mental jog

lucialai.org

2006-04-01T01:50:00.000+08:00

to http://www.lucialai.org yeah yeah, true. ain't no april fool joke. (no time for jokes). point your browser now to my new wordpress blog at the url of: http://www.lucialai.org don't forget to update your bookmark! my new blog is still same name but different url. no more the 'jogalaong' url. good in a way, so that people will not mistaken to refer to my blog as 'jogalong' instead of '

two podcasts with me in

2006-03-31T01:38:00.000+08:00

heh. better make it to 1001 post instead of stopping at 1000 posts. you know lah, in case there is an award thingy for '1000 posts and above' or a 'prestigious over 1000 posts club' to join. if i stop at the 1000th post, i'll miss the chance. as long as i already have 1000 posts here, doesn't matter if i go on blogging here for another 3 or 10 or 20 posts! haha. but what am i going to say here?

1000th post... listen to my voice.

2006-03-31T01:03:00.000+08:00

remember the workshop on podcasting, blogging and CMS? and where jerry had done a live podcast on the petrol hike protest in KL? well, all the 3 parts of the podcasts are now up. the first one is about 10 mins and had live phone interview with danny and elizabeth who were at the protest. go to jerry's blog here to download it and listen. part 2 had some of those attendees presents speaking on

my new wordpress blog

2006-03-31T00:49:00.000+08:00

ok i had finally decided on a theme for my new wordpress (WP) blog. there are so many choices that i just don't know which to choose. all of them are good. i spent hours each day choosing. i picked one, and later changed my mind again when i browse the theme. ya i know i'm so fickle minded. :) as i said originally i wanted 3 columns theme, as this present blog of mine has 3 columns too, but i

"UMNO youth arrogant and racial" (quote)

2006-03-30T01:12:00.000+08:00

reference my post below. malaysiakini had asked readers for respond, and here i highlight a few of the response. from shufiyan shukur: Loh Seng Kok wasn't really far off in his speech when he complained about 'imbalanced' history textbooks, prayer recital guidelines and the difficulty ofnon-Muslims with regards to places of worship. My fellow brethren strut around thinking that we shaped this

when non-muslim MP speak up

2006-03-29T12:45:00.000+08:00

grrr!! those UMNO bully boys were at it again! when a non muslim MP raised an issue regarding islam, they just had to give him a warning that he was raising sensitive issues, and the bully boys had to protest against what was being said. what kelana jaya MP loh seng kok said in parliament were the nothing but the truth. i salute him for daring to speak up. Loh said the syllabus of history

penangites 'water-happy'

2006-03-29T01:26:00.000+08:00

reference my previous post about a water shortage in years to come, particularly in the klang valley, malacca and penang. i was very surprised to find out that penangites uses an average 400 litres of water per person daily compared with the national average of 300 litres. really? penangites used so much water? highest among all the states? penang water watch (PWW) president prof chan ngai

no water in years to come

2006-03-28T01:32:00.000+08:00

frightening, isn't it? i mean this headline that greeted me yesterday morning in the star paper. water shortage? water? one of the most essential needs in our lives? goodness! i shudder to think of a future without water... and it will be all our faults... because we never take care of our rivers. the culprit is over-development... but over-development is done by humans, or rather the greed of

racism is alive

2006-03-28T01:26:00.000+08:00

now, why ain't i surprise to learn of this - 'racism rife in malaysia's melting pot'. this was the result of a telephone survey (among 1200 malaysians) conducted by independent merdeka centre for opinion research. in the survey, they also found out that negative racial stereotyping is very much alive indeed. e.g. 'malays are lazy' 'chinese are greedy' 'indians cannot be trusted' so what's all

learning from workshops

2006-03-27T02:02:00.000+08:00

the workshop on podcasting, blogging and content management system (CMS) had about 20 persons in attendance. ong has the list of names so i'll wait for ong to post about the workshop first before i can get hold of the names. most of them were from NGOs and a small group of USM students. none of the regulars penang bloggers, whom i used to meet during our bloggers meet turned up. i guess they are

blogging live

2006-03-26T15:55:00.000+08:00

hi. am blogging live now at the workshop. interesting day. morning jerry was doing live podcast and explaining some stuff about podcasting. after lunch i plus anil netto from aliran monitor and ong were on the panel talking about blogging. now i'm listening to CMS talk by sam. ok time to pay attemtion. blog about today later. UPDATED 09:32 PM: updating above, putting in links. when i posted the

live podcast, blogging talk and CMS talk

2006-03-26T02:51:00.000+08:00

26 march (sunday) is D'DAY!! make yourself free for a day of fun, learning and knowledge and making new friends. i first posted about this on 10 march here. this workshop is organised by penangwatch, of which ong is part of the group. ong had invited me to be on the panel to speak about blogging. gee... me a speaker? i told him i would probaby clam up when i see so many strangers. i'm good at '

petrol dried up!

