highways and ex-ways. What a timing. And yes, what a timing that toll collection for a certain stretch of a certain hi-way was removed just a few days ago and then the same concessionaire involved was asked to build and collect for another stretch. What a monyet show.

Malaysians are too tired of monkey shows. Will have a moo-tiny show perhaps.

Denial syndrome

2009-02-19T01:39:00.000-08:00

The air of denial is very strong in this country. Somehow, it especially blows to the country leaders. Tak tahu! No-lah! No such thing lah! What recession? Huh, recession? Still growing what!! GDP still high what!!!

These are some of the very common expressions from the people who caught on the denial syndrome. Very sad indeed for the people of this country. Still got to and still can afford to wait until 10 March to deliver the next stimulus package!!! Wah, really "beh ta han leh" (cannot stand anymore).

The Bukit jinx

2009-02-17T16:58:00.000-08:00

As of 17 Feb 2009, by-elections have been declared at two Bukit constituencies and another Bukit was added yesterday due to another now considered to berun-of-the-mill, generic type of character assassination that is going on in this nation.

How did we get into this situation? Easy. Just need to get yourself famous, then get onto some sexy pose, and post that pose onto the web or share around the phone network, and you are launched into a super stardom that comes with free publicities. The entire nation will be focused on you, fully distracted from the global crisis, and what have you nots. It is complicated. Life is complicated in Malaysia. It is confusing too. It is full of drama but bored drama.

People, after some time, are not interested anymore in this kind of wayang kulit. We people are anxious to move on. Malaysia needs to get over this jinx, the Bukit jinx.

Frog jumping show

2009-02-05T22:37:00.000-08:00

For ones who have not seen a frog jumping before, this country is a good place to do so. Frogs are everywhere. You will get to see frogs everywhere and the interesting thing is that all the frogs jump, literally everywhere. The frogs are reared to be everywhere and reared to jump everywhere. Interesting frogs. Big frogs, small frogs, white frogs, black ones, grey ones also got. Fat ones (wooo, they can jump too!!!), small ones, thin ones,,,, they are all here.

And the best thing is,,,it's free. Need not pay any single penny to watch the frogs jump.

The chaotic silver state

2009-02-05T22:17:00.000-08:00

As I blogged this, the loose alliance party that ruled the silverish state up north for close to a year has broken down and is out of the government. The alliance party of NB has won and will have one of its members sworn in as the chief in a few hours' time. Somehow this time, I have a feeling that this is the right move by the Sultan in deciding against a fresh polls for the state.

Let's wait and see.

Reals vs Hams

2009-01-11T19:29:00.000-08:00

The Reals are hammering kuat kuat the Hams. And the Hams continue to retaliate. The world is watching what these two will do next. The two do not care what the crowd is saying. It's a tough world out there,,,.

Fresh air of 2009

2009-01-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I am sitting here in the office on the first Monday of the Year 2009. Yes, it's the new year of 2009 and the air this morning was fresh. It was a morning with lots of mist on the car screens and lots of fresh air to take in in the morning. The skies were good too. And as I looked out the windows from where I sit in the office, the skies and horizon out there looked beautiful.

Yeah, it's the fresh air of the year 2009. And it's a new beginning that I am looking forward to. A new beginning with interesting challenges. Challenges that I am uncertain of but know for certain that I will have to face. But I know too that, in the face of all these uncertainties, I have a GOD that I can lean on, like a solid rock - a SOLID ROCK as a matter of fact. I have a GOD that I can trust will provide, lead, guide, bless, and lean on. Halleluiah,,,,God is awesomely Good.

Oh God, save this land

2008-09-17T00:38:00.000-07:00

How did we end up like this? How? What happened? Did we enrage God by idolising the many gods in this land?

All the old kids in the block really screwed up everything, from a to z of politics, economics, social and racial issues and you name it. Oh God, I pray that you help us restore and heal this nation of ours. Our children has no where else to go.

