General Announcement

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Team, please remember to enter the "label" for each new post entry.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Alamak saya terkantoiii!!!



Pughan said "apa2 aku tanggung.. takdehal punyaaa"

Friday, December 19, 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone!!


Let's move it!!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

America's Got Talent Injury

Sunday, December 14, 2008

How Dangerous of A Driver Are You?

How dangerous of a driver are you?


What's yours? Take the quiz here: The Car Connection

Thursday, December 11, 2008

This Scenario Looks Familiar in Office....




Always lock your workstation in the office when you are away!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Batman - The Dark Knight Trailer [HD]



This is very nice!!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

5d MARK II VIDEO TEST


5d MARK II VIDEO TEST, originally uploaded by 米死米(MSM).

From the Flickr user, damn good, the video quality and the girl...haha!! try Full sceen!!

Powerful of YouTube HD



What do you see?? try Full Screen

Friday, December 5, 2008

Jokes : Too smart for the 1st Grade

A first-grade teacher was having trouble with one of her students.

The teacher asked, "Little Johnny, what is your problem?"

Little Johnny answered, "I'm too smart for the first-grade. My sister is in the third-grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the third-grade too!"

The teacher had enough. She took Little Johnny to the principal's office. While Little Johnny waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was.

The principal told the teacher he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the first-grade and behave. The teacher agreed. Little Johnny was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test. Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"

Little Johnny: "9"

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"

Little Johnny: "36"

And so it went with every question the principal thought a third-grade should know.

The principal looked at the teacher and told her, "I think Little Johnny can go to the third-grade. "The Teacher said to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions?"

The principal and Little Johnny both agreed. Teacher: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?

Little Johnny: "Legs"

Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?" (The principal wondered, why she asked such a question!)

Little Johnny: "Pockets"

Teacher: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Little Johnny: "Pants"

Teacher: "What's starts with a C and ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?" (The principal's eyes opened really wide but before he could stop the answer...)

Little Johnny: "Coconut"

Teacher: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

Little Johnny: "Bubblegum"

Teacher: "What do men do standing up, woman do sitting down and dogs do on three legs?"

Little Johnny: "Shake hands"

Teacher: "Now I will ask some 'Who am I' sort of questions, okay?"

Little Johnny: "Yup"

Teacher: "You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do."

Little Johnny: "Tent"

Teacher: "A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first." (The Principal was looking restless and bit tense)

Little Johnny: "Wedding Ring"

Teacher: "I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When you blow me, you feel good."

Little Johnny: "Nose"

Teacher: "I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates! I come with a quiver."

Little Johnny: "Arrow"

Teacher: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of excitement?"

Little Johnny: "Firetruck"

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put his little ass in the fifth-grade. I got the last ten questions wrong myself.""

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Number of layoffs since Nov. 1, 2008, at America's 500 largest public companies

104,365
DateCompany1Total Laid Off2Industry
12/2/2008United States Steel4,175Materials
12/01/2008JPMorgan Chase9,200Banking
12/01/2008PepsiCo87Food
11/25/2008Dana Holding50Durables
11/24/2008BlackRock10Financials
11/21/2008Berkshire Hathaway215Finance
11/21/2008International Paper550Materials
11/21/2008Western Union200Business Services
11/20/2008Bank of New York Mellon1,800Banking
11/20/2008Whirlpool100Durables
11/20/2008Boeing800Aerospace
11/19/2008General Motors5,758Durables
11/18/2008Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold600Materials
11/17/2008Citigroup53,000Banking
11/14/2008Sun Microsystems6,000Technology
11/12/2008Applied Materials1,800Technology
11/12/2008Las Vegas Sands11,000Leisure
11/12/2008Morgan Stanley2,000Finance
11/12/2008Liberty Media910Retailing
11/12/2008Textron665Conglomerates
11/11/2008AK Steel Holding800Materials
11/7/2008Ford Motor2,600Durables
11/6/2008Mattel1,000Household
11/6/2008MGM Mirage400Leisure
11/6/2008Omnicom Group145Media
11/4/2008Hartford Financial Services Group500Finance
(Source: http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/17/layoff-tracker-unemployement-lead-cx_kk_1118tracker.html)


My take on this:

That's the current layoff that has occurred in the US alone.

