For a better Malaysian future
In the eyes of some Malaysian "Malays", the Malaysian Indians and Chinese are "pendatang" (Immigrants). They insist that the country must only belong to the Malays, some even say we're like the Jews that migrated into Palestine to take their resources. I agree that many of our fore fathers who came to Malaya with the British (willingly/ forcefully) are migrants, but we are 3rd generation Malaysians who cannot claim India/China to be our motherland. If the fact that our race was not here to begin with is the reason why we're not fully accepted as citizens of this country with equal rights, than by right all of us are africans and none of us have rights to this land. Men migrated from the cradle of life (in Africa) millions of years ago to find food and a living. Regardless there are even many written facts that say we were already here before the British step foot into this country, bringing riches and trade from Indian and China and making Malaya a bustling and busy transit point between the east and west..

Indians and Chinese in this country are not fighting to take land or properties from the Malays, we only ask for equal opportunity to build this country together, to make it a prosperous region with less range of wealth between the poor and the rich. By limiting the talent and the intelligence this country produces just because of racial issues, everyone is losing out. The Malays say if their privileges are taken away, they will be the poor of this nation. My question is why? I think they have become very comfortable with what they get for free and thus many of them are taking things too easy (not all, I've seen some very hardworking and successful Malay people without government help also) , in turn it's slowing down the progress of this prosperous nation. Right now we're settling for a pie that's worth 1 Ringgit instead of one worth 1,000 Ringgit; even one percent of the potential wealth is more than the total wealth now.

In fact, if the special treatment was taken away the Malay community will also wake up and become a force to reckon with economically. They have the advantage of being the most populated group of people and have the major buying power. Why is our nation now resorting to making under par product (quality wise) and specific sanctions (example: the taxes on imported cars) so that we can compete with other developed nations? Why can't we make quality products that compete with developed nations? The method of the current government is an effective one, but it's not the best and not the only way. We have all the resources to be the next Japan/Korea/Hong Kong or even our neighboring country Singapore. I'm not even going to go into the corruption and cronyism allegations that are being thrown at the current government, I'll get to that later.

My suggestion to the government and the people: Let try out a new approach with the enormous talent pool we have in this country. Many major university in  the world holds outstanding Malaysian student who either stays on in the country he/she studies in or come back and works for a major non-malaysian multinational company. Why can't we make use of these bright stars by giving them equal opportunity to start-up a quality company in Malaysia. Many only-Bumiputra restrictions hinder them from progressing as a lot of opportunities are not available to them. Lucrative industries in the country are being put under strict bumiputra majority quota prerequisites and such.

If the current government is not going to take this chance to trust the abilities of Malaysians than we shall give the mandate to a government that is more willing to put their trust on the talents of it's citizens. I know a lot of Malay friends who feel there should be an equal opportunity for everyone and they are just gaining in number day by day. They too feel that this would give them a more competitive mindset and take their game to the next level. What's a democratic government who doesn't reflect the needs and wants of the majority of it's citizens? Cheer to all Malaysians and peace out ^_^
Hey people, I'm back after a two year hiatus. Lots have happened
since my last post, ups and downs and rounds and rounds. Finally
decided to start writing again on my blog. Honestly, I actually lost
access to my blog because I forgot my password and lost access
to my emails too lol (don't ask why).

Here a sneak update about what has happened, started work, left
the IT line, broke up,hooked up again, change of lifestyle, less games
more outings. Yeap, that's all that happened stuffed in a nutshell.
Have loads of different things to talk about now, lots of topics and
view from another perspective. Working life has been hectic, just like
any other grown adult. Mortgage and loans piling up, business ideas
popping up, what happened to the guy advocating IT you ask?
I guess I changed, IT is good and all  but now I feel there is more
out there than just what's in the electrical magic box.

Anyway, I'll come up with my next post real soon.
Keep a look out for it :) Cheers, peace out ^_^
My First Professional Job Interview
Hi guys, I'm back :)

I'm almost done with my studies, FINALLY. Why did it take so long? That’s another reflection for another day i guess. I was never a dumb student or someone who didn’t understand what I was studying. I knew exactly what I was studying and I was just as skilled as any other peers of mine (except for the really outstanding ones). At the end of it all, although I wasn't all that bad, I had this disturbing feeling in me that I wasn’t good enough. I mean why else would i have taken so long to finish my degree?

Right now, I have only got 1 subject left which is no attendance requirement. I'll just have to finish coding my final year project and present it. Since I had so much time in hand, I went ahead and looked for a job. In all honesty, I didn't expect it to come anytime soon. I had kind of an inferiority complex, if you were in my shoes; I bet you'd feel it too. After 8 years of University and college life, I just couldn’t help feeling sorry for myself.

