Rudy rude!

On the way to work, I faced another inconsiderate specimen on the road.

The lane I was in had about 3-4 cars in it, all queued up. Nothing ahead except the driver of the car in front stopped his car right in the middle of the road to talk to another lady who was standing at the side of the street. Not a short talk, but I guess they were talking family stories over there. Surprisingly the driver of the car right behind the first car was patient enough to wait.

Then a loud honk. The guy moved to the side and gave icy stares at the cars behind. I guess he wasn’t sure which car honked.

Even the lady put up an annoyed face. Like it was her right to stand in the middle of the road to chat with some fella in a car while we all queue up and wait for them. Like we have all the time in the world.

I wish I had a M16. Seriously.

Or maybe I should start bringing the camera along wherever i go. Snap pictures of these 'ugly' people and post it up in my blog.

Nah...M16 sounds better...

Selfish and rude. Part 2.

Sigh!

Rude!

"Sekarang duduk dalam parti pun macam pembangkang, lebih baik jadi jantan, keluar dan bangkang kita terus dan senang saya nak hentam. Sekarang kalau nak lawan dia, saya teragak-agak kerana dia bekas presiden kita (Umno),” katanya pada sidang akhbar di lobi Parlimen."

That was Nazri's reply to Tun Mahathir.

How rude...to think he's our Minister...*gag*

Porky and her kids

I’m just popping in to write about my trip to Mines to watch The Cars. The movie was awesome. Go watch it. It’s better than The Wild and Over the Hedge put together.

But…

This post is not about the animated movie itself. This is about one particular patron in the cinema with us. A family of four to be exact.

Right from the start of the movie, the kid was screaming. Yes, screaming. Almost non stop. The movie was loud. Amid all those, we could still hear the shirking at the back. I was so damned pissed; I almost wanted to scream myself.

Now, I know it is a movie meant for kids. But that’s not an excuse to bring babies and kids under the age of 6 into the cinema and be a menace to the society. Let’s just think logically. Kids have very short attention span. Don’t expect them to sit down quietly in the dark, bombarded with loud noise and uncomfortable seats. I don’t blame the kids.

It’s the parents who are dumb. Extremely dumb. While we were turning around, giving the parents the eye, the ‘mother’ was happily stuffing popcorn into her porky face and the ‘father’ completely ignorant of the wailing child. Why have kids if you are not bothered about them? Baffles me.

Finally porky [I don’t normally call people names, but this one deserves it, deserves more in fact] decided to let her children run loose and they were running up and down the stairs in the cinema, laughing and doing summersaults, turning the cinema into some sort of an amusement park.

The same happened when I was watching Over the Hedge. The moment the movie started, a baby started crying loudly. I think its parents must have left their brains at home.

I’m extremely disappointed with the other patrons. Including myself. All of us were not bothered to tell the ‘parents’ off. Instead we chose to sit through it. I should have stood up and screamed at them to shut up.

Have you noticed that children nowadays are getting more and more misbehaved? Now I know there’s so much ho-ha about discipline without beating but want to know what I really think? A misbehaving child needs spanking. A hard one. That’s what I would do if it was my kid who was screaming in the cinema. On second thought, I wouldn’t bother bringing my kid (when i have one, that is) to watch a movie in a cinema unless I know he/she is properly behaved.

Every time I go to the bank, I see kids running loose, screaming and playing, rolling on the floor. In the hospitals, jumping off patients beds and turning it into a playground. In shopping complexes, throwing tantrums. Running around and screaming in eatries. And the parents completely oblivious. It’s like they suddenly have turned deaf, dumb and blind.

Kids should be taught basic manners in early stages. Let them run loose now, thinking beating will not solve anything will turn them into some lunatic gorillas when they grow up.

And people should stop being selfish and be considerate of others. If your kids are disturbing others, scold them and get them to behave.

Society seems to have turned into the classic case of ‘if I am blind in one eye, let my neighbour be blind completely’, if you get my drift…

Next time I see kids misbehaving in the cinemas, I’m going to shoot them. Parents first!

Week -end

Loads of distraction and it’s beginning to bug me.

Weekend was good. I spent the evening catching up with Uma, Nisha and Gowri over dinner. I had a good time. It was fun, talking about our hostel experience and my ex-company’s funny rules. Night was spent yakking with Uma but couldn’t talk much with her as my head was pounding. I seem to be getting horrible headaches once in a while and it gets really vicious. I’m not sure if it’s the beginning of migraine, but I do hope that’s not true. I spent the night holding my head, groaning in pain and feeling nauseous and forcing myself to sleep off the pain.

