The Cleansing Ritual:Part 2

Yup. Made this into parts too. OK, it turned out that the whole pig-intestine-encased sausages brouhaha is a hoax! So now I'm officially clean from these pig intestines things. The DNA tests done by this people had failed to detect any pig-related cells in the sausages. Sounds like someone is sabotaging these sausage producers huh? Well, I see this both as an eye opener for muslims not to simply consume everything they see infront of them and also served as a reminder to the related government bodies to not look at things lightly.

The Tremors

Dashboard Confessional-Vindicated

We had it again. This time it was 8.2(first reported as 8.9) richter scale in Jakarta. I was listening to music when i suddenly felt like my bumps are rocking. At first I thought that I had a headache as I’ve been too long in front of the computer and when I asked my housemates, they too felt the same! I was like leaving my notebook and running outside the house afraid of it collapsing(we live in a terrace) and my housemates were like wondering and keep staying inside! Paranoid it seems but this is the second time I felt such vibration. At least, if the house was really collapsing, I saved myself! Selfish? Well, if you were me, I bet you’d do the same…except those housemates of mine...

After things were ok, we waited in front of the tv hoping to hear the latest news about the earthquake. To my amazement, TV3(claimed to get the largest number of viewers in Malaysia) didn’t report anything(though at that time we weren’t really sure if it was an earthquake and it was 12.20am, about 5 minutes after the quake) not even on the crawling bar beneath the screen so we turned to NTV7. It took quite a while before they came out with the news. I don’t know when we’re going to learn to channel such important news faster. However, credits should be given to NTV7 for being the first to bring us with the latest news.

At this time of writing, a warning has been issued for people not to be around the coastal areas. I really hope the earthquake won’t triggered another tsunami like what happened last year.

The Cleansing Ritual

I hadn’t had the time to have my say here about the recent Halal logo brouhaha, so this is more like a compilation of the catastrophe and me as the careless casualty. It has been more than a week now but the story still lingers with the usual excuses given by the unreliable religious authority: lack of enforcers!

For God's sake if you can form the despicable ‘snoop squad’ and with the 80,000 unemployed graduates being the hot news now, I don’t see why it’s hard to hire hundreds more enforcers!

But then it’s too late now. I’m not ashamed to admit here that I’m one of those apathetic Muslims who went to Ikea and having those pig-intestine-encased sausages. Twice.

So today, I have taken the initiative out of my religious obligation to perform the samak(cleansing ritual) with the guide given by the clerics who appeared on the prime-time news last 2 nights. I had never perform it before since I have no reason to do so (though I had learnt to do it during my school years but it had faded) and the awkwardness naturally came and I had to consult this friend for assurance. So there I go, cleansing my hands and mouth with 1 part of soiled water and with another 6 part of water(7 parts). Something had occurred in my mind while I’m doing this. Why it has to be soiled-water and all those numbers? I had never think about this before (during my school years) but these kind of questions keep coming in ever since I had learnt not to say yes to everything. I hope I will meet someone who really knows what he knows, not like the people I asked who’d always trying to give answers, foolishly. It’s not like I’m going to call them stupid when they couldn’t come with acceptable answers every time I came out with all these bizarre questions! Just say “I don’t know” and I’d leave them die happy!

Anyway, the way I see it, the Halal logo/certificates should only be given to the Muslims food producers to overcome things like these to happen again. It may sounds rigorous but this Halal issue is very sensitive to the muslims. Even now I feel like vomiting when thinking about sausages...

The Allowance:Finale

Finally I got my hard-earned allowance from that heartless company. I'd have never thought that I would stand inside the building again after completing my internship 3 months ago. I'd be able to draw the money only after the bank cleared the cheque and that would be like 3 working days or more. Till then, I have to bear with this few Ringgits left in my pocket. Nope. I won't call my dad. I've given him enough burden and troubles though he repeteadly asked me to call him if I need anything, that is, money. And till then, I'd starve myself, drink plenty of water(as if that would make me full) while restricting myself from huffing like usual.

The Allowance:Part 2

I have to make this one into parts too. From now on, if there are more than 5 parts, I'll turn it into a saga. It sounds more dramatic and adventurous. I called my last office again today and this time, my ex-supervisor, told me to call her back on Friday morning because the cheque will be prepared by then. Well, let see if she really meant what she said.

