Lamborgini Coffee Maker

Tonino Lamborghini has produced a classic coffee machine to just 1,000 limited edition units. Not only can they produce excellent sports cars but this company has now produced the handbuilt machine. Why? Maybe as a gift to their car buyers?

When you purchase this coffee machine, you'll be presented with roasted coffee beans (prepared by them as well).

You could get this for your mom for the coming Mother's Day (if she likes coffee, of course). Selling price is 895 pounds (or around US$1750). That's if you bought it in Italy. (source: Winding Road)
Tags: Tonino Lamborghini, Coffee Machine, Coffee Maker, Limited Edition, Coffee

Chinese Mathematics

In order to gain entry into universities as a science undergraduate, UK universities will be having entrance mathematics examination based on China's national test on advanced mathematics. How hard is it? (source: BBC News)

The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry has offered a £500 prize to one lucky but bright person who can answer the questions below correctly:-

As for Engineering undergraduates, you could see Logarithmic on sinusoidal motion:-

Tags: Mathematics, Advanced Mathematics, UK, United Kingdom, Univeristy, Exam, Royal Society of Chemistry, Engineering, Sinusoidal Motion, China

Kryptonite Found!

When I first read this word, "Kryptonite", it brought the old memories of Superman and its sequels. This is the piece of mineral where it will maim Superman's power and where you would have seen the bad character in Superman movies, Lex Luther, ensuring that he gets the mineral in preparation of Superman's retaliation for his bad deeds.

I do not know whether the movie producers knew about the existence of the Kryptonite mineral during their script writing but it sure does exist now.

It seems that the real Kryptonite mineral has been discovered in Serbia. Geologists and mineralogists from mining group Rio Tinto which discovered the mineral passed the mineral to National History Museum, UK ("NHS") for further research.

This piece of Kryptonite will be known as Jadarite when it is described in the European Journal of Mineralogy. Together with NHS, Canada’s National Research Council, scientists from Natural Resources Canada, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Nature have collaborated to ensure that the new mineral is recognized by the international scientific community.

Tags: Kryptonite, Jadarite, National History Museum, Serbia, Superman, Mineral, Rio Tinto, Geological, Geologist, Mineralogist, National Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, Science

Choices in Hell

A rather bad man dies and meets Satan in a room with three doors. Satan explains, "I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that you have to spend eternity behind one of these doors. But, the good news is that you can take a peek behind each and take your choice."

So, the man opened the first door and saw a room full of people, standing on their heads on a concrete floor. Not very nice, he thought.

Opening the second door, he saw a room full of people standing on their heads on a wooden floor. Better, he thought, but best to check the last door.

Upon opening the last door, he saw a room full of people, standing waist-deep in shit and sipping coffee. "Of the three, this one looks best" he said and waded in to get something to drink while Satan closed the door.

A few minutes later the door opened, Satan stuck his head in and said, "Ok, coffee break's over, back on your heads!"
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour

Zimbabwe Inflation Reaches 2,200%

What's inflation? Inflation is:-
1 the action of inflating or the condition of being inflated.
2 Economics a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

In Zimbabwe, a nation at the southern African continent, it's inflation rate has reached a record 2,200% in March due to economic destability coupled with political crisis. That's what could happen to a country when it's not stable. Malaysia's political people tend to play with fire, trying to ignite various issues and blamed it on racial. Or setting up terms and conditions on racial terms. Imagine your plate of 'nasi lemak' could rise up to RM44.00 from RM2.00. But your salary MAINTAINS!!!!!!!

