Iron Man

Last night I went to cinema. Guess what I watch? [ignore the title lah!] It was Iron Man. Watched the show at 9.55pm at Queensbay Mall [as usual I went there early to read some books at Borders and this time I read Bond for Dummies hehe].

Here is the movie plot :

During a business trip to Afghanistan to demonstrate Stark Industries' new weapon, the "Jericho missile" cluster bomb [it was so cool... I was astonish!], Tony Stark's convoy is attacked and he is kidnapped by the terrorist group Ten Rings, who order him to build a Jericho missile for them. Instead, he and fellow captive Dr. Yinsen secretly build a crude but strong power armor fueled by a miniature "arc reactor", a smaller version of a fictional power source previously invented by Stark. The arc reactor supplies energy to an electromagnet which prevents embedded shrapnel from reaching Stark's heart, which would kill him [I'm confuse with this part, was there any metal piece in his body still? And it should came from the metal protection he wore on his body right? Not the bullet? Urgh.. confusing]. Dr. Yinsen is killed in the ensuing escape attempt when he stalls the guards to buy Stark enough time to power the suit [watery eyes when he mentioned about his family and he wanted to see them for so long]. Using the built-in weapons in his suit, Stark defeats several terrorists, destroys their weapons stockpile, and escapes, though his suit is destroyed as he crashlands in the desert [in my heart I shouted "yeah! kick their ass hard!]. Upon being picked up by the Air Force and returning to the United States, Stark declares that his company will no longer manufacture weapons. His business partner, Obadiah Stane [the fucking betrayer!], tells him that this move is blocked by the board members shortly after.

During his self-imposed sabbatical from public life, Stark tinkers with the design of his power suit, slimming it down and refining its flight capability. He also builds a more powerful and reliable mini-arc reactor to power both his pacemaker and the suit. During his first public appearance since his announcement, he is shown pictures of Stark Industries weapons in the hands of terrorist groups, including the Jericho missiles he refused to build for them. He also discovers that Stane has been supplying weapons to both the U.S. troops and the terrorists, as well as being the one to shut Stark out of the board while he recovers. Faced with the realization of what his company has done, Stark dons the power suit and flies to Afghanistan, rescuing Yinsen's village from the Ten Rings [it was sad to think about this Gumira Village -- it remind you about Yinsen and love how Iron Man killed the bastards!]. In destroying their weapon stockpiles, he accidentally draws the attention of the United States Air Force and his friend and company military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, who handles USAF weapons development.

Determined to make amends for his mistakes, Stark sends his assistant Pepper Potts to find the shipping records of Stark Industries, so he can track down the illicit shipments and destroy them. While hacking into the system she discovers that it was Stane who hired the Ten Rings to kill Stark, but they had reneged on the deal when they realized who the target was. She also discovers that Stane has recovered the power suit prototype and has reverse engineered his own version. Stane, upon realizing Pepper's discovery, steals Stark's arc reactor from his chest to power his new suit, leaving Stark for dead. Using his first reactor, which was not designed to power his latest armor [no wonder the power just left little % and couldn't last for long], Stark does battle with Stane atop Stark Industries and the surrounding streets, defeating him when the full-sized arc reactor that powers the lab is deliberately overloaded under Stark's instruction by Potts. Stark manages to escape in time when his reactor almost fails completely, but reactivates. Afterwards, Stark holds a press conference where his government contacts expect him to state that the armor was piloted by an unidentified "bodyguard" (his cover story in many of the comics). However, he instead makes his identity as Iron Man public. After the credits, Nick Fury visits Stark to inform him of the Avenger Initiative [eh how come I missed this Nick Fury visit part??].

How sweet?

Isn't she lovely?

Remember Robert Downey Jr. used a nice car in this movie? I wonder what Audi was that. Here are some pictures of the car [got it from Reza] :


Oh btw, I want to share something with you... [I wondered last night why the actor's face looks familiar to me] :



Lol. Now I understand why.

So, overall it was a very good movie. You know I love super hero a lot since I was a little kid. Next should be The Incredible Hulk... the best part is Hulk will fight with a same size monster! Yesh baby...

Psychopath Test

Read this question, come up with an answer and
then scroll down to the bottom for the result.
This is not a trick question.
It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she
did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be
her dream guy so much, that she fell in
love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could
not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

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She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you
answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test
by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same
mentality as a killer.

Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the
question correctly.

If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.

If you got the answer correct, please let me know ...

Japanese Name Tag

I was tagged by Mangosteen.

For the instructions, add your name on the list and simply spell out your name using the given Japanese letter- translations below. Tag six of your friends and inform them of the tag. Have fun.

TRANSLATION:
A - ka -----G - ji -----M - rin -----S - ari----- Y - fu
B - tu -----H - ri -----N - to ------T - chi -----Z - zi
C - mi----- I - ki -----O - mo -----U - do
D - te----- J - zu -----P - no ------V - ru
E - ku-----K - me ----Q - ke ------W - mei
F - lu-----L - ta ------R - shi ------X - na
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1. OSWALD - moarimeikatate (sounds like american and states har….har…har…)
2. JUNELLE - zudotokutataku (Thank God I’m a Filipino! sounds like sadako. nyay! hehehe)
3. JACQUELINE - zukamikedokutakitoku (Ayay!! Unsaman ni perti mang taasa..wa ko kasabot nyahahaha)
4. LIRA LUZ - takishika taduzi ( sounds like a title of an anime show) it’s cute!
5. NOVA JOY - tomoruka zumofu [nakakaluka, ano bang sounds ito? parang ang bantot naman…]
6. LERMA - takushirinka (I’ll use this name if I’m in Japan!)
7. BREGIE -tushikujikiku (Wah….ang sagwa hehehehe)
8. SHENG - AriRiKuToJi (forget it! LOL!!!)
9. LYNN - TaFuToTo (Hahaha! It sounds like… Are we thinking the same thing? Hahaha!)
10. GOJI - Jimozuki ( hmmm ano ito? parang true Japanese name nga…)
11. DARLYN - Tekashitafuto (maganda sana kung dar nlng name ko kc tekashi lng.... surname na cgro ung tafuto parang pagkain na yan puto...)
12. MARYLYKA - RinkashifuTafumeka (Hahaha! So disgusting. I don't even know to uttered the word...waaaaa!)
13. MANGOSTEENSKIN - Rinkatojimo Arichikukuto Arimekito (Haha! sounds like somebody's mumbling nonsense) "......Fujimori tu dari mexico?!" Bila pula aku kata macam tu? Aku bagitau nama akulah! Haha!
14. FAISAL - Lukaki Arikata [Lu kaki? Damn... it sounds silly :O)]

To all my blogger friends [sorry for not listing the whole list since it will drag the post for a whole page]you have been tagged! Lol.

