Torching the Todak...sideways...

Bersih, the people cant see you :(

2007-11-19T08:20:00.000+08:00

Bersih, you have moved me.

But i fear that its only possible as i am one of a seemingly insufficient group of folks that have the know-how to see what is happening online.

Can we, the people, really sit back and let the media give us false hopes, censored information, even blatant cover-ups every other day, and take it whenever they say its for the better of the country when they are discovered? Isnt a democracy something where the PEOPLE decide what is better for the country?

Perhaps i should state where i stand. I am neither pro or anti opposition, which somehow i feel would lend some credibility to what i have to say...as our ministers always seem to spit at any comments that come from opposition parties these days, or fuck, even foreigners...i.e.:

The Backman Column (my first real eye opener)
Back when Michael Backman penned the Malaysia Bodoh article, i thought he made some very interesting points. I was eager to see what response our folks upstairs would offer in the face of such grounded statements...so what happened? our dear Rafidah pops up and proclaims that he is an outsider and does not know what hes talkin about!...that for me was an eye opener. Was she even worried that others like me might know the content of the article she had just discredited?...

No. Of course not. The media will make sure the general pop is in a fog. Even folks down to my parents didnt know the extent of it. The media had made it as though the only part of the Backman column that matters was the "Malaysia Bodoh" statement.

A quick visit to http://www.michaelbackman.com/ quickly resolved that after they read the articles i printed out.

Up to then, i had never bothered to vote. I go fishing and leave things be the way they are. i was happy. But when a minister takes up an argument the way some kids might argue a point...with no facts, i started to freak. How can they make us believe its our voice they portray when im at home chewing my lips yelling "what the hell!!?"

Now Bersih
A year of stuff goes by and now its BERSIH! I applaud the move.

I read CNNs report, Al Jazeeras, even BBCs...all gave more scope on the topic at hand than our local media. Amazingly, the are hardly any decent pics on Bersih ...just some pics of the traffic caused by roadblocks set up because of some evil "opposition rally".

PM actually said its bad to cause racial disharmony...did you even see it? did you not see the Malays standing with the Indians, Chinese and what-not... In my eyes, how can you make a statement like that? Remember, i am a regular citizen. I have to make choices on what you are saying. Stop shooting empty cans.

On our dear Zam
Our "Information" Minister... i am appaled. How can you go on a live interview and shoot your mouth off like that? You directly attacked the Al Jazeera network instead of explaining what was happening. You taunted them saying that MALAYSIA IS LAUGHING at them.

HOW DARE YOU SPEAK FOR ME! You are the biggest let down for an Information Minister. I should really thank you, as you did more to further BERSIH's cause than oppose it. Im sure you guys know it as well, as the papers are now trying to put down the Al-Jazeera network...and no one seems to know what you said except those who know where to look for the information. I had to actually make another trip home to make sure mom and dad didnt get sidetrailed by our media once again...

Transcript of the interview here: http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/ (You will need to scroll down a bit)
or better yet, watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_GQ-K7P_w

You say they give a voice only to opposition parties? then why the hell did you get interviewed? You are supposed to manage information? then do it like a professional when given the chance, and not like some uneducated stuttering twit.

Heck, a local article now states that you told the station that police used water cannons to disperse the crowds. It appears that the teargas is no longer mentioned. Maybe tomorrow, even less will be mentioned, and eventually some folks will then toast to the issue being successfully swept under a rug.

My biggest annoyance now is that most of the people voting would never see a Bersih rally picture in local news, See its coverage on a video, would never have gone to YouTube and typed in Bersih. Would never go to Google News to see what international articles are being penned on it...

...Would never browse the blogs, cos for God's sake, its all written by jobless females with nothing better to do so they are out to cause problems (as mentioned by our Information Minister, of course)...

I mean, just look at this:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/malaysia.protests/
Something like this would be a nice front page article in our papers.

From the "Malaysia Bodoh" colums down to the Lingamgate video and more recently, Bersih...my mom's response (shes a daily The Star reader) would sum it up best:

"...i had no idea..."

Now...how many more people would actually be saying that if we could just open their eyes.

Im pretty sure who they aren't voting for this coming round of elections.

I know that i dont carry much weight as a non political blog, and maybe thats the point of it. Right now, I am nothing but a distrought citizen.

Thank you Mr Government.

some brain droppings...

2006-10-10T11:06:00.000+08:00

Gawd...its been what, months?

Decided to blog today because of a dish: Antipasto...after sis made some for her friends in aussieland.

Have you ever heard a more depressing name? Its evil sounding, negative even...the name carries so much meaning.

Has it ever made u think?

Whats a pasto?
Does Anti-pasto merely mean not a pasto?
Is it put there to kill off whatever pasto has done for us?
Maybe even to kill all the pasto that come by?

yeah, well...This is what coffee does for ur thoughts anyways...

XD
-ed

Anal-ogy : Spam

2006-01-24T15:03:00.000+08:00

Source: http://www.userfriendly.org/

The mean machine!

2006-01-24T13:41:00.000+08:00

Charlie: Uh, careful ar, this bike no brakes
Me: No brakes?...or poor brakes?
Charlie: Well. the back brakes are there, they just dont work...
Me: Front brakes?
Charlie: What front brakes?
Me: ...

Doesnt help that the haruan hunt is miles away...
Doesnt help that we have to go through rough laterite terrain and used lorry paths...
Doesnt help that the potholes here could really swallow pots...the mamak kind.
Doesnt help that im riding pillon with a rider just half my weight...
Doesnt help that he has to negotiate a path and also balance my bulk...
Doesnt help that i have to carry two rods in one hand and still help balancing...
Doesnt help that the rods were fully assembled, rigged and baited...

Doesnt help that over here, helmets are for pussies...

Welcome to Selama!...Gotta love this place...

NcT Gang's word of the month #2 - Pythonic

2006-01-14T01:06:00.000+08:00

PYTHONIC

Ever see a Python eat a cow and do much after?
Uh-huh...exactly...

It is that useless, lethargic feeling one is infused with right after a good meal. Things usually get little lohless about this time too...

ASS EOs (warning:rant)

2006-01-04T18:31:00.000+08:00

SEOs, or Search Engine Optimizers are generally folks that make good money by pushing up search engine results of their paying customers.

There are many methods employed by SCOs that cross the ethical boundry, but they are here to stay as there are always companies looking to get the best search results in any search engine...

What got under my skin was seeing one company advertising in my favourite daily...If they wish to advertise, it is their god given right, but the actual advertisement i believe should have at least passed through the editors of the newspaper first to be sure it isnt in any way misleading the public.

My eyes go down to the Eonenet advertorial.

"make real money bla bla...top coach bla bla"...holy shite...ive seen spam do less...and given my stance on spam, thats saying a LOT!

"-- ranked the World's Top Internet Marketing Coach in top search engines"

WHAT THE #%@&!!!? Since when does a Search Engine result give you any authority????! THESTAR ACTUALLY PUBLISHED THIS??? IS THE EDITOR SMOKING SOMETHING HE SHOULDNT BE???My favourite daily began looking like a cheap tabloid...i couldnt believe it.

Talking to some colleagues, everyone agreed...if this keeps up...thestar was heading down the crapper...

