Malaysia Memang Boleh....

I suppose now the world has another new perception on Malaysia Government since the last two protest within a month in the country, especially the second one which caught attention of the world.

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Malaysia raps Indian state chief for meddling KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia told an Indian state minister on Thursday to mind his own business after the official complained about Malaysia's treatment of its ethnic Indians. Muthuvel Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, asked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to intervene and protect the rights of Tamils. He made the request after the minority community's biggest anti-government protest in Malaysia at the weekend, sparked by anger over policies they say prevent ethnic Indians from getting decent jobs or a good education for their children. "This is Malaysia, not Tamil Nadu," Malaysia's de-facto justice minister Nazri Aziz told Reuters by telephone. "This has got nothing to do with him ... lay off." Click here to read the rest of the article

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What can I say? Maybe just...another "well done" and "Boleh!" for Malaysia. Sigh~ ps. By the way, I don't think this is any news you can read in the Malaysian newspaper anyway.

Introducing....

Several months ago, I lost froggie.

It has accompanied me for more than 1 year.

Everywhere I went, it was there with me.

But anyhow, I lost it in the street of Vientiane....with no intention to look for it back.

I somehow thought I need a new little travel companion.

Vientiane is no shopping paradise. The only shopping centre here is Talat Sao Mall (Morning Market Mall).

So I had to sought from other shopping complexes outside Vientiane, or rather... out of Laos.

So I went to Udon Thani, over the Thailand northern border.

Well, I thought I can find my new travel companion out of either; a new froggie, a piggy, or a monkey.

The froggie and piggy I saw, do not seem out of ordinary.

Then I remembered, RuiYi told me one thing before I went...

Get the ugliest monkey that you see on the shelf, so ugly that you may even consider of leaving it behind the paying-counter after you paid of it...

I guess after I paid of it, I forget to leave it behind...huh.

Ok, fine...it's a gorilla, so what? But it's still in the monkey family, right? SO it's still a MONKEY!!! hehe.. bluecKzz~

Introducing....

HANBURG

And meet the family...

~(,") CheeRz~

Marshmallow Unsafe to Eat

Introducing Euro Marshmallow Filled with Blueberry Jam...

Oh yea...that's right. It does look nice and yummy.

This is a product of Thailand, probably with the standard of European as judged by the manufacturer's name.

In fact, it is nice to chew just like any other marshmallow.

But what happens when you bite into something like....

THIS???!??

OMG... it was a tiny bit of rubber, kinda like the material of a balloon.

Glucose syrup, sugar, gelatin, pectin, furit juice, citric acid, artificial colour and flavour. I don't think i see any 'rubber' in the ingredient.

To my thought, that should be how marshmellow are made.....with RUBBER. That is why it's so flexible and smooth.

Go ahead, do the experiment yourself. Get a balloon and pull it, scratch it. Then get yourself some marshmallow and do the same. You can see the similarity.

Folks, stop eating marshmellow as I will suggest. I wonder are there any warning of health hazzard against eating of marshmellow.

Then again...it's probably just this particular manufacturer's secret recipe.

So what can I say? Thailand goods = China goods = NO QUALITY/HEALTH CONTROL

And, it's better to stop eating marshmallow ever again. I definitely will never buy any marshmallow for my baby gals.

Shit....before I bite into this bit of rubber, I have already taken 3 or 4 packets of this marshmallow. I kinda felt like....I had a condom stuck in my throat and stomach on that day before lunch....

Malaysia's Space Programme, Part II - CRAP..

Hmm....forget about the stupid space program. I'm not in the mood to post in anymore.

It's just plain dull and nonsense that the stupid Government trying to get publicity for. Even buyng the spacecraft that carry our Angkasawan into the space? (Damn...I had the link, but deleted it. Now I can't find it anymore)

CRAP!!!?!

My conclusion for it is just.......congratulations for our Angkasawan for being the first Malaysian space-participant.

2 Weeks about my blablabla...

Hhm....just realised I haven't blog for more than 2 weeks.

For the past 2 weeks....hhm...what actually have I done...lets see.

