Nice Joke from Badawi to Us
The word “Us” in the title is probably a reference to the normal Malaysian citizens.

Have a good laugh!
Perhaps only normal Malaysians citizens may find this joke amusing?

How much would it cost to (telephone) call Malaysia from Hell? You’d be surprised!
Again, this is just a joke, for laughs. Scientifically speaking, it is still not yet to confirm the existence of hell. Religiously speaking, it strongly depends on a person’s belief system and faith. The following article is best taken lightly and not too seriously.

Queen Elizabeth, Bill Clinton and Ahmad Badawi die and go to hell. But the devil has only one phone there.

Queen says, “I miss my England , can I use your phone and hear how my people are doing down there.”

She calls and talks about five minutes.

Then she asks: “Well devil, how much do I owe you for the call?”

The devil says: “Five million pounds.”

She writes him a cheque and goes back to her chair .

Clinton wants to make a call too. He says I wanna call the US .

He talks about ten minutes, then asks “How much do I owe you devil?”

The devil says “Ten million dollars”

He also writes a cheque and goes back to his seat

Badawi is jealous. He says “I want to call Malaysia.”

He calls and talks for about an hour to his son-in-law who is busy trying to find Mr. Petronas.

Then he asks the devil “How much do I owe you?”

The devil replies: “Only one dollar.”

Badawi is shocked and asks ‘why so little?’.

The devils says: if you make a call from one hell to another, IT’S LOCAL CALL.

Deimos’s Daily Reads
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Deimos’s Thoughts
Though Deimos did find this joke to be funny at first, he felt a bit confused later on. Does this joke means that Malaysia is another hell? Or is Badawi’s son-in-law in another hell? Given the current situation of Malaysia, it probably means that Malaysia is another hell.

Deimos Asks
A question for Malaysians: What do you will happen in this coming September?

Penting!! Fakta Tentang Minyak Yang Semua Kena Tahu
Baru baru ini dalam akhbar tempatan, kerajaan telah keluarkan satu statistik kononnya harga minyak di Malaysia adalah yang paling rendah di rantau ini. Kemudian mereka membandingkan harga minyak Malaysia dengan hargi minyak di Thailand, Singapore, Filipina dan Vietnam.Persoalan sekarang apakah asas perbandingan tersebut sedangkan negara negara tersebut bukan pengeluar minyak? Hujah seperti inilah yang digunakan oleh barisan nasional untuk memperbodohkan orang kampung.

Ok, disini fakta yang semua orang kena tahu. Pertama sekali sila lihat perbandingan harga minyak Malaysia dan negara negara pengeluar minyak yang lain:-

Negara Harga minyak seliter (dalam RM)

Malaysia RM2.70
Iran RM0.34
Venezuela RM0.16
Turkemenistan RM0.39
Arab Saudi RM0.19
Mesir RM0.81
Brunei RM 1.10 (S0.50)

Dari data diatas, membuktikan propaganda kerajaan adalah palsu dan tidak benar.Kesemua negara pengeluar minyak diatas, harga minyak adalah dibawah RM1.10 seliter. Ada sesetengah alasan mengatakan keluaran minyak kita tak sebanyak Arab Saudi yang mengeluarkan sejuta tong sehari. Menurut kerajaan, pengeluaran minyak kita adalah dalam lingkungan 700 ribu tong sehari. Oleh itu kalau berdasarkan ratio pengeluaran minyak antara Arab Saudi dan Malaysia 1 juta : 700 ribu, sepatutnya harga minyak Malaysia dalam lingkungan RM0.30 sen sahaja. Kenapa Arab Saudi boleh kekalkan harga minyak pada 0.19 sen seliter tapi Malaysia pada 2.70 sen? Bukankah jauh bezanya? Bagaimana pula dengan Venezuella yang jumlah penduduk hampir sama dengan Malaysia boleh kekalkan harga minyak pada 0.16 sen seliter sahaja? Ini menunjukkan ada sesuatu yang tak kena dalam menguruskan hasil minyak dalam negara.

Ketika Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim menjawat jawatan menteri kewangan Malaysia pada tahun 1991-1998, harga minyak dikekalkan pada 1.10 sen seliter. Bagaimana beliau boleh mengekalkan harga minyak selama lapan tahun sedangkan harga minyak dunia naik mendadak ketika perang teluk di Iraq? Pada masa yang sama juga pembangunan dan projek projek banyak juga dijalankan dalam negara tanpa perlu naikkan harga minyak. Tapi pemimpin kerajaan beri alasan untuk naikan harga minyak supaya duit tersebut dapat tampung projek pembangunan. Masalah sekarang projek pembangunan untuk faedah siapa? Rakyat atau kroni? Berapa kerat orang yang dapat faedah dari koridor pembangunan disana sini?

Subsidi minyak yang ditanggung kerajaan mencapai 35 billion setahun. Barisan Nasional bersungguh-sungguh untuk mengurangkan subsidi minyak ini kerana kalau harga minyak tidak dinaikkan dengan segeranya ia akan mengganggu peruntukan kerajaan bagi membangunkan koridor-koridor di seluruh negara yang bernilai ratusan billion.

Yang orang asyik berhujah ialah harga minyak perlu dinaikkan kerana harga minyak dunia telah naik. Ada yang mengatakan ia masalah global. So yang kita kita fikir ialah kenapa nak risau tentang harga minyak dunia yang melambung naik kerana sepatutnya sebagai negara pengeluar minyak, Malaysia seharusnya gembira kerana bila harga minyak dunia naik, pendapatan petronas jadi berlipat ganda. So apa masalahnya? Walaupun Malaysia ada mengimport minyak dari luar untuk kegunaan tempatan, tapi bila dah net off dari pendapatan export, masih untung besar lagi.

Adakah negara akan bankrupt kalau turunkan harga minyak??

Sudah tentu tidak.Sila lihat statistik di bawah:-

Allocation untuk mega projek:-

Koridor utara : RM17.5 billion
Koridor timur : RM112 billion
Wilayah iskandar :RM47 billion
Koridor sabah :105 billion
Koridor Serawak :107 billion

Bila kerajaan membuat pelan untuk pembangunan projek di atas, sudah tentulah kerajaan mempunyai wang yang banyak. Jadi, jika kerajaan sanggup membelanjakan ratusan billion untuk projek pembangunan seperti di atas yang hanya boleh dimanafaatkan oleh segelintir rakyat sahaja, kenapa nak tampung subsidi 35 billion setahun pun tak mampu? Mana yang lebih penting? Mana yang perlu diutamakan? Kebajikan rakyat atau projek mega?

Bila menteri menteri beri komen tentang ekonomi, semuanya berkata yang bagus bagus, tapi bila bercakap soal subsidi minyak, dah cakap lain pulak. So kalau Dato Najib kata turunkan harga minyak akan buat negara bankrup, bagai man a projek ratusan billion di atas? Tak bankrupkah negara dengan projek ratusan billion tersebut? Perlu diingat bahawa disamping pendapatan hasil petroleum, negara juga mempunyai hasil dari sumber lain seperti getah, sawit, taxation, balak dan lain-lain.Pendapatan tahunan negara kalau diambil kira harga minyak yang melambung naik bakal mencecah 200 billion setahun. Dari jumlah tersebut susah sangat ke nak sumbangkan 50 billion untuk beri subsidi pada rakyat?

Kepada pengundi pengundi semua tepuk dada tanya selera.

Ni korang compare ngan Turkmenistan .
Oil – production: 196,700 bbl/day (2005 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP): $9,200 (2007 est.)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat…s/tx.html#Econ

Ni Malaysia punya
Oil – production: 751,800 bbl/day (2005 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP): $14,400 (2007 est.)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat…s/my.html#Econ

Deimos’s Daily Reads
No more reads today.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Deimos is already heavily in debt of thousands of Ringgit in unpaid credit card bills and now he wonders how would he be able to cope with this ridiculous price hike.

It appears that the gown own ment cares little for the welfare of the people of this country. Maybe their mentality is of that “We are going to lose the upcoming election anyway, why not we fill up our coffers first before that happens”.

Perhaps this is one of the many subtle signs of Armageddon, ever rising inflation causing people to have difficulty in their everyday lives etc.

Deimos Asks
Are you pissed off with the gown own ment for raising the price of petroleum?

Air purifier in Malaysia taxis ( Must Read for your own safety!! )
No matter the taxi driver is Chinese, Malay or Indian, PLEASE BE AWARE!
If you notice that there is a sound of spray of perfume or air purifier inside the taxi, PLEASE GET DOWN from the TAXI IMMEDIATELY!!

It just happened to me just now. It was about 12.45 am . I got into a taxi driven by a Malay man. I was in the taxi for a few minutes, I suddenly heard of a sound of spray and there was a smell like air purifier. I felt weird as to why the driver put two types of air purifiers in his taxi.

The smell immediately reminded me about this forwarded email that I read. I started to be aware of my surroundings.

But the puff of the purifier kept appearing every few minutes. I was very worried and scared.

Gradually, I sensed that my body started to feel weaker and weaker. The purifier kept puffing from the back seat, just right behind me. As I really felt my whole body is weaken, I asked the driver to let me get down at the side road. But he kept trying to talk to me and ask me why not dropping me off at my destination. I think he was trying to drag the time. To my horror, I felt both of my hands and legs got numbed and no energy, almost could not move.

