How long is a month? or one year? or even a millisecond?

To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a STUDENT who FAILED a grade.

To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave BIRTH to a PREMATURE BABY.

To realise the value of ONE WEEK, ask the EDITOR of a WEEKLY newspaper.

To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask a girlfriend who is waiting for her boyfriend, no wait, it could have been only TEN Minutes or less!

To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a PERSON who MISSED the train.

To realise the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.

To realise the value of ONE TENTH of a SECOND, ask the 100m track and field athlete who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

To realise the value of a millisecond/ a thousand of a second, ask Formula 1 driver!

I overheard the above conversation between a few teenage boys, few days ago at one of the malls in town.

Smiling to myself, I wish I could listen more to their conversation, but I had to run some errands.

During my teenage years, I had some friends of the opposite sex, but I bet they were just with me solely for academic purposes.

But now, most of my “female friends”, just could not take their hands off me, for many reasons.

But back to the earlier conversation of the teenage boys, do you guys really feel bored without any girlfriend?

In the situation that I am in at the moment, it does not really matter, in fact, with you not having any relationship is where the fun begins, as you can go out with anybody you feel like going.

Every now and then, we hang out together for our happy times, and some time it would be only me and one of the girls, having coffee, watching movie, watching the sun sets or whatever we feel like doing, yet we are not “officially” together.

So, it all goes back to the individual, of what they desire, but for those teenage boys, ” Boys, you guys should really concentrate on your studies rather than thinking about girls”.

Educated guys do make a plus point for the ladies, and educated person also scores high marks with her parents/family, (if you really wanna go far into the relationship, that is).

On arrival, I took a limo downtown and this time I stayed at Westin Hotel which is just in front of Pavillion shopping.

It was my first time there but I have stayed at different Westin properties worldwide. As an SPG Platinum member, I got a room upgrade and all my bags was handled swiftly by the front desk.

Meeting was not for a few hours so I decided to hit of the many SPA’s along Bukit Bintang….. and this is one of the start of the many beginnings…

But when I do manage to hop on board, I always look forward to it.

My latest trip onboard MAS came a few days ago, short flight from Brunei – KL.

During check in I was greeted by a petite lady by the name of Feezah, 23-25 y.o. nice backsid, shame  as I only had the pleasure of her company for only a few minutes as check-in was quite brisk and trouble free.

As I walked on board, I was greeted by a male cabin crew, but as I turned right there she was…. vava voom…. very nice indeed, lips so luscious that can make you drool while just thinking what it can do.

Her name was Shirley, Chinese lady… well proportion…That Kebaya dress hugged her to perfection… what a star…

“Welcome on board” She said
“Hi, Seat 9D…How’s the weather in KL? ” I asked her

“Morning is bright but sometimes it rains in the afternoon”
“I see, well I hope when you finish work you can go back to something nice and warm”

Whilst sitting down, as she was standing very close, my elbow brushed her bum, I reckon its fairly firm and round… just as I like it….

“Sorry” I apologized

“No worries”, a sweet smile follows.

.. and what happened during the flight, that, I am still contemplating whether to post or not to post …..

Once again I was with Mei, as her whole family was still away on vacation, Mei invited me to her crib.

As last nite was Chop Goh Mei, so I assumed that there would be some crowd, but boy I was wrong, the only crowd was her domestic helpers, as it was just Mei and me.

Adorning her tight-body-hugging cheongsam, she was really mesmerising, could not help but stared at her soon as she opened the door last nite.

*snap* *snap*

” Hei Roy, are you alrite?”, Mei asked me whilst snapping her finger in front of my face.

“er yea, just could not help looking at how beautiful you look tonite”, I quickly replied.

“So you are saying, that I was not that beautiful any other days?”, whilst pinching me on my stomach.

“ooooouucch, nope, what I meant was, you look much more beautiful tonite”.

“alaaa, sudah lah Roy, bah come on in”, she invited me in.

Mei, is the only girl of the family, whom are often left alone by her parents due to their frequent business trips. Having much wealth, that many people would love to swap place with, Mei is still lacking something in her heart department.

She chooses her friends carefully, as most of the friends are only close because of her generousity, and there are also some of the girl friends who are jealous of her because of her packages, i.e. wealth and beauty.

I would not say she looks like Shu Qi, Bai Ling or Zhang Ziyi, but I can bet you that, everytime she walks to our table for our happy hours, all eyes will be on her.

It was a lovely nite, having dinner at her huge balcony, watching some people playing fireworks, was really a nite to remember.

As we go further into the evening, she started to “pour” her emotion to me, expressing her loneliness everytime her family is away.

Exchanging emotions, she moves closer to me, without realising she was snugged in my embrace.

In the midst of rejoicing the moment, I felt something vibrates.

*Dayum, my mobile was on vibrate.

