No update again tomorrow

I'm heading north again tomorrow morning to collect my Waja, but I will need to get the road tax done as well at JPJ. Insya' Allah, everything will be alright- the nice but blur-blur sergeant hopefully has not forgotten our appointment.

See ya....

Dry spell

shades: my gf commented my blog getting stale...

shades: trying too hard, she said...

bobdogz: oh...then are u trying to hard?

bobdogz: i just notice, u imitate the seasoned bloggers style a bit lor..

bobdogz: but then, what else are there to blog...

bobdogz: not much variance oso ma...so bo chap lar..

bobdogz: do whatever u like..

shades: dunno.... dun think so, just blog whatever I think of lor, like the Mabuchi thing

bobdogz: i still blog when i felt it..

bobdogz: sometimes 2-3 blogs in a day ;)

bobdogz: like that ok ma...

bobdogz: din notice it gets stale ler...for me...

bobdogz: got the peaks and downs lor...ppl dont' always keep their humour on 24 hours a day ler... THAT gets stale :)

After pasting this conversation, it dawned on me- This girl really likes to talk! Just type 1-2 lines, she replies with 4-5 lines :)

Anyway, I do appreciate her feedback. It's kinda funny how we became friends- through our common interest in Les Mills Programmes, even though we go to rival fitness centres.

Also, with the dry season continuing, DOE has banned open burning in the Klang Valley- maybe the department forgot to define smoking as open burning too.

Translation

After reading Kerry's blog I decided to do her a favour with the Malay song translation:

DUA by KRU
(Two by CREW)

Dulu kita terpaksa
(last time we are forced to)
akur dan mengalah kepada situasi
(admit and give up to the situation)
segalanya suratan pedihnya ditelan
(all the sad fate was swallowed)
dipisahkan lautan
(divided by the ocean)
hilanglah khabar daku mengubah haluan
(losing news I change direction)
walaupun daku sedar dan tahu
(even though I realise and know)
tiada wanita di dunia setanding mu
(no other char bor in the world can compare to you)
tiba-tiba , tak diduga
(suddenly, not expected)
dikau berdiri di hadapan mata
(you stand in front of my eyes)
mengembalikan nostalgia , memori bersama
(bring back the nostalgic feeling, the memories together)
membisu seribu makna , rahsia terbenam didada
(keep quiet with 1000 meanings, secret buried in the chest)

*chorus

tak ku sedar sekali lagi
(I didn't realise it again)
ku jatuh hati dengan kewanitaanmu
(I fell in love with your femininity)
pada malam yang sempurna
(on a perfect night)
terpegun daku terpesona
(I feel syiok good)
keanggunan lembut bicara
(your soft elegance)
kita berdua bagai rela
(we two like willling)
jatuh cinta untuk kali ke-2
(to fall in love for the 2nd time)

kehadiranmu
(your presence)
di sisiku , disaatku perlukan
(by my side, the second I need)
ku perlukan teman yang setia
(I need a loyal friend partner comforter lover)
melenyapkan delima yang melanda
(to vanish the fruit/stone that hit)
walaupun seketika , kau bawa harapan
(even though for a moment, you bring hope)
sememangnya ku sedar dan tahu
(Actually I realise and know)
tiada wanita didunia setanding mu
(no other char bor in the world can compare to you)
tiba-tiba hati berdebar
(suddenly the liver gets excited)
apabila mata bertentang mata
(when the eyes are opposite the eyes)
detik romantis kini bersemi
(romantic moment now goes up)
cinta dua hati
(love of 2 livers)
mengerti tanpa berbicara , perasaan suci kita
(understand no need to talk, our pure feeling)

After reading my translation, suddenly the song doesn't seem so nice anymore... :(

Sounds vulgar to me

Taken from The Star today:

IPOH: Mabuchi Motor (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, an electronics company with about 1,000 workers, has decided to cease its business after operating for 16 years.

A press statement issued by Mabuchi Motor’s media consultant MDK Consultants (M) Sdn Bhd said the company had to close down its manufacturing plant in Kanthan Industrial Estate in Chemor with effect from yesterday.
Greater market competition, customers moving operations to other markets, decreasing orders and falling prices were cited as among the reasons for the plant to be wound up.

The statement added that Mabuchi Motor, which manufactured small motors for the electronics industry, would advise its customers and suppliers to source their supply from other Mabuchi Motor plants in Asia.

The company said compensation packages would be offered to its 1,000-odd staff.
About 700 of the company’s workers are locals while the remaining 300 are foreigners, mostly Indonesians.

