Bill Clinton is on his first trip to Malaysia and will be addressing at the inaugural BC Sekhar Memorial Lecture today at 6pm. As far as I have learned, he is a great speaker who always wanted to make this world a better place by his own sharing and caring ways.Well, if you yet to plan your Friday evening.. why don't you catch him live on ASTRO Awani at 6p...
December is here and that means Christmas is on its way. Joy of giving and sharing love is what Christmas is all about. With such caring concern in mind, MIB has planned for an afternoon with the kids of Rumah Hope in Petaling Jaya on 13th December 2008.We are hoping to reach out to the children by donationg clothes, books, provisions and gifts. More than that, we'll be spending some time; may be an hour or two with the kids on that day. Trust me...
Bloggers Buff is back again after a year of gap. This year's event will be held in a greater extend compared to what the participants experienced July last year. There's going to be a special treat for all the bloggers as Tun Dr. Mahathir will be delivering a keynote address in the very first official event he's coming in as an Ex-Premier a blogger.If you are a Malaysian Blogger, then make sure you grab this conference-cum-networking event. It's...
Let us together celebrate the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.. Happy Deepavali ...
Wishing all my Muslim friends "Selamat Hari Raya"Be careful on roads, ingatlah girlfriend yang tersayang ...
MalaysiaIndru (மலேசியாஇன்று) -The Tamil version of Malaysiakini is now up and running with a brand new look. Check out its Version 2.0 release at www.malaysiaindru.co...
JUST A MINUTEThe man: "God, how long is a million years?" God: "To me, it's about a minute." The man: "God, how much is a million dollars?" God: "To me it's a penny." The man: "God, may I have a penny?"God: "Yeah of course, wait a minute...
It's a clear cut of another Ops Lalang. RPK was the first victim of UMNO's "ramai-ramai masuk ISA" campaign. Well that was something everyone expected to happen, either sooner or later. In fact RPK himself wrote in Malaysia Today that he would be dragged under the draconian law when UMNO feels the time has come. And. I guess he was talking about "yesterday" all this while. In one of his recent articles RPK said, ...this could probably be the last...
Did you had a look at Google today? Well, this was the logo!In case you wonder what's the rocket look a like thingy that circles around the Google and sparks out when collide with each another - it's the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC for short.The LHC is European Organization of Nuclear Research's (CERN) new flagship research facility. As the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, it is poised to provide new insights into the mysteries of...
As we have people like Kennysia who became a popular figure because of him blogging, we also have number of famous local personalities who started to blog in order to share their thoughts and opinions for the success of others.Here's the next one on such a list. Check out Tony Fernandez in his CEO Blog -The Entrepreneur. He's now on board willing to share his ideas, thoughts and observations on a variety of topics with anyone who cares to listen.As...
Several days ago I had a chance to attend a public lecture - “Ignited Minds : The Power of the Youth” by APJ Dr.Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, during his one week visit to Malaysia.As the planet Earth is facing many conflicts both natural and man-made, he stressed that every single youth holds the responsibility to work for universal harmony by ironing out all the causes of conflictsThus, he administered nine points oath to be repeated...
Final EC tally for Permatang Pauh election - Anwar got 31,195 votes, Arif Shah, 15,524, and Hanafi, 92. Anwar won with a majority of 15,671 - a bigger win than his wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections.It was the hottest by-election ever. As I am looking down from the top of a 15 stories building at Lembah Pantai, - the constituency of Anwar's daughter, Nurul Izzah, I could see a...
More than 120 temple representatives present at a meeting organized by Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) at the Dewan Tan Sri K R Soma, KL yesterday were shocked that their temples and 2 existing Hindu Crematoriums were not identified at the master Plan of City of Kuala Lumpur by 2020.It looks like there is a plan to erase off hundreds of Hindu Temples and 2 crematoriams at Jalan Loke Yew and Sentul by the year 2020.In the recent press statement, MHS...
It has been a year now since she went missing. Till today, no one was charged with the abduction of Nurin Jazlin. The closes thing we had is the blurry image of the suspect released in medias. But, the killer who brutally murdered the eight year old is still at large, walking among us as a free man.
Meanwhile, Nurin's family has filed a suit against the police force and government. Read The Star and NST for more.
