Patience honey

I hate waiting. I hate staring at the ceiling, waiting to be seated, waiting to be waited, waiting in queues, waiting for my test result, waiting the day to hit 00 01, waiting for someone to finish his sentence. My god just paddle up and finish your sentence. I simply hate waiting especially with the hot rising weather here. I bet one could not wait outside, without shedding a sweat. In my case, I will look like someone who just fell into a puddle. If i could remember every steps of my life, I am positive i begged my mom to push me out of her womb.


Not to say that I am unreasonably impatient, there are things that are worth waiting for..... I guess I could not think of any right now. I know you'll be thinking what triggered me to share my sudden outburst of frustration?

Ani bah,me suruh bibi si Fidah to goreng ayam. I left Uni 30 minutes ago, and she's still mengoreng..

Frust me...


Oh, Fidah just walked in smelling like Chicken! Yay, Chicken's done, looking crispy golden! I guess this is one reason to be patient ya, the thought of hot crispy and soft chicken thigh slipping down my throat.. HEAVEN

GTG! My chicken is waiting! Patience honey, a proper goodbye wouldn't hurt.


See you another day reader.. :) :) Bye bye ..


Whatever, I'm signing out, sajuk ayam ku!


Toodles,

Look out for PERVES!

After feeling obligated to informally warn you about 'pervetism', I decided to blog, instead of dozing-off right after driving back home from Fidah's place, not studying, but sleeping on her dining hall floor, stuffed after having 2 bungkus of nasi katok. Not bad, not bad, I usually have four. Not so proud of it, but ya, I am. This morning I had a reality check on how fat I've become. There are many ways ya to identify so called 'fatness factors'. In my case, tonnes emerged as indicators, but I chose to ignore any but this one *remain anonymous* which I FIGURED out this morning, need some chilling to do! So, I decided to cut down on food from today, from 4 to 2 nasi katok, from 4 packs of indomee, to 2 maybe.Oh well, let's see how long that will last, before I start craving for 4 instead of 2.

But I'm not the pervert!

Couple of days ago, after vigorous thrill on finishing up my essay, I decided to blog on it, on which it was posted as 'The End'. To spice things up, I posted it as Al-Khatimah. Unfortunately, being completely illiterate in Arabic language, which I may confuse Ba with BUTT, and Ta with TART. So, to save the embarrassment, I texted the expert.

Texting fidah - click click click click that says

- * Sayang ku... What's The End in Arabic? mwah *

Tutt Send Message.

Apparently, being so champion in texting has its disadvantage, I texted to a slightly wrong number. Couple of hours later I got a text in from that person, very disturbing reply, time was around 6 am, in which most 'healthy men' has something in common in the morning, I called it 'Morning Happiness', . I read it and it says:

Who is the name? :)
You man or woman? :)
You pastii lawa.... :) Oohh...

End text.


Pervert! As a man, I feel violated :S *I was in my pajamas* For a woman, she would feel visually raped, I think.. I don't know, you tell me. All joke asides! It was 6am and that's all he could think of? Does the wife even know? I bet its the morning happiness talking. Kapisan ni bini nya hahaha *wink*. I would have entertained if the text was put in a decent and romantic way hahaha *orgasmic laugh*

BA=Butt NAH!

The moral of the story is...men out there, next time let the big head do the talking, don't let the small head take charge, you might end up texting something that you regret a minute later.

Signing out,


Modern Economist.

A Special Dedication

I am absolutely positive that in a group of friends,

it has a mixture of singles and couplets. Both with opposing ideas, defending their status qou, noting one is more superior than the other. In my case, I had little opportunity to embrace my life as a single bloke who had too much to drink. Yesh, I am almost in a 7 years relationship, ever since i was 16 years old. The age when dating was difficult and driving was illegal.

Much little exposure have I experienced.

Nevertheless, never will I regret to forgo all those things,

when I know waiting for me is my

sweet cupcake, with her baju kebaya, sown in with

glittering beads.

I dedicate this post to my dearest love, you know who you are.

For 7 years, You have shone light at me with that sweet smile of yours.

