How would you feel if your cities are bombed by a foreign government resulting in the loss of innocent lives which include children?
You have felt the pain from 911. How do you think the people in Beirut feel? Is an American life more precious than a Lebanese life?
The wet weather this morning reminds me so much of London, especially after sending off Shazrul & Ta (who are transitting at Dubai right now) last night and the feeling of flying to London this September is starting to set in.
Richard of MixFM asked whether one prefers the Malaysian weather or the wet British weather on the radio this morning.
For me, I would prefer the latter. To me it's the temperature and humidity that counts. If it's cold I can put on jumpers, coats, etc. But if it's sweltering hot and humid, there's no way I can have air conditioner while I'm outdoors. Besides I'll sweat a lot and my skin will be so oily.
Counting down to Taza Kebab, Jade Garden dim sum, Brown's sword fish steak, etc. Yummy!
A great wedding reception indeed. I was elated to see how well it was organised and how happy the new couple were especially during the blessing ceremony by the King and other VIPs. Definitely a fairtytale wedding that many could only imagine in their dreams.
Congrats again to Wawa and Ta!
Congratulations to Shazrul & Ta on their akad nikah. May you two enjoy the bliss of togetherness.
Gangsterism reared its ugly head in Univerisiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) when about 50 "pro-establishment" students took the law into their own hands and manhandled seven students who are members of an organisation perceived to be "anti-establishment" last Monday (July 17, 2006).
A video clip obtained by theSun showed the large group surrounding and pushing about six members of the UPM Student Progressive Front (SPF) in the campus canteen. Giving an account of the incident to theSun today, third-year Chinese Studies student Lim Sok Swan said she and six other friends were manning a help counter for new students when the incident started.
Lim said a group of about 50 students led by a student council leader suddenly surrounded and scolded them for setting up the help counter when the SPF is not a registered body.
"They demanded we leave within 10 minutes, saying we are not allowed to be there to disturb students."We replied that we were just helping students' welfare and denied disturbing anyone as it was in a canteen that is open to everyone," she said.
"We had done nothing wrong ,so we declined to leave. They then pushed us away and removed our tables, chairs and flyers," she added.
She alleged that campus security officers who were present did not offer any help and merely watched.
"I was very scared," Lim said, adding she called the police as she felt the tension was escalating.
"They only stopped harrassing us when police officers arrived," she added.
Another student said she was pushed and fell on the floor when trying to take some photographs of what was happening.
The student who said her camera broke when it fell lodged a police report at the Seri Serdang police station.
"A similar incident took place on July 11(2006) where a group of 'pro-establishment' students tore up our materials at the help desk," she added.Meanwhile, Suaram coordinator Chang Lih Kang urged the Higher Education Ministry, the police and UPM's authorities to investigate and take action against the culprits.
"It's a crime to intimidate someone," he said, adding that at least 15 police reports have been lodged over the incident.
Meanwhile, Subang Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Fuad Talib said police have received five reports from the students.
He said investigations revealed that the incident arose as a result of a misunderstanding over an event organised by the students.
He said apart from some pushing and jostling among the students at the time of incident, no one was reported to have been assaulted.
Mohd Fuad said police have spoken to UPM officials and have left the matter to be resolved internally."
But our officers will continue monitoring the situation to avoid any untoward incident in future," he said.UPM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah and deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs and alumni) Assoc Prof Dr Azali Mohamed could not be reached for comment.
Just to share a funny comment I saw on Malaysia Today website on 9MP's RM15 billion worth of projects to be TENDERED...
...waaaah!!! ....cheaah bay liau!!!...880 new fresh juicy Banana plantations for the monkeys!!!....one for you and two for me and three for my uncle and four for my aunty and five for my granny and.....!!!
My much anticipated trip to Australia had finally ended. It had been one week of great fun, and most of all, a week away from work!!!
Johanna and I set off to Sydney early last Saturday morning. As usual I hate flights and thank goodness it was only eight hours (compared to twelve to London).
Moses and Charis, Johanna's brother and his girlfriend, picked us up from the airport. It was our first time meeting Charis - a lovely and extremely brilliant girl who has gained immediate acceptance from her future sister in-law. Since it was winter, both Johanna and I had much difficulty adapting to the cold and dry weather.
