Spammed and Harvested

To be spammed is bad enough but to be spammed by your own email address is too much to bear.

I noticed in my junk mailbox, that I have being receiving emails from a company, tdameritrade.com, dealing in investment. However, when I point my cursor on the sender to view the email address, I am surprised to see that it is from my own email address!

So, other than sending the message to myself, who else has this company being sending the same messages to? My suspicion is confirmed when I started receiving complains from facilitators of forums that I am active at, that one or more of their members are harvesting email addresses to spam members of the group.

What did I do about it? I search "tdameritrade spam" and see that there were many postings by others who have dealings with the company who also complained that they have been spammed by this company. But I do not have any dealings with this company, so, how did they get my email address and how did they manage to hijack my account?

Through this search, I also discovered a posting by Project Honey Pot on the spam message supposedly emailed by TD Ameritrade, showing the IP address where the actual message came from. They are able to tracked it!

It commented that spammers tend to make up addresses or forge the addresses of real, legitimate users in their messages. Even if an email address, company name, or other information appears in your inbox, it does not mean that they belong to a spammer. Read all you want to know about spammers at their FAQ page and see what you can do to stop spammers from spoiling your reputation without you even knowing that it is happening.

Information with numbers that attract you to read.

Cool Site of the Day for 6/28/2007 posted "10 Things You Never Knew About!" and the article is on:

Women are More Likely to...
http://www.thedigitalbeat.com/10about.html

Sounds interesting. So, I googled "10 Things You Never Knew About" and here are some of such that I have discovered that seem to entice me to read:

Five things you never knew about flash drives
http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=147

Six Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128726/article.html

10 Things I Bet You Didn't Know about Google
http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/Google/

10 Things You Never Knew About SEX
http://www.thedigitalbeat.com/2007/03/sex.html

The Top 10 Things You Never Knew You Needed to Know About Relationships
http://topten.org/public/BB/BB202.html

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT TAMPONS
http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/articles/1942

120 Adobe Photoshop Tips
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2162/120-Adobe-Photoshop-Tips

Great for parents with kids, coming of age.
More than 10 reasons given with statistics: Sociological Reasons Not to Live Together
http://www.leaderu.com/critical/cohabitation-socio.html

If they won't listen to you, here is your backup.
Top 10 Myths About Contraception
http://contraception.about.com/od/contraceptionmyths/tp/myths.htm

The next time I will try googling "10 things women can get" because they do lead to some interesting articles.

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3865.html

And for parents who may be a little too late, reading the statistics from "Sociological Reasons Not to Live Together", the following article may come in handy one day:
Ten Things Women Should Do To Get Through Divorce
http://www.heartchoice.com/contrib/tenthingswomen.html

Malaysia New Crime Technique

I am not too sure if this is a true story but the lawyer, Mr Geh Cheng Lok, who purpotely forwarded this warning does exist. If you want to verify this message further, you can always join the thread to a forum at the following link:

http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/viewtopic.php?p=149412

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Hi all

A few days ago a new type of crime has surfaced in town. It goes
something like this:- Somebody slips a hand-phone into your pocket,
sometimes it could be just a wallet with an identity card and a few
ringgits.

A few minutes later, the 'owner' comes up and confronts you, the
'thief '. He makes a big commotion that you stole his stuff.

You,caught unaware, are then pulled aside by the 'owner' for a
settlement you are intimidated and threatened that if you do not pay
up the police will be brought in. If you pay up, this 'owner' lets
you go. If not, the police are brought in.

Another strange thing is that there always seems to be a 'witness' to
the your 'theft'.

I am told this often happens to foreigners at the Kuala Lumpur
International Airport (KLIA) or even at LRT trains. Given that you're
'guilty until proven innocent' as far as the Malaysian police are
concerned, I understand some poor people are in jail for these
'offences'.

At the KLIA, the 'owner' throws his hand-phone and wallet with the
few ringgit notes into the luggage trolley of a just arrived
passenger.The drama unfolds a few minutes later. The real culprit has
easily convinced our Malaysian police to arrest the real victim (if
he has not paid up the 'settlement' demand). This is a very serious
matter.

