let's have some dimsums while we are waiting and getting angry...no I mean hungry :biggrin:
Personally, I like shrimp dumplings, egg tarts and shanghai dumplings :ro_emote:
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let's have some dimsums while we are waiting and getting angry...no I mean hungry :biggrin:
Personally, I like shrimp dumplings, egg tarts and shanghai dumplings :ro_emote:
DimSum
I cannot think of a better condiments that go so well. :biggrin: In Penang there is a over abundant choice of foods. Depending on your taste and your willingness to try new foods. Yogi did well in covering the favourite chinese foods. Here is some more for me to add.
Hainanese Chicken Rice - Roasted Chicken/Steamed Chicken with rice cooked in chicken broth
Char Hor Fun - flat rice noodles with a yummy gravy of seafood and pork
Loh Bak - marinated meat wrapped with beancurd skin into rolls then deep fried.
Lok Lok - a variety of skewers of meat, fishball, veg and more dipped into a hot pot of boilling water to be cooked then eaten with two special (hot or sweet) sauces.
Yong Tau Foo - It is veryfamous in Ampang, KL. Ampang Yong Tau Foo can also be found here. It is a soup dish with many variety of add on. Fishball, Cuttlefish Ball, Pork Meat ball, pig trotter, fishcake, veg, seaweed, lettuce, beancurd stuffed with fish paste (fishball ingerdient), stuffed chilli with fish paste, fried bean curd skin, tofu, glass noodles and more. Combine as you like.
More to eat and see in Penang. I call it my food safari!
I saw tourist today walking in the streets looking lost, I wish I could help them but I think they would mistake my friendliness for something else. You can save yourselves time and hassle by arranging with me so that I can take you around as my guest in my car. No need to walk or waste time with public transport or cut-throat taxi. But if you want to self-drive, you could also rent a car and I will be a co-pilot.
Our multi-cultural heritage and other attractions make Penang a good destination for a getaway.
theBat$
I was going to give you a big thanks for posting this, but I was afraid if I did I would gain 10lbs. I'm sure I gained 5 just from reading the menu. I do know if I ever get to your part of the world, I would be honored to have you as my tour guide, and culinary expert. Think I had better start dieting now to get ready.
Hi friends,
I have managed to speak to the reporter covering the previous court appearences by BM and SM. He said although his colleague was there on Jan 4th, a postpontment was heard in chambers. Hence no information was obtained.
I also was unable to get the case number or court no.1 from them. This is a setback for us as the Sessions Court Clerk needs this to find the info we need. I have however another avenue of pursuit, which is through the lawyers of BM, however I do not expect co-operation on their part. The reporters told me the lawyers were from Kuala Lumpur. That's all they knew.
The will be sure to cover the next court appearance as I have expressed interest in the case.
My humble apologies for not getting the info, yet again.
theBat$ - Back to reading the newspaper.
Thanks for all you efforts Batty.You are doing a great job. :cheers:
I am sure the members really appreciate your efforts on all our behalfs !
I agree! It's been long since I've ventured back here from the dinar thread's, to the "PIPS" thread's. Thank you for keeping us updated on our (lost) funds.
Too bad so many that were really overly invested, were so badly
affected by this.
Thanks to Admin as well for keeping us updated as
best he can through email and the info that he gets.
*sigh*
Aspiringly comical & curiously interesting .... :noserious
Yes indeed it certainly can get to be one... some would never see that day materialise but admit theirs have rapidly turned gray and no sooner went "down under" matey! :rofl:
All in vain perhaps with waiting but hopefully, theirs were harmless endings and none turned violent :waiting:
Dreams are healthy and good as a rich source and alternative to therapeutical dietary solutions, both being mental & physically absorbing according to one dietician consultant. :bow:
Thanks thebat$,
Every little bit you do is appreciated. Perhaps you can call and ask for all case numbers scheduled on the 4th of January and it will be easy to get case number for update. They have to have cases by listed by date as well. If that doesn't work, bribe them with one of Yogi's meals he posted. (g)
Good luck to all, Mike
thebat$
Hi.
Your efforts in attempting to gain info is appreciated. It is my understanding that you are doing this on your own back. I believe it is only fair that if you’re going to be spending more time working for us, then we should find a way to somehow compensate you. Perhaps ROL Club can come with a means to do that?
Thank you Thebat$ for your hard work.
This update from you would be emailed all, coz i get several emails from members asking about pips update.
