Anwar and Saiful

I don't get it.

I refused to believe that I am the only one not getting it (should be 'still blur'; 'not getting it' sounds being sexually deprived).

What, Anwar and Saiful were together alone one day in a room somewhere and they started to touch each other. Or maybe Anwar was the only one doing the touching.

Then one thing lead to another and their pants were down. As I did not read anything about bodily bruises, I assume the foreplay was pretty gentle and civilised. Anwar got highly excited and proceed to invade. Saiful couldn't have resisted much as this act needed mutual cooperation or unless the getting it person felt threatened enough to cooperate. There were no mention of threats in all the news. Therefore, it is my strong opinion that it happened the way I described.

Okay so Saiful went to get the relevant check on his behind, then reported to the police saying that Anwar did something illegal and ought to be prosecuted and punished. Why in the world does Saiful want to do so?

He did not say he was threatened enough to allow a forced entry. And Anwar at his age may not be able to achieve a high enough level of solidity to do the job unless maybe Saiful played an active role in the effective arousal and maintenance process.

I don't get it. He willingly participated and now wants the sex partner in jail?

He wasn't satisfied?, He did not get monetary compensation?, He saw or heard Anwar is now doing it to somebody else and he got jealous?, Anwar didn't want to do it again with him?. His mother came to know about it and forced him to report?. He wants people to know he is susceptable to anal intercourse?

I don't get it. Or this is all political like everybody is saying.

If this is political, then what kind of freaky country is this that you use sodomy to get rid of a political rival!

When I go on my coming world tour, I will be telling everybody I meet that I am from Singapore, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, The Soloman Islands, Mongolia. I will do anything and say anything so that nobody can guess I am from Malaysia.


Niamah!! (felt a need to borrow from Patrick Teoh again).

Take a Break - Jessica Alba

People say nothing is perfect in this world. I say they don't know nothing.

Anwar the Sodomiser

If you have not read this already, Then you must.

http://w1.malaysia-today.net/content/view/10433/84/

Raja Petra is one brave badass. RPK, you rock!

Betty Saw

Way back in the Stone Age, Betty was like a secretary to our (loh wong kua) Steven Wong. Then later, she secretaried for Jack Lim. Earlier we were then in the Canon Division, a part of Mulpha which in turn was then a part of Multi-Purpose Bhd.

In Mulpha, she typed everybody's letters. Personal Computers; what was that? Canon has some kind of Word Processors, the VP2000 or something. Those word processors were like our now personal computers except that they could only do one thing, word processing. Please laugh, it is only natural. Huge impressive machines. We had girls posing with these monstrosities to have their pictures taken like they were Simon Yams.

We then have our own WP language called Canoword. Liew Sip Chon and I were sent to Tokyo to be trained on these word processors. Please laugh again. Incidentally, you may be interested to know that we did not get to go to the Tokyo Disneyland because Liew Sip Chon played cards with the Indonesians throughout the night and couldn't wake up early the next morning on our day off.

So what has all these got to do with Betty Saw. . Nothing.

Anyway, then in the Canon Division we had a key phone system (big time) and a direct line with one extension. Betty was in charge of these as well. I remember when we have 5 lines blinking, she would press one at a time and say "Canon please hold, Canon please hold, Canon please hold, Canon please hold and Canon please hold." The she would go back to the first line and attend to it. Then the next one and so on. When the direct line rang, there she went as well.

I did not know how much she was paid. I just knew it was not enough.

She drove a Mini to work (and play). One time she asked Jimmy Choong on how she could save her rusting car. Of course, Jimmy being the wise one (graduate from London) told her to just dump it. Jimmy just knew how to talk to the girls. It was a gift.

Betty has got a talent. She could remembered the lyrics of all popular songs and willingly type them out for me (maybe others as well) when asked. You could have them faster than being served at MacDonalds.

She has settled now in New Zealand, married with kid(s). She came back last year and paid me a visit in my office. She did not age a bit. I couldn't believe it. Shall go get an eyecheck. The other Canon girl in NZ would be Joanne (Lai?), the girl by the side of Larry to kick. (joking).

I wrote to Betty recently and she never replied. I guess she wants me to miss her.

She is the one in the middle with her fans.

Buy a Benz E200 to "Cut Costs"

In today's papers; as part of another article on the suspension of a Proton service dealer:

Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said had earlier said that the state had purchased 14 Mercedes E200 Kompressor cars at RM3.43mil to replace its Proton Perdana V6 Executive fleet in a move to "cut cost."

Wow, I think this has to be the strongest advertisement for Mercedes Benz in this country. Now that we are aware, we should start taking a last look at our cars and head for the Mercedes showrooms. Better hurry, stocks of the Kompressor could be limited. The Terengganu state government did 2 years of evaluative studies secretly to enable them to have a headstart.

I am pretty unhappy with Larry Poon, Christie Low, Patrick Yee, Steven Wong, Richard Yeow, Jack Lim, Shereen Phua, Jullie Chin, Billy Ea, James Tan, Rick Low etc; all driving Mercedes and not letting the rest of us know about these "cost cuttings". I shall show them a finger or two, the next time I see them. One finger for me and another for the rest of all CanonMalaysians who drive non Mercedes Benz. (Tell us, mah)

Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said can't be very smart. Understatement? One has to be rather dumb to think that everybody else is dumb.


I came across the following article in Rocky's Bru blog, a report by Bernama.

MACHANG, July 26 (Bernama) -- PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Saturday proposed the dissolution of both PAS and Umno and the setting up of a new Islam-based political party to unite the Malays and enable Islam to be the protective umbrella for all the people, including non-Muslims.

He said Islam fulfilled the objectives of all endeavours, including political struggle, and should form the basis of political parties seeking to uphold the true political struggle.

"Umno should dissolve, PAS should also dissolve. Set up another party on condition that it is based on Islam," he told reporters after opening the 37th "Muktamar" (meeting) of Kelantan PAS "Dewan Ulama" (Assembly of Muslim Scholars), here.

Nik Abdul Aziz, who is the Kelantan menteri besar, said there was no reason for Umno to reject the Islamic policies proposed by PAS because Islam stood for all the communities, including the non-Malays, in the country.

"Islam is for all the communities, not just the Malays ... the Chinese, Indians and Orang Putih (westerners) ... they have to be united under the umbrella of Islam," he said.

