14 Jun 08 The sadness
I watch Hikaru No Go (again) and the scene that I really like is when Sai disappeared forever, Hikaru start searching for him everywhere. For once that I could feel the loneliness that Hikaru might been going through.
What if you know someone by an accident and he/she stick with you like 24 hours a day for 2 years and all of sudden disappear. First you will feel lonely. Then you start searching for him/her. Then you start to be frustrated because you just can’t find him/her. And then you start to search for him/her to wherever you thought he/she might be.
I’m sad of that scene. I watch that scene over and over again.
Now… Think of what Sharline’s family going through right now. They miss her. They’re searching for her, everywhere, they’re frustrated… They will do whatever possible to locate her and bring her back… Hopefully sound and safely.
With all the latest news and gossips going on our media right now we seem to forget about Sharlinie.
(I think maybe after Pak Lah resign he can help searching for Sharlinie too right?)
I take 1 minute to pray for Sharlinie. Amin.
Tags: Go, Hikaru, pak lah, Sai, Sharlinie
11 Jun 08 Save the last petrol!
With the increasing price of petrol our beloved Malaysian leaders urge us to change our lifestyle.
Let say currently you own a BMW 750L, with 5 litre engine, I dont know how much road tax are you paying per year. But you sure paying high price for petrol indeed. Plus you can only save RM 200 from the current road tax restructure, which is very small.
So the best way is to change your car to BMW 318 with 2 litre engine and enjoy the rebate (RM 625) and enjoy the cheaper road tax too (RM 375). So change your lifestyle please Tan Sri, Puan Sri, Datuk Seri, Datin Seri, Datuk - Datuk, Datin - Datin (sorry for missing any title, I dont own any of them).
So for us normal people who currently driving Honda Civic 2.0 maybe can change to Perodua Viva.
Why ?
You see, when the petrol price increase, everything else will follow. So for the big title as above, who own a factory or two, own a company, own AP, own dealership network… They actually earn more! But us normal people actually earn the same but have to pay more!
So they can change from BMW 750L to 5 X BMW 318 with ni problem, but us will have many problems. First our current car will not fetch higher price, thus we actually have to pay more to buy new perodua viva. We make more loans, we pay more for everyday necessities, yet we earn so little compared to the big title.
IS THIS FAIR ?
Anyway Pak Lah is changing his lifestyle too you know. The “elaun keraian” of PM has been cut from RM 18k monthly to RM 16k monthly. RM 2k cut is a lot alright? PM sure will have more headache on how to spend those RM 16k. Right Pak Lah ?
While Pak Lah cut RM 2k to give back to us, how many have we cut ? Let see, usually we spend RM 500 for fuel, RM 500 for savings, and the rest (RM 1k or so) for paying loans and to buy groceries. So now we spend RM 800 for fuel, we cut the savings to only RM 200, and we buy everything else “berjimat cermat”. Possibly means Maggi for the whole month.
When fuel price goes up to RM 4/litre we will not have any less for monthly savings, we cannot afford even those Maggi… Is Maggi price also increase ? Long time did not buy Maggi, have to start buying soon.
And oh… What Petronas do ? Petronas is the 6th biggest sponsor in Formula One if you want to know. SIXTH! Spending RM 886.90 MILLION!
(Still behind Shell and Mobil 1 who spend RM 986.10 Million and RM 949.36 Million respectively - Top is Marlboro RM 3.8 Billion)
This proves Petronas have lots of money. Which we have to ask why don’t they help us the citizen of Malaysia!
(Actually this post is about how to save petrol but I wrote about other things, next post please. Hehe)
Tags: Billion, Change lifestyle, Formula One, Marlboro, Million, Mobil 1, pak lah, Petrol, Petronas, Shell
09 Jun 08 100 days 100 cars. Yes, you can win! Believe me!
So this so-great telco company called Celcom make another contest! It’s 100 days 100 cars. You may have viewed its advertisement on the tv, heard it on the radio, read it on the internet, sms, mms… Or even you friend manage to sms you to told you that the contest is really interesting.
Who care right ?
I care. I want a new car. And Toyota Camry seems good for me. So I enter the contest. I have been forewarned that each sms will cost RM 5. Yes, freaking RM 5!
So I type in anyway. I may have read it wrongly, as I dont keep its sms. It just like they said that you answer around 10 question and stand a chance to win the car. So I figure it out 10 question X RM 5 = RM 50. Fair enough, I reload RM 100 into my celcom prepaid.
