JYSim for jobless-yokel Sim

I know I had not been myself for the past few days. I’ve committed suicide, written an obituary, and completed my will.
Today is a whole new day. I woke up, collected the laundry my maid left outdoors while sulking and cursing 76 times. As soon as the last shirt was hung up in the airwell, rain fell like…whatever.

Then I rinsed my new bought clothes yesterday/ To all guys having maids out there - never let maids handle expensive clothes such as BritishIndia or Camel. They either melt the fabric by ironing too hot, or misshape it by not wringing the clothes dry enough.

I waded through 4-inch of rainwater, carried an umbrella and hop into the 7-11 opposite my house. Bought ‘The Star’, Koko Krunch and some milk. I scheme through The Star and found this life-saving artical. I called up JPA and asked about ‘my letter’. Well, not boasting, but I was told I am shortlisted. I was generally satisfied about the service, and was confident about Abdullah’s government restructuring program.
11.30, Still no letter. Before that I called up IJN (Institut Jantung Negara) and asked about my Medical Report, which costs RM100. I called up AFS-Antarabudaya Malaysia and asked about accreditation of my exchange program certificate. I was given sufficient information and assurance for both of my calls, and again I was confident of how Malaysians can be reformed in customer service.
11.55, still no letter. I called up JPA again, and this time the woman who answered was impatient, agonised and used sorta hey-i’m-late-for-lunch attitude to soliciate with me. I argued, in a good-natured way.
11.58, the breadmaking machine signal sounded again, and I ran to attend to it. Just as I was about to set my hands on the puffing loaf of bread, I heard a quintet sequence of horn and someone shouting outside. My letter’s here. I dropped everything I’m holding and wearing (my windbreaker, it’s cold today) and ran to the door. The stupid postman left, but he’s still within eyesight. I shouted ‘hey, tunggu! Datanglah ni!’ He stopped, came back and said I got selected for NS.
I was a little annoyed and babbled my IC number away for him, not caring if he got it completely or correctly or not, grabbed my letter and went indoors.
12.00, I knew why lots of people are missing their mails, cos PosLaju is supposed to be real PosLaju, they come, horn 5 times, count to 3, and went off again. If you’re 2-seconds late, sorry-lah, we’ll come again tomorrow. And as PosLaju is really meant to be laju, they don’t have ‘you’ve got mail!’ cards for you.
So I would like to dedicate this blog to so many friends who cared for me, including one who’s willing to be my ‘partner’ in future. Thanks to all you guys and good luck to everybody.

