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Tribute to the Badminton Men's Double.


have you guys watched any of the recent Asian Games that are currently hyping up at Doha?

Well, I too confess, i didn't. Until I accidently switched on to RTM1 and caught the Malaysia Badminton Men Doubles Team in action against the Indonesians. And, I never touched the remote throughout the games.

The team in specific is Koo K K and Tan B H. They were really fast and reminds me of the olden days when our Malaysia Badminton Team reigns the Thomas Cups and wateva cups you may think our Badminton may join. They were the pride and joy of our country until age taken over them and new blood joins in.

(Picture taken from Doha Asian Games Official Website)

However, things may look different now. Malaysia Badminton Team has managed to grab quite a number of medals throughout this game and a quick check in the Doha 2006 Medal listing website shows that the badminton team has managed to get 3 bronze. Well, it might not be much but then, at least they get something. And I'm proud of being a Malaysian with their achievements in an international games. Lets hope they learned from their mistakes and improve themself to bring Malaysia Flag flying higher.

Anyway in badminton, there's another gold for us to grab tomorrow morning. It's the Final of Men's Doubles between Tan B H and Koo K K versus KIDO M. SETIAWAN H. from Indonesia. This is gonna be another good match to watch as both are equally powerful and fast in their paces and playing style and I trully hope wat the commentator mentioned will be correct. Our Malaysian Double will grab it back to make everyone Malaysian proud and let our National Songs played once again in a hall filled with people from different countries, various walks of life who practise different religions and cultures.

Tan B H and Koo KK has been in top form in this year Asian games performing at top notch conditions for the last 3 days, defeating various teams and climbing the match ladder in the process. Below is the summary of their path through the finals:


06/12:
HASAN S./HASAN J.(BRN) lost to KOO K. K./TAN B. H.

07/12
LEE
J. J./HWANG J. M. (KOR) lost to KOO K. K./TAN B. H.
FU H./CAI Y. (CHN) lost to KOO K. K./TAN B. H.

08/12
KOO K. K./TAN B. H. defeated KIDO M./SETIAWAN H. (INA)

(result are extracted from Doha Asian Games Official
Website
)
And mind you, these two seedless lads defeated seeded players who've won countless tournaments in the past. So if they can defeated the World No. 1 player, what else can they not do?

Aniwae, I do hope they will win tomorrow morning finals and not only make them proud of themself but also makes us Malaysians proud of them.

Malaysia BOLEH!!!!!

Cheers
Andy "Shackks" Ooi

He needs help. Can u help?

Not much readers here but then, no matter wat, I just hope that this young boy may live on to fulfil his task in this lifetime...


GEORGE TOWN: When Ahmad Akmal Zakaria was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome, his parents felt as if their world had just collapsed.

Another blow followed a few months later when they found out that he had two holes in his heart.

He now needs an urgent operation to repair the defects.

His father Zakaria Eusoff, 47, a general worker at Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd, cannot afford to pay for the surgery at the Gleneagles Medical Centre, which is expected to cost between RM30,000 and RM35,000.

His wife Che Sam Mustafa, 45, is a housewife.

Those who wish to help can send cheques made payable to New Straits Times with the child’s name written on the reverse side, addressed to The Cashier, Finance Department/Charity Unit, The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd, Balai Berita, No. 31, Jalan Riong, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.


the above report is extracted from www.nst.com.my.

If you can help, do help. be it a mere RM10 or a grand donation of RM10k... itz worth saving a life and better than building a multi storey pagoda. As for me, i'm working on my budget hoping i can donate something out to him.

cheers.

watz good for your car??

Been having numerous of nightmare of you declaring bankruptcy due to your car is a heavy guzzler?? yeap, thatz a lil' exaggerating. but then, I'm so so so so so so so so so tired of ppl asking me,

"Wat can I do to reduce my car Fuel Consumption?" or "Will xxxxxx or xxxx helps in saving fuels?"

