Monday, September 29, 2008

dangerous world



we live in a dangerous world nowadays, many innocent-looking people out there somehow or rather turns out to be crooks. the bad guys are coming up with so many tactics just to cheat, rob, and rape the true innocent people out there. it's a real struggle to be kind hearted and help people who pretends to need your help and then end up causing harm to us. this is where we need God's wisdom and discernment to tell us to help or not to help, in all things we do, practice wisdom and always be alert. do not be naive anymore coz the world out there is just getting too crazy, here are some instances.....

(1)
Today I passed by a building which has an ATM machine. There was an old man looking at me. Suddenly, he called me. He said he didn't know how to read, so he gave me his ATM card and asked me to help him withdraw money from the ATM machine. I answerd 'NO!! If you need help, ask the security to help you.' Then he said 'nevermind..' and continued to find other people to help him...

REMEMBER : ATM machines have CCTVs. If you help him he will later claim that you have robbed him or stolen his ATM card. Besides,his ATM card could be a stolen one. So please be careful of these tactics.


(2)
Suddenly your house lights go off. From your window you find that your neighbours still have lights. So you go out of your house to check the meter box. But once you open the door. a knife will be pointing at you and preventing you from closing it. This is when you will be robbed and injured.

REMEMBER : Even though your electricity suddenly goes off, DO NOT open your

door immediately. Look around to see if there is anything unusual or if there is any noise around.

(3)
This is another incident. You may have heard it before, it is about a lady who she saw a kid crying by the roadside. When she spoke to the kid, the kid told her he was lost and wanted her to take him home. The kid even gave her a paper with his house address. So she took him home. But when she rang the door bell, she had an electric shock. Later when she woke up, she was naked in an empty room.

REMEMBER : Being such a compassionate and helpful person might not be a good thing these days. Pass this on and girls, please be careful...DON'T BE TOO KIND!!

(4)
One day, there was an old lady outside my house holding 2 packets of sweets. At first I thought she was our neighbour and wanted to give us these packs of sweets as a gift. But then when she spoke, I can realised that she was foreigner. I could not understand what she was talking about. I guessed she must be asking for money.I sensed there was something wrong and immediately closed the door and ignored her. Later, I found she and an accomplice robbed someone else down the road.

(5)
I was at the ATM machine to withdraw some money. Behind me, there was an old lady. She asked me whether I was able to withdraw my money because she said she had problem with her machine. Suddenly a small girl came up beside me. The small girl was squeezing infront of me. I thought she was just naughty and playful. But then, the small girl put her hand at the tray of the ATM machine where the money comes out, ready to take away my money. I sensed something wrong and immediately pushed her away. Later I realised that the small girl and the old lady worked together. She was trying to steal my money while the old lady was trying to distract my attention by asking me questions!

REMEMBER: BE VERY CAREFUL when you are at an ATM machine and be alert.
Look out for anyone suspicious around you!

(6)
My parents are retired and stay at home most days. One afternoon, a young stranger went to their house and said his motorcycle had no more petrol and the petrol station was too far for him to push his bike there. So he asked my parents for an empty coke bottle to buy some petrol. He said he will pay RM2 for the bottle. So my mum took one coke bottle for him. He really took out the money from his pocket, but it was a RM
100 note. He told my mum he had no small change and asked my mum to give him the change. Luckily my mum was smart. She just told him to take it for free.

REMEMBER : obviously that note is fake!! Who would want to pay for RM2 for an empty coke bottle!! It's very OBVIOUS that that stranger is a trickster.

(7)
This happened in Bali . A newly married couple were having their honeymoon at the hotel. When both are in the changing room, the wife suddenly went missing. The husband was very anxious and went around to find her. He asked the hotel staff to help him find her. Then he thought his wife was just playing hide and seek. So he went back and waited for his wife. After a few hours, he decided to call the police. 3
weeks passed and there was still no news about his missing wife. So he went back and was very dissapointed and sad. A few years later, he came back to Bali , to watch a 'FREAK SHOW' in an old house. He saw a dirty and rusty metal cage.
Inside there was a lady without limbs. Her body including the face was full of scars. When he had a closer look at her face, he was shocked to find that it was her missing wife put there as a means for begging.

(8)
This happened in Shanghai. A few years ago, a lady reported to the police that her cousin sister was missing in the shopping complex. But after 5 years, one of her friends found her cousin sister begging at the road side one of the streets in bangkok, Thailand . The worst thing is that her cousin sister has no more limbs and her body was tied to a lamp post with a shackle (metal chain).

