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Istana Negara Jalan Duta*

Johor got their Economic Developement Corridor, Penang got their second bridge, KLSE surged passed 1,000, and now its time for a gift to our Yang Dipertuan Agong and also a new place KL folks can visit (don't complain KL ppl, at least u have an istana, Kepong only got MRR2, ok!). The government proposed to built a new Istana Negara at Jalan Duta opposite the India High Commission because the old Istana Negara is too tiny for our king. I saw the construction billboard along Jalan Duta, and it reads "Istana Negara Jalan Duta". I used to think that the "Duta" addresses are reserved to ambassadors and dignitaries. Now, even our King has a "Duta" real estate.



In fact, the new Istana is going to be very near the old one. I am sure that there will be people grumbling about the wastage of public funds, bad administration, blah blah...etc. However, i have no comments. Biasa dah.



This is the old Istana Negara. Thanks to Google Earth, i managed to zoom into the Royal Swimming Pool.


The site of the New Istana, its about there, i'm sorry if there's any discrepancies. There's still a problem. Will the city council rename Jalan Duta to Jalan Istana since there's where the future Istana is going to be. The present one would then be Jalan Istana Lama. Hope there won't be Jalan Istana Sangat Lama, Jalan Istana Lebih Lama and Jalan Istana Purba in the future.



*DISCLAIMER: this entry was created based on the typer's own imagination and does not imply directly or indirectly on anything, any person, any body or any laws in any country. the name or indication or description, if any, in this entry is (are) created WITHOUT PREJUDICE OR DEPRIVATION.

Day of the Donkeys

The Mid-term election 2006: Americans voted for their House of Representatives and one third of their Senate. The Democrats got the House, Senates is next.


A lame President is in the making. A lame president trying to be a forest, and failed being a Bush.


WORLD PEACE!

pledge, turn, prestige

The three fundamental steps of magic i learnt from the movie "The Prestige". Its a great movie and i really enjoyed it. I won't elaborate on the title though. The final revelation was shocking and really never have thought about it. Wow! Comparable to Sixth Sense.

Spoiler Warning! (If u decide to watch the movie, do not proceed on reading)






There's one duplication machine in the movie in which Hugh Jackman duplicate himself and killed the other one to perform a magic trick of vanish and appear. Once upon a time, i imagined a similiar machine like the one in the movie which works like a fax machine but it fax objects instead of messages in form of analog signals. It's a really different from the conveyance of message in faxs and emails in which things are analysed and transformed into signals to be transduced to the other end. Its something like a transporter in which an object would be totally disintegrated and the information about the mass and configuration of the object would be advanced to another machine at the speed of the electical signal. On the other side, a machine of rebuilt and reconfiguration of that object would take place. Thus, an object would be shifted from one place to the other just like an email with a click on a button and this would put all the courier companies into bankruptcy. HAHA! Then i thought of human transportation. But the problem is, when u are broken into pieces and duplicated exactly at the other end, is the duplication of u really u? Do i feel like myself like i did before the reconfiguration? It's like dead and resurrected again, just that the resurrection is not on the same body. Will my 'soul' still will be in the new body? If there's a machine like that, will u risk losing yourself in the process, notwithstanding there's another you in existence. And you never really died.... Will u?

ops!

ops! neglected my blog for so long....
dui bu chi my dear blog haha
long time no blog
gonna start all over again then.....



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Brother's Chinese Essay for Kasturi Tuition

This is how a FORM 5 Mandarin SPM composition looks like, hope the teacher wouldn't faint marking it....


手机的坏处：

说到手机对人类的好处， 真是要说到三天三夜。 可是，说到手机对青年的坏处， 真是说到三甲子也说不完。我本身认为手机给青年的坏处可以说是盖过他的好处。

首先，我们一起谈谈手机对青少年的好处。 由于科技的发展迅速， 他拉近了人与人之间的关系。对青少年来说， 他们拥有一个很好又方便的方法来谈功课或联络父母亲。 处此之外， 他们也可以随时和朋友谈学业和功课。 初时， 青少年们真的充份利用手机带给他们的好处。 可惜， 在这个时代里， 手机的用处已是不同了。

青少年们现在追求的不是手机的方便， 而是手机的外形。 现在手机的外形实在太多可说是成千上万。 青少年们不惜用上一大笔钱来追求他们对手机的欲望。 有时候， 他们还偷父母的血汗钱来买这些手机。 偷钱已经是手机带来的影响。

除此之外， 有人问“手机对青少年的学业会有影响吗？”， 我可以说是有的。 在某个角度来看， 手机或许对学生的学业有帮助。 譬如说， 学生可以用手机来和朋友谈或讨论功课。 但是现在的青少年真的会这样做吗？大家都知道手机如何被青少年“善用”。 他们时常对着手机不停得按， 人家不懂还以为他们数地上的蚂蚁。 原来他们正在传送短讯， 内容是什么， 我也不必多说，多数是谈男女关系， 毫无意义的内容。 这简直是浪费时间和金钱。

