URBAN:TE | penang

here comes a video to cheer up your day. pretty funny! Guys, please watch it till the end! that was the funniest part. unbelievable asian. I bet he got to be a chinese.

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I pick this letter up from a desperate mother, via her post thru letter to Malaysia-Today website. Just want to say, i can feel for her thru her writing, how angry she is; i means come on..1300myr with our current living standard is next near to impossible. Single mom with kids.!! damn it. do something you stupid goment.

Chicken price has gone up (I'm not even going to talk about the rice price!), eggs, milk, vegetables, fish, all up! Even if I sell this old car I still will not be able to cover my expenses for food! How much and how long do you think that RM625 cash will help me?? I'm so sick and tired of hearing them say change your lifestyle! There is nothing more for me to change!
Dear Editor,

I have read so many times about the price increases but so far I feel that nobody actually knows or cares about how much we, the general just below-average and under-average income earners live!

In your papers you had an article on how people manage their income but most of them earned RM3000 on average!

What about me? And those in my shoes??

I am a single parent! I am not a charity case (though it looks like I'm being pushed into that), I have one kid 3 yrs going on 4. My ex-husband doesn't support me with anything! I work in a factory as an assistant officer. My net income is RM1300 per month!

To get to work 7 km away and to send my kid to the babysitter, i have to drive because the public transport only decides to turn up when they feel like it!!!!!!!!! Moreover, to get from my house to my job of only 7 km away, i have to travel on 2 buses that will take me 20 km in all different directions before getting me to work. (What great public transportation we have here!) Just for your information, I live in Seremban; not too far off in the rural area but just about 1 hour's drive to KL. But, we have very crappy public transport services. And I imagine most towns have this same crappy service too!

The 13 year old Wira I drive actually belongs to my brother-in-law. God Bless him, he let me use this car when he bought a new one late last year (an Iswara) so that I can get to work on time.

I live in a rented house of which I pay RM280 a month and my babysitter costs me RM270 a month. My utility bills come up to RM100 and my phone bill around RM80. I had to cancel my credit card which I had from my single and carefree days and now I'm paying for it monthly until the year 2010! RM160 every month! Then, I put money aside for my kid's milk, diapers, food, gas, rice, (all these used to be around RM250 a month) and of course, petrol! I used to spend RM120 for petrol a month. And that would leave me RM40 a month for doctor's fees, and maybe getting a new pair of slippers for my kid or whatever is needed for her. (How I've change my lifestyle! I have not had a hair cut in 2 years! Let me just say I've made changes to my lifestyle, drastic changes from 2 years ago when my ex-husband left!) However, still, I used to get by.

But then came the petrol price increase!

Chicken price has gone up (I'm not even going to talk about the rice price!), eggs, milk, vegetables, fish, all up! Even if I sell this old car I still will not be able to cover my expenses for food! How much and how long do you think that RM625 cash will help me?? I'm so sick and tired of hearing them say change your lifestyle! There is nothing more for me to change!

Unless I skip some meals, maybe my breakfast and my lunch?? But then, what if I get sick? Who will care for my daughter? How do I pay for the doctor? And if I don't go to work (because I'm sick), maybe I may not even have work anymore?? Then who will pay all the expenses? Where will I live? Can the Government give me a house?

Now, when I'm struggling with my income, what about my other friends in this factory whose salaries are RM550 a month. Then, there are 2 women here who are widows with school-going kids! Who have worked as operators for 5 - 8 years here and their salary NET only reaches RM650 a month! Lucky for them, they have their own houses and do not pay rent! Lucky for them too, they either walk or cycle to work. But don't think the price of petrol has not affected them! Because they still have to buy food and clothes and pay for their kids' school bus fares as all have increased! But their income remains the same! So tell me, how can they get the RM625 subsidy??? What is the government going to do for them??

All I hear on the government focused news are how they are trying to find ways to help the civil servants. I'm not saying they do not need help, but, WHAT ABOUT US??? Is anyone doing anything for us or would you all prefer we just die off quietly?? Our income will not be increased, and you can bet because of everything, the company will not increase the salaries for next year as well because they need to cut costs or close shop! Then what will we do??

Do you know that you can get welfare help if your family's income is RM350 and below only? This was what my friends were told and because they have work, they are not entitled to welfare help!

