Got this forwarded email from my friend Enoch Abraham several days ago, and it was hilarious.

Somewhat, it fits the timing now, with the state elections in Sarawak. Do read it with an open mind and a sense of humour.

Heaven vs Hell 

Whilst walking down the street one day a Malaysian “Boleh” Minister is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in HEAVEN and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. 

St. Peter: Welcome to HEAVEN. Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you. 

Yang Berhormat: No problem, just let me in. 

St. Peter: Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is you have to spend one day in HELL and one in HEAVEN. Then you can chose, where to spend eternity. 

Yang Berhormat: Really, I have made up my mind. I want to be in HEAVEN. 

St. Peter: I’m sorry, but we have our rules.

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down, down to HELL. 

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course.
In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it, are all his friends and other politicians who had worked for him.
Everyone is very happy and dressed in the finest batik there is. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then indulge themselves on lobsters, caviar and the most expensive food. 

Also present is the DEVIL , who really is a very friendly guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realises it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises. 

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in HEAVEN where St. Peter is waiting for him. 

St. Peter: Now it’s time to visit HEAVEN. 

So, 24 hours pass with the Yang Berhormat joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing.
They have a good time and, before he realises it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. 

St. Peter: Well, then, you have spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity. 

Yang Berhormat: Well, I would never have said it before. I mean HEAVEN has been delightful, but I think I am better off in HELL. 

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to HELL. Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in a middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. 

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The DEVIL comes over to him and puts his hands around his shoulder. 

Yang Berhormat: I don’t understand. Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened? 

The DEVIL(smilingly): Yesterday we were campaigning just like you during an election…Today you VOTED.

Moral of the story? USE YOUR VOTE INTELLIGENTLY !!!

Have a good week ahead, readers!


Love & Peace!~
BC?

Pisang Goreng

Got this forwarded email from Justin and Kevan.

Thought of sharing it with you readers!

This is what happens when you urinate on a 220 volt 3 phase electric fence!

*Ouch!* Be warned!

And tomorrow's October!~ We're entering the final quarter of 2009! What have you accomplished so far?


Love & Peace!~

BC?

Gonna watch a Movie!

While meeting up with Kevan and Justin in KL few weeks back, Kevan mentioned a hilarious Ice Age 3 trailer, and i got hold of it; it was funny indeed!~

Here it is:




Will watch this one of these days.


Anyway, gonna watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with Melissa D now. Heard mixed reviews, but i'm watching it to chill out lah!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

This could be the only hightlight of the by-election....

And it appeared out of nowhere in Penanti - jovially hopping around, minding its own business throughout the by-election here. And it has been ages since i last held a rabbit! (Pictures of rabbits taken by Shanon Shah)

This was the rabbit i managed to catch during the by-election. Unfortunately, it belongs to someone living nearby, in Kubang Ulu in Penanti.

Sue-Chern happily patting the cute white rabbit as she says, "It will look better in the cooking pot."

These were the two baby rabbits taken by Shanon, when he was invited by the owner to have a short chat.


... or not.

The expose of bribe offers from PKR, made by former PKR wanita chief Aminah Abdullah, who contested as an independent in this by-elections did expose some dirt within the party. But even though she said she would reveal more secrets, the excitement fizzled off before Polling Day.

And while Nai Khan Ari was all gun-ho in his campaign, the other independent candidate Kamarul Ramizu Idris was somewhat missing... as if he was in his own world. And he lose slightly more votes here, as compared to Bukit Gantang. *ouch*

But unfortunately, Polling Day was not exciting (as many of us expected). Yes, PKR's Mansor did win, but compared to the previous by-elections, BN did not contest, and i have to agree with the Prime Minister, this is not a great victory to celebrate.

It was not only boring and dull, but it had one of the lowest turnout in the history of elections in the country - 46.15% only!


From the left, PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Penanti assemblyman and soon-to-be Deputy Chief Minister (I) Mansor Othman, party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and party state chief Datuk Zahrain Mohammad Hashim, moving towards Institut Kemahiran Belia Negera in BM, where Mansor was declared the winner of the by-election.