Government asked to curb Bloggers

(Bernama) -- The government has to find ways to curtail bloggers from abusing the Internet to spread lies and defame the leaders, said Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob (BN-Bera).

"We notice that a lot of bloggers have been sowing the seeds of discord among the races, religions... I believe there must be a limit," he said in a debate on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat here today.

He felt that there ought to be a law governing bloggers like those imposed on the print and broadcast media.

"The people believe more in the bloggers than the newspapers... I am aware that a newspaper was censured by the Internal Security Ministry for publishing a sensational story but the bloggers could continue churning out malicious stories," he said.

Ismail Sabri also proposed the promulgation of an aerospace policy and law like those of the United Kingdom, Russia, United States and South Africa to protect the government and industry.

"From what I understand, although microsatellites were launched by the private sector, if there were a mishap, the government has to bear the consequences as the application was made by the government," he said.

Datuk Hasni Mohamed (BN-Pontian) felt that cable television network Astro should come under the purview of the Broadcasting Act 1998 under the ambit of the Information Ministry and not under the Energy, Water and Communications Ministry.

He said this was to ensure that Astro would adhere to local values, culture and needs.

The sitting resumes on Monday.

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I got this article here. Kinda upset with government regarding blogger-bashing matter. Instead of newspapers and TV... we need some materials like opposition's websites, blogs and newspapers too -- so we can listen to both parties. Then, we make our own conclusion. It's based on our own opinion from what we see and hear. I guess there is no such thing as freedom of speech in Malaysia.

God bless.

Malaysian blogger faces jail for sedition

I've watched about this on TV and read on newspapers, websites and blogs. I dare not to comment regarding this issue as I don't think we bloggers are safe enough to talk about politics. This isn't fair tho but that is only my immature opinion [I suppose?]. So, here I want to share some articles/news which I read online. Poor Raja Petra Kamarudin...

I got this article from here.

Malaysian blogger faces jail for sedition

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A prominent Malaysian blogger was charged Tuesday with sedition for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the sensational killing of a young Mongolian woman.

Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin, who has not denied that he linked Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak to the slaying, pleaded innocent to the charge, telling reporters that he should have the right to hold the powerful accountable for wrongdoing.

He was taken to prison after he refused to post bail. The court set the trial for October 6. If convicted, he faces up to three years in jail.

"I am not posting bail. See you guys in October," Raja Petra told supporters before police took him away. "I will be out for Christmas. Don't worry."

Dozens of opposition members and bloggers gathered to show support for Raja Petra outside the Kuala Lumpur court where he was charged.

"This is an attempt to clamp down on all sorts of freedom," said Nurul Izzah Anwar, an opposition member of Parliament and daughter of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

The sedition charge stems from an April 25 article that Raja Petra posted on his popular Web site Malaysia Today.

The article allegedly implies that Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were involved in the 2006 killing in Malaysia of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year-old Mongolian interpreter.

Abdul Razak Baginda, a close associate of Najib, is charged with abetting the murder. Two policemen have been accused of killing her and destroying her body with explosives in a jungle clearing. The trial of the three men began in June 2007 and is under way.

The prosecution contends that Abdul Razak had the woman killed because she pestered him for money after he ended their affair.

Prosecutors said Raja Petra "published a seditious article, which contains seditious sentences," including allegations that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is covering up evidence implicating Najib in the killing.

Raja Petra said he was not worried by the sedition charge and suggested he had evidence against the leaders.

"I am happy. We bloggers have declared war on the government. We are not scared of the government. The government should be scared of us," he told reporters.

"Is it seditious to influence people against corrupt leaders? There is nothing seditious," he said. "Do you think I do not have evidence?"

Some of Malaysia's most popular blogs offer strongly anti-government commentaries and present themselves as a substitute for mainstream media, which are controlled by political parties or closely linked to them

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This one is from here.

Raja Petra refuses bail, stages hunger strike
Charles Ramendran and Maria J.Dass

PETALING JAYA (May 7, 2008): Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, the webmaster of malaysia-today.net who was charged with sedition yesterday for news content in his website has refused bail.

In an act of defiance against the charges, Raja Petra has gone on a hunger strike in the Sungai Buloh prison where he is being held and has refused to meet anyone, including his wife Marina Lee Abdullah.

"He won't listen to anyone of us and I am so worried for his health. Except for a drink of water just before being charged in court on Tuesday, he has not eaten or drank anything since. He has kidney problems and I don't think he can take this hunger strike if he goes on for days like this," said Marina when contacted by theSun today.

She said Raja Petra developed kidney ailments when he went on a five-day hunger strike during his detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 2000.

"My husband's lawyers and I had tried to post bail early today (yesterday) to free Raja Petra but he had not just refused bail but also declined to see any of them.

"I believe my husband is doing this as he feels he has been unfairly judged and persecuted. He is angry, just as how everyone else is with what has happened and I know he will only stop this strike when they release him. I can only pray for his health for now, I hope everyone will do so too," said Marina.

Raja Petra is charged under the Sedition Act for an article in his website titled "Lets send the Altantuya murderers to hell" just days after he was called up by police for questioning.

During the questioning session by police officers in the federal police commercial crimes department on Saturday, the blogger who is known for his fiery and no-holds barred comments and write-ups refused to answer any of the questions put to him.

According to Puchong MP and lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, Raja Petra himself has to agree to posting bail to walk out of Sungai Buloh prison.

