Recently, I stumble upon a fact in Wikipedia which the source of the fact is from CIA said that Malaysia is a 'Newly Industrialised Country'. It means Malaysia is just a step away to become Developed Country. Good news right? I hope it is true but to most of us in this country, the answer will be "hell no!". Just look at our economy, politic, environment & the appreciation of arts & culture, are we there yet to be considered 'Newly Industrialised Country'?
Today, I saw this report on MalaysianInsider. Below is what they said and the ranking of our country:
The global study on broadband quality conducted by Oxford’s Said Business School listed Malaysia among countries which had Internet speeds which were “below today’s applications threshold.”
Malaysia is listed in the same category but above countries like the United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Pakistan, Morocco, Vietnam and Indonesia. China, Malta, Brazil and Thailand are among countries just ahead of Malaysia in broadband quality but still in the same low category.
Looking back at history, Malaysia used to be one of the first to embrace broadband with Streamyx in 1999. During that time, Singaporeans will be even envy of us. But now that other countries have improved leaps and bounds, where are we heading to?
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan & Japan take less then 50 years to be developed countries. Malaysia even after 50 years still just half way through. It is quite irony to say Malaysia is a 'Newly Industrialised Country' when we are not even ready or reach there yet. I wonder how long more for us have to use to even reach there. I wonder.
52 years of independence and 52 years of development. Yes! Landscape of the country has change,the life of the people has change, the teachnlogy has change and everything you can imagine has change. Even the people's mindset has change but this is just the beginning of everthing. We are far from becoming 1 and YES! We have to continue with the struggle. No matter how hard the road is going to be we have to achieve in becoming a truly united nation and merdeka the minds of those that are still living in their world. Remind them the fact that everyone is Malaysian.
MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA!! Lets Never Forget The Spirit of Merdeka. Happy 52nd Birthday My Beloved Malaysia.
After Utusan Malaysia reporter misinterpret ultra vires as to insult, now we have another reporter from RTM, Eliana Mazlan that said 'We' can mean 'I'. Besides that, she don't even know which party is Karpal Singh belongs to and she could not identify the component parties of Pakatan Rakyat.
Below are some of the the news I extrarcted from Malaysian Insider*.
During cross-examination, Jagdeep decided to use the video after Eliana failed to answer several questions based on the transcript.
Jagdeep: Do you understand the meaning of ultra vires?
Eliana: I am not sure.
Jagdeep: So you don’t understand or not sure?
Eliana replied that she understood and the defence counsel asked the reporter to define the term.
Eliana: Actions that are above the law.
The defence counsel then asked her if she believes that definition provided by her colleague was correct.
Eliana: I am not sure.
Jagdeep: So it might be right?
Eliana: It might be right, it might be wrong.
On Wednesday, Utusan Malaysia reporter Mohd Nizam Mohd Yatim told the High Court that he thought the phrase “ultra vires” contained in a press release issued by Karpal meant the DAP man was insulting the Perak Sultan.
The defence counsel then referred to the video and asked the reporter if she understood what was shown on the clip.
Eliana: Karpal said that he will sue the Sultan of Perak because the Sultan is not qualified to interfere.
Jagdeep then asked her if she really believed what she said until the reporter finally admitted that she was not sure and asked for the clip to be replayed.
“So you are not sure. This is serious, you cannot just give answers like that,” Jagdeep scolded.
Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah then accepted the reporter’s request for the clip to be replayed. Jagdeep: So do you agree that in the clip Karpal Singh said that we will sue the Sultan together with the new state government as defendants if they persist.
Eliana: We could mean I.
Jagdeep: So what is we? Do you understand English? What is we? So do you agree that we is not I?
The reporter kept quiet.
Jagdeep: So do you agree that your understanding (of the word we) was a complete misunderstanding?
Eliana: I don’t know.
Needless to say, another 'knowledgeable' reporter. Kudos to RTM & Utusan.
*For full report, please click at the Malaysian Insider above.
At Kuala Lumpur High Court today, where Karpal Singh's is charged for sedititous statement during the Perak Crisis, a rigorous cross-examination by defence counsel Jagdeep Singh Deo was conducted on Utusan reporter, Mohd Nizam and he appeared rattled by the lawyer’s questions during the session.
Jagdeep then proceeded to ask him if he understood the press release since it was in English.
Mohd Nizam: “I only understand it in general and not thoroughly.”
Jagdeep then asked the reporter if he agreed that what was said in the press conference was only an opinion of the constitutional crisis in Perak.
“I only report and do not give opinion,” Mohd Nizam replied.
