Yeow's Personal Life

Coffee at Saint-Germain-des-Prés

2011-09-14T08:45:00.002+08:00

Managed to have time in café "Les Deux Magots" and Café de Flore. Both have unique histories. I ordered a café expresso spécial Flore and you just sat over there looking at the street and crowd....

Baby Birthday

2011-08-05T15:33:00.001+08:00

My little daughter approaching 1 year old tomorrow!

Router + ADSL modem

2011-03-28T10:41:00.001+08:00

After getting tired finding a suitable all-in-one ADSL wireless/wired router for my home usage, I decided to purchase a purely simple ADSL modem and worked out the RS pro which is suitable for my home usage. The firmware is customized by myself, supporting various application, such as Firewall, QoS, and etc.

IEEE Senior Member

2011-01-25T15:57:00.002+08:00

I have successfully in my application as IEEE Senior Member.

Senior Member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply. To be eligible for application, candidates must:
be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields;
have experience reflecting professional maturity;
have been in professional practice for at least ten years;
show "significant performance" over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice.

Yes! It's Down!

2010-11-19T18:51:00.002+08:00

So Yes ID down on launching day...

4G defined: WiMax and LTE don't qualify

2010-11-08T12:15:00.000+08:00

Salesman always lies to you. Same as one of the WiMAX operator is Malaysia.

Deepest Condolences

2010-01-19T09:33:00.000+08:00

I still hope for the miracles yesterday morning. But it was confirmed. The tragedy that happened to my old school hurts me a lot. My brother who used to be a dragon boat sailor and actively participated in the competition would also regret what have happened. I still remember that he mentioned how he went through all the dangerous moments when they trained in Batu Feringghi. Now, a lot of peoples blame that the dragon boat races should be held in Teluk Bahang dam instead of near to Jelutong Express-way. I always remember how the excitement of my brother when he said that the boat race will soon go to shift to somewhere near Queens Bay mall. He said that it could then attract more crowds to watch the races. Off course, he did not have the change to do so……

Seriously Codemn Those Stupid Acts

2010-01-08T13:20:00.003+08:00

I cannot resist my angry to those who try to provoke and destroy the harmony of the countries! Again, a sad day for Malaysia!

BBC

Technology for Assiting the Poor

2009-12-31T11:06:00.002+08:00

I always believe that with all that I have learned so far. I should be one day helping others using the technology I have and contributing back to the society.

By the way, you see how peoples come out with the research ideas that helping the social.

Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags for Disaster Recovery Applications (EnHANTs) focuses on the design of disaster recovery system that will enable locating people trapped by fires and survivors of structural collapse. The key components of the system are Active Networked Tags that will be embedded in the building structure and carried by the users (for example, attached to their clothing). Other components will include cell phones and wireless mobile devices.

The active tags will be small and flexible device that will harvest energy from the environment (for example from light or movement) and will have ultra-low power communications capabilities. They will be attached to objects that are traditionally not networked and adapt their communications and networking mechanisms to satisfy their energy constraints.

In case of emergency, they will move to a special mode in which they form a network and transmit information (for example, last known location) to receivers which will be deployed by the rescue forces around the disaster site. In a long term emergency (a structural collapse), the tags will optimize the energy consumption for continuous and efficient operation.

Project Site: http://enhants.ee.columbia.edu

CelloPhone

Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA;
Dr. Aydogan Ozcan, Dr. Neven Karlovac, Dr. Yvonne Bryson

In resource limited settings, such as in the villages of Africa, there is no infrastructure to conduct even very simple medical tests such as blood counts. To combat various infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV there is an urgent need to be able to analyze bodily fluids such as whole blood samples in a cost-effective and simple way that can even be conducted by minimally trained personnel. For such blood tests to be performed in the field, we need wireless technologies that can capture the micro-scale signatures of various blood cells even at resource poor settings. And cell phones offer a great match for this purpose since: (1) they are already widely used almost everywhere; and (2) they are equipped with advanced technologies that could be tailored towards the needs of such medical tests. Such a wireless health monitoring technology that runs on a regular cell-phone would significantly impact the global fight against infectious diseases in resource poor settings such as in Africa, parts of India, South-East Asia and South America.

The CelloPhone Project aims to develop a transformative solution to these global challenges by providing a revolutionary optical imaging platform that will be used to specifically analyze bodily fluids within a regular cell phone. Through wide-spread use of this innovative technology, the health care services in the developing countries will significantly be improved making a real impact in the life quality and life expectancy of millions.

The core technology of the CelloPhone Project relies on an innovative on-chip platform, developed by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan’s Group at UCLA, which we term LUCAS—Lensfree Ultra-wide field Cell monitoring Array platform that is based on Shadow Imaging. For most bio-medical imaging applications, directly seeing the structure of the object is of paramount importance. This conventional way of thinking has been the driving motivation for the last few decades to build better microscopes with more powerful lenses or other advanced imaging apparatus. However, for imaging and monitoring of discrete particles such as cells or bacteria, there is a much better way of imaging that relies on detection of their shadow signatures. Technically, the shadow of a micro-object can be thought as a hologram that is based on interference of diffracted beams interacting with each cell. Quite contrary to the dark shadows that we are used to seeing in the macro-world (such as our own shadow on the wall), micro-scale shadows (or transmission holograms) contain an extremely rich source of quantified information regarding the spatial features of the micro-object of interest.

By making use of this new way of thinking, unlike conventional lens based imaging approaches, LUCAS does not utilize any lenses, microscope-objectives or other bulk optical components, and it can immediately monitor an ultra-large field of view by detecting the holographic shadow of cells or bacteria of interest on a chip. The holographic diffraction pattern of each cell, when imaged under special conditions, is extremely rich in terms of spatial information related to the state of the cell or bacteria. Through advanced signal processing tools that are running at a central computer station, the unique texture of these cell/bacteria holograms will enable highly specific and accurate medical diagnostics to be performed even in resource poor settings by utilizing the existing wireless networks.

Project Site: http://innovate.ee.ucla.edu

CellScope

Bioengineering Department, University of California at Berkeley;
Dr. Daniel Fletcher, Dr. Erik Douglas, Dr. Wilbur Lam, Neil Switz, Robi Maamari, David Breslauer

The CellScope project aims to address disease diagnosis and treatment challenges in developing countries by enabling clinical microscopy and wireless communication of healthcare information in the field. By clipping a compact optical microscope onto a camera-enabled cellular phone, we are creating a mobile microscopy system that increases the capabilities of healthcare workers as well as the speed and reach of healthcare delivery.

Much of the developing world is ravaged by infectious disease, and local infrastructure is often absent or crumbling. Optical microscopy is the diagnostic gold standard for many of these diseases, but the necessary equipment and trained personnel are often not available in a resource-limited setting. However, the presence of reliable cellular communication in these places presents a tremendous opportunity for healthcare delivery and can serve as the platform for an affordable and reliable method to diagnose patients in remote areas.

We are developing a system for cell phone microscopy, called the CellScope, capable of on-site disease diagnosis and wireless transmission of patient data to clinical centers for further evaluation, treatment recommendations, patient management, and epidemiological studies. Our device extends the concept of telemedicine to diagnostic microscopy using commercially-available camera-enabled cellular phones. The CellScope takes advantage of the robust cellular network in the developing world and the well-established and trusted technology of optical imaging to meet the tremendous demand for portable infectious disease diagnosis. Carried by local health workers, this mobile and inexpensive technology will make high-quality microscopy widely accessible, improving patient care and relieving the burden on under-resourced regional clinics. Vodafone Americas Foundation™ support will enable development and deployment of field-ready prototypes for use in evaluating device effectiveness for malaria and tuberculosis diagnosis and monitoring.

Project Sites: http://fletchlab.berkeley.edu/research_cellscope.htm
http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/telemicroscopy-disease-diagnosis

Business Trip

2009-12-24T12:12:00.003+08:00

Below was the route that I have taken last week for my business trip:

KLIA ---> Beijing Capital Airport ---> Shenzhen Airport --- 3 days -----> Taoyuan Airport ---- 2 days ----> Kota Kinabalu Airport ----> KLIA

Around 24 hours on flight.

Omurice in Hokkyokusei

2009-12-11T19:45:00.002+08:00

Western style fried rice with omelet or "Nasi Pataya" in Japanese style restaurant. Delicious!

Takoyaki

2009-12-06T23:19:00.002+08:00

Tokoyaki in Osaka is delicious!

Oops, I finished them before taking the photos.....

