The Knowledgeable Warrior: Jom Me-Rempit

23th - 29th March 2009

Piano nowadays are dominated by females. Guys c'mon lets rise up

On Tuesday I had my piano lessons as usual at the Vibrante School of Music, SS19. Normally before class starts my tutor would give me a few piano pieces & some music theories to practise on. Then during class she would evaluate my performance on what mistakes I have done & which part I should improve on. In addition these are the usual comments I always get;

Ms. Lian: Remember ar must improve on your dynamics.
Me: Ok ok

Ms. Lian: Need more practise ar, always remember which note to play.
Me: Ok ok

Ms Lian: Remember ar to count how many beats in a bar.
Me: Ok ok

Ms Lian: Your nails are too long, remember to cut it short you know.
Me: Forgot forgot, sorry sorry.

But this time things were different. I entered the class with full concentration, alertness & was able to perform with minimal mistakes. These are the few rare comments which she lavished;

Ms. Lian: Wah very good very good improve alot already you know which note to play now.
Me: Ok ok

Ms. Lian: Good this time you made few mistakes in your dynamics.
Me: Ok ok

Ms Lian: Well done good good you can count your beats correctly.
Me: Ok ok

Ms Lian: Next week I want you to perform like this ar, if can even better.
Me: Thank you thank you, I will I will.

After playing Facebook for quite some time, I decided why not expand my networks to Friendster. Before this Friendster used to be the next Big Thing after MySpace. I even have an old account there until it got hacked. Now I'm gonna make sure my new account is hack proof by applying strict security settings. However, I found out that Friendster is so quiet. It's like nobody is playing it anymore except for a few friends of mine who are still active in it. But God it's so dead in Friendster as if I'm like the main character in 'I Am Legend'. Where are the others man?

Notice the guy in the dark blue shirt? His name is Mark too!

On Wednesday my business studies lecturer, Mr. Suresh couldn't make it for class due to unknown reasons. So the first period was all mine to enjoy until my next period which is economics. At first I wanted to go home & sleep then only next day copy the notes from other friends who attended the second period class. I can't believe myself that I actually suggested this to one my classmate;

Me: Hey wana go home or not??? I damn lazy lah stay in class.
Sky: Ok lah come lets go.

I told Sky to go first because I wanted to complete some unfinished assignments. I thought he really went home but 10 minutes later he came back.

Friends: Hey why did you came back???
Sky: I insaf (regretted) already.

Wah usually I only feel guilty after doing something wrong, not during the process of doing something wrong. Eventually I reminded myself I gotta show a good example to others who look up to me. Preserve our integrity & accountability as Christians remember? In the end I decided not to skip class & stayed back.

Finally Phua Chu Kang is back & this time he's not acting in Singapore anymore but here in M'sia. His fictional company is no longer known as PCK Pte Ltd but currently its PCK Sdn Bhd. In the Singaporian version there are notable supporting characters like Chu Kang's brother, Anthony Phua Chu Beng (Pierre Png), his wife Margaret Phua (Tan Kheng Hua), their son Aloy (Marcus Ng), the grandmother Ah Ma (Neo Swee Lin) & Chu Kang's subordinates King Kong (Charlie Tan) & Ah Goon (Ray Kuan). In the M'sian version the familiar roles are only Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh) & his wife Rosie (Irene Ang), while the other characters are made up of M'sian actors & actresses with local faces like Adibah Noor & Harith Iskandar. However, PCK Sdn Bhd can still make you laugh to tears & the M'sian comedians are not as bad as they perceived to be. I'm looking forward to this every week on Tuesday where you can catch him at NTV7, 8.30pm. Don't play pray!

One of my friend got robbed recently. I'm not surprised though regarding how dangerous & insecure the Subang area is. In fact I too was robbed for the first time in April 2007. My friend decided not to lodge a police report since it is pointless anyway. I agree with her because this was what the police responded to me when I called them back to see the fruits of their investigation after making a police report in 2007;

(Next few months later after the incident...)
Police: Siasatan sedang dijalankan.

(Next next few months later...)
Police: Siasatan masih sedang dijalankan.

(Next next next few months later equivalent to a year...)
Police: Siasatan masih sedang dijalankan buat selama-lamanya.

