yeehaaaa! I'm free of bronchitis!

Detailed checkup by the chest specialist today @ Ampang Puteri confirms that I'm totally clear from any traces of virus, bacteria or whatever microorganism that causes bronchitis. My blood is perfect so is my lungs condition. I feel GREAAAAT!


One of my gouramis died yesterday and today the other one behaves pretty strangely. She's no longer aggressive like she used to be. Not a good sign.

A real sucker!

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Bronchitis attacks my lungs!

To my surprise I was diagnosed with bronchitis on Wednesday. It all took 24 hours to develop. A very fast development that even my GP was puzzled. With the medication that was perscribed, I got through the breathing difficulty stage quite fast in about 3 hours. The antibiotic worked pretty well, my chest blockage cleared significantly that evening. But my condition is far from perfect. Although it has been about 5 days, my left lung is still giving out the "wheezing" noise whenever I take deep breath. I was told to return this Monday for blood test by my GP. Hopefully, that afternoon, we could obtain the result that will determine the next course of action.

There is a good chance that I might be admitted. I hope this will not happen considering my other half is heavily pregnant. Even if she was not pregnant, the thought of being away from home always put me under stress just like all the occasions when I have to travel on business. My other half never wants to drive or put an effort in trying to drive just because of the car is manual. If I were admitted, I will again be posed with the question "How am I supposed to go to work?", a question that I have heard for some many times every single time I had to travel, a question that I'm so tired of answering. And another question would be "You expect me to take cab?". How else can I answer? What other options do I have? Can someone help? I wish I had so much money that I could purchase a small automatic car or even better get a chaeffeur to drive my wife to work .... the problem is, I can't even afford a second hand Kancil now. Or the out-of-this-world solution would be to buy a condo behind Nikko Hotel.

I pray to God that by Monday morning, the bronchitis will heal totally or at least shows some signifant signs of complete receovery. And the blood test will not hopefully produce any result that suggests the need for hospitalisation.

My wet pets

I got myself a couple of orange gouramis (one of which is shown here) this week to increase the number of members of my community tank. This particular species of gouramis is very interesting to watch and much more aggressive than the others I used to have. A perfect match to the aggressive two angel fishes I already have. Although the gouramis are much smaller, so far they have not been easily bullied. In fact they a few times they attacked the angels.

My two majestic angels! and the little loach.

Now, in total I have a pair of angels, 9 red-head tetras, one male guppy, one zebrafish, one male betta, two female bettas, one small-short-type loach (I dunno the exact name), and three algae eaters (two of which are the small tiny type).

Since my old small tank had not been used, I decided to re-set it up for an all-guppy home. I look forward to seeing some baby guppies swimming happily one of these days.

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"Shitting" on neighbour

Living in a condominium/apartment/flat sometimes can be pretty challenging. The rules that you have to abide to, fussy neighbours, noisy neighbours, leaking pipes and all these, are the things that you have to live with, and if the management sucks you can end up dealing with all these yourselves despite the maintenance fee you pay! Fortunately our condo management is not so bad. They at least attend to every single issue day and night, albeit a little slow at times.

Since we moved in about 2 and 1/2 years ago, the sink drainage pipe has always been giving problem. Water did not flow out fast enough indicating a clog. It was never so serious until recently. Advised by some people I equipped myself with a couple of rubber pumps, some clog acid, hot water and salt and tried to solve the problem myself. It just made it WORSE! My pumping was a bit too much (as usual he he he) and I somehow sucked in much more dirt into the clogged pipe from other connecting pipes. It was so so so bad that water began to take one hour to completely discharge. The whole thing couple with my bed partner's nags despite all the effort I had put in (although not successul which IS NOT THE POINT!) pissed me off this morning. I could not stand it any more that I flee home after sahur at around 5.45 AM. Serious nih! No, I didn't sleep in the car Vann, heh heh ... it was all lies to put a bit more umphh! in the drama to entertain a bored friend of mine in England. I have a spare tyre for emergency situation larrr.

