The One About Internet Explorer

I DON'T use Internet Explorer. And I blame Microsoft for forcing it on us by bundling it with our operating system. As if Windows is not bad enough for our PC's health, they actually bundle us with an internet browser with the worse security system.

Everyone thinks that I'm like Chicken Little crying out that the sky is falling when I told them that Internet Explorer isn't safe. Well, guess what? The sky has fallen! Here's an excerpt from a news piece written by the Associated Press.

"The 'zero-day' vulnerability, which came to light last week, allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected websites; users don't have to download anything for their computers to get infected, which makes the flaw in Internet Explorer's programming code so dangerous. Internet Explorer is the world's most widely used web browser.

Thousands of websites already have been compromised by criminals looking to exploit the flaw. The bad guys have loaded malicious code onto those sites that automatically infect visitors' machines if they’re using Internet Explorer and haven't employed a complicated series of workarounds that Microsoft has suggested.

Microsoft said it has seen attacks targeting the flaw only in Internet Explorer 7, the most widely used version, but has cautioned that all other current editions of the browser are vulnerable. — AP"

See, I told you so!

So what other options do you have? Go to the Control Panel, click on Add or Remove Programs. On the left sidebar, click on Add/Remove Windows Components. When a box pops up UNCHECK Internet Explorer (and/or any other useless Windows programs that you don't use) and click Next.

1. You save computer space.
2. Your computer has lesser risk of being hack.

Of course, before you remove Internet Explorer from your PC, remember to download a new browser! Don't be stupid!

I would personally recommend Apple's Safari, it automatically spell checks everything you type, and since it's Apple technology, you know it can be trusted. Afterall, when have you heard a Mac is being infected by a virus so badly it needs to be reformated?

Other recomendations would be Opera, Mozilla's Firefox, and Google's Chrome.

If you are thinking about more options why not check out the old (but trusty) Netscape or its decendant the SeaMonkey; for those who wants to be in the loop of friend-updates but too lazy to check your Myspace + Facebook + Blogger + Gmail + Yahoo Mail + YouTube...try Flock which includes a social-networking interface; or if you're very tech-savy you might wanna go for the UNIX-based Konqueror.

Whatever you do, remember: DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER!!!

- jessism © 18122008 -

The One With Melamine Products (Updated: 14 Oct)

POSTED: 26.09.08

UPDATE: 08.10.08 (Source: Malaysian Insider)

UPDATE: 14.10.2008 (Source: The Star)

The following is a list of melamine contaminated products I compiled from newspapers and the net. The products which are listed as "Confirmed in Singapore" are compiled from Singapore newspapers, while those listed as "Confirmed in Malaysia" are compiled from Malaysia newspapers and Malaysia Insider website. Others are from lists found on the world wide web.

Feel free to comment if there's any addition and I will add it into the list.

BAIRONG APPLE SANDWICH BISCUITS [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

BAIRONG CHERRY & APPLE COLORFUL PARTY BISCUITS [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
BAIRONG GRAPE CREAM CRACKERS

BLANCANUBE [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]

CAP LAYANG LOBSTER PEANUT CRISP [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
CHOCOLATE EGG ROLLS  [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

CORNETTO MINI (ALL FLAVORS) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
DAILYLAC FULL CREAM MILK POWDER [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

DALI COFFEE BEVERAGE 3 IN 1 COFFEE [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

DOVE HAZEL NUT ALMOND & RAISIN CHOC [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
DOVE HAZELNUT CHOC [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
DOVE MILK CHOCOLATE [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
DREYERS CHOC CAKE ICE CREAM
DREYERS COOKIE & CREAM ICE CREAM
DREYERS MINT CHIP ICE CREAM
DREYERS ROCKY ROAD ICE CREAM
DREYERS STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
DREYERS TOAST ALMOND ICE CREAM
DREYERS VANILLA ICE CREAM
DUTCH LADY MILK (ALL) [CONFIRMED IN HK & SINGAPORE]
DUTCH LADY 123 HONEY POWDER MILK [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

DUTCH LADY STRAWBERRY MILK  [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

FIRST CHOICE CALCIUM CRACKERS (ALL)
FOUR SEAS BISCUIT STICKS [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

FOUR SEAS STRAWBERRY FLAVORED CAKE [CONFIRMED IN HK]

FU DIE LAI ALMOND CAKES [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

GIFF CURTES CHOCOLATE [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

GINBIS BISCUITS (ALL)

KOALA COCOA BISCUIT

KONG CHUI CANDY  [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
KLIM INSTANT FULL CREAM MILK [CONFIRMED IN HK]
KRAFT OREOS (ALL) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]

KRAFT OREOS  WHITE CHOCOLATE WAFER STICK [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
LOTTE KOALA COCOA FUNPACK
M&M CHOCOLATES (ALL FLAVORS & PACKING) [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE]
MAGNUM MINI MINI POPPERS ICE-CREAM [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
MEIJI CHESTNUT & REDBEAN
MEIJI FAMILY PACK-GREEN TEA
MEIJI UJIKINTOKI 2978

MEIJI UMAKABO CHOCOLATE
MEIJI ICE-CREAM & FROZEN CONEFCTIONS (ALL) [CONFIRMED IN HK & SINGAPORE]
MENTOS BOTTLE YOGHURT (ALL SIZES, FLAVORS & PACKING) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
MENTOS YOGURT FRUIT [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE]

MILKY BOY MILK CANDY [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
MONMILK (ALL PRODUCTS) [CONFIRMED IN HK & SINGAPORE]
MOTION FRUIT JELLY STICK [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

MR. BROWN INSTANT COFFEE [CONFIRMED IN CANADA]
NABISCO CHICKEN BISCUIT [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
NATURAL CHOICE MILK ICE BAR [CONFIRMED IN HK]
NESTLE DAIRY FARM PURE MILK [CONFIRMED IN HK]
NESTLE CARNATION CALCIUM PLUS NON FAT MILK POWDER [CONFIRMED IN HK]
NESTLE MILK & BERRY STARS CRL
NESTLE ICE-CREAM (VANILLA & CHOCOLATE FLAVORED) [CONFIRMED IN HK]
NESTLE NESPRAY FULL CREAM MILK [CONFIRMED IN HK]
NO FRILLS WAFER BLUEBERRY
NO FRILLS WAFER CHOCOLATE
NO FRILLS WAFER PEANUT
ORION FRESH PIE
ORION TIRAMISU

PASSION CHOCOLATE COATED WAFER [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
PEI TIAN CREAM BISCUIT

PIZZA HUT: MALAYSIA

PIZZA HUT: TAIWAN (CHEESE PACKETS) [CONFIRMED IN TAIWAN]
SILANG HOUSE OF STEAMED POTATO — POTATO CRACKER [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
SILANG NATURAL OAT CRACKER
SNICKERS (ALL TYPES & PACKING) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
STRONG YOGURT JELLY [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

TAKE ONE BABY BITE CARROT [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
TAKE ONE BABY BITE CK VG
TAKE ONE BABY BITES 24S

TIAN TIAN GENUINE PEARL JELLY [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]
TRAPPIST DAIRY LOW FAT MILK [CONFIRMED IN HK]
VIGOR 888 - 888 EGG & MILK FILLING [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

