Grandma and Grandpa were visiting their kids overnight.
When Grandpa found a bottle of Viagra in his son's medicine cabinet, he asked about using one of the pills.
The son said, "I don't think you should take one Dad; they're very strong and very expensive."
"How much?" asked Grandpa.
"$10.00 a pill," answered the son.
"I don't care," said Grandpa, "I'd still like to try one, and before we leave in the
morning, I'll put the money under the pillow."
Later the next morning, the son found $110 under the pillow. He called grandpa and said, "I told you each pill was $10, not $110.
"I know," said Grandpa. "The hundred is from grandma!"
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
'Charge High Seas Killer'
By Victor Thorn | American Free Press
As global awareness of Israeli terrorism continues to grow following the May 31 Mavi Marmara assault, an especially vocal critic is the Belgian-based Brussels Tribunal. On June 6, this writer interviewed a member of its executive committee, Dr. Ian Douglas. His words reflect the gravity of our current situation.
“Israel is seemingly unconcerned about committing murder in front of the eyes of the world,” said Douglas. Commenting specifically on their attack of a humanitarian aid ship in international waters, he said unabashedly: “This is not murder; it is destruction. There is a level of violence here that is sadistic and vengeful.”
Douglas next quoted an outspoken and acclaimed researcher in the field.
“Norman Finkelstein recently said that Israel is now a lunatic state with 300 nuclear warheads. He is right; and it is time, before the unimaginable occurs, that the world deals with this massive threat represented by Israel. A fitting analogy is Macbeth. Israel has so much blood on its hands that it sees phantoms everywhere, and can only go forward by more killing.”
When asked of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deceptive claim that those aboard the Mavi Marmara were “violent supporters of terrorism,” Douglas responded, “Netanyahu is the violent supporter of terrorism, and an instigator of it: the terror of the Israeli state against the Palestinians. This flotilla was bringing wheelchairs, medical supplies and basic goods. It seems, for Netanyahu, it’s a terrorist act to help the disabled.”
The genesis of this situation began when high-level powerbrokers illegally seized land and created a rogue nation in 1948.
“Israel simply cannot face up to its own bloody origin,” said Douglas. “It is a settler state, founded in violence by individuals who came from outside Arab countries.”
The result has been a bona fide, centuries-long massacre against nearly everyone in the region. “Israel is no longer able to perpetuate this genocide against the Palestinian people, at least not without consequence,” he said. “Brave souls like those aboard the Mavi Marmara will continue their attempts to break Israel’s stranglehold over the Palestinians and expose their propaganda.”
When questioned about Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogen’s denunciation of Israel’s murderous deeds, Douglas furthered the notion: “Israel’s crimes are practically numberless. Decade upon decade, we see incident after incident.”
He then offered a solution: “The international community must cut all economic ties, all defense coordination and contracts, and all diplomatic, intellectual and cultural links with Israel until Zionism is recognized as racism. Until this happens, Israel continues to be the single biggest threat to world peace. The possibility of a better society will keep being suffocated by the black hole of Israel’s insistence on perpetuating injustice against the Palestinians.”
Douglas next addressed the Goldstone Report and the Mossad assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai. “The overwhelming majority of the world’s population knows that Israel is a lunatic state that insists on racial and religious purity,” he said. “They are at war with all their neighbors, and practice brutality morning, noon and night.”
Of course, American leaders insist on blindly following and enabling Israel’s pathological bloodlust and reign of terror, despite global condemnation, he said. The key is energy and natural resources. “When America spends $200,000 a minute on oil, you can guess how important it is to keep the Arabs from realizing their geo-economic potential.”
He continued that thought: “Ultimately, it comes down to the internal system of power in the United States. It’s one built on the consumption of oil. If that system collapsed, how would America’s elite keep 300 million people in line? Consumption in the United States is a technology of government, and its currency is oil.”
Following the Mavi Marmara slaughter, Barack Obama’s tepid response was nearly identical to how Bush and Cheney would have reacted.
Douglas provides some invaluable insights here: “Washington has become indistinguishable from Tel Aviv, or vice versa. Obama is either unwilling, unable or doesn’t want to break free from that.”
Worse, Douglas fails to see any profound shift in our future foreign policy.
“I feel genuinely sorry for those who bought into the lies of hope and change,” he said. “Obama might be able to sell hope in America, but the Palestinians have no hope in Obama. He won’t help them, and never intended to.”
Victor Thorn is a hard-hitting researcher, journalist and the author of many books on 9-11 and the New World Order. These include 9-11 Evil: The Israeli Role in 9-11 and Phantom Flight 93.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/high-seas_killers_226.html
Sunday, June 20, 2010
happy father's day
ANY man can father a child but it takes a special man to be the child's father...
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Turning Point....?
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swg-nFZS6so
British citizen Sarah Colborne’s eyewitness account on Mavi Marmara and ordeal as a ‘prisoner’. What happened in international waters on last May 31st can be considered as a wake up call to the world. 32 countries are involved in sending the humanitarian aid to Gaza and surely they will not simply keep quiet like Obama and his sitting duck gang.