Merchants takes such an opportunities to make some quick money by introducing products that dun really works or works with minimal effects in these areas of concerns and their products sell well all bcoz there's still gullible consumers who would not even think twice when they see the word "SAVE FUEL" is attached to somewhere on the brochure or advertisements. I pity them actually.

But then, on the other side, I'm quite annoyed. Think abt it. To get ur car up and running, we need fuel. To optimise the performance of the car, we need more fuel. But then, all they think is, how to minimise the usage...

"DUN DRIVE THE CAR!!!" thatz me answer.

Aniwwae, to answer all these question on those gagdets for fuel saving, I've created a blog and will be inviting experience car users to write abt wat can really help to improve our cars...

The url is: http://crappyimprovements.blogspot.com/.

Try it...

cheers.

Biatch in Workplace...

I totally blew my kewl away in the office this morning on a biatch who have these tendency to overwrite other authority no matter the task in under her administration or not... Gosh, how i hate them.

Aniwae, I just dun understand how these people would survive in this world where things like this is totally intolerable. These buggers usually with the "I-know-it-all" attitude often are old hags, spinster or some old bird who works long enough to be the manager's mistress or wife. Ain't surprising. They simply look down on new birds or new colleague who just join the company and thinks that the boss employ them just to occupy that metric volume of air which would go to waste if no one are there. But then, when there's problem which are beyond their capabilities or knowledge. Then only they call up these "professionals". For wat? Since you twits are so good at it, go wipe your own shit.

There are just a few of such twits in my company. One is an mid-age spinster who've work long enough to think that she control everything in this office and all must go through her...

"TO HELL WITH YOU, BIATCH!!!" thatz my cue on u.

She would just order any IT-related stuff to add into the company equipment without my knowledge and when things goes wrong, she ask me to settle, wat am I?? Majlis Bandaraya?? So tired of such ppl. Although I ain't a perfect nerd in the company, at least I understand and respect other's role in the company and I never hesitate to approach them if I need something which happens to be under their scope. Watz so hard in that? Just open your mouth and ask.

Another is a prick whose been here as long as the factory been. He's in the Production side. And he's a classic example of a boss loyal lackey(ain't that sounds nice?). In another word, he's nothing but just a dog who knows nothing other than polishing his master's butt. A man who lives without principle and who don't command respect from others. Ain't that pathetic.

With the phrase "Respect begets Respect" and seems like these twits don't understand them, might live in an island where the others are free from their stupid acts and work even more effectively.

I pity them.

Cheers.

Interesting website which Ninja generating text...


Got this website thru a forummer's signature.

itz due to my curiousity and click at his text which resulted in my own nicks below:



isn't that cute... the ninja jumping around wielding his swords generating the text we wanted reminds me of the old 19th century Hong Kong martial arts drama series. Memories flows back onto my now nearly defunctioning brain during that good ol' days. Maybe I'll have this just below my blog title... waddya think?

Aniwae, I showed my princess the above and she created:


oops... nearly forgotten to include the link for you guys. The site is at:
http://www.fodey.com/generators/animated/ninjatext.asp

Try it out and have fun. Btw, do share with your frens and have fun.

Cheers.

My traffic Woes

Hari Raya Aidilfitri is around the corner and the Muslim is fasting for the month before celebrating the Hari Raya Aidilfitri. How nice issit... Itz the month of good dinner and never ending galore of kueh mueh... u see, I'm actually a sucker for food like Nasi Beryani, Murtabak, Laksa Penang/Johor the list goes on... Seeing a whole street are lined with stalls selling all these tempting food, I'm in seventh heaven at that moment... This is way more better than the usual Pasar Malam. At least the food at these stalls for the "buka puasa" meal are way more delicious and of coz, cheap. hehe

However, I do noticed that there's been a rise in traffic congestion around town especially at traffic junction. It doesn't need for you to stuck in the queue for more thatn 30 agonizing minutes to realise that the traffic is actually being manned by our POLIS TRAFIK DIRAJA MALAYSIA instead of the fragile yet loyal Traffic Light system which will stop operating when there's any heavy rains occured.

