Siem Reap

WOW...
I saw spider web building up here...
hmmmmm.....
for the siem reap trip, i would strongly suggest that the following links.

Artisans d’Angkor
The Killing Fields Memorial
Phnom Bakheng

End of Day 1

Day 2
Sunrise and the South Gate of Angkor Thom
The Striking Expression of Bayon
Baphuon, Phimeanakas and Elephant Terrace
Ta Prohm
Ta Keo
Angkor Wat
Nightlife in Town

End of Day 2

Day 3

Tonle Sap
Cultural Village and Apsara Dance
Nightlife in Town 2 & the Finale of Siem Reap

END.....

Thank you LCH for contributing the links above.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

One ship drives east and another drives west,
With the same winds that blow.
Tis the set of sails,
And not the gales,
That tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate.
As we vogaye along through life,
Tis set of a soul,
That decides its goal,
And not the calm, or the strife.

Day 1, Khmer Lunch

Welcome to the Kingdom of Cambodia..

Things to check when you reach the airport...
1) passport
2) usd

3) friends (they have more item no 2 than me)

Our first agenda would be having a Khemer lunch, which is quite similiar to the food we had in Malaysia.

Look at those hungry fellows... rushing their way to the restaurant.

Our first meal in Cambodia.

Vege?

Fish in Coconut

Popiah Salad

Yong Tomato

Tomatoes looks so cute, but you know ... one of us finished all 3 tomatoes. The rest of us was just able to get a sight of it only. Sigh....

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Where should I start?
Where should I start?

Of course!!!
Thank the organisers.

lch, kkk, kjz, bobo, ypc, ivy, for organising this trip to Siem Reap.

Before I leave to Siem Reap, I was wondering why are we going there? I only know one thing about it.... Angkor Wat !!! he he he he...

The organisers told me just pack my clothes, bring my passport, USD 100, camera and myself would be sufficient. Too my suprise ... that is true. NO other things is required.

Well, I will elaborate more in the next post. Till then enjoy this photo that lch took at the top of Phnom Bakheng.

Famine 30

This is my first time participating in this event, well actually I just knew about it few months ago. Did not know what to expect from it and what to do when I registered myself as a volunteer helper for the event.

I arrived at the stadium at 7am, I was told that I was to lead a group for the coming 30hours. About 90% of the group leaders were given two days of training, and they know what to do and expect from the group members. For me, I was only given a 30 minutes, super crash course of the training.

Since I was told that the it was a bilingual [English + Mandarin] event, I was hoping that I was to be leading a English group. But there were no more vacancy in the English groups, I was to lead a mandarin speaking group. Since I am able to speak a little bit of mandarin, I accepted the position, that is not the toughest part. The toughest part came in, when I realized that the handouts are written in Chinese!!

LKY and CWM explained the handouts to me line by line. Thank you very much for your help. Since I do not have any handouts (English) to refer, I would have to memorize the explanations that I heard.

The participant arrived!! I was so anxious and hoped that no one will enter my group. While waiting for the participant, I realized that participant may choose which group they would like to enter. Luckily YPC, LSH, WSL participated in the event as well, I fished them to my group. But I was not allowed to have my own group of 3, I need to have 17 people before I can have my own group. Thanks to YPC who helped to gather the rest of the group members.

If you did participated in the camp, you might remember the activities that was held.

1) The importance of having clean water.
2) Shelter.
3) Balance diet.


Activity 1,


Participant will tie a wet string across their body connected to the participant beside him/her, then all 18 participant will move around and try to reach the string in the center. They will felt that the wet string crawling all around their back.


Explanation:


Having clean and unpolluted water is important, we are very lucky to have a clean water supply, there are many who depends on pond as their main source of water supply, even they know that the pond infested with guinea worms but they have no choice but to drink rather than to be dehydrated.


The guinea worm will remain in their body, and grow as time goes on. The worm will grow up to 3 feet long and then will try to make a hole near the feet of the victim. The victim will then need to consult a Dr (if he/she is lucky to meet one) to remove the worm out of their body.


Activity 2,


Participants were given 20 minutes to design and construct a house made of newspaper.

