ADOBE HAVING A MEGASALE IN MALAYSIA
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Student Edition selling at RM399 in Malaysia, from retail price of RM2,359.
Click here for more info.

GET A KFC VOUCHER FROM PETRONAS

To get this voucher, just refill your car fuel with Petronas and pay only cash.
For purchase of RM30 at any Petronas station, get a KFC discount voucher
Peninsular Malaysia 10 April - 10 May 2009
East Malaysia 23 April - 23 May 2009

A FREE GAME WITH NESTLE CEREAL PRODUCTChildish to some of you, is it? Well you can say is a simple game and suitable for kids only. Simple game is for simple person like me where I can simply win any of the tasks given without pressure or eager to finish up until I don't bathe, eat or sleep. If you are just a simple guy and wanted to win, win and win, just buy Nestle cereal products and get 1 game free.

LOOKS DELICIOUS?

PIC : forum.engkabang.net/index.php/topic,24458.0.html
Do you feel hungry or full looking at all the pictures above?

BEWARE OF EMAIL SPAM

In my email inside spam folder, I received email from Maybank. If you click on the link to Maybank website you won't go directly to www.maybank2u.com.my. This is a fake notification. Do not trust this email furthermore I did not do any online banking at all.

Refer this blog too: http://www.shaolintiger.com/2009/03/23/maybank-phishing-scam-e-mails-in-malaysia/

FUNNY PICTURES SNAPPED!

For more pictures, click here.

A USEFUL NOTE FOR ANY KETUA JABATAN
Teachers should have the power to reject any workload or instructions from the school head if either to burden or unreasonable task to be made. In certain school, co-curriculum activities still being made on Saturdays where teachers need to spend their time in school rather with family. Take a look at two articles below:

