1. Next year, 2011, one of the agreements to supply up to 86 million gallons of water per day (mgd) from Johore to Singapore at 3 sen per 1,000 gallons will end.
2. I understand Johore is still buying treated water from Singapore for 50 sen per 1,000 gallons. The amount purchased should not exceed 12 per cent of the raw water bought by Singapore.
3. The agreement also stipulates that the price of raw water and treated water can be renegotiated and changed if both parties agree. Should the raw water price be revised upwards Singapore would be entitled to revise the price of treated water.
4. If, for example, under the current agreement the water price is increased to 6 sen per 1,000 gallons, i.e. 100 per cent, Singapore can insist on the same percentage price increase by 100 per cent i.e. from 50 sen per 1,000 gallons to one Ringgit per thousand gallons.
5. If both sides agree on this quantum of price increase, Singapore would actually earn more from selling treated water to Johor than Malaysia would earn from selling raw water to Singapore.
6. Almost 10 years ago Johor was allocated sufficient money to build its own treatment plant so as not to buy treated water from Singapore. I am told that for reasons unknown, despite building its own treatment plant Johore is still buying treated water from Singapore.
7. Johore sells raw water to Melaka at 30 sen per 1,000 gallons. It seems that Johore is less generous towards Melaka than it is towards a foreign country. The wisdom of this escapes me.
8. Whatever, in 2011, a new agreement to supply Singapore with raw water from Johore may have to be made, I think that despite Singapore's desalination plant, despite Newater, and new reservoirs, Singapore would still need raw water from Johore. We should be willing to supply the people of Singapore with raw water.
9. The question is whether we should sell at 3 sen per 1,000 gallons and buy at 50 sen per 1,000 gallons of treated water as before or we should extract better terms.
10. Malaysian negotiators are unduly generous and we often provide ourselves with no exit clause. I will not cite the cases.
11. The public, the Johore people in particular, should be assured that we don't make agreements which are indefensible this time.
Resources: Dr. Mahathir blog.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Indonesian potential market
Malaysian tabloid newspapers always display the environment here is containing a lot of provocations. I've been here nearly 2 weeks, and becoming realize the potential market that I might want to penetrate if I were given enough resources to conduct strategies.
Astro had lose in gaining the shares of TV broadcasting in Indonesia. They invest a lot (they provide the athenna for customers, they allocate more than 50% shares to start business portfolio in Indonesia). After some provocation due to unsatisfactorily by the some investors in the corporate portfolio, Astro had to divest! all the investments. They start firing up people in Malaysia last 2 years due to the lose.
It's look like the Sime Darby gonna face the same thing ya. They invest in the plantation legally in Indonesia, with approvals by the authorities, now they are in the court to get the status again.
I believe that, if you wanna operates in Indonesia, you shouldn't put your brand with regards to your country of origin, they are quite eager to piss us off, even you operate it legally, and you have black and white of documents. It's precipitous investment.
well, there are still Malaysian companies that are doing great here. One of it is CIMB. Then we have to benchmark them.
-this is personal opinion without edition-I do reading some articles before I make some evaluations- it's can't be proven as totally right information. tq~
Astro had lose in gaining the shares of TV broadcasting in Indonesia. They invest a lot (they provide the athenna for customers, they allocate more than 50% shares to start business portfolio in Indonesia). After some provocation due to unsatisfactorily by the some investors in the corporate portfolio, Astro had to divest! all the investments. They start firing up people in Malaysia last 2 years due to the lose.
It's look like the Sime Darby gonna face the same thing ya. They invest in the plantation legally in Indonesia, with approvals by the authorities, now they are in the court to get the status again.
I believe that, if you wanna operates in Indonesia, you shouldn't put your brand with regards to your country of origin, they are quite eager to piss us off, even you operate it legally, and you have black and white of documents. It's precipitous investment.
well, there are still Malaysian companies that are doing great here. One of it is CIMB. Then we have to benchmark them.
