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The not-so-mysterious Malaysian, Taek Jho Low
Jul 29th
They reported that with his current lifestyle, he is spending millions on apartment rentals as well as splurging out on Champagne for well known celebrities.
They reported that he partied with Usher, Paris Hilton, Megan Fox, Jamie Foxx and Lindsay Lohan.
They reported that he flew Paris Hilton to France, South Africa and etc.
They reported that he’s dating Paris Hilton.
They’ve also reported that he’s a Malaysian.
One of the most read article on The Star Online today talks about this specific guy where he was interviewed by the local newspaper The Star.
Right place, right time, right people
Q: You did your A-Levels at Harrow. How important was that to you being who you are today?
A: There were a few key relationships which I started to develop there. Harrow had lots of children of prominent European, Asian and Middle Eastern families. That’s when I met the former King of Jordan’s son, among others.
That time was a very important time for me. That’s when I felt that I built the core foundation of contacts for the future. That’s quite important, because that’s when you know them as friends and you build the trust level for the future as opposed to meeting someone during the course of your business life.
After Harrow I went to Wharton and expanded my network. Throughout the course from 1998 to 2005, it turned out to be a key development period. I believe in hard work and persistence.
But admittedly, success is also attributable to being at the right place and right time and meeting the right people coupled with a trusting relationship.
Q: Tell us about your time in The Wynton Group.
A: I took a semester off when I was in Wharton to start an investment company called The Wynton Group. It had an initial capital of US$25mil (RM79.8mil) mainly provided by my family and close Middle Eastern and South-East Asian friends.
We started out with mainly portfolio investments around the world. Subsequently, we decided to move from just buying and selling public shares to private equity.
As of today, Wynton’s investments stand in excess of US$1bil. When I started the company I was still in university, I had a SOHO, home-office type concept. Subsequently, it was formalised and we had offices in Malaysia, Singapore and headquarters in British Virgin Island.
Q: What were the best stocks you invested in?
A: The funny thing is, when I was in university, I wrote a couple of articles for the Wharton journal. Some recommendations turned out well, some were terrible. Wharton educates you to look at a diverse portfolio. At the end of the day, it was about returns and diversification.
Q: In the Middle East, which countries do you spend the majority of your time?
A: I started with the relationships I built during the days I spent in London, particularly with good friends in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. I see a lot of opportunities for Malaysians, especially in the Middle East, just purely because there is so much liquidity and capital and vice versa from Middle East to Malaysia, which is where my interest is.
Ultimately, I am Malaysian. I am one who does not forget my country and I think there is a lot we can do for Malaysia. But when you build the trust of investors, you need to deliver what you promised.
Q: So who is this person that you know in Abu Dhabi?
A: I have a lot of close friends and close contacts in Abu Dhabi. In particular, I am very good friends with His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba, who was formerly the director of international relations at the Crown Prince’s court and he is currently the ambassador for UAE to the US and Mexico. Yousef is the son of Dr Mana Al Otaiba who is the first oil minister for the UAE.
Q: He was someone you met at Harrow?
A: No, he was someone who was introduced by my friends. Of course, I am also close friends with several members of the Abu Dhabi royal family. It’s a very small circle of key movers and shakers in Abu Dhabi.
I think the great thing between Abu Dhabi and Malaysia is that they have really committed a lot to Malaysia and I think it is not only what we can see from the press, on the G-to-G (government-to-government) level but even at the private business levels. There is a lot of turst from them with respect to Malaysian companies operating there especially in the construction sector.
Q: What is your relationship with Hamad Al-Wazzan?
A: He is a friend of mine from the Wharton School and was several years my junior. He is from the Al-Wazzan family, a fairly prominent family in Kuwait. His uncle is quite important there and he is purely a friend of mine who spent a lot of time with our usual group of friends in New York, that probably led to the New York Post article, in which there is some points that need clarification. (Hamad is a successful investment banker and entreprenuer)
I spent a lot of time in New York and I have a lot of friends that studied at Wharton who subsequently ended up in Wall Street. In the course of raising funds for our new investments, we believed we should expand to the Middle East and look at some institutional investors in the US. So we spent a lot of time in New York. It’s true that were are all staying at the same apartment, called the Park Imperial. But no, I did not rent the Park Imperial, but I would say it was a very nice apartment. There were about 12 of us, so it was a fairly large place. I think it was about 5,000 sq ft.
Q: It was obviously rented. Who paid for it?
A: Neither me nor Hamad. It was another friend of ours who rented the apartment.
Q: Is it true that it was US$100,000 a month to rent?
A: I’m not sure although I can say that I contributed to the food budget.
Q: It was more like a schoolboy crash-together sort of thing?
A: Yes, it was 12 friends in one place and spending time together because we had not caught up in a long time.
Q: Were these all Wharton boys?
A: Some from Wharton, some from Harrow. It was a mixture. It was exaggerated somewhat in terms of the spending. During the time there, we enjoyed dinner in nice places and they all came from pretty wealthy families so they had spending power. And sometimes the Wall Street friends invited us for events. On that particular occasion when the New York Post ran the article, it was in reference to a party that was thrown for a friend’s engagement.
Q: How do you feel being in the spotlight when your friends have managed to somehow escape the spotlight?
