Facebook Etiquette

A social networking site that everyone knows and use.

Even I have a facebook profile.

I am not an anti-Facebook person because I do appreciate the advantage of social network sites.

It helps me keep in touch with friends and relatives overseas.

I do not consider Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook to be a genius.

Why ?

He did not come up with the idea of a "social networking site".

There were social networking sites before Facebook like MySpace and Friendster.

I remember back once everyone used Friendster and then everyone shifted to Facebook.

That is why Facebook is so famous.

Then another new stuff will be made and people will shift there.

In fact there already is. It is known as Pocodot.





But here are the comments :-

Pocodot is a Facebook-killer. And it is pushing hard to make its presence sense on the web. That’s what Pocodot.com is all about, I thought.

However, this social networking website takes the dirty route by using YouTube as its weapon to trick the users. Check out the popular music videos on YouTube and you’ll know that Pocodot has drummed the rhythm out of these videos by dropping convincing comments and rapidly earning “thumbs up” in the comment section of YouTube. Yes, the comments on celebrities tying up with Pocodot are fake.

Basically it is the same deal as Facebook, so if your bored and got nothing else better to do why not make a Pocodot account too?


I am not here to brag about the disadvantages of Facebook and make Mark Zuckerberg look bad nor promote Pocodot.

I just want people to use Facebook in an appropriate and reasonable manner.

Facebook gives users the POWER to communicate and express themselves in ways never conceived before.

As Uncle Ben Parker in Spiderman told, " With great POWER comes great RESPONSIBILITY".

As Facebook users, we should be responsible and cautious not to make a fool out of ourselves and give away personal information which can endanger us.

When I was surfing the web and came across this website which states :-

22 Dumbest Things People Do on Facebook.

Hence, I wish to share it with all Facebook users so that they will not be classified as a DUMBASS.

No.1 - Automatically post your Twitter updates to Facebook.




Cross-posting your boring life makes it seem twice as boring. Choose a venue to crap out your trivial quips and stick to it.

P.S. - People would see it in Facebook instead of going to Twitter unless they are jobless and got nothing better to do in their lives


No.2 - Post your baby's photo/ other pictures not portraying you as your own




It doesn't make us think "cute kid," it makes everyone assume you have become immensely fat, lost your hair, etc.




P.S. - Putting a Batman picture as your profile picture does NOT make you Batman because you ain't got the money for the gadgets.



No.3 - Post updates while getting married




Like this guy. Do the smoosh-cake-in-each-other's-faces thing and then post pics. We can wait.

P.S. - It just go to shows that the guy has NO LIFE and spends 24/7 on Facebook and will even post updates while having sex. This marriage ain't going to last long, I think.



No.4 - Play Farmville, Mafia Wars or any of those other time sucks games.




Nothing shows the world you have no life better than seeing a badge from a virtual Facebook game. And then there's the Farmville-addicted mom who allegedly charged for shaking her baby to death. She became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called FarmVille on the Facebook.

P.S. - FarmVille will not end global warming or the famine in Africa &
Mafia Wars will not decrease crime rate in your country.




No.5 - Post every time a famous person dies





RIP whoever.And who are the freaks who click "like" on these notices?

P.S. - Doing the above will cause the dead person NOT to RIP &
there is nothing to like when someone dies unless you are psycho.




No.6 - Drink & Facebook




Let this sleazy stock photo, above, and this other dude's alleged drinky deeds be a lesson to ya.

P.S. - Drink and drive. It will spare you the agony of making a fool out of yourself in front of all your friends and family and end all your problems PERMANENTLY (provided you die in the accident)



No.7 - Post the pics of your underage beer bong party




Like this couple in Florida allegedly did. The couple is charged with holding an open house party and giving alcoholic beverages to underage persons.

P.S. - It will be USED against you !



No.8 - Do a video appeal in the shower about needing a place to live.




Especially if you mention that you are on unemployment.

P.S. - People will pitty you BUT nobody will give you a place to live or a job.
Yup, the world is unfair.



No.9 - Misspell stuff that the whole world can see




And it's all attached to your name.

