When Security Guards become Mechanics.

This could be unluckiest day for her and I happened to be the 1st witness, it was abit frustrated to start with but it ended with laughters and sweats...:P

Here is the story :

530pm - I was enjoying air-cond while waiting to see one of the most cheerful customer of mine, together with me were 2 of my dear coleagues, I received a call from a even dearer coleague, a stress call for help, the story was about some car keys stucked in the car booth and can't open bla bla bla....

Out of curiosity (partly out of sincerity too), I Gave Up the urgency to meet this customer and walk down the stair case to the basement carpark to find out what was wrong with the key and booth thing...

To my surprise, I didn't see any key stucked in the car booth key hole, but a lady trying to be incredible hulk attempted to open a car booth with her Strong arms.... hey....the car shaked.... I actually wanted to laugh but I certainly didn't want to have those arms shaking my neck....

Then I finally been notified that the booth opener at the driver seat is faulty and she was using the car key to open the booth, but, this was the turning point, she ACCIDENTALLY (better put it this way) slammed the booth while the car keys were still relaxing inside it.... so, erm, there was no way to open the booth ....

I tried the handle at the driver seat again ( I know it was faulty, just trying my luck...), then I tried with my car key ( I know it won't work, my luck again....), both way failed, then, Might Chin's face crossed my mind, so I called him. (while she continued to shake the poor car....)

Mighty Chin is mighty, he gave some good technical phone support, we finally knew the alternative way to access the booth : Through the passenger seats!!! ( I know U pandai, u would have figured out 10minutes ago...)

With 1hand on the phone and 1 free hand, I removed the Seat part of the passenger seat, there came the 2nd challenge : to remove the the Back part of it, it was screwed with 2 nuts.... which I knew I don't have the right tool.... But then again, I tried my luck again with my booth, OK, confirmed I didn't have it with me ( see, I actually got, I just don't have it in my car....).

6pm - We finally gave up and decided to deliver the stuff that she was supposed to, 30minutes ago.

Our savier of the day was Ms. Audrey, she contacted the security guards to give us a hand, 2 macho SG appeared shortly after her call (Does she always do this ?). At the same time, our Kepoh coleague, Mr.Lim, finally called to show his concern and agreed to came back to assist us. WTF.....he actually LEFT us and then called to tell us that the passenger seats can be easily removed with bare hands (he thought he is better than Mighty Chin when comes to car's anatomy...). Fine, we asked to meet up at the crime scene...

Here comes the Tulan part, after showing the SG about the nuts thingy, they turned around and walked towards a room (well, I never noticed the existance of that room, but I did notice a surveillance camera was right infront of her car). Erm, the room located, just exactly behind of her car, it could ( I say, COULD) mean, one of the SG must have seen us struggling just now either through the CCTV or saw us from the room, and did nothing about it....gosh.....

Fine ! They got the right tool and to my surprise, it took them (3 of them, one each unscrewed the nut from both side, one supervised, oh, Mr.Lim just kepoh...) almost 10minutes to remove 2 , nope, actually it was 4 nuts, that was ....FAST...

630pm - The long lost car keys were back into the strong arms.... Mr.Lim is flooded with sweats, tough job to supervise a 4nuts duty.

Did I tell u that while we were on our way to deliver stuff, the handle of her working bag, dropped in the lift !!! I can't explain how funny was it, but, it was funny. LOL !

I planned to buy the car plate number.

IMF: Oil, food prices may further dampen growth

Source: asiaone news

Date: 23/05/2008

THE International Monetary Fund said it is sticking to world economic forecasts for now, but cautioned that much higher global prices for oil and food could dampen growth.

'Despite increasing oil prices, the broad contours of the fund's assessment of the global outlook remain unchanged at this stage,' IMF spokesman David Hawley told reporters on Thursday.

'Significantly higher oil and commodity prices could have a dampening effect on growth if prices remain at elevated levels,' he added.

His comments came as crude oil rose to a record above US$135 (S$184) a barrel on Thursday and Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil ministers said they could do nothing to lower oil prices, calling the market 'crazy'. By the end of the day United States crude settled down US$2.36 to US$130.81.

Turning to global credit markets, Mr Hawley said the ability of banks to raise capital was 'reassuring' although a protracted adjustment in financial sector balance sheets is still likely.

