Should I really join Facebook - Priceless and so True...

Folks, I got this in my email and since this is so relevant to the lives of folks in their golden age, I am sharing it here. Read on...

A good laugh for people in the over 50 group !!! Also for those who know people like us.

When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space..

That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.

My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.

The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue Tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it,and I got a little loud.

I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship.

When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.

To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.

The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look.

I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot."

P.S.I know some of you are not over 50. I sent it to you to allow you to forward it to those who are.

Have a nice day.

 

Note:This piece was posted earlier in my other blog.

Zaharan's world view!...

Saturday October 9, 2010. It was 10:30 AM. I am at  the Seremban R & R area waiting for Zaharan to arrive. I was to pick him up after the Sungei Besi Toll Plaza but he was not there. I call him and he told me that he is in front of the Sapura Building. That mean he is on the wrong road. I had told him specifically to wait for me after the Sungei Besi Toll Plaza between 9:00AM to 10:00AM. There is a KFC there and parking spaces. One does not stop anywhere one like on the Highway. Obviously he does not know there are other highways to the south leading to the North South Highway and did not follow my direction to the later.

I had invited him to go to Malacca with me on October 9, 2010 since I am going there for a meeting. Asmah my spouse is not coming. Just before I left home this morning he call and said that he had overshot the rendezvous place and would wait further up. I then drove the Honda and after the Sungei Besi Toll Plaza start looking for him but he was not in sight. I call him and he told me he is on the side of the road near the Sapura Building. I told him the Sapura Building is not on the North South Highway and there are many parallel roads to the south and that he is not on the proper North South Highway. I told him to take a taxi to the next Rest Area which is at Nilai but he told me that he was riding his bike[Kapcai Motorcycle]. Well obviously I could not turn around and pick him there and told him to meet at the next Rest Area at Nilai. And when I arrived at the Nilai Rest Area I found it was closed for redevelopment and there is no way to stop there and besides it is not a safe place for him to park his bike. I tried to call him but because he was riding his bike there was no way he could talk on the cell phone. At least I know the next time he looks at his cell phone he would see a missed call. I then continue to the next R & R  area which is the Seremban stop. I drove on and eventually got to the Seremban R & R area; found that it is packed to capacity with cars and folks having a break/tea/lunch. I found a car lot and parked my car. Then I got a call from him telling me to hold on. I told him that I am now at the Seremban R & R area and repeatably told him of the place and that I would wait for him here.

So here I am writing this as I wait for him. Well that is what happens when one had not adept to the culture of city living. Probably he thought that it is like Dungun or Kuantan where one could easily turn around but this is a city with millions of cars traveling everywhere at a given time. The North South Highway is always full of traffics and there is only one Sungei Besi Toll Plaza to the south. That is why I told him to wait for me after that toll plaza but it look like he has yet to come to grasp of the culture of living here. It could be my mistake but then I told him specifically to be there. I did that in writing and not through the cell phone. I post a message in his FB so that he got the correct message. Well, as the Malay saying ‘Nasi dah jadi bubor’ translate the ' the rice has become porridge'. Anyway since he insisted that he would catch up with me he rode his bike all the way here at the Seremban Rest Area. I would wait for him here as long as I could and hope that he would arrived at the right spot this time [time now is 10:50AM ] and I am having a Teh Tarik and waiting. Not to waste time I am writing this on my laptop. The Wifi here is not that good so I have to post this when I arrived in Malacca. Well that is what happens when one does not follow direction properly. We are lucky in these days and age in that we have the cell phone and could communicate. Without that there were no possibilities of getting in touch with him. I hope my friend Zaharan, a former lecturer and journalist would understand the culture of folks differs from place to place. That things changes with times and places do change too like that Nilai Rest and Recreation Area where we were planning to meet. It is now in a mess and closed from the public. So like I had related above the Seremban Rest Area is the next best place I could wait for him. And I am waiting here. Eventually he arrived. We had lunch there and then he join me on the trip to Malacca which he had not seen for the last twenty five years. He left his bike at the parking lot and I told him I do not want to know and that on the return trip I had to drop him on the other side of the Highway. I am wondering of how he is going to get to this side of the Highway to collect his Bike but thought that he is big enough to figure it out.

Well folks it is important that one do one's homework before going on any venture especially in a city like Kuala Lumpur. Even the local resident like me who have been living here for almost forty years still got lost if I do not planned my trip well ahead. BTW last September 15 Zaharan was to fly to Taiwan for his first leg of his Cycling Adventure in China. At the eleventh hours he was not allow to board the plane to Taiwan because he did not have a return ticket. So now he has almost aborted that cycling trip to China. I had told him to do all the visa things here in KL before leaving on his trip. Obviously he did not get that message well like this message to pick him up at the Toll Plaza at Sungei Besi. Because of that he had to ride all the way to the Seremban R & R area to catch up with me. Well it look like he had to learn the new culture of living in the city. Interesting eh! This story of Zaharah!!.

