Mom's Zongzi

Last Sunday my mom and my aunt made the rice dumpling or 'Zongzi' for the family. Not many being made though. Just enough for the sake of the Duan Wu festival which falls on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese calender that is on the 28th May 2009. Anyway the zongzi is already snap up...... inside the stomach.

I think it was Ivan first time eating it. He likes it. Last year due to the arrival of two babies (Reanne and Sarah), mom skip the trouble making the zongzi. Next year gotto prepare more, as the two little girls will wants to have a bite as well.

Part timer portal

Anybody interested looking for a part time job? If so, I think this YourPartTime.com is what you should check it out.

YourPartTime.com is an online service dedicated to part-timers who wish to seek experience, soft skills at the same time earn extra income. Founded in 2008, it is an effective medium that will connect employers and part time job seekers.

They even offer referral fee to people for introducing employers to use their services.

Forgot my hanky

Is that true it is a no, no for guys (men) to carry hanky nowadays? The feed back that I got sound that way....seen as old fashioned la.

I think many prefer the convenient tissue paper. But I still prefer handkerchief (what a mouthful word). Unfortunately I forgot to bring mine today. Making me feeling a bit uneasy without it as though something is missing. I used it partly because I sneeze a lot particularly in the morning. Another reason is an old habit caltivated long during my childhood time. During my school day, I always carried a hanky. Unconciously might have become a 'comforter' normally described in children cases. Maybe, just maybe all of us somehow have or owned a 'comforter' in all sort of forms. Do you? I bet you have one or even two!

Malaysia confirms first case of A(H1N1) flu

This is high alert as today Malaysia confirmed its first case of the A(H1N1) flu in a 21-year-old student who returned from the United States on Wednesday morning. All passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH091 from Newark on Wednesday are urged to contact the Health Ministry by calling 03-88810200 or 03-88810300"

What does RON really mean

Many said that RON92 oil is the older oil, only suitable for older cars or for cars that uses carburetor only. There are also some that said that RON92 oil will make the engine dirty and also said that that RON92 oil is less powerful compared to RON97 and RON99. Before you make any false assumptions, let us see what the real meaning of RON is.

RON stands for Research Octane Number. Octane number or octane rating refers to the gasoline ability to withstand auto ignition (knocking) inside the engine. Higher octane number refers to higher ability of the oil to fight auto ignition. In other words, it means that RON95 is harder to ignite compared to RON92.

Different vehicles are designed to be use with different octane number of oil. Higher octane number oil is basically designed for high performance vehicles such as sport vehicle and racing vehicle. Why is that so? This is to avoid premature ignition of oil inside the engine because of auto ignition, which happens before the spark plug ignite the fuel. This phenomenon is known as knocking. Knocking is not wanted because it reduces the performance of vehicle.

The right usage of octane number based on design and adjustment of engine will maximize the performance and effectiveness of the vehicle. Modern vehicles are equipped with knock sensor which enables it to adjust its combustion timing automatically according to the oil octane number to avoid knocking or premature ignition of oil.

Not all vehicles require high octane number petrol. You can check your vehicle fuel requirement inside the guide book of your vehicle or you can simply check the minimum Octane Rating at the back of the fuel lid cover of your vehicle. Most cars can still use RON92.

Higher RON number does not means that it is more powerful. It means that it is harder to ignite. It is also cost you more.

Working at Cambodia temporary stop

It has been already 2 months I didn't travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for my project assignment. My management has temporary discontinue our involvement with the project until further notice.

I kind of missed Phnom Penh after have been going there for 4 times already in the my 5 months involvement. At first I was quite hesitated to go. But after a while it was all right. Spending 3-4 days away from home at foreign land was not that bad at all. At least able to see and experience new culture at new place. Did managed to visit some interesting places. Anyhow lets wait and see any further development from my management.

Putrajaya International Dragon Boat festival

PUTRAJAYA will be hosting what is touted to be the largest Dragon Boat event in Malaysia, with more than 1,500 participants from various countries.

The three-day sporting event will be held from June 5 to 7 at the Putrajaya Water Sports Complex. So far, 1,500 participants from 30 local teams and 20 foreign teams – from China, Singapore, Indonesia, Britain, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines – have registered.

Sound interesting for me to bring my family there as we did last trip for the international hot air ballon festival. The kids will love it. They never seen it before......so am I.

Hackers attack Microsoft PowerPoint users

Microsoft Corp said yesterday that hackers are seeking to attack users of its PowerPoint presentation software for Windows PCs and released patches to protect them against the threat. A version of PowerPoint for Apple Inc’s Mac computers is also vulnerable, though it has yet to find any evidence that hackers are actively seeking to exploit it. Microsoft defined the threat as “critical” — the most severe on the scale by which it ranks vulnerabilities to its software.

Hackers are seeking to exploit the vulnerability in PowerPoint by persuading the intended victim to open a tainted PowerPoint file — that they either download from a Website or receive in an email, according to Symantec Corp, the world’s top maker of security software. At that point, the attacker would then have complete control over everything the user’s account has permission to do on the system.