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2020-02-02T22:48:00.000-08:00

马来西亚掉入咸水海

2015-02-23T21:54:00.000-08:00

以前戰國時代的古老中國，曾經有很多忠貞為國的英雄，不過往往都是因為做皇帝的沒有把最高權力交給 "最能幹最忠心的"，反而安排了曉得花言巧語的奸臣來制裁 "忠臣"，所以落得皇朝滅亡的下場。

華人有 "富不過三代"的魔咒纏身，並非出于偶然。曆史見證許多古時的名門望族，豪門集團，往往因為甯願把掌陀的位置交給最得寵的人選，而不是交給最有本事的人選，所以都沒有本事世世代代傳承下來。

松下集團所以能夠百年不倒，完全基于創辦人松下幸之助的一個條件，就是：就算他自己的兒子如何本事如何有能力，也要等到最少 38歲，超過75巴仙的股東贊同，才能夠出任總裁一職。

可口可樂所以能夠成為全球 500 大企業的第4名，也是因為他們的總裁一職，從來就是 "有能者居之"，而不是某某股份最多的股東的兒子來當。

蘋果機構曾經于Macintosh Classic 生產之時，把Steve Jobs 炒了離開公司，原因是他出言頂撞某某股東的兒子，當時Steve還是一位銷售員。而後來其他大部分的股東決意把他重新納入蘋果，也就再次證明了"能者"是比"得寵者"有用的。

同樣地，大馬聯邦政府甯可把一群"聽話的得寵者"放在國家導航的位置上，而不讓"能者"來領航，就注定把我國的未來倒進"鹹水海"了。

馬來西亞死定了。

我和张瑞成的缘分

2014-01-21T07:27:00.002-08:00

我和张瑞成的缘分

我的记忆之中，认识张瑞成是源于1978年，那时我为帮家里刚出来工作，也同时在 ”新明日报” 的 ”年轻人的” 散文版投稿，除了投散文稿，也投单格漫画版头。当时，那版头只是报社洪姓内勤美术员包办，可是我就胆粗粗画了几张去碰运气。

主编傅金来看我诚意够多，于是采用了的版头漫画。就是画设计图加上 ”年轻人的”四个字，投了好几十幅，傅主编选用几个，每星期一个，当时来说，每幅稿酬7块，蛮好的收入。

在画稿写稿当中，还可跟主编聊天。就这样，我向傅主编前辈询问关于自资出版漫画的意见。报章上对话让身在玻璃市的张瑞成看到了，他就通过新明日报跟我联络上，从此展开一连串的笔友书信来往。

森林木《漫画历程》第一回

美国傻瓜也真不少

2013-11-10T10:21:00.000-08:00

早前阅读也一则新闻，说个女人为了她的"病死"轿车电池出问题，一直弄不好而大发雷霆，愤怒敲破挡风玻璃发
泄，实在苦笑不得。
人类恋物痴狂程度到了不可理喻地步，虽然上报章赚个威风，但只落得众人皆醉我独醒，自个儿痛苦。
同出一撤，美国今天网上吵闹得最火热的话题应该是，苹果对安卓的智能手机比较。
有时候，觉得人真的活得不耐烦了，没事找事做。如果职业从事资讯产品评论的，拿产品比较大作文章无可厚非，
但连平民用户也为了哪一款比较优胜而争论，似乎浪费时间。
反正，无论三星，苹果或微软，那一方胜出，那一方赚比较多的钱，也不会分一些给我们的。我们要的只是一个用
具。
当然，有人会以佩戴名表或拥有名车或年轻美貌女伴而倍感身价提高，因为奢侈品是代表个人生财有道，但是因拥
有名牌智能电话和游戏机而抬高身价的，鲜少听说过。
那么，人们究竟在争吵什么呢？
就拿我的例子来说，亲戚追问我为何选购三星而不是苹果，我说，苹果没有我要的条件啊。亲戚说，苹果比较可
靠，耐用，出名。
可惜，比较可靠，耐用，出名的产品世界上多得是，并不是凡迎合以上条件，我就去拥有的。
我卖的工具，必须迎合我的预算，还要达到我想要的功能。反正，购买最先进名牌的工具，并不会无缘无故的使我
变成最先进或最名牌的使用者，那工具能不能发挥作用，还得看我本身有多少能耐去充分利用它。
我不是专业摄影家，购买全世界最贵最顶尖的相机，也还是傻瓜一名嘛。反观，如果你是专家，就算拿个鞋子沾漆
油，也有本领画出名画来。
看来，美国虽是先进大国，他们人民当中，傻瓜还真不少啊。

食物的价钱可以提升食欲?