One of the things I really hate about the design of this condo is that the drainage pipe dirt trap points are all in the unit beneath your's. So, in my case, the plumber had to do the work in my neighbour's unit in the floor below. Since the "Mister Management Officer" had not called and informed the resident, I took my own initative to go and see her. At 9.30 AM I was already before for her door helping her to wake up from bed. Ring! Ring! Ring!. Who is that? - It's Stallion, your neighbour from upstairs. Do you have a couple of minutes? - Just a minute. I need to disarm my alarm. (Wow! what does she have inside. Gold pussy?). After a few clicks of locks being disengaged the door was opened and my smell sense detected strong ciggarette odour suggesting a smoker occupant. Standing in front of me was quite an attractive woman even with dishelved hair, possibly in her thirtys, in a bathrobe (I didn't get the chance to analyse if there was in anything else underneath :) ). .... I'm sorry I have to wake you up early in the morning - You just did! (Quite firm. Understandable. Sorry.). She was quite OK despite a little pissed off when I explained to her the situation and that I needed her co-operation to let the plumber in later.

The plumber arrived at around 10.30 AM and without me knowing it he was already downstairs working on it. After a few attempts, the problem remained unresolved. I could here some continuous exchange of Cantonese words from downstairs. I wished I knew Cantonese, at least I would know what they were taking about. But, I could sense the plumber was having a tough time dealing with the lady.

After a while the plumber went up to my unit. The bad news was he would need to cut and replace part of the pipe. He needed 2 to 3 hours to do it. He told me the lady had been nagging non-stop while he was down there. Poor him. I know how it feels mate. I know. Just be tough. Women are born with the it. You just have to accept it. It turned worst when they past a certain age and with no man. It's probably been a long time since she last had a real orgasm. Symphatize her a bit. I told him I'd talk to her again and agree on another date on which he can start working on the pipe replacement. Sigh ....

I immediately called "Mr Management Officer" to inform him of the situation. Shortly after I could hear him talking to the lady downstairs. He was already there. He called me. They needed me downstairs. I went down. Since I knew the nature of the lady, I equipped myself with the coaching skills I had learned from the training course yesterday. SURE steps : Start, Understand, Respect and Engage. It would be a good experiment.

The moment I stepped into her condo, she came charging towards me like a tiger. Grrr!!! I thought she was gonna squeeze my balls. Ouch! I responded by offering her a handshake while introducing myself. That calmed her down a bit (Start). I then asked her to explain the issue (Understand). She went on telling me all the mess that the plumber would create if they started cutting the pipe, how her alarm wiring could be damaged AND THEN .... this was what made me realised that the mess wasn't really her main concern, she started telling me how her place had been broken into, her car had got stolen, insurance company had yet to pay the compensation and she had to pay the installments for the old car as well as the new one and also the maintenance fee. I said I was sorry. She said she was glad I said that. She thought nobody bothered. See .. all she needed was a shoulder to cry on. Come to me baby. I have two shoulders. One taken. You can take the other one. I knew it! All she needed was a man! Or may be a woman (nah .. I don't think so, but could be). My response of "I was sorry to hear it" did miracle although it was just a lips service. It totally calmed her down. I even offered to clean the area once the work completed (Respect). Actually I got quite pissed off also lah that she had been so difficult. So I said: I just want you to be a little bit more considerate and flexible in this matter. We live in a condo. My sink has been clogged since the first day I moved in about 2 1/2 years ago and now it's been so bad that I can't stand it any longer. I used to do part-time cleaning people's toilet during my time at University. This is nothing to me (until I saw the real mess later!). I can clean it for you. No problem. Do you have a pail, a mop, some detergent and hot water? Could you leave them here. I can even boil the water for you if you like. Where is your kettle? She was on my side after that, pushing the plumber to agree to do it today, symphatising me not being able to cook if it wasn't settled immediately (Aum and I hardly cooked actually .. oh well). The plumber agreed to sort it out in the afternoon and Mr Management Officer agreed to let them work beyond 1 PM despite it being Saturday. (Engage)

The next time I went down to see the work progress. Oh my goodness! It was a total major mess! The condition of the clog was really bad and my pumping had worsened it. When the pipe was cut, all sort of things spurted out including my shit and Aum's. I was really shitting on my neighbour!

