it seems the last person to speak in a conversation/discussion/war of words always sound so right...because others do not have a chance to comment(provide constructive criticism)....
haha...
if only ppl were less selfish, less ignorant, less obnoxious, less pretentious.....the list is endless.....
sincerity went extinct with the dinosaurs i think....
Monday, December 8, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
the world today..
A feeling of power normally grips those who wield patronage, a feeling that they can mould and shape people and opinions any way they please.
so many narcissists around.....that also because the people grant them their wishes....
so many narcissists around.....that also because the people grant them their wishes....
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
8 years jail for attempted rape and murder of a 16 year old
8 years jail is what you get...after u tried to rape and murder a teen...not even the rotan....how fair is that?
from nst.com.my
Ahmad Haniff Mohd Yasin pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to both charges after the trial had partly proceeded. Judge Gulam Muhiaddeen Abdul Aziz sentenced him to eight years' jail for attempted murder and four years' jail for attempted rape. The sentences were to run concurrently from the date of his arrest. Gulam Muhiaddeen said he viewed the crime seriously as the accused had caused the 16-year-old girl to suffer severe trauma. But he also took into consideration the age of the accused and the fact that he had shown remorse. Ahmad Haniff was charged with committing both offences at a shed in an oil palm estate at Kampung Serongga, Pasir Mas, on May 9, 2006. According to the facts, Ahmad Haniff hit the girl, slashed her with a parang and attempted to rape her. When she feigned death, he tried to set her on fire. But she managed to escape from the shed before it was engulfed in flames. The girl was found semi-conscious by firemen responding to a distress call. Ahmad Haniff went on the run for 11 days before surrendering himself at the Pasir Mas police station. Deputy public prosecutor Madihah Zainol appeared for the prosecution while Ahmad Haniff was represented by Karmazubi Shaary.
Look at the grin on the fella's face.....
i wonder if the outcome would've been different if the victim was related to the judge....
from nst.com.my
KOTA BARU: A 22-year-old man who attempted to rape and murder a teenager, and then went on the run for 11 days before surrendering to the police, was sentenced to eight years' jail.
Look at the grin on the fella's face.....
i wonder if the outcome would've been different if the victim was related to the judge....
Thursday, August 28, 2008
is the world round?
take a look at these before answering my question...
are you feeding the poor or the rich more?
go lah do some charity...
are you feeding the poor or the rich more?
go lah do some charity...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tun Dr. Mahathir's insights..What the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia thinks..
i was blog-hopping earlier today and found this really interesting piece by Tun Dr M on his blog...
it's an article on affirmative action.
ps: just in case u don't know, his blog is at www.chedet.com
it's an article on affirmative action.
ps: just in case u don't know, his blog is at www.chedet.com
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
1. Affirmative action by its very nature must involve discrimination.
2. Affirmative action is about correcting imbalances between groups. But in the process, the interest of individuals would have to be sacrificed. It is unfortunate for the individual concerned but if no one's interest is to be sacrificed then corrections cannot be made. The status quo would remain and this would mean there would be no affirmative action. Simply said, no corrective action would be possible unless there is some discrimination against someone.
3. Golf is a great game. But like other games the poorer players would be given handicaps. Otherwise golf would be very boring as the good golfers win every time.
2. Affirmative action is about correcting imbalances between groups. But in the process, the interest of individuals would have to be sacrificed. It is unfortunate for the individual concerned but if no one's interest is to be sacrificed then corrections cannot be made. The status quo would remain and this would mean there would be no affirmative action. Simply said, no corrective action would be possible unless there is some discrimination against someone.
3. Golf is a great game. But like other games the poorer players would be given handicaps. Otherwise golf would be very boring as the good golfers win every time.
4. In boxing we cannot match a heavyweight against a lightweight. The latter would be hammered to a pulp.
5. In horse racing the lighter horse would carry weights so that the race is between evenly matched horses and riders.
6. Globalisation has been promoted by the rich countries.
7. The essence of globalisation is open borders or a borderless world. With this, the rich and the well-endowed will have unrestricted access to the countries of the poor in order to exploit them. Of course the poor can have access to the rich countries too. It sounds fair. The playing field seems to be level.
8. But what will certainly happen is that the rich will go into the poor countries and with their capital, their managerial skills, and their technology, would overwhelm the people in the poor countries with their small businesses, limited skills and limited capital.
9. The end result would be that the poor countries would effectively be owned and exploited by the rich countries and the local people would be mere workers in the big enterprises of the rich, earning a pittance for themselves. Essentially colonisation of the poor by the rich would again take place.
10. But the rich countries will claim that the people of the poor countries are free to do business in the rich countries, buy over the banks, the industries and anything they like. But they know and we know that it would be impossible for the people of the poor countries to do this.
11. This is why the WTO has been rejected by poor countries. The people of the poor countries know they cannot compete; know that in the end they would be colonised. They are not being selfish. It is simply that they want to exploit their wealth for themselves.
12. Effectively the poor countries want to discriminate in their favour by rejecting the borderless world of Globalisation. Exploitation by the rich would most likely enrich the poor countries. But they would rather be poor than be exploited.
13. We take the relative peace and stability in our country for granted. But look at other multi-ethnic countries. In most cases the indigenous people, if given power would not just discriminate against what they consider to be non-indigenous people but would want to expel them. Look around us and you will understand what I mean. Look at the Tamils of Sri Lanka, and the Indians in Burma. There are other examples which I will not mention here.
14. But the indigenous people of this country actually welcome the non-indigenous and expressed their willingness to share the wealth and the opportunities that this great country has to offer between them. But the sharing must be fair. That was the kind of sharing our founders agreed upon. The Malays would not have agreed if in this country they would be reduced to being the hewers of wood and drawers of water.
15. When the sharing did not really take place, the anger lead to the 1969 race riots.
16. Following that our wise leaders from all the communities agreed on how to carry out the sharing. They agreed on what is basically affirmative action. They agreed that they would eradicate poverty irrespective of race and that there should be no identification of race with economic function.
17. It is only a small sacrifice. But the peace and stability that came with the NEP had enriched the country which in turn had contributed towards peace and stability even during the recession caused by the financial crises. We know that racial riots occurred in other countries at that time. Contributing to the fairness of the NEP was the decision that discrimination should not be by expropriation of what already belonged to others but through the distribution of new wealth and opportunities. Thus, the sense of deprivation would be reduced.
