Stupid or Weird Laws? You Tell Me.

Alabama

It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

Alaska

It is illegal for a moose to walk on the sidewalk downtown.

Arizona

Hunting camels is prohibited.

Arkansas

It is illegal to mispronounce Arkansas while in Arkansas.

California

Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.

Colorado

It is illegal for a woman wearing a red dress to be out on the streets after 7 PM.

Connecticut

You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.

Delaware

Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.

Florida

Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

Georgia

Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.

Hawaii

In Hawaii you will be fined if you do not own a boat.

Idaho

Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.

Illinois

It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.

Indiana

Bathing is prohibited during the winter.

Iowa

Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.

Kansas

It is illegal to put ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.

Kentucky

By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."

Louisiana

Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."

Maine

You may not step out of a plane in flight.

Maryland

You cannot swear while inside the city limits of Baltimore.

Massachusetts

You may not, at any time take a crap on your neighbor.

Michigan

It is legal for the blind to hunt, and they don't need anyone with them.

Minnesota

It is illegal to walk across the Minnesota-Wisconsin border with a duck on your head.

Mississippi

A man may not seduce a woman by lying, and claiming he will marry her.

Missouri

Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar (enacted 1820).

Montana

It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperon.

Nebraska

A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.

Nevada

It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.

New Hampshire

One must not collect seaweed.

New Jersey

It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder.

New Mexico

Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.

New York

A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

North Carolina

Elephants may not be used to plough cotton fields.

North Dakota

Beer & pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

Ohio

Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

Oklahoma

Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.

Oregon

You may not bathe without wearing "suitable clothing," i.e. that which covers one's body from neck to knee.

Pennsylvania

A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

Rhode Island

Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.

South Carolina

Horses may not be kept in bathtubs.

South Dakota

If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them.

Tennessee

You can't shoot any game other that whales from a moving automobile.

Texas

It is illegal to take more that three sips of beer while standing.

Utah

A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

Vermont

Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week -- on Saturday night.

Virginia

There is a state law prohibiting "corrupt practices of bribery by any person other than candidates."

Washington

A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town".

West Virginia

No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions".

Wisconsin

Unless a customer orders it specifically, it's against the law to serve margarine instead of butter at a restaurant (the dairy state).

Wyoming

It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking.

Blonde In Casino

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A veryattractive blonde woman arrived and bet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude."
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!" As the dice came to a stop she jumped up and down and squealed... "YES! YES! I WON, I WON!" She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quicklydeparted...
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know - I thought you were watching."

Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy."Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted," she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month.

"He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half," she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home.

She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the debris to his parents' house nearby.

She said the divorce was prompted by her husband's jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village. She denied having an extramarital affair.

"He wanted a divorce, and I said, `Let's divorce,'" she said.

The husband could not be reached for comment.

Bou Bout, a village chief, said local officials and police were present as witnesses the day the couple split their 20-by-24 1/2 foot house into half.

"Local officials tried three times to get them to mend their differences, but the husband would not budge," Bou Bout said by phone.

P/S : Now they have cut the house in half. What's going to be next? A cow which is minding its own business grazing the green grass? Hmm...I wonder.

Your Money Keeping It Safe.

The Dow Jones dropped more than 600 points to its lowest level in five years.

Scared yet? The Dow Jones industrials suffered a decline of more than 875 points on Monday and Tuesday, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that the global financial markets crisis is likely to restrain the economy well into next year.
Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months, according to Congress' top budget analyst.

It's okay to feel the fear. But it's not okay to react to it. Panicking and making big changes in your accounts is likely to do a heck of a lot more damage than a recession ever could.
Sticking to some tried-and-true principles can help you get through the bad times with your sanity and your savings intact.

"Don't panic, stay the course," said Allan Roth, a financial planner in Colorado Springs. "If you can't be right at least be consistent. We're allowed to feel the emotions, but how we react to them is going to be far more important than any short-term swings."

An Early Start
If you're just starting to think about saving for retirement, don't delay. Despite the upheaval of the past few months — and the past few weeks in particular — it would be a mistake for someone in their 20s or 30s to hold off on investing now.

The key here is the long-term prospects for stocks. Ultimately, stock values hinge on the productivity of U.S. workers and the earnings power of American companies. And it's not as if those engines of long-term growth are about to disappear.