I am worried, confused, anxious, anxious and anxious.
God help us.

Another mashed potato

2008-08-26T22:49:00.000-07:00

It's another tasty mashed potato. A whipping courtesy of PKR. What a development. What a news. Things moved at such a speed. Anwar is to be sworn in Thursday, 28 Aug and will be debating the budget 2008/9 in the parliament. Whooooo!!!!!!! What a nation we have. Another serving of mashed potato but this time with the sweet chocolaty cream all around????

Helleluiah

2008-08-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this wonderful nation of mine. A wonderfully screwed up nation that is. I am fed up and I am tired. I am disillussioned and I am sick. I am utterly disgusted, period.

But in the bible, in the book of Isaiah, chapter 51, verses 1 to 16, the Lord tells us that the glory of God will prevail and we will see another wonderful nation of Malaysia coming into place, soon.

1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD : Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many.

3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

4 "Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: The law will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.

5 My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

7 "Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.

8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my salvation through all generations."

9 Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?

10 Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?

11 The ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

12 "I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass,

13 that you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?

14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.

15 For I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name.

16 I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand— I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.' "

HALLELUIAH !!!!!!!! GOD's wonderful glory will prevail.

2008-07-11T02:01:00.000-07:00

Part 4: The ironical finale of the climb

Having managed to go so far and come back to the comforts of home, I got all the pictures that were taken downloaded onto the external disk drive which I have just bought. Unfortunately, and very unfortunately (as I am so green in this kind of gadget), the drive was badly corrupted and nothing could be recovered.

SOOOOO, the very wonderful ironic part of the climb is that I will now have to bring my entire mind, body and spirit up there again in order to capture the beauty of this place!!

Part 3: 2nd day of climb

Left laban rata after packing up and breakfast at 1115. Expecting a grueling trek down with high steps to go trough. Very high steps of rocks requires the legs to work harder and steps are uneven. True enough the timpohon trail is another punishing walk down. Although pace is quicker, had to very careful often when rocks or red earth are wed and muddy and full of moss. Had a few fall almost landing on my backside but the arms took the impact. Lots of steps and flat or almost flat terrain was a welcome at certain stretches esp toward the timpohon gate. Did the first 2km without stop!! And to me that was amazing. But after that had to stop once a while. Reached the gate in 4 hours exactly.

2008-06-12T03:31:00.001-07:00

Part 2: 6th May - the first day of climb

Amidst the cold of the morning, we had buffet breakfast. Food was not bad!! Anyway, hot food is most delicious what these are in a cold weather. Once done, we gathered and had a group photograph taken and after a group prayer, it was already 8am when we started preparation for the climb. Bags were assembled and weighed by the guides. Tags were distributed and climbers were assembled in groups of 5 to 6. Then we started the climb.

Immediately we had to tackle a 1.5 km of uphill jungle trek. We could feel the strain when people start to pant, stop, walk, stop, pant. Someone then said it's because we are not warmed up enough yet and should be okay as we go on. I thought, ya, that's true and hope to recover as I journey on. There was a short reprieve downhill and then it was uphill most of the time. The climb gets difficult most of the time and mostly are through rather narrow jungle treks. At certain stretches, it can get a bit spooky if one walks alone and I was caught in the middle of the stream of climbers. At this time, the fast ones have gone far ahead - these are the youngsters. No way that I could catch up with them unless they stop for a long while. While the slow ones are behind and I was in between these two groups. I was alone before Dr. Leow caught up with me.

The view was scenic at certain part. At two short stretches, we had to cross the ledge of the mountain. This point was very scenic indeed - we could almost touch the passing clouds and the flowers too were beautiful.

