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Monday, December 13, 2010

First McDonald's in Kampar

By TAI POH YEE

The First in Kampar

The first McDonald’s Drive-Thru Restaurant in Mukim Kampar was opened on 14th October 2010, franchised by Golden Arches Restaurants Sdn. Bhd. This would be written in the history of Kampar after McDonald’s been so famous in Malaysia so many years. Many positive impacts would be on bringing in subsequently after the opening of the branch.

Franchise Opportunity of McDonald’s in Kampar

It’s been sometime since the Kampar Campus of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) has been open for pupils to pursue their undergraduate studies. This relocation strategy did brought a huge impact to the economy of Kampar. Well, at least the New Town of Kampar. Many new hawker stalls, shops and cafes have been newly founded around that area, which means the increase of student population had been giving the owner’s of Ronald McDonald’s Fast Food Company another thought of distributing a franchise opportunity for people to open a branch in Kampar.

UTAR Students Drive All the Way to Gopeng for McDonald’s Meal

Ever before the Kampar branch of McDonald’s was established, pupils from UTAR and TARC drive all the way from Kampar to Gopeng to enjoy the fast food service. The 40-minute single trip journey shows how passion they are upon the McDonald’s. They are more than happy to enjoy the foods available despite they have to suffer from time consuming and mentally and physically burn out.

People Shows Excitement Over the Banner Showed

When the notification banner was hung, people in Kampar who passed by it did made a lot of discussions among themselves. Peoples especially the students show a lot of anticipate on that as they would have a whole new spot for them to gather, to chill out, and to do revision and researches for their assignments.

UPSR 2010 Results See Improvement From Previous Year

By TEOH SHU CHYI

More Than 10% of Candidates Aced All the Subjects

The 2010 Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) results indicated a slight improvement this year compared with last year, with the overall national average grade increasing by 0.02 per cent, Education Director-General Datuk Abd Ghafar Mahmud exclaimed.

A total of 482,334 candidates sat for UPSR at 8,192 examination centres nationwide which was held from 21st to 23rd of September.

This year's Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) results saw 10.02% of candidates scoring straight As. Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud said that a total of 48,327 of 482,334 UPSR candidates this year obtained all As as compared to 9.5% last year.

Proud: Abdul Ghafar holding a book containing the UPSR 2010

results after announcing the results in Putrajaya.

He added that national primary schools recorded 4.5% more As for Bahasa Melayu (Comprehension) this year, but saw a decline of As for Bahasa Melayu (Writing Skills) by 8.9%. Both national and vernacular schools saw an improvement in the English paper, recording a national average grade of 2.74 (from 2.79 last year) and 2.69 (from 2.8 last year).

Internet Users Debate on Level of Education Standard

Many internet users have voiced out their opinions regarding this issue. Internet user Nstman commented that the government lowered the level of standard set by them to ensure that more students could obtain more As and there are those who cannot even converse in simple English or do not even know that difference between a verb and a noun yet miraculously score A in the English exam.

He also went on to say that the standard of education was much higher back in the sixties. While the standard of education is sliding by the day, the number of As keeps shooting up.

Internet users' comments on the issue.

To improve the standard of education in Malaysia is not as simple as just lowering its standard. Let's hope that next year's UPSR will see even better results from this year, but through proper and standardized marking system.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Flash Flood Hit Northen Malaysia

By CHEOK HUAI YEE

Victims were advised to be evacuated to safer place

Floods hit the northern states of Perlis, Kedah and Kelantan on 1Nov. The floods, caused by heavy rainfall overnight forced more than 1,000 people to leave their homes in Perlis and Kedah. In Kelantan, people in several low-lying areas were advised to be prepared to evacuate. Several roads were also flooded, among them Jalan Kaki Bukit in Beseri and Jalan Titi Tinggi. 730 people from 195 families in 18 villages in Padang Terap District had been evacuated. A spokesman of the Padang Terap District flood operations room, Nurul Aziati Ahmad Salmi, some of the evacuees were putting up with relatives or had set up temporary shelter on high ground," she said, adding that more evacuations were possible as it was still raining.