VITA FRESH MILK [CONFIRMED IN HK]
VITASOY CHOCOLATE DRINK 4S
VITASOY MELON SOYA BEAN MILK 4S
VITASOY Q SOYA MILK 4S
WALL'S ALL NATURAL MANGO
WALL'S ICE-CREAM [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
WALL'S MINI CORNETTO CHOCOMINT [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WALL'S MINI CORNETTO TIRAMISU [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WALL'S MINI POPPERS CHOCOLATE [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WALL'S MINI POPPERS STRAWBERRY  [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WALL'S MINI POPPERS VANILLA  [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WALL'S MOO SANDWICH ICE-CREAM [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]

WALL'S MOO SOFT COOKIE SANDWICH [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WANG WANG RICE CRACKERS [CONFIRMED IN MALAYSIA]

WANG WANG MILK, CANDIES & BISCUITS [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
WHITE RABBIT MILK CANDY [CONFIRMED IN HK, MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE]
YILI CHOICE DAIRY FRUIT BAR YOGURT FLAVOURED ICE CONFECTION [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YILI MILK (ALL FLAVORS, SIZES AND PACKING) [CONFIRMED IN HK & SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN ICE CREAM (ALL FLAVORS) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN MASTERBEAN [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN PASSION [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN SILK SLICED AND PASSION STRAWBERRY [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN STAWBERRY [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN TRADITIONAL SESAME [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
YOUCAN UNUSUAL [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]
徐 福 记 PUFFED RICE ROLLS (BUTTER CORN & CHEESE FLAVOURED) [CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE]

(NOTE: Nestle did make a claim that their products DOES NOT contain melanin. Although I would personally stay away from Nestle products for the moment, readers out there who wish to continue taking Nestle products is up to your own discretion.)

(I remember seeing Wall's Moo Sandwich Ice-Cream was still selling at Johor's Pelangi Leisure Mall a few days ago. Will go check again after work tomorrow to see if it's still there. As for the Pizza Hut incident, I receive an email which says that the cheese is from MALAYSIA, so I would stay away from, Pizza Hut Malaysia as well if I were you.)

(Despite the papers saying that all banned products were to be taken off shelves, there are a lot of Malaysian supermarkets and sundry shops that still carry the affected products. After the banned list which contained Wall's products was released, I went to check on JB's Pelangi Leisure Mall and find that they didn't take the affected products off shelves! Worse, my visit to Leisure Mall yesterday found that they have now put up a sign from the affected company --not the Malaysian Health Ministry -- saying that the product is SAFE to be consumed. So who do you trust? The manufacturing company or the Health Ministry?)

- jessism © 260908 -

The One About My Ethnicity

A few years back, I laughed so hard at Darrel for not knowing that he is NOT Chinese after 21 years. This weekend, karma bit me so hard in the arse, I wish I never laughed at him.

As some of you might have already know, my parents came over last Thursday to spend Merdeka Weekend in Johor. Being the filial son that I am, I decided to take them to Singapore's Sentosa Island. Don't worry, I'm not gonna talk about the trip in Singapore, you can read that from my upcoming posting on Multiply. I'm gonna just jump to the main story.

At Sentosa's Images Of Singapore, Mom was reading this history about Singapore's origin and its people when she suddenly said: "Come see this. This is so true. My grandmother was a Nyonya. She used to wear exactly like that!" A what? "She's Baba Nyonya."

My brain foze.

Mom went on telling me about how her grandmother was a Nyonya who wears what and how she would tie her hair up in a bun and etc. But she lost me when she told me that my great grandmother was Nyonya.

"Are you telling me that I'm NOT Chinese?" Mom then only realise that I wasn't listening anymore. "Well if you put it that way, then yes. You're mix."

All these years I was wrong! I thought that I'm Chinese but I'm not?! I'm now part-Malay?! As if that is not enough to shock me, Mom told me something even more interesting. "Do you know that your grandmother -- your Dad's mother -- is half Thai?"

So there you go. After 29 years, 1 month and 20 days, jess discovered that he is NOT a pure Chinese! I now know how Darrel felt... I'm sorry bro, I shouldn't have laughed at you.

- jessism © 03092008 -

The One About Being Content

I'm angry mad furious! It pisses me off big time when people don't know how to be content with the things they have.

While there are people out there who can't even afford a loaf of bread, there's still a certain group of people who are bitching about not getting the Gucci/Prada bag he/she always wanted for his/her birthday or anniversary. Take for example: A kid wanted a Merce, but his Dad bought him a Porche for his birthday and he goes around bitching to everyone how his Dad gave him something he didn't want.

Erm.. hello?! What the fuck is wrong with you?! Be happy with whatever fuck people give you! The main point is that the gift comes from the heart! At least he didn't give you a box of Kleenex! If you don't like it, donate it to those who are in need! Stop bitching about it! And be grateful that you don't have to fall into the category of those who starves through their daily life.

If you felt the pinch of what I wrote in this posting, I might be refering to you, then again maybe not.

To the person I used as an inspiration to this posting: "FUCK YOU! Be content with what you have, you jerk!"

- jessism © 14082008 -

The One About Hungry Ghost Festival

(If you're reading this posting hoping to know more useful facts about the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, please press ALT-F4 right now.)

I like to think of the Hungry Ghost Festival is some sort of an annual vacation for those Hungry Ghosts.

The Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated on the seventh month in the Chinese calendar, where all the spirits in the ghostly realm, which have been busy working their arse off to pay for the wrongdoings they did before they passed on, are released into the human realm. Don't you think it's somewhat like a vacation?

Of course, to be able to qualify for this, you would need to:
- lie, steal, cheat and/or kill someone...
- be sentenced to hell for eternal damnation
- be tortured non-stop everyday by the minions in hell for the crime you did (and)
- not being fed any food, and water throughout the process

By "working", I meant them being tortured for their wrongdoings. Think of it this way: If you backstab someone when you're alive, you are most likely going to be literally stab in the back when you're in hell. Brings a whole new meaning to the word 'backstabbing', doesn't it?

Anyway, let's not get side tracked here. Back to the festival...

The reason why those spirits are known as Hungry Ghosts is because there is no time given for break. It's all about being tortured over and over again all day long, all year round, for the crimes you did. So when the gates of hell open during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, they are starving so much they'll eat any fatty MSG-coated food you offer them. Hence, the term 'Hungry Ghosts'.

Back on the human realm, knowing that those 'Hungry Ghosts' will be walking among us, we offer them those fatty MSG-coated food, hoping that it will give them high cholesterol and they will drop dead in hell and never to return again. Little did we anticipate that the MSG will cause their hair to drop and they will come back the following year with a vengeance. That is why some people are haunted by ghosts which looked like its hair is falling off, or looked like its having a bad hair day. I guess this is also probably why most ghosts you see in the movies are depicted as ghastly figures that wear badly made wigs. My guess is that they probably don't sell well-made wig there.

Many associate the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival to the ever famous Día de los Muertos , but I have to disagree. Día de los Muertos is a day to remember the dead. More like our Chinese "Cheng Beng", where those ghostly friends from the other realm don't come visiting. But during the Hungry Ghost Festival those ghostly figures actually come out. And like it or not, they're everywhere!

