Songs or Rhyming Syllables?

Last Sunday afternoon, I was taking a nice, long drive to Klang, and I had the radio on to pass my time. I figured its about time I caught up with some of the new songs being aired these days (since I didnt wanna be labelled as 'OLD'!) Well...it certainly was a learning experience : )



I couldnt believe the stupidity of most songs being played! At first I thought whoever did the selection of that day must be suffering from some massive constipation or something, so I swtiched stations a couple of times..but God! It was like all the stations decided to play totally crappy songs... or maybe thats just what songs have become. CRAPPY!



The lyrics are lousy, the melody is monotonous, the background is totally predictable, and after a few songs, they all start to sound alike!

• I Kissed A Girl (Kate Perry) - Sighhh... This has to be the worse song of the entire year. 'I kissed a girl and I liked it'? How much more gross can it get? Why would you even wanna do that, let alone sing about it! I'm guessing a lot of guys out there would be rating this as one of their favourites, and naturally this goes to show the low thinking capacity of the male brain : ) Once upon a time ago, The Beatles' 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' used to get parents all upset and angry.... wonder what they have to say now?

• Bed (J. Holiday) - This one's just waaayyy to creepy. 'I wanna put you to bed'??? That's freakin sick! Trust them singers to take something memorable out of your childhood and turn it into something completely nauseous! I doubt I can NOT think of this song the next time I hear a parent say they're putting their kids to bed... Yes, it is a sick song. Please get rid of it!

• Addicted (Saving Abel) - Whoever the people in charge on censoring songs are, I think they need to pay a lil more attention to some songs at times! I mean, so its ok to ban yoga coz some people understand the meaning of Om, but a song like this gets free airway coz obviously nobody understands the lyrics!

• In The Ayer (Flo Rida) - There is nothing more frustrating than trying to figure out what the heck is he saying?? 'In the anger'? 'In the hanger'? 'In the ayer'??? What on earth is an 'ayer'?? He sounds like Bart Simpson in a helium balloon! No doubt the tune is very catchy and addictive, but God, the song is so lame!

• What You Got (Colby Odonis) - 'Always talkin' bout what you got, Girl you know that you need to stop'... Huh?? Songs like these makes me wonder how hard could it be to become a songwriter?? Just rhyme the last syllables and Woopee, we got ourselves a song! What is she talking about that she's got? And if she's got whatever it is, why should she stop? And stop what?? Why so complicating la?!

Its so frustrating that these are the songs that are making it to the Top 3, Top 10, Top 40, Top Whatever... And some people actually take the time and effort to vote for them! Wow.. Something must be so wrong with their taste in music.

Where are the good songs of Maroon 5, or Nickelback, or even Beyonce? Songs that have lyrics which tells a story, and melody and rhythm that stays with you. The ones on the radio are not songs, they're just noise... with rhyming syllables. See even I could write one:

Oooooo, oooooo

I love you, you,

Boy, its true, true

I'm not blue, blue...

See thats my chorus now. All I need is to add one stanza before that about how lonely/sad/pathetic I was before I met you, then another one about how you brought sun and flowers and LOVE into my life... then sing chorus like 20 times.... and sing one more stanza about being together forever/nuthin gonna tear us apart... Sing chorus another 1o times.

Oh and of course, do a music video with as little clothes as possible, and I have already won myself a music Award!

There Are Always Signs!

Two of my friends have very recently decided to end their 3 - year relationship... or rather, she decided to end it and there's nothing much that he can do about it. I guess it is kindda hard for us to start treating them as being individuals now, since they have always been 'together'. But then, it must be a lot harder on them.


So after a lot of "He said, She Said", it came down to this: She fell out of love with him. And naturally, being the one who fell out of love, it is a lot easier to move on...but he's still IN love and I guess after the shock wears off, its gonna get replaced by hurt and anger and maybe some hatred.


So naturally, this got me thinking again. Won't it be so much easier if people could figure out that things are just not working out, so that you can be prepared when the other half breaks the news finally? Not everyone gets the kind of meaningful relationships you want (love you baby!) and a lot of people are stuck with just 'passing time' with whoever they're with. Maybe there are signs, but a lot of us just don't wanna look at them. Maybe these would help?

• She introduces you to people as 'my friend' - especially after you been more than that for a heck of a long time!
• Your Incoming Calls dont have her number anymore...its only in Outgoing Calls.
• She doesn't hold your hand all of a sudden.
• Your dates have become either to the movies or a quick dinner.
• She says 'Me Too' when you say you love her.
• You don't know whats been happening with her days lately.
• She stops asking you anything personal.
• She sits and stands away from you at parties or when her friends are there.
• She laughs more with her friends than with you.
• She makes excuses when you ask her to go with you to a family function.
• Your conversations have become limited.
• She starts dressing up better when she's going out with her friends than with you.
• She's suddenly really busy - work, family, crises...
• She's been finding faults in you a lot.
• She snaps at you, finds you annoying, gets irritated easily suddenly.
• She stops calling to make up after a fight.
• She hasn't said she misses you in more than a month.
• She does things that annoys you on purpose.
• She drops hints about taking a break.
• She's been having headaches or not feeling well too often during your dates.
• She stops telling you where she's going or with who.
• Your calls reaches her voice mail more often.
• She's hardly online to chat with (coz you probably have been blocked).
• She talks about changing and changes.
• She seems like a different person now (that's coz she is)

Breaking up is never easy and right now watching the two of them trying to figure out where do they go from here makes it a lot more worse. So you know, there are always signs that someone isn't happy with you, or that the relationship has run its course. Its never easy to open your eyes to the signs, but I guess if you do it earlier, you won't be going through the crap he's going through right now.

