Beratur 5 jam untuk beli "Cronut". Kegilaan di New York. Cronut Craze in New York.

Beratur 5 jam untuk beli "Cronut". Kegilaan makanan di New York

Sanggup tak anda beratur 4 - 5 jam semata-mata nak beli 2 keping "cronut" macam dlm gambar tuh?  Cronut adalah gabungan crossaint dan donut. Memang macam tak logik ada orang beratur 4 or 5 jam setakat nak beli makanan nih. Tapi di New York, memang ramai yg gilakan makanan ni. 

New York foodies in grip of 'Cronut' craze

By Brigitte Dusseau | AFP News – 21 hours ago

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Some hungry customers began queueing outside the pastry shop around 3:30 am. Others managed to keep their taste buds at bay for a few more hours, arriving at the patisserie around 6:00 am.

They were all united by a desire to sample the food craze that has gripped New York since its debut a month ago. Half-doughnut, half croissant: the 'cronut' has left the Big Apple's gourmets in a frenzy.

By the time the Dominique Ansel Bakery in the heart of trendy Soho opened its doors to the public at 8:00 am, the slavering customers were at breaking point. Within the hour, every single cronut available has been sold.

The bakery's owner, Dominique Ansel, says the crowd reflected the typical pattern since the May 18 launch of the the cronut, a food sensation powered by social media. On the first day, 50 were sold. The next day 100 flew off the shelves, within 15 to 20 minutes.

Since then the bemused pastry chef has become accustomed to queues of 150 to 200 people winding down the street before the bakery has opened.

Ansel settled upon the idea of the cronut after deciding he wanted to create a hybrid pastry that would be instantly recognizable as a marriage of French and American food cultures.

His revolutionary confection offers the delicate puff pastry of a traditional croissant shaped into a round doughnut, which is then deep-fried, filled with cream, rolled in maple sugar and coated with a light glaze.

It's soft yet crunchy, light and delicious, say the cronut's devotees.

Ansel, regarded as one of the most talented pastry chefs in New York, said settling upon the cronut recipe was a painstaking process. "It took me about two months to perfect the recipe," Ansel told AFP.

It is so perfect that Jessica Amaral, 30, thought nothing of leaving home at 3:00 am to get in line. The two cronuts she is buying are a treat for her husband to mark the couple's eighth wedding anniversary.

"I am the idiot, I read online that people were arriving at three... The others started to arrive at five. It's my eighth year anniversary, I thought it would be nice for my husband."

Just behind Amaral in the queue stood Steven Go, a chef who arrived from his home in Staten Island shortly after 5:00 am, at the behest of his wife. Justin Gorder, a 30-year-old salesman, travelled an hour from New Jersey.

Irvin, a trader, bashfully admitted he should already be at work. Gina, meanwhile, arrived in a taxi at 6:30 am, clutching her four-month-old baby.

To satisfy the largest possible number of customers, patrons are restricted to two cronuts each. At first, customers could snaffle six at a time, but Ansel restricted it to two after discovering the cronuts he sold for $5 each were changing hands on the Internet at up to $50 a piece.

At 8:00 am, the wait was over. Ansel flung open the doors and welcomed his first customers. By 8:56, almost all of the approximately 250 to 300 cronuts available have been sold. A bakery employee distributed madeleine pastries, advising people who arrived at 7:00 am they had a "40 percent" chance of satisfying their craving.

By 9:05 am, Ansel broke the bad news to those outside his shop who have missed out. "We are sold out for today," he said.

Inside, around 20 people waited anxiously to snap up the final cronuts on sale. A crafty customer offered to sell his place in the queue for $100. His offer was accepted by two friends who delightedly came away with two cronuts each.

Immediately behind stood Jessica McCord. She was furious, but consoled herself by opting for a kouign amann, the Breton cake that is a house specialty.

Meanwhile, Irvin, late for work, hungrily devoured his cronuts. A young woman meanwhile prepared to take her prized pastries, nestling in a golden case, to share with work colleagues.

McCord was disappointed to have missed out, but the experience will not deter her. "We'll be back," she sighed.

Kucing ditangkap kerana gagal misi di penjara

Kucing ditangkap, gagal misi di penjara.

Fuh! Gempak tajuk news ni.  Kucing kena tangkap? Gagal misi? Ditangkap? Dipenjara?

Ada beza antara "dipenjara" dengan "di penjara", okay. Tapi berita ni memang bizzare or weird la kan. Berita ni memang lain dari yang lain.

Pengawal penjara telah menangkap seekor kucing dan menggagalkan misinya.