The answer appeared to irritate Jagdeep who accused Mohd Nizam of being insincere.
Jagdeep then told Mohd Nizam to read part of the press release to the court.
Mohd Nizam: “Although the orders have been confirmed by the Sultan. If the decision is ultra vires then the decision can be adjudicated by the court.”
Jagdeep then asked Nizam to explain what ultra vires means to the court.
Nizam looking confused and replied: “To insult.”
As a reporter for 16 years, he is making himself to look like a clown by not knowing the term ultra vires. As reporter, by not checking facts and make report is already wrong but for the chief editor to allow publication of such wrongful report is really a big WRONG. Utusan Malaysia indeed Penyebar Fikiran "Rakyat".
As how my title has stated, my high school teacher really really very 'in'. 1 by 1, they join Facebook. Cool right? I'm really proud of my teacher's achievement. LOL!
Sorry to be so surprise but I really can't help it. Haha!
A blog that appeared 2 days ago has posted evidence that show that Ronnie Liu, DAP Selangor State Assemblyman was involved in corruption. The blog also claims that the death of Teoh was caused by the massive scale of corruption by the DAP since they took over the running of the Selangor state government in March 2008. I was quite curious on how this blogger is able to know so much. But that is not important, the most important is the documents that were posted in the blog. I had go through it. In order to make sure the documents are real, I did a little bit of research on my own. So, after some further checking the so called evidence in the blog, I found a lot of irregulaties in the documents. Lets see it 1 by 1.
Date In the document, the earliest transection dates back to 28 January 2008 which was before March 8 General Elcetion. So, is it possible for Ronnie Liu to be able to become state assemblyman & siphoned the money back then?
Constituency In the document, it claims that Ronnie Liu is the ADUN for N56 Sg. Pelek. For your information, Ronnie Liu is the ADUN for N47 Pandamaran. N56 Sungai Pelek constituency repsentitive is a MCA guy named Yap Ee Wah.
Authenticity The documents don't contain any official emblem & logo of the state & it also doesn't has the the official chop & signature of the ADUN. In the same time the source for the documents are not clear. Can it be that this particular documents that were posted are fake documents?
With so many irregulaties, can this be another conspiracy by some parties to try to divert attention for their misdeed? There is high possibilities for it. So, keep your finger cross & let the drama unfold as some clowns are trying to cover their crime trails with lots of funny things.
Finally, we had reverted back to Bahasa Malaysia for Mathematics & Science. We just gave up after just 6 years after the implementation of PPSMI(Pengajaran & Pembelajaran Sains & Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris). To me, the decision to revert is plain mindless & suicidal for our country. How do the government arrive with this decision? The decision to change back to BM is actually based on the statistic that the government has done. The statistic shows that the rural area students & teachers are not showing obvious sign of improvement in the command of English & so decision was made to scrap the PPSMI's policy. But the main problem is, is English the real problem for all these?
Back in the 1970's, when we start to 'nationalise' our education system by changing the language of teaching from English into BM, the same problems that the current teachers were facing also applied to the teachers at that time. They face the same language problems & they overcome it. That proves that language is not the problem so why can't the teachers now do the same?
Is it because teachers now lack the spirit, enthusiasm or just lower quality then the teachers in the past? As far as I'm concern, most teachers are not that bad. They are willing to learn, willing to sacrifice for the sake to teach & give their best to our leaders of the future. So, what's is the problem? Student?
I don't think the problems came from the students & it is also not the problem whether the students are from rural or urban. Student, especially those in primary, pick up languages like a sponge & if we nurture & guide them well enough, they will not be any problems for them in the languages they had learned. As time passes, with more student using English, we will have good environment for the uses of English & slowly our English level will somehow increases.
So, what is the actual reason for the sudden change? No deny that it is political motivated in order to get the support from their own party & component parties' members & also defenders of mother tongue NGOs to consolidate the leadership position of certain individuals but why use education as one of the pieces in the political chess?
Education is the core for the progress of a country, for this 30 years, we saw our universities ranking dropping & quality of the student lowering which ultimately contributed towards our country slowing down progress in economy & governance. All these can be pointed towards the politicising of our education system by the government.
Do you want to know how bad is our education system condition? From what I had seen & heard, the condition of our education is quite bad that most high ranking officials & rich people are more willing to send their children to be educated in international school or foreign country's(eg:- Singapore, UK, USA) schools rather than our own school & university. The most irony is when the same bunch of people actually ask the rakyat to study & trust our country education system while they themselves actually doing the opposite. Isn't this prove that our education system is very wrong?