Rescuers carried the elderly from boat to evacuation

Flood reached alert level

An officer of the Kelantan Drainage and Irrigation Department, Shaari Harun, said the level at Jenob at 11am was 23.80 metres about 0.3m above the danger level. The level of the river at Rantau Panjang was 8.75 metres, close to the danger level of nine metres. Sungai Golok can burst its banks at any moment, and the people must be prepared to face floods," he said.

Rescuers saves the victims by using boat

A victim is swollen by the strong flood

The flood in Kedah claimed its first victim after an elderly German woman was reported missing when flashflood hit her son's bungalow in Kampung Kota Giam, Malau. Erna Fischer, 64, was swept away by strong water current after the flood hit the village in the 8pm incident. Together with her son, Yusof Abdullah, 41, and his wife, Ashalehah Zain, 40, Fischer had earlier rushed out of the bungalow when they noticed the floodwater was fast inundating the double-storey building. The couple was swept away for about 300 metres before they managed to grab a tree each. They clung on to the tree for almost three hours before they were rescued by Tenaga Nasional Bhd workers and members of the civil defense corp. Ashalelah later told reporters she could only watch helplessly as the strong water currents swept her mother-in-law into the dark night. Fischer's body had yet to be found.

Ashalehah Zain is rescued from a tree she hold on

The Biggest H-Artistry Global Art of Mixing of 2010

By HELEN CHONG YOKE YIN

Hennessy Artistry ends 2010 with a bang!

After months of resonating through clubs around Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kota Kinabalu, H-Artistry “The Global Art of Mixing” finished off the year with a ground shaking night last month with more than 4-thousand party goers gathered under one roof!

Staying true to H-Artistry’s innovative approach in blending musical genres of the East and West,

Taiwan

’s rhythm pumping HipHop quartet, Da Mouth, took on the stage and got the crowd pumping to their feet! Regarded as the Black Eyed Peas of Asia, the group is formed by many hyphens: Canadian-Taiwanese MC 40, Korean-Taiwanese-American male vocalist Harry, Japanese-Taiwanese DJ Chung Hua, and Japanese female vocalist Aisa.

However, leading the line-up at the upcoming H-Artistry party is Canadian Hip-Hop icon, Kardinal Offishall. Joining them on 2010’s biggest H-Artistry stage yet is DJ Alex Dreamz, one of

America

’s top disc jockeys.

Meanwhile, Malaysia

was represented by three diverse top-class acts with the first artiste Mizz Nina who is best known for her recent collaboration with Colby O’Donis for her hit single ‘What You Waiting For’. Local powerhouse band, Deja Voodoo Spells, FoulWorks, together with DJ Ms. Eva T pumped out the finest sounds in Hip Hop, R&B, Progressive House, Beach House & Electro House.

The Artiste line-up for the night

A Hennessy Mix Master booth greeted the crowd at the entrance where they were guided by a professional DJ to mix and create their own beats, which they can eventually post up on Youtube for a chance to win a 1.5L of Hennessy V.S.O.P. 20-year-old Candice from Subang Jaya shared her experience with us.

"It has always been a dream to be a professional DJ and it was really an experience to mingle with beats and just let loose. Hennessy Artistry is truly an event you would not want to miss!" said Candice who was also in the process of being a vocalist.

Aside from trying out different beats, there were various Hennessy booths suchs as the Hennessy Digital Light Art FX where guests could bring out their inner creativity by designing their own Hennessy V.S.O.P desktop wallpaper and the Hennessy Mixing Bar where 4 signature Hennessy V.S.O.P long drinks such as Hennessy Citrus, Hennessy Apple, Hennessy Ginger and Hennessy Berry were laid out for guests to try their hand in being their very own bartender!

