Everyone Connects?

Thanks to the Tweet conversation between @joycescapade and @zhiQ, I came across a website (click the link here) which surprised me with its contents. Thought my internet was interrupted when the pixelated images appeared. And the images are meant to be pixelated - it's a teaser. A promotional gimmick of a band who sing the song, "Through My Window" (the song is played in the website too).

Honestly, they are quite good. The style reminded me of Greenday and yes, A-A-R as well. Now, given this promotional initiative of a new band, "Everyone Connects is about getting people to communicate & collaborate because when everyone’s connected, anything is possible" at the footer of the page seems (agree with ZhiQ) out of place. Doesn't sound like lyrics though...

Track it via Twitter hashtag: #ThroughMyWindow

Courtesy of @ZhiQ

How Much Is Your Website Worth?

Courtesy of Whose (My_Swamp), I managed to come across a website where it measures the value of a website.

Go to BizInformation.org, and type your website URL at the designated column.

As soon as you pressed enter, the website valuation will appear with other vital stats (not sure how accurate it is).

And I was surprise to find my blog site worth $2804.90. It's up for grab, anyone wants to bid?

Hello....

No response. :P

Find out yours now and share with me by clicking at the link below:

BizInformation.org

Cheers.

Admiring Pewter

When KJ was jumping with excitement on one fine day after knowing he has bagged the 2nd prize for the Take a 'Giant Mug Shot' Photo Contest, all of us in TalentEDge were invited to the Giant Tankard Homecoming Party to witness him receiving his prize, an Olympus camera from the organiser, Royal Selangor Pewter.

Honestly I have passed by the Royal Selangor gallery countless times in the past, but last weekend was the first time I stepped foot inside the visitor centre. Didn't know it looks great and spacious with rich historical facts and items inside.

Some of the currency and money used during the old days. Only seen in Sejarah textbooks till that very Saturday. Notice the animal currencies in the forms of crocodile, elephant (short nose but long tail) and turtle. And just found out that the the coins can be plugged out from the money tree on the right (as seen on BSN logo).

More animal currencies from the 19th Century. The value of the currencies are actually determined by their weights. So I wonder, how heavy must the currency be to buy a cow...chicken...(Yes, KJ. Chickens to be rear and eaten. Not something else!)

Some of the old tools and equipments used by the founder. Noticed the old wooden abacus on the left, followed by the old catalogues, account books (Yes with old ink and numbers of sales recorded) and old ledgers.

KJ with a "keluarga diraja" costume in yellow, matched with Catherine's similar costume. He was so delighted to be in that costume for the fact as mentioned. Lol.

Who says Catherine can't get rough? Ladies at work! Don't be fooled by the picture. It is actually a very delicate process at work where gentle but firm knocks are required to form the same size and horizontally aligned spots around the cup without gaps. Now, that's what I call challenge!

Guess for which client Royal Selangor produces the trophy to? It's actually one of the products where "work in progress".

And yes, all pictures are taken with my 3-year-old 3.2MP Sony Ericsson K-800 .

That's not all. After the tour we had good tarts and pies with delicious sausages to satisfy our taste buds. Oh yeah, we had fun in their games too, where I must say I my vision and conscious was briefly disturbed after the drinking game (where Heineken was used! And yes, the Royal Selangor Party served alcohol).

There are actually more great and better pictures taken from KJ's camera so stay tuned.

Signing off.

When Work Has Its Meaning

When one has different priorities, we often look for extraordinary avenue to grow towards our dreams. What life is if it is just a repetition of doing things we do not enjoy doing? Recently I came across a write-up, Ya Startups, Even Boring Ones, which rang a bell to me in understanding some of the reasons why we have the dedicated teammates we have today.

Their presence has really bring great changes and impact to the company as a whole and would definitely. They are indeed the catalyst of inspirational legacy in the making.

Here I salute honourably to all the teammates, partners, affiliates and other extraordinary individuals who have been part of who have made the TalentEDge team a reality.

What Makes A Good Ppt Presentation?

