Malaysia & Indonesia

Malaysia dan Indonesia merupakan 2 buah negara yang berjiran dan berkongsi banyak budaya yang sama... Malah, Bahasa Malaysia dan Bahasa Indonesia juga boleh dikatakan agak serupa walaupun banyak perkataan yang berbeza...

Menurut pemerhatian saya, demonstrasi di Indonesia merupakan perkara biasa... Saya yakin ia dipengaruhi oleh jumlah penduduk yang ramai... Jadi, demonstrasi tidak dapat dielakkan dalam masyarakat Indonesia... Malah ada yang berpendapat bahawa demonstrasi merupakan satu industri di negara mereka... Namun, dalam masa mereka berdemo, mereka tahu menjaga batas-batas mengikut undang-undang yang ditetapkan...

Malangnya, apabila rakyat Indonesia berdemo di hadapan bangunan Kedutaan Malaysia di Indonesia, mereka gagal menjaga batas-batas mereka... Mereka bakar bendera Malaysia, mereka pijak bendera kita, mereka mempersendakan negara kita, mereka juga! membaling najis ke arah Jata Negara kita yang terpampang megah di hadapan bagunan kedutaan...

Candidate Cities For 2020 Summer Olympics...

At the very beginning, five cities applied to become the host city of 2020 Summer Olympics with Rome withdrew its bid due to financial constraint. Yeaa, we know very well that some European countries are facing with financial problem; and Italy is one of them.

So, the remaining applicant cities were Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; and Tokyo, Japan.

Of all the five cities that sent their bids to host the largest sporting event in the world, only three cities were selected. And that's what I'm going to share this time; the best applicant cities which have been chosen as the candidate cities by the IOC Executive Board.

Firstly, I'm going to list the applicant cities which are failed to become the candidates cities.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Salam Maulidur Rasul 1434H(2013)

Maulidur Rasul itu dipilih bukan semata-mata untuk sambutan hari lahir tetapi satu taktik atau cara untuk mengumpul orang bagi memperdengarkan kisah Rasulullah SAW yang semakin dilupakan. 

Pada zaman Rasulullah SAW, sambutan kelahiran ini tidak pernah diadakan oleh baginda ataupun para sahabat. Hal ini kerana, para sahabat boleh terus berjumpa dengan Rasulullah SAW sekiranya mereka merindui baginda. Walaupun tidak boleh berjumpa, selawat sentiasa meniti pada bibir mereka. Selain itu, pada zaman dahulu sambutan hari kelahiran tidak dijadikan budaya kerana mereka tidak mahu terlalu memikirkan usia mereka.

Semoga umat Islam kini boleh kembali kepada ajaran Rasulullah seperti zaman sahabat dahulu.

tema sambutan Maulidur Rasul peringkat kebangsaan pada tahun ini ialah

WASATIYYAH TONGGAK KESATUAN UMMAH

New Ampang Line Train Set...

As we all know, an extension project for Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line is going on in Klang Valley. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2015, one year before another urban rail project in Klang Valley completes. Yes! Sungai Buloh-Kajang Mass Rapid Transit(MRT) by MRT Corp.

Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line or Rapid KL are under the management of Prasarana. But, MRT is not under Prasarana but under its own management instead called MRT Corp. So, nobody should be confused  with this. Same goes to KTM Komuter that is under the management of Keretapi Tanah Melayu(KTM) itself.
Update: MRT Corp will only manage the development of MRT Project. The operation of MRT in Klang Valley will be under the management of Prasarana. [4/11/2014]

KTM is the largest rail company in Malaysia since it handles the movements of all intercity routes in Penisular Malaysia including the Electric Train Service (ETS) from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh. Now, double-electrified tracks from Ipoh to Padang Besar is under construction and it's going to complete by next year. After that, ETS will continue its development from Gemas to the south of Peninsular Malaysia, Johor Bharu.

KTM ETS train set by
Hyundai Rotem and Mitsubishi Electric,
and designed by
Marubeni Corporation

Oneworld and Malaysia Airlines...

Malaysia Airlines will be an official member of Oneworld starting from 1st February 2013 onwards... Oneworld is on of the three world's largest airline alliances... so, it's not easy to be part of this airlines alliance because the board members are very particular in choosing the new airlines to be part of the team...

currently, there are 11 full members of oneworld alliance... all of the them are the world-class airlines with strong perfomances in this industry... as i said earlier, there a lot of aspects to be evaluated before any airline companies becoming the full member of this alliance... that's the reason why this airline alliance consist of only 11 full members with 3 pending members including Malaysia Airlines... unlike the other two major airline alliances, Star Alliance and SkyTeam with 27 and 19 members respectively excluding pending members... interestingly, 3 out of 6 5-star airlines are the members of Oneworld... Cathay Pacific as a full member while Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines as the pending members that are going to join this team very soon...

