Monday, February 28, 2005

Thailand....oohh...I like Thailand

I am going to Thailand this week...so there will be very few posts in the next few days...

Blog will resume to normal VOL next week.

BTW, ^&%#T*@#*&YU(%$#(*$Y)(U %)(#($*UY(IU%)IO#$#*UIY$#@IO$ @R&#ER@T#UY@OI. That was the weirdest way of losing a cup final for liverpool...$#(*%*@(&U)%(**)^I#)I%#I%O#

Sky has no eye.....

Junior

Friday, February 25, 2005

Barbarians are at the gate!!!!

Binaderas eyes more land for projects
BINADERAS Sdn Bhd, making its debut in property development via Kiaraville in Mont’Kiara in Kuala Lumpur, is looking to expand its land bank in the Klang Valley and other growth areas to undertake more lifestyle projects, chief executive officer Lim Ech Chan said. …...Speaking at a press preview of the project, Lim said the condominiums offered excellent design layout and finish, and would be fitted with air-conditioning units and built-in kitchen cabinets. …..

Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Barbarians are at the gate lor! After many years of planning, Singapore developer Capitaland finally has almost the full muscle to penetrate the Malaysian property market (of course they have no substantial land bank). Already control UM Land, they now have other ‘ma zai’ (downlines) to do more projects. Of course they have been in the market for quite a long time. But they have been low profile (given the Malaysia Singapore then lousy relationship also la)

I have seen many Singapore condominium designs. Their design is indeed a lot better than what we have in KL. Not believe? Go see their kitchen cabinets..it is usually very practical and save a lot of space. I nearly bot their kitchen cabinets once…(TNS Junior, you go buy apartment or furniture??)

Tiu lor….tiu lorr….SP Setia, Sunway, MK Land, Boustead …tiu lor tiu lor….

Ahem…..I can tell you Capitaland, despite being big and bureaucratic, is very aggressive. Even the name ‘Binaderas’ reflects their thinking. If you break the name into half you will have ‘BINA” + “DERAS”, THEY WANT TO BUILD VERY AGGRESSIVELY. The secret is revealed!!!!

That is my conspiracy theory after watching Lilian Tooth many years.

Junior

Attitude Attitude Attitude

Najib: Right attitude key to excel in sports
World number one golfer Vijay Singh had once applied to be a Malaysian permanent resident (PR) but was rejected. However, the authorities might have done him a favour.
“It’s fortunate (for Vijay) that Vijay Singh was not granted the PR status, otherwise he would not have become the world’s number one golfer. That’s the truth,” remarked Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak candidly. “If you do not have the right mental attitude towards sports, then you can’t achieve excellence,” said Najib, a sports enthusiast and former Youth and Sports Minister.


Why everyone becomes so honest these days??

DPM, you've got balls. I will reassess you.....

Junior

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Good Advice

SC: Use plain English in prospectus
The Securities Commission (SC) has released a guide to encourage the use of plain English in prospectuses in its efforts to ensure that information in offer documents are easily understood by investors in order to make informed investment decisions.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha............................kekekeekekekk....,muahhhhhahahahahahahah hahhaha ahah aahah aha hahahahah

This one really cracks me up... muahhhahaha ahah ahahahaah ahah aha agaggagaga g ag ag ag ag a ga g ag a g ag ag a g ag a ga ag ag a g ag g g g gaaa aaaaaaaaaaa

*Junior is alughing, rolling on the floor from east to west, west to east, east to north...kkakak akakaka...north to south .left to right, right to left...kakakakakkaa...(TNS, junior we know la...)*

Indeed, our merchant bankers use CRAP english in Malaysia. Their intention is to stop you from reading further so that they can get away with it.

Our SC is the MOST HONEST SC in the world. WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.

Junior

Good Call

Telekom announces VSSBy B.K. SIDHU
Telekom Malaysia Bhd announced a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) yesterday – possibly the biggest in Malaysia’s corporate history – that may involve the departure with benefits of more than 3,000 employees. The subsequent cost savings on wages after the VSS will help the group achieve comparable or higher efficiency relative to other regional telcos. Telekom expects up to 10% or 3,050 of its employees to take up the VSS. The group has a total workforce of 30,500.


I am trying to write a few good things about Malaysia recently (cannot day day scold rite?) hoping that IRB will tax me less this year (Junior, you go home and sleep la)....

But seriously, I am impressed with Telekom decision. Offering VSS during good time requires GUT. Ok, Ok, Datuk Abdul Wahid Omar (the CEO), I admit that your ball is bigger than mine....

I can also say this here. I really believe that after firing the 10% workforce, Telekom will not be any less efficient......

TNB WAKE UP!

Junior

Good Decision

New KLIA terminal for budget airlinesBy MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR
PUTRAJAYA: The Government has shot down AirAsia’s proposal to operate from Subang and instead decided to build a new terminal at the KL International Airport in Sepang for low-cost carriers (LCCs). Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the RM100mil terminal would be operational by the middle of next year and provide basic facilities for LCCs to operate.


I have to say that I am not with my hero Tony Fenandaz this time. The government surprisingly made the right decision to continue building Sepang Airport rather than re-opening the subang airport, which will create a lot of confusion and Air Asia is the only one who will benefit from Subang Airport.

