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br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / He was born in November 11 1951, and was diagnosed as mentally retarded at birth. He was not able to walk until the age of 4 but was gifted with the ability to read at age 2. He can read left page with left eye and right page with right eye simultaneously with astounding speed of eight pages in 53 seconds.
He read as many as 8 books a day and is able to retain 98% in memory. br / br / Kim also has unbelievable photographic memories. He knows detailed histories of all countries, knows every USA president's birth date, death, and history of their life.
He knows all the words in every Shakespearean play. He can also recalled thousand of zip codes, phone codes, dates, facts, and figures. When attending a symphony, he knows every note of the music and knows whether a musician makes a mistake.
br / br / According to his aging father, Fran Peek, "Kim is not behaviorally autistic. He has a warm, loving personality. He truly cares for people and enjoys sharing his unique skills and knowledge capacity.
Known as 'Kimputer' to many, his knowledge-library includes World and American History, People and Leaders, Geography (roads and highways in U.S. and Canada), Professional Sports (baseball, basketball, football, Kentucky Derby winners etc), the Space Program, Movies and movie themes, Actors and Actresses, the Bible, Mormon Church Doctrine and History, Calendar Calculations (including a person's day of birth, present year~s birthday, and the year and the date the person will turn 65 years old so he or she can retire), Literature/Authors, Shakespeare, Telephone Area Codes, major Zip Codes, all TV stations and their markets.
He can identify most classical music compositions and tell the date the music was written and the composer's birth date and place of birth and death. Kim has read (and can recall) some 7600 books. He also keeps current on world, U.
S. and most local events by reading newspapers, magazines and by listening to the media. He reads constantly.
He can also describe the highways that go to a person's small town, the county, area code and zip code, television stations available in the town, who the person's pay their telephone bill to, and describe any historical events that may have occurred in their area. His expertise includes at least 14 subject areas." br / br / Kim has travelled extensively with his aging father to share his skills, about human brain's potential, and the the message on respect for differences in others.
His message to the people in the world is "Learning to recognize and to respect differences in others and treating them like you want them to treat you will bring the peace and joy we all hope for. Let's care, share - be our best!" br / br / A person with "mental retardation" going around the world spreading message of goodwills and love, while perfectly healthy human beings invoking the name of God to glorify message of deaths, intolerances, and hatreds !
br / br / God does indeed has a very funny sense of humors ! Why are people born with differences ? Is autistic savant a form of mental retardation or special gift ?
Come to think of it, human perception is at times, scary. Will we ever be able to accept the differences we are born with, with dignity and love ? For more information on Kim Peek, please visit a href="http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek" span style="font-weight: bold;" HERE /span /a and a href="http://stepanov.lk.
net/mnemo/kimpeeke.html" span style="font-weight: bold;" HERE /span /a . /div
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What a contradiction ! Progressively, we are living on the seventh day where we glorify deaths but not love. br / br / The Trengganu state government claimed to have devised an "ingenious" plan whereby a voluntary squad of spies are recruited to tip off the religious department for immoral activities.
The state's Islam Hadhari Welfare Committee Chairman, Rosol Wahid, said waitresses and janitors maybe recruited to act as undercover spies for the religious department. These spies would also be engaged to keep surveillance at parks and secluded areas to "monitor" dating couples in "close proximities". The janitors and waitresses will be rewarded for their tip-off.
I guess, if Anna Nicole Smith, who once worked as a waitress, is still alive today, she will probably offer her service to help Rosol curb immoral activities in that immoral land of his. Why not also engage the GRO, prostitutes, and Gigolos to be part of the snoop squad ? br / br / In this land of opportunity, maybe it is a good idea to migrate to Trengganu and work part time as a snooper.
What better way to enjoy my life, getting paid by the religious department for my pervert ism of peeping and snooping on couples in love. By the way, I just wonder whether I can gain a few extra credit points from God by being part of the snooping squad. br / br / Holding hands is a crime, being sexy is a crime, close proximities is a crime, kissing is a crime, and we even proposed a "same sex" discos, etc.
What are we trying to promote ? gayism and lesbianism ? In the eyes of God or Gods, is it really a sin for couples to show affections and engage in act of love ?
I rolled my eyes and shaked my head in disbelieve that in this times of modernity, we actually have people out there trying to impose their misguided morality on others based on inappropriate glorifications of outdated lifestyles. br / br / Between two consenting adults, if they want to conduct illicit sexual acts in private, it is their own private affairs. By snooping and ridiculed the consenting adults, what farting morality are we trying to propagate ?
Don't we have better things to do then infringing on lifestyles of others and imposing on them our misguided righteousness ? Narrow minded and mentally congested people never seemed to know their limits and are always incapable of having a reasonable mind to mind their own businesses. br / br / To the likes of Rosol, let me tell you what is sinful and immoral.
