Temptations & Ambitions

While I'm nothing of a fan of Apple, nothing they make will ever be. Imagine rectangle boxes with rounded edges that caused a hype in a small number of population. Wow, that must be ground-breaking, Apple fans would have thought, apart from feeding their delusion of being a class on-top. Never mind on how Steve Jobs acted worse than Bill Gates, while Bill Gates' partner was bought off with money, Steve let his partner suffer in poverty (although his partner did had some leisure of his own nowadays). 


With the recent iPad introduction, they had caused a hype by building an underdeveloped iPad, used the generated revenue to build a slightly better version, and hoping the same people to buy this "new" version to generate revenue to develop the next "slightly upgraded" iPad. While the same hard-core fans have 2 or more iPad, its popularity decreases because of the neverending cyclical storyline. 


But what of that? They had even "intruded" the manga world by trying to be an authority. Ok, perhaps they were one of the first, but banning e-manga with "violence" theme or "porn"-related is definitely a no-no. This had caused almost 30% of Japanese manga to be banned from iPad, anything related to blood, including Naruto, Bleach, One Piece and even medical manga series. Or some occasional manga which accidentally showed a boob popping out once in every 20 volumes (Around 150 chapters). "If you want porn buy an Android" statement is challenging everyone, and trying to be an authority in the potentially booming e-book industry. Killing off yourself before the boom is a bit tad overestimating oneself. If you can't do anything with it, why bother buying some "sleek" designs which can't do a thing? 


Seriously, why must we be judged by profiting people of what we should read. Porn may be understandable, but the thin fine line of violence and non-violnce ought to be there. The blatant banning of manga without having a clear guidelines is not going to go well, as they had refused to comment anything, but acting now and explaining much later, when their sales drop, is gonna be bad news for them. Competitors like Androids will come soon, and this is gonna bite off a large chunk of the pie.


Sometimes, it's not about wanting to watch violent theme or porn, it is to know that we have the accesibility to them that constitutes our rights. Plus, we should be trained to differentiate what is right and wrong, instead of 100% dictated by religion or hiding in the monastery devoted to nothing but paedophilism while the brother is the Pope. Imagine when Internet censorship was trying to be introduced in China or Malaysia. The uproar caused had been so great that it was not implemented in Malaysia, although China went through with certain sites.

So, what is there for us? Maybe we can recommend our Malaysian Censorship Board to them. I bet they'll do a fantastic job for iPad. :P

A new semester, a new gossip. But today's contents are not of coherency, because it is the flow of my mind. :P

It was only until I set my foot and settle down in my hostel that it dawned on me. This is my final year in UKMMC. Oh well, it's all good news, bad news, but definitely not no-news. I've seen many drama-like scenarios, gossips, rumours and everything that is possible, became possible. Somehow I've to blame the TV for showing the bad influence, because I'm sure everyone does watch at least one US drama. If you think House acted like a jerk, think again. He wasn't. I've seen many more defective copies who tried imitating that "jerk" attitude (not jerking) but without the knowledge. Or some who happened to looked like him a bit, either through the coarse facial hair or the antalgic gait with a walking cane. Or perhaps the juicy affairs in Grey's anatomy/ Desperate Housewives. Oh well, it did happened, although it wasn't as juicy as it seems on TV. Whether if it is a sexual affair, social affair, emotional affair, or molestation affair, it all happens. well, never mind the perks. It's usually based on willing buyer willing seller terms, apart from the molestation.

Sometimes, it makes me wonder if the drama series were based on real stories, or because such stories happened because they watch too much of those drama. It could happen either way, but such morality will not be judged, because it makes my life more happening. I mean, there's no need to subscribe to PayTV or wasting time being a couch potato. In fact, it hone your attentiveness to another whole level, as well as to improve your communication skills (gossip does count, doesn't it?) with fellow course mates.

I can't really say I'm out of the flaws either, but oh well, everyone lies, right? (Oh, I love the quote from House, it's really true) Mind the days when I had to pry the secrets from my high school mates with some subtle interrogation (it works actually) because there were nothing much to do back then, and the community is small, like those TVB love stories. I've definitely tone down on that, using it only accasionally, but the gossips and rumors were so much that I needn't go out to get them. They'll get me instead, though it was just a matter of time.

