Still in CNY mood

Dragging myself to work this morning... it is wet wet morning.
Thank God! no flood here.
Deep sympathy to our people in Southern region.
Disaster is every where around the world.
Worst flood and Storm in Australia.
Volcanoes erruption in Bali and Japan.... and don't know what happen in Egypt but it sound horrible...We need to pray more to God for peaceful and for Blessing.
Last weekend, I was wondering around ...well not really wondering around but try to do some shopping but never happen. Anyway, I enjoyed the CNY atmosphere :)
Tomorrow is holiday then back to work and then back to another holiday and start working again only next week. Yeayyy!!! I am looking forward for a long holiday.
I thought of driving for 4 hours to North on 3rd Feb 2011. This still depends on my mood.
Here are my weekend foodies...:)
Oh! by the way... I am now officially Fisheggietarian ( my terms since I have not been eating Chicken and any meat that need to be slaughtered). currently my diet only vegetables, egg and seafood. I will slowly cut down on my seafood and hope to live as a vegetarian soon.

My favourite Tamago

Hotate sushi

Salmon Skin

Salmon Steak

Unagi

Gong Xi Fa Chai

My Sunday brunch... rice porridge and dumplings

Seafood Ipoh Laksa

Lion head... no Lion Dance this year... mmmm I am so so sad I have to miss Lion Dance this year...

Lion Dance from top view

Nice CNY deco A Pavillion

Same eyes like that Lion???

another CNY deco

and another

Here comes the Bunny!!!!! :)

Beautiful CNY flowers

Art sculpture cost MYR67k

Family potrait???

Beautiful loving couple

Cam whore on the way to my car at Starhill Gallery then I am off to Bangsar for my fruits shopping...... before shopping I stop for my dinner at my favourite Restaurant @ Telawi... Devi's Corner

Favourite Nasi Lemak @ Devi's

and Thosai.... heheheheyeah I eat a lot and I enjoy eating good food...

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German tries to cash million-dollar bill

After a news about £20 German Elvis Banknote, a bank notes with Elvis Presley on them and are not legal tender fooled a German bank clerk. A German pensioner down on his luck has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for attempting to cash a million-dollar bill at his local bank. Wolfgang U., 65, whose business reportedly ran into difficulties after he became ill, brought the fake note to the bank in Ratingen, western Germany, saying he had received it in return for the sale of a property in Sri Lanka.


"He claimed that he just wanted the bank to check whether the bill was real but bank employees testified that he wanted to have the money credited to his account," Stefan Coners, a spokesman for the court in Duesseldorf, told AFP.

The US Treasury Department does not print a million-dollar bill. The man was convicted of attempting to bring counterfeit money into circulation and of attempted fraud. He was also told to pay 1,000 euros (1,345 dollars) to a children's charity.

Source: AFP


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De La Rue share drop 2%

De La Rue on it statement said supplies to a key customer are still suspended as it has yet to resolve talks over production problems five months after they first emerged. But the world's largest producer of banknotes said issues with the client, understood to be The Reserve Bank of India, were yet to have an adverse impact on the rest of the business. De La Rue suspended production on the contract in July, after it claimed some employees falsified paper specification test certificates at a plant in Overton, Hampshire. Chief executive James Hussey was forced to resign and the incident cost the firm £35 million in its half-year results. Shares dropped 2% after Friday's update, which came as the company confirmed trading since September 25 had been in line with expectations.


Most recently, the firm has been batting off takeover interest from French rival Oberthur. The Paris-based firm ditched its plans on Monday after De La Rue rejected a raised offer, which valued the firm at roughly £925 million. Shares plunged 16% when Oberthur pulled the plug on its approach.

Chief executive Tim Cobbold, who joined in January, said he was undertaking a strategic review and would update the market with its progress in May, when the firm delivers its full-year results.

He said: "My first month at De La Rue has confirmed the potential to build on the considerable strengths of the business by extending our customer base and improving both how we work and the service we deliver to our customers around the world."

The company said it expected to produce 10,000 tonnes of banknote paper in the full financial year, which according to analysts is below capacity of 16,000 tonnes. De La Rue, which also supplies security documents such as passports, authentication labels and fiscal stamps, and provides cash and sorting equipment to central banks, said it was benefiting from the roll-out of the new British passport since October.

Source: The Press Association
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Perak Gold Dinar next month

A state government in Malaysia, Perak state government, will launch the gold dinar and dirham currency at the end of next month. The dinar and dirham will be produced by Goldnet International Sdn Bhd, which is a subsidiary of the Perak State Economic Development Corporation in collaboration with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Sdn Bhd. Hours after a state exco member announced Perak’s intention to issue gold dinars and silver dirham currencies, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the matter needs to be further discussed and get clearance from the Federal Government.