P.S. - It does NOT make you COOL. It just shows that you have BAD vocabulary and were asleep or did NOT attend your English classes in school.


No.10 - Post on a former U.S. President's or a Malaysian Politician's Facebook page






Congratulations, you found something even less productive than playing Farmville.

P.S - IF you wanted CHANGES to be made, you just should have become their adviser.
The Facebook profile thing is a political gimmick which has FOOLED you. HA! HA!


No.11 - Talk about how much you hate your job





Yes it's tempting. And you will get fired for it.

P.S - If you hate your job just QUIT.
Besides,





No.12 - Break into someone's house and log into your Facebook account






You'd think we wouldn't have to tell you this. But you'd be wrong.

P.S - If you break into a house, why not just call the cops instead of doing it the indirect way by posting it on Facebook .



No.13 - Mock the cops






If you're on the lam, it's tempting to taunt the police. Try not to. Because like Craig here, they'll be super psyched to nail you.

P.S - Instead of wasting your time and the cops time , why don't you just mock them in real life when you see them in a patrol car or try making a prank call from your home.


No.14 - BBQ endangered animals and post the pictures.






Unless you think, "Iguana go to jail" -- don't do it. Read about young Facebookers who allegedly fired up the barbie, roasted a rare animal until well-done and uploaded the pics right here. For their alleged stupidity, they ran afoul of the Fisheries Regulations and the Wild Animal Protection Act and were each served up $500 bail.

P.S - If you are hungry do not eat something endangered. It just shows you are savage and will eat anything to satisfy your hunger. What about humans ?


No.15 - Tell people you are going out of town






Unless you want your place robbed, not bright.

P.S - Want to 100% get robbed, why not leave your house with the doors WIDE OPEN instead.



No.16 - Post verdicts of trials that are still in progress






A Michigan woman serving jury duty in Mt. Clemens is in deep doo-doo after posting to her facebook account that it's "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty."

P.S - If you want the verdict to REALLY stand, become a judge instead !


No.17 - Poke someone






The poke feature is now only used by the creepy and/or desperate. It attracts attention, sure, in the same way a grenade thrown into a busy Starbucks would.

P.S - Poke someone physically in REAL LIFE to get their attention but not in the WRONG PLACE or that would be sexual harassment to some.


No.18 - Spew about how frackin' in love you are





It's annoying. Luckily, you will be publicly shamed when you break-up !

P.S - Love is like a diary. It should be private & between the 2 lovers.
Love is not like a book in the library. If everyone sees it, it will be humiliating.


No.19 - Go on medical leave and then upload pics of you whooping it up






Like this woman, you may get nabbed by your insurance company and fired by your boss for your alleged dumb deeds.

P.S - If you take an illegal holiday, don't bring the freaking camera. It will be USED against you !


No. 20 - Throw a sick pet pity party





Your beloved Snookums is on chemo, which sucks. But don't bring the whole world down with an update that you know will pimp people to write, "Oh I'm sooooo sorry." :(

P.S - Let your pet die with dignity.


No.21 - Comment on photos of people you barely know and haven't seen in over a decade






Not cool.

P.S. - It just shows everyone you got nothing else better do and do not have many friends.


No.22 - Let anyone tag a photo of you ever





It can and will be used against you.

P.S - If you do not want to be tagged just don't make a facebook profile !


The 22 Dumbest Things People Do on Facebook part was taken from this website :-
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/dumbest-things-people-do-on-facebook.html

Check out the website for more funny stuff and LOL !!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers !!!!!!

Tragedy After Tragedy

I am not a believer in the END OF THE WORLD in 2012.



However, the scale of the number of tragedy taking place around the World is very unexpected, shocking and devastating. It might point to THE END but I still do not believe.

There was a major earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand then Japan was struck.






A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck the coast of Japan affecting the region Sendai.

As if that was not enough, a nuclear crisis due to equipment failures and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant took place from March 11.




The Japanese Authorities have been struggling to contain the partial meltdown ever since.

