Bolehland Problem: Criminals Are In Loose, Women Are The Victim

Bolehland is a wonderful place to be. You don't have to be in Harlem, New York to see the drug king pin. You don't have to be in South Africa to hear about women been gang-raped. You don't have to go to Indianapolis to watch motorcycle racing each other. Probably you don't have to go to somewhere else to witness a jewellery shop been robbed. These all happened here in Malaysia, where criminals are all in loose. The good thing is, unlike Gotham City, most of the criminals in loose aren't thay psycho at all. Ever since I started to read and understand how the world we are living today is, it seems like everyday it is a mandatory that some news about the brave and bold Malaysian can and willing to do anything for anything. Okay, sometimes the immigrants does involved too and most of the reported cases were done by them. Well, it doesn't matter who; either is a Malaysian or an immigrant, still it all happened in Bolehland.

Crimes come in many forms of faces and situation. But nothing breaks my heart when the reports of women been raped or been murdered are constantly heard. The cruelity doesn't stop there. Women are also the subjects of domestic violence, gender discrimination, sexual harrassment and many other offences that the Bolehland retarded men can do. See, I'm not a feminism fighter or activist. It is not me been here to conclude that people or men in general in Bolehland are cruel or violence. I'm not!! And I'm sure the more civilised men will not be like that as well. Mark my word, only retarded moron men will!! My question here is why women always become the victim of crimes of passion, crimes of cruelity or whatever names you want to decide to name them? Why? It is hard to answer this question! I don't even know the answers, and I don't even know how to tell you the fact that at least a woman was raped, murdered or subjected to any domestic violence everyday in Bolehland.

1. Are women too weak to defend themselves?

2. Are women too easy to be tricked and cheated?

3. Are women too sexy to become a subject of offences?

4. Are women not as qualify as a men can be?

Here's my answers:

1. Women are certainly not too weak to defend themselves, just that it would be good if they know some martial art. Trust me, women who knew martial arts are damn scary. I know a few chicks who know how to chop people with the smaurai like Renaye, kick people in their ass with karate or taekwando arts like J or Serena, CathyC can throw tomatoes, Jun Jun with her sharp killing eye and look (err!!), EV with her anonymous move that may be lethal, Apple with her instinct killing or some other forms of nameless moves. Seriously, a woman should know how to defend themselves. If I had a girlfriend, I seriously encouraged her to do so. Safety regardless of any gender; men or women should be considered first. I think I might need to learn some tricks as well since I might end up my day today been robbed by some freaking idiots.

2. Women are not that easy to be tricked, the problem only comes when they put too much faith, trust and handing their safeguard to someone they believe in, only to be found out that their trust and faith have been betrayed! This situation can be applied to both men and women as well. Some sayings keep on reminding us to trust no one. I think it is true considering the fact that a daughter can be raped by their father, a girlfriend can be raped by their boyfirend. Most of the rape cases happen within the circles of people you know. Murder case also show tendency in the circles too. Husband beating their wife after work due to stress load - not in the SM manner on the bed!! Boss taking advantages of their secretary for satisfying their lust. This crimes of passion usually occur within the people we know. (After reading this line, you don't have to no longer trusting people anymore okay, just my point is that be aware and alert of your surrounding).

3. Women are meant to be sexy, but it is not their fault if anything misfortunate happened to them. Women are bornt to be the gender that elegant and attractive. But why some idiots put the blame on women when misfortunate happens. Why blaming a woman when she was raped? Just because she is too sexy!! Who is the moron head that suggested that our school uniforms are too sexy for girls? Who can assure that a girl wearing sexy outfit will always be end up raped on the streets or people who do not wear such a way will spare been raped? In this world where no assurance and guarantee can be a justification on what will or not happen. People who says that simply too quick to jump into conclusion and passing judgement. So been sexy or been a girl are a crime. Do not be like those in Pakistan or some other countries where woman who are been raped, need to find four religiously right men to be his witness. Failing to do so, the victim can be accused for committing adultery where penalty is heavy. Some so called honour rape - raping a girl to cleanse the name of family!! What is wrong with people with this kind of culture?

