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Money 101: Best Things I Ever Bought Via Online Shopping Part 1

Online Shopping eStore Lazada Shopee

My first experience with dates back to the year 2013 with me purchasing phone accessories from IPMart and this was way before online shopping was the norm. Back then shopping at or was something totally new and there were not many options available. Fast forward to , it is a totally different story. Infographic source: Midec / Exabytes

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TV Shows 101: Reviewing Amazing Star Trek TV Series That I Have Watched – Part 1

Star Trek Captain TV Series Kirk Picard Janeway

One of the positive things that came out from the prolonged at hone is the available time to watch the long due TV on Netflix and I picked to complete all series from the very first 1960s that started it all to the latest shows that keep the brilliant Gene Roddenberry’s live today – to go to boldly go where no man has gone before. Image source: SYFY

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National Security 101: Rohingyas’ Braven, Illegal Encroachment

Gertak Sanggul Rohingyas Penang Google Map

It looks like Rohingyas are creating another large illegal settlement up North of . is a village on the southwest of Penang Island and is approximately 30 kilometres from the state capital, Georgetown. The main here is agriculture, fisheries and pig farming. Image source: Google Map

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mesmerising Nallavarkkellam by Great Ilaiyaraaja 1978

T.M. Soundararajan TMS Tamil Song Stamp MSV

If you look at the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s scenes, (TMS) was the top male singer, singing a reported 10,138 songs from 3,162 films and over 11 different languages. Image source: Wikipedia

However, when Ilayaraaja came into the industry, TMS was not keen to sing for him. Apparently, he did not think highly of this “new” director. If not mistaken, he only sang about 7 songs for the maestro so it is rather rare to find TMS singing for ‘s composition.

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Outbreak 2021: I Finally Got My First COVID19 Vaccination Done

vaccine vaccination COVID19

It is said that as of 17th July , based on the progress around the world, it is estimated that 1 billion has been full vaccinated whilst 1.04 billion people have been partially vaccinated. One of the plus points in recent days is that is leading on the number of daily doses administrated per 100 people. Chart source: Our World In Data / Mathieu, E., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E. et al

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Malaysia 101: Critical Political Satires by Sage Hero That Nails the Point

Satire Funny Parody

Cambridge defines satire as a way of criticizing or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point or a piece of writing that uses this style. Image source: Austin Kleon/Flickr

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji Ganesan’s Tearful & Moving Engey Nimmathi by MS Viswanathan 1964

Puthiya Paravai Engey Nimmathi Tamil Sivaji MSV Viswanathan

(meaning New Bird) was a that was produced and acted by the Nadigar Thilagam, Sivaji Ganesan. It was ‘s maiden movie that he produced under his own production company, Sivaji Productions. Image source: Smule

It is reported that Puthiya Paravai is a remake of an earlier Bengali which is itself inspired by the film Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958).

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History 101: Japanese Fascinating Tactical War in Malaya & Singapore 1941

Singapore Burning Japanese World War 2 Colin Smith Tactics Books

If one wants to read about the attack on Malaya and subsequently stronghold in the Far East, and how they won the battle, this book titled “Singapore Burning: Heroism And Surrender In World War II” by Colin Smith is a great read.

The 620++ pages analyses in the detail the British High Command’s decisions and blunders that caused the fall of Singapore causing almost 85,000 Allied soldiers to be captured as prisoners of war.

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Technology 101: Our Brave Fire Rescue Service

Fire Rescue Truck Bomba

Red has been the universal colour of fire rescue trucks all around the world whilst yellow or green is the usual colour for fire rescue trucks stationed at airports (as it is more visible in low lights). Image source: Wikiwand

Some of them are capable of carrying up to 17,000 litres of water in the truck. Given the vast types of truck manufacturers and fire fighting equipment suppliers, every country had its unique fire trucks based on the infrastructure and fire fighting missions.

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Customer Service 101: KFC, Please Buck Up Your First Level Customer Service!

Customer Service Fast Food KFC

What constitutes good service? According to this website, there are 8 rules that need to adhere to if a wants to provide good with the very first rule being to answer your phone. Infographic source: The Balance

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mesmerising Kovil Mani Osai by Great Ilaiyaraaja 1978

Kizhakke Pogum Rail Tamil Song Kovil Mani Osai Ilaiyaraaja 1978

Kizhakke Pogum Rail (transl. Eastbound Train) is a 1978 Indian -language romantic drama , directed by Bharathiraja, starring newcomers Sudhakar and Raadhika. The film had a musical score and songs by and was released on 10 August 1978. Image source: Amazon

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Malaysia 101: Bold Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz Shoots Down National Recovery Plan

National Recovery Plan Rafidah Aziz COVID19

A couple of weeks ago, the announced a 4 phased recovery plan which immediately was heavily criticised by many sectors of the public, businesses and ex-Ministers like Tan Sri as inadequate and lacking a proper strategy in other areas of the and national development. Infographic source: Malay Mail

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