Yum ..

In case you didnt notice .. it's durian season .. again ... and now i'm nursing a sore throat and a raspy voice to the over-consumption of durians last nite ..

Maybe I'll just head on over to the local herbal tea stall tonight .. methinks the Uncle is gonna be busy these days .. what with the hot weather and all those durians ....

One Step Beyond ..

Ever had a day when you were somewhere like at SUNGEI WANG PLAZA and there was a certain electronic item on sale and you wish you had GOOGLE at your fingertips cos you needed to find out more about that item?

Well, that might happen sooner than you think.

Apparently some of these guys below developed a technology that uses image recognition and information access that would help the user make well informed decisions. Watch the video ...



PS : This could really be useful to the average guy when it comes to dates .. hehe ..

Fridays ..

So it was another typical Friday .. got into the office, made some calls, checked my mails .. and later went for my daily appointments.

Usual stuff.

It wasnt until I stepped into one of my client's office to find them all GLUED to the television did I wonder what had happened. They were all watching CNN's breaking news ..

me : Hey, what are you guys watching? What breaking news laa ? Somebody died or what?
client : MJ has left.
me : MJ? U mean Micheal Jackson? Where did he go? Mars?
client : He died.
me : ???

I later found out that the singer suffered cardiac arrest in the early hours of the morning .. and was declared dead even before he reached UCLA Medical Center.

Say what you want about the guy .. but he did produce some of the best stuff musically this decade. And he's the only one to claim the best selling album of all time ( Thriller ) .. as well as earning a phenomenal 13 grammys making him a part of popular culture for almost 4 decades.

I guess when your time is up, there's no way to getting around it .. and as someone said .. " there's NEVER gonna be another Micheal Jackson " ....

Random ..

Anybody remember these guys?

They had a sensational debut album .. topping the charts in the 1990s .. and making history as the best selling album of all time by an all female group, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 Charts.

Three of the singles from that album made it to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart .. even bumping Madonna's 'Vogue' out of the weekly number 1 spot ..



















And below is one of the singles that reached #1 ..



PS : Seems that Wilson Phillips is going to be releasing a new album next year .. wonder how it will fare .. with all that musical heritage in the family it should be good .. ( note : the Wilsons are the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, while Phillips' parents are John and Michele Phillips of The Mamas and Papas ).

Anger

Someone sent me this via email .. watching it made me very, very angry .. watch it for yourself and tell me honestly if you understand why there are cases of maids being abused.

PS : The said video was recorded using a CCTV camera - as such, i apologize for the quality. You can also look it up on YOUTUBE .. search with handle 'maids' .



I hope that little girl didnt suffer any broken bones ..

EL Nino ... Again?

It's gonna be very hot in the days ahead, according to our local Metrological Department. And not only that, brace yourself for the haze .. the full report here.

So after a full day of running around and seeing my clients, I decided that something much more lighter for dinner on my digestive system would be more beneficial. As such, me and Jack found ourselves at this place .. famed for it's specialty porridge.

That's the stall you see below .. no frills but there are customers actually hanging around waiting for a place to sit ..














And that's the porridge .. yum ..













And the chicken to go with it ...














Despite the sweltering heat ( it was still very humid and hot then at 07:40pm ) people were still standing around waiting for seats and those that couldnt wait 'tau-paued' their meals ..

Both me and Jack finished our meal in record time - partly because of the people waiting around for seats but mainly due to the heat and humidity .. towards the end of our meal we were already looking like two drowned rats ( in Jack's words " berpeluh-peluh " ) - basically soaked in sweat .. I looked around and almost everyone there looked the same .. hehe ..

The meals ( 2 bowls of porridge with condiments and pork innards and a plate of chicken as well as 2 glasses of iced herbal tea ) came to RM17-00 .. not too bad .. I definitely will be back .. but next time in something more comfortable !!

The Price of Vanity ...

I received this video by email today ..... guess the report speaks for itself ( caution : watch at your own discretion - disturbing images ).



When will we ever learn ?

Terminator : Salvation

I just watched this. And what did I think of the movie?

It was ...... ok lah.

Maybe it was just me but ... I thought the storyline was kinda weak.

From the first Terminator ( the one where Arnold was the bad guy ) the future was shown to be really really dark and bleak .. humans having to hide underground and eat rats to survive .. people weeping in despair .. and forever hiding from the machines that are out to obliterate them.

Dunno .. maybe with all that time travel .. they finally screwed up enough that if any one side loses .. the other also loses ..

But hey, it was entertaining. Kinda.
But if I knew what I know now .. I'd rather read the book.

Heh.

I cant believe this ...

Oh wow.

I just read this in one of the local dailies ... do we really need more to see how bad it has become? I, for one would think twice now before making a police report ..

Granny and mothers who complained about gangsters DETAINED – at 1 a.m. by cops

We did it at 1am to record their statements, say police
Nevash Nair
Friday, June 5th, 2009 10:22:00

A 58-YEAR-OLD grandmother and two mothers were among 18 people rounded up by police in a supposed sweep against rival gangs in a small town near Kuala Selangor.

But, the women hauled up -- and at 1 am too -- were the ones who had signed a petition to urge the police to rid their community in Taman Tennamaram of the gangsterism terror they had been enduring for purportedly more than 10 years.

Yesterday, the women and their families were outraged, claiming that they were treated like criminals instead of being seen as law-abiding citizens seeking police help.

The manner in which they were picked up has left residents of Taman Tennamaram furious. A police party had stormed grandma P. Thanggama’s house at 1am yesterday while she was asleep.

Residents alleged the raiding party had jumped over the gate before hammering on the door at that 'ungodly hour' and detained her. At the same time, K. Bathma and B. Poongavanam, both 45, were also picked up.

Their “arrests” have shocked the community who were at a loss why the women were "being treated like criminals".

Police explained later that the women were picked up to record their statements in connection with a petition and police reports that were made against gang members.

But why rope them in at 1am?

Kuala Selangor police chief Supt Ibrahim Chin said: “When we ask these people to come and give their statements they do not turn up. “When we go to their homes during the day, they are not there. Therefore, we decided to go at that hour, as that is the only time we could get hold of them.”

TGIF ?

It's Friday ... and I should be doing this ..

But instead it's almost 1200am on a Friday nite and im STILL sitting at home .. looking like this ....




















Seems that thru some coincidence .. everyone I know has got something planned as tomorrow besides being a Saturday .. is also a public holiday ..

And so im still at home in front of my laptop .. hence, this post ...

Aaah well .. maybe it's just as well cos im going to be away on an extended outstation assignment next week .....