My Name Is Not Emo

Are you happy today?




Sometimes we enjoy life so much that we really forgot about things that matters to us most... So are you really happy today?

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This is found somewhere off the coast of AFRICA, and this is the newest innovative development by Google, mapping land is a past, now Google is venturing into Ocean Mapping!!

Bernie Bamford, came upon this strange pattern of lines while browsing Google Maps. The location of the lines are so close to the fame legendary lost island Atlantis. The exact coordinates are 31 15'15.53N, 24 15'30.53W.


BUT according to Google's Official Blog, they firmly debunked it saying that it's mere remnants of data left by sonar boats while mapping the ocean floor. Now all that is left is to send something down to that part of the ocean and take some videos / pictures.

Statement from Google:
"It's true that many amazing discoveries have been made in Google Earth, including a pristine forest in Mozambique that is home to previously unknown species and the remains of an ancient Roman villa," a statement from Google read. "In this case, however, what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process. Bathymetric (or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea floor. The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers the data."



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What an emo week i got here! but the emo-ness that i am talking here doesnt come from me, myself or i. Apparently a lot of my friends are emo-ing about studies, relationship, munny and the list goes on. Dear wenyan, see what i am talking about? I dont emo, but my friends are and you are one of it.

So what am i going to do now, is to write an Q and A section in this post. Do you know whats the ironic part, after i listened to most of 'your problems', i find that theres nothing much to emo about, seriously, cuz most of it are considered trivial though.

And ya, for those who has been reading newspaper for emo-probs columns such as Big Bro (was subsequently replaced by xXx, what a lame name T__T ) and Dear Thelma, seriously, go get some life. Those authors are holding themselves back when giving advises and they only tell you for the sake of telling you what to do. You would rarely seen them bombarding those who wrote in, so screw it! Btw, I am not gawd here to cover all of your problem scenarios here, so i will just pick a few of it. Dont worry, no names will be mentioned throughout the Q and A. And dont ask me those ppl's identity, ok? i am not gong to reveal it, so dont bother to try, ya? Cheers = )

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Problem A

X (gal - single ) went for an outing at some club house with friends. During the outing, Y (dude) saw X and walked all the way to her and had a short chat and even got her hp number. Well, she was surprised that someone would has the courage to do such. Y has been calling X almost everyday and talked for hours but they never meet up again ever since the first time they met at the club house. Perhaps some of you were thinking now at this point, wondering if Y is some la-la or si-hum chai? Nope, he is not. X described Y as a person who is really nice to talk to, a guy with a good career (engineer) and only slightly older than her.

I wouldnt say that he is the perfect guy out there though, but so far as being described to me, he is a reasonable person that most of the gals would look forward to. I did told X that this Y might be interested in her, as usual, X denied and claimed that both of them are just good friends. (btw, for those who dont know Mr Zhong well, the word 'platonic' doesnt exists in his life-dictionary.) Guess what? shortly after that, Y did expressed his feelings towards X. I might not be a prophet or some crystal ball reader, but my intuition is not that bad one, ok?!

Okay, Y is a great guy and nice to talk to, and kind of 'ngam key' with X. But the issue is that, this Y is not handsome. Okay, thats just a nice way to describe his outloook- the truth is, he is reaaaaaaaaaaaally that bad looking (kodok). X couldnt accept him because Y did not surpass X's outlook threshold. X now feeling guilty becuz she used to condemn those who actually 'yu mao chui yan' (canto) or judge a book by its cover. I know all of you got your own opinion about this whole matter, but this is what Mr Zhong gotto say to X:

Answer A
Dont feel guilty if you cant accept him simply becuz he is bad looking. To be honest, theres nothing wrong with that. As the matter of facts, sad but true, all ppl does that especially guys. That doesnt mean that guys are meanie or such, it is just that diff ppl have diff priorities that they look for in a person as their partner. But guys are created in a way which they tends to have 'outlook' as one of their top priority while gals have it lower. But if Y cant meet up your threshold, DONT ACCEPT HIM k? Never ever ever accept a person for the sake of accepting. Unless you can tolerate with what he lacked of for the rest of your life.

