Malaysia

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    The Star: Nation

  • Muntik case: Indonesian maid had fractured spine, crushed bones (Updated)

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:11 am
    The Shah Alam High Court was told that Indonesian maid Muntik Bani’s death in October last year was due to back injuries caused by blunt force trauma and infection from an ulcer on her right foot, and that she had a fractured spine and other serious injuries.

  • Malacca wants to negotiate for Eye on Malaysia

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:06 am
    The state government will negotiate with Belgian based company Fitraco NV, the owner of the Eye On Malaysia, to allow the giant ferris wheel to remain in Malacca.

  • Rampaging elephant and calf safely caught

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:46 am
    A female elephant that had been on a rampage near Grik was finally captured by the Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).

  • M'sia to continue cooperating with UN body over refugee issues

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:31 am
    Malaysia will continue to cooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) in addressing international refugee issues although the country is not a state party to the 1951 Convention and its Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, said a Foreign Ministry statement.

  • Newborn girl abandoned at cop’s home

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:04 am
    A three-day-old baby girl was found abandoned in front of a police officer’s house in Lorong Kenari 3, Taman PKNK in Alor Setar.
 
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    New Straits Times

  • Afghan avalanche kills 28, injures 70: ministry

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:16 am
    KABUL: An avalanche triggered by heavy snow killed at least 28 people and left another 70 injured in the treacherous mountains of northern Afghanistan, defence ministry officials said.

  • MGM Mirage may drop Atlantic City casino for Macau partner

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:13 am
    HONG KONG: MGM Mirage has said it may unload its stake in an Atlantic City casino resort to settle a fight with US gaming regulators over the company’s Macau business partner.

  • India says no to first GM food crop

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:09 am
    NEW DELHI: India refused to grant permission Wednesday to the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and confidence.

  • Men, women recurve teams storm into semis

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:54 am
    KUALA LUMPUR: The national men's and women's recurve teams made short work of their opponents to advance to the semifinals of the inaugural Asian Archery Grand Prix at the National Sports Council's Taman Keramat sports complex here today.

  • US Marines gear up for major Afghan assault

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:32 am
    TOOR GHAR, Afghanistan: US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.
 
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    The Malaysian Insider

  • Ahmad Ramzi claims trial to death-threat charge

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:51 am
    KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 9 — The trial of Datuk Dr Ahmad Ramzi Mohd Zubir, who is charged with sending death threats to three Terengganu Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblymen, got underway in the Sessions Court here today. The trial was supposed to have started on Jan 17 but was postponed to today after the accused had been unwell and hospitalised at the Kuala Terengganu Hospital. Ahmad Ramzi, who had been the political secretary of former Terengganu mentri besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read out to him before Judge M. Bakri Abd Majid.

  • Ronaldinho out of Ireland game, Robinho makes cut

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:49 am
    RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 9 — Ronaldinho’s hopes of a place in Brazil’s World Cup squad faded today when he was not picked by coach Dunga for their last warm-up against Ireland in London next month. The forward, who last played for Brazil in April 2009, has put in some good performances for AC Milan lately and expectations had been high of a recall. “Every player has chances (of a place in the squad). At this moment he isn’t part of it,” Dunga told reporters at the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) headquarters after naming a 22-man squad.

  • Ferdinand drops appeal over appeal

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am
    LONDON, Feb 9 — New England captain Rio Ferdinand has withdrawn his appeal against a one-match ban handed down after what the FA termed a “frivolous” appeal against a violent conduct charge, Manchester United said today. Ferdinand was charged after a clash with Hull City’s Craig Fagan in a Premier League game last month. He appealed against the automatic three-match suspension but was given a further one-game ban for his “frivolous” appeal.

  • Pele sees African surprise at World Cup

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am
    PARIS, Feb 9 — Brazil football legend Pele expects African teams to shine on their home soil when the World Cup visits the continent for the first time in South Africa this June, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. Three-time World Cup winner Pele once predicted that an African side would lift the World Cup trophy before the year 2000.

  • What next for Perak?

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:14 am
    KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Federal Court’s decision on the rightful Mentri Besar of Perak today has affirmed the status quo in the state, but political analysts believe the much-awaited verdict will result in some change in the way political parties carry themselves. Closely-watched will be Pakatan’s next move — whether it will continue to engage in confrontational politics or opt for a more less antagonistic stand. “If they respect the decision, they will become less confrontational. The people will likely give them some sympathy while at the same time, they may also be able to win…
 
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    Screenshots

  • 64 feared dead, 400 hurt in Afghan avalanches

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am
    Massive avalanches roaring down a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed more than 60 people, Afghan officials said, as rescuers evacuated about 400 injured victims. Search-and-rescue teams recovered the bodies of 24 people but said they fear 40 others may have also died, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar said. About 2,500 people were rescued from their snow-blocked vehicles. "Twenty-four bodies have been recovered so far, but the fear is that there could be up to 40 more st...

  • Sri Lankan parliament dissolved after Fonseka arrest

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:27 am
    Sri Lanka's president dissolved the parliament, setting the stage for new elections a day after authorities arrested the leader of the opposition — a move analysts said was meant to prevent him from contesting the vote. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's decision follows his sweeping victory at the polls last month over his former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka who had defected to the opposition. Fonseka, who last year led government troops in their crushing defeat of Tamil T...

  • Nearly 200 people indicted in Philippines massacre

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am
    Philippine prosecutors filed charges against the head of a powerful clan and 195 others in the biggest and deadliest murder case since the country's World War II war crimes trials. The indictment said Andal Ampatuan Sr. and the others were part of a conspiracy to ambush and kill members of the rival Mangudadatu family and supporters, who were gunned down Nov. 23 on a hilltop in Maguindanao province. In all, 57 people died the massacre apparently to prevent Esmael Mangudadatu from chal...

  • North Korean won's value tumbling

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    The Chosun Ilbo, relying on a Japanese report that itself relies in Chinese sources, reports that the market value of the North Korean won has fallen to 10% of its value from January 1st. In December one Chinese yuan could purchase 5 North Korean won; on February 8th one yuan was going for 55 won. This tumble comes two months after the redenomination of the won caused intense ...

  • Coffee shops become hagwon waiting rooms

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:49 am
    Gangnam parents are using their neighborhood's coffee shops to wait for their kids while they're in their hagwons... all day long. They also use the time to form 'teams' to choose their children's friends. This translation comes from reader Christina Murphy. ...
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    GreyReview

  • Swivel Screen and Stylus Are Ancient; Get Ready to Hover and Gesture

    Yunghui Lim
    27 Jan 2010 | 1:11 am
    New Scientist looks at Apple filed patents for hints on the upcoming Apple tablet. One is hover, under filing In addition to touch, users can hover over an element on the screen to activate it. Patents Filing: Simultaneous Sensing Arrangement with “touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line.” and just granted patent, Noise Detection in Multi-touch Sensors as “touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each of which can be stimulated with a plurality of periodic waveforms having different…

  • Twitter “Local Trends” Not Localized for Asia Yet

    Yunghui Lim
    26 Jan 2010 | 7:55 pm
    This morning, Twitter Local Trends is activated on my Twitter profile. Twitter officially roll-out the feature to limited users on January 22 2010. By now, the feature is already available to most users. Users can choose to set Trending, by Country or City. Unfortunately, none from Asia. For now, only 6 countries are available for selection – US, UK, Mexico, Brazil, Ireland, Canada. There’s a total of 15 cities, all US cities except two (Sao Paulo and London). Local Trends is a natural evolution for the Twitter’s Geotagging, which “attach a longitude and latitude to…

  • Twitter in Asia: Total Users, by Country

    Yunghui Lim
    26 Jan 2010 | 12:21 am
    According to Sycomos latest report on Twitter, Asian countries constitutes about 7.74% of the Twitter unique users worldwide. Indonesia topped with 2.34% of unique users, followed by Japan (1.47) and India (0.97). On a global perspective, more than half of Twitter unique users (56.59%) are located in the US and followed by UK (8.09), Brazil (6.73), Canada (4.36) and Australia (2.63). This is based on analysis of active 13 million unique users, between Oct 16 2009 and Dec 16 2009. comScore reported the total global unique users of Twitter.com has reached 60 million. However, Fred Wilson argued…