"Someone can post the money, but only Raja Petra can post bail," said Gobind, who declined to comment on Raja Petra's current situation.

Civil society groups yesterday urged the government to reconsider its use of the Sedition Act to pursue charges aginst blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin.

In a press statement, the Center for Policy Initiatives (CPI), National Alliance of Bloggers, Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI), Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the KL and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall said: "In our view the sedition charge is malicious and without merit."

They added that it is also politically motivated and aimed at silencing a principled and uncompromising voice speaking against the abuse of power, including those stemming from the highest level of government and authority.

The group said the Sedition Act, enacted by the British colonial government, should have no place in a democratic society as unlike the law on defamation, one cannot defend oneself form a charge.

"In other words messengers may be shot for simply uttering the truth," said the group.

That the state is using its legal apparatus to charge Raja Petra with sedition instead of the aggrieved party resorting to civil defamation points to a need for thorough reform of our media laws, a demand consistently raised by civil society and progressive political parties.

The group said this action of the government coming just a few days after World Press Freedom Day on Saturday makes a mockery of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s expression of commitment to democratic and social reforms to promote a more open and transparent government.

The groups said the charge against Raja Petra is in connection with a post in his blog titled "Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell" in which he raised pertinent questions on various facts of the case that are already within the domain of public knowledge.

Editor of Malaysia Today news portal and blog Raja Petra Kamarudin was charged in a Petaling Jaya sessions court with sedition in connection with the article which he wrote and posted at www.malaysia-today.net on April 25, 2008.

"This action not only runs counter to the government's expressed promotion of a democratic, informed and participatory society, it also smacks of a renewal of the tactics of fear and intimidation which were recently resoundingly rejected by the Malaysian electorate," the statement said.

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I got this from here.

Raja Petra to be freed
Charles Ramendran and Tan Yi Liang

PETALING JAYA (May 8, 2008): malaysia-today.net's webmaster Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, who refused bail on a sedition charge and went on a hunger strike in Sungai Buloh prison, has agreed to post bail after being persuaded by his wife today.

However, due to the fact that he only decided past noon, the 58-year-old blogger had to be held until tomorrow and is expected to be produced in the Petaling Jaya sessions court for his release.

In a sessions court here, Raja Petra's lawyer J. Chandra, who was with the blogger's wife, Marina Lee Abdullah, said the court had to follow procedures when releasing an accused under remand.

It is learnt that bail for those held is usually posted in the early hours of the day to enable police to produce the accused before noon.

"We tried to get him out by today but the judge chose to follow procedures and did not want to make an exception for him," said Chandra.

Marina had met with her husband in prison early today for about 10 minutes. She was relieved when he agreed to come home and end the hunger strike.

"Probably the note I left him on Wednesday in the prison helped a bit. All my note said was 'I want you home'. He was fine although he looked down due to a backache. He also told me he had something to eat and drink," she said.

Raja Petra is expected to be brought to court at 9.45am tomorrow after she posted bail of RM5,000.

Marina said although the online fund raiser for her husband's bail was closed several hours after it was open on Tuesday (May 6), it continued to swell and currently stands at more than RM44,000. On the first day, RM34,000 was collected from supporters of the controversial blogger known for his fiery and no-holds barred comments and articles.

She said although Raja Petra would decide what to do with the remainder of the money, she suggests the fund could be used to help bloggers in a similar situation.

"There is another blogger who is being charged, and posted bail of RM3,000. The general consensus is that we should keep the money for other bloggers who get into trouble like this," she said, adding that they would put it to an online vote.

Have you seen a Chief Minister sit in Economy Class?

Note : This is not from me. I found this post here.

As Ning and I were lining up to board our flight to Penang on Wednesday afternoon, I spotted a familiar face standing in front of us in the queue. So I whispered to Ning.

Me: Look in front of us. It's Guan Eng.

Ning: Who?

Me: YAB Mr. Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang.

Ning: No lah.

Me: Yes lah! I know how he looks lah. It's the CM lah.

Ning: Takkan CM jalan sorang sorang. If he's the CM, where's the bodyguards and the officers and the rombongan and kaum kerabat?

Me: Tak percaya? Watch and learn.

So I walked up to Yang Amat Berhormat, introduced myself and asked to take a picture. He smiled and obliged.

YAB CM: Hey, I know you! You're Ning Baizura!

Ning: YAB Lim, good afternoon.

YAB CM: Come, come, we take a picture. Vernon, here's my card. Email me the pictures OK.

Me: Definitely, sir.

Ambik kau. CM pun peminat katanya!



Ning and I really felt honoured. But we felt more surprised that the Chief Minister of a state was travelling all by himself like any normal rakyat jelata. But the biggest surprise in store for us was yet to come.

As usual, we sat in First Class. I expected the CM to be seated somewhere in front of us but then I realised he wasn't in First Class. Where did he disappear to???

I popped my head round the curtain that veils First Class and Economy Class and guess who I saw sitting in the front row seat of Economy quietly reading the newspapers?



YAB Mr. Lim, you have my deepest respect. You have made history by being the first Chief Minister in this country to sit in Economy Class whilst in office as Chief Minister. You really mean what you say when you talk about cost-cutting. Sir, you have shown me leadership by example.

Of course I asked permission to take his picture sitting in Economy and he laughed. And I said I'd blogged about it and he laughed some more, and gave permission. Ketua Menteri yang berjiwa rakyat.

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I really salute Lim Guan Eng's attitude.

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8 Random Facts About Yours Truly

I've been tagged by Rozella to let you know about 8 random facts about me. So here are the uber interesting stuff that I know you are so dying to find out about:

1. I'm not a bookworm but I read a lot of finance, self-help, business, epic and fantasy books.

2. I love magical and super power movies and this include all Super Heroes.

3. I am addicted to computer. I can't live without it.

4. Love Masak Lemak Cili Api Ketam!

5. My lucky number should be 3? Since my family's lucky number is 3 too.

6. I hate lizards.

7. I love computer related works but now stuck at administration works!

8. I hate tagging but do it for friendship's sake =p

I'm tagging the girls for this one, so Ej, Dayah, Ann, Ili, Fara, Farah Deen, Shu, Shemah and Tammy - you're it!

my pictures gone?

