3 Minutes

Election Commission chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said yesterday that “it only takes three minutes to register yourself as a voter” (New Straits Times, March 31, 2012, p 08). He advised that those who are eligible to register as voters to do so immediately and not leave it to the last minute.

He said those who register as voters by today would be able to cast their votes in the next general election if it is held by June. For those who register after tomorrow (April 01), their names would not be gazetted in time for the next general election if it takes place in or before June. I sincerely hope Malaysians have taken heed of this advice. My only gripe is why did he highlight this only yesterday?

This morning, I was at Level 6, D’Villa Residence along Jalan Ampang to attend the MIMKL Toastmasters meeting. It was a good meeting and I took on a double role – as Grammarian as well as Evaluator for Dr Rohana Ngah who delivered her speech from a manual in the Advanced Communication Series, i.e. Speeches for Management. We also had a diverse group of visiting Toastmasters who dropped in. Obviously, this only added to the merriment. They were Dr Arulnathan from D’Utama Advanced Toastmasters Club, Ivy Fung from Kota Kinabalu’s Api-Api Toastmasters Club, Sonja Chan from Diversity USA Toastmasters Club in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA and Minnie Li from China Advanced Toastmasters Club in Shanghai, China. Oh yes, I was voted Best Evaluator. A deserving 8 out of a 10 score.

And last Thursday, I was in Kelana Jaya for the Joint MAS Mawar-MAS Cempaka Toastmasters meeting. We were fortunate to have Gerald Quinten and Foong Weng Tuck to liven up the meeting. Plus four Indrahanians. The meeting scored a six out of a ten. I took some photos – these are shown below:

Eye Candy for Lucky Londoners

Image credit: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4227405/Underwear-clad-girls-hit-Londons-Oxford-Street-to-promote-Ann-Summers-store-opening.html

A harem of scantily-clad women who were stripped down to their undies strolled down London’s Oxford Street on Thursday morning! 

The stunt was to promote the opening of the new Ann Summers store on nearby Wardour Street and the flesh-flashing models came in all shapes and sizes to cheerfully flaunt their bodies in lingerie that tell prospective customers that there’s something for everyone! 

This caper risked causing a traffic pile-up on the busy road as they cheerfully flaunted their bodies in a variety of lingerie. An attention-grabbing stunt that is sure to perk up Londoners!

This afternoon, some members of the Sunway University Business School faculty had lunch at Sunway Pyramid’s Simply Penang – a belated celebration for Ann-Marie’s birthday. At least, unlike the previous occasion, the food was decidedly more enjoyable!

Angry Birds Conquer Space

"Angry Birds Space" has become a blockbuster in the mobile game world over the weekend with its 10 million downloads in just three days, according to a tweet from the game's maker Finland's Rovio on Monday. It was released on Thursday on Apple iOS, Google Android, PC and Mac simultaneously.

It is the first full-fledged sequel to the original "Angry Birds," which is considered to be one of the most popular games on the entire planet at the moment. The first game, and all its assorted variants, has managed to accumulate 500 million downloads in three years.

Wow! I must be one of the “few” who is still not impressed with the game.

Last evening, I was in Petaling Jaya to attend the Taman Indrahana Toastmasters meeting where I delivered my tenth speech (I have completed the two Advanced manuals, i.e. Speaking to Inform and Public Relations). It took me 207 days to complete the ten speeches and I received my second ACB pin. I even prepared the setting for The Radio Talk Show speech which I did this evening and with the participation of two fellow members, Jean and Kimberly, who acted as radio show hosts for Hitz.fm. I managed to pull it off quite well and was voted the Best Speaker. My evaluator was LeAnn Tang and she too won The Best Evaluator award.

This meeting staggered awkwardly at the start but thankfully, it picked itself up when the project speeches commenced. I am giving this meeting a 6 out of a 10.

SUN-U Info Day Part II

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Yesterday, I was again on duty at the Sunway Education Info Day and we were kept busy with talking to prospective students and parents.

I also presented a talk “Shaping Your Future in Business Studies” and it beckoned twenty-two people to come and listen to me. I think I wowed them!

I am also showing pictures of counseling activities by other Sunway University faculty members from other programs too. Everybody worked hard.

More upsetting football news – this time, it concerns Celtic. 

They missed the chance to wrap up the SPL title because Rangers saw fit to ruin it when they beat Celtic 3-2. Celtic’s title celebrations are now delayed.

Graduate Center @ Sunway University

Last Friday, an AV briefing was organized at the almost-completed Graduate Center but it didn’t quite materialize. Anyway, I took the opportunity to snap photos of the interior and they can be viewed below:

Work was still going on and hopefully, they are finished by today since some classes have been scheduled there tomorrow morning! At Sunway University, we are really short of classrooms and auditoriums because of growing student numbers, and so the completion of the Graduate Center can relieve pressure on this shortage of rooms in the immediate term.

I am really, really upset by the fact that Liverpool again lost – this time to Wigan by 1-2.