If u cant remember that, tattoo that on ur hand or something.

If u rejected him but he still keep calling you everyday. Let him be, keep emphasising the word 'friends' to him and let him know that you are not interested having a relationship with him other than just friends BUT dont you try to 'pancing' him so that you can keep his attention to you. If you try to do that, even Mr Zhong would despise you, k? After some time, he will eventually get the point and slowly back off a bit away from you. Trust me, it works.

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Problem B

Okay, this is even more complicated. WY (gal) and WJ (error-cant be determined) always been a pair of dodgy friends among all other friends (no names mentioned k? Dear readers, plz, do me a favour, dont try to make inferences, even if you do, keep it only to yourself, nothing malicious intended here) As usual, they claimed that they are platonic-type-of-friends.

I know this is hearsay, but nonetheless, i heard that they are seen like couple, they sound like couple, but as they said, nope, they are not couple. Only gawd knows what they are anyway. Okay to cut it short, among the bunch of friends, theres another guy, SW came into the picture ( sounds like a korean drama heh? XD ) and he tried pretty hard to court WY but WY has been giving him a cold shoulder. But on the other hand, WY did gave some mixed signals to SW (*cough* Cambodia,pool, flower *cough*) T___T
Well, of course the bunch of friends been teasing them yada yada yada. The question is that, she never been openly oppose to it or even admitted that SW got feelings on her. All she does is deny deny deny. >___> that is sooooo wy~

Answer B
Oh my, sounds like some winter sonata scenario though i never watch it before. Standard Korean dramas they said. Dear WY, i know you dont want to commit anything, but you cant have both ya? I know maybe you like the attention of both, but hanging on both would only lead you to a recipi of disaster k? Seriously, if you want to choose WJ, tell SW and vice versa. Well, in the game of lub (not typo btw), theres always someone bound to be hurt when comes to 3 parties scenario. All of you are adults, they will know how to handle it. SO MAKE YOUR DECISION A.S.A.P!

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Problem C

This is some standard problems that a normal typical student would have, study pressure. Z told me that she lost the burning desire in studies recently and seems moodless and moody and felt like giving up. My first reaction is like... 'Whaaaa?'. Studies + being bullied by younger (again, no typo here) sister, worsen the situation. Exam is just around the corner, she told me. And if she doesnt recover the 'fire' soon enough, she is screwed.

Answer C
As far as i am concerned, Z, listen to me. You always been a hardworking and consistent student throughout the whole course til now. About your 'losing desire' to study, it is just a temporary effect which i normally called the 'Burnt out' effect. Trust me, dont just caving yourself at home and study like a madcow, it doesnt work, seriously. Go out and have fun from time to time, do whatever you been enjoy doing and you will be fine. Doesnt mean that i ask you to stop studying all together okay?

If you are still worrying about your exam, LOOK AT ME, well, i do got some study stress though but you dont see me being depress or emo like you do ya? My point is being, that if Mr Zhong (that has been skipping classes and not been passing up his assignments with a million of it backlogging) has not press the panic button yet, you dont need to. Just keep it up and dont slack, not now. Mr Zhong might need your answer sheets and notes!




WAHHHHH, type so long only able to cover 3 probs today. Em... i guess i will save some of it next time ba. Okay guess its up for me to pick up the most heaviest book on earth now to read up a bit. If not, i will be gg'd.

Til we meet again next time, stay tune for more Mr Zhong's Emo Talk!
(Again, no grammar police are welcome here, shoooo~)


= Mr Zhong =

When you love someone, let them know... You never know what will happen the next minute.... Learn to build a life together.. Learn to love each other. For who they are.. Not what they are...

From Email...


One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office...



Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story....

This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over yrs of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce....

Lawyer was having a hard time trying to get the papers done, because he felt that after 40 yrs of marriage at the age of 70, he couldn't understand why the old couple would still want a divorce..

While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband....

"I really love u, but I really cant carry on anymore, I'm sorry. I really do not want to be with you anymore. I do not want to lie to you as my feelings to you is no longer there... I know you tried really hard to sustain this relationship but it's my decision.... "

"Its okay, I understand... " said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just 3 of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still gonna be friends....

