Grow up, puh-leaze!

Some people are smart.

Some are such dim-wits that you start to wonder how they can survive in this world for all these while.

Some act as if they’re smart and better than the rest of the world when the truth is that they are just one of us.

Some pretending to be stupid when in fact they’re not.

And some people are just plain childish and immature.

The conclusion:

This world is filled with groups from all walks of life.

Some you idolize and learn from,

Some you pray you won’t grow up to be like in this lifetime or even the next,

And some, let’s just say that you feel sorry for them because they are beyond redemption.

The inspiration from this entry came the other day when I left a comment on one of my so-called “Facebook friends” after she had posted something.

The next day when I wanted to see if there was any interesting continuation to her sob story, I suddenly realized that I have been taken off her friends’ list and no longer had access to her page anymore.

Oh wow, what an inspiring act. An extremely tough one to follow.

It reminds me of my primary school days: after an argument with our best friend, we tell her “I don’t wanna fren you anymore.”

Like I give a damn.

I know what will follow will make me sound like a broken record but still, she left me with no choice but to say it again:

If you don’t like something, change it. The world will not change overnight just because you complained, complained and complained some more. If you refuse to embrace change, then maybe it’s time for you to just shut the hell up and accept things as it is.

Just needed to get this off my chest and for keepsake purpose under the ‘Just for Laughs’ section.

Come to think of it, maybe I'm the one who's supposed to change and stop complaining since no matter how many gazillion times I've said it, it doesn't seem to have any impact on these people.

“It takes 46 muscles to frown but only 4 to flip 'em the bird.” – Original Author Unknown

I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed,

Proud to be Malaysian

Trying to meet my target of blogging 7 days in a row, for which I have obviously fell short last week at only 5. Since I have a lot of thoughts running in my head and yet unable to concentrate as my whole life has been revolving around ‘The Gem of Life’ (珠光寶氣) drama of late, I managed to find this after rummaging through some of the junk mails I've received.

What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian

Original Author Unknown

1. You can name all the players from the the English Premier League, but ask you to name one football player from Malaysia , one name also cannot come out.

2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.

3. When toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.

4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there's SALE , run from one end of 1Utama to the other also NO COMPLAINTS.

5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.

6. You have a parent who force you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.

7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent when speaking to a American / British / Australian.

8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA.

9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queueing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.

10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese.

11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays.

12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians.

13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say 'Wah! Very clever hor?' When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say 'Aiya! Of course lah!
He Malay mah!'

14. When an angmoh (Caucasian) stranger kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him.

I’m proud to be a Malaysian, no matter how much people here like to complain about the government, the weather, the education, the traffic, etc. If you want change, do something instead of sitting around all day with your friends in the coffee shop, criticizing the government. As if they can hear you from their lavish homes and over-decorated offices.

Or else, you have another option of migrating to another country and there’s plenty to choose from: Australia, New Zealand or even our neighboring country, Singapore.

So my question is this: what’s stopping you?

Maybe the truth is that we just love complaining. Which is the reason why we are still here after 30-40 years and might still be here until the day we die.

I guess this is just a part of us being Malaysians.

Truly Asian,

Generation naming explained

Got this from one of my ex-colleague via e-mail today. She’s such a doll as some of the stuff that I received from her in the past really lets me take some time-out during work. [I hope my boss is not reading this!]

Normally will forward it to the people I know (and am fond of, of course) but sometimes I will missed out a few (Too many friends, what to do?). So I’ve decided to post it here from now onwards.

Well, at least you don’t have to actually hear me go on and on and on and on in every single entry here.

Wait a minute, did I just heard a sigh of relief???

Original author/ creative director unknown

The Silent generation: people born before 1946.

The Baby Boomers: people born between 1946 and 1959.

Generation X: people born between 1960 and 1979.

Generation Y: people born between 1980 and 1995 .

Why do we call the last one Generation Y? I didn't know the reason until today - a caricaturist explains it eloquently below...

As they say: A picture is worth a thousand words!

Melly rhymes with smelly,