Inilah kerja bangsa yang loves to lie systematically dan menganggap mereka bangsa terpilih, bercita-cita membina Haikal Sulaiman di tapak Al-Aqsa, mahu membina negara besar dunia di Israel dan menunggu kedatangan Al-Maseh (Dajjal)
The 31st May incident is a turning point for Israel’s act of severe & recurring act of state terrorism and blatant violation of international law with the US conspicuously failed to follow the rest of the world in condemning the regime. It seems Tel Aviv prefer to be out of sync with the rest of the world, and not just its enemies.
Is it ‘payback’ time dan Yahudi laknatullah akan mula menerima padah ke atas apa yang telah mereka lakukan selama ini?
While at this, have you ever wondered why the US still giving tons of financial aid and ammunitions to Israel until today even though Washington is also a victim of the regime’s terrorist attacks, starting with Lavon affair in the 1950s, attack on USS Liberty in 1967, Pollard Spy Case , etc, etc….
Have a look at this video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvItZ2GS88A
British citizen Sarah Colborne’s eyewitness account on Mavi Marmara and ordeal as a ‘prisoner’. What happened in international waters on last May 31st can be considered as a wake up call to the world. 32 countries are involved in sending the humanitarian aid to Gaza and surely they will not simply keep quiet like Obama and his sitting duck gang.
Inilah kerja bangsa yang loves to lie systematically dan menganggap mereka bangsa terpilih, bercita-cita membina Haikal Sulaiman di tapak Al-Aqsa, mahu membina negara besar dunia di Israel dan menunggu kedatangan Al-Maseh (Dajjal)
The 31st May incident is a turning point for Israel’s act of severe & recurring act of state terrorism and blatant violation of international law with the US conspicuously failed to follow the rest of the world in condemning the regime. It seems Tel Aviv prefer to be out of sync with the rest of the world, and not just its enemies.
Is it ‘payback’ time dan Yahudi laknatullah akan mula menerima padah ke atas apa yang telah mereka lakukan selama ini?
While at this, have you ever wondered why the US still giving tons of financial aid and ammunitions to Israel until today even though Washington is also a victim of the regime’s terrorist attacks, starting with Lavon affair in the 1950s, attack on USS Liberty in 1967, Pollard Spy Case , etc, etc….
Have a look at this video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvItZ2GS88A
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Chaplin's touching statements
Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles. . . . !
The most wasted day in life, the day in which, we have not laughed.
I like walking in the rain, becoz nobody can see my tears.
The most wasted day in life, the day in which, we have not laughed.
I like walking in the rain, becoz nobody can see my tears.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Writers
Many people hear voices when no-one is there.
Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day.
Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.
- Meg Chittenden
Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day.
Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.
- Meg Chittenden
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Top 25 Universities Of The World 2009
25. Kyoto University, Japan
24. University of Hong Kong
23. King’s College London
22. University of Tokyo
21. University of Edinburgh
20. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
19. University of Michigan, United States
18. Mcgill University, Canada
17. Australian National University
16. Stanford University, United States
15. Cornell University, United States
14. Duke University, United States
13. Johns Hopkins University, United States
12. University of Pennsylvania, United States
11. Columbia University, United States
10. California Institute of Technology (caltech)
9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit), United States
8. PRINCETON University, United States
7. University of CHICAGO, United States
6. University of OXFORD, United Kingdom
5. IMPERIAL College London
4. UCL (University College London)
3. Yale University, United States
2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
1. Harvard University, United States
24. University of Hong Kong
23. King’s College London
22. University of Tokyo
21. University of Edinburgh
20. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
19. University of Michigan, United States
18. Mcgill University, Canada
17. Australian National University
16. Stanford University, United States
15. Cornell University, United States
14. Duke University, United States
13. Johns Hopkins University, United States
12. University of Pennsylvania, United States
11. Columbia University, United States
10. California Institute of Technology (caltech)
9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit), United States
8. PRINCETON University, United States
7. University of CHICAGO, United States
6. University of OXFORD, United Kingdom
5. IMPERIAL College London
4. UCL (University College London)
3. Yale University, United States
2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
1. Harvard University, United States
Monday, November 23, 2009
Scammed by Facebook Games?
Petikan dari majalah TIME Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1935698,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Facebook games — Mafia Wars, FarmVille, Restaurant City — have become surprisingly effective at diverting time wasters among the social-networking crowd. More than 63 million people alone play FarmVille. But now accusations have surfaced that the games can lead some more gullible players, including children, into Internet scams, especially if they have a cell phone.
Here's how it works. You join FarmVille, a game on Facebook in which you can create a virtual farm by growing crops and livestock and tilling the earth. Through your toil, you earn virtual money, but to farm more efficiently or quickly, you can also invest real cash (through PayPal or a credit card) to buy virtual goods, such as seed or a tractor. Should you not have any real cash to spare on things that after all do not actually exist, you can instead accept an offer from one of the advertisers on the game site and get virtual cash in return. (See the top 10 Internet blunders.)
