t u l i p s p e a k s

I'll be right back.. well, I hope I'll be right back!

2008-07-20T20:27:00.004+08:00

This is gonna be a difficult one.
I'm not sure if I will manage to pull it through.

I think I need to be away.
I'm not sure till when though.

I have to think of something.
I still don't know what is the exact 'something' I'm talking about.

Not many gonna like this.
But well, I got to do what I'm gonna do.

I don't know when I'll be back.
Or if I will be back.

It doesn't sound good.
Anyway, who cares about me right now?

Finally I'm fooled.
Great!

Nostalgic Friday - 47

2008-07-18T20:30:00.001+08:00

I got 2 songs from the movie Neeruke Ner for you guys this week. Yea two songs to make up for last week *ammu being generous :P.

Movie: Neeruke Ner
Song: Aval varuvala

Movie: Neeruke Ner
Song: Manam Virumbuthe

Both Surya and Simran looks so young and well, raw in the videos, aren't they? Back then, I never thought Surya could make it this big, seriously. How wrong I was..

Btwn, by the time you guys read this, I would be far away from my beloved laptop (and car). Will update next week! Have a great weekend!

It was tough and still is

2008-07-17T09:26:00.003+08:00

There are two common questions people tend to ask when I say I'm furthering my studies (again). One, "Huh, studying again? When you think you are getting married?". Two, "How can you even think about torturing yourself again?".

Let me answer both here. Next time if anyone ask me the same question, I'm just going to give the permalink to this post! :P

"Huh, studying again? When you think you are getting married?"

I have always maintained that I have no intention of settling down prior to completion of my PhD - even when I was doing MSc. While I agree there are women out there who managed marriage and studies, I know I am not one of them. It takes a great person to juggle both, and although I do multitask at times, it is not that easy. Hate to say this, but yes, I am afraid I would fail in either role I have to pay if I get married while studying or vice versa.

Getting married and producing babies should not be the only aim of one's life. Plus, is there any rules saying I should get married at 28? :-)

"How can you even think about torturing yourself again?"

I admit my MSc was long (3.5 years) and torturous. Half way through the project, I almost gave up. I gave myself an ultimatum - buck up within the next 3 months or quit. To my surprise, things got better and I completed the project. Now, I can only regard that as a learning experience for me to face tougher challenge - PhD. Another 3 years of 'torture', I'll get what I always dream of. I am prepared for it. So, no worries about me okie? ;-)

Amazingly, I got this quote in my mailbox today:
"The victory one gets after hard work is priceless."

Some updates

2008-07-14T12:07:00.000+08:00

I'm guilty of disappearing from everyone's blog. I even have to excuse myself from my usual Friday post. I don't know if its lack of will to post/blog-hop or it was truly due to my busy schedule. Everything still seems to be blur to me - thanks to the attack by flu virus.

Anyway, the last 2 weeks have been eventful. We had second MIB gathering at Chilli's. It was fun to meet everyone again. The photos are uploaded here. We have made several changes to the structure of MIB and back with a bang! We now have a page in facebook and twitter as well. Check them out! :)

Soon, after the gathering, i fell sick *sigh*. Only get to be online once a while. But in that mean time, I got invite to contribute blog posts to a brand new blog - revivemyblogpost! It's a brilliant and fresh idea by 3point8. The blog is set up mainly to revive our ancient posts for everyone's read. It has just been launched today and I am scheduled to submit my post 2moro.

And today, my Monday started with a longer than usual traffic jam (reminds me of my previous post). I think its due to the closure of roads in KL and maybe roadblocks as well. It is so mah fan! "These guys" never learn!*sigh*

*mah fan - troublesome

Life is tough being a girl

2008-07-09T12:24:00.005+08:00

You wake up feeling zombie after a tough night fighting with your boyfriend online.

Drag your feet to the washroom for a shower only to find your favorite perfumed shower foam is missing. cursing your maid, you reach for the medicated Dettol shower foam *sigh.

Wrap a towel and walk back to the room. Search for a top and matching pants with one hand holding the towel. Green blouse - grey pants?? Nah! Hmm.. black top - black pants??? Never!! Search again.. white shirt - black pants!! Ha.. this is more likely.