Run Google with "Internet Marketing Coach", and its true, her name pops up on top of the list.
Run with "Internet Marketing Consultant" and her name completely dissapears...why?? choice of words you schmucks!...

This is just ONE of the methods search engines and the people using them are manipulated by these unethical monsters...coach? consultant? the search engines just matching words, not their meanings...

Its ALL a play of words...smoke and mirrors...

Yet how do they get away with this? simple...the target markets they go for...and the target region, asia...there arent enough tech-savvy folks here in our money driven industry with the ethical stance to see what these folks are doing.

If you visit eonenet.com or fionetan.com, you cant help but notice the trumpet blowing and euphamisms that fecally decorate the entire site.

#1 yadda dada!!! TOP bla bla bla...but not ranked by people, nooo, just search engines... and hey!!...Aren't SEOs main job function to optimize search engines to produce biased search results anyway? What a surprise to see her result on top huh?!!

Anyone with the technical know how can make their search results come out as number one in any search engine if they really wanted to...

Here, try this on for size: Go to http://www.google.com/ and search for "fione tan unethical and misleading" and look at what the TOP SEARCH RESULT is all about!!!

Hey, its on the top of the search engine's search results right folks?!!! should'nt it be true then?...wow...i must be an SEO too!

Bite me...

The Gift

2005-12-26T10:45:00.000+08:00

It all began while Penang Bridge fishing the weekend before Xmas...Getting water with a rope n bucket, glasses snag the rope, flying off into the deep blue yonder...and left me with this dumbass glassless look on my face...Strike 1!

Then my baby's front absorbers blow out...taking a corner, lucked out on a pothole in the road...*$igh*...heres a good enough reason to get those HWL absorbers already...me being the eternal optimist, wasnt able to immediately see that this was actually Strike 2!

Woke up...shit, showered and shined myself ready for work...Just a few more days to my LOOOONG holiday break...what could go wrong?? already had my glasses lost and car hurt...statistically, i should be in for a good rest-of-the-week!...

WRONGO!!

Picked up my bag, latch was apparently unsecured...even tho i dont remember opening it in the first place...'KEEErAsh!!!!'...Floor? meet Camera, Camera? meet Floor...

Jobe? meet Strike 3!

I snapped, roared, and did the math...this was a bad week!!...with 3 seperate accidents that would cost me upwards of 500 each, this was something i could not afford at Xmas...i let out another roar...and call in sick.

Holidays finally came...While bitching to some buddies, and having them laugh at me for having such a ridiculous week reminded me of what hanging out and talking cock was really about....I had been doing the work bit a little much lately and seem to have forgotten what really mattered...its not that i had completely stopped hanging out...its just how i never really appreciated it...sometimes you need to feel down enough to be reminded...

Amazing how sometimes a bad streak comes by and reminds you just how important it is not to take the good streaks for granted.

It made me make a point of enjoying my buddies during Xmas and my week off...

It was a bad week, It made a great Xmas! ;)

Jingle Nuts...

2005-12-25T13:56:00.000+08:00

MERRY F'KIN XMAS TO ALL!!!

- Jobe ;) -

NcT Gang's word of the month #1 - Lohless

2005-12-21T10:04:00.000+08:00

LOHLESS

Derived from the Hokkien phrase Bo-Loh, which translates literally to "No Road". It is used for stating something or someone has got no direction, in the point it is supposed to be making.

Thus Loh-less would translate to direction-less, or more accurately...pointless...

It can also explain your bowl of hokkien-loh mee that the nice little lady forgot to add the starchy gravy too...

-e-

A glitch in the matrix...

2005-12-21T08:32:00.000+08:00

Warning : Lohless boring post...

Deja-Vu

(some brain-droppings from yesterday)

On the to SoulGarden lastnite for a company dinner, bumped into a Aja...but i couldnt shake the feeling that ive seen her here before, in this moment, with the escalators there and 600cc in the background, the ambient lighting and smell of waffles in my nose...it all hit so strong, that i forgot what i was saying to my buddy walking next to me...

I had a Deja Vu, and an extremely vivid one at that...since a deja-vu usually involves only sight...

I start thinking, deja vu? is it really the 'now' of of some premonition? or an obscure dream i had awhile back just re-ennacted? or just my brain telling me at that point that I have 'seen' this coming, when in fact I really havent...

I guess going with the last choice is kind of the easiest way to explain it out...since this is the NOW, and whos to say what you were thinking the minute, day, month or year ago if its not your brain? Deja Vu literally means "already seen"...but you are never able to tell when you have seen this before...no matter how much you feel that you know you have...

Then i think about it again, explaining it away like this takes away the romance and mystery behind what it is...and i realise then that in me, what i am, is someone that cannot live without understanding something...be it a person, instance, reaction, item, thought, toy or what-not that i come in contact with...i cannot help it...

I will rather destroy something to see how it works than to just accept what it does.

And this is just what i nearly did...nearly destroyed a moment...the romance of a mysterious moment just explained away as the possible expression of a brain function gone awry...

I stare at my browser with the Googled search result from 'research "deja vu"'...i realise from the summaries that there are some research done into this field...i can click and receive gratification that there is a "POSSIBLE" science behind it.

Possible is NOT confirmed, just speculative...i can click that, and read what it possibly is. Kill the moment and still not know for sure...

I close my browser...i will read it up when some journal mentions they have gone beyond speculation.

Maybe some things are best left "as is" for now.

I had a Deja Vu yesterday...and this time, i will just accept it.

BisKUAT!!

2005-12-15T09:45:00.000+08:00

Joe, if you ever see this:
"i eat little biscuits like you for breakfast!" :P

heh, always wanted to say stuff like that...

But truth be told, these local cheapo biscuits arent half bad...a little sweet...but not bad at all :)

...plus theyre BisKUAT!!! ....god dayumn!, that cracks me up...

A day with the guv'ment

2005-12-12T23:01:00.000+08:00

A title like that would usually be followed by a rant, but not today.

Today i had a decent time. Started off with me calling Boonz to get ready for a day of pain lining up in the Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara to get our ICs updated...after about a year of procrastinating, of course :P

We arrived at about nine-ish at the BIG building at Anson Road...queried the guard and got the thumbs up that this be the place where we do our ICs...

Being late, the first pleasant surprise was the parking...one word...'ample'...

Went upstairs, to 3rd floor, Registration counter...next pleasantry: a helpful person behind the desk. We took our forms and numbers...

I drew 1169, Boonz on 1173...current number : 1048
...not too bad...

We did a count and the numbers were going by about one a minute, not too bad at all!
...Estimated an hour and a half wait, so to Dim Sum next door for breakfast!...which wasnt all that good, so ill leave that topic there.

Back inside at 9.45

Lepakked on the floor in the corner and chatted...our turns came around quickly enough...the folks inside were quite polite about telling me what i could and couldnt wear...

Stuffed myself into a coat they provided for the pic to be taken...they were even patient enough till i found one close to my size(which wasnt very close at all actually...NOTE: lose some tonnage Jobe!!)

Heres where i get my next pleasentry...the lady behind the Registration counter in the morning sees me inside:

"Encik, ada tinggal kunci kan pagi tadi?"

"Huh?...eh...i did!...i mean... - ada!!"

