Sienzzz.....

Awh man!! i don't have anything to write because got on inspiration to post up anything.....a few of my post still begin drafting as some of them needs to be proofed and the contents must have all the facts right and not misleading......

If you guys have read yesterday's TheStar, it stated that the government is now "responding" to certain bloggers and website that's misleading and allegedly tries to "corrupt" people's decisions and people's perspective on certain debatable issues.....

This was news.....

Tuesday May 27, 2008 MYT 9:34:29 PM

Government to respond to issues raised in new media, says Najib

By SHAHANAAZ HABIB

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will respond to issues raised in the new media and post replies to the wild and baseless allegations made on blogs and websites, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“We have decided that being quiet and silent is not an option,” the Deputy Prime Minister said during a question and answer session at the Asia Media Summit 2008.

He acknowledged that the Government had overlooked the impact of engaging the new media during the recent general election which was a new dimension in winning over public opinion.

Admitting that the government-of-the-day had not been savvy in engaging new media so much so that it lost out in cyberspace.

“But we live and learn,” he said.

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

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

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

He added these were the two things that the Government had to do immediately in dealing with the realities of the new media.

To another question, Najib said the Government gave the mainstream and new media a great deal of latitude to criticise them “but there is a line which shouldn’t be crossed” because it could undermine the wider interest of society.

He said the media in trying to clamour for wider readership at times exploited or exaggerated certain issues to get higher readership but the cost was injurious and detrimental to social unity.

Answering a question on action taken against blogger Raja Petra, Najib said he (Raja Petra) was charged with breaking the laws of the country and inciting baseless allegations and making seditious remarks.

He said Raja Petra had been free to criticise the Government “very robustly and stridently” in his blog for years and the Government had never taken any action against him.

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

“We are not apologetic and we don’t intend to apologise. That is the way things are in Malaysia. We do allow a lot of criticism much more than many countries but there is a line that you can’t cross,” he added.

He said Raja Petra was not jailed for the charge but spent a day or two in jail because he refused to pay the bail.

“Then he realised it was better to be outside jail so he took the bail,” he said, adding even this was paid for through donations raised for him through the Internet.

Other than the new media, Najib said since the general election the established media too had become more and more critical.

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

Cheers......

Tribute to Manchester United!!

European Champion's League 2007/2008 Winners
MANCHESTER UNITED!!!!!!
pictures from Soccernet.com

FINALLY!!!!! After almost 8 years of trial and tribulation.........ManU has finally won the Champion's league title for only the third time!!!! And the best part is......ManU has did a "double" by winning the English Premier League Title and, today, the Euro' Champ's league. On top of that ManU did another double on Chelsea by denying them of both the title......Avram Grant could have win it all but lack the experience of high octane matches like this which on the contrary, Sir Alex Ferguson has numerous nail-bitting experience that led ManU what they are today......

Having won everything in his 20 illustrious career at ManU, this is Sir Alex's first win in a penalty shoot-out in the Champion's league. On the other hand the "Yahudi Mabuk"(not being racist, but that what i heard in the background of the mamak i was in just now....kept me laughing like mad with the creativity of our malay friends) Avram Grant just started managing a team only this season......so, to put it in a nutshell, experience does play it's part.....But, good try anyway, Grant.......

The freaking match has full of up's and down's...... it's was tied in the full 90 minutes, 1-1......where Frank Lampard cancel out Cristiano Ronaldo's goal in the dying minutes of half-time......Chelsea was unlucky to get 2 shots of the woodwork which could spell disaster for ManU

Drogba getting a Red Card after "slapping" Nemanja Vidić
pictures from Soccernet.com

It was a silly mistake by the Chelsea striker for not keeping his cool during injury time and got send off by the referee.....too bad : (

Chelsea was dominant for the full 90 minutes as ManU was forced to guard their half for the second half and also the 30 minutes extra time......They has 24 shots on goal while ManU was not even close to that figure.....ManU were like a toothless tiger that time.....

Then came was everyone feared the most........Penalty Shootout!!

ManU started first......... Carlos Tevez took the shot and send the keeper in the wrong direction and 1-0 to Man U

Next up, Michael Ballack.....Edvin Van Der Sar went the other direction....1-1

ManU's turn, Michael Carrick took the shot and Petr Cech couldn't reach it......2-1 to ManU

Juliano Belletti was next for Chelsea, shoots........got the goal on the right side of the net...2-2

Ronaldo's shot saved by Petr Cech
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Cristiano Ronaldo was up for ManU.....did his attics and and Petr Cech guessed correctly and saves!!!! 2-2 (Chelsea fans in Hartamas was already celebrating)

Chelsea's vice-captain took the following shot.....Edvin Van Der Sar couldn't parry the shot and 2-3 to Chelsea (damn loud wei the bargers behind me!!!all Chelsea fan)

The 4th penalty taker, Oven Hargreves took the shot and sends Petr Cech the wrong way and ManU were equal again 3-3

Up next, Ashley Cole, who had a busy night defending Chelsea's backline.....hits it on the right side, Edvin Van Der Sar guessed correctly but the ball was too quick! 3-4 to Chelsea

Luis Nani was the 5th shooter, send the keeper the wrong way and 4-4.....

