UNCONVENTIONAL WORLD RECORDS

Jim Jones, greatest cult leader of modern times. On 18th November 1978, wiped out his flock of 900+. Anyone in need of improving their skills of public speaking, persuasion and rhetoric need not look further than this guy’s masterclass. Now, how many people in history can convince hundreds of people to kill themselves simultaneously? And to top THAT, seeing everyone else dead, he put a bullet through his own head.

Dr Aafia Siddiqui (b.1972), Pakistani, neurologist, graduated from no less a college than the MIT. Suspected al-Qaeda operative, wanted by the FBI. Disappeared April 2003.

Velupillai Prabakharan, born 1954, leader and founder of the LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam, operating south of Sri Lanka in Jaffna. sole mission - to gain independence for the minority Tamil south of Sri Lanka… until now he can’t be killed even tough his markas bombed many times. Even better than osama bin laden who has numerous mountains in afghan-pakistan border to hide even from monster bomb called the daisy cutter which can penetrate mount kinabalu, search the enemy and destroy…Vellupillai Prabakharan has only jungles to hide…Prabakharan has got his own batalions of hardcore army ready to defend him at all costs including the highly feared and respected black tiger - women suicide bomber which has killed many people in Colombo, the heart of Sri Lanka capital…

Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (18 jan 1952�18 Oct 2004), legendary Tamil bandit in India. He resided and carried out his activities in forests covering 6,000 sq km. Wanted for killing about 124 people, including senior police and forest officials, poaching about 200 elephants, and smuggling ivory worth $2.6m and sandalwood of about 10,000 tones worth $22m. He had a price of UDS1.1 million on his head, but evaded arrest for TWENTY YEARS (!) until he was killed by police in 2004. Trademark: handlebar moustache. The poor supported him as a modern day Indian Robin Hood.

11 November 2004: Yasser Arafat’s wife Suha is comforted by Suzanne Mubarak, the Egyptian president’s wife as she arrives at Cairo’s al-Maza airport with Arafat’s coffin on a French government plane from Paris.

Datin Arina Abdullah, big time gambler, divorced from Malaysian royal Tunku Kamil Ikram Abdullah. He is the nephew of Negri Sembilan ruler Tunku Jaafar.

Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887-1920) is India’s, and possibly the world’s greatest mathematical genius ever.

Amazingly, he never had any university education.

His mentor was GH Hardy, England’s best mathematician of his generation. I wonder if Ramanujan ever met Einstein and if he did, worked with him.

The following account by Hardy probably best summarises the genius in Ramanujan:

I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavorable omen. “No,” he replied, “it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

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Rev Alfred Bietighofer, 64, a dismissed Connecticut priest accused of child sex abuse hanged himself in his room with a bedsheet at an institution that treats troubled clergy members, May 2002. He had resigned as assistant pastor of Saint Andrew Parish in Bridgeport, in the eastern U.S. state of Connecticut, on April 29, 2002 just one day after Roman Catholic Church officials there interviewed two men who claimed he abused them in the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to the Bridgeport Diocese. He was being evaluated at Maryland’s Saint Luke Institute, a psychiatric center that treats clergy who have been accused of molestation, at the time of his death on Thursday.
“Hospital personnel knocked on his door several times and tried to enter his room, but something was blocking his door,” said Prince George’s County Police Department spokeswoman Diane Richardson. “When they entered the room, they found the deceased hanging from the door.”

Rev. Don Rooney, 48, of the Cleveland Diocese shot himself to death in April 2002 after being accused of molesting a girl.

Fr Sean Fortune committed suicide in 1999 after being charged with 66 counts of sexual, indecent assault and buggery relating to eight boys. 18 years after the first complaint, the Catholic Church was finally forced to remove him from duties. Fr Sean Fortune killed himself in 1999 in the first week of the criminal trial denying his many victims their first chance to be heard.

