World Clock

this is an interesting piece of information... It shows the statistics of many key indicators like world population, births etc.. The numbers are mind boggling that can make you "wow!". But the most interesting number has got to be figures of oil pumped... it goes faster than any numbers there.....

The height of Miscommunication

I couldn't stop laughing when reading this stuff. My initial reaction when seeing the picture is.. "who's the poor chap got his "tool" stuck at the photocopying machine?" Hehehe, upon closer look i realised that it was referred to a pen that got stuck.. Pretty funny and hilarious, what a nice day to start with hahahah

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A co-worker got a pen stuck inside our printer. He started to try and remove the pen, but I told him we don't have time for that now, just put a note on the printer telling folks not to use it and then report it to the Help Desk. So he grabbed a piece of paper and scrawled on it. I left before he finished the note.
About 20 minutes later, one of my techs comes in laughing and says he was just in the lobby, saw a piece of paper on a printer and went to investigate.

Attached is what he found. Sometimes things don't always come out the way you want them to........

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See, I told you it was hilarious, didn't I? :)
Have a nice day~!

Goodnight Beautiful...:p

A traveller named John pulled into a little town for the night to find every hotel room was taken.


“You’ve got to have a room somewhere,” he pleaded, “Or just a bed - I don’t care where.”


“Well I do have a double room with one occupant,” admitted the manager, “And he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained. I’m not sure it would be worth it to you.”


“No problem,” the tired traveller assured him, “I’ll take it.”


The next morning John came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.


The manager was impressed. “No problem with the other guy snoring, then?” he asked.


“Nope,” John replied, “I shut him up in no time.”


“How did you manage that?” asked the manager.


“He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room,” John said.
“I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and said “Goodnight Beautiful.”


“With that, he sat up all night watching me.”

Winners Versus Losers

Read on..... winners :)


♦ The Winner is always part of the answer;

The Loser is always part of the problem.

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♦ The Winner always has a program;

The Loser always has an excuse.

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♦ The Winner says, "Let me do it for you";

The Loser says, "That is not my job."

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♦ The Winner sees an answer for every problem;

The Loser sees a problem for every answer.

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♦ The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it is possible";

The Loser says, "It may be possible but it is too difficult."

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♦ When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong";

When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

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♦ A Winner makes commitments;

A Loser makes promises.

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♦ Winners have dreams;

Losers have schemes.

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♦ Winners say, "I must do something";

Losers say, "Something must be done."

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♦ Winners are a part of the team;

Losers are apart from the team.

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♦ Winners see the gain;

Losers see the pain.

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♦ Winners see possibilities;

Losers see problems.

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♦ Winners believe in win-win;

Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.

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♦ Winners see the potential;

Losers see the past.

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♦ Winners are like a thermostat;

Losers are like thermometers.

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♦ Winners choose what they say;

Losers say what they choose.

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♦ Winners use hard arguments but soft words;

Losers use soft arguments but hard words.

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♦ Winners stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;

Losers stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.

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♦ Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: "Don't do to others what you would not want them to do to you";

Losers follow the philosophy, "Do it to others before they do it to you."

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♦ Winners make it happen;

Losers let it happen.

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♦ Winners plan and prepare to win.

The key word is preparation.

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How's the weather?

Forget advanced science or meteorological tool to tell you what's the weather gonna be. the one below is simple, light and easy to DIY. Best of all, it's cheap to make one too. Wanna give it a try? :)

40 TIPS FOR BETTER LIFE

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'

5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more food that grows on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in 'plants'.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.

18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In 5 years, will this matter?"

26. Forgive everyone for everything.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. GOD heals almost everything.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often.

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:

I am thankful for __________.

Today I accomplished ___________________.

38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about.

Basic Economics - Only the U.S. Knows Well.

The monetary system works in a cycle, there is demand and there is supply and if there is saving then there must also be consumption. Nation like Japan saves a lot to maintain high pile of cash reserves while US spends as every other nations owe them. what will happen if economy in US collapse and it doesn't have enough money to pay back to these nations??

Basic Economics - Only the U.S. Knows Well.
…written by an Indian Economist

Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over 100 billions. Yet Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing.

Americans spend, save little. Also US imports more than it exports. Has an annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy is considered strong and trusted to get stronger.

But where from do Americans get money to spend?

They borrow from Japan , China and even India .

Virtually others save for the US to spend. Global savings are mostly invested in US, in dollars.

India itself keeps its foreign currency assets of over $50 billions in US securities. China has sunk over $160 billion in US securities. Japan 's stakes in US securities is in trillions.