‘Tidak salah kalau tarik diri jalankan aktiviti’
GURU berhak menarik diri atau enggan mematuhi arahan melaksanakan sebarang aktiviti sekolah jika terpaksa mendahulukan wang mereka kerana ia adalah tanggungjawab pihak sekolah menyediakan semua kemudahan untuk memastikan aktiviti itu dilaksanakan.
Presiden Majlis Pemuafakatan Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru Nasional (PIBGN), Prof Madya Datuk Dr Mohamad Ali Hassan (gambar), berkata adalah menjadi hak guru menolak tanggungjawab itu jika berasakan ia membebankan serta tidak sanggup melaksanakannya.
Ini kerana, kata beliau, sewajarnya pihak sekolah memastikan segala keperluan termasuk perbelanjaan sudah disediakan sebelum mengarahkan guru melaksanakan tugas mereka seperti membawa pelajar untuk aktiviti luar sekolah.
“Banyak sumber yang boleh digunakan, malah tidak sekadar wang sekolah yang boleh digunakan, Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG) sekolah juga boleh membantu untuk memastikan aktiviti itu dilaksana tanpa membebankan guru.
Beliau meminta semua PIBG memantau aktiviti serta perbelanjaan supaya tidak terlepas pandang dan akhirnya memberi tekanan kepada guru.
Sementara itu, Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Guru Dalam Perkhidmatan Pelajaran, Jemali Paiman, berkata permasalahan itu disebabkan kelemahan pentadbir sekolah.
Katanya, ada tiga sumber kewangan boleh digunakan menjalankan aktiviti sekolah iaitu wang sekolah melalui akaun sumber wang awam (Suwa) dan wang kerajaan; bantuan perkapita kerajaan serta melalui akaun PIBG.
“Namun, ada ketikanya, wang itu tidak dapat dikeluarkan segera kerana notis yang diterima untuk sesuatu aktiviti terlalu singkat dan pada masa sama, kerani kewangan atau pengetua tidak ada di sekolah,” katanya.
Sekolah tak wajar bebankan pendidik
PENTADBIRAN sekolah tidak sewajarnya membebankan guru dengan meminta mereka mendahulukan wang sendiri bagi melaksanakan sebarang program sekolah sama ada untuk aktiviti kokurikulum atau kurikulum pada semua peringkat.
Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom (gambar), berkata semua program yang dilaksanakan sama ada peringkat dalaman atau luaran yang membabitkan aktiviti rasmi perlu menggunakan sumber daripada peruntukan yang sudah disalurkan kementerian kepada setiap sekolah.
Justeru, katanya, adalah tidak munasabah apabila guru terpaksa menggunakan duit sendiri untuk program sekolah kerana peruntukan disalurkan mencukupi untuk menampung semua perbelanjaan itu dan boleh dikeluarkan daripada pelbagai saluran.
Mengulas lanjut, beliau berkata, setiap sekolah diwajibkan mempunyai wang tunai sebanyak RM500 dalam peti panjar runcit (petty cash) yang boleh digunakan pada bila-bila masa bagi tujuan rasmi dan jumlah itu mesti kekal pada setiap masa.
“Maksudnya, jika guru diminta melaksanakan apa saja program seperti membawa pelajar mengikuti sebarang aktiviti luar atau perlu membeli sesuatu untuk sekolah, wang itu boleh digunakan. Selepas digunakan, pentadbiran sekolah perlu menggantikan wang tunai itu supaya jumlahnya sentiasa genap RM500.
“Jika jumlah yang diperlukan melebihi nilai RM500, banyak kaedah lain lagi boleh digunakan seperti menggunakan pesanan tempatan (local order) atau mengemukakan resit bayar kemudian selepas sesuatu perkhidmatan seperti bas untuk menghantar pelajar digunakan.
“Peruntukan untuk semua aktiviti itu ada dan sekolah mempunyai banyak saluran untuk membayarnya. Paling tidak pun, Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG) boleh membantu dengan syarat aktiviti itu membabitkan kebanyakan pelajar di sekolah berkenaan,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas rungutan ramai guru mengenai tekanan yang dihadapi mereka akibat terpaksa mendahulukan duit sendiri bagi menampung aktiviti sekolah seperti membawa murid keluar untuk pertandingan sukan atau membuat persiapan sebarang sambutan yang diadakan di sekolah.
Bagaimanapun, Alimuddin mengakui kebanyakan guru yang menjadi mangsa ‘keadaan’ itu disebabkan pengurusan pentadbiran sekolah tidak cekap serta tidak mengikut prosedur sepatutnya dalam menguruskan perbelanjaan mereka.
Katanya, untuk menangani masalah itu, guru sewajarnya berterus terang mengenai jumlah perbelanjaan yang perlu dikeluarkan setiap kali mendapat arahan untuk menguruskan sesuatu aktiviti.
“Guru bagaimanapun bertanggungjawab dengan bidang tugas mereka. Jangan kerana alasan perlu mengeluarkan belanja sendiri, mereka tidak mahu melaksanakan tugas itu. Mereka perlu berterus terang dengan pihak pentadbiran dan menjadi kewajipan pentadbir pula untuk menyediakan perbelanjaan mencukupi sebelum mengarahkan guru melaksanakan tugas mereka.
“Dalam isu ini, soal keikhlasan sangat penting. Jika setakat perlu membeli sebatang pen, apa salahnya guru dahulukan duit mereka. Namun, jika ia terasa membebankan, guru perlu memaklumkan kepada pentadbir dan mereka berhak mendapat peruntukan sebelum aktiviti dijalankan.
“Pada dasarnya, kementerian tidak bersetuju jika pentadbir meminta guru mendahulukan duit mereka kerana ia tidak termaktub sebagai sebahagian daripada tugas guru. Gunakan peruntukan yang ada,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, pentadbir sekolah juga perlu memahami bahawa tugas utama guru ialah melaksanakan proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran dengan berkesan serta tidak terlalu membebankan guru dengan aktiviti yang tidak penting.
Lantaran itu, kementerian sudah mengurangkan aktiviti sampingan lain bagi memberi peluang kepada guru memfokuskan kepada aktiviti dalam kelas.

NTV7 FORMULA 1 BROADCASTING LIVE AND DELAYED TELECAST

Below shows the Formula 1 schedule on NTV7. For rest of the details, click here.
Updated on Sun 9.15 a.m. : Yesterday Qualifying was 12.15 a.m. this morning and not 11.00 p.m. yesterday night as stated. Hope the broadcasting for the race is not being delayed much further than the original planned schedule.