You have looked into my eyes with those amazing eyes and sincerely accept me of who I am.

And never once you have looked at me and shown even an ounce of despair or disappointment.

You have been there by my side cracking jokes and together WE share a synchronize laugh.

You have 'unintroduce' me to silence with your laughter.

You have leaned your shoulders for me to lean.

You have given confirmation when our story needs a boost of support.

We have given both comfort, when one is thirsty for hearing those three little words

'I love you'.

However, Never have you cast a doubt saying those three words

You have hold my hands and say everything will be alright when things are off the chart

Never have you said to me my weight is a problem and ask me to lose weight.

You have given me many chances to rectify my mistakes and never thrown me out

in the cold without given me a shawl to stay warm.

You have a pure heart with my name engraved in gold all over it.

You have been there for me in sick and in good health.

You are a conservative yet you let an economist to

hold your hands to be seen by public

The most important thing is.......

You

have define love for me

and

never will I let go.

Signing out

Modern 'jiwang' Economist

Al Khatimah (The End)

The only word that can describe my feeling now is RELIEF! REE- LIEFF! After two weeks struggling and straining my eyes reading tonnes of articles and books, and the books aren't accessible, it is like reading an old transcript from the 16th centuries! BUtt at last, my essay, it is done to the last dot! It might not be my best work yet, but i shall make an exception for this essay. At the end, what is more enlightening is the effort you have put into it. I guess that is all that matters.

Butt the agony does not stop today, it's revision time to battle the up coming exam in less than two weeks. Oh god, I will be munching more too. You see, 5 months ago people see me, I have this great body for which undoubtedly people have been wondering, eh Syami kah tu? he lose his baby fats! ( Although I am puzzled with the baby remark) I have passed that phase like ages ago, the only acceptable remark would be adult fats.

"Liposuction ni mesti ni mesti"

God, I have to say that I have gained a lot i tell you, for the past few months. Beyond your absolute imagination! So, hint hint jangan tekajut kalo terserempak dengan me ahh..Too embarrass to even go out and seen in public! My face and physique shall not be seen in daylight for NOW! I sneak out at night, to breathe some fresh air and feel some night breeze and dash in back inside. I am so fat one could come up with a silly and yet offensive joke,

"Did u eat your whole family?" No silly, I just ate half of them!

My mum kept on taunting me, Eh baik ko diet after this! You beat up the size of a TONG i.e tong cement. Okay, MOTHERRR ! I will ...geesshh . But ya i know she puts it with good intention. Ya, so treadmill and weight lifting right after exam! A serious make-over people!

Alright,

Singing out,

Modern Economist.

The power of assumptions

Yesh, i am on the verge of hanging myself trying to finish my last essay for my whole academic life! I was reading this book, it's called Economic methodology and funny how the author included a joke under the footnote. But the joke is really funny, and yesh it might only be seen as hysterical to the economist! cause i tried it on Fidah, it didn't work :S she went huh? So strap on your funny belt people!

The joke was widely disseminated in universities all over the world! awu Banar di UK, di US, d Thailand! and ani me mau disseminated di Brunei. Tani mana buleh ketinggalam joke cani cani kan. I feel the joke is useful in understanding the need of assumptions, disregarding the realism of it. You see, economist 'assume' a lot and it becomes a joke to other field of academics. When this joke popped up, i realise i can twist it to a point that it becomes highly relevant on how important it is to make assumption, to make a simplified end.

Here it is:

“An economist, an engineer, and a chemist were stranded bah sama sama di pulau pilung-pilungan. Sekali inda tia ada makanan, kecuali yang ada satu tin basar ayam Sabli . Tapi masalah nya...nada bah pembuka tin! Cana tah kan tu membuka. Sekali, after various unsuccessful exercises in applied science by the engineer and the chemist aimed at opening the tin, but sadly unable to do so. Lapar tia dorang ani, kriuk kriuk parut dorang. Kan di gigit tin atu, karang sumbing gigi pulang tah nada dentist antara dorang tiga ani hahaha *atu me ketawa tu*. Bepikir dorang kan, eh si economist ani inda lapar kah. So, dorang tulih arah si economist ani who all the while had been wearing a superior smile, looking smart and intensely thinking, ‘Eh jubur, kalo ko apa ko buat?? kami ani dari tadi udah mencuba pakai skill kami ani, ko alum tah menulung nulung. Cuba dehhhh’. *melandih nyamuuu~*

Sekali di jawab nya tia dengan tone yand sedap, ‘Me~~

?

