Category: News

• Of Ice Water & US news

  01.28.10 |News| Permalink | 1 Comment

  I am in US and it is freezing here, for me, that is. It is 9°C and every eating place I go, they served me ice water. Like I need to warm myself up with ice water. Ice water is not really good for health. I mean why do you want to freeze your digestive system? It probably will disturb it and it will not function as it is suppose to.

  Don’t drink ice water, drink warm tea. I had developed some sneezing and nose congestion when I was here, it may be due to allergy. After I drank some warm tea, my nose cleared. Feeling so much better. Please do not serve me anymore ice water.
  Anyway, what is happening in the States here? Lots!

  Coach outlets on Sale! Some bags were a good buy like tote bags, swingpack bags and wristlets. And I got my poppy!

  Apple is making an announcement today with a new launch of a new gadget. I wonder what it is. Some say it is a tablet PC.

  Toyota Big US Recall and halting sales until the root cause is found and solved. Looks like the car suddenly accelerate and accelerator jams. Only new models manufactured in North America. I am feeling a little nervous because I am driving a rented Toyota Corolla.

  Ok I am practically broke from shopping. I will be doing some window shopping only, that is very sad.

• Blocking The Way

  02.22.09 |News| Permalink | Comments Off on Blocking The Way

  In Cantonese we call this “mo sek choong” meaning blocking the way. There is a whole stretch of empty space but this bus driver chose to park in the middle of an entrance to the pedestrian bridge. Everyone who wants to use the bridge has to squeeze through. By the way beside it, it has a big drain. How inconsiderate bus driver! *shake head*

  
  
  

• 916

  09.16.08 |News| Permalink | Comments Off on 916

  What do you think of Sept 16? It came and gone!…actually 1 hour and 25 minutes to go.

• Petrol Stations Debate

  06.25.08 |News| Permalink | 3 Comments

  At lunch time, a bunch of us was talking about the petrol station not accepting credit card in the northern region. Reason given was the petrol station owners claim that they lose nearly 50% of the profit to card transactions. Keywords are “lose profit” not “lose money”. If you read it correctly, they want more profit. In actual sense, they are not losing money but just want a bigger chunk of the profit.

  In carrying out those actions, consumers like us are the victims as always. We need to carry cash to pump petrol.

  One of my colleague said, if the owners are not happy, they can always surrender their license. I am sure other people will like to buy it from them. If you think hard, these station owners do not need to do much to earn a profit. Most of the work is done by the big oil company like marketing or advertisement. All they need to do is to oversee the station.

  On top of that, these stations are asking for trouble because trading in pure cash will attracts robbery. Some of these stations are open 24 hours and believed me, no one want to work after midnight if they know so much cash is in the station. They better get good security guards.

  Was it a wise decision? You tell me.

• Malaysia General Election 08 – My Thoughts

  03.06.08 |News| Permalink | Comments Off on Malaysia General Election 08 – My Thoughts

  First of all, this post is purely my thoughts and has nothing to do with any party bias opinions. Lately most of you are aware that Malaysia General Election is coming up. In fact it is 3 days away.

  There is so much news across the television, newspapers, road show speech, internet, sms and even spam. Everywhere you go, political news right in front of your eyes. Most of them are news that put other parties down, personal attacks and digging out each other’s personal secrets. I wonder where is the element of helping the people or the county in this election. If you really want to win the people’s heart, show results of what you have done for the people or the country. Or is it a norm to prove your credibility only during election?

  Next, this election is not very environmental friendly. Look at all the plastics and paper used to decorate the roads. I really hope they re-cycle it some how. Some of those sticks are dangling that may cause accidents too.

  To vote or not to vote, this is a big question. Will it solve the peoples’ issues? Generally the people wants reduced crime rates, improve education, reduce oil price, less/zero corruptions, respect other people’s religion, racial harmony and a stable country. Let’s hope whichever party wins remembered what they promised and take actions.