2008: The year of…

Change?

Got quite a number of entries to write on, but meanwhile I’m getting more and more lazy… LOL~~

So I decided to write a bye-bye-2008 short entry… before writing the new year resolution (which is usually not achieved) like everyone else~

2008 is the year I re-enter NUS to study for my Master… Bah, lousy year for my Master project…   The project progressed so slowly, mostly due to my own problems… Sigh…

2008 is also the year which I first voted in a general election… I still remember taking bus right after a Changi-beach practical to go back home in KL, and vote in the following afternoon. And then did some crazy things driving around the city with a rocket flag and some then parliament candidates posters. Thanks to Malaysiakini, I was then in Xiang’s house following up and celebrating(!) the results. It was a truly amazing event that made malaysian politics so much more “entertaining”…

Oh by the way, Malaysiakini named Malaysians the newsmaker of the year… Well deserved!

Bye bye 2008, too bad I’ll most probably celebrate the new year’s arrival in Maplestory~~

历史的误差?

最近由于经常在 Dover 一带吃晚餐… 所以经常都有意无意的被逼观赏这部叫做“小娘惹”的台庆剧, 好像是在马来西亚好几个地方拍摄… 很威水打广告打的很凶, 听音乐听到会怕那种就是了…

 

女主角是不错看一下啦… 题材基本上有非常浓厚的”大长今”的影子… 故事大概是日剧时代前后为背景吧~~

(照片来自官网)

话说今天这个这集看到这个家伙… 在片里的神韵真的很像做梦也想当首相的安华???

话说片里这个家伙突然冒出一句”西马的米和盐”… 让我冒了一下冷汗…

片里后来也有提到说什么这个家伙曾经在日据时代支持日军, 引致华商们的不满. 既然如此, 当时候应该是 1950 多年代… 日本 1945 年投降撤离马来亚, 再加上故事里头也提及什么洋商之类的… 可以推断出来, 这一集的年代应该不会在马来亚独立之后…

既然马来亚联邦尚未独立, 那就更不用说 1963 年才成立的马来西亚… 当时的年代有”西马”吗? 我想当时候的人应该多称呼现在的西马为”马来亚”, 或者好像新加坡人称呼的”联邦”… 我相信东马西马之分, 要到马来亚联同北婆沙巴, 砂拉越(当时候的人怎么称呼哩? >.<)以及新加坡成立马来西亚联邦, 才出现的…

除非他口中的西马是指半岛西海岸吧~~

UHWC and my leg…

A lump suddenly appeared last weekend on my inner thigh, and made me feel painful even just walking around…

So I decided to see doctor at Wednesday at UHWC…

And Ohhhh Myyyy GOD, it cost me SGD 21.6!!!!! For your information, it’s about 1/75 of my monthly salary!!!! I was shocked when asked to pay for that amount, and remained shocked even after I took my medicine. So I actually read the receipt only after I left the UHWC…

10 dollars for consultation fee!!!!! Since when we need to pay consultation fee in UHWC??!!!! Maybe, just maybe, someone suggested that it’s because I’m now a postgraduate student… sheesh…

The antibiotics, whatever amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, cost me 9.2/10 tablets, and the painkiller cost 1 dollar/10 tablets… I guess this is why poor people always refuse to see doctor, and so happen I was that poor student happily seeing doctor in UWHC thinking I won’t need to pay much…

The antibiotic sure is BIG…

Anyway, doc said it could be due to a muscle torn in my thigh (most probably because of some hardcore running), causing bleeding and eventual clotting AND/OR some bacteria so happened to choose to live and grow happily over that area. If the lump doesn’t shrink after I finish the antibiotics, doc said maybe I should get my leg cut open and see what it really is… =/

No exercising for now… Let’s see if how much I’ll spend for my leg~~

Human rights

Well, in 10th December 1948, during the United Nation General Assembly at Paris, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) were tabled and adopted. 10th December was then declared as Human rights day.

Today, is the 60th anniversary of human rights day. Secretary General of UN, Mr Ban Ki-moon (Not Kofi Annan already, in case you still living in stone age… ) launched a year-long campaign last year, with a theme of “Dignity and justice for all of us”.

The UDHR comprises of 30 articles. Some examples are:

Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 9
None shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 26
1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit….

Learn more about it here.

Come to think of it, Malaysia should be kicked out from UN long long time ago… but then I guess UN won’t have much members by then~

Alleged Jemaah Islamiah (neh, still remember Mat Selamat Kasturi kan?) terrorists were released from ISA this morning by that botak Home minister… But about 50 other including the famous (or infamous to BN people) HINDRAF 5 are still in, for god knows what reasons…

Police continue to harass and arrest Jerit people, who recently launched a cycling campaign to send memorandum to the Prime Minister. Cycling also cannot ah!

Anti-ISA candlelight vigil that disallowed candle lighting and wearing anti-ISA T-shirts, only in Malaysia OK?

And then Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) from Selangor suggested to “demonstrate” inside Multi purpose hall, and at most 15 minutes outdoor demo…

 

By the way, Spain is extending right to apes… too bad, many people in the countries which endorsed UDHR are worse than Spanish apes…

 

Anyway, Minister of Dis-information Shabery Cheek blamed the stupid residents in Bkt antarabangsa for buying fancy “hillview” houses, and said that the residents should not hantam (slam) the government for the landslide because they themselves took the risk…

Maybe next time government should order the houses to bear some sort of “landslidable” sign,

before selling them out? Like those flammable chemical…

Hari raya Aidil Adha…

Today is Hari raya Haji, Eid al-Adha, Aidil Adha, Korban…

Seriously I’ve been enjoying this holiday for 24 years, and I still got not much idea about what this day really is…

So, wikipedia is your friend remember?

Eid al-Adha is the “official term” of the “Festival of Sacrifice”, which falls on the 10th day of 12th month of Islamic calendar.

Aidil Adha is a local term of Eid al-Adha, while Korban means sacrifice.

It is said that the Prophet (nabi) Ibrahim (Abraham) was told to sacrifice his son, Is’mail, as an act of obedience to the God (Allah, Malaysian government argued that you should not use this term if you are not muslim, and “worse”, a Christian wor). He was tempted by devil to not do so, but eventually decided to obey the God. The God intervened, and provided a lamb for sacrifice, instead of Is’mail…

And so during this day, muslims sacrifice their best domestic animals, sheep or cow.

So happen that the pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj, is performed during this period, and so it is also Hari Raya Haji.

It seems like the cube, the Kaaba, was built back in Ibrahim’s time. Ibrahim’s son Is’mail discovered a well in this exact location, and hence managed to stay alive by selling water to the roaming nomads. The well later nourished the born of a city, called Mecca.

So yeah, Selamat Hari raya Aidil Adha, Happy holiday, and well, remember the spirit of sacrifice~

All of these are partially copied from wikipedia ah, anything wrong don’t whack me OK? I never even finish a book on Buddhism (it’s because I’m lazy ), so don’t expect me to know anything from Quran and Holy Bible…