Evil Shampoo

"Green tea", "Volumizer", "Anti-break technology", "Used by woman with strongest hair"--all fantastic claims of a promised land, don't you think? I bought it and hoped it it do all the things it promised. 

Meh...I don't know how I was so blind to see that this shampoo was doing me no good! My hair was dropping at an insane rate but never thought to pinpoint it to possible shampoo cause.

 

The moment I switched to another anti-hair loss shampoo, my hair stopped falling off en masse! Grrrrr! I feel so cheated I tell you and all the hair I lost because of this--I could probably make a fur coat out of hair! That's how much hair I lost!!

Idiocy and the People Who Practise It

This is utterly ridiculous!! What the fuck is this country coming to if one can't even hug or kiss their own girlfriend/boyfriend?! 

Judge : Five Months For Hugging Girlfriend Excessive

The only things that were screaming in my head as I read this were:

1. The girlfriend had overreacted

2. So did her brother

3. The kicker : "agreed with the judge that the five-month jail term was excessive but said Mohamad Roslan had to be given appropriate punishment as a lesson for him and to those inclined towards such actions."

I apparently fail to see what the "offence" is that warrants such "appropriate punishment". 

I hate how our human rights are being mishandled in this country.

Of things to come

Now Playing : "Wheels" - John Mayer

At times, I think that I'm sort of person who looks too much into signs.

Not the kind you see on the side of the roads or the one boldly declaring there's a sale going on in a store. No.

Signs, like things happening, whether good or bad, before a major event. Why I say this is simply because ever since I set out to buy my new car, event after event was unpleasant, deeply short of expectations and just downright frustrating. There just hasn't been one good experience so far and I wonder if these are signs of an bumpy experience with owning the new car. Of course, I put the blame wholly on the bumbling salesman that attended to me.

Sometimes, when things like these happen (no relation to the car), they turn out in two ways; one, that the signs really were signs and two, in the end I was able to say "putting up with all those frustrations paid off". I'm really hoping for the second option this time, since I pretty much have had lousy luck with my previous car and I'm already experiencing all kinds of bullshit before the new one even arrives. 

I just pray that everything will go smoothly once I get my car.

Going to University Doesn't Equate to Being Smarter

Now Playing : "To Be Surprised" - Sondre Lerche

ARGH!

I can't believe the nerve of some people! 

So today it was raining, right? I had rushed over to meet Dr.Mahmud (my supervisor) to *finally* hand in my research paper. It was pouring ridiculously heavy and so I had taken my trusty so-large-it-could-be-a-canopy umbrella so that my prized work would not get soaked. (Actually, I had it stuffed under my shirt where it probably had its one and only somewhat 18SX encounter).

Anyway, I left the umbrella outside of Dr.M's office to dry and I went inside. 15 minutes later I hear the umbrella had dropped to the floor so I figured, I better pick it up. I went outside and WHAT DO I FIND?! Someone had bloody switched my umbrella with a tiny dirty looking umbrella!!! The nerve!! Hello, we're not in the bloody bartering system anymore I WANT MY LARGE UMBRELLA BACK YOU STUPID RETARDO!!!!

Ugh. Why even BOTHER leaving me an umbrella--as if it'll do stealing my umbrella any justice?! Wrong time to get a conscience, you stupid nincompoop! 

BAH I'M SO MAD!!

Even though it's really just an umbrella but the whole notion of being robbed at the least unexpected place with the least unexpected thing with the least unexpected educated kind of people makes my blood BOIL! 

I'm taking my voodoo doll and poxing the hell out of you. -_-

Stupid Parents

Now Playing : "A Reminder" - The Perishers

Imagine a cold and wet night.

Imagine a large busy street with the headlight of cars illuminating the dark night.

Imagine a boy of no more than five, dash at least 100 meters diagonally across this busy street.

Imagine his parents sitting warm and dry in the car as they gambled his life, watching him toy with danger.

Now, imagine missing that young child by an inch with your car.

Some people just aren't meant to be parents.

I can't imagine what the =expletive= his =expletive= parents were thinking!!!

