Pientai Yoda Sensei!

MALAYSIA AND A WORLD IN TURMOIL

2008-07-03T20:16:00.008+08:00

1. The Malaysian Government appears not to be perturbed by what is happening in the world.

2. It appears to be convinced that it can isolate and insulate itself from whatever is happening to the world.

3. It seems to be confident that it will be left untouched.

4. It merely reacts to situations as they arise one by one.

5. The mainstream media hardly ever mention the turmoil that the world is facing. Certainly no in-depth analysis has been made. Only Malaysian Business has asked whether we are prepared for the worldwide catastrophe that must bring chaos and problems to our economy, finance, politics and social life. The rest seemed blithely unconcerned. Certainly the people are not being prepared for the inevitable.

6. We are admittedly more fortunate than many other countries. When costs are rising and manufactured exports are shrinking, our commodities have come to our aid. Our export earnings from petroleum and gas, palm oil, rubber and tin have increased many times over.

7. The rise in the price of petrol and products has begun to affect our lives, our living standards and our complacency.

8. We produce about 650,000 barrels a day, consume 400,000 and export roughly 250,000 barrels. We used to earn 30 US Dollar per barrel; today we earn 140 US Dollar, almost all profit. Work out the revenue from 250,000 barrels per day for one year.

9. Besides, we produce 900,000 barrels equivalent of gas, mostly exported. There is no need to take notice of the petrol we produce in Sudan and elsewhere, all selling at 100 US Dollar plus.

10. But we also earn more, much more from palm oil. It used to cost us RM600 per ton to produce. It must be slightly more now. But one ton of palm oil used to sell for RM800 before. Now it sells for more than RM3,000. The palm oil plantation companies are laughing all the way to the bank.

11. But the prices of rubber and even tin have also increased tremendously.

12. For the Government it must mean a great increase in revenue. The profits from petroleum accrue 100% to the Government. I believe in 2006 when oil price was about 70 US Dollar Petronas made a profit before tax of 60 billion Ringgit.

13. Whereas the tax on corporate incomes of the manufacturing companies is minimal, corporate tax revenue from companies producing and exporting palm oil, rubber and tin is very high. If we care to look at the profits of companies today many make well over a billion a year, some more than three billion.

14. So the Government should be flushed with money. But companies not involved in the production of raw material cannot be doing so well. Their imported raw materials including oil and components have all increased in price. They have to increase their export and domestic prices but profits may be less.

15. The construction companies have few contracts to share among themselves. The big Government projects have not materialized. The sub-contractors and building material suppliers are not doing well either.

16. The big construction companies have gone abroad. Some are doing quite well but they cannot help Malaysian subcontractors as the local subcontractors are entitled to get the contracts.

17. Malaysian investors are also not investing in the country. They have a good choice for making money investing in such countries as China and Vietnam. They will pay taxes in these countries.

18. In the meantime the world is undergoing a traumatic economic and financial turmoil. It began with the devaluation of the US Dollar. I do not know how much US Dollar bonds are held by Malaysia. I remember telling the Governor of Bank Negara to reduce our dollar holdings before I stepped down. I hope she has done so. Otherwise we would lose 80 Malaysian sen for every US Dollar we hold. When we hold 30 or 40 billion US Dollar the loss can be considerable.

19. We may make some money from the other currencies which have appreciated against our Ringgit.

20. The US Dollar is going to go down further due to unwise playing around with money. Sub-prime lending was considered profitable before but now the market has collapsed. The loan papers had been readily bought by institutions but now the papers are worthless because no one wants to buy them. And the borrowers are not paying simply because they have no money.

21. The US which condemned us so righteously for bailing out companies now approves massive bailouts by Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. These are not small amounts. They are talking about US200 - US400 billion dollars.

22. Bear Stearns sale is a classic case but other banks are faring no better. They will have to sell at fire-sale prices like the banks of Southeast Asia had to do after currency traders bankrupted these banks. A taste of their own medicine should have a salutary effect on the arrogance of the big money people, and their countries.

23. The financial problems of the United States have spilled over to the European countries. They too had been involved in sub-prime lending, either directly or indirectly.

