Free Your Books project

I have been sideline for a while from this blog. Been busy with my new project and going to run like a headless chicken around Malaysia to promote this concept.

Free Your Books project will need public to contribute their used books to us, and we will do something good with it.

I believe literacy can break the cycle of poverty. Our main goal is to setup libraries around Malaysia and to get Malaysians to read for free. We will then put some of the used books at the reading corners of certain specific locations. Lastly some sellable used books will be putting to sell online in order to cover the running cost of the project and a portion of the book sales goes to charity purposes.  This will promote environmental friendly concept around Malaysia with used books donated will not ended at landfill or storage boxes.

It is kind of new concept for Malaysia and I think most of the Malaysians will be curious on what we are doing right now. Statistic show that we, Malaysians seldom have a read on book, I think this is because we don't plant this beautiful culture since young.

Please help to spread the words on this concept and get this project run successfully in Malaysia.

We have set SS2 Park (Coordinates : 3.117676,101.622119) as one of the permanent collection points every Saturday (9-11AM).

freeyourbooks.com.my

facebook.com/freeyourbooks

I love Webkit! And you should too…

Have to say that people are moving from bring the big laptop to smartphone and tablet when they wish to have an electronic device that can surf the internet while relaxing at the chair of some known café.

Smartphone and tablet's OS been nominated by mobile provider, Apple IOS, Google’s Android, Research in Motion’s Blackberry, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. Off cause some of the players like Symbian and Baba from Samsung. Eventually that each of these different operating systems has its own way of developing and deploying “native” apps.

With mobile and tablets is the focus, people will start to focus on mobile users market, you might spend many thousands dollars to get one apps to run on Iphone IOS, and have to spend little more thousand more to get it run at Google’s Android, and give an impression that people would like tablet version, you have to pour out few thousand for tablet’s version and there are few tablet with different resolutions.

Inside smartphone and tablet’s technology, some of them have 1 thing in common which is they are using webkit-base browser. You can have a research on it and WebKit-based browsers run on nearly all of the major smartphone and tablet operating systems.

With Webkit, business owner can have 1 cost on 1 web apps to cover every single type of device. Developer can just focus on HTML, CSS and Javascript on 1 apps that really make life easier. and now they are bringing HTML5 supported for tablet and mobile.

With Webkit-based browser, mobile will no need to get a notification from “store” and updates every time the native apps out of date. This seriously 1 thing that always annoying me a lots nowadays and I always have like 45 outstanding updates to run!

In fact, Web is always the best way to go for with Webkit in mind. So, we can have our data store in web cloud storage and switch tablets and smartphone.

J3UBS6U7RP79

PJ half marathon

2 weeks after I came back from mount Kinabalu, running reminder keep hitting my head when come to 6 o'clock afternoon. I think it is time to grab my running shoe and have a 2KM run. It been a good habit for me since I have the Nike+ running apps installed for my iphone. Seriously it really train my determination and discipline everyday on get myself a healthy life.

Since I have this running habit, I seem like addicted to Marathon as well, today I have a dilemma on choosing the right distance for PJ half marathon event. My mind asked me to challenge for half marathon, but my body ask me to register for 7KM. Finally i made up my mind to register for 7KM only. :P 

I have tested myself on 7KM which take me 51 minutes to finish the route, I think it shouldn't be any issue for me to finish it between the timeline. Just have some concern about myself to finish 21KM in 3 hours should be tough test. I still consider myself a weak runner if compare to some of the fast runner who can finish 7KM in 30 minutes time. 

Still long way to go anyway. For those who like to join me in PJ half marathon run, please go to this http://www.pjhalfmarathon.com and register at http://www.myraceonline.com/

Starbucks vs coffee bean

Been so long never post anything in tho blog. It is time to start it up again. :P
Sitting at coffee bean at this hour of time with the burning hot weather outside, this must be enjoyable coffee I can say. So, comparing 2 common cafe in Malaysia Starbucks and coffee bean. Which one get you contribute the most on your monthly expenses? :P
For me, I like to have coffee bean's latte compare to starbuck's. But if you talking about environment and facility, I would go for starbucks.

But sometime I will choose to hang out at coffee bean because of the tasty coffee they serve.

OXIS

Wealth is pointless if without health, this is true. We have to stay healthy to enjoy life with the money you earn from the hard work.

There are some companies which work on some health product which we require to maintain our quality of life. Today I am going to share a company with doing some research on products we need.

OXIS International, Inc. is engaged in the research, development and sale of products that counteract the harmful effects of “oxidative stress.” They work on products which help Anti aging, antioxidant, glutathione, penny stocks & free radical.