But the shirt badly needs ironing. With one hand still holding the towel, you grab the iron box, plug it in and starts ironing. It's your lucky day - the shirt didn't get burn. You smiled, just like this --> :-)

The make-up regime begins now. You start it with toner, moisturizer and then go for foundation. Forgot all about the concealer. Ah.. never mind. Continue with loose powder, eye liner, mascara, lip balm, lip stick and finally lip gloss. Yes, it's in that order.

Grab the court shoes - wishing you bought the heels you saw last Sunday at the mall :-|. Anyway, life has to go on.

Toss the document bag, hand bag and the laptop bag in to the back seat. Why on earth they created different bag? Someone needs to come up with all in one bag for ladies!

Starts driving. Everything is fine until you reach the junction. Worst nightmare - the bad traffic jam starts 1km before it usually does. You swear at the driver in front of you. Moments later, same words against the driver at your right and then, the one at your left.

After a grueling 55 mins, you reach your office. Oh yea, it's 10am now and you suppose to be in at 9am. Your boss looks at you. You are expecting the worse and then....he smiled.

You smile at him and enter your cabin. Minutes later you realize he didn't smile looking at your face. You are wearing bright red interior clothing beneath your white shirt.

Great!

*just a post to make everyone to smile. i'm still on the road to recovery. will be back blog-hopping soon. hugs and thanks for the wishes! :)

BRB

2008-07-07T11:44:00.001+08:00

Off for a couple of days :(

my Kancil is upset with me

2008-07-04T23:57:00.004+08:00

For the first time in 7 years, my Kancil broke down today. Well, not actually broke down but it got overheated and I had to immediately stop the car. It's freaky to see smoke coming out of engine and I was literally 'convincing' her not to burst! Its funny when I think about it now, but at that point, I couldn't care less.

No, Kancil didn't explode and my mechanic came to save my day. I just got her back moments ago and apparently there was a leakage. Okie, finally the problem has been settled. Probably she got upset that now I am trying to sell her off. Looks like she doesn't want to leave :P

That was one story and another one will be about our lovely motorist. I am glad that my sis was by my side today. Thank God I brought her along. If not, I would have been sitting by the roadside alone, waiting for the mechanic to arrive and subject myself to verbal abuse of passing motorist. Seriously, I never thought there are so many uncivilised persons on the road in Malaysia. I don't feel like describing it in detail. I think you guys know what I am talking about.

Anyway, I didn't forget its Nostalgic Friday today. Here is my choice for the 46th week:

Movie: Meera
Song: Butterfly

Vikram was not a popular star back then and I can't remember anything about this movie except this song. Nice eh?

Have a great weekend and to Malaysian Indian Bloggers, see you guys at the gathering!
Hugs!

A week in your life

2008-06-30T09:40:00.000+08:00

Monday - So-called blues. Usually identified with zombie-looking colleagues, slight headache, low appetite, difficulty in giving attention to instruction (especially if it comes from a superior/boss.

Tuesday - Productivity picks up. Colleagues begin to wish you good morning and vice versa. Slowly started to complete yesterday's tasks.

Wednesday - The peak. Activity at its full speed. Fantastic day for meetings and discussion. Undivided attention to work.

Thursday - The productivity slows down to 60%. The "weekend symptoms" usually starts to manifest today.

Friday - Unusually hyped at work. The only aim is to complete the week's work by 4pm. Looks at the watch numerous times an hour and begins to contemplate the weekend plans. Usually will disappear from the office compound by 4.30pm.

Saturday - Wake up at 7am (instead of planned 10am) due to weekday habit of waking up early for work. The day is filled with leisure activities - movie, shopping, picnics, clubbing and the list goes on. Some may go up to 24 hours without sleep on this day.

Sunday - Wakes up around noon. The whole day will feel 'moody', 'slow' and 'lazy'- probably due to the hyped Saturday. Spends the day reading various newspaper, eating and sleeping.

