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By admin on February 19, 2013
Malaysians crave for titles. There is little doubt about that. Just look at the number of awards dished out every year, from federal titles to state titles. But this number does not meet the demand which must be in the thousands. In Malaysia, Datuk is a Malay term for an honorific title that is bestowed [...]
Posted in Malaysia, Uncategorized | Tagged awarding of titles in Malaysia, Belakang Punya Dato', craving for titles, Datin, Datin Paduka, Dato, Datu titles purportedly conferred by the sultan of Sulu, Datuk, datukships, esteem needs, Fahri Azzat, fake degree or award, honorary PhD degrees, honorific title, Malacca, Malaysians’ Obsession With Titles, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, non-accredited university, Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), Panglima Setia Diraja (PSD), Penang, Rochville University, Sabah, Sarawak, state datukships, Sultan, University of New Castle in USA, yearning for recognition |
By admin on October 29, 2012
In the spirit of Halloween, magician Rich Ferguson took to the streets of San Luis Obispo, California, determined to scare the living daylights out of unsuspecting public with his head-drop prank. Upon seeing his head-drop trick, unsuspecting onlookers screamed, gawked, and, in a few cases, ran away in terror. Ferguson is no newbie when it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged good old fashioned prank, Halloween, head-drop prank, head-drop trick, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsL_JDtVbww, magician Rich Ferguson |
By admin on August 9, 2012
Today is Singapore’s 47th birthday. To all Singaporeans, happy National Day! The logo for National Day Parade (NDP) 2012, also known as the “Orchidstar”, incorporates various elements that express this year’s theme “Loving Singapore, Our Home”. Inspired by Singapore’s iconic national flower the ‘Vanda Miss Joaquim’ orchid, the NDP 2012 logo reminds Singaporeans from all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Galvin Sng, garden city, Hsien Loong endorses quirky YouTube video, Loving Singapore Our Home, National Day Parade (NDP) 2012, NDP 2012 logo, Orchidstar, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong., Singaporeans, Singapore’s 47th birthday, Singapore’s iconic national flower the ‘Vanda Miss Joaquim’ orchid, the challenges and frustrations that Singaporeans have to face daily |
By admin on May 25, 2012
Xia Xue is right now trending at the top of Google Singapore. Out of curiousity, I decided to check out what the buzz is all about. Now that I know what it is all about, I have this to say: “Bravo, Xiaxue!” If you want to know what this is all about, go to Xia [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blogger Xiaxue, Celeb blogger Xiaxue, Don't play play with Xia Xue, Everyone is reading it, https://www.facebook.com/Xiaxue.sg, revenge of Xiaxue, Wendy Cheng, Xia Xue, Xia Xue blog, Xiaxue fights back aganist Facebook abuse, Xiaxue hits back, xiaxue.blogspot.com |
By admin on April 1, 2012
This has just hit the news and droves of people are flocking to the Miri campus of Curtin University today hoping to catch a view of the Curtin monster. The buzz started at about 7.00 am today when a few students saw a weird looking monster in the lake within the campus. The students were [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Curtin monster, Loch Ness monster, Miri campus of Curtin University, Scotland's Loch Ness monster, weird looking monster with a long narrow neck |
By admin on December 24, 2011
It is Christmas so here is wishing each and everyone of you a very happy and blessed Christmas. As you celebrate Christmas, ponder on the true meaning of Christmas. I would like to share with you the following poem: The True Meaning Of Christmas Jesus Christ was born this day So many years before [...]
Posted in From Around The World, God, Uncategorized | Tagged Father God, God’s son, Jesus Christ was born this day, Lord of Lords, M.S.Lowndes, Merry Christmas, redemption, the meaning of Christmas will always be the birth of Jesus, The True Meaning Of Christmas, The True Meaning Of Christmas by M.S.Lowndes |
By admin on November 7, 2011
Meet 7-year-old Huang Doudou (黄豆豆), a girl from Urumqi, Mongolia. Doudou’s tragic life recently stirred up much controversy in Chinese media after her shocking story became viral. At the tender age of just seven she has to perform three times a night, four nights a week as a restaurant dancer for 800 yuan (about $130) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 7-Year-Old Huang Doudou Dances In Inappropriate Attire To Support Her Family, a girl from Urumqi Mongolia, Huang Doudou, Huang Doudou wears a provocative dance outfit and put on lots of makeup for her performance at a local hotpot restaurant, Urumqi No.8 Primary School, 黄豆豆 |
By admin on September 25, 2011
It is a wedding that Elena De Angelis will remember for the rest of her life. The Italian bride created a huge sensation in Casal di Principe, Naples, Italy, with her bridal outfit, sporting the world’s longest veil when she tied the knot with Ferdinand Pucci this week. Elena is sitting in the vintage car [...]
Posted in From Around The World, The Odd The Weird The Wacky, Uncategorized | Tagged 28 times the length of Manchester United's Old Trafford pitch, 3.7 miles of white silk, a wedding to remember, Bride's 1.8-mile veil is world's longest, Bride's record-breaking 3km long wedding dress veil, Casal di Principe in Naples, Elena De Angelis, epic wedding dress, Ferdinand Pucci, Gianni Molaro, Guinness Book of Records, Italian bride’s 3 km wedding dress veil, Italian village, Italian village of Casal di Princice, Italy, the world's longest veil, Trip down the aisle, Usain Bolt, Veil you take this woman |
By admin on September 18, 2011
I was just a young kid when the hippie movement was the rage worldwide. Being brought up by conservative parents, I used to look at hippies with disdain. I guess it was also because the mainstream press portrayed the hippies as undesirable elements of our society. I can still remember my dad asking me go [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a more spiritual more environmentally conscious approach, a youth movement by mostly rich middle class people in the United States during the early 1960s, altered states of consciousness, an iconic image of the hippie movement, artistic experimentation in music, cannabis, communal living, Deep Purple, drug-taking hippie chick of easy virtue, Genesis, growing your consciousness to a whole new level, harmony with nature, Hippie, hippie movement, Hippies Full Length Documentary, Jennifer Wilson, Led Zeppelin, LSD, magic mushrooms, marijuana, materialistic concepts of life, peace movement, promiscuity, promoting the idea of peace love unity and freedom, psychedelic rock, Reading Festival, rejecting middle-class materialism, rejection of middle America's money-grubbing ways, sexual revolution, Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, the 1969 Woodstock Festival, the early hippies, the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, the photograph that epitomised the free spirited summer of love and the hippy movement, The Rolling Stones, the widespread use of recreational drugs, trying to make the world a better place, Vietnam War |
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