quote of the decade

"We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager. I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one" - June 2004 - Jose Mourinho

dr.m's reaction on MACC questioning hours decision

"Like the Bar Council I am disappointed that the Appeal Court had overturned the High Court's decision to stop the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission from questioning suspects after working hours. We must respect working hours. Criminals should not commit crimes after working hours. Of course police should not investigate crimes after working hours. Firemen should wait until office opens before putting out fires. The same should apply for weekends and public holidays. No questioning, no investigations and no putting out fires during non-working days. What about politics and politicians? Well no politicking outside office hours also. If we have more holidays then the crime rate would go down as crimes should only be committed during working hours."

no.9 revolution

Someone asked me a while ago what is my choice for Beatles' worst song, well i would say "no.9 revolution" is the answer, and i have no doubt about it whatsoever...

nobody loves you when you're down and out

how true. i went to repair my kapcai the other day and the kid who think he is a mechanic refused to help me tow the bike from my house to his shack workshop. so i went to another workshop, and though the guy is polite, he ask me to come again any other day cos he has other customers to tend to at that moment. seems like nobody loves you when you own an old rusty kapcai. today i find me another mechanic, a big polite guy wearing a fire red overall. i budget the whole thing will cost me 2k, the most it can go is 2.5k, hope it will be lower.

a week before, i went for a friday prayer with that poor kapcai, and it wouldnt start itself when i wanna go back home. so i push the bike halfway before a good samaritan, also riding a kapcai offered me a push. the same incident reoccurs the other day when i went to buy some kingkong for the kubit. this time the young punks by the cybercafe offered to go buy me petrol, they think my kapcai runs out of petrol, then two good samaritans, both riding kapcais, offered me a push. seems like kapcai owners helps each other when one is down on his luck.

which brings me to the realisation that god wants to punish me for not helping the grass-cutting guy when his kapcai broke down not far from my house a few weeks ago...

udm

Heard that they are gonna change the University's name to USZA or maybe UNISZA.. hehe way to go! Talk about dream becoming reality no more.

Elin

In November 2003, Woods and Nordegren attended the Presidens Cup tournament in South Africa and became officially engaged when Woods proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve. They were married October 2004, by the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados. The 150 guests included Oprah, Michael Jordan, Miji Lennon, Charles Barkley and Bill Gates. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost $2 million.

just do it

Nike today tells us that the company will stay with Tiger Woods. Nike is all about Woods’s performance, not on his private matters. Woods's multiple infidelities have been dismissed as a "minor blip" and the scandal surrounding Woods's private life was "part of the game" in endorsement deals. "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now." Woods, 33, was the best in his domain. His personal problems were not our business. Way to go Tiger.

lost in the wood

The old Tiger is gone. The new one, well, we haven't met him yet. But he won't be on the same celebrity worship pedestal as the old guy and, all in all, that's probably for the best.

sigh

skywriting by word of mouth

John Lennon was a paradox. Underneath the hard living celebrity persona lurked a totally different individual. His writings in Skywriting by Word of Mouth reflect the transition period during which he met Yoko Ono and realized that he wanted to leave the Beatles. He is honest about personal mistakes and his abuse of drugs. His writings are candid, witty, enlightened, and sarcastic. This book will eradicate previous perceptions since it erases the facade of John Lennon and shows his real soul. While language in certain passages may offend some readers, mature readers should benefit from Lennon's honest evaluation of his self image and his public image.

walking on thin ice

It is a metaphor for coming dangerously close to failing, becoming trapped in something, being unsuccessful, getting in trouble, etc. There are any number of people who have poor anger management skills or a hair trigger temper. Even the slightest offense or deviation from routine may be enough to trigger an explosive emotional outburst or physical reaction. This volatility may be enough to cause others to modify their own behavior and actions to maintain a tense but workable work or social environment. Walking on eggshells around a known rageaholic or temperamental person may be viewed as a form of self-preservation, although often accompanied by feelings of anxiety or dread. Failure to maintain such a non-confrontational atmosphere may end badly.

phoenix rising from the ashes

Only Umno can lose Bagan Pinang, they say. In other words, the party can only be beaten by itself - by intrigue, infighting, internal sabotage. But not by the opposition...

a momantary lapse of reason

i need to take a break.. most probably it would be on the 19th and 20th.. got to get out of these mess.. the next two weeks will be of upmost importance to me..

dr.m's reaction to "garland of slippers"

" The MIC should remember that there is not a single constituency with a predominantly Indian population. The MIC, a race-based party cannot contest in any constituency in Malaysia. But to ensure the Indians get a say in the Government the BN had to allocate predominantly Malay constituencies to the MIC and then persuade the Malay voters to support the MIC candidate. The Malay voters did not like it but the Umno leaders had to persuade them. When the MIC does things which would make it difficult for Malay voters to support its candidates, I think it is fair for a Malay to criticise. This could be done quietly by the leaders of BN. Others, including ex-leaders do not have that closed door access. They have to shout out aloud. So I shouted. "

splendour in the grass

My first introduction to Splendour in the Grass was on a day when I was home from SAS, foolishly proud of myself. I passed the day watching movies on the television. Though I was only in my midteen, the film really resonated. And who can forget Natalie Wood struggling to control her emotions upon meeting Warren Beatty in the final scene of the movie, then hearing her recite this poem at the end of the movie...