The country may need some time to work through the detritus of the housing bubble and lending excesses. And stock returns could very well be anemic as that happens. But history shows that some of the best long-term gains go to investors willing to buy stocks when they're reviled, as in the years following major setbacks like the 1929 crash and the 1973-1974 bear market.

Of course, the long view may not seem particularly relevant to you at the moment. But remember: the money that you contribute to accounts such as a 401(k) is going to be invested for many years.

The real question isn't whether you should be contributing to a 401(k). It's how you should be investing the money you contribute, as well as the money that's already there.

If you're in your 20's or 30s, you still want most of your 401(k) money in stocks, say between 80% and 90%. That may be a tough sell emotionally in these uncertain times. But the important thing isn't what your 401(k) is worth over the next few years — it's what its value will be in 2040 and beyond.

Mid-Career
Even if you're older, you should still think of the money you're contributing now as a long-term investment. But you also need to give some consideration to preserving the assets you've already accumulated.

That means dialing back your stock exposure somewhat, although you don't want to hunker down completely in bonds and cash. Lightening up on stocks will give you more short-term stability. But if you get too conservative, you run the risk of stunting the eventual size of your nest egg — and your lifestyle in retirement.

But before you go tinkering around with your portfolio, keep in mind that while bear markets can hurt a portfolio, how you react to downturns can make matters worse, said Roth. He points out that investing in stocks when they're hot and then running to bonds when they're not has a name: performance chasing.

"When you move in and out, you're actually increasing risk while decreasing your returns," Roth said. Over time, market timing can cost investors around 1.5% a year in returns, according to Roth.

'The Danger Years'
The decade before you quit the work force, along with the five years immediately after, is the most sensitive period in an entire lifetime of retirement planning. The saving, investment and career decisions you make during this time will dictate in a major way whether you'll spend the next 30 to 40 years enjoying the life you've always looked forward to or eating the early-bird special at Denny's.

"It's natural to have a queasy feeling at this time in your life, wondering if your retirement will happen as planned," says Joseph Chadwick of the Longevity Alliance, a financial services firm that specializes in retirement products. "But there's no need to panic."

Stocks held for the long term can be counted on to bounce back eventually. But if you need to sell shares just as they're dropping in value — exactly the scenario many newly minted retirees have faced recently — you run a sharply higher risk that your money will someday run out. That's because when the market does recover, you'll have less money invested to benefit from renewed growth.

Fortunately, there's a minor tweak that can dramatically cut your risk.
Typically, to ensure your nest egg lasts as long as you do, you should withdraw no more than 4% of your savings for living expenses in your first year of retirement. In year two, you might take a little more to account for inflation.

The bear-market adjustment? Give up on the inflation increase until stocks recover.
A study by T. Rowe Price concludes that this simple step cuts the odds of running out of money over a 30-year period in half, from 22% to 11%, on a sample portfolio invested 55% in stocks and 45% in bonds.

Worried that forgoing your inflation raise will bust your budget? Pull a Brett Favre and go back to work part time to make up the "lost" income. You probably won't need to put in more than a few hours a week — a 3% increase on a $75,000 annual withdrawal equals only $200 a month.

UTP????

The Top 100 Global Universities

We evaluated schools on some of the measures used in well-known rankings published by Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Times of London Higher Education Survey. Fifty percent of the score came from equal parts of three measures used by Shanghai Jiatong: the number of highly-cited researchers in various academic fields, the number of articles published in Nature and Science, and the number of articles listed in the ISI Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities indices. Another 40 percent of the score came from equal parts of four measures used by the Times: the percentage of international faculty, the percentage of international students, citations per faculty member (using ISI data), and the ratio of faculty to students. The final 10 percent came from library holdings (number of volumes).

