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Few random quotes "Bigamy is having one wife too...
2007-08-21 17:08:00
Few random quotes"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."Oscar WildeIf your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way.Sam Levenson"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."SocratesThe most beautiful translations, like the most beautiful wifes, are not always fidèle.Esaias TegnerI speak to God in Spanish, to women, Italian, to men, French and to my dog, German.Charles Quint-gAvIn-
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I use to hate Bill Gates for Microsoft's monopoly ...
2007-08-09 05:09:00
I use to hate Bill Gates for Microsoft's monopoly of our operating system, and yet I deeply admire his work in the combat against illness, poverty and even more, the general apathy of this world's privileged towards the greater problem of humanity.This is a long speech by him someone forwarded to me, it?ll take some time, like 10 minutes or so, but make an effort to read it. He quoted his mom towards the end: ?From those to whom much is given, much is expected.?And returning from a squatter house home stay program and mingling with a few of the so called ?elite Malaysians? who volunteered their time for it, I felt that there is hope that this generation will make Malaysia a better place for all.Remarks of Bill Gates - Harvard Commencement (Text as prepared for delivery ? 7 June 2007) President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, th...
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ermmm... true...? Don't date your close neighbors...
2007-08-01 12:28:00
ermmm... true...?Don't date your close neighbors, don't date anyone related to a close friend, and DON'T DIP YOUR PEN IN THE COMPANY INK. All of these are VERY likely to wind up being bad, long-term investments.true anot...? what do u guys think...?-aDRiANo-
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Charles Trenet Hop hop Je suis seul, sans amis. D...
2007-07-31 16:04:00
Charles TrenetHop hopJe suis seul, sans amis.Dans les champs endormis,Il fait noir, il fait nuit.Tout est tranquille, aucun bruitDans le soir merveilleux.Un oiseau monte aux cieux.C'est mon c?ur qui s'en va.C'est mon c?ur, c'est ma joie.Hop, hop !Monte plus vite mon c?ur là-haut, vite,Hop, hop !Monte plus haut qu'il fait bon là...Dans un nuage sage,Bleu blanc rose et douxD'où vient ce paysage ?Il n'est pas de chez nous.Non Hop hop.Quel est cet air qu'on fredonne là ?La la la la la la la la la la la,Est-ce la voix des anges ?Est-ce vous, est-ce moi ?Hop hop !C'est la chanson d'une époque, d'autrefois...Hop hop !C'est la chanson d'une époque, d'autrefois...Il suffit d'un soleilQui tombe à l'horizonIl suffit d'un regard,D'un aveu, d'une chansonPour comprendre la vie,Pour comprendre l'amour.Il suffit de ces riensPour faire des beaux jours.-gAvIn-
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they'll never hear the words u have to say was it ...
2007-07-31 13:52:00
they'll never hear the words u have to saywas it all worth it? after all that he's done... after all that he's given up... life's funny... people tend to appreciate things only after they're gone...and that's a known fact, and knowing such a fact, why do people still let things slip them by?"if there's someone u know, ur loving them so, ur taking them all for granted, u may lose them someday, someone takes them away, and they'll never hear the words u have to say"jude, everything i ownweird people are sometimes... the worse feeling is regret itself... if ur reading this, and very few people actually do, let the person u love know that u love them... and more often than not, actions speak louder than words... -aDRiANo-
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What Are Totems Really For? In our everyday life,...
2007-07-28 18:45:00
What Are Totems Really For? In our everyday life, how other people view us and what?s our perception to it plays a very important role, according to 2 German researchers. They conclude that the fact of knowing that other people are observing you makes you more altruistic. For example, a tips box in a restaurant is more likely to generate tips if the image of a pair of eyes is stick unto it. (Versus, say a picture of a flower) This phenomenon has biological explanations: Your brain reacts differently in the presence of eyes, even animated ones. This explains the presence of fierce totems among the ancient civilization. Some smart guy must have decided that having false eyes DO benefit the community.-gAvIn-
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The Belgians Our friend use to tell us a story ab...
2007-07-24 15:05:00
The Belgian sOur friend use to tell us a story about the belgiansThe Belgians are usually rediculed among europeans because they are not very bright, so one day, the Belge president asked the french government to build a flyover out of nowhere, say a jungle so that people will see that it's not only the Belgians who are stupid.So the French president, ever so kind, acquiesced. He built one and people all over the world started laughing at the french. So the Belge president was satisfied, he observed that now that everyone has made fun of the french, they're now equal, and it's time to take down the flyover.The French president says that he couldn't, since there are still Belgians that continue to pay tolls to use the flyover...........Anyway, I just read the news (yeah, it's real) : When asked to sing the Belge national anthem,Yves Leterme, the probable future Belgian prime minister burst out the French national anthem, la Marseillaise.Gaffe Yves Leterme sur l'hymne national be...
