one day before MS4030 exam…

in the midst of studying the topic on engineering ethics where corruption is not tolerated, i somehow though of such a joke where i read it in talkingcock.com a long time ago…
Dr. Mahathir was about to send the first Malaysian rocket into space.

3 potential astronauts were called for an interview – one Indian, one Malay and one Chinese.

Dr. M interviews the Indian first: “So, Muthu, this is a dangerous mission… how much do you think you should be paid for it?”

Muthu thinks to himself and says, “1 million ringgit.”
“Why so much?” asks Dr. M.
“Nowadays toddy wery expensive, Datuk…” replies Muthu.
“I see,” said Dr. M. “Thank you… please ask the Malay guy to come here.”

So the Malay walks up, and is asked the same question.
“Uh… 2 million boleh lah,” replies the Malay applicant.
“2 million? That’s a lot of money! Even the aneh before you only asked for one million!”
“You see, Datuk,” explained Mat. “I have 4 wives and 15 children…so, 20 of us in the family, we need a lot of money to support ourselves…”
“I see,” said Dr. M. “Okay, can you ask the Chinese guy to come up here now?”

The Chinese guy comes in and Dr. M asks, “Ah Chong, this is a dangerous mission… how much do you think you should be paid?”
Ah Chong thinks for a while, and suddenly says, “3 million.”
Mahathir is shocked. “WHAT?!?! 3 million? Why so much?!”
Ah Chong beckons Dr. M to come closer, and whispers, “One million you keep, one million I keep, and then one more million to send the aneh into space.”

Handsome suits!@

its quite some time since the last entry. coming to the end of final semester of my 4 year university life and the last few papers are in less than 2 weeks time. yet i have not start to do anything abt it. serves me right if i did badly… most of my friends had got their engine started and busy mugging in sch… and yet my engine is somehow stalled… cant get it started… like what i like to say “the initial is too great to be overcomed”…
back to the title of the post. just caught the movie “handsome suit”  in GV plaza (yes right… i know exam is in less than 2 weeks time)

(source: http://gabuchan.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/handsome-suits1.jpg)
jiawei’s review: 5 popcorns + thumbs up
no kidding… i was laughing 80% throughout the show…its funny, touching, pretty japanese girl and meaningful which taught us a lesson not to look at just the external. and it has a surprise ending (though i already guessed it in the middle of the show).  however one thing i picked up form the show is that sometimes we are spending too much time envying others and trying to be ahead of everyone… so much so that we forgotten that being ourselves is the most happiest thing we can have.
infact, it sends a message to a few kinds of people out there:
Ugly guys: life is cruel, life is harsh.. accept what you have, and enjoy the simple pleasures around you.
Normal guys: observe the facial expressions of some girls when an ugly guy accidently knocked onto her on the bus… (i’ve seen quite a number of times)
and for girls: take note of your own reactions when an ugly guy knocked onto you on the bus or MRT train… would it be different if the guy was a handsome one???
its strongly recommend by jiawei.. and i’m gonna buy its DVD when its out… 😡