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On 13th April 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, some of Malaysia’s top vocalists were gathered at one place.And they were not there to perform, but rather part of the audience.Amy Search, Malaysia’s top rock vocalist and one of Asia’s best rock vocalist was there:Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, who in many people’s opinion, is Malaysia’s undisputed number one ...
Can people in Malaysia really spend RM30,000 PER WEEK on 4D lottery tickets? That like RM10K per draw, and equivalent to winning about 10 tickets first prize!
Christine Chubbuck, 29 was a TV news reporter for Channel 40, WXLT-TV station.She had been depressed for some time, the main source of which was apparently “her focus on her lack of relationships.” Her mother later said that it was due to “her personal life was not enough”. She complained to colleagues that she was ...
Vernon Kedit Jolly, the manager of top local vocalist Ning Baizura mentioned in his blog that on 30th April 2008 they were on the same KL-Penang flight with the current Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng.They first met during the check-in queue. Vernon and Ning were settling down in first class, couldn’t locate Lim ...
Being a music fan, perhaps more seriously than most, one of the reasons I like going back to my house in a “kampung” in the district of Tuaran is that high quality, live, loud rock music is occasionally played in the living room.A circle of friends is made up of serious rock musicians. And not ...
The following pictures were taken on 6th April 2008 (Sunday) about 10.50am. I was driving towards Lido from Inanam on the bypass. I had just passed by City Mall when I noticed that alternate streetlights still had their lights on. I waited until I reached the Bukit Padang-Luyang intersection before taking the following pictures.In case ...
On 3rd Apr 2008, the BBC reported that Mariah Carey has broken Elvis’ US singles (Billboard Hot 100) chart record when she scored her 18th number 1 single with Touch My Body, from her new album E=MC2.Elvis has had 17 US number 1 singles.With that achievement, she’s 2nd on the all-time list, behind The Beatles’ ...
On the 8th of April 2008, the BBC reported that the US homeland security chief has made a heartfelt plea to Silicon Valley workers to stand up and be counted in the fight to secure the cyber highway.Michael Chertoff invoked the attacks of 9/11 as he sought to galvanise IT professionals and security experts.He told ...
High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the world’s elite hackers have warned.They claim it is only a “matter of time” before the likes of Tesco and Marks & Spencer are targeted.Criminals could use the kind of tactics which crippled Estonia’s government and some firms last year, they warned.The ...
Ever since the end of AF3, the franchise has basically been under my radar, not helped by some forgettable performances by the so-called champions of the top reality show of the nation, one mosquito-slapping throughout the entire performance and the other’s vocal control getting worse and worse as the song went on. But since ...
Starbucks Corporation, the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with more than 15,000 stores in more than 40 countries, 172,000 employees and billion-dollar revenues also has probably the world’s most controversial corporate logo.The present logo which we all know is:The original logo when Starbucks first started out in 1971: the Starbucks siren topless and had ...
This has been around for quite some time, but I stumbled upon it on youtube while looking for a video of that fabled Yehudi Menuhin - Ravi Shankar collaboration: when the greatest violinist of the 20th century played with the leading Indian musician of the modern era.This is undisputably one of hard rock’s greatest ever ...
Muchmusic.com did a take on this last month, but I think the 80s New Wave group, Flock Of Seagulls, and in particular its lead singer, Mike Score is the undisputed champion.Score was also the keyboardist for the band, but he’s best known for his strange hairstyle, which was sometimes combed over his head and sometimes ...
The New Straits Times first reported on 6th April 2008 that a toothpaste sold in Kuala Terengganu has caused a furore to some extent, as “its brand name was considered to be rather suggestive by some people.”The brand: Oral-Me.In fact, popular blogger Kenny Sia reported this almost a year ago, back in May 2007.2 days ...
Last week I was going through some files in preparation for our upcoming MS ISO9001:2000 audit when, going through the training file, I encountered what must be the most unique name of a Sabahan. It was so unique that even googling that name does not give any indication that any other person in history has ...
On the afternoon of 2nd May, before the Malaysian Press Awards later on the same day, my brother had the rare opportunity to pay a visit to the office of *the* son-in-law, the deputy chief of UMNO Youth, the Member of Parliament for Rembau, and the man prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin called “the most ...
There was a songwriting competition by MAESTRO which ended recently. Those selected will get the exposure afforded by Akademi Fantasia (AF) 6 finalists.Here are two of our submissions. All vocals, melody, arrangement, lyrics done by the respective composers.By Ezbon a.k.a. Golib: “Kembalikan Senyum”By Mackley a.k.a Bodidi: “Kepalsuan Hidup”Everything …
By kampung I mean places so remote that it’s more than likely you had to spend the night sleeping on the floor or in a car.I’ve had a few encounters like this over the years, in places like Kg Morodobou (Kota Marudu), Kg Libang Laut (Tambunan-Ranau border) and Kg Talantang (deep in the jungles of ...
Charlton Heston (John Charle Carter) RIP The star of Hollywood epics Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments, and Oscar winner for best actor died Saturday 5th April 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills. His wife Lydia, whom he married in 1944 (that's 64 years of married life!) was at his side.In 2002, he revealed that he had symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease.His big break …
The RSAConference claims to be the most comprehensive forum in information security. The 2008 edition in the US claim to have 17,000 attendees from the industry’s best and brightest.There …
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