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		<title>Month of Thievery</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/28/month-of-thievery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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Let me introduce you to a new event that is held in Malaysia at the moment. It&#8217;s called&#160;the&#160;Month of Thievery ! Every time when festive season sets in, thievery ops are on high.&#160;Burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, mugging, trespassing, shoplifting, intrusion, fraud. You name it! Those are the act of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Let me introduce you to a new event that is held in Malaysia at the moment. It&rsquo;s called&nbsp;the&nbsp;Month of Thievery ! Every time when festive season sets in, thievery ops are on high.&nbsp;Burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, mugging, trespassing, shoplifting, intrusion, fraud. You name it! Those are the act of thievery. </p>
<p>This month&rsquo;s trend is bag snatching. It happens everywhere, day or night, regardless of whether it&rsquo;s deserted or crowdy area. It still happens even if&nbsp;all precaution&nbsp;were taken to prevent such incident from happening. Snatchers are everywhere, waiting for&nbsp;the right moment to strike when they sees the opportunity.</p>
<p>This month, a friend of mine became a victim of snatch thief. Her bag containing her mobile phone, purse, some other value items were snatched off by a Malay guy in just a flash. Guess what? Yesterday, while I was taking dinner at Wangsa Maju food centre, a girl&rsquo;s bag got snatched in front of so many people. The girl&rsquo;s friend gave a chase but the guy got off on a motorcycle as his accomplice were waiting for him by the roadside. Now you see how desperate people are? Well, let me tell you something. If you plan head of the police station and tell the police that the person who snatched is a Malay, they will ask if you&rsquo;re 100% sure that the snatcher is a Malay?. I guess they&nbsp;just couldn&rsquo;t accept the fact that the highest number of cases involves a Malay snatcher.</p>
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<p>My girlfriend&rsquo;s bag was almost snatched off while she was walking to college (happened in Setapak Indah) 2 years ago. Around the same time, my aunty got snatch-n-slash in Seremban. I&rsquo;m&nbsp;NOT trying to&nbsp;DISCRIMINATE but those snatchers are Malay too. I know it&rsquo;s kinda sensitive to bring in the word &ldquo;Malay&rdquo; when such issue happens. I&rsquo;m SORRY! &nbsp;But it&rsquo;s an undeniable fact. BUT please hear me out. When I said &ldquo;Malay&rdquo;, it doesn&rsquo;t represent all the Malays as I&rsquo;m only refering to certain people.</p>
<p>Sometimes it&rsquo;s hard to differentiate who these thieves are. In fact, some of there thieves are government servant who stoled and robbed people in the broad daylight. Remember the case of a snatcher caught by a group of people in Ipoh, 2 weeks ago ? The snatcher turns out to be a policeman. And this case, which I&rsquo;m not very sure how long ago, but it was a policeman who burgled someone&rsquo;s house. Sigh! What a shame ! MALAYSIA BOLEH! </p>
<p>Other reading materials&hellip;</p>
<p><a href="http://besonline.rtm.net.my/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=17235&amp;mode=thread&amp;order=0&amp;thold=0" target="_blank">Snatch Theft : Where in lies the fault?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://cheeserland.com/2007/09/ignorance-is-bliss/" target="_blank">Newsvendor robbed in broad daylight by government servant</a></p>
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		<title>Deja Vu</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/21/deja-vu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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 This is so freakin weird…
Just couple of days ago, I posted a Petrol Saving Tips . The next thing I know, Petronas is screamin their asses off bout raising the fuel price.. Gosh ! If only I knew what’s coming out for jackpot tomorrow ! Cos if I strike the pot, I don’t have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so freakin weird…</p>
<p>Just couple of days ago, I posted a <a href="http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/15/petrol-saving-tips/" target="_blank">Petrol Saving Tips</a> . The next thing I know, Petronas is screamin their asses off bout raising the fuel price.. Gosh ! If only I knew what’s coming out for jackpot tomorrow ! Cos if I strike the pot, I don’t have to worry that I don’t have the extra $$ to fill my tank.</p>
<p>Hmm.. but then again, I’m still considered lucky that I don’t own a car yet. My family has only 1 car and I only get to use it when I’m back in Seremban.</p>
<p>Anyway, our DPM said there won’t be a price hike this year BUT Petronas’s proposal will be taken into consideration. Which means, fuel price will surely go up next year. And then the propanganda starts…. Sign board being put up telling everyone how good the government is, subsidizing the fuel blaa blaa blaa…</p>
<p>If really so, why did the government exports low-sulphur fuel to other countries at high price and import medium/high sulphur fuel for cheaper price for us to use ? Anyone who studied Geography in high school would know that Malaysia is rich of low sulphur fuel on the Sunda plates.</p>
<p>I remembered someone told me that fuel with higher content of sulphur can damage engine faster. Can anyone confirm this ?</p>
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		<title>The Malaysian Culture</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/18/the-malaysian-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was supposed to be happy day for my friend cos it&#8217;s her birthday. Unfortunately, things went wrong for her. She was looking forward to her birthday last night and it was also the last day of her mid-term examination. 
