A mother's love

Isn't that sweet? Manis kan tengok kucing ni. Ni masa makan kat Dagang Avenue.

Aku perasan ibu kucing ni dulu. Then masa aku dekat, aku nampak dia jump up alert. Rupanya anak dia tidur kat sudut tu. Alahai... comelnya. The little kitten had it's chin propped up by the edge of the wall and sleeping away oblivious to everyone and everything.

Masa aku nak dekat kucing tu, cause I really love animals... this kid, aku rasa budak dalam maybe lima tahun yang berlari satu kedai, meluru ke arah kucing tu. Lom sempat aku nak beri reaksi apa-apa, budak tu sepak ibu kucing tu.

Aku naik hantu lah! Sudah memang untuk kaum Cina pun Hungry Ghost Festival... apa lagi... aku naik hangin meroyan. Budak kecik tak budak kecik. Mak bapak dia yang berdekatakan dah lah tak jaga anak meka berkeliaran cam sakai mana ntah... kang kena kidnap baru nak nangis. Lum agi biadap menjerit melalak cam kena rasuk 18 jin. Ni nak sepak pijak kucing. What the FUCK??!!!

"HOI! Ko sepak kucing tu lagi... aku sepak ko!"

Dalam geram dan marah, tak sempat nak tapis mulut. Budak tak budak... I really don't get how kids today are so STUPID and IGNORANT and just totally messed up.

Budak tu pandang aku, pastu naikkan kaki nak pijak kucing tu.

"WEI ANAK HARAM PUKIMAK! Mak bapak ko mana ni... tak ajar ke???" (masa tu tak perasan mak ayah dia dalam 10 feet away).

"Ko pijak tengok, aku pijak ko.. kimak tol!!!"

Kali ni aku da bangun, tangan dah naik.

Takde la aku nak terajang anak orang. Tapi sebab kemarahan yang amat tengok kucing tu tak pasal kena sepak pijak... memang aa I had to do something. The part I couldn't take was the mother cat just got up and blocked her kitten to make sure her baby was safe.

Budak tu dengar aku naik suara, tangan pun nak terbang, lari dok balik ngan mak bapak dia. Bapak dak tu perasan, jeling aku.

Member aku tegur, sabar.. aku naikkan suara supaya bapak budak tu leh dengar.

"Tak paham mak bapak skang tak reti nak ajar anak. Kucing nak pijak sepak.. esok jadi pembunuh kucing nak meraih simpati!"

Bapak dia malu sikit kot.. pandang ke bawah buat bodoh.

Yang sakit hatinya... ten minutes later that fucked up kid came again to kick the cat!!!!

Kali ni aku memang da bangun nak sepak budak tu.

"HOI!!!!"

Terus budak tu lari kelam kabut balik mak bapak dia. Aku da marah sangat pandang arah mak bapak dia - and meka wat bodoh je. WHAT THE FUCK???

I love kids. I seriously do. But I hate dumbass parents yang tak reti jaga anak dan tak reti disiplinkan anak. Kalau dulu aku wat camtu, sepantas kilat, bapak aku da keluarkan tali pinggang dan ZASST sekali kot.

Kelmarin kat Ikea pun sama. Perempuan sorang ni bak dua anak beratur. Aku tengok dia bawak budak bagi dia jalan dulu depan aku sebab line panjang, dan aku tengok laki dia tegur apa tah pastu berambus.

Kesian la dia nak jaga sorang, so aku senyum bagi dia jalan dulu.

Dah lah tak ucap thank you ke apa. Anak perempuan dia diam, well behaved. Anak laki dia... ya ampun. Memang kes rasuk. Menjerit sepak terajang apa saja. Aku diam memula. Pastu budak tu sepak aku sekali tak pasal-pasal. Aku gigit lidah tahan. Mak dia perasan setakat tarik anak dia tak marah anak dia ke mintak maap.

Strike one. Second time... wat agi. Budak tu lompat jerit cam monyet kena sula and he hit me again! Cam kes naik sawan... ada sorang agi yang beratur pun kena. Memang tak sakit lah... at least not pada kaki aku. Sakit hati memang... tahap gaban!

