Monthly Archives: August 2009

The iPhone 3GS gimmick

  By Philip Khor | 18 August, 2009 - 5:03 am | Blog
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This will probably hurt me more than, say… seeing my best friend’s testicles being chopped off or having her breasts and ovaries removed due to cancer.

Yes, I will be giving you reasons why you should srsly reconsider skipping the iPhone 3GS.

10. There are so many douchebags using it. The cool factor is just being raped up, down,left, right, centre.

9. Maxis (Malaysia) also wants to rape us with the overpriced (RM 100 – 155 p.m.) plans, on top of the RM 2 – 3k equipment fees and 24 months contract (720 days). By the end of the contract, you’ll be paying RM 4-6 k total for it. Imagine if a newer, faster, better model (or iProduct 1,1) being released in January 2010, and you’re ineligible for an upgrade  (until September 2011) cuz you’re contracted. Mmmm…

8. The compass only works for a while before loses its bearing (literally). The demo units in the Maxis store didn’t last long before losing out due to interference.

7. Sans games, the “Tens of Thousands” of applications on the App store is repetitive and replaceable or has a Android equivalent. What that means is beside from games and fart-button apps, 90% of useful, productive apps (That you actually use) has its equivalent on other major mobile platforms.

6. In Malaysia, the iPod touch is 1/2 the price but does almost everything the full blown 3GS does. Rumor has it by September, a newer faster, better, stronger version of the Touch (32/64GB capacities) with Video Recorder will be made available, for the same pricepoints (RM 1.2 / 1.6k no contract!)

5. Wanna play video? You got to play nice with Apple’s formats. And that is mp4 (.mov) strictly. You got a DivX or AVI or RMVB file? You’ll have to waste hours converting to their proprietary format using 3rd party apps or Quicktime Pro.

4. Music playback: Apple claims 24 hours. If you keep browsing the songs selecting songs you like on-the-fly, expect it to last 1/4 of that time!

3. Google Voice / Skype being rejected by Apple. So unless you hack it, voiding your warranty, the best shit on the mobile world will not be “approved by Apple”.

2. Fragile. Can’t use it while hands are wet / dirty (unlike most cheap phones!), drop and its almost dead, 3mp camera? er.. that’s so 2007!

1. Anti-social factor. When going out with friends, you’ll be typing away like a geek, prolly on Facebook or Gtalk. Or playing your Tap Tap Revolution game. You’ll be left in isolation with your “toy”, go through severe depression, and worst of all, not get laid!

I guess we should wait for iProd 1,1 (9to5mac.com, theiphoneblog.com, arstechnica.com) or srsly consider Android phones. I have more faith in that platform now, despite Apple having a huge lead.

@atalude.net @shinn87

Sony Ericsson customer service MY

  By Philip Khor | 17 August, 2009 - 11:22 am | Blog
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MMmm.. Inggrish bo gia A1!!! LOLzz….

I wrote to Sony Ericsson recently:

Opinion: Dear Sony Ericsson,

I am on the K850i which I like a lot. I hear the Xperia X3 codename Rachael is coming out this December. Hurray.

I have one little request. It would be great if you can name one of your products Pippo. [reason censored..]

I’m a final year Business Degree student here in Malaysia.

Warmest regards,
Philip Khor
Country: Malaysia
First Name: Philip
Last Name: Khor
Phone Number: +60169465088
City / Region: Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Agree Legal Terms: Yes.
Sign up for enews: No.

They replied:

Dear Sir or Madam, [wtf, you implying i have both genitals?!?!]

Thank you for contacting Sony Ericsson on the World Wide Web. [its called e-mail, and there's a difference]

Thank you for coming to us to highlight the issue or your valuable feedbacks on Sony Ericsson products. [Do I have an issue with your phones? No. I just want my name on your phone. Did you even read my e-mail?]

It will be highlighted to our product team support upon of product escalation. [Mmm.. deep words. Product also lazy to walk, wanna use escalator!]

Your magnificent feedbacks or comments, we exceptionally appreciated. [magnifico! exceptionale! Whoa.. we should sing Adam these praises for naming the animals and birds. I hope that means it'll be considered for their next product, the Sony Ericsson Pippo]

Thank you for coming to us to highlight the issue.

