Farewell message from Marc and Bernd.

Capt Shariff,

I’d like to express my appreciation for all the work you’ve done for GLMS and the company in general. You are full of energy and ideas; where would we’ve been be without that?
I came late to the project but still then I could see and really feel the important role you’ve played and are still playing for this global and regional project. Thanks for all of this.
Wish you a very good time now, full of happiness and the right mix between new challenges and free time for yourself and/or with your family.

Big thanks and with warm regards,

Bernd

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Dear Marc,

Thanks and I will tell you the secret recipe !.

Being an Entrepreneur or better known an PirateKing the most relevant skill that helped me out is actually in the Implementation skills after having a clear and specific idea about what the GLMS product or service does and how it does it.

We should also know who is going to be interested in having this product or service when it exists. Plus with the Local Team, SIEP Central Team & IBS expertise's to translate the concept into reality. (,,,,,,i.e. pirating their knowledge base so to say !.:))

Lastly but most important, with the Shell's working environment that supports this project execution which supports innovation and product development among its employees.

But please remember, we have yet to deliver Phase 111 i.e. Material Movement Module, which should be easy once you link to and roll over what existing SAP OLM does, across to GLMS. Note; Only service that GLMS don't cater for is the material order from Vendor. GLMS starts after goods receipt at the onshore warehouse, whereby the material is packed and shipped across to the offshore location.

Presently OLM does shipping using voyages and shipments. The actual material is loaded into containers or baskets and into vessel holds. Materials can be held at onshore location, if required, and returns can be created. Returns are used to return defective goods or extra goods from offshore location to the warehouse. These are the activities that GLMS has to take over from OLM and deliver it together with the Vessel Manifest for every individual legs and from location to location.

Regards and do e-mail me on my island ; shariff.abbas@gmail.com if you guys still needs any further clarification.

Capt. KapasPirateKing
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From Marc.

Shariff,

I would like to extend a big thank you for your invaluable contribution to the GLMS project.
Your drive and determination to get GLMS deployed in Malaysia and other OU's, combined with your knowledge of the business and business processes, has made a positive difference.

I have valued very much the good, direct and open communication flavoured with humour.

By the way it is now official, the ladies have voted you as the Good Looking Man in Shell:)))
The central GLMS team would like to wish you all the best to your and your family for the future and I hope you can fully enjoy your time on your island. Beware of another pirate on the high seas....... Keep in touch.

Kind regards,

Marc Lemmens PMPGlobal Program Manager - Global Logistics Management System Shell International Exploration and Production B.V.The Hague, The Netherlands - Trade Register no. 27002688Address: Kessler Park 1, 2288 GS Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Mobile: +31 6 - 5512 4360 Phone: +31 70 - 447 4360Email: Marc.Lemmens@shell.com <mailto:Marc.Lemmens@shell.com>

Man of the year for 2008.

latest,,,,,

The Iraqi journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W Bush has written to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki apologising over the incident, Maliki's office said on Thursday.

I apologise for missing !........hahaha.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,"the shoe throwing was "Iraq's reaction" to the war and years of U.S. sanctions against Iraq before the conflict began. The reporter, Mr Muntazer Al-Zaini was not motivated for personal reasons, or because he has "anything against the American people,"


Geeeeee,,,,missed the dog !.
Mr Muntazer Al-Zaidi jumped up as Mr Bush held a press conference.
Muntazer shouted " It is the farewell kiss, you dog" and threw his footware across to Mr Bush who lowered his head and the first shoe hit the American and Iragi flags.
The second shoe went slightly off target,,,,,,,unfortunately.
Mind you, soles of shoes are considered the altimate insult in the Arab culture. Getting hit on the face by a shoe is even worst !. Mind you,,,,,,,,,its far worst than dying.
Apparently, Bush laughed it off saying "It doesn't bother me. If you want the facts, it was a size 10 shoe that he threw".

Welcome to a Pirate's Life at Kapas island.

Ahoyyy!!! Welcome to a Pirate's Life! Ho ho hoo,,,,
Arrrrreeeee Ye a Pirate Lover? Well, welcome aboard! This lens is dedicated to helping you discover the true pirate within you. Maybe, you've always loved pirates. Maybe, you're fascination has been awakened due to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. Or maybe, you just have a huge crush on Johnny Depp.

Regardless, I'm glad you're here! Ahoy, matey!

Pirates are a fascination held by many, and why shouldn't they be? They are dangerously cool! However; many may be surprised that the romantic and adventuresome characters we have come to know and love (thank you Johnny Depp) may not be as realistic to the true history of pirates.

This fantastic "true" accounts of the robbers and murderers of the sea may be the beginning of the romantization of the pirate's life. Piracy has occurred in all stages of history. A form of piracy has been seen in the ancient Mediterranean, with the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Cartaginians. It was also a part of the Middle Ages. Vikings from the north and Moors from the south also engaged in piracy. In the Renaissance, after the European wars where naval vessels would be laid up and their crews disbanded, pirates would heavily recruit. Piracy spread to the Caribbean in the late 16th centruy during the Elizabethan wars with Spain when treasure-laden Spanish galleons proceeding from Mexico into the Caribbean were a natural target.

Piracy has made it's mark on our world over the years, and even today, continues to exist. We typically think that pirates are a fictional people, but not so. Today's pirates may appear different than the ones of years past, but they are still present. They may use different weapons or different vessels, but they are very much a threat. So to all I say, Beware of Pirates!!!,,,,So please do drop in to Kapas Island and meet the living & breathing Pirate King himself !.

