I had already written months ago  even here that Bell was capping the Sympatico downloads cause it was making way for the phone business and Bell will definitely abuse it's phone customers the same way it has abused many of it's ISP customers now too.

see also

http://postedat.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/dealing-effectively-with-complaints-problems-bad-service-isp-provider/

http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/too-many-major-isp-suppliers-are-unacceptably-guilty-of/

https://cid-1aa26630dccde52d.skydrive.live.com/

Comcast is testing delaying traffic--slowing down packet transmission to throttle the bandwidth rate--in two Eastern cities they cover for the heaviest users of their service. This is an effective cap, rather than a cutoff. (Comcast has been delaying BitTorrent P2P traffic for all its users prior to this; this change affects all traffic, not just BitTorrent, and is being announced, instead of sub rosa.) In a town in Texas, Time Warner Cable is experimenting with offering different speed packages each of which is coupled with a monthly limit on usage. The lowest-priced package offers a ridiculous 768 Kbps downstream and 1 GB per month for $30 per month; the highest-priced is 15 Mbps downstream with a more reasonable 40 GB per month limit. Charges are $1 per GB above that. With cable companies traditionally and telephone companies newly offering television programming, premium channels, and on-demand video, the caps are another tool to prevent competition from over-the-Internet sources of things to watch. In a situation in which a few carriers control all the pieces, it's unclear whether rate caps can stick. If both telcos and cable companies decide to impose such limits and restructure their networks, who do you turn to? People with broadband are unlikely to cancel it. In a monopoly or duopoly market, you can't switch brands. There has to be a happy middle--a role that the FCC may help to negotiate. A 40 GB cap switched to 400 GB might serve precisely the right purpose without penalizing average users who have no other market choice. With Time Warner Cable charging a buck a gigabyte above their monthly limits in their test market, but with Amazon's S3 service delivering it retail for as little as a tenth that, it's not hard to see that carriers are looking to caps to solve network problems and make a little scratch on the side."  http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080615/tc_pcworld/146752

Dion a threat to the West Calgary Herald,  Canada -  ... vain hope that they can turn those feelings into enough votes to dethrone Prime Minister Stephen Harper whenever he gets around to calling an election. ...

NDP prepares star candidate for Westmount The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 10 hours ago Prime Minister Stephen Harper has until July 26 to set a date for the vote. It is widely expected to be held in September along with a second by-election in ...

 

All good, decent people in Canada rather are clearly a threat to the undeniable  too often self centered, greedy, immoral, abusive West meaning Alberta mostly..

 

Beware always of men and women, bullies, tormentors, control freaks,  persons, civil and public servants,  politicians, pastors, leaders, elders, who falsely do, will try to enslave you, oppress you, exploit you

 

Is 51:23 .. your tormentors {and} oppressors, those who said to you, Bow down, that we may ride {or} tread over you; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.

 

http://postedat.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/how-many-rich-people-in-calgary-edmonton-alberta/

(Prov 21:9 KJV)  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Bullies, abusers, liars, slanderers tend to be clearly immoral persons who try to enslave others uancceptably even if they profess to be Christian or what ever,,

>>My ex-husband smokes pot and drinks a lot, and I am told, so does his girlfriend. He once told me that I am too righteous because I don’t drink or do drugs, and I attend church.

and that was a verbal abuse if I have ever seen one..

so do thank God daily that he has now removed your from this  abusive relationship..

and do ask Him, God  to take all the tears away and he will.

(Psa 4:8 KJV)  I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

(Rev 21:4 KJV)  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

and there still can be a good life after divorce with God’s help…

Truly any type of abuse is unacceptable and anywhere too

and exposing it loudly in public as well as calling the police is the best way to deal with it for everyone’s benefit, the abuser included.

God himself clearly does not accept verbal, physical, or human rights abuses

(Mat 18:6 KJV) But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

(Mat 18:7 KJV) Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

(Mat 18:8 KJV) Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

No we ALL cannot STOP, take the ostrich approach under the guise of love to the definite bad acts of others, we as Christians are still called to be fruit inspectors of those who profess to be Christians ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY RARELY QUOTE IT in actual context OR LIVE THE BIBLE THEY CLAIM THEY BELIEVE IN-

(Gen 31:42 KJV) Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

(Lev 19:17 KJV) Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

(Neh 5:7 KJV) Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

(Psa 119:21 KJV) Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

(Prov 24:25 KJV) But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

(Prov 27:5 KJV) Open rebuke is better than secret love.

