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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnomLuvkLI/AAAAAAAAAOc/La72qudYb-M/s1600/IMG_5422-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnomLuvkLI/AAAAAAAAAOc/La72qudYb-M/s400/IMG_5422-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The yachts&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnonWAMOEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/UmawFP8mQW0/s1600/IMG_5434-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnonWAMOEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/UmawFP8mQW0/s400/IMG_5434-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Puvanan&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnooVmvoVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/57ygxYPxXo4/s1600/IMG_5444-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnooVmvoVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/57ygxYPxXo4/s400/IMG_5444-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Scores of palm trees&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnopWTvlsI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JLn_9SZlPyU/s1600/IMG_5445-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnopWTvlsI/AAAAAAAAAOo/JLn_9SZlPyU/s400/IMG_5445-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Warning&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoqH8eFcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/qRxKp5dAZKQ/s1600/IMG_5479-Edit-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoqH8eFcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/qRxKp5dAZKQ/s400/IMG_5479-Edit-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reflected by the water&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoqyxQLTI/AAAAAAAAAOw/JPSK-0NFr4w/s1600/IMG_5480-Edit-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoqyxQLTI/AAAAAAAAAOw/JPSK-0NFr4w/s400/IMG_5480-Edit-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Don't go beyond my mark.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnosiylMII/AAAAAAAAAO0/Vd8QVp2_M7k/s1600/IMG_5563-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnosiylMII/AAAAAAAAAO0/Vd8QVp2_M7k/s400/IMG_5563-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Night view&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnouCehGEI/AAAAAAAAAO4/rBfFyU18F-8/s1600/IMG_5578-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnouCehGEI/AAAAAAAAAO4/rBfFyU18F-8/s400/IMG_5578-Edit.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Romantic getaway&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnovAiUn2I/AAAAAAAAAO8/PmsghQ6Vruo/s1600/IMG_5588-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnovAiUn2I/AAAAAAAAAO8/PmsghQ6Vruo/s400/IMG_5588-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Silent growth&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnowJfiCbI/AAAAAAAAAPA/0KSu9gm_Vcs/s1600/IMG_5601-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnowJfiCbI/AAAAAAAAAPA/0KSu9gm_Vcs/s400/IMG_5601-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Bokeh...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoxOlq8wI/AAAAAAAAAPE/cx0EcFisVgc/s1600/IMG_5626-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoxOlq8wI/AAAAAAAAAPE/cx0EcFisVgc/s400/IMG_5626-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hidden light&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoxzxZqNI/AAAAAAAAAPI/SrQfTZXCQis/s1600/IMG_5634-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnoxzxZqNI/AAAAAAAAAPI/SrQfTZXCQis/s400/IMG_5634-Edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Let me light out&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-3227476128453274674?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/3227476128453274674/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/06/puteri-harbour-nusajaya.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3227476128453274674?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3227476128453274674?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/kkPRLME-f0o/puteri-harbour-nusajaya.html" title="Puteri Harbour, Nusajaya" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/TAnomLuvkLI/AAAAAAAAAOc/La72qudYb-M/s72-c/IMG_5422-Edit.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/06/puteri-harbour-nusajaya.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkcASHk4eSp7ImA9WxFWGU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-480745095457888556</id><published>2010-06-05T12:35:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T16:40:49.731+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-07T16:40:49.731+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PLUS Proton kuala lumpur wang heng car services  yong peng car auto services sensor car alternator engine check fuel engine fuse proton careline highway" /><title>*Updated* Weekend Getaway Gone Wrong</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;blink&gt;Well, the car is repaired. Apparently had to change Timing Sensor and the timing belt was nearing it's expiry as well. It costed about RM 720 for the repair. And, the total cost for the mishap was about RM1400 inclusive with all those coffee moneys..Damn! &lt;/blink&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;blink&gt;&lt;/blink&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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June 04, 2010 Friday at about 8.00pm, something happened that really made the weekend affair gone wrong. I was on my way to Kuala Lumpur to join my friends for the seminar on photography on June 05. However, as I reached nearer to the exit of Pagoh or more precisely at KM130, my engine check indication light turned on. As if that was not enough, the RPM suddenly rose to 8000Rev/Min which was the maximum, a phenomenon called meter drop. All these happened when I was driving 110kmph in the fast lane and the first thought that came upon my mind was did the car stalled. If it has indeed stalled, I doubt I would be writing this post here.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thank god, it did not stalled and I drove the car to the emergency lane and stopped the engine to check the problem. No smoke or whatsoever came out of the hood, so nothing related to temperature or engine. With the ease of mind, I started the car.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;First try.......crankkkkkkkkk...crankkkkkkkk...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Second try.....crankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk..crankkkkkkkkkkkkkk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Third try, fourth try and so on, the engine could not be started.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the first assumption, it was thought the fuse was blown in some electronic system. I opened the fuse box and checked on by one in a road where heavy traffic was practically blowing me away. None seems to have defect. Out of no choice, called the PLUS to assist on the initial stage of the ordeal that is going to last the whole day and spill over to the dawn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;PLUS representatives came but on the other side of the highway. They crossed the highway and asked what happened. After explaning, he tried to start the engine. At this point, the car was like drained off battery. Even the cranking sound also went away. Instantly, the PLUS guy said it is alternator problem and the battery is not being recharged by it and thus unable to start the engine. I asked his opinion and he said tow till Pagoh exit toward north and will ask foreman to have a look. However, he needed to make a U turn to come to this side of the highway.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;10 minutes....20minutes....30minutes...40minutes...50minutes...They managed to make the U turn and towed the car to the exit. While on the road, managed to make a call to the foreman to be on standby to diagnose the problem. Whilst towing our car, at least 3 more cars broke down and PLUS had to stop by at each instance to see the situation. Took us about another 40minutes to reach the exit and upon reaching gave some coffee money the PLUS guys (apparently PLUS do not charge for towing your car to the exit).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Once reaching the exit, 2 guys who were wearing Wang Heng Car Services T shirt approached. The chinese guy attempted to start the conversation on asking what was the problem. Again, I explained what happened. Upon hearing out, the Malay guy assumed that the alternator is spoilt. But, for a new car which has not even reached 2 years baffled them as on how the alternator could have given away. They offered to tow the car back to Yong Peng and check it in their workshop. I hesitated because I had to go back another 42KM and also the other foreman recommended by PLUS was on the way. Hesitantly, I explained to the guys and they said to call them if need their assistance. By the way, they said it will cost RM170 to tow the car back to Yong Peng.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After 10minutes, Abang Joe (the foreman recommended by PLUS) called and said his child was sick and he is at the clinic now. As such, he will deploy his 'member' to come over to assist us. He came. He saw. He asked. He took some tools. He did something. He started his car. He went somewhere.He came back again 3minutes. He said workshop all closed. And he did something I did not expect, apparently the earlier two guys whom approached me was their known friend and this foreman asked their assistance to bring back to the workshop. God, if I had known I would not have waited for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyhow, I agreed to be towed back to Yong Peng and when everything was ready to move, Abang Joe called and asked me to give the foreman some petrol money since he came all the way. By right I should not have given him, but yet I gave some cash to him as he came at that hours and off we went. In the midway, Abang Joe called me and asked how much I gave the mechanic. I said I gave him what I had in my pocket which was RM12 and since he asked for petrol money, I actually gave more. He sighed and asked me why I gave so little. I was shocked. Not only he did not solve any problem for me and he took my kindness for granted and requested for more. I said I am already on the way and I cannot be of a help. He hung up. There went, our diplomatic relationship.