The Death of Chivalry

This has been nagging me for quite some times now. I am debating with myself about the rational of making this entry.  Will Sabahans hate me after this and form an 'Anti-WanderingSumandak' page in Facebook? Or will I get pros and cons responses? Either way, I still want to blog about this.

8-letters-word, C.O.U.R.T.E.S.Y!

Yes, I am talking about the basic of social ethics, the lack of courtesy among the public, about those who are commuting via public transportations in KK City. In fact, my cousin also voiced out her disappointment about this issue. As a newly-returned KKian, I still haven't got the time for getting myself a driving licence.  Hence, I take buses every day to work. My office is about 15 or 25 minutes drive from the heart of the city.  Mind you, this is when the traffic flow is smooth.  If it's jammed up then I think it probably takes you about half and hour or even an hour to reach my office and vice versa.  From my personal experience and observation, some commuters are still lacking of courtesy. Which courtesy am I talking about? I'm talking about giving up your seat to the elderly, pregnant ladies, disabled or even ladies.  I notice at times that male passengers will steadfastly glue their butts on the seats, rather than giving them up.

Once, this old makcik was standing and nobody offered his/her seat.  If I was seated, I'd give up my seat willingly and let the makcik sits down but alas, I too was standing up. I'm not saying that I'm a good example of a goody two-shoes  but imagine when you see a young and healthy man and he just sits there rolling his eyes upward to the vehicle's roof, picking his finger nails, or even turns his face up 25degrees towards the window while an elderly is having a difficult time to stable himself/herself everytime the vehicle lurches forward without warning! I saw this several times now. I am not saying that  all male commuters in KK are ill- mannered. I believe that it's only an isolated cases but still, these questions keep on nagging me.

IS THIS THE DEMISED OF CHIVALRY AMONG MEN IN SABAH?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MORAL LESSONS IN SCHOOL?
ARE WE TOO SELF-CENTERED THAT EVEN THIS SIMPLE GESTURE IS FORGOTTEN?

Having said that, I believe that not all male commuters in KK are lack of courtesy.  I did come across with some, who, actually gave up their seats willingly. So, don't worry. We're not being the rudest city in the planet.  One thing that I noticed is, most of the public transportations in the city are not practicing the 'being a considerate passenger' policy, as seen and practised on public transportations in KL. There are no active campaigns being carried out and not even a single sticker promoting 'courteousness'  amongst commuters. I have yet to see a section being allocated for disabled, pregnant ladies and elderly inside any of the City Buses. Do correct me if I'm wrong. I do feel that the DBKK and the Ministry of Public Transportation in Sabah could come up with campaigns, promoting this practice among the public. All public transportations' management could also be encouraged to enforce this policy, with endorsement from those two organizations of course.

Should and when this policy be enforced, I believe that it will somewhat  triggers people to notice and start feeling ashamed of their blatant 'don't care' attitude.  This might be a trivial matters to others but sometimes, the impact of a small or insignificant mistake can sometimes leads to a full-blown disaster. After all, we certainly do not want to project such image of being 'the rudest bunch' in the world to other people, especially to visitors/tourists, right?

So, DBKK and Ministry of Public Transportation (Sabah), what are you going to do about this?

Goodness ol' me, too ancient for internet chatting games?

????  and why would someone complaints about the contents of this post???!  It's not a sexual post at all. Come on people, if you can't stomach this up, then please, you are more than welcome to make a 'grand exit'. I'm talking about the reality of the danger and downside of the internet chat webs. There are predators lurking around in the web chats, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting, gullible victims. I'm sorry but I'm not going to edit this post and I'm not going to subject myself to the whims and demands of other people. If you find this offensive, then kindly refrain from reading this blog. thank you..

My cousin is crazy about the internet chatting games! 2 weeks ago, I stayed with her for a good 3 whole days and suffice to say, she'd be 'tenet-ing' away, chatting+webcaming, giggling and swearing at the same time.  Being a curious creature that I am, I couldn't resist of jadi penyibuk. I glanced to her monitor, and WOW! She had quite a handful of opened chat windows. Amazing how she could manage to juggle them. Them being all men = the gatal ones, the lonely ones, the mild-mannered ones, the puberscent-stricken ones, everything under the skies! I think the last time I was struck with this internet-chatting phenomenon was when I was about 20 years old, during my uni days to be exact!