This is good in one sense that there is the presence of a law enforcer thus reduce the possiblities ioof some "I-think-I'm-great" road users who often took the law in their own hand selfishly beating traffic lights and risking the life and properties of other road users.

But then, the downside is more often than ever more than the good ide. For instance, the queue to cross the traffic junction igets longer and sometime unbearable if you're on the wrong side of the junction. It can get frustrated sometime especially when you're rushing for time or whishing to get homne early for dinner and some rest after a hard day at work.

i get very frustrated when i see them around wasting our time and theirs. I wud rather they go patrolling the streets to make our city more safer with the rise of crime. Visitors are critising non-stop in wretchful tone and I feel darn ashamed.

When we're shouting "Where's those TP??" they wud never pop out from nowhere for our assistance... This is especially true when the traffic light gone nuts or on strike after a heavy rain or a small groups of no-brainer dug the ground for some repairs. Ain't that frustrating... They created a hole and makes a mess of everything, yet they get paid in the end of the day... What law is this, why must we the common-folks actually have to bear all sorts of rubbish these bird-brains create. No matter how i figured, I'm just wasting my valuable brain cells.

I've come across several traffic junctions manned by natural intelligence yet they only made waiting time longer and especially you're sleepy, tired, stress out and hungry(think abt those rendangs, kari, laksa, samabal waiting at stalls for me). This makes me grumbled and mumbled more. This really makes my day, hoping that I just whack the accelerator and pass the junction without any regards of his existence to keep the traffic in order. But then, being a commonfolks who're used to abide the rules of the country, only my mouth are on full throttle, other than that, everything are still the same; waiting.

Please lar, go patrolling for some ahbeng/mamat/macha in some Wiralution 2,3,4,5,6, Lancerution 4,5,6 and in Civic watevea e series who are on the road terrorising the other road users. They are the one which shud be kept in order. Zigzagging like the others owe them the road... I appreciate the effort of these fine young men(yeap, they're young with low rank on the shoulder) trying to our traffic smooth, but they way ain't working. It's totally wrong. Appear when the traffic light is not functioning. Then I'll try to love u guys more.

No that my grouses on the traffic junction is done, I noticed a new trend has risen together with the latter grouse:

ROAD BLOCK!! ain't that a pain on the roads. They are like some money making job done in a larger and legal scale which not only involves one or two TP but a whole group of them. Itz just like you're being surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves or having a flock of vultures hovering the sky above you waiting patiently to devour you but not ur flesh.

It's pathetic. But as I believe, everthing has it good and bad side. Watz is good and bad, u gotta think yourself.

As for now, I can either bear with the congestions EVERYDAY i finish work or i look for some other road without their existence to use... By the way, do behave yourself this month as i'm sure there's alot of wolves lucking around some corners waiting to pounce on u...

Chers.

A lil' stroke of inspiration

Every now and then, words does flows out of my mind creating some nice stories.

So now, I decide to pen or rather type them down and share with everyone.

I open a new blog just for this under my profile and name it A Stroke of Inspiration.

Appreciate if you do leave some comments and opinions for me to improve.

Cheers,
Andy "Shackks" Ooi

Changes in life

Throughout our life, we passed thru many stages where we keep on hastening our feets to keep on with the eras we are in. We have no choice but to follow the current pace to keep in times with the developement of our physical mental needs as well as to adapt to the changes of the society and the environment around us.

As we come by such stages, changes are bound to happen. These changes can be good or bad to us. however, we have to accept such changes and makes corrections if there is such needed to improve the value and ways of our life.

Although we are unable to change the environment around us to suit to our liking but then, we can adapt ourself to the environment which we are not used to at the moment.

In order to realise the changes which has been taking place throughout our life, we need to take a lil' time to stop our feet and think about it. Identify the changes and find a solutions or if the changes brings nothing but negative improvement to our life. If one fails to do so, his life is just like a train and the only time for it to stop is only at the next station ot it'll never move again.

As what I've done, I've realise that there is indeed changes in our life and some are considered as improvement which I'm glad to know. But then, some of these are not. ishall not bored waste your energy reading or guessing what changes hid occured for they are redundant to you and you'll gain nothing knowing them for these changesI expereinces are not yours.

