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Vehicle Recalls??

It seems to be the trend for car manufacturers to recall their cars this year.

Toyota -- The acceleration pedal won't come back up after you stepped on it and the car accelerates on its own. Although Toyota claimed that they have fixed the problem, there are some reports that the fix is not working. See here

Honda -- The (Jazz)car windows are not well waterproof, causing water to enter the power window and cause small fire. And some cars having airbag problem, which dates back to year 2001.

Hyundai -- Airbag problem.

GM -- Steering problem

Nissan -- Brake pin and fuel gauge problems.

On the other hand, there isn't any recall by Proton in 2010. Yes! Although one may say that Proton looks yucky, cheap, etc, at least there is no fatality caused unless you drive fast and BANG!! MALAYSIA BOLEH!!

3D is possible at home soon!!

Sony has launched their 3D TV!! It is the Sony Bravia XBR-LX900. Avatar really make 3D the "in" thing now? By having this TV, we can watch so many old movies in 3D. There are other features as well, Wi-Fi comes with the telly as well, so you can go online, check the news, weather, Twitter as what is claimed. For the specification, click HERE.

Wangsa Walk Mall

Wangsa Walk Mall, the mall that started business about 5 months back. Not much to shop there though. The shop I visit the most is none other than Popular Bookstore >.< Sad isn't it? The interior is full of slopes and staircases, since the mall is built on a slope.

There are around 4 restaurants/ cafe there, namely TGI Fridays, Secret Recipe, Little Wok Kitchen..... Some shops selling

clothes, including Rip Curl,
watches,
shoes-XES Studio, MYS Collection
books and stationery - Popular
Sports equipment
healthcare products - GNC
mobile phones, computer equipment, broadband services....
music instruments - Yamaha
pets, I think
daily needs - Cold Storage
hair salon - Silver Cut, Miko
eyewear - Focus Point, Milano..

Those shops selling services:

Celebrity Fitness
Slimming Sanctuary
Laundry services
Bowling - Wangsa Bowl
Karaoke - SuperStar Karaoke and Song Box
Cinema - TGV, coming soon...

Price list of the bowling and karaoke coming soon.... XD

Although it is not much to shop, but I think it is quite a complete mall. However, there is a bad publicity of it not long after it started business. For the news, click here.

911 Staged by US itself? Whistle blower policy for PKA

Malaysia's former prime minister has done it again!! He claims that 911 is staged as an excuse to invade the Middle East. Wow! Indeed, there are many perspective on how you see things.

Why don't we have a thought on why is the government so keen in cutting the subsidies (sugar, fuel) and introduce taxes( Real property gain tax and GST). Is it that Malaysia reserve is depleting soon? Or it is just that they aimed to lower down the the fiscal deficit?

On the other occasion, the transport minister has announced that whistle-blower policy is set out to be used in the controversial Port Klang Authority(PKA) incident. It will soon implemented to the other port authorities. This is a good move by the ministry.

However, this policy should also be implemented to the other companies as well to help early detection of any fraud in companies . It can help to minimize the loss of investors of the company.

The people have to have the courage to become a whistle blower as well. Some may have the mentality that, "I am getting my pay for now. If I report, I may lose my job. Why should I report it?"

Food and Sugar

How do you define good food?

(A) Food that is nice, tasty, with meat and which may cause you to have diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases after consuming them for many years,

(B) Food that is dull, tasteless, lots of green, which allow you to live a healthier life?

Anyway, speaking of diabetes, our government is now concerned about it. One of the ways to reduce diabetes is reducing sugar consumption, thus the subsidies are cancelled off. List of items that will be more expensive: Sugar (-.-") , teh tarik, coffee, bread, cakes, iced lemon tea, Coca-cola and so on... Well, it is still a good move.

Many of us would think that sugar cause diabetes. Of course!! However, we should take note of carbohydrate as well since carbohydrate will be broken down into glucose, which is a type of sugar also. Does that mean that the government is gonna raise the price of rice, which is a huge supplier of carbohydrate? I don't think so...

Proton is cheaper in UAE than in Malaysia?

I read somewhere that Proton are selling their cars cheaper in the UAE ( maybe in other countries also), compared to Malaysia. It is claimed that the prices are set that low for market penetration. Anyone here knows about this?

Market penetration pricing. Seems like Proton cars are selling at a much higher profit margin to Malaysians than the other countries (not proven of it). And here I thought that national cars should be sold cheaper in their own country?