But hey, maybe the next by-election would be more interesting?

Love & Peace!~

BC?

If IKEA took over GENERAL MOTOR...

Got this forwarded email from a friend.


Just Annouced - IKEA to take over General Motors.

IKEA has annouced it's intention to take over GM and sell cars.
In that case, we're in trouble...

Because they're going to give you this (Figure 1)...

Figure 1

... to build THIS (Figure 2)!

Figure 2

Have a nice day, and an exciting weekend!~

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Happy Labour Day!

Had fun with some of the guys from cell group bowling and also 'hiking' in Paya Terubong.

Had a haircut and now shifted to a new room.

Feeling tired and i wanna go home. Will be down in KL middle of this month. And it's May - how fast time passes by.


Anyway, i got this email from a colleague of mine. And if you're jobless, do consider the offer:

Minat dalam bidang PERTAHANAN?

Bantu skuad negara dalam membanteras jenayah.

Syarat-syarat:
1. Bumiputra dan bukan bumiputra
2. Tidak Rabun Warna
3. Kelayakan Minimum SPM
4. Berumur diantara 18-30 tahun

Kelebihan:
1. Kerja di bawah kerajaan
2. Gaji pokok : RM1800
3. Elaun bulanan (Cola) : RM300
4. Elaun penginapan RM300
5. Uniform: RM450
6. Dobi RM200
7. Percuma kursus mempertahankan diri
8. Kenaikan pangkat secara lantikan dari ketua unit jawatan dan mengambil ujian khas

Sekiranya berminat sila hadir pada sesi temuduga dan dikehendaki membawa kad pengenalan diri serta gambar berukuran passport pada 05 April 2009 di Jabatan Pertahanan Awam.

Bagi yang berkelayakan uniform akan diberikan 3 pasang setiap seorang dan kelengkapan lain (lengkap) serta perlu melaporkan diri 60 hari dari surat tawaran jawatan.


LAMPIRAN SILA KE BAWAH.



Jawatan:
1. Power Rangers
2. Kamen Riders
3. Ultraman
4. Sailormoon (wanita sahaja)


Happy Labour Day!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Go Green!

I wonder if anyone was aware that it was Earth Day yesterday? Being caught in the state assembly sitting here on the island till last night i forgot about it.

I suppose on this day, everyone should try to go green. So, have you had your greens today?

The weekend is coming!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Tired?

An exhaust pipe which fell off a motorcycle, lying like a tired dog on the road.
Wonder why is it on the road.
Maybe it could no longer hang on.
Maybe it was exhausted about life.
Maybe it was hit hard by circumstances.

Whatever it is, there's a bike out there fuming away, as it leaves one part of it behind.

Note: This has nothing to do with the DCM (I) here submitting his resignation to the state government. He's under a lot of pressure, but i'm clueless of why he resigned. You got any clue?

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Photo tip.

Something i learn while trying to take photos in a low-lit area.

Got this from HERE.

HAHAHA!~ Just for laughs.

Anyway, i'm hanging out here in my home in KL. Had good time with family and friends. Do drop me a line lah, if you wanna meet up. Will try to meet up if possible.

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Decisions, decisions.

Just received this via email from my former classmate, and i've decided to up this up to wipe off your Monday blues.

Sometimes, this is what i face, not only being with Melissa D, but with everyone else as well. Remember, the weekend is just five days away. Have a great week!~

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Fatwas that could possible come in the near future!

With the whole yoga issue being somewhat banned for all Muslims in the country, i've received this forwarded email from a couple of my friends.

If it's true, this is written by a Malay guy from Shah Alam, and this is how it goes:

Makin hari umat Islam makin ditindas dan dikongkong. Bukan oleh orang Cina, atau orang India atau orang Yahudi atau orang Kristian. Tetapi dianiya dan dikongkong oleh orang Islam/Melayu sendiri. Please read on.

