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Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011!

Posted by IcedNyior on December 31, 2010  |  4 Comments

Yep, its that year end post again. Reflections on 2010 and hopes and dreams for 2011.

2010 was truly a life changing year for me. It was the year that I met countless of people. It was the year I changed jobs. It was the year I did less of some things and more of others. It was a good year.

The Year of Tweetups

This year, it was the year that I went for a lot, and I do mean A LOT of tweetups. The problem for me about tweetups is having to remember whose face is connected to which twitter handle.

I must admit that until now I’m confused who some my twitter friends are (unless they put their faces on their display). Tip : That’s why I don’t address people often by name and why I make sure people like Khir, Khairul or Rara is somewhere nearby so I can ask who is who. LOL!

So I guess for the new year, one of the things I have got to do is learn to remember people’s name more.

The Year of New Jobs.

Its actually funny how I decided to change jobs. I wasn’t looking for a new job, no. I just happened to come across someone’s RT of an RT of an RT about this person looking for someone to do social media. And I thought, hmm, why not? Best part is, the interview had to be at lunch time smack dab in the middle of KL – in KLCC. So I had to take an LRT frm Bangsar to KLCC and back within my lunch break.

So to cut a long story short, I quit my job doing programming and designing (something I spent 4 years of my life obtaining a BSc Hons degree for) to do social media. As I like to tell people, how else would you get paid to Facebook or Tweet? (Of course that was before I found out the amount of planning BEFORE and the number of reports AFTER. LOL)

The Year of Discovery

I discovered that time really does heal things. Though it might take years, but it does heal. I also discovered that without my “posse” of Pam and Aree, I went out less :( That led to more at home time and more time to dabble in projects (particularly baking).  Also I am now lazy to “doll up” and go clubbing for some reason which then leads to less drinking. I suspect it has to do with lack of “kaki”. I actually wouldn’t mind a night of fun every once in a while instead of cooped up at home and work.

It was also the year of lots and lots of road trips! I finally went to Cameron and Bukit Tinggi. I also went up to Genting (meh). Also road trips to Penang, Melaka, Johor Bharu and even Singapore! I was supposed to write a post about my trip to Singapore and Universal Studios but..er….hehe.

Resolution of 2011 : Try to visit as many states in Semenanjung so that I can complete all the states in Malaysia.

The Year of Less and More

This was the year that ironically though I’m working with bloggers, I myself as a blogger has deteriorated due to lack of time. Which leads to less blogging and lower hits (boo!). Also towards the end of the year I’ve felt the need to be more private – hence two different twitter accounts and a private Facebook acc.

So yea, more blogging this year I hope?

Anyway, here are the Top Blogposts of 2010

1. Malaysian Twitter Users put Rais Yatim on Trending topics #yorais (link) – This is actually quite funny. A bunch of Twitter-ers (namely bongkersz) started this yorais hashtag in retaliation to what he said about Malaysians shouldn’t be immersing themselves in Facebook and Twitter
2. The Body Shop Malaysia 2010 Sale + price list (link) – It was the big sale for TBS and I managed to get a pricelist (and spent a bomb)
3. Google Analytics Master Class (GAMC) Kuala Lumpur + Slides (link)– Google SEA organized a FREE class to teach us all about Google Analytics. I wrote a post about it and provided download links
4. Full List of Academy Awards (Oscars) 2010 Winners and Nominees (link) – I guess this really needs no explanation :)
5. Craft Brews Brewhouse and Restaurant Party (link) – Craft Brews invited us bloggers to sample their food and even gave us a mini brewery kit for us to try it out ourselves. Good food and good beer!
6. Digi and Maxis iPhone 4 Comparison Chart (link) – I did an table of comparison between the plans and the pros and cons for both. I think many people found it useful.
7. Artist Lineup for Arthur’s Day 2010 in Kuala Lumpur (link) – This was the list of all the awesome artists that came to KL! I was there that night but didn’t stay for long.
8. Accident on Cheras-Kajang Highway (BHP Incident) (link) – This was a really sad story about how, due to red tape, help was not able to be given to someone in need.
9. Twitter on ‘Men Carrying Handbags’ (link) – I did a quick survey on twitter asking friends what they thought about Men carrying handbags. I posted some of their reactions. What do you think?
10. Mencari Tetek Janda? (link) – Do you read the Google Adwords advertising when you’re visiting websites or checking gmail? Here’s a funny one.

