China Dolls

If you follow the headlines on the Malaysian local newspaper these few days, you should be realized there are lots of ho-ha about the ill treatment to the visitors from Mainland China, especially the young female ones. Some of them caught for various violations, which includes invalid or expired entry visa, without valid working permit, over stay, involvement in vice activities...you name it. And when they get caught, they are being strip searched and sometimes are asked to do things that deemed irrespectful by the enforcement officers. It has been going on for some time until few days four of them who claimed innocent and were wrongfully detained and treated came out and complained in public media. The whole thing blows up.

I don't mean to be sympathatic here. They are welcome to come to this country. But if they come on purpose other than being a tourist, I think the authority has the right to detain them or stop them from doing so. This time the enforcement may have done it to the extreme though. Those others who are genuine visitors or reside here for a legitimate reasons have fallen into victims of what their other fellow country women have done. I feel sorry to the victims. But to those who come here to be involved in the vice, it serves them right.

I have heard stories of how a happy family falls into pieces when the husband gets hooked to a China doll. It takes two to Tango. If you want to fool around with them, you don't get deeply involved. They come here for money. They don't want your pssion or whatever. You have to stay clear that it is merely a friendly match. You pay them, and they let you enjoy them or should I put it in a more straight forward, they let you screw them for fun for an unclosed amount! Capise? I once was approached by this China doll. In three days she already hinted that I could screw her(at a price lah). I said no. Number one, she's not my type. Number two, she has thin lips(no good for bj). Number three, she's short for doggy, and number four, I only have RMB200 in my pocket! Anyway, my mind was pretty clear. Wanna play game? Go by the rules. If you can't follow the rules, don't play it. That's all.

News on the Star: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/26/nation/12699234&sec=nation&focus=1

WA Online and Fly FM

I don't read Chinese newspaper very often though I speak and write the language. Only once in a while when I feel like getting second opinions on certain news(often times I would be dissappointed to find out that they just translate whatever they could get from others!). The topic about WA FM being shut down caught my attention. WA FM was used to be the WOW FM, an English radio station that I liked to tune to at 10pm for indi and alternative musics. God knows why they decided to turn to Chinese radio station. Since then I stop listen to them. I am not used to listening to Chinese radio station. Even when I was in Taiwan, the only radio stations that I would listen were their only English station, the ICRT(actually a hybrid. The DJ speaks Mandarin when the callers got stuck to express themselves in English) and VOA. (BCC not my favorite. Don't like their British accent) So the new owner of the radio station thinks this WA FM doesn't make money and shut it off. All the sudden the NGOs and other so-called Chinese community leaders created an issue out of it. Saying that shutting down WA FM is a sin or something like that. They should get it going for the sake of the benefit to the Chinese community(or something close to it lah). A friend of mine, who is an avid listener to Chinese radio station thinks WA FM's cool because it broadcasted issues concern to the community. Well, I can't comment to that because only once in a blue moon tune to that radio station.
So it becomes an online radio station and self funded now(so to speak) since its broadcasting license has been revoked. Out of the curiosity I decided to check it out to see what all te fuss about this online radio provides. If you were interested point your browser to this url: http://www.waonline.com.my. Oh btw, I do not get the url from the newspaper. I found it I metasearch it. The homepage looks slick. The broadcast is done via Macromedia flash engine. The sound quality of the broadcast is quite good at broadband speed(didn't check how much bandwidth it needs to come such a CD quality sound but I guess it should be in the range of 129kbps). The content. Yes the content. First day, around 10pm. It was a talk about Chinese women being abducted by Immigration officers and being told to strip naked in police stations. Ok, that was fine with me since it was a hot topic. They played songs in between the break. Too bad, I was as ignorant about what songs they play and who sing those songs. Ask me anything about Mariah Carey or NIN and I would probably be able to tell you a thing or two about them. But Twins, S.H.E or Jolene(whatever)? Huh?? I just accessed to this WA Online again. Same stuff, the DJ spins out Chinese and Canto pops and in between she reads out requests from her loyal audiances. It's about stuffs like A loves B but B loves C and doesn't know A loves him, and ahem, C is A's good friend and she doesn't know A loves B too. The other one is D asks E how much longer she has to wait for him? Typical teenage stuffs I suppose. Guess it is a fine radio station. I have never heard of this stuffs on local Engglish radio stations. Maybe there are more love strucks among Chinese speaking people then others. Or maybe the English are more proactive and able to express themselves more openly.
Ah the Fly FM. It's hosted by Sofian Mokthar aka Fly Guy, one of the earlier morning crews in Hitz.fm. They just dissapeared all the sudden one day and there was not a single about their whereabouts. Apparently, I found out that there was a problem about their contacts between them and the employer. Since they couldn't resolve the disagreements, the employer decided to pull the plug. Anyway, it's great to see Fly Guy is back. I hope one day Lil Kev will join him too. The Fly.fm do give an alternative to the listeners if they do not find Hitz.fm play the music they want. Lets see what happen. Hope they will not end up like wow.fm. Oh, the url of Fly.fm: www.fly.fm.

Dell Inspiron 6000

No it's not my laptop. I can't afford it right now at my present state of financial status. Maybe 5 years when I was still working. I would pay cash to buy it.

It comes with XP and MS Office 2003 Professional loaded. And also comes with Wifi and bluetooth enabled. Pretty nifty machine for working professionals.

It was my long hair's god sister's. Maybe she knows I always having a peep on her precious asset(hers a D cup. Make my nose bleeding when she walks around the house with loose fit T-shirt and no bra's on!), so she asked if I could help her solved some problems on the computer. In return she would let me have a full view and a touch of her things....;) Yeah in my wet dream maybe!

