Do a man's looks matter to women? Beauty has always been typically associated with women, but according to a survey of some 10,000 respondents from 12 nations, male beauty is important.

The findings of the "What do women really really want" survey conducted by Synovate last October show that about 30% of women rate their partner's looks as being very important.

The survey revealed some surprising facts about how both men and women perceive male beauty. It also reflected various notions of what defines a good-looking man.

The respondents were from Malaysia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France Greece, Russia, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States.

Some 21% if Malaysian men think self-confidence in a man makes him good-looking, while other criteria include dressing well(20%) as well as good hygiene and frsh breath(17%).

According to the survey, 78% of Malaysian men do not consider themselves good-looking(izzit?). In contrast, 81% of Greek men consider themselves sexy, with Russians following closely at 80%.

Malaysian women, however, rate local men as better looking than those from other countries.

7 out of 10 men said their main motive in looking good was for themselves. Globally, the most used beauty aid by men is deodorant, but interestingly, Malaysian men were second to China, at 52%, to be the least number in the 12 nations to use a deodorant.

The 3 beauty aids most commonly used by Malaysian men are facial wash(57%), hair products(55%) and whitening toothpaste(54%).

The findings also showed that 67% of Malaysians, both men and women, think a man's appearance gets better with age.

Malaysian women think the best looking men can be found in:

• Malaysia (39%)
• UK (1%)
• Italy(2%)
• USA (5%)
  
• India (5%)
  
• South Korea (5%)
• Japan (2%)
  
• Others (14%)
  
• None (4%)
  
• Don't know/Declined to answer (21%)

An absolute requirement before a man can be described as good-looking:

• Carries himself with confidence (23%)
• Good hygiene, fresh breath (26%)
• Dresses well (16%)
• Works out/look fit/defined muscles (11%)
• A tough, macho or manly look (7%)
• Clear skin (7%)
• A great smile (3%)
  

Worth Waiting?

New Honda City should be hitting Honda showrooms in January 2009!!

~can it beat the Toyota Vios?~

~side + rear view~

~honda always impress with its interior~

"In the long run, Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain and could also save us fuel costs"

It was on the news today..what a joke! Since when Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain? I remember when i was young..my sis played with the power window switch and broke the glass of the passenger seat and guess what? It cost my dad about RM1k++ just to repair it. And 1 of the reason why my dad sold the car was because it was expensive to maintain. Probably to the rich, it's nothing la.

Back to the article, the Terengganu MBs bought a total of 14 Mercedes-Benz E200K which costs the government RM3.43 million(taxpayer's money) to replace their existing Proton Perdana Executive(the limo type) which was bought in 2004 and they quoted that it was time to change. What nonsense...My parents and I laughed this morning after i read them the article. But the save fuel costs maybe i agree la cause the Perdanas are running on V6 engines. On the cheaper to maintain, i don't think so...What you guys think?

I'm sure everyone been to Mc' Donalds rite? You should be familiar with their ordering & payment system, i guess...you know...u line up-> order food->pay what is displayed on the cashier's till. Okay, here's what happen yesterday...as i was queuing hungrily for food, i decided to calculate my payment so that i can pay fast and take my food as fast as possible(u know..the 5% service tax stuff). It turn out to be RM15++ & when it was my turn...

Me: 1 McChicken set Regular
McD: Minum?
Me: Sprite tak mau ais
McD: ok..ada order lagi?
Me: er, 1 lagi BigMac burger sahaja...okay, berapa?
McD: Rm17.30
Me: Huh? Oh! *pays the amount while taking extra RM2 from my wallet(wondering how terrible my maths is)

So when i was eating, felt quite boring so i just pick up the bill just now and i noticed something...

Hmm...now i know what went wrong! my maths was alright=) So after finishing my meal, i went to the counter and said:

"Boleh panggil itu manager?"(acting like some customer want to make a scene) *the manager know me since i dealed with her regarding my bro's b'day party arrangement for today*

The manager smiled and came to me...