24. The US dollar is going to shrink further as countries unload their dollar holdings, refuse to buy US Dollar bonds, and use other currencies for trading. Oil producers may demand to be paid in their own currencies. The international financial regime will then collapse.

25. The US Dollar is not backed by anything. It sustains its value because it is used as a trading currency. When countries start using other currencies for trading and quickly dispose off the US Dollar in favour of Euro or Yen; when the US Dollar is no longer used for the reserves of the rich countries, then the US Dollar will not be worth the paper on which it is printed.

26. The United States already suffers from twin deficits. When the dollar becomes useless the United States will go into deep recession. Printing more money by the Federal Reserve Bank (which incidentally is not owned by the Government but by other banks) will only result in its devaluation and inflation in the United States.

27. The United States must surely go into severe recession (I am sure the United States will do something illegal in order to prevent this from happening). But whatever, United States recession will affect the whole world.

28. Unprecedentedly the world is experiencing food shortages, something which it had not seen for decades.

29. I will not say anything about the world as everyone knows and I know I am not an economist or a financial expert. But I will try and guess what would happen to Malaysia.

30. Twenty percent of our export goes to the United States. Obviously this market would not be able to absorb what we have to sell to them. We will not lose all but quite a substantial sum will be lost.

31. The economies of the developed countries will also suffer, maybe less than the United States. But our export to them would shrink also.

32. With the money form our petroleum export and revenue from other raw materials we had been able to subsidise for some time. But the prices of fuel and other goods will all increase far beyond the percentage of the increase in oil prices after the subsidy was withdrawn. This is aggravated by the actual increase in prices of foodstuff and food grains, building materials, and assorted imported goods. Even the items produced within the country will increase in price because of imported contents.

33. But the Government is still talking about 5%-7% inflation. This is quite meaningless to lower and middle-income people who must pay 40% more for petrol and 100% more for rice. Other necessities too have increased in price by well over 5%-7%. Stopping price control in the belief that the market will determine prices is imprudent.

34. One of the reasons why Malaysia's inflation rates had remained low compared to other developing countries and even some developed countries is the control over prices of essential goods. Without control there will always be profiteering. And profiteering will result in a high rate of inflation.

35. Today wage earners in particular are suffering. Wages have not increased to compensate for increased cost of living. While chasing prices with increases in wages can cause a wage/price spiral, but judicious increases to cushion off the rising costs would reduce the impact of inflation on the lower income people.

36. Malaysia must give up the idea of competing on the basis of low cost labour. Against China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia we just cannot win. We must provide other elements attractive to investors.

37. Confidence in the consistency of Government policies and political stability would be among the factors attractive to business. There can be a lot of other things that can be provided to offset the rise in wages. After all we must remember that many developed countries have very high wages. Even if we double the salaries and wages paid in Malaysia we would still be far lower than wages in developed countries.

38. We had planned to go hi-tech in order to increase income. But there is not much moving in the implementation of this policy. Instead we want to be an agricultural country again. Planting food crops on the side tables of roads may increase food production but it will not help fight inflation on the scale needed for overcoming the turmoil in the world.

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Credit to Chedet.com [Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad]

Quack Quack all the way to China

2008-04-25T16:42:00.003+08:00

I feel that I'm lost in transition lately. Traveled a lot and capture tonnes of pictures too. Lets share some of the pictures while I'm still figuring out how to "Edit" the rest. Yihaa...I'm a KongFu Fighting!

Struggling Do Us Good!

2008-03-11T08:12:00.009+08:00

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force it's body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. So, the man decided to help the butterfly.

He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But, it had a swollen body, and small shriveled wings. He continued to watch the butterfly, because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It was never able to fly. What he had done in his well intentioned kindness and haste, what he did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into it's wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved it's freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been.

And we could never fly.

Have a great day, a great life, struggle a little if you need to.... Then fly!

Dr Earl Reum.