Since I hvae no shares in AirAsia, i am very pleased (ah Junior, do you think we'd care whether you are pleased or not?......:D)

Now, we are in the game of fighting with Singapore on being the regional LCC hub....this will be really exciting. I la la sound go grab my pop corn, diet coke and watch this show....

Junior

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Good Change

Kit Siang praises Samy at first meeting to discuss 9MP projects
KUALA LUMPUR: The MPs came well prepared and even Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang had words of praise for Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu for organising the first ministerial consultative forum to discuss projects under the 9th Malaysia Plan.

I am very impressed with this. I hope other ministers would emulate this and open up their ministry for Malaysians for a truly consultative process. I am also very encouraged that more than 100 MPs actually turned up and asked questions. (I sound like I am the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew...)

I still cannot believe this.....Samy Vellu is changing ah? .... I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

Unbelievable...fucking unbelievable.......


Junior

True Love

Queen will not attend Prince Charles' civil marriage
LONDON - Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The queen would, however, attend the church blessing of the marriage at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle following the civil ceremony, the palace said.


For goodness' sake, I urge that the press (as if anyone would listen to me) to give a 'living road' (basically, it means 'a chance') to our Prince Charles Camilla. These 2 dudes have been .....beep......beep.....(censored) for almost 20,30 years...if you have seen Camilla's photo before, you will know that THIS IS INDEED TRUE LOVE. This cannot be lust......

Ah Charles and Ah Cam, many congratulations! Till death do you apart.....

Junior

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

I love EPF

PM: Trace the student loan defaulters

PETALING JAYA: Trace them and make them pay up, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) on the high number of student loan defaulters. He also lambasted the attitude of defaulters, who have jobs but refuse to repay their loans, as “unforgivable.”

“They (PTPTN) must know who owe them and what they are doing now,”

It was reported that PTPTN had RM7bil in arrears, which had accumulated over the years, forcing it to borrow RM2bil from the EPF in 2003.

No money? Borrow from EPF la...

Need Cash ah? Get from EPF la....

Boh Lui ah (no money)? EPF 'Tai Ba' (got a lot)

Few days ago I did not understand why EPF made a big hoo ha when they declared 4.75% dividend and they were soooooooooooooooooooo proud of it.

If Mao-mi works in EPF, she could close one eye and put all her money into AAA bonds and the yield is 5 to 5.25%....the returns would have been higher than our EPF...(well, I understand it is difficult to invest so much money...but 4.75% is really not that flash)

Now I understand. EPF is also the piggy bank to every other government organisation....

Junior

Wanna Get Married Ah?

與外國女子假結婚男子網上兜售自己(新加坡21日訊)
新加坡男子上網“兜售”自己,愿意和外國女子假結婚,協助她們到新加坡居留。 這些單身漢開價3000到5000元(約6000到1萬令吉),只要有錢,他們愿意和外國女子注冊結婚。婚后,大家不住在一起,也不會有性關系。 而他們的“顧客”要到新加坡來,大多數是為了從事色情行業。

(Junior's Anglo-Sexan Translation: Basically the abstract says that many singaporean men are willing to 'sell themselves' to foreigners who want to get Singapore PR. They are willing to register with these girls (for the price of S$3000 to 5000) and after the 'marriage', they need not stay together or have sex. These girls who want to come into Singapore usually work in the noble sex industry)

Junior for SALE
If you are interested in gaining a PR to Ubenkiskanninia Republic, please deposit US$ 5,000 into my Swiss account. I am also very willing to marry you.....:D

Junior

Monday, February 21, 2005

Stock Market is a Dirty Game

Sarawak Concrete Industries Bhd’s (SCIB) steep 30.23% discount for its private placement of shares has not gone down well with analysts and investors.
Analysts and fund managers say the deal is not fair to existing shareholders as they will lose out on the huge discount given to the private placement. Last Wednesday, SCIB announced that it had fixed the issue price of the placement shares of up to 10% of its share capital at RM1.20 each, a discount to the five-day weighted average market price of RM1.72.


Reacting to the above news, SCIB's share price down again this morning.

Well, I got it wrong with Habib by saying that the price would come down after the acquisition and right issue announcement. The rationale was simple then - Habib paid almost full value for a new business, and share price gained approx. 150% which to me should not be sustainable. Plus the private placement to SCOMI at a much lower price, I would not touch Habib. But Habib did not look back. I made one clear mistake. A big mistake. I underestimated the power of Habib's 'Gangster' which could easily influence a 'connered' stock like Habib. Habib did not look back. The price needs to stay high so that Scomi could get the necessary financing to subscribe to the new shares and complete the whole deal.

How about SCIB? I would only say - "Similar stock, disimilar fate". I do not want to discuss whether 5 days weighted average is fair or 30 days is more appropriate (er....er...becaues i dun know which one is better), but looking at SCIB's average price of around RM 2.50 prior to the recent fall, the RM 1.20 does indeed looks cheap at first glance (of course I did not do a valuation....).

But why didn't SCIB react the same way like Habib? Well, if KLSE was as 'clean' and 'fundamental' as we would like it to be, no one will screw any stock in KLSE lor.

It is like you only do one night stand with a slut....if the girl/guy is not slutty, you will not screw her/him, would you?

Junior

Swinging against Chelsea.....

Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea: FT Report
Chelsea's quadruple dream withered and died at Newcastle after Jose Mourinho's double FA Cup gamble backfired spectacularly in a 1-0 defeat.

