It's always heart wrenching when your phone rings in the wee hours of midnight, ALWAYS! Because that could only mean one thing, something really bad or urgent has happened and you're getting THE call. I jump every time the phone rings after 12am, its just not a good feeling.
But the funny thing is, bad news is subjective. Grief is. Anyone who is anyone must admit that we all compare our grief. I most certainly do. It doesn't mean i don't feel bad or sympathise with them, but at some point, everyone must have gone "oohh, things are not THAT bad, there ARE worse things that could happen". And this is almost ALWAYS true.
Someone steals your laptop or handphone, but at least you're OK! Just flip through the daily newspaper and you can see hundreds of things worse off. If all you've lost is money, then really, count your lucky stars and move on! Get two jobs and earn it back.
Surely, having your car stolen, is far less trivial than the people out there who are being abused, raped, murdered ( DEATHS) and people suddenly becoming homeless as we read this. It has to be.
Comparing is never a good thing i guess, but its just funny how I'm pretty sure everyone does. That does not take away the sympathetic values of their concern or anything, but they do, i do.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Big Bad Wolf Books Sale
I managed to catch the book sale on its last day, and boy was i hoping i went on the first day! There were so many books to pick from that my neck is still hurting from all the looking down.
On the last day though, i reckon all the good titles would have been snatched by some lucky person who got there a lot earlier. I mostly saw things from Jodi Picoult, or books along those lines, Jeffrey Archer and books along those lines.
After going through the whole place, i picked three books i thought worth buying.
Changing Planes - Ursula le Guin, The color purple - Alice Walker and Kafka on the shore - Haruki Murakami.
I need to REALLY catch up on my reading. I've tonnes of books I've not even touched since i bought them during the last sale. And i saw around 3 books i bought for half price (around RM 14) selling at the book fair for RM8. All fiction books were sold for RM8.
There was a lot of non-fiction books too. I don't read non-fiction but thought i might get something for my dad, but i just couldn't pick on that i thought he would like.
People were buying just LOADS of books, everyone had a box they were carrying around, with AT LEAST 20 books or more. Gosh, i really didn't see that many titles there that i would buy but it was just amazing! BOXES of books!
Lots of teenage books too, and children books! Just about every kind of book under the sun.
We gave them our emails so the next time there's a sale in town, I'll try to be there on the first day!
On the last day though, i reckon all the good titles would have been snatched by some lucky person who got there a lot earlier. I mostly saw things from Jodi Picoult, or books along those lines, Jeffrey Archer and books along those lines.
After going through the whole place, i picked three books i thought worth buying.
Changing Planes - Ursula le Guin, The color purple - Alice Walker and Kafka on the shore - Haruki Murakami.
I need to REALLY catch up on my reading. I've tonnes of books I've not even touched since i bought them during the last sale. And i saw around 3 books i bought for half price (around RM 14) selling at the book fair for RM8. All fiction books were sold for RM8.
There was a lot of non-fiction books too. I don't read non-fiction but thought i might get something for my dad, but i just couldn't pick on that i thought he would like.
People were buying just LOADS of books, everyone had a box they were carrying around, with AT LEAST 20 books or more. Gosh, i really didn't see that many titles there that i would buy but it was just amazing! BOXES of books!
Lots of teenage books too, and children books! Just about every kind of book under the sun.
We gave them our emails so the next time there's a sale in town, I'll try to be there on the first day!
Movies Catch Ups!
So i finally got around to catching up on my movies!! In cinemas and at home! Movies always have a way of making you feel like you wish you were the person in the movie when you leave the cinema. It's always had that effect on me at least. The amount of weeks i pictured Spider-Man watching the stars with me in a big spider web, aahhh... i probably took it a little too far! But that's probably why all the sad movies, remain un-watched like Boys Don't Cry and all. Most human rights movies are sad movies, I'll probably be bawling my eyes out during the movie and several days after that, and my threshold for sad movies is getting lower by the minute.
Anyway, some of the recent movies i watched :
First up, Star Trek : Me likey! Well for a prequel, it sure as hell is a lot better than the Star Wars prequels. I thought everyone was really good too. And seeing Leonard Nimoy in the movie was a nice pleasant thing.
Sell Out! : Was truly amazed since it was a Malaysian made movie! there were only 6 of us in the cinema, and everyone was laughing continuously! It was really just so funny. And the singing was a pleasant surprise, never thought there would be any.
Tim Burton's old movies : Watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Mars Attacks. I love anything and everything Tim Burton has ever directed, just cause. So they were both fun movies to watch to kill some time.
Woody Allen movies : Watched Hannah and her sisters. Liked it! Woody Allen movies are all just so real and funny in sometimes the strangest way. Still have Purple Rose of Cairo and Annie Hall.
I've got a few more movies lined up to watch : Milk, The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road (watched bits of it when i was on my clinical posting), the Reader, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, the Namesake.
Some old ones : My cousin Vinny, a fish called Wanda (watched both before just cant really remember it), the shining.
Tale of Desperaux : I liked it! A little cliche' but was a fun watch. Nothing beats Toy Story though!
I have not watched Slumdog Millionaire. Just not very interested i guess. Don't think its as good as the academy thinks it was. Saw snippets when my betraying family watched it during my exams. Just not dying to watch it, but will eventually just so i can talk more 'smack' about it.
I am absolutely devastated that i did not catch Watchmen in the theater. Just bad timing! And i have yet to watch Wolverine, although everyone(the opinions that matter to me) says its not as good as it should be, still gotta watch it, but it doesn't look like i would get the opportunity too though.
Tonight feels like something light, so might watching another Woody Allen movie. =)
Anyway, some of the recent movies i watched :
First up, Star Trek : Me likey! Well for a prequel, it sure as hell is a lot better than the Star Wars prequels. I thought everyone was really good too. And seeing Leonard Nimoy in the movie was a nice pleasant thing.
Sell Out! : Was truly amazed since it was a Malaysian made movie! there were only 6 of us in the cinema, and everyone was laughing continuously! It was really just so funny. And the singing was a pleasant surprise, never thought there would be any.
Tim Burton's old movies : Watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Mars Attacks. I love anything and everything Tim Burton has ever directed, just cause. So they were both fun movies to watch to kill some time.
Woody Allen movies : Watched Hannah and her sisters. Liked it! Woody Allen movies are all just so real and funny in sometimes the strangest way. Still have Purple Rose of Cairo and Annie Hall.
I've got a few more movies lined up to watch : Milk, The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road (watched bits of it when i was on my clinical posting), the Reader, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, the Namesake.
Some old ones : My cousin Vinny, a fish called Wanda (watched both before just cant really remember it), the shining.
Tale of Desperaux : I liked it! A little cliche' but was a fun watch. Nothing beats Toy Story though!
I have not watched Slumdog Millionaire. Just not very interested i guess. Don't think its as good as the academy thinks it was. Saw snippets when my betraying family watched it during my exams. Just not dying to watch it, but will eventually just so i can talk more 'smack' about it.
I am absolutely devastated that i did not catch Watchmen in the theater. Just bad timing! And i have yet to watch Wolverine, although everyone(the opinions that matter to me) says its not as good as it should be, still gotta watch it, but it doesn't look like i would get the opportunity too though.
