The Many "M"s of Life

Sawadeekap. One nasi Pattaya

2007-10-07T22:54:00.000+08:00

Nasi Pattaya is not served at Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya

"Nasi Pattaya, Nasi Pattaya" Thats what we always hear in our local warung (malay food store) I have always wondered if Pattaya is really famous for this rice.

The curiosity came true when I have a meeting in the city of Pattaya itself. Pattaya is located around 200 km from Bangkok. Something like KL to Ipoh. Landed at Suvarnabumi Airport in Bangkok around noon. Took a taxi which cost around RM300 from Bangkok City to Pattaya. Stepping up the Toyota Camry taxi was joy at first but when stuck in Bangkok jam that was really "great". It took the taxi 4 hours to reach Pattaya. Normal traveling hour is around 2 hours. No make thing worse, the taxi driver do not understand English. Its like talking cock and bull. Luckily he managed to understand i need a stop for nature's call.

When the taxi reach Pattaya and was taking the costal road to the world renowned "Ah Lok Hotel" Ahem Hard-Rock Hotel, things was different. I thought I was in some western country. The ratio of westerners and locals are around 50-50.

After some rounds, the taxi stopped in front Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya, which is located beside Hard Rock Cafe. I was being ushered in my a bunch of "school boys" . I called them school boys as they only wear shorts and T-Shirt which is their uniform. Checking in was a breeze as reservation have been made. USD100 per night seems OK. (Im not paying. Hehe)

The reception and lounge area is so unique with Elvis Presley and friend there. They even give you a "Star" room key. The walkway, the room are just awesome. Uniquely Hard-Rock. See for your self the pictures below and you will know what I mean.

The interior of Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya (single person sleeping on 2 Queen size bed)

Nice pool. There is sand by the side too.

Make Me Suicidal. Suicidal- Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

2007-08-09T01:14:00.000+08:00

"You are way too beautiful girl. Thats why you never work. You will have me suicidal suicidal when you say its over. Damn all these beautiful girl..."

That is the most interesting song I stumble upon at Shennanigen at Hyatt Regency Hotel Kota Kinabalu. Enjoy it and more updates from the Land Below the Wind- Sabah!

Miri- the oil town of Malaysia

2007-07-31T22:09:00.000+08:00

It might be just a coincedence that the town starts with "M". Miri- the town of peace and prosperity.
I have always the so called "deja-vu" feeling when I visit Sarawak, the land of the hornbills. Things just feel so nice and at home when I was there. Maybe its just the slow moving cars and the way people sitting enjoying life all around. Its just a stressed free town. Things goes by slowly without any need of urgency. People take their time even to cross the street. Is this the so called "life" that most metropolitans dreamt of? Why can some people just enjoy their days by the beach, playing chess and enjoy while the days passed by? Whereas some are spending all their time in the office or at work working 24/7 with all the stress.

The first stepped out of Miri airport, I told myself, Im gonna like this town alot. It was the peak hour of Thursday but it fills like middle of the night in KL, just except the sun shining brightly. The weather is cooling, the air is fresh and the people are friendly.

When the sun goes down its all about sea food. Large prawns and fish with just a fraction of the price. Life is good for a food lover. After a great meal of unique seafood and never been seen fishes its time to enjoy the scroll down the peaceful street.

Although Miri its not any historic city, the night life is just like any historic city. The dimmed lights with night spots playing slow music, the hawker pushing their old worked up carts, make it as though im in Malacca. Except the much slower pace of life.

Life is just good. Need a holiday? Will always recommend Sarawak. Just take a boat ride up Rajang river, the longest river in Malaysia and you will definately agree with me.

Monsterous Biscuit

2007-07-07T15:12:00.000+08:00

the famous marriage biscuit?

It might be a Hokkien customary but people like me just have no idea what it is. Have a look of the so called "ka lui pen" (in cantonese: Means marriage biscuits only for the bride side)There are things in this world that you seldom have chance to see. Well maybe some people know what it is. There is a kind of biscuit given out by the bride when she wants to get married. Nice big round biscuit made by caramel and has a very aromatic taste. Try it!

The size of the biscuit is almost the size of the fist. It is made with caramel, hollow inside and have either sesame seed toppings or rice toppings. Nice but very sticky

Phone Sex! Phone Sex of the Year!

2007-06-17T20:09:00.000+08:00

Ever wonder how phone sex is like? Check this clip and you will understand.

sMart Tunnel - Smart?l

2007-06-17T19:20:00.000+08:00

There have been lots of discussions on the Smart Tunnel recently. It has been featured in Discovery Channel too for the world's one of a kind tunnel that acts as a traffic dispersion tunnel and also irrigation tunnel. Half of the tunnel is a drain and the upper half is for traffic. The whole tunnel can be used as a drain in the event of a flood.
After it has been launched, stream of vehicles are lining up to try the Smart Tunnel before the TOLL starts. Its kinda funny seeing people jam up to use the smart tunnel whereas the other road is clear.

Decided to give it a go to and here are something to share.

The long winding tunnel is packed with cars

Nicely lit up and be warned its distance is more than upstairs

The smart tunnel does help a lot in the jammed area of Jalan Tun Razak and City Center. Instead of 4 lanes, there are 2 more down there. One thing to take note. The journey down there is much longer in distance and lots of winding curves. It will not make any sense using it during non-peak hours and you need to Pay!

My Dad? Happy Fathers Day! :)

2007-05-31T00:09:00.000+08:00

Some ads are really creative. They so make us think for a while and after that we will smile or laughs. These are the special ones that will make us remember. They are the ones that stays longer in our mind. Below is one funny one to all the "accidental" dad. Happy Fathers Day!