So, can someone explain to US, THE REAL PEOPLE, WHAT THE HELL IS THERE FOR US TO CHANGE??? AND DO NOT TELL US TO GET ANOTHER JOB BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME!!!

I really do want a reply from someone who can really give me good, clear answers. Not some "merry-go-round the bush" answer!

Thank you,
A desperate mother!


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heading to jln burmah telecom center to pay my bill the other day. since they have the new drive-thru counter, so i decided that would be much more convenient since the area have difficulty of parking your car. its a busy road leh.

manacai, i saw this uncle on bicycle infront of me. waiting in line. wah lao! i cannot tahan ter-laugh-out. sorry uncle. just curious why you use that counter since u can easily drop your bicycle and go inside the air conditioning room with 10 counter to pay your bill leh.

but this uncle very nice, he actually help me to make sure others didn't cut my q, cos there is some BLIND idiot who walks to the counter try to pay the bill. Dude! it's drive thru. not walk-to counter. at east put some effort like this uncle, use a vehicle then you'll be eligible to use it.

I present to you, the nice uncle. *bergaya sia*

Last friday is exactly 2 years of my non-bachelor life le. We head on to QEII for some fine dining.. skipped 32 Mansion this time.

it was a great night. We had a lot fun and a lot of food to begin with. lol. Let me see, some prawn salad.. then a lobster soup, yum yum.. trio set of everything. not forgetting..! the new HOT amazing beef in the menu. "Wagyu beef cheek" if i'm not mistaken. It's as soft as compare to a kobe beef. unbelievably yummy.

the next great thing, it's all free! Dave "the owner" said... everything on him. go max with the orders and all for free. bingo! so here i go.. alcohol and alcohol.. back home with a full and BIG belly. hahaha. Uncle already.. what to do.

only took one quick photo... too busy with my drink :P

oh ya, Sam (dave son) told me the Wagyu beef is a part from the cheek, well of cos, the menu name make it pretty clear it all doesn't it? then i receive a sms the day after and Sam said, damn it! "you didn't get the joke, wagyu beef cheek is the butt!!, not cheek" so name doesn't mean the origin sometimes after all.

Dave, Sam . thanks for the meal and the great night. I'LL BE BACK! hahaha.

Happy anniversary HONEY! love ya.

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kids nowsaday! and when the fuel increases; lucas is holding a Dior milk bottle. impressive anti-inflation mindset! lol.

now it get me thinking! it's an accesories for him or for MY WIFE leh? hmm, honey! what you think?

First, everybody is angry about the increase of fuel in Malaysia, but i'm more angry becos they have to announce it hours before off working hour. why do they have to do this everytime? can't you announce it during the morning or early afternoon? im stuck for 2 hours becos everybody rushing to fill up their tank. I can understand why this time (last increase was just a mere 20cents), but this time it's almost 40% increased. So you can't blame ppl rushing to bombak the station.

next, why at this time? when Malaysia politic have the worst stability over..? as in the government have no idea the dissatisfaction of the rakyat toward them? the result is obvious during the March 12th election no? or it's merely a punishment? well, the answer lie within them. we wouldn't know for sure.

Let's go back to the fuel increase, remove the subsidy and let it flows by itself. smart decision, now, when i used to fill it up at 120myr full. i think it would cost me 160myr today onward. so lets do a simple calculation. I spend around 800-1000myr on fuel itself. so means im looking at 400myr a month increases. That could be a month installment for a decent car for fuck sake.

Thank god i cut down on booze now :)

one fine night, having dinner with my wife. we had a discussion about something silly but yet interesting. "CHOPSTICK" !!!

if any penangites were to realised, when you going for some hawker food. every plates came with a pair of chopstick. and if you're ordering side dishes, they come with (no. of pair according to how many ppl there is) even you already have 10 pair from the previous plate you ordered.

so for a 2 person meal, if you order 2 main meal(2 pair), 2 side dish(4 pair), 2 little snack (4 pair). you get total of 10 pair of freaking CHOPSTICK!!

now here comes the classic. presenting the 1989 Cosmopolitan. imagine keeping a mag for 20 years. hahaha. amazingly other than some graphical quality in differences, the rest is pretty much scoring a match with the new modern cosmo.

you either a fashion freak or gossip queen/king .. to obtain something like this.