When I talked to the driver, I could not even speak properly, not to say to shout for help, ‘cos I was really too weak…

Immediately, at a traffic light I opened the door, jumped out and ran to a passer-by for help.

I really thank God for saving me. If not, I really can’t imagine what would have happened to me. I am traumatized by this incident.

This is TRUE case. Please do keep in mind! IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY!
I feel the need to share with you guys, no matter you are men or women ‘cos it is NOT a LIE, not a made-up story. It really happened. Do let your friends, family members and relatives know about this case. I believe you are just like me, don’t wish anybody to be the victim of this case.

‘Please be aware when aboard to a taxi, especially the ladies.’

I received an email some months ago about a lady getting into a cab and felt uneasy and become faint when she smelt something like incense being burnt. She was smart enough to order the taxi to stop immediately and after throwing some money at the taxi man quickly get out of the taxi. She later got to know that if she had not stopped the taxi and gotten out, she would have fainted and raped by the taxi man (or a gang of rapists)!

After reading this, I thought maybe this was one of those emails that you would read and just forget about it, but I was wrong!

Few weeks ago, a visitor to our Chinese church who stayed in Puchong got into a taxi driven by an Indian man. When she sat into the taxi, there was a little burner and she could smell incense burning in the taxi. After awhile, she felt weak and unable to speak or shout. The Indian taxi man drove to a lonely road where there was hardly anyone and raped her. Before she was completely knocked out, she was told by the taxi guy that she was his number six victim.

She was not only raped but also robbed!

When she was conscious again, she quickly went to see a doctor. The sad thing is, the doctor knew she was raped but did not advise her what to do. The doctor just let her make the decision to make or not to make a police report. Since she does not know the rapist name and also the taxi number and in great fear after this trauma, she told the doctor that she would not dare to report to the police. The doctor said since she dare not make the report, he would just have to destroy the medical report!

Because the rapist took her whole bag with her IC in it, he got her address and even has the guts to come straight to her house and try to be funny with her.

Please remember not to get into a taxi that smells funny and if possible don’t get into a taxi alone, and if you have to do so, give a call or sms back to your friends or relatives and let them know the taxi registration number and if possible, the name of the taxi man.

AND OPEN THE WINDOW!

Gals… please take note and…
Guys… please forward to your female friends…

Deimos’s Daily Reads
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Deimos’s Thoughts
Though unable to find any urban legend reference to this article, Deimos still doubts the authenticity of this story. If the taxi drivers used special perfume, air purifier or burning incense etc, how come the taxi driver is not effected by the drug and got knocked out himself? He took some anti sleepiness pills hah?

Also, the examples in this article mentioned Malay and Indian taxi drivers, with the Malay one being a potential rapist while the Indian one is indeed a rapist. So how come no stories about Chinese taxi drivers being potential rapist or rapist? The author of this article did remember to mention Chinese in the first sentence of this story though.

Still, though the authenticity of this article remains to be doubted, there is no harm done taking extra precautions when boarding taxis, alone, as a lady.

Deimos Asks
Heard any horror rape stories about taxis in Malaysia before?

Hongkies, Singaporeans, Indonesians and Malaysians
Without further delay …

Being Hongkies is good because…
1. We are Hongkies and not Chinese.
2. We can talk and shout and nobody gives a damn.
3. Jackie Chan is our icon.
4. We can live in a 5′ x 5′ cubicle and call it luxury apartment. We even need to pay $10,000 a month for this cubicle.
5. Our children can speak Cantonese at a young age.
6. We get to blame everything on Feng Shui or Tung Chee Hwa or the mainland communists.
7. Gambling is more interesting than sex. Macau is the place to for thrills!
8. We produce a lot of Miss Hong Kong to the enjoyment of the rich and famous.

We love being Singaporean because…
1. We are not Malaysians.
2. Everyone (especially the Malaysian) hates us, except ourselves.
3. Famous for Orchard Road and we love Geylang. Geylang is the place to go for thrills!
4. We have our own island.
5. We will never ever have yucky chewing gum stuck under our shoes.
6. We know how to enjoy our vacation in Malaysia – keep a few RM50 notes before you enter the highway: You can throw anything, anytime, anywhere and always wash our cars at the resort.
7. We can speed up to 180 kilometers per hour and not ending up with a summon as long as we have RM50 with us to spare.
8. The men are always concerned, first question to ask a girl “Do you have CPF?”
9. Never fear of getting lost in our country – S$20 taxi ride will get you into the sea. Hahaha!
10. We’ll never have to worry about finding Mr or Ms right because the government will find one for us.
11. 1 Singapore dollar = 2.5 Ringgit… nyek nyek nyek.
12. It’s OK to be Kiasu. It’s part of our culture.

Top reasons for being Indonesian are as follow…
1. We are not Australian.
2. We live in the biggest country in South East Asia .
3. No pirates in Indonesia water if you exclude the Navy and Coast guards.
4. Everything is cheap, even our salaries…
5. We can blame everything to Suharto or BJ Habibie or Gus Dur or Megawati or who’s next?
6. Only in Indonesia you can get involved in real demonstrations daily for different causes and see no results.
7. Our Rupiah is like a Yo Yo, it can go up and down just because IMF say so…
8. We burn everything and nobody gives a damn. We cause haze all over the South East Asia and nobody can do a thing… nyek nyek nyek.
9. We don’t need fire fighters as our neighbors will provide …

Being a Malaysian is the best because…
1. World tallest twin towers, Best F1 circuit, largest roti canai, most expensive toll rates, because Malaysia Boleh!
2. We can be driving, picking our nose, cursing another driver, talking on the handphone, adjusting the radio and bribing the traffic police at the same time.
3. We divorce by sending SMS.
4. Traffic summon can be settled on the spot with the traffic police.
5. We have Teh Tarik & Roti Canai on the Russian space ship.
6. We can save a lot of electricity b’coz our TV shows are so crappy.
7. We can blame everything on the haze or George Soros or government or opposition parties or…
8. Resourceful City Council, one person to drive the van, one to carry the ladder, one to change a street’s bulb and three others watching…
9. We make 2 lane trunk roads into 3 lane highway and back to 2 lane when polices are sighted
10. There’s always something for the JKR to do. They dig, resurface the road, dig and resurface…
11. All main roads are designated highway because it gives Velooo a reason to collect toll.
12. Our government can never be wrong.
13. Our badminton players can only win on home grounds because we are kampung champions.
14. We have more water than Singapore … nyek nyek nyek.

After reading the above, I believe you will agree with me that being
Malaysian is still the best. You have to be glad that you are a Malaysian and enjoy staying in Malaysia!

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Have you seen anything like this before? Deimos certainly haven’t! Courtesy of Max.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Deimos did not understand the meaning of the first sentence in the Indonesians section. Though this is meant to be a funny article, many of the points highlighted are very valid and true.

Deimos Asks
Do you find the above article amusing?

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Deimos’s Daily Reads
Wanna know if your friends read your email? Courtesy of Steve Yu.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Really does sounds like a good deal right? Too bad Deimos is too poor at the moment to purchase and try out things like this. Maybe Deimos will buy one after he made enough Ringgit via the affiliate sales should folks decide to purchase via his affiliate referral link.

Deimos Asks
Heard of a Power Saver before? Do you think you need one?

Agefuku – Sushi Boat?

Sushi. Fish Eggs on top. No idea what those green things are.

Agefuku – More Sushi!

Sushi. Again. Deimos likes Sushi, but not those raw types though.

Agefuku – Fish and Lemon?

Some kind of fish with sliced lemons. Deimos shall pass this one.

Agefuku – Unagi Pattaya?

Is that Unagi (eel) covered with egg? Sure looks like it.

Agefuku – Salmon Sashimi?

Raw Salmon. Deimos shall pass this too. Does not fancy raw food that much.

Agefuku – More Sashimi?

Raw food. Deimos no likes.

Agefuku – Clams? Fresh Oysters!

Seafood … Clams … Raw? Cooked? Deimos has no idea.

Agefuku – Octopus!

Seafood again! Octopus, it is. Cooked or Raw, Deimos do not know.

Agefuku – Vegetables!

The beans (top left corner) are nice to eat if properly prepared.

Agefuku – Strawberries!

Them strawberries sure look red and yummy, yes?

Agefuku – Satay

Meat on a stick, must be Chicken. Can’t remember the Japanese name for it.

Agefuku – Sotong or … Squid!

Yes, this one is Sotong, or Squid. No doubt. Looks cooked too.

Agefuku – Clams, again!!?? Baked Oysters!

Looks like there are plenty of seafood at this Agefuku Restaurant.

Agefuku – Official Advertising Banner

RM38++ for 3 hours. Sounds reasonable, right? Yes? No?

Agefuku – Location Map

From the above map, it looks like it is somewhere in Subang Jaya.

Deimos Daily Reads
No reads today. Gonna tag some local Malaysian Bloggers and see if they fancy Japanese food buffet – Joshuaun, vickie, Shaun, Steve Yu, Yoshi, jayhan

Deimos’s Thoughts
Though RM38++ for a 3 hours Japanese food lunch buffet sounds like a good deal, Deimos is pretty broke and penniless at the moment so he would pass this offer.

