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[Impression] Kuala Lumpur Design Week 09

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Kuala Lumpur Design Week
It’s been like since you-know-when that a design conference is held in this region. Or probably…never. Oh yes there is. But it’s refreshing to see this to be a good start at the year by promoting art & design in the country through this kind of event which I felt strongly it should be annually held across the country and funded by a lot of organisation in this to accellerate the growth of this country in terms of quality mindset and actions. We’ve been always bitching on how unfortunate to always have conference outside of the country that costs a bomb for us to travel and then to stay there. And now it’s like a dream come through, just tad bit late, though not by a lot, we’re still in the 2009. I’m truly happy to see this happening and wondering what is to come!

Do drop by Malaysia and say hi, I’ll be more than happy to bring you guys around if you are from abroad during these days.

[Away] Holiday

Hi there everyone,

Will be away from a period 15th May 2008 – 20th May 2008 on a short holiday. Phew. Let’s see if I can keep my hands back on keyboard through my psp :P

Salutes,
Mervin

p.s. – bored? read www.oneduasan.com

[Rant] 2nd Class Treatment, 1st Class Payment – Daylight Robbery

This is merely the most unsatisfying travelling experience from me myself after the horrifying incident travelling back to Kuala Lumpur from Larkin, Johor Bahru through a school bus with RM45 paid!

What’s really shocked me and unbelieveably surprising that this service was PERCEIVED by me to have a reputable name from it’s partner with G****** over some bonuses to its member, some discount or whatsoever. This is really disturbing because you are not paying peanut over travelling from a short distance but,

1. You pay paying almost a premium, and with this amount, you can get far better service with other provider

2. You are treated as if you’re travelling on school bus, literally.

3. False promises all the time

4. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I REPEAT. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE BY LYING ALL OVER AGAIN!

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Time Intersection

Finally I get some breathing space to rant here. And I forgot on most of what I wanted to blog now. Damn it.

Growing Up. Looking Back Then, Seeing Through Now.
It’s an interesting weekend back in Klang for me at least. Walking the familiar environment that it is so scary because it’s so familiar like what it is back then when I was 5 years old, 10 years old, 20 years old and now. Perhaps what is changed that people around has grown so much that its beyond recognition, some really became really old…white hair, hunch back, roads altered…kids grew up. Even at one day out of nowhere that I decided to go to this old familiar and famous chicken rice shop, I stumbled across friends that I knew back in college and even during my earlier days in cyber cafe, my youth and rebellious era. But of course I’m not surprised to see that my college friend still recognized me. I’m happy. Of course I did, and most heartbreaking one would be a person that might recognize you but pass right in front of you without even saying hello or wave the familiar hand?

It happens to me quite a lot of time. To certain extend that I feel so unreal inside me. At times that we might grew up in the past during school times by playing and studying together but as time goes, we went separate way and now, it’s nothing more than just a stare. How ironic. Of course at times when it’s like 2-5 years that I have not seen a person, and happen to stumble across them in front of me, either through the usual dramatic ‘escalator’ going up vs going down scene or meeting up in a chicken rice shop. I will be happy for those have grow and improve or progress much from their life seeing how many things in their life have changed and inspired me. And also to those that just give me a stare and look away, as afraid I’ll eat them up, (wtf?) I wish them good luck in their afterlife, this life also. And made me realized how lucky I am for not being their friend anymore. Talk about being materialistic.

Malaysia? The joke!
I’m not sure anymore if I’ll able to hold my temper and start randomly slap this country’s citizen one by one in the shopping mall. But I guess I learnt from Joanne that there’s a lot more thing than being a real jerk and lose our temper to something that is not even worth our words. To even just buying ice-cream in MCD. This auntie can’t help but to take as if I learnt the INVISIBILITY spell and cut queue? I guess that was alright considering my McFlurry might cool me down afterward, but it just adds to the fire with she looks back at me, like…a cold stare as if I’m blocking her way. WTF? Tell me. I’m surprised how I can endure that.

Red Packet 
Well, what’s next? Again this question comes to me again and again. Of course this is a golden year for people around me, a lot got married! And I’m definitely happy for them. Congrats to Tsuqi for being *cough*Madam*cough*Lee (Don’t kill me :D ). Jaclynn as well for being Mrs.Tan. And MayLyn this coming weekend.

Hello Singapore

It has been a while that I’m literally sit down and talk to a person in real life. Well, anyway the trip down to the land of water lion proved that there is much more thing I have to learn about life? And also it almost feels like a person like me can’t complain in life and have the feeling of “fear” even though I’m travelling alone. I guess this has been one of the stunt I pulled off after the one from Shanghai. Luckily this time around, my trip to SG is far more breezier than how it was USED to be back in 2004. It was hell back then. Basically something that I suppose to complete within the 2 week stay using Social Travel Pass (White Card) in SG.

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Went to Klang bus station and took the usual route down to JB/SG. Costs me around RM35. And of course, I suppose to expect an early trip from 8am onwards, but they said that only 11AM will be the first ride. And so on.

Riding down south

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And here I am. Reached at approximately 6:30 P.M. Cool eh? With all those continous stopping. 6 hours is what they can take you.

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