JYSim, March 06′

Lame post this is, just bare the usual lame JYSim.
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Flight KL809 to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta is now ready for boarding. Passengers please proceed to Gate A6 immediately.
Your attention please, flight KL809 is now ready for boarding. SkyTeam passengers and passengers for our First and World Business class are invited to use our Express Lane on the right. Passengers for Economy class please queue up on the left. Please note that all passengers are not allowed to bring forbidden goods on board. Thank you.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I’m Captain Wolfgang Vermeer for KLM. It gives me great pleasure today to introduce you to our cabin crew and aircraft. Our journey to Kuala Lumpur will take approximately 12 hours, thereafter, we’ll have a 30-minute hangover at Kuala Lumpur International Airport before continuing our flight to Jakarta. The journey to Jakarta will take another 2 hours. Before landing I will inform you the weather conditions at your destination. If you have any questions or problems please feel free to enquire our crew. In the meantime, sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.
Greetings ladies and gentlemen. We’ll now perform the in-flight safety demonstration. Please pay attention as some safety regulations may differ from aircraft to aircraft.
This is your seat belt. To fasten, insert the metal end into the buckle. Pull the other end to tighten. To release, lift the metal strap.
Should the cabin pressure drop oxygen masks like this will be released from the cabin overhead. Hold the mask to your face, pull the rubber strap back and breath normally. Parents are advised to tend to their children only after they’ve done their mask.
This is your life jacket. In case of an emergency, pull the tag under your seat, release the life jacket, and put it on like this. Tighten the jacket by pulling this two strings. Upon exiting the aircraft, pull these straps. Should the air supply for your jacket not suffice, blow in air through this mouthpiece. Blow your whistle to draw attention. The jacket lights will turn on immediately upon contact with water. Your life jacket is located under your seat.
This aircraft have 6 emergency exits located at different parts in the cabin. Please locate the nearest emergency exit for you and head towards it in case of an accident. Small lights along the aisle will guide you to your exit.
This safety regulation card is located in the pocket in front of you. Please read it through and kindly do not remove it from the aircraft.
Thank you for your attention. Should you encounter any discomfort or problems please feel free to consult our friendly cabin crew.
Cabin crew, prepare for take-off.
…(slept)
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re now flying 35,000 feet above India and we will be expecting some turbulences 5 minutes ahead. Please note that the fasten seat belt sign have been turn on. Fasten your seat belt and please remain seated until it have been turned off again.
…(slept)
Sir, sorry to interrupt, but the Frenchmen behind you is troubled that you lowered your seat a little too much. Would you be so kind as to…yes, thank you.
…(slept)
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re approaching Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 1 hour. Local temperature is 34 Celcius, and weather is expected to be fine for the day. The Malaysian government wishes to inform all passengers that drug trafficking carries mandatory death sentence in Malaysia. I repeat: drug trafficking carries mandatory death sentence in Malaysia. Meanwhile, non-Malaysian citizens who expect to stay for more than 48 hours are required to fill up Form 67-C avaliable from our crew. Non-Malaysian citizens staying in less than 48 hours have to fill up Form 67-D. Malaysian citizens away for more than 5 years have to fill up Form 67-A while Malaysian citizens away for more than 10 years or more have to fill up Form 67-B. These forms must be handed in upon check-out from KLIA. Passengers bound for Jakarta and passengers not catagorised above need not fill in any forms. Please seek assistance from our cabin crew if you have any problems. To all Malaysian passengers, welcome home. To all Malaysian visitors, we would like to welcome you on KLM’s behalf. We hope you have enjoyed your flight and we hope to see you on board again soon.
Cabin crew be seated for the landing.
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve had a safe touchdown in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Local authorities would like to remind you again that drug trafficking is illegal in Malaysia and carries mandatory death sentence. Welcome to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Passengers bound for Jakarta please remain seated and enjoy the hangover. To passengers alighting now, we wish you have a nice day and please fly KLM again. Thank you for choosing KLM.
Thank you for reading. Should you have any suggestions, grumblings, complaints, please write them under comments. We hope to see you reading this blog again.

