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A friend sent me the webpage of my alma mater.
Here's the link!

"槟华女中的周围是葱绿茂盛的的山岭；因此，本校提供凉爽宁静的理想读书环境 。"

Huh? really had to smile, it's like those real estate adverts..... (for those not from Penang, the so called "lush green hill" is actually a kawasan perkuburan! Yup, hence the surronding is pretty quiet!)

she even has a gym now! wow...

Back from SIngapore

First day - Relax
Went jalan-jalan a bit. No sales. Tried to search a cap for Botak's sis. Didn't see anything nice. But saw lots of bright yellow , solid TT's colour clothes, bags, caps, I guessed yellow is "IN" now! Met up with Siok Wei and Shih Nyien, 2 ex-colleagues... gossip about everyone we know in Agilent... haha.. chatted nob-stop!

2nd Day - trip down memory lane
Went to start test .. 1st test fail. Met up with Cordy ... Unbelievable, trying catch up 13 years of lost years... The other intesting is that we saw Chia Hooi walking past! Fancy meeting a penangite that i haven't met at least 6 months.

3rd Day - Q!Q!Q!
All the test passed today! Had some trouble in some of them, but luckily all passed! :) (relieved..) Met up with Fong Luan, had a good japanese dinner, somewhere where we had to queue 30 mins, then went to get donuts.. anohter 30 mins queue.. THe doughnuts were good! wanted to buy home, but then, dun think it will last 2 days. Don't think anyone wants to eat donuts that has turned green! Then went to catch a cab to work, another 30 mins queue

4th Day - almost missed my flight
Testing went smoothly as well. Had Lunch with Swee Yin and her hubby. Yhen i headed straight to bed, only slept 3 hours the night before. Woke up just in time to pack my bags and check out to get to airport. THat was lucky too, Next time i better make sure i set the alarm! whew, good thing i didn't miss my flight as that was the last flight out of Sg to Pg.

Souvenirs from Sinagapore
Hmm, i am having 1 pimple (which reminds me i need to go and have my facial next week!), 1 bruise on my ankle and a whole patch of blue black on my knee (yeah, i kick a step at PSB and fell, luckily no one was at the lobby to see it). And yes, 1 corn on my left foot. Ouch Ouch Ouch! didn't buy anything for myself this time. :( on the bright side, i get to save some money towards my WII fund!

Happy Sunday!

Another blood donation Sunday! 30,000th packet of blood collected by HYS today which is equivalent of 12 years of countinuous hardwork and support of all the members and volunteers. Well done to all who has contributed to this really great achievement! :)

I read this article "Monash University Stealthily Steals Malaysian Wealth, Pride and Self respect with Pollard's Hidden Agenda " with interest. Well, i have to admit, i have read this with a tint skepcism., i have not check the validity of this bloke's claims and how much of it is truth or just pure malice. The only certain i know for a fact is that "All Western nations (US, UK, Australia) have strong policies on employment, insisting that foreigners are hired only when qualified locals are not available". Yup, i always feel that nothing wrong with that, as you got to protect local graduates. But at least with this policy you know when you are hiring a foreigner, you are getting the best of the crop. What i don't like about this system is that i heard that in some of the countries, there is a quota system too to control the number of foreigners. Why? you are killing the goose that lay the golden egg! I have no qualms of Malaysia employing foreigners of high calibre, there's so much that you can learn from these experts. But we got to make sure, double/triple check is money well spent! I do not know how Singapore do it, but they seem to be doing very well in this aspect.

i am quite saddened by what is happening in Tibet V China. All these killings are so damm unneccessary! So is what is happening in Iraq, Afgan, Isreal, etc, etc, etc....All i know is A kill B, then B wants revenge and kill C, and C wants to wants revenge and kills some other fellow D and it just keeps going on and on and on! From young, we were taught to make friends, not enemy, i just wish all the "POWER" nations would just use the military budget to help the ppl of their so called enemy. Yes, I am suggesting that you go into your enemy country with no guns, but food, raw material to build houses, bridges everything to help them. And trust me, in the long run, it is cheaper and you will gain a friend and you have a army of happy soldiers.

The world will be a happier place! oh ya.. Jolie Pitt gave 8 Million to charity last year!

Leave me alone!

Argghhh... why is it that ppl are so pessimistic. People are asking me "Are you happy with the new government?"

What sort of question is that? PM hasn't even announce his cabinet, Our new CM is just on his job less than a week! Yes, i know, there are squabbles in the perak side etc.. Come on, give these people a break! The Opp. didn't expect to win, so now, they have to work together to put the best foot forward.