These offers, generally known in the business as lead-gen (lead generators), will give you some seed/tractor money in return for signing up for, say, a subscription to Netflix or a credit card. But less scrupulous advertisers lure players in with an offer to take a bogus survey or IQ test. Once it's completed they require a cell-phone number to send you the results. When you enter your cell number and create a password, you have unwittingly subscribed to a service you never wanted but will be billed for. If you're a kid, the mysterious charge then appears on the phone bill of the parents, who often find that phone companies will not cancel services from a third-party provider — even if the parent cannot find out who that provider is.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1935698,00.html?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0XXv19JjK
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1935698,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Facebook games — Mafia Wars, FarmVille, Restaurant City — have become surprisingly effective at diverting time wasters among the social-networking crowd. More than 63 million people alone play FarmVille. But now accusations have surfaced that the games can lead some more gullible players, including children, into Internet scams, especially if they have a cell phone.
Here's how it works. You join FarmVille, a game on Facebook in which you can create a virtual farm by growing crops and livestock and tilling the earth. Through your toil, you earn virtual money, but to farm more efficiently or quickly, you can also invest real cash (through PayPal or a credit card) to buy virtual goods, such as seed or a tractor. Should you not have any real cash to spare on things that after all do not actually exist, you can instead accept an offer from one of the advertisers on the game site and get virtual cash in return. (See the top 10 Internet blunders.)
These offers, generally known in the business as lead-gen (lead generators), will give you some seed/tractor money in return for signing up for, say, a subscription to Netflix or a credit card. But less scrupulous advertisers lure players in with an offer to take a bogus survey or IQ test. Once it's completed they require a cell-phone number to send you the results. When you enter your cell number and create a password, you have unwittingly subscribed to a service you never wanted but will be billed for. If you're a kid, the mysterious charge then appears on the phone bill of the parents, who often find that phone companies will not cancel services from a third-party provider — even if the parent cannot find out who that provider is.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1935698,00.html?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0XXv19JjK
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Where's Malaysia?
This is the 2009 ranking by QS.COM of the worlds universities.
QS.COM is the platform for universities, business schools and employers to target, meet and select the best qualified candidates from around the world. Includes the World MBA Tour, World Grad School Tour, Scorecard, variety of web sites, email marketing...
1 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
2 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
3 University of TOKYO Japan
4 HONG KONG University of Science and Tech... Hong Kong
5 KYOTO University Japan
6 OSAKA University Japan
7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South
8 SEOUL National University Korea, South
9 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
10= PEKING University China
12 NAGOYA University Japan
13 TOHOKU University Japan
14 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
15= KYUSHU University Japan
15= TSINGHUA University China
17 Pohang University of Science and Technol... Korea, South
18 CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
19 University of TSUKUBA Japan
20= HOKKAIDO University Japan
20= KEIO University Japan
22 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
23 KOBE University Japan
24 University of Science and Technology of ... China
25 YONSEI University Korea, South
26 FUDAN University China
27 NANJING University China
28 HIROSHIMA University Japan
29 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India
30= MAHIDOL University Thailand
32 ZHEJIANG University China
33 KOREA University Korea, South
34 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I... India
35 CHULALONGKORN University Thailand
36 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India
37 WASEDA University Japan
38 The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong
39 Universiti Malaya (UM) Malaysia
40 National TSING HUA University Taiwan
41 CHIBA University Japan
42 EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South
43 National CHENG KUNG University Taiwan
44 SUNGKYUNKWAN University Korea, South
45 NAGASAKI University Japan
46 HANYANG University Korea, South
47 National YANG MING University Taiwan
48 TOKYO Metropolitan University Japan
49 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India
50 Universitas INDONESIA Indonesia
51 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia
52 SHOWA University Japan
53 KUMAMOTO University Japan
54 YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University Japan
55 YOKOHAMA CITY University Japan
56 OKAYAMA University Japan
57 KYUNG HEE University Korea, South
58 PUSAN National University Korea, South
59 GIFU University Japan
60 University of DELHI India
61 SOGANG University Korea, South
62 KANAZAWA University Japan
63= Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (... India
63= OSAKA CITY University Japan
63= Universitas GADJAH MADA Indonesia
63= University of the PHILIPPINES Philippines
67 TOKYO University of Science (TUS) Japan
68 GUNMA University Japan
69 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia
70 TIANJIN University China
71 National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan
72 National TAIWAN University of Science an... Taiwan
73 Hong Kong BAPTIST University Hong Kong
74 National CHIAO TUNG University Taiwan
75 XI'AN JIAOTONG University China
76 DE LA SALLE University Philippines
77 National CENTRAL University Taiwan
78 NIIGATA University Japan
79 OCHANOMIZU University Japan
80 BANDUNG Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia
81 CHIANG MAI University Thailand
82= KYUNGPOOK National University Korea, South
82= Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia
84 Ateneo de MANILA University Philippines
85 THAMMASAT University Thailand
86 TOKAI University Japan
87 MIE University Japan
88 CHONNAM National University Korea, South
89 KAGOSHIMA University Japan
90 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Malaysia
91 CHANG GUNG University Taiwan
92 INHA University Korea, South
93 TOKYO University of Agriculture and Tech... Japan
94 TONGJI University China
95 SOUTHEAST University China
96 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan
97 CHONBUK National University Korea, South
98 AJOU University Korea, South
99 CHUNGNAM National University Korea, South
100 University of PUNE India
According to Spanish ranking system, Webometric Ranking of World Universities, the Top 10 universities in South-East of Asia are:
1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
2. NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
3. KASETSART UNIVERSITY
4. CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
5. PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY
6. ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THAILAND
7. CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
8. THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
9. ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND
10. KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY
Out of the top 10 ranking South East Asia universities, 2 are from
Singapore, and the balance 8 universities are from Thailand . Also, on the Top 100 list, Thailand has 41 universities, Myanmar 18, Indonesia 14, the Philippines 13, and Singapore 7.
