tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213026372011-11-28T07:57:02.544+08:00"And now, here's my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRainMannoreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1328968636033906162011-07-07T14:33:00.005+08:002011-07-07T15:07:23.367+08:00

News about the BERSIH rally:Bersih 2.0 Will Happen At Stadium Merdeka On July 9th Share Steering Committee of Bersih 2.0 Thursday, 07 July 2011 06:07 Bersih 2.0 is disappointed in the manner in which the

Rain Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348690727857627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-53602526515226741012011-05-26T09:11:00.001+08:002011-05-26T09:14:06.586+08:00

Suddenly, today, this song came to mind, and I want to make note of it. "Beginning Today my mornings are yours,  The hope that downs in their light.  Beginning today my evenings and dreams,  my gift to you is my life." The words above are the chorus to a beautiful song.  For more of the lyrics, please click on any word in the chorus above. In the few references to this song that I have seen

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-88706083587831043672009-09-14T10:27:00.004+08:002009-09-14T10:46:23.898+08:00

Like everyone else, I get my share of friendly spam. I define "friendly spam" as the forwarded email that friends send to you just to show they're thinking of you, but dont necessarily have anything important to say.Or, "friendly spam"can be something your friend thinks is important (poisonous spiders hiding in the toilets of Setapak, Perfume samples with knockout gas, alleged words of wisdom

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-18599732983938735562009-08-29T00:48:00.005+08:002010-10-16T21:27:51.762+08:00

31st August is our "Merdeka" or "Independance Day". Read these articles in the Malaysian Insider: 1. Protesters threaten bloodshed over Hindu temple 2. Not Quite 'Selamat Merdeka' One of the commentators (Perlyrose) below the article #2 makes an interesting point - the demonstration and desecration (see #1) may have been bait to initiate a larger disturbance. But whether it was a baiting,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-44801130092551723172009-08-21T08:38:00.005+08:002009-09-14T10:49:58.177+08:00

My question - how big is a virus, and how fine is the filter of the face masks we are spending money on?It is answered in the email I got below. I suppose I must be a typical Joe-average, since every time I think of something, I find someone else has written or blogged about it.....Thanks to media hype about H1N1, I’ve received calls from several who trust me, to advise. The hype in media about

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-14062091974989501312009-05-21T16:36:00.002+08:002009-05-21T16:46:04.236+08:00

OK, Now that I got your attention, I should say nothing is absolute. But having said that, I would thank you all to STOP forwarding those emails warning people that mobile phones start petrol fires. There has been no evidence to show this is true, other than the email from your mothers' sisters' third-cousin four-times-removed.Here is a website that says this clearly. I append the following

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-38953343562116296722009-04-15T11:18:00.005+08:002009-04-15T13:16:31.127+08:00

You can read this article in the Malaysian Insider. I was going to give vent to my own disgust at Muhyiddin's "bodoh sombong" behaviour, but scanning the comments following the MI article I see that most of what I want to say is already said. I only wish to reproduce the following comment here - it is quite far down in the comment log, and might be missed. This is worth a read:UMNO must learn

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-35372326134395029242009-04-12T23:10:00.003+08:002009-04-13T00:03:48.321+08:00

The Malaysian Insider has this commentary on our dear PM's "One Malaysia" announcement.Today, the Umno-owned Mingguan Malaysia ... put in perspective that One Malaysia means no one in the country will be sidelined but affirmative action policies will continue.Jeff Ooi reports the same thing.Have you ever read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell?If the report above is true, and this is what One

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-6265256251898540512009-04-09T11:04:00.004+08:002009-04-10T09:56:48.474+08:00

and seen not to be served.Too many things have been ignored, not persued, and not opened to scrutiny.When the executive, the police, and the judiciary all behave like they have something to hide, can anyone believe them when they say there is nothing to hide? Cops to hang for Altantuya murder SHAH ALAM, April 9 — Policemen Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-19792022171070691992009-03-20T10:26:00.004+08:002009-03-20T10:40:59.952+08:00

Quoting from The Malaysian Insider:By Shannon Teoh PETALING JAYA, March 19 – Naza Italia will open what is possibly one of the largest Ferrari and Maserati centres outside of Italy at the end of the month with the launch of its "4S centre" for the two luxury marques.A riddle - Which famous person is this rhyme about?Let the people eat cake, if they can not have bread.She who thus jested made a

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-16905232155257145992009-03-16T13:40:00.003+08:002009-03-16T13:51:50.648+08:00