Holy cow! i didnt even notice i misplaced my car-keys!!...mom always said if my nuts werent attached, id lose them too...will punish myself for that later, for now i thank the lady profusely...

With literally hundreds of people there, all she could have done was throw it into lost n found or something, but she held onto them and got them to me...she even went to retrieve it for me while my pic was being taken...

After another short wait, thumbprinting was done (Biometric scanners!...fuh...canggih also...) and we were off...not much hassles at all...

I wish i could remember that lady's name, cos she really did make my day. The fact that she would even take 1 step further to help me out really changed my view of the workers in the guv'ment offices...

I really feel there has been a change done to make it a little less painful...with the politeness, smiles and even special assistance received today, guv'ment service status with me is now "got some hope!"...which is a huge upgrade from "completely and utterly fucking useless!!"

...well...at least its a step in the right direction! ;)

Im praying i didnt just catch them on one of their good days tho, and hopefully things look up even more in the future...

Breaking her in!

2005-12-10T10:57:00.000+08:00

Lube arrived!

Remember kids!!...Protection, protection and protection!

sey hair-low too my lee-tel fren :D

2005-12-08T14:51:00.000+08:00

*BIG GRIN*

She arrived lastnite!!!...

They forgot to include the lube and floor mats, so i can't play with comfortably just yet, but heck, even setting her up was a blast...except for the legs...needed the delivery guys to help me with those...they were quite cumbersome.

Cant wait till i get the lube later today so i can try her out properly...

Man am i pooped...

2005-12-04T14:36:00.000+08:00

Reached the Pg Jazz Fest a little late lastnite...having just driven down to Ipoh with Boy to check out an Integra he was interested in.

Stopped in front of Bayview Beach...cars parked like sardines as far as the eye can see...both ways...blech...

Then out of the corner of my eye, i see...an empty spot!!! and not too far away!! *GLEEEEEEE*

"but why isit not taken?"
"did someone just leave?"
"am i that lucky?"
"woohoo! i must be!"

i swerve into the lot and then...

SQUERRRLSSSSHHH!!!

Whole lotta mud...ground was softer than jelly...car was stuck good...el crappo! :(

Said farkit and went in for the festival...in time to see Ming-tat's sifu (Lewis Pragasam) do some major ownage on the drums...and then on to Saharadja, the expected peak of Night 1...and they rocked all right...major major sweet fusion jazz stuff...must remember to grab my CD from Ming later...

Met Tiger-joe and Aja(she was covering the event) there...good to finally put a face on the Tiger, heh heh! Was hoping to do some makaning with them after the show, but things dragged on a bit late, and Aja was gonna stay for the jam session, and i had a fishing session to get to at 2 o'clock...so cabut i did.

Couldnt find Tiger to get one last 'clink' of bottles in tho, but takpe, will hutang him one ;) i had to rush off, remembering my car was still stuck in a mess outside...

Ming-tat and gang (thanks Deva, Wan) as well as Melody escorted me out, and we tried the usual wood under tire etc...all failed...

Two burly Ang-Mohs and a minute later tho, car was out...Cheers to them for the hand, whoever they are, i owe them!...

And off to fishing it was...at 2 in the morning...after driving to and from Ipoh, and the Jazz Festival, and minimal sleep the night before...im seriously askin for it...
Thank god the fishing went ok...put it up at my fisho blog ;)

Boredom zone...Fun with skeletons! :P

2005-11-19T21:14:00.000+08:00

"Psst! Your mama soooo ugly...only boner she eats is T-boner!"

"Sticks n stones...not!"

"bish!bam!stab!clink!clank!kapow!poke!poke!

"My ancestors tell me that you are just skeleton in closet!"

"Suck my ancestral bone sideways, bitch!"

"bish!bam!stab!clink!clank!kapow!poke!poke!

...yes...i was THAT bored...

-ed >.<

Fuck with the grass why dontcha!

2005-11-15T11:38:00.000+08:00

Yesterday my phones IR KOed on me...and having no DKU cable and Bluetooth, went to BJ Complex to get the phone guy there to help extract all my stuff...

Found this little gem among the pics, taken a few months back at the reclaimed land project along the Tg. Tokong coastline...'media' used was the grass patches that i guess just arrived to seed the raised bank of laterite soil.

Too much free time? prolly right...

-ed :)

Fisho blog added!!!

2005-11-15T02:58:00.000+08:00

Decided to start bloggin my fishing expeditions and stuff...can check it out here: http://fishojobe.blogspot.com/

Pimp factor +10!

2005-11-15T02:51:00.000+08:00

Whats more fun for a car than.....FUZZY DICE!!

well, at least untill i realised it was blocking my view...need smaller ones...and i nearly took out a poor uncle on his hondacub...The dots need to be white too, not black :D

oh well, was fun while it lasted... Thanx to Rom for the gift! :)

-ed

Placebo, or Powerful?

2005-10-26T13:40:00.000+08:00

Kopi Tongkat Ali Ginseng.

80 cents from the vending machine in the office. (Most are around 50 cents)
100% guarenteed to wake you up after half a cup, or kill you.

Side effects = flashes of horniness... Do not consume if required to be in the presence of fiiiine asses :P

2005-10-06T19:31:00.000+08:00

Couldnt sleep lastnite
finally got some Z's around 4ish
woke at 9
realised work started 2 hours ago

still felt like shit
the sleep was kinda shallow
called in sick
my boss understood
god bless his soul

fell back asleep
woke at 10
turned on telly
woke again at 2
didnt realise i passed out again

cursed the fact that most of the day had gone by

still feel like shite...wtf is wrong with me?!!!

cibai

Sweet Auntie Rosie

2005-09-26T12:03:00.000+08:00

My Aunt Rosie is one of those lovable characters that are able to put 10 sentences into one breath and issue them forth at breakneck speed. You wouldnt even know what hit you.

She worries for me lots, and i dont blame her for that too :)

Its 5PM on Friday. Stomp is at 8.30.

Heres what goes down:

Aunt Rose:
Edgarboieeee...5 plus already lar! dont dilly dally, you'll be late!
Traffic starting to build!

Me:
Im taking the LRT aunt rosie...

Aunt Rose:
Yalar, but the jam from here to there very bad lar...can get stuck for hours!

Me:
Im taking the LRT aunt rosie...

Aunt Rose:
Its a workday somemore! People leaving office now, jam will be worse!

Me:
Im taking the LRT aunt rosie!...

Aunt Rose:
Oh...LRT ar...

*she turns to my cousin*
Can Putra LRT go to Istana Budaya ar?
Must switch to other LRT or not?
Which station he needs to go to?
He needs to switch at Masjid Jamek or KL Central?
Need to switch or not?

*turns to the maid
Mala, you know how to go there ar?
Must take taxi or not?
Use Ampang Park or Dang Wangi?
Must cross the roads ar?

I seize the moment to slip into the room to change (and hide awhile).

By the time i come back out, i notice my poor friend that was tagging me for the show was being bombarded with alternate routes, taxi stand info and hordes of transit pointers...poor lass...

My aunt Rosie spots me again...

Aunt Rose:
Weiii, late already larrr, hurry hurry! Traffic very bad by now larrr.
Remember! today is a workday! you will be late!

Me:
Auntie rosieeee, im taking the LR...oh nevermind!...