Gold Dinar
“There is a proposal. But until I get a final draft on the mode of operation, I will not make any statement,” Dr Zambry told a press conference after chairing the weekly state exco meeting here yesterday.

On Tuesday, state executive councillor Datuk Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid was reported as saying that the Perak government would launch the currencies next month in a move to diversify its reserves. Mohamad Zahir said the state government was working with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to introduce the currencies as the bank, which provides syariah-compliant products and services, have vast experience in handling them. He added the currencies would be produced by Goldnet International Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Perak State Development Corporation, in collaboration with KFH.

Dr Zambry admitted the state was working with several partners “but I will not reveal who they are.” He also clarified that the gold and silver coins were for investment rather than a mode of transaction.

“I do not want the people to misconstrue that it is another form of currency exchange.

“We do not want people to misunderstand as the state has no authority to execute such a policy,” he added.

Dr Zambry said Perak came up with the idea before Kelantan to use the dinar and dirham.

“Somehow, Kelantan managed to capture our idea and launch it first,” he said.

Source: The Star Malaysia

From the last statement by Dr. Zambry, is he saying that Gold Dinar is Perak idea or Perak want to introduce it as a currency (like Kelantan did)? For me, its not a matter of who owned the idea since Kelantan already introduced it first. The important thing that they will start producing and circulating their owned gold dinar. Its hard to find Gold Dinar nowadays because many people are collecting them. I hope the quality of their gold dinar coins will be at least the same as Kelantan and come up with serial numbers. This is a good investment for everyone to buy.

What is your opinion regarding Perak Dinar and this news?
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Jupe’s Topless Photo

This is the newest Jupe’s topless photo:

Jupe's Topless Photo

Julia Perez blows out the wind again. This time with her topless photo that can be found on plixi.com, an online twitter photos application. You can find the original Julia Perez topless photo instead of the one on this Indonesian Celebrities and Gossips blog. This topless photo has been blurred on Julia Perez’ back. Julia Perez wrote "Tidur dulu ahhh." as the caption of this hot photo.

This is not the first time for Jupe to share her sexy photos. She acknowledged that topless photo is really belong to her. But she refused to confess that she uploaded that photo intentionally.

This photo was actually taken by Gaston Castano. Julia Perez herself didn’t make any statements on when or where the photo was taken.

Although there has been many pressures to her to act and perform politely in public, but it seems like she doesn’t even give a glance to those warnings.

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Vietnam Official linked to securency case

A former chief of Vietnam's central bank linked to Australia notes scandal, with media reports alleging that bribes helped pay for his child's British university education. Melbourne newspaper The Age said polymer notemaker Securency, then partially owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), paid for Vietnamese bank governor Le Duc Thuy's child to attend the University of Durham using a "secret slush fund". Thuy, head of the Vietnamese central bank between 1999 and 2007, is now chair of the National Finance Supervision Council.

Le Duc ThuyPhoto by AFP: Le Duc Thuy using an ATM in Hanoi.

Securency is embroiled in a long-running investigation into claims its agents offered bribes to officials in countries including Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Nigeria to win contracts. Police arrested several people in Britain, Spain, Australia and Malaysia in raids linked to the investigation last October. Sources told The Age the Securency "slush fund" was established with some of the Aus$15 million ($14.95 million) in commission paid to middleman Anh Ngoc Luong for helping win huge banknote contracts in Vietnam between 2002 and 2009.

Tens of thousands of dollars were paid from the fund towards Thuy's child's studies, The Age said Monday. The claims were also aired Wednesday in the Financial Times. Neither the Reserve Bank of Australia nor Securency chairman Bob Rankin returned AFP's calls for comment. In Vietnam, an official at the National Finance Supervision Council told AFP that Thuy was unavailable for comment.

The Age said Australian police suspected Luong's commissions, paid into Hong Kong and Swiss bank accounts and with the approval of the RBA board, were "diverted to Vietnamese officials or their relatives". Securency executives denied direct involvement in the payment of bribes, The Age said it had been told. The RBA and British-based joint venture partner Innovia Films announced that they were selling Securency last November.

Source: AFP
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Luna Maya: Shameless!!! – Lita Gading

Luna Maya: Shameless!!!

Luna Maya Hot Luna Maya is coming back to live! That’s not a news anymore. She is now taking part in an Indonesian soap opera. Lita Gading, an Clinical Psychology expert said that Luna Maya is just over confident to take that role. Seems like Luna is brave enough to deal with any minor opinion from public according to her appearance on TV.

