PIKOM PC Fair 2008 (II)

Installment #2 of the PIKOM PC Fair 2008 will be held in the month of August at various major cities across Malaysia.

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The Silver Lining On Petrol Hike?

Along with yesterday’s announcement on the fuel hikes, there was a side note on cash rebates for certain vehicle classes. Cars below 2000cc would be entitled to a RM625.00 cash rebate issued as a postal order during road tax renewal. Motorcycles below 250cc would be entitled to a RM150.00 rebate. Vehicles in the higher cc class will have their road tax slashed marginally.

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New Petrol Prices Set @ RM2.70/Litre

A breaking news article on News Straits Times Online (NST Online) states that as of midnight tonight (06 June 2008) a litre of petrol in Malaysia will be sold at RM2.70.

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Anime: Code Geass - Lelouch Of The Rebellion

Was watching Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 over the weekend but that’s a topic for the future. Today, the focus will be on the first season of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. The 25 episode original anime television series premiered on 5th October 2006 and concluded its run on 28th July 2007.

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WCIT 2008, PIKOM PS3 & PIKOM PC Fair International 2008

You might be wondering why there’s a second PIKOM PC Fair when the first one for 2008 was held about a month back. This time around, it is actually a mini PC Fair International organised by PIKOM in conjunction with WCIT 2008 (16th World Congress on Information Technology) and PIKOM PS3 2008 (PIKOM Software & Services Showcase 2008) exhibitions being held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

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WHAT? You Haven’t Filed Your Taxes?

Shame on you if you haven’t filed your taxes or if you didn’t know that today was the last day to submit your tax forms. It’s right there at the sidebar. The information is right there on the LHDN website. And the count down is featured prominently on the eFiling portal.

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Bleach Episode 168: Going Into Filler Mode Also

I only watched Bleach anime episode 168 yesterday, after leaving it alone for about a week. Bleach episode 167 saw Kurosaki Ichigo in Vizard mode defeating the rank 6 Espada, Grimmjaw, in his fully released state. I was hoping that Bleach 168 would continue with the original story line and eventually show kiddy Nell turning into the hot chick Nell. Too bad.

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Naruto Shippuuden Episode 56: Filler Mode On!

The subtitled Naruto Shippuuden episode 56 has been released. From the second half of that episode, it looks like Naruto Shippuuden is going into filler mode again. The manga is currently at chapter 397 while episode 56 of Naruto Shippuuden is based around chapter 318, which means the manga is about 80 chapters ahead in story arc. Assuming around 1.5 manga chapters per anime episode, that means there’s roughly 50 episodes until the anime catches up.

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Forbidden Kingdom

WL and I watched Forbidden Kingdom on the opening night. Forbidden Kingdom is the first movie collaboration between kung fu superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. I went to the cinema without doing any prior research or watching any of the trailers. My only thought was, Jackie Chan plus Jet Li must be good. I was in fact expecting the movie Forbidden Kingdom to be in mandarin. Boy was I surprised.

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LHDN 2008 Tax Payers’ Month Service Counters

Someone asked me the other day if I knew whether LHDN were having a road show to service tax payers during the tax submission month of April. Yes, LHDN is holding such an exercise, and as a matter of fact, I do know when and where the roadshows will be held.

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