Shut down your computer via text message from you phone

What do you think? :)

Do not knock!

I read about this in email. We often see a caution sign about : "Don't smoke", "Don't use cell phone" and "Off your engine while fill in petrol". But do you know there is another thing you can't do?

Normally, we put the nozzle and wait until the last drop of the petrol. After that, we usually knock the nozzle while it's still at the tank just for 2 reasons :

1. Do not want to waste the petrol
2. Do not want the petrol drop on your car which will spoil the paint

Careful! The nozzle is made by metal and so does the car tank. If the nozzle is rusty and the tank is jagged, it might create fire!

Advise : Just leave the nozzle for a while after finish, so it won't drop on your car.

Eyes exercise

Click on the image above for a bigger picture.

A Needle Can Save Life

This is amazing. Please keep this handy.. Excellent
tips. Do take a minute to read this. You never
know.....someone' s life may depend on you one day!!
Keep a syringe or needle in your home to do this...
It's amazing and an unconventional way of recovering
from stroke, read it through.

"My father was paralyzed and later died from the
result of a stroke. I wish I knew about this first aid
before today. When stroke strikes, the capillaries in
the brain will gradually burst."(Irene Liu)

When witness a stroke occurring, stay calm. No matter
where the victim is, do not move him/her. Because, if
moved, the capillaries will burst. Gently help the
victim to sit up. Prevent him from falling over again,
and then the bloodletting can begin. If you have in
your home an injection syringe that would be the best,
otherwise, a sewing needle or a straight pin will do.

1. Place the needle/pin over fire to sterilize it, and
then use it to prick the tip of all 10 fingers.

2. There are no specific acupuncture points, just
prick about a mm from the fingernail.

3. Prick till blood comes out.

4. If blood does not start to drip, then squeeze with
your fingers.

5. When all 10 digits is bleeding, wait a few minutes
then the victim will regain consciousness.

6. If the victim's mouth is crooked, then pull on his
ears until they are red.

7. Then prick each ear lobe twice until two drops of
blood comes from each ear lobe. After a few minutes
the victim should regain consciousness.

Wait till the victim regain his normal state without
any abnormal symptoms then take him to the hospital,
otherwise, if he was taken in the ambulance in a hurry
to the hospital, the bumpy trip will cause all the
capillaries in his brain to burst. If he could save
his life, barely managing to walk, then it is by the
grace of his ancestors.

" I learned about letting blood to save life from
Chinese traditional doctor Ha Bu- Ting who lives in
Sun-Juke. Furthermore, I had practical experience with
it. Therefore I can say this method is 100%
effective.In 1979, I was teaching inFung-Gaap College
in Tai-Chung. One afternoon I was teaching class when
another teacher came running to my class room and said
in panting, "Ms. Liu, come quick, our supervisor has
had a stroke!"

I immediately went to the 3rd floor. When I saw our
supervisor, Mr.Chen Fu-Tien, his color was off, his
speech was slurred, his mouth was crooked-all the
symptoms of a stroke. I immediately asked one of the
practicum students to go to the pharmacy outside the
school to buy a syringe, which I used to prick Mr.
Chen's 10 fingers tips. When all 10 fingers were
bleeding (each with a pea-sized drop of blood), after
a few minutes, Mr. Chen's face regained its color and
his eyes' spirit returned, too. But his mouth was
still crooked. So I pulled on his ears to fill them
with blood. When his ears became red, I pricked his
right earlobe twice to let out 2 drops of blood. When
both earlobes had two drops of blood each, a miracle
happened. Within 3-5 minutes the shape of his mouth
returned to normal and his speech became clear. We let
him rest for a while and have a cup of hot tea, then
we helped him go down the stairs, drove him to Wei-Wah
Hospital . He rested one night and was released the
next day to return to school to teach.