18. But even when the discrimination is to be based on growth the rich would still feel a sense of deprivation because they cannot get all the wealth and opportunities that they believe they were qualified for.
19. If contracts or licences or permits are to be given out why should someone less qualified get them when they, the qualified could make better use of these things.
20. In the case of university admission and scholarships, why should someone less qualified get admitted when the better qualified cannot.
21. So even when the corrective action is based on new opportunities and wealth and not by expropriation of what is already in the possession of the rich, there would still be a sense of deprivation by the richer communities.
22. Accepted that the richer communities also have poor members among them and the New Economic Policy's first prong clearly proposed poverty eradication irrespective of race, the fact remains that there is more poverty among the poorer community than among the richer communities.
23. If we eliminate poverty among the rich without regard to the level of poverty, then the richer community would be rid of poverty while the poorer community would still be saddled with extensive poverty.
24. Today we have reduced poverty to 5 percent. If we care to do a study, we will find that the majority of those still under the poverty line would be from the deprived community.
25. Still, despite the alleged discrimination, our poverty eradication is regarded as being very successful. It is nearly impossible to find hard core poverty among the better-off race in the urban areas. There are more in the rural areas.
26. Fifty years is a short period in the history of nations. We have not reached menopause yet. In fact we are in our youth still. Whether we succeed to overcome our present difficulties depends on us. If we fail, pointing fingers will not save us.
27. I will readily admit that the NEP had been abused. But we are so ready to blame that we pick on the wrong target. Of course the way the affirmative action was carried out, and the abuses, were picked on by the opposition to condemn the whole policy.
28. UMNOputra, like cronyism, was a word invented by politicians and the detractors of this brash country which dared to thumb its nose at the powers that be. Unable to condemn blatant corruption as they do to other countries, they came up with cronyism and UMNOputra. When there is real cronyism and corruption they deliberately ignore them because these are committed by their favourite people.
29. Before making these criticisms against the affirmative action of the NEP, why not make a real study. Are most of the Malays getting the scholarships and entries into the universities the children of UMNO people? If they are, why was it necessary to have the Universities and University College Act to stop students from demonstrations against the UMNO-led Government? How did the doctors and lawyers in PAS get their education? Are the students all from rich families with connections?
30. I will be the first to admit that there have been abuses in the promotion of business among the bumiputeras. Given opportunities, given licenses, permits, contracts etc, they disposed these for immediate gains. This frustrates the efforts to help them. Some degree of abuses may be excused but the degree of abuse of the opportunities created by the NEP is far too much. They cannot all be excused.
31. I also admit that there has been unfairness in the award of scholarships and Government jobs.
32. I will not try to defend these abuses. We must try to reduce them. But affirmation is about discrimination. And those discriminated against will never understand the big picture, the benefits of an increasingly egalitarian society.
33. The Malays must accept that this discrimination cannot be forever. If they fail to respond properly to what is being done for them, they should accept this policy would be taken away.
34. When Malay youngsters, especially boys, failed to study and qualify for university education, when they preferred to play and not study, we cannot expect the non-Malays to patiently wait and give up their opportunities until the Malays decide to become serious and study. That would not be fair.
35. That was why we introduced merit in the selection of students for the universities. Unfortunately, the implementers of Government decisions chose to interpret it differently. By requiring Bumiputeras to sit for the matriculation and the non-Bumiputeras to sit for higher school certificates, they managed to give the impression that the Bumiputeras were actually better qualified than the non-Bumiputeras. With this, the intention of the Government to make the Bumiputeras become more serious about their education failed.
36. There is a tendency among Malays to regard the discrimination in their favour as a privilege, as a recognition of their superior status. I think this is wrong. The discrimination is in order to give them a kind of headstart so that they can catch up with other races. To me, it is shameful to have to be protected because we do not have the capacity to compete. We are not Red Indians to live on reserves. We should regard it as a temporary expedient to be done away with once we have achieved the capacity to compete on our own.
37. However, we must give time for ending the NEP and it should be done in stages. I hope that the time will not be too long. In the meantime, serious efforts by the Bumiputeras must be made to avail themselves of the opportunities. If this is obviously not being done, then, as with entrance into the universities, the discrimination must end.
5. In horse racing the lighter horse would carry weights so that the race is between evenly matched horses and riders.
6. Globalisation has been promoted by the rich countries.
7. The essence of globalisation is open borders or a borderless world. With this, the rich and the well-endowed will have unrestricted access to the countries of the poor in order to exploit them. Of course the poor can have access to the rich countries too. It sounds fair. The playing field seems to be level.
8. But what will certainly happen is that the rich will go into the poor countries and with their capital, their managerial skills, and their technology, would overwhelm the people in the poor countries with their small businesses, limited skills and limited capital.
9. The end result would be that the poor countries would effectively be owned and exploited by the rich countries and the local people would be mere workers in the big enterprises of the rich, earning a pittance for themselves. Essentially colonisation of the poor by the rich would again take place.
10. But the rich countries will claim that the people of the poor countries are free to do business in the rich countries, buy over the banks, the industries and anything they like. But they know and we know that it would be impossible for the people of the poor countries to do this.
11. This is why the WTO has been rejected by poor countries. The people of the poor countries know they cannot compete; know that in the end they would be colonised. They are not being selfish. It is simply that they want to exploit their wealth for themselves.
12. Effectively the poor countries want to discriminate in their favour by rejecting the borderless world of Globalisation. Exploitation by the rich would most likely enrich the poor countries. But they would rather be poor than be exploited.
13. We take the relative peace and stability in our country for granted. But look at other multi-ethnic countries. In most cases the indigenous people, if given power would not just discriminate against what they consider to be non-indigenous people but would want to expel them. Look around us and you will understand what I mean. Look at the Tamils of Sri Lanka, and the Indians in Burma. There are other examples which I will not mention here.
14. But the indigenous people of this country actually welcome the non-indigenous and expressed their willingness to share the wealth and the opportunities that this great country has to offer between them. But the sharing must be fair. That was the kind of sharing our founders agreed upon. The Malays would not have agreed if in this country they would be reduced to being the hewers of wood and drawers of water.
15. When the sharing did not really take place, the anger lead to the 1969 race riots.
16. Following that our wise leaders from all the communities agreed on how to carry out the sharing. They agreed on what is basically affirmative action. They agreed that they would eradicate poverty irrespective of race and that there should be no identification of race with economic function.
