From marionpoutanendotcom

Yesterday I read an article on "The World's Most Dangerous Highway" and it featured 5 of the most dangerous highways that you can find in this precious little planet. Number one if I'm not mistaken is a mountain highway in Bolivia or somewhere, which is not surprising really considering how hilly the South American continent can be. The Patagonia for example - huge highland area, breathtaking view, brilliant. The road was not paved and there's a 3000 feet drop by the roadside. Lorries and buses use this highway regularly so imagine the horror of driving a Kancil for instance.
Number two was a highway in Russia which connects Moscow with a small town at the farthest edge of the Russian Federation called Yakutsk. If I'm not mistaken. It was the only highway that connects between this two far separated city, and it was not paved. The road can get awfully muddied and traffic jam could last for weeks. I'll try to re-trace back the website where I read the article and post one or more pictures of the highway. The reason why the traffic jam can take that long is because vehicles get trapped in the mud (I think, judging from the picture posted in the article). But I think that highway is kind of beautiful really. Which then rekindled my long lost affection towards Russia. Back then when I was in secondary school, I really liked Russia a lot. I don't why. There's just something about the small villages and towns outside Moscow, covered in snow, looking beautifully solitary. And then there was the Great Russian Railroad. Which is a part of my plan after graduation - I planned to go to Moscow and then take the days-long train ride from Moscow to Vladivostok. Sounds interesting, exciting, and painfully boring also at the same time.

Pavement (band)

02. Trigger Cut - Wounded-Kite at 17

Now, how much do I have to save for a two weeks or more trip to Russia?

09. Here

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09 Unintentional Tape Manipulations

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73-2731

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Obtained from edwardcolverdotcom

Since my brain is still in 'stand by' mode, or 'sleep', this entry should be a lot shorter.
After Radiohead, Saul Williams, Amplive and The Charlatans UK, now it's Trent Reznor's outfit Nine Inch Nails' turn to release an album on internet on free download. The best part is they offer a number of options depending on sound quality with one described as better than CD quality. I thought: "Wow!". Check it out at theslip.nin.com

01. Human Behaviour

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God forbid

Ever since my financial crisis took a turn for the worst, I've been having this urgency inside me to write more. Which is good, but if only you have anything good and worthwhile to write about. Otherwise it's just a useless excess of weird and uncontrollable emotion that's only contributing more towards global warming. Or HFMD virus outbreak. The other thing is that if only that urgency is saying: "Hafeez, go and write your masterpiece!" but instead it doesn't. What it actually made me do is this - rambling on about practically nothing. But then it's a good start either. Nowadays everybody only cares to read about nothing. They only care to read about rubbish. Like my colleague sitting beside me right now, browsing through forwarded forwarded forwarded e-mail about the new Proton MPV (which was actually a joke). So there you go; rubbish everybody. Now feed on it.

08 - Where It's At

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00769

I just had a brilliant idea (which occurred possibly around last week). For something that's called groundbreaking literature: mis-fit writing. It's about fraction of a person's memory that's being told in a first person point of view but the plot keeps on collapsing and changing suddenly and leaving the reader absolutely stunned and confused. If literary works in the form of novels or short stories or poems or plays were written with the sole intent of telling story in a clear way, this method is the complete way around. It does not want to tell any story - in fact it has no story to tell at all. Mis-fit writing is about wasting time reading. You know how people love to read garbages like Hai, Mangga, Mastika and the lot? The same thing applies here. Mis-fit writing is meant to shock and infuriate and disgust people. It is meant to be unpleasant and foul and hated. It is meant to leave everyone completely confused. When you read a mis-fit writing work, you can't even tell which is the beginning and which is the ending; which is the reality (of the story) and which is the imagination of the character (of the story). The line between reality and fantasy is blurred. Nothing is real, nothing is imaginary. Everything is tangible, everything is not tangible. What is possible is also impossible. What is impossible is also possible. The whole work looks like it is falling apart and yet it sticks together because it needs one another. Mis-fit writing is about making two things that seems separable works together. Mis-fit writing is about making two things that seems inseparable cannot work together. It's not putting the puzzle pieces together; it's not about winning the chess game; it's not about completing the crossword puzzle; it's not about solving sudoku; mis-fit writing is all about that one moment where absolutely everything happens and absolutely nothing happens. It's about putting two extreme polars together. Mis-fit writing is not about winning any accolades or awards; it's just meant to criticize simple minded people who only cares for/about other people's lives instead of the world; the politics, the economy, the global crises. The real threat that we're all facing. Mis-fit writing is meant to remind future generations about the one time where everyone was ignorant towards the world they were living in. Mis-fit writing is about telling future generations that if the world is about to destroy at that time, they know they only have us to blame. Because we fucked with their chance of a bright future. Mis-fit writing is to be as selfish as possible; like how we are at the moment.

