- Equation of Transition -

Yeah..so far it’s the funniest news of the week, my kind of news. I once asked a few friends what would be ‘interesting news’ to them (i.e. just so i get some idea as what to answer when anybody asks me what’s interesting in the news today). One answered it’s interesting when crimes were busted. Guess it’s more interesting now that crime-doers were literally busted (bashed, walloped). One says when Mother Nature strikes. My boyfriend points out terrifying crimes in our area (state) as words of cautions. Me? Well I like this kind of news.

I called ‘Unbelievable Human Righteous-ness’.

If people ask me what state I am in, I’m gonna answer ‘Denial’. (kudos to Calvin)

Just like when the xPM was laying out critiques for the current PM. Only then I had to shake my head. Now I laughed out loud. I wanted to roll on the floor too. Heck why not, my office is super-clean >:)

One that got me laughing is this caption,

                  " Of the seven people who bumped into us at the Midvalley, five said "Sorry" or "Excuse Me" while the other two glare at us".

Now that’s REAL people!!! While not guilty of doing that, I admit to "pretending that I didn’t do anything" (and put on my ‘hey it wasn’t me’ face), although in good days I would apologize. As for holding doors, I don’t find that to be troublesome, so I do that and I think most people do. Observe when you’re going out the exits after coming out from the cinemas. People do hold the doors. Lesse… Picking up papers. MAYbe, if my hands are not holding paperbags of shopping goodies, if the person who dropped them are the elders, and he/she look really embarressed or flustered. If the person is young then NO. Bend your own back mister, you’re full of energy I know so. Smiling to strangers, no biggie unless I’m in a hurry and if I’m walking with my boyfriend (then it would be limited to smiling to the same sex and cute kids).

In my little society however, I smile to the elders and everybody I know. Yes, in Asia a smile does mean a lot then greetings. It does a lot of wonder when you just wanna go by and not stop for any conversation coz not replying appropriately would be considered as; RUDE. See, even when I was rude, I was only rude to stop myself for doing something more rude.

Isn’t that courtesy, ladies and gents? I believe it is

Got to agree on the shopkeeper though. There’s this lady who co-owns (the business belongs to her in-laws) this restaurant near my workplace, she keeps extorting me for the unworthy lauks I bought there. In Malay, she is doing what we say ‘menahan lukah di tempat genting’. Trapping the fishes at the slimmest riverflow. It is manipulating. She should be shamed of herself.

Did she say thank you? NO.

Did she thinks that’s rude? I bet that never even cross her mind. And to think that I am part of the rezeki she receives everyday. I should let her read the paper, high-light the ’shopkeeper’ bit, and smirked at her.

But that would be rude, wouldn’t it? *SIGH*

I’l jez let this one slide. It’s not like she understands English anyway.

I’ll jez keep glaring at her when she takes the printed notes (read:money) from my hand.

R U D E ? Let it be. I’m happy, she’s happy. How can anyone disagree with that?

I told you then, I will tell you again

You have always been my important friend

Whenever your world is out of place

When you begin to question everything

I will try and guide you, keep you safe

With all my heart, every fibre of my being

              I know I said I will come to you

              I know it’s true because you said it too

              If you ever holler, and I didn’t answer

              Don’t you assume that we’ve parted further

              I am always here to lend you my ear

              My hands, my feet, my eyes, my shoulder

              And one thing you should remember always

              Our friendship door, it swing both ways

              I will welcome you with open arms

              And keep you away from any harm

So if there comes a time that I wasn’t there

I shall count on you to find me, to be here

             If you ever holler, and I didn’t answer

            Or if you ever call, and I didn’t come hither

            Please know that I’ve tried with all my power

            To be there when you need me in your desperate hour

Now all I ask is for you to understand this

And come to me so we may find peace

Bridge the gap that’s keeping us apart

And allow me to mend your broken heart

I told you then, I will tell you again

You can always look for me, my friend

I care for you with all my soul

Don’t ever say you’ve never been told

Scour and you shall see it in your heart

That we have never really been apart.

F.Syaquan, 20062006 9:16am for Lynkin

I just dont understand what’s happening lately. 1st; the things in the office. The other department keep giving me mind-boggling tasks that has got nothing to do wif me on the 1st place. I could really die of boredom if i let these ppl get to me. I’ve only been here for 6 months for goodness sake! And they have started to give me their dirty job to. Dirty dirty dirty.

Then the whole Malaysia world that i just cannot CANNOT cannot understand no matter how much I tried.

