Impact Of A Soul To A Soul From A Soul

I have seriously had it with these jackasses of a donkey. Why are you contaminating my mailbox? Don’t you see that you and your business do not draw our attention! Don’t you see that we do not need your services? You people are blind, real blind to not see all your cards being thrown on the floor out of frustration!

I have had to endure over the past 6 months of litter in my box! These idiots are pure evil, they don’t just leave one card but they will just grab a handful of a minimum of 5 cards and just toss it into the mailbox. First of all you are not working efficiently and second of all you guy are wasteful. Wouldn’t it be more efficient if you allocate one card per box? It still gets the message across but minus the wastage.

Any way, this has just shown that the finance business is blooming in our country. If I can recall, those that have been operating the slot-in-the-mailbox gang is no less than 8 different financer every month. You tell me, is our society so in need of cash, fast cash? For whatever reason it is, to me personally, they are a bunch to avoid at all cost even if I have to beg on the streets with a broken bowl just to get enough to buy an ice cream stick.

I’m not going to go into the details of not paying back these jackasses as you would have read one to many stories everyday. With the world cup just around the corner, think before you call them. I believe you can think over it, it’s very simple.

win = pay back + winnings
lose = no payback - arm/leg/life

In the meantime, I still have to throw away all your blardy litter in my mailbox, so please stop contaminating my mailbox and get the heck out of my backyard. Go play far far away…

I’m just not in a very good mood. Tummy pain… not what you are thinking ok. The doctor just told me that the acids in my body are turning around moving upwards and I have a terrible pain from my chest right down to my tummy. Aaarrrgggghhhhh!

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I reached our infamous PWTC about 10 minutes before 10. We parked in the Mall and then headed to the showroom. I was a bit shocked to see that there was a very long queue just to grab tickets for entering the showrooms. The ticketing area actually took about 30 minutes of my time, sheesh, it’s at this time that I wished I heeded the advise of booking the tickets online from their website here. So for those who wish to go, do book your tickets online if possible, the queuing for tickets is not that fun unless you like to tire you feet even before you get a glimpse of the cars and babes ambassadors.

The motor show spanned through 6 halls. You will first be greeted in hall 1 with Bridgestone’s F1 vehicle, but the attraction is not the car, it’s this fair lass wrapped in white posing for the crowd. I was of course one of those who were there snapping away at her and her accomplice. Worth a mention is the Loremo car which is white in colour and it opens from the front. It’s like one futuristic car from back when I was a kid. Of course not to mention the sweet lass which posed for me and the others with the car.

Besides that you can see others such as Chevy, Hyundai, Kia, Brabus, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Peugot, and lots of accessories ranging from audio to tinting. One that should not be missed is the Honda and Mercedes hall which is Merdeka Hall, where you will get to see Asimo in action if you have not seen it before. Another must see would be the Mercedes Mclaren in black, a car to be envied, definitely.

Then the wonders on wheels in the last hall, a must visit, not that you would have a choice, features the dreams most of us would have on wheels. Here you get to see all the luxurious cars from Naza which ranges from Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborgini and some that I do not know. Oh, of course there are quite a number of new and old motorcycles there as well.

The motor show is one that should be visited, especially by those that are interested in cars or the shutter bugs that is looking for free models to shoot at, ah sounds just like me. There’s lots of things to see there be it a car enthusiast or an accessories freak, but then of course if you looking for flowers and fruit trees then this is not the place la.

A word of caution for the shutter bugs, make sure you have lots of batteries with you! I ran out of battery by 2 in the afternoon and I had 2 lithium ion batteries with me… that’s how happy my fingers were. So make sure that you have ample of batteries and memories if you are using digital cameras. For the analogue cameras you can opt to buy films and batteries along the way in transitions from hall to hall. There’s lots of food on sale there as well, so you are not allowed to leave and come back, you don’t need to anyway. If you are really into motor vehicles and models, then you can opt to stay in for the whole day, with food and drink available as well as films and batteries, but of coz for a fair amount of money.

