I stumbled on this blog entry by an affluent Filipino tourist (from Manila) to Sabah. I say affluent because they can afford ot stay at swanky resorts (Magellan Sutera) and eat at expensive restaurants (Ocean Seafood Restaurant). He/she came here in May 2005, so this entry’s a year too late, but still it’s a good opportunity to find out the impression we’re creating. I could recall 2 points made by them:
- shopping experience is similar to Manila [hence, we need to offer things which are unique to Sabah]
- it’s easy to navigate around [this is a good point which we must strive to keep up]
Tags: travel, sabah, tourism, Philippines
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Translation: meet Ronaldinho: Sodikin, 32, a local at Banjaran in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, has a dream: to meet his idol Ronaldinho. Having a striking resemblance to the Brazilian superstar, he calls himself Ronaldikin.
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There is surprisingly a lot of discussion on this matter on the Net. Just google “Vedic Past of Pre-Islamic Arabia” and you will see the original work of P.N. Oak and Robert A. Morey in several places. The most interesting places are of course the online forums, where minds and emotions do sabre-fencing.
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For the minimalist in me, I prefer themes offered by the guys at plaintxt.org
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I came across very difficult analytical puzzles over at folj.com.
Short questions, but very difficult to solve.
The first question in the "very difficult logic puzzle" category is:
You are the ruler of a medieval empire and you are about to have celebration tomorrow. The celebration is the most important party you have ever hosted. You’ve got 1000 bottles of wine you were planning to open for the celebration, but you find out that one of them is poisoned.
The poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within ten to twenty hours after consuming even the minutest amount of poison.
You have thousands of prisoners at your disposal and just under 24 hours to determine which single bottle is poisoned.
What is the smallest number of prisoners you must have to drink from the bottles to find the poisoned bottle?
What do you think is the answer? 999? 500? Wrong! The answer is a surprisingly small number.
The questions, hints and answers are nicely laid out.
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If there are 5 Rukun Negara, then there are 7 Rukun Aramaiti:
- Kepercayaan kepada tumpung, tajau, botol dan tin;
- Kesetiaan kepada sup, bosou, tuhau dan lada;
- Kedaulatan giliran, biris dan puun;
- Kesopanan dalam kesengsaraan koilob, kogutan, kosobu dan kosirit;
- Keluhuran manahas;
- Kesusilaan magauk dan kalapik;
- Karamaian sanggalas untuk panabas.
Disclaimer: this was originally received via SMS, and is published with the best of intentions.
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The Chinese are renowned for eye-watering dishes, as opposed to mouth-watering ones. After seeing skinned dogs displayed at food markets to the kebabbed scorpions sold on street stalls, enter China’s first speciality penis restaurant in Beijing. They offer penises and testicles of horses, yaks, donkeys, oxen, seals, deer, goat and god knows what else. And they are not cheap: I wonder who would pay 220 pounds (more than RM1,000) for the privilege of eating Canadian seal penis. Yummy.
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Interesting article from smh.com.au. I’ll do the summary later.
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From Bruneian Nonnie’s blog i got to know that Jerudong Park Theme Park (of course in Brunei) is doing badly, business wise. It seems that Bruneians just couldnt take it that now the rides are not free anymore, and simply refused to come.But is more interesting to me is now I know the cost of those rides. That gave me the idea to set up my own Neverland 
Here are some examples of the things on sale, more available from the official Jerudong Park and Country Club website.Now I know that to get the circular fella here (more commonly known as a Ferris Wheel), which is 11 years old and in perfect working order, will cost me at least USD160,000. And it’s a bidding system – hence the price could go up higher. Damn, there goes my dream of setting up my own mobile theme park.
And now I know that kiddie stuff like this, made in 1994, and in need of a little bit of refurbishing would set me back USD210,000!
And this so-so looking, 9 yr old, in perfect working order rollercoaster costs USD1.2 million. Yikes!
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I came across a chilling article from Time on how the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) grooms its elite team of suicide bombers, the Black Tigers.
Excerpt from the article, which focused on one young 18-year-old girl trainee:
Eraj Samandi was about as far removed from traditional teenage preoccupations as an 18-year-old could get. She didn’t care about clothes, music or parties. She couldn’t remember the last time she had to study for a test. And as for boys, she dismissed all the men in Sri Lanka with a fierce frown and sharp shake of the head.
But asked when she hoped to achieve her dream of being a suicide bomber, she grinned, squirmed and buried her face in her arms. “She’s already written her application,” said her commander, Lt. Col. Dewarsara Banu, smiling at her charge’s shyness. “But there’s still no reply.” “Why hasn’t there been a reply?” whined Samandi, looking up with the one eye, her left, that survived a shot to the head and fiddling with the capsule of cyanide powder around her neck. “I want this. I want to be a Black Tiger. I want to blast myself for freedom.”