Illegal drugs addiction and distribution, lack of infrastructures, lack of maintenance of public amenities, rape, incest, corruption, robbery, murder, unemployment, religious fanaticism, racism, etc. are sinful and immoral. Aren't the administration suppose to pay more attentions in these areas ?
Where is the priority ? Please show us your efficiencies, productivities, and ingeniousness as government servants to combat these crimes. Trying to divert attention to couples in love and blame them for all the social ills made you a hero and champion of morality ?
It merely reflect to me a brain that is full of protein deficient protoplasm echoing stupidities trying to gain recognition. Please, please, be secular in your thinkings and strategic posture, and mind your own business. What other people do in private is their private affairs, stop farting your misguided religiosity and morality on others.
br / br / With all due respect, who among us are not sinners ? Let those who commit no sin casts the first stone..
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RdYEPRWYqqI/AAAAAAAAAVI/hoXmL-4Tub4/s1600-h/cny02.jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.
blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RdYEPRWYqqI/AAAAAAAAAVI/hoXmL-4Tub4/s200/cny02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032214294034950818" border="0" / /a Chinese New Year, also known as Spring festival, is celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month.
For 2007, the first day falls on 18th February 2007. The celebration lasts for 15 days, and it will be celebrated by more than 1 billion Chinese all over the world. The 15th day is known as Chap Goh Meh (?
??).
A few days prior to Chinese New Year, Chinese, usually from urban areas "migrate" to their parental homes in the kampungs. In Malaysia, the migration begin on Friday, where Chinese rush home to to get ready for a sumptuous and elaborate Chuxi/s (??
) or New Year Eve's family reunion dinner. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / No insensitivity is intended to my Muslim friends. This year, 2007, is the year of the PIG.
I know PIG is haram in certain religion. But the Chinese has been grading the new years with animal signs for the past 4704 years. I do sincerely hope all those religious apology seekers and grievance seekers out there can observe the sensitivity and basic decency to respect this cultural celebration and refrained from imposing their perverted religious opinions.
br / br / I shall be taking a good rest, this blog will not be updated during the Chinese New Year Celebration. In the mean time, to all the Hokkien, I would like to wish you "COCK Hee Huat Chai". To all the Cantonese, "Kong Hei FUCK Choi".
To all the bananas (yellow outside, white inside), "Happy Chinese New Year". To all the Chitan ( white outside, yellow inside), "Gong Xi FART Chye" br / br / Xing nien tau..
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xing nien tau...
. Tong tong Chiang..
.. tong tong Chiang.
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tong Chiang, tong Chiang...
Gongxi gongxi nie yah...
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gongxi gonxi nie yah...
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RdLGihWYqpI/AAAAAAAAAU8/S12TweCq5Ec/s200/bra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031302030096378514" border="0" / /a br / div style="text-align: justify;" Sometimes I do wonder why men are so fascinated with women boobs.
Craving for childhood's hungers ? To a country bumpkin like me, a woman body is unique and a piece of art by the Almighty. It doesn't really matter whether a woman has a pair of big or small boobs, they are all beautiful boobs!
And sometime, it can even drive me into great achievement of stupidities ! br / br / A survey in Europe by Triumph International, one of the world largest bra manufacturer, revealed that British and Denmark women have the biggest breasts size. The survey found that 57% of the British women and 50% Danish women weared bra with the cup size of D.
Sweden and Switzerland have the largest number of women with cup size of A. The Italian and Austrian women has the smallest boobs with 69% and 61% respectively having cup size of B and below. All these sizes of cups are getting very confusing for ignorant man like me.
But for the time, let make it simple, size A is small and Size D is super BIG. But is there a standard cup size that fits all ? Yes, I think so.
It is called the World Cup. br / br / I was once also told that, there are religiosity associated with bra types. For example, there are the Catholic, the Salvation Army, the Presbyterian, and the Baptist types.
The Catholic type supports the masses; The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen; The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright; and the Baptist type makes mountains out of mole-hills. br / br / In Malaysia, what is the average cup size for Malaysian women ? I don't know.
You know ? But it is safe to assume that some Malaysian men are so religiously righteous that the mere sights of a worn out bra can drive them into orgasmic irrationality spewing religious obscenities. But again, depend on which states you are in, you could even end up being fined for indirectly exposing your sexy bra.
It is haram as in HARAM...
you know...
So let us observe some sensitivity to these self righteous religious perverts by not speculating about cup sizes of their women. They probably believe that their women's cup size of A is bigger than Mount Kinabalu. br / br / Hmm.
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what is the problem with me ? getting so obsess with the bra but not paying attention to the breasts ! Are we being unconsciously indoctrinated with the wholesome goodness of American's bra ?
