Well it’s not right to do that… especially when you intentionally or unintentionally forgot to sensor censors or blacken certain important information like identification number, account number, the URL’s of the screen shot, reference numbers… or anything important or supposed to be confidential in the screen shot you are publishing.

You might think there is nothing wrong by publishing all those stuff… but by doing so, you are giving some clues to someone who are interested to hack or gain entry into your account. Sometimes, with only one of the info, such as your account number, someone is able to dig more info about you and your account… which lead to your account being hack.

What’s more when you published so many details about your account… such as account number and URL… that is a huge info for someone to dig into your account… and at the same time exposing your account provider… and they get hack too…

Try to avoid posting stuffs which are not supposed to be seen by other than you yourself… well, posting and re-posting stuffs like promotional items, news, holiday destinations and so on are OK… but never post something which require you to login… meaning, if you need to login to view the page or information, never screen-shots it and post it… it’s for your own good… the web is like a postcard… whatever published in the web, anyone can read it… and use those information for good and bad!!!

OK, what izzit? Well it is a kind of phone service provided by Microsoft… but not to make calls or sms… it is a kind of online backup service for your phone’s contacts, calendar, tasks, text messages, music, photos, videos and other documents.

To use it, you will need a Windows Live ID… you can register one from the web if you don’t have one yet… then with your Windows Live ID, login from your phone and everything will be straight forward, your phone should be able to sync with the Microsoft My Phone service.

Other than providing online backup for your mobile phone data, Microsoft My Phone also can be used to track your lost mobile phone… it can tell you the last known location of your phone on a map based on where it was last synced or shared photos using the My Phone.

I have fiddle with the service on my Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, but I’m not dare to register yet… I’m very concern about the data safety… will it get leaked out? But I’m still thinking… I will not dump it completely… I might use the service one day…

The banned wireless microphones are those using the 700 MHz band… and the ban is effective from 12 June 2010… That’s less than 6 months from now…

We have so many kind of wireless thingy today… wireless security systems for home, wireless security cameras, etc., etc., etc… are they getting banned soon too?… Just hope they don’t…

Well, the reason the wireless microphone banned is because it is causing interference to band used for public safety.

When these microphones were first designed, it was not interfering with other devices because it is operating within the public television broadcast frequencies which are between the 698 MHz to 806 MHz… or better known as the 700 MHz Band.

But with the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition on 12 June 2009, television stations are no longer using the band.

Now, these frequencies are being used by public safety entities (such as police, fire and emergency services) and by commercial providers of wireless services (such as wireless broadband services).

So, under a new FCC rule, anyone who uses a wireless microphone that operates in the 700 MHz Band will have to stop operating their wireless microphone by 12 June 2010.

First, what is a social security disability benefit?

I believe only certain country has social security disability or SSD incorporated in their act like the United States.

Under the US federal Social Security Disability Act, “disability” is translated as “inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physician or mental impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months or result in death.”

Here, I guess, it is only available in insurance policies clause… yea… it really sounds more like an insurance policies clause to me…

I’m not really sure if the government is providing any benefits or aids in case of ‘inability’ as mentioned in the US act to any individual here. Of course there is a Welfare Department, but I guess the department is only responsible to issues like poor people…

But I think if there is a SSD benefits provided… I’m sure the are lots of ‘clever’ and ‘lazy’ people will take advantage and do fraud with it!

This time around, it was in the early morning and only lasted about half hour or so. But some might have experienced shorter or longer rains. The rain came with strong wind and the thunder was thundering like the sky is going to crack.

One of my colleague told how she was awaken by her dogs… funny she was not awaken by the loud thunders She said her dogs were scratching the door asking to be let inside the house. Her poor dogs were terrified by the sound of the thunder…

Our dogs also like that… they scared with thunder sometimes but they just keep quite and stay put outside the house. They are loyal doing their job as the security guard to us… as alarm systems. Without them, I think it will not so safe… the feeling of not safe will be in us… automatically… feel exposed.

But with the dogs outside guarding the house, it really makes the difference… it makes us feel safer… sometimes it’s much better than the electronic alarm systems. And having dogs is not like having electronic alarm systems installed inside… dog don’t give us the feeling of ‘false sense of security’… whenever the dogs bark, sure there is danger and they follow and attack the danger. But not like the electronic alarm systems… it only warns us and not attacking the danger… well of course it can do extra thing like recording whatever is going on. But better use both…

OK, back to the thunder thingy… because of the loud thunder early this morning, some of the car’s alarm systems in the neighborhood was blaring its siren… thanks to their motion or shock sensors. So it was quite a noise early morning.

There are many disgusting stories about maids’ misconducts, not only abusing the kids but serving sup to their employer which are made from water soaked with her panties… panties sup, anyone?

When caught and asked why, her answer was to make the employer treat her well! And not only her but other maids from her country believes that their employer will be very kind to them after served with the panties sup… more effective with panties they wear during their period!!!

Then in Singapore, there is another shocking story sometimes in April this year… maid used family flat as brothel!!! shoot man…what is wrong with all these maids!!!

The employer found empty condom boxes and used condoms under the bed of their guess room in their apartment. The employer has a 12 year old daughter. They suspected their Sri Lankan maid and confronted her. After confronting and threatening to send her back home, the maid confesses she was entertaining her boyfriend while no one at home. But after being pressed further, she confessed doing it for S$20 for each session. The maid has been working with them for four years!!!

The employer demanded for the boyfriends phone contact, she smashed her hand phone and throw the SIM card. The employer manage to get the boyfriends number and contacted him. The boyfriend is an Indian national working at the construction site nearby. He told them she is not only giving service to him but to other horny workers too. At the end she confessed she serviced 3 to 4 workers from time to time.

Damm… how disgusting!!! Why can’t the maid agency do a proper pre-employment screening? This is very serious matters… imagine if these maids are ex-guerilla, terrorist, junkies, drugs addict, drugs pusher or any other criminals… and I don’t want to laugh about this… coz it also happening right in our country. The maid agencies are only interested with the fees they are collecting from us… they don’t care about the pre-employment screening procedures outlined by the government… they don’t care about the quality of the workers they are offering to you!!! And the relevant government agencies in charge seem not bothering about this… the health ministry and the human resource ministry should be very strict on this… and the police and immigration department should play their role.

During lunch this afternoon with a friend, another friend joins us. She just came back from picking her daughter from school.

It was quite sometimes I did not see her. So we had some great chit chat about economic, life, work and many more. But our conversations become serious when she mentioned about the social security problem caused by the bad economic situation today.

She told us how her friends… yes friends… received anonymous calls informing them that their kid has been kidnapped and they want ransom to be paid right away!!!

Her friends become panic, but luckily their mind still work and able to recall the school telephone number and immediately call the school to check on their kid. And it turn out that their kid is still in the school enjoying their classes.

It seems that this is going to be a trend and I believe there were some cases published on the paper already. Reading this kind of news on paper which occur somewhere else will not make much attention to us. But when the news is almost first hand to you, it really makes your mind blow… that’s human nature. So please be alert… if it can happen somewhere else, it can happen at your place. It is dysfunctional society out there.

And all the proprietors are believed to be not locals. Their slangs are very different from the local’s daily slang… be it in Chinese or Malay.

So please, every one should be more careful and alert.

If you are parents having schooling kids, make sure you know the school’s telephone number.

And if you are teacher, when the school’s telephone is ringing, please answer them… don’t just leave it ringing!!! Someone’s life might be in stake.