How I know? The answer is very simple. As Haley Joel 'Michael-Caine-Robbed-My-Oscar' Osment once said: "I see dead people..." In fact, I think there might be one behind you right now.

- jessism © 01082008 -

The One About Death

Death... The inevitable pesky little flaw in life that all of us could not avoid. No one knows when its going to creep up on you, and there certainly there is nothing you can do to prevent it from arriving. It comes when it comes, and as it likes, and there is NOTHING you can do about it.

The first death I experienced was that of my aunt. I was really young. In fact, too young to remember anything about it. But when my grand uncle passed away, I was older and I felt it. I couldn't understand why it had to happen to him. What wrong did he do to deserve it? I couldn't comprehend. I remember me and Mom crying in my room the day he was cremated.

When I was 19, I lost my grandfather. All I could feel was: numb. I didn't react to anything at all. I remember my brother waking me up in the middle of the night telling me that he had passed on. Mom's eyes are already wet with tears. Knowing the seriousness of his illness, Dad was already staying with my grandparents at the time to care for him. I knew I had to be strong for the family. I drove as fast as I possibly could. We never speak a word throughout the whole journey. My noisy brother, for the first time, was actually quiet throughout the 2-hour drive. I remember seeing tears rolled down Mom's face every now and then.

My grandfather had passed away at home. When we got there, I smelled death for the first time in my life. The air in the house was so still. Everybody seems to be talking in whispers. I guess Death not only takes lives away but also quite people down.

My brother and I sat out until dawn the first two nights of the funeral service. I remember him asking me if I see my grandfather anywhere. I didn't.

I didn't as much as shed a tear during the three-day funeral service. That is, until the day we sent him to the crematory. I couldn't hold it back anymore. I cried the mother lode.

Yesterday, I was informed by Irene that our grandfather was admitted to the hospital. I knew this day was coming when we were told by the doctors that his heart is slowing down, I just never knew there was more to it. When I called my aunt, she was crying on the phone. I was told that my grandfather had been diagnosed with third stage liver cancer. With his heart condition and the seriousness of the cancer diagnosis, we know that it could only mean one thing.

I couldn't help but think that this "life" business is really strange: One minute you could be munching on a fishball and the next you might be laying in the morgue because you choked on the damn thing!

Since the time will come sooner or later, and it's inevitable, I guess we'll have to look on the brighter side of things and think of it as a peaceful and everlasting sleep. Of course, we all know that "sleep" is just a euphemism for "you're so dead" and/or "you're about to become worm food"...

"Life is short. Get a divorce!"

- jessism © 29072008 -

The One About My Cina Blog

Yes, I now have a Chinese blog, entirely written in Mandarin! Can you believe it? I can't too!

Jess is writing an entirely Chinese-based blog? He has got to be out of his mind, right?! Well, what can I say? One's gotta reach for the stars, right?

Ok. So maybe I am reaching a wee bit too far here. Besides, what can a 'banana' write about? But as I recall, a certain famous dead people once said: "don't try won't know". So here I go, heading into the unknown world of Chinese blogging.

Watch out, Cina World! Here I come!!! (....erm, right after I figure out what to write...)

"Life Is Like Men: You'll Never Know What Dick-Size They Come With." - jessism

- jessism © 21072008 -

小狗７１９小日記

小狗今天得知鬼眼失戀了。。。
在聽他訴說與他前男友的事小狗不禁又想起了小老鼠。。。

鬼眼說每當看見曾經和前男友一起出沒的地方，心裡都隱隱作痛。。。

回想四個月前小狗初回來新山時，小狗也常會想起從前和小老鼠的事。
每個角落都充滿了和小老鼠的回憶：
第一次見面的大樹下，第一次吃午餐的日式餐廳，和小老鼠常去的民歌餐廳，超市，書局，玩具店，酒吧等。。。
每個地方感覺都很熟悉卻又很陌生。。。

回想起和小老鼠以前做過的事：午餐時間偷跑回家嘿咻，在戲院售票處排隊時在大眾前舌吻，不小心讓小老鼠喝醉後照顧麻煩醉老鼠的夜晚，小狗要去吉隆坡時小老鼠送小狗的情趣禮物。。。
現在回想起來還蠻甜蜜的。。。

戀愛真得很奇妙。
愛情要很長的時間來培養。
可是愛情要變成恨，就只需那一瞬間。

曾經可以為他全力的付出，不求回報。
當時卻恨不得把他的一切都毀了。
但是現在卻只覺得那是人生成長的一個過程。

某人曾經和小狗說過：
＂認識久了不代表是熟悉，日子短也不代表是陌生。＂
和小老鼠分手後的這十個月裡讓小狗認清了身邊的友人，也明白了那句話的意思。

失戀是一件很痛苦的事，也是成長的一個過程。
人也因此變得更勇敢，堅強。。。


（ＯＳ：老天為什麼要醬對我們呢？
可能是要提醒我們珍惜所擁有的每一刻，不要到失去才後悔。
但也很有可能祂只是純粹的不爽我們。小狗覺得祂應該是不爽吧？）


- jessism © 19072008 -

The One About Politics

(NOTE: This post might be offsensive to some readers. Please DO NOT read if you are sensitive towards political issues or anything related to politics, and easily offended by remarks made about politics. This author WILL NOT be responsible for any disgust or feel of being offended after reading this post.)

First of all, I hate politics. I really don't get it. Is power really THAT important? I believe that whoever serves the country better should be in charge. And since this is a democratic country, it would be: whoever the rakyat feels serves the country better.

Whenever I see any news related to politics in the newspaper, I would just skip it altogether. But with the endless politicking that's been going on, it has become unavoidable to come in contact with political news these days.

Since I'm an idiot about what goes on in the political world, here's a post about what I understand from what I've been reading in the past weeks... (Feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong.)

01. Election in Malaysia is NOT a fair process. (Source: Human Rights Watch)

02. If you are the ruling coalition and you win the election, the country will go on with business as usual. But if the opposition wins, the country gets endless politicking and finger pointings.

03. Being honest and telling the so-called truth can get you in trouble. Look what happened to that private investigator guy and Raja Petra.

04. If you're being accused of being involved in a murder case, nothing till will happen to you. But if you're not at the police station an hour before appointment time, 15 police cars and men in masks will show up at your doorstep to arrest you, without a warrant. (Don't laugh ok?! According to Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, it's "the best option"!)

05. It's ok to make personal attacks on your opponent over and over again in a debate when you run out of points to say.

06. Those roadblocks that causes fuel-wasting traffic jams, "were carried out in the interest of the public". (Not sure how he know what our interests are, but that what Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.)

07. Demonstration is considered as an interference with our daily life, but roadblocks that causes fuel-wasting traffic jams aren't. (Here's another quote from Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar: "The public want their safety, not demonstrations or interference with their daily life.")

08. If you have constipation, you're most likely a sodomy victim!

09. If you are accused of sodomizing someone, you will be taken to a medical center to have your private parts measured, and you will not be shown of the accuser's report.

10. Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that "(Anwar) has strong supporters in the international arena... and we are going to stop him." So be very careful. If you have friends in the international arena, the government might just "stop you"!

