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Saturday, January 22, 2011
youngest billionaire in Asia
He also closely watches the moves of his Japanese rivals, particularly social networking sites Mixi and DENA. Every Monday morning at ten the young chief executive presides over a staff meeting at his headquarters in Tokyo's swank Roppongi Hills neighborhood, in which he psychs up his employees to "aim for number one" and overtake their competitors.
Tanaka is one of only three billionaires in Asia under the age of 35 and the only one to have made his own money. (China's Yang Huiyan, 28, got her stake in real estate developer Country Garden from her father, who runs the firm. So, too, did Li Zhaohui, 28, also from the mainland, who inherited his steel firm from his late father.) In fact the only younger self-made billionaire in the world is Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg, 25.In one respect Tanaka has already bested them. Thanks to Gree's soaring stock, which doubled in 2009, Tanaka, who owns 51% of the company and has sold $170 million worth of shares since the December 2008 offering, is worth $1.6 billion, enough for him to rank No. 18 among Japan's 40 Richest. Mixi's founder, Kenji Kasahara, ranks No. 33, with a net worth of $720 million, while DENA's Tomoko Namba misses the cut with a fortune of less than $500 million.
more info on:http://www.forbes.com/global/2010/0118/japan-rich-list-10-green-google-networking-early-riser.html
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[Question: what would yo do if you have a million dollar?]
[Question: what would yo do if you have a million dollar?]
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Xitai Capsule Hotel - Shanghai
Shanghai has followed Tokyo's lead and opened up the city's first (and we mean it) small-room hotel called the Xitai Capsule Hotel.
The hotel, which debuted last weekend in time for the Spring Festival which celebrates the Lunar New Year, has 68 ultra-tiny rooms that were imported from Japan, according to the Agence France Presse.
According to CNN, each capsule room is divided into, no joke, "snoring zones" so as to minimize conflict between loud and restless sleepers.
But is that a way to stay? The small rooms do come at an extremely reasonable price: Roughly $1 per hour or $13 for 24 hours. Yet is that reason enough to forgo privacy and sleep literally amongst strangers..
from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/shanghai-capsule-hotel-op_n_808831.html
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[question: how do you find this hotel? why?]
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[question: how do you find this hotel? why?]
Capsule Hotel
A Capsule hotel is a unique style of accommodation in Japan, inspired by the pursuit of efficiency of space and functional comfort, originating from the adaptive, creative spirit of the Japanese mind.
A typical Capsule Hotel is composed of two major sections; a public lounge space including bathing, and the other is a private space where the sleeping rooms (capsules) are arranged. The actual sleeping room is a capsule unit made of reinforced plastic and designed in the image of a jet airplane's cockpit. In the capsule unit, all the required amenities are provided; TV, radio, alarm clock, adjustable lighting... almost everything is provided! Every device is within your reach and you can control everything in a sleeping position.
For the numerous business people working hard until after midnight and who miss their train, and for all the people coming to Tokyo on a short business trip, or holiday; young and old, men and women, a wide range of people stay at Capsule hotels in Tokyo.
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log on to : http://www.capsuleinn.com/ for more information.
[Do you prefer to stay in a capsule hotel or a normal hotel? Why?]
YOTEL - capsule hotels in London
The Japanese Sleep Capsules are available at Capsule Hotels all over Japan. Now there’s an English version of the Capsule Hotels called Yotel. They are more spacious than the Japanese version and have more features like an en suite. Below is more information taken from the Yotel’s website and check out the cool video too.
log on to : http://www.ebcak.com/archives/586 for more info.Everything you would expect from a luxury hotel in a small space. Located uniquely inside the airport terminal buildings at London Heathrow’s Terminal 4 and London Gatwick’s South Terminal. Just moments walk from check in, arrivals and minutes from the other terminals. YOTEL opens at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam in Summer 2008.
You can choose between Premium (double), Twin (2 large singles – bunk style) Standard (large single) cabins with en suite bathrooms, flat screen TV’s, free WiFi and 24 hour in cabin service.collection of : http://jauhari-englishhomework.blogspot.com/
[Question: Do you prefer to stay in a normal hotel or a YOTEL? Why?]
Taib holds wedding reception
KUCHING: Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Puan Sri Ragad Waleed al-Kurdi celebrated their recent marriage in a glittering reception at the new State Legislative Assembly’s banquet hall last night.
The couple arrived at 8.15pm and were greeted by Taib’s children Jamilah Hamidah, Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir and Datin Hanifah Hajar. Taib, 74, wore a black suit with a bow tie while Ragad, 29, was resplendent in a white wedding gown and a tiara.
Guests included Head of State Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng and wife Toh Puan Norkiah, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, state Cabinet members, elected representatives, heads of departments and corporate figures.
In a speech, Mahmud Abu Bekir said it was Taib’s sister Datuk Raziah Mahmud, her husband Datuk Robert Geneid and Robert’s cousin Iqbal who introduced Ragad to him. He said Ragad is the youngest among four siblings. She was born in Damascus, but moved to Riyadh at an early age.
Taib married Ragad in a private ceremony at his residence in Petra Jaya here on Dec 18. This is Taib’s second marriage. His first wife Puan Sri Laila Taib, a Polish-born Australian, died of cancer in April 2009 after 50 years of marriage.
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question: are you willing to marry someone who is older than you? very old than you? why?
