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World's First Trillionaire, RM20 Trillion

2012-01-31T14:26:00.000+08:00

Who is Kamal Ashnawi?

Who would have thought that the world’s first ‘trillionaire’ would come from Malaysia, a Malay even? At first glance, his looks screams mediocre businessman yet he is said to be the founder of one of the most influential oil and gas company who managed to extend six arms throughout the world. Despite his extraordinary wealth, he must have stayed low all these while (and I wonder how he managed to do that?!). Even his Facebook fan page has only 281 ‘Likes’. For a trillionaire he must have lived such a low-key life.

Who is Kamal Ashnawi, really? Even Google didn’t provide much information on him.

His name became a household topic in less than a week when he held a press conference and claimed that he is worth 5 trillion euros (equivalent to RM20 trillion). That is well in excess of Carlos Slim Helú, Mexican telco tycoon (touted) the world wealthiest man in 2011 by Forbes Magazine and number 23 in the world’s most powerful people list.

The man even outranks Oprah Winfrey, the richest African American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire.

Anyway, Malaysian Digest had the ‘privilege’ to meet him recently along with few other journalists to seek his story on why he had returned to help the Malays by ‘sharing’ some of his wealth. So, a bit of a background… Kamal was born and raised in Tanjung Malim Perak. He did his schooling at Sekolah Alam Shah (SAS) in Selangor for his secondary education. He later went to Dartmouth College in UK for his Marine Engineering and continued to further his study in Delft TU in the Netherlands.

For almost 20 years he resided in the Netherlands and became a Dutch citizen before he made a decision to return to Malaysia to be a good Samaritan to the people in his homeland. Prior to this, Kamal has been working as a consultant with Royal Shell and other Sierra Petroleum project companies. And, by the way, the man has 16 international passports (top that!).

Kamal’s Wonderland Projects

His vast experiences in oil and gas also include working experiences with some EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning) companies in Europe. Given that, he intended to develop a World Class Petroleum Industry Hub here in Malaysia and within Asia.

“This is my last bid to help the Malays and enterprises by investing in three projects in Perlis, Johor and Kelantan, in the near future,” he was quoted in the media.

Kamal plans to propose projects such as commercial tourist center in Kuala Perlis, theme parks themed Pirates of the Caribbean in Danga Bay, Johor Baharu, as well as a commercial project in Kelantan.

“I plan to build a replica of the giant squid just like in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and the squid would emerge from the sea just like the movie where its tentacles would spin around and around,” said Kamal narrating about his proposed project in Danga Bay.

Not just that, he also dreams of building the biggest swimming pool in the world with buildings underneath the pool, and also a reconstruction of the pyramid which is said to be impossible to build. Sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? Well, nothing’s impossible… yet, if you really have the dough, it could be possible… maybe… perhaps.

Anyway, about his projects in Perlis and Kelantan, Kamal plans to turn Kuala Perlis into a tourist hub that can put Langkawi to shame. In Tumpat, Kelantan, he plans to build a royal residing place – a place exclusively for the royalties to live in.

Unfortunately, Malaysia does not recognize him in the list of rich and famous. He was unheard of in Malaysia except in 2005 when he proposed and was turned down for an oil refinery project in Malaysia. Now he wants to renew the ‘kinship’ with Malaysia in developing a petroleum hub in Malaysia and he intends to give his company to be managed by a group of Sekolah Alam Shah’s alumni.

When asked whether he had intended to meet the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, he retorted with the question, “Why should I meet him? You tell me why should I meet him?”

President of Sierra Petroleum

As the president of Sierra Petroleum, Kamal has spearheaded the company to its extensive acclaimed income of US$1.5 trillion despite its mediocre looking website. Sierra Petroleum operates exclusively in oil and gas activities primarily engaged in acquiring, developing, exploiting and producing oil and gas properties.

Sierra Petroleum also manages and handles pools of various funds in the international financial market including the running of high-yield financial programs and channeling out and distributing the profits derived from Sierra Petroleum World Corporate Wealth Program. Sierra Petroleum Regional Division includes Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe and America.

Emperor of Indonesia, China and Prince of India

Kamal also claimed throne of Indonesia, China as well as the prince of India. Claimed to be a royal descendant from Java, Indonesia, with the name Raden Mas Prabhu Gusti Agung Ki Asmoro Wijoyo, and a reincarnation of China’s past emperors. However, he told that he is expected to be crowned as ‘Emperor’ of Indonesia carrying the names ‘Paduka Ekatat Pangeran Ratu Gusti Agung Sri Maharaja Prabhu Hyang Ida Bathara Svambhu Raden Mas Ki Asmoro Wijoyo’ or ‘Paduka Shah Alam Tengku Khalifatullah Kamal Ashnawi Putra Al-Rashid Maliqul Muqsith Syed Putra Alam Shah’ in the next few years in a grand coronation ceremony. (Raden is a noble term bestowed automatically to the second until seventh descendents of the king who had ruled Java.)

He is said to be traveling exclusively with his private jet and enjoys his singledome since he has eight ‘dayangs’ (female attendees) to cater his every whims. During the interview, he tells that once he is crowned as the Emperor of Indonesia, he will have 800 ‘dayangs’ and 1,200 bodyguards accompanying him, and he will have eight private planes traveling with him whenever he visits a country. Yup, that’s what he said.

Kamal’s Trillions

An interview with Mingguan Malaysia revealed that he is indeed a trillionaire and he backed up his claims by presenting copies of bank statements from HSBC in London to the few ‘selected’ reporters. The bank statement alone is a supple evident of him to become the first person in the world to be called "trillionaire".

But where was he all these while? Why can’t Forbes netted him as one of the most influential people or slipped him into the list of the world’s richest? According to Forbes, the richest man Malaysia is Ananda Krishnan, which has a wealth of “only” US$9.6 billion.

Kamal explained during the press conference that his wealth was derived from the royal heritage through the accounts of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility in 1875 and that he is the owner of the combined account and sole arbiter of royal assets.

“It’s a cumulative amount of generations of assets since 1,500 years ago,” said Kamal explaining on how one is able to attain such ridiculous amount of wealth.

A claim was made that in 1875 the wealth and assets of the royal families and nations held under colonial rule were centralized into one combined account to be used to the benefit of all nations of the world.

Kamal admitted living abroad to take care of business following the failure of a crude oil refinery project in Kuala Kedah he advanced in 2005.

Regarding the HSBC claim, the media is still waiting for the response from HSBC Holdings plc (commonly known as HSBC) headquarters in London, in support or refute of Kamal’s claim.

And, before he ended the press conference, he gave out a message that said, “This is the first and the last time you’ll see me.” Thank God we took some pictures of him…

-mD

Credit to malaysiandigest.com

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Step Up 4 Exclusive Annoucement Piece (HD)

2012-01-31T12:49:00.002+08:00

Step Up 4 have been set for release this July. Sure, it may not be the most anticipated blockbuster of the summer with The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises out there, but with plenty of fans, all of whom will probably be thrilled to see the film's first trailer, which debuted online today. Take a look below.

Synopsis :

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

From the looks of this trailer, trends like hydraulics on souped-up old cars never died, and Miami is exactly as hip and edgy as it was when Will Smith sang about it in the late 90s. I know the Step Up movies are supposed to be timeless and all, but this trailer feels a bit more like a time wrap.

But you know what? It doesn't matter. The dancing looks killer and completely over-the-top, the acting passable and the dialogue awful-- and it looks like way, way too much fun to ignore. You may not have known you wanted to see guys dancing on top of cars jacked up on hydraulics, but now that you have, aren't you dying to see the whole thing? Step Up 4 comes to theaters on July 27 2012.

Credit to CinemaBlend.com

Can't Help Falling in Love With you

2012-01-30T22:21:00.000+08:00

难以忘记初次见你一双迷人的眼睛
在我脑海里你的身影挥散不去
握你的双手感觉你的温柔
真的有点透不过气你的天真我想珍惜
(看到你受委屈我会伤心)

只怕我自己会爱上你不敢让自己靠的太近
怕我没什么能够给你爱你也需要很大的勇气
只怕我自己会爱上你也许有天会情不自禁
想念只让自己苦了自己爱上你是我情非得已
爱上你是我情非得已

难以忘记初次见你一双迷人的眼睛
在我脑海里你的身影挥散不去
握你的双手感觉你的温柔
真的有点透不过气你的天真我想珍惜
(看到你受委屈我会伤心)

只怕我自己会爱上你不敢让自己靠的太近
怕我没什么能够给你爱你也需要很大的勇气
只怕我自己会爱上你也许有天会情不自禁
想念只让自己苦了自己爱上你是我情非得已
爱上你是我情非得已

什么原因我竟然又会遇见你
我真的真的不愿意就这样陷入爱的陷阱
只怕我自己会爱上你不敢让自己靠的太近
怕我没什么能够给你爱你也需要很大的勇气
只怕我自己会爱上你也许有天会情不自禁
想念只让自己苦了自己爱上你是我情非得已
爱上你是我情非得已
爱上你是我情非得已

February 2012 Nylon Cover : Nina Dobrev

2012-01-29T17:38:00.000+08:00

PHOTO BY MARVIN SCOTT JARRETT, STYLED BY MICHELLE RENEAU AND BETH HOPPE, HAIR BY RIAWNA CAPRI, MAKEUP BY VASILIOS TANIS, MANICURE BY STEPHANIE HARMON.

We've been watching Nina Dobrev on television since her Degrassi debut - not to mention the weekly Vampire Diaries episodes that satisfy our teen bloodlust every week - but soon we'll have a chance to see the trilingual actress in a new light. (It's English, French, and Bulgarian - her home country - in case you were wondering.) This Fall, Dobrev stars with Emma Watson, Logan Lehrman, and Paul Rudd in the hotly anticipated movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower. She spoke with us about her latest endeavor, her Twitter dilemmas, and why she should be able to play a drug addict.

On doing more films
“I want to become a different person, and that’s what working in film allows. I want to be a punk or a sweetheart or a drug addict! There are so many things to explore... Sometimes they’ll be like, ‘She’s not plain enough.’ Or ‘She’s not edgy enough.' That frustrates me. I feel like a blank canvas, and I wish people would be a little more open-minded.”

On her pet cats
“I’m gonna say [I am a] ‘cat woman,’ because ‘cat lady’ makes me sound 500 years old... But I love my furry friends. I even made a calendar for 2012. It’s calledMy Pussies: A Hairy Love Story. [Cats] just migrate to me. I’m pretty sure I was a cat in a past life.”

On her former Degrassi costar, Aubrey Graham (Drake.) "He was so sweet. It’s almost weird to me that he’s a rapper and a sex symbol now. I remember being in the car going to a party, singing along with the radio, and somebody said ‘Isn’t that your buddy Drake?’ I was like, ‘Who’s Drake?'”