Tonight feels like something light, so might watching another Woody Allen movie. =)
Friday, May 15, 2009
U82 Adventures
I took the U82 for the first time yesterday, from KL Sentral. It was a very very interesting journey since i had no idea where i was going. The most crucial part about riding the bus is knowing when to ring the bell. I am particularly freaked out about this. The first time i took the bus to college, i called my sister twice just to confirm "Is this where i ring the bell?".
So anyway, i was supposed to meet a friend, and she gave me some vague descriptions of what i would see before ringing the bell. So i thought i would be okay. The bus took the nicest route! It took that highway that I've always thought was the prettiest highway here! Its the one we take to go to Taiping i think, right after the Istana ? It diverges and i think leads to Jalan Duta. I think. Anyway, I loved the route. So i finally got to where i was supposed to go, after MANY calls and misleading descriptions.
My first time in that part of Damansara, Damansara something. And anywhere you go, its customary to visit the nearest mall so we went to a new mall,called Tropicana City Mall or something like that, and they had a book sale!! I'm not sure if all the Carrefours have it but this one did, so we HAD to get a book or two, it was only RM5. I got a book of short stories from authors i've never heard of and a book called "Sardine in Outer Space 2". I couldn't resist! It sounded so funny and inside was just comic strips about adventures of a SARDINE..in OUTER SPACE! LMAO!!(Am hoping to prove my friend wrong of her "It's LAME!" accusations!) So that's excitement number 2!
Then i decided since I'm ALREADY out, i might as wel not go home =D So I paid my cousins a visit and stayed the night in Ampang, ALSO after many calls and planning! People are so busy nowadays, whatever happened to just dropping in and staying the night? But as always it was just the laugh fix i needed. And i would only be mentioning it here if i had something to share...and i do. I learnt something new, the magical effects of Brasso!
My aunt went on and on about how it shines ANYTHING! Mostly silver stuff. And she was on a Brasso frenzy, took out everything silver in the house and started polishing it apparently to test if it actually works. And it DOES!! I've got tonnes of stuff i need to get Brasso-ed! So I'm making my way to a hardware store today to get some. Not very sure it's called Brasso though, my aunt has been known to pronounce words funnily but shall try.
OH and my travelling was RM2 cheaper because some kind girl in KL Central said " Are you waiting for this bus? You can take my ticket cause I'm not using it anymore." So Yay!
And i met a fellow Beatles enthusiast on the way from the train station. Did not appreciate the remixed version of EVERY Beatles song though. Rappers were rapping weird rhymes in between Imagine and Let It Be. RAP? Urgh!I protested against the cruel defamation of a beautiful song, then we reverted back to the original, just the way it was. Nice ride home!
It was a very very nice day to travel but today i'm probably going to spend in bed. =)
Quote/Joke of the day :
(on the phone)"Stop the BUS NOW NOW!!" "What??! Stop the bus NOW NOOOWWW?" *everyone in bus turns to look even the bus driver through his rear view morror"
"I'm in Desa Kiara" "Ohhh Desa Kiara, say lah earlier, i thought the Dog, Kiara!" (WTH?!)
"How do u spell Brasso?" "B-A-S-S" (ROTFLMAO!)
PITTT:
A chinese woman who was positively pissed that she HAD to sit between two big men. I think she was expecting one of the men to exchange seats with her because he was sitting beside a girl wearing the Hijab (it covered a part of her face too). He didnt though, seemed to chirpy and engrossed in a conversation with his friend to notice. She got up and took my seat as soon as i got down in Central. Hope she went home feeling okay though, they really seemed like nice men to be sitting in between. LOL!
So anyway, i was supposed to meet a friend, and she gave me some vague descriptions of what i would see before ringing the bell. So i thought i would be okay. The bus took the nicest route! It took that highway that I've always thought was the prettiest highway here! Its the one we take to go to Taiping i think, right after the Istana ? It diverges and i think leads to Jalan Duta. I think. Anyway, I loved the route. So i finally got to where i was supposed to go, after MANY calls and misleading descriptions.
This made up for it though, a colourful car like thing in the parking lot that also had Alfa Romeos and Jaguars and Aston Martins. Made us wonder what in the world are these people doing in an apartment? Before we started grumbling about how we wished we were rich!
Post-Its ! Pretty!
My first time in that part of Damansara, Damansara something. And anywhere you go, its customary to visit the nearest mall so we went to a new mall,called Tropicana City Mall or something like that, and they had a book sale!! I'm not sure if all the Carrefours have it but this one did, so we HAD to get a book or two, it was only RM5. I got a book of short stories from authors i've never heard of and a book called "Sardine in Outer Space 2". I couldn't resist! It sounded so funny and inside was just comic strips about adventures of a SARDINE..in OUTER SPACE! LMAO!!(Am hoping to prove my friend wrong of her "It's LAME!" accusations!) So that's excitement number 2!
Collection of Short Stories
Sardine in Outer Space 2
Then i decided since I'm ALREADY out, i might as wel not go home =D So I paid my cousins a visit and stayed the night in Ampang, ALSO after many calls and planning! People are so busy nowadays, whatever happened to just dropping in and staying the night? But as always it was just the laugh fix i needed. And i would only be mentioning it here if i had something to share...and i do. I learnt something new, the magical effects of Brasso!
My aunt went on and on about how it shines ANYTHING! Mostly silver stuff. And she was on a Brasso frenzy, took out everything silver in the house and started polishing it apparently to test if it actually works. And it DOES!! I've got tonnes of stuff i need to get Brasso-ed! So I'm making my way to a hardware store today to get some. Not very sure it's called Brasso though, my aunt has been known to pronounce words funnily but shall try.
The gross cotton after polishing with Brasso.
Top : After(Shiny!!) Bottom : Before
OH and my travelling was RM2 cheaper because some kind girl in KL Central said " Are you waiting for this bus? You can take my ticket cause I'm not using it anymore." So Yay!
And i met a fellow Beatles enthusiast on the way from the train station. Did not appreciate the remixed version of EVERY Beatles song though. Rappers were rapping weird rhymes in between Imagine and Let It Be. RAP? Urgh!I protested against the cruel defamation of a beautiful song, then we reverted back to the original, just the way it was. Nice ride home!
It was a very very nice day to travel but today i'm probably going to spend in bed. =)
Quote/Joke of the day :
(on the phone)"Stop the BUS NOW NOW!!" "What??! Stop the bus NOW NOOOWWW?" *everyone in bus turns to look even the bus driver through his rear view morror"
"I'm in Desa Kiara" "Ohhh Desa Kiara, say lah earlier, i thought the Dog, Kiara!" (WTH?!)
"How do u spell Brasso?" "B-A-S-S" (ROTFLMAO!)
PITTT:
A chinese woman who was positively pissed that she HAD to sit between two big men. I think she was expecting one of the men to exchange seats with her because he was sitting beside a girl wearing the Hijab (it covered a part of her face too). He didnt though, seemed to chirpy and engrossed in a conversation with his friend to notice. She got up and took my seat as soon as i got down in Central. Hope she went home feeling okay though, they really seemed like nice men to be sitting in between. LOL!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
There is only Pepper ~
So where did i stop? Right, being DEAD wrong.