4. Gender inequality or gender discrimination still occur till this day. It should not be an issue. Everyone is just qualify to do anything, except that man can not be pregnant or woman can not pee properly while standing, oops, no offense here!! Men and women are born equal in many aspect of life if not all. There are some male who take up nursing course. There are many men taking "sakit puan" course. There are many women that can fly a plane. See, JunJun is a mechanical engineering student, no discrimination. MunMun can makes nice mooncake. Cathy is in marketing. Phingy talks about politic most of the time. Renaye sells unit trust. Apple is a business woman. Now who says women can't do those? Girl Power!!!

Before I leave, the recent abduction and killing of a 16-years old Lai Yin Xin in Johor. You heard about that news? For the respect to the victim's family, I'm not going to talk so detail about it. Just go and read from the daily. This is why a girl needs to know how to protect themselves! This is what she get when she trusted her boyfriend, while her dumb-ass boyfriend plotting a plan to kidnap her for money. How cruel this world is? May Lord have mercy on her soul. Rest in peace!! Her boyfriend, go to hell. Just when you can't get enough of burn and C4 bombing, please be remember this world is so pathetic!!

(This post was inspired by the death of the 16 year-old LYX - a post dedicated to all women I know and to anyone who read this as well)

Bolehland Problem: Public Transport

Today is Sunday. Wow, suddenly having this gush and some 'wind of change' to go to Sunway Pyramid. When was the last time I was there? Err...quite long anough. Hmmm....been a poor kid I am and having no car, how to go there I wonder? Ah, public transport.

So I make my journey from my hostel.....

• Walk to Chow Kit Monorail station - roughly take you around 20 to 30 minutes, tiring but I'm used to it, just ask anyone from my hostel.
• Take the Monorail to KL Sentral - Chow Kit to KL Sentral is 9 stations away, roughly 20 minutes. Monorail speeding at the corners, wtf!!
  
• Take RapidKL bus to Sunway - U63, about 30 minutes...and the best thing is that you must have good balancing skill and patients, if you think you lacked these, learn via taking RapidKL
  

So, from my hostel to Sunway Pyramid, you need to spend minimum 70 minutes and RM 4.50 just to get yourself there. Now, in another comparisons, if you own a car, it probably takes you a smooth ride of between 30 to 45 minutes but of course you pay for fuel burning. You see the problem there? 

Yes, public transport in Malaysia or just talk about Klang Valley alone will make one think it need much improvement. You as a politician do not need to try take once in one wee hour in the morning to get yourself a taste of how much pathetic our public transportation system needed. Save your time, use common sense you already know it deserves improvement.

Does this thing look familiar for you? Of course, as a part of your survival skills in big city of Kuala Lumpur, I would strongly encourage you to get yourself if not memorise, own one to ensure you are not lost. But keep it somewhere or else people will thought you are tourist waiting to be conned or something. There's another thing that you need is the RapidKL bus routes with schedules and some other bus company's as well. Here's the rule, living in KL is not considered exciting if the public transport is still at its "first class facilites, second class usage and third class peoples".

Here's some of my highlighted problems for you to refer. You can always argue or comment or add if you think the lists here looks better than the reality:

1. Train services are not that extensive enough to cover the whole vast Klang Valley area. (FYI, Klang Valley is a huge metropolitan area that does not only consist of Kuala Lumpur only - it also covers PutraJaya, Petaling Jaya, Subang, Sunway, Shah Alam, Klang, Puchong, Serdang, Selayang, Ampang, Gombak and Sepang.) This extensive area of about 6.5 million population only had about 396km of rail link operated by KTM, Putra and Star Line (now RapidKL) and Monorail. 396 looks long and big, but do consider this - Puchong, Cheras and other suburbans still have no railway links...even I have to walk 20 minutes to the nearest rail stations. I remember while I was in Stockholm few years back when they had stations on every two blocks if not one and they are spread extensively everywhere. In KL, its like a mile or two for each station. Well, Malaysian are obese - walk more!!
   
