gassed

at first, the ban on petrol.

now indonesia is planning to cut gas supplies here.

i’m telling you, they’re targeting this place with whatever means necessary. which i may not have any fault with that. it’s their right. it’s just that after years and years of us snobbishly fucked them up with the mantra of “you need us more than you do because we are more developed than you benuts type”, it’s time for us to really pay the price now. it must come to a point that we must realise that size does matter and we really [really!] depend more to them than they are to us. and whatever advancement in technology we have or the prosperity of the currency, nothing, nothing can beat the power of land, water and other natural resources.

but what are our leaders doing at the moment? well, nothing much except trading insults and curses and whatever else in court. it’s better than celebrity death match, i assume.

or maybe, they can do the pop and lock!

those red plates

i know i should not be doing this…but…

i don’t know the percentages. i don’t know the exact figures. and for all i know, my perception may be wrong.

but from what i ass-u-me, high numbers of weekend car owners pump their petrol in jb. yes? to me it is ok to own a car but those who owns one die die just because everybody does plus nak yek to the max but not enough moolah to get a full plate car and thus have to resort to the weekend one and then mati mati decorate the car like a souped up wrx bedek but then mati mati tops up petrol to jb every few days because tak larat to pay the petrol here and still try to jack up the car at the petrol kiosk so that the fuel tank will be filled up to the brim………………..now this what makes me flutter with laughter.

in simple terms……….PADAN MUKA KAU.

tu lah, duit tak cukup tapi still nak bermegah. ah kau, skarang dah tak bleh top up lagi, beban lagi lah…haha.

newsflash

singapore is a funneh place.

the new paper [i know, i know] has 2 articles side by side that reflects the contradiction of its current mess.

on page 2 was a report on a mother whose son fractured his leg and sued the school for the incident. her case was dismissed by the court [AG some more liao] and now she has to face bankruptcy charges because she may not be able to pay the damages [with interest some more]. the court ruled that “substantial” manpower was used to deal with the case and thus remuneration has to be made for the time spent on working on it. in other words, i assume it meant that because of this case, other cases cannot be looked at so it means time and money was spent on this when it can be utilised on other issues.

fair enough.

on page 3 shows a report whereby a robbery had taken place in some sort of a posh district. in the report it stated that the police, special forces, gurkhas, special vehicles, the artilleries, james bond, batman, superman, sergeant slaughter and the kitchen sink came out in force to catch……a barefoot burglar. unarmed, petty even.

hmmm. a barefoot burglar in the middle of the afternoon in a posh district and the whole shebang came out in full force, quicker than james lye and wong li lin trying to wink to each other in triple 9.

now let’s see. 1st case. mother. in dire straits. asking for leniency. asking for compensation. case rejected. court asks for damages. reason: case takes up gahmen’s time. now facing bankruptcy.

2nd case. posh district. rich people. 1 burglar. barefoot. middle of the day. league of extra only gentlemen showed up. everything chop chop. burglar caught. SAFE!

now, is it me or does it seem the rich ones get more attention and protection and whatever needs than the rest of us?

my question: will the police react the same way if it were to happen in a lesser posher district? i heard of cases where people called up the for police cases where estranged people are threatening them but they cannot follow up because there is not enough substantial evidence. only when they heard the word “lawyer” then they started to react. weird.

long week ends

1. fishing. an activity sarip can never comprehend. but it does bring a smile or two to actually see abah enjoying what he likes most. and by pure coincidence or not, lots were caught. maybe, he should accompany him more, for the good of father-son relationships.

2. dev got married over the weekend. apparently, sarip was a wee bit nervous prior to the lunch, just hoping that the video montage will be a-ok. from the looks of it, everyone seems ok with it. overall, it was an enjoyable afternoon and after years of us fooling around at work, was nice to see the emotional side of him on stage. all’s well, end’s well.

and sarip just realised he can’t be bothered to bring along his camera much nowadays. the thing is rotting at one side of the room and it is realistically speaking he prefers to have a small compact instead of the current one.

so, any takers?

to whom it may concern

Dear Starhub,

Now that the “premiere” league is over, do we dumb subscribers still need to pay the monthly charges for ‘football’ channel?