Okonomiyaki

2009-12-06T23:03:00.003+08:00

Osaka Taste

Tokyo Taste

Hiroshima Taste

You will find soba in the Okonomiyaki from Hiroshima and not the Okonomiyaki from Osaka. The toyko one is in liquid form and not as delicous as the one that you can find in Osaka and Hiroshima. Anyway, you should try out all if you do have opportunities to do so!

Mobile Phone in Japan

2009-12-04T09:31:00.001+08:00

Mobile phones is quite common in Japan, even students in primary school carry the mobile phone. However, I observed that in the train or subway, using your mobile phone for conversation is considered rude. Near the priority seats, the passengers are advised to switch off their phones. During the journey from Osaka to Kanazawa, the Thunderbird Limited Express has one room (near to toilet) specified for passengers to use their mobile phone. So, it seems that Japanese still consider talking to others in the train or subway is not a good behavior.

Sticky Ice Cream in Arashiyama

2009-12-03T10:25:00.002+08:00

This looks interesting. After making the ice cream, the shop owner immediately turned the ice cream cone upside down and said to me “you can do this!” I did the same and then my wife took the picture.

QR Code in Japan

2009-12-02T09:55:00.004+08:00

I am quite impressed on how Japan has used QR code for advertising and information sharing. I have seen the QR code in the "one-day pass" in Kyoto which is linked to the timetables of the city loop bus. QR code can be found everywhere, such as magazines, shopping malls, railway and etc. Peoples there are using their mobile phones with camera to read the QR code and then be linked to certain web-site. It seems that Japanese is really good in adapting the technologies to their daily life.

Here, you can purchase "Flower Muji Mobile" using your mobile phone.

I just found out that even my passport now has the QR code. The immigration official in Kansai airport put the sticker with QR code in it.

Travel in Japan

2009-11-26T21:16:00.008+08:00

Easy and comfortable if you can sort out the way of using the railway, subway, bus (all the public transportation). Of course, you can travel from one place to another using the shinkansen (the fast train connecting city to city). Thanks to my wife who did a lot of homework before. Now, we are in Osaka.

In Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa

Tokyo Tower

Heading to Kodaiji Temple in Nara

In Kinmata, Kyoto

Miyajima - Hiroshima

2009-11-14T21:47:00.002+08:00

We have landed ourselves in Miyajima, Hiroshima.

Kansai Airport

2009-11-14T08:08:00.004+08:00

See what's the broadband speed in Kansai Airport.

WiMAX coverage at Home

2009-11-10T23:14:00.001+08:00

It seems that my home is under WiMAX coverage from two operators:

[NSP-Name] [NSP-ID] [RSSI] [CINR]
Unknown 000023 -68 24
Unknown 000012 -97 13

Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd
Asiaspace WiMAX Sdn. Bhd.

Fuel Cell Chargers from Toshiba

2009-11-02T09:46:00.002+08:00

So, it's easy to recharge your portable devices in the future.

Read this.

Initiative to Help the Peoples

2009-10-06T11:20:00.001+08:00

A lot of interesting projects can be found here. Using the technology to help others is always my dream.

Alan Wiley was unfit?

2009-10-06T09:10:00.002+08:00

Yes, it's true if you did watch the match between ManUtd vs Sunderland. He was unfit. He took almost 1 minutes to give the Yellow card. He blocked the players' way to run because he ran very slow in referee standard. High tempo game will become low tempo because of this unfit referee. I strongly agree with Fergie. Alan Wiley was unfit!

Facebooks - Politicians

2009-09-25T09:07:00.004+08:00

More and more politicians are started using the facebook as a tools to reach his/her potential voters or supporters.

Blacklist for PTPTN

2009-09-25T09:00:00.001+08:00

Those who may be blacklisted from traveling oversea can check your status here.

Am I going to get 300Mbps from my 802.11n AP?

2009-09-24T15:37:00.002+08:00

The standard answer is "it depends"!

So how?
First, you need to configure your AP to work in 40MHz channel bandwidth.
Second, you have to make sure that there is no other non-802.11n APs surrounding your AP.
Third, your laptop should use 802.11n device.
Fourth, there is no other non-802.11n devices connected to your AP.
Fifth, all the 802.11n device connected to your AP should use 40MHz and not 20MHz channel bandwidth.

So in reality, there is almost impossible to get the full speed of 802.11n in 2.4GHz spectrum. It may be possible for 5GHz spectrum.

Stupid DOs who waste Our Money

2009-09-24T09:12:00.005+08:00

Read this and this and this and this. Where's the Rakyat money?

If there is no Selcat, who will ever know this!

Suddenly, a Katak (jumped from one party to another, even our Dr M also said that he's now welcomed) who previously summoned by Sultan Selangor came out to defend them.

It's nothing wrong. With his limited knowledge, he still want to be the MB. This make me laugh!

Katak is dangerous. Beware PR!

The DOs who have committed somethings "wrongful" should be quit from the post.

Blogging from KLIA

2009-09-19T09:54:00.002+08:00

On the way to JB to visit my sister, more passengers and crowds this time during festive season. The signal strength is much better this time 30dBm and still operate in 2.4GHz, no 5GHz AP in KLIA.

Salam Aidilfitri to my Muslim friends!

1 Malaysia F1 Team

2009-09-17T14:47:00.000+08:00

Our money will once again go into the drain! We will celebrate with our driver at the bottom of the race if only they could even finish the race. New "Alex Young" from Malaysia!

Linux Driver Migration

2009-09-04T15:14:00.001+08:00

I have spent more than 1 week to migrate the wireless network driver from Linux version 2.6.15 to 2.6.28. It’s not an easy job. As usual, there are modifications required for the driver to work with newer Linux version. First of all, you need to compile the source code and ensure there is no complaint generated from the compilation process. I have encounter that the cross-compiler toolchain created with different GCC compiler may behave differently and generate different warnings and errors. Base on my observation, the higher the Linux version, the less tolerant the operating system to the driver’s coding errors.

Some of my conclusions from the migration:
- The core of Linux network devices driver has made significant modifications. Check it at ./net/core directory.
- The older compiler will be more stable compared to the newer compiler at least less warnings will be generated.

Stupid Remarks

2009-09-03T11:56:00.003+08:00

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said after meeting the committee members, he was “convinced” there was no political motive on the part of the protestors.

- Maybe not from the residents. But those who bring along the cow's head. They should be brought forward and investigated.

The protestors had stamped and spat on a cow’s head during the demonstration. The cow is considered a sacred animal in Hinduism.

“They also had no intentions to raise racial or religious tensions by using the cow’s head as accused by certain groups lately,” he told a press conference after the meeting at the Ministry here on Wednesday.

- Again, not the residents but for those who have conducted such a silly act!

He said also it was not the first instance that irresponsible parties had resorted to using the heads of animals in protests.

“Before there were incidents in which a pig’s head was used by irresponsible parties, including one which was wrapped in the Umno flag and left at the Umno building (in Menara Tun Hussein Onn here),” he said.

- Ok, this was the most stupid thing that I have ever heard. Suddenly, he mentioned UMNO, so UMNO is involved for sure. Otherwise, he will use better example. This issue has nothing to do with political party. But an article in Utusan claimed that noise becomes louder after PR takes over. Strange! Then, he claimed that other irresponsible peoples had done it before. Nothing wrong this time. Is this what he wants to say? Silly, stupid, irresponsible Home Minister!

He did not say when the alleged pig’s head incident took place.

- Then, he does not have the fact but he can say that as he wants!

Hishammuddin said that the organisers of the protest had “not realised that someone had brought a cow’s head to the demonstration until the last minute.”

- Again, the residents have their rights. But who are the culprits?

He added that his Ministry would monitor the discussion “closely” to ensure that a “win-win situation” could be reached.

- Bye, bye. We leave it to our stupid politician to solve this.

MCA = Mahu Cari Angpau = Money Collect Agency

2009-09-02T14:13:00.005+08:00

MCA complaints, then we understand, even GE did not say it, we all know. But Gerakan complaints for what? If the money is from the peoples, should we question it or shut up our mouth!

Protest with "Kepala Lembu"

2009-09-02T09:06:00.004+08:00

Irresponsible act and we Malaysian (1-Malaysia concept from Najib) sad to see what have been done above.

You still read some funny statements:

Selepas bekalan air dan elektrik dimasukkan, aktiviti mereka semakin hebat. Kuil itu hanya di seberang jalan rumah penduduk Islam Seksyen 19. Apa perasaan pembaca apabila setiap hari kami terpaksa mendengar lagu-lagu Hindu yang membingitkan telinga?