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Imagine your car going reverse in the traffic direction, I had that experience all the way from Pagoh toll plaza to Yong Peng. After approximately 1 hour, we reached the workshop. Quickly, they got down to work and found out that alternator was working fine. Black oil are good as servicing was done 2 days ago only. Fuel tank is full. Battery was 'jumped' using another battery. Upon checking the sensor, it was found it render the car to be unable to start. However, the spare part was not available in the workshop. My handphone time shows 12.05am. It was officially public holiday and Sunday was a holiday too. That means to get spare part in this week at Yong Peng was highly negative.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The foreman gave me 2option. One is to stay at the hotel nearby and the following morning, he will scout for the sparepart and get the car ready by half day. Or he can tow the car back to Johor Bahru. My main intention of going to KL was to attend a seminar and both option will render me unable to join it. So, I decided to get back to Johor Bahru. However, to decide which method is best made my head spin. If I stayed overnight, the guarantee of getting the spare part is not there. So, it will be wasteful of me to wait for something to happen out of chance. I decided to tow back.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I asked for the price. It was RM670 inclusive of the earlier RM120 from Pagoh to Yong Peng. I was cornered. I was helpless. I agreed. Off&amp;nbsp; we went on the tow truck and reach Johor Bahru at 2.30am. Parked the car in front of our panel workshop, the towing people 'towed' me back home. Since it is public holiday, the workshop is not opened for business either. As such, only tomorrow will have an answer to the question on why a new car could not be started. Was it due to sensor? Or was it due to alternator.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Either way, Proton 24 hour careline sucks because I actually called them up so many times to request for assistance and all they can tell me was ' We are sorry, all our operators are currently engaged' for freaking 1/2 hour I tried. Proton wants to sell car but fails so miserably when it comes to customer service and after sales service. To prospective car owners, do not choose Proton as your choice as it will make you go crazy. You might as well fork out a little extra to buy some established car. Our national car is international disgrace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;p/s: To all my friends whom I promised to meet when I drop down in Kuala Lumpur, I apologize for being unable to keep that promise. I proposed to come, but GOD disposed of my plan. We shall meet again next time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-480745095457888556?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/480745095457888556/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/06/weekend-getaway-gone-wrong.html#comment-form" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/480745095457888556?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/480745095457888556?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/XJbInL2gUVQ/weekend-getaway-gone-wrong.html" title="*Updated* Weekend Getaway Gone Wrong" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/06/weekend-getaway-gone-wrong.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEAGQn49eyp7ImA9WxFRFUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-3474305926255740255</id><published>2010-04-29T22:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T22:52:03.063+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-04-29T22:52:03.063+08:00</app:edited><title>The End.</title><content type="html">I had wanted to write a post reminiscing &lt;a href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2006/12/edmat-29.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post after 4 years. Looks like I won't need to write one after all.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;It's The End. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-3474305926255740255?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/3474305926255740255/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/end.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3474305926255740255?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3474305926255740255?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/EQqcZxMPQsg/end.html" title="The End." /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/end.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUIARXYzeyp7ImA9WxFSFU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-6363443947749765183</id><published>2010-04-17T20:29:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T20:32:24.883+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-04-17T20:32:24.883+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vessel" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="combi-lift" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="palmerton" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="HSE" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="technip" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="asiaflex" /><title>Vessel's Visit</title><content type="html">Working with clients with background of oil and gas can greatly assist us whenever we need to know something new. I had the same opportunity. Imagine me not having any business with vessels and had the chance to go up one. I grabbed it and I snapped it. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmk4BsG6I/AAAAAAAAANE/zOZiLAWOC0Y/s1600/IMG_4464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmk4BsG6I/AAAAAAAAANE/zOZiLAWOC0Y/s320/IMG_4464.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The captain named Ole&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmo5CsP-I/AAAAAAAAANI/qrYwSjLaVug/s1600/IMG_4481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmo5CsP-I/AAAAAAAAANI/qrYwSjLaVug/s320/IMG_4481.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Onboard crane&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmtQQ6EzI/AAAAAAAAANM/Z86etzEBAWk/s1600/IMG_4487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmtQQ6EzI/AAAAAAAAANM/Z86etzEBAWk/s320/IMG_4487.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Qamal with Asiaflex background&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmyfvH-cI/AAAAAAAAANQ/StSGGoDG83Y/s1600/IMG_4496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmyfvH-cI/AAAAAAAAANQ/StSGGoDG83Y/s320/IMG_4496.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Legend in Asiaflex - Vimal Augustin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mm5NdKEDI/AAAAAAAAANU/mr4bIxJyzME/s1600/IMG_4503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mm5NdKEDI/AAAAAAAAANU/mr4bIxJyzME/s320/IMG_4503.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Unloading under process&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnANgSR1I/AAAAAAAAANY/RxZMdbVw8LI/s1600/IMG_4505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnANgSR1I/AAAAAAAAANY/RxZMdbVw8LI/s320/IMG_4505.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The jetty crane constructed by Technip&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnEASekzI/AAAAAAAAANc/n14tCLvmd7o/s1600/IMG_4511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnEASekzI/AAAAAAAAANc/n14tCLvmd7o/s320/IMG_4511.jpg" width="276" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;What can I say?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnJCMto3I/AAAAAAAAANg/uOFJcMep9b8/s1600/IMG_4520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnJCMto3I/AAAAAAAAANg/uOFJcMep9b8/s320/IMG_4520.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The hitchhikers to the vessel&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnOQEhrhI/AAAAAAAAANk/-S0_bPTzKQE/s1600/IMG_4533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnOQEhrhI/AAAAAAAAANk/-S0_bPTzKQE/s320/IMG_4533.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Captain wannabe ;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnSQONbuI/AAAAAAAAANo/53Xai0flRgc/s1600/IMG_4534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="233" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnSQONbuI/AAAAAAAAANo/53Xai0flRgc/s320/IMG_4534.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fulfilled his long time ambition&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnXwIXxRI/AAAAAAAAANs/22vRsCEcNsM/s1600/IMG_4537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="186" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnXwIXxRI/AAAAAAAAANs/22vRsCEcNsM/s320/IMG_4537.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Trying to think how to take the vessel back to Kuantan&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mncmZRngI/AAAAAAAAANw/B1XpYxI7MBU/s1600/IMG_4539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mncmZRngI/AAAAAAAAANw/B1XpYxI7MBU/s320/IMG_4539.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Communication gadgets&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mngo0D0cI/AAAAAAAAAN0/EOWiddcWn7Q/s1600/IMG_4555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mngo0D0cI/AAAAAAAAAN0/EOWiddcWn7Q/s1600/IMG_4555.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Doesnt have the heart to leave the vessel&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnkmwRZGI/AAAAAAAAAN4/1EXODmeQe1c/s1600/IMG_4561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnkmwRZGI/AAAAAAAAAN4/1EXODmeQe1c/s1600/IMG_4561.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;You need any assistance in transporting, look for them&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnoASsDpI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Kh9yj0tyM9k/s1600/IMG_4570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnoASsDpI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Kh9yj0tyM9k/s1600/IMG_4570.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The vessel&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnr5MpRxI/AAAAAAAAAOA/2zB0BWaiY8M/s1600/IMG_4574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnr5MpRxI/AAAAAAAAAOA/2zB0BWaiY8M/s320/IMG_4574.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The sky-ed jetty bridge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnw3DPkJI/AAAAAAAAAOE/FOBD8t5vR0w/s1600/IMG_4577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mnw3DPkJI/AAAAAAAAAOE/FOBD8t5vR0w/s1600/IMG_4577.