Diam lagi... pas da beli air tuk bebudak semua, tengah bak botol mineral penuh tangan aku... perempuan yang da abih tu, tak jalan sebab terhegeh masuk duit dalam wallet. So I stood a little behind her and waited for her to move sebab masa tu ramai sangat takleh gerak. Anak dia lompat, jerit, this time tersepak aku AGAIN! Hampir melayan empat botol mineral aku pegang.

Aku dah geram, perempuan tu pandang aku, again tak cakap apa-apa setakat anak dia.

"Can you PLEASE take care of that devil child of yours. If you don't know how to take care of your children... next time, use a FUCKING condom!!!"

Ok... I was rude. But seriously, I think couples should seriously need to be tested for intelligence before they are allowed to breed. Pffft!!! The best thing? Dia tarik anak dia dan jeling aku. Lahanat!

Kesimpulan? Kekadang binatang lebih cerdik dari manusia. Lebih tahu camna nak jaga anak.

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Raya Raya Raya

Oleh kerana aku masuk raya saja demam hari tu... memang tak lah aku nak beraya ke rumah orang. Jadi penyebar virus je keja!

Setakat ni pun dua rumah je sempat aku lawat. Jadi bila dapat pelawaan akak Umie nak beraya, apa lagi... tu lah peluang nak catch up ngan kengkawan lama. Maklumlah... sudah tak kerja sebagai wartawan ni... dah lah fokus lebih pada bidang muzik... lama tak jumpa ramai kengkawan dari bidang filem dan TV.

Sempat snappy pics sikit...celah celah catch up session dengan teman-teman pelakon dan wartawan.

I am glad despite leaving the journalism field, I still have many real friends among the industry yang genuinely kawan dengan aku on a personal level.

Always nice to know that in a very plastic industry, friendship does still exist.

Plus, they're also a source of inspiration for me to be more creative and keep pushing the limits when it comes to creativity.

Always good to be reminded of why I'm doing all this in the first place after 16 years.

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My baby

Other people spend money on their car... clothes... you know the usual stuff.

Me?

I'm a geek! I rarely spend on things, but I have my favourite things I splurge on too. One of it is of course my retro toy collection.

The other - is music. Yes, bersepah bilik aku ngan beribu CD.

The other thing I would spend on - are my geek tech toys. Like my smartphones.

So since I got my Blackberry Porsche Design P'9981, I've been looking for the right case. Hado! Kena beli yang custom specially made. Finally found this place selling original Porsche Design cases. Woohoo!

Sakit, sakit gak. Tapi lagi sakit tak abihkan duit tu, phone yang mahai tuh calar bagai kang.

Puas!

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Drag Queen Barbie

Sebab bosan hari ni dengan demam bagai time raya... ni saja layan something I've been meaning to share.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the FIRST drag queen Barbie!

The 'drag queen' Barbie as it's called is NOT Ken in heels. It's just Barbie, styled as a crossdresser.

Designed by New York City based designers, The Blonds (comprising of David and Phillipe), Barbie is based on Philippe's crossdressing style, as you can see from above. The faux fur and sparkly bustier short dress is inspired from a piece from The Blonds' previous fashion collection.

And this... is Philippe and David, with Phillipe wearing the dress that inspired the look.

Too bad they didn't really dress up Ken as a woman. Now THAT would be interesting.

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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Tau kan hari ni hari apa? Gila tatau...

Kalau tatau, ntah apa aa nak cakap. Kepada semua teman-teman beragama Islam, nak wish selamat hari  raya Aidilfitri.. maaf zahir dan batin.

Bukan SHRMZB ye. Tu stok bodoh pemalas gila je nak taip macam tu. Sumpah  nak meroyan tengok ada bangsa wish camtu. Walaupun kita paham maksud akronim tu, sumpah gila tak ikhlas.

Ye lah... kalau zaman dulu, call ke... hantar kad ke... wish in person ke. Skang BBM pun leh broadcast je... tweet pun copy and paste pon leh pepanjang dan alter. Tapi masih kemalasan tahap cipap berlendir! Matilah...

Anyway... dalam digital age ni pun... aku nak bagi kad raya... sat na...