2. Public transports are not reliable...Let's make this straight, how long do you have to wait for a RapidKL bus B114 to go to Maluri or a KTM train to Seremban from KL Sentral? I think the other train services are considered okay if the time 2-5 minutes of gap for each train arrival are ensured. Even with 2 minutes gap, it is still considered slow. In Stockholm, trains come every 60 to 90 seconds regardless of peak or non-peak hour. In Malaysia, Putra comes every 4-7 minutes, Monorail comes every 2-5 minutes. KTM Komuter every 15-20 minutes, worst as by the time the train arrive, people starts to push around-aside on each other. Buses are even worst! When RapidKL started to cater a route, they guarantee a regular schedule, look what happen after two months. 15 minutes intervals become an hour interval in certain routes in Cheras. RapidKL is no longer a rapid, but instead a SlowKL and famous for its not in time. Build more routes but quality become low. This is about efficiency, reliability and responsibility. Trains have black and white schedules, often altered and affected due to technical faulty. Buses are different, black and white is there, but traffic and most likely human laziness is another factor. Some more mostly are not disabled friendly to cater this special group of people.
   
3. Traffic jam (Jem Trafik) is a matter as well...Since taxis and buses are affected by this problem, so indirectly it will affect the whole system. Let's take my trip to Sunway as example, the bus I'm in caught in traffic jam at Federal Highway somewhere near the intersection to Sunway. Why traffic jam in Klang Valley a problem. Virtually almost every family here owns at least a car. When you have brother - 1 car, sister 1 car, mommy another car, there goes the problem. At least there are 2.5 millions vehicles moving in and around Klang Valley everyday. With numbers are expected to increase, expect more traffic jam in KL. The highway and road connections are first class but consider this, I sometimes think that the jam can be avoided should everyone car-pool, taking public transport or do whatever the government ask you to change your lifestyles. But face this reality, the public transport itself is in havoc. People have no choice but to drive instead of taking RapidKL!! So, traffic jam...a never-ending issue as long as the improvement is not done. Come on, the Federal Highway or Jalan Tun Razak are not guilty 100%.
   
4. Taxis are cutting people's throat...Depending on how you see it, taxis as another medium of transport are always deemed to cut your throat. A stinct 5km away also need to pay RM5. When they see foreigner want to go Bukit Bintang from KLCC, they go and charge them kao-kao, got case it even reach RM100. Some more using NGV (Natural gas costs less than a quarter ringgit a litre i think. 10 litres is enough to drive you to Ipoh or maybe Menglembu). Taxi drivers will give you excuse that they have family to feed, so does everyone else. They will say that they need to pay this and that, maintain this and that, so does everyone else. Taxi, please try to contibute something to the public transportation...you are meant to go places where buses or trains can't really stop at. Living in KL, who says its easy!! And then there's a bunch of taxis who are not willing to take you to the place you want. I saw a lot at Titiwangsa station there... "Jalan Temerloh" "Tak mau, tak mau", wtf!! Next time if the taxi ask for extra charge or refuse to take you, say this to them "Shut Up and Drive".Insist them to use metre!! Rihanna taught me that!!

I think the main problems are there. You have many more to experience but I'm here pointing out the seriousness and the urgent that the public transports need revamp, improvement and maintainence. No use setting first class facilities when we can fully benefit from it, making it pointless, useless and let to rotten under the sunshine and rain. Today, The Star talk about it in the Metro section, plans about railway extension are everywhere. Sadly, the extension that had been in place since 2006 has yet to begin. 9th Malaysian Plan is almost over and you only care about Iskandar and some economical zones that don't do much for the people. The government are all but concerned about the micro-economy problems. You can bring tonnes of gold from foreign investment but how many will be give back to its people. Macroeconomically you can talk about excellent GDP growth but what about microeconomically in terms of inflation and transportation?

The plan of extension is the only solutions we have? Why no plans on improving the bus services as well? What about the cut-throat taxis? What about the efforts to ensure consistent in frequencies of public transport - how to make them come in time? What about upgrading its services and reliability? I think I don't have to point out the solutions of the problems. If we are all wise, resolves the problems based on the problems. Problems can be a lot, possible solutions can be countless but you only need several to solve it. Case close!!