COUNTRY	QUALIFYING				RACE DAY
	DATE	DAY	TIME	STATUS	DATE	TIME	STATUS
AUSTRALIA	28-Mar	SAT	2.00PM	LIVE	29-Mar	2.00PM	LIVE
MALAYSIA	4-Apr	SAT	5.00PM	LIVE	5-Apr	5.00PM	LIVE
CHINA	18-Apr	SAT	2.00PM	LIVE	19-Apr	3.00PM	LIVE
BAHRAIN	25-Apr	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	26-Apr	11.05PM	DELAYED
SPAIN	9-May	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	10-May	11.05PM	DELAYED
MONACO	23-May	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	24-May	11.05PM	DELAYED
TURKEY	6-Jun	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	7-Jun	11.05PM	DELAYED
GREAT BRITAIN	20-Jun	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	21-Jun	11.05PM	DELAYED
GERMANY	11-Jul	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	12-Jul	11.05PM	DELAYED
HUNGARY	25-Jul	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	26-Jul	11.05PM	DELAYED
EUROPE	22-Aug	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	23-Aug	11.05PM	DELAYED
BELGIUM	29-Aug	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	30-Aug	11.05PM	DELAYED
ITALY	12-Sep	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	13-Sep	11.05PM	DELAYED
SINGAPORE	26-Sep	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	27-Sep	11.05PM	DELAYED
JAPAN	3-Oct	SAT	1.00PM	LIVE	4-Oct	1.00PM	LIVE
BRAZIL	18-Oct	SUN	1.00AM	LIVE	19-Oct	12.00AM	LIVE
ABU DHABI	31-Oct	SAT	11.00PM	DELAYED	1-Nov	11.05PM	DELAYED

MICROSOFT OFFICE HOME SOFTWARE @ COURTS

For those who intend to buy Microsoft Office 2007 Home Edition at lowest price, come quickly to nearest Courts (formerly Courts Mammoth) for only RM199.

HAINAN, CHINA'S PACKED CHICKEN

Tasty Wenchang chicken is manufactured only in Hainan Province. Whole piece of chicken is ready to be served upon heating. Taste a bit like salted canned food. What a great idea in promoting and selling chicken from Hainan.

FREE DOWNLOAD FERRARI VIRTUAL RACE

Download Ferrari Virtual Race, here.

7 CIRI KELEMAHAN YANG PERLU DIHINDARI OLEH KETUA JABATAN
Sekolah sebagai sebuah 'learning organization' mempunyai tanggungjawab, misi dan visi serta matlamat dan halatuju, pada jangka panjangnya melahirkan manusia yang berilmu, berketrampilan, berkemahiran tinggi, bersahsiah unggul dan mulia, berkemahiran, menyelesaikan masalah, serta menyumbang kepada kesejahteraan komuniti dan negara di peringkat local atau pun global, perlukan seorang pemimpin pendidikan yang mampu melaksanakan tugas-tugas berat ini dengan penuh semangat dan daya juang yang tinggi tanpa mengira masa dan waktu.

Berikut ialah 7 ciri kelemahan yang harus dielakkan oleh Guru Besar di sekolah:
a) Tidak berani mengadakan Mesyuarat Guru kerana tidak berkeupayaan memberi penjelasan terhadap isu-isu sensitif yang ditimbulkan.
b) Tidak ada kebolehan memotivasikan guru-guru (termasuk kakitangan bukan guru) yang rendah prestasi, yang bermasalah, dan menjadi 'jelatang' kepada organisasi dan komuniti setempat.
c) Tidak ada misi dan visi atau wawasan, setiap orang bebas melakukan apa yang disukainya (salah faham kepada konsep demokrasi dan lassiez-faire).
d) Tidak mampu menggerak dan memastikan semua guru dan penolong-penolong kanan melakukan tugas masing-masing dengan cekap dan berkesan.
e) Tidak ada kebolehan membimbing semua guru dari segi tunjuk ajar, garispanduan, hierarki tugas, sistem dan prosedur yang patut diikuti semua.
f) Tidak tegas, tidak assertive, tidak konsisten, tidak telus dan tidak mematuhi keputusan yang telah diambil dalam sesuatu perkara yang telah dipersetujui.
g) Kebanyakannya mengamalkan konsep 'mengharap' tetapi tidak 'menggarap' supaya sesuatu perkara benar-benar dihayati dan diamalkan oleh setiap warga sekolah kepada satu tahap yang maksimum.

COLONEL IS BACK WITH VENGEANCE?

PIC: forum.engkabang.net/index.php/topic,27636.0.html

Thanks to Ling Chu Siong for this wonderful pictures. Hope to see more creative pictures from you.

MINI THUMB DRIVE

Sorry for poor snapshots. It is the smallest thumb drive yet. Is there any smaller thumb drive than this?