Big snappy, One yank and it is off ? hmmmm..
. sinfully declicious..
.. Forget about the bra, what the bra holds can kill you.
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didn't your mother told you not to judge a book by its cover ? /div
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In respond to Mahathir's forum, the Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, said Mahathir is FREE to express his views as citizen of Malaysia because "This is a free and democratic country and it's very nice to see freedom being exercised" br / br / How nice to have a former senior politician from Malaysia wanting to fight for INJUSTICES in the world. I am indeed deeply touched by Mahathir's passions to fight for justices for NON MALAYSIANS, and Syed Hamid's assurances of allowing Malaysians to exercise FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONS. br / br / Wow, what a noble gesture and intention !
But, before we start beating our chests, looked and commented on other countries' backyards. Why not for a start, Mahathir champions a Domestic Human Rights Crimes tribunal in Malaysian to fight for equality and justices for all Malaysians first ? Why not initiate actions to identify, shame, and prosecute racial pariahs, grievances seekers, and rent seekers in Malaysia ?
These good deeds of championing equality, justices, and human rights in Malaysia will gain him more domestic and international respect and score more credit points from GOD. Our words in international arena should be consistent with our actions domestically. Otherwise, we will always end up being viewed as international pariahs by civilized societies.
br / br / I have limited political knowlege of the Middle East. But, ONE fact I do know, those warring parties in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine are always perpetually at wars with each others and among themselves, where all the parties always claimed God is on their sides, and they always potrayed themselves as the aggrieved parties. Let us as Malaysians have the moral impartiality of not getting involved in other countries affairs where we have no knowledges.
And, I believed we will never be able to understand the madness there. So, let us not be blinded by our misguided hatreds or biases to blindly take side and indirectly become a guilty party that encourages more violences in that lands of perpetual warfares. br / br / By being influenced by our misguided biases to take side will eventually perpetuates and encourages the warring parties to commit more violences.
And, let us not put ourselves in the vicious cycles of violence begetting more violences. Malaysia, as a signatory of the charter of United Nations should allow and support United Nations' effort to manage the middle east's conflits there. So, I guess we do need to behave in accordance to our commitment to the charter of United Nations and not let emotional comic strips behaviors influencing our moral objectivities.
If we think the United Nations is incapable of implementing fair international justices, then we should have the moral courages to withdraw our membership in the United Nations. Otherwise, keeping our mouths shut and refrained from biases would be much appreciated by the civilized world. br / br / Another War Crimes Tribunal ?
Fighting for injustices and inequalities in other part of the world ? Please lah, let's us practiced what we preached in our domestic affairs first before we ventured outside the country with perceived inappropriateness. /div
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According to him, St Valentine is an enemy of Islam because he once conducted warfare against Islam in Spain. He also advised "hotels to be sensitive to the religious beliefs of the people" and asked that celebration of Valentine's Day not to be allowed in hotels also. br / br / Celebrating Valentine's Day is now also going to be considered as being insensitive to the religious beliefs of "other" people ?
Well, what else can I say ? and honestly, I do not wish to say anything or made any comment that may unnecessary caused insensitivity to a sensitive man like Muhammad Ramli. But, would it be too much of a asking to ask Muhammad Ramli to respect "other" people's rights to celebrate Valentine's Day and other traditional events ?
br / br / The mighty imperial armies of Japan once invaded Malaysia and caused unparalleled miseries to Malaysians during the second world war. But, the Malaysian government did have a good bilateral and trade ties with Japan after the war. Because, the Japanese are hardworking, disciplined, and honest people, as a result, Malaysia, in general benefited from the Japanese's investments in Malaysia.
So going by Mohammad Ramli's logic, are we also going to treat the Japanese as enemy of Malaysia ? br / br / Come to think of it, this coming Chinese New Year is the Year of the PIG. So, whether we like it or not, the next 12 months is going to be under the shadow of the great Pig.
And, I know, Pig is haram in Islam ! I have a dilemma here, if I celebrate this coming Chinese New Year, would I be viewed as being insensitive to Mohammad Ramli's religious beliefs also ? br / br / So Mohammad Ramli, you see, instead of you demanding respect and sensitivity to your religious beliefs.
For a start, why not you learn to show some respect and sensitivity to other people's religious and cultural needs. Please try to understand, Malaysians are friendly people with moderate and accommodative religious upbringings. So, let's not rock the boat and cause disharmony with your self centred understanding of history and religion.
Please try to have a bit of self respect for yourself and maybe a little bit more mutual respect for each other. br / br / I respect your right not to celebrate Valentine's Day or any other traditional events that are deemed not suitable to your religious teachings. But, would you be equally righteous enough to respect my rights to celebrate traditional, cultural, and religious events ?
