Not just Money for Coffee

Yesterday, I was having a chat with someone over a governmental issue. She was going through some billing matters of a government-owned company when I was asking her.

The first thing she told me was: You know what, next time when you really have to deal governmental issues, just bribe them, and then you'll definitely get your shit done.

My heart immediately sank.

This is the kind of country that I'm leaving in? Settling things in a discreet way, the rich will get their way out by the snap of their fingers and the deprives being discriminated and treated unfairly? Is this how the way the country serve their people?

This is not my first time hearing this kind of comment. There are too many incidents where I can count that uses the power of money to put some unlawful things into the black hidden cave. No one knows what has happened, no one knows the truth. It's been talked about and spread around, but the truth? Tell me why.

I'm an anti-bribery. I really don't like the idea of using money to cover up the wrong things you have done. If so, then tell me, when are you going to stop doing the unlawful, and learn your lesson and make our own country a peaceful place to live, where things will take its pace through the lawful way, and no poor fellows will be left behind?

I have my reasoning by saying I'm an anti-bribery. I remembered there's once where I was caught talking on the phone while I was driving. I actually just answered the phone call to tell the person: Hey, I'm now driving, I'll call you back later. And who knows, in that split seconds, a police car passed by me and signaled to stop by the side.

A young policeman in his early 20s walked towards my car. As usual, the police will first ask for my Identity card and my driving license, and then the very first thing he told me, in Malay was: So how you want to settle?

I immediately fall into an utter disappointment. My country's policeman? Aspiring young man? The country's future? Bribery?

I didn't give in. I'm certain I'm not going to give any 'duit kopi' to the young policeman. I was trying as hard to ask for a first-time grant from him. He ignored what I say and asked me for 'settlement' and I went straightforward, "I definitely won't give you 'duit kopi', is either you issue me a ticket or you please give me a chance, and really can you please give me a chance?" And he kept telling me: You are still holding your 'Probation' tag, if you are fined for this your marks will be deducted and it's RM 300 you know. And all his might to persuade me for some coffee money.

I was still asking for forgiveness. Until at a point of time, I was really disappointed. All that filled his eyes was $ from me. In the end, I gave up, I said: I won't give you duit kopi, is either you give me a ticket or please give me a chance.

When he as deciding between the two options, he saw some shimmering in my eyes. He told me: "Don't cry la, aiyo, don't cry. Okla, I give you a chance, don't cry la, aiyo. Next time don't do it again ok." I thank him and we went off.

I did not cry. In actual fact, it was my eye makeup. I was wearing a glittery eyeliner that night and thank god, it managed to deceive the policeman and save me from forking out RM 300 for a pointless talk on the phone. =))

Haha. Actually it diverted too far from the serious point I'm trying to make here. Hahah. The country now stands in hand with bribery. The rich gets richer, and the poor gets poorer - poorer of fairness and unbiasness.

I really want our country to change one day, really change - a fair, even, equal advantage, honest, upright and honourable Malaysia. A country that I can treasure, love and respect from the bottom of my heart.

My single effort contributes, but if you, you and you do your part, imagine the outcome that it brings - unmeasurably resultful. =)



OMG. I don't know why I suddenly become so patriotic.

Itsy-Winsy Joke

Shit. I want to go to pee.

~quoted from Oh Su Lin ~

I think it's funny.

What? You think the humour is too dry?

I get amused and tickled by itsy-winsy jokes (whatever itsy-winsy would mean), I think that's why I laugh so often.

Or maybe I'm just getting lamer and lamer day by day. Hoho.

But i like! =)

Let's just laugh and rejoice, life's FUN-nnnnnny!

First ever Bouquet

Yes. I saw this!

My name on a ubiquitous brown envelope that is cliped to a huge bouquet of pink roses with a ring of statice, topped with mini-berries look-alike in orangey red with a wooden cowie paper clip.



Super pretty. =)

I was dumbfounded and I literally blurted 'Oh My God' when I saw my name on the envelope. Never had this crossed my mind; not out of the blues that I will receive a bouquet with 99 pink roses.

And it's my first bouquet in my entire 19 years of my life. (a bit late i know. hoho.)

I couldn't understand why. So I asked: Why do you choose to do such things at this time? Why now?

"I have always wanted to do so. But now it's because it's either now or never. And so I want to give now."

How sweet.

