Workingmanlife2

Fishing KK 2011

2011-06-21T14:48:00.002+08:00

After more than 1 year of waiting, we will depart KLIA for KKIA this Thursday morning for a 3D/2N fishing on the 7 Star vessel. this time round, there will only be 7 of us since there were 2 rather last minute pull out due to unavoidable circumstances.We are hopefully better prepared this time round and the wish and aim is to do battle with the monsters of the deep, although there are more who

RIP

2011-06-21T13:28:00.004+08:00

My mother in law passed away on the 20th April 2011, after a long and courageous battle against cancer.She first encountered cancer in 1988/89, and has a masectomy and chemotherapy. She recovered and went on for another 20+ productive years. She may have lost the physical battle against cancer, but I believed she has won her spiritual battle.May she rest in peace.

Unique copra drying house/barn in Kudat

2011-05-16T09:41:00.004+08:00

According to a book 'The Hakkas of Sabah', there was constant reference to the innovative spirit of the early settlers who came from China to eke out a living from the rough tropical jungle. One of the more unique creation of these hardy people was the structure built to dry their copra/coconuts. The structure was a 'long house', with roofs that can be completely opened. In hakka, it is known as

Fuel Consumption

2011-05-16T09:37:00.002+08:00

On a recent trip, after fueling up to full tank, the on board fuel consumption displayed an incredible range of 1000+km with the full tank. The car was cruising on auto cruise at slightly above 110kmph, and for the first time, showed this range.Of course, the distance of 1000+ km was not achieved, but, is this something possible?

Land Rover LR4 "Pathological Liar" | Land Rover USA

2011-05-07T07:39:00.000+08:00

In the 70s', the only type of vehicles that would be able to ferry passengers between Kudat and Kota Kinabalu during the monsoon season were the Land Rovers. In those days, these Landies were aluminum clad, ladder frame chassis, incredibly hard suspensions, and as basic as possible with very little hint of luxury.These Landies would be required to ford swollen rivers, traverse slippery slopes and

Mercedes-Benz.tv: ‚Drive&Seek' - The Movie

2011-05-07T07:33:00.000+08:00

This Mercedes Benz commercial was obviously shot in Malaysia.Question is why is it that in real life we do not have the following:- traffic free roads on a banking day?- such efficient police force?See for yourself...

Tsunami ravaging Kesennuma port

2011-03-29T10:16:00.000+08:00

The initial trickle somewhat like a passing wave turned into a deadly torrent of unstoppable proportion within the span of less than 5 minutes. Whole building including innards swept by the water.My heart goes out to the resilient spirit and detrmination of the Japanese people.

How To deStress

2011-02-14T15:04:00.002+08:00

A friend sent this... perhaps should try out a few of the recommended actions one of these days... I love the last one!!!1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down. 2. On all your cheque stubs, write ' For Marijuana' 3. Skip down the street rather than walk and see how many looks you get. 4. Order a diet-water!

Prof. Lim Chee Seng

2011-02-09T13:44:00.004+08:00

Prof. Lim Chee Seng was a person of few yet many words. By few words since in the years that he sang as a bass with the Sanctuary Choir of Trinity Methodist Church Petaling Jaya,he seldom poked fun at others, or the conductor, unlike the rest of the back row recalcitrant basses who are/were always up to mischief. Professori Lim, as he was known to us, will always be the steady one; calm and

PM's wife OFFICIAL visit

2011-01-17T09:10:00.002+08:00

Malaysia must be one of the very few, if not the only country in the world where the wife of the Prime Minister can visit another country on an 'Official' capacity even though she is not in any 'official' office apart from being the wife of the Prime Minister.The last time time I am aware of, the wife is not a minister, or an ambassador, elected officer, office bearer of any department, head of

New phase in life...

