Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and PM Najib Razak have been trumpeting their economic policies in the light of plaudits given by an outfit called the Oxford Business Group..
Explaining the significance of the praises lavished on Sarawak and Malaysia by the Oxford Busines Group, the Chief Minister’s own websiteclaimed that the publication “provides in-depth detail on Sarawak’ current economic outlook and what the future holds for the state”.
However, the Editorial Director of these reports is none other than a former Editor of the UK’s most ridiculed porn rag, the Daily Sport, which closed earlier this year.
Peter Grimsditch was sacked 4 years after having launched the Sport for the UK ’Porn King’, David Sullivan in 1988. He was also sacked as Editor of another low-brow red top, the Daily Star, and is now based in the Middle East.
- From editiing porn to finance PR – Peter Grimsditch
Another ‘boob’ by Taib?
The revelation raises question marks over the economic focus and expertise of the publication that are not satisfactorily answered by the qualifications of its predominantly youthful staff:
“They are mostly in their 20′s and they get posted for a couple of months to do the business”, explained one senior executive of a respected economic publication in the Middle East, where OBG have also started operating.
“It is basically what one calls an ‘Advertorial’. They write sympathetic positive stuff about the subject matter. The purpose is obvious, which is to give the best possible spin and encourage investment. The State will then quote the report”.
Oxford Business Group Report was launched with fanfare by Taib
Under these circumstances, the grand fanfare with which Taib personally launched the Oxford Business Group’s ‘Country Report’ on Sarawak in October at the Pullman Hotel, seems rather ridiculous. ‘The Report Sarawak’ was presented as if it was a respected and objective third-party analysis, giving the thumbs up to investors. In fact it was just a vanity publication, which he paid for out of state funds! We suggest investors should therefore also read this Sarawak Report to gain some balance!
Why are those 10 minutes of sleep…b4 u actually need to get up, so precious?!…. was my sister’s facebook status.
Agreeing wholeheartedly, I commented, “Because you are stealing them…Always exciting to do what one is not supposed to do…!”
Isnt it true? Forbidden fruit always tastes sweeter, that’s what got Adam and Eve into huge trouble. Problem is that while they were denied just that one experience and even then couldn’t resist having a taste, we have temptations galore! We encounter nays and don’ts at every turn; some imposed by law, some by society, others by those close to us, and yes, some restrictions we impose on ourselves!
And now it seems it’s not just the forbidden that tempts us, but even the out-of-the-ordinary things that help break the monotony of everyday life.
The world of Adam and Eve was a spanking new one with untold treasures yet to be discovered; we live in a jaded world where anything out of the ordinary excites and rejuvenates while the ordinary, everyday stuff bores. And that’s how you have people like New York Congressman Anthony Weiner and Oscar winning film director Quentin Tarantino, who are in the news not for something as mundane as having an affair, but for acts that make fellow beings sit up — somewhat in disgust, somewhat in amusement somewhat in wonder, and yes, even envy!
While public personalities like golf legend Tiger Woods met their nemesis by having multiple affairs and IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn pounced on a hotel maid and N.D. Tiwari was caught with sex workers, nothing as ordinary would do for Weiner! He got his kick by tweeting sexually explicit photos and messages of himself in an aroused state to young girls before and during his marriage! Technically, he didn’t have an extra-marital affair but to most, what he did was somehow far worse!
Not to be outdone in affaires extraordinaire, Tarantino has now hit the headlines with his toe fetish. An Indian girl has revealed how the talented filmmaker sucked on her toes while pleasuring himself. Most men, though they may jeer at Tarantino, would have been curious about and fascinated by his twinkle toe act!
As Mark Oppenheimer writes in Huffington Post, “There was something not weird, but too familiar about Weiner. His style might not be for everyone (to put it politely), but the impulse to be something other than what we are in our daily, monogamous lives, the thrill that comes from the illicit rather than the predictable, is something I imagine many couples can identify with. With his online flirtations and soft-porn photos, he did what a lot of us might do if we were lonely and determined to not really cheat.”
As Mark Oppenheimer writes in Huffington Post, “There was something not weird, but too familiar about Weiner. His style might not be for everyone (to put it politely), but the impulse to be something other than what we are in our daily, monogamous lives, the thrill that comes from the illicit rather than the predictable, is something I imagine many couples can identify with. With his online flirtations and soft-porn photos, he did what a lot of us might do if we were lonely and determined to not really cheat.”
