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We need to make a difference. I really mean it. Each and every one of us needs to make a change, and make sure it is for the better.

First and foremost, I would like to touch on the topic of wise comments. I have been very disgusted by what has been reported back in Malaysia. Apparently, there was a minister who said, as the newspapers quoted, that it is disrespectful to call the food served for ISA detainees were like dog food. Reason being, there are poor people surviving on much worse, like salt and rice. I am absolutely gutted with this comment. I am ashamed on how we pick our leaders, and how they can call themselves a leader. It really does not make sense. Why can’t they see matters clearly? Why can’t they make better press statements? They surely had the time to think about them before they went for the press conference.

I am not sure if you see it as I do, but since when, and why, has food in a detaining centre been compared to the diet of a lower socio-economic group?! There are people who mix mud with flour just to fill their stomach in some parts of the world. So, should we feed people with mud and flour too? Just because they are being detained does not mean YOU can decide to feed them the worst possible diet you can think of! Would you like your child to be fed with salt and rice? Come on, I am not speaking politics here. I am speaking sensibility. I am not saying the detainee did not exaggerate, I do not know that. However, what I do know for sure is that the person who made that comment has showed how shallow his thoughts can be. Besides, could he confirm what were the meals provided? No! He had no evidence to support his claims. So, all in all, he was merely making an ASSUMPTION that it was better than ‘dog food’. If someone has made a claim, irrespective of it being baseless or not; and you want to refute that claim, you need to have evidence. This is mere logic.

Next up: Road traffic speed limit to be decreased by 10kmph. Boy, oh boy. Any reasons why? Do I hear a “to reduce the number of accidents on the highway!”?? Oh please. Indeed, the speed of a vehicle determines the impact if it collides into something else. But is this the crux of the problem? Ding donggg! Why not we create a speed limit for F1 racing cars? Duhhh.. It’s the person behind the wheel you doink! Indeed, there are skills and techniques required, and from an ‘ordinary’ vehicle point of view, these are your driving skills and techniques! Make sure we have the right type of drivers on the road-lah! We have kopi-o- license drivers, and worse, driving schools who DEMANDS for that kind of coffee money. I have to add a disclaimer here, I do not have proof of this, but I am sure it is widespread enough that everyone knows it. Is the (transport) ministry (not that I am not saying MINISTER – this is not a personal attack. Everyone works together as a team) doing anything at all about it? Naddah. I don’t thinkkkk soooo…..!

One more, I promise, last one. A member of MCA commented that they should have been consulted before citizens were detained under the ISA laws. Err, if it is a law, should it not be an independent body presiding and deciding, instead of you politicking people? CLEARLY, it has let the cat out of the bag – that politicians are INVOLVED in determining who gets detained! Another disclaimer, I do not know the clauses for the ISA laws, but from a citizen point of view, this is what I can gather and make sense of.
Edit: apparently ISA is under the home ministry. Gee, in NATIONAL schools, we are taught how our country’s constitution works. One of them being the police force and the law are a separate entity from the military and politics. So, how now? Educate people on some things and leave out some? What does the future hold for our local minds? That ignorance is bliss? One day, they will grow up and learn, and when they try to seek for clarity, those who tried to put them under wraps are screwed.

Of course, there might be some people who get heated up at reading comments such as these, and then defend and try to throw back some (hopefully not too) silly response that we don’t know how these kinda ‘stuff’ works. Yet, hey, we’re the public. Is it our fault that we have interpreted you that way when even your response to your ‘adversity’ sounds unintelligent? Here’s a tip if you want to expand your influence and get us all mesmerized with you - Just listen and act accordingly…I meant, with nominal intelligence. Would that be fair enough to ask?

Give me your lifetime..
And I'll give you a time of your life.

;P

Not too long ago, not too far away

Ever felt so low in your life
that you become tearful
no matter what you do

On a warm day, you're shivering cold
Seems as though no one believes
what you say,
and doubt them
even though
you're pouring out your soul

Are you being swept away?
are they too afraid to delve further, in fear?
there isn't anyone who understands
you seek for someone to lend a hand

You're too volatile,
overruled by disappointment and frustration
Moments of weakness, of lost feelings,
and fear for lack of protection

You cannot think of reasons why
you cannot answer or say or try

When you try to hide in a shell
it's too soft
When you have many pairs of legs
they run too slow
When you feel small and feeble
unable to defend
there isn't a single thing you can cling on
not even from a tentacle's end.

The current sweeps you away,
further and further,
Tossed and turned into disarray,
Lost and alone
rejected, deserted, and unwanted..

ooh...