Damn. A word that came out from my mouth as soon as I realize that those pictures I attached with World Music Festival are gone.

When I viewed help desk topics, there are many questions regarding this matter. Urgh! I just can't believe it.

The weird thing is some peoples/bloggers/readers/friends can see them, but some don't.

To upload them again is just a waste of time since I have deleted them from my laptop. No, I won't upload it anymore. This isn't the first time it happen to me, it happen few times before too. But fortunately they were back in the post. I'm not sure about this one.

Hopefully everything is back to normal. Enough said.

world music festival 2008

Since I was so busy these few days... so, I didn't have much time for blogging. Not even time for buying my broken belt. Gees!

Ok, lets go back to the topic. I went to the World Music Festival 2008. The venue was at the Botanic Garden, Penang for 3 days which was on May 2, 3 & 4. Ticket price was RM50 for adult and RM20 for children. Its classy... so the price was reasonable.

The banner

The 1st day was on Friday. I was worry that we would be stuck in the traffic jam. Penangite knows that its always a bad traffic on Friday since people are going back to their hometown, yeah... we have 2 days off for Saturday and Sunday. Everybody driving their car and end up traffic jam on the bridge and jetty. Even though I don't nag, mumble or whine... still I don't have a smile on my face every Friday. Thanks God that I've changed my working schedule to 7.30am - 4.30pm. Which most people going back at 5pm! Lucky me... Ok enough crap. Mom, my 2 sisters and a sister friend want to join the music festival. Sisters went to facial salon and hair salon, end up I couldn't go back early like usual. I fetch them around 5pm. Again, thanks to God... it wasn't that bad for the traffic. Reached home, we rushed to shower and got ourselves ready as soon as possible. We need to run from the bad traffic again which people from the factories were going back to town... its weird right... when people who lives in southern work in northern and it happen otherwise to people who lives in northern. Most Penangite having this problem tho... We reached there around 7pm. There were few car parks there, marked with A, B, C & D. After we parked the car, the organizer leaded us to the shuttle van. Oh it was so convenience! Managed to buy some mineral waters and we got in. Everybody were tagged by a green wrist band at the entrance after you pass the ticket to them for approval.

We walked happily till in front of the stage. We chose the left side of the field for our seats. There were no chairs... just field, ground, soil, green grass... I guess they wanted to keep it green and nature environment? We didn't mind, not at all =) The opening was awesome by Dya Singh. Made us applause loud and screaming! They have 2 stages -- they started with the left stage and they prepared the right stage for the 2nd band, and they repeated the same thing over and over. So, for those sat in the middle were lucky! The whole night was fantastic. My family had a lot of fun. We even danced, moved our body together and teased each other. Enjoyed watching others with their style of dancing too... Not to mention the bands! They were absolutely fabulous and could attract the crowd! Around 10pm we were starving. I went to pee and bought them some pizzas by Pizza Hut. It ended around 12 midnight. We used the shuttle van again to the car park. It was well organized because even tho there were so many peoples, they managed to keep us calm and not clumsy at all. Oh btw, I saw my blogger friend Riz there as well. We were suppose to meet, he left his cell phone in my email and I wrote them down on a piece of paper but misplaced. My fault... Sorry Riz... now I got your number on my cell phone, I swear =)

The green wrist band

My family

The opening -- Dya Singh

From Denmark -- my 3rd choice

From Reunion Islands -- My 4th choice. They have great instruments and songs

People were having fun...

Nigeria dance that caught our eyes

Ok, the 2nd day. I went there with another blogger friend Apom. So, this time I knew how this music festival goes, so I prepared myself with some mineral waters and pizzas. Also went to toilet before go in front of the stage. We were tagged by the orange wrist band at the entrance. This time I wanted to sit in the middle but was crowded. So, I sat on the right side which I could also see the big screen when the band was at the left stage. Man... my 1st favorite band would be Kumpulan Kinabalu Merdu Sound from Sabah, Malaysia. I love the flute, bamboo and all their instruments. Not to mention the typical Sabah dance which I think very nice. Love their musics as well...! Irish performed again for the 2nd night. Last night they replaced a band from USA because they were stuck at Taiwan airport. Irish band would be the 2nd favorite. They knew how to catch the crowd attention and made us dance and clap our hand with smile. This time they managed to make us, I mean all of us stand! Everybody danced and kept clapping our hands. I saw my long-time-didn't-meet god bro as well there. He came all the way down from KL -- Nickk. We bought Haagen Dazz ice cream too. Yummy~

The orange wrist band

The Irish... they performed twice -- 1st and 2nd day

My 1st choice... band from Sabah

Around 12 we moved. My friend wanted to go to club as we didn't go to any club for ages. I told him that I couldn't go into any club since I wore sandals. But he insisted to go, ok we went to Slippery Senoritas and there was still cover charge after 12. I was shock. I didn't know everything just change... drastically. The cover charge at SS was RM50 -- crap. Then we went to Momo and the cover charge was RM40 -- another crap. And last we asked at Carmen, it was RM30 -- still crap since they played only oldies which some of them even before I was born! It was almost 1am and it is a waste if we go in. We canceled the plan and went straight home.

I had fun... =)
Thanks God... Amin.

police report

Yesterday around 3.17pm I got a call from stranger. A Chinese guy... I could guess it right since his Chinese's accent was so strong when he spoke Malay with me. It was so hard to understand and very confusing. At that time I was in the office doing overtime with some friends.

The conversation went... [I'd translate the conversation to English since I understand some of you might not understand Malay]

Him : Are you Faisal?
Me : Yes and you?
Him : When are going to pay your debt about RM260?
Me : What?@#$
Him : Do not pretend that you don't know me... we met last night at Relau Workshop...
Me : Me? [astonish]
Him : Are you Faisal? You don't know me?
Me : Yes of course I'm Faisal... I don't know who you are! What's wrong with RM260 and what did you sell for that amount of money?
Him : Last night we met... forgotten?
Me : I won't pay a single cent since I don't know you and I don't owe anyone.
Him : I don't care! You must pay! [shouting]
Me : If you think I was the one who met you last night as you mentioned, lets meet up to prove that I'm not that person... someone might using my name and phone number.
Him : [hang up the phone]

I called him back, but it was a public phone number. I was pissed off, yes. I was worry, yes. So, I continued my work until 5.30pm and went home.

