MODERN WISDOM

• Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.

• Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee...

• Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

• I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash...

• A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

• Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

• You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it...

• True friends stab you in the front

• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

• My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

• Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

• It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

• Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

• Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

• They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

• If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity.

Penang bridge


Butterworth...in 5 minutes!!


The ride home.. 


KOMTAR from afar 


Returning home 

The state of Malaysian football

The news that our National U-23 football team get walloped by the thais last two weeks by 7-0 was not a surprise to me. After more than a decade of under-achievements and disappointments, we are in a quagmire of footballing limbo.

I have seen as a fan and Malaysian citizen that no matter how many millions we poured to raise the standard of football, we will be no better even in 20 years. Why??

First, the FAM is being filled by the same old heads that has been in control for more than 20 years. Let’s be professional about this. If a CEO of a listed company failed to bring about the necessary level of profits and results, he will be probably be booted out during the AGM or ousted by a vote of no confidence.

FAM is being helm by the Sultan of Pahang by more than 25 years. The vice president is also helm by his son. The rest of the crew are made from state politicians, failed politicians and has beens.

Personally, I believe that is the problem. Having such a huge figure such as a sultan as the President of FAM blunted any level of criticisms because it will be against the law!! Admit it, nobody gonna say to the Sultan of Pahang…” Tuanku, I disagree with your ideas because I feel it is outdated1”. Silap-silap kena buang daerah..malah boleh kena tangkap ISA. Especially in a society that worshipped Hang Tuah as the Uber Malay hero eventhough in modern management terms, Hang Tuah can be classified as a sell-out or licker of the bosses boot!

Second, there are too much money in FAM. Itulah sebab ramai gila nak jadik manager state football eventhough he hardly know shit about the recent rules of offside, penalty taking or how many substitutes allowed for AFC Cup?? The coach imported from all corners of the world are paid handsomely to create miracles, or so they said especially when the Manager usually helm by the some Datuk is paid almost double compared to the coach! So, apa kerja manager tersebut apabila tiap2 tahun ade krisis gaji tidak dibayar oleh State football, EPF tidak dilangsaikan dan sebagainya. Yang peliknya, setiap kali kes ini berlaku, FAM akan step in…dan bayar utk state. Mana pergi accountability and responsibility mereka ini apabila FAM yang diberikan wang daripada kerajaan persekutuan utk memajukan bolasepak negara jadik Bank Negara mini? The money given by the Federal Govt. is your tax payers money..my friend! Your blood, sweat and tears money!!!

In fact, let’s compared to other sports bodies that created World Champions like Bowling and Squash, they faced no problems whatsoever except for some internal squabbles because there are less money in it!! Winning a major tournament for bowling will only rake in RM 10,000.00 whilst winning FA Cup will net almost RM 250,000.00. Any dumb ass will know what to choose but these players playing Bowling or squash is the real national hero because they follows their passion rather than the amount of money!

Third, the infrastructure is no longer available for the development of grass root level. Most of the schools nowadays, no longer have a full blown football field or even have a school football team. As more and more kids going to school, fields has give way to computer labs, additional school blocks etc. In fact, more parents actually discourage their kids to be active in sports because there is no FUTURE in it!

“ Buat apa main bola…bukan boleh dapat kerja!”- Hmm…berbeza dgn Michael Owen when he was signed to play for Liverpool at the age of 7, Wayne Rooney at 9 and Robbie Fowler at 6 years old. Their parents believe that there is future in football…mind you, Robbie Fowler owns more than 20 million pounds in assets!

Fourth, the lack of transparency in funds used by FAM. Why these figures are not shown to the public is an amazement to me especially when it is of the most biggest sports association in Malaysia. FAM spends more money than Perlis! Why? Perhaps there are items like project management(karaoke with GROs) or trips to Bangkok in their accounts that they are afraid to reveal? If we the public cannot question why our tax payers money is being used for the Sultanate of Pahang expenditure, we are either in vegetative state or in a coma. Mind you, Sultan Pahang salary and his family allowances are also being paid by us…via our tax money as well.

Hmm…there are other factors, I hope you can enlighten me even more because I have run out of super latives!

I AM …I AM

Time flies when you are really enjoying yourselves.

Time drag when you are somewhat unhappy or unfamiliar with the surroundings.

I am kinna lost with my surroundings.

I am no longer in touch with my inner feelings.

I am no longer the man I used to be…

I am changing, evolving…is it for the better or is it for the worst??

Time will provide the answer….

Time will show the way…

I am somehow disjointed with my conscience…

I am more sentimental than judgmental…

I am slowly becoming hopeless….

I am no longer connecting at a real level with those arounds me…

I am becoming an island…too far for some to cross….

What has caused all this?

I am somewhat unsure…

I am somewhat bewildered…

Things that used to please…no longer seems to appease..

Things that brings me happiness..no longer create gladness

I am….i am….

Perhaps old…..

Perhaps insane?

Perhaps didn’t count my blessing for having an understanding wife, two lovely kids, a job that suited me at last, a house to call home and a healthy life.

Perhaps I think too much heh?

WORKING WITH AN IDIOT CAN KILL YOU!!!

STOCKHOLM -- Idiots in the office are just as hazardous to your health as cigarettes, caffeine or greasy food, an eye-opening new study reveals. In fact, those dopes can kill you!

Stress is one of the top causes of heart attacks – and working with stupid people on a daily basis is one of the deadliest forms of stress, according to researchers at Sweden's Lindbergh University Medical Center.

The author of the study, Dr. Dagmar Andersson, says her team studied 500 heart attack patients, and was puzzled to find 62 percent had relatively few of the physical risk factors commonly blamed for heart attacks.

"Then we questioned them about lifestyle habits, and almost all of these low-risk patients told us they worked with people so stupid they can barely find their way from the parking lot to their office. And their heart attack came less than 12 hours after having a major confrontation with one of these oafs.

"One woman had to be rushed to the hospital after her assistant shredded important company tax documents instead of copying them. A man told us he collapsed right at his desk because the woman at the next cubicle kept asking him for correction fluid – for her computer monitor.

"You can cut back on smoking or improve your diet," Dr. Andersson says, "but most people have very poor coping skills when it comes to stupidity – they feel there's nothing they can do about it, so they just internalize their frustration until they finally explode."

Stupid co-workers can also double or triple someone's work load, she explains. "Many of our subjects feel sorry for the drooling idiots they work with, so they try to cover for them by fixing their mistakes. One poor woman spent a week rebuilding client records because a clerk put them all in the 'recycle bin' of her computer and then emptied it – she thought it meant the records would be recycled and used again."

******* i TOLD YOU LA WEI....