Ok the last one was a joke. But sadly, our police force is also a JOKE. So since I can't rely on them to protect me, I have no choice but to bring a baton along with me wherever I go on the streets. Lately I do still encountered robbers after the first incident but thanks to this baton I managed to fend them off my belongings. Just like what the bible says, "God will provide us our supplication but we must always be prepared for rainy days". Surprisingly all the incidents I've went through involves Mat Rempits. So if you share the same hatred for Mat Rempits just as me or probably you were robbed recently by Mat Rempits, here is a satire Q & A joke dedicated to these scums of the earth to cheer you up ^.-

Q: Two Mat Rempits jump off a cliff, who wins?
A: Society.

Q: Why Mat Rempits are like slinks?
A: They have no real purpose in life but it's great to watch one fall down a flight of stairs.

Q: Two Mat Rempits are in a car, who's driving it?
A: The policeman.

Q: What do you call a hundred Mat Rempits at the bottom of the river?
A: A good start.

Q: What do you call a Mat Rempit who passed his PMR?
A: A bloody liar.

Q: What do you say to a Mat Rempit with a job?
A: "Burger special satu".

Q: What do you call a Mat Rempit with half a brain?
A: Gifted.

Q: What do you call a Mat Rempit in college?
A: The janitor.

Q: What do you do if you bang over a Mat Rempit?
A: Reverse, just to make sure the bastard is dead.

Q: What do you say to a Mat Rempit with a fancy job?
A: "Big Mac punya set satu, besar".

Q: What are Mat Rempits allergic to?
A: Cops & the JPJ

Q: Where does a Mat Rempit usually spends his free time?
A: On a hospital bed.

Q: Will a Mat Rempit get pissed off if he read this?
A: No, because he can't read.

I feel so much better now x)

I seldom read autobiographies. But this woman's story has really touched my heart

Yvonne thinks my name is special. How sweet ^^

Anyway does anybody know who is Yvonne Foong Ming Niang? Sounds kinda familiar isn't it? That's because you probably read The Star newspaper before & come across her name several times. For those who don't know, Yvonne is actually a recipient of the 2005 Dream Malaysia Award. She received recognition for her fight against a rare genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis Type 2, which caused tumours to grow randomly in her body including a brain tumour that affected her hearing and several along her spine that weakened her limbs. To make it short, she managed to remove most of the tumours inside her body, though not all of them are completely removed. As a result of her surgeries, not only she lost her hearing severely but also her mobility balance is unstable & now there is another tumour growing behind her right eye which is threatening to take away her eye sight if she does not receive medical attention soon. Since she is uninsured, she has to raise funds through the sales of her T-shirts, accessories & autobiography entitled 'I'm Not Sick, Just A Bit Unwell' by which she is the author. Friends I know some of you would post at your shout out box in Facebook "Plz help dis gal!!!" then posted her website link & that's it, hoping someone would eventually be kind enough to have pity on her. Wow that must be very noble of you spreading awareness to others that this poor girl actually has a website of her own. However, it is just not good enough, we need to do more than that. If you have money, why don't you spend it on Yvonne's merchandise instead & give her a chance to live a normal life with the sales profit allocated to her health care expenses. Apart from a Christian, I've done my part as a human being by buying one of her cap designs & book. What about you?

For more information regarding Yvonne's story & where to buy her merchandise, visit http://www.yvonnefoong.com/

For Yvonne's testimony in City Harvest Church, visit http://www.youtube.com/v/RmDjIMZPg3Y&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0

Damn! Sunday was a disastrous day for me. I was serving as an usher in church as usual. I was in charged of the hall steps & everything was going smoothly until Pastor Kevin started preaching his sermon. Along the way some guy tapped on my shoulder asking me for a pen so that he could write down what the Pastor is saying. Ok no problem why not. Then later another guy tapped me on the shoulder indicating that a lady next to him also needs a pen. Again I don't see this as a problem. Soon many more are raising up their hand giving me a sign that they also needed pen! That is when the problem arise. Since most their seats are far away from me, I have to walk towards their location & passed a pen to each of them. As I was walking here & there passing out the pen, my actions literally distracted Pastor & this made him upset. I didn't know it until it's time for performance evaluation. Initially Pastor told the whole usher team personally that he wasn't happy at what he saw. Oh my God just because of one small careless mistake I have put myself & the whole team in deep shit trouble. I wasn't there though during the evaluation because I have to leave the church earlier. I only knew what happen when my leader Felicia called me & this incident really dragged down my confidence to serve in the future. I really could have prevent this if only I...

1) Pass out the pen to people ONLY when Pastor instructs to do so.

2) Remain in my seat & ask the others to pass the pen to those who needed it to minimize distraction.

I failed to do both #1 & #2 which utterly brought shame to the usher ministry. I'm so sory it's all my fault that I let you guys down. Please forgive me.