The Hennessy Mixing Bar

Completely revolutionizing the arena into a classy world-class club set-up, the arena was plastered with countless plasma screens displaying head-turning visuals and futuristic bars.

"It was so beautifully designed that I could not stop taking pictures as reference for my future inspiration!" said 22-year-old Kamen, an Interior Design student from Raffles Institute, KL.

Inside the arena

The crowd kept pouring in up till midnight!

A global musical phenomenon, H-Artistry ‘The Global Art of Mixing’ parties also takes place in some of the largest cities around the world which includes New York, Shanghai, Taipei, London, and Los Angeles. H-Artistry The Global Art of Mixing definitely did a excellent job in making a stamp in the local clubbing scene.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

A Double Win for The One Academy at Malaysia's Top Junior Designer Awards

By TEOH SHU CHYI

First Time Participating Brings Gold for Student

Two young aspiring designers from The One Academy took part in the annual Junior Designer Awards (JDA) and snapped up two of the top three prized awarded in the national design competition organized by Malaysia's biggest interior design magazine publisher iN Publishers.

19-year-old interior design student Ong Su Ping walked home with RM3,000 cash prize for winning the Gold award. In recognition of her award-winning creation, Ong's unique lighting design of “The Dancer” will be made into one of the products to be sold in one of Malaysia's biggest lighting retail centre Alfo lighting.

“It was the first time I had taken part in a furniture design competition (or any interior design competition) and the win definitely boosted my confidence,” said Ong, who added that her design inspiration came from the silhouette of a dancer.

Ong (centre) with her mock cheque, flanked by her proud mother

and head of interior design department Eric Leong.

Gift Before Graduation for Student

Bronze winner Eunice Ang Chia Sze also won herself a cash prize of RM1,000 and joined her course mate in the league to have her winning design produced for the commercial market. This was her second time participating in the annual Junior Designer Award.

“I was surprised to know that I still had the opportunity to take part in the JDA competition,” said the 20-year-old Ang, who is currently in her final semester year of Interior Design programming at The One Academy, “It really gave me an extra boost of confidence in my work.”

On her winning design, Ang said that her work was meant to promote a message of environmental awareness. “Our earth is facing global warming as we know. Thus, I decided to spread the environmentally friendly 'Go Green' theme through my lighting design, inspired by the shape of twisted soft drink cans that is multifunctional at the same time.

Ang (right) is all smiles.

According to Malaysia's renowned 'Raja Hias' celebrity interior designer and the head of interior design department Eric Leong, the competition aimed to encourage talented new designers to support new creation of product designs and expand the local design industry while strengthening Malaysian-made products and business competitiveness.

JDA unleashed the creative young talents and upcoming designers who are full of energies and desire to venture into the product design industry via the showcase of their fresh and innovative design ideas. The innovative and edgy young designers who stand out in the competition will grow into strong business and possess promising careers.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Anti-WarisanMerdeka on Facebook

By WONG TAI YUEN

Warisan Merdeka Turns Out a Hot Topic

The 100-storey WarisanMerdeka Skyscraper announced during the 2011 Budget speech has become a subject for the citizen and Internet user.During the 2011 Budget speech yesterday, Datuk Seri NajibTunRazak announced that five-billion Ringgit Malaysia would be allocated for building a 100-storey mega building in the city of Kuala Lumpur near Merdeka Stadium. This matter however, turns out to be a hot topic to citizen of the country as well as users in Facebook, a popular social networking site.

1M Malaysians Reject 100-storey Mega Tower on Facebook

An anti-WarisanMerdeka page on Facebok with the name of “1M Malaysians Reject 100-storey Mega Tower” has been signing up fans at an astounding rate of over one-thousand per hour yesterday. It had breached over 50-thousand fans in less than 12 hours since the page was created and it has reached 240-thousand fans now.