Selepas fatwa pengharaman yoga, fatwa-fatwa yang akan datang adalah
seperti berikut :

Disember 2008
Orang Islam dilarang mandi di kolam renang awam. Di kolam renang awam, akan terdapat orang-orang yang bukan Islam yang memakai pakaian renang yang singkat dan mendedahkan aurat (terutamanya amoi-amoi china yang cun dan seksi). Ini boleh menjejaskan akidah orang Islam. Cara yang paling baik ialah kita haramkan orang Islam dari kolam renang awam.

Januari 2009
Orang Islam dilarang pergi ke Pulau Pinang. Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang adalah seorang yang bukan Islam and majoriti penduduk Pulau Pinang adalah orang yang bukan Islam. Apabila seorang Islam berada di Pulau Pinang, beliau mungkin terhidu bau char keoy tiaw yang dimasak oleh orang bukan Islam dan ini boleh merosakkan akidah kita. Cara yang paling baik ialah kita haramkan orang Islam dari pergi ke Pulau Pinang. Orang Islam yang kini tinggal di Pulau Pinang akan diberi elaun pindah sebanyak RM 3000 untuk membantu mereka berpindah ke negeri-negeri yang lain. Perpindahan ke negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu amat amat digalakkan.

Februari 2009
Orang Islam dilarang meminum root beer. Walaupun root beer tidak mengandungi alkohol, namun perkataan "beer" ini boleh menimbulkan keghairan dan kelakuan tidak senonoh di kalangan orang Islam. Dengan pengharaman root beer, orang Islam bolehlah meminum minuman ringan yang lain tanpa was-was. Ginger beer juga diharamkan.

March 2009
Orang Islam dilarang memakan di kedai Mamak. Walaupun mamak kebanyakkannya Islam, tetapi asal usul mereka adalah India dan ada kemungkinan terdapat unsur-unsur India di dalam perniagaan mereka seperti bercakap Tamil dan memakai seluar dalam buatan India. Untuk mengelakkan sebarang syak wasangka, mulai 1 Mac 2009, orang Islam
dilarang dari memakan di kedai mamak.

April 2009
Orang Islam dilarang bermain ping pong atau table tennis. Ping pong berasal dari negeri China dan oleh yang demikian, mungkin terdapat unsur-unsur agama Buddha atau Confuciusism di dalam permainan ping pong.
Ornag Islam yang terlalu banyak bermain ping pong akan terjejas akidah mereka. Sebagai permainan alternatif, orang Islam digalakkan bermain sepak raga (tetapi bola raga mesti buatan Malaysia, bukan dari Thailand).

Mei 2009
Orang Islam yang berkerja dengan kerajaan dilarang mengambil gaji masing-masing. Ini kerana sebahagian besar pendapatan kerajaan adalah cukai pendapatan yang dibayar oleh syarikat-syarikat orang bukan Islam.
Orang Islam digalakkan meminta sedekah dari orang Islam yang lain. Untuk memudahkan permintaan sedekah, bakal peminta sedekah digalakkan mencangkung di hadapan bangunan UMNO.

Jun 2009
Orang Islam dilarang keluar negara. Terdapat terlalu banyak godaan yang boleh meruntuhkan akhlak dan akidah orang Islam. Perkara ini telahpun dikaji dengan teliti hasil lawatan sambil belajar ke Bangkok oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan baru-baru ini. Oleh yang demikian, orang Islam diminta menyerahkan balik paspot masing-masing ke jabatan immigresen secepat mungkin. Perjalanan keluar negara hanya dibenarkan untuk menteri-menteri dan orang kuat UMNO sahaja, itupun hanya jika diiringi oleh ahli Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan.