Managed to hitch a ride down to the Kerinchi LRT station with my aunt Rosie and uncle Wilfred...all the way down of course learning ever so much more...My uncle gave me 'the look'...he knows how i feel, heh heh :)

Aunt Rose:
There, this station here, go up that staircase, on the left. Thats the station. Buy the ticket to Ampang Park! dont buy wrong station! Make sure you get off at the right station!

Shes quite cute when shes freaking out like that, heh heh...gotta love my aunt.
I think she kinna forgot i was staying here for a year or so awhile back...

We make a break for the LRT station.

Were at the KLCC stop before i feel the anxiety wear down, such is the power of her aura! :)
My friend stil had the "what was that all about??" look...

We actually went to KLCC, killed an hour or so there before grabbing a cab to Istana Budaya from Ampang Park, and arrived there with another full hour to spare...

Hooyeah...Gotta love my family…
:)

Bad shirt day

2005-09-25T13:06:00.000+08:00

Reached my cuzins place thursday nite, decided to wash the only formal shirt i brought with me to KL cos its got that 'closet' scent...

ETA to STOMP was 4 hrs hours and counting the next day...im lepakking at The Curve...cousin calls:

"Edgar ar...the maid just told me...ur laundry hanging outside drenched from the rain lar...see if u can go buy something for tonite cos i dont think its gonna dry in time"

Fuckrawoolies...im screwed...need to get a shirt ASAP.

Went from shop to shop...G2000, Padini, many others, found nothing i could consider even a close tie for me and in my size...

Curses!...getting desperate...cursed the fact that i was also being anal about shirt color...plus i didnt need another damn shirt...should have bloody brought a spare :(

Entered this joint called Binwani's... Found a nice bergundy double collared shirt, pretty comfy and looked nice to boot...had to pick my nuts up when the RM495 pricetag fell outta the damn thing while trying it on...but after checking for a discount, there was a 50% off...so fine, fuckit, im running short of time...paid for the shirt and left...

5 minutes later, right after leaving the place and rushing for home, dear cousin calls again:

"Edgar dear...sooo sorry lar...appears that the maid may have exagerated a little, the shirt's just slightly damp and should be dried innawhile, so dont buy anything!"

Cibai...

Hmmm...

2005-09-23T09:59:00.000+08:00

- a porshe, 2 skylines and an evo7 in the duration of my first ciggy

- 1 out of every 3 exhausts that could swallow a cat

- 1 out of every 3 exhausts that sounds like it swallowed a water buffalo

- More bling-blings on cars that could put an airport runway to shame

- RM4 Ee Foo Mee, with prawns that could hide behind the mee

- RM1.50 ice with a splash of teh-peng

Yep!...guess i AM in KL...

kekeke...actually kinna miss this place :)
-ed

Captive audience indeed...

2005-09-23T08:32:00.000+08:00

Im at the ticket counter, wondering which bus to take.

Decided to try Nice 2, being a fan of Nice, figured the additional RM7 was fair enough.
Theres also something romantic about double decker busses...cant put my finger on it yet tho...

Off i went...
Just when we were flyin over Penang Bridge, the 'in transit' entertainment system kicked in...

Kinna like a stewardess pre-flight address then giving details about...Nice+(NicePlus), not Nice 2!...

Not sure if it was by accident, but felt kinda crappy when it went "you are now aboard Nice+" then they showed the features of Nice+ with personal screens per seat, and 4 movie channel viewing choices and airplane like seats etc etc...suddenly Nice2 (granted was pretty comfy) suddenly felt like a budget bus express :(

Anyways, then the "in flight" movies kicked in...first up!... "They Nest!"...

Aside from being totally crappy and almost B grade, which bloody transit movie shows a thriller about cockroaches?!...but heck, it was something to watch anyways...and i DID purposely choose the seat right smack in front of the display unit...furk...no point regretting now...

Then, amazingly, the DVD pauses every 20 mins or so for an "Advertisement" break...first promoting itself "bla bla Transit Vision bla bla to a Captive Audience bla bla"...and then showing the same 5 or so adverts for hiring at ParkMay, a word about littering and some music CDs...over and over again...

And WOW!! no shit!...never has a phrase been so appropriately used...i mean shit...the movie WAS bad enough for me to consider jumpin off the bloody rig going at 100kmph down the North-South....bloody driver wouldnt open the door tho....Captive Audience indeed...

Then They Nest finally ended and we were in midpoint break...off for a ciggy break :) needed one.

Journey continued, movie 2 was....."Final Destination"...no complaints about that show...but not for a transit movie right??? I mean, it bloody starts off with a plane in transit blowing up!!! lols...the folks in the seats behind me were noticeably bothered...

All in all, the bus was impressive tho...top deck for passengers, a lower deck lounge to lepak with a central table...damn comfy...

Would reccoment it over Nice Express, but please...try to talk to the person choosing the movies before departure...

of sounds and syllables

2005-09-17T17:57:00.000+08:00

We think in our primary language, no doubt about that. I was thinking recently on how such things would affect the different languages of thought and reflect on how we develop based on how we think.

I can barely think of any words that can be said in Bahasa Malaysia that has fewer syllables than its meaning in English or Chinese. Im not saying its not a beautiful language in itself, but what im looking at is efficiency...

Why would something like this matter? well, imagine a 100 lap run around the track of your school. At say, 200 meters a lap, that would add up to a 20KM run. Now say we add a pimple to the circular track, adding maybe 2 meters to a lap. 1% more aint that bad right? well, tell it to the guy that loses the run because he had to run an additional lap in total distance.

The number of syllables may not seem like much, but added up i think it would make a difference to the efficiency of how we input, document and process our thoughts and writings...

Take the way the chinese have developed their language...choosing to ignore multi-syllalble words. Is there a single syllable in spoken chinese that does not have one or more meanings to it? The way these are combined to for larger words are amazing as well, but i think the restriction may come down to documenting and decrypting written chinese, as some thought and context may need to be drawn for each character for the whole to make sense.

Im not saying everyone is affected by this syllable thingy, as i have met many, many intellectual folks who are obviously from a BM background, but on the overall, these are still a minority when compared with the general population here.

The chinese language on ther hand, is fairly interesting when viewed from a spoken point of view. I can see why math is their forte when it comes to comparing the chinese vs the other languages of thought on how we learn math.

The best example would be the multiplication table. The way we were thought in english was to pronounce every number and factor as well as the multiplication itself...

Remember "two times one equals two, two times two equals four" or "dua kali satu sama dua, dua kali dua sama empat"...

Again, syllable count comes into play, the chinese school of thought also used the multiplication table as a base, and the way they memorized it was far far more efficient...Taking this table as a primary table and not repeating unnecessaries like the multiplier function or "times" sped things up and made it so much smoother and easier to digest. I dont know how to type it out, but essentially, for anyone that has heard it, would recognize it like "2,1,2 - 2,2,4 - 2,3,6 - 2,4,8" and so on, and they coulod cover the entire table in a fraction of the time it takes the rest of us.

Its not that other languages could'nt do this, but we just didnt...but even if we did, syllable pronunciation factor again would give the chinese language an advantage here...