Bila mereka mengadakan keramaian mereka buat perarakan di hadapan rumah penduduk Islam. Gangguan bergendang keramaian berjam-jam lamanya. Terlalu banyak masalah sampingan yang terpaksa kami hadapi jika hendak disenaraikan di sini.

Aduan terpaksa dihantar dari semasa ke semasa kepada pihak-pihak atasan. Namun bila ada campur tangan politik perkara ini sering terbantut. Gangguan bising yang dihadapi semakin teruk apabila Pakatan Rakyat mengambil alih negeri Selangor.

I agree with some claims. But how come suddenly the sound becomes louder when PR takes over the state government?

KLIA WiFi

2009-08-29T10:10:00.003+08:00

blog at klia airport. 11b standard and coverage signal is weak 13dBm. on the way back to penang with my wife and mum.

More Bullshits from Our Politicians

2009-08-16T15:37:00.003+08:00

OTK said that his minister has not received the invoice so cannot pay for that.

“In a statement by my secretary yesterday, there was no such invoice,” he said.

His secretary said that he will pay using his personal account.

Ong’s political secretary Simon Lim said if there was any invoice requesting payment from Wijaya Baru Aviation Sdn Bhd, the minister would honour it through his personal account.

The public are starting to talk about you do not act according to procedures, then only you said that you pay using your personal account. Stupid, stupid and stupid. If nobody ever knows this, are you paying using your personal account. The answer is obvious!

Then our MACC director of investigations has said that maybe they need to stop probing politicians. Stupid, stupid and stupid. Peoples are questioning your integrity and sincerity! All PR and BN politicians should be treated equally and fairly. That's all, but this stupid fellow knows nothing and understands nothing. Perhaps, refuse to understand the facts!

PKFZ scandal has been talked about for years. What has MACC done? You said that you want to be efficient. Just forget it!

Who Wanna Kill England Players?

2009-08-11T08:50:00.002+08:00

England badminton players pulled out from the World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad. It makes me laugh and I don't even know who they are. It's just "tiny" players in the tournament. Stupid!

Insaf

2009-07-20T14:32:00.004+08:00

This is a good word that I have learned from our national language. But until today, I have not seen many of our politicians really understand and practice this for what he/she does for his/her life. It's hard for Malaysia to move forward if they are no such a word "insaf" in their mind. They keep on denying any wrong doing. They keep on blaming others. How are they going to improve our nation if they refuse to learn and admit their mistakes.

Damage is done for MACC. Not matter how they do it later. The damage is there, unless the DG really put an end to it by quitting his position with dignity.

Sad Day

2009-07-16T23:15:00.001+08:00

For those who have committed the crime, hope that they will be punished. No matter who!

Things go Wrong in Selangor?

2009-07-10T09:26:00.002+08:00

Selangor state government signed the MOU with a local company with no web-site for providing wireless broadband service in the state. Hey, we are talking about "wireless broadband" for Internet access. Company with no web-site! At least, Free WiFi Service in Penang is managed by well-known company, REDTone. What technologies that this company owned?

A worrying sign!

Forgetful Koh

2009-07-03T15:06:00.002+08:00

Koh To Consult Penang Gerakan On Kampung Buah Pala Controversy

A forgetful Koh needs to consult his party before making comments. Actually, what he wants to say. "I'm sorry, I have been pressured. Or....." We all knows the answer.

According to Lim:
"Firstly, Koh must explain why as Chief Minister, his Executive Council had approved the state government land of Kampung Buah Pala to Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang, first time on 18th August 2004 and second time on 8th June 2005 at a very low premium of RM6.42 million or RM20 per square feet."

But if you do promise, you need to fulfill it.

Come to end, Gerakan is still the initial of all the problem! This is the fact and cannot be denied with just relasing press statement.

Juris Doctor

2009-07-03T09:39:00.002+08:00

Thanks to discussion with PK yesterday and further searching the information. Here is definition of Juris Doctor:

- Juris Doctor is a first professional graduate degree and professional doctorate.

From Bernama:
Oh holds a degree each in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, and another in German language, apart from a double masters -- in science and international management -- as well as Juris Doctor in Law (JD), obtained from his eight years of study at the University of California.

From Malaysiakini (cn):
来自沙巴亚庇的胡逸山现年35岁，有神童学者的美誉。他在16岁进入加利福尼亚大学就读8年，于19岁考获3个学士学位（机械工程、航天工程及德国文学），之后在两年内又取得两个硕士学位（工学和国际工商管理），并在24岁获得法学博士学位。

Bear in mind, this is just a first degree not the PhD equivalent.

Who Are Actually in Power?

2009-07-01T12:28:00.002+08:00

Quite a number of peoples feel very strange that LKY asked to meet our PM's wife. Is he going to ask to meet President Hu jintao wife during his visit to China. Probably no!

My mind just keeps on thinking, "Why? Why?"

H1N1 or Selsema Babi

2009-06-26T14:08:00.002+08:00

Rais Yatim said that it's difficult to pronounce H1N1 rather that "selsema babi" for reporters. So using the "selsema babi" will be easy for sending the message across. But anyway, it's good to find out the reason why it is called "swine flu" at first.

Why is novel H1N1 virus sometimes called “swine flu”?
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a "quadruple reassortant" virus.

Passive Thinking

2009-06-10T14:36:00.001+08:00

“If we build the ERL linking Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, this is not good because the Singaporean will then buy the houses here.”

A passive statement that I have heard really upset me. Liberalization of air services in Asean is going to happen soon. I don’t really understand why peoples still have this kind of mentality. It makes me sick. It’s like saying that “if we don’t allow peoples to come in, then we will own all our resources.” But until when?

Where's the Money come for Real Madrid?

2009-06-09T09:53:00.003+08:00

How comes a club can afford to buy the players with such an incredible price?

From UK Independent:

Real rich: Where Madrid's money comes from

* Clubs in Spain are free to negotiate separate deals rather than central contracts. Madrid signed a £700m seven-year deal with MediaPro in 2006, seeing them easily top £100m a year, double United's earnings.

* Their bids for top players are also aided by Spain's tax laws – foreign players pay tax at just 23 per cent for their first five years. In England the 50p tax means clubs have to pay more to match wages on offer in Spain.

* The club's status in Spain helps them maintain their place at the forefront of European football. All debts they hold are with local banks, rather than relying on American billionaires or Russian oil companies. These banks are pressured to allow Madrid certain unwritten privileges, such as low interest repayments on loans. Their stature and standing in the country means they are unaffected by issues that could affect smaller clubs.

* Real Madrid have finished top of the Deloitte Money League for four years. The Bernabeu enjoys the third-highest average attendance in Europe while overseas trips generate revenue through ticket and merchandise sales.

How does the structure of the club differ from other leading sides? (from timesonline.uk)

Real are one of four Spanish clubs - the others are Barcelona, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao - who were exempted from a 1991 law forcing teams to become plcs. This means they hold regular elections to determine who will lead the club. The president then selects his board and appoints his men to key positions within the club.

No evident was found, but it looks suspicious. Anyway, this makes me think whether this is the only way to clear the debts. I am wonder whether it is any possibilities for UK football teams doing the same since almost all the teams there have debts.

Never mind. Different set of rules in Spain and any other leagues in Europe. So what's the function of EU? Just wonder......

Wonderful Scene

2009-06-09T09:22:00.001+08:00

Huray!!! Malaysia Boleh!!!!!

Wedding Photos

2009-06-02T15:32:00.014+08:00

upon request.......

Who should release it?

2009-05-21T14:40:00.003+08:00

Public release of PKFZ report up to Cabinet

MACC begins PKFZ probe

Ong promises full disclosure by PKA

If you look a all the news related to the audit reports of PKFZ, you will find only one answer. Make sure that it will be released as late as possible to reduce the damage to certain parties.

Funncy Comments from Benitez

2009-05-18T11:52:00.002+08:00

After watching ManUtd winning the EPL, Benitez, the Spanish guy came out with some really funny comments.

"It's the team that has more points, that's all," said Benitez.

"Sometimes they can be the best at the beginning, in the middle or maybe with consistency, but it just means they have more points.

"It depends on the time of the season. I don't think I ever said we were playing the best out of everyone, maybe just at certain moments.

"I do have a lot of respect for the other teams, but to say who is the best at one moment is not easy - there are a lot of good teams in the Premier League."

Champion of Europe?

2009-05-17T16:40:00.002+08:00

OpenMoko

2009-04-26T18:25:00.003+08:00

This one looks nice. Thinking of buying one! Everything is "open" including the software and the hardware.

OTK

2009-04-25T23:03:00.002+08:00

He is so called the leader of a party which supposes to represent the Chinese community in Malaysia. But he is same as the previous leaders. I hate seeing his face on the TV. He knows how to speak but could not actually brave enough to reveal the truth. Who is he? Guess?