Let me quot Harris Ibrahim here "Let’s be fair as bosses. Let’s recognise that our employees come from all backgrounds, in all shapes and sizes, with different experiences, inclinations and carrying all sorts of emotional garbage ranging from disappointments to even resentment and rage. "

Over here, the bosses, he means the ppl and the employees are the MPs you just voted in... Let's us be fair bosses! Some of the MPs may be seasoned politicians, some are new kids on the block and for the majoirty of them, this is their first time. Give them a chance to work things out, they do know, who is the bosses this time round and they are trying to perform under tremendous stress! Imagine you are a contract worker, and your boss keeps telling you, bye bye if you don't perform, kiss the next contract goodbye! Can't we be nice and encourage them a bit with some kind words? Wouldn't you rather work with a boss who is kind and encouraging and has confidence in you?

Back to the question if i am happy with the election results, and of course the answer is a resounding "Yes!" and dun ask me that again! Our country needs a stronger opposition, a shadow cabinet..etc.. to make sure everyone is making their best effort to do the right thing. I do agree, maybe too much policing will make policies slow to take off and maybe good policies will never take off due to childish debates (as we are see-ing now) Some MPs squabbling over candies in some state and with some very sore losers around as well !

The 2nd thing that pissed me off today is that racial/race based politics is still very alive. It's always Bumi, Cina, India and Lain-lain. I do realise now that there are very few Raja Petra's, Harris Ibrahim around, and that's really where both these guys has earned my respect. I know it is hard to change this deeply entrenched mentality, but we really have to CHANGE NOW!

I voted for CHANGE!
Please CHANGE!

And last but not least, there's a lot of rumours flying around- about riots, ceramah etc.. Please be responsible citizens and VERIFY your fact before forwarding the SMS, emails! Remember, you are creating chaos if you just forward these messages, even if you think it is for the good of your friends when your message turns out to be nothing but just a malicious rumour!

Busy busy busy

Pre-election:

Lots of emails, on-line you tube ceramah, blogs


Post-election:

At the moment, even more emails, blogs, news, election songs..etc... truth of the matter is that currently i have no time to read all, although i am very "kay-poh" and like to "pat". Well, lots of articles from Malaysia Kini and Malaysia Today, i only have glimpse through the headlines, just now enough for me to "pat"

My greatest fear is not unfounded, as i have suspected they will head for the candidates from PKR; See, DSAI already have to cope with this! PKR leader denies crossovers of reps

Losing with dignity

From this election, 1 guy really earned my respect! And he is non other than our now ex-CM, Tan Sri Dr. Koh. Yup, i know he lost.. almost everything this election, his CM ship, his party posts.. and basically his political career, but not his pride nor his dignity. He is a true gentleman with unrivalled sportmanship. He shook hands with the winners of the day, showed his successor around the office, introduced him to his staff, and was there to show support during the swearing in ceremony. Unlike the 11 now currently in the opposition BN fellows. Well, he certainly earned my respect as it takes a very strong person to be so graceful in defeat! especially when you have lost so much, so fast and so un-expectedly!

Silly Error

Today i did a couple of silly mistakes. One of them was telling the QE i need to do vibration test and when all i need is Altitude. When i was there, i was looking for a chamber.. and was shown a vibration setup and duh.. wasted so much time for nothing! Gosh.. I must be tired!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Your hopeless daughter here still haven't bought you any gift yet... Hmm.. what should i get you??? Maybe a Wii... for you to do some indoor tennis.. :P haha... waht a really hopeless daughter!

Makkal Sakti!

Everyone i know has blogged.... peer presure.. have to write something here admist my busy work schedule. Well, have to say, in a happy mood that i am really glad that ppl were brave enough to embrace change and voted for change! For better or worse, 5 years!

There's a couple of interesting points in this election, some people claimed that race-based politics have been shattered! Well, there's more yet to be seen. Interestingly, PKR is the only 1 true multi-racial, multi religion party. And they have collectively become the largest opposition party, winning 31 seats! Yeah, this means there will be no more ppl saying " if you dun like it, you can leave!" or keris yielding threats! It's only in Malaysian politics that they can get away with this. In any other countries, any utterace of this kind will surely ensure the end of his/her public career! Finito.

As Raja Petra sums it up, "Remember, the opposition won these five states plus denied Barisan Nasional its two-thirds majority in Parliament through promises and rhetoric. The consideration of the voters the next election will no longer be based on promises and rhetoric but on performance and delivery. Many promises were made this election. Now is the time to deliver them."

2/3 majority, apparently BN just needs 8 more seats for 2/3. At this moment, i just hope that the opposition partys (PAS, DAP and PKR) can put aside their ideological differences and work together to build and grow a healthier, cleaner Malaysia. WHat i hope will not happen is internal brikerings and some MPs jumping side to the the other side.

My wish list from this new gov, well, They need to fight corruption(well, at least minimise it), clean up the judiciary, reduce crime and mat rempits, price - as long as no hike, build more schools ( for chinese, indians whatever), Have a fairer educational systems. ( i think i will be happy enough and you will have my vote the next election), i hope we still have our 2nd bridge and PORR! I am tired of jams! Maybe i am asking too much here... hehe...

New beginnings! New hope!

Back to work for me!