2013-10-28T00:06:00.003-07:00

今天有位老板跟我提到一个名叫"忘不了"的鱼，他说一生中最少也要吃它一次。他还说，'听说' 有人钓到一条卖7千块钱，想必，它的鱼肉会好吃到 "忘不了"。

我问他，是因为 "忘不了 7000 这数字" 还是 '忘不了" 鱼肉，他支唔以对。

我告诉他，那鱼的名字叫sembilang , 在东马特多，有一位朋友时常周游列国到处去钓鱼，曾告诉我，他们一般喜欢那"忘不了"的鱼跟垂钓的人搏力挣扎，但通常钓到了，都把鱼丢会水里去，很少煮来吃。原因很简单，它的鱼肉根本不好吃。现在酒楼吹捧得天上有，地下无的，不是他们所钓到的尺码，而是一公斤左右的小鱼。

其实，人类吃东西的味蕾已经麻木了，到了不晓得分辨好吃与否，需要靠"价钱" 来提升"嘴刁"的层次，所以生意人才会想到用各式各样的招数来制造市场需求。

我还记得以前，有人把金龙鱼和花罗汉捧得好厉害，有的甚至一条价值数十万元，就我自己一个亲戚，也曾经买了一条价值 12千元的金龙鱼回来养，结果不足三个月死掉了，不舍得丢掉，还煮熟了叫我去吃。

又有另一位朋友，在最风行一时，养了很多花罗汉，以为有一天可以赚大钱，谁知道，最后搞得要全数拿去放生在河里。

其实大人和小孩一样，白饭不吃，加了个"寿司"的高级名堂，卖贵一点，就立刻变得很好吃了。说真的，寿司上面的三文鱼，怎会好吃得过华人的叉烧？

我们是否已经变得如此麻木，要依赖"价钱" 来提升食物的好吃程度呢？

城市"晒冷病"

2013-10-28T00:05:00.000-07:00

我发觉时下城市人都有一个通病："顶尖晒冷"病。

有时看到一些亲戚，为了少少的意见不合，争吵到面红耳热，有时甚至出动到"尖酸刻薄"的言辞。如果年轻人血气方刚还无话可说，但一些上了年纪的祖母辈也如此，真会觉得痛心无奈。再者，很多时候还是不知道起火点在哪，终结点无望局面，一时啼笑皆非。

这种，争吵只为唇舌上的胜利，百弊而无一利。有时还落得血压提升，百病缠身的结果。
类似这样的现象，我归纳为 "顶尖晒冷病" 。

有的人，在喝茶闲聊时，谈到钱财话题，也会爆发这种病，你会听到各式各样的金钱数目在话题中参杂着，煞是好看，也好听。

有的例子，更不局限于唇舌上，例如，大家买了最新的玩具，也拿出来"晒冷"一下。

牛津词典最近确认了不65个新的词汇，加插在词典内，其中包括了twerk, selfie, 和foodbaby。

twerk 就是指现在流行的妖艳挑逗性自我抚慰式的跳舞姿态动作。foodbaby 是指我们吃得太多，运动太少，肚腩肿胀像个怀孕妇人那样，华人叫啤酒肚的样子。我虽然不喝啤酒，可我也有个foodbaby 。（以上两个字跟本文无关）

selfie ，是指时下人们喜欢自拍肖像上载到交流网页的举止，有些人几乎每天上载好几次的，这，就符合了本文的 "顶尖晒冷病" 了。

现在的小孩子很幸福，父母们都赚足够的钱，每当学校放假，都有机会到处去游玩旅行，一般旅行后回到学校都会同学间互相 "晒冷"一番，报道彼此旅游过的地方，享受过的事和物。