I know this is not the real facts for now, but this is what we have. We will have to get more inside news, and will provid some to all in about 1 week from now on what really is going on in that court room. We have not had any real updates in nearly 2 months.
regards
admin
Anyone think that there is any hope of recovery of our funds after all of this over?
Since CEO and his spause are charged with "money launderings" and No corporations owned by PIPS or PIPS itself are "criminally" charged, there is still Hope that we will be able to share the whatever financial and phyisical assets belonging to PIPS and its related companies. Even the money laundering charges are Very Vague. The names of any "Unlawful" entities from which the CEO couple receieved the Funds for "laundering" and also the name of a Banking Institution or institutions are Not Yet "identified". It Is A Very Strange Case. In the prosecution stage,the existence of "Probable Causes" is Enough to File an Information Sheet with A Trial Court. However, to Convict a Persons in a Criminal Case, the Evidence or Evidences must be "Overwhelming" or At Least must be Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
pinetree
Thanks for the report on Pips.Sounds like a dead duck to me.We will just have to wait and see.Take care everyboby
The entire situation is not looking good with 105 counts of money laundering.If you google "money laundering" you will see exactly what it encompasses.A rather extensive range of offences these days.
Personally I believe BNM chose the quickest route to close pips down and have little interest in bringing other charges at this time.
We may know a little more after the trial, but don't hold your breath.
:ro_emote:
Interesting,
You say that companies have not been charged? Companies are never charged, they are not people, only people are charged and that involved Bryan and Sharon as corporate controllers of companies. When Enron and others were attacked, it was the officers who were charged, not the company.
Indeed, you are correct, to convict the evidence must be overwhelming, and it indeed is with over one hundred charges, or counts of fraud, as in felony charges. With over a hundred current charges, reasonable doubt is removed since no one could refute all these charges, so even if one sticks, it is still going to end the same way, they stay in jail, and we all lost our money, never mind hopes and dreams for many.
What assets were in name of companies means little, it all comes back to Bryan and Sharon, and since they illegally had corporate assets shifted to their personal names, this too is criminal, as in embezzlement. You cannot simply shif assets to personal names without documentation of why, never mind those who lent you the money. as in US. He screwed up in every way, or was simply a crook and scammer from start, which is worst case, which is also the truth as will soon be proven to all.
Good luck to all, Mike
Thank you all for your well wishes and kind words. When I am working I am working for us all. I think about the other people who lost their life savings, people who borrowed money to join, people who are/were/more sick, the children, the pensioners and others too numerous to mention. I keep them in mind when I am doing my search.
PIPS, is not just about losing our money, its about picking up the pieces of shattered dreams or our lives. Many of us, me included made very big life decisions, decisions that were eventually lead us to our current mess. If only we knew. Don't invest more than you can afford, oft hear but does not really apply when you a persistently hounded by someone you hold in high regard and close to you to put EVERYTHING in PIPS.
As for compensation, Admin has mentioned to me about it. I am grateful for the thought.
Thinking of ways to try to get the info we need is like a playing a game. Going on mini hunts to get a piece of the puzzle. Ultimately to unlock the secret of PIPS. As it is now, all I need is just the case no. According to the court clerk, he can check the info for me if provided this magic no. Maybe I will get lucky tracking down BM's lawyer or Berita Harian Newspaper's reply email might yield something.
So I must ask for your indulgence, more time as this is what I can do for now. Just remember, it will be a long trial even if they (BM's lawyer) does not keep asking for a postponement.
Will we see our money? That depends on how much is left, isn it? I am hoping for my deposit back, that's all. I know I ain't going to get the roughly 6 million owed to me. I would have almost million by end of 2005 then calculate at 2% per day for 2006. :toofunny:
Rolclub will be here for along time because of your support and new memberships has doubled. You can refer your friends here even if they are not in PIPS. We are more than that and we have a good team with Admin, Co-Admin, Super Mods and Mods. So use the "Tell a Friend" TAF link and get them here.
Back to work for me. We value your support!
theBat$
"it is still going to end the same way, they stay in jail, and we all lost our money, never mind hopes and dreams for many."
