If you are familiar with Jalan Ampang, right after Ampang Park, there’s a 4-way intersection between Jalan Ampang and Jalan Tun Razak. Right after the intersection, Jalan Ampang will have 3 lanes and then a few meters away, it is reduced to 2 lanes. That’s where this story begins.
I was on the middle lane, that would eventually become the left lane. I saw this big old blue bus in my rear view mirror on the left lane. Traffic was heavy at that time as it was half past four and people were just started to rush out of KL. It was not really congested yet though.
Suddenly I heard a loud engine roar coming from my left. The big blue old bus came speeding on my left side and cut over into my lane as the 3 lanes converged into 2. To make it worst, my dear honking device, as usual, would always fail to work when I needed it to work… Duh!
May be it was desperate to squeeze in at that time, so I thought… I was wrong! Right after that stunt, the bus cut over to the right lane as there was a small gap between the cars there. And naturally, you have no choice but to give way to this big bully anyway. From that point onwards, the bus driver kept on switching lane from left to right and vice versa, as and when he saw a gap between cars!
I just would not let this go. What if it knocked into a motorcyclist ferrying a kid or a pregnant lady or any person for that matter? It is already statistically proven that reckless driving is the main contribution to road accident. So I texted 15888 and gave them the place, time, plate number and a brief description of what was the bus doing.
I received my report number already. With that I just gave LPKP the benefit of the doubt…
Well, at least I tried something…
Read about this at Cikidong Dong Dong Cikideng Deng Deng (what a long name!) this morning. His post titled Blogger Kaya caught my attention. It’s about how some bloggers who made tons of money blogging!
As things get warmer, Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia on its Facebook page hopped on the bandwagon reminding bloggers the need to pay tax. Mixed responses received from the public, mainly bloggers…
My personal response to this can be summarized into 3 words… WTF… Oh wait! Another 3 words… LOL…
By the way, here is my snapshot of my current Nuffnang earning since last year!
I am a rich blogger, am I not? If that is in RM, I would be happy to pay my blogging tax. Blogging tax? Oh boy! Does this mean that Nuffnang must provide income statement to all its members for tax declaration purposes? Can anybody answer that please?
So my fellow bloggers, how do you feel about LHDN taxing your blogging income? Would love to read about your comments on this!
P/s:
I am definitely, as of this hour, richer than Apak Cikidong as far as Nuffnang earning is concerned…
P/s/s:
Rich bloggers that earn thousands of RM a month should pay tax – I agree!
P/s/s/s:
Sometimes seeing my Nuffnang earnings in other currency makes me happier – Denial syndrome…
The always forgotten one… Today Lee Chong Wei won the Malaysian Open 2011 and again becomes a hero to Malaysia. However, this post is about a different kind of hero. Heroes that risk their lives to ensure the sovereignty of Malaysia and Malaysian no matter where they are, all over the world. These are the men and women of the Malaysian Armed Forces, who rarely got any fair coverage from the media for what they have done for the country. Why? Maybe because there’s not much profit talking about these brave Malaysians… That’s my personal guess…
How many of you heard or read about how the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) rescued Malaysian chemical tanker MT Bunga Laurel and its 23 crew members from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden? Probably only a few. Do you know that they even captured 18 Somali pirates including a mother ship? Many would just say, “Good” and that’s about it… And yet their credibilities are what ensuring that we could sleep tight at night…
This post is about honoring them. Read on…
This was an event that got international coverage and yet very minimal coverage locally except for the local newspapers who managed to put the news on for about a day or so…
And they had to fight pirates that were armed with guns and not just machetes…
And their superior trainings and equipments made the difference at the end of the day. And yet there are still noises in the country questioning why the government spent money on modernizing the Armed Forces.
And these are the happy faces rescued from the pirates. They could have been your family members or friends.
A big applause to TLDM! They really deserve it!
Here are a few links to the incidents:
M’sian tanker and crew saved from pirate attack in Gulf
Malaysian navy foils hijack attempt off Oman
Malaysia navy foils ship hijack attempt, seizes pirates
Precision teamwork
Khidhir
Lauren
FiSh
...
