Now i do not hate PLUS so much...

I was quite surprised that PLUS did actually respond to my complaint! See below:

From: Customer Relationship Mgmt Department
To: cheetat_3456@yahoo.com
Cc: Husni Bin Md Yusuf ; Rosli Bin Abdul Manan
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:51:46 PM
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AS A PLUS USER!

Our ref. : CRM/00926/AD-COR



Dear Sir,

First of all, we welcome and thank you for your feedback via e-mail with regard to the above.

We are sorry to learn of the unfortunate experience that you are facing while travelling along PLUS Highway due to traffic congestion along the strecth from Pedas Linggi to Nilai on 7/6/09.

Based on our investigation and record, there are a few reasons were contributed to the heavy congestion along the strecth as follows:

1. Heavy traffic entering the highway during Public Holiday and weekend i.e 6/6/09 falls on Saturday cum Agong Birthday (Public Holiday) and 7/6/09 falls on Sunday.

2. There is a climbing area at Km 265.6 NB and a slip road (ingress and egress) to Seremban Rest and Service Area (RSA).

3. Slow moving vehicles had caused back flow all the way to Nilai especially at the climbing area and slip road to Seremban RSA NB.



In view of the above, for an immediate solution we have mobilised an additional Plusronda team to monitor the traffic flow and ensure that no obstruction along the strecth especially during Public Holiday and weekend (Friday to Sunday). On top of that we are now in the midst of discussion with Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and Government of Malaysia to look for a permanent solution to the above problems in due course.

We hope that you would satisfy with the above explanation and we are really appreciate for your invaluable feedback.

"Thank you for traveling with PLUS!"

Best regards,



Customer Relationship and Marketing Dept.

PLUS Expressways Berhad





HCR2746

Hi guys, As a user of PLUS expressway, i am really disappointed with the poor management of PLUS on the traffic congestion. I am expecting to enjoy the value of the amount that i have paid for PLUS to use the north-south expressway! I frequently take PLUS north south expressway to go to KL from Simpang Empat toll. I always face problem such that the traffic is congested over the long stretch from Pedas Linggi to Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and I notice that the traffic will always go smooth after the Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll. This shows that actually the north south expressway is able to handle the heavy volume of vehicles! I am urging you to find out what causes the jam or slowdown on Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and also please improve this! Your help is very much appreaciated by every PLUS users! Cheers, Disappointed PLUS user

Please be advised that we have changed our email domain from @plus.com.my to @plus.uemnet.com beginning 1 July 2008.
For enquiries, please contact our Corporate Communication Department or MIS Department at 03-76664666.

Thank you!


Well, even tough the response is quite slow(2 weeks), i actually do appreciate them to react upon my complaint!

我對目前中華文化地位的看法

目前，中华文化的渗透力是远远不及英文文化的。这情况很难扭转，只因英美各独霸全球数个世纪，他们的教育制度也进而扎实。所以现在各国人民都很向往留学英美。

中华文化教育如欲为外族首选，必需在各领域尤其是科技有所突破及创新！

举例，当初电脑编程发明者乃英语人士，造成了如今各电脑词汇皆以英语为主，不习英语将难谙电脑，更别提写出好的电脑程序了。是以如今中国电脑编程员常在交谈中、文章中夹杂着中英词汇！此乃重大危机啊！

中国固然是经济强大了，但要处理13亿人口着实不易。共产党的专制统治更不时打压人民的创造力，因此要指望中国人民增进中华文化渗透力的希望不大。

我觉得台湾香港能在这方面多多努力，别事事都以英美日为主流，台湾香港人士是有能力办到宣扬中华文化于各地的！我觉得马英九是有如此的计划，从他的“文化统一”及“书简识繁”理论中能看出一二。且看他如何执行。

人文方面，中华文化人士也要挖掘人才，提供自由创新的环境，发挥人文人才的潜质。毕竟人文与社会是息息相关的，确切的说是唇齿相依的！昌明的科学与良好的人文是社会前进的动力！两方都不可缺！