Zimbabwe's banks' secured interest rates would rise to 600%, up from the current rate of 500%. Malaysia's current banking rates at the moment is around 6% to 7%. Imagine if it jumps up by 100%, current monthly repayment of RM1,000 will be come RM2,000 in no time. A 600% jump???? (source: BBC News/Africa)

As what the Malaysia's new king said yesterday "Stay united / We must maintain this precious unity to the best of our ability".
Tags: Zimbabwe, Inflation, Economics, Purchasing Value

CIMB's Emerging Asia Fund

CIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad published this advertisement last week in a major english newspaper. It showed that their Emerging Asia Fund could generate a 1-year return of 25.85%. That's a very good achievement. But somehow on the very next day, CIMB-Principal published the same advertisement but this time, the 1-year return has dropped drastically within 1 day period, i.e. down 7.45%. The advertisement followed the daily stock market index as well?????
I wonder what's the rate of return for next week.
Tags: CIMB, CIMB-Principal, Asset Management, Funny, Humour

New Colour - Drown

Saw this box in The Store, a deparmental store, at Sri Petaling recently. This box contained the easy to set-up cloth 'cupboard' under the local Harmoni brand. It comes in various colours, Grey, Drown, Blue & Green. DROWN!!!!!

Maybe they were correct. When you drown, the world looks gloomy, you'll be thinking of death drowning halfway, the world seems dark to you.......
Tags: The Store, Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Harmoni, Cupboard, Funny, Humour

No Salesman

Last Saturday, I was at this restaurant called Jimmy's Place, located at a few doors away from CIMB Bank-Taman Connaught Branch. We were to celebrate 3 friends' birthday at one go. We called it Economies of Scale. At the entrance of the restaurant, I noticed a few stickers with certain things not allowed to be brought in.

To our astonishment, we have to sneaked in one of the birthday friends as he was a sales manager. Why do we need to? Just look at the sign below "No Salesman".

Tags: Salesman, Notice, Funny, Humour, Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur

American History

It was the first day of school and a new student named Chandrashekhar Subrahmanyam entered the fourth grade. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History

Who said "Give me Liberty , or give me * *Death"? She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrashekhar, who had his hand up: "Patrick Henry, 1775" he said.

"Very good!" Who said "Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?" Again no response except from Chandrashekhar. "Abraham Lincoln, 1863" said Chandrashekhar. The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrashekhar, who is new to our country, knows more! about its history than you do"

She heard a loud whisper: "F*** the Indians, "Who said that?" she demanded. Chandrashekhar put his hand up. "General Custer, 1862"

At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke" The teacher glares around and asks "All right! Now, who said that?" Again, Chandrashekhar says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991".

Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? S*** this!" Chandrashekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton,to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

Now with almost mob hysteria someone said "You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you" Chandrashekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy, 2001"

The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're f*****!" And Chandrashekhar said quietly, "George Bush, Iraq , 2005.....
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, American History, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, General Custer, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Gary Condit, Chandra Levy, George Bush

Racial Bias Suit

What if you were discriminated against as in by-passed over for promotion, payed less than certain group of workers and treated unfairly in evaluation and disciplinary proceedings.

A legal suit is your solution! Some 20,000 people will benefit from a legal suit when the court instructs FedEx Express to pay a settlement sum of US$53.5m for those who are working for or those who have worked for FedEx since 1999 in the states of California, Washington, Utah and Hawaii. Specifically, the African-American and Hispanic workers were racially discriminated. This worked out to a sum of US$2,675 per person. (source: Reuters)

Wondering whether such racial bias suit could be brought up in Malaysian courts. Of course, you will need the expertise of such litigation firm, Altshuler Berzon LLP, from USA in bringing such class suit. Don't think any legal firms in Malaysia will jeopardise their business future fighting for such justice.
Tags: Racial, Bias, Suit, Discriminated, Unfair, FedEx, FedEx Express, Altshuler Berzon

Nail House

Another case of 'Nail House' as they call it in China. It's just like a nail that was nailed hard into a big piece of wood, noticeable and stands out. Did post about other nail houses in other parts of China too.This 6-storey villa located in Shenzhen, is in middle of a construction site and the owner is from Hong Kong who is waiting for more compensation before moving out even though had been ordered to move. Initial compensation is 5.06 million yuan and they were demanding for 14 million yuan now. The owner said that the new value reflected the current market value. On the other hand, the land actually belonged to the owner but in 1992, new laws being implemented changed the land's status to state-owned. (source: Simon World)
Tags: Shenzhen, China, Nail House, Compensation

PFA Team of the Year

Unbelievable strength/character that Manchester United has shown lately in the English Premier League build up towards the end of the season. Below is the Professional Footballers' Award (PFA) Team of the Year 2006/2007 that saw the whole defence taken by Man Utd's 5 players with 3 midfielders occupying the midfield slots as well.