17. It is only a small sacrifice. But the peace and stability that came with the NEP had enriched the country which in turn had contributed towards peace and stability even during the recession caused by the financial crises. We know that racial riots occurred in other countries at that time. Contributing to the fairness of the NEP was the decision that discrimination should not be by expropriation of what already belonged to others but through the distribution of new wealth and opportunities. Thus, the sense of deprivation would be reduced.
18. But even when the discrimination is to be based on growth the rich would still feel a sense of deprivation because they cannot get all the wealth and opportunities that they believe they were qualified for.
19. If contracts or licences or permits are to be given out why should someone less qualified get them when they, the qualified could make better use of these things.
20. In the case of university admission and scholarships, why should someone less qualified get admitted when the better qualified cannot.
21. So even when the corrective action is based on new opportunities and wealth and not by expropriation of what is already in the possession of the rich, there would still be a sense of deprivation by the richer communities.
22. Accepted that the richer communities also have poor members among them and the New Economic Policy's first prong clearly proposed poverty eradication irrespective of race, the fact remains that there is more poverty among the poorer community than among the richer communities.
23. If we eliminate poverty among the rich without regard to the level of poverty, then the richer community would be rid of poverty while the poorer community would still be saddled with extensive poverty.
24. Today we have reduced poverty to 5 percent. If we care to do a study, we will find that the majority of those still under the poverty line would be from the deprived community.
25. Still, despite the alleged discrimination, our poverty eradication is regarded as being very successful. It is nearly impossible to find hard core poverty among the better-off race in the urban areas. There are more in the rural areas.
26. Fifty years is a short period in the history of nations. We have not reached menopause yet. In fact we are in our youth still. Whether we succeed to overcome our present difficulties depends on us. If we fail, pointing fingers will not save us.
27. I will readily admit that the NEP had been abused. But we are so ready to blame that we pick on the wrong target. Of course the way the affirmative action was carried out, and the abuses, were picked on by the opposition to condemn the whole policy.
28. UMNOputra, like cronyism, was a word invented by politicians and the detractors of this brash country which dared to thumb its nose at the powers that be. Unable to condemn blatant corruption as they do to other countries, they came up with cronyism and UMNOputra. When there is real cronyism and corruption they deliberately ignore them because these are committed by their favourite people.
29. Before making these criticisms against the affirmative action of the NEP, why not make a real study. Are most of the Malays getting the scholarships and entries into the universities the children of UMNO people? If they are, why was it necessary to have the Universities and University College Act to stop students from demonstrations against the UMNO-led Government? How did the doctors and lawyers in PAS get their education? Are the students all from rich families with connections?
30. I will be the first to admit that there have been abuses in the promotion of business among the bumiputeras. Given opportunities, given licenses, permits, contracts etc, they disposed these for immediate gains. This frustrates the efforts to help them. Some degree of abuses may be excused but the degree of abuse of the opportunities created by the NEP is far too much. They cannot all be excused.
31. I also admit that there has been unfairness in the award of scholarships and Government jobs.
32. I will not try to defend these abuses. We must try to reduce them. But affirmation is about discrimination. And those discriminated against will never understand the big picture, the benefits of an increasingly egalitarian society.
33. The Malays must accept that this discrimination cannot be forever. If they fail to respond properly to what is being done for them, they should accept this policy would be taken away.
34. When Malay youngsters, especially boys, failed to study and qualify for university education, when they preferred to play and not study, we cannot expect the non-Malays to patiently wait and give up their opportunities until the Malays decide to become serious and study. That would not be fair.
35. That was why we introduced merit in the selection of students for the universities. Unfortunately, the implementers of Government decisions chose to interpret it differently. By requiring Bumiputeras to sit for the matriculation and the non-Bumiputeras to sit for higher school certificates, they managed to give the impression that the Bumiputeras were actually better qualified than the non-Bumiputeras. With this, the intention of the Government to make the Bumiputeras become more serious about their education failed.
36. There is a tendency among Malays to regard the discrimination in their favour as a privilege, as a recognition of their superior status. I think this is wrong. The discrimination is in order to give them a kind of headstart so that they can catch up with other races. To me, it is shameful to have to be protected because we do not have the capacity to compete. We are not Red Indians to live on reserves. We should regard it as a temporary expedient to be done away with once we have achieved the capacity to compete on our own.
37. However, we must give time for ending the NEP and it should be done in stages. I hope that the time will not be too long. In the meantime, serious efforts by the Bumiputeras must be made to avail themselves of the opportunities. If this is obviously not being done, then, as with entrance into the universities, the discrimination must end.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Peace
lets hope nothing ugly happens at tomorrow's by election in permatang pauh...or after the election...
best of luck to all the candidates...
went to sunway pyramid today. 1st time for me since its renovations. i must say it looks really impressive from the inside now....beats the shopping centres in dublin anytime....toilets are clean too...for now that is...haha...
best of luck to all the candidates...
went to sunway pyramid today. 1st time for me since its renovations. i must say it looks really impressive from the inside now....beats the shopping centres in dublin anytime....toilets are clean too...for now that is...haha...
money no enough 2 by jack neo
hope i can watch this before i leave for dublin..i doubt i can get it there
Sunday, August 24, 2008
time flies..
less than 2 weeks before i go back to dublin...
and before i know it, the start of 2nd med....
i think i'm getting old too soon...haha....
and before i know it, the start of 2nd med....
i think i'm getting old too soon...haha....
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Malaysian fuel prices reduced
so there's going to be a rm0.15/litre(ron 97) reduction in retail price of fuel.
how much is it going to affect the average malaysian on the streets?
assuming u use 100 litres of fuel per week, the new price is going to save u 15ringgit per week. ie. 60ringgit per month.
BUT, when the fuel prices went up from rm1.92/litre to rm2.70/litre earlier, traders also increased their prices. Food and groceries saw an increase of 10-15%in their prices too.
I doubt the traders will be cutting prices anytime soon, or at all...
wang yang bu lao....
how much is it going to affect the average malaysian on the streets?
assuming u use 100 litres of fuel per week, the new price is going to save u 15ringgit per week. ie. 60ringgit per month.
BUT, when the fuel prices went up from rm1.92/litre to rm2.70/litre earlier, traders also increased their prices. Food and groceries saw an increase of 10-15%in their prices too.