The Session Court:Part 2

Well, it seems like I have to make this into parts too since we have to present again this coming may. Like I've mentioned before, I accompanied this friend to the KL Session Court to hear his insurance trial. We arrived pretty early in the morning with me having to sleep only for an hour due to my latest job of managing this football club(more about this later). So we met again with this 'experienced' lawyer but it turned out that he's also picked on(or should I say scolded?) by the judge! As someone who knows little about law, we only expect that things will run smooth and this would be the last time we had to attend the court. The case was nearly dismissed due to the 'unreasonable' amount of money that the lawyer trying to settle with. The judge reminded him that he's been dealing with similar cases since 1977. He was like giving all the names of the places he'd dealt with and this lawyer was like adjusting his suit and pants, trying to think of something right to say! I was like what? My friend and I were like looking at each other in disbelief! We just knew at that time that he's nervous and almost give us the impression that we won't make it! The judge(in his own comical way) told the lawyer that he knew this lawyer had been 'reasonable' in all his cases but this time it's 'too tough'. The court burst into laughter! I guess, RM70,000 is just too high an amount to ask.

The Vernacular School Brouhaha:Part 2

The Premier has made up his mind not to okay(The Sun reported the PM's disapproval as "poured cold water") the request made by the MCA. On the other realm, PAS had urged the government to seriously consider the request as a practise of democracy in providing education. PAS also urged the Chinese community to "rationally assess the BN government in wanting to fufill its election promises and its response to the request after winning the general election last year". Parti Keadilan Rakyat(PKR) also expressed support for the request. No surprise. any politically conscious people would have realised that the generous gesture shown by both PAS and PKR were meant to gain support from the Chinese community especially after the big loss in the last General Election. But they still got some points there. Malaysians or the 'oppressed ones' in particular should assess the current government's sincerity after the big winnings. I mean, they only want more schools because the needs are demanding! The increase population made it inevitable! Was it too much to ask for more schools to preserved mother-tounge language? I don't mean to be the champion of the Chinese community but this also applies to the Tamil schools(if the needs arise). Malaysians are more open now but such decision will only generate hatred among the people. To say that the building of more Chinese schools will lead to 'dual education system' is outrageous. The vernacular schools have been around for many years and whether you like it or not, it's this dual system that we have been adapting to all this while. In Chinese and Tamil schools, subjects are taught and learned in their respective mother-tounge, while in national schools, it's in Bahasa Kebangsaan(National Language)! Wouldn't that already made them dual? Who are we kidding?

The Bastards

I'm really mad today! Really, really mad! Why am I always the one who had to receive the bad treatment when I always treat people the way I want people to treat me? At least that's what I think. I mean, I'm no saint but...shit. It's not like I'm better than anyone else but this time...I really had enough. Was it because I don't look like everyone else that people just ignore what I feel? I just don't know what did I do to deserve such treatment. You know what, from now on, I won't be good , I won't be nice to anyone. Actually I've started this days ago. One of this friend asked me if I have the job application letter. I told him I don't. He asked me because the letter should be in English and he's still stupid at it even after 11 school years + 5 university's years of learning English. Stupid cunt. I'm not saying i'm good at English but hello, writing your own application letter in English is like one of the most important skills nowadays. How long are you going to depend on others to do it for you? I was like this guy who'll be surrounded by friends when they need me, my books or my things and I'll be forgotten when they got what they want. All of them. Arseholes. Bastards.

The Allowance

I made a call to the company where I did my internship. They still owe me the December’s allowance! I’ve been calling them few times this week but they keep telling me the cheque is still not prepared. But today I talked with my supervisor, ex-supervisor to be exact and she asked for my mobile number so that she can contact me back. I’ve prepared for the worst.

The Vernacular School Brouhaha

As usual, the recent request (or should I say ‘demand’?) by the MIC for more Chinese schools under the 9^th Malaysia Plan (9MP) has triggered objections from several top leaders of umno. Among them were Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam (remember the peeping tom squad? well, he’s one of them). I’m not against him or anything but there are certain issues that I don’t agree with. Well I’m sure his statement represents his party and the members as a whole. I’m a member (not that I want to but I was naïve then) but again, I’m not with him. Let me put this straight. If something has become a necessity, why the need to constrain? I mean, the number of students would surely increase annually and eventually the need to cater them will arise especially in the urban area. By then, it would be the ruling’s government obligation to provide the facilities.

From a layman’s view, these objections come from those who wants to be the champions of Malay cause. The champions who think and hope that the average people would share the same sentiment. But did they asked or checked with the grassroots before they come out with whatever they come out with? Or was it because the position they hold that had made them to emerge as the heroes of their people?

To say that the existence of more of these vernacular schools would result in dual education system shouldn’t arise at all as these schools have already exist and this has been the practise all this while. If they were to say that by increasing the number of these schools would outnumbered the national schools (read as Malay school), well then build more of this national type schools! Keep racing with each other and let the people suffer! We wouldn’t be spoilt with choices either.

What happened to the ‘education for all and equal distribution of wealth’ preached in the last general election? I’m sure if such issue is continued to be sensationalised by the so-called people’s representatives, I’m not afraid to say the next general election will see a drop in the number of BN supporters(read as MIC supporters) or, the emerge of a new government. I mean, with all the increased prices of petrol, diesel and toll and this, who'd want this kind of government?

