"Rain" on a sunny day

I don't think I've ranted about this here before (only on Facebook). But now I've got photos, so here we go: There is someone living on an upper floor in my apartment block who likes pouring water out of their window (or balcony).

Sometimes I would come home in the evening and see a wet patch on the ground in the parking lot, and I didn't really know why. Then one weekend, I heard the sound of water dripping onto the awnings. I thought it was starting to rain, so I rushed out to rescue my clothes that were drying on the balcony...and I noticed that it was actually soapy water being poured down by someone (some brainless twit! (can I copyright that? lol))

If it was windy, the water could come right over to my balcony...and shower my clothes in the process. -_-

Today it just happened again. And I rushed out with my camera. (unfortunately I couldn't see the source of the water, or else I'd have taken a photo of that for sure!)

See the water dripping from the awning?

And here's what happens to the ground (and to whatever cars that might be parked there)

Jerk!

A step into (fake) history

I guess March was a quiet month here on my blog. But I went to Langkawi last Sunday, and now I've got plenty of photos to share (I took more than 500...)

While I find time to write about them, here's our first destination in Langkawi (and the most expensive, if you consider value for money...it cost RM5 per person and there's not much inside :s )

The destination I'm talking about is Mahsuri's tomb. I wanted to visit it, because we had heard the legend of how she was wrongly accused of adultery and executed, and how her blood was white when it flowed out of her body, showing that she was innocent (that's the gist of the legend; I'm too lazy to write more :P )

The entrance to Kota Mahsuri

They had some decorative/cultural stuff on the way in, such as this one:

This is called caklempong, whatever that is...

Mahsuri's tomb

A cotton tree! (beside the tomb) First time I've seen one...

This smacked onto the ground just as I stepped away. It might have hit my head if I hadn't moved when I did. :s Anyway, it looks really fluffy, doesn't it? :D

Then they had this Kampung Kedah...


...and Pandak Mayah(Mahsuri's father)'s house.


Somehow I doubt that this was really where the houses were...because nearby there were also a few houses, supposedly of the other people in the legend. I think the houses were re-created...but why?? What's the point? And how accurate would the re-creation be?

There was a well, with some people using the water from it to wash they faces, that's supposedly good for you, I guess. (I didn't try to find out more :P )


There were peacocks and some other birds there...I'm not quite sure why.


In the end, the only thing we actually wanted to see was the tomb. We could go into the houses to take a look, but there wasn't much point - they were quite bare and only had a few things inside, so it wasn't like we could see how they lived in those days. There was another house where there were 3D recreations of scenes from Mahsuri's life (what for??), and a museum where there was the whole story of Mahsuri's life (from when her mother was pregnant with her, to her descendants; turns out she had a son when she was killed)

I guess this site was made for foreign tourists who had never heard of Mahsuri's legend...and also those who would be awed to see the inside of an old Malay house. For me...RM5 to see a tomb is a bit too much.

The other destinations were better...until the last one (haha, guess we didn't start nor end well). So maybe I should write about that last one first...to keep you coming back for the better bits. Should I? :P

Anyway, there was a lovely eagle and cobra outside Kota Mahsuri. The prettiest thing there, I would say. Here you go:

Unsent letters 3

I didn't expect to write another "unsent letter" again so soon.

I thought I had done something to upset you. But it turns out that it was not me who was bothering you, but a friend I brought along. And suddenly, instead of just letting me know that, you decided that you just wouldn't see me any more.

And this hurts...because the way I see it, it doesn't really matter to you whether you see me or not, as long as you don't have to see that someone else.

Maybe I've misjudged people again.

Or maybe...people are just inherently selfish and I am foolishly stuck being an optimist in a world where we have to be pessimistic.

I think I would prefer the former.

But didn't you think that you could at least talk to me if there is a problem? Do I seem like I wouldn't care about what you have to say, or how you feel about someone, even if that someone was a friend of mine?

Or did you think that you, yourself were not a friend of mine?

I am weary of this hide-and-seek. I was weary of not understanding, and when someone finally gave me an explanation, I was still weary...of not understanding something else.

But I guess I should be used to it by now. Three unsent letters is proof of that.

Of power failure and polish

Did you miss me? Or more like, did you miss my long, rambling pointless posts? :P

Anyway, this morning I woke up at about 6-plus in the morning to use the bathroom. It was still dark outside...and as I reached out for my alarm clock on the bedside table (yeah, I like to check the time when I wake up sometime during the night), everything went pitch-black.

