Our ancestors never thought it could be realized when independence was once a far far away dream in a far far away kingdom.
1957 has taught us NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
And, we've been embracing it till today.
Murderer does not need to be put on trial.
Money is used to earn votes.
Kidnapping is an ideal way of taking possession.
Frogs decide the future of a state.
Najis (it means SHIT in Malay) is thrown everywhere, causing chaos and stench.
Apa lagi yang tak boleh?
Malaysia Boleh.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Google Latitude, it's too close dude!
Google Latitude - yet another privacy-intruding Google Map feature - starts its operation today.
It can be used on your mobile or your computer to locate someone. Yea, someone - your friend, family, colleagues, or rivals - who opted in to Latitude.
A great tool for control freaks heh?
Google team said, "So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stucked in traffic on the way home, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed safely, despite bad weather."
Which means you are not able to tell your boss you are stucked in traffic while you are still brushing your teeth at home. Which means you can't say "Sorry dear, I'm in a meeting" while you are busy partying with your friends. Which meansYOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
Come on, there's nothing wrong to be honest to your wife and be responsible to your job.
Come on! Everyone needs a break! Telling a small or white lie isn't so bad right? Sometimes, it's not about being truthful or not. It's about "Oh please!STOP BUGGING ON ME!"
Uneasiness.
So for each person, you can choose to share your best available location or your city-level location, or you can hide. Everything is under your control.
People always lose control when they overestimate their control force and underestimate the anti-force. Imagine yourself telling your girlfriend, "sorry but I can't share my location with you." I dare not imagine what will come next. Prepare to get in a quarrel debating how much you love her.
Or, when your boss asks you to switch on the Latitude so that he can increase effeciency (the actual reason is to make sure you are not having a coffee in Starbucks at 3.30pm) would you ever dare to say NO? No.
So yea, you areNOT IN CONTROL.
Ah ha, another fun function here."For instance, let's say you are in Rome. Instead of having your approximate location detected and shared automatically, you can manually set your location for elsewhere — perhaps a visit to Niagara Falls ."
Now I don't understand the usage of Latitude.
Oh one last thing. You are able to hide yourself from another user, but not from Google. Will they ever pass on the information to the government like how they dealt with Chinese Government regarding the cyber dissidents?
I'm too insignificant to worry about this issue la. Anwar, take care lo.
It can be used on your mobile or your computer to locate someone. Yea, someone - your friend, family, colleagues, or rivals - who opted in to Latitude.
A great tool for control freaks heh?
Google team said, "So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stucked in traffic on the way home, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed safely, despite bad weather."
Which means you are not able to tell your boss you are stucked in traffic while you are still brushing your teeth at home. Which means you can't say "Sorry dear, I'm in a meeting" while you are busy partying with your friends. Which meansYOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
Come on, there's nothing wrong to be honest to your wife and be responsible to your job.
Come on! Everyone needs a break! Telling a small or white lie isn't so bad right? Sometimes, it's not about being truthful or not. It's about "Oh please!STOP BUGGING ON ME!"
Uneasiness.
So for each person, you can choose to share your best available location or your city-level location, or you can hide. Everything is under your control.
People always lose control when they overestimate their control force and underestimate the anti-force. Imagine yourself telling your girlfriend, "sorry but I can't share my location with you." I dare not imagine what will come next. Prepare to get in a quarrel debating how much you love her.
Or, when your boss asks you to switch on the Latitude so that he can increase effeciency (the actual reason is to make sure you are not having a coffee in Starbucks at 3.30pm) would you ever dare to say NO? No.
So yea, you areNOT IN CONTROL.
Ah ha, another fun function here."For instance, let's say you are in Rome. Instead of having your approximate location detected and shared automatically, you can manually set your location for elsewhere — perhaps a visit to Niagara Falls ."
Now I don't understand the usage of Latitude.
Oh one last thing. You are able to hide yourself from another user, but not from Google. Will they ever pass on the information to the government like how they dealt with Chinese Government regarding the cyber dissidents?
I'm too insignificant to worry about this issue la. Anwar, take care lo.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
As Simple As This
I've never loved CNY so much like this year.
Nah, not that I've got more angpaus or won more in mahjongs.