At the trek gets higher and further up, I began to feel the anticipation and anxiety of reaching the destination for the day - Laban Rata. At one point, I could actually see Laban Rata amidst the clouds but through an uphill jungle trek, that actually means hours more of climbing. The strain and tiredness really set in. The doc and I had to really pace ourselves. We were doing a few steps, stopped, a few steps, stopped and this carried on even as we were almost there at LR. At the approach to LR, a sudden blow of mist brought a misty shower and I signalled to Dr Leow to put on the raincoat. I suddenly felt warm and nice but the shower went away as quickly as it came. We continued on and finally, the resthouse at Laban was within sight and reach. Walked up to the main resthouse and walked in, into a big group of people who were having their food in nice, warm comfort. The first group was already there since 2pm, while me and doc reached at 5pm, a good 9 hour climb!

Finally, the day comes,,,,the journey - part 1

2008-05-17T02:33:00.000-07:00

5th May

Started journey by cab to sentral. Costs RM29 but the cab went like wind.

Connect to a coach to LCCT which costs RM8. Bus left at 0630 and reached LCCT one hour later. Check in was slow- typical of a low fare carrier? Had nasi lemak for breakfast - another RM8!! Flight took off after 15 minutes delay. Touched down at 1230, a good flight.

The group was picked up by travel agent and proceeded to a chicken rice lunch which costs RM11. Yummy. Got few bottles of water and maggi from a local store. Started journey to the base at 1430. The road was windy and the weather, hot. The road was long and bumpy. Expecting to take us about 2.5 hours and ETA at base 5pm. Going uphill, the sit-in-coach has difficulty moving. 8 in the coach. Hope no breakdown. Towards end of the drive, the coach indeed couldn't move up the slope to the resort. We had to get down to lighten the load and had to carry our own luggages up a slope - is this a preview of the torture to come? haha.

After 3 torturous hours, finally checked in into the Mersilau Nature Resort.

Mersilau nature resort is very welcoming but temperature's very cold here. There are a few chalets. Like living in a jungle. We have a few rooms with bunk beds. Had an upper deck in a 8-bed bunker room. Dinner was served immediately after a short briefing by the resort's personnel on what to expect the following morning. Dinner was buffet style, mainly vegetables!! Weather was cold, very cold, think it was probably below 10 degrees celcius.

Decided not to take any shower from that point until Wed. Hot shower did not work anyway and the water was really cold. After much repacking of bags, dressed up 3 layers for the night - socks and all and went straight to sleep. Target to start climb 730 after breakfast.

The final preparations

2008-05-01T14:10:00.001-07:00

I think I have gotten almost all the stuff that I need for the climb up Mt K. Have just bought the final piece of knee guard after searching around for some time. And the bag's there waiting to be packed. Excited? Yes, and a bit of anxiety too. Just want to get this over and come back with the pics and certificate.

T minus 10 days

2008-04-25T02:47:00.000-07:00

Training now at T minus 10 days has been at the gym mostly. Doing the steps. Have been consistently sweating it out after work and dinner at about 8.30pm. The sweat was good, to wear myself down for bedtime. The sweat was dripping like flowing water. I did not feel the pain and hope that this will continue during the climb, without pain. While training, I feel confident of making it to the peak. I hope and hope and pray and pray that nothing will go wrong and will come back with the pictures. Well training too has kept me fit too and I have God to give praise and thanks to for allowing me this opportunity to be able to put myself in this preparation mode.

Soon it will be T minus 9, 8 and so on till 5 May. And I am looking forward,,,,,,

9 km of torture

2008-04-15T17:07:00.000-07:00

13th April - I ran the 9km Orange Run. Though the spirit was willing, very willing but the flesh was weak, very weak. And from the run, surfaces the weaknesses that worry me for the climb. My legs gave way at slopes and boy they hurt lots for the next 2 days. Stiff like logs for the next 2 days, forcing me to walk like a zombie.

But after 2 days, yes, the spirit was up and willing again and raring to go again, this time up the mountain. Am looking forward to the climb. But first, need to continue training,,,,and yes, the pain.