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Jetty&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn03Y34vI/AAAAAAAAAOI/qj21h3QlRN0/s1600/IMG_4578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="217" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn03Y34vI/AAAAAAAAAOI/qj21h3QlRN0/s1600/IMG_4578.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Asiaflex view from Jetty&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn41KrHSI/AAAAAAAAAOM/xoTrk5SgCTc/s1600/IMG_4597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="205" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn41KrHSI/AAAAAAAAAOM/xoTrk5SgCTc/s1600/IMG_4597.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The shot by Augustin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn76syVSI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/AZM9taEbfYo/s1600/IMG_4600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn76syVSI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/AZM9taEbfYo/s1600/IMG_4600.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Let's pack up&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn_IrfVRI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oLapMWJiuUI/s1600/IMG_4650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mn_IrfVRI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oLapMWJiuUI/s1600/IMG_4650.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Look at the trails of the lights&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-6363443947749765183?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/6363443947749765183/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/vessels-visit.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/6363443947749765183?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/6363443947749765183?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/1eNSRw8AUpY/vessels-visit.html" title="Vessel's Visit" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S8mmk4BsG6I/AAAAAAAAANE/zOZiLAWOC0Y/s72-c/IMG_4464.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/vessels-visit.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUYDQ3w4eSp7ImA9WxFTE0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-8585732213582838753</id><published>2010-04-04T20:11:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T20:12:52.231+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-04-04T20:12:52.231+08:00</app:edited><title>A Malay(sian) Wedding</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On the 4th April 2010, I attended my colleague, Affendy's wedding in his house. Though the rain did hamper the situation slightly, but nevertheless the function went on fine. This is the second time I have attended an Islamic wedding with my lovely partner - Canon EOS 450D. It was fun because I had no clue what is the arrangement or how does the wedding takes place. Apparently, today was only a luncheon session. Most of the 'adat' or traditions rituals were done 2 days ago. But, nevertheless still took few shots and posted below. ;)&lt;/div&gt;p/s: Click to enlarge the images to view better.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_xbCla1I/AAAAAAAAAMU/DIn2kKUiVpc/s1600-h/IMG_4318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_xbCla1I/AAAAAAAAAMU/DIn2kKUiVpc/s400/IMG_4318.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Shikin of AME &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_3XRWoNI/AAAAAAAAAMc/FyhQFfev1jY/s1600-h/IMG_4332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_3XRWoNI/AAAAAAAAAMc/FyhQFfev1jY/s320/IMG_4332.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;A bouquet flower on the newly wed's table&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_7Y-ZfpI/AAAAAAAAAMg/yJ_wrDbuJz4/s1600-h/IMG_4334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_7Y-ZfpI/AAAAAAAAAMg/yJ_wrDbuJz4/s320/IMG_4334.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Must have potrait in any function. Hairie's Girlfriend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAAVf59JI/AAAAAAAAAMk/8KshJhITiwM/s1600-h/IMG_4347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAAVf59JI/AAAAAAAAAMk/8KshJhITiwM/s320/IMG_4347.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;A cake that I did not taste&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAEjW5imI/AAAAAAAAAMo/OCYABSWkFvE/s1600-h/IMG_4349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAEjW5imI/AAAAAAAAAMo/OCYABSWkFvE/s320/IMG_4349.jpg" width="201" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The bride and bridegroom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAJJKndgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/tZ1tpwX41IQ/s1600-h/IMG_4351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAJJKndgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/tZ1tpwX41IQ/s320/IMG_4351.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;My colleague, my supervisor, my confidante, my assistant, my crime partner&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAMlKGjKI/AAAAAAAAAMw/JfwfWFfsPUw/s1600-h/IMG_4352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAMlKGjKI/AAAAAAAAAMw/JfwfWFfsPUw/s320/IMG_4352.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Look at the pose - the one thing that he loves&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iARENHndI/AAAAAAAAAM0/8MzjK3oq6do/s1600-h/IMG_4365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iARENHndI/AAAAAAAAAM0/8MzjK3oq6do/s320/IMG_4365.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Gendang - part of kompang group&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAU4xtSPI/AAAAAAAAAM4/LUy23VxxFNY/s1600-h/IMG_4366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAU4xtSPI/AAAAAAAAAM4/LUy23VxxFNY/s320/IMG_4366.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Kompang - Just love the sound of it&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAaPTWp2I/AAAAAAAAAM8/CjSrG31o9LI/s1600-h/IMG_4369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7iAaPTWp2I/AAAAAAAAAM8/CjSrG31o9LI/s320/IMG_4369.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 of Bond's Family&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-8585732213582838753?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/8585732213582838753/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/on-4th-april-2010-i-attended-my.html#comment-form" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8585732213582838753?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8585732213582838753?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/JTYxDZA3FYI/on-4th-april-2010-i-attended-my.html" title="A Malay(sian) Wedding" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7h_xbCla1I/AAAAAAAAAMU/DIn2kKUiVpc/s72-c/IMG_4318.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/04/on-4th-april-2010-i-attended-my.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUIFRXs6cCp7ImA9WxFWGE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-680285134168141249</id><published>2010-03-31T22:15:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2010-06-06T13:51:54.518+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-06T13:51:54.518+08:00</app:edited><title>Pradeev &amp; Thevanee's Wedding</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;My second time photographing a wedding. However, I went there on my own and not in the official capacity. The tips and tricks taught by my &lt;a href="http://www.vickneswaran.com/"&gt;sifu&lt;/a&gt; were very useful for me. Here are the snapshots of the wedding event.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWc6U7pCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/dYltFenwic8/s1600-h/IMG_3899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWc6U7pCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/dYltFenwic8/s640/IMG_3899.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWgEyUWjI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CX-47MQLjr0/s1600-h/IMG_3901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWgEyUWjI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CX-47MQLjr0/s640/IMG_3901.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWjnC4GzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/YmCcBih82JY/s1600-h/IMG_3902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWjnC4GzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/YmCcBih82JY/s640/IMG_3902.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWqHdA_3I/AAAAAAAAAK4/4Wdd44PFnP8/s1600-h/IMG_3903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWqHdA_3I/AAAAAAAAAK4/4Wdd44PFnP8/s640/IMG_3903.jpg" width="425" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWvlVFYhI/AAAAAAAAAK8/mIyxI5T8ITI/s1600-h/IMG_3904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWvlVFYhI/AAAAAAAAAK8/mIyxI5T8ITI/s640/IMG_3904.jpg" width="425" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWzRjOJLI/AAAAAAAAALA/se2qicAIybs/s1600-h/IMG_3911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gS8i8xf7a5I/S7NWzRjOJLI/AAAAAAAAALA/se2qicAIybs/s640/IMG_3911.jpg" width="425" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you read this and you understood it, then don't worry it is not you. Because, THAT person is never gonna understand this as Pigs fare better than that person.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just venting out some frustrations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Apparently, today I have been doing some great things. Having bought a battery grip for my camera and almost bought that flash if that shop didnt have stock issue. Now, my own blog with my own name. Feels good.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That being said, still left with the header creation and some makeover to my blog so it can also reflect my other interest - photography. &lt;a href="http://www.vickneswaran.com/blog/"&gt;This guy&lt;/a&gt; has definitely done a great job for himself in this field and now emulating and seeking guidance from him, I have venture into this field. As our vaanchinaathan achu have said, hardwork brings success.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So guys, CNY holiday is already over for many and mine will be over when I report back to work tomorrow. Already been receiving calls and my answer is just to answer them tomorrow. Till then, have fun and great day ahead.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Astalavista babe..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-5380503765495754137?