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Friday, October 29, 2004
The One With The Ops Jejak Kasih 

I went for a buka puasa held by one of my schoolmate.. batchmate to be precise.. it was plain simple.. nasi putih + lauk + sayur + kuih + drinks.. simple enuff compared to a buffet buka puasa.. however.. it wasn't the food that matters the most.. but "Ukhuwah" & "silaturrahim".. the best thing was, after Solat jemaah together, twenty plus of us sat around and brainstormed ideas for our upcoming grand tradition gathering in 2006 plus some kutuk-kutuk of each other in between.. haha.. that was really fun..

I was then (along with Bachin) named to lead a big project, called Ops Jejak Kasih.. basically to trackback all our batchmates and gather the information and put it into an accessible database.. hopefully with this database, we might ensure a 90%-100% attendance in the next coming official gathering.. quite a tough job it is.. so little time for me, who soon to be jobless in few weeks.. why? ermmm.. will tell about it later..

For the time being, i've to concentrate on this Jejak Kasih thingy..

ps: Pau, modaq ur help is needed later on.. i'll discuss with u guys later..


at the Penthouse






Thursday, October 28, 2004
The One With the Kiara Cemetery (part 2) 

Well. to tell you the truth.. I wasn't really taught about life and death matters when I was a kid.. my grandfather passed away when I was 4.. I still remember how I was too afraid to give a kiss goodbye to him, thus I just looked from far.. I also opted to be squeezed by my two elder brothers at the backseat of the car rather than sit beside the window.. The main reason? hmmm.. if you drive from Batu Pahat to Pontian using 'jalan pantai'.. you can see many cemeteries on the right or left side of the road.. so by sitting in the center, i felt much safer.. stupid me.. but that was what I'd being taught!

Heh.. I took me a while to overcome my Coimetrophobia (Fear of cemeteries).. The real break-through was when I stayed with my uncle and his family just 6 years ago.. I went through the last months of uncle's father-in-law.. from the moment he was struck by Angin Ahmar, sent him to the hospital, took care of him for almost 3 months, brought him back to the house, stayed beside him during 'nazak' until his 'roh' passed his body, 'mandi', 'kafan', etc.. I was also the one who went down into the 'liang lahad' to received the 'jenazah'.. from that moment I realized I'd totally overcome the fear..

My uncle is a bit religious.. I saw how calm he was.. teaching his little boys, (aged 6 and 3), to sit down beside the 'jenazah' and sent prayers to their grandpa.. such a shame coz I never have the same guts when I was at their age.. I really learnt a lot from that experience..

I don't blame my parents for not teaching me all those.. it was all in the early 80s.. but I felt disgusted when reading Star Metro's report.. even in this new millenium, people don't really teach their children about life and death.. they are still afraid of their future 6' x 4' land.. like they are going to live forever.. Hmm.. they are totally against the clear-up of some few acres green scenery.. What about many other hectars which turning into housing areas.. A reminder here, you might not need a bungalow, a Semi-D, a link house or an apartment.. but you will definitely need yourself a peice of land.. the 6' x 4' land..

It made me more upset to learn the Condo management spent a damn lot of money to hire lawyers to fight against the ongoing graveyards development.. whereby they should look into existing aging facilities.. how to get break-down-free-elevators, a better garbage disposing system, cleaner water supplies... the list can go on and on..






Monday, October 25, 2004
The One With Malaysian Math (part 2) 

Hypermarkets Told To Round Up Prices To Overcome One Sen 'Shortage'

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- Hypermarkets should round up prices of their products if they do not have enough one sen coins for change rather than shortchange customers, Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal said Sunday.

He said the 99-sen figure was a popular sales gimmick to entice consumers into believing that the prices of goods were low.

"I don't see this as a problem to them. They can always round up the figure if they don't have enough one sen coins and it is a better way," Shafie told reporters during a visit to the Mutiara Damansara Tesco Hypermarket, here.

The one sen issue was raised last week when irritated hypermarket customers wrote to local newspapers claiming they were being shortchanged by the cashiers.

Tesco Stores (M) Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer James McCann, who was with Shafie, said there was a shortage of one sen coins at the bank on Oct 15.

"We did try to get enough one sen coins but the bank did not have enough coins. The other hypermarkets, I was told, also faced the same problem," he said.

McCann said that to overcome the one sen problem, the hypermarket cashiers had been told to give out five sen coins instead if there was a shortage of one sen coins.

