World's Richest Dog

Any idea which dog is the richest dog in the world?

The answer is...

Trouble

(what a name for a dog, but not as if the dog cared...)

$12 million!!! Phew... get the rest of the story here...

Still want to be part of the statistics?

Smoking, particularly of cigarettes, is by far the main contributor to lung cancer. In the US, smoking is estimated to account for 87% of lung cancer cases (90% in men and 85% in women). Among male smokers, the lifetime risk of developing lung cancer is 17.2%. Among female smokers, the risk is 11.6%. This risk is significantly lower in non-smokers: 1.3% in men and 1.4% in women. In other words, if you smoke, guys are at least 13 times more likely to develop lung cancer than those who don't, and girls 8 times more likely. Probably hardcore smokers will point at the 82.8% of smokers who never developed lung cancer, but still, ARE YOU TRYING TO RISK IT? Sure, life is a gamble, but WHY gamble it away? Besides, I believe that the statistics do not reflect many of those smokers who developed lung cancer but never sought treatment or reported it, hence, never became part of the statistics. Probably they were too sick to seek treatment too, anyway... or they probably can't afford lung cancer treatment, due to a lifetime of spending their money away on cigarettes. And surveys are not perfect. They don't include EVERYONE in the community. At best, they are just rough estimates of the REAL statistics.

Cigarette smoke contains over 60 known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) including radioisotopes from the radon decay sequence, nitrosamine, and benzopyrene. Additionally, nicotine appears to depress the immune response to malignant growths in exposed tissue. The length of time a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked increases the person's chances of developing lung cancer. If a person stops smoking, these chances steadily decrease as damage to the lungs is repaired and contaminant particles are gradually vacated. More recent work has shown that, across the developed world, almost 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. In addition, there is evidence that lung cancer in never-smokers has a better prognosis than in smokers, and that patients who smoke at the time of diagnosis have shorter survival than those who have quit.

Passive smoking — the inhalation of smoke from another's smoking — is a cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Studies from the US (1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2003), Europe (1998), the UK (1998), and Australia (1994) have consistently shown a significant increase in relative risk among those exposed to passive smoke. Recent investigation of sidestream smoke suggests it is more dangerous than direct smoke inhalation.

This post is not intended to create fear or instigate anyone but just my personal opinion of what's best for you, your health and your body. Our lungs are already taking in more than enough pollution from the ever-increasingly polluted air, so why pollute it even more with direct cigarette smoke?

It's your choice — Lung cancer or a Healthy pair of lungs?

Mission Possible I

Bearing in mind that the earliest I will be going to US to further my studies is next year, I have to make plans, especially paying off my debts & loans.

I have:

1. Credit card debts, 3 in total
2. Study loan
3. Car loan
4. House loan

Well, I don't think I will be able to pay off my house loan before I leave, which is about RM120K, so I will let my future renting tenants pay the monthly installments.

As for #1 - #3, I will need to off-set these debts, before I leave.

So part of my plan is to NOT buy anymore "unnecessary" stuffs until I have settled my debts. Unnecessary stuffs means no more DVDs, clothings, dry-cleanings, supplements, computer accessories, vacations, fine dining, and books. Yup, you heard right, books... sigh...

With the Lord on my side, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. Besides, my God will supply all my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus! Amen.

3 updates





Hi Friends... I have 3 news.





First one, I think u all saw that in my chatbox... Yupz... my company has blocked cbox, meaning I can't view or leave comments on Adrian Yong, Angeline Choo, Calvin's Wife and Geraldine Teh cbox anymore... Sigh...

Block, block, block,

Semua kena block,

Apa lagi yang baru,

Wyeth I.T. deserves a "Boo"!

Must cook them into a stew,

Or they should stay in the zoo,

What if they are a poo?

Then let them stink in the loo!

Secondly, I was head-hunted again, today, by a really huge multinational company. Not only the head-hunter company called me, but an ex-Wyeth staff now working there also called me to ask me to take up the job as a nutritionist. Wow... talk about the favour of God huh? So... did I accept the job? Nope... I told them that since I am in the midst of planning my further studies and working in US, earliest is next year, I don't think I would be a suitable candidate for the job, eventhough that job is a very promising job, better salary, and a better chance of climbing the corporate ladder. What to do? In return, I offered a few of my friends' contacts who are nutritionist by qualification to the head-hunter company. I'm very sure they are very grateful to have me recommend them to the head-hunter company, as most of them are doing sales job now. Not only that, but the new job is NOT advertised and only announced internally and via head-hunter company. Thank You Lord, that I am in such a high demand in the marketplace.





