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Written by CH Cheah
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 09:21 |
 It's ironic that the world's largest economy can be brought to its knees. And it did this all by itself - driven by the inherent greed of its financial experts and bankers. The problem is that it's bringing others down with it. That is what being the world's largest superpower is all about. When you catch a cold others sneeze along with you.The current economic crisis may have been triggered by the slumping housing market and the defaults of the sub prime loans. But that is not the whole story. … |
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Written by Shirley T
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Friday, 03 October 2008 10:08 |
 To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour ~ William BlakeHave you ever thought of composing of a bouquet of flower for a friend's birthday? The recipient will be even happier if the person knows you did it by yourself. It is the thought that counts! For this article, I am going to share a floral arrangement for a joyful birthday. However, it is also suitable to be shared for other joyful occasions like Graduation… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Monday, 29 September 2008 20:15 |
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The recent melamine tainted milk crisis has definitely up the consumers fear about milk in particular and food from China in general. Most would be cautious about consuming melamine tainted milk and milk derivative food products. Definitely tales and misinformation would be floating around, like the recent scare of eating from plastic utensils which contain melamine.
I would encourage you to search around and armed yourself with accurate information about this issue. This would avoid unnecessary worries and headache.
I found Malaysiakini reported some great information about melamine contamination. It also said that consumers are advised to read the food label carefully prior to any food purchase in commercial market.
For Malaysians who are still in doubts about the milk or its related products that are contaminated by melamine, you may ring Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia via the following telephone numbers: +60-3-88 83 36 55, 88 83 35 03, 88 83 36 52 dan 88 83 35 00. These lines can be reached during office hours from 8:00 am - 9:00 pm of local time including public holidays and on the coming Hari Raya festive holidays as mentioned in Malaysiakini.
For further information or latest update on milk products tainted with melamine issue, please access Food Safety and Quality Division website under Ministry of Health Malaysia. Alternatively, please visit WHO website to better understand about melamine contamination.
To obtain the updated list of milk products that are not affected by melamine contamination by Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, please click on the updated list via here. To all Muslim readers, 'Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri'.
To all Malaysians (residing in Malaysia), Happy Holidays! |
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Written by Shirley T
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 22:45 |
 If you love shopping for books, clothes, shoes, handicrafts, fish, flower, furniture or even antiques, Bangkok Chatuchak Weekend Market is the place to be. We were lucky that our one week stay in Bangkok conincided with a weekend. The Thais called it Talaat JJ ('talaat' in Thai means market). I heard that JJ Market is a gathering areana for most traders from all or other provinces of Thailand. Here, you can see almost everything that is available in every Thai market or even more. This is the re… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 15:01 |
 Two main reasons of why we placed Wat Saket or Golden Mount first in our Bangkok city tour. First, Wat Saket is located at a relatively high spot to catch the skyline of Bangkok. Second, it can be reached by boat from the place we stayed.However, when we arrived at Golden Mount, there were more that we discovered. In 1792, King Rama I did perform the royal bathing here after he became the new ruler of the kingdom. It was built on an artificial hill under the sponsorship of King Rama III and comp… |
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Written by CH Cheah
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 15:39 |
 The USA is in a financial crisis and nobody will deny it this time. Unlike back in 2007 when the government denies the recession and the crisis altogether, figuring that a couple of billion here and there would prop up the financial sector enough to survive the storm and none would be the wiser. Today the US government is debating pumping in a huge US$700 billion into the financial system as a final ditch bailout plan. That is a huge amount of money, and not the government's money, but the peopl… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Saturday, 27 September 2008 15:41 |
 It is very depressing to hear that human is taking advantage (making money) at the expenses of others' life. Where is our humanity and conscience? Sichuan's earthquake has awakened millions of people in the world that human is kind, compassionate and helpful! During the catastrophic, not only cash was pouring in including from the hands of street beggars, volunteers and missionary activists were also physically there to save as many human lives as possible in the shortest period. Nevertheless, … |
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Written by Shirley T
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 21:14 |
 Does this Buddha image below look familiar to you? If you are looking for a postcard of Ayutthaya, you will never miss this picture - The famous head of sandstone Buddha image entangled with figs. Impressive!!!Though the body is gone, the sandstone head is entrapped in the roots and lies beneath a Bodhi (Banyan) tree in the vicinity of Wat Mahathat. This piece of ancient antique is definitely too precious to let it just stay under a tree, hence there is a designated security personnel sitting ne… |
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