Day 29 before CNY, also known as 小年夜, my mom brought some clothes for my cousins in grandma's house. Then we decided to have a 'costume-party-like reunion dinner', which meant all of us had to wear the clothes with that particular brand.
Yea yea... I know... WULIAO (is 'lame' the right translation?)!!! Isn't it great when you are able to wuliao with your family members like how you do with your friends?
p/s: I'm extremely sorry to my dear cousins who have posed in their best smile. I only needed your... erm... BOOBS. And guys, you missed out the fun.
Present you my dearest family! My grandma has three sons... So 1, 2, 3, yeap! Three tables!
I reckon they are not good posers. As you can see, the shyness is in the genes.
K. Fast forward to CNY Day 2. All the aunties came back. So yea, more cousins, nieces, and nephews.
After peng-ing and gong-ing with my cousins, we were gathered in the living room to witness Tan Family very own historical moments.
Ah Heong gor gor from Singapore played a VCD. "Gong gong!" shouted Ah Keng jie jie. Looking at the right hand corner of the video, it's 1996.
I could still remember the days that I greeted my grandfather who was making rafia strings on his ratan chair in front of the house. I was very short - 140cm - back then (not like I'm very tall now). I'd call him 'gong gong' and he'd ask me 'jiak ba bui'. I wish I could speak better Hokkien. It has been 2 years since I last visited him in Nirvana.
The camera was panned to the living room. It was almost the same as 2009. Green marble floor, telephone with pens and notepads to take vegetable orders, an altar against the wall, and a 24 inch TV. Oh, the sofa was replaced with new ones as children loved torturing the sofa by jumping/climbing/hopping up and down.
Ah MM - my aunty (大伯母) came in from the kitchen. She was trying to cover her face as well as the camera. She's so nervous that she could not decide which to cover. As I mentioned, shyness is in the genes. She was the mother, the lady boss, the chef, the babysitter... literally everything of the family. She has gone. Glad to see her on TV.
We couldn't stop laughing throughout the video. All our stupid, childish, and naughty moments were caught. A 9 years old girl was encouraging her younger brother to fight with another cousin. "Hit him! Hit him!" I said. Now I know, my hand being bitten or my hair being pulled by Guo Yi were retributions.
Then, another devil came upon. He was pointing my cousins and yelled, "this is 38 gong and this is 38 po", reminding us my elder brother was a big bully. Those being bullied were in the living room too. Haha, it's time to take revenge guys.
The younger generation - most of my nephews and nieces - were the non-participants of 1996. But they enjoyed the show very much. "See, that's your mommy! Gosh, so young!". "Was I in the tummy?" he asked. "No, your parents were still playing hide-and-seek at that time." All burst into laugther.
Hey, start recording your special moments from now on. Think about the idea of sharing your youth with your children years later, how wonderful.
All enjoying 'Tan Family in 1996'. Happiness is just as simple as this.
Nah, not that I've got more angpaus or won more in mahjongs.
Day 29 before CNY, also known as 小年夜, my mom brought some clothes for my cousins in grandma's house. Then we decided to have a 'costume-party-like reunion dinner', which meant all of us had to wear the clothes with that particular brand.
Yea yea... I know... WULIAO (is 'lame' the right translation?)!!! Isn't it great when you are able to wuliao with your family members like how you do with your friends?
p/s: I'm extremely sorry to my dear cousins who have posed in their best smile. I only needed your... erm... BOOBS. And guys, you missed out the fun.
Present you my dearest family! My grandma has three sons... So 1, 2, 3, yeap! Three tables!
I reckon they are not good posers. As you can see, the shyness is in the genes.
K. Fast forward to CNY Day 2. All the aunties came back. So yea, more cousins, nieces, and nephews.
After peng-ing and gong-ing with my cousins, we were gathered in the living room to witness Tan Family very own historical moments.
Ah Heong gor gor from Singapore played a VCD. "Gong gong!" shouted Ah Keng jie jie. Looking at the right hand corner of the video, it's 1996.
I could still remember the days that I greeted my grandfather who was making rafia strings on his ratan chair in front of the house. I was very short - 140cm - back then (not like I'm very tall now). I'd call him 'gong gong' and he'd ask me 'jiak ba bui'. I wish I could speak better Hokkien. It has been 2 years since I last visited him in Nirvana.
