"Selesema babi" or also popularly translated as Swine flu in Malaysia, is making headlines lately resulting from several deaths in Mexico.
The last similar outbreak that we had in this region was bird flu/Avian flu.
I'm not going to write about what caused the disease or how to prevent it etc. You can find it in abundant on the net.
What intrigued me was the selection of the name for the disease. Here in Malaysia, pork/pig is translated to "babi". Babi is also use as a swearing word here. eg: "Babi la ko" which can bore similar meaning such as "f**k you". Which I think, prompted the popular use of the word "Khinzir" in the 90's , which is, of course, literally the same as Babi.
Surprisingly, the English news here choose to called it as Swine flu. Why not Pig flu (by the way, there're countries that called it Pig Flu and Swine does mean pig/hog/boar) ? My point here is that, who in Malaysia decides to collectively call it as Swine Flu (not pig flu) and "Selesema Babi (not "Selesema Khinzir").
Yeah I know it's really trivial thing. What can I do? It's those sleepless night again. Haha. Sigh.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Cravings??
Lately, as the title above suggest, I've been craving for a lot of things. Luckily, I'm very particular/meticulous when it comes to buying things. I'll always research/compare for different store/price/brand and list down all the pros and cons before I commit to buy. Yes, it's time consuming, but it have a lot of benefits. One of the advantage is that, in the end I'll not buy it. Haha.
Ok below is the list of the things that I'm craving right now:
1) DSLR Camera
2) Head Unit (CD Player) for my wife's car (Yes, I'm married ;p).
3 ) Video game console
4) Home theater system
5) House??
For example, even if I'm going only for item number 1, there's still a lot of things that I'll need to decide, eg: brand (Nikon or Canon), model (Nikon D80, Canon Eos450d (or wait for eos500d)), budget (below 2k? below 3k? below 3.5k?), package (body only? kit? buy separate lenses?). Whatever it is, DSLR is surely an expensive past time activity. My wife is pregnant right now and I want to capture the special moment with a special camera (yes I know, I need to improve my photography skill first).
Oh yes, that might be the reason? So far, my wife never craves for any weird things. Is it because of this that I'm craving for all those things? Time will tell. Haha
Ok below is the list of the things that I'm craving right now:
1) DSLR Camera
2) Head Unit (CD Player) for my wife's car (Yes, I'm married ;p).
3 ) Video game console
4) Home theater system
5) House??
For example, even if I'm going only for item number 1, there's still a lot of things that I'll need to decide, eg: brand (Nikon or Canon), model (Nikon D80, Canon Eos450d (or wait for eos500d)), budget (below 2k? below 3k? below 3.5k?), package (body only? kit? buy separate lenses?). Whatever it is, DSLR is surely an expensive past time activity. My wife is pregnant right now and I want to capture the special moment with a special camera (yes I know, I need to improve my photography skill first).
Oh yes, that might be the reason? So far, my wife never craves for any weird things. Is it because of this that I'm craving for all those things? Time will tell. Haha
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Go Chelsea!!
Pheww...what a pulsating match. Credits to Liverpool. They really got my nerve. Haha. Chelsea surely need to improve a lot for the next mouth watering encounter with the hot favourite, Barca.
Go Go Go !
Go Go Go !
Monday, April 13, 2009
Zoo Empire
I often buy a lot of breakfast cereals for my family (yeah right, it's only me and my wife ;p). Current favorites are Koko Crunch and Honey Stars. Right now they're giving free games with every purchase of the box. You can get different kind of games.
The wrapping of the game's CD looks really crappy I feel like throwing it all together with the cereal box but I've just put it inside my TV cabinet drawer just in case. Boy, how I don't know what it will do to me.
Out of boredom, when you have found out that ASTRO is repeating all it programs again and you don't have Internet access at home (thanks TM, what a great service!) than you remember about the CD that you've got for free. Let's try it out, there's nothing to lose.
Turn out that it took almost all of my off-day time. Haha. I guess that it has been too long since I last play computer games that even free game will do but to be fair, it's not that crappy. It reminded me of those old-school sim game like sim city, sim tower, etc. The game that I'm playing is called Zoo Empire
For a glimpse of the game, check it out on the link below:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/zooempire/index.html
How to get it? You can just go to any nearby store and buy a box of Nestle (if I'm not mistaken) breakfast cereal with a CD in front of it. Not only you can get free CD games, you also can eat the breakfast cereal (or should it be the other way around?).
The wrapping of the game's CD looks really crappy I feel like throwing it all together with the cereal box but I've just put it inside my TV cabinet drawer just in case. Boy, how I don't know what it will do to me.
Out of boredom, when you have found out that ASTRO is repeating all it programs again and you don't have Internet access at home (thanks TM, what a great service!) than you remember about the CD that you've got for free. Let's try it out, there's nothing to lose.
Turn out that it took almost all of my off-day time. Haha. I guess that it has been too long since I last play computer games that even free game will do but to be fair, it's not that crappy. It reminded me of those old-school sim game like sim city, sim tower, etc. The game that I'm playing is called Zoo Empire
For a glimpse of the game, check it out on the link below:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/zooempire/index.html
How to get it? You can just go to any nearby store and buy a box of Nestle (if I'm not mistaken) breakfast cereal with a CD in front of it. Not only you can get free CD games, you also can eat the breakfast cereal (or should it be the other way around?).
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Internet access
TMNET SUXXXXXX BIG TIME...this is the longest period since 1999 where I don't have Internet at home. TMNET YOU SUXXXX...ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!. I've been trying to get Streamyx connection into my house since Dec 2008 and I've only managed to get the phone line on March 2009. That's the phone connection only ok, not the broadband itself. Now I need to pay for the rental on the phone line which I'll never use.
Now I'm trying P1 WiMAX. First impression? I'm very impressed at the moment. Although my place is not really in the coverage area and I'm getting weak signal, the speed is damn fast. Eg: Youtube will not buffer at all. Direct http download super fast compared to Streamyx. Streamyx user will notice that lately, Streamyx is slower than pregnant Tapir. I've got until this Friday to test whether I want to proceed with P1. I'm signing for rm99 24months contract. I don't want to commit for that long for crappy service. Who knows after the trial period over, service will be like crap. But so far so good.
Wait a minute, I'll still need to pay the monthly rental for the phone line that I've never use because there's 12 months contract. Ah who cares, I dont give a damn. DARN YOU STREAMYX/TMNET!!
Now I'm trying P1 WiMAX. First impression? I'm very impressed at the moment. Although my place is not really in the coverage area and I'm getting weak signal, the speed is damn fast. Eg: Youtube will not buffer at all. Direct http download super fast compared to Streamyx. Streamyx user will notice that lately, Streamyx is slower than pregnant Tapir. I've got until this Friday to test whether I want to proceed with P1. I'm signing for rm99 24months contract. I don't want to commit for that long for crappy service. Who knows after the trial period over, service will be like crap. But so far so good.
Wait a minute, I'll still need to pay the monthly rental for the phone line that I've never use because there's 12 months contract. Ah who cares, I dont give a damn. DARN YOU STREAMYX/TMNET!!
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