5 Things that Only Happen during Ramadhan

First of all, i would like to wish all Muslims Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan and Selamat Berpuasa. To celebrate this holy month of Ramadhan, lets take a look at the things that only happen during Ramadhan. Whether you like it, love it, or just plain hate it, it's here, and it's gonna be for a month.

5. Ridiculous Buffet Prices

Can you see the RM?

When the month comes, every bloody restaurant, hotel, cafe, warung and mamak will have so-called 'great' offers for berbuka puasa treat. But the problem is, most of them are expensive like hell. Close to a hundred bucks just to have your berbuka puasa? I don't think so.
In the end, the pasar Ramadhan is still the best.

But the food is not, ridiculous, mind you

4. Boring Puasa Greetings

Yes, everybody wishes them. Everybody sends them. Year in, year out. SMS wishes are still popular. And those pantuns are still very, VERY popular. The pantuns have the same meanings/points, but with only different ways of saying it. Its almost spontaneous, everybody can just come up with one in a matter of seconds, and it will spread like wildfire.

Anak kera pandu Unser,
Mati terlanggar pokok kelapa,
Esok kita dah nak puasa,
jangan buat - buat lupa.

Ooh..classic.

3. Ridiculous Offers

Other than exorbitant prices, the are also some ridiculous offers during this month. Every single store, shop, mall, boutique or whatsoever would want to integrate the word "Ramadhan" into its offers.

???

If you think tudung Ramadhan is fine, then that's okay.
But what about "Buy 2 buckets of Heineken, and get 1 free, only this month!"

This one is not available this year?

2. Traffic Jams, yay

Everybody's favourite phenomenon is back, stronger than ever. Traffic jams are everywhere, everytime. But what's so special this time around?
Well, it fucking intensifies ten-fold.
And don't get me started about the LRTs.

LRTs and monorails included

Offices and schools are usually closed earlier than usual, and so, the mad rush gets even worse. Everybody's dying to go home for buka puasa, everybody's itching to go and buka puasa outside, all at the same time, and what do you get?
Buka puasa in the car.
At least twice this month, you will somehow and someway experience it.

1. Everybody's Favourite, the Pasar Ramadhan, the Legend

*Hysteria*

Yeah, who doesn't go to one anyway? You are not a Malaysian human if you miss this opportunity to find an abundant choice of food, and stuffs. Every year, there seems to be more and more food around, eh? Don't you think?

Space Cop Gaban's favourite drink, Naga Gaban

And there are even weird names for drinks, like for example,
Sirap Samarinda or maybe Soya Cincau Akasia or what ever.
But it sells. It fucking sells, actually. Damn.


So, there you are. Among the few things that you can find only during this month.
I'm sure there are more, right?

International Left-Handers Day

Hell yeah!
Today is our day people!
Today, we, lefties, rule!
We have our own special day to celebrate, and at an international scale as well!
Is there any day for you "righties"?
NO!

I am Legend

Being a lefty has always been something special.
People would always go..

eh, dia tulis tangan kiri la.

Wow, you're a lefty!

Laa.. kidal rupenye dia ni.

..stuffs like that.

Okay okay, let's move on to the history of the day first.
13 August was chosen as the lefties day, just to increase the public awareness regarding
the advantages and the disadvantages of being a lefthander. It was first observed in 1976, but the whole thing was made official in 1992, or so they say.
I must be joking, you might think. No.

Being a lefty has a lot of advantages and disadvantages.
When i was little, i remember that most of the people around me scolded me for using my left hand to write. It's not my choice, really.
Some old folks tale says that lefties are children of Satan (LOL), and so on.
It is also related to hygiene or some sort, as we Asians, Malaysians to be precise, use our left hand to wash our asses. hahaha

I am so gonna buy this

But hell, who cares. I don't like stereotype. I dare to be different. cewah. So, i see it as a gift.
As i grow older, more and more people start to praise my leftiness. They say that lefties are intelligent, genius, brilliant, you know the drill. Basically, lefties are smarter.
Well, there is a living proof, innit? heheh.

Read only if you have one

People who use their left hands uses more of their right brain, and righties vice versa. Basically, people who uses their right-brain are more creative, and are more intuitive, while people who uses more of their left-brain are more analytical.
To put it simple, lefties are cool, and righties are boring. Yeah!

Swiss knife for lefties!

I still have some difficulties though. For example, when using scissors. The handles are somehow righty-oriented, and therefore, i would prefer tearing things apart rather than cutting it. heheh.

This is not Jawi

Writing is also a big problem. Since the normal way to write is from left to right, so, writing from left to right using the left hand would be a pain in the ass, especially when using a gel-based pen. There would be smears all over the place, especially for a fast writer like me.
The only way to write without smears, is to write in Jawi or Arabic, which obviously i suck at.

But hey, i'm not really a lefty out and out. I'm more of an ambidextrous person. I play football using my right leg, i play snooker/badminton/squash/tennis/pingpong using my right hand, and of course, i know how to eat the proper way.

God is fair, and that's why these difficulties are offset with creativity, intelligence, and of course, good looks.
wahahahahahaha

So, to all you lefties out there, today is our day, and let's enjoy it.
Because LEFT is RIGHT!

7 things that will happen if snow falls in Malaysia

So, Arfsenal didn't win the match against Liverfool, and it was a draw. The match was kinda even, but not until Ade got a red card. Stupid ref! And Fabregas injured himself too. Damn. So, no 'i told you didn't i' shit anymore. hahaha.

