Powderful Tag message of 2010

Boy’s life of pain

He suffers from itchy skin, open sores and is also unable to stand or walk.

Born with a chronic skin condition, the 11-year-old's body is covered with open sores. His leg bones are also bent. Unable to stand or walk, he is forced to move by dragging himself with his hands. -- PHOTO: NST

KUALA LUMPUR – MOHD Ihsan Mohd Tahir keeps away from his friends, so ashamed is he of his condition.

Born with a chronic skin condition, the 11-year-old’s body is covered with open sores. His leg bones are also bent. Unable to stand or walk, he is forced to move by dragging himself with his hands.

His mother, Norazahariyah Mohamad, 44, said when Ihsan, her fifth child, was born, the skin on his hands peeled off. He was also skinless from the knees below, reported The New Straits Times.

‘My heart ached when I heard my son whimpering in pain when he was born and he was put in an incubator,’ she said at her home in Kampung Tengah here on Sunday after she received donation from a donation from state Education, Higher Learning, Science and Technology Committee.

Norazahariyah’s first child, Mohd Syamil, was born with the same condition in 1994 and died 12 days later. ‘Because of itchiness, Ihsan always scratches himself until he bleeds,’ said the teacher.

Ihsan is studying in a special education class in SK Sungai Tinggi. His father, Mohd Tahir Mohd Khalid, 48, a fisherman, said he could not afford his son’s medical treatment which cost about RM1,000 per month. The state government would give Ihsan a motorised wheelchair to move around.

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When I see articles like these, it makes me wonder on why God create people with such sufferings. It’s really tough to be going through all of this at such a young age. God bless the boy and I do hope he’ll find a cure to his disease soon.

New blogger friend + Aayirathil Oruvan Review

I’m really happy that another friend of mine has started to blog, so do check his link at the right – Brian Francis, that is. Welcome over to the blogo-sphere, buddy.   His blog is unique, he speaks of things we come across but don’t really speak about, so do yourself a favour and just check it out!

With that said, I caught ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ yesterday with my dearest. Firstly, many people said that they didn’t understand the movie from the second part, so I was a lil negative about watching the movie. But I liked the movie, so it was far better from my expectations.

Does anyone agree with me that the poster is really boring?

I’m not going to go into depth on the movie and the storyline as I believe not many people have watched it yet. I don’t want to spoil the show. But yeah, your Tamil must be really good to catch what they’re saying ‘cos they speak in ancient Tamil. I could only make up sentences using codewords but somehow got the message. Lol. At certain scenes I felt like loser when I saw Indian foreigners laughing at jokes which I didn’t catch. It was really chimonology for me, I guess!

Reema Sen deserves some real credit ‘cos she did a fantabulous role. She was really bold and good in handling her role which I don’t think anyone else could have handled better. But but but… ever since she did the sick role in Vallavan, I see her as an evil person.

Can some kind director give her a passive role sometime soon? I would love to see her at another angle, like in Minnalae.

What a pose. You'll be greeted to sights like this throughout the movie, btw.

Andrea Jeremiah was the other important character in the movie, and I was shocked to find out that she’s quite a famous playback singer. She has sung songs like Kannum Kannum Nokia from Anniyan, Karka Karka in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Oh Baby from Yaaradi Nee Mohini and the most recent Adada Vaa from Sarvam along legendary composer ‘Maestro’ Ilaiyaraaja. It’s quite rare to see playback singers this hot, you know. Doing some research about her, she was linked to having an affair with the Director of the movie, Selvaragavan. And this apparently was the reason why he was facing conflicts in his marriage with Sonia Agarwal.

Andrea Jeremiah

God, my blog’s becoming a mini Indian Movie News. Good, I shall get myself updated. Atleast keeps me entertained at work.

I realized that Karthi might look and sound like Surya, but is so different. He flirts like hell in all his movies lor. Not as faithful as Surya. Lucky you, Jothika. Lucky you that I’m in Singapore. Lucky you that you got such a faithful loving man as your husband.

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It’s Monday already. But the good news is that I’m already reaching the end of the day so I feel much better than the morning!

Ooookay, gtg now. Talk to you all REAL soon.

Top Ten list of things or people which pissed me off in one way or another in 2009

Yes, these are the special people who won awards for pissing the hell outta me in 2oo9, making it “significant”.

1) Racism, particularly the ones in Singapore

Yes, as much as we all claim that our country is a graceful nation where many races and religions are living harmoniously, maybe it’s time you think again.

Racism is everywhere in Singapore.

Firstly – Clubs like Rebel and Zirca have recently got much attention from darker skinned people, in a wrong way. Many Indians & Malays had been refused entry to these clubs just b’cos they’re not Chinese. Nah, not kidding. It was done in a very obvious way too. A facebook group has been recently formed against this as well. What’s happening?

Secondly – The infamous Siloso Molest incident.