At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness.

The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick for the old lady...."Take this, its your favorite...."

Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there's still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer...

"This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don't you know that I hate drumsticks? Do you know in fact i love chicken wings the most?"


Little did she know that, over the years, the husband have been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks was the husband's favorite. Little did he know that she never thought he understand her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her...

That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn... After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wanted to tell her "I love you".... He had so many words and stories to share with her...

He wanted to tell her how they will bring up their grand children, how they will live to see their grand children schooling and even wedding....

He wanted to tell her how they use to sing songs to each other whenever they are in need of each other courage and support...

He wanted to tell her how she always smile at his jokes and how the smile of hers make him even happier...

Most of all, he wanted to tell her that how deep and how much he could love her....

He picks up the phone, starting dialing her number.... ringing never stops... he never stop dialing....

He had so many things to share and to live with her despite their old age and yet those words never reached her......

On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just cant take it anymore....

Phone' s ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that its him... "Whats the point of talking now that its over... I have ask for it and now I wanna keep it this way, if not I will lose face... Since it's my decision, let me be the one that will regret over it... "

She thought... Still ringing... She have decided to pull out the cord... And switches her mobile phone to silent mode... Little did she remember, he have heart problems...

The next day, she received news that he had passed away... She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone... He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through her phone line....

As sad as she could be... She will have to clear his belongings... When she was looking through the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, with the beneficiary being her... And together in those file, there was this note...

"To my dearest wife, by the time you're reading this, I'm sure I'm no longer around, I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only RM500k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer. I want you to know I will always be around, by your side... I love you my dear"

Tears flowed like river......


"When you love someone, let them know... You never know what will happen the next minute.... Learn to build a life together.. Learn to love each other. For who they are.. Not what they are..."

Life is interesting at times, and i kinda like my job. I love the adrenaline rushing through my veins every time i'm transacting large deals. One single wrong move or wrong timing will result in either huge loss or accidental huge profits. It's really exhaustive, mentally and physically but i love the rush of excitement and heart pumping action of my job

Personal stuffs aside, today i'm gonna open up a topic.................. Zzzzzzzzzz

ZoMg! SO far so good, the responses that we got after the blog being setuP'd for the past few days were quite overwhelming i guess. We even got some viewer all the way from the US. = ) cheers

Okay, i admit that i been slacken a bit for the past few days and my co-blogger, Mr 3blups posted a few posts and eventually drowned mine all the way to the bottom. Well, time for me to be more active in postings.


Oh ya, before i forget, there is this person (i am not going mention who) who keep insisting that i am some emo dude. I told her, i am the one who actually came out with this catchy name of the blog 'My-Name-Is-Not-Emo'. Okay, lets face it, if i want to emo emo about everything and anything, i would have came out with a blog name that actually matches my character instead, ie, My-Name-Is-Emo.

READ MY LIPS AGAIN, I AM NOT EMO, k? AT LEAST NOT MR ZHONG!


Btw, someone came and asked me a few days ago, 'Hey Mr Zhong, i dont understand, why you wrote something about tourism industry, isnt it boring?'

Em, actually some who read that post were rather find it amusing, while some others find it a bit boring. The reason is simple, that post titled '2 sides of a coin' were actually not about tourism but rather it is about human nature. I'm not going to interpret that whole thing and explain it line by line here, if u dont believe, read again, you will get what i mean.


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Let us not forget what he did for the country, he might not know how to
hold a gun or even a sword to fight, but the impact of his writings are far
beyond what a gun or a sword can do.

Today i am not going to post something about myself anyway, i am going to talk about a person, a person who i think worth mentioning and deserves respect from all Malaysians. His name is Raja Petra Kamarudin, aka, RPK.


Well, i got to know about him like a few years ago through a friend who introduced me to his blog, http://mt.m2day.org/ . Raja Petra is a member of the Selangor royal family. He is the nephew of the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, the eleventh Yang Dipertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia. Since then, i been following to almost every single of his articles that he wrote, because i find all his articles are very interesting because he dares to write and openly criticizes those who walk in the corridors of power.