No matter how ridiculous it seems, Malaysians will still be buying the not so cheap(same quality?) Protons. or maybe PERODUA!!

Milk produced in Malaysia is just wasted away?

Recently, I heard that about RM20+ of milk which is produced in Malaysia was just poured away. It seems that the manufacturers who need milk as their material prefer imported milk due to a cheaper pricing. Hence, the milk was left to turn sour and just poured away. What a waste..

Why can't the price be lowered down to match with the competition? And minimise the loss as well. It is said that the government plans to set a quota that the manufacturers must buy local milk before buying those imported ones. Another protective mechanism. This is perhaps why Malaysia cannot compete with the other countries. Just let the business owners make losses. Definitely, they will think of ways to make profit, thus increasing the competition and improving Malaysia.

It is the same case as Proton? Why can't Proton manufacture a supercar, when they have a subsidiary which does it and is entering F1 in 2010. Till date, they only show us "Lotus handling". Something like that...

Disasters don't come alone...

First the Ketsana, which started of in Philippines.
Second, 7.9magnitude earthquake off the coast of Samoa, creating a tsunami to land in Samoa and American Samoa.
Thirdly, another 7.9magnitude earthquake near Sumatera, creating tremors in Malaysia.
And this morning, another earthquake of 6.3magnitude occurs near Tonga, which is near to Samoa as well.

Besides, another typhoon, Parma, is approaching Philippines as well.

Whats wrong with the world? Is it the consequences for polluting and damaging the environment to obtain development??

Referee showing DA FINGER!!

This is something we don't see normally

No more Crayon shin-chan???

You guys may not know who Yoshito Usui is, but I am sure most of you know who Crayon Shin-Chan is. Well, Yoshito Usui is the creator of Shin-chan.. He was found dead at the bottom of a cliff on Mount Arafune in the Gunma Prefecture few days ago.

Crayon Shin-Chan is one of the funniest manga I've ever read.
Wonder what will happen to it.

Anyway, R.I.P 臼井儀人...

KL----> Coffee town?

Aiks... Old Town White Coffee spread in KL like erm... H1N1? Only by a few years, you can see it almost everywhere you go.

The competition is so great yet people(franchisee) want to open Old Town White Coffee.
The franchisor can just sit back and receive fees for franchising while the franchisees need to fight hard to strive in this hard time.
What more is that they are competing among themselves..

自己打自己.....

Suggested change to SPM.. Is it better?

Finally, the Ministry of Education has confirmed that from 2010 onwards the number of SPM subjects that can be take is 10.

Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said the six core subjects in the SPM — Bahasa Melayu, English, Islamic Education or Moral Studies, History, Mathematics and Science — would remain.

“However, those in the science stream are exempted from taking Science, so this means they take five core subjects and five elective subjects,” he said.

quoted from TheStar

Well, lets see if it make any sense at all. For science stream students the core subjects:

English
BM
Moral/Islam
Sejarah
Maths

And elective:

Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Add maths

The 3 science papers are looked as the core paper for science stream students. Add maths is a norm among the students. Eventually, students can only take 1 more paper, except for religious school (students can take up to 11 subjects). In my secondary school, English for Science and Technology is made a compulsory paper.

So, there is no choice left for the students. Here is the question..

Is the change for better???

Nobody knows and only time can prove it???

Price Wars!!! Giant and "Others"

Hmm.. I wonder who started it first. Tesco has this kind of ads too...I first saw this type of ad by Tesco.. But this one is from Giant..

Trees wil have foster parents!!!

KEPONG: Malaysians can now adopt a plant or tree for conservation in the country's oldest and largest man-made forest.

The Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) has launched the 'Friends of FRIM' campaign where 'foster parents' can adopt the plants starting from RM50 per plant.
~quoted from thestar.com.my~

Israel and Gaza

Finally, the stop fire of Israel and Gaza, Palestine. The attacks have been continued for weeks. Throughout the period, there are protests, people calling for boycotts (no idea whether is there any), donations and many other things.

As for the boycott of US goods.. yeah right la... Imagine boycotting the Intel and AMD... Computer won't work.. Holiday for everyone who need a PC for work? Try boycott Intel la.. Now Intel already closed down 2 factories in Penang. At a difficult period like now, you want to make people lose their jobs? Now, PAS try to stop Rihanna concert. Music is universal lo. You have been a joke in the Avril Lavigne conert last year. Giving out flyers at the entrance. OMG.....Please be more open minded can you? Although I think that the ban on selling alcholic drinks is good :D (No offence). Just like football.

