the perodua kelisa and malaysian pride

Mark just passed me a link to BBC. There was an article there about how Malaysia is attacking Top Gear's host Jeremy for saying that one our Malaysian cars is one of the worst in the world. No need to even say what car that is. I'm sure a lot of you all know which one he has reviewed before. The Perodua Kelisa. Here's the article:

Malaysia lambasts Top Gear host

Jeremy Clarkson thinks Perodua Kelisa sounds like a disease

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has come under attack in the Malaysian parliament for labelling one of the country's cars the worst in the world.

The BBC presenter has been filmed attacking the Perodua Kelisa with a sledgehammer before blowing it up.

But minister Abdul Raman Suliman defended the nation's car industry, saying Mr Clarkson was like a football commentator who cannot play football.

He told MPs, Perodua had not received a single complaint from British owners.

He added that the comments were made merely to boost sales of the Top Gear magazine.

'Soulless'

Mr Clarkson has voiced his frustrations with the small three-cylinder model in both magazine articles and on the Top Gear motoring show.

In one article, he said its name was like a disease and suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes.

And on the show, he described it as "unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion".

He then smashed it, hung it from a crane with a one-tonne weight attached, before blowing it up.

Perodua is Malaysia's second national carmaker and began producing small compact models in 1995.

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Haha! After reading all that.. I'm so damn embarrassed to say that I'm Malaysian. I am totally on Jeremy Clarkson's side on this one. I'm sorry for all you Kelisa drivers out there. Not that the car is totally horrid. It's just one of those cars you would go for because it's affordable. Nothing wrong about that at all!

And on the show, he described it as "unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion".

It's true anyway. Just take a look at it. It's all been done before! Sure, it's cute. But that's the extent of it. Whoever designed it did nothing innovative nor memorable about the car.

In one article, he said its name was like a disease and suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes.

Think about it. It's so true.

But minister Abdul Raman Suliman defended the nation's car industry, saying Mr Clarkson was like a football commentator who cannot play football.

I guess the guy was just doing his job as a Malaysian but I doubt he really gave a damn about the whole issue. I'm guessing he was the one who always got picked on to say stupid points about why whoever they are currently attacking was wrong for doing so.

But honestly! How can you say that he's just like a football commentator who cannot play football. Obviously he can drive. He's got a successful show that has been running for years, on which he does a lot of driving. Like, duh!

Malaysians can be too proud sometimes that even their points don't make sense sometimes. Sigh. Want to attack, at least attack do it with some intelligence!

He then smashed it, hung it from a crane with a one-tonne weight attached, before blowing it up.

What?? Can't someone have a little bit of fun? Haha. I actually managed to catch the episode of this show on tv. It was so funny.


Bwahahahaha! Hilarious! Okay.. I take back what I said about them doing nothing innovative. Yeah! Now with built in Bluetooth Technology! Damn you Malaysians. You all crack me up sometimes. Sometimes. Most of the time, you guys just piss me off. But I'm glad for a change this time. ;)

it was a good day

Currently giving a listen to the latest Dixie Chicks album. =) So far so good.

I haven't been updating this blog. In fact, I haven't much been able to come here and actually sit and type. But I'm gonna try just because I want to. I want to procrastinate. Yes, I have a tutorial tomorrow which I haven't yet completed. Or am yet to start. Also a template to come up with for my EWB project.. and an Electrical Systems assignment that I have due Thursday.

I had such a good time yesterday. I had class from 10am all the way till 7pm but I didn't mind because Mark was with me on campus all day yesterday. I wish I could've met him earlier.. or maybe been with him longer...? I don't know. I just wish I've managed to experience that whole... boyfriend girlfriend going to the same campus thing. Haha.

Yesterday, I brought Mark to one of my lectures. Simply because I wanted him to check out this new unit that has been added to the course. I think he enjoyed the lecture. It's so funny though to see him bonding with my other coursemates. I'm sure they all wondered who he was although I think now they should stop teasing one of my other coursemates about always hanging out with me now.

Oh yeah, he was around on Monday because it was a public holiday back in Brunei so he had a day off and decided to stay a day longer in Miri. =) Then he decided to go to campus because he wanted to find out if he was still popular. Turns out that he is. Lol! Kidding kidding. I have no idea why he decided to spend the day in campus. I hope that it was to spend more time with me.

Anyways, I went out for lunch to KSL. Drove there from campus and met up with Mark and Lawrence. Mark ordered some seafood omelet thing. I ordered some "special" fried kuay tiaw. Lawrence had the chicken gordon bleu. Mark's order came first. Unfortunately for him because I was starving and could help but steal some if not most of his food. Muahaha. I know no one wants to date me anymore after reading that sentence.

