Proton Arena in Taiwan

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A quick post here, just before we say bye bye to 2009!




Just got some photos on our dearly Proton vehicles, being "reformed" or rather transformed to impreza-engined( I don't recognize what is that, to be frank) motorcar!



K K K ! I'm not a fanzee of automobile, but so what.

But, since its something to do with our national car, I reckon its something worth mentioning it (though this is nothing breaking news anymore~ you knew this if you updates yourself through mags from aboards).

vtec b18c engine

Impreza engine

18' 5hole rim

masterpieces in display ~ Reform-In-Taiwan Proton Arena

Not to forget, HAAAAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Welcome Year 2010 .

凡人。。烦恼 （故事 ：黑白老鼠 ）

我一直都认为本身活的不够洒脱。真真的。左怕这，右怕那。

今天友人寄送了email，给了这段典故，让我读了有了舒缓的感觉。并不是甚么特别精彩的故事，但所谓的，对正下药就是最好的药了。

与像我这么紧张的朋友们，共勉之。。

黑白老鼠

有一個人在森林中漫遊的時候，

突然遇見了一隻飢餓的老虎，

老虎大吼一聲就撲了上來。

他立刻用生平最大的力氣和最快的速度逃開，

但是老虎緊追不捨， 他一直跑一直跑一直跑，

最後被老虎逼入了斷崖邊上。 站在懸崖邊上，他想：

「與其被老虎捉到，活活被咬、肢解，

還不如跳入懸崖，說不定還有一線生機。」

他縱身跳入懸崖， 非常幸運的卡在一棵樹上，

那是長在斷崖邊的梅樹， 樹上結滿了梅子。

正在慶幸的時候， 他聽到斷崖深處傳來巨大的吼聲，

往崖底望去，原來有一只兇猛的獅子正抬頭看著他，

獅子的聲音使他心顫， 但轉念一想：

「獅子與老虎是相同的猛獸，被甚麼吃掉，都是一樣的。」

當他一放下心， 又聽見了一陣聲音，

仔細一看，一黑一白的兩隻老鼠，

正用力地咬著梅樹的樹幹。 他先是一陣驚慌，

立刻又放心了，

他想：「被老鼠咬斷樹幹跌死，總比被獅子咬好。」

情緒平復下來後， 他感到肚子有點餓，

看到梅子長得正好， 就採了一些吃起來。

他覺得一輩子從沒吃過那麼好吃的梅子，

找到一個三角形樹丫休息， 他想著：

「既然遲早都要死，不如在死前好好睡上一覺吧！」

他在樹上沉沉的睡去了。 睡醒之後，

他發現黑白老鼠不見了， 老虎、獅子也不見了。

他順著樹枝， 小心翼翼的攀上懸崖， 終於脫離險境。

原來就在他睡著的時候， 飢餓的老虎按捺不住，

終於大吼一聲， 跳下懸崖。 黑白老鼠聽到老虎的吼聲，

驚慌逃走了。

跳下懸崖的老虎與崖下的獅子展開激烈的打鬥，

雙雙負傷逃走了。

由我們誕生那一刻開始，

苦難．就像飢餓的老虎一直追趕著我們，

死亡，就像一頭兇猛的獅子， 一直在懸崖的盡頭等待，

白天和黑夜的交替，就像黑白老鼠，

不停地正用力咬著我們暫時棲身的生活之樹，

總有一天我們會落入獅子的口中 。

既然知道了生命中最壞的情景是死亡，唯一的路，

就是安然地享受樹上甜美的果子， 然後安心地睡覺，

只有存著這樣單純的心、少慾望、多一點赤子之心。

最近常常聽到朋友的親友去世的消息，

除了安慰了幾句外好像什麼都不能做了

恐怕有一天自己亦會成為別人口中的壞消息

所以你們有沒有好好的享受你在世上的每一分每一秒?

如果剛才你和另一半或是和家人為了芝麻綠豆的事鬧翻了，現在頭頂還在生煙的話，請你看看那晴朗的天空和那飄渺的白雲，其實你又錯過了美好的一天呀 !

China should stop property stimulus now

BEIJING: China should immediately halt some of its real estate stimulus policies, or risk inflating a bubble that in its bursting would wreak financial and even social trouble, a central bank newspaper said yesterday.

Debate is heating up in China about whether and how to wind down loose monetary policy and heavy spending, with officials voicing worries about asset price rises but also fearful that the broader economic recovery remains fragile.An opinion piece in the Financial News, a newspaper published by the central bank, said rampant speculation in the country's property market was akin to a time bomb that could threaten future growth.

"If China does not exit its stimulus policy... property prices and the market may go out of control," it said.

Shanghai - Regency Park, Mainland China

China's housing prices have been rising since March propelled by a slew of government measures, from lower downpayments and mortgage rates to tax cuts.

Rising prices have encouraged developers to break ground on new projects, with real estate investment up an annual 18.9 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared with a mere 1 per cent rise in the first two months.

Nov24, 2009. - Reuters

倪安東‧The Blower's Daughter

Wow wow wow . . .

Look at that, despite of the fact that he's from the States, but, really ichiban!!