There you go, round up of 2010. Hope everyone parties safe tonight!

Happy New Year 2011!!

Keputusan/Results 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Posted by IcedNyior on June 14, 2010  |  2 Comments

Updated results for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Keputusan terkini Perlawanan EURO 2008.

SEMI FINALS

07/07 02:30 Cape Town Uruguay vs Netherlands (2-3)
08/07 02:30 Durban Germany vs Spain

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

11/07 02:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Uruguay vs L62

FINAL MATCH

12/07 02:30 Johannesburg Netherlands vs W62

11/6/10 (Fri)

10:00 PM – South Africa vs Mexico (1-1)
55′ S. Tshabalala (South Africa)
79′ R. Marquez (Mexico)

12/6/10 (Sat)

2:30 AM – Uruguay vs France (0-0)

7.30 PM – Korea Republic vs Greece (2-0)
7′ J. Lee (Korea)
52′ J. Park (Korea)

10:00 PM – Argentina vs Nigeria (1-0)
6′ G. Heinze (Argentina )

13/6/10 (Sun)

2:30 AM – England vs United States (1-1)
4′ S. Gerrard (England)
40′ C. Dempsey (United States)

7:30 PM – Algeria vs Slovenia (0-1)
79′ R. Koren (Slovenia)

10:00 PM – Serbia vs Ghana (0-1)
84′ A. Gyan (Ghana pen.)

14/6/10 (Mon)

2:30 AM – Germany vs Australia (4-0)
8′ L. Podolski (Germany)
27′ M. Klose (Germany)
68′ T. Muller (Germany)
70′ Cacau (Germany)

7:30 PM – Netherlands vs Denmark (2-0)
46′ Simon Poulsen (Denmark) OG
85′ Dirk kuyt (Netherlands)

10:00 PM – Japan vs Cameroon (1-0)
39′ Keisuke Honda (Japan)

15/6/10 (Tue)

2:30 AM – Italy vs Paraguay (1-1)
39′ Antolin ALCARAZ (Paraguay)
63′ Daniele DE ROSSI (Italy)

7:30 PM – New Zealand vs Slovakia (1-1)
50′ Robert VITTEK
90′+3 Winston REID

10:00 PM – Cote d’lvoire vs Portugal (0-0)

16/6/10 (Wed)

2:30 AM – Brazil vs Korea DPR 2-1
55′ MAICON
72′ ELANO
89′ JI Yun Nam

7:30 PM – Honduras vs Chile (0-1)
34′ Jean BEAUSEJOUR (Chile)

10:00 PM – Spain vs Switzerland (0-1)
52′ Gelson FERNANDES

17/6/10 (Thu)

2:30 AM – South Africa vs Uruguay 0-3
24′, 80′ PEN Diego FORLAN (Uruguay)
90′+5 Alvaro PEREIRA (Uruguay)

7.30 PM – Argentina vs Korea Republic 4-1
17′ OG PARK Chu Young (Korea)
33′ Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Argentina)
45′+1 LEE Chung Yong (Korea)
76′ Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Argentina)
80′ Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Argentina)

10:00 PM – Greece vs Nigeria (2-1)

18/6/10 (Fri)

2:30 AM – France vs Mexico (0-2)

7:30 PM – Germany vs Serbia (0-1)

10:00 PM – Slovenia vs United States (2-2)

19/6/10 (Sat)

2:30 AM – England vs Algeria (0-0)

7:30 PM – Netherlands vs Japan (1-0)

10:00 PM – Ghana vs Australia (1-1)

20/6/10 (Sun)

2:30 AM – Cameroon vs Denmark (1-2)

7:30 PM – Slovakia vs Paraguay (0-2)

10:00 PM – Italy vs New Zealand (1-1)

21/6/10 (Mon)

2:30 AM – Brazil vs Cote d’lvoire (3-1)

7:30 PM – Portugal vs Korea DPR (7-0)

10:00 PM – Chile vs Switzerland (1-0)