Please contact Sony Ericsson Contact Center again should you need any further assistance.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Nurulhuda Mat Jusoh

Sony Ericsson Contact Center
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB
Branch Office Malaysia
Questions.MY@SupportSonyEricsson.com
www.SonyEricsson.com

Ahhhh… hahahahahaa =)

Somebody call Lim Kit Siang!

I told you so

  By Philip Khor | 16 August, 2009 - 6:48 am | Blog
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I like to predict stuff, and you can imagine how happy I am when my prediction came true this morning!

ballz

Tonight’s prediction, Man Utd to draw …

Last night’s numbers

Stamford Bridge (41,597)
Goodison Park (39,309)
Villa Park (35,578)
Ewood Park (29,584)
Molineux Stadium (28,674)
Britannia Stadium (27,385)
Fratton Park (17,510)

Tonight, Old Trafford will have 46% more than the highest turnout last night. At 76,000, it will only be 3/4 of what we had in Bukit Jalil last month (100,000 est).

Support for a football club is measured in the number of fans. If you wanna talk passion, you will lose. Because an organisation I know has relatively fewer numbers, but their followers are bloody passionate about their cause.

They call themselves Al-Qaedah.

First time you met her

  By Philip Khor | 15 August, 2009 - 7:21 am | Blog
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Remember the first time, that you met, her.

It started up with a dial-tone, a series of telephone keypad beeps, a pulsating fax-esque (hah, betcha can’t pronounce that!) tones, then it all begin.

The negotiation. Its kinda like two lawyer arguing, roaring at each other back and forth in a course tone. When the Grandfather’s clock chime twice, you know you’re half way through.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. I’m talking about the internet!

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My first experience was on a RM 10k Apple Macintosh G3, the pre-iMac one. It was blazing fast! We pumped up the RAM from 32MB, to a whopping 96MB. We felt god-like.

Back in those days, IDD phone calls were damn expensive. My sister, who was studying in HELP KL created an account for me, it was philipkhor38@hotmail.com . Only problem was, she forgot to drop me an e-mail!

I was at my friend Nicholas Thien @NTMJ house, login to my account. (while waiting for my mac to arrive from cupertino)

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It was about RM 4 per minute IDD rate: “Eh, che (sister).. “send” liao boey?” During that time, I also changed my default password to a 6-letter “m” word that a lot of you might know! Ha ha ha…

Ah.. the days of IRC, and ICQ “uh-uh”!

One of my e-mails back in 2001, educating my friends about the severity of junk / chain mails. Even back then I was this geeky technocrat.


Nov 2001 10:52:21 +0000
Subject: Re: ?
Heylo…..

Hmm… VERY SPENDID idea to SEND THIS JUNK CHAIN MAIL TO ME!

It may sound.. *ahem* sexy to send it out… but it’s CAUSING INTERNET TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

What I’m trying to say, is that, whenever you send ONE SINGLE MAIL to 13 different friends .. you ARE ACTUALLY slowing the Net down.

Here’s how. This e-mail is 33 K heavy! Your modem does 6K/s max. Basically, that’s 5 seconds of… web surfing, let’s say.. So, if you do the Maths, 5 seconds X 13 friends = 65 seconds of internet time surfing WASTED on your “CHAIN MAIL” forwarding!

Well, AT LEAST 13 friends x 33 K = 429 KiloBYTES (or 0.4 MB) of data traffic is wasted!

The main and bad intention of these CHAIN MAIL creators are simple. To PERSUADE “less informed” people to send this around the Net – at the same time, create what we call “Net congestion”. The INTERNET SLOWS DOWN.

PEOPLE’S MAILBOXES will be FLOODED with all these stuff. Hard Disk space is FILLED within hours (for E-mail providers such as Hotmail).

If chain mail is TOTALLY STOPPED, E-Speed (ADSL) could have been cheaper (Bandwidth is CHEAPER) and less servers are needed for people who FORWARD CHAIN MAIL… which in turn means LESS COST FOR EXPENSIVE SERVERS sending and receiving… CHAIN MAIL.

Of course, this is lovely and all but think twice before SPAMMING.

Love,
Pip

http://go.to/f3g

Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:52:21 +0000
Subject: Re: :) (2ND REPLY)
……..

Oh, and “the rest” shouldn’t be happy that you “revealed” their addies to someone.