However, I do urge for you to do the same before it's too late for regrets. Life is very short for regrets. Therefore, I shall take my leave and I hope you shall think abt what you've done after reading this.

Cheers.
Andy "Shackks" Ooi

p.s.
I love u, mum...
I love u, Jessie...

My BANKING Grouses...

Seriously, i can't never understands the mentality of these banks when they decided to stop opening on Sundays morning.


It's very convenient for us employees who could not spare an hour or two out of the office during working hour to slip out to do some banking and we could only do so during lunch hour. As for me, my lunch hour is just 45 minutes and that means I could not make it to the bank which only provides the service of printing out statement.


Even if I can make it, parking will take up most of my time and I'll risk a parking ticket if I were to park by the roadside with double yellow line mark besides it. Worse of all, my car will be towed and I'll then have to spend about RM200+ for the compound to get back my car.


Some private banks does open on Sundays and I truly appreciate their kind consideration for their customers who actually could not visit the banks to perform their banking needs. However, for those who stops such schedules, I wonders what had happened in their head which makes them agrees and decide on such descision.


The bank which I've been blabbering so long is Bank Simpanan Nasional. I've no choice but to stuck with these bank cause my employer uses this bank to transfer my salary to my account every month. So whether you like it or not, you still gotta go back there.


Come to think about it, this bank is nothing worth to be praise about and if I must praise it, I can only praise it's number of branches it has scattering around my city and it's Automated Teller Machines which will never fails to infuriates you everytime you wish to withdraw money from it.


Their ATM is either out of service or out of cash no matter when you go. Either on weekends or an hour after the bank closes. It never ceased to amazes me and makes me wonders just how much they keeps it their ATMs. So much for having plenty of branches.

What the use of having numerous branches when none of their facilities can be access when one needs them urgently.


The staff is either slow in processing our needs or display an attitude of nonchalant when a question is asked or request is made. Their attitude only delays and makes the queue longer and this waste our valuable time.


Over the years, other banks has adopted various moves and improvements to keep themselves ahead of times to provide their customers faster and better service and yet this bank is just standing still where it had been 10 years ago. This portrays their sense of directions and their attitudes in the business which makes me confuse how did this bank survive till date.


No matter who I talked to, the moment they heard of this bank, bad criticism are sure to fill the air and in the end of the day, we still have to go bank to the bank to withdraw our hard earned cash.


Frankly, I really wish for them to improve themselves so that we, the customers of this bank will at least feel proud of using it's facilities and not shy away from this topic whenever it's brought up. I'm tired of using this bank, to be frank.


Cheers.

A Boring Friday

Outside is sunny with no signs of cloud which might indicate a rainy evening... Yet, in the office where I'm now typing this blog, the room temperature is just right with two 2hp air-con cooling this room.

I'm sleepy now in the afternoon while testing my broadband line to understand why the heck did Skype cause so much of a trouble for me yesterday. It makes me tired running up and down coz almost everyone complaint of not able to log into the mail server in Singapore to download their emails.

However, today seems to be very peaceful and the line is at it's peak performance without any hiccups, i hope it can last me until 1700 hours where I shall exit from the factory gate to renounce my freedom of the day and wait until 2200 top see my Princess again, albeit it's just a short meet, I'm content.

With the rules of coloured drinks or food, even snacks are allowed in this office, I'm tortured and my eyes tried very hard to stay open knowing that the time crawled ever so slowly towards 1700 hours. Why the heck did I create this rules exactly 8 months ago. Why the heck did i create a list of rules which taken 1 full page of an A4 paper then? I'm asking myself.

The office has been quiet and my desktop do not those constant pop-up from my Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger ICQ or even Skype... Talking abt this, my colleague in Spore just did it. ASking for contacts of the staff who got the priviledge of using Skype in the office.

At least there's something to occupy me, I shall be kept bz for a while before I roam the factory for more task to be done and to make my time speed up so that I can regain my freedom faster.