Remember we tok about SWINGING with Chelsea? I stopped betting on Chelsea ever since Robben got injured. The momentum of the team is broken and the team is in the 'consolidation' phase.

This is the time to LONG Arsenal and Man U. Short Chelsea.

Let's swing sama dia....

p/s: Liverpool leh? er....er......er......I owe my sub bookie RM 700.....^%#%*&^*#(*&()%(% Why? It all started with Liverpool......... tiu...

Junior

Friday, February 18, 2005

My Photo


ok, today I am feeling generous. I am sharing my photo with you. This is how I look like :D... Posted by Hello

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Inflation Inflation Inflation - Again...

Zeti: Inflation rate to remain low
The inflation rate, which had risen from earlier low levels, is expected to remain relatively low in 2005 despite the US dollar depreciation and the higher international oil prices, says Bank Negara.

To be honest, I am very *tulan* with our Bank Negara and the current administration (our PM lor). I started toking about ‘Inflation Inflation Inflation’ last year (September 2004 Archieve) when I doubted the official inflation rate and their basket of goods (we also discussed whether ‘basket’ is a noun or adjective, remember?) . How can our inflation be only 2.5%?

Petrol prices have gone up, electricity and water rates to go up soon, even stamp also has gone up, toll has gone up, bus fare, fish and chicken prices have gone up….Dr. Zeti, you still want to tell me inflation will be low…… I might as well give you my chastity. Nah…take it….*shy*shy*..

I came back to KL 10 days ago and went to eat ‘Chap Fan’ (mix rice) + Chinese Tea. Do you know how much it costs? RM 5.40!!!! I nearly fell off my chair. I used to pay RM 1.70 you know…..(but to be fair, that was about 10 years ago in serdang la…). You bet that I ate that plate of rice with tears in my heart…

Cost of living is not cheap at all in Malaysia…..

You know that I did not believe that Malaysia will re-peg its currency. I am actually neutral on this (er...er..because i really do not know much about currency). But I feel that this currency pegged or rather 'undervalued' currency is begining to haunt us.

The economy recovery has caused inflation. There is no doubt about that. Yet, we are not able to raise interest rate because it will attractive even more hot money because our currency is fixed or rather pegged. There is a very clear arbitrage opportunity for foregin investors especially Singaporean. Imagine this, if you were singaporean, you would want to buy the properties in Malaysia NOW because (a) currency is cheap and ULTIMATELY Ringgit will appreciate (b) Malaysia property prices will surely increase due to inflation. Same logic goes for stocks. The inflow of foreign money including those tourism money will not benefit everyone in Malaysia.

If you are a working class in Malaysia say teacher or bank officer, I bet you curse at least 5 times a day. BTW, if you really have to curse, pls just say 'Tiu'. Dun be too uncivilised like some who says 'Kan Ni Nia' in my tag board on the top right corner....:D

Junior

FAQ about Junior's Tok

Since this blog started in Aug 2004, I have received a couple of questions and comments through email and msn chat. I saved some of them. I think it is a good idea to share with everyone so that you know Juniortok better:-

What is the purpose of this blog?
Please read the description of this blog on the top right corner…I follow that ‘religiously’

It is very difficult to understand your Singlish….
First of all, I am not Singaporean. If my mum did not lie to me and she indeed is my natural mother, then I am sure that I was born in Malaysia. My English is bad because I do not double check my spelling and grammar before I click on ‘Publish this Post’. I simply write whatever that came to my mind. You can say I am ‘real’ or straight forward. But I am just lazy.

My advice is that:-
Dun pay attention to the grammar or spelling. That is not the point. Read with an open mind and I am sure you will get what I am trying to say. You can also find a very obvious ‘style’ – I use a lot of foul language, hokkien, Chinese, rubbish and non-sense, warp logic. But in the end, I always want to deliver a point (although my effort is not very much revealed).

p/s this dude KP used to help in correcting my spelling. Now he has given up liao….

Learn some Chinese especially cantonese, and ‘english translated directly from Chinese, Malay. Finally, read more…

Many people come to your blog ah?
Not many. I would say around 20 (meter says from 10 to 30) a day. If I ‘ping’ at the PetalingStreet blog-tal, it reaches 40 to 50.

Why is your blog so serious one?
I know that sometimes I touch on some very sensitive issues. I also dun know why. Basically, this blog is very self-indulged. I write whatever came to my mind without thinking of the consequences (come on, readership is only 20…..almost all are my close online buddies whom I have never met….what’s the risk?)

Why is your blog so not serious one?
Er…er…….. I know that sometimes I touch on some very kok issues. I also dun know why. Basically, this blog is very self-indulged. I write whatever came to my mind without thinking of the consequences (come on, readership is only 20…..almost all are my close online buddies whom I have never met ….who cares?)

Why are you so ah beng?
If you know me well, you’d know that I am not Ah Beng. I am Ah Lian.

What is your real job?
Why? You want to pimp me ah?

Why is your English so good. I cannot understand?
You are either an asshole who’s trying to tease me again and again or you are from Ubenkistan

Do you read a lot?
I don’t. I read daily but not a lot. I do not do any research before I post (er….er…because I am lazy). I write whatever came to my mind i.e my IMPRESSION or first take re certain issue. You see, my argument is simple. If the government announces certain policy and an average Joe like me (but me more ‘straight forward’) ‘feel’ in certain way…it means that (a) the government needs to explain more (b) there is something wrong with that announcement or decision.