Black & White

Just thought of sharing. Damn Funny!

AXIS Ampang - some pictures

We just signed the Sales and Purchase Agreement today.

There are two blocks, mine is in the west wing (right block). Currently the east wing is open for sale to those interested - the price is a bit more expensive than the first launch. I don't think there is any more units left from the west wing.
Just above the car park and commercial floors are the main swimming pool, cafe and gymnasium. Around the pool are some really nice studio apartment units which will be launched pretty soon.
On the roof top, there will be wading pool and covered areas for hang out. There is a also a function room.
The rugby-ball shape structure is the gymnasium, next to the pool. Nice one! Just imagine yourself working out overlooking chicks taking a dip in the pool.

First day of fasting

To Muslim brothers and sisters out there, do you still remember your first day of fasting? Mine, well not entirely, but I can still recall the moment just before the time to break. I was six years old, and the few minutes felt like eternity. It was agonising!

Back in KL!

I was glad to be back in KL. Although it was already late, around 12.30 AM, the first thing I looked for upon arrival in KL Sentral was nasi lemak. I missed Malaysian food so much!

My observation of Beijing:


1. If you are taking a cab, do NOT enter from the left side. You can try, but most of the time you'll realise that the door is locked and the driver will refuse to open it for you. Don't ask me why. But I think it's because of i) Some of the old cabs are pretty small and as a result there is not enough room for a sitting person behind the driver (bear in mind that cars are left-hand driven in China).

2. I think most cars including cabs are not fitted with air conditioner. You will realise most cars have the windows half open.

3. English is almost not spoken at all. So, it's a good idea to have a map of the city with places names written in both English and Mandarin. It helps to direct your cab driver to your destination.

4. If you are a vegetarian, it's quite difficult to get any food that is meat free.

5. Call girls are all over the places especially during night time. But, take note that prostitution is illegal in China. Do it at your own risk.

6. DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM THE HARD ROCK CAFE! Why? Because the merchandise are very expensive and you can get the EXACT same t-shirt or cap at one tenth of the price in the local clothing markets.

7. Spare some money for shopping. Branded clothings and silks are so cheap. You will never regret if you spend so much on them.

With William's help I managed to get a good deal for a trip to the Great Wall. RMB340 inclusive of toll and transfer to the airport. But the f**ker d

With William's help I managed to get a good deal for a trip to the Great Wall. RMB340 inclusive of toll and transfer to the airport. But the f**ker didnt turn up! I got up so earlier, told to the hotel to prepare some pack sandwiches for me, checked out first thing in the morning and HE DIDN'T TURN UP! Can u believe it!

I like this pic. Taken in the middle of a public square across the road from the Tiananmen Square.

Me in the room just before checking out. What you see outside the window is one of the many construction sites in Beijing.

6th. day in Beijing: The Forbidden City

Who says there isn't any Chinese 36D? I just found a couple in the Forbidden City. he he he ... I love my Caplio!

Since I was already here, I thought I might as well take the opportunity to visit the Forbidden City. Having completed my all work tasks, I left the office at around lunch time.

Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square, another tourist attraction in Beijing. Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares.

5th. day in Beijing: No more Beijing food!

Another dinner at a local restaurant? No way!

I was invited by a colleague to go and try the Peking duck - Beijing local dish. Gulp! Err ... Sorry. I only take seafood and veggie. I told my him. OK. So we ended up eating at nearby western restaurant.

Fuewh! Thank god. I can't take no more of the local food. With all due respect, it's just not my taste. I would rather eat pot noodles.

4th. day in Beijing: It's not that difficult to haggle

For anybody out there who plan to visit Beijing, you should spare some money for shopping at this place. The place is huge, the quality of the goods are fine, and the salesgirls speak pretty good English and friendly. One thing you must remember, do not ask for the price until you are sure that 1) you really like the thing, 2) you definitely want to buy it and 3) you have a price in mind. Stick to your price no matter what. If in the end they definitely cannot give you the price, just leave nicely. They are OK with it. They don't shout or harrass you, or whatever. You may come back later if you find that other stalls also cannot give your price. That's what I learned from my first visit Yya Show market today (Thanks William for taking me there!). Since I didn't carry that much RMB and my account was quite tight, I didn't shop that much despite the temptation. I got two pairs of knitted sweater; one for Aum and another for our baby and a couple of table runs which I know Aum likes.