Here is our ranking:

1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. University of California at Berkeley
6. University of Cambridge
7. Massachusetts Institute Technology
8. Oxford University
9. University of California at San Francisco
10. Columbia University
11. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
12. University of California at Los Angeles
13. University of Pennsylvania
14. Duke University
15. Princeton Universitty
16. Tokyo University
17. Imperial College London
18. University of Toronto
19. Cornell University
20. University of Chicago
21. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
22. University of Washington at Seattle
23. University of California at San Diego
24. Johns Hopkins University
25. University College London
26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
27. University Texas at Austin
28. University of Wisconsin at Madison
29. Kyoto University
30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
31. University of British Columbia
32. University of Geneva
33. Washington University in St. Louis
34. London School of Economics
35. Northwestern University
36. National University of Singapore
37. University of Pittsburgh
38. Australian National University
39. New York University
40. Pennsylvania State University
41. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
42. McGill University
43. Ecole Polytechnique
44. University of Basel
45. University of Maryland
46. University of Zurich
47. University of Edinburgh
48. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
49. University of Bristol
50. University of Sydney
51. University of Colorado at Boulder
52. Utrecht University
53. University of Melbourne
54. University of Southern California
55. University of Alberta
56. Brown University
57. Osaka University
58. University of Manchester
59. University of California at Santa Barbara
60. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
61. Wageningen University
62. Michigan State University
63. University of Munich
64. University of New South Wales
65. Boston University
66. Vanderbilt University
67. University of Rochester
68. Tohoku University
69. University of Hong Kong
70. University of Sheffield
71. Nanyang Technological University
72. University of Vienna
73. Monash University
74. University of Nottingham
75. Carnegie Mellon University
76. Lund University
77. Texas A&M University
78. University of Western Australia
79. Ecole Normale Super Paris
80. University of Virginia
81. Technical University of Munich
82. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
83. Leiden University
84. University of Waterloo
85. King's College London
86. Purdue University
87. University of Birmingham
88. Uppsala University
89. University of Amsterdam
90. University of Heidelberg
91. University of Queensland
92. University of Leuven
93. Emory University
94. Nagoya University
95. Case Western Reserve University
96. Chinese University of Hong Kong
97. University of Newcastle
98. Innsbruck University
99. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
100. Sussex University

P/S : Where the hell is UTP? Said 1 of the best university. So
called takes cream students, where the F*@K is your ranking.
Duh~ I remember, crap, no bloody ranking only suppress ppl
who go against your bunch of stupid rules and law. Haha..To
those of thinking joining UTP with their so called state of the art
equipments or education all I wanna say THINK TWICE.
Don't get trick with all those sweet talks and even so called
scholarship when it's not.

Quick Macaroni & Chesse

Quick Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/2 lb cheddar cheese, grated (about 2 cups, packed)
• 1 teaspoon corn starch
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup ham, chopped into 1/4 inch cubes
• Freshly grated black pepper

Method

1 In a medium sized bowl, mix corn starch into the grated cheese, so that the cheese is coated, set aside. This will help the cheese from getting too stringy.

2 Bring 2 quarts of water with the teaspoon of salt to a boil in thick-bottomed saucepan. Add the elbow macaroni and follow the cooking time instructions on the package, minus about 2 minutes. (If your macaroni doesn't come with instructions, start checking at 7 minutes). Cook until al dente - cooked through, but still slightly firm. Drain the water from the cooking pan (if you use a colander, return the macaroni to the pan). Lower the heat to low/warm.

3 Add the butter. Stir in to coat the macaroni. When the butter is about half melted, you can stir in the cheese. Add the milk. Add lemon juice. Stir in until all the butter and cheese is just melted and blended well with the milk. Do not over-stir. Add the chopped ham and a few twists of freshly grated black pepper.

Serve immediately. Serves 3-4 adults or 4-6 kids.

Big No No

Top 10: Tattoos Guys Should Never Get

No.10 - A superhero emblem

Yes, Batman is a bad ass, Spider-Man is cool and it's awesome that Superman can subdue an intergalactic menace with a flick of his cape. The emblems emblazoned on their chests represent heroic greatness in their stories, but when they’re tattooed on you, they tend to represent your geekiness. Let’s face it, comic books are fun to read, but if you're proudly displaying your loyalty, you may find your only female fans at Comic-Con.

Alternative: A family emblem or crest

A tattoo of a family emblem or crest gives you something real to stand behind, plus it's unique to you. The best part: You can feel proud talking about it with a woman the morning after.

