My friend asked me: can you become a popular blogger like xiaxue. I told him that was unlikely. He further asked me why not.
I told him that I was a very low profile person. He laughed and I also laughed.
Hu Jintao visits Japan
May 8, 2008China president visited Japan few days ago. This is the first China president visited Japan in ten years time.
The talk between China and Japan were really good. Definately the relationship can be further enhanced.
President ensured Japan that China only wanted peace . Hu played ping pong with Japanese player also.
This was a successful visit and Japan had shown willingness to have a close co-operation.
Lets hope China and Japan can be forever friends.
Help Burma
May 6, 2008Last Saturday was an unlucky and sad day for Burma, cyclone hit Burma badly. According to the news, more than 60000 people had died and hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
Many countries also feeling sad and willing to help Burma because they do not want the Cyclone victims suffer further without food, water, shelter.
Countries that willing to help including the following:
China: government give us$500,000 in cash and materials worth us$500,000.
Japan: provide 28 million yen worth of emergency aid.
Thailand: provide us$400,000 worth of food, drinking water and medical supplies.
And many more from Asean, India, United nations, Red cross, World vision, Australa, European commission, U.S.A, Canada, Germany, etc. Many private organization also participate to raise funds for cyclone victims.
Lets wish Burma can back to normal soon.
Taiwan Election
March 23, 2008Voters in Taiwan on 22-03-2008 elected the new president Ma Ying-jeou who had campaigned for closer economic relations with Beijing, paving the way for a considerable lessening of tensions in one of Asia’s oldest flash points.
Ma Ying-jeou, a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Taipei mayor from the Nationalist Party, won by a convincing margin.
Mr. Ma won 58.45 percent to 41.55 percent, and Mr. Hsieh quickly conceded defeat. Most voters echoed Mr. Ma’s stance that closer relations with the mainland and its fast-growing economy represented the island’s best hope of returning to the rapid economic growth it enjoyed until the late 1990s.
Many voters were convinced that Taiwan’s economic survival depended on closer ties.
“If we don’t get into China’s market, we are locked into our own country,” some voters said.
The inauguration, scheduled for May 20, Mr. Ma will have almost complete political power to pursue his agenda. His party and two tiny affiliated parties together took three-quarters of the legislature in January elections. Nationalists also serve as the magistrates, a position akin to mayor, in 15 of Taiwan’s 25 largest cities.
The extent of Nationalist control made some voters nervous on Saturday.
Two controversial referendums, calling for Taiwan to apply for membership in the UN also fell well short of passage.
Taiwan’s economy grew 5.7 percent last year, but middle-class and working-class incomes have stagnated as an affluent elite has grown prosperous, often from investments on the mainland.
Much of the island’s manufacturing industry has shifted to the mainland, and hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese have moved there to manage these operations. Most of them are men aged 25 to 45, leaving a dearth of skills and entrepreneurial energy in Taiwan itself.
Few months before Presidential election, Mr. Ma visited Singapore to have a first-hand knowledges how the country run. Most voters like his unique image, clean, trustworthy,etc. He wants to eradicate corruption.
China never interfered or commented about Taiwan election before 22-03-2008, was the plus sign for Mr. Ma, unlike year 2004.
Although Mr. Ma was borned in China but voters were mature, they accepted him and expressed ” time to change “
We hope Taiwan and China can have better relationship from now on.
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Prediction on year 2008
February 8, 2008Dear readers, This article is not written by coolingstar9. For reference only.
I have just received an e-mail from a friend about prediction on year 2008. Please see below, thanks.
For your reference and information only, we only know whether it come true or not at the end of this year.
The year 2008
The year, 2008 -
It is a “wu zi” year -
It’s a rat year where the first six lunar months of the year belongs to “yang earth” (Wu)
GENERAL FORECAST :
While the latter half belongs to the “ying water” (Zi)
The year 2008
It is an “inauspicious” year because the rat year brings about -
A slower world’s economies where unemployment, money matters and environment matters would be the key issues -
There would be plenty of natural disasters/diseases which could affect the world -
The year 2008
So when does the new year actually start ?
The “season of spring” (li chun) begins on the 4th day of the first lunar month of the rat year.
(4th February 200 
The year 2008
Observe what happens to you on the 4th February 2008 and if good things happen then it means that it will be a fantastic year !
However, if negative things occur then it means that the year is not going to be smooth.
The year 2008
This time, the 4th February 2008 falls on a Monday.
Go to the bank and bank in cheque to your own name.
