Typing Speed

I was given this link by a friend to test out my typing skill. After 3 tries this is what I got.

57 words

It proves it. There is just so many one can type with 6 fingers (do not ask me how I type with 3 fingers on each hand, I just do).

How fast do you type?

Stocking up for war?

I was at Tesco's the day. Found some of the Tesco choice product all completely emptied up. Somehow a thought came to mind that everyone is stocking just in case something bad is going to happen. Maybe some part of me is getting paranoid.

As you can see, this part of the shelves (mainly Tesco choice products) are empty

Of course as per usual, my simple trip to Tesco's to buy milk ended up into something much more then that.

The spoils from my shopping at Tesco's

Panda And Porn

What does panda conservation and porn have in common?

Apparently, in order to encourage mating among this highly sex shy species, Chinese researches have been putting them pandas on some sort of "sexercise" program which includes panda pornography.

Amazing isn't it!

Full story from today's Star paper


Pandas in rigorous "sexercise" programme

Beijing : China's notoriously shy pandas are being put through a rigorous "sexercise" programme in a new effort to encourage them to mate, state media reported yesterday.

"I'm not fit enough, lets do it sitting ya babe?"

The Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Centre in the south-western province of Sichuan is making male pandas walk on their two legs to strengthen their pelvic and hip muscles, to better prepare them for sex, the China Daily said.

"Oh baby, your so strong! what have they done to you?"

The move which is achieved by luring male panda up with an apple, looks remarkably like a dance routine and is aimed to boost the animal's sexual stamina, the report said.

Giant pandas are known to be sexually inactive, but the new measure follows several other initiatives taken to try and encourage breeding, including panda pornography - AFP

Aren't they adorable? Lets hope panda conservation do come into fruition and we will see them off the endangered list.

The Terrenganu MB Saga : Our Agung labelled as an Animal?

In the latest development of the Terengganu MB "circus", supporters of the ex MB Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh was seen protesting with the banner "Kami Nak Idris, Natang". To those that is not familiar with the meaning of the banner, it means "We Want Idris, Animal". This was caught on video by Tv3 as well as Ntv7.

One would think out loud who the "natang" is referred to. The first person that come to mind would be our Agung since he is solely responsible to not appointing Idris as the MB of Terengganu.

Would this not constitute treason by UMNO's standards? I remembered not too long ago, someone from the opposite tore the poster of the Election Commission chairman, our Prime Minister wanted him prosecuted. So what about this? I would think this is much more serious since it involve royalty.

Surely we shall be seeing more ripple effects of the scenario soon to come.

If We Were Married....

Got this jokes off the email just now. Had a good smile out of it so I am sharing it with you all out here.

Wife: "What are you doing?"
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : "Nothing...? You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour."
Husband : "I was looking for the expiry date."



Wife : "Do you want dinner?"
Husband : "Sure! What are my choices?"
Wife : "Yes or no."



Wife: "You always carry my photo in your wallet. Why?"
Hubby: "When there is a problem, no matter how great, I look at your picture and the problem disappears."
Wife: "You see how miraculous and powerful I am for you?"
Hubby: "Yes! I see your picture and ask myself what other problem can there be greater than this one?"



Stress Reliever Girl: "When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden."
Boy: "It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any worries or troubles."
Girl: "Well that's because we aren't married yet."



Son: " Mum, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to give up my seat to a lady."
Mom: "Well, you have done the right thing."
Son: "But mum, I was sitting on daddy's lap."



A newly married man asked his wife, "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?"

"Honey," the woman replied sweetly, "I'd have married you, NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!"



Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I'll be yours forever
The guy replies: "Thanks for the early warning."



A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?"
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: "I like your sense of humor!"

Rotary Health Camp 2008

I have been involved with Rotary for the past 5 years. You can say that its my pet project since I came back to Malaysia as I was involved with its creation and the running of the club in my town. I've always been into community based NGO's even since my university days in UK (I was involved with the RNIB then).

The Rotary Health Camp is one of our major projects that the club has undertaken for the past 3 years. This year's project would be the largest that we have done for a single day health camp. I will go into details regarding the project in another blog entry.

Anyways, today is the eve of the project day and I was on site to inspect the preparation of the hall.

One of our banner that is scattered around town. We made 3 huge banners placed at strategic location around town.

This is where the Health Camp is going to be held. On the right are people from the health department putting up buntings on health related issues.

2 of the many banners around the hall

At 8.30pm a few of us came to the hall and did the table arrangements. Notice there are people playing badminton. That would be our main exhibition area.

This donation box (made by me :P) will be placed all over the hall.