Some tips for doing a good PowerPoint presentation. Definitely helps boost the presentation skill a little. Good one from Guy Kawasaki.

Cheers.

Made in Malaysia

I would have to say, 15Malaysia was a great project. Well done to P1 for the showcase. A lot of people used to ask what was my favourite video in 15Malaysia since a month ago. And my reply was always, "So far, all videos are quite good and unique in their very own ways. But if I'm to have a special pick, you would have to wait till all videos are released."

So, in this blog posting, I will share three of my personal favourite picks in 15Malaysia. One of them is none other than, "One Future". And seriously, I have no idea that Tian Chua can be real good actor (notice his facial expression which looks like those when we're going for auditions!). Nevertheless, Tian Chua is a good cast in the short movie which he possessed an amount of experience for. Afterall, he's been there, done that.

I am a fan of humour, and I definitely cannot miss this one. "Meter" which I personally congratulated Benji, Bahir and the team including Khairy Jamaluddin for the brilliant showcase. KJ can really act and he looks good as a taxi driver too. Perhaps he should seriously consider acting or driving taxis if he ever quit politics. A hillarious one below which portrays a normal daily life of a taxi driver who seem to be enthusiastic in sharing his thoughts and opinions about current issues. Watched it already?

My 3rd pick is one real graphically awesome one, "Rojak!". The fact that the movie is narrated in Tamil makes it really cool to watch. And it definitely sums up the whole ecological system of the Malaysian society (which is of course, real complicated) in a very interesting way - via Malaysians' favourite topic - food, in this case rojak. Must watch if you haven't done so and you can definitely watch it below.

Overall, Pete Teo deserves the highest credit in getting 15Malaysia a success. I am definitely keen to meet him in person sometime soon (when I supposed to meet him in a few occasions which I happened to pass). Be sure to watch all the videos in 15malaysia.com and share with me your thoughts which I will be glad to know.

Cheers.

Social Media Hazards

It was devastating to know that one of the friends decided to damage his credibility in the social media when his job is to help certain parties to run their social media plans.

After the whole incident, it really does prove that social media really transmit messages and news faster than ever. The platform of the medium can be personal but the information can really reach the public in seconds. If one is too into it, without knowing the potential consequences, the effect can really be dangerous. Which is why, parents will still have to keep an eye on their children and their involvement in the social media.

One story that still stick in my head is about a story of a teenage girl whose parents' were out of town for couple of days. The moment she knows about it, she updated her one of the many social media's status with the statement of "my parents are AWAY for the weekend. Let's party tonight, my HOUSE!". And we all know that a teenage girl's group of friends in the network may not only consist "real" friends. Imagine the status update is transmitted to the network. With a click, as a friend, I will be able to access the personal information and there we go - address and telephone numbers. What potential danger does it lead to?

Social media may not be able to solve personal problems but it may open doors to many viable solutions. Otherwise, it may potentially jeopardise one's reputation for being a whiner. Therefore, my take from the usage of social media are:

1. Do not simply leave personal information to public. And only ensure the person we trust to be able to access our personal portal.

2. Do not rely to social media for medicine for the soul. Sometimes, it is good to call someone and talk over the phone. Humans are emotional being and voice affects emotions.

3. Do not recklessly insult and belittle somebody else over social media. I.e. Twitter, Facebook

. People just see and notice conversations. Of course, it doesn't spoil the image of others, but it makes the person who wrote the messages looks dumb. And I definitely do not want it to happen to a friend.

4. Do not rant recklessly. There are just some things we can't write and we are definitely not KINGs in cyberspace. Recently noticed a junior of mine in high school who is extremely critical of the Malaysian government. Nothing's wrong with it but we have to watch what we say. I think

cyberspace is like Twilight Zone, we may do everything we like but we will never know that "somebody's watching".

So use social media as an outlet for creativity and network. Do not misuse it as a ranting place for sensitive issues. Sensitive issues are for suitable channels and social media isn't one of them.

