Rent HD movies and PS3 games

Do you have a long list of Blu-ray movies to watch and PlayStation3 games to play but not keen on spending so much money? Maybe you can rent them to save cost.

Check out Blackmango Games, an online videogame and movie rental service that lets users rent PlayStation3 games and Blu-ray movies.

The rental service is the brainchild of Ben Chan, an avid videogame and movie enthusiasts who started the service in 2007.

“I came up with the idea after not being able to find any local game rental service,” he said.

“There are a lot of hardcore gamers who complete a game in a day or two and move on to the next. Because games cost a lot, it makes more sense for them to rent,” he said.

Chan, who first started his virtual store on Lowyat.net forum, has since expanded the service to a dedicated website (www.blackmangogames.com) where customers can view the list of games and movies they wish to rent.

There are many subscription packages. For instance, the Hardcore Gamer package costs RM50 a month and entitles the subscriber to rent one game or movie at any one time. You can hold on to the title as long as you like or exchange it for another as many times as you wish.

The game will be delivered to you by Chan or dispatched via mail depending on your location.

Chan is planning on upgrading his website to allow subscribers to pick the titles they wish to rent online. — CHONG JINN XIUNG

Conference to spotlight hacker threats

In today’s fast moving world, security threats to a company’s IT network are rampant and rapidly evolving to become more menacing.

To drive home these threats and the vulnerabilities of company IT infrastructures, computer security certification company EC Council has organised its Hacker Halted Asia Pacific conference, which includes workshop sessions.

The event, organised in conjunction with Kolej Yayasan Melaka (KYM), will take place in Kuala Lumpur in November.

Hacker Halted is being billed as a “vendor neutral” event that will feature industry executives, technical specialists, IT managers and other experts who have agreed to share their knowledge and expertise in this area.

The list of speakers includes director of solutions architecture at WhiteHat Security, Trey Ford; president and CEO of Information Security Forum, Howard Schmidt; and former US National Security Agency codebreaker Jeff Bardin.

There will also be a workshop for a more hands-on approach to security, which will involve a practical guide through the security process and attendees should bring their own laptops.

Workshop presenters include personalities such as Tom Bowers, who is the technical editor for information security magazine TechTarget.

The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry is backing the conference. It will be held from Nov 10-13 at the Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

There is an attendance fee of RM1,399 for the conference and RM2,600 for the workshop. Those who wish to attend both will only have to pay RM3,400 each.

EC Council is also offering an early-bird discount of 15% for those who register and pay before July 31.

How much money is YouTube losing?

Internet video leader YouTube Inc’s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc doesn’t mind the misperception, according to a study released on Wednesday.

Technology consultants at RampRate Inc project YouTube’s operating losses this year at US$174.2mil (RM627mil) — far below the US$470.6mil (RM1.7bil) estimated by Credit Suisse analysts Spencer Wang and Kenneth Sena in an April research report that became a hot topic on Wall Street and the Internet.

The duelling forecasts are the latest twist in a guessing game that has intrigued investors since Google bought YouTube for US$1.76bil (RM6bil at the current exchange rate) in late 2006.

Although YouTube has become an even more popular diversion since the Google deal, it still hasn’t proven it can make money.

Google has acknowledged YouTube isn’t profitable, but has refused to provide any specifics, leaving it to outsiders to figure out.

And the number crunching usually leads to inaccurate conclusions, according to Google’s chief financial officer, Patrick Pichette.

“Most people build outside views of what it costs us to do things, and often they exaggerate,” Pichette said in an interview with the Canadian magazine Maclean’s shortly after Credit Suisse released its YouTube report.

But Google has little incentive to set the record straight about YouTube’s actual losses, according to RampRate, which specialises in managing technology costs.

RampRate reasons the perception of large losses at YouTube helps Google negotiate more favourable contracts with movie, TV and music studios licensing their video.

What’s more, copyright owners also are less likely to go to court in pursuit of unpaid royalties and damages if they believe YouTube is a big money loser, according to RampRate’s thesis.

“Google is no doubt thrilled to let YouTube be known as a financial folly,” RampRate’s report said.

Cost cutting

YouTube spokesman Aaron Zamost wouldn’t comment directly on RampRate’s report but he stressed that Google has been running ads near or in millions of videos in an effort to curb YouTube’s losses.

He also said Google had little incentive to magnify its losses because YouTube shares revenue with its business partners.

“We want our partners to do well, because when they succeed, we succeed,” Zamost said.

Although it has been cutting costs to cope with the US recession, Google can still afford to subsidise YouTube with the money it makes through its search engine. Google earned US$4.2bil (RM15bil) last year and started this year with a first-quarter profit of US$1.4bil (RM5bil).

Analysts generally concur with Credit Suisse’s US$241mil (RM867mil) estimate for YouTube’s revenue this year. RampRate adopted Credit Suisse’s revenue projections in its calculations, as well as Credit Suisse’s estimate that YouTube will spend about US$332mil (RM1.2bil) on video acquisition, advertising commissions and general overhead this year.

