Woke up at 11am…

Got a call at 1.30pm from my Celcom voicemail box with a really interesting message.

Listen to it here:

The number called was from 03 – 9206 8228 which after Googling, it is indeed the number from RHB Bank Customer Service.

Here’s the catch:

1) I do not own any RHB Credit Cards.

2) I did not swipe anything with the mentioned amount of RM3972.00

3) IF you are really calling for confirmation, the system would not go into any voicemail. They will just call me again for verification purposes. I know this because I’m familiar with my cards’ limit and my spending pattern/amount that my bank will call me for. Back to voicemail, it’s a complete no brainer because I can’t press any number right even if I did used it!

4) My experiences with credit card for my banks has been exceptionally “personalised” when it comes to calls as such. They usually call me with real human for confirmation instead of pressing any keypads to proceed.

5) For the smaller amounts, I usually get SMS-es IMMEDIATELY less than 5 minutes after my purchases.

6) In my opinion, the voice sounded really fishy, the spoken English has a tinge of Pinoy slang instead of the usual automated voice by banks transactions…

7) In my opinion, automated tellers/voice from legit corporates (Celcom, Maxis, Bank, etc) will announce your legal rights of getting the phone conversation recorded for professional purposes.

8) I’m not the only one who got the call today, a fellow blogger friend, Ellie Toh has received it too within the same time frame.

Scam as such are getting more rampant. Do be careful when you pick up any calls which requested you to proceed by pressing keypads or speaking to operators. If you do own a card from whichever banks or financial instituitions that calls for verification on transactions that you DID NOT PERFORM, either say no or call the bank number to clarify the issues.

Know your rights and know your own credit card usage well. Be safe Folks 🙂

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I still have no real idea of what I believe in, but I am leaning towards allowing people to do what they wanna do. So if they want to go into politics – no stopping them, but they better make sure they know what they are getting into!

What do you guys think?

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of September 2011, as per below:

That’s a whopping 1,664,911 unique visitors in the month of September alone. Let’s compare this with the report that was published by a local newspaper on the 17^th of November 2011 entitled “Dealmates overtakes Groupon”.

“Dealmates has overtaken Groupon in terms of Website traffic in Malaysia, receiving about 247,000 visitors for September”.

So how does that tally? Not even comparable.

Now let me just add that although I know Joel Neoh as a friend, and that I don’t know anyone from Dealmates, I am not blogging about this out of biasness. I just simply hate the fact that lies can be spread on something as influential as local newspapers.

That’s right, the problem is not that Dealmates could come out with such a report, rather, how the newspaper could even publish it! Next time, please do your homework and check/clarify data first before accepting and publishing anything on your paper, otherwise your credibility will be affected and though it may not rock the boat now, it certainly lends towards a negative perception when done enough times.

Malaysian newspapers, please buck up. Now let me watch my football in peace, Malaysia’s leading 1 over Indonesia woo hoo! #MASvsIND

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WHAT THE HELL RIGHT!?

Surveillance cameras showed a series of people walk past the girl, named Yue Yue, after she was hit first by a van and then a truck outside her family’s shop in the southern Chinese city of Foshan. Watch the video below, and be prepared to be shocked in tears.

So who came to help then? Apparently, it was a rubbish collector who finally came to the girl’s aid, moving her to the curb and shouting for help, and even then he was ignored by several shopkeepers before finally tracking down her

mother who took her to hospital. A RUBBISH COLLECTOR! I mean, are they the only human species who has feelings and are able to help a two-year-old dying child at least out of the road?!? Man, even the canine species can do better than us. But wait a minute, aren’t we humans supposed to be “human”? Or the real question is, are we REALLY humans?

Of course one could argue that this attitude isn’t helped by the law makers, where others linked the incident to an earlier case in which a man who tried to help an elderly woman after she fell over was prosecuted, apparently because his intervention broke government rules on dealing with accident victims. At least, the Chinese government in this respect. But honestly, we are we even afraid? How often does one go through the trauma of HELPING people, even more so when you know that you contributed to the DEATH of another person by leaving them DYING?!