Upon hearing it being recited for me, i couldt but help think how smooth it sounded and not as draggy as the other methods used to teach us in our primary schoolyears. May not be a big deal now, since we are all familiar with our tables, but imagine the advantage of learning this way all the way back then...its a headstart for sure.

There are many other factors as well in determining the development of people from certain backgrounds, and im not saying anything above is 100% proof of advantages/disadvantages of a language, just what seems to me as plausible, so im praying noone takes any offense to anything said...and also apologies if i did offend anyone, its just one of those days that my brain decides to lau sai out things like this...

Just my RM0.02 for today...

Cheers,
-the ed-

Shit go shot! :(

2005-09-12T13:21:00.000+08:00

I wanna go for stomp! :(

Everyone i know whos goin is goin on 24th nite, but i had to pull out cos of a friends weddin in KL, so im gonna go on the 23rd nite instead, but i dont wanna go alone!!! :(

This post is a last minute pathetic attemp to find out if anyone would so happen to be going on the 23rd nite show, and wouldnt mind a hopelessly lost soul - me! - taggin along with them!

AIEEEEEE!

-THE sEsat-

The infamous eagle joke

2005-09-12T09:29:00.000+08:00

An nice joke i got a few years ago, but just learned that its used to see how you think :)

It goes:
There were a pair of climbers climbing roped together in the Scottish highlands. One of them, seeing a pair of eagles got overexited and slipped, sending both of them plunging to their deaths.

As their souls left their bodies and ascended into Heaven, they saw the eagles again, and one of them cried out "Ah! Eagles!"

But the eagles, being quite polite, said nothing.

:D
-e-

Chinkybonics

2005-09-09T16:12:00.000+08:00

A list of things i learned from my mechanic, with some clues to what they mean

Drebshap
"Wah, ur car drebshap making noise..."

Aysorpar
"Your car vely vely bumpy leh kos ur aysorpar spring spoil dee"

Poyek
"That car where got wan poin six? That wan is a Proton Wahjia wan poyek"

Spagroo (my personal favourite)
"That vakoom hose cannot take out lar, they stick it with spagroo oredi!"

Could you get them all? more to come!
:D
-e-

Somebody kill me please!

2005-09-09T12:23:00.000+08:00

I was feeling a little buzzed from the coffee i forced into my system halfway thru our meet. Lack of sleep calls for such crude remedies...

Didnt know how bad it was till i made the biggest foux pass possible in a meeting...

At 12.10 he mentions, u can go for lunch now and apologised for dragging it beyond 12.oo

In my blurness, i just blurted something about lunch being at 12.30-2.30...cos the schedule was changed yesterday...

Man, i feel really bad for nearly killing a windfall like that... Thank god he let us go anyways.

Still, the daggers in my neck from the glares around the room kinna hurt.

Manners? what are those?

2005-08-29T22:23:00.000+08:00

People these days have no idea what etiquette and manners are about anymore

They seem to think that the only time to mind yourself is when people may know who you are...

It is NOT how you hold your cuttlery.
It is NOT how you open the door for a lady.
It is NOT talking politely to someone who doesnt deserve it.

IT IS however, a justification of how you were brought up, and how you consider yourself as a factor in affecting someone elses comfort or life.

Ever notice no-one cuts your line while lining up in the bank? or in a fast-food joint? is this manners at work? FUCK NO!

Whats happening at that McDonalds queue is that your fear of being recognized as a person with no moral upbringing is stopping you from just walking up front and asking rudely for a bloody Big-fucking-Mac and fries to go.

That same fellow suddenly becomes a self serving bastard the moment he goes behind the tint and glare of his car and will have no qualms about cutting into your lane after jumping most of the traffic holding you up.

Ask why they do what they do? "well, everyone else does it!"
Is that really justification? Does it make it right? i dont think so anyways...
Is mannerism doing whats right or doing whats convenient?

Well, someone once said, thinking is just rearranging your prefferences and prejudices...perhaps manners are also just made for convenience these days...guess i was wrong....

I know i may seem like a self-righteous prick when i say things like this, but at least im a self-righteous prick who knows his parents didnt miss out on Emphaty 101 classes while i was growing up.

I know they didnt mess up...............much :)

-just a small rant brought to you by the Ed

Tsuniama

2005-07-29T08:22:00.000+08:00

Dont know about the rest of the world, but i keep getting this forwarded email about a tsunami warning this weekend...

The email plainly reads:
Afternoon gentlemen, Please avoid swimming this week-ends as I have been alerted that USA had detected some tremor underwater which potentially could cause a huge Tsunami that could affect Penang too. The risk is very high and is advicable not to go off-shore. Stay away from the beach. Thanks.
Those fishing hunters are encourage to plan for some other weeks .Thanks. Please convey this message to your friends and relatives before they are the victims of this disaster.

Aside from this, i was informed that a local chinese newspaper flashed a similar warning about a tsunami alert this weekend...

Doesnt tsunamis' need a trigger, and arent those triggers usually earthquakes and arent earthquakes usually rather unpredictable? Also, there have been no notices from local governments or any relevant parties warning us of such occurences.

If i had knew relatives or friends heading to the beach for the weekend to chill out and told them that there is chance of a tsunami, who would go? they would just end up wasting a really good weekend right?

Worse still...if i told my uncle who fished for a living...he would have wasted a perfectly good oportuinity to earn a living right???

This email is obviously made to tap into the recent fear of tsunamis instilled in Penangites by recent events... What annoys me more is that IF a tsunami were to hit in the near future, these idiots are gonna be jumping up thinking they were getting the truth via spam...

Come the fuck on ppl...grow up or get outta the gene pool...

For the seranis and those that just enjoy their crap

2005-07-13T16:39:00.000+08:00

Survival Guide for Taking a Dump at Work

ESCAPEE: A fart that slips out while taking a leak at the urinal or forcing poop in a stall. This is usually accompanied by a sudden wave of panic/embarrassment. This is similar to the hot flash you receive when passing an unseen police car & speeding. If you release an escapee, do not acknowledge it. Pretend it did not happen. If you are standing next to the farter at the urinal, pretend that you did not hear it. No one likes an escapee, it is uncomfortable for all involved. Making a joke or laughing makes both parties feel uneasy.

JAILBREAK (Used in conjunction with escapee): When forcing a poop, several farts slip out at a machine gun's pace. This is usually a side effect of diarrhea or a hangover. If this should happen do not panic, remain in the stall until everyone has left the bathroom so to spare everyone the awkwardness of what just occurred.

COURTESY FLUSH: The act of flushing the toilet the instant the nose cone of the poop log hits the water and the poop is whisked away to an undisclosed location. This reduces the amount of air time the poop has to stink up the bathroom. This can help you avoid being caught doing the WALK OF SHAME.

WALK OF SHAME: Walking from the stall, to the sink, to the door after you have just stunk-up the shitter. This can be a very uncomfortable moment if someone walks in and busts you. As with all farts, it is best to pretend that the smell does not exist. Can be avoided with the use of a COURTESY FLUSH.

OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPER: A colleague who poops at work and is damn proud of it. You will often see an Out of the Closet Pooper enter the bathroom with a newspaper or magazine under their arm. Always look around the office for the OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPER before entering the bathroom.

THE POOPING FRIENDS NETWORK (PFN): This is a group of coworkers who band together to ensure emergency pooping goes off without incident. This group can help you to monitor the whereabouts of OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPERS and identify SAFE HAVENS.