On being really famous.
"I can’t say I’m not interested in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their family. But it’s something you fight really hard to preserve and keep private.”

Jacket by McQ, shirt by Emporio Armani, shorts by Siwy, necklace by Erica Weiner, triangle ring by Pamela Love, silver ring by Lee Angel, spike rings by Joomi Lin.

Shirt by Gap, vest by True Religion.

Jacket by McQ, shirt by Emporio Armani, shorts by Siwy, necklace by Erica Weiner, triangle ring by Pamela Love, silver ring by Lee Angel, spike rings by Joomi Lin.

Shirt by Gap, vest by True Religion.

Shirt by Prada, vest by Dollhouse, skirt by Thakoon.

Ring by Heidi Gardner.

Jacket by Levi's, top by H&M, hat by Genie by Eugenia Kim, necklace by Jensen-Conroy.

Nina Dobrev

For more Nina Dobrev, pick up the February issue, and stay tuned to nylonmag.com - we'll have Nina with us this season on the front lines of Fashion Week!

Credit to nylonmag.com

Happy Dragon Year 2012 龙年快乐！

2012-01-23T17:49:00.001+08:00

Self made Dragon Year Greeting Card

Color Picker Pen by Jinsu Park

2012-01-20T23:53:00.001+08:00

Impressive! Korean designer Jinsu Park has created this color picker pen that basically brings the eyedropper to real life. The pen can scan objects and detect the colors, then users can then use the detected color to draw.

The color picker pen has a RGB Color Sensor for detecting color, a color display showing the color detected. When color is detected, the RGB ink cartridge inside the pen will mix the inks to create the color.

The sensor of the pen detects the color of the apple.

It turn into the apple's color just similar to the use of eyedroppper.

The sensor of the pen detects the color of the leaf.

Color of nature, leaf

Photo credit to itechnews.net and designboom.com

TGV Cinemas Beanie Plex

2012-01-20T14:54:00.001+08:00

TGV Cinemas bring new frontiers to its cinema-goers by being the first to introduce the ‘Beanieplex’ movie hall at its latest multiplex in Sunway Pyramid, Selangor which opened earlier this year. The revolutionary ‘Beanieplex’ cinema hall featuring bean bag seats, offers patrons a cosy and relaxed viewing experience and has become a favourite among the movie-goers.

Apart from offering an enjoyable movie going experience, TGV Cinemas also caters for all occasions, with hall rentals available for private functions, seminars, entertainment programmes, corporate functions, sales presentations, company parties, school plays as well as private movie screenings.

Bean Bags are cleaned at least 2 times a day. Tickets are preferably sold to couples, but you can still purchase the seat. To avoid feeling uncomfortable, you can purchase the whole seat. It's about Rm19 for a seat. You can check what movies are showing in Beanie Plex by checking the icon [B] in front of the Movie Name that you are purchasing. For more info, please go to TGV website

Photo credit to SamLeong Photography

One good thing if you're watching the movie alone and purchased the whole seat, this is how comfortable you can be. =)

2012 Chinese New Year Mall Decoration

2012-01-20T02:45:00.002+08:00

Here are some of the Chinese New Year decoration at the shopping mall at Klang valley and Kuala Lumpur area. Photo taken when I'm doing my site visit at KL. Enjoy the Dragon!

KLCC Golden Dragon

KLCC Red Lantern

Pavilion Dragon.

Flowers at Pavilion

First time visit to Pavilion Tokyo Street

Fahrenheit's Decoration

Sunway Pyramid's Dragon 万象更新，吉龙呈祥

This 121m-long dragon -- the longest in the state -- 'looms' near the entrance to Melaka's Jonker Walk. Malaysian-Chinese are all abuzz with excitement as the Chinese New Year of the Dragon nears.

Photo credit to vincentloy.wordpress.com

Photo credit to nst.com.my

Self made 2012 Year of Dragon Greeting card

Happy Birthday Sister!

2012-01-17T22:34:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to my sister. Can't mention her age here cause everyone knows woman don't like to talk about their age.

Happy birthday!

寿星！

Fruit cake!

Wish you always healthy, wealthy, happy, pretty and always look young. =D

Regards,
from your brother.

OverTime Chinese New Year 福禄寿Special Promotion

2012-01-04T08:29:00.002+08:00

RM333 nett Includes 3 Barrels of 2L Starker FOK / LOK / SAU, 福禄寿 Free Yu Sang and OT Ang Pow.

Terms & conditions: Promotion starts on 1st Jan 2012 and applicable in Malaysia outlets only. Limited sets per day. While stock last. This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with other promotions, discount ot vounchers. Images take are for illustration purpose only.

The word 'Starker' derived from a German word that means 'stronger', Starker literally revives an old world style of beer drinking, offering you a srong, unrivalled taste of truly fresh beer that many beer connoisseurs have missed for generations.

Wing Heong dried meat, 永香肉乾

2012-01-03T22:52:00.000+08:00

Wing Heong dried meat, 永香肉乾 is currently very famous at the web and many social network site. I found out their video is very interesting and it lead me to blog about it.

Here are the history of Wing Heong dried meat, 永香肉乾。

The Wing Heong brand of dried meat had its beginnings in the early 1970s with its founder, Mr. Mun Wing, embarking on a rigorous product testing exercise among family and friends to come up with the ultimate recipe.

Mr. Mun experimented with numerous recipes, particularly for sliced pork meat – a Wing Heong specialty before settling on one that today is much loved by customers.

永香-歷史悠久的品牌
自1970年，永香的原创者，文永先生为了成立肉干行业而尝试了许多配方以便可以制成深受大众喜爱的肉干口味。最终的成功秘方可说得来不易，因为它是经过亲朋好友无数次的尝试而取得的。

于1972年，他终于在燕美路门牌一二零开始了他的肉干事业。至今，这门事业拥有长达三十余年的历史。永香的第三代承续人为了扩展这门家族事业而成立分行于八打灵再也（2000年）、大城堡（2005年）、巴生武吉丁宜（2006年）、蕉赖康乐花园、甲洞、云顶高原梧桐再也。

Here're all the flavor of Wing Heong Dried meat, 永香肉乾.

Barbeque Beef

Barbeque Chicken

Barbeque Dollar Meat

Barbeque Minced Pork

Barbeque Ostrich

Barbeque Sliced Pork

Barbeque Spicy Meat

Beef Jerky

Crispy Dried Pork

Honey Bacon

Here are the 2 Yok Man video that I feel very interesting of.

They are having a contest too.

Legend of Wing Heong
Interesting Photos / Video Clips Submissions
for "Legend of Wing Heong"'s MV
Be a part of Wing Heong's Chinese New Year Song - "Legend of Wing Heong"s MV! Submit your photo or video clip together with your name, address and contact number to yokman2@wingheong.com (Terms and Conditions Applied) 30 of the most creative submissions will be edit & compile into the song's MV and win a 500g packet of Dried Meat.

What are your waiting for? Come and be a part of the legend!

* T&C:
Only original pic / photo / video clips are accepted. Otherwise disqualified. Closing date will be on 15/1/2012.
Landscape / Horizontal pictures / clips are favourably preferred.
One contestants can submit multiple entries, but are only entitled to win a maximum of one prize.
Submissions should not contain offensive elements like sex, religion, politics, sensitive issues, etc.
Please refer to the lyrics below to increase chance of winning.

For more information please head to Wing Heong BBQ Meat 永香肉乾 Facebook or wingheong.com
Photo credit to wingheong.com

Early Christmas Party In 2011

2012-01-01T02:11:00.000+08:00

Here's a very very late post due to I have jobs to be done during last weeks of December 2012. I celebrate my early Christmas with all my friends. High school friends, Basketball friends, my brother and College design's friends.

Here's the address of the place we had our early Christmas party at,

Sepang Gold Coast Address:
No. 67, Jalan Pantai Bagan Lalang,
Kg. Bagan Lalang, Sungai Pelek,
43950 Selangor,
Malaysia.

It's the address of Golden Palm Tree Sepang Gold Coast, we held our party just next to the resort at the beach.

For those who afraid is it illegal to have BBQ session, no worries it is legal. About Bonfire, read this post and you'll find out. Here we go.

We prepared a lot of stuff before we head there, such as enough food, charcoal, newspaper, plastic floor mat and many more. After the rain stops, first thing we did was to light up the fire for BBQ as all of us are hungry due to about an hour of driving route from USJ Summit.

This is a very special photo. Most of us will think dirty. =D

Monkey is so excited!

Everyone is doing their job.

Photo taken by the ladies who bring DSLR there. Thanks so much for bring it.

We have a very large group there, about 20+ people.

Oh mai god, I looked so retard! Blame the rain, my hair are not suppose to be like this. =(

Sotong balls and sausages.

And that's Golden Palm Tree Sepang Gold Coast Resort

A little fail photo taken with low ISO that absorb less light for the photo.

Jun Seng and his friend. So sorry I forgotten your name.

The unbalance BBQ tray made us wasted some food especially sausage that will roll. =(

And here is the torch Wei Aun made at my house earlier time. He used to join the scout in high school time if I not mistake.

The day is getting darker, but thanks to the torch. It lighted up some of the place.

Chicken wings marinate by my mother. =D

She Nee is giving out the light for the foods. Thanks to her too I have some chicken wings.

Juan Yuen, our big brother 大老!

Looking back at these photo bring out my hunger for BBQ again.

Tiger Crystal

The ladies drink, Sennie and Boon. Didn't know they have taste in beers. =)

Here come the present exchange session. We are force to pick a number and get the present, then we have to follow what the present owner's order. There's lot's of photo but so sorry I just pick mine and those special one. =D

Got a sunglasses and they asked me to dance and shake my butt with it.

This is one of the special one.

Second special present got by my brother, Jing Yi.

And the last one that I want out of all those present. Just saying. XD

Sennie got a whole socks of candy and she's forced to eat all of it. It must be very sweet for her. =)

And here come the bonfire and 'Truth or Dare' session. Here come the boy scout job to light it up. It was one of my dream to have a bonfire session on a beach party long time ago as I watched too much series for example 'The Vampire Diaries'. They had it at some of the school parties, and the most great event I wish to have is a huge bonfire party at the woods or the beach. For sure it'll be the party that I'll never forget. Back to the previous question, actually I guess it's illegal to have bonfire there but who cares? It's after 12midnight. =D

Monkey drank too much.

All of us gathering for the bonfire thingy.

Wei Aun and Jing Yi are doing it.

Oh Mai God! Can't believe it's happening. =D

It's so small, will make a bigger one next time.

I got to receive something from the person that choose DARE! Clean up my face first.

Kong Ming Lantern, 孔明灯. We wrote down our wishes on it and let it to the sky.

一生平安 The first lantern.

Second lantern by Jun Seng and his friend.

