Social stratification - Wealth

I would like to share some of the knowledge I know through sociology subject I have learned.Enjoy reading.^^

For many rewards and status the people achieved, sociologists have identified few essential bases of stratification which affects how the society is shaped.They are wealth, power and also prestige.They are usually linked together such as the filthy rich people would likely to have political power and prestige.

Wealth, by definition is the person's ability to use his/her mind to achieve something.For example, ancient people made a spear for protection.The spear is a kind of wealth own by him.It is also can be defined as something you can buy with money such as a luxury car or even a house.

As the social mobility is taken place, the gap between the rich and the poor become further and further.The rich will become richer and the poor become poorer.It is because the rich able to gain more monetary wealth by investing some properties or even forex (foreign exchange).The more they invest the more money they make.Of course there are some exceptional cases whereby the rich are cheated by the scam laundering or the lack of knowledge in buying shares which may lead them to bankruptcy situation in just a day or two.While the poor cannot afford to own even a better house, therefore, most of the them do not involve in invesment banking or buying shares.

For example, farmers planting crop to sell just to earn a living which sometimes when monsoon rain is coming, they will have less production or maybe some of the crops they planted are destroyed.This will affect their income which is just adequately to support their family.Most of the time, they are not afford to buy luxury thing for better living.Apart from that, fisherman job also will be affected by the monsoon rain.They cannot go far from the sea to catch fishes as it is dangerous for the ship.These two occupations are mostly inherited by their family also.If their father/mother is a fisherman, it is very high percentage their children will continue their job as a fisheman.They are considered having an ascribed status.

While for the rich such as businessman, they afford to buy most of the things they wanted because they have money.They live in a better environment, better education and socialize more.They have the tendency to make more money through socialization.As their networking is growing, their business is also growing because networking is inter-related with their business.The more people they know, the more chances they can earn more money.Why there are all kind of business functions held every year?This is the chances for the rich to know more people who are mostly from profession or legal firms such as lawyer, doctor, engineer or nutritionist.They are considered middle/high income class of people.They have the ability to expand the business with the income they earn.

In addition, business function only allows people who are wearing proper attire to go in.If someone from lower class wants to attend the function,he/she must at least afford to buy a proper attire first.Not to say the rich look down to the poor but sometimes the world is very materialistic.The functions held actually can be attended by anyone.But because of the policy which is set by the people.Who is that people?They are the rich who have this policy.Therefore, the gap between the rich and poor exists even until now.We cannot run from the fact that, the people who set this policy is the people who are wealthy and have the power to do so.If we look from other perspective, it is the norm or politeness to show we respect the function thus we need to wear proper attire.

Wealth can be obtained by all means.It can be proper wealth or it can be improper wealth.Proper wealth means that the things we buy or own through legal means.For example, Robert Kuok also known as Sugar King is the richest man in SouthEast Asia in 2008 with his net worth about $10 billion according to Forbes.He  involves in many businesses such as sugarcane plantation, flour milling, finance, hotel and properties to mention a few.All the money he made is through legal means without going against the law.

How do we define improper wealth?It is a wealth gained illegally such as house burglary or smuggling drugs or wildlife.Do you still remember the case of a Malaysian who is known as Lizard King (Anson Wong)?He is a notorious wildlife trafficker who smuggles snake for sale to earn for living.He actually goes against the law because he tries to export the endangered boa constrictors to Indonesia without permit.

Brief Introduction Of SSD hard disk

SSD is stands for solid states drive which is more stable and faster than the traditional hdd which uses electromechanical comprising of spinning disc and moveable read/write disc.

SSD has much lesser latency time which boost the performance of the pc in loading most of the applications and is susceptible to physical shock.You have nothing to worry in bringing ur pc/lappie anywhere without damaging the disc drive.

Besides, it has faster access time because spin-up is not required as in traditional hard disk (hdd).This SSD is quieter too which can give you peace of mind in the house.If you prefer a place which is environment friendly and free from noise, SSD is the best choice for you.

It is stated that SSD consumes less power than the traditional harddisk which I think is important in energy saving and cost savings for everyone.Who don't want a high efficiency harddisk with low maintenance cost in electricity,more stable and quieter and environment friendly?I am sure a lot of people will agree with this.

However, if you are budget constraint and prefer more spaces, traditional hdd will do.SSD currently is very high price in the market which I think the price will be lowered in 2 years time.However, if you are free from budget constraint and more emphasize on its performance and quieter, SSD will be a option.

Below is some information regadring conventional hdd and ssd
http://itexpertvoice.com/home/switch-from-a-hard-disk-to-an-ssd-with-little-fuss-and-bother/

Inspiration thoughts : Million Dollar Less

By : Peter Parker

Well,I have gone through a inspirational story through a website which inspired me.Just want to share the stories I read to u all.Credits are given to the author who wrote this.Shall the removal of this thread upon request is greatly regretted.

A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart his kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride.

I had flown into Dallas for the sole purpose of calling on a client. Time was of the essence and my plan included a quick turnaround trip from and back to the airport. A spotless cab pulled up.

The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before he closed the door. As he got in the driver's seat, he mentioned that the neatly folded Wall Street Journal next to me for my use. He then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I would enjoy. 

Well! I looked around for a "Candid Camera!" Wouldn't you? I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the opportunity to say, "Obviously you take great pride in your work. You must have a story to tell."

"You bet," he replied, "I used to be in Corporate America. But I got tired of thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to find my niche in life where I could feel proud of being the best I could be.

 

I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, being of service and feeling like I have done a full day's work and done it well. I evaluate my personal assets and... wham! I became a cab driver. 

One thing I know for sure, to be good in my business I could simply just meet the expectations of my passengers. But, to be GREAT in my business, I have to EXCEED the customer's expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being 'great' better than just getting by on 'average'"

Did I tip him big time? You bet! Corporate America's loss is the traveling folk's friend! 