The Revival

It is time of the year again, when I attempt to put things in place once more. This time it's gotta do with blogs. I used to own 3 blogs namely, "melvinchan.blogspot.com", "melvinchanwh.blogspot.com" and "iammelvinchanwh.blogspot.com". This blog, "melvinchan.blogspot.com" has been the outlet of sharing and it records the growing-up process of myself, with the 1st post dated back to 2005.

"melvinchanwh.blogspot.com" was created to share articles and write-ups on personal development and entrepreneurship issues affecting Malaysian individuals. Then, the blog went haywired which then paved way for the creation of "iammelvinchanwh.blogspot.com". Subsequently, "melvinchanwh.blogspot.com" was deleted recently.

After much considerations, I have decided to maintain only ONE blog. 1 blog for all and it will be sole and collective voices of me in different areas, which saves me from a lot of hassle, to think about it. And this also marks the start of the revival of "melvinchan.blogspot.com" after being "post-less" for many months now.

Anyway, there you go. If I would ask you to come back again soon for the next post anytime this week, please do. :)

Cheers and God bless.

End of Days?

Came across something disturbing. In less than 10 years, NASA predicted that there will be an asteroid collision on the face of Earth. If it is true, I would really like to know what are the steps that NASA is undertaking to avoid direct collision.

(By the way, the authenticity of the below illustration, copied from an e-mail, is in doubt as I personally have not been able to retrieve similar information from the Reuters site.)

Live to the fullest, everyday! Cheers.

On the 3rd Day of CNY, the Choi San sent to me...

Call me KL people, but I have not gone to Batu Caves yet..........till last Wednesday. Had always been asked to bring the AIESEC interns or visitors to that place, but had never made it in every occasion. So until last Wednesday, a bunch of AIESECers, hailed from Singapore and Taiwan, took the "first time" out of me, and in this case - to Batu Caves.

The chronology of the day began in KLCC when I met a group of AIESECers who brought some friends from Taiwan and China to visit Malaysia from Singapore for lunch. They had about 12 hours break in KL before continuing their bus journey to Penang and eventually, Langkawi before heading back to Singapore.

Mr Alvin was supposed to be the tour guide of the group that day. So initially, he suggested to head to Bukit Bintang's Times Square's indoor theme park. After lunch, I guessed they were too full to ride on any roller costers after having some big fishy meals in Manhattan Fish Market. Subsequently, Alvin thought of a brilliant idea to help with the fishy digestion - climbing Batu Caves. So there we went!

Driving there was easy. It only took about 20 minutes and the parking...was okay for RM2, and easy to find too. After all my life, I heard people talking about the toughness of climbing the stairs of Batu Caves, finally, I got to experience the steep flight of 272 steps to get into the cave...while enjoying the scenery and photographing.

Halfway climbing the many stairs of Batu Caves... on the 3rd day of CNY!

It was actually a scene of greenery...but the camera was not prepared for the sunlight.

The cave was indeed huge and great. There was a small precession in one of the temples when we were inside. Not long after, we sensed rain and we began to leave. We went to Steven's Corner in Pandan Indah to particularly, fill up my stomach as I didn't have lunch when they were in MFM. Eventually, we headed back to Carmen's house to pailin while the others took their time to rest and clean themselves before they headed to Puduraya to catch their bus at 11pm.

While for me, it was more to come. Went back home to also clean myself before zooming to Natalie's house to Fatt Choy. And er, well... it didn't end too well for me. It was nevertheless, great time for the whole day and of course, the Ong fishing session.

Cheers.

On Mission to Cambodia

I have finally discovered the ultimate mission for 2009. A post related to Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy on Earth from Melvin Chan - Learning With You.

As one of the first steps to fulfill my life objective (as I might have shared with some of you), it will begin with a Cambodian mission trip.

Destination: Cambodia
Period: At least 8 weeks

Objectives:
1. To understand and gain real insight into the daily lives of suburban Cambodians.
2. To find out, if any, problems faced by people who are affected with serious income disparity in the nation.
3. To understand about the economic situation of the country.
4. To affirm needs of assistance required by suburban Cambodians in the issue of poverty, if any.
5. To find opportunities for business expansion.

