Selamat Hari Jadi Tun Dr. Mahathir

Selamat hari jadi kepada Tun Dr. Mahathir yang ke 86 tahun. Semoga dipanjangkan umur dan dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik sentiasa.

Tun M di lahirkan pada 10 Julai 1925, Tun Siti Hasmah pula pada 12 Julai 1926. Tun M menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia selama 22 tahun iaitu dari 1981 hingga 2003. Banyak sungguh jasa beliau kepada kita.

Terima kasih Tun!

Aku memang rajin baca blog beliau di sini : http://chedet.cc/blog/
Untuk info lebih detail mengenai Tun M sila ke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir

Jauhi Perhimpunan Haram Bersih 2.0

Titah khas Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Istana Negara malam ini mengeluarkan Titah Khas Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mengenai perhimpunan pada 9 Julai ini.

Berikut adalah teks penuh Titah Khas tersebut:

Beta sedang mengikuti dengan teliti akan perkembangan cadangan Kumpulan Bersih untuk mengadakan perarakan dan perhimpunan beramai-ramai yang bertujuan untuk menyerahkan memorandum kepada Beta selaku Yang di-Pertuan Agong, dan bagaimana pihak kerajaan menangani isu ini khususnya agensi-agensi dan jabatan-jabatan yang terlibat.

Highway Desaru-Cahaya Baru Yang Kelakar

erk... kelakar sungguhlah kalau highway baru dari penawar ke cahaya baru di panggil highway, siap ada tol pulak tu. aduhhh.. malu. peliklah.. apasal diorang buat macam tu? sungguh mengecewakan. hancur harapan orang-orang area pengerang sini..

ni nak review sikit pasal highway desaru-cahaya baru-tiram..

Lebuh Raya Senai Desaru Dibuka Jumaat Ini

KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Jun -- Lebuh Raya Senai Desaru (SDE) pakej tiga iaitu dari Persimpangan Cahaya Baru (Pasir Gudang) sehingga ke Persimpangan Penawar (Desaru) akan dibuka kepada pengguna bermula Jumaat ini.
Ketua Pengarah Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) Datuk Ismail Md Salleh berkata sempena pembukaan seksyen terakhir lebuh raya itu pengguna tidak akan dikenakan bayaran tol selama sebulan.
"Kutipan tol itu akan berkuatkuasa pada 10 Julai ini," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini.
Ismail berkata lebuh raya sepanjang 27 kilometer itu akan menjimatkan masa perjalanan dengan hanya mengambil masa 45 minit sahaja berbanding laluan sedia ada.
"Laluan sedia ada yang menggunakan Jalan Persekutuan 3 dan J92, mengambil masa hampir dua jam," katanya. - Bernama

Kisah Highway Senai-Desaru Phase 2 lagi

Ni sambungan dari post pasal Highway Desaru tempohari. Khabar angin yang aku dengar pasal highway ni akan dirasmikan pada 27 April 2011 nampaknya tak betul. Tapi... khabar angin lain yang aku dengar ada part highway ni yang tak lulus... part jambatan kot? entahlah.. bilalah nak boleh lalu daaa..

Hari tu aku ada lalu kat jalan masuk ke highway desaru tu..

Anda Telah Meraih Hadiah Percuma RM19,000 Dari Shell Helix

Semalam aku dapat SMS sampah ni:

RM0. Promotion's Tahniah sim kad Anda Tlh Meraih Hadiah Percuma "RM 19,000.00" dari SHELL HELIX No Reg(552299) Sila Call di Talian 0178949116

From +60145641200

Bila Highway Desaru Nak Siap?

Projek Highway Desaru Senai ni dah lama. Senai-Tiram-Pasir Gudang dah siap. Desaru-Pasir Gudang(Cahaya Baru) jer tak siap-siap. Ikut plan asal, sepatutnya tahun lepas dah siap. Biasalah, kat Malaysia ni semua projek bertangguh, tak ikut jadual. Bilalah Malaysia ni nak jadi rakyat yang berdisiplin macam rakyat Jepun.

Masa perjalanan.

Jadi bila lebuhraya ni boleh dilalui?

Impak Gempa Bumi Di Jepun Terhadap Internet

Memang ada slow sikitlah internet hari ni (Isnin). Terutama Facebook yang lembab gile. Tapi laman web yang lain aku tengok tak efek sangat. Kalau slow pun slow sikitlah. Banyak orang Malaysia ni yang gilakan Facebook, jadi bila line ke Facebook lembab mereka akan cakap line lembab keseluruhannya.