Shafie said he was satisfied with the prices at the hypermarket.

-- BERNAMA
I heard this news over Mix.fm this very morning.. It took me until this evening to find the original source..

Hmmm.. I understand crystal-clearly with Mr. McCann statement, but slightly confused Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs minister's to round up their prices? "Hypermarkets should round up prices of their products if they do not have enough one sen coins for change rather than shortchange customers".. ermm... so a 99-sen product should be selling at RM1? RM92.45 rounded up to RM93? Hmmm.. that's sure damn a lot of money.. Instead of being shortchanged of one or two cents; which happen rarely, (which never happen to me, so far), the minister asked hypermarkets to round all price up? Is that what he meant by that? Can anybody explain to me on this?

If what he meant is equal to what I understood, then he just reminded me to a redneck joke below :

Redneck Wins the Lottery
A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it where the man verifies his ticket number.

The Redneck says, "I want my $20 million."

To which the man replied, "No sir. It doesn't work that way. We give you a million today, and then you'll get the rest spread out for the next 19 years.

The Redneck said, "I want all my money RIGHT now! I won it, and I want it."

Again the man patiently explains that he would only get a million that day and the rest during the next 19 years.

The Redneck, furious with the man, screams out, "Look, I WANT MY MONEY!! If you're not going to give me my $20 million right now, THEN I WANT MY DOLLAR BACK!''


"I know that you are stupid, but I never know that you are THAT stupid..."






Thursday, October 21, 2004
The One With the Open Letter 

I was supposed to publish this few days back.. but didn't have enough time to blog

I was sooooooooo tickled when reading this;

Are you sure on this Tun? Have you deeply think about it before you write this? I just don't want you to eat back your own words in another 4 years *(if you still around though)

Let me refresh your old memory to previous post-US Presidency Election. I am glad that Utusan still have this archive; dated 15 December 2000..

Kemenangan Bush dijangka pulihkan hubungan Malaysia-AS
ALOR SETAR 14 Dis. - Malaysia berharap kemenangan George W. Bush dalam pilihan raya Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS) dapat memulihkan semula hubungan antara kedua-dua negara yang agak dingin sebelum ini.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, beliau percaya Bush tidak akan mengamalkan dasar luar yang meminta rakyat sesebuah negara lain bangun menentang kerajaan mereka.

''Kita berharap kemenangan beliau (Bush) dapat memulihkan semula hubungan kita dengan kerajaan Amerika Syarikat atas dasar saling hormat menghormati antara satu sama lain,'' ujarnya.

Dr. Mahathir yakin Bush akan mengamalkan dasar luar yang berbeza dengan Al Gore yang secara terang-terangan mencampuri urusan negara ini seperti yang dilakukannya ketika menghadiri mesyuarat Kerjasama Ekonomi Asia Pasifik (APEC) di Kuala Lumpur dua tahun lalu.

Ketika berucap di hadapan pemimpin-pemimpin dunia termasuk Dr. Mahathir pada majlis makan malam APEC berkenaan, calon Parti Demokrat yang tewas itu meminta rakyat negara ini menyokong reformasi jalanan untuk menumbangkan kerajaan yang ada.

''Saya tidak percaya Bush akan datang ke sini dan membuat ucapan menyuruh rakyat memberontak menentang kerajaan,'' kata Dr. Mahathir kepada pemberita di Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim, di sini setibanya untuk lawatan kerja ke negeri ini, petang ini.

Ketika diminta mengulas mengenai kekalahan Al Gore di tangan Bush dalam perebutan kerusi Presiden AS itu, Perdana Menteri menyatakan kegembiraannya dengan perkembangan tersebut.

''Saya gembira Al Gore tewas,'' ujarnya ringkas.


Simply because Al Gore made a public remarks on supporting Reformation Movement back in late 90s, Mahathir showed his support to the next worst thing, George W. Bush.. Now, after 4 years, the retired Malaysian PM Mahathir voiced his 'so-called' advice to vote against the same man..

And to make the thing worse, Dr. M also concluded in his open-letter, quote "It is truly an ibadah that you perform." unquote.. Then again, this is also against your principle, Mr Former PM.. I'm slightly confused over here, I thought you said nobody can determine who got the 'Pahala' or 'Dosa'?

I guess you're right Tun, Melayu Mudah Lupa..

PS: Note for Utusan, if Kerry does win this election, you can just copy the whole report and switch the names Dr M with Pak Lah, Bush with Kerry and Al Gore with Bush..