No.9 - A mythical animal

Consider this prison conversation:
Inmate one: “Hey can you give me some new ink?”
Inmate two: “Yeah, what do you want?”
Inmate one: “Either a unicorn or an oak tree nymph.”
Inmate two: “Definitely oak tree nymph, everyone on the block’s going unicorn.”

Now back to reality. The idea of getting a mythical animal, whether it’s a giant, elf, sprite or Hydra is as outlandish as the myths from which they originate.

Alternative: A real animal

There are plenty of living animals tough enough for a tattoo, but if you’re still hung on myths, go Chinese dragon. Say no to centaur.

No.8 - An anchor

Do you captain a

sea-trawling vessel? Live on a battleship? Sail the high seas as a pirate or have forearms bumped out like a python after a meal, a girlfriend named Olive and an addiction to spinach? Then anchor’s away. If you answered “no” to any of the preceding, leave the anchor tattoo totrue sailors and start thinking about other options for yourself.

Alternative: A symbol of your actual profession

Think about what you do for a living. If you’re a stock trader, try a bull tattoo. If you work in construction, try sledgehammers crossed over each other. If you’re a lawyer, try lady justice. Are you an IT pro? Try 001010101010101.

No.7 - An iconic face

You think Bob Marley’s god and Al Pacino’s Scarface is cool. You also have a soft spot for Elvis. Why not immortalize your heroes with a tattoo? It sounds reasonable, but beware: Their strong real-life face in photographs can quickly turn into a cartoon on your arm. Now with a botched illustration, you’ve just reduced your hero to a caricature -- for life.

Alternative: A correlating inanimate symbol

Instead of Bob’s face, try some “Redemption Song” lyrics with reggae colors. Stay away from Scarface’s mug and say “hello” to a

Scarface movie poster every day instead. Want some Elvis ink? Go subtle with blue suede shoes.

No.6 - A pop-culture reference

You can’t stop saying them or including them in e-mails. So why not tattoo them and make it even funnier. While it may be tempting to have “Give’R,” “Let’s get’r done,” “LFMAO” or “I can has cheeseburger” across your shoulder blades to get laughs from your buddies,remember that you’recommitted to it for life. Once the joke fades, you’ll be permanently stuck with an expression from an era you’re about to outgrow.

Alternative: A quote

Are you into sports and want something inspirational tattooed on your skin? Try Wayne Gretzky’s zen saying: ”100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in.” Would you prefer something more intellectual? Go to Oscar Wilde for “I am not young enough to know everything.” The list of good quotes is endless.

No.5 - A cartoon figure

You may have grown up with Looney Tunes and you might

still watch the shows. As a result it may be tempting to tattoo Bugs, Daffy or Yosemite Sam to pay tribute. But remember this: They’re cartoons and you’re old enough to go to war. Sure, the “Barber of Seville” sketch with the purple-faced tenor is hilarious, but a recreation on your shoulder blade will probably creep out more women than attract them.

Alternative: An original drawing

Come up with your own design. If you can’t draw, ask a friend who can. Originality sticks better and gives you a story to tell.

No.4 - Barbed wire

Yes, barbed wire works on Pam Anderson and Motley Crue’s Vince

Neil did it fair justice in the ‘80s, but this once outsider tattoo is now well-worn in the mainstream, which steals you of any pioneering taste in the matter. If you’re hung up on an armband, there are ways you can create something unique.

Alternative: Text

Similar to our No. 6 suggestion,consider wrapping text around your arm that has some personal meaning. Whether this is your own quote or good advice from your grandfather, roundabout text can look sharp.

No.3 - A Chinese symbol

You may have one already, but it seems that everybody has a Chinese symbol tattoo. And when they’re asked,many say it shows peace, strength, compassion or another pseudo-spiritual theme. What’s worse is that most would admit they can’t verify if that’s indeed what their tattoo means. For all they know it could say “kick me.”

Alternative: A symbol of your cultural heritage

So, you’re not from China and can’t lay claim to cool calligraphy. Still, every culture has unique symbols and interesting icons. Do some research to find one that works for yours.