22/6/10 (Tue)

2:30 AM – Spain vs Honduras (2-0)

10:00 PM – Mexico vs Uruguay (0-1)

10:00 PM – France vs South Africa (1-2)

23/6/10 (Wed)

2:30 AM – Greece vs Argentina (0-2)

2:30 AM – Nigeria vs Korea Republic (2-2)

10:00 PM – United States vs Algeria (1-0)

10:00 PM – Slovenia vs England (0-1)

24/6/10 (Thu)

2:30 AM – Australia vs Serbia (2-1)

2:30 AM – Ghana vs Germany (0-1)

10:00 PM – Paraguay vs New Zealand (0-0)

10:00 PM – Slovakia vs Italy (3-2)

25/6/10 (Fri)

2:30 AM – Denmark vs Japan (1-3)

2:30 AM – Cameroon vs Netherlands (1-2)

10:00 PM – Korea DPR vs Cote d’lvoire (0-3)

10:00 PM – Portugal vs Brazil (0-0)

26/6/10 (Sat)

2:30 AM – Switzerland vs Honduras (0-0)

2:30 AM – Chile vs Spain (1-2)

Accident on Cheras-Kajang Highway (BHP Incident) – Updated

Posted by IcedNyior on June 3, 2010  |  58 Comments

Im sure by now most people have heard about the Accident early at 3.00 – 3.30 am or so today 3 June 2010 that happened at the Cheras – Kajang Highway near the Cheras Taman Pertama Roundabout.

Update 4 : KomunitiKini reports that the victim was 27 year old Sarawakian student, Florina ak Joseph. They also talked to two BHP representatives here who says its a misunderstanding.

Update 3 : KomunitiKini managed to get in contact with BHP or their response. Read a whole story here

BHP government relations manager Abdul Kaiyum when contacted claimed that the BHP attendants refused to open the door for Teo as he was not ‘acting calmly’ when asking for assistance. Neither did they refer to their supervisor because it was past midnight.

In defence of the staff in charge, he said that the two of them previously had been attacked and beaten up by assailants while on duty at the station.

Abdul Kaiyum said that BHP would
hold a press conference over the matter this coming Monday, June 7.

Updates 2 : Bernama ran an article about the accident already

Woman Burnt To Death In Three-vehicle Accident

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) — A woman was burnt to death in her Myvi car in an early morning accident in Jalan Cheras after another vehicle from the opposite side of the road skidded and hit her car which was then rammed by a three-tonne lorry carrying vegetables.

The accident happened near the Cheras velodrome at 3.30am and police are trying to identify the dead woman from the car registration number.

“From the physical appearance, this accident involves a woman driver,” Kuala Lumpur traffic police investigation officer DSP Abdullah Roning told Bernama.

Abdullah said a Toyota Vios believed to have been driven fast by a 33-year-old man skidded and veered onto the opposite side of the road.

It hit the Myvi car and crashed onto a lamp post, badly injuring both the driver and his female companion.

“The first accident made the Myvi spin a few times and it was hit by a three-tonne vegetable lorry from behind and burst into flames,” he said.

The woman driver, however, was unable to escape and was trapped in her seat and burnt to death.

The lorry driver and his attendant were unhurt.

The injured couple were sent to the nearby Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia medical centre. The remains of the woman were also sent there.

– BERNAMA

Updates : The authorities have verified that there was an accident involving three cars. Will update when I know more later

It was a freak accident involving a lorry, a Vios and a Myvi. According to witness, Akina Teo in his Facebook note, the Myvi was totally sardined and a girl was trapped inside. He saw a spark of fire at the engine bay so he drove to the nearest BHP to get a fire extinguisher from the attendants who were behind the locked kiosk/counter. They refused to lend him the fire extinguisher and even threatened to report the guy.

He returned back to the scene and the car was totally burnt and the poor girl was burnt alive inside. Read his full account in the spoiler:

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I saw another blog post that supposedly had the photos of accident and it is terrible. Credits to ondscene (though I dont really like the heavily religious theme of the post) and the photos are in the spoiler.

