Some Memories

Very well written analysis on the privacy issue with Facebook here by Chris Saad and recommendation for users on the actions needed. Advocating Open Technologies Is Not Promoting the Death of Secrets - Chris Saad

KUALA LUMPUR: Public transport users can buy the Flexi Rapidpass for unlimited journeys by bus, monorail and LRT for as low as RM10 per day beginning Tuesday. Kumpulan Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad managing director Datuk Idrose Mohamed said passengers using the public transport on an integrated basis could also choose to buy the card for three days at a cost of RM25, one week (RM50), 15 days (RM90) or one month (RM150) depending on their travel needs. Users could also use the "Touch n Go" system for the Flexi Rapidpass card by activating it at the LRT stations beginning Tuesday, he said. For details, surf to RapidKL Source: The Star

This is a call as a result of the violation of user privacy by Facebook. Head to http://www.quitfacebookday.com/ for details and decide if you should consider quitting!

Noble effort, I would say! Keep it up though at the same time, I don't wish to see more abandon babies. The couple or mother need to be more responsible with their acts. PETALING JAYA: A non-profit organisation has set up the country's first baby hatch for mothers to anonymously leave their unwanted newborns to be put up for adoption. The hatch has a small door which opens to an incubator bed. Once a baby is placed inside it and the door is closed, an alarm bell will alert the staff. Risnawati Yassin, 35, who had no children after being married for five years, getting her two-month-old adopted child Mohd Farid Fatah Abdullah snuggled up inside a baby hatch that was launched yesterday. The hatch, launched by OrphanCARE, is designed to reduce the incidence of abandoned babies. — NORAFIFI EHSAN / The Star Located at 6, SS1/24A, Kampung Tunku here, the hatch is run by OrphanCARE, a smart partner of the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry. OrphanCARE patron, ...

This is an amazing piece! Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind (Part 2) Broken Down From the album The Element of Freedom (2009) Oooh oooh, New York (2x) Grew up in a town, That is famous as a place of movie scenes Noise is always loud There are sirenes all around And the streets are mean If I could make it here I could make it anywhere That’s what they say Seeing my face in lights Or my name in marquees found down Broadway Even if it ain’t all it seems I got a pocketful of dreams Baby, I’m from Chorus New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of There’s nothing you can’t do Now you’re in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York On the avenue, there ain’t never a curfew Ladies work so hard Such a melting pot on the corner selling rock Preachers pray to God Hail a gypsy cab Takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger For...

Sorry to say at times, some parties I dealt with still require me to use fax though I could have scanned the document and email over. So here I go doing a quick research on setting up a fax machine and service at home a a minimal cost. Quick research means I may not cover all the best solution yet. Freefaxbutton.com - it offers 2 free fax per day. I tested it work and managed to receive the 2 faxes sent from here. Tips before buying All-in-One Printer Example of  All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier - HP Officejet J4580 @ USD 80 ~ RM 280 ... value for money! Online fax service, PamFax , where you could just use your Paypal, Skype etc credits. No registration or monthly subscription charge. Just pay per page. Review here .

AirAsia website only back to normal today huh! I guess only after all the free seats ticket being snapped up therefore no server overloaded now. Time for AirAsia to plan for server upgrade mannn. But do you think they ever will?

I'm trying to help my friend book tomorrow's ticket. But oh no, AirAsia booking website is down again! Hey AirAsia, you should consider having a different server for the promo booking!!! 20 May 2010 01:27 (GMT+8) ERROR Communication Error A communication error has occurred. Data lines may be congested now or another issue may exist. If you have made payment, your transaction might have been successful so please verify the status of your booking here. We apologize for the inconvenience. Case Number:

BANGKOK: The Thai government has declared a curfew in Bangkok from 8pm until 6am Thursday, as rioting and violence spread across the capital. Via The Star

I'm sure this is a good news for the people of Kelantan! When will it be implemented nationwide by the Federal government? KOTA BARU: Starting next year, female Kelantan government servants will get 90 days of maternity leave, compared with 60 days now. State Women, Family and Health Committee Chairman Wan Ubaidah Wan Omar added that the Selangor and Kedah governments had already extended the maternity leave for their women employees. - Bernama Via The Star

Even AirAsia's mobile version of the booking site at http://mobile.airasia.com/ is down! HTTP Status 500 note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.20 logs. Apache Tomcat/6.0.20 http://mobile.airasia.com/ 18/5/2010 2:00 pm

Hmmm. Things are still not okay yet. Gateway Timeout The proxy server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server. Reference #1.bf556acb.1274161592.16dd13 http://booking.airasia.com/skylights/cgi-bin/skylights.cgi 18/5/2010 1:50 pm

As expected, AirAsia website was down during the last few hours since the starts of the free seats promo booking period. Seems like AirAsia never learnt from their past experiences. I foresee their customer support would not be able to cope as well. Go and try call in :) BTW it's an Apache 1.3 server ;)

Going to camp in front of the PC tonight but again may not be buying any as the travel period is almost 1 year later! Plus I'm expecting the server will be down again due to heavy request. PETALING JAYA: Low-cost carrier AirAsia is giving away a million free seats starting Tuesday. The booking period for the "Free Seats" promotion begins Tuesday and ends Sunday, for a travel period between Jan 3 and May 8 next year. Customers can choose among 130 destinations to 20 countries including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam and China. AirAsia's regional commercial head Kathleen Tan said that they have received many enquiries on the airline's social platforms about this promotion. "This is the best chance for our guests to plan and book their flights for next year and take advantage of Kuala Lumpur's status as a gateway to Asia, Australia and Europe to connect globally," she said in a statement Monday. To compleme...

