The Gadgetified Society

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My mom got her new Tab! For a moment I thought we have our freedom more now since she is glued to her new gadget, we would be left alone to do what we want with our gadgets. The only time my mom came looking for us was when she needed some help with her new gadget and all four of us were in one corner of the house doing our own stuff in our own world with our gadgets!

I have been greatly frustrated with the advancement in technology at times. This is because I feel there is lesser human connection with the presence of it. I used to look forward to coming home so much to have some time together with family where we could sit in a circle on a bed and talk all day long but ever since the day we all got our own gadgets, things change. We may sit next to each other, being physically present with my loved ones, but in reality, each one of us would be browsing something or getting connected with someone from the virtual world. At times, I feel its better to just call and talk to them or just 'see' them through Skype. Imagine when you need to see each other and speak out something when your family or friends seems busy in their own world! Isn't that freaking frustrating? 

So my mom was getting used to her tablet, and I purposely sent her the picture you see above, to her mailbox and she was already reading it even before I walked from my room to the hall! And we had a good laugh together! While the internet and gadgets are good sources of communication and it connects you with your loved ones when they are far away from you, you should never take them for granted when they are around. Keep your things away and speak to them more, they matter the most!

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Sunshine Award!

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I have been nominated for the Sunshine Award by fiction writer Vashti Quiroz-Vega whose blog can be viewed at http://vashtiqvega.wordpress.com/. Vashti has always been a great encouragement from the day I got to know her, she has been following my blog posts and this nomination serves as an encouragement to write more and reach people with my message!

Like all awards there are rules and they are listed below. 

*Post the sunshine award logo.

*Then nominate ten fellow bloggers you feel are worthy of this award. Announce their nomination on their blog. Plus, link a pingback to the nominator’s blog. Make sure you take the time to click and read the other nominees blogs. Make a connection with each other!

*Then of course there are questions to be answered. This is for you all to get to know a little more about me, and I look forward to seeing your responses as well.

Favourite colour? Green.

Favourite animal? Hamster

Favourite number? 1, 10 :) 

Favourite non-alcoholic drink? coffee!! 

Favourite alcoholic drink? Never really tried before except some sip of JD.

Facebook or Twitter? Twitter promotes my work on blog all the time but I would definitely choose Facebook over Twitter. Facebook connects people widely. 

My passions? Writing and humanity work (I realised this passion just recently so I'm dedicating my writing for it)

Giving or receiving gifts? Giving hand-made cards and of course receiving gifts ( when someone cooks for you, hand-made stuffs, etc)

Favourite city? Eh, my hometown. Haha 

Favourite TV shows? I'm lame... I don't really stick to any TV shows ;)

My Nominees: 

1) http://bznaturalista.blogspot.com/ +Shanique Roca 

2) http://www.justindoolittle.net/ +Justin Doolittle 

3)http://jns211.blogspot.com/ +Jara Switzer 

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4)http://kamimcarthur.blogspot.com/ +Kami McArthur 

3 Things That Accelerates Sexual Assaults

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So after some time ranting on election fraudulent, I'm back to discuss this up as it has been on my draft lists for so long. 3 things that accelerate sexual assaults!

# 1 Ownership Of Woman

When a man and woman get married, the woman is often viewed as a possession. How many of you acknowledge a woman who is forced to have sex with her husband as rape? That too is an infringement on women's right and as society views a woman as someone belonged to her husband, the man takes charge of everything and forces sex upon his wife outside her will. Woman on the other hand thinks that she is meant to satisfy her partner and gives in to her forceful husband.

# 2 Endowing Men The Authority

Society has long endowed men with the authority that allows them to take women for granted. This inevitably allows men to treat women the way they want and blame women for their misery. This is why men think it is okay to blame women for rapes. That includes women's behaviour and their dressing sense which are blamed for provoking sexual arousal in men.

# 3 Pornography

Why pornography? Because it has served as a platform to disseminate the above-mentioned ideas. More often than not, women are objectified in pornography and they are being used merely as sex toys to please men on the bed. Nothing more than that! 

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Democracy Is Dying!!

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Sorry. DEMOCRACY IS DEAD. Period.
Malaysians,
We are all mourning the death of democracy at our country. We are frustrated and deeply irritated by the fact that there were fraudulent during our election. Despite all these anger and outrages, what we have learned from GE 13 are:

1) We are UNITED
For some reason now, we are all united, we are against the ruling government not because of racial intolerance. We have stood together, Malay, Chinese and Indian, to VOICE our opinion out. That is the real victory.