  • Maxis Unveils Its Platform Play

    Yunghui Lim
    24 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Maxis, leading cellular provider and exclusive iPhone distributor in Malaysia, just launched its mobile applications marketplace, 1Store Developer Sentral. The 1Store (the name most likely aspired by 1Malaysia) will feature Java/Symbian-based mobile applications. Developers (individuals and companies) can now register at here. And the applications are available to over 11.4 million Maxis and Hotlink subscribers. Maxis is using its existing billing infrastructure to charge subscribers for downloading applications from 1Store. It is opening up its billing APIs to both purchases and in-app…

  • Over 3.5 Million Users and Facebook is Still Not Malaysia’s Buzziest Channel

    Yunghui Lim
    20 Jan 2010 | 8:14 pm
    According to the latest Digital Brand Index (DBI) by Edelman and Brandtology, Twitter overtook Low Yat Forum as the Malaysia’s buzziest channel (in terms of brand mentions). In the Top 10 list of Buzziest Channel in Malaysia, Malaysia’s leading social network, Facebook, is no where in sight. On methodology, the survey states it “monitors key brands.. across a list of popular online channels.” With 350 million population worldwide, Facebook is undeniably one of today’s most “popular online channels.” The absence of Facebook in the Top 10 –…
 
 
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    Malaysian Bar Council

  • Nasir probed for sedition

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:05 pm
    ©The Star (Used by permission)By STEVEN DANIEL and DHARMENDER SINGHKUALA LUMPUR: Police have launched investigations under the Sedition Act against Datuk Nasir Safar after police reports were lodged against him for allegedly making racist remarks at a 1Malaysia seminar in Malacca.The 12 reports were lodged throughout the country and police have started investigations, Federal CID Director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the case was being investigated under the Sedition Act.

  • MACC grills Wee in port probe

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:02 pm
    ©The Star (Used by permission)PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has widened its investigation into the controversial Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project by questioning Deputy Education Min­ister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic).It is learnt that MACC officers took several files containing original documents from his office on Tuesday to facilitate investigations into Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd, of which Dr Wee is a shareholder.On Dec 24 last year, Dr Wee, who is the MCA Youth chief, said Hijau Sekitar provided consultancy work on Port Klang but denied any link to the…

  • Warga Iran seludup dadah RM1.7j

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    ©Utusan Malaysia (Digunakan dengan kebenaran)NILAI 4 Feb. - Seperti diatur oleh satu sindiket, warga Iran merupakan mereka yang paling ramai ditahan sejak empat hari lepas kerana cubaan menyeludup dadah jenis syabu ke negara ini melalui Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA).Dalam tiga kes berasingan, tiga warga Iran ditahan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (KDRM) kerana menyeludup masuk 6.9 kilogram (kg) dadah jenis syabu yang dianggarkan bernilai RM1.7 juta.Kes pertama berlaku Isnin lepas apabila KDRM menahan seorang lelaki Iran berusia 26 tahun setelah cuba menyeludup 3kg dadah…

  • Defence Ministry secrets being leaked (Updated)

    4 Feb 2010 | 10:58 pm
    ©The Star (Used by permission)By IZATUN SHAARIKUALA LUMPUR: Internal sources within the Armed Forces have been found to be leaking Defence Ministry secrets to a foreign embassy in the country, claimed its minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi.Issuing a stern warning to the individuals responsible, he added that the ministry would not compromise with such practices which violate the Official Secrets Act 1972.Zahid said he would meet the Prime Minister to discuss the matter soon before making a more detailed announcement.

  • Looking for a Job? Why not the Bar Council? (deadline: 12 Feb 2010)

    3 Feb 2010 | 10:16 pm
    By George Varughese, Secretary The Bar Council Secretariat assists the Malaysian Bar in upholding the cause of justice and protecting the rights and interests of the legal profession. In order to better serve our members and the public we are looking for qualified and suitable candidates for employment in the Secretariat.To work for the Bar Council is to become part of an organisation that strives to promote the rule of law, uphold the independence of the judiciary and serve the needs of its more than 13,000 members.The work is challenging and often hectic but it is rewarding to be part of an…
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    Malaysia Entrepreneurs

  • Plug and Play Mentor Series

    Daniel CerVentus
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:34 pm
    Plug & Play Technology Garden (P&P) will be presenting an informational talk on 11th February 2009, Thursday, at Plug & Play Technology Garden, The Gardens South Tower, MID VALLEY CITY. The Informational Talk, which covers Due Diligence and Corporate Governance is targeting audiences line-up from technopreneurs/start-up companies and some others who are also eyeing for the relevant details. So come and join us! Admission is FREE, but seats are limited therefore confirm your attendance by returning to us the Registration Form attached on or before 10th February 2010 at 12.00 noon…

  • This Week in Asia Episode 16: Open Source Rocks!

    Daniel CerVentus
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:02 pm
    With Pamela Fox (@pamelafox) from Google Australia as our special guest this week, the TWIA crew tried to make sense out of the JooJoo’s new partnership with CSL Malaysia. We also reviewed the future of Naver, the top search engine in South Korea, the Malaysia government’s declaration of 95% adoption in OSS and most exciting of all, the impact of the court ruling on iiNet’s victory over the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). Not to mention, we weaved Google Wave, FilmCamp SG, the #dIE6 movement and adoption of open source in governments into an exciting…

  • Michael Teoh in One Young World on Social Media

    Daniel CerVentus
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:09 pm

  • The Malaysian Joojoo Pad

    Daniel CerVentus
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm
    No this is not a Malaysia clone of the Ipad or its clone. This is a rather interesting new twist to the JooJoo/Crunchpad incident. In case you missed out, Fusion Garage(FG), a Singaporean company was supposed to partner with Techcrunch to launch their version of the Ipad called the Crunchpad. A few days before the launch, Michael Arrington announced the death of the Crunchpad. What happened after that was FG decided to launch the product by themselves and renaming it the Joojoo. With an impending case with Techcrunch, FG was taking pre-order and announced they received a new round of…

  • Random rules for ideas worth spreading – Seth Godin

    Daniel CerVentus
    2 Feb 2010 | 11:28 pm
    The great bald marketeer of our time Seth Godin has been many things including, best selling author, founder of a wiki type knowledge based site and also TED speaker twice. Recently he came up with a post on Random rules of Ideas Worth Spreading. If you do not know, Ideas Worth Spreading is the tagline for the TED conference which invite thinkers and doers around the world to share their ideas. Anyway, these are seth rules from his site. If you’ve got an idea worth spreading, I hope you’ll consider this random assortment of rules. Like all rules, some are made to be broken, but…
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    Tourism Malaysia

  • Kek Lok Si Temple Display of Lights

    Feb 6 - 14 2010 - During the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations, approximately 230,000 light bulbs and 10,000 lanterns will be lighted up every night for 33 days in conjunction with CNY. The temple is particularly impressive as it remains open until late at night, while the thousands of lights turn the scenery into a sea of light.

  • Putrajaya Night Marathon 2010

    Feb 6, 2010 - The 1st Putrajaya Night Marathon is participated by 8,000 from participants from Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Germany, Holland, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, Myanmar, Great Britain, Slovakia and Vietnam. Come watch the action!

  • Chinese New Year

    Feb 14 - 15 2010 - Chinese New Year is a time for celebration and merrymaking. Family reunion feasts and open houses are a common feature and children receive ?ang pows? or little red money packets from the elders. Don?t miss the exciting lion and dragon dance performances at shopping malls and homes!

  • Chap Goh Meh Celebration

    Feb 27, 2010 - Chap Goh Meh, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, is a time for young maidens to ride along the scenic Esplanade in trishaws, seeking out their soul mate. As part of the tradition, the women will throw oranges into the sea while wishing for a good husband. The 15th night of the Lunar New Year is celebrated with joy and excitement to mark the end of the festivities.

  • KK City Tourism Treasure Hunt 2010

    Feb 28, 2010 - An annual event held in conjunction with the city day celebration. Treasure hunters search the city high and low while getting to know Kota Kinabalu better. Everyone is welcome to join the hunt and win attractive prizes.
 
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    Global Voices Online: Malaysia

  • Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim on trial again

    Mong Palatino
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:05 pm
    Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on trial again for sodomy. This is the second time that the former deputy prime minister has been charged with sodomy.

  • Why Malaysians are migrating?

