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27 June 2007
Short Talk:
It's sad to hear about what happened to one of my favourite wrestlers, Chris Benoit. The guy killed his wife and 7-year-old son before committing suicide himself.
When someone I grow up watching on TV commited something heinous like that, I don't know what to feel.
Kuching Airport's Wireless Internet Service
Finally, I flew back home to Kuching last night.
What a fun-filled and exciting trip over the weekend!
I had the best bunch of people to travel with and that makes a whole lotta difference. But more about the Nuffnang gathering, the Penang Bridge marathon and my unexpectedly interesting side trip to Ipoh a bit later. Right now I just feel like resting my legs and taking it easy.
While I was at the Kuching International Airport, I propped up my laptop hoping to go online by leeching off someone's wireless internet service. Normally at the airport, I'm able to connect to an unsecured access point called "dlink" or "linksys" or one of those boring default names.
So I brought up the list of wireless connections available.
Curiously only one access point was available, and it was from a guy named "Poi Kee Teo".
At first I was wondering, how come I can manage to detect the wireless connection of this Mr Teo's house? The airport is so big and secluded, it's impossible to get anything from even the closest residential house nearby.
And then I realised.
POIKEETEO MEANS "AIRPORT" IN HOKKIEN!
Kuching Airport sure has a funny sense of humour.
:: Posted by Kenny at 7:05 AM | Link | Facebook It
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94 Comments:
hahaha poikeeteo... =_=" never tot of that...
Posted by: davin at 27 June 2007 5:11 AM | Link to comment
So funny can !!!
Posted by: Meikee at 27 June 2007 5:16 AM | Link to comment
for some reason once i see the word poikeeteo i already knew it's airport....i am also using someone else's wireless now LINKSYS..hehe...free internet
Posted by: bruce84 at 27 June 2007 5:33 AM | Link to comment
haha..didn't realise till you mentioned it..haha..that's hilarious..
Posted by: miin at 27 June 2007 5:35 AM | Link to comment
LOLS....That made me laugh big time! Sigh, I miss being back home...thanks for the pick me up!
Posted by: Skwermy at 27 June 2007 5:41 AM | Link to comment
don't play play see kenny is posing like super model :D
Posted by: kahpeng at 27 June 2007 5:50 AM | Link to comment
nice name ar!! too bad the line is security enabled. How come MAB don't provide free wifi for kuching airport user?!!
Posted by: indark at 27 June 2007 6:42 AM | Link to comment
Wah!! tumpang people's network.. it's outlaw here and few were caught for doing that...
be careful..man
Posted by: POhui at 27 June 2007 7:28 AM | Link to comment
Is it? I always tumpang.
Posted by: Ah Dom at 27 June 2007 7:49 AM | Link to comment
LOL!!!
Posted by: Heather at 27 June 2007 8:05 AM | Link to comment
poi kee teo.. hahahahahahha
LoL... you've made my day. Thanks Kenny :)
Posted by: ahlost at 27 June 2007 9:26 AM | Link to comment
if i wan to use the poikeeteo's wireless network.. how ar? can ask from poikeeteo's workers or not?
Posted by: poi kee~~ at 27 June 2007 9:26 AM | Link to comment
kenny, how about running the Kenny Roger's Charity chicken run? I think it's some time early july. U can be back in time for Rainforest Music Festival (that is if you're going to join the hippy party)
Posted by: rozzy at 27 June 2007 9:42 AM | Link to comment
supercool kuching airport
Posted by: Aaron Tan at 27 June 2007 9:46 AM | Link to comment
What a creative name for airport. Just like "pangsai" is also found in Malay dictionery.
Posted by: Shen at 27 June 2007 10:13 AM | Link to comment
OMG...... this is one of the funniest ever.... LOVE IT LOVE IT.....
cracked my tummy over it!!
Posted by: geejun at 27 June 2007 10:19 AM | Link to comment
ur pose is damn funny
Posted by: Piggy at 27 June 2007 10:20 AM | Link to comment
Benoit's dead???......Unbelievable he killed himself and his wife and son.....What's wrong with him...?.....Didn't he realised that wrestling can't be try it home....?