No.2 - Your girlfriend's or wife's name

Never, ever get a tattoo of a girlfriend's or wife’s name. Buy flowers, write poems, stencil her name on teddy bears, T-shirts or baseball hats, but for god’s sake, do not get a girlfriend's or wife’s name tattooed on you. Even if you’re a romantic and believe you’re going to be with your girlfriend/wife forever, don’t d

o it, man. Besides, if your love

is eternal, you won’t need a reminder of her name on your body.

Alternative: A daughter or son’s name

You’ve got a much higher guarantee that you’ll care for your children throughout their lives, even after they move away.

No.1 - Any tattoo on your face

OK, if you’re Maori, but otherwise Mike Tyson is your next role model. Of course, if you’re planning

on joining a freak show and have figured out that you can make a living off it, start inking. If you have aspirations of working outside a tattoo shop or carnival, avoid a face tattoo at all costs.

Alternative: Anywhere else

Calf, legs, shoulder blade, shoulder, triceps: The body is a big canvas and you have a lot of choice. Pick any spot you want. Your face has a hard enough time from sports injuries and the odd after-bar lunatic without needing a tattoo.

Quote Of The Day

'A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.'-Herman Melville

Joke Of The Day

Don't Laugh

A brunette, a redhead, and a blonde were on their way to Heaven. God told them that the stairway to Heaven was 1000 steps, and that on every 25th step he would tell them a joke.

He told them not to laugh at any of the jokes along the way or else they would not be able to enter heaven.

The brunette went first and started laughing on the 150th step, so she could not enter heaven.

The redhead went next and started laughing on the 350th step, so she could not enter heaven either.

Then, it was the blonde’s turn. When she got to the 999th step, she started laughing hysterically.

"Why are you laughing?" God asked. "I didn’t even tell a joke."

"I know," the blonde replied. "I just got the first one."

Quote Of The Day

'There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows - he walks through a wall.'-Bernard Malamud

Joke Of The Day

For Whom The Bell Tolls

On hearing that her elderly grandfather had just passed away, Katie went straight to her grandparents' house to visit her 95-year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, “He had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning.”

Horrified, Katie told her grandmother that two people nearly 100 years old having sex would surely be asking for trouble.

“Oh no, my dear,” replied granny. “Many years ago, realizing our advanced age, we figured out the best time to do it was when the church bells would start to ring. It was just the right rhythm. Nice and slow and even. Nothing too strenuous, simply in on the Ding and out on the Dong.” She paused, wiped away a tear and then continued, “And if that damned ice cream truck hadn’t come along, he’d still be alive today!”

Chelsea 1 United 1

United clinched a valuable point at Stamford Bridge but, having taken the lead through Ji-sung Park, could have snatched all three points were it not for slack marking from a Chelsea free-kick, allowing Salomon Kalou to grab a late equaliser.

The match followed a similar pattern to United’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in that the Reds took the lead before the home side became the more dominant force. However, this was an infinitely better performance than the one at Anfield. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side have not yet reached top form, but with players gradually returning from injury and suspension, this must seen this as a point gained and the team can kick on from here.

Sir Alex chose not to use Cristiano Ronaldo from the start, who instead settled for a place on the bench, as did Carlos Tevez, who stepped aside for Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney to occupy United’s forward roles. Owen Hargreaves and Ji-sung Park started out wide, while Darren Fletcher and Paul Scholes took on central midfield duties. There was also a huge gesture of faith in the burgeoning ability of Jonny Evans, who deputised for the suspended Nemanja Vidic at centre-half alongside Rio Ferdinand.

It’s been a smooth-running start to the season for Chelsea, but Luiz Felipe Scolari had the disruption of injury to Deco during the warm-up. Michael Ballack, who scored twice against United at Stamford Bridge back in April, was promoted from the bench.

The Reds immediately took the game by the scruff of the neck. Darren Fletcher, United's top scorer this term, made one of his perfectly-timed runs into and saw his volley

from Hargreaves’ cross go narrowly wide.

Rooney went close two minutes later. After Cech’s failed clearance and Berbatov’s wayward attempted lob, Rooney tried to hook the ball in but it too went just wide. But then it was Chelsea’s turn to threaten. Joe Cole got away with what appeared to be handball before hitting the side-netting with his shot from 20 yards.

