Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 2,579 views
It was a normal routine, me poking fun at political dinosaurs, weird-stupid-ridiculous statements and news happening in Malaysia…
Just like the other day, I was tweeting away on #themissingrmafengine, #bendera, #hamsoR, #BImoviesinBM, #dinorais, #easilyconfused, #jibby, #macha etc. There are few regulars who would contribute to the ‘topic of the day’ – @kavilan, @anthraxxxx, @Asohan, @CKGord, @Aisehman, @stephendoss, @altimet, @victorliew, @plenteh – just to name few. What else to keep us entertained on any boring working day but some good laughs, right? Let’s worry about the work productivity later..
“Saya kata jangan….”
Rais Yatim has been consistently making headlines for the wrong reasons and his recent remark on social medias – Facebook and Twitter is just too juicy to bite on. Malaysian tweeple have been tweeting about Rais Yatim and his culturedly ancient views for the past few days, and #dinorais was used to refer to tweets about him.
Well, probably it was not catchy enough but yesterday, after I sent out a tweet with the hashtag #yorais, Malaysian tweeple went amok and the rest is history.
The first #yorais tweet
Few trivias on #yorais
1. Rais Yatim doesn’t have a Twitter account, yet his name made it to the top 3 Twitter trending topics.
2. Rais Yatim is probably right that Malaysians are too immersed with Facebook and Twitter lol. Either that or Malaysians love him to bits…
3. #yorais is a parody of the famous Yo Momma jokes, but creative tweeple came up with various versions of it – your eyes, you raise, your ass, nyior ais (iced nyior 
) – making fun of the pronunciation along the way. The funniest one must be by @duuuhvina : ♫ #yorais me up, so i can stand on mountains ♫
Read up blog posts by these awesome tweeple on how #yorais took Twitter by a storm stories:
@spinzer of Perpetual Tockism – #yorais – A Malaysian-made Twitter Trending Topic Story
@icednyior of The Zestful Nyior – Malaysian Twitter Users put Rais Yatim on Trending topics
@timothyteoh of tim thinks that*** - More on the #yorais effect – the Malaysian Twitter phenomenon (w/ transcript)
@cheeChingy of cheeChingy -#yorais
@tjunkie of Confession of a Terminal Junkie – Rais the Twitter sensation #yorais
@euveng of Evo’s Space – If Rais Yatim #yorais Had Everything done His Way…
For more #yorais stories, Google it up!
ps: I’m not sure whether #yorais making it to the Twitter trending topics is actually a good thing or not, since we are exhibiting our lame duck, backward and out of touch with reality Information Minister for the whole world to see. *weak smile* Good thing is, it unites Malaysians in a perverse kind of way…
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 3,036 views
I’m going to make it short. Real short this time because Noktah Hitam said, I can never write a short post.
2009 wrap-up
Start. Sold off old ride at a loss. Bought a new car. Ridden with more debts. Moved from KL to Miri. Made more new friends. I love Miri. Stayed at Hilltop, rented a room. Pissed off with the landlady, moved to Permyjaya, renting a house. Addicted to Twitter. Less blogging. Photog sessions. Bought my first baju raya, maroon colour. Went Raya visiting. Series of misfortunes. Blurry eyes. Family problem. Fucked up old man. Screwed by crazy dude. Almost. Relationship problem. Money problem. Knocked a lamp post. Escaped without a scratch. Car banged up real bad. Insurance paid RM8k to fix. Poor Sarah. Assigned to work at Lahad Datu. Flew so many times in 2009, kinda sick of it. I miss KL. The people. Lovely friends. No vacations this year. Philippines trip canceled. Typhoon. H1N1. Busy work schedule. Life is getting better. Good times with crazy friends. <3 them. Shit I use <3 in my blog! Bimbo much. Modeled for photoshoot. Sort of. Saja tumpang sekaki. Paid off big chunk of debts. Many friends getting married. Free N900 to play with. New job offer. Kuching here I come. Am so ready for 2010. End. Oh wait, I’ve changed my blog hosting too! End.
Leave you guys with these awesome pictures.
Meet Incredible Sergent Saunders N. Tharmendran, ‘double handedly’ carried two jet engines worth RM100 mil, sold it as scrap metals. Photo credit to Durvy.
This is how MU grabs your balls. Ref’s balls. Officials balls. Your balls. Literally. Spot this at a store in Lahad Datu. RM4.99 only. Cheap. And stretchable. Many puns memang intended.
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 3,187 views
Karpal Singh – Itu bigfoot ambil #themissingrmafengine buat hantaran kahwin dia!
Bung Mukhtar – Mana ada! Saya tidak pernah ambil #themissingrmafengine itu untuk hantaran kahwin saya. Tanya Zizie Izette.
(Source: Beautiful Nara)
Zizie Izette - Kalau Datuk kata ya, iyalah.
Chua Soi Lek – Yes. It was me. I want to stress that #themissingrmafengine is just a casual friend.
Lingam – Well, that’s not my engine. Sounds the same, looks similar but not #themissingrmafengine belong to me.
Rais Yatim – Boleh cakap Bahasa Melayu? Tidak boleh? Apa punya #themissingrmafengine, biarlah ia hilang. Tidak patriotik.
Hishammuddin Hussein - Why are we only looking at #themissingrmafengine? That is totally unfair because it is sensational? Ini bukan budaya kita. *unsheathe keris*
Nazri Aziz - Mahathir is a bloody racist for defending #themissingrmafengine
Mahathir – Apanama itu #themissingrmafengine? Saya tidak ingat.
