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The Year of Dragon!

2012-01-25T13:30:00.003+08:00

I didn't write any post in blog since Chinese New Year. And here I am.

Although I have one week holiday, I feel that it doesn't enough as I have a lot of things I plan to do. I have been busy of it this few days.

As our Chinese tradition, we will have reunion dinner a day before Chinese New Year where all the members of a family will gather together to have dinner together. My family had our reunion dinner at home on the night before Chinese New Year, or some people call it 'Chinese New Year Eve'.

We prepared steamboat as our reunion dinner. I think most of the people are having steamboat as reunion dinner nowadays, right?

I am actually quite busy and didn't really plan to update my blog today. But, something motivated me to update.

Know what's that?

This....

I received a CNY (Chinese New Year) card!

It's really rare to see people sending CNY card recent year, right?

Last year I received one and the only one card for last year CNY from my god-sister. This year, I received my only CNY from a blogging friend, EeSoon.

EeSoon, thank you very much ya! I appreciate your card!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL, MAY YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR IN THE YEAR OF DRAGON!

A Great Guy I Saw In Bus

2012-01-21T20:50:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was the final working day. Yeah, I am going to have one week holiday.

Kinda long?

Initially I thought so too. But after drafted out my schedule, it looks like my schedule is totally full!

Anyway, when I was taking bus home yesterday, I saw something great!

When the bus came, as usual, people were 'fighting' to get on the bus. I don't like to 'fight' with them, I stood aside to wait others to get on first. Then, I saw a person was reading Wall Street Journal. Wow, it's quite rare to see people in Penang reading Wall Street Journal. Then, he gave me a good impression as he didn't 'fight' to get on the bus. He waited to be the final person to get on the bus.

Well, that's the the great thing yet.

The wonderful thing is.......

After he got on the bus, he picked up the rubbish on the bus. Wow! He is such a eco-friendly person. He impressed me a lot! The Earth will be feeling happy with existence of him, right?

How Emailcashpro Works

2012-01-19T22:51:00.004+08:00

Due to my work and investment, I am quite busy recently. That's why I update my blog less frequent already. It has been few days I didn't update my blog. Now, thinking of blogging but don't know what to blog.

Perhaps, I share this tonight. It's about Emailcashpro.

I posted in previously regarding receiving cheque from Emailcashpro. Today, let me share with you how actually Emailcashpro works.

1. After you sign up, from time to time, Emailcashpro will send you email.

2. Then, click on the 'PAID LINK'.

3. It will redirect you to a new page, in which it shows advertisement to you.

4. Spend some time to look at the advertisement until you saw it says that your account has been credited.

After that, you may close the page. You will be given point in which Emailcashpro will pay you base on the points you collected.

Interested to join? Click HERE to sign up.

I Love Vege @ Queensbay Mall, Penang

2012-01-15T20:42:00.003+08:00

I bought I Love Vege's coupons from Everyday.com.my. It's expiring on today. Luckily I managed to used it before it expires.

I went there with my colleague after having exercise at Youth Park yesterday. it locates at Queensbay Mall's third floor.

From the name, I believe you can see from the name, they are selling vegetarian food. Besides healthy food, it was good in a healthier way.

This is the food we ate.

How? Quite healthy, right?

The best in the meal is the papaya. It's so sweet and tasty! I personally don't really like papaya. But this papaya, is so tasty!

Well, this meal cost me RM6.80 (purchasing from Everyday). Sounds expensive? But it's healthier. Health worth more than that. Anyway, if not mistaken, the original price should be RM13.90.

First Time On Langkawi Island

2012-01-12T20:38:00.007+08:00

Cool, today is my first time going to Langkawi Island! Seriously, I never went Langkawi Island. I went to Payar Island before. Last time, I went there directly from Penang Island to Payar Island instead of taking ferry from Langkawi Island to Payar Island.

Anyway, it wasn't a holiday vacation, but a working trip. I was assigned a task on Langkawi Island. After our task and lunch, I bought some chocolates. Thereafter, we left Langkawi Island. So, I just have photo on jetty and ships. Anyway, let's pictures talk and give me a rest after traveling for long hours on ship.

Careless

2012-01-09T19:48:00.003+08:00

Sometimes, I really couldn't forgive myself on my carelessness. Sometimes, I made stupid mistaken even the thing is very simple.

I have been trying to be more careful while I am doing things, but I still failed to overcome my carelessness.

I did some careless mistakes again today in my work. It made my mood down. I have been making a numbers of mistakes due to my carelessness. Even worse, sometime, I am repeating the same mistakes. It's kinda unforgivable to me.

My carelessness has caused me lost a lot of opportunities as well.

Let's back to my primary school. There is a story that I couldn't forget in my life.

I love Maths so much. And I am doing well.

Those who were with me during SPM probably know.

Comparing these two:
1. Getting A for all the subject.
2. Getting 100% for Maths and doing badly in other subjects.

I would chose the second ones. That's why my SPM result is so terrible.

During Standard 1 and 2, I won Maths competition in my school.

When I was in Standard 3, I started my journey of my carelessness. Due to my carelessness, I fail to defend my title. Not only that, I couldn't even won a consolidation prize.

Carelessness, why you love me so much? Can you please leave me? Please.....

Introducing Tifa De Clown

2012-01-08T13:23:00.007+08:00

Hi all, how's your weekends this week?

This week, nothing special around me. I spent most my time in investment stuffs. This morning, I went for jogging with colleague.

Generally, nothing special happens this weekend.

Nothing to blog about my story this week.

So, let me introduce you all a blog.

It's a blog made by my friend's girlfriend. She is talent in making those beautiful balloons. She then started a blog not long ago to share about her art works.

Here are some of her art works.

Let's see whether do you interested to find out more in her blog.

You can see that she made various kind of art works with balloon with different them. Nice?

Okay, what's her blog link?

Here is it: http://tifadeclown.blogspot.com/

Office Life

2012-01-03T20:31:00.005+08:00

I found something interesting in Karming's blog. It's something related to office life. Here is it.

10.Never walk without a document -- People with documents look like hardworking employees headed to important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they're headed for the cafeteria. People with a newspaper in their hand look like they're headed for the toilet. BetWEEn , make sure you CARRY LOADS OF STUFF home with u at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you really do.

9.Use computers to look busy-- Any time you use a computer, it looks like "work" to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, chat and have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. When you get caught by your boss , the best defense is to claim you're teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training dollars.

8.Messy desk -- only top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we're not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. PILE THEM HIGH AND WIDE.

7.Voice mail -- Never answer your phone if you have voice mail.Screen all your calls through voice mail. If somebody leaves a message for you and it sounds like impending work, RESPOND DURING LUNCH HOUR when you know they're not there -- it looks like you're hardworking and conscientious even though you're being a devious weasel.

6.Look impatient and annoyed -- SOmetimes ,the one who always try to look IMPATIENT AND ANNOYED to give off the impression that you're always busy.

5.Leave the office late-- Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read. Make sure you WALK PAST the boss' room on your way out. Send important e-mails at UNEARTHLY HOURS(i.e. 9:35pm, 7:05am, etc.) and during public holidays.

4.Creative sighing for effect -- SIGH LOUDLY when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.

3.tacking strategy -- It is not enough to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books ON THE FLOOR TOOO

2.Build vocabulary -- Read up on some computer magazines and pick out all the JARGON AND QUOTES. Use the phrases freely when in conversation with bosses. Remember, they don't have to understand what you say, but you sure sound impressive.

1.MOSt imPOrtant -- DONT forWard this to your boss by mistake!

First Post In Year 2012

2012-01-02T19:55:00.003+08:00

Happy New Year once again!

This is the my first blog post in the year of 2012!

So, how's your celebration? Did you all go for count down? Anyway, I didn't go for any countdown event. I was just staying in house only.

Time's fast, wasn't it? New Year is over, and second day of 2012 is ending soon and welcoming third day of 2012. And, I am going to back to work again. Tuesday blue again.

This year, my resolution theme is "Developing Wealth and Health". Five resolutions have been set, in which four out of five are related to investment. The final ones is completing Penang Bridge Marathon. I have been saying that I want to join since years ago, I hope I would really join it this year. Anyway, I went for jogging again today with my colleague, I am moving towards my resolution, a good start, right?

Nothing special these two days. I spend most of my time in analysing and studying on investment. I really hope I can do well in investment this year. Wish me luck ya.

Nothing more to say for now. Again, Happy New Year. And, remember ya, it's already 2012, remember don't write 2011 when you are writing date ya! I am sure that a lot of people will forget. I think I will forget sometimes too.

Year 2011 Recap

2011-12-31T21:55:00.004+08:00

Going to say bye bye to year 2011 and welcome the year of 2012!

So, do you all complete your 2011 resolutions? Any memorable things have you all did? It's quite nice to think back all the things I have done for this year.

Here are some things that I have done this year.

January 25: Driving myself for the first time
February 5: Going to my girlfriend house for the first timeMarch 9: My blog's Facebook page reached 100 likes
May 26: Supporting Earth Hour
May 15: Attending & being one of the speakers in BarCamp Penang 2011
May 20: First year anniversary being in relationship with my lovely girlfriend
June 21: Completed my internship
July 1 - 4: Pangkor Island trip
July 26: Bought Malaysia's third series coins
Sept 3 & 4: Visiting Logo's Hope
Oct 3: My convocation
Oct 17: Joining Honglim & Associates
Oct 26: First time taking photo with Penang's Chief Minister
Nov 27: Gathering with Madam Ooi, my first primary school teacher for her farewell
Nov 29: MAMEE's final day of trading, good bye the my best investment
Nov 30: All three investment target for this year was reached
Dec 26: Start my first running training to prepare for 2012 Penang Bridge Marathon

The best things for this year
The best movie I watched: You Are The Apple of My Eye
The best investment: Aeon Credit Service (M) Berhad
The best gift I received: My convocation gifts
The best event I attended: Penang BarCamp 2011
The best song I listened: 那些年
The best novel I read: You Are The Apple of My Eye

Things that I did the most for this year
Song I listen the most: 那些年
Website I visit the most: Facebook
Sentence I said the most: Time's fast
Drink that I drank the most (beside drinking water): Coffee
Mall I went the most: First Avenue

Lastly.....

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YEAR 2012!

Barcamp Perak Is Coming!