A: That’s the interesting part. I think probably it was more to do with the public relations aspect of it because, as a Malaysian, I come from a fairly okay family but nowhere as close to the prominence and wealth levels of the people that I usually spend time with who also are my very good friends. So generally, I am usually the concierge service that arranges everything, and thus my name is all over the place.
Q: So you were the fall guy?
A: I wouldn’t say I was the fall guy. I am the person who called and made the reservations, the bookings and so on. Unless of course, we were invited by others, then the others made the arrangements.
Q: Was it because they were less well-organised and you more organised?
A: No, I think it was more because most of their families were my investors.
Q: So you were looking after your investors?
A: Yes. I go through the entire motion. I think a relationship with an investor is not just about managing their money well. Although it is not in my job scope, but if my friend says he wants a flight urgently to somewhere or he wants a dinner reservation at a well known place, I’ll do my best to make it happen.
Q: Was there a US$160,000 bill in Avenue (nightclub)?
A: I think factually there was a party being thrown for a friend’s engagement which I was told cost around US$160,000. Left to me, I would not spend that kind of money.
Q: So what about your birthday party in Las Vegas?
A: It was actually a group of my close friends; some of them were my investors who threw me this surprise party which I must say was memorable and phenomenal and I was very surprised by it. I guess that is what good friends are for. It was for my 28th birthday last November.
Q: Did you guys book almost the entire Caesar’s Palace for this?
A: No, it was a party they threw for me at the poolside of Caesar’s Palace.
Q: Did you send Cristal champagne to Lindsay Lohan?
A: I think there is a pattern of trying to paint me as this person who orders a lot of champagne excessively. But I think the fact is to realise that these are special instances where different events have been held and in many cases not organised by me. One point I want to clarify for certain is neither me nor my brother spent in excess of US$2mil in St Tropez. That is 100% factually not true, for sure. It was 40-50 of us friends who ordered some drinks and had a good relaxing night. For me, we all work very hard. Of course, we have a disadvantage where at our age, people may perceive it differently. At the end of the day, I run my investors’ money prudently. I generate returns for them. I am not an excessive person but I do have my breaks for relaxation with friends.
Q: So you are not this international man of mystery?
A: I guess I was known as the international man of mystery because nothing is known about me. And I hope after today, it addresses a lot of points.
Q: All this publicity, has it helped or hindered you?
A: A lot of people have talked to me about it and if it will affect my business because some of my investors are from Islamic countries. Firstly, an important key point is trust. If you don’t trust me, you won’t trust me to invest in me. Second, it is a gross exaggeration of facts. Third, with the amount media attention, although it has been very challenging on me, it is through this rising above from challenges that we learn to better ourselves, so I decided that it was an opportune time to come out and state the facts.
Q: Your father was quoted in Chinese newspapers as asking you to lie low. Did he?
A: I spoke to my father and I was actually informed that he did not talk to the press. I think maybe that was a casual conversation or misquote, I’m not sure. But I have spoken to my parents and of course they were quite concerned with all the publicity and how that may negatively impact us. As what I learnt in business school, in life if you don’t take challenges, you will never grow. I think it served an important experience for me in self-improvement.
Q: Lets talk about Paris Hilton. Are the two of you dating?
A: Rick and Kathy Hilton, Paris and Nikki’s parents, are a prominent real estate family based out of LA and I was introduced to the family by a good friend of mine. I have actually known the family for a while now. So that was how I know the children. The girls were on this trip with a whole list of other people, about 40-plus people. We had very prominent and successful friends from Russia, Kazakhstan and the Middle East too. We are all in the same group and we introduced ourselves to each other.
Q: During the World Cup in South Africa, did you have a corporate box at Johannesburg Soccer Citystadium?
A: First, there was some talk that I chartered a plane from London to South Africa. Just for clarification, I did not charter a plane but I was on a chartered flight with close to 20-30 people. What’s important to realise is half the time or most of the time, I’m with my investors or the children of my investors or together with a bunch of friends that have worked very hard to build their own entrepreneurial businesses or inherited from their parents. They have very good lifestyles and I guess, I’m fortunate in some ways because I get to enjoy their lifestyles but unfortunately I’m painted as the one that is leading an excessive kind of lifestyle.
Q: There is another story that you are not interested in Paris but in Nicky Hilton.
A: That’s factually not true. I actually know Nicky’s boyfriend. He is called David Katzenberg, the father is actually one of the founders of Dreamworks (Studios).
A millionaire before graduating
KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman and Malaysia’s most famous socialite Jho Low made his first million – in US dollars – when he was barely 20 years old when he took a semester off from The Wharton School of Business to set up an investment fund that is today worth in excess of US$1bil (RM3.19bil).
In his first-ever interview with the media, Low said he was in the right place at the right time and also that he had gone to the right schools – Harrow School in England and The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
He tells of how at these schools he met and befriended Arab royalty, describing the relationship as being important since how they became friends at such a young age created a great amount of trust between them.
His private equity fund, called The Wyndon Group, started off with a capital of US$25mil (RM79.7mil) from his family and nine other investors made up of his schoolmates and their families. Low, 28, is the third and youngest child in the family of Datuk Larry Low, who founded the engineering company MWE.
Low Taek Jho or better known as Jho LowAge: 28
Place of birth: Penang
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 88kg
Languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Hokkien, Teo Chew and Basic ArabicEducation
Primary: Union Primary School
Secondary: Chung Ling High School/Uplands School (O-Levels) Harrow School, London (1998-2000) (A-Levels)
Tertiary: The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2000-2005) (Bachelor of Science in Economics majoring in Finance)Career
> At the age of 20, started an investment company called The Wynton Group with US$25mil from family and South-East Asian and Middle Eastern friends. The investment company in which he owns a stake is now worth in excess of US$1bil.