What do you read?
Wah..want to find me girl friend ah? Every working day, I read in the following sequence

http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/odb/odb.shtml
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/section?id=england&cc=4716
http://www.thestar.com.my/
http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/index.jsp
http://www.chinapress.com.my/
http://juniortok.blogspot.com/
http://www.shanghaipost.com/

Re reading, I often go to these sites but not daily
http://www.asia-inc.com/
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/
http://www.sun2surf.com/index.cfm
http://chesshub.com
Delphi Forum – but don’t know how to post the link here
http://anotherwindow.blogspot.com/
http://www.drliew.net/
http://www.jeffooi.com/
http://www.ballcobola.com/

Why don’t you link with other bloggers?
Er…er……* shy * shy…..I dun know how…:D

Why do you like Liverpool so much?
Wah, brother, dun start this…….

Junior

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Katak katak....

Working overseas but staying loyal - Singapore has more and more people venturing overseas:-
  • Nearly half of all Singaporeans do not think they need to be a resident to be emotionally rooted to the country.
  • Six out of 10 undergraduates said they wanted to go abroad to live or work mostly for better economic and job prospects, and enjoy a higher quality of life with less stress. About 7% attributed it to a lack of sense of belonging.
  • An ACNielsen poll showed 21% of Singaporeans, mainly professionals, were considering emigration, half opting for Australia and New Zealand.
  • Between 100,000 and 150,000 Singaporeans are studying, working or in business in foreign countries; leaders fear that many of them will not return.

If you were an Ah beng like me, you will watch channel like Phoenix, TVBS in Astro (or cable TV in Singapore). Since I have no money to subscribe to CNN or CNBC in Singapore, I watch the news and discussion forum of these chinese channels. I now know more about China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong than in Malaysia (tiu lor, I am not patriotic anymore lor).

I really think that China will one day become very big (BCK, just for you, and very 'straigh-forward')..... almost every tom dick and harry in china is very interested in international development. You can see that from the number of discussion programs, talk shows, forums or news on these chinese channels. They really care about the development of the North Korea, Thailand, Taiwan or even the Israel..... Well, I really do not know why one needs to know all these and how it will benefit your life. But it signifies the MACRO view practiced by the nation. In addition to doing their own 'domestic' duty, everyone keep abreast of BIGGER PICTURE, so that they can learn from others' experiences.

When everyone is going international, we Malaysian are still focusing on domestic..... The back bone of Malaysian economy is SME. Unfortunately, that is all that we have - SMALL and Medium. We really do not have home breed INTERNATIONAL players in sport, academic or business. I really believe that this is due to our attitude. We are still fighting over petty issues like whether Annuar still has his influence, Bumi no Bumi, 3% or 30%, Dr M mades proton chairman resign etc etc. No one is paying attention to BIG PICTURE and international developments.

I must remind fellow Malaysian that we are not just competing among races (neh, our old malay, chinese and indian story leh) but we are also competing internationally. Let's finish off the knock out stage with other countries first, before we start our own internal friendly match.

It is really cheap to do business in Malaysia. Serious. But that is just about the only 'weapon' which we have - cheap. We are not competitive in terms of knowledge, attitude and mindset (er...er...I really dun know the diff between attitude and mindset...but if I dun give 3 examples, I cannot use the word 'and'.....so, please live with it). Being a 'developing country' is really no excuse for us to be so short sighted or micro focused. We are not only losing to Singapore, we are also losing to China in terms of our attitude. Even the China universities in secondary cities like Hangzhou is more internationally focused than our Uni of Malaya.

I hope you can take this seriously, and think about it. From now on, lets be more Macro focus and we can all start with reading Hong Kong comics, watching MTV (must be US one hor) and EPL.....a thousand miles journey start with 1 step ma...

Also, if you have time, please watch more chinese channels. In addition to making you more Ah beng, it makes you feel ashamed....

Junior

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

I love 3G!!!!

MAXIS Communications Bhd and LogicaCMG will deliver next-generation video mail and portal services on Maxis' new UMTS network, the two companies said in a joint statement yesterday. Maxis will be the first mobile operator in the Asian region to launch 3G video services, which subscribers will be able to use from June onwards through the uOne platform deployed by LogicaCMG. uOne is a cost effective Voice over Internet Protocol-based, email-centric, video/voice value-added service platform. The innovative services are expected to attract many subscribers.

Call me old fashion, but I really do not know why I need to use my mobile phone to watch video..... (why ?? why ? why? :D)

I think most of us are using the GPRS which is the 2.5 G thingie..... have u used it to buy movie ticket? Have u used it to 'connect' to the vending machine and buy coke? have u sent MMS like 5 times a day?

I did not receive a single MMS CNY greeting. I only received just about 122,493,493 sms greetings.

Why? I tell you why. We are alllllllllllllllllll very excited about this 3G, or 4,5,6,7 G things. So, we decided NOT to use it......

Yawn....

Junior

Complicated Life

Yesterday, Habib announced a plan to buy the core marine assets and business of Singapore Stock Exchange-listed Chuan Hup for RM1.31bil, to be satisfied via a RM1.1bil cash payout and a share issuance.

