so here we go again...eh?

No! No! No! This is not about those news or blogs one had been reading of late about the serial sodomite. Whether he, as Britney puts it, did it again or not is not important. Whether them lame brains were trying to do a Tun Dr. Mahathir is not important. But it's certainly lame if they did. Whether this is just to distract peeps from more pressing issues at hand, well truth be told, that maybe a tad important.

This is just me blast to forget it all. To forget that Malaysia with all its multi everything is ending up africanised. Multi racial. Multi cultural. Multi religions. Multi natural resources. Maybe the over multiplication is the real bane. Everything must be done three or four times. Celebrations, news, government contracts. And the cost of doing those is slowly killing us all. We haven't talked about bribes and the crooked, from the office boys to ministers. And everybody who is anybody will want more, to justify the multi complex and just because they can. Because they are allowed to do that for so long that they consider it their birthrights.

Well, fuck all of them. Fuck all politicians. Fuck crooked business peeps. Fuck crooked lawmakers. Fuck crooked law enforcers. Fuck crooked government bureaucrats. Fuck crooked government servants. Fucked stupid Malaysians. Fuck me.

Image is Little Devil by Antony Guerra.

Now back to me blast. All those politicians can stuff their political stupidity up their collective arses. And they can even cry sodomy for all I care.

John Lennon - Here We Go Again

Here we go again
Here we go again and again
Wondering how it all began
Wondering will it ever end
Round and round we go
Where it's going nobody knows
Though I know we've been
This place before
Someone keeps on moving the door
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
So I say hello again
And nobody gives a damn
And no one wants to hold your hand
Everyone is an also-ran
Round and round we go
Where it's going nobody knows
Though I know we've seen
This place before
Someone keeps on moving the door
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Round and round we go
Round and round we go
Here we go again
Here we go again

monday blast...eh?

At home doing chores. The maid on holidays. But life's still a blast, that the toothache had gone. And it's still a blast even though the news and blogs these few days are reporting nothing but a certain serial sodomite. The country is going to the dogs. Duh!!!

So here's something to raise the spirit some. Without any spirits involved.

wisdom...eh?

What a relief! After 3 bleeding weeks the wisdom tooth was finally returned to the Tooth Fairy. It's not that I want to be a masochist and endure the nightmare of having a bleeding toothache. However the pain of paying RM430.00 at Klinik Pergigian Amim at Taman Universiti for the extraction of me wisdom tooth still haunts me some. And all my cash was used up for them bills, utilities and of course, the much talked petrol.

So when Mamat said he'll be sponsoring the extraction, I said yes before he even finished offering. He said he'd bring me to a clinic he frequented. I was cool with that. Beggars can't be choosers, eh. We drove to Ulu Tiram but the clinic was closed. The sengseh's painkiller immediately deserted me and the pain was bloody immediate! Mamat then suggested we go to the clinic's branch in Masai. He called to confirm and the clinic was opened. So off to Masai only to reach there at 1pm and the good dentist was out for lunch until 2.30pm! Mothafuckin' son of a fuckin' whore!

Reckon the Tooth Fairy below was watching over me. In despair we looked across the road and what did we see? Klinik Pengigian Masai Baru! Blimey. Stopped the traffic and rushed up the first floor and the dentist and his three nurses were all smiles. Pearlies, them all. Three jabs of painkillers and then what looked like a mighty effort, Dr Kashvinder finally managed to dislodge the pain in the arse. And what blasphemy! The bleeding tooth was one ugly sonafabitch. Fortunately the dentist was a Singh. If she's a Kaur... It's embarrassing nevertheless. And what did this adventure cost me sponsor? RM50.00! Shame on you Dr Amim!!!

dumb news...eh?

Unisel V-C shown the door

SHAH ALAM: Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel) vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Razali Agus yesterday became the second head of a state-owned establishment to have his services terminated in three weeks.

The termination at the state-owned university comes less than three weeks after Selangor Museum director Maimunah Mohd Saidas was told to leave on June 9.

So what's the fuss? Khalid is the Menteri Besar and chairman of Pendidikan Industri Yayasan Selangor Sdn Bhd (PIYSB), which owns the university. So what's the fucking fuss? Badawi did it before.

Sanusi Junid removed as president of university

Former Kedah menteri besar Tan Sri Sanusi Junid was removed as president of the International Islamic University last week - two years short of the expiry of his term.

He was replaced by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.

Sanusi's term, according to a statement from the university, was terminated on June 2.

Sources said that Sanusi's removal was approved by Pahang's Sultan Ahmad Shah Abu Bakar who is also the constitutional head of IIUM.