Tags: Manchester United, English Premier League, Professional Footballers' Award, PFA

Woman's Equation

Tags: Woman, Time, Money, Problem, Maths

Bible Book - An Assault Item?

A prison guard has been suspended from work pending further investigation and shall appear in court on 26 April to answer a charge under the criminal law. His charge - using a Bible to assault a prisoner in the Blue Earth County Jail located in Mankato of Minnesota, USA.

In a humourous saying, the guard was trying to drive the Bible's teaching through the prisoner's head ...... hehehe
(source: China Daily and Earth Times)
Tags: Prison, Prisoner, Bible, Blue Earth County Jail, Assault

Police Technology

In China, police has adopted a small video camera attached to their hat which will capture your wrongdoings and will be used to settle any disputes between you and the police. Easily caught red-handed.
Smart usage of technology. Another way to overcome bribery provided what was recorded was relayed back to the police HQ and couldn't be deleted. (source: 6park.com)
Tags: China, Police, Video Camera, Technology

Nasi Kandar

Below is a list that showed the price increase for food & beverage served at Restoran Nasi Kandar Di Kayu. Unbelievable and ridiculous prices!!!!! You can't protest with placards or shout at the top of your voice at the restaurant's doorstep (as this will attract the police) BUT you and your friends can boycott such restaurant.

I went to this restaurant before just because a friend told me to try their food and it was some time back during the old prices. Can't remember the exact address but it's somewhere near Sea Park area in Petaling Jaya. They have another restaurant in Penang too.
Reading: Nasi lemak roti canai teh tarik
Reading: Kejam dan melampau! Harga makanan, minuman naik 130 peratus - Harakah Daily

Tags: Food, Nasi Kandar, Restoran Nasi Kandar Di Kayu, Boycott

Ancient Japanese Proverb

Tags: Ancient, Japan, Proverb, Funny, Humour, Jokes

How Malaysian Are You?

NO CHEATING PLEASE !!!

1. How much is satu kupang? Northern slang for 10 sen
2. Where's the favourite spot to take wedding pictures in Taiping? Lake Gardens
3. In what dialect is Apo Nak Di Kato? Negri Sembilan, meaning "What's there to say?"
4. Name at least five variations of roti canai. Roti bom, roti pisang, roti planta, roti telur, roti sardin, roti tisu, roti bawang..........
5. What is the staple food of native Sarawakians. Sago
6. Name a popular Malay ointment made from "sea-cucumber" Minyak gamat made from sea cucumber, for wounds
7. Name the sauce made from fish or shrimp that the Kelantanese love. Budu
8. What does pi mai pi mai tang tu mean? Northern dialect that means coming and going but ending up at the same spot
9. Which fruit is Ipoh famous for? Pomelo
10. What is the English name for putu mayam? String hoppers
11. "Lah" is to Peninsular Malaysians as"..." is to Sabahans. Bah
12. What does ABC stand for? Air batu campur OR All Asia Broadcast Centre
13. How long is a sari? Six yards
14. What does the Cantonese phrase" ngam ngam " means ? Just in time or just fit or just right.
15. Name Penang's famous beach. Batu Ferringhi
16. How do you order coffee mixed with tea at a kopi-tiam? Kopi cham
17. What's on Malaysian TV at 8pm? The news
18. On one side of our RM1 coin is the bunga raya, what's on the other? Keris
19. Now what's on our 10 sen coin? Congkak
20. What was the name of the KL Commonwealth Games 1998 mascot? Wira
21. When you fill in a form, if you're not Malay, Chinese or Indian, you are...? "Other" or Lain-lain
22. Who is Malaysia's favourite Kampung Boy? Lat
23. How did the word "gostan" come about? A corruption of "go astern"
24. Lobo's Whispers in the Wind is the English version of which famous Malay song? P. Ramlee's Getaran Jiwa
25. When did Malaysia last win the Thomas Cup? 1992
26. What is the name of our national flag? Jalur Gemilang
27. If you want 4D numbers, who do you consult? "Datuk"
28. What's the name of the Malaysian-made 175cc motorbike? Jaguh
29. Name our national bird. There's none - lah
30. If the father is a baba, and the mother is a nyonya, then what is the son? Baba