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Happy Birthday To You.
The last of my year before i hit the BIG THREE O.
I am going to be so old. sob! sob!

now this is my all time favourite "chocolate moist" is this how you spell "moist"??

this is the most realistic i've seen so far. don't blink at 1:29. spooky to the max
it look so real... at least to me. grandma.. where you want to go?



don't worry, this is not some jump out of screen jokes!
sleep well tonight.

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Can A Family Man With Salary RM3,000 Survive In Malaysia!
Let's do some simple calculations here.

In Malaysia, the average family income is RM3,000 /month
(where father works, mother doesn't).

I understand there are many families whose
monthly income does not reach RM3,000,
but, to make things simple,
let's take RM3,000 as the figure. Ok lah, right?

Okay, let's start rolling with a family which has
Papa, Mama, 1 daughter and 1 son. Ngam-ngam ....

Calculation starts...

Electricity and water bill: RM100
(No air-con, No home theatre, No water heater ... ok?)

Phone bill ( Telekom): RM100

Meals for a happy family: RM775
(3 meals on RM25/day, RM25 for 4 persons...?)

Papa makan / teh-tarik during working hrs: RM155
(RM5/day, RM5 ... can eat what?)

Car repayment: RM400
(A proton saga aeroback, 7 yrs repayment)

Petrol (living in city, traffic-jam): RM300
(go to work, bring son to school,
only can afford one car running)

Insurance: RM650
(kids, wife and myself)

House repayment: RM750
(low cost housing repayment for 30 yrs,
retired still have to work to pay!)

Tuition: RM80
(got that cheap meh? i don't think so)

Older children pocket money @ school: RM20
(RM1/day, eat bread?)

School fees: RM30
(enough ah?)

School books and etc: RM100
(always got extra to pay in school)

Younger children milk powder: RM50
(cannot have the DHA, BHA, PHA one, expensive)

Miscellaneous: RM100
(shampoo, rice, sauce, toilet paper)

Oh wait!!! I have to stop here, so...
No Astro,
no movie @ cinema,
no DVD,
no CD,
no online,
cannot KFC,
cannot McDonald,
cannot go Park walk during weekend (petrol expensive),
no chit chat on phone with grandparents, and etc...

Let's use a calculator to total up... WALAO EH! Shit! RM3,610 already...

EPF belum potong, income tax lagi........oledi RM3,610 ....

How to survive lah tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian ???

Our Deputy Prime Minister asked us to change lifestyle?

How to change? Don't eat? Don't work? Don't send children to school and study?

Besides that, I believe in Malaysia population, there are millions of rakyat Malaysia which still don't earn RM3,000/month!!!

What is this? Inilah Malaysia Boleh... Sorry ... it should be Malaysians Boleh , because we're still alive and kicking!!

Our politicians must be mad!!!!

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back.. i'm back.. busy and lazy. hahaha.

story of moo moo......
coming back from Equatorial to Tg Bungah.. at around 18:00 hours. enjoying my drive, smooth and quiet with light and easy fm playing.. happy mood "on" then passing thru Greenlane, a little traffic but not unbearable. then slowly i passed the turf club. birdie singing along the tree top "no drop on my car, lucky" with a smile on my face i keep driving using Jalan Utama (road) checking out those nice villa as usual, especially my favourite 121B. enjoying the right view and the left view then reach the traffic light...... my next turn woud reach Penang Chinese Girl School...green light "on" turn ... and!!

fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm stuck.. nobody is moving. it looks like piles of car q`ing for parking to a club. then i thought, well this is pretty expected, everyday (except weekend) thanks to those considerate mommy and daddy and up most considerate school bus driver. so i turn the music volume up a little to keep my "happy mood" "on" and slowly after like some fucking 20-30 minutes i THOUGHT i pass the critical area and I'm still stuck. i start wondering why? there should be no annoying bus and loving parent infront.. why is everybody still driving with the speed of 0.145kmph?

then i saw this .. when im finally moving a little faster than when my mum pushing a trolly in tesco.

not sure how genuine this is .. i got it from a forwarded mail so thinking of sharing it with you..

how you spend your monies when you have too much of it? Mr.Donald Trump set an example for all the richie rich on how to get rid of your extra "too much" money.

my next move, to apply for the job as a waiter at any restaurants or clubs that mr. trump frequent to..

click for a larger image if you can't see the number!!

