Major Disaster

Firstly, diarrhoea struck right on early Thursday morning (close to 7am). Well, I didn't visit the toilet numerous times from 7am to 8am (latest time I need to leave house in order to reach office on time). Actually I stayed in the toilet from 7am to 8am. No chance to leave the toilet at all.

By the time I came out, I was so weak and the radar directed me straight to my bed again. Lied down there for maybe 20 minutes and the alarm bell rang again.............. oh man.....what a way to start my day. What did I eat the night before? What did I do?

I remembered me going for my first gym experience on Wednesday night (yeah, never joined a gym before). FYI, I have joined Impressive Fitness (5 mins walk from my condo). Passed my fitness test and went through 1 full round of the circuit trying out all the machines. Set my weights for each equipment with a trainer so that I know how much I should go for in my next visit.

Went home and ate some food (not home cooked) at home. After thinking back, definitely it was not the gym but the food that I ate. It was common food like rendang chicken, sambal prawn, some fried meehoon and got some home-cooked soup (proper one). Next thing I knew on Thursday morning was toilet visitation.

Then tried to log on to the internet at home. As the battery was waning out, I plug in the power cable. Didn't realise power was not connected properly and a warning window splased across my screen. HUUUUUUUUUUH???

No power supply? What happened? True enough, the power cable/adaptor has gone kaput. Before I can do anything further, might as well keep all. Went out to get some light breakfast at about 10am. Thought everything was over untiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil - good thing my toilet is clean. Visiting it was not a problem.

Well each toilet visit was greeted with stomach cramp (so I thought) until the doctor (paid a visit later) said it was the intestines that could not take the food poisoning effect any longer. Couldn't even sit up straight at times when the pain hits me during the toilet visits.

By afternoon, everything has cleared, no more food intake mean no output ...... yeah, will keep it that way. Only fluid. But I could hear a big typhoon storm in my stomach. You could have hear it if you were beside me.

Rested well in the afternoon after a strainous day. By evening, the storm had calmed down but with infrequent warning given out by the stomach.

By this morning, seems ok but looks like having an urge to visit only........ hehehe. Only get to post this while in office as I borrowed a power adaptor from another colleague while waiting for the IT Dept to get a new one for me. Hopefully by this evening otherwise will be boring weekend at home without the chance to blog.

Ahhhhhhhh, can go to gym if no power adaptor but I can't be in the gym the whole day then.
Tags: Journal, Life, Diarrhoea, Food Poisoning, Power Adaptor, Gym, Impressive Fitness, Health

Court Order Was Required to Kill a Bull

A bull, considered as sacred by a Hindu community, was ordered by London's Court of Appeal to be slaughtered. What caused a court to issue an order in order for a bull to be slaughtered?

The members of the Skanda Vale's Welsh Hindu temple's has vowed to save the bull's life with their own. I knew that cows/bulls are considered deities in India but quite surprised that the Hindu community in Wales itself was that pious too. An online petition has gathered about 10,000 signatures in a campaign to save Shambo.

The main reason for the sacred bull to be slaughtered was because the bull was tested positive with bovine tuberculosis. The Court of Appeal found it logical and justified to slaughtered due to health reason. But the temple worshippers are not giving up just yet. It seems that an appeal would be submitted to the highest court, the House of Lords, for a final verdict.

The Hindu Forum of Britain said slaughtering Shambo would be a "very gross affront to Hindus' beliefs". It's going to be a long legal process, it has gone through the Welsh Assembly, Cardiff's High Court and the London's Court of Appeal..... but if such situation was to happen in Malaysia, I really wonder how the case would have been handled ....
Tags: Sacred Bull, Court of Appeal, Shambo, Hindu, Wales, Bovine Tuberculosis, Hindu Forum of Britain, House of Lords, Welsh Assembly

Ditch Those Old Wineskins!

New wine must be put into new wineskins. (Matthew 9:17)

In Bible times animal skins were cured and made into wine containers. At first they were flexible and easy to work with, but over time they grew rigid and lost their ability to expand. That's why Jesus said, "No one pours new wine into old wineskins. [It] would .. burst the old skins ... [and] the wine would be lost ... New wine must be put into new wineskins." Likewise, God can't put fresh ideas into rigid or 'dead' minds, or change your situation till you're ready to change your thinking. God's Word says: "Don't keep going over old history ... I'm about to do something brand-new." (Isaiah 43:18-19). So if you're asking Him to enlarge your vision, you must first need to make room in your mind for it. Isaiah said, "Clear lots of ground .. Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big" (Isaiah 54:2).

