Hey! Leave My Helmet Alone!

As if harga barang in town is not enough to drive you crazy, now they want us to buy new helmets! Why? Because some smart alec says that half-shell helmets (conveniently called tortoise) are not safe anymore. Excuse me! Have been wearing mine (coveted SGV brand and approved by SIRIM some more) since time immemorial.

And worse still this guy from the Road Safety Dept has the nerve to compare it with the toy helmet for kids! Memanglah helmet toy (yang sama shape) ya sik boleh pakei! Yang diapprove SIRIM lainlah, bodo!!!

Aiya! Why do some people in authority can be so s*****?

After this don't be surprised if the same guy asks car drivers to wear helmet too. That will be the day.

Take It Or Leave It

Fewer days of annual leave = higher productivity.

Doesn't seem to be quite a sound theory, even to a simple layman like me.

But that seems to be the idea behind the decision by the PSD to slash the number of annual leave of civil servants from the current 30 days to 25 though they are given options either to stick to their current entitlement of 30 days or sacrifice the five days. Newly recruited officers are automatically given 25 days.

A head-spinning decision. Funny still, a deadline of December 31st is given to those who are thinking about opting to let go the five days.

There will be lots of intepretation on this after news about its implementation come January 1st 2009 was published in the local media yesterday and today. But it is still an awkward decison to me.

Datuk Shahrukh Khan - Anak Warisan Melaka

Hey! What r u guys doing to Shahrukh Khan? Be careful, he is a Datuk yunno!

A candid picture of SRK at the Villa Istana moments before heading for the majlis of his Datukship conferment at Seri Negeri, Melaka.

He was dressed in Baju Melayu with kain samping displaying motives in gold. Quite stunning given his Bollywood stature. Heard many Mak Datin were driven head over heels just looking at him that eventful morning. Can't blame them though, knowing some people.

After the ceremony, Datuk SRK went around visiting various places to meet fans, old and young. He was surrounded by local bodyguards who looked ready to even die for him.

Datuk Shahrukh Khan, you are one lucky chap!