Gold Council To Offer Bullion-backed Shares Here

GOLD COUNCIL TO OFFER BULLION-BACKED SHARES HERE
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The World Gold Council, a producer group supported by the biggest miners
of the metal, will sell securities backed by the bullion in Singapore from
Oct 11 - the first such offering in Asia.

The securities, known as an exchange-traded fund, are similar to those
traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and will also be called
StreetTracks Gold shares, said the London-based council. which has 24
members.

Each share on the Singapore Exchange will represent one-tenth of an ounce
of gold, and enables a holder to trade the commodity without taking
physical delivery of it.

Commodity prices have surged this year on rising demand from developing
countries, including China, and increased interest from institutional and
individual investors.

The Singapore fund will be marketed by State Street Global Advisors, a
unit of State Street Corp, the world's biggest provider of investment
services to institutions. - Bloomberg

Firefighter

A fire fighter was working on an engine outside the station when he noticed the little girl next door in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the sides and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle. The girl was wearing a fire fighters helmet and the wagon was being pulled by her dog and her cat. The fire fighter walked over to take a closer look.



"That sure is a nice fire truck," the fire fighter said with admiration.



"Thanks," said the little girl.



The fire fighter looked a little closer and noticed the girl had tied the wagon to her dog's collar and to the cat's testicles.



"Little Partner", the fire fighter said, "I don't want to tell you how to run your rig, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar too, I think you could go faster."



The little girl replied thoughtfully, "You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a siren."

The 99 Club

STORIES - THE 99 CLUB

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy in his heart?

The King asked the servant, "Why are you so happy?"

The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies."

Later in the day, the King sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club."

"The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the King inquired.

The advisor replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep."

When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... so many gold coins!

He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered, "What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!" He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.

From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club."

He continued, "The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 to round it out to 100!

We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires. That's what joining The 99 Club is all about."

Fiancee's Dad Passed Away On Sun 2nd July 06

Abdul Aziz Bin Mohd passed on peacefully despite suffering from paralysis for the past 5 years.

He will be forever cherished & remembered by his loving families, relatives and friends.

May God forgive him and have mercy on his soul.

Amin.

To Tell You Frankly...

A WOMAN comes home from the hypnotist and tells her husband: "Remember those headaches I've been having all these years? Well, they're gone."

"No more headaches?" the husband asks, "What happened?"

His wife replies: "Margie referred me to a hypnotist. He told me to stand in front of a mirror, stare at myself and repeat 'I do not have a headache, I do not have a headache. I do not have a headache.' and It worked!......
The headaches are all gone."

The husband replies: "Well, that is wonderful."

His wife then says: "You! know, you haven't been exactly a ball of fire in the bedroom these last few years. Why don't you go see the hypnotist and see if he can do anything for that?"

The husband reluctantly agrees to try it.

Following his appointment, the husband comes home, rips off his clothes, picks up his wife and carries her into the bedroom. He puts her on the bed and says: "Don't move. I'll be right back."

He goes into the bathroom and comes back a few minutes later and jumps into bed and makes passionate love to his wife like never before.

His wife says: "Boy, that was wonderful!"

The husband says: "Don't move! I will be right back."

He goes back! into the bathroom, comes back and round two was even better than the first time.

The wife sits up and her head is spinning. Her husband again says: "Don't move, I'll be right back."

With that, he goes back in the bathroom.

This time, his wife quietly follows him and there, in the bathroom, she sees him standing at the mirror saying: "She's not my wife..... She's not my wife.... She's not my wife!"