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Disasters and Malaysia’s readiness

The question begging to be answered is whether we are going to be professional enough to act when a disaster (natural or man-made) strikes.

That thought came into my mind when I was watching Mega cities: Mexico City over National Geography Channel in Astro.

Considering Mexico City is the world’s biggest city but at ground zero – on one side: one of the world’s most earthquake-prone hotspots, on the other: one of the world’s most active volcanoes and beneath their feet – a shaky foundation of landfill.… [Click to read the rest] “Disasters and Malaysia’s readiness”

Smelly Feet and Air-Conditioned Room

(Picture by John Shelley – source: www.jshelley.com/books/king.html)

We have gone through this at some point in our working life. Imagine this…

“You are doing work in your office, concentrating on a complicated formula on the screen and suddenly…there was a bad smell on the air.

You look up (to the air condition vent) and down (to your shoes, just to make sure you did not step on anything suspicious),

Nah..that’s

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RM100 isn’t much today

An interesting topic in The Star today and I must agree there that RM100 is indeed not much today but is it?

Now let’s see that again based on my daily expenses

A) When I was studying Law part time and working full time (almost 10 years ago)

Transportation: RM2.00 bus fare to and fro my house to KL (then I walk from the bus station to my work place, almost 5 kilometers away and walk again to the college – no wonder I was slim and very healthy then)

Food total: RM3.50 based on RM1.00 (“nasi lemak biasa” or 3 kari-puffs, either one for almost everyday!

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History 101: Morib, The Deserted But Fun Beach

morib beach plaque history world war 2 indian army

This World War 2 plaque in the centre of the Morib beach states the 46th Indian Beach Group landed in Morib on 9 Sept 1945 and handled 42,651 personnel, 3,968 vehicles and 11,224 tons of stores. It was reported that it took four days them to reach Kuala Lumpur as there was fierce resistance from the Japanese Army.

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Oh dear…English

I got this in my email this morning (author name not mentioned – copyright reserved respective authors)

English Part 1

Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.… [Click to read the rest] “Oh dear…English”

Blogging 101: Blogging Language – Important To Do It Correctly?

blogging language

Normally, I have never bothered with the language in anyone’s blog. Why should I? It is not my blog and everyone has their right to determine how they want to express themselves. Admittedly even my own blog is not perfect. It has spelling errors; critical grammar mistakes and sometimes sentences that do not make any sense.

To minimise spelling mistakes and grammar errors, what I do is that I would first type it in an MS Word. Do the spelling and grammar checks before posting. Most of the time, it works but not all the time. Comic source: http://www.cgu.edu

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Photography 101: Taking Great Photos With Digital Camera Part 2

Pineng Powerbank Online Shopping Battery Camera

When it comes to using digital cameras or smartphones, one of the key things that one must have is spare batteries or a power bank. Image source: Lazada

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Photography 101: Taking Great Photos With Digital Camera Part 1

Photography Digital Camera Photo Studio Flash

Sometimes it does not matter about the camera equipment or the subject matter but it is the right way of taking great photos. Photo by Alexander Dummer from Pexels

One of my friends borrowed my digital camera for some function. When I saw what he took, I just shook my head. It was boring and sad to say, with no creativity at all.

Maybe he was new to the world of photography and still learning the highs and lows of taking a good picture. Even, I am still learning with my 3.2 MP Fuji (basic) camera and still have a long way to go before considering myself as a pro.

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Blogging 101: When YB Lim Kit Siang Blogs, Old Style Blogging Rocks

Blogging Lim Kit Siang DAP Laptop Pakatan Harapan
After Shahrir’s “so-called” one-sided (and often testing our intelligence) blog, we have finally gotten one from the Opposition Party with YB Lim Kit Siang having joined the blogsphere and he is humble enough to ask his readers to call him “Kit”. Image source: Free Malaysia Today

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