Ong Tee Keat - Let’s have another EGM to decide the outcome of #themissingrmafengine
Samyvellu – Saya tidak mahu cakap banyak. Mereka boleh kata apa mereka suka. #themissingrmafengine bukan pengganti saya. Just rumours.
Tiong King Sing – Ong Tee Keat flew on my plane with #themissingrmafengine before. And he still owe me RM10mil for that.
Rosmah – If I found it, I will return #themissingrmafengine to the rightful owner. But I want my good deed to be published in MSM and the owner must reward me handsomely lah. NO, it is not in my hair damn it!
Najib – I don’t know #themissingrmafengine and I had never met it. I am busy with 1Malaysia.
Saiful Bukhari – I swear #themissingrmafengine is not in my ass.
Ezam - I have the boxes with information about #themissingrmafengine. I swear.
Ibrahim ‘Katak’ Ali – Ada banyak jenis enjin jet ni. #themissingrmafengine ini enjin jet bla bla bla Hidup Melayu! bla bla bla Kawe dok tunggu Umno jemput kawe join parti demo bla bla bla.
Syed Hamid Albar (if he’s still around as Home Minister) – Don’t worry. #themissingrmafengine is with me. I am locking it up under ISA to protect it.
Khairy Jamaluddin – I have sold all #themissingrmafengine for a loss.
Pak Lah – #themissingrmafengine? Zzzzzz zzzz
MACC – No. We never interrogated #themissingrmafengine. We only asked few questions and let it go.
Cow protestors - No. We never brought #themissingrmafengine with us. Only the cow head. And now it is missing too.
#Bendera invasion army – We got your jet engine! We captured #themissingrmafengine with our awesome bamboo sticks, bwahahahahaha! Yes, the invasion is still on.
Anwar Ibrahim – We have been talking to #themissingrmafengine and our takeover plan is still on. No we cannot reveal the engine number.
Pemuda PAS – #themissingrmafengine should not be allowed to come in Malaysia. It promotes hedonisme.
Alex Yoong – I am ashamed F1 1Malaysia doesn’t use #themissingrmafengine for its race car.
JAKIM – We have determined that #themissingrmafengine is halal.
Okay, I think that is enough. If I can think of any more quotes I will add to the post HA! HA! HA!
ps: N900 review can wait 
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 1,444 views
Another rambling post.
This is to answer few questions by friends especially after I posted my ordeal with the customs yesterday. Many friends commented in my Facebook Notes and asked me in Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk, MSN, Twitter these few questions:
“All these trouble for WHAT again?”
“Why do so much since its just a trial unit? Send it back la. Wasting money only.”
“Aiyoh.. is it worth all that trouble just to test the product?”
Well you get the idea. My friends were asking me why would I want to do ’so much’ and why I need to ‘trouble’ myself to such extent just to get a trial device which I need to return back later. And also, why I need to waste my money paying for this and that just to get the clearance.
Money. Well, WOMWorld Nokia has agreed to pay for all the related charges so I don’t have to pay any, but that is beside the point.
The point is, you guys are asking the wrong question. The question should be;
‘Why this particular customs officer makes it hard for me just to get a trial device?’
‘Why he created so much troubles and unnecessary problems just for ONE TRIAL device?’
My dear friends seemed to suggest that the best solution is to give in. Sorry but I have to disagree. If by giving in to such ridiculous request is a solution, then indirectly I am helping to keep this kind vicious cycle in perpetual. We always blame the system every now and then but we choose to do nothing when given the chance to do so.
And why is the tendency to blame the victim eh? Just like how some people blame rape victim for walking alone, dressing sexily or provocatively etc, snatch victims for bringing the handbag, walking on the wrong side of the road or just being ‘careless’?
Well I may not be exactly a victim here, more like a disgruntled customer/citizen wanting to be treated fairly but you get my point on ‘blaming the victim/helpless’ mentality prevalent among some Malaysians.
Allow me to sidetrack a bit and touch on a favourite topic among Malaysians. Corruption. Since I have so many comments directly or indirectly hinting the possible element of corruption in my dealing with the customs, I think it is only fair for me to write a little bit on that.
Malaysians love to paint the many enforcement units as a corrupted bunch of scums. To be fair, Malaysians also play a big part in making them as such. We are guilty if we bitch about the system and do nothing when given the chance but keep feeding the system, indirectly or directly.
The analogy is simple. If I ask and you don’t give, there is no deal, right? Morality is relative here, who is more guilty – the giver or the taker – is up for debate the point is both are guilty of the act. It is a vicious cycle and people are making their decision to keep it in existence with every actions they would take without them realising it or not.
Back to the complicated, troublesome customs procedures I need to go through to get my N900. Did I ask for, or want to have such complicated procedures, troubles and problems to go through just for a trial device? Who creates the problems and troubles in the 1st place? Did I not comply to the necessary requests and yet was given a hard time by the officer?
Of course, given choice I would just sleep at home and let it go. Hell I would not go to work if I am given the absolute freedom and liberty to choose. But, I need to. I am fighter, I would like to think as such. It is a waste of my good education *cough cough* if I don’t put it to good use. We should do our little bit of fights and not letting bullies trampling us with no resistance at all. Keeping silence, is not always the best option. It is only apt for me to share these wise words to decribe political apathy;
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me–
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
(A popular poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller)
To be honest, it is actually not so much a trouble for me to make few calls, surfing some websites, checking up the related acts and procedures and then explaining things in a understandable language so that the relevant people can weigh in my side of the story and judge things as it is.
Thank you my good friends for the concern. I love you people and I also expect more of myself. And I think I just killed more people with the length of this post. Reading is good for you, people~!
ps: With my awesome negotiation skills *grins*, who knows I may get the device after I trial it?
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