Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Amma...
Mum … in remembrance.
Missed dearly in ever eternity.
I suppose she heard us the first time we cried.
I suppose she carried us and sang a silent lullaby.
Thin and frail she was, we, feeble and fragile...
She in her old garb, creased. Us in our cot, wrapped...
My young mother set her foot on the path of life.
"Is this the long way, the only way?" she asked clutching us hard.
The guide said, "Yes, and the way is hard. You’ll be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning".
Mother grew happy. She believed anything could be better than these years. She trod on. She played with us, gathered flowers and pebbles for us along the way, and bathed us in the clear streams. When the sun shone, my young Mother smiled, "Thank you Ganesha, nothing can ever be lovelier than this".
Then the night came with the storm and the path grew dark. We shook with fear and cold. Mother drew us near and covered us with her mantle. We said, “Mother, we’re not afraid, for you’re with us. No harm can come".
And the morning came, and a hill stood ahead of us. We climbed and grew weary, and mother feared our weariness. But she kept at all times reminding, "A little patience my dear ones, and we’re there".
So we climbed, and when we reached the top, "Mother, we would not have done it without you".
My mother, she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I have given them strength".
The next day came with strange dark clouds blanketing the earth; clouds of war, hate and evil. We groped and stumbled. Mother said, "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light".
We looked up and saw clouds, an everlasting glory. It guided us beyond the darkness. That night Mother whispered, “This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God”.
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and mother grew old and bent. We grew tall, strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, we lifted her, for she was as light as feather; and at last, we came to a hill and beyond that saw, a shining road, and the golden gates flung wide open.
Mother beamed and said: "Alas! I have reached the end of my journey. Now I know the end is better than the beginning, for you my children, you can now walk alone, and your children after you."
We said, "You’ll always walk with us mother, even when you’ve gone through the gates."
We stood and watched as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her.
We, the children said, "We cannot see her, but she's with us . A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She's a living presence."
Your Mother...,
... is always with you.
... she's the little whisper of the leaves you walk on;
... she's the warm fragrant smell of clothes you put on.
…she's the caring hand on your brow when you're ill.
…she’s the waft of wind that brushes your cheeks when you’re cold.
Your Mother ...,
... lives inside your laughter.
... she's crystallized in every tear you drop;
…she's the place you came from, your first home;
... she’s the map you follow with every step you take;
…she’s the light in your tunnel and the gate to your sanctuary;
She's your first love and your first heartbreak.
Nothing on earth can separate you from that... not time, not space...not even death!
TO ALL MOTHERS….MAY WE NEVER TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Father...
(1932 - 2009 )
He lived 77 years, 7 months 23 days, 10 hours and 50 seconds. That's a long time for a man to live, some would say but my late father wished he had gone on living for another 1000 years.
Nevertheless, the shortfalls he had, the little myth in him wanting to live again his younger years fell short of expectation. On his dailt walk routine he collapsed and failed to resuscitate himself back to life.
The karma, we the siblings discovered was a good
omen the day he breathed himself into his after life.
As tradition, we cremated and had his ashes placed in a claypot urn and by the shores of Butterworth spewed them into the sea where the ashes of my late brother, grandmother and mother were last laid and washed away into the ocean.
As one who performed the final rites, I shall take a leave of absence until normalcy returns.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Life...
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so when we finally meet the right person; we'll know how to be grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door, we don't see the one opened for us all the while.
The best kind of friend is the one you sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
It's true we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; it will fade away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much you just want to pick them from your dream and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you've only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person too.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door, we don't see the one opened for us all the while.
The best kind of friend is the one you sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
It's true we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; it will fade away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much you just want to pick them from your dream and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you've only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person too.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Deadly flowers...
FROM AN EMAIL - UNEDITED
The 7 most beautiful but deadly flowers in the world.
Beautiful it may be, some flowers are more than it appears to be. Believe it or not, these harmless plants can ruin your vacation. Below, is a list of the world's most attractive but dangerous flowers:
1. Autumn Crocus.
An endangered plant, Autumn Crocus is probably the most poisonous. It contains colchicines; a deadly drug used effectively in the treatment for gout. Unlike other toxins found in flowers, colchicines is an arsenic-like poison with no antidote. Autumn Crocus poisoning leads to reduced blood pressure and cardiac arrest.