Keeping it secret

The big mystery is how much it costs Google to store and distribute the 20 hours of video that are sent to YouTube every minute.

After conferring with industry experts, Wang and Sena concluded Google will spend nearly US$380mil (RM1.4bil) on Internet bandwith, computer hardware, software and datacentres for YouTube. RampRate believes the figure is about US$83mil (RM298mil).

That lower estimate presumes Google has negotiated moneysaving deals with broadband providers and other behind-the-scenes players that move data through the Internet.

RampRate also believes Google’s own propriety technology has helped hold down YouTube’s costs, an idea that Pichette endorsed in hisMaclean’s interview.

“When people run models, they generally use standard industry pricing for bandwidth, storage, but we build everything from scratch,” Pichette said at the time. “So we know our cost position but nobody else does.”

Credit Suisse stands by its April estimates, said Sena, one of the analysts who wrote the April report. “We feel very comfortable with what we came up with,” he said on Tuesday

Malaysia covets China’s outsourcing spot

Malaysia wants to be the No 2 location worldwide for outsourcing activities, edging out China, in five year’s time, said the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).

Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, MDeC chief executive officer, said the country will attain this goal by ramping up its production of knowledge workers.

Malaysia, in third place after leader India and China, has held that position for the fourth time in six years, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney’s Global Services Location Index (GSLI).

According to MDeC, the total number of knowledge workers contributed by MSC Malaysia — MDeC oversees that national initiative — is 79,000. By 2010, MSC Malaysia alone will need 100,000 workers.

It is estimated that the demand for knowledge workers nationwide will far exceed that. MDeC, however, could not provide an exact figure.

To meet the goal, MDeC is collaborating with industry experts and professional outsourcing bodies to train and re-train fresh IT graduates, displaced workers and working professionals for the growing outsourcing sector.

Among its partners are Outsourcing Malaysia; Customer Relationship Management and Contact Centre Association of Malaysia; International Association of Outsourcing Professionals; and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and Customer Operations Performance Centre.

For those seeking professional qualifications, MSC Malaysia offers training and advancement programmes under its K-Workers Development Initiatives.

These are the MSC Malaysia Undergraduate Skills Programme, MSC Malaysia Undergraduate Apprenticeship and Development Programme (an on-the job training scheme), and MSC Malaysia Graduate Trainee Programme.

Hurdle ahead

Increasing its pool of knowledge workers is a big challenge for Malaysia because China and India have a huge human-capital pool, said Joon Ooi, A.T. Kearney South-East Asia managing director.

But he believes Malaysia is headed in the right direction. “The process of increasing the talent pool has already begun and will create a virtuous cycle,” he said.

“As more companies outsource their services to Malaysia, more relevant resources will be trained and developed, and thus increase the human capital pool. This will in turn attract more companies and so on.”

Delesh Kumar, ICT (information and communications technology) director at Frost & Sullivan, said that besides being taught technical skills, knowledge workers should also be taught soft skills, such as communication, which are currently lacking.

“We are competing with countries like India and the Philippines and their people’s command of English and communication skills are better than ours. We need to beef up our skills in these areas,” he said.

“Presentation skills, public speaking and people management skills need to be inculcated from a young age at primary and secondary school levels.”

Delesh said the development of a more industry-relevant workforce can also be done via the existing vocational school system, whereby they can help create a pool of technology-specific talents.

“Vocational schools are more focused on manufacturing-related jobs and this should change,” he added.

Multicultural edge

Badlisham said the availability of skilled workers, competitive costs and an ideal business environment are the reasons why companies choose Malaysia for shared services, outsourcing and offshoring activities.

He believes that Malaysia’s multicultural traits are a strong selling point. “Many multinationals continuously praise our workforce’s versatility and adaptability.

“These companies are already one step ahead thanks to our readily available pool of skilled workers who are also multilingual,” he said.

The outsourcing industry is the biggest contributor to MSC Malaysia’s revenue, accounting for RM5.3bil (31.2%) in 2007.

According to MDeC, Malaysia continues to attract outsourcing jobs from high-profile companies, such as US-based hard disk manufacturer Seagate Technology Ltd, which began outsourcing its IT services in May and Australian mining giant BHP Billiton that began outsourcing its financing operations late last year.

A.T. Kearney’s GSLI, released bi-annually, ranks the top 50 countries for outsourcing activities, including IT services and support, contact centres and backoffice support. The ranking is based on financial cost, people skills and business environments.

Let’s just stick to English

Whether Science and Maths should be taught in English should be decided solely by considering the welfare of the students and the country.

Our people should know how to read, write and speak the national language but, at the same time, to gain knowledge, they should learn and use English – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In 2003, before he stepped down as Prime Minister in 2004, Dr Mahathir made a major policy change in terms of education.

It was considered drastic at that time and made over the opposition of both Malay and vernacular language advocates.

He basically decreed that Science and Mathematics should be taught in English simply because that was the fastest way for Malaysians to access the rapidly changing developments in those fields.