Islam would thus be able to regain strength in the country while forging closer links among the communities, including non-Muslims, he said.-- BERNAMA

Nik Abdul Aziz, another one of those people who can't be very clever. Then again, to be fair to him, he wasn't as much talking to us as to the people in UMNO. Hmmm ...

Your's Truly

Went over to Ikea earlier today. Thought of picking something from there as they have a sale on. "Everything is flying off the shelves" so said the signs. Made me kinda think of the X-Files, you know, the two leading people in it with the ugly names; Mulder and Scully.

I have never heard of two uglier names of leading actors anywhere. They are coming back with a new movie after a 10 years hiatus. I want to believe that it will be a good one as I quite enjoyed some of their episodes. Their first movie wasn't hot though. A movie would certainly be better than bringing back the series, as plots over time can get sillier and sillier.

I've seen a trailer on this new movie. It wasn't good. Thought I'll spare you the agony by not posting it.

As my family was looking around for ways to make me spend some money in Ikea, I was looking around imagining so many people imagining how this piece or that piece would look in various places in their houses. Some of them were going to make some terrible mistakes, I trust.

In the end, phew, my damages wasn't too bad.

Walking around the Curve, I chanced upon Beh Chin's shop, Yours' Truly. Took a picture of this shop stocked with so many beautiful things. I did a post on Beh Chin, a CanonMalaysian earlier.

Alicia Hooi

For older folks like me, we are always saying "Aiyah, things nowadays are not like what they were before". Of course, if we look in the mirror, it would be obvious, isn't it?.

Seriously, Canon has always pride itself of having pretty and attractive girls all the while. Well, no visible change. Alicia is currently in Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd.

She has been there 3 years now starting off doing corporate sales on copiers reporting to Shareen Thum. Lately, there has been a change in her portfolio and she is now doing copier/fax supplies taking over from Patricia Lee, who was featured here earlier. Anyway, that's the reason why you see Alicia in this photo in my office. My company is a distributor for the things that she does.

Looking at the picture, do not think that just because she tilted her face a litttle to the side, it means that this is the only good looking side of her. Well, I looked around (above the neck only, of course), and I can attest to her all round consistency.

Let me get to know her better before I can tell you more.

Sigh, if I were talking about Steven Wong or Jullie Chin (now Lim), I will have a lot more to say.

Incidentally, I heard Marjorie Chang is in town. I wonder when is she going to turn up.

Girly Man

This one is not new. In fact it is slightly more than 2 years old.

I watched it again and I was still lmao - laughing my ass off. For those of you who have seen this; well, you may like to watch it again. If not, please forgive me. For those of you who have not seen Samy Vellu when he was young ..... knock yourselves out.

This one has English lyrics so that you can understand what he was singing about.

Malay Unity and Malaysian Unity

I read this in the Star today.

Wednesday July 23, 2008

Kit Siang: Why Malay unity and not Malaysian unity

PETALING JAYA: The three dialogues between Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and PAS decision makers raise the question why the Prime Minister was focusing on Malay unity rather than on Malaysian unity, DAP national advisor Lim Kit Siang wrote in his blog.

“Has he forgotten another of his pledges, to be the Prime Minister of all Malaysians and not just of any race?” asked Lim.

He was commenting on the three discussions that Abdullah held with PAS leaders, which began right after the general election in March.

Among the PAS leaders Abdullah met were deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa, Terengganu commissioner Datuk Mustapha Ali and Shah Alam MP Khalid Abd Samad.

Lim alleged Malaysian nation building had gone backwards and that the Vision 2020 objective of a “Bangsa Malaysia” was increasingly frowned upon as a misplaced target.

Very well said, Mr Lim. Here hoping you believe what you said. All these talks about this race and that race make me sick. We have really gone backwards on this unity issue. I remembered having so many close Malay and Indian friends back in the 60's when I was still schooling and I do not see any racial problems then. Politicians have to fuck it up for all of us.

The NEP program has effectively rendered so many Malays ineffective in today's competitive market, harming both them and all Malaysians alike. Unity among Malaysians seems to be getting worse rather than better. Despite my encouragements, my kids hardly have friends of other races. The same goes for my childhood friend Annuar (Joe) who said his kids hardly have any Chinese or Indian friends too.

In today's paper as well; see how incredibly stupid this Shafie, our Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister can be.

Wednesday July 23, 2008

Shafie: When Malays unite, non-Malays also benefit

KUALA LUMPUR: Non-Muslims should not fear the Umno-PAS dialogues because the talks, although centred around Islam and Malay unity, will lead to unity and stability, says Umno supreme council member Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal.

“The talks are a good early step to resolving unity problems among the Malays of different political views.

“If that can lead to unity and stability, I’m sure the Chinese and Indian communities will welcome it because stability will lead to the people being able to improve their lives,” he told reporters after opening the 16th International Congress on Archives at the KL Convention Centre.

“If the talks can be seen as an avenue to seek solutions, I don’t see why they cannot continue. As a minister in charge of unity, I will welcome it,” said Shafie, who is Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister.

He was commenting on a statement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that Umno and PAS have had three high-level dialogues on issues closely related to Islam.


See, a whole lot of crap!

Alvin Yeoh

Alvin Yeoh is some kind of a superman. Now, please do not horse around with this underwear outside stuff. It's so yesterday.

Alvin Yeoh is some kind of a superman. Every time I went to Canon, I never failed to see his face on the wall of fame. He is so consistent in his sales acheivements that it was unbelievable. He was always this top salesperson of this month and that. Also this so many percentage above target achievements and so on.

Again, I do not know him so well as you can tell by looking at his face that his age is closer to my son's than mine.

He was in Canon 1993-2005. He came out to form Simplex, his company, and his business has kept growing. His wife Cindy could have play a significant part in the company's profitability. Cindy is always negotiating with my colleagues on lower prices. No wonder my company does not seemed to be getting anywhere. By the way, my company is one of his smaller suppliers.

He believed in a strong company presence in the market as you can tell by his uniform. All members of his company are uniform attired. If they all should go over to Anwar's house at the same time, Anwar would think that they are coming to arrest him again.

Alvin was also from the BIP team ie. copiers and faxes. His company is based in Kajang. He is one of the tigers conceptualized by Lim Kok Hin (I think) as an ISP. There are quite some ISP's around including Alfred Chan, another tiger. I can't remember what it means, possibly Image Service Providers. (gotta check). They spearhead Canon's BIP products into the corporate market.