2006-03-25T02:47:00.000+08:00

this is my 991st post. still 9 more posts to go before i move to wordpress WP). actually i already have my WP blog created about 2 weeks ago. i am learning how to use it; it's for testing purpose at the moment before i make the blog public when i stop using blogger. my webhost, boringest, had been helping me all the while with WP. thanks so much. 4 days ago, on tuesday, for the first time in my

what is your mother tongue?

2006-03-24T01:15:00.000+08:00

well, our new infomation minister, zam, said bahasa malaysia is your mother's tongue! yep, that's right, he said bahasa malaysia should consider as the mother tongue of ALL malaysians. came across this piece of news in lone's blog. sure, i gladly accept bahasa malaysia as our national/official language... but to accept it as my mother tongue?? are you crazy, oh zam, kalizam?? do you know what

jesus decoded!

2006-03-23T08:15:00.000+08:00

just found out about this interesting article from the catholic weekly (local), the herald of 19 march issue, early this morning. was just reading that issue this morning while waiting for my sister to get ready to leave home for office. --------------------------- The Herald Date published: Sunday, March 19, 2006 US Bishops plans Jesus De-Coded Website and documentary The website

threat from the nazi... er... nasri guy?

2006-03-23T02:14:00.000+08:00

i'm so swarmed with work these days, no time to blog (also no time to reply comments), so here is a continuation of the previous post on what this nazi... er... nazri guy said... taken from patrick teoh's blog. But I get very pissed off when the minister says stuff like this..."But you must remember the word amok comes from this country and there is a limit to everything." He preceded that by

acts made for non muslims?

2006-03-21T01:57:00.000+08:00

gee, now i know why our country need the sedition act and the ISA (internal security act) - to be used against non muslims. (oops. will they be used against me now?). here, listen to the warning of our minister in the PM's dept (or here), the nazri guy: The government will not hesitate to use the Sedition Act against non-Muslims who "incite the sentiments" of Muslims, warned Minister in the

3rd anniversary of US invasion on iraq

2006-03-21T01:42:00.000+08:00

yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of the war on iraq, launched by the US of A. as expected, many people from all over the world, took to the street in an anti-war protest, including our homeland. i stumble upon an interesting pictorial essay of the iraq invasion at the guardian website. do have a look... but remember, as the warning says, some of the images may be disturbing to you.

the bird flu flew to PM's hometown

2006-03-21T01:14:00.000+08:00

penangites be alert! (esp. those in mainland). the deadly bird flu (H5N1) had been detected in kampung permatang bogak in kepala batas. (picture taken from avianattack) six kampung chickens in that village died on saturday (18 march) and the test result that came out yesterday (20 march) revealed the presence of the H5n1 virus in them. veterinary services department director-general mustapa

brief report on pangkor trip.

2006-03-17T13:48:00.000+08:00

it was fun in pangkor island. my regret was that i did not get to stay another night (15th night) as there was a barbecue for dinner, then following day (16), there were some interesting talks going on too. what to do... office work beckons. true enough, when i came in office yesterday, i found a pile of work for me on my desk... mostly preparation to get ready for this weekend program. that's

holiday cum work in pangkor

2006-03-14T01:33:00.000+08:00

unfortunately, more of the latter. :( this morning at 9.00am, i'll be off to pulau pangkor. (picture shows one of the beach in pangkor, taken from that website itself). it is for a youth camp that our society, society of st vincent de paul (SSVP) organised. there are about 70 participants (age 16 to 19 p from penang, kedah and perak) - a lot this time. our last youth camp had only 20 (in sg

germs across the sea, they see....

2006-03-13T01:57:00.000+08:00

but elephants in front of their eyes, they no see. this is a direct translation of the malay's saying 'kuman di seberang lautan nampak, gajah di pelupuk mata tiada nampak.' (in english it is 'able to spy a mote from across the sea while at the same time missing the plank before their eyes'). well, this saying was used by helen ang in a wonderful article she wrote in malaysiakini on 9 march, to

type of women

2006-03-12T02:56:00.000+08:00

it's a sunday, guys! so lighten up with a joke - about woman. yeah, this came from a forwarded mail. --------------------------------- HARD-DISK Woman: She remembers everything, FOREVER. RAM Woman: She remebers you when you turn her on, but she forgets about you, the moment you turn her off. WINDOWS Woman: Everyone knows that she can't do a thing right, but no one can live without her.

