Calling for Bounty Hunters

Yeah, as per the title, Bounty Hunters are required in China and if your stint is successful you can share your experience worldwide. Interested?

In Luoyang city, Henan province of China ....... bounty was set ....... for ........ DEAD FLIES!! Yeah, those pesky housefly flying around during your meals.... hehe

How much would you get per dead housefly? A bounty price of 0.5 yuan (approx. US$0.07) per dead fly turned in at the Xigong district office. Lucrative? But may not be that easy as it sounds. I should have taken those pictures when I was in Sudan. It was terrible scenario. Our fly traps, when left alone for 3 days, would have been full of those pesky insects.

So, before you start the hunt you may have to learn the art of catching it. There was this guy who has mastered the art of catching those pesky fellas ...... he's called the Fly Slayer.

The residents in the province wanted to know one thing - what was the government's plan in disposing those insects after buying in tons from the residents.
Tags: Housefly, Bounty Hunter, Luoyang, Henan Province, Xigong District, China, Fly Slayer

Never Leave Home Without VISA/Mastercard

This durian fruit stall located in Penang is ready with credit card facilities for your purchasing. Durians in Malaysia are known as the King of Fruits but are banned from almost all hotels and airports. Somehow most westerners can't stand the 'nice' smell it emits.

Personally, I have tried the latest crop known as 'Musang King'. It's even more tastier than the known D24. More costlier than D24 too (can't remember how much I bought it, will confirm again). Bought it at the Sri Kota supermarket near my home. Heard that it's about RM20 for 1kg in Kuala Lumpur. It's going for S$12 per kilogram in Singapore.

If you haven't try it, go grab a small serving of it. I guarantee that you'll go straight to a road side durian stall to buy a bundle of it.
Tags: Durian, Penang, Fruit, King of Fruits, Musang King, D24

How to Survive in the Office?

Tags: Office Survival, Harold's Planet, Cartoon, Funny, Humour

First Time Voter

Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam is prepared to offer RM500 to ANY PERSON in a congregation who brings in the highest number of FIRST TIME VOTER registrations.

Another RM500 will be given to the CHURCH with the highest number of FIRST TIME VOTER registrations.

Please inform CCM of your registrations. The CCM EXCO will decide the winner.

Dateline: 31st August 2007.

It is a small token but a positive step to encourage all Christians to exercise their right to vote. Thanks to our resident devil's advocate at Total Truth study group, YJ, I was alerted to the DPM's opinion on "Is Malaysia a secular state"? It reminds me of a thoughtful book review by Kian Ming back in 2004, hope that it would help us to think through this crucial issue as we approach the 50th anniversary of Merdeka!

Insight into the Malaysian constitution <<<< Read the book review here

Mon Jan 5, 2004

Review by Ong Kian Ming

MALAYSIAN CONSTITUTION: A Critical Introduction

By Abdul Aziz Bari

Publisher: The Other Press

250 pages

Tags: Malaysian Constitution, First Time Voter, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, Secular State, Malaysia, Merdeka, CCM, Council of Churches of Malaysia, Ong Kian Ming, Church

FA President - A Coward?

I'm really not surprised to read that the Sultan of Pahang wanted to stay put as the President of Football Association of Malaysia despite the resignations of the Deputy President (helmed by his son), General Secretary (Ibrahim Saad, a politician too) and a Council Member (Khairy Jamaluddin - son-in-law of Malaysia's Prime Minister and a Deputy Youth Head of the ruling party).

From the abovenamed persons, they are either royalty members or politicians. Please replace them with professional managers or former great footballers.

The Sultan of Pahang even said this as reported in the Sun newspaper when he was asked why he decided to stay put in which the Sultan replied: "I'm not a coward. I'm not going to bow to public outcry."

Who said that you were a COWARD if you were to resign. Can you see the type of mentality that such royalty members or politicians will have if they continue to hold such high positions in sports association. They considered that it's a total humiliation if you resign, admitting that you were the party to be blamed and their ego is too high to accept such resignation as a way out. He had been holding that President post for the last 23 years......can you believe that? And yet, still wants to hold on to it. That was almost the same time we, Malaysia, last qualified for any major football competition.

Colleagues reading the newspaper statement by the Sultan of Pahang really laughed out. Most were frustrated with the display by the national football team. And the Sultan of Pahang, aged 77 now, could be going a bit senile with the public outcry/pressure. He even called for an "overhaul" of the association and conduct an inquiry into the national team's performance.

What inquiry? Everyone knew about the problems except him. Please stop the play acting and just quit will you! There's nothing to inquire about when the players selected were already the best as chosen from the local league. The issue is not the players.

For once, I will stand by a gahmen minister and that's the Sports Minister, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. She quoted the following:-

* The state FAs must look at themselves in the mirror because the FAM can set the policies but if not carried out or implemented by the states, then they are also to be blamed.

* Some state FA heads or officials have been holding on to their posts for too long without any significant contribution towards the development of football in the country and they should make way for new energetic young professionals.

First, overhaul the football association by resigning en bloc especially the royalty members and politicians if you guys really care for the national football team. It makes no difference whether there is a management team or not for the next few months. My 2 cents!
Tags: Sports, Football, Soccer, Malaysia, Sultan of Pahang, Football Association of Malaysia, FAM, Azalina Othman Said, Sports Minister, Ibrahim Saad, Khairy Jamaluddin

How to Fix a Jammed HP Printer

Friends who knew I have a blog have contributed a lot to my postings on various subjects. For instance, instructions to fix a HP printer.

Firstly, shooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuut for H E L P ! ! !
Then call everyone in your office to ask whether they knew how to fix a jammed printer.
Being a nice guy, I would have offered my help if I was there. Definitely, there would be some ladies who wouldn't mind helping too.

BUT...... when the colleagues arrrived at her place.........almost everyone had second thoughts. It's not that the printer was beyond repair but.. but.. but.. a mouse got stucked in printer catridge.

Friend said "He's not dead but he's sure stuck. We do end up getting him out and letting him loose for those of you that are mouse lovers. How would you like to get to work and find this problem? LOL, it's NOT hilarious!"
I'm only thinking what if a lady colleague of mine had taken this catridge out and saw that tiny guy. That catridge would have been flung faaaaaaaaaar away and am real sure that it would break the national discus throwing record too.

Tags: Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard Printer, Printer, HP LaserJet, HP, Mouse

Come Apart and Rest A While

According to tradition, the apostle John had a hobby raising pigeons. On one occasion a fellow church leader who was returning from a hunting trip stopped by John's place and found him playing with one of his birds and gently corrected him for wasting his time.

John, noticing his friend's hunting bow, said that the string was loose whereupon the man replied, "Yes, I always loosen the string of my bow when it's not in use. If it stayed tight, it would lose its resilience and fail me in the hunt."

"And I am now relaxing the bow of my mind," said John, "so that I may be better able to shoot the arrows of divine truth."

Work is important. We need to eat and we need to take care of our family, but over-busyness can be a curse. Without sufficient rest and relaxation we will eventually lose our health and not be able to work efficiently. And without taking time to nurture and be nurtured in loving relationships, life becomes empty and meaningless.

We need to follow the advice of Jesus when he said to his disciples, "Come apart and rest a while." Or as somebody else put it, "Come apart and rest a while before you come apart."
~ Author Unknown ~
Tags: Inspiration, Thoughts, Christianity