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Picture of the day

2009-04-05T05:31:00.003+08:00

Jenson Button scores a second formula one pole position at Sepang F1 Malaysian grand prix yesterday.

April Fool virus

2009-04-02T12:57:00.004+08:00

April 1st comes and goes, thus far no harms done to my computer. Anyway just for precaution the computer was shutdown for the whole day yesterday.

Would changing the computer's date fool the virus?

And the news title from AFP

Conficker worm plays no tricks on April Fools' Day

When I want to sign in my yahoo mail, on the left hand side of the sign in box there was a link to download Internet Explorer 8. Yahoo mail works better with IE8 said yahoo. After giving some thought I decided to download IE8. Then starts my 2 hour journey around this creature IE8, for this browser got annoying yahoo toolbar at the top. Later I discovered that I can't type in my sign in name on the yahoo sign in box. So with gmail and any other boxes in the website that I tried too. Though I have removed this new IE8 through the add/remove programs function still the IE8 browser is not removed.

In the end I resorted to install IE8 from firefox browser direct from micrsoft.com website.This time this is not a windows internet explorer provided by yahoo. It works. Still it's a journey with anxiety and time wasted. From the wikipedia I learned that IE8 is very new browser though the beta version has been around for some times. There is still another annoying this I have to live with it for quite awhile. It seems that the IE8 is not friendly with some of the add-ons that I have inside my computer.

cheers

2009-03-12T17:27:00.003+08:00

Quote for today.

After waiting more than three decades for his moment to lead the nation, Najib Razak is taking over “without the burden of overly high expectations,” as one report put it, but burdened on almost every other score.

malaysia today

My Mouse

2009-03-03T17:33:00.004+08:00

Dell is malfunction so logitech comes to the rescue. Only just a few months and you refuse to work well it's time to get a third one.
Another logitech. !

A Fandi Ahmad Fan

2009-02-27T19:05:00.004+08:00

Fandi Ahmad with his wife, Wendy Jacobs and their 5 children. (Year 2008)
Irfan, 11, Ikhsan, nine, Iman, eight, Ilhan, six, and the latest addition, cherubic Iryan, two

Fandi Ahmad's wedding - Fandi Ahmad with his wife Nur Sarah Abdullah (formerly Wendy Jacobs). Year 1996

from asiaone

He and his family is now in Lebak Bulus Indah, South Jakarta, Indonesia working as a football coach with Pelita Jaya. Pelita Jaya is based in Jakarta but the home ground is actually in Bandung, two hours away by car.

Australia wildfires

2009-02-09T16:24:00.004+08:00

Australia wildfires, or firestorm.
The picture from Sydney Morning Herald speaks a thousand words.

Fuel.
The third and only controllable factor in this deadly triangle is fuel: the dead leaves, pieces of bark and grass that become the gas that feeds the 50m high flames that roar through the bush with the sound of jet engines.
David Packham, The Australian.

10 biggest malls

2009-02-07T22:41:00.002+08:00

Here are the world's 10 biggest malls by interior floor space for leasing:

1. South China Mall , Dongguan, China - 660,000 sq-m
2. Golden Resources Shopping Mall, Beijing, China - 560,000 sq-m
3. SM City Edsa North, Manila, Philippines - 425,000 sq-m
4. Mall of Asia, Manila, Philippines - 386,000 sq-m
5. Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 350,000 sq-m
6. West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada - 350,000 sq-m
7. Cevahir Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - 348,000 sq-m
8. SM Megamall, Manila, Philippines - 332,000 sq-m
9. Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 320,000 sq-m
10. Beijing Mall, Beijing, China - 320,000 sq-m

Tahun Baru 2009

2009-01-01T21:08:00.002+08:00

Selamat Tahun Baru 2009

50 Best Websites 2008

2008-09-20T22:31:00.001+08:00

From Time Magazine.

