916 Street Party in Miri During Malaysia Day is 1/3 Malaysian

*crickets*
Ooops, wrong venue. It's not located at the Indoor Stadium

Having been rained on by Mother Nature, this 16th September "Malaysia Day" event is being hailed as the "biggest and most happening event" in Miri. Probably because there isn't much else bigger or happening in Miri at the same time. Well aside from the jams caused.

The event, which is essentially one big concert on a well-used main street, caused traffic jams and inconveniences to those that live or work in the area. And one of those inconvenienced is yours truly. Let's face it. If you're going to hold a concert in the middle of a highly used main road next to a housing estate and closing off that road instead of... I don't know, maybe, you know.. using the INDOOR STADIUM that has PLENTY OF PARKING instead of letting people PARK THEIR CARS IN FRONT OF RANDOM HOUSES BLOCKING ACCESS, yeah I figured not many would be too thrilled.

THE STADIUM IS RIGHT THERE. USE IT. IT HAS PARKING SPACES AND SOUND SYSTEMS AND SEATS. USE IT. IT HAS A ROOF TO PREVENT RAIN FROM COMING IN. USE IT. IT HAS TOILETS INSTEAD OF BUSHES AND TREES AND DRAINS. USE IT. IT ALSO HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR EXACTLY THESE KINDS OF PURPOSES.

The Miri Stadium looks like a blurry Robotic Blue & White Tortoise, so it must be awesome to use, right?

So enough with the complaints. Because I don't really need to. Just go out and ask someone, they'll say more things than the Internet space can contain.

So this concert consists of performances by bands and DJs that are not Malaysian.

Not Malaysian Bands and DJs, such as :

- international disc-jockey (DJ) Honey G from Bangkok
- the Mocha Girls from Philippines

 There's a singer too;

- Mizz Nina from Kuala Lumpur

Ah, well that last one was at least, from Malaysia. Scoring 1/3 isn't so bad I guess. It's an acceptable standard in these parts. In Malaysia, one-third is a pass with flying colors.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/17/downpour-fails-to-dampen-miri-street-party/#ixzz2f7uH5g2M

Traffic Light Failure Along Miri-Bintulu Road Causes Extreme Car-DodgeBall Tournament

The traffic lights along Miri-Bintulu road at the Riam intersection has been out for several days now. We really have no idea why that intersection isn't working, but we can just blame it on Ultraman. Because that's just what we do.

Authorities took swift action to hang up the "lights not working" sign on the second day, so that it is confirmed to be - yup - officially broken. And uh, that was pretty much it.

The worst part is the intersection is directly in front of the new police station. And while the police have been directing traffic there, they are really only present during the rush hours, so the rest of the time they are not involved and drivers are forced to adept to the situation by playing Car Dodgeball.

It is a very fun game where everyone tries to avoid one another and involves just one strategy. The strategy is to creep right into the middle of the intersection so they will block everyone else and get a free pass while trying to avoid hitting one another. The only problem with this strategy is that everyone else is doing the same strategy; so that causes the traffic to go into a deadlock because everyone else is using the same strategy so effecively.

Unlike DodgeBall however, Car Dodgeball rules are slightly different in that there is no ball, and everyone is out to trying to dodge everyone else, because if you hit them you lose Car DodgeBall. And possibly your life. Or worse yet, your insurance NCD (No Claims Discounts) - because Malaysians just love discounts above all else.

Play Car DodgeBall safely, everyone!