Alvin came over a few days ago and we teh tarik'd.

This angle is his sexy side.

CSI Miami - The Cast Sucks Too

By now, I guess everybody knows that David Caruso can't act. So, how about the rest of the cast?

You wouldn't believe it. When asked to do an impression of Horatio Caine, they can't even act the part of a fellow who can't act. OMG!

View to confirm.

For those of you people who love to not-love David Caruso, here's a site for you to enjoy.

http://www.davidcarusoandme.blogspot.com/

David Caruso - CSI Miami

Just like Edison Chen who can't dance; David Caruso can't act. Period. However, that is not stopping him from getting to be rather popular.




You could have seen Jim Carey did an impression of him in one of the David Letterman's show. This one is even more hilarious.

Also, do check out the CSI Miami - Endless Caruso One Liners II: Sunglasses Edition for more laughs.

In Memory of Dr Foo Ong Pin

You may remember that last month, I did two posts on a very intelligent, kind and popular schoolmate and Brother Scout of mine, Dr Foo Ong Pin who passed away on June 30, 2008. He is sadly missed and fondly remembered by many. Recently, I received an email of which I would like to share with you.

Dear Stanley

It's my 14 yr old boy who discovered your blog - and would like to add on that our memories of Dr Foo's dedication, gentleness and loving-kindness which can never be erased from our thoughts. We've known him for 24 yrs since my older boy was 2 months old. Both my children are very sad and like many others, we would find him irreplaceable.

Despite both have way past the age of visiting a paediatrician, this great doctor is still their most adored and trusted doc for their vaccinations and my younger child only trusted him for medical consultations. Once I said to him "these children must your oldest patients" and he replied with a gentle smile "No". He is indeed an exemplary doctor who was not adored only by little children but had them kept him in their hearts for a long, long time in their life . When friends gathered and topics related to doctors are being brought up, in many, many occasions, he was mentioned as the most adored and caring paediatrician.

When I broke my leg two years ago and was doing my therapy at SJMC, the therapist was singing praises for him, a pharmacist was also describing his dedication and humbleness.

I would never forget the night when my child was brought to his clinic in Damansara Jaya way back in the mid eighties when he advised us to admit him to the hospital immediately for severe food poisoning. As his clinic only opened at 6pm on Sundays, we had send our son to another doctor twice that day as he was vomitting non stop. We were assured his condition was not serious . But when we saw Dr Foo at 6pm, he told us he was dehydrated and needed a drip immediately. It was from him we learnt the importance of the drip in severe food poisoning conditions. But what touched my husband and I most was Dr Foo came to check on the child when he closed the Damansara clinic that night which was not his duty as the child was already under the care of another hospital doctor. We did not pay him for this service. It is his genuine love and concern for his children patients that cast such a strong bond between the kids, parents and him.

On another occasion, he called me twice on the same day when he realised there were some mistakes in my child's insurance claim forms. He apologised for the mistakes and he said he would bear the responsibility should I have any difficulty in obtaining the payments from the insurance company. The second time he called to check whether the insurance company had accepted the amendments , he apologised again. I then said this to him "Dr Foo, we are all humans, we make mistakes. You don't need to apologise". His reply was "I am a Doctor. I can't make mistakes". How many of us in general not to mention doctors would own up their mistakes? This is what made him so dignified.We thank him with all our hearts for healing our children when they are unwell, taught them not to fear doctors and needles, and the guidance given to us as parents in handling the children when they are sick. Wherever he is, may he always be well and happy. We pray for the best for his family.

From the parents of Sean and Adrian Lam

As this touching letter was sent to me by email, it did not appear in the comments of the earlier posts. However, there are other appreciative expressions under comments there that you may want to read.

This following photo showing Dr Foo and friends is from Mr Yap Hoi Hoong's collection. Hoi Hoong is in the middle standing.

Mee Mee

Mee Mee is currently in Canon Markeing (M) Sdn Bhd in the CII Division. (simply means printer and digital camera division).

Once again, in my twisted and convoluted interpretation of a CanonMalaysian, she should not be featured. Then again, with so many arrests being done currently in this country, I am running out of people to consider. Is this what they called Arrested Development?

Actually I do not know much about Mee Mee.

Well, she is young, attractive and not pregnant. She is engaging, intelligent and articulate. She is clear headed and knows what she wants. When she became a big boss one day, she will look kindly upon me and will give me APs, timber concessions and introduce me to some good looking Mongolian girls who will only meet me outside this country. Girls I do not have to marry in Korea or buy them houses in Mongolia. Having meals in Paris with some Deputy Prime Ministers is okay.

Mee Mee comes from not too big a city up north but cannot speak Thai, unlike Ooi Chik Hoe. No doubt she can dance better than that Edison Chen.

See, didn't I tell you, I don't know too much about her?

And once again, please do not come around and say her English name should be Maggie or other such lame jokes.

I remembered knowing a girl named May Lan working as a cashier in a pub a while ago. Everytime when she menioned her name to someone who asked, that someone will break out with this "May Lan May Lan wor ai nee" song like May Lan was hearing it for the first time. She finally have to quit her job after hearing this starting line of the song 6,588 times and having decided not to change her name.

The Shuffle

I met somebody today and he said I don't know nothing. Said I should not have criticized pretty boy Edison on his dancing.

Well, this person said Edison, his hero was doing the shuffle. The shuffle, he said.

Okay, so I should have known better. I youtube'd this shuffle stuff and what did I find. Look!

Let me repeat what I said in my earlier post.

If Edison Chen need to dance to save his life, the mother would be dead for sure. I think he should stick to what he does best. What he does best is to stick out what he think is his best. Maybe to say that he would 'die standing' be most appropriate.

Now please go watch the earlier video and laugh at him again. He danced like those chickens being chased by a dog.

Will somebody please go email this information to Gillian, Bobo, Cecilia and the rest.

I have to go now to eat some sour grapes.

Edison Chen

In the beginning of this year, Edison was more popular than God.

