i went to visit my client today ( kerja not leisure ok) in one of the government agencies and of course the hot topic for the day is the new cabinet listing...who is in and who is out.
i must say that its so intriguing to listen to everyone giving their "what i think pak lah should do" or " what went wrong during his watch" stories.
I personally think that some "Malaysians" need to go for Oz Training.
Oz Training ? Menatang apa tu? well good that you should ask.
I attended this typical brain washing session in this company of mine ( who pays my bills by draining every blood from my body), a training course which ( god forbid!) makes you perform, do, react, think Above The Line, aka Super Attitude la . The mechanism they use, or term you may say, is .....Seeing it, Owning it, Solving it and Doing it.
The opposite of that is being Below The Line , in terms of attitude, when you play the blame game or tungguuuuuuu dan lihat.
So going back to what I was saying just now, not once have I heard any of these government officers said...this is what I will do when I see something is not right, I will own it, find a solution and I will take the necessary steps to make it right.
my two cents of opinion says that, even if pak lah is born with super computer brain , he will not achieve or malaysians will never achieve that developed nation status and compete globally, until every single malaysian take ownership of their country's destiny.
macam kata melodi ...tungguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
lepas tu ...eh dah terlepas ke keretapi!
what keretapi ?... nowadays people travel macam jumper la.
Disclaimer
please be advised that the statement above is semata mata my personal opinion and not to be reprint and sent to the rest of the world, i mean just in case someone thinks that I am being overly biadap for writing in my personal capacity as a human being with nothing better to do than to kutuk my own countrymen. Its ok no apologies required. Amin :P
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Am I wrong to be angry and confuse?
At a wedding today, attended by my brother, he had the first taste of gelombang perubahan in Shah Alam.
As the story goes, like any malay wedding loud music and karaoke is a must. We malays just have to share with everyone the fact that we can't sing for nuts. I am a malay and I understand that this is what happen at weddings...its a celebration ...everyone wants to celebrate the lucky couple and wish them the best. The louder the music the better. Biasalah kan majlis kahwin.
Unfortunately, this may not be the scenario in future malay weddings anymore. Someone from the opposition party came and told off the host that loud music is not allowed. I don't know if it was deemed 'haram' or against Islamic teaching but I was told they have to stop playing the music.
Everyone who were at the wedding was shocked and left ...including my brother. I suppose due to respect to the 'Raja Sehari' nobody wanted to say anything and just decide to leave.
I silently pray that I heard this wrongly when my brother told me about this.... I am still praying hard..... I may not be the best melayu ...may not even be melayu yang mempunyai daya saing setanding kaum cina...not yet at least.....but I do not want to hate another melayu for the reasons above. But I cannot refrain myself....Am I wrong to be angry and confuse?
As the story goes, like any malay wedding loud music and karaoke is a must. We malays just have to share with everyone the fact that we can't sing for nuts. I am a malay and I understand that this is what happen at weddings...its a celebration ...everyone wants to celebrate the lucky couple and wish them the best. The louder the music the better. Biasalah kan majlis kahwin.
Unfortunately, this may not be the scenario in future malay weddings anymore. Someone from the opposition party came and told off the host that loud music is not allowed. I don't know if it was deemed 'haram' or against Islamic teaching but I was told they have to stop playing the music.
Everyone who were at the wedding was shocked and left ...including my brother. I suppose due to respect to the 'Raja Sehari' nobody wanted to say anything and just decide to leave.
I silently pray that I heard this wrongly when my brother told me about this.... I am still praying hard..... I may not be the best melayu ...may not even be melayu yang mempunyai daya saing setanding kaum cina...not yet at least.....but I do not want to hate another melayu for the reasons above. But I cannot refrain myself....Am I wrong to be angry and confuse?
Saturday, March 8, 2008
when your ipod can tell you that its time to stop smoking
I was looking for stuff for my i pod the other day and I found this red and white apple button..hhrrmmm ..??
Introducing the nikeplus ipod nano sport kit...this stuff is so cool. Its been in the market for some time but me being a dinosaur... the rest is history la kan.
Not that I am such a health buff anyway, cant even maintain a normal balanced life let alone have a super canggih nike running shoes, but like any person who is a victim to really good marketing, i salivate over this stuff.
Ntah bila nak berlari agaknya. Ada hati lagi nak nikeplus. Matahari pun jarang nampak. I have what you call a "screen tan".. i get my tan by staring at the lights from my laptop screen je.
Check them out ...
Happy Birthday to me , Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday tooooooo meeeeee. Hah yang tengah baca tu jangam lah buat buat tak faham pulak :P
Thursday, March 6, 2008
In case I resign without a job in hand......
I was just playing with the idea of having a career change and found something interesting in the International Herald Tribune.
I mean talk about exploiting your god given gift as a women!...
But of course I will only offer my services to George Clooney. Duh...
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read the whole article : http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/04/asia/mother.php
The embryo was formed in January in an Indian fertility clinic about 4,000 kilometers, or 2,500 miles, from Gher's home in Tel Aviv, nurtured by a team of doctors who have begun specializing in surrogacy services for couples from around the world.
As they waited to see if the fertilization process had been successful, Gher, 29, and his partner sped around the streets of Mumbai in the back of an autorickshaw, drinking in scenes of a country they had never previously visited, staring at the unfamiliar faces of Indian women and children and "trying to imagine our child," he said.
"The child will know early on that he or she is unique, that it came into the world in a very special way," said Gher, a communications officer for the environmental group Greenpeace. "But as it grows up and asks questions about the birds and the bees, then we will need to go into more detail."