打工一族，有的买了新 "玩具'，（手机，电脑，相机，甚至汽车），也会来个 "晒冷比赛"。

现在，连一些结婚的，都要晒冷他们婚礼上所收到的金饰贺礼等。

比较有钱的，就 "晒冷" 他们最新的纯种跑车，或者刚出炉的选美冠军女朋友等。

刚买了新屋子的，就尽量装修得奢华一些，好在入伙聚会时，也晒冷一下。

哎呀，实在够变态的，还得我也感染了同样的病，每次老婆煮了温暖牌常餐，也来个 "晒冷"，统统给上载到面子书去。。。。。。糟糕，要看心理医生去。。。。

犯罪的人比受害者好命

2013-10-28T00:01:00.004-07:00

有没有留意到电视新闻的 "皇家警察"瓦解犯罪或制毒集团并破获大量武器或毒品的新闻报道？

有没有发觉，这类的新闻过于 "行货"，每次出现都 "似曾相识"？

有否留意到，每次他们报道破获，瓦解，或逮捕，都只是在萤幕上看到摆放了很多很多的 "死物"，而不见所逮捕的人物踪影。

如果我说，这些都是捏造的，官方宣传手段，你如何看法？

早在30年前，我就听一位身在某家报社的朋友描述过这种现象了。

那位朋友，父亲是位人际网络了得的有力人士，其本身也是"有钱"到不得了的，还要是当时的资讯部长Megat Junid 的好朋友。

我那位朋友（也曾是漫画发烧友），从英国学成归来，第一分工作是在新海峡时报担任重案记者。据说，重案记者这部门是晋升机会最大的记者行业。

固勿论那位朋友今天成为新海峡时报其中一个董事是否裙带提携所致，我今天要探讨的是本国捏造"警队破案成功率"的典范。

话说那位朋友在重案记者行列，第一份出差的，就是去采访（其实是报道）一宗警匪搏火场面。

原来，记者们都是事先获得通知，到达"案发现场"埋伏，等候准备抢劫银行的匪徒到来。

果然，等不足半小时，五名蒙面匪徒乘车到达现场，手持军火，冲进银行去行劫。与此同时，警队也"到"了。

不用说，匪徒出来的时候，当然是枪林弹雨，而最终，匪徒全数遭枪杀，伏尸银行门口。

当警察们检查过，肯定匪徒们都死亡了，记者群就可以出来"拍照"交差。当然，搏火情形不得公布。

有人质问，那些匪徒怎会愿意演这场"戏"呢？我也有同样的疑问。

有钱人如何用咸鱼赚钱?

2013-10-18T08:14:00.003-07:00

有钱人如何用咸鱼赚钱？

我曾经一段时间，画漫画到了江郎才尽阶段，选择了暂且放下画的工作，投身试驾新车记者行列，原因，可以有多方面商业需求的接触，出国见识不同国度风情文化，增加见闻，提升自身知识的机会。

那段日子，也跑遍全马大小乡镇，了解了各地有钱人或打工一族，或农耕人家对他们座驾的要求程度。

当时我身兼记者和分公司操作人两职，老板是轮胎厂集团拥有人，就是我所说的其中一个"有钱人"了。他的商业同僚，伙伴，敌人，都是"有钱人"。

而这些有钱人，在家里出现了"咸鱼"，也就是老人家去世了，就会大费周章，筹办治丧礼了。

他们治丧，举殡其隆重程度，绝非像我这些"还没做有钱人"的人可以想象得到。（'还没" 表示，我还在发梦想有一天做得成）。

有钱人，治丧，由咸鱼出现，到出殡完结为止，可以花费两星期时间。单单瞻仰遗荣都为期七天。

当年，"因利承便"，老板家族和其他商伴家族，凡举有老人家仙游，就组织一个治丧和卜闻通告委员会，在我们公司里挑选职员担任委员，帮助处理各项治丧，通告的任务。原来卜闻委员会就是负责向公司来往商伴同僚发消息，并安排他们筹募刊登卜闻的经费。

短短数天之间，所筹募的数目可以达到两百万之巨，安排全国报章刊登卜告，扣除了费用，竟然还有剩余，可以分发"花红" 给委员们的。而花红，可以是达到每人5千大元，那是约15-18年前的价口。

幻想一下，老板本身，会有多少进口袋呢？

这种"发死人财"的做法，在有钱人的圈子里，是"理所当然"， "见怪不怪"的，惟有那些当任委员的打工一族，两星期的副业收入竟然比正职还要丰厚，难怪当时有人悄悄的打诓说：问问老板们，家里还有什么"还未死而快要死"的成员，我打算迟一点才辞职咯。

想必，钱，真的可让人变得"很刻薄"，"很无人性"吧？

连咸鱼都可以成为赚钱工具，人性肯定灭绝了。怪不得，时常有为遗嘱兄弟相残，家庭破裂的事情发生了。

Why Dont I Like Alcohol?

