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I have a new blog here! Come visit me in my newest site at picatho.blogspot.com.

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-3814486609476040002007-02-17T21:05:00.000+08:002007-02-17T21:06:50.056+08:00

The "no water notice" disgusts me. Yesterday I received a notice from the JBA of Kedah. Mentioned that "Gangguan akan terganggu selama 12 jams iaitu dari jam 9.00 pagi hingga jam 9.00 malam pada 18hb.Februari 2007(Ahad) ini desebabkan oleh kerja-kerja pembaikan paip air utama 200mm dan 150mm di kawasan perusahaan Kulim." It would affect many areas and estates.I just can't understand why they

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-11257703003167402142007-02-15T16:44:00.000+08:002007-02-17T16:48:35.958+08:00

Lydia autographed her book, Life's Like That - "Dear Robert, Congratulations on wining this book in my blog contest. Hope you like the book. Honk!"Life's Like That is a collection of amusing meditations on Malaysian life written in a humour way. This book is worth reading, for its exciting story and its insight into life in contemporary Malaysia.I rarely recommend a book, mostly because my tastes

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-56296378225028804342007-02-04T22:57:00.000+08:002007-02-04T23:00:21.332+08:00

I was reading intensively these few days about the Vatican enraged by magazine's confessional expose which was reported by Reuters on Jan 31.Differences between official Roman Catholic doctrines and what priests told Mr Riccardo Bocca, an investigative reporter for L'Espresso, were had been found after a series of fake confessions.Over the issue of euthanasia, a priest told Bocca not to worry too

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-41494664484352146442007-01-30T15:40:00.000+08:002007-02-05T23:02:36.489+08:00

At the like period of the preceding years, I would have started stocking up CNY groceries, changed new notes and gotten red packets, in order to welcome the CNY festival.For this year under the new economy, I think I have to lean to tighten my belt. Why? Simply because all the while, those extra prices of petrol, cigarette, toll, fuel, those can eat and those can't eat, had have devouring my

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-26127544122604349522007-01-07T20:35:00.000+08:002007-01-07T21:45:34.240+08:00

I'm going to buy the book "Honk! if you're Malaysian" by Lydia Teh. This had been one of my new year resolutions to be accomplished. This is perhaps my most frivolous resolution. You may snigger at the implication that one can simply determines to do such little thing. But I figure I can at least get some credit from it. Doesn't mean for the reason just to keep my word to buy it. It's my

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-27912490764004250162007-01-03T23:29:00.000+08:002007-01-07T21:40:48.972+08:00

The real celebration for 2007 is all about moving forward. Okay, it's a bit late at this time of year, I would normally have already scrounged up PDA and have jotted down all the things I'd like to improve about myself in this new year. The year would already be in full swing, and I'd be on my way to checkout for completing my resolutions. But this year? What a lopsided vehicle.My 1st resolution

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-17332248350478485022006-12-08T16:51:00.000+08:002006-12-08T16:53:58.055+08:00

"Long time no see. Where have you been"? This was greeted by a familiar fish seller as I was entered the market for a regular weekly stock-up day before. I returned the greeting by telling him that I was busying in putting money into doctors' pockets for the last few weeks.I was suffering from flu intermittently. The virus was so stubborn like a hateful spams that has refused to go away. Heeling

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-16163138003837121492006-10-05T19:50:00.000+08:002006-10-05T19:57:32.291+08:00

We found ourselves too tired or else too lazy to cook our dinner last evening. So we had "ta pau" 2 packets of our favorite - "Tiong Kok Sharkfin" (fried meehoon naming in an accredited way by Hokkianese) to fill our stomaches as dinner.Usually the package's covering is an old newspaper pieced with an inner layer of plastic paper in which this kind of food is wrapped. And it has been my habit to

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-48384118378285022812006-10-03T17:54:00.000+08:002006-10-03T17:56:45.464+08:00

I took this picture while I was taking a short puff at the corridor outside my workplace this noon. My first glimpse on this scene was blissful. These three different colors of cattle were getting together in perfect harmony with a common objective of "cari makan" freely at the large green green grass of field.Resource for living is their most important goal. There is no social malaise inside

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-85528746405998303162006-10-01T15:40:00.000+08:002006-10-01T15:45:58.128+08:00

I signed up the so called Merdeka Plan with TM on 16-09-05 when I received a brochure of invitation.Yesterday, I was much surprised to receive a greeting postcard from the TM, saying that I was the No. 1 of their Merdeka Plan customer.Wait a minute, Hat Chew! It sounds like they're trying to say that I was one of their No. 1 Merdeka Plan customers in the first sentence. But the third sentence