Practice what you preached, and let your actions be consistent with your word. br / br / I shake my head..
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jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029932489579735682" border="0" / /a Valentine's Day is not part of our Malaysians' culture. But whether we like it or not, commercialism and influences of western culture has made this banana shaped little potato country of the east increasingly westernly inclined. Malaysian women loved to be valued, appreciated and be reminded of their worths on this special day of February !
When a Malaysian woman said she is not that particular about Valentine's day, be very careful about her deceiveful orientation ! This is basically a very intricate oriental behavior of communicating otherwise to test a man's sensitivity towards a woman needs. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / If you think it is okay to skip Valentine's Day and make it look like any ordinary day because she said so, then you are in for a big emotional surprise.
Hello, which woman has no wish to be pampered with gift and love on Valentine's Day ? So, when your wife or girlfriend told you she is not expecting any Valentine's Day's gift, be very afraid and insure your life by showering her with all the gifts and attentions you can afford. You simply need to meet her hidden expectations of commercial goods consumerate with her self worth.
Otherwise, you may end up living the rest of the year in misery and sarcasms. Forget about your daily prayer to God. God is more forgiving !
The wraths of a woman are more scarier than you can imagined. The person who came up with the idea of celebrating Valentine's Day ought to be shot. I would love to put a bullet through between his legs.
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.. br / br / So, you macho guys out there, please remember the date, it is February 14th 2007 ( Wednesday ).
It is okay to impress the woman you love with your sensitivity and shower her with commercial gifts. I don't know much about women, but one thing i do know, women love men's stupidities. So what I am going to do on Valentine's Day ?
Maybe, just maybe, I might take a day off, serve her breakfast with my specially brewed hot aromatic black coffee, eggs and sausages on the bed...
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br / br / Happy Valentine's Day...
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com,1999:blog-18323981.post-3368678867068742925
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jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029552522412993122" border="0" / /a She was born Vicki Lynn Hogan in a small town in Texas on November 28 1967. She worked in restaurant, was a stripper, an actress, a model, and finally gained her fame as Playboy's playmate of the year 1n 1993. At the age of 17, she married Billy Smith and have a son, Daniel, during the same year.
In 1994, at the age of 26, she married the 89 years old Texas billionaires tycoon, J Howard Marshall II, who died in 1995. Marshall was 63 years her senior, and she was speculated of marrying the octogenarian for money. On this speculation, she said "He wanted to make me happy.
My wish was his command." br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / She is Anna Nicole Smith, one of the world most sexy woman ! br / br / Anna Nicole Smith lived a sad and eventful life.
Since 1995, she has been engaged in long legal tussle with her late husband's son for her stakes in his estate. In 2006, she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl, but during the same month of the baby girl birth, her 20 years old son died at her bedside in a Hospital in Bahamas due to massive heart attack as result of drug overdose. br / br / On February 8 2007, she was found unconscious in her room in Hard Rock Cafe Hotel in Florida.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. At the time of her death, she was 40 years old. br / br / This blog extends heartfelt sympathies to her family, friends and fans.
Lady, rest in peace. May God bless your soul. /div
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RclhyEdH6HI/AAAAAAAAAT0/W7-LMkBlXTw/s1600-h/mykad_card.jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.
blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RclhyEdH6HI/AAAAAAAAAT0/W7-LMkBlXTw/s200/mykad_card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028657971753117810" border="0" / /a Previously, our personal identification card was known as National Registration Identification Card (NRIC) or Kad Pengenalan (KP).
In year 2001, approximately RM300 millions was spend to design a credit card size identification card with a built-in 32Kb EEPROM. The EEPROM capacity was later upgraded to 64Kb. The new identification card is now called MyKad.
A register of all card holders are kept at the National Registration Department which operate the MyKad System. I would presumed MyKad stands for Malaysia (My) Kad Akuan Diri (KAD). br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / I believed, MyKad was originally intended to carry to following personal particulars : br / br / ul li information as contained in the old NRIC and finger prints /li li information on driving licence /li li information on passport /li li information on health /li li information e-cash for cashless transactions /li li information on ATM /li li information on Touch 'n Go for public transportation system /li li information on digital signature aka Public Key Infrastructure /li /ul br / br / In Malaysia, by law, you have to carry MyKad with you at all times to facilitate on the spot checking and verification of personal particulars by the officers of enforcement agencies.
And occasionally, the private security guards of condominiums and business premises also claimed to have the rights to withhold your MyKad as prerequisite for entering their premises. I can now understand why Tun Mahathir ( the ex Prime Minister ) once claimed that Malaysia is a police state. br / br / What if you lost your MyKad ?
