Dumb or Smart?

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you."

The barber put a five rupee coin in one hand and two one rupee coins (1+1=2) in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?"
The boy takes the two one rupee coins and leaves."What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store."Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take two one rupee coins instead of five rupee coin?"

The boy licked his cone and replied, "Because THE DAY I TAKE THE FIVE RUPEE COIN, THE GAME IS OVER............
Moral: When you think the other person is dumb, you are making a fool of yourself.

*The story is picked from www.vincentlim.blogspot.com...Thanks

A day trip to Tenom!!

At 10 AUGUST 2007, I had added another milsestone in Sabah. This time, the destination would be Tenom. A brief intro of Tenom, Tenom is a small town in Sabah well known for its coffee and of course here, there was lots of coffee plantations(but we did not managed to visit one). If Ipoh was famous for its Old Town's coffee, Sabah of course was well know for its Tenom Coffee. As I would say, I think i will prefer the aroma and taste of Tenom Coffee, but not much people in Peninsular would know Tenom coffee due to its lack of commercial publisity.

So, with 2 rented 880 Kancil, we rammed to Tenom, which is around 3++ hours drive from Kota Kinabalu.

I would consider these trip as the beginning of my photography trips, since this was considered the first time I tested out my camera since I received it.

So the first stop before reaching Tenom was Gunung Emas. Well, there was no Emas here, just the cold and fresh air breeze. The special things here, would be the tree top cabin, where you can book and stay on tree, if you don't mind the old look of the cabin.

One of the bugs sighted on a tree at Gunung Emas.

Manage to see the spider and the spider web??This picture to test the capability of my camera.

Using macro mode to capture the moss that grows on a tree

The speciality of Gunung Emas. The rooftop cabin

So after a short stop at Gunung Emas, we continued our journey to Tenom, and finally we reach Tenom town center. The first would be this Tenom Railway Station. The only Railway service found in Sabah.

The locomotive head. You will never see this is Peninsular anymore. But still in Tenom and some remote part of Sabah, this train is still an important mode of transport.

The Tenom railway station

Locomotive head on the move

After some brief stop at Tenom, we proceed on to the main destination of Tenom, Tenom Agricultural Park. The attraction here, you can found various species of plants, ranging from fruit plants to flower plants, and of course, some animals.

We had around 3++ hours walk unde the scorching hot sun and wheather. The park is quite big, but of course, you would expect all flora only. This might be my interest, but might not be someone else interest, plus walking under the real hot Mr Sun, some would not so prefer it. Some would say, what the hell we come all along to Tenom just to see plants of flowers?Haha...To me nevermind!Plants is another kind of living things, and they deserve to get attentions too!! And of course, some of the plants here you would not find them in other place.

I think is "he hua". Of all the pictures, I think this one the best pic I captured.
Another kind of rare orchid?It just looks like something, some animal that open the mouth wide open with its toungue?

Another rare orchid

The cactuses jungle

A group of geese

One of the lake found in the park.

Deers on the run.

The black lady

The carnivore plant, periuk kera!!

And I think I captured this picture nice too. This is buah tarap, and can only be found in Sabah only.I had only ate this fruits, but never see the plant before.

Actually for me, the main objective I came to Tenom is to find a fruit called Magic Fruit or Miracle Fruit. This fruit is special. Accordingly, if you eat this fruit before hand, than any other sour or bitter fruit or foods that followed on subsequently will become sweet. Its really magic. I had heard this story before hand, thats what make me wanna search for these fruits.

The sign indicating the Magic Fruit.

The leaves of Magic Fruit.

But somehow, I left the park a disappointed man as this fruit is really magic. There is no specific time for the plant to bear the magic fruit, thus I am unlucky. I din manage to taste the fruit, and my mission to Tenom, failed. Anyhow, I consider the trip is somehow still worthful, amid walking under the red hot sun.

After leaving the park, we proceed on to the Tenom market, just to bring back some souvenirs, of course the Tenom Coffee. After some short shopping, we travel back to KK, along the adventurous,dark, winding, uphill and downhill road without all the lamp post and finally we reach KK safely!!

To UM Vice Chancellor - Datuk Rafiah Salim

If any students out there had read the newsclips which was posted by New Straits Times on UM Vice Chancellor Datuk Rafiah Salim being boo-ed for her remarks at FIRST MALAYSIAN STUDENT LEADERS SUMMIT that students can freely express their views, well as a student I think I had the rights to expess my points of views here.

Newslinkhere:- http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20070806074513/Article/index_html

First of all, as one of the local university student, I think the behaviour of the group of students who boo-ed UM Vice Chancellor is considered "rude", and as a student I felt sorry for that, but be remind that their boos, is considered somekind of VIEWS too, although not in the proper ways, as I would said.

Secondly, I would like to point out to Datuk Rafiah Salim that she should had corrected her remarks, by saying that, public univesities student had the freedom to express their thought and views, but SPECIFICALLY only in the field of ACADEMIC, not others(which might include universities administration).

Being a student of one of the local public universities in East Malaysia, I was very upset that UM Vice Chancellor can come out with such a remark. I would say that her remark is nothing wrong and totally correct. Students have the rights to express their views and thoughts, but Datuk, does all those thoughts and views are taken seriously enough by the universities? She is right about it, universities prepare all the forms, or e-forms or whatever for the student to voice out their views, but as I would dare to say, all those views and thoughts might just fall into a deaf ear. Just like you throw a tiny piece of pin into South China Sea.

Does really universities realy care about students needs,thoughts and views, well after almost 4 years in studies, I totally not agree with this. Experiences tell. Student is the main component in a university and these students will be the future leader as our PM would say, but still, the needs of students are very much being neglected, and dare to say being neglected in returns of sellfishness of an university administration.

Lets have some real life example: A service counter that suppose to open at 8.30am, but remain closed till 9am, keeping students in waiting, wasting students time, what university will do about it?

Students are in university to seek knowledge from lecturer, but can students complain about a lecturer that does not know how to teach? Can this group of students make a complain on such lecturer. Perhaps can. It will results nothing to the lecturer as universities did nothing on the complain (thats what I mean thoughts and views fall on deaf ear), instead, I think this group of students instead will get a bad grade for that.No bullshitting but its true.Again, experiences tell.

Hearing their disapproval, Rafiah retorted: "Behaviour like this is exactly what causes people not to respect you. You won’t even give me a hearing. And you won’t get respect."If you behave like that, nobody will listen to you because it is not worth listening. You are not respecting others."

And finally on her above comment, I would say that, she is lucky that she still receive response, although not a proper one, but to students, their views and thoughts towards universities can be said was never being responded or nothing much dractic action had been taken? Is'nt this sad? And now who was not hearing who? And are local universities really RESPECT students? If the local universities is not respecting and listening students views and thougts, how can you expect students to respect others??