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1158624574686619912006-09-19T07:54:00.000+08:002006-09-20T22:41:47.463+08:00

We stepped onto the Tiananmen Square to celebrate our 31 marriage anniversary.The remains of the 589-year-old original solid-tiles flooring which is covering a very large area, is still there inside the Forbidden City.The 2nd gate of the Forbidden City.One of the many brass urns found inside the Forbidden City. It measured about 8 feet in diameter and was supposed to be utilized as a reservoir

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1158592411630916362006-09-18T23:11:00.000+08:002006-09-19T18:40:52.756+08:00

As I stepped out from the Beijing Capital International Airport, I felt like I was revisiting a brand-new China. Newly retouched airport, new cars on the roads and new highways, were the catches of my first glimpse. The welcoming coach is new and so the female tour guide, is modernly dressed. But most of the vehicles passing by were found to be heavily dusted. This probably could be due to

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1157448564949086182006-09-05T17:26:00.000+08:002006-09-05T22:46:48.676+08:00

This evening I came across one of my collections of excerpt, titled "Don't Just Do Something, Sit There." from the World Executive's Digest 1995. The writer Richard Eyre cited about the need of fresh maxims to slow us down and make us more purposeful - that the nature of work and play has changed. Work used to be physical and tiring in this work-oriented world, so play was often passive.

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1156173970319130342006-08-21T23:24:00.000+08:002006-08-21T23:36:38.826+08:00

During the last few weeks, with the advent of my casual days - post-retirement, there has been a tendency to relax myself as well as my wearing style. However, I found that it's sometime not my preference to wear as I like when outing. At one afternoon, I went to shop with my wife with the maintenance of my domesticated outfit; frayed collar T shirt, nap rised short and a pair of 2 dollars

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1154528767550795982006-08-02T22:21:00.000+08:002006-08-02T22:31:58.593+08:00

I am fusty on the way of writing a modern resume. Look! here is a typical one that has found in my inbox.Let's don't muss too hard upon the enjoinment of silence upon bloggers; the enormity of robbers; the unrest of society; an engrossing college story. And enjoy this particular resume!Remarked that the copyright of the content of this resume is enigmatical.Here it's:SECRETARY'S RESUME:Deer Sir,I

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1154268850680129292006-07-30T22:09:00.000+08:002006-07-30T22:16:35.983+08:00

I'm annoying with my printing jobs over my home networking shared-printer. Everytime it took me the hassle to fire up my dedicated PC (server) in order to get my document be printed.I have been considering to get rids of such annoyance by employing a printer server or by using a NAS (Network Attached Storage) which has a built-in print server. After weighing this-and-that, here-and-there, I

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1153907836715943952006-07-26T17:55:00.000+08:002006-07-27T17:50:21.720+08:00

After nearly a month of being away, I finally made my way back to this "lu-kong wa-kong" (bloging) circle. Sorry man! my readers (although it's small in number) Truly being away from the blog wasn't by choice. It was because I've been welcomed to "Gout land", an atmosphere of being suffered from gout.At there, I've to take a new leaf of life. Diet has to be disciplined. I've to say no to foods

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1151924002345328572006-06-30T18:49:00.000+08:002006-07-03T18:59:50.966+08:00

Ah! Finally it was a pleasure upshot - a release of last minute pressure - after months of harsh working pressure. Eventually I got my office's taxation jobs completed ahead of schedule before June 30. When I saw happy faces of my colleagues who were collectively enjoying the contentment of "mission possible" by beating the job's deadline, I was happy too this evening thanks to the full

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1149165910323862552006-06-01T20:44:00.000+08:002006-06-01T20:47:33.036+08:00

Today marks the darker day in the life of consumers. Electricity tariff in the peninsula goes up by 12% from today.TNB said the increase will not affect the low to medium income group which uses less than 200kWh of electricity per month as the existing rate of 21.8 sen per kWh remains unchanged. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said those unaffected by the

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1149164674677238872006-05-31T20:22:00.000+08:002006-06-01T20:24:34.693+08:00

Today marks the annual "five month, five day" (colloquial for the fifth day of the fifth lunar month)Dumpling Festival. So my wife likes to eat dumpling.She bought several her favorite alkalic dumplings home this morning. Although I also like this kind of dumpling but when I came to know the price of this dumpling, I "phewed" as if we were having some kind of golden dumplings. The brutal truth is

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1148481170292109452006-05-24T22:26:00.000+08:002006-05-24T22:32:50.316+08:00

