Gosh, am so bored.

• I am sick
• Must get well by 7am tomorrow.
• Friends are getting married tomorrow. Hence, must get well by 7am tomorrow.
• CW is looking for options that will allow her to get out of this country asap. Sigh, another friend will be gone soon
• I’m going to get a niece in a few weeks time!
• I miss my cats.
• I miss my mom’s “Your fruit juice is ready” and my dad’s “Your fruits are in the fridge”
• I’m broke
• I do not miss driving from Subang –> KL –> Subang.
• I lurve being able to log in before 8:30am and leaving at 5:30pm. Hehe, I’m going to have a good record these few weeks
• My nose is still stuffed…sniff…sniffff…
• I want to sleep.
• 15 more mins and I can go HOME!

I don’t like talking about race-related subjects coz as we all know, it’s an extremely sensitive one.

But after reading this on Malaysiakini.com, I’m incensed, infuriated, and speechless (well, almost). Yes yes, I know this took place more than 6 months ago but I wasn’t following it then.

I believe these statements speak for themselves.

(I don’t understand how come it’s taking so long for any action to be taken against these people since the meeting was held last November. That’s like, more than SIX months ago! Oh, but then again, we all know know the outcome. NOTHING will happen.)

Umno is willing to risk lives and bathe in blood in defence of race and religion. Don’t play with fire. If they mess with our rights, we will mess with theirs.

~Hasnoor Sidang Hussein, UMNO delegate from Malacca~

Please don’t test the Malays; they know ‘amok’. We don’t want to reach that level. In the present situation, the Malays can still take it but efforts to enhance the Malays’ economy need to be intensified.

~Mohamed Rahmat, former Barisan Nasional and Umno secretary-general~

Err, first and foremost, aside from having Nationality : Malaysian in my passport and holding a MyKad, I’m trying to figure out what other rights I have. I can’t seem to question anything at all, even though I’m a lawful citizen, born and bred in this country that is seemingly becoming less and less my home, though it’s the only one I know. 

And secondly, is that a THREAT to non-Malays? Hey, we’re not the ones who are sending our religious officials (not that we have any) to storm into restaurants and removing other peoople’s properties for no good reason.

So, now it’s ok for the Malays to make seditious and racist comments coz the rest of us are NOT to question their rights and privileges.

So tell me, what rights do we have?

(NOW I know what JN meant when he said he was pissed after watching the UMNO general assembly. The country should be so “glad” to know they’ve lost another talent to another country. Hooray for Malaysia!)

On a happier note, I’m going for the MSF!

Yay!

Took me about 3 days to decide, at the last minute. That I will go… coz it’s either now or never.

So yes, I’m going! I’m going! I’m goingggggg!!!!!!!!

I must have the worst immune system EVER!

I’ve got the flu bug… AGAIN! Two weeks after I caught  it, now am down again. And even after diligently taking VitC every single morning.

Argh! I am sooo annoyed! And cranky. And miserable. With a stupid sore throat that feels like sandpaper and nose that’s so stuffed that my face feels so totally clogged up, like one of the drains in KL.

So not fun. And tomorrow’s a busy day.

Haaaaiiiisssshhh!!!!!!!!

o_O

Extract from Malaysiakini.com regarding Thierry Rommel’s comments on the NEP:

Malaysia will voice its protest to the European Union over last week’s remarks by the European Commission delegation head in Malaysia Thierry Rommel that the New Economic Policy (NEP) is not favourable to the country’s economy.

Describing Rommel as “offending the feelings of many Malaysians”, Ahmad Shabery confirmed that the Foreign Ministry has called the former to explain his remarks.

I’m not offended and I don’t object his comments. Rommel’s comments on the NEP are nothing new at all. What I’m offended is that the Foreign Ministry is making it sound like the entire Malaysian population is objecting to Rommel’s statement.

Now THAT I object!

YOU got me all mixed up with the dates!!!!!

Call me petty, anal, or whatever you like… but I just do not understand why able-bodied people can’t walk up or down one or two flights of stairs to get to the floor they want.

Take my office building, for example. There are 6 elevators; 2 elevators service all 20 floors, the other 4 service different sets of floors.

Now, this building is relatively old, I’d say at least 10-15 years old and hence, the elevators are of that era as well i.e. SLOW. The time it takes for one to wait for the elevator just to go up or down one floor is normally more than what it would take for one to use the stairs. That’s why I would always take the stairs if I wanted to go up or down 1-3 floors, coz it’s such a waste of time to wait for the elevator and I hate waiting. No big deal, I take it as my exercise for the day. Sometimes, especially during lunchtime, the elevators would be full, so I would take the stairs down 11 floors (yes, my office is located on the 11th floor).

It’s really annoying when you’re in the elevator from the Ground floor and you want to get up to the 11th floor (or vice versa); the elevator is already so slow and then some able bodied person comes in on, say, the 8th floor and hits the button to get to the 9th floor (or any other one-floor interval). It takes much effort for me not to roll my eyes and let out an exasperated sigh coz it’s such a waste of time!

So, unless one is physically disabled (and we have a few employees who are), elderly or are temporarily incapacitated (e.g. pregnant, broken limb(s), physically unwell), I think people should just walk that 1-2 floors up or down to get to their destination.

OR unless the stairwell in your building is poorly lit and it’s too dangerous for you to take the stairs. Then by all means, use the elevators. Always safety first.

Have a nice day!

ChrisW and I were at Salsa 101 on Saturday.