For Nurin, Al-Fatihah.
May God bless her innocent soul to rest in peac...
Yes, I know.. sorry for leaving a big gap on this page! Some of you have already started asking where did I disappear for the past few weeks. Things have been moving real fast enough lately that I had to gear up my momentum to catch up with the speed of change. I was smoothing down a transition till I had to roll my blog down from the priority list for a short period of time.Having successfully survived my four years of engineering studies, I'm...
Dasavatharam; Kamal Hassan's latest flick that doesn't need an introduction anymore. I was particularly attracted to the fabulous first 10 minutes of the movie that brought us back in time to the 12th century.Kamal Hassan as Rangaraja Nambi in the scene was forcibly tortured and dispatched into water to death by King Kulothungan Cholan for his refusal to disclose the whereabouts of his guru, Ramanuja Dasan and for his denial in giving up his faith...
A lawyer charges a poor, elderly widow $200 to draft her will.She paid him with $50 notes.After she left, the solicitor discovered that several notes have stuck together and he's overpaid by $100. So, an ethical dilemma for the lawyer : Should he tell his partne...
Protests in Malaysia have become more like carnivals. The fuel hike protest held yesterday at Kelana Jaya Stadium was filled with carnival sort of atmosphere since the rally started at 10am. The all day protest which saw a red sea of approximately 30,000 people was fun filled with speeches, musical and artistic performances.Here's a click from the event fieldA bunch of Malaysians with the spirit of Makkal Sakthi unfurling a banner for what looked...
Hahaha... I was expecting this piece of news to appear after the hike of oil price. The Star reported yesterday that four PKR MPs cycled to Parliament in petrol hike protest. They highlighted that changing lifestyle is not as easy as the Government claims as the road transport system here is not designed for bicycles and cyclists will find it difficult to cruise around town.The skyrocketing oil price has made holes in our pockets. A Kancil car now needs almost RM 50 for a full tank and a Proton...
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" The man below said, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.""You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the man. "How did you know?" "Well," said the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically...
The government has just announced it. Petrol price is going totally free from the gravitational force by shooting high up to 40.6% effective from tonight.Petrol price will go up by 78 sen at midnight from RM1.92 per liter to RM2.10 RM2.40 RM2.50 RM2.60 RM2.70. Yes, RM 2.70!And, The price of diesel will go up RM1, from RM1.58 per litre to RM2.58, which is a hike by 63.3%Please leave your home early enough to queue up yourselves at your favorite petrol...
You know you are an engineer when,You have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically. You know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.You laugh your heads off at jokes about mathematicians. You've even calculated how much you make per second. Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work. You have never backed up your hard driveYou'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in...
This weekend marks a double celebration :)To my Kadazan-Dusun buddies, I'm wishing you a Happy Kaamatan (May 30-31). May the harvest festival bring you more prosperity, happiness and good luck. Also, best wishes to all Sarawakians celebrating Gawai on the 1st and 2nd June. I wish for the happiness and joy of this festival to be yours forever.For the rest of you all, it's wonderful for us to be blessed with many different cultures and occasions side by side. Let's learn and enjoy the cultural...
I am done with my exams. Now, left with a presentation for next week before i can wave goodbye to my undergraduate university life.Nothing much to do. I got so bored doing the same thing again and again - sleeping and eating. So, I decided to change my banner. It's now a new one up there with a dark blue background. And, check out the nuffnang polls on your right :) Hmmm.. It's always nice to know your own visitors.What's next? No..no..no! I am not gonna touch the blog's theme. I love the way...
Mahen shared it with me and it's about time for me to spread the love and unity to more and more Malaysians.The Malaysian artistes have came with an anti-racism song and music video. There’s about 120 people was involved in this video directed by Yasmin Ahmad and Ho Yuhang. It features filmmakers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, designers, footballers, activists, celebrities, students and a florist.This wonderful piece...
Presenting any technical elements with practical approach and humorous manner help people to understand them better. When a lady asked her boss for an explanation of marketing strategies, he answered her with some analogical examples: You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, “I’m fantastic in bed.” That’s Direct Marketing.You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your friends goes up to him and...
