My 11 ever best movies watched...

There're movies and yet they're are movies ... and yet there're movies that make you wana watch over and over again. And yet there are movies you just love watching forever wishing it never ends...

I've watched movies be it hard core banned or comical, deep staricial genre or swashbuckling adventures and I always compare each one against my top ten list hoping a new one will make it into 'my' list. It's the end of 2010, and no movie this year had even come close to my top ten or rather 11 list. Not even James Cameron's Avatar.

Here's my all time top ELEVEN list:-
(based on all the movies I've watched not in chronological or best list order.) 

1. The Cassandra Crossing.
Sophia Loren, Richard Harris.
Director: George P.Cosmatos
The hightlight: The entire movie takes place in a train...suspense till you gape and drop. This movie would wana make you 'hate' trains.

2. Schindler's List
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes.
Director : Steven Speilberg.
One man's account of saving the Jews - Banned in Malaysia.

3. Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell , Patrick Magee.
Director: Stanley Kubrick.
If youth deliquency had a theme ...then this is the movie - Banned in Malaysia.

4. Amistad
Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Mathew McConaughey.
Director : Steven Speilberg.
Highlight : Anthony Hopkins as ex-President John Quincy Adams, his acting prowse blows the movie away - Banned in Malaysia.










5. Where Eagles Dare

Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood.
Director : Brian G. Hutton.

Highlight : Where else but high on the Swiss Alps....Breathtaking thriller suspense. An Absolutely.

6. My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn.
Director : George Cukor.
English English and English..oh boy ...The English - was banned in England

7. Malcom X
Denzel Washington.
Director : Spike Lee.
Biographical account of one angry American black Moslem man. Washington was beyond OUTSTANDING in this movie.
Banned in Malaysia but not on TV. hahah

8.The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer.
Director : Robert Wise
The only feel good musical movie of all time. Do Re Mi...yes...one part why I took to learn music.

9.The Empire Strikes Back ( 5th Installment of Star Wars)
Harrison Ford, Mark Hammil, Carie Fisher Director : Irvin Kershner
The best scfi movie that actually had a story to tell.  

10. Robin Hood - The Prince of Thieves.
Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. 
Director : Kevin Reynolds.
The best adaptation ever of Robin in the Hood.






11. The Abyss.
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
Director : James Cameron
How not to like this movie...underwater alien thriller.

Well! they dont make movies like these no more.

my top ten best singers ever....

My all time top ten singers.

This pick is based NOT on popularity, NOT looks, NOT being famous, NOT who they are but about their ability to write or sing year after year churning No.1 singles and albums all over the world. All criterion are based on my personal evalution and none other.

Here goes....

1. George Micheal - Singer / Songwriter. At a tender age he wrote songs and later released them hitting charts all over the globe. His songs were ahead of its time.

2. Elton John - Wonderful songs. Sings the way it is, co-writes with Bernie Taupin and can easily command packed stadiums. The only singer I know who can do all of the above whilst playing the piano.

3. Neil Diamond - Sold more than 170 million albums. AMAZING voice. I would say God gift. Neil's songs can take you places.

4. Jon Bon Jovi - rocker /musican. His songs DID rock the world.

5. Jimi Jamison - Lead singer of Survivor - A unique voice for a rock band. May not have sold that many albums, but their songs make you listen.

6. Micheal Bubble - The find of David Foster. Amazing voice. And the songs he sings would make you wana hear again and again.

7. Barry White (late) - Ooh Man!...can this huge gentle of a man sing...Goosh! Wata a soft rock crooner.

8. Tina Turner - The Grandma of Rock. The only lady who sings and dances with high heel shoes. A classic example of a lady who took singing to new heights with her rags to rich fame.

9. Aretha Franklin - Another Mama. She can sing screaming.

10. Micheal Jackosn - Of course...Though he was better a dancer then a singer. But, he was one of the greatest ever. Comprente.

Do not compare yours with mine.

Sorry to eavesdrop...

Over the years of time, either with friends or alone, I always had an ear to eavesdrop. Not that I'm the busybody type but when you're born incurious of your surroundings and observant, you tend to listen what others are talking about. I mean I've ears, so its only fair I do listen to what people around me talk. Some are hilarious, some nauseating, some kill the language, some make English sound aboriginal and some are sheer insults. I don't binge nor interfere but I do feel dumb and in most times wish I could give a piece of my mind but then, this ain't a world of perfection. Like an unavoidable lame crescendo, I tag along and listen what surrounds me...