IT helps to put things in perspective if you start your Monday morning with an adventure.I was walking to the office across a muddy tract of land (it is being cleared to become a car park I am told) and I was navigating around the puddles. I came to a big one, and chose to cross the higher ground to avoid it.This is where not being an outdoor-and-camping kind of guy becomes a disadvantage.The '

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-90052025140358876882009-02-19T23:22:00.008+08:002009-02-24T10:59:21.866+08:00

RVGSC (see their business card at right) is a Voluntary Welfare Organisation committed to improving the lives of women, girls and children in crisis.The centre is one of the many houses run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Malaysia. This is a charity I fully support. After the 2006 Tsunami, the local house was collecting funds to send to their sister house in Ceylon, and I gladly chipped

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-39706533684409508142008-12-19T13:47:00.004+08:002008-12-23T11:04:42.819+08:00

Being an Issac Asimov junkie, I did not at first recognize the name 'David Brin' and thought it might end up a "ho hum" book. In fact, I had a long and thoughly enjoyable read right to the end of the book, where I discovered a familiar gem - the short story "The River Of Time" was one of the earliest science fiction stories I read, when I was still in school, and asks a simple question - "What

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-86383805101296693192008-10-17T10:32:00.004+08:002008-10-17T11:00:16.041+08:00

The news is in the Sun and the Star. (Wouldn't know about the "Crooked Times" and "Beri Cerita Harian" as I don't read those rags).http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=26685X snip XThe decision to ban the raising agent, which takes effect immediately, was made after analysis made on samples from two biscuit factories -- Khong Guan in Johor and Khian Guan in Penang -- found that 18 of 47

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-69149158173223135222008-10-17T10:09:00.003+08:002008-10-20T23:34:17.242+08:00

This one is hilarious.Hey - looks like lately I have been posting more of other peoples words than my own. Well, it's just that I am finding it harder to articulate.... writer's block I guess. So I compensate for my constipation of ideas with a diarrhea of trivia.ANYWAY - here is a joke from a friend in Australia. hmmmm... yes, in Oct they would be moving from Spring into Summer.. so here is

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-69638508965187039692008-09-23T14:55:00.004+08:002008-09-23T22:38:08.952+08:00

Update: read this report in CNN - more information than local newspapers.China's tainted milk scare spreads globally-----------------------------The email I got today was almost exactly like the SMS last night:FYI, the following items have been recalled due to China's milk scandal. * M&M's * Snickers * Mento' yoghurt bottle * Dove choc * Oreo wafer sticks * Monmilk *

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-36654696290796192162008-09-23T14:33:00.003+08:002008-09-23T22:40:12.122+08:00

There was a sermon I was listening to some time ago, by a brilliant priest who had a unique lesson to teach."Satan is already beaten" he said, "Evil is already conquered."HOWEVER, like a snake that has had its head chopped off, the evil body threshes about in a 'death dance' causing destruction and confusion for a short time.So what I read in today's news is very much to me part of the death

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-11158066515427831952008-09-09T14:26:00.003+08:002008-09-12T14:46:41.494+08:00

The holiday of the decade!!Read about it here: http://canadaholiday0808.blogspot.com/(Recording begun on 09 Sept 2008... story will unfold as the days go by...)

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-60481664732429680302008-08-04T11:49:00.003+08:002008-08-04T12:08:30.312+08:00

su•per•cil•i•ous –adjective:[1] haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.[2] having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines" "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air" [3] expressive of contempt;"curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-60347982493053675542008-07-28T13:55:00.004+08:002008-07-28T15:44:43.350+08:00

We are so used to seeing men in uniform assaulting DPM's and spraying chemical-laced-water on our friends that it's hard to see them as people with guts and feelings and loyalties and fears.Here is a blog every Malaysian must read - one that puts a very human face on our Military, and bears witness to the heroism of these silent few.To the author;Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-45316933130799102532008-06-24T14:55:00.005+08:002008-06-24T16:57:42.859+08:00

We Malaysians have a penchant for rumor and fantastic stories.Even a responsible organisation like CAP (the Consumer Association of Penang) has made a slip, recommending that handphones be banned because ofthe "radiation they produce". Sorry, I read that in the hardcopy of a local paper, and can not find the reference online.My theory is that this is a reaction to knowing that we are not being

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-81966172608582521532008-05-21T00:43:00.002+08:002008-05-21T00:50:27.497+08:00