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cutest couple... -aDRiANo-
2007-07-24 05:06:00
cutest couple...-aDRiANo-
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Music and Lyrics... if u haven't watched the movi...
2007-07-23 09:54:00
Music and Lyrics ...if u haven't watched the movie, please do... here is a snippet of it with one of the nicest songs i've heard in a long long long time... the lyrics are somewhere on this page too (further, further, further down...) i noe it probably takes a while to 'get' the entire footage below (especially with a connection like mine), but bear with me cause it's damn worth it...enjoy...P/S; check out the message at the end of the video...for my con lon... moah...-aDRiANo-
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Dans la vie on ne regrette que ce qu'on n'a pas fa...
2007-07-21 13:34:00
Dans la vie on ne regrette que ce qu'on n'a pas fait » (Jean Cocteau), par AvaI read this at a very nice blog called Mon blog de fille, if you could understand French, you'll want to read this, it's a touching story that might very well remind you of your time in High School...« Il y a quelques mois, je suis tombé amoureuse. Le coup de foudre. J'imagine déjà les sourires de certaines quand elles apprendront que j'ai seize ans. S'imaginant juste la petite bluette sentimentale de l'adolescente naïve ?Ca a commencé par des amies qui ont été lui parler sans m'en avertir, lui dire que "je parlais TRES souvent de lui". Et lui, après s'être excusé d'avoir déjà quelqu'un, il m'a invité à prendre un café, il a dû se sentir obligé, le pauvre.Inutile de vous détailler cette heure et demi, je n'osais même pas parler ce qui ne facilite pas les choses pour "faire connaissance".Dès le lendemain de ce rendez-vous qui n'en était pas vraiment un... Je l'ai évité.La honte/la gêne/le m...

Malaysia's 50ème anniversaire. Negaraku, a song b...
2007-07-20 15:23:00
Malaysia's 50ème anniversaire.Negaraku , a song by a Malaysian Chinese from Muar, Johor. I love it.He sings about our country from the Chinese?s prospective. (You know la, the usual issues) He talks about our famously corrupted police, our affirmative action, though he's surprisingly positive about it, our beloved Mosques and our highly inefficient public service.New's that he'll be charged for modifying our national anthem and at the same time, indirectly critisizing our government. Sounds familiar? Welcome to Malaysia.For those who do not understand Chinese, I assure you that this guy did not in any way insult our country; what he sung was reality, and I can feel his patriotism for our country.-gAvIn-
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Adrian, I have a better version, one which I've w...
2007-07-20 15:15:00
Adrian,I have a better version, one which I've witnessed myself.Man: So, lets go grab something to eat.Woman: Any suggestion?Man: Ok, I've heard about the new chinese restaurant at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, wanna go try there?Woman: No needla, it's too far away.Man: Ok, in this case what about Ali's Corner, it offers authentic Penang Nasi Kandar?Woman: Duwanla, curry's too heaty.Man: What about the the vegetarian shop just behind Wisma Genting?Woman: Not nice one, lets go eat at The Steamboat.Man: ....If you have an idea why not say it out straight.Woman: Well, I asked for ideas, but you did not offered any.Man: (wtf...)
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HAhAhahHhHAHHhhaAhha... (Whatever) Men: What to ...
2007-07-19 03:35:00
HAhAhahHhHAHHhhaAhha...(Whatever)Men: What to have for dinner?Women: Whatever..Men: Why not we have steamboat?Women: Don't want la, eat steamboat later got pimples in my faceMen: Alright, why not we have Si Chuan cuisineWomen: Yesterday eat Si Chuan, today eat again?Men: Hmm..... then I suggest we have seafoodWomen: Seafood no good la, later I got diarrheaMen: Then what you suggest?Women : Whatever..(Anything)Men: So what should we do now?Women: AnythingMen: How about watching a movie? Long time we havn't watch a movieWomen: Watching movie no good la, waste time onlyMen: How about we go bowling, do some exercises?Women: Exercise on such hot day? You not feel tired meh?Men: Then find a café and have a drinkWomen: Drinking coffee will affect my sleepMen: Then what you suggest?Women: Anything(You decide)Men: Then we just go home loWomen: You decideMen: Let's take a busWomen: Bus is dirty and crowded. Don't want laMen: Ok we will take taxi thenWomen: Not worth it la... for such a sh...