Speakin' Pyrate-Like

How To Be Speakin' Pirate-Like
Startin' Rules
Double up on all your adjectives and you'll be bountifully bombastic with your phrasing. Pirates never speak of "a big ship", they call it a "great, grand ship!" They never say never, they say "No nay ne'er!"
Drop all your "g"'s when you speak and you'll get words like "rowin'", "sailin'" and "fightin'". Dropping all of your "v"'s will get you words like "ne'er", "e'er" and "o'er".
Instead of saying "I am", sailors say, "I be". Instead of saying "You are", sailors say, "You be". Instead of saying, "They are", sailors say, "They be". Ne'er speak in anythin' but the present tense!
Hints an' Tips
If it be helpin', start yer sentence wi' a "Arr, me hearty," in a deep, throaty voice — ye'll find that the rest be comin' much easier.
Vocabulary
In which ye'll find words submitted by many pirates o'er the years, an' which comprise a loose piratical dictionary.
Ahoy: Hey!
Avast: Stop!
Aye: Yes
Black spot: to be 'placin' the black spot' be markin' someone for death.
Booty: treasure
Buccanneer: a pirate who be answerin' to no man or blasted government.
By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!
Cat o' nine tails: whip for floggin' mutineers
Corsair: a pirate who be makin' his berth in the Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween Spain and Africa, aye!
Davy Jones' Locker: the bottom o' the sea, where the souls of dead men lie
Doubloons: pieces of gold...
Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin' when they die.
Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an' plunder.
Gentlemen o' fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
Grog: A pirate's favorite drink.
Jack: a flag or a sailor
Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!
Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle-encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin' this.
Landlubber: "Land-lover," someone not used to life onboard a ship.
Lass: A woman.
Lily-livered: faint o' heart
Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
Me: My.
Pieces o' eight: pieces o' silver which can be cut into eights to be givin' small change.
Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power
Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.
Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a bastard son of a sailor
Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
Squadron: a group of ten or less warships
Squiffy: a buffoon
Swaggy: a scurvy cur's ship what ye be intendin' to loot!
Swashbucklin': fightin' and carousin' on the high seas!
Sweet trade: the career of piracy
Thar: The opposite of "here."
Walk the plank: this one be bloody obvious.
Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin' to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
Wi' a wannion: wi' a curse, or wi' a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!
Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter

Letter of Marque for tHe Capt.

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__LETTER OF MARQUE for the Cap'n Charlie ______________________________________

. It was official government permission to attack enemy ships & rob any of your ladies heart. This particular one was granted to Captain Charlie @ KapasPirateKing,,,,,,,, a rather infamous Privateer with his hideaway paradise at Kapas Island, somewhere in the South China Sea.


Al Abbas the father and by the grace of God, King of South East Asia Kingdom, Malaysia, Thailand, Combodia and Vietnam, defender of the unfaithed & coy. To our blood trusty and well beloved Capt. Charlie, commander of the same for the time being, and unto the commander of the said ship for the time being, and unto the officers, mariners, and others which shall be under your command, full power and authority to apprehend, seize, and take into your custody, as all such pirates, free-booters, and sea-rovers, being either our subjects, or of other nations associated with them, which you shall meet with upon the seas or coasts, with all their ships and vessels, and all such merchandizes, money, goods, and wares as shall be found on board, or with them, in case they shall willingly yield themselves; but if they will not yield without fighting, then you are by force to compel them to yield.

And we also require you to bring, or cause to be brought, such pirates, free-booters, or sea-rovers, as you shall seize, to a legal trial, to the end they may be proceeded against according to the law in such cases.

And we do hereby command all our officers, ministers, and other our loving subjetcs whatsoever, to be aiding and assisting to you in the premises. And we do hereby enjoin you to keep an exact journal of your proceedings in execution of the premises, and set down the names of such pirates, and of their officers and company, and the names of such ships and vessels as you shall by virtue of these presents take and seize, and the quantities of arms, ammunition, provision, and lading of such ships, and the true value of the same, as near as you can judge.

And we do hereby strictly charge and command you, as you will answer the contrary at your peril, that you do not, in any manner, offend or molest our friends or allies, their ships or subjects, by colour or pretence of these presents, or the authority thereby granted.

In witness whereof, we have caused our great seal of the Royal Malay State of Terengganu to be affixed to these presents. Given at our court in Ulu Marang, the 13th day of January, 1991, in the 13th year of our reign.

Yo ho hoo,,,,,,welcome to Capt’s Longhouse, Kapas island, Terengganu, ,,,,,,,PiRate IsLand.

Loyal to none

dear all,

i lost a couple of thousands 2 days back too,,,,my trusted staff ran off with the house money !!!!!. i am too trusting according to my wife for believing my staff to manage the cash at Kapas island. this long trusted staff that once worked for me i.e 14 years ago, came back beginning of this year for a job so i re-engaged him-lah.
last night i dream of him,,,,,,only hope that one day soon i will meet him somewhere,,,,and may god have mercy on him.
geeeeee,,,what a way to celebrate raya nowadays. indeed there are many desperate people willing to steal, cheat and rob. this guy, CICO apparently is on drugs from what i gathered from the others, which i suspected but was hoping to change him since working on the island can be very healthy. but how wrong can i be.
well,,,,,,never to trust money to others i guess,,,,,,my grandfather once told me,,,,that with money the left hand cannot trust the right hand.
guess in this case, what really matters is that my trust to someone was not honored, money we can find but trust ?
well guys that my latest sad story,,,,,,,habis duit monsoon.

Pirate King being robbed himself,,,Geeeeeee

Guess what ?.

Guys,

Just started this site to keep track of my adventures at work and play ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapaspirateking/

Charlie the KapasPirateKing

Just to blog my reply to a friend.

CKTan,
Read your blog, very interesting travel tales and life style too !. Keep up the burning spirit of life and travel all over the World as long as your health can take it. Guess presently you are happy doing the Burmese/Thai border stuff but just be careful there cas. things can just turn nasty for no good reason from what I gathered from friends that had passed there.One young lady friend of mine had just returned from Burma and she had many interesting tales to share from her exposure there. Many poor kids indeed needs assistance in education etc but unfortunately the politicians/army generals are not seeing eye to eye on such priorities !. Hopefully Malaysia will not turn its clock back after so much progress after 1957 but things are not very healthy presently with the crazy politicians playing their cards to win votes.
Guess am apolitical but as one age, one has to reflect back and at times feel sad too if the future generation has to face an up hill climb for what we could have flatten with common sense.
Right now, am still angry with myself for trusting one of my staff that had ran away with house money for the monsoon period at Kapas Island !. We worked so hard to get the place up and running, earned with our blood sweat and tears,,,,,,and this guy just pocket all the saving which was entrusted to him. How can someone be so selfish and leave the rest of my island crew high and dry ?. In fact, I have help trained not less than 50 odd staffs members at my island Longhouse since 1991 onwards,,,,,and many are very successful businessman running their small set-up. With this incident, its the 2nd time that am been disappointed. The 1st incident was in 1994 whereby one of the staff sold my outboard motor after reporting it as been stolen !. This guy was from Malacca and just release from prison plus "kena buang daerah" to Marang, since he came sadly over to the island looking for a job and a place to stay, I took him on board. After 1 year, he started to act funny with the customers plus also sold my boat engine !!!!,,,again he got away with his nonsense and till today am still looking for him.
So there are now two characters that are on my list.
Guess my style of charity is to train/mentor other to survive in this World.
In fact, I have trained not less than 48 helicopter pilots for the Royal Malaysian Air force and a few dozen more in the civilian set-up in Bristow Helicopters and Malaysian Helicopter Services after leaving the RMAF.
The last 22 years with the Oil & Gas company (Shell) have been very fruitful too and had been involved not only in the aviation business but also in numerous E&P business plus IT development projects. My previous role in Shell was as the Asia Pacific Regional Logistics Strategist & Planner and presently as Project Manager for Co-developing and Implementation of an IT Logistics tool known as GLMS (Global Logistics Management System) for the Shell Group. Actually i retired in June 2006 but the Company asked me to continue for another 2 years which ended on 30th Sept'08,,,,and has further requested for an extension !. I have agreed to stay until end of 2008 and wish to return back to my island hideaway at Kapas Island for a long deserved break from the rat race !.
I would like to build more wooden chalets around the Iban Longhouse and create a mini-Malaysia concept at my joint on the island.
Perhaps make a movie or write a journal on the island ?. After all, I have 2 guys to hunt too !!!!!!,,,,,,,its a manhunt, much more challenging than wild boar.Cheersmate,