2. Oleander
Oleander is known as one of the most poisonous plant on Earth, often used in suicidal cases in Southern India. The numerous toxic compounds contained in the entire Oleander plant, including oleandrin and nerine, affects the nervous, digestive and cardiovascular systems. Oleander poisoning leads to drowsiness, tremors, seizures, coma and even death. The plant's sap causes skin irritation and severe eye inflammation.
3. Rhododendron
This popular evergreen shrub, featuring large beautiful blooms is known for its toxic since ancient times. Xenophon recorded the odd behaviour of a group of Greek soldiers who had eaten honey from Rhododendron flowers. Rhododendron contains Andromeda toxin that causes nausea, severe pains, paralysis and even death. Azaleas, members of the same plant-family as Rhododendron, are also poisonous.
4. Angels Trumpet
Despite its name, there's something evil about this plant. The toxins it contains can be fatal to humans and animals. Known as a powerful hallucinogen, Angels Trumpet should not be used for recreational purposes, since the risk of an overdose is high. Angels Trumpet contain a variable amount of tropane alkaloids, like atropine and scopolamine, and is used in shamanic rituals by indigenous tribes in western Amazonia.
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5. Belladonna
One of the most poisonous plants in the Western Hemisphere, the Belladonna contains lethal tropane alkaloids. The plant is harmful but its good-looking berries pose the most danger, especially to kids. The symptoms of Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade poisoning are dilated pupils, blurred vision, headaches, hallucinations, delirium and convulsions. Atropine, the toxin in Belladonna, can kill a person by disrupting the nervous systems ability to regulate breathing, sweating and heart rate.
6. Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley may look beautiful and harmless but it's poisonous. Eating one or two of the bell-shaped flowers won’t hurt if you're an adult but eaten in large quantities, may cause pain in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhoea. People with heart conditions should be most careful since the toxins cause the heartbeats to slow down or become irregular.
7. Daphne
Also known as Lady Laurel or Paradise Plant. Daphne, a 1 - 1.5 meters tall shrub, is grown for its scented flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous but the greatest concentrations is the sap and berries. Daphne contains mezerine and daphnin, two powerful toxins that cause stomach aches, headaches, diarrhoea, delirium and convulsions. If Daphne berries are consumed, the victim might fall into a coma and die.
Note: These species are present in Malaysia :
Oleanders, Angels Trumpets (especially in highlands) and Rhododendrons (different species from the ones in the picture). Kindly take a close look before you start to buy any flowering plants.
The 7 most beautiful but deadly flowers in the world.
Beautiful it may be, some flowers are more than it appears to be. Believe it or not, these harmless plants can ruin your vacation. Below, is a list of the world's most attractive but dangerous flowers:
1. Autumn Crocus.
An endangered plant, Autumn Crocus is probably the most poisonous. It contains colchicines; a deadly drug used effectively in the treatment for gout. Unlike other toxins found in flowers, colchicines is an arsenic-like poison with no antidote. Autumn Crocus poisoning leads to reduced blood pressure and cardiac arrest.
2. Oleander
Oleander is known as one of the most poisonous plant on Earth, often used in suicidal cases in Southern India. The numerous toxic compounds contained in the entire Oleander plant, including oleandrin and nerine, affects the nervous, digestive and cardiovascular systems. Oleander poisoning leads to drowsiness, tremors, seizures, coma and even death. The plant's sap causes skin irritation and severe eye inflammation.
3. Rhododendron
This popular evergreen shrub, featuring large beautiful blooms is known for its toxic since ancient times. Xenophon recorded the odd behaviour of a group of Greek soldiers who had eaten honey from Rhododendron flowers. Rhododendron contains Andromeda toxin that causes nausea, severe pains, paralysis and even death. Azaleas, members of the same plant-family as Rhododendron, are also poisonous.
4. Angels Trumpet
Despite its name, there's something evil about this plant. The toxins it contains can be fatal to humans and animals. Known as a powerful hallucinogen, Angels Trumpet should not be used for recreational purposes, since the risk of an overdose is high. Angels Trumpet contain a variable amount of tropane alkaloids, like atropine and scopolamine, and is used in shamanic rituals by indigenous tribes in western Amazonia.
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5. Belladonna
One of the most poisonous plants in the Western Hemisphere, the Belladonna contains lethal tropane alkaloids. The plant is harmful but its good-looking berries pose the most danger, especially to kids. The symptoms of Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade poisoning are dilated pupils, blurred vision, headaches, hallucinations, delirium and convulsions. Atropine, the toxin in Belladonna, can kill a person by disrupting the nervous systems ability to regulate breathing, sweating and heart rate.
6. Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley may look beautiful and harmless but it's poisonous. Eating one or two of the bell-shaped flowers won’t hurt if you're an adult but eaten in large quantities, may cause pain in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhoea. People with heart conditions should be most careful since the toxins cause the heartbeats to slow down or become irregular.
7. Daphne
Also known as Lady Laurel or Paradise Plant. Daphne, a 1 - 1.5 meters tall shrub, is grown for its scented flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous but the greatest concentrations is the sap and berries. Daphne contains mezerine and daphnin, two powerful toxins that cause stomach aches, headaches, diarrhoea, delirium and convulsions. If Daphne berries are consumed, the victim might fall into a coma and die.
Note: These species are present in Malaysia :
Oleanders, Angels Trumpets (especially in highlands) and Rhododendrons (different species from the ones in the picture). Kindly take a close look before you start to buy any flowering plants.
Prayers, 17 November, 2009 ...
We did our family prayers for our late mother under rainy drizzle sky. Wet and cold neverthless, all went well though the Shiva Temple was somewhat unexpected and located in almost on the outskirts of Puchong.
Conference of the Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC) and the launching of SSIG...
Chronicling...
Topic : The launching of SSIG.
Venue : Putrajaya Marriot.
My maiden script.
19 November, 2005.
A day of reckoning as my video & script was disseminated to 176 member countries of NAM.
SCRIPT :
It was at Langkawi International Dialogue 1999, the former Prime Minister and renowned statesman of Malaysia, the Honourable Tun Dr। Mahathir Mohammad uttering the word "Smart Partnership" set the floor for the Heads of Government of the South Nations to come in unison.
The call was for all South member nations to synergise in unity and form a smart partnership solidarity. It was aimed to reap mutual benefit in the field of media and communication for the formation of smart partnership collaboration. This idealogy gave rise to the setting up South-South Information Gateway or SSIG, a media exchange centre for South Nations, housed in an all ultra-modern International Broadcast Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. SSIG will play a pioneering role in bringing together unity and fostering assistance, strengthening and providing member countries with news exchange and media broadcasting. It will cater media news and broadcast programme exchange in the hope member nations shall prosper with the prosper thy neighbour credo.
SSIG will facilitate and serve its member countries as a media hub or centre which will enable nations of the South to meet, exchange and collaborate together for a mutual aim and benefit. With cooperation from members nations, Malaysia believes this partnership to reap its potential in areas of :-
• News and Information materials
• Radio and Television reports and documentaries
• Studies, Data and Information
• Media experts
• Representative of mass media
To spearhead Malaysia’s endeavour, the national broadcasting and news agency of Malaysia - RTM, Malaysia National News Agency - Bernama and Film Negara Malaysia - FINAS will play crucial roles to spur ahead and facilitate the necessities for media exchange. With all member countries in partnership, and with good communication and state of the art technology, the wheels are set in motion for South-South Information Gateway to champion and pave the way for a new communication path. This effort will strengthen the bond amongst nations and augur well for broadcast communication. Malaysia envisages other nations with common interest and bond to reap and benefit from this endeavour. SSIG will also offer :-
• Research in media communication
• Technical facility for news coverage• Information technology and training
• Technical facilities for coverage of national events
• Training and attachment for broadcasting personnel
• Related projects on films
Acting as a depository hub, SSIG will encourage business opportunities amongst government and private sectors. It will further inculcate and contribute fast, accurate, trustworthy and business savvy news and broadcast programmes.
SSIG strategically located and timely geared will bring together much anticipated progress amongst the South Nations in cooperation, solidarity, development and unity. The call for global truth and equality in media communication will make SSIG one stop information threshold for media and broadcast technology for all South Nations to prosper in years to come.
