Altantuya Murder Trial

Altantuya's family filed a RM100mil suit against the three accused and the Malaysian Government. The trial was supposed to begin yesterday but it has been postposed to June 18. And in a sudden turn of events which was unexpected and puzzling, the prosecutors in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial were replaced at the last minute on Monday without any explanation.More...The Star

Related story from NST:
Altantuya Murder Trial: The DPPs who were replaced

Effective Search Engine Optimisation

According to Technorati, there are 71 million blogs on the Internet. What would the number be if all other websites were to be included How many sites would there be on the Intenet? Is it any wonder that every business site is vying for a place at the top of the ranking? What then would a site-owner need to do to get his site to the top?

There are companies that provide a service called search engine optimisation. This service includes various steps when correctly taken, will move the site's ranking up making it more visible hence increasing site traffic.

Generally, the steps would include identifying trouble spots on the site; offering recommendations to rectify them such as using appropriate keywords or key phrases relevant to the site as well as drawing up a roadmap; and offering strategic solutions to improve the site including implementing the required changes, and staff training among others. Various reports are also provided including competitor analysis, regular website ranking and progress reports.

*Please note this blog / post has been sponsored by Melbourne IT

Mental health chatrooms offer support

Support groups play an important role in helping one come to terms with a bad experience or overcome grief. Recently, a friend of a friend went through a traumatic experience and she was fortunate enough to be introduced to some online support groups.

MH Chat is one such source of support group. It provides social support in the form of chat rooms, forums, and web radio hosting. These resources are helpful for people who are suffering from depression, anxiety or phobia. The chat rooms are easy to use as they are IRC-based. Right now, their featured chat is Phobia chat. Anyone can easily start a chatroom with their chatroom generator tool.

The MH Chat site provides a list of useful sites, great resources for those in need. It would be helpful if the list is updated regularly with new sites.

Electronic Check Processing

These days, many office operation functions are being outsourced. Many big companies find it more viable to outsource those functions that take up too much of company resources with little payback. They would prefer that their resources be put to better use.

Besides staff hiring, check processing is one of the functions that many companies outsource. It is quite the norm nowadays to have electronic check processing done by banks for their corporate clients. This not only improves efficiency, it also reduces the number of times money changes hands.

Men are shoppers too

It is no longer true that only women are shoppers. You know what I mean. When it comes to male shoppers, a colleague of mine comes to mind. He would cut out from newspapers and magazines, pictures of items he finds interesting and stick them onto a notebook and he has an interesting notebook, I tell you. Actually, that's a neat idea as that collection serves as sort of a database of stuff he is interested in and where he could find them if he so needed.

Besides gadgets, he also fancies office supplies and on his many trips overseas, he has brought back some neat stationery which are not found here.

Where does your talent lie?

Everyone is talented in his or her own way. My colleague is just brilliant with making cards. She uses all sorts of materials for her cards, be it birthday cards, New Year cards, invitation cards, even wedding invitation cards. Her creations are simply impressive. She doesn't sell them per se except when she has an order for a special occasion such as a birthday or wedding invitation. Recently, she has been asked to do business cards for some new businesses.

Are You a Good Kisser?

When I feel like laughing at myself or do some frivolous, no-brainer activity, I turn to quizzes. If you have been a long-time reader of my blog, you would have noticed that I'm quite a private person. Alright, maybe 'quite' is an understatement. Anyway, look what reading I found. Amazing!

You Don't Have a Big Mouth

In fact, you like to keep your life very private. You figure that your personal life is no one's business. And if people try to pry, they'll end up unsuccessful. You're a big mystery to people - and that's fine by you!

Do You Have a Big Mouth?

But hey! I'm a good kisser! lol

Your Kissing Technique Is: Perfect

Your kissing technique is amazing - and you know it. You have the confidence to make the first move. And you always seem to know what kissing style is going to work best. Sometimes you're passionate, sometimes you're a tease. And you're always amazing!

Are You a Good Kisser?

And I can be fun and go with the flow too...

Your Element Is Water

A bit of a contradiction, you can seem both lighthearted and serious. That's because you're good at going with the flow - but you also are deep. Highly intuitive, you tune in to people's emotions and moods easily. You are able to tap into deep emotional connections and connect with others. You prefer a smooth, harmonious life - but you can navigate your way around waves. You have a knack for getting people to get along and making life a little more peaceful.

What's Your Element?

Plus, I am peaceful and won't give you hell! See?

You Are 90% Peaceful

You are the epitome of inner peace and total calm. You are grounded, emotionally mature, and very wise. While no one's life is perfect, you have a great amount of perspective on the world - and you place in it.

How Peaceful Are You?

Now, your turn! Enjoy!

Someone won a BMW in a lucky draw!

One of my girlfriend's office was abuzz with excitement the past few days. Someone won a brand new BMW320IA in a bank lucky draw! Imagine the odds of your ticket winning the prize when the winning number is being determined not by the string of numbers as one unit but that each single digit was drawn one by one. Some lucky lady there. My heartiest Congratulations to the lucky lady.

Me? I haven't won a car (yet). lol
What about you? What was your biggest win in a lucky draw?