At home I told the whole story to mom and she asked me to make a police report because he threaten me. So, after dinner and shower I went to the nearest police station to make a report. Went there with mom and my niece, the little baby. She just didn't want me to go out alone at this moment. Ok, no argument... I took her with me. Went to Bayan Lepas police station and I had to wait like 15 minutes before my turn [I reached there around 9.15pm]. When done with the report, they told me that I've to go to the Penang Headquarters for another report which will lead for further investigation. I have no idea why they can't just deliver the report to the headquarters instead of me have to drive to town again [remember I just came back home from town and its not that near]. But ok, I followed the order. Drove to the headquarters and I couldn't park the car in the police station area. Ok, I parked outside of the station and left mom and niece in the car since the baby was sleeping. Went in, and met the officer in charge. The officer was lovely [a little crude in the beginning] and lots of smiles. He read my report that I brought from the Bayan Lepas police station. He asked me few question again, some already mentioned in the report and some new questions. He kept mentioning that if I make a false police report, I will be the one who get caught. I smiled. Then he kept asking me whether I owe anyone money include friends, relative or gangster [which we called them Ah Long]. Simple reply I gave him "No". Around 11pm we went home.

Today not a good day for me... But this is life... Life goes on =)
Keep smiling and God bless... Amin.

end of bppc and happy labour day

I'm tired physically and mentally, really. To those who didn't read my blog earlier on might wonder what is BPPC? Don't worry, kindly click here.

Last 3 days were the busiest days ever in my life. I worked from 7.30am - 5.30pm on Monday, 7.30am - 10pm on Tuesday and 7.30am - 2.30am yesterday [yes it was Wednesday]. Reached home late about 3am and continued watching soccer semi final between Chelsea and Liverpool until almost 6am. Oh ok, ignore about the soccer thingy as I won't mention or write much in this post [see you Chelsea in the UCL final and lets race for EPL].

As you know I was with logistic bureau this year for this BPPC event. So, what I did was checking the computer whether its functioning well [which most of it handled by system bureau], good condition with furnitures like tables, chairs, keypad lock, banners and so on. Instead of those, we have to make sure everything works smoothly and the place is always clean. Doesn't matter its at our own office or outside. Yes we worked outside of the office as well.

From April 1, I had to make sure water supply was enough for all officers and staff that involved with BPPC at 10th and 11 floor. We had dividend voucher checking at 10th floor and e-filing at 11th floor. I had to make sure that dividend numbering computer works and the e-filing ads working on 2 computers. That was on the 10th floor. Mostly my other friends in the bureau were very helpful.

When I mentioned that I work for this logistic bureau on weekdays, that didn't mean that I only work for BPPC. I had to do my main work as a finance clerk too. You know... like insurance, medical bill, money refund from staff, purchasing, flight fright, medical system, guarantee letter, collector statement and many more... I don't think I will list them all. So yes, I felt like a robot sometimes which I took order, my brain process and I did without giving excuse or mad about it. That doesn't mean I was not under pressure =)

Every weekend like Saturday and Sunday I worked too. I went to malls like Giant, Tesco and Tesco Extra for e-filing counter. I didn't help the tax payer as that wasn't my job, what I did was setup the computer, internet, tables, chairs, banner and prepared some pamphlet and forms too. From 8am - 10pm roughly. Glad to see tax payer smiled when doing the e-filing [even tho some did scold me just because they hate to pay tax -- but that's life... and I was happy as I know what is anger management, mmm take deep breath].

From Monday - Wednesday day time, I've been stationed at the lobby at form submitting box. Which it sounds simpler than the real work. Instead of showing the submitting form box, we had to check the forms, checked the envelope, solved some tax payer problems [not to mention how bad we got scold by them =)] and filtered them before let them go to other floor. We had 3 floors for BPPC event [level 3 - level 11 are our department of course but just some floors involve with this BPPC event] which 4th floor for stamping, taking form, open a tax file, checking status and refund, 10th floor for dividend checking and help on how to fill in the form correctly and 11th floor for e-filing and pin number. Ah those floors toilet, please don't mention. In the evening we sorted all forms based on their case. Yes, they were very tiring days. Food was supplied by the bureau... thats good right? ;)

The form submitting box

Yesterday was the last day and they closed counters quite late. The counters should be closed at 10pm but due to many tax payers that came late, we chose to open till late as well. See how good we are at Inland Revenue Board? We tried to help you guys the best we could.

I got a thank you from the branch director with what I've done for BPPC event. I smiled with proud and satisfaction. I don't need other things but a simple thank you =)

What I wanna show you here is the BPPC shirt ^_^

I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you happy Labour Day! I can feel this Labour Day celebration as a big appreciation for us... workers. =)



God bless... Amin...

bush speechless?

I wonder if you have seen this video before. I got it via email from a friend. He said it happen when Bush wanted to comment about terrorism and Fitna. How true? I have no idea.

No offense to anyone who reads my blog. God bless...

nokia gun

What do you think? Yes its cool but I don't think its possible to be used by us for some security reasons. Imagine if we answer the phone in public, let say... bank, bus and train. It surely make those places in havoc.

american pie beta house

American Pie Presents: Beta House is a 2007 comedy film that was shot in Toronto and Hamilton (some scenes at McMaster University), Ontario. This film is the third in the American Pie Presents series, and sixth in the overall American Pie series.

"Beta House" reunites most of the The Naked Mile cast and places them in the college setting, working to defend Dwight Stifler's (Steve Talley) Beta Delta Xi Fraternity against rival fraternity Epsilon Sigma Kappa (GEEK's). While defending the house, Erik Stifler's (John White) new love, Ashley (Meghan Heffern), feels that the fraternity is nothing but trouble.