have your say on gomen matters

2006-03-12T02:52:00.000+08:00

whoaa! have you heard? now, you are able to have your say on gomen matters as our dear PM had launches a public opinion poll system. it is managed by the public complaints bureau (PCB or BPA in bahasa - biro pengaduan awam). you may vote via SMS or online at its (PCB) website. the PCB said they will run a topic for two weeks or until 50,000 responses are achieved, whichever comes first. 50,000

apartheid row over marina's article

2006-03-12T02:14:00.000+08:00

as a follow-up to my post on marina mahathir's article for international women's day, here is an interesting article entittled 'malaysia apartheid rows deepens' from BBC. seems that lots of people were not happy with her article. it says that some conservative women's groups had stated that marina had bought shame to the country by saying that the new syariah laws had made muslim women into

touch a life

2006-03-12T00:17:00.000+08:00

sumi is sleeping in the lorong tonight. she is three years old. she doesn't have a choice. but you do... you can make a difference. touch her life. this is the touching message that goes with the poster (pic left) for the catholic church's penang diocese lenten campaign this year. the other poster shows an old chinese lady with this message: aunty geok lan is waiting. waiting for someone to

old school bags

2006-03-11T02:53:00.000+08:00

simon seemed to be going down nostalgia lane when he first blog on school autograph book, then on colour pencils and erasers. after that, he talks about drinks vending machine. ahh... school memories. reading what he wrote about colour pencils, reminds me of pencil boxes we used in school. in those days, most kids used the steel pencil case or the cloth one with zip. then there were these nice

free workshop (with free lunch thrown in) for bloggers (esp. newbies)

2006-03-10T01:09:00.000+08:00

NOTE: forwarded message from ong of malvu. ------------------------------------ FREE 1-DAY WORKSHOP ON BLOGGING& CMS Presented by Penangwatch ( www.penangwatch.net )-a new volunteers group to monitor & help improve local governments specifically George Town's MPPP. While this is mainly for newbies bloggers and netizens, seniors are invited to meet up with the newbies to share their experiences

marina mahathir's article for IWD

2006-03-09T17:11:00.000+08:00

marina mahathir, who has a weekly column in the star paper, wrote this piece on occasion of international women's day, but it was rejected for publication by the star (first time ever!). this is her message, as i received it via beritamalaysia: Dear all, For the first time in some 17 years, The Star is refusing to publish my column tomorrow which is International Women's Day. they said that

how they think

2006-03-09T01:53:00.000+08:00

The first of Tuesday's blasts tore into the temple -- one of Varanasi's oldest and most beloved shrines -- when it was packed with faithful. (excerpt from NST link) it really angers me so very much when terrorists struck at a place of worship. so very very much. made me hoping mad to hear that. why at a holy place? why killed innocent people? why killed innocent people when they were there to

the new malaysian poem

2006-03-09T01:42:00.000+08:00

just got this via email in my mailbox yesterday. found it to be very funny and very true, thus am sharing it. perhaps ah pek could do better? (er... these days i will be sharing lots of stuffs as i mentioned before i want to make many posts to make it to 1000 posts before i move house. click on 'more' to read the poem, ok. ----------- Can study continue STUDY Can't study, work FACTORY Cannot

riddles

2006-03-09T01:04:00.000+08:00

ok i have posted jokes and touching stories before but not riddles, so here are some riddles for you. actually these are simple riddles, riddles meant for kids... so you should be able to solve them easily! if not, kids are smarter than you!. if you want more difficult riddles, just google for them! ok, let your 'grey cells' work (as my fav. detective, hercule poirot would say). i will give the

being member of oomph

2006-03-08T08:20:00.000+08:00

remember on monday (6th) i blog on food website and mentioned i just found out about penang based food and entertainment website, oomph malaysia? i had signed up as a member when i went in several days ago, and yesterday i was pleasantly surprised when i received a letter from them. this (picture) was what was inside the letter (btw, the letter comes in a pretty cool letterhead) - two

pregnancy, estrogen and women

2006-03-08T08:15:00.000+08:00

here is a forwarded mail i received yesterday. it's something fun about women for you to read on this international women's day. serious grim faced women (or men) don't get angry or offended, huh. it's just a joke. ========== PREGNANCY, ESTROGEN AND WOMEN Pregnancy Q & A Q: Should I have a baby after 35? A: No, 35 children is enough. Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my

international women's day

2006-03-08T01:58:00.000+08:00

today is international women's day. Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this special day provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made to advance equality for women and to assess the challenges that remain. This special day also provides an opportunity to consider steps to bring about equality for women in all their diversity. taken from swc-cfc. also read about IWD from the

we want to be bumiputera so that we can enjoy the privileges

2006-03-07T14:06:00.000+08:00

well, well, well! i am astounded! no, i am not astounded! i am speechless! no, no, i can't be speechless since i'm here to say something about it. what? this: Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Syed Ibrahim said bumiputra status was important as it would enable Indian Muslims to enjoy privileges in education, socio-economic welfare, employment and such. from the star. syed ibrahim is

bedak sejuk - traditional cosmetic

2006-03-07T14:00:00.000+08:00

(bedak sejuk in a bottle for sale. taken from alibaba) this report in bernama news brings back memories. bedak sejuk is a malay word - literally translated, it means 'cold powder'. it is a local traditional face powder once widely used by malaysian women. it is made from high quality broken rice and fragrance derived from pandan leaves. my mum is a faithful advocate of the bedak sejuk. she

