TDM – Terrific Deformed Megabridge

This entry is brought forward by Assholes United. Yes, we do have assholes :-)

We at Assholes United are so impressed by the design and explaination given by the ex-Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir aka TDM on his Crooked Bridge at his blog.

We feel so sorry for the cancelation :-)

As TDM had the ambition to also build a bridge that link Malaysia Peninsular and Sumatera across Strait of Malacca (you know … the busiest strait in the world with lotsa earthquake activities and not to mention the possibility of another tsunami), we think it is our obligation to dream of the bridge and picture above is our preliminary sketch.

The bridge will be named as TDM which stands for Terrfic Deformed Megabridge.

This bridge is designed to be more crooked and is estimated to be the most expensive man-made structure the world has ever seen. Malaysia Boleh! (Malaysia Can!).

Though we know the technology does exist to make the bridge as straight as possible but … ehem ehem … the more crooked it is, the more expensive it will cost and the more expensive … ehem ehem … the more we get paid *wink*

We believe Malaysians and Indonesians and the whole world don’t have to worry about the cost as it will be covered by … ehem ehem … toll paid by users.

As the bridge will require mega high cost for maintenance, don’t worry, we have also set up companies to be run by our sons and our next generations for the job.

We at Assholes United are also glad to inform on our next project which we believe to be the only wonder of the whole universe. It is also a bridge which will be named as MM.

No no no no no no … it does not stand for Mahathir Mohamed. It stands for Malacca to Moon.

Long Live Legacy!!!

So step aside you Puteri Gunung Ledang!!!

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On You Tube

An old music video is posted at YouTube with a song titled Mere Sapano Kii Raani

It is an old Hindi Song adapted from the movie Aaradhana. As Azer sings, we at Asshole United cannot guarantee your ears won’t fall off. We too apologize for any wrong diction as we don’t understand a word of the song. We hope they meant well.


The Elitism Series: The Arrival

Song and Music by Azer Mantessa

Flash Animation by Azer Mantessa

Animation

My 6–month probation period on Animation is nearly over now. I’ve learned many things. Sadly, I notice doing 3D animation requires very large memory. Until I can write better 3D script for Flash, 2D will have to do from now onwards.

Even for 2D, I have no choice but to rely mostly on drawings. ‘The Elitism Series’ will be my kind of animating style. I decided to create characters based on ‘Wayang Kulit’. I like morphing and tweening. Yet to improve more on Bone Animation as Frame-to-Frame can be very taxing and lousy. I love sceneries and I guess, pictures of women should be frequent. I like diversity of colours too.

Hope the animations synchronize and describe the songs well and vice versa.

To those who are interested in animation, I highly recommend Flash MX or better versions. Still, you need patient and passion.

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The Elitism Series: To The Great Kingdom

Song and Music by Azer Mantessa
Lyrics by Azer Mantessa
Vocals by Azer Mantessa
Flash Animation by Azer Mantessa




I’ll make you pay
For throwing me away
You’ll be surprised
Paying the heavy price

You’ll be in my hand
I’ll take your precious land
So here I come
Things will get so undone

To the great kingdom we go …

Hello Mr. Banker
Are you ready for your destiny
In the land of plenty
Monopolize
With your phoney money

Hello Mr. Traitor
I am ready for my destiny
In the land of plenty
Monopolize
With my phoney money

Go Fishing

What a week due to the fuel price hike. When the new accounting data-entry business started this year, I thought I was very smart when I only initialized clients' balanced sheets. The reason was to start the data-entry only according to what we are paid for. The methodology worked well for at least to identify clients' current financial situations. The fuel price hike however gave a different perspective.

When the fuel price was raised, I was immediately instructed to enter backdated entries without any charge. As the family business connection is the major shareholder of the business, they have all the say.

It was a good move though the business have to bear all the cost of the extra expenses.

Something is confirmed significantly. Though the price hike has immediate affect on some business sectors (logistics and transportation, wholesaling and retailing), other sectors are not affected and in fact they are growing very well:

a) Plantation - Paddy, Coconut, Cocoa, Coffee, Palm and Rubber
b) Fruits and Vegetables
c) Poultry
d) Agriculture Services
e) Fisheries and Aquaculture
f) Human Capital Development
g) Other Services

Yesterday (Saturday), we had a business meeting where for the first time this year, all family business connections of all sectors participated. With the pro-forma of projected financial statements, we decided to:

a) Stop immediately all planned developments in SMI (Small-Medium Industry).
b) Reduced the targets for wholesaling and retailing.
c) Increase more investments in the better growing sectors.
d) Immediate deployment of human capital.

The fuel price hike is troublesome in most business sectors. It however has direct impact on some sectors to perform better.

The chinese are right. Danger does spell OPPORTUNITY and that's why the word danger is symbolized by the word opportunity. In fact, throughout my business experience, we made HUGE money in crises - The mid-80s Economic Recession, The Asian Financial Crisis, The 1999 Edible Oil Glut, The Gulf Wars and there is without doubt the Food and Fuel Crises spell BIG MONEY!

This is the best time to go fishing in troubled waters. I'm talking about A LOT OF MONEY here.

Think........

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On YouTube

I have posted another music video (of sort) titled 'Ajami'.

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The Elitism Series: Phoney Money

Due to lack of time, I have posted another flash illustrations (with text only, without any animation).

Song and Music by Azer Mantessa
Flash by Azer Mantessa