Motoring Lifestyle Of Malaysians

I was on medical leave for two days. Out of nowhere I was caught with an eye infection. Nothing nasty, but it was just unpleasant. I had difficulty opening my eyes when I woke up and my eyes just turned red. With a regular dose of eyedrops and antibiotics, my eyes turned out fine now.

Anyway, I’ve decided to write about something that I have observed almost everyday, how we treat our vehicles and how we put our motoring skills in our day to day chores. I shall list this in random order (the first four however are major, major annoying habits), according to how my train of thought is moving.

1) Cars having silly and ridiculous decals – I’m sure you guys have encountered this for gazillion times. A Myvi putting huge stickers and decals stating ‘TRD Racing Development’, a mere Proton Saga with a ‘Lancer’ logo at its rear, and a bunch of cars with the ‘Charming’ or any other names of an accessory shop. I don’t mean to be disrespect guys, but seriously what the heck is going on in your brains? First of all, A Myvi is and always be a Myvi. That sticker you guys put will not magically turn your ride into some smokin’ hot supercar! Do you guys even know what TRD stands for? It’s an acronym for Toyota Racing Development, and as the names suggest, it is meant for Toyotas! You don’t put Toyota stickers into a Perodua! People out there are damn smart enough to distinguish between a Toyota and a Perodua. If you can’t afford a Toyota, stop pretending and get over it! Stop being a wannabe. Instead, why don’t you start saving and maybe someday you’ll own a genuine Toyota. Please guys, that is just plain stupid! The same thing goes with the Lancer thing. You can spot from 2 miles away that it is in fact a Proton Saga! I don’t get it when people spent so much making their car look like a Lancer, but don’t sound like one. Why don’t you just save your precious money own from your hard work, and wait for a day that you’ll actually own a genuine Lancer. I mean seriously, do you guys actually feel proud driving a wannabe car? Does that make your ego sky rocketed to the stratosphere? And lastly with the car accessories shop sticker (I encountered this a lot in Malacca). What s the deal with these stickers? Are your rides being sponsored by these shops? If so, by all means stick it. If not, please oh please take it off. It’s just plain ugly.

2) Cars with simply so many stuffs hanging around their rear windshields (I think this concerns more of the female drivers). I know you ladies like all those pretty2 and cute2 stuffies and plush toys, but I think stuffing it so much that it blocks your rear view is just ridiculous. Stuff toys are meant to be at your bedrooms not your cars (unless you actually sleep in your car, then I rest my case)

3) One of my favourites (and one of which I am most annoyed off). Stupid drivers out there who can casually drive although they are in the right lane, or there is no vehicle in front of them. I’m not asking you to be revving your cars like crazy! But for God’s sakes show us some courtesy man! If you don’t feel like driving fast, stay on the left, or if there’s no car in front of you, could you care to drive a little bit quicker? Malaccan drivers especially, they always like to take their own sweet time driving at 30, 40km/h at any given day or time. Arghhhh, this behaviour just drives me nuts!

4) Drivers who switch their turn signals on at the very last minute before entering a junction. This is super annoying, not to mention freaking dangerous! Imagine what would happen if you were driving a bit too fast and haven’t got the chance to brake in time, you will certainly knock the butt of the front car. And the argument will then start ‘Mangkuk, tak nampak ke kereta depan ko? Bla bla bla. Can’t you guys just give a signal earlier like 10m earlier? I don’t really see anything wrong with doing that. But nowadays, I don’t really trust the vehicle in front of me, so I have sort of developed the anticipation skills to react when this happens.

Then there are the minor minor ones, like sprinting when the yellow lights are on, still driving even though the traffic lights already turned red, left lane overtaking (in highways especially), driving a 1.3 litre car as if driving a 2.0 turbocharged car, and just dangerous and reckless driving. Perhaps it is true. Malaysians are a polite, warm and welcoming race, but ask us to drive, and we’ll turn into a different kind of animal.

Seen And Heard: Eminem - We Made You

Guess who's back into the scene, the Slim Shady himself! It's been a while since we last saw him, and he'll be launching a new album soon entitled 'Relapse'. Here's the video of his upcoming latest single, 'We Made You'. The production of this video is just what you had expected from his top notch standards! Check it out!

Eminem - We Made You
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Let's Talk About Sex Baby...