United were full of attacking intent during a high-tempo start. Ferdinand hit the woodwork on 16 minutes when Rooney put him through on the right of the penalty area. Cech got a crucial touch to tip the defender’s shot onto the bar and over.

Two minutes later, however, the breakthrough United deserved arrived. A great passing interchange between Berbatov, Rooney and Patrice Evra set the Frenchman free down the left. His cut-back enabled Berbatov to force a save out of Cech, but the Chelsea keeper spilled the ball, allowing Park to poke his shot home.

As against Liverpool, the 1-0 lead was just. But, as at Anfield, the tide soon turned in the home side’s favour. Chelsea’s possession and goalscoring chances increased after half an hour. United lost Edwin van der Sar to injury after a clash with Florent Malouda in a 50-50 one-on-one. The Dutchman's replacement, Tomasz Kuszczak, was tested a few times as Chelsea pressed forward. But United held firm in a first-half full of action and incident.

Chelsea started the second half where they had finished the first 45 minutes, and Sir Alex was quick to make a change, introducing Ronaldo. Hargreaves switched to a defensive midfieldrole, while Ronaldo offered an outlet from the right. The home side continued to threaten more frequently than United, but there were surprisingly few chances in the second half. The best opportunity fell to Nicolas Anelka, who should have levelled on 73 minutes when Joe Cole’s cross zipped across the face of goal, but the Frenchman failed to get any significant contact on the ball and Neville cleared.

The outstanding Rooney had a good chance on 77 minutes to put United 2-0 up, but his shot from the right hit the side-netting. But just as it seemed as though Sir Alex’s men could see the match out, Chelsea’s prolonged pressure told. Poor marking from a Chelsea free-kick allowed substitute Salomon Kalou to head in the equaliser on 79 minutes. It led to a frantic last ten minutes with Chelsea in the ascendancy and United on the back foot. The Reds stood firm however and this was a performance of determination and an indication perhaps that United’s season can now finally click into gear.

My Personal Opinion:

Chelsea deserve the draw and MU did not do enough to secure a win. MU with now 1 win 2 draws and a defeat in EPL brings MU NOT in a good start.
But most matches was played by MU was away games. Next game will be at Old Trafford against Bolton. Hope they can do better at home and secure a win. If they don't it's good bye for the title chase as other 3 top teams Arsenal, Chelsea & Liverpool are now at the top flight.

For the ref (Mike Riley) I'm sorry to say that he does not deserve to blow for the big matches as he's not professional enough. Come on man!!! 8 yellow cards in 1 match & 7 to MU. He did the same thing last season for the same game which was MU vs Chelsea. 7 yellow cards to MU too. You really a useless ref. You suck man, BIG time.

I really hope that MU can buck up for the next match. I know you guys can do it.

Pegging RM? To Peg or Not To Peg.

The Star - 21 Sept 2008

ALOR STAR: Malaysia can withstand the global economic pressure if the ringgit is re-pegged, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

“Stabilising the exchange rate is among some of the immediate measures the Government could implement to cushion the impact of global economic slowdown,” he said. Malaysia had the capacity to determine the value of the ringgit because it had enough holding of foreign currencies and substantial savings, with the Employees Providence Fund alone having more than RM200bil in its coffers, he said.

“We shouldn’t float the currency. The country would lose money if the currency is vulnerable to external forces,” Dr Mahathir said at a press conference after presenting a keynote address at a national-level seminar on Development of Higher Learning Institutes.

He was asked on what advice he had for newly-appointed Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to cushion the impact of any economic slowdown in developed countries such as the United States on Malaysia.

Warm welcome: Students greeting Dr Mahathir when he arrived to deliver a keynote address at the seminar in Alor Star yesterday.

He said if Malaysia could strengthen the value of the ringgit by 10% (by pegging the ringgit to the US dollar), the import value should depreciate by 10%.

The impact would be immediately felt by the rakyat, when the price of imported goods is reduced, he said.

Dr Mahathir said when he was in power he had set up a panel about a decade ago to tackle the economic slowdown that affected the country when Asian currencies were attacked by rouge speculators.

He advised the authorities to set up a similar panel comprising professionals, including economists, to help ascertain the root causes of problems, scrutinise all data that have impact on the nation’s economy, and suggest ways to tackle the problems.

