A couple went golfing one day and being a beginner the wife shanked her shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door to apologize. A warm voice said, “Come on in.” When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the broken window.

A man (genie) reclining on the couch asked, “Are you the people that broke my bottle?”

Husband : “Uh…yeah, sir. We’re very sorry about that,”

Genie : “Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you. You see, I’m a genie and I’ve been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years. Now that you’ve released me, I’m allowed to grant three wishes. I’ll give you each one wish, but if you don’t mind, I’ll keep the last one for myself.”

Husband : “Wow, that’s great! hmmm I’d like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life.”

Genie : “No problem, You’ve got it, it’s the least I can do. And I’ll guarantee you a long, healthy life! And now you, young lady, what do you want?”

Wife : “I’d like to own a gorgeous home complete with servants in every country in the world.”

Genie : “Consider it done, and your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters!”

Husband & Wife : “And now, what’s your wish, genie?”

Genie : “Well, since I’ve been trapped in that bottle and haven’t been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife.”

The husband looked at his wife and said, “Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune and all those houses. What do you think?”

She mulled it over for a few moments and said, “You know, you’re right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn’t mind. But what about you, honey?”

“You know I love you sweetheart,” said the husband. “I’d do the same for you!”

So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other. The genie was insatiable. After about three hours of nonstop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into the wife’s eyes. “How old are you and your husband?”

“Why, we’re both 35,” she responded breathlessly.

“No kidding! Thirty-five years old and both of you still believe in genies?”

Lesson learnt :

• When something seems too good to be true, it usually is
• This is actually the strategy used by most scams nowadays, they excite you with offer and rewards. They will make you feel like an idiot if letting this go. You then trust them a bit and maybe spend a few ringgit. What’s the harm right? they then offer you with super attractive rewards, if only you spend a bit more. By the time you realise that this is all a scam, the money spent is not claimable.
• Sometime being paranoid is ok. Hm maybe paranoid is too strong a word, be cautious 🙂

————— Personal Note ————————–
My first scam experience is probably those chain letter persuading you to donate RM2 to the first person in the list. Then you make another list, erasing his name and change the sequence with your name at the bottom of the list. Then the letter must be distributed to 20 other people. I was Form 2 when I got the letter, and I actually donated the RM2.. Thats RM2 I’m never going to see again. :p

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Last wednesday was my wife’s birthday and I have to admit I am clueless about choosing a gift for woman. I just can’t make up head or tails on what they (in this specific case, my wife) like or dislike. So here what I did, last week, one week earlier from her birthday, I told her I cannot make it to her birthday, and brought her shopping. Knowing her, she just window shopping with me not buying anything. But the main purpose for me to bring her is just to know what she likes and dislikes. So the other day when I was planning for her surprise party, I went back to the shopping mall, and bought the handbag which I noticed she like so much, but don’t want to tell me. I am telling you, if I buy the handbag by my own preference, the handbag will so ugly she may cry on the spot.

Anybody else agree on this, that man will not be able to comprehend what woman would prefer and not prefer in term of shoes and handbag? Or do you guys know any man who did understand exactly how to buy those sacred items. 🙂 Is man’s mind and woman’s were really just that different?

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Today in the newspaper, people are talking about what they are doing to help mother nature. People are pledging this and that. This is a very good development since it shows that people are more concern about the nature. So today’s post will be dedicated to nature. I’m not going to venture on the problem nature is facing and how to overcome it. Instead I’m going to list down what I have done in the name of nature and three pledges to do starting today.

What I have done for nature

• I recycled newspaper. Total earning from newspaper recycling up to date is around RM40 🙂
• At work, I collected used paper to be reused when I want to draft something
• Unless really needed, I told the shop owner or cashier not to give me plastic bag.
• I avoid myself from buying take away food (tapau) in those polystyrene. Do you know that those polystyrene takes up to hundred years to decompose.
• I only throw rubbish in the trash can. Even in my car, I forbid anyone trying to throw the rubbish outside. That’s why my car is slowly turning into a portable trash can hehe

* Erk, I thought I am doing OK but it turns out only I only did five items for nature. But I can proudly say that I have been doing these five items continuously for the last 7-8 years. It has became sort of a habit to me. However I need to do more

Three Items I pledge to do immediately

• Start learning to read newspaper online. This will reduce drastically newspaper to be recycled. I used to do this once, but fall asleep on the keyboard 🙂
• Use my motorcycle just to go to and fro to my mill. Once there, I will be walking only. At least it’s a good exercise.
• Conciously reduce my electril bill to 80% (Where’s the damn bill for god’s sake?)

Do share with me your have-done and pledge for nature.

Whether we like it or not, the world is dying. We can’t stop that. Our last hope is to preserve what’s left of it and hopefully prolong its death. Every little things will count in the end. Imagine every cell in our body suddenly say “I’m not important, banji will still be alive even if I’m not doing my function.” I’m dead.

You see, the chances of people saying “I don’t need to do that, other people is doing it” is more likely than “Let’s do that”. If that’s so, we’re screwed man

————— Personal Note ————————–
The post submitted via handphone. I’m now at my wife’s house surprising her for her birthday. I told her I can’t see her this week due to the work piled up. So shh 🙂 SURPRISE!!!!!!!!

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So how do you feel when today’s your birthday? Happy? teenagers will definitely be happy, with all the parties and gift. However when we are older, ehem, more mature with age, the definition of birthday changed drastically.

Some may think of it as a celebration of life, honouring every experience we had gone through (first love, heart broken and career advancement etc) and expecting the best from those yet to come.

Another prefer to think that we are that much closer to our end. It is the time to reevaluate all goals still not achieved, dreams and sometime the meaning of life.

There are so many ways to go through one’s birthday. You can be depressed about it, You can choose to ignore it entirely. Some may react with a total change of lifestyle. The popular term for this is “midlife crisis”. Typical examples are like suddenly buy an expensive car, or started to dress strangely etc.

In my opinion, there is no right or wrong on how you celebrate your birthday. You can be happy or depressed. It’s entirely up to you. The ultimate fact will still be that we are getting older with every seconds passing by (happy or depressed). So how ever it is you react, just consider what good will that reaction be for you. For example:

• If reevaluation of life’s goal will be beneficial, do that.
• If being depressed will only make you sad, stop immediately (however emotional you are).

We can be emotional, that’s just human but not to the expense we stop living the life we have now and be thankful for it.

————— Personal Note ————————–
Today is a special day. 6th June is my wife’s birthday. Unfortunately she is now at her parent’s home taking care of her elder sister, who just delivered a baby one week ago. Believe me, taking care of her other three children is not an easy job. The children, being children, are always going all out to make their “Makngah” scream every 2 minutes or so. By the time I call her over the phone, she has no voice already heheh. Be strong dear, and know that I will always be there supporting you (100km behind you that is :p ) and oh ya HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

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