(Eccl 7:5 KJV) It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

(Mat 17:18 KJV) And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

(Mark 1:25 KJV) And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

(Mark 4:39 KJV) And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

(Mark 8:33 KJV) But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

(1 Tim 5:20 KJV) Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

(2 Tim 4:2 KJV) Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

(Titus 1:13 KJV) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

(Titus 2:15 KJV) These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

(Heb 12:5 KJV) And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

(Rev 3:19 KJV) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

"This is from the book by Patricia Evans http://andthenshecried.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/the-verbally-abusive-relationship-how-to-recognize-it-and-how-to-respond

Verbal abuse is a kind of battering which doesn’t leave evidence like physical abuse does. However, it can be just as painful, and recovery can take much longer. The victim of abuse lives in a gradually more confusing realm. In public she is with one man, in private he becomes another. Often, for the verbally abused woman (man), there is no witness to her reality and no one to understand her experiences. Friends and family continue to see her ex, the abuser, as a really good guy and, certainly, he agrees with them. The verbal abuser, while maintaining his charm with others, always takes his abuse behind closed doors. It is a means of holding power over his wife( husband) /partner.. Many women and some men leave a marriage and come back into the singles’ world with the diminished self-esteem that comes from a verbally abusive relationship. The fact that many of these women (men) have never even realized that they were being abused, makes it easy for them to enter another abusive relationship. A verbal abuser is an insecure person and immature person who is looking for power and control over another.In order to help you recognize abuse, remember that all forms of verbal abuse are methods of manipulating you for the purpose of establishing power over you. The following are some of the forms of verbal abuse the author helps you recognize.

1. Withholding: a purposeful, silent treatment.
2. Countering: a countering of your ideas, feelings, and perceptions, even going so far as to refute what he misconstrues you to have said.
3. Discounting–a putdown of you or something you hold dear.
4. Blocking and diverting–this is a sneaky, covert way of violating your dignity.
5. Accusation and blame: generally involves lies about the partner’s intentions, attitudes, and motives. The author states that accusation and blame is present in all verbally abusive relationships.
6. Judging and criticizing: lies about your personal qualities and performance.
7. Trivializing and undermining: abusive behavior which makes light of your work, your efforts, your interests, or your concerns. The abuser attempts to dilute meaning and value in your life. Undermining might occur when your partner laughs at you, for example, when you burn yourself cooking. It is also jokes at your expense. Undermining is occurring when you feel a “so-called joke” is mean rather than funny.
8. Name calling: no one has a right to call you degrading names. Name calling is verbal abuse.
9. Ordering: Telling you to do something, rather than asking, or making decisions for you or for the two of you without your input.
10. Forgetting and denial: the trickiest form of denial is forgetting. Become aware that forgetting is a form of denial that shifts all responsibility from the abuser to some “weakness of mind.”
11. Abusive anger: this seems to be closely linked to the need to “blow up,” to dominate, to control, to go one up, and to put down. Any time you are snapped at or yelled at, you are being abused.

If you counter the abuser or attempt to explain yourself, you will probably be met with such statements as, “I don’t want to hear it, get out of my face” or “Woman you don’t have the brains“, “B” You shouldn’t have said that to me“.

If you are in a brand-new relationship and see warning signs of verbal abuse, the author suggests you might be wise to let the relationship go. It is not likely that a man (woman) who needs to dominate and control will change easily, if at all. It is also likely that when the newness of the relationship wears off, he will become more abusive. Verbal abuse can become physical in time and physical abuse is always preceded by verbal abuse, according to Evans.If you are in a long-term relationship, you can respond to the abuser as the book suggests and soon discover for yourself whether or not your mate is willing to change and stop his abusive behavior.