Or some people who can get all power-crazy when given a little bit of power (authority). I wonder if they had hit a panic button, because they flung it all out, either being too elated (the least benign), too aggresive, too paranoid, or too laidback. Being too elated can make you buy 101 leadership books and share them with your nil blog readers, but it make you enthuasistic, so you did more work than being a leader. But oh well, such leaders usually learn their lesson well (I hope), and to learn to delegate the tasks. The ones being too aggressive are the juicy ones when two of such people clash together, for the greatest showdown on earth. In Chinese, there's this term called "arm wresting", and such power wrestle was so much anticipated, but sizzles out quietly, because one of them was fierce and aggressive as a lion within the pack, but turns out to be a cat when dealing with outsiders. or sometimes the seemingly paranoid ones, who meted out punishment or scolding others for their future mistakes, or for not listening to what he said in his mind. I mean, I'm not telepathic, no thanks, although I would love that as my super power. Even if I do hear you, I'll be looking for a psychiatrist, because I've been hearing voices. Or the ones so laidback that the job gets done tomorrow. I mean the exact date tomorrow, but next year, and by other people.
 
And PPD taught us how to lie with our eyes open. No, we'll still have to stay sober and look into the patient's eyes, and to break the bad news. You have to tell them that you understand their feelings, because you empathize them, even if you'd just strike a lottery or had the best wedding proposal ever on earth and your mind is blank and you're actually thinking "Who cares?". (this is not me though). Or teach your future students all about morality, professionalism and ethics while you yourself will be breaking themor screwing around. Oh well, rules are there to be broken, I guess.

But no matter how I rant it, this is reality. There is no fairness, despite my optimism.And even if you call me immature, you had your call. But we all are. While the losers in the recent by-election called for unfairness and bribery while distributing chickens, groceries etc to the people during election, it was not because of justice that he blew the whistle. It was all because: HE LOST. had he win, he'll sure said that the people had chosen him in the spirit of fairness. Of course, there are also extremists in the winning party which had causes furore. but then again, I used to hate our current PM back when he kicked my ass into National Service. Not that I hate the camp, but the way it was implemented for the sake of his own good. But I've to give credits to him for being a smart guy and wits, being a politician with a proper degree and professionalism. Look at our country, how many politicians in Malaysia could graduate properly from a University? Some graduate from ISA, with a low intellect now that he's old. And some coming from culture, language and religious degrees, which, are always good in words, but fail to perform. We have such prominent leaders in both government and opposition parties, to be fair. It's just my opinion that such people had always fail to perform, whether in politics, or in other aspects..erhem...  But I'm not saying that degrees make people special, because as they say, people with degree had attitude problems at times, and nowadays, every Tom, Dick and Harry is a graduate. In Chinese we have "Ah Chu Ah Kau" which is pigs and dogs (Si babi, Si Anjing). But at least be well-versed in whatever portfolio you're holding.


But yet again, I'm still glad that our country as opposition parties, despite being such an irrational ones. At least there's a check and balance system, rather than the whole nation being silently obedient like lapdogs. But I had to give credits to such breeds because they can proudly declare that they are proud to be a citizen of such country despite all its forthcoming. Well, I guess everyone has their own choice. 


Uh oh, I'm already hypoglycemic. guess I have to stop here for now. Adios!

The first question that popped up of the mind would always bee "What? Now even bees have milk? Are they using miniscule breast milk pump to extract the milk from the queen bee? "

So I googled around and found the humor quiz:



P.S: Bee's milk usually refers to royal jelly amidst the confusing coined term.

Everyone makes mistakes in some part of their lives. Sometimes, we just screwed up and hoped that we would never be reminded of it again. But I guess for most people, it comes back and haunt you.


Well, this happened a few years back while I was working part-time in Pizza Hut. You see, pizzas have various toppings to choose from, so it can be rather tricky for the customers to choose. As a well-trained waiter (or so it seems), you'll have to be able to describe each pizza, from the toppings to its crust, and to dictate the taste so that the customers could taste it from your descriptions. And of course, recommendations are always welcomed despite the fancy illustrations.


As you can see, I was never a fan of Pepperoni. To be exact, back then, I hadn't know what the heck was Pepperoni. Oh well, it's just an extension of "Pepper" (capsicum) perhaps. Or some sort of cooking style for the green or red capsicum. How would I know why would people put some green or red capsicum slices on their pizza? Dang them for not calling it salami, or hot sausages whatsoever.


