Purrs & Hisses

Hail Nicol!

She did it. She made World No 1 Rachael Grinham bow down to her once more, coming from behind to book a spot in the finals.

And then she made sure the world knew just who was boss, by defeating Rachael’s sister, Natalie, to claim the British Open title. (Let me put things into perspective here. You know how big a deal the Wimbledon is in the world of tennis? That's British Open for squash.)

And at only 22, Nicol Ann David has made history by becoming the first Malaysian ever to achieve such a grand feat.

Though it wasn’t the first time the Penang lass had denied Rachael of glory, Nicol’s #3 world ranking can only lessen if she continues to terrorise in a similar unbeatable fashion at the upcoming Qatar Classics, as well as the World Open in Hong Kong next month.

So, fellow Malaysians, let’s all get behind our lovely-but-lethal squash queen!

P/S: Finally, I hear “Malaysia Boleh!” cried out with a non-cynical tone…

Apekebende ni?!

Here's the top ten searches in my network:

1) how to tell if he likes you   (whoa... heavy stuff)
2) daily love horoscope   (ok la kannn)
3) kelentik   (wtf?)
4) diramas   (not getting any better here...)
5) henjut   (OH… MA…)
6) terlondeh baju   (GAWD!!!)
7) signs that he likes you   (getting a tad desperate, I see)
8) ramalan jodoh   (‘nuff said)
9) 林志玲裸照   (I don’t even wanna know what this is!)
10) what greek god are you?   (tis one I forgive, ahaks!)

From the above, I shudder to think what sort of friends I have. Takde keje ke, people? Even if that were the case, takde perasaan MALU+DECENCY ke?!

Udah-udah lah tu, kawan… Inikan bulan Ramadhan, bulan yang mulia… Cari lah kerja yang lebih berfaedah…

<I’m still perpetually shocked and very, very troubled>

What's YOUR purpose?

Those of you who know me well will definitely be familiar with my grand eating habits. And just because I khinzir out (trying to be a little PC here, since it IS Ramadhan, hehe) from break fast till slumbertime ain't reason enough for me to not go all out during sahur…

And since I will usually be totally kembong by 5.40ish, I would park my behind on the couch and get a dose of Oprah before continuing to hit the sack. This morn, the spotlight was on the amazing Lance Armstrong (of LiveStrong fame. You know, the ORIGINAL plastic bands that have become somewhat of a fashion craze lately—my favourite being, of course, the anti-racism StandUpSpeakUp ones… okay, I'll quit digressing now). A truly inspirational fella who refused to allow cancer to paralyse him from living and went on to conquer several Tour De Frances. And, other than carving his name as a cycling great, he's also dating the beautiful rockstar Sheryl Crow... Plus he's a gorgeous apartment in España *drool* Take that those of you who think that cancer only means the start of the end!

And yesterday, Oprah had Phil Keoghan, the dude who hosts The Amazing Race. Phil has his own show entitled "No Time Wasted" where he basically gives his subject three whole days to realise a lifelong dream.

One highlighted example was this guy who's an avid diver but is unfortunately terrified of swimming in the ocean. Phil got the said guy to step out of his comfort zone and face his fear by dragging him to the Bahamas. There, the latter's task was to get in the water with 40-or-so sharks during the predators' feeding frenzy WITHOUT a shark cage. Call me crazy (you wouldn't be the first, really... heh) but I was soooo overcome by jealousy! For that, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the things in my personal "to do" list  :D

Anyway, Phil says that he was inspired to create "No Time Wasted" after realising that when asked the question below, people in general find it really tough to answer.

Ponder over this and think it through well: If you were to die in 24 hours, what is the one thing you would regret not doing?

Isn't it scary how the answer is not at the tip of your tongue? As Phil says it, "If you have no idea what your purpose of living is, then what’s the point?"

Hrmmm…

Malaysia Boleh?

If you read my previous entry, you'd have known that an acquaintance of mine passed away last week. What I didn't mention is that she succumbed to injuries inflicted by an automobile accident.

I don't really want to get into details of that here. But something's been bothering me since I heard what had happened, and I just need to get it off my chest.

Apparently, there was an onlooker at the accident site. This person was responsible enough to call up the last-dialled numbers from the mobile phones of the crash victims (if I'm not mistaken, there were three cells in that ill-fated car). Sick thing, however, is that these handphones were nowhere to be found by the rescuers.

This nauseating tale transported me back to my college days. Then, I had a friend who was also unfortunate enough to be caught in a car wreck. She fell asleep and the next thing she knew, she was pinned between the driver’s seat and the steering wheel of her car which had kissed a tree.

There she was, in great shock and agonising pain (read: fractured ribs, broken front teeth and shattered cheekbones, amongst other things). Totally weak and totally immobile. And absolutely alone... at 4 in the morn, no less. Not knowing what to do with herself after realising that she couldn’t move much, she just sat there praying to The Almighty to send help her way.

So, you can imagine her delight when she heard a vehicle stopping by. Footsteps neared. And a man emerged at the window.

The man started waving his palm in front of her eyes, as if trying to wake her. My friend attempted to speak, but found that she couldn’t even croak. She tried her level best to open her eyes, but the massive loss of blood was draining her out and only allowed her to peep through a thin opening between heavy eyelids.

Then she knew something was amiss when she realised that the man was checking her out. At first she thought to herself, “that’s it for me, man. This guy’s gonna rape me!” But thank goodness that wasn’t the case.

Rather, the man was actually determining whether she was unconscious or not. Satisfied with what he saw, he proceeded to strip her off of anything that’s valuable: money, jewellery, handphone.

And the bastard didn’t even have the decency to use his newly acquired cell to call for help!

What the hell is wrong with our society nowadays?! Which part of our upbringing went so salah that a person could bring himself to even think of doing such a thing?