Well, if we really want to revamp the whole system & make Malaysia a more competitive country, then we have to send a strong signal to our leaders. We can't continue to be silent or be 'vocal' only during the election time. We have to do it now! Yes! NOW! Tell them what we want, tell them we can't afford another 30 years of bad policy anymore! Time to change!
2 years ago we know each other; Soon we click togather; Chat a lot of stuffs togather; Go for outing togather; Enjoy sad & happy togahter.
2 years later we are far apart; Scatter all over Malaysia; Ready to begin our new chapter in life; Still, we are togather by heart; Keep in touch my dear friends & all the best.
Oh yeah! I'm back!! Wee~ Finally I get to break free from the grasp of boredness devil. This is all because I finally have access to my campus wifi. LoL!!
No idea what to blog for today so I just simply post an entry. I'm just excited(Ok! sound like some jakun that get to use broadband for the 1st time.LoL!!) Will resume posting some quality post soon. As for now, I want to enjoy the feel of reuniting with the power of technology.
Lucky I quited at RM35.63. If not I going to cry like no tomorrow, because... Advertlets never pays their bloggers Advertlets will only pay to the blogger they like
Sound like a scam, right?
Want proof? All you need is just search 'Adverlets Don't Pay Their Bloggers'. You will get a lot of it.
Well of all people the Singapore Business Times has reported that our Tenaga Nasional Berhad (which is a GLC owned by the taxpayers) has decided to build a nuclear power plant in the country.
How come we the citizens of this country did not know of this decision by TNB? Its not just any power plant but a nuclear power plant. It can have a significant impact on all our lives – especially if it blows up or is blown up.
What inspired me to write this post? It all thanks to Mr. Syed Akbar Ali's post of "Nuclear Power For Malaysia?". His post touches about the danger of nuclear power plant, the danger of the nuclear waste, the doubt about whether we have the expertise to handle all these nuclear things & also the doubt of whether we have place to conceal the nuclear waste. Basically, I agree with what he has said in his post.
So, if we choose to build nuclear power plant, can TNB guarantee something like Chernobyl will never happen? Can they guarantee those nuclear waste can be handle properly withouht causing any harm to anything around? Any mishandling or accident will create nuclear explosion(you will never know evethough scientist & engineer said the risk for it to happen is is low) or vast radioactive contamination. All these will threaten people's life & also our country's economy.
Furthermore, heat generated & the gas realeased by nuclear power plant contributes to global warming. Now the Earth is sick enough, do all this people intend to add more pain to our Earth & send another few more species of animals & plants into extinction & also killing a few more people due to change in climate patterns that was caused by global warming?
Besides that, do our Peninsula have the place for this plant? Don't tell me they want to build it near some kampung or bulldoze some forest for it. If they really build it, where they want to conceal all the nuclear waste? Nuclear waste can remain radioactive for 10 000 years & have to be concealed deep in the earth. Do we have the place to conceal it? Don't tell me that they wan to dispose the nuclear waste into the sea or just throw it in some landfill or just simply bury it in some place. All this will not be a problem if you don't mind that they are doing it just behind your house.
By the way, I heard & read in the news that nuclear can create cheaper energy than currently use fossil fuels huh? Yes, it may be cheap but when something happens then it won't be cheap. Not only so, all this nuclear materials such as uranium & plutonium will also face depletion because nuclear materials are non-renewable, similar to fossil fuels. According to calcualtion, uranium & plutonium supply are enough to last for "at least a century" at current consumption rates. So, when uranium & plutonium are running out, what next? Another few hundred million or billion?
Instead of spending so much money now & then, why not just invest in green energy? Government spend a lot now on R&D in local university & local research centre or buying equipments or import techology from other countries or invite foreign R&D company or encourage local company to produce or do all those togather, the benefits may not be seen immediately but in long term, our country can save a lot of money as maintaining cost for green energy power plant plant is less than fossil fuels & nuclear power plant. We will save even more as our country is free from the imapact of global oil price, in the same time, we are generating cheaper electric power which will benefit the people & our country's economy. Don't forget that by doing so, Malaysia is doing something good for Mother Earth & also save millions of life on Earth.
Another plus point for government to invest & using green energy is that hundred thousand or maybe a million or two of jobs will be created. This is due to more people will be needed by research centre & factory for producing & researching green energy generator. Not only that, green energy power plant will also need people for maintaining & operate it, thus creating even more jobs for our people. With so many people able to get a job, it also means our country definately will have a strong & bustling economy as more jobs mean more people will spend money on buying things & services.