Julai 2009
Orang Islam dilarang berfikir di waktu siang. Kebanyakkan masalah jenayah dan maksiat wujud kerana orang-orang yang tak ada kerja berfikir yang bukan-bukan. Untuk membenteras maslah jeneyah dan maksiat, orang-orang Islam mulai 1 Julai 2009, dilarang dari menggunakan otak mereka diwaktu siang. Pemikiran mereka akan dipantau
oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan dengan menggunakan sekumpulan specially trained monkeys.
Orang Islam boleh menggunakan otak mereka di waktu malam tetapi pemikiran dihadkan kepada perkara-perkara berkaitan dengan makan dan minum sahaja.



Please do not laugh. Many of the above will become a reality if we do not do anything. The rational-thinking muslims in this country are simply not doing anything. We let a very small minority of narrow-minded idiots to control our lives. We, especially the Malay muslims, are fast becoming a laughing stock worldwide. We are obsessed with the little little things.

When there are so many important things remain to be done, why must the Fatwa folks spend their time on little things.. tomboys, yoga, etc.

Why don't we ever hear anything from the Fatwa folks for social justice, eradicating corruption and poverty, protecting single mothers, helping the poors, educating the ummah, protecting the environment or ensuring fairness in society.

If you are a rationale, forward thinking muslim, please speak up. If you choose to remain silent, it only means that you agree with whatever is happening. And do not blame the non-muslims for all our troubles. We are asking for it.

I hope i don't get detained for my own good for putting this up. It's just funny lah. And hopefully, this doesn't really come true lah.

Love & Peace!~

BC?

The Prodigal Son in the Key of F

I heard this in a sermon a few months ago in PCC. And found this on the internet. Do check it out:


Feeling footloose and frisky, a feather-brained fellow forced his father
to fork over his farthings. Fast he flew to foreign fields and
frittered his family's fortune, feasting fabulously with floozies and
faithless friends. Flooded with flattery he financed a full-fledged
fling of "funny foam" and fast food.

Fleeced by his fellows in folly, facing famine, and feeling faintly
fuzzy, he found himself a feed-flinger in a filthy foreign farmyard.
Feeling frail and fairly famished, he fain would have filled his frame
with foraged food from the fodder fragments.

"Fooey," he figured, "my father's flunkies fare far fancier," the
frazzled fugitive fumed feverishly, facing the facts. Finally,
frustrated from failure and filled with foreboding (but following his
feelings) he fled from the filthy foreign farmyard.

Faraway, the father focused on the fretful familiar form in the field
and flew to him and fondly flung his forearms around the fatigued
fugitive. Falling at his father's feet, the fugitive floundered
forlornly, "Father, I have flunked and fruitlessly forfeited family
favor."

Finally, the faithful Father, forbidding and forestalling further
flinching, frantically flagged the flunkies to fetch forth the finest
fatling and fix a feast.

Faithfully, the father's first-born was in a fertile field fixing fences
while father and fugitive were feeling festive. The foreman felt
fantastic as he flashed the fortunate news of a familiar family face
that had forsaken fatal foolishness. Forty-four feet from the farmhouse
the first-born found a farmhand fixing a fatling.

Frowning and finding fault, he found father and fumed, "Floozies and
foam from frittered family funds and you fix a feast following the
fugitive's folderol"? The first-born's fury flashed, but fussing was
futile. The frugal first-born felt it was fitting to feel "favored" for
his faithfulness and fidelity to family, father, and farm. In foolhardy
fashion, he faulted the father for failing to furnish a fatling and
feast for his friends. His folly was not in feeling fit for feast and
fatling for friends; rather his flaw was in his feeling about the
fairness of the festival for the found fugitive.

His fundamental fallacy was a fixation on favoritism, not forgiveness.
Any focus on feeling "favored" will fester and friction will force the
frayed facade to fall. Frankly, the father felt the frigid first-born's
frugality of forgiveness was formidable and frightful. But the father's
former faithful fortitude and fearless forbearance to forgive both
fugitive and first-born flourishes.

The farsighted father figured, "Such fidelity is fine, but what forbids
fervent festivity for the fugitive that is found? Unfurl the flags and
finery, let fun and frolic freely flow. Former failure is forgotten,
folly is forsaken. Forgiveness forms the foundation for future
fortune."