(9)
Let's just shorten this story. DO NOT open your house door when you hear the sound of a BABY CRYING!! It might be a trap! Women in the house must be alert to this trick. The police said it is the work of a robber or murderer using the recording of a baby crying to attract your attention.This normally happens at night and when you are alone in the house.

(10)
I read an email that was sent by my friend. Her friend, known as A, went to Luo Hu Commercial City with 2 friends, B and C. Luo Hu Commercial City is the Shenzhen counterfeit goods distribution center.There are many people there. It's also near to the ShenZhen train station and Hong Kong's Luo Hu Port. C went to the toilet at the shpping centre while A and B waited outside. After waiting for a long, time they felt
uneasy and went into the toilet to look for her. When they went in there, there was nobody inside. Both were scared and the called C's phone.There was no reply. So
they reported to the police. The police asked them whether they had seen anyboby suspicious going into the toilet. Both said there were none and its impossible to bring a life person out of the toilet without them noticing!. Then A remembered seeing a
cleaner pushing a trolley in, and then coming out. The police told them that was not the 1st time such a thing happened. The police suspected a gang of criminals who were always attacking women in the the toilet of shopping complexes. They use cleaners to kidnap people to harvest their organs for sale.

REMEMBER : please be careful when using the toilet. Do not go to the wash room or toilet ALONE!! Please at least have a partner with you.


p/s : i am not sure how true all these stories are, but in this weird world that we are living in, i think it's good to just take note. afterall, like they say "pervention is better than cure". we must definitely pray for peace wherever we are and ask that God will protect us all.

Friday, September 26, 2008

cars i've driven before

before a man is married, his car is his wife. after a man gets married, his car is his mistress. cars (big boys toys) and guys/boys have always been a perfect match, one that is made in heaven. seldom do you hear that guys dun like cars, you may hear them saying they dun like their cars but definitely not their dream cars. every man has one or a few dream cars, but not all can afford to own their dream car, so usually man makes do with the closest thing to their dream car or something that they can afford.

i for one am no different from car loving men. i love cars and i love to drive. that's why if i can afford, i will usually change cars every now and then, but if i can't afford then i will go to the car showroom and test drive around, it really keeps me happy. since i knew how to drive, i realized that over the last 14 years i have actually driven quite a lot of cars before. when i say driven doesn't mean i own them all, i may have owned some, borrowed some, exchanged some or test driven some, so all of you don't think that i am so rich drive so many cars before. here goes the list of cars i have driven before, i may have forgotten some but it's ok......


the first car that i drove (my dad's car) and crashed (no license at that time)



my youth pastors car, we get to drive it when we are ferrying youth for trips


also my youth pastors car, usually the girl drivers get to drive it coz it's got more power


my friends dad's car which i managed to loan


also my classmates dad's car that i would loan to ferry youth to events, very kind of my classmates father


also another one of dad's car that i drove around, but this time i got license and didn't crash it, hehehehehehe!!!


this is my former church van which again we drive around to ferry youth, maybe that's how i got into the habit of ferrying youth until today!!!



ta dah!!! my very first car that i own in Malaysia, cost me 5k during that time


another first, but this time first car in australia that cost me 1.5k (cheap rite?), i also used it for my first part-time job in domino's pizza


my 2nd car which cost around 7k, mini upgrade for myself at that time



test drove it, liked it, nearly bought it but didn't

a good friends car that i managed to drive






also another first, my first brand new car that cost me 27k in australia



you will notice from now that i began to switch to fast cars, it was during my very naughty period and i liked to race a lot, overload of police speed summons and illegal driving and racing. but i really enjoyed the cars.











sudden switch to conservative cars right? no lah, they are my dad's car





my first car in KL


friends car that i drove while visiting KK

test drove but didn't buy

my 2nd car in KL, a mini upgrade from the wira











sheer luxury and performance, a great alternative to continental cars, too bad it is too expensive for me to buy, around 300k



this is one car i would really love to own one day















as i reflect back, it's really been quite a lot of cars that i've driven before though i didn't own all of them. there were a few more others that i couldn't remember but i am already very happy and grateful that i have managed to try so many. God has really been good to my life and blessed me much and i hope all of you will be blessed as well. have a nice day all of you !!!

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