World's Top Retirement Destinations in 2013...

again... another ranking for my blog... :)

R E T I R E M E N T... that word sounds scary right?... but, don't worry because i want to share with you the best destinations or countries for retirement in 2013... i think, that title is quite interesting because it's not the ranking of hospitals or old folks' homes. XD

some of us want to retire abroad or maybe they want to know the positions of their respective countries for this ranking...

btw, i hope it can help...

because it's important to stay healthy and happy when we are retired with the suitable cost of living since we don't have much income by then... the living areas must also friendly to the older generations... 

so, we need a proper planning before retiring... one of the most important steps is choosing the right destinations to stay...

below is the top 10 ranking...

Visit Malaysia Year 2014 Promotional Campaign...

i'm very happy to announce that a promotional campaign for Visit Malaysia Year 2014 will be held at Bukit Jalil Stadium from 18 to 20 of January 2013... since Malaysia is the 9th most visited country in the world, i hope everybody will come and join the celebration... there will be a lot of fun and activities... all of the foreign tourists that are already in Malaysia you can also join us in this wonderful event...

some sites stated that this will be the biggest tourism event ever! it's such a waste to those who are already in Klang Valley to miss the event...

i sure that there will be a lot of vacation packages will be promoted during the event... and we can use this chance to plan our vacation with family and friends...

as the local citizens, i think, we must explore our beloved country first before travelling to other countries... the reason is because Malaysia is very unique with diverse cultures and internationally known as one of the best countries to be visited in the world...

next year is going to be a Visit Malaysia Year...! and i really2 hope it will be a successful campaign starting from this year...

Recognised Malaysian Universities For Law Studies...

My sister is pursuing her studies in this field of education. So, I decided to read something about being a lawyer in Malaysia. Here is the information that I got through my reading and I'm going to share it to those who are interested to pursuing Law,

To practice law in Malaysia, law graduates must become a 'qualified person'. A 'qualified person' may be admitted as an advocate and solicitor if he/she fulfils the requirements as set out in section 11 of Act 166.

Under Act 166, a person must have one of the qualifications as i'm going to show below in order to be a 'qualified person'. There are some universities outside the country that are recognised by The Legal Profession Qualifying Board(LPQB), Malaysia. But this time, I'll only share the local universities.

If your university is not listed, that means you must sit and pass the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) Examination by Qualifying Board in order to become a 'qualified person'. Qualifying Board is LPQB itself.

Universiti Malaya[LL.B]

Institut Teknologi MARA[Advanced Diploma in Law]

International Islamic University Malaysia[LL.B(Honours)]

Interesting Indian Movies...

Recently, I watched a very interesting and motivational Indian movie. Actually, the movie was more to romantic comedy however there were a lot moral values that i learned from this particular movie. Since the story line involved the school, students, and friendship; so it's good for us to learn from the movie. It's relate to our daily life. And of course it is a Hindi film and we can say it as Bollywood. If the language is Tamil that means Kollywood. I don't know, I think so. But i have never watch Tamil movie before. Okay back to the topic, the title of the movie is Student Of The Year...!

The movie was directed by Karan Johar, the famous director in India and one of the best in the world. Well, many of us had watched "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" and "My Name Is Khan" right? Yesss. The movies were directed by him. Since he is the head of production company called Dharma Productions, means he is also a good producer. Isn't it? Dharma Productions is also a well-known production company in India. All of the movies produced by this production house are box-office movies. I can say, most their movies are high quality.

Quality Of Overall Infrastructure...

We always hope for the best infrastructures in our living area. A developed infrastructure enables the citizens to carry out their daily life at ease and hence increasing their productivity, most probably.

So now, i'm going to share a very interesting ranking which is, the top 30 countries with the best quality of overall infrastructure.

Transportation and  communication are of course among the indicators of this ranking besides energy supply.

Below are the top 30  countries with the best quality of overall infrastructure.

marks allocated for each country is in the bracket [1(worst) - 7(best)]

30) Panama(5.06)

The puente marino, Corredor Sur
in Panama

29) Jordan(5.13)

Royal Jordanian, one of the most
successful regional airlines in
the Middle East

28) Norway(5.20)

Car ferries in Norway

27) Ireland(5.24)

Luas trams in Dublin

26) Australia(5.24)

The Sydney
Harbour Bridge

25) Turkey(5.26)

Turkish Airlines, one of the most
successful airlines in the world
and well-known as Man Utd
official airline

24) Chile(5.39)

Transatiago bus in
Santiago, Chile

We Are The Power Communicators!

On 18th & 19th December 2012, I participated in a course called Public Speaking and Power Communication at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort. The course was conducted by U2 Kumar, Chief Learning Officer Of The Art Of Learning & Leadership. It is under the management of the famous Lawrence Walter Seminars. hmmm... Dr Lawrence, a lot of people in the corporate world in Malaysia know him including my mom. haha

U2 Kumar

It was such a big experience for me since during the course, I had to give a lot of spontaneous speeches. Yes! After each topic or session everybody has to give their own speech based on the topic that we had learned. Actually, it's not that hard to give a speech to the audience, but it's very hard to give a proper/perfect speech as a power communicator. I learned a lot of techniques and essences to be a power communicator. And seriously, it's very hard for me to follow all of the essences.

2013!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU!

FIREWORKS ALL AROUND THE WORLD
WELCOME 2013!