Saturday, March 29, 2008

Switch off the lights!

Earth Hour 2008
What: The World Wildlife Fund wants us to turn out the lights and open our eyes to carbon footprint reduction.
Why: Who’s afraid of the dark?
When: Sat., 8-9 p.m.
Where: Say, can you hit that switch?


And also

Viagra's Tenth Birthday.
I just got to know it exist for a decade already.

Friday, March 28, 2008

careless = car "less"

"Pada hari 26/03/08 pukul 12.30 tengah hari saya memandu kereta bernombor WKP 8085 jenis Kancil..."

Seems familiar? Well, I hope not! That's the report I wrote in the police station after a road accident the other day. It happened when on my way home at the junction after Asia Jaya LRT Station. I was heading straight on Jalan Utara towards Seksyen 14 and a Proton Saga came from the left junction quickly. It all happened in a blink, it was too late for me to brake when I see it coming.

Bang~! That sound nearly cracked my head..

The impact was not major but my mind went blank and my head spins. At that moment, everything seems so blur and I cant tell what is happening around me. Oh, oppss..no wonder, my glasses fell off.

Reality hits: cars behind honking and people started yelling. So I step out of the car, the normal procedure.

Step 1

  • S.O.S. Call for help. Well, I called my dad and the conversation was not pleasant. He always remind me to be careful on the road. Not just myself but I have to master how to prevent others' too.
Step 2
  • Take picture of the damages. DOINK! I realised, my classic blue screen walkie talkie doesn't have a camera function. The other car was immobile as my car hit it straight on the front tire. Well, we had to wait until the tow car arrive and move it away.
Step 3
  • Move the car to somewhere else to clear the road and prevent another accident to happen. As we know, Malaysians are very concerned with surroundings while neglecting their driving attention. Now is the time to digest what just happened in my car alone. What is next? Who to call? How it happened?
Step 4
  • Get the other car plate no and contact details. All these are needed in the police report and insurance claims.
Step 5
  • Malaysia's road sign aren't very significant, thus look carefully around to find out the name of the road where the accident happen and the road where the other car came from too.
  • It makes it easier to explain to the police officer.
The waiting process before my dad arrives was awful. The man accused me for talking on the phone while driving. WTH?! No, of course I did not! Tow man trying to lure business from me. The sun + heat, the honking, the false allegation and people bugging me...ARGGHHH~!

I walked off to the shade across and started to pretend busy on the phone before I burst into anger.

Thanks to Matthew, that disastrous moment went by much quicker than it would be. We talked over the phone to keep myself distracted from everybody else that gives me headache until my dad arrives.

Step 6
  • Check if there is any leakage from the car. The radiator was broken, it is best not to drive it any further. The technician arrives about 10 mins later.
Step 7
  • Lodge a police report at the nearest main police station. Haha..this part is funny. I sat there writing the report next to a guy just as clueless as I am. The officer came to rescue me clicking a few buttons making everything right nicely but when the guy ask for help...haha...
Bear in mind, things needed:
  • Pictures of accident scene and damages
  • Plate no of the other car
  • Contact of the person
  • Street No
  • Identification Card and Driving License
Finally, I've say goodbye to my car and wont be seeing her for 3 weeks, at least. I knocked out the moment I step into my room. Gosh, what a day! My things to do that day was to finish up 2 of my assignments due on Friday but the headache was so bad I cant even make another move.

zzzzz...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

kyanmay? or kuan may?

Many have asked, how to pronounce 'kyanmay'? why? Some commented that my nickname is weird and none has ever said it out right.

Well, even I don't know how to pronounce it right or ever heard of it. It derived from my first name 'Kuan May'. It is just the 'U' changed to 'Y' and look at your keyboard. Haha, I blindly made a typo error when I first created my email.

Then, I realize kyanmay as a user name is always available. So, I keep to that from there on. If by any chance the user name has already been taken, I'm pretty sure that person is none other than me, myself.

Reasoning, I tried to register an account using different user name as kyanmay has already been taken but same email. Later, the administrator mailed me my lost password instead of confirmation approval. Proven, many times!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

JumpStart?

It was a tiring week for me. I just couldn’t really get things right all day. Earlier I was holding my TNG card but heading to a cash lane on LDP toll. Later, I found myself in the supermarket but I intended to go to the gym. My mind couldn’t decifer my thoughts and action properly. So, I decided to go to home before I mix up another thing. Until the next morning, I realize I did the most careless thing ever in years. I forgot to turn off the headlights, depleting the car battery by morning. I had to run out to the main road, bout 2km away from home to catch a cab to class before I miss it. I haven’t been exercising in the morning in a very long time!

All morning, I’ve been calling and texting friends to get solutions how to fix my car, Kancil – Manual.