As I'm not really in-the-know about politics and all, can someone tell me how is it possible for Anwar to have "strong supporters in the international arena" backing him up? When the Home Minister said that, does it mean that our government don't have any "strong supporters in the international arena"? If so, why doesn't our ruling government have "strong supporters in the international arena" but Anwar has it?

- jessism © 18072008 -

The One With A FREE Antivirus

Oil prices go up, electric bill go up, water bill also go up, but salary remains the same. Sigh...

Use computer also have to support ORIGINAL software, but all so god-damn expensive! Unless you are rich enough to get a Mac, there is no way in hell you can avoid virus attack with that crappy Microsoft Windows OS. (Not forgetting the constant blue-screen and hang that you get if you're using Windows Vista) And my dear readers, antivirus don't come cheap!

So how?

Well, fret no more! I'm here to present to all of you faithful readers the future of antivirus! Most importantly, it's FREE!

You can use it on as many PC as you like. None of those copyright infringement bullcrap. And it's simple to use. All you need is have a little faith in it!

To download: >>> Click Here <<<

"Sharing Is Caring"

- jessism © 08072008 -

The One With The List

I feel old.

Worse: In a few days I'm going to be older. And having to deal with aging for someone who has Peter-Pan Complex is really not easy. It's like forcing a kid to believe that fairies and angels don't exist! (Which I'm sure they do.... They're prolly just hiding from sight and plotting for a worldwide take-over...)

Anyways, whether I like to admit it or no, I'm edging closer and closer to that inevitable 3-0. With too much free time I have at work, I started thinking about what I should do before I turn 30. Before I know it, I've got a list of absurdities at hand!

In no particular order:
01. Lose my virginity (Thank all the forces at work!)
02. Get (at least one) piercing
03. Go on a cruise
04. Get married
05. Get a decent massage
06. Get a sleazy massage
07. French kiss (at least) 30 people (Any voulenteers?! LOL...)
08. Buy a house
09. Have threesome
10. See a live concert
11. Try waxing (If a girl can endure the pain, I'm sure I could too!)
12. Get a manicure
13. Get a pedicure
14. Sex on the beach
15. Backpack overseas
16. Come out to friends and family

Okay, that's all I can think of...for now. If you have any other suggestions to add to the list, feel free to post it in the comment box. If I feel that I am of interest to do it, I'll add it into the lsit. Hehe... thanks o!

"Don't say that Wendy! We'll never grow up!" - Brian Kinney

- jessism © 08072008 -

The One About My "Perfect" Family

The emotional anguish I have to go through, no one would ever understand. Everybody wanted a miracle. Me, living through life and not killing myself. Now that's what I call a bloody miracle!

Growing up, all I was exposed to was violence. Not TV violence, but voilence in reality, and at full force: Dad hitting Mom. Dad hitting me and my brother. Dad knocked Mom unconcious. Mom left after the incident.

I tried to kill myself when I was a teenager. I swallowed a whole dozen of sleeping pills but it didn't kill me. I woke up lying beside a shattered glass and an empty stretch of tin foil the next day. The door to my room was wide open. Someone has been in the room. Someone who managed to predict that a dozen of sleeping pills and a shattered glass beside a supposedly-sleeping teenager would mean he's still going to survive and MY!!!! That person was right! I actually survived! (With a kickass hangover...)

After Mom came home from her disappearance, she was never the same again. I felt the distance. But who gives a fuck about my feelings? I was just a kid to them. They seem to think that everything was "fine". The family is all perfect. So life goes on as if none of that has ever happened!

Not long after my attempted suicide, I told Mom one fine afternoon that, if not the whole family, I AM in desperate need to see a counselor before things get out of hand. And the answer I get? "Nothing is wrong with the family."

Now... let me try and recall what has happened over the years: Dad was abusive cigarette addict, Mom ran away from the family after being knocked unconcious by Dad, I tried to killed myself but nobody cared, my brother knocked someone up and dumped her at a convenient store AND THEN proceeded to run far away from home to work in a far away place and my parents managed to pretend that none of it ever happened.... WOW!!!! It sure sounds like "NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE FAMILY".

The One About Marrying A Gay Man

Talking to Sam online about how disappointed she is with men, straight men to be specific, it got me thinking: If straight men are such arse women said them to be, why would women still wanna marry them? Here's a thought, why not marry a gay man?! After all, as Amy puts it: "The secret to a happy marriage is to marry a gay husband."

01. Listener
99.9% of women always complain that their partner don't listen to them. Ask any women you know with gay friends, and you will find that gay men are actually very good listener. In fact, we are not only good listeners, we are also great...

02. Advisor
It's true! Ask yourself: how many times did your other half yawn or gave you useless advice the last time you went shopping with him? Shopping is a gay man's favorite past time! We will give you the answers you wanted to hear, telling you which match with what, as well as the dreaded line: 'that makes you look fat', without making you wanting to slap us.

03. Cleanliness
Women always complain about cleaning up after the husband. As most gay men have mysophobia, you probably wouldn't have to clean up after them. Heck, they might even clean up after you! Your house would always remain in a clean and tidy condition.

04. Beauty Tips
Marrying a gay man means the two can also share beauty tips! I guarantee you; NO living straight husband can do this: Imagine when your foundation/concealer runs out, you can't just go to your straight husband and say, "Darling, can I borrow your foundation/concealer?" But with a gay husband, you can always count on us to have one lying around!

05. Movies
When was the last time you wanted to watch a lovey-dovey romantic drama at the cinema and your hot-blooded boyfriend/husband dragged you to watch "RamBowl 100" with him? With a gay husband, you know that you can always count on him when you wanted to catch a romantic drama, or a stage musical! Heck, the two of you can even share a pack of Kleenex!

06. Understanding
Remember the time that you wanted to have those pink curtains, but your straight husband think that's it's too gay? Or your husband's inability to understand your obsession with Ikea, shoes or anything nice and posh? Well, as gay men, we understand your need for everything nice and posh, because we too are attracted to them like moth to a flame.

07. Sex
Marrying a straight man meaning you can only have sex with him and him alone, while he goes behind your back screwing every Thom, Trix & Sally he sees. Hey, if a straight man can do it, so could you! Marrying a gay men means, the two of you get to screw with every Tom, Dick & Harry any of you like. In fact, the two of you can even go out and hunt for men together! Now how cool is that?! Bet you can't do that with your straight husband!

08. Divorce
Let's be honest here. I don't think your gay husband is going to leave you for another woman any time soon. In fact, I can guarantee you that! And unless Malaysia legalizes gay marriage, I don't think he is going to leave you for another guy as well!

09. Sleep
Yes. Blissful and peaceful sleep. Women like to complain that their husband snores like a pig or waking them up in the middle of the night. Well, since you and your gay husband will most probably sleep in different room, you are sure to have that peaceful sleep you've always wanted. No one snoring beside you, and no one waking you up in the middle of the night, yet you will still have a sense of security knowing that you have a man in the house!

10. Tax Relief
Sure, the two of you will still get your annual tax relief as a couple, but why help straight men get their tax cut if he ain't treating you right? After all those examples I've given you, isn't sufficient to say that we 'deserve' it more? So find a gay man to marry today! LoL...