This is another form of extortionists operating in broad
daylight. They are disgusting criminals who will do anything to rob
and steal. The sickening part of the whole scenario is that unless
you pay the "quoted settlement" money, they will put you in real
trouble by calling the police.

The real culprit gets back his hand-phone and wallet but the real
victim ( i.e. could be any one of us) is thrown into the police
lock up and charged in court.

So do be very careful, otherwise you may end up as a "thief" as you
have no way to prove your innocence.

Pass it on..... let more people be aware of such things around
them.

Geh Cheng Lok & Co,Advocates & Solicitors,
No.20, King Street (Top Floor),10200 Penang ,
Malaysia.Tel. No: 604-2617464 Fax. No: 604-2611840

What's in a Chinese Name?

What's in a Chinese name? Definitely more than a mouthful for children with English educated parents.

Though my husband and I can speak in Mandarin, we are not able to read Chinese characters. As soon as news of my first pregnancy was confirmed, I headed to Popular Bookstore to see if I can find anything to read about naming our forthcoming offspring.

I was lucky to be able to find, "Best Chinese Names" written by Liu Xiaoman which was translated into English by Wu Jingyu and published by Asiapac.

After reading the book, we discovered that there were many things that we have to take into account:

1) The name must sound pleasant even when translated into English.
2) It does not sound funny when read with the father's surname.
3) It must be easy to write so that we do not have to struggle writing out the name; we have seen kids crying while practicing to write their own names in Mandarin.
4) The meaning of the name meets our expectation.
5) The characters chosen meet the combination of the five elements of the year child is born.

I bought an exercise book with large squares for writing Chinese characters and soon fill the pages up with possibilities, with the kind support of my Chinese ed friend. But we are not done yet. After the delivery of our son, we noted his date and time of birth, according to Chinese calendar, and consulted a Geomancer, Loh Tit Pat, with our possibilities for his professional approval and contribution.

We were very happy that our preferred choice is acceptable but Mummy's not done yet. I took out my "Numerology Made Easy" book written by W Mykian, published by Melvin Powers and proceeded to add up the numbers allocated to each letter of my son's Christian name of our choice with the that of the Chinese name translated in English. This is to make doubly sure that the full name is compatible to his date of birth and thus will bring him good fortune.

Three years later, we are at it again, this time, to name a baby girl. The Geomancer, Loh Tit Pat, has gone one step better. This time we were provided a thick and auspiciously red covered folder with a certificate enclosed, proclaiming her best choice of name.

So, the next question to ask is , "Is it worth all these hassles?" Well, accordingly to the numerology book, our children are supposed to be artistically inclined and they tend to be. So, those books and the Geomancer we consulted were not bad investments as we look forward to our children's bright future.

To help English educated parents who are likely to face our dilemma one day, here are some useful links to help you out. Please note that these are just links that I have discovered about naming just to give you an idea about what I have been talking about:

Names to Avoid for Your Kids

Edward Hume, who recommended the book I used, "Best Chinese Names", has also provided some useful tips on his website at the following link:
http://www.pshrink.com/chinadopt/NameYourBaby.html

From his website I discovered this link for foreigners. Just enter your your English name to discover your own Chinese name and you can also find out your sign in the Chinese Zodiac.
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

This website provides the meaning of the Chinese character in alphabetical order:
http://123-baby-names.com/map2/chinese_names.html

Chaldean Numerology, the system I used:
http://www.numberquest.com/alb/free-numerology-calculator.html

The numbers provided in NUMEROLOGY by Michael McClain does not tally with the ones for Chaldean Numerology, but he has lots of interesting articles to read about this subject.
http://www.astrology-numerology.com/numerology.html

You may also want to check out your kid's "Kua" number to decide best rooms and directions for them to sleep or face. Whenever my children tell me their problems and I find that I am not able to help, I offer them some assurances by giving them some feng shui tricks. An example was, when my son started his primary one education, he often came home crying that his schoolmates and teachers do not like him. According to feng shui, one of his good zodiac "friends" is the Cockerel and that being the year of the "Cock", I give him a red packet with a picture of it printed and ask him to keep in his school bag to help him out. It worked for him!

