天天

“爱你一万年” 我没有对你说，因为太遥远，不切实际!

“爱你一生一世”我不曾对你说，因为太负担，压力的很！

“我爱你”我更加少说，因为太肤浅，怕说了你觉得轻挑敷衍。

但我只想每天陪着你笑，陪着你哭，陪着你的忧愁，陪着你的喜怒哀乐，陪着你时时刻刻的点点滴滴，那就足够了，每一天就好！

...this is the fifth 情人节，7zai 对 9zai 说“ello, sayang sayang！”

bb sayang everyone in the family, cos we are one family.

the family is incomplete without anyone.

9zai is exist in this world de.

they are one pair de. One leaves the other half won't survive de.

cos they live for each other.

where is 9zai?

7zai: where is 9zai?
bb: she went to a gold planet, don't want live with chou 7zai on your dirty and poor planet anymore.
7zai: (cries)

HDB: Land will revert back to govt when lease expires

www.temasekreview.com
The long suspected truth is finally out: contrary to popular belief, Singaporeans do not “own” their HDB flats after all – there are merely renting them from the government for a period of 99 years.

《老友狗狗》奪首季收視冠軍

馬浚偉、鍾嘉欣主演的劇集《老友狗狗》成為TVB今年首季收視冠軍，平均收視31點，最高收視更達至35點。

馬浚偉在劇中一改以往的斯文形象，以長穿人字拖、‘爛撻撻’造型示人，新鮮感十足。

得知《老》劇成為首季收視冠軍，馬浚偉開心地說：“觀眾喜歡爛撻撻的‘人字拖’，對我有很大的鼓舞！我現在拍攝每部劇都力求變化，給觀眾新鮮感。《老友狗狗》的台前幕後工作人員都很同心，有難得的火花。希望公司會開拍續集。”

不過《老》劇的監製梁材遠卻不打算開拍續集。他說：“本來拍《老友狗狗》續集仍有題材，但我喜歡拍攝新劇種。總之觀眾看得開心，我們就滿足。”

I'm going to the Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair

Mark your calender on
Date: 17 April 2010
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
because Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair, is happening on the Front Foyer, Ground Floor of Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur.

There are going to be lucky draws and we have various cool gadgets worth up to RM15,000 up for grabs!

Among the exciting fun-fair games on that day - Sumo Wrestling (in air bag suits!), gladiator battles and other amusing and addictive games you would expect at a fun-fair!

For more info, you may go to www.gatsby.com.my/streetfair

See you there!!

Money & Happiness

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting piece recently looking at what brides and bridegrooms would save if they invested the money spent on their weddings, rather than blowing it on a one-day affair.

The author suggests that couples who lay out the median cost of a wedding -- nearly $18,000 in 2009 -- are actually missing out on $90,000 to $200,000 in wealth accumulation over a lifetime. (He notes the average bride is 26 years old, so the money would have roughly 40 years to grow.)

Financial Engineer

As a FE graduate, the jobs are in major world financial markets like NY, London, HK and SG.

http://www.hkafe.org/index.htm

"Dress Down Day" policies

E-mail 1: 1.00pm, Monday: Dress Policy:
From tomorrow, a casual dress policy will be implemented company-wide. Enjoy leaving your dark suits and white shirts at home!

E-mail 2: 9.30am, Tuesday: Dress Amendment 1:
Thanks for supporting the new policy. But please note: jeans and T-shirts should NOT be worn.

E-mail 3: 9.50am, Tuesday: Dress Policy Amendment 2:
When we said jeans and T-shirts should not be worn, we did not mean we wished you to remove those garments. Would the humorous guy in the junior division please note: the rest of us do not wish to see your baggy underpants and saggy singlets!

E-mail 4: 9.59am, Tuesday: Policy Amendment 3.
Urgent. We were all amused when the junior division took the previous e-mail as instructions to remove their underpants and singlets. Indecent exposure is a criminal offense.

E-mail 5: 10.19am, Tuesday: Dress Policy Amendment 4:
Our in-house legal counsel informs us that indecent exposure is NOT a criminal offense on private property. But in the interests of decorum, all staff MUST wear smart-casual clothes, such as sports jackets or mid-length dresses, from tomorrow.

E-mail 6: 9am, Wednesday: Amendment 5:
We are all highly amused the gentlemen of the junior division have come to work in mid- length dresses today. From tomorrow, only women are allowed to come to work in dresses.