-this is personal opinion without edition-I do reading some articles before I make some evaluations- it's can't be proven as totally right information. tq~
Sunday, August 15, 2010
A Sufficient Pressure
this is personal style or maybe u would be in the same team of mine. i need some pressure to make me work, i mean a sufficient one. i dont like too much pressure, that will blow my head off. i need a good quantity of pressure to heat up my entire mind-body organism. i can give u an example, take a deodorant can (spray), they design it with a certain amount of pressure, not too high and not too little. if it has a big pressure, the can will blow off, and if the pressure is too little, u couldn’t spray yourself.
having a pressure which is already present is quite different to ‘inventing a pressure’. your leader or your boss always creating these pressures, and u will suffer them. u are having the pressure, u must work, and maybe u are under pressure. we call this situation, ‘working under pressure’. if u are familiar with this condition, u will not suffer a lot. u manage u regulate and control the pressure at a desire pressure.
a ‘zero’ pressure obtained, when u are not doing much under none of target or objective. u wake up when u want, u eat when u feel hungry, u sleep when u feel sleepy, u are free to do whatever u want. no one urge u to do anything.
to conclude, get yourself a ‘sufficient pressure’ and manage it.
having a pressure which is already present is quite different to ‘inventing a pressure’. your leader or your boss always creating these pressures, and u will suffer them. u are having the pressure, u must work, and maybe u are under pressure. we call this situation, ‘working under pressure’. if u are familiar with this condition, u will not suffer a lot. u manage u regulate and control the pressure at a desire pressure.
a ‘zero’ pressure obtained, when u are not doing much under none of target or objective. u wake up when u want, u eat when u feel hungry, u sleep when u feel sleepy, u are free to do whatever u want. no one urge u to do anything.
to conclude, get yourself a ‘sufficient pressure’ and manage it.
Percaya Pada Diri Sendiri
Semalam, ku terbaca satu kad raya yang diutus oleh seorang kawan baik berbangsa Cina. Dalam kad itu, ditulisnya, "you have the confidence that I always adore to possess".
Ia memberi inspirasi baru untukku hari ini. Semoga impianku tercapai.
Ia memberi inspirasi baru untukku hari ini. Semoga impianku tercapai.
Hari Bermuhasabah Diri
Salam dan doaku buat Nabi Muhammad saw dan sahabat handainya, kepada kedua ibu bapa yang amat kusayangi dan kepada pembaca artikel ini.
Hari ini, ku tak dapat nak memenuhi permintaan kawan baikku untuk ke sesuatu tempat yang dia sendiri tak tahu halanya.
Setelah sekian kali ku tidak memberi sebab ketidakmahuanku menolong kawan.
Kerana..ku mempunyai alasan yang kukuh (bukan sebab malas).
Ketika ku memikirkan betapa kasihan dia ketika ini, ku teringat beberapa ketika, yang rakan tiada membantuku walaupun mereka dalam keadaan yang mampu.
Tidak terlintas di hati ini untuk membalas dendam, ku akur dengan ketentuan yang telah dan akan terjadi. Ada ketikanya, rakan tidak dapat menemani kita ketika susah.
Namun, ku harus ingat peristiwa terindah ketika mereka berbuat baik kepadaku.
Ku harapkan Ramadhan kali ini membawa seribu makna untukku bermuhasabah diri.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Aktiviti Seminggu di USM
Isnin- ku baru sampai 6 ptg. Stay ngan Wahida. Jumpa Wahida pukul 7 mlm, and dia tidur sebentar sebab dah tak larat. Kitorang kuar g makan, and blk semula ke bilik.
Selasa - disebabkan kepenatan, ku g bayar yuran lambat sikit hari ni. Dah pukul 2 ptg gtu, ku p bayar. Seorang budah Iran mintak tunjuk jalan, jauh nya nak p tempat dia, sedangkan ku nak bayar yuran secepat mungkin..takut terlewat. tapi okla jugak, dapat tolong orang. Pas dah bayar yuran, sorang budak junior mintak tolong tunjuk jalan ke DK Z. DK tu dah lah tersorok, ku nak tunjuk sampai ke kuliahnya, tapi, dia kata oklah kak, saya nak cepat ni. Ku tengok dia berdiri ngan beberapa kawan yang sama2 sesat kat luar DK tu, jadi, ku p kat dia, tunjuk macam mana nak masuk pintu DK Z.. hahah..budak baru.. Ku nak p ptong rambut di Sg.2, tapi tak jd. Buat perm plak.. erm..takpela.. rambut raya. Yang ku tak puas ati, lebih kurang je ngn rambut aku yang dah nak abis kesan perm ni.. Malam tu, aku ngan Wahida p Bkt Jambul. Kami makan kat luar BJ tu. Sedap tomyamnya, tapi pedas..
