Tags: United Kingdom, Europe, John Arne Riise, John Arne Riise's Payslip, Payslip
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Explosion in My Blog
Noticed that my blog posting on John Arne Riise's Payslip has gotten lots of readers from Europe accessing my blog owing to them being curious on seeing his payslip. Normally, blog readers from United Kingdom would be less than 3% of the total daily visitors but on Friday itself, the percentage jumped aggressively out of a total of 600++ visitors.
Tags: United Kingdom, Europe, John Arne Riise, John Arne Riise's Payslip, Payslip
Tags: United Kingdom, Europe, John Arne Riise, John Arne Riise's Payslip, Payslip
Friday, November 02, 2007
Birthday Presents
A wife mentioned to her husband that for her birthday, she would like something that accelerates from 0 to 100 in four seconds.
She was expecting something like this........ ....
She was expecting something like this........ ....
But her husband presented her with something very different...
The husband is now in a critical but stable condition in ICU!
Tags: Birthday, Porsche, Weighing Machine, Funny, Humour
Thursday, November 01, 2007
John Arne Riise's Payslip
Just as I was reading Reds to probe internet leak of Riise's wage slip - Soccernet about Liverpool's John Arne Riise's payslip, an email came in attached with a photo of that same payslip. How co-incidental. 
He received a gross income of £139,634.62 for the month of Aug 2006 [assuming it was so as the date of that payslip was dated 1 Sept 2006 - of which £120,000 (for monthly salary), £250 (point bonus), £4,000 (appearance) £15,384.62 (2006/07 Champions League salary increase)].
And he paid £55,508.28 under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system, a staggering 39.7% of his gross income. Next, I will show Steven Gerrard's payslip............
Reading: John Arne Riise angry at public payslip - Liverpool Pies
Tags: Liverpool, Payslip, John Arne Riise, Pay As You Earn, PAYE, Steven Gerrard
He received a gross income of £139,634.62 for the month of Aug 2006 [assuming it was so as the date of that payslip was dated 1 Sept 2006 - of which £120,000 (for monthly salary), £250 (point bonus), £4,000 (appearance) £15,384.62 (2006/07 Champions League salary increase)].And he paid £55,508.28 under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system, a staggering 39.7% of his gross income. Next, I will show Steven Gerrard's payslip............
Reading: John Arne Riise angry at public payslip - Liverpool Pies
Tags: Liverpool, Payslip, John Arne Riise, Pay As You Earn, PAYE, Steven Gerrard
Spiralling Food Prices
Mitigating steps/procedures are being taken by respective countries in combating against spiralling food prices which don't seem to have a ceiling price now. What I have blogged earlier on Foreseeable Increase in Daily Expenses will cause further increase if it materialise.
* Russia plans this week to impose Soviet-style price controls on a range of foodstuff to soften the blow ahead of parliamentary elections in December.
The government has signed an agreement with major food retail chains and producers to freeze prices on staples such as milk, eggs, sour cream, bread, sunflower oil, sugar and salt. They have also introduced export duties on wheat and barley.
* Ukraine is considering export quotas on wheat, corn and barley.
* China has released stockpiles of pork and is considering doing the same for vegetable oil and grain.
* Bangladesh, Jordan and Egypt, which suffered 'bread intifada riots' in the 1970s, are raising subsidies or slashing import tariffs.
* Argentina, where inflation this year is expected to be 8 per cent to 10 per cent, the government has struck accords with dozens of companies to control prices.
* Italy - Italian authorities opened an investigation into pasta manufacturers over alleged price fixing. Italian pasta makers have increased prices this year - expected to surge by 20 per cent by autumn - as durum wheat used for making the trademark Italian food nearly doubled in price.
* Japan - the government is also monitoring food prices. Marudai Food said two weeks ago it will raise the prices of its ham and sausages, following rivals Nippon Meat Packers and Itoham Foods. Instant noodle makers Nissin Food Products, House Foods and Sanyo Foods have also announced price increases last quarter.
And the oil price has hit a historic high of US$96 per barrel on 31 Oct 2007. Will the target price of US$100 per barrel materialise by year end, earlier than estimated?
Reading: UN warns of food inflation effects - Financial Times
Tags: Food Price, Food Inflation, Economics, Price Fixing, Export Quotas, Stockpiles, Import Tariffs, Export Duties
* Russia plans this week to impose Soviet-style price controls on a range of foodstuff to soften the blow ahead of parliamentary elections in December.
The government has signed an agreement with major food retail chains and producers to freeze prices on staples such as milk, eggs, sour cream, bread, sunflower oil, sugar and salt. They have also introduced export duties on wheat and barley.
* Ukraine is considering export quotas on wheat, corn and barley.
* China has released stockpiles of pork and is considering doing the same for vegetable oil and grain.