> Appointed to the board of UBG Bhd as group adviser and non-independent & non-executive director in 2008.
> Group adviser to several international corporations involved in global private equity, M&A and buyouts
> Tomorrow: Jho Low talks about a new investment fund, his plans for Malaysia including making Hollywood movies here with good friend and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx.
After reading the so called “interview” by this dude, i must say that i’m pretty impressed with his achievements, well if what he said is true. Then again i wonder, how many of such people who were sent to schools and colleges mentioned above really did made good friendships and came out with such an awesome achievement. To manage his network amongst his “special” friends nicely and to get the best out of it. There’re so many spoilt rich kids out there nowadays and if this piece of story is true, then those rich kids should really look up to him, his parents must have been really proud of him doing so good in life.
Then again if this whole information from the interview between The Star and Jho Low is true, well shame on most of the mass media platform/publications because it tells us exactly how a whole span of stories could be made up based on just that few pictures.
Everyone have been blasting bloggers for blogging unconfirmed news and whatsoever but hey are the so called “media” out there telling the truth in their daily reports and news articles? It’s all the same actually, biasness will be there and there’ll be people defending different sides due to various reasons.
This whole Jho Low scandal, gossips and celebrity news have been around for almost a year already. LOL man.
Noticed that i said “if” and “true” quite often?
Seriously if you ask me, i won’t believe 100% on the information from the interview. I’ll just believe half of it and fill up the other half with the various scandals, there must be some truth in all these articles, just that some of it have been exaggerated.
Let me just assume this that Taek Jho Low have had enough of all these stupid publicity in the past 1 year that leads to these “advertorial” interview articles being published? Is it possible? =D
After all, he’s rich what!
Just an assumption and on top of that i’m here urging people to stop blasting bloggers and blogs because everyone is bias and nobody can be 100% sure of the real truth. Just get the positive out of everything and well…
If you Don’t like, Don’t read, That’s about it. =)
*oh if you wonder why i copied the entire article from The Star, that’s because in case The Star decide to remove it that is. It happens all the time, on news site. Reason? Unknown but i know it happens…
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Paris just part of the group
Right place, right time, right people
A millionaire before graduating
Blog about Sony Music Malaysia Facebook Site and get 2 FREE CD!
Jun 20th
22 June 2010
6PM Comments Closed
1.30PM
UPDATE : The free CD giveaway on this blog post here is only valid until 22 June 2010 6PM.
IF you notice, since Facebook surfaced taking over the world wide web by storm, a lot more people are spending more time online. Since then, many companies have also joined in and make their presence more visible through the online cyberspace.
These companies have been engaging the online users providing useful information and i must say, Sony Music Malaysia is one of the most generous and informative company around that uses Online Social Media tools effectively.
Apart from the usual updates on Music and Entertainment on the various artist under their roof, Sony Music Malaysia Facebook site do give out prizes from time to time which includes CDs, premiums, movie tickets, movie premiums, showcase passes and even “Meet & Greet” passes.
To state out some of the great stuffs i’ve gotten from Sony Music Malaysia – attending Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 Press Conference early this year as well as watching American Idol Season 8 Winner – Kris Allen Performing Live at The Gardens.
To cut things short, i’m going to share a good news with all of you out there!!
BLOG ABOUT SONY MUSIC MALAYSIA FACEBOOK PAGE AND GET 2CDs OF YOUR CHOICE!!
Yes, you can choose 2 CDs from artists like Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Usher Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Boys Like Girls, Jay Chou 周杰伦, Wang Lee Hom 王力宏 Tata Young and etc! List of Sony Music artists.
Here’s the steps you NEED TO READ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW!
1. “LIKE” Sony Music Malaysia Facebook Page
2. BLOG about Sony Music Malaysia Facebook Page.
3. GIVE ME YOUR DETAILS – Leave your blog entry permalink, name and email address/handphone number under the comments section in this blog post.
RULES :
- Only open to Malaysian residents.
- Only the First 10 bloggers who does all the 3 steps above CORRECTLY are entitled to get the 2 Free CDs from Sony Music Malaysia.
*If you’ve participated in a similar free CDs giveaway in other blogs, you won’t be entitle to this again, give other people chance mah ok?
**If you didn’t provide enough information then you won’t be able to get the 2 free CDs as well
ALL THE BEST!!
*Sony Music Malaysia is on Twitter as well and they do give out freebies through Twitter from time to time as well. Follow @sonymusicmy alright?!
WordCamp Malaysia 2010
May 23rd
Attended the 1st ever Wordcamp Conference in Malaysia just yesterday. Well, won’t say much about it though…
Just go through the tweets tweeted during the session aite? It’s quite lengthy and i’ve actually removed more crap tweets/repeating tweets from the #wcmy timeline. I guessed the information below is enough to get you a picture of what happened in the event.
Note : Do view from bottom to top xD
BY AIZAT FAIZ
@tjunkie @aizatto uses vim…a true coder #wcmy
@safirulalredha Plugin usually breaks when u enabled multi-site features WP 3.0 #wcmy
@aizatto : put screen shots, esp of admin page. It’s the deciding factor. #wcmy
@Strifemare @goldfries #wcmy this last talk was very technically engaging 
@safirulalredha Browse WP plugins repos: http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org #wcmy
@icednyior There are a total of 1133 hooks. Refer to codex, plugin dir & google #wcmy
@alexleonard #wcmy plugin dev talk very fast, but a good base introduction.