Just thinking out loud.

Hello guys,

Having many friends is very healthy-lah. School friends are extra special cas. we were all too young to be sad then yaa !. As we grow old and with the children all grown up with their careers to lead, we are again left alone if lucky with the old lady or at times with the not so old lady ?. ha ha ha.
Yes, indeed please just don't give up with life and just retire or rot away with living. At our age, we are still considered prime ,,,,,matured & experienced by most standard. In fact, my present Company still wants to extend my services but I have decided to only stay back until end of this year. Next year, am either running my hideaway at Kapas island 100% or might take a new offer to manage another aviation set-up that sounds very challenging. Right now, am reviewing the various options available.
I still plan to drive across to China with my Land Rover and having put it back so many times, am worried that the 4WD might just rust away in the garage !. I have driven across the British Isle, Norway, West Malaysia, Sabah & Sarawak. Still have to travel across Kalimantan with the Land Rover before leaving East Malaysia for good soon enough.
Flew across Java/Sumatra during my RMAF days. Ferry an Sikorsky S61N from Malaysia to Scotland in 1985,,,,,totalling 18 days with 28 stoppers along the way !. Flew plus qualified on 7 x different types of helicopters and a few fixed wing aircraft too !.
Also as a qualified Diver and in partnership with a Dive Centre at Kapas Island. Took up sailing as a new hobby a few years back and building up sea time presently. Power boating as skipper on my own sport cruiser at the East Coast of Malaysia. Big biking too,,,,geeee.
So guys, am pretty busy with my life style and still looking forward for new adventures in life.
Never ever give up with living my friends !!!!!!,,,,,,and make new friends along the way too.

Cheers mate !,

Kapas Pirate King.

Learnings from the KapasPirateKing about the crisis ?

What is a sub-prime loan?
In the US, borrowers are rated either as 'prime' - indicating that they have a good credit rating based on their track record - or as 'sub-prime', meaning their track record in repaying loans has been below par. Loans given to sub-prime borrowers, something banks would normally be reluctant to do, are categorized as sub-prime loans. Typically, it is the poor and the young who form the bulk of sub-prime borrowers.
Why loans were given?

In roughly five years leading up to 2007, many banks started giving loans to sub-prime borrowers, typically through subsidiaries. They did so because they believed that the real estate boom, which had more than doubled home prices in the US since 1997, would allow even people with dodgy credit backgrounds to repay on the loans they were taking to buy or build homes. Government also encouraged lenders to lend to sub-prime borrowers, arguing that this would help even the poor and young to buy houses.With stock markets booming and the system flush with liquidity, many big fund investors like hedge funds and mutual funds saw sub-prime loan portfolios as attractive investment opportunities. Hence, they bought such portfolios from the original lenders. This in turn meant the lenders had fresh funds to lend. The sub prime loan market thus became a fast growing segment.
What was the interest rate on sub-prime loans?
Since the risk of default on such loans was higher, the interest rate charged on sub-prime loans was typically about two percentage points higher than the interest on prime loans. This, of course, only added to the risk of sub-prime borrowers defaulting. The repayment capacity of sub-prime borrowers was in any case doubtful. The higher interest rate additionally meant substantially higher EMIs than for prime borrowers, further raising the risk of default.Further, lenders devised new instruments to reach out to more sub-prime borrowers. Being flush with funds they were willing to compromise on prudential norms. In one of the instruments they devised , they asked the borrowers to pay only the interest portion to begin with. The repayment of the principal portion was to start after two years.

How did this turn into a crisis?
The housing boom in the US started petering out in 2007. One major reason was that the boom had led to a massive increase in the supply of housing. Thus house prices started falling. This increased the default rate among subprime borrowers, many of whom were no longer able or willing to pay through their nose to buy a house that was declining in value.Since in home loans in the US, the collateral is typically the home being bought, this increased the supply of houses for sale while lowering the demand, thereby lowering prices even further and setting off a vicious cycle. That this coincided with a slowdown in the US economy only made matters worse. Estimates are that US housing prices have dropped by almost 50% from their peak in 2006 in some cases. The declining value of the collateral means that lenders are left with less than the value of their loans and hence have to book losses.
How did this become a systemic crisis?
One major reason is that the original lenders had further sold their portfolios to other players in the market. There were also complex derivatives developed based on the loan portfolios, which were also sold to other players, some of whom then sold it on further and so on.As a result, nobody is absolutely sure what the size of the losses will be when the dust ultimately settles down. Nobody is also very sure exactly who will take how much of a hit. It is also important to realize that the crisis has not affected only reckless lenders. For instance, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which owned or guaranteed more than half of the roughly $12 trillion outstanding in home mortgages in the US, were widely perceived as being more prudent than most in their lending practices. However, the housing bust meant that they too had to suffer losses — $14 billion combined in the last four quarters - because of declining prices for their collateral and increased default rates.The forced retreat of these two mortgage giants from the market, of course, only adds to every other player's woes.
What has been the impact of the crisis?
Global banks and brokerages have had to write off an estimated $512 billion in sub-prime losses so far, with the largest hits taken by Citigroup ($55.1 bn) and Merrill Lynch ($52.2 bn). A little more than half of these losses, or $260 bn, have been suffered by US-based firms, $227 billion by European firms and a relatively modest $24 bn by Asian ones. Despite efforts by the US Federal Reserve to offer some financial assistance to the beleaguered financial sector, it has led to the collapse of Bear Sterns, one of the world's largest investment banks and securities trading firm. Bear Sterns was bought out by JP Morgan Chase with some help from the Fed.The crisis has also seen Lehman Brothers - the fourth largest investment bank in the US - file for bankruptcy. Merrill Lynch has been bought out by Bank of America. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have effectively been nationalized to prevent them from going under.Reports suggest that insurance major AIG (American Insurance Group) is also under severe pressure and has asked for a $40 bn bridge loan to tide over the crisis. If AIG also collapses, that would really test the entire financial sector.
How is the rest of the world affected?
Apart from the fact that banks based in other parts of the world also suffered losses from the subprime market, there are two major ways in which the effect is felt across the globe. First, the US is the biggest borrower in the world since most countries hold their foreign exchange reserves in dollars and invest them in US securities.Thus, any crisis in the US has a direct bearing on other countries, particularly those with large reserves like Japan, China and - to a lesser extent - India. Also, since global equity markets are closely interlinked through institutional investors, any crisis affecting these investors sees a contagion effect throughout the world.,__ somehow its effect to Kapas will show as drop in tourist coming over to the island.
Cheersmate,
PirateKing