But I did share my food with him afterwards! Although I think I ate most of my own food as well.. Hmmmm. I'm such a pig!

Later I drove back to campus (by myself) cos Mark had his own car. We both had trouble finding parking spaces. So bloody full! But I managed to finally find one. Although it was at the very end of the parking lot.... and my classes are all on the OTHER end of the parking lot.

Eh, you know. There was this one RED SAVVY whose owner is a total fucktard. He very obviously parked his car across TWO spaces. His/her car was almost totally horizontal opposed to how we more civilized people park our cars. After that, I started having daydreams of throwing a matching red brick at it's bloody windshield. But I couldn't do that of course. The main thing stopping me from doing it was yeah, I didn't have a spare red brick with me.

This morning whilst driving to school, I felt like maybe running my own, "drive safely" campaign. Because as I was driving to school earlier this morning, I got stuck behind this lousy woman driver. You pssssh, you lousy girls. You all know you suck at driving. Just admit it. Guys aren't being sexist towards you. It's just very very true that you people just c a n ' t s e e m t o g r a s p t h e c o n c e p t o f d r i v i n g!

Even though its so fucking simple! One of my pet peeves are women drivers. Honestly. Everytime a guy goes, "Argh. Women drivers! Oh.. opps... sorry.." cos they realize I'm there with them. I'll go, "Yeah! Lousy women drivers!! They drive like shit, don't they??"

Anyways, for my campaign, I want to make banners or something.. put them up along the roads with motivational words like:

"Miri drivers are so fucked up!"

"Hey fuckstick. Up yours."

"How about a scratch on your car?"

"How about a brick through your window?

"Shucks. You all paid to get through driving school, didn't you."

Or other similar sayings.

Hahaha. After I got home from campus yesterday I was almost totally wiped out! I had my dinner.. I went online for a while.. before showering.. continued online.. and fell asleep! I don't know how long I managed to pass out while chatting to others. Hahaha. But as soon as I got up, I said goodbyes cos I kept falling asleep. Very funny leh. I've never been so sleepy in a long time before that I actually managed to fall asleep like that. Actually, I fell asleep during my math lecture as well yesterday! Fuyoh!

I honestly have not fallen asleep like that in ages. It might be because
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Opps. It all came out as binary? What's up with that? Hmmmmmm.

useful website with video instructions

I just found this really useful website whilst searching for what nots on Google. The place is called Videojug and it's a site where they create videos concerning certain aspects of life to which many people might have questions to. Such as:

"How to make your eyes look bigger."
Girls, if you think your eyes are too small.. how to apply makeup to make them look bigger.
"How to tie a tie."
Guys, I'm sure you'll want to look smart.
"How to be the perfect girlfriend."
Absolutely hilarious! It could actually be true.
"How to be the perfect boyfriend."
Guys, want to be the perfect boyfriend and avoid that those petty little fights? Watch this video.
"How to kiss someone passionately."
Step 1.. make sure you have lips.. Step 2.. make sure you have someone to kiss.. Watch the video for the rest of the steps. Very funny. Go watch it!
"How to undo her bra with one hand."
Guys, I'm sure you'll want to see this. Extremely useful stuff! ;) Girls, watch it too. It's soooo funny.
"Pole dancing for beginners."
Wah. Interesting.

Lots and lots of really informative stuff. I think most of them are serious and informative. But there are a few that were incredibly funny. Such as the perfect girlfriend/boyfriend video and the how to kiss someone passionately video.

Lots of different categories of videos too. From food to drinks to health to beauty to pets to leisure to careers, and more. I thought it was a really good website so here I am, sharing~

akibat banyak gaul pasal lah sial

Why is it that everytime that lousy commercial for some local soap opera styled show comes on.. I just can't concentrate on anything else but her... NOSE!

Is it real? Is it fake? What is it? Why does it look that way? Certainly it's not real. Isyk. I need to know. Urgh. I can't believe I'm even blogging about it.

Stupid nose.

the singapore zoo

This post is gonna be another one of those overdued posts about my holiday.

One morning when we got up, Mark and I decided to go out on our own to get our shopping done. Mark went over to Sim Lim Plaza to get himself a brand new handphone. N73 ME! Bastard. :P

Then after he was done with that, we walked over to Bugis Junction where I bought some shoes. Bitch. Bwahahaha. It's so incredibly hard for me to purchase shoes because I'm such a perfectionist! It has to fit right.. it has to be comfortable.. it has to look good.. and it has to be affordable. That's why my shoes can last up till several years before I find another good pair. OR! Someone is able to convince me to get new shoes. I think that's why I need someone along with me when I go shopping. If you say, "It's nice! Buy lar" then I will.