food websites

2006-03-06T16:21:00.000+08:00

(pic show asam laksa, penang's famous favourite food. photo taken from worldisround album) anyone of you came across this interesting food and entertainment website, known as 'oomph malaysia'? it's a penang based website... good for penangites, espcially those who are into food and entertainment of course. i had been looking around for a good food website for some time... especially on penang,

trying to make to 1000 posts

2006-03-06T16:09:00.000+08:00

as i have blog before, that i am going to change over to wordpress (WP) soon... good news. i had finally bought a webhost. it's only US$10 per year for 200 MB space. i will soon then 'move house' from blogger to wordpress. for the past few days i had been browsing the WP themes to see which templates i like. there's so many choices that i am so overwhelmed... can't make up my mind which to

0123673893

2006-03-06T02:43:00.000+08:00

damn you, 012-3673893! celaka punya orang!! ok guys, listen to my story from the beginning, and i hope you can advise me what to do. it was during our last bloggers meet, that while i was a prangin mall with yvy, waiting for some other people to turn up, i checked my phone and saw i had a missed call, that is, from this celaka number 012-3673893. normally i do not call back the no. that i saw

rules and warning - but action?

2006-03-06T02:04:00.000+08:00

don't worry. i am not going to complain, grumble, rant on the petrol hike. like viewtru, i can understand why the govt. need to cut down on petrol subsidy. i may not like it, but looking at their point of view, i should understand. hey, whaddya know - for once i'm pro government here. :) what i'm more concerned with, is the government's action (or inaction?) on what it said it will do with the

i saw the angel

2006-03-03T02:08:00.000+08:00

there will be no blogging from me for tomorrow and sunday as i'll be away for the weekend for... 'holiday work'. haha. what's that, you asked? will tell later lah. i won't be at home but stay 2 nights somewhere else. today too being so busy, no time to blog, so what i'm going to do is... ah yes you are right, a CnP job. here's a weepy touchy story for a change (instead of jokes). ======

29 february?

2006-03-02T02:03:00.000+08:00

a friend of mine is in a dilemna (is that the right spelling?). hope you guys can help him out. some advise or suggestion. now, it had been the habit of my friend to park illegally (yep, that's right, you heard me, illegally) on a double line in front of amcorp mall, pj (opposite the taman jaya LRT station). he said he usually does this as he will be a while only, to run into the building and

RM2.00 is not enough to feed chaly now

2006-03-01T02:05:00.000+08:00

ok here's the obligatory blogger's post - to talk about the petrol increase! haha. however, i won't talk about grumbling on the increase, the gomen's yada-yada that the savings from petrol subsidy would go towards development , domino effect will follow, comparision of petrol prices in other countries, we will be pokai soon and so on, you know, those common stuffs. i will instead talk about my

review of my blog

2006-02-28T02:07:00.000+08:00

my blog had been reviewed by the blog critic. i copy here her/his remarks (in brown text), with my response below. Lucia Lai has been blogging since Sept 2003 and is still dedicated enough to blog practically every day. That is a big plus in my books. She blogs about socio-political and current issues and although her English isn't very good, she gets the message (and her opinions) across well

award for the danish newspaper

2006-02-27T01:59:00.000+08:00

whoaa! lookee here! Copenhagen - Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which angered the Muslim world by publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad last year, has won a Danish critical journalism award for its initiative, the jury said. from news24.com

easily offended

2006-02-26T02:50:00.000+08:00

i guess by now you would have heard so much on the NST hoo-haa in publishing wiley miller's 'non sequitur' cartoon. many bloggers had blog on it, notably of course jeff ooi, politics101 and aizuddin's VOI. howsy of the sensintrovert also had a good round-up of the whole cartoon issue. now, i make a comment in jeff ooi's blog, that this cartoon was offending to the muslim. i take back my word.

understanding each other's religion?

2006-02-25T01:36:00.000+08:00

Abdullah also praised Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon who joined in to sit with legs folded in the mosque, listened to recitals of Quranic verses and tazkirah (short sermon) delivered by the Religious Adviser to the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Othman at the official opening of the mosque, held before the Friday prayers. taken from bernama. whoa! kwai gia koh! (that's '

scary or wary of the flu?

2006-02-23T13:40:00.000+08:00

ha! i knew it! as soon as news of the bird (avian) flu detected in gombak and setapak spread, this type of news will followed - chicken sales drop, or you see less people in your fav KFC restaurant, breakfast of half-boiled egg not laku anymore and so on. what? people getting scary or wary? what? you mean prevention is better than cure, so let's get wary? what? but haven't you heard of doc's

good guys suffer...