Result:
The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world saves for the US , Americans spend freely. Today, to keep the US consumption going, that is for the US economy to work, other countries have to remit $180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion a day, to the US !

A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in China , or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of what China has invested in US.

The same is the case with India . We have invested in US over $50 billion. But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India .

Why the world is after US?

The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In fact they use their credit cards to spend their future income. That the US spends is what makes it attractive to export to! the US . So US imports more than what it exports year after year.

The result:
The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its deepening culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to feed on US consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its consumption, the world provides the money.

It's like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the shop won't have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is like the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper financier.

Who is America 's biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it's Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the Japanese government exerted itself, reduced the savings rates, even charged the savers.

Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don't change, even with taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over $1.2 trillions, about th! ree time s the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the strength of Japan , has become its pain.

Hence, what is the lesson?

That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just spend, but borrow and spend.

Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US , told Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a growth curve. This is one of the reason for MNC's coming down to India , seeing the consumer spending.

'Saving is sin, and spending is virtue.'

But before you follow this neo economics, get some fools to save so that you can borrow from them and spend!!!

Unusual weather yesterday

This is a scene you will typically see in movies but this happen quite real in an area nearby my place yesterday (April 2). Just what has happened to the global weather lately.. Few years back, this scene is unheard of but more of it happening....



Dark clouds over KL Tower and its surrounding


Gloomy...

How do you drive a car?

I don't know what to say when I see the pictures. How could parking a car become an accident instead. Worse, this is not in public parked areas or shopping malls where there will be cars waiting for their turn. This happen at office cark park, nobody is going to wait for you... you can literally take your own sweet time to park it...

I feel sorry for the person whose car was knocked by the Stop sign even though he had parked his car properly. I guess it's a new car as well... ARRGGGGHHHHHHHHH


Stupid driver not knowing how to park her car.
How did she get her license in the first place?



Close up view. I pity the owner of black Honda City

Malaysia 12th General Election

Finally, it's my time to use my rights, yes, my voting rights to decide on who should be the next government. The Malaysia 12th General election will be held on March 8, 2008 which is coming Saturday. In terms of voters' knowledge and awareness, it is definitely higher and more inquisitive compared to previous election back in 2004.

There will be a lot of new voters who are IT savvy and much more perceived of their surroundings especially urban voters. The sentiments among the new voters are changing, with current issues surrounding them make it tougher for these young ones to keep up with the economy. What is the current Government going to do to retain the influence.......?

Listen to your mobile phone with left ear

Listen to your handphone using left ear!!

10 Things Happy Couple Do

Sometimes along the way, we do take things for granted and most of the time, the things or people we take for granted are our loved ones. I found this article, apparently written by By Mark Goulston, M.D. on the things happy couple do together to keep the flames going. They may sound simple and we may seem to acknowledge it but it does take some effort to keep on practising it. Once it has become a habit, it will come naturally.....


1. Go to bed at the same time.
Remember the beginning of your relationship, when you couldn't wait to go to bed with each other to make love? Happy couples resist the temptation to go to bed at different times. They go to bed at the same time, even if one partner wakes up later to do things while their partner sleeps.


2. Cultivate common interests.
After the passion settles down, it's common to realize that you have few interests in common. But don't minimize the
importance of activities you can do together that you both enjoy. If common interests are not present, happy couples develop them. At the same time, be sure to cultivate interests of your own; this will make you more interesting to your mate and prevent you from appearing too dependent.


3. Walk hand in hand or side by side.
Rather than one partner lagging or dragging behind the other, happy couples walk comfortably hand in hand or side by side. They know it's more important to be with their partner than to see the sights along the way.


4. Make trust and forgiveness your default mode.
If and when they have a disagreement or argument, and if they can't resolve it, happy couples
default to trusting and forgiving rather than distrusting and begrudging.


5. Focus more on what your partner does right than what he or she does wrong.
If you look for things your partner does wrong, you can always find something. If you look for what he or she does right, you can always find something, too. It all depends on what you want to look for. Happy couples accentuate the positive.


6. Hug each other as soon as you see each other after work.
Our skin has a memory of "good touch" (loved), "bad touch" (abused) and "no touch" (neglected). Couples who say hello with a hug keep their skin bathed in the "good touch," which can inoculate your spirit against anonymity in the world.


7. Say "I love you" and "Have a good day" every morning.
This is a great way to buy some patience and tolerance as each partner sets out each day to battle traffic jams, long lines and other annoyances.


8. Say "Good night" every night, regardless of how you feel.
This tells your partner that, regardless of how upset you are with him or her, you still want to be in the relationship. It says that what you and your partner have is bigger than any single upsetting incident.


