Tesco and Giant both has established their respective megastores in Puchong for quite some time now. With the recent opening of another Giant megastore in Kinrara, the feud just got a bit hotter. For you who have travelled along the Puchong – Sg Besi bypass in the direction of Sunway / Puchong, you must have […]
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KL-Putrajaya highway is now open!!
Posted: 17th December 2007 by Jacky Yong in Current AffairsTags: kl-putrajaya highway
Been listening to the news lately? It seems that not much people know about this recently opened highway. As early as last Friday (14th December 2007) I have seen cars whizzing pass the highway, which is located along the way where I go to work (from Seri kembangan to Cyberjaya). Yesterday night after dinner, at […]
What has the world come to? Has creativity come to its all time low? Has the big shots of big companies ran out of budget for their image consultant? Or has the world has just gone cuckoo? I’m taking about the really uncreative names that has cropped up in commercial businesses around the Klang Valley […]
Too much of penguin is bad for your (disk) health?
Posted: 25th October 2007 by Jacky Yong in Computers, Current AffairsI read with intrigue an article submitted by a friend: Explanation of Ubuntu Hard Drive Wear and Tear It says that from Feisty onwards, Ubuntu has been using the hard disk’s power management feature to spin down the hard drive, in an attempt to save some juice on your laptop battery. However the powering down […]
YAY, Gutsy Gibbon is here!
Posted: 18th October 2007 by Jacky Yong in Computers, Current Affairs, Silly meWell, aren’t you excited? =D It’s like Spongebob meeting ol’ Gary for the first time, I feel all giddy and jumpy! Hehehe … I’m now downloading it. Hopefully my next post shall be about the new Ubuntu…. 😉 Ubuntu has never let its users down in terms of product deliverance. When they said 18th October, […]
Stupid Citibank – Bella Indulgence Offer
Posted: 18th October 2007 by Jacky Yong in Current Affairs, Silly meFrankly I am just so fed-up with Citibank’s sub-standard offers, considering Citibank’s size and its ability to do much better than that! I am talking about the lame offers by Citibank and its equally lame affiliate Bella. See link here, if it’s not gone yet.
Those in the Ubuntu community should share my excitement now. Today, 11th October 2007 may not be a very auspicious date for many people, but 7 days into the future will be for the Ubuntu community. Yes, the next installment of the successful Ubuntu Operating System will be launched! Nick-named Gutsy Gibbon, it may have […]
I am surprised when I saw the news in Google News today. The angkasawan is not only going to space, it is also a big news in the Science / Tech section of Google news! I can’t say that I’m agreeing or against the idea of sending a Malaysian into space. But Malaysian government has […]
The lowest point in Malaysia’s Patriotic Song
Posted: 23rd July 2007 by Jacky Yong in Current Affairs, Movies and TV ShowsI am so ashamed of my own country lately. Those who have been noticing the advertisement on our local TV channel should have seen this awful song: I mean, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?? A song about how we should flush our toilet? Has it really come to this? This is the absolute worse patriotic […]
News of the recent nominations of the Ijok state seat suddenly reminded me of people staying there whom are close to me. I have been there when my cousin got himself married. I still remembered the wedding ceremony as extremely wacky! The one thing inseparable from chinese weddings is the opening of the door to […]