    Mong Palatino
    14 Jan 2010 | 7:34 am
    The number of Malaysians who are migrating to other countries is increasing. The Other Malaysia provides a historical and political analysis to this phenomenon.

  • Church attacks in Malaysia

    Mong Palatino
    13 Jan 2010 | 5:51 am
    Several Christian churches were attacked in Malaysia following a Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling which overturned the government directive banning non-Muslims from using the word Allah in their teachings and publications. The court recognized the right of Malay Christians to use the word ‘Allah’ when referring to the Christian God. This ruling generated an intense reaction in the Muslim-dominated country. Zainol Abideen recognizes the right of the people to protest the court decision but rejects the use of violence As a citizen, I am very concerned and sad that it has come to this.

  • Southeast Asia: Prepaid mobile internet services

    Mong Palatino
    8 Jan 2010 | 7:27 pm
    Preetam Rai lists the prepaid mobile internet services offered by mobile telcos in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam

  • Malaysia: Spiritual leader urges colleagues to practice polygamy

    Mong Palatino
    27 Dec 2009 | 5:34 am
    Anonymous_X reacts strongly to a news report about the appeal of a Malaysian spiritual leader urging his colleagues to practice polygamy
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    Planet Malaysia

  • Emila: Got milk carton?

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:03 am
    I try not to buy toys for Yassin nowadays coz it would take him less than 5 minutes to spoil them. So what I do is, recycle from what we already have, for example a toy house out of milk carton. You need a small milk carton, acrylic paints, a brush and a cutter knife. First, [...]

  • Anwar Ibrahim: Anwar-The Victim of Overzealous Prosecution

    Anwar Ibrahim
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:55 am
    From Peguampas By Hanipa Maidin I have been practising as a criminal lawyer for almost 16 years. I have considerable experience defending accused persons who were being charged for sexual related crimes. My experience tells me that the prosecution will never charge a person for an offence of rape or sodomy if the medical evidence is not favourable to them. It is almost an accepted rule of practice or a legal norm, as far as the offence of rape or sodomy is concerned, medical evidence operates as oxygen to the prosecution. It seems to me that such a practice is no longer adhered to in the…

  • Menj's: Kudeta UMNO berjaya

    menj
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:41 am
    Ini reaksi saya apabila mendapat tahu keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan dalam kes “MB lwn MB”. Jadi si Mamak MB itu telah berjaya dalam rampasan kuasa menjatuhkan Menteri Besar Perak yang sah. Dengan memperkudakan Mahkamah Persekutuan, beliau telah berjaya menidakkan hak rakyat Perak dalam menentukan pemimpin mereka dan meludah ke atas kertas undi yang dipangkah oleh rakyat. Namun, [...]

  • Ah Kong: Foreign Creature 2 – Walkthrough

    Deimos Tel`Arin
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    Foreign Creature 2 – Walkthrough – Overview A Foreign Creature 2 walkthrough for those who dunno how to beat Foreign Creature 2 and is searching for a Foreign Creature 2 guide. A full, complete, extremely detailed Foreign Creature 2 walkthrough complete with images and text description for each action scene in Foreign Creature 2. Foreign Creature 2 – Walkthrough – Office 1. Click knife “a” to set it on fire. 2. Click orange hair guy’s head “b” to drop knife. 3. Click keyboard “c” and screwdriver “d” to kill off one…

  • LimKitSiang: Najib’s 1Malaysia concept means “a thousand and one” different things even to Umno and BN Ministers and leaders

    Kit
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:22 pm
    Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is unhappy about the various misconceptions over the 1Malaysia concept which he introduced upon taking office in April last year, causing him to lament yesterday in his keynote speech at the 1Malaysia Economic Conference: “I am greatly saddened that such an idea, which is not terribly complicated, is so [...]
 
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    Travel Blogs from Asia , Malaysia

  • The Never Ending Dayy

    Hey Hey Hey.....Lets start from the Beginning.... Having shuddenly realised My Organisation skills are now Non existant I believe I found myself doing my complete backing for my two week trip to Australia the night before I was due to leave. Yup Wise I know... I have already rememebered the things I have forgotten which a little too late wooops Too think im in charge of a stock room Hmmmmm

  • Day 63 81 "KerrChing or Kurcrap"

    Dear readers apologies first of all for leaving my blog entry so late. I'm sure you are all devastated by the lack of updates.After returning from the mountain climb and finally getting back to Kota Kinabalu I decided it was time to rest up take it easy and be a bit tighter with money.I arranged flights from KK to Kuching for the 13th of Jan and would stay there for 6 nights before flying d

  • Malaysia Land of the Original Fake

    Good afternoon everyone this is your Captain speaking we will shortly be descending on the land of all things western many things fake lots thatrsquos cultural and where the temperature is a sweaty 32 degrees C with 80 humidity and all this some distance away from a tuk tuk driver or a local washing his prize cow Welcome to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.A brisk walk alongside the tarmac a speedy c

  • Taalla taas

    Selvittiin hengissa intiasta meilta ei edes varastettu mitaan ei edes sisaelimiamme. Loppuaika hampissa sujui leppoisasti kaytiin temppelihindumonumentteja ihmettelemassa ja loydettiin uudelleen riippumatoissa makoilun jalo taito. Koettiin myos jannittavia hetkia kun valkoinen katti repolainen oli tunkeutunut huoneeseemme ja yon pimeina tunteina saikaytti meidat hyppaamalla ikkunasta lahestu

  • Everybody's Going Surfing Surfing Cherating

    After a rather quiet time in Kuala Terengganu we headed a few hours further south along the beautiful coastal road which has been stunning all the way from Kuala Besut with its gorgeous blue sea running to the left of us. Our next stop was Cherating a small village by the sea with a beach. Our guide book described it as an outstanding little ldquotravellersrdquo community where the locals
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  • selling gold jewelry

    no1grimreaper
    21 Jan 2010 | 8:41 pm
    what would i get per gram for a 14kt gold neckless

  • sy nk blit miri

    miezza_swak
    21 Jan 2010 | 12:46 am
    saya bekerja dengan PDRM di Bukit Aman.Saya pembantu tadbir (kewangan) W17.Sekiranya ada sesiapa yang bekerja di IPD Miri dan ingin bekerja di Bukit Aman berhubung la dengan saya ya.

  • Packers and Movers of Delhi Offering Quality services at an Economical Rate

    john125
    19 Jan 2010 | 3:16 am
    Packing and moving is not as easy as it seems. It unfolds several unwanted issues like packing, loading, unloading and re-arranging of goods. You also have to dedicate your valuable time and money in buying packing material to pack the goods. So it is not an easy job for working people and for people who are making relocation for the first time. Well if you are facing lots of problems and getting stress with your shifting issues then it is advisable to hire the services from the moving company. read more

  • Packers Movers Services For Happy Shifting

    john125
    8 Jan 2010 | 9:27 am
    In India you will find several moving and relocation service providers assisting people on different types of packing and moving. It is true that consignment of goods from one place to another is not an easy job. It is time taking and more of all it is very stressful task. Several disorganized task has to be handled in a proper way to make the relocation of lovable and valuable goods simpler and easier way. Well if you are making the relocation for the first time, it is advisable to hire the services from the professional packers and movers companies. read more

  • How to Get Rid of Excessive Moving Pressure

    john125
    6 Jan 2010 | 2:42 am
    Moving to new location with bulk of goods is not an easy task. It is one of the most problematic and chaotic task. Lots of works like packing, loading, unloading, unpacking and transportation processes are involved in shifting and relocation services. These tasks are not as easy as you may be thinking. You have put lots of efforts and dedication to move the goods to new location in a hassle free way. You may be getting tensed about how to do the packing and moving it is not only you but everyone gets tensed. read more
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    Travelpod.com

  • In a Nutshell... — Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am
    Jump to the full entry & travel map Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany I have watched in growing horror as the months have passed and I have still written no new blog entry. As the weeks continue, the task has seemed more and more insurmountable. Since my last entry I have traveled to Hamburg, the USA, Poland, and Amsterdam. How am I supposed to cram all that into something remotely readable?? And with Karneval fast approaching, I can't afford to stall any longer!! Okay, I'll try to break it down into some more digestible sections. Feel free to skip ahead to the locations that…

  • Gingee ou le paradis du sud — Gingee, Tamil Nadu, India

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am
    Jump to the full entry & travel map Gingee, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIn EnglishEn espanolGerman J'adore!! C'est un endroit fabuleux, trés chaud ici mais les ballades permettent d'avoir accés à un paysage fabuleux qui est d'ailleurs plutôt vert. Un chateau perché en haut d'une colline, compter 2 h de ballade pour aller au sommet. Il s'agit en fait d'une forteresse immense. Un havre de paix aprés les grandes villes du sud. Bon, par contre, je n'ai pas trouvé un seul endroit potable pour manger...