Remember, dreams always come a size too big so you can grow into them, so don't settle for mediocrity in your work, your relationships and your walk with God. Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the wind. Explore. Dream. Discover." Maybe you come from a background of addiction, poverty, depression, abuse and low self-esteem. Well, God can enable you to rise up and put an end to that old mindset of defeat. He's ready to fill you with "new wine," but first you need to ditch those old wineskins!
Tags: Dreams, Explore, Discover, Inspiration, Wineskin

Starlight Cinema 2007

OK guys and girls...... an announcement here.

I have won a Complimentary Ticket for Starlight Cinema 2007 (Admits two [2] people; valid for ONE DAY only, between 17.07.07 - 28.07.07). If anyone of you are interested, please do post your email address in the comments section and I will issue a scanned letter of authority to you (on first come basis) to pick up the ticket on my behalf. Why blog sooooooooooooo late one???? Aiyah, I was informed quite late on my winning ticket.

Thereafter, you can go for your show within the next few nights. But hold on, you may ask what is this Starlight Cinema 2007 all about. Here goes:-

The largest, most reputable outdoor cinema festival IS BACK with its 5 th installation!!! STARLIGHT CINEMA promises you a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience Malaysia has ever had the good fortune to encounter, with an inflatable screen that is 17meters wide and 10.5meters high and a dynamic experience enhancing surround sound system, STARLIGHT CINEMA has garnered over 350, 000 people to its doors over the pass 4 years with its unique setting of movie magic under the stars.

This year's event, which will attract around 35,000 die hard movie fans to the beautiful setting of KBU International College, Bandar Utama, we will have a flea market, café and loads of other activities to keep you entertained from 6pm onwards. Also lookout for our themed weekends? Starlight Kids 21 & 22 July and Starlight LIVE powered by Anglia Shandy, 27 & 28 July.

Get there early to enjoy the early hour activities and to grab the best seating area, so avoid the long car and human queues and get there before sunset to experience? Movie Magic Under The Stars!'

And upon getting my scanned letter, you may have to go to Platinum Plubishers Sdn Bhd at 7A, Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail to obtain the ticket. You could collect the ticket during office hours (Monday - Friday; 9.00am - 5.00pm), with this coming Friday, 27 July, being the last day to do so.

Movie schedule for your reference.
Tags: Starlight Cinema, Movie, Anglia Shandy, KBU International College, Movie Magic

Salary Review

What you need...
















What you asked your Manager for...

What HR Promised...
... What you felt it as
What you received...Before Tax











What you received...After Tax

Is it the same throughout the world?
Tags: Salary Review, Human Resource, HR

Anger Management

A story of Anger Management between a Husband and a Wife.

HUSBAND: When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?

WIFE : I clean the toilet....

HUSBAND: How does that help ?

WIFE : I use your toothbrush.....

Have you ever watched the movie called Anger Management starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler (highly recommended movie). The scenarios in the movie is just like the above story between the husband and wife and more of it. I would have flipped.

It's not easy handling anger as even an Anger Management Instructor couldn't control himself too. This man, in Gary City, was arrested with domestic battery on his wife.

Tags: Anger Management, Anger, Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Gary City

Dolce & Gabbana Gold

Dolce & Gabbana - famous for their clothings and apparels' with strong appeals from the sophisticated, yuppies and juniors.

Cashing in on their famous brand, D&G capitalised it by opening a luxury restaurant bearing the name Dolce & Gabbana Gold in Milan, the fashion capital of Italy.

At the entrance, the reception area would have captured your heart with its unique design which blended with D&G's business.
The restaurant section with its splendour wine collection for your choosing. It offers Italian cuisine with Mediterranean tradition. Service is impeccable.
You could also relax at its bistro section for light snacks.
Coffee room, a place where you can taste your favourite beverages.
The Lounge - your favourite drinks for the night are found here.

D&G's brand management has brought their brand into other industries for e.g. telecommunicaton as it has co-branded with Motorola to produce the RAZR D&G mobile phone.

Looks like the fashion industry are diversifying real fast especially into the luxury fashion hotel segment. Armani's boutique hotel will open at the world's tallest building, Burj Dubai. Versace & Bulgari brands have their own boutique hotels too.

Tags: Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Dolce & Gabbana Gold, Fashion, Luxury, Lifestyle, Milan, Italy, Italian Cuisine, Armani, Versace, Bvlgari, Boutique Hotel, Fashion Hotel