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It’s time again we look back at the top highlights in 2007 for my country, Malaysia. What are the significant and importance that needed to be listed down (since Malaysian mudah lupa)

According to LC Nelson survey from the local candidates (ah bengs and ah lians), here’s the 10 list of the Hailats (highlights)

Malaysian Gempak News Top Ten

10. Rocket has been launched. Malaysian flight participant tried teh tarik in space.

9. Who had the longest one

The news whereby our beloved Hishamuddin bring out the keris

8. Mat Rempit as Mat Cemerlang

7. The Zakaria Mansion Castle unharmed

6. The Vision 2020 replaced by Mission 2057

5. The Rallies & The Roadblock : much more merrier than tonight New Year’s Eve

4. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi got married and Samy Vellu penned a poem?

3. How to blow things out of proportion? Using C4 of course! (Atlantuya case)

2. Who wants to be a milionaire?

Just join political party? stated in also Chinese Malaysiakini

1. If wanted for development, look out for side election. You get a new traffic light pole in half a day!!!

The year has come to an end. Everything that was done in this year itself has reached its maturity. Everyone made their resolution for the year 2007. Hoping that they’ll come back providing more thoughts and more insight of what significant they had made for themselves. The changes or improvement they had made over the year.

I was talking to my colleague online what he was doing at this moment. He told me that he is busy preparing his room for the new year. At the same time, he is writing his resolution about the year 2007. He said that the year 2007 was only half completed. He added that everyone need to improves themselves therefore they need to prepare a resolution for next year as well. This reminds me of the post I made for the resolution in 2007. I practically scream everything out of my mind.

Looking back, it was really bad. That time of me, I was really in anger mood. It seems that the whole entire world owes me one million. Now, when I read my own post for the 2007 resolution, I totally agree that this year 2007 I saw a few improvements that I kind of like about myself. (note: masuk bakul angkat sendiri). Anyway, let me trace it down the memory lane of 2007….

First Quarter
- My Best Friend Wedding
- My site blacklisted as the phishing site February
- The Nightmare @ Work : Horror acts from Miss K
- Chinese New Year : My first time with LatKyok team
- Participate in Linpeh CNY songMarch
- Together Gather 2007 with the Bloggers!!!
- Fall into the deep sea of love.

Second Quarter
- Deleted old nucleus blog
- Entrusted my heart to her
- Begining of the paid post
- Struggling with works
- A refreshment course of life
- Another friend wedding. One that I knew online, become my friend, former colleague, former supervisor
- Participated in the Deal or No Deal as a supporter

Third Quarter
- My birthday like usual
- First time outing for a holiday with new friends to Melaka
- Fascinated with Bleach

Fourth Quarter
- Holiday and more holiday
- A trip back to Kaktao
- Meet up with Mei Ying
- organized a ISE gathering again
- got promoted to Account Manager….

The next post : Dale 2008 Resolution which meant not to keep & Hailat Highlights for 2008

Once again, I was on a day trip up North again. Going to Penang for the business purpose along with my principal. They need to meet up with the client that mentioned to them for a while. Luckily for me, it was they themselves whom offered to join them in a car instead of me driving another car. Eco-friendly and cost savings too.

The day trip was on last Friday. As for the day before, I was out with a friend of a friend, Yap to meet up with his friends. Girl friends. After that session, both of us decided for a second round of teh tarik at the mamak stall nearby where he stayed. We talked a lot from the girls to faith to cars and careers. It was the second or third time I get to know him. From that night, I learned a lot about this person. By the time we finish talk cocks, it was 2 in the morning. I quickly left the place since that mamak was closing the stall.

Reaching home, I couldn’t yet sleep and hence decided to drop by at the nearest cybercafe for a round of dota or two. Coincidentally, I met up with my colleague t-m over the blueserver. He was on leave until next year so he played dota quite regularly in these few days, which he told me as I asked where he has been. I didn’t know that he was on leave till next year. It was about more than 1 week kind of period.

Anyway, by the time i noticed it was already five-ish. By an hour or two I will be heading to the rendezvous point in IOI Resort which is quite a distant from where I stayed, which is Setapak. I headed home after the final game of the match to take shower and prepared myself. After packing, I headed to the IOI Resort. Lacking of sleep, I dozed off once I alighted to the principal car. It was on and off I wake up when they stopped for a short rest and coffee. We reached the Penang slight after 12 noon. They went for their Friday prayer while I was out there taking a glass of teh tarik and sms-ing.

We headed to the customer site to conduct a presentation after having our lunch at Queensbay Mall. By the time the meeting ended, it was 5.00pm in the evening. Since it is Friday and we believe that the bridge will be definitely packed and congested, the principal decided to go for a dinner. They heard that mee udang in Penang was good. As for me, it was my first time going for mee udang since usually I would go to look for penang laksa or char kueh tiaw. Knowing from Grace that the Teluk Kumbar famous for the Mee Udang, I called her up to seek direction. She did give me a good guide to the Teluk Kumbar but no one was able to tell me which stall serves the best mee udang. Therefore I had to resort to call up Bryan for help. It seems that not much people knows about mee udang in Penang. I should have called Chan Lilian but my phone battery is depleting very fast. It was due to my overnight gaming session that I didn’t manage to put my phone to charge.

