Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Rudy from Hitz.fm actually declared the Valentine's Day as SAD (Single Awareness Day) yesterday. Hahaha...how sad...don't have to be like that lah, Rudy! :P

Anyway, I would like to say to EVERYONE that whether you are single, seeing someone or married, Valentine's Day is not only a special day for those people with a partner/lover. It is a day for ALL who loved and being loved.

Keith & I had a pre-Valentine celebration last night to avoid the crowd today. We went to the Japanese restaurant called Kura in One World Hotel. I would say the food rating is 8/10, their service is prompt and prices are also not too expensive. I would recommend you to try it. :)

We took some pics of the food we ordered but sadly the night mode of our handphone's camera not that clear so the pics don't look that nice, but I decided to just post it anyway.

Truth or Lie?? How Can You Tell?!?

I do enjoy listening to Hitz.fm morning crew (JJ & Rudy) every workdays morning. Occasionally, there are some really funny Gotcha Calls and lately the Lie Detector Test...Until this morning.

A couple who have been dating (or perhaps 'dated' by now) for 4 years were on air. Well, basically the bf has strapped his gf in. The entire thing started very normal like others and after a series of questions from both JJ & Rudy, it was the bf turn to asked some personal questions. And that's when the entire show starts to turn really really sour. :(

You see, the bf was suspicious of the gf on an incident happened a week ago, thus, I think he purposely set her up so that he can question her with the lie detector on. Needless to say, things went really bad, coz from what I heard from the radio, the bf stomped out from the studio and the last word from the gf to JJ & Rudy was 'F*** You All!'.

I really feel sorry for them, but i don't know I feel sorrier for the couple or JJ & Rudy. The program is suppose to be all entertainment but it is sad that it has causes such damage to some individuals...

If the couple happen to read my blog (though I know it is very unlikely) but if they do, I hope they read the following:

Detractors of the polygraph call lie detection a voodoo science, saying that polygraphs are no more accurate at detecting lies than the flip of a coin. "Despite claims of 'lie detector' examiners, there is no machine that can detect lies," reads a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "The 'lie detector' does not measure truth-telling; it measures changes in blood pressure, breath rate and perspiration rate, but those physiological changes can be triggered by a wide range of emotions."
Lee, who has been performing polygraph exams for 18 years, agrees that polygraphs do not detect lies. "What has happened over the years is that the media has dubbed this lie detection, and that's what's clicked, but from a scientific perspective, absolutely not. There's no such thing as lie detection. I couldn't tell you what a lie looks like."
He does assert that polygraphs can detect deceptive behavior even through the stress brought on by the exam itself.

Truthful...He/She's telling the truth....He/She's lying.....Deceptive......whatever it is....don't let the lie detector to be the affecting factor to your life and relationship, it is merely a dumb machine after all.

Stop It! Our English Aren't That Bad!!!

One thing has annoyed me quite enormously lately is some ads playing on the radio.

I really can't quite figure out why some of the ads just like to use broken & Singaporean-slang-like English. I don't know whether that was the idea from the advertising companies or the products' owners.

Seriously, we Malaysians speak much better English overall apart from all the 'La' & 'Ma' we like to use at the end of our sentences most of the time, but really.....we are capable of speaking proper English to the matter of fact.

So stop using all the Ah-Beng & Ah-Lian slang in the ads. It would not makes your ads stands out or make your sales rise up 10-folds..... it merely makes us sound so shallow and seems like we can't speak proper English at all.

We are way much better when comes to English speaking!