Pirating others viewpoints in life.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways , but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak!
And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND finally ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Ho Ho Hoo,,,,,,,,,

PirateKing

KapasPirateKing Ten Keys to Happiness !!!

Kapas Pirate King’s Ten Keys to Happiness
What makes people truly happy? There are probably many answers, but here are some common themes. If you use these keys, you can let happiness fill your life! 1) Take ResponsibilityTake full ownership of your actions, moods and feelings. If you can take responsibility for your life, you can change it. Blaming others for your circumstances only keeps you stuck. 2) Feel Your FeelingsDon't stuff your feelings until they become toxic or leak out. There are no wrong feelings. Acknowledge them, let yourself fully feel them when you are in private, and then you will be able to move on. 3) Practice GratitudeMake a daily practice of asking yourself, "What am I grateful for?" Keep a gratitude journal and write down 10 things that are good in your life. Do this at bedtime and you will enjoy better sleep. Being grateful for what you have creates space for new energy to come into your life. 4) Live in the NowDon't drag your past into your present. Don't try to live in the future. Be here now, this moment. When you fully engage in the present, there is no room for baggage from the past or fear of the future. 5) Control Your GremlinsGremlins are those nasty voices in your head that tear you down. You know, the ones that say, "You're not good enough" or "You'll never amount to anything". You wouldn't even say those things to your best friend. So find those gremlins and zap them. How? Ask yourself if you really want them to control you, and then change them into positive affirmations instead. 6) Practice ForgivenessForgive everyone even if it's just as a mental exercise. Otherwise those people and situations gain power over you and live in your head, rent free. And, of course, forgive yourself - you did the best you knew how at the time. Today is a new day. Letting go of anger and resentment will set you free. 7) Connect with OthersLet the negative, whining people in your life find someone else to complain with. You don't have time for it. Surround yourself with supportive and positive people. Don't know any people like that? Put a smile on your face and go find them! 8) Manage Your EnergyLearn to say no to tasks and people who drain your energy. Learning to say no can be difficult, but once you do it, you will experience a new level of personal power and well-being. Say yes to activities that give you energy. Make a list of these activities and plan to do a few of them daily. 9) Give BackFeel good by volunteering to help, mentor or spend time with others who don't enjoy your level of abundance. Give out positive energy and it will come back to you many times. 10) Change!Change is good. Be flexible. Life is always throwing new stuff at you. Go with the flow and shape your life the way you want it to be. Keep learning, adapting and embracing the new and wonderful things that will show up in your life!
Be real happy,,,,please join me at Kapas Island-lah ,,,,,,,Ho Ho Hoo

Young Pirates in UMNO ?

Young Pirates in UMNO ?

As to why UMNO must change?,,,,,firstly all executive appointments in UMNO should be based on the “merit system” and to finally mark the end of the existing “spoils system”,,,,i.e. pirates way of sharing “To the Victor go the Spoils !!!!!!”

The existing UMNO phenomenon of GROUP THINKING – Zealotry, Loyalty and Lack of Critical Thinking regarding the organization which is perfect and always correct by definition, making UMNO unable to change and realize its own mistakes.

Perhaps due to its long history, UMNO had tons of BUREAURACY in its system. If left unchecked/uncontrolled, the bureaucracy in UMNO will become increasingly self-serving and corrupt, rather than serving society at large in Malaysia.

Another issue here that must be reviewed seriously is that presently the RULING class or Alpha Malay class or Power Elite running UMNO must be scaled down to include the Common Middle Class Malays to also actively participate.

Please take note that the RULING CLASSES tend to be looked at in a negative light because they are often viewed as having little respect or care about the rights of the inferior classes.

PirateKing.

Life as a Pirate,,,,,brutality of the pirate's way of life.

Life as a pirate

The flag of 18th century pirate Calico Jack.
In the popular modern imagination, pirates of the classical period were rebellious, clever teams who operated outside the restricting bureaucracy of modern life. Pirates were also depicted as always raising their Jolly Roger-flag when preparing to hijack a vessel. The Jolly roger is the traditional name for the flags of European and American pirates and a symbol for piracy that has been adopted by film-makers and toy manufacturers.
In reality, many pirates ate poorly, did not become fabulously wealthy, and died young. Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, many pirate crews operated as limited democracies.[47] Both the captain and the quartermaster were elected by the crew, they in turn appointed the other ship's officers. The captain of a pirate ship was often a fierce fighter in whom the men could place their trust, rather than a more traditional authority figure sanctioned by an elite. However, when not in battle, the quartermaster usually had the real authority. Many groups of pirates shared in whatever they seized; pirates injured in battle might be afforded special compensation similar to medical insurance.[48] Often all of these terms were agreed upon and written down by the pirates, but these articles could also be used as incriminating proof that they were outlaws. Pirates readily accepted outcasts from traditional societies, perhaps easily recognizing kindred spirits, and they were known to welcome them into the pirate fold. For example as many as 40% of the pirate vessels crews were slaves "liberated" from captured slavers. Such practices within a pirate crew were tenuous, however, and did little to mitigate the brutality of the pirate's way of life.
Even though pirates raided many ships, few, if any, buried their treasure, or booty. Often, the "treasure" that was stolen was food, water, alcohol, weapons, or clothing. Other things they stole were household items like bits of soap and gear like rope and anchors. For this reason, there was no need for the pirates to bury these goods.
The classical age of piracy coexisted with a rise in British imperialism which required merchant vessels to transport goods and warships to protect the trade ships from pirates and privateers. Living conditions on the warships were horrible even by 17th century standards; sailors were often fed rotten, maggot-infested food, frequently suffered from scurvy or other nutritional disorders, and could be counted lucky to escape their service without a crippling injury. British captains were known to have been extremely brutal; the captain held a nearly sovereign power aboard his ship and many were unafraid to abuse that power. To fill the warships, officers would forcibly pressgang boys and young men to replace lost crew. The horrid living conditions, constant threat to life, and brutality of the captain and his officers pushed many men over the edge. Possessing seafaring skill, a learned intolerance for absolute authority, and a disdain for the motherland they might have believed abandoned them, many crews would simply mutiny during an attack and offer themselves and their ship as a new pirate vessel and crew.
Ho ho Hoooooo,,,,,welcome onboard to Capt's Longhouse Kapas Island for a taste of pirate life !