Judging things according to the ‘Malaysian’ Standard. Suggestion to foreigners (non-Malaysians), read before touchdown in KLIA.
1. Malaysian punctuality - If Soon Khen says he’ll pick you up at 11, you can literally wake up at 12, take a 30-minute bath and still have time for self-grooming and watch a movie before he comes. If Seong Ling says he’ll come at 8.15, you can still start your 8-course dinner at 8.00pm sharp in Sungai Petani, come back at 10 and get prepared. Take it easy-lah, brudder!
2. Malaysian ten-zua-ism - "Aiyah, you know what hah, I got 13 A1s kan? So I claim money from Southern Bank, Alliance Bank, Hong Leong Bank and yadda-yadda, all in all I got RM1200 leh! Smart hoh?" (recorded live from CLHS 13A1 scorer) "Wow, so how? Belanja-lah!" "Aiyah, cannot-lah, my account…frozen leh heheh."
3. Malaysian government - "I can assure the rakyat that price of petrol won’t be raised again…i mean, should not be raised-lah…aiyah, little bit only mah, what difference does it make?" "Prices of daily goods will be controlled during this festive season, well, appearantly, sugar, salt, flour, rice, noodles, chicken, beef, fish-balls, and teh-tarik are not daily goods."
4. Malaysian education - "The more aces the merrier, you can even consider taking up mengasuh bayi, bahasa perancis, lukisan kejuruteraan, muzik, lukisan, perkebunan, membaiki televisyen, membaiki peti sejuk, membuat perabot. As long as you get more aces than everybody, you’ll be a top scorer, regardless of whether you’re smart or not."
5. Malaysian working etiquette - "Encik ar, ini spelling salah lah, Sdn. Bhd. kena tulis full, jangan guna pendek punya. Ambil borang baru tulis semula, besok datang lagi." "Puan, sekarang pukul berapa dah ni? 3.30 dah tahu? Saya kena pick-up anak saya dari sekolah, dia sesi petang (appearantly this gov. servant doesn’t have a child). Telefon lagi besok!"
6. Malaysian top scorer - "I study everyday. I listen to the teacher wheh she teaches in class. I do group studies. I don’t have a handphone. I don’t go to the cinema. I read a lot reference books. I go tuition, but it’s just for reinforcement of knowledge. Aiyah, basically I study lah, no secrets one lah!"
7. Malaysian (actual) working hours - For all states except Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu: Mon to Fri, 10.30 to 12, 2 to 3.30. Note: Limited customers served per day, so make sure you got every document you need and start lining up at 5 in the morning, especially Immigration office. For Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu: Sun to Thurs, same time as above, same note as above.
8. Malaysian driving licence - Introducing the new revolutionary instant licence - pay RM2000 and get your licence complete with your name and photo rightaway. We don’t care whether you know how to drive or whether you have a car, just pay and off you go. By the way, when you get caught, don’t tell people you got your licence here hah, we kena tahu?
9. Malaysian English - for example(s) please refer all the above.
10. Malaysian public transport - From Sungai Dua to Pulau Tikus (by bus): Take the stuffy, noisy, filthy mini-bus 88 to KOMTAR, change at Prangin Mall (hang-over of 30 to 45 minutes) for Hin Bus. No specific number, just ask (or request) the driver to drop you anywhere you like, even if it’s in the middle of a flyover. Total time: 1+ hour. (by car) Go Greenlane, exit Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, 15 minutes.
11. Malaysian express bus - "Ok, semua turun, bus driver tak datang hari ini. Tukar lain bus, atau datang lagi 12 jam kemudian." "Aiyah, air-con rosak lah, tahan sekejap boleh, 8 jam lagi sampai dah."