"Kak, tadi saya order 1 McChicken set regular & 1 BigMac burger sahaja...tengok!(shows the bill)"

"Ooh, sorry ya!"(while the cashier was opening the till to give back the change to another customer, she took RM2.50 from the till & give it to me and says sorry again).

Then something pop out in my mind while i was walking to my car. The manager can take money from the till like that? What happen to the internal control? XD *forgive the audit student who is still uncertain what audit result he will get but i'm praying hard that i will get out of CAT 100% confirm although i'm in ACCA Part 2 now*

Signing off=)

~M for Malaysia: Past, Present & Future~

~cartoons from The Star~

The election was finally over and as we can see the opposition (i should call them the government actually as i'm in Selangor=P) had won 82 out of the 222 seats in the parliament...The election this year had marked a history in Malaysia as BN faced their greatest defeat (political tsunami as quoted by The Star) since Merdeka (Independence day) although they still had the majority seats. This time round, fresh faces from the opposition had defeated BN contestants which include ministers and well known politicians in many hotspots (even some states) which resulted in resignation of some ministers such as the BN contestant from Sungai Siput...

Dato Seri Samy Vellu(Works Minister, MIC President)

The election results also lead to a former Port Klang assemblyman, Datuk Zakaria Deros dies of HEART ATTACK!!

Also a former Klang municipal councillor, Zakaria hogged headlines last year when he had a run-in with the law for not submitting building plans for a mansion that was described as a virtual “istana” (palace) by his critics.

He was also found to have not paid the assessment for another property for 12 years, while his family was caught operating an illegal satay restaurant on government reserve land.

Due to these controversies, Zakaria gave in to mounting pressure and withdrew from being a municipal councillor.

His mansion has 21 bathrooms and 16 bedrooms, including 11 that are occupied by each of his children, as well as a VIP room, three living rooms, a dining hall and a prayer room.

The house also has a swimming pool, several gazebos, an orchard, a two-hole golf lawn, an office, a storeroom, two rooms for maids as well as a wet kitchen and a dry kitchen. Source: The Star

I think after reading the details on his 'palace' some of you might be thinking how did he make it in life from once a railway gate-keeper to what he is today. I wonder...

Tun Dr. Mahathir: Dan apabila kerajaan sudah sampai kepada satu tahap, menggunakan polis, untuk menghalang, orang tertentu daripada bercakap. Ini bukanlah, satu bukti yang pihak tertentu ini, membuat sesuatu yang baik bagi parti UMNO. Kita dalam UMNO ini, tak perlu menyalahgunakan kuasa. Ada orang yang tuduh, saya pun menyalahgunakan kuasa juga, masa saya dulu. Lihat Datuk Seri Anwar, apa yang terjadi padanya? Saya tangkap, saya taruh masuk dalam...err..tahanan(ISA). Semua orang nampakkan? Saya tangkap Datuk Seri Anwar. Dan...bukannya ada sebab apa pun. Tak ada. Tak ada sebab apa pun. Bukan ada kesalahan apa pun yang dilakukan oleh Datuk Seri Anwar. Tak ada langsung. Sebab itu, ini adalah satu, kezaliman. Ada juga pihak-pihak yang nak buang saya pada masa itu. Tetapi, masa itu susah sikit. Ada kuasa ni, susah nak buang. Sekarang ni, dah tak ada kuasa. Sekarang ni, dah tak ada kuasa. bolehlah buang(dipecat). Waktu ada cadangan, nak buang. Bagi yang ada kuasa, maka, kuasa boleh juga digunakan untuk kebaikan. Kuasa juga boleh digunakan, untuk...err..keburukan. Guna kuasa supaya, sebarang tentangan dihapuskan, supaya suara ramai, tidak dapat disuarakan. Kuasa untuk menutup, akhbarnya, dan tak lama lagi internet pun, akan ditutup juga. Macam-macam lagilah.