So, spurred by my cousin, I did try entering a 'certain' chat rooms and boy, did I not feel like ancient! 5 minutes into the chat room, this blacksabbath18 chatter buzzed me. Seconds later, kampungboy20 followed suit. 10 minutes later, there was this abangsayang25 wanting to finger me up while batangtegak89 wanted to squeeze my boobs! (oh dear!) *roll eyes*  Half an hour passed, most of the chatters were either 18 or 26 years old. I certainly felt like dear ol' Merlin! In the end, I exited the chat room.

From my side, I heard my cousin exclaiming a disgusted sounds. Someone was webcaming his nude-self, showing his engorged private parts gleefully and he didn't even attempt to conceal his face. My cousin typed something like 'sial ko', hit the enter button, then closed the chatter's window. Tsk..tsk..gatal men sure love them internet chat rooms.

As for me, nahhh...I'll pass.

Malaysia's 53rd Independence Day..

I am feeling patriotic today...

I am truly blessed for being born a Malaysian. Peaceful country, no apparent political unrest and above all I am glad that I was born a SABAHAN, the beautiful state, beautiful culture and beautiful people :)

so, here goes my MERDEKA SHOUT to all Malaysians:

"Selamat menyambut Hari Merdeka yang ke-53. May our country be peaceful and prosperous forever. God bless Malaysians!"

Okay, on the side note, I am going for breakfast at Lido (Ngiu Chap!) shortly and continue with a picnic excursion with my sisters, cousin and bro-in-law in Moyog River Dam, Penampang. This being a Merdeka cuti, so I better spend my cuti wisely. Not just 'bikin tahi mata' at home. Doncha think so?

Til next post.. XOXO...

Tom Yam Udang & Meeting My Mama @ Ranau Town

So, what was I up to this week? Nothing much. The main agenda is: eating, eating and more eating! Actually, I just got back to KK approximately 3 hours ago from Ranau Town, meeting my dearest Mama :-)
Yesterday, Mama phoned me, asking me to meet her up at the town and she's bringing with her some langsat and cempedak! I was of course YAYYYYYYY, BUAH!

So, today, off I went to Ranau with my cuzzie, Dena...

the langsat & cempedak: packed inside the plastic bags! ugghhh, i told my mama: BAD FOR ENVIRONMENT!

One word to describe: SADAP, SADAP, SADAP!

On the other hand, I HAD THIS LAST SUNDAY: Tom Yam udang! Another yummy finding in KK.. :-)

four pieces of prawns! table is crappy though (but it's not dirty) its surface is just worn out...

me & my nerdy glasses, lol, that's my camouflage (make up!)

i know, the table looks kinda ugly but... are you salivating yet?

little sista, enjoying her fill and yes, the bowl was filled up to its rim!

the name of the kadai kupi. location: Sinsuran Complex, KK

Well, I dunno about other people's opinion but to me, it's yummy!

Damaged to my wallet: RM7 per bowl...

Glamour Puss Vs Plain Jane-esque

Vanity, women's sacred mantra.  Yes, exactly. As a woman, I myself never step out of the house without 'consulting' the mirror first! Inside my purse, there will be two mirrors! I've got my compact powder (with mirror, of course) and also a small pocket mirror, which I nicknamed as 'cermin ajaib'. Don't worry, I've never tried Snow White's evil stepmother mantras though! ;-) As vain as I can be, I'd never call myself a Glamour Puss. Well, there are times when people complimented me on my looks so I believe I'm not entirely look that dowdy :P but Glamour Puss, now that's quite a distant from the horizon..

So, inspired by Teri Hatcher's post on her Twitter (she posted a series of her barefaced pictures, wrinkles and stripped out of make-up ) to broadcast to the whole world about her supposedly being 'botox-free' and embracing her looks, I'm gonna do the same.  So, it'll will be a picture of  WITH/WITHOUT MAKE-UP.

Getting dolled-up for the recent H-Artistry event in KK.   

tan, chubby and nursing a nasty hangover..

This is how I looked like, make-upless after a tequila-filled night outing (the morning after)!

Uggh, not favouring those nasty baggies!

the two self-cam pictures: I took it during my mandi sungai sessions @ my kampung a week ago and please, I ain't trying to be the next 'do yourself some porn stuff' bimbo, ok?!

KK Waterfront, around 6.20pm, August 14th, 2010

In case you're wondering why do I looked like the distant relative of oompa loompa, that's because of the light. I sat directly under the lamp post

well, make-up does make you different from your au naturel-self, eh...

on a side note, my next project will be: posting an entry about the most familiar/infamous photograph poses, circa 80s and early 90s. LOL, that will be quite FUN!   ;-)

Post-event Review: Hennessy Artistry - The Global Art of Mixing, White Room KK Times Square

A'ight, the deadline for the review is drawing nearer! So, here goes:

I had the privilege of being invited to this event on the 31st July 2010, and..I've gotta say thank you to Helleness Chong and Jason Kong! Also, of course a big thanks to Hennessy Artistry!