A 3D2N trip to Pulau Perhentian from 12/05/06 to 15/05/06 with a group of church members have given me many captured memories. We have fun there and I really love the sea, the beach, the resort and the little nemo held during a temporary catch .....Snorkeling around many islands gave me a true and exciting experiences. The resultant white sand beaches combined with a very relaxed atmosphere make

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1146761328403238502006-05-05T00:42:00.000+08:002006-05-05T00:48:48.416+08:00

Accountants are facing a big challenge to stay in the forefront of the ever changing commercial environment.The importance of maintaining professional knowledge has never been greater than today. Not only is there the need to keep up to date on tax, compliance and International Accounting Standards, there is also the need to broaden their knowledge on the impact of globalization on

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1146662100511693982006-05-03T21:11:00.000+08:002006-05-03T22:27:20.500+08:00

There're people having their own opinions or reasons to blog.Few days ago, my wife had just nagged me, "Why are you blogging for nothing?" I simply countered her "Didn't you noticed that I'd lost my writing power on Chinese?Frankly speaking, I've found myself these days tended to loss memory. But I'm not panicking at all as I'm very clear that I'm losing memory, not my mind. My cognitive function

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1145952891502880162006-04-25T16:12:00.000+08:002006-04-30T22:48:14.680+08:00

When I was growing up in the lower class of the 1950s, luxury objects were lightly tainted with demean. My mother had always reminded me to live on enough-to-have lifestyle. Luxury or have-in-order-to-show-off objects was the indication of rich people.After floating in the material world for decades, I had realized that the older culture, my mom's culture, the limited production capacity of the

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1145513253776819902006-04-20T14:03:00.000+08:002006-04-20T14:09:24.163+08:00

While I was reconditioning my DIY little fish pond during the last evening, I saw this rainbow in the sky. It was charming and initially came up with 4 colors. But I was be able to photo down with 3 colors only with few seconds' delay in grabbing a digicam.It has been years I didn't notice a rainbow. In Chinese mythology, the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by Goddess Nuwa using stones of

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1144836961707505132006-04-10T19:12:00.000+08:002006-04-13T18:57:16.426+08:00

Since it's my wife's birthday today, I have just found myself wanting to make a plea for suggestions on where to take her for a meaningful outing. We have thought of going to a place of highland like Bukit Larut of Taiping, Gunong Jerai of Kedah, Betong of Gerik and Penang Hill. Finally we selected PH in order to see its latest sharp.Penang Hill was always a special place, in the fall of 1970 it

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1144425946740524632006-04-08T00:04:00.000+08:002006-04-09T21:07:33.310+08:00

On Thursday, my Streamyx connection coughed (off-and-on) violently. As I picked up my phone, I could clearly hear the distortions sound kept coming louder than tone sounds.So, being a humble technical man, I immediately reckoned that this matter would probably be settled under my cognizance. The easiest and most basic way (without the employment of any circuit tester) is simply by using a

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1143899290987978992006-04-01T21:46:00.000+08:002006-04-05T22:52:26.590+08:00

Most men are not contented with marriage.40% of the time:-He is blissfully happy;He thinks about his spouse constantly;He marvels at how lucky he's to have found his wife;He lives in perfect harmony because he is communicating well;He is able to laugh even without pocket money;He whispered words, shared secrets, and sexes are all sweeter because of the discovery of his "true love";He thinks that

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1143718601105896752006-03-30T19:35:00.000+08:002006-03-31T17:38:10.353+08:00

It's called Kulim Grace Community Centre located at a hilltop and the address are A27, Kampung Tunku Putra, Kelang Lama, 09000 Kulim. It's one of the branches of Grace Church Bukit Mertajam. The centre was dedicated in Oct 97.Weekly services on Wednesday nights enable people who have to work on Sunday in Kedah state to enjoy worship, fellowships, communion and the Word. Special tuition classes

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1143541884715271202006-03-28T18:30:00.000+08:002006-03-28T18:31:24.736+08:00

"Chinese paid the biggest sum in tax revenue, their tax contributions had have enabled the country to become prosperity and progressive." said the former PM Dr Mahathir as reported by Guang Ming Daily on March 26.As reported, he added "If it were solely depending on the Malays' tax contributions, the country was impossible to achieve the status of today."The acknowledgment of such realness of

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1143178732614140712006-03-24T13:36:00.000+08:002006-03-24T21:55:42.316+08:00

"All parking at public parking lots in Butterworth are free because no parking coupons are available for sale." a grocery shop dealer told me this morning when I wished to buy a parking coupon.Under curiosity so I went to another outlet hopefully could get the coupons but was told again that "never mind, just parks your car without coupon, since they (council) don't have the stock of coupon, how

