The Amazing Race Asia’s on tonite.. the final 4 teams will be race against each other to b the top 3. both of our Malaysian teams, Syeon & Andrew and Zabrina & Joe Jer are still in the running to win the race.. best of luck to them..
was at a fren’s house yesterday nite..sorta like visit him to catch up on stuffs..well,it was also his bday yesterday,so happy bday winson!(again..)so to speak,this fren of mine is one hell of a lucky dude..he survived a 50feet fall down Genting Sempah when he went hill-raiding with his friends..the story that i gathered was smth like his friend skidded/lose control of the car and panicked,accelerated down the hill..3 people was in the car and none was seriously injured..all 3 walked out of the place with minor cuts and bruises..rescued by the Orang Asli nearby..my fren have a one-sided panda eye and suffer from muscles pain..seriously thank God that he’s alright.after the incident,he has phobia on sitting in other people’s car when hill-raiding..it’s better that way,his driving skill is definitely way better than the fella who drove him down the hill..
rest well,get well soon my friend..
so to speak,i sumhow went for the Akon mini concert which was held at Ruums yesterday.i have been hearing about the tickets giveaway on Hitz.fm but i was too lazy to call in.so at abt 5+ yesterday a fren sms-ed n offer me ticket to the show.n so happen one of my housemate’s going,which means no hassle on transport..haha..the crowd was mind-blowing..never ending queue with ppl keep adding to the line..all eager to get into Ruums to catch a glimpse of the Muslim rapper(sumone told me Akon’s Muslim..verify for me pls sumone..)i sumhow manage to go in after queuing up for a while,pushed n squashed my way thru the dancefloor..was standing bhind a few very tall guys (trust me,it’s so unconvenient being short). all in all,had a great time… ;p n nv in my life had i seen soooooooo many ppl in a rather small place.n oh yeah,saw Azura (disney channel gurl) n VJ Colby hosted the show..boy he’s cute..just so cute…
i was skimming thru the newspaper one day a few weeks ago and i saw this section where they introduce to u a few job professions..roughly wat scuda diving instructors,image consultant,creative directors etc does..how they start their day,wat do they have to do..n most importantly,CAN THEY BE A MILLIONAIRE BY THE AGE OF 30? sum of the jobs actually answer YES to the millionaire question.it then occured to me that "hey…why havent i thought of that?" i shud start thinking n making financial plans for myself.being a realist n greedy person,i too wanna be a millionaire by the age of 30.is it possible? yes.. why not.. all it takes is some guts and a lot of brain to figure out wat can possibly lead me to that goal..hmm…i’ll be about 22 when i graduate.so that leaves me a total of 8 yrs to earn my million bucks.possible? yes…!!! haha.. i musn’t doubt myself if i wan those cash..
ps# if u have any idea on how to achieve this goal,dun hesitate to contact me.. *wink
this piece of article was in the papers few days back and i find it very disturbing to know that there are human beings so heartless to perform such inhuman tortures to others.
There is a good reason why the scholarly-looking Ali Shalah keeps his left hand close to his chest and tucked under the flowing robe he wears over his shirt and trousers.
His hand is badly deformed, scarred and twisted like the root of a tree. His last two fingers are blunt stumps.
He is quite self-conscious of the deformed hand and only shows it when asked. Then he pulls the cloak over it again.
It is a glaring reminder of the six months he spent in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Ali is the man in the hood. He is just 46, but looks much older.
Ali said he was the torture victim whom his American tormentors draped in a dark hood and cloak and forced to stand atop a concrete block with his arms spread out, crucifixion-like. Electrical wires hanging from both hands were attached to an electrical point.
Photographs of the degrading and brutal abuse in Abu Ghraib two years ago stunned and outraged the world.
It was not just a pose because Ali was electrocuted by American soldiers five times, often until he passed out.
“It feels like fire passing through your veins and you are blinded by flashes and your eyes feel like they are going to explode,” he said, speaking through translator Dr Mahmoud Khalid, the former Iraqi ambassador to Malaysia.
Once when blood flowed from his mouth, a doctor was called in. But when it was found that the blood was from a bleeding tongue, the doctor said: “Continue with the torture.”
Ali was a university lecturer in Baghdad when he was arrested due to his vocal criticism of the American invasion.
The electrocutions and his deformed hand, which was the result of soldiers stamping on it with their heavy boots, were just a small part of the torture that he went through.
Sexual abuse was a prevalent part of the prison torture. Ali speaks reticently about guns and broomsticks being thrust into “parts of my body.”
“Men or women, they don’t care. They do it to them,” he said.
Men were stripped naked and made to serve meals to women detainees. If the women detainees averted their eyes, the men were beaten up.
His body is riddled with scars as a result of being kicked, stamped on and beaten with metal rods.
“They poked a rod into one of my bleeding wounds and twisted it around. Once they beat me until I was semi-conscious. I can still remember the song they were playing – By the Rivers of Babylon.”
The worst were the screams of those being tortured around him.
“Men raped in front of women and women raped in front of men. Have you heard of the ‘Black and Decker torture’? They used the power drill to make holes in your leg, arms, stomach and even in your eye.
Throughout his imprisonment, they demanded from him names of people who were a threat to the invasion forces.
One day, they piled him into a truck with others. He had no idea where they were heading until the truck stopped and he was pushed off onto the road. Only then did he realise he had been freed.
The 1.8m-tall Ali looked like a skeleton. He weighed only 40kg, less than half of the 95kg when he was taken in.
Ali is today the founder and co-ordinator of the Association of Victims of American Occupation Prisons.
i’m sick..was shivering the nite b4 n had rather high fever yesterday..for the whole day.missed class yesterday..now i’m here in computer lab waiting for time to pass so that i can go n see Ms Ernie to finalise my course selection.sigh..still having flu now..tired and all…
hope to get well soon..
