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Birds up close 2008-06-05 21:23:52 Are you planning to spend some time in the wilderness this coming summer with your family and friends?
If so, you would need to ensure that you are equipped with the right equipment so that you can observe the wildlife and birds that you will encounter during your outdoor trips.
Look no further than Opticsplanet.com [...] Read more:Birds
Did you get your RM2000 - $666 oil subsidies this year? 2008-06-04 23:12:39 Malaysia now almost pays market price for gasoline, but why do they have to pay incredibly high taxes on the cars that use gasoline? What ever happens with that money?
And why do they have to pay enormous taxes to import foreign cars with little gasoline consumption compared to the local cars that really consume a [...]
Where to find good skin care products 2008-06-04 23:01:13 As an expatriate living in Asia , some times I do find it hard to find good skin care products that are readily available at home.
The product in question is the skin care range pioneered by Dr Chantal Burnison.
Chantal Burnison is the owner and founder of Chantal Pharmaceuticals that discovered the revolutionary anti [...]
For a fistful of stones: bey-bey Batu Puteh 2008-06-04 22:16:51 So did you win-win or did you loose-loose?
It’s all getting quite confusing after this Sunday’s interview in the Star Newspaper of Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim … :
now you want to appeal where
a few days ago you had a win-win?
We are talking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that [...]
Brides for expats 2008-06-04 22:15:01 If you have lived overseas for a number of years may it be in Malaysia or even Russia for the matter, some of us would get smitten not only with the country but also with the local women there.
So if any of you are in the market for Russian Brides
look no further than [...]
Malaysia commits suicide 2008-06-04 20:27:49 How?
By increasing the gasoline price at the pump with about 40%…
That’s almost the same 40%: the amount of seats the ruling party lost at the last elections…
Ok, you must live on another planet not to understand that oil prices are going up, so "something has to be done".
Now we in Europe suffered the same [...] Read more:Malaysia
Hot Hip Hop 2008-06-04 20:06:06 Some of my nieces and nephews are crazy about Hip Hop and Lil Wayne is on their lips all the time.
Trying to get informed myself I went to rapartists dot com’s page about Lil Wayne.
The page shows all I needed to know! Of course the Lil Wayne Biography, lots of pictures of the man and [...]
Get cash advances online 2008-06-02 22:18:38 Working and living overseas is for most people a great experience to enjoy the various cultures of the world.
One aspect that I do like about this is the ease one can apply for Personal Loans online
which is unheard of from where I come from.
You can also get quick Cash Advances online and [...]
Chedet got hit a million times 2008-06-02 22:18:38 Luckily for Chedet’s blog at chedet dot com these hits are not at all painful and actually a bonus
It seems that the Che Det blog in his first month of existence got 1 million
hits.
Now counting hits is always giving you the biggest statistical number possible. Yet the first day when his blog [...]
Miss Malaysia World 2007 Winner 2008-06-06 00:31:46 Remember Miss MalaysiaWorld
2007 winner Deborah Priya Henry?
I do.
Not only because she is wearing a red swimsuit, and red is exactly the color I love in my Malaysian blog…
… it seems all Malaysian Misses sooner or later will wear red, like Miss Astro 2007 in Malaysia : Joanna Yew at the right…
That’s [...]
Michelle Yeoh Memoirs of a Geisha 2008-06-09 00:23:34 Sassy, sexy but not bitchy: Michelle
Yeoh Memoirs
of a Geisha
star got cozy on Talk Asia yesterday. Another hardworking Malaysian girl that keeps modest although being a huge star both in Asia as in the west.
Ok, I admit, I am a fan of her, but that’s only because well, she is intelligent I [...]
Win $50.000 when your partner is asleep 2008-06-08 22:58:49 Being an expatriate living in a foreign country, I do not need to worry that I cant indulge in my favorite game of poker.
Well of course you can play with your usual poker loving friends but now I found a new way of indulging in my favorite hobby.
I discovered that I can play [...] Read more:asleep
How Badawi made 2 billion in 2 seconds 2008-06-10 01:52:12
You must admit that Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi
is the fastest man in the universe to make fast billion
s.
Yesterday he made RM 2 billion by cutting ministers and their deputies’ entertainment allowances by 10 %.Nobody will really be hurt…
Few days ago Abdullah Badawi made RM13.7 billion with a whopping fuel hike between 40% and 60%.Everybody [...]
What do you do if you need some unexpected money 2008-06-10 01:09:04 Being an expat in Malaysia , one of the things that we can’t get here is payday loans.
There are the usual mortgage loans, personal loans, car loans but not a cash advance loans which you can borrow against your next payday.
In the UK , when you do suddenly need some money unexpectedly you [...]