Speech by the Indian Delegation at the 6th Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned countries at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr Chairman,
At the outset, I wish to express our government’s gratitude at your country hosting the Sixth Conference of the Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries. Last May, your country hosted a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial meeting on the advancement of women that ended on a successful note. We congratulate your government for taking keen interest and providing visionary leadership in strengthening the cooperation in various spheres among the member countries.Mr Chairman,The first meeting of the Ministers of Information of Non-Alignment Countries held at New Delhi in January 1984 was a historic event that marked the beginning of the South-South cooperation to strengthen and develop mutual cooperation with the ultimate goal of establishing the new world information and communication order and enhancing South’s solidarity and prosperity. Since then the South-South cooperation has come a long way and indeed had become a growing reality with renewed dynamism. Our government continues to accord high priority to this cooperation. In the South summit in Havana, leaders of all developing countries recognized South-South Cooperation an essential mechanism for promoting sustained economic growth and sustainable development. The leaders recognized regional cooperation and integration being the most meaningful approach for the South to face challenges of globalization and thus take full advantage of its opportunities. Know-how, information, and communications are at the heart of human progress, and of human well-being. Theses factors have already let to profound changes in people’s lives. Recent developments in information and communication technologies have given a new dimension to know-how, to exchange of information and communication. In the development process, these are strategic factors and need to be systematically integrated in the development plans as programme priorities.But as a matter of concern the access to and use of the technologies remain extrelemely uneven. This disparity – the so-called “digital divide” – is, in large parts, a reflection of deeper social and economics inequalities both between and within countries. ICT promotes economic growth and social opportunities, but all the same, time renders many traditional economic approaches less viable. It must be noted that developing countries slow to act or are not in a position to respond are likely to find their ability to participate in the global economy and society diminished this execrating existing inequalities. There for information and communication technology an serve s a a critical enabler to narrow therses inequalities. It has the potential to increase the transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of government and business. We must understand by making ICT an integral past of our development cooperation we can more effectively address economic and social dividers.We must commit ourselves to reinvigorating collaborative actions bestrewed the member countries to harness the great power of new technology as a critical development tool. But at the same time we should recognize the right of universal access to information and communication technologies and knowledge as a global public good with access to information and communication technologies is expanding rapidly, the Digital Divide is real and represents a gross imbalance in the access to or use of information and communication technologies, especially in the development countries. The spread of information and communication technologies and their universal usage requires basic infrastructure and human resource development to support. Developing countries face a challenge in this field. Therefore, the importance of partnerships between governments in this field cannot be overemphasised. Four decades later now, we are at the threshold of a dramatic expansion of South-South cooperation powered by expertise, technology and other endowments in the developing world. A vast stock of expertise and developing world has been accumulated in the developing world through years of experimentation and investment in education, health, governance, and economic reform. Strong and constent emphasis on self-reliance in its economic development programmes, especially once the last two decades has enabled India to build up a huge and versatile cadre of professionals and expertise and skills across a vast and wide – ranging spectrum of disciples. India today has emerged as a global brand name in the world providing cheaper and high-quality information technology services raking in billions of dollars from major global giants. Indian IT and IT-enabled services continue to chart remarkable growth. I assure this august gathering that the Indian government remains a committed partner to South-South cooperation. I believe the prowess of the Indian IT industry, will significantly contribute to this regional initiave in promoting such cooperation, as well as towards the transfer of new technologies and know-how. We must consolidate cooperation in this vital sector to face the challenges of globalization and enhance our solidarity and prosperity.One of the agenda of this conference is the visualizing of a NAM news organization. There is an urgent need to harness information and communication technology to promote unhindered flow of information among the NAM countries. News collections and its dissemination through agencies today are controlled by the developed world. Thus, however fair they would like to be, their social cultural identity naturally impacts their work. The result is most international news we see or read has a western perspective, very often distorted and lopsided. We in the developing countries are seeing other developing countries through the eyes of the developed world. This has placed the vast majority of humankind in the developing world at a disadvantage. We need to correct this imbalance immediately. Therefore, the need arises for consolidation of cooperation amongst Nam countries and other developing countries in news dissemination comprehensively.Before concluding, I would like to say we need to take full advantage of the greater diversity in the capabilities and experiences of the countries in the south. Our countries are endowed with a weak of human and material resources to be tapped in order to free millions from poverty, increase school enrolments and combat deadly disease, information and communication technologies (ICT) have empowered a number of emerging countries to in innovate new solutions to old problems. South-South cooperation driven by ICT could make sure of existing technology hubs to overcome the uneven diffusion of technology and its benefits among and within countries of the south. In addition to the above new drivers of South-South Cooperation, are the powerful alliances being formed as some emerging countries seek to expand and deepen partnerships with other countries in the south.
At a time when global independencies are weaving individuals, communities, and societies more closely together and news alliances are generating new possibilities, the message is clear: The time for South-South cooperation has truly arrived.I thank all of you and wish this conference a grand success.
Monday, November 16, 2009
George Aiken...
If you wake up one morning and find everyone is of the same race, colour or creed, mankind by noon would find some other cause for prejudice.
--- so well said, by George Aiken.
--- so well said, by George Aiken.
Let me try this out...