Plug In Baby

Now Playing : "Traumerai (Dreaming)" - Robert Schumann

With no reference to Muse's Plug In Baby, I am presently sitting in the tiny library in my tiny faculty and just a little while ago, with a heavy Powerbook and numerous items taking up all capacity of my two little hands, I searched high and low for a power source to plug in my laptop. 

After struggling to bend down as much as I could in search for one, to my dismay there were none except for two sockets already being in use by two men with their laptops. Great. In total, this midget of a library has six six-people tables and free wi-fi. 

But. two. power sockets.

Being a user who normally has several high resource sucking programs running at the same time, I am rather agitated at the fact that we are not provided with this simple amenity when they, at the same time, want to expand their services (read: wi-fi). In these two hours that I will spend here waiting for my next event to start, my Powerbook's battery will diminish quickly and thereby causing me to end my usage of my computer faster than preferred. 

Sigh. On another note, it's practically lunch time and the canteen has close to nothing to eat. Despite it being the Puasa time of the year, do they realize that some of us still need to eat?

Waterless

Sushi King @ Giant SS6

Now Playing : "Worn Me Down" - Rachael Yamagata

Japanese food.

The mere mention of it makes me drool. Yes, I love Japanese food that much.

One problem with Japanese food however, is that it is very expensive and it only makes matters worse if you happen to get into a streak of wanting only Japanese food (which I admit I do quite often hehe). So, in order to curb this, one must settle for cheaper (and significantly and noticably lower quality) means of Japanese food and that outlet is...

Sushi King.

Normally, I don't have any problems with the place. However, tonight as I had dinner there, I had the shock of my life with their new policy;

WATER NOT SERVED.

My jaws dropped! Whaaaaaaaaaaaat??? I found it highly ridiculous for a restaurant to not serve water especially since you could get water even at the most expensive restaurants that you could not afford! It has never been a problem and I always take water whenever I eat at Sushi King so for that sudden implementation of such a ridiculous policy is just beyond me. 

To make things worse, the supervisor also could not explain why water wasn't allowed to be served and only said something along the lines of "hot water is too hot".

Huh?!

Since there were no comment cards available, as soon as I got home I jumped online and immediately sent off a complaint to the Sushi King's HQ. As a very regular customer, to be denied of something like water is absolutely unacceptable. 

Especially when the supervisor can't give me a valid reason.

Or a reason, for that matter.

And there is just no logic as to why they allow free flow of green tea (which I reckon is definitely not as cheap as water) but no water.

Sunway Pyramid

Now Playing : "Friends" - Ryan Adams

It's no secret that I really don't like going into Sunway (and Sunway Pyramid) due to its congested location and traffic jams. However, if someone offers to drive me then I don't mind so much.

Today, I had to make a trip to Sunway Pyramid and found out that they were building more parking lots. Although I applaud this, it was quite a big hassle not knowing how to get into the mall because their elevators and staircases were not yet opened up to the public. What made it worse was when we finally did find the way to the mall, it was a very long walk and the flood of people made the wait for the four elevators seem like an eternity.

Yeah, I really don't like going to Sunway.

Still, that wasn't the most unpleasant part of the trip today. As I was queueing (sp?) up to pay for my parking ticket, a guy in front of me had some problems in retrieving his change and the ticket. So naturally, he had to deal with the help coming through the intercom and thus, the line grew longer behind them. 

It was no big deal, I could wait since I thought the problem would probably resolve quite quickly and if it didn't, I'd just go over to the next line. Like I said, it's not a big deal. However, there was this one super-impatient stout woman behind me who simply OVERTOOK me (and brushing against me in the process--ugh!!!) and demanded what the problem was!! The guy explained that there was some problem in retrieving the ticket and change but this seemed to have just gone over the woman's head when she said...

"can you let me go first???"

Eh woman, did you not hear them that there was a problem with the machine? Also, what makes you think that I'd let you go first--after me, you're only the third person in line! Surely you noticed that it's not only you who is waiting to pay?? I was completely disgusted by this woman's attitude. 