Deimos made a mistake, those are oysters not clams, thanks to yung. and little cutie for the correction. Mucho appreciated yo!

Deimos Asks
Do you like to consume Japanese food?

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Deimos’s Daily Reads
Apple has a short and nice review of Alvin and the Chipmunks complete with screenies.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Deimos is bloody poor at the moment, or else he would have taken up this offer.

Deimos Asks
Anyone with AUD 8,000.00 and interested in investing in Fixed Deposit?

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Sony Ericsson z610i – Pink

This is how the pink z610i looks like.

Sony Ericsson z610i – Black

Hate pink z610i? Try the black z610i then.

Sony Ericsson z610i – Blue

Here is a blue z610i for them blue lovers.

Technical Specifications

Phone
Phone type – Triband
Networks – GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
Connectivity options – 3G, GPRS, WAP, Java, Bluetooth, USB
Ringtone options – Polyphonic ringtones (72 voices)
Calling Features – Video calls

Physical design
Form factor – Clamshell
Dimensions (W x D x H) – 94.5 x 49 x 20 mm
Weight w/battery – 110 g
Primary display type – TFD
Secondary display type – OLED
Secondary display resolution – 128 x 36 pixels
Interchangeable covers? – No
Available colours – Luster Black, Rose Pink and Airy Blue

General
LCD display size – 2-inch; 220 x 176 pixels
Color LCD? – Yes
Primary Display Color – 18 bit

Performance
Operating system – Others
Internal memory – 16 MB
Expansion slot(s) – Memory Stick Micro
Included accessories – 64MB Memory Stick Micro

Other Features
Additional functions – Picture Blog; wallpaper animation; HTML full browser with full RSS; push email; flight mode; USB 2.0 mass storage; USB charging.
MMS? – Yes
Predictive text input? – Yes
Polyphonic? – Yes
Built-in vibrate alert? – Yes
Games – Embedded games; 3D games supported; Java MIDP 2.0

Multimedia
Built-in digital camera? – Yes
Maximum camera resolution – 2 megapixels

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Anime lover Kenny got pissed off with Captain Obvious and sad to say, there are quite a lot of them in the Cyberspace. What to do?

Deimos’s Thoughts
Personally, Deimos prefers Nokia hand phones.

Deimos Asks
Wanna buy one?

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Technical Specifications

General
Operating Frequency
* WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
* Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions
* Volume: 90 cc
* Weight: 114 g
* Length: 112 mm
* Width: 50.2 mm
* Thickness (max): 17.3 mm

Memory Functions
* Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory* for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
* Hot swappable microSD memory card slot

*Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory.

Power Management
* Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050mAH
* Talk time: up to 190 minutes (WCDMA),up to 260 minutes (GSM)
* Stand-by time: up to 210 hours(WDCMA),up to 225 hours (GSM)
* Still images: up to 290 pictures (with flash)
* Video capture: up to 110 minutes (VGA, 30fps)
* Video call: up to 120 minutes
* Video playback time: up to 200 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)
* Music playback time: up to 10 hours(offline mode)

*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Display
* 2.4″ LCD QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16.7 million colors

User Interface
* Operating system: S60 software on Symbian OS
* User interface: S60 3rd edition, Feature Pack 1
* Automatic screen rotation

Call Management
* Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
* Voice dialing (with Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)) and voice commands
* Nokia Push to talk (PoC)

Messaging
* E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS

Data Transfer*
* WCDMA HSDPA 2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
* Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
* EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
* GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107 / 64.2 kbits/s

*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.

Video
Video Features
* Video player – supports MPEG4, AVC/H.264, H.264, H.263, WMV, RV
* OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for video
* Resolution: MPEG4 VGA @ up to 30 fps scaled to QVGA on device or VGA in TV-out mode
* Transfer your videos from compatible PC: Windows Media Player, USB mass-storage file transfer or Nokia Nseries PC Suite using full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity

Video Center
* Pre-configured video services and dynamic expansion with new services
* Video podcasting: find, subscribe, download, view with mobile device

RealPlayer media player
* Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
* Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10

Imaging
Imaging and video
* Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
* Direct connection to compatible TV via TV-out or wireless LAN/UPnP
* Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
* Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
* Integrated xenon flash
* Slideshow from gallery
* One-click upload of photos & videos to web
* Nokia XpressPrint: direct printing via USB(PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), and WLAN (UPnP) or via online printing

Mobile Video
* Video resolutions: up to VGA (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps
* Recording indicator
* Audio recording: AAC (AMR for MMS)
* Digital video stabilization
* Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
* White balance, scene and color tone setting
* Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)
* Front camera: CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
* On-device video editing

Mobile Photography
* Image resolution: up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944 pixels)
* Auto focus
* Amber colored auto focus assist light and recording indicator
* Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
* Auto exposure – center weighted
* Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
* White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
* Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
* Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
* Xenon flash
* On-device photo editing

Camera Specifications
* Sensor: CMOS, 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944)
* Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens
* F number/Aperture: F2.8
* Focal length 5.6 mm
* Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
* Macro focus distance 10-50 cm

Music
Music Features
* Digital music player – supports MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists
* OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for music
* Integrated stereo hands-free speaker
* Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with Visual Radio support
* Nokia Stereo Headset HS-43 in-box
* Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP Stereo audio

Explore
Navigation
* Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)
* Pre-installed Nokia Maps application and free downloadable maps*

* The service is available free of charge, although any data transferred over the network will incur charges from your network operator. To check the availability and cost of the service, contact your network operator or service provider.

E-mail
* Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
* Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (sold separately)

Browsing
* Full web browser support (HTML)

Digital home
* Play video, music and photos on home media network – compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP

Other Applications
* Personal Information Management (PIM)
* Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list and PIM printing
* Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
* Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
* WLAN wizard

Connectivity
* Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
* Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP stereo audio
* USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug(Nokia AV Connector)and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
* Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB, and Bluetooth wireless technology
* Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection
* Remote over-the-air synchronization
* Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Package Contents
Standard Sales Package Contents*
* Nokia N82
* Nokia Battery BP-6MT
* Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
* Nokia Music Headset HS-43
* Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U
* Nokia 2GB microSD Card MU-37

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Deimos is not the mood to read, so no reads today.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Much more expensive than N81, must be due to the better camera.

Deimos Asks
Any fellow Malaysians fancy getting themselves a new cellphone?

Dear All,

I would like to share a real life story with all my friends and especially all my colleagues and all Maybank account holders.

This incident happened on today evening (1 April 2008). I went to the PJ State (Also known as PJ New Town) Maybank to withdraw RM500. Unfortunately for me, only 9 RM50 notes came out instead of 10.

What happened was, one of the RM50 notes was folded exactly in half and placed at a corner of the stack (Please refer to the attached pictures showing how two RM50 notes can be counted as three).

I was so upset because I have no proof that the ATM did not give me the correct amount. After much hesitation, I finally decided to call Maybank to complain about the incident knowing that I may not get back my money. But at least I can caution them of such incident. When I told of my situation to the Maybank Customer Service Representative, to my surprise, I was informed that I’m not the first victim. It seems that similar cases have occurred before. The lady explained that it is the malfunction of the ATM and the money may accidentally get folded in half. However when questioned, she was unable to explain to me why the money can be folded exactly in half and placed nicely in the corner of the stack.

I believe this is the new technique of cheating money, done by the people who are responsible of placing the money into the ATMs. In the stack of money which is to be placed into the ATM, one RM50 note is folded nicely in half, for every one note taken out of the stack of money. The folded RM50 notes are then placed at the edge of the stack and positioned in the ATM where the money would be counted. With that done, every one folded note would be counted by the machine as two notes.

I may be wrong about how and why it happened, but I would like to warn everyone about this incident. Please be careful when withdrawing money from the ATM (it may happen to other banks as well) and do count your money to be sure. If such an incident really happened to you (*touch wood*), please do call up the bank to complain about this. If everyone keeps quiet about this, the bank may be unaware of such incidents and the people responsible may just continue doing what they do without getting caught! Even if it is actually because of the ATM malfunctioning, the bank should know about this and there is also a chance of you getting your money back.

Best Regards,
Natalie Tan

Two RM50 notes. The note on top is folded to the right

The folded note is counted as two notes by the machine (two notes counted as three)

Deimos’s Daily Reads
No reads today, tagging some fellow Malaysian Bloggers to read this instead.

Kenny, yung., banji, skesee and Florence Fung.

Deimos’s Thoughts
If this is indeed true, then Deimos would be bloody pissed if it ever happened onto him. Deimos urges all fellow Malaysians to be cautious, and remember to count the notes!

Deimos Asks
Do you withdraw money from Maybank ATM machines? Have you heard about this before?

New Flier Designs
The first page of the new flier that is going to be distributed prior to the weekend event.

The last page of the new flier.

More information
More information can be found here:
http://ahkong.net/apartmen-impian/

Update
The steel mill in Rawang has been sold, however, there is a steel frame factory building on a large piece of land in Ipoh available for sale.
http://ahkong.net/factory-for-sale-steel-frame-factory-with-land/

Contact us
Call +6016-3321 393 for more information or send us a message via this form.