I've decided to do the little impossible of the little impossible thing I'm thinking about right now, tho' I do know some do it, are doing it and have done it. { a queer joke }
One who did it I know for sure is Federick Forsythe. In simplicity, this man reads, I read somewhere, 15 - 18 books a day. That's like me a life span reading for 2 years. Howlah!...one book also get migraine. This fellow 18 books aagh...in one day! I had a faint believe in that this man was only joking.
When I first heard about it, I had no idea if the writer himself was fibbing or making a ghast impression of Federick. I kept wondering, how in the world can one read that many books all in one day. I betcha you're still wondering what I'M writing or talking about.
Jokes aside mates...
I've decided to read three books all the same time. I've done with two, tho' it took me longer than I expected to finish both the books and fathom all that I've read. How you would go wondering in the lost world can one do that, 15 or so books? Forsythe does or did 15 - 18 books a day. When I first got to know this little 'myth', the reading and all, and also his voracious reading habit, I kept asking...sure or not.
How to readlah 15 books in a day unless if each book consists of only 2 or 3 pages.
Then again, if at all 15 or so books, how does one keep track of what you read? Reading one book alone is good enough to migraine you, but three books, 4 books 10 ...15! Hmmmmmmm!
I've decided to subject myself to this little test. I wanna see how far it goes or how far away from the floor I drop or go bonkers. If you're still wondering as to how this could be done, simple, just follow how Forsythe does. I actually bumped into a certain article on Federick Forsythe and learned of his ferocious / veracious reading habits.
Frederick Forsythe leaves books stewn and marked all over his house including in his garden, I was told. At any time of the day, where ever he goes, sits, eats, drinks or I suppose even to the WC, there'll be books to read. So, that is how our all famous late author who penned books like The Avenger, The Day of the Jackal goes about reading 15 -18 books a day. Everyday THIS MAN reads a page or two figuritevely from every and any book in his house / or was it cottage.
Wana try?
One who did it I know for sure is Federick Forsythe. In simplicity, this man reads, I read somewhere, 15 - 18 books a day. That's like me a life span reading for 2 years. Howlah!...one book also get migraine. This fellow 18 books aagh...in one day! I had a faint believe in that this man was only joking.
When I first heard about it, I had no idea if the writer himself was fibbing or making a ghast impression of Federick. I kept wondering, how in the world can one read that many books all in one day. I betcha you're still wondering what I'M writing or talking about.
Jokes aside mates...
I've decided to read three books all the same time. I've done with two, tho' it took me longer than I expected to finish both the books and fathom all that I've read. How you would go wondering in the lost world can one do that, 15 or so books? Forsythe does or did 15 - 18 books a day. When I first got to know this little 'myth', the reading and all, and also his voracious reading habit, I kept asking...sure or not.
How to readlah 15 books in a day unless if each book consists of only 2 or 3 pages.
Then again, if at all 15 or so books, how does one keep track of what you read? Reading one book alone is good enough to migraine you, but three books, 4 books 10 ...15! Hmmmmmmm!
I've decided to subject myself to this little test. I wanna see how far it goes or how far away from the floor I drop or go bonkers. If you're still wondering as to how this could be done, simple, just follow how Forsythe does. I actually bumped into a certain article on Federick Forsythe and learned of his ferocious / veracious reading habits.
Frederick Forsythe leaves books stewn and marked all over his house including in his garden, I was told. At any time of the day, where ever he goes, sits, eats, drinks or I suppose even to the WC, there'll be books to read. So, that is how our all famous late author who penned books like The Avenger, The Day of the Jackal goes about reading 15 -18 books a day. Everyday THIS MAN reads a page or two figuritevely from every and any book in his house / or was it cottage.
Wana try?
Friday, November 13, 2009
Fright Nite Day...
That's what I call today.
Jason is back!!!..hahahahahah
It may be about the movie or so, but over the years I've had my own share of Friday the 13th Fright Nites.
Let me start off subtly on what can possible go wrong on Fridays the 13th. Actually Nothing. But, there are things, in my own experience that has actually gone wrong and here I would like to render all those crazy happenings. It's all about things that go bump in the nights.
Some long time ago, I lived in a rented room belonging to a staunch filthy rich antique Sri Lankan widow in Taman Maluri. She was more like a fiefdom amongst her like-minded community. There were three rooms, upstairs, and mine was the centre room. The master bedroom was occupied by another colleague of mine whom, I SWEAR has his own version of fright stories.