2006-02-22T00:57:00.000+08:00

... or at a disadvantage. (before i proceed... a note to the uninitiated - guys here does not mean only the male lah but means persons of either sex.) look... this (picture) is the corridor outside our unit... dark... taken at 8.00pm. there were no lights! of course there are suppose to be lights at the corridors and stairs but few days ago the lights were switched off by the management. why?

thank you but no thank you

2006-02-20T02:04:00.000+08:00

"If anyone publishes anything inappropriate about Jesus Christ, we will also take tough action against him or her. We need to enforce tough measures to prevent such articles from creating social unrest" so said our DPM, najib. no thanks, mr DPM. my faith won't stagger just because someone publish something inappropriate about jesus christ. it's their opinion, so what. calling for harsh action on

my mother taught me.......

2006-02-19T01:35:00.000+08:00

ok guys, ligthen up on a sunday. let's steer away from talk of cartoons (the non funny kind) and/or the old new cabinet (not the one you find in your kitchen/office) for today and laugh along with things your mother taught you when you were small. let's see how many of these in the list you can relate to. picture taken from gomamago. My mother taught me... My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A

god is on her side

2006-02-18T00:02:00.000+08:00

the fat lady in the cabinet is apparently gloating at us with her: "even if they talk until they foam at the mouth, if god says you stay, you stay." wow. this isn't the first time she's using god' name, you know. i think during the AP controversy, she was also using god's name too... with the koran in her hand, saying something like she swear by god's name that she did no wrong. another incident

guang ming got axed too (though temporary)

2006-02-16T02:08:00.000+08:00

first it was the china press (re: squatgate scandal). then the sarawak tribune. and now guang ming daily. yep, after sarawak tribune had been suspended indefinetely, now guang ming daily had been suspended two weeks. gosh. the gomen is really super sensitive... AND double standard - tv3 which showed the cartoons were not touched... AND hypocrites - an arab paper had published the cartoons right

let's do the malaysian shuffle!

2006-02-15T13:30:00.000+08:00

ah 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 steped in ah 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 stepped out ah 1, 2, 3 - 3 move around in in in in, out out out out, move around! move! move! yes, everybody, it's the ministers shuffle. now, presenting thier deputies shuffle: step in in in in in in in (6 times) then you step out out out (3 times) and moved around 8 times that's the bolehland's cabinet reshuffle for you. 3 promotions and 1 new

love

2006-02-14T13:51:00.000+08:00

SPREAD THE LOVE TO EVERYONE FOR THIS IS WHAT VALENTINE'S DAY IS ABOUT do not only think of love to your lovers/girlfriends/boyfriends/spouse most important, think of love to the very first persons who brought you into this world - your parents. be proud of them! i take this opportunity to thank everyone who has shown her/his love for my blog by being here everyday, or just by dropping in once a

seeing red

2006-02-14T00:54:00.000+08:00

chinese new year (CNY) - angpow, fire-crackers, 'chai' (door banner), dresses/ t-shirts most people wore during CNY - all red colour!. every departmental stores and hotels you go, you see red, red, red, red decorations. well, i thought after 'chap goh meh' (15th night), no more red, but whaddya know... out popped red roses, red hearts, red ribbons... for valentine's day. then in between all

attention! arab paper published the cartoons

2006-02-12T16:49:00.000+08:00

arab paper republished prophet cartons in ramdaan cartoon were published 5 months ago in egypt. egyptian newspaper pictures that published cartoons 5 months ago. via politics101. so apa macam, pak lah? send a protest to arab? ask them to suspend the paper? better question... to all... is why did they publish the cartoons?

protest and ban

2006-02-11T03:14:00.000+08:00

members of PAS in the protest. picture taken from cnn. the protest. malaysiakini reported about 10000 people gathered at the danish embassy in KL to protest, while CNN mentioned 3000. and i notice another place (forgot where) mentioned 8000. so which is which? anyway, the more important thing to notice is what the protestors chanted. CNN said: "long live islam. destroy denmark. destroy israel

300 people out of job....

2006-02-10T01:56:00.000+08:00

... because malaysia were ashamed to the world. ... because the sensitivities of muslims were not respected. 300 people, including the toilet cleaner, the office boy, the security guard, the general cleaner, the accounts clerk... who would have nothing to do with the cartoons caricatures... ... these 300 people who are... er... were staff of the sarawak tribune, where the cabinet had made its

mini bus experiences

2006-02-09T01:47:00.000+08:00

the mini buses (on the extreme left, and the third one on the right, with the other buses at the KOMTAR/prangin mall bus interchange. photo taken from the china press. came across this article by a friend, anil netto via politics101. anil wrote in IPS that the citizen for public transport (CPT), a network of 24 civil society groups, is planning to file suit against the federal commercial

hypocrites! double standard! selective persecution!