And who's the fucking Host Member of UIA? Who can advise the Constitutional Head UIAM? So again I asked, what's the fucking fuss? When you're in power, you do what you have to do. When others are in power, they do what they fucking have to do. Comprende? So you ass-licking reporters and media, is this newsworthy? Morons. And..."It was the previous Barisan Nasional government that decided to extend his original six-month long probation instead of confirming him because they were not satisfied with his services.

“The six-month extension was coming to end and at the PIYSB board meeting yesterday (Thursday) it was unanimously decided that we were still not satisfied and should let him go,”
This attempt to misled the people by creating unnecessary furore and selective reporting is among the primary reasons for the Barisan Nasional's disastrous results in the March elections. If this continued, more peeps are gonna get pissed and a few ministers or ten would become the oppositions while their boss sail off to Perth. So Barisan Nasional, get your act together. You're giving ammunition to your distractors. Morons. As for the media, stop being dictating secretaries. We want quality, unbiased investigative reportings. Morons.

Image is from Dave Nestler's Sketch Book - Bad Girls Drawn Nicely

cheap...eh?

Cheaper in the peninsula

Food prices in Peninsular Malaysia are cheaper than those in Sabah and Sarawak.

EVEN though they may not be as low as many hope they would be, food prices in Peninsular Malaysia are still affordable in comparison to those in Sabah and Sarawak.

The weekly marketing guide posted on the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s website showed that prices in Sabah and Sarawak are, by and large, higher.

Ikan bawal costs RM6 per kg.

Yeah sure! I would like 3 kgs of those please. Went to the market this morning. It was drizzling and despite the petrol hike, the Taman Universiti wet market was packed with shoppers and two million cars still parked haphazardly outside.

And this is how me Ringgit was stretched:

A kg of medium sized prawns
2 medium sized Cencarus (Torpedo Scad)
A kg of Selar Kunings (Yellow Banded Scad)
3 Kembungs (Indian Mackerel)
Total RM28.00

A bunch of Kailans (Chinese Kale)
Half a kg of long beans
French beans
Broccoli
2 bunches of spinach
Half a kg of carrots
Spring onions & Chinese celery
Tempe (Fermented Soy Bean Cake)
Total RM22.00

A kg and a half of beef = RM21.00

2 whole chicken = RM24.00

Eggs, coconut milk and some onions = RM18.40

Takeaway breakfast for four = RM11.00

All these for a grand total of RM124.40. Cheap eh?

A week's worth of groceries from the wet market. Tomorrow will be the trip to them hypermarkets for the dry goods. And then the credit cards payment, car installments, utilities, insurances, the girls' school van, the tuition, fuel. And I still need that visit to the bloody dentist. Maybe I really need to change me lifestyle. I must if I want to survive another day. Damn.

not guilty then but guilty now...eh?

Yong under probe over RM5mil payout

KUALA LUMPUR: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) is investigating SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee's role over the alleged payment of a RM5mil profit from the sale of shares belonging to a state-owned company to his agents in 1996 when he was the chief minister.

ACA director of investigations Datuk Shukri Abdul said the investigations, to be handled by the ACA headquarters, would cover abuse of power and the accepting of bribes.
Why after 12 years? Because he's deemed to be against the establishment now? Because he's not one of US anymore? Was bribery legal then? Is bribery legal if the accused is from the ruling party? Funny how things work in this country. Yeah, it's been that funny all along but reckon it's getting funnier by the day. And by the look of it, we'll be seeing more worms out of them cans and watching more stupid comedies being dished out. And all we can do is watch, with mouths gaping wide. Hopefully them flies won't be swarming.

I just love Malaysian politicians. Friends then enemies then allies then opponents then friends again. Files opened then closed then opened again then lost. Would have love them more if not for the shrinking spending power as the Ringgit just could not be stretched any further.

hiatus...eh?

The wisdom tooth is killing me. And the dentist is asking for RM400. And the credit card limit has been fully utilised. And I've been to the government clinic twice but on both occasions the wait was more painful than the bleeding toothache. Duh.

So I'm now addicted to the Singseh's toothache wonder pill. The addiction cost me RM3 per day. And it has been 10 days since. Guess I have to swallow either of them bitter pills sooner rather than later. The RM400 or the wait.

Life definitely sucks when them not-so-pearly-whites begin to revolt for all those years of shoddy treatment and neglect.

Hot wheels: (From left) Jitsu, Sakamoto, Matsumoto and Arimura posing with
wicked machine Nismo Xanavi GT-R34 at the Sepang Circuit on Saturday.

Akari Arimura, a dentist by training, said she had always wanted to be a top-class umbrella girl.

“Until three years ago, I worked as a dentist. I gave it up as I felt I needed a change, something more exciting and fun,” she said.
I wonder how much a dentist like Ms Arimura would charge for extracting me wisdom tooth. Would she still be impressed of Malaysian men when she see me nicotine-stained pearlies? Har har har.

costly mistakes...eh?