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Another tag, but it's fun if you like music and quizzes and lots of unpredictable answers. Tagged by Constance

So how does it work? just follow the rules below:

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Media Player, iPod, Winamp, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question/subject, type the song that’s playing.
5. When you go to the next question, press the next button.
6. Don’t lie and pretend you’re cool. [you may add your reaction too.]
********************************************

1. Opening credits:
Two Town Story - Bon Jovi

2. Waking up:
It's My Life - Bon Jovi

3. First Day of School:
Love Remains - Colin Raye

4. Falling in love:
Like That (feat. Cee-Lo, John) Black Eyed Peas

5. First song:
Someone's Watching Over Me - Hilary Duff

6. Breaking up:
Burning - Maria Arredondo

7. Prom:
Don't Phunk With My Heart - Black Eyed Peas

8. Life:
My Humps - Black Eyed Peas

9. Mental breakdown:
Oh - Ciara (feat Ludacris)

10. Driving:
Republica - FoxSports Football Theme

11. Flashback:
Apologize - Timbaland (feat One Republic)

12. Getting back together:
Because I'm A Girl - Jini (English)

13. Wedding:
Fool Again - Westlife

14.Birth of a child:
Say It Isn't So - Bon Jovi

15. Final battle:
Love Me - Colin Raye

16. Death scene:
Out Of Reach - Gabrielle

17. Funeral song:
Can't Let Go - Maria Arredondo

18. End credits:
Hanging Around - Cardigan
—FIN—

Thanks constance, this is kinda fun. reading it back with the song. The question "Wedding" got me laugh my arse off. hahaha.

Ok, let's tags - BEECHYBELLE : NICOLE : KEVIN : HNKP

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"about 10,000 of Umno members Rally at KOMTAR Pulau Pinang to reject the abolishment of NEP by the new state government" should be what the media will report later this evening or tomorrow morning.

just came back from being stuck for hours in traffic cause by a rally by some of the monkey from UMNO penang. All because of the new gov announce that they will abolish the NEP (New Economic Policy) and will cause some of these corrupted UMNO monkey to lose all their monies making projects and to change their c-class to a s-class.

So, is this monkey leader of this (without permit) public demonstration will be detain by ISA? like the Hindraf or BERSIH? Well! at least give them some slap for causing me and hundreds of working peoples losing a couple of their precious working hour and few ringgit of fuel by stuck in traffic cause by his "MERELY" 500 peoples of rally? *of funny part i heard, you even get paid of RM80 by joining them*. Man you guys should be ashame of yourself and many many many of my Malays friends is ashame by your act, your party ruin everything.

if the next 13th general election the coalition get defeated again and can't even get a simple majority to form a governmet, we all know who is to blame and what causes all this.

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creatively composed lyric and song. we have a lot of talented peoples in malaysia nowsaday.

you got to hear this.



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holy mama! my vote is not wasted. CM Lim Guan Eng... man sui! man sui! man man sui!!

link from [ malaysia today ]
Posted by kasee
Tuesday, 11 March 2008

PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Tuesday that the Penang Municipal Council and Seberang Perai Municipal Council will waive all summonses involving hawker licences and parking offences issued before March 11.

Lim made the announcement just hours after being sworn in as Chief Minister.

The government could not estimate how much this involved, but Lim said that the waiver would not affect the councils' operations as it was monies not collected yet.

The announcements are part of the new government's "agenda for change to re-establish rule by the people,'' he said in a statement.

He said it will also review the policy of political appointments in the councils, and would look towards restoring local government elections.

Lim also promised that open tenders will be held for all state government procurement and contracts, adding that an online portal will be set up where information on tender bids would be posted for all to see.

All state government members and civil servants will also be required to publicly declare their assets.

