My Beautiful Junior

My boy is one of the winners for 'My Beautiful Junior' contest in Parenthood magazine (issue 110 - Feb 2009). To know more about him, please visit Iverson Tan's personal blog at http://iversontan.blogspot.com.

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Surprisingly Many People Do Not Know This!

Received an interesting email from someone....

WHO KNEW THIS???

I have been driving for nearly 26 years. I would think I should have noticed the little secret on my dashboard that was staring me in the face the whole time. I didn't, and I bet you didn't either.

Have you ever rented or borrowed a car and when arriving at the gas station wondered...mmm, which side is the gas filler cap?
My normal solution was to stick my head out the window, strain my neck and look, try to see in the side mirrors or even get out of the car!
Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to share with you my little secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to the gas station or put your neck at risk of discomfort or injury.

If you look at your gas gauge, you will see a small icon of a gas pump?
The handle of the gas pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the gas pump?
If your tank is on the left, the handle will be on the left? If your tank is on the right, the handle will be on the right (see photo). It is that simple!














Don't feel dumb, just go out and share the world's best kept auto secret with your friends.

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19-month boy praying in Maha Vihara Temple

Obama's Historic White House Victory

Barack Obama's victory in the 44th presidency of United States has send 2 important messages to the world:

1. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, It can achieve." - Napoleon Hill

It is encouraging to know that when Obama was still a student in Indonesia, he had written down a big goal and his goal is to become a president one day. His amazing belief system has made his big dream come true.

2. Leadership should not be judged based on the color of skin.

I hope that Abdullah on anyone can be PM will turn into a reality one day in Malaysia.

Scenery at Parkroyal Penang Hotel

During my Penang trip, we stayed in Parkroyal Penang Hotel. What I like about this hotel is that it's located by beach of Batu Ferringhi where you can have a good sea view, and the night markets are just right outside the hotel. I don't mind to stay in this hotel again for my next Penang trip.

Toy Museum in Penang

During my penang trip, I have also visited Penang's Toy Museum. This is another interesting place you may consider visiting if you are a fan of toys or you have kids. Some said Penang Toy Museum is the first and largest museum in Asia which comprising of more than 100000 toys, dolls, models and other collectibles.

Butterflies in Penang Butterfly Farm

I have just visited Penang Butterfly Farm last week with my family. This place is really a place worth visiting as we could see a lot of free-flying butterflies. Frankly speaking, I didn't get a chance to see this much butterflies in other butterfly farms. I would consider Penang Butterfly Farm is one of the main attractions if you want to visit Penang. Below are some of the photos and video that I took using Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10 camera.

Homemade cake for my wife's birthday by a Doctor

This is a homemade cake for my wife's birthday celebration. This all must thank Dr Siew Nee for her effort of making such a wonderful cake! Your cake was not only looked great but also tasted yummy.

Reporter creates ISA history

Again, things should not happen had happened. It is ridiculous to hear Home Minister explaining that Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was arrested under ISA and detained under Section 73(1) in order to ensure her safety because her life was under threat. I thought The Internal Security Act (ISA) is used to capture those suspected terrorist or communist? Can ISA be used to protect a person? No matter what, Tan had created ISA history by becoming the shortest ISA detainee in Malaysia record - 18 hours. What make me most irritating is that why those who are telling the truth are being arrested, instead of those who uttered the seditious statements? Furthermore, Tan was just carrying out her duty as a reporter and reporting the truth. I thought the PM and DPM had already acknowleged who was wrong and had apologized to the public. In my opinion, it is another 'flip-flop decision' by the government to arrest and then released the reporter. The explanation given to detain the reporter under ISA was to ensure her safety is totally unacceptable.

Malaysia-Today unblocked

Things should not happen in the first place had happened. The most popular political portal Malaysia-Today which was blocked on Aug 27 by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), has been unblocked. I think the government probably has realised that there are no effective ways to block a website. Again, this is another flip-flop decisions and 'goblok' move by government. They really shot themselves in the foot!

My 16-month boy talking over the phone

This photo was taken by my sister-in-law with her handphone and this is definately one of the best. I really like this photo a lot as my 16-month boy looks so natural and lively. It is also not easy to take this kind of photo in the car while it's still moving. Many thanks to Siew Nee.

Hong Kong TVB on Lim Guan Eng

After watching these 3 video clips on Lim Guan Eng, I have started to know him better and in fact I have a lot respect for him. He had sacrificed his dream as an accountant and gone into politics to serve the people regardless pf race or religion. He even went to jail twice. The second time he was jailed just because he defended the grandma of an under-aged Malay girl who claimed having affair with a former chief minister. What I am amazed is that he didn't give up after came out from jail for the second time and continue with his journey in politics and today he is a Penang Chief Minister.

