Kopi Moment #15

"A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some spot of native land, where it may get the love of tender kinship for the face of earth, for the labours men go forth to, for the sounds and accents that haunt it, for whatever will give that early home a familiar unmistakeable difference amidst the future widening of knowledge. The best introduction to astronomy is to think of the nightly heavens as a little lot of stars belonging to one's own homestead."

- George Eliot, "Daniel Deronda"

Kopi Moment #14

"Apa salahku, kau buatku begini?"

- Nora, 'Di Persimpangan Dilema'

Kopi Moment #13

“Malaysia is a land of justice. Men and women here were born free,"

- Anwar Ibrahim

Kopi Moment #12

"Once upon a time I was falling in love,
But now I'm only falling apart;
There's nothing I can do,
A total eclipse of the heart,

Once upon a time there was light in my life,
But now there's only love in the dark;
Nothing I can say,
A total eclipse of the heart,"

- Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

Ouch.

Shah Alam and Bukit Larut

So I'm heading to Shah Alam this weekend before I start my job on June 1st. Apartment room doesn't look too inviting but for RM280 a month inclusive of water and electricity, I guess I can't complain.

And about that hill. Apparently some genius inked some agreement to build a cable car up there. May I ask what benefit does it bring the people of Taiping? This isn't Langkawi or Genting where there's a large tourist population to begin with! If these bozos think a freakin cable car's gonna change all that, I'll say they're pretty stupid. Most visitors to Maxwell Hill either comprise of morning walkers or nature lovers who treasure its pristine and rather undeveloped, natural environment. A monstrosity like a cable car system won't be a boon, but a scar on the beautiful hillside. So I think I represent a majority of my fellow Taipingites when I say: keep your grubby hands off our hill, you stupid politicians!

Kopi Moment #11

"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

- St Augustine

Kopi Moment #10

Now john at the bar is a friend of mine,
He gets me my drinks for free,
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke,
But there's someplace that he'd rather be.
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me,"
As the smile ran away from his face,
Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star,
If I could get out of this place.

- Billy Joel, 'Piano Man'

Kopi Moment #9

"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

- Matthew 5:10

A belated RIP to Mr JB Jeyaratnam - a true Singaporean patriot; the real lion of Singapore.

Kopi Moment #8

"Not at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth."

- Homer

Kopi Moment #7

"I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."

-The Bible, Exodus

Kopi Moment #6

"We cannot in all conscience be a party to the machinations by executive arms of the government to withhold/fabricate evidence against a citizen of our country."

- from the press release by seven branches of the PJ Utara MCA