Bad Karma ?

I was driving around in KL last week along Jalan TAR .. it was almost 1:00pm .. and as usual, Jalan TAR was absolutely jammed packed with pedestrians and traffic ..

One thing I noticed .. despite the sweltering heat and bright hot sun, that didnt seem to deter anyone from walking around .. and then, I noticed this :















It kinda looked like a bus .. except that it had an open top ... and there were people in it !! On a closer look I saw this :

There were like almost a dozen or so people in the open top bus .. what made me notice was that despite the dust and heat .. these people seemed to be chatting and dancing ( yes, you read that right .. DANCING ) around .....

Now, I dont know about you but with that kinda traffic combined with the dust and heat and smog .. I wouldnt be 'prancing' around in an open top bus !! And definitely not in a tube top and skimpy shorts !! Isn't that the fastest way to get sunburned ? I thought that it was some kinda advertorial event .. but I couldnt see any cameras ...

On a totally unrelated event ....

I was having tea with a friend in Subang 2 days back ... and when I walked back to my car I saw this on the passenger's side door ....

Apparently some bastard tried to force his/her way into my car ... but nothing was taken despite the fact that my wallet was left in the glove compartment ..

Later, after a more lengthy discussion with my mechanic .. I found out that this was pretty common - it seems that these guys are not out to take anything from your car .. they just want the LOCK so that they can duplicate the car key .. and they always target the passenger side door or the boot, hoping you won't notice ..

And so with your LOCK and your car registration number, it would be pretty easy to find out where you live .. so that they can come back late at night when you are fast asleep and just drive off with your car !!

The mechanic also told me that he was offered ( he said NO ) almost a thousand dollars for a copy of ANY car key and registration .. to be passed to a syndicate specialising in stealing cars ..

And so I had to change the ENTIRE car's locks .. so as to avoid the chance that if in the event my car IS targetted to be stolen .. it won't happen .. SHIT ... cost me a few hundred ringgit .. wonder why my car .. it's only a bloody WAJA after all ...