Rabu - ku p buat visa, disebabkan tunggu wahida abis kelas, aku pun plan nak g tengah hari. Sampai komtar dah pukul 2, sembahyang and makan2 dah pukul 3. Then amik bus dari komtar ke Jln Burmah. Nasib baik tak sesat, sebab aku dah tengok google Maps, jalan ke sana, sebelah je Adventist. Alhamdulillah. Bila sampai sana, rasa agak kesal kerana tak datang pagi, sebab leh apply and hantar borang pagi tu. Petang tak diterima, dapat borang je and then blah. Balik tu, kami singgah di Komtar, wahida p buat refexology then kami p bli Jeans baru, wahida beli 1, ku beli 2. Aduhai, tengah takde budget ni pun ku nak beli jgk, walaupun dah banyak kali ku refuse nak bli barang2 yg ku rasa perlu tapi tak penting. Bila ku nak p potong Jeans, dah begitu malam, org tu tak mahu terima. Nak tak nak, kami pun balik. Sampai je USM, p makan kat kedai Ikan Bakar. Malam tu aku diserang penyakit resdung.. tak pernah2 begitu teruk sehingga tak leh kena kipas atau angin sepoi2 bahasa pun, asik bersin and mataku jadi merah. Bukan itu aje, sepanjang malam aku tension, asik pk pasal visa tak settle ngan keadaan kesihatanku yang sgt2 tak ok.
Khamis-pagi2 aku dah bangun bersiap nak p Konsulat. Sampai je kat sana pukul 9.30pgi. Ku p amik gmbar, p anta borang, and ku banyak tanya kat sana, sebab tak mahu silap isi borang tu. In the end, borang aku lengkap diisi. Nasib baik leh pinjam gam kat pakcik kedai gmbar tadi. Hatiku girang dah settle, and berharap esoknya ku tak terlambat nak ambil visa yang dah dicop. Balik tu, ku singgah komtar cam bese, g sarapan kat kedai yang tak pernah aku masuk, area2 jual jeruk kat tingkat 2 komtar. mahal, tapi oklah untuk alas perut yang sangat lapar ni. Pas settle makan, ku p potong Jeans. Abang tu kata, tunggu 30 min ye dik. Ku pun p tukar kad-kad bank aku kepada Visa and Mastercard. Senang pape nak beli online nanti, takpun masa exchange t mungkin nak shopping, kad bank dah tak available untuk len2 bank. kan susah tu.. Kat CIMB sempat ku call customer service, guna line diorang, untuk unbar TAC ku yang dah kena block. Jimat kos calling customer service. Besides, banyak yang aku tanya kat akak di bank CIMB and Maybank. Best jugak ada masa nak survey2 ni. Untuk masa depan...
Jumaat - visa kena amik petang, jadi pagi ku p cari lecturer, nak drop kursus. Hampeh, sorang pun takde. Aku pun balik and makan. Dah pukul 12.30tgh. Ku pun baring jap. Tapi kejap sgt2, sebab risau aku nak kena g konsulat, nak smpai sana 2 ptg. Besenya 2 jam bari sampai konsulat, dari USM, dengan naik bus. Aku bersiap2 and g konsulat. Sampai sana 2.30ptg. Tapi rupanya sebab Jumaat, buka 3 ptg da.. aku tunggu sambil men game dlm phone. Bila buka je pintu tu, aku bukan orang pertama yang masuk. Semua orang dikehendaki letak resit kat dalam bakul. Aku pun tanya la, saya nya ni visa, sama tempat ngan bakul passport ni ke? Aku orang pertama la yang g kat kaunter ada bakul tu, orang tu amik borang aku and letak atas meja dia. Tup2, waa..nama aku, nama pertama yang dipanggil amik visa. Alhamdulillah. Syukurnya dapat visa. Rasa terlepas beban ni. Aku amik masa 3 minit memerhati visa aku, details dalam tu, passport aku ade pape yang berubah ke tak, tengok resit tadi, dah bertanda tangan. Dah puas hati, baru aku balik. Sebabnya, aku tak mahu ada kesilapan, dan tak nak berulang tempat yang sama, esok aku dah nak balik.. Eh eh..cerita pasal hari Jumaat ni, inilah harinya. Petang tadi ku tidur, tak sedar diri sampai pukul 8.30 mlm. Waa..itupun, mata ku asik berair je, pedih. Aku tahu, badan aku penat, beberapa hari ku berjalan sana sini.. Malam ni, ku tak p makan. Ku stay je kat bilik. Hm...hopefully dapat balik esok dengan selamat. Baju yang ku sidai, dah basah kena hujan, canela aku nak bawak balik ni. Nak jumpa budak Binus la..tapi bila ek..