In Asia , the Top 10 universities are:
1. UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
2. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
3. KYOTO UNIVERSITY
4. BEIJING UNIVERSITY
5. KEIO UNIVERSITY
6. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
7. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
8. CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
9. NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
10. NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
Out of the Top 10 ranking universities in ASIA, 4 are from Japan, 5 are from China , and the remaining 1 is from Singapore . We are also nowhere near the Top 100 universities in Asia. In terms of Global Ranking, None of Malaysia 's universities are anywhere near the TOP 1000 universities.
Malaysia Boleh...?
A shop sign from Barka, Oman.
QS.COM is the platform for universities, business schools and employers to target, meet and select the best qualified candidates from around the world. Includes the World MBA Tour, World Grad School Tour, Scorecard, variety of web sites, email marketing...
1 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
2 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
3 University of TOKYO Japan
4 HONG KONG University of Science and Tech... Hong Kong
5 KYOTO University Japan
6 OSAKA University Japan
7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South
8 SEOUL National University Korea, South
9 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
10= PEKING University China
12 NAGOYA University Japan
13 TOHOKU University Japan
14 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
15= KYUSHU University Japan
15= TSINGHUA University China
17 Pohang University of Science and Technol... Korea, South
18 CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
19 University of TSUKUBA Japan
20= HOKKAIDO University Japan
20= KEIO University Japan
22 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
23 KOBE University Japan
24 University of Science and Technology of ... China
25 YONSEI University Korea, South
26 FUDAN University China
27 NANJING University China
28 HIROSHIMA University Japan
29 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India
30= MAHIDOL University Thailand
32 ZHEJIANG University China
33 KOREA University Korea, South
34 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I... India
35 CHULALONGKORN University Thailand
36 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India
37 WASEDA University Japan
38 The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong
39 Universiti Malaya (UM) Malaysia
40 National TSING HUA University Taiwan
41 CHIBA University Japan
42 EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South
43 National CHENG KUNG University Taiwan
44 SUNGKYUNKWAN University Korea, South
45 NAGASAKI University Japan
46 HANYANG University Korea, South
47 National YANG MING University Taiwan
48 TOKYO Metropolitan University Japan
49 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India
50 Universitas INDONESIA Indonesia
51 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia
52 SHOWA University Japan
53 KUMAMOTO University Japan
54 YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University Japan
55 YOKOHAMA CITY University Japan
56 OKAYAMA University Japan
57 KYUNG HEE University Korea, South
58 PUSAN National University Korea, South
59 GIFU University Japan
60 University of DELHI India
61 SOGANG University Korea, South
62 KANAZAWA University Japan
63= Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (... India
63= OSAKA CITY University Japan
63= Universitas GADJAH MADA Indonesia
63= University of the PHILIPPINES Philippines
67 TOKYO University of Science (TUS) Japan
68 GUNMA University Japan
69 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia
70 TIANJIN University China
71 National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan
72 National TAIWAN University of Science an... Taiwan
73 Hong Kong BAPTIST University Hong Kong
74 National CHIAO TUNG University Taiwan
75 XI'AN JIAOTONG University China
76 DE LA SALLE University Philippines
77 National CENTRAL University Taiwan
78 NIIGATA University Japan
79 OCHANOMIZU University Japan
80 BANDUNG Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia
81 CHIANG MAI University Thailand
82= KYUNGPOOK National University Korea, South
82= Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia
84 Ateneo de MANILA University Philippines
85 THAMMASAT University Thailand
86 TOKAI University Japan
87 MIE University Japan
88 CHONNAM National University Korea, South
89 KAGOSHIMA University Japan
90 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Malaysia
91 CHANG GUNG University Taiwan
92 INHA University Korea, South
93 TOKYO University of Agriculture and Tech... Japan
94 TONGJI University China
95 SOUTHEAST University China
96 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan
97 CHONBUK National University Korea, South
98 AJOU University Korea, South
99 CHUNGNAM National University Korea, South
100 University of PUNE India
According to Spanish ranking system, Webometric Ranking of World Universities, the Top 10 universities in South-East of Asia are:
1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
2. NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
3. KASETSART UNIVERSITY
4. CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
5. PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY
6. ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THAILAND
7. CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
8. THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
9. ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND
10. KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY
Out of the top 10 ranking South East Asia universities, 2 are from
Singapore, and the balance 8 universities are from Thailand . Also, on the Top 100 list, Thailand has 41 universities, Myanmar 18, Indonesia 14, the Philippines 13, and Singapore 7.