E-mail 7: 9.25am, Wednesday: Amendment 6:
Thank you for referring us to the Equal Opportunities Commission. No sexual discrimination was intended by the previous e-mail. Senior partners are meeting to review the policy. Men from the junior division may retain their dresses until then.

E-mail 8: 11am, Wednesday: Dress Policy Amendment 8:
The dress casual policy is canceled. All staff are required to wear dark suits and white shirts from now on.

North Borneo Federation

The territory of the proposed federation







The flag of the North Borneo Federation
The North Borneo Federation, also known as Kalimantan Utara or North Kalimantan was a proposed political entity which would have comprised the British Colonies of Sarawak, British North Borneo (now known as the Malaysian state of Sabah) and the protectorate of Brunei.

The proposed federation was originally proposed by A. M. Azahari and was particularly favoured by the Brunei People's Party, which he led. This was seen as an alternative to joining the Federation of Malaysia; which was seen as an unnatural and unfavorable union by some. Joining to form Malaysia was seen as a new form of colonialism under Malaya.

The basic concept behind the formation of a union of British Borneo was partly based upon the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Southern Africa. After the defeat of the pro-democracy revolutionaries in the Brunei Revolt, the idea was put to rest. Had the federation been formed, the capital city would probably have been Kuching, Kota Kinabalu or Bandar Seri Begawan (the historical capital of the region).

Currently, there still remains a small group of people who favor the creation of such a state and desire separation from the rest of Malaysia. These groups see current state of affairs as being unfair to the people of North Borneo, particularly Sabah, as the majority of the region's wealth goes to the federal government; only about 5% of the region's oil revenue goes to the state governments of Sabah and Sarawak.

Furthermore, Malaysian politics have usually been West Malaysia-centred and seen as neglecting the needs of East Malaysians. However, this changed following the Malaysian general election, 2008 which saw both the East Malaysian states keeping the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition in power. Since then, much development and importance has been given to the two states.

Prior to that, some opposition parties in the Sarawak State Assembly have tried to evolve such a federation. The matter was refused to be debated in the Assembly due to its sensitivity, by the coalition of governing parties in Sarawak, namely the Barisan Nasional lead by Pehin Seri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud.

The sultanate of Brunei has traditionally opposed such a federation. When it was first proposed during the 1960s the Sultan of Brunei favoured joining Malaysia, though, in the end, disagreement of the nature of such a federation and disagreement on oil royalties stopped this from happening.

2009

Concert of the year:
1. Digi All American Rejects live in Bkt Jalil
2. NTV7 live concert featuring Kelly Chan, Richie Ren

Movie of the year:
Missed too many movies this year. Seldom see me in the cinema.

Song of the year:
It's a Climb (Miley Cyrus), Paparazzi (Lady Gaga).

Hotel of the year:
M Hotel. I like.

Facebook =)

