Why? So that you would not end up in an embarrassing situation.

A few weeks ago, I was sitting at one of those customer service representative’s desk while waiting for my number to be called at the CIMB bank in Putrajaya. Then came two guys who looked like they just graduated from some universities. Based on their conversation with the bank officer, I heard that they were recently hired on contract by one of the government agencies. They wanted to take the ASB loan.

The officer gave them some forms to fill up and left. They filled up the form and towards the end, both of them got stuck, at the same part of the form. Weird… Heran bin ajaib la jugak…

Guy A: Eh, yang ni nak letak apa ye? (What is this section for?)

Guy B: La, aku pun tak tau. Spau-si ni apa ha? (I do not know that too. What is Spau-see?)

Guy A: Tak yah isi la… (Let’s not fill it up.)

Guy B: OK

The form above is just a sample and not the form mentioned in this entry.

Apparently, both of them were stuck at the Spouse section of the form… And I thought the government is being quite particular about the level of English in this country lately… Oh well…

In my opinion, we are not expected to have an excellent command of English as it is not our mother tongue but the basic is a must.

Kesian la mamat dua orang tu…. Spouse is pronounced as spous or spouz and not spau-see… Adoiii…

Updated 8/12/2008 2320 hours!

I read on the Saturday (6/12/2008) Star newspaper that the driver of the car or the fourth person who has no seat belt to wear at the rear seat will not be fined although the law is there after taking into consideration the rest of the factors involved.

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Come 1^st January 2009, Malaysians are required by law to wear the rear seat belts while traveling in a car. I have nothing against that law as it is for our safety and bla bla bla… The law states that all the rear passenger of a car must wear the safety belts and therefore, it is against the law to carry more than three people in your back seat since there are only three seat belts available.

Now, this is the thing that hit me. Like being hit by a balloon filled of water. It’s not painful yet a bit unpleasant and made me wet…

What about those family who has four kids? Let’s say they are aged 5, 6, 7 and 8 years old. Are you going to leave one at home just because of the new law? What happened to the family holidays and Cuti Cuti Malaysiathat the government has been eagerly promoting? They would tell you go buy an MPV or get a second car. Or worse still, just leave one behind…

They don’t care. Those people who got together and come up with this law don’t care. They are one of those who are provided with a car by the government and with their fat salaries and “other” incomes, they can then by a big fat MPV for their wives. Why should they care?

If the price of an MPV is as cheap as a Proton Saga then may be that would make some senses but you can wait until the cat plays the fiddle and the cow jumps over the moon since that is not going to happen. Not in this lifetime for sure… Imagine if that happens… You can then buy a Perodua Kancil for a price of a motorbike…

When later you start reading news about how an 8 year old child died after being left alone since there was not enough seat belts in the car or a 6 year old got kidnapped while taking the bus alone, due to no more seat belt in the car, so that she can join her parents somewhere, you will start pointing finger to the authorities… But, the problem is always that when you point a finger, there will always be at least three other fingers pointing back at you. Try point your finger to someone now and you would see what I mean. You just can’t win. Even when the little dog laughs when the dish runs away with spoon, You still can’t win…

So what can you do? If you can’t afford an MPV or a second car, do not make more than 3 children. You can forget about your extended families as they do not have seat belts reserved for them anymore. Grandpa and Grandma can no longer join the fun… You can also choose to use our “world class” public transportation system to go around with you whole family. Which world is our world class referring to again? Well those are just some ways that I can suggest to you. Think about other ways yourself please….

Why is the rear seat belt very important? It is the same principle as the seat belt on an airplane. It does not really save you but in an event when your plane is going down, you would not be bouncing everywhere and messing up the whole cabin with your blood and etc. You keep the mess to your own seat. The same goes to the rear seat belt in the car as well. You would not see something like the picture above anymore. Neater, isn’t it?

Well it doesn’t hurt me yet as I only have one child and today is Friday. So, hey didle didle, have a good weekends and Salam Aidil Adha. That dies not rhyme… So, sue me!

