Sunday, May 31, 2009
FOOD HUNT: Sushi King Ikano Power Center, Mutiara Damansara
Cinema Movie: Monsters Vs Aliens
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Jaya Supermarket Tragedy: I Heard The Loudest Thundering Sound Of My Life, Said A Resident
PETALING JAYA -- "It was the loudest thundering sound of my life and my entire house was shaking," said a resident who witnessed the former Jaya Supermarket building in Section 14, collapse at about 5pm Thursday.The incident saw seven victims buried under the rubble while the bodies of four were extricated yesterday and Friday by a search and rescue team.A retiree Azlan Ahmad, whose house is situated next to the collapsed building which once housed the popular Jaya Supermarket said: "It was like an earth quake measuring 5 magnitude on the Richter scale when the incident happened at 5pm yesterday.
"When it happened, I was watching television in my house. When I heard the loud noise I immediately ran out to see what had happened but I could hardly see anything from where I was standing, even my cars (parked in compound) were not visible due to the billowing white dust."When I looked outside the whole area was covered with the white dust," Azlan who stays in a double storey terrace house at Jalan 14/24 here told Bernama today.Azlan said he was even considering filing a claim for compensation from the contractor because he believed the incident was caused by human error since the building was already in danger of collapsing last week.
"Demolition works were not carried out according to proper procedures. They were using excavators to knock down the walls and that was a cause for the instability of the building. I had even told my wife that the building may collapse anytime," he said."This is because they used two big excavators on top of the building and slamming the floors and walls of the building in order to break them."This unbearable noise starts from 8.30am to 7pm everyday. Even now after the building has collapsed, one can see that the two big excavators are on top of all the debris. This could be the biggest possibility causing the building to collapse," he said.Though residents were uneasy with the loud noise, nobody protested because the project was approved by the Petaling Jaya City Council, he said.Meanwhile, Tan Kim Sah, 58, who stays about 30m from the collapsed building said he too heard the loud noise and rushed to see what had happened but could only see white smoke."I have stayed here since 1960 and was able to see the building rise and collapse," said Tan who runs a food stall nearby.
Article taken from Bernama 30/05/09 1.24am
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My comment: It was kinda sad to learn that the building just collapse because of human error. It also causes fatalities among human where so far 4 had been killed and it would be more. In future, the contractors must be given some strict guidelines before they allow their workers to work into the building especially high rise and high risk building. Always, Malaysians never learnt about their mistakes and it just happened. Life must go on.........................
Thursday, May 28, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Seventh Body Retrieved From Debris ; Nearby residents to be evacuated
Seventh Body Retrieved From Debris; Nearby residents to be evacuated
PETALING JAYA, May 30 (Bernama) -- The body of the seventh and last victim of the collapsed Jaya Supermarket here has been retrieved from the debris.The body, which was recovered at 4pm, was found five metres from the remains of two other casualties found earlier today, said Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed.He said with the recovery of the last Indonesian worker, the search and rescue operation was called off at 5pm. A deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test will be conducted on the remains of the victims found today to identify them with the assistance of the Indonesian Embassy here, he told reporters here Saturday.
Arjunaidi said the Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) would investigate the cause of the collapse and hand over the report to the state government while the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council would clean up the area. He said occupants of 12 houses close to the building had been asked to move out for the time being as a safety measure. Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said 69 occupants of 12 terrace houses close to the building had been asked to vacate their houses with immediate effect.He said the police had been notified by experts that the remaining structure of the building was unsafe and could collapse at any time."We told the occupants in Jalan 14/15 and they had agreed to move out of their houses.
"They will be staying at a nearby hotel until the demolition operations are completed. The contractor and the developer will foot the bill."We had offered them to be sheltered at the Seri Setia Hall here but they refused," Mohamad Roslan told reporters here.He said policemen and MBPJ personnel would man the houses to prevent trespassing and break-in.A house owner, Chin Yok Yin, 70, said besides paying for the hotel accommodation, the contractor would give each family RM150 daily for their expanses."This is not the question of money but our inconvenience. How could a big family huddled together in a hotel room?" he asked.Another house owner, Ong Pek Kim, said the demolition works should have been carried out in March last year."The demolition operations were carried out from 8am till 7pm everyday and were very noisy," he said.