Four facets of the father's fathomless fondness for faltering fugitives
are:
1) Forgiveness
2) Forever faithful friendship
3) Fadeless love, and
4) A facility for forgetting flaws


by Timothy E. Fulop
Assistant Dean of Faculty,
Columbia Theological Seminary


Have a nice day!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

As Seen In China.

Well, the Olympics in Beijing have started and i believe everyone knows of the story behind the girl who can't sing and the fake fireworks display. Can't believe the authorities actually support that the fake visage! Oh well....

Anyway, do enjoy the pictures below. Got them from Justin's forwarded email. Have a nice day:














I'm not putting any caption, as a picture tells a thousand words. Enjoy.

I'm currently blogging at the lobby of Sunway Hotel, Seberang Jaya, waiting for some bigshot to come. Oh well, back to work as the by-election comes!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

These Laws are... true?

This is something i got off the bulletin board on Friendster, and i found it amusing. It somewhat rhymes with Murphy's Law (anything that can possibly go wrong, will go wrong). Check it out:

Law of QUEUE: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

Law of the TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged tone.

Law of MECHANICAL REPAIR: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will
begin to itch.

Law of the WORKSHOP: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of the ALIBI: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat
tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

Bath THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are
with someone you don't want to be seen with.

LAW of the RESULT: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will!

LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

THEATRE RULE: People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle arrive last.

LAW OF COFFEE: As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask
you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

Have a great week ahead!

Love & Peace!~

BC?

A mouse in the between the lines

In this day and age, everyone would have at least one handphone number, if not just a landline to be contacted. But with the introduction of the World Wide Web, everyone would have at least one email. Unless of course, you're Amish and deny computers from your life.

It wasn't until in 1999, when my friend Silas, who introduced me to the wonders of WWW and the cybercafe that i got myself an email address.

Being an email virgin then, i didn't know what to put. Silas then gave me a few tips on getting an email, like putting in your own name or nickname and throw in some digits into the address.

The first attempt was a flop, as someone had the email address "bernard84(at)*******.com". I choose the other choices they gave, which i totally forgot, as it somewhat incorporated my chinese name in it. Thus, i tried the second one.

I followed this formula:

Putting my name in it - bernard
Adding in digits - 84 (the year i was born)
And to make it a little special, i put it the term 'pika' behind it.

Hence, it became 'bernard84pika(at)*******.com'.

Why pika you asked? It was then i too darn engrossed with Pokemon (yes, the names of the 151 pokemons are still stuck somewhere in my head)!

Pikachu, the main character was one of the interesting pokemon, and decided to use 'pika' in my email address.


Pikachu from Pokemon.


And it stated like that for years, even after i applied for two other email addresses.

It wasn't until recently, when my colleague here pointed out about the abnormality in my email address, and asked why i put a 'rat' in my email address.

Puzzled about why she thought it was a (real) rodent, i told her how the email address came about. And to her surprise, she explained that pika is indeed a type of mouse.

After googling it up, i found it, and it was true. This is an extract from answers.com;

"A short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares, also called mouse hare and rock rabbit. Pikas live above the timber line in the mountains of N Asia and W North America. The pika differs from the rabbit in that its body is smaller and the ears on its blunt head are shorter; also unlike the rabbit, the fore and hind limbs are about equal in length. The pika moves with a scampering gait. Its fur varies from red to gray and covers the soles of its feet. Pikas generally shelter in communities beneath rocks, although some Asian species burrow. Their diet consists primarily of green plants. Because food is difficult to obtain in winter in the harsh tundra environment, pikas cut, sun-dry, and store vegetation for winter use. Pikas are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Lagomorpha, family Ochotonidae."

Click HERE for more information.


A real McCoy


Then, it smacked me, it was some kind of 'fate', for the lack of better term, as i was born in the year of the mouse as well!

I just laughed finding out such revelation. What are the odds?

Everyday, you learn something new, yeah?

Love & Peace!~

BC?

You Like Stories About Subsidies?