I'll remember it as my first ever bouquet of flowers of my favourite colour, all the way from KL. =)

Thank you very much, You Jing.

Top 10 Things You Dread to Happen in a Flight

OMG. It's been like what, 2 weeks this blog is in hibernation?

Hello again! I'm still very super duper good and healthy and pretty and beautiful here! :D

But nobody seem to really care, haha, I used to have people nudging me in my chatbox saying: Oi update your blog la and things like that. But I don't have it now. =( I guess people are immuned to me not updating my blog. Gees, that's a really bad immune to have had developed among my own readers.

Anyway!

I was in Singapore for the last whole week for a seminar crewing event.


I took a flight down and within in total 2 hours trip to and fro by plane, I'm really 'inspired' to compose this post.

The Top 10 Things You Dread to Happen in a Flight

Like seriously, you would pray hard these things will NOT happen during your journey. NOT.

1. A baby's non-stop crying and wailing and screaming and weeping and.....omg. They just won't stop!
2. Someone beside you have bad breath.
3. That someone beside you have bad breath, snores in his/her sleep with his/her mouth wide open.
4. The air hostess wears a make up too thick that it sores the eyes even take a glimpse at her.
5. The food in the menu looks 1000times better than the exact thing would taste.
6. That hot guy you spotted and smiled to during boarding queue is sitting with another girl and they are laughing happily. Je-lus.
7. You want to go to the washroom but you are seated right at the window seat and it's actually meal time and everybody else's attached food tray is down.
8. A little kid sitting beside you staring, obseving, wondering, and sometimes imitating at each and every of your movements.
9. The person sitting next to you has some kind of unbearable weird 'body scent' and you are travelling in a 12-hour international flight.
10. I still think the crying and wailing and screaming and weeping of a baby is the most annoying despite how cute a thing they can be.

I don't understand why was I able able to survive and to come out standing strong after encountering the above said Top 10s.

Luckily, I wasn't so unlucky. Woot.

I had the baby incident and my mum had the snoring bad breath man incident.

Some others, I imagined them. Imagining some of the situation happening to me.....CRAP, No, they better not happen on me!

No. Seriously, don't.

Especially not #6. Omg.

Restaurant A, B or C?

It's April, the 4th month of the year. And I'm always most zestful about this particular month.

You know why?

Because I'm gonna receive birthday wishes, birthday celebrations, birthday hugs and kisses, and birthday PRESENTS! =D
(Note: I'm actually NOT hinting you anything, so NOT la ok, haiyo.)

As always, probably in every single day of our life, we encounter the very million-dolar question,

"WHERE TO EAT?"

So on birthdays, nonetheless, the same problem occurs.

The very same problem.

I still can't decide where to celebrate my birthday with my family. =S

I searched through the net but don't know where to start from. So I think asking Peiying, the great food hunter, is a very wise decision.

If you can see, she's flooded my cbox by the side --->

1. Feringghi Grill, Rasa Sayang. Western.
2. Thirty-two. Western.
3. An irish restaurant bar along the Tanjung Tokong road, not hard to find since it's sign is green
4. Vintage Bulgaria. Bulgarian food.
5. Ingolf. German food.
6. Bella Italia for Italian. (Been there. Cross from list)
7. Smokey jack in UPR. nice ambiance. some food nice. some not. havent been there though
8. Salsas in UPR. (Just viewed the menu, don't like. Cross.)
9. Louis Cafe, Agryll Road. Western.
10. Miss Saigon, E-gate / Pulau Tikus. Vietnamese.
11. Mario Ristorante, Batu Ferringghi. Italian.
12. Ferringhi Garden, Batu Ferringghi (after park royal. turn into a right narrow lane. around that place). Western.
13. Sunset Bistro. (Going with college friends on Thursday for a sort-of Birthday countdown. Check.)
14. Isaribi Tei Japanese Restaurant, Jalan Chow Thye.

One more from her blog.

15. Victoria Station. Western. (Bombe Alaska, looks very appetising!)



Ok, now that I'm spoiled with 15 choices...

No wait, 18 actually.

My mum also came up with 3 other suggestions:

16. The Ship, Batu Ferringhi
17. QE II
18. Golden Triangle


Gosh. Please tell me, seriously:

"WHERE TO EAT?"

Omg. I have one day more till Friday to decide before me and my family eat me on my birthday.

I can't wait for Friday! =)