End of Update Story as all the victims had been successfully found. We pray for them and for those who have killed in the incident. Life must go on everyday......... For more news info, please visit local newspaper website. 10q
Festivals: Happy Dumplings Festival
While traditional Chinese zongzi are wrapped in bamboo leaves, the leaves of lotus, maize, banana, canna, shell ginger or pandan leaves are sometimes used as substitutes in other cultures. Each kind of leaf imparts its own unique smell and flavor to the rice.
The fillings used for zongzi vary from region to region, but the rice used is always glutinous rice (also called sticky or sweet rice). Depending on the region, the rice may be lightly precooked by stir-frying or soaked before using.
Skinless mung beans
Red bean paste
Jujubes
Char siu (Chinese barbecue pork)
Chinese sausage
Chinese black mushrooms
Salted duck eggs
Chestnuts
Cooked peanuts
Green beans
Dried shrimp
Scallops
Red-cooked pork
Curry
Chicken
Zongzi need to be steamed or boiled for several hours depending on how the rice is made prior to adding the fillings. Once cooked, the zongzi can easily be frozen for later consumption. Frozen zongzi are available for sale in many Chinese markets.
Sports (Soccer): UEFA Champions League FINAL: Barcelona 2 - 0 Manchester United
However, once it began to emerge, Ferguson's side had precious few answers. The shape of the contest might have been so different had Park Ji-sung been able to snaffle the rebound after Victor Valdes had failed to hold a stinging Ronaldo free-kick. Instead, former United man Gerard Pique shot across to block what proved to be his old club's best opportunity of that opening period. Like his team, Ronaldo was clearly in the ascendancy in his personal duel with Messi.
How rapidly things changed. In the twinkling of an eye Andres Iniesta, one of the brightest starts in the Barcelona firmament, slipped a pass to Eto'o. The Cameroon striker cut inside Nemanja Vidic, then held off Michael Carrick as he prodded the ball goalward with enough strength to take it past Edwin van der Sar.
Ronaldo's world player of the year crown was slipping and Valdes managed to get in the way of a close-range effort that would have given United some hope, as would the volley from Berbatov that followed. Berbatov had another chance too, although by then Carles Puyol had seen two efforts saved by Van der Sar. In truth, the Dutchman was his side's best player, which just about says it all. - Article taken from ESPN Soccernet 28/5/09. Rating 5/5
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sports (Soccer): Barcelona Vs Manchester United The Dream Finale?
The Dream Final?
The public's imagination is fired by the thought of United and Barca slugging it out on the Roman turf, knowing that both play football in "the right way", that is to say with the will to win rather than the will not to lose.
Playing a second-choice backline, in the biggest game of the year against one of the best sides in the world is far from ideal. Much of the pressure will fall on the young shoulders of former United player Gerard Pique - deemed surplus to requirements by Ferguson - and Carles Puyol, who has had a disappointing personal season by his own standards. The mouth waters at the prospect of seeing two of the most exciting attacking sides in Europe. While United's foursome of Berbatov, Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez are healthy and intact, Berbatov and Tevez can expect to start on the bench and all four will only share the pitch in a desperate search of a goal or in celebration. Barca's much-vaunted attacking trio of Eto'o, Henry and Messi is sadly not on top form or fitness. Messi will start and could steal the show, but he has never scored against English opposition, while Eto'o is out of form, having failed to find the net in his last three Champions League games. He has looked lacklustre in recent La Liga outings and doubts persist over Henry; even if he does shake off the injury that has kept him out of action since May 2 he will be well short of match fitness and sharpness.
Along with injuries and suspension, two successive defeats in their last La Liga games may not have been the best preparation, but it would be foolhardy to write off Barca.
In less than 12 months, Guardiola has transformed Barcelona's fortunes, galvanising the Catalans into a close-knit unit of players who know what it takes to win.
One interesting subtext to the final is that Spanish and English sides have notched 11 wins each over the European Cup's 54-year history, meaning the final in Rome will give one country the ascendancy, for one year at least. In Rome, against a United side at full strength and in form, Barcelona will need to draw on all their inner strength to lift the European Cup. - Article from ESPN Soccernet 27/5/09. Rating: 5/5
Leisure & Lifestyle: Telling your wife she's not pretty may soon be an offence
Currently, they are only protected only against physical abuse, Women's Development Department director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said.