Pak Lah as our finance minister As you people wou...
2007-07-15 15:17:00
Pak Lah as our finance ministerAs you people would know, the post of a finance minister is über important for a country, they are the ones who are in charge of forming the budget, stimulate the economy, or helps control finances. People who are elected to be finance minister are usually people of very high calibre, for example, the new french Minister of Fina n ce , Christine Lagarde, was the first female chairman of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie.What about Malaysia? Our finance minister happens to be also our prime minister, which is pretty much unusual for a democratic country. According to Pak Lah himself during an interview with CNN Asia:I wanted to study economics but I failed my statistics paper. I fumbled my standard. The question was standard deviate, the paper was on statistics, I don?t know how I did it so bad, so I was not allowed to continue to do all my honors course in economics and I had to choose other subjects for which I was qualified. So I decided to ch...

Things like this should never exist. Not in my b...
2007-05-18 23:33:00
Things like this should never exist. Not in my beloved country.-gAvIn-
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Chinese traditionnal music: Pipa Pipa is one of t...
2007-05-18 12:12:00
Chinese traditionnal music: Pipa Pipa is one of the traditionnel chinese music instrument which is played like a guitar, held vertically.Apparently, the player is a chinese woman whole immigrated to Canada...She played beautifully, with very good strumming technique, playing the pipa requires you to strum a single string with all five fingers and she is able to do that with the same amount of energy and precision for each of her fingers!Another one is called the 12 stupid abeit-good-looking gals team playingEl Condor Pasahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lETkMa TOkP4It's very famous, I think you know the music.The original version, sung in spanishhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3 Qpr5jrxMIf you got time,The piece is called 'The horse race', but he's not that good, i've seen better.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9 JinlbpHw-gAvIn-
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i was just up to my mum?s waist and i was holding ...
2007-05-12 21:16:00
i was just up to my mum?s waist and i was holding her hand... As far as i can remember, i have always had a very high standard of ?happiness?? a standard that i have yet to meet or find in the past few months... I tried hard this morning to remember when the last time was when i was just plain and simple ?happy?, and my memories took me back to one fine morning a long long time ago... i can?t really remember what day it was, or even what year it was but i can remember the ?scene?... it was very early, the sun wasn?t out yet, my mum had me dressed for school and we were walking down the street in front of our house to the end of it where there was a kuih-muih stand... then, i was happy, i was content... i remember i was just up to my mum?s waist and i was holding her hand... oh how i wish i could go back to that day... or those days... when life was simple and mummy did everything for me... =) The mornings we?re pretty much the same, i can remember gobbling down a bowl of co...
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Way Back Into Love Hugh Grant & Hayley Bennett I...
2007-05-09 16:57:00
Way Back Into Love Hugh Grant & Hayley BennettI've been living with a shadow overheadI've been sleeping with a cloud above my bedI've been lonely for so longTrapped in the past, I just can't seem to move onI've been hiding all my hopes and dreams awayJust in case I ever need em again somedayI've been setting aside timeTo clear a little space in the corners of my mindAll I want to do is find a way back into loveI can't make it through without a way back into loveOh oh ohI've been watching but the stars refuse to shineI've been searching but I just don't see the signsI know that it's out thereThere's got to be something for my soul somewhereI've been looking for someone to shed some lightNot somebody just to get me through the nightI could use some directionAnd I'm open to your suggestionsAll I want to do is find a way back into loveI can't make it through without a way back into loveAnd if I open my heart againI guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the endoh, o...

The Star has some news about some popular get-rich...
2007-04-21 15:56:00
The Star has some news about some popular get-rich-quick investment scheme in Malaysia.Since high school, I have seen lots of similar schemes, too many of them in fact that distracts students from their studies and destroys relationships.The classical signs that the latest "investment" fad is a pyramid scheme in disguise:-Schemes promising 2 to 3 percent interest per day.-schemes promising 300% or you know, up to 1000% of gain per year. (mind mind, even Warren Buffet, the world's second richest guy has consistantly got returns in the mid 20s%)-They use bombastic terms like investment consultant, leverage, natural resources play, credit default swip, derivatives, options that basically mean nothing in the context they're using.-They claim that they are from Swiss/USA/UK/-insert your favourite advance nation- with a professionnel investment team but they actually are just from Malaysia.If you really want to invest but don't know much about the stock market, bond market; no loads (o...