The Washington-based IMF has twice cut its growth forecast for the world economy this year - in January and again in April. In its last outlook in April, it warned the United States was headed for recession this year and put world growth at 3.7 per cent in 2008.

That was down from a forecast in October of growth of 4.8 per cent and a forecast in January of 4.1 per cent, as it tried to account for the world's fast-spreading credit turmoil.

Mr Hawley said the IMF would update its forecast again in July. Meanwhile, a team of IMF economists was currently in Europe assessing the euro-area economy and 'and they will be concluding their work in the next few days', he said.

Authorities in the United States and Europe accused the IMF in April of being overly pessimistic in its April outlook.

First-quarter gross domestic product growth released on Thursday for the 15 countries using the euro topped expectations in an initial estimate by the European Union's statistics office at 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 2.2 per cent annually.

Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers, said he did not believe the worst of the financial market crisis was over and Europe will continue to be affected by the problems, which sprang from sloppy lending practices in the US housing market.

A spokesperson for the European Commission, however, acknowledged that high oil prices could reduce euro-zone economic growth below the 1.7 per cent forecast by the Commission for this year.

On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve slashed its US economic growth forecast for 2008 to between 0.3 per cent and 1.2 per cent, down from a prior forecast of 1.3 per cent to 2 per cent three months ago. The IMF believes US economic growth will skid from a subpar 2.2. per cent in 2007 to 0.5 per cent this year and 0.6 per cent next year.

Malaysia up 4 spots to 19th in Competitiveness Ranking

Source: The Star Online

Date: 24/05/2008

Malaysia’s moving up the competitiveness rankings is the result of improvements in hard data rather than perception surveys.

Malaysia has moved up four spots to 19th place with a score of 73.2 points out of 100 in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 published by International Institute for Management Development (IMD) based in Switzerland.

Last year, Malaysia was ranked 23rd with 74.1 points.

At a seminar on “Updates on Malaysia’s Competitiveness 2008” yesterday, Malaysia Productivity Corp (MPC) director general Datuk Nik Zainiah Nik Abd Rahman said: “The overall improved performance on Malaysia was attributed largely to the improvement in the rankings for statistical (or hard) data, where 46 out of 127 of the statistical data recorded improvements in ranking.”

However, she added that the MPC was also concerned with perception data, given that in today’s environment “perception was reality.”

The IMD ranking on perception data for Malaysia found that 43 out of 118 of recorded data showed an improvement. Perception data has a lower weightage in IMD’s yearbook rankings.

Going forward, MPC’s focus was on improving government efficiency in providing services to the public “especially to the private sector,” Nik Zainiah said.

MPC director Chan Kum Siew told the seminar said that in percentage terms Malaysia recorded a 35% improvement in statistical data rankings and also 35% improvement in perception data.“

Business efficiency showed the majority of improvement in rankings in the perception data,” she added.

Chan identified several challenges facing Malaysia, including achieving a customer-centric, innovative and proactive public service; nurturing innovative and resilient small and medium enterprises, and leveraging on public-private partnership to move the economy up the value chain.

Malaysia, she added, also needed to raise the innovative and creative capacity of human capital and enhance the scientific and technological infrastructure to meet the needs of a competitive economy

Robert Kuok Continues To Top Malaysia's Rich List

Source: Bernama.com

Date: 22/05/2008

Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok continues to maintain his lead position as Malaysia's richest man in the latest Forbes Asia's rich list.

According to Forbes Asia, Kuok, 84, who has many businesses, including Hong Kong property and media interests, and most notably palm oil giant Wilmar, increased his net worth from US$2.4 billion last year to hit US$10 billion.

The latest ranking list also saw Berjaya Corp's Tan Sri Vincent Tan joining the billionaires' club, Forbes Asia said in a news release here.

There are 10 billionaires in the list this year, one more than last year.

Tan, who rose from 14th to ninth position, has a net worth of US$1.3 billion, up nearly US$1 billion from last year. Forbes Asia said Tans company, Berjaya Corporation, had bucked the trend with its stock price up nearly three-fold over the past 12 months.

Tan reigns over a vast US$4 billion -- combined sales -- network of enterprises spanning industries such as gaming, media, telecom, consumer products and retail as well as real estate.