Jun Seng praying for his wish come true!

Third lantern by Dickson and Kayz

The forth lantern spoil. No worries, Sennie and Boon. Join ours!!!

7 people's wishes in one lantern.

Smiley face on the lantern by Wei Aun

I am sure all of our wishes will come true in thie new year 2012!

I will end this post with a video made by Sennie Tee, 倩的天空。

TRON - Technology Revolution On-Net Launched in Malaysia

2011-12-16T21:40:00.000+08:00

Here's just a little bit briefing of Tron that just been launched yesterday at Sunway Pyramid.

Tron is “Technology Revolution On-Net” - a next-generation mobile convergence and telecommunication interactive portal platform that will transform the entire landscape of home communication, mobile and Internet cyber-world. It is the brainchild of Talk Focus Sdn Bhd, a leading-edge Internet, communications and technology solutions provider.

Coverage zone

For more information, kindly proceed to Tron.com.my

Total Eclipse of the Moon‏

2011-12-10T18:55:00.001+08:00

A short update about Lunar Eclipse happening an hour later.

What is Lunar Eclipse?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon.

LUNAR ECLIPSE: Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth should be alert for a total lunar eclipse on Saturday, Dec. 10th. The disk of the full Moon will turn a beautiful shade of copper-red as it passes through Earth's shadow between 4:45 am and 8:18 am Pacific Standard Time (12:45 to 16:18 UT). For observers in western parts of the USA and Canada, the event will be magnified by the Moon illusion as the morning Moon sets behind trees, buildings, and other foreground objects along the western horizon. Please check http://spaceweather.com for more information and full coverage of the eclipse as it happens.

Former TVB actor Wang Wei（王伟） passed away.

2011-12-07T01:44:00.001+08:00

The evening of December 6, 18:30, the daughter of former TVB actor Wang Wei（王伟）, Wang Congxi（王从希） in their own micro-Sina Bo said, his father has recently died, now the father has been put to rest. Wang Wei was born in 1939, has starred in more than an important role in TVB Jingdian Ju focus, such as the 96 version of “Swordsman” in Yue Buqun, “Eagle Shooting Heroes” in the Wanyanhonglie and so on.

Wang Congxi in their own micro-Bo said: “Recently been busy to take care of my father’s funeral, my father during his lifetime has always been low-key, even died, did not want to lavishly. Father has buried my father the most respected : I am always proud of you, you will always be in my heart. “

Wang Wei, whose real name is Wang Yongwei（王永伟）, retired in 2002 from TVB, now living in Toronto, Canada, Markham, in 1963 by his father’s friends to join Ngee film company to shoot the famous Mandarin in 1971 to join the television industry. He starred in many TV sets are popular, both in the ATV or the shot is now on the radio drama, the role is very popular. He starred in the “Swordsman”, “Eagle Shooting Heroes,” “The Deer”, “Step into the Past” and the audience is not familiar.

Wang married in 1971, his wife of 70 years of fashion supermodel He Mengnuo, emigrated to Canada in 1990, Toronto, and has two children and a daughter, the eldest son of the king from Woodland, his second daughter, Wang Congxi by participating in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong to join TVB .

Smoking Will Shorten Men's Penis Size

2011-11-24T19:10:00.001+08:00

Besides causing heart disease, stroke and lung cancers, smoking also affects male virility. Not only concerning erectile dysfunction or impotence, cigarettes are also able to shorten the size of the penis.

According to Dr. Salimpour, the negative effect of smoking on the penis is the same as the effect of smoking on heart. This is a blood vessel damage, which makes blood flow obstructed.

Basically this is the effect of elastin, the elastic connective tissue protein and allows tissues in the body to get back into shape after stretching or contraction. In this case, elastin affects the ability of penile erection.

Dr. Salimpour explained, elastin can stretch like rubber. This is what happens to the penis as a result of increased blood flow.

Smoking can damage body’s ability to do that, so it could affect the size of the penis and erectile ability. But researchers could not determine how many cigarettes can damage elastin and shorten the penis size.

Would you still smoke after reading this? Decide yourself to stay long or short. =D

Credit to http://medicmagic.net

What you know about CONDOM?

2011-11-15T23:29:00.001+08:00

Did you ever wonder what can we use condom on? Let's talk about a little bit of 'What is CONDOM?'.

A condom is a barrier device most commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases (STDs—such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV). It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner. Because condoms are waterproof, elastic, and durable, they are also used in a variety of secondary applications. These include collection of semen for use in infertility treatment as well as non-sexual uses such as creating waterproof microphones and protecting rifle barrels from clogging.

You can read more about the history and how to use it here.

Lets talk about some other uses of condom besides wearing on your little boner. The first one was my favourite, it's so cute!

Make balloon figures

Transform Into the Condom Fairy

Cover a Bleeding Finger

Hand them out to Trick or Treaters

Make a Dress

Water Balloons

Keep Loose Change in your pocket

Use as Test Tubes

Waterproof Your Phone

Christmas tree decorations

Honda CR-Z launched – RM115k OTR with Insurance

2011-11-14T23:40:00.001+08:00

Honda Malaysia earlier this evening launched the CR-Z, making Malaysia the first country in Southeast Asia to offer the three-door hybrid hatch to car enthusiasts. The third Honda hybrid to be introduced in the country is priced at RM115,000 on the dot, on-the-road with insurance (or if you will, RM111,878, without insurance).

The “hot-hatch hybrid,” as the company has tagged it, is powered by a 114 PS and 145 Nm 1.5 litre LEA SOHC i-VTEC engine and a 10 kW (or 14 PS) and 78 Nm MF6 brushless DC electric motor and a sophisticated Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) – together, the powertrain combination delivers 124 PS at 6,000 rpm and 174 Nm of torque at 1,000 to 1,500 rpm.

The IMA Hybrid System is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox, which is the standard transmission for the car, with a Hill-Start Assist function present. The vehicle also features a 3-Mode Drive System, which enables the driver to choose and switch between Sport, Normal and Economy modes with the switch of an individual button.

The three modes alter the response of the throttle, steering, idle stop timing, climate control and the level of assistance provided by the IMA Hybrid System, and the individual modes are also indicated on the Illuminated Advance Sports Meter as glowing coloured rings of light. In Sport mode, you get – as expected – improved acceleration response, and steering feedback is tighter; in this mode, the light on the meter goes red.

Normal mode of course provides the optimum balance between driving performance and fuel economy, with an EPS response that’s balanced, smooth and agile. Switching to Econ mode, as it’s called, reduces throttle response, optimises motor assist, controls the air conditioning economically and lengthens idle stops to maximise fuel efficiency.

In Normal and Econ mode, the glowing coloured rings of light in the meter display changes from blue to blue-green to green depending on the driver’s style of driving; green, of course signifies the most fuel efficient driving.

Equipment on the 1,160 kg vehicle includes halogen headlamps with LED positioning lights, front fog lamps, a three-spoke leather steering wheel, cruise control, a six-speaker audio system with USB and an auxiliary input, rear foldable seats (which really are jump seats at best – there’s enough space to get in for an adult, but you can’t sit up straight!) and a glovebox cooler, among others. Folding down the rear seat back translates into 410 litres of boot space, which allows space for two golf bags.

On the safety front, the car comes equipped with dual front airbags, side airbags with Occupant Position Detection System and side curtain airbags. There’s ABS, BA and EBD as well as Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) in the mix too.

The CR-Z rides on 16-inch five twin-spoke alloys, wrapped with 195/55 series rubbers. At point of launch, there’s only a single external colour for the car, which is Premium White Pearl, but expect other shades to join the palette list soon – we hear that red, black and silver will come about as it goes along. And yes, you can also expect an auto CVT-equipped version to arrive on the scene sometime next year, but no word yet exactly when.

Credit to paultan.org Comment below what you think about this new Honda CR-Z. We can discuss our opinion here together. =D

Great Sunday 13-11-2011

2011-11-14T23:14:00.001+08:00

Sunday, this is a very useful and great Sunday I had. As I am studying the course interior design, I did learn something about building construction and the building material. What I did was explore my own house roof cause there's some water leakage.

Here are some photo of roof.

From the photo above, you can see the rafter, battens, ridge, struts, purlins, and roof tiles. If you wanna know more about roof, click both of this link: Roof & Domestic roof .

Review of Immortals Movie 2011

2011-11-10T23:31:00.001+08:00

Immortals was a great movie to watch especially you are one of those big fans of Greek Myths. The film was previously named Dawn of War and War of the Gods before being officially named Immortals.

Just when I am watching the movie, I saw Joseph Morgan in it as Lysander. Oh Mai God! I am his fans when he's in The Vampire Diaries as Niklaus, Klaus. He's so charming. Between, I just found out there's a pretty Indian women are casting in the movie, Freida Pinto. She is so pretty. After that, I found out some of the Indian lady are quite attractive.

Luke Evans was very good looking. He's so suit as the character of Zeus. And as the daughter of Zeus, Athena, Isabel Lucas is way more pretty in the movie Immortals. She took my attention when she first scene in the movie. OH MAI GOD!

The place where all the GOD live are so nice in the design. I would love to design part of it in my future home as I am a future interior designer. That make sense of making it come true but before that what I have to do is earn my first million as young as possible. It will make all my dream come true when I hit it.

Alright, enough of my story. Here are some photo of 'Immortals 2011 movie'.

Henry Cavill as Theseus

Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion

Freida Pinto as Phaedra

Luke Evans as Zeus

John Hurt as Old Man

Joseph Morgan as Lysander

Isabel Lucas as Athena

Daniel Sharman as Aries

Kellan Lutz as Poseidon

Steve Byers as Heracles

Peter Stebbings as Helios

This is the place where the GOD live.

Watch the Immortals Official Trailer here. Do comment below about what you feel about the movie if you had watched. Cheers!

Rest in PEACE Ricky Hui Koon-Ying, 许冠英

2011-11-09T02:05:00.000+08:00

Ricky Hui Koon-Ying (born August 3, 1946 - November 8, 2011) 许冠英 is a Hong Kong movie star in the 1970s to 1990s. He frequently acts with his brothers Michael,，许冠文 and Sam，许冠杰。 He and his brothers made several comedy blockbusters in the 1970s and 1980s.

Ricky died of a heart attack on November 8, 2011 at the age of 65. He is one of my favourite actor when I was small, even now he's still my favourite actor.

Here's the comedy that I love to watch.

Security Unlimited, 摩登保镖

Mr. Vampire, 僵尸先生

Games Gamblers Play, 鬼馬雙星

The Private Eyes, 半斤八两

Aces Go Places 3, 最佳拍檔女皇密令
Chicken and Duck Talk, 雞同鴨講
Winner Takes All, 大赢家

Listening to this song while I writing this post, makes me feel like crying. Seriously, I feel like crying right now! Rest in PEACE Ricky Hui, 许冠英. You will always in our heart no matter how long.