Donations.. If Palestine has no money, how can they fight so long with Israel? Furthermore, if Palestine really cares about their citizens in Gaza, why did they continue attacking Israel? Israel official said that they attack Gaza because Gaza attacked them. So, if Gaza cease fire, Israel will have no reason to attack Gaza right? Now, thats what confuses me...

Btw, government, why sue Herald for the use of the word "Allah"? According to Wikipedia,

Allah is the standard Arabic word for 'God.'^[1] While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God".^[2]^[1]^[3] The term was also used by pagan Meccans as a reference to the creator-god, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.

And from

http://www.godallah.com/

The word "Allah" is the perfect description of the "One God" of monotheism for Jews, Christians and Muslims!

Is "Allah" only for Islam and Muslims?
[No! It is for All Three Abrahamic Faiths.]

"Allah" is the same word used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Bible, centuries before Islam came.

On page one [1] of Genesis in the Old Testament, we find the word "Allah" seventeen [17] times.

*No offence meant in this post*______________________

MCA President

Recently, the MCA President and his deputy are having disagreements. The President write and say something which makes me think that he does not fit to be a leader.

翁诗杰文章严厉字眼

1.现今价值规范所不容的行为猥褻者。

2.学人偷情，结果被人拍个正著，成了春宫片的主角。

3.有人为这类身败名裂的政客刻意涂脂抹粉。

4.道德败坏者不一定就是领导力、执行力超强者。

What he said:

任何人都有天天发言的权力，但是不要忘记，你须留心曾在某个时刻，说过的话，更不要以为他是健忘的

Environmental Day

Erm... My school has an event that starts today....*drumrolls.....*that is the Environment Week. Wierd thing is that it is launched on a Friday not a Monday. Btw, it is started only at this week as 5th June 2007 was a school holiday for me. This is the first time the school actually has this project and it is the first project by the Environmental Club which is done by everyone in the school. Every student has to write a pledge about wat they will do to save the environment and stick it on the softboards behind our class. Some people have funny pledges such as "I pledge not to eat any vege for 2 months" -.-' There are more activities for the next week and i will tell more about it next week

Prefects!!! Is it really that Good??? Give comments pls...

Long time didn't write blog liao. Quite busy... However, there is something that bothers me. Is prefect really that good? In my school, there are 900+ students and there are about 60 prefects. In my opinion, the number of prefects is more than enough. During duty, there are not much to do as there are too many prefects and my school is quite small. Besides that, the board members just know how to talk for most of them...And the prefects are those who break school rules. You see, there is a reading session in my school every morning for about 15mins. The prefects normally don't have their reading materials and they are busy pulling out students who don't have their reading materials. What the heck is this? PRefects don't show an example. Worst more, the head and his assistants don't have reading materials also. Haihz...Please give comments... Thanks...

School happening

The dikir barat group were practicing at da back of da canteen... I wonder if there is a much beter place lar... of all place but canteen... AIZZ... this dikir barat has delayed the BM CLUB project too....

today's meeting was fast.... We had chosen da coordinator of the prefects Farewell party.... They are Yee Eng and Sanjay.... hope the party will be a success... have to buy presents for seniors... hmm think think think... wonder what should i buy for gurls.... No idea what they like ler....

need to consult someone....

Leo club members were practicing their dance...WOW!!! so geng...da way dey dance...

Prefects Gathering

My school had a prefect gathering on Saturday... My BIRTHDAY oso.... woke up late that day because accidentally off the alarm man!!! RUSH lik MAD!!! but reach school just in time for the role call....*relived*

There are performances ... YMCA... lots of prefects from others skul came to this gathering!!! Ice breaking session was extraordinary... some prefects were drawn stuff without them noticing...

After that... we got station games... i lik da 1 where da teams are splashed wif water whn da teams answered da questions wrongly...My team was splashed as we got most of da answers wrong...

There is one station where we had to carry worms... which will bcum beetle whn they grew up....U can feel the worms wriggling in ur hands.... URGH!!!! but its an experience though...

One sad thing is dat it rained so damn heavy after dat n made us difficult to go home as most of us were taking the train. And da nx day on da nespaper: " 40 over cars including MERCEDES and BMW were damaged as the roof of the showroom collapsed because of da rain... All brand new cars....

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