My colleague on the island got this from another colleague in KL. This caught my attention, and i decided to put it here. Kudos to whoever wrote this forward in the first place:

In Malaysia’s case, we are in the Petrolum farm. Follow the good reasoning:-

The story about “subsidy”…

A man called Maha owns a farm which can produce 10 apples every day.

He has 5 workers to operate the farm.

Each of them eats 1 apple daily and it is enough to keep them operating the farm normally.

The remaining 4 apples, the landlord sells them at RM10 each and he earns RM40.

He uses the RM25 to improve the farm operation and facilities.

He gives RM2.00 to each of his workers and he keeps the remaining RM5.00 as profit.

Day by day, the farm is well developed and all of the 5 workers are happy with the money they can save.

When Maha passed away and there is a new landlord, Abdul comes to continue the farm operation.

He says to the workers: “We need to improve the farm quality and redefine our way of thinking.

From now on all of you only need to pay RM1.00 for each apple you eat. It is very cheap as the price is RM10 each outside the farm.”

The workers have no choice but to pay RM1.00 for the apple they eat daily.

Their earning decrease from RM2.00 to RM1.00 per person.

As usual, Abdul sells the 4 apples and he gets RM40.

He uses RM25 for farm improvement and pays RM10 to his 5 workers.

He gets RM5.00 as profit. On top of that, he gets another RM5.00 from the apples that he sells to his workers.

In total, he gets RM10 as profit every day.

Soon, the apple price increases to RM20 each.

The new landlord gets a higher profit as he gets RM80 for the 4 apples he sells daily.

Then, he decides to give the farming improvement contract to one of his close friend, Samy.

Samy says:”Apple cost naik, improvement cost also misti naik.”

So, the farm improvement cost increases from RM25 to RM50.

In actual, the improvement only cost RM30.

The remaining RM20, Abdul and Samy share evenly among themselves.

Let’s calculate how much Abdul gets daily:

RM10 (from farm improvement cost)
RM20 (Net profit by selling 4 apples: [Gross profit, RM80] – [Improvement cost, RM50] – [Wages RM10] = RM20)
RM5 (from selling apples to his workers)

In total, Abdul gets RM35 daily compare to RM10 initially when he takes over the farm from Maha.

His profit increases RM25 and the workers are still getting RM1.00 daily per person.

The greedy Abdul does not want to stop there.

One day, he says to his fellow workers:” You see ah, the current market price for one apple is RM20 and you are only paying RM1.

See how lucky you are! I have to SUBSIDISE you RM19.00 for each of the apple you buy and total I need to SUBSIDISE RM95.00.

This will greatly burden the farm and we might get bankrupt if we continue like this.

In order to avoid bankruptcy, I need to increase the apple price that you buy from RM1.00 to RM1.50 and I will bare the remaining RM18.50 per apple as my subsidy to you all. ”

So, greedy Abdul adds RM2.50 to his current profit and the number becomes RM37.50.

After you have read the story, I am sure you have already understood the meaning of “SUBSIDY” given by the BN government.

The RM95 subsidy was never existed in the first place and so was the RM52 billion fuel subsidy generously “given” by the BN government.

Cutting fuel subsidy is actually just a reason to steal money from your pocket.
Are you gonna stand there and let them rob you?

I'm just too tired to think. Mind's overloaded with entries, but body doesn't permit blog. *sigh*

Love & Peace!~

BC?

(Tolong) Mind Your Language

Sometimes, you need to be careful of the information you find on the Internet.

For example, you really need a laugh at translation into our country's national language, you have to check THIS LINK. Thank goodness it has been editted!

If you were to read the whole article, it talks about the national sausage, i mean, bahasa kebangsaan, editted by some joker who passed off as a contributer who wanted a laugh, at the expend of the national sausage language.

How ridiculous was the translation?

Well, let's just say Teman Lelaki isn't rapist, Saya sakit is not I suck, nor Awak babi is anywhere near a thank you!