And off I go to answer all the easy question, and without knowing how much I’ve been answering, my collected point is up to 10,000++ already. And when I check my balance, what is left is RM 4.XX. Oh no! I must’ve been answering not less than 20 questions already, and I’m not a winner.
I spend my RM 100, all of it on Celcom 100 Days 100 Cars Contest. So let say per day there is at least 50 person like me who enter this contest with RM 100 credit balance (or bill), and answered it religiously until figure out that it’s such a waste to spend more than RM 100, then only stop. So… 20 question X RM 5 = RM 100. Times 50 person = RM 5,000. Times 100 days = RM 500,000. That is around 5 Toyota Camry. I guess.
So I’m just assuming that only 50 person per day that enter and not win the contest. It must be more! So what Mufti Perlis said that the contest is HARAM, is quite right. Though I’m not fully agree with him on the other matters. (Plus Mufti Perlis seems to be quite popular nowadays compared to the old one :))
Let just say all sms contest is just wasting your time, your money, your hard work, everything. The one that profit from the contest is the Telco itself, the contest organiser and even Toyota for free pomoting their Toyota Camry. Shame on you Toyota!
Tags: 100 days 100 cars, Celcom, Contest, HARAM, Mufti Perlis, Toyota
07 Jun 08 Fat and no friends people.
I come across some thread in some forum (too lazy to copy and paste the address) about some guy being fat and no friends, no girlfriends and hopeless.
Really… I was that guy during my secondary school.
Plus they separate boys and girls class. So from form 2 till form 3 I have no girl classmate. But during form 1 I do have but I fail miserably to talk to any of them. I still remember one of them name “Firdaus”. I remember her because of her name. Maybe she is married already now… Or at some other countries other than Malaysia 
Ok. I become quite brave to talk to girls during my form 4 at the other school. But that is because my classmates actually… 10 or 15 person. It’s easier to talk when there is less people. Then some of them enroll into Sekolah Teknik so left 9 of us only. The only class of Pure Science Stream. Huhuhu. Feel so great! Plus our classroom in actually a lab. I like it back then.
But at that time also I seldom talk to girl.
Then I further my study to KPTM Alor Star (back then it was called AIM), at there also I dont actually talkative to any girls. A few only did I get really close (which I still stay in contact till now).
Last semester of my Diploma course, I go for practical training at Telekom Training College (now called Multimedia College - MMC). I was alone. No known friends. Start from then I force myself to be talkative with anyone be it guys (no problem at that) or girls (at first really shy).
What I found out that girls is really nice. I enjoy talking with them (plus flirting which I failed). So slowly I learn to how to get myself talking. The secret is, first smile, then open your mouth, say hi (or Assalamualaikum for muslim), then should they answer you can start talking to them… Really, very easy.
And… Oh! I’m a fat guy. Still fat as I still fail to get myself slim. So being fat is not related to having no friends. If he or she don’t want to befriend with you because you’re fat, then he or she is not really someone you can make friends with. Find somebody else who can accept you as you’re.
Plus I already have steady girlfriend, so being fat, have many friends, and actually have real girlfriends is not impossible. I’ve done it, so can YOU!
Tags: Fat, friends, girl, girlfiends, guy, KPTM, UNIKL
05 Jun 08 Malaysia oil price is increase!
That to you Thailand and Singapore people. You can no longer enjoy your cheap as if free oil in Malaysia anymore. Too bad isn’t it. But it’s not about you! It’s about us. We will suffer more than you!
I however did not go and fill up my car tank after hearing the news on the afternoon that later midnight the price will increase. What a very stupid way of a very stupid person (or many many many many person) to announce a price increment. Yeah! Decide it at 4pm, announce it at 5pm, and raise the price at 12am. Now talking about being efficient in doing their job….
STUPID!
Now about that government so called subsidies for those who own cars and bikes (that is less than 2000 cc for car and less than 250 cc for motorcycle). This is welcomed. But they will paid it to us once we renew our road tax (and insurance too). My car is 2000 cc. I pay road tax RM 375 per year. Total it with insurance (third party) is around RM 600 (lesser if I do the road tax myself). So what is left is about RM 25. Yep! That is for me! But most of the car owner opt for first party insurance and paid more than RM 1000 per year. RM 625… is just too small.
I know the Rm 625 is a lot if given by the calculations done by government monkeys. Say what ? 800 litre of petrol you say. Oh! That is a lot right? Too bad I don’t view it that way. I choose to calculate it different way.