Still in second place is Ananda Krishnan who heads telecom company Maxis. But his wealth dipped to US$7.2 billion, which is US$200 million less than last year.

The third richest in the list is IOI Corporation's group executive chairman Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng who was ranked fourth last year but as the oil palm plantation giant soared in value, his wealth rose from US$1.6 billion to US$5.5 billion, Forbes Asia said.

The highest new entry is Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, widow of renowned gaming tycoon Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong who was ranked third last year but died in October. She and her family are worth US$3.4 billion and ranked fifth, even as son Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, who runs Genting, is listed on his own with US$345 million, putting him in 15th place.

Lee is one of three women on the list alongside Selangor Properties' chairman Puan Sri Chong Chook Yew, ranked 24th (US$245 million), and daughter of the Sultan of Perak, Raja Datuk Seri Eleena Raja Azlan Shah, ranked 35th (US$150 million).

Among the newcomers is Datuk Nazir Razak, group chief executive of CIMB Group and the youngest son of second Prime Minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. Nazir managed to scrape into the 40th position as the last richest Malaysian in Forbes Asia's top 40 with a net worth of US$100 million. The collective wealth of the top 40 is US$46 billion, up US$3 billion from last year.

While 16 people managed to add to their wealth, 18 saw their net worth slipped, with seven of them losing at least a quarter of their worth.

Tan Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the richest Malay tycoon and a billionaire, dropped one position from seventh to eighth after his net worth was reduced by US$200 million to US$1.8 billion.

The Malaysia Rich List appears in the June 2nd issue of Forbes Asia.

The top 10 richest in Malaysia are:

1) Robert Kuok, US$10 billion.

2) Ananda Krishnan, US$7.2 billion.

3) Lee Shin Cheng, US$5.5 billion.

4) Teh Hong Piow, US$3.5 billion.

5) Lee Kim Hua & family, US$3.4 billion.

6) Quek Leng Chan, US$2.4 billion.

7) Yeoh Tiong Lay & family, US$2.1 billion.

8) Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, US$1.8 billion.

9) Vincent Tan, US$1.3 billion.

10) Tiong Hiew King, US$1.1 billion.

Golden Triangle and Mont’Kiara still hot spots

Source: The Star Online

Date: 24/05/2008

The Golden Triangle and Mont'Kiara continue to remain the top “hot spots” in the Klang Valley for property investments as these areas have shown marked increase in capital appreciation.

Property map “guru” Ho Chin Soon said some condominiums in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) development had breached RM2,000psf while the price of condominiums in the affluent Mont'Kiara neighbourhood were also rising.

Ho, who is the managing director of Ho Chin Soon Research Sdn Bhd, said the spill over effects from these “hot spots” was apparent but only in certain locations.The Klang Valley, he noted, would remain the No 1 growth region in Malaysia for many years.

“Malaysia is an excellent country in Asia to invest in because of excellent infrastructure, solid legislation protecting land rights and liberal policies for foreign investors,” he said in his talk at the Malaysia International Property Showcase yesterday.

“We need to fine tune our economic policies to compete with the rest of the world in the light of globalisation. In order to compete we have to change. The recent 12th general election has started the ball rolling.

“People voted for change. They want greater transparency. There should no more be negotiated deals or land alienation but tenders and public sale of land,” he added.

Ho said there had been a lot of foreign interest in Malaysian property, especially last year when investors from South Korea and the Middle East bought office and condominiums en bloc.

He also advised investors to do their “home work” carefully and buy from reputable developers, as there were signs of the market softening.

“We have to take what developers tell us with a pinch of salt. Rental yields are going to come down,” he said in response to a question on the many vacant units in Mont'Kiara.

一個人生活&兩個人生活

兩個自由的人因愛結合而產生的所謂『摩擦』 ?

