We may have heard this saying that if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we do certain stuff? And it feels like dat lots and lots of times. Here are some of my pet peeve!
1) Car battery - For goodness sake, if we can put a freaking man on the freaking moon, why cant we put a device in our cars that will tell us when to charge our car batteries or change it. Instead in this day and age, we have to suffer the inconvenience of having our car batteries die on us in any location! Then we have to wait for the blinking AAM or whoever to bring it over, pay premium and service charge! Our mobiles have this feature, for the love of all things pure!!!!!
2) Those damn ketchup packets - Isn't the whole purpose of the F&B line designed to be customer friendly??? What is up with those damn packets?? You have gnaw at it like a rabid wolverine to get to some sauces for your meal. When your fingers are oily or wet, it is DAMN near impossible to do it! Which deranged pychopathic ward resident came up with this idea and which carbon monoxide inhaling moron approved it??? I have a way to curb drug abuse...make it legal and sell it in those ketchup packets! Let's see those crack heads get at it now.
3) Parking indicators - Parking spaces are always a premium in city areas and until recently we parkers have to drive around like lost sperms trying to locate the egg looking for a space. Also we can be cast of the "Night of the Stalking Cars" as we drive slowly following fellow shoppers who are walking towards their cars! When they are not leaving, @#$%&* them. Now we have a system that was I first saw in Singapore. Where a light above the space will indicate if it is vacant or not. green means yes and red means occupied. From there, there is a display at the entrance to tell u how many are available. What happens then is, there will be a mad rush for that one green parking slot! Why cant we have intelligent indicators that guide the cars to where the spots are? You take the ticket n indicators will guide to the nearest open slot.
4) Longer lasting milk - Why can milk only last dat few days before in "expires". what the heck will happen to you when you drink the milk that is expired the day before? will your intestines explode and you grow another head? there is nothing scarier then thinking u have drunk expired milk. Why cant we have milk dat last longer? What's wrong with our cows?
5) Stable PC - Why cant we have an operating system that performs consistently and just chucks out what is not needed? I dont mind it getting more powerful but by adding all those additional stuff on the PC and requiring it to have more RAM, ROM, HDD and all dat crap is just not on! Most of the stuff are duplicates and could be obsolete. Cant we just hv a common set of codes or products and some smaller additional codes for the other software we wanna install? Everytime we do something to the PC, some other shit crops up and gives you some alien encrypted error message. Makes you wanna poke both eyeballs with a blunt chopstick!
6) Re-sealable cookie packets - Until recently only Oreos has this pack and even then it is not a standard pack. It is for the bite size product and it is not available in all countries. Why are we encouraging ppl to finish their cookies in one go? Just so that they will continue buying? Hey wait a minute....that actually makes sense.....hmmm.....turning into a coporate capitalist stooge now....ok, scrap this.
I will have more rantings coming in the near future, so stay tuned. Next up, people who suck and I dont mean for money!!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
To be honest or not to be honest - The MCA way
The country is gripped by another sex scandal! It's been a while since we had one. After the Anwar-scandal, everything else has been kinda boring so far. So our source of entertainment has come from a very unlikely source....a very quiet and unassuming Health Minister from Johor. But true to Malaysian politician fashion, he basically got caught in a hole and starts digging. If you know what i mean. So let's break it down.
A video of his exploits was distributed to the press, showing him with another woman in a hotel room. He admits that he is the person in the video and the chinese press even went to the extend of printing a supposedly interview with his wife who reportedly said she forgives him (what was she to say? I am going chop his testicles off and feed it to raging baboons?). After that he holds a press conference to resign from all posts in the party and government. At this point, I had nothing but my utmost admiration for him. I thought it was fantastically brave and noble of him to do this and I would have gone all out to support him as did his colleagues but this is where the good times stopped. These are some of things he said:-
1) My biggest mistake was to work too hard for the party and government until I was successful and made enemies. Well you idiot, they biggest mistake you made was to have an affair and got caught!
2) My other mistake was to continue going to the same hotel and same room. Well, cant argue there Einstein! Even the most rookie of adulterers who has an ounce of common sense or have watched TV will know that you take this out of all your usual and normal haunts.
3) Other mistakes : I was too honest. How about just being plain dumb and arrogant.
4) Comment : I was hoping Malaysians will be forgiving but they are acting holier than thou.
5) Comment : Others also have affairs but no one knows about it. That's because they are scum but smart unlike you who is scum and so darn stupid.