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I just came back from a session of karaoke. It’s some what a farewell party for a colleague of mine. One of the close ones you get when you work in a certain company. You know those type that goes out lunch, outings and dinner together. I guess our group will grow smaller soon as she will be leaving us for a better career path.

The karaoke session was a fun one. No comments on the food, but the hours that passed was such joyful moments. Angie, a born singer, but decided to stroll in the path of IT sang some of her best songs. Her voice is melodious and it’s good. We all sang our own favourite songs, had a few group songs and even some songs that we dance to. I guess the staff there must have thought we were a bit crazy as we did not even consumed alcohol except one of use and we were acting like long lost barbarian doing our ritual or unity.

We ended our sessions with 2 special song which is “Only You” and “Que Sera Sera”. It shall be one of the most memorable karaoke sessions for us all.

Here’s wishing Angie all the best in her future undertakings and may the good time never ends. I am definitely looking forward to another session and scrap the farewell thingee. We may not be colleagues, but we darn well are still friends.

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The news article Gifts of life in the paper “The Star” speaks by itself. It’s regarding a young man who decided to give the most precious gift to other, not all but enough to make a difference.

This news article is regarding Chit Hwa, which left his family due to a brain tumor, he was 19 then. It’s tragic enough for such a young man but he was courageous and decided to donate his organs out. He has saved 35 persons after his death where his organs were transplanted to the needy. Imagine the courage he had while facing the tortures of the tumor and yet he decided to donate his organs to the needy. His family members were brave too to fulfill his wishes.

I salute him for making such a decision and a moment of silence…

This question actually pops up in my mind once or twice long time ago. I say to myself tat if I passed on this life, I would like to make at least some contribution by donating my organs or whatever that still can be transplanted to help others… I really do. However as the years passed, the thought kind of just disappeared and I don’t even remember there is such a thing until I read this article. When you think about it, it just seems to be such a simple thing, what’s there to it to donate my organs, but then when it comes to the time, you may have different opinions. I have heard so many which decided not to go through with it although they decided to do it when they were much younger.

It’s a tough decision to make and I guess you may have different opinions when you age. Another factor may be that we do not understand certain things that deter us from such an act. As for me, I would not say anything now but then again I may not even qualify. The amount of alcohol intake when I was younger and down may have damaged everything I could use to help myself, least to say others.

What is your opinion and your stand? Would you give up your organs to save others?

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Sings happy birthday song for Winn

Check her out here, she is hilarious at times adn can pose intruguing questions at you when you least expected it.

Happy Birthday to you. And definitely lots more to come!

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I’ve talked about mutual respect sometime back, which was more on respect for other’s religion and stuff like that. This time around I am writing something like that as well. By the way you may want to read this, this and this. I won’t elaborate them here as I believe you will be able to read them.

I am not taking sides nor am I condemning either party, but the truth is that I believe in peace and harmony. The propaganda that has been going on is just unhealthy for every one of us and believe me, it’s poison to our children too. I do not know if you teach your children to kill or eradicate those they don’t like, but I guess that is what has been portrayed. We live in a country where we can freely express our views and with no fear. Don’t take that away from everyone and our children, including yours.

What is the point for us to be looking into something like eradicating one another when we are all of the same substance, we are all humans. The only difference we have apart from our physical features are our beliefs and I know each and every belief systems teaches us to be good if not a saint, which I doubt anyone could reach such a pure state that easily. What is to be proud of from killing, wiping, eradicating, or whatever-you-call-it others, in terms of religion, belief or even life itself.

I don’t know but you, but I sometime think things this way. When you want to do something to other, imagine the same thing happens to you. If you want to turn let’s say those you hate into mindless frogs… would you like it if they had the same idea and turn you and your gang into mindless cows? Think wisely… and most of all, be wise and not forgetting ethics. We can live harmoniously, don’t turn this beautiful paradise into a war zone like so many has done in the past and the present. Learn from the mistakes that has been done.