“Habib will incorporate a new company (newco) in Singapore. The newco will raise RM644mil in non-recourse debt to part finance the acquisition,’’ Scomi senior vice-president Hilmy Zaini Zainal told reporters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Besides the RM644mil in non-recourse debt, Habib will sell 174 million shares at RM1.15 per share to Scomi to raise RM200mil; propose a 1-for-1 rights issue at RM1.15 per share to raise RM85mil; undertake a 160 million preference share sale to raise RM160mil; and sell new shares to institutional investors at RM1.25 a share to raise RM120mil

They could not have made it more complicated, can they? Honestly, I think they are very clever in doing this deal (strategically, it is also alright). Scomi wants the marine assets of Chuan Hup, but do not want to hurt its balance sheet by taking more debts. So, they go through this very indirect way - using a JEWERY shop to buy marine assets. We really need a real definition for 'friendly party'. This is not just friendly party, this is 'fuck buddy'.

Clever deal, but too obvious to expose our PM's son's influence.....

I wonder why the MEER's family (who has been building the Habib brand for 50 years) will accept this deal because they do not get cash, they are diluted in Habib from 60%+ to around 10%....Don't tell me he LOVES marine business and see the OPPORTUNITY..

How about Minority Shareholders? Well if you have been one of those who LOVE rumours and bot Habib before its suspension, May your lucky star continue be with you...... the last traded price of Habib is RM 2.60. The issuance price to Scomi is RM 1.15......

Given that the tenat of 'buy on rumours, sell on news' never fails in KLSE, how much do you think Habib will fall?

I would say a lot....

Junior

Monday, February 14, 2005

It's the same! Yeah rite....

CEO optimistic about Aman Perdana residencesBy S.C. Cheah
WHY pay RM1mil to RM2mil for a bungalow or a condominium in a ''millionaire's ghetto'' where you are surrounded by a concrete jungle when for less than RM500,000 you can own a double-storey linked bungalow in Aman Perdana in the Meru-Shah Alam growth corridor in Selangor?
You are still well connected to Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya and other major towns via a network of highways.


Well, I have never been there. But I saw the location map advertised on the news paper, that place is milessssssss away from KL city. It is not bad, just take you about 1.5 hours to get to town with some mild traffic jam... just imagine this: You will be 1.5 hours older by the time you reach your office.....

Following the theory of the CEO, I might as well stay in Sungei Petani because it is well connected to KL via the North South highway. I might be able to pay RM 100,000 for a bungalow.....

Junior

Monday, February 07, 2005

Singapore Project (I) - Water Front Living

If you ask 10 people, 9 would tell you that they would like their house facing the sea (er....until the tsunami struck recently). This Caribbean At Keppel Bay project in Singapore is one that we can only dream of in Malaysia (well, first of all, there isn't a sea near KL):-
  1. Only 10 minutes drive to Raffles Place, the financial district
  2. Fronting the sea and all units have sea view
  3. Sit 'north' and face 'south' - the chinese believe that a good house must face the south
  4. Master plan project with marina water front living (but I dun know whether you would get sea sick by simply staying there though)


If you take a look at the master plan below..(bloody hell, I dun know how to post 2 pictures into the same blog and it took me nearly 20 min but to no avail %#%&%*$*#*#), all units are facing the sea and fronting the private water way...isn't that cool? The selling point is the sea...so the architect did everything they could to maximise that.

I also like a couple of other features:-
  • You can log on to your smart home system and monitor your kids' activities - there are cameras every where in the project (monitor kids my foot, it is for checking out bikini girls....)
  • Smart home system to pay all your bills......and book amenities (this is what I call smart home mannnnn)
  • Private lift to your units (ahem, imagine you come back from a fine dine with your partner, then you two can make out make out in the lift, tearing off her bra...then ....tiu lor, this blog is getting more and more errotic...)
  • More than 40 different types of floor plan for all 900 units. Ok, a project in malaysia will typically have say 4 different floor plans (ie. Type A, Type B, Type C and Type D ler...), this one, you need to use NUMBER not ABC (you can buy Toto)

This is true lifestyle mannnn (I am telling Binjai people in KL)

What is dissapointing is that this site is a historic site, one the the first docks in singapore and named after a bastard...hmm...I guess it has to be Keppel...if they could keep some of the shipyard or ships and turn them into the club house etc, that would be very good la...

Selling at S$800 psf (high end but not luxury) and this is indeed a little pricy for a 99 year lease project. But what the heck, lifestyle is the way to go man....

Don't you wish that you are rich enough to live in Singapore?

Junior



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Sunday, February 06, 2005

Namo Namo Actually Worked!

You see, you see, united we stand! Somehow Liverpool won the match 3:1..

BawangMerah, I share the frustration and I know why. At times, we play like shit because we have players like Traore and Biscan....

I read this in soccernet this morning and the post immediately made my day:-

But Liverpool's error ridden play was frustrating their fans. Much of the flak aimed at Djimi Traore and Igor Biscan who seemed unable to touch the ball without making some sort of mistake.

I think Traore is still ok, at least he is tall. He tried his best even though he did not defend well for the goal which they conceded. He is just not good enough. Biscan is useless and he thinks he is good. If I were 2 years younger, I can play better football than him. He misses passes, he was slow, clumsy and committed unnecessary foul (got away with it....).

To night, we must be diligent. We have to continue namo namo so that Everton will lose like hell.

A thousand miles journey begins with a single step...let's work together and get things done..(as if we could do something about it.....)