Cheersmate

Pirate view on World Economics right now !

Hazard in BANKRUPTCY in the Insurance Industry ?

May this Kapas Pirate further educate the people on existing financial crisis facing the World i.e when the Real Estate bubble bursts, as happening right now everywhere especially in the USA. Those that borrowed to finance their real estate venture or adventures could now NOT repay their loans.

Bankruptcy now become widespread !!!!!!,,,in almost every corners of the World.

In standard market economics, if a lender makes a bad loan then righfully will have to face the consequences. Upon declared as a bankrupt or go into bankruptcy, the country's law on bankruptcy shall be applied.

What is happening now in America, the US Government is bailing out the Institutions/Companies that should rightfully declare itself into bankruptcy !. Pls note; Any creditors, anticipating an governmental bailout, would weaken its incentives to ensure that borrowers will be able to repay !.

This is an infamous moral hazard problem well known in the Insurance Industry and unfortunately now, in economics !. Its a fact that having insurance reduces the incentive to take care, to be extra prudent. A bailout in the event of a finencial crisis is like "free" insurance.

As such, if you are a lender, you take less care in screening your applicants, cas. you know you will be bailout if the loans go sour.

I pray that this message be noted by all and that our Malaysian Government shall not follow the same road !!!!!!!.

Pirate King Kapas Island.

Pirate Chief advise on aging from Kapas Island

Story of my post retirement life since 2006!!!!!!! 'Stay interested in the world, take on a challenge or die early': This is Capt Shariff’s advice on ageing the best way one can. Some of you might know more about this subject than I do. A lot of it is out in the media, Internet and books. So I thought the best way would be to take a personal standpoint and tell you how I approach this question of ageing.If I cast my mind back, I can see turning points in my physical and mental health. Guess when I was young, I didn't bother too much, I assumed good health was God-given and would always be there. When I was much younger, I was really fond of drinking beer and smoking cigar, pipe etc. Often then, I would lost my voice because I'd been smoking furiously like a chimney or old train. I'd take a packet of 10 to deceive myself, but I'd run through the packet just watching the world goes by.Lately since reaching 55 plus years of age, I stopped smoking. It was atremendous deprivation because I was addicted to it. And I used to wake up dreaming...the nightmare was I resumed smoking.But I made a choice and said, if I continue this, I will not be able to survive too long. I didn't know anything about cancer of the throat or esophagus or the lungs, etc. But it turned out it had many other deleterious effects.Strangely enough after that, I became very allergic, hyper-allergic to smoking, so much so that I would plead with my friends, not to smoke in the room. You want to smoke, please go out, because I am allergic to smoke !.Then one day I was at the home of my colleague, meeting many old friends includingsome from the my old school mates and they took a picture of me and I had a big belly like that a beer belly. I felt no, no, this will not do.So I started playing more golf, hit hundreds of balls on the practice tee but this didn't go down. There was only one way it could go down: eat less, burn up more.Another turning point came when - this was from year 2000 onwards i.e. I was feeling tired easily. I was breathing deeply at the home, on the lawns. My daughter, said: 'What are you trying to do?' I said: 'I feel an effort to breathe in more oxygen.' She said: 'Don't play golf. Run. Aerobics.' So she gave me a book, quite a famous book and then, points swimming, running, whatever it is, cycling etc. I looked at it skeptically initially. I wasn't very keen onrunning. I was keen on golf. So I said, 'Let's try'. So in-between golf shots while playing on my own, sometimes nine holes at the Miri Golf Club, I would try and walk faster between shots.
Then I began to run between shots. And I felt better. After a while, I said: 'Okay, after my golf, I run.' And after a few years, I said: 'Golf takes so long. The running takes 15minutes. Let's cut out the golf and let's run or walk faster.' I think the most important thing in ageing is you got to understand yourself. And the knowledge now is all there. When I was growing up, the knowledge wasn'tthere. I had to get the knowledge from friends, from doctors.But perhaps the most important bit of knowledge that the doctor gave me was one day, when I said: 'Look, I'm feeling slower and sluggish.' So he gave me a medical encyclopedia and he turned the pages to ageing. I read it up and it was illuminating. A lot of it was difficult jargon but I just skimmed through to get the gist of it.As you grow and mature, you reach 20, 30, 40, 50 and then, thereafter, you are on a gradual slope down physically. Mentally, you carry on and on and on until you don't know what age, but mathematicians will tell you that they know their best output is when they're in their 20s and 30s when your mental energy is powerful and you haven't lost many neurons. That's what they tell me.So, as you acquire more knowledge, you then craft a program for yourself to maximize what you have. It's just common sense. I never planned to live till 80 or 90. I just didn't think about it. I said, 'Well, my mom died when she was 74, she had a stroke. My father is still alive and kicking, he is 90.'Indeed, he is living a long life, well, maybe it is his DNA and I pray/hope that I have his more than mom. But more than that, he does gardening every day and he kept himself busy. He was working in the tin mining industry. He was in charge, he was a superintendent of a tin mining Company. When he retired, he took up gardening very seriously and sweats it out everyday. My father was then living with my mother in his kampong home. And gardening kept him busy. He had that healthy routine ,,,,,,, And he keeps going.
Unfortunately since mom died 4 years back, dad had to leave his kampong home and live with his children in the city.But last year he fell, going down the steps from his room to the dining room, cracked his bones, one months incapacitated. Thereafter, he couldn't go back to his normal exercise duties. He has gradually loss his mental powers. So my calculations, I'm somewhere,,,,,,,,, and guess I've reached the halfway point now.
But have I?So at each stage, I learnt something more about myselfand I stored that. I said: 'Oh, this is now a danger point.'So all right, cut out fats, change diet, went to see a specialist in Columbia Hospital some time ago. He said: 'Take statins.' I said: 'What's that?' He said: 'it will help to reduce your cholesterol.'My doctors were concerned. So the doctors said: 'Take statins and don’t stop taking! so am on it for the past 2 years.'
So next deadline: my father's fall at 89.I'm very careful now because sometimes when I turn round too fast, I feel as if I'm going to get off balance. So my wife, an retired nursing sister, she took me to the Miri GH, there's this nerve conduction test, put electrodes here and there.The transmission of the messages between the feet and the brain has slowed down.So all the exercise, everything, effort put in, I'm fit, I swim at Kapas island, I walk at Miri Bulatan. But I can't prevent this losing of conductivity of the nerves and this transmission.So when I climb up the steps, I have no problem. When I go down the steps, I need to be sure that I've got something extra I can hang on to, just in case. So it's a constant process of adjustment. My right knee is giving me problems.But I think the most important single lesson I learnt in life was that if you isolate yourself, you're done for. The human being is a social animal - he needs stimuli, he needs to meet people, to catch up with the World.Because I still get to meet people of interest to me, while working with Shell again after my retirement in 2006. And I meet people and I get to understand what's happening in the world, what has changed etc. And that stimuli brings me to the world of today. I'm not living in the world, when I was active, more active i.e. 20, 30 years ago. So I tell my wife. She woke up late last Sunday. I said: 'Never mind, you come along by 12 o'clock. I go first. 'I'm determined that I will not, as long as I can, to be reduced, to have my horizons closed on me like that. It is the stimuli, it is the constant interaction with people that keeps me aware and alive to what's going on and what we can do to adjust to this different world.
Note; as such getting GLMS operational is my immediate tasking nowadays and it keeps me active mentally too.
In other words, you must have an interest in life. If you believe that at 55, you're retiring, you're going to read books, play golf and drink wine, then I thinkyou're done for. So statistically they will show you that all the people who retire and lead sedentary lives, the pensioners die off very quickly.So we now have a social problem with medical sciences, new procedures, new drugs, many more people are going to live long lives. If the mindset is that when Ireach retirement age 55, I'm old, I can't work anymore, I don't have to work, I just sit back, now is the time I'll enjoy life, I think you're making the biggest mistake of your life.After one month, or after two months, even if you go traveling with nothing to do, with no purpose in life, you will just degrade.The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.If you're not interested in the world and the world is not interested in you, the biggest punishment a man can receive is total isolation in a dungeon, black andcomplete withdrawal of all stimuli, that's real torture.If you want to see sunrise tomorrow or sunset, you must have a reason, you must have the stimuli to keep going.'
Am going back to my island and be a Pirate again very shortly ,,,,,,where I will meet many young and not so young people from all over the World.
Cheers mate,,,,,,,, be jolly be happy ho ho hoo!.
Capt.