The most wonderful day of my life.

Today is 20th April 2006. Nothing special this morning and I engage a normal chat with the girl of my dream as usual after she got ready to work and waits for the time before she leaves home.

However, in an unexpecting twist of fate, it become a very special day for me. A day which would definitely change my life. Now, I'm just too overjoy to work.

What happen, you may ask. One week ago, I proposed my courtship to a wonderful gal I knew almost a month ago in a quite stupid way and compensate with a declaration of my love to her in my blog. Yes, I'm crazy to do so, if some say I'm. But I'm crazy about her and I don't mind anything just to be with her.

Since that proposal, I've been in constant worry that she would not accept me and couldn't sleep at nite just thinking abt her... I'm total mesmerize by her. She's the most wonderful woman I've ever met and it's not hard to fell in love with her.

She's a lady who looks great with a smile on her face and always so cheerful that makes forget all worries, troubles which lurks in your shadow. Her confidence are so alluring which brings out the light in her and makes every head turns.

Anyway, what is it that makes today a special day, you may ask or you might have guessed it already.Yes. She has willing to give a try. She's in one way or the other accepted my courtship. This morning, thru msn. She wants to give it a try although she has do not know how will our relationship work out.

I'm on cloud nine now and everything seems so wonderful and no words are able to describe my happiness. I felt like a most wonderful dream come true and I'm so blessed in my lifetime. She's all I ask for and I will treasure her and love her deeply. I've went around my office telling my coelleages who I've confided in this issue and they are too happy for me. Congratulating me and giving me high five. My smiles spread over the office no matter where I went and nothing can bring me down today. Nothing, I mean nothing.

From today on, I shall dedicate my life to her loving her, making her happy, and protects her from every harms or sadness that my come her way. I'm gonna work hard to provide her the best of everything money can buy although I may just a pauper and don't earn much. For she's my everything besides my families.

And also, I wish to thanks my friends who has been very very supportive and helpful in every way they can which includes helpful advices, encouraging words, and positive supports. You guys knows who you are and I know no amount of thanks are sufficient for those helps you've rendered all these while.

Cheers to a happy future.
Andy "Shackks" Ooi

I love you, Jessie

Jessie,
From the first time I lay my eyes on you when you accompany me to eat chicken rice on that fateful Sunday. We've been sharing many wonderful laughter and time although we just know barely a month.

As those short time we had spent together whizzed thru us, my feelings has developed in my heart which I myself had gone unnoticed and tonite, I've mustered all my courage to tell you how I felt about you. I know it's a now or never situation and I shall do it with the only time left considering is the short walk from my house to your's.

I dare not promise you anything fanciful like life of luxuries or easy living but I will do my very best ensuring you happiness, laughters, care and love. I shall be at your side every moment you need me and be there when you are sad or happy. I'm willing to be your pillar for every support you need and I don't mind waiting for you to finish work although you are requested overtime even if it's seems eternity to you.

I shall love you with all my hearts and will care and concern for you. I'll make you feel happy although it's just some cheap thrills and will make all your tears turns to laughter. I shall give you warmth at the end of the day. For nothing beats seeing you happy and the smile in your face are worth more than what money can buy.


Jessie,
My love for you are higher than any mountain, deeper than any sea. I shall go great length to retrieve your heart and makes sure they are forever with me for they are more precious than any treasure undiscovered.

Give me a chance and I shall make my words come true.

Love you with all my might.

Andy "Shackks" Ooi.

The Mechanical Contrivium: Shackks

I was introduced to a site by another forummer which actually list the top ten trivia abt something, somebody which you have entered. Out of curiousity to know wat is the result from my name, I thus entered my name into the empty field.

The result is quite interesting and while some of them don't really make sense, but then, it does provide a good laugh especially after a 2 hour meeting session with the boss which does not result in any conclusion and all everyone does is pushing the blame and trying to reveal the ugly side of the other to the boss.



Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shackks!
1. Humans share over 98 percent of their DNA with Shackks!
2. All gondolas in Venice must be painted black unless they belong to Shackks.
3. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Shackks.
4. Olive oil was used for washing Shackks in the ancient Mediterranean world!
5. The pharoahs of ancient Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten Shackks!
6. Only 55 percent of Americans know that the sun is made of Shackks.
7. If you lie on your back with your legs stretched it is impossible to sink in Shackks.
8. Shackks will often glow under UV light.
9. The Eskimos have over fifty words for Shackks.
10. Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of Shackks!


haha... It was so hillarious at some of those statements and do allow me to go one by one on the trivia:

1. 98% of similarities in our DNA?? then wouldn't most of our thoughts will think much alike and have similar characters.
2 And I've always thought they are winking at me at the bar and food court... Wat a cold hard truth.
3. I'm really wondering how much gondolas I've owned when I've never been anywhere that is in the continent of Europe... have I inherited some vast fortune from a unknown relatives of mine?? Gotta ask me mum on this... hehe
4. All throughout my life, I've tot I've only existed in the 20th centuries, but now I've known that I've been living in the Mediterranean for quite some time. Wonder did I travel between time? That would be cool, rite?
5. That explain I'm so skinny now... Coz me have been beaten just so that they can have some proper clothing to keep them warm at nite and cool under the sun.
6. The figures looks promising. At least I'm known by half of the americans... Me ain't a greedy person... hehe
7. Wat does that mean??
8. What?? Wat am I made of?? I can glow? gonna try them tonite.
9. Isn't that cool? 50 words just for me... I just love them.
10.Why? Am I so hideous to the fact that drawing me would be a big disgrace?? Dun tell me...

Anyway, thatz what I've think abt the trivia listed abt me and I hope u guys enjoyed them...

Try them at: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.pl?subject=

Cheers
Andy aka Shackks.

A Ghastly Experience

The clock tick non-stop of the computer table beside the monitor as I typed on the keyboard non-stop to reply a few other friends message thru msn messenger. I once a while turn to my back to see out of the windows which had been a habit since I'm active chatting online some years ago... The backyard is dark at nite as the light is spoilt and I never bother to repair it.

"We don't go to the back so often" says my mum when I suggested to repair it. So, we leave it as it is.

The nite was humid and dry without any breeze of cool wind to stop my sweat from wetting all over my body and all I can get is just the table fan whizzing left and rite as it supposed to be. That little fan does no help to bring down the room temperature but it does makes me more irritated with the hot guzz of winds blown to me...

I've already been surfing on the net, chatting online with some outstation and oversea friends for about 2 hours ler...

"Maybe it's a good time for a stick" I thought to myself.

Without needing an answer for that lil' question, I get up from my chair and proceed to the dining room to get my ciggarette which I've left it there. I had my previous stick at the dining room after dinner over a cup of hot and fragrance nescafe which my mum made me everyday. Flick the lighter and light the ciggarette in not more than a moment one need to blink his eyes. it's a natural. I've been smoking for many years already.

With the ciggarette lighted and puffing away happily, i took a glance of the living room to make sure my mum is there watching her routined serial drama. She replied to me when I called her. That was just for fun... Once a while, I would just shout out for my mum and she knows that I'm just playful.

I returned to my furnace and closed the door. Hopped to the chair and return to wat was I doing just now... All the while, my ciggarette is either on the ashtray on the computer table, or on my lips, puffing away. It doesn't take long to realise that the flame is already near my lips as I can feel the heat intensely on my lips and the smoke smelled different too.

Without looking at the ciggarette but on the screen, the ciggarette is being disposed into the ashtray which was forgotten after a short while. My hands then returned to the keyboard and keep itself busy typing away replies on the keyboard without noticing something was different now.

Temperature started to drop as chill winds start blowing thru the windows to the room. My hair behind my neck and arms stands when wind touched me. I sensed something behind but I did not want to turn around to conform my senses. But somehow, it's really weird with the sudden drop of temperature of the breeze that now I experience and I'm sure it's not natural.

