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(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. Free Malaysia Today article: " Trump set to ‘apply pressure’ on Xi over Iran ". Sentence: " he United States and China are also set to discuss extending a year-long trade truce, which the two leaders agreed last October in South Korea. But tensions remain high over Trump’s sweeping tariffs. 2. Financial Standard article: " ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears ". Sentence: " ATO deputy commissioner Emmer Rosenzweig said more than half of employees are still playing superannuation quarterly rather than alongside wages, despite the incoming reforms requiring contributions to be paid on payday. " Should be "paying" lol. 3. Free Malaysia Today article: " Gauff’s French Open title defence ends, Sabalenka, Osaka set up last-16 clash ". Sentence: " The Belarusian world number set up a meeting with her fellow quadruple major winner, Osaka. "  World number what?  

 

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes)  1. The Guardian article: " Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism as doubts persist ". Sentence: " In Greenland however, Trump’s announcement was greeted with serious scepticism. “He’s lying,” said one main in the capital Nuuk, who was interviewed by the AFP news agency. " 2. ABC News article: " Model revealed for Thriving Kids, the NDIS alternative for some children with developmental delay or autism ". Sentence: " He said aimed to empower parents to support their children, and was in part returning to a system of support that existed prior to the implementation of the NDIS. " 3. Free Malaysia Today article: " Teoh Beng Hock’s sister to address UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday ". Sentence: " The Teoh Beng Hock Association fo Democratic Advancement says Teoh Lee Lan departed today for Geneva, Switzerland. ".

This was a review by a certain Edward Lee, of the restaurant Go Noodle at Paradigm Mall: Edit: I reported it for "Discrimination or hate speech". Later, Google responded: "Thank you for your report. Our systems checked the reported content, and didn't find any issues at this time." WTH.

Unlike the leg to Australia , the leg back had us experienced worse wheelchair assistance. In fact, the worst one was happened unexpectedly at a renown airport. Before I go on, I should stress that although these assitance requests were made with the airlines, I noticed that the staff who provided the asistance were from different companies. This is confirmed by the staff at KLIA but he did say that certain airlines had their staff to do it too. Canberra to Sydney Interestingly, the Qantas staff at Canberra Airport didn't ask whether we wanted to a staff to wheel my mum. She somehow assumed that we wanted to do it ourselves, which was fine with us. At Sydney airport, mum was made to walk quite a distance, including the slightly inclined aerobridge, right into the airpot and we were made to wait (with seats available, thank goodness) for the staff to bring a wheelchair for her. Then, unlike previous experience, he just left us right before the exit to the common area. Didn't bot...

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. The Rakyat Post article: " Public University Professor Claims Romans Learned Shipbuilding From Malays ". Sentence: " She identifies Southeast Asia as the fifth civilisation after Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and China, while emphasising the region’s maritime wealth and economic prosperity due to resources such as gold and tin. " She named only 3 civilisation thereafter.   2. The Sun article: " “Thanks for wasting everyone’s time” says HR after M’sian declines job offer politely ". Sentence: " He also explained that he was posting about the issue not the speak ill of the company but candidates are allowed to review the offer letter and decide on whether to accept or reject it. "  A few more words needed to fix the second hightlight.     3. The Star article: " FIFA show proof of forged player papers, Asian Cup result under threat ". Sentence: " FIFA’s report also cited a statement from...

When I purchased the MAS flight tickets , I also requested wheelchair assistance for my mum, like what I did with SIA (now only the return flight) and Qantas (for the domestic flights). It was my first experience requesting such assistance and so I was a little nervous. The first flight of our trip was the MAS flight from KL to Melbourne. We first had problem locating the business class check-in counters. So, I asked a staff at the priority counter and was told that business class counters are at a different row and that passengers can check in anyway, unlike what I was told over the phone i.e. 3 to 4 hours before departure. That was a bit a good news: we could then check in our luggages and proceeded directly to the MAS Golden Lounge. Because of the stop at the lounge, I thought the easiest was for us to wheel mum but MAS said mum had to be wheeled by a staff. Fortunately, they were ok to do 2 trips: one was from counter to the lounge and then, at an agreed time, from the lounge to th...

