Nightmare of A Friend

On Sunday night, I told Polytikus that I had a nightmare that involved her but did not elaborate further on what is it about. I could have been telling this a few days earlier but work had taken a toll on my time and energy to write.

The night before that, I was dreaming and it was kind of real; I went to the Malaysiakini website and looked at the 'Latest 10 News' section and saw a very shocking headline that says (time and date not shown):

'Malaysiakini reporter Li Tsin dies of duodenal cancer'

The word duodenal cancer reminded me of the same cancer that killed Toni Kassim. Later on, I went walking to a backlot to collect a car and I saw a funeral parlor. From far I saw a mugshot of the dead placed in front of a coffin and the portrait was none other than our friend.

In my past experiences, whatever things that I saw in my head as in dreams turns into a real thing, as of deja vu. At one point, I would be at a place that I've seen in my head in dreams. This has been true for more many times already. And I'm not joking!

Black Magic Maid!?

My friend Edmund told me of a close-call disaster that happened to his family. Yesterday morning, his elder sister had spotted the family maid running around Giant unknowingly taking his second sand Bert around there. They brought her back and it was later discovered that much of the items - valuables were stolen by her -

Among the items stolen were passports, $2K of cash and some credit cards. The worst thing of all, was that the police - investigating the maid's room - discovered lots of black magic stuff that was used secretly. He told me of some mysterious symptoms, like him getting ill, May - his wife - injuring her knee, and her younger sister Regina appearing as pale as a zombie. I feel that this is her acts late at night. It was taken and destroyed elsewhere.

When such incident was discovered - he actually noticed it at around 11 p.m. Wednesday, he went to make a police report until 2.a.m. The next morning, they went searching for the maid and Bert. Everyone was on emergency leave. They found her in the morning and it's the second round at the police station. Until then, the maid's room would be sealed off for further investigation by the police. As of now, the maid is in the police cell and since it is clear crime and caught red-handed, there will be court sentence.

Thankfully, the contract with the maid agency has a conduct clause which means that the family has the right to throw and replace one or terminate their services without compensation if there is a report of conduct of the maid.

Never before I've heard an account that such maids, brought in to do their jobs would turn against their masters despite being treated as a human. There are many but not all would do that. I had a hunch that there are such cases like this would happen. That's why my Aunt Helen and I would oppose to the idea of getting a maid for my grandpa.

Punishment Part III: Procrastination

Finished work a little early. I anticipate that there will be a bad jam when I am about to leave office. True to the word, the lanes going to SS17 out to the SPRINT highway were jammed, but not as bad as on Wednesday. I had everything in place to test out the FIX workflow, so it is likely it will be showed on Monday.

I am still thinking of going to bed pretty early tonight and maybe leave house tomorrow morning at around 7 p.m. The question remains, what can I do in early morning? Maybe besides having breakfast or taking a train down to meet friends in Chinatown? Maybe it's a good idea to make use of the morning by doing as many things as you can before your weekend is up.

I still remembered someone, actually, The Beast or (Fohr Wan Cheh San) said something: "In the world of kung fu, speed defines the winner." I think that the principle of speed defining the winner actually seperates the difference of winning and losing in various things. Picture this, if there is an opportunity right in front of you and you have only 10 seconds to go for it, you would go for it, yes? If it is only a one time chance, you definitely would have to. If you rather act very slow, you lose the opportunity forever.

Procrastination or "delaying needlessly" is still remains a common problem in the Malaysian society, or the Indian society. However, this contrasts the Malay proverb "biar lambat asalkan selamat" - Slow and steady -. You can see cases related to this everyday. The common example would be driving around the Federal Highway. Almost everyday I drive along that road on the way to town or going to work. Near the overhead bridge stretch, the traffic will come to a bumper to bumper crawl. Later, when you go pass the exit to Templar road, the road eventually becomes smoother as if you are driving on weekends. Why is this thing happening?

It became clear to me that most people are road hoggers. They never take into consideration that others want to beat the jam and reach office before 9 p.m. Being in time or early is a good working ethic as most of us would know. However, this thing is totally unacceptable. If people find that the jam was caused by one driver who goes slowly on the fast lane, when it is a two lane road, that person is ought to get a good scolding. Most of these culprits were either women drivers or those who have nothing to be aware of.

The most common news that is clearly related to procrastination is the story of people queuing up last minute to renew their identity cards. The question here would be: why didn't they do it earlier? You are given plenty of time. You had the opportunity and you squandered it. By the time you realize that the deadline is there and they mean it, you would scramble desperately to get your things done. Can't you even a lot 1/2 a day to have this thing sort out. And so when there are things going in your way because of you procrastinate, what can you do but to blame yourselves?

I remembered that in Anniyan, the man Charlie who keeps procrastinate and has nothing in life was punished for such things by being swamped by snakes. Anniyan brought that guy into the museum and had snakes all over him. The punishment for that? Puyodham.

In the end, it's idiots that get this.

There won't be any posts for the next two days as I will be away for a meeting with my friend from Singapore. It will be from tomorrow morning until late Sunday night.