Save energy while you clean

2008-06-28T22:50:00.003+08:00

I am a hygiene-freak. I do not know if such word exist but I maintain the cleanliness of every single space I occupy, and the post about my office desk two weeks back is a proof of this. While I love to clean, I now have a serious problem of coping with that task. Okie, call it my laziness, but I really can't bring myself to wake around carrying huge electric household items like a vacuum cleaner. One moment I need it to vacuum my car, and another moment I need it to vacuum the carpet in my bedroom. Its a never ending ordeal!

But now, Dirt Devil gives an interesting option for people like me. It's portable design not only convenient for the users, but also saves energy. Yes, it saves up to 70% energy - an exclusive feature which won it Energy Star status! So, technically this pretty thing is going to save your time, save your hard earned cash and help you to do your bit to save the environment! That is three in one! Further more, you don't have to carry heavy vacuum cleaner or it's cable around. So girls, you can stop building excessive muscle there!

The paranoids

2008-06-27T13:56:00.004+08:00

We are paranoids.

Well, most of us are paranoids. While certain degree of caution is needed for us to keeping on going and obviously to live in today's world, I don't think its necessary of us to be suspicious of every human being or every single thing we see.

When the a Gerakan member decided to take a job offer from a DAP-lead state government, he came under the fire from his party. He was seen as a person who betrayed his party but he only asked for them to see beyond the party flag. He was chosen because he was the man for that job and he was trusted even by an opponent party. But his own people (so to speak) failed to see this and of course, eventually he resigned from the party. In the end, his own party lost a credible person just because he is in someone else's payroll.

This is not only confined to politics but even to our daily affairs as well:

Imagine being suspicious of your mechanic.. did he actually fix the car brake properly?
Imagine being suspicious of your rival neighbor's 5 year old daughter befriending your son.. what is this girl trying to do to my son?
Imagine being suspicious of the vegetable seller at the pasar malam.. did he spray excessive pesticides on these?
Imagine being suspicious of your MP whom you (and your entirely family) unanimously voted for... he is on a deal with the opposition?

I can go on and on with this list. But let me ask you if such paranoid thinking would give you a peace of mind? It won't, and why would we want to subject ourselves to such mental agony? At times, we just have to trust people. Yes, we have to carefully analyze the situation and be prepared with a Plan B. That's all it takes.

Anyone can ask questions, but it takes a genuine person to answer it truthfully. And when one does, it is only wise to accept it with a little caution.

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Song: Pulveli Movie: Aasai

Brilliant song which brings you closer to the nature. So beautifully captured and exactly what I need to watch right now. Doesn't matter if you can't understand a word of Tamil, Suvalakmi, the music and the scenes are enough to mesmerize you.

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Sorry if I sound a little random today. Blurting out things as I feel. Have a good weekend everyone! :)

Twitter me

2008-06-25T22:09:00.000+08:00

*This is not a paid post :P

I have been actively updating my Twitter lately. Its a great tool for me to keep up with what my other Twittermates (is there a word like this..I wonder) are doing and at the same time updating them about my whereabouts as well. Currently I have 30 followers and following 20 Twittermates.

For those who doesn't know anything about it, a quick wiki about Twitter may help. Lot of information there. Here some of the highlights about this wonderful program:

a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" or "tweets"...to the Twitter web site, via the Twitter web site, SMS, IM or application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.
Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them.
...began as a research and development project inside San Francisco start-up company Obvious, LLC in March 2006.
.. Twitter announced on their blog that they recently created a version of Twitter for Japanese users.
The first Twitter security vulnerability was reported on April 7, 2007 by Nitesh Dhanjani.

Enough of the facts, just hover the link to my Twitter page and start ~~stalking~~ following me!

So far...

2008-06-24T12:28:00.000+08:00

A quick and shameless self-promo post :P

Thank you so much for the votes and wishes. Here are the rankings so far:

Most Popular Female Blogger
Tulipspeaks - 4.29
Bytes-Berry - 3.59
Psych Theory - 3.17

Best Personal Blog
Tulipspeaks - 3.48
Kartzworld - 2.38
Kav’s Kollage - 4.21
TheBlankPage - 3.18

The voting started on 6th of June and will end in 6th of July. So, if you haven't vote (for me that is) there is still some time left :P

Another wish materialized....

2008-06-23T11:33:00.000+08:00

I leaped with joy when I got the letter informing that the university is offering me full scholarship to pursue my doctoral studies.