See what I got for my baby. Cute eh? Knitted, and for 35 ringgit I think it's not bad although I'm sure I could've got it cheaper had I tried harder.


Advised by William, I visited a night spot called "Lotus Lane" downtown. It is situated on a river bank and located along the lane are pubs and restaurants. And if you are looking for girls, then this is one of the places to be. Bear in mind that prostitution is illegal in China! So, unlike Bangkok, things are not done openly. There were probably up to five persons approached me offering the "services". Since I was so hungry I had no time to layanlah. They left me once I got into one of the restaurants.

3rd. day in Beijing: First encounter of the sexual kind

Having had experienced Beijing food the day before, I was determined to have something more "normal" for lunch today.

The Subway Sandwich outlet was just a short walk my the office. It was hidden inside a small building that was largely occupied by a supermarket. From the outside one would not realise the existence of the outlet until he steps in. As compare of the Subway outlet in KL, this one was much smaller and there wasn't much choices of fillings - not that I could try them even if there had been. I got myself a tuna sandwich in parmesan and a bottle of gatorade and sat at a table outside the outlet while watching the army guarding the surrounding area marching on the street. At last I got a real edible food.

I took a walk around the area afterwards. Apparently there were a lot of different restaurants ranging from local to western along the street on which the subway outlet was. I should not run out of non-Beijing food choices until Friday.

Unlike the embassies in Malaysia or any other parts of the world for that matter of fact, the security arrangements for the embassies here are quite uniformed. Every embassy building is supplied with one or two army guards that will stand still AT ALL TIMES in front of the gate while slowly turning their head left and right in a continous fashion in real guarding act! It is kind of funny when you first look at them. Some of these guards are also placed by the sides of the streets away from the embassy buildings.

Although this area is well taken care of and can be considered as quite posh, I could still find a few beggars on the street.

After work, as I had planned yesterday, I dropped by at the market place opposite my hotel. Almost 90% of what was sold there were clothings mainly for women. The price tags did not seemed to indicate they were that cheap. I guess haggling skills are very important if you were to shop here. I had not thought of purchasing anything, so I just took a stroll down the ailes and pretty much observing the shoppers who were mostly foreigners. One thing I noticed, since majority of the stalls sold clothings, each normally would have a curtain that could be drawn to act to form a fitting room. However, most of the of the local shoppers were not very particular about it. So, you could pretty much see the half naked bodies changing ha! ha!

Tonight's dinner was at the nearby Hard Rock Cafe. You know what, I don't understand why non-smoking areas in most restaurant are normally hidden at the back of the place, in some corner that isolates you from the rest of the patrons. This was not the first time I experienced this. Even in Paris it was the same case! And here, I ended up sitting next to a huge pillar near the kitchen with people sitting at bar blocking my view of the band performing on the stage.

On the way back to the hotel, I bumped into some girls who were very keen to "accompany" me for the night. Sorry. Not interested. One even dared to grab my arm offering me massage, karaoke, sex and all sort of things. Wow! This place is really happening. While I was just about to enter my room I saw one local guy who was definitely not one of the hotel staff acting in a very peculiar way and just stood there waiting for me to open the door. Once I was inside, I got a another "card" slipped under the door. Aha! He was just a pimp ;)

2nd. day in Beijing: Fish doesn't always taste fish

I decided to walk to the office this morning and not taking cab since I had been told it's not that far. So, it shouldn't take very long. At least it would give me the chance to see how people of Beijing begin their day.

My office happens to be in an area where all the embassies and some multinational companies are located. You pretty much see caucasians all over the places. And exactly opposite it is the Beijing British International school.

For lunch, my collegue took me to a Taiwanese restaurant opposite the office - my first taste of Chinese food in Beijing. I realised one thing - a sea food dish does not necessarily mean all seafood. I dunno about veggie dish though.

