The Bawang Fiasco

     Its been almost a week after the Bawani fiasco and I've heard quite a few things about it which gave me the impression that I already know what happened in UUM. Which is why I J\just watched the video. I'm a little late with my 2 cents.

Bawani The Mamak

     First of all, Ms Bawani's tone was impolite and at times she was shouting. I think she didnt know how to turn on the microphone or that it was already on. I do not agree with her body language and the manner/choice of words that she used. Too harsh for a public forum and shows a depressing lack of education for a University students.

    Speaking up is good for Malaysians cause we tend to shut the fuck up a wee bit too often. But to speak up in the way that Bawani has, I would prefer that people who run's their mouth faster than their brain can think should just shut the fuck up. Ms Sharifah is right when she deplored that Ms Bawani needs to learn respect.

Ms Sharifah The Mamak

    Which is related to the 9 'listen' that everyone is talking about. You see, she was trying to speak to an undergraduate which is maybe 10-20 years her junior. But Ms Bawani just kept on rolling refusing to back down. What she should have done was to keep quiet and listen to Ms Sharifah's reply and if she is as smart as she was trying to appear from reading prepared notes on a sheet of paper proceed to formulate a riposte to Ms Sharifah's reply. THAT would earn my respect.

    Malaysia do not provide free education because our education is already very cheap. And with loans from ptptn which charges a yearly interest rate of a measly 1%, poor people are more than capable of funding for their child's education. Those countries that she named are oil-rich or mineral rich countries with zero political flexibility and or freedom. Cuba? really? Fidel Castro? Venezuela's Hugo Chavez?

     The thing is and I'll be honest with you. Malaysia cannot afford free education because we dump most of our money into oil subsidies. Paying RM1.90/litre when the world is paying RM3 or more /litre. Click here for a list of world prices acquried from the World Bank. 

     You know what.  I say we should remove the subsidies, spend the billions on improving our national transportation system so that people can use it. Then the roads will be less congested and less hazardous with old cars breaking down in the middle of the road. And the spare change, we'll use it provide free education. Because government schools yearly fee of RM100+ is a much heavier burden than petrol costs.

    I know because I spent 6 years in a government school paying on average RM115 per year.

    Ms Sharifah however has also proven that she lack the professionalism and a mature mentality to handle sticky situations. Comparing real-human problems to problems faced by animals is just ridiculous and she could be certain that it will be taken out of context as it has happened.

    Furthermore, why shouldnt we compare ourselves to nations around the world? Why should we be satisfied and just accept whatever we are given or provided? I say that we should and we need to use them as a measuring stick to see where we stand in this world and how we are going to improve on our current situation. By first knowing and identifying the areas slacking in comparison, only then can we take action.

    On the political matter that Ms Bawani brought up about 'Bersih' and Ms Sharifah's strong reply. Both parties have their own views and in their respective position were both correct. However, due to the heat of the argument neither of them was able to recognize it. Yes, Bersih is legal. Yes, Ambiga is 'Pencetus Demokrasi  Demonstrasi' or Igniter of Demonstration to loosely translate. Okay i'll admit, I dont know how to transalte Pencetus Demonstrasi to English. =\

    Both are right, she didnt say Ambiga promoted anarchy or the cessation of government, Ms Sharifah strongly pointed out that she thinks that Ambiga incites demonstrations and in a Democratic country, the right to protest or demonstrate is enshrined in the constitution. But it is the government and not the constitution which passed the law that political gatherings of 3 persons or more is illegal. 

    I think they're shooting up the wrong tree.

    So this fiasco has caused much kopitiam palavers that If all those engaged were to focus their minds on solving national problems such as lousy roads, rubbish clogged drains and the politically explosive topic of Water, I think we will be having much less problems than animals.

Disclaimer : The title is intentional.

  

     

 

Gunung Tahan

So we are all locked and loaded. Conquering Mt Tahan from the 24th Jan to 28th Jan. The 10 of us will do in 5 days what people do in a week or more.Our adventure will begin with a 3-car convoy to Jerantut where we will spend a night before beginning this expedition.

We have decided to take the most challenging of the 2 routes. Victorians being victorians, our balls are the same size as our brains.


Merapoh-Kuala Tahan trail, easier of the 2 will take about 32km of trek with an estimated time of 15.5 hours. Too easy.