What To Do During Halloween?

2011-10-29T00:06:00.000+08:00

Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Origin of name
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Evenis itself not attested until 1556.

Halloween is not celebrated in all countries and regions of the world, and among those that do the traditions and importance of the celebration vary significantly. In Scotland and Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include children dressing up in costume going "guising", holding parties, while other practices in Ireland include lighting bonfires, and having firework displays. Mass transatlantic immigration in the 19th century popularized Halloween in North America, and celebration in the United States and Canada has had a significant impact on how the event is observed in other nations. This larger North American influence, particularly in iconic and commercial elements, has extended to places such as South America, Australia, New Zealand, continental Europe, Japan, and other parts of East Asia.

Trick-or-treating

Costume parties

Carving jack-o'-lanterns

Bonfires

Apple bobbing

Visiting haunted attractions

Playing pranks

Telling scary stories

Watching horror films

So far, me myself only went for costume party last 2 years. I would like to try the others during this coming Halloween which is about 2 day ahead. What are you doing during Halloween? Share with me in the comment box. Cheers.

Marvel: List Of The Heroes In The Avengers Movie

2011-10-20T19:30:00.002+08:00

Are you as excited as I am?

Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger have all led to this. A massive mission that needs the combined strengths of some of the greatest heroes we’ve ever seen on the big screen. That’s a lot of pressure to deliver. Since Marvel announced their grand scheme to create a unified series of movies that belong to the same universe, people have speculated on the potential of an Avengers movie.

Click on the picture to enlarge it!

THE HULK

Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner / Hulk

A genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, transforms into a monster when enraged or excited. Ruffalo was cast after negotiations between Marvel and Edward Norton broke down. About replacing Edward Norton, Ruffalo said, "I'm a friend of Ed's, and yeah, that wasn't a great way for all that to go down. But the way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me. I look at it as my generation's Hamlet." About the character he stated, "He's a guy struggling with two sides of himself—the dark and the light—and everything he does in his life is filtered through issues of control. I grew up on the Bill Bixby TV series, which I thought was a really nuanced and real human way to look at the Hulk. I like that the part has those qualities". Regarding the Hulk's place on the team Ruffalo said, "He's like the teammate none of them are sure they want on their team. He's a loose cannon. It's like, 'Just throw a grenade in the middle of the group and let's hope it turns out well"! Ruffalo also told New York magazine that unlike previous incarnations, he will actually play the Hulk, "I'm really excited. No one's ever played the Hulk exactly, they've always done CGI. They're going to do the Avatar stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I'll actually play the Hulk. That'll be fun". About his preparation for the role Ruffalo joked, "I've lost 15 pounds and I've put another five on of just strapping, pure USDA beef... They want me mean and lean, but they don't want me big and buff"

CAPTAIN AMERICA

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America

A World War II veteran who was enhanced to the peak of human physicality by an experimental serum. Evans was cast as part of a deal to star in three Marvel films, in addition to The Avengers. Evans stated that Steve Rogers is much darker in The Avengers explaining, "It’s just about him trying to come to terms with the modern world. You’ve got to imagine, it’s enough of a shock to accept the fact that you’re in a completely different time, but everybody you know is dead. Everybody you cared about... He was a soldier, obviously, everybody he went to battle with, all of his brothers in arms, they’re all dead. He’s just lonely. I think in the beginning it’s a fish out of water scene, and it’s tough. It’s a tough pill for him to swallow. Then comes trying to find a balance with the modern world." Regarding the dynamic between Captain America and Tony Stark, Evans remarked, "I think there's certainly a dichotomy—this kind of friction between myself and Tony Stark, they're polar opposites. One guy is flash and spotlight and smooth, and the other guy is selfless and in the shadows and kind of quiet and they have to get along. They explore that, and it's pretty fun".

THOR

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

The Norse god of thunder. Hemsworth was cast as part of a multiple movie deal. He had previously worked with Joss Whedon on The Cabin in the Woods. Hemsworth stated that he was able to maintain the strength he built up for Thor by increasing his food intake, consisting of a number of chicken breasts, fish, steak and eggs a day. When asked exactly how much, Hemsworth joked, "My body weight in protein pretty much!" About Thor's motivations Hemsworth remarked, "I think [Thor's] motivation is much more of a personal one, in the sense that it’s his brother that is stirring things up. Whereas everyone else, it’s some bad guy who they’ve gotta take down. It’s a different approach for me, or for Thor. He’s constantly having to battle the greater good and what he should do vs. it’s his little brother there... I’ve been frustrated with my brothers at times, or family, but I’m the only one who is allowed to be angry at them. There’s a bit of that."

IRON MAN

Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man

A billionaire industrialist who seeks to pacify the world with a mechanical suit of armor of his own invention. Downey was cast as part of his four-picture deal with Marvel Studios, which includes Iron Man 2 and The Avengers. Downey stated that he initially pushed Whedon to make Stark the lead revealing, "Well, I said, ‘I need to be in the opening sequence. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but Tony needs to drive this thing.’ He was like, ‘Okay, let’s try that.’ We tried it and it didn’t work, because this is a different sort of thing, the story and the idea and the theme is the theme, and everybody is just an arm of the octopus."

NICK FURY, HAWKEYE & THE BLACK WIDOW

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)

A highly trained spy working for the international peacekeeping organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. Whedon confirmed that Johansson's Romanoff would be the only female member of the Avengers, but not the only female character in the film. Regarding the character's abilities to measure up to her teammates Johansson recounted, "The other day we were doing this big reveal shot of all the Avengers. Thor has got his hammer, Cap’s got his shield, Hawkeye has his bow and arrow, and Hulk is huge. Then it pans over to me and I’ve got guns. Iron Man’s like, hovering above all of us, ready to go... I was like, ‘Joss… um… do I look okay holding these guns?’ and he responded 'She’s a total badass. She’s a killing machine.'"

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and master archer known in the comics as "Hawkeye". Renner said it was a very physical role and that he trained physically and practiced archery as much as possible in preparation. About Hawkeye's dynamic with the Black Widow and place in the film, Renner stated, "The only sort of thing I cling to is the relationship of past experiences with Scarlett’s character, with them both being human. I can cling to that." However Renner said there’s no insecurity explaining, "He’s the only one who can really take down The Hulk with his tranq tip arrows. He knows his limitations. But when it comes down to it, there has to be a sense of confidence in any superhero.

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

The director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who was revealed in previous films to be coordinating the "Avenger Initiative". Jackson was brought to the project with a deal containing an option to play the character in up to nine Marvel films.

The Villain. Loki?

Tom Hiddleston as Loki

The Norse god of mischief. In regard to his character's evolution from the film Thor, Hiddleston stated, "I think the Loki we see in The Avengers is further advanced. You have to ask yourself the question: how pleasant an experience is it disappearing into a wormhole that has been created by some kind of super nuclear explosion of his own making? So I think by the time Loki shows up inThe Avengers he's seen a few things." About Loki's motivations, Hiddleston remarked, "At the beginning of The Avengers, he comes to earth to subjugate it and his idea is to rule the human race as their king. And like all the delusional autocrats of human history, he thinks this is a great idea because if everyone is busy worshipping him, there will be no wars so he will create some kind of world peace by ruling them as a tyrant. But he is also kind of deluded in the fact that he thinks unlimited power will give him self respect so I haven't let go of the fact that he is still motivated by this terrible jealousy and kind of spiritual desolation".

Maria Hill

Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who works closely with Jackson's Nick Fury. Smulders, whom Joss Whedon once considered for his unproduced live-action Wonder Woman film, was selected from a short list of potential actresses including Morena Baccarin. Smulder's deal would integrate her into nine films. Regarding her preparation, Smulders stated, "I hired this amazing black-ops trainer to teach me how to hold a gun, take me to a shooting range, how to hit, how to hold myself, how to walk and basically how to look. I don't do a ton of fighting in the movie, which is why I wasn't offered a trainer, but I wanted to look like I had the ability to. And I really just got down and dirty with the character, but then I finally went on set; when you're about to roll, all the "blubbity blue" you've been working on kind of messes with you. And you become a little bit detached." On relating to the character, Smulders commented, "I can relate to her being a mom and being a business woman and trying to work full time and raising a family and having a career. We’re asked to do a lot of things these days. I feel she is just all about her job and keeping things going."

Here's the 'The Avengers 2012 Trailer'

Credit to Wikipedia, imdb.com, jaymckinnon.com

I Wonder How Fast Are You?

2011-10-14T00:08:00.001+08:00

Boob-staring Good for Men

2011-10-12T23:37:00.000+08:00

HERE’s a simple “secret” to ensure longevity for men – stare at women’s breasts for 10 minutes a day to live an additional five years.

Both Sin Chew Daily and China Press reported that a German research published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that men ogling at breasts for 10 minutes a day was equivalent to a 30-minute gym workout.

Sin Chew Daily reported yesterday that the team had spent five years researching 200 men.

Results showed that men who liked to stare at women’s breasts have lower blood pressure, suffer less cardiovascular disease and have slower heart beat.

The daily also quoted gerontologist Dr Karen Weatherby as saying that sexual desire ensured better blood circulation and led to better health.

However, it was reported that reporters had attempted to search the article in the journal’s website but failed. Thus, there were doubts whether there was indeed such an article in the journal.

Even the kids have the knowledge about this. This should be men's daily activity for a better health. =D

Credit to thestar.com.my

Is this the world’s scariest police car?

2011-10-11T20:37:00.003+08:00

One school of legal thought argues that the foundations of law itself derive from a code of human behaviour; based on 'morals'. Thus, legislation is hampered by innate human limits.

One such limit: the fleet of cars in the hands of our constabulary. Clearly, you're not going to give meaningful chase in an Astra panda car.

But EVI has stepped in to drastically redress the balance. The American organisation, based in Virginia, is headed up by an ex US secret service agent and outfits undercover police cars. They told TopGear.com that they've been asked by an undisclosed police force to equip that GT-R you see above for undercover police duty.

EVI couldn't comment on the car's spec, nor which police force would be deploying said GT-R for undercover duty, nor if it's even in the US. It could have been shipped anywhere around the world, they told us.

But they did share some pics. Criminals of the world, you have been warned...

Credit to www.topgear.com

The Werewolves

2011-10-10T22:12:00.000+08:00

Werewolf! Can you hear them howling every full moon? I can say I am one of the crazy supernatural drama fans, especially it comes to werewolf, vampire and witches! I always love to watch the story and when the werewolf were shirtless. Their body was like so perfect, not to compare to those body builder person.
Let this start with Tyler Lockwood from The Vampire Diaries.

Micheal Trivino as Tyler Lockwood. In the drama, it's the family curse that make him become a werewolf after killing a person. His first transformation were very special, he got help from a vampire which they both are into each other. The Vampire Diaries a recommended drama for everyone who love supernatural stories.