Ah Fook got married. We have been good friends, and he asked me to give the toast at his wedding dinner. Now – the problem is, traditional Chinese wedding dinner toast is threefold: One toast for the happy couple, one for the coming children, and the final one for everyone in the room. I had never done this before, and could only remember one other time when I had heard somebody giving the

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-33922254489748841292008-04-23T20:54:00.004+08:002008-05-21T01:27:23.809+08:00

All though our college, a voice is resounding,Promptly respond to your duty's sweet call.These are the first 2 lines of the School Rally - the rallying call to La Sallians - that I remember with pride. I have not thought of these lines for many many years, and today, from out of nowhere, a fellow La Sallian started humming the tune, and I felt the rush of being 17 again and being in a school

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-92187947630359994052008-04-09T20:45:00.004+08:002008-04-09T21:13:51.568+08:00

Book ReviewMetaplanetary: A Novel of Interplanetary Civil WarBy Tony Daniel “I am a spaceship. I am about the size of the Martian moon Phobos, although not nearly as dense. I am also a human being.” With these words, Tony Daniel captures the mind, heart and imagination in the first 3 sentences of the introduction. He is talking about the transformation of our species. He is talking of

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-74145824305305790072008-04-01T08:52:00.004+08:002008-04-01T10:00:47.477+08:00

Jacie – do you have a younger sister around 25 y.o.? Did she just get a job in Kinta Dredging? We got a new employee today – I think this is her 1st day, and she is dressed to impress her new colleagues I think. Fitting black dress (like the ones you wear lah)… but I think I have t-shirts longer than this dress of hers – it only goes down below the hips, and stops there…. And because she

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-25980721624873709282008-03-07T14:25:00.004+08:002008-03-07T23:46:24.272+08:00

In my younger days, PAS was portrayed as a demonic political party which would cut off the hands of a thief and hang me as an unbeliever.But how much of that picture was real (and I know some of it was) and how much was the embellishment of the BN controlled media (like the NST and the Star)?But here in this article, we see a PAS that has started to take a moderate road - the kind of road a

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-15820012187483910172008-03-07T13:33:00.004+08:002008-03-13T11:41:55.068+08:00

No, K.Alvin, not that kind of penetration.I am talking about the statistic I heard about some weeks back - that the internet access is available to only 5% of the Malaysian Population - hence the 5% penetration phrase.Being a frequent user myself, its easy to imagine that all the information available online is read by many people, and that the majority of Malaysians can see through the vapid,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-9266771858792794762008-03-01T01:26:00.005+08:002008-03-07T23:47:17.488+08:00

Having followed "America votes 2008" on CNN for the past couple of months, I have a few things to say about the way we do it in Malaysia;An election is an important step in the progress of a country. As such, it should be approached with deliberate and considered steps, and all parties involved must have fair chance to decide on who best represents the peoples needs. Malaysia treats the election

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-53401039284117939812008-01-02T15:45:00.003+08:002008-07-28T14:36:25.110+08:00

Data Privacy - this is important because you don't want your personal data readable by anyone who may;Use your PC while you are making coffee in the pantryHack into your system though your home streamyx connectionScan your system as part of a corporate auditDismantle your laptop and plug the hard-disk into his PC after snatching it from you along Bkt Bintang because you were walking and keying in

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-62563690236550085802007-08-14T23:07:00.000+08:002007-08-14T23:18:02.980+08:00

Only in an IT organisation would you find people who could put the following in a document and expect other people to read it with a straight face:THE JCL CREATES THE PDB LIBRARY, AND THEN INVOKES A NUMBER OFANAL.... MEMBERS.At the very least, I suppose we can look on the bright side and say that even IT geeks are not spared from working with anal co-workers. But Dilbert already taught us that...

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-63224391805005653902007-07-18T16:25:00.000+08:002007-07-18T16:29:43.360+08:00

Aah... hot Pan Meen.I went out for lunch at a food court today, a break from the usual tomato-and-cheese-on-wholemeal sandwitch.(what - you have not tried one of those before? get outta here man - you dont know what you are missing !! I will post the recipe later!)I met up with Khyun, hoping to rehash old times and regrind old axes. Unfortunately, he is too professional (a rare trait in a

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-77716157330911843362007-06-25T09:55:00.000+08:002007-06-25T10:25:36.700+08:00