  • Who knew salt could taste so good — Salta, Argentina

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:22 am
    Jump to the full entry & travel map Salta, ArgentinaWhy more people don't rave about this town is mystery. Surrounded by jungle and squished in a green valley, Salta has a huge leafy plaza with affordable beers and ornate, pink colonial buildings on every corner. Despite a terrible hair-dresser and nasty hot dog, we loved it here. Fate was on our side, the hostel had a cheapish double room (our first non-bunk bed sleep in three weeks!) and there was a festival of sorts in the plaza. The first evening we drank Salta beers and listened to drums as the sun set. Perfect.Day two we headed to…

  • Several Hours in Salta — Salta, Northern Argentina, Argentina

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:13 am
    Jump to the full entry & travel map Salta, Northern Argentina, ArgentinaBasically, we went to Salta because we had to go through there to get to San Pedro de Atacama. So arrived at the bust station after many hours on a bus and went straight to some bus companises to ask them to replicat this experience. Sadly, the fledgling nature of capitalism in Argentina meant the bus companies were shut until 4 for our inconvenience.So we headed to the hostel and dumped our stuff, then went back to the bus station via a couple of nice parks. Managed to get the bus for the following morning, and that…

  • Deserted — San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

    9 Feb 2010 | 10:12 am
    Jump to the full entry & travel map San Pedro de Atacama, ChileHiya Guys!We are off to Bolivia on a 3 day jeep tour tomorrow so just a quick fill in for San Pedro.We went stargazing on the 1st night which was incredible, the sky is so clear and bright in the desert. They also had very powerful telescopes and we could see different galaxies and nebula millions of light years away. We were looking into the past!Yesterday we went to the Valley of Death and the Valley of the Moon. Got to do a minitrek/ walk through the desert. Dave and I went for a little explore at one point over some rocky…
 
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  • Open source blog reloaded!

    1 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am
    This is with great pleasure that this "little corner of the Web" is resuming activities through another member of the (now famous ;-)) Beijing Linux User Group (BLUG) doing the reporting. I was reading my predecessors first posts to get a feel of what a..... Compare your salaryUse the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros.http://www.activetechpros.com

  • How the Sun continues to rise

    28 Jan 2010 | 11:31 am
    I had sighed a sigh of relief when Sun Microsystems rejected a takeover bid from Big Blue in April last year. When Oracle entered the picture shortly after, I had hoped against hope that the European Commission would decree the union anticompetitive. But, as most.....

  • No room for e-polls failure

    26 Jan 2010 | 7:50 am
    I hate to be an alarmist or an agent of gloom, but the fate of the country literally (I detest this word but I'll use it anyway) hangs in the balance with the automated national elections scheduled on May 2010. A failure of elections, as pointed.....

  • Tiger Woods and his SMS

    26 Jan 2010 | 1:12 am
    Now that the dust has died down, and just about any woman within clawing distance of Tiger Woods has emerged from the woodwork (no pun intended), I will add my commentary from the Tech-Legal perspective. It seems that the straw that broke the camel's back was.....

  • Why aren't product recalls popular in India?

    24 Jan 2010 | 11:05 pm
    Earlier this month, we had our friends over from Bengaluru--Deepty and Namit. Deepty is a tech-savvy corporate lawyer. She has a fetish for the latest gizmos and loves to fiddle around with all kinds of gadgets. Most of us, including her husband, Namit, get her.....
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  • Coming Middle of 2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:31 am
    If the government were to proceed with the plans to change the fuel subsidy scheme, petrol price will increase.Big vehicle prices may drop.People's pocket money will be affected and hence this may affect that property market because there will be less demands. Actually this depends on the location, remote area property prices may be affected. This goes on to suggest that if car sales drop, properties prices should increase because people choose to mobile less and stay at fixed location and vice versa.So, if you have got money, you can buy Honda City and get a house.This will be a good time to…

  • JUNIPER NETWORKS INTRODUCES NEW SILICON TO PROVIDE UNSURPASSED CAPACITY AND SPEED WITH A SEAMLESS UPGRADE PATH TO MASSIVE SCALE

    7 Feb 2010 | 11:35 pm
    Telecommunications carriers are starting to make firm plans to upgrade most of their wireless and wireline core networks to 100Gbps from this year. The battle to move the goalposts for core routers is heating up, with Juniper Networks targeting high end telco and cellco deployments with the latest extension to its T-Series architecture - which will deliver a full duplex slot capacity of 250Gbps, and may beat other vendors to market in the race to ease the migration from 10Gbps to 100Gbps IP cores. Trials with products using a new 45-nanometer chipset fabricated inhouse by Juniper, will…

  • VB6 to VB.NET eBook

    5 Feb 2010 | 1:18 am
    This eBook documented the first few things (50 things in total) that you should worry about when converting your software application from Microsoft VB6 to Microsoft VB.NETThis is will give you an idea of how much work you have to do in terms of the conversion. One of the hardest part (in terms of VB6 & VB.NET conversion) is GUI, such as usage of ListView. (This doesn't imply that GUI development in VB.NET is the hardest topic in VB.NET.)This eBook is written by me based on actual experience of performing VB6 to VB.NET conversion.Download the eBook (in PDF Format).It took me almost one year…

  • Malaysia Government Grants and Contemporary Financial Asistance (4 Feb 2010)

    3 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm
    Ok ok, I went to this event briefly for the morning session.It was held at Auditorium 1, Enterprise 4, Technology Park Malaysia (TPM).I was late actually, the keynote was presented by someone representing TPM(i didn't get his name), he said he can help out entreprenuers as the capacity of business coach. He was mainly talking about the upcoming development of TPM.Up next was MDec represented by Jamie. Jamie wasn't in great mood because his Windows laptop crashed on him yesterday. I guess that he must have lost a lot of files, yeah that is bad. And he blamed it on Windows. ok.So, he presented…

  • Fuel Subsidy Implementation

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am
    Ok, the proposed fuel subsidy initiative which is supposed to limit fuel subsidy to those really eligible.'OutSyed The Box' creatively and analytically paints a better picture of what it is going to be, check out here."What this means is that owners of cars below 2000cc will not see any reduction in their living expenses. They will still pay RM1.80 per litre for RON95 like they do today - no change there, except they will now have to flash their MyKads every time they buy petrol, because they will only get say 100 litres of subsidised petrol a month."What he said makes sense and fair.For me,…
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  • The Personal Financial Blood Test

    Yow Chuan
    27 Jan 2010 | 2:02 am
    I’ve recently gone through quite a bit of ’spreadsheet-work’ with clients who engaged me to give them a report on how well they are doing financially. After crunching the numbers, I summarized these findings into a report which allows them to easily understand what is really going on with their money. In most cases, they are quite surprised, if not shocked. This is when I realized another thing about doing these sort of soul-searching exercises with clients- they don’t seem to like crunching these numbers themselves. To most of them, it felt like getting a blood test…

  • OPR Unchanged at 2 percent

    Yow Chuan
    26 Jan 2010 | 6:16 pm
    Some good news for borrowers. Via BNM.gov.my… At the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting today, Bank Negara Malaysia decided to leave the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) unchanged at 2.00 percent. The recovery in the global economy continues to gather pace, supported by continued expansionary economic policies, improved financial conditions and a strong rebound in several emerging economies. While the growth momentum in regional economies is expected to strengthen further in 2010, there remains uncertainty on the prospects for the advanced economies as growth continues to depend on…

  • Rubber-makers

    Yow Chuan
    15 Jan 2010 | 6:47 am

  • Cost-sharing

    Yow Chuan
    9 Jan 2010 | 10:11 pm

  • Shred

    Yow Chuan
    8 Jan 2010 | 12:51 am
 
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  • Ho Soon Tomyam Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Bukit Mertajam

    vkeong
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm
    Ho Soon Thai Tomyam Seafood restaurant was recommended by the helper who comes to help clean our house weekly. According to her the restaurant is always buzzing with families – something she knew because she works in the restaurant at night. Taking this as a hint of good food as well as to try something [...]