As Chuah Soi Leik and JPA kept giving out warning signals discouraging students to take medicine, Jun Yi was brought into believe that a medical career would be very difficult and too challenging for him. Coincidentally, he saw ‘penilaian harta’ or PCVS (property consultancy and valuation surveying) offered by JPA as well. Being a national champion PCVS last year under the ISM YAA competition (ahem! waves hand), the idea of switching from medicine to PCVS sparked off in his idle mind.
For all ‘muggles’ out there, PCVS or property appraiser is one of the 4 surveying divisions in the world (building surveying, quantity surveying, land surveying and PCVS). A PCVS evaluates properties and / or land to derive the market rental / selling value for commercial / rental purposes. For example, Mr. A passed away leaving behind him a bungalow in Jesselton and a dusun durian in Teluk Bahang. His will stated that the bungalow will be divided into 4 parts for his 4 sons and his durian plantation in Teluk Bahang will be given to his 3 wives (including 2 concubines). So, unlike a cake (or marzipan) which can be cut and equally divided into 4 parts, the house in Jesselton would definitely have to be sold for cash so that the money can be equally divided. How much should the bungalow be sold? What if the bungalow has sentimental purposes (or secret hiding places for Osama b. Laden) and it cannot be sold? Thus, a PCVS will be hired and the value of the property will be determined. If it is sold, the money will be equally divided; if it is not, 3 other brothers will receive money from the 1 brother who wants to keep the house. Another easier way would be just to change the owner of the house to the 4 sons. Same thing applies for the dusun durian.
Comparison of medicine and PCVS:
1. Duration of course: Medicine - 6 years for MBBS, 4 years for specialist, and endless years bond to the government; PCVS - 3 to 4 years for B.Sc (Hons) PCVS, 4 to 5 years being MRICS (member of the royal institution of charted surveyors). Preferred: PCVS
2. Workload: Medicine - needless to say, mountanious patients. You’ll need time to study for your specialist too. PCVS - economically depending, but no 24/7 for sure. Preferred: Medicine, as work shapes a man, and a high workload doesn’t mean you have no time of your own. Jun Yi won’t want to have his house auctioned during economy recession.
3. Income: Medicine - initial salary RM2000, increases as experience tops up. Stable. Won’t get rich. PCVS - initial salary RM1500, slow increase, economically dependable, profit sharing for each successful client deal. Won’t get rich either. Preferred: Medicine
4. Job characteristics: Medicine - extremely dynamic, from meeting mentally-ill patients to tai yee longs who think they’re ‘fook dai mang dai’ and won’t die that easily. Very people oriented (i like!) but very demanding, both physically and mentally. PCVS - 4/10 dynamic. People-oriented too, but limited to clients, bankers, lawyers and your boss. Less demanding, and probably less commitments. Preferred: Medicine
5. Job satisfaction: Medicine - high job satisfaction, but depends on which patients you treat. As mentioned, dai yee longs will think it’s because ang kong walked through, it’s not the doc.’s skills, mothers will thank you so much as if she wants to give her child to you as a present. She might probably ask you to become her child’s ayah angkat, too. PCVS - not as I see it. You do all the research and reports, but your boss gets the name. You open a company, you won’t get famous (frankly, who among us have ever heard of PCVS before Jun Yi introduced it?). Preferred: Medicine
6. Time: Medicine - high chances of missing lunch, dinner, 6 o’clock drama, 10 o’clock movie and maybe you’d forget you asked Soon Khen out for a movie, too. However, I personally think it’s up to your management. You play hard while you can and work hard when it’s time to do so. PCVS - typical 9 to 5 workshift. Some travelling perhaps (favourable), but you won’t miss ‘desperate housewives’ or ‘the x-files’ if you don’t keep everything until last minute. Preferred: PCVS
7. Advancement: Medicine - high chances of advancement (specialist, consultant, surgeon etc). Might branch out to research and lecturing if you find patients nowadays ask more than they can understand. PCVS - few chances of advancement, the most would be to set up your own PCVS firm and lose money when economy is down. Preferred: Medicine
8. Responsibility: Medicine - astronomical. You get sued nowadays for everything, not giving injection, giving injection, admit to ICU, no admission to ICU, cut a baby’s leg, not cutting a baby’s leg and causing the Mum to die from suffocation (don’t seem related), removing someone’s shirt without asking permission (frankly, he’s unconscious, how can i ask?). PCVS - you write the report according to real market value, double-check for spelling mistakes, and that’s all. Preferred: PCVS
So after lots of agony weighing the pros and cons, Jun Yi is now happy to announce that he will still stick to medicine. Frankly, if you do it like this, things will come out easier and you can spot what you like and what you don’t very quickly. For those aspects that you like, stick to it, for those that you don’t, try enduring it when you start work, and maybe slowly fixing it by specialising in certain fields that requires less of what you dislike. Quote from Brokeback Mountain - if you can’t fix it you gotta stand it.

So I guess you’ve heard and witnessed enough of diffeent states of joie de vivre upon receiving your SPM results. I’m not trying to boast or prove myself to be ’stable’ but this is a frank and honest account about my feelings and reactions upon receiving my result slip.
I queue up in the line, which seem to be moving very quickly. My turn, I displayed my IC, signed, and the prefect in-charge sorta hinted ‘hey, i guess you got (censored for diplomatic reasons)’ ‘oh yeah?’ (in an unenthusiasted way). He pulled out the generous KDU file with my slip inside and handed to me. I glanced through, grunted, slightly smiled, and walked away. I didn’t feel as if my wife gave birth to 4 kids at once (Ying Jing as an example, he was jumping around with his slip). I didn’t feel like winning a lottery or horse race (Zi Yi as another example, plumming onto the ground again with his slip). I didn’t feel like winning an Olympic medal (nobody for example). I didn’t shout (now that’s very abnormal). I didn’t run around laughing like somebody from Tanjung Rambutan. Worse, I didn’t even care about how many aces I got.
Naturally, not spotting your extraordinary reactions, reporters won’t swarm up to you and ask ridiculous questions which they knew the answer anyway. And that’s why you don’t see Jun Yi in any daily the day before (I swear Jun Yi is not boasting).
So, hypothetically, if, i mean, really if, someone asked me on how I manage through my studies (note I use ‘manage through’ not ‘breeze through’), my only answer would be taking lots of tuitions. Basically I think tuition is a healthy thing as you don’t just go there and listen to the teacher talking crap, but you crap along with your teacher and friends as well. Talking, especially to close buddies who are willing to listen (well, as a 1119 A1 scorer we should use ‘lend an ear’) will reduce your chances of becoming a nerd. Group study also helps, because you got to crap with your friends as well. Those who kept themselves locked at home for a week straight needless to say will become mentally-deprived and therefore you see people burning reference books and exam papers after SPM (which was classified insane by the Society of Phychiatrists, Malaysia (a made up term anyway)).
If you’re wondering what the heck Jun Yi was writing, please be reminded that it is usually not your fault. Jun Yi had gone through those unspeakable days and therefore is classified insane as well.

