The Beggar and I

No, the picture above was not the beggar I saw.


The pic above was googled. I didn't have the heart to take a picture of the man even from a distance. Suffice to say, he was a mid 30's to 40 gentleman; unkempt with poor overall hygiene, cavitating teeth, barefoot and with nothing but a rugged t-shirt and shorts.

It is only common to avoid eye contact or even conversation with "beggars". For most, people have preformed ideas of why the people beg.

Were they there by choice? or is there a syndicate behind it all?

If there was one thing humans are vulnerable to, it is compassion. Nobody says look at the Malaysians. They say, "think about the Africans everytime you have leftover food". The attacks in Syria, bombings in Paris, earthquake in India - and people send multitudes of supplies in form of medicine, food, clothings and some even money.

A few days ago I went to the automated teller machine as I was running short on cash. As I parked my car and walked in I noticed the man squatting at the side stairwell. I imagined that he would somehow ask passer-by's to give him money. As I vacated the bank, he approached me and asked for money -

"Minta wang, saya lapar. Tolong bagi sikit wang untuk makan".
(give me money, i'm hungry, please give a little so i can get food)

I gave him a simple hand gesture indicating I was not going to do so (no I did not flip him off). But I then felt maybe I should do something for this man. I walked a block away to find a coffee shop that sells a good meal. I bought some for myself and also got him a pack of teriyaki chicken rice with a char siew pao.

It totalled up to be less than RM10, but when I gave it to him - he immediately showed his gratitude. As I walked away I saw him scavenge the bag of food and devour the bread so urgently.

To me, it may not be much. But I can imagine that it may have been his only meal for the past several days or that even to come. I'm not one to give money away unnecessarily, but since he asked for food - why not. I urged him to get a job as he was physically able, but he showed humiliation and an expression of being rejected.

I guess we can only do so much. Leave it with a prayer ~

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Who on Earth blogs nowadays?!

They say a picture paints a thousand words. Well, that picture says a few words and well.. That's all it needed to say.

My intentions of blogging that started way back in high school more than a decade ago weren't like other kids. Most were to rant about crappy student life, diss the so call "cool kids" without them knowing, and no money to buy paper and a diary so save by typing online (after all nobody reads the nerd's blog).

I began writing (or should I say typing) to better my command of english, essay writing and as a means to channel my thoughts. I also started as back then it was the in thing to own a blog. After awhile the craze continued but I got bored and stopped; restarted in university with ads! Yes, make some money while sharing nonsense that readers like you get conned to read! (jokes)

click here to see my very first blogpost

But the question really is:

Who on earth blogs nowadays?!

Social media has grown so rapidly since a decade ago and in all honesty,
I feel blogs are ... dead. Think about it - there's facebook, instagram, twitter, snapchat, youtube. They're so much more exciting than reading 1000's of words that most of us just scroll past, seeing only the pictures in-between.

You know I'm right! You just stopped to see this line right after all the pictures in-between. Go read the previous paragraph you bum!

Moving on, let's not confuse ourselves with sites like thehuffingtonpost where we read articles so commonly via shares on facebook. Those are professional sites, not blogs. Let's remind ourselves what blogs are via wikipedia:

In a gist, I believe a blog which for some remote reason stands for WEBlog - should be thought of as a Wlog. This is in reference to Vlog, that stands for video log, a Wlog stands for written log. Now don't mindscrew us all by saying, "but Benedict, since you type instead of write why not say Tlog as in typing log". Ain't nobody gonna accept new terminology now. Blog is blog. The end.

In conclusion, you're probably mind-baffled as to why I'm talking about all this. It's simple. I have all the other social media platforms and since someone asked why did I blog again after the prolonged hiatus - my answer is:

 I can't be recording myself daily as nobody would like to watch me on a daily basis. Also, writing brings out the more subtle side of me, making me less of a weirdo and lunatic given I'm a doctor.

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It just gets funnier!!

A short remix of the whole "political" incident. LOL

Dance Remix: Listen! Listen! When I Speak, Listen!

1 comment was to play this in clubs. Farout.

You probably can buy the game soon!

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The Sharifah-Bavani HEAT!

Like the meme? hehe.

If you have read yesterday's post, saw the video, "listened"... You will understand exactly what this controversial rapper/filmmaker "speaks".

