==tulip speaks==

 
 [Updated]:
I did went to Batu Caves. Took some pictures which I uploaded to my
personal flickr account. Here’s a collage of the photos:

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I told myself I’m not going to follow anymore chariot procession ever since the terrible experience I had during the procession last year.
But somehow the temptation was just too great and I decided to walk
15km with the chariot last minute Started my walk at 12.45am (yea..
that was before the chariot m
oved from the temple) and reached Batu
Caves at exactly 5.45am. I still had similar problems like last years -
bikes, conversations which are made up entirely by vulgar words
(yuckss!!), phone number seeking etc. Glad to have my bro around
though. Just like having a bodyguard watching over 2 gals (sister and
I) hehehe..I’m still not sure if I’ll be going off to Batu Caves again 2moro for Thaipusam celebration. Still thinking.

And
oh yea.. below is a wallpaper made up of a photograph I took this
morning at Batu Caves. Between this is Tulipspeaks’ 200th post!!

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When you really care about some
one.. just show it okie!! It really piss me off when u claim to have
certain level of ‘care’ or ‘respect’ or whatever to a person but in
real, you are treating him/her like sh!t. What is the point man??? No,
I’m not pointing fingers towards anyone in particular. So don’t come
and ask me if I’m talking about you. There are so many dungus around
who are being cold to others around them. And believe or not? The
person whom they claim the closest are getting the coldest treatment!
How ironic???

I spent the last few nights thinking about this. Particularly how these dungus treat people whom supposedly showering the dungus with so much love. It just got me thinking… how easy it is for the dungus
to take them for granted. but for how long? How long you think the
person gonna hang around with you? Especially when you are treating
her/him like your shoes?

Just have some reminders for the dungus:

First,
the person needs caring words too. She/He is a human who needs a pair
of arms to hold her/him tight. The person has a heart too and bear in
your mind that you are not the only human being who is born with a
heart!

Thirdly,
what wrong she/he did to be treated like a third class person? Can you
justify your action? If no..I think you know what you got to do now.

When
we accidentally bumped into someone by the road, we say sorry. When we
meet someone in the office, we greet them. We smile. We acknowledge
each and everyone around us.. except for the one who loves us. Why the
double standard?

*dungus - idiots

Powerful enough to wake up the traditional media from its long sleep I
guess.

The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) has
obtained an exparte injunction ordering
blogger Jeff Ooi to remove allegedly defamatory postings in relation to it on
his blog Screenshots.

The injunction, granted by High Court
Justice Abdul Malik Ishak on Jan 11, states that the said 13 postings from Feb
16 to Dec 4, 2006, have to be removed from his blog by Jan 17. 

 

Read more here.

In a heart-warming way, this is the online community
at its best. A movement, Bloggers United, has been formed and has issued a
statement that "what you do to any of us, is what you do to all".

A legal fund will be set up soon as a means to
provide financial assistance for bloggers who face legal action such as the
defamation suits taken by the New Straits Times Press (M) Sdn Bhd (NSTP) against
bloggers Jeff Ooi and Ahirudin Attan. 

Read about it here
and here.

While, bloggers are
now being united to protect their rights for free speech, the PM is saying that
we should be responsible for what we write in cyber space and we are not immune
to the law just because its (well..) cyberspace!

Bloggers must be responsible for what they write on
the Internet as there are laws on defamation and sedition, Datuk Seri Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi said. The Prime Minister said these laws were enforceable and
bloggers must bear in mind that they could not hide or take advantage of the
Internet to do something that was against the law. 

Read it
here.

Well..
yea, we are responsible bloggers I think. As long as the blogger identifies
him/herself, I dont think we are hiding behind the computer screen. We (except
for a few) are brave enough to acknowledge what we write in cyberspace. And we
claim the rights for our writing. At the same time, its us, the citizens who are
being deprived of fair share of the lights of the traditional media. We do not
get to write what we need to write in mainstream media. So what we choose the
Net, to express ourselves? Though I agree defamatory posts should be subjected
to legal actions, I strongly support the notion that we are entitled to write
and read what we want to. A sensitive issue, for example, should be written with
care and at the same time expressing our interest and opinion. We are walking on
a thin line here.

I’m running short of time
And there you are, watching…

I won’t come back
And there you are, smiling…

I’m missing you
And there you are, silent

I don’t want to leave
And there you are wanting me to…

I’m scared going through changes
And there you are, saying changes are inevitable..

This a Merdeka ad by Petronas almost 10 years ago, but I still think its one of their best:
(Gombak - a town near KL)

Be proud to be a Malaysian!

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In conjunction with

There are couple of things both in
the Internet and real world which annoys me nowadays. At first I try to
put up with it. Now I realise that I can’t take it anymore. Now, don’t
get angry with me if I shout at you for these:

1. Empty compliments
Hey sweetheart, you look so hot in that pic. you look like an angel u know, disturbing my sleep nowdays.. blah blah blah

Yucksss!!
If you guys thinks that gonna win me over, you better go for special
classes. Its really sucks! And I’m definitely not your sweetheart!

2. Probing question on my nationality/citizenship
Are
you really a Malaysian? But you don’t look like one? When are you
coming back here? This is suppose to be your country! Don’t you have
any relatives here?

