… the opportunity to listen to.
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Found this audio in one of my colleagues’ stash. I thought I was hearing things the first time I heard it. I went and played it back — over and over again. I nearly laughed out loud.
Can someone tell me what the last two words that sounded very much like CB meant, please?
It is easy to lose one’s mind while running through this rat race, chasing after fortune, fame, power and what not. As if that isn’t enough, there is also the political (in)stability in the country to top up the list.
Pak Lah or Najib?
Pak Lah or Anwar?
Anwar or Najib?
BN or PR?
The thing is, not everyone gives a rat’s ass about it.
Yeah, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. However, greener doesn’t necessary mean green. I know, I know. It’s better to have greener pastures than to stay with infertile soil.
Anyway, when the pressure starts to build up, it’s important to release it as soon as possible. Keeping it to oneself may be bad.
I have a few ways to de-stress myself. One of the ways that doesn’t involve destroying my body and the things around me is by listening to music. Not just any kind of music, mind you. A Metallica-type of music is sure to aggravate the situation.
The video below featuring Louis Landon with the piano solo Peaceful is a good example. I’ve been playing it over and over again. If only I can rip it off and play it offline.
“Peaceful is a song that I wrote for inner peace and outer peace in the world that has to do with my mission of creating a peaceful world by writing and performing music from the heart.”
– Louis Landon
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I went back home last weekend. It’s been almost two months since the last time I did. Ahh…there is no place like home.
The only problem is that I ate more meat in those two days than I would normally eat in a course of a week. No joke.
I took some photos of the plants in my mom’s mini garden. Well, it used to be mini but it has grown quite a bit now. If she continues to add in more flower pots, my dad will have to vacate his car porch and park his car by the side of the road.
All photos taken with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF lens. Ten months ago, I was dying to get my hands on one of them. I made some phone calls to a few camera shops in PJ and KL but none of them had it in stock.
I was desperate. I almost bought a second hand unit. Thankfully, one was available soon after. I made my purchase and it was delivered through mail.
I really enjoyed the bokeh that the 50mm f/1.8D produced. Now, if only I can get my hands on a good (and cheap) telephoto lens and a flashgun, I’d die a happy man.
Flower in a blue plastic pot
Language is a beautiful subject; if one spends enough time and effort coupled with interest studying it.
I am not a language freak but reading one of the latest articles on Malaysiakini got me thinking. I did a short research on two main languages in Malaysia — the English and Malay language — and found what I was looking for. By the way, is it called Bahasa Malaysia or Bahasa Melayu now?
Quoting from the mentioned article on Malaysiakini, “Ahmad did it again, told Chinese not be American Jews”:
“I want Koh Tsu Koon and Gerakan to take responsibility for whatever untoward incidents that could happen in this country of ours.”
The word in the quoted text above that sparked the desire in me to conduct my little research is ours. A check on Wikipedia reveals that the possessive predicate adjective of the word we is ours. Some other examples on possessive predicate adjectives include mine, yours, his, hers, yours and theirs.
So, what are possessive predicate adjectives used for? Possessive predicate adjectives are used to show one’s ownership. For example, when I say “The pen is mine”, I meant to say that the pen belongs to me. When I say “That ball is yours”, I meant to say the ball belongs to you.
What really, really sparked the desire in me to conduct my little research is that I noticed a “weakness” in the English language compared to the Malay language. The point is that I noticed how we can’t differentiate the word “We” in English like how we can differentiate the word “We” in Malay.
In the Malay language, we have Kita and Kami at our disposal. Kita refers to the individual speaking, his/her friend(s) and the person/people they were speaking to (inclusive we). On the other hand, Kami refers to the individual speaking and his/her friend(s) excluding the person/people they were speaking to (exclusive we). (I learnt this in school so if I am wrong, don’t put the blame on me.)
In English, there aren’t two words that can clearly distinguish between inclusive we and exclusive we. The only possible method to understand the usage of the word “we” is to fully read and understand the entire sentence/paragraph.
This might be a design flaw in the English language since some other languages have up to six words to differentiate the word “We”.
Author’s note: Here is some salt. Kindly add to taste.
I was window shopping at Sunway Pyramid last night. I think the last time I’ve been there was a few years ago. I didn’t even know they have a new building now.
The thing that amazed me the most about this Sunway Pyramid shopping mall is their car parking system. Wow! I didn’t know we have such intelligent car parking systems in Malaysia. Each parking lot has a censor above it to detect if a vehicle is parked in it. A lamp above the lot will turn green if the parking lot is vacant and red if it is taken.
Now, I don’t want to sound like an idiot. My line of work is developing computer systems. Therefore, I am very aware that such a system is implementable. In fact, a few years back on the Nescafe Kick-Start programme, I remember one contestant had this same idea.
The reason why I was amazed isn’t because such a car parking system exists in Malaysia. It was simply because there is a company who is willing to invest money to prevent their customers from going berserk from hunting for a parking lot.
Anyway, my main blogging point isn’t Sunway Pyramid’s car parking system but what I saw while window shopping there. As always, when you are shopping with a group of girls, any shops with sales or discount signs will be a ‘stop’.
As they were happily doing their thing, I saw the sign the shop had in their window and couldn’t hold my laughter and just had to take some photos of it. I didn’t have my Nikon D40x with me so I borrowed my gf’s camera phone to take a snapshot of it. I don’t have Bluetooth or infrared dongle with me so I couldn’t transfer the photos over. Arggh…whatever.
It seems like the shop was having an “All things must go!” sale. The sign shows that the sale will last for only 9 more days. I guess they were closing shop soon. Either that or it was just a sale gimmick.
No, I wasn’t laughing at them. I was definitely not laughing at them because they might be closing shop soon. I was thinking — If DS Anwar Ibrahim’s 16th September plan is really on track (give or take a few days or weeks), that means BN will be “closing shop” real soon.
If BN will be closing shop soon, are they having any cheap sales?