What's the 3rd update? Ahh... yesterday, Wei Luen, my darling and myself took part in the 2007 Subang Jaya 10KM Run. 1500 participants for the Men Open "Category A" and 600 for the Women Open "Category B". The run kicked off at 7:30am, when most people are still in their beds. So how did we fare? My darling was the best of the 3 of us. She finished #50!!! Wow! And it was within 60 minutes too! #50 out of 600 women! That is, without doubt, a great achievement. Congratulations baby! *smooooooch* Somemore finished ahead of me! Wow... What about Wei Luen? He was great too... he finished #93, out of 1500 men! Phew... some more ran on the Friday before and played futsal on Saturday... Simply incredible! So what about myself........... LOL.............. yupz, you can all start laughing now... I dunno what was my position, coz they stopped counting... but I think I did quite ok. I think my time was somewhere in the region of 61 minutes, plus minus. Right now I wish I am on leave, at home sleeping... coz my leg muscles hurt like mad! Quads, hamstrings, calves, you name it. And so sleepy too... zzzzzzz...

Ok, gotta get back to work now... Have a great week, friends! God bless!

Moving on... (I had gone through this, so some of you might need this...)

When you first got hit by the heavy rain, when everything in your life seems to be raining, you quickly run for cover, frantically searching for a dry cloth to wipe yourself dry, and sometimes catch a cold in the process.

When it happened many times, somehow, you just stop running and just let the rain drops hit you, and hit you relentlessly. Stoned.

You know that you should look for a cover, you know exactly where is the nearest and best Shelter, but why, oh why didn't you budge, even just a little?

That's when I realized, that HEAD KNOWLEDGE does not equal HEART KNOWLEDGE. You might know Jesus in your head, but do you know Jesus in your heart? Just the awesome presence, the great peace, the overwhelming love that overcomes you when He touches your heart... how wonderful it is that the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, so big and mighty, is IN you, and WITH you, in whatever circumstances that you are in now. How much He longs to speak to you, and comfort you with His mighty hands and arms...

That's when I decided to yield...

And let Him saturate me and envelop me...

Because I know, I will forever be safe in His shelter, deeply loved, highly favoured and greatly blessed, in spite of whatever I had done, or going through now...

Thank You Lord Jesus, for You have never left us, in all the rainy days of our lives. Thank You that You are waiting with us there in the rain, so patiently waiting for us to acknowledge Your presence, and yield to Your love, and hide under Your shelter. Thank You for accepting us back, in spite of what we had done, or going through now. Thank You for filling me with Your peace and love, for that's all I need now. Thank You

God speaks to us even when we feel like s***

Yesterday, for the umpteenth time.... my flight (KL-JB) was delayed for 2 BLOODY hours! What the **** man, MAS! Konon claim to be "World's Best Airport" pulak (see the lower right hand corner of the below pic)...... in blowing horn, I guess:

It's not like the first time my flight's been delayed in the past 2 months. First time, still ok. I never complained, even though it was 3 bloody hours delayed (KL-Singapore). Second time, still boleh tahan, never complained, even though it was the next day's flight after the previous 3-hours delay. Consecutive delays. I thought MAS was picking on me as I helplessly watch all the passengers for TWO SIA flights, supposed to be flying after my flight, wave goodbye to me, and I am still waiting, and waiting.

In baseball, 3 strikes, and you are OUT, and yup, yesterday was the 3rd time. What the hell is happening to MAS? I took MAS since many years ago, many times in the past 3 years in Wyeth, but only this year, starting June, things started to ROT badly. And just when I thought I was the only one affected, some of my colleagues fared worse... a colleague of mine supposed to fly at 10pm from KK to KL was delayed almost 8 hours, and only flew in to KL around 5 am! Can you believe this kind of ****? Sigh... and this year, is supposed to be VISIT MALAYSIA YEAR 2007... HELLO!!!!!!!!! MAS!!!!!! Wake up and buck up! Giving all this bloody bad image to tourists from other countries.

Delayed nevermind, but never even give any sort of compensation also. What lah... damn pathetic.

Anyways and anyways, just want to thank God for the stupid delay. Isn't it a bit uncanny when God usually reveals things to us when we are not very receptive?

Well, I decided to drop by the bookstore near the domestic departure gates to buy some books. I bought 3 - John Grisham's "The Innocent Man", and two other non-fiction - "The Millionaire Next Door" and "Time Management" (MAS management should read this man... what idiots!).