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1142518208643785062006-03-16T22:03:00.000+08:002006-03-17T23:24:50.156+08:00

Will Finance Ministry license uncertified accountants? This question was raised during 1988 when the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (not the government) conducted raids on those “bogus” accountants by means of Accountants Act 1967 of which they had or exploited a monopoly on a common noun “accountant” as their own brand.The right of such execution under the Act was somehow jeopardized and was

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1142435643145366992006-03-15T23:11:00.000+08:002006-03-15T23:31:21.466+08:00

Few days ago, I saw this advertisement (as pix) published in the Guang Ming Daily. It was supposed to be advertised by a consulting firm.At first sight, there were nothing wrongs with the public promotion of their services as mentioned but if you have taken a closer look at the bottom line, there was a proclamation of "supported by" several government agencies. And several logos of such

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1142174878711081722006-03-12T22:46:00.000+08:002006-03-12T22:55:23.210+08:00

If someone tells you that you have been beaten by bamboo shell (in Hokkian) over a certain purchase of goods. That means you have been unreasonably overcharged.This is a story about my Dell Inspiron 710m purchase. The experience of my third time purchase as a returning customer.On Mar 3, I logged on to Dell's online purchase portal in order to customize my new order with an additional 512 ram.

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1141480170445293182006-03-04T21:47:00.000+08:002006-03-04T21:49:30.480+08:00

Oriental Daily reported: SJK (C) Chin Woo board of directors chairman Ong Koh Hou, who had advertised notice of rewards almost everyday recently, had announced RM500,000 for the rewards to those who could provide solid evidence that could bring corrupt headmasters to court.He welcomed feedback and evidence regarding to the matter of corruption made by headmasters. "Many had come forward to give

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1141106994853299932006-02-28T14:09:00.000+08:002006-03-03T00:32:27.656+08:00

The price of petrol has increased by 30 cents a liter this morning, and the upshot was a new surge of financial hardship to consumers.The Prime Minister's department said that the savings from the price increase would be used for development projects and improving the public transport system for the benefit of all people. It sounds like the funding will be utilized wisely, but then who will

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1140622965216972692006-02-22T23:41:00.000+08:002006-02-22T23:42:45.230+08:00

God, it's been so long since I posted something. Truth is, there was either nothing to post or no time to do something to post about. Spring break did not mean as much free time as I expected since I decided not to take too much break from my job commitment. :)I was not in good physical health for several days during the last two weeks. The worst thing was not the physical discomfort or pain, it

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1138255973235371232006-01-26T14:11:00.000+08:002006-01-26T14:12:53.250+08:00

The year of the Dog is around the corner. I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous CNY holidays! May this dog's year bring lots of happiness, good health and luck to your family. Gong Xi Fa Cai, Ban Soo Lu Ee!Now before we usher in the New Year, a little slicking up is needed to be getting in order. Usually in conventional ways, Chinese will perform a spring-cleaning, prepare some

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1137639897237013502006-01-19T11:01:00.000+08:002006-01-19T11:27:00.826+08:00

I was tagged by Cmos who has "see me up"! The so called 10 words determined essay similar as what the charming girl, yvy who has done a fine meme job.It seems that there are 4 golden rules which the tagged person must abides to or else he/she would be castrated mercilessly like some Dynasty Ching eunuch according to Cmos. But what has surprised me is that how female could be castrated? Sealing up

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1137420126671421982006-01-16T21:59:00.000+08:002006-01-16T22:02:06.696+08:00

In the public eyes, food shoplifting is quite common and can easily be seen at supermarkets here. Perhaps it is an eccentric behavior; it is an addiction; it is a job; it is a characteristic of barbarian; or perhaps it is a symptom of herpes simplex encephalitis.Last Saturday, when I was shopping at the Jesco of Bayan Lepas, I was surprising to see many shapeshifters although fetching with

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1136379678379770942006-01-04T20:59:00.000+08:002006-01-09T21:32:26.576+08:00

2006, a year as yet unstained by human deviation, corruption and natural destruction -- a year, too, of new discoveries and achievements waiting to be made. Will the Malaysia prosper? And on the economic side, what will impact our people? What do local soothsayers predict for the new year? natural disasters extent, petrol price surges, electricity rate raises, interest rate rises, share prices

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1135774129000840082005-12-28T20:43:00.001+08:002005-12-28T20:48:49.003+08:00

With 2005 drawing to close. Many of us make resolutions. We have the opportunity to evaluate our accomplishments and sift through our less successful life in an effort to move in the right direction next year.However, we often make the resolutions bulky with very much thought as to what is overloaded in our lives. Something like a year's to-do-list which has incorporated some unrealistic things.