His excepional salesmanship was beyond reproach. Just imagine. "Hey Gillian, I mean Cecelia, let's make this foreplay a little bit more interesting. You see, I bought this videocam and I would like to see how it works. .. I know, I know, just a few minutes only .. no lah, no one is gonna see this, just for ourselves mah .. yes, yes, of course, I will wash away later .. no, no, I will not keep a copy .. you think I mad ahr? aiyah, what if my computer needs to be sent to a repairperson. Sure die lor, like that. .. No worries. Nicky also wouldn't know one. I know he was my classmate in 10th grade. Yes, yes, he good friend. But how he knows, I ask you? CSI people also wouldn't know one. .. wah, ay, some parts of your body, . all real one ahr? .. yah yah, very nice, very nice. ay, you hungry or not? .... " ... and so on.

Edison has got to be the greatest salesman ever. Maybe CMMSB human resources team should track him down to give a talk to all the salespeople.

Okay, now that we know Edison is supergood in certain skills, I would like to show you something that he really suck at. Really. Watch this.

You can tell that Edison cannot dance to save his life. I am sure even Richard Yeow can dance better than that.

Teenage Suicides

There may be 16,027 teenage suicides in Japan last year or 811 in Malaysia. (figures are plucked from the air.)

Does it matter!

Geraldine wrote on her blog about Sally comtemplating suicide. Geraldine is my daughter. Geraldine is 17 years old this year.

Does it matter! .... Yeah!

Teenage people will never be parents of teenagers until they become parents of teenagers. Parents can never be teenagers today cos they were teenagers of yesteryears, not today.

Does it matter! ... Yeah!

Of course, it does matter.

As a parent of two kids, I realize a while ago and continue to realize, there were no books that I know of to fully guide me; to enable me to decide on the right things to do always and the right decisions to make always. When they were 2 years old, when they were 10 years old and when they were 15 years old. Come 16 on, every couple of days or so, you wrestle with decisions with no clues at all how things will turn out eventually. How things will turn out next week. "Dad, I don't think I want to continue with the Biology tuition. I don't think the teacher even know how to speak in English." " Dad, I want to take my Driving Undang Undang next week so that by next year I can drive around once I passed by driving test. You would buy me a car, would you?"

There are no books that I know of, to fully teach us how to bring up teenage kids. If there are, and if they were published last week, they would already be outdated. "Dad, I've met a new boyfriend in Second Life." "Dad, I want to backpack around South America before doing my Law degree."

If there were some support groups, I would on my first meeting, stand up and say. "Hi, my name is Stanley and I have absolutely no clue on how to bring up my teenage kids."

My son is 25 years old and I still don't have a clue.

However, a google search revealed these:

Bringing up kids does not come with an instruction manual for all the things you will face. It is one of the most difficult things you can do as well as one of the most rewarding. Most people learn how to bring up kids as they go, influenced by the way they were brought up or by what they have read or watched others do.

Adolescence can be a challenging time for young people and their families. Teenagers are going through rapid physical and emotional changes and parents and teenagers must both make changes in their relationship to adjust to this new stage. Teenagers go backwards and forward between wanting freedom and yet still needing the security of the family. Teenagers may want to experiment with new things such as drugs, sex, parties, or parents may worry if their children are eating well enough.

Teenagers are often torn between wanting to be independent and wanting to be cared for. Young people want to experiment with new things and test new limits. Some young people may become depressed, others may run away as a result of arguments or disagreements. Teenagers may themselves become parents.

Punk'd Lindsay Lohan

My favorite people include Ashton Kutcher and Lindsay Lohan and my favorite shows include Punk'd.


Here I took the liberty to download an early episode that happened in 2003 when Lindsay was only 17. I first began to notice her in 1998 when I first saw her acting in The Parent Trap. She depicted a set of twins. (not the infamous Gillian Chung). I know she is in quite a mess now or rather until quite recently with her DUI et al, still .... Hopefully, I am not paedophilic.

This song by Jason Mraz is awesome.

Go check out his other songs if you have the time. You may like all of them.

Ooi Chik Hoe

One of these two people in the picture is Double01 Chik Hoe. Can't tell them apart. The similarity is uncanny.

Strictly speaking, double01 should not be featured at all. In my twisted, convoluted definition of a CanonMalaysian, it means people who were once in Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd. 001 is curently still in Canon as a Senior Marketing Manager (methinks). He is resposible for the BIS business. BIS, whatever that means, is about copiers and facsimiles.

You see, I have always been afraid that Canon may not like my meddlings and offer me USD3 million to close down this site. You know how awful that can be, right? Everybody knows that large sums of money corrupt and I am too old and simple to think about private jets and houses in Australia like Mr Badawi or was it Muhammadx2?

Although 001 is based in Kuala Lumpur city now, he was actually yanked out from being in charge of the Penang branch. Yes, the state has just conferred a Datukship to its youngest recipient Ms Nicol Ann David. Congratulations! Datuk Nicol. Let's get Datuk Michele together and do lunch soon.

Actually 001 was a small town person from Alor Setar. Remember Teh Su Kheng? I understand he can pu thai, (speak Thai), and really, of what use would that be I wonder. Largely because he was competent and because Khoo Soo Hay was getting quite along, he was promoted to be the branch manager in Penang. He was pretty well known for being extremely hard working and have staff bought back lunches, chap fan, so that he can work through meal times.

Maybe because of that, Liew Sip Chon brought him down to kayel. Where to find such cheap long hours labor. I understand he hasn't kicked this habit yet. Quite some people think he is spoiling the market.

Okay, coming back to this transgression of featuring 001. Last week when I met up with him, he handed me some photos for safekeepings in photobucket/canonmalaysians. I couldn't refuse a good offer. So there you have it, his photos are in his sub-album in www.photobucket/canonmalaysians.com . (Like that, nevermind, give chance and feature him lor.)

You do know the difference between a Datuk and a Dato', right? You can google or better still Blackle. (I am currently supporting Blackle.com and other carbon footprint reductions stuff, hoping that my grandchildren would still have sufficient energy to use in their lifetimes.)

I noticed that Simon Yam Tat Wah was always wearing this red sleeveless T-shirt. Show-off!

Mmmm, by the way, are Simon Wong, a CanonMalaysian and Simon Yam still in cahoots on some business projects?

Blackle.com

Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time.

I was introduced to this by a family member.

How is Blackle saving energy?

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002

In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.

How can you help?

We encourage you to set Blackle as your home page. This way every time you load your Internet browser you will save a little bit of energy. Remember every bit counts! You will also be reminded about the need to save energy each time you see the Blackle page load.

Help us spread the word about Blackle by telling your friends and family to set it as their home page. If you have a blog then give us a mention. Or put the following text in your email signature: "Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time".