葬礼

今夜难得能一边享受晚餐一边听现场演唱。

我突然想起了最近一次听到的现场演唱，是在2008年初我外公的葬礼上。

当时外公的女儿们雇佣了一支乐队，他们在葬礼处摆了一大堆的乐器，在现场唱了好几首歌，都是些离别之类的曲目。歌手蛮会唱，于当时份外令人伤感。这支乐队当然另有重要任务，就是在运送外公遗体往坟场的路上演奏离别曲。

至于外公的葬礼，印象最深刻的是最后一天来了一大班“兄弟”，个个T衫短裤，其中几位带头，一个接一个的，唱了一些闽南语“江湖曲”，有点像演闽南歌仔戏，值得一提的是他们唱功扎实，从外表是看不出来的。曲终时各位兄弟齐用闽南语喊道”发啊！”，整个过程历时十多分钟，我也从头跪到尾。此环节让我印象深刻。

大道起价是好是坏乎？

很多市民都对大道起价怨声载道。

多数大道使用者都会如此想“过路费涨了，负担也更重了。而且也避免不了堵车！什么道理嘛“

因此，过路费降价乃大众所愿.

可是，事情总有两面。

大道涨价了，很多人为了避免太重的负担而尽量不使用大道，而大道将因此而顺畅了！这可是喜事一桩啊！

前提是要有一个交替公路，好让欲省钱的公众使用。

而大道减价，可想而知，堵车状况会更加严重。

如此看来，大道起价并非只有是坏事而已。我不是在撑大道公司，我只是就事论事。

如果能接受菩萨，为何不能接受粉丝？

最近看到了许多讨论华文污染的文章。

有几个新新名词并不为人所接受，例子就有“粉丝”，“部落格”等等。反对者的理由都是没照意思译而词不达意，就如部落格根本就是硬凑音译的。

其实，众所周知，华文内的外来词汇还会少吗？单从佛经传来的外来词汇可多着呢。数来就有：佛、菩萨、如来、塔、浮屠等。

所以，既然可以接受菩萨，缘何不能接受粉丝？总好过用ABC代替吧？

其实，相关单位也可以试试造新字来说明一个陌生现象，然后鼓励所有华文媒体应用之，在学校教之，就能达成目的了。当然，造字过程要快，要有几个汉学权威不断讨论才成。

Mysteries in the Sahara

There are some archeology findings in The Sahara that may shock everyone of us.

The Sahara is located at the famous north latitude of 30 degree. There are a lot of famous archeology findings at this 30 degree of north latitude.

In The Sahara, people found ancient paintings of flying machines, people who look like astronauts, giants and etc. All these are valuable findings!

How do we measure a company's financial status?

Came across this article online. I am going to try if it is really a good one. This tip is quite useful for us to identify a good company provided it is really accurate :P. Anyway it looks like the index is subjective to every country.

欢迎来做鸡！

根据报导，今年首三个月在我国从事淫业而为警方逮捕的中国籍女性人数大幅度增加，相当于2008年全年的一半！

马来西亚，真是淘金天堂啊！

我的祖父泉下有知，想必会暴跳如雷！堂堂祖国大陆竟然源源不绝输出妓女！祖国越兴旺，女人越堕落。

不提马来西亚，上网查查看，就知道中国籍妓女已经霸占了好多国家的淫业。就连阿富汗这样的国家都有中国籍妓女的影踪。中国妓女的声势简直直逼名闻天下的菲利宾女佣！现在他们甚至想把泰国妹的地盘也抢了过来，泰国妹惊呼饭碗不保啊！

这事虽然丑，但也能褒一褒。

其一，中国大陆经济今年乱糟糟，失业人数渐趋失控，当中的妇女往外跑当妓女，加入原有的庞大阵容，而后又把外汇汇回祖国，这真值得颁奖庆祝呵！

其二，各色人种、各级阶层，从印尼劳工到日本老板，从穆斯林到基督徒，都知道中国女人的温柔及床上功夫，然后大家都向往中国，一窝蜂往中国去，寻找温柔乡，顺便工作！此所谓为祖国大陆吸引国外人才也！