The first image shows me waiting for Zaharan at the Seremban R & R area  having Teh Tarik and writing this, whereas the second shows Col.Yap with Zaharan at my condo in Malacca.

Have a nice day.

Grandparents' Answering Machine...

Folks, I got this on the email. In these days of electronic the function of the phone has change our lives. This may happen when you call your parent's home. BTW I am still using the same old landlines phone and have yet to go totally electronic. Anyway read on...


"Good morning!

At present we are not at home, but please leave your message after you hear the beep.

beeeeeppp ...

If you are one of our children, dial 1 and then select an option from 1 to 8:

If you need us to stay with the children, press 1

If you want to borrow the car, press 2

If you want us to wash your clothes and iron them, press 3

If you want the grandchildren to sleep here tonight, press 4

If you want us to pick up the kids at school, press 5

If you want us to prepare a meal for Sunday or to have it delivered to your home, press 6

If you want to come here to eat, press 7

If you need money, press 8

If you are going to invite us to dinner, or to take us to the theater, start talking ;
we can hear you!"

Have a nice day folks.

Of Golden age... Just be careful eh!

Folks, I received this email from a friend and thought that it is a good one to share around especially to those in the golden age like me. Instead of just forwarding it I am sharing it here for everyone to enjoy. Perhaps learn a thing or two about life. I have edited the original for clarity, so here it its goes:-

"And elderly couple was sitting in their living room, talking about life... In-between, they talked about the idea of living or dying.

He said to her:

'Dear honey, never let me live in a vegetative state, totally dependent on machines and liquids from a bottle.
If you see me in that state I want you to disconnect all the contraptions that are keeping me alive,
I'd much rather die'.

Then the good wife got up from the sofa with this real look of admiration towards him...and proceeded to disconnect the TV, the Cable TV, the Astro, the Broadband, the DVD, the Computer, the Cell Phone, the iPod, the iPad and the MP3 player, and then went to the fridge and threw away all his favorite drinks!..

HE ALMOST DIED!.."

Folks, now that you have stopped laughing, do just be careful of what you ask for the next time. You may get what you wished for.... Have a nice day.

Blogtoon..

Friends, I found this cartoon. Its so relevant to the Malaysian blogging scene now. Much as I had enjoyed it, I believe others would enjoy it as well. Thanks Norizan for highlighting it. Have a nice day.

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Something to Smile....

Well, it would be great if we all could be happy all day long.. I believe if we have positive attitude we would surely be happy always...So I thought that this few blogs the I visit recently would bring smile and perhaps some happiness..So do take a look and enjoy the day... Have a nice day....

Changing a light bulb ? ....

Well, the story of changing a light bulb have been going on forever, and it look like there is no end to these interesting stories about this simple appliance that 'brighten' our lives and we just took it for granted... Here is a great story ... Read on and have fun... Take care.

Smile!... It cost nothing to smile but It give others the beauty of life, which just could not be bought... It is a contribution that would makes life wonderful not only for yourself but to others that you makes contact when you smile... Is it not wonderful to have that special feeling of the wonder of a smile at the vary moment it happen.... You smile and the other smile back... You feel great and no amount of words could explain the enlivens and the feeling of love among us, so do smile for it not only brighten your day, its would as well brighten others as well... Once I visit a communist country and I was rather surprise that no one smile and when you look at them it is just like looking at a mannequin... Without the aura and the expression of love but instead you could feel that the person is afraid to even makes contact.... Maybe those people did not realized it but to us in Asia who are always friendly to others specially to strangers from another country, we fell the effect of such encounter.. It so inhuman... I believed that in a communist country that is so regimented, people do not like to make contact especially with strangers....Maybe they are afraid of being watch by big brother... But being in a free world we sometime forget that contact among human are an important factor of being human... When I was living in the USA, every time I walk among the crowed, some stranger would look at you and greet you by saying 'How you doing', or just 'Hi'!... And you return the greeting with a smile and reply that you are all right or simply 'Great'and end it of with 'Have a nice day or take care'... So you feel that you are not alone in the crowed...You are recognized and you exist in the crowed... But is some society people would just refused to make contact ... In Malaysia if you ask a stranger for help, He or She would try to help with a smile and it is a part of our culture to assist people who need a little information... That is our way and a thanks you and a smile would go a long way in making friends... So do smile for it cost nothing... Perhaps it could be the beginning of a new days of friendship in your life.... Who knows.... But if you refused to just smile or acknowledged a smile then you would be on the loosing end... For life is like that and someone has to start to communicate and it all start with a smile... Sure have a nice day and do not forget to Smile!!!