Here are my collected quips and quotes listening to fellow Malaysians in their daily walk of life.

1. In an elevator, conversation between two Senior Management staff of a Bank.

"So, how's the Regime?"

"Wah! you use Israeli words hah!, Regime! Missile!  You Israel lover aagh?"

"No lahhh"

"You Bush lover?"

I tried my level best NOT to even smile taking into consideration the pun used.


2. Two dorkie Chinese gals at HP ( Hush Puppies - KLCC )

"That dok so cute one ooohh, Got-aagh dok like dat?" (referring to the HP logo - Deutschund)

"The..the cloft make fom dok skin woh?"
...
...
...

I didn't know to laugh or to jump the two stories down.


3. At the ticket counter (Stadium Bukit Jalail). Two Aussies asking two other Malay guys on the sale of tickets.

Aussie guy : "Hi, would you know which coloured seats have a better view of the game?"

Malay guy : "All stadium can see game. Malaysia play Jamaika."

Aussie guy(a bit blurred) : "That's not what I asked."

Malay guy : "You asking buy ticket izit. Here can buy (pointing to the ticket stand.)"

Tho' I wanted to help the Aussies but decided against it and minded my own business as one familiar thought rushed into my mind - the Malays keep saying they don't need to learn a foreign language.


4. An English lady I met unprofoundly sitting opposite me on a train from Padang Besar. She looked more like Mr.Bean's half-sister.

Me : "Hi, Good Morning."

Eng Lady : "Good Morning, you speak English!" She looked startled and a little horrified."

Me (giggling) : "I try."

Eng Lady (giggled) : "For a moment I thought you're going to sit there and stare at me all day," the giggle turned into a sweet pleasant smile.

Me : "Now, why would I want to do that?"

Eng Lady : "That's what I get when I travel in Malaysia."

We both laughed and I had the best conversation ever in a long time coming. We even talked about David Bechkam..Hmm....


5. I was interviewed by chance by a group of Malay gals studying TESL or TESOL from some Mara college at KLCC.

1st Malay Gal : "Hi Sir, nak tanya sikit bleh?"

Me : I nodded my head yes with lots of curiosity as to why there are three young Malay gals surrounding me.

Gal : U Malaysia?

Me : "I am human....are u blind?" 

Gal : All of three giggled to my "joke."

2nd Gal: "Kami nee dari ITM nak intepiew..boleh?"

Me : Interview???  huh!...hmmmm! I nodded my head ..with a lame ok.

3rd Gal (the real interviewer) : "Hi Sir, you speak English.....?" Ohh! God! another doubter!

The interview continued with lots of exchange until I realised the other two gals never opened their mouth. Mind you, there were TESL/TESOL students.

After the interview, this is exactly what happened?

Me : "What made you interview me?"

Gals(giggling) : "My English lecturer is Indian. So I interview Indian, sure I can pass."

Say what!!!!

The state of foolishness amongst students and educators.


6. This is rather a shocker but I salute the masseur.
Place : Chiangmai, Thailand.

I walked into this massage parlour and decided to go for the head, neck and shoulder massage.

The masseur, a young but curious girl had loads of questions to ask as she massaged. First came the name, then the age, then the nationality...then after a short pause, she asked my purpose in Chiang Mai. \

I didn't want to play round the bush, so I answered all her questions diligently. I believe she must have realised I was somewhat good with my answers. Then, a while later, the killer question came which jolted me and i just turned and looked at her like owl.

The Masseur : You have grey hair.
Me : haha! I know, I'm getting old.
The masseur : No...Sir, not Old. Your DNA.
Me : My WHAT???.
The Masseur : Must be the DNA. Maybe the gene.

After the massage, to quench my curiosity, I quizzed her ,"What is DNA?"
The masseur : Deoxiribonueclic acid.

That's exactly what she said.
And ...thank God the head massage cushioned me from the shocker. Don't go assume the Thais are brainless nor education less. Its poverty that drives them to such state of being.


7. This happened when I was younger and working in a bank. This lady walked to the counter to enquire about trade related issues. All she wanted was to send a parcel with vehicle spare-parts to Jakarta.

Lady  : I wan send parcel to Jakarta...how?   can aagh?
Me    : Yea, sure you can.
Lady : What the cheapest way aagh to send?
Me    : By ship from Port Klang.