Its Not Growing Old..Its Growing Up!

A couple of days ago I was listening to Prem and Jules on the radio, and they had this really cute topic going on... “How Do You Know That You’re Getting Old”. There were a lot of people giving all sorts of signs of getting old, and I have to completely agree with most of them!

But then I started wondering…is 27 old?? When I was younger, I never saw 27 as old! I saw it as ‘being matured’. Old would be if you’re like 65 and above or something. And then, I started thinking of this whole lot of signs that I thought pretty much start reflecting your age..

I wouldn’t call it Signs of Getting Old though…that’s way too harsh! These are probably Signs That You Are Growing Up : )

• When the idea of getting all dressed up and gong out is a lot more exhausting that going out itself.
• When a song like ‘I Kissed A Girl’ makes you wonder about the future of music.
• When everything sweet – chocolates, ice creams, cakes and candies – really are not tempting anymore.
• When your 18 year old students’ dressings make you cringe.
• When you attend other people’s weddings and start making mental notes for your own one someday.
• When a young punk calls you ‘aunty’.
• When you just can’t sleep past 10 am on weekends.
• When the phrase ‘long term’ starts meaning a period of 2 years or more than 2 weeks.
• When the last thought before sleep is tomoro’s work schedule.
• When teenage dramas start seeming like a child’s game.
• When you can’t understand more than half of the lingo of the kids today.
• When you say a sentence with “Kids today..”
• When political stories start holding more appeal that Tinsel Town’s Who Wore What Where.
• When it takes a humongous effort to sit through 90210, Gossip Girl or One Tree Hill.
• When students say they think you’ll enjoy Mamma Mia because the music is ‘of your time’.
• When trying to juggle more than one online social networks becomes stressful.
• When an 8 hour sleep becomes a necessity than a luxury.
• When looking at furniture isn’t really that boring.
• When sugary-sweet teenage love songs makes you want to gag!
• When Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams songs are listed as “Flashbacks”.
• When you need ample of notice for a night out.
• When you start considering insurance policies.
• When having breakfast before heading off to work becomes important.
• When more than half your salary goes on your bills rather than yourself.
  
  And I think the greatest sign that you’re growing up is
• When marriage starts looking like something to look forward to rather than running away from.
  
  So you see, these are some completely alien things to many who are still exhilarated about turning 18 or 21, but I’m pretty sure that for those of us born in the early 80s, these are all signs that you have left your annoying youth behind and now you’re growing up : )

Jeswynna's Guide For Malaysian Drivers

Generally, when I drive, I try so very hard not to drive like a GIRL!! Now don't get all knotted up, I'm not dissing my own kind (for I'm a full supporter of women's rights and all that) ... but I swear, women are one of the WORST drivers I have ever seen! They are painfully slow, they take an eternity to make a simple left or right turn, they actually slow down when the lights turn amber, and I think the worse is how extremely undecided they can be on the road! This is especially worse when the drivers are the ones who just got their P.

So you see, in order not to be labelled as a 'girl' driver, I don't drive like them. I try to drive just a lil' above the speed limit without causing an accident, I make sure I give signals and turn quickly, amber lights means GO and I do give dirty looks when I see pathetically cowardly drivers : ) Forgive me, but driving is a responsibility.... for your own safety as well as for the patience of the one behind you!

So here's a compiled list of the things Malaysian drivers badly need to learn for the patience and sanity of GOOD drivers like me!

1) Signals are NOT decoration pieces

That little stick jotting out behind the wheel is what is called an INDICATOR. It is used to indicate to the poeple behind and in front that you are turning. Its not a decoration and it definetly will not spoil if you use it too much! There is nothing more frustrating than when you are waiting at a junction to turn, you see a car coming without any indicators so you wait for it to pass ... and right at the last moment, he/she turns where you are! Its good enough to make any sane person curse!

2) Green is GO

Ok fine, if you feel guilty speeding on amber, for God's sake don't do it when its freakin green! Some doinks have the galls to slowwwlllyyy crawl their car to pass the lights when its already telling you to step on it! Its no fun being the person behind and being in a hurry to get to work or whatever. So if its green, it means GO and go FAST!

3) The white broken lines on the road means lanes

There's a reason why our smart fore-fathers decided to draw little broken lines on roads so that idiot drivers would know where their lane ends at the next one begins. But of course, we have those who think that driving ON THE LINE is fun! Maybe for you, but trust me, the person behind you is just about ready to kick your ass! So if you are not blind or short-sighted, there is really no excuse for you to be in the middle of 2 lanes. Like our very popular saying .. "the road is not your dad's!"