Pets, i think are a valid measure for potential parenthood! We've all seen the number of irresponsible jerks that call themselves parents around here, and if you CANT take care of a pet, then you most definitely CANT be a parent. So don't bother, and rid the world of your uselessness.
Pepper is in every sense of the word, a child.
She's probably MORE dependent than a child would be, because children grow up. They learn to speak, learn to walk, learn to work and start doing things. Pets are always just children. They're that same little bundle of joy you knew 8 or 10 years ago with the EXACT dependency level. They don't demand, don't ask you to take them out for dinner, or ask to borrow your car, or anything! Everything you do, is just perfect! Dogs NEVER think you're the bad guy, never run into rooms and lock themselves up. They're just there all the time.
And Pepper has changed or lives in ways we never thought possible. Well mine at least. Right now, my entire world revolves around her and the things she does. And to know someONE the way you know your dog, with every inch of detail, it is truly the most amazing bond you will ever have. People might feel this way about cats or fish or any pet for that matter. But that bond....is something that you would have never thought possible till you actually have a pet.
Getting to know Pepper is like getting to know the other half of me. And in the 2 years that we have been together, its amazing how much i already know. I'm not sure if i even know that much about my human sister =P
Getting her house-trained was a difficult time for us all. Piss and poop all over the hall! But after a few months, she got the hang of it and now is an absolute darling when it comes to Potty matters!
She's still the most stubborn one in the house though. When she was younger, she hadn't gotten used to the idea of being left alone in the house when we went to work or school so she'd target ANYTHING she could reach(usually paper) and just rip it to pieces!! When we got home, there would be paper all over the hall, once a few pages from my Maths STPM book was all over the house. and ONCE, my Swatch watch(birthday gift from my sister and navin) was in her mouth, and the crack on the glass is still there. I love it too much to get rid of it, and the dumb Swatch people don't sell a replacement glass thingy so...that was the angriest i have ever been with her. I remember just scolding her, then ignoring her the whole day, which meant no hello, and no manja-ing when i came in through the door and just no nothing the whole day. She followed me around the whole day, occasionally barking at me and even waited outside the bathroom door when i took a shower! I OF COURSE didn't even last till the end of the day and caved right after that, and felt just so guilty! And I was to blame for leaving my watch on the telephone table (that was the consensus in the house).
And getting to know every single quirk she has has just been GREAT! But boy does she have many! Like, just MENTION the word CAT, and she could be sound asleep but would still manage a half awake bark in between, even though no intention of ACTUALLY seeing the cat would ever on her mind. Same goes for the word "Shoo!" and if anyone so much as ATTEMPT to look out the sliding door, she barks!! LOL. It's the most fascinating thing, and i admit i VERY OFTEN use this as a stress-reliever and just to get on her nerves!
OH and getting on her nerves! Ahh the most rewarding thing. I make it a personal mission to find as many things possible that would make her TICK! and I've already got a list, a very fun list! This comes in handy when I'm just over excited over something(which is quite often) or just going crazy from the tedious studying and need a break! She's such an easy dog to get excited or just be crazy with me. This list would be a very long one, too long for any blog. But sometimes she gets so irritated, that she gives out this "Hmmpphh!" and just lies on the floor like "ahhh, just do what you will to me and bugger off and let me enjoy my sleep!" LOL
And companionship. Pepper is a snuggle machine. I came back utterly DEPRESSED when i thought i made a careless mistake in an exam about a month back, and was convinced i was going to flunk it, and when i got home all i wanted to do was lie on the floor and snuggle with Pepper. She would lick your face off if you snuggled, and that was exactly what i needed.
She is ALWAYS excited to see anyone come back from work, school or college. Even if you only leave for 10 or 20 minutes, she still comes to the gate and make weird howling noises and jumps on you till you are down on your knees and scratch her behind the ears or her back or let her lick your face.
Who does that? Who jumps aways from whatever they're doing just to greet you? And misses you even when you've only been gone for 10minutes? And understands when you're sad or down and just need a nice pal to come rest her head next to yours. And just LOVES you with every fibre of her being.Pepper.
Pets, i think are a valid measure for potential parenthood! We've all seen the number of irresponsible jerks that call themselves parents around here, and if you CANT take care of a pet, then you most definitely CANT be a parent. So don't bother, and rid the world of your uselessness.
Pepper is in every sense of the word, a child.
She's probably MORE dependent than a child would be, because children grow up. They learn to speak, learn to walk, learn to work and start doing things. Pets are always just children. They're that same little bundle of joy you knew 8 or 10 years ago with the EXACT dependency level. They don't demand, don't ask you to take them out for dinner, or ask to borrow your car, or anything! Everything you do, is just perfect! Dogs NEVER think you're the bad guy, never run into rooms and lock themselves up. They're just there all the time.
And Pepper has changed or lives in ways we never thought possible. Well mine at least. Right now, my entire world revolves around her and the things she does. And to know someONE the way you know your dog, with every inch of detail, it is truly the most amazing bond you will ever have. People might feel this way about cats or fish or any pet for that matter. But that bond....is something that you would have never thought possible till you actually have a pet.
Getting to know Pepper is like getting to know the other half of me. And in the 2 years that we have been together, its amazing how much i already know. I'm not sure if i even know that much about my human sister =P
Getting her house-trained was a difficult time for us all. Piss and poop all over the hall! But after a few months, she got the hang of it and now is an absolute darling when it comes to Potty matters!
She's still the most stubborn one in the house though. When she was younger, she hadn't gotten used to the idea of being left alone in the house when we went to work or school so she'd target ANYTHING she could reach(usually paper) and just rip it to pieces!! When we got home, there would be paper all over the hall, once a few pages from my Maths STPM book was all over the house. and ONCE, my Swatch watch(birthday gift from my sister and navin) was in her mouth, and the crack on the glass is still there. I love it too much to get rid of it, and the dumb Swatch people don't sell a replacement glass thingy so...that was the angriest i have ever been with her. I remember just scolding her, then ignoring her the whole day, which meant no hello, and no manja-ing when i came in through the door and just no nothing the whole day. She followed me around the whole day, occasionally barking at me and even waited outside the bathroom door when i took a shower! I OF COURSE didn't even last till the end of the day and caved right after that, and felt just so guilty! And I was to blame for leaving my watch on the telephone table (that was the consensus in the house).
And getting to know every single quirk she has has just been GREAT! But boy does she have many! Like, just MENTION the word CAT, and she could be sound asleep but would still manage a half awake bark in between, even though no intention of ACTUALLY seeing the cat would ever on her mind. Same goes for the word "Shoo!" and if anyone so much as ATTEMPT to look out the sliding door, she barks!! LOL. It's the most fascinating thing, and i admit i VERY OFTEN use this as a stress-reliever and just to get on her nerves!
