Gong Xi Fa Cai 2010

This is It! This is the 1st day of the rest of your life. And it begins with the year of the Tiger.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai!"

On 29 March 1969, Lulu represented the United Kingdom by performing the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest. She won!

That song is about the silliest song I know. I think I've mentioned it before earlier.

And you would've thought she would have repented after that. What do you know? She came up with another stinker "I Am a Tiger". Watch the video?




Again, I must say I was pretty smitten by her when she acted and sang in the movie "To Sir With Love" way back when I was like 16 years old.

Thinking of Food

I am going to search a bit later to see if there is a song "Thinking of Food".

Incidentally Thinking of You by Katy Perry is a really sad song.

Chinese New Year is around the corner and how can anyone not be surrounded and constantly be offered food in abundance. I am not saying I do not like it. I of course enjoy the CNY treats by Hewlett-Packard and Canon and more to come from the other brands and friends as well.

I am not obese or fat. However I would like to be slimmer, if possible.

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That brings me to this question on if I should follow the widely brandished around advice. "Eat a big Breakfast!". It is extremely difficult for me to accept the wisdom of this advice.

I know they try to impress you with words like metabolic rates, adrenalin, cortisol, etc. And they try to convince you that being satisfied early in the morning will make you not go hungry easily and therefore overeat later in the day. Also like you may have jump started your metabolism and started to burn calories early or something.

Being a simple person, I am inclined to believe that eating a big meal regardless of the time of the day is bad news, especially a big breakfast. In fact, I think it is kind of silly.

See, breakfast is usually eaten in the morning (duh?) and is usually eaten alone. At this time, you are usually not so hungry if you are not used to eating big. Relatively easy to control the meal size.

Lunch is usually with friends and colleagues and customers. With all these people feeding their faces, and talking and talking, how can you not get carried away.

Dinner is with the family at home usually. No wives or domestic cooks will cook just enough food. See what I mean. Food in abundance again to tempt you no end.

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Okay, I think fundamentally, this big breakfast thingy is based on a false assumption. That is, it assume that people do not eat or do not eat much when they are not hungry. Do you really think this assumption is true?!

Look at these pictures of your lunches and dinners!

HP CNY Lou Sang with Me

I did a post on this free food given by Hewlett Packard last year.

Well, it happened again last week Thursday. This time it was in Grand Palace Restaurant in Pavillion, Bukit Bintang.

Awesome food (abalone, of course) and awesome people.

We have so many familiar resellers, just like last year. Nobody seemed to have given up this business that everybody says is so tough. Why arh?

I spotted Kathie and hubby Tang, Teh Kim Sai and wife Teresa, Jackie and son Jan something. Michelle and brother Thomas Hwang (my drink kaki some time back). Eric and wife from Enrich Oriental Media, Kow and wife, Ken Ngee and wife.

A lot of people seemed to bring their wives. Goes to show that these HP functions have no serious actions.

Of course, we too have Loke and Shirley as well as Lee Becon and the other boss.

Kym Lim was there. Beautiful, elegant, attractive and effervescent. And I think still available!

Now that Yan Yoke Ping is leading the charge in Samsung, HP has a brand new Country General Manager Bernard Chiang to try to put a spanner in the works on Samsung World Domination.

You won't believe me. But all the HP staff are good looking. I find it hard to believe either.

Wang Wei Ling, Channel Manager. Kelvin Chin, David (car enthusiast), June, witty Ethan, and big man Wong Kai Hong.

Thank you guys from Hewlett-Packard. Let's do it again next year.

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Pictures from my Samsung camera phone are not exactly like from a DSLR. Excuse..

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Incidentally, we were being wisely told that when we park our cars in a mall, we must remember the way in so that we can retrace back to find our cars.

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Horrors! In Pavillion, after 10.30pm, they close up 2/3 of the place and it reminded me of Moses wandering in the Sinai desert a long time ago.

Art Harun said this recently.

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And I quote a small section of what Art Harun said recently.

The international community is already observing this sordid affair of charging the leader of the opposition for sodomy. The absolute incredulity is complete when it is known that sodomy takes place in abundance in a certain part of our capital, Kuala Lumpur, each hour of the night and probably even the day too and yet there is absolutely no effort to arrest the perpetrator of this offence.

That this totally private act is an offence in itself is a cause for scornful remark by jurists and observers. In our charge for development, it is disappointing to note that the government will dispatch no less than the Solicitor General 2 plus a host of assistants to handle this wholly trivial charge.

However, I suppose, the prerogative to charge any person for offences lies with the Attorney General and I shall make no question as to his wisdom for choosing to pursue this charge.

Taking Note Rather than Taking Notes

Wong Choon Heng seems to be coming back soon. Good to get away from cold England for a while.





