A tree trying to reach for the stars.
The mall car pack is very complicated and dangerous complex. Therefore we should all take a picture after we have parked. As to avoid the hassle of ‘loosing’ your car later. It also frees up your mind from having to constantly remind yourself where you’ve parked. This brain cell saving tip is brought to you by the Blooming Tree. Thank you.
I took a pack of gums from the coffee shop, and paid the man RM1. He looked at me and in the nicest tone, asked me if I knew the price. I took a second look at the revolving plastic display – RM1.20, Oh!. He just chuckled while I topped up the amount. I thought the way he asked was ingenious. Somehow telling but not telling… thus reminding me of these puzzles…
1. What do the dead eat, that the living will die if they eat it too?
ANSWER: Nothing.
2. I can be of any color you imagine. You see me in everyday life. Look around now, you will see me. What am I?
ANSWER: Paint.
3. How is it possible that a person born right outside your house (assuming that you live in Malaysia), whose parents were also born in the exact same place, is not born a Malaysian citizen?
ANSWER: 1) All of them born before Malaysia declared independence. Eg. Year 1900. 2) Animals…
Have you ever been caught off-guard? tongue-tied with totally nothing intelligent to answer? Situations like these always leave me with thoughts of what I could have said or not say – and what differences it might have made.
So I arrived, went down the car to pick *someone* up – for the first time. DING DONG!, the e-gate opened by itself. And before the main wooden door was fully opened, before I took off my shoes and step in, before I could see or say Hello to anyone, the Commander’s order come already…
“First time coming ar… You better not come empty handed! Must as least got bring 2 sikat pisang in exchange for my lil sis!”
But of course, my immediate response was “2 sikat don’t have la, 1 batang got la. Just share to nibble ok?”. Lucky I managed to not spur it out having spotted a senior citizen (The Mummy) in the vicinity.
The could-have-been fast response…
“She where got worth only 2 sikat pisang. But at least 8 biji nenas ma…”
But I had to say very fast (before everyone could stop laughing at the commander’s initial demand), clear and loud or else it won’t enjoy its optimum effect. But it the joke will be on that *someone*.
Or I could have diverted the joke back to the initiator.
Oh… I thought only need to bring bananas when catching a monkey from the Botanical Gardens. I never know monkeys live here too…”
But after 48 hours of thinking, this is the best I can come up with…
“She is not worth 2 sikat pisang la. Nor is she worth anything tangible. And I know I can never afford her heart for whatever its worth. That’s why I bring nothing today except this honest heart – to try exchange for hers…”
Too bad its not funny.
Been down with flu past few days. And the home net router’s been down too. So that explains the lack of updates. Still a lot of stories to share, as per usual. Rest assured ladies and gentlemen.
The instructions were spot on.
At the Balik Pulau township, turn left and keep driving until you see a huge building that’s totally out of its place. Turn right, go between the 2 fake palm trees then an immediate left. The small road goes around a school. Keep driving until you see a yellow sign with 4 big bold red chinese characters. This is where you leave the paved roads and go into a jungle-like trail that leads uphill.
While waiting for our turn, we burnt 18 joss sticks each. 3 here and there, then 2 for the “Floor-God” then 1 for each “face” of the “4-Faced-God”. Then we kill some more time by wandering around the orchard-like surroundings.
Then it was my 2nd time getting my life “seen” at the same place. I actually came a week earlier but only managed to “see” the apprentice as the master wasn’t in. After feeding him the usual name, birth date & home address, he opened…
“Haha, haha, haha! You actually not bad all! Ear big enough, nose big enough – like’s Jackie Chan’s! Good life, good future! Hard worker, intelligent and easy to mingle with people. So do you have any question?”
Aiseh. Ya, ya I got very interesting question. When can get a good girlfriend?
“No problem my son. Girls all ready around you. No need to complain so much. This not good, that not good. Not nice to keep acting like this. Just accept… Haha, haha, haha.”
Haha, haha you head! Be it master of apprentice, both also end with exact same line.
Contradicting to popular belief, I’m not choosy at all!
Verdict: NOT ACCURATE.
Yesterday, me and 3 other friends formed a team to participate in a one of its kind treasure hunt. This contest was the first for me and the rest of the team members. It was a very fun and eventful day.
We were the last team to register. Our car was given the “052″ number. So meaning, there were 51 other teams to beat. I arrived late (as per usual), totally missing out on the briefing but just in time for the flag off by Penang CM, Tan Sri Dr. Koh.
It was fairly straight forward. The fullest possible mark was 100. 50 marks given for speed, 50 marks given for the ability to answer the clues. We had to cover 5 “wifi” locations scattered all over penang (mainland included) in under 4.5 hours. And, at every 1 of these 5 locations, we were suppose to fire up the laptop to read clues that were only available online. 10 marks for each location.
Some (3 of 5) of the questions required us to stay within the “wifi” zone and do research online. They were just too many laptops sharing the very very limited bandwidth. We didn’t follow the masses. We cut and pasted the questions unto a text file and drove off to the next locations.
Some locations needed us to search for real life “treasures”. For example, one question dictated “If Angkasawan were to land in front of AutoCity’s CyberCity at midnight penniless, which 2 establishment can help him buy food from?” I totally missed the word “penniless” so I didn’t have the 24-hour bank nearby as the answer. So minus one mark there. (-1)
Then there was also this 5 mark question that I thought was the tie-breaker. At the Prai State Library, we were shown 10 faces for 30 seconds and then asked to write down their names. Each name was worth 0.5 mark. We got Maria Sharapova, Sergei Brin, Nelson Mandela, J.K. Rowling, Lee Chong Wei & Dalai Lama correct. The other 4 were…I mean… WTF-ly were… Susila Bambang?? Ban Ki-Moon?? Muhammad Yunnus?? and ermm… Rain. OK maybe we should have recognized Rain, but still… it was just (-2).
Because we didn’t linger around at the “wifi” zones, to do research, we managed to cover all 5 locations in less than 3 hours – with plenty of time to spare. I led my team to the world’s best cyber cafe, where we used 4 desktops to do our research online. A far cry from other participants all having to share a single laptop under the hot sun at the “wifi” zones. Some of the researches were also done on the fly, thanks to Mogg, who sent SMSes. So ribuan terima kasih to him also.
Then we drove to the final checkpoint, Bayview Beach Hotel to submit our answers. At that point, I was already 100% certain we were gonna get the first place – much to the disapproval of my other team members. “First time join only, don’t be so overly confident!”
5pm, at the prize giving ceremony. Number 10 goes to…. having scored 82.5 points, TEAM ABC! Number 5 goes to… having scored 89 points, TEAM XYZ! Number 3 goes to… having scored 91 points, TEAM 123! Number 2 goes to… having scored 96.5 points (at this point, I was already feeling ecstatic inside – cause I know we had 97 points SOLID!), TEAM 052!!!
Aiiikkksksksssss!?!?!?!?
What to do ar? Just went up the stage to collect a RM6000 worth of PC and accesories lor…
Why didn’t protest?
Protest until next year also will be of the same result. Because the 1st place got 100 marks. WTF~!