Tomorrow, May 17th is a Global Action Day for Burma's Cyclone Victims. Thousands of people will gather across the world to call for the international community to intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Burma. Demonstrations and vigils will be held to urge world governments and the United Nations to intervene by supplying aid to the 2.5 million people displaced by Cyclone Nargis.International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies estimated...
This piece of sharing might come a little late but, it warrants this space. In the past four years. I have always made sure that I attend the public and adjunct lecture series organized by the university. It has been a routine for the university to arrange such sessions and they have invited many prominent speakers including Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prof Emeritus Dato’ Dr Khoo Kay Kim and Tan Sri Mohd Ghazali Shafie to provide the students with...
Today is the day to honor all mothers and express gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child. Walking down the memory lane of early childhood days, we'll find out that all our moms had a favorite quote and a special tone to scold us. We might hate this scoldings as a kid but we all so much miss them when we grow up. Here's some of mothers' perfect one liners which used to irritate all of us :You know? Money does not grow on trees!How...
Guess what the government's take on this issue? The National Service programme will not be scrapped despite another death among the 18-year-old trainees. And, below are the words from NS Training Department director-general Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kecil :"It is our policy that the NS camps go on. What we are doing now is to rectify the problem. The training programme will not be scrapped, just because of one or two deaths (this year)"Hmm... Does that mean, it's okay for them to have one or two deaths...
On the 16th April, Afiq Zuhairi Ahmat Rozal - a National Service trainee died, five days after coming down with fever. Afiq Zuhairi Ahmat Rozal had been a trainee at the Kem Sentosa Chenderiang and his case had been classified as a sudden death.That was last month. Now, another NS trainee, Too Hui Min, 18, died on Wednesday at the Slim River Hospital in Perak for the shock of everyone after complained of an upset stomach.Are we to expect some one to drop dead in NS camps every single month? How...
I've been absent from blogging for past few days. I had to deal with a couple of hectic weeks till I had no choice but to take this blog out from my priority list for a short period of time. These are my final few weeks in university, which means I have to settle everything once and for all before I leave this place for good. I am sprinting my last four weeks of my four years race. The previous two weeks, I have been dealing with tons and tons of...
A husband was in big trouble coming up to his wedding anniversary. His high spending, forever nagging, wife told him "ok you small brained good for nothing ape, tomorrow is our anniversary and there better be something in the driveway for me that goes from zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat".The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.Funeral arrangements for the husband have been...
S.A Arun, the local music director who released his first hit album Isai Puyal is now back again with the launching of his single song dedicated to the spirit of Makkal Sakthi. It's an inspirational national folk with an unique mixture of various moods of music. And, Arun has been kind enough to have the copyright released to for the song title Rajavai Tundiyathal from the single by Mr. Yuga to be aired, remixed, duplicate in CD, transfer to mobile devices, public performance and sharing - in order...
Have you ever wonder who have been the number one loyal supporters of BN all this while? Indians. Yes, Indians I would say, not the Malays; nor the Chinese. Naturally Indians have this two habits of being extremely sincere and getting too emotional at times - which can either serve as plus points or weaknesses depend on how those qualities are applied for the benefit of the community. That might explain your doubt on why many Indians love to work...
Updates : April 14 2008Looks like we have more reasons to celebrate this very day. It's New Year for Malayalees and Sikhs - a double celebration !Wishing Vishu ashamshegal to all Malayalees and Happy Vasakhi to my Sikh friends. May this new year brings lots of prosperity, abundance, love, good health and wealth to all of you and your family :)Original Posting : April 13 2008Today, April 13, the month of Chithirai has arrived and with it the Tamil...
The long awaited local Tamil movie, Nana Neeya is on screens now. The songs were released last year and I still remember writing a soundtrack review on The Blank Page. I haven't got the chance to catch the movie on a big screen, leaving me no credibility to write a review about the screenplay and the movie in a whole. But, you can check out how Mindsblog has rated the movie.The local Tamil film industry is highly competitive. Only a handful ends...
Sorry for leaving The Blank Page a little blank without any updates for the past one week. Last week was a real busy one for me. And, I'm aware that the next few days are going to be worse than that, eating up most of my time. I have no choice but to deal with increasing workloads and approaching datelines.It's not that I have gave up on blogging, but just that I need to sort through some issues that have taken full priority at this moment. So,...