Junior

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Liverpool vs Everton

When it comes to football, I am bloody biased. I make so much pocket money on other matches but loss them all on .....on........LIVERPOOL..... because somehow I 'hope' that they would win certain matches even though they were 2:0 down. The 'hope' somehow turn into 'belief' and ultimately becomes a MISTAKE.

Losing money on your favourite football team is like buying shoes for your gf/wife, THERE IS NO BOTTOM.....(%#&^%#%@%*&%$@%*&$@$^) and as long as you 'derive pleasure' or want to 'derive pleasure', you will continue ploughing money into it....

I am making the same mistakes here, I'd say Liverpool will make it to the 4th place (bloody hell, we have to celebrate simply because we are no 4 in the league. Man U calls it a disaster when they finish second...). This is a critical spot because if we do, we are taking it from EVERTON. I don't know why I am against Everton. But all the people in the Liverpool city are split between the RED and the BLUE. So, I guess I should do the same....(I told you I am not rationale lor..).

Liverpool Matches (6 home, 6 away)
5-Feb Liverpool v Fulham - Liverpool sure win la
12-Feb Birmingham v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
5-Mar Newcastle v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
20-Mar Liverpool v Everton - Liverpool sure win la...
2-Apr Liverpool v Bolton - Liverpool sure win la...
9-Apr Man City v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
16-Apr Liverpool v Tottenham - Liverpool sure win la...
19-Apr Portsmouth v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
23-Apr Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
30-Apr Liverpool v Middlesbrough - Liverpool sure win la...
7-May Arsenal v Liverpool - Liverpool sure win la...
14-May Liverpool v Aston Villa - Liverpool sure win la...

Everton Matches (6 home, 6 away)
6-Feb Southampton v Everton - This one, Everton will lose
12-Feb Everton v Chelsea - Everton sure lose
26-Feb Aston Villa v Everton - This one Everton will also lose
6-Mar Everton v Blackburn - Ok, they will draw
20-Mar Liverpool v Everton - Surely, Liverpool beats them flat
2-Apr West Brom v Everton - Ok, they will draw
10-Apr Everton v Crystal Palace - Again, draw
16-Apr Arsenal v Everton - Surely, Everton lose
20-Apr Everton v Man Utd - Lose hard la
23-Apr Everton v Birmingham - Ok, draw again
30-Apr Fulham v Everton - Ok, draw again
7-May Everton v Newcastle - Ok, draw again
14-May Bolton v Everton - Ok, draw again

You see, Liverpool is likely to make 36 points in the remaining 12 matches. Whereas Everton will only make 6-7 points. So, Liverpool will still be 20+ points more than Everton at the end of the season. It is just as simple as that.....

Ok la, ok la, I know you dun believe. I firmly believe that even in the worst case scenario, Liverpool will still beat Everton by 2 points. The critical thing is of course the match on 20 March 2005 when Liverpool clashes with Everton at Anfield. Surely, Liverpool will walk all over Everton...(Junior, you go home and dream la...)...

Then Everton has yet to play Chelsea, Man U and Arsenal......Liverpool has played almost all of them (er...er....and loss them all....) except one more match with Arsenal and surely, Liverpool will also beat Arsenal....

This is how the maths work:-

Currently Liverpool is behind Everton by -7 points
Add: 3 points gain when beat Everton +3 points
Add: Everton Loss to Chelsea and Man U +6 points
Net +2 points

So, Liverpool will claim the 4th spot with 2 points extra over Everton....I am sure!

Fellow Liverpool-ian, let's begin namo namo namo every day (2, 3 times a day, after meal)..that Liverpool will win and Everton will lose.....

Junior

(I cannot believe that I spend a good 20 minutes writing this and there isn't a single constructive point in here....:D)

(I told you, I 'lousy mud cannot be stuck onto the wall')

Thursday, February 03, 2005

What took you so long?

You can read the full article here.....

Bayan Baru flats in Penang declared unsafe

PENANG: A five-storey walk-up block of flats in Bayan Baru has been declared unsafe for occupation after the building was found to have tilted more than one degree. The Penang Development Corporation (PDC) which issued the warning has advised the 180 residents to move out after receiving a report a few days ago from the Malaysian Public Works Institute (Ikram) which had been commissioned to carry out checks since 2003.......

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He said cracks had appeared in Block H since 1989 but had never posed any structural problems. ...

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“We are not interested in finding faults. Our priority now is to move the people to safety. That is why we have offered to buy back the units,'' he said. Ahmad Fuad said PDC would buy up all the 60 units at RM100 per sq ft and provide the affected tenants six months rental to ease their burden.

I appreciate what the government or rather PDC has done by offering compensation and moving out the tenants. But....(you knew that there would be a 'but' right?)...taking upto 2 years (since 2003) to carry out the check is unbelieveable...... this type of structural check usually take approx. 1 month.

What took you so long? (Liama, er....er......I am not toking about that one...put it back in...)

Can you imagine this:- you have been staying at this flat and there is this crack since 1989 (I am not an engineer, but even my cat knows that when there is a crack, it means that there is a high possibility that something is wrong with the settlement i.e land) and you have to continue staying there until 2003 when this dude from Ikram decided to come and check. The guy (Ikram lor) never come back for 2 years. Today, the government come and tell you that the flat where you have been staying, complaining (I bet they have started complaining since ages), worrying is actually unsafe.