"This is a government that is based on democracy. This is also a government that believes in equal opportunity and social economic justice. We are here to build a dynamic Penang for all,'' he said in the statement. - STAR

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Malaysia GE12 Election : The New Beginning;the Sate of PENANG

the breath of new air; new government in the state of penang. finally the peoples speak up and barisan rakyat won as wished by people.

receive numerous of news ad smses regarding a riot that might happen. inside me, this is total bullshit. this is penang at 2008 not 1969. so now we can ignore that. first of i would like to congratulated those who won *remember your promises* (and can you guys clean up the city first?) and sorry for those who lost. as for the candidates that lost the battle *coalition*; i just want to tell you honestly from a opinion of a commoner, it have nothing to do with you. the peoples vote are against the coalition and not the candidates. it's just your luck in this election with the wrong party.

heard on the fm and news on tv, all the political scientist or analyst talking about the "why this is happening" and they came out with this and that. well, in my opinion. there is only a few causes which most of us know what. just nobody have the courage to speak up on national tv or radio.

and to dr. koh, i admire your courage to step-down *even you don't have to do so*, you did a rather good job as CM for the state all these years at least to me.

the most annoying thing after the election is the sleeper is still sleeping and the monkey is still jumping. when is these people going to wake up and face the fact!

keep saying there is no pressure my god!

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let's keep this short and simple.

can anyone tell me where can i get this? it's the new DAP Rocket Kid mascot toy. I got to have one to add to my collection. Enlight me, thanks!

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::: just my thought, a monkey or a newbie thought ::: Malaysia 12th General Election 2008

most of what i about to say is based on my own opinion and chat with friends and closeby also from what i see currently happen in Penang on this election only and not about the politics inside. just a commoner view.
first; banners, poster and flags! not sure about other states in Malaysia but in the state of Penang this is seriously sickening and unpleasant. waste of time and a money and not to mention a lot of paper. save the green konon! what is wrong? there is no such need for 3000pcs poster and flags on one single straight street of a kilometer, hello! we are commoners, the public but if you realised, we are not blind. a few nicely (professionally) done billboard is sufficient enough! you are competing to represent the peoples not who have the most good looking face on a poster. also, because there is a lot of rain and so windy lately those poster is flying everywhere because it's not properly installed. some even blocking the road sign and worst the traffic light. i can't see the green light hello !!????? we vote because you are a good peoples representative not because you are good looking. those thing makes my proud state looks ugly. very ugly and i'm sad.

this is not a paid post by bn, i am as same as many of you hoping for the opposition to make miracle but i know by fact and reality of this country it's almost impossible. any of us ever wonder what will actually happen if the opposition win this election. what will happen to all the big project that currently on going in penang? will it stop? if the opposition won the battle; will the central keep supplying the state opposition government with fund for the development? this worry me! as much as i want the opposition to have a strong hold this coming election within penang state because the past years we had a sleeper that ruin everything.... but will it help?

i don't really care about the fuel and bla bla bla.. i can live with that. well, if we could spend a couple hundred on boozes why i want to even make a huge shout about all that. can't afford the fuel, it's too expensive for you? change to a smaller car. no?

the only most important thing in malaysia that needed to be change SHOULD be the NEP, not saying demolish the system but change it to serve it's real purpose. we are over 50 years of independence now. NEP should be altered and serve it's purpose for the helpless and poor regardless of the race, "for malaysian" not only the bumi. the current system have flaws, like Datuk Seri Anwar once said "it should meant to help the bumi community but not by giving 5% off when a bumi buy a condominium that cost a million ringgit" the NEP should be change and give all it's benefits to all Malaysian of any races that need it and not some bumi Datuk or Tan Sri.

based on most ppl that i spoke to, likely the opposition will win much more seat this coming election, but well, if you see clearly... it's basically chinese fighting chinese and most penangite chinese that have dis-satisfaction and against the government still thinking the differ. as we all know the opposition which mainly a party form by the chinese is against the BN chinese party, BN U have their seat secured watching from a secure distance. let's make is this way... just an example:

Penang = company with 100% share
BN Umno with 30% (secure)
BN Gerakan & MCA with 30%
Democratic 20%
People Justice with 10%
P or etc with 10%

BN owns the total of 60% so they are the company director.

If after election.. now the share only moves among BN Gerakan&MCA - Democratic - People Justice

BN Umno with it's secure 30%
BN Gerakan & MCA 15%
Democratic gained 9% = 29%
People Justice gained 6% = 16%
P or etc with 10%

who is the boss? who will be the state next CM? why the announcement after election? if after election they told you that the suppose to be CM Chinese candidate in BN G or MCA already lost? then who takes the place?

this is just a personal view without any proper information's. Happy voting and hoping for a better Malaysia.

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