It's getting near

2008-04-07T02:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, 6 April marks the T-1 month countdown to the climb up Mt K. Despite this, I cannot say for sure myself that preparation has been intensed and consistent. Laziness does set in at times and last week, my body was really tired. Oh man, excuses and more excuses.

Anyway, have been climbing steps, at a friend's condo and the batu caves temple. Also have been go up the office stairs daily. Sufficient? Probably not and I am praying for God's help!

Confused state

2008-03-17T20:34:00.001-07:00

Oh, what do I want to write? There are so many things that are happening around us and so many things in my mind at this moment. Things that are in perspective and things that are yet to be in perspective.

The aftermath of the GE08 has multiplied the thought process of everyone in this country by trillion times and gossips are still abound. Rumours too. Many things are still unsettled. Pictures remained fuzzy. How do I as one little tiny individual in this big country fit in in the macro picture of what is going on now? Fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy. God is in total control of the situation - that's the one and only thing that I am 100% sure of.

At ground zero level, I just wished that people can shut their mouth and just go about their work, to be more productive and generate more business for the economy. Shut their mouth and let the elected leaders do their job. Shut their mouth and let it remain shut. I am puzzled why people like to talk, gossip, rumour monger and the likes. Why?

Tsunami, typhoon, winds of change,,,,,all in one

2008-03-08T21:02:00.000-08:00

Hallehuiah, as I write this, I am still in shock and still soaked in the joy from outcome of the 12th general elections. But it is Hallehuiah and Praise God for the outcome. For indeed it is through His Grace and Mercy and through His will that we see and experience this Great Tsunami of 2008, the Great Winds of Change of 2008. Glory be to God.

Penang, my homestate and Selangor, my current homestate are now out of the hands of people who have wrenched us of every single thing we have. The great corrupts. And thank God, the great sami velli is finally out,,,,,he can take his permanent retirement finally.

Praise you God. We give Thanks to You. Glory be to Your name.

It's finally here

2008-02-14T21:34:00.000-08:00

It's finally here. Malaysians will now have a chance to re-chart our course to our destiny. I am eagerly waiting for the day to cast that very important vote. And I hope my fellow Malaysians who have been screaming, blogging, crying, protesting etc etc will now also exercise their votes wisely.

The challenge,,,,,it's tough

2008-02-10T16:55:00.000-08:00

The preparation is not easy, it's tough but I will persevere. So far, training has been quite regular but this will have to pick up over the next many weeks. And I am very very happy that along the way, my family - my wife, and children have also joined in in the regular walks and runs.

The beginning of a challenge,,,

2008-01-24T17:01:00.000-08:00

Monday, 21 January 2008 was the beginning of a challenge which I am going to take coming May. It's the Mt Kinabalu. I confirmed my participation with a group of church friends and therefore marks the start of a disciplined training which I will need to go through.

I know it will be a real challenge but I also know that God is and will be with me all the way.

dodo's blog

2007-11-21T21:12:00.001-08:00

my dodo now has a blog of his own,,,,,

,,,my bloodline,,,,,,,,yoooooo

2007-10-12T22:22:00.001-07:00

here comes my bloodline ,,,

nimber oner - my wifeeeeee,,,,a very dedicated wife and mother

nimber twooo - my princess ,,,,aiyoo, a one real princess in the making, a girl with bright eyes and,,,,

nimber t3ree - my dodo ,,, this is a real hero in the making, everything boleh,,,,

My heart sank,,,,,why is this world so cruel

2007-09-19T23:52:00.000-07:00

Picking up the news of the ruthless child murderer few days ago really sent my heart and mind somewhere else. I can't think of any reason why the world has to be so cruel for one to live in and suffer. My heart and hands want to reach out but I feel so helpless, not knowing where and how to start. If I can, I would like to even go solo, to fight this sadistic crime that is taking place on our land.
This afternoon, picking up the latest news that the missing girl is indeed the victim of the ruthless beast, sank my even deeper and deeper into a state of chasm, an abyss, totally blank and helpless. What can I do? What can I do to help turn this land into a better place for our children?