I doubt the traders will be cutting prices anytime soon, or at all...
wang yang bu lao....
Thursday, August 21, 2008
ming ri fu ming ri, ming ri he shi duo
just realized that dark knight is no longer showing in cinemas....cis
Independence
Is it a right or a privilege??...
used to think that it was a right, i m beginning to think that it is now a privilege.
you don't get to fight for it like how u fight for your rights. you're not born with it.
you're given independence...
then again, there's no free lunch..
u gain some, u lose some.
there's a price for independence...
what did we pay for our independence? are we still paying for our independence?
will my children have to pay for their independence too?
who decides if you're independent???
used to think that it was a right, i m beginning to think that it is now a privilege.
you don't get to fight for it like how u fight for your rights. you're not born with it.
you're given independence...
then again, there's no free lunch..
u gain some, u lose some.
there's a price for independence...
what did we pay for our independence? are we still paying for our independence?
will my children have to pay for their independence too?
who decides if you're independent???
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
All is not lost....
Datukship for Chong Wei
By PRISCILLA DIELENBERG
GEORGE TOWN: Penang will award a datukship to singles badminton player Lee Chong Wei who won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics.Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas will confer the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN) which carries the title Datuk award on Lee, who hails from Bukit Mertajam, on Aug 30.
When contacted, Lee said he was "very happy" with the state government's decision.
"I never expected a Datukship for a silver medal," he said.
lets hope he doesn't slack after receiving his Datukship and goes for the gold in olympics 2012...
anyway, back to the main story...what the western media thinks of us...got the following article from bloomberg this morning..
Anwar Sex Case Puts Malaysian Courts on Trial as Election Nears
By Angus Whitley
Aug 20(Bloomberg) -- The first time Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, was accused of illegal sex with a man, the court proceedings so dismayed a Universiti Malaya law lecturer that he told his students to throw away their textbooks.
“What's admissible is irrelevant, what's relevant is not admissible,” retired High Court Judge Shaik Daud Ismail said he told his class after the trial that convicted Anwar started in 1998.
A decade later, with Anwar facing similar charges, Shaik Daud, 72, says Malaysia's judiciary still needs reform. “The system is crooked,” said Shaik Daud, who calls himself politically independent.
Anwar, 61, served six years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2004. Now leader of the opposition, he says the new case was fabricated to stop him from ousting the ruling coalition that banished him the last time he was accused. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, Anwar's rival to succeed Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, denies that.
Lashing back, Anwar last month helped publicise a private investigator's accusation that Najib had an affair with a woman before she was murdered. Najib, 55, denied ever meeting her. The investigator retracted the claim a day later.
The counter-allegations are testing a judicial system that even Abdullah has said some Malaysians see as corrupt.
Liable to Manipulation
“The system is liable to manipulation,” says Abdul Aziz Bari, an International Islamic University Malaysia law professor. “I am not sure whether it is good enough to handle all this.”
Malaysia's chief justice, Abdul Hamid Mohamad, declined to be interviewed for this story.
Anwar pleaded not guilty on August 7 to having sex with a 23- year-old man who worked for him. He's accused under a law barring sodomy, defined as 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. Violators face up to 20 years in prison.
Free on bail, Anwar plans to win a seat in an August 26 parliamentary by-election and then persuade enough ruling-coalition lawmakers to join his opposition to oust Abdullah. In March elections, opposition gains left the ruling coalition with its smallest majority since independence from Britain in 1957.
In Malaysia, King Mizan Zainal Abidin appoints judges on the advice of the prime minister. Judges, not juries, deliver verdicts after hearing evidence from prosecutors and the defence.
Dismissed Judge
The judiciary lost credibility in 1988 when then-King Sultan Iskandar Ismail dismissed Salleh Abas, Malaysia's chief judge, on instructions from a tribunal set up by Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister at the time. Mahathir denied involvement in the decision, which followed a High Court ruling that his party was illegal because some regional branches weren't properly registered.
In another 1988 move that critics say compromised independence, the government changed the constitution to allow federal law, rather than the constitution itself, to determine the reach of judicial power.
“The amendment disturbs the concept of the separation of powers,” the International Bar Association and other lawyers' groups said in a 2000 report. “It tends to make the judiciary an arm of the legislature, an instrument of the executive.”
The handling of the Anwar sodomy case raised further doubts. As deputy leader from 1993 to 1998, he and Mahathir had clashed over the Asian financial crisis.
Deja Vu
As that rivalry heated up, Anwar was accused of sodomy with a man. Anwar successfully argued on appeal that the trial judge disregarded exculpatory evidence: A prosecution witness changed the alleged offense's date. A policeman said Anwar's DNA could have been ‘planted’ on a mattress. The chemist who testified he found the DNA said he destroyed it.
“The case was embarrassing and did a lot more damage to Malaysia's judicial-system image than it did to Anwar,” says Robert Broadfoot, managing director of Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. “There's the suspicion of political influence. Is this deja vu all over again?” he added, referring to the new case.
As opposition leader, Anwar criticises the system. Last year, he released a secretly filmed video showing a lawyer claiming to know about future judicial appointments during a phone call with a judge.
Chronic Backlog
A royal inquiry found that the 2001 recording suggested an ‘insidious movement’ to influence appointments. Abdullah, 68, in March responded by appointing Senator Zaid Ibrahim to push through reforms. “The 1988 ‘crisis'’ still haunts us,” Abdullah said in April, promising a new commission to vet judge candidates.
“The legal sector has been neglected,” said Zaid, a former lawyer. Judges are paid too little and face a chronic case backlog.
There are 903,000 outstanding cases in Malaysia, state news service Bernama said on June 3. Malaysia's chief justice, Abdul Hamid, earns RM424,314 ($127,441) a year, including perks, according to the Malaysian Bar Council. In the U.S., Chief Justice John Roberts will be paid $217,400 this year.
Abdullah's vetting commission probably won't start work until 2009, and how much authority will rest with the premier remains undecided, Zaid said.
“I question whether the prime minister should be given the sole prerogative on picking judges,” said Gobind Singh, an opposition lawmaker. “That allows for an ultimately biased judiciary.”
Any legal shakeup should include the police, said Tunku Abdul Aziz, a member of a 2004 royal inquiry into Malaysia's police.
