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Driving Skills 101: No Reason to Disrespect Emergency Service Vehicle!!

25th December 202021st December 2020Automotive Related 101Driver, Driving, Driving Skills, Emergency, Emergency Lane, Hospital, Indonesia, Malaysia, Motorcyclists, Road Users, Traffic Jam, YoutubeNo Comments

(An emergency service vehicles refer to the ambulance, fire truck or the police vehicles that have their sirens and their strobe lights on. Image source: Thgusstavo Santana from Pexels)

The siren and the strobes are on for a very important reason – it is to warn other road users to take notice and give way to these emergency service vehicles to move faster and reach their destinations as quickly as possible.… [Click to read the rest] “Driving Skills 101: No Reason to Disrespect Emergency Service Vehicle!!”

Attitude 101: A Simple Thank You Reduces Road Tension

16th March 201128th June 2020Human Relation 101Attitude, Courtesy, Driver, Malaysians, Queue, Road Users, Shopping, Tailgating, Tesco, Thank You, Traffic JamNo Comments

(Thumbs up as a sign of thank you instead of the middle finger is always welcomed on a stressful drive home, more so after doing a good deed instead of being a nuisance to fellow road users. Image source: Pinterest)

How many times you have said “Thank You” to someone else today, two days ago, a week ago or a month ago?… [Click to read the rest] “Attitude 101: A Simple Thank You Reduces Road Tension”

Health 101: Wake Up Early & Live Longer

23rd February 201127th September 2020Health 101Breakfast, Morning, Office, Sleep, Stress, Traffic Jam, Traffic Offenders, Waking UpNo Comments

(We all need our 8 hours of sleep and sometimes more but try to wake up early every morning as it has it’s own advantages too. Image source: here)

I had an interesting chat with a colleague of mine almost a month ago who noticed me coming to the office very early in the morning.… [Click to read the rest] “Health 101: Wake Up Early & Live Longer”

Driving Skills 101: Queue Jumper’s Unnecessary Provocations

19th January 201110th July 2020Automotive Related 101HEO, Idiot, LDP, Myvi, Queue Jumper, Toll Booth, Traffic Jam, Traffic Offenders4 Comments

(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.… [Click to read the rest] “Driving Skills 101: Queue Jumper’s Unnecessary Provocations”

Personal 101: Tired Feel Like Steamrolled

28th September 201010th July 2020Human Relation 101Cold, Driving, Flu, Highway, Sleep, Tired, Traffic JamNo Comments

(Feel like you have been steamrolled over and over again? Ya, we go through at one point of our life, don’t we? Image source: Youtube)

Tags: Cold, Driving, Flu, Highway, Sleep, Tired, Traffic Jam

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Trip to Brunei – Part 2

14th August 20098th June 2020Travel & Food 101Brunei, Fast Food, Fuel, Haze, Traffic JamNo Comments

Been having pork dishes for the last 2 days…

(Spicy chicken curry with a different)

I have been busy with work but surprisingly the drive to work and back was not as stressful as one would experience in KL. Even at peak hours, there is hardly any traffic jam and driving has been a breeze.… [Click to read the rest] “Trip to Brunei – Part 2”

Oh Fuck! Aftermath

3rd August 20098th June 2020Travel & Food 101Beer, Chicken Curry, Cousin, Lunch, Roadblock, Traffic JamNo Comments

Got a call from my cousin on Friday night

(At about RM23 per pint, the German beer that we had last week was one of the smoothest – we have found our watering hole for premium beers)

Cousin: Hello bro, I am stuck in traffic jam and I am still near my office.… [Click to read the rest] “Oh Fuck! Aftermath”

Oh Fuck!

31st July 200926th April 2020Highway, Malaysia, PoliceBlood Donation, Hindraf, Roadblock, Traffic JamNo Comments

I could not believe this! Talk about bad timing.

(When will PDRM ever learn? Putting up massive road blocks will never be the solution when there is a massive rally in the city. Image source: Malaysiakini)

Last year, me and my cousin decided to go for our “quarterly” blood donation but we got involved in the mother of traffic jam when the morons at the Home Ministry decided to put up road blocks and made road users to experience hell.… [Click to read the rest] “Oh Fuck!”

Religion 101: Thaipusam Scary Trip to Batu Caves 2009 Part 1

11th February 200927th January 2021Religion 101Batu Caves, Hindu, Holidays, Religion, Thaipusam, Traffic Jam5 Comments

(Batu Caves – best visited on any day except on Thaipusam. Less crowd and easy parking but a big miss on interesting kavadis. Image source: http://www.malaysiasite.nl)

It is has been a long weekend for me. We managed to get some outstanding things done during the holidays but it comes at a price – body aching and foot pain.… [Click to read the rest] “Religion 101: Thaipusam Scary Trip to Batu Caves 2009 Part 1”

Traffic Jam 2008: Mentally “Living” in Work Office

16th May 200822nd December 2020Human Relation 101LDP, Office, Puchong, Traffic Jam8 Comments

I just realise that I am going to the office earlier and coming back later than the time when I first started with this job. It has come to a point where when I do come to the office late or leave the office early, people come up to me and ask me if I am feeling right.… [Click to read the rest] “Traffic Jam 2008: Mentally “Living” in Work Office”