L baked me a cake too!! I think it must have took him a lot of time and effort and stress to do so! I know he isn't much of a baking-cake person, and it was his first attempt doing so!!! *hugsies* He even decorated it with icing and stuff! I appreciate it soooo much!!!! And by golly, the cake was fantastic!!!! Coffee walnut cake! How sumptuously yummy it was!!!!! Didn't even have the chance to take a pic of it! ...but i sketched it out here: heehee

My birthday this year was celebrated in advanced, and unknowingly too. Yet, what a wonderful surprise it was. L came down for the weekend, which coincided with the mooncake festival too, even though he didn’t know about it. We were meant to go out for dinner together after a great day out. When we got there, we waited patiently to be attended to by a waiter. Then, out of nowhere, Luke took my hand and led me to one side of the restaurant, where I eventually saw a stretch of tables and my friends there! I thought it would be just the two of us, since we don’t really have the chance to spend much time together, but it was such a lovely surprise! A few of them were late apparently! And that was really funny! Aditi arrived fashionably late, but this time it was because of N!! *gasp*. Then, she blurted, “Surprise!” I have such adorable friends don’t I?!

I cherish everything my friends did for me, and all the presents which I received! I love them all so much!! Thanks you bunch of cool wackos! To L, whom completed the picture, the day, the weekend and the fullness of love the heart can fill. The sun really did rise from the west that weekend! ;)

I love you bunch so much! I can’t express how much that weekend meant to me. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and it was not too troublesome to plan it out! My wishes for the future (beyond the obvious):

Aditi, to wear all the pretty clothes she has and not stash them away because she thinks the colour does not suit her! – They are beautiful! You carry anything and everything well!

Gaye, Lav – much love prospects this year! ;P and for Man Utd to buck up!

Jassie - *cocktail glass* Here’s to many more LOTR re-runs!

WK, Alan – May the two of you live long and prosper! ..with the flower too! Haha

Caroline – I hope the wackos mentioned here staying with you won’t crank you up too much! And the best of wishes for the year!

ZLi – for much endurance in everything, physical, mental and emotional and be happy always. Good luck in your application for London’s Great Run!

Nip – you have everything! So, I can only wish that the happiness and all things good in your life grow!

Last but not least, dearest L, the core of my strength and support, to remain like that! =D I hope I can someday give you as much strength, support, and love as you have shown and gave to me.

I wished for…..WORLD PEACE :P

Sleep remedy.

It's late. I've got a long day ahead, and an even longer weekend. And I can't sleep! shoots. i'm sooo dead for tomorrow. Does anyone has any suggestions on how to get a good night's sleep?

Acne popping out too, manifesting and it hurts so badly. Looks even worse!

Sigh.

Why oh why

Movies

National Movie Awards --> LINK

I wonder if it is just me, but there were some nominees which I thought outclassed the winners.

The Dark Knight - superhero award:
Well, fair enough since there were no others who came up this year. Was Ironman this year? Robert Downey Jr was damn 'yeng', but Batman as a character was way cooler. And, can the Joker qualify? haha.

Mama Mia - best musical award:
My eyes must have been blind and my ears shut off! How can Mamma Mia beat Sweeney Todd? Pierce Brosman and Meryl Streep CANNOT sing! Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd was so much better. Please lah.

Johnny Depp - best male performance:
He is top of the trade in all characters that he play. Have you watched the older films he did? My word, 1. he never really grew old; 2. He can act out everything!!!!! Nevertheless, much credit to Will Smith is his fantastic one-man show performance. As for Christian Bale, well, he wasn't bad. But his character out-shadowed him. haha, get it? "shadow" ... "batman" ...??? :P

Ah, well, but the public has voted....Though I never knew when this happened.

Begining

I have not blogged for a while now, so here are a few updates on myself. It would probably be read by few and more importantly, a channel to express and let a few things out for me.

I am currently living in a rented house. The house is quite nice. My room is a little small compared to my friends' rooms, but mine is a manageable size. It keeps a little warmth, so that is good. Sadly, I am living away from the group of close friends whom I have bonded so tightly over the past few years. It's not that I do not get along well with my current housemates, I have yet to really see them! I do look forward to more people being in the house. It's lonely.

The term has started. I will go to my first tutorial as a 4th year in the morning. I hope that the year would be enriching. On Monday, during the introductory lecture, I was rather inspired and motivated. I told myself to prepare early, read up a little to ease the transition and understanding of the topic and know a bit of what's in stored. However, until today, NOTHING! I tend to be like that. Once I come back home, I must do what I have set out to do. If I skew the slightest of track, the spirit seems to disappear. I need to grow up!

Summer holidays were very good. I wish I have more time to experience more things. The world is really enormous. I wish I had gone home too. If only I could be in two different places at a time, or a longer holidays. I can't believe that so many of my friends got married this summer! I missed all their weddings. :( It's like a new phase of life now. Oh no, I'm aging! Sigh. I wish my mind would grow too. It hasn't been for a long, long while now.

I wish I had the time to slowly pen down neatly and nicely every single memorable events and moments in a diary. I realise that I do not have the time nowadays. Even blogging, where typing is so much faster and thus more efficient. I kinda choose to waste my time away somewhere else in the world wide web. Say, I wonder if we can quantify the world wide web. Is there a measurement to it? I think we need to create a unit for it. HaHa. I am sure that if it has not already been done, at some point in future, someone will have this thought and create one and become really famous for coining the unit term for the world wide web.

Life is really only partially up to what you choose it to be.