Sex Scandal

“The health minister admits he was caught on video having sex with woman, but will not quit; leaves future to the Prime Minister.”

This was the morning breaking news reported by the radio on 2nd January 2008. What a day light lightning and it was happening on the first working day of year 2008.

A few years ago, the US President at that time was committed to sex scandal with his secretary. The difference were one caught in the sex video while the latter was accused by the sex partner with evidence such as love letters, cigar that inserted to the secretary vagina, full elaboration on location and positions while the secretary is performing oral sex to him.

Finally the former President has admitted to the sex scandal and apologized on press conference with the supports of his family. In result, the people of United States have accepted the apology. The sex scandal has not jeopardized his politics path but in reverse has boosted his popularity to sky rocket.

Another incident that happened not far ago was the sex video of Paris Hilton. The sex video has been widely distributed; exposing Paris Hilton's sex life to the world. But the sex scandal has not set her career to sunset; today Paris Hilton is one of the most popular Hollywood female celebrities.

What would be the outcome of the Malaysia Health Minister Datuk Seri Doctor Chua Soi Lek? To respect his privacy, his future should not falls under the sex video as he is also one of the victims in the incident. To look at the scenario positively, this gentleman has got the guts to admit that he was the one in the sex video.

On the next day, Datuk Seri Doctor Chua Soi Lek has announced his resignations on all the positions held in the government agency and Malaysia Chinese Associations (MCA) in a press conference.

A day before he has mentioned that he will not quite but leaves the future to the Prime Minister; a day after, the scenario reversed.

Until now, nobody knows who the master mind behind the trap is. But the intention is very clear; it is all about politic agenda.

The question of mine is it is a political power wrestling of MCA or it is the directive of UMNO which have another set of political agenda.

Whatever it is, the people of Malaysia have lost a great leader who is passionate to serve the people.

First Cheque from Google Inc. (Adsense Program) -continued

Before I bank in the pay cheque issued by Google Inc., some survey of the bank charges in foreign currency transaction has been carried out.

I remember I have read something on the charges at Liewcf.com, hence what I have done is just visit the website and key in key word "Google cheque" into the Google search tool bar at Liewcf.com.

HSBC is one of the bank which offers very reasonable fee for foreign cheque transaction and so happen that I have a current account with them. I have visited HSBC branch which is located at Uptown Damansara and spoke to a customer service staff for assistance.

The customer service staff seems to be very surprise in regards with my enquiry. A higher rank officer has taken over from there. He is very helpful where I would like to state down the useful information disclosed from this gentlemen at below for your reference:

1. Cheque from Google Inc. could be bank in via ATM machine regardless of the currency.

2. Under the United States (US) Government rules and regulations, the US Government reserved the right to withdraw the money paid out from US to countries outside US within the 7 years of the transaction. (It is something to deal with anti-terrorist regulations).

A few day after I bank in the cheque, I received a telephone call from HSBC officer wanted me to clarify on the payment because under Malaysia Government rules and regulations, the bank need to declare the income that is paid in foreign cheque. A explaining how I got the cheque, he said that this is under "Internet Advertising Income".

Well, this is something from me, hopefully this is useful to Bloggers who participated in Google Adsense program.

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The Banker and the Fisherman

An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, "Only a little while." The banker then asked, "Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more fish?"

The fisherman said, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's needs."

The banker then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, go for walks with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends. As you can see, I have a full and busy life."

The banker scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat! With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to the capital city. After that, who knows, maybe you could take on the world!"

The fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"

To which the banker replied, "I'd say about 15 to 20 years."

"But what then?" asked the fisherman.

The Banker laughed and said, "That's the best part! When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."

"Millions?...Then what?" the fisherman continued prodding.

The banker said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, go for romantic walks with your wife, and in the evenings you could sip wine, play guitar and sing songs with your friends!"

To which the fisherman mused, "Now isn't that strange? Isn't that what I'm doing now?"

"Important thing is to know what you want in life right from the beginning and you won't go wrong with it. Begin your life with the end in mind." -Anonymous