Scam of 2008

Have anyone of you been cheated by easy money to come by? I've been lucky enough thanks to Him above and to many forward emails from friends warning about how unfortunate people get scammed through all these easy lottery winnings via the internet or even through calls that tells you to just follow certain instructions to claim the winning pot!

I just received another email. This round it's not the title that caught my attention but the sender's name that caught my attention. It states that it's from "Microsoft Lottery Board UK" and the title is the usual Congratulations. You Won. Being a normal busybody with nothing much to do tonight I decided to open the email but still assuring and alerting myself that it is another scam. Lo and behold, it states that I'm one of the 10 lucky winners that won the lump sum of 1,000,000.00 GBP! Woo hoo!! Yea. As if. That is basically like God dropping a ton of gold or a bag full of $$ into your lap without you doing anything, not even praying and having faith that He will give it to you man!

Funny thing about this email it does not ask you for your account details or any personal identification details. Just your name, contact address, phone number, country, state and city. I mean that sounds pretty harmless right. But knowing how those cunning people work, who probably will create another total different identity using your details. I actually had a good mind to just create some sort of details using the name of the person who sent it to me. Some guy name David Jones Brown and his own contact number. I wonder if I did that, will they know that people out there are aware of their scams or they just simply couldn't care less and just use the details. Seriously how many poor souls will fall for this and how many more scams are created every minute? If only these scammers put their brains to good use, I bet they would easily become small millionaires even. Don't even need to be those successful and famous millionaires but still a millionaire. But instead they prefer to use their brains to bamboozle people.

So for you guys out there, please be careful and don't join the ever growing statistics of being duped by these charlatans.

New Year, New Life

Being back in KL seems like a faraway possibility ever since I stepped into Cat City which was my beloved home for Christmas 2007. But that day has come and passed. I flew back to KL on New Years day with trepidation thinking whether now things would be different after I’ve signed on the dotted line and gotten the ceremony over and done with but God has been kind and merciful where my then boyfriend and now husband has been loving, patient and understanding as before and even more so now. Yes, I’ve now joined the bandwagon of the married couples out there and have received plenty of wishes from friends around the world on that special day and I would like to personally thank all of them for taking time to remember and wish me and my husband on our special day.

Many questions do flow into conversation as to how married life is like? I wish that I can say it is amazing, with rainbows in the sky everyday, mushy love notes left lying around the house for each other to discover and breakfast in bed but those can only happen during the honeymoon period and in movies. Not when you get back to work the next day after coming back. That’s reality but I have nothing to complain or to be unhappy about. All I can say, it is the same as before, only that now I have an extra person to care and love as well as someone to care and love me back. The rest of the issues about toilet seats being left up, or wet towels lying on the floor etc; we’ve not had that sort of problems. We do have our own small petty issues but we’re learning to compromise and love each other as we are.

The next question as to how was the wedding dinner? All I can say is, with reliable and trustworthy friends and relatives, things will go smoothly. Of course there maybe small hiccups here and there but what event will ever go smoothly without flaws? We all had tremendous fun. All the yam sengs and drinking sessions after the dinner, it definitely was an unforgettable night.

So, Thank You again to all you guys who helped make my day!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Well, Christmas is round the corner, though you don't see snow flakes gently falling down and sleigh bells ringing, you'll still hear the Christmas carols on the airwaves, in shopping malls.

This year has been a great year. There has been ups and downs but which life of ours will be perfect eh? So here's wishing all of you a wonderful Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year in 2008.

P.S. I'll be out of touch for quite a bit but will be back with more stories after the New Year. :)

INCOMPETENT JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA MALAYSIA

What was supposed to be my happiest day of my life is marred with episodesof ugly and repulsive scenes due to the lack of judgement and incompetent staff atJabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) at Putrajaya.

My fiancée and I arrived at JPN with the rest of our family members at 8.10am and took a number to register for our marriage. When it was our turn to be served, we were asked to provide the Identification Card (IC) of our respective witnesses but upon checking, the officer questioned me about my witness which happens to be my father. He asked whether my father is around, and I pointed out my father to the officer. Never would I imagine them telling me this. They can actually tell me that in their system my father is deceased!!!! I mean how good can this get?? We’ve heard of plenty of other sorts of stories where people actually registered to vote but they are classified as deceased. We’re facing the same problem now!! The officer in charged, told us to go up to the next level to get the problem rectified. Thank you very much. No help there and I am not surprised. I would be more surprised if they offered to help get it changed. I think I would have fainted or strike a jackpot should they offer to help!

We went up to the 2^rd level to see the officer at the counter and explained the problem. Another “excuse” was given. He told us that we need to proceed to the 3^rd level and look for ANOTHER OFFICER. We had to wait for the officer in charge because the person is busy. Busy yakking and laughing on the phone is more like it. We waited for a whole 10 minutes before we decided; we might as well not lose anymore precious time and change to another witness.