It was a major change of position for Dr Mahathir himself, who as education minister in the mid-70s and subsequently prime minister from 1981 pushed through major reforms which saw the education system being transformed from English-based to Malay-based.

The parallel development was the evolution of vernacular education systems in Chinese, mainly, and in Tamil as well as Islamic religious schools, leading basically to four separate educational systems in the country.

But the edict by Dr Mahathir was a bold one and cut across all the educational systems to make it compulsory to teach Science and Maths in English in all of them.

Six years later, a generation of students have passed through the system and the vast majority of them have preferred to answer questions in English even though they were given options to answer in other languages.

Now, six years later, one wonders why there is even a need to re-think this process – the students have spoken by opting to answer in English, and there have been noticeable improvements in the quality of English. The infrastructure has been built. Why destroy all that now?

Have we not already suffered enough through a widespread decline of English among our students to the extent that many of our graduates from local universities are unemployable because of the poor quality of their English?

Now there is a proposal to make a pass in English compulsory before a candidate gets the Sjil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian certificate of education) or SPM certificate. The ministry has invited public comments on this.

The proposal only adds confusion to the issue. Let’s settle the outstanding issue of whether Science and Maths should be taught in English, and then we can talk about another.

It’s vitally important to keep the two separate and not link them together in an attempt to come to some sort of compromise solution.

A pass in English should only be made compulsory after there is a huge effort to improve the quality of English taught in schools. Otherwise it would needlessly penalise.

It helps to state the underlying problem with respect to English: the quality of English has deteriorated so much that students can’t speak, read or write English and therefore are also unable to plug into the avenues which increase knowledge and competence in all areas.

Dr Mahathir’s solution was simple, elegant and practical – teach science and maths in English. That improves usage of the language, gives students the key necessary terms, and the tools to plug into the unfolding developments in the area.

The language purists, being purists and in many cases language extremists, insist that English can only be taught by teaching English such as grammar and literature and that subjects must be taught in the mother tongue.

But they pointedly ignore the practical aspect: language must be used if competence is to be gained.

Teaching Science and Maths in English ensures that English is used and not just learned, which will be the case if you increase the time for teaching English. That is a crucial difference.

None of this will be at the expense of the national language, Malay, or even Chinese or Tamil. All the other subjects are being taught in these languages, and students will gain more than sufficient proficiency in them.

Vitally, with the change already in place for six years, the students have also had an avenue to improve their English skills. It will be cruel to take that away from future generations. Give them the local languages but give them English, too.

There must come a time when we make decisions based on what is best for our children and our country – nothing and no one else matters more.

Our children will benefit im mensely from a good command of English, while a good command of English will help the country connect to the world and access all the knowledge and attendant benefits.

To clinch the argument, let’s quote Dr Mahathir again. This is what he said at an international conference on English last year in Kuala Lumpur: “Our people should know how to read, write and speak the national language, but at the same time, to gain knowledge, they should learn and use English.”

Narrow, parochial considerations of language lobbyists and extremists have no place. A pragmatic decision must be made. Not only must Science and Maths continue to be taught in English, more measures must be devised to improve English usage and capability.

A pass grade in English to get an SPM qualification may be a bit premature in the absence of concrete measures to improve English quality.

Certainly such a measure should not be used to barter away the teaching of Science and Maths in English.

瀑布

上星期日，我和朋友们一起到Sungai Gabai的瀑布玩。我们早上七点三十分就开始出发了，到达目的大约九点。

到了目的地，我们就开始爬上大约两百米长的路程到山中。到了地点，觉得有点累，平时没有运动的我就是这样了。休息一阵子，我们才下去玩水。

那边的水好冷，比我家的自来水好冷，水又很干净。我们玩得好开心。不知不觉已到中午了，感觉肚子好饿，就把大包来的饭一起吃。过后，我们就收拾准备回家了。当我们下山时，有很多游客才到。场面很热闹。有些懒惰爬到上面的就在下面玩好了。看见很多下孩子很开心的一起玩水。

我好久没到瀑布去玩了，感觉上好开心和放松了在城市里的压力。希望下次有机会。我一定会去玩的。

开学了！！！！

嗨，大家好！！！好久没上来这边写部落格了。不知大家过得如何？？？

转眼间，三个星期的学校假期过了，现在必须回来上课了。舍不得刚过去的假期。haiz。。无论如何，我会把读书的心情带回来，继续的求学。假期我想每个人都想，但假期是让我们休息来冲电，使我们能够精神的继续求学。加油吧！！！

接下来，就是我的第三学期了，好快喔！！我必须发奋图强，更加的努力去做，不能只是勤劳，要不然就追不上别人了。

在假期里，我忙着帮忙社团办活动。但从中我也可以知道一些新的东西。从中学习如何去办。

只要我们肯努力和勤力的去做，我们能够学到很多东西，也能让别人尊敬我们。不让别人觉得很讨厌我们。

Roles of Accounting Information Systems in the Business Environment

 SYSTEMS, DATA, AND INFORMATION

 

Ø  A system is a set of interrelated components that interact to achieve a goal.  Most systems are composed of smaller subsystems and vice versa.