@ruhanirabin WordPress Plugin development at #wcmy 
keep the slides in black text on white could’ve helped http://tweetphoto.com/23440841
@vironia WordPress action hooks do something while filter hooks transform (and returns value) via @aizatto #wcmy
@icednyior @aizatto : wp_enqueue_style() lets u add custom stylesheet by defining URL of said stylesheet #wcmy
@icednyior Why array callbacks = Easier for segmentation, and to avoid name conflicts to name a few. #wcmy /via @vernieman
@vernieman @icednyior Easier for segmentation, and to avoid name conflicts to name a few. #wcmy
@icednyior #wcmy add_filter() has a optional part for priority – in numbers. Smaller # = higher priority
@safirulalredha See: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards #wcmy
@vironia @aizatto giving code examples on 2 types of hooks – action and filters #wcmy
@icednyior #wcmy Faiz prefers array callbacks. Didn’t catch why. Filters have to return something.
@icednyior Add_filter has 2 parts. Hook name & call back – the latter determines what Php function to call #wcmy
@blogjunkie New post: Theme Frameworks: A Glimpse Into The Future Of WordPress Themes [WordCamp Malaysia Presentation] – http://bit.ly/bAM5VZ #wcmy
@wordcampmy Beginning WordPress plugin development by @aizatto…is it technical or geek enough? #wcmy
@icednyior WordPress prefers dashes instead of underscores for spaces #wcmy
@mahyuni @aizatto basically doing ‘actions & filters for wp for dummies’ Rockin.#wcmy
@vernieman There are 1133 hooks in WP (v2.9). Which hook do you use for plugin development? /via @aizatto #wcmy #WPdev
@vironia WordPress plugin dev talk by @aizatto now #wcmy http://yfrog.com/5ucjsj
@alexleonard #wcmy Really looking forward to this plugin development talk.
BY LIEWCF, HONGKIAT, JAMESYEANG@FRIEDBEEF
@liewcf @goldfries do NOT sell links, unless buyer allow “nofollow” #wcmy
@vernieman Malaysia’s first Facebook employee @aizatto up next – “Beginning WordPress Plugin Development” #wcmy
@aizatto new post at blog.aizatto.com: Beginning WordPress Plugin Development http://bit.ly/awXlPJ #wcmy
@tjunkie Happy Birthday @naokomc #wcmy http://twitpic.com/1pxn9o
@Ian joonian wcmy 70% of sg traffic is outbound (non-sg websites). so i don’t recommend nuffnang/advertelets. /via @abanghazrul
@mahyuni the cake is not a lie! http://twitpic.com/1pxmeq #wcmy
@liewcf “@joshuaongys: @liewcf is encouraging us to fire our boss hahahhah” Er.. Not really.. I mean “focus” #wcmy
@linus_chew @jenkinyat I had to ask that question, because #nuffnang sucks and i want to change bloggers perception on moneytization #wcmy
@clayap #wcmy Thank s@liewcf @hongkiat @friedbeef for sharing
@simonlim88 #wcmy use ipad to inform speakers on time’s up..very geeky.. http://tweetphoto.com/23437019
@naokomc Enjoyed the panel session by top bloggers who love what they do. Great job @blogjunkie & speakers @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef #wcmy
@abanghazrul #wcmy 70% of sg traffic is outbound (non-sg websites). so i don’t really recommend nuffnang/advertelets. locals place ads on adsense anwy
@linus_chew #wcmy question: How do define/charge advertisers for your ad space.
@Khairul khairul Winners don’t use Nuffnang or Advertlets. Amen. #wcmy
@whykimi #wcmy does page load speed affects traffics? I do know liewcf.com looks so plain yet it loads very fast!
@scamboy @liewcf says “beg” for comments on blog #wcmy
@tjunkie How do you promote your blog initially to generate traffic #wcmy
@goldfries #wcmy @hongkiat @icednyior most people stop even before they start making money. they’re better off not blogging. attitude no there.
@scamboy @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef says No to Affiliate ads but the moderator @blogjunkie says Yes and recommends it….hmn #wcmy
@thechannelc Give seminars. Big $$. #wcmy
@wafflehausmedia @blogjunkie $500 USD in 6 months by switching blogging strat… promoting affiliate themes. something is still broken… #wcmy
@vernieman Good and insightful questions by @blogjunkie to speakers @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef #wcmy
@Bennimaru Start off with a passion, let it come naturally #wcmy
@jtheomfg Wud love to hear abt ppl like @kennysia or @paultantk ‘s input instead of all tech bloggers. #wcmy
@icednyior @hongkiat says consistency is important. Lots of ppl stop after they didn’t make money #wcmy
@mahyuni @blogjunkie doing great job moderating blog monetisation panel #wcmy
@vernieman Just noticed: All four web geeks onstage wear glasses @liewcf @blogjunkie @hongkiat @friedbeef #wcmy @qwertyjuan
@vernieman “If you hate the look of your own site, then there’s too many ads”. /via @liewcf | LOL, I vote him for funniest personality of the day #wcmy
@icednyior @hongkiat rewards loyal rewards with contests. If ur readers are loyal, they will understand u need money #wcmy
@icednyior @friedbeef uses a WP plugin to set 1st page no ads, older posts will serve ads. #wcmy
@whykimi #wcmy Malaysia problogger talks about ads, say… How much they really earn?? Liewcf can even buy gf!!!