Anyway, after enjoying the mee udang we left the island on the ferry. Yes, the principal insisted to go on the ferry which ended up on the mainland at 9 plus. Had a coffee break at the Lotus before departing from Penang. Reached KL around 2 something but with mission in hand, I straight headed to the cybercafe at my house to get online. I was asked to help to do something before the deadline reached.

I slept the whole morning till 12 noon before wake up to go to run some errands. By the time, I manage to get Hallajs to help me with the online server things. Thanks to him, we manage to secure the data which is very crucial to me. It was the matter of life and death. Thank bro.

My earlier plan was to stay overnight in Penang for a day or two during the weekend. Planned to ask Mei Ying out on the next day but I promised to attend his wedding dinner, which falls on Saturday the next day. Maybe some other time with uploading the pictures.

As I fell asleep in my uncle place, I had a dream. It was an unbearable dream. Fascinating and intriguing which I straight jot it down once I awake. Here’s the dream goes…

In the dream, I just moved into a 3 storey house with a porch garden at the sides of the house. In front of the house lies a huge parking space which could accomodate up to 3 cars. The place was very serene. Then, I walked into the home and suddenly, I saw G. She came down to KL with her friend, Miss A. Appearantly she decided to drop by my place without pre-notifying me of her arrival.

At the same time, my mom was on her short break from her monthly confinement job. I told my mom that she and Miss A planned to had a sleepover at our place since they didn’t book any accomodation yet. This time around, her aunt also came along with her to KL. So, my mom decided that she need to rearrange the beds so that it could accomdate the three of them.

G slowly pecked me on my cheek, right cheek to be exact and her action caused me to feel disturbed. It actually trigger my mind that it is a very disturbing message she is sending to me. Therefore, I grab courage of myself to ask G why. Why she decided to peck me on my cheek? Later, I found out that she was still feeling unsure and disturbed. She was confused about as of her direction. Her sense of direction in life.

She then said that she remembered that I told her before that there’s some spirits / ghosts stayed on top of the building which I am currently staying. These supernatural stuff where hiding above of the lot. However, unrelated to this was that I told her that I liked to spend some time alone with her above in the swing. I notice that the dream I had is quite similar to the typical setup in the Hong Kong movies/dramas whereby the rooftop can be converted to a studio type. In my case, in this term should be known as dream, the rooftop was converted to some mini garden with a swing.

I said that I didn’t go up there for quite some time. It has been a while and I felt kinda afraid to go up. Hence, she insisted that she wanted to go up there to seek some answers. I was thinking, seeking answers from the supernatural stuff? The ghost? What kind of answers she was seeking? I was curious in which I asked her what answer?

As we know, dreams often ended up suddenly, without a proper closure or endings. In this dream, it was left there and there.

I shall never know the answer to her question. Kindly note that I had this dream earlier this year. Looking at my journal book, it stated the date of April 29th 2007 dated 12.47pm. Yes, I do have my afternoon nap.

Replacement. Getting a new to replace the old. It’s all caused by the commercialised world. Do we ever notice that things are no longer repaired. The work and labour of getting certain things to be repaired is a lot more than purchasing a brand new one.

My housemate just got his laptop ruin. In order to get it repaired, it is going to cause him a bomb. Then he seek for the consultation from the local computer hardware shop; the recommendation was to get a brand new laptop which seems viable and acceptable. I was talking to a patron from my friend’s shop. Appearantly, this old guy did seek out from the local electrical shop and what they suggested to him was to get a new dvd player instead repairing it. Getting a new one as compared to repairing was like the 60% difference. Not much though and most of us will get tempted for paying a little extra to get the newer one; in which it has more functions that we might or may not use it.

Come to think of it. Is it because we human like brand new things or is it because that the manufacturer excelled in concealing the knowledge so that there won’t be many people knew how to fix it. Therefore, when no one knows how to fix they ought to get a new one? Of course there are things had their “Meantime Between Failure” (MTBF) and “Meantime Between Repair” (MTBR) which nowadays the MTBR does not applies anymore. A friend of mine sold of his Honda Civic because the motherboard was causing some minor problem. Knowing that not everyone is capable to fix it and these minor problems shall remain he quickly sold it off just in case in future there might caused him further headache in terms of monetary in the sense of maintenance.

Looking back, there wasn’t much stuff that was send for repair aside from the car. I had a 10 years hi-fi system which I don’t think there would be anyone wanted to fix it. The cost of getting a brand new set is about the same for repair. Maybe the replacement parts is also the killing factor. Electrical and electronics. Sigh* Not everyone knows what and where to solder. Therefore the best way was to get rid of it and purchase a new one. Maybe if we are lucky enough, the meantime between failure happens during the warranty and we can exchange it instead of waiting to be repaired.

The other friend of mine whom dealt with the handphone shop once told me that for certain mobile phone model, please pray hard that the screen won’t spoil. Once it is spoilt, the cost of replace the screen will not be cheaper by 10% of getting the same unit brand new. So, how many things that we are being coaxed to buy and replace instead of fixing it?