No much info was disclosed to the public. Oh yes, another cover-up attempt I guess to prevent WIDE SPREAD PANIC and stock markets from plunging further.

Governments do not get it I guess, " YOU CANNOT COVER UP NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS " !
The Soviet Union tried to do the same with Chernobyl but no one fell for that crap.

In simple terms trying to cover up a nuclear accident is like trying to tell people you did not S*!t in your pants when in fact you did !







People are going to see stuff and smell stuff ! , so PLEASE do not try to BS.
Honesty is the BEST policy.
People got their rights to know the truth and protect themselves from any dangers that will arise.

I hope they can resolve this problem ASAP, after all it is only a partial meltdown. (I hope)

Whatever it maybe, Japan will recover thanks to their enduring spirit and help from all other countries in the world. We will support you all the way through !



Go Japan !!!

Then Libya in on the verge of its own tragedy.






At 16:00 GMT 19 March 2011, the Coalition Forces launched air and missile strikes on Libya destroying Libyan tanks and buildings.







Wait a go, the US has started another war in the Middle East !
What is their problem, 1st Afghanistan , 2nd Iraq and now Libya ?!
They should have just left it to the Arab League.

Its obvious, somebody wants the Oil to continue flowing and prices to become stable.
Obama said they will not deploy any troops but I don't think so.

That is what they did in Iraq, they 1st carried out air and missile strikes.
That did not work, so that lead to a full scale infantry and armor column invasion.





Gadaffi is not going to give up without a fight.
Innocent people are going to die due to indiscriminate bombings.
It might end up like Iraq, sad but true.

US should mind their own business.
There are going to be more negative implications for the US.
More hatred and yes, maybe terrorist attacks.

They should have coordinated a Black Ops operation with Mossad and the Libyan rebels to get rid of Gadaffi and his top command PERMANENTLY.

The bombings is just going to turn this into a bloody conflict which will last for years.

God Bless America, indeed !

Reflecting the Past and Present

Mmm....quite some time since I last blogged.

Bogged down by exam and sickness, but I am back !

Many things took place.

Exam results came out for my ACCA exam, thank God and myself I passed the 2 papers.

Following that, was the commencement of internal PROGRESS TEST in college.





ACCA is a 100% external exam but where I am studying in, Sunway TES in Sunway University, there are 3 internal tests ( 2 Progress Test + 1 Mock Exam).

Sunway TES is one of the only ACCA tuition provider in Asia with a Platinum status,
so to maintain it there are these internal tests.






No student really likes it but it keeps you on your toes, always studying so that you can get through the Final Exam. Hence, it is a win-win situation for the college and the students.

Everyone (students & lecturers) give a damn about these internal tests but my P2 lecturer was not one of them.

She said it was the light at the end of the tunnel that matters, not the path to it.
You should focus on acing the real final exam. Do not worry, 99% of the class will fail the internal tests but more than 50% will make it for the final exam.

I could not disagree. We should look at in the long term as it is only the FINAL OUTCOME which matters.

The f@#$ed part is that I fell sick in the week following the freaking test,
so I had only 1 freaking day to study for the damn test.

I don't really enjoy fu@#ing up any paper and for every exam I follow the Spartan Law. NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER for DEATH in the battlefield is the greatest GLORY to achieve.






I held to my principle and sat for the test although unprepared but I did my best.
I could care less about the results because only the Final Exam counts.

That is it with my life.

What happen to the World during that span of time ?

Mass protest, demonstrations and confrontation took place in Libya against Muamar Gadddafi's 42 year rule.







Why wait 40 years, they should have got rid of that corrupt fellow after 30 years.

Due to the Libyan uprising, petrol price reached its highest during this period to $106 per barrel ( if I am not mistaken ).

By the way, Libya is the country in Africa which has the largest oil reserve, so it will not be surprising if Uncle Sam steps in.


Then, a major 7.1 magnitude earthquake took place in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I feel sorry for all those who were involved.






The earthquake was a sign. A sign of The End, maybe.
In the Book of Relavation, it is said when the sixth of the seven seals is broken, a devastating earthquake occurs, causing massive upheaval and terrible devastation—along with unusual astronomical phenomena.