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1135682636381650792005-12-27T19:21:00.000+08:002005-12-27T19:35:59.526+08:00

A for apple; m for man; p for pen; and a men and a pen. these were the part of pioneer English lessons I'd been taught at standard vi. I was acquainted with the phase "a man and a pen" coz during that time, man has already been symbolized to pocket a pen which is clipping onto the sleeve of shirt's pocket. In such appearance as a dude, men were fond to carry a pen.It was nothing crucial with the

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1135228325738303112005-12-22T13:10:00.000+08:002005-12-22T19:53:01.766+08:00

Malaysian of my age were astonished to experience Santa & Santarina as we know them today. Santa's life has diversified into more complex with commercial missions, and is not merely giving out presents to children as St. Nicholas did in the 4th century.Santa was turning up everywhere as a benign source of beneficence during 1950. This commercial success has led to the North American Santa Claus

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1135090378648979642005-12-20T22:51:00.000+08:002005-12-20T23:10:04.383+08:00

Nine years ago, I bought 5k MBFcap shares at RM0.88 per share for the sum of RM4,400. If during that time, I acquired gold at about RM44 per gram rather than MBFcap, I would have 100 grams of gold in hand.The present value of my 5k MBFcap shares (being converted to 125 MBFcorp) is RM7.50; and the present value of 100 grams of gold is RM6,177. Relatively I had rugi RM6,169.50!Nine years backs, you

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1134998451388125592005-12-19T21:19:00.000+08:002005-12-19T21:20:51.400+08:00

Christmas is upon us, new year is coming closed and the Chinese New Year is fast approaching. Like them or loathe them, the temptation of purging your wallet is the order of the day! But don't ever tucker out your saving!For bloggers, now is a good time to "bing and leap outdoor greatly" (blog). Those of you who aren't obliged to burn the midnight oil should try to get out and about and feel the

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1134914354039250802005-12-18T21:57:00.000+08:002005-12-28T22:49:23.420+08:00

Just got my new classic Palm TX, my out-of-pocket Christmas present! Simultaneously gave my Dell Axim to my son for his Christmas present too. Yeah! I'm the Santa!I've been using many palms for many years. From Palm Tungsten T; Zire72 to Tungsten T3. I decided to return to Palm for ease of use or otherwise I'd been feeling distaste on Window pocket PC OS which had bewildered me for TL

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1134797849207603442005-12-16T22:34:00.000+08:002005-12-17T13:40:27.786+08:00

My old partner has reminded me to buy a Christmas gift for our granddaughter in order to celebrate her full-moon day aka Christmas eve. Since I already have a nice jade gems in hand which was bought from China not long ago, so I've decided to buy a white gold necklace to pair with it.At Megamall this evening, I was examining the shop windows and browsing for a preference to any other. The stupid

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1134529892352323452005-12-10T11:08:00.000+08:002005-12-14T11:12:46.940+08:00

Malaysia's foreign exchange reserves dropped 3.4% in the two weeks ended Nov 30.The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to RM275.3 billion or equivalent to USD73.1 billion as at 30 November 2005. During the period, there was a large external loan repayment by the Federal Government. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8 months of retained imports and is 5.8 times

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1134051674561915282005-12-08T22:15:00.000+08:002005-12-08T22:21:14.576+08:00

One of my clients came across an article about the GST (Goods and Services Tax) that has published by the Oriental Daily News of Dec 05 and he was not fully comprehended with the illustration as shown above.After seeing the illustration, I showed him a humorous remark and pointed out that there were 2 printing mistakes on the illustration. The last field of "tax on output" should be written as

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Last Wednesday, few of us, old chaps, met and dined at Chameleon restaurant of Air Itam, Penang with great delight. It has been nearly 30 years we hadn`t met in such a way.We're of an age now, no longer young yet not entirely "chi cheong fun" (faded out), moving slower and eating less than we did. We had the past in common, were once schoolmates of Chung Ling high school who ate a lot and played

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1133439843435912272005-12-01T20:22:00.000+08:002005-12-01T23:02:01.310+08:00

Not long ago, it was "ehh, Malaysia ini negara Islam, you tidak suka, you keluar dari Malaysia." Haji Bahruddin bin Amilrudin, mp for Jerai, 051028.This time, it's "If foreigners think that Malaysia police are brutal, please go back to their own countries and not to stay here," Noh Omar, Deputy Internal Security Minister, 051129.The PM's Office was said to have called up all newspapers yesterday