Never the less, I started looking for jobs in newspapers, online jobsites and some IT companies websites that I knew. My preference was to get myself a programming position in the Microsoft.Net platform, since it was a language I was more familiar with than any other. Although most of my student years were focused on Java Programming, my final year project was in C#.Net and for the first time, I knew everything I needed to implement a complete functioning software. I got in touch with high ranked, proven and experienced professionals who had more confidence in me than I myself did for their recommendations. After I collected a list of companies to contact, I started calling them to ask if their position were available. The first two I called had already filled their available positions. It was a little disappointing, but I knew that didn’t mean they rejected me. After that, I called the third, a Hospital and Clinic Management software company. I asked them the same thing I asked the previous companies and they said the position was available and asked me if I was free to come for an interview that very day.

I knew this was the chance for me to prove what I can really do. I agreed to go for the interview that very day. Right after I put down the phone, I sent my CV to the HR department of the company. Straight after that, I went into their website and mugged as much as I can about the company. I was so nervous to attend the job interview but I steadied my nerve and went for the interview. I got there like 30 minutes too early so I had to wait, these was one of the most extended period of time I’ve ever experienced. Every minute felt an hour. Finally I got the call to go into the interview room.

My first impression of the office was, “Wow, this place is so nice, it would be awesome to work here!!” I was led to this room which had 4 large window panes with the view if the high way outside, It was not a bad sight. Then came in this small framed man and introduced himself as Mr Lim. With a firm handshake I introduced myself and took a seat. This man had an aura of confidence about him that made me even more nervous but naturally I didn’t show it. He asked me a few things and I answered him, along with the reasons why I was so old and just finished my degree. He was satisfied with my explanation and told me he was going to give me a programming test. Inside me I was like (“oh shit please ask me something I know”) haha.

Thankfully I knew how to solve the problem he presented to me and I was so happy inside myself before he threw another bombshell on me. He asked me another question and this time I was quite lost. I knew the concept he was testing me in but I didn’t understand what he was asking exactly and I got so nervous I couldn’t properly think, but naturally I didn’t show it either lol. After that awkward incident he told me “I like you but you have some weaknesses, go study on this problem and I’ll call you for a second interview soon”. With a relieved but disturbed inside I said thank you and found my way out of the office and back to my car. Although the interview wasn’t perfect, I was sure I left a good impression.

After a week I was called in for the second interview and yes I did study the problem I missed on my first interview. When I studied about it, I found out I knew exactly what he asked about but i was too nervous and couldn’t recall the solution =.=”. The second interview only took like 5 minutes and right after that he told me “Welcome to the team, you can join us on Monday”. I felt so elated, I didn’t think I’d get a job this fast but I knew this was not going to be the job I’d be sticking to for a long time. My plan was to move to Toronto at the end of the year and this was a good experience and it kind of helped me boost my self confidence.

So readers, even if you’re scared or nervous or not confident, brace yourself and walk through it. My teacher in high school told me this once, “The mighty Elephant in the zoo is only tied down by a tiny Iron Chain which he can break anytime he wants, but he doesn’t know that”. If the elephant knew this he would be free anytime he wanted, but he was never confident enough to try it. So guys, don’t be that elephant that’s trapped in a zoo, be the mighty Elephant king in the rainforest every creature is scared of :) Peace Out
Anime and Manga
Anime and Manga are now one of my biggest past time. Some may even
call me and anime otaku but I seriously doubt I’m that fanatic.
It all started when I started reading Hong Kong comics which were
translated to Malay during my school days. Then one of my friend
started moving into another interesting comic which was still new
in the Malaysian market called Dragon Ball or in Malay “Mutiara
Naga”. At this time I had no idea what Manga and Anime was, in fact
I didn’t know dragon ball has an animated series. We used to save
money and buy the comic every month. For a long time the only
Japanese Manga I knew was dragon ball and another “less interesting”
Doremon. I preferred watching Doremon rather than reading it. As
far as I’m concerned I don’t consider non oriental made comics or
cartoons as Manga or Anime :P.

When the Dragon Ball series came to an end I had forgotten totally
about anime and Manga until I started University. I had a housemate
who was also my primary and high school mate called Cheong Sei How.
He introduced me to this fascinating new anime called “Naruto” some
6 years ago, we used to download the anime every week to watch the
show. Then I felt it was not enough as once a week was too slow and
started exploring other anime series such as shaman king, hunter x
hunter, Fullmetal Alchemist, Samurai X, One Piece and a few more.
Then I found out one of my course mates in university was called the
the “Anime King” he had downloaded practically every half decent
anime we’re ever heard off. So I used to borrow many burned VCDs
from him and watch it in my apartment. He became my personal Anime
supplier.