Salamon Kalou was Chelsea next penalty take and didn't dissapoint.....4-5 to Chelsea

Next up, ManU's young Brazillian, Andersen took the penalty and....5-5 to scoreline now

John Terry hurts his foot after taking the penalty.....where is Steven Spielberg??
pictures from Soccernet.com

Chelsea's captain came next, using his right foot, shoots, Edvin Van Der Sar went the wrong way....and......miss!!!!! John Terry missed kick and sends to ball flying to the fans......still 5-5(ManU's fan turn to roar Sri Hartamas.....)

ManU veteran was up next, with his ice-cold nerve, calmly takes the shot and GOAL!!!!! 6-5 to ManU!!!!!

Hero of the Hour, Edvin Van Der Sar
pictures from Soccernet.com

Chelsea's summer acquisition from Fernebache was up.....Nicolas Anelka kick to the left side of the goal but.........Edvin Van Der Sar took a lucky guess and pushed his shot out.......6-5!!!!! ManU wins!!!!!!!

Van The Man!!!!!! Our ManU heroes of the match!!!! Congratzz!!!

Hartamas was Roaring!!!! with the Red Devils chanting and singing their theme song....and then, the jam started.....with a bunch of ManU fans block the road to "see" us off and screaming their lungs out......

A glorious day for ManU and me because off the bragging right's from Brian!!!!!and also to silent's all Anti-ManU fans........

We've got both titles and you guys are firing blanks!!!!!!

Cheers!!!

Im off!!!!

Another few more minutes, im going off to watch the match that every Man Utd Fan is waiting for.......The coverted European Champion's League......

Hopefully it'll not be a dull match.....will blog more about it later when i return from Sri Hartamas.........Anyone wanna join me.....feel free to give me a buzz......

Later.........

Oh! it's raining!!!(just a bit)

it's been quite a long time my place (or anywhere in KL and Klang Valley) it rained.....It's been hot as hell and i am sweating like a pig here for the past few weeks......Even the air-con provide little to no effect on my body temperature......

I even went to the extend to ask for rain from the Goddess of Rain.....Sarah this pass week.....It did drizzle a little after talking to her.....heck, it's better then nothing.....Sarah can make rain wan by washing her car....... Dun pray-pray

That's how freaking hot i am until have to do that......

Now, it's kinda nice as the sky is pissing like nobody's business.....hmmm....nice weather

Hope it'll rain more later especially in the afternoon....that would be nice...

WOMAN - Explained by engineers

What's in a name.....

Do you have any friend, Chinese or Indian who has English name's?? Most of them i presume......
You'll have SamyKristnanVelluNathanKarupillayPratab, but you can call him Steve or Dang Zhi Kai a.k.a Eric.....

Before i elaborate what im trying to voice out, let's have a definition of "name"

NAME
-a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
-Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.-

English names most of my friend has is quite common like, Daniel, Samuel, Timothy, Andrew for the guys and Rebecca, Jeniffer, Rachel, Karen for the girls......

For Indian and Chinese nowadays is quite common to have English name......mainly because of a few factors:-
1) It's easier to pronounce a person by their English name
2) Some of the Indian and Chinese cultural name is tad bit hard to pronounce and it's quite offensive to the person if you say it wrongly
3) Easier to find in facebook and we can spell the name without any hassle
4) Spell checks can't detect our cultural name spellings

Actually, not only Indians and Chinese have English names, but around Asia like Japan, Korea etc, they, too, have pick for themselves these names. For example, Grant Masaru Imahara(It's a person's name, don't believe, go see Mythbusters)

Don't get me wrong, i have no bones to pick on people who have an English name. It's fine for me but up to a certain extend.......What bugs and annoys me, is that you'll have so people who try to be "special" by choosing something unusual to be their name......

The usage of animal, fruits(some of them)names or things/objects like FISH, WATERMELON, ORANGE, TIGER..... Come on!!!! there's gotta be a better name then this!!!!

I have some friends(more like acquaintance) name themselves with fruits......so fruits i can take like Apple or Cherry but Watermelon Leong???? that's gone tooooo far.......

I was thinking a bit shallow about this topic, but then, something struck me, that some of their English name is associated with their cultural names....mainly Chinese......or almost sound the same as the last name....like mine lah.....

If in that case, then, most of this people should pick something you like or that suits you and not worry that it's doesn't fit your cultural name....

By the way, i still cannot tahan the name Fish Leong. She's a singer born in Malaysia......Dunno why she'll not use her stage name, Jasmine.......Isn't it more sweeter??? it suits more then "Fish".....

Probably is not her fault tho'. Could be her agent or publisher wanted something unique and decided to choose for her "Fish"....good choice......my foot!!!!!

For people who wants to have an English name to add to your cultural name, please choose wisely and try not to take it from inanimate objects because it really does not suit anybody......

