wi-fi devices only transmit when they are sending data (not continously) and operate at very low level - 0.1 watts at the most. someone sitting in a wi-fi ‘hotspot’ for a whole year, according to the health protection agency, would be exposed to the equivalent radiation dose of a 20 minutes call on a mobile phone, which studies have shown does not cause harm.

had not been able to blog for 2 days due to some problem with my blog. i guess some of you might experienced seeing some error message to do with something database when you came into my blog past 2 days, huh? well now it is fixed and hopefully it won’t happen again.

however, it seems that there were some ‘wet blankets’ (well many in fact) who do not support the project… because they said wi-fi provides a potential health risk.

huh? what’s wrong with these people? why are they so afraid of the radiation from wi-fi? don’t they know that everyday they had already been exposed to radiation… and right at home too. the microwave oven, the TV and oh yeah, the computer. and of course the one thing you can’t live without - your handphone! i read somewhere that handphone emit more radiation waves then wi-fi!

yesterday, first day of hari raya, went to somebody’s house for nasi briyani and kueh-kueh!

actually i don’t know the person. er… then how on earth can i go to his house? well, it’s like this. this man is the boss of the small food stalls complex which is just right beside our flat. he knows my neighbour (non malay) very well since my neighbour is sort of like the representative of our residents association here. he asked my neighbour to invite several of her own friends (non malays) who stays at the same place (flat) with her for the raya lunch, so my neighbour invited my mother, sister and me. (she also invited about 10 other persons).

wow! i never knew there were so many - hundreds of thousands in fact, different types of lighting until i came across the farreys website. for music fans who are crazy over i-pods, do you know there is also a table lamp with i-pod speaker? true, there are two (design) of them in fact.

that lamp with i-pod speaker is only one among the many thousands of indoor and outdoor lighting products you can find at farreys. from lightings for ordinary household as low as $50 to lightings for hotels, commercial buildings (or VIP/millionaire building!) that is as high as $20,000, you’ll find them all at farreys.

farreys caries an extensive range of brands for the lighting products. many of them, like the fine art lamps, are very beautiful and exquisite, suitable for hotels or big buildings. some brands like the sea gull lighting, had been in the lighting business ever since 1911! sea gull chandelier lighting are more suitable for ordinary household. oh if you are looking for desk lamps, try the house of troy lighting - can be used in front of your computer when you want to surf the net in the middle of the night without disturbing others in your household who are sleeping.

it’s easy to shop at farreys because you can browse through 5 options - style, brand, finish, type and of course price. so, especially to those who are moving into a new house, and you want something to light up your life, do remember to bookmark farreys to go lighting shopping there.

Peerless Patriot & Prince
By Martin Jalleh

Umno’s “internal security” is being severely threatened. The Umno elite are scared stiff as their political survival is seriously at stake. Split into camps, they scramble to save themselves.

The PM and DPM put on a see-through smile together as they sit side-by-side – and struggle with the hidden question – who is going to sink or swim by the end of the “show”?

The sad and solitary-looking president of Umno is stunned and left speechless after the Umno supreme council made a decision to “smoothen” his early exit.

zoo’ zoo’ zoo’ allah zoo… (2x)
allah zooo’ zooo’ zooo
allah zooo’ zooo
zooo’ zooo’ zooo… (2x)

oh please! to those sensitive muslim or silly (?) ones (eggs can be insulted, remember?), please do not file a police report (that seems to be the trend now) on me for insulting allah… associating it with zoo or whatever. ok?

first of all, this is a song (more like a chant) from nigeria. secondly, this is to show that allah does not belongs specifically to malaysian muslim only?

yesterday i attended the ‘migrant sunday’ celebration at the church in butterworth. there were those from vietnam, myanmar, sri lanka, india, philippine, indonesia and nigeria. each of them present an item for the show and the nigerians present 3 songs of praise. they gave our paper with the lyrics to everyone.

they sing 3 songs of praise. and this one ‘zoo’ zoo’ zoo’ allah zoo’ means ‘come come come god’. the language is from the hausa tribe in nigeria.

NOTE: anti-ISA vigil photos can now be found at my photo album
NOTE 2: yesterday just passed my 5 years blogging anniversary.

attended the anti-ISA candlelight vigil last night at dewan sri pinang, after i attended the freedom film fest. there were so many people - about 300 i think. last friday i heard there were only about 80 or so. i guess this friday (i mean yesterday), it being near the hari raya holidays, many people around. still it can’t beat the first night - on 14 sept - vigil where there were 400 people.

ahhh…. should have blog about this yesterday. the filming already started yesterday at 11.00am. anyway you still have chance to catch the movies today and tomorrow.

what is the freedom film fest? basically, the freedom film fest (organised by KOMAS) is the first film event of its kind in malaysia. FFF adopts the themes encompassed in the universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) which express our aspirations for genuine justice, peace, equality and democracy. go to the link and read about it. as for the schedule of the film screening, you can see it here.

i went last night to watch the award winning film ‘PRU 12′. PRU stands for ‘pilihanraya umun’ thus the film is about the 12th general election. i went with 3 of my colleagues and we arrived during the opening ceremony. managed to catch a group of 3 men singing. then jeff ooi, blogger and MP for jelutong gave a speech, followed by speech by aliran president, ramakrishnan.

we had to leave immediately PRU 12 ended as we had to get to dewan sri pinang for the anti-ISA candlelight vigil. there is another film after PRU 12. well, today i might not be able to attend but i can attend on sunday afternoon/evening.

remember for those of you who cares about human rights, peace, justice, democracy, do take time to attend some of the screenings. it’s free after all and held in a spacious venue.

ok today as the weekend is here, for a change, instead of some serious political posts, here are something very funny for you to laugh at.

first of all, i came across this ‘malaysian political oscars’ from the blog of anil netto. this satire piece was written by huzir sulaiman. do click on the link and read it! then come back here, to watch this funny movies list which i got from a forwarded email list. i got it days ago, and when i saw this malaysian political oscars from huzir, i remember the movies, so thought mighs as well put up the two together.

tell everyone about the oscars nominations and the movies only from malaysia. at least have some break from all these depressing ISA and government takeover talk.