Selasa - disebabkan kepenatan, ku g bayar yuran lambat sikit hari ni. Dah pukul 2 ptg gtu, ku p bayar. Seorang budah Iran mintak tunjuk jalan, jauh nya nak p tempat dia, sedangkan ku nak bayar yuran secepat mungkin..takut terlewat. tapi okla jugak, dapat tolong orang. Pas dah bayar yuran, sorang budak junior mintak tolong tunjuk jalan ke DK Z. DK tu dah lah tersorok, ku nak tunjuk sampai ke kuliahnya, tapi, dia kata oklah kak, saya nak cepat ni. Ku tengok dia berdiri ngan beberapa kawan yang sama2 sesat kat luar DK tu, jadi, ku p kat dia, tunjuk macam mana nak masuk pintu DK Z.. hahah..budak baru.. Ku nak p ptong rambut di Sg.2, tapi tak jd. Buat perm plak.. erm..takpela.. rambut raya. Yang ku tak puas ati, lebih kurang je ngn rambut aku yang dah nak abis kesan perm ni.. Malam tu, aku ngan Wahida p Bkt Jambul. Kami makan kat luar BJ tu. Sedap tomyamnya, tapi pedas..
Rabu - ku p buat visa, disebabkan tunggu wahida abis kelas, aku pun plan nak g tengah hari. Sampai komtar dah pukul 2, sembahyang and makan2 dah pukul 3. Then amik bus dari komtar ke Jln Burmah. Nasib baik tak sesat, sebab aku dah tengok google Maps, jalan ke sana, sebelah je Adventist. Alhamdulillah. Bila sampai sana, rasa agak kesal kerana tak datang pagi, sebab leh apply and hantar borang pagi tu. Petang tak diterima, dapat borang je and then blah. Balik tu, kami singgah di Komtar, wahida p buat refexology then kami p bli Jeans baru, wahida beli 1, ku beli 2. Aduhai, tengah takde budget ni pun ku nak beli jgk, walaupun dah banyak kali ku refuse nak bli barang2 yg ku rasa perlu tapi tak penting. Bila ku nak p potong Jeans, dah begitu malam, org tu tak mahu terima. Nak tak nak, kami pun balik. Sampai je USM, p makan kat kedai Ikan Bakar. Malam tu aku diserang penyakit resdung.. tak pernah2 begitu teruk sehingga tak leh kena kipas atau angin sepoi2 bahasa pun, asik bersin and mataku jadi merah. Bukan itu aje, sepanjang malam aku tension, asik pk pasal visa tak settle ngan keadaan kesihatanku yang sgt2 tak ok.
Khamis-pagi2 aku dah bangun bersiap nak p Konsulat. Sampai je kat sana pukul 9.30pgi. Ku p amik gmbar, p anta borang, and ku banyak tanya kat sana, sebab tak mahu silap isi borang tu. In the end, borang aku lengkap diisi. Nasib baik leh pinjam gam kat pakcik kedai gmbar tadi. Hatiku girang dah settle, and berharap esoknya ku tak terlambat nak ambil visa yang dah dicop. Balik tu, ku singgah komtar cam bese, g sarapan kat kedai yang tak pernah aku masuk, area2 jual jeruk kat tingkat 2 komtar. mahal, tapi oklah untuk alas perut yang sangat lapar ni. Pas settle makan, ku p potong Jeans. Abang tu kata, tunggu 30 min ye dik. Ku pun p tukar kad-kad bank aku kepada Visa and Mastercard. Senang pape nak beli online nanti, takpun masa exchange t mungkin nak shopping, kad bank dah tak available untuk len2 bank. kan susah tu.. Kat CIMB sempat ku call customer service, guna line diorang, untuk unbar TAC ku yang dah kena block. Jimat kos calling customer service. Besides, banyak yang aku tanya kat akak di bank CIMB and Maybank. Best jugak ada masa nak survey2 ni. Untuk masa depan...