2011-12-28T20:14:00.005+08:00

Remember the Barcamp Penang that I went on May this year? It was my first time to join Barcamp, and it impressed me a lot. I enjoyed and learned a lot from Barcamp. It's really a wonderful event to be attended.

Yeah, now, Barcamp is going to Perak!

It going to be held on 25th and 26th February next year, from 8am to 6pm, in UTAR.

So, am I going again?
I am trying to arrange time to go.

Another question. Will I be the speaker again? Haha. I am not sure yet, I am still considering. I still remember I did participate as speaker in Barcamp Penang 2011 with the topic of 'Is Investment Risky'. I am quite happy with that session. It's great to share my knowledge to others. It also gives me a chance to make more friends who have interest in investment.

So, will I be the speaker again? I am not sure yet, considering.

Anyway, for those who don't know what Barcamp is, let me introduce you a little bit on Barcamp.

Quoted from Wikipedia,

"BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences (or unconferences). They are open, participatory workshop-events, the content of which is provided by participants."

To simply it, it's some sort like a conference, but there are some difference between Barcamp and the normal conference.

1. There will be a lot of room with different types of topic going on at the same time, you can choose any topic that you are interested to listen to.
2. Anyone are welcome to share your knowledge. What you need to do is just registering yourself with the Barcamp organiser.
3. If will be held in a casual way.

To know more about Barcamp Perak 2012, you may refer to:
1. Barcamp Perak 2012 Blog
2. Barcamp Perak 2012 Twitter
3. Barcamp Perak 2012 Facebook

First Step Towards Penang Bridge Marathon

2011-12-26T17:06:00.006+08:00

I have been saying for many times that I want to start jogging and wishing to join Penang Bridge Marathon. The first time I said I want to join Penang Bridge Marathon was in year 2006. I planned to join with my best friend Henry and Soony. But the end, if I didn't remember wrongly, it crashed with my school's sport day. The sport day was on Saturday and the marathon was on Sunday. I couldn't run for both and I gave up the marathon.

5 years passed, I still haven't joined it. Haha.

Now, I have really decided that I am going to do so. It's going to be listed in my resolution for next year!

Today, it was my debut on my jogging training. I jogged in Botanical Garden with my colleague today.

It was tiring. It was quite a long time since the last time I jogged. My stamina becomes very weak now.

I need to jog more! I need to train more! I am going to participate in Penang Bridge Marathon 2012! I am going to complete it within the time given!

Yeah!
LuPorTi, GO GO GO!

Haha. Thanks to today's jogging, it was my first time to use this small bag since I get it from the "My Experience with SONY Cyber Shot" which organised by Youth Jam 11.

After the jogging, my colleague and I went to Pulau Tikus's market to have our breakfast.

I heard the Koay Teow T'ng there is nice. So I ordered it. My colleague ordered Koay Chiap. Both are from the same stall. Anyway, I need to praise the hawker is quite friendly and having good manner.

Koay Chiap (RM5.00)

Koay Teow T'ng (RM4.00)

Aunt's Wedding Dinner

2011-12-25T20:08:00.008+08:00

I guess some of you know that I had been to Sungai Petani 2 days ago for my aunt's wedding dinner. I took an unpaid leave on Friday. It was my first unpaid leave that I ever took in my life.

It was wedding dinner of my aunt (youngest sister of my mum). The wedding dinner was held at Ri Feng Lou Seafood Restaurant, Sungai Petani.

Some photos on how the restaurant looks like

Attendance of the wedding dinner

Photo taken before the wedding dinner: my grandma, the bride, my mum and my cousin

The main characters, the bride and bridegroom stepping in

The bride and the bridegroom

The bride and bridegroom cutting cake

The bride and bridegroom pouring the Champagne

What this call ya? The bride and bridegroom drinking the Champagne with crossing their hands

Sweet moment, kissing of the bride and bridegroom

Thank from the family members to all the attendance

Thank from the bride's mum (my grandma) and her eldest brother (my uncle)

The bride and his friends singing the song of '朋友' (FRIEND)

My uncle, also the brother of the bride (the right) sang for the wedding ceremony

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-25T09:40:00.004+08:00

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!

After the 'Dong Zhi' Festival, it's now Christmas. After a week, it's going to be New year!

Where to go today? No where I guess. I think I am going to stay in house to do my things. As Christmas falls on Sunday, it will be replacement of holiday tomorrow. So, no work tomorrow, great ya?

Anyway, wish you all Merry Christmas!

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way.....

Happy 'Tang Yuan' Festival

2011-12-22T23:08:00.003+08:00

It's 'Tang Yuan' Festival!

Due to work, I didn't help to make 'Tang Yuan' this year. However, after reading some blogs, it flashed back my memory in my past where my brothers and I were helping my mother and grandmother to make the 'Tang Yuan'. It was quite fund. Perhaps, next year, if I have time, I will make the 'Tang Yuan'.

The 'Tang Yuan' made by my family. 3 colours: red, green and white.

They made it in yesterday's noon and my mum cooked it at night. And I ate some last night.

Did you eat 'Tang Yuan' during this 'Tang Yuan' Festival? Do you like it?

Anyway, HAPPY 'TANG YUAN' FESTIVAL!

Cheque From Emailcashpro

2011-12-20T21:00:00.003+08:00

After I back from work today, I noticed there were 4 envelopes on my table for me.

And I saw this.

I felt happy to saw this. I could guess what's it inside. It should be a cheque.

Yeah! I am right, it's a cheque!

It's a cheque from Emailcashpro!

What's Emailcashpro?

Okay, let me tell you. It's a company of some sort like advertisement. You can sign up as their members, then they will send you some emails. Links will be given to you in the email. If you click on the links which redirect you to their advertisement, you will get paid.

I have joined Emailcashpro for few years, and I have been receiving their cheques from time to time. It's real, not cheating! Interested to try? Click here to sign up.

Memories That Couldn't Be Kept

2011-12-18T09:57:00.004+08:00

Day after day, time passes away. There is no reverse gear in time, it moves only forward. All the things passed, will only become history.

I am a person who loves to keep a lot of things for memories. I have few boxes in which all the things kept inside it are all my memories. From time to time, I will take it out and have a look on it, and recalling my past.

Anyway, there are things that I couldn't keep.

For example, this ones.

These are the flowers I received during my convocation.

I really wish that I could keep it, but flower will die.

taken on 10/10/2011

taken on 23/10/2011

taken on 18/12/2011 (today)

From time to time, I will be taking the photos of the flowers to keep as memories.

There are also a lot of memories that couldn't be kept by us, such as feeling. We can recall back what's our feeling in the past, but we couldn't exactly what we felt in the past.

There is a quote I like, 'life is like a river, we will never touch the same water twice'. We can have the similar feeling, but we will never have the feeling which is exactly 100% same again.

So, let's appreciate every single second we have and every single things we experience.

2 Months Working In Current Firm I Joined

2011-12-18T04:10:00.004+08:00

Time's fast!

Haha, starting up this post with word that I have been saying frequently recently, "time's fast". Those who are following my Facebook book's posts knows, I have been saying "time's fast" nearly everyday. Right?

Don't you think time's really fast?

It has been 2 months since I joined Honglim & Associates.

Well, I was given 2 months of probation period. Probation period is a period for employers to monitor our performance in order to confirm they really want us or not. Well, anyway, it's also a period for me to evaluate myself.

Honestly, it is already 2 months. My current performance isn't satisfying me yet. I disappoint on my performance. There are still a lot of things I couldn't do it nicely. And, the worst, I made mistakes. Some of the mistakes were due to my carelessness.

On 16th November, I posted 'I wonder how long will I be in the field of audit. 1 year? 3 years? 5 years? 10 years?' in my Facebook.

So, how long will I be in audit ya? I don't know.

Recently, I started a survey to check how many of my friends regret on stepping into audit. When I ask myself this question, I am not sure how should I answer. I don't really like to be in audit but audit is a great place for me to learn a lot of things I wish to learn.

Well, the reason I choose my current firm is because of the boss. The boss is nice, smart and willing to teach us a lot of things. But now, I feel that my performance is disappointing him. I tried to perform better, but I failed to do so. It's quite disappointed.

Anyway, one more month for my probation. I don't know what other difficulties I will face. I hope it would be okay for me.

Disappointing Promotion By KFC

2011-12-15T20:44:00.004+08:00

I believe this promotion attracts a number of people's eye. And it even becomes one of the topic now, am I right?

I knew this promotion from my colleague yesterday. We planned to go KFC for lunch today. But, later on, I felt disappointed after knowing that the promotion is over.

Yea, right, they offer such a wonderful deal, we should appreciate and thank them.

But, there are things that should be highlighted.

VALID UNTIL 15TH JANUARY 2012

The validity of the coupon should be until 15th January 2012, which means ONE MONTH. What happened? One month turns to become ONE DAY? How ridiculous it is?

VALID UNTIL STOCKS LAST

Yea, there is no wrong on them by saying that it's out of stock.

But, doesn't it sounds funny? The validity is last for one month, and the stock is running out in just one day time? If it's running out so fast, why don't they set the validity to one week? Preparing one day's stock for one month promotion, doesn't it sound funny?

Okay, human isn't perfect, we can't predict 100% correct. We give our one month promotion, the stocks may run out faster as we predict. But, how come it's such a huge difference? One month with one day! It's too unacceptable!

Why not saying that you are going to give away a coupon to enjoy your free meal for the whole life. And, while people go to redeem, you tell people that the it's already out of stock, in which the 'while stocks last' referring that there is only 1 coupon is giving out for redemption?

That's funny, isn't it?

I believe a lot of people are complaining and start boycott KFC now. KFC, you are now in trouble, you need to find a way to cool down the complaints.

Tat Seng Restaurant's Salted Chicken

2011-12-13T20:44:00.004+08:00

Ipoh is famous with salted chicken, agree? A lot of people are recommending it.

It hadn't eaten salted chicken for a long time ago. Few weeks ago (yea, few week ago, I delayed this post for so long), my grandmother went to Perak. I asked her to buy the salted chicken if she did pass there.

Yea, she did. And she bought.

When she bought this back, I couldn't wait to open it up.

But of course, as always, I never forgot my camera.

Let's open up the paper covering it.

Yummy?

