I generally have no respect for people who break useless records. This is especially true when it comes to our own Malaysian Book of Records. I can't blame them though; if they actually listed only records that were worth attaining and mentioning, the whole 'book' would become a 'booklet'.
The other day, Philips held a roadshow of sorts at our college along with MTV. Philips was promoting their cellphones, and there it was on the flyer: "Philips Xenium: Certified as the Longest Battery Life Mobile Phone by The Malaysia Book of Records in 2005". They were referring to their RM469 Xenium 9@98, which features an incredible standby time of one month. Yes, you read that right - one month.
Impressive as that may be, it does not deserve a mention because One, competing technology will break that record before the Book is even published. And Two, Philips is not a Malaysian company. Yes, I feel that the Malaysia Book of Records should only confine to the so-called 'achievements' of fellow Malaysians, no matter how trivial they are. Philips is a Swedish company, and I think they should be competing instead with Ikea in the Sweden Book of Records.
But then again, I doubt the Swedish are so thick skinned.
1 comment:
I think philips is dutch.
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