Of Accidents And Unscrupulous People ...

Phew, I'm glad Monday is over. After the horrible day that I had yesterday, I'm just glad to be able to put it all behind me and start the day fresh. Tuesdays aren't so bad for me. Tuesdays don't hate my stinking guts all that much ... hehehe ... It didn't start out as an easy day though but towards noon it got better.

Anyways, on the way home from work yesterday, I met an accident. Now, before you all ask me how serious it was, don't worry, there was hardly any damage. In fact, it wasn't even a real accident to begin with.

My usual route on the way home would take me around the park near my house and normally, the time I drive home, which is in the late evening, that park will be full of kids playing and things like that. I'm always careful when I pass by the park cos you know how kids can be when they're in the park.

There I was just rounding the corner of the park when I notice these 3 kids riding their bicycles out from the park. Kids just love doing stunts with their bikes here. Since the park is in a residential neighbourhood, there were the residents cars parked all around the park which can sometimes obstruct your view.

These 3 kids, while after doing some silly stunts just rode out of the park without bothering to check if there were cars or not. Like I said, I never speed when I'm near this park cos my boys also play here and it's a good thing I saw these 3 jokers. I knew they didn't see me at all and so I stopped my car to a standstill in the middle of the road.

There they came, 2 of them saw me at the last instant and narrowly avoided me while one of them was not so lucky and rammed his bicycle into the front of my car! It was such a comical sight, something you'd see happening in the movies and I would have laughed my head off if it wasn't such a dangerous thing. Before I could even get out to check on the boy (and also give him a tongue lashing for being so careless), he got up, got on his bicycle and rode away like a scared rabbit!

I guess he wasn't hurt at all but I seriously would have loved to have given him a lesson in road safety. You all know the mood I was in yesterday so he was lucky he just decided to cycle off and not face my wrath. LOL! It's a good thing I wasn't going too fast and I happened to notice them and stop, otherwise I'm sure it wouldn't have been such a comical sight to behold. I'm going to be extra careful when I pass there today. Hmmm, maybe I should go find him and scare him or something ... hahaha ...

And on another note, I'd like to talk a little about the reality show Gangstarz which is aired on our local TV3 station. I didn't really want to bother about writing this but I just couldn't keep it inside any longer. Now, I'm not really a huge reality show fan. In fact I don't think all that much about reality show though I do have a few that I simply cannot miss.

Gangstarz is a locally produced reality show searching for the best group from South East Asia, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The show is into it's second season and I watched it last year and it was a pretty decent production. Now, this year, the show as far as I'm concerned has deteriorated in terms of the talents participating.

Except for two of the groups, namely One Nation Emcees from Sabah, Malaysia and Paragon Child from the Philippines, the rest as far as I'm concerned should take a running leap of a bridge. They're so bad that I think I sound better in the shower ... LOL!

Everyweek, as with all reality shows, someone WILL be eliminated. That's the way these things work, right? You send in sms's and vote to keep you favourites in, right? And the one with the lowest number of votes get the boot, right? Well, that's how it should work anyway. But how can you have a reality show where there were NO eliminations for 3 concerts and 2 of those back to back at that!

Don't tell me that no one got the least number of votes? How can they not have any eliminations for 3 concerts? Just because one of the favourites possibly got the lowest number of votes, they decide that there will be no eliminations?

Once, I can live with, twice is a bit too much, but 3 times? Now that's like cheating all those people out there who actually spent so much money on sms's to keep their favourites in the competition and the producers decide that just cos one of the favourites got the lowest votes, they will not eliminate anyone just to keep them in the competition.

Well, that's what I'm speculating anyway. I mean, why else would there be no eliminations. like I said, don't tell me no one go the lowest vote? This is a reality show after all and the winners are decided by people who spend money voting through sms's and this borders on cheating as far as I'm concerned.

It's totally unfair to the fans who vote very week. They might as well just not vote cos for all you know there will be no eliminations again this week. Why waste their money, right? The producers might as well just decide the winners for themselves if they already have a group in mind, right? What a bunch of cheats and the telcos are probably laughing all the way to the bank as well! I have lost all interest and faith in this show.

It's a good thing I've never ever voted for shows like this, well, I did vote for Stacy in the recently concluded Akademi Fantasia but that was only in the finals ... LOL! I just had to bitch about it cos unscrupulous people get on my nerves! Gee, I guess I'm back to my old self again ... hahaha ...
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