The best bookstores in KL

E-books may be taking over the world, but brick-and-mortar bookstores will always be special because you can never replace the joy of a paperback in your backpack. Live vicariously through your favourite characters at these best bookstores in the city. 

Cite Book Garden

Cite (magazine publisher, champion of local and Singaporean writers, and the biggest Chinese online bookstore in the country) opened a physical bookstore in the form of Cite Book Garden, a small store designed for bibliophiles to relax and browse at length. The book garden features actual plants by way of hanging potted ferns by the window, a few chairs where readers can sit and read, a wall displaying the magazines they publish (ranging from fashion glossies like Vivi to the Chinese edition of National Geographic), a wide selection of titles from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, and even a small café (they once offered coffee workshops partnering with Exhibit Café from TTDI). The second floor houses an event space for readings, talks, activities for kids, and more.

10 Little Stories About the True Power of Love

Sometimes, life produces the kinds of situations and events that no Hollywood scriptwriter could ever dream up. Comical, ambiguous, unpredictable, tragic — life is such a multifaceted thing. But whatever happens, there’s always space for love, kindness, happy occurrences, and simple wonder.

We at gathered together 10 powerful stories that will hit you right in the heart.

5 fabulous natural places to visit in East Malaysia

Much of East Malaysia on the island of Borneo was once covered by natural vegetation like lowland rainforest, montane forests at high altitudes, and mangroves along the coasts. Many natural areas still remain today, and most are reasonably accessible, but in some cases do require long road or river journeys.

Here are five fabulous natural places to put on your list of East Malaysian travel destinations.

1. Bako National Park, Sarawak

One of Sarawak’s smallest national parks (just 2,727ha) punches way above its weight class in terms of wildlife. Located 37km from the Sarawak capital of Kuching, Bako supports stands of most plant communities found in the state with mixed dipterocarp forest, mangrove forest (where it’s possible to see Proboscis Monkeys), grasslands, peat swamp forest, and a very unusual kerangas, or heath forest, where pitcher plants thrive in the nutrient-depleted soil.

There are a dozen trails to walk, from a few hundred metres to several kilometres in length and overnighting in basic park accommodations is an option, though most visitors return to Kuching and stay in hotels such as the Pullman Kuching.

10 Steps to Convert CDA to MP3 using the Free Windows Media Player 12

If you wish to convert CDA to MP3 then look no further. Windows Media Player 12 can do the job.

Of course you can use other tools (which are more powerful in my opinion), but you can start using Windows Media Player 12 immediately without the hassel of downloading and installing other software.

Follow the steps below:

1. Start Windows Media Player 12

2. Go to the menu at the top, select "Tools", and then "Options..."

How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

In a recent strategy meeting we attended with the leaders of a Fortune-500 company, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. So most executives manage it according to their intuition.

We’ve found that answering three questions can help transform culture from a mystery to a science: 1) How does culture drive performance? 2) What is culture worth? 3) What processes in an organization affect culture? In this article, we address each of these to show how leaders can engineer high-performing organizational cultures — and measure their impact on the bottom line.

How does culture drive performance?

After surveying over 20,000 workers around the world, analyzing 50 major companies, conducting scores of experiments, and scouring the landscape of academic research in a range of disciplines, we came to one conclusion: Why we work determines how well we work.

How Much Do Top Politicians In Malaysia Earn?

“I am one of the best paid and probably one of the poorest of the Third World prime ministers,” Lee Kuan Yew, the late minister mentor of Singapore was once quoted.

The saying of “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys,” is also undeniable. To get good quality people, you need to pay for it. However, paying high does not always guarantee good quality people.

Prior to the amendments to the Members of Parliament (Remuneration) (Amendment) Act on April 10, 2015, members of the parliament (MPs) in Malaysia were paid RM4,112 a month, excluding allowances.

Some of the allowances claimable by MPs are:

• Entertainment allowance – up to RM2,500
• Fuel allowance – up to RM1,500
• Toll allowance – up to RM300

How To Access Blocked Websites? 6 Easy Ways

Short Bytes: Restrictions and bans over websites are always annoying, and governments are now censoring content more than ever. Check out the 6 easy ways to bypass the censorship to access blocked websites.

Given the current stature of the constitutional “Rights” and “Freedoms” conferred upon the public in most of the democracies, censorship and bans on trivial matters often come as a surprise. And in the era of the Internet, harassing the general public is even easier. Be it the controversial net neutrality, or restriction to access to specific websites.

If you also feel stifled by the blocked websites then here are some ways to access blocked websites:

1. Become Anonymous: Use Proxy Websites

A proxy website becomes a moderator between the user and server site. The proxy website camouflages the blocked site from the ISPs and allows you to access blocked websites. To get a proxy website for any blocked site, just perform the Google search.

Eg: Facebook Proxy Server. In case, Facebook is blocked in your institution, or you can go to

• http://www.spysurfing.com

• http://proxify.us/p/

and more…

 

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Olahan Bijak Ruang Sempit

 

Kediaman teres unit tengah kebiasaannya mempunyai ruang terbatas untuk diolah. Ini alasan biasa yang di gunakan di antara kita untuk tidak memperindah ruang landskap rumah. Namun sebenarnya andai anda bijak menata hias serta menyusun atur landskap idaman pasti dapat direalisasikan. Buktinya Web Impiana kongsi kan dengan anda laman kecil milik seorang tenaga pengajar dalam bidang lukisan kejuruteraan di salah sebuah kolej vokasional ini. Mohd Syukur Sahim bukan sahaja bijak memilih konsep dan penggunaan elemen-elemen landskap yang bersesuaian dengan iklim persekitaran malah mampu mewujudkan kehijauan pada ruangan sempit ini.