Did it work for you last year ?
The year 2008
The combination of “Wu and Zi” will make the rat year a year of unwanted romance (scandals), diseases/bacteria and money -
Rat is a dirty animal – so expect contamination, infections etc
The year 2008
Rat is also most active at night – so most happenings are going to happen in the dark
Predictions for the year of the rat
THE Rat -
The year 2008
THE RAT :
The rat has always been regarded as intelligent.
It is also the 1st animal out of 12 animal signs.
It is also “most active” at night.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Which animal signs will face difficulties ?
The year 2008
Those born in the year of the -
“rat” and “horse”
Predictions for the year of the rat
WHAT NOT TO DO THIS YEAR !!
The year 2008
Do not attend funerals particulary at night -
Predictions for the year of the rat
13 Predictions
The year 2008
1) There will be an increase in oil prices – creating increases in food prices and others.
2) There will be new inventions in the water and earth industry -
The year 2008
3) Those in the “wood” business would make money this year -
The year 2008
4) There would be fierce competition in the water industries -
Some good things can happen and some bad ones too including disasters related to ships/planes/fish/marine/plain water/
liquid/icebergs/ice cubes/
transportation/logistics/bacteria/pollution
Hackers into internet would become big news
There will be chemicals spillage or rivers get poison
The year 2008
5) Horses at turf clubs would be in trouble -
6) Stock markets around the world would be bumpy - there will NOT be a substantial growth in the stock market as compared to 2007 – however some counters can still have exponential growth - counters that relate to earth, water and wood
The year 2008
7) It is a year about MONEY and the lack of it – so people would not be spending much and that will cause economies around the world to eventually slow down
Property prices continue its upstream and remain stable
The year 2008
9) Persons born in the year of horse and rat would most likely change job/change house/change car/change spouse –
10) Many people would fall sick so disease/sickness/bacteria infections/poison will be the “in thing” for the whole year –
The year 2008
11) It is a year of romance –
12) There will be more people caught cheating/accounting fraud and exposed –
The year 2008
13) There will be terrorist attacks and natural disasters like floods, volcano eruptions -
Predictions for the year of the rat
Which industries will do well ?
The year 2008
SUMMARY:
FIRE INDUSTRY: Average
EARTH INDUSTRY: Good
METAL INDUSTRY: Average
WATER INDUSTRY: Good
WOOD INDUSTRY: Excellent
Predictions for the year of the rat
Fire Industry:
FIRE: Average
Properties of fire: warm and gives off heat.
Fire industries are those related to electrical products, stock markets, restuarants, lightings shops, fast food chains, bakery shops, accounting firms.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Earth Industry:
EARTH: Good
Properties of earth: hard and stillness.
Earth Industries are those related to properties, human resource, pet shops, chemicals, cosmetics, renovations, developers, agriculture, insurance, construction, cosmetic surgery etc.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Metal Industry:
METAL : Average
Properties of metal: hard and piercing.
Metal Industries are those related to banking, machineries and equiptments, law, fortune telling, gold jewellery, robotics, steel.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Water Industry:
WATER: Good
Properties of water: Wavy.
Water Industries are those that deal with internet (dotcoms), consultancy, shipping, transportation, logistics, distribution, tourism, lottery, cold beverages, hotels, shipbuilding, information technology, broadcasting, airlines, oil, marine products, money lending, telecommunications, animation, advertising.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Wood Industry:
Wood : Excellent
Properties of wood: hard and grows upwards.
Wood Industries are those related to Government, printing, seminars/events, universities, schools, textile firms, paper, timber and pulp, furniture, fashion, politics, education, hair salons, photography.
Predictions for the year of the rat
Forecast for the 12 animals
The year 2008
1) The ROOSTER - good year
Intro: There are 4 lucky stars.
The year is good and career is excellent. However be careful of unwanted romance especially if you are married.
There will be nobleman around to help you tie over the year and make it big. Career is excellent and there will be travelling.
The year 2008
Money & Work: Because of the presence of good stars you are in luck and may strike money. Whatever you do, money is good and unexpected. It will just come.
You may wish to change job for better pay and experiences. Go ahead. Career is excellent.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health is generally good.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If single, you may meet the right person when travelling.
Family members remain supportive and in harmony.
The year 2008
2) DOG - good year
Intro: There are 3 lucky stars.
Career is smooth and you have some money luck. There is a promotion.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
There is lottery money that would come unexpectedly.
Career is smooth however beware of enemies at the work place.