2013-10-02T10:34:00.004-07:00

I have many unevitable experiences where i NEED to drink, mostly due to my work nature where I get to meet journalists from all over the world.

When people gather up in a crowd, the usual pastime always has to be 'cigars, wine and women', as aptly put by Rose (Kate Winslet) in TITANIC the movie.

While I am nonchalant towards the pros and cons about drinking (whether moderate or excessive) in times like medieval or pre-war Europe, I am greatly obnoxious towards the same in modern times.

The reasons for thinking so are few:, but being labeled ' a saint' is hardly one of them.

Never in my life do I think of anyone 'saint' enough to be named one, so 'a saint' could not exist by just not drinking alcohol. To think in that direction is only a smirk short of being sarcastic.

Now, to the true reasons WHY I DO NOT LIKE TO DRINK.

First, the drink is costly.

Second, the quality-to-value-to-price ratio of such drinks is overly abused by businessmen, hence, makes it diffficult to differentiate the really good ones from the bad ones, especially in an age where the number of BAD overwhelms the GOOD.

Third and Lastly( and also most important of all), I personally think 'alcohol' tastes LOUSY. I cannot think of any single reason, why I need to pay a hefty price in order to shove something that tastes so BAD into my mouth, less mention about swallowing it down my throat.

.....And worst of all, risk blurting wonderful speeches that can provoke brawls, while having to bear the headiness till the very next morning.

In a family, if both husband and wife love to drink like no tomorrow, that'll be fine, but if only one party drinks, the other party is bound to suffer unknowable trauma whenever the drunken party creates havoc.

Havoc here means, giving funny, unbearable speeches, throwing things around, performing unsightly acts or just throwing up. Try to imagine what their loved ones have to put up with, and you understand what I meant here.

So, brushing aside the possibility of becoming an angel, or a saint, there exist NO INCENTIVE to drink any amount of alcohol.

use self drawn icons on homescreen

2013-09-20T04:08:00.001-07:00

How to rectify read-only status in Micro SD cards

2013-09-19T21:57:00.002-07:00

I have tried a dozen ways.
I have googled for tonnes of links and forum threads and I still couldn't find the answer to this probleM.
I was in desperation, so desperate, I swap card readers, alternate between running Active partition Magic and Mini Tool Partition Wizard to finally get the card running again in my Android tablet.

Conclusion is: When you copy back your files to the Microsd card, you still get the read-only status on the card, and once again you get the same non-access to the card.

Now, in my case, I used the Mini Tool Partition Wizard to delete and recreate a new empty partition. Do not Format it using your Windows or Mac PC.

Put the MicroSD card back into the tablet , FORMAT IT USING THE COMMAND IN YOUR TABLET STORAGE and use a transfer cable to recopy your files back to the card.

REMEMBER: RECREATE ALL THE FOLDERS IN YOUR MICROSD CARD, AND THEN COPY ONLY THE FILES (NOT WHOLE FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS) BACK INTO THE RESPECTIVE FOLDERS IN THE SD CARD.

AFTER THAT, MAKE SURE TO DISPOSE OF ALL THOSE ORIGINAL FOLDERS (THAT HAVE THE READ-ONLY STATUS CHECKED), AND NEVER AGAIN ALLOW SUCH FOLDERS TO BE COPIED INTO THE MICROSD CARD.

NEVER USE A CARD READER TO COPY FILES DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PC TO THE CARD. CREATE NEW FOLDERS USING FILE MANAGERS IN YOUR TABLET.

2013-08-28T03:24:00.001-07:00

If your power utility goes on strike, what can you do?
Have a home made red bean icicle.

2013-08-28T03:21:00.000-07:00

If hi-tea has to be enjoyed when the sun is HIGH above your head, what do you call it when you have orange chifon cake with home brewed black coffee at 6 pm?