Lessons

1. Go an Extras Mile when providing any Service to others.
2. There is no good or bad job.You can make any job good.
3. Good service always brings good return.

New breakthrough Commonwealth Games for Malaysian shuttler

The shuttler,Koo Kien Kiat earns a historic breakthrough for Malaysia in Commonwealth Games Badminton at Siri Fort Sports Complex yesterday.He doubled his joy when he partnered with Tan Boon Heong and earned his second gold medal for men's double,defeating Robertson-Anthony Clark of England, 21-19,21-14, right after two hours he earned a gold medal in mix double,partnering Chin Eei Hui, defeating the top seeds Nathan Robertson-Jenny Wallock of England, 22-20,21-12 in less than 50 minutes.

He played quite well in both mix double and men double pair.In mix double,he covered well for his error-prone partner,Chin Eei Hui and grabbed the last three points to beat the England pair in the first round.They had a tough tournament in the early stage of second round but they managed to pull further by collecting nine staight point to 17-8 .And then they grabbed their medal without any doubt..=)

Proton Waja Replacement

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What gaming rig can buy for RM2300?

I got a recommendation from LYN, thanks to kingkingyyk for suggesting me a gaming rig at RM2300 which I can get as below: ^_^

1. Phenom II X4  955- RM454
2. CM Hyper TX3 Cooler- RM69
3. Asus M477TD- RM255
4. KVR 2x2Gb DDR3- RM228
5. MSI GTX460 1Gb DDR5 Cyclone-RM719
6. Samsung SpinPoint F3 1Tb- RM174
7. Silverstone ST50F 500W PSU-RM219
8. CM Elite/Thermaltake V3Casing-RM 140

          TOTAL- RM 2258


With the high end GC I think there is no problem to play Far Cry 2,StarCraft 2. I heard that Phenom II X6 is not so good for gaming and Phenonm II X4 is better.Furthermore,I have requested a quotation from my hometown PC shop, it is impossible to get such a good price with high end graphic card due to less competitor here.I will decide later whether to buy the rig now or later..Saving money now..Hmm...WD harddisk 1Tb costs about RM190 if not mistaken,however, Samsung hdd F3 model get a good review for better performance among all its rival including Hitachi and Seagate with the same amount of 1Tb harddisk space.=).

Any suggestion value for money around the price shown above and better performing rig is welcome. =).Above specs is for budget gaming rig.If you have more $ can go for Intel Core i7 920.^^

CPU suddenly shutdown

I tried to replace CMOS battery of my cpu few days ago.When I opened up the casing, I saw lotsa dust sticking to the CPU fan,GC fan and also HSF.I tried to clean up after I replaced the new battery.FYI, there are few types of lithium battery(CR2032 model 20 means 20 nominal diameter and 32 means 3.2mm height and CR means lithium).Ooops,out of topic already..T_T.

After replacing the battery,I try to reboot.To my surprise, it auto shut down right after finished loading BIOS and sometimes it just halfway loading BIOS.I thought it was processor overheat.However,later I got to know that I need to reset the jumper.Totally forget what I did last time(jumper also forget to reset =_=).One more thing is that my HSF was loosen.This was due to I disassembled all the components to clean my CPU but the HSF( heat sink fan ) was not properly assembled back.I almost gave up after I tried few times to unplug every single cables and reassembled all the components.Luckily I didn't give up that early.Now everything is going fine.

Conclusion is that, make sure all components are assembled back in a proper manner especially HSF as it causes the CPU to auto shut down if it is not properly assembled.=)

Have Your Say Here : Antivirus Program

I have so far used various free antivirus program to protect my computer from virus/spyware/malware infection and here is the list of AV program I used :

1. Avira
2. AVG
3. TrendMicro
4. Avast

Let us talk about Avast AV first.It updates quite constantly and scanning is quite fast.However,it cannot detects most of the well-known viruses and my pc constantly keep infected with virus even though I keep my AV program up-to-date.Therefore, it is a no-no to me.

How about TrendMicro?

Well, its live scanning is pretty slow and even offline scanning also quite slow and cannot detect much of the viruses.When it detects the virus, it is already too late for me to clean up as it cannot remove the threats detected and the updates has already been suspended due to virus infection.

What you think about AVG?

Among Trend Micro and Avast,AVG provides the best antivirus protection to my pc as it can detect almost every single low-level - mid-level viruses.It provides scanning detection to USB device such as pendrive too.I know that in the very beginning the AVG7 did not have this functionality until it upgraded its version to AVG8 and till now the latest version has this capability.Scanning speed is quite fast and reliable.However, you have to add your crack software(if any) to "exception" in scanning especially keygen as the AV will remove it if you do not configure your AVG application.(by default-AUTO Heal).This is quite common as crack or keygen software role is to find a loophole in the program to make it works as genuine.*wink*.Free version AVG does not provide any extra protection like advanced spyware protection.Therefore,if high-level trojan downloader is able to to beat your AV program then you must remove it manually in safe mode.I encountered one of the trojan downloader infected my pc while I was using AVG.It asked me to uninstall your AV program as it is no longer up-to-date.I was in the midst that time and followed what it prompted me to do.I ended up my pc with a fresh copy of new OS..

Have you heard of Avira?