“If you have been verbally abused in your relationship, you may have discovered that explaining and trying to understand have not improved your relationship. Therefore, I recommend that you respond in a new way–a way that will make an emotional, psychological, and intellectual impact upon your mate.”

The abuser in your relationship may change when he finds that you do know when you are being abused, that you have set limits, that you mean what you say, and that you will not take behavior you don’t like. 

If the man ( or sadly too often now a women) in your relationship remains abusive, it is not only not your fault," it is  your responsibility to deal with it, make it public, call the police too.

Any person cannot still fight with you of you leave his or her presences, even forever.. and there is still a good life after a failed marriage now too. I practise what I preach and often now too.

The first spouse, love seems  is always the best one in our false pride.. and I know what that is like too.. WE SEEM ALL TO REPEAT OUR BAD TASTE, VALUES.. When they let a person out a prison they generally have a rule not to let them return to his old environment, past home, for five years.. otherwise they will be under the same old bad habits, dispositions too..

NOTE I lost once everything I had owned.. still next I replaced it all with the same things, even though I never used most of them, old habits and bad tastes DO die hard still too for almost all of us.. 

Now still reporting publically the abusers, and calling the POLICE TOO most often solves the abuse problem the best.. for if the evil persons do not feel real negative personal consequences, REAL negative public exposures, they really have no reasons to change their bad habits next and likely then never will.

I rightfully too tend to openly expose all abusers, all bad people, all bad churches, all bad politicians, all bad corporations that I come across, and  often and I  also do do call the police, regulating authorities  often and demand they all be fired,   be put in jail too.

I was also still surprised how popular this post now is too.

http://thefocusonthefamily.wordpress.com/

Virgin Media have been sending letters to customers stating if you download copyrighted material you will be kicked off their service.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7486743.stm

Well here's an idea. If I (the consumer) am paying YOU (the business) for a service, don't fucking bitch when i use it to download.

Virgin, your an ISP, it's NOT your responsibility what your customers do in the internet. In short, FUCK OFF.

Peace,

Adam

Are you a Virgin customer or have any thoughts, leave a comment then!

Due giorni senza linea! ah! che scimmia!

Un paio di giorni fa, arrivato a casa dopo una seratina all'aperto sul lungomare triestino, accendo il pc per vedere come stiano i miei vari contatti virtuali, tra mail forum e blog e....sorpresa! mi accoglie una fastidiosissima schermata fastweb che mi informa che non sono connesso. Tristemente mi allontano dalla macchina già immaginando le lotte telefoniche che inizieranno l'indomani con il call center del mio isp.

Risultava che, due mesi prima, io non avessi pagato la bolletta. Effettivamente avevo molto probabilmente depositato gli euri necessari al saldo sul conto corrente postale con uno, forse due giorni di ritardo. Al call center risultava che mi avessero inviato, in due mesi, tre avvisi della mia morosità che, invece, non avevo ricevuto. Fatto stà che, la mattina dopo, scendo alla posta sotto casa a versare il dovuto e, subito dopo, procedo alla telefonata necessaria per segnalare la regolarizzazione della mia posizione. Avrebbero dovuto passare al massimo 12 ore da questa regolarizzazione: ne sono passate 48, varie telefonate e litigate al cc, e la spedizione di un fax con un reclamo e con allegato il bollettino.

Questa "avventura" mi ha fatto (ri)pensare in questi giorni, oltre al fatto di quanto sia dura arrivare a fine mese (tra le altre ho anche ricevuto una "minaccia" di taglio della fornitura del gas :P ), di quanto indecente sia la fornitura del servizio telefonico ed internet in Italia.

Viviamo in un vero e proprio regime di privatizzazione distorta, con il servizio distribuito fra vari colossi che ci bombardano di pubblicità ingannevole, e l'anomalia dell'ultimo chilometro di doppino, monopolio telecom. Ci parlano di 20 mega ma, se leggete bene i contratti, si dice fino a 20 mega. Così ci si può ritrovare con una 2 Mega scarsa pagando uno sproposito. E, comunque, paghiamo uno sproposito rispetto al resto dell'europa: in francia, ad esempio, per circa 30 euro al mese, hanno una ADSL di 20 mega effettiva e telefonate gratuite sui fissi di quasi tutti i paesi del mondo, nonchè altri servizi quali il download di musica gratuito e legale.