27th October was actually a local festival, the Boat Racing Festival, aka Boun Ok Phansa (sorry folks, can't find a better link to it since no Laotian actually promoting themselves). The night before we dropped by one of the street in Vientiane along Mekong River for the week...or was it weeks long fair.

(Paiseh ya, my lousy camera is not good in catching night shots...blueckz~)

Walao eh...really people mountain people sea le. Macam the whole population of Vientiane gathering there since there is no night life else where liao.

Erm...no, those blue blue red red yellow yellow one are not how laotians look like. Sorry la, lousy camera effect...hehe. Look below, though this was not the crowded most. By crowded, I mean like you can't even stand still on your spot. People will just push you around. You don't even get a space to breath gok...and don't expect me to take photo in that situation...wakaka.


Anyway, I didn't get to take any photo of the actual boat-racing festival.

That very morning we went to Udon Thani, over the border of Thailand over the weekend for a 3-days break to feel the life of a more developed town out of Vientiane, or rather to be specified, out of Laos.

Nothing much to talk about Udon Thani anyway. Life in KL is much much greater than there...hehe. Maybe just, finally had my long-missed KFC, some nice western @ Sizzler and ice-cream @ Swesens lo. And some shoppings.

Ok, back from Udon. To my suprise I actually got a fan shouting for more post from me....Geezzz....thanx. He's probably my one and only fan. Anyway, I love ya, Tchii....baru weird.....wakaka. Anyway, I know I got loyal reader who says my blog is boring but still reads it de...wahahaha...blueckz~

Having come here for 6 months already, last Friday was only the second time I have gone to the site.

Yes, the scenery there is quite nice there actually. But that will be in my next next post.

Erm...what else. Peepz, I got my air tickets for my second home trip confirmed last week. I will be going back in December...yea. Tickets back Kuching punya also buy already. As for now, I am actually planning for my third trip back during CNY...muahahaha. Yup, I may be going home for Chinese nian-15....hoho. Gong Xi Gong Xi to me.


Actually the main focus of this entry is not to be on the things I did for the past 2 weeks. Since I have had over-blah enough as my heading, I guess I'll leave it as a post anyway.

Well, that's my past 2 weeks afterall. I wonder how will my next 2 weeks be like.

As for tomorrow....hopefull if I'm not too busy or too lazy or too wadever-excuse-I-will-eventually-find-out, hehe... stay tune for my Malaysia's Space Programme, Part II.....yosh~

~Che3Rz~

Malaysia's Space Programme? WTH is that?

Ok...this is fair enough for Malaysia to be proud for having the first Angkasawan and starting our baby-space-race.

But really, should we enjoy all this glorious moment?

In our small small Malaysia, with the general public views and world critics about us being censored by our nice elected and beloved Government, all we see and awared of is restricted to the Government's propaganda.

Sorry to say that lar...but it's kinda true sometimes if you read what the world has said about our media in my previous entry.

Even NASA have their say about our Angkasawan, of which sadly, they refered to as...space participant, aka peserta angkasa.

(The Expedition 16 crew members pose for a portrait at the Johnson Space Center. From the left (front row) are Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; astronaut Peggy Whitson, commander; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Léopold Eyharts, astronaut Garrett Reisman and astronaut Dan Tani, all flight engineers.)

It is kinda true enough. How could have we spend billions of Taxpayers' Ringgit and blast a handsome surgeon cum part-time model, whom never have any space engineering, nor not even at least aeronautic science background into space?

To me, he's kinda just like some winner whom we got from programmes like the Survivor or Apprentice.

Maybe it's not right for me to say so lar, cause I haven't do any research on the types of exam they have gone through to get into this space programme. But if it's really so, correct me please, somebody...I mean, if you have really follow up with their progress ALL the time.

As I know, these should be our Angkasawan's primary mission in space:

• Cells in space – To study the effects of microgravity and space radiation on cancer cells with the aim of learning more about cell behaviour and activity, and tissue repair;
• Microbes in space – To study the effects of microgravity and space radiation on bacterial growth, drug resistance and the genetic mechanisms controlling them; and
• Protein crystallisation in space – To crystallise two proteins to study their molecular structures, and obtain new information for future industrial applications.

And....this is what we got as a result....