In the first place, the person molested wasn’t even female to begin with. Adding on, the people who molested them were not INDIANS. Gauging from their turbans, they’re Sikhs. Which means they must be from Punjab. I don’t understand why people were saying that they’re Indians. And automatically crude racist comments started pouring in. There was this ludicrous suggestion or observation from a Singaporean which said “We can’t ban Singapore Indians from joining such parties. Atleast we can ban foreigners from attending such events right?”

Wait a minute. What was that about banning Indians from attending such parties? Why are we even linked to the perverts? Just ‘cos they’re as tanned as us? Singaporeans, get your facts right. Don’t blindly group Bangladeshis’, Indians’ and Pakistanis’ together. It’s like saying Chinese should be banned from events ‘cos the Japanese people are psychotic perverts. Doesn’t make sense, does it?

So much for a transvestite.

2) People who HATE dogs

Hey, what did I do to you. Why do you hate me?

Come on, dogs are cute. Don’t give me that f-ked up look when you see me walking my dog k? I’ll put the damn leash on you and ram your head to the tree.

HONESTLY, this is pissing me off. I don’t give a damn if your religion doesn’t like it, I don’t give a damn if you’re allergic to the fur, I don’t give a damn if a dog bit you in the arse when you were small. If you don’t like her, you have many options. You can choose to continue walking or walk away from us.

Don’t just suddenly stop, and then give us a stare like you own the world. It’s not cool. Really. If I see anyone doing this, I just do what I do best. Pretend you’re invisible.

Hey whaddaya think ya lookin' at

3) The green eyed monsters

These monsters are practically everywhere! They never seem to be happy when something good happens to someone. At work, in public, at home, within friends, etc. But they call themselves your friends or relatives.

Family – You could be meeting them after many months and instead of greeting you with a hug, they look at you from top to bottom, and from bottom to top and start to wonder how come you seemed to have lost weight, how come you seem to have a good hair day, how come your scars seem to fade. And these are the only questions they’ll be bombarding you with.

They’ll drop by your place and immediately many immaterial thoughts wander about in their brains. Stuff like how come your furniture has been lasting for quite sometime when theirs already broke a long time ago. And they’ll look up at your ceiling fan and say, ‘Hey yours hasn’t dropped down yet right? Mine fell out last year. Hee hee.’ And we’ll be like wtf, is that a curse? IS MY CEILING FAN GONNA DROP?

Work – Your grumpy boss suddenly treats you well and with a lot of respect. He seems to have a good impression of your work and sings praises.

Then you turn around and see a lot of green eyed monsters glaring at you. Once they’ve noticed that you’re looking at them, it’ll turn into a stingy, sarcastic grin which speaks ‘Erm, yeaaa good for you.’

4) Gossip Mongers

You know the kind of people who get exhilarated when they hear news of a lady going wayward, or a guy who attempted suicide. Damn, damn annoying. The worst part is when they come and tell you bits and pieces of these info and expect you to squeal in excitement. What the hell right?

It’s an entirely different issue if I know the “victim” personally, but I don’t understand why people go gaga over other people’s personal lives when they’re not related to them in any way. I guess these issues are the only perks these sad people have in their lives.

5) STOMP.

Read the website? Enough said.

This site is more than enough to tarnish the reputation of Singapore.

When you enter the webbie, you’ll be greeted by catchy topics like

“Chinese Man who picked his nose in the middle of the train and flicked it on the head of a primary school boy caught live in action!”

“Malay Woman found swimming on the floor of Tampines Mall’s Macdonalds.”

“Indian grandmother seen mutilating cockroaches in the middle of Orchard Road.”

Once again, I still can’t believe this site is part of Singapore Press Holdings.

6) Space-grabbers

I don’t know if there’s a name or term for this group of people, so this is the name I came up with. (Come on, let’s invent new words like our fame Ris Low.)

These are the types of typical aunties or uncles who love to occupy more space than they actually need.

The common ones who really annoy me is the uncles who sit with their knees spread, like one knee’s heading to Jurong East, and the other to Tampines. Wah, their legs can actually take up half of my space at times. Even though I’m super tempted to step their feet real hard, I keep quiet. Cos they’re old ah peks mah.

7) Lazy asses with no initiative

This is the kind of people who can just practically sleep all day. They don’t work, unless they’re told to. You gotta sit down with them and go through their responsibilities one by one. And yes, repeat them a trillion times. Lazy people of both genders piss me off.

Work is a place where you get paid for the amount of work you put in. If you drag in your lazy feet to work just to laze around, you should feel guilty to feed yourself with your salary.

And those married men who expect your wife to support you financially – SHAME ON YOU. A man should be willing to endure anything just to feed his family. If one is going to be sleeping at home and job-hopping just ‘cos you can’t find a job suitable for you, I really look down on you. In my eyes, your wife is the man of your house.