As you can see, the benefits from green energy totally outweight the nuclear energy. Why still nuclear? I hope the people in charge can think twice again as those are the people's money.
As I had abandaoned IE(Internet Explorer) for some time, I had never want to know a thing about IE. Why? Because Firefox is really a great browser. What so great? Let me tell you all more. For those who don't know what is all this Firefox about, basically Firefox is a free open-source web browser by Mozilla Corporation. I had been using Firefox for nearly a year & until now, I'm very happy with the browser performance.
So, lets compare IE & Firefox. Security An independent study shows that, in 2006, IE users were vulnerable to online threats 78% of the time. Firefox users? Only 2%. To make it simple, exploit code for critical unpatched security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer was available for 284 days in 2006. In comparison, exploit code for critical security vulnerabilities in Firefox was available for 9 days before Mozilla shipped a patch to remedy the problem. As of April 23, 2009, Firefox 3 has no security vulnerabilities unpatched according to Secunia. Internet Explorer 7 has nine security vulnerabilities unpatched, the most severe of which was rated "moderately critical" by Secunia.
Not only so, because IE is so incorporated into Windows, it make things more worse or easier if any attack or installation of anything into your computer occur.
Web Browsing It loads a page much faster than IE. Its handling of multiple images and videos on webpages is better than IE too. There are certain parameters called 'Table rendering time' and 'CSS rendering Time' that play a big role in loading of a page and these timings are lesser for Firefox as compared to IE.
The most important is IE don't work well or function properly on every website. One of those web is my blog. When I use IE to open my blog, it just stop while my Firefox doesn't give me any problem.
Memory Space Firefox take lesser memory space compared to IE.
Additional add-on Firefox can install a lot of add-on which can make your browsing smoother while IE has limited.
It loads a page much faster than IE. Its handling of multiple images and videos on webpages is better than IE too. There are certain parameters called 'Table rendering time' and 'CSS rendering Time' that play a big role in loading of a page and these timings are lesser for Firefox as compared to IE.
Verdict The most important thing that make me choose Firefox is its stability & security. Firefox hang less & even it did hang or crash, it won't make your system to go crashing or hang. It will just restart back normally.
As for security, I'm totally in peace of mind as Firefox really did very well by updating any flaws they found nearly immediately. Until now, those people who has been strike by malware & spyware, most of them are IE user as IE is an easy target for all these junks. Besides that, it blocks nearly all the annoying pop-up ads, making my net surfing journey near perfect.
As conclusion, Firefox beat the hell out of IE. IE sucks but I have to use it when some stupid government website can only function under IE. Sien.
ps: I will try to post about the comparison between browser in my next post.
From the latest finding by Merdeka Center for Opinion Research that was released yesterday, 1 June 2009, Malaysian No.1 concern is the economy of the country.
This survey is part of an on-going poll conducted from the time Najib took office as PM, and closed by the time AH1N1 arrived.
During the whole survey period, Dato' Seri Najib's approval rate has never breach or even touches the 50% barrier. His worst approval ratings had been 34%, in July 2008, and the March 3-9 period in 2009. But, through statistic, his approval rating has since then increase. This is more or less the effects of his on-going image rebulding mission.
The poll was carried out between 6th-15th May & the poll has a margin of error estimated plus minus 3.10%. You can have a look of the findings here.
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For those who often pay a visit to my blog will realised that I had changed some stuffs in my blog & 1 of the most obvious changes is the expandable(Read More) post. This is a 'hack' that I get to learn from other blogger.
With this hack, you can choose to display a selected amount of text from the beginning of each post as a teaser/summary instead of showing the entire post on the front page of your blog. This will make reader easier to go through & select you other posts.
Actually, there are a lot of people already showing the way how to do it but I will still say it here. After all, there is no harm spreading knowledge. :D So, there will be 5 easy steps to make all these possible.
Ok. lets begin.
Step 1 - Go to Layout & then 'Edit HTML'. - Back up your template. - Expand widget template
Now, find div class='post-header-line-1'/ & paste the code(download is at the very bottom, below the file url) below it.
Step 4 Go to Setting then Formatting & put the words below into 'Post Template'. Please change the ' ( ' in front of the code into ' < ' .
Type your summary here (span id="fullpost"> Type rest of the post here (/span>
Step 5 DONE!
By now eveything is done but changes will only appear in your new post & not your previous posts. If you want to let your previous posts to have this function then you have to do it manually by putting below the sentences that you want to show as summary & put at the end of the post.
