Balls Squeezed

OK... all the hype about the reinvention of the police force. Some changes in uniform, new badge on integrity replacing the "Saya Anti-Rasuah" (I Am Anti-Corruption) and the new slogan is "Tegas, Adil dan Berhemah" (Firm, Fair and Courteous).

My personal experience with the Berhemah section. I went to Sandakan Police HQ in Batu 1 1/2" with the intention of paying the summon I got for parking at the wrong place/not designated area in KK last Saturday. Yes... I know, I know it's Saturday so it's VERY unlikely that the counter is opened and since it's on my way, I decided to try. At the main gate there's a police guarding the entrance and asking my urusan inside, I told him that I want to pay summon and asked him whether the counter is open and he let me in. And when I went in, parked my car and found the notice TUTUP (closed) at the counter. Teramas!!!! (er... it's the direct translation of Chinese dialect za dao - ter- ramas - ter is the passive form of verb, ramas is squeeze in this case, referring to balls - so it's balls squeezed).

OK, my bad karma for the mis-informed entrance police officer.

Then today, I went again at about 330pm to pay my summon, wanting to rush before 4oopm which I assumed is the closing time for the counter. Went through the same routine and again, another police officer at the entrance allowed me to go in and told me the counter is open and I was PISSED to find out that the same TUTUP sign was on display.

OK, OK, I admitted it's my fault of assuming and also not noticing the sign of the working hours of the counter. Only then I realize the counter opened 8am-12pm and 2-3pm. So, the counter open ONLY for 5 hours a day. I wouldn't want to start questioning WHY ONLY 5 hours/day, telling myself maybe the officers think that more time should be allocated to investigate crime cases or patrolling the crime-prone area or other crime-preventing initiatives. I wonder is this counter time only in SDK or all over the country?

But my other question is why in the hell that both police officer telling me that the counter is opened when it's not? Or they purposely mis-inform me so that I can make a round inside and realize how stupid I am being conned twice? Or this is what the force mean by BERHEMAH? If it is, then the education ministry should rewrite the 16 nilai murni for the Pendidikan Moral syllabus. By the way, is the 16 nilai murni still there?

UPDATE
RM80 gone. There goes my entertainment budget of the month. I learned that I can't appeal for it to be reduced to RM30 (err...yes, it's a repeat offense of parking at the non-designated area) if I pay at other police station and not the one that issuing officer from.

Smoke Gets in My Eyes

The nice view, overlooking the Sandakan Bay.

Wish there's less smoke next Cheng Beng.

27th HK Academy Awards

The HK Film Award stature

My version in my house : Courtesy of liangmoi from Vietnam

Being a movie bug (OK... quite ashamed to say this cox I haven't watch one for quite a long time), I will try to watch any film awards, i.e. Oscar, HK and Taiwan's film award show.

Last night was the 27th HK Film Awards and my comments and after-thought as followed:

1. 投名状 (The Warlord) won almost ALL the major award, i.e. Best Movie, Director, Actor. I watched it during the New Year's eve (here) and Jet Li's winning the Best Actor is well-deserved. However, I haven't watch ALL the other nominee's work, e.g. Aaron Kwok in C+ Detective, Simon Yam and Lau Ching Wan so it won't be conclusive. What Jet did in Warlord is definitely something that made me realize that he can act, if given the chance to. Personally I think the movie has some similar formula or 异曲同工 as Ang Lee's 卧虎藏龙 (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) which emphasized a lot on the story line or acting chops, not only the std martial affair. Another good point is that it abandon the concept of extravaganza/over-done set and art direction which plagued quite a few recent martial arts movie... think 黄金甲 (The Curse of the Golden Flower) and 夜宴 (The Banquet).

2. 门徒 (Protege) was a victim due to the overwhelming success of The Warlord. It's actually the classic HK movie, the plot, the casting and the acting etc and I think Derek Yee (director) did a very good job here. The cast, Daniel Wu, Andy Lau, Zhang Jing Zhu were Anita Yuen excellent in their own league and the scene where Zhang got high on drugs did linger in my mind for quite long after I watched the movie. Derek actually had a deja-vu of the fate of his movie when he collected the award on behalf of his film editor for the Best Editing Award.