I dun know about you. but if I were you, I will immediately kneel down and thank my lucky star, fast for seven days and become a vegetarian for the rest of my life for still being alive......

Must someone die before the government take swift action? Don't we need to be proactive? No? me just kay poh? or too paranoid?...no..? Is that just me or everyone feels the same?...it is just me isn't it?....

Junior

p/s I decided to be a bit serious today. Someone said that I am not serious ....ahem...this is a very serious blog.......cough... (but this Saturday, I will write about Everton and Liverpool...this morning I very geram because the BLUEs won last night. I have to start namo namo so that they will drop some points!) :D

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Malaysia Boleh!

Amnesty for illegal foreign workers and their employers extended indefinitely
PUTRAJAYA: The amnesty for illegal foreign workers and their employers that ended on Monday has been extended indefinitely. Operations carried out to nab the workers and those who employ them, which kicked off from Tuesday, have now been changed to operations to advise those involved. Home Minister Datuk Azmi Khalid, who announced the extension, said it had been agreed to by the Cabinet at its meeting today.


“The operations will go on but instead of detaining them, we will finger-print them, advise them to go back voluntarily and then release them.

“However, if the same workers are caught the second time, we will deport them and blacklist their names so that they can never ever enter this country again,” he told reporters after attending the Cabinet meeting.

We might as well take the illegal workers to McDonald, buy them the value meal (If they happened to be Buddhist, dun buy them the beef burger but the McChicken instead) and talk to them about Liverpool before writing down their names, finger printing them and releasing them

I am not a cold blooded person and understand the Tsunami thing. If you have been reading this blog, you would know that I am a very caring, sweet and modest person (TNS, Junior, I have to go vomit now!)...kita orang malaysia bukan orang ganas.... But our country's credibility is at risk here. You extend the thing 128 times and now permanently, next time, no one will trust you.

There are also so many twists and turns in this amnesty thing. The minister and officials send so many conflicting statements to the public. They are also kelam kabut.

Today, i know that my government is not those who say ONE is ONE, TWO is TWO (u understand ah?)......... so much toking, no action....

Junior

Liverpool

This morning, I was ready to bash Liverpool like there was no tomorrow. Basically wanted to say that the current liverpool squad is even smaller than the Puchong F.C and Dudek eats money.....etc

Then I read about Liverpool coming from behind (TC, not what you think....) to beat Charlton 2:1 and claimed a very important 3 points. .......

Rafael Banitez is definitely a much better manager than Houllier. If Liverpool were still under Houllier, they surely would have lost the match. I wrote in Nomore forum that there are no more than 5 players in Liverpool who are good or fit enough to play....I was not joking. But I am happy that Hyppia and Garcia and Smicer are coming back....

I went to the soccernet to dig out the Liverpool squad, you will know what I mean....

Jerzy Dudek - Eat money all the time. I am sure! Surprisingly conscience struck last night
Scott Carson - Scott who?
Chris Kirkland - Always injured - say 35 weeks in a year?
Patrice Luzi Bernardi - I tot this was a girl
Sami Hyypia - Still good but getting old
Mauricio Pellegrino - Yawn......
Gonzalez Josemi - Double Yawn.....
Djimi Traore - If he played in Columbia, he would have been shot a couple of times
Jamie Carragher - Very good player. One of my fav. A handsome unsung hero...
David Raven - David who?
Jon Otsemobor - Jon who?
Zak Whitbread - ?????
Steve Finnan - Good player but not top class yet. Final ball is letting me down (as if I am the manager)
John Arne Riise - Decent la...but I never really like him...he is the most clumsy left wing I have ever seen.....but surprisingly he scores!
Harry Kewell - Always injured...not that good also...
Steven Gerrard - This has to be the best that they have lor..But when he plays well and the press kept saying that he shoulders the team..this is doing no good to liverpool. luckily he was rather quite last night....good for the team in terms of spirit
Sanz Luis Garcia - Sometimes, he is very good. Sometimes, he is no better than my mao-mi
Vladimir Smicer - I like him. But he is still injured...i.e not 100% yet
Xabi Alonso - I also like him although it is still early to judge. But he is injured
Dietmar Hamann - ok la.....not fantastic no horrible
Antonio Nunez - I wonder why we need him.....
Igor Biscan - I dont think he is good.....
Richie Partridge - Never heard before
Stephen Warnock - Very important player. When Liverpool is leading in the last few minutes..say 89 or 90th minute, he will come out and substitute say Baros...this will waste approx. 15 second of the clock.....very important..!!!
Darren Potter - Harry Potter?
Mark Smyth - huh?
Robbie Foy - oh.....never seen him play
Milan Baros - He is good, isn't he?
Djibril Cisse - I also like him, but he is again...injured....
Fernando Morientes - Too early to call
Florent Sinama Pongolle - I like him. Very quick, very decisive...very creative...star quality
Neil Mellor - I hate him. I hate him with a passion. He thinks he could play because he scored an important goal...but to me, he is mediocre...

You see, You see, we only have (i.e those fit enough to play only) - Gerrard, Baros, Hypia and Carragher to play at the moment....other so so or just came back from injury include Garcia, Morientes, Finnan and Risse..... but still must put up with crap like josemi, traore, dudek, nunez, pellegrino....who get to play even though they know that they are useless..

Sigh.......

