Lim Kit Siang's blog

Malaysia's opposition leader, Lim Kit Siang, has started his own blog. Perhaps, we should invite him to the next blog meet?

Erti Merdeka

Tanahair kita akan menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan yang ke-58 48 esok. Sudah menjadi kebiasaan dimana acara-acara yang berupa kekeluargaan seperti acara pembarisan dan perarakan secara besar-besaran akan berlangsung dari pagi untuk menonjolkan semangat patriotisme antara semua lapisan rakyat Malaysia yang berbilang kaum, warna dan bangsa.

Tetapi sejauh mana sebenarnya semangat patriotisme ini wujud di kalangan masyarakat Malaysia terutamanya pemuda-pemudi zaman kini? Benarkah semangat cinta kepada raja, agama, bangsa dan negara seperti mana yang kita impikan wujud? Menghadiri acara pembarisan atau sekadar melekatkan berpuluh-puluh batang helai keping jalur gemilang di atas kenderaan atau pun menghadiri aktiviti-aktiviti kempen khidmat negara bukan boleh melahirkan semangat cinta kepada tanahair. Ya, mungkin dari segi pandangan luar sahaja semangat patriotisme kelihatan berkobar-kobar.

Sebenarnya erti Merdeka jauh lebih mendalam. Tarikh 31 Ogos 1957 mungkin sukar untuk dihayati oleh golongan masyarakat Malaysia terutamanya anak-anak muda masa kini.

Jom mari kita sama-sama enjoy lagi Sudirman. Klic sini. Apa perasaan setelah menghayati lagu Sudirman yang belum lagi saya dengar di radio tahun ini?

Special Merdeka post

This year's Merdeka Day is probably a little bit special for the online communities in Malaysia, specifically for bloggers. A special online project called The Merdeka Blogger Project has been erected attempting to capture the spiritual meaning of Merdeka Day online via blogging. This project is reported in The Star newspaper today.

Another creative way suggested by one prominent blogger is to post in our national language for a day. Well, I have to admit that my written Bahasa Malaysia is as bad my England. But just for the record, I did pass my Bahasa Malaysia in SPM and managed a Grade 1. Most students didn't do so well to get at least secure a C6 (credit). A P7 or P8 is gonna cost you your Grade 1 even with straight As in the other 8 or 9 or 10 subjects. Anyway, that was just one of the pre-requisites during my SPM days. Let's leave this SPM thingy for another day.

I remember when I was a kid, I would try to get up early just to see the Merdeka parade in Dataran Merdeka broadcasted live from RTM. This is probably the most patrotic act a kid can do! Lol!

Now as a 20-something year old dude, apart from the stories which I heard from my parents, school teachers and some tv and print advertisements and reports, I have to say that is about all I know about the spirit of Merdeka. There is simply much more than being independence from the British rule.

I think come 31st August probably all school going kids even some adults are only looking forward to the additional one day holiday!

Penang Hokkien Podcast

If you know hokkien, then you gotta check out penanghokkien.com.

Bloggers meet

Attended a bloggers meet in Gurney Plaza yesterday afternoon. I woke up quite late... a little bit past noon to an sms inviting me for this meet. Logged on to msn and saw muh big name on msn asking me to message the initiator. Was coerced by the initiator cum organiser to attend coz she was paiseh that nobody's gonna turn up. What was I supposed to do? No choice lah, have to "eng siew" lah.

Read what the others who attended have to say about this meet. With pics too but too bad some pics have been mosaic so they look like as if they are from some crappy japanese av movie!!!

Reality Really Bites
Yvy
5xmom
cmos
n305er
Mental Jog
Jeremy
Malvu
Kiasi
Peter Gabriel
SapiensBryan
KLJS

And of coz, the most leng chai one .... is NOT me.

Mars

If you are interested in a little astronomy then look up the sky on 27th Aug 2005 (Saturday) around midnight. Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky
starting August.

It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye when Mars comes within 34.65 million miles from earth.

Be sure to watch the sky on Aug 27 2005, at 12:30 am. It will look like the
earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

So make sure you gaze upon the stars next Saturday for NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

Cincai-cincai one

I don't know why but everytime when I wanna put in a comment on another person's blog, I always have the urge to use my cincai-cincai Manglish one leh. Dunno why like this one? Haven't got a clue. Can tell me why?

Then hor, I surfed to RB's and saw this comment

lilian Says:

August 17th, 2005 at 5:37 pm

Come to my site. No music, just some relevant photos when necessary, like black bras . Frankly hor, guys who put music on their blog is very damn ah kua. Especially when they are love songs, puke! I am not going to kstang until merderka is over, btw. (test and see he reads yr blog or not)

Lol!!!! Somebody wanna check if I read other ppl's comment kah? Good try tho!

G'day mate

A package came in the mail for me today from down under. Land of the vegemite sandwich. It was a surprised. Well, actually I knew it was coming but I had forgotten about it... ok it was a surprise then.