After I was done with most of my favorite anime I had to settle
with downloading new episode every week, slowly I got really bored
of downloading.I stopped downloading and started buying the DVD
compilations that were sold in CD shops every 3 months. As time
passed I never sourced for new Series and just went on watching
Naruto. I introduced Naruto to my cousin and he also got into and
he got heavily into anime and he started reading the latest episode
in Manga while watching anime and I followed suit. He introduced
more Anime/Manga to me such as Bleach, D-Grayman and such.

Then I used to talk to my gf about anime and she introduced things
anime like Monsters, Gants and a pretty interesting one called
Futari Ecchi. Futari Ecchi is definitely the anime that has given
me the most knowledge for use in the real life. If you want to know
what I mean, you google it up :D. It’sgood stuff, you won’t regret
it LOL.

Here the list of the TOP 10 anime I like
1. Naruto
2. Dragon Ball
3. Samurai X (Kenshin)
4. D Grayman
5. Bleach
6. Futari Ecchi
7. Full Metal Alchemist
8. Gantz
9. Inuyasha
10. Shaman King

Hope you guys would enjoy these anime when you get around to
watching it. Have fun guys, peace out. Time to go celebrate my
birthday :)
Games I like
When I was 5 my parents bought me this building block toy
called “Lacy”, I doubt many of you will know what this thing
is. The most unique and popular block in this set is a “H”,
those who have played it should remember it now. That was
like my favourite toy my entire childhood. I used to build all
kinds of things, even making things that are not in the building
guide book. It really helped my analytical skills because of the
different angels I had to think to get what I wanted done. That
was practically the first thinking game I got into.

Then when I was 7, two of my cousins who were already
working by then got me two fascinating games. The first one
was Monopoly and the other was a Chess set. Monopoly was
such a fun game to play with the family, every time my
cousins came around I’d whip out the monopoly set and we’ll
sit in a corner laughing, shouting and having so much fun hehe.
But the game that really captivated me was Chess. The first
day I got it, mom thought me all the rules and we had a test
game, guess what? I beat her in the first game! Lol. From then
onwards I was really fixated in chess. I joined the school chess
club and soon started representing the school on tournaments.
A couple of my uncles were supposedly good in chess; every
time I see them I’ll bug them to have a game with me. Even
if I lost every game I every played with them.

My skill in Chess rapidly improved in the next two years, I
became one of the top players in school and I only couldn’t
beat one uncle by the time I was 10. This improvement kept
increasing till I even represented my University in a prestigious
International tournament, and I even mange to play a game
with a Chinese Grandmaster and get a “Draw” out of it. Now,
no one in my extended family can beat me in chess, but I’m
definitely not the best either. I still get pawned in tournaments
with good players.

When I was about 12, my friends and I started playing another
board game called “Risk”. This game was like nothing I’ve
ever seen before. It was like a computer game on a board :P
Strategies, alliances, manipulation, armies, territories....wow
the whole package!! This game took over the monopoly
sessions i used to have with cousin. Now days every chance
we get, we’ll play Risk instead. Around the same time, I got
into computer games also. Played games like Command and
Conquer, Xcom Apocalypse, Heroes of Might and Magic,
Diablo, War Hammer, War Craft, Counter Strike and a bunch
more. The games I like the most are the RTS games, more
thinking to do then blind hack and slash. I think it really
improves analytical skills and thinking out of the box and not
to mention the other knowledge we get like history and
cultures.

Even my favourite sport has the element of thinking and making
split second decisions to be a good player. I think most sports
have this element though, like tennis, American football, hockey
and a lot more. In my case it’s football (soccer), of course you
can get through this game with pure brute force, but when you
incorporate some thinking into your game it makes you stand
out. Knowing when to pass, when to move forward, when to
move back and when to shoot according to your teams formation
is really important to ensure a good strategy to win a game.
Games like these makes it less boring and a lot more fun. If you
think about it, our whole life is a thinking game, if you don’t
think through life you won’t get very far. So think before you do
things, think before you say things, think before you do anything.
That’s it for this post, hope you all enjoyed it and see ya’ll in the
next one. Peace out ^_^
Supernatural (End)
Angels, Demons and Aliens :P
Talk about the mother of mysteries. Well at the end of the last
post I gave a sneak preview of this entry and said i’ll talk about
angels and demons, as how I view it. In my opinion demons are
no more than other living creatures that live among us. If this is
true then why can’t we see them you may ask. Well cause it’s
how they are? Haha I know it’s like what the heck am I saying.
Seriously don’t take my word for any of this. I’m just speculating
I think demons are just other creatures in another frequency
living on the same planet or are aliens that come from a different
planet whom are in a different wavelength from our presence.
Why are they here and why do they torment our souls? Like I’ve
said before, our soul are from an inexhaustible energy source.
Demons may have found a way to tap this energy source to feed
their technology or their lives, which is why they hold on to the
souls that they find wondering around. These souls are made to
carry out their biddings to capture more human souls who are
still in a host body.

