mug.

berhabuk.

jauh di sudut rak.

mug yang bercorakkan gambar the smiths.

tak cantik.

tapi setia.

si tuan tidak mengerti.

kadang-kadang sahaja perlu.

kerana adanya cawan korea.

mind spill.

contours of my brain don't shrink,

even as I empty it of all content.

some thoughts slip out as words from my lips,

others get stuck in the throat.

a few trickle down to my fingertips,

only to splash up on unsuspecting screens.

even if most are ignored or not understood,

I fear I am polluting this world.

I await the last thought to come out,

the one that is keeping my brain inflated.

chemicalife.

Pyramid Scheme Alert: Herbalife

Warning Signs of Financial Harm and
Deception Abound at Herbalife

  

Herbalife, one of the oldest and largest America-based multi-level marketing schemes exemplifies most of the classic warnings signs of a financial trap, a pyramid scheme and marketing program that is steeped in deception.

  

Consider recent news and developments:

1. The president of Herbalife resigned after it was disclosed that he had published false academic credentials. 

2. European Health Officials Investigate Herbalife's Product Safety. Spanish Authorities along with other European regulators are investigating potentially dangerous lead levels in Herbalife products. 

3. Charges of fraud and health risks against Herbalife go back to the 1980's. An ABC Evening News report, April 22, 1985 hosted by Peter Jennings detailed controversy over Herbalife diet products and pyramiding sales structure. The health risk issues centered around Dr. Richard Marconi who promoted Herbalife products. It was revealed that Marconi received his Ph.D. through a mail order course from an unaccredited school. In that report other nutritionists described Herbalife products as primarily laxatives and diuretics with potential of potassium deprivation. 

4. Herbalife lures consumers to invest in its "business opportunity" as "Supervisors" - and requires them to buy $3,000 of products. An independent analysis of Herbalife's actual commission payments revealed a top-loaded pay plan in which 85% of all commissions are transferred to less than 1% of distributors at the top, and financial losses suffered by 99% of the rest of the distributors. 60% of the "Supervisors" quit within a year. The average Herbalife payment to the Supervisors is just $10.55 a week. Herbalife must replace all the dropouts each year. 

5. Herbalife has no sustainable customer base. 80% of all its distributors quit the scheme within one year and there is no evidence that the distributors engage in profitable retail selling. The schemes gains its revenue by recruiting unwitting consumers into a bogus "direct selling" business and inducing them to buy "inventory." 

6. The charges of business fraud against Herbalife are not new. A recently certified class action lawsuit against Herbalife and several of its marketing groups makes many of the same charges now leveled against Herbalife – operating an "endless chain" in violation of California law, and causing widespread losses to consumers who are lured by the unproven health claims and false income promises. 

7. The class action case against Herbalife addresses one other area of fraud accusations – the collaboration of Herbalife with infamous "lead generation" schemes. The lawsuit charges that Herbalife distributors not only are lured into a pyramid recruitment scheme but are also induced to purchase thousands of dollars in basically worthless sales "leads" which they are told they will need to "succeed." (99% of all Herbalife distributors never earn a profit.) 

8. A similar 2004 case against Herbalife was settled several years ago with millions paid back to consumers in restitution. The case documented the lead scheme – mostly unknown to distributors and shareholders – that enriches some Herbalife's upliners and further impoverishes the recruits. 

9. Canadian authorities have fined Herbalife in the past for making false income claims.

yang ni lagi menarik,

research kat developed, bukan developing countries. bukan calang2.

slim effect with liver diseases? great combination.

kalau dapat compensation pun tak berbaloi. lagi2 kalau organ dah rosak. 

these are chemicals. not totally herbs. 

aku tertarik jugak dengan herbalife sebenarnya. boleh kuruskan badan, shaping. tapi ade kawan aku ni, a dietician-to-be, bagi aku persoalan. "macam mane fat boleh hilang cepat, sedangkan fat la paling susah nak diguna sebagai source untuk energy?" lebih kurang la. tah aku takingat soalan asal. haha. fikir2 balik, macam logik jugak. 

satu perkara yang sangat penting, adaptation of our body system. dah gemok2 tetibe kurus. hmm, berapa cepat badan manusia boleh adapt untuk sistem baru? 

aku bukan nak counter penjual2 herbalife. kawan aku pun ade jual. biarlah. diorang dah kaya, poket dah penuh duit. bukan masalah aku. sikit pun tak jeles. masalah aku sekarang, report analog belum siap, assignment UNGS tak start ape lagi, presentation radiobiology pun baru 70% je siap. haha. cuma aku nak kita fikir sama2. dalam Quran, Allah suruh kita fikir. sebab tu manusia diberi akal. bukan nak fikir untung je. standard la, duit masyuk, sume lupe. lantaklah MLM ke ape. halal haram Allah je yang tau. kita manusia tak layak menghukum. 

jadilah rasional bukan emosional.

pilih la cara nak kurus dengan selamat. bukan dengan supplement, ubat etc. tak mustahil.

try skipping tiap2 hari. joging, futsal. 

kurangkan glucose, kurangkan fat, oily food. insyaallah body fat jadi energy source. then, boleh kurusla.

jangan makan berat lepas pukul 6ptg. never skip your breakfast, nak mantap lagi makan buah or cereal untuk breakfast. jangan makan nasi lemak.

wahai dietetic students, dietician or whatsoever sekalian, create la something yang equivalent dengan herbalife. 100% natural bukan chemical. boleh jadi final year project ni. hahaha

*sumber dari Aididleaks. aku tulis semula sebab ayat dia brutal sangat. penjual herbalife mesti geram kalau bace. hahaha

why dslr?

