Shot this photo at my parent’s house this morning. These nylon strings that hang on the kitchen wall look similar generally but in deep they are so differnt either in terms of their individual size, length or color.

These string reminded me of the “1 Malaysia” concept which is all over the paper and electronic media recently. It is a bit frustrating that after being independent for 52 years, our government seen to be rolling back to the starting point and hardselling that all Malaysian are the same and should be united under the idea of “Satu Malaysia”. Nowaday even a little kid can shout “Satu Malaysia” loudly but does it means anything?

We can’t deny that we all are Malaysian. Since kindergarden, we were taught to respect every races and religious and we were also taught that we all are living together peacefully in this country. Why the government still need such concept to be repeated non-stop wherever we go?

Eventhough we heard of the “Satu Malaysia” concept for quite sometime already but why we still see so many things that happened around us that is totally contradict to it. We saw politicians sparkling the racial issue just to fight for their own benefits, we saw people disrespecting other religion, we saw unequal privileges but sad to say we hardly see the truth when it come to the interests of the public.

I believe as we grew up many of us started to reliase that eventhough we all are Malaysian but in deep we are so different. Just like the string, they look alike in general but they become mess when hang together simply because they are uniquely different.

Starting from tomorrow all Muslims around the world are going to perform their “puasa” or fasting during the month of Ramadan. That means my favorite  Ramadan Bazaar is back with all sort of traditional Malay delicacies. For years, I just can’t resist to stop by the bazaar whenever i pass by on my way home. Unfortunately for this year i have to restrict my visit to the always crowded Ramadan Bazaar since my wife is in her final month of pregnancy while the influenza H1N1 is still spreading with unprecedented speed.

For all Muslims, wishing you all  “Selamat Berpuasa”

Last week i faced the problem of faulty harddisk with my 10 months old Dell laptop. The system simply unable to deter any harddisk whenever it started up. The worst thing was that i was unable to access to the Dell’s online support for troubleshooting as my laptop was totally dead. My only choice was to get my brother-in-law to assist me to do some troubleshooting over the phone and report the hardware fault to Dell via his pc.

Shortly after the report was made, i received an email from the technical support officer informing that the arrangement had been made for the technician to be onsite to fix the system for me on the next bussiness day. As promised, the technician came to my office to get the system fixed on the next day. The consignment slip on the box indicated that the new harddisk was sent from K.L about an hour after i received the email. The whole process from reporting the fault until system fixed merely took less than 2 business days. Considering the time for the replacement part to be delivered from K.L to Kuching, i would say that Dell technical support is doing a great job to get my system fixed.

The technician only took few minutes to get the faulty part replaced but it took me hours of time just to reinstall those softwares and updates simply because of the broadband service in our country which still far below expectation.

These photos were took 2 days ago when the air pollution index in Kota Samarahan area went up to the unhealthy level. Despite the unpleasant haze and heat, this painter still standing high on the working platform outside the 60.0 ft tall building rushing to touch up the stained wall for the coming event in 2 days time. I was wondering that at the end of the event, is there any of the VIP bother about the wall painting.

I have no idea how much he is paid for his tough and risky job but i believe he deserved my respect. For me that greatest person in construction is neither those architects nor engineers, it is the workers who risk their life doing the tough jobs under the sun.

August is the month full of happenings starting with the Sarawak Regatta 2009, Kuching City Day celebration and our “Merdeka” day. As usual we can see our “Jalur Gemilang”  everywhere we go as our minister is urging all citizen to raise the flag just to show their love toward the nation. Frankly speaking i do not have any flag at my house or my car, so does it imply that i do not love my country? Nope,  i do love my country, just that in my own way.