October 2009
40 posts
Survey Shows Parents Would Rather Talk Drugs Than... →
“Don’t send children to school. They are all killing them”
– K. Vasudevan, 34 - After the “bridge” tragedy in Perak
“If a guy makes himself look good for a girl, that’s advertising. If he tries to...”
– Jim Bishop, PR Officer at EMU (via samflower)
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“There are two types of men in this world – those who are wife-fearing and those...”
– Indonesian rock star Ahmad Dhani
p/s: LOL :D
“What makes entrepreneurs successful is the education, not the school.”
– Got degree envy? No worries, you can still make it big. - by Vivek Wadhwa
Nice article :)
“This is the biggest difference now between Twitter and Facebook and is one that...”
– Robert Scoble, on difference between Twitter & Facebook.
“Trolls are critics who gain perverse pleasure in relentlessly tearing you and...”
– Seth Godin
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Belacan oh Belacan!
Found this story about a “belacan” (shrimp paste) maker that got fined MYR600 because her belacan lacks in protein (23% which is below the 25% level required by law).
Holy cow!
Why saving is for suckers →
The truth about saving
Here’s the deal: When you put a portion of your income into a savings account, a money market fund or a certificate of deposit at a bank or brokerage, it appears from your perspective that you are placing it in a vault for safekeeping. But the truth is that you are lending your money to the bank at a rate of about 1%. The bank then laughs behind your back as it turns...
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On accepting your projects
This is a nice summary by Greg Hoy over A List Apart on closing deals with clients. Be selective with your potentials. I couldn’t agree more. Been doing freelancing stuffs for 3 years taught me a lot too.
In many cases, the customer is not the same person as he/she was by the middle or end of a project. Objectives sometimes vanished or targets moved.
In the end the one who suffers is you!
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Africa's cheetah generation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8257153.stm
Mealer says Mr Kamkwamba represents Africa’s new “cheetah generation”, young people, energetic and technology-hungry, who are taking control of their own destiny.
Touching story of boy in Malawi who builds a windmill from scrap to generate power in a country where only 2% of the population gets electricity.
p/s: Wonder what our...
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“Malaysia needs 8% per year economic growth until 2020 to achieve Vision 2020”
– Najib Razak
“Want to do a new business in Malaysia?
Get into food sector, we are a net...”
– Some talk show on Astro (I’m coding while listening/watching tv)
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USD234 114.87 for these softwares
Mohd Roslan berkata, kolej itu dikesan melakukan kesalahan menggunakan perisian cetak rompak termasuk Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamwear, Adobe Flash, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Directory, Microsoft Windows dan Microstoft Visual Studio.
That was from a raid by a Malaysian Ministry on a private college in Shah Alam recently.
News here (in Malay) -...
“If I had the choice between viewing a naked man or a naked woman, I’d...”
– Christina Aguilera - :P
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Conformists may kill civilizations - BioEd Online →
Something worth reading by Malaysians in politics :P
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“I always said that if I’d had my choice, I would never have left Manchester...”
– Note to future Man Utd players wishing to leave. Via RoM
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Ramai orang kita nak guna tandas pun tak tahu.
Yang lain tak bersikap sivik. Orang guna tandas dulu baru pam. Kita pam dulu baru guna.
Ini punca salah pusingan. Bila habis guna, air dalam tangki tak penuh lagi. Nak pam tak cukup air. Jadi ditinggalkan penuh najis, busuk dan menjijikkan. Orang yang nak guna kena pam dulu. Dan salah pusingan ini berterusan. Nasib baik ada pekerja asing yang bersihkan kekotoran kita. Malu.
Read more at The...
To Sabah, From SESB with love →
p/s: Klik link di atas untuk Jadual Catuan Bekalan Electrik heheh
