2010
Highway 101: Encountering Reckless Livina Drivers
(All whites Livinas on the highway! At first, we thought it was a new way of delivering new vehicles to their customers – some beautifully modified told us it was not but putting themselves and other road users in great danger)
Read More »Highway 101: Encountering Reckless Livina Drivers
Personal 101: Prelude to Kojak Excited Time
(Still, remember this show from the ’80s? Back then, we used to call anyone who is bald, Kojak! Image source: https://www.cancertodaymag.org/)
Driving Skills 101: When Dumb Factory Workers Crosses The Road
(Sometimes it is wise to look left and right before crossing the road, more so if a speeding car is heading your way. Image source: https://mikedelgrosso.co.uk/)
There are lifeless zombies that cross the road every morning near my residential area and workplace.
To others, they are known as factory workers – lowly paid, the repetitive task assigned and often “foreign” in nature. At their workplace, they are almost like the bee worker, working on a specific task 6 days a week, 12 months in a year. So, the use of their creativity and intelligence is probably limited to choosing the gravy or the flavour of their drink during their lunch break.
Other times, it would be sufficient if they could just follow the simple factory rules and meet the daily quota.
Read More »Driving Skills 101: When Dumb Factory Workers Crosses The Road
Malaysia 101: Spreading The Good Name Of The Country Abroad
Just how Kohilan Pillay wants Malaysians to uphold the good name of the Government Leaders abroad? By taking expensive ads in the foreign newspapers for their non-elected wives? Image source: http://www.thenutgraph.com
Read More »Malaysia 101: Spreading The Good Name Of The Country Abroad
Special Projects 101: Car Makeover 2010 (Update 3)
(The white stuff under the chassis simply rocks! It is out of sight but not out of mind – you can really feel the difference especially at the corners. Image source: Ultra Racing)
Between update 2 and 3 of my special car makeover project, there was some small development – the car now has 4 new spring coils and that made a lot of difference to rear load balancing
Read More »Special Projects 101: Car Makeover 2010 (Update 3)
Education 101: Teaching Exciting Maths to Kids
(Why teaching maths have to be so boring so says Conrad Wolfram who runs the worldwide arm of Wolfram Research, the mathematical lab behind the cutting-edge knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha. Image source: Wikipedia)
Parenting 101: Setting Right And Terrible Examples
(There are parents who have a bad influence on their children whilst there are others who opt to do nothing when their kids misbehave. In both situations, they are nothing but bad parents. Image source: http://www.reviewjournal.com)
Read More »Parenting 101: Setting Right And Terrible Examples
Tamil Movie Review: Enthiran 2010, Simply Dumb And Simply Illogical
(I know there was trouble when I saw a “Borg cube” at the opening credit of the movie. Poster source: SYFY)
Before I start with the review, let me tell you upfront that we have been duped, major time, by Shankar and the studio marketers with the whole hype before the movie was released.
I keep asking myself – is this the movie that Shankar been thinking for the last 10 years of doing? It was simply dumb and illogical.
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: Enthiran 2010, Simply Dumb And Simply Illogical
Advertisement 101: Ridiculous 1Malaysia Deepavali Ad
(Despite the years, this is still the best Deepavali advertisement ever! It was funny, direct to the point and made us think for a second on the meaning of Deepavali. We will miss Yasmin Ahmad for her talents & creativity)
Read More »Advertisement 101: Ridiculous 1Malaysia Deepavali Ad
NaNoWriMo 2010: Exciting Storytelling Day 6
Continuing from Day 1, my entry for this year’s NaNoWriMo is titled “The Aryan Wind”…a mix of espionage, adventure and mystery.
NaNoWriMo 2010: Exciting Storytelling Day 1
The writing event of the year is finally here – NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month.