Personalities
Jaycee Chan Jo-ming, the American-born son of kungfu action superstar Jackie Chan, was jailed for six months and fined 2,000 yuan (US$320; £213; HK$2,500; RM1,150) today at Beijing Dongcheng District People’s court. The 32-year-old actor and singer who was formally charged last month with “the crime of sheltering others to take drugs” after testing positive for […]
... written on Jan 09 2015If you really want to know the winner in the France’s most brutal slaughter in 50-years, it has to be Charlie Hebdo itself. Ask yourself: do you know who is Charlie Hebdo prior to the mass killings? You may try to act smart and answer that Charlie Hebdo could be a comedian or Justin Bieber’s […]
... written on Jan 09 2015ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Abu Sayyaf, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Pattani United Liberation Organization, Jemaah Islamiyah and to a certain extent Perkasa and Isma – what do they have in common. They’re either full-blown terrorists or subscribed to the teaching of terrorism, wearing the mask of Islam. Their lust for revenge, money, sex, power, […]
... written on Jan 08 2015In what appears to be France’s deadliest terror attack in half a century, 12 people were killed and 5 seriously injured after 2 masked men stormed the offices of Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at around midday on Wednesday. A third suspect, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, the getaway driver in the brutal attack has reportedly given […]
... written on Jan 08 2015Many people do not understand why U.S. President Barack Obama and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are such a close buddies. Flashback, Malaysian longest serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, had to pay “under table money” in the form of lobbyist Jack Abramoff to the tune of US$1.2 million (£800 million; RM4.3 million) so that he can […]
... written on Jan 08 2015Depending on your age, you may or may not know the world of DOS games. It was the early age of computer where the Intel Pentium was not even born yet. You were bombarded with technology such as Intel 80286 (or simply Intel-286) and Intel 80386 (or simply Intel-386). Computers were rarely shipped with memory […]
... written on Jan 06 2015In December 2006, Johor state was hit by severe floods. The then-PM Abdullah Badawi couldn’t care less but hurriedly flew out of the country en route to Perth, Australia. The mission – to open the “Puteri Nasi Kandar” restaurant co-owned by brother Ibrahim Ahmad Badawi. During that crisis, Abdullah put his deputy PM, Najib Razak, […]
... written on Jan 06 2015China’s Xiaomi Technology had a spectacular year in 2014, judging by its achievements last year. After the Chinese smartphone maker raised US$1.1 billion last month, the company wasted no time this month by boasting some fantastic numbers. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has just revealed the company had sold 61.12 million phone last year, bringing home […]
... written on Jan 05 2015When you suddenly found out that you get cancer, what’s your reaction? Probably cry of disbelief before seeks another specialists’ opinion. You want to know why because you believe there’s a reason – from genetic inheritance to food that you’ve eaten. Some may think it could be due to “karma”, something bad that they’ve done […]
... written on Jan 02 2015Pablo Picasso once said “good artists copy, great artists steal”. The Spanish artist’s famous quote was re-used by Steve Jobs in 1996, when the Apple Inc. supremo was frustrated with his company’s intellectual property being stolen repetitively. In fact, Apple has sued a lot of companies for allegedly copying or stealing its IP over the […]
... written on Dec 30 2014
