A Collection of Thoughts...

1) No, i'm not bitter about not being able to go to Phuket - wonderful company, beautiful beaches, pubs and clubs, kayaking, cheap shopping, water sports and all. Why did i mope at home all day? Just 'cos I wanted to. Geez, you jump to conclusions.


2) About a year ago, when i declared to my dad i wanted to go clubbing, he retorted "You want to go to that sinful place?" A year on and I just fixed him a gin sour which he said tasted good. Did i mention he hasn't objected to my fancies of becoming a bartender? (who will undoubtedly work in said sinful place) Kudos to JoLim for remembering that piece of history. Sinful indeed.

Oh, you crazy Swiss bully. Fortunately you're a nice man. And UNICEF ambassador.

3) Federer is superhuman. He's just... incredible, stupendous, amazing, not of this world. Well, at least today he was. Watching the semi-finals of the Australian Open against Roddick was somewhat inhumane. As Vijay Singh said "Someone's made a complaint against Federer. The Anti-Cruelty Society will be on the case shortly". I get what he means though. A 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 thrashing was just mean. At the top level nonetheless. I'm not a tennis aficionado but if ever anyone wanted to learn every move in the book and its perfect execution, it would have to be from Federer's performance today.

Microsoft Paint is NOT my forte. This took me ages on my mouseless computer so you better appreciate my aching wrist's efforts at drawing a clear and concise diagram.

4) The Malaysian Immigration Department (come on, you knew it was gonna come up) is the right hand. The Citizenship Department is the left hand. The government is the head. Now, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. In fact, the right hand's thumb doesn't even know what it's middle finger is doing (which, if i had my way, would be making rude gestures to the head). There is no large common database (not even with our brilliant MSC) that binds the departments together. And, they don't even trust documents from one department to the next. As far as proving your citizenship to the immigration department goes, your MyKad counts for shits.
So, the head has to get its act together, stop wasting money on building hopelessly complicated roads for its needlessly large government complex ala Putrajaya, and spend the money :
a) coordinating between it's departments so that public service actually has a meaning.
b) filling potholes (any Malaysian driver will probably agree)
c) helping flood victims
d) sprucing up the irrigation system so we wouldn't have so many flood victims
e) all of the above.

Hhmmm.. if i don't get my passport, i think we'll all know why.