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. The Australian article: " Forrest vs Farquhar in battle over AI  ". Sentence: " Those are the findings of research from Talbot Mills, commissioned by which Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation. " 2. Free Malaysia Today article: " Rested but rusty Djokovic plots US Open ambush ". Sentence: " Only time will whether the gamble pays off at a tournament Djokovic also won in 2011, 2015 and 2018. " 3. Free Malaysia Today article: " Australia summons Singtel as penalty looms over fatal outage ". Sentence: " Singtel said Wednesday that it’s supported Optus by investing more than A$9.3 billion in the past five years, with a large proportion going toward building network infrastructure across Australia. "  

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. Malaymail article: " ‘Like a plane turbine’: Witness tells of raging gas fire near Puchong, Putra Heights ". Sentence: " "Since yesterday was the first day of Raya, most of us were asleep but we were women up abruptly because we wanted find out what was causing the scorching heat and noise from the shaking of the iron grilles," " 2. The Rakyat Post article: " Parents Order SPM Retakes Despite 4 As: Student’s Engineering Dreams Hit Family Roadblock ". Sentence: " Despite scoring straight As in four subjects including Mathematics and English, and earning a B in History , the student faces mandatory retakes of science subjects they passed with lower grades – all due to unyielding parental pressure. " "Straight As" means A for all subjects . 3. BBC article: " Trump's ceasefire pivot will have caused dismay in Kyiv and Europe ". Sentence: " Despite Europe's emerg...

Recently, I purchased flight tickets to Australia. As usual, Ban prefers seats with extra leg room for long flights and I of course will get the seat next to his. That usually means purchasing two seats at the emergency exits, which aren't many. After comparing fares over a few dates, I settled on a certain date for the SYD-SIN-KUL flight on SIA. The next step was filling in passengers' details, which took quite sometime because I had to make sure our details were correct. Also, this time, my mother is travelling with us and so there are three passengers. After submitting this, the next step was to choose seats. However, there weren't any suitable seats left! Gosh, here I thought I was early in buying tickets. So, I had to start all over again to select the next best date. It would had taken a longer time to repeat the process if SIA app hadn't allowed me to save passengers' details. I had the same problem when booking the KUL-SIN-MEL flight. I wish airlines allow u...

My mum's passport expired years ago. Few months ago, I was looking up on the internet on whether I could still apply for passport online. It seems that it was possible but additional steps were needed if current passport had already expired AND damaged or lost but, as you might have noticed, nothing about passport that's expired but not damaged or lost. Shockingly laughable. I then phoned the immigration department at Seberang Jaya. The officer said that mum could still apply online but he advised us to walk-in because there was a special lane for senior citizen. It would be fast and easy. Mum just needed to bring her old passport and her IC. Photograph would be taken there too and so no need to bring along passport photos. So, Ban and I brought mum there soon after her visa to Australia was granted. However, halfway there, we discovered that she forgot to bring her old passport. Panic set in. Ban, who was driving, asked me whether we should turn back home or not. I asked for s...

Recently, I went with my sister to Maybank to open a joint account. The first checkpoint was the counter at front. The officer noticed that our addresses aren't the same in our ICs (which shouldn't be a surprise for adults!) and, in response to her question, we didn't bring our birth certs (whoever had thought of that?) She was doubtful whethere we would be allowed to open a joint account (huh?) but nevertheless she let us try out luck. We were surprsied and I remarked that previously, I had no problem opening a joint account with my mum. She said (something like this), "Maybe previously it was possible but now maybe not. Still, I let you try". Now, that, to me, was already a reasonable response (regulations/SOPs do change overtime) and it put her in a good light because, instead of saying no, she was letting us try our luck. However, she ruined it by saying, "If you don't want to give to me (your business), I'm fine with it." and gave us a rathe...

Sometime last year, Ban fnished designing a ttrpg (tabletop role-playing game) system, including play tested it three times.  We then managed to gather 5 players to play at a friend's house every fortnight. It wasn't easy because we wanted players that we are familiar with, We started with 4 and then few sessions later added the last one. So, on the day of the session, I would drive us to have dinner, pick up a player and then to the venue. One day, upon reaching the dinner venue, I was dismayed to discover that I forgot to bring my wallet. I borrowed money from Ban but I was concerned about not having my driving license with me. We could go home after dinner to retrieve it but traffic on the way home would be heavy by then and we would be late for subsequent rendevous. It was during dinner that I suddenly remembered that it is no longer mandatory to carry the physical driving license card. There is digital copy of it in MyJPJ app. Digital copy of road tax is also there. I took...

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. Nine News article: "Canada's Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power". Sentence: "He planned to stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the Liberal Party ." Hanging sentence.   2. Aljazeera article: "Trump announces US crypto reserve: What it is, and why it matters". Sentence: "And if the US government, through a reserve, holds a substantial chunk of the global volume of crypto tokens, it would be in a position to reduce the price volatilty curtentyluy associated with these digital currencies." 3. Free Malaysia Today article: "Macron wants ‘clear pressure’ on Moscow to accept ceasefire". Sentence: "In a statement released later Saturday, his office said Macron would Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss the war in Ukraine and “other international crises”." 