Tapi yang agak peliknya, masa hari Jumaat selepas berlakunya gempa bumi tu, line macam biasa je. Aku tak rasa langsung perbezaannya. Sampailah pagi tadi ok je. Tadi aku cek Facebook memang slowlah. Aku rasa efek ni baru je di rasai pasal semua orang baru masuk kerja hari ni. Hari ni kan Isnin. Ramai yang online dari pejabat rupanya.. hahahah.. kantoi disitu. Ramai rakyat Malaysia online Facebook  dari pejabat.. hahaha

Gempa bumi kat Jepun Jumaat lepas memang telah mengganggu gugat kabel internet dasar laut yang menjadi talian hayat syarikat-syarikat telekomunikasi dari negara-negara Asia. Telekom Malaysia pun tak terkecuali. Kabel dasar laut yang terjejas teruk ialah Japan-US Cable Network (JUCN atau JUSCN atau J-US) dan Asia Pacific Cable Network 2  (APCN2). APCN2 adalah kabel telekomunikasi atara negara-negara di kawasan Asia Pasific manakala JUCN menyambungkan Japan dan US.

Peta Kabel Dasar Laut

Transfer Duit Keluar Dari Paypal Ke Bank

Mula-mula aku nak buat review pasal KDrama Secret Garden, sekali teringat pulak tengah pokai sekarang ni, tapi nak makan Pizza.. hehehe.. So, aku nak keluarkanlah duit dari PayPal, dapat juga aku buat makan Pizza nanti.

Hari tu dah cerita dah pasal aku dapat duit dari Text Link Ads. Dia bayar guna PayPal. Ingatkan nak biarkan ajer duit dalam tu, tapi tak jadi pulak. Lagipun aku memang jarang biarkan duit dalam akaun PayPal. Bila dapat jer terus bawak keluar. Jadi hari ni aku nak tunjuk cara-cara keluarkan duit dari PayPal masuk ke akaun bank aku bukan akaun ko.

Bila dah login, terus sampai kat page akaun:

Adalah duit ciput hasil dari TLA.

Kisah Tunaikan Western Union dari Google Adsense di Bank-bank Berlainan

Kat sini aku nak kongsi sikit pasal pengalaman aku 'cash'kan Western Union di bank-bank yang berlainan. Western Union adalah cara paling pantas Google Adsense boleh kirim duit kepada 'pekerja-pekerjanya' yang berada di Malaysia. Kalau dulu, masa belum guna Western Union, Google hantar cek guna mail biasa. Lambat tuuu... Bila dia update status payment issued kat akaun Adsense, kena tunggu sebulan barulah cek sampai. Lepas tu kena tunggu lagi dua minggu untuk cashkan cek tu selepas masukkan dalam bank. Ada lagi! Kena charge dari bank lagi pasal cashkan cek oversea. Kalau tak silap aku kalau cash ikut Maybank kena charge RM80! Dululah sekitar tahun 2006-2007.. sekarang dah lama tak guna cek, tak tahulah sama ke tak.

Pendaftaran Perniagaan (ROB) di SSM

Aku punya ROB (Registration of Business) atau dalam bahasa Melayunya Perakuan Pendaftaran Perniagaan akan expired pada 28 Febuari ni. Jadi aku pun pergi JB semalam. Kebetulan anak aku nak kena buat pemeriksaan gigi kat Hospital Sultan Ismail. Sekali jalanlah.

Tinggalkan anak-anak dan bini aku kat HSI, aku terus ke JB sorang-sorang. Dah lama juga aku tak masuk bandar JB. Apa ceritalah agaknya. Tapi memang nasib aku agak kurang baik hari tu. Ada perarakan berhampiran dengan Landmark Mall. Banyak jalan yang kena tutup. Berpusing-pusing juga aku untuk nak sampai ke Menara Ansar.

Salam Maulidur Rasul

Hari ni 15 Febuari 2011, 12 Rabiul Awal 1432H, cuti Maulidur Rasul. Aku macam biasa. Tak cuti pun. Memang aku kerja tujuh hari seminggu. Kalau cuti pun pasal ada hal.

Dulu, masa aku kecik-kecik tak pakai istilah Maulidur Rasul. Yang aku kenal ialah Maulud Nabi. Tapi aku tak tahu maknanya. Ye lah time tu kecik-kecik. Orang cakap hari ni sambutan Maulud Nabi, aku ikut jer lah sambut Maulud Nabi.