Explanation:

From the second activity, it shows that throughout the world, many are still living in poverty, whole family stays in a small and unsafe house made of plastic cover, branches, and etc etc. The small house may be with the area of around 4 meter square will be their living room, dining room, bedroom, and kitchen.


What if, there is a heavy rain or in a windy day and what will happen to their houses? Still standing strong?


Activity 3:

Participants were given two blank sheets of paper and were required to fill in what they would like to have for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Explanation:

After they filled in, random picture were selected from the envelope and stick on to the paper. It compare the food you desire and the food obtained by the less fortunate. Blank sheets means, NO FOOD. Some food ate by them are polluted, expired, left overs by others.

Certificates to group members.





Breaking the 30 hour Fast.










I apologize to my group members for lack of experience and preparation I had for this event. Last but not list, thank you LKY, CWM, YPC, LSH and WSL for your endless help during the entire event.

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Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon

Billed as the “world’s toughest mountain race”, the annual Climbathon is not for the faint-hearted as competitors race their way to the summit of Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in South East Asia. Kinabalu towers 4,095m (13,500ft) into the sky and usually takes about two days to ascend; Climbathon competitors aim to cover the 21km (13 miles) course is under three hours.

Kilian Jornet Burgada, 19, became the youngest winner of the 21km race up and down the 4,095m mountain when he won the men’s open with his time of 2:39:10.
Amador, 35, posted a time of 2:47:32, however he won a 24-carat gold pendant for being the first to reach the summit.Fulvio finished in 2:49:36, while the best Malaysian finisher was Safrey Sumping, 24, who came in fourth in 2:49:56.

In the women’s category on Saturday, 34-year-old Monica Ardid, 34, finished ahead of Anna Serra Salame, winning the race in 3:44:08. Third was two-time champion, Malaysian Danny Kuilin Gongot.

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MEN
WOMEN
MEN VETERAN

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RM 1000

2ND
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RM 800

3RD
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Man shoplifts believing supermarket belongs to him

He was charged in a magistrate’s court with shoplifting two bottles of gin worth RM91.98 from a supermarket but the 53-year-old man was under the delusion that the supermarket belonged to him.

He claimed that “I didn’t steal. I heard voices telling me to go and take the bottles. The supermarket is mine, how can that be considered stealing?”

He said this when he was called up Tuesday at a magistrate’s court after a psychiatric report on him was tendered.

However, insisted that he wished to plead guilty to the charge of stealing two bottles of Rose Mary Churchill Dry Gin from the Giant supermarket in Penang Plaza, Burmah Road, at 12.35pm on July 2.

This prompted the court to explain to him that his psychiatric report had established he was of unsound mind and unaware of his offence and that he would be sent to stay at the psychiatric hospital.

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Perak calls off biofuel plant project

First the airport!!
Now the Biofuel plant.
What is the menteri besar trying to do??
throwing out all the investors in perak?

well fyi it's a big project costing RM1.4bil (US$400mil).

strange huh??

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Brand name such as DELL, HP, TIMBERLAND even STAPLES and many more items for family and friends and for you as well.

Make a wishlist of your household family members and think of the most amazing gift you would buy for them, if you could. Don't forget the pets!

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Malaysia TOP 10

1. Myvi
2. Iswara
3. Kancil
4. Vios
5. Avanza
6. Wira
7. Kelisa
8. Waja
9. Gen2
10. City

The list shown da top 10 best seller cars for the first half of 2007.
Looks like da old faithful Iswara, Kancil and Wira are still standing strong in the top ten since decades ago.
Bravo !!
Bravo !!

obtained from Motor Trader which they refered to Volumes for Top Ten best-sellers include variants. Data source - Malaysian Automotive Association .

Biker fails to notice missing leg

A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for more than a mile, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to a hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

The man was really enjoying his ride, till he don't even felt the pain!!!

Sultan Azlan Shah airport upgrade is off

The plan to upgrade the terminal building and lengthen the runway of the under-utilised Sultan Azlan Shah Airport is off.

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali said this was because the state government was concerned that money spent on the project might not generate the growth needed to boost economic activities in Ipoh and Perak.