Enjoy。


p/s : Originated from Irish signer/songwriter Damien Rice, theme song from the movie Closer. This is a slide from a PK (kick-out) session in the 5th season of a popular Taiwanese singing competition. Many compliments him, and of course some commented as well, but personally, i felt he controlled the song pretty good, with great participating spirit. Impressive.

Latest TVB series in Hong Kong ..Altantuya?

In my previous entry, we acknowledged that Altantuya's name appears as one of the characters in Cambridge Dictionary. Ehm, don't ask me was that true or not, purchase one and check it out for me, waud ya?

The latest breaking news is the tragic will be shot as a TV series ..



aiya, sorry lah, i malas to translate what's written in the above poster...you all pandai pandai belajar Mandarin loh, i can provide tuition though, RM45 per hour , hee...


Ideally and logically, if that becomes a reality, highest audience rates will definitely come from Malaysian. Anyway, if Hong Kong's broadcast company does really make it a reality to film this as a TV series. I'm sure rated highest of audience wouldn't been Malaysian anymore.

Coz' for sure the series will by all mean, being banned mah..

Forced to become old

I'm sitting in Starbuck Cafe now, up on the hill of Genting Highlands.

Me and a younger friend, and my elderly temple member went up to Genting Highland this morning. We took the bus from 1-Utama station. All the seats are taken up, suprisingly, on this Monday morning. Almost 95% are Chinese uncles and an-tiees.

The driver put up a CD, with numerous 80's canton classics (they were my secondary school period titles-lah), all made popular by singers such as Samuel Hui, Wong Meng-Chuen, Chan Pak-Keung etc etc... sung out by unknown artistes a.k.a. to the ori singers though, with higher tempo compared to the original titles.

My friends commented to me, rather loudly from his seat, over the pathway, pointing to the speakers : "You can't afford to be old now" !!

CHEERS


p/s : tsf, hi bro, have you been to GH lately, still trying your luck up there??

Rush to beat property gains tax deadline

Thinkproperty.my has reported an unusually high number of new listings after the 2010 Budget announcement as well as a high number of price cuts for properties on sale

The reintroduction of a real property gains tax (RPGT) from January 1 next year appears to have triggered a rush to sell properties but agents said it will be very tough to beat the deadline.

Thinkproperty.my, a website that lets people advertise their properties for free, said it has seen an unusually high number of new listings after the 2010 Budget announcement.

There have also been a high number of price cuts for existing properties that are on sale. However, it did not provide detailed numbers.

Last Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the RPGT will return next year at 5 per cent after it was scrapped in 2007.

But agents think it is just a knee-jerk reaction. Property consultant Sharizal Supian said a property deal takes between three and six months to complete, which means it will be very hard to beat the January 1 deadline.

The RPGT has not been well-received as many think it would halt the growth of the property market.

Thinkproperty.my chief executive officer Asim Qureshi believes the re-introduction of the tax has been a year or two too soon.

"We need some of the feel good factor to gain momentum and this tax can only slow down that momentum.

"Furthermore, I believe that having a tax exemption for property owned for a certain number of years would be better as the tax would target property speculators," he said in a statement.

Asim said Malaysia is increasingly seen as an international property hot spot and the RPGT will somewhat undermine that view.

However, he thinks that at 5 per cent, the reintroduction has been gentle and it may not significantly disrupt the market.

"In terms of opportunity, it will be a good time to buy in the secondary market from now until year-end which is where the tax will have its most direct impact," he said.

Emkay Group chief oper ating officer Peter Teh has a different take. He thinks that any sudden surge in sales in the next few months would be mainly due to a recovering property market.

He said the tax will not deter serious home buyers. "They are also not really buying now but over a few years and they will not fell the pinch as it will pass through in the next coming years."

Property stocks took a beating yesterday as the property tax was "a negative surprise" to investors, analysts said.

IJM Land Bhd, the country's fifth biggest property developer, fell 2 per cent to RM2.44, while Sunrise Bhd slid 4.6 per cent to RM2.28. Eastern & Oriental Bhd shed 6.5 per cent to RM1.15.


p/s : Haven't the government recall what was the actual reason when they relieve the real estate gain tax in 2007...

후렌치 후라이 ! Korean McDonald Ads

Another aboard commercial ads, this round from Korea.

Personally, I think they've brought in an innovative yet relaxing ads. Look at that big guy's reaction when he realised all the fries were gone.



"Don't be risky your life".... wrong grammar though. :p

Marshmallow Test ~by Walter Mischel , Stanford University

Check it out. Watch for your self - Will you be overcome by Temptation or Greed?

Tell you what, the answer is Naivety conquers both of them, i guess.

See scene 3:06

LDP - Sucking traffic jam these few nites

Wow...
Damn jam along LDP these few nites.

How would you feel if you to and fro crossing two toll and yet stuck in the unnecessary long queue?? Paid LDP toll RM6.40 + petrol RM8 + Sprint Highway toll (coz I divert my route at SS2/Damansara to Federal Highway before entering back to LDP in order to avoid the insanity traffic towards Puchong) RM1.60. Total = RM16 per nite, and yet stuck in bad jam and heavy ran.