In my adult life, I was robbed 2 times, pick pocketed several times, temporary lapse of memory, and personal carelessness that lead to misplacing MyKad. So, it is quite easy to lose the all so important MyKad ! If that unfortunate event happened, all your personal particulars would be exposed to unscrupulous criminals !
Isn't that scary ? My educated wife, having been victim of snatch thief and gone thorough the troublesome procedures of applying a replacement MyKad, actually advised me to make a photocopy of MyKad for carrying it outside the home, and keep the original MyKad at home ! br / br / Is MyKad reliable ?
We don't really know. Don't we ? Unless we use it frequently such as going to the bank and insist the bank use MyKad reader to verify the MyKad, use MyKad to pay toll, allowing traffic police to verify your driving licence via MyKAd, etc.
Talking about traffic police, I also come across the traffic police do not have MyKad Reader, so, you still have to carry your conventional Driving Licence in case you are stopped by traffic police. br / br / In the past, there have been many cases of RELIGION being wrongly classified in MyKad. In Malaysia, religion is a sensitive and big issue.
If a non Muslim's religion is wrongly classified as Muslim, when he died, his family may encountered the possibility going through various hassles negotiating with the Islamic religion authority in and outside the mortuary to claim the deceased body for proper burial. br / br / A few month ago, I went to a local bank for some administrative matters. I was told by the bank's clerk that the bank's MyKad' Reader can not read MyKad.
I was told to go back to bring my original Birth Certificate for verification. The printed words on the Birth Certificate is legally carried more weights than the printed words of MyKad ! So said the Bank Clerk.
br / br / This morning, I sent a friend of mine to the Immigration Department to renew his passport. Guess what ? Again, the MyKad Reader can not read his MyKad.
He was told to go to the National Registration Department to apply for a "Temporary NRIC" before he can proceed to renew his passport. All this big publicity of super efficient Immigration Department's ability to process passport within One Hour is, I believe, questionable. It made me wondered why the Immigration Department can not visually sight the data printed on the MyKad and verify it with the computer that is supposed to link to the National Registration Department ?
Few months ago, their union actually made a request to the government seeking a pay rise of 40% because they claimed their productivity have increased. What productivity ? Giving births to more babies ?
br / br / Coming back to the "smart microchip" incorporated into MyKad, taking into consideration that, it is alway exposed to Malaysia's high humidity and its intended general purpose usage ( rough uses), I wondered what is the shelf life of the microchip ? One year ? two years ?
or forever till death do us part ? When a government agency said that "MyKad Reader can not read your MyKad", what does that mean ? Is it the Reader is faulty or the microchip in the MyKad is Faulty ?
br / br / Well, MyKad may be a nice and convenient technology, but it is only as good, if human on the implementation side understand the concept and adopt flexible approach in embracing it. Otherwise, we will always end-up in the predicament of bringing old paper documents to clarify the authenticity of MyKad, or running around the various government agencies to get thing done while those "government servants" sitting in their nice air conditioned offices bragging about their improved productivities..
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. br / br / Ahhh..
. like the present Prime Minister said : " There are little Napoleons all over the places..
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." The funny thing is, he had been saying that since two years ago. I do sincerely hope that, administrative and disciplinary actions can be initiated in a visible manner to rid these Napoleonisms in the government services.
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RciHykdH6GI/AAAAAAAAATo/a1YVXOpt29g/s1600-h/super+baby.jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.
blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RciHykdH6GI/AAAAAAAAATo/a1YVXOpt29g/s200/super+baby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028418286808197218" border="0" / /a A healthy huge size baby, Antonio Vasconcelos, was born on early Monday, Jan.
29, 2007 by Caesarian section in Cancun, Mexico. He weights 6.4kg (14 lbs) and 55cm (22 inches) in length at birth.
His weight doubled the weight of average newborn babies. He is now the new sensation in this resort town of Cancun, where residents have been crowding the ward to have a glimpse of him. Antonio's mother, Teresa Alejandra Cruz, 23, had also previously gave birth to a 11.
46kg girl seven years ago ( at the age of 16 ?). However, Antonio is not the biggest baby in the world.
According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest baby was a boy born in Aversa, Italy, in September 1955 weighing 22 pound 8 ounces. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / What special diets did the mother observed to deliver such huge size baby ? Too much chili, tortilla chips, pepper, tabasco, and taco ?
I am amazed how did the mother manage to carry such heavy weight for 9 months without breaking her back and bones. Well, miracles do happen in the land of speedy Gonzales..
.. Ariiiiivaaaaa.
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Ariiivooooo...
.. and OOoopppp, here come Super Tonio !
br / br / Congratulation for the BIG size baby...