The year 2008
Health:
Health luck is good. Take care of your back though.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married, family members are supportive. No major changes.
If single, this is the time to meet more friends from the opposite sex. If you want to get married this year, go for it. We need more babies.
The year 2008
3) PIG - average year
Intro: There is only 1 lucky star.
Work is normal and smooth. There is an enemy though at the work place. Just bear with it and it will pass.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
This year money luck is not as good as last year’s.
There are strong competitors trying to grab your money however you will be alright in the end. Everyone has their own destiny path. Be strong.
The year 2008
Health:
Health may not be so good. Take care, have more exercise like doing more gardening, going to the gym or do brisk walking.
Running on the spot while watching tv is also good. Don’t bother what others say, health is important.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married, be loving to your spouse. Pay special attention.
If single, there is no opportunity to meet anyone. Anyhow just enjoy the year.
The year 2008
4) RAT - average year
Intro: This is your year. There are 2 lucky stars.
This year you may change job, change house, change car, change spouse.
These are changes however not all are smooth meaning you may meet with obstacles. Just tolerate and don’t complain.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
There would be some difficulties in money matters especially around April and again in October 2008.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health will not be good in particular to bacteria infections.
The year 2008
Love & family:
There is a chance for you to meet your mr or miss right if single.
Married couples should go for a short holiday. Spend more time together.
The year 2008
5) OX - excellent year
Intro: There are 3 lucky stars.
There are many good news coming. The ox always have to work so just understand this fact and don’t complain and all would be well.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
You are into lottery luck and career money is also good.
There are travel opportunties for you.
Career is good.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health luck is good. Take care of headaches and heart.
The year 2008
Love & family:
Ox male person if married may get into unwanted romance. Becareful.
If single, there is a chance to meet your rightful partner.
The year 2008
6) TIGER - average year
Intro: There is 1 lucky star.
This is an average year for you. At the work place, you would be very busy, work pressure.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
This is not a good time for money matters. There are no lottery luck. Money is hard earned this year. Be patient and wait for the next year.
This is call “looking at the bigger picture”.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health is ok. You are advised to exercise or take more vitamins.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married go for a holiday at least once a year. Pay attention to your in laws. They need help this year.
Singles in a relationship are advised to show more concern to your partner.
The year 2008
7) RABBIT – average year
intro: There are 2 lucky stars.
This is a year where your luck is not very good. Just lie low at the work place and don’t talk too much. Because whatever you say will come true.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
There is no money luck. Don’t gamble or bet. Be good and wait for the right timing. The months of lunar, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12 months are good.
The year 2008
Health:
Health is not good – take care of the heart, high blood pressure and diabetes.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married treasure your spouse. Learn to appreciate all the things that your spouse do to help you.
Singles in a relationship are advised to treasure them too. This is because rabbit tend to be too woody.
The year 2008
DRAGON - good year
Intro: There are 2 lucky stars.
Dragons are usually very lucky in life – even at the last minute things will happen and save them from trouble.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
There is a windfall money. There is a promotion in sight too at the work place. Overall, money is good.
The year 2008
Health:
You will be in good health. Take care of your stomach and skin though.
The year 2008
Love & family:
Family life is as wonderful as the way you want it to be. If you are workaholic then delay marriage for a while.
If single, there are opportunities to meet the right person. Choose carefully.
The year 2008
9) SNAKE - average year
Intro: There is only one lucky star.
Your career would be good though and recognised.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
Money are hard to earn. You naturally tend to be stingy or careful with money. Snakes are usually quite wealthy.
No lottery luck this year. Career money is good.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health is good this year.
The year 2008
Love & family:
Married couples are advised to show more care towards each other. Have more babies if you can.
If single, stay in your relationship and help build it.
The year 2008
10) HORSE - average year
Intro: This year you are in conflict with the rat.
There is only one lucky star. It is a year where you don’t wish to remember. Be patient and let the year pass.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
When driving, people would bump you. At work, people don’t like your face. So lie really low.
There is a strong urge for you to want to change job, change house or change spouse or change car.
The year 2008
Health:
Health is good generally because horses love to run. However at the start of the year you may get a bad flu or cough this is normal so that the big ones don’t come.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married, horse partner makes a good spouse as they are generally sentimental and cry easily.
If single – this year you may find the right partner.
The year 2008
11) GOAT – good year
Intro: There are 3 lucky stars.
The year is good so enjoy the year !! Goats also tend to have to work very hard for their money.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
Money luck is good. Got lottery luck. Avoid lending money to friends.