@wafflehausmedia @vernieman I believe it should be 80/20… Especially in aff marketing. premium content 80%, selling 20% or less! #wcmy
@vernieman Interesting insight from @friedbeef. Rewards loyal readers by reducing ads. #wcmy
@icednyior @friedbeef : focus on content first then put ads. Don’t put all ads on little content #wcmy
@vernieman “Monetising Your Blog” forum – Ideal Content to Ads ratio – 70:30 #wcmy
@dannyfoo On the spot: @friedbeef @hongkiat @liewcf moderated by @blogjunkie http://twitpic.com/1pxf2b iPhone ain’t a DSLR. #wcmy
@icednyior @liewcf : ads shld match the content. Blend well with design. This will increase clickthru #wcmy
@Bennimaru Traffic to your blog relates directly to the returns you’ll make. Provide topics/content of value to ur readers. #wcmy
@icednyior Ur niche has to be something that ppl actually has product to sell #wcmy
@icednyior Pageview doesn’t always equate money. Lower traffic blogs might earn more if it’s a niche #wcmy
@icednyior Page views a day: @friedbeef & @liewcf = 7-10k @hongkiat = 120k #wcmy
@linus_chew @alexleonard #wcmy yuppers but if you are in college wanting to be a entrepreneur #websitespark will help in a short run
@vernieman “I get 120K page views per day” /via @hongkiat #wcmy
@vernieman “My Honda City’s name is Adsense.” /via @liewcf | LOL, this guy’s funny. And rich. (Malaysia’s true fulltime pro-blogger) #wcmy
@linus_chew #wcmy my honda city is from #adsense -lol
@qwertyjuan 4 super geeks on stage now @friedbeef @hongkiat @liewcf @Blogjunkie #wcmy
@wordcampmy Forum discussion on #wcmy about Niche Blogging / Make Money Online – @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef and moderated by @blogjunkie
BY LAI HOONG FAI
@linus_chew @alexleonard #wcmy but its great for startup nonetheless with free tools, MSDN access but there are still clauses
@icednyior Forum discussion at #wcmy – @blogjunkie moderating. On the panel @liewcf @friedbeef @hongkiat http://twitpic.com/1pxbkw
@ruhanirabin @lightyoruichi its a good thing that microsoft is giving so much attention at wordpress #wcmy
@scamboy @chenhaw won’t it for “microsoft loves wordpress! we all love wordpress… but not everybody loves microsoft… :p #wcmy” lol!!
@vironia Not only BizSpark, Microsoft has WebsiteSpark now @faister #wcmy
@mahyuni Conflicting impressions of @faister’s presso content but no doubt his presso skills damn decent as we’re paying attention #wcmy
@scamboy Microsoft loves WordPress but WordPress loves OPEN SOURCE…. hmn #wcmy
@icednyior Windows Azure – m$ public cloud server storage supports wordpress #wcmy
@scamboy more mentions on #microsoft #silverlight and video here at #wcmy right now… Isn’t this supposed 2 be WORDPRESS + Microsoft talk?
@linus_chew #wcmy localhost server option #xampp or #wamp do we really need #azure ?
@aizatto Down the rabbit hole we go. Whats on the other end? The talk has strayed from WordPress to Silverlight to Video Encoding #wcmy
@tjunkie Looks like is a Silverlight talk more than WordPress now #wcmy
@Bennimaru Silverlight media players detect ur connection speed n cater the video quality accordinly. No buffering! #wcmy
@linus_chew #wcmy It took 5secs for IIS and silverlight to load a video and play on a localhost!
@nickywoo ms silverlight media player is open source. How can micro$oft and open source be in the same sentence? #wcmy
@ruhanirabin #silverlight on #wordpress at #wcmy http://tweetphoto.com/23431738
@scamboy Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight WHERE IS WORDPRESS? “Microsoft” talk here… #wcmy
@icednyior Install silverlight for WP plugin, put in the name of .xap file that’s in yr wp directory and it’ll be embeded into ur post #wcmy
@khairul Silverlight plugin let you embed Silverlight app into posts. #wcmy
@manmohanjit Silverlight app demo on WordPress via the Silverlight for WordPress plugin #wcmy
@mahyuni Sliverlight for WordPress & Silverlight Gallery among MS plugins created for WordPress #wcmy
@mahyuni microsoft.com/web to download Web Installer for you to install local comp install of WP #wcmy
@vernieman MSFT: Running WP on Microsoft is a piece of cake with Web Platform Installer @faister #wcmy
@icednyior Cloud is not webhosting – imagine it as a rubberband. it expands when u need it. Pay what u use. Rated billing. #wcmy
@Bennimaru Microsoft, cloud hosting & wordpress #wcmy
BY JIMMY NGU
@wegopro #wcmy buddypress is bigger than just a community plugin….
@Bennimaru Great demo/examples presented by @thepremiumpress on geo-tagging with #BuddyPress. #wcmy
@icednyior Buddypress website – www.buddypress.org #wcmy
@icednyior My tip: Simple plugin to add map to your basic wordpress blog – www.wpgeo.com #wcmy
@mahyuni “There’s nothing more relevant than geo-relevant data” #wcmy. Eh?