星期日，一覺睡到下午2 點還不願起床，我在旁邊叫喚他。
「起床了好不好？我們出去走走，去吃東西。」N遍之後，他仍在睡。
我下樓去，走到公園時，打了他手機，我想，這下，他不得不起床了吧？
響了好幾聲，他終於接了電話，只是他告訴我的是：「妳讓我過我自己想過的生活好不好？」

突然間，我不知該如何回應，倖倖然掛上電話後，一個人坐在公園裡，有點茫然有點不知所措，那麼我自己的生活又是什麼呢？

一個人的時候過自己的生活，兩個人的時候也各自過生活？

肚子餓了是唯一明確的方向，我漫步到肯德雞，點了餐，端了餐盤往樓上走，三三兩兩的人群，小孩的吵鬧聲在我耳邊沸騰著，我沒有感覺到煩燥，反而覺得這種人氣很好，我安靜的吃我的炸雞看我的報紙，四週喧嚷的小孩聲壓過了我心裡悲傷的低鳴聲，近日來，就情緒上來說，我並不太快樂，我需要注入一些快樂的聲音在我的心房。

一個小時後，我離開肯德基並外帶了一份餐，在往回家路上走著時，我重新思考著過自己生活的事情，我可以當作我是一個人生活，一個吃飽一個人散步一個人回家去嗎？？

我不會，也不行，我可以一個人吃飯、一個人散步，可是我不會忘了要買一份食物給在家裡的家人，一個人的生活裡其實包含了兩個人。

婚姻裡，有一個很難的部份就是，你不明白什麼時候該一個人，什麼時候又該兩個人？

女人會自然而然的照料跟妳一起生活的人，也許妳照顧不了他的心情，可是妳會顧及他的溫飽。

想著想著，就走到了家門口，我站在門口，有鑰匙卻沒有開門，我按了門鈴，他開了門....
「先生，請問你有沒有叫肯德基外帶全家餐？」我站在門口對他說。
他對我笑而不答。「沒有嗎？我送錯了啊？？」我笑。
他把東西接過手，牽著我的手進了家門。

晚上，他居然帶我去逛了夜市耶，這是一件非常難得的事，因為他超討厭逛夜市，而且，他很有耐心陪我一條一條的逛著，臉上沒有一絲不耐煩。

我想，他明白這是 ------我一個人生活時愛做的事，二個人生活時也希望可以做的事。

如果相遇，你會感到相知，那麼，有一種習慣 ─叫做陪伴。
如果陪伴，你會感到珍惜，那麼，有一種甜蜜 ─叫做存在。
如果存在，你會感到壓力，那麼，有一種善良 ─叫做離開。
如果離開，你會感到輕鬆，那麼，有一種勇敢 ─ 叫做放棄。

忙的時候，想要休息； 渡假的時候，想到未來。
窮的時候，渴望富有； 生活安逸了，怕幸福不能長久。
決定的時候，擔心結果不如預期；
看明白了，後悔當初沒有下定決心
不屬於自己的，常常心存慾望；
握在手裡了，又懷念未擁有前的輕鬆

「生命若不是現在，那是何時？」

珍惜現在的友誼,珍惜你所愛的人. 因為，很可能在下一秒鐘這些都將不復存，不要只留下自己為沒有珍惜過嘆息，為沒有珍惜過而生自己的氣.因為那為時已晚....

WHY Employees Leave Organizations ?

by Wipro CEO - Azim Premji

Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.

Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.He had heard a lot about the CEO.

The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee - friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very best technology, even a canteen that served superb food.

Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. “My learning curve is the sharpest it’s ever been,” he said soon after he joined.

Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.

Why did this talented employee leave ? Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.

The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called “First Break All The Rules”.

It came up with this surprising finding: If you’re losing good people, look to their immediate boss ..Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization.

And he ’s the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge, experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.

“People leave managers not companies,” write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.Mostly manager drives people away?

HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable.

The first time, an employee may not leave, but a thought has been planted.

The second time, that thought gets strengthened.

The third time, he looks for another job. When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression.

By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more.

By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: “If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don ‘t have your heart and soul in the job.”

Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue.

"Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn’t."

Jack Welch of GE once said. "A company’s value lies between the ears of its employees”.

George Carlin on Aging

George Carlin's Views on Aging :

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about ageing that you think in fractions.

'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key :

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life ! You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk ! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So, You BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!' May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them.'
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Water VS Coke

WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University ofWashington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses ofwater a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a ! printed page.
#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to developbladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of wateryou should drink every day?

COKE
1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour,then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous China .
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of ReynoldsWrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubbleaway the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mixwith the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and runthrough a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is Phosphoric Acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a majorcontributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate!) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?

PKNS offers over 1,000 units at rock-bottom prices

From : The Star Online 07/05/2008 , by Debbie Chan

OVER 1,000 properties are up for grabs at rock-bottom prices in various parts of Selangor, including the state capital Shah Alam and the prime property hot-spot Kota Damansara.

The Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) has announced that the Jualan Hartanah Mampu Milik PKNS 2008 (PKNS Affordable Properties Sale 2008) will take place from this Friday to May 18.

A total of 1,173 residential units, 53 bungalows, 25 shoplots and 206 industrial land lots are on offer at bargain prices. On top of the discounted prices, buyers will also get incentives for each property bought. A 10% discount will be given to buyers of factory buildings in Rawang and Air Manis, Sabak Bernam.

All other buyers will be given free air-conditioners, LCD television sets and electrical appliance vouchers, depending on the price of the properties.

According to PKNS deputy general manger (administration and development) Md Nasir Md Arshad, the sale is intended to give the public an opportunity to own their dream homes at an affordable price.

“PKNS properties are always priced at 7% to 10% less than other properties on the market,” Nasir said.

This time around, the sale will encompass properties in Shah Alam, Kota Damansara, Antara Gapi, Kota Puteri, Bernam Jaya, Bandar Baru Bangi, Kuala Selangor and Bandar Sultan Suleiman in Port Klang.

Almost all these projects have been completed.

“PKNS is also offering a payment facility where buyers only need to pay a RM500 down payment before commencing on a loan scheme being offered to qualified buyers,” Nasir said.
“The facility is a confidence boost for buyers of PKNS properties.

“The buyers can also pick strategic locations, including the upmarket hot spots like the new eight-storey apartment block in Section 10 at Kota Damansara, which is priced from RM180,000 onwards,” he said.

The new apartment block is equipped with a swimming pool, a badminton court and sports area.
It is strategically located in the vicinity of Petaling Jaya and is linked to highways, including the Damansara-Puchong Highway and MRR 2.

In Shah Alam, PKNS is offering 167 apartments at RM145,000 each in Section 24, a strategically located residential area with many nearby facilities like schools, clinics, 24-hour restaurants, car workshops and the Giant, Mydin and Ole Ole supermarkets.

“The lowest priced apartment is RM59,000 for the five-storey apartment in Bandar Sultan Suleiman,” Nasir said.

He said PKNS decided to hold another special sale this year as the response to the previous one was overwhelming with buyers snapping up all the properties because of the competitive prices, strategic locations and other attractive facilities.

“We have started using the tagline ‘Living with PKNS’ that is representative of the buyers’ confidence in our properties.

“It represents 150,000 PKNS property owners who have bought and continue to grow with our new properties,” Nasir said.

The properties sale will be held at the PKNS Complex in Shah Alam as well as at all PKNS sales gallery in the state.

4 years Anniversary in Work

4 years ago the same date (05/05/04) was the day I started my 1st job after graduation, time flies and I am still with the same company.

I could have left the current employment earlier, but everytime I thought of making a move, there is always some new arrangements in my job. I started in Ipoh for 8months before I was transferred to Malacca to work in both Malacca and N9.

I spent about 18months in the job and I actually planned to make new move at the end of that year, then I was again transferred to another team, still based in Malacca but travelled between Malacca-JB-Nilai, and another 18months passed by.

More offers came by and I had almost moved on but I chose to stay and accept the offer to be moved back to KL, 3rd transfer in 4years. Then the increment issue came up, I almost wanted to keep my options open again, luckily the man reacted fast enough to restore the honour that I deserved. So, this was presented to me today:

A good company should always do the necessary to keep the right resources, not just by word of mouth, at the end of the day, your walk means your talk, if you don't mean your talk, don't talk at all. I see many capable colleagues left in the past 4years, the one can say they were not patient enough to be rewarded or not capable enough, but we all know how a good step can be made to keep the good people. I stay despite listening to many bad comments about the company, I believe the one up there deserves my own judgement, so I am back in KL, the one made a smart move for the fast approval granted.

So I am giving another 11months to witness whether the talk = the walk or just merely a talk. You are right at one point that I do care, I do, and when I don't, there is nothing u can do or talk about.

Painful 32th Blood Donation

7 years & 9months as a donor, I was deeply in pain for today's donation, 1st the young nurse didn't notice her LA injection was not at the right spot and the fluid flow out from the site of injection ( means no effect la!!! ).