Maybe yes maybe no.The AV company just set up its physical store in Malaysia not long ago.Therefore, in the beginning many people are wondering what AV program is that,I assume.I know its existence in one of the forum which I have forgotten the forum website few years ago.I tried to use it for the very first time and I found it was very easy to use and install.Furthermore,it provides great scanning capability and guard protection so you are safe while you are on the net.Many free AV program do not have this feature in the beginning and is only available for pay version.However,with the strong demand of user for safe surfing,many AV program currently provide this capability in their free version AV program.Among all AV program I have used, I give this AV program a thumbs up and is currently using its paid version.*wink*

If you have your opinion, just leave a comment here.We can share more knowledge about this.What I said is based on my experience of AV program I used.It differs for every individual.^^

Basic Steps If PC Is Infected With Virus

Step by step

1. Boot your PC in safe mode by pressing F8
2. Go to "My Computer" right click on it then select "Properties"
3. There are General tab,Computer Name tab,Hardware tab, Advanced tab, System Restore tab and etc.Click on System Restore tab, then at the bottom, click "Apply" then click "Ok".REASON: Turn off system restore point is to prevent viruses from being spreaded to other drive.
4. Go to "Control Panel" and select "Automatic Updates".
5. Turn "off" Automatic Updates then click "Ok" at the bottom
6. Delete all the browser cookies, cache, history and passwords.REASON:Some cookies contain viruses which keep on replicate the same files making your pc hang.For Mozilla Firefox users, go to "Tools" menu, at the submenu, select "Clear recent history" then it will pop up a window,select "Everything" then press the button "Clear now".For Internet Explorer users, go to "Tools" menu, select "Delete Browsing History" then it will pop up a window.Check all the boxes then click "OK".
7. Go to "Start" and choose "RUN" then type "regedit"  
8. It will pop up a Registry Editor window.You will see 5 root directories.Choose  and expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" directories.
9. Now, look for SOFTWARE directory then expand it.
10. Search for MICROSOFT directory and expand it then look for WINDOWS directory.Expand it.
11. Expand the Current Version directory look for RUN directory.You will see other folder below  RUN folder which will have RUNONCE, RUNONCEEX.Delete all folder start with RUNxxxxEXCEPT RUN folder.
12. Below RUN folder after deleting RUNxxx folder is SETUP folder.DON'T delete.Your task is finished.
13. RUN your anti virus program with latest update definition.Update antivirus program before  proceed  with scanning.If virus is detected, DELETE it.After a complete scan, run the antivirus all over again to ENSURE your pc is free from infections.
14. Reboot your PC. 

Movie : Legend Of The Fist:The Return of Chen Zhen

After watching Ip Man 1 and Ip Man 2,I am getting more interested for the movie starred by Donnie Yen.Today afternoon, I went for a movie with my close friend,T.Even though we were late for the movie,but I still felt great.He is quite a talented actor who plays most of the chinese kungfu movie within these few years.I started to watch almost every single movie starred by Donnie Yen.

The story of Legend Of The Fist sets in 19th century in Shanghai during World War 1.Chen Zhen survived and  in disguised came back to China from Europe war under Third World recruits by France and British in 1917 in assisting his comrade to defeat the Japanese.He worked as pianist in one of the most popular nightclub in Shanghai,Casablanca and befriended the notorious mafia boss, nightclub owner, as one of the way to get influences of army forces of China.At the same time,he fell in love with the nightclub hostess-siren-singer, KIKI (Shu Qi) who is a spy and also a daughter of Jeneral Yamaguchi.

As Chen Zhen was listed as "WANTED" in dead list by the Japanese,therefore, he uses Qi as his surname.However,his real name discovered by the Japanese and he was caught and being torture in the hell prison.He was tortured by electric shockwave and some cruel sentences.Then, he was thrown outside the Shanghai street where he was rescued.His comrades were killed and his sister was raped by the Japanese.During that time, the dead list released were the people who want to defeat the Japanese and also the people of the mass media.This dead list sent the shock in whole Shanghai area and all the people were living in fear.

 

Launching of iphone 4G

Green operator launched its iphone 4G package on 24 Sept at 1200 while at the same day its rival, Yellow operator launced its iphon 4G too but at 6 hour earlier.Both were trying hard to get attention from all the Malaysian folks and subscribed its services to enjoy special price for the state-of-the-art 4G phone.

The differences between 4G iPhone and 3Gs iPhone are:

4G iPhone                                                                

Resolutions :  640 x 960

Camera      :  5 megapixels + auto focus + front camera + LED Flash
Cellular      :  Quadband GSM, pentaband HSPA
Wi fi          :  802.11/g/n
Dimension  :  Slightly smaller than 3Gs (114.3x58.7x9.4mm)
Capacity    :  16 or 32GB
Video        :  H.264 up to 720p @ 30fps (framerate per second)

Sim size     :  Micro SIM

Weight      :  137g

Battery life :  up to 7   hours talktime on 3G

                    up to 14 hours talktime on 2G

                    up to 10 hours data on Wifi

                    up to 40 hours audio

                    up to 10 hours video

3Gs iPhone

Resolutions :  320x480 resolutions

Camera      :  3 megapixels camera auto focus                               

Cellular      :  Quadband GSM, triband HSPA

Wi fi          :  802.11/g

Dimension  :  115.5x62.1x12.3

Capacity    :  8GB

Video        :  VGA @ 30fps

Sim size     :  Normal SIM

Weight      :  135g

Battery life :  up to 5   hours talk time on 3G/data

                    up to 12 hours talk time on 2G

                    up to 9   hours data on Wifi

                    up to 30 hours audio

                    up to 10 hours video         

So,above are some of the basic ideas which one you will choose for.Of course,I will go for iphone 4G as it is slightly smaller and have more functionalities than 3Gs iphone..^^.Thumbs up for 4G iPhone~

Basic Step To Prevent Virus Infection From Thumb Drive

First of all, I know that many people have at least one thumb drive in their pocket.It is handy and can bring it anywhere.Some of them may have quite large capacity too which is up to 32Gb.I still remember when I first bought my first pen drive in 2004/05,the capacity of 512MB cost about RM120 and that was the promotion price during second quarter PC fair.But right now,it cost about RM24 to get 1Gb of pendrive.

