One Needs Charisma To Compete On Top

As I am watching the match between Lin Dan and Taufik Hidayat (Thomas Cup Final 2010).

I find that charisma is not just something which will give you better edge, it is a must.

The reason is because with technology advances, people will equal in terms of physical strengths.

Without charisma, it is hard to maintain the pressure.

Check out the match.

福报的颜色

福报真是一种很特别的东西。

福报可能是佛教的名词。

于我的人生经验，福报是很重要的。

你如果有大福报，很容易就有大成就。

也许很多人会说，为什么某某人，抽烟了一生人，还是没有问题？但是现在的医学不是强调抽烟对健康有一定的影响？

我觉得这也是福报的奥妙。

福报不足，必须积福。

千万不可以享尽福报。

如何积福？除了做善事，我觉得我们还可以多贡献。就是多付出。

佛光山的三好运动也可以积福。 说好话，做好事，存好心。

千万不可以享尽福报。

Tony Pua - Stagnating income, increasing cost and weak infrastructure.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua highlighted a three-cornered situation that many Malaysian urbanites were trapped in – stagnating income, increasing cost and weak infrastructure.

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I totally agreed.

10 years ago, a fresh graduate with ICT capabilities can get about RM 1,600.00 to RM 2,200.00.

Engineers will be able to command higher pay like RM 2,200 to RM 2,500.

And today. It is still the same, if not lower.

I don't think that Malaysian (those people around me) has improved in terms of competitiveness, but we have improved in terms of coping with new trends such as adoption of online social interactions, politic debating and etc.

I think we need to eat less, spend less, travel less and improve quality of life by means of non-materialistic realization.

How ? Such as going picnic with love ones by eating air and kisses. Do you reckon ?

牺牲自己，自己吃亏

牺牲自己，自己吃亏，才能得到自在。

Ip Man 2 - The Best Movie of 2010 So Far

Write in mandarin first (translate later). Certain things are more meaningful in Chinese (don't know why)..

带父母去看叶问2，我不只说一流，还说再忙也一定要去看。

我爱上了银幕上的1950年代的香港。我觉得我是属于以前的人。

那种真实的爱情，有饭吃饭，有粥吃粥的夫妻感情。太羡慕了。。

那种朋友的义气，现在不是没有，只是过时了。你现在做人有义气，人家还说你是弱者。现在的义气，要以不同的方式去付出，就好像你娟钱，但是不要登报纸。

练武功，就好像修行 （修佛）。 是一种意识，是一种人生大事，是一种做人必须做的事。

叶问的谦虚，毅志力等等，有一种修行的味道，是终生无悔，遗憾覆灭的人生之道。

这套电影最令我感动的是 。。。 它啦出了我的感情（男人泪）。

现在的人真的太忙了，忙什么 ？ 忙社会渐渐减少的出人头地的机会。

停一停吧，至少出看看叶问2。

母亲节快了！

English version..

Took my parents for Ip Man 2 (for mother's day). One Utama at 11:30am still had plenty of parking space at the fourth floor.

This is by far the best movie of 2010. Thumbs up!

It is a story which centers around the the lives of chinese people around 1950, shortly after world war 2 which was considered as modern Hong Kong under British rule.

I am in love with the lifestyle of the people during that time, and I always like to believe that I belong to the past. I just got here by time machine.

Life were simple, love were real.

Simple life doesn't necessary means poor life, it is like if you have eaten too much, should you eat again or just because you have to eat 3 meals per day ? I really like to bet that people those days don't have the habit of eating 3 meals, that is perhaps they were healthier.

Friendship based on integrity was a rule of thumb. This concept of life is still in existence, but it is regarded as obsolete and practitioners will most likely be regarded as weak and ineffective. If you still believe in it, you got to do it behind the scenes.

Practicing martial arts is like spiritual cultivation. It is a meaning of life, or something which you must do before you die.

The movie character Ip Man lives his life with humbleness, integrity and strong determination. Money will never supersede meanings. This is a way of life which I think will leave you without regrets. It is a great way of life.

The best part of this movie is that it really brings the emotions out of me.

We are just about 60 years forward, and things are so different now. That is why the movie is worth it.