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There are two things that I find these two public figures have in common. The first one is both wanted changes in their countries and the second thing is they both walked…

While Obama walks into the White House and becomes the first African-American president of the USA, Anwar walked out of the Parliament after a heated arguments about the Malaysian Budget 2009 with the Finance Minister.

So, while Obama is walking with a victory in his hands, Anwar is walking with… I have no idea…

Americans wanted changes after being stuck for a long time under the Republican government and Barack Obama told supporters that “change has come to America” as he claimed victory in a historic presidential election. Obama could bring some good news to the world with his promises on changes to America’s foreign policies and that could be benefited by a country such as, Malaysia.

Read more at Obama: ‘This is your victory’.

That’s on that part of the world. On this part of the world, Malaysians wanted changes as well after being stuck for a long time under the Barisan Nasional government and Anwar Ibrahim has promised the changes and yet all that we can see is some kindergarten level acts in the Parliament from him and his team.

I would agree that some of the ruling MP’s have problems with the “brightness” of the grey matter inside their heads but for the Oppositions to put up such as show by walking out of the Parliament have somehow gave me the impression that their brightness are of the same level if not worse…

Read more at Opposition MPs Stage Walk Out In Parliament.

I will keep my seat on the fence so that when they fight, I can see who is winning. May be I will laugh a bit when they do that but seriously, that is no joke…

Here are the hot news in Malaysia as of 12:00pm today. One of the hottest news today is about the reduction of the fuel price. The Malaysian government have reduced the fuel price following the trend of the global fuel price. Starting today, the RON 97 has dropped from RM 2.45 to RM 2.30 per liter. RON 92 and Diesel is now RM 2.20 per liter.

Despite the reduced price, many people feel that the it will have little or even no impact to the current situation in the country as the price of good, unfortunately, did not go down along with the fuel. That is the bad part as these people would increase the price of goods when the price of fuel goes up but are very reluctant to drop it once the fuel price has dropped.

Picture from The Star

Is the government going to do anything about this? Read more at Fuel price cut will have ‘little impact’ and FUEL GOOD: Drop in pump prices reflects global reduction.

Crime related news have always been one the favorites among Malaysians. I did not know that Superman was in just released from a jail in Malaysia. However, sadly, he was found dead shortly after his release. To the Americans, do not despair as this Superman was not your superhero but he was a Sabahan better known as Super-man Awang. Go to Superman found dead, hours after leaving jail if you want to know more.

Next in the list is about the murder of a Thai couple in Kuala Krai. That was really cruel as the wife was three months pregnant. The body of the husband was dumped into a drum while the half naked body of the wife was recovered from a pond in the estate. Gruesome and cruel are my words to describe this.

The blue drum where the husband’s body was found
Picture from Harian Metro

More about this murder at Bodies of Thai youth and pregnant wife found in rubber estate.

There are two rape related case today and the first was about a 16-year-old pregnant girl was raped by a man entrusted by her boyfriend to look after her. This is what the Malay proverb “Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi” or the modernized version, “Harapkan tin, tin makan biskut”. The thing is how in the world she is pregnant at 16 and why in the world her boyfriend left her with a friend that could not be trusted at all? That guy must have a thing about pregnant woman and should be kept in jail for good. Go to Pregnant teenager raped for more details.

The second case involves another irresponsible boyfriend and this guy was even worse than the first one. A 19-year-old girl was raped by a stranger and dumped by the road side. she called her boyfriend for help and instead of taking her to the police station or the hopsital, he took her to an undisclosed location and forced her to perfom oral s-e-x on him before sending her to the police station. I don’t know about you but is that guy sick or what? Read about this at Boyfriend only adds to rape victim’s distres.

Finally, Malaysian news would not be hot without any political stuffs. I would not elaborate to much about them. The hot ones are about Utusan Melayu vs Teresa Kok at Utusan demands apology and retraction from Kok and Pas Leaders vs Cheras Umno at PAS leaders condemn Cheras Umno over libel suit fund. Apart from that, there is a news related to the Dewan Rakyat that starts with Anwar and his famous “I-have-the-numbers” stuffs that you can read at DEWAN DISPATCHES: Anwar Ibrahim eggs on Najib but where is the FT Minister?

That’s all for now! Enjoy reading!

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