@icednyior Buddypress creates a whole new type of wordpress. Bring ur site out of the box & it’s free #wcmy
@kreativethemes BuddyPress as Event Management and Geolocation tools looks promissing #wcmy
@icednyior Buddypress features easily extensible plugins – make a Flickr like site, add events feature, ratings, geolocation #wcmy
@Bennimaru Extensions for #BuddyPress: doc sharing, photo albums, tweet/face streams, ratings, geolocation, events & more #wcmy
@mahyuni Highlights of #wcmy so far – WP 3.0 previews, theme frameworks, smart talk abt SEO Downers: Pressos that are quickly becoming old.
@vernieman Check out http://irrationalgames.com built on BuddyPress + WP. #wcmy | Nice, very nice.
@icednyior U can build ur own foursquare by redefining the social layer in buddypress #wcmy
@vernieman Hmm…might consider trying out #BuddyPress for www.r3gister.org and forum. Forum uses Simple Machines tho. Potential nightmare. #wcmy
@vernieman Nice. BuddyPress is a re-definable Social Layer. Build your own Foursquare, FTW! #wcmy
@Bennimaru BuddyPress will be great for focus groups, community sites. Catering for individuals wif similar interests #wcmy
@tjunkie @jimmynguyc from ThePremiumPress up now on geo-tagging with BuddyPress…Let’s Buddy up #wcmy
@Bennimaru BuddyPress adds the “social” element to WordPress blogs. #wcmy
BY YAHYA AYOB
@vernieman Don’t use iframe. Use xfbml + javascript for FB Like button. More data output on FB wall. /via yahya_ayob #wcmy
@icednyior Plugins for social media – sociable’s facebook connect, wordbooker #wcmy
@icednyior Wp becomes social through sharing links, comments, discus #wcmy
@tianchad Yahya is sharing about self influence. Which means find a niche and kakiis to work together #wcmy
@amirulfaisyal Yahya Ayob from S’pore on social media with WordPress, #wcmy
BY LIEW CHEON FONG
@qwertyjuan “You get linked, when your content it good.” Well done @liewcf ! #wcmy
@khairul Lotsa questions coming to @liewcf. People are really interested in SEO. Or, money. #wcmy
@vernieman Shorten permalinks. Remove date/month/year if blog content is not time-specific. /via @liewcf #wcmy
@bernardyeoh @liewcf says BE NATURAL….he makes SEO sounds so cool..hehe.. #wcmy
@blogjunkie @liewcf I also like to use the Scribe SEO plugin to automatically scan & optimise my content for keywords http://bit.ly/btEH9d #wcmy
@icednyior Disable non relevant pages indexing – category/tag/archives page. Add to ur header Code : #wcmy
@icednyior Rename your image filename with keywords. Helps image search #wcmy
@tjunkie Keywords and nothing but keywords @liewcf #wcmy
@manmohanjit First paragraph should be the main keywords/summary of your post #wcmy
@manmohanjit post title + post id = good seo. Avoid duplicates with unique id’s #wcmy
@manmohanjit Remove irrelevant words from permalinks #wcmy @
@icednyior Tools for keywords – google adwords keywords or wordtracker GTrends. Yes, free #wcmy
@icednyior Choose low competition but high traffic keywords #wcmy
@nickywoo @liewcf talking about – SEO for blogs. “Get found on the search engine!” #wcmy
@vernieman Up next – SEO for blogs by @liewcf. Listen and listen good guys, if you want to make money that is! #wcmy
BY DAVID WANG
@amanfirdaus You can’t talk bout non-GPL coz it is one of the rule of the WordCamp. #wcmy
@clayap #wcmy @blogjunkie pointed out how to make life easy by using theme framework
@mahyuni Not at #wcmy? Check out @blogjunkie’s slide at slides.blogjunkie.net
@dannyfoo Theme frameworks are the future. Want-to-be Malaysia theme designers take note. #wcmy
@alexleonard #wcmy Oh, @blogjunkie I’m going to be super pedantic on a semantic note. etc are ‘elements’ not ‘tags’
@mahyuni @blogjunkie says: Learn to use hooks. Put custom functions into functions.php. Hook functions into WP actions & filters. #wcmy
@mahyuni @blogjunkie giving tip of one way of customising themes – create a custom.css file. Keep form/function separate, easier to manage #wcmy
@icednyior Create a folder for ur child theme in same folder as parent theme. #wcmy
@wordcampmy 3 types of Theme Framework: Child Theme, Upgradable Core and Custom CSS/function by @blogjunkie in #wcmy
@mahyuni @blogjunkie giving breakdown of theme frameworks & challenges with different type of f’works #wcmy
@mahyuni @blogjunkie says that theme frameworks have now made WP a viable CMS solution for businesses.#wcmy
@Bennimaru WordPress for businesses, here comes the juice #wcmy
@icednyior Y buy? Premium themes offer better support. Buy 1 framework, get multiple styles #wcmy
@mahyuni @blogjunkie noting that premium theme market has exploded to point there are even M’sian teams in the business #wcmy
@icednyior @blogjunkie explaining history of theme framework. Child themes enable upgrading of theme w/o losing ur customization #wcmy
@wordcampmy For #wcmy agenda, you may refer to http://cot.ag/9R8hED
@icednyior theme framework – solid codebase to start other projects, theme hooks (actions & filters), like developing a plugin #wcmy
@Bennimaru Theme framework is a solid codebase to build other projects with. #wcmy
@vernieman Level5′s David Wang aka @blogjunkie on stage to talk about Theme Frameworks. Woohoo! @level5creative #wcmy
BY KEVIN ZAHRI
@alexleonard wcmy @kevinzahri is picking some holes in WordPress
@Sashi #wcmy @kevinzahri mentioned how social media pulled away traffic from blogs. Good point.