Coming next is Jacob Black from Twilight.

Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black. As in twilight, I don't really know much about the story. What I know is only there's a werewolf and a vampire fall in love with the same girl and wanted the girl to be in their pack.

Next, there's two character from Teen Wolf. Let me talk some of the point from the drama. In the story, there were two kind of werewolf, Alpha and Beta. Alpha is the strongest one compare to Beta, but in order to become one, a Beta need to kill an Alpha. There's also werewolf hunters in the stories too. This would be the second supernatural drama I recommend.

Tyler Posey as Scott McCall

Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale

As I can say, I would train as hard as I can to get the 'werewolf body' Determination, persistent, desire and interest is what I need now.

Stay tune, a very special post about vampires will be up very soon.

9-10-11 Moon

2011-10-10T00:02:00.002+08:00

Tonight's moon is special! Perhaps it's because today is 9-10-11 (9th October 2011). I can hear wolf howling when I looking at the moon. *Just kidding* =)

I would like to try lying down on a field or any nice place to watch the moon and count the stars. Didn't have the chance to do so, and hope to buy myself a DSLR.

A gadget that I feel like getting it so badly. I can take down all the nice photo any where I go. The most important is I can go travel with it and take lots of photo. This would be one of my interest and I am enjoy doing it. Photography is just something new for me and it take practice to be perfect.

Did I mention I just went for a shooting section with my family this afternoon? It's the first time I went into a studio for photo shoot. The experience is good and memorable. Will post up those photo once I got the soft copies from the shop, would be about 2 weeks time.

A little thing to share here, one of the staff there have a very nice eyes. At first, I taught she was one of my friend when she only show half of her face. =D

A photo can speaks a thousand words. Have to back to The Vampire Diaries S3E4. Will post a blog post about werewolf tomorrow. Stay tune.

Steve Jobs Quotes

2011-10-06T15:34:00.001+08:00

Here are some key quotes from Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder and former chief executive of Apple Inc, who died on Wednesday.

COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2005
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

ALLTHINGSD CONFERENCE, 2010
"There's nothing that makes my day more than getting an e-mail from some random person in the universe who just bought an iPad over in the UK and tells me the story about how it's the coolest product they've ever brought home in their lives. That's what keeps me going. It's what kept me five years ago, it's what kept me going 10 years ago when the doors were almost closed. And it's what will keep me going five years from now whatever happens."

INTERVIEW WITH PLAYBOY MAGAZINE, 1985
"I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours anymore. When we finally presented it at the shareholders' meeting, everyone in the auditorium stood up and gave it a 5-minute ovation. What was incredible to me was that I could see the Mac team in the first few rows. It was as though none of us could believe that we'd actually finished it. Everyone started crying." APPLE PRODUCT LAUNCH, JUNE 2011 "One more thing ..."

INTERVIEW WITH BUSINESS WEEK, 2004
"Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. It's ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea." "And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."

INTERVIEW WITH FORTUNE MAGAZINE, 2000
"In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service." "My position coming back to Apple was that our industry was in a coma. It reminded me of Detroit in the '70s, when American cars were boats on wheels."

COMMENT TO NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER WHO ASKED ABOUT JOBS' HEALTH, 2008
"You think I'm an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he's above the law, and I think you're a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong."

INTERVIEW WITH WIRED, 1996 "These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that. But it's a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light - that it's going to change everything. Things don't have to change the world to be important."

From Thestar.com.my

iPhone4S = iPhone for Steve, Steve Jobs Passed Away

2011-10-06T11:17:00.000+08:00

Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. He had been battling pancreatic cancer.

"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

Steve had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January — his third since his health problems began — before resigning as CEO six weeks ago. Steve became Apple's chairman and handed the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.

By the time he turned the reins of the company over to Cook, Steve had become one of the business world’s greatest comeback kids.

The company he founded, was fired from and then returned to had gone from also-ran to technology industry leader. Under Steve’ intensely detail-oriented leadership, Apple created several iconic products, including the iPod, iPhone and iPad, that have changed the face of consumer technology forever.

Story: The Jobs legacy: Ease, elegance in technology

In the process, Jobs transformed Apple into one of the nation's most valuable companies and himself into one of the world's richest men.

Just Wednesday the company released a new version of the iPhone, the first such major product announcement in years that didn't involve Jobs, iPhone4S.

Jobs' family issued a statement: "Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family. ... We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief."

News from CNN.com , http://today.msnbc.msn.com

iPhone 5 Release

2011-10-04T20:59:00.000+08:00

Sprint Nextel Corp., the third largest wireless and telecommunications network carrier in the U.S., has recently signed a multi-billion dollar deal with California-based Apple Inc. to purchase 30.5 million units of the iPhone 5, over the next four years.

However, the jury is still out on whether this deal will prove profitable for Sprint or result in a whole lot of trouble for itself in the near future. Put simply, Sprint might just fall into a grave that it is digging, on its own volition.

In layman's terms, for the current scenario to prove profitable for Sprint, they will have to sell more than $20 billion worth of iPhone 5s to save itself from any trouble in the future.

Expert opinion is divided, with some calling it a "massive gamble" and others believing it to be a smart step on Sprint's part, to want to be associated with largest publically-traded company in the world, as well as one of the largest, in terms of revenue, profit. product sales and brand value.

Wall Street analysts have already predicted that the iPhone 5 will break all of Apple's prior launch-day sales records. All in all, looking at evidence of demand and the general craze among its users in the U.S., it is expected that Apple's iPhone will make way more than $20 billion worth of sales.

On the flip side, despite the fact that Sprint is the U.S.'s third-largest carrier, with 52 million subscribers, experts still believe that $20 billion gamble is not a wise step and caution that the company will have to increase its customer base in order to make reasonable profits.

In addition, Sprint would do well to not forget its biggest competitors - AT&T and Verizon - are already ahead and rumored to be the other two national carriers of Apple's iPhone 5.

The next generation of Apple's ever-popular iPhone series is expected to be launched on Tuesday and eager customers are already lining up to purchase the phone.

A recent study by InMobi shows that 41 per cent of mobile users in the United States, Canada andMexico are eager to buy the iPhone 5. An astonishing 52 per cent would love to unload their Blackberries and 27 per cent their Android-based phones, in favor of Apple's new device.

"The demand is so huge that Apple could sell as many as 1.7 million units on the first day when the device is made available in stores," according to Ticonderoga Securities analyst, Brian White.

"Apple (could) push 84 million iPhone units through the end of 2011 and up to 107 million in 2012. Apple is well positioned to capture an enormous profit pool as mobility and content worlds converge," said Janney Capital Markets analyst, Bill Choi.

For the record, in 2010, Apple crossed 1.7 million units of iPhone 4 in the first three days of the product hitting the market, making it the most successful product launch ever. These figures quite evidently indicate the real possibility of record-breaking success with the release of its next-generation iPhone, which is rumored to be far ahead of its previous incarnations, in terms of both software and hardware specifications.

The demand and brand value of Apple's products, especially the iPhone is always high and the sixteen month gap between the release of iPhone 4 and now, possibly, the iPhone 5 has definitely increased the cravings of all techies across the world.

Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc., is believed to have mentioned that the total sale of iOS devices in the third quarter was 33 million.

The company is, however, expected to sell at least $20 billion for Sprint, leading to speculation that, despite all doubts, what is believed to be Apple's smartest device ever will not disappoint Sprint.

Credit to http://img.ibtimes.com

Women Keeps Hapless Robber As Sex Slave

2011-10-03T09:50:00.000+08:00

Found this article from the web. What a weird story.

Transformers 4, Rise of Galvatron

2011-10-03T03:08:00.002+08:00

Transformers 4, Rise of Galvatron is coming on 2013!

This is what Tyrese Gibson had to say about his own return in Transfomers 4, and the possibility of Steven Spielberg directing.

"If Michael Bay decides to come back for Transfomers 4, I'll be there. We'll make it happen. (Right now), I think we are all exhausted with the process. If this movie does what we are all assuming it's going to do, then, I think its time to revisit this conversation. When it's time. There are no concepts, no direction, no nothing for Transfomers 4, because everyone has been so focused onTransformers: Dark of the Moon. But here is the safety net. Are you ready for this? Michael Bay decides to not come back for Transfomers 4. There is alwaysSteven Spielberg! I am not saying that Steven Spielberg is for a fact going to direct Transfomers 4. But it is a beautiful safety net to know that one of the biggest, most respected directors in the world happens to be an executive producer on Transformers. He is someone who knows this world. And he could easily step in and direct Transfomers 4 if he decided to. The thing is, there are a lot of directors who deal with producers who happen to not be Steven Spielberg. So if the director decides to bow out of their film, they are sent scrambling. "Who can we get to direct this?" What a hell of a safety net this is if Michael Baydecides not to come back. Steven Spielberg could easily step in and make it happen."

Credit to movieweb.com

Explosion at Empire Gallery Shopping Mall

2011-09-28T12:18:00.000+08:00

I was still awake when the explosion happened at the Subang Jaya Empire Gallery shopping mall. Four people were injured while more than 300 people rescued and evacuated when an explosion occurred at the lower ground floor of the Empire Gallery shopping mall in Subang which houses the food court here early Wednesday about 3.50am, which was heard from as far away as Bangsar.

Firemen from the Subang Jaya Fire and Rescue Department also rescued four other people who were trapped at the lower ground floor of the complex.

The injured, including a Nepali security guard and a local, who sustained cuts caused by falling shattered glass, were sent to the hospital for treatment.

In the 3.45am gas-piping explosion, the blast damaged two other floors in the complex. It also caused damages to the adjoining office block and studio apartment.

Subang Jaya Fire and Rescue Department station chief Mohd Khairi Daud said firemen from Subang Jaya were assisted by their colleagues from PJ and surrounding areas in evacuating the hotel guests, numbering more than 300 people.

Firemen are now checking the structure of the building to ensure its safety.

I heard quite some reason of the explosion, but let's hope that it's is not something related to government or some terrorist stuff.

PADINI Warehouse Clearance

2011-09-25T17:50:00.000+08:00

30 September – 1 October 2011
Padini Warehouse Clearance
All priced at RM5

Brands Offered,

Padini, Brands Outlet, P&Co, Seed, PDI, Miki, Padini Authentics

Time : 9am to 5pm

Location:
Padini Holdings Berhad
No 15 Jalan U1/20
Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park
Shah Alam

TERMS:

Goods sold is strictly not exchangeable, returnable & refundable

No Smoking / F&B / Big Bags is allowed in

Cash Only

The Apple Store, ifc mall.

2011-09-23T19:33:00.000+08:00

A whole new reason to visit Hong Kong. Apple Store, ifc mall opens at Saturday, September 24th, at 9.00 AM.