Bieber show tickets snapped up
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| KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of fans queued up as early as 4am yesterday as they waited for ticket sales for the Justin Bieber "My World Tour" in Malaysia concert to begin at noon. The concert sponsor, Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid, held a one-day ticket sale yesterday for its subscribers at Bangsar Village 2 shopping complex in Bangsar, while the nationwide sale kicks off today. Within a few hours after the start of the sales, all of the most expensive tickets, priced at RM498 (S$210), were already sold out. Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid will fly the singer in for a concert due for April 21 at Stadium Merdeka. The rest of the free seating tickets are priced at RM358, RM288, RM188 and RM98 each. There are 300 VVIP seats available and each are sold at RM1,000. Discovered in 2008 through his YouTube videos, the award-winning Canadian Bieber made his name in the international music scene through several of his hits, including One Time, Baby and Somebody To Love. Bieber's "My World Tour" in Malaysia is promoted by Midas Promotions and JS Concert Productions, in collaboration with Fat Boys and Tune Tones. Aside from Bieber, Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid had also sponsored American bands Paramore and Deftones. collection of http://jauhari-englishhomework.blogspot.com/ question: who is justin bieber? do you like/dislike him? why? | |||||||||
blackberry or ipad 2
All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.
Safari
A vivid LED-backlit IPS display makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary. Open albumwith a tap. Flip through your pictures one by one. Or play a slideshow and share your photos.collection of http://jauhari-englishhomework.blogspot.com/
log on to http://www.apple.com/ipad/
for more info on ipad.
do you think ipad is better than blackberry? why?
do you think ipad is better than blackberry? why?
blackberry or ipad 1
Overview
No matter what your individual needs, a BlackBerry® solution will enable you to accomplish more by keeping you in touch with information, colleagues and friends.
It consists of smartphones integrated with software that enables access to a variety of data and communication services.
BlackBerry smartphones allow you to stay in touch with everything that matters to you while you’re on the go. Email, phone, maps, organizer, applications, games, the Internet and more. Some smartphones even include a media player and/or camera so you really have everything you need in one stylish device.
The BlackBerry solution supports leading enterprise email platforms and can be customized to meet the needs of one person or an entire enterprise, to any scale, in any industry.
BlackBerry users know exactly where they’re going in life. We’re here to help you get there.
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Learn More at http://worldwide.blackberry.com/
do you think blackberry is better than ipad? why?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
cross country - merentas desa
extracted from: http://www.thesilentroom.com/2010/01/22/merentas-desa/
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“Eh, lama tak nampak, bang?” said the friendly brader behind the stall. His nasi lemak kukus is the best in town, always completely sold out by 10.00 am. His rendang ayam is the signature dish that complements nicely with the long-grained, smooth-textured and very fragrant nasi lemak.
As I was making my way to his stall earlier, I saw a lot of primary school children running along the roadside. Then I realised that the school’s merentas desa course passes through my neighbourhood. There were plenty of cones scattered around town, teachers manning checkpoints bearing red and green traffic flags and of course, a plethora of school children. Most were walking, some doing a light jog, a few actually running the course. My favourites are the kids who sat at the bus stop chatting away as the other kids pass by.
I remember when I used to take part in my school’s merentas desa event. Back in Kedah, merentas desa was definitely something to look forward to. For one thing, cross country really meant crossing a very nice countryside. Blessed Kedah was a land of paddy fields, with the fields stretching as far as the eye can see, some places the background is filled with majestic silhouette of Mount Jerai and the Titiwangsa Range.Our running course would first take us through a kampung neighbourhood, where we’d run past chickens, ducks, housewives hanging out the laundry and toddlers playing hopscotch or skiprope. Some of the local boys would cheer and run with us for a bit before getting scolded by their parents.
We emerged out of the kampung into an orchard that grew a number of different fruits. We passed through a watermelon farm, mango grove and out through a banana grove. If the fruits were in season, I think the orchard would’ve been left empty by the time the event was over.
Out of the orchard, we came to a big stretch of paddy fields. We ran on the bendang, or the embankment of the sawah. At the time, it was post-harvest so all the paddy was gone and the land was being re-tilled for the next planting. That being said, the fields were all filled with thick and clay-ish mud. Firm enough to stand on, but soft enough to get your feet stuck in them.The first 5-10 minutes we ran on the bendang, but upon the sight of a herd of goats grazing on the paddy stumps, yours truly and friends went on an idiot’s chase for the poor beasts. Naturally most of us got our feet stuck in the mud, one guy completely popped his foot out of the mud – the suction from the mud was strong enough to hold his shoes in for quite some time. The goats, well, their hooves took them to flight with rather amazing speed.
Few things are as satisfying as hearing a bunch of goats bleat away in sheer terror.The paddy fields was the longest leg of the course, took us about 20 minutes to jog through it before we came out to a road running next to a rubber estate. Apparently there were reports of venomous snakes in the area, so we weren’t allowed to go there. The road was the last stretch as we passed by a modern scenery.
We ran past a nice suburban neighbourhood, and some of the housewives in the corner houses were generous to prepare several buckets of ice-cold sirap pandan for us, handing out plastic cups to the thirsty and sweaty kids running across the countryside.
I kinda forgot how the event ended, but there was one thing I do remember. The first 400 to complete the course would get a minimum of 10 points for their House. My friends and I were too busy loafing around while running and naturally we got zilch. As punishment, our seniors told us to do some awfully ridiculous nonsense.
One senior came up with this crazy idea. He sat down under a ceiling fan, and told one friend of mine to take a pole, and turn the fan by hand – until he feels cool enough and satisfied to let him go. I was served a different, but equally crazy punishment. I was made to stand on a chair under a fluorescent light bulb. My task?
“Tiup lampu tu sampai padam.”
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough
edges from the good old days.
Doug LarsoN
[Question: What is your opinion on cross country and
what is your sweetest memory, if you have one?]
Friday, January 7, 2011
ULBS QUESTION 1
'Why...?
- give your answers by using 3 suitable adjectives.
http://sitizone.com/sz/
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ULBS QUESTION 2
'do you think that living in a HOSTEL is good or bad?'
'why...?'
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TQ.
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