Now then, who are the angels? Well, like i said in the first post
the god(the mighty energy) has a task to balance everything.
So, naturally the forces of the demon have the force of angels
to be aware of. The Angels might be from the same race as the
demons who dislike the way the demons take advantage of
other lives (Think Autobot and Deceptacons LOL). It all comes
down now to who are these guys? They may be in this planet
way before humans were here, just invisible to our eyes and
only showing themselves when they want themselves to be
seen or they might be travelling aliens finding new source of
energy. Another theory is that they are from a parallel
dimension who found a way to travel between life plains.

Dimensions, there is a theory that there is more than just one
universe around, what i’m inclined to believe that might be
true. This is because i believe everything will have to come in
pair since everything needs a balance in power. If there is our
dimension then there must be another to balance the
equilibrium. So there might be more than 2 also, there might be
four or eight or a lot more. Well this just means we have to not
only look to space but also total realities. I know I’m taking my
theories too far lol. So i think i better stop now hahaha. So guys
that’s it for my supernatural post the next in line is “games
that need thinking”.
The Supernatural (Part 1)
The meaning of supernatural is a power that seems to defy
or go beyond thenatural forces as we know it. This topic has
captivated me for a long long time. I have to say i have
experienced super natural things, I can't explain these things.
Well if i have enough space in this entry i will share a some
of my experiences. Before I start, supernatural is not only
ghosts and demons and stuff. Here a list of things I think goes
under supernatural, things human science can't answer:

- God
- Life (Soul)
- Ghosts
- Angels / Demons
- Aliens
- Phycics and Predictions
- Dimensions

These are the things I can think of now, but I’m sure there are
more. May be all these things are linked together in a science
not yet known to man or just the science we have now is not
even right. This would explain why these things are not
considered natural.



First off, God. One of the most controversial topic in the
history of mankind. his topic is only controversial because
mankind added something called religion into it. Regardless
of which religion there is no doubt that there is a force which
we deem the creator. So, who is this god? Who is our creator?
It’s strange then I think about it, if we’re created by god, who
created god? Well I have a theory about this though. I think
god is no other then an energy source, god has no life(It’s
immortal/ Inexhaustible energy), has no thought but has a way
to balance out equilibrium of the universe. If something goes
to the extreme in one end of the universe, this energy source
will correct it by sending the same about of extreme force to
balance it. We’re all created in the image of the energy like
what the bible says because in every one of us there is an
inexhaustible power source, which is life/soul. Before you go
bashing in my ideas, I’m not asking you to believe what I say
or accept my theories. This is just my speculation.

So now the discussion leads us to Life/Soul. I think the soul
that is somehow transmitted to us when we’re new embryo’s,
a tiny little piece of energy from the creator force. This energy
might be from this world (Earth), or it may be from space, or
from previous souls that had to leave their body due to death.
For some reason we all feel there is more then just our body
in us, don’t we? It feels like you’re more than the physical
presence you have. If this is not true, why do we have burial
ceremonies for millennia’s? This thing we feel, I think is the
soul or our life force that will not extinguish at the end of our
physical presence. So what happens to us when we die, you
may ask. Well some of us may go back to rejoin the great force,
some of us may linger on to find another host, some of us may
still have unfinished business (ghosts) and some of us may be
enslaved by a bigger force of energy that does not allow us to
pass.

Now comes the topic of ghosts. Life as human is a competitive
one, so much so we all have to take care of ourselves, our family
and our loved ones. Some of us adopt great desires, may be an
ambition or great love towards another soul. These feelings make
our soul become unstable until we attain our goals. What happens
when we lose our host body due to death before we can attain our
goals? Our souls remain unstable and in an unstable condition we
are not able to move on. Most of the time the feeling we carry isn’t
enough to destabilize oursoul, but some people can really be
obsessive towards some things and their souls are left behind.
Some of you may say, this is all a big piece of bullshit, there is no
such things as ghosts. Well believe what you want to, I’ve had my
share of experiences to believe otherwise. People who know me
may have heard of my experiences, but I don't feeling like going
into details about them at the moment, There are also souls who
are trapped not because their unstable, but because a stronger force
is holding them back. These are the things I call demons, and the
next part i'll cover on this faul energies and their rivals, the angels.

This post kinda got out of hand and became way too lon for one
post. So, I guess i'll keep the rest for another installment of "The
Supernatural". I hope you had a nice read, not aksing you to belive
them, these are jsut my thoughts and theories.
Peace out till next time guys.
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