Overheard in a shopping mall:"Dear, shall we get one of those?" he says, pointing to a humongous 50-inch LCD TV on Special Discount."Yeah, right. And we will have to sit in the Tan's front porch across the road to watch CSI." Said the wife. "Why dont we get this one?" She said, pointing to a 26-incher.He pouted like an M.P. forced to apologise for making a sexist remark [1] [2] in Parliament: "

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-51788849725392968672007-06-19T09:51:00.000+08:002007-06-19T10:26:57.639+08:00

An Indian man died and went to heaven. When he arrived at Heaven's Gate, The Lord Siva said, "Come on in. I'll show you around. You'll like it here."Walking through the gates, the man noticed clocks everywhere!!There were grandfather clocks, wall clocks, watches, and table clocks in every corner. It appeared that heaven was nothing more than a giant warehouse of clocks.Surprised at how

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-59346739231156330122007-06-19T09:28:00.000+08:002007-06-19T09:45:35.134+08:00

The guy sitting next to me has been agonising about whether to skip the weekly 'Project updates' tomorrow, because it's his daughters' birthday. You may know the type of meeting - it involves people in the UK and US, and it starts at 10pm.He thinks he should not need to, since his project is not even on the agenda. Surprisingly, his wife, who knows he has attended this meeting in the past,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-5352840245727795682007-06-15T01:01:00.000+08:002007-06-15T01:04:25.527+08:00

bourgeoisie [(boor-zhwah-zee)] In general, the middle class. Applied to the Middle Ages, it refers to townspeople, who were neither nobles nor peasants. In Marxism it refers to those who control the means of production and do not live directly by the sale of their labor. Karl Marx distinguished between the “haute” (high) bourgeoisie (industrialists and financiers) and the “petite” (small

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-23143243264013865542007-05-07T19:49:00.000+08:002007-05-07T19:56:52.818+08:00

I was listening to Lite n’ Easy in the cab this morning (101.5 FM in Ipoh, 105.7 FM in the Klang Valley) and they were talking about an email from “Miss Moneybags”.Miss Moneybags is dating a guy who is “fun, sensitive, and interesting”, but who earns less than her. Their dates tend to be in budget locations, to accommodate his budget, but she is fine with this. Her only problem is that she has

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-18685673392330873932007-03-05T09:49:00.000+08:002007-03-05T12:19:01.140+08:00

From an old friend, I got the following email:Hi Cicak-Man, I have just continued reading your 'beloved masterpiece'. ..blah.. ..blah.. ..blah.. Coffee-drinker has also made up his mind to leave ACME to venture into another company/place. I have been working closely with him for the past Y years!So I refresh my memory by going thro' your 'Leaving A Job'. Wish I have the opportunity to do the

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-8371246557849526092007-02-05T14:03:00.000+08:002007-02-05T14:22:59.215+08:00

(No, Sweetie, I didn't write this either. It came in the same mail as the "woman" one.)Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake willy at her making the 'woo-woo' sound.Look at your manly physique in the mirror.Admire the size of your willy and scratch your bum.Get in the shower.Wash your

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-58031160811054386072007-02-05T12:10:00.000+08:002007-02-05T14:21:21.229+08:00

(No sweetie, I didn't write this - it was emailed to me)Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown.If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups / leg-lifts, etc.Get in the shower.Use face cloth, arm cloth,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1169616713830773442007-01-24T13:10:00.000+08:002007-01-24T13:40:12.420+08:00

Well well well..!! It looks like "Vroom" has also started reading my blog. He called and asked about job opportunities, and sent me his resume....(Yeah sure - like I can make decisions on anything more than which button on the coffee machine I am going to push. Still, one should help one's friends, so I passed his resume over to HR.)Anyway - he had some good things to say about this blog, so

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1165249157481627372006-12-04T23:41:00.000+08:002006-12-05T00:31:01.093+08:00

"P" has gone on this health program, which consists of having muesli and low-fat milk for breakfast. He may have bak-kut-teh with us for lunch, but his breakfast will be a healthy bowl of cereal. I suppose he doesn't care if angles weep in the afternoon, as long as they sang in the morning when they saw him at breakfast.I thought about it, and decided breakfast time was a good place in the

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1162899674201386472006-11-07T19:37:00.000+08:002006-11-07T19:41:14.200+08:00

Why dont they show these ad's in Malaysia?These Apple ad's are so entertaining while maintaining an element of truth, it makes me wonder why we still use PC's.Here's just one of the many in YOUTUBE.