SAFE HAVEN: A seldom used bathroom somewhere in the building where you can least expect visitors. Try floors that are predominantly of the opposite sex. This will reduce the odds of a pooper of your sex entering the bathroom.

TURD BURGLAR: A pooper who does not realize that you're in the stall and tries to force the door open. This is one of the most shocking and vulnerable moments that occur when taking a dump at work. If this occurs, remain in the stall until the TURD BURGLAR leaves. This way you will avoid all uncomfortable eye contact. TURD BURGLARS have been know to cause premature pinchage, which inevitably causes you to pinch one off in the middle.

CAMO-COUGH: A phony cough which alerts all new entrants into the bathroom that you are in a stall. This can be used to cover-up a WATERMELON or to alert potential TURD BURGLARS. Very effective when used in conjunction with an ASTAIRE.

ASTAIRE: This is a subtle toe-tap that is used to alert all potential TURD BURGLARS that you are occupying a stall. This will remove all doubt that the stall is occupied. If you hear an ASTAIRE, leave the bathroom immediately so the pooper can poop in peace.

WATERMELON: A turd that creates a loud splash when hitting the toilet water. This is also an embarrassing incident. If you feel a WATERMELON coming on, create a diversion. See CAMO-COUGH.

HAVANA OMELET: A load of diarrhea that creates a series of loud splashes in the toilet water. Often accompanied by an escapee. Try using a CAMO-COUGH with an ASTAIRE.

UNCLE TED: A bathroom user who seems to linger around forever. Could spend extended lengths of time in front of the mirror or sitting on the pot. An UNCLE TED makes it difficult to relax while on the crapper, as you should always wait to drop your load when the bathroom is empty. This benefits you as well as the other bathroom attendees.

FLY BY: The act of scouting out a bathroom before pooping. Walk in, check for other poopers. If there are others in the bathroom, leave and come back again. Be careful not to become a FREQUENT FLYER. People may become suspicious if they catch you constantly going into the bathroom.

enjoy!
-e- :P

S.O.S.

2005-07-12T18:43:00.000+08:00

Thats it... im done for...
All i can do for the past few weeks is stare at my blog entry screen as it patiently waits my input...

Has my life gone this boring?? fuck no...

Went up penang hill for fun...been out deep sea fishing...car body kit added...met some bizarre folks on the street...had my snakes lunch escape in my car!!...moving house...quit gaming...pains in the office!!! ALL bloggable stuff...but why is it when i hit my blogscreen...nada...nothing flows... WTF!!!! :(

I always start the bloggin fine, then my train of thought ups and leaves me...every time its the same, then i lose hope and alt+f4 outta there....ive never felt like this before...

*help*

Dat some bouncy meatstick...

2005-06-23T09:11:00.000+08:00

Having breakfast in my cube today...Twas corn pancakes and sausages(such are our combinations), when the most amazing thing happened...

I took a bite from one of the sausages when it slipped off my fork, hit the floor, and the mutherfucker cleared a 2-foot bounce back up to my thigh...

Im like "Holy shite!"
...I mean, WTF they making these sausages from nowadays anyway?!? fucking kangaroos???

still find it pretty awesome tho... XD

Bloggin Blues

2005-06-23T09:02:00.000+08:00

Been awhile since i posted :(

Works been a cunt...and everytime i wanna blog, some other task comes by and screws with the blogging groove...Sucks even more cos i kinna enjoy my job and cant bitch about it too much...

Well, as my fav little adage goes:
Lifes a bitch...but at least she swallows...

*sigh*

Penang double takes: Bukit Audio

2005-06-06T07:54:00.000+08:00

"Jom round-island" started it all...then we went after gathering a few heads...

This time we came accross this little spot on the highest point of the hill from Relau to Balik Pulau, where nobody would be disturbed by the blasting "thoomp! thoomp!" of woofers and flashing "bling-bling!" lights on cars everywhere...

The scene was nothing less than that from Too Fast - Too Furious, the part before the first race where everyone shows off their audio systems and exhaust fire kits etc...except there were no break-dancing little hispanic or black men here.

Apparently a major major happening scene amongst the Penang car-audio enthusiasts and stuff...supposed to happen every Saturday night...amazing thing to find in the middle of no-where. There are even a couple of mamak stalls there where u can enjoy a nice Teh Tarik in the slightly cooler hill atmosphere (on the nights were there are no-one blasting their systems)...

There were some really really impressive setups amongst the private and shop sponsored cars up there...but the main theme just seemed to be LOUD, but there were a few that had aesthetics in mind...shoulda brought my digicam...maybe nexweek :)... About a couple o' dozen cars all showing off and trying to be louder than the next...total chaos but interesting nonetheless...

A must visit if ure a car enthusiast or not :)

The "Toy Museum"

2005-05-28T20:38:00.000+08:00

*warning* LONG POST *warning*

but worth reading if you ever played with a toy

We were punished today for not reading the papers about what apparently was a TWO TIME MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORD...

We learned today of a place called the "Toy Museum" that just opened up not long ago at the Copthorne Hotel in Penang. Banners waving their record breaking displays. The record wasnt the only thing broken tho...

So Boon, Rons and myself decide that its worth a try...well, actually Boon n me decided to check it out and dragged Rons along, heh heh, but moving along...

We arrived with hopes of reliving our childhood with encounters of many things familiar to us then from hands-on playing with them, envying a friend for having them or even just plain seeing it on TV and wanting them...yes, the toys...i mean, what else could you expect from something like a "Toy Museum"...

When i think TOY MUSEUM, i think of going into a place where i get to see things that at least have something talking about whats in the displays, not the boxes they were previously packaged in displayed behind them.

I want to see displays showing what they were to the people that they thrilled for ours on end in their own times
NOT on shelves just posing them facing the crowd, with absolutely no label to what they are about.
I want to see many things that i would have had in my childhood, or wanted to have...
NOT recent 'collectibles' from movies and collectors editions still not even in their teens.
I want to see things that inspired imaginations to flare. Things i would have wanted to play with...
NOT display pieces that have no moving parts and meant just to be nice to look at.
I want to see things that we used to take for granted and are now rare items held by a few lucky people...
NOT things that carry no other meaning than to be a collectible a few years down because they were continued.

DOESNT ANYONE EVEN FUCKING KNOW WHAT TOYS ARE ANYMORE?????

Things i would have played with in my youth...things i would give anything to play with now!...Things i could have encountered in my youth, even things that my parents could have considered their "toys"!! These are all things that would be nice to have in a place calling itself a Museum. I found nothing to muse about.

Isnt the idea behind a museum that a museum is a place where people can see and admire things they would find hard to get, rare, or amazing? I found little of that. What i did find was a collection of toys from recent movies and collectible series that can still be obtained relatively easily from a mall or ebay. In other words, I felt like it was as though i payed money to enter a big Toys'R'Us showroom and was not allowed to buy anything....

Star Wars was everywhere. There were a few "big" displays like a couple of human height Gundam robots and a life size Alien centrepiece, but i think those were supposed to accentuate the displays, not be the center of them.

