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History 101: Remembering Childhood Grand KTMB Diesel Locomotives

Class 93 China Locomotive Train KTMB Public Transport

KTMB operates a number of locomotives manufactured by different manufacturers & countries and one of the most modern ones would be the slick 19 units of Class 93, Electric Intercity and Komuter trains manufactured by CRRC Zhuzhou , China. It is capable of achieving speeds up to 180 kilometres per hour although my recent experience had the running at a moderately slow speed. Image source: Wikipedia.

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National Security 101: Sulu Dubious Claim – Countering Wrong & Fake Information

Sulu Lahad Datu Intrusion Military National Security

Sulu heirs basically shot themselves in the leg for any legal claims when 235 Sulu militants decided to invade in 2013 which saw 68 of these terrorists killed and 10 of the brave Malaysian forces losing their life. Imagine the gall of these terrorists now wanting to claim billions of from the Malaysian after all the murders they have committed. Image source: Lelarentaka

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Home Makeover 101: Part 1 – Upgrading The Tired Home: The Planning

Home House Makeover Living Room

After a long tiring day, all we want to do is to come back to a warm, clean, comfortable where we can lay back in a corner, put a relaxing Illayaraaja classic and have a good book in our hands. But the reality of things especially when we have very little time to clean up, organise and run out of storage, the can be in a terrible mess & uncomfortable. Image source: Pexel/Photo by Donald Tong

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Telugu Song 101: RRR’s Oscar Winning Naatu Naatu – Best Dance Movement

SS Rajamouli, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Junior NTR, RRR, Telugu

Koduri Srisaila Sri or S.S. Rajamouli have made 3 consecutive, Pan Indian blockbusters namely 2015’s Baahubali: The Beginning, 2017’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and 2022’s which makes him the highest grossing Indian director of all time. RRR is still making waves in the international arena and won multiple awards including the Oscars. Image source: Wikimedia.

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Democracy 101: V for Vendetta – Brilliant Lessons Learned For Layman

V for Vendetta, Guy Fawkes,

One of the iconic symbols from the , is the Guy Fawkes mask has been adopted by many protesters fighting the and also by the famous hacking group, Anonymous. Image source: IMDB

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Parliament 101: What Is The Role Of A Strong Opposition In A Democracy?

parliament MPs opposition democracy

In a matured democracy, the serves many purposes and one of the key components to prove that democracy is alive & kicking is the role played by the side of the . Without a strong Opposition to keep the Government on its toes, the Parliament will be is nothing but a mere rubber stamp to all the nonsense that the Government will do. Image source: The Net

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Military 101: FA-50 Fighting Eagles Light Combat Jet Fighter Finalised For Malaysia’s RMAF

KAI F-50 FA-50 RMAF Korean Jet Fighter

The “Fighting Eagle” which started as an advanced trainer, T-50 is a joint venture between South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries with US-based Lockheed Martin and is in primarily in the South Air Force with 60 fighter jets and in all South East Asia countries except Singapore & Brunei. Image source: Wikipedia

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Personal 101: Mystery Water Leak & The Living Room Got Flooded Heavily

Water leak disruption tap dry Selangor Bunker

leaking in the can be a nightmare for anyone and personally, we have experienced water leaks in the past before and this was mainly from the rooftop water tank which we end up having to replace twice & one was from rainwater through gaps between roof tiles. Waterproofing the main areas of the bathrooms will be the next project at . Photo by PS Photography from Pexels.  

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Project Management 101: Working Hard From Home – Benefits & Detriments

Working from home old office

One of the key factors in deciding the best workplace these days is -life balance and despite many workplaces in being capable of coming up with some concessions to have a good balance between work & life, they more often insist on a 9 am to 5 pm timeline.

This was the case until the pandemic decided to shake things up at the workplace with strict lockdowns & introduced the concept of (). Image source: Internet

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Malaysian Movie Review 101: Air Force: The Movie 2022 – Powerful But Failed Expectations

PASKAU Air Force RMAF Special Force

One of the key elements of the Royal Malaysian Air Force () that is often not in the limelight is the branch’s special force unit called Pasukan Khas Udara or in short and they handle special warfare, search & rescue & coverage missions. It is said that PASKAU received training from the UK’s famed Special Air (SAS) and the US Special Operations Forces (SOF). Image source: Wikipedia

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mouna Ragam’s Hopeful Sad Mandram Vandha Song 1986

Mouna Ragam Mani Ratnam Revathi Karthik

One of three of ‘s classic, epic of the , and 1990s is the 1986 Mouna Ragam which means the Silent Symphony and stars Mohan, Revathi, Karthik & the very funny V. K. Ramasamy. It is a love story that has 2 parts –one is a current that tells of a forced marriage and another is a flashback tragic love story. Image source: Amazon.

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Things To Make Life Easier At Home

home solar environment green energy

Solar panels on the roofs of every home will go a long way to reducing the cost of energy in this country but we have yet to have the space or the money for this project for now. However, there are other things we did that improved productivity and cut costs at home. Image source: http://www.eurocosm.com/

Disclaimer: Making things easy at does not mean they will be cheap. Some “investments” will be required.

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