Which 72 Malaysians can easily save 20 billion? 2008-06-11 23:54:54 Remember how Badawi made 2 billion
in 2 seconds by cutting minister’s and their deputies’ entertainment allowances by 10 %?
That means that entertainment allowances ONLY cost Malaysia 20 billion.
And how many minister and deputies are we talking about?
72
Or less as I counted some ministers twice at the latest list of ministers and deputies after [...] Read more:Malaysians
American Home Craft home improvement 2008-06-11 23:18:42 We were planning to do some home improvement to our house in Malaysia and we had problem looking for the design and materials that we like based on what is available locally.
One of the things we miss dearly from back home in California is the availability of home improvement companies like American
Home Craft
. [...]
Oil prices for dummies 2008-06-13 22:21:05 Why is Badawi still smiling? Find out for yourself! You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to pass the test…
Oil producers
I produce lots of oil
The international oil prices go up
I make lots of money: I win
Non oil producers
I don’t produce any oil
The international oil prices hike the gasoline prices
I loose lots of money: I [...]
Walking as in… Malaysian Public Transport 2008-06-15 23:05:37
First time I was in Kuala Lumpur I got myself a metro plan and was set to go and discover.
The plan looked as marvelous as the Paris metro plan! High tech man: this LRT train doesn’t even have a driver, all fully automatic until…
I noticed I had to change lines in Dang Wangi until…. [...] Read more:Malaysian
, Public
, Walking
How to borrow money from yourself 2008-06-15 22:33:49 Sometimes you need money fast because of unforeseen circumstances… like the government increasing petrol-prices overnight with 40% but without notice…
In stead of bothering your friends who are in the same boat, you can "borrow from yourself" using "a payday loan". This is a loan where you get a cash advance based on your paycheck.
These Pay [...]
Playing divide and divert games: welcome PSM 2008-06-17 22:43:39 PSM or Socialist Party of Malaysia was given the green light by the government of creating their new political party after a decade-long battle.
Sounds great isn’t it? Not really as there are 3 eyesores here:
The well know Roman strategy of "divide and rule": the ruling party BN has lost so many followersthe opposition [...]
New York, New York 2008-06-17 22:07:08 When I turned 40 recently, I decided to go on a vacation with my girlfriends and we decided to visit New York
City .
One of my friends recommended we use online travel guides to help us with our travel plans and it was just a breeze.
We used Trusted Tours and Attractions. They could [...]
Disappearance of both Altantuya + motion of no confidence 2008-06-24 02:13:12 In Malaysia recently 2 things went up in smoke:
Altantuya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian national was blown up to pieces on Malaysian territory
Sapp’s motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi didn’t see the light either…
Yesterday SAPP (Sabah Progressive Party) was supposed to move a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah [...] Read more:Disappearance
When your security is at risk 2008-06-24 01:06:21 One of my friends have had his home broken into recently, and it set me off thinking that everyone should really have a home security
system nowadays to prevent break-ins and burglary.
More so if you live overseas and incidences of crime are high.
If you are looking for security systems may it for your [...]
Why the rush-rush fuel hike? 2008-06-23 21:00:58
Have you ever wondered why the fuel hike was so rush-rush surprise?
And have you ever wondered why SAPP announced their motion of non confidence 1 week in advance of yesterday (the day the motion should have been put forward…), therefore ruling out their force of surprise?
It’s quite illogical that a fuelhike which should be [...]
Why are baggage conveyor belts so efficient? 2008-06-23 20:57:54 During my travels all round the world by plane, I was always fascinated on the mechanism relating to the baggage conveyor belt : you know : seeing all the bags and luggage on the conveyor belt coming by one by one in a systematic way. I was especially intrigued by how these heavy clumsy bags [...] Read more:efficient
Dunno - Euhm, Euhm, Euhm : Malaysian vocabulary for politicians 2008-06-22 23:30:13
We all do remember the famous answer of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2006 about the merger between ECM Libra and Avenue Capital:
“I dunno, I am not involved”
If the Minister of Finance dunno, who does?
Anyway, that day was the last day I conducted financial training courses to Malaysian
s. I mean: you cannot stress your [...] Read more:politicians
Online shopping for expatriates 2008-06-22 23:20:02 One of the things that I indulge in is buying Tactical Assault Gear and even though I now live overseas, I can still manage to buy the products that I want via online.
I use these products when I go hiking or while camping in the mountains as I find their products very durable and [...]
Malaysia goes nuclear? 2008-06-22 21:34:37 To find a solution for the high oil prices, leaders of the world are quite, well, not really looking for solutions:
Saudi Arabia will produce a little bit more oil :but when you are running on full capacity, that’s not going to change much
US is opting to drill more, more, more offshore :now that is [...] Read more:Malaysia
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