OH and getting on her nerves! Ahh the most rewarding thing. I make it a personal mission to find as many things possible that would make her TICK! and I've already got a list, a very fun list! This comes in handy when I'm just over excited over something(which is quite often) or just going crazy from the tedious studying and need a break! She's such an easy dog to get excited or just be crazy with me. This list would be a very long one, too long for any blog. But sometimes she gets so irritated, that she gives out this "Hmmpphh!" and just lies on the floor like "ahhh, just do what you will to me and bugger off and let me enjoy my sleep!" LOL
And companionship. Pepper is a snuggle machine. I came back utterly DEPRESSED when i thought i made a careless mistake in an exam about a month back, and was convinced i was going to flunk it, and when i got home all i wanted to do was lie on the floor and snuggle with Pepper. She would lick your face off if you snuggled, and that was exactly what i needed.
Who does that? Who jumps aways from whatever they're doing just to greet you? And misses you even when you've only been gone for 10minutes? And understands when you're sad or down and just need a nice pal to come rest her head next to yours. And just LOVES you with every fibre of her being.Pepper.
She saved us in dire times, and she still is. Every moment of every day.
***The pictures are always blurred or shaky cause Pepper ain't a dog that sits still. Ever!***
Friday, May 8, 2009
Radio is Crap
The only time i find myself listening to the radio is when i take the train and bus to college. I would give it up all together if only i remembered to keep changing the play list in my phone!
Today on HitzFM, the DJs asked people to call in to talk about their obsession with their friends MOM! FOR...MOTHERS DAY! EEK! and for mothers day? What the hell is wrong with them? This boy called in going on and on about his best friend's Mom and how "HOT" she was. Then they called up the best friend to tell him what his BEST FRIEND thinks, and then asked him "does you mom work out?".
It's just one of those things that we picked up from the movies i guess. Hot Moms are so in this season! Not that mom can't be HOT but to say HOT in such a way is just WRONG! Sounds so sexual...
HitzFM like every other radio station, plays the same songs over and over and over again and i know they have an obsession with anything Akon! *pukes*
FlyFM also repeats every single song, and only the new pop trendy ones.
RedFM is nice for the talking, at least when Will and Shaz were on in the mornings. A lot of talking but at least its a more intellectual than the rest. Nice songs too.
BFM has nice music! Its not a channel for music though i think, lots of interviews with CEOs and General Managers of all kinds of business, though sometimes interesting people come on. Lol but i do remember listening to a whole hour or so (couldn't get my phone out my pocket in the packed KTM) to the CEO of Mercedes Benz Switzerland or something, going on about safety and their marketing plans for the future...kept laughing to myself.
MixFM, i don't really listen to. Except when Preya is on, or asks me to listen.=P
Light&Easy very old and slow and soft songs nice at night when you want to sleep in the car!
MinnalFM A lot of talking too. Its like HitzFM in Tamil. And the gatal kepak songs i actually like are hardly on.
People In Train Today(PITT):
Sat beside an Indian girl, that was resting her head against the window the whole time, and had her songs on speaker!!! And she kept playing the same two emo Tamil songs over and over. And kept doing that clicking sound with her lips and was just REALLY into the song but DONT IMPOSE your songs on everyone else woman!! My Prince's 7 kept mixing with her emo Tamil songs, and it just spoilt the whole mood! She NEEDS headphones!!
Today on HitzFM, the DJs asked people to call in to talk about their obsession with their friends MOM! FOR...MOTHERS DAY! EEK! and for mothers day? What the hell is wrong with them? This boy called in going on and on about his best friend's Mom and how "HOT" she was. Then they called up the best friend to tell him what his BEST FRIEND thinks, and then asked him "does you mom work out?".
It's just one of those things that we picked up from the movies i guess. Hot Moms are so in this season! Not that mom can't be HOT but to say HOT in such a way is just WRONG! Sounds so sexual...
HitzFM like every other radio station, plays the same songs over and over and over again and i know they have an obsession with anything Akon! *pukes*
FlyFM also repeats every single song, and only the new pop trendy ones.
RedFM is nice for the talking, at least when Will and Shaz were on in the mornings. A lot of talking but at least its a more intellectual than the rest. Nice songs too.
BFM has nice music! Its not a channel for music though i think, lots of interviews with CEOs and General Managers of all kinds of business, though sometimes interesting people come on. Lol but i do remember listening to a whole hour or so (couldn't get my phone out my pocket in the packed KTM) to the CEO of Mercedes Benz Switzerland or something, going on about safety and their marketing plans for the future...kept laughing to myself.
MixFM, i don't really listen to. Except when Preya is on, or asks me to listen.=P
Light&Easy very old and slow and soft songs nice at night when you want to sleep in the car!
MinnalFM A lot of talking too. Its like HitzFM in Tamil. And the gatal kepak songs i actually like are hardly on.
People In Train Today(PITT):
Sat beside an Indian girl, that was resting her head against the window the whole time, and had her songs on speaker!!! And she kept playing the same two emo Tamil songs over and over. And kept doing that clicking sound with her lips and was just REALLY into the song but DONT IMPOSE your songs on everyone else woman!! My Prince's 7 kept mixing with her emo Tamil songs, and it just spoilt the whole mood! She NEEDS headphones!!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Pepper~
This i HAVE to blog about! Its one of the few things in life i have absolutely no regrets of, and well I've also been telling everyone that i would blog about it but i NEVER do. So here goes..
I remember when we first got pepper! IT was a rather rash sudden decision. My sister just finished her degree, sat for her last paper and her boyfriend had this crazy idea of getting her a puppy! Since he was already a DOG person, i guess he wanted everyone else to be too. And well, we HAVE had "the talk", dog or no dog?
Anyway, this little mini schnauzer caught our eye in a pet shop near Petaling Street. I was terrified of dogs then! ABSOLUTELY terrified. But i tagged along and my gosh, i remember when they took her out of the kennel thingy and put her into this large metal basket thing so we could play with her. It was love at first sight.
She was the most hyperactive dog I had ever seen. When we hid behind the shelves of the pet shop, she'd yelp and bark and stick her head out to the side waiting for us to come back! So it was no surprise that we ended up bringing her back home, a new addition to our family.
It was about time too i guess. The house was getting too lonely and depressing and well we all needed a distraction and what a distraction she was. I remember already having a name picked out ages ago, Pepper would be the name for ANY dog...unisex, and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper incorporated! We found out that her colour was ALSO salt and pepper! So perfect....!
Carrying her in a that cardboard box from the pet shop to the car, was the hardest thing i did. I was so terrified that she would jump out and start gnawing at my face so i kept the box at such a distance. Just lucky me that there weren't many cars on the road so late at night!
Then she was home! Everyone was there. Parents and aunty and cousins. All so anxiously waiting for her. And ooohhh, she was as tiny as a rat i swear!! As soon as she was free in the house, she started running everywhere her tiny paws could take her and we all just sat there and stared in awe. My parents never thought my sister would SERIOUSLY bring back a puppy. But all that talk got lost as soon as they actually SAW Pepper.
I still gushed from a distance, and did not want to get into her laps-around-the-hall course. It stayed that way for a while. I was always so cautious when i got near her. Cause immediately after that phase, her teething phase started. She would nibble on anything and everything she could get into her mouth. Oh the hours she spent lying on her back nibbling on the edges of the sofa! And if you stuck your finger close to her face, you know she's going to get to that too. And i had no intention of letting that happen!