Masa ani me meng- ASSUME tani ada can-opener’

hahahahaha cali cali~~

I thought it was really clever and funny! but i guess you don't ya?

Anywhooo,

Ani nah yang apa me dapat pelajari...

This is one joke that in a way help explain the importance of assumptions, whether it is realistic or unrealistic. It is however unrealistic to assume that there was a tin-opener, simply because there was not. However, the assumption itself provides many answers which can be answered only through the imaginative power.

My point being is that the economist made a contribution on a future oriented way. The notion that the economist made the assumption entails a great deal of prediction. What happens if we had a can-opener, it will be opened and shared. Rhetorical questions will arise, whether it would suffice for three? Would it be each ones favorite? Would one maximize utility by ‘killing’ the other two? Banar jua kan, all these can be written as what will happen and be prepared for the rainy and desperate days.

In a nutshell~ Assumption is important lah to compact the dynamic and to make possible of the impossible. It provides imaginative answers that yet to be tested but powerful enough to provide answer for economist. Therefore, assumptions are important for prediction and shaping a theory, which may not even have to be tested for realism

So, i hope my lecturer like the idea :S otherwise...Adui...

p/s My beloved course mates, please cite me if you wish to 'borrow' the idea, Thank you!

Signing out,

Modern Economist.

Sata 160GB please..GOO SPIRITT!!

Ohh my gawdd,

*Maluuu ME lagiii*

You could not believe what happened today!! The worst ordeal one could ever experience! Heart pounding! Armpit sweating! inexhaustable liquid drainage! Whatever pores you could imagine on your body secreting some sort of sweats!

At around 8 30am....

My computer crashed!!

The bad news is I never had a back up! The worst news is I have one unfinished essay stuck in it which needs to be submitted this Saturday, 3000 words to be exact of which i spent the whole subuh yesterday to proof read it... inda fruitful bah mun udah rusak computarrr..

BUTT (thanks Khai and Tajul) believe there is still hope! So i went to Besseller to get it fixed. I went to the service centre and i met Richard and pemalas usulnyaaaa...macam inda mau bah ia kan ngusai. He said he will get it check and call me up in an hour or so.

So, i went off to just wait for his call with the diagnosis! But before i left, I decided to get a hard-disk. Bear in mind, I am no tech savvy and I definitely do not know the name or anything about laptop internal components *NADA* trust me! You could say, if there was an award for it, ME manang kali.

So, I went to the retail, and then I approach a very nice saleslady, and the conversation started off with;

Me: Excuse me, do you sell hard-disk? *malu-malu cause takut salah sabut..Hard-dith, takut sumbing bah nyabut*

Saleslady: *duhhh* is what she should have said. But she's really nice (ia tau ME nampak talur usulnya), so she said

Of course, right here sir! Then she pointed to a section of the glass display...

*Okay, You see to be honest, the last time i saw a hard-disk was early last year, and it has a nice cover. So, the one she showed me on the glass display looked like an electrical conductor and it looked like it was inside out* So bangang berabis... i did not know what to say nor do. Completely speechless and horrid! :S

So i asked


Me: errrr...which one?

Saleslady: Well, this is an IDE 120GB, and this one is an IDE 100GB, and lastly, this one is a SATA 160GB.

Me: *dengan bimbo nya...* But they are all external hard-disk right?

