It's not A4 but B5 OK?

this is a personnel experience, no joke man. I simply cannot understand why are we still living in the stone age? or is it because of my town ( 1/2 an hour journey away from KL ) is too jungle?

so here is the story... it is a bit long winded and boring...

Yesterday (Sunday) i wanted to print some very important documents books i illegally downloaded from the net, and it is so conveniently in pdf format. so i thought i wanted to print it out in double pages, B5 size (The normal A4 size is too big for a book / fitting 4 pages of content into double sided A4 is also not my style)

so i went to the town and look for a photocopy shop. I was so unlucky because most of the shops in this small town is closed on Sunday. the one i usually go is closed too. I thought i was lucky, i saw a busy photocopy shop. then i went in, waited for couple of minutes, nobody seemed to want to entertain me. Finally, the lady boss saw me wandering around... then i ask her

"Do u print B5?"

she said "Yes"

so i was happy. they have this Odd size rather than the usual A4. then I patiently wait for my turn because some students from teknik school is using the computer to print their homework.

Who knows, to my surprise.. when i ask the lady boss about the price (after waiting for another few mOre minutes) she told me that her machine cannot print B5 double page. What on earth... i was so surprised! she have 2 big machines (as big as the printer in the photo shops) and several smaller typical photocopy machines. And yet she is telling me she cannot print double sided B5? To my amazement when i questioned her again, she said

" You need to come back later because those people are using the computer. You can only print single sided B5. I already asked my "Programmer", he said the machine cannot do double sided, unless u do it manually" (as in printing the odd pages first then flip the paper and print the even pages again)

I was like "what the hell... u want me to kill more trees is it?" some more u are charging me 2o cents per page. and i have like 500++ pages to go and not less than 1 book... can fire the lousy programmer who service you. Doing Double sided printing on A4 is what I ALWAYS do in the office. Just click the button from the computer, and the dumb machine will do all the donkey jobs. And just because i dont have B5 Sized paper NOW so i don't do it in the office.

without second thought i left the place...

then i called my friend. he told me what i wanted to do is "Professional Printing" and i shall seek for "Printing Shops" instead of "Photocopy Shops".

Ok, now i only realised there is a difference between "Printing Shops" and "Photocopy Shops"

So i went to another Printing Shop. and when i ask for B5 printing with the pdf file... that one and only worker sitting in the shop told me that her supervisor is not in. So she gave him/her a call to ask for the price. Then while she was making a call to her supervisor, she said

"tapi, printer hari ini ada problem-la"
( the printer is not functioning well today )

She gave me the felling that she doesn't want to entertain me. So i just left the place since she couldn't get her supervisor... And her service attitude is very disappointing!

I suddenly felt so unbelievable. Why is it so hard to find B5 computer printing? Everyone is doing ONLY A4 A4 A4 and keep pressing the copy button. What about computer printing and let the dumb machine do all the donkey printings. i'm sure that is more relaxing and easier money $$.

Really Shocked! Culture Shocked!

So i couldn't get anything done. The moral of this story is:

"Photocopy Shops" = those who only want to use ManPower to keep pressing the button to copy existing documents for you. Rarely do computer prints. cannot do double sided printing with their big big machines.

"Printing Shops" = those who are professionals who can do "computer printing"

Today i went to a few printing / photocopy shops at Ampang Park. surprisingly they also don't do B5 printing, only A4. and i could not find any place selling B5 size paper either.

Anyway i also went to the usual photocopy shop in my town. The owner told me that computer printing can be done, but it is very hard for him to connect the cables... Another shock...
Quote: "very hard for him to connect cables" really LOL!!

At the end, i bought 1 ream of B5 paper from the uncle, and decided to print it myself in the office. Double Sided, B5.

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It took Mi Longer than Usual to reach Work

i practically don't understand why government projects can take so d*mn long to finish. Especially upgrading a road/highway. i don't know how many are they outside, but those affecting my journey to work, really makes me feel annoyed.

