may God save us

I believe that many dumb people still stay in Malaysia. God help us, but FOMCA is the best example. Floor price of RM 3 for petrol? That's ridiculous. Yoga being unislamic and can erode faith in Islam? That's another round of hogwash. Although some Christians actually think the same way as the current fatwa council. But never mind them.

Well, let's start to turn this rubbish around. I have a theory that goes like this: Ignoring all previous theories already in place, we can usually find a new idea/theory.
So I thought I'd try it out with my theory regarding the clumpiness of the universe, ie: why the mass in the universe is not evenly distributed.
1. A black hole was formed during the start of the universe.
2. Particle-antiparticle formation led to the black hole losing mass.
3. Asymmetrical particle-antiparticle formation caused more particles to be formed than antiparticles.
4. Thus causing the uneven distribution of mass and gravitational centres in the universe.
5. The black hole evaporated soon after, possibly leading to the big bang.

I'm not sure if this is true, because most of the theories may not be satisfied by this phenomenon. Anyway, I hope somebody appreciates this. Because I doubt the local standard comes near it.

class trip to langkawi

For the past 4 days I was wet, sandy and wasted in Langkawi. Not to mention nearly broke. But no worries, now that I'm back in Subang, I'm fine again. Well, almost.
I must note that people who don't know enough about technology shouldn't mess around too much with tech. It can have catastrophic results. At least not in my case. First thing when I got back yesterday, I had to deal with a computer which couldn't hibernate properly. Not too bad, because there is a documented fix available online.
Anyway, about the trip. It was very enjoyable. [including the part where half of us were wasted] We had a karting session, and lots of driving around finding stuff to do and buy. I believe most of us are sunburnt, since we went to beaches for frisbee and football. But I must say that the worst of the trip would be the hotel. [Please reming me never to go back to that place.]

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It's also through this trip that I realise how little how organisers are valued. When anything goes wrong, they get the blame. When the trip is a success, no one complains, but not many people congratulate the organisers much. I guess the best compliment you could give the organisers is the pleasure of enjoying a hassle-free trip.
So, to 1G, three cheers for the wonderful trip you helped to organise. I had a fun time at Langkawi. Thanks a lot, man.

-yaaaaa man check me out. i'm so..... wast3d!-

after prom, what comes?

I believe I do not really have that skill to survive in a party. But hell, who really cares? So I will not talk about the SAM prom night last night. There are others who are better at capturing the atmosphere last night in words.
Anyway, I now have a much different problem. What to pack for Langkawi. Quite a good question indeed. A preliminary list looks like this:

#1. Clothes for 4 days
#2. Games
#3. Snacks and coffee
#4. Some movies
#5. Football
#6. Myself

To be honest, I think most of us feel that prom night isn't really the last night to see your classmates. It is just another giant get together for the whole intake. I'd rather go to Langkawi with my class if I wanted to see them for the last time. At least it'll be a whole lot more memorable.

Oh well, back to packing.

-It isn't that we'll miss Taylor's as a place. It's that we'll miss the memories and the people in Taylor's.-

petrol and corruption

Some people in the government do not know how to count the days. For some reason, the fortnightly petrol review is 2 days late. Maybe our esteemed PM is sleeping on the job again. Anyway, we still have RM 2 petrol now. But then again, the biggest problem with decreasing petrol prices is that the rest of our expenditure doesn't go down accordingly. Hypermarkets sell stuff at prices close to the old prices [when petrol was RM 2.60+]. Public transport fares went up when the price of petrol rocketed through the stratosphere, and now that petrol prices have come down to earth again, the public transport companies insist on further INCREASING their miserably high fares. How is the average city dweller going to afford public transport? This will only contribute to global warming, since most of us will choose to drive rather than take the bus or LRT.
Well, as usual, most of us feel that it is corruption in the government departments which contributes to the whole problem. Actually, this could be closest to the truth. Everywhere else, when crude oil price drops, the petrol price drops correspondingly. Only here, with the government subsidy, the petrol price stays high until 2 weeks later. Then, a very minor decrease of 15 sen is announced. Of course, corruption IS the best answer to most of our problems. Anything wrong in M'sia? Blame it on corruption.

freedom

Since 10.10 am yesterday, we of SAM and Spec Maths are free. Truly, officially free. Yet now most of us are bored. What should we do after the finals? Granted, we have a prom night to prepare for, and another class trip is coming up. So we should be busy preparing for both occasions. But what do we do after that? Most of us are willing to play RO all day, whilst some of us are gonna look for a decent casual job. I wonder what I should do. At least I know of a few places taking casual staff.
#1. Carrefour
#2. Holiday Villa Subang

So if I decide to take up any casual jobs, don't be surprised to see me [or someone who looks like me] anywhere around in Subang.

-Freedom without restriction is not freedom, self-restricted freedom is true freedom.-

young voters

I have good news and bad news.

Good news: The government [or some people in it] have high hopes of us, the young voters.
Bad news: I believe they hope to use us to retain their dominance over the country.

