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Menstruating Ghost movie

Buggo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:04:12 +0800

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A new Indonesian horror movie about a menstruating ghost has been pulled from distribution after its producers were threatened by hardline Islamists.

Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan - The Menstruating Ghost of Puncak - was due to open on Thursday even though the country's top clerics wanted it banned over its potential to "damage the nation's morals".

"The film is filled with pornography, which indulges the libido and, based on our research, it contains violence," said Amirsyah Tambunan from the Indonesian Council of Ulemas, or MUI.

The film's producers on Thursday decided to pull the film after the hardline Islamic Defender Front, or FPI, reportedly threatened to respond to screenings with violence.

"It's been decided that screenings in Indonesian cinemas will be postponed until an undetermined time," production house spokesman Yan Wijaya told Kompas.com.

"All kinds of publicity for this film have been withdrawn."

The trailer for the film, available on YouTube, shows several scenes of young female star Andi Soraya in various stages of undress.

It also shows a man's head being sliced off, a man's head being crushed beneath a car, a man's heart being pulled from his chest and a woman's eye being gouged out with a saw.

The FPI, which wants the adoption of sharia law, has launched a series of violent vigilante attacks in the past ten years targeting nightclubs, billiard halls, the US embassy and the office of Indonesian Playboy magazine.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1...lerics/?rss=yes

Money leaving Malaysia

Buggo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:14 +0800

What do /k/ analysts think?

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SHAH ALAM: Malaysia’s once strong foreign exchange reserves is bordering on collapse, according to a UBS Securities Asia Limited report. It says that in 2009, Malaysia experienced the biggest foreign exchange reserve losses among Asian countries.

It says official reserves fell by more than one-quarter on a valuation-adjusted basis.

Describing the situation as bizarre, it notes that Malaysia used to have the largest current account surplus in Asia–at around 17% of GDP.

“Over the past 12 months, Malaysian reserves nearly collapsed” while neighbours like Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China “have seen sizeable increases,” it says.

It says foreign capital outflows from Malaysia in the last year was nearly 50 percent of its GDP.

“When we measure implied net flows using the same rough methodology as in used on Russia, the numbers are simply stunning. [Malaysia showed] peak outflows of nearly 50% of GDP,” it says, noting that the outflow was larger than anything witnessed in the world of emerging markets (EM).

The report also says Malaysia over the past 12 months recorded one of the biggest base money contractions in the entire EM world.

It asserts that recent outflows were “far, far bigger than those Malaysia experienced in the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.”

The full report follows:

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In fact, perhaps the most surprising feature of the economy is that interest rates have fallen steadily. In 1997-98, with much lower ex-post outflow pressures, Malaysian short-term interest rates skyrocketed into the high teens; last year the same thing happened in some other countries with strong outflows pressures. Meanwhile, during 2009 Malaysian rates settled in comfortably at around 2% per annum and show no signs of rising substantially any time soon. What is going on? How do we square this circle? To be honest, we’re not really sure – but we strongly suggest the interested reader turn to ASEAN economist Ed Teather for further answers. For additional information on Malaysia, Ed Teather can be reached at edward.teather@ubs.com.

SOS

P1 trasmission tower

Buggo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:08:56 +0800

Hey all,

I just got a notice that P1 will be placing one of those transmission towers right in my neighbourhood (Like 30m-50m away). I am very tempted to change my streamyx account to P1 but I have not tried P1 yet. So, I was wondering if anyone had issues with the speed when the transmission tower nearby or is it still as bad?

Any input will be appreciated much!

Man gets 75 years

Buggo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:21:21 +0800

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NEW YORK (AP): A New York City man who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church for $33 (RM100) has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Queens resident Jack Rhodes was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of victimizing three women, including Rose Morat, now 103.

Authorities argued the 47-year-old Rhodes targeted two of the women because of their age, a violation of the state Hate Crimes Act. The law provides for harsher sentences.

A surveillance camera recorded the 2007 assault on Morat. It showed her using a walker to leave her apartment building when she was set upon.

Morat suffered a fractured cheekbone and bruises. Her attacker got away with $33.

Defense attorney Paul Montgomery questioned eyewitness accounts at trial and suggested Rhodes was being framed.