2006-02-08T23:15:00.000+08:00

... but then again, what else is new ah in boleland? re: cartoon caricature - UMNO youth called on the sarawak tribune editor to resign after, the paper had published the caricature. the UMNO-reform website had also published the cartoon for one week but nothing was done to them. re: squatgate incident - if UMNO called for the sarawak tribune editor (and don't know what else actions), why didn't

interesting novel way to promote your blog

2006-02-08T02:02:00.000+08:00

i came across this site (left) from someone's blog (by the name of hinching) in PPS. i find it a fascinating and novel way to promote your blog (read: drive traffic to your blog). right now it is free to have your blog listed, so quick go and sign up. the rules are there under 'get a blog spot free'. it's cool. you have a picture of your choice to be displayed with your blog's url of course.

off with the heads of those who insult islam?

2006-02-07T01:09:00.000+08:00

when i looked at the star's paper dated 5 feb front-page headline (hardcopy), the big words "stop the insult" jumped up at me. (the online version link here, the heading is different). then when i go to politics101 blog, this picture jumped up at me: whoaa! behead? i thought only terrorists beheaded people. oh, and to kill (using violence) in retaliation of an insult? tsk tsk... one minute

the CNY gathering

2006-02-06T14:03:00.000+08:00

UPDATED: the podcast is ready! quick, download it here at once and listen to my voice (among a few others). or go to penang podcast and download it. ================ 19 17 people turned up for our CNY gathering! i met yvy near prangin mall's starbuck and later on, pras joined us. we waited for 10 mins. before we walked over to ong's place. the minute we stepped into ong's place, we were

CNY gathering for all interested

2006-02-04T03:06:00.000+08:00

reminder! reminder! CNY gathering tomorrow! more than 10 people have confirmed coming. we are going to have lots of fun there. there'll be a podcast, web cam demo, live online chat (and maybe many more). come and find out. this is not for bloggers only but any netizens wil do (that is you, if you are reading this). the details again (which you can see it at my right sidebar, right on top): date

a nude head after being detained

2006-02-04T02:57:00.000+08:00

<--- be careful! this is what will happened to you if you are suddenly being detained on the whims of the police. gee... are the police obssessed with nudity or what. first we heard of nude body squat search (the squat-gate scandal), and now it's nude head. that's right, 11 elderly men who were playing a friendly game of mahjong, suddenly found themselves hauled up to the police station and they

wrong CNY greetings

2006-02-03T08:15:00.000+08:00

i wrote this on 31 jan. to the star's citizen's blog, and was hoping it would get published in the star's hardcopy but it was not. i know only selected articles would get published and there are so many who sent in their citizen's blog but only a few get published. however, it was published online. wonder is it that all postings submtted to the citizen's blog will get published online, or only

is pak lah fair?

2006-02-01T02:58:00.000+08:00

"i've to be fair to all" so says our PM, pak lah. well, let me ask him, can the bumiputera steps onto the right side shoes and the non bumiputera steps onto the left side shoes, and together become one pair of the same shoes - having the same rights and priveleges? oops! sure cannot one. just recently our DPM, najib just said that the preferential treatment policy is here to stay (scroll down to

to all muslim friends..

2006-01-31T03:09:00.000+08:00

S E L A M A T M E N Y A M B U T M A A L H I J R A H

beware! sick people in the hospital.

2006-01-31T03:01:00.000+08:00

ok ok, i ought to have put in two inverted comas for the sick in the heading above - beware! 'sick' people in the hospital. who are these 'sick' people? the voyeurs! they secretly took pictures of female patients in various state of undress or answering nature's call in bed. thanks to them, visitors to hospitals are not allowed to use handphones. you see the one major disadvantage of a camera

SMS CNY greetings

2006-01-30T00:49:00.000+08:00

========== picture shows the plum blossom tree, made of beads by my mother. (reference post - where i mentioned other stuffs made of beads by my mother.) this is one of the must-have decoration during CNY, though not necessary, just like having pineapple at home, not everyhome have it. ========= i'm sure many of you would have received CNY greetings via sms, right? how many? any interesting

on CNY eve (mass and reunion)

2006-01-29T23:39:00.000+08:00

ah, so this is the 'chai' (door banner) that i mentioned about in this post, now hanging in front of our door. it is not very clear since the grill door is blocking it but you already have a good look at it at that earlier post of mine, which incidentally until now, i have nobody to translate the chinese characters for me yet. ok, so yesterday, the eve of CNY, we had our steamboat reunion dinner

keong hee huat chai

2006-01-29T13:49:00.000+08:00

keong hee huat chai' is the hokkien equivalent to 'gong xi fa cai'. since i'm in penang and uses hokkien all the time (though i'm hakka), it's only appropriate to wish you all in hokkien, and oh well, also the universal language... HAPPY NEW YEAR! ok, everybody, let's all together sing the popular 'gong xi, gong xi'.... in english! yep, that way, more people will be able to sing it. In the

the works of my mother's hands

2006-01-28T14:19:00.000+08:00

ok, CNY mood so no serious post. something to share instead for today. don't you just love these cute dolls? they are made by my mother from beads. well, not the doll itself of course - the dolls was bought. i mean the dresses of the dolls. my mum made a a lot of things from beads. below, here you see, from left to right - keychain in shape of mouse, er... maybe a little bird? and a swan. there