On the way back, passed by 1-U, the termometer banner showed temperature at 20'C !!! That's really a scarce scenario, especially in Klang Valley.

15Malaysia~One Future

Out of all the stories, somehow this particular one seems to resembling the melancholy felt by each and every Malaysian, in fact many souls in this modern world...Bravo to Tan Chui Mui.

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obssesion word : "...there's something wrong with the system..."

My Bahasa Malaysia story, the only one.

This, it was published in my school mag in my Form Four.



To many, I guess it would be something subtle enough to be mentioned, but I must admit to myself, how proud and touching it made me feel, when I noticed it being published as one the few articles, that year. Looking back, you (and myself) can be assured to be almost impossible to be handed out by my present self even if I would to squeeze completely dry out all of my brain juice.

So, I decided to preserve (by all mean not for purpose of showing off) this one & only Bahasa Malaysia language story.

Title : Mak, Ku Pohon Ampun

Aku masih ingat, wajah kedutan seorang perempuan tua yang telah ditelan masa hampir setengah abad. Sesungguhnya, segala-gala berlaku terlalu pantas, amatku tidak sangkakan seumur hidup. Memang sukar bagiku untuk menantap orang tua ini dengan secebis senyuman keriangan.

Segala takdir, kukira. Mak, aku ingin nafikan kerana semua ini terlalu membebankan buatmu, seorang insan uzur. Ku sepatuhnya tidak wujud dalam hidupmu.

Yangku tahu, aku dilahirkan ke dunia palsu ini sebagai anak yang serba kekurangan. Ini cukup membawa penderitaan tambahan bagimu. Aku tahu, manusia siapa yang tidak mengharapkan kemewahan dan kesempurnaan hidup yang bererti. Namun kau tak pernah runtuh dalam perjalanan pahit ini.

Sesungguhnya, kau kuanggap paling tabah dan tegap pendirianmu. Tapi maafkan aku, mak. Aku tak pernah menghargainya, aku tak pandai menyanjungi akan sikap dan nilai-nilaimu yang tinggi ini. Aku tak mengerti sewaktu itu. Aku budak biadap. Aku tidak fahamkan erti hidup ini.

Apa yang sepatut dilakukan, kutidak endahkan. Tegasku umpama keldai malas lagi degil yang hanya tahu makan dan tidur. Aku tidak mengerti, mak, aku tidak mengerti apakah gelora hidup ini yang merusuk dan memusnahkan identiti-identiti perangaiku yang sebenarnya. Maafkanku. Nafsu yang menguasai kehendakku pada hal tuhan tidak mengizinkannya. Aku tidak puas melihat kehidupan senang-lenang orang lain. Aku tidak mengira ia adalah keuntungan bagiku, tapi kemiskinan ini sekurang-kurangnya tidak payahku pertanggungjawabkan! Kaulah yang patuh kutuduhkan segala-galanya?

Hidupku boleh dikira tidak kompleks; dari kecil, ku hanya tahu bangun untuk berhadapan dengan hari-hari baru yang sia-sia. Tidakku risaukan apa yang perlu diisi perut, tidakku bimbangkan berapa butirkah beras yang masih berhuni di dalam tempayan di dapur burukmu. Sebaliknya, kau hanya leka dengan dua belah tangan lesumu demi untuk menyambung nafas kami dua beranak.

Sang suria yang gagah masih belum ingin menjenguh di garis ufuk timur, tapi kau telah melawat ke dapur mengerjakan masakan dan makanan untuk jualan pagi nanti. Aku patut membantu my tapi sebaliknya aku berat badan.

"Macam aku ni mengerah kau pula!". Kau hanya mengeluh tapi aku tetap merungut.

Oh! Memang tidak benar bagi aku untuk menyalahimu, mak. Semenjak ayah pergi menyahut panggilan Ilahi, kaulah yang terpaksa menanggung pikunya. Aku hanya sekadar berumur empat tahun ketika itu tapi aku masih kenangkan linangan air matamu yang menemani pemergian ayah. Entah mengapa ayah boleh menerima maut, aku tidak tahu. Kau terlalu sedih untuk memberitahuku. Hakikat ini sama sekali mengubah sikapmu selaku ibu yang periang dan penyayang kepada seorang yang pendiam dan tegas. Sekai-sekala, senyap-senyap aku melihat mu terduduk di dalam bayangan senja di suatu sudut sambil mata sayu mu merenung kosong ke arah bola mentari yang separuh tenggelam di bawah lautan biru.

Kau tekadkan hati yang telah rekah ditampar gelombang sedih yang kuat. Sekali apapun, kau tetap meneruskan perjalanan ini, mangharungi segala rintangan yang mungkin ada. Dari siang, kau memunggut mata pencarian dengan mencuci pakaian dari sebuah desa yang berdekatan. Selesainya, kau pula menghabiskan jahitan baju seluar orang lain yang sudi. Ada sahaja masa terluang, kau akan beredar kepada kerja-kerja kraftangan secara kecil-kecilan untuk menambahkan pendapatan.