In the end, the girl died after being in a coma (you can imagine the pain she went through… she was still friggin’ moving after being run down OKAY?!?!) and reports show that they caught the two irresponsible owners of the vehicle that ran over her. The big question still remains then… was it okay for everyone NOT to help this little girl, or any other person who may be dying?

This incident really broke the main dam of tears in me. Are we really that heartless a human? Playing quite a number of RPG games, it all revolves around the fact that we’re LOSING OUR HUMANITY. Is it too hard to lend a helping hand to an injured person? What are we becoming? Are we any different from those “future of the robots” kind of movie, where our world will eventually be run by emotionless robots? And the reason was always because the robots are told to “save the world”, and humans are the ones bringing them to destruction? Well guess what, we’re no different from that future. We, are becoming heartless, and unless we do something about it, we really could destroy the world.

GUYS, PLEASE DO NOT LOSE YOUR HEARTS! PLEASE DO NOT LOSE HOPE! PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW DAMN RULES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THERE JUST TO SERVE A BUNCH OF ASSES WHO ARE OUT THERE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES!

Know your calling, stick to our heart’s calling, and just be human. If we can’t be humans, who else can? Your neighbour? Your friend? Your family? If we do not begin with ourselves, we will definitely lose it all, come next generation and the next. When that time comes, we are, really, no different than being robots, only doing what we are told to do, preferring to save ourselves and not be bothered about other people’s lives.

In that case, I’d really rather live in the world of the Matrix, or the Terminator. Whichever rocks my boat.

Human (The Killers)

I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind

And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I’m on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could

And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You’ve gotta let me go

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I’m on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we’re receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?

Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I’m on my knees looking for the answer

You’ve gotta let me know
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I’m on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?

Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?

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Now for some yummy action!

Tear the top flap half way open, pour in the flavouring (err..MSG), add hot water, close the top, count to 120 or less & tada!!

Slurp-slurp! Prawn flavour.

SUPER!

ps- This post is a parody of the #Superbowl badge that the Twiterattis in Malaysia (meaning Twitter users, by the way, not some dangerous cult lol) are all attempting to

get even though they are not there. But hey, I’m not judging- I’m getting mine too. You just have to check in @ Super Bowl Sunday and shout “Go Packers!” to get your Packers Super Bowl badge on http://foursquare.com/.

*credits to TummyThoz for the pics and text, wasn’t easy to find

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Her house in Cheras was broken into by thieves on Monday 5 July 2010. They have taken some valuables like laptop, Nintendo DS console and MOST IMPORTANTLY, puppy Tiffy. She is devastated and trying all means to look for her. They might sell her to pet shops for money, so please keep a look out for her and contact me or her at her twitter account should you see or hear of someone selling or buying a puppy that fits puppy Tiffy’s description:

• 4 month old light brown
• female chihuhua-pinscher mix
• She answers to the name Tiffy
• Special trait: black tail and incredibly oversized ears.

PLEASE HELP SHARE THIS POST  TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!

More pics:

Owner: Madeleine Kuan

H/P: +6016 – 6603 937

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So it all started when Dr Rais Yatim, Information Communication and Culture Minister of Malaysia made a statement (quoted via a Bernama piece and theStar), saying ‘Muslims must avoid being totally immersed in Facebook, Twitter’ thus exhorting Malaysians to be wary of the popular Internet services. Now what Rais did NOT know is how he’d become a mini-celebrity in Twitter, touted as the most viral social media tool ever to be created, within a span of 4 hours from when the hastag, “#yorais“, got formed.

Update #2: Thanks to @bal_agil and @wernshen we have proof that #yorais made #4 and #3 respectively. Also, just updated The #yorais Chronology with the addition of theStar’s article!

Update: Never miss another #yorais moment, click on View More for the full transcripts!

A direct rise from 3pm to 4pm, 19th January 2010 to an even higher gradient line onwards. The viral effect is really an exponential force.