如果说手机的发展是对人类越来越方便，倒不如说他把人类变得懒惰。 青少年们和家人相处时间是很少的， 因为他们大多数的时间都用再学校里读书。 他们很多时候连家人说话都懒惰， 他们只送短讯， 因为又便宜又省时间。 这样的话青少年和家人的关系会越来越远。 时间长了， 恐怕人类会忘了讲话的本能。

根据报告， 手机对青少年的健康也带来了影响。 很多时候青少年会利用手机和朋友长篇大论。 手机发出的热能会使他们的脑细胞坏死。 久而久之， 会影响他们日后的脑部成长。 我们也希望青少年们可以在健康的情况下成长。

其实手机也带给青少年的好处也不少， 只是青少年们怎样善用它。 每个人都应该选择怎样善用它而不是浪费时间在传无谓的短讯。 我们人类是很理性的， 我们应该做出适应的选择。 不应该被天伦之乐害瞎了眼睛。




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Bye bye croc hunter

Let's mourn the passing of a great person. Inspiration of many, the great environmentalist and animal conservationalist died doing what he loves most.





I used to dream of being a paleontologist/archeologist. I told my mom that i want to go dig for dinosaur bones and learn their lifes. She told me not to joke around. i wasn't. "Crikey! A Truassic fossil!".... a far-fetched dream. I envy him. Steve.. RIP...

Once upon a time....

.... there was a big sister and small brother. The elder sister's name is Linlin and the younger brother is called Dude. They were adventurous and loved to explored the wild around their small country cottage.



They loved the turnip garden at the back of their house. They always pick the flowers and gave them to mom.



One day, they wandered too far from their house and got lost in the forest. Unfortunately, they encountered the BIG BAD HORRIBLE tarantula.



They could not do anything while the tarantula kept pressing closer. They were terrified!



Then, their SAVIOUR appeared. DORAEMON arrived just in time!



He jumped down from the cliff!



Thud! Doraemon landed on the tarantula...HARD!




A fight ensued. Doraemon was no match to the powerful and venomous fangs of the beast!




Doraemon took off. He planned to distract the beast from Linlin and dude by running at another direction.



But alas! He reached a dead-end. He was cornered!



He had no choice but pick up a stick and FIGHT!



The beast crawled further towards Doraemon, ready for a deadly strike.



The beast pounced for its prey! Doraemon stabbed the beast with his stick right into its disgusting drooling face!


GOOD triumped over evil! Doraemon killed the beast!



The beast is killed and Linlin and dude were safe!
They lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER!



-THE END-






PS: Dear, this is for u. Don't stress of exam loh. Don't worry about interpretation test la. luv ya!

Esso Samy

This is the famous Uncle Samy. He's sending gas petroleum tanks to folks in the Sentul-Segambut area in his lorry. He's quite famous in this area, for some unlikely item the back of his lorry.


What's that?



Yeah! It's a tiger...! It's Uncle Samy!

And obviously the tiger is fake. It's just a mascot for Esso, if you didn't notice.

Haze

The haze is back. Everywhere is shrouded with a smoky white tint. The acrid smell of smoke is distinct for this annual phenomenone. I don't know who should be blamed, be it the Indonesians farmers or errant industrialists of our home soil. I hope the condition would not deteriorate any further. I would definitely tamper plans of many. And IMU cup season is drawing near. What if the haze really becomes unbearable and outdoors activities are prohibited. I couldn't fathom the consequences. As i would become even fatter... ! hahaha!

Damn it! Why does it come when i just made up my mind for the keep fit regime. Damn those who polluted our air and compromised the quality of our environment.

procrastination kills

I'm procrastinating all the time. There's always tomorrow. I can do my work tomorrow, i can study tomorrow. I left everything to be done the next day, except for watching tv, sleeping, playing games and day dreaming. Damn... I recalled that i was trying to solve this problem. But i procrastinated and was reluctant in taking actions. And so the problem persists and still i'm procrastinating. It goes in a circle. I wanted to do something to solve a problem but i was lazy to do something to solve it. The problem is that the cause of this problem is the problem itself. So to solve a problem by solving a problem which caused a problem is a real problem itself. See. It goes in a cycle. Something must be done. But i still can take action tomorrow. If i don't do it tomorrow, there's always another tomorrow. And this is the problem with the problem. Damn it. Dunno what i am talking about.

Somehow good-looking

I was in the library when i stumbled upon this. I was bored and took some time off my books and something on the wall caught my eyes...


This photo of Prof. Ong with all the other Universities' Dean.

In that photo, he was spotting the same moustache he's having now, just that it's thicker. He was wearing the old-fashioned specs popular then, which accentuates his big nose. This image reminded me of someone...