  • Chung Cheng Chilli Mee @ Golden Mile Food Centre, Beach Road

    vkeong
    4 Feb 2010 | 5:26 pm
    While researching for good Prawn Mee I stumbled upon many good recommendations about Chung Cheng Chilli Mee in Golden Mile Food Centre along Beach Road. Chung Cheng happens to sell Prawn Mee as well but it is their Chilli Mee that has got raving reviews. The food centre is also near to an Army Market [...]

  • Prince Cafe Hong Kong Cuisine @ Kepong

    vkeong
    2 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    Prince Cafe is a chained Hong Kong style cafe that have a few branches in Klang Valley. As far as I know they had branches in Kepong, SS2 and Mid Valley (closed down) From the recent closure of their Mid Valley branch I am thinking they aren’t doing too well. It’s kinda obvious (at least to [...]

  • Pak Man Mee Kuah Ketam @ Cherok Tok Kun, Bukit Mertajam

    vkeong
    1 Feb 2010 | 5:35 pm
    Pak Man Mee Kuah Ketam is a small canteen like shop at Cherok Tok Kun that is famous for their traditional Malay noodles that uses flower crab to prepare the delicious gravy. The stall is located located just at the intersection before you turn into the road leading to Bukit Mertajam hill. I am not sure [...]

  • 328 Famous Katong Laksa @ East Coast Road

    vkeong
    31 Jan 2010 | 1:10 am
    I love Katong Laksa, it has to be the one of the hawker food I have eaten the most since coming to Singapore. For me, having a good bowl of piping hot laksa with a can of ice cool Sarsi under a hot weather is a bliss. And it’s a great way to experience the [...]
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  • TRAXXfm in Malaysia training youth as DJs and producers

    hongan
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:20 am
    Rohani Harithuddin, station manager for TRAXXfm radio station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, shares their upcoming plans for the ICDB 2010 celebration on 7 March. An ICDB 2009 award nominee, TRAXXfm airs programming catering to a younger audience in the evening from 10pm onwards. After participating in the ICDB 2009 awards events in New York last year, Harithuddin returned to  Kuala Lumpur with ideas on how to deepen her station’s approach to youth programs and how to get youth involved in production. We are excited to hear the results of their planning! “TRAXXfm is participating in…

  • Quickie: 48 Hours In...Penang

    gypsygalstales
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am
    Posted by: Gypsygal Prime Located at the northwest part of the Malaysian peninsula, Penang island was established as the first British settlement in Malaysia in 1791. Its capital, Georgetown, evolved into a colonial administrative center, with Captain Francis Light, who once worked in a European trading house, as its superintendent. Penang was a part of what was then known as the Straits Settlement (which also included Singapore and Melaka), and was a major trading port for traders plying through the Straits of Melaka. Penang’s status as a key trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries…

  • Astro Turf Training

    Charlie
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:13 am
    Hey y’all Tonight we’ve had our first and even maybe last training on Astro turf(What we will be playing on in Melbourne). Astro turf is like fake plastic grass u find at the play ground in preschool. They water it down so it doesn’t scrape as hard. I’m not a big fan of this turf at the moment. I didnt have the proper shoes at training and it will cost me more money to buy some. At training i felt like i couldn’t push myself because i would slip everywhere i go. I couldnt cut, i couldnt explode with my feet. I just didnt feel like home on real grass turf with…

  • Backpacking hari 1 # Singapore

    risamarshmellow
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:02 am
    I was arrived at Changi Airport at 10.30, an hour earlier than it should be. I had flight from Adi Sucipto Airport at 07.30.  Since we’re using low cost carrier, we was arrived at Terminal 1. One of my friends was waiting for us, then she showed us how to use MRT. She is so helpful. Actually, it’s so easy to use MRT. you can choose either to buy ez link card or single trip ticket. If you want to buy single trip ticket, the thing that you need to do is: 1. Go to ticket machine 2. choose buy single trip ticket then select the MRT station that you want. 3. The cost will be showed up…

  • Project Management - Dreamcatchers

    mdh001
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    Hi cyber world. This is a new style blog for me. Many of you out there realise we have completed our 80 min feature film, DREAMCATCHERS, but now what do we do with it? The next two months of blogs are here to help you come on a journey with us, to hopefully inspire you to do something massive and out of the box. We are taking on the biggest project we ever have at the least probable time we should. My vision for the movie is that it needed to be made. Its what the secret didn’t tell you. The reason why all this personal development, universal laws etc is resurfacing, what the governing…
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  • MUET Made Easy

    Chong
    24 Jan 2010 | 8:42 pm
    Editor's note: Malaysia Students blog is currently undergoing redesign and change. We will now focus on tertiary education besides covering SPM, STPM and education news. Want to get your opinion/tips read by 10,000++ readers? Guest posting by sending your post to student at malaysia-students dot com.Posted by NurlyPeople have been telling me that MUET is JUST MUET. Contaminated by the thought that MUET is EASY, I didn’t put much effort when I sat for the end of 2009 MUET. I perceived MUET as just another English test to sit. I simply thought that as long as I pass the minimum band…

  • Updates

    Chong
    25 Nov 2009 | 1:58 pm
    Posted by ChongHi all, just a short note to let you know that this blog will soon be heading in the new direction. Do check back later for new updates.By the way,Visit the new Taylor's Lakeside Campus Open Day from 10am till 5pm, December 11 till 13, 2009. There will be lots of interesting talks and events going on.What should I do after SPM? Find out at doctorjob.com.my for undergrad courses, advice & scholarship resources! Click here now! Sign up as a doctorjobber today for unlimited undergrad advice & resources!Do leave your comment if you have any suggestion on how to improve…

  • 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your English

    Chong
    31 Jul 2009 | 11:05 am
    Posted by JosetteI’ve just thought up of some simple ways for anyone who is interested in improving their English. I myself am trying to improve in this language each day. There’s always so much to learn and it can be really fun! You just need to have the passion and enthusiasm to better yourself.This is what most people would advise: read. Read anything and everything in English. You can read story books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, comics, English textbooks, instructions and ingredients on food packages, advertisements, etc. For story books, don’t force yourself to read something…

  • My Experience of Studying in USM

    Chong
    19 Jun 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Posted by JosetteI remember being really excited and quite nervous on registration day. I was worried that I wouldn’t make any new friends or that the others wouldn’t like me! Yeah, I do worry over stuff like that. I was comforted by the thought that at least some of my old school friends would be going there too although they’re doing different courses.Well, all my worries were for nothing. I did make friends with wonderful people who have helped me a lot and we’re still friends now. I also met so many new faces during orientation week that I couldn’t remember all their names. But…
 
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  • Make IE works well

    wong
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:45 am
    As you all know, IE has the bugs that driving a lot of web designers crazy, we all went “Oh fuck!” when a client replied with IE viewing problem, especially IE6. Of course, there is also lots of hack can be applied on IE to make it work well. However, applying those hack may sometimes, time consuming. How can you work on the speed while not to worry about IE bugs? Using padding instead of margin IE double margin, the biggest problem web designers are facing. Change it, use padding instead. Unless you’re applying CSS3, else, count it out, it’s won’t be that…

  • Of Google Chrome developer tool

    wong
    7 Feb 2010 | 11:01 pm
    I did not notice how well Google Chrome has become after the beta. I was always with Mozilla Firefox and the almighty FireBug. Recently I updated my Google Chrome since the extensions has been a chaos on some forum Even though FireBug built FireBug Lite for Google Chrome, I tried but it doesn’t work at all. So I figure it’s time to explore the old school “Inspect element” of Google Chrome and A-Ha! again I am too ignorance to know that there is actually an Inspection button on the button, which work pretty well. Information are well planned and placed on the other…

  • Ticketing with AirAsia again

    wong
    6 Feb 2010 | 5:17 am
    Another time we’re head ache with AirAsia ticketing… Going from Sibu to Kuala Lumpur and then from Kuala Lumpur to Medan. Overall going to cost at least RM500 per person, and that does not include the returning ticket We are seriously kicking on stainless steel tile. Somehow, it’s been a while since my wife coming to Malaysia, and the plan of over staying here is to go to Pontianak, by bus, ehem, ehem… That’s why we are working very hard to make sure that, we afford, not for the living, but for the ticketing. I don’t understand the whole marriage propose…

