US Congress Rejects Bailout Plan, Dow Drops!

The House rejects, the Dow plunges

As of 07:10 PM GMT the Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged 578.11 points.
However, CNN reports that politicians are trying to convince representatives who voted no to change their minds.
For the latest developments on this issue please visit CNN, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and/or Bloomberg.

NZ Immigration Related News Round-up

NZ Herald: Integrate or stay away, migrants told
Sep 29, 2008
By Lincoln Tan
New Zealand First says it will not welcome immigrants if they come from societies with a “class system” or where women are treated as subservient to men.
Deputy leader Peter Brown, an immigrant from England, told a crowd of mainly refugees and immigrants at a [...]

Filipino now available on Google Translate!

Thanks to Google and its Filipino language experts Google Translate can now translate to and from Filipino. Other languages that are now available include Bahasa Indonesia/Indonesian and Catalan, a regional language spoken Spain.

Some Pictures of and around Kuala Lumpur

For me, Kuala Lumpur is a clean and organized Asian city. The public transportation feels adequate coming from Metro Manila but it can be better. My only gripe are the erring taxi drivers who prefer to charge a fixed amount than use their meters. I just hope that the government of Malaysia [...]

Riding Air Asia to Macao

I recently took a trip to Kuala Lumpur. When I left Malaysia I did not head back to the Philippines immediately. I went to Macao first!
The photos below are some photos of the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) and inside the Air Asia cabin.
The LCCT did not surprise me at all. It was similar to [...]