Woke up feeling better. Took LRT and went back to my house. Called a few for lunch. One said ok. One had an appointment with an aunty. One spent the night watching football and slept the afternoon off. Didn’t even pick up the phone and called later in the evening apologizing. Hmph! Spend Sunday reading, watching Astro and made a short pit stop in Midvalley and Klang later in the evening.

Was browsing through Reader’s Digest last night and their highlight for this month is 25 FAQ now Answered! That’s what the title was, more or less. And there was this Q, why does spring and summer pass by so quickly but winter seems to drag on and on forever.

They gave some answer, not exactly brilliant so I couldn’t really remember.

Anyway, why does the weekend pass by so quickly but the weekdays seem to drag on and on and on…forever?

Ugh…right now I need a bigger super powered brain and more time!

I’m still uploading the PWTC pictures. There are loads. As I said, we were both trigger happy. After all, we were surrounded by cars. Can’t get a better excuse to get excited, right? I’m still trying to get the car names right. Right now I could only get 5 out of 10 car names right, (minus the local ones) and hate it when the bf gets all gleeful every time I get one wrong, hmph! I’m still amazed how he gets all the names right. Even vintage motorbikes. Long way for me to catch up.

Trinky trinky

Getting the door opened for you,
Making sure you get off the lift first before he does,
Waiting for you to place your orders first before he does,
Seeing you quiet and striking up a conversation just to get you talking and feel included,
Speaking in utmost politeness every single time.

The finer points of a fine man.

Blue eyes and sturdy structure to boot...

I could get used to this...too bad it's not very long...

:-P

Singapore trip

One of the recent business trips to Singapore.

Loads of pictures. Less words.

This is KLIA's toilet. Later compare it with Changi's toilet ok?


Inside Singapore airlines..



Take off..


On air...



Look at the river...nice right? Like the map in my Form 3 Geography text book, he he:-) I always insist on taking the window seat and specify that i don't want to sit so near the wing...but i usually end up getting a place where i could see the wing in its full glory :-(


Landing...check out how the wing modifies itself, like Volvo C70...



Changi Airport.


Changi's toilet. :-)



In the taxi with my vendors, heading to the office.



My hotel. Crown Prince. Nice right?






A huge bed all for myself. A real relief from my small single bed back at the place I'm staying. I slept really well:-). Wrapped myself with the blanket and found it hard to get out of my self made cocoon in the morning...The aircond was darned cold!


The view outside from my hotel room window. (During the day)


Messing with the camera. Bored ler..


Walking down the streets in Orchard Road for dinner.


Dinner at Coca Restaurant. It was steamboat dish. Seafood steamboat with crabs, lobster, vege, mushrooms, prawns, and mussels.



My first morsel.


The food was ok. Too bland for my spiced Indian tongue. But the sauce, some Thai styled type was so yummy...i almost wanted to drink it. :D I had two helpings of that sauce ;-)


The aftermath. :-)


Lively orchard road. It's a streetful of shopping complexes. Like a clubbing scene minus the pubs, people were dressed up and the streets were well lit. The Great Singapore Sale was going on when i was there.The lady at the Crown Prince hotel where we all stayed handed me this brochure. Only to me as the rest of the gang with me were males. Not sure what she was implicating..guys don't shop? :P











Not really that cheap if you convert it to our currency. The exchange rate was 2.3 at the time i was there.

I bought a bar of chocolate to eat in the room. They sell mostly Australian made chocolates.


Enjoying my chocolate while watching World Cup match happily in my hotel room ;-)


Now u see...


Now you don't...:D


The view outside from my hotel room window, at night.


The view from my hotel lift.


One of the good things about having a client who deals with fast moving consumer goods is that you get fed well...when we were there, there was always a lady who came to ask us if we have enough munchies in the room, provided drinks and also two 2L cartons of orange juice and crackers and sweets, until one of my vendors said, 'lets take that lady back home, no one bothers about us in the Malaysian office':-D...and every single corner in the place has something about food, either boxes of food or pictures of food...made me hungry all the time...


More of Singapore..







It's extremely easy to get a cab in singapore. And their call center is automated and you get a taxi coming your way in less than 10 minutes. You don't even have to call them twice. The automated machine calls you back and informs you when the taxi has arrived. It was a huge relief from what i face almost everyday other day in Malaysia. They should implement this over here...


The way back-----------------

Inside Changi..




While waiting for my flight, trying to pass the time ;-)



Inside the flight...still trying to pass time before take off..


Doesn't this remind you of Night Shamalan's movie?


Coffee! Damn yucky!


That's it...Ciaoz...