Pirate Chief advise on aging from Kapas Island

Story of my post retirement life since 2006!!!!!!! 'Stay interested in the world, take on a challenge or die early': This is Capt Shariff’s advice on ageing the best way one can. Some of you might know more about this subject than I do. A lot of it is out in the media, Internet and books. So I thought the best way would be to take a personal standpoint and tell you how I approach this question of ageing.If I cast my mind back, I can see turning points in my physical and mental health. Guess when I was young, I didn't bother too much, I assumed good health was God-given and would always be there. When I was much younger, I was really fond of drinking beer and smoking cigar, pipe etc. Often then, I would lost my voice because I'd been smoking furiously like a chimney or old train. I'd take a packet of 10 to deceive myself, but I'd run through the packet just watching the world goes by.Lately since reaching 55 plus years of age, I stopped smoking. It was atremendous deprivation because I was addicted to it. And I used to wake up dreaming...the nightmare was I resumed smoking.But I made a choice and said, if I continue this, I will not be able to survive too long. I didn't know anything about cancer of the throat or esophagus or the lungs, etc. But it turned out it had many other deleterious effects.Strangely enough after that, I became very allergic, hyper-allergic to smoking, so much so that I would plead with my friends, not to smoke in the room. You want to smoke, please go out, because I am allergic to smoke !.Then one day I was at the home of my colleague, meeting many old friends includingsome from the my old school mates and they took a picture of me and I had a big belly like that a beer belly. I felt no, no, this will not do.So I started playing more golf, hit hundreds of balls on the practice tee but this didn't go down. There was only one way it could go down: eat less, burn up more.Another turning point came when - this was from year 2000 onwards i.e. I was feeling tired easily. I was breathing deeply at the home, on the lawns. My daughter, said: 'What are you trying to do?' I said: 'I feel an effort to breathe in more oxygen.' She said: 'Don't play golf. Run. Aerobics.' So she gave me a book, quite a famous book and then, points swimming, running, whatever it is, cycling etc. I looked at it skeptically initially. I wasn't very keen onrunning. I was keen on golf. So I said, 'Let's try'. So in-between golf shots while playing on my own, sometimes nine holes at the Miri Golf Club, I would try and walk faster between shots.
Then I began to run between shots. And I felt better. After a while, I said: 'Okay, after my golf, I run.' And after a few years, I said: 'Golf takes so long. The running takes 15minutes. Let's cut out the golf and let's run or walk faster.' I think the most important thing in ageing is you got to understand yourself. And the knowledge now is all there. When I was growing up, the knowledge wasn'tthere. I had to get the knowledge from friends, from doctors.But perhaps the most important bit of knowledge that the doctor gave me was one day, when I said: 'Look, I'm feeling slower and sluggish.' So he gave me a medical encyclopedia and he turned the pages to ageing. I read it up and it was illuminating. A lot of it was difficult jargon but I just skimmed through to get the gist of it.As you grow and mature, you reach 20, 30, 40, 50 and then, thereafter, you are on a gradual slope down physically. Mentally, you carry on and on and on until you don't know what age, but mathematicians will tell you that they know their best output is when they're in their 20s and 30s when your mental energy is powerful and you haven't lost many neurons. That's what they tell me.So, as you acquire more knowledge, you then craft a program for yourself to maximize what you have. It's just common sense. I never planned to live till 80 or 90. I just didn't think about it. I said, 'Well, my mom died when she was 74, she had a stroke. My father is still alive and kicking, he is 90.'Indeed, he is living a long life, well, maybe it is his DNA and I pray/hope that I have his more than mom. But more than that, he does gardening every day and he kept himself busy. He was working in the tin mining industry. He was in charge, he was a superintendent of a tin mining Company. When he retired, he took up gardening very seriously and sweats it out everyday. My father was then living with my mother in his kampong home. And gardening kept him busy. He had that healthy routine ,,,,,,, And he keeps going.
Unfortunately since mom died 4 years back, dad had to leave his kampong home and live with his children in the city.But last year he fell, going down the steps from his room to the dining room, cracked his bones, one months incapacitated. Thereafter, he couldn't go back to his normal exercise duties. He has gradually loss his mental powers. So my calculations, I'm somewhere,,,,,,,,, and guess I've reached the halfway point now.
But have I?So at each stage, I learnt something more about myselfand I stored that. I said: 'Oh, this is now a danger point.'So all right, cut out fats, change diet, went to see a specialist in Columbia Hospital some time ago. He said: 'Take statins.' I said: 'What's that?' He said: 'it will help to reduce your cholesterol.'My doctors were concerned. So the doctors said: 'Take statins and don’t stop taking! so am on it for the past 2 years.'
So next deadline: my father's fall at 89.I'm very careful now because sometimes when I turn round too fast, I feel as if I'm going to get off balance. So my wife, an retired nursing sister, she took me to the Miri GH, there's this nerve conduction test, put electrodes here and there.The transmission of the messages between the feet and the brain has slowed down.So all the exercise, everything, effort put in, I'm fit, I swim at Kapas island, I walk at Miri Bulatan. But I can't prevent this losing of conductivity of the nerves and this transmission.So when I climb up the steps, I have no problem. When I go down the steps, I need to be sure that I've got something extra I can hang on to, just in case. So it's a constant process of adjustment. My right knee is giving me problems.But I think the most important single lesson I learnt in life was that if you isolate yourself, you're done for. The human being is a social animal - he needs stimuli, he needs to meet people, to catch up with the World.Because I still get to meet people of interest to me, while working with Shell again after my retirement in 2006. And I meet people and I get to understand what's happening in the world, what has changed etc. And that stimuli brings me to the world of today. I'm not living in the world, when I was active, more active i.e. 20, 30 years ago. So I tell my wife. She woke up late last Sunday. I said: 'Never mind, you come along by 12 o'clock. I go first. 'I'm determined that I will not, as long as I can, to be reduced, to have my horizons closed on me like that. It is the stimuli, it is the constant interaction with people that keeps me aware and alive to what's going on and what we can do to adjust to this different world.