Ok... salah kad. Lawak hambar. Ni wat semua kengkawan yang baca ni. Have a safe drive back to your kampungs, and back home ok, tak kisah lah Selasa Rabu ke...ujung minggu depan ke.

Jangan main mercun, dan jangan overdose rendang bagai. Dan kalau ada extra, tapau la.

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Stop 114A

Mulai jam 12 tengah malam sebentar lagi, for 24 hours, you will notice a lot of Malaysian Internet users including top local cyberspace personalities, as well as websites share the message to Stop 114A.

Tak tahu apa tu 114A? Kempen Stop 114A adalah sokongan kami semua terhadap usage Centre for Independent Journalism untuk hentikan akta yang tak masuk akal!

Mulai 31 Julai lalu, akta itu telah berkuatkuasa, and with it comes possible horrible repercussions.

Dari benda kecik dari kawan main tweetjack ataupun just leave a nasty message using YOUR Facebook account - YOU are liable to be prosecuted. Ko yang bertanggungjawan membuktikan identiti online anda di curi atau terima padahnya.

In other words, it's sort of like guilty until proven innocent.

Tak kisah la orang perseorangan, ataupun suatu badan, you can be victim of 114A.

Bayangkan, kalau ko tidak moderate blog untuk vet comments. Sebarang komen yang boleh diambil tindakan undang-undang - anda lah bertanggungjawab!

Tak takut lagi? Bayangkan ada orang curi all your info, and start a Facebook account yang menghina tu ni... and then sangkut dengan authorities. Guess who's in trouble?

Banyak cara anda mungkin menjadi mangsa akta zalim ini. Jangan berdiam saja. Gunakan platform apa saja yang boleh, from forums, blog atau Twitter dan sebarkan pesanan ini.

Tindakan kami untuk 24 jam berbeza-beza. Ada yang akan blackout - atau mendiamkan diri. Kira tidak tweet atau update status apa sekalipun.

Ramai sudah tukar profile picture akaun social networking mereka sama ada ke warna hitam saja, ataupun menggunakan logo atau kata kata Stop 114A.

For more info on Stop 114A dan bagaimana anda dapat join in - CLICK HERE!

Secara peribadi - aku akan meneruskan tweet dan sebagainya. Cuma segalanya akan di lengkapi dengan hashtag #Stop114A.

Come on guys. Fight for your freedom!

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Loser!!!

Today I'm just angry. Yes, that person in the picture - is just that. Sakit jiwa pikir ada gak jantan camni leh main ngan budak bawah umur pastu leaps macam tu je.

Am too angry at the moment reading it. Korang layan baca sendiri saja kisah jantan kat atas tu.

KLIK sini untuk bacaan Bahasa Malaysia or CLICK here to read about it in English.

I'm so glad however we got #BrightFutureRapeOK trending on Twitter. Let's hope all the bowling associations take note of this case and ban him for life since the courts apparently did not take this case seriously.

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Teh botol

Korang biasa ke pasar Ramadhan beli apa?

Orang jawapan standard cakap la seribu satu jenis makanan ke minuman kan?

Hari ni kali pertama aku jejak pasar Ramadhan setelah puasa pun nak datang dekat ngan penghujungnya dah. Eh kira more than halfway la...

Anyway aku serious aku tak ada keinginan nak makan something specific, tapi ikut kawan-kawan meronda ke tapak pasar Ramadhan di Seksyen 13 Shah Alam nak cari extra juadah buat berbuka.

Jalan punya jalan, tak ada satu pun benda aku teringin nak rasa ke apa. Tak ada selera langsung lah, pendek kata.

Until... I saw... this.

Siapa dah jejak Indonesia tau lah ni apa kan. Teh botol Sosro. The first drink I had when I first landed in Jakarta YEARS ago.

Merata jual. Dia air teh - dalam botol. Bila minum chilled, memang best.

Aku nampak beberapa botol. Sepuluh to be exact. Orang tu pun cakap, alang-alang sampai semua 22 botol saja. Sekali ngan kotak.

Aku pun angkut saja lah. Heh! Senang kan?