Here's a link for information about Zodiac Secret Friends and Allies:
http://www.all-about-feng-shui.co.uk/zodiac-friends-jade.html


Here's me wishing you luck and happiness naming your child.

Avoid Drinking Bottled Water Kept in Car

How did this message started? Where did the information come from?

It originated from a college student's master thesis which was reported by the media even though the information was not confirmed through peer review. Other information about messages pertaining to the usage of plastic bottle can be read off The Snope.

>Hi ladies, just wanted to let you know some VERY
>important information!
>
>This information was given to me by my husband and I
>know all the ladies in my life should know and please
>forward it to all the ladies in your life.
>
>My husband has a friend whose mother recently got
>diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor told her
>women should not drink bottled water that has been
>left in a car.
>
>The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the
>bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast
>cancer. So please be careful and do not drink that
>water bottle that has been left in a car and pass this
>on to all the women in your life

KL TAXI..GIRLS MUST READ

Please take a few minutes to read this and please pass it on to every

female you know and care about.

On Saturday, 16th, at 6:45pm my sister boarded a taxi at the Wangsa Maju LRT to return home. At the end of the road, the taxi driver stopped to pick up another passanger male) who seemed to be going off the same direction. Well, my sister didn't suspect anything funny as they looked genuine, and he was going her direction and she was in a hurry.

Little did she suspect that she was in for a huge trauma! But when she asked the taxi driver to turn into the junction where she lives, the driver pretended to miss it and the male passenger said that since they were already nearer to his place, why not send him off first and the driver politely asked my sister if that's ok...and she thought she was doing a good deed! As soon as they got to the end of the housing area next to the big walls of the Academi TV3, the male passenger, locked all the doors and leapt to the back and held a knife at her throat and forced her to bend her head down - she had to give up her jewelry, and the $200 cash she had. Not satisfied with only that much, they threatened for more so they drove off to Maybank Jln Setapak and took out everything she had that was around 7:30pm .....

The driver returned the card after clearing the account ! Then they drove off to the back area of Tasik Titiwangsa and dropped her off there. Left her with only $10 and ask her! to take another taxi home! My sister had to walk a long way back to the main road to get help and she is really traumatised by all these. Later at the police station we found out that she was victim #3 that same day! Let's remind everyone we know, as it could easily happen to us too or to anyone we care about.

The lesson to be learnt here:
1. always check the plate # BEFORE you board a taxi.
2. always check the other things that a taxi should have - the driver's ID, the inside number etc etc.
3. NEVER allow the driver to pick up another passenger - No matter what! If they do, get off and just pay the man.
4. avoid taking the taxi alone, if you can.
5. be extra careful if it is after office hours. *for Guys, Pls 4wd this mail to gals u know...*

Carjacked Experience - Reminder to be alert

Dear friends,

I had a terrifying experience yesterday evening and I want to share with you. At 8pm yesterday, at the Damansara toll plaza, heading towards the city, I was suddenly intercepted" by an old dark coloured, ill-mantained 3-series BMW. The vehicle stopped almost slantwise in front of me. A young, thin Malay man possibly in his 20s alighted from the car with a parang in his hand. As soon as I saw him with a weapon, I sped towards Damansara Utama with the intention of going to the nearest police station. He trailed me violently weaving in and out traffic and waving the parang on one hand asking me to stop. There is also another man in the passenger seat, (I can't tell his look). They sped off after I made the turn off towards D'sara Utama. Upon reaching the police station, I was calmed down by several policemen, who claimed that this is an attempted car jack and it happened almost everyday in and around D'sara Utama because of the accessibility of roads leading to many areas. This is also where Dato' Lee Hwa Beng was carjacked 2 months ago.The police also claimed that carjackers would go for less luxury cars today and robbers tend to target people who has withdrawn money from ATM machines.

I hope to remind all friends to be more alert and careful while you are on the road, coming out from the banks and even at petrol stations...

Be safe....