Introducin the Kuala Tahan-Gunung Tahan trail,

DESTINATIONS	DISTANCE	TIME
MT TAHAN TO PADANG	7	4
PADANG TO G.RESKET	3	3
G.RESKET TO G.TANGGA 15	2.5	1
G.TANGGA 15 TO G.PANGKIN	1.5	1
G.PANGKIN TO G.PONDOK DUA	2	1
G.PONDOK DUA TO KUALA TEKU	5	3
KUALA TEKU TO KUALA PUTEH	7	3
KUALA PUTEH TO G.RAJAH	4	1
G.RAJAH TO KUALA MELANTAI	9	6
KUALA MELANTAI TO KUALA TAHAN	12	3
TOTAL	53	26

Total estimated distance of 53km climbing 26 peaks and crossing 7 rivers. total trek time was estimated to be 26 hours to be completed in 4 days. This is not for the faint heart or weak or unfit.




It'll cost us about RM500 per person for a minimum pax of 10. We would have to spend additional money on gear and necessary items like food and torchlights. The RM500 however is already inclusive of some 'light' food and a tent which can fit 2. As we do not know how 'light' by 'light' It could be just a piece of bread for lunch? We've decided to load our bags to the average of 20kg per person on food.

I kid.

Danny did tell us that from what he researched, 20kg per bag IS the average for all the trekkers going up Gunung Tahan. Imagine lugging 20kg of weights trekking for 4 hours at the first go. And maybe 19kg after the interval. That's no easy feat.

But talking is more losers. Now all each of us can do is train, man up and aim to reach the peak. Because we aint accepting anything less. The names of the participants:

will be exposed on my return post.

Visualizing

With a power outage for my building at work a couple of days back, I went back to my floor at Wisma supposedly to take a new pencil from my secretary but also to get some cold air over my skin. I ended up spending an hour and half back there chatting. Those seniors are rather free to entertain me.

So I was talking to this senior eng. and I have alot of respect for this fella not because he says fuck in front of me but because he appears to know what he's doing and he doesnt mind spending time with me. Although he  enjoys screwing me when I work slow or take shortcuts.

I still remember his question of 10 uses for lean concrete. To be honest, I still cant come up with 10.

As we were chit chatting he asked me and a colleague what do we see ourselves in the future. Naturally I would share but I felt a tad uncomfortable out in the open. I just said the thing at the back of my head, "not an engineer I suppose, maybe in business."

Without a second pass and he told me I should get out of Technip because I'm in the wrong field. Four mths at work and im told to fuck off already. Sighhhh..... But when my colleague said he wanted to get IR. He hinted a slight disappointment and sighed why should he work so hard just for a title?

Now that rang bells around my head. Are titles really important? Or maybe a sense of fulfilment and accomplishment in your job outweighs the cost of your signature? The path that I need to tread is becoming a little clearer and maybe I'll decide to go through with it all out. It's been ages since I expired all my energy on something. Maybe my life is worth the effort. Its time to start visualizing.

Dresscode for Billboards and then what?

I recently read this on the news about another city following in the footsteps of another in implementing their advertisement ruling. It appears to be that too little fuss is given to it and too little attention spared in our busy lives. Link

The ruling by kelantan and the alor setar city council was that advertisements on billboards must display decently clad personnels and for a portrayal of a Muslim woman, she must be dress in a headscarf.

Say good bye to this

And more to 

Because under the scarf is great hair that you cannot see.

It might just be me but I think these sex-ed up advertisements are one of the main causes for the increase in rape. It's not the decay of our social policies or morality. It's those damn bloody adverts! 

I would suggest to the likes of Asatsu-DK and NagaDDB to just use men in their adverts. So much easier and it would do us much good to have women running around all hot and horned.

But yeah, I might be overreacting and then overcompensating for my over reaction. The truth is, I believe that we are on a spiral towards more conservatism if that's even a word. Okay, let me put it in a way that sounds better to me........ I believe that we are becoming more conservative instead of being more open and more accepting and that's a worry for me.

Billboards now, and in the future? On the roads, in the malls and everywhere else.

New Edu plan. LOL

So they are planning to launch a new education plan to revamp our education system. I think they need a revamp of their own.