Everybody is busy trying grab the ever dwindling opportunities in the society. Perhaps we can all stop for a while and go watch Ip Man 2 to the least.

Happy mother's day!

Why is diabetes a threat to kidneys ?

Taken from NKF Newsletter (2010 Issue 1) - PP9314/08/2010 (025329)

Millions of blood vessels act as filter inside a kidney. Their job is to remove waste products from the blood. When blood vessels in the kidneys are injured, kidneys cannot clean the blood properly. The body will retain more water and salt than it should, which can result in weight gain and ankle swelling. Also, waste materials will not be filtered out of the blood any longer.

The tiny filters in the kidneys are damaged and the kidneys can slowly fail. If permanent kidney failure develops this would be fatal unless the affected person receives a kidney transplant or long term dialysis treatment.

The religion that will do that for you is the best religion - By Dalai Lama

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Whatever makes you

• more compassionate,
• more sensible,
• more detached,
• more loving,
• more humanitarian,
• more responsible,
• more ethical.”

“The religion that will do that for you is the best religion”

Vick Ryan NEEDs Financial Assistance

Vick Ryan Vitus, was born on 22nd May 2007, at Hospital Likas, Kota Kinabalu. The third child of three siblings, Vick Ryan use to be an active and cheerful kid, though shrouded with an uncertain future.

At the age of less than four months, Vick Ryan was rushed to Likas Children's Hospital for lung infection, commonly known as pneumonia. Since that date, Likas Hospital is a second home for Vick Ryan. Vick Ryan’s parent was told by Doctors that he was a child that are “sensitive with small thorax”.

On 27th November 2009, Vick Ryan life has changed completely. After several days of fever and cough, he become breathless and turn “blue”. He was rushed to the Damai Specialist Center, to be treated by Pediatrician, Dr. Jeffery Soon. Immediately, Dr. Jeffery Soon refers Vick Ryan to Likas Hospital with diagnosis of Pneumonia and Asphyxiating Thoracic dystrophy (Jeune's Syndrome).

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Sacrifice Vs Trying Your Best

If I want to change the world, I have to sacrifice, not just trying my best.

It Is High Time To Live Frugally

Five billionaires who are reportedly to live frugal lifestyles.

I think now is high time to explore such possibility.

Technology is getting cheaper, thus you actually don't have to pay a lot more to get similar high tech stuff. The casualty will be the vendors, however if vendors can practice the same frugal lifestyles, then all will be balance back ?

Sometimes it is also important to mix with the right group of friends; frugal friends.

Just Had A Hair Cut

I need to try to look my best...

because....

Sometimes people thinks that you offended them for not doing so.

na... just a joke.

Just had a hair-cut.

Actually my hair is really hard to maintain, coz it is rough.

Cervical Cancer Basics

Taken from Makna Neoplasia (Newsletter) Issue 3/2009.

Cervical cancer begins with cancerous cells that grow on the surface of the cervix, the passageway that connects a woman's uterus to the vagina. We now know that infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the primary risk factor for cervical cancer, but not all women with HPV infection will develop cancer.

 Common risk factors

It has been published that women who don't get screened are the ones who are at highest risk. The high risk category also includes women who have weak immune systems (due to HIV infection, for example) and those who smoke.

Cervical Cancer Symptoms: What to look for ?

Women should tell their doctors or gynecologists if they see the following symptoms of cervical cancer:

- Unusual bleeding (such as spotting between periods, bleeding after menopause, bleeding after sexual intercourse, or bleeding after a vaginal exam or douching. You should also look for unusual vaginal discharge and signs of pain in the pelvic region.

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KIA Forte - Looks Good

The reason I think this car is cool is because it supports the idea of spend less for more.

Check out reviews by PaulTan.org.

The cheapest model is 1.6 L costing RM 75,800.00 while the 2.0 L model costs only RM 93,800.00. Check out details here.

But honestly, I don't really fancy the name Forte. While I think the brand of NAZA sound cooler than KIA.

It is categorized as small-car and rivals with Honda Civic, Toyota Altis, Mazda 3 and etc.

And it doesn't seem to offer fully manual transmission,except that it offers semi manual transmission.