She said on Wednesday that the aim for proposing the amendment was to safeguard women both physically and emotionally.
State Community development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun closed the seminar organised by Sabah Women’s Affairs Department.
Azizah, in her speech, said that there was a need for the law to protect emotional violence against women. Azizah said there were total 99 cases of violence against women in Sabah in the first quarter of 2009 in comparison to 220 cases during the same period on 2008 reported to police. - Taken from an article The Star 27/05/09. Rating 5/5
Leisure & Lifestyle: It's an unlucky day for me! Bad Luck!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
POLITICS: My Support On.....
In Malaysia, every people have their own support towards their own political parties. But of course, by supporting your own political parties are based on their work or contribution towards the people or 'Rakyat'. Lately, we can hear a lot of political happenings in Malaysia. The most we hear in common (negative) were corruption, power grab as well as their comments on TV. For the positive side, maybe we could hear like the government giving land titles, free water etc. People vote for them as they hope or they can see the political parties would have contributed for the Rakyat and not for doing nothing.
My support of course would be in Pakatan Raykat. Why? This is because I can see changes being made by them especially in a few states after they won in the last general election. They are giving away free water, free land titles as well as many things that could benefit the people. For the past / previous Barisan Nasional, I found out that they did nothing and their party are now full of corruption and power grab. Lately we could see that the Perak State were in limbo because of the uninstitutional power grab by Barisan Nasional from Pakatan Rakyat. I've ask a lot of my Ipoh friends and they commented that a fresh state elections is the best way to solve the crisis.
Overall, they did a great job by fighting till the end for the rakyat and I don't see why we should be giving up for such a wonderful party. Keep it up Pakatan Rakyat. All the Way! :)
REFORMASI! BUBARKAN DUN PERAK! HIDUP PAKATAN RAKYAT! Rating: 5/5
POLITICS: Anwar: If I Were A PM.....
But Anwar, who was then deputy prime minister and finance minister, persisted and the university eventually accepted his payment. “This has to be stopped,” he said of the practice, which has angered families of poor Chinese and Indian students who qualified for assistance but did not receive it. Speaking at a lunch yesterday organised by the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore, Anwar touched on a variety of topics, including racial harmony, Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP) and his long-time political foe, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Lauding the efforts of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, Anwar said the secretary-general of the DAP sets a good example of how to work with different races. “Here is a Chinese leader who talks about the Malay problem, the Indian problem,” he said. “If we do this, we will win every by-election and general election.”
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Lifestyle & Leisure: She is My Love
Many people tend to ask me when I am going to get married? I told them I will in a few years time as I am saving money now. Now, let me tell you how I know her. I know her when one of my friend intro her to me. As we get along, both of us are very happy and I date her about 3 times and after that I confess my love to her. Firstly, it was tough for her to accept it because it's all in a sudden but finally a day after, she accepts it. I was very happy as finally I have someone that I could cherish of. The 1st time that we went dating was 29th June 2008 where that's my birthday (How sweet is it right?). It's almost our 1st anniversary already. I bought her a dozen of red rose when I confess me love to her (see pics above). And in return she bought me a shirt for my birthday present (see pics above). How nice was that.
BEST OF TVB DRAMA: ROSY BUSINESS 巾帼枭雄
Despite all the attacks in the family, KEI manages to keep the business in good shape. She has never forgotten KIU’s last wish, too. By chance, she discovers that TSEUNG PIT CHING (Ron Ng), KIU’s second son, is not really a playboy but an upright person loved by everyone in the shop. She therefore guides and helps him in every possible way, but her efforts are met with CHAI KAU’s (Wayne Lai) challenges. KAU seeks vengeance for being mistreated and wants a pay back from TSEUNG family. After rounds after rounds of battle wits and actual fights, KEI and KAU begin to appreciate each other. KAU even falls for KEI as time goes by.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
FOOD HUNT: Yellow Cab Pizza Co. USJ Taipan
CINEMA MOVIE: Night At The Museum 2
Message From Alex
Finally I have my own blog already. Starting from today onwards 24th May 2009, it's my official day where I will start blogging for my daily activities. Thank You for supporting! :)