Okay, maybe not pitch-black...but darker. I had a little shock...I mean, imagine waking up, still feeling groggy from sleep, seeing things around you, and suddenly...bam! You lose your sight. Pretty scary, if you ask me.

So...maybe you've guessed, it was a power failure. The lights outside had flicked off, which was why it was suddenly darker. A moment later the generator kicked in and the lights turned on again. (and a few minutes later we had our power back...my fan started spinning again :P )

And another (totally unrelated) thing... I washed my car today...and halfway through another guy came to wash his. He had a whole lot of "equipment"...for one, a really long hose, that was wound up on a wheel thing (you know, so that you can just pull out the length you need and you won't have the extra length of the hose in coils all over the place), and also a basket just slightly smaller than those you find in supermarkets...filled (practically full!) with spray bottles. (and maybe some other stuff that I didn't notice)

After I was done, I went over to his end of the hose to wash my hands...and he asked me whether a whitish patch on my car was due to water dripping in the car park (that happens in my car park, unfortunately :( ) He said that it could come off with polish...and he said I could use his.

Nice, right? But, uh....I ran away! lol

Okay, not exactly...I just said no thanks and left. Why? Because, one, I'm too lazy to do any polishing (anything other than wiping the dust and dirt off my car, actually :P ). And two...because I have no idea how to polish a car. :P

So, thank you for your kindness, mister...but I think I'll let the whitish patch take care of itself in the long run...

Mind games

You know those brain puzzles where they give you three jugs of different sizes (different volumes) with a certain amount of water, and tell you to transfer the water so that in the end you will have a certain amount in each jug?

I got one of those today. Three jugs of 19, 13 and 7 litres respectively, with the 13- and 7-litre ones filled to the brim. (okay, maybe it wasn't litres, I can't remember the units :P ) And we're supposed to have 2 jugs holding 10 litres each in the end.

For some reason (maybe it was boredom :P ), I felt rather motivated to solve this puzzle. I think I had never solved one before, because it was usually too complicated and I would end up giving up halfway through and looking at the response.

I decided to use a more "systematic" approach this time...using pen and paper.


Yeah, it paid off in the end. It's still complicated...I guess we need 19 steps to solve the puzzle; I don't see how I can cut that short.

And I just thought I shouldn't let my handiwork go to waste, so I'm posting it here. :P

Keyhole cake

It's been some time since I've posted a photo, huh?

Some time back, I bought a chiffon cake from Giant. After cutting out the first slice, I noticed something...it has become a keyhole cake!


Looks like a keyhole, doesn't it? :P

Predator or prey?

A game of cat and mouse...

But was I the cat, or the mouse?

Probably the mouse...because I was feeling so terrified...

In the end, the cat did not pounce.

Relief......

...or maybe not.

Because sometimes, I guess you want to be attacked.

Anthem of the day

Oh no, not again, the shudders, the shaking
Oh no, not again, the faint and the faking
Oh no, oh no love, it's not what you're thinking
I've just had enough...

From Finishing School by Dashboard Confessional

Bits and pieces

Unrelated ones.

Yeah, well, I've got a lot on my mind. Maybe my brain's gonna explode soon.

My hands are tied...I can't say a word. Or maybe it's my tongue that's tied.

Thank you SO much, guys, for the talk. It means a lot...you're the greatest.

There are many facets to a person, many layers to their actions.
In a split second you think you know, but in a few more your doubt might grow.
Let it rest, let it rest, for you might be wrong, or half-right at best.

Oh, and I'm terrified of change. Didn't you know?

In between books

I haven't been updating my blog for a while, huh...guess I've been rather busy. And it's not like I had anything to write about, either. I've just finished reading The Confession by John Grisham, not bad, but not exceptional either. It speaks against the death penalty, and that reminds me a little of Victor Hugo's Le dernier jour d'un condamné (The last day of a condemned man).

And I've finally got myself a hard copy of the last Harry Potter book (I read it the first time as an e-book), so I can finally read it again (I don't like e-books that much, so I only read it once to know the story). I guess I'll be starting that soon.

Got a lot on my mind...stuff floating around but that I can't really write about...so I'll just sign off now, and hopefully find something else to write about soon! (and the time to do it, too... :P )