At first they abolished the used the English in S&T for their own sorry pride and ego but now with the 'new' plan, the introduction of English Literature would be made into our schools. The purpose: To improve the english language proficiency and to encourage reading. You can read about it here

Can I just ask why take our something that was doing what the new thing is supposed to do?

Oppa Gangnam Style!!!!

HEY YOOOO!!!

1st Day of Work!

First day of work did not hit my expectations at all. Luckily! Registration lasted until 11+ whence i was brought up to my floor. I was expecting to see all the familiar faces sitting at their respective places.

The secretary who came to get me looked different. NO! That's not Umma. Hmmmm, so something has changed. When I finally entered my department, everyone looked different. Nope, dont rmbr you, you are unfamiliar. And Ooo, who might you be?

I did meet a fellow intern from last year who came back as an intern. Etienne from nottingham and through him I found out that Umma is out on maternity leave and everyone else is seconded to some project. Which left me quite exasperated, who would be my supervisor now??????

So on August 1st 2012, my very first day as an engineer. I idled. =\ I was ordered to re-read department procedures again which I managed to put off and just idled.

A slow start but leaves much to anticipate.

HAHAHAHA...... Not worthy. lawl

KUALA LUMPUR: Employers consider fresh graduates liabilities as many require additional training before they can perform.

Companies would rather hire experienced and skilled professionals who can bring instant returns, said Kelly Services marketing director for Singapore and Malaysia Jeannie Khoo.

She said employers felt many fresh graduates lacked communication skills and had poor English and needed to improve before they could add value to the business.

“This means additional costs for the company. Employers are looking for people who can hit the ground running,” she said after launching the Kelly Services Professional and Technical Salary Guide 2012 here yesterday.

Khoo said the 27 polytechnics in the country generated thousands of skilled workers every year but many of them needed to be retrained by their employers.

She advised fresh graduates to be less choosy and to have realistic expectations on salary and remuneration.

“You are unlikely to earn RM3,000 in your first job.

“Be willing to learn. If you are offered an internship, take it,” she said.

Kelly Services Asia Pacific head of professional and technical, Mark Sparrow, said demand was growing for professionals with experience and niche skills.

He said there was a global shortage of talent in specialised areas of engineering, accountancy, technology and financial services.

“There is high demand for engineers, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Indonesia and Thailand which are rebuilding their cities following natural disasters,” he said.

He added the “hot jobs” in Malaysia included risk management specialists, construction and environment engineers, software development specialists and marketing and sales personnel who are fluent in English.

memories 90's Kids!

Shit this brings back memories.

McD Free Burger

It was a few many days back when we went to McD for lunch after feeling rather bored with food in Parit Buntar. When you have someone who says she doesnt eat much yet could finish both yours and her own portion, you MUST order extra.

And following our norm, we ordered 3 sets. Each will have a set of their own liking and a set of nugget for sharing,

This time it was different.

Hmmm, 3 french fries so there should be 3 meal sets rite? What's up with the 3rd burger?

Thank you McD for showing that you appreciate our patronage. I will definitely keep coming back if you keep doing this. =)

That meal was all the more satisfying for this particular reason. 

Eating Alone

 I was in Penang Island over the weekend for SUKAD - Sukan Antara Desasiswa. I was one of the players for  Lembaran which in the words of the coach, a pelapis team for Jaya which has won the tourney for 7-8 times in a row?

It's not like we were total rubbish and being the only chinese guy who was willing to play for Lembaran, it was a good experience. In Jaya's team, there were at least 4 maksum players.

Group stages were played on Saturday with semis and finals on Sunday. I opted to stay in main camp and since i was there alone, i figured i might as well treat myself to a meal.

 I went alone to Agua in straits quay, which is one of my favourite places now. I had spicy Tomato Soup and Roast Beef with York Pudding, 

Pudding did not taste like what I would expect from a pudding. One slice of the roast beef was a bit too rare , but it was good overall. Tomato soup was zesty and savouring as usual. 

Cost me RM 61 for this. I used to hate even the idea of eating alone but this experience exposed me to the realities that no one actually gives a fuck if you're eating alone. I could observe people at will or just chill out and read some articles. It wasnt as terrible as how I imagined it to be.

But those scene where you see a lonely guy eating and suddenly a beautiful girl comes along and shares a table? Never happened. DAMN YOU FAIRY TALES.

Chris has an explanation for that but i'm keeping mum. 