SCORES AND EVALUATION:
0-10 - Malu-lah you! We suggest you spend at least one hour a day at your nearest coffee-shop.

11-20 - Boleh pass. Okay, you may claim to be the average Malaysian with a score in this range but you could watch less CNN on Astro and more local content on RTM.

21-30 - Wah, you one true blue Malaysian-lah. Top quality belacan. We are truly impressed, especially if you know the answer to No. 24 which we admit is very tricky!

-FOR THE ANSWERS, JUST SELECT ALL AND THE CHANGE THE COLOUR FONT-
Tags: Malaysia, Malaysian, Evaluation

Double Crossing the Mafia

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.

When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.

The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is." The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the money is. The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you are talking about."

The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about." The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple and says, "Ask him again!"

The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell him!" The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens!"

The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?" The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."

Don't you just love lawyers?

Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Lawyer, Attorney, Mafia, Godfather, Bookkeeper

Most Gratifying Jobs

Dont' know which job to choose or apply for?? A survery was conducted with randomly selected people who collectively represent a cross section of Americans. In the current study, interviewers asked more than 27,000 people questions about job satisfaction and general happiness. Here are the Top 10 most gratifying jobs and the percentage of subjects who said they were very satisfied with the job:-
1) Clergy— 87%
2) Firefighters—80 %
3) Physical therapists—78 %
4) Authors—74 %
5) Special education teachers—70 %
6) Teachers—69 %
7) Education administrators—68 %
8) Painters and sculptors—67 %
8) Psychologists—67 %
9) Security and financial services salespersons—65 %
10) Operating engineers—64 %

And everything has its opposite. Here are the 10 least gratifying jobs, where few participants reported being very satisfied:-
1) Laborers, except construction—21 %
2) Apparel clothing salespersons—24 %
3) Handpackers and packagers—24 %
4) Food preparers—24 %
5) Roofers—25 %
6) Cashiers—25 %
7) Furniture and home-furnishing salespersons—25 %
8) Bartenders—26 %
9) Freight, stock and material handlers—26 %
10) Waiters and servers—27 %
(source: Livescience)
Tags: Jobs, Gratifying, Livescience, Job Satisfaction, Happiness

Doctor's Tales

A man comes into the Emergency Room and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs, and I was in the wrong one.

Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX
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One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart."

Dr. Susan Steinberg, Manitoba, Canada
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During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications.

"Which one?" I asked. "The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out of places to put it!" I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see... Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new one.

Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk, VA
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A Nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room, when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing strange clothes entered. It was very quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery.