In 1998, Anwar was beaten by Malaysia's police chief, Abdul Rahim Noor, who was sentenced to two months in prison for the attack. Malaysia has yet to create an independent police complaints commission, the inquiry's main recommendation.
“We discovered that every level of the police service was tainted by corruption,” Abdul Aziz said.
ibuprofen
Risks in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Ibuprofen should not be used regularly in individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD-Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) due to its ability to cause gastric bleeding and form ulceration in the gastric lining. Drugs such as Advil should be avoided in persons afflicted with IBD. Pain relievers such as Tylenol (containing acetaminophen) or drugs containing Codeine (which slows down bowel activity) are safer methods than Ibuprofen for pain relief in IBD. Ibuprofen is also known to cause worsening of IBD during times of a flare-up, thus should be avoided completely.
if only wikipedia were everywhere, alot of trouble could've been saved.....
All the best and good luck to all of you out there who needs a stroke of good luck now....
Ibuprofen should not be used regularly in individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD-Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) due to its ability to cause gastric bleeding and form ulceration in the gastric lining. Drugs such as Advil should be avoided in persons afflicted with IBD. Pain relievers such as Tylenol (containing acetaminophen) or drugs containing Codeine (which slows down bowel activity) are safer methods than Ibuprofen for pain relief in IBD. Ibuprofen is also known to cause worsening of IBD during times of a flare-up, thus should be avoided completely.
if only wikipedia were everywhere, alot of trouble could've been saved.....
All the best and good luck to all of you out there who needs a stroke of good luck now....
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
my love..looking for a needle in a haystack...
if only i can get my hands on a mint condition 190e in malaysia...hmmm...
Monday, August 18, 2008
Lee Chong Wei outclassed at Beijing Olympics 2008
So our national champ lost to Lin Dan, world no.1 in badminton. Better luck next time Chong Wei...
on a different note, i think this is one of the questions i didn't do too well.
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is sometimes referred to as “good cholesterol” because it is involved in returning cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver from where it can be eliminated from the body. Describe how HDL carries out this function. Include mention of how cholesterol is picked up by HDL and the three ways in which that cholesterol is transferred to the liver. What is the major health problem caused by elevated cholesterol in the blood?
Answer:
The ABC1 protein on peripheral cells transfers cholesterol to the HDL particle. Within HDL, lecithin-cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) attaches an acyl chain to the cholesterol molecule and the cholesterol ester sinks into the interior of the particle.
The cholesterol may be transferred to the liver in 3 ways
1. Cholesterols esters may be transferred to remnant particles (VLDL and chylomicron) via the cholesterol ester transfer protein, and the remnant particles are taken up into liver cells.
2. cholesterol esters may be transferred to liver cells directly via a scavenger receptor – this transfer does not require endocytosis
3. HDL particles with high amounts of apoE may be endocytosed into liver cells
The major health problem caused by elevated plasma cholesterol is atherosclerosis. This is particularly due to elevated LDL. Macrophages have “scavenger” receptors which allow them to engulf LDL particles – these receptors have low affinity and thus function more efficiently at higher LDL levels. Such macrophages may deposit their load of cholesterol as a “fatty streak” at sites of damage in arterial walls. Eventually, the deposits may build up enough to prevent blood flow and thus cause tissue damage due to oxygen deprivation.
on a different note, i think this is one of the questions i didn't do too well.
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is sometimes referred to as “good cholesterol” because it is involved in returning cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver from where it can be eliminated from the body. Describe how HDL carries out this function. Include mention of how cholesterol is picked up by HDL and the three ways in which that cholesterol is transferred to the liver. What is the major health problem caused by elevated cholesterol in the blood?
Answer:
The ABC1 protein on peripheral cells transfers cholesterol to the HDL particle. Within HDL, lecithin-cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) attaches an acyl chain to the cholesterol molecule and the cholesterol ester sinks into the interior of the particle.
The cholesterol may be transferred to the liver in 3 ways
1. Cholesterols esters may be transferred to remnant particles (VLDL and chylomicron) via the cholesterol ester transfer protein, and the remnant particles are taken up into liver cells.
2. cholesterol esters may be transferred to liver cells directly via a scavenger receptor – this transfer does not require endocytosis
3. HDL particles with high amounts of apoE may be endocytosed into liver cells
The major health problem caused by elevated plasma cholesterol is atherosclerosis. This is particularly due to elevated LDL. Macrophages have “scavenger” receptors which allow them to engulf LDL particles – these receptors have low affinity and thus function more efficiently at higher LDL levels. Such macrophages may deposit their load of cholesterol as a “fatty streak” at sites of damage in arterial walls. Eventually, the deposits may build up enough to prevent blood flow and thus cause tissue damage due to oxygen deprivation.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Lee Chong Wei....Malaysia's 1st Olympics gold medallist?
The showdown is tomorrow night. I hope lee chong wei wins the much-awaited gold for malaysia...
if he really wins, i think he deserves the 1 million ringgit award, even a datuk-ship maybe? what say you?
ooh..i'm currently watching this tvb drama "catch me now"
it's really nice. good acting. even though the props look kinda cheap sometimes...but the line up covers for it all..
if he really wins, i think he deserves the 1 million ringgit award, even a datuk-ship maybe? what say you?
ooh..i'm currently watching this tvb drama "catch me now"
it's really nice. good acting. even though the props look kinda cheap sometimes...but the line up covers for it all..
Friday, August 15, 2008
malaysia's overnite celebrity doctor...
Pusrawi sacks missing doctor
PETALING JAYA: Hospital Pusrawi has terminated the services of medical officer Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, the first doctor to have examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 26.
Pusrawi general manager, Wan Mahmood Wan Yaacob, when asked to comment on the action, said the medical officer had failed to turn up for work since Aug 1.
"According to labour laws, an officer's services is automatically terminated without notice when he is bound by contract and fails to turn up for work for five consecutive days," he told MStar Online on Thursday.
He added that the salary of the medical officer would not be paid because he failed to keep in touch with Pusrawi after he ended his leave on Aug 1.
It is learnt that he was supposed to return for work on Aug 1 after taking leave for three weeks.
He has since disappeared and efforts by the hospital to trace him have not been fruitful.
"We tried to locate him but failed, " Wan Mahmood said.
In his statutory declaration dated Aug 1, Dr Mohamed Osman @ Than Aung, reiterated that he stood by 'his findings'.
Last Friday, the police confirmed that they have started an investigation to verify on the validity of declaration.
got this piece of news from thestar.com.my
how interesting.....