Please visit their website for more information.
Please click on links below:
http://www.oxis.com
Oxis on Twitter
Oxis on facebook

Can Spain make it.

While waiting for the final game of the group stage for world cup 2010 south Africa. one question always in my mind now, Can Spain make it to knockout stage?

With final game going to happen in an hour, Spain need a win to go through. can they beat Chile? I think they must work hard on tonight game because Chile is much stronger. Spain come to world cup final with Euro 2008 trophy on hand and had a shock defeat against Switzerland, and now struggle to qualify from the group stage. is that because too much pressure pushing to them? Or they just can't perform in world cup just like before?

Really looking forward to tonight's game and hope they can qualify with first spot to avoid Brazil in round of 16.

buy gold coins

There are many things you can invest nowadays. Share market investment, currency investment, property investment and alots more. Have you ever heard of investing in gold coins? Today I am going to share with you all one of the rare investment people will consider by is very popular in US, gold coin investment.

Internet has growing as one of the information searching channel; I got this website which selling silver, gold or other precious metals and coins, United States Gold Bureau. You can buy gold coins from this web site. Buying precious metals is easier than you may think. Contact their toll-free at 1-800-775-3504 to learn how to purchase and they will ship to your door step as instructed.
So, with United States Gold Bureau you can purchase silver, gold or other precious metals and coins for investment. Why wait? Act now with purchase some for earning money!!!

SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP 2010 Group Information

This is just some information about the group in South Afirca World cup 2010.
Can't wait to see them in action

Group A
France, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay

GROUP B
Argentina, Greece, Nigeria, South Korea

GROUP C
Algeria, England, Slovenia, United States

GROUP D
Australia, Germany, Ghana, Serbia

GROUP E
Cameroon, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands

GROUP F
Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia

GROUP G
Brazil, Ivory Coast, North Korea, Portugal

GROUP H
Chile, Honduras, Spain, Switzerland

Enjoy the training week

This week I need to attend long week training at some where near my house. It kind of enjoy because it take me 10 minutes to reach the place. But it only last for one week.

I started to realize that distance to work is the big issue for me, normally I need to travel for 1 ½ hours to work and now I only need 10 Minutes to reach the place for training. It is kind of enjoying. I think end up I will leave my current company for sure.
But don’t know how long I still can stay for the work.

Will see what will happen next week.

Too many browser type

nowaday you can find difference type of browser is using by users, and now every web site having some problem to maintain the layout problem for their website.
You might get your website layout placement correctly in IE but not in firefox, and you might get your website layout placement correctly in IE and firefox but not Safari.
Now you will have problem to check on google chrome as well.
For web developer, they have to install all the browser in order to test on it. I am just wondering why browser cannot just use same displaying method. which this will ease developer's work.
       
I think this is a common issue that people always when switching browser. Now I am working with some website layout and I have to install all browser to test out if the layout is supported.
       

IE7 is having a layout problem

I think Microsoft is going to discontinue on development of IE7 and they try to stabilize IE8. Some website like Facebook, you will find the layout is out when using IE7 to view. This is because of the CSS method is no longer supported by IE7.

Lots of web site need to undergo some serious layout re-code and get the layout in place like usual do. For those who still using IE7, please get a new version of IE from Microsoft.com and enjoy the latest plug-in by IE8.

A(H1N1)

A(H1N1) have been a hot topic in Malaysia recently. Even if you are from which part of the world, people are keep talking about prevention of A(H1N1) and how not to get closer with the infected people.

Mask is out of stock because of this virus, people trying to come out with the story that they have been gone thru from fighting with this virus. I hope people can still enjoy life as it is and gone thru together this crisis.

I do recommend that do wear mask when explore to public and drink more water and wash your hand more frequent to avoid infected by A(H1N1). And do take more vitamin C.

I need a holiday

Last trip I gone is actually last year, this year I never go for any trip. I think I need a trip in a short while. I am going to Hong Kong by end of August. I think physically and mentally I am tired.

This  year is a long year for me as I just changed my job and now is only go to 3^rd month of working period in new company. Been busy these few months and not even have time to read some book and update my blog.

 I really need a break.

Express bus fares up 30%

Express bus fares up 30%, I think this is not a new topic in town because it already up since last Raya. Government had allowed bus operator to impose the surcharge since last Raya, it cannot allow another hike in quick succession. After the increase people will fly with low-cost airline. As the fares is not much difference.