Before i end this post, i have a video link on what Chinese people choose for their English name......Quite funny......Thanks to Samanfar and Smacker.......wakakakaka

Freeze @ Sunway Pyramid for World Earth Day

This post is way overdue as the people in randomalphabets decided to put the video on youtube.

I participated in the freeze for four minutes and standing quite awkwardly.......SO, i decided not to put my "freeze" picture in here but it's somewhere on the net if you can find it.....A few of my friends had put a few "freeze" picture online and im not quite happy with it.......

So, this is the video of the "Freeze" in Sunway Pyramid.....

PS: i cant be seen as some stupid umbrella the camera from me......basket!!!!



Cheers!!!

Mushroom Bloggers

It's been few years (4 years to be exact) i've been blogging.....That time i only knew a handful of my friends like Karen, Jolyn Tan(blog does not exist anymore), who blogged. I started almost the same time as them, only a few months later after them.

NOW, it's becoming a phenomenon as everyone's blogging......Like mushroom after a rainy day.....They keep popping up everywhere......I found out that, almost all my friends are blogging...but, not many stayed or continue to blog.......A lot of them only blog for a certain period of time, then, quit blogging...Kinda sad though, many of them are good and potential bloggers with good and original material.........

Anyway, blogging now has a lot of effects in the mainstream media as blogger's Jeffooi as an example, has become the "REAL voice of the Nation"......Bloggers now has become more and more bold as the internet is not restricted and has the freedom of speech.....The government does not have much power on us bloggers.......We can say almost anything on the cyberspace....

On a related note, many politician and ex-politician are jumping on the blog bandwagon as they have started to post their opinion on the web......For example, our ex-PM, Dr. Mahathir has his own blog........1st day, almost 50k counter hits on his web.......and that is just the beginning....WOW!!! welcome Dr. M to the world of bloggers.

Still waiting if whether Samy Vellu will blog or not as he's quite free after "retiring" from his post.....wakakakaka!!!!

Just wanna touch on this topic as quite a number of my friends have started, quitted and hangat-hangat tahi ayam. Just wanna say that once you started, try not to quit......just keep on blogging.....

Cheers!!!!

Top Ten WORST pick up line

i remember last year i posted a top ten on my blog about Malaysian idol. I thought, what the heck, let do another one........

For today's topic, top ten worst pick up line that people have used before.......

Top Ten WORST pick up line

1. "Hey, I was just thinking of you! Okay, I'm all cleaned up now though."

2. "How would you like your eggs for breakfast: scrambled, boiled or fertilized?"

3."What do you say we go back to my place and do some math? Add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the legs, and multiply!"

4. "You might as well sleep with me because I'm going to tell everybody we did it anyway."

5."Hey babe, do you know that my bedroom is soundproof?"

6."Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that was a Braille name tag."

7."I just want to tell you that you have a price to pay for being this cute, and I'm here to collect... your phone number, that is."

8."Did you know women are like parking spots? All the good ones are taken and the rest are handicapped. Which are you?"

9."Can I buy you a drink or do you prefer the cash instead?"

10. "If you've lost your virginity, can I have the box it came in?"

So, guys out there, NEVER ever use this pick up lines above as it's damn cheesy, crappy, and girls can sue you for sexual harassment, diminishing woman, etc...

IF you wanna use, t's up to you, don't blame me if you are bitched slap or thrown in prison because of it.....

Cheers!!!!

Double post today....good bye my other "old friend"

Sorry guys for the lack of post as my old computer just "past away" and it's new "predecessor" just came in today from the shop.....

Finally, my old computer, after serving me for more then 8 years.....that's right!! 8 FREAKING LONG YEARS!!!!!!.....i finally retired it......(not putting any pics coz it's too graphical to witness what i've done to my old comp....)

We been through thick and thin, reformat after reformat, fighting malicious virus and worms, ranting writing all my blogs with it, thousands of assignments, projects etc, still....it was my faithful companion until it expired....

That's why today's post is to say farewell to my old, dead computer..... my "freeze for earth day" was the last post i wrote on my old computer.

Now, this post is using my brand new, DIY computer that i gotten from Low Yat just now.....After debugging, reinstalling and reformatting, i finally got it working......what better way to merasmikan this computer by doing a double post to make up for 1 week hiatus....right???

That's all for today, i still need to dig out some files from my old hard disk as some of my material from few weeks' of blog is in side....

Cheers!!!!

A very cute love story.......

An amazing Love Story

He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he so normal, nobody paid attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home.... suddenly he asked the waiter. "would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."

Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him curiously; why you have this hobby? He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there". While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched.

That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home.
Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.

They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story was just like every beautiful love story , the princess married to the prince, then they were living the happy life... And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee e, as she knew that's the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said: "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you---the salty coffee.

Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.I never thought that could be the start of our communication! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything..

Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you.
" Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life,even though I have to drink the salty coffee again".

Her tears made the letter totally wet.Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?
It's sweet. She replied.

Love is not 2 forget but 2 forgive, not 2 c but 2 understand, not 2 hear but 2 listen, not 2 let go but 2 HOLD ON !!!!

Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like, because the one you like will leave you for the one they love.