Fara Fauzana is Hot

30 Mac 2008: Malam Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2007 di Genting Highlands menyaksikan pengacara dan penyampai radio hangat Hot.FM, Fara Fauzana (a.k.a. FaFau) memenangi kedua-dua kategori yang dicalonkan. Selain mempertahankan kemenangan dalam kategori Pengacara TV Wanita Popular, Fara juga memenangi kategori Penyampai Radio Wanita Popular. Tahniah Fara Fauzana.







Source: myselebriti.com, farafauzana.com
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Formula One Champions in Malaysia

23 March 2008: Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari stormed to victory in this 10th edition of the Formula One championship in Malaysia.

Here are the past champions of the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix:

2008: Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2007: Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Mercedes)
2006: Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
2005: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2004: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2002: Ralf Schumacher (Williams-BMW)
2001: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
1999: Eddie Irvine (Ferrari)

Source: wikipedia.org
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Formula One season is back

The Formula One 2008 season kicks off this weekend at Melbourne, Australia. This season will see a total of 18 races, and the first ever night race, which will be held at Singapore on 26 to 28 September 2008.

The race calendar for this season is as follows:

14 to 16 March 2008: Australian Grand Prix
21 to 23 March 2008: Malaysian Grand Prix
04 to 06 April 2008: Bahrain Grand Prix
25 to 27 April 2008: Spanish Grand Prix
09 to 11 May 2008: Turkish Grand Prix
22 to 25 May 2008: Monaco Grand Prix
06 to 08 June 2008: Canadian Grand Prix
20 to 22 June 2008: French Grand Prix
04 to 06 July 2008: British Grand Prix
18 to 20 July 2008: German Grand Prix
01 to 03 August 2008: Hungarian Grand Prix
22 to 24 August 2008: European Grand Prix
05 to 07 September 2008: Belgian Grand Prix
12 to 14 September 2008: Italian Grand Prix
26 to 28 September 2008: Singapore Grand Prix
10 to 12 October 2008: Japanese Grand Prix
17 to 19 October 2008: Chinese Grand Prix
31 October to 1 November 2008: Brazillian Grand Prix

Source: formula1.com
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Winds of Change

8 March 2008: The winds of change blew strongly and caused a tsunami in the political scene in Malaysia. Now, looking forward to a better Malaysia...
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Amazing Racers

Sisters Pamela and Vanessa from Malaysia finished runners-up in the Amazing Race Asia Season 2, which saw teams travel through 4 continents around the world. In fact, they managed to finished first in the First Pit Stop of the race in the Philippines. Cool chicks, you've gotta see them when they are under presure. Their most prominent trademark is "I'm so confused....".

Here are some of their photos.

Source: axn-asia.com
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Maria Sharapova wins Third Grand Slam Title

26 Jan 2008: Maria Sharapova claimed her third tennis Grand Slam victory at the Australian Open today after defeating Ana Inavonic in the final. She has previously won the Wimbledon Open in 2004 and the U.S. Open in 2006. The only Grand Slam title still eluding her is the French Open.




Source: wikipedia.org, yahoo.com
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Jaguh Kampung

20 Jan 2008: Lee Chong Wei won the 2008 Malaysia Open Badminton championship for the fourth time in his career surpassing his "Jaguh Kampung" predecessor Rashid Sidek's three-time win from 1990 to 1992. Lee Chong Wei's previous wins here were in 2004 (where he beat South Korean Park Sung Hwan in the final), 2005 and 2006 (where he beat Chinese Lin Dan in the final on both ocassions).

The only record he has yet to overcome is the one held by Wong Peng Soon who won this championship for a record total of 8 times from 1940 to 1953.

His results en-route to victory are as follows:

1st Round: bt Muhd Hafiz B Hashim (Malaysia) 21-17, 21-16
2nd Round: bt Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) 21-5, 15-21, 21-8
Q Finals: bt Simon Santoso (Indonesia) 21-13, 21-13
S Finals: bt Chen Yu (China) 25-23, 21-11
Final: bt Lee Hyun Il (S Korea) 21-15, 11-21, 21-17

Source: tournamentsoftware.com, wikipedia.org
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Top Pangrams

A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. The shorter the sentence, the better it is. Among the popular pangrams are as follows:

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

35 letters, 9 repeated: o (4 times), e (3 times), h (2 times), r (2 times), t (2 times), u (2 times)

By changing the second "the" to "a", the above sentence has reduced the number of letters from 35 to 33:

“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”

33 letters, 7 repeated: o (4 times), a (2 times), e (2 times), r (2 times), u (2 times)

This version is further modified to reduce one more letter:

“Quick brown dogs jump over the lazy fox.”

32 letters, 6 repeated: o (4 times), e (2 times), r (2 times), u (2 times)

“Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”

32 letters, 6 repeated: i (3 times), o (3 times), e (2 times), u (2 times)

“The five boxing wizards jump quickly.”

31 letters, 5 repeated: i (4 times), e (2 times), u (2 times)

For more fun with words, please visit rinkworks.com.
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Top Anagrams

DORMITORY
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

MOTHER-IN-LAW
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z'S

A DECIMAL POINT
When you rearrange the letters:
I'M A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

And for the grand finale

PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA
When you rearrange the letters
(With no letters left over and using each letter only once):
TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Source: wikipedia.org
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Happy New Year 2008

Countdown to 2008

A list of my New Year celebrations for the past decade.