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/5380503765495754137/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/02/its-vivekmuniappancom.html#comment-form" title="9 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/5380503765495754137?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/5380503765495754137?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/LG0tOK0PYxA/its-vivekmuniappancom.html" title="It's VivekMuniappan.com!!!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>9</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2010/02/its-vivekmuniappancom.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0YERXc5eyp7ImA9WxBSGUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-1116980878984071941</id><published>2009-12-28T10:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T10:58:24.923+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-28T10:58:24.923+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="C4" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="New Year" /><title>Happy New Year.</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Every year, at its very end, we sit down and think about what we have done for the past year and what we are going to do for the next year. Memory is a funny thing. Good incidents are often forgotten easily. Bad incidents are often etched so deep into the mind that no matter how much C4 is used, it can never be gotten rid of.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;New Year does what C4 doesn’t.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Life has been very generous to me even though there are many instances life would have been regretted for giving me the opportunity to make mistakes. But, what is a man without mistakes? A man, I am. Thus, mistakes became part and parcel of life. Lessons were learned to project me to a newer state. That, I am glad for the mistakes I have done.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everyone wants to be in big companies especially oil and gas. I chose a local company or shall I say the company chose me? Even better, we had a mutual attraction. One and a half year with them, never did I regret it. Never did I know that local company such as the one I am part of can be that satisfying. The amount of lessons and knowledge imparted by top to bottom personnel is so overwhelming.  My director told me once why our company was so good and acknowledged by others. Bond solves problem. Yes, we do. Even a fluorescent tube in our store can solve a problem, darkness, and why we wouldn’t?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I read somewhere in the internet that successful people listens and talks less, less successful people talks more than listen.  I SAY, we should talk more. The amount of opportunities I received for talking is far more than the opportunities I received for listening only. Flashback to 2000, not only Y2K was famous, I was also famous. Famous, for not being able to talk convincingly, confidently and effectively. My close friends knew that I cannot communicate English well or were able to deliver my ideas through without losing myself in my own thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now, all that changed. Why? Because, I talked. And I talk more.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What holds for us in 2010? That is a question everybody has to ask oneself. What do I want? Theoretically, I want a good career, a good partner, a good home, a good life. Most importantly, I want a good ME. And I hope I can achieve that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Happy New Year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What is happiness if a man could not settle himself in the very life that he leads?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-1116980878984071941?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/1116980878984071941/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/12/happy-new-year.html#comment-form" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1116980878984071941?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1116980878984071941?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/zuSQ_CgPPmE/happy-new-year.html" title="Happy New Year." /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/12/happy-new-year.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEYDRXo-eCp7ImA9WxBTEU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-4559435496812366242</id><published>2009-12-06T20:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T20:22:54.450+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-06T20:22:54.450+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current affairs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="trip" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chinese" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogspot" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hainan" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="google" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="china" /><title>Under Construction</title><content type="html">Sorry if you had expected a page with 'Under Construction' thingy appearing in my page. I didn't really took some time or effort to go and learn all those web design thingy. So, a title should suffice. ;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As the post says, I decided to make my blog a lil clearer by making the background white. Actually, I did not make it. Instead, I just got the free template from Google search engine and used it to my convenience. *credit goes to the designer and please do not sue me*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And of course, I wanted to get the google domain for my blog. It's ugly to see that blogspot tagging along everywhere, ain't it? But, unfortunately the transaction was halted mid way due to some circumstances and now I am not able to continue with the rest of the transaction as that domain has been ordered by someone else. Sigh, that someone else was me yesterday. How lame could Google become? I gotta wait for another 7 days before actually starting the blog with my own name. But, good things come late. So, let's wait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Meanwhile, I just came back from Hainan Island as part of my company trip. Needless to be said, it was awesome with so many places to visit and so many chinese girls to be seen. I suppose Malaysian Chinese Girls will lose to China Chinese Girls. No offense intended. Pictorial elaborations shall be done after my blog goes over the spring cleaning process. If you have any nice widgets to be shared with me, please let me know.;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-4559435496812366242?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/4559435496812366242/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/12/under-construction.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4559435496812366242?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4559435496812366242?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/NyLX9DtBykk/under-construction.html" title="Under Construction" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/12/under-construction.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQGQH8zfyp7ImA9WxNbE0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-1520266562056378743</id><published>2009-11-16T15:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T15:25:21.187+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-16T15:25:21.187+08:00</app:edited><title>Damn It!</title><content type="html">Today, I failed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Seriously, I could have fucked him up! But, I maintain my cool and I am having frustration!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fuck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-1520266562056378743?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/1520266562056378743/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/11/damn-it.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1520266562056378743?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1520266562056378743?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/rLMH2Bha_fc/damn-it.html" title="Damn It!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/11/damn-it.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEAFQng6eSp7ImA9WxNVF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-8580101514059422158</id><published>2009-10-28T21:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T21:31:53.611+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-28T21:31:53.611+08:00</app:edited><title>A Long Hiatus</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My blog was deserted for the past few weeks due to heavy inactivity by my side. Today, somehow I felt like writing something somewhere. So, here I am.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Time has really been a critical issue for me ever since I started work. I had to plan nicely and slot in my social works and my internet addiction (spelled as facebook) in between my working time and sleeping time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recently, I was posted full time at one of the site. Frankly, it is awesome in the sense of grabbing so much of knowledges at one time instead of juggling around. This is the job where I learned from zero till this extent thanks to my superiors and of course my working mates. Not only in the terms of electrical works, even HSE has became an interesting topic for me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;HSE or Health Safety and Environment - Something that everybody must know and practice not only in the working space but also at personal space. A good worker knows that risks are to be avoided at all time so that work could be proceeded without any untoward incidents. As the Malay Proverbs goes 'Bad Luck are often Odourless'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The client has vast experience in oil and gas. As such, the commitments and dedications shown by them in HSE aspect are so overwhelming that Lost Time Injury has been zero even though the manhours have exceeded 1,000,000. That is definitely a great feat in comparison to our local performance and standard. The event to celebrate the workers was also held in high accordance and proper ovation was given by the client to the workers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A passion is like a fire that can never be put off even with CO2 or Pyrogen system. Working shall be based on passion. That is what I am having now. Working 7 days is not an issue when the amount of knowledge obtained supersedes it. But, every good things comes in pair with bad things or apples. It is our duty to right the wrong and never wrong anything!