2011-01-03T13:09:00.002+08:00

After a few days of intense work, and months of preparatory banging, hacking, cementing, polishing, varnishing, hammering, tiling, cementing, planting, watering, we have moved to our new place.The old premise was a 2 storey link house, where we stayed for some 18 years, where my 2 girls were born, where countless memories will now be filed and stored away as we begin a new chapter.The new place

English as she is translated

2010-12-14T14:51:00.002+08:00

Have signed up for UNIFI services, which will be installed next week. Upon confirmation of all details, the Unifi team sent a email with details of the package, installation charges etc. The last sentence of this message below should be read with the sentence as if you are reading it in Bahasa Malaysia. (my guess it, the last sentence in Malay would have been.. sebaik sahaja selepas..(as good as)

tis the season for stripping...

2010-12-06T13:38:00.002+08:00

No, i don't mean the stripping off of clothing.It started with the Perkasa maverick... a state Sultan stripped him of his title.Yesterday, another elder politician was stripped of his title as well, by yet another Sultan.There had been many calls to strip DS Anwar I of his titles as well.I think in due time, there will be more stripping!!!

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!

2010-11-26T07:59:00.000+08:00

Many moons since i last made an entry to this blog.... BUT, this is one video i think worth viewing...Under normal situation, this chorus is already not so easy to sing..but to sing this at a food court?I love this..!

Winner of China's Got Talent Final 2010 - Armless Pianist Liu Wei Perfor...

2010-10-12T15:43:00.000+08:00

i wrote about this remarkable person a few months ago, and look..he won!!A very remarkable life indeed...

Rainforest at MOA

2010-10-07T07:37:00.005+08:00

Perhaps the most iconic of all shopping malls in North America is the Mall of America in Minneapolis. It is a huge sprawling mall with an indoor amusement parks and rides.Last week, as usual in almost every trip to Minneapolis, the evenings before flying off will be spent at MOA, either for dinner or some shopping.This time round, had dinner at the Rainforest restaurant, where there are fake

KLIA really needs to buck up.

2010-10-04T07:22:00.002+08:00

The worst thing that can happened to any traveler arriving at the final airport/destination after many hours of flying is to wait for your luggage to be delivered.After some 36 hours of flying from JFK to Narita, Narita to Singapore, Singapore to Malaysia and hoping to collect your luggage within a reasonable time, only to be told that the visual monitors that are supposed to let you know which

Changi airport

2010-10-02T03:19:00.002+08:00

Left JFK New York at about 220pm on a Thursday Atlantic time, which is 220AM on Friday Malaysia's time. It is now 320am saturday morning at Changi airport.How many hours is that, i am not too sure i want to even count.To make matter worst, we drove from the hotel to JFK at 730AM because weather report was stating there were floods and heavy traffic jam with no let up at all of the rain. So, to be

sleepless in minneapolis.

2010-09-28T18:04:00.002+08:00

One of the problems with traveling across time zones is the fact that one tend to wake up at local times when one should be sleeping.It is 5am here, and i have been up since 3am...tried to sleep at 11pm last night, and ended up tossing and turning...switching channels on the TV..watching talk shows, rerun of Star Trek.. and trying to keep a level head.Got to go...they are showing a cool paid

dog killers...

2010-09-23T15:57:00.002+08:00

Anyone with even a whim of sympathy or emotion would have been revolted by the senseless killings of the dogs belonging to the alleged criminals in the case gripping Malaysia now. (latest news here) .The saddest part, as far as dogs are concern was the merciless ridding off of hungry pedigrees at the farm of the alleged criminals after their human handlers were bundled off to police remand.Why

Justice..for whom?

2010-09-21T07:55:00.002+08:00

There are times when justice does not seem to be applied with common sense or with dignity, compassion and love in mind.The case of the teenage who refuses to leave his father and forced to go to her mother because the mum has managed to convince the court that she should be given custody of the child is heart wrenching.The girl Bi-Anne cried her heart out to be allowed to stay with her father,

Ungrateful Citizens

2010-09-15T13:18:00.002+08:00

Frankly, I am getting sick and tired of being told again and again by politicians and powers that be that citizens should be grateful to the government for providing 'this and that' when the 'this and that' happens to be basic amenities which is the obligation of any self conscious and responsible government would do it utmost to provide.This article , once again highlight the narrow mindedness

Joke of the year

2010-09-09T11:19:00.002+08:00