Regards,
Seow Kim Seng

Alert for Female Drivers

Some changes has been made to this email I received. I believe it was originally posted on Assist247and happened to staff members of Kulula, an airline in South Africa.

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Hi Everyone,

I want to bring a very serious issue under your attention: This has happened to three of our staff members in the last two weeks.

The hijackers throw eggs at your vehicle, hoping that you then slow down and put your wipers on. Once you put your wipers on, you cannot see anything. This is just what the hi-jackers want. They stand a few meters away, and once you have pulled over,
they attack and take your car. Maybe even your life.

In the event of this happening to you, just keep going. You're advised to open your window slightly, put your head out the window for vision and just keep driving, until you are safe.

PS: Kindly forward to all you know. It may just save somebody's LIFE.

Monkeys in the room

> (This is based on an actual experiment conducted in U.K.)
> Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder,
> leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each
> time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with
> ice water, which makes them miserable.
> Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the
> other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up.
> Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.
>
> One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in
> the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the
> other monkeys are doing obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to
> climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly.
> He has no idea why.
>
> However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder. A second original
> monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the
> ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the
> crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that
> he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating
> because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why
> he's attacking the new monkey.
>
> One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Eight new monkeys are
> now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None
> of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically
> beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.
>
> This is how any company's policies get Established.

LETTER WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 2070

I received "Year 2070" as a powerpoint slide in English from a friend in Netherlands. According to the slide, it was created based on an article published in a Spanish magazine, "Cronicas de los Tiempos, in April 2002.

It is a very moving and thought provoking presentation of how our life will be without water in Year 2070. I did a research on it and discovered that the original slide was translated into English by Rafael Engel from "My Blog World - a “CleanFuture” Project".

My Blog World is a blog with a variety of categories and a discussion Forum, emphasizing environmental issues based on the research done by the"CleanFuture" project.

According to Rafael, these are the original creators:

Slide Author: Ria Ellwanger in collaboration with: Lopez Chavez Ariel
Email: riaellw@globo.com, alainlopez909@hotmail.com

| View | Upload your own

You can read its extract as follows:

This is the year 2070. I have just turned 50, but I look and feel 85.

I suffer from serious kidney problems, because I do not drink enough water. I'm afraid I do not have much time left to live. I am one of the oldest people in this society.

I remember when I was a child of 5. Everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks, houses with beautiful gardens, and I could enjoy having a shower for half an hour. Nowadays we use towels with mineral oil to clean our skin.

Before, women had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave our heads to keep them clean without the use of water. Then, my father washed his car with water coming out of a hosepipe. Now, my son does not believe that water could be wasted that way.

I remember there were SAVE WATER warnings on outdoor posters, radio and TV, but nobody paid attention. We thought that water was to last forever. Now, all the rivers, lakes,dams and underground water beds are either dry or contaminated.

Industry came to a standstill, unemployment is sky high. Desalination plants are the main source of employment and workers receive part of their salary in drinkable water. Assaults on the streets for a can of water are very common.

Before, it was recommended an adult drinks 8 glasses a day. Nowadays, I am only allowed half a glass. We now have to wear disposable clothing,and this increases the amount of litter. We are using septic tanks, because the sewerage system does not work for lack of water.

All the people look horrible: wrinkled due to dehydration, full of sores caused by ultra violet radiation,as the ozone layer is almost gone. Skin cancer, gastrointestinal infections and of the urinary tracts are the main causes of death. Due to the excessive drying of the skin young people of 20 look like 40. Scientists have no solution to the problem.

Water cannot be produced, oxygen is not sufficient due to the lack of trees and vegetation, and the intellectual capacity of the younger generations is severely impaired.

The morphology of spermatozoa in many men has changed. As a consequence, babies are born with deficiencies, mutations and physical deformities. The average life expectancy is 35 years.

Water became a very coveted treasure. Any green zones crossed by rivers are guarded by armed soldiers. Where I live, there are no trees, because it seldom rains. If it does, it is acid rain.

We were warned to look after the environment, but nobody cared.

I tell my son about the green fields, the beautiful flowers, the rain, how we swam and fish in the rivers and dams, drinking all the water we could, and how healthy people were.