C'è poi l'arrivo di questo benedetto Wi Max. E anche qui si è assistito a gare di appalto miliardarie e a nessuna possibilità di avere un minimo di frequenza libera per poter permettere, finalmente, a tutti di utilizzare internet e contribuire così allo sviluppo di una cultura informatica che, nel nostro paese, risulta molto scarsa. Terzomondista, dicono in molti.

Ma va così, dicono. Non per niente l'Italia è la terra dei cachi.

Ed in tutto questo io sono ancora qui, ad ammorbarvi con i miei posts...ma non ora: devo uscire per pagare (con considerevole ritardo) l'affitto...prima che arrivi qualcuno e mi smantelli la casa in attesa che saldi il mio debito :P

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070300747.html

If you have encounter something like this, here's what you gonna do...

• Check if all the settings of your browser is in default settings. If you are using firefox, make sure that TSL and SSL are checked. Located at Tools -> Options -> Advance -> Encryption.

• Clear your all private data, test this problem to other browser and restart your browser.

• If all settings are correct and still have the problem, reinstall your browser. Contact your ISP or Administrator for assistance.

• After the browser successfully reinstalled, check. If still the problem is in, using the PING command.

• Go to Start Menu -> Run -> Type PING 10.0.0.01 then press Enter or click Ok. Check for results contact your ISP for more assistance.

• If you try to PING 10.0.0.0.1 th rice, but the black screen disappear, sad to say but you need to reinstall your Operating System. We assure you 100% guarantee to back your Internet Activity came normal again. It means that your OS is not updated to the latest version.

Salah satu kebiasaanku ketika posting tulisan terbaru di weblog ini, yaitu menyebarkan informasi link tulisan tersebut melalui friendster, yahoogroups, dan yahoo messanger. Bukan untuk mencari popularitas, bukan untuk menaikkan traffic weblog ini, tetapi untuk menyebarluaskan tulisan tersebut sehingga banyak orang tau mengenai wacana yang diangkat dalam postingan itu. Memang efek samping dari penyebaran informasi itu diantaranya popularitas jadi naik dan traffic weblog ini juga jadi naik. Tapi itu semua ndak aku peduliin. Satu hal yang penting bagiku adalah tulisan itu menyebarluas.

Entahlah, mungkin lagi kesel atau memang dia sudah memendam kekesalan itu sudah lama, salah seorang penerima informasi yang aku sebarkan itu mencak-mencak protes dengan apa yang aku lakukan. Beliau memandang apa yang aku lakukan ini sebagai suatu tindakan SPAM dan di Amerika pelaku SPAM ini bisa dikenai hukuman pidana.

Perdebatanpun terjadi antara aku dan beliau yang nampaknya ahli di bidang komputer dan dunia maya. Orang yang sudah tersohor namanya itu berdebat dengan aku yang masih anak kecil ini yang ndak jago di bidang komputer dan IT.

Beliau berandai-andai jika ada 100 orang yang berbuat sama seperti apa yang aku lakukan yang ditujukan kepada satu orang, maka apa yang akan terjadi? Satu orang itu akan kerepotan harus membaca 100 info SPAM itu. Dan itu mengganggu kenyamanannya. Dan beliau menganggap bahwa apa yang aku lakukan sudah mengganggu kenyamanannya.

Sedangkan aku saat itu berargumen dengan kebebasan orang menyampaikan informasi yang ia ketahui. Aku pun beranalogi dengan menggunakan analogi Handphone. Aku punya handphone, dan aku bebas menyebarkan informasi apapun kepada orang lain yang nomor hpnya ada tersimpan di phonebook hpku.

Penasaran dengan wacara SPAM, aku coba cari ke mbah wikipedia.com. Rujukanku jika mengalami kesulitan untuk mengetahui definisi dari istilah-istilah tertentu, setelah Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.