Over the next 7 days, we visited Canberra, Blue Mountains, Hunter's Valley and Newcastle, on top of an intensive one-day tour of Sydney.
It was my first time to Australia, and it was definitely a great trip. Finally I have managed to capture Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge! The sceneries around Blue Mountains are out of this world. Too bad we only spent two days there. I would also love to revisit the War Memorial in Canberra. My trip there was too short and I hardly had the time to read through all the information provided. I have also learnt from this trip that wine making is really difficult. So many factors that could affect the taste!
Anyway hope the photos can speak louder than words!
I've been eager to post my views on the 2006 World Cup for quite sometime but the late night matches have caused me serious sleep deficiency, resulting in work piling up, etc.
Well, how has it been so far?
The neutral me have enjoyed some of the matches but there were equally as many which were extremely boring, especially those involving England. I wished they have been booted out earlier for providing such lousy entertainment to the world, despite all the HYPE!!! So who is it to blame on England's exit? I think both players and the manager should share the blame - Eriksson for sticking to the disfunctional formation; the players for under performing.
First, Eriksson has made a serious mistake in the choice of strikers. Taking two unfit strikers and one teenager who has not even started a game in Premier League is a recipe for disaster. That leaves Crouch as the only fit striker. Considering Crouchy has not scored a single goal for Liverpool in the first half of the EPL season and his lack of striker's instinct, that leaves England with no reliable striker. That was the biggest mistake by Eriksson. How do we expect England to win without scoring goals? In the end it has been proven as England had only scored a handful of goals and none of them coming from Owen or Rooney. Walcott did not even made it to the pitch, what a waste for including him in the team.
Then Eriksson has chosen to stick with an overcrowded midfield made up of big names even though most have significantly underperformed. I still remember how Downing and Lennon changed the flow of the game between England and Paraguay when they came on as substitutes.
Frank Lampard has more than 20 shots on goal but scored none. It was a highly unusual statistics considering that he scored so frequently for Chelsea. Perhaps he was not wearing a blue jersey? His penalty against Portugal was poorly taken as well.
Steven Gerrard has only managed a few sparks throughout the whole tournament, scoring two goals but otherwise disappointing.
David Beckham, in my opinion, has been very disappointing despite scoring a decisive free kick against Ecuador. I think he made a wise decision of quitting as England captain.
The only thing I could remember about Rooney is his sending off in the game against Portugal. I thought he has managed to keep his head after numerous warnings and advice from Fergie, but apparently he is still as hot headed as he used to be.
Despite all these, Aaron Lennon and Owen Hargreaves have been impressive.
As for Portugal, I thought they deserved the win over England as England has yet again proven themselves to be awful at penalties. Ricardo dived in the right direction in all four occassions. Lampard, Gerrard and Carragher has shown little confidence in their penalty kicks and deserved to lose the game for England.
I am quite worried about Christiano Ronaldo's future with Manchester United after Rooney's red card incident. I hope MU fans will put their club's interest before their nation as MU needs a great player like Ronaldo. He has had a great World Cup so far and it will be a pity for MU to lose such a great player in this manner.
Enough of the over-hyped England, let me move on to Brazil.
I think they deserve to lose against France. Brazil had look out of sorts this time around. Ronaldinho looked ordinary against his "Best Footballer of the Year" award. I hope Zidane will continue his wizardry on the field and give Portugal a run for their money.
As for Germany vs. Argentina, I felt for Argentina as they are such a good team. What a pity both teams have to meet as early as quarter final. The game could have gone either way as Germany has been very impressive in this tournament thus far. I guess Pekerman lost it for the Argies through his lousy substitutions. As for Klinsmann, he seems to have the Midas touch in making substitutions. All of them have managed to transform the game and deliver the results.
Italy vs. Germany? Well Italy is Italy. It is a hard game to call, but I think Germany has the home advantage.
It's going to be Euro from now onwards.
I'll be watching the Final from Sydney on the 9th. Hope it'll be a cracking game whichever teams are playing.