Step 1:

Go to the carpark entrance and stop any car that enters. Ask for help to jumpstart the car. Well, my experience wasn’t pleasant. I realize how ignorant my neighbors are. They are either rushing off somewhere or just ignore me totally! After about 6 attempts, a man agrees to help but he doesn’t know how to. Although he doesn’t look convince that a girl like me knows what jumpstart is, but he risks his car to help me out.

Step 2:

Ask him to park the car in front facing my car engine. Pop up both the hoods, and let’s do it!

Step 3:

With his car engine still running, connect the black wire to his battery –VE then attach the other end to my car battery. Make sure the connection is correct, –VE = BLACK to BLACK.

Then, do the same to the red wire.

Step 4:

Check again the connection, BLACK to BLACK, RED to RED! This is very important, you don’t want to blow up anything here.

Ladies and G, START the ENGINE!

Step 5:

Don’t get too excited yet. It is not done yet. But I have to let the uncle go, he seems to be checking his watch often.

Now that the engine is running, disconnect all the wires. Close the hood. Do not start driving yet. The car needs to warm up before it starts moving again.

On the neutral gear, press the accelerator until it reaches 2000 rpm – the smaller meter called gauge, and maintain at that rate for at least 5 minutes.

Step 6:

Drive carefully so that it doesn’t stall because it may not start again and I have to repeat the jumpstart procedure all over again. Finding another helpful person to give a lending hand is another hopeless attempt.

Go to my workshop and ask them to change the battery. A cheaper option, you can recharge the battery. But I haven’t change my battery pack for 5 years so it is safer to get a new one. There are 2 types of battery:

  • Water based – need to check water level regularly – once every month; long life span.
  • Non water based – low maintenance but shorter life span

I have the new water based battery pack installed at the price of RM 130.

Friday, March 14, 2008

my life was so much happier

…before I met her. Miss Gayathri, my lecturer in college who poke holes on my bubble wrap and show me the world called “Insanity”. This course is about ethics, thus we discuss about decision we make in life. Shall I? Shall I not? The ‘What If?’ always in question. Usually I’ll enter the class with sunshine above my head and leave with clouds of misery. The worse is at the end of the course, I will still not find the right/ wrong. It is a critical thinking course that supposes to lighten up my views to the world.

Insane World, take a look at these news about incest.

Mom 'helped' dad rape daughters

  • A man with 10 wives raped 5 of his daughters
  • His rationale : if he could satisfy the sexual needs of his daughters, they would be less likely to engage in sexual activities with other boys.

Brother, sister lose legal incest attempt

  • Brother, sister have four children together
  • First 2 children with disabilities and younger 2 are fine
  • Sought legal right to have sexual relations

What is happening to the people?!

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Torment Chamber

Last Friday night, Renee and I figured a new way to torture our feet. Instead of putting on a pair of 4 inch heels and dance all night in the club, we went for foot reflexology! Well, it is gonna be painful anyway, so might as well do some good to our body for all the pain.

According to Wikipedia, it helps to reduce stress. Because the feet helps set the tension level for the rest of the body, they are an easy way to interrupt the stress signal and reset homeostasis, the body's equilibrium.

It was my second time and Renee's first time! After strolling around Bukit Bintang stretch, we figured we need to find a better torment chamber with nice atmosphere. Those in town are a little exposed for us, newbies. So we headed to Telawi - Bangsar, a place called "Morinokaze".



I briefed Renee when we were on the way, how is it gonna be like? .. my first time experience. I'm glad that this place provide privacy for the customers, we have our own room aka torment chamber. As expected, the moment we dipped our foot into the hot water .. we started laughing because of the ticklish sensation. We both took a least 5 mins to calm ourselves down..and the masseurs look terrified. If it is exposed to everybody else in the same hall, they would have chased us out within the first 10 mins for making so much noise.

The masseur A started with rub, pressed and squeeze my feet. It was painful and ticklish, trying to hold back my laughter cause I know it is contagious to my dear friend beside me. Struggling..struggling..UUMPPHHH~! Finally I smiled facing away from her but somehow she noticed and we burst into laughter again. Renee was about to kick her masseur B due to her reflex reaction for tickling her. Poor thing, both of them.


For the whole 60 minutes -
applying pressure to very specific parts of my feet, which she said corresponded to various part of my body. It was hell for the four of us in the nice little torment chamber.
  • Renee was holding back her laughter,
  • I was in pain,
  • Masseur A was terrified - not knowing when Renee will kick her,
  • Masseur B was trying very hard to not make me laugh and cry at the same time.
The session ended at 2 a.m. - It was raining, we had to walk slowly in the rain back to our car parked at the other end. Our feet applied with cream and essential oil from the reflexology turns sticky and slippery when in contact with water. Plus my lousy flip flops isn't safe to be used in rainy days + pain. What a new experience for Friday night.