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Red Cliff
Watched Red Cliff today. I found it not too bad. It was actually better than expected. Hope i get to catch the 2nd part in Dublin....tony leung's performance was good too. But i guess critics will always be critics. read quite a few bad reviews about him before watching the movie.
anyway, found this site which i thought was really 'resourceful'. it's www.ovguide.com
go check it out urself....
anyway, found this site which i thought was really 'resourceful'. it's www.ovguide.com
go check it out urself....
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
the year that was....part 2
and so..barely 5 weeks after the jan trip...four of us, hui xin, yin ling, wei lin and i went on another trip....it was to copenhagen for the easter break....we spent almost a week at copenhagen. most would think that it was a waste of time to spend so many days there, but i thought it was well worth it. we relaxed, walked around, had our fair share of drama, and most importantly we enjoyed ourselves. we also took another short detour on a ferry to sweden through helsinborg....hui xin enjoyed her museum visit very much, wei lin was having fun with his hormones...and the mermaid.....yin ling had sausages......and i....just enjoyed the free rides..using the BWC card....problemo??!!
the nite b4 we left for copenhagen, yinling, wei lin and i also went to docklands...and walked through the heaviest rain ever in dublin....haha
we went to the national museum as well...where we saw a well preserved mummy...
also on the list was round tower...the stroget....hans christian andersen museum...the oldest bakery...the carlsberg brewery....oh..we also had a toilet break at this cemetery..with super canggih toilet doors...hahaha.....
there was this place where people were selling drugs openly...apparently it was a self governed territory and the government has no authoritative powers over it. too bad no pictures were allowed...
oh...we had lotsa buffets as well....
the one at bakken was especially nice....
the only 2 things i felt i should've done was go to fields (europe's largest shopping centre) a day earlier (and not on easter so it wouldn't be closed!!) and go to legoland....well well...i guess i'll be there again one day....
after the copenhagen trip, life became living hell..haha...long days filled with boring lectures...and card signings...oh lik jin, yi lin and another friend came over to dublin from notts. we went to the guinness storehouse together. it was nothing much really. i thought the carlsberg brewery was better and more tourist friendly.
and we also had an international nite in rcsi...and i had a really really minor role..haha...everything turned out really well...thanks to everyone's effort...especially the seniors who put in so much time to train us...not to mention patience....
it wasn't long before i realised the 2nd semester exams were already too near...and then the usual rush began...i felt really tensed for this exam....well...maybe it's just because i just changed my study method not too long before...still needs some fine-tuning...i did pass all the subjects though...albeit with slightly lower grades compared to the 1st time...
ohh..we also did alot of house hunting before and after exams....the initial plan was to move out to beaumont to save costs, but i guess luck was on our side....one fine morning after exams i saw this ad for a cheap place in the city on daft.ie...and so within a week after exams, we signed the tenancy agreement with our new landlord...for a newly renovated apartment...it's not big...but well...at least it serves its purpose well enough....
yin ling, wei lin and i also went to howth and some street performance carnival....
oh...we also did alot of job hunting....so far...nurse-oncall seems to be the best option for us.....wei lin wasn't too occupied with jobs cos he had his ticket bck home ready for him....yin ling and i were determined to stay bck for summer.....
until one fine day, yin ling decided to buy a ticket home...haha....and so it was....
when mum found out i was to be in the new place alone throughout summer.....guess wat?....i got myself a ticket home too.....
so after weeks of lazing around and countless episodes of tvb dramas....i boarded an aer lingus flight to paris...and another mas flight bck to klia....
the flight from paris to kl felt like the longest flight ever....with not so friendly mas cabin crew....and a guy who i think hasn't bathed for days sitting next to me.....well well...at least this flight is bringing me home.....
can't imagine how relieved i was when i saw the shape of peninsular from my window seat.....but deep in the back of my mind.....it's not too long before i have to go through all these again.....
well well...i'm in the middle of my summer break now....i still have 1.5 yrs to go in dublin before i continue my clinical studies in penang.....lets hope the remaining 1.5yrs is as enjoyable as the 1st year...if not more.....
oh...just for the record...we had mcd and kfc at denmark and sweden as well...the mcd at sweden tastes better than in dublin
the nite b4 we left for copenhagen, yinling, wei lin and i also went to docklands...and walked through the heaviest rain ever in dublin....haha
we went to the national museum as well...where we saw a well preserved mummy...
also on the list was round tower...the stroget....hans christian andersen museum...the oldest bakery...the carlsberg brewery....oh..we also had a toilet break at this cemetery..with super canggih toilet doors...hahaha.....
there was this place where people were selling drugs openly...apparently it was a self governed territory and the government has no authoritative powers over it. too bad no pictures were allowed...
oh...we had lotsa buffets as well....
the one at bakken was especially nice....
the only 2 things i felt i should've done was go to fields (europe's largest shopping centre) a day earlier (and not on easter so it wouldn't be closed!!) and go to legoland....well well...i guess i'll be there again one day....
after the copenhagen trip, life became living hell..haha...long days filled with boring lectures...and card signings...oh lik jin, yi lin and another friend came over to dublin from notts. we went to the guinness storehouse together. it was nothing much really. i thought the carlsberg brewery was better and more tourist friendly.
and we also had an international nite in rcsi...and i had a really really minor role..haha...everything turned out really well...thanks to everyone's effort...especially the seniors who put in so much time to train us...not to mention patience....
it wasn't long before i realised the 2nd semester exams were already too near...and then the usual rush began...i felt really tensed for this exam....well...maybe it's just because i just changed my study method not too long before...still needs some fine-tuning...i did pass all the subjects though...albeit with slightly lower grades compared to the 1st time...
ohh..we also did alot of house hunting before and after exams....the initial plan was to move out to beaumont to save costs, but i guess luck was on our side....one fine morning after exams i saw this ad for a cheap place in the city on daft.ie...and so within a week after exams, we signed the tenancy agreement with our new landlord...for a newly renovated apartment...it's not big...but well...at least it serves its purpose well enough....
yin ling, wei lin and i also went to howth and some street performance carnival....
oh...we also did alot of job hunting....so far...nurse-oncall seems to be the best option for us.....wei lin wasn't too occupied with jobs cos he had his ticket bck home ready for him....yin ling and i were determined to stay bck for summer.....