Former Massachusetts priest John Geoghan indicted on child rape charges in 1999. 18 January 2002: Geoghan convicted of indecent assault and battery of a 10-year-old boy, for which he later receives a 10-year prison sentence. He was later killed in prison.

Dec 2004, England: Selina Hakki, 37, is believed to be the first woman to be convicted of using rohypnol to drug men. The powerful sedative became notorious after men began to use it to stupefy women before sexually assaulting them. Hakki reversed the roles. Knowing that the manufacturers had added an intense blue dye to alert anyone whose drink had been spiked, she disguised the drug in red wine.

8 Feb 2005: Paul Shanley, 74, defrocked priest, most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese was found guilty of repeatedly raping and fondling a six-year-old boy at his church 20 years ago. The victim, now 27, put his head down and sobbed. Shanley showed no emotion. During the trial, the accuser broke down on the stand as he testified in graphic detail that Shanley pulled him out of Sunday morning catechism classes and molested him in the bathroom, the rectory, the confessional and the pews starting when he was 6 and continuing for six years. Shanley was once a long-haired, jeans-wearing “street priest” who worked with Boston’s troubled youth. The clergy abuse scandal in Boston began in early 2002 when Cardinal Bernard Law acknowledged he shuffled a pedophile priest from parish to parish despite evidence the priest had molested children. That priest, John Geoghan, was convicted of assault and was later killed in prison. The scandal intensified later in 2002 when the church released Shanley’s 800-page personnel file. Despite church teachings, he argued for acceptance of homosexuality and pushed for gay rights. He called himself a “sexual expert” and advertised his counseling services in the alternative press.

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As a verdict is read in the trial of defrocked priest Paul Shanley, John Harris, bottom, is hugged by Robert Costello, Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, in a courtroom in Cambridge, Mass. Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted Monday of raping and fondling a boy at his Roman Catholic church during the 1980s. Both Harris and Costello ALSO claim to have been either raped or molested by Shanley. The “boy’s” identity is kept under wraps. (AP Photo/Mark Garfinkel, Pool)

Website of Living Church of God (Brookfield, Wisconsin) website, BEFORE and AFTER Terry Ratzmann, 44, fatally shot 7 and himself, March 14, 2005. He left no suicide note and gave no explanation. He was said to be on the verge of losing his job and was upset over a church sermon he heard two weeks ago. But there was little to go on Sunday in trying to figure out why Ratzmann, 44, walked into a service of his church at a suburban Milwaukee hotel Saturday and fired 22 rounds from a 9mm handgun. Seven people, including the minister, were killed and four others wounded before Ratzmann took his own life. Fifty to 60 people were at the weekly meeting of the Living Church of God, and anyone in Ratzmann’s path appeared to be a target. He even dropped a magazine and reloaded another.

Mehmet Ali Agca, shot the Pope in 1981. pardoned in 2000 but now in jail in Turkey for unrelated crimes.

dunia dah terbalik

Pamela Joan Turner, 27, elementary schoolteacher & basketball coach, ex Miss Monday Night Nitro (WCW) 1997, accused of 28 counts of molesting a 13 yr student boy, Feb 2005.

The Gar�on � la Pipe, a painting by Pablo Picasso, was bought for
USD104 million in May 2004.

In contrast, the Mona Lisa is owned by the Louvre museum in Paris, so
there’s no definite price tag to it. However, it was insured in 1962
for an exhibition for USD100 million.

Okay, so it seems that Picasso beat Da Vinci by USD4 million.

However, this does not account for the change in prices due to
inflation since the Mona Lisa’s valuation in 1962. $100 million in
1962 is approximately $608 million in 2004, if adjusted for inflation
using the US consumer price index.

But, the Mona Lisa was NEVER sold, so this is a hypothetical number.
If ever it was sold on the open market, it COULD reach this price. But
we’ll never know for sure……

In contrast, the Gar�on � la Pipe was actually BOUGHT by someone (who
remains anynonymous) at Sotheby’s Auction House.