One Malaysia, But then?

2009-04-13T11:40:00.004+08:00

PM announced "one Malaysia" but read here, an article that can be found at UM.

Di peringkat BN, kempen parti komponen seperti MCA dan Gerakan tidak agresif sebagaimana DAP. Misalnya, bilik gerakan ditutup pukul 11 malam sedangkan parti pesaing beroperasi sehingga awal pagi. Dengan prestasi hambar itu maka MCA, Gerakan dan MIC tidak berhak untuk membuat pelbagai tuntutan apatah lagi bagi jawatan Timbalan Perdana Menteri kedua.
- Blame each others in BN begins. It's true if MCA, Gerakan, or MIC leaders becomes 2nd PM and the whole BN governments are still corrupted. BN will still reject by the peoples.

Walaupun Umno berdepan dengan banyak tekanan dan kekangan, parti itu belum hilang kekuatan.
- Questionable!

Para pengundi bukan Melayu seperti biasa akan membuat banyak tuntutan pada musim kempen tetapi undi mereka tetap kepada pembangkang. Ini termasuk peti-peti undi yang paling banyak menerima peruntukan yang ditagih oleh pelbagai pihak mewakili pengundi antaranya RM1 juta untuk sekolah Cina, RM400,000 sekolah Tamil, tuntutan tanah rizab dan puluhan lagi.Apa makna ini semua? Bukankah ia menampakkan BN terus dipermainkan oleh pengundi bukan Melayu. Pada Awang, keputusan kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil itu dan beberapa yang lain sebelum ini adalah isyarat jelas kepada BN supaya jangan lagi terperangkap dengan muslihat sedemikian.
- Who ask for that? Who liar to the peoples? BN still don't understand and realize.

Usahlah mengharapkan sangat perubahan sokongan bukan Melayu.
- PM should teach them the concept of "One Malaysia".

Maybe, it's time!

Read what's our DPM say in the interview. It seems that he still don't understand the sentiment of the peoples. If you see how a former MP in Selangor wasting peoples money to Disneyland and etc., you will know why the peoples reject BN. With such a stupid DPM, I don't know how our PM going to improve our nation.

Chicken 65 in the Menu

2009-04-03T13:44:00.002+08:00

I first saw the dish "Chicken 65" during my short stay in Chennai, India 5 years ago. Today having lunch at Hassan Cafe, I spotted the same dish in the menu. I am quite curious with the name Chicken 65. Why 65? My first thought was that the dish was invented in 1965. After google it, here the descriptions:

"Chicken 65 is that the recipe originated in an army mess hall where the number 65 referred to the recipe number on the cook's menu list." see here.

Anyway, don't forget to try out this dish whenever you in Chennai.

A Day to Remember, But For Wrong Reason

2009-04-03T09:25:00.003+08:00

It's confirm! 30 minutes later, we will have our new PM. Good or Bad, who knows...

BBC News:

Mr Najib is expected to take over as prime minister on Friday. He has described allegations concerning the murder of a Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, as "malicious baseless lies". Two policemen who used to be in his protection team are on trial for the killing of the 28-year-old, while one of Mr Najib's associates admitted having an affair with the woman.

Taipei Times:

Najib has repeatedly denied opposition allegations connecting him to the 2006 slaying of the mistress of a close aide whose body was blown up with explosives.

Telegraph:

It predicts that Mr Najib's main tactic for rebuilding the government's authority will be attacking or even persecuting the opposition. "I think the focal point is on limiting the opposition and their ability to organise," she said. "The other tactic is intimidation."

Daily Express:

But the carefully planned transition hit a snag when all 81 opposition politicians in parliament sent a joint petition to the king asking him to delay Deputy PM Najib Razak's swearing-in until he has been cleared of allegations of corruption and involvement in the murder of a young Mongolian woman.

CNN:

Najib also brings with him a whiff of controversy. Two former bodyguards are facing charges in connection the murder of a Mongolian model. He has denied all links to the killing.

Al Jazeera:

The opposition has repeatedly accused Najib of corruption in a deal to buy French submarines when he was defence minister. It has also alleged that he was linked to the killing of the Mongolian mistress of Najib's close former aide. Najib has labelled the allegations as "malicious lies".

StraitTimes:

He also faces a belligerent opposition, which accuses him of corruption in a deal to buy French submarines when he was defense minister. It has also alleged he was linked to the killing of a Mongolian woman, who was the estranged lover of a close friend.

Bangkok Post:

However, analysts say that before Najib can begin to tackle these issues, he must first clear the air over opposition allegations connecting him to the 2006 slaying of the mistress of his close aide -- a Mongolian woman whose body was blown up with military-grade explosives. He has also angrily rejected allegations of corruption, and that his administration will adopt hardline tactics including detention of its opponents under tough internal security laws.

The Washington Post:

Najib, the son of Malaysia's second prime minister, also faces a belligerent opposition, which accuses him of corruption in a deal to buy French submarines when he was defense minister. It has also alleged he was linked to the killing of a Mongolian woman, who was the estranged lover of a close friend. Najib has denied the allegations as "malicious lies."

Technical Visit using Your Pocket Money

2009-04-02T11:37:00.003+08:00

Bringing along wife and children to technical visit (all paid by peoples' pocket money) is wrong! Wait and see if any actions will be taken by the respective parties against this corruption fellow.

Quotes of the Week

2009-03-20T10:42:00.002+08:00

Hukuman adalah berdasarkan kes yang dilakukan. Tidak ada kes yang sama. Katakan orang bunuh, didakwa di mahkamah atas tuduhan membunuh, dia tertikam sekali saja, dan mati. Tetapi sebaliknya kalau ada mengatakan orang itu ada keterangan yang bunuh atau tikam 20 kali, jadi hukuman itu kalaulah setahun, kawan ni yang tikam 19, 20 kali tikam itu, kena tujuh atau lapan tahun. Link

Bad example! That is the way that our stupid politicians think. As simple as that, if you are a murder, you are a murder.

Jokes from Ahmad Said (Updated)

2009-03-05T13:51:00.005+08:00

Issue of his son bringing child pornographic material into Australia:
“I can bet with you that it’s something that you will find on most men’s handphones”
“Why are they targeting me? I did nothing over there. It’s like committing a traffic offence here and paying the summons – and then the father gets blamed for it. Is that fair? It’s brainless”

Issue of Perak Speaker:
“The Speaker is deemed as an officer of the civil service and can be investigated for abuse of power”

Issue on Money Politics in Umno:
"Setakat ini, kita (SPRM) tidak jumpa apa-apa kesalahan (berkaitan politik wang) dan oleh itu, kita anggap tiada kes"

Interview with TheStar on PR MB and not Barisan MB been charged:
It was because there was a report against those Mentris Besar. Report-lah on the other (Barisan) MBs if they have committed corruption. It’s not like MBs cannot be charged. Report if you have the evidence and let us charge him.

Interview with TheStar on Khir Toyo:
He was cleared. There was no evidence against him. This was a long ago, not during my time. As for the reports lodged against him yesterday, those are actually the same old reports being repeated. Those cases have already been closed. If the evidence given is the same as before, there is no reason for us to re-open the case. We can re-open the case only if they produce new evidence.

And a lot of nonsenses from him...... just click here

Syabas!

2009-03-04T14:53:00.002+08:00

Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, the chairman of Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) and Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd, said today the RM5.1 million salary paid to him in 2007 for running the companies was justified.

“If you want professionals to run your company, you have to pay professional fees.”

Are you satisfied with your quality of water in your home? How many of us are forced to buy the filter because the water supplied to us is in unbearable stage? What does he contribute to us in terms of our quality of lives? Why should we pay him such a big sum of money with no return? If your product is water and you are not able to provide it in good quality, then you are failed and unjustified.

Sultan and Raja, don't Let us Down Again!

2009-03-03T23:02:00.003+08:00

It must be appreciated that the events unfolding in Perak are unprecedented and involve complex legal issues. It is impossible to provide a conclusive opinion on them. Some matters may, however, be addressed generally as a matter of principle.

Today 27 Assemblymen in Perak were prevented by the OCPD from entering the State Secretariat building, apparently upon “instructions” from the State Assembly Secretary.

The role of the State Assembly Secretary now comes under scrutiny. He is an official appointed from the public services and is only responsible for the administrative management of the State. He therefore has no authority to decide or pronounce whether a legislative assembly sitting is valid or not. The police have therefore acted improperly on his advice in defiance of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. These errors are further compounded by events that transpired in the High Court.