May you have another bigger baby soon to break the Guinness World Records. /div
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br / So, no Form Six for me ! br / br / But I am very LUCKY br / "You go Canada to STUDY" br / That what my father told me. br / After three years of undergraduate STUDIES br / I came back with a DEGREE and my HONEY br / br / Life ahead is very ROSY ?
br / br / After one year working for some lousy MONEY br / Daddy found out I already have a STEADY br / Everyday he asked me to MARRY br / Or else he won't talk to ME br / No choice, but to propose to my HONEY br / br / Yeh, Life ain't ROSY ! br / br / The Marriage ceremony depleted all MY MONEY. br / To survive, everyday I eat CHAPFUN or CHAPATY.
br / For entertainment, everyday I watch TV or pirated VCD. br / While other drive Mercedes, I drove a 3rd hand Datsun SUNNY br / Married life ain't that ROSY br / In less than 12 months I have a BABY br / Suddenly I became a DADDY. br / br / Yeh, Life Ain't ROSY !
br / br / After many years of working for lousy CRONY br / When I worked HARD, he said it is my DUTY br / When I submit MC, he said I am LAZY br / Paying me peanut br / and yet expect me not to behave like MONKEY br / When I am short of MONEY, br / he asked me to "Chiak Kar Key" br / I am almost gone CRAZY. br / br / br / Yeh, Life ain't ROSY ! br / br / Now, I have to support my HONEY br / and I have to feed my BABY br / Have to pay installment for my old Datsun Sunny br / Every week have to buy Dutch Baby br / Everyday my petrol tank is EMPTY br / Have to go work JALAN KAKI br / ATM told me my account got no MONEY br / br / Yeh, Life ain't ROSY br / br / Seek HELP from government, br / but they said I ain't BUMI.
br / Seek HELP from MCA, br / but was told Life ain't CHARITY br / and I am not their LIABILITY. br / Sometimes, I really want to CARI MATI br / But who is gonna feed my HONEY and BABY br / Susah nak HIDUP, susah nak MATI. br / br / Yeh, Life ain't ROSY !
br / br / Nevermind, every dog has his DAY. br / Now, I made my own MONEY. br / Life has become a bit ROSY.
br / Sipping my favorite Coffee in LUXURY, br / Should I show SYMPATHY br / to those who rejected ME ? br / br / Yeh, Life ain't ROSY ? br / Believe me, when you are in troubles, br / the rest will conveniently br / suffered from Avian's Flu.
br / They are all quite capable br / of talking cock's languages to you ! br / Get a life ! br / When the going gets tough, br / the tough gets going.
br / Go hit the road and make your day.
com,1999:blog-18323981.post-5145590307815743753
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com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rcfkv0dH6FI/AAAAAAAAATc/vc3KkQZ30RM/s1600-h/ked7tpg.jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.
com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rcfkv0dH6FI/AAAAAAAAATc/vc3KkQZ30RM/s200/ked7tpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028239019168229458" border="0" / /a I went back to Taiping last weekend to attend a King Edward VII School's old boys gathering at the Taiping New Club. I don't really have much expectations going to the gathering except the hope of meeting some old friends which I had lost contact.
I was a bit disappointed of not able to meet some old friends. Like i said before, I do not have any expectations. If the luck is with me, it will be an emotional bonus to meet them again.
But I guess, luck is not my side this time. Well, I will let it be and look forward to another reunion gatherings. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / However, I am glad I do have the opportunity to meet up with "old boys" from different generations.
Looking at the faces of the "old boys" from different "passages of times", I guess, the only commonality is, we have all experienced the life of being educated in most colourful school in Malaysia. Those unique educational experiences during our formative years has shaped us to be man of principle and pride of the nations. br / br / Funny, it seemed like not so long ago we said farewell to this famous school and parted way with school mates to seek our own destiny.
But now, we are all living like salmon longing to be back to our places of origin. Looking at all the "old boys", some have gray hairs, some are on the verge of losing all their hairs, some have grown fatter, and some have became bespectacled..
...
Physically, we have all changed ! All the years that had passed, the only consolation is, we have all grown older, wiser, and are enriched with life experiences. But looking deep into our eyes and hearts, there is still a boy in all of us which we all still hold dear and refused to let go.
We shared stories of our "glorious" pasts. We all remembered our pranks and misadventures. In a brief moment of looking back into those teenage years, maybe the boyish excitements did made me feel young again .
...
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I do hope, the next reunion gathering, I will still be around and hopefully, all of them will also be around to enjoy the brief moments of "forever young" br / br / Magni Nominis Umbra. /div
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Looking around, most of my friends or associates has also stop subscribing to the local newspapers ! Are printed media suffering from declining readership ? The big question is, has there also been a decline in advertisement revenue in the printed media ?
