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Rawr!

Had a rather "productive" day with Tiny. When I say productive I mean I did something out of the usual - going to Low Yatt Plaza.

Woke up slightly earlier than usual to shower up and prepare for the day ahead. Got dressed and headed out to pick Tiny for lunch at his sister's restaurant before making our way to town.

Arrived at Bukit Bintang area and was quite surprised to see that the sidewalk of BB wasn't thronging with people as it normally would. Especially not on a Friday afternoon. Maybe we were early or maybe people got sick of that place.

Many emergency brakes later (yay for Malaysian drivers!), we finally arrived at our destination. Just for the record, I hate LY's basement parking. It's always dark, creepy and stinky. Got ourselves a parking at some godforsaken spot and headed up.

But first, we had to take a whiz and headed for the toilet. There on the wall in black, bold ink were the words - RM1 PREMIUM TOILET.

Wah, what's so premium about it? Then we found out as we entered. The toilet was REALLY clean and dry. Very premium indeed. At least we breathe easy knowing that our RM1 contribution is going to good use and not to the kakak's teh tariks and kuehs.

Being PJ inhabitants, we were practically tourists in Low Yatt but finally managed to get around. After rounding the place a couple of times for price lists for Gaz, we finally made our way for home. Plus, didn't want to hang around too much. Parking is bloody expensive in there - RM2 for the first hour and another RM2 for the subsequent hour. Cut throat ok.

The best part about our KL trip is that we didn't get caught in any of the jams / lunch hour / Friday prayer hour congestion that we anticipated. So that's good. Going home was smooth and easy.

We also decided to fit our gym routine in since we were done with KL so early. Got a fairly good work out and headed for home.

Now I'm just exhausted from today's activities. Goes to show how unfit I am -_-"

Labels: blahs, gym, kl, low yatt

Yup, after weeks of planning and procrastinating (and cancelling due to weather conditions), I finally swam today. The experience was unexpected since it felt like I was swimming in a bucket of ice. Yes it was coooooooooooold! Did 2 laps and gave up cos it wasn't fun trying to swim and shivering in the water at the same time :(

On another issue, what is up with MSN and/or Streamyx? Are they both fucked up or is it just one of them? Various friends of mine seem to be having issue with their internet, myself included.

I am inclined to blame Streamyx cos it is usually their fault. I used to call their so-called helpline but I think after having made hundreds of phone calls made to them and making them cry, I've lost the will to scold. Besides, not good for my blood pressure.

Their bosses are probably taking all our money and gallavanting with it. And now, they're promoting their 4MB connection. Fuckers. I upgraded from 512K to 1MB and frankly, no difference except for the price. On top of that, their announcements on their website always seem to reflect some sort of "upgrade" or "maintenance" to serve us better. Bollocks. Eat shit and die, assholes. Upgrade my ass lah. It's most likely a term they prefer to use to replace "OMG WE FUCKED IT UP AGAIN BUT LET'S JUST LIE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND SAY WE'RE DOING A GOOD THING FOR THEM BUT ACTUALLY WE CAN'T BE BOTHERED"

Idiots.

Let us hope that Maxis bucks up and goes all out with their broadband services. It's time that Streamyx's monopoly comes to an end. Die, motherfuckers!

Labels: connection, gym, rantings, streamyx, swimming, workout

The day started out alright. My sleep pattern seems to be returning to 'normal'. I use the apostrophes cos I don't think sleeping by 3AM is normal for most :p

Just got back from gym not too long ago just when it started to rain. Our weather's seriously messed up (I'd like to use kind words when referring to it. Don't want to kena sambar petir one day).

Just yesterday I was talking to Tiny about Michael Backman's column on Malaysia and he posed me a rather interesting question - "If channeling our funds to infrastructures could be done away with, which avenue should the money go to?"

My first answer was education and I continued to suggest that perhaps our medical research projects. The reason for this is that our funds could be used to benefit Malaysians across the board and funding medical researches could mean locally produced vaccines and/or other medicines rather than outsourcing such projects that would incur heavy costs.

Of course, I said these things out of sheer opinion and point of view. Then, when I was browsing thru The Star Online last night, here's what caught my attention - 'Need To Make Our Own Vaccines' (The Star Online, 13 June 2007)

So yes, I'm very crever. Haha!

Who knows, maybe I'll write a thesis on Malaysia and its policies for my Masters or Doctorate one day *wishful thinking*

Labels: gym, malaysia, michael backman, newspaper, politics, weather