Polaris Moon

2008-02-26T19:27:00.004+08:00

ISO 400, f 5.6, 1/200 s, 75-300mm lens

Happy belated Chap Goh Meh!! Being 'mo liu' again on that veri nite, pop up my digital camera and the tripod to my room's balcony. Lit off the lights around the area and station myself so peacefully under the serenity moon light as the sky was really clear that nite. Taadaa..... experiment with a few setting b4 i get to this final good pic. Enjoy the Moon minus the empress and the bunny tho!

Happy (Rat) Chinese New Year ppl !!

Kenangan Terindah ~ by Samsons

2008-01-24T10:46:00.000+08:00

Aku yang lemah tanpamu
Aku yang rentan karena
Cinta yang telah hilang darimu
Yang mampu menyanjungku

Selama mata terbuka
Sampai jantung tak berdetak
Selama itu pun
Aku mampu tuk mengenangmu

Darimu...
Kutemukan hidupku
Bagiku...
Kau lah cinta sejati

Ooh...

Bila yang tertulis untukku
Adalah yang terbaik untukmu
Kan kujadikan kau kenangan
Yang terindah dalam hidupku
Namun takkan mudah bagiku
Meninggalkan jejak hidupku
Yang telah terukir abadi
Sebagai kenangan yang terindah

Ooh...

Resah by NiTruS

2008-01-11T16:42:00.000+08:00

Berapa lama harus aku tunggu
Kata setuju kamu
Kau biar aku menanti pilu

Kau diam bisu buat aku keliru
Mana tuju hatimu
Usah biarku resah menunggu

Raut wajahmu bisa ditelahku
Kau masih belum tentu
Apa ada rasa dalam hatimu

Datang padaku cerita padaku
Ungkapkan rasa itu
Apa saja buat hilang ragumu

Sesungguh tak kau tahu
Diriku ada kamu
Akan ku relakan semua ada ku untukmu
Mungkin bila kau tahu
Mungkin bisa kau temui jiwaku
Usah biar terusan begitu…

Kek Lok Si Temple

2007-12-28T13:47:00.000+08:00

Decided to pay a trip to the ever famous Kek Lok Si temple. Just to take the opportunity to harness my photography too. Since I haven't practice shooting on sunny day before and if you're reading this post, please do leave some comment for the pics posted. Thanks ya

Old temple vs New temple

This ain't China. Who said Penang doesn't have great sky!

A pole too high for me to climb!
Wonders of Penang Island

Kaki lima shot

20 Reasons to Drop Weights

2007-12-19T16:24:00.000+08:00

1. Because you whine that you need to. Have you ever been wrong about anything?

2. Twenty pounds of warm human fat can refill every bottle in an empty case of beer, with enough left over to fill your blender.

3. The statement "There's more of me to love" has an actual bedroom translation of "There's more of me to endure."

4. It's not scaling Everest or writing the great American novel. You can do it in your spare time.

5. You'll speak of toaster pastries the way you talk about that dirty blonde from the blues bar in Berkeley, another whiskey-soaked lament over a love too great to last.

6. It's the difference between being thought of as jolly or witty.

7. You'll lose weight everywhere, including the suprapubic fat pad at the base of your penis. So as your belly shrinks, something else appears to grow.

8. Decreased: your chances of developing heart disease, prostate cancer, diabetes, sleep apnea, depression, back pain, impotence, gallstones, joint problems, high blood pressure, low sperm counts, and an impressive collection of prescription-drug bottles.

9. Increased: your chances of putting four fingers on a basketball rim.

10. You'll literally get closer to women.

11. Holy sh-- . . . abs!

12. Men who lose weight never have less sex. They may not have more, mind you, but they never have less.

13. You'll shock the world at your local pool by being the only "big splash" champ to win the "little splash" crown.

14. Research shows that since you'll have less weight propelling you into the windshield, you'll also have less risk of dying when your car hits a semi.

15. Every time you pick up a 20-pound dumbbell, you'll remember.

16. You'll be able to reach even more places to scratch.

17. The clothing cliche: It's liberating the first time your pants fall down by themselves.

18. More pullups, because there's less to pull up.

19. Wait till you ride a WaveRunner, quad, or snowmobile when you're 20 pounds lighter. Vroom, baby.

20. In our society, people respect weight loss. Even if you do nothing cool or interesting or memorable for the rest of your life, you'll have done that.