- Go for straight 1-s, not a combination of 1 and 2 -

OK, Jun Yi is going to make the biggest confession now, he cried, recently, a lot, in fact, from watching a selection of movies. See elaboration below.
Jun Yi wept through the last few moments of Schindler’s List, though this is his 2nd time watching. A transcript from the movie shown here, but you won’t cry from reading them, just go buy the movie (with RM6 or so) and watch it. Btw, it’s a true story.
Oskar Schindler:
I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don’t know. If I’d just… I could have got more.

Itzhak Stern:
Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you. Look at them.

Oskar Schindler:
If I’d made more money… I threw away so much money. You have no idea. If I’d just…

Itzhak Stern:
There will be generations because of what you did.

Oskar Schindler:
I didn’t do enough!

Itzhak Stern:
You did so much.

[Schindler looks at his car]

Oskar Schindler:
This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people.

[removing Nazi pin from lapel]

Oskar Schindler:
This pin. Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would have
given me two for it, at least one. One more person. A person, Stern.
For this.
[sobbing]

Oskar Schindler:
I could have gotten one more person… and I didn’t! And I… I didn’t!

[last title card]

Title card:
There are fewer than 4000 Jews left alive in Poland today. There are more than 6000 descendants of the Schindler Jews.

In short, the music did a good job brewing tears.

For Brokeback Mountain, the tears don’t come from dialogue scripts but body languages of the actors (sadly, actresses play little part in this movie). However, (as i’ve mentioned to a lot of people), Brokeback Mountain will be boring when you first watch it, but it leaves an impact on audiences who pay attention to every scene and development of the story. Brokeback don’t possess a very strong plot or storyline (which made it boring), but the overall theme is absolutely tremendous and remarkable (favourite words from Oscar winners). Quoting Ang Lee ‘ Jack and Ennis made us believe that love may come from everybody towards anybody…’ (ok, that wasn’t exactly how he said it, but the point is there, i think). Towards the end you’ll be swearing God, why can’t they be together? Why? Why it have to end this way! God damn it! No, that can’t be the end credits! NOT YET!

Evita is based on the true story of Argentina’s first lady Eva Peron. Again, the tears are much due to the effect of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s touching music and Madonna’s voice. Stupefying scenes like when Evita was delivering her final speech to the Argentinians (she was down with cancer, and that’s when the very famous ‘don’t cry for me argentina’ came about) and Che trying to kiss Evita’s dead body through her coffin was groundbreaking. Stupendous performances by Antonio Banderas and Madonna.

Last but not least, Moulin Rouge! While Jun Yi can’t help laughing for the cleverness of Craig Armstrong, but Ewan McGregor’s sobs and moans when Nicole Kidman (as Satine) died after her play ‘Spectacular Spectacular’ was spectacular indeed. McGregor surely knows how to manipulate voices to create sound effects as if he’s being (censored) (ok, that’s fanatic). Anyway, the sobs don’t come suddenly but in a rolling effect, and that’s the super part of it. Jun Yi watched it 3 times, and cried twice (the first time I was in my host family’s house, so I dare not cry).

Personally Jun Yi was glad cos movies can still make him cry. People are so convinced to be serious and ‘man’-looking nowadays that they don’t allow themselves to cry. Sue me for being bias and misleading the community, but this is hardcore truth!

They pay big bucks to Idris Jala for whipping up formulae to save MAS from its cash and debts crisis. Now return to the basics, we do need these strategies to get to the root of this problem.

