Welcoming 2009

As we welcome the new year tonight, please remember that the new year brings new hopes, the new year brings new challenges and the new year brings new meaning to life.

Happy New Year!

A Merry X'mas and Happy New Year

Another year is drawing to a close. How many of your 2008 resolutions have been fulfilled or broken? This year has been good, hopefully 2009 is even better than this year!

Wishing all a very merry x'mas and happy new year!!! Happy holidays too

HEY! What's the big idea?

Face book.. the favorite networking site used by many people... But you know when things are terribly wrong when people start to post really really personal stuff on it for the whole wide word to see. HeLLOOOooooo! Whats the big idea?!!

Case 1

Mrs xxx is drying up. Babyname going to start on solids another x more days!

Case 2

Ms. xxx is trying to get through a bout of diarrhea.

Case 3

Idiot is unable to attend tonight.. :(

Mine you, these are only the few cases that I see on FB, there are plenty more.

Case 1 - WHY on earth do you need to tell people that you are drying up? Are you looking for a replacement for your kid or are you too poor to afford milk that you are hoping that people will sponsor some?

Case 2 - You have a tummy upset, deal with it, typing it on FB doesn't help it go away unless you are looking for sympathy.

Case 3 - You think your friend would know that you are not coming? Besides, whether you go or not it between you and your friend!

End... Part 1

Sony Playstation Store

In the upcoming weeks, I will be putting up PS3 games and its related items for sale. In the meantime, if you have anything to sell/buy, please feel free to email me at hokksunited@gmail.com.

[WTS] PS3 Games

Devil May Cry 4
GT5: Prologue

[WTS] Blu Ray Discs

Transformers

[WTB] PS3 Games

None at the moment

[WTB] Blu Ray Discs

None at the moment

A view from Gurney Hotel

Each time I go up to Penang, I would stay at Gurney Hotel. Why? Its reasonably priced (RM241.50 nett) and location is good. Here are two shots from the room that I was staying. Rooms are clean and spacious, free Wifi in the room etc.

A view of the sea



A view of the city

Getting Hitched is easy

Ingredients needed:

1. 1 x Passport Sized photo of the couple
2. 1 x completed form obtained at your nearest JPN*
3. 1 x copy of your respective IC
4. 1 x date picking

Simmer for 21 days before proceeding with step 5

5. 2 x witness above 21
6. 30 mins of waiting time
7. 10 mins of oath taking
8. 15 mins of photo taking

And you are done!

*JPN = Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara / National Registration Department have various branches around Malaysia

A guide to food in Phuket

Yeap, I went up north to Phuket and had a splendid time over there. Although it being rainy season right now, there is actually plenty of tourists there from Japan, China, Westerners and surprisingly Middle Easterners as well.

If you are like me, a person who likes to explore local food, you should really try out this place in Patong, located off Bangla road (the most happening road in Patong), in a road called Raj-U-Thid Rd.
(Lat 7°53'43.29"N, Long 98°17'55.17"E)

For those who do not have these, sweat not! Come in from the beach onto Bangla Road, walk till the end of the road (you will see that famous Muay Thai place on your right), turn left and walk further for about 5 - 8 mins and voila! you will see a lot of food places on your left. Take your time to select which outlet you want to try out, the workers tend to be quite pushy but a polite no will turn them away.

Here is what I had for under 1000 baht (approx RM 100) for a total of 5 dishes plus 2 drinks.


Tom Yum Goong for starters (big bowl enough for two) with some mix vege in the background



Fish cooked in Chilli Sauce



Lala with Pepper Sauce



Grilled Prawns with Chilli

A short weekend at paradise

Just came back from a short trip from paradise. A nice little touristy place up north in Thailand, where booze is cheap and people dress very little. Here is a shot of the nice beach; though it looks a teeny bit cloudy but I assure you the rain is not coming anytime soon.

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A DBA or a PH.D Sir?

Many have wondered regarding the differences between a DBA and a PH.D. Both upon completion of your thesis and VIVA entitles you to be called a Dr. (tho not the medical kind). So the question here is what is the difference? Why to some universities offer DBA and not PH.D and vice versa? Is one more prestigious that the other? So many questions with very limited answers.

In my quests to find the answers, I will post my findings periodically here to clear those doubts that some of you may have. Meanwhile, if anyone of you can enlighten me, please feel free to drop me a comment or an email!

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STOP IT!

Dear leaders of the country,

Please stop your internal bickering and start doing something about improving our country's competitiveness in the world. Development has more or less stopped with no new plans in sight. Put away your ego, greed, selfishness, you have 25 million people to feed not just the few pockets that you have!

Go down to our level, live our lives, go through what we go through, then you will understand more about our frustration. Do what one of our Sultans did long time ago, disguise as a normal citizen to experience the hardship. Nothing can be done from the comfort of your office that is financed by your taxpayers.

"Work towards a better future"

Thank you.

Euro 2008

As we all should know by now, EPL is out of season at the moment and what are the guys supposed to do? EURO 2008 of course! A competition that crowns the winner the European champions title.

Which team will be the champion this time around? Germany? Spain? Portugal? Italy? France? or other underdog teams? Only time will tell.