[Disclaimer: The article above should not be taken seriously. The author will NOT be responsible should any undesirable consequences, should any occur, after your marriage to a gay man. Should you take the article above seriously, and you are seriously thinking about marrying a gay man, the author suggests that the two of you work out a signed prenuptial agreement to avoid any unwanted, or undesirable, arguments after marriage.]

- jessism © 23062008 -

The One About The "Malaysia Boleh" Spirit

To show off our "Malaysia Boleh" spirit, our beloved Prime Minister has yet again decided that prices of goods should go up! But how does this relate to "Malaysia Boleh", one might ask. Well, the truth is, all along our "Malaysia Boleh" spirits have never left us. If you look closely in your daily living, you will find that we, in fact, CAN achieve a lot of things!

Don't believe me? Read on:

01. NON-Bumiputera can survive without government help
Yep. Us NON-Bumis are like roaches. Strong and undying. Despite the close-to-nothing help our government is giving us, we still managed to send our children to further their studies overseas and never to return again. Even without the government giving us 7% Bumiputera discount when we buy landed properties, we still have a roof over our head.

02. Toll booths can be set up every 30km
Look at the roads in KL. Those beautifully set up toll booths are everywhere. Aren't they a sight to see? And besides, you can even beat those toll-owner-controlled traffic lights, if you pay a "small" amount of money! How cool is that?!

03. Poor Malaysians will survive
Yes, people with lower income in Malaysia won't die of starvation just because of the price hike. Rice is expensive, flour is expensive, so what? Poor people can always resort to potatoes or non-flour and non-rice related products...whatever those are. Worse comes to worse there's always those overgrown weeds that no one is cutting, or the trash that those rch people left behind and our close-to-non-existing garbage man is not taking out. In short, not to worry, poor people won't just drop dead like flies.

04. Non-Bumis can afford expensive pork
We non-Bumis are a bunch of capable people with high buying power, the price of pork have to go up. To make things even more interesting, now there're only a number of days you can buy pork! This can help improve our math and estimation skill. Estimate how much pork can you and your family consume before the butcher comes selling more pork again. What a fun way to shop!

05. Now the rich can also use public transport
To make public transport more rich-friendly, they're doubling the price of bus tickets! Now that ticket prices will be more expensive, rich people will feel more comfortable in using public transportation without feeling cheap! This will, in hope, closer the ties between the poor and the rich.

06. We're #1 Again!!!
We just like to be on top of the list. Who cares if the government isn’t comparing oil prices dollar to dollar? Who cares if our country produce oil and yet we charge our citizens loads of money for it? Who cares if we're going to be out of oil to drill by Year 2014? We can still sell barrels of oil overseas and earn money for the country! No one is complaining about Proton is more expensive in Malaysia compared to the selling price overseas! With that, the government feels that it's time we top another list: "The Most Expensive Oil Price In A Country Which Produce Oil"!

07. WE -- The Rakyat -- trust their government
We love and trust our government so much we don't question their actions. It's true! Say for example: The government has stop "subsidizing" for petrol. We never question where that portion of money is going to, even though we don't see an improvement in the quality of life, or a decrease in crime rates, or better drainage system for flood-prone areas. Our government still sells oil to overseas country even when we are going to run out of oil by the Year 2014. You don't see us asking them to stop doign that! We trust that they will make good use of the money and not pocketing that huge sum. We love our government.

08. Malaysia can have astronaut(s)
Who cares what the newspapers in Australia said about us? Our Malaysian government can do anything with our country's taxpayers' money and there is nothing Australia or the Malaysian taxpayer can do about it! Then again, who are we to question our government? We trust and believe in them.

09. Malaysia is a friendly country
Malaysia is a great place to live in despite prices of goods keep going up. In fact we are so friendly to neighboring countries like Singapore; we allow them come in to Malaysia to buy fuel, rice, flour or anything they want for the same price our citizens are getting. So what if it's a price hike for the locals?

10. Malaysia is a homosexual-free country
As our former Prime Minister literally puts it: "British people accept homosexual ministers but if they ever come here bringing their boyfriend along, we will throw them out." So rest assure, there are NO homosexuals in Malaysia. Cause if they exists, or even as close as set foot in our country, our government would've sniffed them out and thrown them out of the country ages ago! Malaysia is homo-free!

There are probably more that I couldn't think of right now but if you have something of the similar to share, feel free to chip in your two cents worth about our magnificently governed country.

- jessism © 06062008-

小狗開課記

從來沒教過書的小狗要開課了！

（ＯＳ: 可能因為太久沒工作，沒入息，一聽到有錢賺眼睛都亮了！）

其實故事是醬的：　公司一位美女同事因為被升級了，但自己的英文不好怕會影響工作，所以要找一位英文老師ｏｎｅ　ｏｎ　ｏｎｅ教她英文。

認識小狗的人都知道小狗最怕就是教學生和女人味了！小狗就理所當然的拒絕了。但是美女同事一求再求，而且還答應會給學費。。。人始終還是擺脫不到金錢的誘惑，於是就答應了美女同事。

雖然錢是蠻少的，但是小狗還是接了。就當作是學多一樣東西。搞不好以後還可以走這行找吃也說不定！

但是小狗搞不懂的是為甚麼美女同事一定要小狗教而不去找一個真正有ｑｕａｌｉ的導師？小狗又沒有教書經驗的說。。。

（ＯＳ：而且管她的，就賺了再說！）

大家要為小狗加油喔～！

- jessism © 29052008 -

The One About Blogging

The thing about blogging, it's like writing a diary. Once you missed a week of it, it's very hard to go back and fill the missing pages back up.

A lot happened in April, some interesting, some mostly pretty bainless stuff. So let me try to squeeze everything into this posting.

After many months of unemployment, I've finally started working again. For that, I've moved back to the place I was reluctant to leave more than a year ago -- Johor! It's really strange how things worked out. I really hated this place when I first got here, but now, being able to be back, I felt as though I was coming 'home'. Though I have to admit, it felt really weird to be back here when things aren't exactly the same as they used to be. The ghost of the past still lives. Perhaps they never left in the first place.

The case with my employer came to a close. I won the case. A summon was issued to my ex-employer and they were to pay me back the salary they owed me. The debts I owed would finally be cleared.

In some weird ways, "thanks" to my unemployment I was able to see things clearer and better know the people around me.

With help and suport from my parents and a few close friends, a new chapter has begun. Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and hope for the best.

- jessism © 28052008 -

Dream

I had a dream. You were crying. Sad. Confused. Crying.

I held your hand. You looked so sad it breaks my heart.

Crying. Apologizing. So real it all seem.

I held you close. So familiar yet so distant.

"It's ok," I whispered. "Everything's going to be fine."

You were trying. Tears rolled down your eyes.

You held on to my hand. You held me close. It's all too familiar, yet so distant.

"Dear..." you whispered, with words I couldn't hear. Tears rolled down my eyes as I hug you goodbye.

I just hope that this is not a sign, and that you are fine.

jessism © 15042008

The One About Irresponsible Employers

These things are happening from time to time but the strange thing is, no one is speaking up about it. The worse part is, no one is actually doing anything about it. So if someone needs to spark this and get people to be aware of it, then here's the "it".