The next time you're in Hong Kong, visit the Apple Store, ifc mall and enjoy a shopping experience that's uniquely Apple. Inside the store, all Apple products are available for you to purchase and you can spend as much time as you like trying them out. Check out the MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air, listen to music on an iPod, see everything iPhone can do or experience the magic of iPad. Meet Specialists who can answer questions and help set up your new Apple product before you leave the store. Or, visit the Genius Bar to get free hands-on technical support.

Store Information
Address：
International Finance Center8 Finance Street+852 3972 1500

Driving Directions & Map

Store hours：Mon - Sun:9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

For more information, please click here (HK Apple Store ifc Mall).

Dead Man Works For A Week!

2011-09-23T13:22:00.001+08:00

I just found out this article that happen months ago.

It happened in the Birmingham Sunday Mercury (7th January 2001). After i read this article, I feel like all the employees and bosses should care and notice about each others.

Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay.

George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday (7th January 2011), but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend.

His boss Elliot Wachiaski said: "George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn't say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself."

A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. Ironically, George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died.

Everyone should give their co-workers a nudge occasionally, in case something like this happen again.

AirAsia FREE SEATS Sale are back!

2011-09-21T02:55:00.004+08:00

Fly to Langkawi, Singapore, Hat Yai, Banda Aceh and more for FREE, as well as more destinations with unbeatable low fares!

To better prepare you for the booking process, check out the full list of destinations with All-In-Fare @ http://www.airasia.com/my/en/promotion/rr1780510.page

Before prepare for your booking process, do check out the steps on 'How to book'

Black is Back with Arthur’s Day 2011

2011-09-19T11:47:00.002+08:00

Arthur's day is back again! This time we will party our ass off with Guinness lovers at 17:59 GMT on 22nd September 2011. It's a 24 hours of global celebrations and live music events to mark yet another great year of Guinness goodness.

Details of Arthur’s Day 2011 are as below:

Date: 23 September 2011 (Friday)
Time: 6 pm onwards
Venue: Speed City KL, Selangor Turf Club

(click here for location map)

6 talented local music acts – Prema Yin, NakedBreed, Rosevelt, Dragon Red, Jin Hackman (feat. CSBTEA) and James Baum will vie for the opportunity to perform on the global stage with Taio Cruz during Arthur's day this coming Friday night. Based on votes online and on ground at various performance venues, Malaysia’s Top 2 favourites will perform at Arthur’s Day 2011, so vote for your favourite local acts to open at Arthur’s Day on the Guinness Malaysia Facebook page here.

This is gonna be an experience money can’t buy – literally! Why I am so excited for Arthur's day 2011?

There's a few reason:

I have never have Guinness in such a huge and crazy party ever in my life. FYI, I never have the chance to drink Guinness before until this coming Friday!
I miss the chances for the last 2 years and I can't miss it this time. Definitely will gonna give my best to be the one who's enjoying there than watching those party photo after the event and envy about others. =D
This is a money can't buy experience!!! It would be the best night ever in my entire life.
I am looking forward on Arthur's Day 2011 since the beginning of the year. Keeping my best luck to win this money can't buy exclusive passes!
Lastly, I have not party for quite a long period and I wish to kick start my party mood with Guinness in Arthur's day this coming Friday 7pm at Speed City KL, Selangor Turf Club!!!

Pick me and give me and my best buds the chance to experience the best night ever with Guinness and all the party lover! =)

All together now: “TO ARTHUR!”

The Black Beauty

2011-09-19T03:12:00.001+08:00

We see black everywhere. Black is a girl's staple wardrobe. It frames and slims, never goes out of fashion, and it can take you to almost anywhere. But if not worn well, black can age you and make you look sickly. So here are some tips for you to look stunningly beautiful in Black!

~ Brighten up your black outfit with shiny or metallic accessories – Gold belt paired with gold earrings will instantly make you look classy and trendy!

~ As black is a universal colour, you can pair them with either warm or cool colours. In this case, either gold or silver will look equally good!

~ Wear black on areas you want to slim down – hips, tummy, etc. And match it with other colours on other areas.

~ With all black, try not to apply too much black eyeliner as this can dull you and give you a gothic look.

~ Play with texture to give zest to your whole ensemble. Pair a simple black shirt with black lace pants and don't forget to add in some accessories!

The bottom line is – always add a spice of colour when going black.

Credit to clovetwo.com

How to Spend Wisely on Your 'Dream Wedding'

2011-09-19T01:05:00.000+08:00

I was doing some research about wedding and travel and I found this useful tips, so I decided to share it here.

As one would normally conclude, weddings can take a toll on your finances. So what about a destination wedding? ‘Even more so', I hear you say. Well, that is half true.

Will that 'Dream Wedding' of yours take a toll on your finances?

Knowing your budget and spending wisely is the key to not sacrificing your special day. Here are some tips on what you can do:

Group Rates
If you are booking your flights or accommodation through a travel agent, try to confirm the number of guests early so you can get a better rate. Traveling with a big group will allow you to get group rates, which are much cheaper. However, if you are not going through a travel agent, you can always contact the hotel or resorts directly to ask.

Travel Seasons
Understanding the peak and non-peak seasons for the country you will be traveling to will greatly help with your budget. This is because prices are marked up higher than normal during the peak seasons. Getting married during the non-peak seasons will lower your cost on the 2 most costly aspects of your destination wedding – transportation and accommodation.

Exchange Rates
If you do not have a specific destination in mind, why not consider destinations with lower exchange rates compared to your home country. For example, Australians can opt to go to Bali or Phuket for their wedding because of the lower exchange rates, which can affect the wedding budget. The same item that can be purchased in your home country could be a little cheaper due to the exchange rates.

A well planned, well budgeted destination wedding could make your dream wedding come true

Guests to pay own airfare
Yes you read correct. It is perfectly fine and normal to get your guests to fork out their own airfare or accommodation for a destination wedding. Unless you are a multibillionaire, your guests will understand this situation. For example, you could let your guests know that there is no need for wedding gifts in exchange of their presence at your wedding. Wouldn't that be a win-win situation for all?

So there you are! Some tips on how you could maximize your budget and still have that wonderful dream wedding of yours.

Post credit to clovetwo.com

The Vampire Diaries Cast Attends Bing CW Premiere Party

2011-09-12T00:08:00.002+08:00

Last night Bing and the CW celebrated the CW’s Fall Premiere Launch in Burbank, CA at the Warner Brothers Studio lot. Check out photos of the Vampire Diaries cast and a video interview from KTLA.

Here are some of the photo of the TVD cast. Guess I don't have to introduce them anymore. =D

Photo Credit: Wire Image & Getty Images, and vampirediariesonline.com

Lamborghini LP670-4 SuperVeloce

2011-09-09T16:50:00.000+08:00

I just spot this very nice luxury car when I am doing my assignment research. Everyone know I love cars, especially super and fast cars. It's a super, fast and luxury car with purple colour, one of my most favourite colour.

Lamborghini LP670-4 SuperVeloce.

Lamborghini LP670-4 SuperVeloce is a luxury car with a beautiful matte purple. Supercars decked in matte wrapping, our jaws almost fell to the floor when we caught sight of this spectacular beaut. The owner of this Murcielago SuperVeloce decided that matte wrapping just wouldn’t be enough to highlight his glorious Italian bull of a supercar. So he decided to get rid of the matte and have his supercar wrapped in a purple chrome foil. And we’re not even paying that much attention to the set of ADV.1 Deep Concave ADv05 wheels the Murcielago is sitting on. We love the wheels too, by the way. Shining purple chrome look of this Murcielago is what really sets it apart from a lot of fancy-colored Lamborghinis we’ve seen in the past.

Johnny English Reborn

2011-09-07T00:10:00.000+08:00

Do you remember the one who provided us with plenty of laughs during our childhood – Mr Bean? It's time for Johnny English Reborn this 15 September 2011 in cinemas but you can catch it earlier with Nuffnang.

Synopsis
Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn’t know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty’s Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI7’s top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier’s life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action.

With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.

Thanks to United International Pictures Malaysia, 50 lucky Nuffnangers will be invited to laugh their hearts out watching the antics of Rowan Atkinson on:Date: 13 September 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 9.00pm
Venue: GSC MidValley

Check out the trailer below before you heading for the movie. =D

Indonesia Earthquake, Quake in Northern Sumatra

2011-09-06T13:12:00.000+08:00

An Earthquake Hit Indonesia on September 6, 2011 near the city of Medan in Northern Sumatra.

A 6.6 earthquake occurred in Indonesia in the early hours of Tuesday, September 6, 2011.

The September 6, 2011 Northern Sumatra earthquake registered approximately 6.6 in magnitude.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Sumatra quake was centered around 62 miles southwest of the city of Medan at a depth of about 48 miles.

There were some reports of damage and injuries, including one death. No tsunami alerts have been issued.

Here is the USGS report on the Indonesia Earthquake.

Credit goes to www.nowpublic.com

Blog Day 2011

2011-08-31T23:37:00.000+08:00

I should start this post by greeting all the Malaysian Hari Merdeka and Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Not to forget Nuffnang who celebrating the 6th Blog Day on 31st August 2011 with all the bloggers.

I will be featuring 6 bloggers which I found out about them a couple of weeks ago. All the bloggers that I am featuring on this post have their own unique way on blogging.

Start with the one I favourite the most.

lyCayenne www.lycayenne.com

lyCayenne. Her blog grab my attention with the lifestyle and passion about interior design which I am also passionate in. She speaks and do everything that related to me. Hoping of Nuffnang will held a gathering for us to know other bloggers from other countries and interest.

Jane,Chuck,Chuckei www.chuckei.com

Jane,Chuck,Chuckei. When I first time read her blog post, she gave a very special feeling that she is one in a million. She is different from other blogger, her appearance, her lifestyle, the way she dress and the way she blog make me feeling like visit her blog every day to get the latest update.

Lim Hong Kiat www.hongkiat.com/blog

This blog is a multi-author contributed design weblog dedicated to designers and bloggers. This blog caught my attention when I was struggling on how to make my blog looks better. Thanks to Hongkiat.com I learn a lot about design weblog. The blog do share many other interest post as well, drop by his blog to know more. =)

William Cheng williamgraphy.blogspot.com

William Cheng 莊家駒, This is a different interest of blog compare to the previous blog, a photography blog. He like to travel around the world, he love photography and memories but also like to share about his memories and other good stuff.

Wee Kiat www.fabodylous.com

Wee Kiat, author of Fabodylous bodybuilding and fitness blog. He have many ways, tips and advice on fitness and bodybuilding. My sister show me his blog when I was searching ways for bodybuilding. Congrats to him for winning Singaporesports.Sg Sports Blogger 2010 - 3rd,
Mr Kuala Lumpur 2010 Junior Under-70kg - 2nd.