When she was completely disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo that read, "Keep off the grass." Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, which said: "Sorry, had to mow the lawn."
Tags: Doctors, Jokes, Funny, Humour

Cancel Credit Card Prior to Death

It takes all kinds to make the world go round. Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is easy to see happening, customer service being what it is.... My Aunt died this past January. Citibank billed her for February and March for their monthly service charge on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge...the balance had been $0.00...now it is somewhere around RM60.00 I placed the following phone call to Citibank:-
Me: "I am calling to tell you that she died in January."
Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Me: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections"
Citibank: "Since it is 2 months past due, it already has been."
Me: "So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
Citibank: "Either report her account to the frauds division, or report her to the credit bureau maybe both!"
Me: "Do you think God will be mad at her?"
Citibank: "...excuse me.?"
Me: "Did you just get what I was telling you.... the part about her being dead?"
Citibank: "Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor!" (Supervisor gets on the phone)
Me: ''I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."
Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Me: "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
Citibank: ".....(stammer)" .... "Are you her lawyer?"
Me: "No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given... )
Citibank: "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
Me: "Sure." (Fax number is given)
(After they get the fax)Citibank: "Our system just isn't setup for death"
Me: "Oh..."
Citibank: "I don't know what more I can do to help..."
Me: "Well... if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing...I suppose...don't really think she will care...."
Citibank: "Well...the late fees and charges do still apply."
Me: "'Would you like her new billing address?"
Citibank: "That might help."
Me: "Nilai Memorial Park Cemetery (North South Highway and plot number given)
Citibank: "Sir, that's a cemetery!"
Me: "What do you do with dead people on your planet?"
Tags: Weird, Jokes, Funny, Humour, Citibank, Credit Card, Death Certificate, Customer Service

Man Utd - Asia Tour

Really glad to hear that Manchester United has arranged for a number of fixtures to be played at Asia during the coming summer break.

Next question, will I be in Malaysia on 27 July 2007??????? That's really heart sick.

Tags: Manchester United, Football, Soccer, Asia Tour 2007

Tax Cuts

It is interesting to hear a professor present a realistic view of how economics really work.

CLEAR EXPLANATION OF TAX CUTS......................... Sometimes politicians, journalists and others exclaim; "It's just a tax cut for the rich!" and it is just accepted to be fact, without questioning it But what does that really mean? Just in case you are not completely clear on this issue, the following might help. Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. What about the other six men, those paying the tab? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!" "That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen
PhD Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

I'm sure quite a number of email readers have received the above article on Tax Cuts but David Kamerschen has denied that he had ever written such an article. Though he has penned more than 200 articles for the last 20 years, the Tax Cuts was not one of them.
Tags: David R Kamerschen, University of Georgia, Tax, Economics, Wealth, Beer

The Life of Your Dreams

"What exactly does it take to live the life of your dreams? Perfect timing? Fortunate opportunities? A million dollars in the bank? Not even close. It takes a decision; A simple decision that will ultimately test the strength of your commitment and the depth of your faith."
~ from "The Sequoia Seed" by Karen Wright

No one has ever said living the life of your dreams is easy. It takes drive and determination, persistence and patience, faith in ourselves and trust in powers greater than ourselves. And there's always that chance that if we go for it, we won't even t make it. We could lose everything.
The greater risk, however, comes in doing nothing at all. For then not only do we condemn our dream to certain doom, we condemn ourselves to spending the rest of our lives thinking of what we might have done.

Right now, the timing is perfect, opportunity is knocking and everything you need is at hand. Why not make the decision, today, to go for your dream? Commit yourself to it. Pursue it with excellence. Grab hold of it with all your heart and do not let go. Both you and your dream are worth it.
Tags: Inspiration, Dream, Karen Wright, Sequoia Seed

33 Killed In University Compound

*Latest update - The gunman has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui — a 23-year-old senior majoring in English. He came to USA in 1992 with his parents. Read more about him.

A tragedy has occured in an university compound yesterday. The place, Virginia Tech, located at southwestern of Virginia state. A gunman, aged 19, shot dead 2 students in a dorm and proceeded to Norris Hall at the other side of the university campus. There, he padlocked the doors and proceeded to shoot a professor first before shooting students randomly. 30 were killed.

This tragic incident would trigger the sad memory of the Columbine High that happened on 20 April 1999 where 2 teenagers killed 13 people.