Proton vs Perdua
Once, there was a family known as Malaysia. In 1985, they were blessed with their first born, Proton. The family loved Proton all they can.

They gave Proton everything. They protected Proton from the bigger boys in Kindergarden. They told Proton, “You’re young, you need protection from them. It’s okay to make mistakes, you’re young. Even if you don’t learn from mistakes…it’s okay…you are young.”

Proton became spoilt. He always depended on parents and used up all his allowance on useless things. When he had to do his chores, he paid people to do it and the work is lousy, causing the parents having to call repairmen to fix all the mess that he made.

Anyway, when Proton was 10 (but he still acted like he is 1 or 2 years old), he had a younger brother, Perodua. At first, everyone thought.

This younger brother will be like Proton. Anyway, this new baby was more handsome and looks smarter than Proton. Malaysia knew there is a possibility Perodua could be smarter than proton. Since they love Proton so much, they decided that Perodua can only learn a few things. Cannot learn the same thing as Proton. This is so that Perodua wouldn’t Beat Proton at what Proton is doing.

Although Perodua was also protected by Malaysia, he learn to be independent very fast. He made good friends with Daihatsu, who had An elder brother Toyota. The two of them helped Perodua in everything. Perodua, being independent and smart, learned a lot and in a short while, was becoming as good as, if not better, than Proton.

Malaysia realized that Perodua was becoming better than his brother.Although proud of Perodua, they still love Proton best. They paid Lotus which is older and well known worldwide) to be friends with Proton.

Using this advantage, Proton mentioned Lotus every time he wanted to Tell people about himself. On this own, he was still the same.

Moreover, Proton is always not updated. When doing his work, he Still uses the typewriter and refuses to use the computer. Perodua, so much younger, used the computer, with broadband for his work. Perodua was improving so much that Toyota has assigned him with his work, codename Avanza.

2005. Proton is 20 years old, Perodua only 10. It was obvious that Perodua was the more successful of the two siblings. What is worse,Proton said he still need his parents to help him for another 10 years.

He still need to protection from the big boys. In May 2005, Perodua was about the show Malaysia his best work so far…codename Myvi. Proton, being jealous…quickly came up with an unprofessional remark about Perodua’s work and show his work at the same time as Perodua on purpose.

The future of Malaysia and her two kids are still unknown. But it would be obvious that Perodua will shine, leaving Proton crying. It would be wonder if in 2015, Proton will ask Malaysia for another 10 years of Help and protection…maybe this time…protection from Perodua as well

……….THE END

New MyVi – RM 68,000
Got these screenies from an ex-colleague – Yong Pui Sime via an Email Forward recently.

New MyVi in a Garden

New MyVi in action?

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Thanks to all those who participated in the little experiment of mine!

Josh has several networking tips to share.

Tam‘s first vocabulary quiz totally owned me, I can’t figure out any of them!

TheBobo found a kewl screenie of a real life anime girl! She’s cute!

Ever wondered what your name means, Prim3 found a site to analyze it!

Ty Hurd wondered if those folks have guardian angels watching over them, after watching the video for myself, I thought so too!

Deimos’s Thoughts
I think the new MyVi looks kinda good aye? Besides that, I don’t think Proton is ever going to outperform Perdua anytime soon. If I am going to buy a local car, I reckon I am going to buy one from Perdua, heh. I am a poor mofo, can’t afford to buy expensive cars.

Deimos Asks
If you are going to buy a local car, would you rather buy from Proton or from Perdua?

Contact Deimos
Interested in purchasing a set from us? Send me a message using this contact form:

Deimos’s Shop
Check out what Deimos has to offer! Apartments! Steel frame factory! Interested?
Home Loan with 5.99% p.a. fixed up to 30 years
Steel frame factory with land for sale – Ipoh
Medium Low Cost Apartment – Rawang

Technical Specifications

General
Operating Frequency
* WCDMA 2100 + EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions
* Volume: 86 cc
* Weight: ~140 g
* Length: 102 mm
* Width: 50 mm
* Thickness (max): 17.9 mm

Memory Functions
* Hot swappable microSD memory card slot

Power Management
* Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050 mAH
* Talk time*: up to 3 – 4 hrs GSM / 3 hrs WCDMA
* Stand-by time*: up to 17 days (in GSM)
* Video playback time*: up to 4.5 hrs (QVGA)
* Browsing time* (packet data): up to 5 hrs
* Music playback time*: up to 11.5 hrs
* Video recording time*: up to 3.5 hrs with QVGA
* Gaming time*: up to 6 hrs

*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Display
* Active matrix 2.4” QVGA main color display (320 x 240 pixels), up to 16 million colors

User Interface
* Operating system: Symbian OS ver. 9.2
* User interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack (S60 3.1)
* Dedicated media keys for quick and easy access to music and video:
(play / pause, forward, rewind, stop)
* Dedicated game & volume keys
* Device hold key
* Multimedia key & Navi™ wheel

Call Management
* Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
* Speed dialing
* Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
* Automatic redial
* Automatic answer (works with compatible headset or car kit only)
* Supports fixed dialing number, which allows calls only to predefined numbers
* Conference call
* Nokia push to talk (PoC)

Voice Features
* Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)
* Voice commands
* Voice recorder
* Talking ringtone
* Integrated hands-free speaker
* Internet calls(VoIP)

Messaging
* Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
* Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
* Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
* Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Connectivity
* WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support
* Bluetooth Specification 2.0 (profiles supported: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, GAP, SPP, HSP, BIP, A2DP)
* Micro USB 2.0 Full Speed (mass storage class)
* Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm

Additional Technical Specifications
* Protocols: MTP, UPnP, TCP/IP
* Java™ MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
* Flash Lite 2.0

Imaging
Imaging and video
* Up to 2 megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) camera, MPEG-4 QVGA video capture of up to 15fps
* Zoom: digital up to 20x
* Front camera (CIF)
* Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
* Integrated flash (modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction)
* Rotating gallery
* Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
* Nokia Lifeblog support
* Video and still images editors
* Nokia XpressPrint solution – direct printing via USB (PictBridge) or Bluetooth connectivity (BPP)

Music
Music Features
* Nokia Nseries digital music player
supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
* OMA DRM 1.x, 2.0, Windows Media DRM (OTI/OTA with Nokia Music Store*)
* 8 GB Internal flash memory (for up to 6000 songs**)
* Playlist management
* Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 11 installed on your compatible PC
* Media keys (play/pause, stop, forward, rewind)
* Integrated stereo speakers
* Dedicated volume keys (20 volume steps)
* 5-band equalizer
* Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm (can also be used with standard 3.5 mm headphones)
* Nokia Stereo Music Headset (HS-45 + AD-54) as inbox accessory
* Navi™ wheel support
* UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) music streaming
* Bluetooth wireless technology A2DP profile (Bluetooth stereo audio)

Nokia Podcasting
* Find, subscribe to and download podcasts over the air direct to your device
* Listen to or watch the podcast
* Browse and search the feed directory to find the podcasts you want
* Subscribe and get new podcast episodes downloaded automatically
* Choose whether the Podcasting application uses wireless LAN (requires WLAN network access) or GPRS/WCDMA packet data (requires a packet data plan) to download podcasts to your Nokia Nseries device.

FM Radio with Visual Radio support
* Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz /76-90 MHz)***
* Get instant access to your favorite stations.
* Connect to the FM radio and find the music, sports and news broadcasts in the station list for your region
* Choose your favorites from a regularly updated directory and save them as a preset
* Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
* Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
* Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
* Find out more about Visual Radio

Nokia Music Store
* Purchase music online in Nokia Music Store*
* Connect to your account from your compatible PC and mobile device
* Search by artist name or title
* Explore more music with genre searches and recommendations
* Buy, download and listen to tracks on your PC
* Connect to Nokia Music Store on your mobile device through WiFi or 3G networks
* Use the wishlist to tag tracks on your mobile device to download later on your PC
* Listen to 30 second clips before choosing to download
* Buy and use pre-paid and bonus credit
* Use Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 11 installed on your compatible PC to synchronize music and playlists between your PC and mobile device

Video
Real Player Media Player
* Full-screen video playback on the device to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
* Stream media files from compatible media portals
* Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10

Explore
Multimedia Menu
* Quick and easy access to your music & podcasts
* games
* images & videos
* most important contacts
* internet bookmarks
* points of interests

Navigation
* Nokia Maps application
* Navigation with Nokia Wireless GPS module LD-3W (sold separately)

Search and Find
* Nokia Mobile Search (local & internet search)

E-mail
* Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
* Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard (sold separately)

Browsing
* Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map

Digital home
* Play music,videos and photos on home media network
- compatible TV, stereo and PC over wireless LAN/UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

Java Applications
* Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
* Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications
* Personal Information Management (PIM)
* Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
* Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
* Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
* WLAN wizard
* High quality text to speech

Connectivity
* Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
* Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP profile(Bluetooth stereo audio
* USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug(Nokia AV Connector)
* Nokia PC Suite connectivity with USB and Bluetooth wireless technology
* Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using Nokia Nseries PC Suite
* Remote over-the-air synchronization
* Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Gaming
* Dedicated game keys
* Play games in landscape or portrait view
* Discover N-Gage application including:
- Space Impact Light
- Asphalt game demo
- Fifa soccer 2007 demo (Electronic Arts)
- Possibility to download N-Gage application (when available)

Sales Package Contents
* Nokia N81
* Nokia Music Headset HS-45 with remote control AD-54
* Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Nokia Battery BP-6MT
* Nokia Compact Travel Charger AC-5
* Nokia 2 GB microSD Card MU-37

Inbox colors available
* Cobalt blue
* Graphite grey

================================================================

Deimos’s Daily Reads
No reads for now. Maybe will insert them in later.