Sorry if these replies are… not nice.. but then..
Just telling ya da facts! =)

One more reason not to FWD chain mail is because E-mail addresses are REVEALED. If you look at what you’ve just sent, hundreds of e-mail addresses are seen. What if your chain mail falls into the hands of porn operators (yes, there are such people).. or even.. EVIL people who deliberately subscribe LOTSA porn to your e-mail address.

THIS IS HOW DIRTY STUFF GETS TO YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS..

STOP CHAIN MAIL NOW!

Sorry if u feel offended.
=)

Love,
Pip

Oh, and I had the best e-mail addresses back then!

>
>>From: Pip Khoon >>Reply-To: pip@spl.at
>>To: pkhor@mac.com
>>Subject: Heheh!!
>>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:06:45 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>29th September 2001 @ 1:05 pm
>>
>>Promise: I, Philip H.K. Khor will not go online until the 22nd October
>>2001. However, if I feel I would like to do so, I can – but with a 5 minute
>>limit per day.
>>
>>E-Signed: Philip
>>
>>P.S. Wanna join?

AU revoir, we are off to learn Font-say!

Wisdom from Mahathir

  By Philip Khor | 13 August, 2009 - 8:08 am | Blog
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Last weekend, I had the privilege to witness some great inspirational leaders on stage at Nikko Hotel, KL. It was part of the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit organised by the UK students. Below are some of the notes I scribbled down. I hope that you can learn a thing or two and understand more about what’s happening in our country and why things in our country are they way they are.

08 Aug 2009, 5:25pm
*Disclaimer: The personal notes may not be accurate and might be misconstrued. Do not quote nor use in legal and political arguments.

1. After Tun stepped down in 2003, the country remained relatively stable. We are “the developed of the developing countries”. The congress has not done well after independence. There was no objective where the people are able to identify.

2. Fighters of Independence suddenly disappear AFTER independence. They lose their popularity and is rejected by people. Not relevant anymore now that the objectives are met.

3. What did the leaders do wrong to lose popularity? Self aggrandizement . Holding top posts, and of course, corruption.

4. They were too focus on getting position, returns, comfort and luxury of leaders. The rakyat lose respect while the leaders are still disillutioned. The regime may decline / disappear.

5. They lose focus / direction. You cease to become popular leaders. Aspirations of people who follow them.

6. Leaders must see the future. Population when he was PM: 5 mil / 6.5 mil (incl foreigner) – independence. People are getting richer and richer. Think of needs of bigger population. Prepared for plague / epidemic / war. Need to build for the future / plan ahead.

7. When people become rich, they have different needs. GDP per capita 1957 ($350), 2009 ($9,000)

8. Airport. Moved from Sg. Besi -> Subang (which was built for 35 mil air passengers). When we move to Subang, whoops, we are already at 25 million, and AirAsia starts to bring in 10 million more (a few years later).

9. Growth (trend). Wealth give rise to different needs. In 2020, we hope to be developed. Therefore we must have schools for the developed starting now.

10. Need to spend money to upgrade human resources. Grow exponentially.

11. Look at Japan / Korea / Taiwan / China, not West in terms of:
- Business management
- Work ethics
- Discipline in workspace
- Kampung vs city

12. Carpentry in Alor Setar
- workers leave their mess
- treat customers well
- punctual

13. Don’t want for Foreign Direct investment
- WE acquire foreign technology
- Grow faster

14. Vision 2020
- Owning, operating, investing in own capacity
- Cannot use low cost model when promoting Malaysia. We sure lose to India, Viet, China
- Better wages, more spending power, growth (Medium cost model)

15. Be prepared to spend more when earn more.
- Money to invest comes from you.
- Re-invest. Attract FDI
- Local investment is better

16. So many holidays!
- 5 day week
- Not working hard enough
- When ONLY we rich, we can relax
- Hard work is what delivers (automation)

17. Work culture, suitable for growth

18. Q&A session, Assessment 2003 (step down)
- Strong leadership (authoritarian leader)
- Capacity to lead
- Authoritarian don’t have capacity to use FORCE.

19. Issue of “Detain for his safety for 3 days”
- Necessary to curb racial politics
- Multiracial countries no stablility
- People brilliant but unstable country.
- ISA maintain stability
- Minority may play race game, not popular approach

20. Can still function without good leader. High skills enable individuals to succeed. Need to ensure continuity.

21. Port Klang
- Every society has a degree of corruption.
- 2 stages: under the table, above the table. Everybody accepts that fact. Its difficult to turn back. Malaysia is at the “borderline”, which is dangerous.