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1162897698298230622006-11-07T19:03:00.000+08:002006-11-07T19:10:41.896+08:00

It is not an easy decision to leave a great company. And yet, people being people, there is no way anything could be perfect: even a great company will have areas that need improvement, or where things are simply not being done right. And so the question is;“Would you stay in an environment that makes you unhappy, or would you go searching for a new environment in the hope that the future might

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1160750908259676712006-10-13T22:39:00.000+08:002006-10-13T22:48:28.260+08:00

Hello again.My last update was 16Aug, and today is 13Oct.. almost 2 whole months, but it seems like 2 whole years. !!There have been many changes in my life in just 2 months, but the big ones will have to wait till I have more time to formulate a coherent story.For now, I only wish to mark the passing of a small yet somehow significant event:I had another blog - "Absolute Rubbish" I called it,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1155741646637928162006-08-16T23:13:00.000+08:002006-10-13T22:50:48.523+08:00

They are doing it again.The "Company IDOL" competiion.Last time, I didn't quite crash and burn, but I didn't get through to the finals either. In fact, I was so terrified at the audition, I tough I'd turn blue from not breathing in enough oxygen.This is a source of embarrasment. In other situations, as a volunteer, I have sung for free in front of audiences of several hundred, without batting

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1153062994089087392006-07-16T22:19:00.000+08:002006-07-17T12:48:00.310+08:00

This was a day to be remembered:July 11th 2006 - the day I went to the National Registration Department (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) to have my "race" changed from "Chinese" to what I really am.....How on earth could they make a mistake like that? I brought my birth certificate as proof. What I learned was interesting and horrible."Your original record says you are Chinese sir" said the lady.

RainMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1151411161671460002006-06-27T19:57:00.000+08:002006-06-27T20:26:01.736+08:00

Here's an interesting article.... one of many I saw on digg.com. Thanks K for introducing me to the site.Basically, Linda Musthaler makes a case - and a good one I think - for blaming the lack of available IT skills on the avarice of corporations. This is something close to my heart too. No, not because I got laid off, but because I believe it IS a cold blooded way to operate when the

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1151409012792032222006-06-27T19:36:00.000+08:002006-11-07T19:22:59.350+08:00

What if Apple created a mobile phone?What if it was also an iPOD?What if it had a camera and PDA function?UTUBE has an entry that breathes life into these "what-if's" . Let me tell you, it blew my mind! The simulated ad is remarkably Zen, and yet succeeds in delivering a dream of technology convergence that will make you drool from the corners of you mouth, or dribble from the tip of ... well,

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1151253797425275942006-06-26T00:32:00.000+08:002006-11-07T19:25:17.150+08:00

This is better than the little verse i penned some time ago. But this time, it's not original. Thanks to the G-man for brightening up my day.(the usual caveats - I do not own the rights to this, and I dont know if this is really public domain - i got it via email. If this infringes on anyone's copyright, please inform me and I will remove this picture immediately)In other developments, I have (

RainMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302637.post-1151077138466183392006-06-23T23:26:00.000+08:002006-06-23T23:38:58.503+08:00

Do you ever wonder where email jokes come from?At least once a week, i get spammed by a friend with a joke that has been making the email circuit. Sometimes these are jokes I saw 2 or 3 years ago, but are rolling through new audiences.Well, I may have found the home base of at least SOME of those old (yet undeniably funny - the 1st time you read them) jokes.Here it is: theOwain F Carter homepage.

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One more thing I thought I'd like to blog about.... below is an article from the SUN news service. To see the page I got it from, go [here]. ==================start of paste===========================An open letter to the PM Jacqueline Ann Surin Dear Prime Minister Abdullah, When you first came into power after the 2004 general election, you promised us

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Is this an ASEAN or Malaysian trend? Perhaps not, since DILBERT documents the same trends in corporate America.I see management investing enthusiastically in the development of Managers, and managemet skills. All employees have been instructed to bone up on their 'core skills' of1. communication2. taking leadership3. teamworkNow the joke:When a review was done in my location, and gaps were

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This has been in the papers recently, not without the requisite self-righteous opinions hinting that people may be less than patriotic, or are greedy, or are lazy (yeah, sure - like lazy people have much easier lives in the US and UK).But basically, for me, the reason people dont want to come home is in the papers every day.Opaque government (and this is only a miniscule example).Processes that

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Updated RSS settings - now you get the full blog entry on RSS. Per request by 50% of my readership...(he asked for it this afternoon):)

