(This is a continuation of the blog love story… newcomers please read parts one and two here…)Johari – Eh, Raymond, come lah we go to mamak Mydin… I’m hungry. Raymond – Dowan lah. You go ahead, lah. Johari – I say man, Raymond. Dun be like dat lah. Everyday got no mood wan, lemah semangat only I see you. Its been 2 weeks already lah. Raymond – Don’t worry about me, man… you go enjoy lah… Johari – What OK. Its been 2 weeks since you broke up with that Vijaya Kumari anak perempuan Samuel Govindaraj… Ask you go watch movie, you dowan, ask you go clubbing, you say no…

Two words that have a naughty connotation in Malaysia but not anywhere else: Spender Steam One word that has naughty connotation everywhere else but not in Malaysia: Rubber Two letters that does not exist in the Malay language: V, X (it only appears in words borrowed from English) Some Malay words you probably don’t use in everyday conversation: Senak, mahligai, keterampilan, arakian. If you can speak English:…you’ll probably understand a lot of words in Bahasa Malaysia.Two English TV shows that had to be renamed in Malaysia due to negative connotations in their titles: Xena the Warrior Princess Mighty Morphin and the Power Rangers Some English movies that had to be…

During my research for my two blogs regarding alien abduction (read it here and here), i found this site selling a new ‘Alien Abduction Prevention Device’. Strangely no details were given. Eh? Is it like a Kryptonite Pepper Spray? Or a device that continuously play annoying Backstreet Boys’ ringtones? For USD$5.25 only, I’m tempted to try it out…

Streaker at the Royal Wedding Yeah, I know it was passé, but I watched a bit of it. Nothing like Diana’s wedding 24 years ago, and ol’ Charlie must have been pretty annoyed the Pope and prince Rainier ruined his week. But the best bit must have been the streaker being taken down by the bobbies. The mounted cops did their best to hide him from the camera. And get this, the cops had time to stand and pose for a group photo with the half-naked guy, as if they were on a sight-seeing tour… Why don’t we see any female streakers? Second best bit – when Charles and Camilla…

In one of my previous jobs, I was working in a construction site in the Klang Valley where some of the foreign workers stayed in an on-site kongsi (labour camp). Our drainage sub-contractor had a Bangladeshi man working for them, his wife and little son stayed with him. The wife was quite heavily built, the son was no more than 4 years old. Their kongsi was half of an old rusting steel cabin. With no running water and no electricity. Everyday, they stayed in that burning hot steel oven baked by the unforgiven sun, with no fan, no lights, no mosquito coils. Every morning and evening, the wife carries her…

I’ve just found out that Secretaries’ Week is on 24-30th April. Secretaries’ ‘Week’?! Why do secretaries get one WEEK when Fathers and Mothers only get a DAY? We have Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Teacher’s Day, Same-Sex Partner Day but secretaries get seven times more celebration than the rest of us. Never mind that they work 40-60 hours a week only and get paid for it. Parents looking after children work 24 x 7 = 168 hours a week and get zilch. Only heartaches and high blood pressure. Furthermore if secretaries dislike their jobs or bosses, they can resign and find another one. For parents, children are mostly non-refundable…

People can have really weird and freaky hang-ups. What’s a hang-up? You know, you have to do a certain things a certain way for no specific reason. They just have to, don’t ask why. Or they CAN’T do a certain thing because of some personal ‘pantang‘ (taboo). For example, some people I know sleep only on the left side of the bed – no reason whatsoever. If they’re forced to sleep on the right side, they probably toss and turn all night and wake up like a zombie. Here are some more examples from people I know: My friends’ sister won’t enter a room if it has fluorescent light. She…

Wow, a lot more people are still interested in the alien phenomenon than I initially thought. After yesterday’s blog about alien abduction statistics, I did further research (google again) on the subject. This, coupled with the feedback from my regular readers (yes, all two of them) and a lifetime of research on TV alien shows, I managed to find out more interesting facts and statistics. (I must qualify that anything printed here is does not necessarily represent the views of this blogger. And I do not appreciate any mail from former alien abductees spamming me for making fun of their anal probe experiences…) Twinsmom was right. 76% of abductees are…

I’ve always been mildly fascinated by the alien phenomenon, even before the show X-Files came on telly. I read quite a few books on the subject, and the area that was especially intriguing was alien abduction. There are probably tens of thousands of documented cases, some credible and some, shall we say, less than credible. So today I took it upon myself to research this matter (read: I googled it). Without much strain on my mouse-hand, I dug up some interesting statistics from this site. Acording to them, these facts are ‘believed to be true’! (Err, what’s a definition of a ‘fact’?). Anyway, here is what they say, with my…

I just watched this McDonald’s advert on TV. It shows young guy smiling, with his tie loosened out and collar unbuttoned, holding his first paycheque (swaggering in Mont’Kiara). Then it shows his mother, his bills, and other things that he needs to pay. Then the ad ends with him holding a tray McDonald’s McSaver meal and smiling. The whole premise of the ad is that no matter what financial difficulties you’re facing, you can always afford a McSaver. (Side note: Nobody gets a paycheque as a salary, unless you’re a freelancer, trainee or outsourcee. We get a payslip, which usually holds no significance as it’s always late. The correct Malaysian…