Lita Gading Lita Gading said that the society is not yet ready to see Luna Maya objectively without considering her prior porn videos with Ariel. This most shocking news in 2010 is now still having high rate on media. The case itself is now on trial.

Moreover, it seems like Luna Maya is just shameless, Lita Gading added. Luna Maya has an extrovert personality and tends to give no attention to what people say about her. She never regrets to everything she has done. That’s her lifestyle.

What do you think? Will Luna Maya succeed with her effort to come back? Will people greet her with applause or refuse her with ridicule words? Have you forget her hot scenes with Ariel? For me that ‘moving’ pictures is simply unforgettable.

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Fake September 11 coin minted?

US Authority said they're investigating a fake September 11 (9/11) coin minted by a local mint. Two Democratic New York congressmen, Rep. Jerrold Nadler and Sen. Charles Schumer, have accused the National Collector's Mint in Port Chester, New York, of selling bogus September 11 coins in an attempt to exploit the tragedy for profit. The coins sell by National Collector's Mint's for $29.95 and the company says they are considered legal tender in the African country of Liberia. Schumer further criticized the company for diverting funds from official September 11 commemorative coins that Congress sanctioned last year to benefit The National September 11 Memorial & Museum under construction at Ground Zero.


"With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaching, we should unfortunately expect more scams, as criminals and snake oil salesmen seek to profit from the deep emotional connection that millions of Americans have to that terrible tragedy," Nadler said.

National Collector's Mint's website claims designs of the Twin Towers and U.S.S. New York on the coins are made from "pure silver actually recovered from the vaults beneath the ashes of Ground Zero." It says the coins are government sanctioned and "minted under an exclusive license authorizing the official striking of the official Justice Department FBI insignia."

Schumer further criticized the company for diverting funds from official September 11 commemorative coins that Congress sanctioned last year to benefit The National September 11 Memorial & Museum under construction at Ground Zero.

National Collector's Mint President Avram Freedberg issued a statement defending his company's coins and adding that the company had donated more than $2 million from these commemorative sales to a handful of September 11 charities.

"We believe that in America anyone has the right to sell commemoratives," he said. "The purpose of coins, medallions, ingots, etc., is often specifically to remember happy events or tragedies."

The Better Business Bureau has given the company its lowest rating of F, with close to 100 consumer complaints about the company filed in the past three years.

Source: Reuters.

You can read more about Official First Responders 10th Anniversary World Trade Center Commemorative Clad in .999 pure silver actually recovered from Ground Zero at National Collector's Mint's website.
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Aura Kasih in Red: So Sexy

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Aura Kasih in Red: So Sexy!!!

I bet you’ve seen Aura Kasih’s beautiful face on TV many times. I bet you really love to see her in many advertisements. She is also talented with great voice. Aura Kasih is so sexy. No doubt about it. Here you can see her in red – my favorite color, hehe …. But do you know Aura Kasih’s profile in details? Here is what I got from Wikipedia.

Full Name: Sanny Aura Syahrani
Nick Name: Aura
Nationality: Indonesia
Occupation: Singer, Actress
Genre: Pop
Years active: 2008 – present
Label: Universal Music Indonesia
Place of date of birth: Bandung, February 26, 1988
Father’s Name: Jajad Sugiyatna
Mother’s Name: Laela
Last Education : Angkasa Tasikmalaya high school, 2004
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 50 Kg
Hobbies: Eating, Sleeping, Singing, Swimming, Badminton, designing clothes
Favorite Music: Reggae Music (Baby Charm, Bounty Killer, Lady Saw)

Discography

  • Malaikat Penggoda (2008)
  • Puncak Asmara (2009)

Filmografy

  • Asmara Dua Diana (2009)
  • Pesona Cinta Biasa (2010)

Do you want to visit Aura Kasih’s Official blog? Visit Aura Kasih Weblog.

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Well, I think I got nothing more to say. Aura Kasih is beautiful. As red is always identical to sexy, so Aura Kasih in red means sexy!

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Most valuable coins in the world

What are the most valuable coins in the world today? This are some collection that most of us will probably don't afford to buy. Don't waste your time asking around where to get this for your collection. The best thing you can get maybe a replica for this coins but don't get cheated by thinking that a seller has sold you a jackpot. For your information, most of the worlds valuable collection come from United States since they're lots of collectors over there. Here are my list of most valuable coins in the worlds:


1. World's most expensive coin: 1794 silver dollar


A 1794 silver dollar owned by Steven L. Contursi. He owned the mint-condition 1794 Liberty dollar for the past seven years. The Neil/Carter/Contrusi 1794 flowing hair dollar, sold for $7.85 million to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale. The Name "Neil/Carter/Contrusi 1794 flowing hair dollar" came from the previous owner of the coin. The previous record price paid for a coin was $7.59 million for a U.S.-minted 1933 $20 double eagle gold piece, according to the American Numismatic Association.