Ø  The systems concept encourages integration

Ø  Data are facts that are collected, recorded, stored, and processed by an information system.

Ø  Organizations collect data about events that occur, resources that are affected by those events, and agents who participate in the events

Ø  Information is different from data.  Information is data that have been organized and processed to provide meaning to a user.  Usually, more information and better information translates into better decisions.  However, when you get more information than you can effectively assimilate, you suffer from information overload.  When you’ve reached the overload point, the quality of decisions declines while the costs of producing the information increases.

Ø  The value of information can be measured as its benefits minus its costs.  Costs are more difficult to quantify.

•         Characteristics that make information useful:

–     Relevance—reduces uncertainty by helping predict or confirm;

–     Reliability—dependable and free from error or bias;

–     Completeness—doesn’t leave out anything important;

–     Timeliness—received in time to affect the decision;

–     Understandability—presented so it’s comprehensible and useful;

–     Verifiability—independent people would produce the same result; and

–     Accessibility—available when needed in a useable format.

–     Information is provided to both external and internal users. 

–     External users primarily use information that is either mandatory (e.g., required by government) or essential (needed to conduct business). 

–     In providing mandatory or essential information, the focus should be on minimizing costs, meeting regulatory requirements, and meeting minimum standards of reliability and usefulness.

•         Internal users primarily use discretionary information.

–     The primary focus in producing this information is ensuring that benefits exceed costs, i.e., the information has positive value.

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Focus Group Discussion

2day I wen focus group discussion wif senior lecture tat wan doin survey about his work … we discuss about mobile phone …. What phone tat ppl like n description … which brand we prefer to u … he is senior lecture teach in Brunei … work in education industry about 16 years …teach in business subject … h3 wan finish the Phd course .. h0pe he can finish as soon as possible …. Gud Luck !! 

运动

好久的我没有去运动了，也许懒惰的理由才让我很久没有去跑步了。今早我就和朋友一起去跑步。跑了几圈觉得很累，不知为何什么会变成这样。也许久了没动，变硬了。哈哈！！

很开心

好像有一个星期的时间我没有到此写部落格了。这几天都在忙着温习功课来应付考试。但今天，我的考试终于考完了。觉得放下了心中的大石头。好开心喔。但这只是一阵子。等成绩要公布时和新的学期到来也觉得很害怕又要开始忙了。现在，我有三个星期的假期，我会好好的去利用，来做有意义的事。在此，我希望我能够考好成绩。还有在此我要谢谢大家给于的支持。

第一天考试

今天是我校第一天考试，当我到学校看到大多数的学生埋头苦读，有些得就谈天虽然书在眼前，有的一面读书，一面吃早餐，有些得就在发 白日梦好像还没有睡醒式的。今早可以看到很多各种各式的表情喔。

今天的考题还好，不是很难。今天是考Business Communication II。这科目是可说象我们在中学的英文科目但他比较深。当我做答时，可说大多数的问题我知道做答。希望我能够在这科拿到优等。

再 过三天，我才有考试，在这几天我可以好好的温习接下来的科目。加油！！！gAmbat3h !!!

考试

时间过得好快喔。转眼间，就要面对考试了。好紧张和害怕。我到现在还没有开始温习功课。我的朋友各个问我是否我已经开始温习功课了吗？我回答说没有。觉得到了考试的期间变得不知要如何应付。每次都是会劝朋友不要担心，但自己却做不到。无论如何，我会做好自己的本分去面对来临的考试。加油！！！gAmbat3h !!! 

小测验

今天的小测验题目好难喔，我读的大多数没出而我没有读的题目又出了好多题。当要做答时，觉得好辛苦不知要如何写出答案。平时不烧香的我，拼命的读，结果读得少。所以不知要如何作答。

下星期就是大考了。我好害怕因为现在的我还没有开始温习功课和做准备去面对。看着朋友们各各忙着温习功课，埋头苦头的读。我呢，正忙着不该忙得东西。哈哈！！不会好好的去安排时间的我，现在觉得很辛苦不知要从如何做起。无论如何，我还是希望我能够尽我最大的力量去面对这挑战。在此，希望我能够考好的成绩，不让我的父母失望。

泼水节

在四月十日（星期五）早上，我坐飞机回去丹州为了庆祝泼水节在暹罗庙。我在那边也玩了好开心。好久没有玩水了。我可以把水随便乱喷，没有人可以骂你的。在这节日里以暹罗人来说他们是在迎接新的一年到来，就是冲走不愉快，不干净的东西洗掉，希望在来临的新一年他们能够更有信心，勇敢和新目标能够去达到。

Keputusan Pilihanraya 3 Bukit

Keputusan Rasmi Pilihanraya Kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang

PAS memenangi kerusi Parlimen Bukit Gantang dengan majoriti 2,789 undi.

