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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

A scary world

What has our world turned into? Every day, it is nothing but war, natural disasters, man-made eco disasters, killings, etc...

I'm sure everyone would have read about little girl Nurin. Her case reminded me of another girl, many years ago, who was similarly tortured and abused.

I'm also very sure that everyone of us would have known personally at least one female friend or relative who has been a victim of snatch theft. I won't be surprised as well if we personally know someone who's house was broken into. I know 2 classmates who's house were broken into in the past 3 months or so.

Just last week, I heard that a colleague of mine got slashed by robbers who had wanted to steal his Toyota Camry. We have all heard of it before. Someone knocks your car from behind. There's a car blocking yours. You can't drive away... Next thing you know, someone smashes your window. Then you get slashed. The slashing is to scare and shock the victim. But is it necessary?

And it is not just with cars. I've also heard of snatch thieves who will knock their victims on the head with bottles or stones before grabbing the handbags.

So the big question is... How safe are we these days? We call ourselves 'developed'. But it seems like we've taken a few steps backwards instead.

We are supposed to feel safe in our own homes. But how safe is it these days? We'd definitely label a Malaysian as CRAZY if he or she does not grill up their house or even a condo unit that is on the 18th floor! That is how safe we are...

For me, it has reached a point where I really don't mind we we have the army patrolling our streets. I believe there is a shortage of policemen in the country. If so, why can't we use the army? I would rather see a few soldiers on the corner of every street. No, it won't make me feel like there's a war going on. I think looking at how things are, I would feel much safer.

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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Arundina progress

Arundina is a cluster home that is being built by the award winning developer called SP Setia in a place called Setia Alam. It will be my new home really soon, judging by the construction progress...


Looks like the structure is completed


This is how it looks inside


This is where I'll be planting some of my food... :)
I have been told it will be ready only early next year. I guess still lots of touch-up to be done by the developer.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

September update

Dog catching competition has been called off. It was decent of MPS to actually admit that it was ill-thought out plan and that they learn from this.

I've not been updating this blog and also my website partly because I've just changed my job. Plus need to spend sometime with my family and also a few other things...

I'll probably need another week or two before I settle into the new schedule...

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Catch the most dogs and win rm15k (USD4.5k)

This is no joke. Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (Selayang Municipal Council) is organising a dog capturing competition. All you need to do is catch as many dogs as possible. The dogs will still need to be breathing (for audit purpose) and each dog captured must also be photographed as proof of capture.

Tangkapan hendaklah diserahkan hidup-hidup kepada urus setia pertandingan untuk pengiraan/audit. Gambar setiap ekor tangkapan juga hendaklah dikemukakan sebagai bukti tangkapan.

Assessment will be done twice a year (every 6 months). To qualify for the three prizes, you will need to capture a minimum of 150 dogs every 6 months. The prize structure? 1st prize gets you rm15k, 2nd prize rm13k and 3rd prize winner gets rm11k. That's a whooping rm39k in taxpayer's money! An incentive payout of rm20 per dog will also be given out every month. Only stray dogs will be counted.



Competition details
The thing is...
What the f*ck is wrong with our councillors?!?

Don't they have better things to do with the money? Why target only dogs? I'm sure we all have problems with stray cats and even rats! And what if someone captures a licensed dog, what guarantee is there that the person will not remove the license and 'submit' the licensed dog as stray?

From Remembering Sheena's 4th September post:

I appeal to the Malaysian public to please bombard the newsdesk of the Media with emails and phone calls expressing disgust at this outrage. Below are the email addresses you can write to. Please don't forget to include your full name, email and mailing address and telephone numbers:

editor@thestar.com.my
metro@thestar.com.my
letters@nstp.com.my
news@nstp.com.my
mmnews@nstp.com.my
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
editor@malaysiakini.com
editorial@sinchew.com.my
bhnews@bharian.com.my
pengarang@utusan.com
editor@nanyang.com.my
am@hmetro.com.my
gmkl@guangming.com.my
bgns@bernama.com
tcpb@po.jaring.my

I hope everyone can help pass the word around. No, this is not about expanding the competition to include stray cats and rats. It is about:
- expressing disgust for such brutal and stone-age 'sport'
- expressing disgust for abusing taxpayers' money
- respecting and loving all living beings including stray dogs

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Monday, September 03, 2007

Glass of water

After every meal, my wife will usually bug me to drink a glass of water. Yeah, she treats me like a child but I actually don't mind... :)

Usually, she will bring out a glass of water and ask me to finish it. Today's dinner was no different. My wife brought out a glass of water. But instead of telling me to finish the water immediately like she always do, she just left it on the table and sat down next to me. I was feeling quite thirsty, so I reached for the glass and started to drink...

Mrrgggrrll... Pfffft.... Aaarrggghhh...!!!

It's boiling hot!!!!!

I stared at my wife. She looked back at me. When she realised what happened, she started to laugh and just said "I didn't ask you to drink it ma..."

Like that also can?!? My tongue is a bit sore right now...

Come to think of it... It was quite funny. Joked with her much later, telling her that just because I talked too much, she still didn't need to burn my throat and mouth...

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