The lady paused a while and started thinking, then looked up at me and asked.

Lady : Train can send aagh?

I giggled to my self and joking told that she can send the parcel via train when both the governments, Malaysia and Indonesia build a bridge connecting Kuala lumpur and Jakarta. I had hoped she got the joke.

Lady : "Ohh...when agghh, the beegh finish buil?"

Imagine the look on my face.

Happy Birthdays to Danumitra and Danshuvar...

Merry Xmas

It's the Yuletide season again...

cling.. cling.. cling ... ho ho ho

Merry Christmas Everyone...

frustrating turn to the ending...

Just when I planned to take a long break away from work for Xmas and my planned house renovation...all crashed down on me.

All leaves are frozen and just because a certain job delayed for 2 years made the internal "headlines" and angered one moron held answerable to the client, all else take the blame. Someone else's folly and I get the scourge for no apparent reason. 

I'm not even part of the team who need to cancel my plans but have been made to do it.

The real "culprit" aren't around to own up to their stupidity.

I don't think I need to write anymore. It'll only fuel my rage and implode me with resentments.

Till next year and hope am still here...... 

Invent or Innovate?

From Webster on Invent - come up with an idea, plan, explanation, theory or principle after a mental effort.

From Webster on Innovate - bring something new to an environment or introduce.

There is this new plan by the Government of Malaysia to bring back lost talents from overseas. A crack team I believe is set up to identify lost "talents" and to bring them back here to Malaysia.

I read some time ago and lately an article on this topic as well and the Head of Unik ( Special Innovation Unit ) was interviewed. I read the excerpts of the interview and had a quiet laff to myself.

Question : How do we bring back Malaysians who have left this country years ago to greener and better pastures. To a land where they'll be downsized, abused and ridiculed and /or put into cold storage?

Question : What's the size and shape of the carrot they're going to dangle to lure them back when 1 Malaysia concept is not even seen a concept at all by the minority races?

Question : How can you convince a person who has been treated fairly and equally in a foreign land but went brought back he/she has to subscribe to the monster race doctrines?

Question : I have two uncles who left Malaysia to work and grow in a foreign land. They've never chastised or ridiculed their adopted country till now? Can Malaysia better that?

Question : What were the Malaysian "stalwarts" in the government doing all this time over 50 something years when only now they've started thinking of talents lost?

Question : How many more people are going to be fooled by this co called  "stop-the brain-drain" philosophy?  

The only and fair reason why Malaysians throw away their homeland and go embrace or adopt a land elsewhere is all because - Malaysia is a darn right racist nation and all man and women in Malaysia are NOT treated equally.

How can it be? There's not even a thing called "human-rights" in Malaysia.

The same stupid farce every other day.

Thevasm Prayers...

Our First year prayers for father today.

"Missed by family; fondness with thoughts,
 Graced with Love; Etched in memories,
 In our minds remember we will,
 In our hearts remain you shall."

Mother - 5th year in memory...

It been 5 years now, we last had her.

May she rest in PEACE.

Fondly cherished and remembered always.

Tremor...

8:31 am.
Cyberjaya

Here I was in office listening to good old Cliff Richard and the Shadows on Youtube.com when my table and chair shook for a mere minute seconds. It was definitely a jolt. My colleagues felt it too. 

Those in KLIA too felt the jolt.

What about earthquake prone Indonesia???

English in Taxi in Malaysia

Spot the odd words out...

ASTRO...

Before ASTRO, TV entertainment was kinda like dead. There was a time when those lifeless days moved so darn slow and the weeks and months moved like they could never end. The only thing to do was to read or listen to radio. Permit me to take you back to those retro years when TV was all I had to entertain myself with. And it did not go down well with me for the sole reason - TV was entertainment nightmare and in many ways I never really fancied watching TV either.  

Back then it was all about black and white programmes on TV. I could never imagine TV in colour. Imagine watching sitcoms like Hawaii-5-O, Buck Rogers, Ultraman and many more in black and white plus with a snowy screen. I even remember watching the first lunar landing on black and white TV (tho’ this was proven as a coy / bluff by the Mythbusters on ASTRO).

For many in those days, TV was all about munching fingernails and constantly looking at the wall clock for the transmission hour to come on. To me that was the most exciting thing I ever watched - watching others waiting. Goshh! life was boring then. TV was just about all of that for a good many 20 years or so. We had a TV alright but there was a problem. The reception was bad. When it rained, that's the end of TV for the day. How my family and many others craved for clear TV receptions those days only the residents of Bukit Mertajam know.