Men Playing Soccer Interesting? Wait Till You See This!

2007-05-28T01:06:00.000+08:00

Every wonder why so many people like seeing soccer? Where 22 man chasing a single ball. The game will be much more interesting if the opposite gender plays the game. Do not believe? See the below video and believe.

Mika- Life in Cartoon Motion

2007-05-16T00:21:00.000+08:00

This album was been aired again and again on the local radio station. Mica Penniman or better known as Mika managed to make it big through his debut album. The song "Relax, Take it easy" was in the no.1 in UK and France chart. Something that caught the attention here is the name of the title. Life in cartoon motion.

Mika- Life in Cartoon Motion CD cover

Is our life in cartoon motion? Is things around us just superficial? Can we be like the cartoon heroes that will not die even how many times they are killed? Well something for sure that will never be forgotten is your name. Make it a great name may it be a cartoon creator like Walt Disney or great scientist like Albert Einstein. These names never die. Even some names of great musician and singers such as Elvis and the Beatles will always be remembered.

*Mika does sings some nice song. Get a copy of the album and find out for yourselves.

More FHM Bra Removal Competition!

2007-04-26T10:41:00.000+08:00

Bra removal! Looks like Singapore FHM987 is having another bra removal competition. This is the best of all. The girls actually need to do warm ups before taking off the bra!
The 3rd and last part of FM897 & FHM Bra Challenge. Enjoy the show and learn from the pro.

More No Bra Competition! FHM Bra Day again?

2007-04-25T12:30:00.000+08:00

FHM & FM987 of the Singapore have this so called Bra Removing Competition again! This time the "Girls Next Door" are much nicer but slower. They even have to do the "I Cute" session. See for yourselves and enjoy the show!
Some of the girls are prettier but most of them are wearing "oversized". They dare not chew chewing gum but they dare to take off their bras. I wonder.

Viagra For Dogs?

2007-04-24T14:35:00.000+08:00

Finally the blue pill is not only for humans. Man's best friend - the dog too have Bonerol. A medication that will solve their Erectile Dysfunction (ED)problems. Try to get some for your lovely dog and see them in action. (Ahem. this article is purely for entertainment purposes only. please take good care of your dog and no dog is harm during the writing)
Now Lets see view the video on the Viagra for Dogs.

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Magnificent Orgasm!

2007-04-20T11:38:00.000+08:00

Orgasm! Orgasm! Even a car can orgasm. See to believe it. An American company called HandsomeDonkey.com came out with a brilliant idea to prevent car theft. They called it the orgasm alarm. Instead of normal alarm tone that is annoying, they have made the noise into sexy sound that attracts attention. Really a brilliant idea and it does attract attention!

More Mileage! Double your Petrol Savings!

2007-04-18T15:08:00.000+08:00

Ever wondered how to push more for the hard earned money? With the prices of fuel rocketing every day, there is some genius comes out of a way to double your mileage but just adding acetone to the fuel tank when filling. Acetone is a colorless, mobile, flammable liquid with melting point at −95.4 °C and boiling point at 56.53 °C.
It is normally found in nail polish remover and it corrodes paint. Some testing by car enthusiast proves that adding the right amount of acetone does increases mileage up to 20% depending of types of cars and engines.
For more information on the uses of acetone on car please visit http://addacetone.com/
There you will find useful information on making the most out of your money. Below is a video on acetone being used as a fuel addictive in the US.

Mad World! Training to become a Prostitute?

2007-04-17T16:29:00.000+08:00

Beware not for minors! Some people just can do thing that you cannot imagine! Japanese are giving English class on “sexy” sentences. It is funny especially middle part when she mentioned about the parents and stuff. What is the purpose teaching all those? To become international speaker on those things? For people who do not care, just enjoy the movie and laugh!

Mamamia! Orgasm during a reality TV Audition

2007-04-16T16:39:00.000+08:00

Girls after girls are tested to see if they can moan during an audition in England! "The Bare Lady", a UK Fox Reality TV actually gets 4 American porn star to act in London's West End. Porn Stars in a full fledge theater? The clip below is a sample clip of the audition. The selected ones will actually trained to act seriously in front of a live audience.

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Make Love? Dog Making Love to the Laptop!

2007-04-14T10:09:00.000+08:00

See it to believe it! A dog is humping all the way with the laptop. An astonishing experience.

The human mind is just so fascinating nowadays. See the gadgets in Japan and you will know what i mean. There are lots of creativity in their work. They think out of the box. Even everyday equipments can be turned into a novelty. Some of these people should really work for charity or for mother nature. They will create interesting ways to save mother nature!

Muttons FHM Bra Competition

2007-04-13T17:08:00.000+08:00

My! my! Look at what is happening in Singapore. They can think of such "interesting" things over there! Things are just so unpredictable over there. And the speed also. I never know one can do it so fast. "This" is really life long learning.

Manglish makes easy! Is that the way to go?

2007-04-09T12:15:00.000+08:00

Proud to be a Malaysian? You ought too. We are just so innovative. Although we are using the Queen’s English since the colonial era, our own “English language” has also taken form. Manglish- the way Malaysian speaks English. Even at times I do not understand some of the Manglish, it just reduce the sentence to just a few words but carry lots of meaning.

Some classical examples are:

English: The project we are working on is a failure. We are in trouble now!
Manglish: Die! Project die lah!

English: Can you please reverse your car?
Manglish: Gostan!

English: Please switch off the power for the lights.
Manglish: Off light!