Where did they get those guns? I understood that it's easy to obtain a weapon's permit in USA and thus, it could be easier to obtain a weapon if the price was right too. It could be parents' negligence in not keeping their weapons safely. The question goes back to the legality on the sale of arms in USA.

I'm glad that Malaysia does not practice having shops selling weapons all over the country. Otherwise, such incident is bound to happen here as well.

My condolence and prayers to the victims' family. Regular updates on the tragedy by the university are being posted here and the university's President, Charles W. Steger, has made a statement with podcast available too.

Reading: Gunman kills 32 in Virginia Tech rampage - Yahoo News!
Reading: 33 killed in U.S. college massacre - The Star
Reading: Witness survives by pretending to be dead -CNN

Tags: Virginia Tech, Virginia, Columbine High, University, Dorm, Charles W Steger, Massacre, Cho Seung-Hui, South Korea

Ducks

Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven. Don't step on the ducks."

So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one. Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains them together and says, "Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity with this ugly man!"

The next day, the second woman accidentally steps on a duck, and along comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing, and with him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same punishment as the first woman.

The third woman has observed all this and, not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very, VERY careful where she steps. She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on... very tall, tan, muscular, and with good hair. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word. The woman remarks, "I wonder what I did to deserve being with you for all of eternity?" And the guy says, "Well, I don't know what you did, but I stepped on a duck."

Moral of the story: B4 u comment on others, please take a good look at yourself first!!!
Tags: Women, St Peter, Jokes, Funny, Humour, Duck

Why Need A Truck?

Vietnam really has its uniqueness. This guy must have gotten news on a cheap sale somewhere in town and managed to grab as many as he can.
Local authority confiscating illegal fencing.

One kind of a rear mirror for a motorcycle.
I have seen the maximum of 4 persons at the rural village in Malaysia but that too 2 adults and 2 young kids. This is superb.

That's how fast bird flu will spread. The flu would have flew all over the town.
One hoola-hoop was not enough to keep him fit.

A tip for truck manufacturers, don't waste your time in Vietnam.

Tags: Vietnam, Motorcycle, Truck, Unique

Easter Drama

Me and 4 other guys put up a short skit during our church's Easter Dinner celebration that was held at Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club. It was entitled "Two Brothers". Obviously, I'm one of the 2 and a good elder brother too. Came out from the rural village in search for better life and love, both of us ventured out to the metropolitan city.

Upon arriving at the city, both brothers were totally in awe of the high and lows. Mini-skirts that were high up; Blouses with low cuttings. And also high .......... heels this time.
Unsatisfied with the slow progress of life, Ah Loong, the younger brother (in red) took his chances with gambling. Got to know a bookie (in blue) who has every kind of gambling ideas. And a guaranteed SURE WIN!

Even the F1 was fixed by his higher ranked bookies.
Ah Loong had gotten a credit earlier from the bookie and placed a heavy bet. Unfortunately, the bet on Kimi Raikkonen to win was dashed as he crashed (just before the line). In the process of getting the money back, the bookie got into a fight with Ah Loong. With all the kung fu and boxing styles displayed, he was stabbed by Ah Loong without even lifting a finger.

Ah Seng, the elder brother, (that's me) so happened passed by the area and saw the incident.

As both were very lost, Ah Seng demanded the brother to exchange the shirt they were wearing.
He was shirtless.....hehehehehehee and to the bewilderment of the crowd ....hahahaha. Was wondering any ladies fainted during this point of time.
As blood was found on Ah Seng's body, the police arrested the elder brother and brought him to court where he was sentenced to death "Gantung Sampai Mati".
Next scene, Ah Seng appeared hanging, swaying a bit here and there (notice that I was on my toes to have that swaying effect).
Ah Loong found out that Ah Seng was hanged due to him and pleaded to the judge to have him arrested. The judge said that his place has been taken over by the elder brother and Ah Loong was free to go.