Berikut jawaban mbak wikipedia.com:

Spam atau junk mail adalah penyalahgunaan dalam pengiriman berita elektronik untuk menampilkan berita iklan dan keperluan lainnya yang mengakibatkan ketidaknyamanan bagi para pengguna web. Bentuk berita spam yang umum dikenal meliputi: spam surat elektronik, spam instant messaging, spam Usenet newsgroup, spam mesin pencari informasi web (web search engine spam), spam blog, spam berita pada telepon genggam, spam forum Internet, dan lain lain.

Spam ini biasanya datang bertubi-tubi tanpa diminta dan sering kali tidak dikehendaki oleh penerimanya. Beberapa contoh lain dari spam ini bisa berupa surat elektronik berisi iklan, sms pada telepon genggam, berita yang masuk dalam suatu forum newsgroup berisi promosi barang yang tidak terkait dengan aktifitas newsgroup tersebut, spamdexing yang mendominir suatu mesin pencari (search engine) untuk mencari popularitas bagi suatu URL tertentu, ataupun bisa berupa berita yang tak berguna dan masuk dalam suatu blog, buku tamu situs web, dan lain-lain.

Spam dikirimkan oleh pembuat iklan dengan biaya operasi yang sangat rendah, karena spam ini tidak memerlukan mailing list untuk mencapai para pelanggan-pelanggan yang diinginkan. Sebagai akibatnya banyak fihak yang dirugikan. Selain pengguna Internet itu sendiri, ISP (penyelenggara layanan Internet atau Internet service provider), dan masyarakat umum juga merasa tidak nyaman. Karena biasanya sangat mengganggu dan kadang-kadang membohongi, berita spam termasuk dalam kegiatan melanggar hukum dan merupakan perbuatan kriminal yang bisa ditindak melalui undang-undang Internet.

Ada kalimat yang menurutku masih rancu disana. Sesuatu dikatakan SPAM jika info itu dikirimkan oleh seseorang dan info tersebut mengganggu kenyamanan si penerima. Pertanyaannya, jika info tersebut tidak mengganggu kenyamanan si penerima bahkan mungkin sangat dibutuhkan oleh si penerima, apakah itu bisa jadi bukan SPAM?

Artinya bahwa, SPAM atau bukan, itu tergantung suasana hati si penerima. Dan itu sangat subyektif. Sampai sini aku kaget dan heran dengan definisi SPAM tersebut.

SMS melalui Handphone pun itu bisa dikategorikan SPAM, menurut wikipedia. Aku sering tuh dapet info dari Indosat. Kebetulan (emang ada kebetulan di dunia ini?) aku pakai kartu IM3. Apakah info dari indosat itu bisa dikategorikan SPAM? Itu kembali lagi ke definisi SPAM menurut wikipedia, yaitu tergantung suasana hati si penerima.

Kalau si penerima ternyata saat itu ndak mood, bisa saja langsung mencak-mencak ketika dapet info dari orang lain melalui surat elektronik yang isinya tidak dia sukai dan kalau tinggal di Amerika, bisa jadi, besoknya mengajukan penuntutan dengan tuntutan tindakan SPAM.

Aku lebih kaget lagi ketika mendapatkan informasi bahwa di Amerika kalau tindakan SPAM itu sudah masuk kategori tindak pidana.

Aku jadi berpikir, kok aneh yah? Hal-hal yang masih rancu tersebut bisa masuk dalam satu aturan hukum positif. Atau mungkin pembahasan SPAM ini sudah final di Amerika sehingga dimasukkan dalam aturan hukum positif? Ada yang tahu mengenai hal ini?

Sampai sini aja ah tulisanku. Abis pusing mau nulis apa lagi karena dah kepalang bingung.

Apakah ada dari saudara-saudara yang bisa memberikan pencerahan? Bagi para ahli komputer dan dunia cyber (baik yang namanya sudah tersohor maupun belum), bisakah kalian berikan pencerahan bagiku?

Di UU ITE masuk gak tho point SPAM ini? Wah, jangan-jangan aku mau dituntut nih...

Phorm has developed a platform, the Open Internet Exchange, which enables display advertisers on the Internet to target individual users based on their web browsing history (including, but not limited to, current page views). The business model is based on a revenue-sharing partnership with Internet service providers (‘ISPs’) and the company has exclusive arrangements with the top three in the UK, covering 70% of broadband users.