Due to his consistency and persistency opposing them, he got himself into series of troubles, and for those who do not know, he might be put behind bars again in Kemunting under the grounds of threat to national security (ISA - Internal Security Act ). Those who are being charged under ISA would renders them being put behind bars WITHOUT trial. YES, the Home Minister can put anyone behind bars as long as he thinks that you are one of a threat to national security. He can put you behind bars for 2 years long and it can be renewed perpetually until the day you die inside the prison.

Sounds unfair? yes, it is more than just unfair, it is injustice that we are talking about here. If u cant imagine how ridiculous is it, let me give u an example.

I am going to tell you guys about my experience back during my high-school days ( i dont usually use the word 'high skoolz' but i am using it this time to cater those who insisted to me that using this word high skools seems a bit more high clazzzzz wor, yes i am talking to YOU! the one who is eating cili now~ siapa makan cili, dia terasa pedas~ ) .

I was loitering in the society room just after recess to pack some stuff due to the absence of that particular teacher. But i was unlucky enough to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, the school discipline teacher were walking around that area with a cane on his hand. He saw me and thought that i am skipping classes and whipped me once with that cane even though i was trying to explain to him. He doesnt care, he got the authority to do so, so long as he got 'reasonable grounds' to believe that i was skipping classes. Whats the truth does not matter, objective 'reasonable ground' is all he need to justify the whipping! T____T

okay, until now, i still felt the so-called 'injustice' back then. Anyway, the analogy is there, i know my situation is nothing compared to what is happening atm. What RPK facing now, is perhaps a million times worse than mine as his liberty is at stake. sigh....


In RPK's latest post, entitled 'Probably My Last Message to Malaysians' (http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/18155/84/) , i almost broke into tears for reading it and i am not exaggerating about it. He is fighting hard, struggling for a better Malaysia, not just for himself, he is doing all of us a favour and yet when he found himself in trouble, theres nothing others can do anything about it and he will be facing it alone. I bet some of us who actually reading this post atm doesnt even know that such person exists. To me, he is a martyr, a martyr who sacrifices greatly because of his beliefs. Not those type which you can see in hollywood films, ie superman or batman. To me, he is much more than that.


I used to think that he got some hidden agenda under his sleeves for supporting the opposition strongly and opposing the gomen of the day. But guess what, i was wrong about it. He does not want to become a politician, he doesnt gun for any fames, as the matter of facts, all he wants is nothing other than a better Malaysia for all of us. There are just too many wrongs being done to this country and no one dare to speaks up other than him. He knows the heavy price that he needs to pay by doing so and he doesnt care.


For those who do not know, he was released last year from Kemunting after the High Court of Shah Alam accepted the habeus corpus (illegal detention) application from his lawyers and ordered for his release. Subsequently the Home Minister (puiiii kanasai -hokkien ) decided to appeal against the High Court decision in the Federal Court. RPK's liberty and fate now lies in the Federal Court's decision.

This coming monday 23rd Feb 2009, the Federal Court will decide if RPK will continue walk as a free man or he will be detained in Kemunting under ISA. He decided that in any event that he is being detained behind bars once more, he will speak the words of silence, meaning he maintain silence as a mute person refusing any medical treatments, food and water.


'....This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days. By the end of that period I shall be dead. I am prepared for that. They plan to imprison my body for the rest of my life. But I shall release my spirit from my body and will again be free. They can keep my body and they can do whatever they want with it. But they will never be able to keep my spirit. I shall separate my spirit from my body and deny them the pleasure of incarcerating me.....' (RPK)


Well, i guess i am done with explaining the gist of what is happening to RPK atm.

Let us not forget what he did for the country, he might not know how to hold a gun or even a sword to fight, but the impact of his writings are far beyond what a gun or a sword can do. I shall pray for your release and hope you would not give up in your struggle to make Malaysia a better place for all of us.

I guess i need to stop writing for now, i been a little too verbose in my writing tonight. Thats all i got to say for now.




= Mr Zhong =