Monday, October 11, 2004
The One With The 1st Malaysian Idol 

So, almost everyone knows that Jac won the first Malaysian Idol title last Sunday. Singing 3 songs 'Tunggu Sekejap', 'When I fall in Love' and 'Gemilang', Jac outclassed JB talent, Dina. The former received 76% votes of nearly 1 million SMS sent in.


Jaclyn Victor

~~~~~~~


I drove my car out of my condo gate today and saw a girl, dressed like Jac wannabe (with the triangle scarf) hoping into a blue Hyundai Matrix.. Haha.. the great impact of MI.. I passed the vehicle and noticed some stickers on the side of the car.. "TV3" and "Malaysian Idol".. Bugger!!.. it was JACLYN VICTOR.. what the hell she's doing outside our condo's parking lot.. immediately, i pulled over.. like a 'Mamapaparazzi', I grabbed my digicam.. turned it on.. but the Hyundai was too fast.. it already passed me.. I tried to get a closer look.. but they already headed to 8TV/TV3 studio at Bandar Utama while my office is at the opposite way..

Hmmm.. may be next time...


Malaysian Idol offical vehicle - Jac was inside it..






Thursday, October 07, 2004
The One With The Watch And Win Contest 

The Host : AXN asia
The Sponsor : Tourism Malaysia
The Question : Name the longest bridge in Malaysia? ...
The Hint : Watch AXN Saturday Night Movies
The Grand Prize : Holiday trip includes airfare and accommodation (3 days and 2 nights) for 2 to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia!!

ps: I've joined this contest, lets see what would happen if I win.. Is there any flight from Subang to KLIA? hehe..
pps: It'll be a different answer in another 5 years perhaps..






Wednesday, October 06, 2004
The One With The 1 Series 

I drove to work early morning and saw some BMW buntings, saying "the 1 launch"... I saw some other buntings few weeks back with "M", "X", "Z", "3", "5", "6" and "7".. so i thought this "the 1 launch" could be their 1st launch or 1 year anniversary etc..

However, I was totally wrong.. read Berita Harian today and noticed.. BMW just launched their latest generation, first variant of "1-series" model, BMW 120i, a luxurious compact car first launched in Germany last month. It will be available in all BMW showroom by this Saturday. Two other variants of 1 series. BMW 116i and BMW 118i will come some time next year..

BMW 120i comes with with 4-cylinder 2.0 liter engine with variable valve timing, a six-speed automatic gearbox with Steptronic function for manual gear shifting, and RM229000 price-tag.. OTR without insurance.. hmm.. quoting Kiyosaki.. "We dont afford that.." "How can we afford that.."

Learning from ngising, I should sell some unit-trust..


BMW 120i






Tuesday, October 05, 2004
The One With 'Kalau Dah Jodoh' 

A malay proverbs said "Kalau dah jodoh, takkan ke mana".. true indeed.. some people got back together after years apart.. but in Kamarudin Mohamad and Khadijah Udin case, you really need to read on..

Excerpts :
Kamarudin ketika ditemui pada majlis itu berkata, apabila menyerahkan surat cerai kepada Khadijah kira-kira 47 tahun lalu, beliau ada mengatakan: "Kalau ada jodoh, kita tidak akan ke mana."

Kata-kata itu menjadi kenyataan apabila selepas 47 tahun berpisah dan melalui 52 kali perkahwinan, beliau akhirnya kembali ke pangkuan wanita pertama yang dikahwininya iaitu pada 1957.

..

"Ada antara perkahwinan saya hanya mengambil masa paling singkat dua hari, selepas itu kami bercerai. Paling lama selama 20 tahun iaitu dengan isteri yang berasal dari Wilayah Songkhla, Selatan Thailand."

Read more here and here..
Ermm.. I was like "Haaaaa!"

It was also stated that, Kamarudin never have more than one wife at a time aka never "bermadu".. hmmm..

An interesting fact is, Khadijah is also the mother of M. Rajoli (from her first marriage). The latter, a famous movie and TV drama actor who occasionally plays a role as an "Orang Tua Gatal" , known to be married just twice. His current wife is Wan Chik Othman, a newscaster way back during the 80s..






Monday, October 04, 2004
The One With The Asian Heroes 

Somebody sent me a note, asked me to vote for TIMEasia.com Asian Heroes Poll.. 20 finalists have been chosen for the 2nd Annual online voting.. Burmese Nobel Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi is currently top the list with Malaysian Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tibetian Dalai Lama are trailing behind.. The winner will be announced via a special website later today..