@Khairul khairul WP can do many things, but not everything at its best -Kevin #wcmy
@vernieman Kevin Zahri of @EmbunWeb, Diamond sponsors, up on stage. #wcmy
BY NAOKO
@amanfirdaus With freedom comes responsibility. #spiderman #wcmy
@Bennimaru BuddyPress is wordpress’ very own social network CMS. #wcmy
@icednyior WordPress can be used as a cms. New features in wp 3.0 certainly gears towards that #wcmy
@icednyior WordPress is about sharing – code, plugins, themes, forums, documentaion, events&meetups #wcmy
@syazwanzubir Twenty Ten Theme in WP 3.0 – custom headers, bg, widgets, custom menu, post types & taxonomies #wcmy
@wordcampmy Custom taxanomies in WP 3.0 makes #WordPress a powerful CMS… #wcmy
@alexleonard #wcmy this talk of WordPress and core/plugin translations makes me wish I spoke more than one language.
@Bennimaru WordPress: 60+ core translations for ease of use. #multilanguage #wcmy
@clayap #wcmy huge 9,600 plugins and 1,100 themes available backed by large community.
@icednyior custom taxonomies in wp 3.0 – add a new category/ tag that is seperate. Eg ‘country’ #wcmy
@Bennimaru WordPress: 9600 plugins; 1100 themes. #wcmy
@nickywoo #wcmy sick of managing hundreds of blog with hundreds of logins? Now we have WordPress MU (multi-user) – makes life easier. http://mu.wordp
@Bennimaru Custom Post Types for WordPress 3.0 is a great way to categorize & define posts. #wcmy
@mahyuni WP 3.0 looks interesting. Beta already available for download. Shiny! Though the multi-widget management takes some getting used to. #wcmy
@shape_tea #WordPress is successful due to many big brands are using it..namely Techcrunch, WSJ, SAP, MTV and Mashable. #wcmy (via @wordcampmy)
@abanghazrul 79% of blogs run on WordPress http://www.abanghazrul.com/notes/wordcamp-malaysia-2010/ #wcmy
@friedbeef New wordpress 3.0 will come with a new default theme – FINALLY #wcmy http://yfrog.com/6bzihj
@mahyuni 2010dev.wordpress.com is the demo site for the live version of the new WP default theme #wcmy
@icednyior Twenty Ten default theme has custom bkgd, packaged custom headers – sounds good for clients Eg: campaigns, seasons, etc #wcmy
@vernieman Example of power of WPMU – WordPress.com – 10.6m sites / 250m monthly uniques / 2 billion pageviews #wcmy
@amanfirdaus WordPress.com have 10.6million sites, 250 million monthly uniques, and 2 billion pageviews. #WPMU #wcmy
@blogjunkie new thing i learnt from @naokomc at #wcmy – WordPress Multi Language plugin http://wpml.org/
@whykimi Uhh didnt know wordpress was so great to create magazine other than blog 
#wcmy
@mahyuni WordPress MU will be integrated into WP 3.0. In the words of Blizzard, Hell It’s About Time. #wcmy
@amanfirdaus Naoko talking about WordPress 3.0. It is scheduled for mid of June. The milestone shows that 93% is donw for WP 3.0. #wcmy
@mahyuni Interesting – SAP.info also runs on WP. Enterprises running it is a rather cool development, eh @sashi__ ? #bodekyourboss #wcmy
@simonlim88 #WordPress has 8.5% market share worldwide by @naokomc #wcmy
@vernieman 79% of top million sites with a blog use WordPress. Astonishing. #wcmy
@amanfirdaus In Malaysia, WordPress.com is the 12th most visited site. #alexa #wcmy
@Bennimaru 8.5% of the internet powered by WordPress. 9.2mil downloads for v2.9 #wcmy
@liewcf WordPress birthday: May 23, 2003 #wcmy
@vernieman WordPress started from GPL-license B2 project 7 years ago #wcmy #history
@mahyuni Trip down Memory Lane at #wcmy and how WordPress evolved from b2. Mic feedback annoying tho – echos. OHAI #wcmy organizers
@tjunkie talking abt wordpress history now by @naokomc #wcmy
@clayap #wcmy Naoko a happy engineer @ Automattic , WordPress.org Japanese team, Japanese WordPress book author and wordcamp organizer @naokomc said its not a job, its a passion #wcmy
@vernieman Whoopsie, Naoko’s from Michigan, and she’s a Happiness Engineer (so cute!). Google her, she’s famous! #wcmy
@luc_sohow Heh, #wcmy sign fail. Wonder what a hashfag is? /k/? http://twitpic.com/1pu0rd
@vernieman Matt from Automattic saying hi from the States and talks about WordPress3. Why is he whispering though? Is it top secret? #wcmy
@tjunkie Matt @photomatt at wordcamp #wcmy
@wordcampmy Listening to @photomatt keynote in #wcmy
@joshuatly http://twitpic.com/1ptryn – #fail so many typo #wcmy
@tjunkie Coffee Break at Wordcamp http://twitpic.com/1ptob0 #wcmy
@joshuatly Q ing for registration at wordpress.my #wcmy
@qwertyjuan Adui…#wcmy #fail http://tweetphoto.com/23388988
@wordcampmy The official hashtag is #wcmy
Date: 22th May 2010
Time: 8am – 5pm
Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Level 5, Cititel Mid Valley
So yea, that’s about it. Too much information to digest but yeah, I did get some useful stuffs to feed my brain and it is actually a good start to further wordpress related events/conference.