English: Excuse me, can you please move aside? You are blocking the way.
Manglish: Hot water! Hot water!

English: He is a cunning man. Please be careful when you are dealing with him.
Manglish: Con man la! Don’t get con ok.

English: What would like to have for lunch sir?
Manglish: Makan (Eat)! Minum(Drink)!

English: Please be careful with those fragile goods. You will be held responsible for the condition.
Manglish: Careful aa.. If break you pay!

English: We ought to be positive in our thinking. Keep the motivation up!
Manglish: Malaysia boleh (can)!

Sometimes I wonder if we are to feel embarrassed or feel proud. Should we feel proud that we have our own identity and have our Manglish? Or should we feel ashamed of polluting the English language? Welcome to the boleh land!

Mirconation: Sealand –smallest in the world?

2007-04-05T09:17:00.000+08:00

The Principality of Sealand

A nation with less than 20 permanent residents! They still have their own currency, own passport and own law. Welcome to the principality of Sealand- the nation on an old WW2 fort in the sea off the coast of Suffolk, England. The country is located just 10km away from England and has its own independence. It is occupied by the Bates family in 1967 and follows a hereditary constitutional monarchy. For more information about this small wonder visit http://www.sealandgov.org/ - the official website of the nation.

The UK has also brought Sealand to court a few times in 1968 but the court favors the Bates family as the platform country is in the international waters- outside the jurisdiction of the UK.

It is just hard to believe that a country which is has less than 550m² in area has its own law, national anthem, coats of arms and even stamps. Sealand is considered one of the smallest micronation which is still operating. The Principality of Sealand came to the limelight when Haven Co. ( http://www.havenco.com ), a hosting company founded in 2000 which promises safe haven from copyright laws and such. Sealand was also popular again when Piratesbay.org wanted to buy the nation to host all its P2P stuffs. The deal was not successful.

Map showing the location of Sealand

Anyone interested to buy a small island in nowhere can become king? Looks like its possible.

Male or Female preferred. The discrimination of sexes!

2007-04-02T17:31:00.000+08:00

Malaysian does discriminate sexes although we always deny it. Just take any papers and just go to the classified section. You will see something like, “only for females” or “male preferred”. A closer look the position advertised and you will notice it is just the position of a sales executive.

There is also a saying that hot girls/women are easier to get a job. It is the looks that matter. You may say that these people are shallow but in reality everyone has given plus points to a hot slim girl. It may actually raise you your staff motivation or even help in gaining sales. Humans are just humans. We are still attracted to so-called “good looking” people that have being fixed in our brain when we are young. On the other hand, there is also a group of employers who do not like the fairer sex. Their reasons are that females will not contribute much to the company because of the 2 month maternity leave. I do notice that some people do have a baby every year and they are like working for only 10 months in a year and still getting paid full.

Discrimination of gender is out there and is publicly exercised. I wonder why the activist groups out there are not making any noise against it. Is it fair for general jobs to be gender specific? Something should be done to these employers who are tarnish the name of country. Some gender specific jobs such as nurse and secretary are now open to both genders. Is gender that important in determining the success of an organization?

Marriage: The beginning or the end?

2007-03-30T17:11:00.000+08:00

Lots of people especially guy perceive that when they get married, that is the full stop. They can no more go out have fun; they can no more go out late and do what they wanted. For females on the other hand mostly will be thinking on the responsibility as a housewife and they end of their social life. Many people consider marriage as a end to all of what they can do. Sit down and think properly. Is marriage the end or the beginning?

Marriage is not the end. It is the beginning of a new journey. Some people might just stop to be romantic and stop the “love” thingy and take things for granted. Is that so? Keeping and maintaining is as difficult as or not worse than courtship. A successful marriage needs the time, effort and commitment of both parties. If we see it from the view of the law, marriage is just signing of papers and being legal. It is still a relationship. Nothing is permanent in this world. Love your spouse. Spice things up. The relationship is still very important just as before the marriage!

The journey of a marriage becomes more complicated with a new born. It moves the relationship to a new perspective. Things are different now. Responsibilities are there to make the family institution work. The son/daughter need to be educated, shaped and nurtured for his/her future. The reality proves otherwise nowadays. People have children because they like children. After some time they just do not care about them, neglect them and let the children grow-up by themselves. Is this the proper thing to do? A child is just like a growing plant. It needs all the care and proper fertilization to grow up strong. Then you let them grow by themselves. That is the reason the age of adulthood is 21. That is when the child is able to think wisely and have developed all the proper skills and beliefs.

One piece of advice to all the newly weds- The secret of a successful marriage is to treat your spouse the same or better when in courtship. Things will just fall into place. As for newborn- Bring up your child well, nurture your child. He/she is your future. Plan your future well as you are doing now. If you are unable to sacrifice you career and your time for your children, it is best not to have one!

Maybe? Anything? Are we so undecided?

2007-03-19T21:31:00.001+08:00

You can see people sitting on the park benches in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) area. You can see people sitting on curb by the road side waiting for the bus. The best of all people who likes to sit on the fence all the time.

The so-called “undecided” disease is spreading fast in the local community. Some people do not like to commit themselves. Some are just unsure an easily influenced. To test the fiddle mind of the human being, I decided to go to the local shopping mall to give it a try.

The task is easy. Just go to any ladies section and give some comments on the dresses and you will see how easily influenced is the human mind. I once commented on the dress a lady is about to buy. Upon hearing my comments on how terrible the dress is, she just put down the dress and chooses another one. The society is like that. We buy or wear things that the society thinks is good on us.