Note; as such getting GLMS operational is my immediate tasking nowadays and it keeps me active mentally too.
In other words, you must have an interest in life. If you believe that at 55, you're retiring, you're going to read books, play golf and drink wine, then I thinkyou're done for. So statistically they will show you that all the people who retire and lead sedentary lives, the pensioners die off very quickly.So we now have a social problem with medical sciences, new procedures, new drugs, many more people are going to live long lives. If the mindset is that when Ireach retirement age 55, I'm old, I can't work anymore, I don't have to work, I just sit back, now is the time I'll enjoy life, I think you're making the biggest mistake of your life.After one month, or after two months, even if you go traveling with nothing to do, with no purpose in life, you will just degrade.The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person: Keep yourselfinterested, have a challenge.If you're not interested in the world and the world is not interested in you, the biggest punishment a man can receive is total isolation in a dungeon, black andcomplete withdrawal of all stimuli, that's real torture.If you want to see sunrise tomorrow or sunset, you must have a reason, you must have the stimuli to keep going.'
Am going back to my island and be a Pirate again very shortly ,,,,,,where I will meet many young and not so young people from all over the World.
Cheers mate,,,,,,,, be jolly be happy ho ho hoo!.
Capt.

Ex-Pilot now a Pirate at Kapas Island !

Story of my post retirement life since 2006!!!!!!! 'Stay interested in the world, take on a challenge or die early':,,,,,,,,be a pirate ?.

This is Capt Shariff Abbas, the "Pirate Chief at Kapas Island", advice on ageing the best way one can. Some of you might know more about this subject than I do. A lot of it is out in the media, Internet and books. So I thought the best way would be to take a personal standpoint and tell you how I approach this question of ageing.
If I cast my mind back, I can see turning points in my physical and mental health. Guess when I was young, I didn't bother too much, I assumed good health was God-given and would always be there. When I was much younger, I was really fond of drinking beer and smoking cigar, pipe etc. Often then, I would lost my singing voice because I'd been smoking furiously like a chimney or old train.
I'd take a packet of 10 to deceive myself, but I'd run through the packet just watching the world goes by.
Lately since reaching 55 plus years of age, I stopped smoking. It was a
tremendous deprivation because I was addicted to it.
And I used to wake up dreaming...the nightmare was I resumed smoking.
But I made a choice and said, if I continue this, I will not be able to survive too long. I didn't know anything about cancer of the throat or esophagus or the lungs, etc. But it turned out it had many other deleterious effects.
Strangely enough after that, I became very allergic, hyper-allergic to smoking, so much so that I would plead and beg with my friends, not to smoke in the room. You want to smoke, please, please,,,,,, please go out side, because I am allergic to smoke !.
Then one day I was at the home of my colleague, meeting many old friends including some from the my old school mates and they took a picture of me and I had a big pot belly like that a beer belly. I felt no, no, this will not do. What's happening here?
So I started playing more golf, hit thousand of balls on the practice tee but this didn't go down well. There was only one way it could go down: eat less, burn up more.
Another turning point came when - this was from year 2000 onwards i.e. I was feeling tired and moody easily. I was breathing deeply at the home, on the lawns. My daughter, said: 'What are you trying to do?' I said: 'I feel an effort to breathe in more oxygen.' She said: 'Don't play golf. Run. Aerobics.'
So she gave me a book, quite a famous book and then, points swimming, running, whatever it is, cycling etc. I looked at it skeptically initially. I wasn't very keen on
running. I was keen on golf. So I said, 'Let's try'. So in-between golf shots while playing on my own, sometimes nine holes at the Miri Golf Club, I would try and walk faster between shots.
Then I began to run between shots. And I felt better. After a while, I said: 'Okay, after my golf, I run.' And after a few years, I said: 'Golf takes so long. The running takes 15
minutes. Let's cut out the golf and let's run or walk faster.'
I think the most important thing in ageing is you got to understand yourself. And the knowledge now is all there. When I was growing up, the knowledge wasn't
there. I had to get the knowledge from friends, from doctors.
But perhaps the most important bit of knowledge that the doctor gave me was one day, when I said: 'Look, I'm feeling slower and sluggish.' So he gave me a medical encyclopedia and he turned the pages to ageing. I read it up and it was illuminating. A lot of it was difficult jargon but I just skimmed through to get the gist of it.
As you grow and mature, you reach 20, 30, 40, 50 and then, thereafter, you are on a gradual slope down physically. Mentally, you carry on and on and on until you don't know what age, but mathematicians will tell you that they know their best output is when they're in their 20s and 30s when your mental energy is powerful and you haven't lost many neurons. That's what they tell me.
So, as you acquire more knowledge, you then craft a program for yourself to maximize what you have. It's just common sense. I never planned to live till 80 or 90. I just didn't think about it. I said, 'Well, my mom died when she was 74, she had a stroke. My father is still alive and kicking, he is 90.'
Indeed, he is living a long life, well, maybe it is his DNA and I pray/hope that I have his more than mom. But more than that, he does gardening every day and he kept himself busy. He was working in the tin mining industry. He was in charge, he was a superintendent of a tin mining Company. When he retired, he took up gardening very seriously and sweats it out everyday.
My father was then living with my mother in his kampong home. And gardening kept him busy. He had that healthy routine ,,,,,,, And he keeps going.
Unfortunately since mom died 4 years back, dad had to leave his kampong home and live with his children in the city.
But last year he fell, going down the steps from his room to the dining room, cracked his bones, one months incapacitated. Thereafter, he couldn't go back to his normal exercise duties. He has gradually loss his mental powers.
So my calculations, I'm somewhere,,,,,,,,, and guess I've reached the halfway point now.
But have I?