Its a dream come true.

2008 wishes check-list:

1. Robbers to be caught
2. A new car
~~3. New hairstyle~~
~~4. Gadgets~~
5. Lose weight
6. Overseas vacation
7. A new boyfriend
~~8. PhD~~
~~9. A new blog on shopping~~
10. A brand new self

Revealed

2008-06-20T09:16:00.000+08:00

Just a hypothetical question which I would like some feedback on. Just imagine this:

You were happily blogging away for months or maybe years now. Your blog has nothing else except for truth and only the true experiences of your life. You were enjoying sharing them with your newly found blogmates, who gives suggestions and criticisms without having to face you in real. But your blog is well hidden from those you know in the real world. Everything seems to be fine...

Until one fine day, you found out that a cousin of yours has been reading your blog. Or your parents found out your blog by accident. Worse, your boss bumped to your blog.

Not that it landed you in a bitter row or civil suit, but it's the feeling of you being watched. You feel you are not invisible in the blogworld. You know you have been swearing a lot in your blog. You have been typing it away without fear. But now, someone is watching you. Reading everything you type (and read everything you typed). Freaky?

How this is going to change you and your writing style? Are you going to quit blogging all together or just gonna be more cautious in your writing? Or you simply don't care at all?

***

I don't know how reliable this is, but The Blog Readability Test says...

Movie Reviews

Something to be proud of? Or I should start to worry because it needs high level of education to understand the content of this blog? Looking at the other side of the spectrum, it only means my blog readers are all geniuses!! Congrats everyone! *wink wink

And Happy Nostalgic Friday everyone:

One of my all time favorite...

BLOGGER templates for Girls

2008-06-18T17:17:00.000+08:00

I'm a Blogger-person and after 3+ years relying on blogspot, I have grown to love it here. Of course Wp is more powerful, but for me Blogger.com is more than enough.

Over the period, my blog has seen numerous changes in her look. Usually I surf around for new templates and give it a fresh look before applying it here. I never used a blog template as it is but normally used it as a basis. I have seen various brilliant templates and here I am sharing my top 10 choices of blogger templates especially for female bloggers in a random order. The designs remain copyrights of the respective designer.

1. Butterfly girly

Pretty isn't it?my current blog template is derived from this template. can you believe that? :P
Download

2. OMG smashing

Bright orangy template. Looks complicated to set up but it gives out a nice feeling.
Download

3. Colibri

One of the most girlish template I have ever seen. Looks a bit cluttered for some, but I think it looks.. well, girlish and pretty!
Download

4. Flower Pink

A rare black-pink combo. Simple, clean design.
Download

5. Rosa

Stunning header! Bright colours! It's nice but not my kinda template. Maybe that's why I never used it. My little sis might like to have this template though.
Download

6. Art Imagination

First impression - Oh My GOD!!!! Beautiful!!!
Download

7. Flower

White-black-catchy blue combination. Its for those who wants a clean but a bit girlish template.
Download

8. Divalicious

Sexy template for sexy babes! *wink wink
Download

9. Retro Lady

A bright red retro template for daring souls.
Download

10. She's Got Style

Simple yet stylish template.
Download

There are still many more templates to be featured. Maybe will have a part two to this post. Have you came across any beautiful, stylish yet girlish templates lately?

The Spark!

2008-06-17T18:33:00.002+08:00

SocialSpark is one of the latest initiative that help bloggers to make money via blogging. I am still a newbie in SocialSpark, and I have created a profile there only few weeks ago. You may check out my profile. One thing I noticed about this site, it has beautiful red colour theme. It’s my favourite!!

The site is a bit complex and I am still learning. Guess it won’t take that long before I can call myself a pro in SocialSpark. However, I found that I could meet new blogger friends from any part of the world and at the same time I could grab high-paying opportunities. One of such friend I met is bumbl3l33. Her profile is as hot as her nick too, you may like her too. Besides reviewing other friend’s blog, have them reviewing yours, you also could exchange links to improve your Page Rank. You can also turn the table and become an advertiser! Isn’t that cool? I have reserved some new opportunities and they put me in the waiting list. Besides, I have prop couple of profiles too. Hopefully I will get hold of one or two good opportunities soon. How about you guys? Have you signed up for SocialSpark? How do you find it?

