Life: Explained

A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.

"Not very long," answered the Mexican.

"But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the American.

The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.

The American asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

"I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs. I have a full life."

The American interrupted, "I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."

"And after that?" asked the Mexican.

"With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New York City! From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."

"How long would that take?" asked the Mexican.

"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years," replied the American.

"And after that?"

"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting," answered the American, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"

"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the Mexican.

"After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."

And the moral of this story is: ......... Know where you're going in life... you may already be there.

If a Sabahan Ruled the Country

1. Drinking alcohol for no apparent reason constitutes as a public holiday, hence 'Kaamatan' can be observed as year long festival
   
2. "Rampas" instead of "Ragut" would be new national crime phenomena
3. A 2% speech royalty is imposed to any non-Sabahan speaking Sabahan in public
   
4. There is no longer a problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah however, the number of fake Mykads has risen to a critical level.
5. Development projects has been successfully implemented however the shoddy works done has left many questioning the way the contract was awarded
6. A large portion of the federal budget has been allocated to the state, however a very large portion of that budget spent has been 'unaccounted' for
7. "Borneonisation" of the federal government will only mean more people with very peculiar sounding last names in it
   
8. All federal logos will fashion the Mt. Kinabalu (in silhouette) emblem.
9. Constant power failures still defies the laws of physics
10. "Aramaitee" is acknowledge as a "generally acceptable" expression used in everyday Bahasa Malaysia.
    

Here comes the Boom!

It's Not About A Box of Chocolate...

I got this in my email today. Thought I'd share it with the world. It'll be a great print for a T-shirt.
Anyway, it's Friday and I'm broke for the weekend. Here's a cool music video to kick start your weekend.

Here's another funny one from Weird Al':

A Real Tear Jerker

People who insult women wearing the Hijjab has something against the religion and not the individual. Check out this video from ABC News:

Perhaps the underlying message of this video is at minute 3:44 of the video. "They saw an injustice. It's justice that binds us together. It's justice that makes us a society. Any threat to that kind of sense of justice and fairness undermines the entire system." John Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Yale University.

The Sad Case of Affairs We're In

It's everywhere lately, the media, the people, the coffee shop talks, the blogs, sms'es; everywhere. Dissatisfaction. The whole Sabah has finally found a good reason to step up to the plate and highlight their grievances publicly. We used to have our panties up in a bunch. A little peep here a little chirp there and then it was swept under the rug. "It" being all the ills; socially, politically, financially yada, yada, yada. Enough already!
The Pied Piper has came and went in various forms. Just why do you think Obama has tipped the American electoral polls. Even the Klu Klux Clan has given their thumbs up to the man. Obama? Osama?African American? Moslem? What are the Americans thinking! It's about "We the People." and we want change.



Growing up in the eighties where Sabah was in for a politcal "change" has numbed me enough to see what she's going through these days. It's going to take more than a Doctor to prescribe a remedy.
Every single Tom, Dick and Harry has a grudge or two on everybody else. It's getting harder to walk with your head up high in these circumstances that has shaken the faith we have in our system of democracy.

Read the writings on the walls.

Bye Bye Aunt Cilla

We'll miss hanging out at your house and eating all your candy! See you this Kaamatan!