Beyond this Box

Everything went pitch black when I was just about to have my nasi lemak for dinner, there was a power outage!

This is just great, a blackout on a Saturday night! I looked out the window, the street was dark and so was my neighbour's houses. The whole town must be out and thought nothing of it as it happened before, so we waited in the dark for the electricity to recover. Beside, there was nothing we can do as we are at the mercy of Sesco, the sole electricity provider in the state, so we waited recklessly in the humid night. 10 minutes passed and another 10 went by and another. Half an hour later there was still no sign that any current will return. A call to the customer complain line was useless as the telephone line was apparently jam or they couldn't be bother to hang it up, to avoid receiving angry calls from consumers around the city.

2 hours later I made a call to a friend who is working as an engineer in the state own company and was told that there was a major breakdown in one of the main grid and nearly the whole Sarawak is in the black. Hmm.... that's a major event.

Or does it have to do with the State government wanting to build over 12 new damns around the state which received zillions of objection and protest from NGO's and environmentalist around the world.

Another conspiracy theory or is it another coincident?

Labels: Kuching

Finally I found the replacement for my aged Titleist 990, they are the new Titleist Z Blend forged iron set.

I bought the 990 irons in 2002, which is now more than 6 years old and its nearing the end of the average life span of a cast irons set. They originally came with factory installed Precision Rifle 5.5 steel shaft, which I struggled to play for a few months. They felt harsh, so I gave up on them and re shafted the irons with Nippon Steel NS950GH and never look back ever since. They are the sweetest iron shaft I have played that give great feed back especially for my moderate swing speed. Unfortunately, the groves on the short irons, especially on the pitching wedge and 9 iron, are worn out. I tried re grooving them with a regroover but it didn't last long either and made the grooves line crooked after a few rounds.

The Titleist Z.B that I am eyeing now, comes with the latest Nippon Steel Super peening series steel shaft. They are a tad heavier that the 950GH which weight in at 104g per shaft.


to be continue....

Labels: Golf

Kuwakchai is a new MMORPG game in town.

In Chinese Cantonese, Kuwakchai literally means gangster. Developed in the heartland of Malaysia, the game mainly revolves around the Kuala Lumpur city. So a few locations names might sound foreign to players that do not resides in Malaysia.

The game is also free to play and its easy to access once registered, which only take seconds.

Once inside, the simple layout is easy to figure out, even though there is no playing instruction available yet. For more information, new player can browse through the forum page for help, which can be located at the left page in the navigation menu. The navigation menu is easy to figure out once you figure out what they mean as some of them are written in localized Malaysian English.

As a mobster game, one need to perform several task to gain energy, will, experience and health. And off course there are monetary rewards and the more money you have, you can buy more items to be powerful and form gangster group. There is no cheat or hack available yet.

Although still at a beta stage, do head over to http://kuwakchai.com and check out this new game, u might see me in Pudu jail. :-)

Labels: Computer Game

I am dyslexic.

Sadly, not many people here in Malaysia knows much about dyslexic or even aware of it. Especially my stubborn know-everything parents. They didn't had a clue which made it was even harder for them to realize that I had problems or admit that they didn't know all the answers. Now as a grown adult and knowing what plagued me, I am glad that I self diagnose myself as a dyslexic.

The word dyslexic comes from Greek, meaning difficulty with words. Looking back, when I was in secondary school, I found it harder and it takes longer for me to comprehend my studies. I excels in some subject that doesn't require much reading such as biology and geography but I had harder times with math and numbers, especially when they are read to me vocally. Not that I dislike them nor I have low IQ, I just had difficulty in digesting and memorizing them. Its like climbing a hill over and over again. Reading certain book was not easy task either, sometimes over certain books, it was harder as I struggle to read a passage multiple times. It was frustrating as I couldn't understand why!

I later somehow managed to get to college and took up engineering, but when I took big lecture classes or took exams, I failed miserably. It was so disheartening and I felt down and depressed whenever I try as then I didn't know that I was dyslexic and I blame my failure on myself.

In my present working life and knowing what plagued me, I am glad that I know my limitation and I have found my own way to cope with my special disadvantage. However most importantly, I am lucky that dyslexic doesn't effect my golf except for the occasional adding up of my total scores on a bad day :-)

For parents, please do read up more on this and do not ignored the signs. I am one of the victim that found out a little too late. There are help available.


More information on Dyslexia can be found here:
1. Wikipedia
2. Website for Parents of Dyslexics
3. Dyslexia help and support

Labels: life