In Asia , the Top 10 universities are:
1. UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
2. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
3. KYOTO UNIVERSITY
4. BEIJING UNIVERSITY
5. KEIO UNIVERSITY
6. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
7. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
8. CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
9. NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
10. NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
Out of the Top 10 ranking universities in ASIA, 4 are from Japan, 5 are from China , and the remaining 1 is from Singapore . We are also nowhere near the Top 100 universities in Asia. In terms of Global Ranking, None of Malaysia 's universities are anywhere near the TOP 1000 universities.
Malaysia Boleh...?
A shop sign from Barka, Oman.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
What's behind it?
I am sure you have seen this photo before.
But have you ever wondered what's on the other side?
But have you ever wondered what's on the other side?
Sunday, November 15, 2009
College Professor
Each day an English college professor starts his class off with a dirty joke, usually derogatory towards women.
One day all the women in the class decide that the next time he does it, they're just going to get up and leave the class, in protest, without saying anything.
A male student overhears them planning this, and notifies the teacher. The professor opens the next class with, "Did you hear about the shortage of whores in Russia?"
And sure enough all the females get up and hurry to the door to leave.
The professor shouts, "Wait! The boat doesn't leave 'till Monday!"
One day all the women in the class decide that the next time he does it, they're just going to get up and leave the class, in protest, without saying anything.
A male student overhears them planning this, and notifies the teacher. The professor opens the next class with, "Did you hear about the shortage of whores in Russia?"
And sure enough all the females get up and hurry to the door to leave.
The professor shouts, "Wait! The boat doesn't leave 'till Monday!"
Friday, November 13, 2009
Bad time management
It happened again and yesterday I had to be the keeper of the bus stop for a good 40 minutes. According to the stipulated schedule, there will be a bus going to the LRT station every 20 minutes during off peak hours. But then why there’s no bus for 40 minutes?
I can just take the taxi and gulped the fare difference of almost 10 times that can buy me a breakfast and lunch. But if I didn’t waste that 40 minutes, then I would not know about yesterday’s schedule efficiency. And if dragged to court, I can be the main witness to what happened.
I’m sure there was only one bus within that 40 odd minutes, instead of two if according to the schedule coz there’s a few passengers standing by the time the bus came out of the housing area and hit the highway and it’s not even during peak hours!
Why the service not according to it’s schedule? Bas rosak? Kalau macam tu nak jejaki sejarah Intrakota dengan bas yang kerap rosak coz of poor maintenance and not serviced periodically? Or maybe ada pemandu sakit? Or maybe ada girl friend pemandu sakit? Or maybe ada bakal mak mentua pemandu sakit? But then, are the people doing the roster really know what they are doing or main hentam asal ada roster? Do they apply the element of planning, backup and forecast while drafting the roster? What about the element of contingency?
Traffic jam? Jangan cakap la alasan basi tu coz semua orang tahu about it sejak zaman sebelum bas mini lagi. But yesterday it’s still belum peak hours. Maybe mood a few bus operation staff not peaking up as usual…?
Remember the main reason why most people shun the bus services mentioned in my earlier posting? Well, those decision makers are the culprits who still want us to waste precious time with their inefficient schedules. Now it is very terang lagi bersuluh that our LRT service is of first world and the support system, especially the buses, represents the third world. Don’t point fingers at me yet but do think about it…
I really enjoyed the bus services in the first world countries like Japan (even Hong Kong) and a few in Europe that I’ve been to. Maybe di sini dia orang nak berbangga coz our services are better off than our neighbours Indonesia, Thailand and some part of the Philippine (jeepney’s the main stay). But what about Singapore? What about Hong Kong? As mentioned in my earlier posting, Singapore and Hong Kong are the nearest to us with very good bus service we can learn from.
To me the general formula is simple: Come up with a good schedule and operation staff must stick strictly to the timings, without any compromise. The driving public will be interested once they know that time loss taking the buses has been reduced drastically. Attract more passengers with time efficiency, not with new buses or young female drivers.
Over a year ago they started with the day ticketing system and I was very happy about it. Not so much about the saving or what nots but that’s the system being used in most first world countries. Take for example the public transport system in Italy, the last country I’ve been in Europe. There, you just buy a day use ticket at any appointed shops/stores and you are free to take (as many trips on) the trams and buses and a single journey on the train and LRTs.
Well… That’s why I was happy coz it’s similar to the first world countries system but alas, it’s short lived. They reverted to the old zoning system a few months ago. Why? A little & cheeky bird told me that it was due to complaints and lousy politicking. That’s the power of vested party's complaints and politics in our country eh?
Read my posting about attitude? If you had, then link attitude and what I’ve rambled above. Malaysia Boleh right? And in a friend’s posting about universities (somboonc.blogspot.com), it’s very clear that a few universities in Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and even Indonesia are far off better than us. Too much of grey matter migrating to the knee caps? That’s the offshoot of our loose enforcement and attitude problems? Think about it…
I can just take the taxi and gulped the fare difference of almost 10 times that can buy me a breakfast and lunch. But if I didn’t waste that 40 minutes, then I would not know about yesterday’s schedule efficiency. And if dragged to court, I can be the main witness to what happened.
I’m sure there was only one bus within that 40 odd minutes, instead of two if according to the schedule coz there’s a few passengers standing by the time the bus came out of the housing area and hit the highway and it’s not even during peak hours!
