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8 random things you do not know about me

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Yours truly kena tagged tim by 宝茹 . Tagged me on 8 random things you do not know about me. Hmmm, suppose now I have to let the skeleton out of the closet which is not a pretty sight to behold. =p Anyway, this is the first time this blog kena tagged. Well, there is this one time about the Good schmoozer award that I did not post or continue as I don't really think I fit the description. =p So, here goes nothing......8 random things you do not know about me. 1. I have this ambition to be a Pilot when I was like still small ( Now grown huge already..=p) 2. I like to listen to Oldies although I am NOT that old... =p 3. I don't like ginger and anything related to ginger. 4. I generally love all food that is delicious (then again, who doesn't?) with exception of foods containing no.3 5. I have this weakness to everything that is cute especially animals. =p 6. I used to collect stamp......USED to..... =p 7. I am left-handed. 8. I am never good with words, especially sweet talk

Thick Face, Black Heart - The Review Part 3

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This is the Part 3 review of the book, Thick Face Black Heart by Chin Ning Chu. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 . In Chapter 3, the contents revolves around the concept of Dharma. According to wikipedia , the word Dharma comes from Sanskrit which happens to be the oldest language in the world and said to originate from ancient India. So, that means civilization begins in India? Dharma can be simplified as "the right way of living" or "proper conduct" and considered as The Way of the Higher Truths. It also refers to the teaching and doctrines of the founders of these tradition, such as Gautama Buddha. In a sense, it is similar to the ancient Chinese way of the Tao or Taoism. The author, in order to make it clearer, gave example such as A Warrior's Dharma is to slay the enemies of his nation and a physician's Dharma is to save lives, even enemies' life. So, this would be like a doctor's Dharma is to save lives and a soldier's Dharma is to fight for h

Catfish Battle Royale

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This is one of the video I took at the Sandakan Crocodile Farm. Lots of fish. Just to post it, nothing much. Just that I am kind of mesmerized with all the catfish fighting to get food and also out of the water. (Yes, I am EVIL....... =p). There is this previous another post about Kuching Croc Farm here. -Catfish Battle Royale- Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

Pitcher Plant Rice (Nasi Periuk Kera)

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Ate the Pitcher Plant Rice (don't really know what it is called but what would you call rice inside pitcher plant as? Pitcher Plant Rice, correct? =p) It is quite interesting that they make it in such a way that it resemble the "Bak Zhang" as in this post . It uses pitcher plant as the wrapper for the rice and the ingredient inside which consists of mostly sambals. Sambal is a mixture of spices that the locals use to spice up their food. It is definitely different and oh, Pitcher Plant is also called "Periuk Kera" in Bahasa Malaysia. Pitcher Plant Rice (click for bigger resolution picture) (click for bigger resolution picture) (click for bigger resolution picture) (click for bigger resolution picture) (click for bigger resolution picture) There you have it. Pitcher Plant Rice. (In case you still don't know what is a pitcher plant, look at the picture of the day =p) Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

Comic Drawing of Yours Truly

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Got my very own comic drawing by my talented friend Kai Loon of LDesign. In my opinion, he is very good in drawing and also quite artistic. S0, head over and he might draw you, your comic version. It is in black and white originally drawn by Kai Loon and there is also the coloring by Yours Truly. Comic me (click for bigger resolution picture) ............................................................. Comic me (colored) (click for bigger resolution picture)] THANKS for the comic drawing, Loon. Cheers....=p Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

TMNet Streamyx......WHY

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***UPDATES below*** Got my Streamyx bill this month and to my surprise, the bill is RM76 which has increment of RM10 compared to my previous monthly bills. The bill did not even state why am I overcharged for my monthly Streamyx bill so I went over to the online bill checking system and found out that the extra RM10 is from the wireless hotspot. WIRELESS HOTSPOT which I DID NOT USE and SUBSCRIBE in the first place. Anytime happy happy just bill unsuspecting and naive and gullible customers just like that is it? Without even telling or asking me whether I WANT the service or not. How come like that one. Unprofessional leh. The screen shot of the bill (click for bigger resolution image) So, Yours Truly wrote an email to TMNet and as usual, it takes like forever for them to reply. Now, don't get me wrong. So far, I am satisfied with the service Streamyx provided. The problems that happens to a lot of people doesn't happen to me. Since the installation until now, the connection b

2007 Convocation Graduates Questionaire (Graduates Tracer Study)

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Referring to this post , actually all graduates of local universities need to fill in the questionnaire or survey and at the end print out the slip to certify the graduates which is needed for the convocation as one of the criteria. It is the Graduates Tracer Study. In order to fill the online questionnaire, all graduates for the 2007 convocation need to go to the Ministry of Higher Education website. To go directly to the login page for the questionnaire, click here . ( The link in previous post is not working and most of the links provided and mailed to the graduates are wrong also.) So, head over and start answering and at the end print out the slip to certify that you indeed have graduated. CONGRATULATION !!!!!!!!!! Happy Graduation!!!!! Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

Nu Er Hong (Chinese Rice Wine)