But Godfrey Barker, of Art and Auction magazine and Art Review, who
was at the auction, has his own guess at a likely buyer - Guido
Barilla, the spaghetti billionaire boss of Barilla. The pasta baron is
also rumoured to own Vincent Van Gogh’s Portrait of Doctor Gachet,
which had previously broken bidding records when bought for $82.5m
(�46m) in 1990.

Is cocaine more expensive than gold, or even diamond?

Probably a deliberate methodology, a tall, leggy with movie-star looks 20something Filipina woman was caught with 5kg of cocaine at 5.40am KLIA.

The biggest seizure of cocaine ever in the country.

It’s worth RM2 million, which works to about RM400 a gram!

She landed at KLIA after a 14-hour flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, and was making her way out of the arrival hall when she was stopped.

She had boarded the plane at Buenos Aries on Sunday, and transited in Cape Town and Johannesburg before arriving here at 5.40am.

The woman is helping police in their investigations. It is learnt that several other arrests had been made in connection with the case.

�This is the first time police have seized such a huge amount of cocaine at the airport,� an airport security source said, adding that the seizure weighed more than 5kg.

He said the last major cocaine bust at the KLIA was in May 2003, when a Zimbabwean, who arrived from Peru, was nabbed with 131 packets of cocaine-filled condoms weighing 1.97kg. He had swallowed the condoms.

Subsequently, police arrested a Nigerian woman travelling on a false passport and seized 889.3g of cocaine.

No wonder that cocaine is THE drug of choice for the rich and famous like Whitney Houston…

A US court has convicted a man of killing nine of his children, many of whom he had fathered through incest.

Marcus Wesson, a 58-year-old religious zealot who ran his family like a cult, could face the death penalty.

He was arrested last year after police found nine bodies with identical bullet wounds at his home - a massacre that shocked the Californian town of Fresno.

Brian Blackwell, 19, Liverpool, with 4 ‘A’ grades in his 2004 A-Level exams (including Chemistry, Biology, Maths), who received an offer to study medicine at the University of Nottinghan, has been sentenced to jail for life for murdering his own parents, suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, which results in the sufferer being obsessed with the fantasy of unlimited success, power, brilliance and ideal love and beauty.

He had been described as a lovely, quiet, hardworking lad by neighbours, friends and his school’s principal. Nicknamed The Brains. He had been Northwest tennis champion.

April 2004: He writes out a �39,000 cheque to his girlfriend despite having only 9p in his bank account

Early May 2004: He cashes in a �9,000 bond his parents invested to pay for his university education to buy his girlfriend a car.

13 May, 2004: Blackwell tries to open a bank account claiming he is a professional tennis player earning �45,000-a-year and about to play in the French Open.

Late June 2004: Blackwell’s mother calls at a local bank to say she is concerned about her son’s behaviour.

July 25 (the day of the killing): He books a 1st class business flight from Manchester to New York, using his father’s credit card again. That fateful evening, he had been hanging pictures in his bedroom and had a hammer. His mother and father had been out having an evening meal and had returned home. After a few drinks there was an argument between Brian and his father. It resulted in a fracas between them in the living room. Mr Blackwell’s decomposing body in an armchair in the living room.

Mrs Blackwell’s body had been dragged into the bathroom. She had been stabbed after witnessing her son batter her husband to death.

26 July: Blackwell pays �3,900 for a three night stay at the Plaza in New York.
Between 26 July and 12 August: In total Blackwell spends �30,000 during a two week trip around the US and Barbados.

brazil has achieved the treble: world cup, copa america, confederations cup
biggest brazilian win over argentina in 37 years
adriano for world player of the year award…

PETALING JAYA 28 Jun - Laporan ujian air kencing pelakon dan penyanyi Noor Shereen Mohamad Hadzim atau dikenali sebagai Shereen yang dikemukakan di Mahkamah Majistret di sini hari ini disahkan positif mengandungi heroin.