Kalau dah nama orang jahat, otak penjahat (criminal minds) ni kreatif la jugak kan.  Kreatif tapi bodoh la pulak. 

Pengawal penjara yang membuat rondaan ternampak seekor kucing di atas pagar dan kucing tersebut kelihatan seperti membawa sesuatu. Apabila ditangkap, kucing tersebut didapati “memiliki” beberapa buah telefon bimbit, bateri dan alat pengecas yang dilekatkan di badannya, ala-ala suicide bomber gitu.   

Federal Prison Services berkata, kejadian berlaku pada 31/5/2013 di penjara Penal Colony No. 1 di Syktyvar di daerah Komi, kira-kira 1,000 kilometer daripada Moscow, Rusia.

Tak dapat la nak dipastikan camne caranya si kucing tu nak drop kan barang yg dibawanya kepada empunya handphone2 tu.

Si "Criminal minds" yg rancang penyeludupan ni kira memang ngok la kan. Dowh... dah sah-sah tau yang si kucing tu tak la reti nak menyorok bila nampak pengawal penjara, lagi nak suruh kucing menyeludup barang masuk ke penjara.  Lawak gila lah berita benar nih.

Giraffe share your meals at Giraffe Manor

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Giraffes join guests for breakfast and dinner at iconic Giraffe Manor

By: David Strege

One of the more peculiar hotels in the world features giraffes joining you for breakfast or dinner by poking their heads through open windows. At Giraffe Manor on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, a reference to a long neck doesn't necessarily mean beer.

The one-of-a-kind hotel is actually a sanctuary for the endangered Rothschild giraffe. Roaming the 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest are eight Rothschild giraffes, some of which routinely show up in the mornings and evenings to greet guests and sneak a snack. The captivating photos tell the story.

Giraffe Manor is said to be one of Nairobi's most iconic buildings dating to the 1930s and is reminiscent of the early days of Europeans in East Africa.

Since 1974, Giraffe Manor has been the home of Jock and Betty Leslie-Melville. Why giraffes? Their lifelong goal is the preservation of this treasured Rothschild giraffe.

The goal of guests, meanwhile, is the preservation of their morning toast.

Photos are used by permission from the Giraffe Manor. Enjoy. 

Real case of Benjamin Buttons: Matthew and Michael Clark are aging backwards

Real Benjamin Buttons Brothers: Matthew and Michael Clark Are Aging Backwards

By Piper Weiss, Shine Staff | Healthy Living – 9 hours ago

The Clark brothers (courtesy of Channel4)By the looks of their home, Tony and Christine Clark are raising two rambunctious 7-year-old boys. Model train tracks and Monopoly pieces are scattered on tables and cartoons flicker on the TV set.

But the Clarks' two sons are grown men who share only the same interests and emotional fluctuations of little boys. Like the character portrayed by Brad Pitt in the 2008 film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons," Matthew, 39, and Michael, 42, are aging backwards.

Diagnosed with a terminal form of leukodystrophy, one of a group of extremely rare genetic disorders that attack the Myelin, or white matter, in the nervous system, spinal cord, and brain. In the Clarks' case, the condition has not only eroded their physical capacities, but their emotional and mental states as well.

Only six years ago, both brothers were holding down jobs and growing their families. Today, they spend their days in the care of their parents, both in their sixties, playing with Mr. Potato Head, fighting over Monopoly, and in rare lucid moments, struggling to understand why their lives have changed so dramatically. 

Before the Clark Brothers were diagnosed, they were living independent lives. Michael served in the Royal Air Force and later became a cabinet maker. Matthew worked in a factory and was raising a teenage daughter. Tony and Christine, meanwhile, had retired and moved from the UK to Spain. Then in 2007, both of their sons fell off the radar. They stopped returning their parents' calls and texts, and as the Clark brothers' conditions developed, their lives fell apart. 

Should parents get their kids' genome sequenced? 
Michael surfaced in a soup kitchen, and was referred to medical experts by social workers. After an MRI scan, he was diagnosed with the incurable degenerative disorder. Soon after Matthew received the same news. In the U.S. alone, about 1 in 40,000 children are born with a form of the neurodegenerative disease, according to Dr. William Kintner, President of the United Leukodystrophy Foundation. While some forms of the disorder are potentially treatable if discovered in the earliest stages and not all cause an emotional regression, the brothers are unlikely to be cured. "It's very difficult to do anything once progression has occurred," Dr. Kintner tells Yahoo! Shine.
With their train set.(Courtesy of Channel4)

As of April, when the Clarks were first written about in the British press, their mental age was 10.