It was asserted before the Court by the plaintiff’s lawyers that the Speaker ought to be represented by the State Legal Advisor rather than private lawyers. There is certainly legal basis to disagree with that view but a more substantive matter of general principle must be addressed as to the position of the State Legal Advisor

Firstly, every lawyer must act on the instructions of his client and not otherwise. The Speaker has stated that he never gave instructions to the State Legal Advisor to either appear for him or to argue the case on his behalf. This is a matter that the Court must satisfy itself of before proceeding.

Secondly, the State Legal Advisor is clearly in a position of conflict. He and his department are presently acting for Dato’ Zambry in the Kuala Lumpur High Court suit where Dato’ Zambry’s appointment is being challenged. How can he or his department now act for the Speaker against Dato’ Zambry?

If the parties who file and defend proceedings in Court are confident of the strength of their case, there is little reason to taint or mar the proceedings with acts that militate against natural justice and fair play. It bears repeating that justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done. The Courts have a duty to uphold the highest principles of justice, fairness and their own independence. We must respect the doctrine of separation of powers and uphold the Federal Constitution.

The Legislative Assembly was convened by the Speaker a short distance from the State Secretariat building. There are questions as to whether it was permissible to hold the Legislative Assembly outside the State Secretariat building. Of course, the State Secretariat building is where the Legislative Assembly ought to have been held. However, the Speaker and Assemblymen were prevented from holding it in the proper place by the police (and this raises serious issues as to the legality of the police action). Thus the Speaker had no choice but to act within what may be seen as wide powers to convene the meeting elsewhere. No doubt there will be contrary views but it must be understood that this situation is unprecedented and the Standing Orders may not adequately cover these eventualities, thus leaving the Speaker with the powers to act according to the circumstances of the case.

We will no doubt see another case filed in Court. And the public has to further suffer the consequences of uncertainty.

The situation is untenable and cries out for the one thing that will resolve it conclusively – fresh elections. There is now a window of opportunity for this to happen. Let the people decide.

Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan
President
Malaysian Bar

3 March 2009

Now. Sultan and Raja, please decide. Otherwise, just stop talking and giving speech.

Desperate Move from BN in Perak

2009-03-02T17:09:00.002+08:00

We have witnessed all the silly things happened in Perak. It's all because the move by BN perak to take over the PR government in such unprofessional way. Perhaps, the only major mistake from BN perak is that they forget to kidnapp the speaker.

See some of the silly things did by BN Perak:
- Closing the state building on 3rd March. Yes, they can do this since the officials in the state building probably fear that they will lose their job.
- Asking the police and MACC to investigate the speaker. I am not too sure whether these are allowed. As you know, we all have learned about the doctrine of separation of powers in our history books.
- Applying for a declaration in the Ipoh High Court that the suspensions are invalid. Suddenly, the court is become so powerful that they can decide everythings in Malaysia.

"Jika keputusan yang dibuat oleh Speaker boleh dianggap sebagai satu jenayah, apa akan jadi jika Speaker Dewan Rakyat menggantung ahli pembangkang kerana apa-apa sebab? Dan ini kerap berlaku. Apakah ahli pembangkang akan lapor kepada polis? Jika boleh maka bolehlah kita anggap bahawa polis berkuasa keatas Speaker Dewan."
from Che Det

Stupid Remarks from Our MCAC

2009-02-21T20:11:00.000+08:00

A stupid and irresponsible Ahmad Said said that the MCAC has “strong evidence” against the Selangor MB. But why you gave the statements without first bringing the person to court and doing it “silently”. Stupid! It is ridiculous and only gives the perception that our MCAC is the UMNO-lead agency. Most of the malaysians definitely think that MCAC is not independent. Now, I think it’s true!

Malu

2009-02-13T11:21:00.001+08:00

Jangan belajar daripada Si Najib dan Si Zamri yang tidak tahu ertinya "malu", rampas barang milik orang lain dan tetap berani berhadapan dengan rakyat. Harap-harap mereka akan terima padah nanti.

Ruler of Selangor said the increasingly worrying situation at the global and regional levels warranted the people to strengthen unity despite their differing viewpoints.

- The ruler in Perak is the one who create all the uncertainty to the Perak politic by allowing and indirectly encouraging the "buying" of assemblyman. So, who to blame and how the peoples could respect them?

OKU si Penderhaka

2009-02-11T09:49:00.002+08:00

For those who don't know the meaning of OKU, it is translated as Orang Kurang Upaya. So what's wrong with Orang Kurang Upaya or disability peoples. All of them are suddenly labeled as traitors. It's sad!

霹雳州汉奸榜

2009-02-05T12:41:00.003+08:00

许月凤
贾玛鲁丁
莫哈末奥斯曼
纳沙鲁丁哈欣
......

Malaysia Boleh!

2009-01-24T21:52:00.002+08:00

It is a ‘D’ for Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia have been given a ‘D’, the lowest grade used by the AFC Pro-League Ad-Hoc Committee in rating the eligibility of countries for the 2009 AFC Champions League, after a comprehensive assessment of the AEAN country’s league and clubs.

A ‘D’ means the committee is of the opinion that Malaysia, whose teams currently play in the AFC Cup, do not meet the criteria for the revised AFC Champions League.

Malaysia have received ‘Ds’ in the below areas:

1) Association should have a minimum number of eight International Assistant Referees by 2009
2) The league governing body should be a legal entity governed by its football association
3) The league governing body should have a management structure which controls competition, marketing, media and finance
4) Club representatives, ii) representatives of football association and iii) representatives from the league’s top management should be members of the highest decision making body (executive committee) of the league
5) The position of CEO should be full-time
6) The league should have an audited Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet
7) The league should have an auditor
8) The league should have a centralised marketing system of the elements such as media rights, certain sponsorships and merchandise
9) Each club should have a media officer
10) Match reports should be distributed to media
11) All the clubs should be commercial entities under its national law
12) Submission of an audited Profit and Loss statement and Balance Sheet to the League governing body
13) Clubs should not have overdue payments
14) All clubs have youth development programmes with youth teams in the clubs or affiliated to the clubs
15) All clubs’ head coaches should possess AFC Professional License Diploma or an equivalent licence approved by AFC
16) All clubs conduct activities contributing to the local community of the hometowns

Internet - Dalai Lama on AirJaldi

2009-01-21T16:17:00.001+08:00

"The internet's contribution to the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge and information is truly remarkable. By itself the internet cannot feed the poor, defend the oppressed, or protect those subject to natural disasters, but by keeping us informed it can allow those of us who have the opportunity to give whatever help we can."

"New" School "Re"open

2009-01-06T09:42:00.003+08:00

You could call it whatever name you like. It's "re"open at last. We should ask for more if demands are there. Not just one. Be fair.

Mutlticast Streaming for WiFi

2008-12-30T17:02:00.002+08:00

Multicast packets are delivered in each DTIM period so don't assume that you can get the quality same as videon on demand (VOD) which is categorized as unicast streaming. I first thaught that the quality of multicast streaming will be better than unicast streaming. But it is actually the other way round. Anyway, if you would like to reduce the number of IP packet and number of PHY acknowledgement frame, multicast is still a better choice. My test experiences always show that the same wifi chipsets between the AP and clients provide better results.

Zeitgeist - Spirit of Time

2008-12-12T01:18:00.003+08:00

Have a look on how Malaysians use Google search engine. I am curious why Malaysiakini is the fastest rising search item. Does this mean that a lot of peoples won't type "www.malaysiakini.com" before browsing the web-site or malaysiakini is still considered very new to the public?

Oppose? Why?

2008-12-09T18:08:00.003+08:00

As long as the money is given back to the peoples. Why should you oppose this?

When traveling back from Penang, I just wonder why the government does not want to improve the railway and offering better service so that we can significantly reduce the number of cars using Highway. The tragedies are happened on the road from time to time.

Pakatan Rakyat - Hillslope Policy

2008-12-09T11:13:00.015+08:00

I think that Teresa Kok should be relief. But I am not sure about Ronie Liu. Thanks to Nadeswaran and Terence for their forward thinking. No matter how we need the editors and journalistes to keep on disclosing the "undisclosed" to stop and monitor our politicians.

Business as usual on the hills

By: (Fri, 15 Aug 2008)

ON DEC 11, 1993, a block of a high-rise apartments in Highland Towers crashed. And with it 48 lives perished. Over the past few years, landslides have cost more lives. Immediately after the Highland Towers tragedy, then prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad decreed that no hillslopes should be cut.