On board
1. Impose fines for unfinished food - You always get annoyed by children who complain they can’t finish their food but keep asking for more food 3 minutes later? Well, this is a great way to teach these jerks on wasting food and in a way generate cash, real fast!
2. Charge for ‘extraordinary’ requests - ‘Miss, I want the tea with 4.5 spoonsful of milk and 2/3 spoonsful of sugar. Make sure it’s Earl Grey and not Lipton or Boh,’; ‘Well, that’ll cost RM4, sir’
3. Charge for in-flight movies - While some movie maniacs do really watch the in-flight movie, others just sleep through it, so why pay for the copyright? Charge it as pay-per-view, with credit card! Btw, make sure the movies come with THX and Dolby.
4. Fine for making noise - Like in school, people will get annoyed if you make too much noise in the cabin. So make sure air hostess go patrolling frequently and ask these ‘cakap-banyak-s’ to pay for their saliver flying through the atmosphere.
5. Re-use tea bags - Who needs the tea-bag to be virgin anyway? Re-use it (3R), just like Abdullah said. In fact, the tea won’t lose its colour (just the taste) after its second and third re-use. This in turn leads to ‘reduce’ (garbage) too!
6. ‘Drinking’ water instead of Mineral water - Who can tell the difference between a RM1.50-for-0.5-litre mineral water and a RM0.20-for-1-litre tap water? And for convenience pper cups may be considered instead of plastic (or glass or crystle) ones.
7. ‘Gliding’ - According to aircraft-makers Boeing, aircrafts are good gliders. With the engine turned off, it can glide 500 km by only descending 7 m. So, for example, while arriving KLIA, it’s advisable to turn off the engines after we reach Penang. Sounds scary but it sure saves a lot of fuel, and mind you, fuel prices are rocketing nowadays.

Back in the office
1. Use conventional monitors instead of LCD monitors - that’s really obvious ain’t it?
2. Philips Energy-Saving Bulbs instead of Flourescent tiubs - ok, enough crap!
3. No calculators, use sempoa! - Statistics show that prolonged usage of sempoa will help reduce fatigue and improve memory and EQ.
4. Use MSN instead of the phone - Telekom Malaysia charges 20 cents per minute, MSN charges nothing, and since the whole office should be equipped with wireless internet connection, sending an IM certainly isn’t that difficult after all.
5. Centralised telephone - No more personal phone sets for every worker, now when you need to make a call, go to the main phone and do it. This prevents mothers from calling their children every 5 minutes, and wives calling their husbands to check on them every 16 minutes. Believe me, they’ll appreciate us!
6. Sharing bathrooms - Reduce number of bathrooms by combining both genders into one. Rest assured, you won’t be harressed or molested, simple strategy - first half-an-hour, women’s time, and the following half-an-hour, men’s time. Everyone gets their share, and can’t you actually wait for just half-an-hour?

Copyright of JYSim. If any MAS rep. is here and is interested in purchasing or implementing these ideas, just e-mail me!

Flip open any decent English dictionary, you’ll find a collection of French which offers some phrases or words English can’t define so aptly. So it’s essential to learn them up and use them in your MUET, IELTS, or ESL the next time. Shock the examiner!