Deimos’s Thoughts
An extra RM 130.00 and I can get the one with 8GB, probably won’t be getting this one.

Deimos Asks
Well, any fellow Malaysians interested in purchasing a new Nokia N81 2GB?

Contact Deimos
Interested in purchasing a set from us? Send me a message using this contact form:

Deimos’s Shop
Deimos is also selling apartments in Rawang and a factory in Ipoh, interested?
Home Loan with 5.99% p.a. fixed up to 30 years
Steel frame factory with land for sale – Ipoh
Medium Low Cost Apartment – Rawang

Technical Specifications

General
Operating Frequency
* WCDMA 2100 + EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions
* Volume: 86 cc
* Weight: ~140 g
* Length: 102 mm
* Width: 50 mm
* Thickness (max): 17.9 mm

Memory Functions
* Up to 8 GB internal flash memory for music, games, video, images and applications

Power Management
* Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050 mAH
* Talk time*: up to 3 – 4 hrs GSM / 3 hrs WCDMA
* Stand-by time*: up to 17 days (in GSM)
* Video playback time*: up to 4.5 hrs (QVGA)
* Browsing time* (packet data): up to 5 hrs
* Music playback time*: up to 11.5 hrs
* Video recording time*: up to 3.5 hrs with QVGA
* Gaming time*: up to 6 hrs

*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Display
* Active matrix 2.4” QVGA main color display (320 x 240 pixels), up to 16 million colors

User Interface
* Operating system: Symbian OS ver. 9.2
* User interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack (S60 3.1)
* Dedicated media keys for quick and easy access to music and video:
(play / pause, forward, rewind, stop)
* Dedicated game & volume keys
* Device hold key
* Multimedia key & Navi™ wheel

Call Management
* Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
* Speed dialing
* Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
* Automatic redial
* Automatic answer (works with compatible headset or car kit only)
* Supports fixed dialing number, which allows calls only to predefined numbers
* Conference call
* Nokia push to talk (PoC)

Voice Features
* Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)
* Voice commands
* Voice recorder
* Talking ringtone
* Integrated hands-free speaker
* Internet calls(VoIP)

Messaging
* Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
* Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
* Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
* Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Connectivity
* WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support
* Bluetooth Specification 2.0 (profiles supported: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, GAP, SPP, HSP, BIP, A2DP)
* Micro USB 2.0 Full Speed (mass storage class)
* Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm

Additional Technical Specifications
* Protocols: MTP, UPnP, TCP/IP
* Java™ MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
* Flash Lite 2.0

Imaging
Imaging and video
* Up to 2 megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) camera, MPEG-4 QVGA video capture of up to 15fps
* Zoom: digital up to 20x
* Front camera (CIF)
* Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
* Integrated flash (modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction)
* Rotating gallery
* Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
* Nokia Lifeblog support
* Video and still images editors
* Nokia XpressPrint solution – direct printing via USB (PictBridge) or Bluetooth connectivity (BPP)

Music
Music Features
* Nokia Nseries digital music player
supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
* OMA DRM 1.x, 2.0, Windows Media DRM (OTI/OTA with Nokia Music Store*)
* 8 GB Internal flash memory (for up to 6000 songs**)
* Playlist management
* Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 11 installed on your compatible PC
* Media keys (play/pause, stop, forward, rewind)
* Integrated stereo speakers
* Dedicated volume keys (20 volume steps)
* 5-band equalizer
* Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm (can also be used with standard 3.5 mm headphones)
* Nokia Stereo Music Headset (HS-45 + AD-54) as inbox accessory
* Navi™ wheel support
* UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) music streaming
* Bluetooth wireless technology A2DP profile (Bluetooth stereo audio)

Nokia Podcasting
* Find, subscribe to and download podcasts over the air direct to your device
* Listen to or watch the podcast
* Browse and search the feed directory to find the podcasts you want
* Subscribe and get new podcast episodes downloaded automatically
* Choose whether the Podcasting application uses wireless LAN (requires WLAN network access) or GPRS/WCDMA packet data (requires a packet data plan) to download podcasts to your Nokia Nseries device.

FM Radio with Visual Radio support
* Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz /76-90 MHz)***
* Get instant access to your favorite stations.
* Connect to the FM radio and find the music, sports and news broadcasts in the station list for your region
* Choose your favorites from a regularly updated directory and save them as a preset
* Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
* Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
* Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
* Find out more about Visual Radio

Nokia Music Store
* Purchase music online in Nokia Music Store*
* Connect to your account from your compatible PC and mobile device
* Search by artist name or title
* Explore more music with genre searches and recommendations
* Buy, download and listen to tracks on your PC
* Connect to Nokia Music Store on your mobile device through WiFi or 3G networks
* Use the wishlist to tag tracks on your mobile device to download later on your PC
* Listen to 30 second clips before choosing to download
* Buy and use pre-paid and bonus credit
* Use Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 11 installed on your compatible PC to synchronize music and playlists between your PC and mobile device

Video
Real Player Media Player
* Full-screen video playback on the device to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
* Stream media files from compatible media portals
* Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10

Explore
Multimedia Menu
* Quick and easy access to your music & podcasts
* games
* images & videos
* most important contacts
* internet bookmarks
* points of interests

Navigation
* Nokia Maps application
* Navigation with Nokia Wireless GPS module LD-3W (sold separately)

Search and Find
* Nokia Mobile Search (local & internet search)

E-mail
* Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
* Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard (sold separately)

Browsing
* Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map

Digital home
* Play music,videos and photos on home media network
- compatible TV, stereo and PC over wireless LAN/UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

Java Applications
* Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
* Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications
* Personal Information Management (PIM)
* Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
* Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
* Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
* WLAN wizard
* High quality text to speech

Connectivity
* Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
* Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP profile(Bluetooth stereo audio
* USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug(Nokia AV Connector)
* Nokia PC Suite connectivity with USB and Bluetooth wireless technology
* Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using Nokia Nseries PC Suite
* Remote over-the-air synchronization
* Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Gaming
* Dedicated game keys
* Play games in landscape or portrait view
* Discover N-Gage application including:
- Space Impact Light
- Asphalt game demo
- Fifa soccer 2007 demo (Electronic Arts)
- Possibility to download N-Gage application (when available)

Sales Package Contents
* Nokia N81 8 GB
* Nokia Music Headset HS-45 with remote control AD-54
* Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Nokia Battery BP-6MT
* Nokia Compact Travel Charger AC-5

Inbox colors available
* Cocoa brown

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Again, terribly busy these few days. A few more days later, I will probably check out the blogs of EntreCarder who donated to the Heidi EntreCredits Raising Campaign and feature their articles in this section. A bit too many links in that post, I am a bit worried.

Deimos’s Thoughts
I might get one myself if I can’t secure a better deal in Hong Kong.

Deimos Asks
So, any fellow Malaysians interested in purchasing a new Nokia cellphone?

James the Finance Consultant
Please Call James @ +6013-253 8089 to set up appointment.
(Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)

Alternatively, email James @ jamesbtan[at]yahoo[dot]com
(Note: Replace [at] with “@” and [dot] with “.” without the “quotes”)

Deimos’s Shop
Brand New Nokia N81 8GB for sale at RM 1,480.00! Buy it at our shop in Kuala Lumpur!

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Too busy. No reads today. Sorry.

Deimos’s Thoughts
I might consult him for home loan services in the future if I am to buy a new house.
Oh by the way, he is a friendly guy so no worries there.

Deimos Asks
So, anyone going to buy a house for themselves and is in need of a home loan?

1. 直升機 (Helicopter)
Pak Lah, Najib And Sami Vellu 同坐直升機巡視。
(Pak Lah, Najib and Sami Vellu riding helicopter scouting)

Sami Vellu 說：’如果我丟一千塊下去，撿到那一個人一定很高興。’
(Sami Vellu said: “If I throw a One Thousand Ringgit Note down there, the one who picked it up must be very happy.”)
[Note: One Thousand Ringgit Notes no longer exist]

Najib 說：’如果我丟兩張五百元下去，那就有兩個人很高興了。’
(Najid said: “If I throw Two Five Hundred Ringgit Notes down there, then there would be Two very happy person.”)

Pak Lah 說：’如果我丟十張一百元下去，就有十個人很高興了。’
(Pak Lah said: “If I throw Ten One Hundred Ringgit Notes, then got Ten People very happy.”)
[Note: Highest amount per note is One Hundred Ringgit]

這個時候 ……..
(At this moment ……..)

駕駛員喃喃自語地說：’何不把自己都丟下去，讓兩千一百萬人都高興呢？’
(Pilot mumbling: “Why not throw yourselves down there, let 21 Million people happy?”)
[Note: Malaysia's population is approximately 21 Million]

2. 郵票 (Stamp)
Sami Vellu 希望提高自己的聲望，想要發行一款有自己肖像的郵票…..
(Sami Vellu hoping to improve his reputation, wanted to release a set of stamps with his image …..)