Another classic is the lunch time question. “What do you want for lunch?” Sounds familiar? The subsequent answer is “anything” or “you decide”. Looks likes there are lots of blind followers here. Most people are just too lazy to think. They prefer things to be decided for them. All they have to do is just to follow. Just like the Digi ad “I will follow you”. The yellow condom guy look alike will just follow you everywhere you go without thinking.

Come to think of it. It’s not totally our fault. The government here practices a just follow do not ask much kind of regulation. If you ask more, more secrets will be revealed. Some secrets are not to be known and if leaked out you are to be jailed. Just to think of it. There is only one president/ prime minister and there are so many followers!

Marvelous! New Domain For the New Year

2007-03-12T10:49:00.000+08:00

Its good to announce that xetajones.blogspot.com have got a new domain. Xetajones.com has finally make its presence in the worldwide web. Thanks to all the readers, commentators for the support all these while. I will continue to publish interesting and meaningful posts/articles and hope you all like it. Happy Chinese New Year to all and may this year of the boar bring many happy and meaningful events!

MCP- Free! Lots and lots in Malaysia

2007-02-07T21:51:00.000+08:00

MCP is not related to Microsoft. It is not the qualifications in IT but most Malaysians have it.

One thing I noticed when I stepped foot into supermarkets and hypermarkets especially the ones in Klang Valley is that there are lots of MCP holders. Malaysian Cheapo People (MCP) is the requirement for free lunch.

Heard people saying that there is no free lunch in this world? I can prove him/her wrong. Any person that holds the MCP can have free lunch anytime at any shopping centers, supermarkets or hypermarkets. Being an MCP does not need lots of money, yet you can gain a lot. Below is the short story of a typical life of a MCP.

The MCP wake up at 10am on the Sunday. She just takes a bath and essential make-up and there she goes to the shopping complex. Browsing along the cosmetic session she managed to get some free perfumes, get the eyes make-up, free lipstick and so on. After the “beauty regime” she feels she is hungry. There she walks into the nearby hypermarkets. With a shopping basket, she goes to hunt for free food. There are lots of free tasters especially on the weekends. She goes to the instant noodle area for appetizer first and fills it up with mee. If one is not enough, the MCP can always ask for more by just saying “ Ahya.. one is not enough to taste. Can I have another one?” Before leaving she will take a 5 pack instant noodles and dump in to the basket. When she walked to the next rack she will just dump it somewhere. Then she goes to the frozen food area for the main meal. There will be fish fingers, sausages, BBQ chickens and lots more. The MCP will just follow the eat , take and dump strategy. Everyone is happy. Then comes the dessert, the MCP will target the ice cream, yogurt or the instant drink area. There it goes a full 3 course meal. The MCP will take some sweets and then check-out. A few bucks for something to keep the mouth fresh.

Next the MCP feels like she needs to know some gossip news, about celebrity and more. The MCP feels so happy when she saw a bookstore. Walk in grasp a magazine or a book and start reading. There are many seats for reading too especially like MPH in Mid-Valley Megamall.

After an hour or two, the MCP feels tired. She is tempted to try all the foot reflexology shops. “Why should I pay?” The names with all the “O”s will come out- Osim, Ogawa, Otto. You just name it and they have everything. The MCP just drop by the store show how interested she is and try them one by one. After that she would just tell the salesperson that she will consult with her mother because she is buying it for her mother and will bring her mother to try one day. There she goes again.

No wonder there is so many MCPs here. Free lunch for the day? Who would not like to have a try? As the saying goes: Malaysia-Truly Asian. Malaysians-Truly Cheapo. I wonder what these people are thinking.

Man of Steel in Malaysia!

2007-02-01T01:36:00.000+08:00

We do have men of steels in

Malaysia

and they are quite a number of it. They are not required to wear their underwear on the outside or need to have the “S” logo on the chest. Ironically they do like anything made of steel, iron and especially copper!

Just look at the news and you well notice that our national power provider wires has been stolen, manholes missing and even drain covers lost in action. These are the doing of the illegal Men of Steel.

I do not realize the value of these iron stuffs until one of my friends who like to go to junkyard to get his art stuffs told me that a kilo of copper such as the drain covers can easily fetch RM10-RM12 per kilo. No wonder things are missing. Just imagine a manhole cover which is more than 10kg- RM100 per manhole cover. You just need to get 1 cover per day and your will be earning 3k. 30 manholes missing! That will be dangerous!

Never thought those covers are so valuable! Someone can just earn a living by collecting those.

There are also lots of legal Men of Steel in Malaysia. Just go to any place with lots of junkyard like Sg. Buluh and you can find them collecting none other than iron products. You can easily recognize their nest by seeing the signage such as “Ah Kau Kereta Potong” and such. There will be exhaust pipes, cut off cars and aluminum cans hanging all around. I wonder if I saw any of these cars before in any fatal accidents.

Actually, these places are worth visiting and you may even get their numbers and they will collect scraps from your house for free. When you want to throw out that spoilt microwave oven or fridge, these Men of Steel are really good. They will go to your place FOC and help you carry them off. They can carry a 6 feet 2 door refrigerator with just 2 people. No wonder they are men of steel.

As the saying goes one man’s junk is anther man’s treasure. It’s a good way to recycle and to help Mother Nature too.

Look it’s a bird! No it’s a plane! Nah it is just the Ah Beng wearing steel underwear on the outside.

MRT in Malaysia! Yes it is true!

