Why Google Translate Misleads.

I have translated and ENglish text using Googgle Translate.

Look for yourself, how the meaning is lost.

Establishment of educational institutions is a noble effort in designating penggarapan process. Knowledge and formal research universities of the earliest in the history of the world such as Al-Azhar Palencia Bologna, Oxford Cambridge and the University of Naples. In 1224, the world's oldest public university was built by the world's earliest civilizations based one purpose - as a center of educational research ideas and learning delivery and the development of knowledge through the medium of writing. This reality is totally contradictory to the purpose of the establishment of most universities today that seem transformed into institutional graduation recognition and most unfortunate that as a business rooted in profit. Ibn Khaldun sociological and economic historians figure in his article was a remark Prolegomenon submit the following people is a platform to achieve sovereignty and strength of a country's strength comes from economic prosperity built by human capital development. Development education can only be achieved through justice and inclusiveness for all. Aristotle also suggested that "Education should be a single and equal for all". A system that practices discrimination in education based on the ability of the economy will menatijahkan imbalance in the quality of human capital and workforce that will become the backbone of society. Both the above argument is the thesis of the article this.

A Chinese New Year Gathering for Friends of MOSTE

Not too noisy After all!

This is one rare occasion where former colleagues and friends of MOSTE could meet to renew their bonds of friendship and camaraderie.

And what better time than to have it within the Chinese New Year festivity so that we could lousang together for better health and longevity!

The Road  Map to the Restaurant

Sixteen of us were supposed to grace the dinner table but Mr Khoh was unable to make it as sadly he went to the wrong branch out the restaurant at Ara Damansara and in trying to come back to our dinner destination, lost his way along the new NKVE. As for Dr. Thiru, he was unwell and could not attend;sending both his regrets and regards.

Food was so-so but it was the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood that mattered.

I believed we all had a great time on this 21st night of February 2013!

Before saying our goodnights, Dato' Leong suggested that we meet again soon possibly in 2 to 3 month's time.

We have even picked the restaurant-the Pantai Seafood Restaurant next door with its better food and price premium image.

For the record, the friends  of MOSTE who attended  were:

Dato' Leong
Dato' Cheah
Meng Leng
Siok Eng
Boon Khee
Jini
Chee
Chui Khoon
Heng Keng
Patrick
Goan Lee
Teik Beng
Kok Fook
Myself

YTL Corp-Fast Track to Singapore

Hi-speed to nowhere

The hi speed rail link project between Singapore and Malaysia has apparently been announced.

The heavy buying by EPF started yesterday when the prices of the counter fell.

YTL Corp went as low as RM 1.55 in the opening minutes before recovering to keeled off at the RM 1.56 to RM 1.57 level.

Then, geez, what do you know?

In the last 15 minutes there was a heave-ho!

Two million of so of shares bought in tranches of 500,000 shares.

The price perked up two cents to RM 1.58.

I smell the handiwork of EPF and other state pension funds!

In a normal market there could be day traders and speculators who would have jumped head-long onto YTL Corp.

The scenario these days are different.

Even if YTL Corp got the moon and Jupiter, any rise will be cut short be eager sellers out to make some small money to exit before the potential fallout wrought by the impending 13th GE news and the crazy politicking going on out there.

While foreign buyers are getting scarcer by the day, retail buyers are mostly missing except for some stale bulls and the state  pension funds doing national service.

Do not get excited at any price jump any day these days.

Stay out and watch the ice melt down the prices at BSKL as the days draw nearer when the Johore and Negeri Sembilan state assemblies dissolve by the third week of March.

Killer Elite- Ultra Violence Unexplained

Violence Personified!

Nonsensical violence-almost and that is what you get from watching these he-man actors with their punches, knives and guns.

Jason Statham, Robert DeNiro and Clive Owen showed that there is a little heart in the world for love.

Silent Type Killer

It's always a man's world out there and playing adult toys is hteir in thing.

It has been like that since the Rambo movies and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The plot is wafer thin; almost laughable of an old sheikh in exile wanting to take revenge on some invincible British SAS rogue soldiers who apparently killed his three sons in Oman.

Though the film claimed it is based on a true story, it is too far-fetched to be true to form.

Whatever it is, the only watchable thing in this movie is the beautiful Yvonne Strahovski.

Columbiana-The Cataleya Killing Machine

This is one violent movie and yet it engages you from the very start after the Bogota family annihilation by the drug cartel.

Reminds you of the movie, "Man on Fire".

Big guns

A young girl, Cataleya named after a Columbia orchid, trained up to be a professional killer until she gets to the man who ordered the killing oh her family.

Do not expect smart conversation from this movie but fire power from beginning to end.

Saldana appeal

Zoe Saldana of Avatar fame keeps you on the edge of your seat as she systematically disposed off her victims one after the other.

High octane action if you love this genre.

The Steady Decimation of YTL Corp- Why-lah?

Price Slide in the Offing?

It takes two to tango, so they say.

In YTL Corp's case, they certainly have tango out from the dance hall into the adjacent cesspool.

In its apparent haste to de-list as many of its companies,  the YTL Group  has taken out their most valuable listed assets.

First, it was the privatisation of YTL Cement and with that they no longer have to pay the minuscule dividends to the shareholders nor waste anymore money on its listing status.

Next, they intend to take YTLPower out as well as their Malaysian power concessions have not been extended.

So, YTL Power will be privatized by and by and will soon buy into energy plants perhaps in Europe and Australia.

What I felt distasteful about YTL Corp in spite of its sweeteners such as their distribution in specie of its Treasury shares as well as selling its YTL Power warrants on the cheap, is its never-ending market operations to buy back their corporate bonds by issuing YTL Corp shares at low prices from RM 1.60 to RM 1.80  apiece depending on the current prices of YTL Corp shares then.

This internal dilution caused any potential run-up of the prices to pause and YTL shares is stuck for an extremely long time below RM 1.80.

Then we havethe other tango partner - that sly barracuda swimming in the Bursa every trading minute-EPF and in its train-its trading agents.

While one agent will sell the share down, another will buy it  creating unnecessary trading activity.

Every time the market turns sour, YTL Corp will slide about 5% thanks to these agents.

If at all, there is YTL Corp Treasury action, it seems not to work.

Currently, YTL Corp shares are trading at RM1.56 as EPF has now turned buyer after selling them possibly in the mid RM 1.70s. You can check these records on the Bursa site.

And with the political uncertainties swirling;  and the flip-flopping Selangor MB deciding not to dissolve the Selangor State assembly anytime soon, we may have to wait a little longer for YTL Corp shares to find a price that will find traction.

Remember any upward action or even stabilising play could be the work of EPF or stale bulls.

Do not expect day traders on this moribund counter.

For the moment, any bad news will stumble YTL Corp shareholders and the price of YTL Corp may just tumbled below the RM 1.50 mark!

Caveat emptor.

Drive-Simple Yet Exciting Through It All

Cool Driver

Perhaps it is the cool demeanor of Ryan Gosling that provided some excitement to the show.

The Get-away Driver

No, there isn't any super driving skills shown in this movie that will match Bulitt.

Even the romantic aspects with Carey Mulligan was under-done.

Under-done Candy

Yet, through, it all, it does have its share of excitement amidst the violence that is unnecessarily unleashed.