The camera was panned to the living room. It was almost the same as 2009. Green marble floor, telephone with pens and notepads to take vegetable orders, an altar against the wall, and a 24 inch TV. Oh, the sofa was replaced with new ones as children loved torturing the sofa by jumping/climbing/hopping up and down.
Ah MM - my aunty (大伯母) came in from the kitchen. She was trying to cover her face as well as the camera. She's so nervous that she could not decide which to cover. As I mentioned, shyness is in the genes. She was the mother, the lady boss, the chef, the babysitter... literally everything of the family. She has gone. Glad to see her on TV.
We couldn't stop laughing throughout the video. All our stupid, childish, and naughty moments were caught. A 9 years old girl was encouraging her younger brother to fight with another cousin. "Hit him! Hit him!" I said. Now I know, my hand being bitten or my hair being pulled by Guo Yi were retributions.
Then, another devil came upon. He was pointing my cousins and yelled, "this is 38 gong and this is 38 po", reminding us my elder brother was a big bully. Those being bullied were in the living room too. Haha, it's time to take revenge guys.
The younger generation - most of my nephews and nieces - were the non-participants of 1996. But they enjoyed the show very much. "See, that's your mommy! Gosh, so young!". "Was I in the tummy?" he asked. "No, your parents were still playing hide-and-seek at that time." All burst into laugther.
Hey, start recording your special moments from now on. Think about the idea of sharing your youth with your children years later, how wonderful.
All enjoying 'Tan Family in 1996'. Happiness is just as simple as this.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
虾皮 牛耳！！！
恭喜发财！新年快乐！
在此送上马来西亚寰宇电视(ASTRO)的当家花旦萧慧敏主演的新年MV - 《庆祝》！首担MV女主角，她即迅速获得了影后的衔头，前途不可限量！
注：文中“影后”意指影她的背后。
在此送上马来西亚寰宇电视(ASTRO)的当家花旦萧慧敏主演的新年MV - 《庆祝》！首担MV女主角，她即迅速获得了影后的衔头，前途不可限量！
注：文中“影后”意指影她的背后。
Saturday, January 24, 2009
My Radio 3
It has been a long time since the 'room' last updated. The current playlist has no specific theme. It's just some random songs that I've been listening for N times recently.
1. Bye Bye Mariah Carey
Introduced by Lyssa.
A note to those who have lost their love ones:
'Lift ya head to the sky, we will never say bye.'
2. 写给自己的歌 黄义达
The cuti-cuti guys love this song. Wonder why.
Maybe it's emo enough for the currently-single guys （Derek excluded) while encouraging enough for them to be a man? XD
我一个人走 一个人看透 一个人受
路我自己选择 我一个人走
3. 最幸福的事 梁文音
Listen to her voice and look at the video. It tells all.
4. 属于 梁静茹
Ok ok... I know lots of ppl are crazy over this song. Esp when it comes in a bundle with the drama 《幸福的抉择》. Nah... I haven't seen the drama as the pace is too SLOOOWWW for me.
Anyway, my friend has been asking
‘我坚持的，就值得坚持吗？’
The answer is in the song too.
属于我们点点滴滴的伤心
我们要各自忘记
属于我们闪闪发亮的爱情
我们还要努力
May you be blessed with happiness.
5. 没有如果 梁静茹
Despite the copyright debate, I like this song!
Fish is exploring her voice.
如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过 你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当藉口
那是不是有一点弱
如果我说 爱我没有如果
真的爱我 就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手
Hope you'll like it.=)
1. Bye Bye Mariah Carey
Introduced by Lyssa.
A note to those who have lost their love ones:
'Lift ya head to the sky, we will never say bye.'
2. 写给自己的歌 黄义达
The cuti-cuti guys love this song. Wonder why.
Maybe it's emo enough for the currently-single guys （Derek excluded) while encouraging enough for them to be a man? XD
我一个人走 一个人看透 一个人受
路我自己选择 我一个人走
3. 最幸福的事 梁文音
Listen to her voice and look at the video. It tells all.