Cameron Highlands Trip

2007-10-30T22:29:00.000+08:00

It has been awhile since this blog was last updated, ain't? Times and tides await no one eh? It has been a frigging 18 days since the last time i login to this blog of mine. Ow Gawd! Why am I so hangat-hangat tahi ayam one? I couldn't help it i guess and "That the way aha aha, i like it aha aha!!"

Ok ok, enuff of talking craps dee and lets adjourn with the main topic of the day. Cameron Highlands is one of the most well known highlands retreat in Malaysia and has a charm of it own of its tea plantation with the soothing greenery and breathtaking scenery. With the natural environment, one can commune with nature and escape from the ever hustle and bustle of a hectic city life.

I drag myself out of my bed in one wonderful morning and after a long 4 hours of zig zag highway drive, i finally reached my destination. My goals?? Photography ......... !! What ?? Yeah, i know many peoples will ask me "Am i out of my mind??" but i think i really enjoy my times in Cameron Highlands just for this so called photography enthusiasm.

Please let me know how do these photos tastes like!

#1 Yellowish Flower

#2 Personally, i love the color

#3 Orangish Flower

#4 Macro Shot of the flower bud

#5 Macro shot of the tentacles >.<

#6 Our beloved Bunga Raya @ Hibiscus

#7 My personal best shot of the whole trip

#8 Macro shot of water on grass

The trip wouldn't be complete without a visit to the tea plantation and its hydroponic vegetable plantation. When I was younger, there were an advertisement on the tea from Cameron Highlands. Until today I can still easily recall it saying..... Ada "BOH" Mesti Ada "Oompphh " !!! Also took some butterfly pictures when visiting the butterfly farm in Cameron Highlands Voila!!

#9 Tea Plantation

#10 Hydroponic Vegetable Farm

#11 White Butterfly

#12 I Luvvvvv This Shot

Before i end my post this time, i have a little spoiler from the "Heroes" drama for you.

# Yatta Wannabee ! Do you spot something missing in this pic??

Please leave your comment! And thanks for viewing the picture. Btw...you got nothing to do also hoh?? so free ah??

Trip to Bangkok ...

2007-10-14T17:51:00.000+08:00

Here are the update on my recent trip to the capital of Thailand. Basically, Krung Thep (Bangkok) is a haven for foods' lover, place full of friendly people, place where the people love their KING so much and there are so much more adventure to explore on this magical land. To womens, it is a place where you shop till you drop. And to mens it was either they washes their eyes till they cries or complaining how ugly or rude their own partner are back at home. I couldn't blame them. Women in Bangkok are just so humble, so polite when they talk to you and they have great sense of fashions too. Who dare to tell me that they never hope their partner are just so nice. Anyway, this is just my five cent na.

Personally to me, Bangkok is a place where you can really relax and enjoy the life of the local peoples. The people here really enjoy their life to the fullest and leave the worries behind. What important to them is the present, to them "the past and the future" are not worth the energy for them to tinker with. They have my up most respect here.

Ok. Enuff with the bragging, Sawadeekapp.....

Krung Thep ( View from the plane)

Boy, i was so hungry after i checked in into a local hotel and decided to search for a place to have my lunch. It wasn't too hard to hunt for this place in Bangkok. There were so many hawker stalls along the street and most of the foods available are just so tasty and delicious. I order my favorite food Ba Mee! It may look like Wan Tan Mee here in Penang but the noodles and the soup are so much delicious.

Ba Mee (look exactly like One Ton Mee)

Stroll around the city for a couple of hours after lunch. Being "mo liu" for most of the time, decided to take some pics along the street.....

Macro shot of a water plant

Handicraft Cloth Flower

End up in my room as dusk approached, being "mo liu" again i took out my camera and snapshot this pic.