Everything worked normally. There were no ill
after-effects. On the other hand, the usual stroke
victim usually suffers irreparable bursting of the
brain capillaries on the way to the hospital. As a
result, these victims never recover.- " (Irene Liu)

Therefore stroke is the second cause of death. The
lucky ones will stay alive but can remain paralyzed
for life. It is such a horrible thing to happen in
one's life. If we can all remember this bloodletting
method and start the life-saving process immediately,
in a short time, the victim will be revived and regain
100% normality.

(Note : I copy paste from email. I think this is something useful to share)

Buffet dinner at Revolving, Bayview Hotel

Last night I had a buffet dinner with my friend -- Nadia. She booked 3 days ago for reservation. Out of my expectation the tables are fully occupied. Lucky we booked earlier rather than just spontaneous idea driving there and toss the coin.

So as I promised, I will fetch Nadia around 6.30pm. I was mad earlier at Caltex near my house. The service there was so lousy. It has a big space and very comfy. But one thing I don't like about it is I always have to go to the counter for credit card swiping. Credit card becomes handy when it safe your times and you don't need to walk so far (since the counter is far from the petrol pump -- remember I mentioned big space?) just to swipe your card. I was pissed off. Ok, this post suppose not to talk about petrol station but the buffet. My apologize :( (playing "Too late too apologize" by Justin).

I reached at Nadia house sharp at 6.30pm as promised even though I was yelling my heart out for the bad traffic. Stuck so long in the jam! I hate to use Green Lane road and worse Scotland Road. No wonder rich peoples around there selling their house now.

We reached at Bayview Hotel sharp at 7pm. So, we did not waste a single minute to eat the foods. Here are the pictures of what I ate (did not manage to snap Nadia's food as so many people around and I did not want the flash light distract them) :


Pictures of me and Nadia :



The Revolving Restaurant was moving about actually. So, you can see beautiful scenery of Penang town at night and the ships and bots at the sea. Beautiful! Together with good romantic songs, dim light and candles!


We had a lot of talking. Started with what happen in our life since we last met, nostalgia and ended up with our favorite topic -- business. It's funny as we promised ourselves not to talk about business as we really wanted to have fun with foods.

Then Nadia wanted to go clubbing. I insisted for so many times as I don't enjoy the stuffy environment in the club. But after she persuaded for few times I agreed just to favor her. We were at the buffet from 7pm to 10pm. I had a stomach cramp and I need to go to toilet badly. Maybe caused by the seafoods I ate. I did not want to use the public toilet at the petrol station, so end up we went to Nadia's house. Around 11.30pm we met some of our old friends Sean, Worthword, Richard (just knew him last night) and Joseph at Momo. The night was not as good as I expected. Instead of meeting some old friends, my friend Sean was drunk (oh ok he took Xanax too). So while dancing, he bumped into a guy and the guy was mad. A teenager. He asked for apologize from that guy but seem it won't end there. Not only him, Richard kept asking apologize from that guy too. All in sudden a group of teen came in and hit my friend (full of punching and kicking), so I tried my best to save him and commanded him to go out and go home. End up they hit me. Teen's hits were just peanut but I was mad at them for their rudeness. Come on, you go to a crowded place like that for having fun and you expect no one would ever touch you? Bullshit. In the group there was a short Malay teen who was overreacted more than others kept yelling at me and kicking. I managed to push the door to him and asked him to come out if that was what he wants. I surely hit him bad as he was just pushing me beyond my limit. But he did not come out, just his friends. I did not mention the group was full of Chinese teens. I'm not bringing skin color or race issue here just to pointed out that they were rude still but not as rude as this short Malay guy. In the group there was a stripe shirt guy who acted like the leader. I even called him out and asked him to tell that Malay guy what did I do and why he was so mad at me? And if he wants to meet me, come outside -- solve like a man not like a sissy guy who is brave enough in a big group. Ok, I was a fool to entertain those teens but will you get mad when it was not even your fault but you got the hit? I won't go anymore. Not fun at all after all.

Comment : The food at Revolving Restaurant was just ok. Nothing special but the environment and scenery were awesome! The price is RM45 per person and juice is RM12.