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. BBC article "Trump vows to 'take other countries' jobs' in economic speech". Sentence: "Harris will return to the another critical swing state, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to lay out her own economic agenda." 2. FMT article "Grab shares jump 15% after ride-hailing firm raises forecast. Sentence: "Yet, the firm also needs to show it can maintain healthy balance between profits and growth even as tough competition from rivals including GoTo Group weighs on its ride-share and food delivery margins." 3. Malaymail article "PAS spiritual leader says party must lead Perikatan, didn’t back Muhyiddin as PM". Sentence: "PAS controls 43 of the 67 parliamentary seats under coalition’s control, with Bersatu holding the remaining 25 . The other PN parties — Gerakan and MIPP — have none." 43 + 25 = 68. 4. FMT article "Writing a will: 4 common mistakes Malaysians tend to make". Se...

Bought this Farm Fresh Soy Milk well before expiry date and opened it the day after I bought it: Should had trusted my instinct: I noticed the carton was puffed up and usually I avoided that because of prior experience. I didn't want to return to Lotus's outlet at Paradigm Mall so soon to complain about this and so instead I called Farm Fresh customer care line. The customer service officer asked for my name and phone number so that they could message me further instruction via WhatsApp and the place where I got the soy milk from. The message apologised to me for the "unpleasant experience", an expected gesture but nevertheless appreciated, and asked for "close-up picture of the affected pack along with the expiration date". I gave them that as well as the above photo and receipt. Two hours later, I received a message from them that said, among other things, " We apologize for the unpleasant experience that has happened to you. Perhaps it is due to less...

Context: Premium payment to AIA for my mum's health insurance policy is done via autodebit from my CIMB debit card. There was no issue for years until now. Also, each time I call AIA to enquire, they request to perform verification with my mum. Some dates below are approximated. (1) 26th Aug: Received sms from AIA saying that the autodebit failed and that they would try again in a few days. I decided to manually pay for it via their app to avoid the possibility of my mum's policy voided. (2) 27th Aug: Received sms from CIMB that my debit card was charged by AIA. A check with CIMB showed that the payment had yet been deducted from my account and so they asked me to check with AIA. AIA confirmed that they received the manual payment but not the autodebit payment. They asked me to call back once my account was deducted but I voiced my concern that I would not be with my mum then and so verification would not be possible. So, they did two things: (a) they sent instruction to the pr...

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. Malaymail article "Malaysian singer-songwriter sings the blues after AirAsia loses luggage and music gear worth RM15,000 (VIDEO)". Sentence: "Tan said then “ghosted” him, claiming that they stopped responding to his further inquiries." 2. Malaymail article "Boy, 12, who went viral for joyriding in Perodua Viva charged with underage driving". Section: " The 12-year-old whose driving video went viral was reportedly charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with underage driving. Malaysia Gazette reported that the boy pleaded not guilty to the charge under Section 39(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987....... The accused is a permanent resident and small-scale carpet salesman, with five children aged six to 19 . He was represented by lawyer Nabilla Rosli."  So, this 12-year-old has 5 children aged 6 to 19? They probably meant his father.

Wow, it just keep coming on strong recently. (Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. Malaymail article "What you should know about: Malaysia’s brain drain and who’s benefitting from it". Sentence: "According to TalentCorp, the top five preferred countries for Malaysians who working abroad were..." 2. Free Malaysia Today article "Muhyiddin can’t stay silent on PAS-Gerakan spat, says analyst". Sentence: "Lau, of International Islamic University Malaysia, said PAS and Gerakan were merely twisting each other’s arguments without providing any solutions. He and Azmi also said that Muhyiddin should refrain from commenting on the conflict.     "Muhyiddin should remain silent and not intervene. If he does, he will have to side with either PAS or Bersatu ," Azmi said." It should be "PAS or Gerakan". 3. Malaymail article "Why is matriculation so desirable to post-SPM students (or their parents) in Malaysia?". Sentence: ...

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. AP news article "France's election ends up with no clear majority. This is what could happen next". Sentence: "The results means Macron's centrist allies almost certainly won't be able to implement their pro-business proposals such a promise to overhaul unemployment benefits." 2. Free Malaysia Today article "CrowdStrike update likely skipped checks, say experts". Sentence: "The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients’ systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against." 3. Malaymail article "Biden bows out, Kamala Harris to lead Democrats in historic presidential bid". Sentence: "Biden swiftly announced he was backing Harris, 59, who is who is the first Black and South Asian woman to be vice president in US history and..."