Malaysian Government has announced that starting on 1st of August 2010, all foreign registered vehicle is not allowed to pump RON95 petrol..
They are also not allowed to pump diesel of more than 20 litre at a time at any petrol kiosk within the vicinity of 50km from the border..
Good news is they can pump RON97 without any limit..
*Taken at Shell Station in Taman Connaught*
This warning notice is taken by me at a Shell Station in Taman Connaught..
Can you spot the mistake in this notice?
Now take a deep breath and read out loud the warnings written on the notice..
Still don’t get it?
Once again, the notice is a warning towards foreign registered vehicles, so it’s presumable that foreigners (without MyKad) are not allowed to pump the RON95 petrol..
So, foreigners include Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese, Australian, Japanese, Korean, Caucasian, etc etc..
How the heck can these foreigners read the Malay notice?!?!?!
But on the bright side, I saw the same notice in other petrol kiosks in both Malay and English..
On every weekday Monday to Friday, traffic congestion during off-work hour is kinda unavoidable, be it in KL city center, Cheras, Kepong, PJ, Damansara, Subang, or Shah Alam..
Unavoidable is one thing, but making it become worse is another thing..
I always freaking hate selfish irresponsible drivers who managed to get their driving license and driving around not knowing how to respect other drivers..
In this case, traffic congestion at a roundabout..The one in Cheras specifically..
Congestion usually happens when drivers on either side of the incoming road don’t give way to the other road despite blocking the road and causing massive jams..
I got fed up and made an impromptu video on that very roundabout and I know it’s kinda boring or whatsoever but hey, it’s my way of reporting reckless-selfish-irresponsible drivers!
So here’s the video and I’ll definitely come back with more videos..
So there was the news where a female student died in a tragic accident where her MyVi burst into flame and of course, burning her alive for being trapped in the car..
The main essence of the news is focused on the cause of the death, the BH Petrol kiosk at Taman Pertama, which is just outside my house..LOL..Okay not like outside outside..It’s nearby my house..
The NEWS goes with “A man’s desperate attempt to save a woman from her burning car was in vain because petrol kiosk attendants refused to lend him their fire extinguishers despite his pleadings.”
And so the said petrol kiosk is the BH Petrol at Taman Pertama, right further down from Taman Pertama KFC or before the Cheras Cemetery..
In this case, BH Petrol’s attendants were at fault just because they didn’t want to lend the fella (Teo Chai Yong) their fire extinguisher..
Like some letters people have wrote in to newspaper columns and all, you can say that because what you read from the newspaper is the end result so your mind is being manipulated..
I bet the attendants were doing the right thing for not opening the door despite the pleadings and all..Robbers/Thieves nowadays are very good actors..
If the news is the other way round, saying, “petrol kiosk being robbed after attendants opened door to Mat Rempits robbers after being tricked for wanting to borrow fire extinguishers”, what’s your thinking?
I bet you would be laughing and feeling angered at the same time thinking that the attendants must be stupid to believe such lies and all..Aren’t we blinded by our hypocrisy?
Rakyat has even created a Facebook page to boycott the BH Petrol station and to be honest, I dun really see cars flocking that station anymore..It’s kinda quiet..So I guess they’ve accomplished their mission?
Back to the incident, why don’t you say the fella (Teo Chai Yong) is to be blamed because there were other operating outlets as well, Shell Station and 24-hours McDonald’s for example..
Both Shell and McDonald’s is just less than 1-minute drive from that BH Petrol station..
Of course we cannot blame him because he’d tried his best to save a live but to no avail..
So who we should blame?
I must say, the authority..Our security concern is so weak that the BH Petrol’s attendants were afraid to open the door to save a live..
If only the people’s safety and security is well maintained, such incident wouldn’t have occurred..
Not to mention bout fires and all..Let’s take another example..
Just say a person trying to hitch a ride on a road side with his hand bleeding..Well he might claim that he got robbed and wanted to make a police report so he needs a lift..
Good Samaritans aside, any Malaysian with a right mind will NOT stop for the man, in fear of getting robbed instead of helping the guy..
Our fearsome mindset is being set by our beloved Government, or should I say authorities because the people’s safety are at risk!
You can’t even guarantee that you would be fine if you are at a crowded place..
Once you are surrounded by 20 Mat Rempits, you are done for..If you are a female, pray hard that you don’t get raped..
All we hear all day and all night long was policemen taking bribes, giving summons for no valid reasons, etc etc..
