Sabah Development Corridor, theoritically speaking!

We (DPA students) were forced to attend the launching of the SDC (Sabah Development Corridor) which was held at Sepanggar Port yesterday. We arrived pretty darn early as the bus leaves from UiTM at 7am. It was a big event and in a way, I am kind of glad that I went for it. I was hoping to see Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok and his wife Puan Sri Diana Alip/Dompok but unfortunately they were nowhere to be seen. They were there but being VIP and all they were seated at the front and us being a nobody were seated at the back and some even outside...bummer!

The Prime Minister went on and gave his long speech. The gist of his speech are as follow:
- RM36 billion for the development of Sabah

- No more poverty in Sabah in 2025 which is about 17 years from now

It all sounds pretty good for our or my beloved Sabah but will it really materialize? I mean yesterday was just the launching, the money has not been handed over YET!. I might be wrong here but sometimes things like these are just a ploy as the elections are coming very soon. This is probably just a way to lure in votes for the government. Pretty smart, I'd say but it does take a notch on the dignity of Sabahans.

In 1994, our then prime minister came to sabah and promised a 'SABAH BARU' which translates to "NEW SABAH". The plan in Sabah Baru was to eradicate poverty by 2000 amongst the other things. It's 2008 now and poverty is basically still here to stay. I understand though, it's not easy to eradicate poverty so we're not really pointing fingers at anyone or any organization. These are all political strategies. Elections are coming soon so the government want people to believe that they are able to lead them to a better Malaysia. The idea of that all is very cute but is it really practical? I wonder if they have done research or studies before really implementing all these corridors or development region. Will it really benefit the Sabahan people? Will it really generate 90,000 jobs (as stated by our chief minister) for the locals or will foreigners take over?

Don't get me wrong though with this post. I support the Malaysian government but sometimes I think they practice too much theory and not enough practicality. Take MSC for example, I'm not hearing any news from it and foreign investors are running away from it because there's nothing going on with it after Tun Dr.Mahathir stepped down from his post (or at least that's what I heard).

but anyway....let's all hope for a truly better Sabah and also a better Malaysia! and may God bless our beloved leader Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok and his families for standing up for the dignity of the Kadazans.

To all of you non-believers, I was there! I really was there! lol. I'm like an anchovy tring to get through to the big fishes!

Laura Ramsey's tattoo picture

I finally found it. I got the picture from one of her fan site. It's only a small picture though but you are able to get a vague idea on what her tattoo looks like.

We played futsal yesterday. We were supposed to start at 7 but my friends and I were late for about 29 minutes. The lecturers were already waiting and I think they were quite pissed at us. As it turned out, only three of the students attended!

I had fun playing the goalie but after about 10 or 5 minutes left into the game I was pushed as a defender and later on as a midfield. It was very tiring. I made some saves as a goalie, tried to tackle and tried supplying the strikers with the ball although none made it to the back of the net. lol. I stopped playing two minutes before the end of the game, I was very tired - sweating all over and I felt as I my head was going to explode (Don't know why but it felt as if the blood are all rushing to my head)

I had a hard time driving back home and I was sweating all the way home. I collapsed (when I say collapsed, I meant slowly lying down to the floor and slept away) I had such a nice nap UNTIL my little brat of a brother woke me up by slapping my face (in a friendly way). He wanted to play with me but I was just too exhausted to bother playing with him. I'll make up for it today though.

My friend told me earlier on today that a spectator and her friends (who were watching us play futsal) laughed at me. I am a big person alright so I guess the way I play is quite humourous. She just looked at them with a stinging stare and said to them "Jangan kurang ajar" which translates to "Don't be rude". I hate it when people do that, I mean I don't critize the way people play or look no matter how bad they are so I don't think I deserve to get shit from an ignorant, obnoxious, hell-of-a-person.

but...you know...whatever! I don't want to care. I pretend I don't care with things like these but I actually do care and infact I take it to heart.aargh!!!!!! oh well, I'll just ignore and get on with my life though

Dashboard Confessionals - Stolen (Slow)

17 - 0

The futsal friendly match that we had yesterday was quite an enjoyable one. I played my usual position as a goalie and the results were

17 - 0

Obviously me and my friends playing only meant that we lost (We're not bad but we're just still new at this...)

Our opponents were the 'GFUMS'...whatever that means. I thought they were students from UMS but as it turned out they were actually the staffs there...and they had their own coach who kept on telling them what to do and where to go.

Our opponents were looking good with their matching jerseys on while my friends and I on the other hand are wearing just plain casual sports wear. They play quite well but I guess they just lack the sportmanship. A friend of mine fell and the opponents didn't even offered a hand or a simple sorry. I froze when I saw my friend fell but the opponents kept on going so we had no choice but to go with the flow and leave our friend out. The other thing that happened was a friend of mine was kicking the ball around and her shoes suddenly went flying, that was a funny moment but none of the GFUMS lads stopped- they kept on playing the darn game. Maybe this is what the game is like.

Our opponents drive for success is so high that they won't even stop, not even for a second. It could be that or it could also be that they are just too passionate for the game. whatever!
...actually it serves them no right if I don't include their positive side in this post. They played well (obviously the 17-0 score shows that), they had teamwork?, they were really serious and not all of them are arrogant, cocky women.. oops, mind the language please..can't help it

Laura Ramsey's tattoo

I recently watched The Covenant again! I love that movie. The best bit was when the Mustang got hit by an incoming truck, crashed and later got back into its normal stage. Way cool visual effect!

Laura Ramsey has a pretty nice tattoo. It's like a tribal cross in two colours - black and red. It seems like a lot of people like her tattoo and are finding good quality pictures of it. Just google 'Laura Ramsey's tattoo' and most of the results are about people asking about a better quality picture of her tattoo. Way to go Ms.Ramsey, you sure did hit the jackpot in the design of your tattoo.

*will upload pictures later*

Goalie, Ball, Green tea

I'll be playing futsal tomorrow but not with our lecturers but with the students ( I think) from the other university, our rival. lol. This goalie is all set to go...pfft! yeah right!

Osman, an old friend, my omerta friend whom I met through omerta suddenly messaged me through MSN after so long. It's great to hear from him. I love him.

I am addicted to green tea ice creams. A couple of my friends tried it and they are not too fond of it. They say it has a bitter taste or something...ah well I guess it's basically the same with saying beauty is in the hands of the beholder....and more for me! lol

Lisa Loeb

Hi and this is my amazing dude/dudettes post.

The first amazing dude/dudettes (well in this case dudettes) is Lisa Loeb...the only artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to any record label..

now...that is a feat, yes, indeed it is

Lisa Loeb whose trademark is for wearing those distinctive cat-eye shaped tortoiseshell glasses is an avid Hello Kitty lover (Whyyyy? I've never been a fan of those sanrio stuff) She even has a hello kitty stratocaster O.O

Her most popular song up to this day is 'stay'. I love that song. A hot dorky girl with a guitar turns people on o.<

thank god it's the weekend

My classes are now in session. It's not as bad as I thought it would have been (although I guess it's a little bit too early to say so.lol) My schedule are okay, at keast we don't get night classes no more (except for one or two of those replacement classes).

5 days a week of classes is really making me exhausted though so yay! for the weekends. The weekend should provide me with ample rest.

That is all for now. Got to go lie down and enjoy the comfort of snuggling in the blankie in a cool airconditioned room.

P/S: We're playing futsal on Monday at 7pm at Suria. I guess I'm looking forward to that..hehehe. I am actually excited about that but scared at the same time.

go with the wind....

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