There are opportunities for you to travel or to change job with higher pay, go for it.
The year 2008
Health:
Your health is average. Excerise more this year or go for massages to allow the qi in your body to flow.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married, pay attention to your spouse. Never take things for granted like his/her love or his kindness.
If single, there are several appearances of pretty ladies that you would not know how to choose.
The year 2008
12) MONKEY - average year
Intro: It is going to be an average year for you.
There is only one lucky star that would guide you through the whole year. be patient, lie low at the work place and don’t change job.
The year 2008
Money & Work:
There is no money luck this year. All the money this year would be hard earn.
Be patient and wait for your right timing to be good.
The year 2008
Health:
Health is generally good though. No major sickness.
The year 2008
Love & family:
If married, family members are in harmony and all is well. However if you have a roving eye you will be in trouble.
If single, there is a chance for you to meet someone special.
Predictions for the year of the rat
How to have better wealth ?
Fengshui for 2008
How to have better wealth ?
1) The 5 yellow(5) is in the North –
2) The sickness(2) is in the South East –
3) The wealth( is in the West–
4) The legal (5 ghost)(3) is in the East –
5) The romance(4) is in the South West –
6) The troublesome (1) is in the centre –
7) The robbing (7) is in North East –
The helpful sector (6) is in the North –
9) The fire/good sector (9) is in the North West -
Predictions for the year of the rat
WHAT TO CARRY THIS YEAR –
FengshuiQueen Tip 2008
The year 2008
2005 – Carry 88 grains of uncooked rice in a red packet and a gold pendant for good luck and protection for the year 2005 in another red packet.
2006 – Carry a gold pendant abacus in your wallet for more money to count in the year.
2007 - Carry S$500 cash in the zip pouch of your bag so that with more money, you will be able to “attract” more money to come to you.
The year 2008
2008 - Any building that uses a bagua, “8 sided shaped” window or the real bagua would give rise to power, fame, wealth and protection –
Case in point : Ritz Carlton
8 sided shaped clocks that face windows or doors
fengshuiQueen Tip 2008
Carry a small bagua, size of 20cent coin in the wallet for wealth, protection and power -
Predictions for the year of the rat
Conclusion –
3 tips
The year 2008
1) Be generous always - every year, donate a big amount to charity. Do it in your name or children’s names or parents names -
2) Light up an oil lamp in your name, husband name, childrens’ names for their good study results –
3) Appreciate others – especially those who have helped you in one way or another. once you learn this technique the good fortune will come one day.
The year 2008
HERE’s WISHING EVERYONE
A VERY VERY VERY PROSPEROUS HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR 2008 !!!!
Winning lottery?
February 7, 2008Do you believe winning lottery prize without buying any lottery tickets?
Many people receive e-mail regarding winning lottery prize? is it really scam?
Did anybody really receive the prize so far?
I surf the internet and find out actually is spam.
There has been an ever-growing number of UK lottery e-mail scams that have been turning up both in my mailbox and the mailboxes of visitors to this site - my first piece of advice is that you should always ignore them and delete them. Sadly, not everyone does, so I’ll explain below how these scams operate. Note: I don’t want copies of your scam e-mails sent to me - there’s nothing whatsoever I can do about them!
Latest: I’ve had multiple independent reports that suggest the scammers are starting to use snail mail (Post Office mail) to target potential victims in a very similar manner to their lottery e-mail scams. The same advice applies - bin any letters you receive, ignore them and do not reply to them.
Firstly, the scammer has to construct a reasonably convincing-sounding “you’ve won the lottery” e-mail, so they’re now tending to throw in verifiable correct facts in there to make it sound legitimate. The three most common things they put in are:
- The draw number, date, winning numbers and jackpot amount of a recent UK lottery draw. Note that it won’t always be the latest one - quite often, it’s a few weeks old. Why would they take so long to e-mail you that you’ve won such a huge prize? Answer: they’re scammers and are probably a few weeks behind sending out bulk e-mails to potential victims with info from previous draws to catch up to the most recent one…
- The name and/or address of something legitimate that’s lottery related. Favourites include Camelot’s full postal address (both the Olympia Way one in London and the P.O. Box one in Watford have been used) and, quite irritatingly, my name (Richard K. Lloyd), which people Google for and hence I get a constant stream of people asking if the scam e-mail they received is legitimate or not (and if you think about it, why ask me - what credentials do I have to verify such e-mails ?!).