Needless to say, she needs the kennysia / ShaolinTiger or even bryanboy hedonism treatment. Just don’t tell The Uncle.
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At a mere 37, Datuk Vinod Sekhar is Malaysia’s richest thirtysomething with a fortune estimated at USD200 million (that’s more than RM700 million!).
He’s ranked the 16th richest Malaysian in 2006 by Forbes Magazine, just behind Tony Fernandez, 42 at USD205 million.
This is a case of son emulating father. In stark contrast to the rags to riches story of other Malaysian billionaires like Lim Goh Tong and Loh Boon Siew, Vinod came from rather intellectual background. (more…)
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Well, the only thing I can add to the current information overload (do I really need to know how many accurate crosses Luis Figo did in a match?) is SMS shortforms. Due to frantic bets placed online among friends, there were some gems which resulted in innovation in speed typing. So far:
Ballack became “balak”
Rooney became “runi”
Beckham became “bekam”
More to be added…
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She is possibly the highest profile Unduk Ngadau ever, being a TV host. Born June 1978.
Check out this transformation. From demure good old fashioned Huminodun (she’s on the left):
Over to something else. Apparently some pics of her were shown at FHM magazine sometime ago. One of them is this:
That makes for an interesting transformation from Unduk Ngadau to red-hot temptress…I wonder if any of the other previous Unduk Ngadaus ever posed for pics like these. (more…)
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Drexel University outlined a way to enable even bigger data storage sizes, this time using water.
Just how much? Get this: a cubic centimeter of water holds 12.8 GB!!!
Full article at: drexel.edu
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Telematic Research Group (TRG), an automotive industry market research firm, recently proclaimed the new 2007 Lexus LS-460 that will be available later in the year to be the most technology-loaded of all cars available in the North American market.
Lexus beat other eminent car makers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz in this respect.
Features include:
- a factory-installed 30GB hard disk drive factory partitioned for music and navigation;
- three cameras for lane departure warning and park assist;
- touch-screen and voice activated navigation system;
- Bluetooth phone control;
- monitored telematics;
- live traffic reports;
- a 19-speaker audio system that reads compressed audio formats (i.e. MP3) [and I thought 5 speakers are enough for anybody?]
Ref:
digitaltrends.com
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According to a serious scientific study done by UK’s Laughlab, the funniest joke in the world (well, at least in US, the UK and several other countries where the study is done) goes like this:
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?”
There are more jokes in that site, with interesting insights like the kinds of jokes that people in different countries/cultures find funny.
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Sure, everybody likes money but this is getting too far…
in faq
Q: Why are you doing this?
A: Because I can. Why not? I’m not going to lie to you, all my life I’ve wanted to become a multi-Millionaire…those who know me well can attest to that…and if I can do it before I’m 30 and give millions away to my supporters and charity at the same time while breaking a world record, even better! I will stop at nothing. I’m also doing this for the absolute adrenaline, because I love the thrill of a good challenge and, believe me, selling this domain for the record-breaking amount is going to be the biggest challenge of my life. I wouldn’t mind becoming a World Record holder either. But I’m NOT doing this for my 15 seconds of fame. Fifteen seconds is not enough to get you anywhere in life. I want more.
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At least 3 reputable sources confirm that you cannot get AIDS simply by eating food (eg, fruits) that contains AIDS-infected blood:
According to an article in a website run by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a US medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students [http://familydoctor.org/005.xml]:
HIV can’t live very long outside the body, so you can’t get it through casual contact. You can’t get the virus by touching, shaking hands, hugging, swimming in a public pool, giving blood, or using hot tubs, public toilets, telephones, doorknobs or water fountains. You also can’t get it from food, or mosquitoes or other insects. (more…)
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Well, that is my own opinion.
The CD first came out in the early 80′s. Why the hell didn’t they cover it with some kind of protective mechanism, like diskettes?
I personally like the Minidisc design – it’s smaller and has a sturdy, childproof protective mechanism.
Of course we’re probably heading towards solid-state storage, but that seems to be some years away.
With all this talk about next generation portable storage medium after DVDs i.e. DVD-HD and BluRay discs, I am amazed that the industry’s movers and shakers still hold on to the same old concept.
How many times have you shrieked to your 2-year old son holding a DVD: “don’t touch thattttttt”, then you have to wipe his fingermarks before you can use the damn thing? I know I have, and I know that would not happen if he were holding a thumbdrive or a Minidisc instead.
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