BANDA ACEH: Six months ago, garment trader Teuku M. Daud, whose shops were hit by the tsunami, was too shy to ask for help. But today, he asks openly.

�Last time I didn’t dare ask, but now I am really hard-pressed. If possible, can you please give me some money, or raise some? I don’t mind any amount.

�I am asking for aid because I am desperate now,� pleaded the once-wealthy Daud with sadness in his eyes.

RUINED SPLENDOUR: Daud clearing the rubble near his million-ringgit home in Desa Berandan, Aceh, recently. Over the past six months, Daud had been trying hard to get the tsunami-damaged mansion fixed so that he can concentrate on reopening his business, but he lacks the funds to finish repairs.

Of the 20 shops he owned, 10 were destroyed in the Dec 26 earthquake and tsunami while the other 10 need minor repairs. Daud has not reopened for business yet.

That is not his concern right now. His priority is to repair his damaged million-ringgit home so that his family can live together again.

They have been living apart since the tsunami � he in his once-grand home with marble floor, chandeliers and roman pillars and his family in a relative’s house.

�People are baffled why I have not reopened my shops. How can I? It is shameful for me to go and look for money while my wife, children and grandchild are dependent on a relative for shelter.

�It is my responsibility to bring the family back under one roof first, only then can I start thinking about work and money again. I value the strength of the family unit more,� he said.

The tsunami waters had crashed into Daud’s house and it would cost 300 million rupiah (RM118,000) just to get basic repairs done.

Over the past six months, Daud had been trying hard to get the house fixed. He managed to get electricity and piped water back. He has boarded up the broken windows, cleaned the mud from the walls, floor and furniture, replaced some broken tiles and rebuilt part of the wrecked kitchen.

But work has been slow because he just does not have the funds.

For money, he sold the nine motorcycles he owned; they had been reduced to mangled metal by the powerful tsunami waters and fetched only four million rupiah (RM1,570) each.

He sold all the gold jewellery his wife and daughters had; his business friends gave him a few million rupiah (a few thousand ringgit) and some clients who bought his textiles on credit have paid up.

But all this has come to only a small fraction of what he needs to repair the house. And he would not take a bank loan because he thinks the interest charged is haram (forbidden in Islam).

�I am sad. I hear there is a lot of money flowing into Aceh but I do not understand how to tap into the funds. I don’t want to have to go through so much red tape only to be disappointed if my loan request is turned down.

�I employ 50 workers in my business. The sooner I get the house repaired, the better. After that, I can reopen the shops and my workers can return to their jobs and have a source of income again,� he said.

His enormous house in Desa Berandan along the road to Lhok Nga stands out in the tsunami-devastated land and attracts many curious visitors, including foreign journalists.

But Daud has grown weary of interviews because nothing comes out of them. He still does not get the help he needs to rebuild his life. His humongous house stands in the way.

�I am not hungry, I have enough to eat. But to get funds to rebuild my home is like placing grass beyond the reach of a goat.

�I feel broken,� he said tiredly.

38 year old rapist caught on June 28th at 1am in a hotel room along Jalan Alor with 2 prostitutes. Talked to all his victims in broken English.

June 22: Rapes a 24-year-old South Korean woman at a budget hotel in Bukit Bintang. Pretended to be hotel staff holding flask. When the woman opened the door, he rushed in and overpowers her.

June 24: Tails a 43-year-old Irish woman to her hotel room in Bukit Bintang, rapes and sodomises her for 4 hours from 3am to 7am. Also took her RM10,000 Longines watch.

June 26: Sodomises 10-year-old Kuwaiti boy in the bathroom of a hotel in Jalan Imbi

But the man in the 3rd pic (left) must’ve looked like him cos the Kuwaiti boy mistakenly identified him, resulting in 4 Kuwaiti men to set upon him.

Source
The Star, 30rd June 2005

when tried to check if i was rich already.

strangely, after reloading page, it was ok.