Any unusual astronomical phenomena this year ?

I went to yahoo.com and came across this article.





Title :- NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life.

Stuff from article Aliens exist, and we have proof.

That astonishingly awesome claim comes from Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, who says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life — fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites.

For me, Aliens = unusual astronomical phenomena but hey, who am I to say it is a sign of THE END OF THE DAYS.

In fact, I had enough of the 2012 rubbish. Every time someone says there will be a DOOMSDAY, it does NOT happen.

Hence, it will NOT happen ! Stop the freaking speculation !
If the End of Days is true then just let it take place.
You cannot deny the inevitable, so enjoy every moment you have.

That is it for World issues.

What happen in Malaysia ?

Mmm... 2 by-elections took place. One in the district of Kerdau in the state of Pahang and another in the district of Merlimau in the state of Melaka.





Both were won in a landslide victory by the ruling political party, Barisan Nasional aka the National Front.

The opposition, PAS (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) did not get the majority votes thanks to their "brilliant" move of scarring the non-muslim voters by proposing a ban on gambling activities.





Those PAS guys have to practice some tolerance to other religions and rights of other people.

In simple words, they have to chill out, stop protesting against Valentine's Day and other nonsense.

WOW, that is quite an amount of events taken place.

If you have been "gone" for sometime, you could be quite surprised by the events that have taken place while you were "gone".

Ain't it ?

Floods of Change

First Australia was hit by floods. I never quite heard of floods in Australia.

I thought Australia had water shortage problems and droughts.

After Australia was Malaysia.




Floods are a common thing in Malaysia during the monsoon.

However, something was new.

Floods usually take place in November and December but this time late January.

Mostly, only 3 states will face MAJOR floods i.e. Kelantan, Terengganu & Johor.




This time 2 more states were badly affected i.e. Pahang & Melaka.

I was in Melaka during the final week.

Melaka is technically a dry state, it never rains continuously for days &

sometimes rains only once per week.

However in the final week of January, it rained continuously for 4 days.

I got to admit without the Sun, the atmosphere was quite depressing.

You don't feel like going out, no mood to do physically active stuff & so on.

Well, thank God that the floods have subsided by this week here in Malaysia.

Water floods in Malaysia & Australia but a different type of flood in Egypt.

The Flood of People, the Flood of Change.






There is a Malay proverb which goes like this, "Sekali air bah, sekali pantai berubah !"

Translate it to English and it goes like this, "Once there is a flood, the beach will change.

IT means that A change of event , will lead to other changes.

Oh yeah, the Egyptian people are sick of Mubarak and his National Democratic Party government.





After 30 years of corruption and oppression, the people could no longer stand it and resulted in the largest demonstrations seen in Egypt since the 1977 riots.

Ever since Mubarak took over, his government have maintained one-party rule under a continuous state of emergency.

Now that is what I call Power of the People or People Power.

If you watched V for Vendetta, you would have heard this quote :-

"People should not be afraid of their government; governments should be afraid of their people"

That is darn right !

It was People Power that rallied the people of the Philippines against Ferdinand Marcos and his regime which was filled with rampant corruption and political mismanagement by his relatives and cronies.

It was People Power that led to the French Revolution of 1789 which captured the imagination of the world.

It lead to the American Revolution, Russian Revolution and many more.

In Malaysia, on Monday (7 February 2011) the headlines in The Star newspaper was something like this :-





Don't try Egypt style power grab in Malaysia, says Najib


Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has warned against any attempt to usurp power in Malaysia, using demonstrations like those in Egypt.

“Don’t think that what is happening there must also happen in Malaysia. We will not allow it to happen here,” he said.

I think it's not up our PM to decide, he says he will not allow it to happen,

but what if THEY ( the People ) want it to happen ?

Once again the guy from V for Vendetta repeated

"People should not be afraid of their government; governments should be afraid of their people".

&

Then King Tut said :-




P.S.

I am not a terrorist, a communist, the opposition, an atheist or an anarchist.

I am just a citizen who loves my country.