Calonnya, Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin mendapati 21,860 undi manakala calon BN, Ismail Saffian mendapat 19,071 undi. Calon bebas mendapat 62 undi dan hilang wang deposit.

 

Keputusan Rasmi Pilihanraya Kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Batang Ai

Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) memenangi kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Batang Ai dengan majoriti 1,854 undi.

Malcom Mussen Lamoh dari BN memperoleh 3,907 undi menewaskan calon PKR, Jawah Gerang yang memperoleh 2,053 undi.

 

Keputusan Rasmi Pilihanraya Kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri DUN Bukit Selambau

 

PKR memenangi kerusi Dewan Undangan Negri (DUN) Bukit Selambau dengan majority 2,403 undi.

S Manikumar dari PKR memperoleh 12,632 undi menewaskan calon BN S Ganesan yang memperoleh 10,229 undi.

0407

今天就是三个地方的补选日子，希望各位选民能够提早出门投票和选出，他们心中的领袖来为他们服务和成为政府与人民的桥梁。这次的补选也就是给人民机会来证明，他们信任和希望在哪个政党的领导下。这次补选的成绩是很重要。在此，希望今天的成绩能够表达人民的心意。

新领袖，新希望，新政策

纳吉今早10时在国家元首面前，正式宣誓就职第6任首相；纳吉宣誓时表示，将会诚实与竭力执行首相职务。这是我国的历史在五十二年后的新上任首相。在此，希望新的首相能够把我国现在的政，经，教，宗能够处理得好，使我国能够达到2020的宏愿。尤其是现在的经济暴风，有很多人失业。希望首相能够推出更多地就业机会，以免会发生很多社会问题。

愚人节快乐

今天是愚人节，虽然有被朋友骗但我还记得今天是愚人节所以可以炸会他们。哈哈！！！在此，祝所有朋友们愚人节快乐！！！！

小说

我用了一个星期的时间读完，我朋友写的小说。虽然不长但我用很长的时间，是因为我不爱阅读。很懒惰。但 最后终于把他读完了。这遍小说蛮有趣而且用的词不会很深，容易明白。还有语文上也容易明白不会很复杂。如果可以故事的发展可以换新点。看了会有新鲜感。这小说看起来好像在说作者本身之前面对的事情但故事里有点换，我想不是百分之百一样喔。也不会这么刚巧。哈哈！！　你的写作能力蛮不错，加油喔！再接再厉，我想你一定可以做到最好。我会永远的支持你。希望下次你可以寄来更多的小说让我阅读。好期待喔！我会等的。

Timbalan Presiden & Naib Presiden

Kepemimpinan baru Umno yang diketuai oleh Datuk Seri Najib Razak dilengkapkan kira-kira jam 10.30 p.m. semalam dengan isyarat jelas 2,509 perwakilan mahukan angin perubahan berdasarkan kemenangan calon yang rata-ratanya generasi baru. 

Petanda itu cukup nyata terutama bagi jawatan Naib Presiden dan Ahli Majlis Tertinggi (MT) yang menyaksikan kemenangan ramai pemimpin muda, manakala pejuang lama tersingkir biarpun perwakilan menghargai jasa dicurahkan selama ini.

Semalam kita menyaksikan kemenangan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin memperoleh sebanyak 1,575 undi menewaskan Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd. Taib yang meraih 919 undi.

Apapun, paling menarik pastinya jawatan Naib Presiden yang menyaksikan tiga pemimpin muda mencipta kemenangan iaitu Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dengan 1,592 undi, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein - 1,515 undi dan Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal  - 1,445 undi.

Ketiga-tiga menteri Kabinet itu menewaskan pemimpin veteran seperti Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, Tan Sri Isa Samad, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar dan Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik.

Seorang lagi calon ialah Menteri Pengajian Tinggi yang juga Ketua Umno Bahagian Pasir Gudang, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

午夜戏院

昨晚，我和几位朋友到戏院去看一场十一时四十分戏。这是我第一次的经验喔。在这时候我们可以看得到很多情侣。晚夜的戏院还很热闹虽然不是周末。在里面有点冷喔。过了两个小时后，我和几位朋友去old town喝咖啡。感觉上好舒服喔。不知不觉我们聊了一个小时后，才回家。这是很不错得经验。也蛮开心在晚夜的生活。

巫统大会

巫统大会将从今天开始至二十八日完毕。今天是巫统大会的第一天，这可说是我国的历史。在国阵里，巫统是占最多的。今天我们就可以看巫统中央代表会如何选出最好的未来领袖来领导国家。选出好的领袖可以带来繁荣和和平，使人民能过得美好的生活。还有巫统中央代表必须具备为民服务的精神，一旦巫统成功为民解困，它将为巫统注入更强大的精神，促使党员愿意为党的斗争而作出牺牲。