During the nights, when I came back from my late outings, owing to tiredness, I would just sleep off without taking showers or washing myself up. This was a habit I now have got ridden off. Hoorayyyy! My late mother had always reminded; one should always wash legs before entering your humble abode. Hmmmm! She was right.
On such days, in the middle of the night or rather in theee weeee hours of the morning, I would be disturbed by heavy breathings in the form of grunts in my room. These grunts would be heard almost ringing in my eardrums. One day it got so bad, this breathing-grunts 'thing' juggled by bed prompting me to get up and fight it because I, fulamak, in my dumbest insanity, a few nights ago, had cursed and challenged it to show itself and fight.
There was a time, out of the blue, books would fall off from my book-rack. Water would go running in my built-in sink. And almost every other day when I'm visited or 'man-handled', Rover the mutt of my Sri Lankan landlord would bark his fur off. And mind you this is a dog so lazy and richly fed with butter and Marrie biscuits, would hardly bark let alone growl at anyone or anything. And the fact is, the barking and the rumblings in my room are always at 3 in the morning. They say evil lurks or jogs at 3 every morning.
I had often wondered how my landlady could sleep off with all those disturbances. Actually, I was in for a bigger surprise until I met the cleaning lady.
One day, the cleaner lady visited our half-cobwebbed filth ridden rooms. She's from India and moonlights as a washer woman on the week-ends. As she was cleaning my room, (courtesy of the landlady), with a tinged smile on her sweaty face, asked,
"How do you sleep in this room?"
I didn't quite understand what she meant by that but I said. "Ok, why?" She laughed whilst cleaning my grey-turning-black sink.
"Don't you know about this house?"
Honestly, I know crap about the house as I had just moved into Taman Maluri and into this 'haunted' house like 6 months ago.
I said, looking startled, "No."
"Ohh!" she giggled and goodness like a banshee. "She never tell youuuuuu."
Tell me what, I pondered.
She said, "Her husband hang in master bedroom."
"WHATTTTTT THE....!"
I, at that moment swear must have looked like Bobo the Owl.
So much for my room and that house in Taman Maluri. Years later, after I had moved out, I came to know of another tenant living in the third room had actually bought the house.
Good Luck Kumar. He's now a CEO. Hahaha...
Psstt..Am saving the other Fright Nite stories for other chronicles.
++ anyway, all things being pleasant now, here's me wishing my sister Many Happy Returns of the day. It's her birthday TODAY.
Jason is back!!!..hahahahahah
It may be about the movie or so, but over the years I've had my own share of Friday the 13th Fright Nites.
Let me start off subtly on what can possible go wrong on Fridays the 13th. Actually Nothing. But, there are things, in my own experience that has actually gone wrong and here I would like to render all those crazy happenings. It's all about things that go bump in the nights.
Some long time ago, I lived in a rented room belonging to a staunch filthy rich antique Sri Lankan widow in Taman Maluri. She was more like a fiefdom amongst her like-minded community. There were three rooms, upstairs, and mine was the centre room. The master bedroom was occupied by another colleague of mine whom, I SWEAR has his own version of fright stories.
During the nights, when I came back from my late outings, owing to tiredness, I would just sleep off without taking showers or washing myself up. This was a habit I now have got ridden off. Hoorayyyy! My late mother had always reminded; one should always wash legs before entering your humble abode. Hmmmm! She was right.
On such days, in the middle of the night or rather in theee weeee hours of the morning, I would be disturbed by heavy breathings in the form of grunts in my room. These grunts would be heard almost ringing in my eardrums. One day it got so bad, this breathing-grunts 'thing' juggled by bed prompting me to get up and fight it because I, fulamak, in my dumbest insanity, a few nights ago, had cursed and challenged it to show itself and fight.
There was a time, out of the blue, books would fall off from my book-rack. Water would go running in my built-in sink. And almost every other day when I'm visited or 'man-handled', Rover the mutt of my Sri Lankan landlord would bark his fur off. And mind you this is a dog so lazy and richly fed with butter and Marrie biscuits, would hardly bark let alone growl at anyone or anything. And the fact is, the barking and the rumblings in my room are always at 3 in the morning. They say evil lurks or jogs at 3 every morning.
I had often wondered how my landlady could sleep off with all those disturbances. Actually, I was in for a bigger surprise until I met the cleaning lady.
One day, the cleaner lady visited our half-cobwebbed filth ridden rooms. She's from India and moonlights as a washer woman on the week-ends. As she was cleaning my room, (courtesy of the landlady), with a tinged smile on her sweaty face, asked,
"How do you sleep in this room?"
