World Population 7 Billion This Week

It’s all over the media. The entire World’s population will hit the 7 BILLION mark any time this week. 5 months ago, I highlighted the vital statistics of Malaysia, including the population (which had just crossed 28 million at the time of posting that article). What does 7 billion mean? For 1 thing, it means there will … Continue reading

Who Packs Your “Parachutes” ?

I got this story forwarded to me by email from Rosman84 this afternoon. Really nice story. Please take 2 short minutes to read & I hope we can all apply it everyday for the rest of our lives. Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was … Continue reading

Got a Story to Share?

I’m a subscriber to the Ziglar newsletter. A lot of interesting stories. Apart from that, I also subscribe to Reader’s Digest, Asia. One of my wishes is that one of these days, I could just meet and shake hands with this grand man who has built the Ziglar Foundation based on the basic principle of … Continue reading

13 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER FOR GOOD

I got this article from an email sent by Puan M. The contents are good & it was written by Boris Vene & Nikola Grubisa in their book “The Millionaire Mindset”. 13 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER FOR GOOD #1:     Do you want to know what destiny has in store for you? List your … Continue reading

New books for January 2007

I had an appointment at Midvalley this afternoon. Since I had time to spare before my client arrived, I browsed around MPH bookstore & bought 3 new books to finish by my 28th birthday next month. Wish me luck! The books are :

My First Web Design

The address is at http://www.educ.upm.edu.my/~yahya It belongs to Dr. Hj. Yahya bin Othman. You can find his personal details & academic contributions from the link above but allow me to introduce the Dr. Yahya I know. This Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Educational Studies, UPM specialized in ‘Pengajian Bahasa Melayu Sebagai Bahasa Pertama’ for his 1st … Continue reading

RM 50,000,000 to promote reading habits

  With reference to the an article titiled “TPM kecewa rakyat kurang membaca” in today’s Utusan Malaysia, it proves what I wrote previously a few months back regarding reading habits among Malaysians. Again, in this article, it states that on average, Malaysians read 2 books a year. This was based on a study conducted last year. … Continue reading

Book Reviews

According to a 2001 survey, the average Malaysian reads less than 2 books a YEAR !!! Hmm… sounds like the the majority of the public but then again I’m sure if you are reading my blog, you are way above average ! (hope this doesn’t sound like i’m kissing up to my readers, hahaha!)  Anyway, I do read … Continue reading