So, I just left the line and hopped into the one right next to me, where my mother was already queuing up on my behalf after noticing there was a problem with the machine. The woman did the same, but after a quick peek on my part, I saw that she had to go right to the end of the very long line. Hah! Try asking someone to let you go first now! It amazes me really, how people can become when they're inconvenienced even by the slightest.

However, today's trip wasn't entirely lost as we bought this product called Choya Umeshu Plum Wine aperitif which after a sample tasting, tasted *so* delicious! The best part is that you could add it to other drinks! We bought the largest size bottle for only RM109.90 and I'm already itching to open it up! Unfortunately, the head of the house has put her foot down saying that it can only be drank during special occassions. Bleh. I'd most certainly recommend this to anyone!

Choya Umeshu Plum Wine

Why banned?

Now Playing : "The Racing Rats" - Editors

I remember last year when Phil insisted that I watched the Dawn of the Dead DVD which he had brought, I was quite reluctant. "Why would I want to watch a zombie movie??" I had lamented. I wasn't a fan of gore movies and I still haven't made the leap, but after he had made a good argument that a horror movie junkie like me shouldn't rule out zombie movies, I relented...hesitantly.

DotD turned out to be quite entertaining.

And so, I've decided that I'd like to have a copy of my own. It's been over a year since my first and only viewing and up till now, I've yet to find it for sale in any of the local DVD shops--pirated or otherwise. I've grown quite frustrated at the fact that I just never seem to be able to find it anywhere and was infact, rather puzzled, since they sell the other zombie movies including George A. Romero's old DotD. 

Then just the other day, my question was answered. A shopkeeper had told me (after I had asked for the DVD) that DotD is banned in Malaysia.

I was like, WHAT?

For some reason, it is banned in Malaysia, and that's why I couldn't find it everywhere I went (why it's not found even in the pirated shops, I've no idea O_o) and the only way I could get my hands on it was to order it online. BUT THAT WOULD COST ME A BUNDLE!!!

Needless to say, I was quite perturbed by this fact especially when the most puzzling part is that the other zombie and gore movies weren't banned! Land of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Turistas, The Hills Have Eyes, Hostel...etc etc they were all there!! 

Why did DotD get banned?? 

Why is it the only one that got banned out of all the (possibly worse) zombie+gore movies out there??? I've always known that the Malaysian Censorship Board here was kinda crazy but this is news, even for me! 

Still, if anyone knows where I can get my hands on a copy of DotD in Klang Valley, please let me know, aite? Mucho gracias ahead!

Visit Malaysia '07/100th Post!!!!

Link

What a way to promote tourism! 

As if the guy was The Incredible Hulk!

Damaged the car door indeed. Hah!

Perviot.

"Perviot"--what I'd like to call a pervert who is an idiot at the same time. This guy, who sent me the above IM, definitely qualifies. I think I speak for many, many women who are on the receiving end of endless men looking for cheap thrills, that this is really, really annoying and insulting. I don't even know the dude!! Geez, the nerve of some people!

Control freaks

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ROFLMAO

Hotel Room Sabotages

Beds!

Now Playing : "Honey" - Tosca

I'm back, folks!

I think I may need a holiday to recuperate from this holiday. My trip to PD wasn't as relaxing as I hoped it would be for a number of ridiculous reasons, although I won't go as far to say that it wasn't an okay holiday as well.

First off, our two hotel rooms were not adjoining and to get to the other room, we'd have to run up and down four flights of stairs. This being a family holiday, I didn't feel as though we had spent it being as a family when we retired to our separate rooms.

The biggest peeve I had with the hotel is that our toilet got clogged up and by the time it was 3AM, it was overflowing! That being said and being so late at night, I spent the first night with my entire right arm submerged in the toilet bowl trying to unclog the damn thing with a hotel-supplied toothbrush! Good thing it paid off--when I went to check in the morning, it was finally unclogged! Of course, our toilet seemed to like sabotaging us because later the tap produced no hot water!

