Kurauking’s Journal

“Lee Weng Keat, aged 37, has been with BSLI(Ban Seng Lee) since 1991, where he initially joined the production
planning division and was subsequently transferred to the purchasing department. He is currently the
Operations Manager of BSLI. His main responsibilities include overseeing the development of new
products, and seeking and improving new as well as current markets for the products. To help him
achieve this, he needs to foster a good relationship with customers to ascertain their needs and
requirements. He previously worked in the production department of Hitachi Electronic Devices (S)
Pte. Ltd. for four (4) years and in the planning and production sector of Hewlett Packard (M) Sdn Bhd
for another three (3) years prior to joining BSLI”

Source : BSLI

Lee Weng Keat, the God of Gambler among all our friends and schoolmates from La Salle Klang Old Boys. Many of us was his schoolmate from Standard One to Form five, i am one of them. This article, is a tribute to our old friend Lee Weng Keat of La Salle Klang year 1985. The above paragraph was the only information i can find about him in the Internet. He was the most famous student at La Salle Klang(1985) and he was also very famous among the Girl Schools too namely Convent Girl School Klang and MGS Klang. Yup, he is the real playboy cum Casanova of La Salle Klang year 1985, not me….hehee…..:)

I was with him at Singapore Hitachi Electronic Devices (S)Pte. Ltd for about 2 years before i left for further studies. He went to Hitachi Singapore with Ah Keong, a very close friends of ours. I still remember the first day i meet him accidentally at Singapore Hitachi. It was his first day reporting to work and to be assigned to his dormitory in Singapore. He and Ah Keong was designated to Geylang while i was staying at Teck Whye, near Chua Chu Kang and Pasir Panjang area. I like to visit them at their Geylang hostel often because Geyland was(and still is) a Redlight District in Singapore and there’s lots of pretty girls to see. Yes, ‘see only’, ‘no touch‘. We could’t afford it even though if we wanted to. We was working at a Electronic Factory with minimum wages, how can we afford such luxury at that time ?

Ok, enough said about Geylang. After i left Hitachi Singapore i continued my studies while working as an apprentice at a shipyard. Due to our working time difference(shift work), we seldom meet. But once in a while, Weng Keat, Ah Keong and me would get together for yamcha. This was when i was introduced to Shirley, Ah Keong Girl Friend at that time and i am glad to see that she(Shirley) is his(Ah Keong) wife today.  Some would say that Ah keong and me was the most stupid ‘dunggu’ fella among our group of friends because we was the only two fella who was stupid enough to be so faithful to our Girl Friend till they become our Wifes today(and still are). But hey, i am not complaining and i am pretty sure Ah keong is having a great life too. Look, both of us are ‘happy go lucky’ and now we still have time to do what we like unlike some of our friends(you know who you are) who utter lame excuses to avoid our get together ‘yamcha’ session.

Back to our old friend Lee Weng Keat. His first Girl Friend, Leong Oi Lan(LOL as we would called her) from Convent Girl School Klang. We basically went through our High School years with her. She was a brightly, bubbly and the sweetest girl i’ve ever known. This Lee Weng Keat has all the luck, Girls and Gambling. He has the best girl by his side and he seldom(read never) loses when he gambles. Yes, he has such luck and many of us who knew him, won’t argue this statement. While Weng Keat was in Singapore, Leong(LOL) would visit him and i still remembered Leong once said, “The tongsampah outside of his hostel is full of kotex and condoms” saying Weng Keat is living at a redlight district. Yeah, we surely had fun during those days.

Then life moves on. Ah Keong departed to Japan and Weng Keat went back to Malaysia to join our assistant head prefect of La Salle Klang 1985, Richard Ngiam in his moulding industry. Richard Ngiam Tee Wee was another close friend of ours. In fact, he was kinna like our Gang Leader at that time. He was the richest among all of us so he would pay for our meals(thank you )during our yamcha session till lately where this  ‘Pay Master’  role fall onto Datuk Michale Tio hand, another crazy fella in our group. Ohh Yes, i have many stories to ‘tell’ about them and i will pay my ‘Tributes’ to each and everyone of them since i am so free now, LoL!!!