There was a display of Voltron, and im like "WOW! VOLTRON!!!", and when i get there, all i see are the cheap plastic second generation voltron toys. No sight of the diecast Voltron toys that were so popular in my generation's youth. Id like to add that THAT diecast Voltron is now a TRUE collectors item, and seeing that would have at least let me feel that the 10 bucks spent at the entrance wouldnt have been a waste. What we got was a plastic replica voltron, some smaller plastic Voltron crap and a plastic Voltron V as the centerpieces of that display :( that was a crappy let down...

Im not asking for ALL my childhood memories to be brought back to me, but at least a few...
I thought, maybe my expectation were too high, so i got some of my buddies together to list what were the popular things at the times of their youth...heres the list of stuff...i cannot rememeber seeing ANY these in that "Museum" :
-TRANSFORMERS
-MASK
-GI-JOE
-THUNDER CATS
-HE-MAN
-STARCOM
-GHOSTBUSTERS
-MOSPEDA
-MACROSS
-TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
-FAMOUS COMIC FIGURINES(Marvel, DC etc etc etc)
-CENTURIONS
-and every toy any kid would love to have ripped the wrapper off on his birthday...
The list goes on and on...and these are just what we got off the guys...im sure the ladies would like to add to it...I want to be reminded about what we used to have, not sit in a coffeeshop brainstorming what should be there...

What do all those have in common? They connected us. All of us that sat at the table to discuss the list did not even know of each others existance when we were enjoying these things, yet we can bring back these things from our childhood...and could talk on and on about the toys we had from those titles...and how RARE they all are now. We played with them, crashed them together, burned some, destroyed others when we were having fun with them and now those few hundred that are moving around the hands of collectors are worth something.

Those are what true museum pieces should be...those pieces were not meant to be collectors pieces but became that because of what they were to people, to us...a link to who we used to be.

Entities on their own like Lego, Hotwheels, franchise toys that McDonalds used to provide in Happy Meals that made a set after 4 weeks of bugging our parents to get them...yo-yos, classic Super Soaker, Lucky Trolls!!! OMFG!!! The list is endless...These things could make so many people stop at every other display and think back...or even slap a buddy on the shoulder and go "hey, remember those?!? god! we used to...." or "OH MY GOD! ITS A ....!!"...Why arent these things acknowledged?? even a small display would suffice...its as though they never were...

What we get instead is hundreds upon hundreds of Star Wars figurines(almost all from episodes I, II and III, and many of the rest from recently launched reprint sets), Displays of the Matrix boxed dioramas, Lilo n Stitch dolls and other things of that like. Many displays carried the many McFarlane Toys collectible series...Tortured Souls, 6 Faces, many spawn posing display statues and other stuff nice or cool to look at, but not before, or ever playable.

These things were made to be "Collectibles" and did not earn the title by themselves or what they meant to people.

Dictionary.com describes :-
- mu·se·um(n.)-A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

This place was fair in saying it had over a hundred thousand toys. It would have made a fine "Toy Showroom" or something to that extent. BUT for the Malaysia Book of Records to give it the title of FIRST TOY MUSEUM is a total and absolute disgrace...

I am not attacking the owner of these toys and saying its not impressive, but calling it a "Museum" is really really not fair to anyone who happened upon it with no idea whats inside.

The expectations offered only to be faced with tremendous let-down is something no-one has to bare, especially if it has to do with ones childhood...would any of you that had one disagree?

-a sad ed

May the farm be with you...

2005-05-25T09:28:00.000+08:00

OMFG! lols!

http://www.storewars.org/

Definitely worth a look!

-e-

Mamakjuana

2005-05-23T15:31:00.000+08:00

Its the question anyone who enjoys a good nasi kandar will ask when he/she is about to fall asleep against their will after a good session at these dubious cuisine corners.

I woke lastnite thinking that i would need no sleep since work today is in the wee mornin hours.

Ive done this countless times and have had no problems before.

The only diff this time is the addition of a mamak session in town. Beeeeg mistake....

ETA to work: 2 hours 30 minutes
-Makan mamak food.

ETA to work: 2 hours 00 minutes
-Sent Capes n Tats back to Nets, go home.

ETA to work: 1 hour 40 minutes
-Smoke, Shit & Shower (the essential 3S)
-Mamakjuana takes effect...drowsy.

ETA to work: 1 hour 00 minutes
-Decide to relax on couch and gather self before dressing up for work.

ETA to work: 0 hour 58 minutes
*snooOOOOOOooorrre....*

ETA to work: negative 2 hours and then some
-Realised that was a bad idea

>.<

The wacky name sheet #01

2005-05-23T13:39:00.000+08:00

Welcome to the wacky name sheet #01.
This list will be updated should i encounter more of these interesting folks.

Surnames removed, cos a few of them were nice folks. That aside, ill admit that most of the ppl on this list were seriously major annoying and self centered. Must be a prerequisite before legally changing the name ur parents gave you to such godawful ones.

The number in brackets show if ive met more than one of that name to see how popular it is.

Acemond - Singapore(1)
Apples - Singapore(2)
Buffy - Singapore(1), Malaysia(1)
Koolio - Singapore(1)
Lancelot - Singapore(1)
Lobo - Malaysia(1)
Omega - Singapore(1), Malaysia(1)
Seasons - Singapore(3), Malaysia(1) *Popular*
Superman - Hong Kong(1)

I have a few more on paper somewhere...will add on.
FOLKS!! u got any such encounters? send them in, ill gladly update them into this list.

I shot Mr Joseph

2005-05-18T07:46:00.000+08:00

*warning*

Rant post

*warning*

Somewhere along the line in 2002, when i joined the company where i am today, something happened. Ill call that phenomenon the Joseph Jobe Juxtapose (JJJ) where i had suddenly lost my surname and firstname because some schmuck keying in my name did not know how the format of a non-chink name works. I should slap your mother for bringing you up stupid.

After JJJ, i was "Mr Joseph" in all my emails. "Edgar" got digitally screwed.

At first i figured, well, ill try getting that fixed in the database, 3 years down and im still trying, so fuck that...red tapes too much of a bitch.

Then i thought, when u salutate using "Mr.", it usually follows with a Surname, so in the mixup, my first name was now my surname, so i thought maybe i could play on it to get people to know me as Mr. Edgar...technically not right, but more acceptable than Mr. Joseph... I then learn that asian culture has no respect for grammar. All i wanted was more ppl replying "Dear Edgar", or "Hi Edgar" or "Edgar" or even the incorrect "Dear Mr Edgar" would have bloody sufficed!!! but NooOOoooo..."Mr Joseph" kept coming back!

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE???!

Are you people so fucking disensitized these days? i mean, i even SIGN off my emails using my full name, or end with the standard "regards, Edgar" bullocks and still, 9 out of fucking 10 still come back as "Dear Mr Joseph"... Dont people look anywhere else except for the email address these days to see whos bloody talking?

You fucking robots.

Whos ur god-daddy??!

2005-05-10T08:14:00.000+08:00

Marlon Brando, eat your heart out man.

God i hate the flu...

Yesterday what started out as a minor throat inflammation and annoyingly stuffy head has now given way to a full-blown "give him and his momma some cement shoes" voice and an annoying need to chew out anyone who comes even close to annoying me.

You know whats the worst part? not being able to taste ur food and ciggies :(
I mean, why dont you just fucking neuter me and be done with it right? jeez...