Avoid chemical in foods

I bought this book at office. We have preach every Friday and different peoples were invited for that purpose. They never sell anything before and today they sell some good books.

This one attracts me :



This book is about how to avoid chemical in foods. How interesting? If you are a health conscious person, then this book is good. This book cost me RM5 only and I haven't read them. If there is anything I can share with you, I will surely post about it here ;)

Polls talk ploy to prevent defections, says Guan Eng

GEORGE TOWN: The
Election Commission’s talk
about snap election appears
to be a plan hatched by
certain quarters to prevent
any change of government
by defections or crossovers,
Penang Chief Minister Lim
Guan Eng said yesterday.

“That’s why I think it is
important that this is not
used as a device because
there’s some talk that
to prevent people from
jumping over, they are
using the threat of snap
election to stop them from
doing so,” he said in a
press conference after
announcing a RM115.2
million investment by
Honeywell Aerospace here.

“Is this a device? It looks
like it to me. They are
saying, if you jump over, we
can have snap election and
you will get defeated.
“Is that the real message
they are trying to send out?”
Lim also asked EC
chairman Tan Sri Abdul
Rashid Abdul Rahman to
reveal the identity of the party
who told him there was going
to be a snap election.
“Has he been getting
indications from the cabinet
or the prime minister?”

Lim said it is the
government of the day which
has the power to call for a
snap election and not the EC.

“The EC only conducts
elections. When the term is
up, it has the power to decide
but when the term is not up,
it has no power to decide.

“So who told the EC that
there is going to be snap
election? Does this show that
EC is no longer independent?
If that is so, we will go back
to the same problem that
elections are unfair, not free
and not impartial,” he said.

As for whether the state
government is ready if a snap
election is called, Lim said
the federal government can
call for a snap election but
the state government has a
choice of whether to have the
snap election or not.

Lim was commenting on
a statement by Abdul Rashid
that EC has told its offi cers to
be prepared for snap polls.
On the EC’s proposal to
re-register voters to clean
up the electoral rolls, Lim
was sceptical that the rolls
could be “cleaned up”.

If the organisation is not clean, it does not make any difference,” he said, adding it is more important to reform the EC.

Taken from here.

Bush compares today's wars to World War II efforts

President Bush steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, May 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Bush, linking the wars of his tenure to the deadliest one in history, is asking the country to commit anew to postwar rebuilding.

In an address for Wednesday to more than 1,000 graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Bush frames their futures by harking back to the World War II generation. He links the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to postwar Germany and Japan six decades ago.

"America has assumed this obligation before," Bush said in prepared remarks released by the White House. "After World War II we helped Germany and Japan build free societies and strong economies. These efforts took time and patience, and as a result Germany and Japan grew in freedom and prosperity and are now allies of the United States."

The result, Bush says, was "generations of security and peace" in the United States.

"Today we must do the same in Afghanistan and Iraq," he says in the prepared comments. "And by helping these young democracies grow in freedom and prosperity we will once again reap the benefits in generations of security and peace."

Today's wars aren't over yet. As reconstruction unfolds, the enemy keeps fighting — not national militaries but a complex mix of militias and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Another difference: It remains in debate within the country whether the pre-emptive Iraq war has bolstered U.S. security or weakened it. Bush has expressed no doubts it was warranted.

Bush's message was overshadowed by a blistering tell-all book by his former press secretary, Scott McClellan. The former voice of the White House, McClellan writes that Bush favored propaganda over honesty and candor in selling the war to the American public.

McClellan strikingly calls the Iraq war a "serious strategic blunder." His scathing account of Bush's leadership drew dominant news coverage and lit up many Internet blogs Wednesday.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said that McClellan's account was puzzling and sad, and that Bush had more important matters than commenting on books by former staffers.

At least 4,085 U.S. military members have died in the Iraq war. More than 430 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

The U.S. death toll in World War II was roughly 406,000. Overall, tens of millions of people died. The conflict transformed the globe; chief U.S. enemies of that day, Germany and Japan, re-emerged as major allies.