Malaysia's 100 leading graduate employers 2008

*Tied position

Rank	Company	More info
1	Shell
2	Intel
3	Schlumberger
4	PricewaterhouseCoopers
5	Ernst & Young
6	KPMG
7	HSBC Bank
8	Public Bank
9	CIMB Group
10	Maxis
11	ExxonMobil
12	Media Prima
13	Sime Darby
14	Maybank
15	IBM
16	Motorola
17	Telekom Malaysia
18	Astro
19	Dell
20	Citibank
21	Malaysia Airlines
22	Sony
23	Proton
24	Deloitte
25	Accenture
26	Tenaga Nasional Berhad
27	Agilent Technologies
28	UEM Builders
29	British American Tobacco
30	Baker Hughes
31	Standard Chartered Bank
32	Nestlé
33	Panasonic
34	Perodua
35	DiGi*
35	Gamuda*
36	Sunway Group
37	Infineon Technologies
38	Celcom
39	Bank Negara Malaysia
40	Altera Corporation*
40	Hewlett-Packard*
41	UMW
42	Ranhill
43	Genting Group
44	Air Asia
45	BDO Binder
46	Karangkraf
47	General Electric
48	Talisman
49	Western Digital
50	Alstom
51	Procter & Gamble
52	OCBC Bank*
52	OSK Holdings*
53	New Straits Times Press
54	Hong Leong Bank
55	MMC Oil & Gas Engineering*
56	Technip*
56	Halliburton
57	Radio Televisyen Malaysia
58	SP Setia
59	United Overseas Bank*
59	YTL Corporation*
60	Ramunia Holdings
61	The Malaysian Institute of Microelectronics Systems
62	Siemens*
62	BMW Malaysia Group*
63	National Semiconductor*
63	MISC*
64	Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering*
64	Murphy Oil Corporation*
65	RHB Banking Group
66	Malakoff
67	KLSE
68	Honda
69	DHL
70	Nokia
70	Toshiba
71	FreeScale Semiconductor*
71	SIRIM*
71	Utusan Malaysia Group*
72	Microsoft
73	Leo Burnett
74	McKinsey & Company
75	Glaxo Smith Kline
76	BERNAMA
77	Berjaya Group
78	IOI Group
79	Cisco*
79	Unilever*
80	NEC
80	Scomi
81	Lóréal*
81	Texas Instruments*
82	BASF*
82	Indah Water Konsortium*
83	Bank Islam Malaysia*
83	Flextronics*
83	IJM Corporation*
84	Am Bank Group*
84	The Star*
84	Titan*
85	Samsung
86	Venture
87	Public Mutual
88	Hilton Hotel*
88	Prudential*
89	Google
90	B. Braun*
90	Satyam Computers*
91	Ericsson*
91	Sapura*
92	JP Morgan*
92	Kerry*
93	Pfizer*
93	KFC Holdings*
94	Qimonda
95	AMD*
95	Naza*
96	Weatherford
97	Jusco
98	EON Bank
99	Bank Rakyat*
99	Yakult*
100	Moi Foods

Drinking US$5 cups of tea show you're a true postmodern Asian

My friend Andy told me he goes to Starbucks every day. I told him he was a coffee addict. He shook his head. "Actually, I can't stand the stuff," he whispered. "I order tea."

Andy is your typical modern Asian yuppie fashion victim, or what I prefer to call "an idiot." You may think that's harsh, but anyone who pays US$5 (HK$39) for a cup of tea - just to look good - deserves to be dissed.

But then I realized I was no different. I go to trendy Western restaurants, but sneak in a bottle of chili sauce to give the food a chance to bite back. (Warning: If you do this, DO NOT keep the chili sauce in your trouser pocket. Accidents can cause inflammation of the underpants, which can painfully damage your chance of fathering multitudes).

It's funny: the inhabitants of Asian cities look totally Westernized these days. Yet, scratch the surface and you find traditional Asians underneath.

So here is a list of Signs That You Are a Postmodern Asian.

If you haven't eaten rice at least once a day, you feel hungry. You have black hair, but think of it as dark brown. Many members of your family have politically incorrect nicknames, such as Fatty-Uncle. Your No1 guilty secret: you enjoy karaoke.

You have lived next door to someone for five years, but know nothing about them. Your older relatives still think that you have to shout into phones to make yourself heard. You drive a German car in your dreams, and a Toyota in real life. You think wearing a Rolex Oyster is a legal requirement for Asian businessmen.

You have Western pills in your medicine cabinet, but also strange smelling rocks, seeds and a bit of sliced deer antler. You have never even thought about paying full price for a DVD or CD. Your parents don't realize that there are other things you can study at university other than accounting, business, medicine, law and engineering. You have at least one friend whose first name is a noun, as in Diphtheria Chan.

You never realized that solitaire could be played without a computer. There are jars of dried leaves in the pantry of your family home. Your mobile phone has a different ring tone for your main spouse and your "minor" spouse.

You know more European designer labels than any of your European friends. You have no time for organized religion, but take the fung shui of your office seriously. You think there's nothing odd with an adult buying a Nintendo DS or a PSP for his or her own use.

You think of all software as freeware. Several of your friends use what they think are trendy, popular Western names, such as Winnie, Gilbert, and Fanny. You are amazed what your Western friends pay for designer Asian clothes that look like stuff in your grandmother's wardrobe. You have no interest in classical music, but were forced to do piano or violin all the way to grade eight.

All your Western friends think you are a whiz at maths. And lastly, you are reading this in a designer coffee shop - drinking a US$5 cup of tea.

IRB servers overwhelmed

Done my 1st tax filing cum e-filing at 5am, 30 Apr.