Tibanya waktu persekolahanku sememangnya menggandakan lagi beban bagimu. Kau terpaksa bekerja kuat untuk menampung perbelanjaan tambahan ini.

"Nak, harap kau belajar bersungguh-sungguh, ya. Jadilah budak baik di sekolah, masa cikgu ajar, dengarlah dengan teliti. Jangan sekali-kali bergaduh dengan kawan-kawan. Kalau pandai, boleh naik sampai ke U, tau?"

Kau tetap tak lupa untuk menyematkan nasihat-nasihat dan pedoman ke dalam ingatanku walau sibuk sehari untuk bersama tugas-tugasmu. Itu sememangnya impianmu yang teragung sekali. Tapi sebaliknya, aku hanya pandang enteng terhadap pelajaranku. Aku menghampakan segala usaha mu dan menyelubungi cahaya penerang dengan sewenang-wenangnya. Malah, aku selalu menimbulkan berbagai masalah disiplin di dalam dan di luar sekolah. Aku mengabaikan tanggungjawabku sebagai seorang murid mahupun seorang anak yang menghormati pengorbanan orang tuanya. Oh! Mak, ku ingin pohon ampun dari mu. Sesungguhnya, ia amat melukakan kalbumu. Ia amat menggigit tangkai jiwaku apabila mengenangkannya.

Kini, aku telah faham keseluruhannya. Lantas, ini telah membangkitkan perasaanku untuk menggunakan segala daya, tenaga dan ikhtiarku untuk mencapai hala ke mercu kejayaan ini. Malangnya, kau tidak berpeluang untuk melihat sendiri hasil terakhir yang gigih ini. Kau telah meninggalkan aku terlebih dahulu buat selama-lamanya. Andainya kau masih sempat menunggunya, kau pasti senyum kebanggaan bercampur kegembiraan yang tidak terhingga untuk melihat aku berpakaian akademik sambil tercegat menyeringai bersama segulung ijazah terhormat di dalam genggamanku.

THE END.

10 more minutes from this moment, counting down towards our 52th National Days.

Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia.

p/s : If you ask me to reuse some of the phrases or vocabularies now, I would not be able to work out the same sentences anymore.

I flipped thru my school magazine...

There was a Condolence ads in today's newspapers, a two full-page ads.

I read it in The Star this morning. The photo of the deceased somehow looked familiar to me, but I didn't try recalling why she looked like someone I know before. Her name was Michelle Txx xxx xxx.

1 hour ago, tonite, I saw two emails from my friends, whom were also my secondary school's school/class mates. Both emails having the same heading that read as "Michelle Tan xxx xxx passed away ...". I was shocked, never expected that, 20years ago, she was our schoolmates. I called up one of the email sender. After chatting on the phone for few minutes, I could only remembered a few names, but not Michelle.

After pressing off my cellphone, I led to the cabinet, searching for my school mag. I flipped thru and started looking for the photo of my class, and also the other same-year classes but yet couldn't figure out her whereabout. Finally, I located one of the pages where her name appeared, with a photo. Fuuu.... I still couldn't figure out which is her. Nvm....

Time elapsed, so do people. RIP, Michelle, may you'll be with the Almighty.

Mainland China Xi'an~ Much "Butter" Way to beat burglars 涂牛油防竊賊

Many residential property managers in northern China faced a problem of having all their surveillance cameras broken by burglars.

"About 1,200 of the 2,000 units are rented out, resulting difficulties to determine who actually lives there and 'some bad guys' may sneak in" says a manager from Mingdemen estate in the city of Xi'an.

The "butter" and much cheaper solution instead of repairing the surveillance system is to smear 100kg of butter on the gas pipelines that run outside the buildings (the culprits often use these pipelines as their 'ladders' to climb into the dwellings), making them too slippery to climb, Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

Economic downturn seems to create a innovative way to prevent thieves! So, I know what to do with the expired butter in my fridge. Cheers!

"出來"社會工作 (十五) _Know what you want in life?

有一段時間沒寫我事業的點滴心情了.

Hmm... 感覺到有少許無助呀,這是我心裡的話. 因接近三年的春秋了,仍然沒甚麼進展的.

剛翻開八月份Personal Money閱讀,讀了最後第二頁的"a word from the wise"題目的一篇本月的論文 "Know what you want in life" 由一位理財兼商業顧問所發表的稿, 其中內容有說道這麼一段 :

"I have asked many people , be they businessmen or wage earners, why they work so hard. More often than not, the answer was "to make more money". But there are always sacrifices that need to be made for every extra dollar that one earns. More importantly, do they know what they want in life? Does earning more money help them achieve what they want in life?"

然後最後的幾句就寫著 "Money, career, family, friendship and others. What takes precedence?" 呵! 最最後還題了個問題 : "Do you have an answer?"

我讀後覺得很諷刺, 涕笑不可, 卻不得不認同這句話的準確性.

難到不是這樣嗎? 相信很多人被問到底懂得人生要的是何物是, 不也就會回答 "我要更好的生活,我要身邊的人也快快樂樂", 當然這裡指的是有"足夠"的錢的快樂....所以不管你怎樣回答都會離不開說要work hard, 或work harder !!!