But I love my Teh Botol.

Cukup stok tahan sampai habis puasa. Well not really... guess I'll go look for some more.

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Our golden boy

Today I got to exercise my PRIVILEGE of being a Malaysian by going to the airport to welcome our national sporting hero, Datuk Lee Chong Wei. Such a beautiful moment to see Malaysians of all ages, races and religions gather to welcome home our own Olympic silver medallist.

Salute, Datuk Lee Chong Wei.

Pasni naik Tan Sri ye... hik.

Tapi dalam kegembiraan ada juga benda menyakitkan hati. Contohnya... sampai airport, bukan ramai fans pun ada. Sedih gak... time Harimau Malaya, ramai gila.

Masa Datuk Lee Chong Wei, I would say less than 500 fans yang betul-betul gathered to welcome him home.

Tapi takpe. Janji semangat. UNFORTUNATELY, fans dan media yang rilek je... jadi bengang sebab perangai pegawai MSN yang overdose feeling glam apit dia kiri kanan.

Pemain negara lain dan coaches semua cam buat tak nampak, dan terus menghalang orang dekat sebab masa tu media nak amik gambar, semua pegawai atasan MSN nak enter frame masuk gambar. Haram leh dapat sekeping pun of Datuk Lee Chong Wei tanpa yang nak numpang.

But what's sadder... is this...

I don't think it was Datuk Lee Chong Wei's goal to win a gold for RM4 million. He's first of all a millionaire. Secondly, he is probably more proud to be Malaysian than the idiot who thought up this headline.

Yes. Being patriotic doesn't have a price tag you morons!


PS - The first tweet Datuk Lee Chong Wei tweeted was that he was sorry. That alone tells you what kind of person he is. And the fact the paper would never be apologetic for their stupidity - too reveals what kind of people run it.

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Pride!

Malaysians are VERY patriotic! Semalam layan badminton, final for men's single for the Olympics. Kira nak tengok Datuk Lee Chong Wei main dengan harapan merangkul emas. Walaupun gagal, yesterday was amazing in terms of the spirit of Malaysians.

Kat rumah, kedai.. merata, orang semangat gila. Lebih semangat dari Janji Ditepati. Matilah... anyway...

Aku terkejut gak sebab retweets aku gila babas semalam. Biarpun lepas kalah... still.. tengok lah semangat orang Malaysia.

Dan yang paling power! Sebab impressed gila, aku pun tweet ni... Datuk Lee Chong Wei for Prime Minister (jangan ada yang meroyan kata bodoh nak amik sportsman jadi Perdana Menteri ke bangsa lain ke apa - read the WHOLE tweet) - look at the number of retweets. Masa aku blog ni pun masih naik lagi. Aiyo!

This is truly the Malaysian spirit. Walaupun kalah Malaysia to China for the gold - but I am no less PROUD to be a Malaysian.


PS - #ThankYouLeeChongWei trending No. 3 worldwide, manakala Malaysians sampai No. 7 dan Lee Chong Wei No. 8. Lin Dan paling kuat worldwide pun baru No. 9.

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Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha

Yesterday went for the best buka puasa event so far, organized by BBUGMY - or the Blackberry Users Group of Malaysia.

It was a nicely executed event that really treated the kids from the orphanages as the VVIPs of the event, and personally I think that's missing from most events who use the less fortunate as a token to prove they're doing charity work.

Tapi yang pentingnya, yesterday I got a sneak peek of the Blackberry 10 coming up with the Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha (the engineering test set). Awesome!!!

The photo on top is the back view of the Alpha compared to my Blackberry Porsche P'9981. And below is a comparison with the iPhone.

It's not just the design that amazed me. Designs for touch screen phones are pretty generic, but the edge of the Alpha is that really is light, but packs a punch in performance. Because this was a developer's set, it's still not complete (just for developers to build apps with).

Still, I got to test the cameras, the multitasking feature... it's super fast with no lag.

Can't wait for it to come out... yes, I'm a Blackberry fan, and while I hate touchscreen phones, I definitely would get this.

Still have to wait ages though since the release apparently is early 2013. Still, having had a go at it, I'm super excited!

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