The room was also not thoroughly cleaned, as I found bits of hair trapped under the legs of the bedside table. The extra blanket and small pillows reeked of old furniture smell and was dusty! Also, Jules and I got locked out from the room because as we opened the door, the loose metal latch caught on the door! It's a good thing that June was in the room at that time or else we'll have some major hard time getting back in!

This is pretty minor, but I've decided to include it in the list anyway. In the lobby, I saw several people with laptops and wondered if there was a wi-fi service available. So I went to a female staff person to ask and she said "no". So fine, I didn't think about it after that. Then on the last night, my dad shows me this small sign at the concierge counter saying that there indeed was a free wi-fi service!! Talk about not training your Legend Hotel staff properly! Terrible!

Also, we paid a visit to the ostrich farm but to our dismay, the maintenance of the place has dwindled drastically and all the poor animals looked quite absymal. I could be totally wrong about this if it was molting season though *blush*. From the looks of it, the park doesn't seem to be able to generate enough revenue to properly maintain the place and this is really not good, especially for the animals.

Err....

Anyone spot what's wrong with the picture above? We couldn't believe it when we saw it while we were walking alongside the beach yesterday. I'm not sure if this person knows that the Nazi flag is universally sensitive but to put it up at a toy stall is preposterous! I've got a feeling that whoever put it up must think it's cool to do so. *Eurk!*

Hopefully the next holiday I take would have better memories for me to take home.

Ho-hum!

Jim from "The Office"

I am so bored!!!!!!!

And worst of all, I've got nothing to blog about! Dullsville! Okok, it's not like I haven't got anything to do, I still got an essay outline to write--about Malaysian Law, no less!! Dry!! Hmm, but then again, linguistics can be mega-dry too so ok, writing an essay outline about Malaysian Law is dry and it's something I know nuts about!

Again, even if I already did that, I still would have some more things to do--like Ms. Teoh's transcription thingy which I am nowhere near to completion! Bah! I also just remembered that besides all that work, I've got unanswered tutorial Bahasa & Makna questions to er, answer by Wednesday and I haven't even done that!! But...

I just don't feel like doing anything. 

*sniff*

Adoi, someone smack me out of it! Ehhhh...but I'm not suggesting to anyone to give me more work, mmmkay! This post doesn't really make sense to me anymore...meh...*lol*

Breasts...breasts...

Now Playing : "Sick Cycle Carousel" - Lifehouse

Adui, I tell you ah...sometimes I just don't know what's wrong with the service orientated businesses over here. Actually, given a choice I'd rename them from customer service to "outlets specializing in causing major headaches and frustration in customers". Yeah, that's more like it. A bit long, but fits like a glove.

Only yesterday I was complaining about how Nando's keeps on screwing up my orders. Today pulak, Ayamas is the culprit--giving me chicken breasts when I explicitly (again) said no breasts!! Why don't their bosses give them proper training?? .....Scratch that.

Do they even receive training???

It pisses me off completely lah!! I just can't understand how they can mess up such a simple order--takkan cannot tell the difference between a chicken breast from thigh!! Takkan so stupid! 

Maybe they're just too darn lazy to listen to what customers want!

I tell you, if I could ah, I 'd find a job as one of those suits that does Quality Control or Management or whatever and hentam these people kau-kau (sp?). 

Maybe you might call me picky--not wanting to eat chicken breasts--but this is an issue waaaay beyond some poultry's chests. These people need to seriously buck up wei. 

And also, the customer is always (if not, usually) right. ;-)

I said what???!?

Because I had absolutely nothing to do.

I can't believe "pain" is a taboo word!

This surely must be the service the Malaysian Censorship Board uses when they review foreign films.

6-2 = ?

Now Playing : "Evil" - Interpol

4.

That's right, that's how many places were left unused (and unusable) when these two very inconsiderate people decided to sit at a table designated for six people when there were puh-lenty of smaller tables available, causing people who actually need to sit at such tables to find tables to join together and scramble for extra chairs!! How shameful it is to think that some adults have no social etiquette even for something like this! 

Bah, can't believe I'm beginning July's blogging with a rant.