Ok,let's back to real topic of today.Many people feel very convenient to double click on anything to open up some files or data which stores inside the pendrive.However,they do not realize how dangerous they are if double clicking on its pendrive.If the pendrive is infected with trojan or virus,it will spread to your PC if you double click on it.So,NEVER double click on your pendrive to prevent further infections to your PC.

The solution is to right click of your pendrive drive let say drive L, then you will see Open, Explore,Cut,Paste and so on.Left click on Explore to open the desired files/folders in the pendrive.Every single files stored inside your pendrive,must RIGHT click then choose EXPLORE.This is the basic step to prevent virus infection being spreaded from your pendrive to your PC.In case your pendrive is infected with virus,your PC is still safe to use if you RIGHT click and EXPLORE the file in the pendrive.

Fakers

I have circle of friends and some are fakers and some are really worth to be friended of.What is fakers?How fake they are?Fakers are who pretend to be so good to you once in a blue moon and nevertheless they are the one who create the highest percentage of problems to you.Just for an example, they pretend they know nothing about subject A but in the end those ended up with A's.OMG..They get close you and tell you they know nothing but they are hiding.Not for being humble but being selfish to their friends.

It is so common if we are sharing our knowledge and let us expose and know each other.I don't mean to know every single little thing regarding your personal things but something that we can share.But some are really do not know anything and thus they tell you "Yes I can do that assignment,Do not worry Just pass it to me and I will finish it for you".You guess what happen in the end?The result was we were being back stabbed forcefully by them telling our lecturer/tutor that we did not cooperate and we did not give them any work to do..I was like WTF..!@#$%^.Our marks were deducted and added into her coursework.I was so angry that time as like I want to chop them off into thousand pieces.Their attitudes are even worse than an animal.From that day onwards, we were not in the same group anymore.NEVER~You say them stupid,nope,they are not.You say them smart,not really too.You are going to judge what kind of person they really are.

History of my life

I still remember when I was in secondary school I used to wondera what life was I going to have after that. I wished to enter university since I was 5 years old. Although it sounded quite ridiculous as a child who nodded his head even though he did not know what it meant when my mum told me if I want to enter university. I never gave a second thought and said "Yes".

I graduated from secondary school in year 2002 and that was the time to determine my future.To my surprise, I did not get what I had expected.I knew where my talent was and I knew what to do during that time.That was my thinkaing that time.The results did not look good to me.I was so disappointed. My dream was gone and it felt like hell.

My parents told me that getting bad results is not the end of the day.Life still have to go on.My mum said,"You must be tough,son."I took their advice and I struggled in finding any reputable universities to accept me.I could not get into any local universities, partly I blamed certain factors where some people don’t need good results to get into the local university they wanted, but I also blamed myself as I did not have the good results to show them that I am talented enough.

I made up my mind to register in one of the college half subsided by the government. I got a place, majoring in Information System Engineering. My parents told me that I am used to spend a lot of time with the computer and always hang out with IT savvy friends/colleagues so I should study IT.I was thinking if IT is suitable to me. I knew nothing much about computer actually.What I mean is the IT field is very wide. It can range from programming,web design,multimedia design,computer interaction and multimedia,information system,information technology management, to list a few here

During my first year in college, I was struggling with communication problem as I could not speak Mandarin. I was Eng/Malay educated and never spoken Mandarin except in kindergarten. I found it hard to cope with the language initially. I spoke Eng + Malay with them. Some of them were looking at me curiously as to why I spoke in Malay and Eng but not Chinese. They only came to know later that I am what the Malaysians call, a "banana".

I had to learn from scratch and after a year plus, I was able to communicate better with them.It was never an easy life for me.I struggled with lots of obstacles.I met with an accident right after 5 months in KL.It happened about 5 minutes away from college.I remember it was raining so heavily and I can hardly see any cars in front of me.Out of a sudden, the car in front stopped to turn at a junction without any indicator lights on.My car hit the rear bumper of the front car and my car suffered huge damage.The aunty came out of her car and told me to pay RM400.I asked her to reduce the price so we can settle it peacefully.I offered her for RM300 but she rejected.I decided to report to the police with the assistance from one of the AAM agent.

He was not so honest,I suspected.My car claimed RM3400++ just for my car components replacement .The components replaced were absorber,coil spring,strut bar,accumulator and fixing the bonnet only~~I was like WTF~~I could not blame him totally because if he did not stop by and assisted me, I would almost be cheated by the woman.

Academic wise, I was not doing very well also. My course should have been all about IT, so I was wondering why I need to study account as well. Anyway,I did not bother it much and I kept on studying the course.Well, I failed my first ever subject in  my life, the account subject.I cried for one whole night.I cheered by my housemate not to give up and assume that was the first lesson.I worked hard and went for re-sit.Well,I passed with grade B.Not bad I said.Another semester,again, accounting methods 2.It haunted me for the second time and I re-sit again and got a C.I felt so disappointed.My target is to get at least B.The other subjects were well managed at lowest grade B.

I graduated from Diploma with Merit and was promoted to continue my Advance Diploma.Many told me that Advance Diploma is just a Diploma and I can for sure tell you it is totally WRONG!!!.Please do some research and investigated carefully before you speak a single word.I know I am so sarcastic but that is the fact.It is equivalent to a degree.Of course there are certain colleges offer advance diploma but some are not recognized.To my surprise, I went through a lot ups and downs during those years.I have registered for Bachelor of Degree for Information System from Campbell University so at the same exam day I need to take two paper one from morning and one in the afternoon.I did not do well in my final year.Lots of thing happened. From my personal problems to financial I struggled a lot.I do not mind  if I have no friends but what I hate most, friends who betray.