"We will be out walking and things which might interest a toddler interest them, the other day we were walking home when Michael saw a balloon and pointed it out to us," father Tony Clark, told The Telegraph last spring.

Today, the brothers are even younger mentally.

"Just like small children, they wake up a lot during the night," mom Christine said in an interview published in The Independent this week. "I was up seven times with them last night."

After learning of their diagnoses, Tony and Christine returned to the UK and moved in with their sons. Their daily struggles as a family have been chronicled in a British documentary, "The Curious Case of the Clark Brothers," airing Monday in the UK.

Earlier this year, Matthew became a grandfather, when his daughter had a son. But the news for the family was bittersweet, as the Clark brothers' mental age continued to creep backwards. 

"There's no return to them being cute little boys," said Christine, who regularly manages their tantrums and fights over Monopoly. "They're big strong men—and that presents a quite different set of problems."

More recently, even their physical strength began deteriorating.

"A few weeks ago, they could still manage with a knife and fork, but now that's getting too difficult for them—they get the food onto their forks, but somehow it all falls off before it reaches their mouths," she said.

Donors and genetic disorders: how much do you know? 
Now walking is the next hurdle; Matthew is already confined to a wheelchair.

"The likelihood that they're on a terminal course is fairly certain, but who knows?" says Dr. Kintner, who is familiar with the Clark case but didn't meet the brothers. "If they were citizens of U.S., we'd try to get them to the National Institute of Health for diagnostic work, but in the UK the system is different. There is no comparable organization with genetic diseases, so it's a little more difficult there."

Dr. Kintner estimates there are several million cases of one of the estimated 40 types of leukodystrophies in the U.S., but an exact number is hard to pinpoint. The different forms of the disorder are still being identified and tests for each known type are still being developed. "It's going to take a long time," says Dr. Kintner. "I hope in my lifetime I see a cure for some of them."

A preview for the British documentary on the Clark Brothers airing on the UK's Channel 4.

Top 10 city skylines : KL number 8th!

Top 10 city skylines

By Reuters | Reuters – 4 hours ago

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Be Happy fellow Malaysian! Kuala Lumpur ranked in 8th place in the list of top 10 city skylines, by Reuters (refer to Yahoo site).

No. 1 : Hong Kong
No. 2 : New York City, New York
No. 3 : Sydney, Australia
No. 4 : Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
No. 5 : Paris, France
No. 6 : Dubai, UAE
No. 7 : Chicago, Illinois
No. 8 : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
No. 9 : Shanghai, China
No. 10 : Moscow, Russia

The highlight about KL in their list:

8. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

There's something particularly majestic about Kuala Lumpur's defining skyscrapers, the Petronas Towers. Malaysia Truly Asia, as the tourism board's tagline goes, is a wonder of multiculturalism, awe-inspiring landscapes and white-sand islands (our picks are Langkawi and Borneo). But Kuala Lumpur, one of the fastest growing cities in the area, quickly gives visitors a faster paced perspective on the country. The Petronas and Kuala Lumpur towers both illuminate each evening, providing a taste of what's to come in this cultural mecca.

So, jangan pandang rendah tempat sendiri. Ibu kota kita pun tak kurang hebatnya.  Be proud of our city & country.  Cheers!!!

Taliban vowed to kill 14 years old Malala if she survived

LONDON (Reuters) - Two people wanting to visit the Pakistani girl wounded by Taliban gunmen raised suspicion in Britain on Tuesday after turning up overnight at the hospital where she is undergoing treatment, the hospital and police said.

Authorities are highly sensitive about Malala Yousufzai's security because the Taliban, who targeted her for advocating education for girls, say they would again try to kill the 14-year-old if she survived last week's attack.

Yousufzai was flown from Pakistan to Birmingham to receive specialist treatment after the shooting, which drew widespread condemnation. She has become a potent symbol of resistance to the radical Islamist group's effort to deny women an education.

"A number of people turned up claiming to be members of Malala's family which we don't believe to be true," Dave Rosser, the hospital's medical director, told Britain's Sky News. "They didn't get very far. Security is well under control."

Police said two people came to the hospital overnight wishing to see her but were questioned and turned away.

"They were stopped in a public area of the hospital and questioned by police, who recorded their details and advised the pair that they would not be allowed to see her," West Midlands Police said in a statement, describing them as "well-wishers".

There are a large number of Asian Muslims in Birmingham's population. The Pakistani diaspora in Britain is estimated to number 1.2 million.

Yousufzai has been in critical condition since gunmen shot her in the head and neck as she left school in Swat, northwest of Islamabad.