所以, 上面的 "Does earning more money help them achieve what they want in life?" 我特別highlight, 讓你也讓自己重新思考一搬.

祝我們, 能達成人生真正的愉快和自各的目標.

(Sorry guys, I felt too lazy to translate this entry with an English version).


p/s有否想過 60's & 70's 的人比現代人快樂極了,雖沒現在那麼好環境,那麼有錢.....不相信問你daddy mummy 證明一下看看..我也是猜猜的啦 :(

Part II~ Like Thais ? Love Thailand TV Commercial Ads as well

Not impressed by what I've said in my previous entry on Thailand TV Ads?

Now watch this one. You may see such plotting being screened, most probably 50 more years from now.

Suitable for Non-Thai Spoken audiance, no worry.

The Deepest Sadness out of all Yasmin Ahmad's ads

Out of all the ads that we have from Yasmin Ahmad, I feel very very sorry, almost wanted to jump into the screen and console dear little character, Thiam Fook.

Thiam Fook's helpless expressions while waiting at the bus stop, and the hug of sorrowness towards the Kakak from Orphan Homes, it really touches straight to your soul...

Personally, I reckon Yasmin's departure made all that knows her, understanding the meaning of the word called 'LOSS'.

Like Thais? Love Thailand TV Commercial Ads as well!

I was not having a good feeling towards the Thais, to be honest.

That was before 1991..

And that was the year where I first landed my legs on the land of Siam.

Since then, it has given me a feel of simplicity, tenderness and kind-hearted, found in within the customes, beliefs and rituals of the people there.

Then, I watched their TV program. And I saw their TV commercial ads. I was amazed and felt heppy for them, on how hilarious and entertaining were those ads. Much better than what we had in Malaysia, well, in those days I mean.

Believe me, they were entertaining, and able to bring across the ideal and message what those corporates want the audiance to get.

The following is another one, shouldn't been released long ago, in 2008, if I'm correct.

Watch it. The music effect was fantastic, the story-line was virtue, not too realistic, though (aiya, only then people can day-dream a bit-lah). Take note on the part where the young girl tune out her melody on the stage, wow, it made my pores around my body 'unclog' in a sudden (if you know what I meant)..rejuvenating loh.

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lahdi sahwat

Big Houses Owner Different Life Path

In just within a week's time, two more properties added up into my list.

And, they are both worth more than half a million ringgit. . . .

One is at Seri Kembangan, Taman Bukit Serdang.

And this unit is at Jalan Ipoh, near a scenic pond view.

I was excited of course excited, but in my mind, I was even more anxious, pondering what would be the better way to promote them out, and eventually close the deal, hoho. In front of you, I'm transparent about my desire, hah!

I'm new, wondering am I auspicious enough to yield such handsome remuneration.

You know, people tend to be curious when the owner wanna to sell such big premise, since they used lot of money to purchase it initially. Ya know what, the former owner is migrating, so it is a good reason to promote this house to my prospect buyer. I felt happy for this family, but I would even more merrier if I could close the deal !!!

The latter is belonging to a owner who is confronted with financial calamity. I feel a bit sorry for them. After collecting the informations that I required for me to put it up in the website, I chatted with them, snapped some pics in and out the house. Before I left, I told the lady owner that I reckon she is heavy-hearted to sell it off, and not to mention that I could sensed the sorrowfulness within them to stay in a more-humble dwelling premise in later part of they life.

Hmm, two different background, different houses, simaliar luxuriousity, but with vary ending.

That's life.

Nice person acquints with Nice person

Most of the people i met seems to be nice people.

And in return, i guess people always feel I'm having a nice personality as well.

Sounds bragging, but its true.

Someone, a lady, that literally not known to me, ok, to be exact, only communicated on the phone, will ends up referred a client to me. We (me and this lady) spoke only once on the line, and the rest are all via sms. She just trusted me, and of course, requesting for some pay to this reference she made to me. I had thanked her for her trust on me, and she didn't even request a specific % of the fees from me, at all.

A while ago, I told her(again via sms) that I managed to make an appointment with the client on tomorrow. She replied me to point out that I had sounded nice (based on my text writing and the way I speak), and with such compliments, she even reviewed to pray hard for this deal to be closed, and provided me with some suggestion and advices on how to handle this client (which happened to be an expatriate)...

Hmm... I could have felt a bit hesitated, but I guess I shouldn't be thinking too much, or even react pessimistic at all..

Be generous to myself. Take this blessing from God, would you, MrCasey?

Amen.

Chicken a la Carte

Thought of sharing the following clip with you after I've just opened up an email, which was sent quite sometime from today.

Produced in 2005, directed by Ferdinand Dimadura. This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization.

Viewed as at todate : 8574947

I have few more few-day-expired slices of wholemeal bread in plastic bag, hanging on my dining room. Yet to be fungus-infected, instead of dumping off, I guess I need to spread them with margerine and help myself with them as tomorrow's breakfast :P

Obama, Malaysian PM discuss NKorea in phone call

US President Barack Obama spoke by telephone with Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razakon Friday, and discussed proliferation, North Korea and financial regulation, the White House said.