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Car wash offers...

Buggo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:36:57 +0800

A CAR wash in Singapore is offering customers a “one-day only erotic experience” of having topless women wash their vehicles.

Sin Chew Daily reported that Tease & Wash was offering the topless service as a promotion in the run-up to its official opening on Oct 1.

Its founder, Gerald Chen, 29, promised that the promotion would only feature “real” women washing the cars, and not men disguised as the fairer sex to trick customers.

He hinted coyly that the date for the “titillating car wash experience” had been fixed for one of the days between Sept 26 and Oct 1.

Admitting that such a promotional tactic was daring, he nevertheless said “it had to be different” to attract the attention of potential customers.

The company had uploaded several clips as teasers for its promotion on the popular video sharing network Youtube.

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Omai...

Michael Jackson Seen Alive

Buggo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:27:45 +0800

Video: Michael Jackson seen alive?

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The crazy MJ conspiracy theories are still going strong with a new video doing the rounds of the internet offering supposed proof that the King of Pop faked his own death.

Filmed from behind a fence, the wobbly clip shows a Michael Jackson-like figure jumping out of a coroner's van and being ushered into a building.

The footage was posted by 'LosAngelesCot24', who writes, "This video shows that Michael was still alive after his dead body was transported to the Los Angeles Dept. of Coroner I checked the license plate number and it looks like the King of Pop is jumping out of the same van, his dead body has been in. I got the original video tape from a trustworthy source. I know him for years. And I am sure it's real and Michael is alive."

The person in the video could certainly pass for Michael, but we reckon this latest Jacko rumour is pretty "whacko".

Check out the video and decide for yourself...

[YOUTUBE]1N0Ogaskv88[/YOUTUBE]

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Welcome to ‘sex orgy’ island

Buggo — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:05:18 +0800

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...6143&sec=nation

Welcome to ‘sex orgy’ island
By R.S.N. MURALI and SHAHRIL CHE WAN

KUALA TERENGGANU: Revellers at a recent wild party on Pulau Perhentian are believed to have had a sex orgy before Besut District Council (MDB) enforcement officers moved in on them.

It is learnt that this was the second time a wild party was held on the island.

The first, themed “Buffalo Bars Pink Lady”, was organised on May 3 where it is learnt that there was sexual intercourse between revellers.

On the “Come bare under the moonlight’’ party on May 10, council officer Razman Ahmad, who led the team, said he was startled to find condoms strewn on the secluded beachfront where the party was held.

“I can’t disclose more facts as the council has lodged a police report on the matter, but I can tell you that there were activities associated with sexual intercourse on that night and this was substantiated by the discovery of sex paraphernalia,” Razman said yesterday.

He declined to elaborate whether he witnessed the revellers having sex when council officials arrived at the scene.

Investigations showed the organiser was a 31-year-old man from Kedah who arranged the party with his girlfriend from Ireland.

It is learnt that police were investigating her for organising similar parties, including in Langkawi and Port Dickson, and that she was responsible for posting the invitation on her Facebook.

Razman added that the scantily-clad teenagers, some of them foreigners, were intoxicated when his team arrived at 1am in two speedboats.

He said he decided to call his superior to brief him on the situation, following which, the police were informed and 15 officers arrived at the scene.

The officers seized alcoholic drinks worth about RM90,000, loudspeakers, audio equipment, psychotropic pills, drug and sex paraphernalia during the raid.

The party was attended by 200 teenagers, who were invited via Facebook.

Of the first party, council president Wan Mustafa Wan Hassan said the officers were unable to reach the site on time as they received the tip-off late.

Wan Mustafa said the council has slapped the couple involved in the second party with a RM25,000 fine under the Entertainment Act 2002 for organising a party without permit.

A police report has also been lodged.

PAC Total Solutions

Buggo — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:49:05 +0800

Anyone here knows anything about this company? Anyone worked there before or has heard of news about it?

[addedon]April 2, 2009, 10:41 pm[/addedon]No one huh?

Digistar Holdings Sdn Bhd

Buggo — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:19:57 +0800

Hi all,

Just wondering if any of you folks have been/are currently working for this company? What is the culture like? And the people etc.?