Dulu, masa aku kecik-kecik.. meriah gak kalau sambutan Maulud Nabi kat kampung aku. Ada sambutan kat sekolah agama. Tak payah belajar hari tu. Apa perarakan bawa banner, ada persembahan, ada nasyid, ada baca Al-Quran.. tapi yang paling best ada makan-makan.

Ni ada cerita sampingan, cerita pasal masa aku kecik-kecik dulu. Pergi acara sambutan Maulud Nabi kat sekolah. Masa tu aku baru jer beli basikal. Erk!..bapak aku belikanlah.. manalah aku ada duit masa kecik-kecik. Bila dah habis makan, aku pun cabutlah dengan kawan aku, merayau kesana kemari, tapi masih pakai baju sekolah agama lagi. Ntah macam mana terjumpa 2-3 tin spray pewarna. Alaaa.. tin sembur color tu lah. Ada lagi balance dalam tin tu.

Apa lagi, aku sembur basikal aku yang baru beli tu dengan colour baru... kaler oren. Yuhuuuuuu.... Basikal aku dah kaler baru... mesti bangga bapak aku tengok anak dia yang kreatif ni... hahahaha.

Balik rumah jer... mengamuk bapak aku.. hahahaha

Ok.. dahlah pasal cerita sampingan tu..

Berbalik pasal Maulidur Rasul ni.

Ni aku ceduk sikit dari Wiki:

Maulidur Rasul ni adalah dalam bahasa Arab. Makna dia kelahiran Rasul. Iaitu maksud dia hari ulang tahun keputraan Nabi kita Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Jatuh pada 12 Rabiul Awal. Baginda di lahirkan pada 12 Rabiul Awal Tahun Gajah bersamaan dengan 23 April 571.

Sama-samalah kita perbanyakkan selawat bersempena Maulidur Rasul tahun ini.

Apa itu PKBS?

Aku dapat surat dari sekolah anak aku. Surat tu mengenai tarikh tarikh ujian dan peperiksaan yang akan diadakan sepanjang tahun.

Tapi aku dapat satu permasalahan... dalam jadual tu, ada tulis tarikh ujian bulanan PKBS 1, PKBS 2, PKBS 3 dan PKBS 4.

Apa benda PKBS ni? Puas aku baca dari atas ke bawah, dari bawah ke atas ke bawah.. dari atas meja ke bawah kerusi dan dari atas kerusi ke bawah meja.. tak jumpa langsung apa maksud akronim PKBS tu.

Last-last aku try cari kat Internet... puas juga aku menggodeh google..

PKBS ni maknanya ialah Penilaian Kendalian Berasaskan Sekolah. (itupun kalau hasil carian aku ni betul, hanya cikgu sekolah jer yang tahu dengan tepat... kekekekeke)

Untuk cikgu-cikgu, kalau buat surat untuk ibu bapa, kalau ada singkatan-singkatan yang kurang jelas tu, buatlah sikit nota kaki kat surat tu ye...

Malaysian first astronaut - Angkasawan Pertama Malaysia

Malaysia is on her way to produce the first astronaut. Below is one joke I found related to Malaysian first astronaut. Please take it as a joke, and I meant no offence. I totally support the government project to send Malaysian to the space. Although it will use Russian expertise, technology and everything Russian, but I see this as the first step for Malaysia to develop expertise in space science.

The project started in October 2003 when Malaysian government had offered any Malaysian to apply to be the first Malaysian astronaut. About 11,000 of applications received, but today only four candidates have being shortlisted. And one of them is a woman, engineer S. Vanajah. The other three are Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, dentist Dr. Faiz Khaleed and pilot Mohammed Faiz Kamaluddin. They will undergo training in Star City in Moscow, Russia. Among the four candidates, only two will be selected as the finalist but only one could be send to the space.

Malaysia’s astronaut programme was part of a package deal arising from Malaysia’s purchase of RM34 billion 18 SukhoiSU-30MKN fighter jets from Russia. Russian Government had offered in return a place for a Malaysian to join Russian cosmonauts on the expedition to the International Space Station in October next year.

Angkasawan Website : Angkasawan = Astronaut in Malay.

Okay, this is the joke. Don't take it seriously guys!