22. People have money
- Improve position in opportunity.
- It is an investment
- Culture regards as crime & duty / unworthy. Rejected.
- Don’t take drugs because its bad. We just know it.

23. Bring up children well – teach that corruption is sin. The law doesn’t work well. Top man corrupt, ABOVE table.

24. Deprivation of youth of freedom of speech. The media, always write good things for the people in power although they contributed nothing. (jibe at Pak Lah?)
“Don’t throw the stone, you might hit a Tun!”

25. Racial Hatred
- Freedom of speech
- Chinese papers have lots of freedom to write what they want
- Lambasted government

26. Youth of Malaysia are full of energy
- Constitution contradict
- Need government help
- Money spent on youth
- Show interest with country’s happenings.
- British don’t allow free speech

27. Subsidy
- PLUS had cheap land, but the 800km long highway costed tens of billions
- Subsidy is necessary in some cases

28. Rural development
- Limited Resources. Can’t spend ALL on building roads. Must be balanced.
- Everybody benefits when Government spends money.

29. Tax the rich give to poor
-Fair rate

30. Media is power
- Peoplei in authority use media
- Distinguish facts vs fiction
- Press = fiction
(that’s why when emergent web technologies and social media became out of control, Tun stepped down… cannot compete against TRUE free speech and easy availability of information; whether fact or fiction)

31. Concluding words
- Image of Anwar (put in jail). Was system undermined?
- done in accordance with law
- Tun admits people makes mistakes
- Judges do make mistakes
- Some things about Malaysia not true, must got proof before accuse.
- People who can do it Don’t Last Long (ISA, Dictatorship, etc)
- Mustn’t be arrogant and oppressive.

32. UMNO 2/3 majority, stupid? “Even through you do stupid, stupid people know.”
- Send message to UMNO that Badawi not popular
- Corrupt image needs fixing
- Money politics

Advise: Build strong work ethics.

Being passionate swings both ways

  By Philip Khor | 12 August, 2009 - 7:18 am | Blog
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Here’s a video [link] of a guy’s trip to Europe for 2 weeks, but his girlfriend fails to listen to him.

http://digg.com/d310JNE

Its sad because I know quite a few crazy people, who are… passionate, and when they’re nice, they’re awesome. Its hard to see their dark side (or anyone’s for that matter) without going through a litmus test. Some call this the “Eurotrip test” you should do to your other half, before tying the knot.

A pothole cover with no function.. mmm [link to pix]

This morning, I woke up to the Michael Schumacher syndrome. I got a painful neck. Slept the wrong way I guess.

And AirAsia sale; no plans yet :( Indecisiveness caused us missed opportunity.

[song fight - Mariah Carey vs Slim Shady]

Mariah – Obsessed

“Why are you so obsessed with me?”

So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh

Will the real MC please,
Step into the mike?

So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh

All up in the blogs
Saying we met at the bar
When I don’t even know who you are
Saying we up in your house
Saying I’m up in your car
But you in LA and I’m out at Jermaine’s
I’m up in the A
You so so lame
And no one here even mentions your name
It must be the weed, It must be the E
Cause you be popping hood
You get it popping, Oh

Why you so obsessed with me (Boy I wanna know)
Lying that you’re sexing me (when everybody knows)
It’s clear that you’re upset with me
Finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress
Last man on the earth still couldn’t hit this

You’re delusional, you’re delusional
Boy you’re losing your mind
It’s confusing yo, you’re confused you know
Why you wasting your time
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
Seeing right through you like
You’re bathing in Windex
Boy why you so obsessed with me?

Ooh Ohh Ohh boy why you so obsessed with me?
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
And all the ladies sing,
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
All the girls sing
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh

You on your job
You hating hard
Ain’t gon’ feed you
I’m gonna let you starve
Gasping for air
I’m ventilation
You out of breath
Hope you ain’t waiting
Telling the world how much you miss me
But we never were
So why you trippin’
You a mom and pop
I’m a corporation
I’m the press conference
and you a conversation

Why you so obsessed with me (Boy I wanna know)
Lying that you’re sexing me (when everybody knows)
It’s clear that you’re upset with me
Finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress
Last man on the earth still couldn’t hit this
You’re delusional, you’re delusional
Boy you’re losing your mind
It’s confusing yo, you’re confused you know
Why you wasting your time
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
Seeing right through you like
You’re bathing in Windex
Boy why you so obsessed with me?