Okay, enough about the football already. Christmas is near, so this post is Christmas-themed. hahaha. Although i don't really celebrate Christmas, but what the heck, it's still a celebration right? And it has the most hype all over the world. Just look at the shopping malls, in the TV, everywhere, it's all snows and Santas.

Yeah, the Christmas spirit. Christmas won't be perfect without snow, huh? So, that made me wonder. What if snow falls in Malaysia? What if there's winter over here? hohoho, that's surely interesting.
So, i came up with a few things that will happen if snow falls in Malaysia.


7.
In Malaysia, we are full of festivals and celebrations. For example, Hari Raya and Thaipusam. So what would happen if snow falls during these times? Imagine going for a raya openhouse wearing thick, multi-layered clothing and snowcaps. That would be fun huh? Oh, and how about Thaipusam? Can they pierce those rods through one's body, when it's freezing like hell? And they are supposed to be topless or something right? Now that's a challenge.


6.
Over here, rempits are king, or so they say. Imagine a rempit, doing what they do best, which is merempit, while snow is falling? Now, that would be a sight. Wearing too much clothes would destabilise them, and don't, don't ever mess with the skinny jeans. The skinny jeans is a must for every rempits. I bet during the winter, the rempits will not really be able to show off their abdomens. But they will still grab and rearrange their balls. It's freezing. LOL.

Lu ingat musim sejuk gua tak boleh pacak ke bai? Takde hal la!!

5.
Talking about rempits, people with lowered cars will have problems too. Aha! Familiar? The road will be covered in thick snow, so there's no way the car can move. Snow will even get into the floor of the car! And those people will be like "Sorry la bro, gua tak dapat datang la bro. Snow tebal la bro. Kereta gua tak boleh lari la bro."
Serves you right.


4.
If snow falls in Malaysia, you won't be able to read this. Why? Because the internet over here sucks so much that it gets disconnected itself when it rains. Yeah, so imagine snow. Another similar problem is the goddamn Astro. Even when the weather is what we call "mendung", you will get something like "Services are currently not available". If it snows, what the hell would they say? I bet the decoder won't be able to display any message at all as the dish is already frozen.
So, no Internet, and no Astro for the whole of winter. Great. I wonder if TV1 still exists?


3.
Snow = No sunshine.
For a country which depends a lot on the sun, it would be quite hard to adapt. I'm not talking about padi or other crop related stuffs. I'm talking about ikan masin, sotong kering, udang kering, belacan and other dried foods over here! Now, THAT is hard to adapt. LOL.
Oh, most people over here doesn't own a dryer at home. So i wonder, how will people dry their clothes then. And let's not start about smelly clothes/baju bau tak kering. Ugh.

You will be sorely missed, my dear ikan masin.

2.
There's more reason to wake up late! Can also be used as a good excuse for missing class/work.
Sorry la bos, saya ingat masih malam lagi. Rupa-rupanya snow tebal cover tingkap saya. Jadi saya sambung la tidur.

1.
Snow. Christmas. What else do we need? Our very own Santa Claus of course!
And the winner of Akademi Santa 2008 is...

err.. Sathya Kalasamy a.k.a Santa Claus

ahaha. I think that's enough of stupidity already. But thank God Malaysia is not a snowy country. I would rather go to Europe and feel the snow for myself rather than having Sathya Kalasamy giving hugs and gifts to kids in Suria KLCC. hahahaha.

So, enough of my poor imagination already. Let us all enjoy the holidays.
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!
HoHoHo!

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4 reasons why i'm getting fatter this holiday

Okay okay, i admit it. I've not really been working out as much as i wanted to during the holidays. It's not really that i'm getting fat or what, it's just that i'm really lazy and all. hahaha. So, i've been thinking, why? Why am i really lazy during this holiday season? (when not?)
I came up with 4 reasons.

4. The weather
The weather is very important. It plays a huge role in making one a lazy a person. Well of course, it is the end of the year. And so, it tends to rain a lot. Day, night, morning, everytime.
So, how am i supposed to not laze around when the weather is so err.. permitting?
hahaha

3. Sleeping pattern
It's the holidays right? So, when else to sleep like a king? And, as stated in reason number 5, the weather surely helps huh?
And when it rains in the morning, i tend to oversleep. So, basically, i wake up late, really really late.
rain = sleep + laziness.

2. Lack of motivation?
Well, not really lack of motivation. It's more towards attitude. And procrastination. Plus a lot of laziness. And a whole load of excuses. LOL

1. Food!
Of course, the main bloody reason. How the hell am i supposed to be motivated to be active enough when there's plenty of food? Not just in the house, even outside, even on TV!
Yeah, even on TV, there's just too much shows on food. Planet Food, Destination Food, Jamie's Kitchen, Nigella Bites, Bizzare Food, you name it!
It's all food food food!
Plus, the sister with her weekend project(which involves food, of course), oh gosh, i can't say no to that!

No, i won't be posting pics of food or whatsoever. Nope.

So, there, that's it. Now that i came up with all the bloody reasons i could think of, i can't help but feel a bit guilty for not really using this time to exercise and work out. But then again, nevermind lah! I'm not fat, so that's okay i guess.
Time to get lazy!
hahahahahaha

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