Congrats to China! As expected, they emerged as the champion by beating Indonesia 3-0. Lin Din vs Taufik Hidayat 21-7 21-14 Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng vs Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan 25-23 16-21 21-12 Chen Jin vs Simon Santoso 19-21 21-17 21-7

A repeat of Olympics 2008. Lee Chong Wei is beaten flat by Lin Dan 21-17 21-8. Fit, sharp and fast, that is all I could describe Lin Dan. Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng is too formidable, beating Koo Kean Keat/ Tan Boon Heong 21-15 21-10. Wong Choong Hann try his best however still faltered to the young Chen Jin 21-16 21-7. There we go. Game over for Malaysia. Pretty disappointed with the result. Malaysia should not have lost to Japan in the first place!

Congrats! Malaysia will be playing China for a spot in final this Friday at 2:30 pm. KUALA LUMPUR, (Stadiumastro) - Mohd Hafiz Hashim was the hero for Malaysia as his victory over Denmark's Joachim Persson send Malaysia into the Thomas Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. Again, Malaysia's first two came from Lee Chong Wei and Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, who have no problems giving the home team an early lead. Chong Wei chalked a 21-17, 21-17 win over Peter Hoeg Gade before Kien Keat-Boon Heong send the stadium into raptures with a 21-17, 21-19 win over Carsten Mogensen-Mathias Boe. Then Wong Choong Hann came out and delivered the best game he has shown in the Thomas Cup. Choong Hann went down fighting in three sets as Jan Jorgensen clinched a 22-20, 16-21, 21-18 win to give Denmark a lifeline. In the second doubles, Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen struck hard over Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How to send the tie into the final match. Most would have thought the tie was los...

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Err ... the Govt has no money again? Govt to issue RM3bil sukuk PETALING JAYA: Malaysians will have another vehicle for savings and investment as the Government will be issuing RM3bil worth of Sukuk 1Malaysia 2010 on June 21. According to a press release from Bank Negara yesterday, those aged 21 and above who wish to subscribe to the sukuk may do so from May 20 to June 9. The minimum subscription is RM1,000 with a maximum of RM50,000 per subscriber. The sukuk, with a three-year tenure, offers annual returns of 5%. Profit payments would be made quarterly. “Allocation of Sukuk 1Malaysia 2010 will only take place after the close of the subscription period. All subscribers will be allocated with an amount less than or up to the amount subscribed, depending on the total number of subscribers and the total subscriptions received,†the central bank said. It added that the sukuk came with a resaleable feature providing flexibility for investors to sell and buy the instrument bef...

Round robin Group A: China vs Korea Press view live score for real time result

Work to ease congestion in Puchong expected to end late next year THE first phase of the upgrading works on the Puchong stretch of the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) is on schedule and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. It is part of the RM300mil upgrade plan by highway concessionaire Litrak to mitigate the congestion at critical points caused by rapid development. In Puchong, the non-toll traffic on the LDP has increased by ten-fold, from about 40,000 in 1999 to 400,000 in 2010. "Since 1999, there have been 20 major developments (spanning over 40.5ha or comprising more than 500 units) and 15 medium developments (less than 40.5ha or fewer than 500 units) in Puchong. "In total, the developments have contributed 85,000 residential units and 17 million sq ft of commercial space while 40,000 more residential units and 2.35 million sq ft of commercial space are expected in the next three to five years," Litrak CEO Sazally Saidi said. Thus, upgrading ...

It is almost universal among Malaysian Indians that the image of one of the nation's pride- The Petronas Twin Towers, is immediately associated with the image of a certain man named Anandha Krishnan, or to be more precise- Tan Sri Tatparanandam Anandha Krishnan, known famously with the abbreviation of TAK.   Well, those are not the only prominent products in this country that are associated with this man- the name Anandha Krishnan does ring a bell when you mention the Maxis Telecommunication Services- the largest telecommunication service provider in whole of Malaysia as well as the country's most prominent and only satellite television provider- Astro.   Not to forget the man is also the man responsible behind the Malaysian satellite MEASAT, and also the chain of multiplex theaters known by the name of Tanjong Golden Village (TGV) across Malaysia.   And when we were storming through our options to profile a prolific figure for our first profiling in this site, we felt that it ...

There are 2 kiosks located at Puchong where EPF members can now print statements and register for i-Akaun. RHB Easy Puchong No 20, Jalan Puteri 1/2, Dataran Puteri, 47100 Puchong, Selangor. Kiosk Operating Hours Days: Monday – Sunday (wow, this is rather convenient!) Time: 7.30 am – 9.00 pm Closed on second Saturday of every month Citibank Puchong 26, Jalan Puteri 1/1, Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong, Selangor. Kiosk Operating Hours Days: Mondays - Fridays Time: 9.30 am - 4.00 pm For details, visit EPF website.

Proposed Social Workers Act gets the Govt's nod KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Social Workers Act, aimed at regulating and ensuring the quality of social care, has been approved by the Government. Women, Family and Community Develop­ment Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the Cabinet had also approved the ministry's proposal to establish the national social work competency standards. "Social problems such as child abuse, baby dumping and the increase in the number of beggars are getting more complex. "Such problems require intervention from social workers who are well-trained, competent, experienced and professional," she told reporters at her ministry here yesterday. Shahrizat said the ministry would finalise the draft of the Act and also the national social work competency standards. "The national social work competency will be based on international standards. We are now working on it with an international consultant from Australia....

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 was among six bills passed by the Dewan Negara on Tuesday, 4th May 2010.

Haha ... good one from David.   "As for whether I am a frivolous person or not, that belongs to my private life. I don't have to share it with others. I hope that everyone can respect each other's privacy." - David Tao.