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January 2006 completes: It’s quite slow and not very steady for me … could not survive like this. Payments stuck somewhere.

Jobs:

What have been done:

• Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi 60th birthday’s video presentation (Flash)
• Updates Rakan Sarawak’s Database
• few programmings

Task todo:

• Rakan Sarawak Interactive online/Sarawak Gazette
• Madie’s Sdn Bhd?

Outsides:

• Convoy and Night at Sematan (CNY Night/28 Jan) - Trip to Kpg Pueh’s waterfall with 2 ZX2Rs (including mine), 6 TZMs, 1 Gamma, 2 cars.
• Trip to Sarikei (29 Jan cancelled)
• Nazeer and Liza’s engagement (29 Jan)

Pictures soon…

Today I checked my email and when I opened one of them, I thought this one is the funniest email about what happening around me.

Interested? read on

From: David KH Lee
To: David KH Lee
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:38 PM
Subject: Datuk Names Too Long - Lah!

I suffer from an incurable disease. It’s called Datuknametoolongitis. Datuknametoolongitis is typically characterised by the sufferer’s inability to remember people’s names in full, especially that of the Datuks. At best the sufferer can absorb the first three syllables of the name. Anything after that becomes pure gibberish.

Jalan Datuk what-what-what?

Kuching, my hometown, is a city that discriminates victims of Datuknametoolongitis, like me. I’m saying that because 70% of the roads here are named after famous people, most of whom are Datuks, some of whom have unfortunately very very long names.

Many years ago I remember studying at a Chinese Primary School along Pineapple Road, not too far from Palm Road. I remember a Jalan Keretapi (Train Road) near Wisma Saberkas. There’s even a oddly named Jalan Central Barat (Central West Road), which is a strange fusion of Malay and English words.

Jalan Rambutan. One of the few old roads that retained its name. No there’s no Jalan Coconuts. I then travelled to Perth Australia where I stayed for eight years growing accustomed to road names like Hay Street where I do my shopping, and James Street where there’s good bubble tea, great coffee and fantastic pubs at night. The longest road name I’ve came across is probably Sir Charles Court Promenade, which is more of a walkway on campus than a road. And then I return to Kuching. And I experienced reverse culture shock. There are some changes with Kuching that I can put up with. Then there are some that I cannot.

One road, two names. One new, one old. Kinda defeats the purpose of changing its name isn’t it?
Gone was Jalan Central Barat, its now Jalan Tan Sri Ong Kee Hui. Gone were Palm Road and Jalan Keretapi, its now Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce.
I have nothing against their names. I don’t even know who the heck they are. But I’m sure at one point or another probably they did something so magnificient the city council decided to name a road after them. Then another. And another. And one more. Then another…
As if remembering long and complicated names wasn’t difficult enough for sufferers of Datuknametoolongitis like me, I was further punished by having to differentiate between two almost similar road names.

Doing so helps me remember long road names, but makes me hungry very easily.
Its too bad some road names are a bit too long for me to use that trick.

Umm… Jalan Murtabak?
Then they start naming the roundabouts after these famous people.

Try reading them double fast without pausing.
How bad can this get? I thought those were the worst, I have no idea.
Until I came face to face… with The Mother of All Long Roundabout Names!!!

DOUBLE the "Datuk", DOUBLE the "Abang Haji", DOUBLE THE OOMPH!!!
Its not true what they said about Sarawakians living on trees you know. That’s not what we’re famous for. e’re famous for giving road directions to tourists.

Angmoh tourist: "Excuse me, how do I get to the library?"
Local Sarawakian: "Oh that’s easy! From here, go along Jalan Datuk Abang Abdul Rahim, turn right at Jalan Tun Abdul Rahman and drive until you reach Bulatan Datuk Temenggong Abang Kipali Bin Abang Akip. Do a 3 o’clock towards Jalan TunKU Abdul Rahman, make a left at Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce and drive until you reach the roundabout at Bulatan Datuk Amar Abang Haji Suleiman Bin Haji Taha. Exit at Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, then turn left at Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho. Soon you’ll reach Bulatan Datuk Menteri Abang Haji Mohammad Zin Bin Haji Salleh, where you should turn into Jalan Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin until you arrive Bulatan Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Bin Datuk Bandar Abang Haji Mohammad Kassim.
The library is just on your left. Any questions?"

Angmoh tourist: "Huh?"

Say H. Ong
Designer        

hehehehehe. Well, I live at Jalan Orang Kaya Setiaraja? Orang Kaya Rozman?

My comments:

I remember how my friend who work in AirAsia attract foreign tourists by asking what country where they are from.

Kum: Where u from????

Tourist: Holland …

Kum: Ahhhhh Van Nistelroy….

Hahaha. Damn when I am laughing in the office, I’ve burned a few calories in my ass. Hahahaha

If I could reach the stars I’d pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart so you could see the truth
That this love I have inside is everything it seems
But for now I find it’s only in my dreams

That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world

If I could be king even for a day
I’d take you as my queen I’d have it no other way
And our love will rule in this kingdom we have made
Till then I’d be a fool wishin’ for the day

That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world

That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the WORLD!

Sung by Eric Clapton (from Phenomenon soundtrack)

My favourite song. I love music, I don’t care what music I like. What I want, my territory, my kingdom, my universe, my world.