The company I worked for closed down more then 4 months ago without notice. Since they still owe me three months salary, I went to the labour law office to file a report. There, I was told that since the company closed down and there is no one to serve the legal documents to, I would need to head over to the company registration office to 'get' a copy of the list of company directors so that the legal letter can be served to them instead. It was when I went to the company registration office that I found out that apparently, I need to first BUY an access code (at RM10) and then BUY the copy I made (at RM5 per page). Isn't that a little overpriced?

Anyway, bringing that copy back to labour law, I was told to pick and choose which director I wanted to sue. First of all, I've never met any of them. Secondly, how do you determine who to sue? I just chose a random name out of the four listed and filed the complaint.

Three weeks later, I was called back to the labour law office. There, I was told that apparently the director I chose to file the legal letter at, is unreachable and I was told that there is nothing the labour law office could do about it. I was later told that apparently, the letter needed to be handed to this director person himself, and only he can sign and receive the letter. And since the letter cannot be sent to this person, I was told that I would have to track this person down myself in order to get my salary back! I don't even know this guy to begin with, and now I am supposed to track him down myself?!

As if that is not bad enough, I was told that in cases like this, the chances are quite slim of the employees getting their salary back. As "in most cases" the directors will just say that they've never met this employee before and refuse to pay the summon. So the question is: if the director is not responsible in such cases? Who is?! What makes a director? Seriously. What qualifies someone to be the director of a said company? What's their role in the company? What are their responsibility? Shouldn't the somebody be doing something about this? Enforcing something that would make company directors held responsible for the mess their company made?

I was later informed that in most cases, the company director will refuse to attend the labor court even after they are served the letter. And even when a legal letter is issued by the labor court to pay a said amount, most company directors would still refuse to pay. At that time, the employee who filed the case would have to take it to the civil court, and even then, the director could refuse to pay. And I was told that this might go on for years. I was even advised to drop the case if I already have a new job, as it would affect how my new employer sees me because I would have to be there whenever the labor office calls for me.

Dare I ask, where is the justice in this? An employee who lost his/her job would have to go through all the trouble in the world to get his/her hard earned salary back, while the company gets away with murder?

- jessism © 13042008 -

小狗遇難記

相信認識小狗的人都該已經聽聞過小狗失業的事了吧？

因為之前的公司突然關門不幹，小狗失業至今已四個月了。而在那期間，幾乎都是不幸連綿的：勒索，恐嚇，姦，威脅，媽媽最近又病了，外公心臟衰弱到快不行了，連小狗去應徵，還沒開口就被拒絕了！。。。聽起來很像是肥皂劇裡才會出現的狀況吧？更離譜是小狗終於在上禮拜找到工作了，但卻在第二天被通知說要離職的人不走了，所以在也不需要人來充職了？！還沒上班就被炒了。。。

大家想必很好奇小狗這四個月是怎麼活過去的吧？其實小狗也不是很清楚。就模模糊糊的：開始是一個飯盒兩餐吃，再來是一個麵包三餐吃，後來是一包餅乾省著吃。。。現在，能忍受不吃就不吃。小狗感覺好像是隻老鼠似的，每晚都餓醒來找食物吃，但又捨不得把餅乾吃完，唯有喝了杯水當是牛奶牛奶，然後又回去睡。沒想到小狗會有如此下場。還好小狗的現任包租婆有時有吃剩的飯菜就會叫小狗幫她吃完。＂幫＂？其實感謝她都還來不及呢！

最近日子開始過不去了，小狗也快忍不下去了。。。媽媽和外公生病了小狗也沒錢回家探病，小狗也就沒好好的吃一餐了。。。隱約中，小狗可以感覺到小狗的舊朋友（ＤＥＰＲＥＳＳＩＯＮ）就在等著探訪小狗。

有朋友叫小狗回家和父母求助。在那餓著的夜晚，小狗真的是有想過很想哭著回家投靠爸媽，但小狗卻不想讓他們擔心，唯有一直默默的忍了下來。

這四個月里小狗受盡了苦頭，從中學到了很多東西，也看清了世界上沒有人能比瑪尼卡來得好！我想她應該是我生命裡最重要的一部分！最無法取代的了！

小狗寫了這篇部落格也沒要讀者可憐。就只是因為在兩個月前，小狗答應了一位友人心情平復時一定會交代清楚，所以才寫了這篇聽起來很像臺灣閩南語劇情的＂報告＂。但如果有被感動到的讀者想捐點錢給小狗的話，小狗是不會拒絕的！戶口號碼是：1570-5468-7466 (ＭＡＹＢＡＮＫ)!

ｊｅｓｓｉｓｍ：　＂錢是萬能的！沒錢沒朋友！沒錢沒幸福！沒錢沒人要！沒錢沒得談！沒錢甚麼事都做不成！＂

The One About Laziness

I have not laugh so hard and so loud for a very long time.

I don't know what gave them the idea for this episode, but you have got to watch this! For those of you who can understand Mandarin, go download the February 27th episode of "Kang Xi". The theme for that episode is "Beauty Tips From Lazy People".
The funny part about this episode is that I find myself agreeing to almost everything that was mentioned in the episode. (Only difference is, they are far worst than me!)

The person that I can relate to the most is Makiyo. When she mentioned how "inconvenient" it is to have to get up and throw used-tissue-paper-that-you-just-blow-your-nose-with, you have no idea how hard I nodded! Hahaha!!! It's true! Can you imagine how inconvenient it is to have to get up and find a waste basket and throw it? Only to find that you will have to repeat the action again and again?!
Queena Liu said that she will choose NOT to go out if the outing only last for "less than 2/3 hours". Why? Because it's very troublesome. You need to figure out what to wear, put on make up, style your hair, etc. Why do you think I have long hair that I have straightened? It's so that I don't have to comb or even style it when I go out! I can just wake up from bed and my hair will be perfect. It does help in cutting down the time I have to spend on preparing. Which means, I get to sleep, or laze around, for a few extra minutes! =D

Remote control and TV. OH MY GOD! I tell you: I really can't remember life without a remote control! I seriously don't! If I'm watching TV, I'll have to make sure the remote control is just beside me. And if I can't find the remote control, I'll question everyone in the house and try my best to find the culprit that hid that damn thing. And if I still can't find it, forget it. I'll just NOT watch TV that day.

And do you guys remember back in the days when VCD existed? What a pain it was to have to get up and change the disc? I'm telling you, whoever invented DVD, is definitely a genius... the person really saw a market in us lazy people! And now there's Blu-Ray! I wonder when will they put the whole season of a TV series into one Blu-Ray disc, then I wouldn't have to get up and change the DVD every 4 or 5 episodes anymore.
When Makiyo mentioned she's too lazy to even check the menu, I almost fell off my bed. That is exactly what I hated the most! Why do you think I always order the same thing when I'm at Paddington's? Can you imagine lifting up the menu at Paddington's?! The damn thing is the size of a women's lifestyle magzine and weights like five of those all binded together! And having to go through ALL the hundred pages of it?! That's totally crazy! You know, one might sprain their arm from lifting something that heavy some day! And the menu at certain (Chinese) restaurants (especially). The menu they gave you could be the size of an envelope. But after you unfold it, it turns into this A3-size-map-filled-with-fine-print-words-and-money-signs-and-there-is-no-way-you-can-fold-it-back-to-the-way-it-was! Sigh... Just thinking about it is enough to make my arms sore.