Means:
1. AIESEC
2. Founding of working committee
3. Forming of NGO
4. Individual basis

This would definitely be an interesting mission. Hope to make this a reality by October 2009.

Let me know if there is anyone interested to be part of this initiative.

Cambodia, here I come!

Cheers.

Melvin's Back!

Bigger and better than before..I hope. And yes, my life rocks!

It's Chinese New Year. At least some serious time off to reflect of the things that have happened for the past year. In fact, a lot of things have happened and many people whom I have crossed path with. In fact, the last 7 months were one of the brokest (any word like that...? But you know what I mean) time of my life. Undoubtedly, the best learning I have experienced in my life.

At this time of the year, I am analysing many routes that I can take to reach my goals. Before, I could only look at one or two because I was on one of them and just clearing the bushes ahead. Now, I am taking a deep breath, hoping to climb on the highest tree around and look for alternative paths that I can take which can lead me to the destination faster. Hmm...where is it ya?

Indeed, a very enlightening moment of Chinese New Year. This is where I have more moment for myself and to re-establish the conversation with myself.

Coming up, it would be more exciting on what lies ahead.

Cheers.

Caught on Camera

I really salute men who can carry the character of a lady well. To be frank, I understand how do they feel as I've been there before (don't missunderstood me, I just participated in a cross-dressing competition as forced)But when things go wrong and turn awry, the beauty can be the ugliest beast mankind have ever seen.

However, sometimes when things go wrong, they turn ugly but "attractive". The "attractiveness" can even capture the man of good-breed, Tan Sri Teh Hiong Piow. The pictures below are taken from the recent annual dinner of Public Bank. The 1st picture looked awful at the first glance. However, when the 2nd picture was viewed, it tells something. Look how Tan Sri was smiling eh? It must have reminded him of AC's (don't know who's that? just ask!) ones, huh?

Lol.

See, I told you so.

Cheers.

Timothy Tiah had his share too?

Surprising (at least for me) but true, Timothy, for the first time actually nanged one of my postings about tempting secretaries. Lol.


To think what draws him to the post, I then wonder, has he encountered something like that before?


Interesting.... Just joking btw, Timmy!

Cheers.

Secretary and You? Think Again...

Beware of your secretary in case she acts fishy and (tempting?). Lol.

******

CONFESSION OF A DEVASTATED BOSS

Two weeks ago was my 45th birthday, and I wasn't feeling too hot that morning anyway. I went to breakfast knowing my wife would be pleasant and say "Happy Birthday," and probably have a present for me. She didn't even say "Good Morning," let alone any "Happy Birthday."

I thought, "Well, that's wives for you, the children will remember." The children came in to breakfast and didn't say a word. When I started to leave for the office I was feeling pretty low and despondent.

As I walked into my office, my secretary, Janet, said, "Good morning, boss. Happy Birthday." And I felt a little better; someone had remembered. I worked until noon.

Then, Janet knocked on my door and said "You know, it's such a beautiful day outside and it's your birthday, let's go to lunch, just you and me." I said, "By George, that's the greatest thing I've heard all day. Let's go."

We went to lunch.

We didn't go where we normally go; we went out to the country to a little private place. We had two martinis and enjoyed lunch tremendously.

On the way back to the office, she said, "You know, it's such a beautiful day. We don't need to go back to the office, do we?"

I said, "No, I guess not."

She said, "Let's go to my apartment." After arriving at her apartment she said, "Boss, if you don't mind, I think I'll go into the bedroom and slip into something more comfortable."

"Sure," I replied excitedly.

She went into the bedroom and, in about six minutes, she came out carrying a big birthday cake, followed by my wife, children, and dozens of our friends, all singing Happy Birthday.

And there I sat... on the couch... naked.

******

Cheers.

Our Future?

I received an e-mail on the prediction of the future as according to one Brazillian from a friend of mine (in fact, it was a forwarded e-mail). Heard of it a bit last week when the radio actually broadcasted a brief profile of the Brazillian.