More information on the layoffs since November fro the companies. Apparently the largest layoffs came from Citigroup, one of the largest banking organization. US is already in a recession since December 2007, and if this continues on until second quarter 2009, it will be one of the longest recession period since the Great Depression. The other economies officially in recession currently: Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Britain.

I don't know about you, but to say Malaysia is 'shielded' (as mentioned by some ministers) from the impact and hiccups of the current world situation is undermining and being delusional to say the least.

Next year will be an 'interesting' year, especially for banking/insurance/retail and real estate in Malaysia. For the opportunists, it is a great time to do some smart investing (buy low prices, wait, and sell high) and let 'time' does its magic, although most will be very conservative. As cliche as it sounds, Warren Buffett's "Be brave when others are fearful, and be fearful when others are brave" holds a true ring. Coupled that with a bit of intelligence, patience and logical (not emotional) investing, I believe the strategy will bear its fruits when the market is up again.

Happy investing and carpe diem!

-Ray-

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Current Financial Crisis explained in simple terms

One day, a plain-looking man came with a pretty-looking SYT (Sweet Young Thing) to the 'LOUIS VOTTON( LV)  store in  Causeway   Bay (Hong Kong Island.) He chose an expensive LV  bag worth
HKD 65,000 for the SYT.

When it came time to pay, the man took out a chequebook and wrote out a cheque.
The salesperson was hesitant because the couple hadn't shopped there before.

The man discerned what the salesperson was thinking and he said
calmly:'I sense that you are concerned that this
cheque may bounce, right?  Today is Saturday and the banks are closed.

Let me suggest that I leave the cheque and the handbag here. When the cheque clears on Monday, you can deliver the handbag to this lady.How about that?

The salesperson was reassured and gladly accepted the suggestion.In addition, he waived the delivery charges.He promised that he would personally make sure that this gets done.

On Monday, the salesperson took the cheque to the bank.  The cheque bounced!  The irate salesperson called up the client, who told  him:
'What is the big deal?  Neither you nor I have suffered any loss.
Last Saturday night, I went to bed and screwed that girl already!

Oh, by the way, I thank you for your cooperation.'

This story reveals the nature of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.  When
people have high hopes for huge future returns, they lower their guard about the potential risks. This pretty girl thought that the HKD65,000  LV  bag was going to come home on Monday, and so she lowered her guard.
Therefore, she believed that her investment in the ONS
(one night stand) was worth it even though it was based upon huge and highly uncertain risks.

Investment companies are great with packaging high return (but high
risk) deals.  The Chinese stock speculators are like this pretty woman.
As such, they deserve to lose money.  Without people like these, how are people going to make money from the stock market?

As for the media and the stock analysts, they often play the role of
the  LV  salesperson.

Super Mario Rescues Princess (Family Guy Style)





Hahaha..

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

New job... anyone ?


The crisis has left food bound for Bangkok stranded in a number of airports across the globe. A shipment of 1,000 live Canadian lobsters was stuck at the Hong Kong airport and eventually flown back to Canada, according to Nuntiya Hameunggull, general manager of Gourmet One, a food distributor that ordered the crustaceans.

A container filled with fish, French cheeses, foie gras, many types of berries and a large white truffle worth $4,000 was stranded at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris last week. All the contents were sold off in France except the truffle, which was for a party in Bangkok on Dec. 7 and was flown to Malaysia and driven to Bangkok by van up the Malay Peninsula and through Thailand, a distance of 1,500 kilometers, or 930 miles.


Looking for : Fleet of Drivers, male or female. 
Requirement : Able to drive non-stop for 20 hours, valid passport and International driving license.


Real Story : HERE