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I live in Bordeaux and what that surprises me is t...
2007-04-20 18:50:00
I live in Bordeaux and what that surprises me is that the tram here are connected to an overhead power line in certain stations and nothing at all for the others.The stations whom the tram is connected to an electric source is numbered at around 4 stations while the rest, like 20+ of them is without any connection.Is this possible given that the on board battery looks inexistant to me?And after some research: (from wiki)[quote]There are other methods of powering electric trams, sometimes preferred for aesthetic reasons since poles and overhead wires are not required. The old tram systems in London, Manhattan (New York City), and Washington, D.C., used live rails, like those on third-rail electrified railways, but in a conduit underneath the road, from which they drew power through a plough. It was called Conduit current collection. Washington's was the last of these to close, in 1962. Today, no commercial tramway uses this system. More recently, a modern equivalent to the old stud ...
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Recent news: Ijok is up for by-electionThe Selango...
2007-04-19 19:06:00
Recent news:Ijok is up for by-electionThe Selangor government has allocated RM36 million for various development projects to be implemented within these two weeks in Ijok.Our MB, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir said the projects were not aimed to fish for votes as claimed by the opposition as they had been planned by the state government for quite some time.Hmmmmm...how come I have this feeling that this idiot thinks that we malaysian are stupid and bribable?Another tragedy of an indian man being seperated from his family (wife and six children) because the local Islamic police thinks that his wife is a muslim. *_* His family is now in a reeducation camp I believe.How can barbaric things like there still happen in Malaysia?I quote a well know malaysian lawyer:Sad as it is, and as difficult as it is to say, we are no longer the learned or mature society that we perhaps once were. In place of sophisticated and objective analysis of crucial issues, there is now a regime of sensationalist ign...
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Foreign products I bought a bottle of hair shampo...
2007-04-19 18:54:00
Foreign productsI bought a bottle of hair shampoo and body shampoo back in Prague because I thought that prices were cheaper there. Recently, when I moved house, my current shampoo/body wash was with Adrian, and wanting desperately to clean myself, I took the 2 Czech products and happily went into the bathroom.The hair shampoo smells weird, and it doesn't produces foams. Ok, nevermind, maybe it is a shampoo for coloured hairs, as it says in it's label: vivid colours.The body shampoo is even more weird, it smells nice, too nice to be a body shampoo, and mind, it does not spread when you rub it. @_@ I took a better look at the bottle and I saw some polar like house surrounded with ice and hot sun. SUNTAN LOTION!It took more than 30 minutes trying to rub the cream off my body.Trust me, it isn't nice at all when you're all smelly and you desperately wants to be clean, next time, don't buy some foreign products if you're not sure if you understand the label.Gavin
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Long time no post already hor This few phot...
2007-03-20 18:40:00
Long time no post already horThis few photos that I've put are from Nice and Monaco that I went with Wani and Adrian. I didn't take much photo there, not even 1 in Tours for Chinese New Year, maybe I just got tired of snapping photos.Anyway, will be going to Paris this 22 for a career talk by some Petronas GM, will head to London this Sunday for the annual scholar's meeting. (which in my opinion, more pork barrel spending :p) Seems glamorous? Nope when you have lots of homeworks and tests hanging down your back.-gAvIn-
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I've always loved Italian songs, because you can m...
2007-02-11 11:01:01
I've always loved Italia n songs, because you can make up your own lyrics to suite your mood of the day (it works when you don't speak Italian ). However, the translation of this song is so very beautiful. (I know it's in french, too bad if you don't speak french :p ) I'm trying to upload to song and link it here, but I kinda forgotten the html codes...Sarà perché ti amo - Ricci e PoveriChe confusione, sarà perché ti amoÈ un'emozione che cresce piano pianoStringimi forte, e stammi più vicinoSe ci sto bene, sarà perché ti amo.Io canto al ritmo del dolce tuo respiroÈ primavera, sarà perché ti amoCade una stella, ma dimmi dove siamoChe te ne frega, sarà perché ti amo.E vola vola si sa, sempre più in alto si vaE vola vola con me, il mondo è matto perchéE se l'amore non c'èBasta una sola canzone,per farconfusioneFuori e dentro di te.E vola vola si va, sempre più in alto si vaE vola vola con me,il mondo è matto perchéE se l'amore non c'èBasta una sola canzone, per far confusioneF...
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1. What does your name mean? Gavin origin: Welsh m...