Then her biggest mistake of the day ( as far as I know, hopefully no other victim..) was she didn't insert the needle properly, so I was so in pain during the whole processs of torture ( with the LA not working at all....).

Even after she noticed I wasn't pumping (So in pain, how to pump ?) and attempted to twist and turn of the needle, I was still in pain, but the pack was finally full (thank God !!!). I think may be I didn't show the PAIN on my face, so she actually thought the pain is SIKIT saje...

The worst of all is now, I feel like got punched on my arm and no energy to grab anything, can't even straighten my right arm.....grr.....argh!!!!

My Blood Donation Card

Hari ini dalam sejarah : Bloodshed during "Schooling" time....(15/09/99 --> 20/01/04) :

Bloodshed in 3.5years of working (27/04/04-->18/10/07) :

Present and most recent painful experience (05/05/08) :

List of Movies I Watched in 2007

YEAR 2007 : 38
09/01/07 - Cadaver, Tebrau
05/02/07 - Epic Movie, Tebrau
07/02/07 - Stranger, City Square
22/02/07 - Ghost Raider, Mahkota
03/03/07 - Protege, BTS
08/03/07 - "300", Mahkota
17/03/07 - Primeval, KLCC
09/04/07 - The Reaping, Pelangi
14/04/07 - Shooter, KLCC
24/04/07 - Wild Hogs, Tebrau
25/04/07 - Sunshine, Pelangi
29/04/07 - Hills Have Eyes 2, Cathay
09/05/07 - Spiderman 3, Pelangi
13/05/07 - Spiderman 3, Cathay
19/05/07 - Next, KLCC
28/05/07 - Pirates of The Carribean 3, Pelangi
11/06/07 - Ocean 13, Pelangi
17/06/07 - Transformers, MV
06/07/07 - Die Hard 4, Cathay
12/07/07 - Transformers, MBO
20/07/07 - Die Hard 4, KLCC
01/08/07 - Invisible Target, MBO
08/08/07 - Simpsons The Movie, MBO
27/08/07 - Rogue Assassin, Pelangi
28/08/07 - Blood-B ???, Tebrau
29/08/07 - Perfect Stranger, Tebrau
07/09/07 - Ratatouille, Cathay
04/10/07 - Resident Evil 3 : Extinction, MBO
17/10/07 - The Bourne Ultimatum, MBO
22/10/07 - Triangle, Tebrau
05/11/07 - 30days Of Night, Pelangi
19/11/07 - Beowulf, Pelangi
26/11/07 - The Kingdom, MBO
30/11/07 - Hitman, Pelangi
17/12/07 - I Am Legend, Pelangi
18/12/07 - Heartbreak Kid, Tebrau
22/12/07 - National Treasure 2, Pavilion
24/12/07 - The Warlords, MV

List of Movies I Watched in 2005-2006

YEAR 2005 : 14
21/01/05 - National Treasure, Kinta City
04/02/05 - Elektra, KLCC
14/02/05 - Constantine, Cheras
19/03/05 - Robots, KLCC
27/04/05 - The Pacifier, Cheras
07/05/05 - Kingdom Of Heaven, Selayang
17/05/05 - Divergence, BTS
27/05/05 - Infection, Mahkota
30/05/05 - Star Wars: Episode III, Mahkota
29/06/05 - Batman Begins, Mahkota
20/07/05 - War of The Worlds, KLCC
04/08/05 - Stealth, Mahkota
16/08/05 - Romasanta, KLCC
03/10/05 - Into The Blue, Mahkota

YEAR 2006 : 21
15/02/06 - Fearless, Mahkota
22/03/06 - Final Destination 3, Mahkota
29/03/06 - V For Vendeta, Mahkota
20/04/06 - Reincarnation, Mahkota
03/05/06 - The Sentinel, Mahkota
21/05/06 - The Da Vinci Code, 1U
24/05/06 - Mission Impossible III, KLCC
29/05/06 - X-Men 3, Seremban2
13/06/06 - The Omen, Mahkota
17/06/06 - Cars, KLCC
28/06/06 - Fast & Furious 2 : Tokyo Drift, Mahkota
02/07/06 - Superman Returns, Mahkota
26/07/06 - Pirates of The Carribean 2, KLCC
15/08/06 - Click, KLCC
07/09/06 - Snakes on A Plane, Mahkota
14/09/06 - Argh......can't see the printing, Pelangi
17/10/06 - Rob-B-Hood, Pelangi
08/11/06 - The Prestige, Mahkota
29/11/06 - Happy Feet, Mahkota
02/12/06 - James Bond: Casino Royale, IOI
13/12/06 - Dejavu, Pelangi