Well, I quite like it. Just, it wasn't 'hot' anymore. This may made it wasn't as delicious as it should be. Next time, if I have chance, I am going to try out it at the restaurant as well as some other restaurants which are selling salted chicken.

Tat Seng Restaurant
Location: Jalan Raja Ekram, Ipoh, Perak (sorry that I don't have the full address)
Contact: 05-5476680

Yam Rice Around Megamall, Penang.

2011-12-12T21:33:00.004+08:00

I was assigned to conduct audit at somewhere around Prai recently.

Well, I heard that yam rice there is nice.

Last Thursday, my colleagues and I went somewhere around Megamall to try it. Sorry that I couldn't really tell where is the exact place as I am not familiar the places around there.

Well, the yam rice is quite nice I would say. I ordered 2 bowls of yam rice and 1 bowl of soup. 1 bowl of yam rice seems too little, so I ordered two.

However, it seems like a little bit expensive for me. It cost me RM7.50 for that meal. Anyway, it's a good try, quite delicious.

Gathering With Investment Friends

2011-12-11T01:48:00.004+08:00

I have just back to house about one hour ago. It's kinda late ya, it's not my style, right?

Yea, normally I don't stay out until late night. But today, it's different. It's a great night, a night to meet up a group of friends who love investment. Furthermore, I finally managed to meet Deric today!

I met Deric and his friend at Vistana Hotel in the evening, and Teong Ping fetched us to Gurney Drive for dinner.

Well, we chatted a lot. And Deric shared his knowledge. Well, I enjoy listening his sharing. He is a great person. He is good in stock market. His knowledge is great enough.

Well, he is the short term type ones. For people who know me, I am the long term type ones. Honestly, sometimes, it's hard for me to communicate with those short term ones, as our philosophies are different. But Deric is different, his mindset attracts me. I manage to sit there and listen to him words after words. I learned something from him today. And, he is really friendly as I thought. So, it's really a good gathering today.

We left the hawker stalls at around 10 something. Well, I always never forget to take a group photo.

We went Gurney Plaza's car park. Then, it was so jam. Our car couldn't move for more than 15 minutes I guess. Then we decided to have our second round at McDonald. We were chatting for another one hour.

It's really a great gathering. And, from Deric's sharing, I feel motivated to put even more effort in my investment.

To all people gathered up with me today, nice to gather with you and nice to meet you (for those who I met for the first time). And, Deric, thank you for your sharing today.

Feeling From Monday To Sunday

2011-12-05T22:22:00.004+08:00

I saw a nice post from Fang. A post saying about her feeling from Monday to Sunday. I like it so much, because I have quite a same feeling too, so I forward her post here.

"Monday - Ahhh why is always so fast to reach on Monday?! ='{
Tuesday - Sobss Friday, why are you so slow to reach on me, why??! ==|||
Wednesday - Counting down the days ~~ =="
Thursday - Meeting ~ Can't wait to go home ~ Tomorrow is Friday !!! ='}
Friday - TGIF !!!!! Waiting to finish work and go home ~ =D
Saturday - Sleep until self-wake up, without alarm clock to wake me up ~
Sunday - What??! So fast need to back to work tomorrow??! Grrrr ~ ='S"

- Quoted from http://fang-in-dreamland.blogspot.com/2011/12/monday-to-friday-9am-6pm.html

Tomorrow is Tuesday, I think I am going to say, "Sobss Friday, why are you so slow to reach on me, why??!".

How about you? Do you have the same feeling too?

Group Purchase - Mixed Pork Soup + Yam Rice At Q Garden

2011-12-04T14:12:00.002+08:00

One deal in Everyday attracted me. It's a deal of yam rice with mixed pork soup at Q Garden. Q Garden locates at No 1045, Jalan Paya Terubong, 11060 Penang, which is very near to my house. It's just about 15 minutes walking distance from my house. I having been thinking to try the yam rice. Now, this deal is on Everyday, so I bought it.

In this year, we will get 2 sets of yam rice with mixed pork soup at only RM5.70 (saved 50%). So, it's RM2.85 per set, quite cheap, isn't it?

Well, actually Q Garden is selling yam rice during the lunch time and serving steamboat and BBQ at night.

When my cousin and her husband came to Penang few weeks ago, we went there to have a dinner. Among all the food served there, I like its 'sotong' the most.

Bloggers' Comments On You Are the Apple of My Eye

2011-11-29T21:37:00.009+08:00

You Are The Apple of My Eye had become one of the hottest movie in these few weeks. I think a lot of people are talking about it. And, I am one of them. I keep recommending to people around me. I even borrow the novel from my cousin and I finished reading it yesterday, as I posted in my blog as well, "You Are the Apple of My Eye (Novel)".

Well, besides me, I saw a lot of bloggers were posting about this movies in these few weeks. Anyway, I gathered some of the bloggers' comment here. Let's have a look.

Bloggers' Comments

Angeline: I like the movie and it was awesome.

Nikel: I watched! All about high school students story. Before this, they are naive, outstanding thinking and love story. Its remind the last time of myself.

Mr. Lonely: Overall I would rate this movie for 5 stars out of 5.

Jayren: It is a movie that really very worth to watch ! Go watch it people!

No Idea: Strongly recommended this taiwan movie, you are the apple of my eyes.

Norman: I have to say, this movie is worth my time and money watching.

Note: to other bloggers who did post about this movie, perhaps you can give me your post's URL for me to insert your blog into this list?

You Are the Apple of My Eye (Novel)

2011-11-28T12:26:00.005+08:00

You Are the Apple of My Eye (the movie) is the movie that I have been recommending to my friends recently. I like it so much as I rated it as a 5 stars movie.

Thanks to my cousin. She saw my blog and knows that I am planning to read the novel version. She has the novel so she lent to me.

I have just finished reading it just now. Well, although I have read it, I am going to buy the book as well I think.

It's a very nice novel! It touches my heart, especially the last few chapter. It's so nice and touching. And I think, I am going to read it again and again.

The story.....
makes me think of a lot of past time.
makes me even love my girl friend even deeper.
makes me appreciate my girl friend and friends even more.
motivates me towards my dream.

One question, is the movie and novel similar?

It's quite similar and quite different as well. (am I telling rubbish? Hehe)

Well, there is an interesting part in the novel which doesn't have in the movie. There is another important girl in Ko Ching-Teng's life besides Shen Chia-Yi.

On the other hand, the novel doesn't have famous blogger, who acts as the best friend of Shen Chia-Yi.

Previously, my friend asked in Facebook on how people think on books written by Giddens. I initially rated 7 marks out of 10. That time, I read only 1 book of him before only. After watching the movie, I told my friend I wanted to take back that 7 marks. I am going to give the rating again after I read more books of him. Now, here is my re-rating, I am rating him 9 marks out of 10!

And now, Giddens Ko becomes one of my idol!

Gathering With Primary School Teacher And Friends At Berjaya Hotel

2011-11-27T18:08:00.004+08:00

Once again, my standard 1 to 3 classmates met up with our teacher today at Berjaya Hotel. The last gathering with my teacher was on 8th January this year. It is so nice to meet our teacher, Madam Ooi once again.

Although it's just 7 of us attend today, it was a nice gathering, especially I could met Yi Jian and Xin Long today. I never met up and talk with them since standard 5. It's so nice can meet them back once again. Yi Jian, still as friendly as before, created a lot of joyful moment to us.

Well, this year is the final year for our teacher to teach in our primary school, Kong Min 2. Kong Min 2 had a farewell ceremony for her few weeks ago. Too bad, I have started working, I couldn't attend. So, actually today, this gathering is for her. Wish her all the best and able to have a wonderful moment after retirement.

She is my first teacher in primary school. She plays very important role in my life. She is one of the best teachers I ever have in my life.

I would like to say few words to her over here,

THANK YOU, MADAM OOI! YOU ARE A VERY GOOD TEACHER! THANK YOU!

Lunch With UUM Gang At Sticks Fire Bistro

2011-11-26T19:59:00.009+08:00

I have graduated from UUM for few months. And, surprisingly, today, only I celebrated my graduation with my UUM friends. It's quite funny right?

We have our lunch at Sticks Fire Bistro, Queensbay Mall. It locates outside of Queensbay Mall, near to the bus stop.

Thanks to EVERYDAY, a group purchase web, we manage to enjoy a RM48.50 lunch meal with just RM12.90.

Soup of the day - mushroom soup (RM8.90)

Deep Fried Chicken Chop with BBQ Sauce (RM39.90)

Grilled Chicken Chop with Black Pepper Sauce (RM39.90)

Well, overall, it taste not bad. The servant service not bad too. Food, I would like to rate 3 out of 5 while 3.5 out of 5 for the service.

Hehe. Not forgetting to take our group photo.

Rapid Preferred Travel Card

2011-11-23T21:32:00.005+08:00

I have been considering to apply for Rapid Preferred travel card for quite a period of time. After calculation, I found that it's quite worth for me to apply now as I spent RM4.00 daily for transportation. For your information, with Rapid Preferred travel card, you don't need to pay anymore to travel around Penang on Rapid Penang buses. What you need to do is to pay RM75.00 per month, and you can travel without any limit.

Well, I actually applied 2 weeks ago, but the staff told me that I needed to apply after 20th of the month.

Today, I dropped by their kiosk to apply for that.

I thought I need to go there again after two or three days to pick up my card. Surprisingly, the card is ready for me. My photo was printed on the spot! That's so fantastic. And, it didn't really take too long time. It's just about 5 to 10 minutes to get everything settled. It's quite efficient.

I am feeling a little bit excited to use the card start from next month.

To know more about the travel card, click here.

You Are the Apple of My Eye

2011-11-14T21:26:00.006+08:00

This is a hot movie at this moment right? And a lot of people are giving great comment on this movie, right?

My colleague and my friends kept praising on this movie. They made me to have a strong desire to watch this movie.

Well, I managed to get a free movie ticket from 1st Avenue. Thanks to 1st Avenue!

Yea, I watched it with my friends yesterday. I was watching with a high expectation as so many people are saying this movie is extremely nice! And I actually worried something. Always, when we are expecting too much on a movie, it's hard to meat our expectation, perhaps we have put an expectation too high. I worried I would disappoint on this movie because I have put my expectation very high this time!

So, how is it?

Does this movie meets my high expection?