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Nu Er Hong is a type of rice wine, Chinese Rice Wine that is. It is a popular rice wine served at weddings for the Chinese. (However, I doubt that nowadays Chinese drinks this at weddings. With the abundant choices of western alcohol such as beer, whiskey, spirits and so on, more choices would incline in favor of western alcohol. =p) Nu Er Hong if translated directly would be Red Daughter. So, it happens that traditionally this Nu Er Hong which bottles of rice wine would be buried upon the birth of a daughter and would be kept buried until the daughter marries. Then the Nu Er Hong would be unearthed at the wedding and the drinking begins.=p This is the practice since traditional times in ancient China I supposed. Nu Er Hong have a 17% rating of alcohol level which is not too high. I tried Nu Er Hong in Labuan before and I would say that the taste is quite different. Not that it is that bad but I prefer whiskey any day. =p The taste and smell is like "Tit Da Jao" like that. No

Macro Mode

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Just a picture today....Nothing more... Macro mode. (click for bigger resolution picture)

Photoshop Manipulation

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Some of the image manipulation that I have created using Photoshop. Note that all of following images are done when I am quite "green" in Photoshop which is a while back. =p. So, please forgive the rough work. (Still learning as I go. All sharing are welcomed. Planning to make tutorials also but don't really know how to get it out of me head =p) . Alright, done with the talking. On with the images. ........................................ Trying to create a Logo (click for bigger resolution image) ................................................... Random manipulation (click for bigger resolution image) (click for bigger resolution image) (click for bigger resolution image) ..................................................... Having a shot at montage (click for bigger resolution image) ...................................................... Manipulating =p (click for bigger resolution image) ......................................... ............... .... Random Picture Of

God Of Wealth (Chai Shen Ye)

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Yours Truly is the God Of Wealth or Chai Shen Ye (Chinese). All will be revealed later in the post. =p A little bit of introduction about God Of Wealth. God of Wealth brings wealth (of course), and prosperity and supposed to bless the worshipers. So, normally those who wants to get rich or wealthy will do things like placing the statue in strategic places (Feng Shui) So, that is it for the introduction. I was the God Of Wealth for the Ang Pao Nite (Celebration for Chinese New Year) for two consecutive years during my university time. So, who want to be blessed come to this blog...=p (click for bigger resolution picture) Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. Quite popular among the kids and also chased by them on several occasion. =p (click for bigger resolution picture) So, Who wants Wealth and Prosperity? =p Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

20072007

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Today's date is quite special. 20/07/2007 that is 20072007. How cool is that? =p. Although next year you can get 20/08/2008 and the year after which is 20/09/2009 but 20072007 is NOW and I have a feeling that many couples would get married today also. As well as 20082008, 20092009, 20102010, 20112011, 20122012 and all other numbers out there. =p All HAIL the NUMBERS So, 20072007 .........I post in peace....... =p Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

Japanese Lesson Part 1

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During my university years, I have taken up Japanese language as a foreign language that is supposed to add value to undergraduates =p . That time all things Japanese are the in things, so the gullible me was influenced to take up the language out of languages such as French, Arabic, Kadazan, and some I forget. So, since sharing is good mmmkay, I feel the need to share what I know with all of you. Please feel free to chip in and also correct me if I am wrong. After all, I only have JLPT Level 4 cert. The Japanese Language Proficiency Test certification. First of all, the introduction of Japanese Language. Japanese language is used and spoken by the Japanese people in a country called Japan. (Brrrrr, cold....I know.... =p)The Japanese writing system is divided into 3 categories which is the Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana is curvilinear in style and phonetic and can be considered as the basic Japanese writing system. Katakana can be considered the secondary writing system us

Princeton- My Sis Pet ChiHuaHua

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This entry is all about my sister's pet, Princeton. Yes, it is a Chihuahua. Mixed though, so kind of bigger than other chihuahua but still small for my standard nevertheless. This Chihuahua is like a sex deprived dog or a love making machine. Every time my sis brings back the Chihuahua, it would like locked on to my leg and start humping away. Yes, HUMPING like a mad rabbit. =p (Quite hilarious, there is this one time the chihuahua have a cramp from all the humping. Will try to catch the action on camera and post it as soon as I manage to do that. Not easy task I tell you, with the chihuahua humping away furiously. =p) So, that is is. This post is dedicated to Princeton. May you find a female chihuahua to hump.... =p A montage of Princeton (click for bigger resolution picture) ................................................................ The Individual Pictures (click on the individual pictures for bigger resolution pictures) That is it.... Random Picture Of The Day

Thick Face, Black Heart - The Review Part 2

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This is the continuation from the previous review of the book Thick Face, Black Heart. Read about Part 1 before continuing with this post which is the Part 2 and there will be 16 parts all together. =p So, it will be a 16 series review (16 chapters) which is quite long, but bear with me as this is definitely worth it. =p Part 2 will talk about Chapter 2 of the Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin- Ning Chu . Chapter 2 talks about the preparation for Thick Face, Black Heart and in it there are 11 principles as according to the author that is needed for the preparation. There is this quote on the first page that leaves quite an impression. "The flower which is single Need not envy the thorns That are numerous" ( Rabindranath Tagore) So, basically in order to prepare for Thick Face, Black Heart one need to understand him/herself and do not fear success and also failure. Another quote from the book. "This is perfect This is perfect From the perfect springs the perfect IF the p

I AM A MILLIONAIRE !!!!!!!!!