* Bangladesh, Jordan and Egypt, which suffered 'bread intifada riots' in the 1970s, are raising subsidies or slashing import tariffs.
* Argentina, where inflation this year is expected to be 8 per cent to 10 per cent, the government has struck accords with dozens of companies to control prices.
* Italy - Italian authorities opened an investigation into pasta manufacturers over alleged price fixing. Italian pasta makers have increased prices this year - expected to surge by 20 per cent by autumn - as durum wheat used for making the trademark Italian food nearly doubled in price.
* Japan - the government is also monitoring food prices. Marudai Food said two weeks ago it will raise the prices of its ham and sausages, following rivals Nippon Meat Packers and Itoham Foods. Instant noodle makers Nissin Food Products, House Foods and Sanyo Foods have also announced price increases last quarter.
And the oil price has hit a historic high of US$96 per barrel on 31 Oct 2007. Will the target price of US$100 per barrel materialise by year end, earlier than estimated?
Reading: UN warns of food inflation effects - Financial Times
Tags: Food Price, Food Inflation, Economics, Price Fixing, Export Quotas, Stockpiles, Import Tariffs, Export Duties
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Housing for Super Rich Russians
The super rich Russians will be having an extra option of where to stay. An upcoming estate will house only 150 to 200 mansions (note that it's not a house or bungalow but a mansion). Each of these mansions will cost about £10m to £15m.
The developer, a Russian billionaire himself, Aras Agalarov will construct these mansions within an area of 340-hectare (850 acres) at Istra region just outside Moscow.
This estate haven will have the following built within the area:-
* roads with fir trees and white camomile flowers;
* 18-hole golf course;
* an exclusive private school;
* 14 artificial lakes and waterfall
* a spa and beach resort with imported white sand;
* minimum 2,000 square metres around your mansion;
* a salt-water swimming pool; and
* guaranteed right kind of neighbours.
Somehow, everything have its own pros and cons and the cons are:-
* potential buyers must have a personal interview with Agalaro;
* to sign a 30-page document agreeing to abide by Agalarov's own, at times eccentric, rules;
* forbidden from hanging out washing;
* forbidden from home improvement;
* forbidden from letting off fireworks; and
* all bodyguards will be banished to small houses on the edge of the community.
Most Russian billonaires could be having as many as five or six bodyguards. Imagine two hundred families moved in with that many boduguards, the whole estate could be occupied by 1,000 bodyguards. Could set up an army infantry within this estate haven.
Tags: Aras Agalarov, Russian Billionaire, Russian, Istra, Bodyguard
The developer, a Russian billionaire himself, Aras Agalarov will construct these mansions within an area of 340-hectare (850 acres) at Istra region just outside Moscow.This estate haven will have the following built within the area:-
* roads with fir trees and white camomile flowers;
* 18-hole golf course;
* an exclusive private school;
* 14 artificial lakes and waterfall
* a spa and beach resort with imported white sand;
* minimum 2,000 square metres around your mansion;
* a salt-water swimming pool; and
* guaranteed right kind of neighbours.
Somehow, everything have its own pros and cons and the cons are:-
* potential buyers must have a personal interview with Agalaro;
* to sign a 30-page document agreeing to abide by Agalarov's own, at times eccentric, rules;
* forbidden from hanging out washing;
* forbidden from home improvement;
* forbidden from letting off fireworks; and
* all bodyguards will be banished to small houses on the edge of the community.
Most Russian billonaires could be having as many as five or six bodyguards. Imagine two hundred families moved in with that many boduguards, the whole estate could be occupied by 1,000 bodyguards. Could set up an army infantry within this estate haven.
Tags: Aras Agalarov, Russian Billionaire, Russian, Istra, Bodyguard
SMS Scam
Received this via email from a friend. Any readers received this SMS before or any of your friends were a victim?
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Hi guys and girls,
Below was the content taken out from my brother's email to me, this was what happened to him this morning……so every one of us be careful when receive any SMS from stranger.
Today morning, while I still sleeping, I heard my hand phone SMS tone ringing. Then I open my eye and c, got a sms from number 012-4928392 send me a sms with content: "Long time no see already, how are you now?". First when I saw this SMS I thought it maybe from my old friend... then i reply: "Fine how are u"
Then at 10:30am i receive a message from the same number and the content shocked me: "Anda telah memilih untuk mengaktifkan perkidmatan kami, cas sebanyak RM10/mingguan akan dikenakan sebagai yuran perkidmatan. Untuk membatalkan perkhidmatan, sila SMS FINE OFF kepada number 333431 and sebanyak RM20 dikenakan untuk setiap sesi pembatalan."
I quickly check my balance and c... my account had already being subtracted RM15.
Just now I email Maxis to report the case and asked maxis to trace this number, and Maxis said will give me the report by tomorrow.
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