2007-01-29T23:11:00.000+08:00

MRT is all the while in Malaysia. We have not noticed it even before the construction of our Light Rail Transit (LRT). It is not about the Mass Rail Transit in

Singapore

but the Malaysian Real Time or Malaysian Rubber Time (MRT).

We in Malaysia are following the Greenwich Meant Time (GMT) of +8 which is similar to countries such as Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The strange thing is that we tend to follow one of the oldest agricultural commodities of Malaya- Rubber. The elasticity of Malaysian time is really very stretchable. It can reach for few hour differences. Take for instance the below invitation card.

8.00 pm Arrival of Guest
8.30 pm Arrival of VIPs
9.00 pm Opening Ceremony

In MRT, the situation might be totally different

8.30 pm Arrival of Guest
9.15 pm Arrival of VIPs
10.00pm Opening Ceremony

I think most of us will experience this. I call this “Injury Time” In MRT there is always ½ hour to 1 hour of injury time. This 1 hour is still acceptable if you compare it with Chinese wedding dinner. I once attended a wedding dinner stating 7pm sharp and I was there at 7pm and there is only like 1/10 of the people there. The bride and bridegroom finally walk in at 9pm. My stomach was so full at that time, not with food but Chinese Tea. I never like attending weddings dinner since then sometimes its better to stay at home and eat then attend dinner.

MRT happens a lot in our daily life. Sometimes it is not that we have a choice. Think of it going to dinner at 7pm every time and have to wait for 2 hours. Once bitten twice shy.

MRT maybe so elastic and can extend to few hours but sometimes the elasticity will just fail to go even 10 min. Just try going to an interview half and hour late and you will know what I mean. Interview you must be ½ hour earlier. When you start work the elasticity will normally come back and you can be ½ hour late. It is just like the extending and compacting of rubber and the famous excuses that goes with MRT is – blame it on the traffic.

“Itu jalan punya pasal. Tuhan buat dia jam tiap tiap hari” translated as “That is the fault of the road. God makes the road jam everyday”

Malaysian is not only famous for these product made out of rubber. MRT +0 here we come!

Now I know the reason why Malaysian rubber is so famous for its tires and condoms. We produce them and we inculcate it to our culture. I think its time to replace GMT +8 to MRT +0.

Mastering Internet Personality

2007-01-23T20:33:00.000+08:00

As technology catch up, more and more people are moving towards the cyber world. Some people prefer to live in the cyber world rather than the real world. People are creating their second life there. We can see by the trends of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Instant Messaging (IM) where it so a common thing now. Those were the old days where people ask for you your email. Now people are asking for Sykpe, AIM, Yahoo or MSN. With these tools human develops their own personality. Some IMs even provides customization of oneself – known better as Avatar.

A sample of Yahoo Messenger created avatar. Avatars are now becoming the in-thing giving the rise of Avatar Marketing.

The blogging phenomena also shot up where internet users are now their own writer in a way. One can project their true feelings or even creates their Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde online. The possibilities are so much cause we can be anything we want to.

Online games are also one of the main development on internet personalities. Popular online games such as World of Warcraft (WoW), Guild Wars, Ragnarok Online (RO) and others have boosted the growth of the virtual person.

People have their own personalities now they are give a chance to create their personalities again. It is like living giving a chance a second chance. I do agree with some people saying that sometimes they make a mistake in life or commit something in life, there is no turning back. Instead of living their life, they turn to the cyber world. Actually according to a survey done recently the virtual world can actually satisfy the needs and also gives pleasure to the users and helps in relaxing the mind. This means that the cyber world gives people easy access to self fulfillment. Like it or not. The virtual world is here to stay and we need to embrace it and make good use of it. Pure internet business models have also emerged to a multi-dollar industry. Avatar Marketing, Online Gaming, Online Ads are some of them.

One may ask "What is the right personality for me on the virtual world?"The answer is it is all your own choice. As long as it benefits physically or mentally and help mankind along the way it is considered beneficial. Something that is hurting someone virtually or in reality is something that must be avoided. There is always pros and cons, it is us as a human being on how we manage it.

Maneuver your own life

2007-01-16T17:01:00.000+08:00

Wondering down the winding road

Carrying a few crump of bread

Seeing a bunch of children amused

Laughing and at a fiddle the a lad

Approaching the funny looking lad

I asked

What are so special when I am sad?

Lonely, hungry and the bread taste bad

Should I go on? Or being moved?

Is there a Promised Land?

The lad answered

You are on the Promised Land

You might think I am mad

But I am just giving you my card

Call me when I am needed

I took and looked

The lad was no where to be found

Just a few words on the card

“Sourness is Sweetness good friend,

Which friend – you decide.”

- Friend who is always listening

written by xetajones

"Life is sour at times."
"Please help me find a good name too" -nameless

More Stress? Do Not Be Tension!

2007-01-15T16:17:00.000+08:00

Tension? read these...

The moment you are in tension
You will lose your attention
Then you are in total confusion
And you’ll feel irritation
This may spoil your personal relation
Ultimately, you won’t get co-operation
And get things into complication
Then your BP may raise caution
And you have to take medication
Why not try understanding the situation
And try to think about the solution
Many problems will be solved by discussion
Which will work out better in your profession
Don’t think it’s my free suggestions
It is only for your prevention
If you understand my intention
You’ll never come again into tension!!!

-anonymous

Look he is in tension. Please don't. My new mascot still goes without a name. Any ideas?

Master of Imitation - Humans

2007-01-14T15:00:00.000+08:00

When we are at the age of two it is when we human beings learn to walk. This is the stage we need to master all our movement right as seen by others. We humans imitate.

