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Monday, February 22, 2010
Dear Santa, can you give me early Christmas present this year?
All I want is : Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Lens. I first saw this lens when I bought my DSLR stuff in KL but the price is beyond my range. RM 2050!So, dear Santa please send this as my early Christmas present for this year.
ps: Don't forget to include the petal shaped lens hood and give good packaging.
Thanks santa, I love you so much!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Robert Kuok at top of Malaysia’s 40 richest
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — By now it is no surprise that the rich around the world are getting poorer. Malaysia is no exception: Its 40 wealthiest are worth US$36 billion (RM126 billion), down from US$46 billion a year ago. That loss is largely in line with the 21 per cent drop in the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and not too bad considering the fact that the ringgit has lost 10 per cent against the US dollar, the currency in which net worths are measured.
Malaysia's billionaires continue to dominate. The country's two richest people, Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan, both again No. 1 and No. 2, are worth a combined US$16 billion and account for 44 per cent of the top 40's wealth. They are also the two richest people in Southeast Asia. The country's nine billionaires are worth US$30 billion, or 84 per cent of the total, the biggest wealth disparity among any of Forbes Asia's other rich lists. Vincent Tan is the only Malaysian to have dropped out of the billionaire ranks in the past 12 months as share prices in his companies declined.
There are signs of recovery. The nation's stock market index has been climbing in the past two months. Kuok's fortune is up US$2 billion since March, when he appeared on the world's billionaires list. Five other billionaires have posted a combined US$800 million in gains since then. Kua Sian Kooi grabbed the last spot on the list as a result of a big rally in his insurance firm Kurnia Asia's stock, up 50 per cent since the start of April.
Three newcomers debut, thanks to the discovery of better or new information. They include software executive Goh Peng Ooi, IOI board member Chan Fong Ann and gaming tycoon Chen Lip Keong, who operates a casino in Cambodia and a tourism business in Malaysia.
Four people have returned to the ranks after an absence of a year or more. Among them are Syed Mohd Yusof Syed Nasir and Tan Teong Hean, who cashed out of Southern Bank several years ago and are now making new investments.
Among those who dropped off the list are several tycoons who barely missed the cut, including CIMB Bank's Nazir Razak and OSK finance group's Ong Leong Huat. Malaysian citizen Ong Beng Seng, who has lived in Singapore for decades, is wealthy enough to qualify but stands to be listed among that nation's 40 richest in September, largely due to the fact that he and his wife, Christina, who is a citizen of Singapore, share a number of holdings.
1 Robert Kuok US$9 billion diversified 85. Married, 8 children
Onetime rice, sugar trader heads multinational Kuok Group. Biggest source of wealth is stake in Wilmar International, palm oil outfit run by his nephew. Other big holdings are Hong Kong real estate group Kerry Properties, hotel operator Shangri-La Asia. Has an interest in South China Morning Post publisher. With Filipino tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco Jr's San Miguel, plans to spend up to US$1 billion to develop public land for farming to boost agricultural sector.
2 Ananda KrishnanUS$7 billion telecom 71. Married, 3 children
Runs Maxis Communications, Malaysia's largest cell phone service provider, with more than 10 million subscribers; took it private in June 2007 in US$12 billion deal, then sold 25 per cent to Saudi Telecom the same month. Last year sold Excel, the exhibition venue in London's Docklands, for reported US$230 million and bought 20 per cent stake in British regional newspaper chain Johnston Press, luckily a small holding, as stock has dropped more than 80 per cent since as it struggles with debt. Modern art collector, has homes in Kuala Lumpur, London and south of France; has a son who is a monk living in the forest.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
My Kelisa problem 08.02.2010
I have been hearing noise coming from the rear of the car since late saturday morning but I couldn't tell where the sound is coming from.
So I decided to take a closer look yesterday morning and to my horror I found out that the exhaust pipe coming out from the muffler is broken. It is left hanging only by the mounting without connecting to the muffler at all. Not only that it is broken but almost the whole length of the pipe is badly damage due to corrosion or metal fatigue or some other reason that I just don't know.
So I decided to take it to a workshop and get it fixed. This is my conversation when I arrived at the workshop:
Me: Bos boleh tolong tengok ka camna mau repair ni pipe eksos suda patah? (Sambil tunjuk di bawah kereta dekat eksos)
Mekanik: Ooo nda payah tingu pun tau suda tu patah mana, biasalah ni kereta kelisa memang sana la masalah dia tu.
Me: Oh ya ka? Banyak suda ka kereta macam saya ni masalah gini?
Mekanik: Ya ba. Jap saya panggil tu chif mekanik exhaust. Oi Opppuuu mari sini kau tingu ni keta.
True to the name, the person they are calling chief specialist in exhaust repairing is a timorese.
He gave it a look and ask whether I just want to change the piping or put on a sport exhaust. Since I am in the mood of trying something different, I opt to put a sport exhaust tip with direct piping without the muffler.
Waited for around 1 hour and the job is done. Cost = RM250
I tried googling for the so called "banyak suda masalah ni kelisa punya exhaust" thing in the internet and true I got some similar stories:
Just one more problem: The car is more noisier now! At first testing at the workshop it sounded not too loud but when reach home I realized it is much louder than first thought.
Maybe need to put silencer or change exhaust tip or something. Later will find out how to decrease the noise a bit.
Vrooom vrooomm.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Family Holiday 27 -31 January 2010
Eating out is a non issue because it is so cold here in Genting.
Lesson Learned - It is very hard to bring along a 2 year old child with you on this kind of trip. Because I end up carrying all the luggage while the wife taking care of the child.
Went to the Casino at 10pm. Won a meager RM900.
Day 2 - Woke up a bit late for the free breakfast buffet. We reached the cafe at around 930am so the food is already almost finish.
Went to the Casino at 1pm. Better luck this time, won RM1000. But at one time losing all my money that is around RM1700. Phew lucky!
Lesson learned: Know how to stop gambling when luck is not on your side. Take a break and enjoy the scenery.
We bought the all in one indoor package for rides in the theme park. Got 30% discount for being a world card member. Nice! But Vanessa can only play 3-4 rides that is suitable for her age. So we decided to just walk around the other rides and take pictures.
Day 3 - Time to pack because we already bought ticket for 12.30 noon bus and we cant missed the skycar cable schedule or we will miss the bust all together.
Had breakfast at 830am, gosh so many people during this early time.
Went for last Casino time before leaving, won RM600 and went back to the hotel room to help pack our things.
Managed to catch the bus on time, but my back hurts so much from carrying all the luggage around genting to reach the skycar station.
Checked in at Boulevard Hotel at 2.30pm, took an hour rest and then it is time to SHOP! Wife bought a handbag, Vanessa some dress and me got to survey dslr items.
Vanessa run out of battery at 8pm so we have to go back to the hotel room.
Watch Liverpool won 2-0 against Bolton!
Day 4 - Woke up early because today we are going back to KK already. Met up with Juliet at noon and have lunch together at food court Midvalley.
Bought DSLR accessories after negotiating a good deal in my opinion for battery grip, flash and a battery.
Took KTM Komuter to KL sentral because it is the most cheaper and then SKybus to LCCT. Bad news! Flight delayed. So we only reach KK at 9.30pm.
It is a good breakaway although we did not got to go many other places since traveling with a 2 year old kid is just so hard.
Cheers.
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