I told myself I would not be TOO good to anyone else even he/she is my best friend.People are very selfish  sometimes.They even used you to achieve their goal and sacrifice you.You are treated like a cow which will be chopped into pieces after a certain time just to fill their adrenaline of eating beef. Once in a while they sweet talk you,on the other hand you are stabbed and fired by machine gun bullets.They never come to find you unless they have something that need your help.I remember a case that they called me if can fetch them to LRT station as their cars did not have enough space to accomodate "our" friends to KLCC.They all prepared to go and had their fun while I was having a "stupid" day in a condo facing the wall.I was being called only to fetch them.I was like WTF you are thinking man.I am your driver or someone who will come and fetch you anytime???Come on man..

Shopping shopping

It was a sunny Sunday morning when I woke up from the bed.Actually I didnt't want to wake up as I was too tired cos I went shopping with my gf and her cousin + his gf for more than 10 hours yesterday.So lucky that my gf's cousin accompanied me while let my gf and his gf went for shopping at MidValley then Sunway Pyramid and finally went to Ikea Ikano Power Center..Imagine that walking from morning about 11am until late at nite without stopping.Of cos we took a break for our lunch at The Gardens which is next to MidValley shopping mall.We ordered Korean style Spicy Sotong rice and Stone grill chicken rice and we felt the heat once we fed ourselves a spoon of its rice with spicy sauce into our mouth.Even though it made us mouth watering but at the same time I was like having sauna at the hotspring.I sweat quite a lot due to its "spicyness" of the food and kept on drinking my sugarcane to sooth my throat.

We took few hours walk at MidValley including visiting the Pets Wonderland which was quite popular there as there are quite numbers of pets can be seen and the pets are so cute.There are dogs,cats,guinea pigs,hamster,birds,tortoise,rabbit,sugar glider,lizard and a lot more to be mentioned here.We saw Tsih Tsu puppies there together with one of the kind like bulldog.I have forgotten the name.

There are variety of hamster breed too which include Syrian hamster, Roborovski, Dwarf and few more.I prefer Roborovski hamster which is just a quarter of my palm size.However, it is a bit hard to be taken care of as it is too small and it is the fastest among the hamster.So, if u hold it loose,u may have to take a long time to put it back into the cage =).I used to buy one for my gf,But it is dead.=(..Not long after that, she bought another new one which is of Syrian breed.It is quite big size which my palm cannot fit in.=).It is easier to rare but it has to live alone because it will fight each other if more than one are put together into one cage.After one year plus, it passed away with love..=(.It is a bit sad to rare a animal which lifespan is quite short.U love them so much and u take good care of them everyday,cleaning the cage,play with it then suddenly it is gone.

Our next destination was Sunway Pyramid which is about 20 minutes drive from MidValley.The traffic was not that bad that there..It is considered smooth and it was a sunny afternoon.The temperature there is about 31-32 celcius..There wasn't much changes after few years I didn't been there.Its new wing has already built which I went there just thrice (include this time).I still got lost in the middle as I have no idea where I was when at the new wing.=_=.We stopped by at a ice cream shop and satisfied our throat with some cold mouth watering freshly baked ice cream.It is quite special as u choose the fruit that u like then they will help u blend it with the ice cream.Even though it is not a very "smooth ice cream" but it is considered special.I shared a cup with my gf which was kiwi flavor.>_<.Quite sour ( to me)..

Spain lost to Switzerland 0 - 1

I watched the game and it was so amazing that Spaniards created a lot of chances to score the goal.Nevertheless, none of the shot gave them a point.They possessed the ball on the field in the game but however, Switzerland still managed to score a point in the second half which the ball fired past the keeper Iker Casillas by Gelson Fernandez.The keeper felt a bit helpless at the time as the defense was a bit loose where Gelson was left freed on the field.

Xabi Aloso should had given a change to score to restore the Spainiard's spirit but however, the ball was denied by the crossbar in the 71st minutes which left Spain remained a point behind the Swiss to get at least a draw. >_<. Swiss played it safe when it came to 70 minutes later to assure their victory was on their hand.They all remained in the middle and at the back rather than picking offence strategy to create another miracle for them.

Anyway,I am not interested to talk about these two teams anymore now..Wanna concentrate on tonite match at 640pm.haha...

What a drab match last nite between Portugal and Ivory Coast

Despite the winger from Portugal,Christiano Ronaldo declared himself that he would be the man of the history in World Cup 2010, the match left his dream out of reality as they got a draw with Ivory Coast which made quite a good defense that most of the time the winger could not stirke in.This means that the winger did not score for an international for 16 month.I thought that he would ended his drought season after his early strike however, luck was not on his side which the ball hit the post and bounced back to the field.

Ivory team was very active in the field even though their dominance of the field was about 43%.They gave Portugal a very rough struggle for the ball and even had hard tackle on their opponent.Tiene made impressive defense but however, he received yellow card for hard tackle of their opponent.The team pressured the Portugal even harder in the second half after Didier Drogba was put on field.However, it did not make much difference to the Portugal as they could not score until full time as Portugal also gave a stronger defense at the back during second half.

The Portugal keeper, Eduardo just had a brief watch of the ball in the opening 45 minutes.Gervinho made an impressive offence to Portugal by heading the ball hard but out of the goal and the keeper made a good save from Gervinho's shot which came quite far from the box in the second half.This all ended me with disappointment as I would like the Portugal to win the match...Do not misunderstand that I gamble in the match.I am just thinking Portugal has not won the World Cup for some time.I just hope it can reach final.Haha..Sound ridiculous?Perhaps....Maybe..Who knows if Portugal can win..Mission Possible..=)

Tonite there wil be a match between Spain VS Switzerland at 1400GMT(10pm Malaysia time), Honduras VS Chile 1130GMT (7pm) and South Africa VS Uruguay.I will probably will watch for the match between Spain VS Switzerland as it is more interesting and it is not too late for me to watch it at 10pm.So, any idea who will win the game for these 3 matches tonite?^^

Tonite Who WIll Be The Winner?Portugal or Ivory?