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Prediction of the coming Disaster

Mr. Juseleeno, born in 1960(reportedly still alive in 2008), is a Brazilian who has made many predictions, and MOST have come to pass, including Princess Diana's death by car accident (which is instigated by someone near her and will probably unfortunately be written off as a car accident), 911 and the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. He sees the future in his dreams, and has an average of 3 to 9 such predictions per day. When he wakes up, he will write them down, and send warnings to those concerned.

If it concerns only a normal individual, he will write a letter to warn him/her.If it is a famous person(celebrity, politician etc.), or matters concerning the public, he will not only send it to the individual himself/herself, but also related agencies, government, and media. He urged the media to publicise these predictions, but the reply always went along the lines of rejection for fear of arousing public panic.

Future predictions:

2008, July: There will be an earthquake in Japan, which will cause a tsunami of 30 plus metres high to occur as well.

2008, 18th September: An earthquake with magnitude of approximately 9.1 will rock China , simultaneously causing a tsunami of more than 30 metres to occur, resulting in the deaths of more than 1 million people.

Although this huge earthquake will happen after the Olympics have ended, there will be a series of relatively smaller earthquakes occurring in China before the huge earthquake. The China government, which is more concerned with the success of the Olympics, will most likely neglect to employ appropriate cautionary measures, thus the high casualty rate. If the China government does not publicise the occurrence of these minor earthquakes and evacuate people, the number of deaths will be as predicted.

2008, 17th December: terrorist attack in America

2010: The temperatures in some countries of Africa could be as high as 58 degrees Celsius, and there will be a serious shortage of water.

2010, 15th June: The New York Stock Exchange market will fail, causing an international financial crisis.

2011: The research on the treatment of some cancers will be completed, but a new life-threatening virus will appear. People who are infected will die after only approx. 4 hours of coming into contact with the virus.

2013, 1st - 25th November: Research on treatment of cancers, except for brain tumors, will be completed. An earthquake, caused by volcanic eruptions, will happen on Bahama Island of the Canary Islands. A gigantic tsunami of roughly 150 metres will result. America mainlands, Brazil etc. will be affected, with the tsunami pushing into the land as far as 15 to 20 kilometres. Before the occurrence of this gigantic tsunami, the sea/ocean water levels will sink by about 6 metres, and large flocks of birds will start to migrate.

2014: A small planet that has been gradually closing in on Earth might eventually collide with Earth, and this collision, if come to pass, will affect the survival of humans as a whole.

2015: By the mid of November, the average temperature of Earth could be as high as 59 degrees Celsius. Many people will die from the overheat, and international confusion and terror ensues.

2016, April: A huge typhoon will invade China, causing massive damage. The 43rd USA president, George Walker Bush, will enter the hospital, and faces a life or death situation.

2026, July: A super earthquake will occur in San Francisco, and it will be named "The Big One". Huge damage to surrounding areas. Many volcanoes will re-activate, and the height of resulting tsunami will be more than 150 metres.

Mr. Juseleeno made known his predictions in hopes that people will take heed of his warnings, so that these disasters may be avoided. He hopes there will be a major change in the thinking of people's mindsets in the time period 2007 - 2008. One factor will be the environmental issue of global warming, which is more serious than what some meteorologists assume.

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I wish it's only a prank... Well, better be prepared than never. We'll never know what will happen in the near future.

Cheers.

Learning With Melvin Chan

I have started another blog with the title of 'Learning With Melvin Chan' at melvinchanwh.blogspot.com.

In that blog, I am looking forward to share the things that we know about in terms of career and personal development where we approach things that may be unknown to many of us, or even known but lack of clarification. Therefore, I hope to engage experts or learners to that blog to share with the rest of the viewers on the development of career or even personal experience with entrepreneurhip.

I really hope that 'Learning With Melvin Chan' will act as a platform for many young people to really learn about many things that are not taught at school.

Cheers.

I Watched Indy!

Lucky me. I was one of the many first people on Earth to get to view Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull before the official screening.