Well, being warned beforehand to come early for registration (to avoid the massive human traffic) myself and cousin, Dena (she was my guest for that night)  arrived at the venue around 9.30pm.  Upon registration, we (and another group of hot ladies, presumably fellow bloggers) were ushered around by Sukie Ng, who then walked us around and did a short briefing about the event.  Unfortunately, I didn't manage to capture a photo with her because, I forgot to bring my camera as we were quite in a hurry! What a bummer, right??!  With or without camera, as what had Sukie pointed out to me: "no worry, we've got a lot of photographers here. They are more than happy and ever ready to take pictures"

Being that quite 'camwhore' person , I dragged Dena away to those waiting photographers for a lenses and flashes firing session! LOL, I've gotta tell you that for a moment, I really felt like a Hollywood Darling. Poser, poser, poser...and someone handed me a Hennessy V.S.O.P  bottle as a prop. Click..Click..Click and there I was with Dena giving our most photogenic pose to those trigger-happy Nikon DSLR totting guys! Hmmm..might I dare hope that one of those photogs will stumble upon my blog and give me a link, where I could possibly view my pictures? tsk..tsk..fat chance on that methinks :(

Hollywood Darling aside, I personally had fun at the mixing counter! We've got to mix our own drink the proper way and got a little pamphlet for the mixing recipe as a token, isn't that cool? My mix? I went for citrus (delicious!) and apple for Dena :)  It's free flow from 9.00pm til 11.00pm and crowds were already jam-packed, piling in steadily towards midnight.  The pumping mish mash of musics by the guest DJs (I have to say, HOT DJs) did live up to its promo's expectation.  Looking down from the loft to the dance floor downstairs, yooowzeerrr! What a scene, beautiful people were grooving, it almost painful to watch! LOL, a good variant of pains hehehehe...  Lordy, White Room sure does have the hottest and beautiful patygoers in town. I am not exaggerating! Don't believe me? Try White Room and you'll know what I meant *wink wink*

Overall, I believe that the event was a huge success! Kudos to the organizer for their hard works, it's totally paid off!  I believe, you had made us KKians, left for home with happy smiles plastered on our faces that night.  Hope to have more cool events in the near future though... and yes, yooohooo..people over yonder, to think that Sabahans are always presumed as living on the tree tops? tsk..tsk..

Below pictures were taken with our pitiful camera phone.  Sorry for the low quality pictures, I forgot my camera remember? :-(

 silver black and purple, that was yours truly's theme for the night :-)

..the entrance door

 striking a pose :)

my guest of that night, my hot cousin, Dena :-)

the lady at the mixing counter, she's hot!

the glossy pamphlet, a token..

my flavour of the the night...delicious!

apple for my cousin..

the other two...

Mr. Citrus & Miss Apple :)

up and above the ceiling...

late night supper, showing off my  'VIP Privilege Pass'

til next event! XOXO...

Ikan Bakar @ Filipino Market, Kota Kinabalu

Ikan bakar - grilled fish

Nothing is sweeter than coming back to my hometown! While I was in KL, I missed seafood quite desperately! Hah! Not kidding, cause in KL seafood is a luxury. Why? Because it's so damn expensive. Here in KK, well, it's another story. Let's not talk about that...

Now, about a couple of weeks ago, I went to the Filipino Market with my sisters and bro-in-law. They opted for bakso, while I, zoomed in straight to ikan bakar.  Visiting the ikan bakar stalls there, you'd be amazed because you've got to see rows and rows of stalls selling ikan bakar. I went crazy for sure. Crazy in didn't know what to choose,  the various offerings coupled with the tantalizing aroma and the wide open sea just under your nose can really drive you crazy!

Okay, enough with story telling, I'm gonna let the pictures do the talking! :P

yep, that's a lobster!

squids, beware for those who have excessive bodily uric acid!

are you salivating, yet?

I had this with piping hot steamed rice..alone! Yum yum...

yours truly enjoying her fill, nda tinguk kiri kanan lagi. check out the rice grain, on her right hand, barabis bah sampai nda sedar nasi melekat di tangan! LOL!

cloudy sunset @ Jesselton Point, the last stop after makan-makan :)

totally love this pic!

...and yes, I heaped on kilos since returning to KK! Chubby is the new me...tsk tsk tsk..