Ooh Ohh Ohh boy why you so obsessed with me?
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
And all the ladies sing,
So oh oh oh oh
So oh oh oh oh
All the girls sing
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh
Obsessed
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh

Why you so obsessed with me
Lying that you’re sexing me
It’s clear that you’re upset with me
Finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress
Last man on the earth still couldn’t hit this
You’re delusional, you’re delusional
Boy you’re losing your mind
It’s confusing yo, you’re confused you know
Why you wasting your time

Eminem – The Warning

Only reason I dissed you in the first place is because you denied seeing me
Now I’m pissed off
Sit back and relax homey, kick back and relax, grab a six pack while I kick facts
Yeah Dre’s sick track, perfect way to get back
Wanna hear something wick wack?
I got the exact same tat that’s on Nick’s back
I’m obsessed now
Oh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee
Wow Mariah, I didn’t expect her to go balls out
Bitch, shut the fuck up before I put all them phone calls out you made to my house when you was wild n out before Nick
When you was on my dick and give you somethin to smile about
How many times you fly to my house? Still trying to count
Better shut your lying mouth if you don’t want Nick finding out
You probably think cuz it’s been so long if i had something on you I woulda did it by now
On the contrary, Mary Poppins, I’m mixing our studio session down and sending it to mastering to make it loud
Enough dirt on you to murder you
This is what the fuck I do
Mariah, it ever occur to you that I still have pictures?
However you prefer to do and goes for you too, Nick, faggot
You think I’m scared of you?
You gonna ruin my career you better get one
Like I’ma sit and fight with you over some slut bitch cunt who made me put up with her psycho ass over 6 months and only spread her legs to let me hit once
Yeah, what you gonna say? I’m lucky? Tell the public that I was so ugly that you fucking had to be drunk to fuck me?
Second base? What the fuck you tell Nick, punk?
In the second week we was dry humping. It’s gotta count for something.
Listen, girly. Surely you don’t want me to talk about how I nutted early cos ejaculated early and bus all over your belly, and you almost started hurling and said I was gross, go get a towel you’re stomachs curling. Or maybe you do.
But if I’m embarrassing me, I’m embarrassing you and don’t you dare say it isn’t true.
As long as the song’s getting airplay I’m dissing you.
I’m a hair away from getting carried away and getting sued.
I was gonna stop at 16. This is 32. This is 34 bars. We ain’t even a third of the way through.
Damn, Slim. Mariah played you. Mariah who?
Oh did I say ”whore”, Nick? I meant a liar too.
Like I’ve been goin off on you all this time for no reason.
Girl you out ya alcholic mind. Check ya wine cellar. Look at all the amounts of wine.
Like I sit around and think about you all the time.
I just think this is funny when I pounce you on a rhyme.
But it now i’m about to draw the line.
And for you to cross it that’s a mountain that I doubt you wanna climb.

I can describe areas of your house that you wouldn’t find on an episode of Cribs
A blubba load ribs if I hear another word so don’t go opening your jibs cos every time you do it’s just another load of fibs
I ain’t saying this shit again, ho. You know what it is.
It’s a warning shot for before I blow up ya whole spot
Call my bluff and I’ll release every fucking thing I got
Including the voicemails right before you flipped your top
When me and Luis were tryin’ to stick two CD’s in the same spot
(Slim Shady I love you)
I love you too
Let me whisper sweet nothings into your ear, boo. Now what you say?
(It’s nothing)
Guess what I’ll do?
I’ll refresh your memory when you said ”I want you”
Now should I keep going or should we call truce?
(You think you’re cute, right? Hahaha)
You bet your sweet ass I do
(I’m Mary Poppins, b)
And I’m Superman, mmm
(Mary P. Slim Shady)
Comin’ at you
So if you’ll still be my (babygirl)
Then I’ll still be your (Superhero, Wilma M.)
Yeah, I’m right here
(You like this)
Nope. Not anymore, Dear.
It cuts like a (knife) when I tell ya get a (life)
But I’m movin on with mine
Nick, is that your (wife)
Well tell her to shut her mouth then I’ll leave her alone
If she don’t (sing this script?) then I’ma just keep goin
(I see Mary Ann. Mary Ann’s saying ”cut the tape, cut the tape”. Knife!)