The Mysterious Lorry

Last night, there was this lorry parked infront of our house. I thought it belongs to one of my housemates (how could I, but who knows?) but after asking everyone available at that time, the lorry now looks suspicious. It's been there since evening. Curious, we decided to take a look at the lorry. From outside, I saw lots of rubbish on the dashboard. With all the crimes that's been going on here, I begin to think that we might find a dead body with severed head or maybe one without limbs. The road tax on the front glass is still valid. The doors were locked. We proceeded to check the back of the lorry. The lorry is like a pre-war one with missing digits on the plate. It bears Cameron Highland address. They proceeded to check the back of the lorry. I didn't jumped in. It was full of rubbish with card boxes, wires and all that. There's also this one box full of canned drinks. Then I began to think that since the doors were locked, the owner must be living nearby. If it was a stolen lorry, the thief would have left it unlocked, right? Why would you bother to lock your vehicle when you planned to abandon it? Why left all the things there? I then begged them to stop ransacking the lorry and get out of there. They didn't moved but continue to searching for valuables. I decided to get back home. I was scared if the owner suddenly emerge and call the police. I'm not planning to spend the night in jail. few seconds later, one of them(there were 2)returned with a tool box. Obviously from the lorry. The lorry's gone as I woke up this morning.

The Beautiful Sight

Radiohead-2+2=5 Went for lunch in University Malaya (UM) with my fellow friends. A straight girl and two straight boys. It's my second time there and this time I managed to see its beauty. Nope. It's not the building or the landscape there. It's the boys!. They sure have lots of beautiful boys!. If only I study there (you wish!). But if I do, I'd only end up looking at them instead of banging them. Just like now. I don't have the guts you fool!. On our way home, I received a call from my straight housemate that one of my other straight housemate's mom had passed away. We were all shocked and there's like silence for a moment in the car. I myself at that time thinking what would I do if the same thing happened to one of my divorced parents? I mean, I'm the first son from the broken family who still hasn't finish his studies even after five years at this university. No, no. I'm not ready for this. I just not.

The Guy From The Past

Keane-We Might As Well Be Strangers It just happened today that the guy whom I had a stupid crush on passing by my house in his brightly-coloured scooter. It has been 5 years but I still have that stupid feeling on him. Didn't manage to see his pretty face but I knew it was him because I got the glimpse of his plate number on the back of his scooter. See? I even remember the plate number!. I know where he lives and he lives nearby. That's how much I like him. Yup I am. I'm still that idiot who's still lust for his platonic lover. It's not even platonic. It's relic. It's been 5 years since I had a crush on him and still. But not even once I had the chance or the guts to initiate a 'friendly conversation' with him. It hurts when you can't tell how you feel to the person you like. Five years without development. Five hurtful years. Five years of containment. Shit. I still like him. I think I'm gonna make public all the things that I write and feel about him when I first had the stupid feeling during my freshman year. Should I?

The Birthday Girl

Keane-Bend and Break

I made a call home last night. It’s my sister’s birthday. She’s twelve. Happy birthday girl. I hope that there’s a brighter future for you. Better than me. She’d been through tough times. My parents divorced when she’s just ten I guess(I just guess because I don’t want to remember the date). Or maybe nine. I’m sorry because I couldn’t be that perfect brother. But I hope things will work out alright. Right now I can only hope. I’m doing my best here to put some shades of light into our life. I don’t know if she’s coping life well. She has this happy face and I don’t know how she feels inside. I hope she won't turned into a girl who hates everything and everyone like I do now. I don’t know how it feels when your parents divorced when you're still young because I’m old enough to cope all the shits at that time. Right now, I just want you to know I'm unable to improvise things. Shit. I just can't afford it, yet. I couldn’t turn ugly things into something that can be appreciated, be adored. I just couldn’t. I don’t know whether I should regretted my decision studying here. It’s been 5 years and I’m still here, heading nowhere. Couldn't made up my mind. Feel like blowing my head. I’m the most pathetic brother she ever had. I can only give you promises. I know she won't read this but this is exactly how I feel right now.

The Feng Shui Quest:Finale

One of my friends whom I did the internship together showed up at my house. He(straight of course, in fact, all of them are) told me that he already get all his allowances! He asked me to get mine! I forgot about it actually because i left a week earlier than I should be. The place’s terrible! It’s in the brink of bankruptcy and this friend told me that some of the staffs had quit. I mean, who would want to work in a place where you’d only get your salary 2, 3 months later and it’s only half? The news didn’t surprised me at all as I’ve witnessed the same things when I was there.

I don’t know if this(the presence of my friend) has something to do with the cock but he sure brings good news to me. I mean the allowance thing. I take it as a coincidence while hoping for more of the same things(good news) to follow suit.