*Brought to you by Social Spark

Proud owner

2008-06-16T16:51:00.000+08:00

I am now a proud owner of....

One of the most gorgeous set of costume jewellery that I own.

Nostalgic Friday 43: how nostalgic this can be?

2008-06-13T20:09:00.002+08:00

Finally I got the photos from the organizers! :) You may want to read my previous post about the award I received from the Society HERE. Okie okie.. nothing much there except for a photo, which summarised the whole thing.

Maybe now I can ~~brag~~ elaborate a bit about it. It was an award for the Best Postgraduate Student@Postgrad Prize in the field of nutrition given by the Nutrition Society of Malaysia. Its an annual thingy and each year max 3 master graduates and max 3 PhD graduates will be selected nationwide for the award. This year, 3 master graduates and only 1 PhD graduate were selected. The award comes with a certificate and some handy cash prize as well :D

Award was given by the Founder of NSM - Dr Choong. Current President, Dr Tee is at the far left.

Proud moment to be cherished for a very long time *grins*

~~Maybe I should have acted rude and said 'no, i don't want an award which single just nutritionists from the rest of the world'.~~ Some gestures are meant to be accepted with pride, and I feel honoured to walk up that stage for the second time (first was for my BSc) in my career. Oh boy, I'll sleep well tonite.

Besides, my little sister has revived her blog again. Hopefully it will last this time *grins again* This week's Nostalgic Friday is dedicated to her and her "she-shines":

Venillave with a little twist :)

Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

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Being judged

2008-06-12T14:06:00.004+08:00

When you publish a blog post, post a picture in Flickr or start a Facebook account, you are subjecting yourself to be known to 6B people out there. The is no such thing as 'maintaining' a low profile when you have snaps and your life experience pasted here. You are known. Face it. And when you willingly put yourself on the limelight and of course, people will start judging you from that day onwards. We are vulnerable in cyberworld.

Yea, this is a personal space of us, the bloggers. We are entitled to do whatever we want here without being questioned. BUT unlike our own home, we are not confined to 4 walls. Your neighbours can have 'full view' of whatever you are doing in your cyberspace. When that happens, couldn't it be more courteous to be humble?

If you think you are entitled to an opinion of your own (which is true), so does Mak Minah who has a pisang goreng stall down the street. So does your distant cousin who secretly reads about your nights out with boyfriends. So does your greatest rival of the blogworld. So does the so-called obsessive Flickr fan of yours. The key is to be yourself without hurting other human beings.

Guess that is not too much to ask.

* a post out of my frustration reading posts just published to condemn others without facts, which I think is a wastage of space.

Shopping spree in GISF 2008

2008-06-10T14:14:00.000+08:00

I had a mega-shopping spree last Saturday. Mega not because I bought lot of stuff but also I did it all in a record time of 2 hours (*wink wink)! It was Global Indian Shopping Festival (GISF) time again but I have no pictures to share this time. You may want to check out the previous post on GISF.

Now that I have started to live in 'budget' due to the fact that I have a Kancil to feed, let me go through stuffs that I bought and the price:
(P/S: 'budget' here refers to lower amount to be spent on shopping and other luxury spending. The use of the term 'budget' may vary according individuals )

1 white-turquoise sequined saree - RM95
3 kurti tops for aunt - RM 30
1 kurti top for me - RM10
2 kurti tops for sis - RM20
tit-bits - RM10
indian sweets - RM14
3 sequined/embroidered bags -RM65

So, in total = RM244 + RM3 (parking ticket).

But the satisfaction that I get = priceless!! :P

Manya Blog Awards 2008

2008-06-07T11:25:00.002+08:00

My apologies for skipping Nostalgic Friday post yesterday. Was out the whole day and the by the time I come back, I was dead tired.