Jumaat - visa kena amik petang, jadi pagi ku p cari lecturer, nak drop kursus. Hampeh, sorang pun takde. Aku pun balik and makan. Dah pukul 12.30tgh. Ku pun baring jap. Tapi kejap sgt2, sebab risau aku nak kena g konsulat, nak smpai sana 2 ptg. Besenya 2 jam bari sampai konsulat, dari USM, dengan naik bus. Aku bersiap2 and g konsulat. Sampai sana 2.30ptg. Tapi rupanya sebab Jumaat, buka 3 ptg da.. aku tunggu sambil men game dlm phone. Bila buka je pintu tu, aku bukan orang pertama yang masuk. Semua orang dikehendaki letak resit kat dalam bakul. Aku pun tanya la, saya nya ni visa, sama tempat ngan bakul passport ni ke? Aku orang pertama la yang g kat kaunter ada bakul tu, orang tu amik borang aku and letak atas meja dia. Tup2, waa..nama aku, nama pertama yang dipanggil amik visa. Alhamdulillah. Syukurnya dapat visa. Rasa terlepas beban ni. Aku amik masa 3 minit memerhati visa aku, details dalam tu, passport aku ade pape yang berubah ke tak, tengok resit tadi, dah bertanda tangan. Dah puas hati, baru aku balik. Sebabnya, aku tak mahu ada kesilapan, dan tak nak berulang tempat yang sama, esok aku dah nak balik.. Eh eh..cerita pasal hari Jumaat ni, inilah harinya. Petang tadi ku tidur, tak sedar diri sampai pukul 8.30 mlm. Waa..itupun, mata ku asik berair je, pedih. Aku tahu, badan aku penat, beberapa hari ku berjalan sana sini.. Malam ni, ku tak p makan. Ku stay je kat bilik. Hm...hopefully dapat balik esok dengan selamat. Baju yang ku sidai, dah basah kena hujan, canela aku nak bawak balik ni. Nak jumpa budak Binus la..tapi bila ek..
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Just Do It
I was thinking several times, why an application of visa requires a resume. One of the reasons perhaps they won't take a look at some documents to get a big picture of the applicants.
The heart feels so reluctant to bring it! I don't get the real purpose behind it. I should, but if I don't get it, then it will be troublesome.
Just do it~ Nike..
Saturday, May 22, 2010
advice vs advise
Advice is a noun, which means an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.
For example: "I need someone to give me some advice."
Advise is a verb, which means to give information and suggest types of action.
For example: "I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher."
!Note - In British English the noun form often ends in ...ice and the verb in ...ise.
For example: "I need someone to give me some advice."
Advise is a verb, which means to give information and suggest types of action.
For example: "I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher."
!Note - In British English the noun form often ends in ...ice and the verb in ...ise.
ambivalent vs indifferent
Ambivalent is an adjective we use to show when we're uncertain about how we feel about something or we're unable to decide what to do. People sometimes use it to show that they don't care one way or the other.
For example: " At the end of two sessions she was ambivalent about making another appointment."
Indifferent is an adjective, which means not interested or not thinking about something or someone.
For example: "She found it very hard to teach a class of indifferent teenagers."
For example: " At the end of two sessions she was ambivalent about making another appointment."
Indifferent is an adjective, which means not interested or not thinking about something or someone.
For example: "She found it very hard to teach a class of indifferent teenagers."
A lot vs allot vs alot
A lot, meaning a large amount or number of people or things, can be used to modify a noun.
For example:-
"I need a lot of time to develop this web site."
It can also be used as an adverb, meaning very much or very often.
For example:-
"I look a lot like my sister."
It has become a common term in speech; and is increasingly used in writing.
Allot is a verb, which means to give (especially a share of something) for a particular purpose:-
For example: "We were allotted a desk each."
!Note - Alot does not exist! There is no such word in the English language. If you write it this way - imagine me shouting at you - "No Such Word!"
For example:-
"I need a lot of time to develop this web site."
It can also be used as an adverb, meaning very much or very often.
For example:-
"I look a lot like my sister."
It has become a common term in speech; and is increasingly used in writing.
Allot is a verb, which means to give (especially a share of something) for a particular purpose:-
For example: "We were allotted a desk each."
!Note - Alot does not exist! There is no such word in the English language. If you write it this way - imagine me shouting at you - "No Such Word!"
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