P1 cruiser crashed. Time to slow down?

In the Internet broadband world, the faster your speed, the better it is. The internet “highway” is a place where speed matters. But it doesn’t speak the same in the real world. Recently a P1 Wimax’s cruiser, that was spotted on a highway near KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport), crashed probably due to speeding. P1 Wimax is a telecommunications company in Malaysia that provides wireless broadband service that boasts of fast internet speeds.

Going too fast? Drive safe people!

1 killed, 29 injured in escalator accident in China

A 13-year-old boy was killed and 28 other people injured when an escalator at a Beijing subway station suddenly malfunctioned.

The accident occurred just after the morning rush hour, when witnesses heard a rising escalator grinding loudly and then saw it suddenly change direction.

The sudden tumult caused passengers standing on the escalator to lose their balance, with those at the top falling on the people behind them.

The accident happened on one of the Chinese capital's newest lines, but officials were quick to point the finger at the manufacturers of the escalator and to deny that the country's rush to build new public transport infrastructure had caused safety standards to decline.

The escalator was built by Otis and was still in its guarantee period, said Yang Ling, a spokesman with the Beijing Metro corporation. She added that it had undergone routine maintenance at the end of last month.

"People fell into a pile, and the boy and his father were buried under others," said an injured witness, a father going with his child to the zoo. The dead boy has not been named, and his father is in the intensive care unit of the Peking University People's Hospital. The boy's sister is also being treated for head injuries at another hospital.

Bomb scare at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

This afternoon during lunch I was on my way to have my lunch in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur. Pavilion is located in Jalan Bukit Bintang which is only a stone throw from my office in Jalan Kia Peng. I saw  policeman directing traffic away from Pavilion and the escalator that serves as the pedestrian entrance to Pavilion has been closed to public. There was a massive jam along Jalan Raja Chulan and a curious onlookers gather to watch is happening.

A police officer told me that the authorities received a call that there is a suspicious box which might be a bomb along the walkway within Pavilion’s compound. A bomb squat unit was deployed to defuse the bomb. Eventually it was discovered that it was prank by some irresponsible people. The white box contained wires which doesn’t contain any explosives. The childish act has caused a lot of inconvenience to the public. Well, some people here has not grown up and thought that this prank is funny!

So far Malaysia is still safe from terrorism and suicide bombing or any bombing incidences which have not occurred, as far as I can recall. Anyway, I still managed to grab a bite for my tummy at a stall nearby in Cosway building.