In Pakistan, Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday she deserved to die because she had spoken out against their group and praised U.S. President Barack Obama.

British doctors have said Yousufzai has every chance of making a "good recovery" at a special hospital unit expert in dealing with complex trauma cases. It has treated hundreds of soldiers wounded in Afghanistan.

"It's obvious that Malala will need reconstructive surgery. We have international experts in that field," Rosser said, adding that she had had a comfortable night on Monday and that doctors are pleased with her progress.

Yousufzai began standing up to the Pakistani Taliban when she was 11, when the Islamabad government had effectively ceded control of the Swat Valley where she lives to the militants.

The attack was the culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the girl against one of Pakistan's most ruthless Taliban commanders, Maulana Fazlullah.

(Additional reporting by Stephen Addison; writing by Maria Golovnina; editing by Mark Heinrich)

Phenomena Oppa Gangnam Style

PSY - Oppa Gangnam Style

Jae-Sang Park (34), rise in the midst of all slim, beauty, handsome, cute, sexy and smart korean artiste which majority of K-POP fans adoring. Neither he slim nor handsome but this 34 years old guy create his own phenomenal by composing his own song, sing it and dance it to the whole world. Against all odds, he is a new phenomena in music industry world wide. 

Soon his youtube video song will reach 70 million view. Awesome weh!!!!

OPPA GANGNAM STYLE : LYRICS

English Translation:

Oppa is Gangnam style
Gangnam style

A girl who is warm and humanle during the day
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist

I’m a guy
A guy who is as warm as you during the day
A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down
A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
That kind of guy

Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
A sensable girl like that

I’m a guy
A guy who seems calm but plays when he plays
A guy who goes completely crazy when the right time comes
A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles
That kind of guy

Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two
On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two

You know what I’m saying
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

Romanized:

Oppan gang-namseutayil
Kang-namseutayil

Naje-neun ttasaroun inkanjeo-gin yeoja
Keopi hanjanye yeoyureuraneun pumkyeok i-nneun yeoja
Bami omyeon shimjangi tteugeowojineun yeoja
Keureon banjeon i-nneun yeoja

Naneun sana-i
Naje-neun neomankeum ttasaroun geureon sana-i
Keopi shikgido jeone wonsyas ttaerineun sana-i
Bami omyeon shimjangi teojyeobeorineun sana-i
Keureon sana-i

Areumdawo sarangseureowo
Keurae neo hey keurae baro neo hey

Areumdawo sarangseureowo
Keurae neo hey keurae baro neo hey

Chigeumbu-teo kal dekkaji kabol-kka

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Kang-namseutayil

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Kang-namseutayil

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
O-oo-o

Jeongsu-khae boijiman nol ttaen noneun yeoja
Ittaeda shipeumyeon mukkeot-deon meori puneun yeoja
Karyeot-jiman wen-manhan nochulboda yahan yeoja
Keureon gamkakjeo-gin yeoja

Naneun sana-i
Jeomjanha boijiman nol ttaen noneun sana-i
Ttae-ga dwehmyeon wahnjeon michyeobeorineun sana-i
Keunyukboda sasangi ul-tungbul-tung-han sana-i
Keureon sana-i

Areumdawo sarangseureowo
Keurae neo hey keurae baro neo hey

Areumdawo sarangseureowo
Keurae neo hey keurae baro neo hey

Chigeumbu-teo kal dekkaji kabol-kka

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Kang-namseutayil

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Kang-namseutayil

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
O-oo-o

Ttwiineun nom keu wiie naneun nom
Baby baby
Naneun mwol jom aneun nom

Ttwiineun nom keu wiie naneun nom
Baby baby
Naneun mwol jom aneun nom

You know what i’m saying

Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
Oppan gang-namseutayil

Eh- sexy lady
Oppan gang-namseutayil

Empire Gallery Subang Ranap Dalam Letupan, Angkara Pengganas???

(Dari pandangan orang yang kerja di tingkat 6 di Empire Tower, sebelah Empire Gallery)

Hari ini kita dikejutkan dengan berita letupan kuat di Empire Gallery Shopping Mall di Subang Jaya yang meranapkan  sedikit Shopping Mall tersebut termasuklah bangunan pejabat di situ.  Memang hari yang mengejutkan  bagi Za sebab Za baru je sebulan tukar kerja dari Empire Gallery ke KL. Tiba-tiba di situ meletup sampai rosak shopping mall dan rosak pejabat2 kat Empire Tower. Apa puncanya? Angkara pengganas ke?  Ishhh... jangan buat spekulasi.