Okla. Well, I was one of the viewers during the media screening in Mid Valley today. The movie was quite fun, to be honest, equipped with actions throughout the whole 2-hour show.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull is a show where it's about Jones vs Cold War Russians and concluded with the aliens(?) got rid of the villains. Which means, it got to the typical and common Lucas and Spielberg subject. (Remember E.T. and Star Wars?)

Came with it was a bit of psychic affairs (the actual word should be paranormal as it involves aliens and psychics) By the way, the crystal skull was in fact, the head of an alien! But it looked seriously fake, very much like a plastic than a crystal with flashing lights. Well, I'm not going to review much about the movie here as I'll rather leave some room for anxiety towards this movie to you guys. Don't want to take the suspense out of a good movie like this.

The best thing about the screening was... there wasn't any viewers who left the cinema before the show ended and it's seriously quite a good thing. (...where generally, in most media screening, there'll be at least ONE who leaves the cinema before it ends)

Besides that, I'm quite sure that the movie was actually hinting that there would be another sequel coming our way.



I would recommend this movie to everyone who wishes to have a good time-out with family members.

Rating: 4/5

Cheers.

Fishing My Way To Made Of Honor

Can't believe that I was made to fish 'virtually' in order for me to obtain invites to a dinner at JW Marriott and a movie premier of Made of Honor. However, this time, I'm persevered enough to fish for the invites just to give Christine a deserved outing for being there for me during the tough hard times. As I was busy and still is, busy with the inception project, I really want to give her a treat and a great time for the night.

I realised I'm really suck in virtual fishing.... but I really want the invites for the movie(pic below)! Here I come again fishy..fishy...


If you guys want to be part of the dinner and movie premier, click here to start fishing too!

Good luck and cheers.

Independent What?

Establishment of Proposed Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission?

I bet the commission will be overloaded with work(complaints) and too much of them! The idea of (optimally, 60%) police being transparent and clean? It makes me want to laugh so hard and at the same time, feeling sick with that statement. The pigs are definitely much cleaner than these retards.

One specific, obvious area, for me, in the police force that is way too f**k**g corrupted that I think there's no way of turning it back around or any opportunity to be corrected is our needless 'Polis Trafik'. The only deed I ever appreciate from the traffic policemen is having those younger ones controlling the traffic at peak and busiest times.

Talking about clean road blocks? Oh, please! Stop me from laughing even harder. It's so sickening to think that they're being trained to talk too much when doing blocks... Come on, just check whatever that's necessary and if any rules or law are violated, just issue the damn summon. Just stop fishing for the ringgits in everyone's wallet. I think these retards can be better salesmen (Oh yeah, it reminded me of one direct-selling company with quite a number of ex-policemen or policemen in the network and worst of all, they think they can 'fight' really well too by intimidating other people or companies like gangsters - I give them a big "L" on my forehead! F*** Off!)

For my recent experience being involved in the accident in early May, (I've so promised myself that I'm going to review your f****ng name in my blog!) one of the many retards, this Rais guy, a don't-know-where-you-learn-driving 'sarjan' from the Serdang/Sri Kembangan traffic police station had arguably questioned my driving technique after being rammed from the back?! I was so gonna tell him straight in the face when I was in his room that he could go back to the jungle and stay with the monyet for not having basic common sense! Of course I didn't coz if I did, I'll never make it to my next plan (friends were waiting for me to go to PD outside the room) instead I'll just sit there and make a big fuss, just like the retard (and of course, I'm not a retard! Lol).

Later in the afternoon on the same day, the workshop people gave me a ring and said that they had "settled" already. And guess what, he asked for money?! And eventually they paid him in order for him to issue a summon to the other party so that I could claim on 3rd party? Is this necessary? Isn't it obvious that there's no need for that? F*** him for creating a mess for me when I really had to rush to somewhere!

If you ask me who will be the first in my mind that I'm going to get rid of if let's say I'm given an opportunity to be in the commission, it would definitely be no other than.....

.....Tan Sri Musa Hassan! Failed his job terribly and perhaps, may even be involved in corruption? Who knows?

Cheers.