Well, well, well, Malaysian Dreamgirl is back for season 2. I managed to catch the auditions online episodes and boy, I cannot wait to share this with you. After watching the auditions, I felt many went into the wrong competition.

However, they have my votes on these categories:

Malaysian Miss So Not Prepared Winner

Malaysian, Miss Opps Wrong Country Winner

Malaysian Miss Weight Required Winner

Malaysian Miss Bubbly Winner

Malaysian Miss Dreaming Winner

Malaysian Miss Hair Clips Winner

Malaysian Miss Try To Be Cute Winner

Malaysian Miss Wrong Audition Winner

Malaysian Miss Most Outspoken Winner (She even gave a long lecture to the judges)

Malaysian Miss Overdressed Winner (Sorry, Kenny Sia is not one of the judges this season)

Malaysian Miss Blur Winner

Malaysian Miss Fierce & Comedian Winner

Malaysian Miss Blonde Winner

Malaysian Miss Excited Winner (High Pitch Too)

Finally the 12 finalists…….*drumroll*

Congratulations to you 12, I guess you can start gathering your friends, relatives and fans to save enough money to vote for you. It will be very tough for you because not only you have to compete with one another, you will have a lot of criticism from the judges, pressure from the competition and probably some drama between your competitors or fans. You don’t need luck, you need money to win. Opps….

At the end of the day, there is only one winner. You and I, both know who is the ultimate winner, the one with all the money in the bank.

Hey how come only 1/3 episode for Penang, Ipoh and Johor but 1 whole episode in Kuala Lumpur. Anyway if you haven’t watch it, go watch it!

Pictures Credit: MalaysianDreamGirl.tv

Today I went to PBA (water utility) and TNB (electric utility) office to get a new meter install in my condo. First I went to PBA, I must applaud them for great service. They have given me good information. I walk in and the service officer processes my applications within 5 minutes. PBA has a very good centralize system.

Next, I went to TNB. First obstacle, the customer service personal with no smile and asking me what do I want. I told her that I wanted a new meter at my condo. She asked me where the condo is. I gave her the particular. She told me to go to another branch for the application. I believed that the branch is the nearest to my property. No centralize system which causes the customer a little hassle.

Comeon, it is not so difficult to have a centralize system right. PBA can do it, why TNB cannot? All they have to do is to key in the application and transfer to the nearest branch. Why do you need the customer to go to the nearest branch? Ini system tak boleh jalan!

By the way, I think Malaysian pay more to TNB than PBA! Service is poorer than PBA.

Another feedback is, I asked her so TNB opened this Saturday. She told me no, only Mon to Fri. I asked her this Monday open, she said yes. I asked her again but this Monday, Prophet Mohd birthday. She shakes her head. The security guard sitting next to her said “Tidak buka” meaning close. Sigh, now I have to go on a working day down town!

I had another great departmental dinner today because my big boss visited us. Of coz when he comes, we usually ask him to treat us a good meal. It is a good to build relationship among the team. He is a great joker because he tells great stories that made us laugh. It was a very good dinner indeed.

At least we have fun despite all the sad news about economy crisis, retrenchment and pay cut. Free dinner is always a good way to help boost up the morale.

We went to Spice Market Rasa Sayang for buffet dinner.

If you look at this picture, you will be confused like me whether to park or not to park. First it has a parking box and also a yellow line at the side of the road. Yellow line means no parking at all times but you can drop off passenger. As most Malaysian, they will park their car as we have the culture of convenience to us first, law comes second.

On another note, one night I was driving back from a meeting. I was coming down from a highway and it has no car at first. I slowed down as it was towards the end of the highway and reaching the traffic light. Suddenly there is a car speeding behind me, flashing asking me to move out of the way. Such impatient driver but I guess he has no brain.

I was in a good mood, so I move out of the way as it was approaching a traffic light. Both of us stop. He was stopped at the right but there were 3 cars in front of him. I was stop at the left with no cars in front of me.

When the lights turned green, I moved ahead and he had to wait for the 3 cars to move. The moral of the story is you don’t go very far without any brains or patience. So what if you speed, there is always someone ahead of you.

