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August 28th 2008

Your finger determined your character

It is already an accepted fact that every single person in the world has a different set of fingerprints. The Chinese have devised a way to read personality & destiny traits by studying the waves and the circles that appear at the tips of everyone ‘ s fingers - indeed so convinced are they that in the old days the fingers of prospective daughters-in-law were carefully scrutinized by prominent families to ensure they did not unwittingly welcome women who had fingers that showed alternate circles and waves on their fingers, as it was commonly believed that such women would bring trouble into the family, being particularly difficult to control and usually very aggressive.

Guys should examine their left hands while women should look at their right hands. Continue Reading »

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July 3rd 2008

Save money in your daily life

Petrol price increasing, rice price increasing, rental increasing, inflation fly high…….the only thing that is not increase, SALARY! To survive in today’s cruel living style Continue Reading »

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June 30th 2008

Difference between “http” and “https”

The main difference between http:// and https:// is to keep you secure while browsing a website.

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it’s a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients.

The important thing is the letter “S” which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The “S” stands for ‘SECURE’.

If you visit a website or webpage and look at the web address in the web browser, it will likely begin with “http://”

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular ‘unsecured’ language. In other words, it is possible for someone to “eavesdrop” on your computer’s conversation with the website.

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June 29th 2008

Credit card Vs Cash

Credit card can be a very good source to solve your financial problem or when you are facing emergency. But most of the peoples now are using credit card for shopping, especially engage on an “installment plan”. Some even worst, they use the credit card to withdraw “cash advanced” which will be financially killing you in long term! Continue Reading »

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June 26th 2008

Learn on how to prevent global warming and save the world

What you can do in the office to save the world?

1. Manage office equipment energy use better
Office equipments and electronics use energy even when idle or on stand-by mode. To save energy at work, always activate the power management features on your PC (automatically shut down when idle for 30 mins), unplug laptop power cords when not in use and turn off all electrical equipments before leaving office.

2. Look for ENERGY STAR qualified products for the Office
When buying new products for your office at work or at home, get the features and performance you want and help reduce greenhouse gases and emissions of air pollutants. Look for ENERGY STAR qualified office equipment, such as computers, copiers, and printers, in addition to more than 50 product categories, including lighting, heating and cooling equipment and commercial appliances. Continue Reading »

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June 26th 2008

Tips on saving petrol

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I don’t know what you guys are paying for petrol … but here in Durban, we are also paying high for petrol, up to 47.35 per litre of petrol. But my line of work is in a petroleum company for about 40 years, so here are some tricks to get more of your money’s worth for every litre of petrol.

Here at the Marini Hike pipeline, where I work in Durban, we delivery about 4 million litres of petrol in a 24 hrs period thru the pipeline. Continue Reading »

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June 26th 2008

Credit card

Credit card fraud

What is a credit card fraud?

Credit card fraud occurs when there is a theft or fraud in a payment transaction by using a credit card to purchase or obtain unauthorized funds from a particular account. The fraud is usually occurs when there is a credit card stolen, credit card lost, credit card security code stolen, credit card application fraud and account take over.

What should you do if you lost your credit card?

If you lost your credit card, you should immediately report to the credit card issuer and if you feel it is necessary, report to the police too. Once you have report your lost credit card, you are no longer baring the responsibility on any unauthorized use of the credit card.

It is advisable to store all the contact numbers of the banks for any of your credit card, incase of any lost, you can immediately report to the bank without delay. This is important because the credit card is still usable until you notify the bank.

How to prevent your personal information being stolen?

For a standard credit card, it should contains the information as shown below:

  • Name of the card holder
  • Account number
  • Expiration date
  • Verification or CVV code (security code)

All these info can be highly useful for a theft as an additional information of credit card holder verification. With this information, the theft is able to perform payment transaction easily, especially on online transaction. To prevent these informations being stolen, here is some suggestions to share with.

  • Never perform any online transaction outside a security guarded website.
  • Ensure the transaction is made under link address start with “https”.
  • Never reveal any of your credit card information with anybody else.
  • Keep you credit card deep in your purse to prevent easy falls out.

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June 26th 2008

Rove beetle awareness

If you see a type of insect similar to ant, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH IT! Because this insect is poisonous, and will cause your skin allergies and itching, if serious, it will damage your neural. If the venom goes into your eye, you will be blind!

Thailand health department has announce a notice and remind the public this rain season, must be aware and be careful of this type of insect, called ROVE BEETLE. Continue Reading »

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