Let's make up for it now :)

Beginning yesterday (or was it the day before?), Manya Blog Awards has been opened to all blog readers to cast their vote for their favourite blog. Simply put, it is a Malaysian Indian version of the famous Blogger Choice Awards. The differences? Manya is confined to short-listed Malaysian Indian blogs and awarded by Putera MIC, while Blogger Choice Awards is more global. As expected, there is a lot of criticisms thrown at Manya, but the efforts shown by Putera to gain back support of bloggers is commendable. No true blogger could be 'bought' by an award, and it will definitely not 'sway' us from our way of blogging. Some may not have that confidence, but I do.

Alright, more about Manya...

I don't want to bore you all with facts which you can read in Manya's home page. There are few bloggers within our blogging community who have been nominated for this year's award, including yours truly. Most of the nominated bloggers have accepted their nomination. There are 9 categories of awards, and two more 'special' awards - Readers' Choice Award + Putera's Award.

Now, the most important part of the post...

~~Go to Manya Awards, and vote for me now!!~~ :P Readers are required to rank the blogs in each category and voting period is for a month. I have been nominated in two categories - Most Popular Female Blogger and Best Personal Blog. Please vote me *blink *blink *shy *shy..

Besides, there are lot more other blogs which you may wanna get to know and vote as well!!

Start casting your vote now! :)

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I have published this song before, but now I feel like wanna hear it again. Troubled time, my frens! :P

Movie: Manathil Uruthi Vendum
Song: Kannin Maniye

Rising fuel price - Kancil's point of view

2008-06-04T21:58:00.000+08:00

There was a time when my food (read FUEL) cost Ammu just RM30 (USD9.21) per week. She was staying in hostel and the hardest work I have to do was to drive her to her faculty/eatery everyday, and back home during the weekends. She never failed to make sure I have enough to eat and I never starved in my life.

Not that I am complaining that she is not feeding me enough. She is a generous (ahem) person, and never left my stomach hit E. In turn, I was obedient to her. I still am. Never once I let her down by stopping in the middle of the road, and I will never do that to her. She spent most of her time with me, alone and I am the one she truly believes. We should never let down people who put their trust in us. Correct? :)

I know she has plans to sell me off soon, and I accept that fact. I'm getting old and she deserves a newer companion. She still feels bad about her decision to trade me off. I know. She loves me.
But lately I feel I'm slowly becoming a burden for her. Well, as I said before - one reason is because I am ageing and another reason is the rising food price. Can you imagine my food gonna cost her at least RM55 (for a tank full)?? Right now Ammu is travelling alot, and she got to feed me at least once a week. Now, isn't that too much for this girl?

She is already thinking how to cut down her travelling. If there is a LRT service to her uni, she would have taken that, but sadly there is none. She is left with no option but to use me everyday. Geezz!! I feel really bad. I really wanna scream and tell that I don't wish to eat expensive food stuff but well, I have no option here.

Please forgive me.

Lots of hugs,
Kancil 1980
EX 850

A perfectionist, I am

2008-06-02T10:53:00.002+08:00

I can't stand disorganized work place.
I need to clean my room every week without fail.
I fold clothes and even plastic bags carefully.
I make sure all my pens have caps.
Every single document is carefully arranged on my desk.
The rubbish bin needs to be emptied everyday.
I read everything I type at least twice before sending it off.

And of course I got pissed when the Internet connection not even close to 'perfect'!!! Grrr...

*Specially dedicated to the sucky Internet connection I am facing since the last few days.

Between, here are some pics to cheer everyone up! :P

In the morning while getting ready to campus. Tried miserably to camwhore. No, I can't do it. My worst pic so far :P

My organized workstation. Nah, not for the picture sake. Honestly it is like that everyday! :)

Pc given to me by the School. Yummy wallpaper! Notice my laptop?:D

Okie, you have came across words like 'campus', 'School' etc.. what you think I'm up to? *hint - it has something to do with my new year wishes

Wife catching!!!!

2008-05-30T15:32:00.001+08:00

I wanted to blog about this quite sometime ago, but [excuse] other posts took precedence, and I didn't have the luxury of time to blog from campus (oppss.. that's a hint for next post). There was a news in the local newspaper which revealed a bizarre festival in Vietnam. It is called keo vo or simply - wife catching. Unable to believe my own eyes that such 'culture' exist at this era, I proceeded to google and landed in couple of news portals reported the same news.