The x-PM is bashing up his own successor. What, still cant get over the fact that you no longer rule? So what if the initial things planned didn’t go the way you liked it? No one can read your mind, moreover a complicated one like yours.I’m not taking any sides, I just wish they stop and think of what they’re doing. Don’t they have best friend who talks to them? Tell them what they do is NOT cool? What’s so bad about what the PM’s doing right now anyway? The country hasn’t fall into shambles. The oil price hike? Come on ppl, quit giving me shizte like dat. We’re in the new millenium right now. The inflation rate is oredi at what…3.5%? Stop demonstrating oredi. If you have so much time and energy to invest in those demos you might wanna use it for something more useful, like a part-time job? Why don’t go form a burger-stall partnership with ur demo-buddies? Owh wait… U dont have brains do you? Only plenty of brawns. Have some BACKBONE oredi? Yeah sure I wish the nasi lemak wud still cost rm1 and the roti canai a mere 70sen but yo…! its time to move on. Aren’t ppl making more money right now? You made a big deal if they priced sugar @ rm1.70 but you go all ‘hey this thing is nothing, i can handle it’ when you retrieve your ciggies from the counter. So much for the ‘help, we need subsidies!!!’ attitude. Why should the government listen to you anyway??? Did you donate blood? Seperate your garbage and recycle? Give to charities? Stop deforestation? Save the river?

D~uuh!!!

For all the glory of Islam being the official religion of Malaysia, its the (only) religion with a big garbage bin of issues. First the ‘kahwin mishar’ matter. Some smart mouse trying to fix a good condition pumpkin. Is there really any need of that? I thot that the moral corrupted were teenagers; wasn’t that what Mustika has been claiming for years? ‘Apa dah jadi dengan Anak bangsa’, ‘bangunlah remaja’ etcetra etcetera… I never heard of this issues of unmarried high-profile women. If there are any cases, which I’m sure is few and isolated, the muftis can suggest that as a solution. Not commercialized the whole concept, and send our Feminists on a circus. Look, those storm in the tea cup thingy, does more damage than good. If that’s not enuff to make you shake your head in disgust, there this new issues of banning kongsi-raya. Whaat the…???? yeah, that’s exactly what I thot when i heard it. Look, those festive days are really just a HOLIDAY for those not celebrating. If it’s Aidilfitri, the rest of the Buddhist, Hindus, Christians are only enjoying holidays; and vice-versa.. If i went to VISIT my HINDU friends on their festival day, doesnt mean I converted. Most of the time we didn’t even talk about religion, admit it. We meet friends and catch up on life. We set day for the next big gathering. We tell stories about how our kids are doing in school. We gossip about who’s dating and who’s not, who’s married and who’s having any affairs. The religious stuff ends at about 11am on average. Aidilfitri, for example. We wake up early in the morning, congregate for Subhi, then we fell into deep ‘insaf’ and ask for forgiveness from those who is of concern, we go to the mosque and congregate for Sunat Aidilfitri, and next we visit the graves to do our ‘sedeqah’. Then we come back home, and watch TV. Or we go to the neighbours place and watch TV there while munching their cookies. Or we wait for the guest to arrive to watch TV and eat our cookies. That’s the reality. All these ‘merosakkan aqidah’ debate, I really dont see it. 

Seriously, do these ppl even think of any of these? 

I was… We (my friends and I) were once backing the Oranje. It was a great team when my fave Ice-Berg was with them. However, some people do think that it’s still a good team now with Nistelrooy.

It’s just that I dont think Netherland is that strong anymore. Now that Berg’s not playing, I just dont have a favourite team. 

I suppose I can always go with France. They got Zidane, Thuram, and gunner’s Henry. Naah… They just dont appeal the same way the Oranje do… (tsk tsk)

Last time we have team like Spain who have Raul Gonzales, and Brazil got their Bebeto. That was centuries ago I guess. Where have all the hotties go?

Anway, now that we are no longer sharing the same TV room, World Cup has definitely lost its appeal. What is World Cup without friends? Just another football game, that’s what.

I’m just gonna watch The O.C 2nite and drool over… Seth Cohen with his annoying flat voice and be annoyed with the super-skinny-super-tall-super-babe Marissa Cooper. After I battle the evil demons with the Charmed Ones. When that’s over, I’ll head down to the North Shore and hang out with Gabe McKay and watch Delta Goodrem’s concert. You guys enjoy the match, okay? Da…

I read Azzahraa’s blog, from the link in Shera’s very old-out-dated-blog (pun intended, but no offence okay? Hehe…)

I found that that her sister Azzwaa celebrated her… Mmm 21st birthday I think sometime last month, and that she (Azzahraa) went to Holland.