(But at least I could say my road tax and insurance is free)
And to add more, the money is going to be paid by money order through pos malaysia. While this is quite ok. Since pos office is quite accessible. And to paid directly to a person bank account is such a chaos too since some might not have the account with certain bank choose by the government. And to pay at any bank account choosen by the people is quite… troublesome.
Ok! Last check there is about 16 million registered vehicle on the road. Let say half of them is eligible for the fuel un-subsidies… That is around 8 million. So … Throughout the year (for every year starting this July), pos malaysia will have LOTS OF PROFITS! let see, pos malaysia charge RM 2 per money order, times that with 8 million is 16 MILLION! This is income from the money order generated by government paying the vehicle owner only.
(assuming 8 millions of total registered vehicle is eligible)
Now… Who is that Pos Malaysia CEO again ?
Tags: increase, millions, oil, pak lah, price, profits, stupid
27 May 08 When you have nothing to do…
Before this, study for final.
Before this, sit for final exam.
Before this, searching for industrial training placement.
Before this… no more.
All thing is done now.
From now on, its a holiday.
A very boring holiday.
And I want to talk about my car…
Tags: boring, industrial training
14 May 08 Practicality of practical training… pratically ?
So how many words can you form from the word practical. I manage the title. How about you ?
Anyway why oh why do we need to go for practical training or some call it as industrial training ? Other than we are actually being expose to the real world of working world… It just the chance for the company to get a (very) cheap labor. But we’ve no experience so we can’t actually demand for that.
The process begin with us calling the company. Talk to the receptionist (maybe) then passed it to someone in HR department I suppose, then passed it along to IT Department staff, then to the IT Department manager, then back to HR, then somehow manage to forward our call back to IT Department and somehow there is nobody there to answer our phone call.
So we hang up.
Call back tomorrow and repeat the same process. This called as looping or in our case it is more likely to be USELESS Looping.
So we give up the company and try another one. Luckily this time we don’t get forward around because their HR department have nobody to answer our phone call. However they got this nice voice recording service which I don’t bother to leave a message.
Why oh why this had to be this hard.
Tags: call, practical, training
11 May 08 Finish my exam… So boring…
Last Saturday I finish my exam already. The last paper of the very last day of exam week. At last my exam is over. And it’s holiday from now on till July. Which is why It’s so boring…
This month of perhaps this week I need to get a practical training place. Then I need to go back to my “kampung”. In June I need to attend a short photoshop course with “Puan” Shaira Nadiah. Hehehe. I don’t know I can make it or not. But for sure I still need to attend the practical training briefing on 26th June. Aih….
Why it’s so boring when its holiday. Because I have nothing to do. I don’t work part time. So thats maybe why. Hihihihi. Plus I wont meet my friends. Hmmmm. Hari - hari jumpak pun boring jugak kan ? Hehehe.
So… Please enjoy the holiday. May we meet again, Next Year!
Tags: Exam, friends, practical training
05 May 08 You must wear your seatbelt!
According to berita harian, VIP must wear seatbelt too at the back. (source)
First you must wear seatbelt, it’s a simple device that will save your life. Not because you saw a police roadblock only then you scramble to wear it. While those VIP doesnt need to wear it all because the police actually making way for them.
This time those police must make sure that their bosses is actually wearing their seatbelt first. That is the right way. Not because you’re at the back of Merc S Class you’re invincible. If your driver hit a lorry, still you might survive provided that you slam in front into your driver and kill him instead. YES! You killed your driver by not wearing your seatbelt. It’s a good thing though if your driver having a scandal with your wife…
Anyway… Please wear your seatbelt. I haven’t fitted rear seatbelt at my car. Need to find the spare part first. Lets go to kedai potong!
04 May 08 My BMW E28
BMW E28 520 with 2.5 engine. Maroon. Yups that’s my car. My uncle gave it to me.
Gone through few accidents (3 real accident: 1 at Perlis, 2 at KL). I hit another car twice, someone hit me from behind once. Other than that scratches are causes by my mistakes.
Mechanical break down so far… Quite a few. First the distributor is not working. Got non-experience mechanics and he broke the distributor altogether. Then starter motor malfunction. Got it replaced. Then radiator is leaked. Got it patch and repaint. Then the absorber. first get it repaired but not working so replaced it. Then last week just replaced the water pump. Well… Too long to list here.
Electrical break down. Battery! Already change it twice by me. It last for 2 years maybe. Some wiring at throttle body. Got it rewired. Not my wiper is kinda on and off. But it always choose to off when it’s raining. Really make me angry.
So to summarise it BMW E28 is nice. Just get an experience mechanics to maintain it, then you’ll be happy. I like my E28.