I think, it should be called LO-tea, because the sun is LOW down in the west.

authentic dim sum only at home

2013-08-21T10:45:00.002-07:00

it's no more available at dim sum restaurants.
they, in the name of making more profits, won't give you diced pork and water chestnut to make their 'siew mai', they evenwon't stick to the thirty.seventy ratio of fat to lean meat combination, and include evenbits of the pig's skin into the minced meat to make the 'siew mai'.
moreover, the skin used to wrap the meat is also of the cheapest quality, losing the original flavour in traditional 'siew mai'.

what to do? just have to prepare at home.

The Layers of paperless handsketching on a galaxy note

2013-08-03T22:34:00.001-07:00

20 mins on a galaxy note, you can always revert back to where you started, save whatever you have drawn for use at a later date.

"LAYERS" IS THE MAGIC WORD TO KEEPING ALL YOUR UNUSED WORK, MODIFIED WORK, UNDO ANYTHING YOU HAVE DONE WRONGLY, OR REDO ANYTHING YOU HAVE UNDONE MISTAKABLY, the digital age which sometimes pampers us too much, we tend to take things for granted.

In real life, just be careful, every step we have TAKEN, CANNOT BE UNDONE, REDONE, OR SAVED UP FOR USE AT A LATER DATE.
Digital data is only a supplement to what we are, what we do, and what we have.
NEVER TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED

Malaysian misunderstanding of RETREADS

2013-07-29T07:57:00.001-07:00

The general motorist in Malaysia is always wary of 'retreaded tyres'.
Firstly, the item being known in Malaysian terms as 'tayar celup", has a 'horrifying ' effect on the motoists' subconscious negligence towards road safety.

Many a time, peeled tyre strips strewn over highways would suggest that 'retreaded tyres' are unsafe.

This mindset of Malaysian drivers has been deeply rooted due to their misunderstanding of the 'retreads' (short for retreaded tyres).

Without proper knowledge of the product, and the observance to a properly deployed maintenance program, anything in this world could be rendered 'dangerous'.

The fact that Malaysians are totally ignorant to the employment of 'retreads' on an aircraft's landing gear, speaks so much of our misunderstanding towards the good side of a retreaded tyre.

A new tyre, costing up to tens of thousands of ringgit a piece, can last up to 4 trips of runway taxi-ing, and 4 trips of landing before the treads run out.

It is 'retreads' that keeps the tyre carcass in service for an extended time, a typical aircraft tyre could be retreaded up to 15 times before retiring. After that, the carcass would be grounded into powder form, and added to asphalt and tar which makes up the material for our roads.

Without retreading, your usual air ticket would run into 20-fold of what you are presently paying.

Ghost in Genting

2013-07-11T09:29:00.001-07:00

Ghost in Genting hotel room

2013-07-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

Man must evolve. Dogs must stay as animals.

2013-05-21T10:38:00.001-07:00

They say dogs are men's good friends.
. . . . .
Nope. Men didn't come into this world to look for friends. They want someone or something that nods its head, wags its tail, dangles its tongue, listens to the master's words and NEVER argues back.
. . . . .
Every man is a dictator in his own right.
. . . . .
Every man achieves his very own satisfaction from his own primitive urges and senses, that is to have a self-centred world, and conquer everybody else.
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Since a dog would 'normally' obey the orders of its owner, it would naturally be considered 'men's best friend'. In fact, man doesn't need a friend, all he need is a 'dog', a tongue-dangling 'friend'. Having a dog as a 'best friend' makes a dog owner feel more secure as a 'man' and 'owner'. A dog never argues back, mainly because a dog doesn't speak man's language. Nor does it know what the heck a man talks about.
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Some time ago, a blogger commented that my 'slashing of a dog's nose with a cutter' as a kid was considered inhumane.
Well, I don't go around slashing dog's noses, just that I have to pass by a certain road, and that dog just has to rush up to me everytime with his saliva-dripping mouth wide open.
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Every human in his correct state of mind would have 'evolve over time' and learn to defend himself.
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Man can evolve by building weapons. So can I defend my safety by donning a weapon.