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1133412977266697212005-12-01T12:53:00.000+08:002005-12-01T12:56:55.473+08:00

Following a sweet moment not long ago that had irrigated my inner peace , me and my wife were celebrating becoming a grandpa and grandma after our youngest daughter gave birth to a baby girl. It's a fine germination after 27 years!The baby was born on Thus Nov 24 at Gleneagle Penang, weighing in at a healthy 3.51kg. She is gorgeous, healthy and is suggested to be named as Carmen. We're

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1132845180047461232005-11-24T23:10:00.000+08:002005-11-24T23:17:59.413+08:00

General Motors has desperately taken a bid to shed 30,000 jobs by 2008 in order to cut overheads by US17b annually and stave off bankruptcy. Reported The Australian. GM's huge wage, health care and pension costs have seen it struggle against mean and lean Asia competitors such as Toyota, and it's products have failed to keep capturing the imagination of consumers.GM's Chairman Rick Wagoner said

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Self assessment system (SAS) for partnership and individuals is with us and indeed has been with us since 2004. The objective is to infuse a practice of voluntary compliance by taxpayers while at the same time reducing the workload of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB). In the accountancy world, accountants were anticipating the change with some excitement and impact.This has the consequential effect

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1132211442782923792005-11-17T15:09:00.000+08:002005-11-17T15:10:42.806+08:00

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. ~ Henri Frederic AmielThe idea that people act to promote their self-interest is not surprising, but what is remarkable are Malaysia Parliament's deliberations that the actions of these representatives, driven by the desire to make themselves better off with media exposure, result in nonsense

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1132154355678323292005-11-16T23:17:00.000+08:002005-11-16T23:23:04.516+08:00

If you're a blogger, this website is for you. EFF is Fighting for Bloggers' RightsEFF's goal is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected.To that end, they have created the Legal Guide for Bloggers, a collection of blogger-specific

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Credit card has made it easier for people to make themselves insolvents or even bankrupt. Malaysian, especially young consumers are just can't resist the lure of plastic. Over the past few years, personal debt has soared to a high level.The household lending has expanded at an average rate of 14.3% yearly, according to BNM. Before we even think about loans and mortgages, the average Malaysian

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1131808315266547212005-11-12T23:09:00.000+08:002005-11-13T23:29:09.433+08:00

One of my clients asked me this morning about children's education. He has 2 children who are supposed to complete Form v and Form vi simultaneously. He is much worrying of the coming happenings of his children's academic excellency; which future college (oversea or local) be they attended; how much fund be adequate to support the education etc.He is considered as one of the contemporary anxious

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1131599263589429722005-11-10T13:06:00.000+08:002005-11-13T15:47:43.520+08:00

I'm not belong to a member of any political party. I'm bore to take concern on who is who is in the authorities. I'm only concern on how to sustain enough bread and butter in today's economic and ecological niche. Therefore please don't bark me for not showing a happy concern, okeh!Having passed through decades of life here, experience and notion has taught me on how to perceive and accustom

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1131366950659276922005-11-07T20:33:00.000+08:002005-11-11T21:44:20.103+08:00

Keeping online journals that detailed their experiences combined with their personal introspective and eyewitness accounts in these blogs drew a number of readers. That's the idea of blogs.Looking at the floor of the Malaysian blogs, It's a scene of life depicting from the society. You'll find a variety of contents and styles. From rigid to indulgent and fame has posted a major trend.Be it absurd

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1131283970715587862005-11-06T21:30:00.000+08:002005-11-06T21:32:50.730+08:00

Putrajaya Nov 01: Road safety campaigns are now sending out positive messages about courtesy and good habits on the road, instead of showing gory images of dead scenes.It is irreligious. Because the tendency to 'race to win' and assume unnecessary risks is a basic human trait. Entertainment and ego appear to be some of the motivations for such tendency.Road users' decisions are often affected by

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1130934689677946092005-11-02T20:29:00.000+08:002005-11-02T20:31:29.686+08:00

I remember. Few years back, I was introduced by my college professor to speak on how to initiate our project paper. I was chosen because I was one of the only three grandfather grade students in the class.So I stepped up to the podium with little embarrassed and said, "Ladies & gentlemen, I'm sorry. I've been using keyboard rather then pen for decades. What I know is Internet Kongfu of which is a

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1130842665659972552005-10-31T18:56:00.000+08:002005-11-01T19:05:49.713+08:00

Sometimes, closing one eye is better then opening both eyes to perceive the situation when looking at things. Occasionally, "mou gan thai" (closing both eyes) even provides better general state of things."Closing one eye" does have 2 conveyances. One is by closing one eye to look at thing, you'll definitely get a sharper focus and special emphasis attached to it. Just like the moment, when an