Since it was supposed to be a glitzy event, a lot of people were dressed up (not me though, coz I was there early for the workshops and didn’t feel like spending 5 hours plus in a fancy outfit and heels). So I was comfortably underdressed in my jeans, pink top, and jazz shoes

So anyway, we were lamenting on the fact that there are so few good-looking Malaysian males for us to feast our eyes on while there are so many more hot-looking babes for the guys to salivate over. Being rather bored at that moment, we decided to be really superficial and made up a game where we were to spot at least 10 good-looking males at that event.

ChrisW : Oh, Mr. A is quite ok. Good physique and pleasant-looking.
Me : Hmmm… yeah, I agree. He’s No. 1.

We continued male-watching. And watching. And watching.

Me : Eh, we’re still stuck at No. 1.
ChrisW : Yah man, this is sad. I’ve already filled my list of 10 hot-looking babes.

At that point, we were standing outside the ballroom. We decided to head into the ballroom coz the main event was starting.

ChrisW : That gwailo there is not bad as well.
Me : Eh, are we counting Mat Sallehs too?
ChrisW : Ya la, any good-looking male here, regardless of race.
Me : Oh, ok. Hhhmmm… ok la, can pass. He’s No. 2. Oh, I can think of No. 3 but I can’t see him around. Wait, lemme look for him and then you tell me whether he can be No. 3.

We stood around, then I went to get in a few dances. It was quite exhilarating… seeing that I haven’t been out dancing for a few weeks. Also found out that I’ve lost some of my stamina!

ChrisW : Eh, where’s your No. 3?
Me : *looking to my left* Errr… I dun see him around.
ChrisW : Is that No. 3? *nodding towards Mr. C on my left*
Me : Oh, I didn’t think of him but can also. What do you think?
ChrisW : Hmmmm… ok la, I wouldn’t say that good-looking but can pass.
Me : Yay! We’ve got No. 3!!

The competition began. Then back to social dancing.

Me : Oh oh! There’s my supposed No. 3! What do you think?
ChrisW : Nah, no la.
Me : Really ar? But he’s got an ok body-size. Not scrawny, I dun like scrawny guys.
ChrisW : Yah yah, me too!!

So we continued looking, in between dances.

ChrisW : Actually, I think your No. 3 can masuk the list la.
Me : Huh? Really ar? Are you sure? Oh no, does this mean our standards are jatuh-ing already? Within a span of a few hours?! *gasp!* Is this an indication of the expectations of the general female population in M’sia of men? That over the years, they tend to lower their standards coz they can’t find anyone meeting their criteria?! Wow, and we’ve proven that to be true in accelerated time!
ChrisW : *laughs* Yah, maybe so…

So we ended the night with only 4 on our list of good-looking men at that event.

Now, before anyone shoots me down and accuses me of being superficial, I did mention that (1) we were bored, and (2) we WERE being superficial with our list coz we were solely looking at physical attributes. So dun come at me with a parang and accuse me of being totally shallow!

Hey, when gals get bored, we are entitled to amuse ourselves Men do it too!

Few things infuriate me more than seeing those brainless Mat Rempits blatantly flaunt traffic rules, endangering other road users, and being able to do nothing about it.

Had just finished a show at the DBKL Auditorium this evening, around 11pm. Was waiting at the traffic lights shortly after coming out of the DBKL building (the traffic lights were red). Suddenly, this whole bunch of Mat Rempits came roaring by from behind, on their bikes, doing wheelies and they didn’t even stop for the traffic lights! It was RED, for heavens’ sake! It wasn’t even turning yellow to red! And there was oncoming traffic!!

Seriously, at times like these, I don’t think about karma, and just wish some big heavy vehicle would come and mow them all down!

Yeah, Visit Malaysia Year alright. This is how we show visitors how truly NOT Asia our country is, with all these hooligans ruling central KL. Such a good way to make them think twice, three times about returning.

*Update*

Taken from Lim Kit Siang’s blog.

Our leaders are always in a denial mode whenever there are legitimate criticisms levied at our govt or our policies while at the same time feeling they have a divine right to pinpoint the inadequacies of other less unfortunate countries.

This statement sums it all up i.e. the state of our leadership.

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You know, our so-called leaders are such a delusional bunch of morons. Either that, or they’re in 100% denial all the time.

Each time a negative report is published regarding the country’s rankings in different areas e.g. our drop in ranking in the Corruption Index, the rising crime rate, M’sia ranked one of the rudest city in the world, all these so-called leaders can say is “Oh, that’s just a perception and doesn’t reflect the true situation”.

The most recent article I’ve read on Malaysiakini.com… according to one of the Ministers in the PM’s dept, Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, Malaysia should not be compared to countries like Singapore in terms of corruption because “Singapore is not a real country, it is a small island. Singapore’s population is only 3-4 million and there are no opportunities for corruption, unlike our country.”

If that’s not one of the lamest excuse given to explain the rampant corruption in our country, I don’t know what is.

Why can’t these people take the findings as motivation to improve the situation instead of coming up with stupid statements to rebutt each and every negative report that comes out? Come on, it’s not like the figures in these reports are plucked from the sky. There has to be a basis to come up with the report and those agencies that prepare and publish those reports would at least, get that right, as their reputation is on the line.

Which is far from what I can say about our so-called leaders. All sorts of stupid and nonsensical things they can say, sometimes so incredulous that I’m rendered speechless.

I think our entire govt. should be revamped and those useless morons sitting there for 20+years and with mentalities that are probably mouldy with age should just stop talking and bury themselves so they can stop embarrassing themselves and humiliating the rest of us in this country.

Read the entire article here.