Whether you are a Bangkok first-timer or a seasoned regular bewitched by the beer fairy, the night life here is just too sizzling for anyone too handle. From Go-Go bar in Patpong and Soi's to luxury dining on top of the Bangkok State Tower, you can just indulge yourself into any of this temptation places to suit your likings. To me, i prefer to rest in my room after a long day of hard work. Ehhh...you there ... pls don't luan luan think ah, Ok?

Before i end my entry here, Long Live the King ......

Roses are red!

2007-10-12T11:13:00.000+08:00

Love is in the air. We spent most of our times together up in a coolly mountain. We're like a honey and a bee. We enjoy viewing the life as it is and experiencing the joyful feeling of natures. I couldn't resist but to give my love a special surprise. A rose for a very special occasion.

I'm Still Wondering in Blues!

2007-10-05T01:57:00.000+08:00

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. ~William Blake

The hottest love has the coldest end. ~ Socrates

I'm drowning myself in a state of ambiguity, melancholy and bafflement as each days passed by. Each time i try to find the explanations to all the question tinkering in my mind, all i ever discovered was cul-de-sac! Are life meant to be this way? The more you searched for the truth, the more puzzlement will be heaped upon you.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. Am I right?

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I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie
Is made up on your side

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

I never felt this way before
Everything that I do
Reminds me of you
And the clothes you left
They lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah Yeah

All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me
Yeah

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And When you're gone
The words I need to hear will always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

Flowers~Flowers

2007-09-24T11:20:00.000+08:00

Sharing is virtues. A day spent with my new found lover and this is the results......

My New Chapter Of Life!

2007-09-24T01:31:00.000+08:00

Neither I couldn't imagine nor expected the events that happened lately. I couldn't imagine life without someone i really love with all my life. But life goes on .... as my new chapter of life are about to begin soon!

Wonderful things i need to accustomed myself with for the new chapter of my life:

My ear will be full of shits and i mean tones of it.
My nose will be covered up by black head!! Voila....
I need a mirror to watch myself dancing and singing in my room. Anybody care??
My phone won't be ringing in the morning.
Watching 'Heroes' all by myself ..... no hurry eh?
My room will soon turn into a library, full of books .... hopefully won't become a nerd in the process.
Will turn the iron board into a dining table.
Will be a game master in a year from now.
Need to purchase some feminine perfume to spray into my properties. Just to make sure I'm not transforming into a gay. No offense here.
Need to remind myself always on my health and weight.
Need to stock in more tissue paper to wash the mirror. Just to wipe off the saliva on the mirror when i need someone to talk to la. Hey ... what were you thinking just now? Dirty Minded You!
Will be requesting for a HUGE ~~Teddy Bear~~ @ Inflatable Bachelor Woman Doll this coming Christmas. I need someone to hugs. This is just to proclaim I'm seriously dead not a GAY. Hey what were you thinking again? This is second warning liao.....pls don't luan luan think ya!
I need to share my foods with my dogs......
I will be recycling my own fart 100%, 'sigh' !
And the list just go on......and on...

Enuff said, I Miss You a lot and you're always ... and will be always the one i love the most for the rest of my life.

"Goodbye My Lover" - James Tumpul* (Blunt)

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when i wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.

For You, My Dearest Fren Sayang! ~ I hope you know to whom this song is dedicated for.

2007-09-21T16:12:00.000+08:00

Sorry, Blame it on Me!

As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility
And I realize that everything I do is affecting the people around me
So I want to take this time out to apologize for things that
I've done things that haven't occurred yet
and things that they don't want to take responsibility for

I'm sorry for the times that I left you home
I was on the road and you were alone
I'm sorry for the times that I had to go
I'm sorry for the fact that I did not know

That you were sitting home just wishing we
Could go back to when it was just you and me
I'm sorry for the times I would neglect
I'm sorry for the times I disrespect

I'm sorry for the wrong things that I've done
I'm sorry I'm not always there for my sons
I'm sorry for the fact that I'm not aware
That you can't sleep at night when I am not there

Because I'm in the streets like everyday
I'm sorry for the things that I did not say
Like how you are the best thing in my world
And how I'm so proud to call you my girl

I understand that there's some problems
And I'm not too blind to know
All the pain you kept inside you
Even though you might not show