WHEN NATURE CALLS

At first, I didn't intend to capture this picture. This man is simply doing something out of his mind. He let his dogs to shit and urine in front of my house. He is told not to but he seems to ignore my words and told me to do the same in front of his house. It happened more than once. His uncivilized actions pull me back to my house without further argument. What should I do if he is back with the same and bold attitude? Should I ignore him and his pets?

Update 2 May 2009:
Public comments on thestar.com.my.

1. We have good and bad neighbours

By gotmoneyberes, 12-Apr-2009

2. Lol, if this is upsetting you very much, and if money is no object, then install a water sprinkler and on it every time the unreasonable pest comes along. To make it more rewarding, place the sprinkle in a hidden spot around that "HOT" area. Ha..Ha..Cheers!

By kuinosan, 12-Apr-2009

3. If money is no problem, order a small lorry load of cowdung and have it deposited in front of his house with your complements! That would teach him!

By victorchew46, 13-Apr-2009

4. taburkan "black pepper powder" around the area.....

By joenett, 13-Apr-2009

5. No, Victor not cowdung.It is now a very rare commodity.My plants will love it - and I am certain the neighbour will thank you for it.

By bizbytes, 13-Apr-2009

6. If you don't mind to try my way: 1) Take a thin plastic bag. 2) Shit into the plastic bag. 3) Tie up the plastic bag. 4) Now thrown the plastic bag into your neighbour house. I bet it will work and I have tried it before..hahaha..

By teckhuat, 13-Apr-2009

7. Be polite..be polite.. DING DONG.. "Ahem, excuse me SIR, I believe your dogs left something in my yard. Here..catch.."

By kathryna, 16-Apr-2009

FULLY BOOKEDPIC: www.panoramataiping.com
Hotels in Taiping are unavailable this weekend. Thanks to 'Cheng Beng' Festival and the campaign for Bukit Gantang by-election. However rooms in Bukit Merah resort are not fully booked yet. To my dismay, Bukit Merah Resort website either temporary out of order or is no longer available. For more information on Bukit Merah Resort check the websites below:

www.marimari.com/hotel/malaysia/bukitmerah_resort/index.html

www.cuti.com.my/hotel/info.php?id=1771&hotel=Bukit+Merah+Laketown+Resort+-+Palm+View+Apartment

or

www.hotelreservation.com.my/hotel/bkt_merah/bkt_merah01.htm

Warning: Do not search any information from Yellow Pages. Bukit Merah Resort does not exist from it.

PIC: www.marimari.com/hotel/malaysia/bukitmerah_resort/index.html

SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS
What did you do yesterday? Where did you go? Do you support earth hour? Did you go out eating and come back home after 9.30 p.m.? What did earth hour means to you?

NEUTRAL TEACHERS CREATE NEUTRAL STUDENTSAll the while, I assume school teachers should be neutral in everything. School teachers are allowed to enter politics with the acknowledgment by the school's principal. And now teachers are allowed to hold positions in political organisations? Why only grade A teachers are encourage to participate in politics? Later, teachers are busy in by-election or general election rather than building dynamic students as before.

Source: thestar.com.my//umno/story.asp?file=/2009/3/28/umno/20090328125315&sec=umno

Allow Grade A Teachers to Enter Politics

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has proposed that Grade A teachers be allowed to participate in politics and hold positions in political organisations.

He also said teachers with degrees should be allowed to participate in politics so that their expertise could be utilised to make Umno stronger.

“Their role is important not only in education but also in politics, even before the time of independence,” he said.

Hishammuddin said their dedication and contribution had been side-lined and this had caused them to leave the political struggle.

“Therefore, I want to propose that the government allow Grade A teachers to participate in politics and hold positions,” he said to applause from delegates.

On the issue of teaching of Mathematics and Science in English, Hishammuddin assured the delegates that the status of the Malay language would not be affected when a decision was made.

“I want to give the assurance that no matter what, we will defend the Malay language as it is enshrined in our constitution,” he said.

NTV7 BROADCASTING F1 2009PIC: www.ntv7.com.my/home.aspx

Ntv7 is given the opportunity to broadcast Formula 1 this year. It seems not enough preparation done in hosting Formula 1. Can you see the today's live qualifying schedule for Formula One Australia?