In the US the value of behaviourally targeted online advertising (BTOA) is expected to double to US$1bn during 2008 and then to almost quadruple to US$3.8bn by 2011. According to eMarketer.com (June 2007), this positions behavioural targeting as one of the fastest-growth segments of the expanding online advertising market. In the UK, BTOA could reach 12% of total Internet advertising by 2010, i.e. £528m, according to Andrew Walsh, Media Research Analyst at Landsbanki Securities (www.landsbanki.com).

Whether Phorm has the impact that the research suggests may well depend primarily on ISP's validating the financial benefits of a revenue-share model. However, with the top 3 ISP's already ensuring that the majority of the broadband market is under "exclusive arrangements" with Phorm, it seems the biggest question remains how the consumer proposition will be defined by the ISP's so as to reassure users and how the ISP's will seek a competitive advantage in the way they present this relationship as part of their offer (e.g. lower prices, more relevant advertising, etc.).

My guess is the ISP's will cooperate and as a result consumers will need to use their collective "voice" to ensure they benefit from this intrusion on their privacy.

On Friday our network tanked. Prior to Friday our network was out typical in the mornings for about a half an hour before 8am, and then intermittently throughout the day for minutes or even seconds. After Friday, our network was down for hours, and maybe up for minutes and even an hour.

We have three major internet requirements on Sunday; our countdown clocks, our online POS, and uploading our sermons to the internet. In order to run our countdown clocks and POS I used some cellular internet routers for the two computers that performed those functions for us. We decided to upload our sermons at Starbucks. The cellular internet worked really well for us, and was a especially good for bookstore sales. At Starbucks we were able to upload our sermons too.

On Monday a Bell technician, who is responsible for the phone lines, was supposed to be the hero and repair our ADSL lines. However, they tested really good. The Bell guy split pretty quickly after those tests. I called Telus, who provides our ADSL service, and they sent the same tech they did on Friday who replaced all our ADSL equipment with no change. Our internet was still down. There was some sync issue.

On Wednesday supposedly Bell and Telus will work together to get my internet up. They could not visit on Tuesday cause it is a Canadian holiday, but staff will be in to work on July 1st. I hope they get it up and running on Wednesday cause I am supposed to be out of the office (for my wedding) until Tuesday.

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Maafkanlah patik jika tidak terlalu kerap mengupdate blog ni..apakan daya, bukan tidak mahu mahupun malas, tapi sesungguhnya.....takde inspirasi nak menaip di kala mata dah tiga suku terkatup dan otak pun dah 95% shutdown. Penggunaan otak secara maksimum diperlukan untuk fokus benda-benda lain yang lebih penting, seperti memakai maskara di bulu mata dan bukan di bibir (hampir berlaku).

Bulan Jun adalah bulan yang penting, both for personal and work reasons. Untuk mengelakkan aku hilang fokus ketika menaip dan juga mengelakkan korang jatuh bosan, akan ku karang dalam bentuk senarai mudah faham.

1. Majlis Nikah dan Sanding Una

Una dah kawen dan Su dah tunang. =(( Tinggal daku seorang ! Takpe, takpe..

2. Keperluan Shopping Yang Hebat

Aku dah lama gila tak shopping benda-benda yang tak berfaedah. Sejak mula kerja lagi, tak silap. Ini semua kerana mengutamakan "perkara-perkara awal kehidupan bersendiri" seperti rumah, bil-bil, kereta, barang dapur, etc etc. So setelah ku hitung-hitung profit margin untuk bulan Jun, rasanya inilah bulan yang sesuai untuk pergi menggeladah kedai-kedai baju, kasut, aksesori dan mekap. Puas aku merantau untuk memenuhi nafsu shopping ku yang dah lama terpendam itu. Satu lagi sebab bulan Jun ni menuntut aku untuk melaram lebih dari biasa. Kenapa? Teruskan membaca ke akhir rancangan.

Semua sekali, ada dekat 3-4 ratus (atau lebih) gak la abes dek kerana nak melaram. Haha. Puas hati.