Surprisingly, it is more than satisfying me. It's awesome! It's extremely nice! I rate as 5-stars movie! It's the second love movie that I rated as 5-stars! Which is the first? Secret, the movie of Jay.

If you like to watch Secret, I can say, you will be loving this ones as well.

After the movie is over, I was feeling like I want to remains in the cinema. My heart was totally in the movie. It's really nice, sweet and touching.

Seriously, I might go to cinema to watch again. It's too nice! It's a movie that you not afford to miss! It's too nice.

And now, I understand why so many people are rushing to buy Giddens' books. My colleague also bought a book of this movie.

Well, how about me? Yea, I am planning to buy it as well.

FarmVille For Dummies

2011-11-12T18:25:00.007+08:00

Sorry that I don't update my blog frequently anymore. I am now busy with my work. I have less time for me to do my things.

Today, I am here to post something attract my attention. It's a thing from the famous book series, Dummies.

FarmVille is a famous game in Facebook, right? A lot of people are playing in. I believe some of you are playing as well. Right? Right?

It even won "Best New Social/Online Game" award at the Game Developer's Conference for the in 2010.

Now, I realise that Dummies even publish a book for FarmVille. It surprises me.

Some of the things inside the book including:
- the rules and regulations
- how to stay up to date on the latest FarmVille features
- how to download the app
- create a farmer avatar
- establish your first farm
- finding neighbors
- purchasing farm cash and coins
- shopping at the market

Check out more here.

2011 Penang Youth Volleyball Carnival

2011-11-07T18:56:00.005+08:00

Last Saturday, I went to watch some volleyball matches. Haha, does it surprise you? Well, there is every more surprising ones, It's volleyball competition for primary school students. Haha.

Well, I was informed from a teacher from my primary school about this volleyball carnival. My friends and I went there to give support to my old school.

My friend and I reached there earlier and we sat down and look at the preparation of the carnival.

I checked the match schedule. My primary school Kong Min 2 is going to play at the third match.

I was looking forward and feeling excited on the game.

Supporters from my primary school

My primary school volley ball team

Let's the game begins!

My primary school manage to get the forth place. Although they couldn't win the first or second place, I believe they gained quite a lot of experience. The most important, everyone enjoy the games, winning is the second issue, right?

All the best to my primary school in sport next year, may all can achieve a better result next year!

My First Paycheck In My New Working Life

2011-11-02T21:26:00.006+08:00

October was over. It's November now, a whole new month.

I started my new work in Honglim & Associates last month. So, October was over, I received my October paycheck today as I wasn't in office yesterday. It is my first paycheck in Honglim & Associates. I felt quite excited of it.

Now, I guess some of you may wanna ask something, right?

How much is my paycheck? Right? Right?

Well, not good to disclose. Haha.

However, I am feeling even more excited toward my November paycheck. Hehe.

Why?

As I worked only half month in October, my salary for October is only half. I could only use it for spending. November, I am going to work for the whole month, and I am going to get a full month salary. Yeah! I will have money to invest in stock market with my November paycheck. I am feeling excited of it!

LuPorTi, kambateh in your work! Go go go!

Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Award 2011 Nomination

2011-11-01T22:22:00.005+08:00

Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Award 2011 is now here! The nomination of the awards has started last week. The nomination will be ended on 7 November 2011.

Today, I submit 2 nominations.

1. Best Food Blog: 月光下のApplefish

I have been following this blog for a period of time. It's now a great food blog to read. Nowadays, when I am looking for any food to eat or restaurant to visit, I always visit this blog to get ideas. It always gives me great ideas on where to hang out to have lunch with my friends during weekends.

2. Best Travel Blog: ~ The HENG Family Travel Blog ~

It's another blog that I have been following for a period of time. The blogger shares a lot of traveling experience of that family, especially places in Singapore. To look for places to visit with your weekends? This perhaps a good blog to give you some ideas.

All the best to Applefish and Heng Family!

Tottenham Hotspur vs Queens Park Rangers

2011-10-30T15:45:00.004+08:00

Surprise?! Suddenly I post about football.

It has been a long time I didn't really watch football. I used to be a fans of football. I After Form 5, I didn't really watch much football and after World Cup 2006, I stopped watching football like before. Even in World Cup 2010, I watched only one full match on live which is the match between Korea and Argentina.

I have some friends who asked me whether will I watch football again, I said, probably not.

But now, I concern about the performance of Queens Park Rangers (QPR). I guess some of my friends notice that I do post the result of QPR in my Facebook sometimes. However, I didn't ever watch any match of QPR on live before yet.

Last week, QPR defeated Chelsea. It surprised a lot of people. This round, QPR is going to play against Tottenham Hotspur, another team which is quite strong. Will miracle happen again? It's hard, but I still hope that it will happen.

By the way, when I told some of my friends that I support QPR now, it surprises people. Mostly, people will support stronger team like Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Real Madrid or Barcelona.

Why I support QPR?

Yea, it's because Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes, CEO of Airasia Berhad, a person wh0 I call him as THE BEST CEO IN MALAYSIA.

He bought 66% of QPR in the mid of August. When I listened to the news, I felt so surprised when the news reporting that he has bought the shares of QPR. I know that he is interested in football industry, especially English Premier League (EPL), but still, I felt surprise of it.

I wondered how will be QPR perform until the end of the season. I hope QPR can end the season with the ranking better than 15th.

Anyway, we will know it at the end of the season.

Lunch With Colleagues: Chicken Rice At Gat Lebuh Cecil

2011-10-29T23:30:00.001+08:00

Haha, I have been in Honglim & Associates for 2 weeks. Overall, working there isn't bad. My boss and colleagues are friendly. They all are willing to teach my a lot of things.

Nowadays, I am used to having lunch with my colleagues. On Thursday that day, we went to Gat Lebuh Cecil to have our lunch.

Overall, it's just standard. It tastes okay and its price is standard.

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Deepavali Open House At Time Square, Penang.

2011-10-26T18:31:00.005+08:00

Today is an important day for Hindus. It's Deepavali! Deepavali, also called as 'Festival of Light', is one of the most important festival for Hindus. It's celebrated between mid-October and mid-November. Today, it falls on today.

There is an open house hosted in Time Square, Penang, from 11am to 2pm. As I didn't have work, I manage to give it a visit.

Around Time Square, there are quite a number of temples. I saw a lot of Hindus were being there. I can feel how important this festival to them.

In this open house, I can see there are quite a lot of people attending. And the people attended are not just Hindus. I can see there are various people from various races and religions gathered there. That's what should be seen in Malaysia, right?

Well, let's look at photos to see how's the open house.

The venue of the open house

People are waiting the arrival of Penang Chief Minister

The place where the foods were prepared

The arrival of Penang Chief Minister, YAB Lim Guan Eng

The crowd are welcoming the arrival of YAB Lim Guan Eng

Penang Chief Minister's car

Waiting the ceremony to start

YAB Lim Guan Eng lighting on the light

Performance

This open house is quite a successful ones, And, happily, I manage to take a photo with Penang Chief Minister, YAB Lim Guan Eng.

HAPPY DEEPAVALI!

Shining Star Kids Talent Search

2011-10-25T22:00:00.000+08:00

Here is another competition for kids. A nationwide kids talent search contest that will start from November until December of 2011.

Terms and Conditions

1. This competition is open to all children aged between 3 to 6 years old.
2. There will be 2 categories; category A (Age 3-4), category B (Age 5-6).
3. Any performance can be chose with 3 minutes as time limit.
4. Registration fees are RM20 per person.
5. Participant is required to fill in the form with correct information for finalist invitation in the future.
6. Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained.
7. Parents must be present during the event.
8. Photocopy form is acceptable.
9. Organizer will not be liable for any loss of personal belongings, accidents, injury, death and or damages of participants incurred during the qualification and final round at any venue of the event.
10. Organizer reserves the right to change the terms and conditions without prior notice.
11. 5 finalists will be chosen from each preliminary round.

Prizes:
Winner - RM25,000 IMIKI franchise voucher + trophy + certificate + hamper worth RM150
2nd place - RM15,000 IMIKI franchise voucher + trophy + certificate + hamper worth RM100
3rd place - RM10,000 IMIKI franchise voucher + trophy + certificate + hamper worth RM50
Consolation prizes x 7 - Trophy + certificate + hamper worth RM20

Date and venues:

Preliminary rounds:
6/11, 1pm - Alor Setar Mall, Kedah
13/11, 1pm - 1st Avenue Mall, Penang
20/11, 5pm - Auto-city, Juru
25/11, 3pm - Danga City Mall, Johor
26/11, 1pm - Taiping Sentral, Perak
4/12, 1pm - JB City Square, Johor
18/12, 12pm - Subang Parade, Selangor

Final round:
25/12, 5pm - The Mines Shopping Mall, Selangor

For enquiries, kindly contact Ms Ng at 016-4346687 or Ms Lim at 017-4699713, or email to ving.vip@gmail.com.

You may also visit its event page in Facebook.

The participant forms can be downloaded here:
1. Participant Form - Alor Star Mall
2. Participant Form - Penang 1st Avenue Mall
3. Participant Form - Auto-City, Juru (Sky TV)
4. Participant Form - Taiping Sentral
5. Participant Form - JB City Square
6. Participant Form - Subang Parade
7. Participant Form - Popular Mega Book Fair 2011 Danga City Mall
8. Participant Form - Popular Mega Book Fair 2011 Straits Quay Convention Centre

Bloggers Gathering At Z Classroom, Penang's Time Square

2011-10-22T23:12:00.020+08:00

It is a late post again. I went for a bloggers gathering last Sunday (15 October 2011). That gathering was at Z Classroom, Penang's Time Square. It's just at the ground floor, near to Maybank there.

Z Classroom has just opened last month. So, I felt good to have the gathering there.

The concept of Z Classroom is 'classroom' as we can see from the name. Well, the shop is designed based on classroom. It gives us a scene to bring us back to our childhood, which is a happy moment for a lot of people.

Remember this thing? Blackboard.

There is also a cupboard where we can put our thing inside.

See this, notice board which we stick the works of the students. Remember?

Haha. See this, quite interesting.

And also, did you draw your table with correction pen (or more commonly, we called it liquid paper). Now, you have the chance to do it again!

Besides, you can go upstairs as well. And also, there is a VIP room upstairs.

So, it's quite a nice place for gathering right? About 15 bloggers attended that gathering, and we was talking, playing and enjoying the moment very much.