The crude problem was - we lived and still live opposite a hill called Bukit Mertajam. Due to the proximity of the hill and the nearby housing estates, TV receptors were not good neither tall enough to harness TV waves. The hill was partly to be blamed. After fruitless complains, angry residents erected tall steel rods above their houses just to get an hour of clear reception. When the rains came, which on any given day, it will rain “cows and goats”, the owner will find the rod twisted and collapsed as winds just blew away anything dangling above roof tops. So, for all, TV was merely an idiot box to decorate the house and have a flower vase with plastic flowers on it. TV was also the yardstick for many women to show off their crochet and embroidery talents. All sorts of fabric will be put on the TV to show-facade. TV was nothing more than a box until ASTRO arrived.

ASTRO stunned and churned out a new set of TV nerds and geeks and of course 'couch potatoes.' It paved way for a new generation of cable TV viewers as well. In the beginning, it was like the Internet at your finger tips and the price was a bomb then. Many eager and frustrated residents subscribed to ASTRO and paid hefty sums to watch good programmers as what many Malaysians had craved for. I too wanted to do the same but the fees were way too high a price to pay. All I did was get entertained by ASTRO from any Mamak stall. With a glass of teh-tarik, I get ASTRO for the whole duration of the teh-tarik - sip by sip.

When all was nice and ASTRO being the craze amongst many, there is a downside to this as well. ASTRO isn't all that ASTRO rosy after all. It was and still is shortchanging its customers. Some of the programmers are reruns and old. Since it is owned by one single entity, ASTRO is monopolizing the TV entertainment industry to its fancies.

For example - almost all sporting rights are bought over by ASTRO. And I do know ASTRO paid a colossal sum of money to buy EPL screening rights too. This isn’t fair to those who can't afford cable TV and also to those who still rely their trust on the good old TV programmes from Angkasapuri. To monopolize the mainstream sporting and entertainment industry by one single entity is how greed is spelt.

The subscription to ASTRO is not justified either. Many pay to watch redundant programmes. Why do we have to pay for something we can’t possibly understand what more watch? Why can't ASTRO charge its customers by the choice of programmes one wants.

Yes, I do agree...there are programmes in ASTRO which are worth more than the money you pay, but it's only a selected few. What about the loads of programmes that makes nonsensical at all?

I mean, see it this way - why would Hindus watch loads of crap Chinese programmes and the same likewise. It all comes with the subscription and as a customer,  you don't get to choose either.

ASTRO have  Arabic programmes as well. I believe this is to entice the few Arabs who live and make their home here and for the tourist too. But these programmes  are forced upon those who don't need them. Which only the Malays watch tho many can’t speak read nor write Arabic. But they're made to subscribe to all those crappy programmes. Can't they be exchanged to other channels of choice.

Then comes the adverts. Why must cable TV subscribers watch adverts? By way of subscription, are we paying for the adverts too? I don't think we should. But ASTRO screens all those adverts when we pay ONLY to watch ASTRO programmes.

Disgruntled subscribers have countless times called in to ASTRO to complain and many or almost all were told off by the rude bastards manning the call -centres.

One ASTRO staff when called said, “If we don’t show adverts, we can’t sustain the ASTRO industry.” Then he continued without the caller asking, "If you don't like close your TV la."

I DO HOPE ANANDA KRISHNAN READS MY BLOG...

And the other part to this - they're many entertainment billionaire moguls our there. My question is, "Why should there only be ASTRO? What has come about the other cable TV networks?"

If they're more than one cable TV in the country, not only the fees but having it will be a healthy competition. But then more adverts will be shown too. Either way you look into it, the viewers are the real losers. They'll need to suck it up to ASTRO and the ASTRO idiots will have the last laugh.

Accident ...followup...

Finally, settled my car issues and the DUMB moron (girl) agreed to pay for the damages.

In installment that is...

The days of HELL....

Dreaded Morning...

Aagh!!!!.....what a dread morning when the driver seat window of my car smashed with a loud explosive noise knocked by a STUPID girl from the back.
Bumpers dented as well.

Sent it to the service centre and the guy says he needs to order the replacement from East Coast...  what!!!!  @#$%^&&*

And this is the Service Centre at Shamelin...reputed to be one of the best for Toyota Cars.

Underlining statement of the day. Don't buy Vios Cars. 