Bush's speech was expected to compare air power and warfare techniques of World War II and today. He also was to talk about the differences in the enemies that U.S. forces face.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush would zero in on one constant — "that freedom has the power to overcome tyranny and transform societies." That theme has underpinned Bush's foreign policy and was the calling of his second inaugural address.

The president is on a three-day trip through five states. The purpose is mainly to raise money for Republicans, something Bush remains strong at even as his influence wanes.

After the commencement, Bush was heading to Utah for two closed events to raise money for John McCain, the Arizona senator and presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and other GOP candidates. Bush held a similar event on Tuesday in Arizona, raising an estimated $3 million.

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Stop comparing Mr Bush. Is war the best solution and there is no other option? World hates war but do you hear us? No, I bet. Why wasting more life and money each day when you have other options? After all, life is about choices. No?

bowling

Usually if I'm not too tired I will play Ragnarok Online. Yes, I told you about quitting this game in my earlier post. Well, I'm not playing it 100% anymore. Not even reload my ids. The war as usual on Wednesday and Saturday from 7pm-9pm. My friend [the leader] need my help and I surely help when I'm free and not too tired. Today, I joined war.

After the war, I went to meet colleagues. They have course at Vistana Hotel from Monday until Thursday. So, they felt bored stuck in the hotel with television. We went to Bukit Jambul Complex for bowling. I reached there around 10pm and played for 2 games. It was fun and at the same time I was tired :)

Government to engage bloggers in cyberspace

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will take on bloggers in cyberspace and respond to wild and baseless allegations raised in blogs.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said remaining silent was no longer an option.

He acknowledged that the Government had overlooked the need to engage the new media, which was a new dimension in shaping public opinion, in the recent general election.

The Government had not been savvy in engaging the new media and lost out in cyberspace, he said, adding: “But we live and learn.”

Najib said this during a question and answer session at the Asia Media Summit 2008 here yesterday.

He in fact has started the ball rolling by putting a reply through his press secretary Datuk Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad to a posting on Malaysia Today, a news portal run by Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

Najib said it was obvious that the Barisan Nasional Government would now need to engage the new media.

“We need to have people who are active participants of the new media, who are sympathetic and understanding of the government’s position.

“Therefore, instead of just criticising them (the new media) or running them down, the best thing to do is to engage them. Hopefully they will understand our perspective,” he added.

To another question, Najib said the Government gave the mainstream and new media a great deal of latitude to criticise.

However, he said: “There is a line which shouldn’t be crossed” because it could undermine the wider interest of society.

On action taken against blogger Raja Petra, Najib said he was charged with breaking the laws of the country – making baseless allegations and seditious remarks.

He said Raja Petra had been free to criticise the Government “very robustly and stridently” in his blog for years and the Government had not taken any action against him.

“But when certain things he said constituted a very serious attack against the institution, the Attorney-General decided that he had crossed the line,” Najib said.

Other than the new media, he said the established media too had become more critical since the elections.

“If you read the newspapers on a daily basis, you will see that they don’t hold back their punches. If they know there are weaknesses or abuse of power anywhere, they will latch on to these and criticise the Government and individuals openly,” he said.

In an immediate response, blogger Ahirudin Attan (Rocky Bru) welcomed Najib’s announcement that the Government would respond to allegations, saying:

“This is really good. It’s better late than never and it’s something for the blogging community to rejoice because blogging is about interacting with each other.”

The National Alliance of Bloggers president said one of the alliance’s aims was to get the Government to take part in blogging.

“This is because blogging is also about giving feedback to the Government and it’s great that the Government is picking up the opportunity (to blog).”

DAP’s PJ Utara MP Tony Pua, who is also a blogger, felt that the Government should be earnest in replying to issues or allegations levelled against it, pointing out that the Government should not use the medium only to win over public opinion.”

“If the allegations are indeed wild, then its response to correct them is welcome. But if it’s only to put down frank criticisms, then it'll defeat the whole purpose.”