And we had cakes and some coffee for our tea time and some of them drank beer. Anyway, the cake tastes quite nice.

Time flied. Very fast, the gathering came to the end, we took a group photo before we left. Sadly, not all bloggers attended that day are in the photos, some left earlier and didn't appear in the photos.

Looking forward for the next bloggers gathering.

Turning Your Screen Display

2011-10-18T23:10:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Henry, I learned something interesting.

Look at this picture.

Saw any difference?

It's upside down!

Not only upside down.

Ting tang! It turns left.

Ting Tang! Now it turns right.

Haha. Interesting? Want to learn how to do it?

It's simple, just press 'Alt' + 'Ctrl' + direction (down, left or right).

Then to make it back to normal, jus tpress 'Alt' + 'Ctrl' + 'Up'.

What Made Me Smiled In My Second Day of Working

2011-10-18T22:28:00.007+08:00

Today is my second day of working.

Yeah! I managed to wake up at 6 am again. After I woke up, didn't know why, my brain straight doing some calculation. Then I realized that, due to go for work, I have only 2 to 3 hours per day for me to do my things during weekday, it's totally very little. I should appreciate my weekend!

Today, nothing special in my work. But again, something make me smile again today. Yesterday, it is the selfish uncle made me smiled. How about today?

I went McD to have my lunch today. I ordered a set lunch and I ordered Coke-Light as my drink. However, Coke was served for me. Anyway, I didn't realized that. And, I won't blame them as well even I knew, as there were a lot of customers that time, they might make mistake.

However, while I was eating, surprisingly, the person who took my order approached me with a Coke-Light on hand. He apologized and told me that he made the mistake. I told him I already started drinking that cup of Coke. He told me that I can refill for Coke-Light afterward. I was happy with his service, and he was so polite.

My joy didn't stop there. After I finished my set lunch, I went toward the counter. That guy saw me, and quickly asked the crew to refill a Coke-Light for me. I returned him with a nice smile. I am really enjoy the moment. This is called 'CUSTOMER SERVICE'.

As Jace jie commented in my previous post, First Day of My Working Life, 'sometime smile is easy to get from the simple thing around us', it's pretty true, just two simple things happened to me yesterday and today, but both two matters made me smiled.

First Day of My Working Life

2011-10-17T21:22:00.005+08:00

I believe those who are following what's happening on me know that I started my working life today. I am back to the war of auditing.

To avoid from late, I departed from my house at 7 o'clock. I reached KOMTAR very early. And I reached my new workplace at around 8.10 am. This morning, I received messages from people to wish me all the best in my jobs. Seriously, I appreciate that. Thanks to you all ya!

I believe some of people want to know how's my first day of working.

I have nothing much to comment, just can say, it's a working life. That's all.

Actually, I wondered and worried how late will I reach home after work. Now, I have the answer. I reached home at around 7.20 pm today. Luckily the traffic wasn't too heavy. Anyway, something make me smile on the way back home. Guess what's that? Haha. Actually, it's just a simple thing. The bus is full of people. At a station, a passenger got down and there was a empty seat. I didn't make any move toward it although I was the nearest person to the seat, because there was an old uncle there. Suddenly, he gave me a signal to ask me to sit down. I returned him another signal to give him that seat. And he finally took the seat. So, what made me smile? Well, I am happy to see the uncle is so selfless.

Tomorrow is going to be my second day in Honglim & Associates. I hope I can adopt to work in that firm. Good luck to me ya.

Final Day Before My New Working Life

2011-10-16T20:34:00.004+08:00

I am going to start my new working life tomorrow. I mentioned in my previous post, 'Going To Work Soon', I was trying to adjust my sleeping time. I failed it twice, but I made it this morning. I successfully woke up at 6 am. I hope tomorrow I can wake up on time too.

So, today is the final day for me before start my new working life.

I went out with my cousin and her husband in the morning. We went for breakfast and then Kek Lok Si.

We actually planned to go Penang Hill after Kek Lok Si. Unfortunately, time isn't allow, I was going to attend a blogger event. So, I left them after having lunch together, and they went Penang Hill themselves.

There was a gathering of bloggers in Z Classroom, Time Square at 3.30 pm.

It was a nice event. We were chatting while forgetting the time. When I was about to leave, I realized it was already about 5.30pm.

I am going to blog about this gather in next few days. Stay tune.

Going To Work Soon

2011-10-15T18:06:00.009+08:00

Finally, I am going back to working life again. Tomorrow is the final day for me before start working.

I wonder how will my new working life be. Thinking back my previous work (my internship), it seems left me a bad memory. I felt so stress during my internship. I don't know will such life repeats. I hope I could manage my new work.

My new employer is Honglim & Associates. It locates at Wisma KGN, near to jetty and Komtar. I am going to work by taking bus. I am not sure what's the best time for me to depart from house yet. I am not sure with the traffic and so on. So, to be more conservative, I think I am going to wait bus at 6.45 am or 7 am.

Another problem, I wonder can I wake up on time. I plan to wake up at 6 am. I tried to adjust my sleeping time to 11 pm to 6am. I started trying to adjust since Thursday.

Thursday, I slept at around 11pm.
Friday, I woke up at around 7am.
FAILED

Friday, I slept at around 11 pm.
Saturday, I woke up at around 1 am, then I failed to sleep until 2 something.
Then, I woke up at 7 something.
FAILED again

Let's see what time I can wake up tomorrow.

Mr. Xu Shi Ying's Arts

2011-10-11T20:34:00.010+08:00

After read from Applefish's blog, I went Time Square last Saturday to see the arts by Mr. Xu Shi Ying.

Okay, now, let's the pictures do the talking.

Wonderful art, isn't it?

Well, there is one thing that even make me say 'WOW'. Let's see this.

Don't know what's it, right?

Let's move closer.

Still couldn't see it clearly, right? That's why magnifiers were provided there.

Amazing isn't it? He can make such a tiny art. It's so wonderful.

Delicious Paintings Exhibition (Lee Siew Wen)

2011-10-09T16:59:00.009+08:00

I went to an art exhibition yesterday. It is a great exhibition.

It's a painting exhibition by Miss Lee Siew Wen, a lady who is 19 years old. She loves art since she was small. She is fascinated with colours and shapes. She try to bring her life into art and express her feeling through painting.

However, after she grew up, she took a back seat as she needs to put some concentration on academic. However, that didn't really stopped her from moving towards her passion and vision. With the help of her mentor, Madam Cheong, she finally obtained some achievements in the world of art.

Perhaps, some people may see her in newspapers before.

What she impresses me very much is her enthusiasm towards art, and her determination of moving towards her dream and vision.

"有梦，就要坚持"- "Dream, it have to be adhered"

Now, let us see her arts. Let's see how she express her feeling into her painting.

Okay. Now, the question, where and when is the exhibition?

Date:
8 October 2011 - 22 October 2011

Time:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Venue:
Island Gallery (opposite Union Primary school)
No. 4&6, Phuah Hin Leong Road, 10050 Penang

How To Define A Household

2011-10-09T08:27:00.004+08:00

Malaysia's Budget for year 2012 has been unveiled 2 days ago. One of the announcements that attracts a lot of people is the RM500 given to household which has monthly income of not more than RM3,000.

Some of my friends asked me on whether are they eligible to apply for that RM500. Well, I couldn't very sure yet as there is no detailed announcement yet.

But basically, household is determined like this:

1. A married person but still staying with parents
- all the people staying together inclusive him/her and his/her parents considered as one household

2. A married person, formed a new family and doesn't stay together with parents
- his/her new family will be considered as one household, his/her parents will not be included

3. Single, both parents passed away, no sibling
- he/she will be considered as one household

4. Single, but not staying with parents (in which parents are still alive)
- he/her will still be considered as one household with his/her parents although they aren't staying together

5. Divorced, staying with children
- he/she and his/her children will be considered as one household

Anyway, I am still waiting for the further announcements and explains regarding the RM500 and how is it going to be implemented.

Budget 2012 Updates

2011-10-07T15:08:00.034+08:00

- FDI hits RM29 billions

- GDP growth expected to be 5% to 6% in 2012 while deficit expected to shrink to 4.7% in 2012 from 5.2% in 2011

- Total revenue for 2012 is forecast to increase to RM186.9 billions or 1.9%.

- Foreign reserve: RM414.5 billions

- Private investment expected to climb by 15.9% in 2012

- RM29.8 billions are allocated for investment in infrastructure, industrial and rural development

- RM13.6 billions are allocated for the social sector, including education and training, welfare, housing and community development

- Rolling Plan 2 will be implemented in 2012, and RM98.4 billions will be allocated and to be split evenly between 2012 & 2013

- RM978 millions are allocated for 5 regional corridors

- Tax deductions on Sukuk Wakala will be given for 3 years from 2012

- FELDA GVH will be listed on Bursa Malaysia by mid-2012

- A RM2 billions shariah-compliant SME Financing Fund will be established in 2012

- A RM100 millions SME Revitalisation Fund offering loans for entrepreneurs will be available from Jan 2012

- Full exemption of import duty and excise duty on hybrid cars and electric cars to be given until 2013

- Langkawi Five Year Tourism Development Master Plan will be launched (allocation: RM420 millions

- RPGT: 10%(<2 years), 5%(2-5 years), 0% (>5 years)

- RM100 millions are allocated to promote innovation including 1Malaysia Award (C1PTA) for innovative student inventions

- Commercialisation Innovation Fund of RM500 millins will be established to enable SMEs to commercialise research products

- RM50.2 billions will be allocated to the education sector while RM1 billion will be provided for the construction, improvement and maintenance of schools

- Payments for primary and secondary education are abolished

- Incentives, including an Investment Tax Allowance, will be given to private schools registered with the Ministry of Education

- Double deduction: scholarships

- Programme to supply clean water to the rural community in Sabah to be expanded

- RM400 millions to be provided to upgrade the water supply infrastructure in selected FELDA areas

- Greater access to bank services will be provided in rural areas

- RM90 millions will be provided to the Orang Asli for basic necessities

- Loan totaling RM100 millions will be provided for public buses and school buses

- Salaries are increased in new remuneration scheme for civil servants for "performance driven" service

- Compulsory retirement age increases from 58 to 60 years old

- Civil servants will be offered tuition fee assistance for part-time studies (including master and doctoral)