Why we all lost our money ? Do you mean that we all lost our money to the authorities? What happened to 3 billion usd BM or PIPS claimed to have collected from the members and profits from trading? It is impossible that all of the 3 billion usd worth of financial and physical assets of the PIPS and the PIPS related companies have "evaporated". I would like also point out that any company can survive Even if its CEO is in jail unless It is ordered to be "dissolved" by the legal authorities. I will cite a money laundering case of CITIBANK in Japan. Sometime ago, one of the Branch in Japan of CITIBANK
was found to have been engaged in "money laundering" and the CITIBANK`s personnels involved were charged by the Japanese authorities. What happened to CITIBANK in Japan? Only the Branch involved in the financial crime was forced to close by the Japanese banking authorities and CITIBANK Japan is still doing business as usual. There is no reason why PIPS can not continue even its CEO is charged and "convicted". The members of PIPS are in fact creditors of the corporation, though Not shareholders. The creditors have all the right to claim upon the company`s assets. How you can say that we all lost our money ?
Just my opinion.
pinetree
The key word here is "claimed". We have no proof of anything. We do have some proof that PIPS was running out of money. I think practically all money went into opening the new ventures (bistro, fashion etc) and paying existing members. Maybe BM has some stashed away for himself, maybe not.
It's great to have someone willing to go through the effort of keeping us informed!
dobbins
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All your answers are in the books. But I heard (heresay) BM has the accounts in his head. That'll be a feat to rival a computer, if it is true. I am sure if I was siphoning money, (I am not accusing BM, no lenghty defence please!) I would want to keep some sort of record, right?
Therefore the answer lies in the books.... or bank paper trails. :biggrin:
BTW Pinetree, what has become of SI?
theBat$
Thank you very much, It is good to know that someone is there! Every little bit of info helps and I for one am very greatful for the e-mail updates.
No...I don't think he was cooking dog...or bats. :toofunny:
Not Cilantro... the rabbit??
http://www.hrschicago.org/images/adopt/cilantro.jpg
Cilantro
This guy is going to be a healthy sized Californian
(he needs to grow into his ears!).
He's awfully interested in the other bunnies in his
foster home, he's eager for a friend.
:noserious :toofunny: I'll be burnin' BLUE after this...:rolleyes:
Thanks for the updates, TheBat$... wish there'd be closure on this sooner rather than later... Appreciate your efforts!
Compensation for the bat$.
I would suggest, by disclosing his e-gold account , any interested rolclu/pips member could transfer a few dollars to his account.
Edit: The rest of a paragraph long was promoting a site with your Ref. link violating TOS ruling!!! - YB.
I have so far very good experience. Full details are provided. It appears startup problems with site have been solved and access is now immediate.
Check it out.
Hmmmm.... :Url Ref. link removed and seeing U R not that much a newbie (since 2005) anymore, TOS is my suggestion for you to stay in line like all others! Sanction for you after this - YB.
My thanks for your efforts also. It's nice to have some information every so often.
That's nice but it wouldn't be right. It is a privilage to be abused. Although such a gesture would be appreciated, I cannot in good faith release my e-gold account.
But thanks for the thought... I was rich for a while imagining my e-gold ringing with compensation. :toofunny:
Anyway, if you haven't already or still in the dark about Dinar, I suggest you look up Neno and his dinar gang. That is if you still want to invest in something other than PIPS. They way I see it,
1. dinar is bought from banks therefore not some scam
2. while we don't have much capital to invest (USD1 = 1285 and rising) its not much to invest.
3. we are waiting for the outcome of PIPS anyway, who knows by that time it would R/V already.
4. It shouldbe convertable back to cash USD (I'll check with Neno)
Remember it's going to be worth a lot than the meagre dollars you invest. So consider this. When r/v you can come down to Penang and compensate me all you want!! :biggrin:
Oops! Do sound like I am promoting dinar? Let's say I think its a deal.
As with PIPS, time will tell......
"All the money in the world cannot ease a guilty conscience."
theBat$
I remember the citi group were supposed to have frozen 100 million, but that was for credit cards fraud protection.The funds were gradually released,or so the speculation said.
As for HSBC freezing funds, I am sure after 14 months of investigation BNM must know whether that is true or not.
Hope for the members sake it is true.
Hi Chester,
just a brief, but very sincere THANK YOU for all that you do to follow the goings on of the PIPS yet future court proceedings. We know you do not do this for yourself only and truly appreciate your effort in keeping us informed. Thank you very much indeed.
May the Lord God bless you, as He is the only true and living God, and ALL have an appointment with Him in time. Hopefully, in your case, for glorification.
peterben
Irregardless of what is the outcome of the PIPS trial,
I just sincerely hope that the saga will really come
to an end in 2007.
We have been sticking our neck out, and we can't
keep waiting and hoping for the best.
Let all be well in 2007!