Thursday April 30, 2009
By TEH ENG HOCK,KNG ZHENG GUAN and RACHEL LAU

PETALING JAYA: For the second year in a row, taxpayers filing their tax returns online at the last minute have caused the Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) computer servers to jam up.

On a normal day, filing the returns online would only take a couple of minutes but the process took hours in the last few days as today’s deadline approached.

IRB has acknowledged the problem, and advised that the best time to access the e-Filing system is between 1am and 7am.

Last year, the servers were also jammed up in the last few days before the April 30 deadline.



Taxpayers crowding the IRB office in Kelana Jaya yesterday as the deadline for filing their tax returns nears. - GLENN GUAN / The Star

About 1.2 million people - almost half of the 2.5 million taxpayers in the country - used the e-Filing system last year.

When the system was first introduced in 2006, only 187,000 taxpayers responded to online filing of taxes. The number grew by more than 350% in 2007, with 876,000 e-filers.

Counter services at the IRB headquarters in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur, were extended to 10pm yesterday and will be extended until midnight today. More than 70 computers have been set up at the headquarters to assist taxpayers to file their taxes.

At 8am, there was already a growing crowd at the Shah Alam office while at noon the Kelana Jaya office was packed.

Kelana Jaya IRB public relations officer Noorhaya Ibrahim said there was an average of 3,000 people daily for the past week and the crowd had doubled in the last two days.

Motorcycles help keep you young

Mental condition can be improved by using motorbikes to commute, says software expert. -AFP
Thu, Mar 05, 2009

TOKYO - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain Training" computer software said Wednesday, citing a new scientific study.

"The driver's brain gets activated by riding motorbikes" in part because it requires heightened alertness, Ryuta Kawashima said after his research team and Yamaha Motor conducted a string of experiments involving middle-aged men.

"In a convenient and easy environment, the human mind and body get used to setting the hurdle low," he warned.

"Our final conclusion is that riding motorcycles can lead to smart ageing."

Kawashima is the designer of "Brain Training" software, which incorporates quizzes and other games and is available on the Nintendo DS game console under the name "Brain Age" in North America.

A self-professed motorcycle fan, 49-year-old Kawashima cited a new study conducted jointly by Yamaha and Tohoku University, for which he works.

One experiment involved 22 men, all in their 40s and 50s, who held motorcycle licences but had not taken a ride for at least a decade.

They were randomly split into two groups -- one asked to resume riding motorcycles in everyday life for two months, and another that kept using bicycles or cars.

"The group that rode motorbikes posted higher marks in cognitive function tests," Kawashima said.

In one test, which required the men to remember a set of numbers in reverse order, the riders' scores jumped by more than 50 percent in two months, while the non-riders' marks deteriorated slightly, he said.

The riders also said they made fewer mistakes at work and felt happier.

"Mental care is a very big issue in modern society," said Kawashima. "I think we made an interesting stir here as data showed you can improve your mental condition simply by using motorbikes to commute."

I NEED This Job - NOT !

by Joe Turner, The Job Search Guy

I recently received a letter from a job seeker indicating that she had been called for an interview but didn't have all of the qualifications. "Carey" wanted to know what advice I could give her, adding that she really "needs this job."

My response to "Carey" applies to most job seekers who don't have all of the qualifications listed in the job description. Consider this a wish list from the employer. Know that, even in today's tough economy, employers aren't always going to get everything that they want, either.

Attitude
Your attitude is more important than your compendium of skills and abilities. Many people write about "attitude" as something you can switch on and off. Like trying to sell the interviewer on the idea that you're some cheerful, gonzo team player willing to tackle any task thrown at you. This is pure rubbish, of course, and it will last about 20 minutes, or as long as you're able to maintain this false front.

When I say attitude, I'm talking about your core belief in who you are and what you bring to the table at an interview. It starts with self-respect. Before any interview, tell yourself this: "I may need oxygen, food and water, but I DO NOT NEED THIS JOB." With today's economic climate of gloom and doom and job losses projected to tally into the millions by the end of 2009, this may seem almost suicidal.

Yet, by freeing yourself from feeling you "need this job", you will actually perform better during the interview by not giving your power away to the employer. Otherwise, your sense of neediness will be read as desperation and will work to your disadvantage to quickly eliminate you from further consideration.

Of course, it's all well and good to talk about thinking "I don't need this job" when the rent is due and your bank account is empty, but don't give your power away. Realize that the employer needs to fill this position ASAP and might want you as much as you want them.