Upgrading Jalan Cheras - Jalan Loke Yew is a total failure project. I can recall that it took at least 4 years to finish the whole stretch of upgrading work. And yet after its completion, the road is still super jam. And now, they are doing something on the Jalan Cheras roundabout... causing massive traffic jam / cars slowing down near the stretch to curious about the work progress.

And now, this road in front of Phoenix Plaza at Cheras Batu 9 is another failure!!! How many years have it been? 4, 5 or 6?

Sometimes, it is their lousy commitment that makes the road jam. Imagine causing the congestion purely because the workers FORGOT to remove the barricades (road blocks) after the maintenance/work done last night.

Today, it took me almost 2 hours to drive from Kajang to KL (Jln Ampang). what the hell is wrong with our traffic system?

For the past 2 weeks (school holidays), i was really having honeymoon on the road.

For example, I can only apply lotion - primer foundation - blush (while driving / jam) and the rest will have to wait until i park the car / reach the office to do. (That shows how short is the duration to reach my destination)

AND YES I DO MY MAKE UPS WHILE DRIVING TO WORK!!

but today... i applied lotion, lip cream, primer foundation, concealer, blush, eye shadow (several layers not to mention reapplying because the colour doesn't match my outfit today) continue applying ---> lip colour, lip gloss... and applied my moituriser mist... and YET, i am still no where near my office. oh yea i forgot to comb my hair!!!

Hey i am not the one who does other activities while driving. those cars stucked behind / in front me are spending their jam time effectively too. Reading the newspaper, drinking water (ok-lah i also drink water while driving), applying make-ups (see i'm not the only one doing that), smoking + throwing the cigar butts on the road (Yucks thats why i hate smokers), talking on the phone etc etc...

I know it is very dangerous to do so while driving. But i only do that when the car stops/jam. At least i tail the car in front of me and accelerate instantly when the traffic lights turn green. I'm highly alert and this is the way i train my sharpness. Intensic training to be alert at all time! Not like some cars they basically don't want to go further faster even there are 4-5 cars spacing in front of them (i wonder what are they doing in the car?)

Ok, please don't tell the policeman about my unusual activities while driving... i always hide it when i see a policeman on the road, and behave like a good driver...

i think it is enough of exposing my driving behavior... i shall behave like a good driver starting tomorrow. concentrate on driving when i am on the road. I truly hope so~~

Why i hate Smokers so much

Smokers are selfish barbarian who are so inconsiderate to others. Even though smoking is banned in public area, i can still see people smoking in air conditioned restaurants! and even inside malls! not to mention those hiding at the stairwell inside malls.

I have a lot of comments on smokers...

- Smoking makes them look stupid instead of cool. (smoking will kill you faster)

- Smokers believed that drinking coffee + Smoking is heaven and it will make the coffee taste nicer!
Fact is, Killing yourself faster is even nicer.

- Smoking after meals will not make you become God, instead, it will kill you 10 times faster than your normal suicidal act of smoking every time

- Smokers are hopeless addicts who rely on cigarettes.
when they can't think of an idea, smoke.
when they are under pressure, smoke.
when they got nothing to do, smoke.
when they want to lose weight faster, smoke.

And last but not least...

SMOKERS STINK!!! THEIR HAIR STINKS. THEIR BREATHE STINKS. THEIR TEETH STINKS. THEIR WHOLE BODY STINKS. AND THEY MAKE ME STINK!!

Imagine the smell of your Marlboro Cigars infiltrate the Female Toilet when i am inside... AND YOU MAKE MY HAIR STINKS TOO!

PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE AT THE STAIRWELL NEXT TO THE FEMALE TOILET BECAUSE HR ALREADY ISSUE A WARNING NOTICE

YOU WILL BE FINED IF YOU SMOKE THERE

And trying to hide your cigarettes odour by applying fragrance is a total failure. The mixture of your stinking bad body odour from the cigarrettes and the fragrance totally makes me want to puke.

Let's hope that smoking will kill all their brain cells... make them stupid... and die faster

Just ignore this morning rant, i just cannot take it while people pressured me too much with the Smoke, while the Smoke (Haze) is all over the country and YET people can still do open burning. No wonder we are so way behind civilization.