If I can't apologize for being wrong
Then it's just a shame on me
I'll be the reason for your pain
And you can put the blame on me

You can put the blame on me

Said you can put the blame on me
You can put the blame on me

I'm sorry that I grew up way to fast
I wish I would of listened and not be so bad
I'm sorry that your life turned out this way
I'm sorry that the feds came and took me away

I understand that there's some problems
And I'm not too blind to know
All the pain you kept inside you
Even though you might not show

If I can't apologize for being wrong
Then it's just a shame on me
I’ll be the reason for your pain
And you can put the blame on me

You can put the blame on me

Said you can put the blame on me
You can put the blame on me
.
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My New Found Love!!

2007-09-21T15:57:00.000+08:00

I have found my new love... the Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi

Gonna love it long long time and hope we will have hellaluva of time !! :P

How Do You Define Love?!?

2007-09-14T19:29:00.000+08:00

How do you define love? I've discovered over the years that different people define love differently. I know some who find that love means accepting people for exactly who they are - flaws and all.

I know others who define love as a possession - a sense of belonging and owning all rolled into one. I know others who define love as meaning you have to forgive, whether you want to or not, whether the person you care about is sorry or not - forgiveness is there because you love them.

Yes, once again I fall victim to the cliché. But the cliché becomes a cliché because often it possesses some deep grain of truth. In this case, the truth is the fact that there are many different kinds of love. We often think of marriage as being the result of being in love. When you are in love, we couple the deep feelings of affection, fondness and sexual attraction all rolled into one.

Others define in love as that state that exists in the first few months of any new and profound relationship. You fall in love with a boyfriend. You fall in love with a future spouse. You fall in love with a child. But you do not necessarily stay in love so much as you develop a deeper, more abiding love.

Defining the love you feel for the people in your life is hard, because it can be difficult to quantify emotion. We love our spouses. We love them as friends, as partners and as members of our family. I know plenty of people who think when you are no longer in love that you have fallen out of love.

I disagree.

I think being in love is when the relationship is new, when everything is a brand new experience and it is coupled with the sense of discovery and excitement. I don't think you fall out of love, unless you become utterly indifferent to your spouse. You may not be in the first blush of love or in the throes of initial attraction - but that doesn't mean you have fallen out of love.

Love ages. Love grows. Love evolves. Love develops. Love doesn't just end or magically evaporate. You may fall into love - but it's very hard to fall out of it.

So how do you define love?

Camwhoriiing Hmmmmmm!!!

2007-09-05T18:32:00.000+08:00

Cam whoring, what is, hmm?? Herh herh herh. The Wikipedia define that a cam whore (sometimes cam-whore or cam-slut)is an individual who exposes himself or herself on the Internet with webcam software in exchange for goods, usually via enticing viewers to purchase items on their wish lists or add to their online accounts. While the label is usually considered derogatory and insulting, it is also used by these people to describe themselves, occasionally in a self-deprecating manner. Cam whoring is a bad thing,I think not.

Since reading much blogs online for the past few years, I have, very amused and intoxicated by the cam whoring of many bloggers, I am.

Kenny Sia @ Furong Jie Jie

Nicole Kisso

So today, to post a picture of mine cam whoring here I decided. Hmmmmmm...

How, look, did I, hmm? Yes, hmmm..

English My GawD!!

2007-08-31T15:21:00.000+08:00

~Farang: Englishmen

How in the world, the 'farang' can use such word to describe so many many things .....

Hood
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Robin - Hood
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Adult - Hood
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Nation - Hood

Hmmm ... why use Hood ?

Translate to hokkien and you get .......

Merdeka !!

2007-08-31T11:44:00.000+08:00

Half Century Merdeka Happy !! Malaysian, I'm proud to be !

Countdown!!

2007-08-30T21:46:00.000+08:00

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Blog My First Ever !

2007-08-29T19:20:00.000+08:00

Happy I am! "Pientai" i will show to you all and update my life from this moment on. Happiness and sadness are to be kongsi among 'heng tai' , heng mui' and my loved one. Cheers~