Let's kick start with some of the history of Portugal football team.The Portugal team reached for the FIFA World Cup in 1966 for the first time but lost to the eventual world champion England 2-1 in the semi-final.The final result was that the Portugal finished in third place.It re-emerged again to be qualified for the World Cup in 1986 and also for the year 2002 but it did not won either one of the trophy from the tournament as it was knocked out at the first round of the match..

It sounds a bit weird uh what was happening to the Portugal.Sometimes, maybe luck is not on their side.However, it was heard that the Portugal went on strike for the prize over money and refused to train during the first two matches during 1986.Maybe due to that led to the lost of the team.

However, in order to be back again for the World Cup qualifier for the year 2006, the Portugal Football Federation hired the Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scholari who led the Brazil team to victory of the World Cup year 2002.Even with the famous coach Luiz Felipe Scholari, the Portugal still could not grab the trophy World Cup 2006.I do not mean that the team is weak or the coach is ineffective enough but sometimes team work is very important as each of them play a major role.As what I have said earlier,luck is not on their side.They were defeated by Greece national team in the semi final in World Cup 2006 and the World Cup winner for the year 2006 was Italy with a penalty shoot out against France 5-3.

Curerntly, the Portugal is under Carlos Queiroz who leads the Portugal to the World Cup 2010.Tonight we will keep our eyes on Christiano Ronaldo who declared himself to be the greatest player in world history.Let us see if he can make it.Since the match is between Portugal vs Ivory Coast, I will support Portugal...I wish he could be the greatest player in the world cup history and hope he is fit in the match tonite.Check it out at 10pm tonite.^^

Holland vs Denmark (2-0) World Cup 2010 South Africa

                          

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It is an easy game for the Holland in the second half as the Denmark defender made a own goal on 46 minutes while the later goal came by when Kirt Duyt scored one more goal which made their team secure a place with 2-0 at 85 minutes.The Danes made a quite impressive defense during the first half period which made Holland difficult to score a goal.

However, no matter how hard they thwarted the attack from Holland, their defense was opened for the opponent to score the another goal after an own goal made by Simon Poulsen who supposingly headed the ball to clear its field but unluckily the ball struck the back of Agger, the defender and went in.

Despite of the effort made by the Danes who had their best opening of the half just after the midway point when Bendtner found himself inside the 6-yard box, his heading was wide of the goal which crossed by Dennis Rommedahl.

Cherating Trip 26 May

We planned this trip a month earlier before the month of May to Cherating.Cherating is a beach which is located about an hour drive from Kuantan, Pahang.It had been a long long time ago since our trip to Teluk Batik back in 2007.So,this time is a must to go for a holiday trip again after 3 years..I had been waiting for this trip before my final test was held last month.Wondering what to pack a week before the trip, I decided to bring 7 pieces of shirts and 4 pants inclusive of short and long pants which was enough for me and I didn't want to wear dirty clothes on my body if I brought less than that.

We departed from Kuala Lumpur at about 9am after taking our home-made breakfast which was prepared by my girlfriend.So delighted as I was served with burger with cheese,fried egg,chicken meat and cabbage.I already mouth watering before the burger was ready and it made me even more hungry as i just woke up and craving for food..>_<.

Well, in the middle of the journey, we stopped at rest area to get some rest and to restore my energy so that I can play actively when I reached.To my surprise,the highway was totally silent as there were no cars.We took Lebuhraya Timur Barat and that was the first time I was on the Lebuhraya Timur Barat.Feeling a bit nervous as I not used to the highway which had no cars at some period of time.I was thinking even if I was speeding that time,I may get caught as there were no cars to give "signal" to indicate there were speed traps.But I don't think the cops will be there as it is hardly to see a single car is on the Lebuhraya Timur Barat.Hmm..no cars means no "rezeki:" lo...

Let me share some of the photos which was taken on that day with you all

This is one of the delicious rendang chicken rice I ordered at Kemaman Kopitiam.Its gravy is quite nice serve with keropok and rice.The culture there is a bit different from my state.To my surprise,there are mix chinese and malay people who are working at Kemaman Kopitiam.Really got 1M concept eh.Haha..

This is "tepung goreng" which is quite famous there.Both of this is a must try as it is quite special.^^

This photo was taken from the resort that I live.The depth of the swimming pool is moderate as it just half of my height only.^^

I believe I can fly...

This photo was taken on the last day of our trip in Cherating beach.Quite sunny and hot that day.The first two days were cloudy..>_<

At ShahBandar Jetty..Here is the place to play River Cruise in Kuantan.There is one in Cherating but we prefer here.^^

Kuantan river.We were on the ride for about 2hours++.It is quite a worth journey for who has never been on the ride.It cost only RM15 per pax.^^

This photo was captured when we were on way back to jetty.Sunset is so so nice..^^

How dirty is your mind?

First of all without scrolling down to the bottom and look at the answer...Ask yourself and answer it first

Let's see how dirty is your mind is..Just try..Hope you enjoy.^^

How Dirty is Your Mind?

1. What is a four-letter word that ends in k and means the same as intercourse?

2. What is it that a cow has four of and a woman has only two of?

3. What can you find in a man's pants that is about six inches long,has a head on it, and that women love so much that they often blow it?