The politician is an acrobat; he keeps his balance by doing the opposite of what he says.

-Maurice Barres

I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately. Just that its been a while since I frequented the cinema with Vit Ping for a very long time. Due to the work constraint, I seldom joined him for any movie outings.

Now, I keen to catch the rest of the upcoming movies on the silver screen. Some of them which I am looking forward for as follows:-

I AM LEGEND

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth but he is not alone - for every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world full of vampires?

It’s the third version of the I Am Legend which is a 1954 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson about the last man alive on the planet Earth. Just wondering if the ending will be as the same as in the novel?

The Warlords

The film is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty in China. The story, based on an unresolved crime, tells of three sworn brothers (played by Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro) who turn on one another over a beautiful woman (Xu Jinglei).

I heard its good. Cannot miss this one for sure.

National Treasure: The Book Of Secrets

Atonement

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper’s son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony’s sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach, and will have become victims of the younger girl’s scheming imagination. Briony will then have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life. Based on the romance novel by Ian McEwan.

The trailer seems intriguing. And the must bring chick along as well since it’s drama.

Aliens Vs Predator 2

At least this franchise of AVP2 set on a place whereby we can relate to. Not to forget Nuke too! Wonder if there’s be any scare scene. *ehm*

Since Monday, the traffic in the city has been getting worse. This is due to the traffic flow changes at the Dewan Bahasa Pustaka (DBP). It has been then closed to build a bridge from Jalan Hang Tuah to Jalan Dewan Bahasa at the intersection of Jalan Hang Tuah / Jalan Dewan Bahasa / Jalan Maharajalela / Jalan Loke Yew

I heard it is stage one of the road closure and we can expect more to come. The road closure will be expected until 11th August 2008. It’s a freaking eight (8) months time….

Here’s some of the guide for the road changes.

1. Vehicles from Jalan Istana (the flow from Mahameru Highway) heading towards Jalan Hang Tuah / City Center is urged to use Jalan Wisma Putra (which is temporarily changed to one way flow)

2. Vehicles from KL - Seremban Highway heading towards the Jalan Hang Tuah / City Center through Jalan Dewan Bahasa is not allowed and urged to route through Sg.Besi roundabout / Jalan Loke Yew.

3. Vehicles from KL - Seremban Highway heading towards the Jalan Wisma Putra is urged to use Jalan Sg. Besi exiting to Jalan Loke Yew heading towards to Jalan Maharajalela and exit via Jalan Belfield (next Chinese Assembly Hall).

4. The route at the Jalan Dewan Bahasa from Jalan Hang Tuah (exiting the City Center) heading to Jalan Istana remains intact.

On the other hand, the Cheras roundabout is undergo renovation as well. The motorcyclist lane has been closed to upgrade the Cheras roundabout. Another reason for being late to anywhere or I shall plan my travel 2 hours ahead to avoid any further complication.

Thank you Malaysia!

Just recently after getting newly installed Firefox on the notebook, I wanted to upload some photos to there. However, whenever I running the photo uploader of the Java applet from the Facebook it just hang itself there. It is not responding and I couldn’t upload any of the photo except resorting to use Internet Explorer in which I dislike about.

Unwilling to accept that, I google-ed for some answer and however, most of the posts mentioned on the solution for Internet Explorer. I guess the first thing I need to do was to install the JRE. I downloaded the latest JRE and installed it. Still, nothing happened except that the Java applet logo keep running at the photos uploader page in the Facebook.

I realized that there should be something wrong. I did the following step which proven to work and I posted it in the Facebook forum as well.

Here’s the post I did in the Facebook forum.

I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.11 and the issue with the Facebook photo uploader was that they unable to run the applet giving me error

Hence, i download the latest JRE (version 1.6.0.3) & install
still unable to upload photo, I decided to run the Java Console, and perform the following matters:-

s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache

after that, reload the uploader page and viola, it works.

hope it helps those FF users.

Just to write a short review about the movie. It looks awesome. Much like the Lord of the Rings. Or Spiderman chronicles. But when I went to watch, I realized that it was a cliff hanging storyline which prepare for the trilogy. Wonder what is with all these trilogy? Just another gimmick to prolong the hype of the franchise.

I went to watch at the The Cineleisure, Damansara with a friend of mine. I need to thank her for take the trouble to queue up and get the tickets for two yesterday. The hall was packed that night. The story begins with the introduction of Lyra and a little explanation of the Dust. What intrigues me was the daemon. Having a animal like guardian along with you everywhere you go reminds me of the Guardian Force (GF) from the Final Fantasy 8. The only different between the daemon and the GF is that they don’t have special abilities like the GF. However, if the daemon dies, we human dies as well except for the game, its different which can be revived the GF.

Other characters that co-exist in the movie are the talking ice bears whom fight wars, and Gyptians and witches. For people like me, what will the ending like since I never read the book before? Anyway, for the overall story, I would personally rate 3/5. It just the beginning and the development of several characters in the movie. I wonder what the Nicole Kidman can do much more in the upcoming sequel.