On the reverse: The dollar coin shows a small eagle perched upon a rock with wings spread and surrounded by laurel branches. Along the border is the motto “United States of America.”
On the edge: Has the words “HUNDERED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT” inscribed with decorations separating the words.


2. The King of Coins-King of Siam 1804 silver dollars minted in 1834



The first 1804 silver dollars minted in 1834 were presented as gifts to Rama III, King of Siam and Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The other five were dispersed under unknown circumstances after Ambassador Edmund Roberts died en route during the voyage. One was retained in the US Mint Coin Collection. In 1842, numismatists first learned of the 1804 dollar through a book displaying an illustration of the 1804 dollar from the Mint Cabinet. These silver dollars are known among numismatists as “original” or Class I 1804 dollars. Eight of these coins are known to exist. One currently resides in the Smithsonian Institution, one is in the American Numismatic Association museum, and the other six are in private collections.

Popular legend states that the rare coin given by King Rama IV of Siam to Anna Leonowens, as seen in the story of “Anna and the King of Siam” and the movie The King and I, was indeed the same 1804 silver dollar produced in 1834 as a gift to Siam. This coin was kept in Anna’s family for several generations, until in the 1950s it was sold by a pair of British ladies claiming to be Anna’s descendants. This coin was displayed as part of the “King of Siam” collection at the Smithsonian Institution in 1983, where it was given the name “the King of Coins.” It was purchased by an anonymous collector in 2001, who purchased the entire set of coins from the King of Siam collection for over $4 million.


3. World's largest gold coin; Royal Canadian Mint Million-dollar coin

Photo by Reuters: It need 3 men's to lift up the coin.

On 3rd May 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) unveiled a Gold Maple Leaf coin by artist Stanley Witten, with a face value of $1 million Canadian dollar. The weight of the coin is 100 kilograms, and measures 50 cm in diameter by 3 cm thick. In October 2007, the Million Dollar Coin was certified by Guinness World Records to be the world's largest gold coin. . The reverse features an elegant, hand-polished maple leaf design by Royal Canadian Mint artist and senior engraver Stan Witten, and the obverse bears the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by celebrated Canadian portrait artist Susanna Blunt. The coins are both adorned with a maple leaf and boast 99.999 percent purity, a notch above previous purity peaks of 99.99 percent. One of this coin had been auctioned by Vienna auction house, Dorotheum; ORO direct, a Spanish precious metals trading company bought the world's largest gold coin for 3.27 million euros ($4.02 million).


4. Mona Lisa of Rare Coins: 1913 Liberty Head nickel


Photo by Heritage Auctions Gallery

A rare 1913 American nickel five-cent piece also known as The Liberty Head nickel, sometimes referred to as the V nickel due to its reverse design, Recently dubbed "The Mona Lisa of Rare Coins," was sold for more than $3.7 million (2.3 million pounds) in Heritage Auctions Platinum Night. The so-called Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known of that specific date and design, was sold "in spirited bidding" to a private East Coast coin collector in Orlando late on Thursday, said Greg Rohan, president of Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Auctions. The buyer wished to remain anonymous.


5. World's most expensive penny -1943D Lincoln cent


A Lincoln cent struck in the wrong metal at the Denver Mint in 1943, has been sold for a world's record price of $1,700,000 by Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, New Jersey. The buyer is a Southwestern business executive, who wants to remain anonymous. The historic World War II era coin's former owner arranged for the entire proceeds of the sale to be given to a charitable organization. This one of a kind Lincoln cent, mistakenly struck in 1943 at the Denver Mint in bronze rather than the zinc-coated steel used that year to conserve copper for World War II. Most 1943 pennies are steel-gray in color and not worth much more than face value.


6. Worlds most expensive gold dinar-The Umayyad dinar


A specialist auctioneers, Morton & Eden in London, make it in a record book for Worlds most expensive gold dinar and Dirham. The Umayyad dinar, one of the rarest and most highly-prized of all Islamic gold coins, struck possibly to coincide with an occasion when the Caliph himself led the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, sold for a record £3,720,000 in a sale at specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London. The Umayyad dinar, dated 105h (723AD) was struck from gold mined at a location owned by the Caliph himself; known on the coins as the “Mine of the Commander of the Faithful”. An additional legend which reads: “bi’l-Hijaz” (“in the Hejaz”), makes it the earliest Islamic coin to mention a location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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