Little does she know, she became a victim&#160;of a&#160;snatch thief. That&#160;bastard snatched her bag containing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was supposed to be happy day for my friend cos it&rsquo;s her birthday. Unfortunately, things went wrong for her. She was looking forward to her birthday last night and it was also the last day of her mid-term examination. </p>
<p>Little does she know, she became a victim&nbsp;of a&nbsp;snatch thief. That&nbsp;bastard snatched her bag containing her purse, cellphone, and few other valuable stuffs. She&rsquo;s now totally dead broke and there&rsquo;s gonna be lotsa explaing to do since the phone she was using, belongs&nbsp;to her sister. The only thing&nbsp;I don&rsquo;t understand is, WTF are&nbsp;those passerby doing? All they did was just WATCH and&nbsp;NOT helping at all, despite the fact that&nbsp;she was&nbsp;yelling for help. Is this the Malaysian culture ? &nbsp;</p>
<p>How dare that Malay bastard calling himself a Muslim, going around snatching other people&rsquo;s belonging in the month of Ramadhan. This is totally outrageous ! Has the government not feed him enough that he has to go around stealing ?</p>
<p>I wonder why whenever a Chinese goes into a police station and reported a &ldquo;Malay&rdquo; snatched their stuff, the Policeman would ask to double-confirm that the snatcher really is a Malay or not. Why is that so ? Are they protecting them ? This is what happen when she went to file her report and this was exactly the same thing that happened to me 2 years ago when I filed a report of&nbsp; snatch thief. I think they would probably discard the case very soon&nbsp;because it&rsquo;s not important and it did not happen on a &ldquo;Datuk&rdquo;&rsquo;s son or daughter. The police have &ldquo;better things to do&rdquo; than to care about such small cases..</p>
<p>Well, to that bastard who caused misery and trauma to my friend, here&rsquo;s my &ldquo;prayers&rdquo; for you.</p>
<p>&ldquo; May your coming days filled with mishaps. All the consumed food you bought with the money you stole will cause&nbsp;disease to you and your family. Series of unfortunate events will haunt you and your family and your descendents. You future kid will be born without a reproductive organ so that will be the &ldquo;last&rdquo; of you. And when you die, hope you&rsquo;ll rot in HELL &ldquo;</p>
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		<title>Reply to azman</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/16/reply-to-azman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received this in the Aftermath of Negarakuku issue&#160;comment earlier
Namewee babi Says: September 16th, 2007 at 8:54 pm e
we dont need that punk cina bukit namewee to correct the malays..he should correct himselft first&#8230;I mean look at him!! arghhh&#8230;..i guess the chinese are like that&#8230;you all dont realise that how ppl look at you, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just received this in the <a href="http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/21/aftermath-of-negarakuku-issue/" target="_blank">Aftermath of Negarakuku issue</a>&nbsp;comment earlier</p>
<li class="" id="comment-8409"><cite>Namewee babi</cite> Says: <br /><small class="commentmetadata"><a title="" href="http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/21/aftermath-of-negarakuku-issue/#comment-8409"><font size="2">September 16th, 2007 at 8:54 pm</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="http://blog.urbanreality.net/wp-admin/comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=8409"><font size="2">e</font></a></small>
<p>we dont need that punk cina bukit namewee to correct the malays..he should correct himselft first&hellip;I mean look at him!! arghhh&hellip;..i guess the chinese are like that&hellip;you all dont realise that how ppl look at you, you know?&hellip;.cermin muka sendiri dulu&hellip;dont be too arrogant&hellip;wake up!!</p>
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<p class="">Here&rsquo;s my reply&hellip;</p>
<p class="">well azman,</p>
<p class="">I&#8217;m not interested in creating controversial issues at all. I do respect the Malays except for certain &#8220;bad apples&#8221;. But that doesn&#8217;t mean I think there isn&#8217;t any bad Chinese at all. I never said Namewee is right neither he&#8217;s wrong. What I was pointing out is that how everyone perceive such issue. </p>
<p class="">I hold strongly to the word &#8220;Unity&#8221;. Because of that, I have multi-racial friends and I really respect these people. Why ? Cos we&#8217;re able to talk about Namewee issue in a&nbsp;rational manner&nbsp;without bashing up each other when we dine together. Nobody has the right to correct anyone. </p>
