Reality Check - Pay Up Taxes!

Mood-O-Meter : Hyped Up
On The Jukebox : My Place - Nelly
Blog Snack : Tropical Fruit Yoghurt

Just got a dose of reality check. It whacks me straight in the face - I HAVE TO PAY TAXES! Turning 24 this year, I have to admit that I am still very much dependent on my parents. I still drive their car to work, they still provide me shelter, food provided for when I go back to Ipoh. Filling up my tax forms today suddenly made me realize that increasingly I will be independent of my parents, able to support myself. Someday when my parents get old and frail, I would have to support them as well. Geez, that's a scary thought. Gone were the days when I was joyriding in mom's Proton Saga with my 'P' sticker stuck on both windshields. LOL.

On a lighter note, next week yours truly will be attempting to scale Gunung Tahan. 4 days and 3 nights of hiking, sleeping in tents, eating canned food, drinking unhygenic water from streams, and digging holes in the ground to take a shit. I suspect this is a new and easier route for amateurs, since I have heard horror stories of accomplished climbers having a torrid time scaling the mountain in 1 WEEK. Nevertheless, I am EXCITED as hell about this adventure.

What's getting me even more excited is that Wei Ming will be coming back from USA for Summer. We gonna have a blast of a time. I'm gonna whoop you so bad in court! LOL. Can't wait for you to get your ass back here, girl. MUACHZ!

Survival Of The Fittest

Mood-O-Meter : Depressed
On The Jukebox : An Episode Of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Blog Snack : Baskin Robbins Peanut and Choc Ice Cream

Lately there has been a big HOO HAH about 18,000 of our country's young graduates being unemployed. What does this mean to the leaders? Corporate Malaysia not big enough to provide jobs for them? Or are our graduates ain't good enough to be hired? Here's a Jakun's take at the current situation.

For years Malaysia is pushing for a developed nation, to the extent that any Tom, Dick and Harry (or Ali, Ahmad dan Abu) would be sent to universities to pursue their degrees. Of course, we do not want to discourage these youths of Malaysia, don't we? So we practically hand the degree to those that are unfit to graduate (for those that busted their butts off and deserved it, good for you mates). I was once a fresh graduate, full of confidence, to the extent that I get really arrogant, cocky, and think that no employer is good enough for me. I was fortunate that I reality struck me early and I was made to eat humble pie (though I am still cocky). So we have a double edged sword threatening to slice us up: cocky graduates who has high employment standards and graduates that suck big time.

The admission requirements got to be tightened, to make sure that the creme d'la creme of Malaysian youths are admitted to Universities. Universities and corporations need to collaborate to introduce a curriculum that equips future graduates with skills and knowledge essential when they join the work force. For those that did not make it, TOO FUCKING BAD for them. They would have to accept the fact that they did not make the cut. The determined ones would keep on trying (kudos to this group), while the others will have to accept the fact that they are deserve to languish at the bottom of the food chain. If/When this happens, perhaps we would have less foreign workers in the country?

My apologies if I have offended anyone with this posts. It is mean and cruel, but hell, this is a world where Only The Strong Survives.