I lost touch with them when i was struggling in between my work and studies in Singapore. I was from a poor family and i have to support my studies through my wages. I was told ‘they’ was enjoying at Hilton KL every night. Eric Loo Say Keow, David Ng was among the fews who partied with them, beside Weng Keat. I was told during that time, most(read ‘all’) of them would lose to Weng Keat if gamble and they gambles often, namely ‘Cho Dai Dee’, ‘Russian Poker’ and ‘Mahjung’. I was told, some of them actually enjoy losing to Weng Keat because they enjoyed playing(read ‘gambling’) with him.Weng Keat not only has such luck with us but to almost any ‘gambling stuff’ you can name on this earth. He was one of those lucky fella who made millions in gambling. Like the wiseman once said, as a gambler you can be lucky for 30 years but if you are unlucky for 1 year or even 1 day, you are gone. Weng Keat met his unlucky fate and he loses a lot of money. And he owns Ah Longs so much until he have to go into hiding.

Well, where ever you are now Weng Keat, we misses you. We would like to gamble with you again even though we know we would lose to you. I don’t know about others but to me, “Money cannot buy friendship and friendship cannot be bought by money”. All of us have went through our childhood together, basically we grew up together.  We know you would be back one fine day and by then, we might, just might beat you in MahJung or Cho Dai Dee. Hey heck, we might even win you in chasing girls…hahaa…..:)

Best of Luck to you Weng Keat.

Regards

Jeff

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IF you see trick shots, fancy dunks and outrageous antics on a basketball court, then the Harlem Globetrotters must be in town.

Or they will be when they play an exhibition against the Washington Generals on May 20 at the Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam.

Anthony “Buckets” Blakes, who is in his seventh year with the Globetrotters, promises the trade mark antics of the world-renowned team when they return to Malaysia for the first time since 1982.

“I expect we will get the same sort of reception as we do anywhere else in the world. We will provide the laughter and joy to those watching us and I assure you it will be a life-long memory because we’re the most accessible and memorable professional basketball team in the world,” said Blakes when met in Shah Alam yesterday.

It is not just fun and games for the Globetrotters, incepted in 1926 to provide the minority blacks with an opportunity to play basketball in the United States, as they will also undertake charity activities when they arrive.
“We hope to bring our ‘C.H.E.E.R. For Character’ programme to Malaysia as it helps with character development among the young. It stands for cooperation, healthy mind and body, effort, enthusiasm and responsibility,” said Blakes, 32.

“Through this programme we explain that basketball helps to develop life and leadership skills, time management and deal with rejection and anger management.”

Blakes, who was once team captain for the University of Wyoming in the NCAA Division, has had a busy schedule since arriving in Kuala Lumpur three days ago.

Besides visiting Myanmar refugees at KL Baptist Church in Jalan Alor, he also conducted a one-hour coaching clinic for national juniors at Maba Stadium.

“I conducted fundamental basketball drills during the clinic and explained how basketball opens doors to the world and gives them opportunities to play against other countries,” he said.

The Globetrotters’ visit to Malaysia is part of the Asian Tour which will also take them to Singapore and the Philippines.

Source :- NST

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I highly recommend that you attend this event, even if you’re not a basketball fan. If you haven’t heard of them I suggest that you shoot yourself in the head for existing.
Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that blends basketball with comedy. They are HILARIOUS and ENTERTAINING to watch and it will be worth your money!!!

Basketball: Harlem Globetrotters at Shah Alam

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For More Picture, Pls goto : Klang Photo Gallery

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I was asked this question again and again many times over. Well, the cost of maintaining a BMW esp a E 39 are very much depending on the owner knowledge. For example, you bring a Proton Saga go to a Lorry workshop to repair, of course it will cost you a bomb and you won’t get a satisfactory job done. Same here, if you were to bring a BMW to a normal car workshop esp around Klang, the cost will surely be more expensive due to high spare part cost(some workshops don’t even know where to get BMWs spare parts) and you will get a lousy job done.