My Opinion:

Personally for me, it will at least will keep our(RM)currency to be more steady as it will not float in the FOREX. Anyway its Tun's idea. He did it when he was the Primer Minister and when Malaysia had the economy slowdown in 1994. Whether the current Primer Minister will do it or not it's up to him. Oops my mistake. No more Pak Lah but decision must be made by Najib as they just changed the portfolio last 3 days ago.

Memorizing A List

Hi there again, I came through with this article that I think is very useful for everyone and it's actually very easy. Hope it does work for you guys and gals out there. Cheers.... :D

The key to improving your memory is to exercise your imagination and get as many of your senses involved as possible while encoding the information that you want to remember. The better your imagination, the better your memory and your ability to memorize a list.

The following exercise will help you to better understand what I mean. I want you to take no more than 90 seconds to memorize the following shopping list in order:

• milk
• eggs
• cereal
• bread
• bacon
• yogurt
• bagels
• steak
• soda
• popcorn
  

After the 90 seconds is up, look away from this article and try to recall the list in order. Most people will make a mistake before they reach the seventh item in the list, and almost all will struggle and hesitate along the way.

I'm now going to teach you how to memorize a list quickly and flawlessly.

Create a vivid story in your mind

Imagine that you see a gigantic carton of milk. Really try to visualize it. It's huge! You are surprised not only by the fact that this carton of milk is unusually large, but also by the fact that it is somehow jumping around. The carton of milk is jumping around on its own, and then suddenly explodes. As the carton of milk explodes, you see eggs fly out of it! Picture that as best you can.

The eggs fly out of the carton of milk, sprout legs, and then start to do a little dance. You can see the eggs dancing and can even hear their feet tapping on the floor. All of a sudden, one of the eggs starts to crack. It cracks open, and out shoots a bunch of cereal. The cereal continuously shoots from out of the egg like a machine gun. You now notice that the cereal is shooting up a fluffy loaf of bread. It is shooting up against the loaf of bread with such force that the bread is being sliced. Really try to see and hear this happening in your mind.

The sight of the sliced bread makes you feel hungry, so you decide to walk over to it and take a slice. Just as you are about to take a bite of the bread, it magically turns into a strip of bacon. You bite into the bacon strip and it tastes delicious. Really try to imagine that you can taste it. You still have some of the bacon strip in your hand and now inexplicably decide to dip it into some yogurt.

When the bacon touches the yogurt, you see it completely dissolve and nothing is left but the yogurt. The yogurt starts to bubble and it appears to come to a boil. As you watch and listen to it boil, you see bagels start to rise from out of it. The bagels are coming out of the yogurt in alternating sizes of big and small. These are the strangest bagels that you've ever seen. Lodged into the center of each bagel, you see a juicy steak. One of the steaks jumps out of its bagel and starts rolling on the floor. The steak rolls faster and faster and suddenly knocks over a bunch of soda cans. The cans burst as they are knocked over, first squirting out fizzing soda, but then popcorn. Each can of soda is now squirting out popcorn!

A few last tips on how to memorize a listThe key to improving your memory is to exercise your imagination and get as many of your senses involved as possible while encoding the information that you want to remember. The better your imagination, the better your memory and your ability to memorize a list.

A few last tips on how to memorize a list.

Replay the story

Now, in order to recall the shopping list, simply replay through the unusual and funny little story in your mind, starting with when you saw the gigantic milk carton. As you do, simply take note of each item that you encounter, and you will have recalled the shopping list in order: milk, eggs, cereal, bread, bacon, yogurt, bagels, steak, soda, popcorn. If you stumble at any point during the recall, quickly reread the paragraph above. As you do, take special note to just relax and enjoy what you are seeing and experiencing in your mind. If you are smiling inwardly or outwardly while reviewing the scenario, then it's a very good sign. Don't worry about having to remember anything. Just focus on vividly experiencing the scenario, and the remembering will come naturally.