Malaysian tweeps all around the world of all race, religion and age got hooked into the hashtag #yourais so much that everyone was soon participating in what could seem to be an “orgy” of sorts. Friends and strangers alike pitched in their wit to form the best “quote” that best describes Rais’s fear for the social media tools, and soon, it became what we call a “Trending Topic“, as shown below.

Pic source from Icednyior, read her post here
 
To us Malaysians, it was an achievement of sorts, as it wasn’t an easy task to match up to other countries with giant populations such as our neighbours, the Indonesians. What more with a minister who does not support the use of social media in our lives commanding Information Communications of the country, no less.

As of 6.42pm the hashtag #yorais is the world’s 6th trending topic, only three below #Haiti, a world re-known phenomenon. In a mere half an hour, it got to 4th place as shown in the pic above. Just imagine the sort of interest this would place us at an international level, a blunder that would shame us as social media believers in the face of the planet.

Thanks to @wernshen for the 3rd spot proof! Click on pic to head to his post in LowYat.net

If you want to know the sort of quotes being made up by our fellow Malaysians in both Twitter and Facebook, click here. For more in-depth statistics, find them here. Best watched with a large pack of Caramelized Popcorn and a can of Coke. Just don’t blame me when you laugh out

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loud in public spaces though!

And as for Dr Rais Yatim himself, maybe it’s about time he read up on this article instead, because doing anything else (like banning the internet) will definitely not be such a good thing to do after all this. (source via @zhiq)
 

The #yorais Chronology

3:05pm |@bongkersz confirms that he started the first ever #yorais hashtag. He’s now a legend, and secretly hopes #yorais doesn’t ISA his rais. Also, he owns royalty rights. lol.

3:05pm |@bongkersz confirms that the first to comment after his first #yorais tweet goes to: RT @hidsie: @bongkersz LOL siap ada hashtag!

6:30pm | @spinzer: Ladies & Gentlemen, #yorais is now a trending topic. Dr Rais Yatim, how ironic.

7:17pm |@yoonkit reports that #yorais is now #4th place out of 10 – announcing Dr Rais Yatim as the best Minister of Information Communication. In a way, he’s right.

7:38pm |@timothyteoh reports that #yorais is now in #3rd place, while #haiti makes its exit. What a sad, sad day.

8:04pm |@jenkinyat reports that #Haiti is back on track on 2nd place..pushing #yorais to #4 on Twitter’s Top 10 Trending Topic

8:12pm |@amrirahim reports that we don’t need 1Malaysia. #yorais is uniting Malaysia y’all!! (via @tekong)

8:35pm |@nileshbabu reports that #yorais is now at 5th! This shows 60% of Malaysians are currently watching Berita Jam 8 RTM

9:00pm onwards |Nothing else to report, most Malaysians are probably more interested in #food, while the hashtag #yorais slowly slips off the radar, leaving only trails of jokes to chuckle on…

2:42pm 20th January |I can’t believe my eyes, but TheStar has gone on ahead and reported about the #yorais phenomenon! Kudos to @starIntech‘s team for your bravery! Many in the Twittersphere are stirred by this move, and we’re going to see a rise spike for #yorais once more.

ps. for reference, below is a dynamic 7-day chart to see how long the #yorais effect will last.

6pm – 7pm showed Malaysians having the highest Twitter usage at 0.16% of the world’s twittersphere

A question for you: what would you say, then, of the difference of influence between Twitter and Facebook judging from this scenario?

Click view more to read the hilarious transcripts!

Others who blogged about it:
Bongkersz: Sap-rais that #yorais made it to the Twitter Trending Topics!
IcedNyior: Malaysian Twitter Users put Rais Yatim on Trending topics #yorais
WernShen: Malaysian Minister Unwittingly Becomes Overnight Internet Sensation
CheeChingy: #yorais
TimothyTeoh: More on the #yorais effect – the Malaysian Twitter phenomenon (w/ transcript)
TerminalJunkie: Rais the Twitter sensation #yorais

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