Posted in Malaysia - my home on Nov 7th, 2007
Malaysia is perhaps the only country in the world where we have a bank named after a person. Neo Bank? Not quite… I am referring to RHB Bank, the legacy of Tan Sri Rashid Hussain, a familiar icon in Malaysian financial services during the 1980s and 1990s. Tan Sri Rashid even has a Wikipedia listing [...]
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Posted in Internet, Malaysia - my home on Nov 1st, 2007
Today marks the official pre-launch of Mynic’s .my domain name system.
Yes .my is finally here! Unfortunately (or fortunately) it is not a first-come-first served basis. Mynic is offering “Priority Entry Period” to .com.my owners to take up the corresponding .my domain for a period of 2 months (up to 31 December 2007).
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Posted in Malaysia - my home on Oct 13th, 2007
To all my fellow Muslim readers, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you Selamat Hari Raya! Maaf Zahir dan Batin!
Since you are loyal to read my blog everyday (please don’t tell me you never do that…), I would like to reward you with this great song which you would most likely hear [...]
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Posted in Malaysia - my home on Sep 16th, 2007
Yesterday, I made a quick stop at the Tapah RSA (Rest and Service Area) on my way to Ipoh to attend a friend’s wedding dinner. Usually this rest stop along the North South Highway is the most crowded place because it’s one of those with the best facilities and has the most varieties of food [...]
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Posted in Malaysia - my home on Sep 14th, 2007
What is IKON Malaysia? Similar to Malaysian Idols, it’s a reality singing competition which searches for a champion among existing or established artistes. Compared to other singing competitions, it’s rather different because it also welcomes popular starlets to participate. The programme was co-launched with IKON Indonesia and IKON Philippines in late 2006 as an initiative [...]
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Posted in Malaysia - my home on Sep 13th, 2007
It was a fine Wednesday morning and I woke up exceptionally early. It was not because I had the morning urge to go to see my girlfriends early, but because I needed to go to queue up for the Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW 2020) fund. If you are uninitiated, ASW 2020 is a fixed-priced [...]
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