Malaysia's tips for diplomats' wives
Two big news I received via Yahoo! News alert today.
1) Don't gossip, check the loo: Malaysia's tips for diplomats' wives
Don't be snide, don't gossip about the ambassador's wife and make sure your toilets are spotless: such are the ground rules for being a good diplomatic wife, Malaysia's foreign ministry says.
It released a book Friday containing that advice and more entitled "Useful Tips for the Diplomat's Wife."
Penned by Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin, the wife of Malaysia's foreign minister, the book offers tips on how to conduct oneself as well as on palace protocol and the role of an ambassador's wife.
"Take good care of your house," one page reads. "Maintain a clean home and pay extra attention to your toilet/bathroom/powder room and the kitchen. This is yours and your country's image."
Another advises: "When your husband is posted to a difficult post, support him and do not give him unnecessary stress by complaining about the place.
"Wives should be happy to be with their husband and their children wherever they are assigned."
The author has also included tips on royal palace protocol such as "Do not speak unless spoken to" and "Do not sit cross-legged."
2)Malaysia red-faced over mistaken tsunami warning
A malfunctioning intranet system of the seismology division of the Malaysian Meteorological Department of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry resulted in a wrong earthquake alert advisory being disseminated today.
The advisory issued shortly after 11am was on an earthquake/tsunami alert Level 2 with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale which had “occurred” at 10.45am near northern Sumatra, with the centre of the earthquake being near Pekan Baru,
250km southwest of Kuala Lumpur.
It also stated that tremors were expected to be felt in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia with a small possibility of a local destructive tsunami which could affect the coasts of Kedah, Perlis and Penang.
It also advised people to stay away from the beach and to be on standby for further instructions from the authorities.
A seismology division spokesman said this was the first time that such an error had occurred.
A Reuters report from KUALA LUMPUR: 'Malaysian authorities mistakenly issued a tsunami warning today, and their embarrassment only deepened when beachgoers failed to receive it.
“It’s a technical glitch. The system broke down and it issued an old warning to everyone including the media,” said the science minister’s press secretary Ainon Mohd.'
“We are asking the press to ignore the warning,” she said.
But one local media group had already issued the warning twice via its nationwide text-message service. The warning came from the meteorological department, part of the science ministry.
Malaysia tsunami warning tips for diplomats' wives
1) Don't gossip, check the loo: Malaysia's tips for diplomats' wives
Don't be snide, don't gossip about the ambassador's wife and make sure your toilets are spotless: such are the ground rules for being a good diplomatic wife, Malaysia's foreign ministry says.
It released a book Friday containing that advice and more entitled "Useful Tips for the Diplomat's Wife."
Penned by Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin, the wife of Malaysia's foreign minister, the book offers tips on how to conduct oneself as well as on palace protocol and the role of an ambassador's wife.
"Take good care of your house," one page reads. "Maintain a clean home and pay extra attention to your toilet/bathroom/powder room and the kitchen. This is yours and your country's image."
Another advises: "When your husband is posted to a difficult post, support him and do not give him unnecessary stress by complaining about the place.
"Wives should be happy to be with their husband and their children wherever they are assigned."
The author has also included tips on royal palace protocol such as "Do not speak unless spoken to" and "Do not sit cross-legged."
2)Malaysia red-faced over mistaken tsunami warning
A malfunctioning intranet system of the seismology division of the Malaysian Meteorological Department of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry resulted in a wrong earthquake alert advisory being disseminated today.
The advisory issued shortly after 11am was on an earthquake/tsunami alert Level 2 with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale which had “occurred” at 10.45am near northern Sumatra, with the centre of the earthquake being near Pekan Baru,
250km southwest of Kuala Lumpur.
It also stated that tremors were expected to be felt in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia with a small possibility of a local destructive tsunami which could affect the coasts of Kedah, Perlis and Penang.
It also advised people to stay away from the beach and to be on standby for further instructions from the authorities.
A seismology division spokesman said this was the first time that such an error had occurred.
A Reuters report from KUALA LUMPUR: 'Malaysian authorities mistakenly issued a tsunami warning today, and their embarrassment only deepened when beachgoers failed to receive it.
“It’s a technical glitch. The system broke down and it issued an old warning to everyone including the media,” said the science minister’s press secretary Ainon Mohd.'
“We are asking the press to ignore the warning,” she said.
But one local media group had already issued the warning twice via its nationwide text-message service. The warning came from the meteorological department, part of the science ministry.
Malaysia tsunami warning tips for diplomats' wives
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10:04 PM
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Eh, your logo is bigger than mine lah. LOL!
Kiasu ma !! Actually I was trying to reposition the logo from middle to top of the side bar, i pasted the wrong url that was a big gif image.
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