Anecdotes of my passing...

Agatha Christie has an apt poem for you.


There was a crooked man and he went a crooked mile

He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile

He had a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse

And they all lived together in a little crooked house.


What goes around...

There's a grisly tale behind the name. Google it. Very interesting read.


Lizzie Borden with an axe

Gave her father fifty whacks

When she saw what she had done

She gave her mother fifty-one

It's unbelievably hot.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe I still do not see hot chicks on the streets with bikinis and nubile sweet young things playing in the fountains in KLCC.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe I'm still 150kg despite sweating enough to fill the cistern of my toilet 5 times everyday.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe the waxed plastic coating on my books have not melted and irretrievably merged with another.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe we are still eating curries and sambals instead of ice creams and snow cones and gellatos.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe people talk even more in the hot weather. *cue politicians and reps

So unbelievable that I cannot believe we are still not having any heatstroke epidemic here in Malaysia.

So unbelievable that I cannot believe we have not all perished and this is merely a hallucination...

So unbelievable that I cannot believe that I am still not hot enough to get Natalie to share my room despite the hot weather.

I need my BJs... Sigh. Ben & Jerry's la ok.

The trickles of rain
Gliding down the window pane
Tears of yesterday

Smart? Everyone is smart. Intellegent? Isn't there like many different types of intelligence? The smart I mean here is not the knowledge to construct a rocket, nor is it to explain the dark matter theory. It is the day to day smarts and know how to live and improve on one's life. How we make daily judgments. How we choose which house or car to buy. Whether to eat that tasty nasi lemak or make some exotic 'potato pancakes'.

Regardless of whether it is a comment or a speech made by an Opposition member or a member of Government, by the homeless man on the street or the exalted apex of any monarchy, the kacang putih man or the billionaire tycoons... one should never take anything at face value.

I remember gracing this point briefly in my previous post so I am reiterating myself here. But it is a very important point to note in our daily lives. Always question and find out for yourself before accepting or rejecting them if you choose to.

But there are variables to my dilemma. Everyone is inequitably smart, have access to education, economically stable to say the least. And this does not even include the personal traits or quirks either inherent from birth or through upbringing. Let us not even bring culture and heritage in.

Everyone is different and that it is a benefaction is a moot point. So in localizing my very brief pseudo commentary here...I am relying on the law of averages to save the day. I hope Malaysians would have reason and logic enough to sift through the chaff of information that we are so abundantly blessed with today. Not every Governmental issued news is propaganda nor is every non-Governmentally sourced information the gospel truth. Everything is coated for their own purposes. Moving away from politics to the drudgery of daily life, the vegetable seller may not tell you that his kangkung is not so fresh today so it is for you to look and analyse it for yourself. The heart-broken friend may not tell you that he is depressed but one can tell if one notices the body language and speech if he should care to look.

My point is, nothing is ever what it seems and we must use our own conscience and judgment in making decisions. Only then can we truly accept or reject.

On a sidenote, this is a hilarious piece of news. Our Prime Minister was actually quoted as saying “It is for the judgement of the sultan” and not the Menteri Besar to call for the dissolution of the assembly. Well, he may have reasons to say as such. He may have been genuinely mistaken. Or deliberately misleading. One can also use the 'convention is not law' argument. Who knows? But I do know one thing. That my opinion of the matter is mine and though others may share it each is entitled to his own.

I wish people were smarter.

I may not know much about May 13, but I definitely enjoy know about 69..i mean it's a lovely number..no no.. Anyway 1969 is an awesome year, not because I love 6s and 9s but it was also when the ominous May 13 event took place.

Much have been written on the subject and many different versions prevail. I've read up and though I do not consider myself knowledgeable enough to point fingers, but I think I have a fair share of what went on the many ramifications of that tumultuous date till today. I think I have a written piece on this somewhere but I will have to find it and edit it first. One thing that I do know is that it is always being used by the powers that be as a reminder for us to remain united and not backbite each other.

What is not apparent to most is the complex tapestry of events that triggered this incident. It plays out with such intrigue and drama that it would surely be an awesome plot worthy of an Oscar for best picture or a Nobel prize for literature. Scandals, character assassinations, diversions, royalties...heck, my mouth is watering from the wealth of plot to be gleaned. But again, I am no big authority and I've only read up from various sources and have my own take on the subject located in my special folder in My Documents.

Anyway, now would not be the time for finger pointing and play the blame game but instead we should move on from this issue. Funny how the Government constantly play up the date (and ironically, not so from the non-Government reps) by warning and threats of another May 13 hitting. This is a rather pathetic attempt in "forcing" unity when not many are even aware of the reasons for May 13 to even occur. If one would scour the mainstream media, May 13 will always be superficially referred to and even those in the know would not risk divulging too much regarding the incident lest they suffer consequences.

So, back to my point, I think it is futile now to even say so and so is responsible etc etc... What should be done is for the people to know what exactly May 13 was all about (minus the blame bang bang) and how we can learn from it. Then again, this is a futile wish as there are too many interested parties in power with their fingers in the pie with the stains of May 13 on their backs.

Perhaps the people can read up on the issue from the many books we have in our stores. Pick one up and enrich yourselves. Get an objective view of the incident. See all sides and then make your own conclusions. No one should tell us what that is. Our mind is ours alone. Never take anything at face value.

This is an interesting article. May it be the starting point of your journey in dissecting the enigmatic May 13, 1969 in Malaysia.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you can’t get the song out of your head? Bet you have. Well…my current problem is a little different. There is this song that is in my head but I don’t know the title and full lyrics.

I know..I know. The Google-savvy would probably tell me that all you need is a few words from the song and chances are you’ll be able to find the exact song title/singer/full lyrics online. I’ve done this many many times. Google is scarily effective this way.

So the problem arises when the lyrics I want to find is in a language that is not typeable using our QWERTY keyboards…example, …Arabic lyrics…Yea yea..there are Arabic programmes similar to Chinese Wordstar but it’s tough you know when the language you’re searching for is not your usual language. And you’re searching for a song with a search list of a few general words.

The word that I know is woman and the rest are lost in memory. It’s actually a song that I remembered listening to when I was young and when I heard it again I was scratching my head thinking how I’m going to find a song when I only know 1 word from the lyrics and only the tune of the chorus. Now if I can search using the tune…that would be something. I don’t think I’m pitch-perfect enough to hum to anyone and get them to tell me.

Google may be an awesome search engine, but it’s not perfect. Haha.

When I was small, and christmas trees were tall,
We used to love while others used to play.
Dont ask me why, but time has passed us by,
Some one else moved in from far away.

Now we are tall, and christmas trees are small,
And you dont ask the time of day.
But you and i, our love will never die,
But guess we'll cry come first of May...

So sang the Bee Gees. How much we've all grown. Older, fatter, hopefully wiser? There is much to be thankful for despite the overall gloom that shadows us. Crippling economic situations, ecological disasters, A virus scare....right up to the day-to-day worries of bringing food back to the table. Raising your family. Yes, we have much to be thankful for. For the life that is still in us. For the ideals that we still hold dear. For the vast knowledge that surrounds us. There is so much to see, to learn, to experience, and basically to live for. Is the taking of a life, no matter how "humanly" justifiable, ever right? In particular, when that choice is not made by you, but by others.

Today, Delara Darabi was executed. May her soul rest in peace.