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The Bright Side Of Life

2012-12-31T12:38:00.001+08:00

Salam... It is the last day of the year and soon it will be 2013. Comes end of the year it has always been a common scenario for an employee like me for instance where we would tend to appraise other people's performance and as well as to be evaluated by some higher rank person in the employment hierarchy. Once done with the appraisal process, the person will be seen either as an excellent

Life Of Pi = 3.14159265358979323846...........

2012-12-05T13:17:00.000+08:00

Salam... As both of my kids are away with their grandparents for the next couple of weeks, last night my partner in crime and I we took the chance to watch

I Sold And My Kids Bought It...

2012-11-23T17:29:00.000+08:00

Salam... Yesterday was a day off for me as the State I am residing observed a public holiday. So as to excite my gang members' life, after we had our breakfast, we opt to roam a mall which is just a stone's throw away from our home. While I stopped for red at a traffic light, I saw a guy who was actively offering to sell his kuih (cakes or pastries as we called it in English) to a few

Tao Kae Noi - The Little Boss Aitthipat Kulapongvanich

2012-11-08T13:06:00.000+08:00

Salam... I was surfing the television channels one Sunday afternoon when this movie entitled "The Billionaire" caught my interest - an inspirational movie about a Thai teenager who used to waste his time in playing online games until one day something happens that turns him into a successful person. This biographical movie is about Aitthipat Kulapongvanich a.k.a. Tob - founder of the Tao

Legoland Malaysia

2012-10-19T17:36:00.000+08:00

Salam... Legoland! Yup!!! I was there together with my gang members a couple of weeks back. Located in Nusajaya, Johor and with just half an hour away from my home, I took the chance to experience that so called Malaysia's first international theme park. Details? Click www.legoland.com.my Armed with my not so impressive compact camera, let me share some of the moments I captured. ...

Eid-Ul Fitr 1433 Hijrah Wishing

2012-08-17T12:34:00.000+08:00

Salam... This is a re-post entry which I wrote last year. For a purpose, I will simply republish this article again and again and each every year. :-) Provided sighting of the moon, it is expected that the 18th of August 2012 will be the last day of fasting in this holy Ramadhan month and next comes the "Hari Raya Aidilfitri" - the holiday to celebrate the conclusion of fasting throughout

They Play And I Listen

2012-08-13T15:45:00.001+08:00

Salam... Whenever I am driving, besides bringing along my wallet, phone, packet of Marlboro menthol light and my chrome Zippo lighter, I always ensure that some of my all time favourite CDs are in the car. ...in my opinion this is Pantera's best album. Listening to it I get good feeling! The album cover explains...:-) ... a Malaysian metal legend best album. It is like somebody is

Far Beyond Driven

2012-08-09T12:38:00.001+08:00

Salam... Few months back, I caught myself in a dilemma and eventually I made a decision which was never of my favour. It was never an easy one... All this while, whenever I was in situations, often I was able to come up with sound actions and cope with the matter positively. It was however, back then, I had to make this very decision which was extremely against my will but rather to please

The Singapore Zoo Excursion

2012-06-04T12:56:00.000+08:00

Salam... It is mid-year school holidays and last Saturday, my syndicate gang members and I, we were at the Singapore Zoo. I told my kids that the last time I came here was way back in 1979. ...the syndicate gang members. ...with the otters. ...this guy is ferocious and vicious... ...but he was outsmarted by this cute little beast - Hail the mouse deer!!! :-) ...both were born

The Toilet Bowl Incident

2012-05-14T15:21:00.000+08:00

Salam... I guess most of us would have experienced at least once in a lifetime when unexpectedly our precious belonging dropped into the toilet bowl. Seeing and knowing our belongings slipped "gracefully" from our grip and straight into the toilet bowl ultimately evolve a mixed feeling in us. Of such incident, our emotion would be so that frustrated, regretted, felt stupid, etc. and it was some

The P.I.G.S.

2012-04-29T23:44:00.001+08:00

Salam... What do these countries have in common? Portugal Italy Greece Spain The answer is these countries are facing a similar economic environment notably a hell of a financial crisis. They are debt-ridden and could possibly becoming bankrupt countries. As a general understanding, these countries spent more than what they had and in order to sustain they borrow but could not pay

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

2012-04-19T17:36:00.003+08:00

Salam... Last week I was in California for work and I got the opportunity to experiencing a theme dinner of the medieval age there. It was at a place called the Times Dinner & Tournament which is located in Buena Park. The concept of the place is a kind of a unique combination of a medieval banquet and thrilling competition between medieval knights. Here are some videos. Enjoy... :-) ...to

From Kulaifornia to California - The Moments I Captured

2012-04-09T17:36:00.001+08:00

Salam... In this last part, I am sharing a few pictures which I captured while I was there. ...a shot of that infamous signage. ...there was a psychological thriller movie named after the road. ...the El Capitan - a theater which shows only Walt Disney pictures. ...it is not the pizza but that "psychic" thing - can be considered as "bomoh" I guess. :-) ...my partner in crime with