2)  We are GETTING there
We have come this far against the cronies. We have shown improvement for the CHANGE. We broke the majority votes the ruling government had. Despite the Bangla illegal voters and frauds, we still did make a change!

3) Voice out for YOURSELVES
The government is not going to help you if you don't help yourself. This election has wakened up more citizens. 85% of people came out to cast their votes. This means the level of awareness has been drastically increased. YOU as an individual should make the CHANGE

4) Say NO to racism
We have learned to say no to racism! We have learned that we shouldn't give in to the racial sparks. This is the real victory.

What we can should do more:

1) Check your voting STATUS
Many were fooled during the last minute as they realized they were not listed among the voters' list. My friend is one of them. He has voted before so he has not checked as his name should be registered, logically. So don't give in to these acts of fraudulent. Check your names against 6 months earlier at least.

2) Get everyone to register as VOTERS
I'm not sure how much effect does this post of mine going to impose, some of you may remember, some of you not. The best thing to do for yourself and family is to get all your family members who are 21 and above to register as voters and vote

3) Don't quit VOTING
My father and grandparents who were voters for so many years did not complain much or said they are not going to vote. So all the first time voters and young voters, continue voting. You will make the MAGIC one day!

4) Support the PROTEST
Support the NGO's who are protesting against the EC for a fair election and cleaner Malaysia as a whole. Show your support by educating people around you on what they are supposed to know.

5) Don't be a FOOL
If you are someone who is afraid of voting against the government, this message goes to you. No one would catch you and put you behind the bars for exercising your rights. Stop being the world-class fool!

6) Be EC Election Agents
For those who could do this, you ought to be the EC watching agents on the day of polling! I guess that would increase transparency. Have more people of all races join in for this.

Last but not least, life has to go on. This is our country. You can't run away and live in another place when you can't fight for your rights here, the place where you were born. I applaud the actions of the public chasing the phantom voters away! That was mind-blowing!

Love you Malaysia!

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Claim Your RIGHTS!!!

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While the Malaysian election is going on now, the entire citizens of Malaysia are anxiously awaiting the results! Phantom voters and dirty electoral rolls are one of the main concerns for the people or 'rakyat' as the majority of them want to CHANGE to be implemented in the country. Updating this news as we are getting results in a few hours' time! Pray for the best for Malaysia!! 

7/05 Pray? Does even praying helps now when things turned out so hideous? So yeah coming to the purpose of this entry, I went to collect my portion of money for transport expenses incurred to come home for voting from one of the government political party's office on the day of the election. What I found out was a bunch of ignorant society waiting over there for the same purpose too. As the election heat was still on during that day, people acted very concernedly about their rights all of a sudden. 

What do you do when you approach a government office to claim something? I'm pretty sure you would bring your identification and relevant documents with you. On top of that, when something concerns money, you need to inform the ones in charge that you would be coming to collect your money so that they could make an arrangement for it. Why on earth are our Malaysian Indians living on ridiculous ignorance and blame the authorities for not granting them money as they fail to inform people in charge of it?!

I saw them all blaming the lady for not giving them transport money. When the lady clarified the situation and told the people that they are responsible to notify about it earlier to ease preparation and arrangement, the public rebelled and said they DON'T KNOW about the procedures beforehand. Does that even count as a valid reason? 

I abhor the I DON'T KNOW statement here! Ignorance is not always BLISS people! 

Your I DON'T KNOW means:

1) You are escaping from further questions on your knowledge or credibility to exercise your rights the correct way.

2) You are a pathetic opportunist to dig your invalid share on public money.

3) You expect people to work for you all the time and for the information come knocking your door.

4) You are not steadfast and do not educate yourself on exercising your rights the fairway.


People, be fair when it comes to claiming your rights! Know what you are supposed to do and how to do it before you even think of stepping at people's doors and start speaking for yourselves. That's a better identity of educated people and citizens! Don't shame yourself!