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Enjoy working.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-8580101514059422158?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/8580101514059422158/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/10/long-hiatus.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8580101514059422158?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8580101514059422158?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/1S_rHyHSs0M/long-hiatus.html" title="A Long Hiatus" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/10/long-hiatus.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YESH89eSp7ImA9WxBTEE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-4410272183393302411</id><published>2009-09-01T22:56:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T22:58:29.161+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-05T22:58:29.161+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics" /><title>Damn Crappy, aint't it?</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everytime there is a price increase for petrol, I will definitely write a post. Unless I migrate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah. Sometimes, I ponder upon that idea but quickly quashed it away as I still have not received that opportunity yet. So I tell that to myself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
52 years of independence,&lt;br /&gt;
52 years of freedom,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From British.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
52 years of BN rule,&lt;br /&gt;
-- years of colonisation under BN,&lt;br /&gt;
-- years of freedom restricted,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And we wonder what difference was it before independence.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wait, our ancestors had a better life than us (I presume)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on the maximum height of temples,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on freedom of speech except against British,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on drinking and no caning for drinking,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on constructing place of worship,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on enriching ourselves with English,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on exploring new business,&lt;br /&gt;
No restrictions on intake of students in schools with quota.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I so hope to go back to that era because now I feel like being colonized.&lt;br /&gt;
Just when we want to appreciate our nation's independence, we are burdened with increase in petrol.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And I wonder where did all the money went after&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cancelling the Merdeka celebration.&lt;br /&gt;
Increasing petrol prices earlier,&lt;br /&gt;
Every year's sin tax imposed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1Malaysia. Yes, I still have not grasped it yet. Maybe, when Mcdonalds or KFC starts campaigning for it, I might grasp it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And what is with all those ass lickers using '1' in everything they do? Previously, nobody noted 1Utama. Now, 1 become 'utama' already!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unscrupulous&lt;br /&gt;
Mockery&lt;br /&gt;
Nothing short of garbage&lt;br /&gt;
Only 1Election needed to solve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Happy Belated Birthday Malaya  on 31st August 2009 and advance Happy Birthday Malaysia coming 16th September 2009.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I wonder how many people failed Sejarah back in the school.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-4410272183393302411?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/4410272183393302411/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/09/damn-crappy-aintt-it.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4410272183393302411?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4410272183393302411?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/6ZL99JZw2eg/damn-crappy-aintt-it.html" title="Damn Crappy, aint't it?" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/09/damn-crappy-aintt-it.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk8NQnY9cCp7ImA9WxNSFUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-3191944177740056137</id><published>2009-08-29T19:18:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T19:21:33.868+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-29T19:21:33.868+08:00</app:edited><title>Utusan, where art thou?</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I am NOT entirely supporting the Pakatan Rakyat nor Barisan Nasional. But, sometimes this fellar does make sense. Utusan, can you answer to his question?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://malaysiakini.com/news/111702"&gt;'Why the thundering silence Utusan?'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Opposition stalwart Lim Kit Siang is asking why the Umno-owned Malay daily Utusan Malaysia is silent on yesterday's controversial 'cow head' protest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; font-style: italic;" class="pic-shadow" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="171"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/136/5b23e8b9afe916ef208f77a29aeb5146.jpg" width="160" height="213" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"If such an ultimate act of religious insensitivity, insult and offence had been committed against Islam, &lt;em&gt;Utusan Malaysia&lt;/em&gt; would have gone to town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Not only with full front-page coverage and denunciation, probably half the newspaper today would be devoted to it. Why the thundering silence?" he said in a statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past, &lt;em&gt;Utusan Malaysia&lt;/em&gt; has come under fire numerous times for carrying articles with a racial slant.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The protest in Shah Alam yesterday was carried out by residents of Section 23 who were upset over the proposal to relocate a Hindu temple to their area. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Meanwhile, Lim said all patriotic Malaysians of goodwill and reason must condemn in the strongest possible terms the cow head sacrilege.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"In other multi-religious societies, such an ultimate act of religious insensitivity, insult and offence to one of the major religions in the country would have led to mayhem, riots and loss of lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"This bespeaks of the high degree of maturity, mutual tolerance, goodwill and co-existence that cool heads had prevailed in the response to such a deplorable act of sacrilege," he added. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lim said in a multi-religious society, the act of sacrilege to one religion must be regarded as an act of sacrilege to all other religions and the entire nation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;He added that the incident should serve as an overarching consensus of all political parties, mass media, NGOs and Malaysians if we cherish and love this nation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="subtitle"&gt;Police rapped for slow response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The DAP leader also commended Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for his quick response in ordering the Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan to take swift action against those responsible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"But why was the police so slow in its response to such a public act of religious sacrilege, when tardiness in dealing with 'national security threats' had never been a weakness of the Royal Malaysian Police Force?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" class="pic-shadow" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="311"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/207/b4c1978a6979729490d560546e8a606e.jpg" width="300" height="176" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"Police intelligence cannot be so obsolete that it is not aware of the act of sacrilege being planned and executed, when the organisers had taken pains to ensure that their protest would get the maximum mass media coverage – reported, photographed and videoed," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With two days to go before Aug 31, Lim said: "The sacrilege must serve as an ominous warning that Najib's first national day celebration as prime minister will go down as a 'Black National Day' if the genie of racism and religious chicanery are allowed to get out of the bottle."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"In plural Malaysia there is not just one genie but many genies threatening to tear apart the multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-cultural fabric of Malaysia," he added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-3191944177740056137?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/3191944177740056137/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/utusan-where-art-thou.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3191944177740056137?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3191944177740056137?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/IvkYrAG5LI0/utusan-where-art-thou.html" title="Utusan, where art thou?" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/utusan-where-art-thou.