3. The MCs: DoDo Cheng, Sandra Ng and Sammi Cheng. DoDo is of course the anchor but Sandra seems not to be intimidated by her, hence lots of banterring and sarcastic remarks on DoDo's age, which is quite brave given DoDo's status and reputation. The mention of HD recording and their challenge to zoom up to their face is funny, followed by them turning their back to the camera. Why? Cox Best Actress, 影后 can be interpreted as showing back translated literally.

4. The tribute segment to the famous screenwriter cum songs writer 陈蝶衣 was both a mess and a puzzle. Mess cox it's too 'rojak'y. Puzzling? 1st: Ho Wen Si singing the songs which were at least about 40 yrs of age. 2nd: What is she wearing??? I will post a picture later when I managed to find it anywhere online. Like my sister said, 陈蝶衣 will die a few more times if he sees this segment.

5. The Presenters? The best combination is Eric Tsang and Chapman To. Both are the classic funny man with cynical sarcastic remark and their banters absolutely entertaining. It's obvious that the budget is real tight, from the venue and also the presenters.

6. The Best Original Song? OK, let's face it. Kary 吴雨霏 sucks in her singing. Period.

7. Eye Candy? Of course, Shu Qi 舒琪 won BIG time.

8. Overall, it's a boring show saves for some nice moments mentioned above. One has to be really familiar with the HK cinema in order to endure it. And yes, I will still watch it next year.

Malaysia - Islamic State?

So much had been talked about this last year - Islamic vs Secular state.

My opinion : The constitution never said it's an Islamic state and with all due respect to the religion, I would never want Malaysia to be an Islamic state.

This recent debacle came up again yesterday when the report on the speech by the Crown Prince of Kelantan, Tengku Faris Petra. He read out from his prepared-text during his keynote speech at a forum titled "Malay Unity is the Core of National Unity" organized by the newly formed Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu.
Prepared text? Who's behind this Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu? Any kind of manipulation here?

If you missed the report cox you didn't buy MSM or didn't subscribe to MalaysiaKini, you read some part of the speech in Mave's blog here

Again, with all due respect to the royalties..... stop living in last century.

UPDATE :
It was confirmed that the Crown Prince did say all those things as reported in MalaysiaKini. So, with all due respect, you don't belong to this century. Buck up and shut up.

My waist started to feel numb due to the same position for a very long time. Wanna change position but there's no choice, with limited space and a rush chasing the time, comfort have to take lower priority. My whole body feels sticky and sore. The joints felt swollen and numb.

OK, I'm driving long distance. Haha...

From Tawau airport where I dropped my manager to catch his flight to KL, I started my journey back to Sandakan at about 430pm and reached at 845pm.

A total of 42795km was clocked for about 14 months of usage. These 3 weeks alone, I clocked about 3000km easily, moving around KK, SDK, LHD and TWU.

OK, gotta meet Mr. Zhao Gung. Appointment set long time ago.

Could It Be

Could it be

When you leave
I smiling hold
this soft furry
bouncing
tingling
tickling
I don't know what to call it
"thing"

it moves around me
all day
moves me around
al day

tickling tingly "thing"

waiting to bounce out
my eyes
my mouth
my ears
my nose
my belly
my thighs
and all those other shy soft places
waiting to be named
in subtler tones

waiting to bounce out
soft funny
bouncy cuddly
tingling tickly
ah! so touchy tender "thing"
waiting to bounce out at you
when you get home

could it be.


could it be 10 already? yes, it could be. LY.


Copyright of Jean Binta, "The Arrival of Brighteye and Other Poems (Bloodaxe, 2000)"

Heart Attack

I'm outstation in Lahad Datu and being in a hotel with limited TV stations, the so-called prime time news station was tuned in and as usual, nearly got a heart attack watching news in RTM channel.

When reporting about the modern pig farm issue, this No Ohma insinuated that the modern pig farm was the gift/present that the current Pakatan Rakyat government give to the people of Selangor, trying to stir-up our Muslim friends. This was followed by snippets video of people protesting abt the farm (hm.....where were they when it was the previous government who approved it???) and being interviewed replying the std AHMNO reply. Of course, before that, it was the Tempe man who question that the new government should not carry on the project while it was HIM who approved it!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh... of course, no coverage of the reply or any explanation of the existing Selangor government, that's a no-brainer.

I stopped buying MSM and now I'm seriously thinking of deleting the RTM channels on my TV soon.

Things We Take For Granted

Read a post in HopefulPessimist's blog and she wrote this....


They are the things that we take for granted everyday...

