This is madness

AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Austrian electrical engineer has confessed to holding his daughter captive in a secret, windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, police said on Monday.

Some parts of the 60 square metre basement in which the family were kept were no more than 1.70 metres (5 ft 6 in) high and officials said the basement even contained a padded cell.

Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, says her father, Josef Fritzl, lured her into the basement in 1984 and drugged and handcuffed her before imprisoning her. Three of her children, aged 19, 18 and 5, had been locked up in the basement with her since birth and had never seen sunlight, police said, raising worries about their physical and mental state. The younger two were boys, the eldest a girl.

Fritzl, whom police described as "dynamic, bossy and authoritarian", had hidden the entrance to the cell behind shelves and only he knew the secret code for the reinforced concrete door, said officials.Photographs showed a narrow passageway leading into other rooms which included a cooking area, with children's drawings on the walls, a sleeping area and a small bathroom with a shower.The victims' only sources of information from the outside world were a television and radio.The case unfolded when the 19-year-old girl became seriously ill and was taken to hospital, where doctors appealed for her mother to come forward to give details of her medical history.

Fritzl brought Elisabeth and her remaining two children out of the basement, telling his wife their "missing" daughter had chosen to return home, police said."This man, who already had a family with seven children by his wife, had in this cellar seven more children by his own daughter." Police have said they believe Rosemarie did not know what happened to her daughter when she disappeared in 1984. It was assumed Elisabeth had left voluntarily when her parents received a letter from her saying they should not search for her.

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Damn. what a complete psycho. to think that the mother had never known is almost impossible since they had been living in the same house all along. but if she's innocent then it must came as a shock to the mother. poor girl and all her children. everything is so messed up. whatever it is, I'm glad they are free. hopefully they'll have a better life from now on.

My first pay cheque!

hee i'm so happy! today at the office, when i was at the counter doing some work, kak su came to me bringing a file with two small pieces of white paper on top of it. she told me to sign on both papers. i was like wtf? i thought it's just some unimportant papers that needed signatures for formalities purposes. so i signed on them without even checking what's written on them. then she gave me one of the white papers and suddenly i realized she was actually holding out 3 pieces of rm50 notes to me along with it. now at this time i was really shocked. she told me it was my allowance. i couldn't believe her at first. i thought, man she can't be serious! who would give allowance to someone who come to get free knowledge? by right, i should be paying them instead lol. after i was given adequate reassurances(she told me to have a closer look and guess what? my name was written on it!) i took the money and one of the white papers. i was so glad and most importantly touched. i went to see mr. Bob immediately and thanked him. :D wow.. not only that I get free lunch and tea and not to forget a lot of valuable knowledge about criminal law by doing my attachment here, i get paid too! oh and a small birthday party for me at the office the other day and one parker pen as birthday gift from mr. Bob. =) this is too good to be true. now this is scary. am i not too lucky?

Mat Rempit

"KUANTAN: Two years ago, a Mat Rempit beat three traffic lights, made a wrong U-turn and rode his motorcycle against the traffic flow before he was finally arrested by police.

For his reckless riding, 23-year-old Mohd Azlin Fazleey Rusli was sentenced to 20 months' jail and fined RM5,000 or eight months' jail.

Magistrate G. Ramesh ordered the sentence to begin yesterday and suspended Mohd Azlin's riding licence for two years."

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This is the case whose sentencing i attended. it was last week. it's not accurately reported. you see, the thing is that he's not a mat rempit or at least in my opinion he's not. he is merely an ordinary road user who had committed traffic offences. a mat rempit more of the one who does illegal racing or dangerous stunts on the road like the guy who was sentenced to two years imprisonment for doing a 'superman' stunt on the road last week. of course the term mat rempit is not exhaustive but still in my opinion by doing what he did does not make him a mat rempit. it is too harsh to call him that since people have very ugly perceptions towards mat rempits.

the mother was very sad and was crying her eyes out outside the courtroom. but then again who wouldn't? your eldest sons had just been sentenced to 20 months jail. he seemed to be a very nice boy who is the sole breadwinner of the family. her husband died 8 years ago when the boy was only 15 years old.

Amazing Grace

It's past midnight.. and I'm damn bored. waiting for the downloading to finish seems like forever. 96.1% already but this is killing me. amazing grace is a 2006 movie but being a person who is always behind it seems so natural for me lol. as i write this it is already 96.3%. yeah i can wait for another half an hour.. sure why not. thank god tomorrow is Sunday. luckily this attachment is only for 3 weeks. imagine it's for 2 months i would be a super fat cow when it's over since they always feed me(i'm not complaining). 96.9% thats great. damn i have to sleep early tonight. although i am not working tomorrow but i promised my mum I'll go out with her. besides i need to see the dentist tomorrow and get facial treatment from dermalogica since I'll get 50% off in my birthday month. u think it's cheap? i would rather call it smart spending lol. yeah so the next facial after tomorrow would be next year. =P

My brother been telling me about this one melodic death metal band, Arch Enemy. comprised of five members. the vocalist is a female who does the growling waaay better than most male vocalists. finally, i get(finally remember) to check them out. I watched four of their videos on youtube and i am very impressed. Angela Gossow is one of a kind.