Yours Sincerely,

An over-rated irate person who does not want to unsubscribe because his dad wants to still watch english football and has been told his son will never subscribe to the euro championships package because he had enough of starhub charging whenever they want, whatever they want to fool soccer ‘enthusiasts’.

road to mandalay

is there a myanmarese consulate here in sg?

i just want to spit into their faces and vent my anger on how barbaric their leaders are.

and what are the mfffulkicious ASEAN members doing? sitting on their paddywacks? what happened to your apparent international pressures for goodness sake. people are dying, and the its gahmen still taking the opportunity to steal necessities to sell to the black market? if the regional leaders are so adamant to catch the ‘terroristas’ within the region, why can’t they spare a thought to the real criminals there? 1.5 million people are at risk of dying as we speak.

i just can’t understand the world we are living in anymore…

i woke up at 3pm today

it comes to as expected that harold and kumar part 2 may not be as good as the previous one. kal penn seems to have a curse on sequels, if you’ve seen the van wilder series. which leads to this…

gee. that is soooooo anticlimatic.

however, still some funneh parts. bush part was nice. rob gondry was irritatingly good, especially the part when he unfilled the grape jiuce. kool aid! and nph! nph! unicorns! mmmmmmmmmmm. and the maria still looks hawt as evuh.

and ironman was excellent! tony stark was tony stark in the flesh! tight pacing, cool gadgets [dell computers apparently look cool], hot news reporter, pepper potts butt was tight and robert downey jr’s goatee looks like the company’s logo.

sequel definately!

weekends are totally wasted if you don’t do anything pointless

i don’t know about you, but no matter how stiff an actor is, whenever he talks english english, the acting seems more interesting. cockney, i think. however it is, the bank job is class through and through, a well-made heist movie even though creases are apparent, especially in the beginning part of the show. but it’s all made up with the stylish set, steady pace and a full bollocks of dialogue. though it can be better, if they can add in more funny bits ala ocean’s 11. but then this is the english we’re talking about, and humour is more subtle and understated, no?

saturday was done with “alleged intentions” of shopping. but alas, nothing was done due to my disobedience to time management. and sunday? let us just say i slept for 11 hours. the heat is getting on to me yo!

basket

i think i’m a jinx to any team that i support. after the “divorce” from watching anything that relates to soccer, i’ve acclimatised myself to watching the nba, even though espn star here in sg serves a pathetic palate of games and what nots. but it’s still ok, there’s still sopcast and you know, you know.

anyways, suns lost to the spurs again. and it’s too painful to see the suns play and struggle after leading games just because 1. steve nash cannot play the full game all the time 2. grant hill can’t shoot threes 3. boris diaw is not consistent and 4. amare stoudemaire can’t defend.

it’s sad after 5 years, this may be the last we’ll see the suns “dynasty” and sports guy bill simmons gave a perfect eulogy to this inevitable demise.

anyways, watching and reading the plots and actions of the current playoffs or the nba in general makes me think soccer, at the current state, a sorry state in comparison. why? for the main reason just because you cannot predict who will genuinely challenge for the title. unlike soccer, where you can blindfold yourself and spin 100 times and still modestly pick out who will win the title, the challenge for the title in the nba is so vast that each day throws a new challenger. it’s a lot more exciting this way don’t you think so?

and why is the level of talent is so vast as compared to the major leagues of soccer? simply the main reason that clubs in the nba have to carefully trade players to build a good team. it’s so unlike soccer where only the richest clubs bullied their way to monopolised their interests – which if you do not realise by now is simply unfair to other clubs who may not be financially affluent.

and the best bit of ‘em all, players cannot act prima donna and dump their contracts when a bigger offer comes in. loyalty or not, it sucks to the core looking at soccer players whining this and that and not respecting their contracts simply because they “want to challenge” for titles when it is so apparent their main interest is to only lust after the big paycheck, and let’s not stop on the diving, the cheating, the spitting, the sore losers shouting at the officials and the list goes on.

so yeah, and now i’m just hoping the hornets will kick the spurs out of spite.

and in the continuation of “inspirational” dh/freeride vids…

other than the song, this is one vid that is sungguh oomph!