My Haiku:I wrote this haiku
with the hope that just maybe.
It blows you away.
Introduction:The name is irrelevant.
The person is male.
The age is older.
The stories are true.
This blog is mine.
Stuff to surf:o Rage against the machine
o This Modern World
o Footie
o Toon Army
o Kaki Seni
o Alanis Morrisette
o Makcik Oprah
o Anything 80s
o Michael Moore
o AlterNet
o Wiretap
o Bernama
o Internet Movie DB
o Project Petaling Street
Blogs to read:o Kai
o Pon
o Nona
o Afti
o Sue
o Naddywoman
o Poe
o Borro
o Kuman
o Chit Chat Bola
o Maverix
o The Datin Diaries
o Kengster
o Chics
o AG
o Nik
o Nadia
o Affy
o Mooke
o Idlan
o Dhilia
o Shapeng
o Ninie
Contact:o Send me stuff
Archives:
- o December 2003
- o January 2004
- o February 2004
- o March 2004
- o April 2004
- o May 2004
- o June 2004
- o July 2004
- o August 2004
- o September 2004
- o October 2004
- o November 2004
- o December 2004
- o January 2005
- o February 2005
- o March 2005
- o April 2005
- o May 2005
- o June 2005
- o July 2005
- o August 2005
- o September 2005
- o October 2005
- o November 2005
- o December 2005
- o January 2006
- o February 2006
- o March 2006
- o April 2006
- o May 2006
- o July 2006
- o August 2006
- o September 2006
- o October 2006
- o November 2006
- o December 2006
- o January 2007
- o February 2007
- o March 2007
- o April 2007
- o May 2007
- o June 2007
- o July 2007
- o August 2007
- o September 2007
- o October 2007
- o November 2007
- o December 2007
- o January 2008
- o March 2008
- o April 2008
- o May 2008
Credits:o francey design
o blogger
DVD Clubs
400 posts and counting
Padayappa
Dead man on campus
Cukup Syarat
At half-time on Saturday, you would have the dream end to the season, with the Manchester and London derby coming up next week. And how would City and Arsenal fans love, just love it (quote Kevin Keegan) to throw in the spanner to end their respective arch-rivals dream to win the title. From level on points after 45 minutes, to a huge 5 point gap after the next 45, I'm sure it's too big a gap even for the Special One himself. So it's pretty much a done deal. Man United premier league champions. Chelsea the sore losers.
On another note, on Saturday was also the day Bayern Munich failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in history. What a shocker to lose to lowly Hamburg 1-2. At home. After leading 1 up. God they need help. It's also the first time I watched a Bundesliga game live on Saturday night. Add that to the list of firsts for that day.
And less we forget, closer to home the Ijok by-election was held. And no surprises to see Cikgu BN kita menang. There was no way they were losing this battle eh, hantu tak hantu. Kengkadang ragam orang politik ni mengalahkan hantu sendiri. We'll see who'll be disappearing like ghosts after this.
One last thing. This is my 401st posting to the blog. Here's to many, many more to come. Have a merry holiday everyone!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The cheesy punching sounds is just classic. And the moustache? They're to die for if you wanna nail the girl.
Oh, just so you know, aku tengok kat kedai mamak gunting rambut lah.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Any which way you put it, nothing justifies a killing. It's kinda ironic though, how the big 'ol US of A goes berserk when it's in their own backyard and could hardly give a whimper when it's thousands of miles away in the desert.
One thing is for sure, that Virginia Tech will be spoken in the same breath as Columbine and Cho will certainly be remembered, just as how he'd like it. I guess you can't help being intrigued by these kinda incidents. You can't really blame the media for putting on the spotlight. Even NBC's decision to air the video testimonial was honestly, for the sake of mass media. Deep down, you know people want to see it. It's bad taste, but so is showing dead Iraqis blood-soaked on the ground.
I've always had an interest in serial killers, and I would put Cho in the same league. He had the same, distinguished characteristics of the crazed killer. A loner, with a bad childhood and being picked on in school. I guess for them, this is their final moment of glory, the swan song, the final hurrah. And you don't have to watch Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers to know that this self-act of murder in the dozens will certainly cement their place as 'celebrities'. With every major newspaper on the trail, it's a sick way of having your 5 seconds of fame. It may even last longer in the pages of history.
The question on everyone's mind is "Why?" Only Cho will know for sure what drove him to carry out the assassinations of 16 April 2007. We can only guess the feeling of isolation, depression and hatred that boiled down in him. And when you have a country proud of its Second Amendment that lets any Tom, Dick and Harry to walk into a store and purchase a gun, that's just trouble waiting to happen.
I love how Michael Moore brings forward the firearms argument in Bowling for Columbine. How a system so screwed up can be implemented in the name of freedom and rights for every man. It's no rocket science. No guns, no head blown up by a .45 Magnum purchased from a local K-Mart. That's like me going to Giant to buy myself a nice, shiny Smith & Wesson.
A lot of issues comes to surface when you talk about the Virginia Tech Massacre. The blame game starts. What were the teachers doing? How did he get his hands on a gun? What did the counselors do? Weren't there any warning signs? You can analyze and re-analyze the situation over and over again, but the basic fact is Virginia Tech is a disaster waiting to happen. If it didn't happen there, it would be someplace else. VT won't be the last nor will it be the worse. The whole system failed. People failed. Society failed. Because as much as we pride ourselves in helping others, we have all known a Cho Seung-Hui once in our life. The loner, the one people don't talk much to, the weird dude, the whatshisname guy, mamat tu. Cho Seung-Hui wasn't created in a day. He was a product of a society that never really knew where he belonged. He wasn't sure himself. That's why he took the easy way out. A deadly one at that.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Here goes:
F1 was the theme of the weekend. Spent some time visiting the BMW Sauber Pit Lane Park at KLCC. You should have been there. They had displays and demos regarding Formula One and the team itself. For a non-motorsport enthusiast, I really enjoyed the experience. I even got to change an F1 tyre, at a slow 10.5 seconds. They rewarded you if you do it under 10. Ahh well, I was never built to be an auto handyman anyway.
I really learned a lot from the exhibition. It gives you a sort of appreciation for the technology and work that goes into a Formula One car. I was really amazed at how light the parts are, compared to conventional auto parts that we have in our Protons and Peroduas. Even the tyres were super-light!
And on Sunday, having being all worked up by the exhibition, I watched the new era of F1 minus a certain Mr. Schumacher. Was really, really impressed by the new rookie, watsisname? The black dude who drove for McLaren. You know him.
So I guess F1 is more than the hot ladies and fast cars. I've been to Sepang only once, courtesy of free grandstand tickets given to us lucky UM students. That was like, 50 years ago? Darn. I wanna be a student again. They always give us free stuff.