4. What word starts with f and ends with u-c-k?

5. Name five words that are each four letters long,end in u-n-t, one of which is a word for a woman?

6. What does a dog do that you can step into?

7. What four letter word begins with f and ends with k, and if you can't get one you can use your hands?

8. What is hard, six inches long, has two nuts, and can make a girl fat?

9. What four-letter word ends in i-t and is found on the bottom of birdcages?

10. What is it that all men have one of; it's longer on some men than on others; the pope doesn't use his and a man gives it to his wife after they're married?

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1. (talk)

2. (legs)

3. (a twenty dollar bill)

4. (firetruck)

5. (bunt, hunt, runt, punt, aunt)

6. (pants)

7. (fork)

8. (Almond Joy candy bar)

9. (grit)

10. (last name)

Hulu Selangor result to be known this Sunday

After campaigning hard who will win the Hulu Selangor seat from 4 corners of Barisan Nasional, PKR and two independents,finally the contestants who will be remained are BN P.Kamalanathan and PKR Datuk Zaid Ibrahim after the independets withdrew from the election.Meanwhile, the result to be known this coming Sunday if there is no recount of votes.This is told by EC deputy chairman  Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.All the parties are fighting hard to gain vote from the voters of Hulu Selangor by approaching the "rakyat" so that their voice can be heard.Who will win the seat and who they vote for?P.Kamalanathan from BN or PKR Datuk Zaid Ibrahim?Let's keep update with the news

Jokes of the day?

An Atheist in the Woods

An atheist was walking through the woods.

"What majestic trees!"
"What powerful rivers!"
"What beautiful animals!"
He said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. A 7-foot grizzly bear charging towards him.

The man ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left and raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the Atheist cried out, "Oh my God!".

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. "You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?"

The atheist looked directly into the light and said, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?"

"Very Well", said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

"Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."

Let's talk about potong zaka

I came across a funny story which I received from from my friend via email.Let me share with you all today.

Two old friends  - a Chinaman and a Malay were having a conversation recently ....

APek : Lu potong zaka ada bagut  ka?
Ali     : Manyak bagut. Bila lu potong haa lu punya barang manyak bersih loo...
Apek : ?!! err ... saya kawan ada cakap, potong zaka aaahh.... manyak ploblem..
Ali     : Apa problem ?
Apek : Manyak buang lui, lagi aahh .. dia punya performance tatak bagut...manyak cinang semputloh...
Ali     : Cehh... apek, lu apa celita... saya suda lama potong...tada apa problem... bini saya manyak puas 
           woo...
Apek : Lu mini puas sama itu potong zaka ka?
Ali     : Ya laa. Bila lu potong aahh... lagi sedap maen woo.. lu lagi lambat pancut..
Apek : ???!!! err... lu punya 1.3 atau 1.5??
Ali     : ??!! woi apek cakap baik2 sikit ha .. saya punya 6 inci laa..
Apek : ??! Tiu nia ma... lu jgn maen2 haa.. mana ada potong zaka 6 inci..
Ali     : Cilaka apek ni...nah tengok (opens his trousers)
Apek : Chee sin punya olang.....gua tanya baik2 ... lu tunjuk lu punya lanchiau..
Ali     : Abis... lu tarak percaya..saya tunjuk la..
Apek : Saya tatak tanya sama lu punya lanchiau... Saya tanya lu pasal itu nasional car... potong        zaka..
Ali     : Aiya... apek... lain kali lu sebut betul2 la....kasi susasaja.. Bukan potong zaka la....protonsaga....

Let's have a laugh

After long struggling whole day,let's take a break before back to our work.Here is the  joke which I obtained from joke site.

Q & A

Q : Why are dumb blonde jokes are so short?
A : So brunettes can remember them.

Q : What do you do if a blonde throws a grenade at you?
A : You pick it up, pull the pin and throw it back.
 
Q : What happen to the blonde tap dancer?
A : She slipped off and fell down the drain.

Q : How can you tell if a blonde has been using the computer?
A : The joystick is wet.

Q : What's the quickest way to get into a blonde's pants?
A : Pick them up off the floor.

Q : Why don't blondes play frisbee?
A : It hurts their teeth.

Q : What do you call blonde with half a brain?
A : Gifted!

Q : How do blonde braincells die?
A : Alone.

Q : Why don't blondes eat bananas?
A : They cannot find the zipper.

Q : How did the blonde try to kill the fish?
A : She tried to drown it.

Q : What's the difference between a blonde and a 747?
A : Not everyone has been in 747.

www.jokesgallery.com

I am late again...~

Having my eyes opened wide while stretching my body on the bed this morning, the time was already 0757am~~What a shock to me~~I got a class which would start at 8am.Oh gosh~~~Jumping down from the bed while scratching hard my head wondering why I could not wake up again..This is the second time in this week I was late for class~~I had a miss call when I looked at my phone and I was so sure that was my friend who had been waiting me to go to campus.I did not pick up as I knew that I was sleeping soft and sound during that time.>__<.Another friend of mine, sent me a message and asking me where I was about...Immediately,pull up my long pants and changing my round neck shirt,I grabbed my wallet, my student tag which I hate most which is compulsory to allow into the campus and searching unsystematically for my notes to be put into my bag,straight away i start off my car and picked my friend up.Rushing so badly for the class,I was stopped by the guard who was standing right in front of the entrance and checked for our Id and car plate number if it matched with the car sticker.I was waiting impatiently and I thought if I dare to pull my accelerator hard to flung him to the air as I was already late..LOL...luckily i did not do that or I will be seeing him in next generation..LOL..Parking nicely at the unshaded car park which I reluctantly want to but no choice, stepping out from the car and walk as fast as I can while my friend followed from behind..We have to passed through the block H before we reached our destination in block I.I saw a woman in the lecture hall who had just plugged in her pendrive to copy the slides into the pc.That was our lecturer Ms M.After teaching some of the materials she brought she asked us to come out with a communication diagram based on the example given in the notes.Just a little boring during the lecture was conducted however,I still can gain full concentration today as I slept more than 8 hours just for today.>_<.Well,I think I need to stop my craps here..Hehe..