Three potential astronauts were called for an interview - one Indian, one
Malay and one Chinese.
Interviewer: "So, Muthu, this is a dangerous mission...How much do you
think you should be paid for it?"
Muthu thinks to himself and says, "One million ringgit."
"Why so much?" asks Interviewer.
"Nowadays toddy very expensive" replies Muthu.
"I see," says Interviewer. "Thank you...please ask the Malay guy to come here"
So the Malay walks up, and is asked the same question.
"Uh...2 million boleh lah," replies the Malay applicant.
"Two million? That's a lot of money! Even the aneh (brother in tamil)
before you only asked for one million!"
"You see," explains Mat. "I have 4 wives and 15 children... so 20 of us in
the family, we need a lot of money to support ourselves...."
"I see," says Interviewer. "Okay, can you ask the Chinese guy to come here
now?"
The Chinese guy comes in and Interviewer asks, "Ah Chong, this is a
dangerous mission, how much do you think you should be paid?"
Ah Chong thinks for a while, and suddenly says, "3 million."
Interviewer is shocked. What?!?!" 3 million? Why so much?!" Ah Chong
beckons Interviewer to come closer, and whispers...
"One million you keep, one million I keep, and then one more million to
send muthu into space!

High Cost : Life as a Malaysian

I got this from email. So interesting....


