Sunday, June 29, 2014

Cow head found at Seri Delima assemblyman's home Posted on 28 June 2014 - 10:03am

Exclusive youtube of the mystery man who placed the cow's head at the front gate of Rayer's house

The skinned cow head was found at the front gate of Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer's home on June 28, 2014. SUNPIX

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Sebelum melarikan diri, seorang lelaki sempat menari seolah-olah meraikan kejayaannya selepas meletakkan satu kepala lembu yang berlumuran darah di hadapan kediaman Adun Seri Delima, RSN Rayer awal pagi tadi.

GEORGE TOWN: A skinned cow head was found at the front gate of Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer's home in Jalan Tingkat Tembaga early this morning.

The gruesome discovery was made by his wife who was about to send their daughter to school at about 7am.

Rayer condemned the deed, saying those who committed the act were “uncivilised” and “anti-religion.”

He refused to be drawn into speculation that the incident was related to anti-Umno remarks he made in the Penang state assembly last month.

“I leave it to the police to investigate,” he told the media at a press conference at his house where he showed a close circuit television (CCTV) recording of the incident.

Footage showed a man, who had his face covered, approach the house on a motorcycle before throwing the head at the gate.

He then did a little jig, ostensibly to show his joy at his supposedly daring act, before speeding away.

This is the second time Rayer has received a threat after his nephew found five live bullets in a packet at their home last year in August.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng described the act as appalling and abominable while noting the use of cow heads as a threat was done before in 2009 in Selangor.

He said such acts were aimed at intimidating and humiliating their targets. Lim added that using the head of an animal the Hindus consider sacred, was an insult to the entire community.

“I hope the police can find the culprit,” he told a press conference at Rayer's house and called for a stop to the “language of fear and violence.”

Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid confirmed the incident when contacted.

He said police would be investigating the incident including reviewing close circuit television (CCTV) footage.

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Celebrate Life! Celebrate Friendship!!!

Husband's alma mater had 40th Anniversary reunion dinner

the previous was in 2004, some 10 years ago!!!!

It was held at One World Hotel, at Bandar Utama

Jasmine Junior Ballroom

Arrival of school mates

The first Tan Sri in this group!

signing in like everyone else

some came solo

a lot came with their better halves

The boys! (It is an all-boys' school)

The girls! (in Form 6)

those who travelled from afar

the teachers!

the group, with their spouses, and the teachers

the dashing MC for the night

the programme for the night

started with a school song that evoked pangs of nostalgia

I was with the spouses while the boys played catch up

the menu for the buffet dinner

ladies first, naturally

we had a wonderful time!!!

As time is whizzing past, reunions should be the norm rather than an exception...

Friday, June 27, 2014

Viral Push-Up Bra Ad...Wacoal Mood

http://designtaxi.com/news/359797/Unconventional-Push-Up-Bra-Ad-Takes-An-Interesting-Turn/

MUST WATCH: Viral Push-Up Bra Ad

This ad may give you an impulsive need to buy a new bra.

There are bad ads that frustrate us with their jingle or opening line, and then there are good ads that either make us feel all warm and fuzzy a la Yasmin Ahmad-style or an impulsive desire for the product they're promoting. This particular ad for Wacoal's new push-up bra, however, had us thoroughly entertained.

Uploaded recently on 30 July, the video has since gone viral, racked up over 6 million views and only, as of this moment, 729 thumbs down. They probably didn't like the surprise ending at the end. What do you think of the ad? Let us know in the comments below!

Video via Wacoal Mood @ YouTube

Behind The Scenes [18+] รีวิวอึ๋ม Wacoal Mood Boost-Up

·2 videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VN8h36N_0U

The sacrifice my filipino maid makes

http://www.timothytiah.com/2014/06/23/the-sacrifice-my-filipino-maid-makes/

For the past 2 years I’ve had the honour and luxury of having a wonderful Filipino maid. I won’t say her name her but lets call her Geraldine.

Geraldine first started working with my wife and I two years ago. I remember her first few days with us. She was very shy and quiet. Sometimes I couldn’t help but feel that she might even be afraid of us but I guess having to live for the first time under a stranger’s roof far far away from home can make anyone scared.

In the first few weeks I often found her in her room looking out the window. When she looked at me I could see the tears in her eyes that would immediately prompt me to ask her what’s wrong. But she always just brushed it off and said nothing.

We thought that perhaps to add to the anxiety of being away from home alone, she probably missed her family too. So my wife and I arranged for her to call home as often as we could. She would give me a phone number with a +63 prefix on it written on a small torn piece of paper with pen.

When I dialed the number I could see her eagerly waiting….. sometimes nobody would pick up the phone on the other side. Then I would see her turn away disappointed.

At the times when someone did pick-up though, I left her with the privacy of my room to talk and I could always hear her excitedly talking to her family in Tagalog. I never knew what she said but I could sense nothing but happiness in her tone. It was like the only thing she looked forward to each day.

Two years passed and things changed.

- We got to know more about Geraldine. How she had 5 kids back in Philippines. The eldest being 17 and the youngest being 4. years old.

- She had gotten a lot more comfortable with us so she talked and joked more with us. She smiled a lot more too and I never saw her again with teary eyes.

- She had discovered other things to look forward to. After dinner she would watch American Idol or The Voice on Astro. Or sometimes she would watch some Filipino drama on TV.