UMNO has now become..erm..completely paralysed. Bila kawan dengan pembohong, kita jadi...terdapatlah tabiat itu. Bohong! Pak Lah Bohong! Saya berasa amat sedih. Saya tahu ada rasuah. Ada money politics dalam UMNO. Ada orang yang membuat cadangan tertentu dan bertanya kepada saya. Apakah sekarang ini, saya perlu berhubung, dengan Khairy. Siapa dia Khairy ini? Apakah dia pegawai tinggi kerajaan? Apakah dia Perdana Menteri atau pun Timbalan Perdana Menteri atau pun Menteri? Dia tidak. Dia tidak pegang apa-apa jawatan pun, dalam kerajaan. Tetapi, masing-masing berpendapat mereka, perlu behubung dengan Khairy untuk meluluskan sesuatu.

See what Pak Lah has to say to defend himself...Click on the video to know further

Regarding the statement in RED, i use this as an example to memorise a topic in my Auditing textbook=) This is known as the Agency Theory and is defined as the relationship which arise in any situation where one person (the agent) acts on behalf of another (the principal). In specific,

Principle=Pak Lah
Agent=Khairy

In business terms, the shareholders own the company, but a different group ie, the directors (the agent) manage and control the company on behalf of the shareholders (the principal). Therefore, directors should take actions which benefit the shareholders, not decisions which benefit the directors personally which in this case is what Khairy is doing. Hmm..i'm sure i won't forget this topic even after my Audit exams=)

It seems that one after another 'erection' is happening in this year of election..firstly, our Health Minister then the latest HK film star Edison Chen..i'm sure you guys heard bout the story too and i guess you are curious to search for the photos yea? come'on guys, tell the truth, hehe! But in this case Edison is totally different from out Health Minister..he had more than one 'personal friends' and the 'personal friends' involved high profile celebrities-Cecillia Cheung, Gillian Chung(aikzx!my fav gal artist), Joey Yung, Bobo & more as someone claim to be the "Kira" from Death Note is yet to release more photos & videos of more celebrities..I'm sympatized over the girl victims in the photos as this scandal really impacts them not only now but also in the future..How can Edison be so careless to keep it inside his laptop & then send it for repair? I mean how can one forget what important stuffs you have in your personal computer especially 'these'..hmm

~Edison Chen made a public apology, but...~

New Toyota Vios

The new Toyota Vios seem to get negative feedback from my friends everytime the car passes by them when we were 'yam cha' or happen to talk about it..wonder why? To me the car looks alright and quite attractive and i don't mind to have it if my sis were to take over my Myvi next year=) Newayz, i juz wanna share this impressive Toyota advertisement..LOL

The 2002 judicial corruption leaked video which is the current hottest topic in the newspapers-i guess some of u might be interested^^

Subtitle:
The CJ said his relative is now the Agong, so he wants to stay on to 68, so, Tengku Adnan said… I told Tengku Adnan, yesterday I had a meeting with him.

He said PM is already very angry with him .. and … he said no problem he is going to make you acting err.. confirm your position as PCA, working very hard, and then get Tan Sri Mokhtar as CJM.

Ah, so we just keep it confidential. I am working very hard on it. Then there is a letter, according to Tengku, I am going to see him tomorrow, there is a letter sent to .. ah…CJ, I mean Tan Sri Dzaiddin, that Datuk Heliliah, …er Datuk Ramli and Datuk Ma’roop be made judges, and he rejected that Dr Andrew Chui and apa itu Zainuddin Ismail lah. Because Zainuddin Ismail who condemned your appointment and Tan Sri Mokhtar’s appointment.

And then you also, it seems, wrote a letter for the remaining … confirmed as judges. As per our memo I discussed with Tun Eusoff Chin and we sent the same memo to PM.

I just want to get a copy letter that this has been done.

And then Tan Sri Dzaiddin said he is going to recommend six people for the court of appeal, but until today the letter hasn’t come to PM. He never discussed, but neither he has sent the letter to PM. He has not sent. So, I know it is under the constitution, for judges all, that is your job, Datuk, to send, but we don’t want to make it an issue now.