All the way from down under. This is the front of the package.


And this is the back of it.


There's a note inside. Thanks for the wishes, Sweetspirit.


And then, there's "the man... the legend" tee shirt. So now yall know who's da man with the legend.

Sweetspirit can abso-bloody-lutely verify this anytime... and remember this came all the way from the land down under! Bloody oath!

All of a sudden as I am typing this, I have the urge to sing...

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover

Okay now... Three cheers for my mate in New South Wales!

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!
Aussie! Oi! Aussie! Oi!
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!

Before and during the haze

On mouse over to see the difference during the haze.

Haze

The haze is here. Get your masks out.

Prai to Penang island, Penang Bridge
Date: Friday, 12th Aug 2005 (yesterday)
Time: 5:30pm
Georgetown's skyline is not visible from the bridge. Komtar is missing.


Penang island to Prai, Penang Bridge
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 8:15am
The sun would be very glaring at this time of the day on any other day.


Penang island to Prai, Penang Bridge
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 8:15am
The mid span of the bridge is not visible.


Penang island to Prai, Penang Bridge
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 8:15am
The pylon is slowly visible. Wonder what's the API level.


Jln Perindustrian Prai
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 12:40pm


Jln Perindustrian Prai Roundabout near Petronas
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 12:40pm


Penang Bridge toll
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 12:43pm


Prai to Penang island, Penang Bridge
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 12:45pm


Georgetown skyline not visible from Penang Bridge
Date: Saturday, 13th Aug 2005 (today)
Time: 12:48pm
Getting worse.

Stupid fucks

The haze has moved up north from KL and Selangor to Penang. Folks travelling to Penang from Klang Valley trying to escape the haze must be mad. I will post some pics taken on Penang bridge later today. Company has also provided face masks to all employees.

Indonesia, stop the burning!

Visitor from Mars?

Did an alien from outer space visit my blog or what? Satellite Provider???

Reality bites, really

What do you call it when somebody blogs about something you blogged about? Hmmm... confused? Duh~ neverrrrrrrrrmind.

Nobody wanna come here anymore... I had to do it. So sorry Negaraku... I had to disable auto start due to complains from some "neighbours" saying you are noisy, taking too long to load (I always thought this one is a compliment), sakit mata after looking at you, sakit telinga after listening to you, people are sick of you... the truth hurts and reality bites, really. People don't like Negaraku.

How about if I play the Penang State Anthem, Untuk Negeri Kita??? :)

Selamat Tuhan kurniakan
Selamat Pulau Pinang
Negeri ku yang mulia
Ku taat dan setia
Aman dan bahagia
Majulah jayalah
Negeri ku yang ku cinta
Bersatu dan bersama
Untuk negeri kita


So how? Telinga dan mata sakit lagi?

I am screwed

I am in no mood to blog due to some blardy reorganisation in the blardy opis. Sigh~~~

Don't jump to conclusion

You think it is a frog and I think it is a horse! Which is it?

Bottomline is we have to respect other's opinions, you can see it clearly in the above picture. We just need to wait and listen actively to others.

In the real life, however, this rarely happen. In the real world, either the frog will jump to conclusion or the horse will leap to conclusion. It's hard to prevent both from jumping or leaping into their own "concussions".

Hello!!!

Hello, anybody here? I'm Kiasi. KS Tang just passed me his password. So, I just want to take this advantage to advertise my blog 'sikit' lah. Since I seldom got the chances to advertise my blog on people's blog, so, 'boh pian', use this chance to 'hook' some readers to my blog loh. Can anot?

Can lah... we are in the same family mah... kasi muka sikit lah...

Merdeka

Everybody please stand up for the national anthem midi. Ahhhhh...it's that month of the year again when almost everyone sardenly seem to be patriotic for one month by flying the jalur gemilang on their windows, cars, bikes, bicycles and what not.... Well, this Merdeka I wanna be different. I am flying the jalur gemilang in my blog. Yay!!!

Malaysia is only 47 48 years young. Errr... hey history is not my cup of tea and I never passed history in school, kay??? Anyway, let's all appreciate our motherland and be proud to be Malaysian! What r u waiting for? So c'mon ... all Malaysian bloggers where ever you are. Join me and fly our jalur gemilang on your blogs for one month.

And if you dunno the lyrics to your own national anthem... tsk tsk tsk... shame on you... now sing along!!!

Negaraku
Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku
Rakyat Hidup
Bersatu dan Maju

Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan Kurniakan
Raja kita
Selamat Bertakhta

Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan Kurniakan
Raja kita
Selamat Bertakhta

Now, why are you laffing at your own national anthem??? What's so farnie? You don't see Americans laffing when Star Spangled Banner is played, do u???

Oh, say can you see,
By the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there.
O, say, does that
Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?

sardenly, laffing, farnie - spelling kena influenced by reading too much of rojaks.blogspot. See, sum more u say I don't lead your bolok!