We came back down and use my mum’s IC to be presented for witness instead. We were now served by a different officer. A lady officer this time. After keying in and changing the details, lo and behold, she now tells me that in the system, there is something wrong with MY NAME now!! Seriously, I have no idea how these people do their job!! First they make a mistake of putting the wrong information in my dad’s IC chip. Now it’s my name that is wrong??!! How come you did not tell me the last round you guys verified my IC when I submitted my form in June 20007 you brainless IDIOTS!!!!!

All in all, none of the officers bothered to say a single sorry or actually try to offer to rectify the problem; instead they asked us to settle the problem ourselves. Typical government officer standard attitude!!!! And yet to think that we’re going forward into the future, it’s more like we’re going backwards into the olden days. So what’s the point of spending billions and billions of Ringgit on all that architecture in Putrajaya when your people are still incompetent and still do their job so carelessly??!! Why not use the money to spend in training up the people and upgrading the system instead??!! And yet to think that the government are questioning why more and more youngsters are going overseas to work and not coming back. Think people! Think! With what is left of your brains!!!

Popping pills

When u get up in the morning, you're hoping to get through the day without much ado. I've always been looked forward to the weekend but for the past 2 weeks I find myself dreading to see the weekend round the corner. Probably due to the fact that I have to spend the weekend rushing here and there rather than have a relaxing weekend. Also due to the fact that for the past 2 weekends I have been getting the flu bug as well as having sore throat. But after hasty actions of almost drowning myself with bottles of water as well as lozenges, all symptoms of sore throat and flu seem to miraculously disappear when Monday arrives.

So, after 2 weeks of playing hide and seek with the viruses and bugs, I've decided I need to take some sort of action to actually get rid of it once and for all. Time to get my ass to the clinic. As usual the norm for the doctor nowadays is to prescribe antibiotics. I've always tried to stay away or ignore the prescription for antibiotics, meaning I'll take the rest of the medication but not that but I think I'll have to be a good girl for once and pop the pill. Can't afford to get sick for the coming weeks ahead.

So, here's to popping pills and plenty of water. I'll be close friends with the toilet these couple of days. So, forgive me if I don't have anything new to update ya?

Life Experiences

When conundrum hits you like an oncoming truck in the middle of the night you’re flung far away from reality till all you want to do is just lay dead. Let the pain slowly become darkness that overwhelms you and all is over. If only it were that simple, life wouldn’t be a slow and sometimes painful learning curve.

Each day we wake up to a different new day. As we work methodically throughout the day, we always have a hope of getting somewhere or doing something that makes the day worthwhile. It can be life simple pleasures of having a home cooked meal to a sudden surprise of finding mysterious presents that we’ve been longing for. A day can also start with pleasant surprises or we find them as we go along. A little rain or cloudy weather might cheer someone up while sunshine and the feel of the warmth brings a smile to another person’s face. But when a normal routine day ends with a debacle and catches you with surprise, do you take it with stride and let it be another learning point in life or do you let it take over your life? These are questions that plague every individual at times. Part of you wishes to just take it in, learn from it and let go while the other part of you wants to just let it consume your life. At times little grievances like these can actually open your eyes and wake you from your slumber of peaceful and quiet life. You learn that anything is possible and nothing can shield you from the possibilities in life, whether good or bad.
Life continue to surprise us and we mature along the way.

New pair of eyes

New pair of eyes. That is what I initially thought what it would be when I place the contact lens into my eyes. Ok. I’ll admit that I’m vain enough to get one pair but only for the one month period. I contemplated whether I should go half blind to my wedding dinner next month but in the end, I decided I’d better not. The thought of knocking into chairs or even walking into a pillar does not seem a very happy moment, though classic in the years to come so, I got the lenses yesterday.

I’ve been vainer during my college days, trying out contact lenses then, but I just couldn’t stand the alien feeling of something in my eyes. Each time I blink I get irritated by the feeling that I had to practically sit on my hands from tearing my eyes out. It was that bad for me, the discomfort, and the red, dry eyes. All for the sake of being pretty or whatever that was during that time. But thank God as I matured, I decided, I’d rather take comfort above anything. No amount of persuasion from friends or when my fiancée got his years back did sway me from my decision, not until last night.

So basically, this morning, I took a longer time getting prepared for work. Normally it’s just the usual 1,2,3 step for facial after brushing my teeth, running a comb through my hair and I’m out. These days, I even got lazier or more of I’m not even bothered to put on any make up. Don’t ask me why but somehow I’m in no mood for making up. It’s a painstaking process and I’ve never had a knack for that. So, since it was a first time for contact, I decided to make the effort to put on slight bit of make up.

As I’m typing away this entry, I’m furiously blinking my eyes hoping to God that the uncle sitting opposite me doesn’t think that I’m coming on to him. It is still a tad bit uncomfortable but not as what it used to feel like. Probably technology has evolved and made the lenses more bearable, either that or I’m trying to convince myself that it really isn’t when it actually is. Oh, I just don’t know. It’s just 3 weeks away, so I’ll just grin and bear with it till it’s over.