"Beta House" picks up where the Naked Mile left off. Erik and Cooze are attending their first year at college, and Dwight Stifler brings the boys into the Beta fraternity. In this film Erik is no longer with Tracy, his girlfriend in the last film, she has left him for Trent and is not in the film. The boys go through a long list of trials to get into the Beta fraternity. They end up being challenged by the GEEKs for their house to end their feud once and for all. Dwight wants to put an end to the Geeks who keep messing with the Beta traditions. In the end the Beta house beats the GEEKs and take their mansion house making them the dominant house once again. Mr. Levenstein is Dwight's lawyer and a former Beta, so he makes his appearance in the film.

I find this movie sucks instead of naked woman and man around. No good story line. I'd not rate any star. Thumb down~

dirty toilet

I hate dirty toilet so much. I mean... so much. To shit or pee at public toilet is really a hard thing to do, and if its dirty... sorry to say, I won't even go in.

Recently, a tax payer [I assume "a" tax payer] shit in my office toilet. Guess what? I bet he got diarrhea and he shit on the floor and made the whole toilet fully occupied. Didn't he knows where was the hole and where was the bowl? And if it was an accident, couldn't he clean the mess? I had upset stomach and when I went in, I was like "WTF???" and I had to run to other floor. My colleague told me maybe that was a revenge, yeah who likes to pay tax? But honey, its not our fault... not at all. We're just working here, and if you feel unpleasant why don't you complain to the ministry department rather than make us your victim?

It happen not only to my office but many other public places as well. I bet you experience the same problem as I do.

Despite I can't say there is no clean toilet at all. To those good shopping mall as example, we can see good condition toilets. They [the workers] clean the toilet often which keep good smell and clean. But this isn't the matter here.

What I want to say here is our hygiene. If you clean your toilet at home after you use, why not with public toilet? Its your responsible. Yes, you pay but is that mean you have to ruin it for the sake of your 20 cents? Most people will think "Ah... they have workers to clean, so why should I bother?". This is what happen... our attitude.

We need to change this "its-ok" attitude for our own good. Always remember, "what goes around, comes around".

Excessive water consumption

Click on the picture to get a bigger view.

A significant fraction of the human body is water. This body water is distributed in different compartments in the body. Lean muscle tissue contains about 75% water. Blood contains 83% water, body fat contains 25% water and bone has 22% water.

I read this article here. This is the second article I read about excessive water consumption. Before, it was a white man who just came to Malaysia for work purpose and couldn't stand with the hot and humid weather here. So, he drank so much water until he passed out and unfortunately died.

As the doctor says, we need 8 glasses of water. I guess that is really more than enough for our body. It really depends, if let say you don't do anything and just sit, no sweat and no other action that will cause you dehydration then you don't need so much water. But we people always use our brain a lot and move here and there which yes -- we need 8 glasses of water.

When we talk about water, some people might get it wrong. Water here means plain water, sky juice, white water or anything else you'd named it. Some people might think "Oh I drank so much water today... 4 glasses of water and 4 mugs of coffee" and they assume they have drank enough. That is totally wrong! When we say water here, we mean [oh yes I have to repeat again] plain water, sky juice, white water or anything else you'd named it.

Do not forget to drink water every morning as soon as you wake up. This is the best way for natural detoxification -- which is what what we called pass motion.

So guys... please drink enough water!!!

mp3 wireless fm modulator

Today I got my unique gadget. I've ordered this thing few days ago since my colleague wanna go to Pc Deport [well, he was the one intro this gadget to me]. This gadget is cool and I have no idea how it works. Look at the title, yes... fm modulator. Meaning, it uses radio frequency to play your music. You just need to plug in this gadget to the car through cigar plug [yes exactly like you charge your phone in the car]. Then tune the radio frequency to the one not occupied yet. At first I was like "You nut? How is that possible?". Then when I use it, big smile on my face. It's cool when you can put any songs you like in your pen drive and play them on this gadget. The price is cheap -- RM55.00. Not only pen drive, but you can use cd player, dvd player, sd/mmc card [phone memory] and mp3/mp4 player. Right now I'm using RedFox. I listened to songs that I like on my way home just now =)

Cool?

dropped your phone in water?

Got this info in email. You can click on it to get a bigger view.

we defeated arsenal

Even tho I'm pretty tired working overtime until 8pm, still I tried my best to be awake and open my eyes wide for the big game tonight. Game between Manchester United vs Arsenal at 11pm Malaysia time. The game that I've been waiting for so long.

The 1st half was boring with draw 0-0 and I was hoping a better game for the 2nd half. I was wrong, the game sucks. I hate to see Brown and Ferdinand in this game. In fact, I'd say this is the worst performance by Manchester United in this season!

For Arsenal side, I don't think it was the best performance either with 6 yellow cards... showed how pressure they were.

Referee was a bit bias I'd say. What was wrong with the penalty kick taken by Ronaldo? And some other harsh tackles on Manchester United's player -- they didn't get free kicks.

And the result went... 2 [Ronaldo and Hargreaves] - 1 [Adebayor]. You can read the whole match report at ESPN.

Thanks Arsenal for the 3 points and we meet next season. Bye~

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I found this picture at a forum.


Fabregas one of the big names in Arsenal who exchanged jersey with Carlos Teves at the end of the game -- threw the jersey on the ground. How disrespectful? Couldn't he be more professional and wiser? This really show how dumb he is. To Arsenal's fan, no offend.

L : Change The World

I've been very busy for this month -- April 2008. Normally I work 5 days a week but not this time. I work 7 days a week, not to mention how long I work in the weekend. But that's life. I can't hardly wait for BPPC to finish and I can have my own time again.

So, movie for this week... L : Change The World. I expected it won't be the best Death Note series and I was right. I prefer the first and second episode better. This episode didn't touch about Death Note much.