Why the service not according to it’s schedule? Bas rosak? Kalau macam tu nak jejaki sejarah Intrakota dengan bas yang kerap rosak coz of poor maintenance and not serviced periodically? Or maybe ada pemandu sakit? Or maybe ada girl friend pemandu sakit? Or maybe ada bakal mak mentua pemandu sakit? But then, are the people doing the roster really know what they are doing or main hentam asal ada roster? Do they apply the element of planning, backup and forecast while drafting the roster? What about the element of contingency?
Traffic jam? Jangan cakap la alasan basi tu coz semua orang tahu about it sejak zaman sebelum bas mini lagi. But yesterday it’s still belum peak hours. Maybe mood a few bus operation staff not peaking up as usual…?
Remember the main reason why most people shun the bus services mentioned in my earlier posting? Well, those decision makers are the culprits who still want us to waste precious time with their inefficient schedules. Now it is very terang lagi bersuluh that our LRT service is of first world and the support system, especially the buses, represents the third world. Don’t point fingers at me yet but do think about it…
I really enjoyed the bus services in the first world countries like Japan (even Hong Kong) and a few in Europe that I’ve been to. Maybe di sini dia orang nak berbangga coz our services are better off than our neighbours Indonesia, Thailand and some part of the Philippine (jeepney’s the main stay). But what about Singapore? What about Hong Kong? As mentioned in my earlier posting, Singapore and Hong Kong are the nearest to us with very good bus service we can learn from.
To me the general formula is simple: Come up with a good schedule and operation staff must stick strictly to the timings, without any compromise. The driving public will be interested once they know that time loss taking the buses has been reduced drastically. Attract more passengers with time efficiency, not with new buses or young female drivers.
Over a year ago they started with the day ticketing system and I was very happy about it. Not so much about the saving or what nots but that’s the system being used in most first world countries. Take for example the public transport system in Italy, the last country I’ve been in Europe. There, you just buy a day use ticket at any appointed shops/stores and you are free to take (as many trips on) the trams and buses and a single journey on the train and LRTs.
Well… That’s why I was happy coz it’s similar to the first world countries system but alas, it’s short lived. They reverted to the old zoning system a few months ago. Why? A little & cheeky bird told me that it was due to complaints and lousy politicking. That’s the power of vested party's complaints and politics in our country eh?
Read my posting about attitude? If you had, then link attitude and what I’ve rambled above. Malaysia Boleh right? And in a friend’s posting about universities (somboonc.blogspot.com), it’s very clear that a few universities in Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and even Indonesia are far off better than us. Too much of grey matter migrating to the knee caps? That’s the offshoot of our loose enforcement and attitude problems? Think about it…
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Enforcement and attitude problem
Persoalan lazim dan basi timbul lagi pada sidang teh tarik last weekend. Entah dah berapa kali I kena ulang my opinion untuk persoalan itu. Berbanding negara luar, terutama negara maju yang pernah dilawati, masalah utama kita ialah kelemahan penguatkuasaan dan sikap kita. Itulah jawapan mudah mengenai masalah kita.
Enforcement
Lihat sajalah what happens when there’s weakness in enforcing dengan tegas segala apa undang-undang dan perkara yang sewaktu dengannya. Hasilnya ramai yang tidak takut untuk melanggar peraturan, undang-undang serta yang berkaitan.
On the road, ramai pemandu yang rabun warna di traffic lights, tak kenal lagi kotak kuning, lupa dunia bila memegang stereng dan entah apa lagi ragam jahanam. Mengapa? Sebab mereka dah tak takut dengan polis trafik dan undang-undang yang berkaitan.
Lihat sajalah keadaan di sekeliling yang semakin dicemari dengan gelagat negatif pekerja asing. Masuk ke kedai saja, 85% chances are you will be greeted by a non-Malaysian shop assistant & about 50% chances they don’t have proper documents. Why? Amat mudah untuk mendapatkan bot haram berulang alik ke mari kerana kelemahan pihak penguatkuasa di laut. Amat mudah juga untuk mereka menyamar sebagai pelancong dan masuk ke mari melalui jalan darat serta udara.
Tak percaya? Tanyalah sendiri pekerja asing yang kena tahan tanpa dokumen the way they came in. Well, I’ve done that a few times and their answer boils down to enforcement.
Bagitu juga dengan gelanggang lain seperti brader kastam, penghulu hutan, tauke perbandaran, bos bandaraya, awek kesihatan, pengawas JPJ & LPKP dan banyak lagi. Letih jika disenaraikan satu persatu di sini. Pergi sajalah di depan KLCC, sekitar Puduraya, bawah stesen monorel & taxi stands di Bukit Bintang sebagai contoh, mata kita akan berpesta melihat gelagat pemandu teksi yang tidak lagi takut dengan pelbagai undang-undang & peraturan yang perlu mereka patuhi.
Renungilah apa-apa kementerian & jabatan yang anda minati dan common denominator yang bakal anda dapati ialah persoalan kelemahan penguatkuasaan. Betul ke seperti dia orang kata hati orang Malaysia ni lembut sangat & mudah diambil kesempatan, terutama oleh orang asing?