在此，我希望巫统中央代表能够做出明智的选择，选出好和能干的领袖，来为民服务。

服务

今天，我到PTPTN办公室去问关于我的借钱事情。当我到了他们的办公室，幸好人不多所以等了半个小时就到我的轮流号码。那些官员的处人方式很好。我感到满意。

过后，我也有到我的公寓住家的管理层拿进出门卡。经过多个星期和那官员讨论和“争斗”今天终于可以把那些事情办好。

在此，我想和大家分享的是有时马来西亚的官员不管是政府还是私人都好，有些的就把你办得好而有些的你必须投诉他们，才可以把事办好。要不然他们会慢慢的帮你去做。效果也很慢。浪费了我们很多时间。我希望这文化可以改善使我们可以迈向先进国。

给爱的孤儿

今早，我和我校的朋友们一起到巴生孤儿院做社区服务和给与铺导。让他们知道虽然他们没有了

亲人但还有热心的社会人士来关怀他们和给他们鼓励。从中我可以学到明白他们的孤胆和寂寞。

当我们到了那边，就代表我们带来了希望给他们。在此，我可以和他们交流和分享。这让从中知

道了很多事情。有些太活跃而有些静静的，不想和别人讲话。好像他们活在他们的世界。经过今

天的活动，我可以体会到很多事情和学到很多用金钱买不到的东西。这是很值得。我希望社会人

士可以抽空时间陪他们，给他们有爱的感觉。

方中兰炮轰官僚作风 娶外国老婆手续繁琐

哥打峇鲁18日讯）本地男子要和外国女子注册结婚，手续异常繁琐，道北马青区团团长方中兰炮轰政府机构官僚作风。 

道北县一名28岁泰裔男子依比欲与邻国22岁女子达旺注册结婚，须“过五关斩六将”，过程殊不简单。 

方中兰今日带依比及达旺前往丹州登记局申请注册结婚后，向《南洋商报》披露，申请注册前，女方须向泰国高庭申请单身证明信，之后在哥市高庭翻译信件内容，再把信件提呈予位于吉隆坡安邦路的泰国领事馆及布城外交部与国民登记局，取得盖章验证，才能回哥市，上丹州登记局办手续。 

他说，在此之前，这对男女曾两度自行前往上述3个位于首都的部门申请盖章验证，却不获当局批准，因此向他求助。 

办事处内空无一人 

他周五前往布城外交部及国民登记局，抵达时是中午12时30分，办事处内空无一人，要苦候一段时间。 

他认为，就算是周五祈祷，办事处内也应有人驻守，尤其政府已调高薪金，公务员有必要提高工作效率，方便人民处理各项手续。 

他说，大马许多男子，尤其来自与泰国毗邻州属者，多迎娶泰国妻子，因此政府有必要简化手续，规定所有手续只须在丹州进行，无需舟车劳顿前往吉隆坡，浪费金钱及时间。 

他质问，各政府部门目前皆已电脑化及连线，为何还要迎娶外籍妻子者前往吉隆坡办理手续？

政府系统

最近，我忙着找资料，要把功课做好。今天要交上去了。好赶喔平时不烧香的我。

在上星期五，我和四位朋友到PUTRAJAYA的外交部门办手续。办关于结婚手续。看来要和外国的人结婚好不容易，必须做很多手续。很麻烦。去了外交部门。过后，必须去JPN ( Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara ) 办结婚的手续，才能有结婚证书。经过这次的经验，我觉得马来西亚的管理系统太复杂了。必须经过很多官员的批准才可以把一件事办好。这样让人民觉得很麻烦又浪费时间必须等。希望政府可以改善这系统，使到人民可以尽快和省时间的把手续办好。在此，我建议政府可以把权力集中在一个地方，这可以让人民觉得很方便。不必跑上跑下要去办事情。

10,080 calon SPM dapat 10A

PUTRAJAYA 12 Mac – Seramai 10,080 daripada keseluruhan 442,936 calon Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2008 berjaya memperoleh 10A dengan seramai 347,443 atau 90.8 peratus calon mendapat sijil SPM berbanding 91.1 peratus pada tahun 2007.
Seramai 5,863 calon pula berjaya memperoleh 9A manakala 5,909 calon memperoleh 8A.
Selain itu, seramai 6,277 calon atau 1.6 peratus berjaya dengan cemerlang memperoleh gred A bagi semua mata pelajaran yang diduduki berbanding 5,060 (1.31 peratus) pada tahun 2007.
Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, Datuk Alimuddin Mohd. Dom ketika mengumumkan keputusan peperiksaan itu berkata, pada keseluruhannya pencapaian calon SPM adalah membanggakan dan melebihi daripada pencapaian tahun sebelumnya.
“Pencapaian mereka meningkat daripada segi peratusan bilangan memperoleh sijil, mendapat semua A dan lulus semua mata pelajaran yang diduduki,'' katanya di sini hari ini.

