Earth Day

So Saturday 28 March at 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm Malaysians were asked to turn off their lights for one hour. The time approached and my kids and I prepared candles to light when the lights went out.

At the appointed time we dutifully turned out the lights, I mean any little thing we can to help save to planet and stop global warming is fine with me. Turning out the lights for hour at an appointed time was advertised since the beginning of the month in newspapers, television, radio and internet. So not many can say they didn’t know.

After turning out the lights we went outside and noticed that our street which has around thirty houses, only four of us had turned out the lights. Across the field I can see Klang town and it seemed to be lit like a Christmas tree. Oh how disappointed I was!

I knew that not many Malaysians would participate. Oh sure KL Tower and the Twin Towers made a big show of turning out the lights. Even one of the local banks in Kuala Lumpur turned off their lights at 6:30 Friday night in support of earth day. That’s a good sign but I have to say their employees didn’t suffer. Hell they got to go home early!!!!!!

I have lived in Malaysia for 27 years and consider it my second home, but I have to say most Malaysians leave me cold. Malaysians have gotten to the point that they refuse to suffer for even one hour. No aircon, no internet and no TV have gotten to be a hardship. With their factories spewing out smoke, destruction of the rain forests and the selling of endangered species Malaysia is one of those countries near the top of the list. Its sad to think that they really don’t care about how they are leaving behind the world for the younger generation. Shame on you Malaysia!

Happy New Year

Wow can't believe it's 2009 already. The older I get time seems fly by faster. The kids are now back in school. Yeaaaaaaaaah! Robyn in form 5, Jordan in form 3. Have to start cracking the whip. One doing SPM this year and one doing PMR. I have been busy writing on Helium and now the kids are back in school will hopefully find time to write on my blog. Sometimes difficult to find things to write about though. Since I haven't been working got no boss to complain about. Hahaha!

I got a new dog and he is very small. I rescued him. I call him Jack and he is doing nicely. He is either miniature pincer or Chihuahua. Not sure. His coloring is black and brown, so maybe he's black pincer and brown pincer mix. He's smaller then my cat anyways and can be a bit snarky sometimes. Like if he sits on my lap he'll bite anyone who tries to touch him. Talk about jealous worse then the kids.

So now it's Jan 5 and I hope everyone in Malaysia is now buckling up in the back seat heavy fine of RM300 for not doing so and by July they will start to fine RM2000, if they remember that is.

Long time

It's been a while since I wrote on my blog, don't know if anyone missed my whining or not. Anyway I've been busy writing articles online. Too bad I haven't made much money yet. If I don't start making enough money soon may have to look for a real job oh horrors!

Was offered a job in KL but they weren't going to pay me enough, hell what they wanted to pay wouldn't be enough to drive there. Any way with the world wide economic crisis I guess it won't be easy for me to get a job, lets face it the first industries that will be affected is the beauty industry. We don't really need to go to the Spa. That's a luxury. Right.

So I've been getting ready for Christmas most of my gifts are bought, didn't buy much on a budget. Life sucks sometimes. Robyn is working so at least she can go to Aeon everyday and I don't have to give her money Hahahahaha! This week going to get Jordan painting the grills in preparation for Chinese New Year. It's not far off.

Buckling Up

By end of this month Malaysians are expected to buckle up in the back seat. Now I have addressed this issue in the past and seems I was right.

At first people where asking what if I only have three seat belts in the back? Most obvious answer would be to carry only three passengers in the back, right. The government then decided it was ok to have four people in the back seat of the car, three people must buckle up the fourth of course doesn't need to. Then a few days later they said if you get pulled over then the driver will be fined for over loading.

Now does it really make sense, if the fourth person is unbuckled might as well not ask anyone to buckle in the back.

So yesterdays newspaper all those lower income families who can't afford to go and buy a bus to trasport their families around were complaining. I only drive an Iswara, only three seat belts in the back I have four kids, what can I do leave one at home everytime we go out? Another one complained that he had four kids, his wife and mother. So was he expected to leave his mother home with one kid?

So I guess the answer to the question for those people out there who don't have kids yet, stop having so many kids if you can't afford to buy a bus!

Just one or those f***ing days

So have your ever have one of those days when everything that can go wrong did go wrong. Well yesterday was one of those days. I seem to be having a lot of them lately and starting to feel like someone is out to get me.

I bid for an online job only the second one I ever bid on and got. Trouble started when I couldn't open the file. I called Justin he was out of office so he couldn't help me. I forwarded the message to him, and he finally got to check it at around 2 pm he had no trouble opening it so he sent it back to me. Trouble was the electricity in the house went out at 1 pm and didn't come back until 9:30 pm.

It did come back for about 20 mins at around 5 pm but went out again. So at 9:30 pm tried to log on again and the Internet connection was out and didn't come back until this morning around 9 pm. So with all that happening I was out over RM 200.00. NOW DOESN'T THAT JUST SUCK THE BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still can't open the file!!!!!!!!!!

Aging

A lot of Hollywood actesses resort to cosmetic surgery to retain that bloom of youth. Look at Madonna, Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Elisabeth Taylor to name a few. But when is it time to stop with the face lifts.

The other night I was watching "That Seventies Show" and the latest cast member to join is Mary Tyler Moore. Now I used to watch her in "The Dick Van Dyke Show", then she had her own show called "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" she was also in a few movies one which comes to mind is "Ordinary People". In this movie she still looked ok but the other night when I saw her I just shook my head. While her face looks young no doubt as a result of numerous face lifts, botox and skin peelings she is a character of the woman she used be. She must certainly be in her seventies by now and while she is slim she has the posture of an old lady. She also has the wrinkled neck of an old lady and her hair while died a light redish brown is thinning. I looked at her and just wanted to cry and tell her to give it up.

While Madonna can still get away with it someone of Mary's age should have let things go south, because she does not look attractive at all. She just looks gross, and when she opened her mouth to talk out came the reedy voice of an old woman. I'd just like to say when is enough, enough.

Wow long time

Wow it's really been a long time since I wrote in my blog. I've been busy writing articles and yesterday I made another USD32 for one of my articles. I was so happy. It sure is hard work all this writing though, I work harder at this then I did at my last job.

My writing site has a contest going on and I keep bouncing up and down from 3rd place to 1st place to 5th place to 2nd place, just like a yoyo. So today is the last day and yesterday I was in 3rd place hopefully I can stay there.

I have started my novel hopefullly it goes well and I can publish it after it's done. I'm sure writing this book will pull a gut. Wish me luck.