merdeka... merdeka... merdeka!

All races celebrating National Day

Woot. 51st National Day celebration finally ended.

Good to see all Malaysian despite the current messy political and economical state stood side by side and yelled MERDEKA! as one.

So if you ask me who am I, where I am from and what race am I? Here is the answer:

Name: Siah
Country: Malaysia
Race: Malaysian

Yup. I am a Malaysian. Despite color, despite language or dialects, despite religion and despite many more differences, I am born in Malaysia, living in Malaysia and proud to be a Malaysian.

This country is mine to claim as well and no cheap ass politicians can take that away from me no matter what they say or do.

Happy Merdeka to all Malaysians out there no matter where you are currently. Cheers.

Enough of patriotism, went check out Myvi finally and finally made a booking for the car. Well, soon enough I'll be couple of hundred short each month but I guess it is alright since I can finally claim that this is my car, fully paid by me and I am the owner. :)

However, bad thing is, a friend of mine who stayed a few streets away got his 20 year old Nissan car stolen just yesterday. He woke up today and found out that the old trusty no where to be seen.

Syucks, just when I am about to get a new car and this happen near my neighbourhood. Car thieves, screw you all. Can't you guys just work hard and earn a living instead of taking other's belongings for your own profit?

I think we do need a Dark Knight.

viva la myvi

Post title is darn corny. But suits the purpose of the post.

Yup, if you are slightly brighter than a glowing LED, then you would've have guessed what is this post all about. Either that, you just need to be as lame as me.*grin*

Hmm, *grin*? Yer, like girl liddet. Don't like.

Anyhow, back to the topic, yes, am getting a new car. pfft. Not that I want to, but no choice, my sist need a car to get herself to Uni for her PhD classes and back to her rented place. Something gotta give. Well in this case, someone gotta pay. Sadly, the person who is paying is ME.

What to do? At least I can ask my sist now :"WHO DA MAN?!"

Oh, just in case if you are wondering, nope, the new car is not for her. Fat chance I'm not gona pay for a new car just so she can drive to Uni and back. Where got so nice one?

She's getting my Charade Aura CX. My faithful and loyal servant, I'm going to miss that boy I tell you. The car reeks of good old times where funny, witty, lame, meaningful conversations been carried out. It's like my own confession booth. Only thing is, I'm the padre most of the time.

Can't recall the number of gorgeous looking women who have graced the passenger seat with there presence. A lil too much, I think I shall stop now with the vivid description. Hah...

Anyhow, the next car in mind would be a Myvi or a Viva. Sigh, not like I don't want to get a Honda or Toyota or Nissan or Mazda or Mitsubishi. The thing is I can not afford one of those yet. So push comes to shove, a Perodua lor. Sorry yeah, not that I don't want to be patriotic but Proton is out of the question. Even though the men and women from Proton might be doing their best to rectify the wrong doings of their forefathers but first impression meant usually stays for quite a while before they leave. Am yet to be impressed by them.

Don't get me wrong, Perodua are not that big a hoo haa either. Just that I don't have much of a choice. Ok. Back to the drawing board.

Myvi - Slightly bigger in size, cost about 52K, fuel consumption is a killer, 1.3CC, Auto
Viva - Smaller in size, cost about 44K, fuel consumption is the cheapest, 1.0CC, Auto
Charade - Correct size, don't need to pay for it, fuel consumption the best, 1.0CC, Manual

Hmm... I want my Charade back. :P hahaha... no no, Charade is out of the question. Well, I guess will have to let my parents decide lar. Since I'm coming up with 10k and they'll be the one topping up my down payment.

Myvi

Viva

Well, I think I'll go test drive them this weekend to see which do I prefer. Till then, back to surfing the net. :D Nothing much to do yet because my new team lead is too busy with his meetings and stuff, he got no time to pass down his knowledge to me. Kinda bored nowadays.

goodweekendatfrasers

Came back from Frasers few hours ago. It was a fun yet tiring trip.

Good company.

It is nice just to not really do anything exhilarating and just spend time talking, walking, playing risks or poker.

Well, had a good Ulu Yam Loh Mee on the way back as well.

Entire trip was a mixed feelings. Yet in the end, after a long sleep, I was able to piece the puzzles in my mind together.

I can see the big picture now but am I capable to present it to the person next to me? For the time being, not really. Plus, there is no need to do so.

As usual, some friends will still impose a certain character on you just because they have generated a certain perspective about you or the world hence there is no point correcting their views about you or the world because it will be like trying to impress a cow with kanon-d.

Every human goes through life following a path that is tailored made. The junctions that one face in life to each its own, having different type of bring ups, different type of talents, different type of intellectual capacity, differences in many areas so vast that I couldn't even begin to list down 10 percent of all the possible differences.

So to me, enjoying mind boggling, or intriguing conversations is one thing. Having to be too fascinated by them resulting into change of perspective of life, world, people... bla bla bla... that is another.

Just be who you are and make changes in life accordingly to your capacity. Excellence and greatness are very objective. We do not live for recognition, we live because we were given life by the Maker above.

Oh well, enough of my random thoughts. Enjoy some of the pictures we took during the trip.

Valerie, Weng Tang, Ian, Me, Joanne, Metal taking the picture.

Weng Tang, Valerie, Ian, Joanne, Me, Metal

A Dam in Hulu Selangor

Frasers' Olympics Archery Tournament

Winner of the Archery in the Frasers' Olympics

Me, Ian, Metal, Weng Tang

Picture quality bit off due to photographer lack of skill :P

One of the most matured 23 years old I've ever met.