Ind-Music.com is a website where bands/artists can sell their music on the web, AFAIK, for free.

registered Eggs as pinolobu but hv to convert audio to ogg vorbis format 1st. resources for this available at said website.

Streamload is a service that enables you to send, receive, store and access Megafiles� to any person and from any Internet connected device.

free service enables streaming audio, up to 100MB a month (10GB storage)
basic service: abt RM20/mth
standard service (recommended): about RM40/mth

so far uploaded one song

Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, is an old-money heir and the owner of Wayne Enterprises, a massive international-technology conglomerate. In Forbes’ Fictional Fifteen, estimated his net worth at $6.3 billion. If he were a real guy, he’d be the 28th richest person in America, right behind News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch.

Wayne uses his riches and corporate connections to equip himself with the latest and greatest in military hardware, and uses those tools to help him fight villains like the Joker, the Riddler, and Ra’s Al Ghul.

But you don’t have to be a billionaire to become a caped crusader. Using commercially available training, technology and domestic help, the average guy could conceivably equip himself to become a real-world superhero, provided he’s got at least a couple million to spare.

This is my article on www.felix-fc.com, posted 7 june 2005

Felix, aim higher!

Did you all realise something? I donno if it’s contractual obligations with local companies or what, but Linda, Adam, Mas seems to be stuck, marketwise, in Sabah or at least KL only?! Why not the big wide world? Felix, do not make the same….not mistake, but why not be like Peterpan, who sold 2 million in Indon and now more than 50k in Malaysia?

Atama sold out around 1,000 copies of his LP at KDCA. I wonder how many he can eventually sell. Best wishes for him to break the KL market. Atama does not have the instant, guaranteed millions of eyeballs/ears for a few months, which Felix currently enjoys and should PLAY IT OUT as long as possible.

Anybody who makes the final 12 (or 14 now) of AF is already a star. Even if Felix drops out at 2nd week, no worries. The thing now is to build on that foundation.

Malaysia’s top selling album ever (Raihan) sold 600,000 copies. Shouldn’t we at least try to break the overseas market, at least the Japan market?

Remember Hanson, Moffatts? Those skinny 13-year olds became millionaires playing songs that we can play and sing even better!

I am not saying that you will be able to break the world record of 50 million albums sold by Michael jackson with “Thriller”, but you have already passed that most difficult of thresholds/gateways, so PRESS FORWARD boy!!

This is your chance Felix! Take it!!! It might never come back again.

Remember William Hung? You dont need to be a good singer or dancer. You just need your break. And EXPLOIT it to the fullest.

What really is needed is the break, the big break, that break thru the bubble. beneath that bubble are thousands of other hopefuls, playing in smoky niteclubs for years. I think it’s not too much to say that there are many other Felixes in Sabah who might be even better, but was not lucky enough to get that chance.

IMHO, only starting from Linda, KDM vocalists really got their BIG BREAK. I mean, we’re renowned for our quality songs from a long time ago, but we’re still stuck here.

5,000 copies sold? can we be pro musicians like that. i know we are passionate, in that we still go on doing it year after year, but why not?

therefore felix, get your act together now.

My last word: David Beckham and Tiger Woods have prodigious God-given talent, yet they put in all those extra hours of solitary training/polishing up, IN ADDITION to the normal training hours, to be on top of their game, and to be the best in the world. Let that be an inspiration to all of us, not just Felix.

This subject is close to my heart, since my own brother’s in this line. He and his music buddies are good, but just dont have the chance to strike it big. Just how good? Well, they’ve been backing musicians for some people over a few albums. The biggest name they backed so far is Maurice Awit. His buddies won 2nd place in the recent Kaamatan “kugiran” grand final [1st place went to a keningau grp].

Yes, they even write their own songs.

An article in the star today struck a chord. Read it before it disappears.

entitled “Malaysian artistes going from local to global”

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what else can i say but

AFUNDI FELIX