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1130590383489501552005-10-29T20:50:00.000+08:002005-10-29T20:53:03.503+08:00

I was having a trek with my old partner this morning with good grace at Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim. A 40 minute driving from Kulim High Tech Park, heading north to Mahang, then turning left to Sedim took me to the destination.It is a rustic recreation park covers over hundred of acres. The natural forest and stream remains unscarred. It is a thriving tourist destination, especially for family

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1130407605213475992005-10-27T18:05:00.000+08:002005-10-31T20:41:43.523+08:00

This morning I met a writer, Mr Wong Hoey Yeam, the former Youth Secretary General of the Malaysian Federation of Chinese Assembly Halls, who is now a regular columnist for Nanyang Press.We had a very good exchange of views on cultures, politics, peoples and renowned writers. I learnt that he used to read an average of 4 to 5 books a month, the ability of which is my inept at reading.We were

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Companies must be equipped with suitable people in order to function his/her jobs effectively.What if an enquiry was putting into a dilemma of - Please hold on ... music ... hallows, please hold on ... music ... Mr Chin is not in ... hold on ... don't know where he's going ... hold on ... Mr Yong also not in ... hold on ... also don't know where he's going ... I've no idea on your case. In such a

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1130151075060242852005-10-23T18:49:00.000+08:002005-10-24T21:20:03.443+08:00

Ba Jin (Li Feiren), who born in Nov 25 1904 in Chengdu, China, has died on 19-10-05 at the age of 101.He was honored as "the conscience of the Chinese people in the 20th Century" by The Sichuan Daily of Chengdu.Ba Jin, was quoted as a writer who had engaged in a crusade for justice, freedom and quality as reflected in his masterly works "Family", "Spring" and "Autumn" and his "The Trilogy of Love

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1129865033263584062005-10-21T11:21:00.000+08:002005-10-31T20:42:41.116+08:00

"I admired PM Badawi's (who has lost his beloved wife yesterday) 40 year's marriage. And how you organize your marriage for 30 over years?" One of my clients asked me.After a moment of informal conversation, I read from his eyes that he must be having some family problems resided. He finally told me that he had been cooped with "cold war" with his wife for many years.For the sake of helping him,

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The main agenda of MCA nowadays is longlife learning. But most of its fronts are old folks. They want to learn something new, most probably the IT, Isn't it? I guessed.The trope is "Can you teach an old bird to sing?" By rights you can. I tell you the possibleness within the metaphors.It reflects the widely held stereotype that older people have difficulties in adapting to new methods and

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[This picture was taken on 19-07-85. The day when we were celebrating our youngest daughter's 6th birthday]Life is an admixture and experiment of sour, sweet, bitter & chilly moments as the Chinese sages define it.But there's always something that can bring a happy moment into our life in a way. Remembering and referring back to those moments will nevertheless help us get through the down

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1129550518731278952005-10-17T20:00:00.000+08:002005-10-21T19:13:57.960+08:00

Abstract: This is a digest of hearsays that has been taken heed from a coffeeshop arena (an unintentional dictation from whom an exchange of gossips between A (a Chinese) & B (a Malay) happened).Warning: This article contains absurd wordings. The blogger is wary of the vulgarity and has tried to plugin as close meaning as possible to make it becomes sensible.The chitchat starts:A: "Pu#%ma

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Yesterday, one of my clients pinned the blame on my network scripts that has given to him the other day. In his phone conversation he complained, "Rob, LP lah! your scripts was a bogus one, it hung my network only." I explained to him that it was my production and was not a bogus one, it was non-functional due to typical error. But he argued that whatever thing that is producing mistake is bogus!

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1129204093059832132005-10-13T19:46:00.000+08:002005-10-13T22:03:22.303+08:00

Everyone has visions in his life. But many of us go through life not clear about which direction we want to go.The visions for our life come in various degrees of intensity and timing. Visions often shift and change with systems in our lifetime, and with movement from one stage of life to another.What we want in our life can be planed and organized into agenda. So that we could have a life of

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1129029436054734312005-10-11T19:13:00.000+08:002005-10-21T19:18:09.193+08:00

In this world, most men were prompted crazy from time to time during their life's cycle (historical period). The realization of balancing in life comes only when they are getting old. And me is not the exceptional.The elements that caused to interrupt the wheel of man's lifecycle are inevitably the behavioral inclination of somethings that people have been repeating to us over the years.These