* 1 Message received.

“U buzy? need to talk to u…” Bella messaged me.

*Need to opt for an early exit.

“errrm, Mei I think I need to go”

“Is everything OK Roy?”, Mei sounding concerned.

“Something just came up….”

After a quick goodbye ritual, and as soon as I hit the road, plugging my bluetooth earpiece, I was on the phone with Bella til my way home….

“Hei u, you are REQUESTED to come over to my place this CNY 26Jan, u know the place, the time 3pm, c u “

Mei, a lovely Chinese lady, whom I have known few years back, thou I cannot recalled how I actually known her, but what I know is that, we were very close, but not THAT close.

“k, for u, I’ll b there “, I replied her message.

“Adakah?”

“Mun flyover pun ada udah”

“Namanya bandaraya tantu ta jua”

“Baik tah u pegi Miri eh, berapa lama udah inda kesana ah”

A typical conversation that we encounter in our daily life, and I will try to conclude the conversation later.

I must admit that, I do not cross the border to that area as often as some people, and I was always tease because of that.

The last time I went to Miri was many years ago, hence just wanting to know what the fuss is about with the “new” Miri, we went there last December.

And this is what I can say from my observations.

The city itself has not really change that much since my last trip, and I think I did not miss anything during that year.

So, why do they have all of those franchise cafes and stuff? Don’t praise them, blame ourselves.

I just could not understand how some people would go there almost every other month or week and some do travel there every week, when in fact they are doing bad thing to our local economy by bringing the currency out of the country.

Waste of time, waste of money.

Imagine this, a typical scenario, for a family of four travelling from BSB to Miri.

Travelling time: BSB – Miri + long queue at the border + others = >3~4 Hours

and return duration =  >  3~4 Hours

duration in Miri = > 2 hours

Hence one need to spend about a day just to go to Miri.

Cost

Bridge Toll: KB=  BND6 return

Bridge Toll: Miri = RM20 Return

Petrol = BND25 on average for RON97 (depending on car)

Meal average for 4 persons = RM40 x 2 ( plus other snacks) = at least RM100

Money spent on groceries and other stuffs, at least RM400!

Just imagine every week how many thousand of us are travelling there, and how much money are flowing out of our country.

Just to make a rough calculation:

RM500 per family per trip

Number of family per week, say 4,500

Hence RM500 x 4,500 family = RM2.25 Million! and that is per week!

Per month = RM2.25 Million x 4

Per Year = RM2.25Million x 54 weeks =more than RM120Miilion or BND 50 Million!!

So now, whom to blame for their development? I won’t touch about the newly found “love” in KK yet, or now the “newly developed” car ferry to Labuan.

If only those money are spend locally, eventually, we can also have those fancy franchise diner or stores in Brunei.

And if you want to put it into reality, do your part, be a smart shopper.

In fact the prices in Brunei is quite reasonable, except during sales, I really hope somebody do check their prices, other than that, no complaint.

I Thank You All.

Peace.

But, after few posts, I did not realize that there were a number of silent readers, who eventually expressed their feelings. Either their love feelings or even hate feelings.

And when I googled “Romeo Razali”, I found out some site have linked to this site, thanks for being a fan, and I also found out some interesting post on the net, like , ” .. u think you are Romeo Razali what ..” or something along that line, well it made me smile.

I might not post regularly in 2008, but 2009 is another chapter, another volume, another book or whatever you want to call it.

Hope the new year will bring us more prosperity burgers, wealth, good health and happiness.

Happy New Year and Ma’al Hijrah.

Salam.

I’m quite content with Raya this year, met some old friends and flames, rekindling lost flame and burning some new ones.

To all the girls I loved before, and to all the beautiful ladies out there, Happy Raya and thanks for the memories.

For those UBDians who are having their convocation today, Congrats to you all.

Get some days off for a while, but in the same time, look for work opportunities, be it with the private sector, government or even on your own.

There are many “windows” out there for those who search, think outside the box, look for what is in abundance around you, what are being needed yet there are still scarcity for the supply.

The ambience at the mosque during the nites of Ramadhan is very peaceful, hundreds of people will throng the mosque to perform their religious duties, men, women, young and old.

The path I usually walked to the mosque’s entrance is the main lobby area, where after the prayers, the women can be seen waiting for their men, or they are just passing by that area, and here almost every night, I “bumped” into this sweet looking lady, usually with her mum, waiting for her dad and bro.

Thou many young ladies can be seen after the prayer, but this lady has this something that I can’t explain, been trying to make eye contacts, to no avail, until tonite, something made me turned over my back, and there she was, behind me, looking at me, thus I just smile, and she smiles back, shining the already bright full-moon nite.

And I think, this was a Saturday nite well spent, hope the other members have a fabulous nite as well.