Wong Chen Dong www.thebadblogger.com

Wong Chen dong. This is a blog about Internet Marketing, Copywriting and Blogging related Topics. He had been featured as an expert author in EzineAticles.com and he also writes in Hubpages. His mission is to make people realize success is possible no matter who you are, where you are and what you are.

He has been featured on Ezine Articles as Expert Author, Comluv, Famousbloggers, Technshare, AZBlogtips, iblog zone, Basic Blog Tips and many more.

This blog caught my attention when I read about all the sexual blog post when I randomly google.

Thanks for reading. Do drop a comment below with your blog day post or any other blog link that you would like to share with me. Do share this blog post out for more people to discover unknown blogs.

Boy dies after masturbating 42 times

2011-08-31T15:35:00.000+08:00

This was a news in Brazil, August 18, 2011.

A 16-year-old boy died after masturbating 42 times without stopping in Rubiato town, in Goiás region, Brazil.

His mother told a local newspaper that she already knew about his son’s addiction and that she planned to see the doctor, but the decision came too late.

The young man began to masturbate at midnight and spent the whole night to compulsively touch himself.

At school, his classmates commented on the boy’s problem and some said he asked them to connect to the webcam for being observed.

They further said that his attraction to women was extreme; he was attracted to all kind of women, regardless of texture physics, color and age.

In his room a great amount of pornography was found, including photographsand videos of nude women that were saved on his PC.

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple– will Apple survive without him?

2011-08-25T13:28:00.000+08:00

Apple fans and would-be customers seemed to agree that while Steve Jobs' charisma and innovative genius is one-of-a-kind, the company he built will survive without him.

On Wednesday night, after he resigned as CEO of the iconic gadget maker, Jobs was not the topic of conversation among shoppers, browsers or the blue-shirted employees at the Apple store on Manhattan's swanky Fifth Avenue across from Central Park.

On the display computers set up around the store, people scrolled through Facebook photos, looked up bank account balances and watched videos on YouTube. They weren't, from the looks of it, reading news stories about Jobs.

"Apple's created an identity for themselves that is well above and beyond Steve Jobs. People don't think of Steve Jobs when they think of Apple, they think of a sexy brand," said Jared Karlow, 23, who works in information technology for the financial services industry. "You could say the same thing about Microsoft. They have outlived Bill Gates."

Jobs resigned as CEO on Wednesday, saying he could no longer handle the job and would continue to play a leadership role as chairman of the board. He has been on medical leave since January. Apple's chief operating officer, Tim Cook, who has been filling in for Jobs, was named as CEO.

Karlow, 23, was shopping with his girlfriend, Maegan Tabbey, 21, on the evening that Jobs resigned. They didn't know about the news until told by a reporter. But both believe the company will be fine and that Jobs' role likely became less integral as the company grew.

"There are thousands of employees who do the work that brought Apple to where it is," Karlow said. "It's not just one man."

Added Tabbey: "My sister just bought a Mac laptop and I promise you she doesn't know who Steve Jobs is."

Apple may be known for its rabid fan base, but the company's creative genius lies in being able to attract a mass-market audience. These are the folks who may only vaguely know that Steve Jobs, the guy in the black mock turtlenecks, is the force behind the iPhone in their pocket or the iPad in their hands.

Walking out of an Apple store in Phoenix, Zanzucchi, 49, said he'd never heard of Jobs, and he didn't believe the CEO's departure would mean less innovation for the company.

"I don't know if he's the person who thought of it all," he said. "I'm sure he wasn't. I'm sure there's a host of people below him."

Unless prompted by a reporter, customers didn't seem to be discussing Jobs' departure in the Fifth Avenue Apple store. Instead, they were asking employees about the products and how much each cost. Business flowed as usual.

"He has so much charisma, I'm curious if they can keep it up because there is kind of this cult around him," said Selim Sevinc, 25, a medical student from Germany. But Sevinc said it was Apple's products — not Jobs — that influenced him to get an iPhone and switch from PCs to Macs.

"When Dell catches up, I would switch to Dell," he said. "Maybe."

In San Francisco, software engineer P.K. Kalyanraman said he was worried his Apple stock would decline in value.

"I think Steve Jobs has been a shadow figure for the last 1 Â½ to 2 years now with his health problems, so I still feel like the company will function perfectly fine without Steve Jobs for at least a few more years," he said.

But, he added, "how they progress into new technology and how they keep up with the market is what we've got to look for in the new person who comes in over there."

The biggest Apple fans certainly felt Jobs' departure.

Seanmichael Rodgers, 35, was saddened. He made his way to the Fifth Avenue store after work, after reading the news on his iPad 2 while on a break.

"I just want to be close to him," he said with a laugh. He sat on the plaza in front of the store and played Words With Friends, a Scrabble-like game, on the Apple tablet computer.

When asked why he didn't invite anyone to come with him, he said, "I didn't really think it was a moment to share."

Besides being an Apple fan, he also worked at the company's Fifth Avenue store four years ago, for six months. He now designs closets in people's apartments. Rodgers said Jobs "envisioned how we can use devices to enhance our lives."

Credit to http://online.wsj.com

Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung divorced

2011-08-24T01:32:00.000+08:00

Cecilia Cheung's agent company issued a statement on the divorce between Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung, at last the marriage turmoil that has been going on for nearly 3 months is coming to an end. The statement says that Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse are divorcing due to incompatible personalities. As to the much talked about custody rights, the two have agreed on "shared custody", they also announced "they will decide everything based on giving the children a happy upbringing." At the end of the statement, it states that Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung will not be making any more comments on the divorce.

According to Hong Kong media, on the 18th of this month, Nicholas Tse returned to Hong Kong from Beijing, accompanied by his solicitor, he went to Yang Ming Shan where Cecilia Cheung was staying to negotiate. After 16 hours of discussion, the two reached the agreement over the custody of the two children and settlement, but in order to avoid causing any unwanted issues, both sides are sealing their mouths, if either side reveals anything about the divorce then they will have to take responsibility. Today, Cecilia Cheung's agent company issued a statement announcing the two's divorce.

Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse's statement in its entirety is as follows:

We, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse, officially announce that we are divorcing due to incompatible personalities. Regarding the details of the divorce, we have already reached an agreement amicably.

We will be sharing custody of our two children, we will be making decisions based on giving the children a happy upbringing.

There have been reports in the last month about our divorce, they are far from the truth. We reserve the right to prosecute and we ask everyone to not make wild guesses anymore about this matter.

From here we would like to express our gratitude for the care the world has shown to both of us and our family, we hope everyone can give us and our family, especially the two children, space for a quiet life, so that they may have a happy upbringing.

After this statement, we will not be responding to anymore questions about the divorce.

Lee Min Ho’s agency now confirms that he and Park Min Young are dating

2011-08-23T23:25:00.000+08:00

It’s the quickest game of PR see-saw we’ve seen in a while, but it looks like the drama surrounding Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young’s relationship has finally come to an end. Lee Min Ho’s agency,StarHaus Entertainment, has finally confirmed on August 23rd that the two stars are dating!

Representatives from StarHaus Entertainment stated through Star News, “It seems there have been some misunderstandings.” They continued, “We were simply wary about how some media outlets were using the term ‘fervent love’ to describe their relationship.”

“Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young have known each for a while, and they were able to draw strength from each other during their long recordings for ‘City Hunter‘. It is true that these two have developed warm feelings for one another.”

In effect, the representatives are cautiously acknowledging (once again) that Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young are indeed dating. After witnessing the acknowledgment, denial, and now confirmation of the stars’ one-month relationship, fans are now sending the couple their warmest congratulations.

Source from Star News via Nate

Sleeperstar - I Was Wrong

2011-08-23T00:33:00.003+08:00

Finally Sleeperstar come out Official Music Video for 'I Was Wrong'. It's of my favourite song after watching The Vampire Diaries.

Watch the I was wrong official MV first.

Here are some interesting part I took from the interview at www.beatweek.com

Dallas-based alternative rock/pop band Sleeperstar started off like most eager young bands, playing local clubs and colleges. They released their first full album, Just Another Ghost, in June of 2010, and toured from the midwest to the east coast, picking up oodles of fans along the way. Comprised of lead singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Pearson, Nick Box on lead guitar, Jake Lester on keyboards, Brandon Rosas on bass, and Shaun Menary on drums, the band gained national attention recently when a representative from the television channel CW contacted them and put their song I Was Wrong on an episode of Vampire Diaries, skyrocketing the single as one of the most downloaded songs on iTunes.

You just released your video for I Was Wrong…it looks incredible! Did you enjoy the video-making process?

Yeah! I did, very much so. Well, usually my job is easier than the guys shooting the video, but this time… my only contribution was, “I think I should run.” They’re like, “What do you mean?” And I’m like, “Lets wait till its nighttime, like Batman driving around town, we should do that, like run around.” I didn’t realize I would be running around in skinny jeans and boots. So I kind of shot myself in the foot there, but it came out pretty awesome. We started at like 8am and finished around 3am. We did a lot of takes, it was a lot of fun. Our drummer Shaun actually co-produced it with our dear friend Ryan Booth, so it was really just those two and a handful of other guys kind of helping us. It was a really relaxed atmosphere. We did it here in Texas.

How did I Was Wrong get chosen for Vampire Diaries?

You know, they actually contacted us! We almost didn’t even put that song on the record. And then we all kind of liked it so much, it kind of had this vibe to it, we were like, We’ll make it a secret song, you know, we’ll let a track run and put it in two minutes after. Then at the very last second, we were like, You know, I think this is strong enough to get its own little place on the record, so it earned its own spot. I literally think the week before it sold a handful of copies; it wasn’t in comparison to Texas Rain or Disengage or We Go Tonight, or some of the other songs that were selling really well. And then one play on Vampire Diaries and that song was like the number one purchased song on itunes in the country from our aggregator, which was Tune Core. We were passing Nine Inch Nails and Civil Wars and all these bands, which was really funny cause we are still a very new band as far as the general public’s concern, so it was pretty neat, the whole thing was truly organic. You just can’t plan for those kinds of things. We clearly did not see it coming. We are very thankful for the response.

Here is the scene when 'I Was Wrong' was added in The Vampire Diaries. It's one of the scene that I love.

For more about the interview, please go to Sleeperstar interview.

Breast-Touching Festival is on in China

2011-08-05T22:09:00.000+08:00

The Chinese have entered the seventh month of the Lunar calendar, known as the Hungry Ghost month, which began July 31.

This period is considered unlucky for many Chinese as they believe that the ghosts are allowed to return to the human realm as the Hell Gate opens throughout the month. While the Buddhists and Taoists prepare offerings for the homeless ghosts, a minority tribe in China have their own interesting celebration.

The Yi people in Ejia town of Yunnan province, those who are still single, will head to the streets for Breast-Touching Festival on the 14th, 15th and 16th days of the month. On these days, the men are welcome to touch the women's breasts.

