Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Paris Hilton’s belongings stored in a 6,000 square feet storage room displayed online. Price to view: USD40. It went online 24th January. In 2 days the site allegedly already had 1.2 million viewers, and the owner of the site became a millionaire literally overnight. 6 days later, Paris sued to bring it down. Her lawsuit alleges defendants Nabil and Nabila Haniss paid USD2,775 for the contents of the storage unit and later sold the items for a whopping USD10 million to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, who created the site.
But this one guy posted at Usenet’s alt.gossip.celebrities on 28th Jan: “Why pay USD40 for the site membership, you can get all the content for free at www.parisexposed.org” That site turned out to be some kind of Made For Adsense (MFA) site. That domain probably cost him USD2 and he used domain redirection to point to either a free webspace or his existing webspace. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
According to Forbes’ 2006 list of the world’s billionaires, there are 3 self-made Asian thirtysomething billionaires. Perhaps it isn’t so surprising that all three should be Chinese? (more…)
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Artists, be they vocalists, performers or actors are only considered to have conquered the world if they make it big in the United States.
[pic source: The New Straits Times]
As for Rain, the 25-year old South Korean R&B/pop singer/rapper and leading star of the Korean wave, he has achieved the following: (more…)
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
This list is an old one, written back in September 2006, but still it’s worth repeating for inspiration 
According to johnchow.com, the world’s biggest Google Adsense earner is Markus Frind of plentyoffish.com, earning USD300,000 per month. That’s like winning Sports Toto’s Super 6/49 every month! (more…)
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
In a frank statement, the LA Galaxy’s midfielder Peter Vangenas said that David Beckham’s multi-million pound contract has sparked resentment amongst his new team-mates. Beckham is due to arrive in the United States in the middle of the year.
Vagenas, has been with the team for 6 years and represented the United States at the 2000 Olympics.
His wage is about 63,000 pounds a year. That is already more than RM300,000; and most Malaysians will earn less in an entire lifetime. But that is less than what Beckham earns in a week. (more…)
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Saturday, January 20th, 2007
I read in Daily Express today that Mawi could eclipse both Rosyam Nor and Ning Baizura in the acting salary stakes.
Apparently, in his upcoming debut in the film Aduh Saliha, he would be paid RM300,000 plus a share of the box office, meaning it could well go up to RM1 million. (more…)
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
I got this story, in Bahasa Malaysia, via email.
Ku Seorang CEO…. & kue tiaw goreng
Assalamualaikum. Ingin aku ceritakan sedikit tentang kisah hidup aku. Aku dilahirkan didalam sebuah keluarga yang sederhana. Kedua ibubapa ku ialah guru. Alhamdulillah.. aku dianugerahkan oleh Allah akal yang cerdik. Dalam usia 18 tahun aku telah mendapat biasiswa untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke luar negara iaitu di negara matahari terbit, Jepun. Aku mengambil jurusan Kejuruteraan… dalam masa beberapa tahun disana aku fasih bertutur dalam bahasa Jepun.
Selepas bertungkus-lumus hampir 5 tahun akhirnya aku berjaya mendapat segulung Ijazah. Aku tidak terus balik ke tanah air.. sebaliknya aku mengambil keputusan untuk terus menetap disini dan bekerja untuk mengambil sedikit pengalaman. Dalam usia semuda 23 tahun aku bekerja sebagai Eksekutif di sebuah firma terkemuka Jepun. Aku cepat menyerap segala ilmu yang dipelajari semasa bekerja disini. 3 tahun lebih bekerja akhirnya aku mendapat kepercayaan pihak pengurusan dan dinaikkan pangkat dari Eksekutif ke penolong pengurus dan seterusnya menjadi Pengurus termuda didalam Firma tersebut.
Hampir 6 tahun bekerja disana akhirnya aku diarahkan oleh majikan aku untuk pulang ke Malaysia. Mereka telah melakukan pelaburan di Malaysia dan telah membuka sebuah Firma baru disini dan akulah orang yang paling layak untuk mengendalikan firma mereka disini.
Alahamdulillah… aku dilantik sebagai Pengarah Urusan. Aku bekerja siang dan malam… bertungkus lumus… dunia aku hanyalah di pejabat. Dalam keadaan kelam-kabut sempat juga aku mendirikan rumahtangga. Sekarang aku mempunyai 3 orang cahaya mata anugerah tak ternilai dari Allah SWT.
Tahun demi tahun aku semakin sibuk dengan urusan kerja. Firma yang aku kendalikan telah bertambah maju d! an akhirya disenaraikan di papan kedua bursa saham Kuala Lumpur. Tidak sampai 7 tahun beroperasi sekali lagi kami telah disenaraikan ke papan utama BSKL. Hasil penat lelah selama ini ahkirnya berbaloi…. aku dilantik sebagai CEO tempatan pertama di firma ini dengan bergaji sebanyak RM38 ribu bersih sebulan beserta 3 buah kereta mewah… Syukur Alhamdulillah. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
The Star TechCentral reports on 16th January 2007 that according to PIKOM (Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia), Malaysia is facing a shortage of networking specialists among its IT professionals:
- not in the network support area, but rather in the area of design and innovation, the area of designing an effective configuration to suit an enterprise’s needs, and troubleshoot problems.
- part of the problem is the lack of exposure among IT graduates to real-world business needs. Leaves IT graduates who only have a general IT education, with a mismatch between the skills they have and the skills wanted in the job market.
- Malaysia is short of 4,200 networking specialists, according to statistics from a study by research firm IDC. The problem spans the Asia-Pacific region, which faced a shortage of 210,000 networking professionals last year.
- IT students may not be aware they need to specialise to succeed in the job market. Nowadays, to be a jack-of-all-trades in IT, and master of none, is like stepping into a river without knowing its depth.
- networking specialists need to keep up with their continuing professional education, must consistently seek to be reskilled and retrained. In addition, personal communication and leadership.
- region-wide shortage would double by 2009, leaving some 40% of networking positions unfilled, especially in the most critical areas of network security, wireless networking, and VOIP deployment.
One solution:
Educational institutions need to start by teaching their students generic networking principles and knowledge. Then embed product training into the curriculum to equip graduates for the marketplace, because need to complement specialised knowledge of vendor-dictated networks. The Government’s graduate training scheme is a clear example. Some 70% to 74% of unemployed graduates who had attended the scheme in 2006 only got jobs after specialised training.
Tags: malaysia, networking, cisco, IT, ICT, networks, career, PIKOM, education
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Like Darren and Steve?
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