<p class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8220;you all dont realise that how ppl look at you, you know?&hellip;.cermin muka sendiri dulu&hellip;dont be too arrogant&hellip;wake up!!&#8221; </p>
<p class="">How about telling that to yourself and what is your reply to it ? But I think what you said is right. In fact that applies to every single Malaysian in Malaysia. Take a good look of themselves before promoting themselves to the world. </p>
<p class="">Nobody is perfect. I see myself in the mirror everyday when I wake up and I see a person full of flaws. People disregard all these flaws because they&#8217;re ignorant by nature. Are you perfect ?</p>
<p class="">Since you said &ldquo;chinese are like that&rdquo; , You are welcome to judge me if you want. Because that way I&rsquo;m able to improve myself.</p>
<p class="">p/s: Azman, If you&rsquo;re reading this, or if have read until point, I just want you to know that I&rsquo;m not holding grudge against you. You have voiced your thoughts and I respect that.</p>
<p class="">And those are following this post, I hope you leave your comments in a constructive manner. This blog is not a place to promote &ldquo;hatred&rdquo;. Thank you very much !</p>
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		<title>Petrol Saving Tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/15/petrol-saving-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you&#8217;re filling up in the afternoon or in the evening,what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/mba0453l.jpg" border="0" />1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you&#8217;re filling up in the afternoon or in the evening,what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline,diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant.Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don&#8217;t have temperature compensation at their pumps.</p>
<p>2. If a tanker truck is filling the stations tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car&#8217;s tank.</p>
<p>3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it&#8217;s warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating &#8216;roof&#8217;membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation.)</p>
<p>4. If you look at the trigger you&#8217;ll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you&#8217;re filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting.You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you&#8217;re getting less gas for your money. Hope this will help ease your &#8216;pain at the pump&#8217;!</p>
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		<title>One Word Meme</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/12/one-word-meme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this meme at Pikey&#8217;s blog. Sounds fun, so I just tag along. =p
Where is your cell phone? BedRelationship? AttachedYour hair? BlackWork? QuittedYour sister? TwoYour favorite thing? ComputersYour dream last night? YAmchAr!Your favorite drink? FrappucinoYour dream car? MitsubishiThe room you&#8217;re in? LivingYour shoes? AdidasYour fears? LonelinessWhat do you want to be in 10 years? RichWho [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saw this meme at <a href="http://pikeydude.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pikey</a>&rsquo;s blog. Sounds fun, so I just tag along. =p</p>
<p>Where is your cell phone? Bed<br />Relationship? Attached<br />Your hair? Black<br />Work? Quitted<br />Your sister? Two<br />Your favorite thing? Computers<br />Your dream last night? YAmchAr!<br />Your favorite drink? Frappucino<br />Your dream car? Mitsubishi<br />The room you&rsquo;re in? Living<br />Your shoes? Adidas<br />Your fears? Loneliness<br />What do you want to be in 10 years? Rich<br />Who did you hang out with this weekend? Friends<br />What are you not good at? Maths<br />One of your wish list items? PS3<br />Where you grew up? Siewpauland<br />Last thing you did? Breakfast<br />What are you wearing? Tee<br />What aren&rsquo;t you wearing? Shoe<br />Your pet? Missing<br />Your computer? Cool!<br />Your life? Sucks<br />Your mood? Stressful<br />What are you thinking about right now? Exams<br />Your car? None<br />Your kitchen? Small<br />Your summer? HoT<br />Your favorite color? Black<br />Last time you laughed? Yesterday<br />Last time you cried? Dunno<br />School? Boring<br />Love? Wonderful</p>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s first? Who&#8217;s second?</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/04/whos-first-whos-second/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately there&#8217;s a lot of debates coming up regarding our national anthem, Negaraku. I&#8217;ve been surfing around Youtube and I found that things getting pretty heaten up. Darn! it&#8217;s a streamy hot atmosphere inside. 