I've only 1 question:

Who in the right frame of mind would name his/her company MABUCHI?

If I were an employee there, I really dunno how to answer when people ask me,

"Eh, where do you work ah?

"Errr... Mabuchi..."

"Huh? Ma Bu WHAT?"

Perhaps some employees are secretly happy with this piece of news.

The scariest animal I've ever come across

I was listening to Rudy and JJ on Hitz.Fm talking about this huge rats caught in Kota Bharu(not so sure of the place) market, and Rudy asked listeners to call in to tell them the scariest animal he/she had ever come across. I was thinking of calling but I was on my way to work. So at the end, I think I shall just share it over here.

The SCARIEST animal I've ever come across is my first gf's mom, if you can catagorise her as an animal. Now, before you jump to conclusion about me bad-mouthing an ex's mom, hear me out, k?

Why do I say she's scary? Here are a few things to consider:

1) According to my eldest brother, she's the fiercest person in the church we were attending back then. The warning was, "Never, EVER, step on her tail..." If she's not an animal, why does she have a tail then?

2) She's also scary because of one particular trait -she's a cleanliness MONSTER. Back then I used to hound visit my ex at her home on a regular basis, and mostly I would find her :

• grooming the garden- sometimes I'd help her to move the plants from one corner to another. That's actually quite okay, still...
  
• cleaning the house. "So what's scary about cleaning the house?" You may ask. Well, she's perpetually wiping the floor and the tables. I didn't use the word "MOP" because that's exactly what she did - WIPING the floor WITH A PIECE ON CLOTH, ON HER KNEES! She reminded me of Cinderella being ill-treated by the stepsisters, though she looked more like a man-eater, her well-trimmed sharp eyebrows and phoenix eyes backed by make-up, like she could eat you up hardly look like a princess. Man, she's way over my OCD brother in this department.

3) One last fine example of how scary she is: my ex's dad(yeah, the husband) was rarely home. Most of the time, he would only come back late at night, week or weekend. He talked affectionately to all his 3 daughters(probably not his fault that there's no other jantan in the house- she's so fierce even the sperm count went low!) but not the wife- looked like one who didn't want to be around his wife. Where did he go most of the time? Besides watching his fav animals running(horses lah!), I think he was doing whatever he could to stay out of the house. Maybe he had a mistress or something, that I do not know. Even when he came back at night- here's the ultimate proof who scary it is to be with her- he slept in the living room while she slept in the bedroom! What kind of a woman would make her man sleep in the living room?

I wonder if the poor fella is still doing that...

Something less serious

Finally, my very first fan mail...

No blogging on Friday: The reason...

Okay, before I go any further, meet one particular gullible blogger - ME. To be honest, I don't even know where to begin.

Last Thursday afternoon, I got a call from my mom's mobile phone. I answered it and to my surprise, it was a policeman on the line. The office gave me the name of this sergeant in Ipoh, Sarjan Jamel, and his mobile number. The first thing that came to my mind was it had to do with my Waja I sold in May, because the car dealer who bought my car told me the car was sold to someone in Ipoh.

So I called the sergeant up, and was informed that the Waja, together with 2 other Pg-registered cars, had been involved in a scam. I was required to go up to Ipoh to record my statement about it. Still confused over this, I called up my eldest brother in Penang who agreed to meet me in Ipoh on Friday.

I reached Ipoh at about 10am and met Eric at Kinta City for breakfast before heading to the Ipoh Police HQ. Sjn Jamel was a friendly officer and the recording of the statement was done in a rather cordial manner. After making my statement, we asked him exactly what had happened.

THE SCAM

The so-called car dealer had taken 3 cars with fake bank documents showing the outstanding loan amount of the vehibles, and sold them to a foreman in Ipoh. For my Waja, the bank letter stated that the outstanding loan amount was RM11,ooo, while in actual fact it was more than triple the amount. The poor unsuspecting foreman paid the car dealer RM29,ooo CASH for the Waja. He even spent RM830 to fix the power windows. Now that the foreman had made a police report on this, the police had taken all 3 vehicles into custody. The sergeant had also asked the other 2 car owners to come to Ipoh to record their statements.

To make the story short and simple, the Waja will be handed back to me, the legal owner, within this week. He would let me know when I can collect it. As far as the police is concerned, I'm clean. The only thing I got out of this is some inconveniene plus the car with the power window fixed. The problem now is actually what to do with the Myvi that's coming soon.... *sigh*

I'm a real example that bloggers are morons.