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(click for bigger resolution picture) Yes, I am now officially a MILLIONAIRE. All shall bow down to yours truly. Yes, YOURS TRULY have just won a LOTTERY he DID NOT even have slightest idea of and the prize is £1,000 000 (One Million Pounds Sterling) which means around RM 7 million. How cool is that? Now that would be good news IF I really DID play something like that. Might be fooled and the KIASUISM in me would just trick myself into believing it. =p. Anyway, up until now, emails like this I have received more than hundred times even thousands. Now, since I am in a good mood, I will donate all the £1,000 000 (One Million Pounds Sterling) to charity. Any charity. OK, YOURS TRULY hereby authorize UK National Lottery to just donate the prize money to any charity they sees fit. See, I am a nice guy after all. Charity is good MMMMKAyyyy. Anyway, just in case the image is not clear, let me show the content of the email. Here. Uk National Lottery Ref: L/200-26937 Batch: 2007MJL-01 Email:c

Interesting MTV

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This is an interesting MTV. Interesting and funny. =p. Done by a talented guy. this is supposed to be his blog but if it is the wrong one, please correct me. So, without further ado. I present you some of the works by this talented guy. =p 我爱我的国家 Negarakuku (2007大馬觀光年主題曲) ........................................................................ Muar Chinese Part 1 ....................................................................... Muar Chinese Part 2 ........................................................................ So, that is it. Check it out. Cool MTV =p Random Picture Of The Day By Yours Truly (click for bigger resolution picture)

Working Life

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Been working for almost 9 months now and so far it is still acceptable in the sense that I do not dread going to work every morning. One might say that I actually liked going to work. (Yes, I am normal...Quite normal..=p...Some might say that how is it possible that anyone likes going to work and not dreading waking up every morning just to work. This I assume from the complaints and stories I heard about...What??? Work again??? =p) My own opinion towards working might be different than others, however ultimately all work for MONEY..NO? That would be a definite yes. And since one have to work, why not do it cheerfully and with the spirit that you are earning the salary given and perform to expectation. (This assuming that the salary is on par with the workload and the time spend in which I know that a lot of you are not getting what is your worth. Right? =p) You are actually paid for the time you spent working, TIME is Money as one would put it. So, by working or using your time you ar

Updates to the Sibu Bullying

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The Sheer Idiocy *Posing for the camera after the bullying* **Again, benardcometh.blogspot.com DOES NOT say that it is alright to do crime providing that you are not caught or in this case posing for the camera...=p** (click for bigger resolution picture) Green Smiley = Bullies ..... Blue Smiley= Victim ** The faces have been replaced with smiley to protect those kids. Yes...KIDS...... especially the victim. See..... I am a nice guy after all....=p** Referring to the previous post that concerns the bullying in Sibu. The bullies had been suspended from school for two weeks. The victim only dare to report to the police when the video was spread through the Internet and the police did not even do anything since there were no more injuries on his body. So it says. With the police going to the concerned schools to counsel the affected parties. ( Eastern Times, Friday July 13 ) The injuries that heal doesn't means that the incident never happened. And if beating up or causing harm

Universiti Malaysia Sabah 9th Convocation - Konvokeysen Ke-9 Universiti Malaysia Sabah

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Yes, I am UMS's alumni and for those who don't know what is UMS. It is the abbreviation of Universiti Malaysia Sabah . I graduated from UMS-LIC which is the abbreviation of Universiti Malaysia Sabah-Labuan International Campus. It is UMS's branch campus located at Labuan. Anyway, it is convocation time!!!!!! I remembered my convocation last year. The UMS 8th Convocation. It was great in the sense of having great friends together, and some of the memorable moments and of course GRADUATING... =p So, I created a banner for the UMS 9th Convocation-Konvokesyen Ke-9 UMS. This is just the thumbnail and if any of you want the higher resolution can just click and copy from the pop up. It's a simple banner.=p UMS 9th Convocation Banner (click for bigger resolution picture) Universiti Malaysia Sabah 9th Convocation 02, 03 & 04 September 2007 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Convocation Rehearsal (Students) 01 September 2007 (Saturday) 8.30 am - UMS Chancellor

Thick Face, Black Heart - The Review Part 1

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The book Thick Face, Black Heart - The Path To Thriving, Winning, and Succeeding by Chin-Ning Chu was recommended to me by my lecturer. Skeptical at first but as I read, it is actually quite interesting. In the book, the author explains about what is the meaning of Thick Face, Black Heart and ultimately that Thick Face, Black Heart is the Tao of life. Altogether there are 16 chapters in the book. Chapter 1 is about the Essence of Thick Face, Black Heart. There are quite a few interesting quotes in this chapter such as " Give up virtue, renounce wisdom; People will benefit a thousand times Give up kindness, renounce morality; People will embrace love and filial piety Give up cleverness, renounce greed; bandits and thieves will vanish " (Lao Tzu- Tao Te Ching) The author par