Mood:  quizzical

  This ongoing series has me hooked on online for a few weeks - Strange Talk 怪谈. HKTV agents do know how to come up with new topics of interest to excite different markets. The most exciting part of this series is when the group went to Northern part of Malaysia to search for Hell-gates. There are actually plenty of "Hell-gates" in the world including one in Queensland and Tasmania which has a signboard that says that but they have a different meaning.

One of the episodes even got me thinking about a question - what if some mad man/woman out there who can't control their anger have already released  (terrorist style) a  Hex or through selling food products on the market at the public unaware to the people ?? Could this be the cause of people having symptoms like sinus and frequent migrains/nausea in which western medicine till now could not correctly diagnose ?

Posted by pui-chee at 11:14 AM NZT

Updated: Friday, 2 October 2009 1:27 AM NZT

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Chubby people live longest

Posted by pui-chee at 12:24 AM NZT

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Google street view has been very helpful to people who are looking for directions and need a feel of the real or virtual environment of the place they are visiting before making a trip there. Some countries however do not have street view enabled on their roads whilst others have incomplete roads linking from one end to the other with still many undefined streets leftover due to reasons such as this.  Just as with many technological advances, there are pros and cons to good technologies and there are always people out there who oppose advances in technologies  or have technophobia.

Posted by pui-chee at 5:22 AM NZT

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Aussie companies love to use the 100 point system to verify a client's eligibility to promotions for their sales products. If you ever wonder what is the 100 point system , the below is a list of the classification:

NOTE: you MUST have at least one item marked * next to point.
DRIVERS LICENSE* 30 POINTS

PASSPORT* 30 POINTS
PROOF OF AGE CARD* 30 POINTS

BIRTH CERTIFICATE* 30 POINTS
TENANCY HISTORY LEDGER 20 POINTS

PREVIOUS TENANCY AGREEMENT 20 POINTS
RENTAL BOND RECEIPT 20 POINTS

PREVIOUS MONTHLY RENT RECEIPTS 20 POINTS
PAY ADVICE 15 POINTS

MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION 15 POINTS
TELEPHONE ACCOUNT 15 POINTS

ELECTRICITY ACCOUNT 15 POINTS
GAS ACCOUNT 15 POINTS

BANK OR CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS 15 POINTS
PENSION CARD 15 POINTS

COUNCIL OR WATER RATES 15 POINTS
HEALTH CARE CARD 15 POINTS

MEDICARE CARD 15 POINTS

It really goes to show that they are still using a backward and legalistic system to check the integrity of a potential client. Compare this with a National identity card ID used elsewhere in the world.

Posted by pui-chee at 2:40 PM NZT

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What would you have done if you encountered or witness such a mindless attack ? Attack on Melbourne subway.

From most of the comments, it is understandable that no one wants to be a hero and become a zero unless he/she is confident of handling the situation. However from the posts of a majority commenters, to  label certain groups of people as having hatred for certain race or blaming the government for its emigration policy is both ridiculous and backward looking. Without emigration and foreign labor, aus will not be able to maintain its competitiveness to keep up with the global economy. People need to consider the fact that anyone from any races are equally guilty of heinous crimes.  Take the mindless attack on other races by a group of rural youths at Australia day 2009 , the cronulla riots and subsequent pelting of eggs..

Unfortunately, safety can only enforced by having adequate resource of policing or security resources, adequate meting out of justice and regulations (not the promotion of drug needle centers) , better security machinery and thorough emigration checks (not only for asylum but also for work visas). Until enough effort is made, Aus will remain as one of the top crime-ridden country in the world.

Posted by pui-chee at 8:14 PM EADT

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