For those businesses that are still putting up advertisements in the printed media, probable they should also begin to look elsewhere to spend the advertisement budget more effectively and efficiently. There's been a dramatic increase in Internet users, and majority of this Internet users are well educated with propensity to spend. So businesses who traditionally advertised their products and services in traditional media, will have to relook into their advertising mix to dramatically shift the advertising budget into other medium such as Internet to stay relevant.
/span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" Is this age of environmental awareness and knowledge based society, stop buying printed media would probably saved more tree from being fell indiscriminately. "Readers" now are more environmental friendly. In my satiation for news reports and other reading habits, I am also pretty much well awared of my environmental conservation responsibilities.
In addition to this "noble" gesture towards the environment, my other reasons for not subscribing to printed media are also purely driven by the convenient of Internet technology and the impartiality and relevances of Internet news sources. /span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" With broadband Internet technology, I can simply search at my finger tips a single news topics from multiple sources at a fractions of a minute as compared to flipping through the bulky media. I believe, even if local media put up on line editions on the Internet, they will still suffer the same fate of declining readerships.
"Readers" are also more educated nowadays and wanted to be better informed, they no longer want to waste their time reading perceived lopsided, biased, and propagandized news from local media that are seen to be politically influenced and heavily regulated. So, it is really not surprising to have the finality of local media being gradually disregarded by local readers. /span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" So, are local media now beginning to trace the path of dinosaur into eventual extinction ?
I am not a pessimist, but a realist. My answer to that is, YES, the local printed media is a dying industry. I guess, for the local media to survive, they have no other choice but to redefine their business, inject relevancy and impartiality in their editorial contents, and restructure their shareholder equity structures.
/span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" More educated and well informed Malaysians are also turning into other uncensored and independent international on line news sources at the expense of local media. In addition, blogs are also increasingly becoming credible alternative to local media. For example, some local blogs managed by Malaysians claimed to have hits exceeding few hundred thousands a day !
significantly much higher than the established local media ! Sometimes during the second half of 2006, the established local media put up indirect news blitz to discredit the local Malaysian blogs claiming that the information presented in these blogs can not be trusted and are irrelevant. But this blitz does not in anyway affected the daily hits of the local blogs at all.
The sad conclusion is, either nobody is reading the "estabished" local media any more, or the content of the local media are no longer taken seriously. /span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" In January 2007, 2 prominent Malaysian bloggers are sued by a local media conglomerate for defamation. This is probably the first time in the world where printed media sued small time bloggers for defamation.
Whether the media conglomerate win the legal battle or otherwise, my perception and prediction is, it is not going to alter the future bleak possibilities of the local media. Their arrogance days are numbered. They will died an eventual painful death due to future insignificant circulations / readerships and declining advertisement revenues.
/span br / br / span style="font-size:85%;" So, before we finally say Adieu or Sayonara to the local media, let face it, blogsphere will expand, and online internet resources will continue to gain prominence. Printed media is dead and manipulated media in other forms are also dying..
. stop blaming blogs and other independent online news sources for the declined. Let's get over it.
The sooner the better ! br / /span /div
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RcIj_UdH6DI/AAAAAAAAATE/SY9I4dM-uC8/s1600-h/thaipusam3.gif" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.
blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RcIj_UdH6DI/AAAAAAAAATE/SY9I4dM-uC8/s200/thaipusam3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026619704828487730" border="0" / /a February 1st 2007 is the Federal Territory Day in Kuala Lumpur.
For 2007, it is also a day for celebrating Hindu's Thaipusam. In Malaysia, the grand event for Thaipusam celebration is at Batu Cave Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / The temple management is expecting more than 1.
5 million Hindu and non-Hindu devotees to climb the 272 steep steps to reach the hill top temple at Batu Cave this year to pay respect and devotion to the Hindu God, Lord Murugan ( also known as Lord Subramanian). For Hindu devotees, it is part of their annual pilgrimage of carrying offerings to the hill top temple to repent and seek forgiveness for past deeds and to thank Lord Murugan for their wishes granted. br / br / One of the most interesting feature of Thaipusam celebration is the a onblur="try {parent.
deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RcIkVEdH6EI/AAAAAAAAATM/dXC-G7vFAeQ/s1600-h/thaipusam.
jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/RcIkVEdH6EI/AAAAAAAAATM/dXC-G7vFAeQ/s200/thaipusam.
jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026620078490642498" border="0" / /a carrying of "Kavadi" and pulling of chariots, where skewers and hooks are pierced into the tongues, cheeks, backs, and chests of the "Kavadi" carriers, usually males. Thaipusam is one of the biggest religious celebration in Malaysia. The faiths of these Kavadi carriers are so strong that it defied logics to note that they felt no pains and no bloods are dripped during the process of piercing and unpiercing into the various parts of the body of the carriers.