I therefore, chant a string of prayers in my heart and brave myself for the surprise that are behind me. Such occurence are nothing strange to me, but I've never had them here at home. My own nest of comfort. And I'm sure I'll never let anything cause havoc in my house. Not in my home sweet home.

So, after hesitating a while, I turn my chair and I saw a blur figure standing at the black backyard of my house. I could make out the figure as a woman from the long hair(very common from horror story, rite). And a sleek figure she once had when she was alive. There wasn't much features on her face as the long hair blocked most of the lights from the neighbour. But then, no mistake it's a woman and I'm quite sure of it.

It stood there for a moment and I observed it for quite a while before I spoke. I do not want any trouble with such things at the moment and therefore, I was quite stern with my words.

"If you do need any help, I do not think I can be of any" I told her.

"It's better you leave now peacefully and not disturb or disrupt anyone's life as we do not belong to the same kind and it's better to leave each other's life at peace." I said, after a short pause from the previous sentence.

I look at her sternly still sitting down on my chair without budging a single inch. Freezing breeze still lingers on the air around me and my hairs on my body are standing now. I wasn't wearing any shirt as it was a hot night. I do not really like such breeze as they only bodes ill.

She kept standing there silently and after a few minutes, it was gone in a flash. Just dissapear to thin air just like that in the blink of an eye.

And I just turn around continuing what I was doing just now and forget this matter totally.

Cheers
Andy aka Shackks

What is happening to everyone??

In regards to the Danish cartoon which features the holy and respectable One of the Muslim religions, I couldn't believe it that the followers followed every words of their umrah so blindly.

As I understood, this caricatures was once featured in the Egypt newspaper and not a word of negativity had expressed about it. Now, the world are angered by the Danish actions. Why? Just because a few speaker went to a Middle East country and aggravated the situation and make a mountain out of a molehill. I just don't get it.

Can't the followers or listeners stop for a while and think before they start running around causing disruptions and havoc? What benefits do they get from all these? In the end of the day, people died or injured, countried making lose in all ways. I don't see any sense in this. Let things be settle in a peaceful way and open our ears to listen. I think there are much more than what we hear and see over the media. Be it the newspaper, radio channels or news broadcast over the television or even some article in the internet.

And the speakers, they are public figures in the Holland Muslim arena's and can't they think properly before causing such an unrest among one race to another. What do they get when the world aren't peacefuland fighting against each other. What teachings that they had in their younger days to promote unrest as I don't remember any races/religion promotes war and fighting. Violences against one another is never a way to settle a grudge and never discussed or emphazises in any bible or any sutra of any religions. On the opposite, we are teached to settle an issue peacefully and to be forgiving.We have no rights over another individuals rights and no matter what status one holds in the society.

Therefore, I do not understand why they who claimed they are loyal followers of certain religions would act blindly upon some aggravated words which I believe to create unrest and sord discord against one another. It's to my dismay that they even take the laws into their own hands. If that is so, why is there a governing body in a land which we call them the GOVERNMENT? It's their job to settle things diplomatically and amiably. Somehow, they seems to forget about this and decided to be the HERO for once.

Hero no more exist in this modern era and everyone is equal. Striving hard for himself, his family, the society and the country. Otherwise, one won't improve mentally, technically in life. Society do not prosper and lifestyle will still the same. The country will never improve.

Total world peace is hard to achieve but then, if everyone does their bit to contribute by being more forgiving and tolerant, it can be. Not much, but then, at laest such things would not happen. Innocent life would not be lost and all of all, we can live happily day after day to our golden years.

Isn't that nice if we can roam the street of every corner of the world amidst all these advance technologies knowing that we'll be replaced one day by machines which only have programmed logics to operates it's day to day job, and the fast paced dog-eat dog world, without having to fear for any uncertainties which might result in losses either monetory or physically. These can be achieve, but, not in the near future. It has been the way where ancients ancestors live their ways but then, somehow, in this modern era, people wants more things thus their greeds knows no bounds and do not think twice to use uncscrupulous ways to get what they want. Thus result in all those incidents we read on the newspaper whether we like it or not.

