May 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Automobile – Mastering the pickup game

"Mastering the pickup game" — The title striked my mind to read further.

The Toyota factory in this industrial suburb of Bangkok churns out one pickup truck a minute. But that’s NOT ENOUGH to meet demand from customers as far away as Australia, the Middle East and South America.
Because of the size of its domestic [...]

Samy, please sue them …

There is no better opportunity than this time around for MIC delegated to show how much their "love" towards MIC president S Samy Vellu.

It’s also worthy to note that, even though Samy Vellu threatened to sue both Malaysia Nanban and Makkai Osai, not only they didn’t back-off, but ready to tell the truth.
"Our JB [...]

Samy: Mahathir gave nothing to Indians!

Let me tell you the exact definition of talk c**k.

Via Malaysiakini:

MIC president S Samy Vellu has criticised former premier Mahathir Mohamad for not giving anything to the Indian Malaysian community under the Eighth Malaysia Plan (8MP).

According to a front-page report in Tamil daily Makkal Osai today, Samy Vellu said Mahathir had promised ‘this [...]

When the raise of electrity tariff is imminent …

Yesterday, the status was "coming soon".

Today, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik said Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) will be allowed to raise electricity rates "very soon", noting that the last tariff rise was in May 1997, nearly 9 years ago.

Previously, TNB has warned a tariff increase is vital to ensure its financial [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day!

Special wish to blogging mothers that I know of – Lilian, Jomel and De Book Worm.

Malaysia, macam-macam ada … (2)

Via The Star:

BALI: Malaysia made a strong statement against corruption at an international summit here, saying that Muslim nations will not be able to achieve their full economic potential if they do not address the problem.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said fighting corruption was one of the most fundamental issues pertaining to good [...]

May 13

Today, 13 May 2006, marks the anniversary of the May 13 incident.

Thirty-seven years may have passed since the infamous riots, but the ghost of this bloody episode in Malaysian history remain alive, forever entrenched in national psyche.

Kuala Lumpur were turned into a terrified shells of themselves, how over a hundred people lost their lives [...]

Google Trends

Google lifted the veil this week on one of its best-kept secret: Which nations search for what?

Who looks up "corruption" most avidly? Who seeks out "terrorist" most faithfully? Who types in "drugs" or "sex" most frequently?

No country’s secrets are spared.

The site introduced Thursday, Google Trends, measures how often particular phrases are searched for from [...]

Hard man and soft porn

Via NST:
PUTRAJAYA: Trouble is mounting for besieged Jasin MP Mohd Said Yusof.

The Anti-Corruption Agency is investigating whether he tried to interfere with the work of the Malacca Customs over a seized timber consignment.

To make matters worse, it has also been discovered that Mohd Said is a director of Purnama Mutiara, a company once hauled [...]

Mahathir: …. even if the country goes to the dogssss

As UMNO celebrates its 60th anniversary today, a two-hour DVD depicting former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad flaying the current crop of leaders for "lacking courage" and said members were afraid of putting their heads on the chopping block and thus opted for silence when things went wrong.

"If you want things to be right, you have [...]