4) Not using handsfree is not cool anymore

When the whole idea of hands-free came about, I know many thought it was so lame to be using one...but come on! That kind of thinking was soooo 90s! These days, if you are gonna be using one hand to hold the freakin phone and the other to manouevre the car, have the decency to pull up at least... Coz FYI, driving with one hand SLOWES the car and its extremely annoying to the people at the back when this happens...and the mood only gets worse when we finally over take you and stare to see what the heck is your problem....and see you on the damn phone!

5) Women - buck up!

I apologise if I offend women with this and I'm sure there are many good lady drivers out there. I'm glad to have them coz at least they represent some hope! Now I don't mean you need to speed like the devil's behind you, but stepping on the gas a little bit will not make you a bad person! Think before you get in the wheel, get your directions in order before you get to your destination, and driving is not like shopping! You don't contemplate on a turn for an eternity before making it. That kind of thinking is what got us here in the first place!

6) Stop staring at accidents

So somebody got their car hit by another somebody. And they need to settle the matter where ever they are. Its part of having a car! But that don't mean you gotta slow down and stare at the accident (that's usually on the opposite side off the road) and make comments like "Waaahhh! Expensive la!" or "Sure die one" or figure out how it happened ... How stupid is that? Would you want the whole world staring at you if you were in that place. With the kind of regular and many moronic drivers that we already have, chances are you'll see a few accidents a day... so not staring at some of them will not dry up your sick sense of fun.

7) If you're under 21, install some sense before your license

Again, apologies to the GOOD and responsible drivers who are under 21. However, sadly, most of them are plain lunatics on the road! A car is not a toy. You want a toy, go home and play with the brown boxes. So that means driving without looking at oncoming cars, or trying to make really stupid cuts in queues or very idiotically stopping right in the middle of the road will not earn you any marks for 'cool-ness'. For stupidity, definetly. There are people behind and in front of you who have important things to do and important places to go to, so being stuck with someone like you is highly annoying.

Now naturally, there are lots of people who think I'm a maniac on the road. But FYI, I have yet to cause an accident or be involved in one. I have not received any summonses for speeding or stupidity on the road and I have not damaged my car ... at all! So, try to learn something from this very enlightning blog and try not to piss people on the road any more than you must!

Bridget's Story

There are a lot of things that piss me of on an average day...bad weather, slow drivers, being bugged, no tea and so on...but I think the ultimate pisser for me, or any woman for that matter, would have to be when a helpless girl is attacked by men who are trying to prove some shit to the world by acting 'manly'.

A couple of days ago, my friend Bridget was driving home alone at night, and it was around 10 pm. That's still considered safe for Malaysian standards. So as she was driving, some swine rams her car from the back, causing her to lose control and hit the divider. The impact of that caused her car to die, and she couldn't start it to get the hell out of there.

And this is where this bunch of assholes who call themselves Mat Rempits came on bikes and smashed her car screen with a baton, and then smashed her head with it. She collapsed and passed out, and these losers continued to slash her face and arm with a knife. And finally, they took her credit cards, money and handphone and went off.

She lay there unconscious for almost an hour, until slowly she came around and saw tow trucks and an ambulance. She got herself to the hospital, only to be told that she was the 4th case of similar attacks from the same area...but, the others before her had their ears and stomachs slashed! Perhaps she was too tall for these midgets to reach, but whatever the reason could be, its a good think that they did no more damage to her.

I went to see her yesterday, she got discharged from the hospital. Her face received 10 stitches and she fractured her leg. The physical pain is nothing compared to the mental trauma she's going through, she's waking up from freaky nightmares every time she falls asleep, and she's afraid of driving alone again.

So these are men, those who are supposed to be stronger and better than women? They show this strength by attacking single, helpless women in the nights, using batons and knives? And they do this in groups? Wow..if this is what it means to be a man, I'd gladly be born a woman in every lifetime.

How much lower can a human get? Even animals know when and who to attack. I have never seen my grown male cat ever attack a kitten or a female cat, and I bet no one has heard of animals doing something this barbaric. So we are supposed to be the highest animal form, the one who has the ability to differentiate right from wrong, good from bad, and the ability to think rationally. And this is how its done?

And while all this is going on, I wonder where are the cops? Where are the people who are supposed to be protecting these girls? Many can say, well, when you know these things are going on, then girls shouldn't be going out! But, is that the right thing for us to do? Just stop living because some assholes don't know how to act civilised? How much sadder can we get?

My mom is worried about me driving alone anywhere, even daytime, so is my fiance and my whole family. I am worried too, because I think I could have easily been in Bridget's place, and that is something really scary. We read about this happening to others, but when it hits so close to home, it becomes very personal and it opens your eyes.

So I guess until Ash comes back I'm gonna be spending a lot of time at home. I dont want to be one of the statistics, plus the fear of having my face slashed is enough to keep me at home even if I do want to go out. It is sad that in this day and time, with all the rights women have fought for and have got, and with all the stuff we know about taking care of ourselves, we are still not safe.