Duh!!
I’m gonna explain this for the last time. I’m a Malaysian - a proud
Malaysian. Born and grew up in a lovely place called Malaysia. My
ancestors are from another country but they migrated here 100 years
back! Yes, I want to go back to the place where any ancestors came from
but ONLY as a tourist.

3. I love you
"I love you"

Now,
don’t get me wrong. Signing off an e-mail or ending a comment/chat
session with "love ya, muuuaxxx" is totally different from irritating
me with what they call ‘the magic words’ all the time. Only say it when
you mean it & mean it only when you really feel it in your heart.

4. Friendster adds without a single line of introduction

No
introduction, no smile, no nothing. And all I get is an add request in
Friendster asking me to accept total strangers as friends. I mean, we
even smile and say hi to ppl we bump into in the morning. Is it so hard
to say "Hi, How are you doing there? May I add you in my friend’s
list?"??? Everytime I got a request, I’ll ask politely for their
introduction. Guess what? Only 4 out of 10 would response to that and
care to intro themselves! Pathetic!!! Surely they don’t understand what
is making friends is all about.

5. Flirting msg through friendster/email/yahoo groups/sms etc
"Hi there. Saw your profile. Impressive. How about meeting up tonite?" "Hey, saw your response to that issue. Can I have your number?"

Dude…listen,
my friendster acc is not for flirting purpose. When I response to a
post in forums, it means I’m responding only to that issue and not for
you to barge in and harass me for my number. And my phone is meant for
my personal and private use. Certainly not a medium for you to flirt
with me. If you are so desperate, I suggest you to seek for
companionship elsewhere.

6. Expecting me to shower everyone with attention all the time
"I’m here for few mins now and you never notice" "Hey, how come you never reply to the sms I send 1/2 hour ago?"

Alrite,
I have a life now. and its a busy life. So what if I couldn’t reply
you? So what if i didn’t notice you coming online? Certainly it was not
done on purpose. Please understand that I have work to do here.

7. The question on my marital status
"Are you single? or when are you getting married?"

Does it matter to you? When I am getting married, I’ll announce it to the world okie? So, let me in peace till then.

8. Being mad at me simply because you are mad at someone else

Do I look like a punching bag now?

9. The question on my marriage
"So,  u r getting married huh? is he a good man?"

No, he is a criminal who was in the prison for 12 years. Happy?

10. Forward mails/sms
"………………
Pass this msg around to at least 10 of your friends within the next 10
mins. If not you’ll never find true love"

Yea
rite! First & foremost, you are wasting your energy (e-mails) and
money (sms) by forwarding msg to me. I never read them. It goes to the
trash right away.

I had real fun this ponggal. Guess
this is the first time we ever celebrated ponggal actually. Morning
around 7am, we cooked ponggal at home. And that was my speed cooking
lesson. by 9.30 I was in UM, participating in People’s Ponggal.
Getting the fire to start was kinda "tough" kekekeke.. And the whole
process of cooking ponggal took me 1 hour (compared to 20mins at home).
The sun was shining brightly, just like today and it was a beautiful
day indeed. Posting some pics of this year’s ponggal. Check out my BLOG to view the pictures!

09:00 a.m.:    Arrival of Members of the Media

09:40 a.m.:    Arrival
                     Y.B. Dato’ Ong Tee Kiat
                     Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia

09:45 a.m.:    Speech by
                     Encik Mohd. Affandi
                     YDP Majlis Per. Pelajar UM

09:50 a.m.:    Speech by
                     Mr. P Kamalanathan
                     Organising Chairman
                     People’s Pongal 2007

10:00 a.m.:    Speech and Launching by
                     Y.B. Dato’ Ong Tee Kiat
                     Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia

10:10 a.m.:    Act of Launch and meeting participants

10:30 a.m.:    Departure of
                     Y.B. Dato’ Ong Tee Kiat
                     Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia

As
per Visithra’s request, I’m posting the tentative programme for
Monday’s People’s Ponggal. Together with this, I’m posting 2 more
Ponggal-themed wallpapers as well. Enjoy & hope to see someone from
the blogworld during the celebration! Have fun for this Ponggal.

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Updated
with my first ever wallpaper for Ponggal 2007!

Ponggal (the Harvest festival) is here again. Will be celebrated on 15th Jan. In conjunction with Ponggal & Visit Malaysia Year 2007, a string of events has been organized:

13th January 2007 : Live Interview on Selamat Pagi Malaysia, RTM 1 at 9am

You may want to check out MyPongal.Com for more details. Oh yea, there is an online contest going on there, participate in it too!

Guess my mood has since changed
ever since the new year. Man, I can barely think about any serious and
debatable issue at all! I have a meeting in an hour time and here I am,
writing about a tall dark hunk, who has captured not only my heart but
also …. (censored). Sorry Visithra, but I really have to do this.  I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing the guy of her dream..

The
lanky guy which typical South Indian look has been disturbing my sleep
for months now. At first I thought its just infatuation, and the
feelings would just go away. But as time passes by, I realize that its
merely not an infatuation or idolization. His strong voice and
character he has shown so far simply swept me off my feet! Many do not
share my views in this but who cares huh? Well, he looks a ‘bit’ too
tall for me :p but again, who cares???? Visithra seems to have eyed on the same man, again.. who cares huh Visi??? Share la… 

I wish I’ll come across him or at least (God please…) his clone in Malaysia! Amen.