9. Do a "weather" check during the day.
Call your partner at home or at work to see how his or her day is going. This is a great way to adjust expectations so that you're more in sync when you connect after work. For instance, if your partner is having an awful day, it might be unreasonable to expect him or her to be enthusiastic about something good that happened to you.


10. Be proud to be seen with your partner.
Happy couples are pleased to be seen together and are often in some kind of affectionate contact -- hand on hand or hand on shoulder or knee or back of neck. They are not showing off but rather just saying that they belong with each other.

Take the time to enjoy these

Simple words but means a lot....

Be careful when using Dry Ice

We should be aware for this especially when enjoying ice creams bundled with dry ice. It's good to take preventive steps.

Remember this esp when we buy lots of ice cream during Baskin Robbins 31st day offer!!!
They normally put dry ice in your ice cream pack if you buy a lot.


A friend bought four pack of ice cream and to prevent it from melting, the seller put the dry ice amongst the ice cream. My friend put it at the back seat (not the back of the car) and he started to drive with the windows closed and the aircon on (as what we all do). Soon after that, he had difficulty to breath and it was getting worser by minutes.

Luckily, he was in a traffic jam and when he almost fainted, beside him was an ambulance. He dragged himself to the ambulance and got the oxygen treatment. He was getting better on the way to the hospital.

The ambulance officer drove his car to the hospital and he had the same experience. However, before his condition worsen, he opened up the window and he can breathe easily. Only later, when my friend has returned to office and told his colleagues about his story, they pointed to him that the dry ice was the problem. WHY?

Dry ice was made of CO2 and when it "melts", it becomes CO2 gas straight away without leaving any wet mark (that is why it is called dry ice). CO2 is easier to be tied up in our blood and thus, when the dry ice sublimes into CO2 gas, it fills the car room with it along with the air cond circulation and caused CO2 poisoning. So, dont put the dry ice inside your car if you are using aircon with fully closed windows. You must leave the windows open for such situation.

Hope this will help to prevent any fatality just from a small negligence like this. Imagine if you have your children inside, they might be the first victim.

Identity Card: Can they keep it?

If you have ever visited some apartments or high rise buildings or perhaps even offices and factories... chances are you have likely encountered the experience of the security guards there asking to have your ID card handed over to them in exchange for entry into the premises. At times, it does make me wonder whether they do really have the authority to keep our identity cards.. yet we are being repeated advised to safeguard our ID and never give to other people.

So, can these security guards actually keep our ID? What if it gets stolen or being copied for wrong doings? What if they make photocopies of your ID and abuse it? Who will then be responsible for the matter? A case of negligence or blindly following instructions?

I received a forwarded mail from a friend the other day, answering my curiosity on this issue. It was a surat perkeliling (directive letter) from Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (Ministry of Internal Security) to the private agencies involve in security. But then... it is kind of surprising that this kind of letter flows freely on the internet. A quick check on the KKDN website did not return such document... however, i did find another blogger posting similar message...

Still if this is real, then the message reads that the Minisitry is requesting all security companies to stop this practice immediately. There are two points mentioned here which reads ...

"...Peruntukan Peraturan 7 Peraturan-peraturan Pendaftaran Kebangsaan 1990 memperuntukkan bahawa hanya seorang pegawai pendaftaran, pegawai polis, pegawai kastam, pegawai tentera atau pegawai lain yang diberi kuasa bertulis ole Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran sahaja yang dibenarkan untuk meminta dan memeriksa identiti seseorang dengan mengemukakan kad pengenalan..."

This means normal civilians do not have the right to ask and check other people's ID except with written permission from Director of National Registration. It also states ...

"...Di bawah Peraturan 8A memperuntukkan bahawa adalah suatu kesalahan jenayah bagi mana-mana orang selain pegawai-pegawai yang dinamakan di peraturan 7 untuk secara tidak munasabahnya menahan kad pengenalan milik orang lain..."

The paragraph above mentioned it is a criminal offence to hold and in possession of other people's ID, except for those mentioned in Peraturan 7. This should clear up the views that Security firms are never authorized to keep our ID, even worse these days where the firms actually employ foreigners as security guards. Can you imagine what can possibly happen if you pass your ID to a foreign worker???

Well, based on the recommendations given by the Ministry, what these security firms can do is request the ID for the purpose of jotting down the information and return the ID back to the owner immediately once they have captured the particulars. Next time when they ask for my ID again, I'm going to tell them they can jot down but can't keep. Else, I'll report the matter to KKDN. It is still a win-win situation, right?