Someone shouted... Mouse! Mouse! Mouse! And some would scream and jump up the stools or whatever that are higher and sreeeam... And some would look just as scare.... For God sake!.. Why are this happening when one see a mouse... After all this mouse is just a small creature.... Actually not that bad looking and at time real cute... What make some people react in such way I wonder.... Perhaps it is in their gene.... Well that is us Human being... The most intelligent species of them all and yet we seem to be not that intelligent at all when confronted with a situation when we see a mouse crossing our path... The mouse actually do not care of our present at that space of time and were most probably on his or her way to a picnic some place interesting.... Who knows what's in the mind of this little creature.... Well we human are funny people... We sometime think the whole wide world is only for us and others like the mouse are a nuisance.... Well think again my dear friend, what would be life in this blue marble without those creature... I believe it would be a dull life indeed..... Mouse, Rat or Mice...Well call whatever you like and they really the same in some respect... They are everywhere and so what do we do with them... One thing I know for sure, they do not like places that are spot clean and they love the dirty and untidy places.... So if we do not want their company.... Do keep the places clean all the time and that is what we do to our habitat..... Well sometime they do appear.... Like I had just said.... May be they are on their way to somewhere else.... On a holiday I supposed.... Well do not think that only we human goes on holidays... They do too... I think!!!... Anyway... Let me tell of my interesting encounter with a little white mouse.... Some years ago, a small white mouse somehow got into the bowl of my toilet, the toilet is pink in color and on looking I saw this little creature trying very hard to get out of the bowl.... As we all know toilet bowls have smooth surface and it make its difficult to climb and get out of it.... When I first saw this mouse, it was trying very hard to climb and it just could not do it and in no time it would just drown in the toilet bowl..... So.. Since I do not like it to just die of drowning or by accident of flashing... Personally I do not like killing, anything alive for that matter... It is not in my gene and it never will.. I decided to save it for I always treasured life.... So how do I get this creature out....It is not that easy..... So after thinking about it, I got a long stick and holding one end put the stick into the toilet bowl touching the water.... The mouse began to panic and after a moment it just climb on the stick and walk up and as soon as it get to my hand, it panic again and bit my hand and then jump to safety....And that was the last I saw of this white mouse..... Well I did saved this little creature but in the process got bitten by it.... It is no joke to get bitten by a rat or a mouse... Now it is my turn to worry..... So I decided to get to the nearest doctor since I am worry about being bitten by a mouse....I rush and on the advise of the doctor, I got a jab and that was it... So as you know it is dangerous to get bitten by a rat or mouse, it might transmit disease that are harmful to us human.... So lucky for me I managed to get a jab fast and I believe doing that help me to get rid of whatever disease including the psychology one..... I am happy that I got the mouse out of the toilet bowl and I believed it really did not want to bite me... It was just an accident.... I am glad that I saved a life....That is important to me.... I am happy that I did that and up till now I remember saving this little mouse... This is true story and a life experiences... A small episode in the journey of my life.... Well.. That is life... And now about the story of mouse again.. Another kind of mouse.... I believe we all have a friendly mouse by our side beside the computer now, for without it we would not be able to operate the computer with ease.... With the electronic mouse it makes communicating and interacting with the computer much simpler... Actually the mouse has become a very important part of our computer... It is an extension of ourselves and the computer.. I have a wireless one, as well as the wired one and both are as friendly and I know this one do not panic and would bite me.... The other way may be... In frustration or in depressions we might bite this mouse...It is alright.... It is just another electronic tools... Well that is the story of the mouse.... What would we do without this electronic mouse.... I just do not know and until they find another way to communicate with the commuter.... we all must have a mouse all the time beside us..... The one I am using now is rather cute and I love it.... So life is like that.... We human and the creature had to cooperate if we were to survived in this blue planet of ours.... Look! Look! There is a mouse under your table.... So here are some mouse...... Have a nice day.....

....... Cheer Up and Have a Nice Day.... Be happy and do not worry..... That is life...... That is the way it is..... so be happy and enjoy.....

It is the First of April.... It is the April fool Day...... We use to play April fool those days when we were young during the school days of the colonial era.... It was fun but now not many people understood the meaning of April fool and April the first just passes by in a wimp.... nobody care and life goes on as usual...... Well time has changes and so are the people. I guess they have better things to do then to make joke or fun of some one... Well those were the days and it bring fond memories of the good times.....so let us move forward and help our own kind to progress and give more love and peace so that this world of ours continue to be a better place to live and enjoy life.......My friends on this April Fool day.... Just have fun and enjoy, forgive and forget.... If you remember the day we share those jokes, then it is good, for me for I had my fun in those days when were all young.... We are now in our golden age..... and be thankful for all that we have had and hope the the days and months ahead would be as enjoyable as today, for we have no reason not to be happy.... Remember we are yet given another day to live and enjoy life.... So let live and give as much as we could so that others may enjoy as well..... Have a nice day...

.......Hi there, do count it, I am not that sure how many of them....Well keep counting and have fun.....Please do take time to look at the images....thanks