06. Burn That Broken Bed

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Lofoten1

This entry will be full of story of failure, starting with:
Failing health - my grandfather (my father's father) is down with a cancer. Can't remember which part of his body but I know it is contributed by his heavy smoking. I still remember clearly those days when I was still in pre-school when I regard him to be my best friend. Of course, growing up and not seeing him a lot since then, that fondness towards him had grown lesser. He's a very small man and looked kind of frail but he always pride at his quite amazing bicep. He always told stories of how physically strong he is while flexing his muscle in front of the then awed me. But he's a very heavy smoker. But until today I still look at him as some sort of a hero; had a glorious heyday during his youth, downed enemies from the neighboring kampung, had many beautiful maids admiring him. But he also had a curious shine in his eyes that shows a sign of melancholic loneliness. I feel like giving him a hug.
Failing wealth - I have my final rm10 note in my wallet and I'm supposed to survive on that for at least another two weeks. Once I've spent that ten ringgit, all hell breaks loose. I've already spent all my coins saving; I can't possibly call my parents because they are also facing basically the same issue as I do; I can't call anyone really - my handphone is out of credit and I can't use the public phone because I'm out of coins. It has been for two consecutive nights that I've been having nightmares of Big Macs and teppanyakis and Pizza Hut. Just about the right time to have the craving for expensive foods. Damn it.

03. Go Slowly

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Woodstock 1969

Eeeverryyboddyy trrripping over! Children in one corner. Domestic women in one corner. Where is everybody else?! All board the ship! The great tsunami is coming. The end is nigh - for all men, young or old, handsome or ugly, professionals or jobless, example citizens or criminals, stupid or a little bit brilliant; they all have to die. Who of the two sex has brought all pain and injustice and sorrow and suffering in this world if not for the males?! For decades we have seen women being exploited and treated unjustly and unloved and it is all the males' fault. The world doesn't need the males. The males are the harbinger of doom! All religions in this world talked about the devil - who else best fit the description of the devil if not the males themselves. They kill, they rape, they steal, they sodomize, they create chaos, unrest and instability; why else do we still need them in this world. There are no exception. All males are the same! They are all killers! They are all liars! They are all the devil! Kill all the males! Rrrriiipp theeeiiirr heads off!!! Enough is eeennoouuugghhh!! The world does not need the males. Killlllll them aaaaallllllll!!!!!

02 Read Like A Number

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Screenshot

I did it! Last night. Installed Ubuntu. This is how my desktop looks like. Haven't tried much of its features yet because I was so tired last night. Went to bed at 10. Will post something more about it later. Banyak gile kerja ni.

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Bark Psychosis

I have finally decided after continously receiving weird error messages that does not make any sense and making my PC go all haywire to give up using Windows for good. After the launch of Vista I thought Windows will finally get the better of their OS' faults but no. I'm not using Vista of course since my PC is only Pentium 4, which is already jurassic age technology, but all my friends are using them and not even a single praise was heard, besides its' visually stunning GUI, which is in every bit and sense, very Apple-ish. It's like dressing a cow in a tracksuit - still not going to win any race. Or like the previous general election - despite all the talk of 'election tsunami', BN is still the ruling party and that sorry son-of-a-brat is still the Prime Minister; still the same old shit. I am on the other hand, however, is an XP user and for quite a while, I couldn't find any problem with it. It was very easy to use; it was a lot better than Windows 98; but on the same front, there wasn't any major changes made to the operating system. Well that's what it seems to me (computer geeks please do not begin a Windows XP debate/tutor with me).

What irks me most about Windows (generally) is its vulnerability. It is too easy to be hacked in; too easy to be attacked by virus; too easy to be paralysed by worms and spywares and a host of other things; but also too easy to be removed (reformatted), which is probably the only good thing. And that's what I'm about to do tonight - I'm going to reformat my PC and make it run on a different OS. I once dreamed of owning a Mac and I still does wet myself just at the thought of having a Mac until now. The only stumbling block for me is that they were all too joyfully expensive. Besides my PC is no Power Mac so no Apple for me. The other option I have is either the complicated Linux or the equally mind boggling Unix - which then I opt for Linux because I came upon this what must be a very stunning looking GUI of Ubuntu, an OS that was based on the Linux system. Find more information on Ubuntu yourself (you're reading this blog so you have got to be online) by typing in www.ubuntu.com in your internet browser, or go to Google search and type in 'I'm a computer geek'.

Later I will report whether Ubuntu is THE alternative to Windows.

Absent Friend

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