At around 6.30 PM we went to have our dinner in a restaurant not very far from my hotel. I was told that the place specialises in cuisines from Sichuan (or something) province in the south west of China. It was such a crowded place indication of how famous it is. It's common among the Chinese that they judge the quality of a restaurant and it's food by how crowded the place it. (I guess it's common sense) The more crowded it is, the more likely people will be attracted to drop in. So, some would resort to giving big discounts and even free food when they first open a restaurant, just to pull the crowd. I noticed the waitresses were very petite in size with very fair, smooth skin and reddish cheeks. Kind of cute. They were not too skinny, neither were they fleshy. The fingers weren't that long and slightly broader than the normal Chinese girls. Apprently they have been brought all the way from Sichuan to work there.

I wasn't involved in deciding what to order, except that I asked only for seafood or veggie dishes. The first couple of dishes were vegetarian and didn't taste that bad. Then came the duck and chicken. And lastly a 1.5 kg shredded fish which supposedly tasted good. But, erkkk ... I don't know how they cooked it, I don't even know if it was a fish at all - it looks more like a snake than fish to me. The smell of the spices was extremely strong. I'd known the smell from before, but I just couldn't recall where. It must've been some weird fish species that is only found in this part of the world. I took a small a piece of the meat and that was the only portion of the fish that went into me. I just could not bear the taste and the smell.

We left at about 8 PM. On the way back to the hotel, I discovered a market where they sell mainly clothes and some female accessories, leather bags, sun glasses, and fake watches. Quite a sizeable place with rows and rows of stalls. May be I'll check it out more tomorrow.

I was thinking of heading straight to the Hard Rock Cafe to get some real dinner since honestly I was damn hungry. A tiny piece of fish meat and a few leaves of veggie are not what I would consider dinner. Then, I decided to just order something from room service - Tuna sandwich and fries. BURP! Now, that's a good meal.



Hey! I think somebody is looking for business. Look at what I found under my door:

1st. day in Beijing

I arrived in Bejing just after 3 PM today. The immigration clearance got done pretty fast. Even KLIA can't beat the speed. What I had in mind before was a pretty strict security and immigration policy. But, it wasn't like that at all. My horror came soon after when I stepped into the arrival hall. Hundreds of people were waiting in there and I had to slowly walk from one end of the row to the other looking for the hotel concierge who was supposed to be there to fetch me. It didn't take me long to locate him since he was standing at the far end holding my name together with other guys from other hotels. Man, I was treated like a VIP. The 20 minutes ride to the hotel costed RMB 300 (which is roughly about RM150). What a waste of money. I would never have taken it had it been at my own expense. The limo was of course very luxurious.

The road from the airport to the hotel was quite nicely built with sufficient signboards in both Mandarin and English. I reached Hotel Kun Lun at almost 4. Straight after I got my AMEX swiped for deposit, I was taken to my room which is located on the 19th floor facing the city. The concierge boy was bit reluctant to leave after placing my luggage ot the stand. I knew he was waiting for tips but I just couldn't be bothered. He left after realising he was not getting any. Felt a bit bad though, but, hey too bad, I just arrived and I had no small change. Some other time mate.

Wow! China chicks parading in swimmming suit on tele.

OK now let's continue ...

After hanging my clothes in the wardrobe and arranging my toileteries, I left to do a bit of exploration of the surrounding area. It's always a good idea to immediately get some inital feel of the place .. oppps the chicks are back. I think it's some sort of beauty pageant.

So, with a simple map supplied by a colleague in KL, I took a walk to a nearby shopping mall called Lufthansa Shopping Mall. Initially I was a bit wary of the people around me. Having been to India, I would think I should be a bit careful. After a while I realised it is much safer here. You don't see as many homeless people on the street as you would in Mumbai and Delhi and plus the area is much cleaner as well. The first thing that stroke me while walking to the mall was the quality of China girls. .. oh oh .. back to the tele. It is indeed a beauty pagent. They just announced the new Miss China. Wow! She's a real meal!.