This technique, of creating a vivid scenario or story in your mind to encode information, is very powerful and easily extensible. What if the list were longer? For instance: milk, eggs, cereal, bread, bacon, yogurt, bagels, steak, soda, popcorn, crackers, lettuce, cheese, beans, pasta. After the popcorn leaves the soda cans, it might magically start to dance on a wall made of crackers; the crackers start to grow lettuce; the lettuce starts to sprout chunks of cheese; beans shoot out of each piece of cheese; and the beans shoot and mix themselves in a giant bowl of pasta. Get the idea?

Pick an image to represent each point

It's important to note that this technique can be applied to much more than just memorizing shopping lists. It could also be used to memorize the points of a speech or presentation that you need to make. All you would need to do is come up with an image to represent each major point that you want to talk about. For instance, war could be represented by images of guns or soldiers. The economy could be represented by stacks of money. Health care could be represented by images of bandages or doctors.

So if you first wanted to talk about war, the economy and then health care, you might imagine soldiers fighting against a huge pile of money, which is later bandaged and cared for by doctors. Perhaps the doctors start to melt, if you next wanted to talk about global warming. If you come up with images for each major point and even subpoint that you'd like to make, and then link the images together using your imagination as I've illustrated in this article, then you will be able to easily give a speech or presentation flawlessly without looking at any notes.

Do you remember?

You've just a learned a powerful technique that will help you to easily remember random bits of information, and at the same time exercise your creativity and imagination. This story method, as it is often called, gets many areas of your brain involved in the encoding process. The more you practice using it to memorize a list or other information, the better you will get at it. You'll begin to notice that you are able to create stories in your mind quicker and experience them more vividly. This will improve your memory and it is also a wonderful exercise for your brain.

Quote Of The Day

'The secret of success is constancy to purpose.' - - Benjamin Disraeli

Joke Of The Day

Lonely Trucker

A trucker who has been out on the road for three weeks stops into a brothel outside Vegas. He walks straight up to the madam, drops down $500 and says, “I want your ugliest woman and a bologna sandwich!”

The madam is astonished: “But sir, for that kind of money you could have one of my finest ladies and a three-course meal.”

The trucker replies, “Listen sweetheart, I ain’t horny, I’m homesick.”

Red Devils to visit Stamford Bridge

Hmm...Another tough game for The Red Devils. After 3 EPL and a champions league game, Manchester only manage to get 1 win, 2 draws & 1 defeat. The EPL and Champions League champions are now like in trouble if they loss to Chelsea today. Manchester will be playing Chelsea at 9 pm at ESPN in Malaysian time and 2 pm in English time at Stamford. It's do or die today. It will not only keep the Red Devils in the league fight but also it will boost the morale of the team as I think they really do need that badly.

Berba is it fit to play for MU, but Ronaldo aka Ron is still doubtful weather if he's fit for today's game even he had played 28 minutes against Villarreal. Every MU fans will be expecting for Ron to be fit and while Sir Alex confirming the only absentees for today Super Sunday will be Michael Carrick (ankle) and Nemanja Vidic (suspended).

Meanwhile Chelsea without their Claude Makalele who was a important cog in their machine for last season and also Michael Essien who is down with injury till Feb. But the threat from Chelsea is not over as they have the likes of Joe Cole who is on fire now, new midfielder Deco, Ballack and Anelka. These players are gonna give the Red Devils a ride of their life.

Today is gonna be a character test on MU players to handle the pressure of the match-up.

Despite United’s slow start and Chelsea’s incredible home record – 84 games since the Blues’ last league defeat at Stamford Bridge – Sir Alex insists his side can return to Manchester with all three points on Sunday.

Don't miss todays game : Super Sunday Manchester United vs Chelsea at 9 pm ( Malaysian Time) at ESPN.

p/s : I'm a MU supporter though.. :)

Just Started

Hi there... Well this is my first time really in blogging. Thanks to my little baby a.k.a my wife & also not forgetting the boredom that is killing me at my work place as there is nothing much to do. Most of my equipment are down as if it has some kind of disease that spreading from 1 equipment to another.

So therefore I started this blog writing to kill some time. Anyway my blog is gonna be about all about life. You name it, sports, politics, vacation and etc... I'll try my very best to keep it updated all the time so that it can be useful to everyone.

Have a very nice day and do enjoy life to the fullest as you only live once.

Adios, Sayonara, Bruneos Tidias.