This reminded me on the Wikipedia scandal which happened last year, where this former contributer EssJay who made false claims about his academic qualifications and professional experiences, and this deception had impact on the perceptions of Wikipedia (and its policies and credibility), and the quality of decisions made in his promotion, support, and employment. In layman's words, the controversy cracked the reputation Wikipedia has.

Now you know why lecturers don't approve information found on this open content encyclopedia website. Click HERE and HERE for more info on the Essjay story.

So, minta tolong that you check where your facts are from, ok?

Love & Peace!~

BC?

Small, small world!

People are connected to others, sometimes very unexpectedly, and sometimes shocking!

I learnt this when i met up with my friends last year.

The three of us, Hui Wen, Jocelyn and myself ate at Seoul Garden here in Gurney Plaza early last week.



Mmmm... barbeque! With the steamboat in the middle.

And i would say it's worth going there if you're planning to have a barbeque buffet with tonnes of meat.


Oh, meat cooked to perfection.

I haven't seen Hui Wen since she graduated from UTAR about two years ago. So, it has been awhile since we did some follow-up. But before meeting up with her, while i was working here, i found out that her dad was a politician!

Yes, her dad was a former state assemblyman, who lost in the recent general election. I asked her about it, and she said her dad was state assemblyman for one term in an area on this island for a term. And now that he lost the sit to Jason Ong, her dad is rather free, and goes for many, many political party meeting or just hang around with his friend.

Ironically, now that he has spare time with the family, both Hui Wen and her mom are busy at work.

But what really surprised me was the fact that her dad wasn't the only one who was in politics; her uncle was as well.

Her uncle is the state assemblyman for his constituency on mainland once again, and now a state exco. And when she told me who her uncle was, i was just shocked! It happened to be one of my favourite excos here!

I really couldn't believe it. Now i know a friend whose uncle in part of the state government! What a small, small world!

Hui Wen (left) and Jocelyn (right) with the hot plate in between. Oh yeah, and some side characters too.


Hui Wen and I

Love & Peace!~

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When words can fail you.

I can't believe i made a fool of myself in front of the Chief Minister! I could just said "I don't understand Chinese!" instead of just blankly staring back at Guan Eng. *argh* If the Chinese daily reporter did not intervene and said something, it would have been a long, awkward silence. Long enough that i wish the earth would have split open and just swallow me up lah.

If only i had just spoken up, i would have done justice to myself.

But there are times you just wished you did not do some things - case in hand is the teenager who commented about DAP chairperson Karpal Singh that he should be killed on a website.

In his comment posted on a website, the youth stated something like "darah Karpal halal dibunuh" (it's justifiable for him to be killed)

Anyone in their right mind would file a police report against this commentator, and that was what the Gelugor MP did!

Of course, a few days later, after realising the fact that his dumb comment would jeopardize his future, the commentator sent a letter to Karpal asking him to withdraw the police report.

However, according to Karpal, he could not retract what he has reported, as this would amount to giving false police report. However, he wrote a letter to the Attorney General, hoping that the case against the teenager would not be prosecuted, since the AG has the authority to do so.

Karpal said that he has forgiven the teenager. And since the teenager was sincere in his letter, he said that writing a letter to the AG would be the next best thing lah.

The Lion of Gelugor is not only fierce, but merciful as well. Kinda reminds me of Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia!

But at the end of the day, it's best to be careful of your own actions, or words.

If only conversation can be easily translated into understandable terms, like what happened in The Forbidden Kingdom:


Jason Tripitikas: I can't understand you.
Lu Yan: That's because you're not listening!

Love & Peace!~

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How can it be there?

I can't believe i rammed into a trishaw while i was parking my car in reverse. Besides the fact that it was dark, the trishaw was no where in sight through the hind-view mirror and the windshield was foggy, only by ramming into it that i realised it was there.

But then again, there are too many dents on my darn car to notice any difference. Oh well, it's definitely better than knocking someone down and crippling one for the rest of one's life.


Note: IRON MAN the movie is awesome!

Love & Peace!~

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