As it is well known, bicycle is a common means of transport among the Chinese in the city. You pretty much see them everywhere you go. Check out this chick.


If you have read The Wild Swans, you will realise that China has taken a gigantic step into becoming what it is now. The traces of the social rule that forbidded its citizen from practising even the most basic human rights described in the novel can no longer be seen. May be I need to see more of the country and know more of its people to make such a conclusion, but whatever it is, it's nice to see such a transformation is taking place.

The mall turned out to be nearer than I thought. It was huge and of a posh sort. I spent some time there checking out the prices of some eletrical goods. Not much different from Malaysia. Oh ya, even the sales girls are lovely and over here they don't follow you around like in KL. So, you can do your shopping in peace.

I shot off to Beijing Hard Rock Cafe soon after. A short walk from the mall. What a deserted place. And with homeless people (who I suspect are Mongolians) hanging out outside it's nothing like any other Hard Rock Cafes I've been to before. The merchandise prices are not bad. A cap is priced at RMB100 which is about RM48 (half of the price of a Paris Planet Hollywood cap) and the cheapest T-Shirt is sold at RM120. Apart from the hotel, this is probably the only other restaurant that I have seen so far that provides English menu. I was tempted to have my dinner there and then, but thinking of the two pieces of chicken I brought all the why from KLIA, I decided not to and this is what I finally had for my dinner:

A sweet conversation

I had a conversation with Miss R yesterday while installing the "XXX" software on the server. Such a lovely lady. Professional in her work and man! I tell you, she's pretty. The funny thing was she thought I was 25. 25!? Wow, do I look 25? I wonder what makes me look young? My glasses? hairstyle? (do I have one?) voice? eyes? (yuks!) flat tummy (quite)? (could be) ... I'm puzzled. OK, may be I should take it as a compliment. And she was surprised when my Finance colleagues told her my age and the fact that I would be a father soon. Hey hey ... I'm a cool, young looking, hairless dad. Not bad.

I got to know that she was previously from Indonesia but has been away for more than 10 years, earlier in the States and now in Singapore. We started talking about racial integrity in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, and how they differ from each other. When she told me how amazed she was when she first saw how the different races here mix well with each other here, it made me realised that we Malaysians have achieved so much in maintaining racial stability. Apparently it is not the same in Indonesia. Although on the surface the level of assimilation looks significant, the good relationship between the Chinese and the rest has never been "real". The Chinese never really feel comfortable being at home, which is pretty sad. Out of fear being rejected, most resorted to changing their name to an Indonesian name and over time they have also stopped using Chinese language. Which is why even Miss R cannot converse in Chinese despite being able to understand some Mandarin.

Miss R is right in saying so about Malaysians. In general yes. And we as the whole should be proud of it. But, this is not to say we are perfect as I told her. On the political side, of course there are still those that are not happy with the government's policies etc and I agree that some of these policies are in favour of one or two groups over the others. But to make every single person happy ... nah ... I don't think this is achievable even in another one thousand years. It's a delicate thing.

What you need to do after an accident

Just a guide to those who are not so sure of what to do when involved in an accident in Malaysia. If it's quite a serious accident resulting in injuries or worse, you must immediately call the police and ambulance or find a way to sent the injured persons to the hospital, before doing the following.

1. Exchange your Identity Card and license details with the other party who is also involved in the accident. Make sure to also note down the other car's registration number and the name of the road on which the accident took place.

2. Within the next 48 hours you must make a police report if you intend to make a claim from your insurer or a third party claim from the other party' insurer. Failure to do so may result in a summon being issued against you. If you decide not to make a police report you must get the same agreement from the other party involved. If the other parties make a police report and you don't, again, you may get a summon issued against you.

3. Bring your police report, your car registration card, insurance certificate, Identity Card and driving license to your insurer and inform them that you'd like to make a claim. They will give you one or two forms which you need to fill in. You are also sometimes interviewed. Once this is completed you will be given a letter which you need to take to your workshop. If you do not know which workshop to go to, you may ask the insurer to recommend one for you. Whatever it is, to avoid complication in the process and delay in the repair, always make sure that you send your car to a workshop that is in your insurer's panel list.