To top it up, works been an even bigger bitch than me today so i think im gonna go down to our dear folks in sales and torture some poor unfortunate bastard who decided to say something stupid in the emails this morning...

I mean come on, u women get to do this once a month, and what do we guys get? the right to yell when we stub our toes? papercut prissiness?? FUCK NO!
Im gonna squeeze this one dry, and goddamit, someones gonna get burned today...

RAWR!!! *sniffle*

-the e-

Art with a capital 'F'

2005-04-20T12:30:00.000+08:00

"What is art?"

There was once a caveman and a cavewoman

Caveman: I want to mate with u

Cavewoman: Fuck off.

Is this art? not really, sellecting a mate and the urge to breed is a natural thing.

A Sabretooth jumps out of a bush. Caveman craps himself and runs...fast.

Is this art? could be...but the man is running for his survival...so, no pie.

Sabretooth then looks at Cavewoman, who craps herself and runs too. Sabretooth gives chase.

Nah, not art. Sabretooth makes the decision that the woman prolly would make an easier target.

Cavewoman freaks out and in panic runs over a 100 foot cliff. Sabretooth, in fervor, jumps after her.

Art? fuck no! its a bloody tragedy!

Seeing it all from on top a tree, Caveman jumps down and runs to the cliff where they jumped, drops his loincloth, and takes a piss over the edge.

Now THATs art :)

Bob

2005-04-18T14:33:00.000+08:00

Me, my sisters and most of my cousins (cept' the few white sheep) keep in touch with each other via mass mailing to each other on our own mailing list which we have aptly name Cousinster.

This conversation over the weekend has been my proudest.
___________________________________________________________________

Scenario : Sister(Marie) in Aussieland got into a minor surgery for a stone, and the scars from ops became the topic of the conversation.

Cuzin Cheryl:
Marie, my appendix scar is so awful, man. I can't wear low jeans or crop tops coz the scar is high up compared to the C-sect. This time round, the Doc gave me a steroids jab before he sew me up so that the kelloid won't form so much.

Me:
Scars? wanna check out my scar after i removed that ingrown hair thingy? Its at the bottom of my back (nicer way of saying it than "its at the top of my ass-crack") but damn, the scar is huge...id swear if you saw it you'd think id had an open heart surgery from my backside!

Heehee, well, it aint THAT bad, but still, compared to some recent apendix scars ive seen, its true...sutturing has come a long way.
By the way, i also still have that thing i removed stored in a jar with formalin :D

Sista Marie:
Cheryl, he had this ball of crap and hair and fuzz and grossness ... Edgar, do u really still have it?

Me:
Of course i do...and stop calling Bob names! hes sensitive :P

Sista Marie:
You are sooooo gross!! That's gagging material .. eeeewwwwww!!!

Cuzin Jo-Jo:
Edgar, you're gross. You have been gross from small and you still are and you most probably still be when you are 80 years old surrounded by your children and grandchildren (make you have alot as you're the only one carrying the Gasper name). Throw that disgusting (BOB) thing out!!!
___________________________________________________________________

*pats self on the back*

XD

-the ed-

Monopoly is just a Game, like fishing...right...

2005-04-12T18:03:00.000+08:00

Here i sit in Island Plaza, desperately trying to get mails downloaded for the past 3 hours and why? our god-awful monopolized broadband service is in a shitty state.

God bless our ISP, one of the few who seem to be able to flick off something as big as a dropped international link as easy as i can shoo a fly away from the canteen food on my plate.

I use my canteen food in reference because plainly, they share something in common, monopoly. Try stepping into my canteen and immediately, the apetite, together with the tought of something yummy going down to your begging stomach gets flushed down the crapper.

Why? Simple...monopoly.

Canteen operation was tendered to the highest bid and since then, there has been no one to provide any competition to the bloody losers. Canteen food quality was better then their predecessors for about a week, and then it rock bottomed. You'd have to twirl, prod and poke a piece of meat to figure what it was. There was no balance of meat/fish/veg on some days and you just had to make do on those days you get stuck in the office...and i could swear that sotong just winked at me.

Why not just boycott the damn food? well, they also provide eats for the production folks in our building...and for some reason, these folks dont bother with the food quality, and rush in like a herd of cows to a pasture that is not of their choosing. This lots grazing is more than sufficient for the canteen folks to push their products off and keep them alive.

Why close down or improve your service when there are suckers takin in the crap you shovel out right?

Enter Streamyx

When they first started out, i didnt complain as much. Their tek hotline was helpful enough(with the right escalation methods) but after about a few months, ppl left n right began complaining about it. Soon i found myself amongst those complaining. Downloads were down to about 10/20% throughput, and whats the nice hotline tekkie say? oh, its prolly your copperwire layout problem. But my buddy half way across town saw the same shite on his line...what? copperwire eating termites started running wild around penang? i mean, hey, if theres a problem, just gimme a better answer than that closed ended sentence please.

This is usually when they throw out their trump card. The ace of arseholes:

"Oh sir, but ADSL is a BEST EFFORT connection, meaning the line does not always generate your full download capacity"

I flinch from the blow, thank her for her time, left eye tweaks a bit, then i calmly hang up the phone...realizing no amount of reasoning is going to get me anywhere...shit, im not asking for a 100% download at this point...a good proper reason would suffice...but did she understand that?...*sigh*

Why isnt enough focused on the improvement of the broadband service? refer to canteen food bit above.

I usually then proceed to get a mouse, name it Telekoms, and watch Jay squeeze the living hell outta it before swallowing it whole. Jay should run our government.

How could i have the time to write such a long and boring bit today? Picture this:
Highlight todays mail> Drag to offline folders> wait...>wait...>wait...
<42>
TRANSFERRING!!!Woot!!
~5 minutes later~
<41>
Still transferring!!ok...some progress
~10 minutes pass~
<55>
Still transfering...but look!...ive discovered that the secrets of time travel lie in the download of emails!!...

I then proceed to kill the innocent ant strolling on the table and release a maniacal lough~
Starbucks folks stare...a lot...back to blogging...

Back to Ground[z]ero

2005-04-11T14:59:00.000+08:00

Sigh*

Well, here i am to give it one more shot...see how long i do this before other stuff come up and i forget i started :(

Guess i saw the little tidbit on the Kat/Hyew resemblance when the guys pointed it out to me at the CB yesterday and saw how much fun it could be to blog again.

Folks, please send me ur bits and blogsites please...kinna dont have most of them nomore.

And heres a good thing as any to restart bloggin with...a job rant! :)

what else?

The lines below are dedicated to some nice guys in India who have got on my nerves bigtime today. Coordinating with some of you guys has been like nothing less than negotiating with a brick wall.

So to those precious few who managed to bugger me today, i give to you:

[A Tekkies Call]
I spend my day solving problems all 'round
To tek issues are what im suppposedly bound
But then India's call-centre hotline came about
"What the hell are you saying??" the Aussies would shout
Then the callers raised up their annoyance and dismay
So now when they dial they will usually come our way
"Those asians are owning!!" Said the Indians who found out
Then responded by helping like a bunch of movers with gout
Although your bosses think you're playing pretty smart
i just wanna say PISS OFF! you chapati eating twat

-the ed-