Kai

my last post from the Aiesec Office and beloved laptop :)

was 6.30 pm and Oussama and I were still transitioning of Friday. Interrupted by Simmi and then Ibrahim who came in to take a picture. Me holding the gift from the team :)

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:11:01 GMT

the plan

the details.. ppl keep asking me "what I'm going to do after Aiesec".

9/13 - 9/20: Madrid, Sevilla
9/21 - 10/1: Egypt
10/1- 10/5: Barcelona
10/5- 10/10: NYC, hopefully Chicago. DC to get my Australian Visa
10/11- 1/10: Colombia
1/10- 1/20: Australia
1/20- ?: Home (Malaysia :) !!!)

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:23:08 GMT

last day in the office..

tomorrow will be my last day. Wow! Don't really know how to feel about it. I'm going to be sad & happy & excited & sad again. But we're going for Malaysian food today and Tango afterwards :). Don't want to think about leaving.

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:22:50 GMT

death & accidents

too many in the past months. Things are going so good for me, going on vacation, living in Colombia, I finally got my Australian PR, seeing my family.. but all these seems so secondary to wanting to be there for the ppl I love that has lost their friends, mum, dad, brother, cousins in the last months. I now pray for everyone around me.

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:01:07 GMT

I don't want to leave..

why am I leaving this wonderful place? I've been suprised and thrilled by the events this whole week in Lincoln Center (center for Operas, Jazz, Ballet, Philharmonic, Theather in NY). We saw The Frogs play (played by Nathan Lane- remember the Bird Cage guy?) yesteday at the Vivian Beautmont Theatre and Dallas Dance Club 2 days before at the free Out of Door event for this summer.I love being entertained, I love enjoying all the beautiful things in life, I love being happy, I love seeing talented ppl, I love seeing ppl do the things I dream of doing and sometimes don't !! If you're going to make it for the Flamengo performance tomorrow, try and go to Big Nick's for pizzas and burgers as recommended by Lyna (native New Yorker :)) after. The burger is yes, GOOD!

Travel Plans: Tickets bought to Madrid and Egypt but can't get visa, we're in deep shit :( :( :(. This is bad, we need a miracle to happen now. Arghhh!

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:02:08 GMT

Google's much hyped about IPO:

been questioning quite a while to a couple of ppl if they would invest in Google's IPO, came across this excerpt from an artical in Economist.Com which I found describes very well where Google's current stands and future is in the market. Here goes... might be a little long.

Google makes most of its money from so-called sponsored links—discreet ads that come up with any search—and can do so because of its lead in search traffic and technology. But that lead is under threat. Until this year, Yahoo! used Google to power its searches, paying a licence fee for the technology. But Yahoo! has acquired a number of other search engines, and in February cut its ties to Google. Google’s share of all searches (including those on other sites using its technology) has fallen from 75% at its peak to around half, and Yahoo! is not far behind. Moreover, Yahoo! has a key advantage over Google: because of its vast base of registered users (100m people use its e-mail, travel and other services) it is in a better position to tailor searches to users’ needs. Microsoft poses a threat to Google too. The software giant is developing its own search service, and plans to integrate this into its Windows operating software from 2006.

Google knows that if it is to stay ahead of Yahoo!, it will have to gather more information about users and make them more loyal to its website. To see off Microsoft requires something bolder: that Google turn its technology into a new operating system that will run over the internet rather than on a desktop, making Windows irrelevant. As a first step in implementing this vision, Google unveiled Gmail, its new e-mail service, in April, offering huge online storage capacity. The idea is to make money from sending out carefully targeted ads, based on information found in e-mails. But the service is controversial: privacy advocates have accused Google of Big Brother-style snooping.

Gmail is still being tried out, but even if Google can put the privacy row and this week's topsy-turvy IPO behind it, the prospect of a battle with Microsoft is not enticing. The company behind Windows has long been adept at copying technologies and then crushing the companies that first developed them. It is also awash with cash. The $1.7 billion that Google has raised from selling a slice of itself on the stockmarket is small change compared with Microsoft’s war chest.

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:59:30 GMT