until one fine day, yin ling decided to buy a ticket home...haha....and so it was....
when mum found out i was to be in the new place alone throughout summer.....guess wat?....i got myself a ticket home too.....
so after weeks of lazing around and countless episodes of tvb dramas....i boarded an aer lingus flight to paris...and another mas flight bck to klia....
the flight from paris to kl felt like the longest flight ever....with not so friendly mas cabin crew....and a guy who i think hasn't bathed for days sitting next to me.....well well...at least this flight is bringing me home.....
can't imagine how relieved i was when i saw the shape of peninsular from my window seat.....but deep in the back of my mind.....it's not too long before i have to go through all these again.....
well well...i'm in the middle of my summer break now....i still have 1.5 yrs to go in dublin before i continue my clinical studies in penang.....lets hope the remaining 1.5yrs is as enjoyable as the 1st year...if not more.....
oh...just for the record...we had mcd and kfc at denmark and sweden as well...the mcd at sweden tastes better than in dublin
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
the year that was....part 1
I’m in the middle of my summer break now. First year of medical school has passed, thankfully. Though not without any drama, I am thankful for whatever happened and the way things turned out. Anyway, lets do a little backtracking, minus all the drama of course…
So it was 28th September 2007, 7 plus am, at klia we were… getting ready to board that much dreaded yet much awaited flight…sis wasn't there to send me off, she was busy slogging as another medical student in yogyakarta, or maybe she was just enjoying herself in disneyland..hahaha...dad, mum, and bro were there...
couple of movies, and naps later......i found myself at heathrow airport, not very impressive i must say...
this is me standing in front of the bus that is to take me to Malaysia Hall London for the night, before another aer lingus flight to Dublin…
The aerlingus flight was typical of a budget airline. So nothing much there. When we touched down, seniors from PPIMI were already there to pick us up and to drop us of at our pre-booked accommodation in a chartered bus. They were very well organised I must say. They even had prepaid starter packs ready so that we juniors would have a phone line at that point
And so this is where I was to stay for nine months…and go through two very exhausting exams…
And this is the world famous (cough cough choke choke) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 2.5 yrs will be spent here…..
The seniors were very helpful. Jun may, hong, chiang wen, kingsley and edvyn showed us around Dublin, and brought us to our first Chinese meal in Dublin…
Oh…it was also during orientation week, chiang wen and hong teamed up with us 3 juniors, hui xin, yin ling and I for ‘the amazing race’….and lesson learned? Running outdoors in Dublin on a cold day….not fun…
After orientation week, everything was very monotonous….just lectures lectures and more lectures….oh yea…we had to go to the immigration office for our gardai card…it’s an annual thing….and surprise surprise…..the immigration office is as good as immigration offices in Malaysia……whatever that means….hahaha.. so yup…it was one whole morning….almost 6 hours spent there. I did ask one of the seniors why didn’t the irish government try to improve the service delivery of this immigration office. He said, ‘what for? After all it’s not gonna affect the number of immigrants that keep coming to Ireland….so why spend money on something that is not going to have any effect on the country’s income?’ haha. He has a point there.
Couple of birthdays passed….and pub crawls passed…..then came Halloween…nothing really interesting though….i was kind of hoping for more over the top costumes…but most people were being safe….
Then came Christmas…haha…we had a 2 week break before what was our 1st exams in medical school. I decided to stay put in Dublin to study..hahahaha…..while some of us went on holidays. Holiday or not, not much study was done. I did however finish season 1 of The OC ( Millin house has got the best internet connection I have ever used, blocked sites aside). Oh I did however ‘own’ grafton street for a night..haha….it was empty..unbelievable…I guess it’s only once a year u get to see grafton street empty…even the beggars were nowhere to be seen.. mehul and wei lin were there with me though…
And then Christmas passed...so did new year’s eve and new year…and then a big day..and before I knew it…1st semester exams…
I wouldn’t call it tough…but it was definitely not easy either…well well, at least I got the grades required…
Then after exams came the proper break…
A trip was planned…chiang wen, hong, strahan, melissa, hui xin, wei lin, yin ling and I were going together…to Barcelona-brussels- a short detour to Luxembourg-brugges-london…2 seniors, 6 juniors…4 countries..chiang wen is joining us for Barcelona only tho.
So in Barcelona, it was just gaudi’s works on most days…a day was spent and euros wasted in “europe’s largest aquarium”..which is really a big joke if compared to klcc’s aquaria or even langkawi and sentosa’s underwater world….
In front of sa grada familia
We also went to park guell, walked through la rambler everyday we were at Barcelona. Got stalked by few guys one nite.. ate Kentucky and mcd at Barcelona. Haha. .had tapas..went to the beach…went to the market…saw whole rabbits skewered by big ‘satay’ sticks…guess spca’s presence is not felt in Barcelona. We went to the stadium as well…where they had the Olympics..
Beware of pickpockets and lady giving out red flowers when in spain
Anyway, next stop…Brussels…security at airport was surprisingly very lax…no checkpoint was crossed when exiting….i wonder why…anyway, Belgian chocs, nothing worth mentioning…Belgian waffles….also nothing special…..didn’t get to try the famed mussels though…we went to the atomium. It is really very amazing considering they built this structure so many years ago…with so many man hours spent….oh…and the manneken pis….is a big big big joke….a 1 foot statue at the corner of a street??….the choc museum was a rip off too….oh..but the pork knuckle at the food market..NICE….the royal palace was nice…the lover’s park was nice as well…
Oh yea…some of us were very low on cash halfway thru the Belgian trip…but thanks to strahan, chiang wen, hong and melissa…all that was settled…oh…we had really really cheap kebab and chicken in belgium as well….i can’t remember the name of the shop.. but half a chicken plus salad and fries for 2.50 euros???..CHEAP….it tasted real good as well…
And then..we had a detour to Luxembourg….very nice place I must say….but expensive clothes....wei lin says he’d like to retire there…well well..wish him luck…
and so after belgium, we were off to london...strahan didn't join us...and melissa went to jeff liu's place in london...so it was down to 5 of us...hong, hui xin, yin ling and wei lin....plus myself..
yinling was holding the camera
we went to the normal touristy places...chinatown...london eye..big ben...buckingham palace...harrods...hyde park...the museum....madame tussauds(which i thought was not worth the money)..oh..one thing which was really nice was "the wicked". we watched it with hong's friends....
london was where we celebrated CNY 2008...we had dinner with melissa and jeff liu..
the dinner marks not only the end of 07 but also the beginning of my 2nd semester as a medical student..after the trip..as we head bck for dublin...i braced myself for more drama in the 4 mths to come....which i'll cover in part 2 ...