50 Best Websites in 2008.

Lee Chong Wei

2008-08-18T07:35:00.000+08:00

When I checked through Olympic website I could not believe that you were trailing 4 to 17 in the second set. The first set went to Lin Dan. You know the whole country has been willing for you to bring back the gold. I could not watch it on TV. My TV due to irresponsible maintenance company could not get proper TV reception. The centralised antena has not been fixed for close to 2 years.

Anyway well done for the efforts. Keep on fighting.

Result 21-12,21-8 41' to Lin Dan.

New four-car LRT

2008-06-15T02:13:00.001+08:00

New four-car LRT as announced in the Star.

When there is no power

2008-06-07T21:33:00.005+08:00

When there is no power a candle light brighten the day.

anh cu hen

2008-05-31T04:15:00.005+08:00

I do not know the meaning of the words above but this one is a vietnamese video clip.

another entertaining video,
tinh ca nguoi di bo

On a different note mixed martial arts(MMA), the fast-growing, full-combat sport that combines elements of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jujitsu and other disciplines is getting into prime time spot on TV.

Below Kevin Ferguson, a.k.a. by the stage name of Kimbo Slice in action.

and the link to one of the video clip on you tube of which the content is violent.

Let's swing

2008-05-24T19:05:00.000+08:00

Malaysia's Richest

2008-05-24T13:22:00.004+08:00

Forbes Malaysia's top 40 richest

Rank Name Net Worth ($MIL) Age

1 Robert Kuok 10.00 84
2 Ananda Krishnan 7.20 70
3 Lee Shin Cheng 5.50 69
4 Teh Hong Piow 3.50 78
5 Lee Kim Hua & family 3.40 79
6 Quek Leng Chan 2.40 67
7 Yeoh Tiong Lay & family 2.10 78
8 Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary 1.80 56
9 Vincent Tan 1.30 56
10 Tiong Hiew King 1.10 78
11 Azman Hashim 0.70 68
12 William H. J. Cheng 0.66 65
13 Lee Swee Eng 0.50 52
14 Ong Beng Seng 0.47 63
15 Lim Kok Thay 0.35 56
16 Vinod Sekhar 0.32 40
17 Lee Oi Hian 0.30 57
18 Yaw Teck Seng 0.30 70
19 Anthony Fernandes 0.29 44
20 Mokhzani Mahathir 0.29 47

21 Kamarudin Meranun 0.28 47
22 Jeffrey Cheah 0.28 63
23 Lee Hau Hian 0.25 55
24 Chong Chook Yew 0.25 86
25 Yaw Chee Ming 0.24 49
26 G. Gnanalingam 0.23 63
27 Lim Wee Chai 0.20 50
28 Kua Sian Kooi 0.20 55
29 Lau Cho Kun 0.19 72
30 Abdul Hamed Sepawi 0.18 58
31 David Law Tien Seng 0.17 NA
32 Tiah Thee Kian 0.16 61
33 Liew Kee Sin 0.16 50
34 Ahmayuddin bin Ahmad 0.16 51
35 Eleena Azlan Shah 0.15 48
36 Lin Yun Ling 0.15 53
37 Ong Leong Huat 0.13 64
38 Lim Thian Kiat 0.12 50
39 Khoo Kay Peng 0.11 69
40 Nazir Razak 0.10 41

today's rate RM3.243 = USD1 selling TT/OD

The tree the green

2008-05-01T16:01:00.004+08:00

All this while I would have thought KL would have been a barren place due to the land clearing these past few years. The news that I heard about such development of the KL Side of Bukit Gasing, the news today about flash flood at Concorde Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, flash flood at Jalan Traverse Bangsar, even with the completion of SMART tunnel. But the journey today by train (I wondered why RM2.00 was deducted from my T & G card when the fare should be RM1.50) there are still a lot of green between KL station and Bank Negara though there are two spots where the land has been cleared for development. One is still new and the other has been turned into car park. Along the Jalan Mahameru road under the pedestrian bridge linking the bank negara station to Star LRT a line of trees occupied the road divider.

