Of Cultural Differences

I was in the Korean Republic (South Korea) recently on a business trip and arrived,with a colleague, a day prior to reporting to the venue. We were suppose to meet up with another colleague and to be picked up at the Incheon International Airport the next day. So I suggested to my colleague that we just store our luggage at the airport's storage facility and maybe shower at the airport.

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We touched down at about 6.30 a.m. and exited the arrival hall around 7.00 and stored our luggage. We found out that the shower facilities was in a spa at the airport, and we got to pay 20,000 KWon to use it. Hence we decided to skip shower and took a bus ride into Seoul, and we disembarked at Itaewon and had kebab for breakfast.

We went around Seoul by subway and finally took the bus back to Incheon International at about 9.00 p.m., took our stored luggage and then went down to the spa for our shower. We found out that besides shower we can use the facilities like the lounge where you can sit and watch tv and sleep on the recliner seats.

As we were putting our things in the locker we went looking for our bath towels, and what did we find? Towels the size of face towels. And guess what? That was the size of towels available... Much to our chagrin :)

We left for Anseong the next morning to the meeting venue, checked into our rooms and what did we find? Face towel sized towels as bath towels....

I told my colleagues, maybe we should use the towels to cover our faces....




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Raja Petra Remains Elusive

That was the a news report in the Star Online today, Raja Petra had been elusive and so is his bailor, his wife. What do you expect? He is just another chicken shit like Waythamurthi of Hindraf, who ran with his tail between his legs to London. Of all place, London. The same ole London, the City of the Colonial masters who Hindraf is suing.

Raja Petra? Well, maybe its just better if he simply disappears.



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Neighbour and Neighbourliness

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Initially I thought it was the work of some crazy, publicity hungry individuals who have nothing better to do. Then they stoke the fire of hate into the minds of some of their countrymen to the point of "sweeping" the streets of Malaysians in Jakarta.

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They had sharpened bamboos, roaming the streets, stopping pedestrians checking whether they are Malaysians or not. Why? All because of an error by the Discovey Channel on the Pendet. In fact I was in Bandung during that time but paid no attention to it.

Now in the time of dire needs, the fools and clowns of Bendera is talking about invading Malaysia with their 1,500 combatants. They thought the Malaysians are going to take this lying down. But being Malaysians we have far more important things to focus on... like what? Collecting donations for the catastrophe in Padang, Samoa, Manila, the by-election in Bagan Pinang, the stage show being put-on by Hasan Ali and his SELCAT & PR friends (now they are best of friends..) talking about politicians, you can trust them all.

So I guess, I would like to just advise these Bendera clowns, send your members to Padang, and get them to be useful and them being worthy Indonesian citizens.... and remember there many of your fellow citizens who are making a living in Malaysia.

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