發行過了一個多月之後，Sami Vellu 想要問看看視察看看銷路如何…..
(More than a month after release, Sami Vellu wanted to ask how the sales are doing …..)

Sami Vellu ： ‘銷售情形怎麼樣？’
(Sami Vellu: “How’s the sales status?”)

郵政總局局長：’還算不錯，只不過常常有人抱怨黏不牢！
(Post Office Head Officer: “Not bad, but often many people complained won’t stick firmly.”)
Sami Vellu ： ‘怎麼會呢？’ Sami Vellu 隨手拿了一張郵票，塗了一點口水在郵票背面，便試貼在信封上 ….
(Sami Vellu: “How come? Sami Vellu took a stamp, plastered some saliva on the backside of the stamp, then tried to stick it on an envelope ….)

Sami Vellu ：’ 這樣不是黏得很緊嗎？’
(Sami Vellu: “Ain’t this sticked on quite firm?”)

郵政總局局長： ‘可是……大家….都把口水吐在正面啊 ……’
(Post Office Head Officer: “But …… Everyone …. spat saliva on the front side oh ……”)
[Note: Sami Vellu's image is on the front site]

3. Najib vs Robber
深夜，Najib 去買宵夜，結果在路上遇到搶匪 …
(Night, Najib went to buy supper, met up with robber on the road …)

搶匪拿著槍指著 Najib 說：’ 把身上的錢交出來！’
(Robber holding a knife at Najib said: “Gimme all the money you have!”)

Najib 勃然大怒說：’你這什麼態度？我可是堂堂Vice Prime Minister 耶！’
(Najib angrily said: “What is this attitude of yours? I am the Vice Prime Minister leh!”)

搶匪：’喔，那……把我的錢還來。 ‘
(Robber: “Oh, then …… return my monies.”)
[Note: Corruption is a very common and popular practice over here in Malaysia]

4. Who is saved?
某天，Prime Minister 、Parliment members…等大官一起參加一個會議，結果發生連環車禍，送至醫院急救，記者們聞風趕至醫院….
(One day, Prime Minister, Parliment members … and many big officials participated a meeting together, but chain reactive car accident happened, sent to hospital for emergency rescue, reporters rushed to the hospital ….)

稍久，醫生出來了，記者忙著問’醫生！醫生！Prime Minister 有救嗎？’
(A while later, doctor came out, reporters quickly asked: “Doctor! Doctor! Can the Prime Minister be saved?”)

醫生沮喪的搖搖頭說：’唉 ..Prime Minister 沒救了…’
(Doctor shook his head sadly and said: “Aih .. Prime Minister cannot be saved …”)

記者又問：’醫生！醫生！Najib 有救嗎？’
(Reporters asked again: “Doctor! Doctor! Can Najib be saved?”)

醫生又沮喪的搖搖頭說：’唉 …也沒救了…’
(Doctor shook his head sadly again and said:”Aih … also cannot be saved …”)

記者就問：’那 …到底誰有救？’
(Reporters then ask: “Then … who can be saved?”)

醫生精神一振說： ‘Malaysia 有救了！’
(Doctor happily said: “Malaysia is saved!”)

5. Sami Vellu visits the Asylum
有一天Sami Vellu 往某家精神病院視察，所有的病人都站在走廊上高聲歡呼，
(One day Sami Vellu visits a particular asylum to check out the place, all the patients stood by the corridor loudly cheering at him.)

Sami Vellu 萬歲！Sami Vellu 萬歲！
(Long live Sami Vellu! Long live Sami Vellu!)
[Note: 萬歲 kinda means "long live" as 歲 means age while 萬 means Ten Thousand]

只有一名病人面無表情，對Sami Vellu 不理不睬。
(Only got one patient’s facial expression remain unchanged, not paying Sami Vellu any attention at all.)

Sami Vellu 看到了，問院長說：’那位病人為什麼不對我歡呼呢？’
(Sami Vellu saw that, asked the warden: “Why that patient did not cheer for me?”)

院長：’因為他今天精神非常正常。’
(Warden: “Because today his mental status is very normal.”)

6. Sami Vellu Campaigning Joy
一輛競選車載著Sami Vellu 競選團隊開到鄉村去造勢，不幸在山間小路上翻車。
(A campaigning car with Sami Vellu and his team of campaigners drove to a village to attract votes, unfortunately their car flipped on the hillside roads.)

正在農田作活的老農民看見這情景，就趕到出事地點，可是車上的人都死光了。
(An old farmer who was working on the fields saw that, rushed to the post, but all the people in the car died.)

于是他挖了一個土坑，把幾個政客都埋了。
(So he dug a hole, buried a few political members.)

過了幾天，負責事故勘察的警察找到那個老農民，問他那幾個政客到哪里去了，老農民說己經埋了。
(After a few days, a police inspector handling this case found the old farmer, asked him where are the few political members, old farmer told him already buried them.)

警察趕緊追問：’他們都死了嗎？ ‘
(Police quickly asked: “They were dead?”)

老農回答說：’嗯…，我看到Sami Vellu 在我埋他的時候大叫說他還沒死。’
(Old farmer replied: “Aye …，I saw Sami Vellu shouting out loudly that he have not died when I am burying him.)

警察說：’那你怎麼也把他埋了？’
(Police said: “Then how come you buried him as well?”)

老農說：’你知道的嘛? 這個Sami Vellu 從不說實話。
(Old Farmer said: “You know or not? This Sami Vellu never says the truth.”)

Deimos’s Daily Reads
Since this post is directly related to Malaysia, so once again the following articles are from fellow Malaysian Bloggers.

I am a pervert so let’s kick off with the ladies post:
Designer Jayhan shared some nice screenies of Shiratori Yuriko in Chinese Qi Pao.
Anime King Kenny has an cool shot of Eri Sawachika in bikini. Yummy!

Since I am a blogger, so these blogging related posts interests me:
Techie iCalvn stumbled upon a couple of kewl stumble exchange programs.
Check out his experience at his blog and if one is interested in joining, here is an invitation link for one of them:
http://stumbleudon.com/signup.php?r=916&c=e36jf9klny47d06e490c
If the link fails to work, let me know so I can provide another one.

Toys fanatic BaseGuardian shared his happy experience of receiving Stumble Traffic.

Smart mofo Wan Kong Yew shared his experience and some screenies at the Solomon Islands National Museum as well as an interesting story about a moon rock.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Good jokes. I like them all. Shows how much Malaysians love the Gown-Own-Ment.

Deimos Asks
For everyone: What do you think of the above jokes?
For Non Malaysians: What do you think of our country?
For Malaysians: What do you think about the 3 stars in the above stories?

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The Voice of Democracy, Conscience of Parliament – DAP

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BN (Barang Naik): The Wave Of Price Hike　加价热潮

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Memorable Quotes
Too late for me to register as a voter now, must register myself for the next election.

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The head shots in the second image looks quite funny.
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My goodness! Are we gonna get mutilated by that keris?

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I wonder if Mr. Samy Vellu is still able to hold his ground after what happened recently.
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I wonder if any mosque has been bull dozed and razed to the ground before aye?

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We certainly ain’t gonna see these news being published in The Star.
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RM60 Million House? Where the poke did he get that amount of moolah?

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Samseng politicians pulak …

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A Hilarious Round Table Discussion (Joke)
Last But Not So Last …..Least
Pak Lah :
This is the last meeting we are going to have before I make my decision on who our candidates are. First of all, I would like to thank Keng Yaik and Affendi for voluntarily backing out. You are truly gentlemen. Anyone else wants to back out? Think of the party, not of yourself.

Najib :
I think Samy should back out la.

Samy :
Apa pasai? Why you think I should back out? Why not you?

Najib :
You are a liability to MIC and BN la Samy, accept it la.

Samy :
Aiyooh! What do you mean liability? Give me proof?

Hisham :
Ayo Samy, our intelligence report say, we will lose almost 100% of Indian votes if you still lead MIC. If you get lost, maybe we can bring it down to 60%.

Samy :
Pakla, don’t listen to this two young punks la. Let me read this report just sent to me. After extensive intelligence gathering, we find that 20% of the Indians hated Samy Velu. Ha, only 20% la, where got 100%?

Nazri :
Hey Samy I also got the same report la. Why don’t you continue?

Samy :
Okay, I’ll continue, 40% cannot stand to see his face and 35% will kill him if they were to meet him. 5% believe that he is a good leader. Ha, I still got 5% what?

Pak Lah :
Come on la Samy, you’ve been around for a long time already; you have made your money. You are even richer than me, so back out la. Think of the party la Samy.

Samy :
Yes, I am richer than you but Najib, 2 deals only is already richer than me, why not ask him also to go? His submarine and Sukhoi and Altantunya also make him a liability what.

Pak Lah :
I know that one, but he is from UMNO, that is the difference. The Malays will accept corrupt Malay leaders, as long as they potong, its okay.

Samy :
Oh, kalu chunik potong kalu, berapa banyak rasuah pun takpa ka? Mana adil ini macam Pakla?