You get to see people insulting and flaming each other. Why ? It&#8217;s been because our national anthem sounds exactly like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately there&rsquo;s a lot of debates coming up regarding our national anthem, Negaraku. I&rsquo;ve been surfing around Youtube and I found that things getting pretty heaten up. Darn! it&rsquo;s a streamy hot atmosphere inside. </p>
<p>You get to see people insulting and flaming each other. Why ? It&rsquo;s been because our national anthem sounds exactly like <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/50171563/mamulamoon.zip" target="_blank">Mamula Moon</a> and <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/50171894/terangbulan.zip" target="_blank">Terang Bulan</a>&nbsp;. Just click on the titles to download them if you wish to listen to them.</p>
<p>Looks like our fellow Malaysians just joined the Miner&rsquo;s Guild and have been digging around for information regarding our beloved national anthem. It&rsquo;s a&nbsp; &ldquo;chicken&nbsp;and egg&rdquo;, who comes first? mystery. Ha&nbsp;Ha, google it and you find lots of speculation going around. </p>
<p>What caused this phenomenon in the first place ? Take a guess ~ I bet you know the answer. It&rsquo;s the&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/21/aftermath-of-negarakuku-issue/" target="_blank">aftermath of the Negarakuku issue</a>&nbsp;which caused so much controversy in the country.</p>
<p><img style="WIDTH: 148px; HEIGHT: 234px" height="333" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Pierre_Jean_de_Beranger.jpg/300px-Pierre_Jean_de_Beranger.jpg" width="228" border="0" />Who knows, maybe one day, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Jean_de_Beranger" target="_blank">Pierre-Jean de Béranger</a>&rsquo;s descendent might come up and file a lawsuit against Malaysia. By then, we might not even have a national anthem anymore. Uh.. what a shame! Ha Ha ..&nbsp; But then again, law is a pretty complex thingy and you can twist-and-turn everything. Furthermore, Copyright Act doesn&rsquo;t exist at that time. There&rsquo;s nothing much can be done about it.</p>
<p><strong>Now playing:</strong> <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearchResults?artistTerm=R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> &#8211; <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearchResults?songTerm=10 - Ignition (Remix)&amp;artistTerm=R. Kelly">10 &#8211; Ignition (Remix)</a></p>
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		<title>Malaysian terrorist ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/04/malaysian-terrorist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updates : The video has been flagged inappropriate and have been removed by Youtube.
I just found this video on Youtube. The clip showing 4 terrorist wannabe giving warning to Namewee (creator of Negarakuku) . Looks kinda stupid. In fact they’re insulting their own religion.
At Youtube page, a guy with the nick taopix left a message [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font color="#ff0000">Updates : The video has been flagged inappropriate and have been removed by Youtube.</font><br />
I just found this video on Youtube. The clip showing 4 terrorist wannabe giving warning to Namewee (creator of Negarakuku) . Looks kinda stupid. In fact they’re insulting their own religion.</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WFQcYECke68" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed>At Youtube page, a guy with the nick taopix left a message regarding the video, which I actually agrees with him. If taopix is a malay, I would definately respect him because he’s able to see things from a good angle. Here’s what he says …<span id="more-201"></span>[README FIRST] THIS VIDEO IS NOT DONE BY ME. I GOT THIS FROM tolaba4. this is the link to the original video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhB1i4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhB1i4</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>apparently, there were some twisted people who want to high-jack islam to channel their useless anger. these kinds of people who make muslims look bad. what a shame.</p>
<p>man, i DO wished namewee didn&#8217;t put the lyrics about islam in the first place. this is ridicilous!</p>
<p>i was just curious. why don&#8217;t they show their faces IF they&#8217;re so determined in their little cause? namewee showed his face. why don&#8217;t they have the same guts to do the same thing? kalo org melayu kata: diaorg ni takde telur ke? buat malu ada la.</p>
<p>*NOTE* video ni bukan aku yg buat ok. aku cuma copy drpd tolaba4. sebelum kita kata: hukum namawee sebab dia hina islam !!! &#8230; apa kata kita tengok dulu lirik negarakuku yg menyentuh pasal islam. sikit aje sebenarnya, seperti yg tertulis kat bawah:</p>
<p>Negara ini aku memang suka</p>
<p>pukul 5 pagi Ada morning call akan suruh aku bangun</p>
<p>Kadang-kadang beberapa &#8216;buah&#8217; nyanyi sama-sama</p>
<p>macam tengah duet lagu cinta</p>