the signs of MCA falling

2013-05-20T03:25:00.004-07:00

The MCA has finally vanished from the Malaysian cabinet this time around. This was due to 'keeping up' to their promise of not taking any ministerial post in the federal govt in the event they fare badly in GE13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, fare badly is just a consoling word, I would rather say; they lost 'uglily'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First, I say, the MCA are a shameful lot by having a porno-artist as a chairman/president. Not that we should mix personal lives with the work of a politician, but more so because he actually lost in the elections prior to this. . . . . . . . . Another sign of the MCA failing is also due to this chairman donning an arrogant outlook, speaking like a clown to the Malaysian Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . That he said ' I was unlucky to be caught (with pants down, as well as with reproductive organ up)' is a hilariously spiteful excuse when someone caught him having extramarital sex on video. . . . . . . . . . . . MCA has never been a group with integrity in my eyes dating a long time back. Still recall, when they bought over a popular Chinese daily (to become heir political media arm, like the UMNO having Utusan and NST), to make it into a company which make annual losses or 2 million and finally elapsed from the Malaysian media scene. . . . . . . . They made a 'thief' take control of the management in this company. The so-called manager was in fact an ex-reporter of this same newspaper company (then still owned by its original founder) who got sacked for embezzling some charity funds entrusted to him on route to help some needy families. . . . . . . . Such was the vision of a political group which stood on the basis of 'representing the chinese'. . . . . . There was a time, when the MCA had a big problem serving the instalments to their heaquarters building loan, they sent some 'representatives' to the newspaper office and collect 'monies' to help ease off some financial burden, I only offered one ringgit, and they said 'the minimum' is five ringgit. . . . . . . They even said, since I work in a MCA-owned company, I was obliged to make contributions. Wow, what a blackmail. Does this also mean, anyone working in the public / government agencies are all obliged to lick the BN government's toes and vote for them too? . . . . .. . Why, in the first place should a big political group be entrenched in great financial troubles, and continue to utilise a 'glamourous' tall building for a headquarters. Can you use simple buildings for your meetings, while you recuperate from your financial woes? Of course, they cannot. The face and glamour of owning a big building premise is so hard to shed off, they rather go begging than to reside in delapidated huts. . . . . . Such was the philosophy of a group envisioned to 'lead others' into a developed country. Such was the 'leadership' we have been hearing about. . . . . . And they dare to say, if there weren't any chinese representation in the cabinet, we 'chinese' would lose out. What lose out? If they were so powerful like they say, why would they even look so weak and useless when they merely lost some seats in the general elections? Can't they see, the opposition have been losing election after election, for the past 50 years, and their spirit to fight has never ever die down before. . . . . . . . Can't the MCA pick themselves up and show some courage, to face maybe, the 14th, or 15th elections? Is it because they the MCA are people who cannot eat dust? Has the illusion of 'being winners for 50 years' deprived them of their 'courage' to even face defeat? . . . . . . Did the MCA ever know, 'losing' is also an option in life? . . . . . .