"They discussed the ongoing global economic crisis, and stressed the importance of growth and sound regulatory systems in both their economies," the White House said in a statement.

"The president described US concerns over proliferation and discussed North Korea and Iran, stressing the importance of implementation of UN Security Council resolutions," the statement said.

"They also discussed ways to contribute to reconstruction and stability in Afghanistan."

The statement did not mention Malaysia's claim that Washington had meted out unfair treatment over its decision to relist the country on a human trafficking blacklist.

The annual "Trafficking in Persons Report", released last week, said Malaysia was failing to comply with minimum standards to eliminate trafficking and "is not making significant efforts to do so."

Belgium Kortrijk young teen is a 'SuperStar' after tattoo on her face

Remember particularly on a ads that came out almost everytime you go for movie in the then cinema (it was done in the 90's, if I remember correctly). It's the ads by one of the shandy company, trying to convey the massage to take it easy in every moment of your life, hence you ought to let go and sing loud "BE HAPPY, DON'T WORRY"? One of the scene was that dude who went to barber shop to have a shock of his hair, to find himself became bald after waken up from his sleep on the wheel. I bet you are recalling now. And that's when the rytheme comes out spontaneously.

This Wednesday, sometime quite similar happen to a teenage girl in Belgium. This round it's about tattoo-ing.

She went in to the parlour in the town of Courtrai after setting an appointment from her home in Kortrijk. This 18years old Belgian lady asked for three small stars on her face, and while tattoo artist worked on the dobby mark, she fall asleep. Could have been counting stars in her sleep or dreamt to be a superstar, she woke up startled to find almost half of her face was filled with various sizes non-twinkling black stars, 56 pieces to be exact.

Apparently, she paid a Romanian tattoo artist £55 to decorate her face with only three stars. Kimmy, who might have the worst case of narcolepsy ever, says she fell asleep while the dude had a sharp needle on her face and woke up covered in STARZ. 56 stars to be exact.

Many commented that it is a fake deed, merely a publicity stunt, though. Bloggers claimed that as since she was really so mortified and embarassed there'd be no way she'd email the incident to Daily Mail with two pictures without her eyes blocked out, and with her real name attached. She is suing the tattoo artist for £8,500, because that's how much it's going to cost to get them all removed.

I personally feel it is not that awful, anyway, if she's a person who frenzy tattoo. Goodnite.

Cristiano Ronaldo, can u give me an iPhone, please ?

He, Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo's name was being updated into my intangible dictionary lesser than a week ago.

Seriously, I never even know the existence of this personnel in the world, never to mention that he's the most famous and one of the richest footballer in the whole universal.

Nay nay nay...you are boggling with foul words in your mind now, condemning me as a silly sxxker or, even fxxxxr, that is so miserably ignorance to the world of sports. I do admit, but do not brag this fact, though, it is even more much silly for you to have such thought. No one knows everything in this God-creation of earthly planet. It's a norm, i would prescribed that phenomena as, whether you do agree or not with me.

Very simple, coz I'm not a soccer fans, neither do I fancy to watch this sport matches. Girls are even better than me, I do acknowledge that. It's okay with me as well.

I guess many would have envied this Portugese winger. Manchester United, Ronaldo's previous boss had accepted a world record bid of 80million pound, equivalent to a staggering USD$131.7million, from Real Madrid as to make possession of this brilliant lad into their group.

But there are some important facts which successfully made my eye balls (and I believe yours as well) catapulted out. I'm a poor blinded guy now, at these moment.

Now, what you can perform or make purchases with such an enormous remuneration, if it belongs to you :

壹yi (1) As many as 1.31million Apple iPhones (thats how i came out with the title of this post)

貳er (2) Buy Bugatti Veyron cars, not a piece, but 93, whereby each cost you 850thousand pounds

參san (3) It can fly a person to the international Space Station three times, with spare change of more than 15million pound

肆si (4) Buy a Big Mac for the entire population of Canada

伍wu (5) This monies can make you hold 138,000oz of gold on your very hands

陸liu (6) It could buy you 80% of the 100million pound being sought for English Division Two club Newcastle

Still couldn't imagine how fanstastic this 24-year-old guy has managed to brand his world-recorded move with such a whooping deal as mentioned above?

Letme quote you with a simpler explanation or computation :

Ready?

You need to work for 100,000years to earn such income, with a miserable, oops, er, i mean humble, monthly salary of RM4,600 (and committing yourself of the endurement to leave with pure LOVE & AIR, plus zero expenses and commitment-lah).

p/s: the above calculation is deemed nearest to accuraccy with currency rate exchange ratio of USD1 : RM3.50

"出來"社會工作 (十四)

今早, 到過吧生, 去找位準顧客.之前,多和他聯絡上幾許.

他說過周末沒時間,最近也都必須參加一些franchising的訓練課程. 我因此而再約他在今天來見個面,向他解釋商品一般. 在電話上, 他已有向我說明,目前是沒準備要投資. 但他並不拒絕我去找他見個面.