After Obama's win, I doubt anyone of us believe so much in the racist and biased current government. Most of us will most likely vote for the opposition for change in the next elections.

Oh well. Good luck to BN for trying to court young voters. Firstly, change your image. Then maybe we might change our minds. But it doesn't confirm that you will get our votes.

-Good news is that we're landing. Bad news is that we're crash landing.- Madagascar 2

fuel floor price

This is absolutely ridiculous. Everywhere in the world you hear of crude oil prices coming DOWN, and only in Malaysia, an oil PRODUCING country, does one hear of a floor price for petrol. Something is wrong, and it is very wrong. I personally feel that there are some parties interested in keeping a floor price for petrol to line their own pockets. Suspicion immediately falls on the Petronas gang, but I doubt it. Someone else is behind this floor price idea. Not the petrol station owners, not the ministry, but someone else very high up.

countdown in hours not days

With only 2 more papers to sit for, I fear that my mind has settled into "playtime" mode. Some people interpret this as confidence, others fear it is overconfidence. Ok, whatever you like.
It's like this: There's a lack of past year questions to do ever since I finished the last ones a fortnight ago. So I've settled for gaming instead of going over notes. Which is BAD, unfortunately, for my mind. Oh well.

-Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the modern world- Einstein

of police stations and ISA

It seems that this country has not much to offer lately. So there is nothing much to comment about. Except for 2 things.

#1. The police station in Chow Kit has many reasons for being moved. First it was to protect the police from unhealthy elements. Now according to Syed Hamid Albar it is because the owner wants the building back. How interesting. How many more original excuses can we hear from this Home Minister of ours?

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#2. RPK is out of ISA detention. It seems that he has a massive following. When I watched the night news, the camera showed hordes of people massing around him. With such a large fan base, we now await further revelations from him as he exposes more misdeeds of the current government. Hopefully he doesn't disappoint his fans, because we want the present government to change its tack, or at least, be kicked out and be replaced with Pakatan.

the attractions of Sunway Pyramid

I wonder why all of us students love to go to Sunway Pyramid so much. It makes the mind boggle. Because somehow, we aren't bored of the place and entertainments. Granted, each time you visit the place, the cinemas have different shows on. But that can't be the only good attraction. I know why I keep going there, it's because I go there to eat, then I visit the CC across the road with my gaming buddies. But it's a lot different with my classmates, we go there, catch a movie, then we stroll around aimlessly. Sometimes ice-skating is on the list, but rarely do we skate.
Some people I've asked suggest that the management has done a good job of pulling in the student crowd to Pyramid. I think they might be right.

But I hope we're going to MidValley after Spec Maths next Friday. It's kinda boring, only going to Pyramid to celebrate the end of exams. Finals deserves a different place. Maybe Times Square, or MidValley. Besides, I'm looking for more new books. MPH in Pyramid is too small, hopefully MPH in MidValley has the stuff I want.

the Malay problem [not dilemma]

Some quarters will never give up their rights to be stupid. First we had the young Malay graduates who didn't like one Gerakan VP's words because those words were "historically true, but hurt us much". Then now we have the accountant who's trying to block the Penang state government from putting up those multilingual road signs. Apparently it "was against Article 152 of the Federal Constitution, which made it clear that the Malay language was the country’s national language." This blatant abuse of the law is becoming more and more common among our citizens.
We non-Malays can also take some people to court for what they have said:
#1. Ahmad Ismail for calling us pendatang [most famous case]
#2. all those fellows who kiss the keris and call for Chinese blood

Actually these fellows should have been ISA-ed a long time ago. But these are not the only offenders. It will take a long time to find the rest of the culprits. Sad for us then.

views of a slacker during the exams

I will not be commenting too much on the ongoing SAM '08 finals, since any views published now will be biased. Rather, the ongoing fiascoes in the country seem to be more interesting to discuss. So, here goes.
The PAC has cleared the government of any wrongdoing in the Eurocopter deal. I wonder whether the ACA will come out with a similar report. If they do, there are 2 distinct possibilities, one of which is the truth:
#1. The present government is squeaky clean. All the ministers involved in the decision are not at fault for making the [expensive] decision.

OR

#2. Someone very high up instructed the PAC to report that nothing was amiss.
I can tell you that any thinking Malaysian will know which is the truth.

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Recently some people did a survey of our school children to find out whether they support teaching Science and Maths in English. From what I read, I am inclined to suggest to the Education Minister to continue the program. There is no use going back on the decision, especially if it only benefits him politically. Unfortunately, our people are disunited. Some Chinese quarters want mother tongue [Chinese], most Malays would like it to be in Malay [for unity purposes they say] and some Indians would like it to be in Tamil. So there is no win-win situation. Unless we continue teaching Maths and Science in English, there will NEVER be a win-win situation.

Ok, now back to studying Physics. Must stop ranting on about this [unstable] country. The only thing to thank God is that we are not Zimbabwe.

-There are 2 things in life that are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe.- [slightly paraphrased, Einstein]