- She had become family… so much that I almost don’t like referring to her as our maid. I prefer the word “babysitter” since she now helps take care of my newborn son.

Then as the two years came to an end, she had a decision to make. She could either go home for good with whatever money she earned, or she could extend her stay with us. She decided to extend her stay… but to go back to the Philippines for a month before she returned to continue work for another two years.

Geraldine returned from her month off yesterday with a new hairstyle and looking happy. I don’t know if it was happy to see my son FIghter or happy to see us again but she was happy nevertheless. I asked her loads of questions. Like what she did at home during her month off (she said she spent most of it doing housework, washing clothes and doing laundry for her family… we joked that even at home she had to work).

One of the stories she told me got me a little teary. When she left the Philippines to work in Malaysia, her youngest daughter was 2 years old. By the time she returned, her daughter was 4.

Geraldine’s daughter didn’t recognize her as her mom but spent a month to get to know her. She would bring her daughter around and her daughter would often call out to her “Hoi hoi… buy me candy”.

Finally the month came to an end and it was time for Geraldine to head back to Malaysia. As she said bye, her 4-year old daughter asked her not to go.

Geraldine said to her 4-year old “I need to go so I can earn money and buy you more candy”.

Her daughter disappeared for a few minutes and then came back with something in her fist. She announced “I have money. Don’t go…”.

Then she opened her fist to reveal a few coins.

Geraldine smiled.

This story made me remember the sacrifice that Overseas Filipino Workers (or workers from any country for that matter) make day in and day out. The cost isn’t just being away from their country. It’s being away and not being able to see their kids grow up. Geraldine would never know what her 4 year old daughter was like when she was 3…. and there are many many more overseas workers just like her.

We often talk about how hard we work. The long hours, the stress we face. But compare it to the sacrifice Geraldine and workers like her make and it’s really nothing. Suddenly the fact that I could see my son every day after work was a luxury beyond anything else I could ever ask for.

Society has us admire people who work hard and become successful businessmen or artists or actors or any of these things. But what can be harder than having to leave your kids for two years at a time and miss watching them grow up?

The worst part is that we sometimes forget. Heck we sometimes even forget that our maids or helpers are mothers to some kids some thousands of miles away. So my hope of this article is that whoever reads this is reminded of the people our maids are and the monumental sacrifice they make. And that they are mothers to kids back home who really really miss them

Thursday, June 26, 2014

If you see cranes ahead, stop, don't drive though...

To think that I drove on this road last Sunday to get to

Sungai Buloh "Kiwanis Charity DAnce" : Jalan Subang

towards Sultan Salehuddin Airport.

.........KEMALANGAN berlaku di Jalan Subang ke Lapangan Terbang Sultan Salehuddin, Kuala Lumpur.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — A male driver and his female passenger were nearly killed when several steel rods at a LRT construction site in Jalan Lapangan Terbang Subang towards federal highway fell onto a car this morning.

at the MRT construction site

don't ever drive past if you see cranes, forklifts, etc atop

airlifting some equipment...

they might crash into you, impale you, cut your car into half, and might even drive you into the ground until your body cannot be found....

don't suffer the consequences....

In the incident at 9am today, the rods fell from a crane which was lifting them and hit the victims' car, a Honda Civic.Petaling Jaya District Police Chief, ACP Azmi Abu Kassim said initial investigations found the steel rods from pillar 88 of the LRT project fell and hit the victims' car.

“After the Honda Civic was hit, a Nissan Vanette rammed the car from behind. The van's driver was not injured.

Both the victims who were injured were sent to Sime Darby Medical Centre for treatment,” he said when contacted, here today.

Meanwhile, chairman of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the contractor for the LRT project has to be accountable for the incident.

“The time has come for the LRT transport operators to pay more attention to the attitude of their contractors and for the contractors to ensure proper supervision of all their work sites,” he said in a statement here today.

Meanwhile the contractor responsible for the package A of the Kelana Jaya LRT extension project, Trans Resources Corporation (TRC) Sdn Bhd, said they would monitor and enhance their safety procedures at construction sites.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Maiu Ala Carte Birthday Treat

Last year we celebrated Sim's birthday at Moon Palace

http://iamyourgurupntay.blogspot.com/2013/06/sims-birthday-8-june-2013-at-moon.html

(this post has 1153 views already!)

This year we chose Maiu as our teacher loves Japanese food!

We went to the Sri Petaling branch as it is near Puchong

No.39-1 G/FLR, Jalan Radin Anum 2, Bandar Baru Seri Petaling 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-90575017 +6017-3969906

Website: http://maiu2u.com
Operating Hours:
Lunch: 12pm - 2.30pm

To tell you the truth, I have not been to any ala carte buffet (this is an oxymoron...buffet but ala carte? hmmm..I am about to find out what this means!)

We have included in our sashimi selection with the well known Kanpachi also known as Yellow tail amberjack fish. (it has a pale white flesh and it has a delicate taste and when consumed with salt and citrus,

it will intensify the flavours of this exclusive fish).

Soft shell crab hand roll, meteor maki, salmon skin maki, maguro tempura, grilled salmon and beef enoki are among some of our new items in the upcoming menu.
Come and savor our succulent food and try our sumptuous new menu of more than 82 items available for unlimited order.
An opportunity not to be missed and see you soon.