What's your dirty lazy beauty tips?

"Some people call it 'lazy', I call it 'introvert'." - jessism

- jessism © 07032008-

The One Inspired By A Conversation With My Ex

(*With permission from my beloved ex, whom I promise to leave "thee name out". I love you, babe! LoL...)

I still do keep in touch with my ex. We still meet up form time to time for a meal, or two. He still call, we still talk. We're still friends. Then today, something happened.

Originally calling me out and asking me for dinner, we ended up having a more than 90-minute chat on the phone about, get this, sexual fantasies. We've been together. We knew each other even before we got together. And I always thought I knew everything there is to know about him. But I have never heard this from him when we were together! (You have no idea how uncomfortable I was to hear all that coming from someone I used to date. It's dead weird!)

(Since I promise him I will not disclose his fantasies here, let's cut straight to the gist of it.)

The not-so comfortable conversation really got me to think about that very first sexual fantasy we used have when we were kids. Like, what was the first ever "dirty" thought that came into our then-innocent mind, before it was plague with all the crudeness of the world? Who was our first crush back then?

I admitted straight out to my ex that I was NEVER innocent. Even my recollection of my earliest childhood pre-porn fantasy involves people doing very porn-like things to one another, which I never knew possible (then). LOL...

My ex has this theory that "human beings are sexual", and we are both liberal and 'old enough' to talk about all these. The question now is, how comfortable are you in sharing your bedroom fantasies with your friends? So here's what I'll do:

I'll do a post on MY sexual fantasy, when I was a kid, and share it with the world, if I get more than 4 replies to this post telling me about their fantasy. Good? You can go annonymous if you wanted to, I just need 3 replies.

Do think try and think back, see if you can remember what's your earliest childhood sexual fantasy? And who's your first crush?

Once I get those 4 replies, I'll have my post up! ;)

"Sex is when you acheive orgasm with the aid of one, or more, person." - jessism

- jessism © 06032008 -

The One During My Absence

As you are reading this, I have moved out and left KL.

A lot happened during my absence in February that made me changed my mind about staying in KL. Apart from losing my job and was jobless for close to four months, I was blackmailed, badly treated by ruthless housemates, beaten, raped, extort... the list goes on. (Don't ask me what happened, cause I really don't feel like talking about them again, or explaining.)

On top of that, my VAIO crashed. Yes, it crashed. No thanks to Windows Vista! I lost everything that was in the laptop: unused articles, writing samples, a short story I'm working on, but most important of all - I lost ALL the photos taken from late 2006 to 2008! Pictures of dinner gatherings and outings with my friends and ex-colleagues, my trip to Phuket, Langkawi, Macau and even Hong Kong, pictures with my family, relatives, friends, my ex, and even pictures of Didi... all gone. Sigh... :(

Although this posting might sound whiny to most of you, but those pictures really meant a lot to me. Files can be downloaded again, missing articles can be written once more, but those pictures are a memento of the ups (and downs) that I've been through. Moments that money can't buy. Sigh... :'(

Sometimes I really feel like it's fate; that all things happened for a reason. Maybe it's God's way of saying that it's time for me to start anew? Maybe it's a way to cut me off from whatever attachment I had in those missing files and documents?

Anyways: Aaron, thanks for being there for me although you gazillion miles away. Amy, and Darrel, sorry I got you guys worried. I wouldn't have be able to make it through if it weren't for you guys. -*HuGz*-

- jessism © 29022008 -

The One Where I Kissed Steven

Before you even ask: Steven is NOT my new boyfriend. The Steven that I am referring to is the former Boy'z member (current Sun Boy'z member), Steven Cheung. And yes, I kissed him! Jealous leh... Hehe....

Went to Sungei Wang to have one last K-session with Irene, Puay Yin, 24 and Ang Ku Kuih before we all head home for Chinese New Year (CNY). After our K-session, Irene, who still hasn't buy her CNY clothes, said she wanted to walk around, so the four of us accompanied her. While walking, I heard the latest Sun Boy'z song playing on air, so I started telling Irene about their new Mandarin album, where most of their Cantonese songs were rewritten and sung in Mandarin - think Christina Aguilera with her "Mi Reflejo" album. Although I know she didn't really care much, but hey, it's Kenny Kwan's ex-group, so I carried on rambling to her about Sun Boy'z. Can't believe, that monkey, Steven, is still there.

Anyways, as we walk we noticed a huge crowd down at the concourse. Well guess what? Apparently SunBoy'z will be having an autograph session at Sungei Wang!!! Talk about coincidence! Since I already bought my CNY clothes when I was in HK, I asked them to go on and I went for the autograph session.

The boys came out around 2.45pm and performed First Date, the first single from their latest album, and then it's game time! The boys were told by the MC to pick out six participants from the crowd, of any gender. Dennis and William, who went first each picked two girls. When it came to Steven, the MC suddenly said, "you need to pick at least one guy." When Steven asked if any guys wanted to go up on stage -- NO, I did not put up my hand immediately -- everyone just looked at everyone blankly. Nobody put up their hand. Since no one wanna go, I put up my hand... and I was picked.

When all six of us got up on stage, the game was revealed to us: We are to play Rock, Paper, Scissor with the person who picked us. The WINNER will get a KISS from the LOSER. Immediately I turn to Steven, who is standing next to me, "You've got to be kicking yourself for picking me now." The dude smiled and says, "Nah... Don't worry about it."

More about the game was revealed, the LOSER will have to kiss any part of the winner's body, according to what is stated in a sealed card picked by the winner. Oh great.... I wonder if "lips" is written on the MC's card?

Dennis went first and he won, the card he picked says "ear". So the girl he picked kissed his ear. Dennis blushed!!! Oh my gawd! So cute!!! Hahaha... Then William won was well, the card he picked says "head". The girl he picked kissed him on the head. Then it's Steven's turn, I was about to let the girl Steven picked go first when the MC suddenly say, why don't we let the guy go first? Shitz!

As Steven and I prepare to go, we caught Dennis and William running up with the MC, whispering to him, and the two suddenly decide that we should skip the Rock, Paper, Scissor thingy and just kiss. Dennis even said to Steven, "You have to let him kiss your lips!" I thought Steven was going to object, but he said: "Why don't we up it a little? We'll do a French kiss, with all the tongue action. How's that?!" The crowd went wild; I went into shock. I get to French Steven?! Dennis came up to me and said, "Don't worry, you already got his approval! Go for it!" Before we knew it, Dennis, William and Steven started horsing around on stage as if the rest of us don’t exist. It was fun to watch. But shitz!! At the time, all I could think of was: "Steven wants me to French him?!"

The MC stepped in after awhile and asked us to get back to the game. Ok... no suspense here. I lost.

I have to say, each time I meet one of those Boy'z member, something gay happens. When I met Kenny Kwan five months ago, I went on stage and was asked to tell him that I love him in public. And now, I am supposed to kiss Steven? In public?!