Posted by: Jim at 27 June 2007 10:33 AM | Link to comment
As Hokkie speaking person like me, once I see 'poikeeteo' I knew immediately it refers to the Airport. The hilarious is someone came out with that name for wireless network.. ;) Kenny dear, you are so cute..
Posted by: kepo at 27 June 2007 10:34 AM | Link to comment
Kenny never fails to impress with all your postings..keep it up !. =)
Posted by: baldwin at 27 June 2007 10:40 AM | Link to comment
poikeeteo... cute! =)
Posted by: Sue at 27 June 2007 10:51 AM | Link to comment
lol. hope ur feeling ur legs again kenny. glad AND sad to know ur back in kuching...haha....did u get wat u wanted b4 u left penang that day?
Posted by: DolphyN at 27 June 2007 10:59 AM | Link to comment
hi,
I've been reading your blog for quite sometime...I first find your blog when I search on kuching... just to keep myself update with what's happenning in kuching (hometown) while I'm working and living in KL (for almost 10 years). Btw, I'm in early 30s and a mother for 2 kids now.
Hardly get any news about Kuching or sarawak from here. Glad to found your 'infotainment' blog.
Keep up writing. :)
Posted by: liu at 27 June 2007 11:00 AM | Link to comment
This IS funny!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahha
I never thought that they actually do have some sense of humor.
Posted by: ChungChin at 27 June 2007 11:33 AM | Link to comment
you know the password right? "wa ai jeep"
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11:42 AM | Link to comment
hahaha Kenny you seem to make the simplest things funny, and so many cameras shooting you ar? still not blinded by the flash? Anyways how was the marathon? any unforgetable experience there you wanna share? ^^
Posted by: ALexis at 27 June 2007 11:44 AM | Link to comment
OMG, i saw my face in that first photo. swt...
Posted by: Chee Hsien at 27 June 2007 12:26 PM | Link to comment
what is positiion at your marathon race under 50
Posted by: eds at 27 June 2007 12:57 PM | Link to comment
funny man
Posted by: voon at 27 June 2007 1:13 PM | Link to comment
wahlao eh... like that oso can...haha
looking forward for your post about the penang gathering
Posted by: LogicYuan at 27 June 2007 1:19 PM | Link to comment
why are you such a poser. tak tau malu
Posted by: canday at 27 June 2007 2:11 PM | Link to comment
hahahahahahaha.that was so lame!but funny tho.ahhahahaha
Posted by: andrew at 27 June 2007 2:17 PM | Link to comment
how about "pachuicheng" ...
hehehehe
Posted by: Aaron Tan at 27 June 2007 2:29 PM | Link to comment
LAlalalalaALaLAlaaALalalaLAALalala!!!
Posted by: Nastasshea@Nesh at 27 June 2007 2:41 PM | Link to comment
Hahaha, I guess the network admin at the Kuching Airport was having a bit too much fun?
Posted by: Andrew at 27 June 2007 2:54 PM | Link to comment
HAHAHHAHA!! HOCKIEN STYLE!
Posted by: Thanis at 27 June 2007 3:05 PM | Link to comment
wahahahah!!! u got me laughing out loud! :))
Posted by: sooyen at 27 June 2007 3:13 PM | Link to comment
Thanks for the joke...
haha. PoiKeeTeo for Airport, cheeky indeed...
Posted by: Chris at 27 June 2007 3:16 PM | Link to comment
Kenny you look very handsome huh. I like.
Posted by: Ixora at 27 June 2007 3:51 PM | Link to comment
why is everyine taking pictures of you like that? Are you that famous? I saw a guy on TV in china who looks just like you. I took a picture. Ill try and send it to you.
Posted by: Avi at 27 June 2007 3:57 PM | Link to comment
LoL, saw my tiny lil head in that pic. Haha =X
Posted by: cHrIstInA_YY at 27 June 2007 4:05 PM | Link to comment
Haha!I love the joke!Poikeeteo!
Posted by: sissonne at 27 June 2007 4:20 PM | Link to comment
btw kenny, hows ur marathon??>..result pls?
Posted by: piyo at 27 June 2007 4:43 PM | Link to comment
Should have stripped off t-shirt and jeans, and worn bodybuilder briefs - guarantee picture of the year man!