All in all, a good meal. Agua Straits Quay, Penang. Try it!

QPR What?

Queen's Park Rangers -owned by Tony Fernandes owner of the World's No.1 budget carrier, Airasia- sponsored by Malaysia Airlines -Malaysia's national carrier-.

DAFUQ IS THIS?????

Erykah Badu

I didnt know who Erykah Badu was or wether it was a he or a she if i just read the name. It is rather vague no? But with all things non-sensical, you can be sure that the gov will propel these no-namers to stardom with their theatrics.

Reading The Star the other day, I belatedly found out on and the eve of her concert that Erykah Badu was a grammy award winner and was due to perform in a concert Today. Hmmm, i guess the other day was yesterday?

Anyway, the hum-drum is that her concert was banned and even though she's already in KL, all she can do is oogle at our twin-towers(non-local built btw). She had tattoo's sporting arabic and hebrew words which means "Allah".

Yes, very sensitive it is........... here(only?).

The culture and Home supported their decision to ban the concert due to concern for national security. Wait...what? Concert = national security threat? I guess Al-Qaeda really got to all of us.

The said anger towards her direct insult and insensitivity to the local culture was soooo widespread that in the village next to my campus next to my state next to my country is currently burning effigies of her staking that she's the mother of satan and a prada wearing devil.

Okay wait... that would be either indonesia or thailand and they didn't really do that.

Also penalised was The Star for posting the picture of her with those exposed tattoo's. SO, my question is:

        a) If The Star didnt publish the picture, the concert would still go on?
        b) If she flew in to KL, she probably had prior approval and consent from the government to hold the concert rite?
         c) SO WHAT WERE OUR CULTURE AND HOME DOING before THEY GAVE HER APPROVAL????????????????

Funny isnt it?

TO continue, I would've expected more threats to national security with flags burning of the USA and maybe Obama due to the Quran burning incident in Afghanistan a couple of weeks back.

But there was none was it?

So why all this hubris over a singer with her own body art which she is subjected to according to her rights of being an American Citizen?

Suka sangat main kepoh, buat kerja baik-baik sebelum sampuk hal orang lain.

CoolUniPack 4mb In Your Face

So my speed dropped to real slow for the past week. After writing a complain to TM and they fixing my problem in a week, it's all back to normal now.

Good job to TM for addressing my problem so quickly. Very much appreciated.

KFC Y U SO VIOLENT?

Speechless.

That's why I'm your fan

Writing 101

After a day in library, this is what that can be read  be seen.



I will pity those who will be marking my papers. XDD

-.- my marks are fucked 

What a Sunday

It was 12 noon on a sunday and as usual I was still on my bed. Waking but not quiet cept for the urgency to pee. I got up when Sue called to say she packed breakfast for me hence I went out took the pack in and continue to lie on my bed.

Went to the washroom to brush my teeth and relieve myself. I just started up my laptop when a knock came. Still blur, I went to open the door to find kit hock standing in front.

he : David, you car kena bang!

I was taken aback. I thought he was joking. Then i saw he wasn't. I ran out and saw...

Apparently the guy reached behind to put his bottle, lost control of his car and it crashed into mine. Kit hock told me that he was asleep when he heard a loud BANG, woke up and saw my car sliding backwards.

Looking at it now, I wonder how fast the fella was going on campus to cause such severe damage to my old faithful. She was leaking too.

FML, Now to see through the insurance claim without a hitch.

This might be

It's rather disheartening to hear "Oh, this might be rather tough for you." Yes it is, but you don't have to keep saying it. Say it once, fine. Say it 3-4 times and I begin to think you think I'm dumb which I think that you're thinking that I think you think I'm dumb.

Doesn't bode well does it?

Other than that, I've have no complains bout you chap, you were helpful and willing to explain. But it's just too bad I have zero experience or even learnt on finite elements and bridge designs. Hmmm, maybe you should say that phrase that more?

All in all it was a good meeting. It was signed, sealed and confirmed that I'm in a shit hole and it's a rather deep one. The only way to get out is to climb as hard as possible and as fast as possible.

With a deadline of less than one month from now, I think I have to really step up to another gear. Or else it's designing houses for sparrow. FML

Battle scars and bruises. Owh these are just the dew drops in the morning. Hehehe. Bring down the rain!