After we were done with our shopping, we called up my aunt and my bro and cousin who were nearby because we decided that we would meet up later. They were at some museum looking at BMWs that were painted by several artists. I really wanted to go and check it out too but it was kinda late by the time we were done with everything so we met up halfway and my aunt brought us over to Esplanade for tea!

We were on the other side of the river to where Esplanade was so we had to cross a bridge to get there. Near esplanade was Singapore's infamous merlion. So I said to Mark that he just HAS to get a picture of himself with the merlion because well, he has to! He didn't want to at first, but as soon as I pointed the camera up at him, he dutifully posed and smiled.


The dutiful boyfriend.


In front of Esplanade.


My funny man and me walking across the bridge.

At Esplanade, we walked around for a little while before heading towards the place where my aunt planned to bring us. In Esplanade we saw many little shops, not many shops though, cos Esplanade is more of a place where concerts, musicals, and performances are held. We went into a couple of shops, one where you can go there and make your own teddy bear. I didn't much like the place. =( Makes me sad cos I see all these not yet stuffed teddies all lying in baskets. They look like they were dismembered and skinned. But I guess it's cool that they help you make your own teddies and they can make custom clothing for them.. and when you're all done, they will print out a birth certificate for your new born teddy.

Another shop that we went into was this violin store. Very nice violins. Very nice prices too! If I'm not mistaken, the cheapest violin that you can find in that store already costs about 1.5k Sing dollars. Eurgh.

Anyways, after getting distracted by all these stores, we finally managed to reach our destination which was... The Chocolate Bar! They serve everything chocolate. Chocoholics dream come true. You come into the little cafe and you are hit with all the aromas and already you're getting some kinda chocolate high. I was so spoilt for choice that I didn't know what to choose. In the end, I asked the waiter to suggest something for me. What he suggested I order was this:


Dark chocolate chunks dipped in dark chocolate!

Oooooooh! Urmph. Looks like it's a bit too much chocolate, doesn't it? But it was sooooo good. I absolutely adore dark chocolate. Not many other people I know do though. They say that dark chocolate is a bit too bitter. But I prefer that taste. I don't particularly like things that taste too sweet. I forgot what I ordered was called but it was a small plate of dark chocolate chunks that is supposed to be dipped in dark chocolate sauce and then eaten like that. Chocolate buzz!

On another day (I'm saying this because I've completely forgotten when we did what), Mark and I decided to go to the Singapore Zoo. This was a very smart decision as compared to the decision to go to the Science Centre. I remember that on the bus ride over to the zoo, I was very upset with Mark over some very silly thing. So I sulked all the way over. But once we got to the zoo, and we got in and started seeing all the animals and he took my hand, and when the excitement came over us, then we immediately forgot whatever it was that got us so upset.

When we got in, we met this friendly zookeeper who said that if we donated a minimum of 5 dollars, we would be able to take as many pictures as we wanted with the snake. I guess we would've taken a lot more if it weren't for the many people who noticed us and the snake and decided to gather around for a turn. :P


With the 5 dollar boa.

More pictures, less text? Okay. =)


What we call parrots.


I don't think I like otters as much as I did before.


This way to the tigers.


Cute.


I don't have to tell you what we laughed about, right?


=(


Caniballistic tiger!


White tigers.


Hahahahahahahahahahaa! Butt.


This pig was so funny. Sit down and eat. So lazy!


Emmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~


I think he just lies there to be patted by the visitors.


Identical. They actually did everything together.



Mark and I really wanted to see the tree kangaroo. It was awhile before we managed to spot one sitting in the tree. However, it had its back facing us and refused to move. So this was the best shot we managed to get of it:


As good as it gets.


Mark's man enough to ask for directions.


Gentle giants.


I loved this.


What???


Another cutie.


Awwwww... they're both adorable.


Resting in the shade.


Look look! Bird bird!




I was so tired from walking around everywhere. I regretted not paying a little more extra for the unlimited use of the trams.


Was walking along the pathways when I noticed this guy looking down at me. He doesn't seem too happy though.


Do you see the joker in this picture? Hahaha. So funny!


White rhinoceroses. Very cool.


Mark and I also laughed when we saw this guy. Cos he was so horny. Bwahahaha.


Ugliest bird on earth. Btw, I just had ostrich steak last week. They taste just like beef!