In Viet Nam’s remote Vang Ma Chai Commune, a boy can seek out a potential lover, ‘catch’ her and take her home as his wife without having to go through an official ceremony.....

....children as young as 12 or 13 gather in the centre of the commune for another tradition, where a boy can seek out a potential lover, ‘catch’ her and take her home as his wife without having to go through an official ceremony.

I was like ..huh?? what happen to the usual courting, dating and marriage? And 12, 13 year old kids doing that? I remember playing football with the boys when I was 12!!!

Then I read further...

The girl will only be his if he manages to get her home. Once there, they live with each other and if after a few days they don’t like it, the girl can return home and wait for another suitor. As well as encouraging sex with minors, the habit is inevitably resulting in underage pregnancy.

I was wondering what kinda culture is this. The boy just simply catch a girl, bring her back home, live/have sex and next day if he doesn't like her or she doesn't like him, she just come back home like nothing happens? :-S

19-year-old Cheo Su Truong, employed at the commune’s veterinary unit. Truong is mother of two children, the oldest is five years old. Truong’s father became a grandfather when he was only 35.
Once the match is established, that’s yours for life, complains Ly Y Thong, who caught a wife when he followed his friends to the festival when he was 13 years old.

“I have two children now. Sometimes I get so sick of my wife, she’s old. But I can’t divorce her.”

Okie, so now.. if you don't send her back after few days, you are stuck with her for the rest of your life. You got married when you are 13, becomes a father at 19 and you are sick of your wife... Well, it sounds more like a life-sentence to me!

The custom began with the wish of poor people who were in love but couldn’t afford a proper wedding ceremony. Unfortunately the custom has evolved into something quite different.

Thank goodness they actually explained the 'original' custom at the end of the article. I think the origin of such culture made sense but now, it sounds disgusting to me. I don't understand what makes it to difference to enforce law in that community, but again, I am living in an entirely different environment from these people. Thus, I may not be able to understand the difficulty the law enforcers and the teachers are facing.

I can't imagine someone 'catching' me to be his wife. Gross!!

And I still want a guy to droll over me like this video:

Movie: Yaaradi Nee Mohini
Song: Yengeyo paarthe

Happy "Nostalgic Friday - 41" :D

Politicians, celebrities & blogging

2008-05-27T00:00:00.002+08:00

The blogworld now is under intrusion. Serious - no joke. Those living in my part of the country would probably know what I am talking about(*hint - check out mahen's post). I am not going to take sides and start to sort of attack those who caused such surge in blogging activities in Malaysia. I see it as a positive sign - even politicians from the ruling party (who used to say bloggers are mainly unemployed women) have taken up blogging. Besides, the recent developments in the country also has urged many M'sians (especially those of Indian origin) to take up blogging as well *applause! We are all blogmates now! ;)

But the question of originality arise whenever I come across these blogs. I have begin to wonder if the blogs of prominent politicians of the ruling party are actually created and maintained by them. Okie, some may be unleashing the blogger in them, but how about the others? These are people who don't even write their own speeches! Are they actually sitting in front of their costly-higher end-but-under utilised laptops? Or have they employed other individuals to blog on their behalf? If they did the later, do they actually visit their own blogs? Hmm.. I'm still wondering.

If that is one dilemma the M'sian blogwo rld is facing, another form of 'blogs' is killing the spirit of blogging as well. Those are what I call 'copy-paste-blogs', and all you can find there will be political news articles copied and pasted as their posts! *sigh... We all have the access to news portals, and I don't think we need to read the same news again and again. Okie okie.. it's an important news, we got the point the every first time we read it! Maybe you could show some of your writing skills besides the copy-paste article?

Then another group of people called celebrity bloggers. Blogging is serious business nowadays, and (certain) bloggers have clinched the celebrity blogger title, but when I read through their blogs, I can't find a single useful post which I think that would justify the tag 'celebrity blogger'. Seriously, I think that term needs to be banned! Everyone blogs as per their interests, and some celebrity bloggers ONLY blogs for others' interest. Its all about getting more hits and more hits and even more hits. The passion for blogging has died and since replaced by quest for popularity.

Maybe this may not go well with many people out there, but hey.. what's wrong in voicing it? Plus, deep down inside, we all know its true after all!