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• Without A Will

  04.20.10 |Uncategorized, Will| Permalink | Comments Off on Without A Will

  I am learning on how to write a Will and doing one for the family. I have been procrastinating about it until someone asked me to be a Witness. I am also an Executor for someone in my family. Anyway let’s start with the impact without a Will.

  Without a will, here is how the assets distributed to surviving parties:

  Spouse only – 100% to spouse
  Parents only – 100% to parents
  Issues only – 100% to Issues. Issues refer to children & grandchildren
  Spouse and Parents only – 50% spouse and 50% parents
  Spouse and Issues only – 1/3 spouse and 2/3 Issues
  Parents and Issues only – 1/3 parents and 2/3 Issues
  All Spouse, Parents & Issues – 25% spouse, 25% parents and 50% Issues

  However, there is a catch. You must engage a lawyer to apply for Letter of Letter of Administration (LA) from the High Court for the distribution order to the Land Office. In order to get the LA, the court needs 2 guarantors that has equivalent amount of assets left by the deceased. The application of LA takes 9-12 months. Again here, the beneficiaries need to agree what to do with the property.

  The problem comes while applying for the LA, the parents passed away. Now the number of beneficiaries will increase because the parents’ portion will be divided to the children, meaning the deceased siblings. It will be a lengthy process moving forward.

  Above information is based on my findings, I may be wrong in certain areas as I am not a lawyer. Let me know if you spot any mistake so I can correct it.

• iPhone: Ice Tycoon

  04.18.10 |Game, iPhone, Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on iPhone: Ice Tycoon

  Do you like selling ice-cream? Well now you can do it virtually on iPhone with Ice Tycoon. This is another game that I like because it tests my memory and speed. I have to remember all the ice-cream combinations of the customers’ orders.

  

  Your mission is to get the targeted sales for each level. Each time you sell an ice-cream, you get money. If you make the wrong ice-cream, you need to throw it inside the bin. That will cost you money. You also need to refill the ice-cream or the toppings if they run dry. That will also cost some money, so only refill when you need it.

  

  Believed me if you want to fill young again, do exercise your brain. This is a simple game that allows you to do that.

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• Calling From My Notebook

  04.16.10 |Technology, Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Calling From My Notebook

  
  
  

  Finally I have set up my VOIP on my notebook. Pretty cool! Now I can call and received phone calls from my notebook. I don’t have to be in the office to pick up my office calls. Everything is redirected to my notebook. That’s the beauty of VOIP, I can be anywhere, and as long as I have a notebook plus WIFI with me…I can pick up your call.

  I wonder in the future, can my notebook cook my lunch and dinner. Well at least I can order pizza from it.

• iPhone: Farm Frenzy

  04.11.10 |Game, iPhone, Uncategorized| Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  
  

  This is another cool game, some of you may have seen this in Facebook. Now it is on iPhone. It is a game where you are given a mission on completing some farming task. It is also testing your time management and cash flow too. If you beat the clock, you get a gold or silver medal.

  I like the graphics and any kids can have fun with it. There are different animals given to you like the chicken that lays the egg, sheep that produce the wool and cow to produce the milk, of cause. The cat is to help you pick the products in the field and the dog is to prevent the big bear from killing your stuff.

  Besides the above, you need to buy equipment to turn your produce to something else. Like egg to make flour and later cake. Milk to make cheese. Wool to make thread and later cloth. Each end product can fetch you lots of money. The ultimate goal is to beat the clock and get more money.

  Oooh, I heard now iPhone has Farm Frenzy 2. Need to download this….

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• iPhone: Finger Piano

  04.05.10 |iPhone, Uncategorized| Permalink | 1 Comment

  I always wanted to learn to play the piano when I was young. I took classes when I was 13 but the teacher was not good and he failed to teach me. Or maybe I do not have any music talent. My gal has been attending classes and I am learning from her.

  Every time I played a new song, I get the satisfaction. Of coz my gal coordination is better than me.

  Yesterday while I was surfing iTunes Apple store using my iPhone, I found this finger piano. I download the free version. I like it after playing with it. It allows me to learn play song using on a digital music keyboard. It is cool. It is easy but only thing is it uses finger. They have the PC version too.

  
  
  

  The music key will fall and you play the key on the music keyboard, the note on the keyboard will be highlighted too. You can play the entire song with your finger. Pretty cool. The lite version is free and you want more song, you have to pay USD$1.99. A good way to learn how to play music too.

  The best is that you get a full piano keyboard on your iphone to play any song you want or created. Download it to create your own music.

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• Travel With RV

  03.28.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Travel With RV

  I always wanted to visit New Zealand. I heard there are many beautiful sight seeing places. I dislike joining tours because of the rush from one place to another. It will be so cool if I can travel on a RV around the country. I could save on hotel bills too.

  I heard some RV rentals that cover emergency road service like motorhome towing. I won’t want to be fixing a RV when I am on vacation. It will be cool if I can get a straight replacement on the spot.

  I will have to start planning and saving for a long trip to NZ.

• 2010 Earth Hour

  03.26.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on 2010 Earth Hour

  2010 Earth Hour has arrived!! Do your bit to make the earth greener.

  

  Date: Sat 27th Mar 2010
  Malaysia Time: 8:30-9:30pm

• Hard Rock Collectibles

  03.17.10 |Collection, Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Hard Rock Collectibles

  I got some free Hard Rock collectibles from the hotel. The shape of the mineral water bottle is very unique. I took 2 home.

  
  

  

  
  

  I browse the Hard Rock shop but most of the stuff there are quite costly for my pocket. I am not a fan of Hard Rock. I used to collect Planet Hollywood T-Shirt but not anymore. I love to collect stuff like hotels shampoo, soap bars and toiletries. I still have a lot of those at home. I better not collect too many stuff else I will end up living in a dump.

• Durian Shell

  10.12.09 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Durian Shell

  The other day, someone bought really delicious durian for us to eat from the Orang Asli plantation. It is good to eat durian together with friends.

  I got to know that if we drink water from the durian shell, it can cool our body down after eating such heaty food. Eating mangosteen helps too.

  Next I learn that if you wash your hands with water from the durian shell, it can get rid of the durian aroma from your little fingers. My friend told me that there is a chemical in the inside of the durian shell that will neutralize the smelly fingers. It really works!

  Yeap I cannot resist eating durian! Yummy!

  
  
  

• Power Of Internet

  03.10.08 |Uncategorized| Permalink | 1 Comment

  I strongly believed that the opposition had a big win in the Malaysia 12th General 2008 election was due to the power of Internet. The news travel fast in Internet and people can read almost anything whether truth or not. It was really up to the people to decipher what is truth and what is fake.

  In the previous years, most of the news we get from the general media were usually filtered or modified. Everyone was kept in the dark. However this general election, lots were exposed. Look at YouTube and blogs.

  Some of us were kept updated every minute on the results and news about the general election. One of the site, namely MK were hit with lots of traffic that even with many mirror sites didn’t help much.

  Let’s hope the change will do us good and help those who didn’t win the seat to improve. Actions definitely speak louder than words.