,,,the real Malaysian spirit

2007-09-11T21:09:00.000-07:00

Reading the musings of Tun Mahathir's daughter in the papers this morning made me felt really good. And the feeling was ,,,,,,,,,awesome. And this is the reflection of what our Awesome God can do,,,,,,bring back the true Malaysian spirit for people in this land and nation to live together as one. Imagine people of different faith and beliefs praying together to their respective gods!

I continue to pray for more healing from our Awesome God to this land.

General election ,,,,,,,,bila doohhhhhhh?????

2007-08-16T23:16:00.000-07:00

Sampai bila lah kena tunggu ,,,,,,

My naughty one,,,,,

2007-07-29T06:01:00.000-07:00

It's now 9.02 pm Sunday and I have a naughty monkey sitting on my laps while I type out this blog posting. His feet are curled up on my legs to make sure that he don't fall off.

It's August and everyday, I check the news, websites, blogs for indications of the calling for the next general elections. I am just looking forward to this date,,,,,,,,

general election?

2007-07-02T21:41:00.000-07:00

I am just waiting very impatiently for the general election,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,this, next or the following month? anyone knows??????

Is this worrying or what???,,,,,,,,,

2007-06-28T00:15:00.000-07:00

Look at the newspaper reports, read the news alerts in the various blogs and websites. I mean,,,,,, it's everywhere that we read and know of the many gossips of what's going in the daily life of our nation. But the sad thing,,,,,,,none of these are positive. Every single item of the news paint a very bleak future for this nation. I worry naturally. Particularly for the younger generation who will have to face the world when they are grown ups.

Sigh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sigh, sigh, sigh.

Efficiency of our power provider

2007-06-24T17:47:00.000-07:00

On saturday night, my family and I went through a nightmare following a power failure which involved only our house. The trip started close to midnight and immediately, I made a call to Teman TNB. A report was lodged and a team will be sent, said the Tenaga staff at the end of the line. Feeling assured that the darkness and heat of the night will not be long, I waited for the team to reach. 2 hours passed and a few calls made again to the same number and each time, it was the same reply - "sedang dalam tindakan". Finally, 2 1/2 hours later, a van came and the technicians immediately went off to check the cables on the poles outside the house. 15 minutes later, the van went off, without even informing me what the problem was or what was going on. A few more calls were made and finally, I was told that a cable was found burnt and had to be replaced but there were obstacles from trees around the pole. But I said to the person at the end of the line that there is no one working on it and asked what really is going on. The same reply came - will ask for update from the team and will ask them to call you. Nothing happened, no call came in and we remained in total darkness. Finally, 5 hours after the trip, a truck came and then only I realised that the team had to go back to get a bigger transport probably due to insufficient gears and equipment. Power was restored 1/2 hour later but that meant 5.5 hours from the time a report was lodged! And during this period, we were not informed of what the problem or status of the repair work was. Typical power provider? Ever experienced such incident? Share your experience,,,,,,,,,,

Will the ants go elsewhere???,,,,,,

2007-06-21T22:02:00.000-07:00

It is funny and at the same time worrying to read all the wayang kulit that was going on the last many months, weeks and days in our nation. On the security concern in JB, first, the ruckus in parliament house. Then the authorities decided to act. And the press decided to be in the circus too. The end result??,,,,,, there is big item in the media of all these and how our men in uniform are going to take the troubled city by storm. Great, but now, we have a problem.
Do you not think that the gangsters, criminals and men who are running wild in JB have a mind of their own. Do you think they will be stupid enough to be remaining there to be caught? Do you not think that they are also following the news in the media? Or at least their colleagues who are litterate and who follow the news could inform each other of the development? So now, we may have an even bigger problem,,,,,,,The red ants may be going elsewhere to bite.
This nation is indeed very interesting to watch. There are lots of wayang kulit going around. Keep watching.