The women usually carries Jug of milk on their head on their journey to hill top temple. br / br / Thaipusam is celebrated mostly by the Malaysia's Tamil community during the Tamil Month of Thai ( the tenth month of Tamil calender, which usually falls between Jan 15th and Feb 15th). "Pusam" refers to a star which is at its brightest during the period of the celebration.
The celebration is to honour the birthday of Lord Murugan, the youngest son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It is also to celebrate the day when Goddess Parvati bestowed upon her son, Lord Murugan, the “vel” or lance to defeat the evil demon, Soorapadam. Another interesting fact is, quite a significant number of Malaysian Chinese are also beginning to celebrate and fulfilling their vows during Thaipusam.
br / br / Vel, Vel...
...
. May the spirits of Lord Murugan be in the hearts of all Hindu. May all evils be defeated, and may mankinds be blessed with good health, hapiness, and prosperity.
/div
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blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rb9gxIu2RDI/AAAAAAAAAS4/YEn3MAH4BoU/s1600-h/bb2.jpg" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.
blogger.com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rb9gxIu2RDI/AAAAAAAAAS4/YEn3MAH4BoU/s200/bb2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025842106442597426" border="0" / /a Wow lou leh.
.. ang ang tua tua liap.
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see pek tua liap ! br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / It's a basket ball ? It's a papaya ?
It's a water melon ? NOOooooooo ! It's the biggest silicon breasts in Brazil.
And, that Ooop Wooooow breasts belonged to the 27 years old Brazilian model, Sheyla de Almeida. She is 1.6m in height, weights 56kg, and have a figure of 113cm - 54cm - 95cm.
br / br / The quest for perfect body made Sheyla de Almeida went through 14 plastic surgeries in various parts of her body. Her first 235ml silicon implant was carried out in 2002 in China. Today, 1200 ml of silicon are implant into each of her breast.
She is actually considering enlarging her present size with additional 1300ml into each breast ! So, Dolly Parton, please step aside..
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...
br / br / Women, women...
. In the name of beauty, what will they think of next ? And God created women ?
/div
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com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rb4004u2RCI/AAAAAAAAASs/nEiCwu5tiyY/s1600-h/holocaust-child.GIF" img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.
com/_LZC6Evhg9Po/Rb4004u2RCI/AAAAAAAAASs/nEiCwu5tiyY/s200/holocaust-child.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025512317378774050" border="0" / /a January 27th 2007 was the 63rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In October 2005, United Nations adopted January 27th as the International Holocaust Commemoration Day in memory of the victims of holocaust.
The 2007 observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was held in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters on 29 January from 10:30am to 12:30pm. br / /div div style="text-align: justify;" br / This sad chapter of modern civilizations glared the murderous natures of humanity - of one group of inferiority complex crazy bastards satanically attempt to exterminate another race to gain immoral existence. 63 years had passed, what have we learned from this sad chapter ?
Looking around at the present happenings, there are indeed many parallel eerie resemblances leading to another possibility of holocaust. Do these international criminals have no mercy and compassion on the innocents, the elderly, the women, and the children ? Are we going to allow subspecies created in Satan's image murdering human beings created in God's image ?
What sadistic satisfactions would these subspecies achieved with their senseless acts ? br / br / The United nations "condemns without reservation any denial of the holocaust" so that human being with reasonable minds can learn from the history of this dark chapter of human barbarisms. Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General of United nations said "Denying historical facts, especially on such an important subject as the Holocaust, is just not acceptable.
Nor is it acceptable to call for the elimination of any State or people. I would like to see this fundamental principle respected both in rhetoric and in practice by all the members of the international community." It is indeed very sad to note that there are desperate politicians out there, wanting to perpetuate their popularity and sustain their immoral stay, leading the mentally blinds to deny the existence of Holocausts with their politic of hatreds.
br / br / The mass slaughtering of Armenians was a holocaust. The 9/11 destruction of USA's World Trade centre was a Holocaust, The mass murdering of Iraqi Kurds was a holocaust. The Nanjing Massacres was a holocaust.
Racial riots are holocaust. And the list goes on..
...
. Why are we trying so desperately to deny the existence of these despicable events ? Why are we trying to rewrite history ?
br / br / To all the victims of the holocausts, may God bless your souls. Rest in peace. br / br / May human beings have the courages to learn from history, and the pride to do the right things morally to preserve peace.
Shame yourselves no more with your evil ideologies, intolerances, arrogances, decadences, and hatreds. Respect Human Rights and learn to appreciate diversities in cultures, creeds, races, and religions. Let not your hatreds and ignorances be passed to your next generations.
Instigate not your next generation toward another holocaust ! NEVER AGAIN ! br / br / With tears in my eyes, I wish PEACE be upon you.
Namo Amithaba Buddha...
. /div
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