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Last weekend, I went shopping for a new laptop for my wife. The number of laptop models and accessories really amazed me. The choice of brand and accessories seem infinite. The laptop price continued to drop while the functionalities keep improving.
Shopping for laptops is like shopping for any commodities. There seem to be a price […]

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When I was in Bandung with my friends, the one from Dubai extended his invitation to us to visit him. During our vacation in Bandung, he told us so many interesting things about Dubai that really generated lots of interest among us to visit him in Dubai.
First thing first, he offered us free accommodation at this house […]

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Google has released the latest PageRank last week. This website remains at PR3. It’s good enough for me. I don’t expect this website to move beyond PR3. However, I am quite disappointed that my daughter’s website still remains at PR0 after two rounds of Google’s PageRank update. I wonder what’s wrong with her website. Perhaps, […]

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Resort World has expanded its Genting Express bus service to 1-Utama shopping mall recently. One way journey to Genting Highlands, inclusive of Skyway cable car, costs only Rm6.80. This is definitely cheaper than to drive all the way to Genting Highlands. I wouldn’t mind bringing my kid to Genting Highlands more often as this is […]

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One of the most interesting case studies I did when I was in college was to review the operations of Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. I was most impressed with the sacrifices and commitment of the bank founder, Muhammad Yunus to establish microcredit financing for the very poor. Muhummad Yunus in his pursuit to help the […]

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The recent rumor about possible petrol price hike on 1 January 2008 has given me a wake up call to re-look into my car’s petrol consumption. My current car, Naza Ria, is a petrol guzzler. I drive about 100 km to and fro work daily. Needless to say, whenever there is a petrol price increase, […]

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Last December, I went to Bandung for vacation with some friends. The primary objective was to do shopping plus catching up with old friends. One of them came back from Dubai for Christmas. The choice of location was between Langkawi or Bandung. Everyone chose Bandung for obvious reason - Shopping.
For this trip, we stayed at […]

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Nowadays, caring for the young and old is becoming more challenging especially in the city where everyone is busy working. Kids are usually looked care by baby sitters. Parents will only see their kids after work. In Asian countries, office hours tend to stretch way beyond the official office hours. It’s a norm to find people […]

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Benazir Bhutto was assasinated by her opponents in Rawalpindi after she had finished addressing a rally there on 27 December 2007. She was shot by her assasin at close range who then detonated a bomb attached to himself which killed another 20 people nearby.
I am not going to blog about what is already written in […]

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I mentioned earlier in the blog that I am looking for a new television to replace my 15 year-old Sony 29” Trinitron that weighs 50 kg. Since I am not in real hurry to buy a new television set, I spend a lot of time doing product comparison when doing window shopping at the malls […]

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