==tulip speaks==

Read my previous September 1st posts:

2006

2005

Dah lima dekad aku merdeka
Entah mengapa  aku masih rasa perit

Dah lima dekad aku merdeka
Entah mengapa aku masih rasa terbelenggu

Dah lima dekad aku merdeka
Entah mengapa aku masih rasa dianiaya

Dah lima dekad aku merdeka
Entah mengapa hatiku masih gusar

Dah lima dekad aku merdeka
Entah mengapa aku masih rasa sayang pada mereka….

Selamat Hari Merdeka

An
independence day post in Malaysian Language. Pardon me for the
unavailability of an English version. Presenting a wallpaper in
conjunction with the event.

Happy 50th Independence Day, Malaysia!

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Also read my previous posts on Malaysia & Merdeka:

Aku, si Jalur Gemilang
Countdown to Merdeka: The Country
Countdown to Merdeka: The People
Countdown to Merdeka: The Capital
Countdown to Merdeka: The Landmarks

Visit my FLICKR for the rest of convocation photos!

IPOH: A man was ordered by the High Court here to pay at least RM70,000 for breaking a promise to marry a woman.

Justice
Mohd Azman Husin ruled that legal clerk S. Nagamah, 38, had proven a
claim against legal office administrator R. Punnosamy, 41.

The decision was made in chambers yesterday.

Justice
Mohd Azam said he found Nagamah’s testimony to be more convincing than
Punnosamy’s and ordered him to pay RM50,000 for breaching his promise
to marry her.

He
also ordered Punnosamy to pay RM20,000 for Nagamah’s mental anguish and
loss of reputation, name and honour, as well as costs.

Another
RM2,000 was awarded to Nagamah as compensation for assault when
Punnosamy slapped her in 2002 after she had supposedly threatened his
fiancée at a tuition centre in Teluk Intan.

Read the rest of the news HERE.

A
case of a man breaking his promise to marry a woman is a rather very
subjective matter. Mere monetary compensation will definitely not going
to undone what he has done to her, but remember for some men out there,
money means a lot to them. Taking a portion of their wealth surely
gonna hurt their ego (plus with the fact that their names have been
published in leading daily!). Nagamah might never get back what she has
lost, but she has set a precedence to women in Malaysia.

Guys… Dare to cheat another gal again???

*Glad to be back on my usual mode of blogging!

Yesterday morning, my home was attacked by armed robbers. Yes, my HOME.
Ladies (which includes me) and children were at home that time. I was
very much traumatized by what happened, and couldn’t bring myself to
put up a post on it yesterday itself. Let me narrate the incident now,
just like my statement to the police.

About
9.30am (may be a little earlier), 3 armed men around 20-23 yrs old
entered my home. One of the guys put the parang* to my bro’s neck and
made him to sit down at the sofa. He also guarded the front door. All
windows and doors were then locked. There was a fourth guy in the car
waiting.The second guy went to mom, grabbed her neck n put parang on
her neck. He asked everyone to shut up but everyone kept on shouting.
He hit my mom’s head n punch her face. mom felt down and started to
bleed. I shouted and told him to take whetever he want but not to hurt
anyone. But the idiot didn’t understand what I was saying and hit my
head with parang’s back too. I got disoriented and almost fainted, but
somehow stayed strong. He grabbed mom’s chains, thali, bangles, wedding
ring. Same with grandma and aunty. Then he asked us to take off our
earrings. The third fella asked for handphones and purses. i said i
don’t have a handphone (don’t know how he bought that!). He took bro’s
new Nokia. Then he made me to bring him to the my room to get my purse.
I manage to hide my ATMs and phone, and gave him about RM50 that was in
my purse. He wanted to take away my precious lappy but it was all
connected n wires all over the place. Its old lappy and by that time,
ppl started to gather outside my house.
They panicked and ran away with the waiting car outside the house. The
whole robbery thingy took less than 10 mins. The police arrived about
2, 3 minutes after neighbour made the phone call. Till now, those
bastards still roaming free on the street.

I still
can feel the pain on my head. Damn! But in a way, I’m grateful to God -
we are still well & alive. IF the idiot hit mom or me with the
sharp point of the parang instead of the holder, we won’t be around
right now to narrate the story.

It’s a dangerous world out
there, and everyone regardless their place of residence, country of
origin, age and gender should and MUST always becareful of their
surrounding. Never, ever take anything for granted, including our own
life. Till yesterday I never feared for my life, but the fear I felt
yesterday cannot be described in words. So my friends, please becareful
all the time and remind that to everyone you guys know.

Although
my boss has advised me to rest at home, I don’t think sitting here
doing nothing will bring me any good. I will be going to outstation on
Monday and will be back on Friday. Will try to blog from there. I will
miss you guys and thanks to everyone who rang and wished me well. God
bless everyone.

And DannyFoo has highlight my post on dating vs sexual services in his bloggie. Got a serious discussion over there, do take part. Will check that out once I come back!