当然，这些妓女当中，有些是被骗或被强迫的。在此要大力谴责贩卖人口的集团，他们把人当货来买卖，简直该被枪毙！

尽管如此，被骗的始终占少数，如果中国政府乐于见到中国妓女的名声逐渐享誉国际而继续“无为而治”，那么将来中国将会有一个全新的国际形象，可喜可贺呵！

在这里真的要祝福中国！祝福共产党！

伟大的食物同化政策

最近的600亿财政预算案可谓贬多于褒，其一，照顾朋党的味道好浓；其二，大多数人都无法从这个预算案中得利。

不受看好？没问题。来看看预算案的隐议程：

预算案中有一项是关于解决国内日愈增长的外劳人数的，那就是提高外劳的人头税，而且是一倍之多！

我首先想到的，就是平常我光顾的那些餐馆档子。我发现，个个来写单的几乎都是外劳！

本地人哪里去了呢？很简单，谁要赚那么几百块的薪水？能活吗？尤其是华人朋友们。

好，回到预算案，外劳人头税提高了，老板们还会要雇用他们吗？

他们走了，有谁能替代他们呢？本地马来人也？他们当中还有很多不介意从事此类工作的。不信？看看那些麦当劳肯德基服务员吧。

有一个问题，华人食物经营者真的要（能）请这些马来人？他们难倒能处理猪肉食物？别忘了，马来西亚的马来人可是宪法规定的穆斯林哦！

巫统是什么居心？

你们想想：马来人决不能处理猪肉食物，而华人餐厅档子老板又请不起贵外劳，结果呢？

1）老板们冒着被检举的风险，聘请身价更低廉的非法外劳。

2）收工大吉。

巫统政府厉害吗？

将来，当你发现猪肉难寻时，可别恍然大悟哦。

Finally i am working on 2nd project!!!

Finally i have a chance to work on 2nd project after joining this company.

The first one has gone for production and it is being supported by the production support team now. Anyway there are several environment issues occurring recently. I want to help them but too bad i am involved in new project already.

To be accurate it is not my 2nd project, but 3rd one. I was involved in a 3 days proof of concept anyway and that gave me a terrible nightmares. It was a typical last minute project which everyone in the team had to work extra time! It is about to build a portal for a telecommunications client.

Now one weird thing of the WBIA running on production is that sometimes the message will be processed twice! This creates a false impression to users of the telco company that the account registration process just fails! The production support team should be quite tension right now of this issue. I think it has something to do with the configuration anyway that why certain XML message is processed twice. Why it is routed back to the adapter again!

Also today i have learned how to upload a WSDL file to DataPower and do a testing today! My teammate said basically we can replace the whole DataPower team after we learned how to configure the WSDL at DataPower. That's funny!

電腦限制了華文的發展？

电脑。二十世纪伟大的发明。是根据二进制的道理基础上，再经人类长年累月累积了经验与智慧而发明的。

炎黄子孙与二进制也有一段渊源。比炎黄二帝还要早出现的伏羲异创造了八卦！八卦这神奇的东西内藏了二进制的道理而在十六或十七世纪为一位德国人发现（我乃凭记忆写出这段，有待考证）。

吊诡的是，虽然电脑为以色列人所发明，但整体的发展乃受到英语的影响。尤其是编程语言。我可不知为何使用英语为编程语言，因为到最后电脑只懂得读“1、0”“开、关”。所以不管编程语言是任何语言都好，最后都会被转化成0和1。这就是二进制精彩的地方。

这情形使电脑使用者都必须多少懂得英语。尤其是编程员。而且不只是电脑而已，在各种需要编程的地方比如机械都必须学习英语。从高阶编程至低阶编程皆如此。

英语也就这样成为了各领域的主要语言。

我衷心期待一个以中文主导编程语言的世界的出现。

中国还会有大地震吗？

今年初中国大陆很多地方出现了干旱现象，根据传说，这是地震来临前的征兆，难道，经过蜀震后，中国大陆会又在经历令一场的恐怖大地震吗？

Human's gene is older than earth!!!???

Human gene is really older than the earth? This is something interesting!

Are we really from other planet?

The old civilization such as Maya and etc. produced a lot of funny puppets that look like alien! They have wings and "ariel", they wear eye mask or some funny helmet!

There is a statue showing that a birdman doing acupunture to a patient! This status was discovered during Han dynasty of China! It was claimed the first ever tutorial for Chinese acupuncture!