** update : Poll results for Asia's Heroes 2004 available here

In 2003 poll, majority 37% of online voters nominated Korea's 2002 World Cup Football team as their heroes.. Malaysian former PM Tun Dr Mahathir only managed to get 2.7% votes, 6th out of 20 nominees, even behind the Philipines' iron lady Corazon Aquino..

However, what interest me the most was, the Magazine Special Edition issue of April 28, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 16 cover.. haha.. Asian Comedy God Genius.. none other than Stephen Chow Sing Chi..

Excerpts :
If Hong Kong has a Charlie Chaplin, he's it. The 40-year-old Chow started off as the lint in society's navel but has pulled himself up through wit, will and a keen appreciation for the cinematic uses of insanity. After growing up impoverished in working-class Kowloon, he tried to break into acting at age 19 by auditioning for a training course run by a local TV station. Knowing his height might be a problem—he's dubiously listed at 1.73 meters—he bought an expensive pair of elevator shoes. The judges never gave him a second glance. "At that time the concept of a star has got to be somebody tall like Chow Yun-fat," he says. "Someone like me on the TV or the screen is impossible."

Read on..
For some, they might know Stephen Chow only from Shaolin Soccer (2001) which managed to break into western market via its English version distributed by Miramax Films in 2004.. As for me, with the exposed from Singapore TV channel SBC8 (now TCS8), I know Chow (and his mighty side-kick Ng Man Tat) for years.. I also collected many of his movies.. my favourites would be Legend of the Dragon, GoG3 : Back to Shanghai, Fight Back to School Triology, Royal Tramp Duology, King of Beggars, Magnificent Scoundrels, Flirting Scholar, The Lucky Guy, Hail the Judge... ( ahhh.. the list goes on and on.. ).. A friend of mine, (also a Johorean) is even a worse Chow's freak.. He went to cinema to watch Shaolin Soccer more than 5 times.. and hundreds times more watching VCD, nights and days ..

For Chow's fans, good news coz he is back!!.. His latest movie, Kungfu Hustle which set during the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, will come to cinema on 23 December (source : CinemaOnline).. For those who haven't know who Stephen Chow is, this is your best chance to know him.. So guys. get ready to hustle!!







Friday, October 01, 2004
The One With All The Rumours 

Rumours.. rumours.. Some people like rumours more that they like the real facts..

So.. lately many rumours has been flying across this country.. Siti Nurhaliza vs Kak Pah.. Money politics in UMNO (well.. heheh.. I do think this is not just a rumour).. Even Shazmin of Mix.fm received lots of phone calls and SMSes congratulated her on her new 3.4kg 'still-unborn-baby'.. all because of some rumours that has been spread around..

Yesterday, Utusan published a report saying Ipoh born actress Datuk Michelle Yeoh has accepted THE question popped by Ferrari F1 Managing and Sporting Director, Jean Todt.. Utusan said it was according to Morning Post.. I was about to blog on the topic but I decided not to since I couldn't find the original source.. and today Utusan and The Star reported Michelle Yeoh denies the claim..

(Heck!! Local newspapers especially Utusan has becoming more and more tabloid-wannabe.. Oh come on.. I thought they have Kosmos to sell all these shits.. Remember the Mustafa Kamal of MKLand vs Manchester United case? )

It was said that Miss Malaysia 1983 and ex-Bond girl Michelle, 42 met Jean Todt, 58 at a Ferrari function in Shanghai.. The couple was introduced by Michelle's ex-boyfriend, Thomas Chung.. Public then spotted them together about a month later in Hungarian GP..

To think of it (read : Jean-Michelle relationships). It was pretty funny when TV3 8pm news aired the phone conversation between the reporter and Michelle's mother, Datin Janet.. quoted from The Star “If it is true, I am happy for her, as I have always been”.. Very similar like Ambank Homeloan radio advert, "As long as she's happy, I'm happy..".

Yeoh was said to be happy in the relationship and that she “would inform everyone if I get married in the future.”

I wonder who got the bigger catch here..

On a slightly ironic note, I wonder why there was a lesser hype regarding our Work Minister comments on MRR2 investigation reports which has been completed by Halcrow Consultants Ltd.

Lick back ur own spat eh, Mr. Semi?