My Octoberfest

October 27, 2007 | 6 Comments

Mariuca SUPERSTAR Award


The Germans are well known for their Octoberfest and for me I am also having a sort of Octoberfest with several Awards alone in this month! After my trials of being disconnected for a week, it is such a joy to find the sweet marzie giving me the Mariuca Superstar Award, beautifully designed by her hubby B! Thank-you soooo much marzie and B!

It is a great feeling that you are missed by your friends! At times mishaps like what I experienced the past week, are opportunities when you discover that your friends do miss you!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Badges, Memes 

Our Heartfelt Thanks!

October 26, 2007 | 3 Comments

Hello! my fellow bloggers and readers! Have been out of “connection” since 19th October! We are so touched by the numerous emails received from fellow bloggers and readers for their caring hearts! I need to explain things a bit but firstly we want to assure all our friends that we are fine!

What happened was my modem and wireless router were damaged by lightning on the evening of 19th October. When I went online on Saturday the 20th but was not able to, I thought it was the usual tmnet’s maintenance thing and thinking that in a day or two things would return to normal. However when I could not connect to the internet on Monday afternoon that I decided to give tmnet a call and then discovered that my modem and router were both not working!

Well I had to get myself a new modem and router and got everything hooked-up by late afternoon today! When I checked my emails, there were hundreds in my inbox. Many were from concerned bloggers and friends wondering about us! Thank-you so much for your emails showing concern. However things did not go smoothly because Blogger and Google seem to be rather sluggish and it took me such a long time to check my mails and log into Blogger!

It seems things are pretty much back to normal now, around midnight and will be back blogging once again! See ya! Cheers!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Memes 

Quit Smoking Painlessly

October 17, 2007 | 3 Comments

Smoking is a very addictive habit and once addicted it is one of the most difficult habit to kick! I guess smoking starts from teenage years! Influence from the movies where the hero smokes is one that I can think of. Teenagers are susceptible to such influence most. Perhaps due to peer group pressure, a sense of belonging and lastly it makes them look mature!

The numerous health problems related to smoking are well documented. For a smoker, he is under the High Risk category for Lung Cancer, Stroke, Heart Attacks and a whole lot of other health related illness. With the prices of tobacco increasing every year, it costs at least RM $2,700.00 a year just for a smoker on a pack a day! Once addicted, to quit is not easy for I have seen many friends tried to quit but failed time and again. Many methods had been recommended with varying results, yoga, meditation, stop smoking patches, religious as well as mind therapy.

One of my friends come out with this new ebook titled Quit Smoking Painlessly and I recommend those who had tried and failed in the past to give this ebook a try! They have FREE Mini-Course too!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Useful Information 

Need some comforting

October 17, 2007 | 6 Comments

There are times in life when things just don’t go well or like people says ‘life throws you a curve ball’. Watch this clip and may you draw comfort and encouragement from the story!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Christianity, Life Experiences 

Are we entering our Darkest Hour?

October 14, 2007 | 7 Comments

For the past couple of months, I am getting more and more concerned about our beloved country Malaysia. We are now 50 Years after Independence but judging from the various issues that cropped up in recent months, I have got the feeling that Malaysia is entering her Darkest Hour in terms of Governance. We did make impressive strides in many areas such as in technology, building great structures, economic trade zones, a couple of firsts in the world of sports and the latest being the sending of a Malaysian into Space!

On the other hand, so many other areas in Malaysia seems to be deteriorating and are of great concern :

  • 1. Increase in crimes like robberies, murders and rapes with a few turning cold case files.
  • 2. Horrendous crimes against young children in recent months, some still unsolved.
  • 3. Accusations of Corruption in the Police Force and involvement with organized crimes.
  • 4. Malpractices and Abuse of Authority by Members of Parliament in Local Government.
  • 5. Lack of check and balance in the unauthorized expenditure by Government Departments.
  • 6. Increase Polarization of the different races, and religious beliefs.
  • 7. Legal Cases were thrown out of court due to technical error in the collection of evidence.
  • 8. The recent 2,000 Lawyers March For Justice in Putra Jaya in connection with the Lingam Tapes had the implications of interference of the Judiciary by the Executive Body, which is against our Constitution.
  • 9. Threats in the Waving of the Keris by a Minister and the shout of dipping it in blood.
  • 10. Multi Million Dollars Contracts that produces shoddy work in Government Buildings.
  • 11. Our Political System is still very heavily hinged on racial themes.

Although in the past we did have big boo-boos like the Carrian Case, the Perwaja Steel fiasco, but those were rare but now it seems we uncover lots of questionable issues and in such frequency that sends shivers down my spine. I cannot help but ask myself what is happening to good governance nowadays! Never have we laden with so many pending unresolved important issues just within the last couple of months! It reminds me of a late stage cancer slowly eating away at the patient at an alarming speed! My heart is just heavy!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Malaysia 

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