Legend has it that the festival began around the Sui Dynasty (AD 581 ? 619) when most of the teenagers of the Yi tribe were forced into the army and died in wars.

The people then carried out prayers to commemorate the dead, and it happened that the ceremony was held in the seventh month. According to the wizards, the dead were unrest because they had not touched a woman before.

And so, they wanted 10 'pure and untouched' ladies to accompany them in the afterworld. In a move to prevent them from being chosen, the single women - aged 15 and above - then asked the men to touch their breasts, and the custom is past down for generations. -- THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

How is it? Feel like going Yunnan during this period?

Credit to www.straitstimes.com

Satria Neo Artiga

2011-07-29T19:01:00.001+08:00

Proton’s Motorsport division lads have certainly been busy bees. The Satria Neo R3 Supercharged seen recently hasn’t been the only thing worked on, it seems.

Say hello to the ARTIGA Concept, which Proton – or rather, Youngman – has unveiled at Auto Shanghai. It’s another Satria Neo-based offering the company says is a study on the future of the hot hatch for Proton, one inspired by its participation in motorsports, but taken to a new level.

Unlike the supercharged R3 Neo, the debutant in China is less flashy colour-wise, clad in a more stoic grey tone, but in terms of exterior lines is certainly more aggressive, with extensive use of carbon fibre. Among the places the stuff makes its way on to is the bonnet, side skirts, spoiler as well as rather aggressively-shaped front and rear diffusers. The car features a patented stamping process to mass produce the carbon fibre parts, which helps to significantly reduce the cost of the items.

Plenty in the way of radical bulging bits though – check out what passes off as wheel arches on the car, working their way into the remodeled bumpers! Elsewhere, the concept features centrally-mounted twin tailpipes, swanky new headlamps and Oz Racing wheels, among other things.

It features the same supercharger treatment – as the Satria Neo R3 Supercharged – to increase power and torque (which should put it at 180 hp and 200 Nm, presumably), as well as the same Ohlins and AP brake package as seen in the limited-edition Satria Neo Lotus Racing.

The ARTIGA is on display at Proton’s Chinese partner Youngman’s booth, and is there to gauge the public’s feedback and interest. A bit of trivia: The car is sporting a Youngman logo, as Proton currently has no direct presence in China at the moment. Clever name too, ARTIGA is, yes?

Credit To Paultan.org

Sinfully Beautiful

2011-07-23T19:59:00.005+08:00

I just read an article about beauty and health, and here is all of it.

6 BAD beauty habits, and how to break them! Bad habits can be anything from scarfing down ice cream in the middle of the night to watching trashy television shows. These are normal and fixable habits…they are not like certain beauty habits we all have that can have long-term havoc on your skin and body. Time to fix you up and get rid of your sinful beauty behavior!

1. Going to bed without taking off your makeup
How to fix? Easy peezy lemon squeezy! Before bed, or after brushing your teeth, quickly use a facial wipe or face cloth to take off the days makeup. There are certain lotions you can use to make this an easier task. In the long run, your skin will be healthier and you will have fewer imperfections. All makeup does is clog your pores, it makes you look pretty during the day but before you put your head down to rest…take it off!! Your skin needs to breathe, and when you sleep is when your skin rejuvenates itself.

2. Skipping the sunscreen
Bad idea!! The sun can be extremely hard on your skin. Your skin will roast under the hot sun. Use Sunscreen or sunblock, apply it on your skin. Lather up before you go out anywhere! It will help in the long run I promise.

3. Popping pimples and squeezing blackheads
Gross? Yes, But we all have done it! All this does is make things worse… if you have an imperfection an easy day time fix is to cover it up, and if you have a minute alone a cold compress will help put down the swelling and redness. If you do pop and squeeze be ready for the consequences. What this will do is create small acne scars on your face, which will be much more noticeable when you are older. If you already have acne scars, try a little Bio Oil on it, works like a charm!

4. Biting your nails
This is mostly a nervous habit that a lot of people have. It makes your nails and cuticles very sore and your cuticles will be more prone to peeling. A little cuticle oil and some gross tasting nail polish should do the trick. If this doesn’t work for you, then try to use that gosh darn will power! Do NOT chew! Nails look beautiful when natural, healthy and long.

5. Exfoliating too much or not enough
Exfoliating takes off the dead skin cells and helps you get things out of places you didn’t know dirt could hide. Once a week, maximum twice is the best amount to exfoliate. If you exfoliate too much you are actually harming your skin and making it more sensitive. If you don’t do it enough then you have a buildup of dead skin and other non-lovely things on your face.

6. Binge Eating
This does not help you lose weight. It actually makes you gain weight. When you starve your body it goes into starvation mode and it eats everything from well…anywhere on your body. So when you decide to finally eat something your body automatically stores everything (including fat) in case you go into starvation mode again. The best way to lose weight is to eat balanced and healthy meals and stay active!!!

I hope it helps anyone of you in your health. Stay healthy always.

Girl Disappeared For The Second Time, Worried Her Family

2011-07-21T20:41:00.003+08:00

(Muar 20th July News) Girl disappeared more than 10 days for the second time, the families of anxious hope she will contact with their families as soon as possible, take the initiative to go home, and not to worry the family.

Lin Weiwen (15, Form3) in the older sibling at home, living in Pakistan Sungai Long, attended St. mold that country, she was going out the morning of June 12 after the school then dissappeared, makes her families worry.

Teenage mothers Chen Bao Ji (49 years old, housewife) said that this is the second time the girl disappeared, also disappeared in October last year by about 3 to 5 days later she contacted her sister, the family will take her far from home to Ipoh.

"Wen Wei did the missing signs, then she did not call, hang up and then not directly, so we are very worried, she came home from school are usually at home, eat dinner alone in the room, never a strange phenomenon. "
She also mentioned, Wei Wen missing the same day did not take away any clothing, also suspected her family via the Internet make male friends, she was afraid of men cheat.

Parents should communicate with their children, for the establishment of parent-child relationship, so that the children will not go astray.

The girl, Lin Weiwen should not let their families worry, should contact their families quickly. By the way, anyone who see Wei Wen, please contact him (012-2978883) or Lin Weiyao (016-2431567).

Take Me Home Tonight Premiere Screening by Nuffnang

2011-07-20T00:37:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Nuffnang, United International Pictures, Golden Screen Cinemas and Admits One for the 'Take Me Home Tonight' Premiere Screening Passes.

Badge from Nuffnang.

The movie was awesome for me. The movie follow an aimless college grad, Matt Franklin (Tropher Grace) who purses his dream girl at a wild Labor Day weekend party. He, his twin sister, Wendy Franklin (Anna faris) and their best friend, Barry Nathan (Dan Fogler) struggle with their burgeoning adulthood over the course of the night.

Matt Franklin

Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer)

Tori Frederking

This is the first time when both of them meet in the movie and all the drama start. :)

Wendy Franklin

Barry Nathan

Why is Wendy in such a shock?

Where are they?

What are they looking at?

The best night that he have?

Catch the movie to get everything on 21st July 2011 in cinema. Just have to say it's really a good movie for love and epic scene, funny scene and many more to watch!

Thanks again to Nuffnang for the premiere passes.

Cheers!

Take Me Home Tonight Premiere Screening

2011-07-14T01:24:00.003+08:00

You know sometimes, things just go the way that you don't want it to be. When all things go directionless, and there’s no more motivation in you, there’s only ONE thing that’s left to do;

FORGET EVERYTHING AND HAVE THE BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE.

I am pretty sure you have your fair share of life changing, awesome night outs that give you the chills just thinking about it, and one thing is you will not want to miss Take Me Home Tonight! A romantic comedy with a rocking 80’s soundtrack.

Synopsis:
As the summer of 1988 winds down, three friends on the verge of adulthood attend an out-of-control party in celebration of their last night of unbridled youth. Starring Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler and Teresa Palmer, Take Me Home Tonight is a raunchy, romantic and ultimately touching blast from the past set to an awesome soundtrack of timeless rock and hip-hop hits.

Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old confounds family and friends by taking a part-time job behind the counter of Suncoast Video at the Sherman Oaks Galleria.

But Matt’s silent protest against maturity comes to a screeching halt once his unrequited high school crush, Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), walks into the store. When she invites him to an epic, end-of-summer party, Matt thinks he finally might have a chance with the girl of his dreams. With his cynical twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) and best friend Barry (Dan Fogler), Matt embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime evening. From stealing a car to a marriage proposal to an indescribable, no-holds-barred dance-off, these friends share experiences that will change the course of their lives on one unforgettable night in the Go-Go ’80s.

You can win the Take Me Home Tonight Premiere / Exclusive screening ticket from Nuffnang.com.my or Churpchurp.com

Details of the screening are as below:
Date: 19 July (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 pm
Venue: GSC Mid Valley

For Nuffnang,

Here’s an opportunity for 40 Nuffnangers to catch the premiere screening of ‘Take Me Home Tonight’, courtesy of United International Pictures, starring the adorable Topher Grace from Spiderman 3, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler and Teresa Palmer.

If you’d like to watch how one night can change their life or if you wish to check the hot hunk Topher Grace out, just drop a comment on this post and share with us your most interesting story from high school. Could it be that you drove your dad’s old Mercedes to woo your high school sweetheart? Or perhaps you were caught sneaking into a girl’s toilet? The 40 most interesting stories will win a pair of passes each to the Nuffnang Premiere Screening of Take Me Home Tonight!

So hurry, start sharing with us your juiciest story now!

Terms & Conditions:
1. This contest is open to Glitterati Nuffnangers only.
2. Your blog URL must be stated in your comment.
3. The first batch of invites will be sent out latest by 15 July 2011 and RSVPs will be required. Failure to RSVP will result in invites being revoked and passed on to the next in line.

As for Churp Churp,

How to win the passes:

1) Tweet to us @Churp2 YOUR definition of your Best Night Ever! Make sure you include keywords like #TakeMeHome2Nite, @Churp2 and http://bit.ly/oEBrf4!

Sample tweet:

My Best Night Ever would be to hang out with my GFs and go party by the beach! @Churp2 #takemehome2nite http://bit.ly/oEBrf4”

Terms and Conditions
1. Only open to existing ChurpChurp users to take part.

2. Invites will be sent out via emails to winners by Friday, July 15 2011 and will require confirmation of attendance through email by Monday 18, 2011. Winners who fail to confirm their attendance by the deadline will have their invites revoked and passed to winners who didn’t make the initial cut.

3. Judges’ decisions are final and not disputable.

4. ChurpChurp reserves the right to amend this Terms and Conditions without prior notice.

It is definitely gonna be a great night ever! Let's try our best to catch Take Me Home Tonight with Nuffnang and ChurpChurp on that night. Cheers!