But still there are some people who have their own car and like to drive more. They will drive back with their own car. I think this raise is a bad move for bus operators during the economy downfall. To be competitive buses express company, there must be some one stand out and offer special price to passenger. Else people will think of alternative way to travel.

Airline will be the first to go for as they are competitive in cost and fare offer are much cheaper from since first introduced.

Credit card, good to just have one

Have you ever receive a phone call from some bank sales advisor that they trying to get you subscribe for their credit card service? Ignoring call from them make you cannot reject them to just subscribe for what ever they offer? You are not necessary to accept that.

Recently I got one as well, as this call is from a foreign bank, and I was using there service back to 4 years ago and they started to call me to ask my reason of termination. They called my hometown number that really can’t reach me at the beginning. As my mom felt lazy to entertain them, she just told them that she don’t have my contact number in KL. But after few days of disgusting calls, my mom finally gave my number to him.

He called me last Saturday and I rejected to him as I don’t feel like to have extra credit card. Because I am having 2 cards now really ease my life and both cards that I am having is free for life. I can’t find a reason for me to have another card, but he kept calling me until this morning. He finally gave up on me.

But personally, I do think that one or two credit card is enough for a person because it’s easy to manage. I think some people out there might agree with my opinion. So, one credit card is enough for a person or two.

Away for so long

Sorry for away for so long. I just changed a new job and trying to adopt new working environment. I am still struggling to adjust the life style and I think almost every one might facing when change job.

I will start to blog again once I find a stabilization of my working hours and blogging hours. Sigh~~

Banks set to increase interest on car loan

Base on current situation of the economy downfall, several banks are believed to be raising interest rate on car loans and the move will be implemented today. This move is mostly affected Non-national car only. I got it from the star newspaper today, actually I did heard about that when I was in a car dealer shop.

As I understand, a flat rate of about 2.2% to 2.8% is charged on loans for non-national cars although the effective rate over the duration of the loan could be higher. increment that I heard is about 3.75%, it's more than 1%. Base on the purchase price you might need to pay extra RM100 if the loan amount is about RM75000. I think you will be asking why car loans should go up when the base lending rate to which housing loans are tied is on a downtrend. However, car loans are fixed rate loans and not tied to the BLR.

I still cannot find any updates from any bank on their web site, I think information updates system are still slow nowadays as this is a bad news that might affect the business. You might look for nearest bank for more information about this interest increment.

The famous Photoshop and tutorials

I think almost every IT geek know about adobe Photoshop software. For those who are not familiar with it, I can briefly explain about what is adobe Photoshop and what it use for.

Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing software package that can be used by experts and novices alike. Photographer are get use to it as they use it to edit photo that taken by their camera and show tremendous effect on the photo.

If you are not familiar with the software and hope to understand more about it, more comprehensive guidance can be accessed on the web or in the help menu of your version of Photoshop. I think you can easily get a tutorial from searching thru google.com.

I am kind of addicted with the software and amazed with the functions that build in the software. I think there are lots of picture editing software around for commercial use, but I still prefer photoshop as my choice for photo editing purpose.

Disappointment on some friendship

I think most of the people never serious about friendship in nowadays life. People are talking about money, motif, return and etc. I am kind of people who really serious about friendship and do trust in a person who I think they can be my best friend, or friends to share some life story.

Maybe some of you might think of I am still childish, but I do take friendship seriously. I don’t expect you to share everything with me to be my friend. At least you should not lie to me when telling me something that I am asking. It might ultimately bringing some impact on my decision as I already decided on something base on your convincing say.

Maybe when you face of a situation like me, a friend of you telling you something that make you slap a person who is innocent you know what I am trying to tell you. Or maybe a best friend who betrayed you to invest on a cheat investment units; you will know how I felt.

Toaster oven cannot use for bake cake

I have a toaster oven since move to new home, this is one of the gift that given during my house warming. After a year it keep safely in cabinet, I decided to take out and try to bake some cake because I search online, some people really remarks that toaster oven can use for baking cake.

So, I went to shopping for some cake ingredient and started my cake baking trial. After an hour of preparing I finally get all ingredients mixed and ready to bake. The recipe given is asking me to bake the cake for 40 minutes, but my toaster only have 15 minutes maximum and I adjust to 10 minutes and I start to enjoy my TV show, after a while some smoke come out from the toaster that really shock me. So, first 2 cakes were over baked.

I took it out and put a new one which I think 5 minutes can be enough for the baking timer, but end up the cake is only half baked. So, I made a conclusion that toaster oven cannot be use for cake baking.