Moral of the story: Jesus Christ has died on the cross and the blood that flowed out signified that it has washed away our sins. Jesus Christ died to fulfil the God's plan so that all who believes in Him shall not perish but shall have eternal life (John 3:16).
Tags: Easter, Bookie, Jesus Christ, Sin, Eternal Life, Skit, Two Brothers

Beard Papa

Was at Mid Valley Megamall and saw this new fast food chain called Beard Papa. Their cream puff looked real nice and we saw the counter guy pumping the cream into the cream puff.

Bought 5 pieces and got 1 free. Not cheap at all at RM16.50 (RM3.46 = US$1.00). Like to eat and might as well try it out. The cream puff was soft enough and the cream in it was quite tasty. To some people it may be too fattening. To me, EAT FIRST!

Beard Papa is a franchise business that comes from USA. Click here for more franchise information.
Tags: Beard Papa, Food, Franchise, USA, Cream Puff, Mid Valley

Facts About Formula 1 Car

Formula One or F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly; it would still start the race with 80 things wrong! When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300 kph!!!

F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!! F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20 years on an average and they quite faithfully DO....that's the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...
An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (yeah that's right!!!). At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added down force can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track. Without aerodynamic down force, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.
In a street course race like the Monaco grand prix, the down force provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!

The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 liters of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 liter family car. They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.
Top F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.

Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C (water boils boils at 100C remember). At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

Tags: Sports, Formula One, F1, Motor Racing, G Force, Temperature, Tyres

Luxury Airbus A380

This is the latest luxury plane that will be owned by a Middle East billionaire. This rich magnate will be a step above every other plane owners when this plane is out on the airport tarmac. These interior designs are being made on an Airbus A380.
The actual commercial Airbus A380 was made to fit 555 passengers. Imagine how big is this aircraft and this rich magnate is buying such an airplane for his own private usage.
A bar being put in place to serve guests' needs.

This Airbus has been given the nickname of The Flying Palace owing to its extensive interior designing and decorations said to cost US$150 million.
Its nicely decorated dining area.
Guests' living room area.
Various flat screen TVs being placed at strategic areas for the guests' entertainment.




Reading: Luxurious Interiors of Airbus A380 VIP ‘Flying Palace’ Unveiled
Reading: More Pics of $150 Million Airbus A380 Surface
Reading: Pimp my Jet: A mansion with wings

Tags: Airbus A380, Flying Palace, Lifestyle, Luxury, Middle East, Billionaire, Plane

Office Party

At times you have to be very clear on your statements made in office. This is what happened when a certain company post on the following memo:-

OFFICE MEMO

May all members of staff please note that there will only be one drink per person at this year's Christmas Party. And please bring your own cup !

Regards,

Management

Tags: Office Memo, Staff, Party, Funny, Humour

Key Tracker

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A new device has been introduced to the marketplace that is a huge danger to anyone who uses a PC that is not theirs. It is known as a key tracker and it sits between the keyboard and the PC. As can be seen in the pictures it is very discreet but is probably one of the most dangerous items of equipment to personal information that is readily available. These devices record every key that is pressed on the keyboard. Due to it’s position (it sits between the keyboard and the PC) the information is logged by the tracker before the PC knows about it and as such is very difficult for the PC to detect. They are available in both USB and PS2 formats so pretty much any PC can be logged. The user puts the tracker in line, leaves it there for a set amount of time and then retrieves it. They can then download the data onto their own PC.

If you intend to use a PC that is not yours (ie hotel business centre, internet café, airport etc) I would advise looking at the back of the PC to see if one of these trackers has been placed in line (scrambling under a desk is the better alternative to losing your email details). If you cannot get to see the back of the PC, I would suggest you don’t use it for anything personal. If a tracker is there and you do not notice it, whoever placed it there (could be any user of that PC before you) will be able to recall all of your keystrokes – logins, passwords etc.

These trackers cost less than £30 and they are definitely out there already.
Tags: Technology, PC, Key Tracker, USB, PS2