Bull Markets

"Bull markets start on pessimism, appreciate in skepticism, bubble on optimism and burst in euphoria."

I hope this is true…

Do I Need a Visa? [Malaysians Only]

I travel pretty frequently & at times it's really a hassle to search through the web for visa information. So I took the opportunity while having my vacations to create a list of countries where Malaysians need/need not visas!

Obviously the list is not exhaustive, but pls give feedback if there are any errors!

Check it out here:

http://boringest.blogasian.com/visa/

Back!!!

back in M'sia after what seems like ages in the Arabian Gulf a.k.a. Persian Gulf (for those on the Iranian side)..and straight to travelling again!

This time to Bangkok & Cambodia (Phnom Penh & Siem Reap). Bangkok has grown tremendously & my old vision (being politically incorrect here =P) of not knowing if the girl in the street is a real girl or a tranvestite has really diminished! Lotsa hot chicks walking around in the streets, dressed really well! No wonder all these old Scotsmen I've been working with are thinking of moving to Thailand once & for all…lol!

Cambodia was an eye opener – Phnom Penh for reminding us how madness can come about when fear reigns, Angkor for the jaw-dropping, amazing structures they build & Siem Reap for how capitalism is working! Anyway, it was a pleasant trip, & we flew by AirAsia all the way and I have to say it's really worth it! No delays, very efficient check-in & a delightful crew =)

links for 2007-06-01

• Software piracy | Free loaders | Economist.com
  malaysia didn't make it….
  (tags: interesting)
• What steakhouses reveal about the weakness of the U.S. economy. – By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine
  could be applied to prics of palm oil in M'sia and its relation to cooking oil? what do you think?
  (tags: economics)
• FOXNews.com – Junk Science: Hot Air Study Melts Global Warming Theory – Blog | Blogs | Popular Blogs | Video Blogs
  By overlaying the atmospheric carbon dioxide trend onto graphs of near-surface temperatures, surface temperatures and ocean temperatures, it is readily apparent that ever-changing global temperatures aren’t keeping pace with ever-increasing atmospheric
  (tags: science)
• I Believe In Evolution, Except For The Whole Triassic Period | The Onion – America's Finest News Source
  Of course evolution is real, just not during the "Triassic period."
  (tags: funny)
• Malay Swear Words
  need to work on my swearing vocabulary…
  (tags: interesting)
• 10 Beach Photography Tips
  (tags: photography)
• RIGZONE – For Dubai, The Oil Futures Are Now
  Today, the eyes of the oil world will be turning to a souk in the desert.

  At 6 p.m. Eastern time, a long-awaited effort gets under way in Dubai's opulent financial center to give the world a new crude-oil pricing benchmark. The recently organized Duba

  (tags: oil)
• Dr Vino’s wine blog » Blog Archive » Nine wines under $10
  (tags: wine)
• HOW TWO MONTHS' SALARY LASTS A LIFETIME IN REALLY EVIL SHIT.
  Diamonds became engagement stones around the end of the recession. Ernest Oppenheimer, who was in control of De Beers in the 1930s, was shutting down diamond mines to control supply and keep the price of diamonds high. He sent his son Harry to New York to
  (tags: diamonds)

links for 2007-05-31

• How to Be Charming – wikiHow
  Praise others instead of gossiping. If you are talking with someone or you are talking in a group of people, and up pops the subject of another person in a positive or negative way, be the one to mention something you like about that person. Hearsay is th
  (tags: lifehacks)
• And Still I Persist » The Art of 'Ware [version 2.0]
  Back in the early 1990s, I wrote and published The Art of ‘Ware (M&T Books, 1995), a reinterpretation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, a 6th century BC treatise on conflict and warfare. My reinterpretation of Sun Tzu’s maxims applied to developing and m
  (tags: books)
• Scalable CSS Buttons Using PNG and Background Colors | David’s kitchen
  Dynamic CSS Buttons using PNG, transparency and background colors that degrades nicely and supports full scalability. With full scalability I mean it should resize in all directions according to the font size and content.
  (tags: css)
• Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering Explained: Anisotropic Filtering, for Sharper Textures
  Anisotropic filtering is a method of improving the way the insides of objects look—all the parts between the edges.
  (tags: gaming)
• Beginners Guide to Sports Betting | productdose.com
  No one should seek self-affirmation of any sort through gambling. You should only seek to win money. Everything else is incidental. The thrill of risk is a secondary reward to winning cash. That should be your greatest reward, the fact that you won money
  (tags: betting)
• The Traveler's Dilemma — [ GAME THEORY ]: Scientific American
  "He asks each of them to write down…any dollar integer between 2 and 100 without conferring together. If both write the same number…he will pay each of them that amount. But if they write different numbers, he will … pay both of them the lower numbe
  (tags: interesting gametheory)
• The Middle Show | Girls and Sound Effects | Black20
  girls can't do laser gun sound effects…lol
  (tags: funny)
• Data Grids with AJAX, DHTML and JavaScript | Smashing Magazine
  wow…gotta try this.
  (tags: webdesign)
• desire to inspire: Stairs and storage
  why didn't i think of that!
  (tags: home storage)
• Congress searches for phony villains in gas price hike – May. 30, 2007
  Gasoline prices hit an all time high of $3.227 a gallon just before the Memorial Day holiday, and once again, Congress has taken the easy way out. Instead of doing anything substantive about the United States' unquenchable thirst for gasoline, it has gone
  (tags: oil)