feeling way too damm good

had a nice drive into the city today on the kl - seremban highway, at least up to sungai besi.

nickelback was playing loudly ..
i missed you so much that i begged you to fly and see me
you must've broke down 'cause you finally said that you would
but now that you're here i just feel like I'm constantly dreaming
well something's gotta go wrong 'cause i'm feeling' way too damn good

guess i was feeling way too damm good too, cos something definitely when wrong the moment i entered the city. traffic was hardly moving, taking me an hour to reach jalan pinang from the sungai besi toll .. and this is at 11am on a weekday. and it was not because of:
* town council staff watering plants during peak hours
* road closures to facilitate some silly political launches
* idiots stopped in yellow boxes at traffic lights, causing a standstill
* idiots switching lanes, only to switch again when the other lane is just as slow
* cops stopping lorries and having long chats while his colleague watches passer bys
* an accident, with cars stopping or slowing down just to watch
* traffic diversion to facilitate pavement rehabilitation works

there were just too many automobiles. way too many. fancy cars, small cars, smaller cars, kancils, singapore cars, lorries, more lorries, busses, double-decker busses...

why are busses so large? why are there so many on the road, but not enough to cater to commuters? why cant these busses take a turn on the roads in the city without taking up both sides of the road. why are they parked all over, taking up at least one lane, especially on roads leading to puduraya. why are busses still stationed at puduraya? arent we supposed to have moved the bus terminal out of the city? must have read a couple of proposal on it over the last decade. think the rationale was that the roads are too conjested for busses. really?

or we are goin to remove cars now with the levy system, so the busses can remain? can we make up our minds? and then actually implement something that works?

we will need more space on our roads soon, with the unveiling of the RM30 million ferris wheel in tasik titiwangsa. tourists are expected to flock to the site too see the wheel every night. expect phone lines to be conjested too as these tourists will call home, inviting their friends and families to visit to fly to malaysia to see the new wonder. the wheel will be, after all - malaysia, truly asia.

here are some thoughts to make the wheel spin harder for the country.
make all malaysia airlines flights take a spin around the city over tasik titiwangsa."ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot attempting to speak english. malaysia is proud to unveil to you - if you look on your right - the world's largest mobile ferris wheel. we hope you make time to take a spin on it, and tell all your friends and families about it. we will be landing shortly, so please fasten your seat belts, and return your seat to the upright position. forget the drink you ordered half an hour ago, you wont be getting it. thank you for flying malaysia airlines."

we could also take a shot of the wheel from space, when our astronaut takes off without his teh tarik. imagine our astronaut addressing us from space (very briefly as live telecasts from space are expensive, and god forbid we dont waste money).
"yab dato' seri abdullah bin haji ahmad badawi, perdana menteri malaysia yang di sanjungi dan dikasihi, timbalan perdana menteri yang juga disanjungi dan dikasihi datuk seri mohd najib tun razak, menteri pelancongan malaysia datuk seri tengku adnan tengku mansor, semua menteri kabinet, tun-tun, datuk-datuk, dan rakyat malaysia. pertama sekali, ingin saya merakamkan syukur kepada ilahi kerana dengan limpah kurnianya, saya kini berada di angkasa ciptaannya. juga terima kasih kepada rakyat malaysia yang menyumbang kepada perjalanan ini melalui cukai pendapatan hasil dari titik peluh mereka seharian. izinkan saya sekarang berucap dalam bahasa inggeris, kerana ramai pelancong sedang mengikuti siaran langsung ini. ladies and gentlemen, malaysia is now addressing you from space. it gives me great pleasure to inform you that our very own ferris wheel, the largest mobile unit in the world, is available from space. it can be seen clearly, as its surroundings are barren, filled with vast areas of abandoned projects and ex-forest areas which have been logged. i can also see many little spots around the city ... not sure what they are ... wait a minute ... these are buntings. yes buntings. thank you and enjoy your visit to malaysia.

anyway, at least on january 6, we will know why the roads packed.