Junior

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Readership

My good friends Liama and KP asked me to write about my sex life. They said this would surely increase the traffic to this site.

ok ok....traffic is important .....ok ok for the sake of my blog and some of you who are dirty, here is my sex life exposed:-

I have not had sex lately......

(well, this is still about sex .....) (KP and Liama, like that can ah?)

Junior

(p/s: if the traffic does not jump 3 fold, then my sacrifice is really 'mou ku' lor)

He has epilepsy, blind, limping and tumour...

TNS, I am really busy today and really dun want to blog. But my bloody nosy nature ......sigh...

Blind seller: I was manhandled
KUALA LUMPUR: Blind Francis Selvam, 45, earns a living selling sweets and tissue paper in public places. Last Wednesday, City Hall enforcement officers roughly handcuffed him and hit him when, confused, he tried to resist being pushed into a lorry during a raid on beggars and illegal immigrants in Jalan P. Ramlee here. He is still not sure which agency, out of the three involved, was responsible for his rough treatment as he could not see them. The three government agencies were the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Social Welfare Department and Immigration Department.

“This is the fourth time I am being arrested within a year for selling sweets. I asked the Malaysian Association for the Blind if I could get a licence to sell sweets and they told me there was no licence issued for this type of business. “I wish the Government would provide a licence for the blind to legally sell items to the public,” he told The Star. He makes about RM20 a day. “How can they arrest me when I am making an honest living selling sweets?” asked Selvam, who is on medication for epilepsy.

City Hall said Selvam was arrested for begging under the directive of a Social Welfare Department official. The department’s Federal Territory enforcement officer for beggars, Suhaimi Sujak, said they received reports that Selvam was asking for money and did not have his identity card with him. Selvam had left his MyKad at home but was able to show them his Kuala Lumpur Hospital card.

Selvam developed a brain tumour when he was six and surgery left him blind. Due to a weakness in his leg, he also has been walking with a limp since 1966. He is appealing to the authorities not to arrest him again and other blind people like him for trying to earn a living by selling sweets.

For goodness sake, I hope that our authorities (ALL 3 of them) could leave this man - blind, lame, has epilepsy and brain tumor, ALONE. No matter how rude, annoying or disturbing this Mr. Selvam is, please have mercy and leave him alone.....

Now, I want to laugh at these 3 agencies. If they used their BRAIN during the operasi...this thing will not be so embarrassing....

Kuala Lumpur City "Whore"
Social UN-Welfare Department
Irritation Department

Junior

Again?

This really cracks me up....

Nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants put off indefinitely
KUALA LUMPUR: The nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants and employers, scheduled to begin today after the expiry of the amnesty period, has been called off pending further notice. No reason has been given for the decision but a Home Ministry source said the amnesty period would be extended by another week. ........

Rela director-general Datuk Mahadi Arshad said he had yet to receive the go-ahead for the operations, which would involve 560,000 men.
Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dr KPH Rusdihardjo S.H. said his government had asked for an extension of the amnesty period. He added that Indonesia's State Secretary, Dr Usril Ihza Mahendra, would be arriving here today with a letter from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “Dr Mahendra will hand over the letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdulah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday,” he added. .....


Firstly, I now know that Indonesia Government do not use email or fax. They have to send someone to DELIVER a letter (they might as well use pigeon). AND THIS, puts our government reputation at risk (if there is any left....we are so used to 'just toking, no action'). If I remember rightly, the amnesty was supposed to end last year. Then there was an extension. Then, there was another extension. Now, there is a seven days extension and the plan has been postponed indefinitely.

I do not understand, what took the Indonesia Government so long to come out with their view?

Btw, do you think they will attach the letter with a CNY card saying 'Gong Xi Fa Chai'?

Junior

River Economics

I really could not afford to blog today because I am rushing a report. Then i accidentally read about this:-

PM suggests another kind of NS
KUALA LUMPUR: Companies should consider it “a kind of national service” if they form a consortium to clean and beautify Sungai Bunos, Sungai Gombak and Sungai Klang which flow through the heart of the city. “It will be an entirely private sector initiative. I am sure the companies will not mind contributing towards making the rivers, and Kuala Lumpur in general, clean and beautiful again,” said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told reporters after launching a book called Kuala Lumpur, Corporate Capital Cultural Cornucopia at the Islamic Arts Museum here yesterday.

I think (I am not 100% certain), KL is the only city in the world whose property sector does not capitalise the RIVER in the city. I am not surprised though. If you have seen how ugly our sungei klang etc in the city, you will say that 'This is not river. This is longkang.' AND there is absolutely nothing a property developer could do about it.

If you have been to Singapore, you'd know how well they have 'used' the river. Clarke Quey, Reverside Walk, River Point View and Boat Quey are all HIGH COMMERCIAL value places. You can spend an entire afternoon (or night) there and do not mind paying $12 for a glass of beer when it is only $8 else where. Why? Because these developments are nice. You would really like to spend the whole afternoon there chit chatting, smoking, drinking, eating, and watching girls....(btw, Brewerkz is nice. There is a lot of girls there. Not necessrily the best but for some reason, they wear very little...you dun mind how they look after 2 pints of Golden Aile).

The same thing could be said with Yara River in Melbourne, HungPu Jiang in Shanghai, Thames River in London etc.

When I ask you 'When you think of Sungei Klang, what else come into your mind?'

'Nothing'? 'Rubbish'? 'Sammy Vellu'?

That is what I meat!

Junior