To see

To hear

To touch

To taste

To feel

To laugh

To love

Saw this in Tok3Tok4's blog and it got me ROTFL.

Happy Birthday to the April's Fools

.........To liangmoi,

Hope wisdom comes with age (wei....not being sarcastic OK?) and last night porridge steamboat with Mavis followed by chatting session with Cikgu Bernard was a nice breakaway for me indeed. Happy Birthday my buddy! Thanks for everything. Happy Birthday to Gavin too.

Oh, of course to you all out there who have your minds schemed with tricks and jokes on April Fool's Day, have fun.

Sometimes, we are just fools who never realize everything can be a joke on ourselves.

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY

P/S : Might be MIA for quite a while. Will try to post update whenever and wherever humanly possible.

The Cheng Beng Marathon + Birthday Celebration

Yup... tat's how oxymoronic it was for this weekend I had. More to come.....

To those who did their Cheng Beng routine, enjoy the "forced" exercise. :)

Happy Easter Day

courtesy of candle-store

Happy Easter Day to all my Christian family and friends. Though Easter eggs were deemed as pagan-rooted but I guess the meaning of new life and new beginning is universal.

Have a blessed celebration.

Will be on the road again for the whole week before rushing back to Sandakan for some Cheng Beng ritual. Will be visiting the grave of my maternal grandma after such a long long time. Also some great photo session and birthday celebration of my maternal grandpa with quite a number of relatives back to the Sandakan old town. Looking forward to a busy and memorable week ahead.

Taiwanese Want Changes Too!!!!!!!

Reuters Photo

Got a sms from my friend Bryan who works in Cambodia that Ma Ying Jeou won the Taiwan's presidential election with 58% of the vote.

Taiwan opt for changes too!!!

Saturday Afternoon Comedy

What a better way to relax on a Saturday afternoon??? Get a laugh....

Holiday err.....Zzzzzz

Selamat Menyambut Maulidur Rasul!!!

And to my Christian family and friends, Have A Blessed Weekend Ahead!!!


P/S : I'm getting old. Long drive took a toll. Need to have some nap. Till later....

Ketam Mengajar Anak Berjalan Lurus : CK @ CJ

....or "Crab teaching little crab to walk straight" in English

Quoting from The Star:

"Ministers and deputies must declare their assets"
said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

“I want their assets to be known to the public, that is important,” he said.

“The do's and the don'ts will be spelt out to them,” he said.

“I want them to know what I expect of them and how they should run their ministries"

“They were appointed to serve the people.

HOW ABOUT LEADING BY EXAMPLE? YOU DO IT FIRST!!!!!

Would be interesting to know if there's any bungalow in Australia etc. Jangan pulak macam ketam mengajar anak berjalan lurus. TAK CONVINCE LAH BEB!!!

The New Cabinet Line-Up

UPDATE (source : Rantings by MM)
Shahrizat being appointed as (OK..... be prepared.....) SpecialAdvisor (with Ministerial status) to the PM on women andsocial development affairs and yes.... what is Yen Yen doing then? Very eng already loh!!!! Maybe she can help the pity Tiong Lai since she's a doctor hahaha...............

And also............should I be surprised that the monkey SIL is not in????

ORIGINAL

Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Deputy Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department

Tan Sri Bernard Dompok (what's his use here?)

Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (oh...the bow-tie MP is retained? wonder wat else he will say after "enlightening" the nation on the refusal of educated Malays to be cheated under the trick term of Ketuanan Melayu)

Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (the PhD with the dubious thesis )

Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim (WHAT IS HE DOING HERE??? HE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM UMNO OR ELSE HIS MOUTH BEING SHUT AGAIN. OR FOR ONCE, PAK LIAR THOUGHT HE CAN DO BETTER JOB IN LEGAL STUFF THAN THE BOW-TIE MONKEY???)

Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz

Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department

Datuk Johari Baharom

Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim

K. Devamany

Datuk Hasan Malek

Finance

Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (where's the check and balance???)

Second Finance Minister - Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop

Deputies - Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Datuk Kong Cho Ha

Defence

Minister - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (anymore submarine deals?????????)

Deputy - Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

Internal Security and Home Affairs

Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar

Deputies - Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Senator Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh

Housing and Local Government

Minister - Datuk Ong Ka Chuan (wow....any surprise???)

Deputies - Datuk Robert Lau, Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Works

Minister- Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad (goodbye Semi)

Deputy - Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

Energy, Water and Communications

Minister - Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor (found out from MM blog that this COMMUNICATION MINISTER said this . personally, I think Pak Liar is full of sense of humour though I AM NOT AMUSED at all!!!!!!!!)