MOSCOW: With one day to his return to earth, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor has to do a lot of systematic packing of his cargo besides terminating the last three experiments.

He gets to bring back just 7kg of load that includes six experiment kits, a kit containing 14 symbolic items, videotapes and camera flash card as well as 200g of his personal items.

...NOTHING...

Nothing....but our Angkasawan's journey documentary.

Click here to read the rest of the news.

Geez...I wonder when who will be the next lucky one for the all-expenses-paid trip to space next, WITH our tax money. When's the audition anyway? I would like to take part too.

Sarcastic? Maybe I am afterall.....and certainly I'm not proud of it at all.

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My Extra Sayz...

Really...unless we are going into medical space science studies with SUCCESSFUL missions by blasting off more doctors, I will never think it's a good idea to send a second Angkasawan. Please...don't support our money to go down the drain again. It ain't cheap.

~Che3Rz~

My Confirmation...

We have sure put Malaysia on the world map in the past 2 decades.

Then again, we're in the headlines of the world news again....

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia has slumped to its worst-ever ranking in press freedom, dropping 32 spots to 124th place thanks to restrictive media laws which campaigners said Thursday must be reviewed...

Click Here to read more. Happy 50th Indenpendence Day~

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Anyway, don't bother about that. Yesterday 18 October 2007... was exactly six months since we first came to Laos. (Damn...should have posted this yesterday. Ran out of time....but, whatever lar, hoho~)

Last week got a letter from the HR Department.

Yeah...it's my confirmation letter....

~F~I~N~A~L~L~Y~

Now I don't have to worry anymore about getting fired out of sudden...

Don't have to worry about got my a**e-kick back to Malaysia for no reason...

Don't have to worry not going to get my oversea allowance here anymore...

Talking about oversea allowance.

I wonder when can I get my salary increment. Heard we'll only be getting by end of year.

So, MR. Whoever-in-the-Gamuda-Payroll-Section, read my entry and know what to do ya. I promise to treat you McD when I go back later lar, ok? PleaseeezZ?

Purpose of sharing...

Some conversation struck up a few days ago. Then I come to make this quote...

The purpose of sharing is not to get the congratulations or pitiness, but to feel the happiness or suffer as part of yours...so we can think the same, behave the same, and most importantly, stay together forever while understanding each others...

Piggy dear, thanks for helping me realising this part of life. It's beautiful.

~CheeRz~

Hari Raya

Hari Raya falls on tomorrow, 13 October 2007. Malaysians will be having their holidays. Some even started their holidays today until next Tuesday.

But us in Vientiane, Laos have no holidays at eventhough we are in the Malaysian company here.

Anyway, being registered to the embassy here actually got our benefits.

Yes, we get invited by the embassy for lunch or hi-tea for all national-level events, such as the Yang-Pertuan-Agong's birthday, Merdeka Day, and this coming Hari Raya.

Yet, all these gatherings are held in the hi-class hotels. Yes, expensive too. We get to eat the long-misses Malaysian food, meet some of the Malaysians here, can see leng-lui also....etc.

Best of all, not even 0.05% (based on my own estimate...hehe) of the 26 millions Malaysian can have this kind of experience in their whole life time. So what can I say? Working oversea far from home may not be that bad afterall.

But still, I miss home.....and I miss my piggy. Selamat Hari Raya and Happy Holidayz....hoho~

^CheeRz (",)~

My wind-water seat in the office...

I used to have got one of the best feng shui in the office. Behind me is a never-opened roller-shutter. So nobody can actually see what I was up to during work.....yea, something like blogging now.

Then a couple weeks ago the HR manager decided to hang a white board behind my table.

This board is actually to monitor the movement of the site people to Vientiane. Yes, they don't get to come down here anytime and without permission. So this board serves the purpose of detemine who's illegal and who's not.

Anyway, that's not the point. The point is.....it spoiled my whole darn feng shui. It's reflective. So anyone can actually see what I'm doing if they look properly from the right angle. ~CRAP~

But...if not mistaken, it has being here for 2 or 3 weeks already. And I kinda got used to it already and not bother about it anyway.

Somehow, this darn board can be not that bad at all. When we are bored, this is what can be done....

~Meow~^...