He asks, "Daddy! Why there is no water?"

Was I guilty? My generation destroyed the environment. We did not heed the warning signs. Now our children pay a very high price! Soon, I think, life on earth will not be possible, as the destruction of nature has reached an irreversible stage.



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A teacher has written to say that he would like to share it with his students. In my talk, "Recycling: A Business Opportunity for Women", at Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia on 13 June, I used it to appeal to women's sensitivity and provoke their emotions to consider recycling in their daily activities, if not as a consideration for starting a business, then for a greener environment for the future generation.

Share with me. How would you use it?

Bra Codes

A Friend Is Like A Good Bra...
Hard to Find
Supportive
Comfortable
Always Lifts You Up
Never Lets You Down or Leaves You Hanging
And Is Always Close To Your Heart!!!

Share this with a friend!
I DID

Before the marriage

Before the marriage:

He : Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She : Do you want me to leave ?
He : NO ! Don't even think about it.
She : Do you love me ?
He : Of course !
She : Have you ever cheated on m e?
He : NO! Why you even ask ?
She : Will you kiss me ?
He : Yes !
She : Will you hit me ?
He : No way ! I'm not such kind of person !
She : Can I trust you ?

After the marriage, you can read it from bottom to the top !!!!

Fw: Help Find Missing Girl

If you received a forwarded message purportedly from Phil McCann, aunt of Madeleine who went missing in Portugal while on holiday with her family, DON'T FORWARD IT! It is just an attempt to harvest email addresses from people who sympathises and starts forwarding it.

There are attempts by fraudsters to benefit from this and so many sites and subsites have sprung up that The McCann family was forced to identify www.bringmadeleinehome.com, as The Official Website To Find Madeleine McCann.

If you sympathise, instead of forwarding the email, forward the link to the website that McCann family has set up.

All about Muthu

Manager asked Muthu at an interview: Can you spell a word
that has more than 100 letters in it?
Muthu replyed: -P-O-S-T-B-O-X.


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

After returning back
from a foreign trip, Muthu asked his wife: Do I look like a foreigner?
Wife: No! Why?
Muthu: In London a lady asked me - Are you a foreigner?

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

One tourist from U.S.A. asked to
Muthu: Any great man born in this village???
Muthu: no sir, only small
Babies!!!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Lecturer:
write a note on Gandhi Jay a nthi
Muthu writes, "Gandi was a great man, but
I don't know who is Jay a nthi."

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Muthu was doing experiment with cockroach, first he cut it's one leg and told WALK. WALK. Cockroach walked.
Then he cut it's second leg and told the same. Cockroach walked.
Then cut the third leg and did the same. At last he cut it's fourth leg and ordered it walk! But cockroach didn't walk.

Suddenly Muthu said loudly, "I found it. If we cut cockroach's four legs, it becomes deaf."

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

On a political rally Muthu was arrested. Why??? A woman journalist walking with a badge wrote "PRESS" and He did it..

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Muthu went in a hotel. To wash hands he went to the washbasin. There he started washing the basin.
Seeing this, the manager asked what was he doing. Muthu pointed towards the board " WASH BASIN"

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Interviewer: Just imagine you’re in 3rd floor, it caught fire. How will you escape?
Muthu: its simple. I will stop my imagination!!!

Some inspiration for your next out-of-office message...

The Best "Out-Of-Office" E-Mail Auto-Replies:


1: I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail
to get the position.


2: I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.


3: You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the
office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at
all.


4: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain
removed so that I may be promoted to management


5: I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send
me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail
will be deleted in the order it was received.


6: Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for
the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.


7: The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is
unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try
sending again.'

(The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many
in-duh-viduals did this over and over).

8: Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queueing
system.You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a
reply in approximately 19 weeks.


9: Hi. I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your
PC for my response.


10: Hi! I'm busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don't bother to
leave me any messages.


11: I've run away to join a different circus.


AND, FINALLY, THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE :


12: I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical
reasons.
When I return, please refer to me as 'Loretta' instead of 'Steve'.

Do fairies really exist?