Ah. Ok Actually I told tengku adnan to inform PM, PM to call you for a meeting. But I will organize this so that Tengku Adnan will call you directly. And then I got your number, I will tell him to call you directly to for you to meet PM lah. Ah… So should be ok, then ar.. correct correct, it is very important that the key players must be there.

Correct correct correct. Correct correct. You know that the same problem that Tun Eusoff Chin had. He tried to do all this and yet he has run out of soldiers. He couldn’t do it because many were from the other camp. Last time was unfortunate because Tun Daim was doing everything sabotaging, you know lah…

Otherwise how are things with you - everything is ok?. No, don’t worry. You know sometimes Tan Sri Vincent said that half the time we are talking about judiciary rather than doing the work. But if I don’t do this part my work will be useless. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Ah. Yes. Correct correct correct correct correct. Right right right. Correct. Ah. Ah. Right! Susah. You see he has now asked for six court of appeal judges, so that he can put his men before he retires.

Correct correct correct, ah and then ah, ah correct correct correct correct correct.

Ah never-mind, I will do this, I will get er… Tengku Adnan to arrange for PM to call you and Tan Sri Vincent Tan for PM to call. You know why, actually, I am very grateful to Tan Sri Vincent Tan you know why, I brainwashed him so much I even quarreled with him. One day I went to Vincent Tan’s house, I fired him at night in his house. I said bloody hell, if you don’t do this who will do it? All these people, Tun Eusoff Chin, Datuk Ahmad Fairuz, Tan Sri Zainol (?) all fought for …hat. Then he called Tengku Adnan. Tengku Adnan he said, saya bukan Perdana Menteri Malaysia lah, you know. If the old man doesn’t want to listen to me, go to hell.

He quarreled with me. I said never-mind, never-mind, Tan Sri, you talk to PM again tomorrow morning to put Datuk Ahmad Fairuz to CJM. So next day morning he went and he called me back 9.30 that he said PM has already agreed. So I said never-mind, we hope for the best. So I said no harm trying, the worst that it can happen is you lose. Being the old man, he is 76 years old, he gets whispers everywhere, and then you don’t whisper, he get taken away by the other side. But, now the PM is very alert because every time he gets letters from Tan Sri Dzaiddin, he calls Tengku Adnan, he says discuss with Vincent, come and discuss. And…

Yes yes, ya. Correct correct. Ya, but you see although I know PM, but my views ..I am a lawyer in practice… my views are.. I go through them, I go through them lah.

Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.

And then Dzaiddin will go and tell them you went and saw PM and make a big issue out of it. Oh ya, I think so, I think so.

Ok, fine fine fine fine . Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. Right ok ok. Ah. Ah. Correct correct.

Now I heard Raja Aziz, Raja Aziz ah, two weeks ago spoke to my lawyer Thayalan, and another lawyer Anad, in the High Court, they have a case with each other. So, Thayalan and Anad asked Ungku Aziz, how is Tan Sri Wan Adnan?

He said he is on his way down. But you know what is the shocking thing he said? Datuk Fairuz became CJM. He overruled everybody, in three months time, he is going to be PCA, and 6 months time he is going to be CJ. He said I can’t take this shock. He told lah. Ha!

It seems ah that they are going to organize a campaign … they are going to organize a campaign to run you down. But you just keep quiet - don’t say anything. Don’t … even the press ask, you said I leave it to God, that’s all. Don’t say. I really like your message. You said I work very hard, what can I do? I leave it to God. That’s the best answer datuk that you can ever give. Ah.

Yes… I will also get Tan Sri to remind PM to put a Tan Sri ship this year lah. You know this will elevate you, you know.

Oh yes yes yes yes. Ah. Steve Shim got so fast, Tan Sri Chong waited for a whole year to get Tan Sriship.

Ah.. My god that’s why, ah. Correct correct correct correct, ya ya ya ya , right right right, correct correct.