What though the radiance

which was once so bright

Be now for ever taken from my sight,

Though nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendour in the grass,

of glory in the flower,

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind;

In the primal sympathy

Which having been must ever be;

In the soothing thoughts that spring

Out of human suffering;

In the faith that looks through death,

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

apocalypse now

We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army. And they call me an assassin. What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? They lie. They lie, and we have to be merciful, for those who lie. Those nabobs. I hate them. I do hate them.

neo

I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world... without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you...

stupid gadgets...

It's peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking around with cellphones and iPods in their ears and so wrapped up in media and video games. It robs them of their self-identity. It's a shame to see them so tuned out to real life. Of course they are free to do that, as if that's got anything to do with freedom. The cost of liberty is high, and young people should understand that before they start spending their life with all those gadgets.

one flew over the cuckoo's nest

You're just a young kid. What are you doing here? You ought to be out in a convertible, why... bird-dogging chicks and banging beaver. What are you doing here, for heaven's sake? What's funny about that? I mean, you guys do nothing but complain about how you can't stand it in this place here and then you haven't got the guts just to walk out!

facey tweet

here's a second outlook of the new fads, facebook and tweeter. viewed my sites today and i still couldnt figure our how it works. sure you can find lots of pals through the facey, but then is that all it can do? and the tweet, just forget it. maybe i'm naive, but i did my homework. either i'm too old or that thing is a coy, your pick.

Who can it be now ?

Reminds me of SAS way back in '83 when all the juniors were singing Down Under and dressed like stupid punks...

sifu ainul's jagiellonian

„(…)Niechże więc tam będzie nauk przemożnych perła, aby wydawała męże, dojrzałością rady znakomite, ozdobą cnót świetne, i w różnych umiejętnościach biegłe; niechaj otworzy się orzeźwiające źródło, a z jego pełności niech czerpią wszyscy naukami napoić się pragnący. Do tego miasta Krakowa niechaj zjeżdżają się swobodnie i bezpiecznie wszyscy mieszkańcy, nie tylko królestwa naszego i kra­jów przyległych, ale i inni, z różnych części świata, którzy pragną nabyć tę przesławną perłę wiedzy.”
Kazimierz III Wielki, założyciel Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

bon voyage sifu ainul

suddenly everybody is tweeting and boasting about their facebook. i for once havent found any rational explaination why them two are so stylo these days. my point about them are ; facebook.. i dont need that many friends, tweeter.. microblogging is a waste of time. so here i am sticking to this old blogspot thing.

sifu ainul is flying to poland the day after tomorrow. maybe one day if god allows i might go there for a visit.. with my mary and chain. i'll take a flight to london, transit at dubai. might be staying with fatiha at manchester for a week or so. then i'll fly to warsaw and drive to cracow. way back i'll take a direct flight from frankfurt. hehe, bon voyage ainul... explore your world.

insane bolt

9.59 / 19.19 ...

Melody

Two British first-year secondary school youngsters, Daniel Lattimer and Melody Perkins fall head over heels in love and announce to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future, but now. However, the adults, parents and teachers alike try to dissuade them. Along with the help of their friend, Ornshaw and their classmates the young couple are determined to go ahead with their plans. This romantic fantasy was unique in that it told the story through the viewpoint of the children in the story, the adults playing only supporting roles. Music by The Bee Gees. Sealed with a loving kiss.

cool hand luke

What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach... so you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it! Well, he gets it! And I don't like it any more than you men...

missed the comfort of feeling sad

nirvana unplugged is probably the best album the ever comes out from the mtv series. sure some may argue that mr clapton's session is much better and more emotional thanks to tears in heaven. but then watching kurt cobain sings his heart out enchanted you like no artist can. bowie's the man who sold the world was covered splendidly. other songs were sung with eyes closed and heart wide open ... oh whatever nevermind.

the piano man

my sis cocq brought this cassette back from adelaide way back in 1979... all for the sake of "honesty". there are also other well crafted songs in this album such as my life and big shot. years later i realise that mr. joel's best song is the way you are... from his earlier album.

dark side of the moon

dont really like their songs except for wish you were here and another brick of the wall... but then way back in early eighties liking them is a trend... so never mind about the music, just confess that you're a fan and you are considered stylo...

pour some sugar on me

Reminds me of the good ole days when glam rock rules... they sing like hard rockers, but they dress like poppers. but still sugar is one heck of a rock song.