  • Change default Wordpress front page

    wong
    5 Feb 2010 | 2:23 am
    Being one of the choosen CMS (Content Management System) I choose to work on variation projects, a lot of time, client want a custom home page instead of the page that list only the recent entries. The simplest way on changing the front page would be go into the setting page and set a page that you created as the front page. However, custom home page may come in variation requirement too. Normally I would go for change the home page using PHP. Similar like the tagging keywords, the almighty if… else. <?php if (is_home()) { ?> <!– Custom design and content –>…

  • Looking for a car

    wong
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:23 pm
    So there I go, looking for a car. Well, not exactly my idea though. My wife and I agree that we settle everything and probably get one after May or June, since it’s just few months away. We need to flight a few times after this month too. This morning while I was still sleeping, my mom gave me a good 2 miss calls (I miss it) and I manage to pick up and answer on the third ring. She told me to go and get a car before Chinese New Year. I was like, “huh? Possible meh?“. Personally I don’t have much requirement for a vehicle. As long as it has 4 wheels and can take me to…
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  • Chinese New Year Specials @ Mei Chi Xuan, Kota Damansara

    sloppychic
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:44 pm
    It’s been a while since I last went to Mei Chi Xuan for the crabs. I miss crabs badly but I am watching my cholesterol. Just in case. I do not like a clogged artery anytime soon. Crabs aside. They have launched some special dishes for Chinese New Year! Hello CNY dishes! Sea cucmber and seafood on a boat of dragon - RM150 onwards See the beautiful carrot sculpture? It is amazing that how the chef could sculpt the dragon on a carrot! I usually struggle to even cut carrot into slices. If you have elderly in the family, I am sure they will love this! Sea-cucumber contains zero cholesterol,…

  • Cute Angpow Packets

    sloppychic
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:31 pm
    Every chinese new year, I will help my parents to pack $$ into red packets. And I will also collect all the red packets I get from the banks, restaurants for them. Sometimes the designs are really cute! But I wonder why the red packets this year are all in the pink shades? Red is an outdated color already? Can you identify any merchants of the red packets ?

  • My great discovery - Restaurant Piccadilly @ Millenium Square Seksyen 14

    sloppychic
    2 Feb 2010 | 5:51 pm
    My colleague yani is always telling me how good Piccadilly is…and how reasonable the price of the food is. And I finally had the chance to go there for lunch! The big menu. Just a brief intro - Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. Once you flip open the menu you can see all the football leagues logo all over the menu..and the food choices are huge! Our drinks. Not knowing what to eat, I ordered grilled chicken chop with mushroom sauce. And they switched fries to mashed potato for me without additional cost!

  • Beer and Pork are best friends @ Craft Brews, Mutiara Damansara

    sloppychic
    31 Jan 2010 | 4:14 pm
    About 3 weeks ago, I was invited to explore Craft Brews @ Mutiara Damansara to have a taste of their beer, and pork ribs! Delighted I was, beer and pork are seriously the best friends! A very unique restaurant - just around the corner of traffic light with Tesco on your right. Love the interior! See the pipes on the wall? It’s just decor but it really jazzed up the whole place. And the glass interior makes the place feels spacious and relaxing. The main ingredients for brewing beer…unfortunately, brewing your own liquor is illegal in Malaysia. Thank god we can still pay to enjoy…

  • My Special Valentine’s Celebration - Flying an Air Craft and Lunch in Oil Palm Estate

    sloppychic
    27 Jan 2010 | 5:06 pm
    I bet all of you must be wondering how did I have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly an air craft right? Truth is - I won myself a Valentine’s contest from Clive Magazine sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka. Yes, I am lucky! ^^v It is definitely a great year to start 2010 already! The private home for the small planes. A private hanger near Subang air port. Public is not allowed. Unless you have the permission to enter. Look!It looks really old-school. And the pilot seat is open! The interior of the aircraft I took. I flew the way back. My bf flew departure trip. Some scenery in the middle…
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  • Two Weeks

    Edrei
    31 Jan 2010 | 5:21 pm
    She surprised me when she arrived. She took a piece of me when she left. While the past month have been somewhat of a blur, one thing's for certain, that the past 2 weeks have been a tropical island in a sea of storms and emptiness. I know we've both changed. Distance and time does that to everything, whether it be the tallest of mountains or bigger yet, two of the oddest balls that ever came together. Yet, despite the change, the two of us have changed not just to deal with the increasing pressure of what we face, but to complement each other as well. Our roads constantly running parallel to…

  • New Year Same Deal

    Edrei
    4 Jan 2010 | 6:38 am
    While this was the sort of post you'd expect to see over the new years, I really didn't feel like writing it down to begin with. Mainly because I was busy, mostly because it is something I probably said a million times already. The thing about New Years is that for me at least, I've lost all sense of it being something celebratory. It's become for me at least, another circle around the sun by the little planet that could. While people mark the year's end/beginning as a time for coming up with goals/resolutions/achievements that mostly fail within the first month, I've been measuring my time…

  • Best Christmas Wishes

    Edrei
    25 Dec 2009 | 1:46 am
    The thing about doing the late shift as a medical scientist is that you often get called up to collect the blood from hospital patients after everyone else has gone home. Being that is was Christmas eve, everyone went home extra early leaving 2 people on as the skeleton crew. I was one of them. He was old and frail and the arm in which I took the blood from was as limp as if it didn't have an bones left in it. We talked for a while. Him, to strike a conversation with the only visitor on the eve before Christmas. Me, to calm my nerves being new at taking blood from someone that I've taken…

  • The Empty Lull

    Edrei
    7 Dec 2009 | 5:34 pm
    It feels like it's been so long since I last blogged, properly that is. Given that work has pretty much overtaken my life and the rigors of November's NaNoWriMo took up basically every shred of free time that I have, my online catharsis has been somewhat neglected of late, much like almost every other personal blog that I've followed diligently over the years. I suppose at the end of the day, as I grow up little by little, the need to rant diminishes with time, which when you think of it is completely opposite from the people around me who tend to rant and complain more as they get older. I…

  • Excerpts From The Bloody Long Walk VII

    Edrei
    30 Nov 2009 | 6:07 pm
    I did it! 30 days and night and I did it! I finished 50,000 words, essentially completing NaNoWriMo! Of course, my story is far from over but it just goes to show that even the least capable and talented of us are good for something if we really try hard enough. That being said, I will keep writing my story, just not in the same kind of blitz as I did over the month of November. It's still far from done and at least I can take my time to work out the rest of the plot, which I couldn't when I was writing. I guess, at the end of the day, the people I owe a hell lot to are Mel, who kept wanting…
 
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  • Am no more into this….

    Mahendran
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am
    What do I do? Where do I go from here? I have lost myself for the past one year. Am no longer THE bmahendran, am no longer the guy who passionately speaks on rights. Am learning to let go off the fighter spirit in me. I have learnt to sleep quiet. I have learnt to eat [...]

  • Merry Christmas Malaysia

    Mahendran
    25 Dec 2009 | 9:41 am
    Merry Christmas to all Malaysians. May the year 2009 closes its window with lots of memories and experiences, and move forward to 2010! RaajaRox , BMahendran and Rames I have published my own picture only once before, so this is the 2nd one!! I am a happy person throughout 2009. More focused, peaceful , less dramatic. LOL! [...]

  • Remember remember, 25th of November

    Mahendran
    22 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm
    25th November is just around the corner. Memories of the struggle , and the life it changed past two years is a historical moment in Modern Malaysia. Wish to share your Nov25 memories? How it has changed your life, for good or bad? Drop me an email. Write ups can be sent to email@bmahendran.com (just put subject [...]

  • Trigger happy PDRM; another youth a victim

    Mahendran
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:16 pm
    The MIC Youth, HRP and some other Indian-based political movement are more worried of the gangsters, robbers, rapist and other criminals who were unjustly shot dead by the Police force of Malaysia. True, PDRM have still not shown their ability to self-control and practices off-the-court, ‘encounter’ free-for-all style execution of suspects. But they are criminals. Fine. [...]

