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Last October, a gangland feud reached its climax when a gangster fellow lobbed some grenades, as if they were hamburgers, at Cherry Blossom nightclub in their attempt to kill another triad “Taikor”. Kuala Lumpur Police, of which its HQ located just a stone’s throw away, swung into action. Nine months later today, not a single […]
... written on Jul 13 2015Less than 24-hours after Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission issued a warning to social media users with a slap of jail and fine for anyone caught poking fun as PM Najib Razak’s multi-billion scandal, it makes a U–turn, albeit a clumsy one. Now, MCMC claims it was just an “advisory” note, hence was “misinterpreted”. If […]
... written on Jul 10 2015Samsung Galaxy Note phablet was a monster success, until Apple introduces bigger screen iPhone 6 Plus. Steve Jobs was wrong for letting Samsung laughing all the way to the bank with Galaxy Note. People do love and need a bigger screen smartphone. And Samsung Note is the only phone never accused of copying Apple. Although […]
... written on Jul 09 2015Six months ago, Facebook (Nasdaq: Stock, FB) decided to test Facebook Lite, a new version of Facebook stripped down of all the bells and whistles. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of the app, built to be faster, more reliable and very data efficient, for Android phones around the world. The Facebook Lite app is […]
... written on Jun 05 2015There’s a new bug on the block, and it’s making all the iPhone users on planet Earth freaking scare of getting it. That’s the bad news. The good news is, it only allows an iPhone users to crash another person’s iPhone. Okay, maybe that’s not such a good news after all. Seriously, here’s the good […]
... written on May 28 2015About a week ago, Russian parliament gave “preliminary approval” to legislation that would allow prosecutors to declare foreign and international organizations “undesirable” in Russia and shut them down. Now, it’s official, after President Vladimir Putin signed the bill into law yesterday (May 23). In a nutshell, Putin administration can shut down your businesses whenever they […]
... written on May 24 2015Emperor Najib Razak’s pet project – 1MDB – is getting messier and complicated every day. What was supposed to be a straight forward profiteering project has turned into the biggest plundering scandal in the history of the country. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib has also started his counter attack against critics, especially former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. […]
... written on May 18 2015The Big Mac index was invented by “The Economist” in 1986 as a creative way of measuring purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies. Using McDonald’s Big Mac hamburger as the index, it provides a fun way of telling if a currency is undervalued or otherwise. For example, the average price of a Big Mac […]
... written on May 13 2015When one thinks of America, one thinks of dream – American Dream – where the country’s freedom guarantees everyone opportunity for success and unlimited prosperity. That’s another way to say you can make lots of money. And that’s possible because the “Declaration of Independence”, which proclaims that “all men are created equal” with the right […]
... written on May 04 2015Frustrated with lazy people still using “123456”, “abc123” or simply “password” as their authentication for internet access, PayPal has dropped a bombshell. If you don’t behave and improve your password, they would have little choice but to inject you with your username and force you to eat your password (*grin*), literally speaking. Like it or […]
... written on Apr 21 2015