4. Take your car and the letter issued by your insurer to the workshop. If this is the insurer's panel, they should be able to start repairing your car immediately.

One rule of thumb with regard to car accident: If you crash into another, automatically you will get a summon for RM300, and vice versa.


My recent police report. Click to enlarge.

On the way to fetch Aum from her office yesterday's evening, I got involved in yet another accident. Not again! All because of the stupid "uncle" motorcyclist decided to stop for no reason in the middle of the road. "I dunno why my motorcycle all of a sudden just stopped", he said. Yeah right! I was following this one Kelisa (from quite some distant away) that was behind the motorcycle. So the moment the motorcyclist did his "emergency brake stunt", the Kelisa had to go into a sudden stop, and unfortunately for me (yet again), due to the slippery road surface from the earlier rain, my safe distance was no longer safe. So, bang! I crashed onto the back of the Kelisa. Oh shit! I had just been telling some colleagues about how many times my car had had been involved in accidents, and it now it happened again!! arghhH! Let's recall all the incidents:

1. In 2000, three months after I bought my budget Wira car, I crashed onto an Iraqian's car on Jln Ampang, also due to some stupid driver making an emergency brake in front of him. This was a serious one.

2. Then, not long after that I hit the back bumper of a police car. It costed me RM20 as compensation to the policeman - well, that was all he asked for, I guess duit kopi.

3. I was reversing at a parking lot in Setiawangsa and I hit the back of a parked van.

4. I parked my car under a tree during a hot afternoon in Taman Desa, and a few hours later when I returned, one of the tree branches broke and fell onto the front side panel of my car. Very strange, no wind, no rain, yet the branch broke.

5. While I was coming down the sloppy road from Bukit Antarabangsa turning into Jln Ulu Kelang, a car in front of me that was making the same turning, stopped all of a sudden and I crashed onto its back.

6. I was driving along Jln Ampang towards KL when a lorry coming in from one of the junctions and crashed onto the left front panel of my car.

7. When I was stopping at a traffic light on Jln Yap Kwan Seng, a man under drug influence driving a GTI came from the side, in between the two lanes and hit the right side of my car just above the back bumper.

8. Again on Jln Yap Kwan Seng, I was stopping at the same spot in 7 when a drunken driver came from behind and almost crashed onto the back of my car. In actual fact he did touch a bit. No damage, but very close.

9. While I was stuck in a traffic jam on Jln Segambut, an Indon man driving an Iswara behind me forgot to pull his hand brake while busy looking for his mobile hands free kit and hit my back bumper. Not a bad one. But, then again you can never rely on Wira's bumper. I was so mad that I asked him to pay me for the damage on the spot. But he never did.

10. As I was about to make an illegal turning in front of my office, I decided to make a short reverse to avoid a moving car on the main road. It was a total stupidity. Without looking behind, I ended up reversing into a colleague's cherokee jeep. You can imagine what it did to my back bumper.

11. Again on Jln Ampang - I was driving towards KL and Honda City came from behind and badly crashed the back of my car. It was a pretty bad one. It was dark and raining. So I guess I can't quite put all the blame on him.

12. What just happened yesterday.

All happened in the past 5 years. Is it a sign to tell me that I should replace my car. But no money lah. So how?

Take a look at the condition of my Wira now. Not a very bad damage. But, I've yet to see the extent underneath the bonnet.

Beijing, here I come

I have to go to Beijing on Sunday for a week. Malasnya ... . But what can I do. Work is work.

"That's why. I told you so many-many times oledy. Come join me. Let's achieve financial freedom together. Why you so lazy one. All you need are 3 strong legs." Sound familiar? May be you once heard it from me. ha! ha!

Another property, another commitment

Aum and I just acquired another property yesterday - The AXIS Residences - a service apartment in Ampang Jaya, situated exactly next to the Pandan Indah STAR LRT station. We are hoping that it would make a good rental income one day considering its location that is easily accessible by the LRT and so close to the city centre.