But my oh my, am i happy that i was DEAD wrong! =P
I remember when we first got pepper! IT was a rather rash sudden decision. My sister just finished her degree, sat for her last paper and her boyfriend had this crazy idea of getting her a puppy! Since he was already a DOG person, i guess he wanted everyone else to be too. And well, we HAVE had "the talk", dog or no dog?
Anyway, this little mini schnauzer caught our eye in a pet shop near Petaling Street. I was terrified of dogs then! ABSOLUTELY terrified. But i tagged along and my gosh, i remember when they took her out of the kennel thingy and put her into this large metal basket thing so we could play with her. It was love at first sight.
It was about time too i guess. The house was getting too lonely and depressing and well we all needed a distraction and what a distraction she was. I remember already having a name picked out ages ago, Pepper would be the name for ANY dog...unisex, and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper incorporated! We found out that her colour was ALSO salt and pepper! So perfect....!
Carrying her in a that cardboard box from the pet shop to the car, was the hardest thing i did. I was so terrified that she would jump out and start gnawing at my face so i kept the box at such a distance. Just lucky me that there weren't many cars on the road so late at night!
Then she was home! Everyone was there. Parents and aunty and cousins. All so anxiously waiting for her. And ooohhh, she was as tiny as a rat i swear!! As soon as she was free in the house, she started running everywhere her tiny paws could take her and we all just sat there and stared in awe. My parents never thought my sister would SERIOUSLY bring back a puppy. But all that talk got lost as soon as they actually SAW Pepper.
I still gushed from a distance, and did not want to get into her laps-around-the-hall course. It stayed that way for a while. I was always so cautious when i got near her. Cause immediately after that phase, her teething phase started. She would nibble on anything and everything she could get into her mouth. Oh the hours she spent lying on her back nibbling on the edges of the sofa! And if you stuck your finger close to her face, you know she's going to get to that too. And i had no intention of letting that happen!
I was utterly depressed when i thought of the fact that i could not muster myself out of this fear. And there came a point when i just started accepting the fact that i was going to be those people that are never really close to their dogs or shared this "bond" i read about so much.
But my oh my, am i happy that i was DEAD wrong! =P
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Fair must be lovely?
I've always hated those commercials where the girl HAS to look a lot fairer just so that cute guy notices her. And one commercial has ALWAYS stuck in my head, Fair&Lovely! Absolutely ridiculous.
The whole commercial revolves around this made-dark girl being depressed because a guy doesn't notice her then suddenly her world becomes happy and sunny when she uses this product that made her as fair as she can be in 6 weeks? BECAUSE the guy FINALLY notices her! Yeah right, like us girls have nothing better to do then sit around waiting for a guy that may or may not notice us based on how fair we are?
The good news is i don't think they still run that commercial here in Malaysia but i remember the time when they did. And i also remember a very young friend of mine being so so so influenced by it, that she used it day and night and absolutely HATED anything dark, and thought no beauty could come from someone dark. It's a sad world when commercials can actually teach young girls to think that.
And a lot of F&L commercials are actually shot in India. Makes perfect sense i suppose since we are the most naturally inclined in having dark skinned girls amongst us. But why in the first place, or how did being dark be misconstrued into being a bad thing i never will know.
I certainly can name so many influential people who are dark, singers, actresses, activists, political figures, leaders.
But the troubling thing is when you "youtube" fair and lovely, you'll find so many Indian versions. I know a lot of Indians that think fair so very very well means you're the prettiest thing their eyes have ever seen. I know Chinese who think it's just plain wrong to be dark when you're a Chinese! Malays...not that much. But these are just based on the people I'm surrounded with.
Young girls everywhere should start feeling AMAZING enough about themselves to NOT associate themselves with the amount of skin care products applied on their faces. Being dark is OKAY because at the end of the day it only comes down the decisions and actions we've taken in life. If Tracy Chapman can go on to write politically conscious songs, then so can we all! If Oprah Winfrey can be the richest woman in the world, then so can we all! If Alice Walker can fight for women rights' then so can we all!!
A few links :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-9tcXpW1DE&feature=related
As if she was NOT pretty when she was dark?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUQ5hbRHXk&feature=related
Yes, cause NO dark news casters/reporters/VJs EVER exist!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxt7XndHfqE&feature=related
Okay, shes not even THAT dark to begin with, and she's dying for a guy to notice her in a temple?
And all three of them...HAS to have a guy inserted somewhere in the commercial to finally NOTICE us women!
WE are so above these!
The whole commercial revolves around this made-dark girl being depressed because a guy doesn't notice her then suddenly her world becomes happy and sunny when she uses this product that made her as fair as she can be in 6 weeks? BECAUSE the guy FINALLY notices her! Yeah right, like us girls have nothing better to do then sit around waiting for a guy that may or may not notice us based on how fair we are?
The good news is i don't think they still run that commercial here in Malaysia but i remember the time when they did. And i also remember a very young friend of mine being so so so influenced by it, that she used it day and night and absolutely HATED anything dark, and thought no beauty could come from someone dark. It's a sad world when commercials can actually teach young girls to think that.
And a lot of F&L commercials are actually shot in India. Makes perfect sense i suppose since we are the most naturally inclined in having dark skinned girls amongst us. But why in the first place, or how did being dark be misconstrued into being a bad thing i never will know.
I certainly can name so many influential people who are dark, singers, actresses, activists, political figures, leaders.
But the troubling thing is when you "youtube" fair and lovely, you'll find so many Indian versions. I know a lot of Indians that think fair so very very well means you're the prettiest thing their eyes have ever seen. I know Chinese who think it's just plain wrong to be dark when you're a Chinese! Malays...not that much. But these are just based on the people I'm surrounded with.
Young girls everywhere should start feeling AMAZING enough about themselves to NOT associate themselves with the amount of skin care products applied on their faces. Being dark is OKAY because at the end of the day it only comes down the decisions and actions we've taken in life. If Tracy Chapman can go on to write politically conscious songs, then so can we all! If Oprah Winfrey can be the richest woman in the world, then so can we all! If Alice Walker can fight for women rights' then so can we all!!
A few links :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-9tcXpW1DE&feature=related
As if she was NOT pretty when she was dark?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUQ5hbRHXk&feature=related
Yes, cause NO dark news casters/reporters/VJs EVER exist!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxt7XndHfqE&feature=related
Okay, shes not even THAT dark to begin with, and she's dying for a guy to notice her in a temple?
And all three of them...HAS to have a guy inserted somewhere in the commercial to finally NOTICE us women!
WE are so above these!
Monday, May 4, 2009
And They Call It Puppy Love...
Oh I was bound to blog about it someday. It probably happens to every girl!
I can vaguely remember my last crush. 12 or 13 i think. But i cant remember it being NICE or a bed full of roses. All i got from crushes, were that they were horrible feelings that left you confused and obsessed and distracted! You constantly find yourself thinking of this boy, with his perfect hair and perfect dress sense. And you've got a test tomorrow but all you see when you open the book is his face and the day-dream of him talking to you in school tomorrow. Cliche i know, but its absolutely true!