[Namewee Tokok] 009 Listen 聽我說 15-01-2013

Still uncertain what I am talking about? I found the video on youtube!

Miss Sharifah Zohra Jabeen VS Miss Bavani di UUM

Check my previous blogpost for a better read!

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Politics, never pretty

I just watched a video on facebook. I am unable to share the video here, but if you are interested to know what I speak of - click here.

DISCLAIMER: I do not endorse any form of politics and am of a personal and unbiased opinion. Please disregard them if you do not feel it is right.


To start, I watched this video as it was being shared all over facebook. I shared one myself! hehe

And to give you an idea of why I chose to share this, here are some user comments who shall stay anonymous.

Now, just as I posted on facebook - i am of the opinion that there are valid reasons and points that the parties involved have raised. I do not agree with their conversational and public speaking methods, but in the heat of the moment I guess we could excuse that (sorta).

In a public forum where people are technically of the right to speak out their mind, I feel that there is some fair amount of time given to the student. I do however am rather disgusted by the way the "speaker lady" cut the student off.

She raises the issue of respecting elders and etc, that make sense, but not in this circumstance. Her tone and speech was in essence to just condemn the poor girl in front of everyone else and to show her superiority of "oh i am the boss here you lil' punk ass". A better means of stopping her would be to explain nicely that she would give another few points for the girl to make then it is her turn.

After cutting her off, we then see the nature of this speaker. She not only criticizes the student for having an opinion. Moreover, making fun of her with hypothetical settings of animals. I mean seriously woman, as you mentioned the student's education level is poor, your intellect is also extremely poor because you compare yourself (humans) to animals. If life were as simple as saying, why can't you be like a dog and sit down when i tell you or etc, then you might as well be a dog and let the dog be a human correct?

You may be reading this and feeling some sort of unhappiness from my writing. The reason being I totally hate it when people claim to be of higher maturity/ intellect/ education/ etc - in front of me, when their actions and words they utter are plain absurd and idiotic.


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Instead of leaving a wall of text on this post, I leave it to you to decide. What is your opinion?
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Mine stands firm, the student needs to take the nations spendings as a whole rather than narrow it down to just the education sector and compare it to other countries. She has to realize many other countries with free education are having taxes of almost 50% for high income earners. It is easy to say charge higher taxes - but for those of low incomes are barely affected and it is very unfair to the rest who work equally as hard in their fields and have to return 50% just for the sake of the nation and others who do not appreciate or acknowledge their hardwork and just condemn the rich.

The speaker should have her brains checked when she asks the student to leave the country from her dissatisfaction. As a born Malaysian she has every right to be upset if she feels that the government is not doing her right. It may not be correct what she says, but there are way better means of tackling such situations. Humiliating people publicly and bragging of your "respect" and so called "educated" nature just shows that you are nothing more than a person who is shallow and really not educated enough. Having a degree or masters only means u are educated in a profession to do a specific task. Not an educated and wise person. Never ever, compare humans with animals because the day you do, you should be treated as one to eat grass like the cows and be kept in cages.

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If atheists don't believe in God

Question of the week!

You live life everyday by waking up, performing your daily routine (may it be school, work, or bum), eating meals in between, relaxing yourself and finally snoozing off.

You are so engrossed with prior arrangements that you forget about listening to others around you. You forget to give back a little from the mountain you have. You forget to spend time with the ones you love.

So, how many times in a day do you remember to pray and talk to God? He is always ready to listen.


If you don't share a common faith, you most probably have a belief of your own. If you do believe in a God, ask yourself why this God and why not another? If you don't believe in a God, ask yourself why not?

Let's seek that eternal happiness people as this world will decay and one day cease to exist. Then where do we go?

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Question of the week - Relationship taboos!

I may be on to something here. But the do's and don'ts of being in a relationship!



Here is the question of the week!

I mean there are millions of other examples e.g:

Can an attached person (man/ woman)...
1. hold another person's hand while walking?
2. go out with another person alone?
3. sit in a sports car with another person alone?
4. have another person's arm around the waist or shoulders?
5. cheat with another person?

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*another person = opposite gender

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Well, in all seriousness - all the above mentioned can be done, but is it right or wrong? do or not? yes or no? break up or make up?

While pondering about this, enjoy the sweet sounds of one of the loveliest songs ever written!


Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder (1963 Version)



Enjoy your week ahead and tell that special someone how you really feel!

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