Countdown to 1998 - At UPM Serdang with USM friends
Countdown to 1999 - At Channel 5, Ipoh with USM friends
Countdown to 2000 (Millennium edition) - At Subang Airport Terminal One with Big Streetians
Countdown to 2001 - At Bintang Walk with Big Streetians
Countdown to 2002 - At Bintang Walk with friend
Countdown to 2003 - At Bintang Walk with friend
Countdown to 2004 - At Rockmount, Bandar Sunway with friends
Countdown to 2005 (In remembrance of Tsunami 26/12/04) - At PJ SS2 home with Big Streetians
Countdown to 2006 - At Serdang Big Street member's home with Big Streetians
Countdown to 2007 - At McDonald's Penang after Big Street member's wedding with Big Streetians
Countdown to 2008 - What next?? At Big Street??
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Merry Christmas 2007

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas
And a Happy New Year

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Dostello Wanio Felicidad

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Dostello Wanio Felicidad

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart

God Bless All
Good friends here
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

dum dum dum dum dum..... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

For more Christmas Carol lyrics, go to mikeleal.com
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One more week to Christmas

The Christmas spirit is in the air
Christmas Carols are sung everywhere
Let me sing to you a Christmas Carol
It will really lift your spirit and soul

Silent Night
Holy Night
All is calm
All is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
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Syabas Malaysia

Syabas to Malaysia for the success in the just concluded 2007 SEA Games that was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 6th to 16th December 2007.

Overall, the Malaysian team surpassed their target and managed to haul in a total of 68 gold medals, finishing second behind hosts Thailand and achieving their best ever result thus far outside home soil.

Here is the final medal tally:

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	183	123	103	409
2	Malaysia	68	52	96	216
3	Vietnam	64	58	82	204
4	Indonesia	56	64	83	203
5	Singapore	43	43	41	127
6	Philippines	41	91	96	228
7	Myanmar	14	26	47	87
8	Laos	5	7	32	44
9	Cambodia	2	5	11	18
10	Brunei Darussalam	1	1	4	6
11	Timor Leste	0	0	0	0

Source: wikipedia.org
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Whitewater Rafting

Wonder why it is called Whitewater Rafting and not just Water Rafting? Well, this is basically due to the roughness and the strong current of the water, with splashes here and there. As a result, white foams are formed all over the surface. Hence, the name Whitewater Rafting.

Sungai Kampar which is located at Perak, Malaysia is a good place for this adventure. The river here is mostly of Whitewater Class 1 and Class 2 category, with some occasional Class 3 rapids here and there. Located somewhere along the main North-South trunk road near Kampar town, I don't remember seeing any clear signage directing people to this place.

However, one easy way of getting here is by going to the famous Gua Tempurung, which is a stone's throw away, and asking the guides there to direct you the way here. They will be more than willing to assist you.

We have conquered Sungai Kampar!
From left: Kong KW, Tan MS, June, our guide (backside facing camera), Lim YH and Jack. This trip was back in 31st October 2004.

Whitewater Rafting is SUPER COOL!
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Barber Paradox

Suppose there is a town with just one male barber, and that every man in the town keeps himself clean-shaven. It seems reasonable to make this statement:

The barber shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves.

Under this scenario, we can ask the following question: Does the barber shave himself? Asking this, however, we discover that the situation presented is in fact impossible.

1) If the barber does not shave himself, he must abide by the statement and shave himself.

2) If the barber shaves himself, according to the statement, he will not shave himself.

So, who shaves the barber?

Source: wikipedia.org
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Unexpected Hanging Paradox

A prisoner is told that he will be hanged on some day between Monday and Friday, but that he will not know on which day the hanging will occur until it is due to happen.

He reasons to himself that he cannot be hanged on Friday, because if he were still alive on Thursday night, he would know that the hanging will occur on Friday; but he has been told he will not know the day of his hanging in advance.

For the same reason, he foresees that he cannot be hanged on Thursday, because if he were still alive on Wednesday night, he would know that the hanging will occur on Thursday.

Using the same argument, he foresees that he cannot be hanged on Wednesday, because if he were still alive on Tuesday night, he would know that the hanging will occur on Wednesday.

And so he reasons that he cannot be hanged on Tuesday, because if he were still alive on Monday night, he would know that the hanging will occur on Tuesday.

Hence, the hanging cannot be on Monday as well, because he now knows that the hanging will occur on Monday; but he has been told he will not know the day of his hanging in advance. Joyfully, he concludes that he will not be hanged.

Nevertheless, the executioner unexpectedly arrives on Thursday, surprising the prisoner. The statement is true after all.

Source: wolfram.com
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Happy 1st Birthday Janelle

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to Janelle
Happy Birthday to you
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Jade Hills

Tel: 03 87370122
http://www.jadehills.com.my/
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Asian Beauties of 2007

20-year-old Riyo Mori, Miss Japan, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico on 28th May 2007.

23-year-old Zhang Zilin, Miss China, was crowned Miss World 2007 in Sanya, Hainan Province, China on 1st December 2007.

NOW... ASIAN LADIES ARE COOL...

Source: msn.com, sina.com
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