Defiled Packaged Drinking Water in Malaysia

All I can say is Malaysia's food and drinks are not that safe as compared to the China situation.

It was reported in Star newspaper that inspections were conducted at various companies involved in packaged drinking water business and the results were as follows:-

* 8 companies - licence cancelled for not meeting requirements
* 15 companies - licence suspended for 1 month
* 12 companies - unlicensed
* 3 companies - issued closure notices for unsatisfactory cleanliness level

This is not just unsatisfactory but this is very ALARMING!

Worse still, the Health Ministry do not disclose any of the companies' names and kept it under the carpet. Why can't the ministry disclose those companies that don't follow the requirements that have been set. They have already breached the requirements and the public has the right to know what's safe for consumption. By naming them, it will make the whole industry to buck up and be on their toes in the future.

The companies knew from day one that in order to produce such packaged drinking water, certain requirements must be followed but yet they ran foul of it.

Is the Health Ministry scared of some of those directors, like being members of certain political parties? Or being paid off to shut up?

This is no joke when those companies were meted with those punishments under the Food Regulations 1985 and Food Act 1983.

This is Malaysia. They wait for someone to die first before they mete out any heavier penalty or punishment.
Tags: Health Ministry, Packaged Drinking Water, Malaysia, Food Regulations 1985, Food Act 1983

When You Can't Afford To Buy, You Hijack It

The Somali sea pirates are showing their boldness and teasing the NATO warships which are patrolling the international water just outside of Somalia's boundary. They have powerful speedboats that even warships can't keep up with it. How in the world are the warships going to shoot at them even though they have powerful weaponary on board.

Somalia's citizens are living in poverty and going through long term civil wars between internal warlords who are fighting for supremacy of the country. Ego problem I would say. Most of the citizens can't afford simple goods in the country and a certain group of civilians decided to gather together to overcome such shortages. They started to hijack and demand ransoms. As locals won't be able to pay them, this group of people became international hijackers.

Their hijacks of ships that by pass their seawater have looted many ransoms in terms of money and are enjoying it as they have been successful all this while. They even have about thirty three T-72 Ukranian battle tanks in capture on board of MV Faina ship.

One of the latest hijack is this MV Sirius Star oil supertanker that belongs to Saudi Arabia. This supertanker is transporting two million barrels of oil that is worth up to US$150 million. Ransom was requested at US$25 million which has been reduced to US$15 million few days ago.

But this nonsense has got up the nerves of Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud Al-Faisal. In view of all this, the Prince has contacted his good friend, Peter Pan, to help out.

The Prince was convinced of Peter Pan's ability as seen in his success against Captain Hook all this while.

Peter's ability in negotiation techniques which include flying, never growing up, tricking pirates into being eaten by giant crocodiles and believing in magic will enhance his chances.

Peter has boarded the supertanker and negotiation is in the process. A picture has been emailed to Saudi Arabia's royal family as proof.


Reading: Pirates move ship towards hotspot - BBC News/Africa
Reading: Peter Pan Recruited To Deal With Supertanker Pirates - Daily Seagulls

Related post - Somali Pirates Testing Superpowers
Tags: MV Faina, MV Sirius Star, Supertanker, Saudi Arabia, Somali Sea Pirates, Somalia, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Peter Pan

Thinking of Solid Trucks

Recent pick-up trucks launches had really got my saliva drooling. Their ruggedness is really solid and tough.

Nissan Navara, a 2.5L (A) truck, is now the most powerful amongst its competitors. It has a torque of 403Nm at 2,000 rpm and climbing hills won't be an issue at all.

It also has a nozzle turbo incorporated in its engine that runs on diesel with a 5 speed auto transmission.

Those days, trucks were targetted at construction or agriculture industries but nowadays, manufacturers are targetting personal owners who are keen on adventures trips. The interior comfort it possesses baffled car reviewers as it comes with leather seats.


Navara is the longest truck now. It may pose a problem since car park in Kuala Lumpur is quite scarce.

The vehicle specifications do show good value that you would be paying at a retail price - RM103,000 ++.

Ssangyong Actyon Sports ....... wow I really like its design but at the same time, some people scorned at its design. So, it's either you like it or you don't at all.

In terms of power, it's running on a 2.0L diesel engine with a 310Nm torque at between 1,800rpm to 2,700rpm. The pro about this engine is that it has Mercedes Benz roots.

It's built and specifications qualified the car to be categorised as a Sports SUT.

With leather/electric seats, 4-speed auto transmission and the back canopy, price will come to around RM103,000 ++ too.

The famous auto blogger, Paul Tan, has a good write up on both the Navara and Actyon trucks.
Tags: Nissan Navara, Ssangyong Actyon Sports, Pick-Up Truck

Indian Bloggers at Mumbai Forefront

The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai is under sieged by terrorists from the unknown Deccan Mujahideen (what a nonsense group for whatever cause you are fighting for). The world is condemning your action and you are a coward by being fully armed going against the innocent public.

And you dare to claim responsibility? Something must have gone wrong with your brain as you grew up.

This hotel was built in 1903 and seeing it being burnt like this is a heartache.