仅13人获5科全A 整体成绩比前年进步

（吉隆坡10日讯）2008年马来西亚高级教育文凭（STPM）成绩今日放榜，整体成绩比2007年的进步0.65％，不过报考5 科并获得全A 的学生，从2007年的25人减至13人。 

考获5 科全A 的的13名学生当中，华裔共占11人。至于报考5 个科目，获得4A的学生人数为31人；而报考4 科并获全A 的学生人数，则为223 人。 

上述所有成绩的优异生人数都比2007年的人数少，即从2007年的445 人，减低至2008年的267人。 

11华裔生5科全A 

马来西亚考试理事会主席丹斯里朱基菲里教授今日公布成绩时说，共有5 万3638名考生报考2008年的大马高级教育文凭考试，比2007年的减少18.79 ％。 

他说，根据成绩显示，共有4 万6277名或92.26 ％考生考获至少1 科及格，这比2007年的91.61％，稍微增加0.65％。 

“在上述数据当中，共有3437名考生（6.85％）考获5 科全及格的成绩、1 万8686名考生（37.25 ％）考获4 科全及格成绩、1 万零68名考生（20.07 ％）考获3 科全及格成绩、7635名考生（15.22 ％）考获2 科全及格成绩，以及6451名考生（12.86 ％）考获1 科全及格成绩。” 

考生可上网查成绩 

他说，共有3 万6470名考生为土著学生、1 万2484名为华裔、3884名为印裔考生，以及800名考生为其他种族。 

政府或私立学校考生可在今日中午12时后，前往各自的学校领取成绩，至于私人考生则需等待有关当局通过邮寄的方式取得成绩。 

朱基菲里指出，大马高级教育文凭考试共设有23项科目（多达56张试卷）供考生选择，其中15科的成绩与往年相差无几（上下不超过3 ％）。 

“这些科目包括普通试卷、马来文、华文、淡米尔文、阿拉伯文、英国文学、马来文学、回教法、历史、会计、统计数学、纯数学、物理、化学及生物。” 

至于成绩进步超过3 ％8 项科目包括回教史、地理、经济、商业学、高级数学、电脑、科学体育，以及视觉美学。由于所有科目成绩没退步超过3 ％以上，因此考试理事会并没特别归类退步科目数据。 

考生可通过大马考试理事会的网页www.mpm.edu.my查询成绩，或通过短讯的方式，发送至39003 查询成绩。

迷你预算案&STPM

随着昨天，副首相兼财政部长公布迷你预算案。也是首次在马来西亚发生。这可说是历史。公布了每年的预算案还有另外一个预算案。

 

这次的预算案是要面对来临的经济发展，使我国的经济能够恢复良好的局面。虽然这次的预算案无法在短期内带来成长，但也可以减少金融海啸所产生的冲击。

 

我希望政府能够有长远的计划，来改善政府资金管理和有效的用这资金来发展，给人民带来好处。

 

总得来说，希望政府这项配套，并获得朝野全民积极配合，让国家顺利走出经济低迷局面才是上策。

 

在此，我也借这机会祝所有今天拿大马高级学校文凭(STPM)的考生榜上有名！！！！步步高升！！！

308大选一周年

308大选一周年转眼即至，总结过去1年的人民给政府们信任管理国或州。在一年内，我们可以看到各政党统治州和国的方式。各各都有自己的做法。我们也可以打分给这些政党统治人民的角色。是不是他们有实现之前所给的诺言？？？这些政党到底有没有扮演他们的角色在统治国或州。在一年以来，他们给了人民什么利益。经济上有没有上涨？国家收入是不是有增加？人民过得安宁吗？以我的看法，不管什么政党都好。他们都有自己的计划，使他们能够把国或州管理得好。也希望人民能够过得平安，没有战争。他们利用人民的金钱来发展国或州，使国家更加繁荣和先进。同时来带来经济发展。

功课

今天已经完了下半学期的第一个星期最后一天了。我觉得越来越压力。觉得很多事情还没做好。觉得这些事情便成越多。我每天都有把事情做好以让不会这么多事必须完成。无论如何我会尽量的尽我的责任去把事情做好。所谓：“今日事，今日毕”。

政府医院的服务

嗨，大家好！！！！昨天我到Kelana Jaya 的政府医院看病。我八点半到了医院。没想到的是医院已经满人了。我在那等了一个小时多才能得到治疗。过后，还要等大约一个小时才能拿到药。去了差不多要花整两个小时的时间。在此，我要和大家分享的是为何到今天政府医院的服务还不能改进。之前卫生部部长有提到病人只是必须等半个小时就可以得到治疗。但依我的看法这使命还不能够完成。还必须改善。希望高级政府官员能够改善使人民可以得到有效的服务。

Kesal bil elektrik tiga bulan sekali

Penduduk kaum Cina dan Siam di sini menyuarakan perasaan kesal di atas pihak pengurusan Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) yang mengeluarkan bil penggunaan elektrik tiga bulan sekali. 

Ketua Pemuda MCA Tumpat, Pui Tiong Lam berkata, sejak akhir-akhir ini pihak TNB ke rumah penduduk melibatkan Kampung Jambu, Kik Seraya, Kubang Bembam dan Kampung Mentua tiga bulan sekali dan tidak seperti sebelum ini yang mengeluarkan bil sebulan sekali. 