If you have read the links I put up, do let me know your views.

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Well remember my little pleasant trip to Cherating? Now I have multiple red spots all over my hands and legs, thanks to you little monsters. I bet you sand flies had a good time piercing into my skin during your midnight ordeal, you little twerps. Now I look like a very sick man with spots all over. I got to know from a colleague of mine that it seems like I am allergic to you and you and you. With that say he estimates that I will remain looking like an alien for about a month… that’s bad, real bad.

I guess the process is like a mosquito bite, a little sting and then a little itchy. However after that the itchiness seems to spread like wild fire. With the itchiness, definitely scratching is present and therefore making the matter worst. I’m still hoping for a better day, but if it does not come soon then I guess my already familiar doctor will have to take a look at it.

I guess they were rite, prevention is better than cure. This is my first encounter with these monsters, so I hope I will remember this the next time when I want to stay on the beach until late at night. Nothing to do now but wait for it to heal.

*merajuk*

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Apart from the inconvenience and torture of the taste buds… here is the weekend I spent in Cherating, Kuantan. The trip was a pleasant trip in all other aspect especially for my little camera!

Although we were greeted with some inconvenience in the start and a free sauna in the lobby, hence the stay was a pleasant one in mind. We were greeted by the fairly rough sea beating against the shore and the bright sun basking it’s light on the white sandy beach. The sea was of clear while the bright blue sky and white clouds made the scenery a relaxing one. There were children and adults playing and strolling on the beach, relaxed and refreshed. There were coconut trees standing tall clinging to the sand and giving shadows and shades for those who seeks it.

We relax on the first day where no activity was planned. The gang basically played beach volley ball and “monkey”. I did not join as I was not really a sports person so I skipped all the sports element activities. I was just shooting pictures the rest of the evening and strolling by the beach. The furthest I went was going knee deep in the sea. I did not really play in the sea or any other beach games though… I was just shooting around. It was a relaxing day though the bus journey was quite long, about 4 to 5 hours with 2 stops in between for breakfast and a break. Then the night complete the day with karaoke session at Xpose in Legend hotel. Then we called it a night and retired to sleep.

The next day we made a trip to Lake Chini and like the tour guide keep saying, it’s the second largest natural lake in Malaysia. The bus ride from the resort took about 2 hours just to reach Lake Chini and most of us just slept all the way. The activity in Lake Chini was boat ride, aboriginal village and also lunch. In the aboriginal village we were taught how to use the blowpipe. Almost everyone tried, but I didn’t, just like an antisocial brat as always. Nah, it’s just that I was not interested. In the same village we saw a mother monkey and her child chained by a tree. There was also a black hornbill there flying around in the trees. Then we gathered at this aboriginal’s house and saw some of the children playing games. Then we departed from there and made our way to river Chini. Near the entrance of the river, we saw some lotus flower, which was really nice. I was actually expecting the lake would be filled with lots and lots of lotus flower, but then it was shattered as I got to know tourist came and plucked them out one by one. I guess we never learn the lessons that have been taught to us since we were young. Imagine a lake full with lotus flower, what a heaven it would be.

Then we entered the river Chini, and we saw a lot of big trees along side the river. There were these Merbau trees that were hundreds of years old, various other trees, saw a lizard drinking by the river as well as a snake on a tree branch. The guide gave us a lot of explanation of the trees, what they can be used for, and other informations. Then we headed back from the river back to the lake and the jetty. The boat ride was really fun, we did some drifting and even a 360 spin right in the middle of the lake. What an experience! We had our lunch there and everyone was content. Then we headed off to the batik factory and then the salted fish shop. The rest of the evening everyone was playing on the beach while I was snapping photos again.