我拿不住主意,到底要去嘛,還是不去的. 好遠的地點耶...

結果,今天我還是抱著期望,去見了他.

他所謂的franchise商業乃是MLM(傳銷生意). 結果,他因剛剛要在這方面投入及投資,所以沒預算過拿甚麼錢來投資基金.

回到KL來, 用過午餐後,就直接到學生的家給教學班.

榜晚,又南下了,到焦賴的Sg.Long帶人去觀望房屋...到最後還是那句 "讓我們先考慮考慮"... 沒有立即簽約買賣. eehh, 別誤會的. 我並不是覺得失意.可能是習慣了這種場面.

這樣忙的一天,老實說讓我有著充實感.


這兩個地方, 我都是駛著摩托車去的.... 屁股肉應該扁平了幾吋了.

可說是南下北上了一環..卻一點生意也'奪'不得.


這行裡,這種事一點也不奇特,但在心深處,難免會嚥了一句 : 到底還要等多久,才能擺脫這種'困擾'的環境呢?


呵呵, 阿昌呀, 除了努力,還是那一句吧......gambatehhhhh...

Touch My Body ~ by KoreanBoy a.k.a. Mariah Carey

I have no mean of insulting or discrimination on any individual nor nationality.

But this video really makes me burst out my most truthfull laughters...and still able to chuckle after few rounds of watching it..

You can't expect viewing count as high as Susan Boyle, but ya sure to salute the seriouness of the singer, as well as how terrific the lyric was being substantiated. hE He. Enjoy it-lah.




Thanks, Kenny Sia, for sharing it..

拿什麼酬勞?

富人相信本身價值有錢人相信自己，相信自己的價值，也相信自己有能力發揮價值。

訓練課程上，常常遇到領固定薪水的人抱怨他們的薪水不及他們的價值，哈福艾克是這樣回答的：“從誰的觀點來看？我確定你的老闆認為你的酬勞很合理。”

“為什麼你不離開領死薪水的工作，要求完全以你的工作表現給予報酬？

如果不可行，為什麼不替你自己工作？那樣你就會知道，你所賺到的數目就是你值得的。”

More EPF members opt for flexible withdrawals

MORE members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) are opting for flexible withdrawals as they reach 55 years of age to better manage their retirement savings.

In a statement yesterday, the EPF said the Flexible Age 55 Withdrawal saw a significant increase in its take-up rate during the first quarter of 2009

On a year-on-year basis, it increased by 85.46 per cent compared with 5,247 applications in the corresponding period last year," it said.

EPF chief executive officer Datuk Azlan Zainol said the growing popularity of the Flexible Age 55 Withdrawal signified increased awareness among members that lump sum withdrawal would likely lead to inadequate income during retirement.

"The Flexible Age 55 Withdrawal was introduced in November 2007 under the 'Beyond Savings' initiative. It offers members the option to receive their EPF funds in instalments and on an ad hoc basis," he said.

Zainol said nevertheless, the Lump Sum Age 55 Withdrawal plan is still the more popular option for members reaching age 55.

MSN ~ Are you honest to your chatter??

E added C to his MSN.

C raised his eyebrows and said "Eiii, some1 added me oh..., hehe, happy saja"

After a while, C took initiative to chat with E

E couldn't recall how he got C's email.

E also forgotten under what situation that he added me or for what reason...



Later, E initiated conversation with C, most of the time

(Till here, need to clarify something 1st...that is, C is a shy guy, but honest guy, ok??!)

They chatted occasionally.

One night, E linked up again...

but C was not in good mood, or to be more exact, he's feeling down...

So, E consoled C a bit then, ceased the conversation, hehe, reckoned E was a bit stunned



Coz C was so moody and informed E that they should chatt next round...




They became good MSN buddies, good, well, never meet each other before, but still can be so-called good online-buddy.


Out of the sudden, E seems to be always offline


C suspected E barred him.....

C is a bit dissappointed, every day , he still hoping E's status will appear as "Online' again.

But that didn't happen.



Few months passed....



And, out of the sudden, E emerged again by saying 'Hi, C !"

C was a bit alarmed, but who cares, juz continue chatting loh....

Not too long ago, E recommended C to do little selling of online products , make some extra income

C was sceptical, but he told E he will try, somehow..

Since then, E follow-up with C

C feels bad, as he didn't close any deal.

He understood E is a serious guys, serious on his career.

Since then, C feels bad, and didn't know what to chat with E...

But, C request E to keep-in-touch

E welcomed that suggestion


Aiya... story too long dee, make it fast-forward from now on :


C mentioned he feels paiseh,

And do you know what did E reply ?

"To be honest... C, you are funny (he means weird-lah)"

:( :(


C admitted as well, that he is abit weird (coz he is a shy guy mah..)

E continues to mention that ..."To be honest (again), I felt that you are kehsee kehsee (pretending) !!"

Grrrr.......... In his heart, he was disappointed again,.....just when he tought he can substain this friendship...

C told E that he just tried to be honest, so he told E what he felt, and adui.... E honestly said he is FUNNY


hmmmm....


