Adopt-A-Rempit

Got this in my mailbox the other day. Thought it was read-worthy. Enjoy.....









A politician has suggested to his colleagues to adopt one illegal motorbike racer each, so these Mat Rempits can lead a better life. Now, before you guys shoot down this man's suggestion without so much as giving it a second thought, please let me go on record and say that I think this is a BRILLIANT idea. Who cares about adopting unwanted children and orphans? Those are out of fashion already. Nobody wants them anyway.





Let's all adopt illegal motorbike racers!

Who knows, if this works out well, next time those Hollywood A-listers like Madonna or Angelina Jolie wanna adopt another baby from impoverished countries, they can come to Malaysia. Heck, this can even be part of the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 campaign.

Just think about it. Which of the following would you rather adopt?

A) A sick, poor orphan from Cambodia?

B) A starving, HIV-positive orphan from Ethiopia?

C) Or that crazy lawless Mat Rempit from Malaysia?

Obviously, the obvious choice here is obvious. Right? Those Hollywood celebrities would be fighting with each other to adopt our illegal motorbike racers from Malaysia! Think about all the endless entertainment value they're gonna get out of them.

Don't be surprised if the next time you flip open a tabloid magazine, you get see this photo of a new member of the family added to the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt household.

I heard that soon, our politicians are gonna come up with an Adopt-An-AhLong campaign.

Can't wait.




**It's amazing how our GOV can think of these wonderful and SWEET ideas. I don't mind paying extra toll to fund their campaignsss......... NOT!!!

A Tale of Kopi and Baked Beans

Here's the scenario.

On the 2nd of Dec, we were having this charity shopping for the firm's Impact day. It's just another donation day for Mindy and I, but, apparently, it was special for someone. This time around, we got Angeline, Rafidah and Melissa to helped us. Shopping for groceries is a normal thing for me, but , after reading this article from Melissa, things will never be the same for me, ever again. Enjoy the show, the S&O show...

A Tale of Kopi and Baked Beans

(an S&O story by Melissa Tan)

2nd November was no ordinary day for me. Sure, it was a valuable rest-day. A day where I normally stay home, catch up on a book but most often, just veg-out in front of the DVD player. However, since I had just completed a project and was currently not fully-assigned, I felt I had some time to spare to help with shopping for and delivering food and items to one of the charities Deloitte Consulting SEA – Kuala Lumpur office has committed to supporting for a full year.
The day began at Tescos, The Curve and I was early enough to stop by an upmarket kopitiam to spend RM3 on a cuppa I could get for less than half the price at Bee Fatt. “It’s okay – the aircond justifies the price.”
Soon after, the others arrived and we proceeded to the Supermarket to load up on foodstuff and other items. We were shopping for 2 homes and each home had a RM500 budget. Time to apply the smidgeon of Home Economics knowledge I have…
Over at the canned food section, we were to pick up some Baked Beans. Heinz sprang to my mind immediately but the price, compared to other brands, just did not justify parting with any of our budget amount. So here’s a peek at my decision-making process, “Since we’re shopping for the homes, who need food to last them a while, we can go for the cheapest, e.g. Tesco Value, and buy lots and lots of cans of baked beans! It’s just food, after all, who cares about the brand?” As I squatted down to pick up the cheapest can of baked beans, another train of thought ran through my mind, “Sure, it’s just baked beans, but would I have bought Tesco Value brand for my own consumption? If not, why am I buying them for the homes?”
Thus at my unbecoming squat position, I vacillated between practicality and my conscience. For those waiting for a moral to this, wait no longer – I applied a 2 by 2 matrix to make a decision (see below; copyright application has been rejected):

* Criteria for determining level of quality:

1. Strength of brand name
2. Contents (e.g. low levels of additives, high content of beans as opposed to just water and permitted food colouring, etc.)
   
3. Would I buy it for myself?
   

With this now-proven decision-making tool, the shopping was quickly done and we split up to go to one of the 2 homes. I went to Phyllis Caring Home.
Phyllis was, as usual, happy that we were there, even though we hadn’t given any notice and had dropped by unannounced, right smack in the middle of their lunch. But the oldies paid us impertinent youngsters no heed and continued slurping their soup. This actually gave us the golden opportunity to enquire after Phyllis’ health and get to know her better. Most visitors (I would have imagined) would go straight to spending time with the residents, thinking them the most deprived and loneliest in the home. But few, by Phyllis’ admission, have ever asked her how she started caring for the senior citizens. Not by choice but by circumstance, is the summary. And Phyllis made wonderful lemonade with the lemons thrown at her.
Since all good essays need a conclusion to score those extra marks, I will say that Saturday the 2nd of November 2006 allowed me to take stock of how I view “the less fortunate”. They may or may not be born into their circumstances but using the human spirit yardstick (which measures the amount of effort taken to improve one’s life), they’ve done a lot more than us “more fortunate” folks. We can help by definitely giving up some time to visit them and help them out with chores and activities but giving them some material things like good quality baked beans also count.

RM15 Starbucks, anyone?

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