I didn't quite understand what she meant by that but I said. "Ok, why?" She laughed whilst cleaning my grey-turning-black sink.
"Don't you know about this house?"
Honestly, I know crap about the house as I had just moved into Taman Maluri and into this 'haunted' house like 6 months ago.
I said, looking startled, "No."
"Ohh!" she giggled and goodness like a banshee. "She never tell youuuuuu."
Tell me what, I pondered.
She said, "Her husband hang in master bedroom."
"WHATTTTTT THE....!"
I, at that moment swear must have looked like Bobo the Owl.
So much for my room and that house in Taman Maluri. Years later, after I had moved out, I came to know of another tenant living in the third room had actually bought the house.
Good Luck Kumar. He's now a CEO. Hahaha...
Psstt..Am saving the other Fright Nite stories for other chronicles.
++ anyway, all things being pleasant now, here's me wishing my sister Many Happy Returns of the day. It's her birthday TODAY.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Exactly now...aren't they ...
Who needs public phone booth nowadays....
New York listened and answered.
New York listened and answered.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
BODOH...
Today's headlines read : Flectcher blames Arsene.
You stupid or what! Hey...Darren or whatever your blithering name is...MU looses to Chelsea, and this whats-his-name Flake-guy blames Arsene Wenger for the defeat.
BODOH.
"Budak mat-salleh bodo mangkuk jamban."
{comment from an ardent Arsenal fan}
Who did you play against...I wonder?
The pot calling the kettle black.
Ma toes are laffin and in unison as well.
Then, the other bodoh fellow AF barks up the wrong tree....another SORE LOSER.
You stupid or what! Hey...Darren or whatever your blithering name is...MU looses to Chelsea, and this whats-his-name Flake-guy blames Arsene Wenger for the defeat.
BODOH.
"Budak mat-salleh bodo mangkuk jamban."
{comment from an ardent Arsenal fan}
Who did you play against...I wonder?
The pot calling the kettle black.
Ma toes are laffin and in unison as well.
Then, the other bodoh fellow AF barks up the wrong tree....another SORE LOSER.
November to December...
I never realised it up till two hours ago November being the month for chronicling of events past happenings, get togethers, rude railleries, catching ups and so forth and so forth.
e.t.c e.t.c. and more etcs.
Lots of memories in November as compared with the other months. I’ve taken the lil’liberty I have in me in putting down all things past into present perspective for the joy sake of chronicling. You may wana say nostalgic or sumthing like’dat. What ever. No harm done here.
Come to think of it, even December brings memories as well. So all that and a countdown to the year end shall end my 6 month old blog. ( psst..this my 2nd blog. The first one died of boredom)
Goosh. I can run up like a 100 things to put down here for the year with a lame bang but lemme save all that till the countdown.
While I ponder on ma list, what have’ye been doing this year?
e.t.c e.t.c. and more etcs.
Lots of memories in November as compared with the other months. I’ve taken the lil’liberty I have in me in putting down all things past into present perspective for the joy sake of chronicling. You may wana say nostalgic or sumthing like’dat. What ever. No harm done here.
Come to think of it, even December brings memories as well. So all that and a countdown to the year end shall end my 6 month old blog. ( psst..this my 2nd blog. The first one died of boredom)
Goosh. I can run up like a 100 things to put down here for the year with a lame bang but lemme save all that till the countdown.
While I ponder on ma list, what have’ye been doing this year?
Monday, November 09, 2009
Assassination Arsenal...
MU beaten, Gosh! to glee or to roll over.
In the wake of this 'nothing-to-beat-about' aftermath, there is, I believe a lil'story to be told about MU. When was the last time MU ever had a penalty given away to the opposing team or after 65 minutes of play, with an impending stalemate, when was the last time MU never got a penalty? Buggers. Bollocks.
Here's the truth...after all the barking by the mongrel AF over the so-called-poor refreeing, the men in black suit have decided enough is enough. AF shut your *&^%$# mouth. The other truth: 8 out of 10 referees who officiate MU games are sworn supporters of MU. This ain't new to EPL. With such a playscript prewritten, how can MU loose! else...the refrees had to face the ire of the Scottish guy. A hyena's tale so I MUST say of MU.
MU, please for not crying out loud and to save face, we BLOODY URGE you to buy back your prized boy-toy CR to salvage your pride and Paris Hilton as well.
Congrats to Chelsea.