4. 属于 梁静茹
Ok ok... I know lots of ppl are crazy over this song. Esp when it comes in a bundle with the drama 《幸福的抉择》. Nah... I haven't seen the drama as the pace is too SLOOOWWW for me.
Anyway, my friend has been asking
‘我坚持的，就值得坚持吗？’
The answer is in the song too.
属于我们点点滴滴的伤心
我们要各自忘记
属于我们闪闪发亮的爱情
我们还要努力
May you be blessed with happiness.
5. 没有如果 梁静茹
Despite the copyright debate, I like this song!
Fish is exploring her voice.
如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过 你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当藉口
那是不是有一点弱
如果我说 爱我没有如果
真的爱我 就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手
Hope you'll like it.=)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Art of Hugging
Hug of friends is like saying 'take care buddy'
Hug of gf is like saying 'Can't live without you'
Hug of parents is 'Don't worry about me. I'm a man now.'
Quoted from a friend in msn.
I'll try fulfilling my promise. :)
Hug of gf is like saying 'Can't live without you'
Hug of parents is 'Don't worry about me. I'm a man now.'
Quoted from a friend in msn.
I'll try fulfilling my promise. :)
A Delayed Response
Nah, neither could I.
I was talking to mien in the car on the 5th hour of year 2009, about how impossible it is to live those years again. Then I looked back to my posts in 2007 and 2008. Again, they kept rambling about how hard to believe. To believe again.
Yea, I have equated the courage to believe with the recur to past. False maths.
Believe is something I, or maybe us, (still) strongly hold, just that it takes a different process. 5 years ago, we drew an overly definite line between things to believe and things not to believe. For eg, statement comes out from org. A can be trusted while those from org. B must be doubted. Or, people and thoughts that support our ideology are great whereas those against are shit. (hah, maybe ideology is too grand a word used but I can't find a better one to describe our near-extremism.)
The line was scrapped off all of sudden. We were all adrift, struggling to grasp a buoy in the sea. 'How to judge' is a question we asked most as our initial judgement scheme lost its credit.
We have found ours isn't? We analyse before we believe. We are ready to challenge what used to be right and rethink what used to be wrong. We have our values and we know which to hold and which can be given second thoughts. We know we can't give in all but we'll try giving the enough amount. We are heading towards the balance between rationality and sensibility. Or maybe, these are all yet to be achieved. They might not be the right path, but they're the chosen path.
We've never changed in believing. We changed the way of believing. So, keep it up my friend.
I was talking to mien in the car on the 5th hour of year 2009, about how impossible it is to live those years again. Then I looked back to my posts in 2007 and 2008. Again, they kept rambling about how hard to believe. To believe again.
Yea, I have equated the courage to believe with the recur to past. False maths.
Believe is something I, or maybe us, (still) strongly hold, just that it takes a different process. 5 years ago, we drew an overly definite line between things to believe and things not to believe. For eg, statement comes out from org. A can be trusted while those from org. B must be doubted. Or, people and thoughts that support our ideology are great whereas those against are shit. (hah, maybe ideology is too grand a word used but I can't find a better one to describe our near-extremism.)
The line was scrapped off all of sudden. We were all adrift, struggling to grasp a buoy in the sea. 'How to judge' is a question we asked most as our initial judgement scheme lost its credit.
We have found ours isn't? We analyse before we believe. We are ready to challenge what used to be right and rethink what used to be wrong. We have our values and we know which to hold and which can be given second thoughts. We know we can't give in all but we'll try giving the enough amount. We are heading towards the balance between rationality and sensibility. Or maybe, these are all yet to be achieved. They might not be the right path, but they're the chosen path.
We've never changed in believing. We changed the way of believing. So, keep it up my friend.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
震撼教育
年迈教育者对女生上下其手、吻脸咬手，其一。
为取得新闻，设圈套陷老人家于不义，其二。
要求记者为了采访而牺牲尊严色相，其三。
尽做这一切还能将其作为沾沾自喜的作品，其四。
这是媒体行业的真实面？
还是纯属八卦杂志的黑暗面？
若为八卦杂志的手法，那还可以到别处去。
若全媒体都免不了类似手段，那又能往何处去？
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