Love Package

The Valentine's Day on 14 Feb is approaching again and the male species out there will be splashing out for gifts to woo their loved ones. Various people have different way of expressing their love. Some will buy a bouquet of flowers or a nice dinner at a high class hotel or spend a romantic evening together at a plush hotel.

Maybe the guy may present a gift voucher so that their loved one will buy what she likes or take a short holiday at a nearby exotic hotel. You may have seen how it was done in certain movies too.

What if all the above are packaged into one for a couple? Just approach one single place and all the above are done at your convenience.

Ritz Carlton at Las Vegas has the following arranged for their "Love at Las Vegas" romance package:-
• Two night stay in The Ritz-Carlton's 2,400 square-foot Presidential Suite
• Limousine transportation from McCarran International Airport to helipad; couple to ride via helicopter to Lake Las Vegas with champagne, then to be serenaded by a gondolier while riding a gondola from the Lake Las Vegas helicopter landing to The Ritz-Carlton's shore
• Cristal Champagne and gourmet picnic basket upon arrival

Dinner for the first night to include:-
• Private in-room dinner to be prepared by a dedicated chef and wait staff

Dinner for the second night to include:-
• Private champagne-tasting dinner aboard Lake Las Vegas' yacht
• String-trio to play for couple throughout the evening
• Rose petals strewn throughout yacht
• 14 dozen roses (14 x 12 = 168, NOT 14 stalks)
• Use of luxury car of choice during stay
• $50,000 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus, complete with round-trip limousine service
• $5,000 line of credit at the MonteLago Casino
• Private fantasy butler
• Butler-drawn Cristal Champagne bath
• In-room Prada Beauty couples body treatment
• Personalized bath robes
• Monogrammed pillow cases
• Daily breakfast in bed
• Nightly rose petal turndown
• Departing gift of The Ritz-Carlton bedding and linens and a bottle of Cristal Champagne
• Limousine service from The Ritz-Carlton to McCarran International Airport
• Resort fee
• Valet parking
• Transportation to and from airport in originating city

You can start reserving for the package from 1 Feb 07 onwards where the cost of the package starts from a cool US$100,000.
Tags: Travel, Lifestyle, Luxury, Valentine's Day, Package, Romance, Love, Ritz Carlton, Las Vegas, Lake Las Vegas, Neiman Marcus, MonteLago Casino, Cristal Champagne, McCarran International Airport, Yacht, Prada

Blindfolded Camel

As I was coming back from the desert site last Saturday, I took this photo with my colleague's handphone. Forgotten about it actually.

The blindfolded camel was actually being tied to a makeshift tree trunk which was also tied to a big piece of steel stucked into an oil drum. It was brewing some sort of liquid which we were not sure what it was. This picture was taken when our driver went for his breakfast in this little town and left 3 of us inside the car. We didn't go out of the car...... just sit tight and watch the surrounding....hehehe. A table (blocked by camel) is set-up with bottles of those liquid deemed for sale. Just look at the simple set-up of a business stall. Tree trunks and a cloth on the top are all they need to start a business.

Tags: Journal, Life, Diary, Sudan, Camel

Apache in Kuala Lumpur

Red Indians? US Air Force's helicopters? A notorious gang?

It's actually a gang of motorcyclists terrorising around the city of Kuala Lumpur and had committed 21 robberies in 2 months. Their way of intimidating their victims resembled the Apache Red Indians when attacking the cowboys. Surround your victims and go round and round before launching the 'attack'. The latest incident happened to 2 ladies at Bangsar, an upscale area in Kuala Lumpur.

Such groups of motorcyclists, rampant throughout the country, are notorious and they have been given a name, Mat Rempit (actually they are illegal street racers), by certain political people. The concerned political people wanted to drive some sense into the Mat Rempits' brains but was futile. Efforts such as constructing a race track to keep them off the road and organising big gatherings with healthy activities have vapourised. How come the concerned political people don't know what sort of activities that drives the Mat Rempits? The adrenalin is when the Mat Rempits squeeze through tight traffic and zoom pass the red traffic lights daring each other. Or jumping over a pit of raging fire but not a gathering.

I support such good intention but without proper planning and yet recognising them with a name, it has backfired. Many people have said that it was a political agenda to draw the motorcyclists to join the political party that came out with the idea. A ploy but without meat in the plan?

Intention was even made to upgrade their name to Mat Cemerlang (similar to 'Excellent Dude') in Nov 2006. This idea has been conveniently swept under the carpet as it was shot down by the general public. Sometimes I really wonder why such high intelligence political people can come out with such brilliant ideas. Even the police force doesn't agree with such branding.

