President Barack Obama's Speech - Must See!

Click here for the transcript! - not 100% accurate but it'll do :P

Thanks Belinda for the links. The speech is absolutely heartwarming :)

Agitation

Countless events that happened belatedly still shaking me up from my comfort zone - I am in a daze because the realizations that hit me hard in the guts from each junctures are still running in my head at all times.

I meet people all the time and sometimes they like to talk about things that make me feel sceptical about their conscience. I am very suspicious of every word that comes out from their mouths - why are you all doing this?

I hate to have to doubt my friends - when I call you my friend, it really means I trust you whole heartedly and you do not talk behind my back. Bad stuff, you fuckers. Well, unquestionably you may but never let me find out. Ever, my friend.

I also have a friend talking shits about her very close friend to me over lunch - how do I trust you to be mine? I know I am nowhere near pristine but I don't do my friends like that. I have a reputation to uphold and surely I always try my utmost best to advocate my integrity.

Then again, there are those little things that really build up lifetime friendships. To just name a few - sincerity, honesty, truthfulness that comes from the heart, mutual respect for each other, being considerate and modest. In short - say what you mean and mean what you say... in addition, please do inject in lotsa sense of humour. This is vital I kid you not.

Not everything in the world can be valued by monetary terms. I can never doubt its importance but do it appropriately. When you meet a friend in the street and all you can think of are ways to get money... you're so screwed. When you attempt to keep in touch with old friends again, just to think of more ways to make money out of them... you're so fucked up. And if you think what you're doing are just good favors and ways to HELP them to gain more money... haha, fuck you.

When you see less and less of your friends appearing in your life, please know that something is not right. When you see the friends in your IM programs never get online anymore, please know that something is really wrong. When your friends go out with you because you begged them to, please know you're done - done your job in driving them outta your life. Well done.

- to be continued -

leka

*my emotion drained physically & mentally.
*paper economics in 2 days, & im doing nothing
*i bought more expression tshirt nowadays
*went to pyramid with fiza, zil & jiji yesterday
*i felt like punching someone twice rite now, owh no make triple. unfaithful, mean, fraud
*tired, useless, hopeless
*red box jom? i need karaoke therapy
*shut up, all you have to do rite now is sit quietely on ur desk & study!


dont cry digital diary

IMC

1 more exam to go. Phew. IMC, here i come.

Should be studying, but the fact that am following 7 TV shows isn't helping much.

Let's see.

• Heroes
• Ugly Betty
• Desperate Housewives
• Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
• Gossip Girl
• Fringe
• Hot Shot (some Taiwanese basketball drama).

My dear old father disapproves of some of the girly shows listed above but they're just hilarious.

Speaking of Heroes. Nanny Dew asked me to take the Heroes test. And so i did.

Your result for The Heroes Personality Test...

Niki/Jessica Sanders

You scored 21 Idealism, 71 Nonconformity, 4 Nerdiness

Sometimes I look in the mirror and I'm not sure it's me looking back.

Congratulations, you're Niki and/or Jessica Sanders! You get the honor of being the one character who is, in fact, two people! You have an especially dynamic and unpredictable nature. While you may seem like a good, caring, hard-working person at first glance, you have one seriously badass side that can overcome you at any moment. Whenever this side of you comes out, there is no fight you can't win, no obstacle you cannot overcome. Your best quality: Protective instincts -- you will stop at nothing for the people you love Your worst quality: Violent tendencies -- you will stop at nothing for the people you love.

Sounds a tad extreme. "You will stop at nothing for the people you love!" One would think i have a steamroller at home or something.

Happy Birthday Cedric!

Happy Birthday!!!

Enjoy your day and may all your wishes come true year after year. I wish you'll have many many many happy years to come :)

you know I love you,
xoxo

Taiwan

Guys.

I'll be flying off to Taiwan on the 6th of Nov. Back on 15th. So don't miss me then. :D

Anyone wants me to help them buy anything?

Immigration

I went to renew my passport at the immigration office and i absolutely hate its dysfunctional system. Fuck!

I don't understand why such a inefficient system is still being utilized. 13 counters, with different functions. Fucking idiots.

It's like a freaking treasure hunt, i tell u. First, go to Counter 1 buy 1 form. Fill it in, go back to Counter 1 and he'll check your form and THEN! only will he give u a freakin' number.

After that comes the ultimate test of one's patience. Number i got was 1061, while the current number then was 1019. 42 numbers, and counting. I saw some ah pek holding 1123. More than a hundred people waiting their asses off.

AND DO YOU KNOW how many people were there to process the forms? 1. Counter 4. Am trying really hard not to start spewing out racist statements here. Arghghghrhr. Damning fuck.

The most ironic thing was this piece of mission statement pinned on one of those announcement boards.

2010: Best in South East Asia
2015: Best in Asia
2020: Best in the World.

WTF, man, when i saw it. Daring to dream and wanting your country to prosper is one thing, but this is just ludicrous. So to that unattainable mission statement i say, with all the contempt i can muster, this: "Fuck."

Counters 2,3 were unmanned when i arrived at 7.50. So were 9,10,11. After nearly two hours, they finally opened up Kaunter Khas 7 to speed things up. Nothing too "Khas" about it anyway.

Once your turn is up, u submit your form to be authorized and you get to wait somemore to pay at the cashier at counters 5 and 8. The employees at the immigration office have this seriously fucked up tendency to just leave their post to go flap their gums with their colleagues and obviously this makes the wait even more tedious.

After you pay. Need to wait 2 hours for passport to be made. Come back after 2 hours. Need to take number again! Geeez. I am just speechless.

13 counters. You know what would be fast? Issue a number once people come in. Station another guy to sell the forms, not at Counter 1.

Instead of going from counter to counter to authorize form, pay, collect passport etc, all 13 counters should be able to do all of those at once. I mean, how hard is that? Go there, submit the form, straightaway pay. Come back two hours later to pick up passport. This way there will be 13 people on duty as opposed to 1.

I don't see the reason why people have to wait twice. I don't see the reason why there are two separate cashier counters. But i do see why our government agencies are failing miserably, however hard they're promoting their non-existent efficiency. I mean, come on. I am just a student and i can easily point out the number of flaws in their system.

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Of course, there is a much faster way to renew your passport provided you have the a new passport with the chip inside. There is a machine there in which you slot your passport. Then you have to slide in your MyKad and verify some details and bam! It's done. No need to go through all the pain.

Problem was... My MyKad was spoilt and i guess that explains my vociferous complaints.