3. SIRIM/MTDC Marketing & Promotion Workshop, Parkroyal Bukit Bintang

Ni kali kedua Boss hantar aku ke seminar MTDC, tapi pertama kali untuk marketing & promotion. Maka aku kene buat Marketing & Promotion la kot lepas ni kan. Ha ni lah die part nak kene melaram lebih tu..hehe. Yela, name pon marketing..jumpa orang ramai. Effort nak mencomelkan diri (ataupun mengurangkan ketidakcomelan) kene lebeyyyy sket, ye tak ? 3 hari dok kat Parkroyal, tetiap ari aku gi shopping kat Sg Wang, Times Square, Lot 10, etc etc. Yahuuuuuuuuuu!

Okey selain dari shopping..workshop ni banyak membantu dari segi memberi input tentang merekabentuk promotional materials seperti flyers, brochure, poster, media advertisement, radio advertisement, etc etc, especially for start-up or new companies. Walaupun yang menghadiri workshop ni rata-rata dari kalangan Pengarah dan orang-orang penting/ilmuwan company yang berumur 30+, workshop tu takde pulak seriyes dan bosan. Gegak gempita lagi ada..kalah budak-budak student kalau berkumpul. Aku antara peserta muda yang join workshop tu pun, rasa kagum dengan kebolehan mereka-mereka ini untuk let loose and just have fun, tanpa mengira status, umur, pangkat, bidang kerja, dan kebolehan. So bila buat kerja grouping pun, semua jadik seronok! Dan idea-idea merapu lagi mengarut pon klua. Hehe, cayalah.

Plus, group aku menang Best Radio Advertisement! =D ..walaupun saya watak sampingan je. Ngee...

4. National Seminar for Incorporated Society of Planters 2008 in Pulau Wan Man, Kuala Terengganu

Pulau Wan Man tu sebenarnya bukanlah sebuah pulau seperti Pulau Perhentian, mahupun Pulau Pandan Jauh Ketengah. Tepi sungai je pun. Tapi Pulau Wan Man ni femes kerana kat sinilah terletaknye Masjid Kristal yang kontroversi tu, dan kat situlah jua berlangsungnya National Seminar for Incorporated Society of Planters untuk tahun ini (NatSem ISP 2008). Company aku memang akan join event ni setiap tahun either sebagai peserta, exhibitor, atau speaker seminar. Tahun ni, kami pergi seramai 12 orang untuk menjadi exhibitor dan Boss aku pulak present paper (yang aku tolong researchkan - hehe nak gak sebut =P). Event ni mengumpulkan planters (petani moden, hehe) -yang 90% adalah golongan lelaki- dari seluruh Malaysia untuk (1) membincangkan hal-hal terkini dalam dunia pertanian/agriculture melalui presentation dan seminar (2) bersosial dengan planters-planters lain (3) melihat/mencari produk-produk terbaru untuk kegunaan plantation masing-masing melalui exhibition (4) jalan-jalan makan kepok lekor dan sotong sumbat, dan (4) mengorat awek-awek yang menjaga exhibiton.

Hehe. Point (3) dan (4) tu aku tokok tambah je ye.

Tapi sesungguhnya memang penat aku melayan pakcik-pakcik gatal kat exhibition tu. Boss aku memang bijak. Die tau yang datang ISP ni rata-ratanya lelaki, so die bawak perempuan muda sebagai 'pemanis'. Dahtu Boss suruh pakai glemer-glemer, mekap bagai. Oh, aku rasa sungguh dieksploitasikan! (kerana akulah perempuan muda tersebut, sekian terima kasih) Hahaaaaa. Tapi taktik Boss tu agak berkesan. Men are so predictable *rolls eyes*.

Disclaimer: Aku tidak mengaku chantek. Mengaku perempuan dan mengaku muda sahaja. Harap tiada salah faham di situ.

5. My Birthday Crab

Yes, it was my birthday on the 17th of June. Happy Birthday to me, bla bla bla. May we all remember that we are not getting any younger. Masa semakin suntuk untuk bertaubat ! Wahhhhh...muhasabah diri gitu.