Taken from The Star

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1. Now you replied to his blog. The one who was jailed by you. But I like the open reply idea in blog. More democracy?

2. No one better than KJ to understand the government position now. Why not let him manage the government blog?

3. “Therefore, instead of just criticising them (the new media) or running them down, the best thing to do is to engage them. Hopefully they will understand our perspective,” he added. <-- Now you agree that government has been criticizing us and even running us down? Blogger bashing never bring any good eh? :)

4. "...very serious attack against the institution" institution which was YOU?

Good thing is government think positive now -- to join the blogsphere and understand us better. The more you bash them, the more tense they will create for justice. Instead of fighting like a night market [which already happen in Parliament] why not have an open discussion.

I hope it works!

Cops eye bloggers

POLICE are monitoring blog sites and will investigate bloggers for seditious and misleading postings.

If investigations confirm that such postings are seditious and misleading, the police can haul the bloggers concerned to court under the Sedition Act and Communications and Multimedia Act, Nanyang Siang Pau reported yesterday.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said police have set up a cyber crimes unit under the Commercial Crime Investigation Department and will investigate reports lodged against bloggers by members of the public or members of the force itself.

However, he said police will only haul up the bloggers after it is determined that their postings are questionable.

Musa stressed that the move is not aimed at stifl ing free speech but to ensure that bloggers undertake responsible postings.

Giving an example, he said police received a report not so long ago that an article posted on a blog was seditious as its content was deemed blasphemous to Islam.

Those who have read the article, including the police, felt that it may have been written by a non-Muslim.

“But police investigations showed that the person involved was a Muslim. What if everyone believes it was written by a non-Muslim, what (do you think) can happen?” he asked. Anyone found guilty under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 can be jailed up to a year and fi ned a maximum of RM50,000 or both whereas a person who violates the Sedition Act 1948 can be jailed up to three years or fi ned RM5,000 or both. Nathaniel Tan, a blogger and an aide of Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, told the daily he has always been against police department’s use of threats on bloggers. Tan was detained an investigated for alleged breach of Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1972 relating to a comment left on his blog linking then deputy internal security minister Mohd Johari Baharum to a corruption allegation.

Commenting on police monitoring of blog posts, he said: “It indeed is a threat to bloggers.” He however said they would not be intimidated.

Taken from TheSun

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Cool? I can see some blogs are serious about bashing government for some reasons. The different is either you are famous or you are not. If you are famous, its hard to put you in jail as you have your own lawyer to defend you. If you are not, then it's easy to throw you in jail under cyber law and sedition.

Uproar over "doctors licensed to kill" statement

“LICENCE to kill” was a subject that dominated 20 minutes of argument but it was not about Ian Fleming’s secret agent James Bond that the MPs were at loggerheads about.

It was the sentence “doctors have the licence to heal and licence to kill” in a supplementary answer by the Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad (BN-Mersing) that sparked a furore among the Pakatan Rakyat representatives.

Dr Mohd Hatta Mat Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai) started the ball rolling by asking Abd Latiff to withdraw his statement as it gives a wrong impression about medical doctors.

Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (PAS-Titiwangsa) was next to voice her dissatisfaction, citing concern that there would be misunderstanding amongst the students who visit the House frequently.

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia fi rst waved it off and asked for proceedings to continue but this did not go down well with opposition parliamentarians, with Mohd Hatta standing up to ask Pandikar Amin to order Abd Latiff to withdraw the statement.

And this was also called for by a few other MPs like Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) who cited Point of Order that the statement had not complied with the Standing Orders of the House.

Opposition Leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh) said doctors took an oath to protect the lives of their patients and Abd Latiff’s statement was inappropriate.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAPKepong) also said he hoped Pandikar Amin would rule that such words would no longer be used and for Abd Latiff to withdraw the phrase. Pandikar Amin agreed with Tan and looked for affirmation from Abd Latiff by saying that he did not hav bad intentions when he uttered the phrase. “Yes, I had not meant it in a bad way,” Abd Latiff said. After much ruckus, Pandikar Amin asked for the parliamentarians to refrain from using terms or phrases that may insult their peers and can be defi ned through other perceptions.