If you were to bring your BMW to a correct workshop, specializing in BMWs you would get peace of mind because you do not need to worry about whether they will do a good job or not. It will cost you much cheaper too because those specialized workshops gets their spare parts from BMWs authorized dealer(originals and OEM) instead of those spare part shops. You will be surprised at the different of price between these 2 workshops, a specialized workshop compare to a cap ayam workshop.

I give you an example that happen to one of my friend. I got a call from this fella saying all his electronic function in his BMW was not working. The audio player was not working, the power window was not working, the honk was not working etc. If he sends his BMW to a Cap Ayam workshop, i am sure it will cost him a hand and a leg or more and probably he won’t get his BMW problem solved. BMWs are continental cars, not any Cap Ayam cars and it has special features that other car makes do not have. Many mechanics that graduated from WiT or similar institutions, do not know all these features and functions of a continental car. If this fella where to send his BMW to this type of Cap Ayam Workshops, i believed they would have dismantle the whole car just to fix it. They would check the ‘fius’ at the ‘fius box’ like in those local cars and if they can’t find the problem, they would probably dismantle the whole BMW just to find the problem.

Well, to cut story short, i advice him to go to a BMW specialist workshop and all in all, he spend only Rm10.00 on a ’special fius’ not found in the ‘fius’ box which most local cars do not have. There are many similar story that i’ve experienced myself. Some ppl thinks that owning a BMW will cost them a bomb on maintenance and such but if you where to ask me, i will tell you, “Only Rich People drive Proton Saga, we Poor people drives BMWs”…..

Here’s a simple calculation….

BMW vs Local Car

A 5-9 years old BMW E39 would cost you around Rm100k, a New Local car would cost you around RM40k to Rm100K. A BMW E39 520i is comparable to a Proton Perdana(Rm106,096.94) if not better. The cost of maintaining a E 39 and a Perdana is almost the same. Fuel consumption, almost the same. Now, a 5 to 9 years old E 39 can easily last you another 10 to 20 years but a New Perdana can hardly make it to 10 years of daily drive.
Ok, another point is, after 10 years of using a Perdana, how much do you think it is worth in the 2nd hand car market? A 20 years old BMW can easily sell for Rm20k to 50k in 2nd car market. Now, do you see the logical sense in term of economics comparing both a BMW and a Local makes ?

Beside the ‘economic’ point, just ask yourself, which car is safer to drive in and which one is more comfortable ?
In reality, a New Perdana performance can’t even compare with a 20 years old E 34. This i have proven to many people many times over.

My advice is, before you go and buy any car, please go and test drive a BMW. I have proven to many forumers here that owning a BMW is NOT expensive, in fact it is more economical owning a BMW compare to a local or Japs car…..

Here’s another thing about owning a BMW or other Continental Car. Some people just can’t accept the fact that they will one day own a BMW or a Continental Car. To them, owning a BMW is like becoming a god and only god drives BMW. Some even criticize BMWs driver labeling them as road bully. For your information, BMWs driver are NOT Mat Rempits. We do not road bully ppl who drives smaller CC cars and we don’t drive in gangs harassing ppl!!!
I can only feel pity for ppl with such mentality because if they dare not even dream of owning a BMW or a Luxury Car, how can they be successful in life? A person need to find his own ‘Self-Actualization’ in order to succed in life. What is ‘Self-Actualization’ ?

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In order to achieved ‘Self-Actualization’, one must climb the Maslow’s ladders ie a person need to achieved ‘Esteem Needs’ in order to climb to ‘Self-Actualization’. If you don;t even dare to dream about your ‘Achievement, Status, Responsibility and Reputation’, how can he find his own ‘Self-Actualization’ ?

This is why some ppl don’t dare to buy a BMW or Continental Car. They are at the ‘Belonging and Love Need’ level. For them family is the most important aspect in their life. They will focus on solving family problem and maintaining a good family. But once they reach the level of ‘Esteem Needs’ as on the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, they would ‘think’ differently. They might perhaps ‘think’ by owning a BMW, their family is much more safer compare to driving a local car. They might also want to ‘improve’ their ’status’ and ‘reputation’ and the best part is, everybody must go through all this stages(Maslow’s Hierarchy) in order to succeed in life.

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