Malaysia can never be a developed country

2013-05-16T20:31:00.004-07:00

As a kid, I have experiences of going to the wet market to buy vege and meat for home cooking, and I have always marveled at woman who haggle and bargain for lower prices. . . . . . . Those days when people's income weren't always sufficient for sustaining a household, women are very rpudent in their spending, where a savings of 5 sen here and there, do make a difference. . . . . . . Today, everything is so different, majority of the people have enough money for a lot of other luxuries, BUT still, they haggle for discounts of 10 or 20 sen for every purchase they make, which is what I deemed unnecessary. . . . . . . Nowadays, when people change mobile phones faster that they change clothes, when people dine out at posh restaurants on every festival or 'special occasion' that comes along, a bargain of 10 or 20 sen per katty of lettuce isn't going to make much of a difference. . . . . . . If you are going to buy vege or meat or other foodstuff to be consumed at home, you had better put quality on first priority over the price. . . . . . Just imagine, if everyone were to purchase anything based on low price, this would eventually create a higher demand for low-priced (low quality at the same time) products, and caused the demand for quality products to diminish. . . . . . . The trend will go on and on until one day when quality products cannot find any buyers, resulting in the demise of 'quality'. . . . . . Malaysians on the whole do not pay a lot of attention to the food that they consume, they only feed on food served at restaurants ( which you and I can be sure would never utilise quality materials to serve you, coz they need to maximise profits). Even those who buy and cook at home, they tend to look for food that cost as low as possible, so you can be very sure, 'quality' doesn't even exist anymore. . . . . . . It's funny that, while people haggle furiously over prices of food they intake,and do not concern about quality of the food they eat, they never bother to bargain over prices of cars and houses that they buy. In fact, they prefer to buy cars and houses that cost as high as possible. Contradicting, eh? . . . . . . Now you know why we Malaysians cannot 'create' or 'produce' even one product which can make foreigners line up to buy, like what we do to BMWs and iPads, Guccis and Rolexes? . . . . . . Isn't it stupid that Malaysians have to skimp on quality of food intake in order to pool finances for the purchase of a product just meant for showing off? . . . . . How do I know Malaysians skimp on food quality? Look at the quality of fruits. Don't you see that foreign fruits that get imported into Malaysia are of low, low quality? This means foreigners don't export their best quality to the outside world. They keep for their very own consumption. Whereas, we export our best quality, and kept the lowest quality to ourselves. . . . . . . The reasoning is simple, foreign countries have stringent quality control abotu importing foodstuff from Malaysia, whereas Malaysia doesn't even have a competent department to enforce such such controls over any foodstuff coming into Malaysia. . . . . . . Now, do we also have a department to monitor the 'quality' of foreign labour into the country?. . . . . . We do not, which is why, all the bad apples from foreign '3rd world' countries continue to flood our streets. Since they can't go to countries that have strict controls, they may as well come to lackey-free Malaysia. We will consume them all. . . . . . . At the same time, foreign countries only accept our brightest brains, and those who have tonnes of money, this leaves the remaining half-wits and only those with little money staying back in the country, we can foresee that in the not so far future, Malaysia will only be populated with poor, stupid, low-grade citizens and lots of illegal foreigners who may have been first-degree murderers back in their original countries. What, you think those good ones won't be taken up by other countries?. . . . . You think, in a country where the police force doesn't do their duty, and a country where the citizens have to pay money to 'buy' security could ever attract 'good' people meh? . . . . . The only 'good' foreign people would would be those who got lured and attracted with lucrative opportunities offered by governmental leaders to 'conspire' and 'cheat' all Malaysians. . . . . . A country which has leaders who conspire with ousiders to rip its own people off, has no future. This practice of abusing powers to supress and rob the weak, is the same as what stronger countries are doing to the weaker countries. Taking all the cake for your own consumption and keepsake while leaving the weaker majority to fight over crumbs, will eventually turn this world itself into crumbs. Because, NOBODY WILL BE THERE TO CREATE OR PRODUCE QUALITY ANYMORE.

Malaysia, a money and rubbish-oriented country

2013-05-09T23:59:00.001-07:00

LOOK at the 'scenery' of our country when the general elections are finally over. . . . . . This is what has been happening since our independence in1957. . . . . . Every election would bring us such a 'trademark' beautiful image. The reason that we have to endure such a 'beautiful' country, is that, before the elections, political parties and their members are overly enthusiastic in promoting their manifesto, and the pasting, hanging of posters, flags, banners truly reflect the fiery war between competing candidates. . . . . And the 'consequence' of leftovers from those 'rubbish' all over the country, is that, the putting up of banners are motivated by the giving out of monies, and wages. . . . . After the elections, losers will be so angry and 'malu' , that they do not feel like taking down and clearing those rubbish. . . .. . BECAUSE, no one is going to pay you to remove the rubbish. . . . . . so, lets just allow the rubbish to be beateb abd thrashed by the weather, and we pray god and allah can allow those rubbish to automatically 'disintegrate' by themselves over time. . . . . . so what if you have a beautiful flashy sports car, or a golden palace to stay in, while your country is only a piece of shit covered with election waste?

Raja petra kamaruddin has SPECIAL tastes..... ...