"There is so much land and why do they have to cut the hills," he thundered in one press conference. Much later, his then deputy, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi decreed that state governments should gazette all open spaces so they do not become targets of greedy developers (read: politicians and their cronies). Both directives were defied. The hill-cutting went on relentlessly and so was the land-grabbing aided and abetted by politicians in high places who were willing to sell their souls not for a few pieces of silver, but for gold bars or hard cash deposited in overseas accounts.

Vehement protests by affected residents and some NGOs prevented a large scale raping and plundering of Mother Nature. But not all their efforts paid dividends. In some instances, greed preceded over common sense and unscrupulous developers who had "wagered" on their "favourite horse", collected huge payouts by cutting hills and building concrete blocks on them.

So, when the Selangor government, three weeks after its formation, announced that it would cease to approve hillside development with immediate effect, it was like lifting the sword of Damocles which had been hanging over the heads of environmentalists and other like-minded people.

"We believe our hills should be preserved as they are important water catchment areas," Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said. And he made some concessions too. About 140 projects which had been approved by the previous administration could continue.

A month later, the state adopted the national guidelines on hillslope development – approval will only be given for gradients below 26°. So, in between a lot of lobbying had been going on. But Abdul Khalid held steadfastly to his stand. Over the past few weeks, news emerged that certain groups had lobbied to be in the One-Stop-Centres (OSC) of local councils.

The exco member for local governments, Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew, shot off a directive to all local councils – appoint five ex-officio members to the OSC one of whom must be a representative of the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda). Implementation of this directive would be plain sailing because councils are packed with politicians and party supporters, who like their predecessors, were supposed to lift their hands and say "setuju" in unison. But not this time. One or two councillors spoke their minds on the dangers of including people with vested interests. Several council presidents also objected and word got back to Abdul Khalid, who rescinded the decision after an exco meeting and ticked off Liu.

Thus, when everyone had thought that the issue had died down, news filtered from the developers’ circles that Rehda has been given an opportunity to talk the state into changing its decision on hillside development. According to industry sources, exco member for commerce and investments, Teresa Kok "had convinced the mentri besar to have a meeting with a view to re-look the policy".

Hillslope development is allowed in Taiwan and China, Rehda members reasoned, and wanted to know why it is not allowed in Malaysia.

Someone down the line forgot the principle of the "rule of the land". In the Taiwan Parliament, members can beat each other up and get away with it, and get re-elected, but not in Malaysia.

In China, the state can shoot protesters and cart them away – no questions asked. Having said that, the terrain, rainfall and other extenuating factors differ from country to country. But the bottom line is: a policy decision has been made and it remains so.

No, developers are not the enemies of anyone. Like every business venture, they are entitled to make profits, albeit in accordance with the law. But when attempts are made to do things which are not in sync with the environment, it makes Joe Public stand up and say: I will not accept this.

Developers have every right to develop land, but to quote Dr Mahathir: "why cut the hills when there is so much land?"

Kok argues that they are stuck with land, but why buy hillslope land when there are restrictions on development?

The public will find it revolting that those who promised "to look after the interests of the people" are the same ones who are now looking after the interests of the businesses. After just five months, the tune and tempo are changing.

No, the present administration is in no measure worse than its predecessor because the latter had the system in the pits. The only way is to go upwards. But wavering on important issues like the environment is definitely a No-Go. But when people soldier on with disregard for public opinion, it becomes a ready-made recipe for a disaster in the making.

Kok says that the state has listened to the people and NGOs and it must hear the side of the developers. No one will bitch about that except that if such a meeting is to institute a reversal of a public policy, it will be viewed negatively.

Abdul Khalid has had his fair share of controversies and he does not need another. In his five months in power, he has made some important decisions that have benefited the people. He must stand firm and not give in to pressure from any party, including his own colleagues. That would be short-selling the people who elected his government into office. And should he initiate a policy change and the environment is subsequently destroyed, he cannot claim "Semuanya OK!" because his predecessor has copyrighted that phrase.

Hillslope policy to be reversed?

By: by R. Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez (Thu, 14 Aug 2008)

PETALING JAYA: Is the Selangor government about to reverse its policy to ban hillside development? Just four months after stating that development won’t be allowed on hill slopes, there are fears that the state government will rescind its decision following pressure from housing developers.

Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is expected to meet Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) at the insistence of executive councillor (exco) for investment, industry and commerce Teresa Kok Suh Sim.

Upon assuming power after the March 8 general election, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government banned all development above 26° gradient – consistent with the national guidelines on development. However, it is learnt that lobbying by Rehda through Kok and Local Government executive councillor Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew prompted the state government towards a re-think.

If the policy is reversed, one will see a return to the bad old days when hillslopes are cut and the mushrooming of hillside bungalows and apartments, similar to what is going on in Bukit Gasing, a catchment area and a once-protected forest reserve. The change in policy is also likely to cause outcries from residents in Ampang and NGOs who had initially supported the state’s decision.

Abdul Khalid is not in favour of meeting the developers but sources say he was coaxed into it by Kok and Liu.

However, the consolation is that housing developers will be kept out of One-Stop-Centres (OSC) of local councils. Abdul Khalid and the executive council have overruled Liu's directive to councils last month that Rehda representatives be appointed ex-officio members.

Liu’s directive – issued using his office letterhead – may be illegal as the law allows only the state government, and not individual exco members, to make a general policy decision.

Abdul Khalid had also ticked off Liu, warning him not to issue anymore instructions without consulting the executive council.

Apparently several council heads objected to this directive as it would be a clear conflict of interest since the OSC is meant to fast-track the issuance of certificates of fitness and planning approvals.

Said a councillor: "How could developers sit in at such meetings when their interests are being discussed? With ex-officio status, they will have access to all our reports and input. The whole idea of having independent people is to prevent any lobbying or looking after vested interests."

"This is the last thing the new Pakatan Rakyat government needs as it tries to fulfil its election promises of a transparent and consultative government," said a source.

Kok, meanwhile, says the meeting with the developers was merely to listen to both sides of the story.

"We have listened to the residents and the NGOs, it is only fair that we hear the developers," she said, adding that Rehda asked for the meeting to resolve several issues, including the predicament facing developers due to the ban on hillslope development.

"They are stuck since they can’t develop their land.

"You can’t say they are wrong (in wanting to develop their land)," said Kok, adding that the developers reasoned that hillslope development is allowed in China, Taiwan and other developed countries.

"They want to know why it is different in Malaysia. In Malaysia, the flaws in hillslope development are caused by poor engineering design and sub-standard quality of work," she said, adding that one could not view developers as the enemy as they were needed to develop the state.

However, Kok said there was no sign of Abdul Khalid going back on his word. "Khalid is a good listener, he talks to everyone. We shall see if we can come to a compromise," she said.

Liu was attending a meeting yesterday and was unavailable for comments, but Kok while saying she opposed the inclusion of Rehda members on the OSC said they will have to declare their interests to ensure transparency.

"It is unfair to lable me as a mouthpiece for the developers. They are queueing up outside my office to see me, but I always treat them the same way I treat anyone who would wantto see me, with respect and a fair chance to give their views."

Paper Presentation

2008-11-28T10:00:00.002+08:00

I have made a paper presentation at HONET08 in Penang last week (18th November). It was the first conference that I have attended so far with no Proceeding provided prior to the event. This conference is mainly about optical networking and I am publishing a paper on wireless communication. Anyway, it is good to learn how the interconnection of fiber around the world and the research issues related to it.

Day after Day

2008-11-17T08:48:00.005+08:00

I have hardly updated my blog recently. Almost 1 month ago since I last posted my view. A lot of things have been happened to: Obama won the US Presidential Election, Penang State government again in the headline for some wrong reason, RPK was released, Razak was released, New Era College is in chaos, my company’s email server was downed for three days and etc. For me, I am busy with my personal matters, such as house, loan, wedding and etc. My wife said that I have not written enough about us. But it’s hard to capture and write it out when things go on so fast. Maybe, just maybe an excuse. Anyway, she was going to officially retired from her job after contributing for almost 8 years for the SOS [1][2][3][4][5][6]. I just can’t imagine that she was working there for such a long time and becomes the longest serving staff in the school. But that’s one of the reasons that I admire her. Today, I am going to travel back to Penang for the paper presentation in Park Royal.

"有別於其它華文小學，白小原校並沒以成績排名來斷定學生的學習成績，反而是以平日的表現及課業上進步，給他們頒發學習精神獎和課業表現優異獎，鼓勵他們更上一層樓。"

FAP - Unwanted President

2008-10-21T18:32:00.004+08:00

Leave it to professional peoples to manage the football club. Why should the Deputy CM become the president? I am a bit worry now. It proves that PKR leaders are not good enough in management. Why should he take up the post when he knows that he is not capable to deliver? Crazy and Silly!