- RM200 millions are provided to PDRM for enhancement

- RM3,000 will be given to ex-members of the special constable and auxiliary police as well as widows and widowers

- The National Agro-Food Policy 2011-2020 will be launched, RM1.1 billion is allocated for the development of the agriculture sector

- Subsidies, incentives and assistance up to RM33.2 billions will be allocated: sugar (20 sen), flour (55 sen), cooking oil (RM1.80)

- Assistance is provided by KAR1SMA to poor senior citizens and children and disabled people

- Limit of house prices under The My First Home Scheme will be increased from a maximum of RM220,000 to RM400,000

- Program Perumahan Rakyat will be continued to be implemented by building 75,000 units of affordable houses

- SPNB will build 10,000 houses with cost of RM65 thousands and it will be sold at RM45 thousands only

- 81 rural health clinics will be upgraded and 50 new 1Malaysia clinics will be launched

- Hospital Kuala Lumpur will be upgraded to be the country’s premier hospital

- Healthcare allocation: RM15 billions for operating expenditure, RM1.8 billions development expenditure

- Tax exemptions on taxi purchases

- SARA 1Malaysia: benefits to 100,000 households with income below RM3,000 per month

- Social assistance centre known as Anjung Singgah will be established to assist the homeless

- RM10 millions will be allocated for women to develop leadership and managerial skills

- Free Human Papilloma Virus immunisation will be provided nationwide

- MyCreative Venture Capital will be established with an initial fund of RM200 millions

- RM200 millions will be allocated to train youths who have left school (SAY 1Malaysia programme)

- RM15 millions will be allocated to build 150 futsal courts

- Outpatient registration fees for senior citizens aged 60 years and above will be exempted in Government hospitals and health clinics

- Employer's contribution for EPF is increased to 13% for employees with monthly salary RM5,000 and below

- Personal tax relief: RM3,000 relief on contribution to a private retirement scheme and insurance annuity for 10 years

- One-off assistance of RM500 will be provided to households with monthly income of RM3,000 and below

- Book voucher worth RM200 will be given to all Malaysian students (both private and public institutions of higher learning)

- Additional bonus of half-month salary will be given to civil servants and RM500 for pensioners

Budget speeches are available at Inland Revenue Board's website:
- English version
- Malay version

Quotes From Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T21:35:00.006+08:00

Most of people know that there is a bad news today. The legend of technology, Steve Jobs passed away. He has left us. Steve Jobs is really a wonderful person who brings a lot of innovative products to all of us.

Ipod, iphone, ipad....

Without him, we all will not have all these wonderful products. He isn't only a wonderful entrepreneur, but also a wonderful man who brought a lot of changes to our life.

His works and efforts should be appreciated. He is one of the heroes in my heart. I give my respect here to him.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)

I tried to search from net on the wonderful things that he has said. Here are some quotes I like so much.

- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

- Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful… that's what matters to me."

- We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.

- Because I'm the CEO, and I think it can be done.

- The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.

- Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste.

- When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth.

- You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

- Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

- Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

- Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

- To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

My Convocation

2011-10-04T23:03:00.014+08:00

I am officially a UUM graduate now!

3rd October was a memorable day for me, the day I officially received my degree.

My family and I departed from home at around 4.40am. During the journey, it rained heavily, and we reached a bit late. I was worrying on getting late at there. Luckily, I was late for a little bit only, and everything wasn't realy start yet.

The moment of photographing with my friends in UUM was thing that exciting me the most! When I was in the hall, I couldn't stop thinking the photographing session. I felt really very excited on it.

This is the first person I took photo with after I got out from the hall.

Know who is he? He was my roommate since second semester. He is a good roommate. I feel glad to have him as my roommate for 6 semesters. Let's check out other photos.

And here, these are all the convocation gifts that I receives. I really appreciate everything that they have given to me. Thanks you all ya!

Happy graduation to me and my friends!

Some Investment Blogs Which I Am Following

2011-10-02T19:54:00.004+08:00

The OSKIC trial game has over and the real OSKIC 2011 competition is coming. It's going to start on 4th October and end on 28 October.

OSKIC sets an additional restriction for OSKIC. Now, the players cannot buy stock which its share price is below RM1. It makes the competition even tougher. Players have to do more homework already.

Reading investment blogs is one of my ways to get more information on investment. I follow quite a number of blogs.

Here are some of my favourite investment blogs:
- Malaysia-Finance Blogspot
- Where is Ze Moola
- Nexttrade
- 黑@證劵
- Malaysia REITS
- 回到原点
- 2nd brother
- Bonescythe Stock Watch
- Corporate Governance in Malaysia
- CWYeoh KLCI Stock Analysis
- 老老实实投资

Robe For My Convocation Ceremony

2011-10-02T07:55:00.009+08:00

Finally, I am going to be a UUM graduate officially!

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for LuPorTi! It's going to be my convocation ceremony. I guess I need to sleep early tonight, 9 o'clock perhaps. I hope to depart as early as possible to avoid late reaching.

My beloved Lipei helped me to take my robe for my convocation ceremony last Monday. I took it from her last Thursday.

See, here is my robe.

And this, the 'square hat' that a lot of people are waiting to wear.

Let's try it on. Seriously, it took me quite a period of time to learn how to wear it. Thanks to Jace 'jie' teaching me.

I took some photos with my mum and grandma as well.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow....

I am waiting tomorrow to graduate officially. I am going to capture a lot photos with my friends. And, I feel so happy when knowing that some of my juniors are going to see me and capture some photos as well. You all have made my university life a better ones.

To my friends who are graduating tomorrow, HAPPY CONVOCATION to you all!

Tropical Spice Garden, Penang.

2011-09-28T22:45:00.010+08:00

It was quite a late post.

My friends and I went to Tropical Spice Garden beginning of this month. After such a long time, only I blog about it.

Tropical Spice Garden is located at Teluk Bahang, Penang. The place it situated was actually a place that it was once being abandoned. Thereafter, David and Rebecca Wilkinson together with a talented team transformed it into this garden with unique design and soul into a remarkable eco-tourism venture.

This garden was actually taking 1.5 years to complete. the work involved work of harmonising over 500 species of tropical flora. They preserve much of the original indigenous flora and fauna while maintaining the original topography of the site. A lot of trees were left undisturbed, which become good shelters for the visitors. The team has also re-routed the water from a waterfall nearby. We can hear a the voice water at many corners inside the garden.

Okay, let's see how Tropical Spice Garden looks like.

This is the counter where we make payment.

The prices as stated as their website are as follow:
- Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) : RM35 (self-guided), RM55 (guided tour)
- Adult : RM14 (self-guided), RM22 (guided tour)
- Child : RM8 (self-guided), RM8 (guided tour)

I actually not really sure with the price, as we actually went there with the vouchers I bought from group purchase, Everyday.

Besides visiting the garden, there is also a restaurant and a shop for you to buy the products.

We didn't take our lunch over there, so there is no photo for the restaurant.

It's quite a nice trip. However, it rained at the middle of our trip. Or else, I guess we will stay there for longer time.

Silicon Valley Comes To Malaysia

2011-09-26T10:00:00.014+08:00

I come across to this event today. It's a great event for those who is want to be an entrepreneur or those who are already an entrepreneur. It's organized by StartupMalaysia.org on 20th and 21st October in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Interestingly, there a lot of wonderful people coming to this conference, including the co-founder of Youtube, Jawed Karim, and founder of LinkedIn, Konstantin Guericke.

Let's see the tentative whether does it attract you.

Thursday, 20th October 2011
0800 – 0900			Registration of Participants Arrival of Guests & Media
0900 – 1030			Inaugural Session
			Welcome remarks Dhakshinamoorthy Balakrishnan, Founder, StartupMalaysia.org Opening address YBhg Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali Chief Executive Officer, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Keynote Address and Launch of StartupMalaysia.org YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Hj Abdul Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia
1030 – 1100			Coffee Break
1100 – 1200			Keynote Session: The story of Linkedin - How to pioneer and sustain success? How to manage and leverage your relationships and network to do so? by Konstantin Guericke, Co-founder, Linkedin
1200 – 1330			Lunch
1330 – 1430			Panel Session: The importance of mentorship in startup incubation and acceleration
			Facilitator Dr Sivapalan, co-founder of AllStars! Panellist Paul Bragiel, Co-founder of Lefora, Partner at i/o Ventures Dan Bragiel, Principal at i/o Ventures Christina A. Brodbeck, Co-founder and CEO, TheIceBreak.com Jonas Kjellberg, First Marketing Director and VP of Sales at Skype, Founder of Gear Up Ventures
1430 – 1515			Keynote Session: The rise Super Angels: how will this new generation of angels create more funding opportunities for entrepreneurs? by Naval Ravikant, Super Angel and Founder of AngelList, investor in Twitter and FourSquare
1515 – 1545			Coffee Break
1545 – 1645			Interview by Seema Mody (CNBC): From rock stars to tech celebrities by Shawn Fanning, Co-founder of Napster by Steve Koskie, Co-founder of Dipdive.com (with Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am)
1645 - 1730			TBD

Friday, 21st October 2011
0800 – 0900			Registration of Participants Arrival of Guests & Media
0900 – 0910			Welcome by Rebeca Hwang, co-Founder, StartupMalaysia.org, and YouNoodle.com
0910 – 0930			Opening Remarks YB Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Higher Education & GEW Malaysia Patron
0930 – 1030			Keynote Address: The story of Priceline. How to overcome criticism of your idea? by Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder of Priceline.com (and member of the founding executive team), former CEO of uBid.com
1030 – 1100			Coffee Break
1100 – 1230			Keynote Session: Intellectual Property and Inventions – how to protect your idea in the global landscape? by Patrick Ennis, Head of Global Technology at Intellectual Ventures
1230 – 1430			Lunch & Friday Prayers
1430 – 1515			Panel Discussion: Globally born startups – how to leverage the ‘story’ of the team for fundraising and PR?
			Moderator Bob Chua, CEO & Executive Chairman, Pulse Group PLC Panellist Kulveer Taggar, Co-founder of Auctomatic and Tagstand Henrik Scheel, Co-founder and CEO, SPUTNiK5 Philippe Lee, Founder of JadeStudioProductions Saad Khan, Partner at CMEA
1515 - 1545			Coffee Break
1545 – 1645			TBD
1645 - 1700			Closing Remarks: Dhakshinamoorthy Balakrishnan, Founder, StartupMalaysia.org Rebeca Hwang, Co-Founder, StartupMalaysia.org

Source from: StartupMalaysia.org

It looks interesting, isn't it?