Najib :
That is the way it is in this country Samy. We all from UMNO got immunity, you people, tadak potong punya, don’t.

Samy :
No, saya akan tetap bertanding.

Kayveas :
Adei Samy, listen to them la, what they say is true la. Don’t talk about justice all la, as if you are concerned about justice. This is not the place to be talking about justice la old man. We want to win. If that means you will be dropped then so be it.

Samy :
Dei Kayveas, you just shut up la. You budak lagi la, you apa tau? What you want to be champions of the Indians ka? If I am forced to back out, I make sure you go down with me. Hey, Mahathir also cannot force me out la.

Kayveas :
Tengok Pakla, tadak guna punya Hindu. Think of himself only. Just shoot him la Pakla, don’t give chance. Najib, itu C4 lagi ada ka? Mari kita sekarang taroh itu C4 sama dia. Cilaka punya orang.

Keng Yaik :
Samy ah, enough la. So long already you in the cabinet. You want to stay until you die ka? What you think they will bury you in the Makam Pahlawan ka? Every time people curse you la. Now even your own race cannot stand you, give up la Samy. Come join me la. We all retire. After all, we are not sure if we are going to win this time around. BN also not sure going to win or not.

Pak Lah :
What are you talking about Kheng Yaik? Why you say like that? Lu jaga lu punya mulut ah Apek.

Keng Yaik :
No la Pak Lah, If everyone wants to deny us 2/3 majority, then all of them would not vote us la. We may lose more than just 1/3 la. Haiya, that one also cannot see ah?

Pak Lah :
Maybe the Chinese or Indians la Keng Yaik, not the Malays la. The Malays love UMNO.

Keng Yaik :
Are you sure ah Pak Lah? Now even the Chinese and Indians are willing to vote PAS if it is the only opposition available to them, don’t you think that there would be Malays willing to vote DAP? Don’t be foolish la Pak Lah. Until now still cannot get Kelantan despite all the dirty tricks. Who are majority voters in Kelantan? Malys la, some more what.

Pak Lah :
Betoi ka dia kata tu Najib?

Najib :
Jangan dengar cakap orang tua penyembur tu la Pak lah. Orang Melayu takkan lupa UMNO punya. Orang Melayu rela mati untuk UMNO

Nazri :
Ntah la, ada lojik jugak cakap Keng Yaik tu. Memang la orang Melayu rela mati untuk UMNO tapi rela ka dia mati untuk kita?

Pak Lah :
Apa yang orang Melayu tak puaih hati lagi dengan kita? Kita bagi macam-macam kat depa, apa lagi dia mau?

Kah Ting :
Lu mau tau ka? Dia olang tengok sumua itu UMNO punya olang besar manyak kaya. Bikin lumah banyak besar. Keleta 4, 5, sumua mahal-mahal punya. Dulu punya Melayu punya UMNO punya olang tak buat itu macam. Kalau dia kaya pun, dia tak tunjuk sama olang. Sekalang punya UMNO punya olang manyak sombong oh. Dia kaya, dia selalu tunjuk. Dia tak takot punya. Itu olang Melayu biasa tak suka la ini macam punya sombong punya olang.

Nazri :
Apa, salah ka dia beli rumah besar dan kereta besar? Apa orang Cina saja ka buleh beli rumah besar. Pak Lah, letak Kah Ting kat Tanjong tengok. Jom kita tengok orang Cina suka kat dia ka tak?

Keng Yaik :
Tak salah, tapi baru 2, 3 hari jadi menteri sudah kaya ka? Dia punya gaji berapa? Dulu jaga gate keretapi sekarang boleh bikin Istana, orang tak heran ka la Pak Lah? Your weakness ah, is that you think the Malays are stupid. They are not la Pak Lah. Many have opened their eyes la. Many are not ignorant anymore.

Pak Lah :
Alah, kalau kalah pun, kalah sikit saja.

Keng Yaik :
Sorry ha Pak Lah if I say something. You have been sleeping too much, you have lost touch with reality.

Pak Lah :
I think ah Keng Yaik, you don’t resign la. This year you stand in Permatang Pauh, mau ka?

Samy :
Pak Lah, saya macam mana?

Pak Lah :
Meeting adjourn la, semua balik dulu. Saya mengantok ni. Nanti lain kali la.

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An Open Letter of some sorts? Addressed to Najib perhaps?
Bankrupting the nation Najib style

I refer to the local daily on 31st Dec 2007  quoting Najib, our DPM saying “The opposition’s promises to reduce oil prices if it were to form a government will only bankrupt the country”.

Datuk Seri DPM, I would like to share with you on the same subject on bankrupting the nation on a bigger perspective. I came from a very poor family. My mother who lost her husband at the age of 35 years old had never remarried but maintained the role of a father and mother in a house. With having no land, no education and a meager income of RM145 dollars a month, we came out of poverty simply because of mother persistence and pressure that we must work to better ourselves.

My mother serves the role of the financial manager at home, managing cash flow and debt. On several occasion we had to borrow a bag of rice or flour but it she makes a point of repaying back. How does she goes about and bringing up 4 successful children despite the poor financial knowledge. The one that she thought me is to make the most out of a Ringgit.

In this context, I can say the present government financial, purchases policy and contract actually is the one that will bankrupt the nation. The government is effectively paying RM 3 for something that cost RM1 when in actual fact by virtue of volume, it could get it at the price of 80 cents. Let us look at the major transaction that took place in the last couple of years

a. Purchase of Sukhoi Jets using an intermediary company belonging to former Malacca Chief Minister – RM 1.8 bill. I was informed by the company staff (Nor) , who’s also the Dato key person that the company made a clean profit of RM 900 mill of which is distributed to various funds held by UMNO top people. Logic will tell you that, in the history of this country military purchases it has always been on G to G basis and not trough a private entity who has no expertise except being a middle man. In any country it is the same. Don’t give a cock and bull story that the supplier is giving the commission and they are the one who insist that they used an intermediary. We have the money, if we tell the supplier we only deal with principal, they will follow – those with money are Kings. They are the one calling the shots. When we can buy 24 aircraft, we just buy 12 and we include other mumbo jumbo’s in the package.

b. Purchase of submarine. Again the same argument applies.

c. RMN ships – We spent RM4.5 bill but where are the ships. How come money is being paid to builder who has no experience and it cost 3 times more than buying direct in overseas. In actual fact only 2 ships were built and money for 6 ships has been paid. From what I gather in the media, the documents pertaining to this payments has disappeared at the company level as well as at Ministry of Finance level. What a coincidence.

d. MAS share purchase. Mahathir one says ” Melayu mudah lupa”. .. well Tun .. sorry to say not all Melayu has short memory. The government paid RM8.00 per share for 30% share that is held by Tajuddin Ramli when the prevaling market price is RM3.50. First of all the government is the golden shareholder in the company which has certain powers as dictated by the share holder agreement. There wasn’t a need to pay RM8.00 for a company with NAV of less than RM1.00 (at that time). Even if has to accumulate enough share to effectively control the company, they should have bought from the various government related agencies like EPF who has 20% shares and other agencies like LTAT and the from the general public. When the prevaling market price is RM3.50, I think if the government offer RM5.00 every single citizen who hold shares in the company will sell the share to them. Instead they chose to pay RM8. What a joke.

Mr. DPM, I believe before we can claim that others will bankrupt the nation, the government of the day must examine its own records. It has clearly shown that it is in the process of bankrupting the nation with a one sided agreement with Toll concessionaires and other contract’s. What I have mention is only the Tip of the Iceberg. What intrigues me is that when the DG Audit can pick up purchases of cameras and other small things but they failed to look at bigger purchases.

Regards and best wishes,
Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan bin Abdul Rahman

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Regarding Anwar
Irrelevant…or not?
When BN = UMNO, it has become a Useless Malaysian National Organization (UMNO). Look at history and you will know the relevant. Vote BN, Negara Anda Jadi Ikan Bilis (NAJIB); Your Country Becomes Small Fish because Petrol price will increase by RM 0.40 per litre, otherwise, the BN government will bankrupt. This is not Islamic…………..cheating, corrupt, hypocrisy..read on..

Is Anwar Ibrahim Irrelevant?
By A Political Neutral

The most famous term used by BN leaders is Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) is irrelevant, is this true? I was beginning to believe that maybe their claim was justified as it was being mentioned repeatedly over the months until I had personally attended his Ceramah at Buntong and Dewan Tow Bee Keong in Ipoh on the 11-1-08 between 7.30-11pm.

There were banners displayed at several places around Ipoh for a Chinese New Year celebration with DSAI at Dewan Tow Bee Keong, so a crowd of 5,000, mostly Chinese did not take me by surprise. However, a crowd of more than 5,000 people at Buntong with a days notice and organizing it at a small terrace house, with no stage was an eye opener. So why was there such a large crowd? Why an ‘irrelevant’ person able to create such hype.

The mere presence of Anwar Ibrahim created euphoria, his aura was immense, I was 50 meters away from him but I could feel the vibe, the urge to pay close attention to what he was going to say, he was a born LEADER. It’s just like walking into a temple with strong vibration where you feel the sense of calmness and serenity. Anwar is definitely relevant!!!