This is not for your perverts out there. This is a serious concern which requires our attention as good citizens of Malaysia. The younger generations are getting more and more prone to....you know...stimulations. It seems that all hormone balance have break lose. More and more teens got sexually active at such a young age. An article in The Star triggered me to write about this. Due to lack of attention from the parents, teens decided to 'seek revenge' while enjoying themselves sexually. I mean at 16 years of age, that is such a ballsy move, not to mention fuckin' risky. I'm not a person to judge of what other people are doing, as long as they've got the brains dominating over emotions in this sort of affairs. I know we are promoting ourselves as Malaysia Boleh, but do we have to actually prove this? that we can also have sex at such a tender age?

Let us all think about it...More of this can be read here.

Seen And Heard: Ryan Cabrera - True

Another tune worthy of your collection (I hope). It's by Ryan Cabrera, titled 'True'. I happened to hear this on TV (MTV, I think) and I got caught by it's soothing, mellow tune. Enjoy!
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The Fine Line Between Caring And Annoying Your Family Member...Turns Out That The Line Is Only A Phone Call

Well, make that 49 calls...per day! I happened to hear about it on the radio yesterday, and later I read about it in The Star. There was a lawsuit filed against a mother in Austria; by her own son. Apparently the son was pissed off of what have happened for merely two years, that he then decides to take it to the court. To be honest, I am not sure who to root for in this case, whether it's the son or the mother. Personally, 49 times a day is just too much. What do you know, perhaps one time the mother will call and ask if he already had his dinner, and the next 10 minutes the mother will call again to ask if he had washed his hands! I mean, what do you expect to talk about? More about it can be found on the link below:

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p/s: I am writing this from my office PC. Apparently my office PC is a lil bit gila. There are times you can access Blogger, and there are times that you are blocked. Then I can't do any formatting at it...sighhh

There Is In Fact A Child Inside All Of Us

I went to OU this afternoon with Yaya. The plan is to look for presents for my nephew Enyel (next week will be his 3rd birthday). It's been a while since I last looked up for birthday present, let alone for a 3 year old. So we went to Toys R Us, and man it's hard! I thought buying presents for a kid will be such an easy peasy job. I was sooo wrong! Here's some reasons on why this turned out to be so difficult.

A lot has changed since I was a kid (I'm an 80's child). I mean the variety of toys...just..wowww. We were so rambang mata around the store. You can't help it but to feel like buying it for yourself! I kid you not. We were in the LEGO section, and there were tonnes of cool LEGOs to choose from. For the plush toy fans, there a wide range to choose from (my personal favourite, Tickle Me Elmo Extreme). It does not stop there. You can even sort of 'influenced' your child into some specific career of your choice so that your kid grows into it. We're talking toy stetoscope for young and aspiring doctors to be, toy hammers and screwdrivers for the keen-to-be-engineers, and so on. There's model vehicles, fantasy model aircrafts (Transformers, Star Wars, etc.). There's even a mini bowling alley for crying out loud! For a glimpse in that moment, I wish I was a kid...again...

And then there's the more...realistic issue of concern. The more interesting or cool the toy is, the expensive it is. A Cool LEGO set will cost you RM400 and above. And let's just face it, you are definitely eyeing for the best, biggest and sickest toys out there! I can actually buy something small within my budget, but I just can't accept the fact that my nephew got something small (I will be damn frustrated if I were him). Parents, expect to burn a large hole in your pocket. Haiyaaaa...welcome to the world we're leaving in.

In the end, we spent about 1 hour and 30 minutes (I think) inside Toys R Us. Managed to pick the toy of our choice, get it wrapped and head back home. It was fun visiting a toy store once in a while, and that visit definitely brings out sweet childhood memories of myself. Or maybe I am just still a child at heart....Jaane!

Lewis Hamilton: Up Close And Personal

Lewis Hamilton. For all f1 fans , you can either love him or just hate him to the core. At a tender age of 22, he is having a blast enjoying what most of us can only dream of; driving an extreme piece of machine called F1 car. He's got the looks, the money, and don't forget the fact that he's dating a Nicole Sherzinger of PCD (dammit!). To be honest, I don't really fancy him. Throughout his debut season, I kinda thought that he's overhyped as the rookie of the year and so on. But as the season goes on, I have to admit, he's got some sick talent in driving. And only later on I found out that he's among the individuals who rise up to the occasion from wrecks to riches. He was not born...privileged like some other people (and some people that I know of who proved to be lame posers, having the money and privilege to venture into expensive motoring sports such as karting). I found this video interesting, and I surely hoped that you will enjoy it as much as I did. Enjoy:)

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