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUUBRnY7fip7ImA9WxNSFU8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-995349439425815210</id><published>2009-08-29T13:12:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T13:20:57.806+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-29T13:20:57.806+08:00</app:edited><title>Cow Suit</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Shah Alam : 29th August 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reports have been pouring on the suit filed by a group of elite cows at the Shah Alam Bull Court. The case involves a group of highly retarded human beings in a slaughtering of their distinguished member of the Cow Society, a cow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further checks by our reporter have shown that the incident happened after the Friday prayers and apparently it was a holy month for those retarded  human beings. The Bull Court judge, Sir Bull Shit have received the suit and fixed 33th August 2009 for the case trial. Speculation is rise that this case will NOT be swept under the carpet. We repeat, it will NOT be swept under the carpet. However, it is different case if they lost the case file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main point which will be argued is that the brain of cow is too valuable to be used in this incident. Instead, the heads of those protesters should have been used. It is apparent cowardice act that prompted to find the cow head which begs the question why did not slaughter a cobra's head?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, the nation is anticipating a wide coverage on the news. However, due to the inability of the mainstream medias to accommodate this news, only the alternative medias via online have been actively publishing the news feeds. Apparently, the girl who received caning for drinking beer is far more important to them and also about a 1Malaysia thingy which needed alot of promotion as nobody could grasp anything about it. Even the creator needs to be reminded what is the meaning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till then. We will report back on the incident after maybe 45years in the history books. That also in the alternative media owned history books. Cheers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-995349439425815210?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/995349439425815210/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/cow-suit.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/995349439425815210?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/995349439425815210?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/6yv-oN2ojI0/cow-suit.html" title="Cow Suit" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/cow-suit.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0AEQn46cSp7ImA9WxJaEUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-7632337672849145637</id><published>2009-08-02T10:14:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T10:21:43.019+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-02T10:21:43.019+08:00</app:edited><title>Improvising stupidity!</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another rally yesterday. Huge crowd against a well prepared police forces complete with tear gases. Sounded like a crack-down to which begets the question why were the crimes did not attracted such efficient police actions? The police were supposed to protect the citizens. Well, you know we aren't paying them the salary. It is the BN that is paying, so they gotta protect their interest above ours and our nations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good strategist will tell you that never ever use the same tactic on your enemy too often. Because, humans are able to adapt and improvise to the situation. For example, the FRU has been so used to using tear gas on the crowds. Once, twice or thrice might work. But, give it longer time and the people will definitely find a way to overcome this issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the PM or his ministers has really into the 1Malaysia which still remains vague, they would have stopped the mistreatment of the crowds. Heck, if I am a prime minister on the verge of being hated by people, what I would have done is send the FRU to battle with the people on the ground. When it comes to the point when the tear gas is going to be fired, I will come down to the arena and stopped the FRU. Then I can get all the good names. This is politics. The art of deceiving and cheating has to be under the blanket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What the politicians nowadays doing are stupidity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-7632337672849145637?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/7632337672849145637/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/improvising-stupidity.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7632337672849145637?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7632337672849145637?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/cDl7h3ooyok/improvising-stupidity.html" title="Improvising stupidity!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/08/improvising-stupidity.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ck8DRno5eSp7ImA9WxJbFEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-7506025851187329728</id><published>2009-07-24T20:48:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T21:07:57.421+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-24T21:07:57.421+08:00</app:edited><title>Let's Look Back A While....</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;***It is my birthday today. Simply put, I spent it with my loved one and it was fulfilling. I pray to GOD that everyone around me are well, healthy and leads a prosperous life with me. To those good souls who had taken their time off their schedule to wish me, I would like to extend my greatest gratitude to you people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Let's look back at our nation's history. Well, most of it are from our history books, so I am not sure how accurate it is going to be as you know winner writes the history and the loser becomes the villain in the story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;We had Parameswara came to this land to start a kingdom. He did well. It prospered and the effect sip through the rest of the areas. Then, we had some invasions and colonisations. Mostly were because of the stark contrast of the earlier ruler with the current ruler who apparently got too 'syok' with his life and caused the fall of the kingdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;We know for sure that every developments has it's curve. From zero position, it grows exponentially until it reaches a saturation point. And then, it becomes constant for while until the curve starts to go back to zero. Every civilisation has gone through this. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Why am I saying this?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Let's come back to our own context. Our nation, Malaysia was built with such a great hope by our ancestors. I do not wish to separate our ancestors by labelling them according to their religion. Only losers tend to use all sort of means to justify his ends. The nation was built with so much of hardwork and sweats of so many people until recently. The same effect has been striking our leaders, the 'ke-syok-an' or taking things for granted. Recent developments has been so overwhelming for me that I had to stop reading few news portals that I trusted previously.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Everyone is bias in someway. A simple example: A portal that I found to be newsworthy and the author a person to be supported simply made my trust gone fade. When the ruling baton was passed over recently, the intonation and articles written were too obvious. I had thought it would be neutral. Well, what can you expect from people who have gained from the government?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;We have been taught that thoughts are dangerous. Therefore, we shall not think ourselves and let the government preset our ideologies and principles. It really seems to be the way for the past few weeks. It is so disheartening to realize that once famous Malaysia has been resorted to this state. Our ancestors must be crying in their grave for the hope and dreams that they had are now shattered beyond realization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;What went wrong? We had ample warnings and events that could have determined a better government. But, it did not happen. The voters has the option but they lack the will to issue an ultimatum. A natural death in foreign country would have been immediately identified by their experts. But, in Malaysia we need alot of people, energy, effort, time and money to determine alot of things which will never be determined as it should have been. An unfortunate death of a politician's aide has turned into a very ugly situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Everybody wants to take advantage of everything. I believe we are heading towards doom if the government still thinks they can still smother us with their assurances. I am sad that the nation has come to this state. I once was proud to be a Malaysian. I am still. Let's hope we can live up to it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Disclaimer: I am not a politicians or a sympthiser towards any particular political party. As long as anybody develops the nation whilst safeguarding our citizens's needs and the sovereignity of our nation, he or she has my support.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-7506025851187329728?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/7506025851187329728/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/07/let.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7506025851187329728?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7506025851187329728?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/uc9dP_dIYP0/let.html" title="Let's Look Back A While...." /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/07/let.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUENQX87fip7ImA9WxJUFE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-7999664507767135205</id><published>2009-07-13T06:25:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T06:28:10.106+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-13T06:28:10.106+08:00</app:edited><title>Guilt</title><content type="html">Guilt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A feeling that should not be felt,&lt;br /&gt;A feeling that should be avoided,&lt;br /&gt;Mistakes should not be done for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been done,&lt;br /&gt;Restless nights approaches,&lt;br /&gt;Wild imaginations creeps in,&lt;br /&gt;Loneliness becomes dreadful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soul searching will be apt,&lt;br /&gt;Rid the bads,&lt;br /&gt;Grasp the goods,&lt;br /&gt;Live the life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-7999664507767135205?