Further, he asked Abd Latiff to withdraw the statement. Abd Latiff said: “I am sorry to have said that and I had no mean intentions. I will not repeat it but I will not withdraw my statement.”

This caused another loud roar from the side of Pakatan Rakyat but Pandikar Amin then ticked off the MPs, reminding them of their shared responsibility in ensuring smooth proceedings that adhere to the Standing Orders. He said he had taken note that this was not the first time Abd Latiff had used the phrase but was also sure that he had no bad intentions in saying it.

“From what I gather, what he meant was sometimes there are doctors who are careless and that was what he meant,” he said.
The Rules in the Standing Orders were thrown across the House, asking for Pandikar Amin’s actions and when he had seemed to have had enough, he quipped: “I have memorised all these rules – up, down, left and right.”

Pandikar Amin refreshed the memory of the MPs that he had fi rst decided to ignore the phrase and carry on with proceedings and the decision could only be reviewed with a motion under Standing Order 43.

“You all have this responsibility of ensuring that the meeting goes smoothly. Next time, don’t use that term.” At this point, Lim stood to refer to a Standing Order allowing parliamentarians to refer the act of a fellow MP to a special committee.

Abd Latiff put an end to the issue when he said: “I will not apologise for the remark but I will withdraw it.”

Taken from : TheSun

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Now I learn that it's hard to say "sorry".

Ghani: Malaysia has proof of Pulau Pisang ownership

JOHOR BARU: There is no danger of losing Pulau Pisang to Singapore as Malaysia clearly has sovereignty over the island.

Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said that this was despite Singapore operating a lighthouse on the 154ha island.

He said the ownership of the island was based on a treaty between Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Abu Bakar and the British in 1900, which clearly stated that Malaysia had sovereignty over the island.

Malaysian territory: This August 1998 file picture shows former Pontian MP Datuk Dr Hasni Mohammad pointing at Pulau Pisang.

“Our land office records show that Pulau Pisang belongs to Johor,” he said.

Abdul Ghani was responding to a suggestion made by Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan that the Government should conduct a study on taking over the operation of the lighthouse.

Ahmad said Pulau Pisang might suffer a similar fate as Batu Puteh where the International Court of Justice ruled in favour of Singapore.

Abdul Ghani said the lighthouse, which guided ships into the Singapore Straits, was manned by four Singaporean guards.

“The guards are relieved by another team once a fortnight and are required to report to the marine department, Customs and immigration in Kukup every time they arrive and depart from the island,” he said.

He added that Malaysians were allowed to enter the island but were prohibited from entering the lighthouse.

Abdul Ghani said there were also 82 farmers who tend to orchards on the island.

“They are only given permission to work on the land but are not granted ownership of the land,” he said.

The island is about 12km from Pontian Kechil and 5km from Benut.

Meanwhile, Johor PAS officials lodged a police report against former foreign minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Abdul Ghani and Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, accusing them of causing Malaysia to lose Batu Puteh.

Johor Baru (South) OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaakob confirmed that the report had been received.

Perak Puteri Umno chief Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin, meanwhile, said Malaysia must take the necessary steps to ensure she irrefutably owned all her islands and territories.

She said the steps were crucial in view of the recent decision on Batu Puteh.

DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the Malaysian Government was “foolhardy to have placed the case before ICJ” without the necessary evidence.

He was referring to Malaysian ambassador-at-large Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Mohamad’s statement that he could not locate a letter sent by a British governor in Butterworth to the Johor Temenggong seeking permission to build the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Batu Puteh.

Abdul Kadir led the Malaysian team to The Hague.

“Discovery of the letter now or in future cannot restore Malaysia’s sovereignty over Batu Puteh,” he said.

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I agree with what DAP chairman Karpal Singh said. We were lack of evidence which made us lose. No use turning back, sigh!