- A graphical attachment is often included with the e-mail - this can range from the blue National Lottery “crossed fingers” official logo (which you have to get permission from Camelot to use), an embedded graphic of this site’s lottery balls for a particular draw (the cheek!), a scanned copy of the (fake) “winning” cheque or a bogus “winners certificate”.
Of course, they then blow this to smithereens by using a free Webmail-based e-mail account (e.g. yahoo.co.uk, hotmail.com and so on) to send their scam e-mail from - do you really think Camelot (who run the UK lottery) would ever send e-mail to end-users from a Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail account? Nope, they never would and this should be enough to stop you dead in your tracks and delete the scam e-mail.
It should be noted here that the only legal place to buy UK lottery tickets (and, yes, you have to buy them - there is no such thing as a “free UK lottery sweepstake” in existence) on the Internet is at the official UK lottery site and even then you need a UK address and a UK debit card. Any other site that says it sells UK lottery tickets is breaking the law. If you have not bought your ticket from either an official UK lottery physical terminal (e.g. in a UK newsagent, UK supermarket etc.) or from the official site mentioned above, then you *cannot* win a UK lottery prize.
Note that even Camelot themselves have now stopped e-mailing people who won via an online ticket (and not a moment too soon - you now have to log into the official Web site to discover you’ve won, which is as it should be). Hence, any person/organisation sending you e-mail saying you’ve won a (usually large) prize on the UK lottery is lying, it’s as simple as that.
The first e-mail you will receive will usually avoid mentioning any “processing/claim/courier fee” that you’ll have pay to them - this is to try to hook you in to the scam and not scare you off right away. Instead, the scammer will ask for as much personal information as possible (full name, address, date of birth etc.) - this is useful for them if you get so deep into the scam that they might want to try forging documents with your info on them. Don’t give them any info (you deleted that e-mail anyway didn’t you ?).
The scammer will often say “don’t tell anyone about this win” (by “anyone”, they probably mean the police, so that they won’t be tracked down and prosecuted !), which is a very silly instruction for them give if you think about it. Who are they to say who you can and can’t tell that you’ve “won” the lottery ?
If you are foolish enough to have started up a phone or e-mail conversation with the scammers, they will inevitably try to get a “claim fee” from you to process the lottery win. Let me see - you’ve “won” a lottery you never entered in the first place and now you’re expected to pay possibly thousands of pounds to someone you’ve never heard of to get hold of “winnings” that they provide no proof whatsoever even exists ?! If you haven’t twigged it’s a scam at this point, you’re quite a naive person to say the least.
Sadly, if you have fallen for the scam and actually sent them money, then you probably have no chance of recovering the money you sent, especially if it’s to a different country (that fact that someone outside the UK would be involved in a UK lottery really should have set alarm bells ringing). If it’s within your own country, perhaps contacting the police might be a start or possibly the standards trading officers for the county involved, but I don’t hold out much hope of ever getting your money back.
Some more reading on this subject to further enlighten you:
The official Camelot site’ssecurity advice
Months after I put this page up warning about scams, Camelot finally did something similar. Because of their tardiness (especially poor since scam e-mails often mention the official site and Camelot’s postal address!), I’ve been fielding way too many “I’d like to claim my prize” e-mails, which hopefully will now go to the official site Webmaster and not me (update: nope, still getting a stream of queries about scam e-mails, ho hum).
Basically says the same thing as this page (don’t communicate with them and delete any messages from them). Note how there’s nothing about reporting them to the authorities (little point, because they’re usually non-UK-based, use fake names and free Webmail accounts). Sadly, this new version of the page only ridiculously references foreign lotteries, when there’s tons of equivalent UK lottery scams floating around (arguably far more than the foreign ones!).
BBC News: How not to win a million
Interesting article, including some bloke from the Midlands who was conned out of almost 20,000 Euros.
The Dutch Lottery Scam
This page is handy because it gives you some useful advice on how to report advance fee frauds.
Fraudwatch International’s
A shockingly high number of lottery fraudsters out there!
Please note - although scammers have used my name in their fraudulent e-mails, I am NOT involved in any way with any of these scams. Having read this page, I hope you realise that I don’t need to be e-mailed about these scams - if they use my name and claim you’ve won the lottery, they are fraudulent and should be ignored. I did get one very funny UK lottery .I think the above information is really useful.
This information is for reference only. This article is not written by coolingstar9
Lets hear some new year song- Fortune god
February 7, 2008Time to hear some new year song.
Jimmy Tang just give me a link to hear a song-Fortune god.
I am here to share this song for you.
Please click the below link and enjoy it.
