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April 2011

Tech News 101: 1Email, The Worst Case Scenarios

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(Dealing with “not so up-to-date with the latest servants on official business can be tricky at times – especially when things are not so clear like the use of free, secured emails for official communications. Image source: Flickr)

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Religion 101: Doubtful Holy Man Encounters

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(When it comes to holy man, Sathya Sai Baba, one of ‘s most influential spiritual leaders would come to mind. He breathed his last at a hospital funded by his organisation in his home town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh last Sunday. He was 85. Image source: http://www.kevinrdshepherd.info)

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Driving Skills 101: Unfortunately Raining Idiots on Highway

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(The scary part when you are driving in heavy rain is that you are not being sure whether the sight of a dark item in the middle of the is a car still moving or a car has hit the barrier and is lying in the middle of the road)

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Elections 101: Sarawak State Elections, The Outcome

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Taib Mahmud at helms again but Pakatan had some good gains as well. Image via Wikipedia

Personally, the final outcome of the Sarawak election was kind of disappointing though – it would have been nice if the opposition had denied the two-third majority and put the ruling under a microscope but still it was a good run for the oppositions.

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Elections 101: Sarawak State Elections, The Spins

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(Taib Mahmud and his unexplained growth in wealth is the focus of the opposition in Sarawak State . It will be difficult for Najib & BN to justify Taib continuing his hold on the powers in . More so after hard evidence of native land grab – estimated 70,000 hectares, an area which is larger than Singapore and luxury properties abroad under Taib and Taib’s family members starts to emerge. Image source: http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com)

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Tamil Movie Review – Yuddham Sei 2011

This was one of the most waited movies in my list for 2011!

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(I love the camera angles in this movie – sitting down at the spot where his sister was kidnapped, contemplating on how to find her. Image source: Indiaglitz)

Sometimes, we can determine a good movie upfront by seeing who is the director of the movie – throw some names like Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and in Tamil movie scene, Shankar (although he screwed up his last movie), Mani Ratnam, Gautham Menon and many more up into the air and you can be assured that you going to see a movie that is not only entertaining but well made and with the right storyline.

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Parenting 101: Leaving Innocent Children Home Alone

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I don’t know whether it is a case of recklessness or plain ignorance but I get very angry when I see parents not taking care of their children in the right manner

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(The 2 children focusing on the cabin light. If both parents have to go, take the kids with them – they are still awake and is able to walk or if have to leave them behind, one of the adults should stay back as well to take care of them but never, never leave them alone more so in a car with the engine still running. P.s. the video looks dark due to this)

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