I'll be waking up at 7.00 am tomorrow to prepare for the big day. Hopefully the weather would be good and there would be a big crowd for us to serve.

More updates to come

Arghhhh! I've been tagged!

Apparently I've been tagged by Nux V

So here goes....


Instruction: Remove ONE from below and add in your own personal question, make it a total of 20 questions.

Then, tag 8 people in your list and list them out in the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all.

The person who tagged you is: Nux V

1. What's your favourite anime at the present time? Bleach

2. Given the chance, what special ability/power would you like to have? Who needs superpowers? I am already special =P

3. What's your favourite colour? Why? Anything that is dark. I just like it

4. Where is the place you want to go the most? Italy

5. If you have one dream to come true, what would it be? I dream for a genie to grant me a thousand wishes

6. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain? I would if there is a pot of gold at the end of it!

7. What are you afraid to lose the most now? My life? (I don't want to die young lah!)

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do? 1 Million? Thats too little. Ask me again when I have a billion.

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her? Of course, we only life once. Never live regretting of the "what if's"

10. Whats part of your body do you like most? My belly?

11. Which type of person do you hate the most? People that lie

12. What is your ambition? To be successful in life financially, emotionally and spiritually

13. If you have fault, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet? I don't mind people pointing out my mistakes. Thats how one improves in life.

14. What do you think is the most important thing in your life? My family

15. Are you a shopaholic or not? Not really. But I can be one at times.

16. Find a word to describe the person who tagged you. Friendly

17. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change? None. I am happy with what I am

18. Is there anything that you have done which you regret? Nope. Regrets are for lamers that can't get over their past mistakes.

19. What makes you different? Hmm.... tell you again when I found the answer to that question

20. Do you feel good to be friend with the person who tagged you? Why? I like having friends. So of course :)


Now to for the next 8 victims (I can only manage 7. The rest I think they don't like being tagged lol).

1) Wen
2) Dalicia
3) Apple
4) Allison
5) Seizhin
6) Nick
7) Fritz

Wow... I actually survived my first (and probably the last) attempt on tagging. Woot!

The Bachelor's Night In With...........

.............................My dad

Mom left for church camp with my aunts last week so me and Dad was home alone for a couple of days that she was gone.

Its pretty amazing to see the other side of my dad when she is not around. That is the only time I actually see him wash his own plates, attempt to make his own milo in the morning and so on. So I guess its safe to say that this side of my dad my mom has not seen for a very long time :P

Anyways, dad was complaining that he was a bit hungry one night and I decided to cook one of my favourite Korean instant noodle. I was introduced to them during my University days in UK. Got stuck with it ever since.

Extra Ingredient : Smoked honey ham, BBQ pork cocktail, smoked pork cocktail and fried egg

One thing I like about the Korean instant noodles are the texture of the noodles. I particularly like them thick and spongy. Of course its spicy and I love my noodles hot.

And here is the finished result!

And as per usual on most of my night out with my dad, he washed the dishes! If my mom see's this, I bet we all know who will be washing the dishes next time.

Madonna's Latest Album - Hard Candy

Madonna will be launching her latest album called "Hard Candy" on the 29th April 2008. The album is said to be "about the juxtaposition of tough and sweetness." When I looked at the cover, I don't really see any form, shape and factor of sweetness in it.

But before I reveal the album cover from her latest album, let me show you one of my favourite album of hers.....

Something to Remember is Madonna's second greatest-hits collection, compiling a selection of the singer's ballads. Several of her biggest hits are included, including the number one hits "Crazy for You," "Live to Tell," "This Used to Be My Playground," and "Take a Bow," as well as a handful of first-rate album tracks (a remixed "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," "Something to Remember," "Oh Father") and three new tracks, most notably a version of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" recorded with the British trip-hop group Massive Attack.

Okay, here's the album cover of her latest album.

My first impression based on the album cover - Whats a middle aged lady wrapped with a gold wrestling belt doing in this album? This do not look enticing at all.

It totally gross me out.

Wei aunty! Please act your age lah.

Lets hope the songs inside would be able to compensate for the shortcomings of the album cover.

Dream

I am not a person that dream.

Recently though, I have been having dreams almost on a daily basis. This is like totally spooking me out in a way. Not that there is a particular pattern in my dreams. They are not nightmares either. Its as if I have another life in my dream in which I meet people, chat with them and just hang out.

I wonder what my brain is trying to tell me.

The wonders of our Malaysian bomb squad

Was reading through the STAR online and found this very interesting article about a bomb hoax at KLCC.