Have a look at our energy saving tips page for ideas on steps you can take to save energy.

There are a lot of great web sites about saving energy and being more environmentally friendly. They are full of great tips covering the little things that we can all do to make a difference today. Try Blackling "energy saving tips" or visit one of the many great blogs dedicated to environmental awareness.

Alex Foo

Alex Foo is not as famous as Brad Pitt seeing that he was in Canon Ipoh before and hasn't got into the entertainment industry.

He was a copier technician. Like all good looking copier technicians, he ventured out. As the training in Canon is so good, it is nigh impossible not to do well outside the comfort of Canon. You know them; a couple of Allans, Billy, James, Allen Asservatum, Frankie, Simon, Cheng Sue Yueh, Mak Siew Choy, Chaspher Chooi etc, etc. Alex joined in 1993 and left in 2001.

He'd set up a perfect office in Ipoh called ..... Perfect Office. Today, he is in the copier, fax and supplies line. I met up with him when he came down to Kuala Lumpur city to get away for a while.

We took in some teh tariks and he had the soup mee Maggie near my office. And don't anybody start with this Indomee and Sodomee stuff like they were fresh jokes and not so 10 years' ago stuff.

A Poem for Balasubramaniam

You may remembered a post
Sometime not too long ago
On subject person, it seemed
Who has disappeared from the scene.

However I found a poem on him
Appearing in the comment within
I reproduced it here for you to read
Unlike my usual nonsense instead


Andrezj said...

Sex and the C4

Sodomy is a useful word
recently said and heard,
in Malaysian homes and offices
it’s all about famous orifices.

What is going on, you wonder
when Bala steals the thunder,
finger pointing the magic word
to the delight of a horny herd

Organs united, names forgotten?
VIPs are really rotten
Saifool he knows and did not know
doubts about Aminah begin to grow

of whose loose lips he was afraid
but liked her other end instead;
of course he knew it wasn't right
but it felt so good and tight!

You could not hump like Greeks
the Hindenburg’s fat cheeks;
what her hubby found so succulent
was making Rosmah trucculent.

And so she thought, the time was due
for a nice Mongolian barbecue.
Enter the analyst, not so anal,
who found the girl too banal;

fearing supernatural harm
from her juicy feminine charm,
he hired Bala straightaway
to keep the honeytrap at bay

but private dicks were of no match
for Aminah's superlative snatch
and now that Najib had had his fill,
he would not share the till;

right after the submarine deal,
Aminah's fate he would seal.
Now Rosmah had one idea
on how to kenakan dia

"Let’s bomb the bombshell,
let's send her to hell.
"Thus perished the hapless beauty
after translation and booty duty;

now Rosmah’s ass was happy
until one blogger got yappy;
this Hindenburg nearly caught fire
yet to sue she has no desire.

But Najib's part in this murder
will travel much further;
despite his media actions
and one or two retractions,

some questions will remain
a big part of his bane–
how did Altantuya really die?
and why did he have to lie?

Did he pay off Bala savvily,
or threaten to C4 his family?
What acts could be more despised?
With his money, we’re not surprised;

after all, he's such a bully beast,
to him and him alone, at least,
magic words that cannot apply
– are useful for making rivals die.


July 7, 2008 9:09 PM

Roger Federer

How could he have lost?

He had me cheering him on. He had his not so thin girlfriend cheering him on. Most important of all, he had the long arms, long legs, immaculate skinned, come-on thick lips of Gwen Stefani cheering him on.

A record breaking 6 times Wimbledon consequtive win in the cards. What was he thinking? This mother is supposed to be the best all rounder with no weakness in any area. It's unlike Beckham who can't bend it with his left foot.

I don't want to talk about him already. Let's talk about Gwen. You'll see here, even Gwen didn't want to talk about him.

Singer Gwen Stefani and her husband Gavin Rossdale attend the finals match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 6, 2008.

Gwen Stefani says she and husband Gavin Rossdale have got "more romantic" since having son Kingston. The 38-year-old singer - who is currently expecting her second child with former Bush frontman Gavin - admits her relationship with Gavin improved after they became parents.

She said: "I feel Gavin and I are closer in many ways now that we have a child together. We've both become more romantic and caring for each other." Gwen also revealed she found it difficult to leave Kingston to return to work.

She added: "Sometimes I feel very stressed and think it's insane to be having so much going on when all I want to is relax and play with Kingston, but I'm in love with my fashion label L.A.M.B now. "The simple reason I started my label was to have something creative in my life other than music. I pinch myself every day, every second, when I think how far things have come for me."

Being the intelligent you, I am sure you'd realized that Gwen Stefani wanted to tell you that she is currently pretty sexually active. (Can you see or not?)

Maybe Federer got distracted by Nadal always having to pinch out his panties. We all do not know why other tennis players have no problems like him. Geraldine said. "Maybe he should have asked Federer for his advice, like hey, what brand of underwear are you wearing huh?"

Anyway the match was really good, I enjoyed it immensely. First class display of skills and courtcrafts. The only thing I did not like was Federer losing. Damn it!

Can't his girlfriend be just called Jane or Elizabeth of something? She has to be called Mirka Vavrinec.

I think tomorrow, I'll just get back to Anwar, Najib and the new Statutory Declaration of the now missing Balasubramaniam.

Even Wong Choon Heng said so in his blog earlier that he thought Roger Federer should be the one to beat.

Malaysia Today - New IP

I have absolutely no idea why Raja Petra acquired a new IP for his Malaysia Today site. Well, this is appearing on his page.

ALERT

Please spread our new IP to all friends that still searching for MT site, thank you. Happy reading & commenting!

Ok, for those fans of Raja Petra who currently cannot find the site. Here goes:

http://www.malaysia-today.net/

This one has the 2008 dropped off at the end of the old address.


Malaysian politics has never been this interesting before. Nowadays, waking up early mornings to quickly find out what are in the headlines has become the highlight of my day.

You may not believe me if I tell you that I have always wanted to make movies, as movies have always fascinated me. I bet you, if I make a movie, it will certainly stars characters playing Najib, Anwar, Altantuya, Raja Petra, sodomisers and sodomisees, Abdullah, Lim Kit Siang, some powerful sons-in-laws, more powerful sons of a gun, etc. You will have power tussles, explosive murders, suspense, gay relationships, lawsuits, submarines, C4 weaponries, location shoots in Mongolia, weddings in Korea, oil for food in the Middle East, beautiful women who are susceptible to anal intercourses, past Prime Ministers muscling in on the actions, maybe throw in some school girls in transparent uniforms. Oh yes, and a lot of statutory declarations of all kinds.