<p>Suara tinggi rendah macam tengah nyanyi R&amp;B</p>
<p>Walaupun kadang kala sebahagian daripada mereka out of tune</p>
<p>Walaupun kadang kala sebahagian daripada mereka pecah suara</p>
<p>Ada juga suara yang macam kokokan ayam tetapi dia bangun lagi awal dari ayam</p>
<p>Macam ini baru kite tahu mase untuk bersiap ke sekolah dan kerja</p>
<p>so boleh tak korang bagitau aku, kat mana dia hina islam? takde kan? tapi kenapa la media (metro) duk sibuk gila goreng citer pasal sorang mamat cina ni yg hina islam gila2? aku rasa la kan, metro bagi focus pasal benda ni (org cina hina islam) supaya dapat menutup isu2 lain yg dibangkitkan dalam lagu tu. isu2 pasal org kerajaan buat kerja lembab, polis makan rasuah etc. itu aje. supaya rakyat tidak sedar akan segala keburukan dalam kerajaan kita.</p>
<p>takde sebab kenapa kita nak hukum si namewee ni sebegini teruknya (ramai orang ugut nak bakar rumah dia kat muar dan nak bunuh dia). Ini bukan apa yg Nabi Muhammad SAW ajar kita. cuba la mengucap dan berfikir secara tenang.</p>
<p>kalau la betul namewee buat salah pon, kita serah kan kepada pihak berkuasa. itu kerja diaorg.</p>
<p>just my two cents.</p>
<p>jika memberi komen tu, diharap berfikir dahulu dan pastikan komen anda tidak berbau perkauman ataupon bersifat jahiliyah. kita dah masuk tahun 2007 nih, jgn jadi mcam org primitif takde adab sopan.</p>
<p>thanks for reading this far. also check out by blog: <a href="http://www.taopix.blogspot.com/">www.taopix.blogspot.com</a></p>
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		<title>Rudy van Dalm &amp; The Royal Rhythmics &#8211; Terang Boelan (1963)</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/02/rudy-van-dalm-the-royal-rhythmics-terang-boelan-1963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one rare piece of music uploaded on Youtube by slopbeat. I have no idea where did he get it.

According to one of the commentor, when Indonesian President Sukarno launched &#8220;Konfrantasi&#8221; (Confrontation)&#160;against Malaysia in 1963 as British colonialist plot, he used to mock Malaysia by singing &#8220;Terang Boelan&#8221; at parties he attended. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one rare piece of music uploaded on Youtube by slopbeat. I have no idea where did he get it.</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFaST_Z5Mgc" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p>
<p>According to one of the commentor, when Indonesian President Sukarno launched &#8220;Konfrantasi&#8221; (Confrontation)&nbsp;against Malaysia in 1963 as British colonialist plot, he used to mock Malaysia by singing &#8220;Terang Boelan&#8221; at parties he attended. </p>
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		<title>Online Gaming with Streamyx</title>
		<link>http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/23/online-gaming-with-streamyx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet a lot of online out there would agree that Streamyx isn&#8217;t a very good solution for Online Gaming. Connection speed is on best-effort basis and not to mention the number of disconnection per day that I experienced. Back in hometown, my connection drops every 1&#8211;5 minutes after getting connected. If I&#8217;m lucky, maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I bet a lot of online out there would agree that Streamyx isn&rsquo;t a very good solution for Online Gaming. Connection speed is on best-effort basis and not to mention the number of disconnection per day that I experienced. Back in hometown, my connection drops every 1&ndash;5 minutes after getting connected. If I&rsquo;m lucky, maybe I&rsquo;ll get to stay online for 3&ndash;5 hours and then get disconnected.</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n2u8jO8u9dA" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p>
<p>For online gamers, they will surely get pissed of by the connection. Let me give you a situation. Imagine that you&rsquo;re playing Ragnarok Online and you&rsquo;re in the middle of the Guild War. All of the sudden, you connection drops. I&rsquo;m pretty sure you&rsquo;ll go @*&amp;(@39869*@(*^&amp;(@*#7923@!! ScREAAAAAAAMYXXXXXX .</p>
<p>That&rsquo;s what my housemate does all the time. All of the sudden I&rsquo;ll hear him swear. When he does, it means the Streamyx connection has dropped. LOL FYI, he&rsquo;s a <a href="http://www.blueserver.org/" target="_blank">BlueServer</a> DOTA gamer. Every disconnection suffered increased the chances of his account get banned. And those who played on BlueServer knows it very well that users can only apply for one BS account per Streamyx account. </p>
<p>So&hellip; TMNET ~ How are we gonna enjoy our games when the connection is still crappy as ever ? What&rsquo;s the point of promoting <a href="http://jumboplay.bluehyppo.com/" target="_blank">JumboPlay</a>&nbsp;when the game keep halting and crashing whenever you have&nbsp;a disconnection. Might as well just spend some money and get the game CD instead. Sigh&hellip;&hellip;.</p>
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