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/7999664507767135205/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/07/guilt.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7999664507767135205?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/7999664507767135205?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/maImH_peXX4/guilt.html" title="Guilt" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/07/guilt.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMFQno_fCp7ImA9WxJVEEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-1556841187423961759</id><published>2009-06-27T18:19:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T18:26:53.444+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-27T18:26:53.444+08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Transsexual" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Transformer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Megan Fox" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="facebook" /><title>Megan Fox Is A Freaking Hot Man!</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I watched Transformers yesterday. Had fun watching the robots fighting and cracking jokes. Not forgetting the scenes of robot trying to have sex with Megan Fox's leg. Talking about Megan Fox, she was freaking hot in the movie with total sultriness. As I was dreaming about her, a friend informed that she was actually a he.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got freaking shocked and could not believe a single word. Tried to argue but I never was a close associate of Megan Fox, I decided to dig around the world wide web. Apparently, Google showed me a number of results when I typed ' Is Megan Fox a Man?'. &lt;a href="http://weeklyworldnews.com/celebs/4783/megan-fox-is-a-man/"&gt;Click here for the site&lt;/a&gt;.  I was devastated. Half of world's male population was gay!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the devastated heart, I posted the sad info in Facebook. Facebook is faster in disseminating information than any other media. Not even RTM and UMNO can handle it. Another friend saw it and told me that apparently this weeklyworldnews is actually a parody of actual news. But, I was not relieved. Throughout the world wide web, there still remains the stories of Megan Fox being a transsexual and aspiring to have Salma Hayek's boobs. Sigh, which is true? Is Megan Fox really a female? Somebody please clear the air.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-1556841187423961759?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/1556841187423961759/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/06/megan-fox-is-freaking-hot-man.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1556841187423961759?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/1556841187423961759?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/HBt_f02xc5Q/megan-fox-is-freaking-hot-man.html" title="Megan Fox Is A Freaking Hot Man!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/06/megan-fox-is-freaking-hot-man.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUEHQ3Y9cSp7ImA9WxJXEUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-6052318688982862987</id><published>2009-06-05T07:14:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:20:32.869+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-05T07:20:32.869+08:00</app:edited><title>Change That Was Not Unsettling.</title><content type="html">It's losing away nowadays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It used to be looking forward to 5.30pm....&lt;br /&gt;Then, it became 5.30pm....&lt;br /&gt;5.35pm, 5.40pm, 5.45pm all came....&lt;br /&gt;Stopped at 6.00pm.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a short while, 6.30pm also showed up....&lt;br /&gt;Intervals became half an hour, so 7.00pm also came....&lt;br /&gt;Now stopped at 7.30pm...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From 5.30pm to 7.30pm,&lt;br /&gt;My off duty time is changed tremendously in ONE year only....&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly, I am not upset. But, glad that extra hours means paperwork clears up faster...&lt;br /&gt;and mind you, extra hours for me doesn't get me paid extra money.:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To gain big, a small sacrifice is needed....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-6052318688982862987?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/6052318688982862987/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/06/change-that-was-not-unsettling.html#comment-form" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/6052318688982862987?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/6052318688982862987?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/M3S0KcbRdrM/change-that-was-not-unsettling.html" title="Change That Was Not Unsettling." /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/06/change-that-was-not-unsettling.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU4EQXo7eip7ImA9WxJSEUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-3739330346053973269</id><published>2009-05-01T12:44:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T12:58:20.402+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-01T12:58:20.402+08:00</app:edited><title>Art of War!</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We should voice out against ministers or lawmakers whether ruling or the opposition who makes the mockery of their office when they do or say anything outrageous or blatant stupidity.  But, most of the whackings or criticisms that is being directly towards them are mostly veiled with self-interest. Take for an example the issue below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the elite policy makers (cabinet) had decreed that religion of the children shall follow of those the parents were during marriage. Interesting as in how the cabinet could usurped the power of our constitution. As much as it may sound, the constitution has stated that religion is of an individual's preferences on their own!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here comes the comments from the people :-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Non-muslim applauded the decision by cabinet and agreed with it.&lt;br /&gt;2) Some Muslim authorities are not happy with the decision and voiced dissatisfaction especially Pas who said BN betrayed Islam.&lt;br /&gt;3) Another group of Non-muslim came about whacking Pas by saying they have showed their true colour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brothers and sisters, come on la. Can't you think straight? The decision by the cabinet had already contained with flaws and you supported it. Those who objected the decision, you go and label them as your enemy and whack them nicely. At times, we have gotta think straight and not only see the issue from our point of view only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You dislike UMNO for defending their race and doing everything for their race only. Then, you went and choose Pakatan Rakyat for their multi-racial goals. And when they actually carry out their duty, you whack them for not siding with your race. Very illogical and sounds very stupid.  Malaysia is not only ruined by politicians but also the people living in it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sun Tze said to destroy an enemy, the best way is from within! We are the living proof of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-3739330346053973269?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/3739330346053973269/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/05/art-of-war.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3739330346053973269?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/3739330346053973269?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/2lljv7IXke4/art-of-war.html" title="Art of War!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/05/art-of-war.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkEDQH09eCp7ImA9WxJTF08.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-5499875456292875300</id><published>2009-04-26T12:24:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T12:37:51.360+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-26T12:37:51.360+08:00</app:edited><title>Octopus or Crocodile?? None..It's your damn stupid brain!</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you ever encountered anybody saying that they are something when in fact they aren't that something? I have seen and gone through with alot of them. Not lately but ever since the earth started to revolve around me. or was it me revolving around the earth? Doesn't matter anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But heck, who is not a hyprocrite? We all are! I am too. But, at least most of us will just keep our bloody mouth shut rite? It doesn't seem so to our Meenachis! Sorry my brother and sisters of non-tamil speakers, Meenachi is a term that most of the Malaysians use to depict Indian Girls in Malaysia. I seriously dunno why even though there are like millions of other names Indian gals have! No wonder, they like to change their name into a sexier one when they moves into limelight, if you get my drift that is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The one sickening hyprocrites that those meenachis (only some few year ago but the numbers escalated to many recently) is like how telling the whole world that they are the best of the best and they view their virginity like National Treasure 3 and which none Pirates of Caribbean could rob it other than the Octopus! Yeah I know I am crapping, just get the drift la! So, and then they find the octopus which in fact is not octopus but a crocodile. In malay language, it is called 'buaya'! And as usual, all the lovey dovey starts and fucking menafucking starts too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, our octopus is not octopus maa..It is in fact a crocodile (buaya as in our national language). So, the buaya also starts looking for other foods la..Which animals keep eating the same food over and over again?? If it is delicious, then ok la. This one is either too raw or too overcooked! Now tell me, why the fuck you acted like a good lady when in fact you are one hell of a bitch? Bikin orang susah saje..You know how difficult it is for the guys to differentiate between good and bad? If we knew you are from a bad category, makes the work easy for us rite? Cut cost maa...Economy not good and prudence in spending is needed..