CNY gathering for bloggers and netizens

2006-01-26T02:07:00.000+08:00

okie dokie! so we had settled on the details, which are: date: 5 feb, sunday time: 2.00pm venue: ong's place, 8 prangin lane, penang food: bring your own (CNY goodies or others) for further details, please go to the forum to look see. for a map on how to go to ong's place, click here. this will be an interesting gathering since for the first time we are going to have it at someone's house/

preferential treatment policy

2006-01-26T01:44:00.000+08:00

*sigh* so they will be continue to be spoon fed. so they still need the crutches to get along in the business field. yes,bumiputera priveleges is here to stay, so said our DPM. oh but this is as expected so why am i complaining? nah, not complaining, just using this as a filler post! :)

bloggers meet during CNY, anyone?

2006-01-25T02:15:00.000+08:00

first posted on 1/19/2006 02:07:00 AM ---------------------------- UPDATED: please go to the forum to read the latest. good news! ong of MALVU has kindly offered to open his office for our gathering. ---------------------------- yeah, so how about it, guys? we can pick any of those 15 days in CNY. to make it more fun and more private, we could have it at someone's house... provided if we have

UMNO's version of porn

2006-01-25T00:21:00.000+08:00

i really don't know i should laugh my head off or hang my head in shame. we all still remember the squat-gate scandal, right? where seputeh MP, teresa kok was the one who exposed the now infamous video of a lady doing ketuk ketampi in a police detention room. she showed the video to the other cabinet ministers after a cabinet session and thus opened the eyes of the public to the method/s the

pak lah - MALAY-sian PM?

2006-01-24T02:22:00.000+08:00

sorry today no time to post as i got back home late after attending a meeting. so what i'm going to do is recommend you to go and read mgg pillai's latest article 'the racial divide in malaysia is now a fact'. he said that (racial divide a fact) after our PM, called for the 9 non muslim ministers to withdraw the memo they submitted to him. he mentioned something about this shows pak lah is a PM

before and after beers

2006-01-23T01:35:00.000+08:00

this is specially dedicated to my dearest ah pek.

christian 'chai' for CNY

2006-01-22T03:04:00.000+08:00

this year i notice at our church, there was this 'CNY 'chai' for sale. er... how do you call a 'chai' in english? simply door banner? you know, during CNY, almost all the household of chinese people, will have the 'chai' up at their door-front. every year we have the plain red cloth one (no design whatsoever). this year, since they are selling the christian 'chai', i decided to buy it. as you

my blog and meme

2006-01-22T02:19:00.000+08:00

ok i will now attempt to do the story meme tagged by ah pek and cmos. first, the rules: 1) write an entry of between 100-200 words, with these words have to be included once, and only once: - i - me - blowjob - grapes - random - power - loneliness - water - robot - blue 2) out of the 10 words, you can only change 2 words. 3) your essay must make some kind of sense. if it's not cool, then it

meme

2006-01-21T01:36:00.000+08:00

ok am now doing the meme tagged by jacky of hot-screensaver. first of all, remove the blog in the no.1 spot from the following list and push everyone up one place. then add your own blog to the bottom spot. 1. alex allied 2. clueless dream 3. wongPK 4. hot screensaver 5. mental jog so, we have the question & answer quiz now. --------------- to continue reading, please click on 'more' below.

on handphones

2006-01-20T02:11:00.000+08:00

my first handphone - siemens C25. monochrome display... small display size. no T9. cannot download ringtones - had to type like mad each keypad for ringtones. mine was red in colour and the thing i like about it was that it had translucent colours. a few red LED lights spread over the keypads will light up and flashed when a phone call comes in. bought this at er... around year 2000 i think and

tagged and tagged and tagged

2006-01-18T02:06:00.000+08:00

help! me got 3 tags within 3 day! first, 15 jan, jacky tagged me with a kind of old meme. then on 16 jan, ah pek, the hamsup, tagged me with a story meme, and on 17 jan., i notice cmos tagged me with the same meme that ah pek had tagged me. the meme from jacky i had seen it being around some time. i like this meme and might do it soon. however the meme from ah pek and cmos, is quite a new one,

squat-gate incident - rest in peace?