How can this movie be not a big hit countrywide and maybe even worldwide.

Larry Poon and Gang

Last week I was invited to a Dinner and some hours of gossips amongst some more-than-middle-aged CanonMalaysians on The Street at the Curve.

I had to be somewhere and therefore couldn't join the dinner. So I arrived later just in time for the gossips. Just so you know, before I arrived, it was just small talks. They waited for me.

Since Larry was buying the dinner, he sat at his rightful head of the table place. Looking as confident as ever, you know he is the take-charge guy who gets-things-done type. For example, settling the bill.

Currently, he is running Avaxx, one of the two national distributors for Nokia. Still, the number one handphone brand in the world, I think. I can't say anything bad about him as his company buys a substantial portion of the office supplies from my company. He reminded me that evening.

Johnny Tan has changed his name to Johnnie Tan. His wife Germaine told him, now that he is fully a vegetarian, he has to change his name to coincide with the new life. Since Paul McCartney is also a vegetarian, I guess Germaine wanted Johnnie boy to be immensely rich as well. Money can come in handy, you know.

Anyhow, I am sure it was a good move as we do not want our body to be a graveyard for dead animals. I've heard this from Germaine, the last time I saw her.

Johnnie is the Assistant General Manager in Panasonic Malaysia in the Business Systems Division and if he likes you, it is possible to expect a large LCD television by Christmas.

Patrick Tam is the cool one, always smiling and always wanting to be your friend. He has diversified quite a bit and has his hand in quite some pies. If he is a Minister in Barisan, we will all be living happily ever after in this Bolehland.

Before William Augustin became really rich, he was always looking at scams to build his millions. Now that he has the money, he acquired a new wife and has started to build his dynasty. His son is still 6 months old, though. But not to worry. As he is now a Muslim, there will not be any restrictions; as birth controls do not exist and multiple wives allowed.

I think he is still in the Insertion business. (not the sexual body invasion types.) It is mail insertions where monthly statements are inserted into envelopes with various brochures riding on and done like clockwork in the hundreds of thousands every month. Think Maxis and Celcom. In case you have some money and you do not like him, try muscling into this really lucrative business.

Terence has changed his name to Terenze. No, he did not become a vegetarian and he does not listen to his wife. He just thought it was more stylish. I can't help but think he should have done this eons earlier and not now. Style does not become him at this stage in his life. I understand that Larry wanted to take his business to another level and hence Terenze should be joining him this week to tell Larry what to do.

This is the place (la). Was the food good? I forgot to ask them as I arrived late and only have a few crumbs. Most felt the red wine was not up to scratch and Larry demanded a price down or else.. . He'd got a fairly substantial discount. The German beer was superb though, suitably chilled with no tinge of sweetness, fresh with the right level of bitterness.

We spoke for quite some hours about people behind their backs. Can't divulge anything here as they may be looking in. Buy me a beer and we can talk privately.

Balasubramaniam

Issues on the Statutory Declaration made by Mr Balasubramaniam were all over the papers this morning.

If the allegations were true, then this is truly explosive. Anwar's sodomy, Clinton's Monica Lewisky, Nixon's Watergate, etc certainly pale in comparision. We are talking about a murder here. An attractive woman of another nationality being blown up and a trial that must have attracted attention internationally somewhat.

Yesterday, I received the supposedly full text of the SD. The source was not verified but the document looked proper. I shall leave it to you to judge its authenticity.


STATUTORY DECLARATION

I, Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal (NRIC NO: 600928-08-6235) a
Malaysian Citizen of full age and residing at No. 32, Jalan Pelangi 1, Taman Pelangi, Rawang, Selangor do solemly and sincerely declare as follows :-

1. I have been a police officer with the Royal Malaysian Police Force having jointed as a constable in 1981 attached to the Police Field Force. I was then promoted to the rank of lance Corporal and finally resigned from the Police Force in 1998 when I was with the Special Branch.

2. I have been working as a free lance Private Investigator since I left the Police Force.

3. Sometime in June or July 2006, I was employed by Abdul Razak Baginda for a period of 10 days to look after him at his office at the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang between the hours of 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m each working day as apparently he was experiencing disturbances from a third party.

4. I resigned from this job after 2 ½ days as I was not receiving any proper instructions.

5. I was however re-employed by Abdul Razak Baginda on the 05-10- 2006 as he had apparently received a harassing phone call from a Chinese man calling himself ASP Tan who had threatened him to pay his debts. I later found out this gentleman was in fact a
private investigator called Ang who was employed by a Mongolian woman called Altantuya Shaaribuu.

6. Abdul Razak Baginda was concerned that a person by the name of Altantuya Shaaribuu, a Mongolian woman, was behind this threat and that she would be arriving in Malaysia very soon to try and contact him.

7. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that he was concerned by this as he had been advised that Altantuya Shaaribuu had been given some powers by a Mongolian ‘bomoh’ and that he could never look her in the face because of this.

8. When I enquired as to who this Mongolian woman was, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that she was a friend of his who had been introduced to him by a VIP and who asked him to look after her financially.

9. I advised him to lodge a police report concerning the threatening phone call he had received from the Chinese man known as ASP Tan but he refused to do so as he informed me there were some high profile people involved.

10. Abdul Razak Baginda further told me that Altantuya Shaaribuu was a great liar and good in convincing people. She was supposed to have been very demanding financially and that he had even financed a property for her in Mongolia.

11. Abdul Razak Baginda then let me listen to some voice messages on his handphone asking him to pay what was due otherwise he would be harmed and his daughter harassed.

12. I was therefore supposed to protect his daughter Rowena as well.

13. On the 09.10.2006 I received a phone call from Abdul Razak Baginda at about 9.30 a.m. informing me that Altantuya was in his office and he wanted me there immediately. As I was in the midst of a surveillance, I sent my assistant Suras to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office and I followed a little later. Suras managed to control the situation and had persuaded Altantuya and her two friends to leave the premises. However Altantuya left a note written on some Hotel Malaya note paper, in English, asking Abdul Razak Baginda to call her on her handphone (number given) and wrote down her room number as well.