Steven picked a card and it says: "nose". Damn! I was kinda hoping for something else! Suddenly William walks up to remind me, "Since Steven said he wanted some tongue action, now you will have to lick his nose." Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!! Steven looked at me and says, "Don't worry. Although I haven't bathed for three days, I do wash my face. But with all the sweating going on, it's gonna taste salty." Ha-Ha... very funny, Steven.

I can see the journalists below are all ready with their cameras, waiting for me to give them a newsworthy picture! Steven wiped the sweat on his face off, and asked, "You ready?" I nodded. Steven had his eyes closed and waited. Ok, I know this is NOT my first time kissing a guy. But fuck wei!!! Doing it in public? Some more with a celebrity?! Oh, to hell with it! I leaned in, closed my eyes and went for it.

I know what you're thinking: No, I did not lick his nose! Ewww! I really kissed him, on the nose.

I didn't mean to be rude, or anything, but the minute my lips touched his nose, my first reaction was to back off. It's wet!!! Gross!! I bounced back and started wiping my lips with the back of my hands. Sorry, Steven. I didn't mean to be rude. It's just my mysophobia kicking in. The crowd cheered. I just wanna dig a hole and hide. How can I be so rude?!

There were no winners for the game session. All six of us received a copy of Sun Boy'z's latest CD, a poster and a notepad, which I managed to get them to autograph in the end. But who cares about all that anyway? I get to kiss Steven! That's all that matters! Haha...

- jessism © 27012008 -

The One About Windows Vista

After months of getting stuck with something I didn't want in the first place. I am now proud to present you all with my review of the infamous Windows Vista!

First of all, let me start by saying that I hate Windows. I really truly do. It's filled with viruses and backdoor trojans, and the privacy issue! (I bet some of you out there still don't know that Windows actually does that!) And let's not forget the force download of its Windows Update. (They automatically download god-knows-what-shit that takes up a lot of memory space, installed it without your knowledge, and then ask you to restart your pc.)

I was never a fan of Windows. But I have no choice because all PCs out there uses Windows and the amount of programs written for Windows is much higher than for any other operating systems. (Of course, that was then. Now there are tons of software out there for all sorts of OSes)

When Windows releases Windows ME, it was no doubt the worse OS ever written in computer history. It crashes all the time, your PC hangs, etc. So when XP was released, it became an instant hit: faster start-up time, more stable than and pretty user friendly too! With XP being so useful, I really don't see why Windows wanna fuck things up by releasing another crap OS. This time it came in the form of Windows Vista.

Vista. Even before it was released, people out there are already making a lot of noise. For exmaple: It is a rip off of Apple OS' user interface, and how Vista is a demanding motherfucker! For those of you who are so blur and haven't noticed this, Windows Vista actually requires at least 1 GB of system memory (which a lot of gamers are going: 'what the fuck?!') and a 40GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space (do you know how much porn you can store with that amount of memory space?) With those absurd requirements, a lot of people, when purchasing their PC, would request the dealers to install Windows XP for them rather than Vista. But as all of you know, all new PC now automatically comes with Windows Vista. Since I see no good reason for me to move away from XP, when I went wanted to purchase my VAIO months back, I told the daeler that I wanted XP installed into my PC. It was then that I found out that if I downgrade the OS to XP, it would void my warranty. Great, so now Windows have to resort to threat in order to get people to use their OS?!

Fine. If that's the case, I guess I'll just have to cope with it for a year, right?

The minute I got home and start up my pc, I noticed that the OS actually takes up fuck load of my computer's memory space! And now, after months of getting stuck with something I didn't want in the first place, here's my verdict:

1. The start up time is no doubt slower than XP. No biggie there, all you need to do is wait an extra minute.

2. The requirement of "40GB hard drive with at least 15GB of available space" is no joke. If you partition the drive into two, you would notice that the minimum you need to have for the drive hosting your Vista OS is 55GB. The reason is because Vista hogs up 40GB of the memory space, and since it needs ANOTHER 15GB free space: 40GB + 15GB = 55GB! But there's more...

Since normal computer comes with not much software installed, your 120GB drive which is partitioned in two would now have about: 55GB on Drive C and about 50GB in Drive X. (Just a rough estimation as some system files eats up the rest of the remaining memory space.) Okay, so you got a new pc with no software, what do you do? Install new software!

3. New software takes up space. And remember the requirement of Vista? It needs 55GB! Anytime that your memory space on the drive hosting Vista drops below "15 GB of available space", ladies and gentlemen, your computer will slow down. And when I say slow, I mean drastically slow. Something that you can notice the obvious difference! So what can you do now? You will need to install the new programs in Drive X, which means, lesser working memory space for you to use! But it gets more interesting.

4. All PC have something call "antivirus". As Vista needs 1GB RAM to function NORMALLY. Everytime your antivirus starts doing a full system scan, you can't do anything else. Your computer wil slow down even more obviously now. (Response time drop from the usual almost-instant to wait-at-least-15-seconds.) Worse part is, you can't stop the virus scan like how you can do it in XP, because Vista hides the scanner, thus making it compulsory to scan your entire PC and impossible to shut the scanner down. In other words, you lose control of your PC!

But that's not the only thing you lose control of! As I mentioned earlier, with XP, you already loses control over your privacy info. Your OS is set to automatically send out information about your PC usage to Microsoft and it automatically downloads god-knows-what-shit that takes up a lot of memory space, installed it without your knowledge, and then ask you to restart your pc. With Vista it's the same deal but with a difference.

5. With every update, you can see what is available for update if you choose the manual update. But even those updates you DO NOT select, or choose to ignore, if Microsoft thinks it's important, they will still install it into your pc even if you say no! (Showing you that they own your PC now. Not you!)

6. Oh wait, remember the memory space thingy in Item 2 and 3? If in the event that after your updates, your partitioned Drive C has less than 15GB free space, your computer would slow down! So now, after the update, you will need to move more free space back into Drive C! Yay! Lesser memory space for the user!

If even after all those things I've said, you still think that Windows Vista is good, wait till you hear this.

7. For so many years of PC usage, I have never experienced this. Maybe it's because I never came into contact with Windows ME. I've heard and learned about this when I was studying Computer Science in college but never have I experienced it. After less than 4 months of using Windows Vista, I finally met the Blue Screen of Death! Not once, but twice!!!

For those of you who don't know what the heck that is, Blue Screen of Death (or BSoD) is where a stop error screen that appears when an OS, most frequently and notably Windows, encounters what is said to be a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down to prevent damage. If you look the definition up in Wikipedia, you will find that BSoD is usually caused by "poorly written device drivers, faulty memory, a corrupt registry, or an incompatible Dynamic-link library (DLL)" and that the BSoD have been present in ALL Windows-based operating systems since Windows 3.1! That's how stable and well-written Windows is!

Conclusion: If you DON'T like to be in control of your PC and like to be boss around by your OS, get Windows Vista! If you like to have a PC that house ONLY your OS and nothing else, get Windows Vista! If you like to experience the Blue Screen of Death, get Windows Vista! If you like to be in control of your PC, make full use of your computer's memory space and NOT experience any stop error, get Linux!

- jessism © 26012008 -