Holland was one of my favourite countries to migrate to. Until I read her blog haa… so sad! I mean, I kinda knew about the legal prostitution from some blog I read (or was it a book? I think it was a magazine. Only turns to reading blog quite recently). The writer was criticizing Holland (Netherland) for that. I cant remember what he actually wrote, but something like “ perempuan-perempuan dipamerkan di dalam gelas di sebatang sungai” something like that! I was picturing scantily clad females in giant wine glasses floating in the river.

Yeah me and my imagination. Seriously, I thought he was talking about some freak-woman-manipulating-show for the tourists.

Did anybody watched Deuce Bigelow : Male Gigolo? That’s when I knew I must have figured it wrongly. They were in Amsterdam (not sure) and he was looking on some shop-houses thinking “Do these woman know that we can see them through the windows? “ And then come Azzahraa’s blog.

Snap my feet back on the ground people!

So I guess that left Japan now. Or Luxembourg (Risky, they might kick me out once they heard me mispronounced their country name. Is it ‘berg’ as in ‘burger’ or ‘bourg’ as in… mmm Luxembourg? *blink2*). Do you know that it is currently the highest GDP per capita? Maybe I can still pick Holland. There really is no other Tulips Heaven as nice as Kaukenhuf. Here’s what I do. I’ll tell my kids that only tourists are allowed to go to the Red District. They’ll buy that. Until they’re 10. Then we’ll just re-migrate.

We could go to one of the Middle East country, Bahrain or Qatar.

Well someone please… go 1st and tell me what’s what. My list is still running.

Haha… So what if it’s not New Year? I am making a new resolution anyway ;p I’ve just read a very interesting blog, and I finally understand what blog is all about. So, I am going to try to blog at least once a week. Actually I did try to blog a few times, but I must be the only person who do it straight on the blogweb and then get frustrated when it disappeared during uploading. Gah..!!! Lesson learnt, I am now typing it in words and then pasting it in the webpage. Better safe, than frustrated and giving it all up ;p

It’s 4.30pm, another ½ an hour before the official ‘office-hour’ ends. I spent the last 30 minutes rectifying some mistakes I had carelessly made. If I had to pass that up, they would discover that I have done nothing. Thank goodness it’s not school, so I can have another 5 days to settle that. I hate doing other (department’s) people job. Not only it’s NOT in my job description, I am not even getting paid for it. Bummer huh? I’m gonna have some small talk with my boss after this. Something’s gotta change.

Kay alerted me about a news in The Star news yesterday. It’s scary. The kind of news that makes your knee buckles, and get you goosebumps.

Student raped in front of boyfriend

By NELSON BENJAMIN

JOHOR BARU: A student watched helplessly as his girlfriend was gang-raped by four men after they were abducted while out on a date. 

The suspects, all believed to be in their 20s, also forced the victims – both final-year students at a local polytechnic – to hand over their belongings and cash during the 9.15pm incident along Taman Cahaya in Masai, 25km from here. 

Initial investigations revealed that the four men on two motorcycles had forced the couple, also on a motorcycle, off the road.   

The men approached the couple and threatened to harm them with a knife if they tried to escape. 

They took the couple to a secluded area in Pasir Gudang. 

The 19-year-old girl begged the men to let them go but they took turns to rape her near an abandoned bridge.   

Her 20-year-old boyfriend, who was held at knifepoint, was beaten up when he put up a fight. 

After the attackers fled, the couple lodged a police report at about 2am before seeking medical treatment. 

This is the second incident around Pasir Gudang in recent months involving motorcyclists who waylay couples and gang-rape the women. 

A police source said they were looking for four men to assist in investigations.

If that does not scare you, I don’t know what does. Can you imagine how they feel? I don’t suppose words can say. I feel like crying after reading this. Here we are, living in the new millennium, where outrageous crimes are being executed, how do we feel safe?

I am so getting myself a baby-glock.

Don’t you wonder what kind of world our children will live in? Don’t you wish there’s some other planet on this universe we could migrate to? Where the man and woman were pure, and world-peace is a statement.

I do.

                              Kay- I believe in my Knight ^_^

May ALLAH protect us, our friends and our families, from the harm of man and djin, give us strength to face HIS test, and bless us with his forgiveness. Aamin.