Notice not once did he apologize to his family for the freaking embarassment he has caused them nor did he apologize to the people who supported him and voted for him. He is acting as if all he has done is alright and him being caught was the fault of others. While I dont condone people taping your privacy (makes me wanna be careful with those hotel rooms. geez!), Chua Soi Lek is just a cheater, adulterer and a pretty darn stupid and arrogant one at that. As a public figure, his message is (pay attention now boys and girls):-
1) Don't work hard or you will make enemies who will harm you
2) Don't be honest. Lie and cheat the people who have trusted you, including your family
3) When you are wrong, blame others for not understanding and for finding you out
4) Don't apologize to your family. You don't have to, they are your family and should by default forgive you.
I am no saint and definitely not without sin and that is why I am not a public figure and earning all those big bucks from concessions and graft.
And all this has made me realize a good way to make money. I can open a hotel and the motto will be "WE HAVE NO CAMERAS! Not even security ones! And we gurantee a different room everytime, even when you are too dumb to ask for it." Our target audience will be politicians and entertainers who break up with fiancee or wives using SMS because they are cowards and scum. Anyone wanna invest in my "venture"?
A video of his exploits was distributed to the press, showing him with another woman in a hotel room. He admits that he is the person in the video and the chinese press even went to the extend of printing a supposedly interview with his wife who reportedly said she forgives him (what was she to say? I am going chop his testicles off and feed it to raging baboons?). After that he holds a press conference to resign from all posts in the party and government. At this point, I had nothing but my utmost admiration for him. I thought it was fantastically brave and noble of him to do this and I would have gone all out to support him as did his colleagues but this is where the good times stopped. These are some of things he said:-
1) My biggest mistake was to work too hard for the party and government until I was successful and made enemies. Well you idiot, they biggest mistake you made was to have an affair and got caught!
2) My other mistake was to continue going to the same hotel and same room. Well, cant argue there Einstein! Even the most rookie of adulterers who has an ounce of common sense or have watched TV will know that you take this out of all your usual and normal haunts.
3) Other mistakes : I was too honest. How about just being plain dumb and arrogant.
4) Comment : I was hoping Malaysians will be forgiving but they are acting holier than thou.
5) Comment : Others also have affairs but no one knows about it. That's because they are scum but smart unlike you who is scum and so darn stupid.
Notice not once did he apologize to his family for the freaking embarassment he has caused them nor did he apologize to the people who supported him and voted for him. He is acting as if all he has done is alright and him being caught was the fault of others. While I dont condone people taping your privacy (makes me wanna be careful with those hotel rooms. geez!), Chua Soi Lek is just a cheater, adulterer and a pretty darn stupid and arrogant one at that. As a public figure, his message is (pay attention now boys and girls):-
1) Don't work hard or you will make enemies who will harm you
2) Don't be honest. Lie and cheat the people who have trusted you, including your family
3) When you are wrong, blame others for not understanding and for finding you out
4) Don't apologize to your family. You don't have to, they are your family and should by default forgive you.
I am no saint and definitely not without sin and that is why I am not a public figure and earning all those big bucks from concessions and graft.
And all this has made me realize a good way to make money. I can open a hotel and the motto will be "WE HAVE NO CAMERAS! Not even security ones! And we gurantee a different room everytime, even when you are too dumb to ask for it." Our target audience will be politicians and entertainers who break up with fiancee or wives using SMS because they are cowards and scum. Anyone wanna invest in my "venture"?
Saturday, January 5, 2008
New Year's Eve - another capitalist celebration
We are either still doing it in some way or another or have done it and not wanting to contribute anymore. Celebrating capitalism! That's rite, large corporations cashing in on our sentimental sides and persuading us to part with our hard earned cash on something that would normally cost 1/2 the price. This time I am talking about New Year's Eve celebration. Sadly Valentine's and Xmas has fallen on the same category. Well, i was one of those who decided that i would be celebrating New Year's this year or last year....whatever. In recent times, I usually just hang out some place where I can watch the fireworks for free and without the crowd. Some places to mention are like The Curve/1U, Shah Alam KGSAAS (where you can see KL and PJ's varieties), Bukit Antarabangsa, Gasing Hill, just to name a few. I thought this year, we would go a little higher and ended on Genting Highlands.
I guessed it would be packed but i didnt expect the WHOLE world and their cousins to be there!!!! It was packed....sardined, vacuum, health ministry-approved packed!! The compound outside Genting and Highland Hotels were packed to the point where we couldnt move! And that is one big compound. So there I was with hanging on to my family ensuring that no one got lost and watching the fireworks. We didnt really know when the countdown ended since no one could hear the PA system in the wide open space. Also, I dont know why this is, but those Mat Kutu would scream and shout everytime someone gets on the PA. What is up with that??? It is like, their stupid, pea-sized, single moleculed brain needed to be jumpstarted in the cold and the only way to do it is to scream whenever a stimulus appeared, in this case some voice over the PA.