SPM top scorers take grouses to Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: Four students from Selangor and Johor, who scored 11 or 12 As in the SPM, brought their grouses to Parliament yesterday about not getting the Public Services Department (PSD) scholarship, joining an annual list of people who bring up the same complaint. The students were accompanied by Pulau Jerejak assemblyman Sim Tze Tzin to Parliament and were received by Yusmadi Yusof (PKR-Balik Pulau).

They were Chew Kin Cheng, who scored eight 1As and four 2As, Tan Kian Hin (nine 1As and two 2As), Tiow Zyn Ann (eight 1As and three 2As) and Lim Soon Seng (10 1As and two 2As). At a press conference at the Parliament lobby, Yusmadi said: “Our brightest students often do not get the opportunity to go for higher education to bring out the best in them. Eventually, we would only encourage mediocrity and our nation would lose competitiveness in the process.”

He said there was a rot in the selection system as no one seemed to know the details of the selection. “The selection has failed us year after year. Often, the officials explained the system in general terms. However, we demand to know more. It should be transparent and fair,” he said. Yusmadi said the social background of an applicant should also be taken into account as those in need should be given the priority.

He said the students have other alternatives because foreign countries are providing scholarships to them but those who take up the offers will not come back and this is a loss to the country. Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong, who also met the students, told reporters such cases occur every year because the PSD only has 2,000 allocations for scholarships each year while there are more than 15,000 applicants.

To stop speculation on why students are rejected, Wee suggested that the PSD give all applicants who fail an explanation. If the students know why they are rejected, they would accept rejection better. Wee said some students might have received the scholarship even if they had fewer As in their SPM because they had chosen courses that are not popular. “Students are confident with their SPM results but they must bear in mind that there are more of them who got better results and it is impossible to give everyone the scholarship even if the allocation is increased by another 3,000 or 5,000 allocations,” he said.

Wee also advised the students not to use their family background to create a sense of sympathy.

In Ipoh, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economic Planning Unit) S.K. Devamany told theSun there are four avenues for SPM high-achievers to get the PSD scholarship to further their higher studies in the country or overseas.

They are:

» PSD scholarships for overseas degree programme. This is very competitive as the criteria is 70 points for academic excellence. The remaining 30 points are for interviews, family economic background and co-curricular activities. There are only 2,000 places for this overseas degree programme.

» 10,000 local scholarships for which applications open in June. » Getting into a local foreign university, which has an offshore campus in Malaysia like Nottingham University and Monash University. Students apply when they get a place.

» By first enrolling in Malaysianrecognised foreign universities in the United States, Britain and Australia. The same procedure applies. “A student must not be disheartened when he or she fails to get the overseas programme as there are three other alternative avenues to get the PSD scholarship,” Devaman said.

Alternatively, high-achievers can approach companies like Petronas, Tenaga Nasional and Mara to sponsor their scholarships. He said the PSD must explain clearly the method of selection. “We want parents to understand what the system is all about. “You must give everybody a chance, otherwise people will run away to other countries,” he said.

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I don't agree if the scholarship does not based on the family background at all. If this happen, rich peoples who are able to pay for the college and university fee does not matter whether it's in the country or abroad will also get the scholarship. Then how about the needy who got kids but no money? This is about toss your luck, if you are lucky then you get the scholarship. If you are not, then stay home for the poor.

The result is the first thing to be filtered for scholarship of course, but the family background still play a role whether they are qualify or not.

By the way, who will run away sir?

world no tobacco day

this is interesting. i saw my friend yahoo messenger status message "world no tobacco day". i messaged him :

me : is it true?
him : true what?
me : your status message
him : yeah, i read about it on utusan malaysia
me : uh... any news about it on star or nst? lazy to translate into english
him : no idea...

so, i searched in wiki and found it! lol lucky. actually i just want to share the info about it. i did not know that we have world no tobacco day on may 31. so this is what wiki says :

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. The member states of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. It draws global attention to the tobacco epidemic and to the preventable death and disease it causes. It aims to reduce the 3.5 million yearly deaths from tobacco related health problems. From 1988 the WHO has presented one or more World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Awards to organizations or individuals who have made exceptional contributions to reducing tobacco consumption.