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Part 3

Malaysia-Today got blocked

Yesterday I received an update from Astro News that the most popular political portal Malaysia-Today operated by brave Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been censored by the Malaysia Government and is blocked by country’s largest internet service provider - TMNet. I think the government has most probably overlooked the Multimedia Super Corridor Bill of Guarantees which has promised no internet censorship and is too desperate to implement this without thinking much about the effectiveness, impact and consequences. No matter what, with the information technology, the website still can be assessed via the mirror site at http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/. Therefore, it is a silly waste of time to block a website. You will only discourage investors to invest in Multimedia Super Corridor and encourage more people to this website.

Anwar wins big in Permatang Pauh

I had received a news about Permatang Pauh By-Election that had been won by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with a bigger majority than his wife, who obtained a vote-majority of 13,388 at 82% voter turnout rate during 8 March 2008 General Election.

The Permatang Pauh by-election results are as follows:
- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim: 31,195 votes (Majority: 15,671 votes)
- Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah: 15,524 votes
- Hanafi Hamat: 92 votes

Earlier, I have received a news saying that only 62.25% of 58,459 registered voters turned out in this by-election. Another words, only 38,144 voters cast their ballots. Based on the result above, what have confused me was that how can the total votes of the 3 candidates (31,195 + 15,524 + 92 = 46811) can be more than 38,144 ??? There must be something wrong somewhere. If were to base on the above results, the turnout rate should be more than 80%.

Well, no matter what, Anwar is still a big winner with the resouding majority. Congratulations!

Singapore PM National Day Rally Speech

I am very impressed and inspired with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech in 3 languages (English, Mandarin and Malay) in his National Day Rally on August 17. He is really a world class leader. We really have a lot to learn from them. The videos can be viewed by clicking the banner below.

In his speech in English, he did touch about how blogging had changed Malaysia politics. He had also given the blogger, Jeff Ooi the 15 seconds of fame.

Condom Ringtone Launched in India

A cellphone ringtone that chants "condom, condom!" has been launched in India to encourage safe sex and tackle the growing HIV/AIDS. I have doubt their society will accept this idea but what I know is that it definately can give us a good laugh when the ringtone is played. It can be downloaded at http://www.ziddu.com/download/1969255/condom-a-cappella.mp3.html.

World champions failed to qualify for final

It is very sad to see both world champions, Tyson Gay and Liu Xiang failed to qualify for final in 100m and 110m hurdles respectively.

During the 100m final, I wonder why I didn't see Tyson Gay in the final list. At first, I thought that he most probably pulled out from the race due to injury. The reason why I was thinking that way is because I have never see any world champions failed to qualify for 100m final in Olympic Games unless injury. I only found out later that he actually only finished fifth in his semi-final with a poor time of 10.05 seconds. However, Jamaican Usain Bolt had again make the world crazy as he made his sprint looked so ridiculously easy in the final with the world record of 9.69 seconds.

Things also didn't go so well with Liu Xiang as Liu slipped off the blocks himself and later pulled out from the event entirely. This is most probably the biggest upset of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for host country China.

The greatest Olympian of all time born in Beijing Olympic

Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time yesterday (13 Aug 2008) in Beijing Olympic Games, capturing his 10th and 11th gold medals which also moved past Olympic icons Paavo Nurmi (middle and long distance runner from Finland), Carl Lewis (sprinter and long jumper from USA), Mark Spitz (swimmer from USA) and Larysa Latynina (gymnast from Ukraine), who all won nine golds in their careers.

One thing I have observed and learned from Phelps on how to become champion is to learn from other champions and implement some of their qualities in his professional lives. The reason i am saying this is because according to him, he had spent some time with Carl Lewis and had a few words with Mark Spitz and had begun to learn what 'champion' means.

It will be amazing if he still can maintain his 'unstoppable' form and win all eight of his Beijing events to surpass the record of seven gold medals at one Games set by Mark Spitz in Munich in 1972. He is expected to be the best sportsman in this 29th Beijing Olympic Games. Well done Phelps!

Precious word 'Mum' from my boy

Today is a special day for my wife as for the very first time, my boy, after more than 15th months, has began to call his mother 'Mum'. What I don't really understand is that the word 'Mum' only came out from his mouth after he knew how to pronounce 1-10, A-Z in sequence and the name of over 100 objects shown to him using flash cards.