Anyway, after a few phone calls to my friends and later the Dell support, I realized that it doesn't need the activation key to get the pre-loaded software running. Someone has an itchy hand to key in the wrong activation key. I was told by Dell guy that I would have to perform system restore to go back to its original state. Meaning: all the extra softwares that I helped her to install, i.e. AVG antivirus program, Wifi setup etc will have to be redone again.

Called her to inform her of the bad news. Told her also I didn't do anything yet until she had her email and other work file back up, I'll do it for her after she has done so in her room. *ahem*

Dream on, dream on!!!

P.S: Someone told me that those who got breast fed when they were small would have special interest to boobs. Is that true? Hmm....

Local Universities

I am quite shocked to read that only 30% of the teaching staffs in local universities are PhDs.

I don't want to start a debate about foreign vs local colleges thing but as the highest learning instituitions in the country, can't they spend more on hiring more PhD as their teaching staffs? Even at NYIT, which is not in the top 200 ranking in the THES 2006 name list, has more PhD than the local ones.

I start to see why their ranking drops, and sadly those buggers who runs the colleges have least of worries about it.

I am beginning to worry about the future of little David too. What if I can't afford to send him overseas, and he has to attend those 3rd class colleges over here?

You wanna read what I am trying to say here? Here it is:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/19/nation/12642880&sec=nation

She

I finally took the courage to see her yesterday.

It was a pleasent and warm meet. We had dinner at banana leaf restaurant. We exchanged few updates of our lives and happening to our friends. She looked radiant. I was glad to see her that.

Funny we tried to avoid talking about him. She never wanted to talk about it until I brought it up at the end of the dinner. With slight hesitation she brief about how he was. Apparently he is a Mr. Nice Guy and not like me bad boy kind of person. So she can bully him without fear for hitting back, so to speak. Hmm...

I could feel we still have feelings to each other. It's just we stumbled upon at the wrong time. Too bad.

Before she entered her house, she said, "Fantasy and reality, I have to choose one." And just left without waiting for my response. I understood what she meant, and I sincerely wished all the best for her.

"If you love someone you let them go." I understand what it means now.

Penang Hill

It was my first time to hike up Penang hill in twenty years. Quite a refreshing hike. Since no one was willing to follow me, I decided to do it alone.
The trail has not changed much, except in some part that the trail has been altered for easier access.

Actually I like to do things alone. I don't have to wait for others, and I can have my own schedule. In fact, I feel uneasy in the crowd. That's why I find myself at ease in the lab or do something on computer because I am in my own world. People used to say cycling is a loner's sport since cyclists do not need to have partner in order to enjoy the sport. I agree.

Why do I miss my life in US so much? Because there was the only place that I can be just myself and not to care about others. In US, you live alone and you die alone. Sad? Not really. It's okay for me!

Katelin Wu

Picture of my good friend, Andy Wu's daugther, Katelin Wu. Born: 19th October 2005. Mother is an ex-air stewardess of China Airline, and her father is currently working in NY city as an accountant.
I knew Andy when I was at NYIT to do my BS. Andy Wu came to NYIT to do his MBA. I still remember how I met. He was talking to one of his fellow country men. I came out of the dominatory and was on my way to the library. I stopped to greet my friend. I passed him a Malboro Light cigarette. He accepted it. Since then we became friends! It was a winter time.
I have never met his wife. They had been together since he was in Taiwan. Another marathon relationship before marriage, I must say.
Anyway, another potential candidate for little David! Well, her mother is an air stewardess. I am sure she's gonna be a looker when she grows up!
Btw Andy, if you happen to read this. Welcome to the father's club. More to come. Wake twice a night to feed your princess is just a beginning. You will still have another 18 years to worry about!

My friends

Just spoke to one of my friends over telephone. I have not been getting in touch with him for some time. It's actually not very long but we haven't met since our last mountain bike outing two months ago.
He asked me if I were okay and how come he hadn't seen me joined the group for some time. I did not know how to answer him. Should I tell him that I am so broke that I even have to think twice for having a simple RM2 breakfast? Will he believe me? Mountain biking is an expensive sport. The tires that I am using for my bicycles are more expensive than my car's ones. You may find it hard to believe but it's true.
I was quite hesitate to tell him that. In fact, when I did he just laughed it off. It's quite ironic that he doesn't believe when I decide to tell him the truth. Maybe he refuses to accept it.
Anyhow, I am still trying to secure a job now. My wife's sis in law has submitted my resume to her uncle in England. Lets hope I will hear from her uncle soon!

Our unborn child

It wasn't easy for me to think of what happened to my unborn child last week. My wife had a miscarriage after bearing the child for seven weeks. She was bleeding in that morning. I rushed to hospital when I came to know about it and was told by doctor that the child could not be safed. I wasn't thinking of anything. My thought was if the adult would be alright. Well, it was a relief that my wife came out from the operating theater in one piece.
She got discharged after a day rest in hospital. We decided to go to the beach to get ourselves piece of mind from what happened to our child.
It wasn't easy to accept the fact little Melissa/Patrick wouldn't come to the family. But in sense it would be good for the unborn, that he or she doesn't have to come to this world to suffer the life that what his/her parents are suffering. As of moment I am still trying to figure how am I going to pay the medical bill. It is not a huge sum. If I were still working it would be merely a three day worth of my salary.
I don't know. It is not very fair for my wife and my children to face the same hardship I am facing now. They are the involuntary victims.
And it is no use to prey for the god or what devine power that we humans think they are or have invented. They don't exist, and it's useless to prey for something tha hast never been existed. I have to find ways to get out of this shit hole, at least for the sake of my loved ones.