A victim of such Mat Rempits has launched a blog, Anti Rempit Campaign, about the notorious motorcyclists' situation in the country. The police force is at their wits controlling such gangs.
Tags: Motorcyclist, Malaysia, Politics, Notorious, Apache, Mat Rempit, Mat Cemerlang

Internet Disruption

Only able to squeeze in this message that my internet link is very poor today. Just to create this post took me more than an hour. Will resume the moment the service is back to normal. Wonder how long it will take to process this post after clicking the Publish button.

Will post photos on how silk is being produced.

Tags: Internet, Disruption, Connection

PDA TV Phone

The mobile phone is really having a revelation with more capabilities/features and thus, made me held on to my purchase of a good mobile phone.

Taiwan seems to be able to incubate lots telecommunication linked companies such as this Gigabyte Communication which has produce the PDA TV Phone. The TV features support the NTSC and PAL formats which means you can watch the TV shows while in Malaysia. The antenna is being plugged into the USB slot.

There 2 new models with the i128 retailing for RM2,099 while the i120 goes for RM2,299.

Tags: Mobile Phone, Technology, Gadgets, PDA Phone, TV, Gigabyte Communication, GSmart, Communication, Telecommunication, Taiwan

Jail For Parents

At times parents may have to spank their children for being naughty and mischievous. Some parents prefer not to do it saying that it may distant the child from them.

In California, USA, it has taken even a bigger turn where if a child is being spanked excessively, the parents could face jail and a fine under a new legislation to be enacted in the state. Weird? The lawmakers have the idea that spanking may victimise a child and develops violence in their mindset. Huh????? What school of taught is this?

The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger (the tough muscled man), has not objected to the proposed legislation. What is excessive? Who is to measure the excessiveness in spanking a child? Does it allow a tiny weeny cane? This must be tough on the court of law to decide. (source: Yahoo! News)
Tags: California, USA, Spank, Legislation

True story...beware...worth reading...quite scary

Hi frens,
This is a true story of a young college gurl who past away last month, at Shah Alam. Her name is Priya. She was hit by a lorry. I dont wanna mention the name of the college. She has a boyfriend named Shankar. He stays in Johor. Both of them are true lovers. They always hang on to the phone. U can never see her without her handphone.

She spends 3/4 of the day talking with Shankar. Both of them used the Maxis telco line. Priya's family knows about their relationship. Shankar is very close with Priya's family (just imagine their love). Before she passed away she always told her frens "If I pass away please burn me with my handphone" she also said the same thing to her parents.

After her death, ppl cant carry her coffin. I was there. A lot of them tried to do so but still cant. Everybody including me, had tried to carry the coffin, the result was still the same. Eventually, they called their neighbour, a "bomoh" from thailand (Pak Darin), who is her father's friend. He took a sit and started speaking to himself slowly. After a few minutes, he said "This gurl misses something here". Then her frens told Darin about her intention to burn her with her phone. He then opened the coffin and placed her phone and SIM card inside the casket. After that they tried to carry the coffin.

It could be moved and they carried it into the van easily. All of us were shocked (can u feel the fear. I'm shaking at this moment). Priya's parents didnt inform Shankar that Priya had passed away (pity Shankar). After 2 weeks, Shankar called Priya's mom. Shankar :...."Auntie, I'm coming home 2day. Cook something nice for me. Dont tell Priya that I'm coming home 2day. I wanna suprise her." Her mother replied....."U come home first, I wanna tell u something very important." After he came to Shah Alam, they told him the truth about Priya. Shankar thinks that they were playing a fool. He was laughing and said "Dont try to fool me. Tell Priya to come out. I have a gift for her. Pls stop this nonsense".

Then they show him the original death certificate to him. They gave him proof to make him believe (Shankar started to sweat). He said... "Its not true. We spoke yesterday. She still calls me. Shankar was shaking. Suddenly, Shankar's phone rang. "See this is from Priya. See this..." He showed the phone to Priya's family. All of them told him to answer. He talked using the loudspeaker mode. All of them heard his conversation loud and clear. No cross lines, no humming. It is the actual voice of Priya & there is no way others could use her simcard since it was nailed inside the coffin.

They were so shocked and asked for Pak Darin's help again. Pak Darin brought his master (Tok Chen) to solve this matter. He & Darin worked for 5 hours. Then they discovered one thing...
Tok Chen was sweating. His face was red. "I just cant believe this. It's quite amazing" he said. "I didn't think that this could actually happen. Unbelievable."

Oh My God! Maxis is the best line, ever. We can still keep in touch even when we're dead!! Talk about coverage!!! Best coverage ever!!!

Where can i get the SIMpack?

Moral of the story.........Maxis is the best lar ......... Ok, get back to work....
This is like a Maxis advertisement.
Tags: Maxis, SIM, Line Coverage, Mobile Operator