Arsenal; here's something interesting. Some Saturdays ago they played against the White Hart Lane buggers and made Keane swallow his tongue for his pre-statement. With that am sure he ate nasty pie as well. Eleven seconds was what Arsenal needed to ramshackle and turn the turf over on Spurs with not a spur spilled. The mauled need to learn to purr louder else another mauling awaits them. Can’t wait to see the faces.
Then came Wolves, a one-time power horse of the EPL. I really felt for them. They were lost-in-‘translation’ kinda. Hope The Gunners don’t take this victory to their heads. Boys, Wolves are minnows, remember that.
I can't wait for Man City and United to visit Emirates. As for Liverpool, sorry to say, you are soon-to-be the adious guys. You seriously need to dump Rafa and wake the late Bill Shankly up or on a serious note need to go get King Kev or Kenny Dalglish to run the entire Anfield gamut.
Chelsea…now you the darn problem.
If at all the Blues fail to win the European Cup this time around, I strongly urge Roman to buy over FIFA or make a 'despot' suggestion to the English FA to extend the goalmouth a further 10 meters wider. If that all fails, then Putin need to roll up his pants and don referee all Chelsea games.
With that done, my soft spot do wonder over the fate of the lil’teams in the EPL. Wonder how these teams build up their squad to face the big 4 and some say now its the big 6.
Teams like Hull, Wigan, Burnley, Stoke City, and Sunderland. Who would want to play for them? Financially burdened and woefully pitted in the Premier League like a poodle against blood thirst Rottweilers.
A Suggestion : It would be really nice to have the top 2 or 3 teams from the Scottish league pitted / drafted into EPL. AF would be glad; I suppose playing against his countrymen. I don’t know about AW. Roman prolly will head to Scotland and invest his billions. Liverpool, no problemo, Kenny is Scottish.
So much for EPL.
In the wake of this 'nothing-to-beat-about' aftermath, there is, I believe a lil'story to be told about MU. When was the last time MU ever had a penalty given away to the opposing team or after 65 minutes of play, with an impending stalemate, when was the last time MU never got a penalty? Buggers. Bollocks.
Here's the truth...after all the barking by the mongrel AF over the so-called-poor refreeing, the men in black suit have decided enough is enough. AF shut your *&^%$# mouth. The other truth: 8 out of 10 referees who officiate MU games are sworn supporters of MU. This ain't new to EPL. With such a playscript prewritten, how can MU loose! else...the refrees had to face the ire of the Scottish guy. A hyena's tale so I MUST say of MU.
MU, please for not crying out loud and to save face, we BLOODY URGE you to buy back your prized boy-toy CR to salvage your pride and Paris Hilton as well.
Congrats to Chelsea.
Arsenal; here's something interesting. Some Saturdays ago they played against the White Hart Lane buggers and made Keane swallow his tongue for his pre-statement. With that am sure he ate nasty pie as well. Eleven seconds was what Arsenal needed to ramshackle and turn the turf over on Spurs with not a spur spilled. The mauled need to learn to purr louder else another mauling awaits them. Can’t wait to see the faces.
Then came Wolves, a one-time power horse of the EPL. I really felt for them. They were lost-in-‘translation’ kinda. Hope The Gunners don’t take this victory to their heads. Boys, Wolves are minnows, remember that.
I can't wait for Man City and United to visit Emirates. As for Liverpool, sorry to say, you are soon-to-be the adious guys. You seriously need to dump Rafa and wake the late Bill Shankly up or on a serious note need to go get King Kev or Kenny Dalglish to run the entire Anfield gamut.
Chelsea…now you the darn problem.
If at all the Blues fail to win the European Cup this time around, I strongly urge Roman to buy over FIFA or make a 'despot' suggestion to the English FA to extend the goalmouth a further 10 meters wider. If that all fails, then Putin need to roll up his pants and don referee all Chelsea games.
With that done, my soft spot do wonder over the fate of the lil’teams in the EPL. Wonder how these teams build up their squad to face the big 4 and some say now its the big 6.
Teams like Hull, Wigan, Burnley, Stoke City, and Sunderland. Who would want to play for them? Financially burdened and woefully pitted in the Premier League like a poodle against blood thirst Rottweilers.
A Suggestion : It would be really nice to have the top 2 or 3 teams from the Scottish league pitted / drafted into EPL. AF would be glad; I suppose playing against his countrymen. I don’t know about AW. Roman prolly will head to Scotland and invest his billions. Liverpool, no problemo, Kenny is Scottish.
So much for EPL.
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