Of Internet Predators

I've been reading an article about the death of a 21-year-old girl who fell down from her condominium while trying to climb nine storeys down to elope with her 34-year-old boyfriend. She was climbing down on a raffea string (can you believe it?) tied from the kitchen balcony and assisted (!) by an Indonesian maid. Apparently she lost her footing and plunged to her death, just as she was scaling down to meet her boyfriend who was waiting in a car.

It seems the boyfriend had 'coerced' the girl to elope via such a method, as it was claimed that she might have gotten pregnant by the guy. What's frightening is that this guy is apparently a cyberspace 'predator' as he had allegedly befriended 25 young girls from rich families via Friendster.

At this day and age, we really have to be careful of who we befriend in cyberspace. We've come to a point where a lot of our interactions with other people are restricted to behind the monitors only, which is kinda depressing if you ask me. Flaws and faults can be easily disguised as you wouldn't be able to verify for sure what the real character is like.

I have a daughter of my own, and I sure don't want her to be fooled. Let our children see more of the real world instead of the virtual world. The real world may not be perfect but at least we'll get to know the real deal.

Modern Day Convenience

During lunch today, I saw a new retail concept that opened inside the Petronas Service Station here in Bukit Tinggi. Mail Boxes Etc. offers quite a number of services that competes with the post office. Apart from providing mailbox services, it also provides services to pack and ship (great for ebay fans), printing and photocopying, fax and internet, gift wrapping, etc.

I had to use their courier service to send something to KL and it only costs me RM5.25 (price rising soon) using City-Link, which can also be tracked online. If you want to courier within Peninsular Malaysia, give them a tenner and you'd get some loose change back. Fast and not too expensive, if you ask me.

If you're a student or worker from elsewhere, and you wish to have a 'real address' to send and receive stuff, then this is the place for it, particularly if you're itching to get onto the ebay bandwagon to make some moolahs! Any shipment to overseas will be using DHL.

I guess it's time to do something about my ebay account.

Datukships: A Dime A Dozen?

Today is NS YamTuan's B'day and as usual, the annual Datukship giveaway list came out like cookies lah. I was quite happy to see some well deserved awards given out, particularly to one of our former badminton greats.

This comes just days after our national squash queen got a Datukship too, which me thinks is a wee bit too early lah. Bagi lah dia after few more years of glory on the circuit, now's a bit too soon lah. Nanti sudah jadi complacent, susah lah.

In the NS list also was a certain Malaysian angkasawan or cosmonaut or astronaut or rocket passenger or whatever name you wanna call it lah. This one ah? Ehh.... no comment leh.

Read what others have to say at rocky's bru

Good Girls, Bad Girls

Good girls loosen a few buttons when it’s hot.
Bad girls make it hot by loosening a few buttons.

Good girls only own one credit card and rarely use it.
Bad girls only own one bra and rarely use it.

Good girls wax their floors.
Bad girls wax their bikini lines.

Good girls blush during love scenes in a movie.
Bad girls know they could do it better.

Good girls think they’re not fully dressed without a strand of pearls.
Bad girls think they’re fully dressed with just a strand of pearls.

Good girls wear high heels to work.
Bad girls wear high heels to bed.

Good girls say, “Don’t… Stop…”.
Bad girls say, “Don’t Stop…”.

I'm looking for really good bad girls, if ever there's one.

The Uncertainties Of Life

I've just been reminded how uncertain life can sometimes be. In the course of our life, we sometimes make plans so as not to fail (as the saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail). Nevertheless, sometimes we are reminded that man proposes but God disposes.

A colleague of mine was supposed to get married on the weekend. A happy occasion, if ever there was one. Unfortunately, no one foresaw what God had in mind to test one's perseverance when my colleague's house was razed by fire a few days before the wedding. How cruel can fate be at times.

In life, we will just need to keep moving on with life, for there will always be tests aplenty on our journey of life. Have faith in the face of adversity and we will emerge stronger and better.

命里有時終須有，
命里無時無強求。

Wifi Breakdown

It's been almost a week since I last blogged, all because of the f**kin' Maxis Broadband power adapter that gave way. Getting it replaced was a real hassle, being given the runaround by the Maxis Centre in Klang. Adding to the insult was the Maxisbb technician who didn't wanna come to Klang to replace it for me, despite me being told that they would make house calls! What lah...

I finally managed to get it replaced at the Maxis Centre at Sunway Pyramid. Speaking of which, it's been ages since I last came here and what a transformation this place has undergone. The parking's absolutely shopper-friendly, the atmosphere inside certainly exudes class and comfort, and it has expanded to make room for more retailers. Truly a shopping paradise.

As it is, I'm blogging from Starbucks (getting to be a habit to blog from cafes) but the downside is, the wifi here is TNS really SLOW! Well, beggars can't be choosers, what more when using free wifi from a place that's frequented by plenty of people. With four Japanese women sitting at the next table talking LOUDLY, and other visitors all brandishing their laptops in front of them, this place is really happening.

Here's to my hope that I can get back to my finger-tapping journeys tomorrow.