Okay, okay. Let me put it straight: MY HOUSE PHONE IS DEAD!!! Not because i didn’t pay the bill (i mean my dad) but because, (according to Telekom Malaysia a.k.a TM) the phone cables have been subjected to theft. It seems that some people have discovered that phone cables are made from copper, and copper has high value. So to earn some cash, why not "harvest" some phone wires that are hanging nicely from the poles, or "dig out" the ones that are nicely submerged underground? After all, a kilo can fetch to about RM18-RM20 (no, i don’t have experience doing this. i got the info from BP. Go find out what’s/who’s BP). Sigh, it has now been 3 weeks since my house became somewhat "phoneless".
Poor TM - they loose money because they have to replace the cables. Poor customers - they can’t make phone calls or use internet. Poorer those customers who needed to make an emergency or important call, but can’t do it. And poorest the cable thefts - even thought they get some money, they have caused the others to become "poor" by disrupting businesses, communication and day-to-day affairs. It’s sin you know to do such thing? I don’t know what reasons you do it…maybe you have a family who has been starving so you resort to this technique to get money. If so, come and see me. I can bring you to the welfare. Or maybe i can give you some money. If welfare doesn’t do anything, i’ll fight for you! (talking about welfare deparment - hmmmm, i feel that they have to be more proactive. If people don’t come to them, go and find people who they can help). Argh!
Okay back to topic - so what needs to be done to address the issue of cable theft? Again info from BP: Some suggests to make copper wire a controlled item. TM suggested that they might go wireless! WOW!! (Terbeliak mata!). Another said we need to amend the current laws. And i know a group of TM workers in kuching set a trap to capture a few culprits! An dthey did it! They manage to catch 2 culprits! These TM workers ought to get some kind of recognition for their bold initiative. But i fear for their safety. I hope they can cooperate more with the police where this "catching" business is concerned.
Ah well, what say i? i think i would do what the group of kuching TM workers did. But do we have to go cathing people forever? I think there must be a shift of mentality among our people. I don’t kow why these culprits do not think a step further - that their actions can cause so much difficulties to others! I was surprised when i was told that phone disruption occured this time in the whole of Lutong area and spread to some Pujut areas as well!!! My goodness. Don’t we learn pendidikan moral in school?
Anyway, thank God for handphones. Thank God for this "experience" of being "telephoneless". I begin to appeciate the telephone - a gadget which i always took for granted. I miss my (slow) internet connection too. So nowadays, everyday when i reach home, i’ll walk towards my telephone, lift up the reciver (takes a deep breath), put it towards my ear, and when i don’t hear any tone, %^*$^%%###$@& (translation of %^*$^%%###$@& - AIYA, STILL NOT WORKING!!!) 
Phoneline, i really miss you. i miss your tone. Phone, i miss you too. Even though i see you, i don’t hear you. So please, come back soon, k?
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ei…. sentimental la,….. how i wish you could see the time now… hehe….. if no i’ll type 11.30pm 3/2/07…. hehe
cable theft already reach miri ka…… they really go cross states to steal those long long cables ya…. hehe….:P
btw, readers reading this post don’t mind i do some advertising of my own right……. zzskywalker.blogspot.com has just updated wit the current view of the m’sian gvmnt as a link to adrian’s phoneless POV of the cable teeth… i mean theif…. hehe…..
ADRIAN, YES, i agree that the welfare department should be more proactive
Yeah, even in Kuching, i heard a lot of people talking about this wireless idea.
The police…hmmm…yeah, i agree, sigh, i read newspaper that they lack manpower even in west malaysia….wan’t to join? you be the crazy driver, i’ll be your crazy sidekick
Again, true, catching people forever is not the ultimate solution. We need to nip the problem in the bud. Maybe, the culprits just too hungry and poor (like what you said earlier), i don’t know…maybe they just hate the community because the community can’t accept them, i don’t know…
Much cooperation and brainstorming are required, this include like what you said, mentality shift, i realised people just like to stay in their COMFORT ZONE and that’s it. That’s why mentality shift is compulsory for most malaysians especially. So, problem like, so many people just look at a woman being robbed at the roadside while doing NOTHING, can be solved.
It’s a challenge to all of us
to Joel: haha! go cross state! that’s somethign new
(but it’s true, i din know it happened in west malaysia as well)
to John: haha! you know John, the idea of becoming a police also cross my mind every now and then? (and yes, i always think of your idea of me being the crazy driver and you the crazy side-kick police, haha!!!) It’s sad indeed when people get robbed and no one help. I heard that it happened outside Boulevard parking space the other day, and the public thought husband and wife were fighting…..(duh) Even husband and wife shouldn’t be behaving like that. Mesti mauk kena rotan punya!!!
Ya, betul betul, mereka sepatutnya dirotan, Cikgu Adrian
woiiii Adrian. come la to my house if u wana use internet. i promise i wont charge one. cable theft. out of desperation or deliberate? hmm, i dono. but what i know like u ppl said, these ppl need to education. and yup, we need to be more concious of the surrouding n respond appropriately.
Adrian, Lehrman got his own blog, very long one, interesting too, do add him up
to Lehrman: haha! ok, ok. if i’m in a desperado i’ll go to your house
Thank you for the offer! I took a peep at your blog. WOW! You write long!!! 
will do right away!
to John: Thanks for the info John
p.s. MY HONE IS ALIVE MY FRIENDS, BUT…….(always got a but) still got problem with internet…..wah!!!! WAH!!!!!
i mean PHONE, not HONE. Sorry, typo error.