8 ) The friend of mine who’s full of lies and deceit

This particular friend of mine has way too many traits to mention but she wins anyone hands down when it comes to creating stories with the most loop-holes ever.

It would be so darn obvious that she’s lying, cos she sucks at it but then she just tries so hard to make up so many lame stories of her fake capabilities and talents. And the worst part is that when she expects people to look up to her, because she’s so “capable.” I tried slapping sense to her but unfortunately it’s not been working very well.

Why do I still choose to be ‘friends’ with her, you may ask.

Cos I know she means no harm beneath her mask. But I do hope she’ll wake up soon, ‘cos she has to realize that she’s losing alotta friends this way.

9) That aunty in the train.

It was one of those days where I was so tired in the morning on my way to work. The train was really crowded so I was standing for almost half an hour already. Just then, the guy seated opposite me stood up as he had to alight. Then I noticed an old woman at my side. So I put aside my tiredness and offered my seat to her but to my surprise, she refused my offer to sit down.

As I was about to sit down, from nowhere an annoying aunty aged about fourties pushed me away so hard so that she could sit at the empty place! And mind you, the force was so hard, I always tripped on someone. I was so angry, I really felt like hitting her.

Aunty Lucy

10) People who act stupid

This category is for people who evade from many things by acting stupid. This is the only way to shun their responsibilities. If you ask them anything, they’d give you a ‘Huh’ followed by a head scratch action. It may be funny/cute for the first time.

We can see your intelligence level when you do other miscellaneous things. But if you’re going to act stupid at every other chance, I’m starting to doubt if you need psychological help.

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P.S. This is a long over-due post which was in my draft for a long time. Finally got down to editing and posting it.

Whoa time flies man.

I was just talking to Vani (My sec schmate) and we were catching up on school and other random stuff. And I realised how much times had flied.

When we were both 14, we were seated in this coffeeshop at Toa Payoh Central. And then while chatting we both were telling each other 

“We must never lose contact. Even after marriage.  we must go out and eat like this together..” and we were pointing to our sides imagining our future husband.

After secondary sch, we had a few misunderstandings and all, and went on for a few years contacting each other on and off. Last year, Ragu and myself met up with Vani and her husband for dinner. And then suddenly the whole past struck my mind. It happened. Exactly 10 years later.

It just seems to fast to absorb la. The fact that Vani’s already married and settled down. She cooks and all. I still see her as the cute tomboy girl who I used to hang out with. And now most of my friends are all settled down.

It’s fun to talk about those secondary school days.

Anyway, I think this place has been majorly lacking updates. I actually have a few drafts which I haven’t published yet. Cos it’s all updated halfway. Been really busy!

Moving on, it’s really sad to see people dying all over the world. Two earthquakes within 2 days isn’t something easy to cope with. My prayers goes out to each and every family involved in the earthquakes which happened at Haiti & Indonesia. Yes, we’re all slowly diminishing from the face of the world.

I think the world isn’t gonna end at 2012. But by the time we reach 2075, most of the human population would diminish big time. Just keep your fingers crossed and enjoy the moment!

Okay i gtg now. Take care people! And happy pongal to all my Indian friends.

Ragu dancing disco!

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Happy new year

Okay, I know I have abandoned this blog for sometime. Sorry, just too held up with work and other stuff.

Firstly, a very happy new year to everyone. Hope all your resolutions come true for this year comes true.

Okay I don’t have anything much to say so, byebye.

P.S. Ragu I lauve you very much.

Breast-feeding in public – Right or Wrong?

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I’m not here to preach on how beneficial is mother’s milk to babies and all. If I had a baby of my own, I probably wouldn’t breastfeed in public ‘cos I’m a shy person by nature! But if someone else wants to do it, just let her lah.

When actresses or actors reveal their bodies, people drool and say they’re hot. When mothers reveal their flesh to feed their offspring, imbeciles wag their tongue.

I’m disgusted. Not with the mothers of course.

Man cut off girlfriend’s finger

Source: The Straits Times

PRESCOTT (Arizona) – AUTHORITIES say an Arizona man is due in court to face charges after forcing his girlfriend to let him cut off her finger to earn his trust.

County sheriff’s investigators say 48-year-old Ronald Gene Olivier has a court hearing on Friday after being charged with kidnapping, domestic violence, aggravated assault, criminal damage and resisting arrest.

He remains in custody after being arrested on Dec 12.

The 43-year-old victim told authorities she was threatened with death if she didn’t allow her finger to be severed with a sword.

Investigators say Olivier placed the victim’s hand on a table and sliced off a portion of her left pinky finger.

She ran to a neighbour’s home and sought help after the attack. — AP

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Cut? Her? FINGER?! Yeah, I know this is a lady’s finger, but it doesn’t mean you can cut it like you’re cutting

THE LADIES FINGER VEGETABLE!

Pity that woman.