Be More Responsible

2008-10-21T14:36:00.001+08:00

It is sad to hear that one of the renowned web-site making such a silly mistake. It could make the peoples to think twice whether to trust the news from web-site next time. Anyway, how many reporters will take the full responsibilities and resign?

Would You Buy a Handset because of its OS?

2008-09-30T11:45:00.004+08:00

Don't you? Maybe, I will if the price is much cheaper than the others. But, hey, a mobile device, such as handset, is expensive due to its hardware, not the software, am I right? So does this Android OS based on Linux going to hit the market, like iPhone? I think probably not unless Google gives free hardware to us. Majority of the peoples won't buy a handset because of the OS.

WiFi and WiMAX in Penang

2008-09-27T11:26:00.002+08:00

Penangities will soon enjoy the so called broadband speed in their home. For me, I am not really get excited. WiMAX for sure is not free if you are talking about mobile WiMAX (802.16e) unless you are using the so called fixed WiMAX (802.16d) which is going to obsolete and replaced by mobile WiMAX. The deployment cost may be high and thus P1 will charge the price on that. So WiMAX is not free. You need to pay for Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) or else you need to sign up the 2 years contract. So if Penangities are going to get free WiMAX, I would like to know how much that the state government pays for P1. Then, if it is free, do we really need this?

“This effort is 100% private sector-driven with nearly no or minimal cost put in by the state government. However, there are no rights to exclusivity and all qualified and recognised industry players are welcome in the interest of promoting competition,” Lim said at the launch in Komtar yesterday.

I support the idea of FreeWiFi movement in Penang. But nothing is free for sure. Nearly no cost in it? Please specify that how much the state government needs to pay. Where is REDtone-Hotgate going to put all the APs in Penang. If in the building, who pay the rents or the electricity? Then, if REDtone-Hotgate is going to earn from advertisement, how are they going to do that? Whenever you access to the FreeWiFi in Penang, your browser will go to portal page full with the advertisement specially prepared by REDtone-Hotgate. So is this fair? I am not going to satisfy with this? Why should we give this to only REDtone-Hotgate?

“The connection speed offered is at an average of 10 Mbps, depending on the specification of the notebooks, the speed can vary,” Wei said

Kidding, average of 10Mbps. If I get 1Mbps per user, I would be happy for that. What is the backhaul speed? If your AP is connected to 1Mbps ADSL, then the download speed for each user maybe less than 1Mbps. Ok, maybe he claimed the connection speed, not the download speed.

Joker FA of England

2008-09-17T14:51:00.001+08:00

Bullshit! You always said that in football the referee's decision is final. But FA of England can overturn the decision of John Terry. It's a big joke for me!

乱世

2008-09-11T10:25:00.002+08:00

誰主皇朝

Be aware. Be cautious. But don't be afraid to speak out and make a better place for our next generation!

China Own-Designed Processor

2008-08-22T09:21:00.003+08:00

I still remember that several researchers from Chinese Academic of Sciences (中科院) had told me about their own processor while I was attending the ICIAS 2007. Today, I have found out that this processor is named as Loongson (龙芯), and here is the link to the web-site. I am impressed with their progress compared to our Mimos Pesona processor. The chief architect, Wei-Wu Hu, had said that there are three questions need to be answered for Loongson:
1. Should China design a common used CPU?
2. Does China has the ability to design the CPU?
3. Are we able to sell the CPU?
So, did we ever answer the above questions? Prof Hu claimed that they have answered the first two questions and now it's time for answering the third question. You will surprise to find out the following products running the Linux OS (debian). So, what about us?

Abbreviation in Mandarin

2008-08-20T08:50:00.002+08:00

So, China mainland starts to use more and more abbreviations in Mandarin.

京奥－北京奥运会
安保－安全保安 (I first thought that the using the word in wrong order)

Maybe, London Olympic committee may think about call the upcoming game as LonOly, DonPic, LonPic or DonOlym. What do you think?

Secret training methods? How much it cost?

2008-08-19T09:02:00.004+08:00

If Chinese swimmers are using drugs, then Australian swimmers probably are doing the same. The Australian coach, Ken Wood said that he sold the training program that used by Schipper to the Olympic gold medalist, Liu in butterfly event. After reading the Wood's statements in the press conference, I have concluded with the following:
- If Liu's coach was not buying the training program, she will not win the event.
- If Liu did not win the event, nobody will care about this.
- The swimmers from Great Britain, India and Hong Kong are physically weak or stupid since they use the same program but could not even become a medalist in Olympic.

Buying a training program is same as hiring a coach. So, what a big deal to bring this up! If Australian is so proud with the program, why are they not producing "Michael Phelp"? A lot of Chinese coaches are scattered all around the world to produce the world champions for other countries. So what?

The only answer that I would like to know is the cost of the "secret" training method? Why not Malaysia buy it to reproduce an Olympic medalist? Unless we are same as HK, GB or IND, otherwise, we should win the medal!

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24197998-10389,00.html
http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24192097-5016813,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2338648.htm

08.08.08 - 8.08 p.m.

2008-08-08T14:05:00.003+08:00

My father will be happy.

Who abuses Who?

2008-08-06T16:59:00.001+08:00

Could it be “Nike Inc. exploits Malaysian factory, then Malaysian abuses migrant workers”?

link

IKEA in Shenzhen

2008-08-01T18:21:00.003+08:00

What’s so different between IKEA in Shenzhen and the only one in Damansara? This question can only be answered by my wife. She compared almost all items in the web-site: prices and availabilities. Then, I have been instructed to go there to buy several items while I was in Shenzhen. IKEA is built in an “isolated” area and I don’t see any nearby residential areas. I have taken some photos there. I went to the canteen to see whether the Swedish meat ball is available. So, food is almost the same. But the Shenzhen one has more choices compared to us. But, the coffee taste is really bad! No milk and just creamer. Anyway, you can look for the shuttle bus to take you there from Windows of World in Shenzhen.

Coffee with Creamer

Empty Car Park?

Shanghai Maglev Train

2008-08-01T13:53:00.003+08:00

Last week, I had traveled to Shenzhen. While transit in Pudong Airport in Shanghai, I had taken the opportunity to try out the Shanghai Maglev Train. It is not a China made product. That’s why I am brave enough to try it. It is made up by a railway track from Japan and trains from German. The transit fare is about 100 RMB (approximately RM50) for round-trip. Not bad! The distance is about 33km from Pudong Airport to Luoyang Metro Station. Our KLIA transit from KLIA to KL Sentral is about 57km and one-way trip cost us about RM35. So I still believe that the public transport in China is very cheap compared to Malaysia. The maximum speed recorded during my trip was 430km/h. Hmm, not bad. But my colleague asked me one tricky question, “Could this be faked?” I don’t know. But one thing can be sure, everything is possible in Malaysia. Like what we saw and read everyday in our newspaper. This is so called “Malaysia Boleh, Apa pun Boleh!”

If Najib becomes our PM?

2008-07-10T20:44:00.003+08:00

What do you think?
Are you excited?
Are we going to have better PM?
Do you believe that this is going to materialize?
After 5 years, what is Malaysia's situation?
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I just don't know what to say then.

Fed-Up or Truth

2008-07-06T11:24:00.002+08:00

I myself believe that it's more important to have the truth to be prevailed rather than be fed-up with the latest development. I totally disagree with this paper putting this thing up. Are you helping the current government or top senior politician to cover up somethings? Last time, when the petrol hiked up, this paper covered up its front page with LRT proposed new line. Just to divert the attention of peoples.

WiFi Link - 304KM

2008-07-04T14:01:00.006+08:00

Tx Antenna Gain = 35dBi
TX Power = 28 dBm XR5 Card Output Power
Tx Cable Loss = 6 dB
FSL = 92.45 + 20 log (304) + 20 log 5 = -156.09
Rx Cable Loss = 6 dB
Rx Antenna Gain = 35 dBi
Rx Sensitivity = -94 dBm @ 6Mbps
Link Budget = 28 -6 + 35 - 156.09 + 35 -6 + 94
= 23.91 dB (good enough for the link)

WiFi link can be reached until 304km, off course Line of Sight.

My own setup in Cyberja, only 239m! It's meter not kilometer, I'm making a false claim! Thanks for PK to point it out :)

TxxSxxx - Still a Government owned Newspaper

2008-06-24T09:33:00.004+08:00

1. Barisan gets motion passed with big majority
2. The Prime Minister passed his first test of confidence in Parliament when a motion which the Government tabled was passed with a convincing majority.