I know DiGi got 3G for a year after acquired it from Time Telecommunication & I know they had launched their broadband in Klang Valley, Penang & Kota Kinabalu but then for phone, everyone that use Digi know that for now, 3G has not been launch yet. But then, when I use my phone as modem...
ps: click to enlarge
Did you see what I see? Is 3G on the phone!! Wow!! Isn't it a good news to all Digi user?
By the way, as for now, no official launching or announcement has been made so I wonder, am I really on 3G? Hmm....
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
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FT Island is coming to Singapore for a concert called Seoul'd out concert.
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17.11.2009 Back to Johor Bahru ^^
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今天是本少爷在这Sem 1的最后一天考试^^Physical Chemistry好难哦...但是本少爷也已经尽力了，希望成绩出来还是不错的!
在这也要谢谢红愿意等我多一天才一起回家哦!
考试完后，收拾完毕后就租了车子出门去了^^回家之前的享受^^第一站，载Hadi去巴士车站，之后载Shema & Wani去Eas...
8th month anni!
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well..since my dear haven change back e password..i m gona blog it
here..dear dear..hu said we wont have our 8 months!haha..here it
is!!19.11.09..12.00am.....
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darkness , oh darkness overshadow your heart
a consolation may ,just may,
that you just run away from the world for a second,
but, just remember that the...
This shall be the longest post ever (:
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You would not believe your eyes if ten million fire flies lit up the world
as I fell asleep.
Did you freaking see Dan Humphrey's face when Olivia went and ...
Paranormal Activity.
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I don't like my friends. They used peer pressure to make me watch Paranormal Activity today.And now I'm scared. And it's only 9.03pm.I don't know why I do th...
Looking forward for my holiday^^
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Last paper need to struggle...Principle of accounting...many chapter need to
study...Finally, i'm coming back to JB~my warmest place to rest in...
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Two sides of the same coin.
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I've tasted all classes now. So far no bitterness in the lecturers. Good
sign.
However, most of the subjects encourages seriousness, or atleast serious
foc...
Aku Kan Terus Pergi
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Sakitnya hati ini bila ditinggalkan saja,
apakah yang ku beri tiada erti cinta,
buat apa ku disini,mengharap yang takkan kembali,
sia-sia pengorbananku,
cuku...
Put war behind bars, live happily ever after.
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The conference on criminalizing war was recently held at the Putra World
Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur and has received much praise and support in
this effo...
Be Breast Aware
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As the month of October comes to an end let me give a message to everyone
out there about the main event of this month. Breast cancer. Breast cancer
is a t...
Reflected
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i just realised that im not an atheist. maybe not yet but i consider myself
as an agnosticist. it's a pitiful group where maybe few atheists shun or
religi...
Surrogates!
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I wonder... Will it be possible for the future to be like surrogates?
I love those virtual machines... But i would say i robot (2004) is still
better =D
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So HAPPENING ! !
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so long din update my blog edi...actually i edi forgot that i have a
blog...luckily my room mate asked me about blog then i was reminded that i
actually ha...
Sg Lembing Trip @ 19/09/2009 - 21/09/2009 - Day 2
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Day 2, got a bad feeling for today's adventure. Though the rain was stopped,
but we didn't put too high expectation on seeing rainbow at the waterfall.
We ...
Insomniac
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It’s 4:30 in the morning, the insomniac hit me again.. What is the root
cause?
a. Too excited about the semester break
b. Watched too much TV s...
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Thanks Jolynn Ong..
For the answer you gave..
I can make my decision easier from your answer
HEHE
Have a safe journey back
Good luck
End of the year plan.....
Ngau Kee Beef Noodle at Tengkat Tong Shin, KL
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When I first knew about this hidden treasure of Kuala Lumpur, I was still in
college, and it was Adrian Lee who first brought me here. I must say the
taste...
Business Building Seminar
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What's up guys..Just came back from the most packed, most excited, and most
awesome BBS ever. Having the chance to be 5 feet away from a
multi-multi-millio...
Appeciation.
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Curtains closes,
Emptiness looms,
Promises made,
Upholding words.
As it fades,
In the current of time.
Concealing emotions,
Accepting reality,
In the midst o...
Kitaro Live at Genting 2009
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Hi everyone! I just got back from Genting.. Hehe.. spent two days there.e
The first day was very exciting... got to see kitaro live in concert for the
seco...
Rest In Peace
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Condolences to the family of Lai Ying Xin, who was taken from this world in
a brutal murder.
May she rest in peace, as her body lies in eternal slumber and...
Sis's blog
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Summer is going good so far but I'm just too lazy, in a way, to blog.
lol..so, check out my sister's blog cuz she does all the blogging while I do
all the ...