From Kulaifornia to California - Madame Tussauds Hollywood : Episode 2

2012-04-03T16:59:00.000+08:00

Salam... I have to tell you that in this second part, the photographs that I took was the best of the crop. ...that Fresh Prince of Bel Air guy Will Smith was there. ...George Clooney. My partner in crime fancies him but not me. ;-) ...Britney made me put my arms around her and I was helpless. Seriously...;-) ...my partner in crime with Britney's ex. ...I reveal. ;-) ...that

From Kulaifornia to California - Madame Tussauds Hollywood : Episode 1

2012-03-26T13:00:00.001+08:00

Salam... Madame Tussauds Hollywood is located opposite to the hotel we resided. Well-renown for displaying its wax work of sports persons, film stars and famous icons; I got the opportunity to experience it. ...the entrance. ...Brad and Angelina were there. ...spotted Mr. Snoop but not in my interest as I am more into N.W.A., Public Enemy and Ice-T. ...we requested Mr. Spielberg

From Kulaifornia To California - The J. Paul Getty Museum

2012-03-22T17:27:00.000+08:00

Salam... To be frank, I am not the type of guy who fancies going to museum but during my trip there I experienced going to one known as The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades by the Malibu beach. I got to know that the museum keeps more than 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including the Lansdowne Heracles and the Victorious Youth. As I was not

My Shahira The Pianist II

2012-03-16T17:50:00.000+08:00

Salam... I fulfilled my daughter's request to blog a video of her playing that beautiful masterpiece - Mariage D'amour. Enjoy! See ya... Rhymee

From Kulaifornia to California - Universal Studio Hollywood : Episode 3

2012-03-15T14:31:00.000+08:00

Salam... I guess the signature attraction of Universal Studio Hollywood is the Studio Tour. It is here where films such as Jaws, War of the Worlds, The Italian Job, Transformers and Mission Impossible III to name a few were shot. ...the Studio Tour. ...the set. By the way, could find Warner Brothers in the picture? ;-) ...it was an hour tour with a live tour guide on a tram. ...

From Kulaifornia to California - Universal Studio Hollywood : Episode 2

2012-03-13T12:28:00.000+08:00

Salam... Once we passed through the entrance, the first thing we experienced was that vintage New York City set. It was like the building we used to see on television. ...another shot for the record. ...those two guys will talk to all passersby in a New Yorkers accent or dialect I guess. ...a classic New York City taxi. I wonder how it would feel to be in the "Big Apple" if it is

From Kulaifornia to California - Universal Studio Hollywood : Episode 1

2012-03-09T17:26:00.000+08:00

Salam... One of the many attractions in Hollywood is the Universal Studio with its marketing headline "The Entertainment Capital of Los Angeles" and this too is the first of the many studios theme park around the world. ...have yet been to the one in Singapore but who needs that by the way. :-) ...and this is the original. ...the main entrance. ...the guy on the right is a real

From Kulaifornia to California - The Kodak Theatre

2012-03-05T13:02:00.000+08:00

Salam... Next to the Grauman's Chinese Theatre is the well-renown Kodak Theatre. It is here where the annual Academy Award better known as the Oscars held each year since 2002. ...the front and the main. ...the inside. All of the Oscar's "Best Picture" on the many pillars of the theatre. ...with a photo of Clark "King Of Hollywood" Gable. Leading to Eastman Kodak filed for

From Kulaifornia to California - Hand And Foot Prints Of Grauman's Chinese Theatre

2012-03-01T17:25:00.000+08:00

Salam... Of all, the hand and foot print at the forecourt of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a must to go. John Wayne the cowboy hero and John Travolta the "you know who". Amongst the many, here are the few special ones. That "My Way" guy... Sinatra. ...... those guys of Twilight. ...... of Daniel Radcliffe's. ...... it is MJ's. My all time favourite... Mr. Clark Gable. I

From Kulaifornia to California - The Grauman's Chinese Theatre

2012-02-27T11:40:00.000+08:00

Salam... Facing the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is where the Grauman's Chinese Theatre located and what is interesting about this place is that besides the cinema it is where the hand and foot prints of those famous stars in the entertainment business as we saw it in the television in the concrete of the theatre's forecourt. The front entrance of the theatre. ...and of course me in front of

From Kulaifornia to California - Hollywood Walk Of Fame

2012-02-20T13:11:00.000+08:00

Salam... It has been almost two weeks since my Hollywood trip with my partner-in-crime roaming and wandering around the district. Throughout the week-long trip we stayed at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel which was fine on the whole in my opinion and the good thing was we were being surrounded by a number of fascinating attractions which were just walking distance. Marilyn Monroe used to

A History Made In Hollywood

2012-02-09T10:48:00.000+08:00

Salam... Frankly speaking, throughout the eighteen years spending my life working as a human resource practitioner, this should be the best ever recognition I have ever received so far. So, on the recently second day of February, celebrated in a grand dinner set in Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles and hosted by my company's President, another history was made in my career