Hey have you upgraded to Laksa already?

I think everyone knows Android so I don't need to explain long long.

But do you know Android has its versions named after desserts?

Ants Being Cheated by Google...

1.5 Cupcake
1.6 Donut
2.0 Eclair
2.2 Froyo aka Frozen Yogurt
2.3 Gingerbread
3.x Honeycomb
4.0 Ice cream Sandwich
4.1 Jellybean

I don't even know what is eclair I have to google it while typing eclair just now. Good strategy from Google making more people use Google to search. Anyway I think Google should localize the name in each country.

So in Malaysia it would be:
Cendol Gula Melaka (or maybe Coconut Shake)
Dodol Gula Melaka (yeah Gula Melaka is nice)
Entahlah...(although Egg tart being suggested, but I think "entahlah" or "I don't know" is a legitimate dessert, because when people ask what you want to have for dessert? Many answer "I don't know entahlah")
Fried Banana (Pisang goreng)
Grilled Chicken Foldover (Yeah it's McDonald's, not even a desert, but I like it)
Hot Hot Tong Shui
Ice Kacang
Jagung

then continues with

Karipap
Laksa!

Ok I'm lazy to think further so that's it. It's hard to make the list.

Myvi VS Saga

What made me chose Perodua Myvi over Proton Saga?

These two cars are the best cars in Malaysia; why best because when you sell a lot it must be the best right? Like iPhone iPad are the best because millions people keep buying them. So Myvi and Saga are undeniably the best passenger cars!

But which is the best among the best? Hard choice.

I was leaning toward Saga before choosing Myvi because it's cheaper and even cheaper with RM2000 rebate at the time.

But when I saw this!

OH MY! UGLY!
I cannot tahan driving a car with such interior! Ugly dashboard! Ugly speedometer!
I might puke every time I drive it.
I want to convince myself to get a Saga but the more I look at it the uglier it become the more I cannot tahan.

Let's look at this Myvi...

Refreshing. Crisp. Clean. Lovely turquoise blue. Modern. Flush. Comfortable. Just nice.
So the deciding factor is just the dashboard. Yeap. Thank you Proton for making my choice easier.

Update: Soon after I announced the Saga has pretty ugly (see the oxymoron!) interior and dashboard, Nissan accepted the challenge and introduced Nissan Almera which now officially wins the ugliest dashboard competition*.

*Solely judged by me myself. No defamation intended. I'm poor and have no lawyer.

I'm Discharged!

Finally this morning the doctor said I can be discharged!

Was I admitted to hospital? No la, just that I have been on a routine visit to Melaka Hospital since June 2011. Why leh? Because it all started with a granuloma? or was it even a granuloma?

So after graduated need to work ma, then found a job with UOB Melaka they required medical check so I went lo who know the X-ray report mentioned a tiny granuloma, which in many cases are symptoms of tuberculosis. Oh no! Since it's their panel clinic I could get no advice and stuffs...ok. So I went to community clinic to do another X-ray scan and the Doctor A also seemed to agree there's granuloma but did not find other symptoms. No diagnosis. And then I was referred to Melaka Hospital and scheduled for another scan in October 2011.

And came October 2011 I went back to the hospital and had another chest X-ray scan and then another doctor, Doctor B, also seemed to find there's still the granuloma, hmm... And after all other check up also no symptoms of anything. This time the doctor requested a blood test though and scheduled to come back in April 2012. Still no diagnosis.

Then in November 2011 I had to do another medical check with X-ray before signing up to be a teacher...And it went fine, all OK, great! So I'm fit to be a teacher :)

And so April came and I went back for another X-ray (5th scan in less than a year, I guess I'm exposed to too much radiation I'm slowly becoming Superman). Doctor C found the scans same with previous and reported blood test normal and no symptoms for anything. Again the doctor said no diagnosis. Anyway just for precautions I was required to do more comprehensive blood tests, come back for another visit in October.