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the reading the crap..My mind is totally distorted now and I feel good after typing this...To my ladies out there, dun get offended by this if you are not this type of gal!  and please don't come after me to argue or fight with me in cyberspace. I am not a good fighter in words from keyboard. Meet me up and we shall fight over this over a jug of Guinness Stout! Cheers baby!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-5499875456292875300?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/5499875456292875300/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/04/octopus-or-crocodile-noneits-your-damn.html#comment-form" title="5 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/5499875456292875300?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/5499875456292875300?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/XOYkF6a5mDA/octopus-or-crocodile-noneits-your-damn.html" title="Octopus or Crocodile?? None..It's your damn stupid brain!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>5</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/04/octopus-or-crocodile-noneits-your-damn.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEAFSX8_eip7ImA9WxVaEUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-4307133183111776382</id><published>2009-04-08T08:56:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T09:05:18.142+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-08T09:05:18.142+08:00</app:edited><title>Good for you BN!</title><content type="html">Life is abit funny, ain' it? Just when you thought you had the world at your disposal, here comes the 'unexpected' defeat for you. It must be sickening to feel that you lost when you have just won! To Bukit Gantang &amp;amp; Bukit Selambau voters, thank you for denying BN the opportunity to win. In my state, we are celebrating for it by having a public holiday (it's Johor Sultan's Birthday anyway).&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, what now to expect? Usually, if BN loses while Pak Lah was steering the wheel, nothing happens because he is toothless. However , knowing that we have new and previous PM together running the election machinery and still lost it, I am guessing some repercussions will land on us. If PR had lost the elections, BN would definitely have stamped " The People Rejected PR" boldly in newspapers. But now, it is merely "BN gotta work harder", "At least we won Batang Ai" etc etc. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nizar won. Yet again. So, Datuk Zambry, apa macam? You admitting that you don't have appeal and support to be the Menteri Besar? In normal democratic states, people will have balls to call for a snap election. But, I guess you somemore don't have the guts since you have lost the two by elections.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It feels good to deny you guys a win. Seriously!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-4307133183111776382?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/4307133183111776382/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/04/good-for-you-bn.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4307133183111776382?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/4307133183111776382?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/eNRIUh3yTZM/good-for-you-bn.html" title="Good for you BN!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/04/good-for-you-bn.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcESHg7eCp7ImA9WxVbE00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-8614146404469472415</id><published>2009-03-29T12:33:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T12:46:49.600+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-29T12:46:49.600+08:00</app:edited><title>Earth Hour Gone. Malaysia Hour When?</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It feels good to finally type something here, doesn't it? It is not that I was being lazy although it maybe the reason after tiring workdays. Nowadays, saturdays aren't saturdays anymore for me. It is normal working days for the moment till the project is smoothly into the implementation period. Not that I am whining, but to gain something, something else need to be sacrificed and I am glad that I am gaining something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yesterday, we had Earth Hour. Everybody talked about it regarding supporting it. Well, we should support the global warming prevention objectives whole year round. Not only for one hour in a year and making a big fuss about it. Basically, we are just a bunch of hypocrites laying around to show to other people that we are so caring. Bollocks! Anyway, I do have to appreciate the others about the effort done purely out of love for environment. As for me, I slept 7.30pm and only woke up in the morning. Lights were off, but aircond &amp;amp; ceiling fan were switched on. Am I an Earth person then? Shall leave it to you all to judge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Speaking about Earth Hour, we should have Malaysia Hour. Maybe we can switch off all the media i.e. TV, Internet, Phone, Newspapers and etc when the new President of UMNO takes oath as PM of our nation. THAT moment is really a dark hour of our nation and we should mourn the moment. Look at the itchy SOBs who said about preserving one particular race and the other races should keep quiet while being oppressed politically and economically. Can you see the funny thing in it? ONE RACE blackmailing/threatening many other RACES. Singular against Plural. It doesn't go into my logical sense nor does it make any rational impression with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am not against any races but let's just be humans and strive for everybody, will us? Those few people who spoke out aren't really concerned about their races. They just want some political positions and then earning bucks from it. Who doesn't know about their mentality? It was a week full of clowns in the media with the final clown moments when The Past, Present, Future PMs held their hands up in the air showing signs of co-operation. I have no say!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-8614146404469472415?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/8614146404469472415/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/03/earth-hour-gone-malaysia-hour-when.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8614146404469472415?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/8614146404469472415?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/IX4zWnnWihg/earth-hour-gone-malaysia-hour-when.html" title="Earth Hour Gone. Malaysia Hour When?" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/03/earth-hour-gone-malaysia-hour-when.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0ANSXk4eyp7ImA9WxVUEU4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572121349263595771.post-9175252509988285788</id><published>2009-03-15T23:29:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T23:43:18.733+08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-15T23:43:18.733+08:00</app:edited><title>FARK La!</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A good governance does not mean being the government forever. It is instead bringing some vital fresh changes in policies that helps the citizens in the long run. We used to have it in previous governances but now......it seems frailing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The talks of changing the language used in science and mathematics from English to Malay is abit embarassing not to say stupid. Who on earth will resort to such idiotic policies just to gain some political mileags and well satisfy those nationalist who said their language is the best? Come one man, we respect everybody's language but that doesn't mean we gotta use it for each and everything aspect of life? Can you force the animals to use that language since it's our national language?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If the dog keeps barking and not uttering the language, will you arrest it under ISA? No rite? When do common sense will prevail among yourselves? You all like to compare the issue with Japan and Germany for they use their own language for their education. Brudders and sisters, they are far more bloody advanced than us and comparing them with Malaysia is like comparing durian and your ass! Oh wait, it looks the same. It's like comparing durian and orange.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am already damn bloody pissed off with the politics. Don't ruin the already ruined education system just to win elections la. Those who crafts the policies will send their children to overseas and we normal people will end up in screwed up system and in the end when we never gets employed, it is again our damn bloody problem again. Fark la!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Hey, i said FARK la!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2572121349263595771-9175252509988285788?l=www.vivekmuniappan.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/feeds/9175252509988285788/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/03/fark-la.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/9175252509988285788?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2572121349263595771/posts/default/9175252509988285788?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VivekMuniappan/~3/5bsPDzPL2oE/fark-la.html" title="FARK La!" /><author><name>v I v E k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06784427906185913240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="02776591800234713541" /></author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.vivekmuniappan.com/2009/03/fark-la.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>