There were various incidences such occurences occured, but one of it was a Chinese couple ordering pizza. I was the attending waiter, and they were on a vegetarian diet which was usual for the 1st and 15th of the lunar month. Since they asked for a vege dish, I'd even recommend the pepperoni pizza! Well, the couple hadn't know, and ordered it as well. After being served the pizza, they non-chalantly ate it as well with no complaints. Heck I know what went wrong if there's any. Since it was a short 2-month stint there, I hadn't really had a chance to realize my mistake. It was months after that, when I found out that pepperoni was meat and not vege!


By then I guess it was too late. I had done a few recommendations, unforgiven in my very own sense. I had never had a taste of pepperoni pizza there, because I wouldn't bother tasting capsicum pizza (or so I thought). I guessed if I'd tasted it, I would have known what it was. I've tasted it at times, it was just that I never knew it was pepperoni.


Imagine the horror and the sin when this was found out. It's like offering beef to GuanYin believers, or pork to Muslims. I'm basically violating their beliefs despite the non-existence of mal-intention.

Whenever I happened to bumped on any "pepperoni" word on a restaurant menu, or perhaps the sight of pepperoni, I guess I will always be reminded of that one (or a few) very grave mistake I had made. There's nothing that can be done now, but the memories will always be haunting me. *Sigh*

It's been a really long time since I've made fun of politics, but the recent (or rather not recent) comparison of 1Malaysia and One Israel got me laughing at the idiocy of the people against 1Malaysia.


Oh well, just like some paranoid opposition leader who had no credentials left to criticize, there he goes like a barking dog. But what amuses me is that even professionals (and also my fellow coursemates) who would shut off their mind because of the so-called 1Malaysia paranoia. Or does anyone have a brain to think rationally to begin with?


I'm not asking anyone to go all out to support 1Malaysia. Blind loyalty is not my faith and religion either. I mean, give it a chance if it's good, and reject it if what has been implemented is poorly done. And not just because it sounds like "One Israel" or sort of.


The recent Apco is another hoo-haas by idiots of sentimental creatures. Even a slight association with the Jews must deem for a boycott. The evergrowing paranoia and psychosis has been accepted as a norm, because the majority forms the norm. Remember the stupid boycott propaganda against McDonalds because it's a US company and it was claimed that McD funded the war against Middle East? Or the Tesco brand because it was claimed that Tesco funded Israel? Funny how evolution has split humans into 2 species altogether, the ones with functional brains and another one with the primitive ones?

• "The One Israel concept slogan is People First, while 1Malaysia is People First, Performance Now." Someone insignificant claimed.

And it's a sin to use anything near there, even if the main objective was unity. We must create more racial tension, sexual tension, exam tension and whatever tension so that we do not go along the path of people first. Let our government be the one and only autocratic power.

• “Among the One Israel initiatives was to increase medical benefits; in Malaysia, 1Malaysia clinics were formed.” He claimed again.

And so we must neglect our healthcare and medical benefits and let people to suffer because we are to go against Israel's policy. We must deny Malaysians of any medical health care benefits. Then, the opposition would give a thumbs up to the government for going against Israel.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that the Jews eat too. So, for those against Israel, you may start fasting the whole year round and refuse to drink water or stop breathing the oxygen in the air as well. Try breathing nitrogen for a change. Now, I'll salute such patriotism. I really do. :P

Such stereotyping is common, but not justifiable. An individual remains an individual, and not to be hated collectively. Must we hate every single Jew because of their country? Must we hate all the Americans because their country's beguiled "anti-terrorism" aka bullying act? Must we hate all men for the small group of male rapists, murderers and thieves? Or do we ban all concert because we are paranoid, and claim all artists to be too sexy and underclothed (including Avril Lavigne)? Or should we just ban car usage for the number of accidents they can cause? The list can go on, but I'll let you ponder, and start putting your brains back into your skull. (Don't forget to switch it on too).

P.S: The author is trying to promote the use of brain and rationality which are severely lacking across the nation. But oh well, it may be a pro-Israel movement because the Jews use their brains too. So maybe that's why we shouldn't use ours as well.

This is why FB updates can be hillarious. Or was it sheer irony? n_n"


P.S: No offence for anyone's beliefs, it's just amusing that both updates got together . :P