Proton's Spare

I haven't blogged in a while...and I apologize to my numerous fans (which currently stands at 2)... Suffice to say things have been pretty good so far, the new job, the new role... I would have to say that I'm quite happy where I am and the future looks bright...

The present however, well today I had the wonderful experience of a flat tyre... Those who had a flat before would agree, changing a tyre isnt the most exciting of activities, but changing a flat on a Proton Satria Neo... well that is a whole new experience all by itself...

Lets start with the fact that the Satria Neo does come with a spare tyre... Which from what I hear is a step up from some cars currently in the market, like our darling Germans and their new BMW 3-Series... But true to its "Made in Malaysia" tag,our car does its best to stand out and dissapoint in the worse possible way..

Lets start with the fact that the spare resembles more like a motorcycle tyre than an actual spare... Coated in its bright yellow rims with a sticker informing us ignorant consumers that this tyer shouldn't be used in excess of 60km p/hr... Yeah like I'm going drift racing with bicycle tyres on my car...

So having changed my flat to its bright yellow sunshine counterpart,which warns fellow motorist to stay away just in case what my car has is contagious, I tried to pop the flat back into the spare tyre compartment... Guess what, it doesnt fit... That's right, the spare tyre compartment is too damn shallow for my flat to fit in...

Why do I get the feeling that our "Lotus Designed" Malaysian car only stopped to consider adding the spare tyre as an after thought??? Was an actual spare too much for them??? Was making the "spare tyre bay" actually deep enough to fit the standard Proton tyres screwing up the Neo's million dollar "aerodynamic" design??? Hey if you dont want to give us a spare, than fine, do it the German way and provide us with that new fangled liquid Patch thingy...

I think that's it... We're too cheap to invest in an actual spare, we're too cheap to provide anything that is actually high tech, heck we're too cheap to even make the spare bay deep enough for a proper tyre... so lets look at the cheapest next alternative... A bicycle tyre with bright yellow rims!!! I would hate to have been in that particular brainstorming session... Pandai, pandai, bodoh lah Proton....

When Shit Hits The Fan....

Today is a CRAPPY DAY.... And I am really sorry if this post pisses of some ppl but that is just the way it is...

I can deal with criticism... Its some thing I deal with all my life... I can deal with crazy odds cause life is full of challenges and risks... Hey I smoke and that itself is a risk... I've been put in a situation where I'm the youngest, least experienced guy dealing with ppl 8-10 yrs younger than me, half of whom look down on me like I was some insect and still held my own... I dont bother in standing out, but I do believe in making a positive difference... And that is what I always try to do... in everything I do... I dont look at myself as lesser person if someone else doesn't appreciate it nor do they reciprocate... That is a failure in their character and not mine...

I can spend an hour arguing with a person based on a difference of opinion and still consider it a good experience so long as their arguments are based on facts... hey u have ur opinions and I have mine... I dont care if we disagree so long as we look at our points as equals... I have no interest in proving you wrong, just in proving my point and listening to yours.... Beyond that, it doesnt really matter cause I have my life to live and you have yours....

But dont expect to make your point across using FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)... Heck I'm a salesman... I learned these tricks when I was young and discarded them long ago because I realize that in the long run, any decision made using FUD seldom results in a happy decision... A good decision is made when you see VALUE... and Good Value is what makes a good long term relationship...

Just because I keep silent, doesnt mean I'm blind... it means that the point isnt worth arguing about and if you have an issue with that... Well deal with it.... I have...

"You Don't Love Me Anymore"

Dedicated to a friend who is currently undergoing heartbreak... Every dark cloud has a silver lining... In the mean time, a smile is the first step to happiness...

Song: You Don't Love Me Anymore
Artiste: Weird Al-Yankovic
Lyrics
We've been together for so very long
But now things are changing, oh I wonder what's wrong?
Seems you don't want me around
The passion is gone and the flame's died down

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem
That time that you made it with the whole hockey team
You used to think I was nice
Now you tell all your friends that I'm the Antichrist

Oh, why did you disconnect the brakes in my car?
That kind of thing is hard to ignore
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore

I knew that we were having problems when
You put those piranhas in my bathtub again
You're still the light of my life
Oh darling, I'm beggin', won't you put down that knife?

You know, I even think it's kinda cute the way
You poison my coffee just a little each day
I still remember the way that you laughed
When you pushed me down that elevator shaft

Oh, if you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra
Doing in my underwear drawer?
Sometime I get to thinking you don't love me any more

You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill
Now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will
You set my house on fire
You pulled out my chest hairs with an old pair of pliers

Oh, you think that I'm ugly and you say that I'm cheap
You shaved off my eyebrows while I was asleep
You drilled a hole in my head
Then you dumped me in a drainage ditch and left me for dead

Oh, you know this really isn't like you at all
You never acted this way before
Honey, something tells me you don't love me any more, oh no no
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore

Made in Malaysia....