Life as a Malaysian
The argument in this thread from day one is the cost of living in each country (especially UK and Europe) based on what you earn in the respective country and whether the standards are higher than in Malaysia.
I tried to point out that many Malaysians always convert and that is why they say the UK is expensive. In fact, the cost of living is much cheaper than in Malaysia.
In actual fact, Malaysians are being conned because for such a rich and resource rich country, the pay in Malaysia is way too low compared to the cost of living and inflation.
One good example is Singapore. Singaporeans (average) earns around S$3000 to S$4000 and nearly everything is half the price of Malaysia. E.g. Clothes, computer parts, electronics etc. But the average Malaysian still earns M$2000 plusand goods are double the price of Singapore.
This is the same as the UK. If you earn around 2000 pounds, you can liken this to the person earning RM$2000 in Malaysia. I give you some examples below. Maybe you can understand.
1) Good terrace house It is more or less the same. If you want a house in KL, it would most probably be in Puchong and not Damansara Heights. So your house would be RM$200,000. In UK, you can get a decent new house in Zone 6 (still within the tube) for 200,000 pounds.
If non London, you can get a nice house also for less than 200,000 pounds outside London. The same also applies to buying a house in Seremban, Kajang etc. You can buy a nice house for RM200,000 below.
So buying a house is the same for the local and the Malaysian.
Renting a place is the same too or maybe cheaper than in Malaysia (I am Not sure of this). A 2-bedroom flat in London is about 750 pounds (Zone 2). 500 pounds outside Zone 6 but still able to commute to London. A 2- bedroom house in Nottingham is 450 to 500 pounds. A 3-bedroom house in Belfast is about 300 pounds.
2) A car A good Wira is RM$55,000. Most Malaysians have to take 7-year loans and be in debt all the time. If you are earning RM$2000 a month, you take nearly 3 years saving the RM$2000 with not eating at all just to buy a Wira.
In UK, the average local earns about 2000 pounds. He saves 3 months, he can buy outright a good Ford Fiesta or a Vauxhall Corsa without being in debt.
If buying a second hand car, even better. A 1990 Mercedes 190E cost 500 pounds. My 1996 Mercedes E220 cost 2000 pounds. My friend just gave me his 1989 Honda Accord (Auto) for free because he said he could only get 30 pounds for it.
I used it for a few months and decided to give it of for free too. That alone speaks for itself.
Even if you are kuli or an office boy, you still can drive a Mercedes or a BM. Yes, kuli's and office boy's get paid quite well.
Average temp/office boy in London can earn about 7 to 10 pounds and hour. Overtime is 1.5 times or double. A brick-layer can earn 20 pounds an hour.The same Indon who lays bricks in Malaysia earns RM$50 for the whole day.
Before I became a doctor, I used to be an office boy and I earned near 300 pounds a week working about 70 hours a week. My makan was 30 pounds a week. My rent was 70 pounds a week for a room but I still drove a BMW back then. I bought the 10-year old BMW 3 Series car for 200 pounds. Amazing how an office boy can drive a safe and luxurious car.
3) Petrol. For a UK person earning 2000 pounds, 80 pence a litre/gallon is cheaper than RM$1.37 paid in Malaysia. If you don't convert, it is like paying 80 sen a litre in Malaysia
4) Shopping 20 pounds (which is 1% of 2000 pounds) can buy you 1 week's worth of groceries in Tesco. RM$100 (which is 10% of RM$2000) can also buy you 1 week's worth of groceries in Giant or Carrefour.
5) Utility Bills (This is what I pay in UK) 1. Virtually non-stop heating the whole day only 20 pounds a month. (Only 1% of the 2000 pounds earned) 2. Electricity, I use my electricity maximum only 20 pounds a month. (Only 1% of the 2000 pounds earned) 3. My water bill also comes to about 20 pounds a month (Only 1% of the 2000 pounds earned) 4. My Internet ? I get 2Mbps for about 25 pounds (Bulldog DSL) (Also slightly above 1% of the 2000 pounds earned) 5. Astro Equivalent (NTL cable or Sky) ? 30 pounds per month (Also slightly above 1% of the 2000 pounds earned) In Malaysia, this is what I used to pay 1. Tenaga Bill comes to RM$200 to RM300 a month with 3 air-cons. This is more than 10% of the RM$2000 earned) 2. Water (Puas) comes to RM$40 (This is about 2% of the RM$2000 earned) 3. Astro RM$100 (if you take Chinese package) (This is about 5% of the RM$2000 you earn) 4. Internet Streamyx 512K RM 88 per month (This is about 5% of RM2000 you earn)
6) Books A good book is about 10 to 15 pounds in the UK. This is less than 1% of The 2000 pounds you earn. In Malaysia, you have to spend RM$75 to RM$100 for a decent book in MPH or Kinokuniya in KLCC. This is about 5% of the RM$2000 ringgit you earn.
7) Education. I think it is about RM$20,000 per year to do a degree in Sunway Monash and> about RM$12,000 per year to send your kid to UM, UKM, USM etc. I am not sure about this.
But in UK, it is only 3000 pounds a year to send your kid to a great university. That also, the white man still makes a lot of noise because The grants were taken away. Previously, it was virtually free for the English man to send his kid to university but now, since the grant was taken away, he has to spend 3000 pounds per year to send his kid to university and less money to get drunk in the pub.
Well, if you are earning RM$2000 ringgit, sending your kid to UM to study is quite difficult. If you are earning 2000 pounds per month, you can easily send you kid to university in the UK.
Even worse for the poor non bumi's not given a place in local university. Even if they can afford, they won't get a place because of the quota system. Unfortunately, the Chinaman and the Indian who gets 5A's in STPM have to be sacrificed and not given a place to let the Malay fellow with 2E's and 3 Fail's to enter the Medical Faculty or Law Faculty.
So the non-bumi's have to save RM100,000 per year to send their kid to the UK. In the UK, at least the white man still can go into university based on results and merit and only pay 3000 pounds per year.
7) Luxuries Panasonic Plasma TV in Malaysia about RM20,000. If you are earning RM$2000 a month, memang mahal! You have to save 2 years your monthly salary to buy it. In UK, the same Panasonic ironically, Panasonic plasma is made in Japan and Japan is close to Malaysia, so the plasma should be cheaper in Malaysia) is only 2000 pounds. And this is only 10% of the 2000 pounds earned.
8) Health NHS is free. Though the service is slow, quality is still there. You still can get a top quality by-pass for free although you may have to wait many months. In Malaysia, IJN charges RM$30,000. SJMC charges RM$50,000. GH is free but as many people know, GH and UH have clown doctors. For example doctors who wear tudung and use a pen to touch the patient because scared dosa).
9. Assessments to local councils I may pay high council tax but at least my council assures my streets are clean and safe, got no holes (pot holes) on my roads, and they jump and attend to me whenever I call them. When I stayed in Malaysia, I paid my assessment and quite rent but MPSJ (I lived in Subang) told me to "podah" whenever I asked them to come and fill up the pot holes, cut the long lalang, put street lighting etc. The councils, especially MPPJ and MPSJ, were more interested in eating Nasi lemak and going for 10 teh tariks in a day during office hours and hardly did anything for their residents.
10. Income Tax My national insurance and income tax also is not wasted. When I was unemployed in 1997, the government via social security paid for my 2- bedroom flat for one whole year and I was given about 100 pounds per week for me and my wife to live on. I am happy to know that one day if I lose My job, I can still claim social security and get my apartment paid and food to eat again for free. It is a good security to know.
Jonathan, the list goes on. Here alone you can see, the sterling you earn goes a long way in the UK. So your quality of life is far better in the UK than a Malaysian in Malaysia. It is just that Malaysians are just too content with what they have. But you compare apple for apple.
The British just love to complain. They have it made but still they love To complain. Nothing is good enough for the British. The government gives the citizens so much but they still seem to want more and more."
Thank you Jeff. Regards
Dr Zain Azrai London