Interesting. What a way to promote a gym business! Well, click on this link to go to the original page.
The CNergy Big Splash Party is on this 1 May at Sunway Lagoon and it's goin' to be HAPPENING!
Soak yourself in a whole load of fun and entertainment at the world's largest man-made surf beach!
ROCK with top local bands like Pop Shuvit, Frequency Cannon and Estranged; watch fitness performances, breakdancers and much more! It'll be the biggest splash party ever!
What's more, you can learn all about healthy living at our expo and stand a chance to win RM10,000 worth of prizes!
Date: 1 May 2006 Time: 4pm till late Venue: Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach
The ticket entitles you to free entrance for the event which start at 4pm. It also entitles you to 50% discount for the theme park if you decide to come early and enjoy the rides. Get 5 FREE tickets by registering
checking out CNergy, a RM699/year joint effort among Malaysian gyms [link]
And believe me, you can get pretty tired doing these mundane things. Methinks it's time for a little David Wong on land tenure in the Malay States. Either him or Kevin Gray on Elements of Land Law.
Have you ever heard of Madam Lim's? If you ever go to Kelana Jaya, Giant Supermarket (right next to the LDP highway) -- try not to eat at Madam Lim's. This little place purports to cook Chinese food, but all the staff are not even Chinese! As a result, the food, which has Chinese names, winds up tasting a lot like Malay fare. Come to think of it, I've never seen any lady over there called Madam Lim. Picture shows kangkung sambal belacan: RM6.00.
And then there's the overpriced asam prawns. Six itsy bitsy sized prawns, and can you guess the price? RM15.00! That works out to RM2.50 per prawn. Really, did the petrol price hike affect these buggers so badly? They obviously forget that the petrol price hike also affects their clientele. RM15.00 for six small prawns. What a rip-off. Moral of the story: Avoid. The older generation has always told us to avoid ordering seafood at food stalls, unless it's got a price tag on it, plain and clear to the naked eye. Those that can't be seen by the naked eye... perhaps, those price tags don't exist. The shopkeeper will tell you otherwise. He'll say that the price tags do exist. But you have to order the food first. Then, dear sir, you will have fallen into the same trap as a famous emperor once did. (He never did get to wash and iron his "new clothes".)
A little luxury car. There's a little logo on the boot that says "smart". Is it really smart? It's a failure. It seats two persons and is easy to park, and is easy on the fuel. So what? What if you have family? Can you bring along your kid? Sure, you can get your kid to sit on your lap. But what if you have two kids? What if the kids grow up? What if you want to bring your mother-in-law along for lunch? Oh wait... perhaps you don't want to bring your mother-in-law for lunch? Well, in that case, how terribly wily of you ;-)
As for me, I would rather get a big car, never mind the parking. I'd go for a huge, huge 4WD. Maybe an MPV. I've had the luxury of sitting in one -- no, make that two. Or was that three? Hmmm. What do I love about big cars? The sunroof opens up. The engine roars to life. The whole family can tag along. You can watch a movie. Audio is bliss especially for an audiophile like me. Besides -- I plan to have a big family some day. A big car is definitely a must.
Perhaps I really should start a "donation drop" for my page :-) And perhaps, in a few weeks, you'll see a PayPal logo somewhere on this page... Or would that be StormPay? ;-)
Today's objet d'art of interest is a group called Ratu from Indonesia. They are comprised of two ladies, Maia Ahmad and Mulan Kwok. Their song, "Teman Tapi Mesra", is reigning the airwaves in Indonesia, and sales of the album is reportedly more than 200,000 (Source: Sony Malaysia website).
Apparently, Mulan Kwok's a replacement of a former bandmate (Pingkan Mambo), who left because of pregnancy problems. I don't really know much. I found a page dissing celebrities and there were some tidbits thrown in here and there. The politics of the band arent apparent, but some quarters (yes, I Googled) say that Maia Ahmad's vocals dominates the album.
Of note is that Maia Ahmad is married to Ahmad Dhani, lead singer of Dewa (rock group).
The video looks good, though :-) I like it. The phrases are nuanced by panting ("heh, heh") which are reminiscent of Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha", and to a lesser extent (thankfully) Britney Spears' "Slave 4U". The girls dance nice, but unfortunately the poles and the moves as the girls move up and down resemble certain sleazy locations.
I don't know if the key (E major) is right, but I assume it is. But some listening of the song tells me that the chords are probably (according to Kevin Koo)
Riff - E A E A
1st Verse - E F#m B E 2nd Verse - E F#7 B E
Bridge - C#m F#m A B E
Chorus E F#m B E B E F#m B A Am
Riff - E A E A
Verse - E F#m B C#m Bridge - C#m F#7 A B E
Chorus E F#m B E B E F#m B Am E
E E
Guitar Solo (No singing) E F#m B E C#m F#7 A B E
Chorus F# G#m C# F# F# G#m C# F#
La la la.. (Clap hands...) F# G#m C# F# F# G#m C# F#
I like it, the chord movement is nice and strong. It may not be I-IV-V but it's close enough, I-ii-V-I (hey, perfect cadence, too!). Bridge is to be expected, and the chorus is a big singalong one. The use of IV-IVm sounds very Brit-pop (Oasis comes to mind).
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This second video is from happier times, a little jazzy ditty that launched Ratu's career -- "Di Dadaku Ada Kamu". And we get to see Pingkan Mambo.
Despite exam-related exams, I've decided to learn more about online bidding. CNet has links to UBid.com, for clearance of various electronic goods. UBid.com recommends Access USA.
Shipping worldwide is facilitated by Access USA. In some online auctions, shipping within the USA is free of charge. So we pay only Access USA for their forwarding fee.
Final Comparative Consti class! We ordered food from canteen. Shown here are our star maitre'd, Jin Lai and Hwah Beng. People get hungry waiting for food. Shown here (L-R): Nurul, Natasha, Imran. Hungry looking people. Shown here: Balbindar and Sabah. That will be RM5 contribution, please! Shown here: Faisal, Hwah Beng. Tastes just like teh tarik. Shown here: Imran (seated), Natasha. One for the album! Shown here (L-R): Natasha, Imran, Nurul. Dr. Khoo Boo Teong officially opens the "makan session". Yum yum. Shown here: Hwah Beng, Dr. Khoo.
The next time somebody from China comes up to you at a petrol station and asks you if you’d like to buy a Samsung D600 sliding phone for RM500, in a whispery tone – The advice is “DO NOT”. Because the trick is to put the phone into his pocket, and pull out a dummy – one that can’t even be turned on. And that’s bad. You pay RM500 – or less, depending on your haggling skills – for a display dummy. Imitation is the best form of flattery, and he has imitated a man desperate for money, so that you feel confident that this is a man that you can bargain with. He imitates the haggling, knowing that whatever amount you hand him, is his gain and your pure loss. And he gives you the slip, by running away very quickly, and asking you to leave as quickly as possible, too.
The moral is that when a man offers you something far below the market value, knowing that the price you offer him is yet further discounted, there is something wrong. “It can’t be turned on and you need to fix it” sounds very plausible. But what is his proof? “I need to get rid of this real quick” sounds perfectly in keeping with his slimy way of talking. He creates a situation for you to believe that he is genuine, that the goods are genuine, and that things are what they seem to be. But they are not what they seem to be. At the end of the day, there remains only the dummy that you hold in your hand, and the realization that indeed – you, too, are a dummy. And however you look at the situation, the one who initiated the situation, can only be declared a winner. He planned those crucial few minutes, and acted out the lines with the professionalism of a Hollywood actor. You have only yourself to blame, and the expensive lesson to learn.