"People are increasingly exposed to the idea of surrogacy in India; Oprah Winfrey talked about it on her show," said Dr. Kausal Kadam in her office at the Rotunda clinic, an hour after creating an embryo for Gher and his partner, with sperm from one of the men (they would not disclose which one) and an egg removed from a donor just minutes before in another part of the clinic."
I mean talk about exploiting your god given gift as a women!...
But of course I will only offer my services to George Clooney. Duh...
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read the whole article : http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/04/asia/mother.php
Foreign couples turn to India for surrogate mothers
By Amelia Gentleman
Published: March 4, 2008, International Herald Tribune
MUMBAI: Yonatan Gher and his male partner plan eventually to tell their child that it was made in India, in the womb of a woman they never met, with the egg of a Mumbai housewife they picked out from an Internet line-up of candidates.
By Amelia Gentleman
Published: March 4, 2008, International Herald Tribune
MUMBAI: Yonatan Gher and his male partner plan eventually to tell their child that it was made in India, in the womb of a woman they never met, with the egg of a Mumbai housewife they picked out from an Internet line-up of candidates.
The embryo was formed in January in an Indian fertility clinic about 4,000 kilometers, or 2,500 miles, from Gher's home in Tel Aviv, nurtured by a team of doctors who have begun specializing in surrogacy services for couples from around the world.
As they waited to see if the fertilization process had been successful, Gher, 29, and his partner sped around the streets of Mumbai in the back of an autorickshaw, drinking in scenes of a country they had never previously visited, staring at the unfamiliar faces of Indian women and children and "trying to imagine our child," he said.
"The child will know early on that he or she is unique, that it came into the world in a very special way," said Gher, a communications officer for the environmental group Greenpeace. "But as it grows up and asks questions about the birds and the bees, then we will need to go into more detail."
"People are increasingly exposed to the idea of surrogacy in India; Oprah Winfrey talked about it on her show," said Dr. Kausal Kadam in her office at the Rotunda clinic, an hour after creating an embryo for Gher and his partner, with sperm from one of the men (they would not disclose which one) and an egg removed from a donor just minutes before in another part of the clinic.
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"Child" said I. " You are definitely unique and very special"
" You are part Melayu, part Mat Saleh, India maybe ada, Jawa confirm ada and your dad was George Clooney, the most Sexiest Man Alive voted twice by People Magazine, of course he was my favourite actor too, an environmentalist, and an advocate of peace. Oh the list goes on and on. "
"Now you better listen to me and finish your tempe goreng or I beat you up where the sun don't shine!"..aaah the bliss of being a surrogate mom.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
I never knew....
My girlfriend mentioned the other day that some of the postings in my blog made someone claimed that I was actually talking about him.....hmmm I never knew that some man can really be that vain!
Reminded me of that song sung by Carly Simon
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Interestingly enough , this song is in the soundtrack of " How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". How apt!
Reminded me of that song sung by Carly Simon
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend,
and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Interestingly enough , this song is in the soundtrack of " How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". How apt!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I am making that choice
Today for the first time in my life I decided to come clean with myself and my mom. We had a heart to heart talk and I told her about my love life. I told her about the error of judgments that I have done and I asked for her forgiveness.
I knew I broke her heart.....but I also felt relief for letting it out. She was not happy but she understands.
My mom did not ask nor tried to do her 'CSI' on me and all she had to say was...
" Tuhan tu lebih tahu dan bila dia tunjuk maknanya dia bagi peluang untuk bertaubat"
Nobody goes through life without making mistakes along the way and thats how life is. I use to disagree with her about the simplest things in life and her silly opinions about what I do or what I wear.
but....i was wrong....
She was teaching me that with every thing that life brings to my doorstep , at the end of the day I have the ability to decide how to react and control my actions.
Today she understands that she has done her best to prepare me to face what ever challenges that I will face out there and to make the right choices for the right reasons.
I am making that choice...
I knew I broke her heart.....but I also felt relief for letting it out. She was not happy but she understands.
My mom did not ask nor tried to do her 'CSI' on me and all she had to say was...
" Tuhan tu lebih tahu dan bila dia tunjuk maknanya dia bagi peluang untuk bertaubat"
Nobody goes through life without making mistakes along the way and thats how life is. I use to disagree with her about the simplest things in life and her silly opinions about what I do or what I wear.
but....i was wrong....
She was teaching me that with every thing that life brings to my doorstep , at the end of the day I have the ability to decide how to react and control my actions.
Today she understands that she has done her best to prepare me to face what ever challenges that I will face out there and to make the right choices for the right reasons.
I am making that choice...
Monday, February 4, 2008
thank you for the good time, Sam
last week I lost another part of my heart as Sam decided to move on in her personal life and her career.
her parting email sent to all of us was simple yet peels the layers of my heart as i read it and realize how far we have come since we first met.
i take my hat off to you for just being there through the hard times ...and hard it was indeed.
i take my hat off to you for standing up to what you believe in and for being the pillars to those who needed the support.
i take my hat off to Azman and D for their unselfishness , understanding and sacrifices....one of the best lessons on what it takes to love, if any of you need to learn its true meaning.
we miss you already.
good luck Sam.
her parting email sent to all of us was simple yet peels the layers of my heart as i read it and realize how far we have come since we first met.
i take my hat off to you for just being there through the hard times ...and hard it was indeed.
i take my hat off to you for standing up to what you believe in and for being the pillars to those who needed the support.
i take my hat off to Azman and D for their unselfishness , understanding and sacrifices....one of the best lessons on what it takes to love, if any of you need to learn its true meaning.
we miss you already.
good luck Sam.
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