Education 2011: Making Kids Safe Schools
(What makes a school really safe? An old guard at the front, high walls and strict rules? Or something more? Notice source: http://www.dhs.state.il.us)
January 2011
Driving Skills 101: Where’s Your Helmet, Stupid?
(Lawless in Tenang or stupidity on the highest level where kids can ride bikes without any license or helmet? The fatso in the front seems very happy – I wonder how his parents will feel when this fatso is knocked down by a car and his unprotected head cracks open on the hard surface of the road, turning him into a living vegetable for rest of his life? Image source: NST, Rosdan Wahid – 29 Jan 2011)
Tech News 101: Nokia N8, My Personal First Impressions
(After many phones over the last few years, this Nokia N8 must be my real smartphone which means a major leap from a traditional phone experience – Image source: http://www.photographyblog.com)
Well, it is not really an iPhone but it is cheaper and in some areas, better and certainly a quantum leap over this.
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Kota Bahru Rush 2011: Craziest Thing 2011 – Part 2
(“Membangun bersama Islam” or translated as “Growth through Islam” was the slogan of the day as we entered the state of Kelantan onwards to Kota Bahru. PAS still holding to the seat of the State Government despite the slow creep of modernization to the State)
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Driving Skills 101: Queue Jumper’s Unnecessary Provocations
(The “usual” provocations from the queue jumpers at the toll plaza – the traffic moves faster if everyone queues up and wait for their turn. Imagine what happens if one idiot decides to drive between the proper queues and tries to cut in. Before you know it, another line had formed in between the 2 original lines and the traffic comes to a crawl. Image source: Challenging Coaching)
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Kota Bahru Rush 2011: Craziest Thing 2011 – Part 1
(The drive up north to Kota Bahru and back home within the same day would be one of the craziest things I have done for the year 2011. Map source: Google Map)
Confucius says a journey of a thousand mile starts with a single step. Our journey of a thousand kilometres (well almost) started with the question – can we drive all the way from KL to Kota Bahru and return on the same day?
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