Spoilt my day and had to skip work as well.

Father - A year in memory....

It's been a year since his depart..
Fondly remembered and etched in our hearts...

and God created woman...

Women are women. Nothing precedes that else of course if she's from Venus or Pluto. I don't know about the ones from far off planets but I do know a bit or two about the ones right here in OUR planet. The ones here strive to gave equal opportunity to earn a living, build a home, raise a family or even run a Government if they can. I don't see anything wrong with that.

Girl, lady, woman, wife, mother, single parent, homemaker, grandmother - they come in all shapes -  names and nouns. All nations on this planet are called Motherland except Germany. Another accolade to their 'womanly' presence. So, what are we to do with this species? Nothing much then to talk praises and shower chocolates and flowers upon them. But sometimes, such high esteem recognitions should not be right fully given to them for reasons only men know best and yet fail.

For one, you can't tell a lady not to and listen to gossips. They do it anyway.  You can't tell the fairer gender not to 'cosmetic' themselves either. It'll only fall on deaf ears. I wonder why they disfigure themselves when God had given them rightfully a face to call woman and not a jackass.

You can't tell women to mind or mend their own business. The wrath over that statement on you will melt glaciers. You can't tell a woman not to bad mouth either. It'll only hit back at you with more devastating repercussions.

Again, what are we to do?  There is a saying - you can't live with them all-the-same you can't live without them.

I've in my time met many femme with tales to tell but its better to let those tales grow tails. Talking about on such matters only harbours ire and detestment. They may be the conundrums themselves to their own misgivings but with the conundrums comes sometimes the wisdom that grows in and out of it, sometimes profound sometimes ... oh dear .. you wished you were eaten alive by a great white.

Again, what are we to do with that?

Lately, I had a modest spat over some trivial issues and what I felt it being a lil' comical jester became into a smouldering volcano. Goosh! Blame me for being a lil'bit wiser over the choice of words used over an opinion. 

"Ouch...mummy always says "Never to play with fire for you can only fight fire with fire."

Again, what am I to do about that?

But alas, they're things women should right fully be barred from doing or gaining or even saying?

What those are is of anyone's guess.

I've a list here collected on what women SHOULD NOT DO and with that valid reasons as well.

Here goes...

Women should never be ...

1.  Prime Ministers - she would talk of World Peace and have UN conferences over Tupperware parties and end up selling tupperwares to the Third World and inflate debts.

2.  F1 Drivers - it's scientifically proven women have slower reflexes then men. F1 is all about super speed reflexes. 

3.  Car mechanics - Can't even fix a tyre, and expect them to fix cars!

4.   Fighter Pilots - They would rather pack their cosmetic gear first then the parachute. And flying at the speed of sound, they would use the cockpit glass mirror to doll up and paint.

5.   Driving Instructor - Oops! how can they be driving instructress when they switch lanes without indicators.

6.   Chef - Proven boldly, men are better chefs then women. Need no explanation.

7.   Tour Guides - One asked me if it's cheaper to send a consignment to Jakarta from Malaysia by train. Oh dear!

8.   A Millionaire - With all the money, all they do is buy shoes, bags and lipsticks and shoes again.

9.   Army General - else every soldier would have to wear apron to war.

10. A Traffic Cop - The male would be looking at the cop and not the directions.  

11. Pillon rider - Believe me, they'll guide you only to ditch.

12. Last -  Women should never be bosses nor play HUSBAND.

This ain't taking a swipe at womenkind for my late mum was too a woman.

Medical amiss...

The saying, doctor knows best is always deemed right.

Yes. it's deemed right but never perfect.
See the below snapshot I took with my little Nokia HP at a clinic..and see if you can spot the "never perfect."

This clinic even offers reneval of JPJ Driving license...Ha ha ha

Uncensored No Underwear Subway Ride

No Pants Subway Ride 2010

Henry and Delhi...hahahahahah

I really really like this statement..hahahaha

Quote:

"so appropriate because she's Indian"


Unquote"

Hahahaha....this got to be the joke of the year.

Henry, a former New Zealand TV host on Delhi's Chief Minister's name - Dikshit - Pronounced as DeepShit.  hahahahahahaha

Bollywood Hero Flash Mob in Times Square

Indian fools in NY Times Square.

Cold hard strange facts...