Attitude
Ini satu lagi penyakit lazim. Kebanyakan kita belum ada lagi sikap yang perlu jika mahu menjadi negara maju, terutama menghargai masa.
Contoh mudah ialah usaha pihak berwajib di Lembah Klang untuk mengurangkan bilangan kenderaan di jalan raya. Baru-baru ini diumumkan kerajaan memperuntukkan sejumlah besar wang untuk meningkatkan sistem LRT dan bas bagi memenuhi keperluan masa depan. Boleh berjaya ke ni? Jawapannya for sure yes but, to me, dengan peratusan yang rendah kerana tidak boleh lagi mengatasi the argument of not wasting time using public transport due to its inefficiency.
Mengapa? Well… Sebelum meningkatkan sistem LRT, the support system yang menyedihkan dewasa ini perlu ditingkatkan dulu kerana masa passengers masih & banyak lagi terbuang.
‘Janji manis’ di dalam notis yang dipaparkan di dalam bas dan di tempat strategik, bas akan disediakan setiap 15 minit, 20 minit atau 30 minit, mengikut waktu dan hari. Apa agaknya alasan pihak berwajib akan beri about me tercegat di bus stop lebih setengah jam pada hari biasa? Bukan sekali dua but hampir once setiap minggu.
Jangan la beri alasan bas tersangkut dalam perjalanan kerana traffic jam. Ini alasan basi dan tak boleh diterima coz semua orang tahu hal traffic jam sejak zaman sebelum bas mini lagi. Dah tahu traffic jam, apa yang telah dilakukan to compensate the time loss? Bas tak cukup? Pemandu tak cukup? Planning lemah? Jika inilah antara alasan yang akan diberi, kita akan kerap & tetap mendengarnya pada masa akan datang… Inilah sikap kita.
Di Jepun, waktu laluan bas akan dipaparkan bagi kemudahan orang ramai kerana orang Jepun memang terkenal dengan sikap mereka menghargai masa. Paparan itu bukannya di stesen bas but at the bus stop di tepi jalan. If tertulis the next bus akan tiba at 3.23pm di depan my training centre, memang dijamin bas itu akan tiba tepat pada waktunya. Jika awal seminit dua, bas akan berhenti hingga 3.23pm sebelum meneruskan perjalanan. Why? Telah tertanam dalam budaya kerja mereka (serta di Eropah) untuk tidak menyusahkan pengguna perkhidmatan mereka.
Di Lembah Klang, senario pemandu masih relax menghabiskan teh tariknya walaupun pada waktu bas perlu memulakan perjalanannya masih boleh lagi dijumpai. Selain itu, budaya baru menaiki bas telah pun diamalkan dan boleh dilihat ketika waktu puncak. Pepatah yang ada: bukan KL jika tiada traffic jam. Pepatah baru: bukan naik bas KL jika tidak macam sardin.
Apa tidaknya, beberapa kali dalam sebulan saya kerap merasa ‘kemesraan’ dan ‘kehangatan’ lebih 70 penumpang di dalam bas pada waktu puncak sedangkan muatan yang dibenarkan hanya 69 penumpang. Tak payah elaborate la coz itu sikap kita kan?
Fikirkan la. Jangan salahkan orang awam yang enggan meninggalkan kereta mereka di rumah. Pokok persoalan is our public transport system still membuang banyak masa penumpang.
I don’t mind jika perlu bertugas ke luar negara terutama di negara maju. Alasan utama ialah sistem pengangkutan mereka yang cekap memudahkan membuat perancangan merayau ke mana-mana tanpa pembaziran masa kerana jadual berlepas & ketibaan bas, keretapi dan LRT mereka tepat pada masanya. Maklum saja, perlu menggunakan semua masa terluang untuk melihat negeri orang.
Anda tidak perlu pergi jauh untuk merasa menggunakan sistem pengangkutan awam yang cekap, terutama bas, kerana sistem di Singapura dan Hong Kong antara yang terbaik di rantau ini.
Itu hal puiblic transport. Sikap kita di bidang lain pun boleh tahan juga. Tentu anda biasa mendengar komen umum: selagi takde yang mati, selagi itu tiada tindakan diambil. What say you?
Enforcement
Lihat sajalah what happens when there’s weakness in enforcing dengan tegas segala apa undang-undang dan perkara yang sewaktu dengannya. Hasilnya ramai yang tidak takut untuk melanggar peraturan, undang-undang serta yang berkaitan.
On the road, ramai pemandu yang rabun warna di traffic lights, tak kenal lagi kotak kuning, lupa dunia bila memegang stereng dan entah apa lagi ragam jahanam. Mengapa? Sebab mereka dah tak takut dengan polis trafik dan undang-undang yang berkaitan.
Lihat sajalah keadaan di sekeliling yang semakin dicemari dengan gelagat negatif pekerja asing. Masuk ke kedai saja, 85% chances are you will be greeted by a non-Malaysian shop assistant & about 50% chances they don’t have proper documents. Why? Amat mudah untuk mendapatkan bot haram berulang alik ke mari kerana kelemahan pihak penguatkuasa di laut. Amat mudah juga untuk mereka menyamar sebagai pelancong dan masuk ke mari melalui jalan darat serta udara.