He did not scream all the way as most politician do, but there was pin drop silence when his tone of voice was soft, I mean pin drop silence amongst the Buntong crowd! He kept the crowd cheering and laughing all the way throughout his hour long speech. He was instantly a big hit amongst the Buntong crowd. He received the same ovation at Dewan Tow Bee Keong as well.

So what were the issues addressed and why should we vote for any opposition party whether its KEADILAN, DAP or PAS.

1. Rising price of oil and all essential goods.
He insists that petrol price would be reduced immediately once he is PM. In contrast, Najib claims that the country would become bankrupt if this was done, so how would it be possible. Simple, presently PETRONAS annual profit after tax is RM80 billion, take RM10 billion from it and further subsidize the petrol would not have any material effect on the government revenue as we are an oil exporting nation. During his 8 year tenure as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, oil was kept at RM1.10/litre when profits from Petronas was between RM25 – 30 billion annually. Remember that most robust projects were also undertaken during this period but we never went buzz. After his sacking in September 1998, petrol rose in October 1998 and tol rates rose in November 1998.

2. Free education from primary to tertiary education.
Hah! Bolehkah ini? Mana boleh? Well, another RM10 billion would do from Petronas profit, simple as that. When you can manage with RM 30 billion, why can’t you manage with RM60 billion from Petronas. He says that this is God given gift to the people, at least half of which should go back to the people in some way or rather. What is the point of the nation being rich yet the rakyat being poor?

3. Racial tension like never before
Why so much misconception between races, we are all Malaysians. The annual government revenue is RM200 billion, to a population of 27 million is one the highest in the world, so there is no need to quarrel, we all can share the cake. So where is the problem, the bulk of the cake is being gobbled by few BN component leaders and leaving the poor rakyat to feel that we are being robbed by the other race. Morgan Stanley reported than corruption has cost the nation RM100 billion since 2004.

So please, let’s unite and fight the true enemy, please pass this important message to as many as possible, because as election draws closer, and if BN is on the verge of
defeat, they may just stir this sentiment as they have done in the past while we fall victims.

4. Brain drain and lack of opportunities
Many non-Bumis are with the perception that they are being deprived of tertiary education even after obtaining the best possible results, true. But who are the true
beneficiaries, remember that only 30% of the Bumis are either professionals or some how benefited from the growth of the country or somehow is a crony to some prominent individuals. They are the ones able to give their children quality secondary education and they are the ones who have most benefited from government scholarships and tertiary education. The remaining 70% of Bumis are still neglected and aren’t given much opportunity just as the non-Bumis.

He promised to help the most deserving Bumis (70% who are still poor) and the most deserving non-Bumis from tertiary education to government job employment.

5. Chinese and Tamil schools
He vowed to make all schools as fully government aided schools if keADILan was to come to power. I wouldn’t want to repeat the financial means as I’ve already done so.

6. Fear of PAS or DAP
This is BN propaganda, PAS is contesting in 60 seats and DAP even less, neither party on its own can come to power. Fear is put amongst non-Muslims that PAS are too radical, likewise DAP are a communist organization. Neither is true, 75% of non-muslims vote in Kelantan in the 2004 election went to PAS, there must be something right with PAS and something not so right with BN for people resorting to choose PAS. Lim Guan Eng served 2 years in jail protecting an underaged Malay girl
who was having an affair with a top UMNO leader. Are they communist?

Anyway, keADILan would have to win the most number of seats with PAS and DAP making up the numbers for them to govern. So, please do not fear PAS or DAP. Either they would be ideal oppositions in parliament or a coalition party in a keADILan led multiracial government.

Likewise many other issues were addressed. Now the big question is, can Anwar be trusted? Well, how much worst can he be compared to the current leaders. Is there any credible leader in UMNO who can turn this country around? Petrol price is to increase again in April ’08. All essential goods are going to go higher. Malaysia’s Foreign Direct Investment (pelaburan asing) has dwindled from top spot in the 90′s to 6th in 2007 after Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines in South East Asia. Anwar is a
leading financial adviser to many large institution and businessman for investment opportunities in South East Asia.

University ranking has dropped below 200 wherelse Univeristy of Singapore are No.3 in Asia and Indian Institute of Tech. are top 10 in the world. Anwar is currently serves as a professor in Harvard and Oxford Universities, needless for me to say about the reputation of these two top class universities.

With all these in mind, why can’t we give him 5 years to prove himself. We have prejudged him as untrustworthy, well, he was in UMNO, to be a leader in UMNO, you must be a fanatic Malay, likewise MCA and MIC because they are race based parties. Now he has formed a multiracial party to fight for all regardless of race and religion but promised to protect the Malay rights as stipulated in the constitution. It’s TIME FOR CHANGE. VOTE WISELY.

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Deimos’s Daily Reads
Since this post is about Malaysia, so today’s Daily Reads would be blog posts from fellow Malaysian Blogger’s. Need to spread some local link love too, aye.

Anime Screenie King Kenny stated that he is not going to sell his soul, though I still if he is going to vote for the Gown-Own-Ment or against it.

Little Chen‘s friend brought a toy cockroach to class one day and brought heaps of fun. This reminded me of how I despise cockroaches and would do my best to flatten one whenever I saw one.

Looks like Big Chen is going to United States as she plastered a map of America in her post. For myself, I don’t fancy traveling around and prefer to rest at home instead.

Fellow Malaysian – Wan Kong Yew who is currently somewhere in the Solomon Islands wrote an article titled – $10 million note for Zimbabwe – and after going through it, I realized that one 10 million note alone is not enough to buy a burger? What the poke? Totally inflated currency!

Child hood classmate Louise shared some memoirs of her past and also announced that she is going to take up French lessons! Bon appetite? Bon jour? Cest la vie? Haha!

Deimos’s Thoughts
A real shame that I did not register myself to vote yet. “Another vote wasted” said a friend of mine who runs a miscellaneous construction supplies trading shop in Banting.

Deimos Asks
So, if you can vote, who would you vote for? For the Gown-Own-Ment or against it?

http://en.calabozodelandroide.com/2008/02/stephen-chow-cheung-gong-7-hou-cj7.html

Where did Deimos acquire these movie tickets?
I won them from mix.fm on 18 January 2008, journalized it here:
http://ahkong.net/youth-malaysia-youth-search-award-ceremony-friday/

How did Deimos won them from mix.fm?
By screaming like an Alien.

Screenies
Just some simple screenies to prove that I have those tickets.
So it appears that mix.fm has their own envelope.

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They used GD Express to courier the letter to me

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The tickets! Front page?

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Back side of the tickets?

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How to win these tickets from Deimos?
Impress me. Enter your submissions using the WordPress Comment System here below.
Dunno how to impress me? Here are some suggestions:
1. Mimic my alien scream
2. Tell me what would you do if you found an alien in your backyard
3. Comment about my alien scream
4. etc

Contest Deadline
Sunday, 25 January February 2008. I will mail the tickets to the winner on Monday, 26 January February 2008 using Post Laju Malaysia.

888 EntreCredits Up for Grabs!
Leave a sincere comment and I will transfer 8 EntreCredits to the first 111 EntreCarders who left a comment here. Dunno what to write about? Listen to my scream. Also, do drop me your EntreCard while you are here. If you mimic my scream, I reserve the rights to showcase your scream on my site and link back to your site.

EntreCredits still available for grabs at these posts, offer lasts until 21 January February 2008. So what the poke are you waiting for? Grab ‘em while they are still available!
Happy Chinese New Year 2008!
Happy Valentines Day 2008!
Soldier of Fortune 3: Payback
Heaven vs Hell

Appreciation Message: Thanks to the Geek Riddler @ http://www.geekriddles.com/ for letting me know I made a blunder with the dates.

888 EntreCredits Takers
The following would be hyper-linked and plastered with the nofollow tag if required:
1. gadget-a-day.com
2. geekriddles.com
3. superheroesbase.com
4. steveyu85.blogspot.com
5. pen-pusher.com

Deimos’s Daily Reads (DDR)
Got a blog that deserves more attention? Tell Suzanne about it in The UnderBlog. Applicable for sites which fulfills the saying “Content is King” but appears to have forgotten that “Marketing is Queen”. A King alone can’t have babies, you know?

Fellow Malaysian Blogger Wan Kong Yew wrote a lengthy article about Bioshock and to be frank, I have yet to finish reading this latest article of his. I really do love reading up this writings since them all somehow managed to amuse me, in a certain way. Oh ya, about Bioshock, I have yet to finish that awesome game myself. No time!

My primary school mate, Louise wrote some thoughts about Balancing and Life, and I believe that she is quite right. Though I am always trying my very best to achieve more.

A fellow EntreCarder who appears to be a Sound Track Geek posted up a Valentines Special which contains many music videos of love songs, which is definitely worth a watch if one considers oneself to be a love song music videos lover.

Deimos’s Thoughts (DT)
It is still the season of Chinese New Year and I really feel generous. Plus, I already watched this movie so might as well give them away to those who wants to watch it.

Deimos Asks (DA)
Any questions? Anything not clear? Just ask Deimos!
No questions? Fine! Deimos is going to ask a one question!
1. How is my alien scream?
Okay! I hope this question ain’t too hard to answer!