Apple iPad

After long waiting for the high tech device to launch since last year,finally it has released and its design is fantastic.With its unique design large multi touch screen it looks elegant.It is best used for viewing emails,watching videos and photos as it has a large screen which give advantages to this gadget.It features a split screen which allows you to read the emails and has an expansive onscreen keyboard which makes it more unique.Moreover, it has many applications like YouTube app which makes you to find videos easily, calendar app where you can record down any special days or important appointments in this gadget,iTunes app which allows you to download over million of songs,movies and shows and buying a song just a tap away from your fingertips.Here are some few screenshots of the iPad.^_^

There are a lot more functionalities to offer for this iPad.For more info you can visit this link -> http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/

iPad was well received by many customers when it was launched few days ago even there are some initial problems such as overheating and connectivity.The iPad is also known as "The Year of The Tablets".It is very light weight hence leads to ultra-portability of a height of 9.56 inches (242.8 mm, a width of 7.47 inches (189.7 mm), depth of 0.5 inch (13.4 mm) and weight of 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model and 1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model. As we see all the major functions which are required by most of the users nowadays can be obtained from this gadget,I believe it will hit strong in the IT market.Even though we cannot compare this gadget with the home PC which is more powerful in terms of processing speeds,storage and better graphics,however,,its ultra-portability features will strongly attracts the customers especially to those who are always bringing laptop on the go.

Singapore trip day 2(Part 1)

Hai everyone....let's bump back to my trip in Singapore..(Day 2).I still remember we woke up early in the morning as early as 7am just to take sometime to clean ourself up and went for breakfast.Guess what,we ate at  food court which is much more cleaner than what we eat at our place..Each stall displays the grade for hygienic purpose..Of course, our stalls here also has this kinda thing.But their grade A and our grade A here is much difference..lol.

I stopped at one of the stall and ordered plain porridge which is managed by "cool" aunty..no smile, she looks like "bao ching tian"..=__=.However,there were lotsa people queueing just for the sake of porridge..Seems like I had chosen a right store even though da service was not that good..hmm..When my turn came,she took a medium size bowl and poured some porridge into it.

As I saw her pouring porridge,it made my saliva drooling down my throat to the max.My empty stomach which had been craving for food so much since early in the morning was driving me crazy for it.>_<..As I putting in the porridge into my mouth,satisfying my stomach,I felt so great..Adding in with nice and smooth desert of "tau fu fa" ,I felt that my satisfaction is at max level..

Singapore trip day 1 Part 2

Well,let's move on to Singapore trip day 1 part 2.It was a hot and rainy afternoon.After finished visiting Jurong Bird Park,watching talented penguins swimming, and taking all the nice pix with my family,we went to next destination, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple for pray pray lo...erm,nothing much to describe lo..just go there viewed the Buddha statue, and donated some money..

Actually, the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple is located in Chinatown Heritage Center.Chinatown here almost like the Petaling Street we saw in KL but however, it has its own unique stuff selling there..we bought several keychains, mini merlion statue and had some drinks while we were walking.It was quite tiring that day,because it was a free and easy day for about 4 hours~~OMG,I wish I could find some nice place to take a rest..Leaving all of us walking under the hot sun was suffering and so boring...Nothing much to shop there..Most of the shops are selling the same stuffs while several stalls also selling the same kinda drinks and junk food.

However,we walked in one of the shop there and we found most of the China antiques were displayed.

I am sure most of the youngster never c this kinda camera before.^^

But this camera is a newer version one lo.The oldest one uses 1 light bulb for 1 photo.^^

This ancient pipe opium which is 50cm long is used by ancient people who smokes.

The round shape like a coin is a button which is sewn on "samfu" or "chengsam".

I was pretty amazed with all kinda tiny stuff which needs fine skill to do that.Imagine now that,even a simple button is made by the machine.Seems like ancient people is very skillful than now..^^

Hand made ancient "bottle"(cantonese call Wu Lou)..I also duno call wat lo...i just know it is made of copper..hehe

Ancient lamp a.k.a oil lamp, which has wick to produce light.I used to have one last time but duno go where liao..^_^..As I remember,mine one just a simple oil lamp without any decoration at the bottom like what is shown in the pic above.

Kettle...My shadow was there..Scary laaa..

See the papers with variety colors?That is the game card.I am wondering how to play..

Quite interested with it..^_^

Well, duno what is written on the wall...But,base on the pic, it seems like dim sum restaurant

But,however,the table and the chair remind me of Kopitiam.^_^

It was about 6pm, the time which we should leave as being told by the tour guide.I had waited this for so so long as my empty stomach already asking me to stop walking around..We were brought to Singapore famous street,Orchard Road,whereby the parade will hold.Along the road,we saw Ion Orchard shopping center,Orchard Center, Takashimaya,ISetan and a lot more.I just remember a few.

We were separated into few groups and walked on our own.We stopped at ISetan to take our dinner.We ordered, char siu rice with add on a bowl of Dumplings.It is rather cheap to eat there.(Don't conver la ok.).Just about SGD4.50..Total up with drinks was about SGD28 for four persons.Due to my stomach calling me not to stop filling in,I ordered one more bowl of dumplings.Sadly, the seller listened wrongly to me instead of a bowl for four, he made four bowls..I was like...WAT THE.... tuuut...tuuut....I paid for the bill which cost me SGD24..=__+..My pocket was left with a big hole and seriously wounded..=__+..I told myself....SHOPPING DAY is gone~~~~. (SGD28 + SGD24) multiply with 2.47...Omg...Don wan to see the figure..make me sick..+__=