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Daging Masak Lada Hitam

Menu ringkas dan simple untuk hidangan hari ini.

Menu yang mudah dan ringkas untuk hidangan makan malam.

Bila siangnya AM dah sediakan ikan, untuk makan malam AM sediakan hidangan daging pula. 

Resepi dari Pak Engku dan AM ambil dari koleksi buku resepi beliau yang AM beli iaitu Santapan Lauk Pauk Tradisi. Dalam buku ini banyak himpunan resepi tradisi yang sedap-sedap dan semuanya membuka selera. Kalau tengok buku ni pasti semua nak di cuba dan di rasa.

Pudu jail site redevelopment to start early next year

                           

Eco World Development Group Bhd is expected to start construction of the RM8.7 billion Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) project by the first quarter of next year.

Chief executive officer Datuk Chang Khim Wah said upon getting the development approval from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the company would prepare the pre-marketing for the launch of the project by year-end.

SKMM sekat laman promo Bersih 4.0

Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) akan menyekat laman-laman portal yang mempromosi, menyebarkan maklumat dan menggalakkan orang ramai untuk turut serta ke perhimpunan Bersih 4.0, akhir bulan ini.

Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan SKMM hari ini, langkah tersebut adalah lanjutan daripada kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) baru-baru ini.

PKR dan Yahudi

Kekawan semua sila lihat gambar dua orang tua ini. Agaknya siapa dua orang tua ini? Handsome juga. Sudah tentu bukan atok bebudak IQ 3.85 itu.

Orang tua dalam gambar ini adalah Marcus Goldman dan Samuel Sachs (kiri atau kanan saya tak pasti, sebab depa semua "look alike" kan?)

Mereka berdua ini adalah orang Yahudi dan pengasas bank Goldman Sachs yang telah membolot US$500 Juta (RM2 BELIYON) duit kita. 

Bank Goldman Sachs telah dilantik oleh Penasihat ulung 1MDB untuk bantu 1MDB meminjam duit US Dollar berbeliyon-beliyon untuk entah apa sebab. 

Atas bantuan bank Yahudi Goldman Sachs ini entah untuk apa sebab, Penasihat ulung 1MDB telah membayar bank Yahudi Goldman Sachs yuran US$500 Juta atau RM2 BELIYON. Kita masih kurang jelas untuk apa sebab.

Siapa pakar sebenar guna ‘pintu belakang’?

Mungkin rakyat lupa BN pernah menjatuhkan kerajaan negeri Perak pada tahun 2009 melalui ‘pintu belakang’.

Berita tentang pemimpin UMNO/BN menghasut ahli-ahli partinya untuk tidak melawan ‘kerajaan’ telah menjadi tumpuan rakyat Malaysia. Istilah ‘pintu belakang’ untuk menggulingkan kerajaan menjadi senjata utama pemimpin UMNO/BN menanam rasa takut dan gelisah dalam ahli partinya sendiri. Namun, kenyataan pemimpin UMNO ini meletakkan kesalahan besar menjatuhkan kerajaan sebenarnya mencerminkan kesempitan pengetahuan dan pemikiran mereka mengenai perbezaan antara ‘kerajaan’ dan ‘parti pemerintah’ dalam sistem demokrasi berparlimen.

DAP predicts political fund meet will be axed

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang thinks the national consultative committee on political funding will suffer the fate of the Special Task Force

DAP elder statesman Lim Kit Siang believes that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s National Consultative Committee on Political Funding was nothing but a cynical ploy to buy time for a whole year to continue to avoid and evade the principles of accountability, transparency, integrity and good governance on the twin scandals of the RM42 billion 1MDB loans and RM2.6 billion in Najib’s personal accounts. “Najib has said that there are currently no laws regulating political funding or donations and thus the public can’t pass judgment yet.” 

“This is a shocking example of Najib’s warped perceptions of what is right and what is wrong – a Prime Minister who has completely lost his moral authority and compass and ceased to distinguish between right from wrong.” 

Siapa Yang Bunuh Jalil Ibrahim - Misteri Tak Terungkai Selepas 32 Tahun Berlalu.

Kenapa saya mati dibunuh, tidakkah rakyat Malaysia mahu tahu?

Generasi sekarang mungkin tak kenal nama Jalil Ibrahim. Tapi pembunuhan Jalil Ibrahim seperti pembunuhan Altantuya juga.

Yang membabitkan skandal ;

• Rasuah dan korupsi
• Jenayah pecah amanah
• Salah urus syarikat kewangan
• Pengauditan yang tidak sekata bagi menutup penyelewengan dan pinjaman yang telah diluluskan.

Top 15 Most Popular Movie Websites

1 | IMDB
115,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors 
| 53 - Compete Rank | 57 - Quantcast Rank | 47 - Alexa Rank | 
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2 | Yahoo! Movies
90,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors 
| *60* - Compete Rank | *180* - Quantcast Rank | NA - Alexa Rank | 
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3 | Fandango
18,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors 
| 173 - Compete Rank | 158 - Quantcast Rank | 1,301 - Alexa Rank |
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The Case For Reparations For Justin Bieber's Dick

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