However, i do reserve my thoughts on the organizers. Enough said. =)
NAOKO – Learning from WordPress
AIZAT FAIZ – Beginning WordPress Plugin Development
DAVID WANG – Theme Frameworks: The Future Of WordPress Themes
LIEWCF - SEO for Blogs
< lol > WTF OMG FML FTS < / lol >
Apr 8th
No matter what product it is or what service that you want to promote, events should not be held after working hours on weekdays!!! unlessitsfridayerr. Freaking exhausted from the event earlier and not like i was busy going around here and there taking pictures talking with almost everyone.
Being out from home since morning is really very very tiring.
Nonetheless, i must admit i was excited seeing so many familiar ones, faces that you would rarely see appearing together at one single same blogger event that is. That point alone makes the night awesome and though i’ve not really talk around, i’m happy to just look look see see.
With that being said, i shall leave you with a picture with a few of us guys taking picture with Yaaang Berhorrmatt Tan Silly Latuk Thomas Yap.
Awesome night? You bet!
Good Night!!!
*oh and i enjoyed seeing someone laughing throughout the night =D
**btw Jac, Good Job!
***picture taken by wingz
Social Media Sucks? – Alicia Keys to Hire “HEAD BLOGGER”
Apr 7th
Yes, Alicia Keys, the talented multi-award singer songwriter is hiring a person, a social media expert as Head Blogger that would have his/her own unique way of expressing with a whole list of high requirements.
The news is still pretty hot and it just started yesterday on the 6th of April 2010 where Alicia Keys partnered with Monster.Com to find a suitable candidate for www.iaas.com
and so, i find it pretty interesting that how things have changed over the decade that companies and now even celebrities are looking for people to hire, people who are active on online social media(so called online social media experts).
That just proves how important social media tools are nowadays and the usage of such services are not to be ignored anymore where more and more people are going to emerge out of the blue and get hired just like that! Alright maybe NOT just like that. That person have to be SOMEONE.
But hey!
Who say Twitter sucks?
Who say Blogging sucks?
Did your parents ever forbid you from using the computer to access the internet?
Did your parents ever scold you during late night while you’re busy “socializing”
Aha!! Well i didn’t mean to ask you go and scold those people who condemn online social media, just saying #yorais !! =X
And oh, with the hiring of Michelle Phan by Lancome as their very own Video Make Up Artist that happened not too long ago, i am really interesting in how things will turn out in the future!
Social Media FTW!
For The World or For The Wind, lets see how it goes =D
*Michelle Phan landed her job through the Make Up Tutorial videos which she posted up on Youtube.
Oh if you’re interested in BLOGGING for Alicia Keys, click on the link below, if you’re not, click also lahh to see what’s the requirements mah!!!
*btw i think maybe Xiaxue can do this haha
Related Links :
Monster.Com – Head Blogger Job in New York, US
www.iamasuperwoman.com
Blog4ft – Blog for Federal Territory
Mar 30th
Just last Sunday, i find myself amongst a whole bunch of positive people doing positive stuffs for the Federal Territory of Malaysia with the likes of Ministers attending it as well as members from the media and of course, the bloggers!
With a hungry stomach, the 6 in 1 + 2 course meal was served after the speeches and such. Yes. 6 in 1 plus 2 course meal.
See?? 6 in 1! No Joke. At All!!
well, a bunch of us was there to support Nigel in his participation on this blogging contest which have ended not long ago.
To cut things short, 2 people that i know of who were shortlisted in the contest won themselves some awesome stuffs.
Nigel Sia(Super Happy Guy in the Pic who raised his Fake Key Up High) – Naza Prisma + 1 Dell Studio Hybrid + 1 Macbook
Niki Cheong (Far-right guy who’s the Bangsar Boy!) – Kia Optima Novus
Well, what can i say other than Congratulations?
Haha. Congratulations to both of you and i’m more than happy for you two. It’s not the first time Malaysian Bloggers have won awesome prizes and i hope this will not be the last time ever. =D
But one thing i know, being a blogger in Malaysia is indeed a blessing and we’re really showered with too many good stuffs that is.
Good or bad then it’s all up to you on how you look at things. From a positive way or negatively.
Last but not least, the above picture shows the food that was served in the prize giving ceremony and frankly speaking, it was really out of expectation. Nuff said. BTW, there’s something funny in the picture above, if only you can spot it xD.
At least i think it is funny lah. =D
Malaysia Boleh!!
Shareon The Star
Jan 15th
This was like a week ago. =)
Oh well, not like i got featured half page like my fellow friend Nigel Sia over here or like other bloggers who got interviewed exclusively with one whole page to themselves in the past few years, but well it’s still counted as appearing on newspaper right?
Thanks to Niki Cheong!
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