Employer's NeedsInstead of YOUR needs, think instead about the EMPLOYER's needs. Remember, companies hire people who can either make money or save money for them. They're looking for people who can best provide a return on their investment.

Focus on the major benefit you bring to your employer. How does that benefit help them make or save money? If you can get to the root of their need, you can stand out among even stronger candidates who only talk about their skills.

For example, an administration assistant may have a very strong phone presence and as a result, makes clients feel at ease. She sets the stage for their continued purchases from her company. Her strength is her phone skills. Her benefit is happy clients, and consequently, more revenue to the company.

Highlight those areas where you are strong and really sell those. Bring up examples from your past when you were successful, and describe them. When you go through this exercise, you'll most likely amaze yourself with your list of work-related accomplishments. More importantly, you'll begin to see yourself in a new light-a producer of results. You'll also inoculate yourself from the dreaded "I need this job" syndrome that so many job seekers share, and take a giant step toward having the employer think, "I need YOU for our company".
SummarySure, the economy will continue to decline while not only jobs, but entire businesses, crumble and dissolve into oblivion. Yet, as some companies fall, others will rise.

These employers, more than ever, will need employees who not only know who they are, but who know and can articulate the true value of their accomplishments as a return on investment to their employer. When you can do this, you'll lose the "I need this job" syndrome and have employers feeling "needy" for you.

As a recruiter, Joe Turner has spent the past 15 years finding and placing top candidates in some of the best jobs of their careers. Author of Job Search Secrets Unlocked and Paycheck 911, Joe has interviewed on radio talk shows and offers free insider job search secrets at: www.jobchangesecrets.com.

The new finance career playing field

To say the least, the landscape for finance job seekers has drastically changed.

Some of the largest finance employers have gone bankrupt, been acquired or, at best, are seriously ailing. Unless you've been hiding out in a cave somewhere for the past year and a half, you know that the credit crisis that began in summer 2007 has turned into a full blown financial crisis.

Companies have booked billions of losses and shed thousands of employees, meaning finance jobs are harder to come by than in years past. However, contrary to popular opinion, that doesn't mean finance positions aren't out there; they are, but they just might not be in the most obvious of places.

Remember where is this?

Job hunting's a breeze for these graduates

By Lin Yanqin, TODAY Posted: 12 May 2008 1008 hrs

They are finding better paying jobs and finding them sooner, even though their graduating cohort of 711 graduands is 84-per-cent bigger than that of the previous year's 386.

Of the graduates surveyed by the Singapore Management University (SMU), the top 20-per-cent wage earners enjoy monthly starting salaries of $5,600.

Most of these highly-paid graduates are employed in investment banking or management consulting. According to SMU, its top nine highest wage earners draw between $8,000 and $10,000.

Overall, close to 100 per cent of those who responded to the annual survey — 618 graduates — found a job before or within six months of their graduation last year. Out of these respondents, 519 graduates, or 84 per cent did so within a month.

The average salary of those in full-time permanent employment is up 6.7 per cent to $3,040. Those who graduated cum laude (with distinction) or better are getting monthly starting salaries of $3,540, up 7 per cent from 2006.

About two-thirds of respondents had received multiple job offers, ranging from between two and 10 offers.

Meanwhile, about 3 per cent surveyed are economically inactive, pursuing postgraduate studies, travelling or other personal choices. Mr Bernard Chen, 26, an SMU graduate now working as a foreign exchange trader at Citibank, told Today: "I think one reason more graduates are finding better-paying jobs earlier is because there's a competitive atmosphere at SMU.

"When you see your seniors getting jobs early, you will want to work hard to do the same, or even better. The professors also advised us to start looking early because you would want to be the first person employers talk to, not the last."

About half the respondents are in the banking, finance, auditing and accounting sectors, while the rest are employed in a range of sectors including services and consulting.

Said SMU president Howard Hunter: "Over the years, our graduates have earned the confidence of employers who saw the difference provided by an SMU education. We will continue to ensure that our undergraduates have opportunities for global exposure to widen their perspectives as well as platforms for character development." - TODAY/ar

Rapid transit systems in the World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_transit_systems

London Underground Tube was built since 1863 and has 269 stations.

NY Subways was built since 1870 and has 422 stations.

Tokyo Metro was built since 1927 and has 165 stations.