1. The Sahara Desert:--
Do you know in 15,000 years from now, that is 2010 + 15000, the Sahara desert will be a lush green fertile land where humans will dwell and cities will sprout up. Lakes and marine life will form again. This is true as the Sahara was once a land filled with life form, green and farmers and whales - yes whales.

 2. Pulsar
They rotate so fast that they can spin a million times faster then a blink of an eye. They're the guiding blinking lights-map of astronauts who venture  into space.

3. Malapascua, Phillipines - The rarest shark is often and only seen in the waters along this Island. The shark is distinctively known with its big black eyes and a tail twice longer than a samurai sword. This is a rare marine critter often mistaken for sword fish. 

4. Did you know Hawaii is an Island made purely out of Volanco's lava and the island is still growing. The most active volcano on this planet Kilauau is in Hawaii. Daily, seabed volcanoes in and along Hawaii islands excrete lava and a new seabed-rock is formed. Its the build-up and the formation of these islands that brings about the giant waves to Hawaii. I bet you did not know this.

5. This is surely a fake. Never heard of a seven headed snake ever but the picture says otheriwse However, the background looks too good to be true.

 6. 18 foot Oarfish caught by locals from a Southern Californian sea.

No Pants Subway Ride 2009

Birthday Wishes...

Happy Birthday to my Elder Sister 

and many Happy Returns of the Day

Religion...

Lately there have been lots of issues on religion across the masses. Each one is trying to bite the other's head off championing his / her own faith / religion...

Many claim being sanctitude towards religion but practise the opposite abusing and hurling curses and blaspheming the very sacred of one's faith.

I want to blog more on this but then, If I do, what difference is there between them and me. I would "become them"  too.

The funny thing is, the true culprit here, I deem, is God Himself.

An answer.

Does this matter...sure it does....

This isn't an irony but I see it as a cursed part of a human point of perspective.

From the very first breath of mine till now, and without battling an eye or the lid, I can easily vouch and say, I've attend more funerals then weddings in my life time. This thing I just coughed up could mean many things.

One. Either my buddies or people I know are departing faster than I can type this or many of my (again) friends / buddies aren't getting married.

Two. I may not be viewed as a good omen to weddings. Maybe a blessing to funerals. What a lame rascal I must be. The part that is rather encapsulating with fear within me is that I'm constantly being reminded that my end is near.

Am not gonna contemplate on the above three or maybe more reasons, but looking at my medical bills, there is a sure tell-tale sign that the drum-beat to the end is nearer that it was a year ago.

Reflecting back, I feel uncomfortable and at times miserable when I get "invitation"  to funerals more than to weddings. Who wouldn't?

The other day over lunch, meeting up with old friends, I asked, if this was a good or bad sign. Many stood gaping at me and one, I could swear, had the word, '"You are sick" written all over her face. 

I mean no harm to the dead. What else can I do to the dead anyway?

Oh! dear me, am still thinking why??

Brewing trouble up in the Northen Skies....

The above pics were taken 24 hours before the Northern floods crippled Kedah and Perlis. Having lived in Penang almost half my life, I sensed something not right when I looked up into the skies.
On the hindsight, I did sense there was bound to be rain. Birds flew low and the wind blowing into my hometown was not the usual breeze we get early  morning. And I saw hawkers with their shanty stalls closing earlier than usual.

Alas, after an hour it rained like God's tears.

Tagged.com and It SUCKS big time...

Tagged.com is a social web site. I'm sure many of you know. I've seen net users using this site to socialize. I don't see anything wrong with that more so when they're many lonely ones out there looking for partners, friends or even potential spouses.

This site is quite interesting with lots of graphics and cookies to show your appreciation and feeling by way of sending and receiving messages. Cool. No issues. But, for me, I don't fancy the idea but then if 10 or more people like it, who am I the 1 person to hate.

I chanced upon this site some long time ago and started browsing it to see if it had got any worth. When someone like me starts browsing such sites, there is bound to be trouble, because I'm the person who reads what is on the site and have it checked reading between the lines and challenging the administrators to see if they know what they're talking about.

I noticed many tagged users put all sorts garbage into this site making it look like they're the dream person for one to meet (mainly ladies). Many write stuff akin being in no man's land. I really don't know if at all what they write is true or simply playing a donkey's drama of lame tales. Many don't even know what they put in their own tagged.com sites. This site is grossly mis-used by the users themselves without knowing or realising it.

I've come across many profiles of users who, on a long shot, I can tell you the user is either a MORON or does not know the meaning of the word "friend." 