Till then, I put off the quest in this blog for a while but will continue with the observation.

The Gay Festival Brouhaha

Finger 11-One Thing Having read The Sun today, I'm not amused nor surprised by the story reported. According to the report, "One of Asia's most popular gay and lesbian festivals may be behind a sharp rise in the number of new HIV infections in Singapore". Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Health Balaji Sadasivan cited "An unnamed medical expert's opinion that the nation festival, which attracts thousand of revellers from around the world each August, as a possible cause for the rise". I mean, who's this 'unnamed medical expert'? Why the anonymity? What is he/she afraid of? Or hiding from? No, don't give me the 'for security reasons' craps. Any man in his right mind wouldn't have the time to believe an ambiguous study from an anonymous source. Then the minister is quoted as saying "We do not know the reasons for the sharp increase of HIV in the gay community". What is this? You do not know the reasons and yet you claimed the increased number is cause by the festival? I mean, I'm not against non-fictional report nor I'm the champion of these gay and lesbian who go around and fuck every hole they see without proper protection. But please, if you want to make a political or personal statement, it is safe if the source is reliable and believable. I do know and believe that unprotected gay sex is one of the many contributors of the sharp increase but is certainly not the sole factor. Remember that there are at least 3 ways of how HIV can be transmitted, one, unprotected sexual intercourse (either vaginal or anal) with someone who is HIV-infected, two, sharing needles or syringes with someone who is HIV-infected and three, mother-to-infant infection.

Moving further, "An epidemiologist has suggested that this maybe linked to the predominantly gay party in Sentosa, the Nation party, which allows gays from high prevalence societies to fraternise with local gay men, seeding the infection in the local community". Wait, read more, "However, this is an hypothesis and more research needs to be done by the experts". And more of this, "Balaji told the Parliament, a record of 311 people in Singapore had contracted HIV last year, 28% more than in 2003". But then again, "He said 90% of the people who contracted the virus last year were men, with a third of them gay". Ironic? you do the math. Talking about revealing the truth... On a brighter side, 4410 students scored straight As in last years SPM examination with one student scored A1s in all 17 subjects she sat for. I only hope that all these geniuses wouldn't have any problem getting the right place in any reputed universities. Really hope that the placement of these bright students is done by merit not prejudice. Previous years' bitterness should remind the powers that be.

The Feng Shui Quest:Part 2

Radiohead-Karma Police

Still, there's nothing happened. Man. But this time I placed the cock outward, making its arse pointing towards me. Hmmm. My room has since become actives with activities. Computer games activities. No one would want to enter my room before because there's nothing interesting in there. And I don't like them there too. My housemates were like hoarding in my room now and from what I read, it's good chi that coming to your room/house if people keep coming in. And of course, out, I guess. You wouldn't want people keep coming into your house without going out, do you? Was it the cock or was it because my roommate's computer that has been fixed that attracts the so-called chi? I think the latter is more likely.

The Feng Shui Quest

Mmm....yup...nothing happened. And I'm still here. The same me. Maybe this thing takes a little time to take affect. Maybe it's still adjusting itself in a new place. Or maybe it already happened and I don't realised it. Or maybe I'm just a poor guy who's fucking impatient. That's the word. Impatient. I've been impatient for everything I want or do for all my life. Or maybe I put it in the wrong direction!. No. I'm sure. I've double checked it, in fact, tripled. Right now, its beak is directed inward so it can see me everytime I try to get anything from my wardrobe. Yes, I put it on my wardrobe. Where else? My wardrobe is coincidently located in the west corner so I have to put the cock up there. Or maybe I'm wrong. OK guys, I'd better check it from the site. Later...

The Feng Shui Manic

I just found a new obsession (well, other than boys...)! It's Feng Shui and I'm sure you've heard about it before. But, for those who's still in the dark, Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art of putting the right things into the right places(this is my own interpretation and correct me if I'm wrong). Feng Shui means wind and water (this one however, not my own interpretation). It is one of the many branches (or roots maybe) of science. It involves Geomancy, architecture , psychology and so many other things that I couldn't state here cos I'm still new at it and I have to prove it to myself first before I go around preaching others about this skill. For a start, I bought a gold-coloured rooster with coins on it from this pasar malam last night for a good bargain price of RM15. The initial price is RM19 so I managed to save RM4 off my arse. I had wanted to buy it since last year but didn't manage to. So it just happened that last night I bumped into this stall full of these Feng Shui paraphernalia and didn't let the chance go. I put this sexy chap in the west corner of my room to enhance my networking, wealth and love luck(it's called peach blossom luck, whatever is that mean). I know it may sounds weird but I just can't wait the outcome. Oh ya, if you wonder how I find the correct direction to place the rooster in the west, I used my roommate's super digital watch. I guess I have to get my own compass. Dont' worry, I will.