George Lam

The singer cum actor was so popular in the 80's that so many men were inspired to have moustaches like his. I wouldn't be surprise if Prof. Ong was one of them. Hmm.... but i don't think young Prof. Ong looked like him, though both are equally good-looking. It's something else!

That old photo of Prof. Ong relates me to...








The partying favourite! The specs with big nose and moustache.








Just joking only. I'm sorry if i had offended Prof. Ong. Smiles!

just grave...

The headlines have been dominated by incidents of people being indifferent and intolerant of each other. The insatiable greed for power and wealth of the people at the pinnacle of our social hierarchy have already caused excessive exploitation of the poor. People are deceived into the delusion of freedom and equality. And with this powerful doctrine, their freedom are confined within the boundary of work and productivity. And just as quote by George Orwell, "All are meant to be equal, but some are more equal than the others". Inspite of the promise of peace which is forged amongst treaties of consolidations and alliances, war is easily invoked by condemnation and vengence. With war, people are able to establish themselves as the superior and powerful. And those who are marched to the wars are their subjects who are naive and easily provoked to suite their cause. It's heart-wrenching to see casualties among civilians and innocents. The future is just grave...



UN working as a white elephant for the Bush propaganda. The intervention for peace and justice can be vetoed with ease by a mere gesture . So does any war which works in favour of him and his petroleum empire. In the end, he would be staring at the World Atlas with a smirk, "I just gotcha candy from your grandmother's closet."

21st bday

I'm officially 21 and adult from today. It's a day for celebration and reflection of the past 21 years of life. I'm an adult now and gonna take more responsibilities. Cannot main-main saja anymore.

Italy World Champs

What can you say more about a game like this World Cup FINAL! Italy won on penalties in which they converted 5 out of 5 of the spotkick. France bowed to defeat with a Trezegeut's missed spotkick and Zidane tarnished his amazing career with a split second of madness by head-butting Materazzi.

The game was an emotional roller coaster. This was only the second World Cup Final which went to the penalties and i was pinning for a French triumph. France lost the lottery. Zidane did not appear for the price presentation ceremony, probably crying in regret over the incident that might be a permanent scar in his illustrious career. Being second best maybe too hard to bear.

Congratulations to the Italian!

The Asia Lantern Festival

Asian Lantern Festival.

I felt like i was back to childhood where my world simple, colourful, and naive. I reminiscenced about times when i was young and my parents brought me to places similiar to this. I just forgot where it was. It's just so familiar.


Snails and mushrooms


giraffes? girafe? girrafe? shit, i forgot to spell it. Ya, back to childhood. Spelling elementary level.


Four-faced Buddha.


Shah Alam mosque. I walked right through it. It's the first time i ever step foot into a mosque.



This is Dataran Merdeka la.


Phoenix. Still pictures couldn't capture the robotic and dull oscillating motion of the phoenix's head. Looks more dead than alive.

I might like this place if i'm still a kid.

Bye bye ENG...

England is out of World Cup… for good. It may be a heart-breaking experience for the players and fans alike, but the players really deserved the defeat. They had not produced any convincing performances in the whole tournament, not until Rooney got sent of in England’s defeat to Portugal. And sometimes you get punished for that. The penalty shootout was a disaster! We had world class players in Lampard and Gerrard, and all they did was passing the ball into Ricardo’s hand. It was not the only missed chances. Lampard was partly guilty in England’s defeat for poor finishes of chances schoolboys wouldn’t miss. Tactics? There were none. There was no pattern of play. It's cruel for them to lose a penalty against Portugal after a good extra time performance. Let’s look ahead for a better future for England football without Sven. He really did a bad job for 5 million pounds per year.

back for good

Finally, i had some respite from the month-long germany 2006 world cup. We are now at the quarterfinals stage of the tournament and the magnitude and intensity of every game is just like the final. Fortunately for us, as the tournament progress, there will be less and less games towards the ultimate finale. Today is one of the two no football days. A break for the players, or perhaps, a time for us to get back to our normal self. After watching football from midnight till early morning for nearly three weeks, i was near to exhaustion. I refill my sleep time reserves with some normal 7 hours sleep the past two nights. A luxury to have.

BLOG FOR WORD

Blogger for word!! Blogging was never easier. Now I can blog with MS Word!

Hate me

Hate me today,

Hate me tomorrow.

Hate me for all the things i didn't do for you.

Hate me in ways,

Yeah ways hard to swallow.

Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you.

And with a sad heart i say bye to you and wave.

Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that i had made.

And like a baby boy i never was a man.

Until i saw you blue eyes cry and i held your face in my hand.

And i fell down yelling,

"Take it go away!,

Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be"

And then she whispered,

"How can you do this to me."

Hate me today,

Hate me tomorrow,

Hate me for all the things i didn't do for you.

If you're sleeping, are you dreaming,

if you are dreaming are you dreaming of me.

I can't believe you actually did this.

Lyrics of Hate Me, Blue October.

A great song and i was really touched.

Hope i'll be a better son in the future.