1. apres-ski (ah-preh-shi) - (literally) activties done after skiing. (reality) suitable (for these).
Example: I bet taking a nap in class during Pendidikan Moral lesson (which happends to be placed after PJ) is really apres-ski.
2. au revoir (aou-revour) - so long, goodbye, go to hell.
Example: After 23 years (or more?) ruling Malaysia, we finally bid au revoir to Tun Dr. Mahathir on October 2003.
3. de rigueur (de-rigour) - the norm, required by fashion or etiquette.
Example: In Asia, it is de rigueur for the performers or artists to bow after their show during the applause. It’s uncommon to keep mumbling ‘thank you’ and put on a fake smile while standing like a wooden statue.
4. eau de cologne / eau de toilette (aou-de-colunge / au-de-toilatt) - perfume.
Example: Before boarding an aircraft, the cabin crew will usually spray the lavatories with huge amounts of eau de toilette. They are highly flammable. So it’s advisable not to smoke in the lav. as you might get yourself barbequed alive if the alcohol is ignited.
5. fait accompli (fart-akompli) - thing(s) done and past arguing about.
Example: Sami Veloo: The issue about the MRR2 highway is fait accompli. There’s nothing more to talk about it. Go report some other issues and leave me alone. I have many other cracking highways to worry about (oops!).
6. faux pas (fook-pah) - tactless mistake(s).
Example: (in referal to my blog ‘Orientation’ picture 4) Jun Yi did a faux pas in that picture. The hand signal ‘2′ with the back of the hand showing to the audience is actually considered rude as it is equivalent to ‘the middle finger’ in UK. Rest assured, he did not intend to do that and hope all of you will forgive him.
7. laissez-faire (leze-freh) - policy of not interfering.
Example: The government has stated that they maintain laissez-faire on the issue of restructuring of MAS. This is done so that if any melon-tofu (Cantonese translation please) happened to MAS, they won’t be condamned.
8. hors d’ oeuvre (oos-d-u-reh) - appetizer served at start of meal.
Example: "For hors d’oeuvre we have a selection of cold cuts, foie gras* or caviar, sir."
                 "Aiyo, ini apa? Ada nasi tak? Gua hah sudah sangat lapar lu cakap apa gua tak paham lah!"
9. joie de vivre (juah-de-viree) - exuberance, high spirits.
Example:  We were in extreme joie de vivre on the 13th of March because we managed to get 1A for Bahasa Cina. However, we failed our BM, but after all, who cares for BM?
10. Mademoiselle (me-mo-zelle) - Ms.
Example: "Bonjour Mademoiselle, bienvenue a Malaysia!"  (Good morning, Miss, welcome to Malaysia!)
11. Entree (Ahn-three) - main course.
Example: "For the entree we have a choice of salmon, lobster, abalone or Peking duck, all directly from Le Cordon Bleu**,"
                 "Ada tau-iu tak? Ini apa ikan hah, tak masak punya?"

* foie gras - stuffed goose / duck liver, considered a high-class French delicacy served as appetizers.
** Le Cordon Bleu - galactic class chefs in France, French elite chefs awarded the ‘blue ribbon’.

Specially dedicated to Zan and other CLHS Idlist I know.
After nearly 1 month returning here, I’ve finally found the source for my boredom. The following are some medically-proven and statistically-agreed-upon reasons:
1. Jun Yi is by nature a guy who can’t sit still for more than 5 hours. After living through the devilish SPM days, it’s difficult to set yourself back into ‘idle’ mode again. During ‘the good old days’ you finished school at 2.05, went for lunch at 2.30, rush to tuition while doing your homework on the way at 3.00, then can’t resist your friend’s invitation to pool at 5.00, come home at 6.00, watch the TV3 drama until 8.00, skip dinner (you better not, look at Benjie! I bet his insurance policy didn’t cover expenses for gastric incurred due to skipping meals during the SPM period). Back to the point, in short, SPM has ruined a naturedly-good Jun Yi (no objections accepted, shut the hell up!)
2. Our national TV selection is really appalingly less, and there’s nothing special on TV all the time. Imagine how we could be boring if they air good movies all afternoon. (Heh, Jun Yi must be crazy)
3. Malaysian bookstores are too money-minded and that reveals in their selection of books to be sold too. 70% of the store are stocked with ‘How to make more money?’ or ‘Dummies guide to…’ series. Please-lah Jun Yi are not interested in these sort of books, could you stock at least some literature-worthy books i.e. Dickens, Dafoe or Austen (oh, i hate Austen).
4. Because I’m not working (that’s a real straight fact).
5. Because there’s nothing to look forward to in life. (you need to see a phychiatrist, Jun Yi)
6. Because all my friends are working, and they simply ignore an innocent Jun Yi’s SMS asking them out for the weekend.
7. Because I’ve swapped all the movies in GSC, sat in every cinema, and bought tickets from every ticket booth. (that’s not 100% true)
8. Because great guys (and gals) are not online all the time, while lame people go 24-hours.
9. Because SPM will be out on the 13th and that’s the day I’ll die, be it jumping down to the atrium of Gurney Plaza or hijacking a plane and crash it into Seri Perdana, Putrajaya.
10. Because Penang has no proper public transport system! Dato’ Koh, you should take a bus to work tomorrow, since petrol prices are up again. Tell me your experience at 8 tonight.