tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139158282012-02-16T23:42:47.470+08:00A cup of latte - that's what it is. My musing about life as I enjoy my latte, with a hint of hazelnut or a touch of cinnamon, or perhaps a glass of ice lemon tea; while the sun set over the western horizon...Wan Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06916816455032487148noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13915828.post-17890271533180342612009-04-07T18:39:00.003+08:002009-04-07T19:36:08.025+08:00

The thing about weight is that it is easy to pile a pound than to shed an ounce. I know as I have been trying to shed pounds and so far nothing sticks. I blame it on myself as the will power and inner strengths fail me when it comes to achieving the desired weight. Then, there is this television program called The Biggest Loser (TBL) where contestants from all over the States (US) compete to stay

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It has been nearly 3 years since my last posting in this blog. Since then, many things had happened and most of them are lessons to life itself. I have gained experiences going through these events in life and has taught me valuable lessons. In the past 3 years (well, nearly), I had the opportunity to visit 2 more countries, had another son, performed umrah, great career progressions and involved

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I was in Perth for a conference a few weeks ago. It was my first trip there and in fact my first trip to Australia for that matter. Since it was a business trip, I just went there on my own, leaving behind my family for a few days.The conference was good, the host was very helpful and the hospitality given to us was great. So, enough about the business....Perth is not that big a city, but it is

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Both refers to the teaching approach of reading Quran. During my time, we were tought the Muqaddam way, starting by learning the Arabic letters, then adding the 'baris' to each letters to show how the letters are pronounced. All these are done by following the sequence of the letters.Then came the Iqra' way. There are altogether 6 stages (or books) in Iqra'. To me, Iqra' employs the a 'repetitive

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Last Wednesday, 28 September 2005, we received a sad news about a passing of a friend, who was also a CIMA Malaysia's SDC committee member, Dr. Unvar Rahman Abdul Muthalib. He had succumbed to the dengue fever which had plagued our city these last few weeks. He was the Assistant Professor in the Accounting Department, UIA. His contributions to CIMA Malaysia, especially through SDC, was

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I had not posted anything in my blog for nearly a month now. I didn't realise it was that long but I was quite busy these past few weeks. I also noticed that Rodie's site is no longer there! I enjoyed reading his posts and now I shall miss them. I wonder whether he has a new site - does anyone know?It's also relatively quiet these few days. There's not much 'excitement' in the paper and the

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I should've known better - and yet I still did it. I succumbed to my emotion and place a trade order. I reacted when I saw Dow Jones took a hit the day before and expected the market to react the same way. Deep inside I knew I shouldn't have done it. I've watched the trend, read the chart, but I still went and did it. Today, I have to do the right thing and cut my loss - regardless of what will

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I noticed that the haze is making its comeback to Lembah Kelang today. Our joy seems to be short lived! But, syukur nevertheless for the rain and clear sky that we've enjoyed these few days. Hopefully it will not be as bad as before.This haze thing has reminded us all that we should all be grateful for the clean air and the clear sky that God has granted us. That few days when the haze was really

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The Proton issues are getting hotter by the day ever since the famous Tg. Mahalel's interview when he bashed the government about the AP. Then the Tun delivered comments which made Rafidah cried. The market reacted positively to Proton's share price after Tg. Mahalel decided to resign from the company. It then picked up paces after the news that VW signalled its interest in Proton.Paul Tan wrote

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Bread...my favourite. I love bread, almost all type of bread, especially the freshly baked ones - I can 'smell' them now. It's not the same with those commercially packed sandwhich bread. Though I love Gardenia's, but I prefer the fresh ones better. I love Sun Moulin's Queens Bread - but it is a luxury which I can only afford to have once a month.My mother bakes bread and normally she would bakes

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Do you know that there exist are a pair of very old cannons in Kampung Sungai Pinang? Kampung Sungai Pinang is situated about 30 km from Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Located near the Kelantan river, this place holds many historic happenings but mostly unknown to the general public of today.These cannons were originally placed by the river. They were used way back when Kelantan was still under the Siam

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They say one can reap up to RM30k per AP. Now that is a lot of dough for a car! This one was sms-ed to me last night...--------------At 12,524 APs = RM375 million, Tan Sri Nasimuddin, one of the richest bumiputra, will co-host a reality TV programme with Donald Trump, called "The AP-rentice"!

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My family and me went out for dinner last weekend at Alamanda since they have not been to this place before. I must say, the view is quite nice especially around the lake. Most of the eateries are located by the lake and this provide a breathtaking views for the patrons.During the day, the view is not that spectacular - maybe because it's too hot outside to enjoy it. I think it's a good place to

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I'm sure for those "Sepet" die hard fans, you would recognise the title above the minute you see it! I finally watched the movie last night with my wife. And yes, as some would say, you always has something to say after watching the movie.It is indeed the best malay film I've ever seen! Kudos to Yasmin and her team for the beautiful film.Many people have said many good words about the movie. I

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My friend e-mailed me this joke - really funny..-----------------------------A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hello Doctor! Please come over here for a minute." The

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I often hear someone complaining that his/her work is tougher than other person's and that they always gets paid lower than the other person. There are also who complained that they were left behind the promotion even though they did all the hard work.Most often than not, these people who complained think too highly of themselves so much so that they couldn't understand why good people like them

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A few days back, a friend of mine e-mailed me a mp3 dikir barat song (Kelantan folk song). It was quite a long time since I last hear a dikir barat song and that was the first time I hear it in mp3 format. We chatted about the old times and how I love Seman Wau Bulan's dikir barat songs (Seman Wau Bulan a.k.a. Semae Wa Bule in Kelantan dialect, was a famous dikir barat singer). My friend

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It must be really hard for Proton nowadays since the famous 'parting shot' by the CEO. I first read it in Jeff Ooi's Screenshot and today he also mentioned the bashing by Chips in Motor Trader Malaysia's forum.As I read the comments and hearing some from the people who had left Proton, as well as those from the Proton vendors themselves, I believe they should have seen this coming long time ago.

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I attended a talk last Saturday on futures trading. All this while I wondered what is futures trading and is it related to commodity trading. It was a very fruitful talk as I learned a lot about the mechanics of futures tradings and it's really not that hard as many people had mentioned to me (commodity - yes, because of its high volatility in price). The presenter also reminded us the golden

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My friend just informed me that the price of petrol per litre just went up another 15 cents! I have yet to get the official news but if this is true, then this is the second time this year that the govt. increases the price. What's going on here??I am no political pundit nor I profess to be an economic analyst, but doesn't this sounds too much? Surely this increase will creep into the prices of

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This blog site is under construction - will be back soon.Update: 30 June 2005 (5:00 pm)--------------------------------testing... testing... Hey... I'm on the air.... HI!

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