2006-01-17T02:00:00.000+08:00

the heading says 'put to rest the outcry over nude squat controversy' followed by the following paragraph: the national outcry over the nude squat controversy last december should be put to rest today when the commission on Inquiry headed by former chief justice tun mohamed dzaiddin abdullah submits its findings to the yang di-pertuan agong and the prime minister. huh? the report will be

bomb blast in penang

2006-01-17T01:10:00.000+08:00

(pictures taken from sun2surf) by now of course you would have heard of the bomb blast... er... switch box blast... er... bomb blast that happened outside prangin mall, penang. (yes you would have, because i'm always late.) well first we read in the paper yesterday saying it was a switch box blast. then later on, in the late afternoon the story was changed to it being a 'home-made bomb.' police

mali mali, gua kasi nombor, sure kena one

2006-01-14T02:53:00.000+08:00

chinese new year is approaching! everybody wants to fatt choy (prosper). come, come, i give you chance... or rather let this sami tua (old monk) from thailand give you chance. see, the flyer here says: thailand sami-tua boleh kasi 4-d nombor. tepat. cepat. satu kali sdh kena. (translated: old monk from thailand can give you 4-d numbers. accurate. fast. only once, you will sure win.) wahhh!!

stampede again at the haj

2006-01-13T02:03:00.000+08:00

sad news. once again, it happened. a stampede during the last day of the annual haj pilgrimage in mecca. over 300 people were dead. a luggage was the cause of it! (picture taken from bernama) a saudi spokesman said: The accident occurred "because of the luggage that fell and led to a rush at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat bridge," last year 251 pilgirms were trampled to death, and in the

veggie prices goes way up!

2006-01-12T13:45:00.000+08:00

goodness gracious me! i was shocked to see the star's headline yesterday that prices of veggie have shot up more than 100%. topping the list is red chillies, which happens to be my favourite! from RM4 per kg, jumped to RM11 per kg! in one market in the klang valley, they sold it at a sky-high price of RM20 per kg!! imagine that! gosh! does this mean no more sprnkling of sambal belacan on my rice

selamat hari raya haji

2006-01-10T03:03:00.000+08:00

billionaire or fraud?

2006-01-10T03:01:00.000+08:00

the current hot issue now is about the so claimed lebanese billionaire, dr elie youseef naji, 47 years old, who pledged to donate RM1.04 billion to national cancer council (MAKNA). dr elie (picture) claimed that he is the 3rd richest man in the world and is worth US$46 billion (about Rm174 billion). the star yesterday had an exclusive write-up on him. he claimed he was set up following some

indecent dressing = prostitute = arrested!

2006-01-09T14:04:00.000+08:00

here we go again. the police never cease to amaze me. a plain clothes policewoman carresing the buttocks of a young lady in public. then remarking that she and her sisters are dressed like prostitutes. the two young ladies' mother questioned the policewoman's action, and demanded that the policewoman apologised... hey presto! she and her two daughters were arrested and thrown in jail! yes, it

contest from blogger kahsoon

2006-01-08T02:15:00.000+08:00

ok i made up my mind to join this 'win a kenpo jacket' contest from kahsoon. this kenpo jacket (picture) is worth a cool US$275. US$275!! wow! how much is that in malaysian ringgit? over RM1000, mind you! yes, over RM1000 - to be exact RM1039.31. why is this jacket so expensive? well, it's not the ordinary normal jacket you wear most of the time. this jacket is specially made for people with an

yetis sighted in our country

2006-01-07T02:52:00.000+08:00

don't know what is a yeti? how about sasquatch? not familiar? ok, then what about bigfoot? ahh... there you have it. yes, that large, bipedal apelike creature living in the remote wilderness of the jungle. as you are probably aware by now, bigfoot had been sighted roaming the jungles of southern johor. not only one, but a family! catcha.com in yesterday's report said that these mythical

reporting of 'false news'?

2006-01-06T01:42:00.000+08:00

something is very wrong with our country indeed. very wrong. "huh?" someone answered "as if i didn't know that!" so much had been happening these past few weeks that really make us wonder where our country is heading. there was this squat gate incident, the moorthy's case, the MAS controversy, and recently, the new year raid at paul's place... and now guess what? action to be taken against the

back

2006-01-06T01:40:00.000+08:00

whoaa! 5 days into the new year, and i have not blog on anything (until now). well, the reason was that as i mentioned in comments i was not at home. gone for a holiday? nah, no such luck. you see, i was staying at my ex-boss's house. my ex-boss is a lady architect. she had planned to go overseas, and with nobody staying in her house, she asked me to stay. originally planned to leave on sat. 31

welcome 2006!

2005-12-31T19:25:00.000+08:00

wishing you a good year ahead. may all your resolutions materialise, may all your wishes come true! ========================= actually wanted to post this later, my usual time of after midnight but as i won't be having internet access after this, am posting this up now. =========================

prayer for the new year

2005-12-31T19:10:00.000+08:00

come new year, as usual you will see many people talking bout resolutions or wishes, or some will give an account of whatever significant things/events that happened to her/him during the year. me? i don't believe in resolutions and wishes?? same thing... they'll be only wishful thinking. so what i'm going to do is just post here a lovely, meaninful 'prayer for the new year' by one of my