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Each Friday night after work, Sardar would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a tandoori chicken and some meat kebabs. But, all of his neighbors were strict Catholics ... and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating chicken and meat on a Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled meats was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their Priest. The Priest came to visit Sardar and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Sardar attended Mass... and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, You were born a Sikh, and raised a Sikh, but now, you are a Catholic." Sardar's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived. The wonderful aroma of tandoori chicken and meat kebabs filled the neighborhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into Sardar's backyard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement. T...

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The Health Ministry has not received formal complaints from any trainee doctor (housemen) about stressful work conditions in government hospitals, said director-general Dr Ismail Merican. He countered that, to his knowledge, some hospital wards have too many trainees who end up being under-worked. "I'm surprised (that there are complaints)... if you go to the surgical ward, there will be 20 housemen floating around, and they will be fighting to do an appendectomy," he said in an interview. He was asked to comment on an issue frequently raised in the 'Letters' forum of newspapers. These have highlighted work shifts for up to 36 hours if the houseman is on call - and there have been claims that call-duty could go on for 15 days a month. Ismail conceded, though, that he has received complaints from parents of trainees, describing it as a "problem" that did not exist when he went through the system as a houseman. "We worked much harder then and we didn...

Nine university students have been detained during a demonstration in downtown Kuala Lumpur to protest alleged dodgy campus elections process. The arrests were made ahead of campus polls at several public universities slated to take place tomorrow. The nine detained were among some 200 student protestors who gathered this morning at Menara Tun Razak in Jalan Raja Laut before marching to Sogo shopping complex about half a kilometre away, where they intended to distribute flyers to the public. When the group arrived at Sogo, they were asked by the police to disperse and present their identification cards. The nine were nabbed after allegedly failing to do so. The nine detainees are Hilman Idham, Aizat Salleh, Mohammad Za'im Mustapha, Ahmad Shukri Kamarudin, Ahmad Syukri Abdul Razak, Mohammad Idris Yusoff, Fikhri Harun, Syahriul Ismail and Ridhuan Jamil, all of whom are members of students' organisations from universities around the Klang Valley. The organisations include Kumpulan...

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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in an Armani suit , Gucci shoes , RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?" The shepherd looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing flock and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?" The young man parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an ...

The Selangor government today expressed hope that the crackdown by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was not aimed at embarrassing the Pakatan Rakyat administration. Although pledging full support for the eradication of corruption, the state government however warned that it would not compromise with any quarters who deliberately try to destabilise the administration. In a statement from Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim's office, the state government said the MACC investigations concerning several officers of the state, including the MB, appear to focus on trivial issues. "This was seen in the manner in which exco Yaakob Sapari's office was raided (yesterday) and the remanding of his aide Hussein Ahmad. "The state government was also shocked with the latest development where MACC raided Hussein's house without a valid search warrant. We want an explanation for this," said Khalid. What are MACC's priorities? Furthermore, he said the MACC investig...

Walking in to the NIKON Service center in KL it was a cool place to be when you want to buy any NIKON items. They have almost all, camera, lens, accessories... u can test and if u r satisfied then u can look for a shop to buy. There will be a person there to assist you too. You can send in you camera for service too. But they will not do it there. At least here you can go from 10am - 10 pm, even week ends. I tested this fisheye .....

DAP is seeing red with the police after its security personnel found an alleged special branch officer spying on the party's national convention in Ipoh this evening. The intruder was detected after he was spotted peering through a window, one floor above the hotel ballroom where the proceedings were taking place. Following this, a group of security personnel rushed up to confront him, only to find out that he had locked himself in another room and refused to reveal himself. Hotel staff managed to unlock the door later and after some hesitation, the intruder admitted that he was an undercover police personnel. Security personnel managed to seize the intruder's tape recorder ( see photo ) and eight audio tapes. 'Perak is a police state' At a hastily arranged press conference later, Perak DAP chief Ngeh Khoo Ham criticised the police for intruding a private function. "Perak has become a police state and every law abiding citizen has to live in...

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'There are a million or more illegal Indonesians living very comfortably in Malaysia, and many have become citizens, some even politicians.' Indian citizens missing in action? Dr Jacob George: Why pick on the Indians? A figure of 39,000 has been floated, but what about the hundreds of thousand of Indonesians - maybe millions? Do not forget the Filipinos in Sabah too. The Indonesians are walking in and out of the country, setting up their colonies, taking over Chow Kit, running supermarkets, dominating construction sites. It's only a matter of time before they ask for political electoral representation. RR: There are a million or more illegal Indonesians living very comfortably in Malaysia, and many have become citizens, some even politicians. These stranded Indians don't rob or steal. They work in restaurants or barber shops or in plantations. That is the difference. Go first for the bad ones who are a threat to the nation. We must also understand that there are thous...

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Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today because he has changed jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the ˜job hopper™ (referred here as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to mind it at all. Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in just 14 years gives Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the ˜company loyal™ employees are struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off like some other 14-15 year experienced guys “ the difference being the latter have just worked in 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here are the excerpts of an interview with Mr. JH: Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years? A: To get financially sound and stable before getting laid off the second time. Q: So you knew you would be laid off in the year 2009? A: Well I was laid off first in the year 2002 due to the first global economic slowdown. I had not got a full-time job before January 2003 when the economy started looking up; so I had strug...