List of Movies I Watched in 2003-2004

YEAR 2003 : 11
14/05/03 - X-Men 2, Orchard
04/06/03 - Matrix Reloaded, KLCC
30/07/03 - Tomb Raider 2, KLCC
29/08/03 - Bruce Almighty, MV
16/09/03 - Turn Left Turn Right, KLCC
08/10/03 - Infernal Affair, KLCC
11/10/03 - A Tale of Two Sisters, KLCC
15/10/03 - Jeepers Creeper, KLCC
17/11/03 - Matrix Revolution, KLCC
18/12/03 - Spy Kids 3D, KLCC
19/12/03 - LOTR : Return Of The King, MV

YEAR 2004 : 40
02/01/04 - The Wishing Stairs, Mines
08/01/04 - Dead End, KLCC
14/01/04 - Anna in Kungfu, Sunway
06/02/04 - The Last Samurai, Sunway
12/02/04 - Leaving Me, Loving Me, Selayang
15/02/04 - Timeline, KLCC
18/02/04 - Gothika, KLCC
24/03/04 - Beauties and The Beast?, KLCC
25/03/04 - Scooby Doo 2, KLCC
29/04/04 - Koma, KLCC
22/05/04 - Troy, Selayang
24/05/04 - Van Helsing, MV
29/05/04 - The Day After Tomorrow, Sunway
02/06/04 - The Day After Tomorrow, Kinta City
17/06/04 - Breaking News, Kinta City
22/06/04 - The Chronicles of Riddick, I.Parade
23/06/04 - Punisher, Kinta City
24/06/04 - Heat Team, Kinta City
07/07/04 - Spiderman 2, I.Parade
12/07/04 - Throw Down, I.Parade
13/07/04 - Around The World in 80 Days, Kinta City
17/07/04 - King Arthur, Selayang
04/08/04 - 3 Of a Kind, Kinta City
05/08/04 - House of Flying Daggers?, Kinta City
10/08/04 - Cat Woman, Kinta City
26/08/04 - Alien VS Predator, Kinta City
30/08/04 - Garfield, Kinta City
02/09/04 - 6 Strong Guys, Kinta City
22/09/04 - The Ghost, I.Parade
28/09/04 - New Police Story, Selayang
06/10/04 - Resident Evil 2, Kinta City
12/10/04 - Dodgeball, Kinta City
24/10/04 - The Stepford Wives, MV
25/10/04 - The Terminal, Kinta City
27/10/04 - Exorcist, Kinta City
17/11/04 - Shark Tale, Kinta City
24/11/04 - The Incredibles, Kinta City
08/12/04 - Polar Express, Kinta City
09/12/04 - Ocean 12, Kinta City
25/12/04 - Kung Fu, KLCC

Magna Prima Plans RM1bil 5-in-1 Project

by The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Magna Prima Bhd will embark on a mega five-in-one integrated development at Jalan Kuching here this year.

Group managing director Steven Lee Kian Seng said the project, with a gross development value (GDV) of RM1.1bil, would comprise three-storey shop lots, eight-storey signature offices, two blocks of serviced apartments, a boutique hotel and a three-level retail mall.

“We are thrilled to be embarking on this project which is Magna Prima’s biggest project to-date,” he said at the company’s annual dinner in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday.

Construction on the 10.23-acre freehold site will be undertaken in four phases, with the first phase to begin in July. The final phase is targeted for completion by the third quarter of 2012. Lee said the project would re-affirm the company’s standing as a major award-winning property contractor and developer in the country.

“When I took over the management of Magna Prima in 2005, I had a heavy responsibility ahead of me. I had to re-energise a demoralised team and motivate them to work with me towards building a new Magna Prima into one of the country’s top property developers, and a prominent brand name in the region.

“Quality, innovation, hard work and teamwork will be the cornerstones of the new Magna Prima as we steer it towards profitability and growth,” he added.On its award-winning “six-star” The Avare in Kuala Lumpur, Lee said it had won the CNBC Asia Pacific Property Award in the high-rise development category.