Saleslady: Yes sir *she is probably thinking, si kalur jua anak ani*


Me: *Uwaa me malu*

So I said, I assume the SATA has the highest memory capacity? and obviously more expensive. And do you mind me asking why does it look like it is inside out? The last time i saw a hard-disk, it was pretty, colored and solid looking. This just looks wrong... Are you sure this is an external hard-disk?? * eep, dengan confident nya me mencritic product ani*

Saleslady: Oh Sir~ you must buy the casing separately* Then you fit it in...Then it will look like as what you have described :S toing toing toing

*uhhhhh sungguh malu...patut tah macam electrical conductor...rupanya alum be casing*


So, now i am back on track! Although my computer is selahau masih, but i got all my data back! All the sweating gone! Pores all closed up! Baik jua, i was a bit worried draining all these stuff out of me :S


Anyway, the moral of the story is:

1. Modern economist has revealed that he may not be tech savvy :S

2.Get an external hard-disk, get your work backed up.

I was the type of person who does not believe in such because i thought by carefully maintaining my laptop abstain from such trouble! But after this horrific ordeal, I am starting to back up my work starting now! ni awal ani..nampak kamu?

So, get a Hard-disk, get a SATA!

Piece out!

Modern Economist - tech challenge.

A world without moooney

Yesh, i bet everyone could have guessed it correctly! A world without money would simply resort to the old school of exchange that is barter trade. For the benefit of those who has never sat for economic courses, in a nutshell,

'Barter trade' means the exchange of goods not with the means of money, just simply direct exchange of goods. The value will be determined by preferences and wants. For example (cikgu ku ni ajar dulu...), 2 apples for 3 pears. So, the price of an apple would be 1.5 of pears. And the problem is finding 'double coincidence of wants'. Baik ku mau pears for apple, mana tau aku mau meja. So, it is difficult to have a double coincidence of wants. You get the picture how that system did not prevail right?.

My point being, have you actually give yourself a minute to think what would happen if we were still in that place?

I did,and i think this is what would happen.

Scenario 1

A world with money:

When you ask your parents for money. You would say mama~ papa~ minta usin and mun kana tanya bali apa, you would either tell the truth or lie. As convenient as that.

Imagine a world without money: The storyline would go a little bit different and shorter.

Mama~ Papa~ Minta sigup~ (NAH NYANGKU kana tampar)..

Scenario 2

A world with money:

If you go to a gas station to get your tank filled. You normally say

*hijau, $10 ahhhh..* bepaluh-paluh tu kalo aku, cos panas bah ia suruh off engine..

A world without money:

It would sound something like this..

*Hijau, errr... mau ko kueh bahulu? * hancur eh..banyak bahulu tu di station atu mun di terima nya..

Scenario 3

A world with money:

An English man walking down at a redlight district in Bangkok. Suddenly, he's craving for some 'meat' *merati merati saja ahh...*.

Then, masuk tia to one of the 'butcher' store *paham paham saja lagi ahh..*.

Yo, how much man? sepuluh $20 $40? laju eh..gitau ku..

See how convenient money is to our 'daily' economic transaction. Life is just so simple with money. You can put a price on somthing and go for it! In this case, MEAT!

Again, imagine the world without money:

The storyline would be..

Englishman: Excuse me butcher~

Butcher *Ia orang thailand kan ni* : Halo, Kapkun ya ya!

Englishman: Apakan si kalur ani.

Anyway, are you willing to accept a pack of cigarette for one piece of 'meat'?

So the the butcher might response 'yes' or 'no'. He might be interested for a pack of cigarettes (murah tu eh) or simply says no!

The problem arises when he says no! why?

Firstly, because the white man ani gitik2 udah kan makan meat. Inda ia sabar. So problem jua tu.

Secondly, now they have to sit and discuss and come to an agreement. Apa ia mau in return for meat ani. Batah jua tu kan..What if ia mau ikan, i mean literally ikan. Payah lagi kan ke pasar kan..Hilang moood yo...

So the moral of the story is....

You see money is the most convenient way to make transactions to occur. Although, some old time economist had figured that out, but i am sure the examples used were not convincing enough(until now) for us to appreciate how valuable and important money is to our contemporary world!

Dengan itu, value paper money okay and appreciate its existence

Cheers.

Modern Economist.