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People's Power: GE13 Malaysia

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Fellow Malaysians,

It's time to vote again!!! As the election fever is everywhere in Malaysia, I would like to urge all of you who have registered as voters, to move your ass and VOTE! Each vote counts! I have gone to vote today at my polling station and the crowd was overwhelming. Things to note on:

1)Be extra cautious and vigilant when you take your ballot paper as the damn ink doesn't dry at all and it can cause your vote to be counted as a spoiled vote if you smear the ink on your ballot paper!! I checked the ballot papers if it is free from any markings!! ANY small markings will render you vote void so ask for a new ballot paper. You have the right to do so.

2)Check your voting booth's number and this will make you move faster to the polling booth! I have learned that the polling booth #3 and #4 are for the young voters. So if you are a young voter, go to these lines to make your voting process faster.

3)Look around for phantom voters. You know how they look like. Don't tell me you can't identify fellow Malaysians. :)

4)I have no idea why we are given pen instead of pencil this time round but anyhow there are extra 10% ballot papers, so if in case you accidentally make a mistake, you could ask for new ones.

5)Keep your mobile phones in silent mode especially when you are already at the polling booth.

6)You may want to print your registration slip which can be obtained from www.spr.gov.my if at all there is chaos saying you have voted before or you have not been registered.

Remember, today, we all heroes for a day! Our VOTE counts!! You guys rock!!

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What Choice Of Study Makes You More Educated?

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When a child is born, or perhaps even before a child is born, parents would have a lot of expectations and plan for the child. That includes education and the school they would want to enroll their child to. Now, the trend in educating children has always been focused on fields like medicine, engineering, and law. Why? Because parents believe that these are the only fields that would make their children successful.

I feel the urge to write on this issue particularly because of the perception people have towards education in my society. I believe this is also a common scenario in many other places around the world. So to narrow down the issue I'm talking about, I would paint a picture for you to imagine what's going on in my society. When I was in school, all the way from the age of 7 until I passed high school, my only dream was to be a doctor. And every other student's dream was also to be a doctor. From families to friends' families, producing a doctor was a dream back then. My parents were told that I'm a bright child and could do well to become a doctor. That's how I thought to be successful is to be a doctor. I held on to this dream of mine so tightly until the point where I failed to secure a scholarship for it due to screwed-up bias government and its policies (we are all going to put an end to this in the coming general election which is a few hours away from NOW).

Having failed to snatch a place for my scholarship, I told myself it's time to decide on life and how life should be like. I pursued A Level which is called STPM in Malaysia and secured a place for Chemical Engineering. I took the offer, telling myself that I need a challenge in life to steer away from what I thought I ought to be, to something I never opted for as a choice of study. I never kept engineering as an option in my entire life. While some of us took what came our way, some students still insisted on becoming a doctor and went on to study abroad with their father's hard earn money. I felt I wouldn't need to prove myself successful in the future just by securing a job that is thought to be successful. I told myself, I define what success is and not let my profession do the work for me.

Much to my dismay, parents of the kids who are doctors look down upon families who fail to produce doctors. These pathetic families include family friends and also relatives who ridiculously think they have succeeded in producing doctors. They could even say that any other jobs apart from those related to the medical field do not guarantee a good future and secure job. Among the Indian society anywhere in the world, it's so common to see at least one child being a doctor. While it's notable that India and Indians produce good doctors, I think it's time to open their small brains and minds up to accept the fact that being a doctor and being successful are two different things!

There are also parents who force their will against their children's will. I had a friend who went on to be a doctor as both their parents are doctors and my friend had to be the one succeeding in their business. In one other scenario, all three children pursued medicine as the father was in the medical line. Seriously, what are we trying to achieve or portray through this? We are just merely limiting our skills and talents in other fields and studies. Parents fail to see that one can be a writer, singer, or politician and still be good at what he/she does. Why this prejudice on people based on the profession? I feel so sorry for you if you are one of the families I'm talking about because I just feel your small brains are all closed up and think pathetically.

On the other hand, well-to-do families send their children to do this course, whether or not they are capable of doing or if they meet the criteria of being a doctor. What matters here is money and it speaks louder than anything else! Most of the students finding their way to do medicine are just not sure of what secures their future and thus choose to do medicine as it is thought to be lifting their torn images up.

I would rather be someone who does a course apart from medicine and still be successful to be a living proof for what I preach. To me, a successful person is someone who lives life in her/his own way and makes the most out of his/her talents and not just clinging onto the reputation a job gives. I'm REALLY glad I swayed away from the common notion of success the society held and challenged myself to be different from them. A successful person is meant to be successful no matter what he/she does. 

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