Month: April 2006

today’s Star newspaper talked about amber chia being featured in the first issue of Indonesia Playboy which sparked comments from everywhere. the magazine, i mean, not amber chia.
a few organisations in Indonesia who fear for the corruption of the morality in the country have vowed to make sure that the magazine will be rid from news-stands, and i wonder how will they do it? they say that ‘moral terrorism’ is more dangerous towards Indonesia than terrorism itself. ;P
hugh hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, just celebrated his 80th birthday, and is living with 3 girlfriends. i wonder what his girlfriends do everyday….
Who’s Your Daddy? isn’t real, right? or is it? the lifestyle, i mean. ;P woo….
anyway, what does it take to be in the centerfold? i want to be in one!!!!!! but the closest i’ve been in one is in an exercise book back in high school ……………. my fat bum was made fun of.
and speaking of morality! i’m not happy with this. that holding hands and kissing in public shit.
[Added by xes]
The news that bimbobum wasn’t happy about is the recent Federal Court decision:-

PUTRAJAYA: The local government has the power to establish by-laws to prosecute citizens who behave disorderly in public, the Federal Court ruled yesterday.
Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, together with Federal Court judges Datuk Alauddin Sheriff and Datuk Richard Malanjum, unanimously held that the Datuk Bandar of Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) was correct to charge two students for behaving indecently by hugging and kissing at Kuala Lumpur City Centre Park.
The court ruled that Section 8 (1) of the Park By-Laws, the section invoked by the Datuk Bandar to punish persons caught behaving indecently in public was constitutional.
Following the ruling, two students, Ooi Kean Thong, 24, and Siow Ai Wei, 22, will have to defend themselves against the charge levelled against them at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Court.

In view of the aforesaid Federal Court decision, a lawyer in the Malaysian Bar Council Forum suggested the following:

I urge the Bar Council to organise a day trip to KLCC garden and gather as many lawyers as possible to hold a mass-kissing between lawyers to show our protest to the recent case. Single male lawyers will kiss singles female lawyers while those married will kiss their own spouses. We want to show to the government that kissing in public is NOT and will NEVER be wrong. We mean business. Morality issues should never be confused with law.
This way, we can achieve 2 goals in a day… First, we can clearly tell the govt what is our stand on the issue. And secondly, we can create a stronger bond between members of the Bar.

Source: http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,215/func,view/id,650/catid,7/
LOL! Stronger bond by kissing each other? 😀

it’s been said that monks cannot beg, unless it is for food, and before noon. it has been long brought to the attention of the government of these vagrant monks and the public has been advised not to make any donation to them. “donate to the real monks in temples”, is the general advice.
i was having my breakfast in one of the coffee shops in PJ State when this lady “monk” came along. my friend quietly made a donation, and i noticed that there were not many donors from other tables.
honestly, i can’t stand it when they hover at your elbow, when you’re trying to eat in peace. it’s just plain annoying, and i’d feel better making donations straight at the temple. most of the time they’re fake and taking advantage of everyone’s generosity! most of them are not locals, too …
read this.
in general, some beggars’ determination is so strong that they should be put to better use, e.g., doing charity work (genuine!) or part time jobs, perhaps. i don’t mean to be cruel, but if you can hobble around, or walk with your eyes partially closed, or just stand in one spot from morning til night, with your hands outstretched, surely it can be put to use? dammit, i’m referring to capable ones, ok.

well, we have somehow managed to conclude that guys should pay for the first date and girls should offer to pay their share (just make the gesture); and if there is a subsequent date, the girls should buy coffee or dessert.
what comes next? some of the things i have been ‘taught’ or advised are as follows:
(i) if he follows up with a text message or a phone call right after your date, he’s interested.
(ii) if he calls again within the week after your date, he’s interested.
(he calls to chat, not to ask you out)
(iii) if he calls within the week, mid-week to be exact, to ask you out for a date on friday or saturday – BEWARE!
why? WHY??
apparently, it could be because:
(a) he has no other friends – a sad case to be asking you out during the weekend;
(b) he’s a player, just stringing you along;
(c) ok, so he’s pretty interested, but isn’t it too soon, too fast?
funny, right? even i’m confused. how do we actually verify situation (b) or (c) if we don’t even go on a few more dates? oh, and if it’s (c), girls should say no, perhaps another time – tell it to him gently. you’re not rejecting him totally, if you’re interested. but you must get on with your own life, do your own things with your friends during the weekend.
and then i was advised that girls should never call the guys out for the second date. NEVER. according to rule #30 of the Official Dating Guide Book*. that is within the week after the first date, i mean.
why? because then the girl is showing signs of being INTERESTED. girls must let the guys do a bit of chasing, before showing a bit of interest. if not, the guy gets big-headed about it. and may lose interest quickly. (but after two weeks and he still hasn’t called, then yes, you may call him just to have a quick chat, THAT’s ALL – need to find out if the guy is still interested or not. ;P)
it’s a headache, i tell you. i never knew dating could be this complicated.
out of boredom, i actually clicked on “DATING TIPS” on friendster.com the other day. ;P i only read ONE article, because …. it felt really silly to be reading tips like that when it’s all common sense. hehe. however, that article advised girls not to show too many positive signals as the guys may immediately panic, suffocate and drop dead.
apparently they can’t take it, because they freak out easily, too – thinking that girls have already labelled them a couple, planning weekends and their future, screaming “I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABIES!!!” to the whole entire world.
the irony of it – if you don’t flash any positive signals, they’ll think you’re not interested or you’re a playgirl – using and abusing them (i.e. too many guys to choose from, too). if you show any, you’re clingy, possessive, etc.
arranged marriages are hassle-free, i guess.
* i don’t know if this exists. Dating for Dummies, got la. ;P