Slamet Susanto , The Jakarta Post , Yogyakarta | Thu, 12/24/2009 9:26 AM | The Archipelago Unearthed: An excavation team from the Yogyakarta Prehistoric Legacy Conservation Center examines a Ganesha statue and lingga yoni on Wednesday at the newly discovered site within the Indonesian Islamic University in Yogyakarta. The site was believed to be part of an ancient Hindu temple. JP/Tarko Sudiarno The Yogyakarta Prehistoric Legacy Conservation Center (BP3) has found a Ganesha statue and lingga- yoni structures at the site of a newly discovered structure believed to be part of an ancient temple. Head of the center’s protection working group Indung Panca Putra said the findings led the excavation team to conclude that the site, located in the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) campus on Jl. Kaliurang, Yogyakarta, was from a Hindu kingdom. “We uncovered it Tuesday afternoon,” Indung said, adding that the team was forced to stop excavating shortly a...

More churches have come under attack in Sarawak, Perak and Malacca, revealed the authorities. Since Friday, at least seven churches have been attacked with petrol bombs. In Taiping, Molotov cocktails were hurled at two churches and the guard post of a school, SM Convent. Perak police chief Zulkifli Abdullah said there was no damage to the All Saints Church, the oldest Anglican church in the country ( left ), while the school's guard post suffered only minor damage. "There were black marks on the wall (at All Saints). We believed there was a small fire earlier but there was no damage as the wall was intact," Zulkifli told AFP . According to Bernama , he said the church keeper realised the incident at 7.30am and reported the matter to the police. Police, who went to the scene, found two black spots on the church wall and two broken bottles believed to have been used in the incident, he said when contacted. On the incident at SM Convent ( right ), he said, the school's ...

Another church was firebombed today, police and church officials said, the fourth such attack in two days as a row escalated over the use of the word 'Allah' by non-Muslims. The police are investigating the arson attempt at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Petaling Jaya, which resulted in minor damages. At about 2pm, church authorities found that Molotov cocktails had been thrown at the windows of the first and second floors of the three-storey building, the church's Bishop Philip Loke told AFP . "They narrowly missed it, but part of the walls are burnt," he said, adding "we suspect this attack is linked to the other attacks." The firebombing is believed to linked to the attacks of three churches - the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, the Assumption Church and Life Chapel Church, both in Petaling Jaya. All three churches were attacked by unknown assailants between midnight and the early hours of the morning yesterday. The ground floor of the thr...

A church has been fire-bombed in an attack that gutted its ground floor, church officials said, escalating a dispute over the use of the word 'Allah' by non-Muslims. Al least two other churches are also believed to have been attacked in the last 12 hours in the Klang Valley - the Assumption Church in Jalan Templer, Petaling Jaya and the Life Chapel Church in Section 17, Petaling Jaya. A fire department official said all stations were on alert for more blazes at religious buildings, ahead of planned nationwide protests today by Muslim groups angry over the use of the word as a translation for 'God' by Christians. The three-storey Metro Tabernacle church in Desa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, part of the Assemblies of God movement, was set ablaze in the attack which took place around midnight, said church leader Peter Yeow, 62. "Witnesses saw four people smash the glass and throw incendiaries into the church building. They came on two motorc...

'The AG wants the rakyat to believe that only these two men were involved? That only these two pocketed RM100 million and took the whole government for a ride?' Bobby Chin: We have a RM500 million submarine commission paid to a so-and-so company which the government initially denied and multi-billion ringgit navy boat contracts awarded to a local company with experience only in building fishing boats. Then there was the multi-billion ringgit scandalous helicopter tender for the Nuri replacements which was thrown out after public complaints, and now missing jet engines? What next? Who was the defence minister then? After so many scandals, shall we allow these to go on? Steven KC Poh: The attorney-general wants the rakyat to believe that only these two men were involved? That only these two pocketed RM100 million, took the government, the air force and the Customs Department for a ride and managed to connect with buyers in Latin America? Please... SameSame: And another Umno/BN s...

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Kgan: The MACC is still under the Prime Minister's Department. It is under the control of Barisan Nasional politicians. So how can it be independent? This arrangement means any case involving the opposition will be pursued aggressively, while those involving BN politicians will be treated with velvet gloves. It has been happening all along. I'm not saying that if you put MACC under Pakatan Rakyat, it will be any better. The point is that putting MACC under politicians from whichever side is detrimental to its independence. The MACC must report to Parliament for there to be any real will to fight corruption. Putting it under the PM is like putting Maxis or Celcom in charge of fighting malpractices in the telco industry. Do you see the absurdity of it? complete posting : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/121123 seals: " The MACC must report to Parliament for there to be any real will to fight corruption. " I strongly agree to this .... and the police too !!

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Once a King called upon all of his wise men and asked them "Is there a mantra or suggestion which works in every situation, in every circumstance, in every place and in every time. Something which can help me when none of you are available to advise. Tell me is there any mantra?" All wise men got puzzled by King's question. Is there one answer for all questions? Is there something that works everywhere, in every situation? Is there something that works in joy, sorrow, defeat and victory? They thought for a long time. After a lengthy discussion, an old man suggested something which appealed to all of them. They went to the king and gave him something written on paper. But the condition was that king was not to see it out of curiosity. Only in extreme danger, when the King finds himself alone and there seems to be no way, only then he'll have to see it. The King put the papers under his Diamond ring. After a few days, the neighbors attacked the K...

| A quick glance of the some of the great Siddhas | Name of the Siddhar Tamil month of Birth Tamil Birth Star Duration of Life Place of Samadhi Sri Pathanjali Panguni Moolam 5 Yugas 7 Days Rameswaram Sri Agasthiar Markazhi Aayilyam 4 Yugas 48 Days Thiruvananthapuram Sri Kamalamuni Vaikasi Poosam ...