14. Altantuya had introduced herself to Suras as ‘Aminah’ and had informed Suras she was there to see her boyfriend Abdul Razak Baginda.

15. These 3 Mongolian girls however returned to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office at the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang again, the next day at about 12.00 noon. They did not enter the building but again informed Suras that they wanted to meet Aminah’s
boyfriend, Abdul Razak Baginda.

16. On the 11.10.2006, Aminah returned to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office on her own and gave me a note to pass to him, which I did. Abdul Razak Baginda showed me the note which basically asked him to call her urgently.

17. I suggested to Abdul Razak Baginda that perhaps it may be wise to arrange for Aminah to be arrested if she harassed him further, but he declined as he felt she would have to return to Mongolia as soon as her cash ran out.

18. In the meantime I had arranged for Suras to perform surveillance on Hotel Malaya to monitor the movements of these 3 Mongolian girls, but they recognized him. Apparently they become friends with Suras after that and he ended up spending a few nights in
their hotel room.

19. When Abdul Razak Baginda discovered Suras was becoming close to Aminah he asked me to pull him out from Hotel Malaya.

20. On the 14.10.2006, Aminah turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house in Damansara Heights when I was not there. Abdul Razak Baginda called me on my handphone to inform me of this so I rushed back to his house. As I arrived, I noticed Aminah outside
the front gates shouting “Razak, bastard, come out from the house”. I tried to calm her down but couldn’t so I called the police who arrived in 2 patrol cars. I explained the situation to the
police, who took her away to the Brickfields police station.

21. I followed the patrol cars to Brickfields police station in a taxi. I called Abdul Razak Baginda and his lawyer Dirren to lodge a police report but they refused.

22. When I was at the Brickfields police station, Aminah’s own Private Investigator, one Mr. Ang arrived and we had a discussion. I was told to deliver a demand to Abdul Razak Baginda for USD$500,000.00 and 3 tickets to Mongolia, apparently as commission owed to Aminah from a deal in Paris.

23. As Aminah had calmed down at this stage, a policewoman at the Brickfields police station advised me to leave and settle the matter amicably.

24. I duly informed Abdul Razak Baginda of the demands Aminah had made and told him I was disappointed that no one wanted to back me up in lodging a police report. We had a long discussion about the situation when I expressed a desire to pull out of this
assignment.

25. During this discussion and in an attempt to persuade me to continue my employment with him, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that :-

25.1 He had been introduced to Aminah by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at a diamond exhibition in Singapore.

25.2 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse.

25.3 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wanted Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Aminah as he did not want her to harass him since he was now the Deputy Prime Minister.

25.4 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had all been together at a dinner in Paris.

25.5 Aminah wanted money from him as she felt she was entitled to a USD$500,000.00 commission on a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris.

26. On the 19.10.2006, I arrived at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house in Damansara Heights to begin my night duty. I had parked my car outside as usual. I saw a yellow proton perdana taxi pass by with 3 ladies inside, one of whom was Aminah. The taxi did a U-turn
and stopped in front of the house where these ladies rolled down the window and wished me ‘Happy Deepavali’. The taxi then left.

27. About 20 minutes later the taxi returned with only Aminah in it. She got out of the taxi and walked towards me and started talking to me. I sent an SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda informing him “Aminah was here”. I received an SMS from Razak instructing me “To delay her until my man comes”.

28. Whist I was talking to Aminah, she informed me of the following :-

28.1 That she met Abdul Razak Baginda in Singapore with Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

28.2 That she had also met Abdul Razak Baginda and Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at a dinner in Paris.

28.3 That she was promised a sum of USD$500,000.00 as commission for assisting in a Submarine deal in Paris.

28.4 That Abdul Razak Baginda had bought her a house in Mongolia but her brother had refinanced it and she needed money to redeem it.

28.5 That her mother was ill and she needed money to pay for her treatment.

28.6 That Abdul Razak Baginda had married her in Korea as her mother is Korean whilst her father was a Mongolian/Chinese mix.

28.7 That if I wouldn’t allow her to see Abdul Razak Baginda, would I be able to arrange for her to see Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

29. After talking to Aminah for about 15 minutes, a red proton aeroback arrived with a woman and two men. I now know the woman to be Lance Corporal Rohaniza and the men, Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azahar. They were all in plain clothes. Azilah walked towards me while the other two stayed in the car.

30. Azilah asked me whether the woman was Aminah and I said ‘Yes’. He then walked off and made a few calls on his handphone. After 10 minutes another vehicle, a blue proton saga, driven by a Malay man, passed by slowly. The drivers window had been wound down and the driver was looking at us.

31. Azilah then informed me they would be taking Aminah away. I informed Aminah they were arresting her. The other two persons then got out of the red proton and exchanged seats so that Lance Corporal Rohaniza and Aminah were in the back while the two men were in the front. They drove off and that is the last I ever saw of Aminah.

32. Abdul Razak Baginda was not at home when all this occurred.

33. After the 19.10.2006, I continued to work for Abdul Razak Baginda at his house in Damansara Heights from 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. the next morning, as he had been receiving threatening text messages from a woman called ‘Amy’ who was apparently ‘Aminah’s’ cousin in Mongolia.

34. On the night of the 20.10.2006, both of Aminah’s girl friends turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house enquiring where Aminah was. I informed them she had been arrested the night before.

35. A couple of nights later, these two Mongolian girls, Mr. Ang and another Mongolian girl called ‘Amy’ turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house looking for Aminah as they appeared to be convinced she was being held in the house.

36. A commotion began so I called the police who arrived shortly thereafter in a patrol car. Another patrol car arrived a short while later in which was the investigating officer from the Dang Wangi Police Station who was in charge of the missing persons report lodged by one of the Mongolians girls, I believe was Amy.

37. I called Abdul Razak Baginda who was at home to inform him of the events taking place at his front gate. He then called DSP Musa Safri and called me back informing me that Musa Safri would be calling handphone and I was to pass the phone to the Inspector from Dang Wangi Police Station.

38. I then received a call on my handphone from Musa Safri and duly handed the phone to the Dang Wangi Inspector. The conversation lasted 3 – 4 minutes after which he told the girls to disperse and to go to see him the next day.

39. On or about the 24.10.2006, Abdul Razak Baginda instructed me to accompany him to the Brickfields police station as he had been advised to lodge a police report about the harassment he was receiving from these Mongolian girls.