Click HERE for the details.

Namewee At 1st Avenue

2011-09-21T10:50:00.006+08:00

I believe a lot of Malaysians know about Namewee nowadays.
He is famous of putting facts and things happen in Malaysia into musics and songs.
He now put it into a movie, Nasi Lemak 2.0.

Have you watch it?
If you don't, and if you plan to watch, better watch it faster?
Rumours are saying that Nasi Lemak may be taken off from screen earlier than it planned.

Namewee came to 1st Avenue, Penang to promote Nasi Lemak 2.0 last Thursday.

Can you see the crowds?
It show how famous the movie is.
Some even say, it's a 'must watch' movie for Malaysian.

The event started at 8.30pm.
The MC showed out first.

Then, it's Namewee's turn.
The crowds are shouting 'WALAO EH' to call out Namewee onto the stage.

There are also some games played with the the audience.

See this.

What are they doing?

They are rushing to buy Namewee-related things in order to take it for Namewee to give his signature on the things.

Nasi Lemak 2.0 and Namawee are kinda popular now in Malaysia, aren't them?

My Tutorial Posts Regarding OSKIC Last Year (2010)

2011-09-18T13:02:00.008+08:00

OSKIC trial version will start tomorrow. It gives those who don't really familiar with stock trading a chance to have some practice before the real competition starts.

Similar to last year, a number of friends are asking me on how to trade stock and so on.

I post here few posts that I posted last year on tutorial in trading in OSKIC. However, I am not sure whether is the platform for this year is same or not. But, these posts can still be referred I guess.

1. How To Trade In OSKIC
2. How To Read the Trading Board In OSKIC
3. Buy and Sell in OSKIC
4. How To Calculate Cost In OSKIC
5. How To Calculate Cost In OSKIC (Selling)
6. How To Read The Game Portfolio In OSKIC
7. Adding Stocks Into Favourite List In OSKIC
8. Some Useful Websites To Share With OSKIC Players

Note: for the cost calculation, the transaction cost in OSKIC this year is fixed at 0.6%

Group Purchase - Western Food With Dessert at Prangin Mall

2011-09-18T12:52:00.003+08:00

I earned RM330.35 in Everyday's affiliation program last month.
Now, I start to using the store credit.

I bought an offer today.
It's a western food with dessert at Prangin Mall.
It's only RM5.50 which is 53% cheaper than usual. (Normal price: RM11.80)

Click here for the deal.

Recently, I will check out the deals inside group purchase web everyday.
It's a good idea. Group purchase really help us to save a lot of money, isn't it?

Previously, I was worrying that it was another way of cheating money.
But, after I tried it, I like it. It's a great idea.

OSKIC 2011 Photo Mini Competition

2011-09-14T15:37:00.009+08:00

There is one mini competition on photo.

The rules are simple.
All we need to do is to post a photo of ourselves in promoting OSKIC using the most creative method.

The photo must contain:
1. ourself
2. OSKIC related images
3. our university name/logo

I decided to join this competition.

This is the photo I posted for participating.

How?

Do you like it?

If you do, click 'like' and comment for my photo in Facebook.

Links:
- My photo for competition (note: you have to like OSKIC Facebook page before you can like my photo)
- OSKIC's Facebook
- OSKIC web

Happy Mooncake Festival!

2011-09-12T12:31:00.003+08:00

Anything special for today?

Yea!
It's Mooncake Festival!
It's one of the most famous festival for Chinese.

During Mooncake Festival, mooncake becomes a superstar.

So, have you eaten mooncake today?

I actually missed the past.
Last time, my neighbourhood would organized a celebration party.
People in my neighbourhood would gather together, play together and eat mooncake together.
The kids would be taking the lantern walking around the area.
It's so fun.

But now, no more celebration over here.
I feel so miss on the past.

Anyway,
HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL TO YOU ALL!

OSKIC 2011 Roadshow At KDU, Penang

2011-09-09T12:53:00.009+08:00

OSKIC came to Penang to have roadshows.
There was roadshow in INTI International College yesterday.
Today, it's at KDU from 10am to 3pm.

I woke up early today to visit there.

After it starts, people were coming in.
A lot of people were registering at the counters.

Goodies bag will be given to those who registered in the road show.
So, students in KDU, what are you waiting for? Go down to register yourself to grab the goodies bag!

There were quizzes held every hour.
Prizes will be given to the winner too.

Haha. It's quite a good roadshow.
It makes me feeling more excited toward the contest this year.

There are also roadshows on next week!

12 Sept (Monday) : SEGI Damansara
13 Sept (Tuesday) : KL Metrooilitan University

Find out more about OSKIC at www.oskic.com or OSKIC Facebook.

Job Interview Yesterday

2011-09-08T20:51:00.007+08:00

I went for job interview yesterday.
Well, I guess not much people know about it.
And, not much people know which firm I went for the interview.

Okay, let me say over here.
I went interview at Honglim & Associates, an audit firm.
It locates at Wisma KGN, near Penang island's jetty.

I felt so nervous before the interview.
I really wished that I would succeed.

So, how was it?
Yea, passed.
The boss gave me few more days to make final consideration whether to join them or not.
I think I don't need to do too much of consideration already.
I have surveyed about it before.
I felt happy to join them.

The salary offered, within my expectation, and I satisfied about it.

How much is it?
Well, I think it's better to keep it confidential.
Salary is a sensitive issue, isn't it?

Okay, now, I think I will reply to them next Monday to confirm my willingness of joining.

Friends, good luck to me ya!

My New Shoe

2011-09-06T22:07:00.003+08:00

I guess a lot of people may surprise on something.

In sudden, I am going for a job interview tomorrow.
I feel a bit nervous of it.
Hope that I can still get into sleep tonight.

My old formal shoe was spoilt during my internship.
For tomorrow's interview, I need to seek for a new shoe.
I went Georgetown to seek for my shoe.

It was a tough mission for me.
Due to insufficient fund, my budget for shoe is only RM100.
It limited the choices.
Moreover, I was searching for shoe with size of 12.
Quite a big shoe ya.

I looked for a many shops.
When I found shoe I want, mostly there is no size for me.

When I almost gave up finding shoe in Prangin Mall,
a great shop appeared.
I found shoes and they are within my budget.
I asked the boss and he told me he has shoes for my sizes.
I tried it. And I bought it. It costs me RM49.

What makes me feel satisfied is that,
the boss is friendly.
We were talking for 20 minutes I guess before I left the shop.

A thumb up for the shop as well as the boss.
I will feel happy to visit that shop again next time.

Well, that shop is Mirano Shoe Enterprise.

OSKIC 2011 Is Starting!

2011-09-05T09:09:00.005+08:00

Finally, I saw the announcement from OSKIC in their Facebook today.
OSKIC is now back!

I glanced through the web.
This year, OCKIC is going to be more interesting!

Last year, there were individual prize and university prize.
This year, there are group contest as well as lecturer contest.
Cool, interesting, isn't it?

Furthermore, the prize is even more attractive.
The winner for individual category will have RM25,000 while RM30,000 for group category!
More prizes are giving out this year!

Well, for those who don't know what's OSKIC, its full name is actually OSK Investment Challenge.
It's a competition on stock market.
It gives students to have a better understanding on how the financial market works.
It gives students also the opportunity on gaining experience in the stock market.

It's good to join, isn't it?
It's a good chance for those who wish to learn about stock market investment to learn about it.

Let's try! Good luck!

OSKIC website: http://www.oskic.com

Logo's Hope: Book Fair On Ship

2011-09-04T19:59:00.010+08:00

There are a lot of book fair recently, right?

Well, have you been to book fair which held on ship?
There is one in Penang recently.
The ship, Logo's Hope shipped to Penang to have a book fair in Penang.
It will be staying in Penang until 25th September 2011.

Venue: Ship Deck, Swettenham Pier
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday : 10.00am- 10.00p.m
Sunday: 1.00pm- 10.00pm
Entry fee: RM1.00
Closed on Mondays

After you enter, you will be given some information here.
A video will be played for you to know about Logo's Hope.

One interesting to know is that,
you won't see the pricing in RM or any currency on the book.
You will see the pricing like '100 units'.

What it means with '100 units'?

100 units = RM8.00

Means, if you saw a book that priced at 250 units, it means, that book costs RM20.00.

Some history of Logo's Hope.

Let's get in!

Remember to pay for the books you want ya!

This is the second section.
It's mostly academic books.

What's interesting is this....

In a simple words, it cost you for only RM40 for 3 books.

It's worth, isn't it?

Let's see the next section.
There is a series of pictures to tell a story on a persons who waste his time in doing the wrong thing.
He then regretted and back to home to say sorry.

Well, it's quite a meaningful story.

There are also a corner for you to have some break, to have some foods or drinks.

There is also a corner for kids.

There are also exhibition on Logo's Hope.

Well, it's a great and new experience.

Do you notice one thing?

You will see me in yellow shirt and white shirt.

I changed clothes?

Nope. I went twice.
I went yesterday, and I went again today.

Good Bye to My Racket MP23

2011-09-01T13:33:00.000+08:00

Something happened to my racket today.

Saw what happened to it?

Let's see closer.....

Say bye bye to my racket.

Whose Birthdays Fall On Today?

2011-08-30T13:02:00.006+08:00

First of all, to all my Malay friends, Selamat Hari Raya to you all.

Well, as my post title, whose birthdays are on today?

I have 2 friends' birthdays are on today.
The famous group buy website, Everyday.com.my's founder, John's birthday is on today as well.

Who else?

Let's see, these people are born on August 30 as well.