Tried booking a room for tomorrow night at this hotel and the website is fully updated as it has stated "Note: No Rooms Available / Hotel Sold Out".




Other locations affected so far are:-
* Leopold Cafe, Colaba
* Oberoi Hotel
* Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
* Chabad Lubavitch Jewish centre
* Mazagon Dock
* Vile Parle suburb, North Mumbai

Indian bloggers based in Mumbai, e.g. Mumbai Help and Mumbai Metblogs, are gathering and putting their hands together to assist during this tragedy time. They have put up requests for blood donation and helpline numbers to check on latest updates.

CNN even used photos obtained from an Indian blogger who took photographs just seconds after Mumbai incident. Another blogger was reporting via live blogging on the incident. This is the new era of blogging.

Thank God that Malaysia is peaceful and if it does happen in Malaysia, I'm sure Malaysian bloggers are also ever ready to help.

My thoughts are with the family members of those people who have been killed / injured in Mumbai.

Reading: Tweeting the terror: How social media reacted to Mumbai - CNN
Tags: Mumbai, Bombay, India, Deccan Mujahideen, Terrorist Attack in Mumbai, Indian Bloggers, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Taj Mahal Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Colaba, Oberoi Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mazagaon Docks, Vile Parle Suburb

Hunt for Champions League Football

Dinner at home ....... we had green vege, little chicken drumsticks and anchovies with sambal. Come 10.30pm, we need to hunt for a place that will show the UEFA Champions League match between Villareal and Manchester United.

First we went to Solitaire and they told us their receiver could only watch CCTV9. If that's the case, off we went to another spot.

Barista it is! Been here in my last trip and found it to be cosy. Importantly, they should be able to tune to the channel that we wanted.



Ahhhhhhhhh saved ........... ten minutes into the game. Khartoum is three hours ahead of GMT.



Nobody occupying downstairs and we took this whole corner. With an air-cond to ourselves too.





One thing my colleague noted ........ they do serve preservatives for breakfast. Maybe that's the main ingredient that allow them to compete in long distance running.

We were there for a drink to watch the match .... and we told them to serve without preservatives.



I ordered the Heavenly Mocha that has a scoop of vanilla ice-cream in it. Still on earth after taking the first sip.














My colleague went and order this chocolate brownie with a vanilla ice-cream on top. Man, we shared half and it was too feeling.



He order his cappucino ........ took them quite some time to serve this as they have to come up with this design.









And the cup was really a gigantic cup. It was not easy to lift that cup.

Enjoyed the match even though it ended up 0-0 and both teams qualified for the knock-out phase.
Tags: Barista, UEFA Champions League, Manchester United, Villareal, Mocha, Chocolate Brownie, Cappucino, Preservatives

Success of Marriage

Once upon a time a married couple celebrated their 25th marriage anniversary. They had become famous in the city for not having a single conflict in their period of 25 years. Local newspaper editors had gathered at the occasion to find out the secret of their well known "happy going marriage".

Editor: " Sir. It's amazingly unbelievable. How did you make this possible?"

Husband recalling his old honeymoon days said: "We had been to Shimla for honeymoon after marriage. Having selected the horse riding finally, we both started the ride on different horses. My horse was pretty okay but the horse on which my wife was riding seemed to be a crazy one.

On the way ahead, that horse jumped suddenly, making my wife topple over. Recovering her position from the ground, she patted the horse's back and said "This is your first time". She again climbed the horse and continued with the ride.

After a while, it happened again. This time she again kept calm and said "This is your second time" and continued. When the horse dropped her third time, she silently took out the revolver from the purse and shot the horse dead!

I shouted at my wife: "What did you do you psycho. You killed the poor animal. Are you crazy?".

She gave a silent look and said: "This is your first time!!!".

Husband:"That's it. We are happy ever after."
Tags: Success of Marriage, Funny, Humour, Jokes, Honeymoon, Horse Riding, Revolver

Maldives To Move Their Country

The country of Maldives is located on the bottom left corner of the map .... just a small dot.

I'm sure you have heard of political refugees or even economic refugees but have you ever heard of envinronmetal refugees.

You may see such people coming from Maldives in time to come. Not any doing of the present government but the culprits are many other countries in this world who are causing serious environmental defects.

Maldives' 1,200 islands / coral atolls are sinking fast. Average height of their land from sea level is roughly around 1.5 metres. By year 2100, the sea water surrounding Maldives is expected to rise by about 59 centimetres.

In order to solve this rising sea water, the government of Maldives has decided on a unprecedented move, to buy lands in another country and to request that country to recognise those lands as Maldives.

Brilliant move, isn't it? Imagine Malaysia's government decided one day to move to USA in order to be near their largest trading partner as that will save many costs indeed.

In Maldives' case, the government has thought of three countries i.e. India, Sri Lanka and Australia. The country has a population of 300,000 and strategically placing them properly shouldn't be a problem so India and Australia would be top choice. The country has set up an emergency account where a portion of the government's revenue will be channeled into it.

Told you it was unprecedented!
Tags: Environment, Maldives, Sea Level, Coral Atoll, Envinronmetal Refugees