40. Before this, Amy had sent me an SMS informing me she was going to Thailand to lodge a report with the Mongolian consulate there regarding Aminah’s disappearance. Apparently she had sent the same SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda. This is why he told me he had been advised to lodge a police report.

41. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that DPS Musa Safri had introduced him to one DSP Idris, the head of the Criminal division, Brickfields police station, and that Idris had referred him to ASP Tonny.

42. When Abdul Razak Baginda had lodged his police report at Brickfields police station, in front of ASP Tonny, he was asked to make a statement but he refused as he said he was leaving for overseas. He did however promise to prepare a statement and hand ASP Tonny a thumb drive. I know that this was not done as ASP Tonny told me.

43. However ASP Tonny asked me the next day to provide my
statement instead and so I did.

44. I stopped working for Abdul Razak Baginda on the 26.10.2006 as this was the day he left for Hong Kong on his own.

45. In mid November 2006, I received a phone call from ASP Tonny from the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah asking me to see him regarding Aminah’s case. When I arrived there I was immediately arrested under S.506 of the Penal Code for Criminal intimidation.

46. I was then placed in the lock up and remanded for 5 days. On the third day I was released on police bail.

47. At the end of November 2006, the D9 department of the IPK sent a detective to my house to escort me to the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah. When I arrived, I was told I was being arrested under S.302 of the Penal Code for murder. I was put in the lock up and remanded for
7 days.

48. I was transported to Bukit Aman where I was interrogated and questioned about an SMS I had received from Abdul Razak Baginda on the 19.10.2006 which read “delay her until my man arrives”. They had apparently retrieved this message from Abdul Razak Baginda’s handphone.

49. They then proceeded to record my statement from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. everyday for 7 consecutive days. I told them all I knew including everything Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had told me about their relationships with Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak but when I came to sign my statement, these details had been left out.

50. I have given evidence in the trial of Azilah, Sirul and Abdul Razak Baginda at the Shah Alam High Court. The prosecutor did not ask me any questions in respect of Aminah’s relationship with Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak or of the phone call I received from DSP Musa Safri, whom I believe was the ADC for Datuk Seri Najib Razak and/or his wife.

51. On the day Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested, I was with him at his lawyers office at 6.30 a.m. Abdul Razak Baginda informed us that he had sent Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak an SMS the evening before as he refused to believe he was to be arrested, but had not
received a response.

52. Shortly thereafter, at about 7.30 a.m., Abdul Razak Baginda received an SMS from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and showed, this message to both myself and his lawyer. This message read as follows :- “ I am seeing IGP at 11.00 a.m. today …… matter will be solved … be cool”.

53. I have been made to understand that Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested the same morning at his office in the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang.

54. The purpose of this Statutory declaration is to :-

54.1 State my disappointment at the standard of investigations conducted by the authorities into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

54.2 Bring to the notice of the relevant authorities the strong possibility that there are individuals other than the 3 accused who must have played a role in the murder of
Altantuya Shaaribuu.

54.3 Persuade the relevant authorities to reopen their investigations into this case immediately so that any fresh evidence may be presented to the Court prior to submissions
at the end of the prosecutions case.

54.4 Emphasize the fact that having been a member of the Royal Malaysian Police Force for 17 years I am absolutely certain no police officer would shoot someone in the head and blow
up their body without receiving specific instructions from their superiors first.

54.5. Express my concern that should the defence not be called in the said murder trial, the accused, Azilah and Sirul will not have to swear on oath and testify as to the instructions they
received and from whom they were given.

55. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declaration Act 1960.


SUBCRIBED and solemnly )
declared by the abovenamed )
Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal ]
this day of 2008 )
Before me,






………………………………….
Commissioner for Oath
Kuala Lumpur

Rodney Lin

Rodney joined Canon in 1991 and left last year in 2007.

He was responsible for the business in Seremban, his hometown, before being promoted to be the Regional Manager for the Central South Region based in Malacca.

He is well built, fairly tall, looks good and has a great personality. Some say it is all a waste as he does not seem to have any interests in the other gender. Some even suspect he could be gay.

Difficult to say as he did not make any moves on me. Then again, gay fellows do not like all males especially the older ones. In case you meet up with him, please do not go "A-yerr " ... and stand back. Remember, you may not look good enough for him too!

Currently, he is a big time Prudential business person. He mentioned that his latest and most powerful product is this medical plans for employees of medium to larger size organisations. Minimum 25 employees, it seems. Being part of a larger group means that employees can enjoy up to 30% discounts on their medical policies. Moving to another organisation does not affect the contract.

He promised to buy me a beer for every sign-up. Guys, please help to ensure that I do not go thirsty, okay?

Once again, his email contact is in the registry.

The Tree Outside

Okay, I know. "The Tree Outside" sounded like another one of those novels by Han Suyin or one of the numerous female Chinese writers who fled China during the Cultural Revolution for the Americas.

I think Han Suyin's latest book is called "The Mortal Flower". If there are more books to come, I think you will have "Behind the Silent Hills", "Beware the Bamboo Gardens", "Chinese Clouds", "The Hidden Ponds", "Rowing Back to the Past", "The Cleansing Rain" .. hey, I think I can go on forever on these book titles.

By the way, the tree outside is really the tree outside my house. It does not belong to me. I think it is currently under attack and I hope some readers can help me help this tree outside.

Can you see the damages done to the leaves of this tree?

I guess in this picture, you can see a lot clearer.







These are the little buggers doing the damage.








Gross right? So now, after all my show and tell, will somebody please show and tell me what should I do to put this tree out of its misery.

Tree doctor?, knowledgeable busybody? somebody? ... help?

Beh Chin

Beh Chin was in Canon only for 1 year. ie 1989-1990.

So unless you are Serena, Irene Lourdes, Magdalene, Tracy or Jeeneze; it is unlikely that you would know her.

She is another one of those quiet, go about the business-don't disturb me type. She was in my team then doing the consumable business.

I think she left to pursue her calling in the clothing/fashion business, fell in love, got married and have 2 kids.

Today she operates a Floral and Gifts Shop called Yours' Truly. You can find the shop in The Curve. She should have something you want on occassions like Birthday, Roses, Anniversary, Get Well, Thank You, Congratulations, Wedding and Festives. ( I copied the last 8 choices faithfully from her business card.)

By the way, now she is known as Sandra Beh.