So it was 28th September 2007, 7 plus am, at klia we were… getting ready to board that much dreaded yet much awaited flight…sis wasn't there to send me off, she was busy slogging as another medical student in yogyakarta, or maybe she was just enjoying herself in disneyland..hahaha...dad, mum, and bro were there...
couple of movies, and naps later......i found myself at heathrow airport, not very impressive i must say...
this is me standing in front of the bus that is to take me to Malaysia Hall London for the night, before another aer lingus flight to Dublin…
The aerlingus flight was typical of a budget airline. So nothing much there. When we touched down, seniors from PPIMI were already there to pick us up and to drop us of at our pre-booked accommodation in a chartered bus. They were very well organised I must say. They even had prepaid starter packs ready so that we juniors would have a phone line at that point
And so this is where I was to stay for nine months…and go through two very exhausting exams…
And this is the world famous (cough cough choke choke) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 2.5 yrs will be spent here…..
The seniors were very helpful. Jun may, hong, chiang wen, kingsley and edvyn showed us around Dublin, and brought us to our first Chinese meal in Dublin…
Oh…it was also during orientation week, chiang wen and hong teamed up with us 3 juniors, hui xin, yin ling and I for ‘the amazing race’….and lesson learned? Running outdoors in Dublin on a cold day….not fun…
After orientation week, everything was very monotonous….just lectures lectures and more lectures….oh yea…we had to go to the immigration office for our gardai card…it’s an annual thing….and surprise surprise…..the immigration office is as good as immigration offices in Malaysia……whatever that means….hahaha.. so yup…it was one whole morning….almost 6 hours spent there. I did ask one of the seniors why didn’t the irish government try to improve the service delivery of this immigration office. He said, ‘what for? After all it’s not gonna affect the number of immigrants that keep coming to Ireland….so why spend money on something that is not going to have any effect on the country’s income?’ haha. He has a point there.
Couple of birthdays passed….and pub crawls passed…..then came Halloween…nothing really interesting though….i was kind of hoping for more over the top costumes…but most people were being safe….
Then came Christmas…haha…we had a 2 week break before what was our 1st exams in medical school. I decided to stay put in Dublin to study..hahahaha…..while some of us went on holidays. Holiday or not, not much study was done. I did however finish season 1 of The OC ( Millin house has got the best internet connection I have ever used, blocked sites aside). Oh I did however ‘own’ grafton street for a night..haha….it was empty..unbelievable…I guess it’s only once a year u get to see grafton street empty…even the beggars were nowhere to be seen.. mehul and wei lin were there with me though…
And then Christmas passed...so did new year’s eve and new year…and then a big day..and before I knew it…1st semester exams…
I wouldn’t call it tough…but it was definitely not easy either…well well, at least I got the grades required…
Then after exams came the proper break…
A trip was planned…chiang wen, hong, strahan, melissa, hui xin, wei lin, yin ling and I were going together…to Barcelona-brussels- a short detour to Luxembourg-brugges-london…2 seniors, 6 juniors…4 countries..chiang wen is joining us for Barcelona only tho.
So in Barcelona, it was just gaudi’s works on most days…a day was spent and euros wasted in “europe’s largest aquarium”..which is really a big joke if compared to klcc’s aquaria or even langkawi and sentosa’s underwater world….
In front of sa grada familia
We also went to park guell, walked through la rambler everyday we were at Barcelona. Got stalked by few guys one nite.. ate Kentucky and mcd at Barcelona. Haha. .had tapas..went to the beach…went to the market…saw whole rabbits skewered by big ‘satay’ sticks…guess spca’s presence is not felt in Barcelona. We went to the stadium as well…where they had the Olympics..
Beware of pickpockets and lady giving out red flowers when in spain
Anyway, next stop…Brussels…security at airport was surprisingly very lax…no checkpoint was crossed when exiting….i wonder why…anyway, Belgian chocs, nothing worth mentioning…Belgian waffles….also nothing special…..didn’t get to try the famed mussels though…we went to the atomium. It is really very amazing considering they built this structure so many years ago…with so many man hours spent….oh…and the manneken pis….is a big big big joke….a 1 foot statue at the corner of a street??….the choc museum was a rip off too….oh..but the pork knuckle at the food market..NICE….the royal palace was nice…the lover’s park was nice as well…
Oh yea…some of us were very low on cash halfway thru the Belgian trip…but thanks to strahan, chiang wen, hong and melissa…all that was settled…oh…we had really really cheap kebab and chicken in belgium as well….i can’t remember the name of the shop.. but half a chicken plus salad and fries for 2.50 euros???..CHEAP….it tasted real good as well…
And then..we had a detour to Luxembourg….very nice place I must say….but expensive clothes....wei lin says he’d like to retire there…well well..wish him luck…
and so after belgium, we were off to london...strahan didn't join us...and melissa went to jeff liu's place in london...so it was down to 5 of us...hong, hui xin, yin ling and wei lin....plus myself..
yinling was holding the camera
we went to the normal touristy places...chinatown...london eye..big ben...buckingham palace...harrods...hyde park...the museum....madame tussauds(which i thought was not worth the money)..oh..one thing which was really nice was "the wicked". we watched it with hong's friends....
london was where we celebrated CNY 2008...we had dinner with melissa and jeff liu..
the dinner marks not only the end of 07 but also the beginning of my 2nd semester as a medical student..after the trip..as we head bck for dublin...i braced myself for more drama in the 4 mths to come....which i'll cover in part 2 ...
1st post
setting up a blog is not as easy as it seems....i always thought keeping a blog was easy stuff. click click. post post. crap a little about your daily life. throw in a few pictures. better if you can throw in a few pictures of cute girl friends. even better if you are a cute girl yourself. then u get to camwhore without being shot down with not so nice comments.
i always thought people who blog are narcissistic. but to think of it, who isn't?
so everyone has a blog now.. even old aunty has a blog...if i do not have one, pai seh or not u say?
i always thought people who blog are narcissistic. but to think of it, who isn't?
so everyone has a blog now.. even old aunty has a blog...if i do not have one, pai seh or not u say?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)