Our target is to get possibly another apartment after this, or may be a small studio apartment of some sort and then after that if ada rezeki, a landed property. See how it goes.

BBQ Party

During the BBQ party last nite at our pool side, one of the guys asked me if I drink, while jokingly offering me Jack Daniels.

Me: No. Never.

One of the guys: C'mon. Don't tell me know never tried even once when you were UK?

Me: I'm serious. Never. I went to pubs and joined colleagues in the evening and stuff, but never drank. But, accidentally yes. Once.

Everyone was laughing.

Another one of the guys: Ohhh, what you saying is you took a glass, drank it and then only realised it. Doesn't make sense.

More laugh.

Yes, I still remember that incident in a pub in Camberley when Mark (my colleague at Nexus Technology) jokingly asked me if I wanted Vodka and Coke or Vodka and something else (I can't remember what it was). My answer "Just gave me Coke" sent the wrong to the bar girl. She thought I wanted Vodka an Coke. :) and that was exactly what she gave me. "Errkkk ... what the f*ck is this?" I said to Mark. He was puzzled and goes "Don't you like Coke anymore, mate?". "Coke your ass. Taste it yourself".

Just for the record I don' take the following:

1. Alchohol
2. Smoke (ciggarette)
3. Durian
4. Petai (dunno what it's called in English)

For petai and durian, erkkk .. just can't take the after-effect. Try being in a cramped lift and someone burps with durian smell ... disgusting, or even worse if it's a fart.

Ladies. Always "kemut" for sexual prosperity

Pelvic Floor Muscle Contractions (i.e. Kemut)

"This exercise is very important for maintaining strong support for all your pelvic organs, especially your uterus and bladder. Learn it now and practise it daily for the rest of your life!"

This is one of the things that Aum an I learned today from our final antenatal class. Although the exercise might result in severe constipation to a man (uhhhhhh! susahnya nak keluar nih!), to a woman it is an important exercise to ease labour and also for the general health and strength of her sexual organ (which in turns benefits her man too!). So, ladies now follow me ...

1. For a beginner, I need you to sit on a pillow with both of your feet on the floor. Once you have mastered this, you can do it anywhere, anytime in any position, even when you are cooking.

2. Slowly, contract your pelvic floor muscle upwards. Basically all it means is contract your rectum (just like when you're finishing off your business in toilet), and also your vagina ... or in laymen malay term kemut both organs.

3. Hold the contraction for as long as you can. If for the first time you find it hard to hold it long, do not worry. Slowly increase the duration when you are more used to it.

4. Repeat it several times.

Do it regularly and Good luck!
You will thank me when you see the result. Write me a thank you note, will you.

"Ibarat kucing tak bergigi, tikus melompat tinggi"
Karam Singh Walia, TV3

WHat the hell is that??

What should I look for in my career

I was posed with a question by my boss this morning: "What is your career aspiration? I need to come up with a development plan for you." Opppsss ...

Being in the small IT unit in this company, there is a limit as to how far you can go with your position. Once you have reached the level of Manager, you are basically reaching the bottle neck and bumping into the cork. I have many years ahead of me and I've already reached the end of the road. What should I do? Stay here and keep growing with the grades (mind you, you don't get upgraded every year though)? Or leave and look for a new challenge somewhere else. One more option, stay on, persuade the company to form a Department of IT, and I can immediately become a GM HAHAHAHA! With the salary and benefits I can comfortably have 2 wives and 2 mistresses. i told u i'm a stallion. To Vann: It's not in the dream. I am. You can ask Aum.



Sorry ... the bottom half cannot be shown. Just in case some girls fall to death due to amazement.

The problem is:

If I were to leave this company, I have to do it now or very soon ... or I can never do it. Being in an end-user enviroment (the techies would know this), after a period of time, your technical skills will get rusty. So, as a result, for you to move back to a vendor environment would normally be quite difficult ... or should I say your power for demanding good renumeration will be substantially reduced. Hence, shit salary lah! So, if I were to do it, it has to be before my skills get reallllly rusty. Or.... and if I decide to stay, I have to find a way to get out of Malaysia. There must be a way. Let's see ...