And at that moment, everything in the world seems to ride on this one boy. THE boy. You find yourself happy when you're in school (though not actually talking to him) and depressed when you're at home! Every thought you have involves a swing and a big house and marital bliss!(not sure bout this part.) And you become incapable of doing anything! I bet if a survey was done, the reason some girls were the poor achievers in class, would be crushes.
I cant imagine the world being a nice nice place for a 13 year old girl who has a huge crush on the smartest boy in class or the first boy that said "hi!" to her in that awkward stage with the hormones and acne and all that.
And people don't make it any easier too i bet. The constant teasing and the laughing, that makes you blush and do the most ridiculous things to get his attention. Gosh, crushes are horrible!
Guys maybe have it easier? All the guys I've known to have crushes, either go up to the girl and make it known or very easily do those ridiculous things without a moments thought to it. Life might be a lot easier that way. Girls just don't naturally make the first move, and when they do, then they're desperate and cheap! So life's tough, especially when you have a crush?
I bet people much older have crushes too, but i think when you're older, you very easily just go up to the guy and ask him out. I'm not very sure if that's common too. There's the "ohh..what if he says no?" and "What if he says no, and i have to see him tomorrow at work?". Guys might be a lot better at rejection(since they do the "asking out" more often) cause I'm sure those question run through their minds too, but are probably dismissed a lot quicker at the prospect of a possible dinner.
I'm not sure if I'll ever ask a guy out. I might. But urgh , the pre- rejection questions! a NO would be the most horrible blow to my ego, i don't think i could recover! And then to see him and be all nice and curtsy? What could be a more torturous punishment! If in the event of a NO! the only thing i would want to happen is extinction, either his or mine from each other. That's something i should probably work on though, GIRLS should start asking guys out! And I'm going to work on that from now.....and who knows, maybe soon it shall happen? ;-P
I can vaguely remember my last crush. 12 or 13 i think. But i cant remember it being NICE or a bed full of roses. All i got from crushes, were that they were horrible feelings that left you confused and obsessed and distracted! You constantly find yourself thinking of this boy, with his perfect hair and perfect dress sense. And you've got a test tomorrow but all you see when you open the book is his face and the day-dream of him talking to you in school tomorrow. Cliche i know, but its absolutely true!
And at that moment, everything in the world seems to ride on this one boy. THE boy. You find yourself happy when you're in school (though not actually talking to him) and depressed when you're at home! Every thought you have involves a swing and a big house and marital bliss!(not sure bout this part.) And you become incapable of doing anything! I bet if a survey was done, the reason some girls were the poor achievers in class, would be crushes.
I cant imagine the world being a nice nice place for a 13 year old girl who has a huge crush on the smartest boy in class or the first boy that said "hi!" to her in that awkward stage with the hormones and acne and all that.
And people don't make it any easier too i bet. The constant teasing and the laughing, that makes you blush and do the most ridiculous things to get his attention. Gosh, crushes are horrible!
Guys maybe have it easier? All the guys I've known to have crushes, either go up to the girl and make it known or very easily do those ridiculous things without a moments thought to it. Life might be a lot easier that way. Girls just don't naturally make the first move, and when they do, then they're desperate and cheap! So life's tough, especially when you have a crush?
I bet people much older have crushes too, but i think when you're older, you very easily just go up to the guy and ask him out. I'm not very sure if that's common too. There's the "ohh..what if he says no?" and "What if he says no, and i have to see him tomorrow at work?". Guys might be a lot better at rejection(since they do the "asking out" more often) cause I'm sure those question run through their minds too, but are probably dismissed a lot quicker at the prospect of a possible dinner.
I'm not sure if I'll ever ask a guy out. I might. But urgh , the pre- rejection questions! a NO would be the most horrible blow to my ego, i don't think i could recover! And then to see him and be all nice and curtsy? What could be a more torturous punishment! If in the event of a NO! the only thing i would want to happen is extinction, either his or mine from each other. That's something i should probably work on though, GIRLS should start asking guys out! And I'm going to work on that from now.....and who knows, maybe soon it shall happen? ;-P
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Train made Interesting
The people I've met so far on the train, whom in their own ways have at least stopped me from dozing off and missing my stop :
A refugee from Sri Lanka that i tried so very hard to speak in Tamil to and DID, and learnt quite a lot from. I bet he was secretly wishing he never asked me how much a cab to Bangi would cost cause i wanted to know so much but just had all the trouble in the world finding words in Tamil to relay...i ended up making really lame gestures and signals and got the message across. He had a very different Tamil slang but i understood it almost perfectly =) HATERS: BOO!
A TNB/Telekom guy that had this weird habit of taking off his shoes and putting his feet (with socks!) on the seat in front of us. I learnt how the telekom business was blossoming and nothing comes without hard work. The weird thing was, that he didn't move to the vacant seat but instead placed his bag there. Most people would move, cause you'd rather have no one beside you for the added space, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise? To imagine his feet next to me? Eeekk!! He shook my hand before i got down in Kajang, (a first!)
A young boy from Kedah? that just could not stop talking, or just wouldn't! And admitted it to everyone on the train when he spoke so loudly about where he's from and that he's not shy to speak to girls and made that very clear in asking this one particular attractive Malay girl where she worked and how she gets there and what she does and woahh a whole lot more of question ...bordering on STALKER type questions! But the whole coach, no one slept! i noticed! He was so loud , i could hear him over Led Zeppelin , and that's a rarity! But good for him, for being so secure with the amplitude and the convictions of his questions! I don't think he was a stalker, just a VERY curious traveller....first time in KL!
A law student that was headed to Nilai, that said "you don't look like a UKM student" when she correctly guessed where i was headed! As if UKM students don't wear shorts? lol, but it made a good story for a couple of months. She offered me tissue paper, and to the new mother that was running out of it for her VERY drool-ly kid! We kept gushing over the cute kid and then talking universities and studies.
Oh and all the long-lost friends I've met! YAY! I've met people I've not seen since primary school sometimes! And people I've seen way too often, hehe..the KTM is a good good way to keep in touch.
And riding the 7.21am train everyday naturally makes some people more recognisable than the rest. Like there's this one guy that always wears a grey long sleeved shirt with black pants, always with his white pair of ear phones. His shirt might be a dark blue on some days, i only remember the grey though. He must be a hard worker, cause he looks absolutely exhausted every time he gets into the train.
Then there's the aunty that's always trying to find the right place to stand so she's right in front of the door. And always in a conundrum when the express train comes first. Seem to always think that the KTM people are going to change the stops and on some days its not going to stop at Sentral.
ohh and that guy that seemed to be annoyed at every girl he looked at. something against us higher beings i suppose. Or just broken hearted.
More to come I'm sure...and i cant wait!
A refugee from Sri Lanka that i tried so very hard to speak in Tamil to and DID, and learnt quite a lot from. I bet he was secretly wishing he never asked me how much a cab to Bangi would cost cause i wanted to know so much but just had all the trouble in the world finding words in Tamil to relay...i ended up making really lame gestures and signals and got the message across. He had a very different Tamil slang but i understood it almost perfectly =) HATERS: BOO!