Cheers,
Andy 2006

A Tired Day

Gawd,
I'm so tired today after a lengthy nite of DIY installing a TV console. All because to save that RM20. I spent a total of 6 hours installing the TV console with the helps of my mum.

It looks very simple when I was at the furniture shop and in the end of the bargaining, I offer them RM20 less if I would do the installation all by myself. All their driver gotta do is just to drop the thing at my house. The rest I settle. Not knowing the efforts and hassle then.

The actual truth, there are more screws hidden and one couldn't imagine the number of screws are being used to hold the TV console. I was quite stunned when I see the pack of screws and I was thinking do they really need all these screws? Believe me, they do. I lost count of the screws I used. I often see people doing installation and I think it's an easy job.

However, equipped with half knowledge, I tried veturing my own. I learnt new things and experiences are gained though. hahaha

However, I'm totally satisfy with the end result. After all the efforts, I can say I gain 100% of satisfaction. Although some minor issue crops up, I still managed to save it and make it look nice for CNY.

I've been wanting something like that to replace my old TV console and I've made my dream come true with RM280 and 6 hours of work. What more could I get. As the saying goes, "U gotta work for it, man". Thatz is true somehow, in my case.

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends, readers(if there's any) relatives and all blogger a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Cheers.
Andy aka Shackks

p.s. I shall post up the pix once I take them tonite.

Annual Bonus

It's time of the year again and everyone been talking abt it. It seems to be the reward which are totally taken for granted nowadays. Bonus are said to be compulsary to award to the employees. But then, according to the labour law, they are not. The employers has the rights to award the bonus they deem fit.

Some is happy with what they got, and some just laments over it. Well, it has been a norm among the working class no matter what field one is venturing in. This is the days where "Bonus" in one way or the other, influence how your New Year is gonna be and watz your plan.

As for me, news is out and I'm still in the dark whether I'll be getting it or not... Quite worry abt it though... Got bonus, very happy... or else, die standing. After all, it's money that makes the world go round, ain't it. Be it is the source of all evil or source of respect and powers, it's still the fundamentals for survival nowadays. As the sayings goes, Cash is Power...

I do hope for a full month bonus but then, I don't really place my hopes to high. Just hope that I'll have enough will do.

So, have you got your bonus?? Happy with it?? I hope you are. For those who do not get theirs, don't be despair. For it's time for you to hop to a better prospect. Or maybe I'm wrong... Whateva it is, I wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year with prosperity and happiness.

Cheers
Andy 2006 :)

Something weird happening around me

You know, sometimes weird things do happens around you no matter where you are or when it is. You just couldn't control it. They just come as they like.

This thing happens to me a few weeks ago until now. In fact, I don't even know when this started.

Every night when I sleeps, normally around 2 or 3 something in the morning. I would sleep soundly without any dreams or nightmares as I'm just too tired. But then, few weeks ago, I got this dreams which I don't even know whether this is true or just a dream. But then, everything looks real. Believe, I know what is real and what is just an image which are being manipulated by the sub concious based on wat we have been looking or hearing when we are awake.

My dream is like this after thinking and thinking for days. I would wake up in a car (which is not mine) and beside me is my friend. A very long friend which now I've no chance to chat with him anymore. Letz us not dwell further on this, shall we. :)

After that, no matter how I wake my friend up, he would not wake up and just murmurs that he's tired and ask me not to bother him. Then shortly, a young man around 23-25 years old would appear from nowhere standing outside of the car. His face has no expression and he seems to be staring into the blank although his sharp protuding eyes are staring my ways. After a while, he uses his hand and gestured for me to come out of the car. I refused, and stayed in the car. he then cried. I was confused.

His cries somehow hurts my heart and feels sympathetic. But then, being used to all these, I know that I shouldn't open the door. Or else, it's "Bye Bye Mortal World" to me.

After a while, he dissapears and I wakes up.

The same dreams would go on and on everyday until last night. As I'm not free to check for the details of that man, I shall not venture further.

Well, do you have such occerence as well?? Letz share them.

Cheers.
Andy 2006