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Archive for December, 2005

Last Post About Petrol Prices (for this year la)

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Last post on petrol prices, I promise. For this year.
I snapped this pic somewhere in the city the other day, i then realized that a lot of the petrol stations have put up this sign.

Anyway, if you can’t see it properly, this is what it says:

Actual Price
Govt Subsidy
Retail Price

RON 97
2.797
1.177
1.620

Diesel
2.137
0.856
1.281

*sigh*… RM1.62 man… soon its gonna […]

Post Christmas Hangover (and some pics)

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Alright, its the third day of christmas, and I’m typing this, most of you are either still sleeping on your holiday or sitting in a half empty office like me.
Well, at least it’s a nice morning, and I had 2 days of holidays myself. Very tiring two days, but quite fun.
And now 3 more […]

Christmas is the Time

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will […]

Famous People and Their Favourite Christmas Carols

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Today is the Thursday before Christmas, there are 3 more days to the big day.
Short post today, maybe there will be another one later today. Depends on the position of the sun in relation to Venus.
Right. This one is about Favourite Christmas Carols. Mine is ‘O Holy Night’, it isn’t really popular, but I’ve loved […]

Christmas Decorations at Mid Valley (Yeah, yeah, here we go again)

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Today is the Wednesday before Christmas, there are four more days to the big day.
(yep, I’m still counting down the days…)
We heard so much about the ‘White Christmas‘ decorations at Mid-Valley, so last week we decided to go down, brave jam and maniacal shoppers to see it. The place was quite packed, school holidays and […]

Christmas with Us

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Today is the Tuesday before Christmas, there 5 days left to the big day.
(I’ll be counting it down everyday til then, so you guys have to be patient with me…)
Here are some pix i took at the Christmas with Us party, there was a big turnout and we had loads of fun, not to mention […]

Some Things You Do NOT Want to Hear Your Girlfriend Say When She Opens Your Christmas Present

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Ah, Christmas gift buying. The very simple activity that fuels 80% of our retail industry in Decembers. I did a post a few days ago, but since I just finished buying Christmas presents for my friends, I’m so inclined to write another post.
Well, there hundred of articles telling you what to buy your girlfriend / […]

A September Day A Long Time Ago

Friday, December 16th, 2005

It was a warm Wednesday in September, that day. The sun was warm even in those days, this is some years ago.
In the heat of the afternoon, I knew it was going to be a long day, it would probably go deep into the early hours of the Thursday. I was crouched over the low […]

Simon Attends Some International Conference in KL

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Really, you would think they’d send someone else to a conference attended by international delegate? But since the topic of the seminar was not something important like world peace or press freedom, i wasn’t fully paying attention. This was sometime back.
Anyway, i thought i heard some of the following. Or they could have been voices […]

Lazy December Days

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Nothing much happening these days, i suppose a lot of people are winding down during the school holidays.
These days, most of the talk around here is about the road closures, floods and rains and the coming Christmas holidays.
I kind of like these slow days, at least the traffic is as mad as when school is […]