A TNB/Telekom guy that had this weird habit of taking off his shoes and putting his feet (with socks!) on the seat in front of us. I learnt how the telekom business was blossoming and nothing comes without hard work. The weird thing was, that he didn't move to the vacant seat but instead placed his bag there. Most people would move, cause you'd rather have no one beside you for the added space, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise? To imagine his feet next to me? Eeekk!! He shook my hand before i got down in Kajang, (a first!)
A young boy from Kedah? that just could not stop talking, or just wouldn't! And admitted it to everyone on the train when he spoke so loudly about where he's from and that he's not shy to speak to girls and made that very clear in asking this one particular attractive Malay girl where she worked and how she gets there and what she does and woahh a whole lot more of question ...bordering on STALKER type questions! But the whole coach, no one slept! i noticed! He was so loud , i could hear him over Led Zeppelin , and that's a rarity! But good for him, for being so secure with the amplitude and the convictions of his questions! I don't think he was a stalker, just a VERY curious traveller....first time in KL!
A law student that was headed to Nilai, that said "you don't look like a UKM student" when she correctly guessed where i was headed! As if UKM students don't wear shorts? lol, but it made a good story for a couple of months. She offered me tissue paper, and to the new mother that was running out of it for her VERY drool-ly kid! We kept gushing over the cute kid and then talking universities and studies.
Oh and all the long-lost friends I've met! YAY! I've met people I've not seen since primary school sometimes! And people I've seen way too often, hehe..the KTM is a good good way to keep in touch.
And riding the 7.21am train everyday naturally makes some people more recognisable than the rest. Like there's this one guy that always wears a grey long sleeved shirt with black pants, always with his white pair of ear phones. His shirt might be a dark blue on some days, i only remember the grey though. He must be a hard worker, cause he looks absolutely exhausted every time he gets into the train.
Then there's the aunty that's always trying to find the right place to stand so she's right in front of the door. And always in a conundrum when the express train comes first. Seem to always think that the KTM people are going to change the stops and on some days its not going to stop at Sentral.
ohh and that guy that seemed to be annoyed at every girl he looked at. something against us higher beings i suppose. Or just broken hearted.
More to come I'm sure...and i cant wait!
LRT Folk, KTM Folk
Recently, i've not only been taking the KTM, but also the LRT! I've grown so attached to the KTM that every time i step into the LRT, i feel like a lying conniving cheat, so i make up funny little excuses in my mind to justify the act.
Most of the time its "I've got exams! i HAVE to be there on time..." or "my friends are waiting..i cant get there any later!" and they usually work in making me feel better. I guess this must be the sort of thing curang people say to themselves just before entering that hotel room "ooohh it'll make me appreciate her/him more..." "ohh its just a one night thing, I'll go back HAPPY for once and that cant be bad for the both of us...".
Well anyway, taking the train almost everyday, i couldn't help but realise that riding the LRT was in so many ways different than riding the KTM. The main difference being...the people!
Now, i love KTM folk as much as i can possibly love them. They've made my travel logs so so much more interesting and just have been the best entertainment on boring days! But...on certain days, KTM folk get cranky as any old partner does, they don't smile at you, push you to your edge, and just irritate the living daylights out of you! Now, its usually on these days that i tend to appreciate the LRT folk a lot better.
LRT folk generally, are a lot more courteous and smell better! Generally. Everyone smells bad though on Sunday evenings from KLCC or KL Sentral.
Reason : But generally...on working mornings. I guess people that work in KL use more perfume? Or...it could be that they travel a very short distance, so the perfume tends to last! Perfume from Kajang to Sentral on the 7.21am train will last you about 10mins till Serdang station when the REAL crowd rushes in. Then you'll be lucky to catch a breath!
Courteous .
Reason : And the other day i was in the LRT, this lady saved a girl from staining her perfect off white slacks by telling her the seat she was about to sit on was wet! This gesture alone made me smile the whole way, and made me a more annoying optimist than i already am. People are nice! People don't do that enough and they should. The girl kept thanking the lady repeatedly and all was well. Ahh...its amazing when two strangers suddenly seem to have all the care in the world for each other over a wet seat! The most amazing feeling!
Also because the stops are a lot nearer to each other, people tend to standing most of the time so you NEVER see an old man/woman, pregnant woman, kid that's standing!
This (^) you will never see in the KTM, or at least i have not. No one cares if you seat on a wet seat or a stained one, everyone is just too damn cranky!
Reason : They've waited too long for the train, tried too hard to get on the train then tried too hard to not fall in the train and bear the constant shoving and nudging of everyone around them!
And because the stops are lights years away and the train moves at an incredibly tortoise speed when its packed with people, people get a lot more possessive over their seats! They see someone old/pregnant, they either look the other way hoping no one noticed that they noticed, or pretend to be sleeping(most common). Some are pretty good pretenders, to the extent of the open drooling mouths...they must really love that seat to bear public humiliation.
Whatever the reason, its plain ridiculous!
Although, KTM folk are much better talkers than LRT folk.
Reason : LRT folk are like those people you see in New York or Japan that are in a CONSTANT hurry. So they wouldn't want to waste a minute of their precious time talking to YOU! They've got better things on their mind, meetings and being on time...they probably take the train at the nick of time, since its THAT fast.
KTM folk on the other hand, have all the time in the world to get to know you. Where you're from, what you do, where you're headed, your family...and at times of awkward silences : the weather.
Reason : Now this is just an obvious reasoning. With the KTM, you either decide to be REALLY early or you are bound to be REALLY fashionably late to an event. Mostly opt for the former. No one likes being late rite? Unless you're about to meet a bunch of friends who are always late, but that's a different story. And the journey takes easily more than 10 minutes, so theres loads of time to get to know someone.
On my journeys alone, I've met some pretty interesting people: (different post!)
I do enjoy the train with all its moods. Very menopausal. And i enjoy the people! The nice, interesting ones that take an effort of course.
the mean , rude ones should be pushed off the platforms to face the wrath of the KTM/LRT! Muahahhahah.....
Most of the time its "I've got exams! i HAVE to be there on time..." or "my friends are waiting..i cant get there any later!" and they usually work in making me feel better. I guess this must be the sort of thing curang people say to themselves just before entering that hotel room "ooohh it'll make me appreciate her/him more..." "ohh its just a one night thing, I'll go back HAPPY for once and that cant be bad for the both of us...".
Well anyway, taking the train almost everyday, i couldn't help but realise that riding the LRT was in so many ways different than riding the KTM. The main difference being...the people!
Now, i love KTM folk as much as i can possibly love them. They've made my travel logs so so much more interesting and just have been the best entertainment on boring days! But...on certain days, KTM folk get cranky as any old partner does, they don't smile at you, push you to your edge, and just irritate the living daylights out of you! Now, its usually on these days that i tend to appreciate the LRT folk a lot better.
LRT folk generally, are a lot more courteous and smell better! Generally. Everyone smells bad though on Sunday evenings from KLCC or KL Sentral.
