Independence Day

There was a slave. The slave had no say, he couldn’t do what he wanted to do, he can only dream. There’s no hope, no motivation, only the desire to stay alive, but for what reason that he needed to stay alive, he couldn’t comprehend.

Then the slave was freed, he became an independent man, he could do what he wanted to do. Little did he understand the meaning of freedom, but at least he could freely explore the world that was not opened to him when he was slave.

The man needed to be self- sustainable. He could beg or work for people or engage in crime (non- capitalism self- employment). He alone was responsible for his wellbeing and accounted for the consequences of his own actions.

Once physical needs were met, hence independent of physical worries, one would naturally pursue mental independence. Mental independence would be a state of mind, clear and unbiased, able to differentiate between wrong and right and what’s best. Truly there are many grey areas, so one needed to decide what’s best, and agree with the consequences of his decision.

Apparently many were slave of mind, to the mastermind. The mind slave could be suffering from information deficiency or misinformation, leading them to make wrong decision. Many were aware of what’s going on, but they refuse to believe. Man’s own irrationality had made them slave of their own mind.

Thus it seems, a country is not much different from men, it is made out of men anyway. The country I lived in declared independence 51 years ago. It had since gone through tremendous development, was now self- sustainable but quite a few steps away from economically independent. The people had tasted the air of freedom, but most minds were held slave, thanks to the manipulation of the education system by a few masterminds.

We would call it Independence Day when the people’s minds were no longer enslaved. For now, just be grateful they grant access to my blog.

Love Actually

Every year, around this time, it's like the Official Mating Seasons. Except the species is Homo Sapiens, which is known to be mating whole year round. Ironic.

Someone ought to do something for Valentine's day, as usual. Previous years have seen public display of affection in Cinema advert, newspapers, large banner, fly write, and this year, this takes the cake:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/15/nation/20336463&sec=nation

You can't missed it, it's on LDP, near Kelana Jaya Seafood.

The question is, how to have a memorable mating request... correction, marriage proposal without burning a hole in your pocket? The fact is not many could afford a 50 grand proposal!

If i were smart, I'll look for clues on the internet. Youtube is a good place to start.

A few lessons learned:
1. be very sure she'll say yes before the advert is displayed, or failure possible.
2. it must come as a surprise,
3. Enlist help from your frens, family etc.
4. Identify the location, strategy, theme, etc.


So, have it your way if you wanna stick to the old trialled and proven ways. I kind of get an idea here:

To be dramatic enough for you tube, the location is set on a busy pedestrian, with traffic lights.

The lead male and female locked eyes across the road, he was having a bunch of flowers in his hand. When the light turned green, he walked straight up to her (She may be walking towards him too, since she'd no idea of his trick.)

This is the fun part, surprise and unpredictability.

When they finally met, he presented her the flowers and ask her hands in marriage. In between the bustling crowd crossing the road, they just stood still there. Yeah, like a movie.

The only song measuring up to this, is Ryan Cabrera's 'True'. When it sang 'I've waited all my life, to cross this line', that's the time the lead male reached up to the lead female.

At least 2 video recorders are required, to show both surprise and excitement from across the road, and the sheer joy and possibly applause from the crowd.

Of course, if it didn't work out, don't bother to upload the videos to Youtube!

There you have it, cheap, surprises, memorable (watch it again and again on Youtube, with many others!), with a nice song.

After all said and done, happy mating, and wish it was for life!

Note: don't upload your mating video or mating pictures, especially if you were a celeb.

Final Destination

It was Saturday, I was traveling from Spore to BU, on Aeroline. Decided after buying tickets, that I wanted to go back to Sban instead of KL. The right thing and simply enough, is to ask them to drop me off somewhere near the toll, not much argument here.

Understandably, they declined my request, telling me it was against their policy. Fair enough, I gave in. But as I crossed the border, I had a hunch and suddenly, I wanted so badly to go back to Sban. After a failed attempt with the bus driver, the cabin crew were kind enough to offer her manager on the phone. He tried to talk me in, and it kind of worked. I gave in, because I don't really have an good excuse. It seemed they had before request to drop off, and the 'conversation with manager' thingy had convinced the passenger.

As I swallowed my meal, a plan is hatched. I wrote on a piece of paper, appealing to all passenger, that I needed to attend a wedding dinner in Sban. They would lost 5 minutes of their journey, helping a guy safe 2 hours, that's a pretty neat tactic I'd say. All passenger succumbed and signed their suport, some takes more time, but i guessed i still have bits of charm?

Well, a second tele conversation with the manager, I showed him how desperate I was, going all the way doing things. He seemed moved, but in the end they just won't let me off, figuring that there's nothing I could do.

I was gonna play my last card: stomach pain near Sban, when they stopped by some almost deserted rest area near Melacca. Not sure if it'll worked, but I don't want to go to the extend of harassing other passengers and get picked up by a police patrol? That would be a great way to start my 2008.

By all means, they could have stopped at some rest area near Sban, but why here? the answer jumped at me when the bus driver happily chowed down at the mobile stall. No wonder the bus won't stop if we depart around 530pm.

Still holding on to my frail card, a Plusliner bus with the destination 'Sban' magically parked beside the Aeroline. It's like a divine answer to my prayers, well there weren't any specific god I was thinking about that time. It's all in my head yelling: I wanna go home! Don't want to go to KL! Did that count as prayers?

The rest were history. I got onto the Plusliner, while the cabin crew of Aeroline told me to whatever. On the bus, I kept thinking, were I even supposed to get on this bus? What happened if the bus I was originally on met with accident? Touch wood, 2 of my coworkers were on board. Can't help but think, what if I, the unexpected passenger, boarded the bus which soon to hit hiway to hell? ok, that didn't happened.

This is a good way to start my 2008. I gained my believe, that if I wanted something very badly and worked towards it, I'd get what I want! One way or the other, but keep my hands off the vice. I must admit my mind had journeyed to the dark side not once, while plotting on how not to disembark in KL. Heck, righteousness triumphed.

Happy New Year! And I won't use 'You are the Final Destination of my heart' unless I wanna break up.

Sex and the Cities

Malaysian: Malaysia Boleh! 60 pun Boleh!
Singaporean: We have to admit, our ministers were no match!

Taiwan: This is political assasination, minus 2 bullets.
Pakistan: This is political assasination, minus one big bomb.

French: He could divorce his wife and marry his mistress. Too bad there were no Disneyland there.
Arabs: He doesn't have to divorce his wife, as long as the quota has not exceeded.

China: He should be prosecuted and executed.
Australia: He's healthy, he's capable, he's Chinese. Let's recruit him into our cabinet.

American: He could write a book, 'My Story'.
Japanese: He could make another movie. Why haven't we think of laptop?

Indian: He should outsource the IT here, so he can concentrate on sex.
Thais: He should outsource the sex here, so he can concentrate on IT.

Due to Visit Malaysia Year 2007, the nation has seen a critical shortage of hotel rooms. This has resulted in many regular customers checking in to the same room to avoid overbooking. As tourist swarm in, this could mean occupancy rate going over the roof, not that the roofs were any tough, though.

Speculation that government would pass a Human Rights Law to scan all hotel rooms after it was vacated, has sprout mixed emotions. Hotels operators see it as disruptive overhead, while many were thankful that chances of them caught with their pants down, are down sturdyly.