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I guess we all have our own patented ways to loose a friend, and for the most part, these ways are all intended or willful.My way is different. My way, I am trying to help, and to be a good friend, but I make such an ass of myself that it ends up pushing the other person away. This is how you can loose a friend:Wait till he has a problem with someone else he knows. This will happen eventually,

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Got this in an email from a friend in the US ages ago.... before Brokeback went to the Oscars. It's so funny, I just have to share it, even though by now I'm sure it must have circled the world several times.... I got this before I knew much about the movie - a gay themed movie will not get coverage in the local media, and I had not read many reports on it in the web yet.... but this joke

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It was Friday afternoon when he dropped by to visit, carrying the tool of his new trade: an open spreadsheet in his laptop, crammed with action items in every cell.Now I may never be the life and soul of any party I attend, but I am sociable enough to be happy to see a friend again after has left my department to find "new and different challenges" elsewhere.My pleasure at seeing him again,

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Have you ever been to the IKEA centeen in Mutiara Damansara?It serves hearty meals at resonable prices... well.. resonable if you consider the other eateries in IKANO.... the only place more resonable would be the food court, but not quite as hearty.Anyway... IKEA's business model is interesting - keep costs as low as possible, and pass the savings to the customer. Result: pretty good furniture

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Helped a friend of mine today.... no, it is neither rare nor remarkable that I help a friend, and that is not the reason for this blog. What is remarkable is that I helped him prepare a write-up for a job application.He was supposed to say if he thought he is successful, and why... a daunting task to me, because for all I have achieved, my inferiority complexes and neuroses simply dont allow me

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A friend sent me this link to "The daily motivator" page....Although I find the motivational messages a trifle ... how shall I put it .... strained? forced? trite?, the gist of the messages are worth thinking about.....Hope this link helps you today....

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I was getting my afternoon cup of coffee when he came into the pantry and beamed at me.... a sure sign of trouble. "I have decided," he said as he spooned coffee and sugar into his cup, "that I will call you The Kelvinator." "My name is KELVIN," I said in as frosty a voice as I could manage, "and I do NOT manufacture refrigerators." "No no no - don't jump to conclusions" he said, "hear me

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(contextual information for non-Malaysians) The Durian (pictured right) is known in Malaysia as the King of fruits. It can be as large as a football, and smells like the sulphur pools of Rotorua on a bad day. Be that as it may, we love it for its buttery flesh and unique sweet taste. Occasionally, an employer will have a 'Durian Party', where baskets of the fruit are brought in to a convenient

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The great liar, the consummate thief, the slow killer.Procrastination fools you into thinking there is more time than you need. It lulls you to sleep, makes mediocre books seem facinating, enraptures you with inane sitcoms.It whispers of sunny skies, laughing children, flying frisbees.Procrastination steals your energy, channeling it into a thousand distractions. It robs you of minutes, pockets

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There's a little ditty they're singing in the city.....No, it doesn't go Om-pah-pah, it goes "Be rewarded, Feel rewarded"I mention this because the bank advertising with that catchphrase gave me particularly fecal service (almost as bad a Citibank, but that's another story) when I took a car loan from them last year. So much for a so called 'anchor bank'.My best experiences ever with banks were/

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Nothing like the monsters of Sci Fi horrors, though it is a horror of sorts,Nothing like the helpful servants of Asimov's tales, though it tries to help.Malaysia's robot is in a class of idiotic-horror all its own.I could not do better than the writeup by Kenny Sia in his own blog.go herehttp://www.kennysia.com/archives/2006/01/made-in-malaysi.phpAnd thanks to Kenny for telling it as it is.!!

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This is part of an online chat I had one late night in the office just before Christmas 2005. Probably not as funny in retrospect as it was when I was typing, but some people might enjoy the word-play.... I must have been pumped full of caffeine that night....him: project plans to writeme....: did you see the note i sent ?...him: status updates to give...him: solutions to solve...him: patches to

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#1 on 20060125. Except for the {company name}, the message below is verbatim from a notice a friend showed me. This notice was issued by his companies' General Counsel to be installed in all computer systems:"This is {company name} computer system that is FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. This system is subject to monitoring. Therefore, no expectation of privacy is to be assumed. Individuals found

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An so it begins.It has taken near to 2 months of hemming and hawing, and days of trying different names, and finally after a ridiculously long time to decide on whether I would blog, and if I did what I would call my blog, I commit to posterity this snippet from a line that perhaps has formed one of the major foundations of my development.It is spoken by the Fox to The Little Prince after the

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