We need to look at other alternatives,” he said yesterday after attending a day with customers of Perak Tengah district office here, about 45km from Ipoh.
The airport in Ipoh is currently under-utilised, with only twice weekly flights from Ipoh to Medan.

Tajol Rosli pointed out that it would cost some RM70mil to lengthen the current runway to accommodate a Boeing 737, which could only ply the Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh route.
“This would not generate the growth needed for Ipoh.

He added that it would cost some RM309mil to upgrade the airport to allow an A320 Airbus to land with a limited fuel load, but the aircraft would not be able to fly to foreign destinations like Bangkok, Jakarta and Madras.

“So the airport will still be used only for the Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur sector,” he said.
One alternative, he said, was to build an airport near the town here, which would benefit the surrounding towns of Tronoh and Batu Gajah too.

“When the highway to Lumut is completed, then foreigners could even be drawn into buying second homes near here or in Pangkor Island,” he said.



Well, they might as well just close down then entire airport since it's under-utilised, use that piece of land to do some other useful stuff !!!
He was the one who suggested that the airport will be upgraded, when the upgrade is approved, he dun want !!

If the airport is not upgraded, FOREVER there will be no planes bigger than 737 can land in the airport!!

HOW can airlines plan for any international routes for ipoh if the airport is not upgraded ??
then blames will go to the airlines again n again for not making ipoh one of their destination.

Petrol kiosks to operate 24/7

Wat da hell?
operating hours from 7am to 10pm?
supermarket?
mini market?
or da restaurant near your house?

They are talking about Petrol kiosks !!!
The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister, did the right thing for not allowing the Petroleum Dealers Association to do what they want. Their claims are not logical at all.

Closing these kiosks at 10pm would jeopardise the interests of the people and the economy!!
Means no more night travelling, if really so happen you car run out of petrol.. too bad, just leave your car where it is and wait till the Petrol kioks opens at 7am.

Man threw his wife off a 10th-floor flat

The man who allegedly threw his wife off a 10th-floor flat has two other wives living with him.

The 41-year-old woman, who died on the spot, was the man's first wife.

It is believed that the man was under the influence of alcohol when he threw his wife from the flat during a fight at 5.30pm on Sunday.

The woman's 87-year-old grandmother, who was trying to stop the fight, died of a heart attack after seeing her granddaughter being thrown off the block of flats.

WHAT IS HAPPENING??????
I thought those only happen in movies??
In real life, such ridiculous things happen.

Proton Persona

Well the loooooooong awaits so call new model of proton is finally launched.

Not much suprise at all.
Wait till you have a look at the car, you might even be dissapointed.
For a start..
ok ok.. everyone here know Proton Gen2 right?
ok imagine gen2 ... take away the aeroback, and replace it with a sedan.



and ....walah...
ladies and gentlemen,
persona is made..




Persona 1.6 Auto H-Line: RM54,186.50 + RM1,613.50 = RM55,800.00
Persona 1.6 Manual M-Line: RM48,342.50 + RM1,457.50 = RM49,800.00
Persona 1.6 Auto M-Line: RM51,264.50 + RM1,535.50 = RM52,800.00
Persona 1.6 Manual Base-Line: RM43,671.50 + RM1,327.50 = RM44,999.00
Persona 1.6 Auto Base Line: RM46,593.50 + RM1,405.50 = RM47,999.00
Persona 1.6 Manual Base-Line: RM44,095.50 + RM1,353.50 = RM45,449.00
Persona 1.6 Auto Base-Line: RM47,017.50 + RM1,431.50 = RM48,449.00

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Pet Cemetery

what happen?
what happen?
this blog was abandon for so long.
i even found some spiderwebs hanging around when i login.
hehehehehe

anyway anyone of you heard of pet cemetery???

Well the 20,000 sq feet cemetery is exclusively for cats and dogs. As many pet owners were children, the cemetery was designed with a children’s theme park in mind.

Workers will pick up the remains of the animal from home, place it in a sealed body bag and send it to the cemetery where specialists would disinfect the body before placing the animal into a specially-made coffin.

The animal will be buried within 24 hours and a tombstone will be erected.