If we do not see and imitate how are we going to learn to walk? If we do not imitate how people talk, how are we going to talk?

Our language, our lifestyle, our fashion our movements and even our belief are all imitation. The previous generations have created this and we are just followers. Not many people here are creating something new in this world. Just look at today. How many history moving creations are there compared to the olden days? How many leaders are there in this world? And how many followers are there? In other words leaders =risk and followers =security.

Let say if a shoe company wants to introduce the type of shoe into Africa, the first mover company is taking all the risks. If they are successful most company will want a share of the pie. So any of you want to be the first?

A fake SD card and a real SD card. Almost every popular brand has an imitation

In our daily lives, we see lots of imitation goods around us. Some like it some don’t. Famous brands in fashion in equipments are imitated and sold in a much cheaper price? Is that right or wrong? Is imitation a bad thing? There is always both side of the coin. Imitation do “so-called” disrupt the earnings of the starter. But does it really affect them that much? But on the other hand imitation does help the starter in creating awareness. Will so many people know of LV products if not for the imitations? These indirect advertising actually helped LV-A free advertising for the original brand.

Now the human imitation comes in.

“If all my friends have LV bags, I should have one too” Is that thinking called original? Your LV bag may be original but are you an original or different human being? Why not just take a pouch and be original? Some people might say that they do not like imitation and wants to be original. The bad news is over 90% of people imitates consciously and unconsciously. They are just contradicting their own selves. If you want to be original you need to go against the norm and create something new like a new trend or fashion and not following.

Breast implants. Is Salma Hayek's original? Are those genuine or...?

As the saying goes- “follow by example”. We follow what people do and we try to create something that is quite similar to it and call it our own. This is where the word –“innovation” comes along. We copy some we add some we subtract some and we called it out original work.

To find a creator nowadays is so difficult. Creation is like creating a new language a new phenomenon that is out of this world. So are you a creator, an innovator or an imitator? You decide.

Man & Women: Equality?

2007-01-09T16:20:00.000+08:00

The conflict between the sexes is just a waste of time?

In this 21^st century, the society is always stressing on the equality of the genders. The controversial battle of the sexes is always there. Come to think of it, is there such a thing called equality of gender in this world?

Equality is hard to achieve in a society unless communism is practiced. Even with communism it is also hard to achieve equality. What else can we expect from equality of genders? Man and women are basically different physically and mentally. So how can we be the same and enjoy the same benefits?

One think I was laughing at since a long time is the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development in Malaysia. Why can’t there be a Ministry for Man & Family? Is that called equality? How come there is one for women but not men?

Discrimination of sexes is also practiced by widely without us actually noticing. Just pick up any newspaper and go to the employment section and you will see. “Male preferred” or “female preferred”. Some ads are even worse “Only for female age between 18 and 28”. Where is equality in this word that the women are fighting for?

Women are fighting for their rights. They say they want to be entrepreneurs too. Yes no one is stopping you. How come I never hear women fighting to become construction workers, logistics workers or crane drivers etc? The world should be equal right? Only want to sit in office with air-conditioner and you called that equality?

The thing here is there is no such thing as equality. To those female movement groups just open your eyes and see properly. Don’t just put it under the name of protection of women or women rights. If you want equality please look at it as a whole. If you want to share, share the whole portion. Do not just want the cream and you called that sharing. Ask yourself is there equality in this world? Why some people are so poor and why are so rich? You decide.

I’m not against any gender. I feel that we are here as male or female for a specific reason and some things could not be changed. We need to learn to live life harmoniously and not keep on fighting for gender rights. Some things like getting pregnant is only for the females whereas some jobs are just for the males. Why do we want to fight about it? It is better to help each other to achieve something which can be folds better than fighting who can do it better.

Making The Right Move At The Right Time

2007-01-05T09:20:00.000+08:00

In life there is something call stage of life. If you miss something in life and you do not do it right that is all. There is no turning back. I myself have missed lots of steps in life and hoped that I have made the right thing at the right time.

Life is simple but sometimes it is just out of our control because we made a mistake and did not take the right action. I have seen sons and daughters who disobey and fight with their parents. If you sit down and understand the situation. The cause is the parents. If you see a young lad sending his parents to old folks home, chances are he will be in the old folks home too.

We need to take the right action at the right time. As the case above the parents will not be able to educate the children again if they miss the chance. Things that are passed are out. That’s make the difference of an educated child and vice versa.

As humans step in the teenage life and young adult there is too lots of things that you need to make right. Too early or too late does have consequences. We need to act and grow according to our mental growth. There is no return if you reach the stage of self realization to fast which I have and I do hope I was like other people who can enjoy their life much better at that time. Sometimes thinking too much is not good. You may be wiser but you won’t be doing the right thing or won’t be enjoying your life.

Party? Have children? Switch jobs? What is the right time? Do not make things too fast or too slow. Then the question: “When is the right time?” I wish I can tell you that cause the right time to do the right thing might differs. I do have a rough outline which I created and hope it can somewhat provide some guideline based on personal opinions other view are always accepted if it make sense. The table will be updated accordingly.

Age Group

Thing(s) to be done

0-10

(Infant

Toddler

Elementary)

The basic movement (crawl, walk, fall) Understanding of language and words. Basic understanding of relationship. Study hard, Learn the most and enjoy life. Naiveness is a bliss *At this age group you will not be reading this if yes there is a genius on board.

11-20

(Adolescence
and puberty)

The vast development mentally and physically. The understanding of love. The stage of curiosity and discovery. The understanding of value. The understanding of sex. Make have with what you want to do at this stage but remember not to do illegal stuffs. Explore the most even you are misguided at time there is always time to go back.