Ken'ichi Matsuyama reprises his role as L Lawliet from the previous Death Note films. The film chronicles the final 23 days of L's life, and follows L as he solves one final case. Change The World does continue the plot line established and concluded in the first two movies. Instead, L is the protagonist of this film. Shunji Fujimura also reprises his role as Watari, but, having died in The Last Name, he is killed off early in this film. Despite being depicted on the promotional poster, Misa Amane and the Death God Ryuk have very brief cameos in the film, appearing on screen for less than thirty seconds each. A video still of Light Yagami is also used in the film. The detective for the second season of the anime Near was also revealed at the end of the movie.


Roughly, the story was about virus attack and antidote. So unlike the first and second one, fighting by using the Death Note book... there were some thriller and suspense scenes which did not have in other episodes. I guess Death Note will be like Star Wars which the plot jumps forward and backward. What I don't like about this movie [some other episodes too] is they change a lot compared to Manga. Exactly happen to X-Men. To those who did not read, nothing bother much... but to those who reads it can possibly annoying.

I'd rate this movie 3 out of 5 stars. What do you think? What is your rating?

bean sprout

Bean sprout menu for lunch or dinner seems not delicious at all. Do you know that this infamous been sprout actually has a lot of nutrients? Bean sprout can improve male and female fertility as well. Instead of fertility, it can paralyze cancer and leukemia.

Bean sprout has natural estrogen that works exactly like synthesis estrogen. This estrogen can improve the bones compression and structure. It prevents osteoporosis too.

For women, bean sprout can prevent breast cancer, pre-menopause symptoms or even menopause problems.

Those who have high risk for stroke and heart attack caused by high cholesterol are highly recommended to eat bean sprout everyday. Saponin in bean sprout can reduce LDL fat without interfering HDL fat.

Bean sprout has strong antioxidant which can prevent our body from radical that can harm DNA cell. In other word, it can make you look young.

Another benefit we can get from bean sprout is it cleans our rectum because bean sprout has a lot of fiber and water. This is one of the ways to prevent cancer.

So, let’s eat bean sprout everyday!

icq

Do you remember ICQ? ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, owned by Time Warner's AOL subsidiary. The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and ICQ became the first Internet wide instant messaging service. The name ICQ is an initialism on the phrase "I seek you". America online (AOL) acquired Mirabilis on June 8, 1998 for $407 million. Today ICQ is used by over 29 million users worldwide. If you were born in the same year with me or maybe earlier, I guess you are pretty familiar with Mirabilis, Tucows or well-known ICQ. Those names/terms were famous in 1998. Yes, everybody were crazy of ICQ instead of mIRC [I learned on how to hack Korea's server using Redhat Linux just for the sake of BOT in mIRC, lol].

This morning, at 3am... I have installed it again with hope that I could see the old ICQ again. But I was wrong. It's exactly like other messenger such as MSN and Yahoo Messenger. I really miss the "cuckoo" sound and the real-time chatting. What I mean with real time chatting is, you can see what I'm typing now including typo and you also can see that I'm erasing it to type the correct one. Isn't that cool? When someone sending you a file, a man's voice will appear "Incoming File" and the message blinks. When the message comes in, audible "cuckoo" sound will appear. Which made me and mom laughed [at this moment, it reminds me of my grandma too... I miss her so much].

Plus, the old ICQ was much simpler and fun [for me at least]. ICQ used to have it's own style which I crave in this new era of messenger. But now, nothing much to compare with other messenger. No more unique ICQ, no more fun. But I will still use it... smiling and remembering the good old days.

fitna

Dr M: United Muslim boycott is the way to ‘punish’ Holland [taken from The Star]

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims can only effectively take action against the Dutch for releasing a film that puts Islam in a bad light if they unite and boycott Dutch products, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Dr Mahathir, who is Perkim president, said Muslims were “very annoyed” with the film as it depicted Islam as being violent, adding that “we are very weak and cannot take any action against them”.

The film Fitna, released by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, is critical of Islam and uses Quranic verses with a backdrop of images from terrorist attacks, which has angered Muslims.

On possible reaction by the Muslim community, he said if the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world united and boycotted products from Holland, the country’s economy would collapse.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said Malaysia strongly condemns the irresponsible act of airing online the “Fitna” film.

He said the film, that portrays Islam as a religion advocating extremism and violence, is not only misleading and erroneous but also a blatant disregard and utter disrespect for Islam and the sensitiveness of the Muslim world.

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Wilder shouldn't do this. Religion, race and culture are things we need to give full respect. The release of this movie won't give any good but provoke whole Moslem community in the world.

Should we ban all Dutch products? Or we just need to make sure that Wilder get the right punishment by law since he's the only person who did this and why should we punish the whole Dutch?

Kindly share your opinion.

angry woman

Angry woman. Yes this is what I'm concern at the moment. Today, one of my good buddies [colleague] went mad. All in sudden without reason she just being hot-head.

She yelled, nagged and scolded people around sarcastically which made me very annoyed. I could bear with it if she was not in a good mood and wanted to be left alone. But scolding and nagging to the whole world won't help her, not at all. In fact it's ridiculous and if she goes beyond boundary she will get what she gives in return.

I asked her "Why were you yelling and scolding?". She simply replied "I'm not in a good mood". Honey, we ain't your punching bag which you could punch us at anytime when you feel like it.

So this matter catch my attention. Well, gender isn't the matter in this case. Men do get emotional sometimes [yes we do not have menstrual like some women use as an excuse to scold anyone] but they normally don't mix up personal life and work. What these kind of people need to do is learn how to control their anger -- Anger Management. Yelling, nagging and scolding without reason can be bad and rude, indeed.

What do you think about this?
Does woman get emotional easily than man?
How to control your anger?

wifi

At last I manage to get wifi router set up at home. Bought for RM180 [banked in RM200 to Bob so he bought for me from Lowyatt -- cheaper price than anywhere else].

It's RangeBooster G Router by d-link. Easy to set up with simple manual guide. And now I can go online from my room whenever I need to find info for business or anything else. Or maybe something pop-up from my mind about anything useful, funny or important to share with others in blog.

So, my laptop [which I bought on Mac 10, 2008] is perfect now. I used to dream about getting a laptop and wifi connection. Now it's like a dream come true for 2008. If I can get good side income, iPod will be next. If not, keep it for 2009. No need to be hurry.

tax case

Sunday March 30, 2008 [The Star]

It’s that time of the year when taxpayers frantically try to submit their tax returns on time. With the Inland Revenue Board’s improved delivery system, the process should be painless, yet the public's dealings with the tax people are still problematic.