Statement 1:
Does this mean that all peoples are expecting BN representatives to vote against the petrol hike? BN vote for this montion is called big majority?

Statement 2:
Convincing or not convincing is clear. 35% peoples against the motion or if including those who "miss up", 42% peoples against the motion. So this is so called convincing majority by our MCA newspaper.

129/140 = 92.14% [BN]
78/81 = 85.71% [Opposition]
1/1 = 100% [Independent]

Wait and See

2008-06-11T11:03:00.002+08:00

"Tracking the system: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad arriving at the Express Rail Link station in Putrajaya yesterday, the second day he was trying public transport from his home in Jalan Tunku in Kuala Lumpur to his office in Putrajaya. His verdict after two days? “It’s not so convenient since there is no bus connection from my house to KL Sentral to take the ERL to Putrajaya. My wife has to send me to KL Sentral and my driver picks me up in Putrajaya. He will be bringing the matter up in the Cabinet today. Shahrir is a frequent user of ERL to KLIA."
from TheStar

Only two days, our BN leader cannot tolerate anymore and want to bring the matter up in the Cabinet. You are lucky to have your driver picking you up in Putrajaya. You should walk all the way to your office or find a bus to get to your office. My office will move to Cyberjaya soon. I am wondering how I go there by public transportation. Last time, when I worked in TPM Bukit Jalil, I had to take KTM to KL sentral from my home, queuing up for Putra LRT, then Start LRT, then took a bus to my office or walked for 30 minutes. You all have your drivers picking you up. So, do you really feel that? Do you really care? What's your solution then? Just wait and see!

According to Malaysian leaders, "wait and see" means "wait forever and you will never see it"!

Cutting Allowance! Burden Sharing?

2008-06-10T10:32:00.004+08:00

The slashing of allowances and limitation on paid holidays take effect on July 1. Even the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister will not be spared this new ruling.

For the paid holidays, Cabinet members will not be allowed to claim for more than a week’s holiday.

From TheStar

Crazy! I have no idea before that our Cabinet members can enjoy “unlimited paid” holiday. You can travel anywhere, anytime and all these will be paid by peoples’ money. I can’t imagine that after you all getting the salary from peoples and you still can enjoy this benefit. Crazy! Waste! Why should we all bear your cost! Now, the PM said that they are still allowed to travel to South East Asia. Bullshit! I cannot hide my anger anymore. A lot of peoples could not even have their changes to go oversea in their whole life. Our cabinet members could still enjoy this benefit. After all, our DPM still brave enough to say that the government shares the burden with the Rakyat. Again, bullshit! Cutting entertainment fees is called sharing the burden. What about giving up your salary? Useless MCA now asked for abolishing toll and road tax. I just wonder whether they are inside the government or not… but anyway, no hope for them, not even a single hope to them. Of course, don't expect too much from our current "wasteful" government...

Difficult Life

2008-06-05T17:08:00.002+08:00

This was the first time for me to queue up at the Petrol station. No matter what the nonsense that our PM or government said. It is down to one and only factor. Waste..... Waste.... Waste..... Our government wastes too much peoples' money. Now, this is the consequence. The peoples are going to pay for keeping silence for too long. Difficult life in Malaysia.....

2 Years Gone!

2008-06-03T23:00:00.003+08:00

My wife and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary in Sassorosso Restaurant at Lorong Yap Kwan Seng on last Friday (4 days late from our actual data). I feel lucky to have her till today. Wish to have more and more to come.....

BMC

2008-05-30T09:45:00.001+08:00

The barricade issue in Bandar Mahkota Cheras has generated newspapers’ headlines in last two days. Peoples were injured and some of them have to be sent to the hospital for treatment. It is really terrible that peoples has been neglected their rights for better living due to privatization I wonder why we need a highway if better access is not the main consideration. We pay because we want to get better access to certain place. This can be debatable, but at least this is the only valid reason for us to pay the toll. To the residents in BMC, I should salute their patients for more than 4 years. Their abilities to travel 6km and RM0.90 toll for every trip out from their homes. The developer who promises the resident to have a short-cut access has to come out to solve the problem as well. Now, the MB of Selangor was there to solve the problem. It will not happen if Khir is the current MB. Our work minister is yet to make a statement, but for sure, they will say that there has nothing to do with this.

The government should always put the peoples’ benefits ahead of them!

WiFi Hotspot

2008-05-27T16:57:00.003+08:00

If you could not find a WiFi hotspot in your area, this web-suite may help.

Some of the interesting tables regarding WiFi hotspot in the world:

Hmm.... it seems that Hotspot is still not so popular in Malaysia. Here the number of registered WiFi hotspot in Malaysia:

Balkis Expenditure

2008-05-27T10:23:00.002+08:00

Is this how a Charity Organization should spend its money?

RM158,000 - Sports Facility
RM128,000 - Batik Clothing
RM49,000 - Souvenir Books
RM100,000 - Sports Programme
RM200,000 - Deepavali and Hari Raya Celebrations
RM100,000 - Sports Uniforms
RM30,000 - Food for a Sports Event

How many poor peoples could we help with the above money? Former MB said that Balkis was a charity and the money raised was for "the benefit of orphans and underprivileged students" adopted by the charity. He should stop talking nonsense!

Nationalism, Football and Man United

2008-05-26T11:37:00.002+08:00

Man United had just completed the double victories on domestic and Europe, a big achievement after the Treble on 1999. Dramatic ending in penalty in 2008 could be well compared with two goals in extra time against Bayern Munich in 1999. But many South Koreans feel sense of betrayal from Fergie who did not pick Park Ji-Sung for the starting eleven. To all of the surprise, he was not even in the substitute bench after playing well in quarter final and semi final. Fergie has said that he owes it to Paul Scholes so he would be the first to be named in the staring eleven. I have no surprise to see Park being disposed from the starting eleven against Chelsea. Tactically, it may be correct. But to overlook him from substitute bench is a major shock for me. At least, you should put him in the bench to recognize his contribution to the team. Yes, I was disappointed since I thought that he could be the first Asian to play in Champion League Final. I could remember that Fergie preferring Saha instead of Ruud in the FA Cup final and eventually lead to Ruud demanding to be transferred. Yes, of course, Park is not as important as Ruud and I have to agree that Park is not as good as some of the current Man United players. But his willingness to give all up is something Fergie should be appreciated to at least put him in the bench. Rooney was good but when he was substituted in the final, you can see his body language telling you that he was not happy. For me, not putting Park in the substitute bench is down to one factor: he can be easily replaced in the market. But after all, Man United won the game so I will still happy with that.

South Korean peoples do not think so. They were starting asking why? Is he injured? No. So why is he not even in the bench? Some of them start to believe that Fergie is bias and racist. Some of them even ask Park to leave otherwise he will continue to be discriminated by Fergie. Crazily, they want to know whether Park is well treated, whether he will get the medal. Some of them even said they will stop supporting Man United. Read some statements are funny from the Fanzone (maybe from Korean and maybe not, who knows?) in manutd.com:

"because he is an Asian? he is a Korean? he is not a Scotish?.......hahaha....." "We as korean are very fast and smart. we have learn things so quick even football sys in england." "Maybe, all of the Korean fans for MANUTD move to Chelsea ~~~" "Park wore the suit which is not a uniform and went into the stadium. It is that imagination was not completed, either. It was not much painful and disappointment." "I will never believe all of England guys in the future. Because they look down on all of Asian people." "but then why is nani on the bench instead of park? nani can't do anything *** idiot ferguson" "but, I heard that Park don't get Champions League medal."

But I think that this quote from a Chinese commentator well explaining the behavior of our Asian player:

"这是咱们东方的这种传统谦逊的表示，就是这种谦逊和这种努力，我觉得这种性格是能够在球场上体现出来的"

Last, don’t even mention ManU, call it Man United if you support Manchester United. This is coming from those fanatics who could easily label you as betraying the club, not me. There is a history about this, about the Busby Babes.

According to Procedures

2008-05-06T16:24:00.004+08:00

As long as everything is according to procedures, then you can say it loudly and proudly, even you can dare to say “Nothing to hide”!

See how:

“He said all actions taken that led to the sacking of then Lord President Tun Salleh Abbas was done according to the law and constitution.”

“The purchase of Sukhoi jets and Scorpene submarines were made based on proper Government procurement procedures.”

“I have done nothing wrong. All the work I have done is in accordance with procedures. I challenge the present government to try and find anything on me.”

We should do things not only according to procedures, but every penny should be well spent, every single decision should be carefully taken in the sake of peoples’ needs. Otherwise, we should review all these procedures!