I know not all policemen or authorities are like that, there are bound to be some good ones but the bad ones are giving them a bad image!
Worst of all, these complains and news fallen on deaf ears..Not like actions will be taken against those who take bribes and all..
Okay bribe is another thing..What I’m trying to say is that the authorities can’t even provide a proper security to the people that the rakyat have to live in fear!
Do you feel safe even when you are walking alone in broad daylight? NO~!!! Let alone night time!
So people please, look at the broader picture and think carefully whether you are doing the right..There are more to it than what you see with your naked eyes..
Few years back, my friends and I had BBQ with few friends of mine..That time my hair was still short, spiky short..
We set up the fire pit on the roadside in front of the house gate..Everyone gathered and we talked, ate, and laughed..
Then a friend, I shall call him Mr C, suggested that we have a bit of ghost stories..
Considering he was in the boys scout, there are plenty of eerie ghost stories to be told..
Then, he started with something like this, I couldn’t really remember..It’s definitely not the same story but about the same concept, I guess..
Once a upon a time there was a hut in the rubber tree plantation cum thick forest..
In the hut, occupied by a mother and the daughter..Both of them were isolated from the others as they are rubber tappers and were given the hut to stay in..
So one night, after the mother and daughter finished their dinner, they cleaned the dishes and going to call it a night..
Suddenly, someone knocking on the front door..Knock knock..They got curious because there weren’t many people visit them unless it’s the end of month to collect the latex from the trees..
The daughter opened the door, peeked out..No one was there..Maybe it’s just some twigs or branches dropped from the trees, they thought..
Soon after they closed the door, someone, or maybe something, knocked on the door again..
Felt weird, this time the mother opened the door..Again, no one was there..
The mother thought it must be some wild animals running around and hit the door, just to make her and the daughter feel relief a bit..So she closed the door..
Not long after that, a knocking sound is heard again..They got scared, really scared..Goosebumps all over their body..
“Who’s there??”, the daugther asked..No answer..Knock knock, again..
“Oi chee bye..Who’s there lah??!?!??”, the daughter yelled a bit..Still no answer..Knock knock..
More goosebumps..They looked at each other, nodded, a sign of agreement to look at the door together gather..
They walked slowly to the door, the knocking sound is getting louder and harder..
The closer they got to the door, the louder and harder the knocking gets..
Frightened and trembling, they mumbled some verses from the Quran, braved themselves to open the door as there’s nothing to be afraid other than the Almighty God..
The daughter placed her hand on the door knob, the knocking sound stopped..
Then she opened the door, both of them peeked out of the house, slowly, slowly, slowly..
Then suddenly..
WAAAHHHHHH~!!!!!!!
Mr C shouted ‘WAAHHHH’ and I got frightened coz I was too concentrate in his story..
Worst of all, another friend, Mr P, sitting beside Mr C, was holding a camera, it was a film camera..Snap snap snap..
It was a planned ghost story just to scare people and at the same time snap pic of the people to see their reaction..
SHIT~!!! Caught in the act~!!! Few days after that, he got the films developed, and the result?
It’s real yo..Look at the tense nerves on my neck wtf..
If you’ve been following my Twitter and Plurk few days ago, I said that I’m down with sickness, running nose and sore throat, that’s on Sunday..
I’ve mild running nose since early last week and I didn’t even give a damn about it..
Not that I’m not afraid of A(H1N1) or whatsoever, but I believed in my body immune system, so there’s nothing to be afraid of..
But little did I know, I’ve been going to bed very late recently and that definitely hit me right in the face..
Not to mention I’ve been going to events and all, such as Juice Anniversary and Heineken Green Room..
Well anyway, when I got up on Monday morning, the sore throat is getting me a bit..Still, I didn’t give a damn about it, until after lunch..
Many friends on Twitter and Plurk asked me to go see the doctor or maybe a check up..
Monday morning, running nose and sore throat..After lunch, joint and muscle pain, slight dizziness, where I can feel my head is pumping faster than usual..
Near to dinner, I felt my body a bit heaty, a bit like feverish..So I took 2 pills of Panadol after dinner..
Midnight, nothing much happened..I even had supper of hotdog bun and a chicken pie..
Tuesday morning, heaty body and more running nose..So I decided to go see Dr. L somewhere in Cheras, a so-called family doctor ever since I was a baby..
So here’s something I want to share with you guys if you didn’t know..And congrats to those already know..