Silenceeeee....

It has been pretty quiet aint it?

Jalan Jalan Cari Makan

For those who are like me who makes a stop at Bidor almost everytime I head up north for the famous Duck Mee (they serve other types as well), rejoice as they are opening a branch right here in KL! Kota Kemuning to be exact. Head on to their blog to find out more!

http://punchun.blogspot.com/

Revelation

An old saying goes like this "If you pull a white hair, 3 more will grow"

In THAT case, if a (balding) white hair guy starts pulling his white hair, will he hair grow back or continue to bald? Hmmmm...

Boyceavenue

Hey, these guys are actually not to bad! Much better that those American Idol crap you get on TV nowadays. Check them out. More info, click link below

http://www.myspace.com/boyceavenue

Wedding Planning Stage 1

A tip shared with me by one of my close friends..

Wedding Porno.. I mean photography

1. Selection of wedding packages from the various boutiques
2. Fitting / Alteration of Gowns
3. The actual photoshooting
4. Viewing of photos
5. Collection of photos

Shallow!

Spending my weekend in front of the idiot box has made me realised how some Americans are not as smart as the rest of the world thinks. Two programs that I happened to watch included the "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" and the reality TV show by non other than Snoop Dogg.

Yes, I do realise that some of the stuff are probably scripted to increase the level of viewership but can it be scripted in a way to show how a developed nation's citizen thinks or behave?

Take the "Are you smarter than ...?" for example, this is a game show that puts an adult of probably late 20s onwards to answer simple questions that a 5th grader probably knows the answer much better. Anyhoo, for each question that is answered correctly, the participants get an 'upgrade' on their winnings (up to USD 1 million, that's a lot for 5th grader Q&A!!)

In this particular episode, this woman named Avis (not the car rental company mind you) has already answered all of the questions except one last question which would make her USD 500k richer. The question goes like this "Which continent in the world is also the name of the country?" There she goes counting the continents, America, Asia, Europe yada yada yada. And finally she said "There are so many - North America was her eventual answer" and decided not to proceed after baggin USD 300k. And surprise surprise, the answer was not North America. Hello! North America has another country in it, it is the country that you Americans like to poke fun at! Remember Canada?? She is probably a college graduate that cannot even answer a simple Grade 1 Geography question.

The second program that I caught, "Life with Snoop Dogg or some shit like that" show Snoop and his family having dinner at a German restaurant in surprise surprise Germany. And what are German known for? Their absolutely heavenly cooked pork related stuff and refreshing and cooling beer! So there they went and order some of the German food and when the food finally arrived, they were asking what is this? Is this pork? Is this the pork's neck? Its like W'ssup dogg, pork has no neck, A pig does. Besides that what were you expecting?? Hamburgers and Fries along with some of those mild tasting beer than you guys think are the best in the world? Have you not tasted any other food from other countries besides those that are in your country that makes your country one of the fattest country in the world?

If this was coming from a person in say, a lesser developed country, I may understand BUT these people! They claim they are the super powers of the world, they claim that they are the protectors in the world. And probably, if one were to throw an unidentifiable food product towards them, they would probably turn around and run fearing that it is a bomb!

If your fail the first time...

stop wasting your time, try another..

Quote of the day

"Truth is what you choose to believe in" - me

Hi Blog!

Hi there,

Been very busy. Finding time to up date you. Stay put!

Owner

A Shocking Defeat

Who would have guessed the outcome! And what an outcome it turned out to be. Let's all hope that its for the better.

In the Centre of Things

It is no fun to be a star for all the wrong reasons! Especially if the rumour is not particularly a nice one. Why do women like to spread and listen to unconfirmed facts? Why dont they just ask the horse for the correct fact? Why Why Why?

Getting Hitched

Getting hitch is a happy and yet daunting task. Fortunately (or unfortunately), many of my friends (some close and some not so close) have decided to take the plunge and get married this year as well.

From the various conversations that we had (online and offline), I can safely categorized them into 2 categories; one that is planning (worried) about their future and the other group is plain worried about the day itself.

Category 1 - generally people who are planning about the day itself as well as how are they going to live after the day is over. Questions like "Where am I going to stay?", "Am I going to have as much freedom as now?", "Would it still be the same?", just to ask a few, keeps popping up in their heads. However, no 100% answers can be provided unless one actually embarks and experience this journey him(her)self and answers will (hopefully) be available by then.

Category 2 - needless to say, people in this category who only be worried about the day itself and not plan about the future like in Category 1. All they worry about is, which bridal shop? which wine? which photographer? which this which that? AND when asked a simple question like where are they going to stay? Cock answers like "oh, my parents bought me this and that, my parents forbid me from moving out, no money la, why should I move out, this house will be mine eventually!" are provided.

My question here is "why start a family when you are still (very) attached to your parents, like a foetus attached to its mother via the umbilical cord"

And to the rest of you, which category are you in? Marriage is for a lifetime, its not as simple as signing on a piece of paper, hold a wedding and thats it.

Election Time!

I have a tagline for BN to use against DAP in Penang.

"You may be the rocket party, but we sent a man to space"

:P

p/s The blogger is politically neutral