21-30

(Young adult)

The stage of maturation. The thinking starts to settle down. Some even reach the stage of self actualization. Some of the attributes or characteristics that needs attention:

Self-control - restraint, emotional control.
Stability - stable personality, strength.
Independence - ability to self-regulate.
Seriousness - ability to deal with life in a serious manner.
Responsibility - accountability, commitment and reliability.
Method/Tact - ability to think ahead and plan for the future, patience.
Endurance - ability and willingness to cope with difficulties that present themselves.
Experience - breadth of mind, understanding.
Objectivity - perspective and realism

Mistakes should be less here. The last stage to learn the most or to venture.

31-50

(Mid Age)

Settled down in terms of their sense of identity and place in the world, be raising a family, and have established career. Mid-life crisis. The process of Individuation. Some characteristics of mid life are:

search of an undefined dream or goal
desire to achieve a feeling of youthfulness
acquiring of unusual or expensive items such as clothing, muscle, cars, jewelery, gadgets, etc.
paying extra special attention to physical appearance
need to spend more time alone or with certain peers

Change the crisis by better understanding of your own selves. Religion may help at this stage. Just ask yourself what do you want in life and make do with it with the time you have.

51>

(Senior citizen)

Nearing the average lifespan of human being. Retirement. Enjoy life at its best. Death is getting nearer and it is a fact.

Enjoy life while you can as you will never know the date you are leaving. Appreciate the people around you. Tell them you love them and tell them thank you for being around cause sometimes it might be the last time you are able to tell them. I still wonder why so many people like to walk over dead bodies to achieve success. You will be one dead body too sooner or later, why harm people?

Must we follow? -Norms of the society

2006-12-27T15:59:00.000+08:00

Kissing in public and kissing of the same gender? Is it acceptable? Is that wrong?
Some countries permit it some not. What do you think?

There is one strange system at work in our society. People create norms. People around us tell you what is right what is wrong. People formulate systems for you to follow. Society tells you what is right and what is wrong. Culture also creates guidelines to live your life. Many people are comfortable in the so call norms without asking any question. It is just like the law of a country. Just follow do not ask any question. These people are the blind followers.

Have you ever wondered why you should wear cloth when you go out? Why can’t you be naked and walk around? It is your body by the way. There are many more common laws that the society sets which the society perceives it is not good and not accepted. It is just in some countries public kissing is prohibited. Having pre-marital sex is prohibited and so on. Will these events disturb you if you have an open mind? Are they actually distracting? What is distracting and not it is all up in the head. After you have seen many naked people around and accept that the fact that it is their freedom you would think otherwise and accept it as a norm. In the prehistoric age we humans are running around nakedly and we do not feel shy or anything wrong about it. “It is all up in the head. It is all up in the head”. Why are we so selfish to restrict the rights of other human beings?

How short is short? Wearing mini-vinyl skirt in public is acceptable?
Some say it creates the desire. Who control the desire? Some people may have the desire even someone is cloth entirely like a ninja? -Its all in the mind

I do agree some norms are there for to protect the human rights or to fulfill our sense of security. People who hurt people physically will have to face punishment because they are against the will of another person. On the other hand, there are many norms that are just there because they are perceive “morally correct or incorrect” by a society. Let your mind work for a while and you will get what I mean. What is correct? What is incorrect?

Some people might argue that something that is correct is written by a religion for the well being of human being. I do not deny that religion does help us as a total human being and to be civilized. Do the teachings applicable to our today world? Aren’t those people teaching written by human being? We as a human is not a perfect creature. Those teaching or believed can be manipulated by this particular group of people for their own interest. One easy experiment is to create a rumor and for sure you will not get the exact rumor that you have told after it was past around 5 persons. What do expect than for writings or teachings that have been passed for generations?

Humans are the one that creates norms. Do you believe everything of a human next to you that have been telling tales for the past half and hour? What is right then? It is all up for you to decide. We have the brains to think and evaluate. Just be open. Have an open mind and you will see things better. Does this particular doing affect you? Does it cause harm to you? If not, it is that person own freedom. Why force people doing something? Who are you to decide his/her rights or wrongs?

Mercy for the flood victims of Johor

2006-12-23T11:18:00.000+08:00

The clouds in the southern states of Peninsular Malaysia (more rain is expected)
-pic courtesy of Malaysian Meteorological Department

The flood situation in the southern states of Malaysia such as Johor and Malacca are having the first time high rising flood in decades. Condolences to all the family and people involve in the flood situation. Please do remember that your life is the most important of all not your belongings.

Some pointers on actions to do during a flood:

Look for rising water. Remember that the most important thing to do when the water reaches half a feet is to get you important documents and important things in your car and go to higher places. Please lock your house when you leave!
Evacuate the elders and children first.
Come back later by foot (if you know how to swim) to move your valuable things to higher places.
Evacuate your house if the water rises up to the waist level. Do not take chance. Do not go to the second floor. You will be trapping yourself.
Be careful of fast moving water when wading in the water. Move in groups to for security purposes.

(Thanks to a friend whose house is prone to flood)

The total rainfall is in Peninsular Malaysia for the past few days. Danger alert!
-pic courtesy of Malaysian Meteorological Department

Look at the better side of life. Nothing can be done or predicted from natural disaster. What are damages the flood caused has been caused. At least we are still breathing and we can still obtain the things we have with this two strong arms and a strong will.