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Movie Review : A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010

Posted by IcedNyior on May 13, 2010  |  No Comments

One…two…Freddy’s coming for you…

I’ve always thought that kids had the creepiest voice, especially when they do that sing-song tone over and over again. Or laugh in a creepy way. Well you are going to hear a lot of that in this movie.

First and foremost, I must admit that I have never watched the first (original) version of this movie. Yea, I’m serious. My parents didn’t believe in letting their children watch horror/thriller movies. I’ve also not watched Edward Scissorhands…but that’s a review for another day.

Thanks Advertlets for tickets to the pre-screening
& Diese of BaYnN.com for her photo of the tix

Okay, back to Freddy:

This story tells of a group of teenagers who all have the same recurring dream. Its about a man whose face is disfigured, wearing a red striped sweater, a tattered fedora and instead of fingers, he has long, sharp blades on one hand.

These teens dream that he is trying to murder them in their dreams, and more often than not, the dream becomes a reality and they end up dead in the exact same way they were dreaming about.

As one by one of the teens unexplainably turn up dead, the other surviving teams band together to try and find out the the answers to their questions while trying hard not to fall asleep. Who is this Freddy? Why is he killing them?

As they dig deeper and deeper, they realize that all of them share a dark hidden past, kept secret by their beloved parents. And everytime they close their eyes, Freddy gets closer and closer.

The film stars Jackie Earle Haley (Ros as Freddy Krueger and Rooney Mara plays Nancy Holbrook, loosely based on the character Nancy Thompson in the original movie. I noticed that Katie Cassidy who acted in the TV series ‘Harper’s Island’ also had a role as one of the teens.

The beginning of the movie was a bit slow but it picked up towards the end, when the characters were getting desperate and chasing for time before their body could not handle it and started shutting down.

The music really lends the perfect environment for a horror movie. I thought the movie did have a few “sudden” moments. But personally, I didn’t think it was as scary as some Japanese, Indonesian or Thai horror movies I’ve watched. I must say the Asians does it better.

He looks more like The Mummy than a burn victim no?

Go watch the movie if you want to see how this remake compares to the first. Some parts of the story is different from the original. Think of it as a reimagining of the original, not the same story re-used. I think this movie better for the DVD collection.

Rating : 3/10

Movie Review : Robin Hood 2010 (no spoilers)

Posted by IcedNyior on May 10, 2010  |  No Comments

I won two tickets for Robin Hood from The Star R.A.G.E. facebook page contest. The question was rather tricky: “How many movies have director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe done together?”

I answered it correctly and I got to watch a few days before the release. yay! So yea, on to the review

Genres:     Action/Adventure and Drama
Running Time:     2 hrs. 28 min.
Release Date:     May 14th, 2010 (wide)
MPAA Rating:     PG-13 for violence including intense sequences of warfare, and some sexual content.
Distributors:     Universal Pictures

I grew up watching the animated version of Robin Hood (played by a fox) and his merry men (played by various different animals) who was the champion for the weak. Stealing money from the rich to give to the poor. The hero in the forest together with his merry men taunting the evil king and his guards.

Now Ridley Scott’s version of Robin Hood is slightly different. It tells of a time of war and tribulation where the king and noblemen became richer and richer while the common folk suffered.  The story opens with the English army marching on their France enemies capturing castles in a forgot-how-many-year campaign by King Richard. Robin Longstride was a lowly archer in that army. Quick on his feet and honest.

This is a story of Robin before the ‘Hood’ – who he is before the legend, how he met his fellow merry men and how the legend came to be.

Russel Crowe carried the role well as the rugged, sword fighting, swift archery, fist punching hero covered in mud and blood, similar to his role in Gladiator actually. I personally thought Cate Blanchett was a tad too old to play the role of Maid Marion, unless the ‘maid’ part was referring to ‘old maid’ hehe! Some more it seems like most of the male characters in the movie wanted her. Weird.

The characters were all well developed, the storyline was interesting and entertaining. The only issue i have with this movie is that its a tad too long. But still worth watching :)

Rating : 7/10

Thanks again to The Star RAGE for the tickets.

Btw the answer to the question is FIVE movies : Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010)

Full List of Academy Awards (Oscars) 2010 Winners and Nominees

Posted by IcedNyior on March 8, 2010  |  1 Comment

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”