  • Who is Mr Low?

    Mahendran
    14 Nov 2009 | 6:11 pm
    In July 15th, Malaysian Insider re-published a Straits Times report of the ‘inner circles’ of PM Najib administration. It quoted on one guy as below; Another low-profile businessman, he was a key architect of a multibillion-ringgit sovereign wealth fund established by the state of Terengganu. The fund, called the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA), has sparked controversy because it [...]
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  • Zhng My Eyes

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:51 pm
    I had been wearing glasses for about 15 years. I suffered from a myopia of –6.00 on both eyes. It all started back when I was in Primary 5. Even though I had awesome vision back then, I thought wearing glasses was damn cool. Because a couple of my classmates wore glasses, I actually felt left out due to the fact that they had four eyes, and I only had two. What the heck, right? It’s because of this jealousy I had that I did something very stupid thing. For days afterwards, against my mom’s advice, I deliberately did all I could to destroy my perfect vision. Sat in front of the TV as…

  • A Case Of Mistaken Identity

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:56 pm
    A couple of days ago, I accidentally dropped my 10-month-old Apple iPhone. It resulted in a White Screen of Death and a trip to Maxis service centre where my iPhone was diagnosed with Permanent Head Damage, and I was charged with first degree murder. The iPhone is now in the ICU. I'm not sure how fast Maxis works, but I probably won't get it back until a few months later. The iPhone to me was the king of phones. It is capable of doing so many things that other phones are not able to. I find myself so dependent on it that I don't even know how I'm gonna function without an iPhone.   I was…

  • ADV: KDU College Open Day

    31 Jan 2010 | 9:38 pm
    A couple of weeks ago I was invited back to KDU College as part of their Open Day. The college told me that I had to speak to a couple of Form 5 students about what to expect after high school. I had no idea what to talk about. So I asked my Twitter followers what is the biggest thing that happened to them after high school. One person said “losing his virginity”. Well, I can’t possibly say THAT in front of parents and students! Instead, I told them how instead of choosing something traditionally “safe” like medicine or engineering, it is more important to do something they like.

  • No Concept

    29 Jan 2010 | 7:11 pm
    Bo Concept. This store has no concept.

  • ADV: Jam Packed Kenny

    27 Jan 2010 | 7:09 pm
    It’s been 3 months since I started this business and I gotta say I’m really happy with the way it is progressing so far. One weekend, I brought the entire BodyCombat class out to our local shopping mall, and I think we did a pretty good job rocking the entire place upside down. We attracted a lot of attention, including some unexpected participants like this little Bodycombat-er like here. Don’t play play, eventhough the movements are fast, this girl still has the stamina to follow the entire class from start to finish. The participants loved it because its a change of environment. The…
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  • Kudeta UMNO berjaya

    menj
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:41 am
    Ini reaksi saya apabila mendapat tahu keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan dalam kes “MB lwn MB”. Jadi si Mamak MB itu telah berjaya dalam rampasan kuasa menjatuhkan Menteri Besar Perak yang sah. Dengan memperkudakan Mahkamah Persekutuan, beliau telah berjaya menidakkan hak rakyat Perak dalam menentukan pemimpin mereka dan meludah ke atas kertas undi yang dipangkah oleh rakyat. Namun, [...]

  • Isu perobohan gerai di Pulau Pinang

    menj
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:42 am
    Pada 3 Februari 2010, satu sidang media telah diadakan di KOMTAR bagi menjelaskan keadaan sebenar isu perobohan gerai di Pulau Pinang. Malang sekali, pihak media tidak langsung melaporkan angka-angka ini dengan jelas dan menyebabkan salah-faham masih memuncak. Justeru, bersama dengan ini saya sertakan kenyataan media tersebut bagi memberikan penjelasan kepada semua mengenai keadaan sebenar di Pulau [...]

  • Tahun ke-30

    menj
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:38 pm
    Apabila saya menyedari bahawa saya masih lagi berada di sini di kala usia meningkat naik, saya bersyukur kepada Allah s.w.t. kerana menguatkan diri saya ini dengan Islam, iman dan ihsan. Tanpa ketiga-tiga perkara ini, tentunya kita tidak akan mengingati Allah s.w.t. dan melupakan nikmat yang telah dilimpahkan oleh-Nya kepada kita. Allah s.w.t boleh mencabut nyawa [...]

  • Lagu rasmi parti-parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat

    menj
    4 Feb 2010 | 12:12 pm
    Daripada kita bertengkar mengenai ideologi politik, mari kita melayan lagu-lagu rasmi parti masing-masing buat seketika. Lagu Rasmi Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Lagu Rasmi Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Lagu Rasmi Parti Tindakan Rakyat (DAP)

  • Hindraf versi Melayu

    menj
    3 Feb 2010 | 10:39 pm
    Pada saya tidak ada bezanya Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (PERKASA) dengan gerakan ekstremis HINDRAF yang muncul sekitar tahun 2007 – 2008. Ia hanyalah sebuah pertubuhan nasionalis Melayu yang mendokong ideologi assabiyyah tanpa mengira hukum Islam. Inilah akibatnya kalau amalan politik suku, agama suku, berleluasa. Atas kononnya memperjuangkan kepentingan Melayu-Islam, PERKASA mendakwa bahawa mereka bercakap bagi pihak [...]
 
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  • Jackie Chan selling fish in Singapore?

    Yein Jee
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:29 pm
    A fish monger in Singapore has been enjoying a bit of celebrity fame for his close resemblance to popular Chinese actor Jackie Chan. The 48-year-old Mr Chong said that his business has always been well in the past 20 years, partially thanks to his look. He also said that he looks more like Jackie as age grows. Besides getting extra business, his look also led to a cameo appearance in popular local movie I Not Stupid, starring as none other than ‘Jackie Chan’. The close resemblance does cause some trouble though, as he’s being asked for autographs and photos quite often…

  • Burmurry Seoul restaurant, South Korea

    Yein Jee
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:52 pm
    Burmurry is a franchise in Seoul selling traditional Korean food, i.e. tteokbokki, odeng, sundae etc. There’s a branch nearby my hostel which I frequent… I like their teokbokki. The rice cake is standard stuff, and it’s a matter of different spiciness and sweetness with the sauce, in which their version fits my taste. The restaurant also sells fried dumplings and twigim aka batter-dipped-fried-stuff (squid, shrimp, vege etc.). It’s tempting to have some oily food once in a while lol. Burmurry Seoul restaurant, South Korea from YeinJee's Asian Blog

  • Son Ye-jin for Chatelaine 2010 spring collection

    Yein Jee
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am
    Popular actress Son Ye-jin modelled for Korean fashion brand Chatelaine’s [Kr] 2010 spring collection; some lovely pics here… Read the rest of this post » Son Ye-jin for Chatelaine 2010 spring collection from YeinJee's Asian Blog

  • SNSD Oh! dance video

    Yein Jee
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:57 am
    SM Entertainment has released a dance (rehearsal) video of Korean pop group SNSD with their latest song Oh!, choreographed by Rino Nakasone… Girls’ Generation series Previous: Girls’ Generation – Oh! music video SNSD Oh! dance video from YeinJee's Asian Blog

  • Entertainment roundup (Feb 7, 2010)

    Yein Jee
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am
    Entertainment snippets from various sources… China+Korea… Korean actor Hyun Bin and Chinese actress Tang Wei to star in Manchu [1]. Japan… Nozomi Sasaki (pic) on MySpace from JP magazine (which presumably is not related to the popular social network website) [2]. Korea… Jang Geun-suk meets fans across the country [3]; actor Joo Ji-hoon joins army [4]; and pop diva Lee Hyori is set to return with Bring It Back [5]. East+West… A-tunes reviewed Marie Digby’s latest album Breathing Underwater [6]; Lost star Kim Yun-jin talks a bit with Chosun [7]; and Hugh…
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  • Laptop/netbook for a university student and a HP Mini 311 quick review

    Colin Charles
    7 Feb 2010 | 3:53 am
    I recently asked on Twitter: For a college/university student, would you get ‘em a laptop or a netbook? Need opinions ASAP. Thanks! The Twitterverse was quick to respond. Thank you all for responding! A little summary: @sniffit suggested that netbooks are underpowered, but might change with Linux being on them. @redsheep went for a laptop, unless I planned on being a mean uncle that didn’t want them to play games/do graphics/etc. Why, I can’t be a mean uncle ;-) @spinzer said go with a laptop because students have diverse working nature, and a netbook wouldn’t cut it.

