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Blogging 101: News Snippets As At 14 April 2010

shah rukh my name is khan snippet hindi movie

(News snippet – this is a good movie but I seriously think they could have gotten another actor to play the role of a person with autism. Image IMDB)

When I am at home and I strike a good idea or when I am driving from work and I get pissed off with the number of idiots on the road or when I am at the office and I overheard something funny or when I surf the net and find something brilliant, there is plenty of things that I want to write down (some posts have the potential to be the killer post of the year).

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Driving Skills 101: Beware Of Blind People Driving

Blind driving blindfold

I am not talking about the people with real disabilities of being blind but rather those road users who are oblivious to the presence of other road users. Photo by Asiama Junior from Pexels

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Childhood Memories: Part 19 – Driving My Uncle’s Gutsy Car

mitsubishi lancer 1980 uncle car childhood

(One of my uncles had a second hand white Mitsubishi Lancer as his first car and it was the workhorse of the whole family for many years. Image source: DSF)

Last week I attended my niece’s birthday party and as usual, once the cake has been cut and the dinner has started, my cousins and myself made our way to the outside of the house, set up a table on the porch, rounded several chairs and started to chit chat over a large bottle of liquor and wine. As usual, such chit chat continued until wee hours in the morning.

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Travelling 101: Pushing Nimble Viva Up North

viva car wife taiping north

We were clearly able to pick up speed to 100 kilometres per hour on the highway but it comes with a problem – stability. Perodua Viva do not come with the Lotus DNA, unlike the other national cars.

It has been in our plans to have at least 2 cars at home which will serve a different purpose and the addition of the small Perodua Viva was just considering the time. And once we have cleared the first 1,000 kilometres service, we decided on a drive up North and we took the Viva instead the usual bigger car.

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Highway 101: What A Mild Road Rage?

Parking car lot driving road rage

Incidents of road rage are usually triggered by an idiot who provoked others by either tail-gating or road-hogging. Sometimes abuse of the emergency lane and inconsiderate parking have the same road rage effect. Photo by Stephan Müller from Pexels 

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Personal 101: Feeling Burnout & Exhausted

steam roller tired burnout exhausted

Burnout is a syndrome that occurs when a person experiences chronic stress at work that is not well managed. It can cause physical and emotional exhaustion, reduced professional performance, and detachment from work. Image source: Tisha Sharp
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Enforcement 101: All “OK” at Emergency Lanes

emergency lane queue jumper

In Malaysia, the misuse of emergency lanes is a serious traffic offense. According to Rule 53 (1) of the Road Traffic Rules 1959, driving in the emergency lane is prohibited unless it is a genuine emergency. Violators are subject to stringent penalties under Section 119 (2) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which may include a fine of up to RM2000 or imprisonment for up to six months.

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Highway 101: Danger along LDP Highway

LDP Highway

If you are a “Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong” (Damansara Puchong or LDP Highway) user, you probably have experienced this danger yourself.

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Health 101: Funny Formulas during Fasting Month

fasting month MBT tank

(When it comes the fasting month, this is the type of “transport” we need at times to block the queue jumpers – Photo by Mongibeddu)

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Driving Skills 101: Always Look Left, Right and Back Too

(Not looking at the road is also due to some morons distracted with their phones)

Aaarrrgghhhh I don’t understand how some people are driving! They have eyes that are positioned like their car headlights – they can only look front.

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The unexpected traffic and KL drivers

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It is always been a sound idea to go for an outstation trip a week or so after a major holidays. The last thing I want to do on a holiday is to waste time and risk myself in heavy traffic jams on the highway. So, when the long break during Chinese New Year came, we were holed up in our house and only made short distance driving

So when I decided to go to Taiping a week after the long break, I had expected an almost traffic free lanes on the highway and I was right.

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