Bomb hoax at KLCC, bag of clothes detonated

By RASHITHA A. HAMID

KUALA LUMPUR: A bomb hoax at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre resulted in a few hundred people evacuating the Twin Towers Friday afternoon.

Bomb squad personnel who rushed to the scene detonated a bag believed to contain a bomb as they claimed the bag was emitting some noises.

Dang Wangi OCPD Asst Comm Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman said a security guard found the bag near the parking autopay station at the ground floor carpark of Twin Tower 2 at 3pm.
The security guard immediately alerted the police, Fire and Rescue department and the bomb squad.

ACP Zulkarnanin said the carpark was evacuated and the bag was brought out to a vacant area about 100m away before it was detonated at 5.55pm.

"We found the bag only contained clothes after it was detonated," he said when contacted Friday.



Wow! I did not realised that we are so advanced that our Malaysian bomb squad can actually detonate a bag of clothes.

I wonder whats next.....

The First Bucket Of Gold

There is a Chinese saying that man should always strive to achieve their "First Bucket Of Gold"

"The First Bucket Of Gold" is defined by as the first substantially achievable amount of wealth in one's life.

But how big is this so called bucket of gold?

I guess its pretty subjective, some people say that you have achieved your first bucket of gold when you are a proud owner of your own home, for some it may be the first 100k in their savings, the list is endless.

As for me, I think I have reached my first bucket of gold. I have my own house, a relatively stable practice and a moderate lifestyle. I am pretty happy with where I am right now in life. My next target would of course be my subsequent buckets of gold :P

I do believe that the second, third and so on buckets of gold becomes easier the moment you do achieve your first bucket. The process in achieving your first bucket of gold are the hardest hurdle. One can only make money with money right?

So whats your definition for your "first bucket of gold"?

Love

Watched a random series on the dumb box (TV) just now and something that one of the character said caught my mind

"Loving someone till it hurts"

A lot of people say love is a wonderful thing. True if things start and ends well. Unfortunately in this world things are just not that simple. There are many twist and turns in life that we cannot predict. Life's just ain't that fairytale that we have all hoped for.

In this complex cycle we call life I guess love must be one of the most complex subject matter that we human face. Even after so many heart ache and disappointment that we human go through, love is still something that we all yearn and chase for.

A New Dawn

A new Era has dawned in Malaysian politics. The poll results for the 12th general election caught many with their pants down. I am sure this includes both the Government and the Opposition parties. Never have the voice of Malaysians been so loud. The people wanted change and a big change have happened.


In parliament with 219 out of the 222 seats counted, the opposition have won 82 seats. This denies the government 2/3rd majority in parliament.


The opposition took control of 5 states namely Penang (DAP majority), Kedah (Pas majority), Kelantan (Pas majority), Perak (Dap majority) and Selangor (PKR majority). Mainstream media was so obsessed with Kelantan and Terenganu that no one saw 4 BN stronghold falling to the opposition.

Now the tough part begins, Malaysians have spoken, lets see pledges being promised fulfilled.

BN Sending Phantom Voters To Kelantan?

I was browsing through the Internet looking at news relating to tomorrows election and found this very interesting post.

Apparently Teresa Kok (a DAP MP from Seputeh), stumbled upon evidence that BN are bribing voters to vote for the government in Kelantan. And how much does it cost to buy a vote? A mere RM200.


If this is true then there may be a chance that BN might finally get Kelantan back (many has predicted otherwise).

Here's the link if you want to know the full story
BN Sending Phantom Voters To Kelantan?

Any thoughts on this issue?

Whats an Optometrist

When I am asked about my profession, 90% of the time people have no idea what an Optometrist is. So I have decided to explain to everyone here the various eye care professions that is currently out there in the industry.

I totally plagiarised one of my old PowerPoint slides from a previous talk I did a few month back. So this is going to be dry... very dry.......

WHAT IS AN OPTOMETRIST?

Previously known as ophthalmic opticians, Optometrist are trained professionals who examine eyes, detect eye disease and problems, test sight, give advice on visual problems, and prescribe and dispense spectacles or contact lenses. They also recommend other treatments or visual aids where appropriate. Optometrist is trained to recognise eye diseases and referring such cases as necessary.

Optometrist study at university for at least three years. Once qualified, they have the opportunity to develop their interest in specialist aspects of practice such as contact lenses, eye treatment, low vision, children's vision and sport vision.

All Optometrist practicing in Malaysia must be registered with the Malaysian Optical Council, the profession's regulatory body, and listed in the Optometrist Register (Second Schedule). When choosing an optometrist, look out for the letters BSc or BSC(Hons) Optometry after his or her name. It means the optometrist is a fully qualified professional.