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New set of maxims will slow me down but will make me more purposeful.I do indeed lose some short-term memory as I getting old. This natural decrease in memory function causes me to slow things down particularly in remembering to do things and keep vocabulary.Typing and looking at the computer screen is now tending to produce a negative result. Both of my index fingers are employed frequently

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128693754279845162005-10-07T22:01:00.000+08:002005-10-07T22:33:17.816+08:00

Upon receiving my car's insurance renewal notice, I went to Ambank of Bagan Luar branch this afternoon.Having wasted my time and money (toll+parking+petrol) to go there. Instead of getting my insurance and road tax renewed, the episode came out in this way:When I reached the bank, the guard asked me to clik for a queue-ticket, so I clicked and having a number of 2451. I then sat at the waiting

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128596415574971532005-10-06T18:58:00.000+08:002005-10-06T19:02:01.250+08:00

I first heard these words, shortly after the loss of my dear youngest brother-in-law, Brother Albert Mah Choong San. The gentleman who used to call me "Khuan Brother" I got shook.During the funeral, I attended this morning [6 Oct], I kept asking myself "Why did he have to die so young?" Ah! Probably he has found a home in a peaceful land. Resting all the things. All is well and will be all well.I

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128527668063098012005-10-05T23:49:00.000+08:002005-10-06T00:23:10.800+08:00

"If you think of making money and traveling abroad, just go to get a gang-rape" a remark purportedly made by Pakistan's President, Musharraf not long ago after his assuming presidency. The remark was made against Mukhtar Mai, a woman who went public about having been gang-raped few years ago.His remarks have been outraged with utter words of protest wisely by the society. Mai's bravery in her

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Last night, I was managing some cockup digital images. When I was in the midst of archiving work for the 10 gigabytes of picture shots that has recently taken during my Europe and Shanghai's vacation with my wife. My phone rank."Wei, are you Chen? can you remember me? I'm Eng Hock." Said the guy at the other end."Ya, I'm Chen. am sorry that I can't recognize you. Who's Eng Hong you are? I replied

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128246558670860832005-10-02T17:42:00.000+08:002005-10-02T18:10:15.510+08:00

Increasing the price of cigarette is arguably the most effective method of curbing the consumption of cigarette. Coin is two sided. The cigarette's price increased would trigger the elaboration of tobacco plantation and also induce the activity of smuggling. Viewing from the angle of economic, governments of most developing countries saw the wealth of duty thus allowing the existence of tobacco

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128097048244366332005-10-01T00:12:00.000+08:002005-10-03T18:56:27.220+08:00

Last night I was in a open-space coffee shop. At the next table there was a not so pretty young woman with a tissue in one hand covering on his nose and hand-fanning in the other. Where I come from that situation, I immediately realized that she was trying to avoid my smoke. I immediately put up a fivefingers sign as a gesture to note my apology and at the same time damped and dumped the balance

Picatho (百可度)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17270610.post-1128081039921572012005-09-30T19:50:00.000+08:002005-09-30T19:50:39.923+08:00

Mosquitos have to be killed! A sudden hot highlight emerged from all media recently in Malaysia and the war against mosquitos has just declared.Just because the death toll for dengue fever has risen to nearly hundred. Those who have been bitten (in fact, stung) by mosquito and being hospitalized with dengue has also been risen to thousands. Therefore societal concerns were called, ways of

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Yesterday I was intending to upload an image relating to my blog but after several uploading attempts yet it still came out with the message "you image is not uploaded" within a small window popping out from the Firefox browser.What's the hell with this Blogger.com. This was my first blame pined on it. "Shouldn't it be a bug on such largely used blogware?" I scratched my head and asked myself.

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This time a loan shark got sucked. Yesterday I noticed a series of painting-script which was sprayed onto the shop front of a business unit in a business center in Butterworth. The script was written there in red as "Orang Busuh, hutang tak bayar" and decorated with multiple $ signs and several enlarged xerox of identity cards of the debtors. It shown that the debtors had taken to their heels and

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Inside TheStar's Letters to the Editor column dd Sep 23. A reader called J.M. wrote that he had moved into his home in Kampung Kerinchi, a place of 20-minute drive from KL city where he had finally discovered that it was a "cowboy" town and where laws did not exist. He felt sad to see motorcyclists flouting traffic rules daily. Speeding, snake-riding, red-light beating and even motor racing

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The world is suffering from destruction and lost of life caused by crime. Look in the nation as well as world sections of many newspapers and you'll usually see cases of people died from robbery, murder, kidnapping, sabotage, riot, terrorism and so on. But the MCA's boss in Malaysia believes that Malaysia is still a safe place to live. As quoted in the Oriental Daily News (

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