Katanya, keadaan ini menyebabkan penduduk keliru untuk menjelaskan bil elektrik sekiranya mereka menggunakan elektrik di bawah RM20 sebulan. 

Menurutnya, jika tiga bulan sekali, pasti jumlah bil tersebut bukan lagi bawah RM20 tetapi hampir kepada RM60 dalam satu bil. 

“Sedangkan sekiranya dibuat pemeriksaan setiap bulan, penduduk ini akan terlepas daripada bayaran bil elektrik ini berdasarkan pengumuman kerajaan bahawa mana-mana penggunaan elektrik di bawah RM20, ia tidak perlu dibayar,” katanya. 

:Katanya, lebih kesal lagi apabila mereka mengajukan masalah tersebut, pihak TNB tidak dapat memberi penjelasan yang diharapkan. 

“Akibatnya, ramai penduduk mengadu masalah ini kepada saya dan ada sesetengahnya menjelaskan bil tiga bulan tersebut, padahal sekiranya dibahagi untuk tiga bulan, dia sepatutnya terlepas daripada bayaran penggunaan elektrik ini kerana di bawah RM20,” katanya. 

Menurutnya, pengeluaran bil elektrik tiga bulan sekali ini menyusahkan penduduk miskin kerana mereka sukar untuk mengeluarkan wang mencecah ratusan ringgit dalam satu masa dan sekiranya lambat menjelaskan bil elektrik ini, bekalan elektrik pula akan dipotong. 

Tiong Lam berkata, begitu juga dengan pengeluaran bil anggaran oleh pihak TNB, ia juga menyusahkan pengguna apabila jumlah penggunaan elektrik dikira secara rambang dan bukan pengiraan yang tepat. 

“Ini juga akan mengelirukan apabila jumlah sebenar penggunaan elektrik itu di bawah RM20 sedangkan dalam bil anggaran jumlahnya melebihi RM20. 

“Bagi mengelakkan bil elektrik ini dipotong, pengguna menjelaskan dengan kadar segera dan ini menguntungkan pihak berkenaan,” katanya. 

Menurutnya, walau pun jumlah pembayaran itu akan ditolak, yang dipertikaikan di sini adalah sekiranya penggunaannya di bawah RM20, pengguna tidak perlu membayarnya. 

Sehubungan itu, beliau berharap agar pihak pengurusan TNB lebih kemas dan dapat memberi penjelasan yang sebaik-baiknya untuk mengelakkan kekeliruan pengguna lebih-lebih lagi penduduk miskin.

第二天生存在部落格

今天是第二天我生存在这部落格里。我很希望有朋友可以来到我的部落格坐坐。今天没有 特别的

事情发生在我身上。我用一部分的时间来做功课和处理协会的事情。觉得好累！！！今天所有

努力希望能够有收获。

国能累積數月計讀電費‧甘榜居民難享免費電供

邱志明（前排左起）、方中蘭、楊國慶及後排左起朱普漢、方偉胜和方金成，展示用戶每月電費不超過20令吉的電單。（圖：星洲日報）

（吉蘭丹‧哥打峇魯）馬青道北區團團長方中蘭披露，國能並非每個月定期到縣內數個甘榜發電單，導致用戶累積電費超過20令吉，不知從何享受政府提供20令吉免費電供的福利。

首相兼財政部長拿督斯里阿都拉是去年8月宣佈，從2008年10月1日至2009年12月，每月用電量少於20令吉的家庭將豁免繳交電費。不過，方中蘭認為，國能在處理有關事宜上，誠意不足。

他是接獲縣內5個甘榜的居民投訴，週六（2月28日）連同陽光青年及當地居民協會一行人召開新聞發佈會時，這麼表示。

出席者包括陽光青年丹州主席楊國慶、甘榜占布居民協會財政邱志明及委員方偉胜、朱普漢、劉麗芬和方金成。

方中蘭：國能欠誠意

方中蘭指出，由於部份居民對上述事項不甚清楚，多半已前往繳付電費，而國能職員卻沒有告知村民有關措施及實際狀況。

他說，本身曾針對有關事項向國能查詢，惟對方要求村民致函，並列下他們每個月的用電費以便當局查核。

“這些本來是國能的工作，我不明白為甚麼他們反倒要求民眾自行記錄，再向當局反映問題。”

他展示，以他接獲的用戶電費單為例，國能是幾個月計讀一次電費，導致用戶電費超過20令吉，實際上，用戶的平均電費是不超過20令吉，有者甚至少於10令吉。

他說，雖然政府已宣佈每月電費低於20令吉可享免費電供，但是，大部份民眾卻未從中受益。

會上，一行人也要求國能，每個月派員計算用戶的電費，並真正落實以上豁免繳交電費措施，讓相關群体受惠。

星洲日報／東海岸‧2009.03.01