Posted by: suertes at 27 June 2007 6:10 PM | Link to comment
haha.. im hokkien yet dont really know hokkien.. nice one there!
Posted by: kenjisan at 27 June 2007 6:21 PM | Link to comment
HA!HA!HA! HAVE A NICE DAY!
Posted by: HORNY ANG MOH at 27 June 2007 6:21 PM | Link to comment
i loved benoit so much and i cant believe he would do such a thing.
Posted by: skim at 27 June 2007 6:42 PM | Link to comment
LOL. u even haf the chance to online there?
i miss kch. T_T
Posted by: fishy at 27 June 2007 6:49 PM | Link to comment
hahaha and i learned a new Hokkien word :) bravo bravoooo~
Posted by: mahendran at 27 June 2007 7:16 PM | Link to comment
swt!!
Posted by: swt gal at 27 June 2007 7:27 PM | Link to comment
funny...haha
Posted by: chiko at 27 June 2007 7:28 PM | Link to comment
hey kenny! we met at the orient's voice.
how was the marathon? cool?
Posted by: Vingie at 27 June 2007 7:30 PM | Link to comment
that's is like sooooooooooo cute man !
Posted by: benjamin and yus at 27 June 2007 7:40 PM | Link to comment
thanks for sparking some penang blogging buzz, looking forward to hearing about the marathorn and other things.
would have loved to hove met you in person.
maybe next time then.
Posted by: ming at 27 June 2007 8:37 PM | Link to comment
you all laughing bout the aeroplane! i laughing at our friend being photographed like movie star!
Posted by: ming at 27 June 2007 8:39 PM | Link to comment
hahaha....never thought that Kuching airport wireless system would use such a name..and yet it's in hokkien. Long time din go Kuching...
Posted by: jia at 27 June 2007 9:16 PM | Link to comment
LOL tats freakin awesome!
Posted by: nicky at 27 June 2007 9:25 PM | Link to comment
i think it was a homicide rather than a suicide.
Posted by: hamjay at 27 June 2007 9:41 PM | Link to comment
That was funny??? Knew what Poikeeteo was right away and I am not even Hokkien. Maybe it was the "plaque" built up in the brain that was slowing you down.
Speaking of Chris Benoit, that is what 'roid could do to a person (mood swings, sterility, acne, etc). So be careful of what you take with regard to "body building" supplements. I never support WWE because of the rampant 'roid usage and the wrong role model for people. Besides, there are better entertainment out there and don't say pro wrestling is real.
Posted by: KanataKuchingLung at 27 June 2007 10:02 PM | Link to comment
poikeeteo in foochow also mean airport ?
Posted by: christopher at 27 June 2007 10:12 PM | Link to comment
poikeeteo in foochow also mean airport........(previous one got typing error)
Posted by: christopher at 27 June 2007 10:27 PM | Link to comment
hm, i would like to meet that person that suggested 'poikeeteo' and send his name to Sultan for a Datukship! lol.
famous amos? famous kenny!
Posted by: daniel at 27 June 2007 10:41 PM | Link to comment
lmao! some sense of humour the Kuching Airport has!
Posted by: sllim at 28 June 2007 12:00 AM | Link to comment
that's kuchingnites for you.
Posted by: Whee at 28 June 2007 12:15 AM | Link to comment
Poikeeteo, haha. Thats funny
I imagine KLIA would be feikeicheong consider that KL-ians mostly speaks canto
Posted by: David at 28 June 2007 12:32 AM | Link to comment
now hokkien even exists in alphabets.. cool..
Posted by: Yurneric at 28 June 2007 1:06 AM | Link to comment
oi kenny..... whats with the pic...
hehe... you think you dao bo kong ah!! haha
Posted by: hah at 28 June 2007 4:07 AM | Link to comment
Haha! Love the Poikeeteo joke!
Look forward to hearing about the marathon and Ipoh, did you have their supposedly famous white coffee?
But one thing I'd like to see is the exterior of the new Kuching Airport. I was in Kuching late 2005 and the place was a mess. What does it look like complete?
Posted by: Bell at 28 June 2007 5:26 AM | Link to comment
aiks.. saw my face in d 1st pic too. btw, i thought it's puikeetiau instead of poikeeteo?? haha. hmm.. diff place diff slang izit?