Tahun ni, besday sampai semasa di Kuala Terengganu. So instead of a Birthday Cake, I got a Birthday Crab(s). Yes, that's right. My Boss treated me (and the other 12 people in the 'entourage') to a round of seafood platters including a big plate of Steamed Crab in Pantai Kelulut. In the middle of.. er, well, supper (it was 11pm) my Boss got up and mysteriously disappeared..only to come back with a crab with a candle stuck on top of it. Haha.

Well no..it was actually a bowl of tiramisu ice-cream since she couldn't find cake anywhere. But the crab with a candle would have been cool huh? Ngee.. =D Anyway, thanx a lot Boss! You're one cool Boss, that's fo sho. Cuz after the Kuala Terengganu trip, there was a farewell party for another staff which also included a proper birthday cake for me, Zul and Wak, sponsored by the Boss. How cool is she?

The best one though, is that *someone* hid a card and present in my luggage for me to find while I was away in Kuala Terengganu. He also made it like a treasure hunt for me..clues and all. Ah, love makes the world go round, yeah? ;D Thank you so much Abang!

6. This is getting too long.

Okay okay. I'll try to stop. The last thing is, now it's the end of the month and I'm all jet-lagged even though I haven't been on a flight recently. So many events crammed in one month.

The most recent news is: My apartment has been just recently cleared and ready for new inhabitants, a.k.a, housemates. It's been so long since I've had housemates, and truth be told, I'm actually dreading it a little bit. Rasa macam malas nak deal with other people's habits, after years of living with random people during my time in UiTM. But bagus gak, takdela aku dok sorang-sorang lagi, plus bolehla wat profit sket dari rumah tu. And now I already have a housemate! I'm living with an ex-classmate from UiTM, baru je sehari. Hehe. So far it's all great.

Oh gosh, keje kat ofis setia menanti walaupon pergi travel, rumah tak overhaul lagi lepas balik dari outstation, baju-baju tak kemas lagi, hujan lebat tak benti-benti, plus nak ejas-ejas rumah untuk housemate baru..

Sesungguhnya, 30 Hari Yang Penat!

In the case of the music companies the argument is the exact opposite. The music folk are going to the ISPs and saying - you are making money out of our content. All this p2p activity on your networks is illegal and it's not yielding us rights owners a penny, while you continue to compete with each other on better bandwidth for your buck packages. We want some of your money.

Seems to me, given the size and health of the respective industry sectors and the general balance of power in the cultural stakes, that the music companies might be a lot better served trying to persuade the p2p folk to go legal and share the ad revenues accordingly - or to try to persuade the ISPs that only legal, ad revenue or subscription revenue bearing schemes should be allowed on their networks and illegal p2p should be closed down - and then negotiating for the right splits.

That would of course require that the music companies be prepared to license a few services to show the ISPs that they mean business. At the moment, they seem very concerned about doing that. Let's hope that the majors don't go try to down the usual control and command route and offer some home-brewed service of their own, but act on some of their words and collaborate with some of the new businesses out there that might just add value to the whole sector  - given the right licensing terms.

Perhaps for the first time, the Music industry could be unified enough and easy enough to deal with so that it might make common cause with film and tv - rather than lagging behind them in the commercial stakes. But even so, it will need to back some players - wether they be last.fm or playlouder in the UK - to be the added value providers on top of the network capabilities of the ISPs. That means new players in a new value-chain and margins that might be not end up being all that different from the old distributor and retail cuts...

A quick blog today on broadband and the speed that is promised, yet hardly delivered.

OK, it isn’t quite a promised, but if one doesn’t look too closely, the idea of expecting something like 8mb and actually only getting 1mb due to factors such as distance from the telephone exchange, electrical interference etc can be a particular pain.

Something that has come to my attention of late is BT’s, ‘The iPlate.’  This will help reduce electrical interference and can be fitted into the master socket at home.

So, if being too far from the telephone exchange is not the issue, maybe other electrical devices in the area are causing substantial drops in broadband speeds.

The cost of the device is being touted at around £10, but it will more than likely be given away free by ISP’s to customers experiencing connection speed type issues.

Just something else to think about!