Govt announces cost-cutting measures

PUTRAJAYA: Ministers' and deputy ministers’ entertainment allowances will be slashed and their paid holidays limited to local and Asean destinations in a cost-cutting move that will save the Government RM2bil this year.

Even the Prime Minister and his deputy will not be spared this new ruling, which takes effect on July 1.

RM2 fucking billions saved? Motherfucking son of a fucking bitching whore!! So what's the total cost of their entertainment allowances if a minor cost cutting exercise manage to save RM2 fatherwanking billions? It's just too mind boggling for me to even comprehend when the tank full of fuel already brought me to dizzying heights.

duped...eh?

RM100mil in savings scheme gone as ‘banker’ disappears

JOHOR BARU: About 600 people were duped of their savings of more than RM100mil in a scheme that promised them an 18% annual return.

The people, mostly working in Singapore, had been “depositing” their money with a moneychanger since 1990.

Their problems started when the moneychanger passed away seven years ago, leaving the business to his son who had promised to carry on the business but disappeared soon after his father’s funeral.

Hmm...18% annual return. Where did I see that same percentage being advertised? Yups...from the credit card brochures. Well, at least we can now claim that being duped had transcended racial lines. Get rich quick schemes, for all races, for all religion, for all ages. You duped one, you'll dupe them all. I always thought them Mutual Funds are good enough. Reckon some felt they need to invest into something higher-risks-higher-returns kinda scheme to ensure that their money never sleep.

Well, lessons are not meant to be easy. Or the world will be too clever for its own good. We need fools and horses sometimes.

clever huh...eh?

I always wonder about the going-ons in Cabinet or Ministerial meetings. Be it for a sensitive issue or just to meet for the sake of meeting. Do those who attend the meeting come prepared? With research data and possible scenarios of what-ifs.

Reckon with what had transpired these past few months, most likely than not Cabinet Ministers or Ministerial officers just flocked to these meetings with just their crotches and nothing else. Yes, they wore expensive suits and elegant silk scarves but nothing much else. The PM would then tell them the issues at hand and ask if anybody had any idea of what to do. The quorum would look at each other, look at the walls, look at the ceiling and start whispering, "you cakap lah, I tak tau apa2pun dalam hal ni", or maybe "apa yang orang tua tu merepek kali ni" to the ones next to them. One of the seniors would then raise his hand and give his suggestions. More often than not, his suggestion would be something nonsensical and funny, given in jest. A few others will follow. Should the knowledgeable among them begin to put forward something constructive and beneficial to people and country but not to them or their cronies, the rest would start banging tables and making those monkey noises we by now are quite familiar from those live telecasts on TV. A junior would probably be jotting these suggestions down. Then the heckling and cackling began before the PM suddenly woke up from his rapid eye movement daze and put a halt to all the nonsense and tell the junior to cut each suggestion into strips and roll them into something of equal size. He would then pick one and announce the Cabinet decision.

Image of Drunna by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri.

job well done...eh?

BREAKING NEWS: Petrol will be RM2.70 a litre at midnight tonight

The new price of premium leaded petrol (ULG 97) is RM2.70 per litre beginning midnight tonight, it was announced a moment ago. The price for ULG 92 petrol per litre went up by 74 sen to RM2.62. Diesel will go up by RM1 per litre to RM2.58. The 78 sen hike or 40 per cent increase for the ULG 97 petrol is still below the antiticpated RM4 per litre price projected earlier and among the cheapest in Asia. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at a news conference.

When I left the office the roads were uncharacteristically empty. Then I realised what everybody was up to. The nasty weather and the crowds made me forgot about the SMSs I had received earlier. Unfortunately I'm not too into queuing for hours for a tank of petrol as if that tank full can last until the next millennium. Angry? Yes, especially when the fuel warning sign of the 17 year old Saga kept blinking. Unfortunately, nothing much can be done when you're raging against the government. A soulless government bent on milking everyone and everything in it's path dry. And handing the milk in a golden bowl to a few bastards.

It's hard to change my lifestyle. Unless I leave home at 5am and cycle the 22kms to work. The 3 buses to the office cost more than driving. And maybe take a shower at the office to save a few more sens on water bills. Maybe I can soak those shredded documents at the office and add some sugar for lunch, hoping that they taste like oats. I need the sugar for the energy to cycle back home and hopefully I'll just fall asleep and forget dinner. I'm ok with that. The children? Fortunately they now know the value of money. And have been saving their pocket money for whatever they fancy. And I almost could not recall when was the last time I brought them for a nice holiday during them school breaks. But how do you save on food and face them? Is escargot any good?

Maybe I should just call Bersamamu for a feature. The hopelessness of it all is making me seething. Maybe I just need to control my anger. Farm animals don't have much say anyways.

Image by Milo Manara.