Somehow, C had a feeling that E will 'disconnect' him from his MSN list, AGAIN...

And yup, C's 6th sense was correct.


These two days, E 'vanished' into thin air, AGAIN.






Now the question is :

C could be too sensitive, huh!! he does realise that.

If E like honesty, why does he needs to be mind when people tried to be honest?????

Sigh.......

Anyway, so what !!

...be happy, don't worry. Just FOrget all this lah....!!! HAHA!


p/s... i had a feeling C wished that E dropped in here and read this post. Sigh..., C is yet able to be a happy-go-lucky person, hmmmm.


REMARK : The above is just a 'abruptedly' poured out feelings, so, in case it creates any nuisance to any individuals, please be generous enough to tolerate with the 'weird' effects you might experienced from. :p

Altantuya appears in Cambridge Dictionary

Got an email that mentioned the murdered Mongolian lady, Altantuya's name was being updated as part of the words under the latest version of Cambridge Learner's English Dictionary.

How true was that? I am not sure.

Nevertheless, one thing is for sure that...it is of no suprise if you heard that this latest edition will have zero oppurtunity to be released in Malaysia, ever since we had had just possessed a new leader in the nation...

The song my student learnt from the school..(Part 2)

The translation of the song I mentioned from the previous post (this is the sequal-lah)

Song : Beware of Suspicious Uncle

I don't know you, you don't know me
What would be the reason that you come near to me?

I don't know you, you don't know me
You gave me sweets but to accept it not me

Suspicious Uncle, I beware of ! No matter where !
Suspicious Uncle, scare no I'm not, to reject you I dare !
I'm the owner, precious my body to me !

Be cautious ! Be brave !
Protecting myself, the brave one to be !

(Suspicious Uncle, I beware of ! No matter where! Suspicious Uncle, scare no I'm not, to reject

you I dare !)

Ehmm, how's that be?

I have a view that it bears kinda sex discrimination factor in it. I should advise the Headmaster/mistress to rectify the title and lyric as "Suspicious Uncle & Auntie". Hehee, fair enough mahh..bad guys could consist of both genders, nowadays.

China’s domestic demand remains strong despite weak exports

EXPORTS from China are still suffering as the latest April figures show. This impacted China’s industrial production which, although expanding, was still at a relatively weak pace.

This negative reading is not surprising as global economic conditions remain weak and the recovery process is in the early stages.

On the other hand, the latest economic figures pertaining to China’s stimulus package and consumer spending remain robust.

Bank lending, fixed asset investment and money supply are expanding at robust levels.

Most importantly, retail sales in China are expanding very healthily with April’s figure growing 14.8%, and with home sales in 2009 so far surging.

What we have now is a two-tier Chinese economy. The export-related side remains weak but the domestic demand-related aspects remain strong.

Would such a situation please investors and economists? Nouriel Roubini, New York University economics professor, said he was worried about the quality of the recovery and that private domestic demand was not growing fast enough.

“Without exports, China can produce growth for a period of time by getting the banks to lend like crazy, but that’s not sustainable growth,” said an economist with Macquarie Securities in Hong Kong.

Even though retail sales are surging in the mid-teens, at a time when retail sales in most countries are slumping, this is still not enough to please the bearish ones.

It is true that banks anywhere cannot continue to lend like crazy, but if export growth is so sustainable, why are exports collapsing now?

It would seem that, for some people, nothing is ever right. Are exports really that important for China? Is it just a myth?

Or is China’s economy more than just relying on exporting cheap goods to the US?

The table shows the growth components of China’s gross domestic product.

Contribution from net exports, i.e. exports minus imports, is far less important than contribution from domestic demand, whether from private or public sector.

A good proxy for domestic demand is retail sales and fixed asset investment. Both are expanding robustly.

If you suspect the figures from the Chinese official sources, just remind yourself that in 1978, there were only 400 washing machines in the whole of China. By 2005, there were 30.4 million washing machines.

In 1980, only a few thousand cars were on the roads in China.

Now, China is the biggest car market in the world. Now, all these are for domestic consumption, not for export.

The simple fact is that the US economy may still be the largest in the world but it is certainly not the most important anymore.

Hong Kong’s economic prospects are now very closely linked to China’s, the strongest economy in the world.

The Star~Thursday May 28, 2009

The song my student learnt from the school..(Part 1)

The other day, i was having ituition with my Year 1 student.

And I found a piece of paper where, the content caught my eyes. It was a Chinese song lyric where he was taught to sing in the school. This is what I found written on it :

提防怪叔叔主體曲
我不認識你, 你不認識我
你來靠近我, 為的是甚麼 ?
我不認識你, 你不認識我
你給我米糖果, 我不伸手拿
怪叔叔, 我提防 ! 不管在甚麼地方 !
怪叔叔, 我不怕, 勇敢拒絕他 !
我身體很寶貴, 我是身體的主人 !
小心翼翼 ! 鼓起勇氣 !
我是保護自己的勇士 !

Chorus
(怪叔叔, 我提防 ! 不管在甚麼地方 ! 怪叔叔, 我不怕, 勇敢拒絕他 ! )

Lol !!!