P/S - By the way, if not because of my finals is around the corner, I wouldn’t trouble myself to go to the clinic..
He asked me, “What happen?”..
I said, “I suspect myself for having H1N1″..
Dr. L continued, “Even if you suspect that but nothing i can do coz we are not running any test anymore”..
He says that, even if we go straight to Sungai Buloh, the main centre for H1N1 patients, they will not run a test for us too..
If you suspect yourself for contracted with H1N1, they will ask you STUPID questions..
They will ask, “Have you got in touch with people that is infected with H1N1?”..
Say if I were there, I will say, “I don’t know..I’ve been going out to events and uni in the past 1-week..So I’ve made contact with at least 3,000-5,000 people..How would I know if any of them is infected with H1N1?”..
The hospital authorities (Sg Buloh or maybe General Hospital) will say this to you, “Okay now you have to call each and everyone you’ve made contact with and double confirm whether they are infected with H1N1″..
How stupid this statement is..Make phone calls to the 3,000-5,000 people that I’ve made contact with..They got their doctorate with a brain in the ass or what?
Okay, if I were to call all of my friends whom I’ve made contact with, definitely they didn’t have H1N1, or at least I think so, because they were out and all..
Say I’ve made contact with 200 of my friends..What about the remaining 2,800-4,800 people that I don’t know?
If there’s no definite confirmation that I’ve contacted people infected with H1N1, the hospitals will not admit nor run a test on self-suspect patients..
In this case, me..Unless, you are a high-risk groups such as children, pregnant women, elders, or something like that..
So Dr. L told me that he has to treat my illness as normal flu, as the symptoms for both normal flu and H1N1 is very very similar, except for vomiting and sudden change of body condition, such as appetite or something damn serious..
Well, I understand that the doctors cannot treat each and every flu patients as a suspect of H1N1 because if they do so, it will be very chaotic and all..
I even understand that for sure there will be shortage of work force in the hospitals if everyone were to suspect themselves for having H1N1..
I even mentioned earlier that I have confidence in my body immune system, where if you see the past death cases, it’s either involving young child, elders, or maybe people who is lacked of nutrient and all..
But now, they are not even running a test to check whether you are infected or not..
Coz being a Malaysian, it’s very normal that we get used to the Government’s order of, “It’s not serious yet..Wait til death toll up to 50 first” mentality..
Same goes to collapse of buildings, road accidents, and many other hot issues..
If you have flu, fever, sore throat, and muscle pain, just take panadols is sufficient enough, IMHO..
Last Saturday, 18th July 2009 was the day where the annual Bon Odori festival was held at Matsushita Corp Stadium in Shah Alam..
Other than the one in Selangor, another similar event is being held in Penang as well..
Bon Odori, is an event held during Obon, which is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the departed spirits of one’s ancestors..
So yeah, it’s quite a traditional festival and I don’t think it should be modernized, unless the Japanese Buddhist are doing so..
My first visit to Bon Odori was 7 years ago, when I was in Lower Six Form..
I vaguely remembered what has happened or know about what Bon Odori is..
Chee Ching and Wendy planned one like 2-weeks before the event so I thought it might be fun to go there again after 7 years..
*At 6pm when we reach the place*
The stadium was still quite “empty”, although there were already lots of people at the entrance gate and the stadium seats were practically ALL occupied..
It’s already an hour after the event has started at 5pm and we could still find ample of parking lots inside the stadium car park..
*Japanese culture, food and drinks*
Plenty of stalls and booths were set up to sell Japanese goodies such as sushi, Japanese beer a.k.a Asahi, green tea, Japanese ice-creams, fried ramen, etc etc..
But, on a side note, they were selling products from other country as well, like Budweiser, Foster’s, and few others..
*People with yukata, an informal kimono*
It’s the day where you’ll see people from all walks of like walking around in yukata under the hot dry sun..
Yukata, an informal type of kimono where kimono are made of silk, yukata are made of cotton..
The guy with the Suntory Green Tea is Joyce..Yeah, a guy..
So here’s a group pic of us..At last there’s a decent face in my own camera, where someone complained I always have other people’s faces in my photos but not my own..
*The field before Bon Odori starts*
This photo is taken at about 7pm, an hour after I’ve taken the first pic I’ve posted above..The difference was humongous..
From an empty close to half-filled field became an almost 90% filled field..
Move on for more photos on the performances and something really really irks me as a Malaysian and I felt sorry for the Japanese..