Posted by: angeline at 28 June 2007 8:15 AM | Link to comment
Christopher ah, foochow airport is 'puikeeteong' with 'ng' at the back la. That's 'poikeeteo' definitly Hokkien dude.
Posted by: :) at 28 June 2007 10:00 AM | Link to comment
Hahaha... I like the first picture...
Superstar sitting somewhere at airport allowing fans to take photos XD
Posted by: Teng Foung at 28 June 2007 10:54 AM | Link to comment
haha.. That consider as joke or funny or sia soi??
Posted by: B3NJ@M!N at 28 June 2007 12:20 PM | Link to comment
LOL, sometimes hokkien is spelt in so many ways that its not obvious to tell at first sight, until you hear the actual pronounciation
Posted by: [e]ugene at 28 June 2007 1:51 PM | Link to comment
Benjamin, what 'sia soi'? can't you differentiate between joke and funny?
Posted by: :) at 28 June 2007 2:22 PM | Link to comment
I am honoured to share same surname with Kuching airport. My username also ended with ....teo. Furthermore I am also kuchingite.
Posted by: MsTeo at 28 June 2007 2:30 PM | Link to comment
LOL~~~ it's funny! but i wonder, how if those ppl don't know hokkien will end up with so many question marks in their head! especially ang mo hahahaha..
Posted by: Lene at 28 June 2007 3:25 PM | Link to comment
GEEZE!!! hahahahaha thats ubber farneee man!!
Posted by: jerena at 28 June 2007 5:33 PM | Link to comment
Lol... hahaha... this is really funny. Lucky that you know the word in hokkien. If not, there should be a misunderstanding about the airpost system.. Lol... But I'm wondering... why they use the word in hokkien? *puzzle*
Posted by: curryegg at 28 June 2007 11:51 PM | Link to comment
that was funny. haha. and that's a very nice pic u took at kuching airport. thumbs up.
Posted by: bjk at 29 June 2007 2:13 AM | Link to comment
kuching ppl mostly hokkien and teo chew ppl? i tot mostly fuk chow ppl?
Posted by: hokkien lang at 29 June 2007 6:19 PM | Link to comment
That 1st pic damn stylo lor
Posted by: HB at 29 June 2007 11:42 PM | Link to comment
poikeeteo not air ticket meh???
Posted by: jUstm3 at 01 July 2007 11:01 PM | Link to comment
no la, air ticket is "puikeepio"...
Nice entry anyway, kenny *smiles*
Posted by: Tommy at 02 July 2007 5:10 AM | Link to comment
Touching hearts with Malaysian culture. Uniqueness counts... even in a wireless network name.
Posted by: aDeLiNe at 02 July 2007 2:31 PM | Link to comment
lolz... should try la..
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 07 July 2007 11:17 AM | Link to comment
There is wifi in kuching airport but its at the KFC outlet....
Posted by: Nutz at 08 July 2007 5:38 PM | Link to comment
good that kuching airport has free wifi... i arrived in london heathrow airport 2 weeks ago and tried to connect to the internet using wireless... found out that they don't give free connections... everything also need money.. £££ somemore... stupid... ahaha...
Posted by: Emily at 15 July 2007 12:17 AM | Link to comment
WALAO EH.. Laugh die me -.-
Posted by: singye at 15 July 2007 2:05 AM | Link to comment
I like this post... Never thought the wireless network's SSID can be so funny..
Posted by: picohat at 19 July 2007 12:38 AM | Link to comment
OMG this is so lame!!
Posted by: steph at 21 July 2007 8:32 PM | Link to comment
lolz. u made my day. miss kuching...havent been back for years
Posted by: melia at 23 October 2007 8:31 PM | Link to comment
They is also someone don't know how to read it. Poi kee too its sound funny.
Posted by: pauline at 29 October 2007 5:47 PM | Link to comment
That is funny and for people who do not know what it means sure they going to wondering who house wireless they detect.
Posted by: David Chew at 17 January 2008 4:59 PM | Link to comment
Are u serious? U detect this Poikeeteo wireless there? This is damn funny
Posted by: Trista at 11 April 2008 2:41 PM | Link to comment
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