If you have always been curious about fairies, take a look at these mummified fairy remains. Is it for real?

What about this fossilized piece? If you think someone may have made this one up, you are right. The “Fossilized Fairy” is one of “sideshow gaffs” created by internationally active and respected artist, Takeshi Yamada in Brooklyn, New York and it won him first prize at the 2006 Photo Hoax Contest.

YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT

Part of the following message is not true because this works next year too if at step 5) you add 1758 or 1757 instead of 1757 or 1756.

No, I did not take time to figure this algebra out myself, the folks at Snopes did.

YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH

This is pretty neat.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read ...
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1 First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like
to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1757
....
If you haven't, add 1756.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.





You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was your original number
(I.e., how! Many times you want to go out to restaurants in
a week.)

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2007) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT
AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

Office "Romance"

Johnny wanted to have sex with a girl in his office,
but she belonged to someone else...


One day, Johnny got so frustrated that he went up to
her and said, "I'll give you a $100 if you let me
screw you. But the girl said NO.


Johnny said, "I'll be fast. I'll throw the money on
the floor, you bend down, and I'll be finished by the
time you pick it up. "


She thought for a moment and said that she would have
to consult her boyfriend... So she called her
boyfriend and told him the story.


Her boyfriend says, "Ask him for $200, pick up the
money very fast, he won't even be able to get his
pants down."


So she agrees and accepts the proposal. Half an hour
goes by, and the boyfriend is waiting for his
girlfriend to call.


Finally, after 45 minutes, the boyfriend calls and
asks what happened.


She responded, "The bastard used coins!"


Management lesson:

Always consider a business proposal in its entirety before agreeing to it and getting screwed!

Hell on earth as in heaven

My family were away on a holiday at a beach resort in Pulau Redang. We really enjoyed the beach and the activities organised by the resort. We tried snorkeling for the first time and we enjoyed every minute of it and came home with very sun tanned bodies to prove.

The holiday ended badly for my son though because he was bullied by some kids amongst our travel group and was hurt while playing with them. Then he was careless with his belongings and his game boy was stolen. For someone who look forward to it the first thing in the morning, the realisation that he is never ever going to get it back hit him hard. As I watched him crying over these incidents, I felt that he has found hell on earth.

What about the heaven part of hell? Though my husband and I do not share common interest in activities we each enjoy, it was great that we could enjoy this beach holiday together. This is not the case for my fellow holiday friend. Her husband refused to join her for the trip citing that their five year old child is too young for dangerous beach activities.

While she is into outdoor activities, her husband is a homely book worm. A reverse I see in my relationship. It makes me wonder, why most couples are made up of partners of dissimilar interest? Are we seeking values in our mates that we do not have but wished for? Though I have found heaven in my mate, it can be hell for me when it is obvious that he is not enjoying what I am into and opt not to join me, often time.

Observing couples who have found their soul mates, I have been thinking that they must be living in heaven. Soul mates tend to agree to most of the ventures one or the other mate pursues. It is obvious that they support each other spiritually, financially and are usually into something or other together. So, why do I hear noises of discontent from such couples now and then? I guess nothing is perfect on earth as in heaven and only love can pull us through hell wherever we want to visualise it to be.

Meantime, we could all learn to appreciate the down to earth happiness when it is in sight.

Don't Answer Cell Phone While Charging!

Following email is an urban legend that has been circulating since 2005. If you take time to read posting on this by urbanlegends.about.com, you will also learn some useful safety precautions information from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to prevent mobile phone mishaps.

Also read a posting on Washington Post where there is a link to Snopes' claim that an incident like this did happen in India in 2004.
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Dear All

DO NOT ANSWER CELL PHONES WHEN IT IS PLUGGED IN!
Never, ever answer a cell phone while it is being CHARGED!!
A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell phone at home. Just at that time a call came and he answered it with the instrument still connected to the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained and the young man was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud. His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Cell phones are a very useful modern invention. However, we must be aware that it can also be an instrument of death. Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the electrical outlet!

Mohd Yusri Bin Yaakob
Risk Management Coordinator