I started reading "The Millionaire Next Door" and wow..... I received so many amazing revelations. I mean, yup, I am on the way to be a millionaire (God's vision), but I had many wrong impressions about what a real millionaire is. This book is very down-to-earth as the 2 authors spent more than 20 years researching, interviewing and observing the so-called "rich and wealthy" millionaires in US, and the true but unknown & unnoticed millionaires.

For example, many people think that a typical American millionaire will wear a $5000 watch (around RM17.5K), like Tag's Carrera, and drive the latest model, imported, luxury car, like Bugatti Veyron 16.4. You know what? From the survey, the majority of the millionaires in US never spent even one-tenth of $5000 for a watch, and most millionaires are not driving the latest model. Only a minority drive a foreign car. And an even smaller minority drive foreign luxury cars. Unbelievable huh? I mean, there are of course minorities, like the case of Dato' Michael Yam, but look at the majority..... I was deeply puzzled and straight away knew that this is going to be a great book, and will help me greatly to achieve God's vision for me.

Next time, if I have time, I will share about the Portrait (common characteristics) of a Millionaire.

But I totally agree with one statement in the "Introduction" section:

"Wealth is not the same as income. If you make a good income each year and spend it all, you are not getting wealthier. You are just living high. Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend."

Yup, I totally agree. I mean, I used to post something like this previously, about what is the necessity to "UPGRADE" your car, your mobile phone, your clothings, your computer, laptops, what-not gadjets, when your current materials are still FUNCTIONAL and working well????? And frequently going for vacations, shopping sprees, "body-pampering-treatments", etc. when you have little or no form of investments, appreciable assets, income-producing assets, common stocks (shares), bonds (& mutual funds), private businesses, oil/gas rights or land.

Think about this: if you stop working now PERMANENTLY, how many years, or should I say more correctly, how many MONTHS can you survive with the "savings" that you have currently, not depending on your PARENTS' MONEY, of course??? True millionaires, if they stop working permanently, their accumulated wealth could last them at least 10 or more years. That's what I would like to achieve. Stop working permanently, and still can live and survive for a long time, AND also continue funding the Kingdom of God, without worrying about where to get money for food, for paying this loan and that loan, and this loan and that loan... you get my point.

Thank You Jesus for this great revelation! Have a great weekend friends and I'll leave you with this 7 common denominators of a true millionaire. Gotta go prepare for my talk later :) CIAO!

1. Millionaires live well below their means.

2. They allocate their time, energy, and money EFFICIENTLY, in ways CONDUCIVE to building wealth.

3. They believe that financial independence is more important than displaying high social status.

4. Their parents did not provide economic outpatient care (meaning they didn't receive help from their parents - inheritance, etc...). In fact, 80% of America's millionaires are 1st generation millionaires!!!

5. Their adult children are economically self-sufficient.

6. They are proficient in targeting market opportunities.

7. They chose the right job.

What is the world's fastest animal?

The cheetah?

The peregrine falcon?

The pronghorn antelope?

Nope... none of the above.

The world's fastest animal for 2007 is........... (drum rolls)

Puerco! 猪猪! Hee hee hee...

Power: 44 bhp / 33 KW @ 262 rpm

Torque: 55 Nm / 40 ft lbs @ 96 rpm

Power to weight ratio: 3.67 bhp / kg

Top speed: 18 kmph / 11 mph

0-60 mph: Not available

So many things happened...

But I'll just update 3 things...

Firstly, my deepest condolences to the Leongs and Tehs... May the Lord give you strength and peace to go through this difficult time. Yes, you are right, Geri, always appreciate and EXPRESS yourself to your loved one, coz, nobody really knows what's gonna happen the next second...

2nd thing:

Does this lady look like she had already given birth to 17 kids?

Well, that's becoz, she just did! You can read the full news here, but seriously lor, she is just amazing... It's like, her full-time job is to be pregnant and give birth... LOL... Not that I want to, or I want to have 17 kids too!!! Siow meh? 1 is more than enough for me. Or the MOST 2.

3rd thing:

God is trying to tell me something here...

Ninty four-year-old Phyllis Turner (C) poses with her supervisors, Professor Colin Groves (L) and Professor Maciej Henneberg after she received her Masters degree in Medical Science from at the University of Adelaide in this handout photograph made available on August 2, 2007.

94!!! Phew... yup, You are right, Lord. I'm only 28 and I definitely can get my Masters degree!