I bought a Maneki Neko, also known as the ‘Money Cat’ or ‘Fortune Cat’ in Mandarin. I had no idea it was a Japanese good luck charm until I read about it in Wikipedia (Maneki Neko) , it says:
The Maneki Neko (招き猫, literally “Beckoning Cat”; also known as Welcoming Cat, Lucky Cat, Money cat or Fortune Cat) is a common Japanese sculpture, often made of porcelain or ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat (traditionally a Japanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—many times at the entrance—in shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning. In the design of the sculptures, a raised right paw supposedly attracts money, while a raised left paw attracts customers.
I always wanted a Maneki Neko, but most of the sculpture I came across are coated with a layer of shiny gold like material or it usually comes with a slow-moving paw that is ugly. Maybe luck wasn’t on my side until I stumbled upon this cute looking Maneki Neko at the Japanese Food Store in NZX Ara Damansara.
Do I feel lucky or richer? Not really, thanks to Maneki Neko, my wallet is short of RM28.
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Mar
26
Malaysia University of Copy, Paste and Translate
March 26, 2009 | Category: Politics and Social Issues | 3 Comments
I am beginning to agree with some of the people I’ve met over the years on the quality of our local university graduates – they can’t think out of the box, hold on, let me rephrase that – they don’t think at all! Look around you, how many successful local university graduates are there? Even college students with non existence facilities in their college managed to outperform them in almost every field. Could it possibly be the English language and foreign syllabus used in local colleges?
I do understand one of the reason being the spoon feeding system introduced by our beloved government, thus causing them to think (or not to think) in a creative way. Thinking aloud is a crime! I don’t want to go about bashing all local university graduates as if I am a bright student during my university years, to be honest; I am below average, an average Joe! However, I have come to understand that our local graduates do not even possess an IQ of an 11 years old kid of any first world country. At least these kids can articulate their original ideas constructively; heck I bet they even have a higher IQ than most of our top students from our local university graduates.
When I say local university graduates are like zombies, I mean it! If I were to brief them on how to solve a problem, they would go about using the same technique over and over again without coming up with a better alternative.
Completing their assignments is all about translating something from English to the Malay language, or to rephrase it without knowing the actual purpose of the assignment – to think differently! What do they teach them in Malaysia’s local university? The copy, paste and translate system?
Something is seriously wrong with our Malaysian university, thinking is a crime, and thinking aloud is seditious! If money is not an issue, sending your kids to any local college in Malaysia is a better choice that any of our local universities, that include TAR College and some of the smaller colleges, even the polytechnic in Singapore appears to be a better choice! The last thing we need is a nation filled with non thinking zombie people.
P.S. We need a new government!
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Mar
15
Things I Miss About Perth, Western Australia
March 15, 2009 | Category: Life Log | Leave a Comment
It’s been a while I left Perth, it’s not really a fantastic place but it does have some really good things I wished we had in Malaysia, which I doubt we are going to have in another 50 years.
- The weather – Spring and Autumn
- The architecture and their pedestrian friendly streets/city
- Online shopping
- The wonderful culture and friendly people
- Convenient banking system with EFTpos
- Safety (way much safer than Malaysia)
- and most important of all, the broadband (super fast and stable)
Why am I back in Malaysia? To be honest, I have absolutely no idea. Probably it is the night life I missed the most in Malaysia, or the opportunity available in Malaysia. In Australia, one has to be the smartest to be successful, whereas in Malaysia, one only needs to be smart to climb the ladder of success; competition is at its minimum or non existence due to the government’s policy.
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