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This is an update to my post about the above matter early last month.

Ticket sales are ongoing, but we’d like further help from everybody to make this charity event a success.

You can also elect to sponsor gifts for the lucky draws.

Should you have any enquiries, pls leave a comment here and I will get back to you a.s.a.p.

Details summary:

- The charity dinner will be held 22nd October (Monday) at Magellan Sutera, Kota Kinabalu featuring Velvet AF4.

- Tickets are priced at RM200, RM150 and RM100.

- We hope to sell 130 tables.

- VVIP: The State Minister of Community Development & Consumer Affairs.

Thank you!“SECEBIS BAKTI SEGENGGAM BUDI”

We had a church event at Melinsung Summer Bay Resort end of August till early September.

For accomodation, most of us stayed at the 3-room apartments. From the outside, they look like the following:

Near the apartments, and probably the most unique feature about this place, is a stationary ship called the Summer Bay Cruise. Reminds one of Noah’s ark. The “ship” contains a restaurant, karaoke lounge, upper deck and main hall big enough for 150 persons.

Front view:

Side view:

The beach is a short walk away and is open to the general public, but have to pay a certain sum. On weekends, if I remember correctly, the charge is RM5 per person. A view of the beach as seen from the 1st floor of the “ship”:

Predictably, even the inside of the restaurant is ship-themed:

It cost us around RM3,500 for 2 night’s stay (Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon) for about 24 persons. That includes all meals and the use of a small hall (it’s actually the karaoke lounge).

The swimming pool is located a stone’s throw away from the “ship.” The kids’ pool is next to it. It looks quite inviting, unfortunately it was raining heavily and the lifeguard did not allow swimming in the rain:

In fact, there are quite a few swimming pools located around the accomodation areas.

More pictures and contact details at Wong Kwok’s website (developer of the site).

All these while, we’ve been seeing the heavily tattooed back of Ms Shoko Tendo, the now (in?)famous yakuza daughter. This is what her face looks like:

It’s good to sometimes take a break from working on patch panels and do something totally different instead.

I am part of a team in organising a charity dinner to be held on 22nd October (Monday) at Magellan Sutera, Kota Kinabalu featuring Velvet AF4.

Tickets are priced at RM200, RM150 and RM100.

We hope to sell 130 tables.

We are looking for companies / organisations / individuals to purchase tables / tickets or sponsor lucky draws.

More details will be posted as they are finalised.

Take this opportunity to assist the deserving.

Thank you.

“SECEBIS BAKTI SEGENGGAM BUDI”

Note: her pic above is taken from her fansite

Apparently (I have no absolute confirmation on this though) it will tell his side of the story of the reasons for his abrupt resignation as Deputy Chief Minister and State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment which he announced on 13th April 2007, which took effect on 16th April 2007. Then, he stated “matters of principle” for his reason.

RM80. Get your copy before it’s sold out. Let your friends know.

Thanks little bird for the info.

Tintin in the Congo, originally published in French in 1930-31 gained extensive media coverage in mid-July 2007 as the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), an equal rights organisation in the UK called on bookshops to stop selling them.

Tintin in the Congo is a comic book which depicts a young, white journalist’s adventures in Congo, Africa while portraying the native population as less than intelligent and monkey-like in nature, who in the end worship Tintin (and his dog, no less), as gods.

However, this has only enhanced its popularity. As on 14th July, its sales had gone up almost 4,000%, the book climbing from 4,343rd to 5th in a mere 4 days on Amazon UK’s bestseller list.

Summary of what is depicted in the book:

• Black person says: “White man, very great… White mister is big juju man.”
• Black people are referred to as “disposed to violence” and that they are capable only of being “led, guided and commanded by white people and even dogs.”

The book is controversial not only for its racist tones, but also on how animal mistreatment is depicted. I am not sure if one of the most infamous scenes in the book, the scene in page 56 is even depicted in the latest edition. That is where Tintin drills a hole into a rhinoceros, sticks dynamite into it, then blows it up.

A screen shot of that page is as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

According to photographer Harley Palangchao, the Cordilleras of the northern highlands of the Philippines are “mystically peculiar from other regions in the Philippine archipelago. It is home to rich cultures and traditions that are well-preserved amid strong influences from the outside world.”

Check out the brakes:

Courtesy of, and more photos at flickr.com, taken between June 2003 and April 2007. More pics and report by the same author at multiply.com.

Apart from the VMI method, there are at least 3 other alternative ways for Malaysians to withdraw Paypal funds via Malaysian bank ATMs: via “traders” (for small amounts), accentcard (costs RM170) or etraders (costs a mere RM4 sth). The 3rd method looks promising - I think I am going for it.

As at the time of writing, the ebook detailing the methods cost RM10 only and has full resell rights.

The underground has finally gone above ground. I did not read the New Straits Times on 23rd May, when the news made the front page apparently, but after reading ShaolinTiger’s post, I checked out specific info on the world’s oldest profession at our very own Kota Kinabalu.

To use ShaolinTiger’s apt description of what mamakspecial is all about:

It’s a forum where people talk about prostitutes, rate them, give details and directions how to get to the ‘massage parlours’ rate their skills, looks and various other things.

As of the time of writing, mamakspecial is still up and running.

Another site mentioned was the Malaysian section of worldsexguide.com

Before you jump into the forums, you better get acquainted with the acronyms used.

• Ang Pai (Hokkien word meaning red badge) = girls who are highly in demand
• BBBJ = oral sex performed on a man
• Chapatti, curry or tosai = Indian prostitute
• Cheong (Cantonese word for “checkmate”) = sleeping with a prostitute.
• Chew Keng (Cantonese word for checking your reflection in the mirror) = the practice of prostitutes being paraded before the customers at brothels.
• CBJ = Covered Blow Job (use condom)
• CKT (char koay teow) = Chinese “working girl”
• Damage = price of sex
• DATY = Dining At The Y = performing oral sex on a woman
• Dino (dinosaur) = prostitutes in their late 30s and 40s
• FC = Full Course = massage followed by sex
• FJ = Full Job = Sex
• FL = Freelance = independent / part-time prostitutes
• FR = F**k rating (rating of a working’s girl’s assets and skills)
• FS = Full Service = Sex
• GFE = a prostitute who gives a “girlfriend-like experience”. These kinds of girls are highly sought after
• GND = Girl Next Door look
• HJ = Hand Job
• HM = home minister (wife or live-in girlfriend)
• LT = Long Time (overnight)
• Mamasan =lady pimp
• ML = massage lady
• MP = massage parlour
• MS = Mamak Special (the forum)
• NL (nasi lemak) = a Malay lady of the night
• OKT = Pimp = “Captain”
• ON = One Night?
• PRC (People’s Republic of China) = Girls from China
• SOP = ?
• TFK (apparently Cantonese word) = Hand job
• Wind blowing = high probability of place being raided by the authorities
• WIR = Would I Repeat
• YMMV (your mileage may vary) = one might experience a different result from that posted at the forum

Full list of acronyms at mamakspecial.com.

The forums can run into hundreds of pages per thread. Information posted from April, relevant to Kota Kinabalu includes the following: Read the rest of this entry »