This is awsm. I like it when people express their passion through lyrics. Shows class and creativity!!

Weird Dream

  By Philip Khor | 11 August, 2009 - 6:50 am | Blog
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I had this super weird dream just now.

1. KOMTAR in Penang collapsed, due to structural integrity. Must have been what Aidan told us last night in the car! HMmmm..

2. In the panic and confusion, I got close to this “girlfriend” and it was nirvana! When my 6.30am alarm woke me up, I was somewhat disappointed yet in acceptance that it was only a dream.

3. I took a subway train in Penang. Er… is there even one yet?

4. KOMTAR collapsed in a small footprint. There was a huge cloud of dust, but not many were killed. There was ongoing Structural work going on, and I saw the face of a worker while the thing was collapsing, the helplessness while the 66 storey structure crumbled on him.

5. The people around me were nice. They are good people, and come to think of it I am very fortunate to have wonderful friends; both girls and boys.

6. We shouldn’t clog the telecommunication network in time of a crisis. Let the people who REALLY need to call use the limited capacities. Maybe send a SMS to a loved one, that would suffice. LAND line / public phones would be great if they’re still working.

7. Like an Indian I know said “We believe in a God of second chances.” That itself, is just the hope we need in such a depressing world.

Have a nice day~!!!

[11:45pm edit]

Here’s a fun time we had back in January / CNY time.

Hope we can do it again… VALENTINE’S DAY.. hmmm? :)

Choices

  By Philip Khor | 10 August, 2009 - 10:20 am | Blog
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Going to KLCC area for the 2 day “Summit” was awesome.

On the way there, not wanting to be late, I used the known, tried and tested route. No problem. I got there in about 20 minutes from Subang Jaya.

After a tiring day, the Magellan in me decide to use the Airport highway, cutting out at OUG / Bkt Jalil area. I missed the turning (or U-Turn) and boom, I went past the North South Expressway (Sg. Besi toll)!!!!

Can’t be that bad… drove at 110 km/h to the next stop, which was Kajang. If I was travelling with friends, then we would have stopped for satay. It was 7pm, and the sun was just setting. What an awesome sight.

Soon, I passed Marriott Putrajaya. I was puzzled. Eh, I thought Putrajaya was freaking far away? Have I really travelled that far? I looked at my watch, and I’ve only been in the car for 20 minutes tops. I was there for my sister Olivia’s wedding in 2004. The place still looks the same, but the roads were fun to drive on. Most of it is toll free. So if you have time, I’m sure there are short-cuts and toll-free ways to the Airport from town.

Passed through Puchong (again, thought of Having Syabu Syabu) but meh, no friends. Fortunately it was Sunday and there was no jam. I reached home exactly 60 minutes after leaving Nikko Hotel.

Here’s a visual on my journey. And I believe I spent under RM 5 on toll in total. I drove 3 times the distance I’m supposed to, but hey, this was how new places are discovered!

klcc

Its a bookies game

  By Philip Khor | 10 August, 2009 - 7:45 am | Blog
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Before I comment on the events at Nikko Hotel, I’d like to address the Chelsea – Man Utd game last night.

It was a charity game, an exhibition match. Which idiot would want to commit 100% and risk getting injured before the season proper even kick start?

United fans shouldn’t resort to weak excuses such as “Ballack should be sent off”, “The cup is worth nothing”, et cetera. In the words of a Scouser I know, for Man United this game was for “Testing, nia..”

That said, I still believe the words of a Singaporean gambler that football matches are pre-determined by bookies. The betting market goes into the billions of USD worldwide on good matches. If both Chelsea and Man United get a small cut, it would surely help them in their January transfer window, for example and of course help Man United to pay off their huge debt.

We cannot deny the superiority and threat that Chelsea pose to Man United for all 4 honours we are both chasing for. Right now, the crazy Russian is planning ahead for some Christmas arsenal reinforcements. We can’t buy now thanks to the idiots in Madrid and across town who inflated the market to astronomical Football Manager 2009-esque prices.

Manchester United and Chelsea will have to play the waiting game in the transfer market. They will also have to have a “Williams Sisters Arrangement (WSA)” where, “Oh, you won Wimbledon last year. Let me win Australian Open now!”.

This season promises to be better than ever before. All four clubs are weakened. We shouldn’t be alarmed of the results of the first month or two. It is not how fast you start but how strong you finish.

Oh, one more thing.

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