1334 – King Peter of Castile
1377 – Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia
1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher
1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer
1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter
1768 – Joseph Dennie, American writer
1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer
1808 – Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
1812 – Agoston Haraszthy Hungarian-born traveler and writer
1813 – Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
1818 – Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts
1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi
1839 – Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate
1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia
1848 – Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor
1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist and revolutionary
1852 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate
1856 – Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist
1860 – Isaac Levitan, Russian artist
1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born British chemist, Nobel laureate
1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate
1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, British fighter ace
1893 – Huey Long, American politician
1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor
1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress
1901 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader
1901 – John Gunther, American writer
1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress
1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor
1910 – Roger Bushell, South African RAF officer and prisoner of war
1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1912 – Nancy Wake, British war agent
1913 – Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel laureate
1915 – Robert Strassburg, American composer
1917 – Denis Healey, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1917 – Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, pretender to the Russian throne
1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player
1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player
1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer
1919 – Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director
1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian politician
1922 – Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano
1923 – Barbara Ansell, British physician, founder of paediatric rheumatology
1923 – Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist
1923 – Nate Saint, American Evangelical Christian missionary
1923 – Vic Seixas, American tennis player
1924 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer
1924 – Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemical engineer
1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
1926 – Daryl Gates, American police chief
1928 – Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner
1930 – Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur
1930 – Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer
1931 – John Leonard "Jack" Swigert, Jr., American astronaut
1933 – Don Getty, Canadian politician
1934 – Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer
1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas)
1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of McLaren racing team
1939 – John Peel, English radio disc jockey
1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
1941 – Ben L. Jones, American actor, politician and essayist
1942 – Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
1943 – Tal Brody, American-born Israeli basketball player
1943 – Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
1944 – Molly Ivins, American political humorist
1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player
1946 – Peggy Lipton, American actress
1946 – Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian
1948 – Fred Hampton, American Black Panther Party leader
1948 – Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1949 – Peter Maffay, Romania-born German singer-songwriter
1949 – Ted Ammon, American financier
1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian
1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian politician
1950 – Antony Gormley, English sculptor
1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor
1951 – Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer (as Dana) and politician
1953 – Horace Panter, British bassist (The Specials, General Public)
1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player
1953 – Ron George, American politician
1954 – David Paymer, American actor
1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
1956 – Frank Conniff, American comedian (TV's Frank)
1958 – Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)
1958 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist
1959 – Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor
1960 – Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient
1960 – Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
1962 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer
1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor
1963 – Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
1963 – Oderus Urungus, American vocalist (GWAR)
1964 – Gavin Fisher, British engineer
1966 – Michael Michele, American actress
1967 – Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer
1967 – Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model
1968 – Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
1969 – Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist
1970 – Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager
1970 – Michael Wong, Malaysia-born Chinese singer
1971 – Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
1972 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
1972 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist
1974 – Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
1974 – Aaron Barrett, American vocalist and guitarist (Reel Big Fish)
1975 – Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer
1976 – Lillo Brancato Jr., American actor
1976 – Mike Koplove, American baseball player
1976 – Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress
1977 – Shaun Alexander, American football player
1977 – Marlon Byrd, American baseball player
1977 – Elden Henson, American actor
1977 – Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
1977 – Jens Ludwig, German guitarist (Edguy)
1978 – Swizz Beatz, American record producer and rapper
1978 – Cliff Lee, American baseball player
1978 – Sinead Kerr, Irish Olympic figure skater and ice dancer
1979 – Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player
1979 – Leon Lopez, British actor
1979 – Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
1979 – Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player
1979 – Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1980 – Derrick Ward, American football player
1981 – Germán Legarreta, American actor
1981 – Adam Wainwright, American baseball player
1982 – Andy Roddick, American tennis player
1982 – Will Davison, Australian racing driver
1983 – Simone Pepe, Italian footballer
1983 – Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer
1983 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor
1983 – Marco Vianello, Italian footballer
1984 – Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 – Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer
1985 – Steven Smith, Scottish footballer
1985 – Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
1985 – Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer
1985 – Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer
1985 – Joe Inoue, Japanese American singer
1986 – Ryan Ross, American guitarist (Panic! at the Disco)
1986 – Lelia Masaga, New Zealand All Black rugby player
1988 – Michael Cavanaugh ("StrongSide"), American professional gamer
1988 – Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player
1988 – Laura Põldvere, Estonian singer
1989 – Simone Guerra, Italian footballer
1989 – Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer
1991 – Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer
2001 – Emily Bear, American child pianist and composer

Well, do you feel curious why suddenly I post about this today?

Hehe, actually, today is the birthday for a very wonderful person!

Who's that?

My idol, Warren Buffett!

He is 81 years old now.

Happy birthday to Warren Buffett!
May him stay healthy and wonderful!

轉念:扭轉逆境的智慧 [李雪峰著]

2011-08-29T09:40:00.004+08:00

I read this story today. I found it interesting and meaningful. It's a nice story.
So, I forward this story here.

轉念:扭轉逆境的智慧李雪峰著

一位棋道高手退下来后被聘为教练。他培训年轻选手的方式十分特别，他不教年轻棋手们怎么样去进攻别人，也不教如何运用谋略，他和徒弟们天天对弈，决出输赢后，让他们记住对弈时的每一步，然后，让徒弟们仔细推敲自己的每一步落子。找出自己的失误，这就是他布置给那些年轻棋手的作业。找出自己失误多的，他就表扬；找出自己失误少的，他就十分严厉的批评。

这样教的时间长了，那些年轻棋手们纷纷有了意见，大家都说他的教棋方式太单调，缺乏令人信服的理论深度，虽说他过去是个棋道高手，但他不适合当教练。别的教练也对他十分不解，怎么能如此教棋呢？不传谋略，不传技巧，只让棋手自察失误，怎么能培训出一流的高手呢？

面对种种疑问，他依旧我行我素，还是认真的让棋手体察自己对弈时的失误。有时，他只给他们一个简单的提醒，更大的失误，都让年轻棋手们去自我发现。刚开始时，每局对弈下来，每个棋手都能找出自己的诸多失误，甚至许多人觉得自己简直是个臭棋篓子。但天长日久，那些棋手的失误越来越少，有的甚至一局对决下来竟没有一次失误。这个时候，选手们开始向他要求说：“给我们传授点理论和技巧吧，对弈，毕竟是要取胜于别人，不是自己和自己决胜负，没有谋略和技巧怎么行呢？”

他冷冷一笑：“棋道，没有什么技巧，也没有什么谋略。一个对弈高手，最大的技巧就是能够发现自己的破绽，最高的谋略就是能够避免自己的失误。”后来，他培训的选手参加大赛，将很多高手击败。那些高手惊讶不已，个个摇着头叹息说：“这些年轻选手太厉害了，虽说他们没有什么技巧和谋略，但我们丝毫找不到他们的破绽和失误，他们赢就赢在没有失误。”

获胜之后，那些年轻选手欣喜若狂地回来向教练报喜，他说：“一个棋手能否赢得别人，技巧和谋略都无关紧要，最重要的是他要赢得自己，杜绝自己的失误。没有失误就没有破绽，任何人都对你束手无策。”

自己的失误，往往就是对手击败自己的机遇。许多时候，我们并不是败于自己的弱小，而是败于自己的失误。

Nice, isn't it?

CSL 3S Care Center and Northern Hub in Penang

2011-08-24T15:47:00.018+08:00

CSL launched its second 3S Care Center at Megamall, Penang last Sunday (21st August 2011).

Want to know more about CSL?

It's a local mobile phone company founded by Dato' Eric Chuah in year 1999.
It's about 11 years old.

Although it's still a young company, it has created fantastic result.
CSL has become leading company for Malaysia's mobile industry.
It has also won a lot of award, including Mobile World Best Malaysian Brand which it has won for year 2008, 2009 and 2010.

CSL is now developing with the concept of 'SWITCH'.
- switching from mobile to mobile internet.
- switching from single Sim to dual Sim.
- switching from unaffordable to affordable.

With the opening of 3S Care Center in Penang, which become the hub of northern area, I believe they could provide a better service to the customers.

Let's see the opening ceremony.

Wow, can you see the queue?

So many people are queuing to purchase the CSL phones.

Let's see the stars!

CSL Mi 350 (Dual-sim)
OS: Android FROYO 2.2
Display: 3.5" HVGA Capacitive Touch Screen (480 x 320)
Camera: 5 Megapixels Camera, Auto Focus
Memory: 512 Mb ROM, 512 Mb RAM

The Swarovski Series (4 models)

Sophie G16
Display: 2.8" QVGA Capacitance screen (240 x 320)
Camera: 3.2 Megapixel
Memory: 1Gb + 512 Mb
Battery: 145 hours (stand by), 421 minutes (talk time)

Princess blueberry 9200
Display: 2.4" TFT QVGA (240 x 320)
Camera: 2.0 Megapixel
Memory: 512 Mb + 256 Mb
Battery: 188 hours (stand by), 454 minutes (talk time)

SHE blueberry 9300
Display: 2.4" TFT QVGA (240 x 320)
Camera: 2.0 Megapixel
Memory: 512 Mb + 256 Mb
Battery: 264 hours (stand by), 353 minutes (talk time)

EMMA DS 900
Display: 2.2" TFT QVGA (240 x 320)
Camera: 2.0 Megapixel
Memory: 512 Mb + 256 Mb
Battery: 248 hours (stand by), 496 minutes (talk time)

After the opening ceremony, we were invited to Life One Cafe.
We, all bloggers continued to socialize with each other as well as CSL staffs.
We were given samples of the phones to be played with.
Well, it was a great moments.

Let's see the foods in Life One Cafe.

Fruit juice (dragon fruit, orange & apple – RM4.30)

Fried Fish Fillet (RM15.80)

Chicken Nuggets (6pcs – RM4.80)

Chicken Piccatta (if with rice – RM18.80)

Chicken Spaghetti Bolognese (RM11.80)

Chicken Nuggets (6pcs – RM4.80)

Logo's Hope Floating Book Fair In Penang

2011-08-20T07:39:00.004+08:00

A lot of book fair are held this year.

But, one interesting thing is that, there is one floating book fair coming in to Penang!

Do you know what's floating book fair?
I didn't know about it until my friend told me.
It was a book fair held on the ship, named Logo's Hope.

Yea, on the ship.
Interesting, right?

I plan to go to have a visit! Woohoo!
It will be starting at 12 p.m. on 30th August!

Date: 30th August – 25th September 2011
Venue: Ship Deck, Swettenham Pier
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday : 10.00am- 10.00p.m
Sunday: 1.00pm- 10.00pm
Closed on Mondays

After having the book fair in Penang, it will then sailed to Port Klang (29 September - 23 October), Kuching (28 October - 14 November) and Kota Kinabalu (18 November - 4 December).