Defying the law, flouting traffic rules, drinking yourself senseless, destroying public property, ringing a bell and running away – all these activities seem so exciting when teenage hormones are raging. Unfortunately for some, those hormones never do quite settle down. And Mr Hyde is always waiting just a breath away to emerge and exhibit a vastly different persona and morality from that of Dr Jekyll.
Everyone is faced with the same temptations at some point or the other, and all of us have a Mr Hyde lurking within us. The difference is that while some give in to forbidden pleasures and excitement, others consider repercussions and hold on steadfast against temptation. Minor temptations such as 10 minutes of extra sleep, chocolates, rich chocolate pastries or that extra helping of food cannot harm anyone as much as temptations that have the potential to turn into public scandals and take down loved ones along with us. The worst fear of succumbing to temptations is when you end up hurting loved ones or harming yourselves.
One can never really know one’s vulnerability unless actually faced with temptation. Each of us knows our strengths and weaknesses in normal conditions; but it would help to consider what exactly we are capable of doing in our vulnerable moments.We have no idea what are our friends, colleagues and neighbours capable of doing in unusual circumstances? Do loneliness and depression lead us into doing things we would never do under normal conditions? What is the worst thing that the colleague seated in the next cabin has done? Has he sexted sexy pictures of himself to women? Is he a closet gay? Is he a stalker?! Or the friend you share lunch with every day. Do you know what she is up to when nobody observes her? After all would Weiner’s friends and relatives have ever suspected he was sexting lewd photographs of himself to young girls on social networking sites?
It is only by unearthing the Hyde within us and understanding him that we can strengthen Jekyll to maintain his strength and will power under all circumstances. It is only by knowing the extent to which we can fall that we can determine and establish the heights we can reach.
So go on, give in to the temptation of that extra 10 minutes of eye-shut …it may even help you keep Mr Hyde under check, lest greater temptations lead you astray…
‘No plan B, because we commissioned the Oxford Business Group to say we were doing fine’ – Borneo Post!
YB TAN SRI NOR YAKOB AND MD NOR: HOW MUCH DID MAS SELL THE 70% OF MAS CATERING?
by weechookeong
Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof (the architect of WAU), YB Tan Sri Mohamad Nor Yacob (the then Minister of Finance II, who was in charged of Khazanah under Badawi’s administration), Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and the whizz kid En Mohammed Rashdan Yusof, the then consultants from BinaFikir Sdn Bhd) must clarify what was the selling price of the 70% share of MAS Catering Sdn Bhd (MCSB) to Gubahan Saujana Sdn Bhd (GUBAHAN). The answer will clarify what your truly had posted earlier regarding the sale of MAS Catering Sdn Bhd. Please read in HERE.
GUBAHAN was incorporated on 18-06-2002. It is an investment holding company with no experience in airline catering services at the material time. GUBAHAN bought 70% of MCSB with a back to back exclusive agreement whereby MAS shall exclusively purchase all food supplies, beverages and all cabin related services for 25 years until 2028! This exclusive contract worth millions of Ringgit annually. We must bear in mind that MCSB is also providing similar services to 30 airlines in KLIA and Penang Airports. Therefore, it was not a surprise at all that GUBAHAN sold 49% of the 70% share in MCSB to LSG Asia GMBH, a company specialises in catering services for airlines which is related toLSG Skychef, a subsidiary of Lufthansa in Germany. Please read in HERE.
GUBAHAN being the 70% shareholders of MCSB is in full control of MCSB. Seven months later on 16-4-2004 the name of MCSB was changed to LSG Skychef – Brahim’s Sdn Bhd. Therefore, the sale of the said remaining 49% must have been sold to LSG ASIA GMBH during the period of 25-9-2003 – 16-4-2004. You can easily see this name every where in KLIA and Penang Airports. MAS’s name was totally obliterated from a company it has set up in 1972. This was how various people under various projects have been helping and saving our national carrier, MAS. I don’t think that your truly have been wrong to say that“Stop Anaktirikan MAS – How about LSG Skychefs Rahim?” in one of my postings. Please read in HERE.