*parang - Malaysian equivalent of the machete
**pardon me for grammatical error in this post, which was typed in hurry

Labels: life, Malaysia, personal

On 14th February 2003 (yes, on a Valentine’s Day), I sent off my application form to do a master degree in Universiti Putra Malaysia.
I was still a final year student completing my BSc back then. On 9th
June 2003, I commenced my studies majoring in Clinical Nutrition in the
Faculty of Medicine. I successfully defended my thesis after a
gruelling 3 hours of viva voce on 21st December 2006. And now, after (slightly more than) 4 years, I will be graduating with a MSc tagging behind my name.

Cool
eh? Well, the path was not that cool or simple. While some lucky ones
get to go through their graduate studies within 2 years, I took double
the number of semesters. The 4 years I would say, the most difficult
period in my life so far. My first degree was a breeze, but my graduate
studies was the greatest challenge I have experienced so far. Not
because its another level of study, I had difficulties in the research
and in my personal life as well. I almost quit my studies half-way, but
somehow managed to stay afloat. A simple thank you to those who held me
when I felt down will never going to be enough.

Graduation is
one of the last thing in my mind when I was struggling to complete my
daily tasks. I still can’t believe I am holding the invitation letter
from my university. It seems like I send off the application forms just
yesterday This is a moment of glory which has a lot of significance
for me, and I would like to share this moment of everyone here. Yes, I
am inviting all the visitors of tulipspeaks to my convocation on 26th August 2007. Please e-mail me before 21st August for more details eg. the map, timing.

I’m announcing this way earlier so everyone can make it. Hope to see you guys there!!!

I am pissed. You might get pissed too if you got messages via social networks from self-proclaimed genius like this:

Warning: These are real messages exchanged between a moron & yours truly. Take note of the language.

The Moron : ammu how areu?

ammu : im fine thanks.

Things were fine only in the beginning… then the nightmare began….

The
Moron : hallo ammu, i am fine,ur indian?how is ur work?ur more
custemer?pls reply ammu.i hope visit malasia.u pls join with me 15
days.how much ur cost ?pls reply dear.u have ur nace picture for
me?sexual picture?pls send to me.

ammu : sorry i am not for sale.

OMG!!!
His English literally blinded me for a second!!! I still don’t know the
meaning of "more custemer" & "nace picture". And I just hate it
when someone spell Malaysia as "malasia" or whatever! Especially not
when Malaysia is celebrating her 50th birthday! Grrrrrr!!!!! And what
on earth "sexual picture" means??? Nude photo huh? I didn’t want to
waste my precious energy typing out looooooooong reply to this moron.
So, my reply was simple

The Moron : ammu sorry ur dating girl? ie i am askig sorry. pls tel me more

ammu : u dont know what ‘dating’ means??? it means i am seeing someone i.e. i have a boyfriend.

LOL.
This one really got me laughing! Hahahahaha.. The moron was referring
to my marital status (as you can see in the screen shot below) which
says "Dating". Generally I like to put my status as "dating" or "in
relationship" just to minimize such harassment. But I never thought
there will be such geniuses (like this one) in the Internet world!

The Moron: ammu dating means sex worker. that is i ask somthing sorry. ammu i am really sorry

ammu:a sex worker is a sex worker. LOL. i think u need to find a new English teacher.

v. dat�ed, dat�ing, dates
v.tr.
1. To mark or supply with a date: date a letter.
2. To determine the date of: date a fossil.
3. To betray the age of: Pictures of old cars date the book.
4. To go on a date or dates with.

source:
http://www.the freedictionary .com/dict.asp? Word=dating

At this point, I wanted to hammer his head already! Between, did you count the number of times he said ’sorry’ and ‘ammu’?

Now,
would you like to know the url of his profile page? May be he needs
some ‘coaching’ on communication skill & English language! Any
takers?

I have just read and published Diya’s comment on my previous post:

diyadear said…

tulip,
u haven’t been speaking much lately

6:40 AM, August 05, 2007

Well…
what she said has some truth in it. Or should I say, that’s the truth? Been really busy travelling for the past 3 weeks and those places I
went had bad or no Internet coverage. It was a different world out
there and I don’t know if its a blessing in disguise that I get to
experience it right now. It was a work-related field trip, where I
conducted a research among rural folk. Can’t reveal more than that, but
it taught me lot more than just research. Especially my last trip to
oil palm estates around Kuala Selangor and Klang area, kinda rekindle
alot of memories. This requires a post on its own

The time I
went away was a more or less a test period for me. I have heard my
friends complaining that blogs are nothing more than just html codes;
people here are fakes and what so not. They claimed that no one gonna
bother me once I stop publishing post/updating tulipspeaks, and this
blog will just die off with no one wants to know what actually happened
to me. While I can’t refute their claims 100%, but I know there are
people out there who care about me and what I write here. Despite my no
show in others’ blogs, I still get commentators and respectable number
of hits in tulipspeaks. Better still, I am still earning some bucks via
the adverts here :P. Although I feel its not fair for me to continue
expecting visitors when I am not visiting their space, its kinda sweet
to know that there are people who missing me when I’m away even for a
short period. I feel loved. Thank you to all!

Sharing some photos I took during my field trip.

My first meal in Kuala Selangor

My research team

Home away from home

The famous Anggala Amman temple in Kuala Selangor

A close up view

Was bored.. ended up clicking photos of the sunset

Among the "healthiest" orchids I have seen

And a wallpaper I did

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