  • MariaDB 5.1.42 released!

    Colin Charles
    5 Feb 2010 | 12:46 am
    Dear MariaDB users, MariaDB 5.1.42, a new branch of the MySQL database which includes all major open source storage engines, myriad bug fixes, and many community patches, has been released. We are very proud to have made our first final release, and we encourage you to test it out and use it on your systems. For an overview of what’s new in MariaDB 5.1.42, please check out the release notes. For information on installing MariaDB 5.1.42 on new servers or upgrading to MariaDB 5.1.42 from previous releases, please check out the installation guide. MariaDB is available in source and binary…

  • Rekindling my love for the Sony Reader PRS-505

    Colin Charles
    28 Jan 2010 | 3:08 am
    I wrote this before the Apple iPad announcement, so no thoughts on that yet, in this post. At the top of my head though, I’m still keeping my PRS-505, and not getting the iPad. In May 2008, I picked up a Sony Reader PRS-505. Its an e-book reader, and in the day, was definitely the flagship device from Sony, for electronic books and PDF reading. Today, Sony still sells this, and they also have models with a touchscreen, as well as a mini-version of this (a pocket reader?). I used the device on-and-off, mostly to read PDFs, but of late, I decided to read full-length books on it, and the…

  • Interactive git add

    Colin Charles
    28 Jan 2010 | 2:53 am
    I’ve been using git a lot more (its become my personal favourite; though on a daily basis I have to context switch between Bazaar and SVN as well – glad that I’ve stopped using CVS and BitKeeper) and am really liking it. Recently, I found out that git add has an interactive mode! You can add a whole bunch of files real easily. Ditto with reverting changes. You can also add certain lines of a file (this is seriously useful). Go give git add -i a twirl. Any other good git tips? Related posts:Interactive Application Development for IPTV VoodooPad Lite Shared source?

  • Last chances to submit your MySQL Conference talk!

    Colin Charles
    26 Jan 2010 | 9:16 am
    The O’Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo 2010 will be closing the Call for Participation at the end of the 27th January 2010. You have less than 48-hours – so get submitting already. Take a gander at some of the shortlisted presentations, look at all the amazing tutorials, and what’s keeping you waiting from registering? Related posts:o’reilly mysql conference & expo 2010 A little MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 update Just registered for the MySQL Conference & Expo 2008
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  • Ibrahim Ali's 300

    Walski69
    6 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am
    Technorati tags: Penang Protest, Ibrahim Ali, Race Politics, UMNO, PERKOSA, Sedaq For tonight, we dine… in KOMTAR! Or “today”, as the case may be. Walski couldn’t help but think about exactly that phrase when he read the Malaysiakini report (from which the picture above was taken). Some 300 angry protesters from various Malay non-governmental organisations torched an effigy of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng near the state government office in Komtar this afternoon. (source: Malaysiakini - subscription required) And what were the 300 “Malays” – not Spartans – so pissed off…

  • The Cult of Ibrahim Ali

    Walski69
    30 Jan 2010 | 9:23 pm
    Technorati tags: Humor, Parody, Ibrahim Ali, Perkasa, Perkosa Otherwise known as Perkasa – or Perkosa, as Aisehman thinks they should be called. Well, a couple of days ago, they had the official launch of the Selangor chapter (via The Malaysian Insider), officiated by none other than Dr. M himself. What was not reported by the media is that they also launched their kick-ass theme song… The Cult of Ibrahim Ali If you’d like to sing along, the lyrics, in its full-color glory can be found in the full post... (rock-along for racism, in the full post) The Cult of Ibrahim Ali Look into my…

  • Connecting The Dots

    Walski69
    25 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm
    Technorati tags: Politics, Third Power Column, Collusion, Connect The Dots When Walski was a wee lad, and just starting to learn how to count, one of the fun things he remembers doing was to play Connect-The-Dots. He's quite sure that you know the drawing activity Walski's talking about, right? What he found fascinating was that the resulting image was often not at all what he expected when he started from the first dot. Of course, Walski doesn’t find them quite as fascinating any more – this is talking about when he was 2 or 3 years old, after all. But it so happens that in real life,…

  • Opinion Poll: Should PKR give Zulkifli Noordin his walking papers?

    Walski69
    25 Jan 2010 | 12:04 am
    Technorati tags: Zulkifli Noordin, Mahaguru58, PKR, Opinion Poll, The People's Parliament Walski came across this poll, currently running at The People’s Parliament – “Should PKR sack Zulkifli Noordin?” – and decided that it’s important to let you folks know about it. Then he thought – why stop there? And so, Walski decided to post the poll on this blog, too. You can find it at the sidebar, where all the surveys are usually placed. Since Walski would like you make an informed decision when you cast your vote, it’s important to get to know Zul Noordin a little better, if you…

  • Poll Position: “Allah” for All

    Walski69
    20 Jan 2010 | 6:21 pm
    Technorati tags: Poll Position, Opinion Poll, Allah, Religion, Politics, Malaysia Without a doubt, the issue of who can use the word “Allah” is an emotionally charged one. What one could doubt, though, is whether it’s a question of theology, or if there are other agendas at play. And when such a situation arises, you know that a myAsylum opinion poll can’t be far away. After a week, plus change, of running the poll, the results are in. This time around, the poll managed to get the opinions of over 4,100 persons. Not too shabby, if you ask Walski. Click on image to see results at…
 
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  • Giveaway: Music Organizing Application – TidySongs

    hongkiat
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:22 am
    If you are using iTunes to organize your music, here’s something you may find interesting. Earlier last month I was introduced to this app called TidySongs by Jennifer of Cloudbrain. TidySongs has a pretty self-descriptive name. It an application with one sole purpose - organizes your iTunes songs. Here’s what TidySongs do: Remove duplicated songs Fix miss-spelled song names Fill up the missing data – artists, years and genres (Something perfectionist collectors will love), and The function I like most – Add missing album-art so they look cool in your cover flow.

  • 30+ Artist Interpretations of Mario and Luigi

    hongkiat
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    By Shane Ward. Shane Ward is a contributing editor of the art/lifestyles sites: Freshbump, Collect3d, and Format Magazine He’s short and pudgy with a thing for Peaches. He’s an Italian plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom. He is Nintendo’s mascot, and probably the most popular video game character ever. You know him as Mario. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games, mostly bearing his name, mostly as the iconic smiling plumber with blue overalls and a mustache. But his persona is open to interpretation. These artists have re-interpreted Mario (and his famous sidekick Luigi)…

  • 11 Common Web Design Mistakes (Blunders)

    hongkiat
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    By: Brujo Owoh There are tons of website on the Internet, and hundreds or probably thousands are created by day. Here’s a very interesting thing to ponder – What are the elements of a good website? Image Credit: tveskov Building a website can be daunting but the real challenge lies in making it usable. The problem is most web designers forget that the website wasn’t created for themselves but to solve the users’ needs. They give creativity priority over practicality and usability. In this article, we would like to highlight 11 web design blunders that web developers and…

  • Winners for Flash Content Management System (Flash CMS)

    com
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:25 am
    We’ve got winners! If you’ve participated in the FlashMoto CMS contest earlier last week, here’s an entry you should not miss. Continue reading to find out who the winners are :) Thanks to FlashMoto, the following winners are getting a Flash CMS that worth $199 for free. Piscesboy01 Srikanth, and Sun Pietro Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for participating. If you are interested in getting free stock photos, you should know that we have a Stock Photo Accounts (Loaded With Credits) contest on progress too. Get notified on the next giveaway: Subscribe to RSS…

  • 28 Excellent Examples Of Typography Portraits

    hongkiat
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:43 am
    I’m sure most of us heard of these memorable saying that goes like "A good sketch is better than a long speech" or "A picture is worth a thousand words". Sometimes, even the most complicated issue and matter can be simplified and expressed over a single image. That’s just how incredible images are; but today I want to show you something different, a hybrid of both. Here’s a showcase of a very unique approach to portrait illustrations. These images below are mixtures of both images and typography, where the latter is used to shape the portraits while the…
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