Deputy - Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry

Minister - Datuk Mustapa Mohamed

Deputy - Datin Paduka Rohani Abdul Karim

International Trade and Industry

Minister - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

Deputies - Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan

Foreign Affairs

Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim

Deputy - Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar

Education

Minister - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein

Deputies - Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Razali Ismail

Higher Education

Minister - Datuk Khaled Nordin

Deputies - Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Idris Harun

Transport

Minister - Datuk Ong Tee Keat

Deputy - Datuk Anifah Aman

Human Resources

Minister - Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam

Deputy - Datuk Noraini Ahmad

Women, Family and Community Development

Minister - Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen (MCA must be making this BIG!!!)

Deputy - Noriah Kasnon

National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage

Minister - Datuk Shafie Apdal

Deputy - Datuk Teng Boon Soon

Science, Technology and Innovation

Minister - Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili

Deputy - Fadilah Yusof

Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development

Minister - Datuk Noh Omar

Deputy - Datuk Saiffuddin Abdullah

Natural Resources and Environment

Minister - Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas

Deputy - Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh

Rural and Regional Development

Minister - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib (saya punya Tuhan!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the last straw!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe Pak Liar should put Rahim Thamby Chik as the Women, Family and Community Development Minister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

Deputy - Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, Joseph Entulu Belaun

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs

Minister - Datuk Shahrir Samad

Deputy - Jelaing Mersat

Plantation Industries and Commodities

Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui

Deputy - Senator A. Kohilan

Youth and Sports

Minister - Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaacob

Deputy - Wee Jeck Seng

Health

Minister - Datuk Liow Tiong Lai (good luck to him)

Deputy - Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Information

Minister - Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek (with this I think he can step up and beat Zam Zam haha..........)

Deputy - Datuk Tan Lian Hoe (she should thank Kayveas haha....)

Tourism

Minister - Datuk Seri Azalina Othman

Deputy - Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib (first time standing as candidate and snatched the deputy minister post?????)

Federal Territories

Minister - Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique

Deputy - Datuk M. Saravanan

how can there be a minister here? LOST ALMOST ALL THE SEATS HERE MAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! better scrap the minister and save some of our hard-earned tax payer money!!!

To All the Election Candidates.... U Sure Got Ur 5k Refund

The candidates for the election had to put in 5k (correct me if I'm wrong) as some sort of deposit to guarantee that they will remove and dismantle any posters and campaigning material in the public place or else it won't be refunded.

And I say most of the candidates can be rest assured that they will get this 5k back (err....I'm not talking about the loss of deposit due to small votes) as you can see from the pix above, taken in the car while on the way to vote on a raining election day in Sandakan. The hardworking citizen were seen removing the campaign notice with posters on a wooden plank along the main road. Why I say hardworking? Cox it's raining!!!!!!!!!

Why again you may ask??? Cox the wooden plank can be made into good use. Recycle mah!!! I wonder what happen to the steel-made DAP rocket erected in Mile 4.....

Speaking of which, if your candidate is not as "generous" as others who can afford to give you "candies" for the election, at least you can get some wooden plank back or maybe you can bring back one of those plank with the candidate's poster and use it to play dart. Or some artiste nurturing tool equipped with marker pen. Your choice...

Couch Surfing (CS) and Hospitality Club (HC) Friends VI

The latest in the series.... though technically he's not one yet but I'm quite sure he will be soon.....

Taken at the junction to the Park HQ

I was on my way to KK from Sandakan and yes... working as well as you can see I'm wearing the oh-no company tshirt and he was standing next to the road side in Mile 32 doing the hitch-hiking sign. I slowed down and asked him to join me on the ride to KK as he wanted to go to Kinabalu Park. He couldn't get a bus and another Good Samaritan picked him at the Sepilok junction but had to drop him off at Mile 32 cox he's gotta go to Lahad Datu, which is different direction to KK or the Kinabalu National Park.

His name is Dave, from NZ...yeah... LOTR and the dairies!!!! Had a good time chatting with him along the ride from Mile 32 to the National Park and he shared his travel experience. We traded some of our experience in Hanoi and our views on people we met on our travel and yes....it's a good laugh.

If you are reading this Dave, enjoy ur next trip in Indonesia!!! Hope you did the Mt. Kinabalu and keep in touch.