Swordie Bloggie

As part of my ‘come back’… I’ve updated 5 of my old postings. Someone requested to add some write-ups into it. And I find the write-ups and links are useful for my blog…

http://swordie.swordbomber.com/?p=145
http://swordie.swordbomber.com/?p=133
http://swordie.swordbomber.com/?p=122
http://swordie.swordbomber.com/?p=102
http://swordie.swordbomber.com/?p=39

OK… I’ve not been updating for the past few weeks… I did but only short postings… 😀

Anyway, other than busy with all kind of works… I was also busy setting up a photography site… whose site?… emm… no need to tell lah… mine maybe… ha ha ha… u wanna see?… OK, it’s over here… shutterbomb please leave a comment about it OK… so that I can improve it 😀

OK, that’s all for now… I will start picking up again… I hope I will… although I feel like burned…

First, thank you very much to everyone who have visited my blog and to all who have left messages. I was away for another workshop since 10 to 13 December 2007. That was just a couple of weeks after our annual workshop at Tuaran Beach Resort on the 28 November to 1 December 2007.

This time, the workshop was at Tyang Dynasty Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. The best part, my room was at 10th floor facing the flyover. I have some great pictures to show later… 😀

Do defense criminal firms need a blog? Personally I think yes. Why? Today, blog is the most powerful tools to spread information to the public. To further support that, visit this blog, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Blog | California Criminal Attorneys Law Blog. The blog’s author is lawyer Dmitry Gorin who is a Professor at UCLA and Pepperdine Law School, and a frequent commentary on Court TV.  The blog provides a lot of useful information about Criminal Law & Criminal Proceedings in the Los Angeles, California area. It blog and discuss issues such as California criminal law, strategies in the defense of state and federal crimes and analysis of celebrity prosecution.

On the night of 28 November 2007, the night before our annual workshop, at around 11pm, we were instructed by the resort management to shift our vehicles to a higher ground. Gosh… are we going to be hit by tsunami? We got panic a bit when the news broke… Actually, a week before, the resort was flooded with sea water. They said, on that day, the waves were so high until the sea waters spills into the resort and flooded it for about 2 feet of sea water. Their swimming pool water is replaced with sea water… so much sand inside the pool.

Luckily, nothing bad happened that night. The waves was not so high, only a bit of sea water splashed into the resort ground and but it manage to go back to the sea through the drain.

The photos below shows the waves hitting the ‘sea wall’. In normal day, the ‘wall’ is more than 7 feets high… but here, it shows the sea level is almost as high as the resort ground.

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Player requires only one account with Bet365 to play in all the game areas. And they also provide a one wallet system so that you can enjoy the benefits of their full range of services through one manageable account. Everything is conducted in a secure online environment. Your online bets are assured with all the necessary security needs so that you can enjoy your games without worrying about the online transactions.

Games are not only limited to online casino games, but they also have Sportsbook betting facility and a dedicated online poker playing area. And if you are interested in football betting, you can try playing the Football Rules game. I really enjoy this particular game because it’s very unique, play it for fun or for real cash, you should try this game.

Should you leave your identification card or other ID to the security guard at the counter manning the building or area when entering their premises? The answer is NO! The minister (Malaysia) has issued an instruction to all security company not to retain anyone’s ID. Although their reason to retain the ID is for recording purposes, the Minister said, they can just copy the necessary information they require.

No one should ever be parted with their ID especially the National Identification Card or IC or MyKAD. Imagine if your IC or MyKAD falls at the wrong hand. Or, imagine if you encounter a problem while your IC or MyKAD is not with you.

It is official… DO NOT LEAVE YOUR IC BEHIND!.. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MyKAD BEHIND!

Credit card is a must when purchasing goods through online shopping. Alternatively you can use other payment method such as check. But check requires a few days for snail mail and bank clearance. Thus it is not as smooth as credit cards which are almost instantaneous.

Because of online shopping, credit card applications have been increasing every year. Some financial institutions are offering 0% purchase credit cards as an introductory benefit. And some are offering balance transfers from your existing credit card balance with zero percent interest.

My opinion is the best number of credit cards to hold is two cards. Having two cards will provide you with a backup card just incase any one of the card is encountering problem. And when spending using credit cards, always remember to spend what you can afford to pay later.

I’m so lazy to write for the past few days… or a week. It was quite tiring to be part of our organizing committee for our annual workshop. Last Wednesday, 28 November 2007, I went to Tuaran Beach Resort. I followed Darius’ VIGO 4×4. I left the office around 1PM for home to do my packing. I have not pack a single item for the 3 days workshop… which ended on Saturday, 1 December 2007… which happened to be the opening of the F2000 Speed Boat challenge at Kota Kinabalu.

Darius picked me just after 2PM. I have not taken my lunch so we stopped at Lido to buy ‘goreng pisang’… wanted to take-away KFC, but the resort is providing lunch. And of course while at Lido, I bought some JackPot at TOTO which did not strike any prize 🙁

Then we detour to KPIM Complex to take some of the workshop materials to take along with us.

 
We arrived at the Tuaran Beach Resort around 4PM… and straight away dived into the food! Two other colleagues arrived almost at the same time with us. They are in charge of the accommodations and we will be in charge of multimedia/sound/photography.

After the workshop, I have loads of works waiting at the office… all are last-minutes request… that caused me more lazy to write… anyway, I will do some photo posting of our workshop later.

Something unexpected… a buffalo (or kerbau or kalabau) running across the road dragging along some trees hooked on its rope which is tied on its neck. Then we saw a bunch of people inside a truck chasing after it… they must be going to slaughter the buffalo.

  
  
The journey…

  
  
The challenging 2KM journey…

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