REPORTS BY ZUHRIN AZAM AHMAD, DALILAH IBRAHIM, SYLIVIA LOOI, MEERA VIJAYAN, NGU IK YING and RENITA CHE WAN ([email protected]) PETALING JAYA: Prices of vegetables nationwide have shot up in the past week, increasing by as much as 175% due to the wet season. Topping the list are red chillies, which are being sold at a [...]

Not really my favorite song, but the meaning’s deep and I have been listening to this song since I was a kid… Many artists took this song, the one I occasionally listen to is performed by Ugly Kid Joe Cats In The Cradle My child arrived just the other day Came to the world in [...]

This is what my front left tire looked like. The damaged area is the inner part. Luckily we went into a very big pothole on the way from Shah Alam yesterday, and it made me worry so much and took a trip to the workshop. I’d recommend the workshop (I think the name is Maystorm, [...]

Last Friday a company called BI Marketing called my home number twice, asking for the address for them to send free magazine. I told them I am not interested. Today, I received another phone call at the office – from the same people asking my address for them to send free health and car magazine. [...]

It’s been a while since I updated this site. I’ve been quite busy with some programming tasks, both at work and at home. I know, I’ve told some friends that I am finally tired of PHP programming, but taking a dive back into C and Java gives me a pleasant feeling and satisfaction. At work, [...]

Malaysia was shocked by the news of the departure of the First Lady, Datin Seri Endon Mahmood. She passed away at 7.55am this morning because of breast cancer. All of Malaysia would like to express condolences to the Prime Minister and family. Sad day for Malaysia, indeed.  Read more about it at The Star Online.  [...]

I didn’t stumbled onto this website, but I needed info from them as I tried to email them lots of time with no replies:   Surf the web with City Broadband, Cyberjaya’s premier internet service provider. When you click on more:  There’s no DNS entry for the domain!!!!! This top notch service is provided by [...]

Ramadhan is here again. Here’s an output from iprayertime for my township area (Putra Permai). Please take note that these are calculated by a software and may not be accurate. Provided only as a rough guide. Additionally I have created a web-based generator at my home server: http://ady.homelinux.net (However I can’t guarantee that the server [...]

While ‘running’ around the net, I found two online residential communities close to my area. The first one closest to me is the Puncak Jalil Online Community. This is an example of a great effort to utilize IT resources for good use. Another one is Lestari Putra Online Community. I remembered seeing such sites being [...]

For this special entry of Malaysia’s 48th Independence Anniversary I will be writing in Malay.   Hari ini, tanggal 31 Ogos 2005 Malaysia meraikan ulangtahun kemerdekaan ke-48. Banyak yang telah berlaku sejak hari bersejarah 31 Ogos 1957. Malaysia kini lebih matang dan melangkah pantas ke arah kemajuan. Sudah tentulah, apa sahaja yang ingin dicapai semestinya [...]

At first, everyone has thought that this haze will end in a few days. No one ever expected that it could be the worst haze episode ever. With API reaching critical levels here and there, it’s a nightmare. Emergency state have also been declared in two areas; Port Klang and Kuala Selangor where the API [...]

I stumbled upon these cool & hilarious error pages on the net: http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/  http://www.nmpcs.com/breaktime.htm

I just found out that yesterday (the last Friday of July) is the System Administrator Appreciation Day. Quote: "Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in [...]

I am initiating a salary survey for research purpose. If you are a System Administrator (SysAdmin), I’d appreciate it if you email me your annual salary information at [email protected] It is entirely up to you whether you want to be anonymous or not. SysAdmins include Linux administrators, network administrators, etc. It would be helpful if [...]

Since working very close to the financial markets, I grew interest in analyzing forex and indices…