Now that we know that GUBAHAN sold the said 51% of its 70% share in MCSB forRM130 million to Tamadam Bonded Warehouse Bhd (TAMADAM) by way of issuance of new share. It will not be unreasonable for us to guess that the said 49% sold to LSG Aisa DMBH must be in the region of RM100 t0 RM120 million. Your truly hope that MAS sold the 70% of MCSB to GUBAHAN for at least RM200 million so as to make MAS “an aset light airline” – anything less than this amount will definitely make MAS to light and it may fly into the outer space!.
It must be noted that during the last few days after the exposure of the sale of 70% of MCSB to GUBAHAN, the TAMADAM’s website has been thoroughly revamped and one can no longer find the prominent name of Datuk Hj Ibrahim bin Hj Ahmad … (of course without the word “Badawi”). Your truly doesn’t understand why the sudden revamped.
The picture will be clearer when we get answers for the following questions:
1. How much did MAS sell the 70% of its shares in MCSB?
2. Who received the RM130 million worth of shares in Tamadam Bonded Warehouse Bhd?
3. How much did GUBAHAN sell the remaining 49% of the 70% of its share in MCSB to LSG ASIA GMBH, which is related to LSG Skychef?
3. What are the prices that MAS had to pay for all its supplies and services from LSG Skychefs-Brahim Sdn Bhd and the prices of the same supplies and services paid by other airlines in KLIA and Penang Airports?
4. What are the terms and conditions in the contract between MAS and LSG Skychefs-Rahim Sdn Bhd and other airlines with LSG Skychefs – Brahim Sdn Bhd?
If the abovenamed four personalities chose not to be transparent then your truly will get the answers from the Minister of Finance through Parliament. Your truly hopes that there are nothing to hide from all parties as they have been trying so hard to help and save MAS all these years. Now the same people are still trying with the famous secret share swap.
A new study has revealed that our brain processes pictures of nude bodies more efficiently than pictures of clothed bodies.
Most people like to look at pictures of nude or scantily clad human bodies.
Looking at nude bodies is sexually arousing, and a nude human body is a classic subject in art.
Advertising, too, has harnessed half-clothedmodels to evoke positive images about the products advertised.
Now, researchers at the University of Tampere and the Aalto University, Finland, have found that the perception of nude bodies is boosted at an early stage of visual processing.
Now, researchers at the University of Tampere and the Aalto University, Finland, have found that the perception of nude bodies is boosted at an early stage of visual processing.
In the study, participants were shown pictures of men and women in which the models wore either normal everyday clothes or swimsuits, or were nude.
At the same time, visual brain responses were recorded from the participants’ electrical brain activity. This method allows researchers to investigate the early stages of visual information processing.
The results showed that, in less than 0.2 seconds, the brain processes pictures of nude bodies more efficiently than pictures of clothed bodies.
In fact, the less clothing the models in the pictures were wearing, the more enhanced was the information processing: the brain responses were the strongest when the participants looked at pictures of nude bodies, the second strongest to bodies in swimsuits, and the weakest to fully clothed bodies.
Male participants’ brain responses were stronger to nude female than to nude male bodies, whereas the female participants’ brain responses were not affected by the sex of the bodies.
The first time you have sex, it’s not all smooth sailing. In fact, many fears are attached to it. Dr Mahinder Watsa tells you what to expect (and what not to expect) the first time you get intimate with someone.
There’ll be many a slip
Everybody wants their first time to be perfect. Some even envision it to be some kind of fairytale moment. Nothing wrong with that, but one should know that there could be slip-ups, all the same. The man often wishes intercourse to last longer, but if he achieves orgasm early (presumably due to a rush of excitement), it is okay! Some may even fail to achieve an erectionand in that moment of disappointment, label themselves as not being ‘up to the mark’. If that is what you think, it is a big mistake. You can always end the session with ample foreplay. If things don’t go as planned in the very first time, there’s always a second time. If a man can achieve an erection during masturbation, he is normal. So just relax and go with the flow.
Everybody wants their first time to be perfect. Some even envision it to be some kind of fairytale moment. Nothing wrong with that, but one should know that there could be slip-ups, all the same. The man often wishes intercourse to last longer, but if he achieves orgasm early (presumably due to a rush of excitement), it is okay! Some may even fail to achieve an erectionand in that moment of disappointment, label themselves as not being ‘up to the mark’. If that is what you think, it is a big mistake. You can always end the session with ample foreplay. If things don’t go as planned in the very first time, there’s always a second time. If a man can achieve an erection during masturbation, he is normal. So just relax and go with the flow.
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