2007-02-04 22:56:03
1. What does your name mean?Gavinorigin: Welsh meaning: White hawk (though I don't think my parents were even aware of this :)Hunn ? : man (yeap, that's right, in a good sense)Jinn ? : benevolence; kindheartedness; humanity; sensitive (that's true :D )2. What's your current problem?Finance, relationship3. What's your middle name?I still don't know what a middle name is...4. What is your current relationshipstatus?Single ;)5.Honestly, does your crush like youback?hmm...aucune idée6. What is your current mood?Upbeat7. What do you love most?Em..hehe :D8. What makes you happy?Accomplishing little things in life9. Are you musically inclined?Yes, but I'm not that mainstream10. If you could go back in time, andchange something, what would it be andwhy?Braver when dealing with members of the opposite sex :)11. If you had to be an animal for oneday, what would you be?I don't even want to think of it12. Ever have a near death experience?yeap :(13. Name something you do a lot.surfing,...
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Our Diet habits Since when do we human beings loo...
2007-02-04 22:56:03
Our Diet habitsSince when do we human beings look at intangibles like carbs, fats, protein, beta carotene, vitamin when choosing our foods? Are they even food or simply edible food-like substance? Confused about which diet to follow, or which food actually brings us benefit, which doesn't? The New York Times has a very pertinent article that everyone is highly encouraged to read, even if you are a lazy teenager, a busy adult or whatever? (Ran out of ideas of example?) Here?s the link to it. Here are some rules of thumb, according to the author, to follow when choosing our food.1. Eat food. Though in our current state of confusion, this is much easier said than done. So try this: Don?t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn?t recognize as food. (Sorry, but at this point Moms are as confused as the rest of us, which is why we have to go back a couple of generations, to a time before the advent of modern food products.) There are a great many foodlike items in the ...
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Accounting in china, from the economist.An equally large pro
2007-01-15 10:42:01
Accounting in china, from the economist.An equally large problem is the lack of accountants to process the raw numbers. In no other place in the world, and probably at no other time in history, have accountants been so sought-after as they are in China . By even the most generous reckoning, the country has fewer than 70,000 practising accountants, trying to do the work of anything from 300,000 to a million bean counters. To be an accounting student at a reputable school is to have a good job waiting. But even after several years of education, accountants require an apprenticeship, especially if they are to get to grips with international standards based on intellectually demanding principles rather prescriptive rules. Accountants in Britain, acknowledging the difficulties, are helping with the training. Conclusion? It is good to study accounting.-gAvin-
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From Gary Mankiw, a harvard econ prof Once you read this, yo
2007-01-15 10:42:01
From Gary Mankiw, a harvard econ prof Once you read this, you'll understand why econs is called the dismal science. They analyse too much ;)Case StudyGifts as SignalsA man is debating what to give his girlfriend for her birthday. "I know," he says to himself, "I'll give her cash. After all, I don't know her tastes as well as she does, and with cash, she can buy anything she wants." But when he hands her the money, she is offended. Convinced he doesn't really love her, she breaks off the relationship.What's the economics behind this story?In some ways, gift giving is a strange custom. As the man in our story suggests, people typically know their own preferences better than others do, so we might expect everyone to prefer cash to in-kind transfers. If your employer substituted merchandise of his choosing for your paycheck, you would likely object to the means of payment. But your reaction is very different when someone who (you hope) loves you does the same thing.One interpretati...
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Some more photos from Viennayeah, there are damn nice, no ne
2007-01-15 10:42:01
Some more photos from Vienna yeah, there are damn nice, no need to tell me ;p-gAvIn-
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Love with no boundaries (translation of a previous...
2007-01-05 04:33:02
Love with no boundaries (translation of a previous post entitled "Un amour sans frontière" by Do Huong Tra) One fine day, a young gurl travelled to Mars by rocket with her dog. That day, Pierre, a Martian was resting in his tent. The first time he saw this young gurl, he was taken in by her undulating gestures (dunno what the heck that actually means, i?m just a humble translator...). It was love at first sight... He then placed the words ?Invitation of my Love? and placed it on his tent. Then, taking his flute he started to play a beautiful traditional Martian tune. He waited, and waited... The young gurl listened attentively... the tune bringing back long lost memories of when she lived with her large family. She approached the tent, climbing upon the rocks, her little dog always close by her side. Pierre, being behind the curtain, heard her deft footsteps approaching, and out he came. Four eyes met for the very first time. Each finding their equal halves. A year flew swif...
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