A Facebook user NazriAhtar said that it is better to spend the money in other division such as education, technology and living environment rather than having the tallest building in the world.

"Jalanrayakatcherasni pun byk yang berlobang, traffic light rosak x repair, bas tak cukup, laginakbuatmenarani, gila ape? selamatmenderitarakyatmalaysia....(The roads in Cheras are full of potholes, broken traffic lights are not repaired, insufficient buses, and you still want to build this tower, are you crazy? Happy suffering citizens of Malaysia….)” wrote another Facebook user MuhamadRais. The project is also ahot topic in Twitter with many questioning the need for the tower and its implications on traffic in an already heavily congested city.

A Facebook user commenting on the anti-WarisanMerdeka page on Facebook

This issue has also affected the citizen’s confident towards the government. “ To be a progressive country, we need to reform our economy and vanish corruption not just making another skyscraper and hope that money will come rolling in the pocket. We must think wiser now or our country will be left behind. The Government must aware of rakyat’s hardship and miseries, Rakyat also serves the right and we can change you by our voting power. Beware!!” Wrote by MohamadAfifuddin on the 1M Malaysians Reject 100-storey Mega Tower page.

However, some who supported the project say that it will have a positive effect on the country’s economy as it will boost tourism, create jobs opportunity, stimulate economic activity and raise land vaue prices in the vicinity.

“Look at Shanghai, they started with a tower and keep adding more, the same goes for Taipei,” said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen.

At the end, it all comes back to the same question, do Malaysia really need to have the building and is it appropriate to do it now?

Commonwealth Games 2010 – Precious Moment for Malaysian Badminton

By LIM PIK NGAN

Lee Chong Wei wins gold, beat Rajiv Ouseph

Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the gold medal in the men's singles badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). In the battle of the two top seeds, England’s Rajiv Ouseph fails to halt the juggernaut that is Malaysia’s world number 1 Lee Chong Wei. Lee Chong Wei has beaten Rajiv Ouseph at 21-10, 21-8, much in the same way as his previous four opponents. "Although I am No. 1 in the world, I couldn't have missed the games because the country needed the medal," said Lee. This prove him the only the second player to make a successful defence of the Commonwealth men's singles title, his compatriot Rashid Sidek doing so in 1994. Lee's victory was cheered by the Indian spectators who did not want England to win any more medals so that India could finish second in the medals tally at the games.

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia during the men's singles semifinal badminton match of the Commonwealth Games.

Koo Kien Keat and Chin Eei Hui pumped out for Commonwealth 2010

Koo Kien Keat gains a historic breakthrough for Malaysia in Commonwealth Games badminton. Kien Keat hit the jackpot in his mixed doubles partnership with Chin Eei Hui. Kien Keat and Eei Hui beat England's Nathan Robertson-Jenny Wallwark 22-20, 21-12 in 43 minutes. . “We were tensed in the beginning and we conceded easy points but we were patient and really gald that it paid off,” said Kien Keat. The English pair led 5-0 and 10-7 in the first game before Kien Keat and Eei Hui hit a purple patch to lead 14-12 before stretching it to 20-14 but their game then fell apart as they allowed Robertson-Jenny to draw level at 20-20. "We made some mistakes early on but we were always in control after we settle down the problems," added Kien Keat. However, he covered well for Eei Hui and he single-handedly won the next three points to take the tight first game.

Koo Kien Keat and Chin Eei Hui showing off their gold metal.

Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong win gold

Malaysia's defending Gold medallist Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, the No. 1 seed in the competition, are the overwhelming favourites in the Men's Doubles against England's Nathan Robertson and Anthony Clark. They beat Robertson and his partner Anthony Clark 21-19, 21-14. It was one of the easiest titles Kien Keat and Boon Heong have ever won in their careers. This help to set them up for the Asian Games in Guangzhou. It will be a different challenge in Guangzhou for them as they will be defending the gold won in Doha ’06.

Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong win gold in men’s double.