Reason : But generally...on working mornings. I guess people that work in KL use more perfume? Or...it could be that they travel a very short distance, so the perfume tends to last! Perfume from Kajang to Sentral on the 7.21am train will last you about 10mins till Serdang station when the REAL crowd rushes in. Then you'll be lucky to catch a breath!
Courteous .
Reason : And the other day i was in the LRT, this lady saved a girl from staining her perfect off white slacks by telling her the seat she was about to sit on was wet! This gesture alone made me smile the whole way, and made me a more annoying optimist than i already am. People are nice! People don't do that enough and they should. The girl kept thanking the lady repeatedly and all was well. Ahh...its amazing when two strangers suddenly seem to have all the care in the world for each other over a wet seat! The most amazing feeling!
Also because the stops are a lot nearer to each other, people tend to standing most of the time so you NEVER see an old man/woman, pregnant woman, kid that's standing!
This (^) you will never see in the KTM, or at least i have not. No one cares if you seat on a wet seat or a stained one, everyone is just too damn cranky!
Reason : They've waited too long for the train, tried too hard to get on the train then tried too hard to not fall in the train and bear the constant shoving and nudging of everyone around them!
And because the stops are lights years away and the train moves at an incredibly tortoise speed when its packed with people, people get a lot more possessive over their seats! They see someone old/pregnant, they either look the other way hoping no one noticed that they noticed, or pretend to be sleeping(most common). Some are pretty good pretenders, to the extent of the open drooling mouths...they must really love that seat to bear public humiliation.
Whatever the reason, its plain ridiculous!
Although, KTM folk are much better talkers than LRT folk.
Reason : LRT folk are like those people you see in New York or Japan that are in a CONSTANT hurry. So they wouldn't want to waste a minute of their precious time talking to YOU! They've got better things on their mind, meetings and being on time...they probably take the train at the nick of time, since its THAT fast.
KTM folk on the other hand, have all the time in the world to get to know you. Where you're from, what you do, where you're headed, your family...and at times of awkward silences : the weather.
Reason : Now this is just an obvious reasoning. With the KTM, you either decide to be REALLY early or you are bound to be REALLY fashionably late to an event. Mostly opt for the former. No one likes being late rite? Unless you're about to meet a bunch of friends who are always late, but that's a different story. And the journey takes easily more than 10 minutes, so theres loads of time to get to know someone.
On my journeys alone, I've met some pretty interesting people: (different post!)
I do enjoy the train with all its moods. Very menopausal. And i enjoy the people! The nice, interesting ones that take an effort of course.
the mean , rude ones should be pushed off the platforms to face the wrath of the KTM/LRT! Muahahhahah.....
Inside the KTM
I only think its fair i blog about something i know all too well, so the KTM!
If you've been in the KTM, you would have noticed the stained, discoloured seats. Now a BIG BIG thing that's wrong with these seats are in fact more than that, its the SEAT itself! Notice those seats that go all the way over you head? I recently found out (cause its a MIRACLE to get a seat!) that those seats are just so so very uncomfortably painful! Every time i rose from it, i feel my sacrum aching for a much needed massage! And its IMPOSSIBLE to REST your head when you're in that seat! Trust me...
First, I thought it was because i tied my hair, so maybe that was why my head was in a permanent "im too shy to look at you" position, i couldn't get myself to look straight ahead! So i just assumed that it was because of my protruding hair clip.
So...
One day, my hair was untied, but it was still the same!
Those chairs were probably designed for a 6 / 7 feet person cause there is NO WAY to actually let your head REST on them if you were the height of every other average asian! Its absolutely crazy!
Walking out of the train in KL Central, i find myself for the first 3 minutes or so looking only at the shoes of everyone around me.
And the coaches where the doors are really far apart, coaches for SEATING, are made up solely of those seats! Gosh! The ergonomics are just all over the place!
Those metal seats in the LRT are so much more comfortable, at least you wouldn't be dreading that you decided to sit down, and feel too bad to offer the seat to some innocent standing person. Or even the other seats that only go up to your shoulder, would make a much much better solution!
The KTM is so far from being APT even, but the least they could do is to offer the people that have already waited for (most commonly) 30minutes or more( MUCH more) a comfortable seat, or and OKAY-ly comfortable place!
They don't come on time, have stained "back ache giving" seats but they ARE extending their services, the latest i think was to Batu Caves? Just means the longer you wait for trains, and the KTM is bound to be the number 1 reason of back injuries in Malaysia. The seats NEED to go!!
I might be a little paranoid ever since my recent clinical placement, but there are just SO many way bones get misaligned or injured and people are growing older faster , so the least we could do to not hospitalise them into the already over-crowded hospitals is well to be a little health conscious! Back aches are often the MOST common kind of injury, everyone in their lifetime is bound to have a back ache of some sort, and these problems just make up for a more unproductive society, capable of contributing less than they already are.
And metal seats, or half seats ---- cleaner! cheaper for sure!
No more sitting for me, at least on those evil things!
If you've been in the KTM, you would have noticed the stained, discoloured seats. Now a BIG BIG thing that's wrong with these seats are in fact more than that, its the SEAT itself! Notice those seats that go all the way over you head? I recently found out (cause its a MIRACLE to get a seat!) that those seats are just so so very uncomfortably painful! Every time i rose from it, i feel my sacrum aching for a much needed massage! And its IMPOSSIBLE to REST your head when you're in that seat! Trust me...
First, I thought it was because i tied my hair, so maybe that was why my head was in a permanent "im too shy to look at you" position, i couldn't get myself to look straight ahead! So i just assumed that it was because of my protruding hair clip.
So...
One day, my hair was untied, but it was still the same!
Those chairs were probably designed for a 6 / 7 feet person cause there is NO WAY to actually let your head REST on them if you were the height of every other average asian! Its absolutely crazy!
Walking out of the train in KL Central, i find myself for the first 3 minutes or so looking only at the shoes of everyone around me.
And the coaches where the doors are really far apart, coaches for SEATING, are made up solely of those seats! Gosh! The ergonomics are just all over the place!
Those metal seats in the LRT are so much more comfortable, at least you wouldn't be dreading that you decided to sit down, and feel too bad to offer the seat to some innocent standing person. Or even the other seats that only go up to your shoulder, would make a much much better solution!
The KTM is so far from being APT even, but the least they could do is to offer the people that have already waited for (most commonly) 30minutes or more( MUCH more) a comfortable seat, or and OKAY-ly comfortable place!
They don't come on time, have stained "back ache giving" seats but they ARE extending their services, the latest i think was to Batu Caves? Just means the longer you wait for trains, and the KTM is bound to be the number 1 reason of back injuries in Malaysia. The seats NEED to go!!
I might be a little paranoid ever since my recent clinical placement, but there are just SO many way bones get misaligned or injured and people are growing older faster , so the least we could do to not hospitalise them into the already over-crowded hospitals is well to be a little health conscious! Back aches are often the MOST common kind of injury, everyone in their lifetime is bound to have a back ache of some sort, and these problems just make up for a more unproductive society, capable of contributing less than they already are.
And metal seats, or half seats ---- cleaner! cheaper for sure!
No more sitting for me, at least on those evil things!
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