Freaking Grow Up!

I swear my blood pressure just hit sky high. I really, really can't stand childish attitude. Especially when I see it in adults.

Adults = Above 18
Adults = Can think for oneself
Adults = No need to keep depending on others for help
I mean, kids can get away for being childish because they're kids. It's their process of growing up. Adults acting childish just appalls and irritates me to the core. They're supposed to be grown up, and yet... SIGH! Grow up already!

When people are talking to each other about serious stuff, stay out of it if it's none of your business. Or if you were not part of the conversation in the first place. When someone asks a specific someone a direct question, please lah mind your own business and let the person answer. Nobody asked you anything, so freaking shut up! What's so difficult about that har??

OK lah. Once or twice, I can tolerate. But butting in every single time?? I feel like throwing the mike stand at you! I can ignore the unwanted voice and pretend as if you were some background noise. But you, you are a really noisy and annoying background noise that pisses me off big time.

I mean, when I'm talking to my lecturer/supervisor, I don't even see my own juniors butting in our conversation, trying to join in and acting smart. When lecturers or seniors or my parents are discussing about serious stuff among themselves, we don't even cut in. Why?? Because it's rude, it's rude, it's rude. Don't you get it? It isn't complicated. It's simple. It's rude. That is why we don't do it to others. Even little children can understand simple teaching like that.

You know, when you're teaching or explaining something to someone, it's important to make sure someone understands. Without interruption of any sort. But today what did I get? I was explaining something to someone, then allowing her to digest and understand. But this uncle has to butt in with his remarks and all while I was talking. Instead of being helpful (which I think he thinks he is), he was extremely disturbing. A complete nuisance. His remarks were not helping at all and to add oil to fire, more than half of it were his "jokes". Every week he's like that!

Imagine you were teaching a class of 15-20 students. Now imagine that while you were teaching, there's this one student making jokes every two sentences you say. Now tell me, how lah to maintain my blood pressure in circumstances like that???

It's sooooo embarrassing to see people who are supposedly adults (or thinks that they're adults, or wants to be treated as one) act so immature. Utterly embarrassing. What's more embarrassing is the fact that he doesn't think he's acting embarrassingly.

I could have just stopped you and said "Hey, can you not talk while I'm talking?". But heh, later I pulak yang kena complain having no big no small attitude.

Technically speaking, I am your sunbae in music. But since you're probably in your 30s, you're way older than I am which is why I'm giving you the respect by not reprimanding you. All I do is talk firmly. Which I do with great difficulty of holding in my annoyance. Even that I think some think I'm too harsh, considering you're an older person. I feel like I'm talking to a kid when I'm telling you something.

Aihhhhhhhhhhh. Got ideas on what can I do or drink to cool down?

Argh! Bloody grow up already!

Malaysians votes for change in 2008

Barisan Nasional loses two-third majority for the first time in history of Malaysian election. This means BN can no longer dominate and/or monopolize decisions and bills (which requires two-third agreement in the parliament). This also means opposition has gained more say in the parliament.

Barisan Nasional loses four states to the opposition parties, excluding PAS-held Kelantan. The states are Penang, Selangor, Perak and Kedah. If the Federal Territories (Wilayah Persekutuan) was counted as a state, then there goes another.

What's more shocking is that many of these seats were won with landslide victories to opposition's favour.

Datuk Seri S. Samyvellu, our (probably former?) Work Minister, loses his Sungai Siput seat for the first time since he began contesting in the 1970s. Shocking news as he had previously won in 2004 with 10,000 votes or something like that.

Next shocking casualty is Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, our (also probably former) Minister for Women, Family and Community Development, who lost to former DPM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's fresh-faced daughter by nearly 3,000 votes in Lembah Pantai.

Other big shots who lost their seats include Kelantan UMNO president, Dato' M. Kayveas, and Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon among many, many others. Looks like Pak Lah will have a tough time electing ministers this time around.

They talked about waves of political revolution that may happen in Malaysia this year. Looks like we have a tsunami.

See what voters can do: If we like you, we have the power to keep you in power. If we are happy with everything, we have the power to keep you in power. But if you offend and/or neglect and/or piss us off, we have the power to kick you out.

Never ever underestimate the power of voters.

Things I've done lately that makes me feel old

Marking juniors' reports, demonstrating lab. I still remember myself in my first year first semester fearing my demonstrators... Who although are seniors probably only few years older are still intimidating and fear-able. Now that I'm in those shoes, I can understand why it's necessary to not be too friendly with these students. And why it's necessary to be strict with them.

I still remember what one of my first demonstrators told us "You can complain and hate me now for being strict with you, but trust me, you'll thank me later". I think some of you know who I'm talking about. He's really hard to forget.

Sleeping earlier and less. I realized that I can't keep my eyes open and mind functional beyond 12.30pm. I am sleeping either by midnight or before that. And for lesser hours for that matter. I used to sleep for eight hours at least to be fully functional the following day. But now I sleep for only 6-7 hours and I feel so much fresher the next day.

You know, they say older people sleep less... Is this an omen? Well, if I sleep less, then I have more active hours. Can do more stuff! Haha. Young at heart.

Voting in my nation's election. Registering for voting is one thing, but actually going through the whole process slaps me in the face to the reality that I am really, REALLY beyond 21. And going back to MY OWN elementary school (yes, the school where I myself was a student for five years in the first half of my life) to vote is equivalent to a double tight slap.

On a side note, my elementary school is sooooo totally unrecognizable. My goodness. There used to be an open field right next to the canteen where we could run about, play jump rope, play hopscotch and just lepaking and chit-chatting. Now the field is filled with trees and bushes and plants... there's nowhere to run about right now. So sad. My ex-classroom didn't even look like the classroom I remembered. Can't imagine how it'll be if all of us were to return to the class and sat where we sat in those days, now that we've all grown up. What an amusing sight it would be.

Even the classes' names have changed. Gone where my days where the classes were named after colours - Merah, Kuning, Biru, Hijau, Jingga and Ungu. Just now I saw Bestari, Cemerlang, what is and what not. It's just not the school I remember anymore. Sigh. Change is something humans inherently dislike and avoid at all cost because it means something new is going to disrupt the comfortable order of your life and you can't control it. Even if some welcome change, the anxious anticipation and nervous dread is not avoidable. But change is a necessity. And it is beyond our control. As for this, whatever that's left in the school I remember will be just a memory. I hope my memory will never fail me.

My handphone = Getting old, need change. This time I'm dead serious. Just yesterday while I was replying an SMS, my handphone screen just went blank and restarted itself. Siao boh? I repeat. It. Has. Gone. Senile. Feel like getting a flip phone. Something different for a change. I was thinking of Sony Ericsson Z750i (is it in Malaysia yet?), story has it that it's around RM900+. Thumbs up? Wait lah, until I get my salary.