After dinner we went to the turtle sanctuary near club med. It was not fruitful as we did not manage to see any giant turtles come up and lay eggs, but they did release a handful of turtles. During this time I did observe that human are just ignorant as it has been reiterated so many times that no flash light or flash photography should be used, and yet they are people who use it, and there were a tour bus from our southern neighbour there. With no luck, we went back to our resort, grabbed a carton of beer and sat by the beach. We listened to the waves beating on the sand and the moon was shining so brightly that it did not feel like the middle of the night. We chatted and a bit of story telling came around. Then we retired back to our rooms.

The 2 morning there were spend chasing for sunrise. I woke up at 0500 in the morning and was out by the beach by 0545. I was really happy that I managed to see and snapped photos of the sunrise on both mornings. I can tell you that the wait for sunrise is exciting and long, but when the sun starts to rise, you only have less than 15 minutes to admire its glory and beauty. Then its breakfast and some games like ping pong, chat, stroll around the resort and packing. Then we were on our way back to the hustle and bustle of the city life and work the next day. What a weekend for me.

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I was tagging along with a group of people to Cherating for a weekend get away. I only got to know them after some time there, but I have to say, I liked these people. Very friendly and psychotic, just like me… but don’t tell anyone else, ok. But really, they are really cool and friendly, one of the best trips I have had so far, but then I’ll tell you more bout that next time.

The arrangement of food and accommodation were made in Holiday Villa. I was actually a minority there so I just listened and tried to digest the facts. Apparently these people in this resort knew we were coming about an hour or so before we stepped in their lobby, but our rooms were not ready. One of the rooms has the toilet bowl displaced and another had some other problem with the air conditioning unit. I got to know that the reservations were done like at least 3 months ago… quite disturbing to me. We had to wait like an hour or more in the burning sauna of their lobby. An experience that will turn almost anyone into a horrible green monster and starts a verbal war if not a fist fight with the management.

Then the next horror came, the food was not up to expectation or simply bad. We were actually promised a seaside BBQ dinner but then they wanted to put us indoor so we actually, what the… we disagree and after much persuasion they agreed to setup the BBQ dinner by the sea. Ok then the venue was set but the food was not really my type I would say. Most of the food was cold, the soup was cold and the meat and vegetables were cold. I thought they would heat them like all other buffets or even the small little caterers do. That definitely took the tasty part away if the food was… but my taste bud did not really function as the taste was not to my liking at all. The other problem was that the place they setup was so poorly lit that I could not see the colours of my food, I could only make out what I was eating by the shape.

Then the breakfast came for the next two morning, which I believe was acceptable but still why is it cold… when it was only about 0730 when I sat down to have my breakfast. The only meal I was satisfied was the second dinner which has one tasty dish and soup, but then again it was still hot as I was there half an hour before the dinner actually starts. After that I found it was not hot enough too.

I would not say much about the food as it’s so subjective to label it tasty or hot enough or cold enough. It may just be because of the extremely large crowd during the long weekend, but then again they should be trained for such situations. The one that I could not accept is that the rooms were in a mess when we got there, even though we called an hour or so earlier to tell them we have reached and was having our lunch less than 500 meters from the resort. I don’t know their side of the story and if there is one then I would like to hear it, it’s only fair for me to listen to it before making a full conclusion. As of now I will just conclude based on my experience for the past weekend that I will not go there for a holiday.

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I never imagined it could happen… I never did. Cheras was flooded yesterday and as what I could see, it was bad, really bad. The further part of Cheras near 9th miles has never had this problem but then yesterday was an exception.

I heard that 9th mile was flooded bad, almost 1 meter high if I was not lied to. I drove past the toll booth yesterday and the wide road which I think can accommodate at least 20 to 25 cars in one go, I think, was reduced to like 3 or 4 lanes. The roads were muddy when I reached, so they were trying to clean up the mess. My car just turned from blue to orange just by driving through the toll booth.

Apart from that I heard there were a few accidents that occurred due to the rain and flash flood. What is happening here… this is unnatural. Could it be that mother earth is trying to say something to us?

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