Touchy Topic coming up... so if ur easily offended, pls skip through...

I was surfing the news recently and this article pooped up which had me laughing the whole day...

Article...

Ok, first kudos to them for making a "Malaysian" Computer... It's indeed refreshing to see news of some sort that doesn't revolve around our politicians and their "Back Door" policies...

But I gotta say... the i-Dola laptop and Jean-i PC??? Well, if you're not laughing from hearing the name, then you really should go for a medical exam and re-examine your funny bone...

I like the idea... a laptop running on a thumbdrive.... its innovative, has pretty good potential... so long as u dont knock thumbdrive while ur working... if you did so, well, think of it as an exercise in patience...

But the NAME??? Cmon ppl... this is really too much... can you imagine a us Marketing our products Globally... you'd have a choice between, an iMac, a HP, a Dell or an i-Dola... Indecently, i-Dola sounds just like the malay word for Idol... I'll bet PAS will have a field day with that...

I could go on ranting about this... but, I think I'll pass... All I gotta say, is perhaps we should start looking beyond Local and start thinking Global... Even our local car manufacturers have learnt that lesson... we've moved from calling our cars Kancil to Myvi... and SAGA to Persona or Perdana... at least these guys are beginning to treat their products with some semblance of seriousness...

Stop trying to lick someone else's balls and playing the arse kissing game... The current rout of political drama should have taught us that bending over backwards (or fowards for that matter)only makes us less of what we can be... And we then only have ourselves to blame when the world starts laughing...

The Dangers of Drinking...

Boy meets up with friends to chillout...
Girl1 starts talking to boy...
Boy entertains and Girl1 start showing attitude..
Boy sees another girl (Girl2) and ask her to dance...
Girl1 comes in between and starts talking abt a threesome..
Boy says no....
Girl2 starts talking to Girl1... Daggers are drawn..
A verbal competition starts... Catfight (Verbal)...
Boy left wondering how a simple request for a dance can be so complicated...

Morale: Dont Drink... it just brings out the weird in you...

Disclaimer: This is based on actual events... Boy is an actual person and so are Girl1 and Girl2...

Samra At Saloma

Contrary to popular belief, we Arabs aren't always the arrogant, stuck up, rich oil baron, fanatics that the world makes us out to be. We have a human side, and occasionally us fanatics like to have fun too.

Case in point, this past weekend, I was invited to attend a charity dinner under our local Arab Club… Well, I wasn’t really invited, more accurately, I gatectashed, having found out a few of my friends were attending the said do. Yeah I know, despicable isn’t it, gatecrashing a charity dinner of all things… Well, in my defense, my family was there, and I was initially supposed to pick them up after the dinner was over…

Anyways, I went to pick them up just as the party was getting interesting, as they had just started our Arab version of clubbing fun… i.e. the Samra…

Well, needless to say, we Arabs can dance… some of us cant dance well, myself being a key culprit, but hey, dancing isn’t about looking good… its about having fun… and that we did…

After a brief lesson in the samra steps from my cuz who happens to be a regular, and off we go… cutting the proverbial rug. The steps was easy enough, and having been dancing at a few clubs, picking up the steps was quite easy…

Long story short… this weekend was fun and I thoroughly enjoyed myself… though by the smiles of the audience, I’m pretty sure I made a total fool of myself…

Oh well, there is always the next round… (yeah, I know the images are blurry... but we were moving and the camera couldnt keep up...)

Ramp-It All The Way....

Today Inspiration hit me, thanks to an innocent mail from a close friend... You see, our Mat Rempits are actually a sign that we as Malaysia are actually a developed nation... Just like American Counterparts the infamous "Hells Angels"....

I mean take a look at what the less developed nations of the world has to offer with their bikes.... They overload it and actually work, doing something constructive with their bikes.... How sad...


Pics from various "Developing Nations"

Not Malaysians, we are a developed nation just like our friends in the US.... We have individuals who dont need to work, dont need a license, and dont really need to follow the rules... Heck we are so popular, we even have our own posting on Wikipedia.

That's right, just like the English word "amok" came from "mengamuk", we have left our imprint on the world again...

So congrats on our nationalistic Malaysians. Let the rest of the world slog out and make a difference for their families and nations... Let them build the latest technologies and marvel.... Dammit, we are on WIKIPEDIA!!!!!!



Take pride in that, as you inevitably lay bleeding in the ICU from a stupid biking accident, or in 10 years time, are the underpaid employees of the above nations, who dont really care about your ability to race with your aerodynamic ass sticking out in the air...