Meaning of Enjoyment

2006-12-09T12:09:00.000+08:00

Party? Sex? Shopping? Traveling? What so you really enjoy?

Enjoy life does not necessary mean enjoyment with lots of partying and booze. It does not necessary mean physical enjoyment. I have friends that mentioned that they will enjoy if they go overseas for a tour. Is that the only enjoyment and being happy? In the Maslow hierarchy of needs we will be satisfied only our needs are fulfilled. Every human being has needs and wants. No doubt we need to fulfill our needs to survive. The thing here is who determine our wants? It is not Maslow. It is we ourselves. We human are the ones creating wants. The higher the wants are the higher we need to climb to achieve happiness.

If you see the world in a lighter note and do not restrict your mind to materialistic enjoyment, there are lots of things around you that can make you happy. Happiness and enjoyment are closely related. If you enjoy something you will be happy. Even daily gardening or cleaning can be enjoyed fully. The key here is your own self. The mind tell you that you are enjoying you will enjoy and vice versa.

On thing I found out that enjoyment can be found even at the doorsteps- our family. Spend some time doing things together working on a project or hobby can be very rewarding to the mind. What people here lack of today is the basic enjoyment from the family institution. People are too busy with their daily lives just to find money and find that they have to spend money to relax and unwind. Just take some time off doing something with your sibling, parents or even children and you will learn to enjoy the wonders that can be created.

Enjoyments can be anything. Ones man’s meat is another man’s poison. Some may prefer to do some hobby or something light to pass time. As long as it does not harm anyone it can be considered a good hobby (will be on the next post on norms).

"Hi! I am enjoying life. Are you?" - Photo courtesy of my friend's son TLT

Be happy with what you have and you will see a whole new world. There won’t be happiness if you are comparing. Some are richer some are poorer. Some are happier some are sadder. There is no point envying and getting jealous. There won’t be an end and you are only seeing it at one angle. Put thing aside and start to enjoy the world. Even simple things are worth a laugh. Laugh out heartily and influence the people around you to do so. When people around you are happy and when you feel down you will feel happy too. Life is short. Why worry? Be happy and enjoy!

Moments in Life

2006-12-04T12:29:00.000+08:00

From birth till today, have you done anything significant to the society? What have you achieve in life? Do you enjoy the achievements? Is that something you really like? Lots of people may tell you to follow your dream. Follow your dream. Is life so easy- just following and work towards your dream?

Some people dream of money. Some dream of fame. Some dream of something else. Is that really your dream? Will money and fame give you happiness and true friendship? Or is that the society that makes you believes in something? When you are not intact with the society will your dream be the same.

Let’s take some people who dream of money- to become rich. They work hard everyday to achieve the so called financial freedom in their early years in order to be happy at the later stage of life. They is one question they need to up themselves, is there a tomorrow? Life is such a fragile thing; there is nothing certain in this world. Being able to have a positive thinking is good but sacrificing your younger years for the older years is something to be questioned. There are people who are so insane looking for money and fame until the family institution or breakdown in friendship. What if the health is affected later in the later years? They will be spending their money and their older years trying to be healthy than enjoying. These Is that worth the price of gaining money, glory and fame?

“Money is not everything but everything is money” Is that true? Money can buy you the best medicine and the best doctor. Agreed, it may even save your life in the future with the advancement in medical technology. But, have you ever wondered the quality in your life? What is the point being living long if you are not really happy? Some people might say if you are rich you can be happiness? Is that true happiness? True love? Even if it is true you might think people around you stick close to you because of your money. There is something money just cannot buy. People can fake they like you but ask your self, “How many true friends do you have?” You will only find true love and true friend when you are at the downs of your life.

10 years of quality, real happiness is worth than 100 years of suffering with anxiety.

Life is not all about money, fame and glory. It is about your life- Your own life story. It may not be necessary a story of a wealthy man. We are the actors and actress of our own stage. It is just for a while. After the show the curtains will come down. A simple story than can touch lives and generations to come is the best. Make a good show out of it as you only have this one given chance.

The Meaning of life

2006-11-28T16:05:00.000+08:00

Have you wondered how many “M”s are there that are closely related to your life? To start of, I am introducing one of the important M in life. “The Meaning of Life”.

Many people or so called human beings do not know the real meaning of life. A lot will just go do the routine work day after day. They prefer not to think about their life and the meaning behind it because it is a chicken and egg phenomenon.

Since the beginning of the age, lots of philosopher and great thinkers have wondered the reason of us being in this world. Religions around the world try to create the meaning of us being in this world. People have to believe in something-for security purposes to continue living. There is people who believes in single God (monotheistic) many gods (polytheistic) and in the way to live (non-theistic).

But have you ask yourself? Are these real? Does god really exists? Or is it just a make believe thing created by humans to suppress other humans? We all know that the brain of human is a wonderful thing. We cannot deny the existence of some people who has the certain supernatural powers. Some has telepathy, telekinesis, magic and stuffs. Is that a doing of humans? Albert Einstein said that the normal human being just used 5-10% of their brain. Is that a possibility these people use more than that and claim themselves as god? Are the religions we believe in the way it is few hundred/thousand years before? Have anyone changed it according to time? Even information we give to 10 people is perceive differently. What more do we expect if it is passed down thru generations and millions of people? Even books with same title but translated into different languages have slight changes in meaning.

The meaning of life, the reason of our existence is a mystery. Some people may be sure because they believe in something and that believe can change the way they perceive this world. Maybe it is the power of the human mind? (This is call the law of attraction by philosopher and thinkers) But at the end of the day is that the truth? Or will the truth be the same as one believe in?