The Avare, he noted, was being built at a “breathtaking rate of seven floors a month and all 78 units sold within a year.” Magna Prima posted a whopping 944% rise in pre-tax profit to RM37.6mil for the year ended Dec 31, 2007 from RM3.6mil in 2006. Revenue also rose by 326% to RM344.4mil.

Revamped Magna Prima on Stronger Footing

From : The Star Online

SECOND board construction player Magna Prima Bhd is on a much better footing from three years ago when it was making losses.

With a turnaround plan in place after a reshuffling of the top management and the board of directors, the company turned in a net profit of RM26.58mil for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2007 (FY07) compared to a net profit of RM119,000 the previous year. Revenue increased by 326% to RM344.44mil.

Magna Prima has three current projects: the 88-acre leasehold Metro Prima in Kepong, a joint venture with landowner Kuala Lumpur City Hall that is almost completed; The Avare, a freehold 41-storey luxury condominium project located in the vicinity of KLCC; and the three-acre leasehold MagnaVille in Selayang comprising three blocks of 22-storey condominiums.

It is also the turnkey contractor for Muafakat Kekal Sdn Bhd, the developer of the Dataran Automobil project in Shah Alam, a joint venture with landowner Selangor State Development Corp. Taken together, all the projects have unbilled sales of RM250mil and ongoing gross development value (GDV) of RM1.7bil.

Magna Prima chief executive officer Lim Ching Choy said the company was now in the second phase of the turnaround.

“The first phase involved streamlining the company's resources into three business divisions and hiring new management teams for the divisions,” he said.

In the second phase, integrated-lifestyle developments, comprising commercial and residential elements, would be the way forward as the company makes plans to transfer to the main board by 2009.

As such, two more projects had been lined up for launch this year that would provide not only greater earnings visibility for the next two to three years but also recurrent income from certain commercial properties that the company would retain, Lim told StarBiz.

The projects would be launched from land that the company acquired late last year in two locations - a 4.78-acre leasehold parcel in Section U1 of Shah Alam and two parcels of freehold land totalling 10.23 acres in Jalan Kuching, Kuala Lumpur.

Now the company is embarking on its second phase. “We don't have a large landbank and we're small compared with the likes of SP Setia Bhd and other listed property developers, so we need to find our niche,” Lim said.

He said the estimated RM135mil Shah Alam project, whose proposed name is Dataran U1 Shah Alam, would be an integrated three-in-one project comprising shops, small office home office units and serviced apartments. “This project will be launched by May and will have a two-acre landscaped park on the third floor of the retail podium,” Lim said.

He said the yet-unnamed Jalan Kuching project would be launched by August. “This will be an integrated five-in-one project comprising 3-storey shops, a 3-storey retail podium, an 8-storey office tower, two blocks of serviced apartments and a 250-room hotel with an estimated GDV of RM1.1bil,” Lim said, adding that the company was looking for a joint-venture partner for the mall, which would be retained for recurrent income.

Both projects are scheduled for completion in 2011.

“We've not gotten into any serious negotiations yet although we have three potential partners in mind, one of which is local. We hope to conclude a deal in the next six months,” Lim said.

He said the mall, with an estimated net lettable area of 1million sq ft, would be modelled along the lines of malls that had been coming up throughout the South-East Asian region in the past two to three years.

Lim said there may be another integrated project on the cards should negotiations for a project located in Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle be successful.

“Hopefully in the next one or two months we'll be able to conclude the negotiations, which will be a joint venture with a landowner,” he said, adding that the project would include a Grade A office tower among its components.

Lim said the company would continue to pursue the strategy of sourcing for projects in matured areas of the Klang Valley. “We'll continue to look for areas in which we can develop high-density projects, this is the model we'll continue to work on, and going forward we'll most likely enter into joint ventures with institutional and private landowners in order not to burden our finances,” he said.

Lim said efforts were being made to balance out the revenue stream from the various divisions in the company. “Property development currently contributes 75% of revenue, but going forward we'll like to see a more balanced revenue contribution and hope that construction will contribute at least half,” he said.

At present, most of the construction jobs were from the property development arm but in the future, as the company's brand-building exercise and quality became better known, more projects would come its way from outside. “We'll continue to concentrate on civil works for our construction arm,” he said.