On the hindsight, if i bring along my camera there would be some nice photos that I would like to share. But the plan for this May day holiday was for a short trip to KL specifically at the SOGO side and for a short window shopping and some refreshment. Well the office tower which was originally constructed for BCB bank is now 90% completed and the Jalan Esfahan is now a no go zone as basement carpark construction is now ongoing.

There is now at the 5th floor or 6th floor of the SOGO shopping complex a foodcourt. After a short deliberation I headed for Secret Recipe. I asked for the Carribean fish fillet and milkshake espresso. That set me back RM29.90 inclusive of 15% service charges and GST. Hah that slice of fish cost RM17.00. And it came only with lettuce. But it tasted great whilst HOT.

A peek to Pertama Complex reveals that it has now turned into handphone bazaar. I did not find the phone collection enticing. The design not sleek, the colour look jaded or perhaps it's more like recond or second hand phone. This brought me to the sleek LCD TV that I saw at SOGO, i.e the 32 inch SONY Bravia at the price of RM2,999.00. How nice to have one and watch James Bond, (Daniel Craig) chasing the bad guy at the construction site.

The medan makan MARA besides the MARA tower has been fenced off and there is now constructing a 30 storey tower. Oh yes I remembered there was also about a three storey building at the site and now it's gone. So are the trees. Also noticed the change to the left hand side of the formerly know Odeon cinema. There are now more eating place all around SOGO and Pertama complex. The crowd too ... And the occupants of the car coming too they are all ...

The Bank Negara railway station is now sleek and modern, though the entrance is narrow with no signboard. Would like it more if it's air conditioned, hah ha. In the news today DBKL mentioned that they are planning to plant 60,000 trees by end of this year. I have seen enough of rampant trees cutting to see how this would make a difference and I hope I would not care about it too much. I would be heading south.

Burj Dubai

2008-04-30T14:31:00.003+08:00

Burj Dubai, the next pretender to the world tallest building.

Next time it will be 4 million

2008-04-17T01:01:00.005+08:00

Again, a new minister come and a new pledge for zero dependence on foreign workers. Last time it was one million of them illegal workers in this country. A campaign was launched to repatriate them. Then it turned cold. Now there are 3 million of them. Very soon it will be 4 million. Campaign or no campaign.

Pavarotti Lip - Synched Last Performance

2008-04-08T07:47:00.003+08:00

This is news to me. It happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics Winter Games. This is because Pavarotti was suffering from sharp pains months before being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was using a wheelchair. No one was aware of the technical tricks.

This was reveal by the conductor, Leone Magiera in a book.

Luciano Pavarotti died in September 2007. He was 71.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

2008-04-06T01:38:00.002+08:00

Yunupingu is being hailed by critics in Australia and overseas as a star in the making. But the singer from Elcho Island in northeast Arnhem Land, who has been blind since birth, isn't craving fame.

Gurrumul Promotional Video 2008

I Was Born Blind

Blogger

2008-04-03T11:58:00.006+08:00

I have now fully upgrade this blog to a new template. It was in Nov 2006 that I partially upgraded this blog to new blogger. After more than a year blogger has added more features inside the template layout thus I was able to retain more or less the old look.

1 sen rounding up too soon

2008-03-25T22:24:00.003+08:00

99 sen plus RM1.39 should equal RM2.38. Then why I had to pay RM2.40 ....I was wondering.

Alright Carrefour has started the rounding adjustments. But I thought the implementation will start on the 1st April. So this should be the case that the rounding up came too soon.

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

2008-02-05T08:00:00.000+08:00

RM100.00 note

2008-01-13T12:12:00.000+08:00

The RM100.00 note that I have been keeping and secreted inside a book for so long. Something happened this morning and with no loose change in my pocket I have to part company with this bill ... with heavy hearts.

Bye bye !

Selamat Tahun Baru 2008

2007-12-31T23:31:00.000+08:00