Life's Happenings

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Prison Inmate on the Run

A prison inmate was sent to a hospital, University of Utah orthopedic center in Salt Lake City, for a medical appointment but wrestled his way for freedom. In the process of trying to keep him still, the prison inmate managed to grab the accompanying police officer's gun and a shot was enough to kill the police officer.

He got out of the hospital and managed to frighten 2 persons out of a SUV vehicle and drove the vehicle onto a highway. Police managed to keep track of his escape and followed closely.

On the highway, 2 patrol cars collided into each other while trying to stop the Ford Explorer..... will consider this SUV in future, must be powerful enough to run at 100mph while trying escape. Stable enough also as its tyres ran over tire spikes placed by police.

Then he sneaked his vehicle into an Arby's fast food restaurant before being brought down by a customer inside the restaurant. A hero appeared in time.

Now, after all the above, I found it unnecessary to pursue this guy so intensively. Maybe he's dangerous to the public but when you look at this prison inmate's picture, I'm 101% sure that he can't escape the law.

How on earth is he going to hide without anyone noticing him.......you tell me!

Curtis Allgier is the name, with a heavily tattoed face/body, a blind man could even feel his presence too.......
Tags: Salt Lake City, University of Utah, Ford Explorer, Arby's, Curtis Allgier, Tattoo, Orthopedic Center

United States of Africa????

What is United States of Africa????

People who are envy of United States of America now wants to form another state of such kind? It's also USA (in short) ...... hehehe and maybe they are trying to confuse people in the future. I doubt it could work.

Libya's President - Muammar Gaddafi has called for all African nations to come together to form a United States of Africa. Something beyond everyone's capabilities. The dictators in some of the African nations are enjoying their reap of harvest, bountifully. Why give up on their power and pass to whom?

The backgrounds on the heads of the African nations - some are muslims, some are christians, some are warlords, some are corrupted, some are with full of scandals - it's a total mess. C'mon Gaddafi, be realistic with your dreams. Though I encourage people to have big big dreams but there are some dreams which are really beyond all humans, only God can do it.

Gaddafi has decided to bring the matter up in next month's African Summit to be held in Ghana.

Or maybe, Gaddafi's meaning is just to come together economically, just like the European Union. For a start, a particular union has been created to cater for such - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - with 19 member African countries participating.

Tags: Africa, United States of Africa, Libya, Gaddafi, African Summit, Ghana, COMESA

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Back to No. 1

Back at No.1 again.....

Thanks for the votes. All you need to do each time you view my blog is just to CLICK the "Vote for My Blog" on the left side column of the blog. That will help.

On the other hand, you could email my blog address http://johnny-ong.blogspot.com to all your friends so that they will know of my blog. What a waste if all these postings are only read by you.
Tags: Blog, Life's Happenings, Vote

Monday, June 25, 2007

Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express

GW Travel Ltd is offering the longest and the most famous railway journey in the world, the Trans-Siberian Express Railway that will travel from Russia in Europe to the Orient.

There are Gold Class cabins (something like the First Class in airflights) where modern en-suite amenities. It's a luxury train itself and

You won't get bored with the long travelling time as the scenery is very captivating and if you do get bored, you could switch on the state of the art DVD/CD player, LCD screens and audio system to play your favourite songs/movies.

Highly trained chefs are available to cook your favourite dishes for all meals at their fine restaurant carriage.

For a more relaxed environment, you could hop onto the Bar carriage for socialising with other train passengers. This is the sort of travels I like to have. Admiring the scenery with the clean surrounding and see God's creation along the route.

This kind of travel doesn't come cheap either as the price tags are in the range of £3,895 (New Heritage Class) to £9,595 (Gold Class) for the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Vladivostok (in Siberia) via Ulaan Baatar, the capital city of Mongolia. This trip will last for 2 weeks. Just nice for a really good break. Any sponsors?
Tags: Train, GW Travel, Trans-Siberian Express Railway, Russia, Orient, Travel, Leisure, Luxury Travel, Moscow, Vladivostok, Siberia, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

Insurance Claims on Rare Cigars

A lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim with the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued....and won!

In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be "unacceptable fire," and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires." But... after the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!

With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
Tags: Lawyer, Arson, Cigar, Insurance Claim, Charlotte, North Carolina

Sunday, June 24, 2007

30 Hour Famine in Malaysia

Yes, it's happening again on 15-16 September 2007!

This also marks the 10th year that World Vision Malaysia has been serving children and communities in need. Without your support, we would certainly not have been able to come this far!

In this 30-Hour Famine Camp (in Chinese), participants will be exposed to World Vision worldwide campaign in particularly how emergency relief operations are managed, how poor communities are enabled to break the cycle of poverty and how ordinary well-wishers can help people in need.

World Vision Malaysia's goals for this year's campaign:-
* Partner 10,000 donors/partners for 30-Hour Famine – “10,000 partners for Famine”

* Organise a combined bi-lingual (Mandarin and English) 30-Hour Famine at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil. In the past, the 30-Hour Famine event was held twice a year with one being conducted in Mandarin and the other in English.

* Organise the 1st 30-Hour Famine in East Malaysia, beginning with Miri, Sarawak.