Archives: 2007 January

During the last Christmas season, the postal service had been really erratic. Quite a few had complained to the press, stating that a lot of the mails had been missing, or posted to the wrong addresses.

Myself? My cheque to Ambank had gone missing. They are charging me for overdue, as expected. I have to issue [...]

How do you give a name to the towns in Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur, obviously is from its geographical location. Taiping is one of the few with a chinese name, literally meaning peace.

Some of the names, though, left you scratching your head.
I always smile when I passed by these few particular towns between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur.
Tell [...]

I have just finished watching Stormbreaker, the movie.

The movie was poorly made. Those jokes most often than not fell flat. Characters are nondescript. Their outfits reminded me vividly of the garish clothing in Austin Powers.
Comparatively, I like Agent Cody Banks much better. At least everything is smoother.

small note: The presence of Hilary Duff helps. [...]

I know nothing about shares. I know nothing about buying and selling companies too. Maybe that’s why I find this deal is really … err… interesting.
I guess you know Datuk Tony Fernandes?

For the uninitiated, he is the founder and CEO of AirAsia. Unless I am very much mistaken, he should be holding a major piece [...]

I just read in The Star, a real good news to start the year.
Fly Asian Xpress (FAX) will launching new routes to Manchester, Huangzhou and Tianjin. Also in its plans are route to other spots throughout Asia, Europe and Australia.

The cheapest air ticket will be … RM9.99 !
Wow. Finally poor fella like me will [...]

Maybe EPF considered RM15,000,000.00 to be a small amount. I mean, even if I would want to invest Rm1000, I would have done a better background check on such company.

It is learnt that a man had approached the EPF investment division and offered to sell an 80% stake in the company, which had entered into [...]