OTHER EYE PROFESSIONALS

DISPENSING OPTICIANS (OPTICIANS)
Dispensing opticians advise on, fit and supply spectacle frame and lenses after taking account of each client lifestyle and vocational needs. In Malaysia they are allowed to test the eyes for the purpose of dispensing prescription glasses.

In Malaysia, most Dispensing Optician study at Axismatic Professional Institute after finishing their SPM. The course last for a year and a half in which they will obtain the Fellow of British Dispensing Optician (FBDO) on completion. They are however, not allowed to prescribe or dispense contact lenses unless they further their studies and obtain recognition by the Malaysian Optical Council to prescribe contact lenses. They are not trained to detect eye disease.

All Dispensing Opticians practicing in Malaysia must be registered with the Malaysian Optical Council, the profession's regulatory body, and listed in the Opticians Register (First Schedule).

OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Ophthalmologist specialize in eye disease, treatment and surgery. Medically qualified, they mainly work in eye hospitals, private practice and hospital eye departments.

ORTHOPTISTS
Orthoptists generally work with ophthalmologist in hospitals and in the community. They are concerned with eye problems relating to eye movements and the inability of the eyes to work together. Examples of this problems are squint (strabismus), lazy eyes (amblyopia) and double vision (diplopia).

Hope i didn't bore you to death!

Interesting Political Flyer

I saw this poster stuck at the window of a Proton Iswara at the carpark today. Nothing special I thought, just another BN flyer asking us folks to vote for them this 8th of March.

But on closer inspection, I realised that its not a BN poster
Check it out

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Instead of a quit smoking campaign, they are doing a quit BN campaign

Anyone seen this poster too?

My Journal For The Day

Woke up with the flu that I've had for the past few days. Thank god the headache is gone.

I knew this would be a long day since I will be attending the pre-launch meeting for the Health Camp. I called up H to double check the time and later planed for him to pick me up at 2.40pm later in the day.

Got a call from one of my girls. Apparently one of my regulars came in without prior appointment and insisted on seeing me.

Reached my office at around 10.15am (been getting to work later then usual recently, somehow can't get myself to get in earlier then that. Something i need to change). The lady broke her glasses and wanted me to settle it for her. I was like... WTF lady? Can't my girls handle such simple things for you? Anyways, its a matter of personal touch I guess. Had a light chat with her and sent her on her way.

Time flew by pretty fast after that since I had a few chores to do at the office.

Reached the Hospital's meeting room at 3.00pm. Apparently I was late cause the meeting started at 2.30pm. Not my fault as I was told to be there between 2.30 pm - 3.00 pm. Apparently more additions then I expected have been added into the whole program. Well... its not that bad I thought since this is not the first time me handling such events. Showed the various heads of department on my tentative floor plan and most of them agreed without much question. Great... save me time to explain further.

Went back to office to finish up some matters.

Came home at 7.00pm and now having dinner as I type out this blog.

Anyone wants to cook for me instead?

Tun Mahathir Confesses That Anwar Ibrahim is Innocent?

I got this SMS link this morning.

My first impression? Wow!! Why would he say that? Was he thinking right when he released those statements?

This is like another Chua Soi Lek disclosure but of non erotic proportions. Definitely mind blowing in a sense as it implies that Anwar was innocent.

Weather it would have any implications on the election or Tun Mahathir itself i am not sure. But one thing for sure, our Ex PM definitely has a loose tongue nowadays.

Check out the video here.
Footage from 4.00 minute is something you definitely don't want to miss.

Any thoughts after seeing the video?

P.S Don't want to post it here just in case people from Irresponsible Security Agency come interview me for spreading propaganda :P

8th of March : Let the voice of Malaysians be heard

I am not a person that is into politics but this years election has certainly been very interesting. Not only is it our first election since 50 years of independence but also the first serious election that our "New" Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will be facing since taking office.

Since the election date was announced, I have been spending some of my spare time watching ceramah's from the opposition party through youtube and other online alternatives. They are for sure very interesting to watch because its the only time you can see the opposition in full swing pointing out the flaws of the government. Not to say I am pro opposition or anything but if I want to see BN news, I only need to switch on the tv at 8pm and watch prime time news for that.

One interesting ceramah that I have seen so far is not by Lim Kit Siang or Anwar Ibrahim but by a lawyer called Haris Ibrahim.

Check it out



So who will you be voting this 8th of March?

Memory Lane

Walked pass MPH the other day and saw this little cuties on display. I've got all the smiley types in my collection. I used to buy 1 every time I came down to KL.

They are not only cute, they kick ass!