Canon just had its Annual Dinner this year and now we have hundreds of hundreds of photos on Facebook. Quite a big number of young good looking people now. Kind of reminds me of the coming Grammy Awards.

Roger Federer won again, this time what, 16 Grand Slams titles. Andy Murray lost. Now England has to wait for more than 74 years for the next English Grand Slam winner.
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Murray said,

"Firstly, congratulations Roger, his achievements in tennis are incredible," he said. "He was a lot better than me tonight.

"Hopefully, one time I can come back and win here," he added, his voice breaking. "I got great support back home the last couple of weeks. Sorry I couldn't do it for you tonight but ..."
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Murray could barely finish his thank you, explaining: "I can cry like Roger; it's just a shame I can't play like him."

3 days ago, I attended the Canon SOHO Printers/AIO Fax Seminar in Grand Dorsett, Subang. Yes, the former Sheraton Subang. Because I was taking note rather than taking notes, and in view of my advanced age, the following information needs verifications.

Canon inkjet printers in Malaysia and elsewhere has been in the Number 1 position since the 2nd World War. Samsung world domination plans in Malaysia may not materialize tomorrow! They are talking about local market share in excess of 70%!

Canon's single function laser printer was very close to be in the number 1 position last year coming within a whisker's distance. Canon's laser fax was number 1 again last year achieving again over a 50% market share!

The ambitious plan this year is to DOUBLE Canon laser SOHO AIO market share. This should see them into the mid twenties figure. And the general strategy is deep and multiple penetrations into the IT market.


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While writing this, I turned around and looked at my TV and wow, Lady Gaga's dress on the Red Carpet was spectacular. White barb wire fencing around the body?

I too saw Katy Perry and Russell Brand, my favourite couple at the moment.

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Let me leave you with this thought.

If you truly love somebody, you should let her go. However do not waste time and promptly go out and have the time of your life, because she may just come back and belong to you forever within a week! - Stanley 2010.

A Follow Up on my last Post

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The music mogul's all-star cover of REM's hit 'Everybody Hurts' - which is being released to raise funds for earthquake-stricken Haiti - will now take centre stage at the music awards 30th anniversary ceremony on February 16, after bosses reorganised the evening's line-up to clear a space for the song.

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At the moment, it is unclear whether the musicians will all be present to perform together at the BRITs, or if a video will be aired instead.

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http://entertainment.malaysia.msn.com/Celebrity/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3826436

Simon Cowell and Everybody Hurts

I understand Simon Cowell is currently very busy organising a super charity single in aid of Haiti earthquake victims. This single is Everybody Hurts originally done by REM.

So far, the confirmed big names include Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, JLS and Michael Buble.

The other fellows he is talking with are Will Young, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Take That, George Michael and Sir Paul McCartney.

This event will be a bit of a rush as the single should be out by the end of this month.

All proceeds go to the Disasters Emergency Committee and The Sun's Helping Haiti campaign.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who asked Simon to organise the single, will waive the VAT.
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And REM do not want royalties from the track
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Here below is the original version by REM. I can't help but believe that Simon Cowell is more impressed with the song than I am. But what do I know!



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And this of course, is Leona Lewis.
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Nothing could have been so blatant.

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It was quite a pleasant surprise to read Marina Mahathir's article in The Star this morning.

Tun Mahathir mentioned a little while back that the allah issue should not be settled in court. I disagree and well, his daughter too.

Marina is also not too happy with our governmental leaders' actions or inactions.

I recommend that you read what she has to say. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Nothing could have been so blatant in catering to an unruly crowd than the permission to hold demos against a court decision

What sort of justice system do we have if anyone can disrespect court decisions by holding demos against them? There are legal avenues to pursue: why do we not educate people to do just that?

Thus far, no government leader has straightforwardly said that not only is the burning of any house of worship against the law, but it is also un-Islamic.

Sadly, it is clear that there are too few of our leaders engaged in building peace among our people, but they are in fact more interested in keeping us divided.


http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2010/1/20/columnists/musings/5496543&sec=musings

The Silliest Song

I went over to wake somebody up this morning.

I wanted to sing the silliest song that comes to mind and "Boom Bang a Bang" popped up!

This song was done by Lulu in 1969. Tell me if you do not think it has to be really silly.



Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are songs that you do not want to know too.

And they say the songs nowadays are not like those golden yesteryears!



















Lulu is 61 years old now. Actually in 1967 in the movie To Sir with Love starring Sidney Poitier, she acted and sang the title song. I was real impressed then. I was a teenager and the song was so emotional for me. I fell in love with her then. Those days, I fall in love with all women who sing and especially if they play the guitar as well.

Then came Boom Bang a Bang in 1969. What was she thinking! Would you believe this song won the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest?! What was everybody thinking!

Later she got wiser and this one with Ronan Keating was much much better.