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	<description>Miserable in Malaysia</description>
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		<title>Standard Chartered Credit Card Sucks! Kiasu Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2011/10/15/standard-chartered-credit-card-sucks-kiasu-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got an envelope in the mail from Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia today. Very discreet looking, no bank logo, no tell tale signs it is from Standard Chartered. It contains a promotional looking pamphlet/brochure with a form to fill in. Oh, okay, it&#8217;s a information leaflet about the new credit card guidelines. How thoughtful of them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPod, iMac, iPhone, iPad and now iWatch</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2011/09/13/ipod-imac-iphone-ipad-and-now-iwatch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2011/09/13/ipod-imac-iphone-ipad-and-now-iwatch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple, you gotta be kidding me. But I am not kidding you. If this baby hits the street, I am gonna *queue for it (*trend nowadays). Apple, the company behind these &#8220;i&#8221; products is producing toys for the grown ups at an astounding pace. It&#8217;s a lifestyle they say. Not much fun I say. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Ice Cream in The World</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2011/09/11/best-ice-cream-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheapest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonalds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream. That&#8217;s kind of the same thing. The best ice cream in the world, for me at least, has got to be McDonald&#8217;s Sundae Cone. Price at Rm1.05 each, it is one of the cheapest ice cream money can buy in Malaysia. Many will argue that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petrol Price to Drop</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/09/04/petrol-price-to-drop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/09/04/petrol-price-to-drop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BN government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel price]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pumped a full tank of petrol into my car today, almost reluctantly. Heck, if I don&#8217;t pump, it won&#8217;t go, geddit! There isn&#8217;t much choice I am afraid, unless I leave it to rot. This really don&#8217;t ask for a rant if that wish angel did not drop dead over indigestion of too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Corrupted are Malaysians?</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/08/09/how-corrupted-are-malaysians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/08/09/how-corrupted-are-malaysians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civilization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I would say very corrupted. ACA (Anti Corruption Agency) receives 10,000 tip-offs this year according to &#8220;The Star&#8221;, the leading government controlled newspaper in Malaysia. That is one very conservative estimation, considering the restrictions placed on reporting this kind of embarrassing issues. So what exactly makes them or us this corrupted? &#8220;Tak Cukup Makan&#8221; (not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jaya Jusco Sales and Trousers cut short.</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/07/19/pants-cut-short/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2008/07/19/pants-cut-short/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaya Jusco is on sales again! I am not surprised, they have sales every now and then. More often than not. Infact I will be more surprised if they are not on sales. The &#8220;Sales&#8221; culture is so embedded in the life of Malaysians. If it is not on sales, don&#8217;t buy yet, wait. &#8220;What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paypal Utilizes Credit Card Machinery for Malaysians to Withdraw Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2007/09/29/paypal-utilizes-credit-card-machinery-for-malaysians-to-withdraw-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2007/09/29/paypal-utilizes-credit-card-machinery-for-malaysians-to-withdraw-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paypal now allows or so it seems, for Malaysians to withdraw their funds via credit-card management system. Namely the Visa and MasterCard machinery. This system is often put into place when negotiations with the banking or financial body in certain country failed to make any progress. It is a last ditch effort made to enable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Poor, Old and Stingy in KLCC Suria Shopping Mall</title>
		<link>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2007/06/09/i-am-poor-old-and-stingy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.emporiumblog.com/2007/06/09/i-am-poor-old-and-stingy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Headwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I went to KLCC Suria Shopping Mall, it is not a planned trip. I had wanted to go somewhere else that day but the road is too jammed and I detoured instead. I am sure all Kuala Lumpur dwellers know that &#8220;if it rains in Kuala Lumpur, the roads will be jammed&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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