kalau tak silap, abg.amir first sekali yang pakai slr, bukan dslr. kagum jugakla, tengok orang bawak kamera besar2. tapi pastu tak tau ape jadi. jarang tengok dia pegang slr tu. maybe dah jual agaknye.

pastu, abg.billy pulak pakai. time ni dah masuk zaman dslr, dunia digital. tak main dah pakai2 filem. leceh. haha. tapi aku konfius. kenapa nak pakai kamera besar2? yang kecik ade, ringan, senang nak bawak, harga pun boleh blah la jugak. haha. ish, pelik betul org yang pakai kamera besar2 ni.

sebelum ni, x pernah pun terpikir nak pakai dslr sebab dalam kepala asik terbayang Telecaster.

first time try dslr, mase NPL 2009 (kalau x silap), abg.billy punye. first time pegang, aku pun tak taula, rase best yang amat. haha. awal2 try dah buat bokeh. bertambah2 eager la nafsu nak beli satu. daripada aku beli gitar letrik yang aku jamin cikgu othman marah, baik la aku beli dslr. hahaha. insyaallah selamat.

tak lame pastu, saudara KA pulak menceburkan diri dalam dunia dslr ni. dah masuk geng2 otai dah dia ni. satu malaysia dah heboh. bagusla bro, boleh buat bisnes nanti. aku ingat lagi pesanan dia. "brand dslr tak membezakan ape2, yang penting pandai gune ke tak".

lepas KA, jemi pun beli jugak. abg.ajam dengan abg.salimi pun same. haha. sume dah pakai, aku bila lagi??

memang sah2 la aku ni terpengaruh dengan environment.

akhirnya, aku pun angkatla jugak. agak boleh blah la. tengah offer, bantai je la. cikgu othman pun dah bagi lampu hijau. haha.

aku beli bukan sebab nak mewah2 mahupun riak. inila yang dipanggil sebagai long term investment. daripada aku beli iPhone, esok2 dah boring confirm jual balik. (walaupun aku rase iPhone tu best. haha)

aku memang respect kat billy & KA. aku rase diorang punye karya tu yang banyak influence aku. bukan 100% aku terpengaruh dengan environment. billy dah bukak bisnes, KA dah dapat ramai geng. bukan senang maa. the best part aku rase, boleh naikkan soft skill seseorang. senang2, aku follow jejak langkah diorang ni. tapi bukan sebagai karier, parttime boleh la. haha. aku tetap nak jadi radiographer.

so, fikir2kanla. bukanla aku nak membazir beli mahal2. ni ialah investment, sama ada untuk berbisnes atau pun ape2 sahaja satu hari nanti.

that's all folks.

first try pas beli.

*aku tak menyusahkan orang pun. so, stopla cakap2 belakang.

dslr for dummies. (Part 1)

banjir di negeri sendiri.

subhanallah. 2-3 hari hujan dah banjir, lagi teruk dari banjir 2006. review paper pasal kisah banjir banyak fokus kat segamat je. tempat baru pas pilihanraya, so "panas" lagi la. haha.

bila dgr je banjir, otomatik aku risau, dok mikir camne nak balik kuantan. time nak balik,  jalan lenga-pogoh dah naik air. so, tryla jalan tangkak (abg2 polis bagi suggestion).

bila dah lepas tangkak, dekat area batu ampat (kalau tak silap), jementah, air baru je naik. derasnye air toksah cite la. letak lembu, lembu pun hanyut aku rase. 

terputus jalan nak sampai segamat.

ni kalau kancil aku masuk, konfem kena overhaul balik.

dalam kepala mmg dah pikir nak ikut highway je. konfem tak banjir. last2, ibu call, suruh ikut yong peng (cadangan ayah). nak ikut highway, taktau pulak jalan kat kL nnt. so, ikut je la ckp ayah. 

patah balik, masuk PLUS tangkak. first time aku rase highway full camni. selalu kat seremban je.

ladang sawit abis tenggelam.

masuk area segamat, banjir dah kering. selamat. tak payahla nak ikut kL. haha

kerusi meja sume jemur tepi jalan.

yang ni lagi barai. dengan pintu2 nak tercabut skali.

muncul jugak signboard ni akhirnya. haha

selalu nak sampai kuantan 4jam je. ni first time drive 8jam. peh, turun2 keta menggigil lutut. haha. papepun syukur selamat tiba.

muar-tangkak-jementah(banjir)-tangkak-PLUS-yong peng-labis-segamat-muadzam shah-gambang-kuantan.

ok dah penat. chow.

sepetang bersama azri.

disaat-saat akhir sebelum naik cuti haritu, sempatla aku lepak2 dengan saudara Azri. aku ingat nak bagi surprise kat dia, sekali si syafiq terkantoikan pulak. adoiyai. secara otomatiknya, bayang azri tiba2 muncul. haha. pas dia puas godek2 "barang" baru tu, terus dia ajak aku kuar petang tu. nak test power katenye. aku baru je beli bende tu, tak tau nak pakai sgt sbenarnye. hahaha. hentam sajalah labu. aku pun belum cukup skil lagi. banyak lagi nak dipelajari. tapi saudara azri ade la ajar aku sket2 petang tu. camne nak bg balance ISO, aperture, dan shutter speed.

saudara azri dgn gaye selambe main atas tar. haha

trick byk tak jadi. dgn aku pun tak pandai amik lagi. so, sama fair la kan.

ni la hasilnye. haha

tamatlah riwayat hidup sebuah deck.

waarrgh!!

cukupla setakat ni. adios.

*sumpah aku malas gile nak edit. kang sibuk2 edit, tak study la pulak. haha.