After being loyal to my credit card bank for more than 10 years, it is time to change. I found that my current credit card’s reward is not very attractive and service is deteriorating. Imagine after 3 years using my card, magnetic strip coming off and many calls to the service desk, just to get them to renew the card without the change of account number. I gave up and did no transaction on the card, then finally the approved the change.

I was surveying the market to see which credit card that will meet my needs. Recently I found one from CIMB, it is free for life with no condition and no administration fees whatsoever. I was really surprise and ask the agent a few times. Not only that, it is also a discount card for many places like Guardian, MPH, World of Cartoon and others. Lastly their reward point’s book is as thick as the Ikea magazine. Of coz the number of points collected is not a small number. It is alright because there is a variety.

I am glad they have a road show in Queensbay mall where I sign up for a Platinum Free for life card. The agent gave me a Swiss knife, a multipurpose torch and a huge umbrella. Good deal eh?! I cannot wait for the card to arrive at my mail box with the catalog and the discount outlets book.

In Cantonese we call this “mo sek choong” meaning blocking the way. There is a whole stretch of empty space but this bus driver chose to park in the middle of an entrance to the pedestrian bridge. Everyone who wants to use the bridge has to squeeze through. By the way beside it, it has a big drain. How inconsiderate bus driver! *shake head*

I just discovered this in one of the mamak store in Penang called Roti Tisu aka Tissue Bread. It is made from the same dough as Roti Canai but finer. Roti Tisu is crispy with hot margarine and sugar coated on it. It is usually served in a con shape.

Have you seen such a big roti tisu? Oh my children love this! You have to try it if you are at the mamak store. Simply delicious.

Now your gmail allowed you to detect your location of where you are. You have the option to turn in on or off. In order to activate it, you go to your gmail account. To activate the locator, you go to Settings -> Labs -> Location in Signature. Check Enable.

Before you activate the locator, you must enable your signature by clicking Settings -> General -> Signature. Add a nice sign off message like “Bye There!”. Check “Append your location to the signature”

After that, whenever you compose an email, you will find your location there. I tried but the location detected was way out! It said that I am in Kota Kinabalu and I am nowhere near there. Oh well, give Google sometime to get it right.

It will be very useful if it is used in the mobile. If you are lost, you can use it to detect your location. However the location now given is not accurate to the street. If it has the street, it will be good. If you want your privacy, just disable it.

By the way, there is no privacy of your location once you are online. Every PC/notebook/mobile will have a unique IP address. With IP address, the location is exposed whether you like it or not. If you don’t like it, stay offline.

I dislike not having a car when I am down in Kuala Lumpur. It is very difficult to get around. It has the most unreliable transportation. I hope the govt will improved on it.

Take for example, when I was shopping in Mid Valley. I wanted to take a cab and started to queue for a cab. There was no queue but there were plenty of cabs. However none of the cabs want to take me home. Most of the drivers asked for more money. They refused to use the meter. Worst it I got scolded for standing there. They asked me to go to another cab stand.

I faced the same problem when I was down in Bukit Bintang. All the taxi stand were filled with cabs but none of them want to use the meter. They want to take tourist and probably charged them a hefty rate.

Now what is the govt doing about it? Nothing, they are busy fighting among themselves to gain more power. Sigh. How can Malaysia progress?

However I am glad to say, not all taxi in KL is like this. I did get into some good ones who really work hard for a living. Kudos to them!

I am not a shoe person so I do not have many shoes. I have one pair for work, one pair for casual wear, one pair for evening function and one pair for sports. Now I am eyeing on a pair of CROCS but they are overpriced. I probably will wait for the sale.

Here are my working shoes made of leather. One is Bonia brand and the other is Alain Delon but guess which one lasts longer. Both are about the same price too. Apparently the Bonia last much longer. I wore my Bonia for 2 years before I bought the Alain Delon shoes. However Alain Delon only lasts for 2 years. Now I am back to my Bonia shoe again. The Bonia leather is still smooth and nice. No signs of any wear and tear.

Bonia:

Alain Delon:

Time to shop for another pair and I will probably go back to Bonia brand.