TB SPREADING NATIONWIDEImage: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

Below shows the symptoms and guidelines in curing TB (airborne disease) or even to prevent from infected.

source: www.sabah.org.my

Penyakit TIBI

TIBI ialah sejenis penyakit yang merbahaya yang boleh membawa maut jika tidak mendapat rawatan sempurna. Disebabkan oleh bacteria TIBI (Tubercle Bacilli) dan hanya boleh dilihat dengan mikroskop. Bakteria ini biasanya menjangkiti paru-paru dan boleh menyerang organ-organ lain seperti selaput otak, tulang, kelenjar leher, buah pinggang, kulit dan lain-lain.

Bagaimana TIBI Merebak ?

Bakteria TIBI disebarkan melalui udara. Pesakit TIBI yang menderita akan mengeluarkan berjuta-juta bacteria TIBI terawang-awang di udara seketika apabila bersin atau batuk. Individu yang menyedut udara tercemar ini mempunyai peluang dijangkiti bacteria TIBI. Biasanya pesakit TIBI boleh menyebarkan bacteria TIBI kepada individu yang berhubung rapat dengannya.

Tanda-Tanda TIBI

• Batuk yang berterusan lebih dari 2 minggu
• Kahak yang mungkin mengandungi darah
• Demam dan berpeluh di sebelah petang dan malam
• Susut berat badan dan hlang selera makan
• Mengalami sakit dada apabila batuk atau semasa menarik nafas panjang
• Mudah menjadi letih

Cara Mengesan Penyakit TIBI

Jika anda mengalami batuk yang berterusan atau tanda-tanda yang disebutkan tadi hendaklah :-

1. mendapatkan pemeriksaan doktor
2. melakukan pemeriksaan kahak untuk mengenalpasti bakteria TIBI
3. menjalani pemeriksaan x-ray dada

Rawatan

Penyakit TIBI mengambil masa 6 bulan di bawah penyeliaan anggota-anggota kesihatan yang dilantik.

• 2 bulan pertama dengan 4 jenis ubat diambil setiap hari
• 4 bulan berikutnya dengan 2 atau 3 jenis ubat yang diambil 2 kali seminggu

Pencegahan

• Bayi-bayi yang baru dilahirkan mestilah diberikan suntikan BCG. Dapatkan suntikan dos ke 2 sekiranya tiada bekas parut dna pada umur 12 tahun.
• Sekiranya batuk yang berterusan lebih daripada 2 minggu, segeralah berjumpa doktor
• Kontek iaitu ahli keluarga atau sesiapa sahaja yang tinggal sebumbung dengan pengidap TIBI dalam tempoh yang lama hendaklah datang membuat pemeriksaan di klinik atau di hospital kerajaan

Refer to: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/28/nation/3575492&sec=nation

TB cases on the rise again

KUALA LUMPUR: Tuberculosis (TB), at one time considered controlled, is spreading again in Malaysia because private doctors have failed to realise the disease has re-emerged.

Respiratory Medical Institute director Datin Dr Aziah Ahmad Mahayiddin said a standard practice required doctors to send patients suffering from acute cough for two weeks for tests.

“However, this is often not fully adhered to as most private clinics do not have a laboratory,’’ she said, adding that TB was contagious and needed to be treated without delay.

Dr Aziah said that in the 90s, TB had been controlled and had dropped to a minimum, and some private practitioners had forgotten about it.

“Some doctors are not aware that it is re-emerging in the country.’’

TB is a highly infectious, often deadly, disease that mostly attacks the lungs and whose classic symptoms include chronic cough, blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats and weight loss.

Statistics showed that reported TB cases in Malaysia had risen from 61.2 cases per 100,000 people in 2005 to 63.1 last year.

It was vital to raise awareness among not only those in the medical field but the public at large, she told reporters at the World Tuberculosis Day celebrations, themed “I Am Stopping TB”, at the institute here yesterday.

She also said that 17,506 new cases and 1,523 deaths were reported last year.

Federal Territory Health Department deputy director Dr Salehuddin Abu Bakar said the department had kept doctors abreast of such contagious diseases as dengue and TB.

Persons with a weak immune system faced a higher risk of infection, he added.

Malaysian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis president Datuk Seri Yeop Jr Yeop Adlan said TB patients from rural areas could apply for a monthly allowance from it while receiving treatment.

He said successful candidates would be give a maximum allowance of RM400 for up to six months – the standard period for treatment. Visit www.maptb.org.my for details.

The institute, located in Jalan Pahang, provides free treatment for TB patients.

They, however, need to pay a RM5 registration fee.