All said and the done, the weather was perfect with a light mist and temperatures of 13-14 degrees and the fireworks display was awesome. They were shot out of 3 locations around the compound and it there was a lot of variety. Some we havent seen b4. I should have recorded it on my camera but was just enjoying it too much. There isnt much to tell about Genting though there are more restaurants now. There is one place worth mentioning and it is the Chin Swee Temple, which is on the way up to Genting. It has been renovated and it looks really, really nice. One of my favourite is the 10 chambers of Hell according to Buddhist belief. For those of you who dont follow un-worldly events, the Buddhist believe that when a person dies, their soul is taken to hell where judgement is passed. Based on your sins, you will endure different types of punishment in different chambers. After you have gone through your punishment, you will then be reincarnated to some living thing depending on your previous life's sins. So you have been good, you may come back as a wealthy person or Elvis. IF you have been bad, well, you could come back ranging from farm animals to intestinal parasite. Aint it cool??!!! The statues depicted the punishments quite vividly. Definitely not for the faint hearted.
There is also a statue of Lim Goh Tong in the compound and a 60 foot Buddha status. Other than that, Genting is pretty much the same. Too many people and not enough human touch. Every staff is just as unfriendly or made up of people who cant even string a decent sentence in English. Most of them could only speak one language and that is either Malay or Mandarin. Also, not one of them (that i have encountered anyway) has any manners or tact whatsoever. There are no thank-yous, execuse me, may I help you at all. Everything being very mechanical and transactional. But I guess if you are raking in billions, you can afford not to be friendly. You know what will really bug me? When the Resort World opens its resort in Singapore, I can bet you the environment will be a lot more tourist friendly and pleasureable. Looks like we poor backward Malaysians have a lot of catching up to do.
So ends my 2007. I did enjoy it somewhat. Not too bad considering I am normally at the mamak or just at some higher ground. 2008 is open us and already the first week has passed up by. Time flies whether you are enjoying or in total suffering. So I hope you had a good end to the year and my sincere wish to you is for the Best of your yesterdays to be the worst of your tomorrows. Happy New Year!!!
I guessed it would be packed but i didnt expect the WHOLE world and their cousins to be there!!!! It was packed....sardined, vacuum, health ministry-approved packed!! The compound outside Genting and Highland Hotels were packed to the point where we couldnt move! And that is one big compound. So there I was with hanging on to my family ensuring that no one got lost and watching the fireworks. We didnt really know when the countdown ended since no one could hear the PA system in the wide open space. Also, I dont know why this is, but those Mat Kutu would scream and shout everytime someone gets on the PA. What is up with that??? It is like, their stupid, pea-sized, single moleculed brain needed to be jumpstarted in the cold and the only way to do it is to scream whenever a stimulus appeared, in this case some voice over the PA.
All said and the done, the weather was perfect with a light mist and temperatures of 13-14 degrees and the fireworks display was awesome. They were shot out of 3 locations around the compound and it there was a lot of variety. Some we havent seen b4. I should have recorded it on my camera but was just enjoying it too much. There isnt much to tell about Genting though there are more restaurants now. There is one place worth mentioning and it is the Chin Swee Temple, which is on the way up to Genting. It has been renovated and it looks really, really nice. One of my favourite is the 10 chambers of Hell according to Buddhist belief. For those of you who dont follow un-worldly events, the Buddhist believe that when a person dies, their soul is taken to hell where judgement is passed. Based on your sins, you will endure different types of punishment in different chambers. After you have gone through your punishment, you will then be reincarnated to some living thing depending on your previous life's sins. So you have been good, you may come back as a wealthy person or Elvis. IF you have been bad, well, you could come back ranging from farm animals to intestinal parasite. Aint it cool??!!! The statues depicted the punishments quite vividly. Definitely not for the faint hearted.
There is also a statue of Lim Goh Tong in the compound and a 60 foot Buddha status. Other than that, Genting is pretty much the same. Too many people and not enough human touch. Every staff is just as unfriendly or made up of people who cant even string a decent sentence in English. Most of them could only speak one language and that is either Malay or Mandarin. Also, not one of them (that i have encountered anyway) has any manners or tact whatsoever. There are no thank-yous, execuse me, may I help you at all. Everything being very mechanical and transactional. But I guess if you are raking in billions, you can afford not to be friendly. You know what will really bug me? When the Resort World opens its resort in Singapore, I can bet you the environment will be a lot more tourist friendly and pleasureable. Looks like we poor backward Malaysians have a lot of catching up to do.
So ends my 2007. I did enjoy it somewhat. Not too bad considering I am normally at the mamak or just at some higher ground. 2008 is open us and already the first week has passed up by. Time flies whether you are enjoying or in total suffering. So I hope you had a good end to the year and my sincere wish to you is for the Best of your yesterdays to be the worst of your tomorrows. Happy New Year!!!
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