2013-05-07T04:14:00.000-07:00

I have always wondered who this RPK guy was, until one day, out of curiousity, I clicked on his Malaysia Today blog, surprised to find that he has got special interests..... ...... ..... ...... ...... for all I know, these ads get piped in accrding to your interests when you sign in an adsense account. Either RPK thought his ardent followers all love to click on such ads, in search of some fetishes (with cold cash gotten from somewhere), or he himself hopes to advocate such services. ...... Ho ho ho hoho

wwhat to do if you live in CHEAP Malaysia

2013-05-06T03:03:00.001-07:00

What to do if you live in CHEAP Malaysia. MALAYSIA has become so CHEAP, that we lead CHEAP LIFESTYLES. . . . . . . . BE A Voter, be a Malaysian. Vote as you may, but you lose because your vote got drowned by imported CHEAP votes, balloted through the back door. . . . . . . . . What is it they cannot do when they can even appoint 'rejected' election candidates into the cabinet, also through the back door? . . . . . . . . Be a CHEAP boss, because you have to slash cost by employing CHEAP LABOUR, in order to maximise your profiits. . . . . . . . . Be a CHEAP consumer, because you have to maximise your money's buying power to buy the CHEAPEST products for consumption. Why not, since most products available on Malaysian shelves are in reality products provided by CHEAP BOSSES who think like you. . . . . . . . Give birth to CHEAP babies, because you rely upon imported CHEAP LABOUR to look after (and also educate) your kids during the most vital learning ages. . . . . . . . Live your life like a cheapskate, because you have to fly (like everyone) on CHEAP(SKATE) airlines which are the same airlines that brought in CHEAP VOTES, hahaha. . . . . . . . Feed on CHEAP FOOD, because you being too lazy to cook, too lazy to clean up, has to drive out to CHEAPSKATE restaurants (which look externally like glamourous palaces), and chomp on food prepared by CHEAPSKATE 'chefs', if you can even call them that. . . . . . . . Because you are lazy to do work and chores yourselves, you have to rely on CHEAPSKATE LABOUR, so as to free yourselves to go out and earn your home loan instalments as well as the CHEAP LABOUR'S wage. . . . . . . . BUT no matter how much you earn, or how beautiful you house can be, you still have to depend on those CHEAPSKATE LABOUR to 'guard' your property. . . . . . . . While you are busy working your ass off, the 'Cheapskate labour ' at home gets to enjoy all the glamour and luxuries you worked so hard to own, yet you only get to enjoy those things when you finally finish work late in the night. . . . . . but then, you already need to flop down on the bed. . . . . . . . . . .. . So, we continue to lead CHEAPSKATE lives, wearing CHEAP clothing (sold at high prices in big complexes) made in Cheapskate countries, go to restaurants that utilise CHEAPSKATE tables and chairs and crockery, consume CHEAPSKATE food materials (don't tell me you believe the cheapskate restaurant owners can afford to serve you with quality materials without cutting your throat), cooked by CHEAP chefs who were probably previously lorry drivers or construction workers before they left their CHEAP countries in search of 'golden opportunities' here. . . . . . . .

How to breathe life into a dead laptop battery

2013-05-01T19:50:00.000-07:00

........ The good thing about a laptop battery pack is that it is essentially a series of 6 industrial standard lithium ion cells which can be bought from specialised electronics shops, and then swap back into the battery pack, turning it into a new battery pack. . . . . . Another advantageous point of such 6-cell packs is that, the 18650 (this code is in fact the representation of the cell's diameter 18mm by length 65mm ) imside a laptop battery pack could be individually retrieved as undead cells. A dead 6-cell pack need not necessarily mean all 6 of the cells are dead at the same time. . . . . . With the use of a multimeter, one can determine if any of those 6 cells could be reuse, and you may be surprise, as many as 4 cells could still be in tip-top condition when detached from the series. . . . . . This would mean that you wouldn't need to buy 6 new cells to remake the battery pack. . . . . . Wait, do not throw away the other two old cells. They may not work in full capacity for a high rate appliance like a laptop, but the cells can still be used for appliances that require lower power current. . . . . . The workaround is to get a separate 18650 charger (these could be bought off ebay for a couple USDs), and also one of those 18650 power banks for mobile phones. . . . . . I personally have a mini Windows CE handheld PC which runs from a two-cell power pack. When the power pack didn't persorm up to its original 9 hours runtime-per-charge, I swapped the two old cells with new ones and got 12 hours from the rebuilt pack. Probably due to the higher mAh rating of the newer cells. . . . . . Then, I reuse the old cells in a 18650 mobile power bank which also doubles as a LED torch, and I get 15 hours of continuous lighting from those old cells on one charge. One full charge of the power bank could alternatively provide two backup charges to my cellphone! . . . . .