Friday, January 9, 2009

Cast your vote for New 7 Wonders of Nature

Currently, there is a worldwide campaign going on, which is organized by the non-profit New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

This is different from the previous campaign for the New 7 Wonders of the World held in 2007 by the same organization, as only natural places not developed by human, such as
waterfalls, fjords, rainforests, mountain peaks, freshwater lakes, salt flats, etc. can be nominated.

You can vote online for your choice of Seven Wonders of Nature from the list of 261 nominees all around the world from now on until 7 July 2009. After that, the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts, under the leadership of Prof. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO, will review the top 77 nominees and choose the 21 finalists, to be announced on 21 July 2009. The 21 finalists will then be put to popular vote again.

All voters will be identified and verified by email address.

Click here to cast your vote for the New 7 Wonders of Nature now!

List of licensed money changers in Malaysia

If you travel overseas, you might need to exchange your Ringgit Malaysia notes to foreign currency, and vice-versa.

Bank Negara (BNM) maintains a complete list of licensed money changers in Malaysia, and the good news is: they have made it online in their website. The list is categorized by state, providing detail information about the name and location (with full address) of the licensed money changers.

Click here to check for the list of licensed money changers in Malaysia in BNM's website.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2009

Here is the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in year 2009, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu.



The dates highlighted in red are considered even more auspicious. Note that for year 2009, there is a lunar 5th month in the Chinese calendar.

You might aware that the mid-autumn festival (3 October 2009) is again in the list for year 2009. Another interesting date is 9 September 2009, which can be written as 09-09-09, and "nine" pronounces the same as "eternity" in Chinese.

Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.

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Click here for auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2010.

Hint: Click on the "Older Posts" link to continue reading, or click here for a listing of all my past 3 months articles.