Last week after school went back for blood test. And the friendly medical personnel uncle drawing my blood asked me why not working in Singapore and tak sabar-sabar want to promote Singapore, said I would earn much more...why wasting time teaching here. Haha.

And then today I went back, did lung function test, then went to see doctor. This time Doctor D and another senior Doctor E. They checked and checked my reports and X-ray  images, then mentioned the previous scans seemed pretty normal actually and after more than one year of normal conditions, discharged.

So this past year I paid RM1 for first clinic visit, then RM5 for the Melaka Hospital visit, but I got free X-ray scans, free blood tests, free medical checks, not bad, not bad.

Why Kids Can't Stay Quiet During Exam?

Because they are not curious.

That's why Malaysia can't produce movie like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Instead we have so many KL Gangsters.

What's my reasoning?

Many kids are lazy, being used to be spoon fed, lazy, lack of imagination, lazy, lack of thinking skills, and lazy.

So during exam, when finished answering the questions, they started to want to talk with friends. Cannot tahan one, they must talk to friends, or whisper. Because they are lazy to use their brain to think about anything in life.

So today I went in front of the class and told them what to do after finishing your exam. First, look at your pencil case. Think: why the zip can zip zip zip? why you pull it zips? then opens?

Then look at your pencils? Why the red color? why the black color?

Then look at your table? Why why why?

Then look at the windows. What what what? 

How how how?

Think many questions, answer them yourself, think the solutions, think the possibilities. Imagination! Then you won't talk to friends. 

Don't be lazy! The more you use your brain the smarter you become.

And so the end.

My Weapons

These are the most potent weapons in the world!

Blue symbolizes serenity. It calms students, not really effective though.
Violet symbolizes power. It energizes students, too much sometimes.
Green symbolizes ecology. It makes students more eco friendly, hopefully they don't burn rubbish like their parents.
Black symbolizes boldness. It trains students to be bold in seeking knowledge.
Orange symbolizes orange. Students should eat more oranges.
Red symbolizes apple. A for Apple; students should get grade A.
Then why there's another blue there? Because blue is abundant around us, sky is blue, ocean is blue.

Angry Birds

So I heard some kids in this class were fighting earlier, and just happened I would relieve this class.

What should I do? Ah! Story telling! Angry Birds! Kids love Angry Birds.

After some classroom housekeeping, I told them I would tell a story, and then they started to sit tight and listened...

So here's the story: 'the pigs steal the eggs, the birds are really angry.'

I took out my Angry Bird print out...And asked a few kids to draw other birds with my colorful set of Pilot markers on the whiteboard. I'm bad at drawing.

Then continued my story.

'The angry bird calls his friends, all very angry, and then attack the pigs to avenge!'

'The red bird goes first, BOOM! bricks broken, score 2000 points!'
'Next up is the black one. BOOMM louder! a pig died! 5000 points!'

'And in the end all pigs died. And what happen to the birds?' 'They all died too!'

'The moral of the story...don't be angry, don't fight physically! In the end both lost...'

And the kids were actually really fascinated by my story telling, all their innocent eyes staring at me listening faithfully.

So and then I asked, what you gain from destroying the pigs?
One cheeky kid answered: Got money! (referring to the points scored)
Me said: So what can you do with all the money if you ended up dying?
...

Ha kids...

And so I hope no more angry kids in the school.

Keep calm and carry on?

There's one feeling that I hate the most.

Exhibit 1:
I ordered a laptop, then it's delivered while I wasn't around, so the UPS/Fedex guy put a note on door to say it would be delivered again the next day. I so want to get the laptop but there's no way to get it right at this moment! Just wait.

Exhibit 2:
My sister's phone broken, need to be sent in for warranty. But I'm not at home on weekdays and only can do it on coming weekend. I so want to send in the phone now and clear from my to do list! But I just can't do it at this moment! Annoying.

I'm a patience enough person I can stare at flower for one hour but this kind of "you can only wait and do nothing now" feeling just killing me...

Yeah, keep waiting and do nothing...