11.11.11 (11th day of November, year 2011)

Today is a special day - it is the 11th day of the 11th month of year 2011 or in short 11.11.11
We were told to mark what we do at 11.11 am

What was I doing? Took short break to make a short prayer in my heart
May everyone be well and happy!

Exhilarated to learn someone's reading this blog

I have not blogged for the past week or so. Not so much because I am busy but because I have ran out of topics to write about. But I do still check my blog almost everyday (sometime more than that), just to look at the statistics. How many page views I had that day, who are the audience etc.

I am happy when I know someone (whom I don't know) sorta browsed thru this blog. Of cos, I can increase traffic by telling friends, family, acquaintances about my blog. But you see, I didn't tell anyone....some of them that I do blog, but don't know my blog website

Back to blog topics.
* Politics --- I try to stay away from political topics not because I am not interested (in fact, I follow several political blog sites) but because so much have been written and said by both sides of politics. What else can I add?
* Food - well, i am exactly a food lover and don't eat out that often. Not knowledgeable in this area enough to write about it
* lifestyle / IT - gee, i am not trendy nor into gadgets. Don't have iPhone, Berry, iPad etc.

I like to write about something *which I care about and/or *can add value by doing bit of research and analysis and/or *can help someone somewhere out there. Thought social-cultural and other issues which affect our daily lives would be a great start.

Budget 2012 - no goodies for me

Some good news for civil servants. And those with household income below RM 3,000

But I fall under the middle-income category - there's nothing for me

No tax reliefs, reduction in tax rate, no additional EPF contribution from employer, no special assistance from the government

How to cope with inflation??

Gong Xi Fa Cai

To all Chinese celebrating CNY

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
May the Year of Ox bring you abundance of happiness and health

Happy 2009

Happy 2009 to everyone - may the new year bring peace, more happiness, better health to everyone

The Riskiness of Blogging...

By now, a lot of people would have read or know of about a blog entitled Sammy Bammy, which gained "prominence" over an allegedly racist article that the blogger posted. The blogger has subsequently apologised, but she is now major public figure (for the wrong reasons).

Hers was meant to be a "private" blog for friends etc. and I think she never ever thought her postings would be read by the public (i think it was a member of public who alerted MKini over her "racist" posting)

Similarly, when I started blogging not long ago, I don't have much expectations that anyone would read my blog. But one would never know...as Sammy had learnt the hard way.

Although I am no racist and dont offer any any political commentaries in my blog (I do follow politics keenly though), I still have to remind myself to be careful over what I post.

Never write when in rage. Never hit below the belt....well, my beliefs, anyway.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

To all Muslims who read this blog, I wish you:

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri and Maaf Zahir Batin

Happy holidays too to other Malaysians.