Case 1:

You are notified that you have a refund of RM13,000 coming but when the cheque arrives it is only for RM300. When you check with the IRB you are informed that after a re-assessment, only RM300 is owed to you.

Case 2:

You pay the IRB what you owe but when you check your account, your ledger has not been updated and instead your account shows that you still owe the tax office money.

Case 3:

After your self-assessment, your tax returns show no shortage and no excess. Then comes a notice from the IRB, which says that you owe them money.

EVERY March, a taxpayer who only wants to be known as Neil Cho, will duly declare his earnings.

Last year, his diligence paid off when he received a refund within a few months after submitting his returns. However, it was too late to change his opinion of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

“I have been paying taxes for more than a decade and the confusion and heartache have gone on too long. They say I have a refund but I am still paying them for what they say I owe. Why couldn’t they have just redirected my refund?” he laments.

It’s that time of the year when taxpayers frantically try to submit their tax returns on time and with the IRB's improved delivery system, the process should be painless.

However, like Cho, there are many taxpayers who still face problems in their dealings with the tax office despite the improvements. Raise the topic of income tax at any gathering and there will be stories forthcoming about frustrations, misinformation and even downright anger because one can be slapped with a huge “bill” out of the blue despite paying one's taxes diligently.

A common complaint among taxpayers is that the IRB does not give them a true picture of their status, or that they are hit with a payment demand without prior notice, even when they declare their income returns regularly.

The delivery system is not perfect yet, admits IRB chief executive officer and director-general Datuk Hasmah Abdullah who spearheaded the revamps after taking office in 2006.

“We are committed to taking the improved delivery system to the next level. The fact that we have fine-tuned our system at least three times in the last decade is testimony to this but we have encountered a number of these so called discrepancies,” she says, adding that the tax office realises that sometimes a taxpayer may be told different status reports at the counter.

“This is because at the time when the taxpayer called at the counter, the debit or credit balance given to him was based on the ledger at that point in time. Subsequently in processing the refund, our audit officers may find that additional arrears have already been raised or adjustments have already been made. That is why in the end, their assessments may turn out to be different and they will not get a refund,” she explains.

One reason, Hasmah tells, is that employers pay bonuses for a particular year in the following year or on a staggered basis. Another reason, she adds, is that there are employers who do not make deductions based on the Schedular Tax Deduction table provided by the IRB.

But, says Hasmah, more often than not, the discrepancies are due to errors in the claim for relief or deduction made by the taxpayers.

“This usually ends up as lesser refunds. So, I would like to advise taxpayers to check their receipts when making claims for reliefs such as medical for self and wife/husband, purchase of books and others to ensure actual expenses are claimed except when they exceeded the maximum allowed. We want to give refunds to taxpayers but not at the expense of unsubstantiated claims for relief,” she adds, acceding the fact that the board is not doing enough to explain such matters to the public.

But surely this does not explain a discrepancy that is huge. How can a check at the IRB counter show a refund of RM30,000 when the final tally shows that the taxpayer owes RM300 instead?

When there is a discrepancy, the tax person will check out the ledger to explain why there is a difference in the account. However, as Hasmah puts it, the ledger is too complex for the average taxpayer to understand: “Our ledger is not as straightforward as the bank or EPF; we can print out the ledger and give it to the taxpayer but they won’t be able to read it.”

This is an area that the IRB is working to improve by developing and upgrading their accounting system, she adds.

“We take note that they need to be advised on the discrepancies upon refund to avoid confusion to the taxpayers.

“Hence, we are simplifying the ledger specifically for taxpayers. We are also working with the IT people to enable taxpayers to check their status online. It should be ready by the end of the year.”

Better service

Some good news for taxpayers is that the IRB is clearing refunds faster due to the improvements made to their system.

This was evident last year as the record shows that the IRB cleared 392,457 refund cases totalling RM5.3bil, an increase of 113.6% over the previous year's figures (183,731 in 2006).

According to Hasmah, this comes up to only 80% of all refunds.

“Although we cleared refunds much faster in 2007 than in previous years, we still did not achieve the time frame for all cases because we were clearing the current year together with the previous years’ backlog right to the end of the year.

“About 20% of the returns were also found incorrectly filed because of doubtful claims for relief and other deductions. The cases will have to be audited before we can make the refund,” she says.

Another improvement is the e-filing system, which has been extended to include tax agents to enable them to e-file on behalf of their clients using the IRB's newly developed e-filing software.

More than one million taxpayers are expected to file their income tax returns using the e-filing system this year. Since the launch of the service two years ago, the number of income tax returns received through e-filing has increased by 369%, says Hasmah.

“Last year was encouraging; a total of 874,814 taxpayers e-filed their tax returns compared with 186,343 in 2006.”

The IRB has introduced another new feature in the service, the Roaming Public Key Infrastructure, which enables taxpayers to file their income tax returns from any computer without the need to repeatedly download the digital certificate.

Hasmah gives the assurance that the system has adequate security features to protect the confidentiality of taxpayers' information.

More importantly, stresses Hasmah, the public should file their income tax returns early for faster processing of tax refunds.

In the past, she says, between 60% and 70% of taxpayers filed their forms at the last minute, causing a delay in the processing time.

“We seriously seek the cooperation of the public to file their returns early or well before the dateline of April 30 (for non-business income) and June 30 (for business income). The last-minute filing creates a volume that stretches our processing time beyond the 30-day deadline for e-filing and the three-month limit for those who submit them manually.”

Hasmah hopes this year will show a difference with taxpayers encouraged by the news of early refunds through e-filing, to submit their returns earlier.

To assist taxpayers e-File their 2007 tax returns, the IRB is again holding its taxpayers’ service month until June 30. In conjunction with the taxpayers' service month, more than 100 public counters have been opened at shopping complexes and workplaces.

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My advise : Tax payer should submit form and pay tax earlier than the due date to avoid jam.