Let me give you a few of the many examples...

Example No 1.
A girl of age 19++ (Melayu / Malay) has got something like 7,937 "FRIENDS." I ask myself if you've that many friends, wow Puteri UMNO could use her to buy votes and get her to stand against anyone in the polls even against PKR's Nurul Izzah at Pantai Dalam.

The thing is, one should understand, no human on this planet at a tender age of 19 can have that many friends. Not even the Prime Minister has that many friends. This is a clear case of MELAYU betul betul BODOH and syok sendiri.

Example No.2
There was this one profile where this girl, 21 years of age, prolly a defunct fool has got 12,331 friends. One in her list is a friend of mine whom I know too well. I was surprised he was in her list of "freinds." So, I wrote her a message and asked if she ever knew that one particular person. She replied  "Apa you cakap?"  This clearly shows she does not even know what or who she has added into her DUMB tagged.com profile and yet proclaim she has more friends than anyone alive. Another clear case of an imbeciled dumbass.

Example No.3
Some users have pictures of movies stars in the profile. When asked where is their picture, they say the picture on the profile is her. Hahahah... This only goes to show many especially girls live in a superficial world clouded with narcissism. And mind you, most profiles are written with the worst rotten English ever. Even Elementary kids write better.

They're way too many fake ones out there. Some even have no idea why they have a profile in tagged.com when asked.

All one need to do is jettison them and park it as spam.

So much for Tagged.com.

Divali

Today is Divali.

We, as family are not celebrating this year.

We'll catch up with it next year, 2011 Divali - hopefully a lil grander then ever before.

Stay Blessed.

Sad but true. Shame on YOU...

An email extract - unedited.

Dr. Abd Kalam's (India's Past President) "acid" reply to every Indian....

Why is the media here negative?

Why are we in India embarrassed to recognise our strength, our achievements?

We are a great nation. We have many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them...why?

We are the first in milk production.

We are number one in remote sensing satellites.

We are the second largest producer of wheat.

We are the second largest producer of rice.

Look at Dr.Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in bad news, failures and disasters.

I was once in Tel Aviv reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck but the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in 5 yrs had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of the killings, bombardments, death were inside the newspaper, buried amongst other news.

In India we read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime... Why are we so negative?

Another question: Why are we as a nation obsessed with foreign things?

We want foreign TVs, shirts ..... We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving lecture when a 14 year old girl asked for my autograph. I asked what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim India is not an under developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

You may say our government is inefficient.

You may say our laws are too old.

You may say the municipality does not pick up the garbage.

You say the phones don’t work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.

You say our country has been fed to the dogs and in the absolute pits.

You say say and say. What do you do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name =YOURS. Give him a face=– YOURS. You walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don’t throw cigarette butts on the road or eat in the stores. You are as proud of their undergrounds links as they are. You pay $5 (approx Rs60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 pm and 8 pm. You come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket only if you have overstayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don’t say anything. Do you? You wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramzan in Dubai.....you would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.

You would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs650) a month to see to it that my STD and DID calls are billed to someone else. You would not dare to speed beyond 55mph (88khm/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop “Jaanta hai main kaun honn (Do you know who I am?) I am so and so’s son. Take your two bucks and get lost. You would not chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.

Why don’t you spit pan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don’t you use examinations jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. You who can respect and conform to foreign system on other countries but cannot in your own. You throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be involved and appreciated citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

In America every dog owner had to clean up after his pet had done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here? We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.

We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of the bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those treated upon women, dowry girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone fore go my sons rights to a dowry". So who's going to change the system?

What does a system consists of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along and work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of this land or we leave the country and run away.

Like a lazy coward hounded by our fear we run to America to bask in the glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight to the gulf. When gulf was war struck, we demand to be rescued by the Indian Government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Quote Unquote "Dr. Abd Kalam and many great leaders of India had actually given speeches like the above at length, but to the daft and foolish Indians its more akin to a tale told into one donkeys' ear and out of an another jackass's ass."

Happy Birthday Suren

Happy 21st  Birthday to Suren.

and Many Happy Returns of the Day.

Finders keepers...

My late father, knowing him being a bit "so n so" kinda person, had kept some old monies in his so called wooden "vault". Well! the other day, on the weekend, and not knowing what to do, I started doing some spring cleaning and stumbled upon what I like to believe was some kinda of a 'treasure trove". 

Finders Keepers... hahaha