Don’t worry, we organize this. And if Tan Sri Vincent and Tengku Adnan want to meet you privately, they will, I will call you. We organize a private arrangement, in a very neutral place.

No don’t worry, Datuk, I know how much you suffered for Tun Eusoff Chin. And Tun said Datuk Ahmad Fairuz 110% loyalty. We want to make sure our friends are there for the sake of PM and for the sake of the country.

Not for our own interest, not for our own interest. We want to make sure the country comes out well. Well, you suffered so much, so much you have done. For the election petition, Wee Choo Keong, everything. How much, nobody would have done all these.

Yes, you know. Ah. Good lah. You don’t worry. I am constantly working on this. I…

Ya ya, don’t worry don’t worry. We work hard on this er Datuk. And if Tan Sri Vincent and Tengku want to see you, I will organize it in a confidential place.

Ok Datuk all the very best. God bless you and your family.

Ok. Thank you thank you. Bye bye bye bye.
source: malaysia-2day

My lecturer brought up an issue while relating a scenario to our syllabus which was about Proton Persona-our country's latest model launched which was so called our Malaysians' pride and joy did not turn up to be that successful after all..well, i was also quite impressed with the car and the price was also reasonable for a 1.6L car..Honestly, i felt regret(juz a little-1% =P) for did not wait patiently before getting my Myvi 1.3L which cost around the price of the Persona..As s we noe, teenagers love speed and power at their age where a Persona would be the right choice! Back to the point..i went back and investigated the matter in the net and my investigation results were-there was a slight failure in the Quality Control test which was unnoticed until the release of a display car to the showroom that had 2 petrol gauges(normally is 1 petrol & 1 temperature gauge)..Or maybe they want to be the 1st in the world to have 2 petrol gauges in a car? Malaysia Boleh?

~click to enlarge~

I knew i was on the right path! XD Read this at 11 something in the morning after having my breakfast.. U guys must be thinking why am i so relax? Well, i dropped my paper 7 and 8 as a result of failing my paper 5 and will only take paper 5, 6 and 9 this semester.. However to my surprise i received a msg from nicholas in the morning when i was still sleeping that paper 6 class was cancelled today.. Jumped happily up of bed and went downstairs for my breakfast.. Indirectly i got a day-off, haha! Well, failing a paper is not a bad thing after all!*told nearly all my frens the same statement XD* So i bumped into my dad before dinner and..

Dad: Ah boi, did u read the 2nd page in the newspaper today?
Me : Yeah la! i noe.. accountant's salary mer
Dad: So study hard la!
Me : But daddy, China's accountant pay more than Malaysia wor, how can?

-Dinner time-

Hmm.. my question was left unanswered or maybe he didn't hear.. Well, u guys can have a look here..

Don't really wanna criticize my own country but if they really short of qualified accountants why can't they offer a better pay rather than observing the migration of their accountants abroad and no action is taken? I mean if we were to choose where to work, definitely the answer is very obvious rite?

I'm very sure everyone love pizzas rite? Well.. i myself love pizzas too.. Recently, i read one of my e-mails and found out that a renowned pizza restaurant in town actually don't charge government tax and service charge on Malays!! i bet everyone hardly notice that there's this very small column titled "RACE" on the order form rite?

~order form~

SCENARIO : X was in the renowned pizza outlet yesterday and suddenly her friend showed her the bill. The bill contains normal things (number of person, bill. number and what is ordered). But, what shocked her is that they had a space called "RACE". X guess since her colleagues were all wearing tudung, they labelled them as 0 in the "RACE" column, which means MALAY. Later, when they went to pay... they had no government tax and service charge.

Still in shock, X peeped into another bill in the counter. In that bill, under the "RACE" space, it was labelled as C (which she guess means Chinese). That bill had government tax and service charge!!! X started investigating. One of her Sri Lankan friends was labelled as Indian and it seems she also had to pay the government tax and service charge a few weeks back.

I wonder if it's true..If it is, this seem very unfair to other races.. Gonna investigate it myself.. will update you guys bout it..