Tak percaya? Tanyalah sendiri pekerja asing yang kena tahan tanpa dokumen the way they came in. Well, I’ve done that a few times and their answer boils down to enforcement.
Bagitu juga dengan gelanggang lain seperti brader kastam, penghulu hutan, tauke perbandaran, bos bandaraya, awek kesihatan, pengawas JPJ & LPKP dan banyak lagi. Letih jika disenaraikan satu persatu di sini. Pergi sajalah di depan KLCC, sekitar Puduraya, bawah stesen monorel & taxi stands di Bukit Bintang sebagai contoh, mata kita akan berpesta melihat gelagat pemandu teksi yang tidak lagi takut dengan pelbagai undang-undang & peraturan yang perlu mereka patuhi.
Renungilah apa-apa kementerian & jabatan yang anda minati dan common denominator yang bakal anda dapati ialah persoalan kelemahan penguatkuasaan. Betul ke seperti dia orang kata hati orang Malaysia ni lembut sangat & mudah diambil kesempatan, terutama oleh orang asing?
Attitude
Ini satu lagi penyakit lazim. Kebanyakan kita belum ada lagi sikap yang perlu jika mahu menjadi negara maju, terutama menghargai masa.
Contoh mudah ialah usaha pihak berwajib di Lembah Klang untuk mengurangkan bilangan kenderaan di jalan raya. Baru-baru ini diumumkan kerajaan memperuntukkan sejumlah besar wang untuk meningkatkan sistem LRT dan bas bagi memenuhi keperluan masa depan. Boleh berjaya ke ni? Jawapannya for sure yes but, to me, dengan peratusan yang rendah kerana tidak boleh lagi mengatasi the argument of not wasting time using public transport due to its inefficiency.
Mengapa? Well… Sebelum meningkatkan sistem LRT, the support system yang menyedihkan dewasa ini perlu ditingkatkan dulu kerana masa passengers masih & banyak lagi terbuang.
‘Janji manis’ di dalam notis yang dipaparkan di dalam bas dan di tempat strategik, bas akan disediakan setiap 15 minit, 20 minit atau 30 minit, mengikut waktu dan hari. Apa agaknya alasan pihak berwajib akan beri about me tercegat di bus stop lebih setengah jam pada hari biasa? Bukan sekali dua but hampir once setiap minggu.
Jangan la beri alasan bas tersangkut dalam perjalanan kerana traffic jam. Ini alasan basi dan tak boleh diterima coz semua orang tahu hal traffic jam sejak zaman sebelum bas mini lagi. Dah tahu traffic jam, apa yang telah dilakukan to compensate the time loss? Bas tak cukup? Pemandu tak cukup? Planning lemah? Jika inilah antara alasan yang akan diberi, kita akan kerap & tetap mendengarnya pada masa akan datang… Inilah sikap kita.
Di Jepun, waktu laluan bas akan dipaparkan bagi kemudahan orang ramai kerana orang Jepun memang terkenal dengan sikap mereka menghargai masa. Paparan itu bukannya di stesen bas but at the bus stop di tepi jalan. If tertulis the next bus akan tiba at 3.23pm di depan my training centre, memang dijamin bas itu akan tiba tepat pada waktunya. Jika awal seminit dua, bas akan berhenti hingga 3.23pm sebelum meneruskan perjalanan. Why? Telah tertanam dalam budaya kerja mereka (serta di Eropah) untuk tidak menyusahkan pengguna perkhidmatan mereka.
Di Lembah Klang, senario pemandu masih relax menghabiskan teh tariknya walaupun pada waktu bas perlu memulakan perjalanannya masih boleh lagi dijumpai. Selain itu, budaya baru menaiki bas telah pun diamalkan dan boleh dilihat ketika waktu puncak. Pepatah yang ada: bukan KL jika tiada traffic jam. Pepatah baru: bukan naik bas KL jika tidak macam sardin.
Apa tidaknya, beberapa kali dalam sebulan saya kerap merasa ‘kemesraan’ dan ‘kehangatan’ lebih 70 penumpang di dalam bas pada waktu puncak sedangkan muatan yang dibenarkan hanya 69 penumpang. Tak payah elaborate la coz itu sikap kita kan?
Fikirkan la. Jangan salahkan orang awam yang enggan meninggalkan kereta mereka di rumah. Pokok persoalan is our public transport system still membuang banyak masa penumpang.
I don’t mind jika perlu bertugas ke luar negara terutama di negara maju. Alasan utama ialah sistem pengangkutan mereka yang cekap memudahkan membuat perancangan merayau ke mana-mana tanpa pembaziran masa kerana jadual berlepas & ketibaan bas, keretapi dan LRT mereka tepat pada masanya. Maklum saja, perlu menggunakan semua masa terluang untuk melihat negeri orang.
Anda tidak perlu pergi jauh untuk merasa menggunakan sistem pengangkutan awam yang cekap, terutama bas, kerana sistem di Singapura dan Hong Kong antara yang terbaik di rantau ini.
Itu hal puiblic transport. Sikap kita di bidang lain pun boleh tahan juga. Tentu anda biasa mendengar komen umum: selagi takde yang mati, selagi itu tiada tindakan diambil. What say you?
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