so friends... why don't you quit smoking on may 31? maybe after that day you will quit smoking forever? i love you... and i don't want to see you die because of it. some peoples that love excuses will find them no matter what. why waste money? why waste life?

live life to the fullest!

ditto.

aliff aziz

he is Singaporean teen. he is cute and he has good voice. so i have no doubt why he can be a sudden hit. at first when i saw him was on tv -- in melodi program. my sister asked me "bro, do you think he is cute?" and my reply was simple "i think so".

then after a while, his song is a hit in Malaysia. as i said, no doubt. girls will get crazy and craving for his songs, album, pictures and even his signature [what about his undies? lol]. when the song keep playing on radio and peoples sing it everywhere, it becomes a good song to me too. lol.

then tonight, as i can't sleep... i browse about him on youtube. found some songs sang by him, of course he is not the original singer for all songs he sang in the anugerah competition [anugerah is a singing contest in singapore by media corp]. but he delivered them well... i'd say impressive. i did not expect he could sing ballade as good... but he did. unexpected... as i expected him to be a pop teen as some others do. i was wrong.

ok so here i share some of his videos.

this is his famous song :



mungkir bahagia - hazami's song sang by him :



mungkin - anuar zain's song sang by him... not bad :



more than words as i prefer english song than malay :



ok, i won't put the whole youtube here. you can browse some good songs sang by him such as sonata musim salju, mungkin, mungkir bahagia and many more.

ditto~

akademi fantasia 6

ok i did not really follow this akademi fantasia 6. watched few concerts and never watch their diary. kinda fed up with the same old stories, typical. when i first watch, stacy was my favorite. none of my colleagues in the office agree with me. some chose nadia especially guys and girls chose nubhan for his cuteness. me? stick with stacy. my second favorite would be nadia of course. come on, i don't like singers because they are pretty. if i want to see pretty faces, i choose models... not singer. but malaysian especially girls [sorry, i know i'm mean but accept the fact girls!] voting by the looks not voice. not many guys into this voting thingy and suppose votes came from the girls. so no wonder many seasons won by guys. luckily this time won by girl again after mila broke the record for female.

i was happy that stacy won but upset that nadia won the 5th place. wth? she deserved 2nd place tho and 3rd should goes to riz. ok riz for the 2nd place but still 4th and 5th for nubhan and toi! urgh!

congrats to stacy for winning this competition. stay low as i believe you will do well in the future. make us malaysian proud ;)

ciao~

malaysian artistes for unity

Got this video from here. Love this video! I hope we Malaysian can unite doesn't matter about race, religion and skin colors. One love! Undivided love! Here in my home...

S'pore takes Pulau Batu Puteh, M'sia gets Middle Rocks

THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice has ruled that Singapore has sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh while Malaysia owns Middle Rocks.

As for the South Ledge, the ICJ ruled that it belongs to the state in whose territorial waters it is located.

ICJ vice-president, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh read out the judgment, which was carried live over RTM1 Friday.

Pulau Batu Putih, which Singapore calls Pedra Branca, an isle no larger than half a football field, is about 14.3km from Tanjung Penyusop in Johor and 46.3km from Singapore.

Middle Rocks is about half a nautical mile from Pulau Batu Putih and 1.7 nautical miles from South Ledge.

The 17-member bench heard oral arguments from Malaysia and Singapore between Nov 16 and 23 last year.

The judgment ends the 28-year old territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore and both countries had earlier pledged to abide by the decision of the ICJ that is final and not subject to appeal.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim described the judgment as a "win-win" situation. He said the status quo remained although Singapore has sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh and Malaysia over Middle Rocks.

[source : the star]

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pretty upset with this news. i know i have no right to say anything since this case have been judged by professional judges and acts. i just hope Malaysia wins the case... sigh.

friendly bush

who is that lady? bush is so friendly ;)
i got this pictures via email and written in the email she is dr. aminah.

cheers!