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Nevertheless, even if I want to buy it, it will still be like at least 9 months away. By that time, perhaps there will be another cooler automobile out in the market.

So, this is definitely not my priority.

KL To Puchong - Rapid KL Bus Number 69

I sent my car for service today and decided to take bus to office (Bandar Puteri Puchong). This is for two reasons:

1. Take a break, do some photography
2. If I take a taxi from Kelana Jaya LRT station to Bandar Puteri Puchong, it will cost me RM 20.00 per trip.

I have to take a bus from Klang bus stand near Pasar seni.

The bus to take is Rapid KL No.69

Dayabumi complex and the post office HQ. The best part of the post office is the car park, which if you dare, you can actually enter the car park and drive all the way and exit to somewhere in Jalan Parlimen. It is fun. But honestly, I haven't tried it as driver. Will do that one day if it is still available.

This is Klang Bus Stand.

This is how Rapid KL Buses look like.

The bus fare per trip is RM 3.00

It will travel to Brickfields, then into federal highway (briefly), then into Old Klang Road, jalan puchong and that is it.

Actually if you are traveling with LRT, you can take the bus from Brickfields (KL Sentral stop).

Open Response to 'It's Terribly Lonely To Be Single'

Refer to 'It's Terrible Lonely To Be Single'.

I don't believe in the idea of 'first-rated woman'.

This world and especially our society, needs to creatively find ways to live quality lifestyles, by all means of solving the problems with low incomes, traffic jams and etc.

Technology can help.

Believing... Is Probably The Only Thing that Matters

Believe, is not something which you can describe easily.

If you believe in ideals, it doesn't mean that you are striving for perfection, which most people understand that it doesn't exist in this world.

But yet, if you don't believe, you are probably just breathing the air, without living the moment.

You got to believe.

Believing is probably the only thing that matters, without, you can't make a dent.

Mammograms May Actually Boost the Risk of Breast Cancer in Some High-risk Women

Taken from Makna Neoplasia (newsletter) issue 3/2009.

Dutch researchers analysed six previously published studies, four examining the effect of low-dose radition exposure from mammography among women with the genetic mutation boosting breast cancer risk and tow looking at the effect of radition from screening in women with a family history of breast cancer.

"Women who were exposed before the age of 20 had a 2.5 times increased risk of breast cancer," said Martine Jansen-van der Weide, an epidemiologist and researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen, in the Netherlands. So did women with five or more exposures.

We cannot say for sure for or against mammograms but while many medical experts still recommend regular mammograms, which take an x-ray like photograph of the breast, to detect small tumours, opposition to the practice is growing.

You have options Tumours that grow in the breast are fed by blood vessels generated by the cancer, this means that those blood vessels are not controlled by the automatic nervous system like the rest of the blood vessels in the breast. A non-invasive and no-squishing method for detecting masses in the breast is available. Ask your doctor about a new method called thermography, that uses thermal imaging to detect "hot spots" in the breast.

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A Will To Survive: Ovarian Cancer

This is taken from Makna Neoplasia (newsletter) issue 3/2009.

Puan Hamidah Binti Abu Bakar, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 51. The early symptoms she felt were dismissed as normal signs of aging woman. Her distended stomach, lack of breath and appetite eventually made her uncomfortable that she sought a doctor's opinion. In Feb 2006, a blood test and a CT scan proved positive that Puan Hamidah is affected with ovarian cancer and shockingly, it had progressed to Stage 4. Nevertheless, Puan Hamidah had no choice but to face facts and began her treatment as a cancer patient.

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Kopitiam at around 7:30am (Bandar Puteri Puchong)

This is the kopitiam at around 7:30am. There was virtually no one there. But I was there.

It has a economical vegetarian stall. As for non-vegetarian, the dried pan-mee is good, and I also think the fish head meehoon is good as well. It used to have a Thai style stall which I think the fried rice was good, but has shifted to elsewhere.

It is just opposite PappaRich Bandar Puteri Puchong. If you don't know where is Bandar Puteri Puchong, it is where Citibank is.


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You can find me here (around this area) most of the time whenever I am around the office.

Lee Chong Wei - Superb

Lee Chong Wei won the All England finally.

Simply superb.