So at each stage, I learnt something more about myself
and I stored that. I said: 'Oh, this is now a danger point.'
So all right, cut out fats, change diet, went to see a specialist in Columbia Hospital some time ago.
He said: 'Take statins.' I said: 'What's that?' He said: 'it will help to reduce your cholesterol.'
My doctors were concerned. So the doctors said: 'Take statins and don’t stop taking! so am on it for the past 2 years.'

So next deadline: my father's fall at 89.
I'm very careful now because sometimes when I turn round too fast, I feel as if I'm going to get off balance. So my wife, an retired nursing sister, she took me to the Miri GH, there's this nerve conduction test, put electrodes here and there.
The transmission of the messages between the feet and the brain has slowed down.
So all the exercise, everything, effort put in, I'm fit, I swim at Kapas island, I walk at Miri Bulatan. But I can't prevent this losing of conductivity of the nerves and this transmission.

Piracy is our central theme at Kapas Island.

All of us want to be adored and respected/looked up by our fiends yaaa,,,to be powerful and authoritative in our position but fret not, just join us on Kapas Island, to the world of pirates and take up the chance of becoming the pirate of your dream.....in the South Chia Sea.
Start living the life that you can eat and sleep as you wish, curse and swear as you like, leave your soul and sail the open seas.
You are free to live in a world with the rules of your own.
Creat a name for yourself and build up a reputation !!!!!!!!!
Be one in the pirate community and earn the respect and adoration given to you by your fellow pirates.
Start living the adventure of your life !!!!!!!
Start now or walk the plank ?????
If you are one who is up to the challenge of becoming the best pirate of the South China Sea, one who enjoys the freedom of exploration, one who desires to live a life of fantasy and danger, one with the adventurous spirit,,,,,just join us at Capt's Longhouse, Kapas Island.

Yo ho hoo,,,,,Capt.

Pirate's Life at Kapas Island.

Come & Sing like a Pirate guys,,,,,,

We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Maraud and embezzle and even hijack.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.
We're rascals, scoundrels, villans and knaves.Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs!
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters and ne'er-do-well cads.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Aye!
But we're loved by our mommies and dads!
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
A pirate's life for me.

Pirate Chief of Kapas Island.,,,,,,,Yo Ho ho .....Yooooo Man.

RM20 Million $ ship wreck for waters off K.T.

Ho hoo hooooo,,,what's this plan to sink a former USS Navy Ship in the waters near Perhentian Island ?.
Why a USS Navy Ship, why not from ours ?.,,,,or just any old ship that is available locally ?. Shipwrecks are excellent structures to provide marine habitat for marine life to grow,,,but to spend 20 million $ is a big puzzle for even this old pirate chief to swallow-lah !. Must be other bigger real time pirate in K.T. working on this special project nampak-nya.
Why not just ask Mr. Bush to donate it for free since its an old unwanted ship from the US Navy.
I still don't see the logic-lah,,,having to pay 20 million $ for a ship and then sinking it,,,,geeeeeee terlampau kaya-kah kita orang Malaysia ?....or just stupid.
To those in Kuala Terengganu or in Kuala Lumpur,,,,please think real hard before this project takes off,,,or sink.

Pirate Chief Kapas Island.

Talk, walk & dream like a Pirate at Kapas Island.

YES,,,,,,want to be a pirate crew ?. If not, why not ?.
Come onboard to Capt's Longhouse at Kapas Island and be my crew.
We BBQ, Dive, Hunt for treasures ,,,,climb mountains, track through jungle, peep into caves and dig for hidden treasures,,,,,sound like fun ?.
Ho Hoo hoo hoooooo,,,,,calling from Pirate Chief himself !!!!!!
I will wait for you,,,,see you on Kapas Island o.kkkkkkkk.

Cheers,

Pirate Chief.

What's life about on Kapas Island.

The greatest affair in life is living to your imagination and it begins within ourself !. The interesting part of life at Kapas Island is that you are able to just do that. Guess what ?.,,,,, being part time pirates, we & you can behave, walk the talk as Pirates of the South China Sea as long as you are onboard the island.
Are we for real ?,,,,,,well do come over and see it for yourself-lah.,,,,,,Ho Hoo Ho,,,,hi haaaaa,,,,,?. Lets party every nite & day. And talk all day long like a pirate. Pirattitudeeeeee in you ?

Pirate Chief