He's only looking at me like that cos I just happened to snap this photo just as he started pissing. Could you tell?? :P


Hehe. So lame.


The lions were very hard to take picture of because their enclosure was so large and they were so far away most of the time. Plus, by this time, my digicam was low on batteries and kept switching itself off. But this one turned out just nice, hor? Yups, the male lion was yawning. As compared to the white tigers, these guys were really skinny.


So funny how these two were resting on the branch like that.


I asked Mark to take a picture of me with the anaconda because it was massive! You can't really see it in the picture, but I put my hand up to the glass like that cos the snake's head was so much larger than my hand.

Tired? Want more? That came up to a total of 40 pictures in one post. Probably the most I've ever posted in one single entry. :P

Well, I don't know about you, but it was very tiring. See how much effort I put into blogging. Hahaha. No wonder some people want to be paid for doing it. :P

read it, da

Yay. No more classes for the rest of the week! Not like I've been to many classes this week either. I've only attended maybe 50% of the classes I was supposed to go to. Mostly because I had the luck of falling sick. On the bright side, at least it's only the first week so there aren't any labs nor tutorials going on yet. And since it's only the first week, I guess I would be able to catch up. Plus, there aren't any assignments or quizzes due this week.

So, I'm lucky I got sick in the first week instead of later on. I guess.

Nothing too interesting to report. I think I'll just babble then. Eh! I still love watching Nelly Furtado's "Say it right" video. I think it's so amazing what the directors did with it. They made her look so chic and you don't even see her quirky side in that video. And and and.. the best bit may be the three fit guys dancing in the background. /heart/

Oprah was just on. The episode was about people who accidentally kill other people. They had a husband who accidentally killed his wife when he didn't bother to turn off the car, so the fumes got to her, and by the time he got home, his wife was dead.. then there's this man who accidentally killed his son because he thought his son was a burglar.. and there's also a woman who accidentally ran over a 11 year old girl. It was all really sad and sob inducing.

I wonder what would happen if it was me who accidentally killed someone. I would most likely break down, become utterly depressed forever, and then I'll become suicidal and kill myself. But I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I accidentally killed someone I didn't like. Or someone unfit for life. Bwahahhaaha. I'm so evil and mean. Kidding kidding.

I've been cleaning out my room.. am thinking of clearing out my closet as well... Dunno what I'm gonna do with all my clothes though. Sell them online? Car boot sale? Charity? Anyone wants my clothes? I need to get rid of them cos I really need more space in my closet. You know, I still haven't unpacked yet because I have no where to put all the new stuff I bought. Hahaha.

Hurmmm.. but sayang also lah. Most of the clothes I'm planning on getting rid of is still relatively new. Barely been touched. Either because they're too small (I am fat), they're nice but I'm not *ahem* fit enough to wear them (but not voluptuous enough), or too big (but still skinny). Or just that they're not my kinda thing.

How how?? See lah. I'll just think about this one a bit more. Free clothes, anyone? :P

i'll be around with a sniper the next time

I think I'm going to end up feeling very pissed off by the time I end this post.

Do you have this problem with these little kids who go around neighbourhoods, picking through your garbage cans, ripping up the garbage bags, taking what they want, and then leaving the place in a huge mess?? We have that problem here. How can these kids go around like that? Why would they? Are they really homeless?

The other day, three of these little girls were outside my house, picking through the garbage and we noticed that they were actually eating out of our garbage. Eating and drinking whatever leftovers we had from our new year family reunion party. That was really disgusting. You know what? It's OKAY. It's okay if they want to go through our garbage. It's okay if they want to eat our leftovers. It's all very okay so long as they clean up after. Honestly! The mess they leave behind..

Some more these kids are VERY RUDE. You tell them off for making a mess, and you try to chase them away.. and they would just look at you. And then they will take their time grabbing what they want first whilst you are on the other side of the fence shouting at them. And then when they're all done, they just get up from off the ground and walk off. Leaving a mess for you to clean up. Sometimes, if you try to go outside, remove their security blanket of knowing that you can't do anything whilst you are still trapped behind your fence, some of them would try to run into your house to steal what they can.

Fucking kids. Should really fuck their parents up for having them. Stupid people should not be allowed to procreate!! That way, all stupid genes wouldn't exist and the future generations could be of people who are smart, kind, intelligent, and caring. Do you see what a WORLD of a difference that would make?

Yeah. I was so pissed when I was done writing all that that when my brother called, I practically shouted at him. Isyk. And I stormed upstairs just now to scold my little sister after she disobeyed what I told her not to do. At least you could call it an outlet for all the steam I've built up.