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English is a hard language when its not your mother tongue ... things get lost in translation sometimes. In Malaysia it happens, in particular when we get zombies trying to do the English subtitles for movies. These are from China, in now way am I singling them out. Japanese ones are funny as well ... there are also the ones from India, Indonesia, Thailand ... but one at a time. Some guys (assholes) should really go to the second room. Hey, might as well be honest while you are at it! The police/army are so considerate. We certainly need this sign in Malaysia ... car showrooms and Pavilion. Awww ... shucks. I will definitely try that!!! What an awesome gift for some of my friends the next time I travel to China.

I guess things must be really slow at the SEC for them to tinker with "scandalous hiring of the well-connected". Plus they had to go and whack the US big investment houses operating in China. As if that is going to achieve brownie points against China. Beijing is going to come back with a "look at your own fucking house first" before questioning others. Maybe its a bit more prevalent in China, heck... it is also pervasive in Malaysia. Even Singapore, although its a bit more muted, in that ex-Ministers and Parliamentary Secs there get into most big companies' boards, or is it a coincidence.  Hiring someone based on connections is not bad per se. I guess what the SEC is getting at is when the hiring is highly correlated to the awardment of business contracts. Its such a pervasive thing, how is the SEC going to regulate that? Where do you draw the line between connection-network-influence, as to when it is a bribe and when it is considered as "business experie...

I am all for constructive analysis and commentary. An open progressive society should always have that. However, is our society somehow more like the cartoon below ... always finding something negative to say, ... never considering the backdrop or context. It is easy to just criticise and complain, somehow by shading something darker, it makes our pitiful life bearable. In much the same way, we run the danger of branding ourselves by what we do not like, we have no problem telling others what we don't like. How do people describe you? Is it "oh, she doesn't like lamb dishes, she cannot stand Sungai Wang complex, she hates Justin Beiber ,  ...." or is it "she loves dogs, she goes gaga for Baskin Robbins, she loves to climb hills ..."

Both of our ex & current Prime Minister already voiced their views regarding this matter. Yesterday, our ex-PM said Government should SELL MAS if it can be run more effectively by private sector. Meanwhile, when asked, our current PM said there was no plan to privatize MAS now because it was on track to its turn around plan under the helm of new management. So? In fact, this was like a million ringgit question for many speculative investors. Maybe, they or YOU were hoping for the deal to materialize if you bought the shares just recently. Anyway, it won't be as easy as you might think. MAS is a national carrier . It carries the national flag wherever it goes. (Some more, national day is approaching now) How much to privatized? Especially for a still loss-making company... Definitely, Government won't get much if MAS being privatized now. However, everything is possible given the facts below: National company is just a company anyway. We have just witnessed the privatizati...

Emerging market stocks have been hammered this year as the US and Europe have enjoyed one of the best stock markets in history.  Why?  What happened to the argument that slow (GDP) growth in the developed world and much higher (GDP) growth in the emerging economies argued in favor of a heavy commitment of investment funds to emerging market? As it turns out, emerging market economic growth has, indeed, been much, much higher than economic growth in the Western nations.  So, why did their stock markets put in such a pitiful performance thus far this year?  A similar pattern occurred in US history when foreign investors, mostly British and Russian investors, lost bucketloads of money betting on growth in the US economy in the 19th century.  This is not the first time that dramatic GDP growth failed to help investors in public stocks. Many of the most vibrant companies in the countries that fall into the 'emerging market' category are not public companies.  Th...

How to go wrong with pork ribs? This is my adjusted, tweaked, simplified recipe that all can try at home. All the ingredients are pictured here. Note that I only used half of the belacan in that white paper box. Oops, you can't see the candlenuts (buah keras). I don't really like to measure much, mostly agak-agak and taste along the way. Generally, for about 1.5kg of pork ribs: - 3-4 big sized potatoes (get the ones from Indonesia, softer and nicer) - 2 stalks lemon grass - 6 to 7 candlenuts - small piece of belacan - A1 rempah for meat  (3-4 tbs) - 12 pieces of shallots - 6 pieces of garlic cloves - 5 to 6 dried chilli (cut up finely) - curry leaves - tumeric poweder (1 tbs) - 1/2 cup coconut milk First, put the cut up ribs in a plastic bag, throw in 1tsp sea salt and 1 tbs white pepper and make sure they get a good rubbing down. Put in 3 tbs corn flour, close the bag and shake liberally. Check to make sure all are covered with flour. Put in fridge for at least 2 hours, the lo...

A timely op-ed from Malaysian Insider. For every situation, there are a number of choices we can take ... with great position of power comes with it even greater responsibility. Can you name Malaysia’s best Home Minister ever? - Malaysian Insider AUGUST 15, 2013 LATEST UPDATE: AUGUST 15, 2013 06:32 PM Someone wondered the other day: who was Malaysia's best Home Minister? The question was in response to the increasingly irrational behaviour of Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who has only one move in his playbook: use the sledgehammer to pummel and bully his way to hero status in Umno. Justice, fairness, moderation are words that have no place in Zahid's small world, crowded out by grandstanding. The question was also in response to a growing sense that the country is in a tailspin, buffeted from every side by worsening race relations, intolerance, a crime epidemic and in serious need of a firm but fair hand. So who was the best Home Minister? Was it Ghazali Shafie? Was it Musa Hitam? ...