Sebaik dapat tahu berita tu, Za called best fren (Suk Man) yang masih kerja kat sana. Syukur semua kengkawan selamat dan customer yang datang dari overseas dan bermalam di hotel Empire pun slamat gak. Sempat sembang dgn Iza (salah sorang best fren yang keje kat sana) pasal kekecohan sumer ni. 


Setahun lebih kerja kat pejabat di Empire Gallery (sejak company yg kami kerja tu pindah dari Shah Alam), tempat tu walaupun baru di buka tapi macam-macam hal.  Macam-macam hal yang Za maksudkan adalah lift nya asyik jer problem.  Untuk sebuah pusat beli belah yang baru setahun jagung dibuka, hebat dan gah, mahal dan exclusive, mempunyai lif yang memberikan mimpi ngeri kepada para pekerja di bangunan pejabat adalah memalukan. 

Dalam seminggu, pasti ada dua atau tiga kali lif office tersangkut di antara tingkat atau sudah naik ke tingkat atas tapi tiba-tiba menjunam ke tingkat bawah sampai kami kecut perut teringat kejadian lif menjunam di PJ yang cederakan beberapa org sampai patah pinggang.  Itu belum lagi yang hampir kebanyakan lif di bangunan pejabat tu bergoyang kalau kita naik. Hello, kami bukan nak naik buaian kat taman permainan kanak-kanak, kami nak naik lif ke pejabat.  Tiap kali naik lif yang bergoyang, Za terfikir kalau-kalau kabel lif tu terputus dan lif terjunam ke bawah... apalah nasib kami.  Selalu rasa tak selamat tiap kali naik lif.

Walau macamana pun keadaan lif yang memberikan kami mimpi ngeri tu, Empire Gallery memang tempat yang meletop aka hebat.  Kalah Pavilion, kalau nak dibandingkan kemahalan dan exclusive nya.  Kalau di Pavillion boleh juga kita pergi makan di tempat yang sederhana harganya sebab ada food court.  Di Empire Gallery, jangan mimpi la ya. Semua restoran hebat ternama.  Nak yang murah sedikit ada la kiosk jual makanan fast food yang tak berapa nak sedap.  Pendek kata, poket memang kena selalu berisi bila kerja di sini kalau nak dapat makanan yang sedap sikit.  Kalau nak jimat, makan saja la roti macam yang saya selalu buat.

Parking pula sejam RM1. Masa kerja di situ selalu Za kena bayar antara RM10 ke RM12 untuk sehari punya parking.  Ada la sesekali pergi buat illegal parking kat luar, tak larat nak layan lebih kurang RM300 sebulan duit parking punya penangan (itu belum masuk lagi duit minyak kereta sehari RM10). 

Alhamdulillah Allah buka ruang, dapat kerja di KL, dekat sangat dengan rumah.  Syukur pada Allah. 

Syukur juga kejadian letupan yang berlaku di Empire Gallery ni terjadi 3.45pagi.  Kalau 3.45 petang, entah apalah jadi pada kawan-kawan Za yang kerja di tingkat 6 tu.


Pasti ada hikmah disebalik semua kejadian yang memberikan pelbagai pengajaran ini.

p/s Tapi sesekali rindu juga nak pergi Empire Gallery. Banyak kenangan di situ.  Eerr... ada tak jualan murah di Coach @ Empire Gallery tu agaknya? Kot la ada nak perabih stok, boleh Za datang.....

Will you let go your USD5 billion wealth for love? The Duchess does!

Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva (yes, that's one name) is one of the wealthiest women in all of Spain. She is worth somewhere between $850 million and $5 billion--but not for long. The Duchess of Alba, 85, is giving it all away so she can marry the man she loves.
This sounds like a plot to the latest Nicholas Sparks novel, but we assure you, this is nonfiction to the core. So, why is she giving her vast fortune away? The duchess's six children were dubious about their mother's plans to marry Alfonso Diez, a civil servant who is 24 years younger.
To help assuage their fears that the love may not be genuine, the duchess is going to give her fortune to her children. According to an article from the BBC, the duchess's six children had been against the wedding. Earlier this year, the duchess remarked, "Alfonso doesn't want anything. All he wants is me."


Not surprisingly, news of the impending wedding sparked a flurry of web searches. Online lookups for "duchess marries" and "spain duchess fortune" were both incredibly popular, as computer users have sought the scoop on the unlikely love story.
The duchess's children were all from her first marriage to Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo y Artazcoz, son of the Duke of Sotomayor. He died in 1972. The duchess remarried in 1978 to a onetime Jesuit priest named Jesus Aguirre y Ortiz de Zarate. He passed away in 2001. The duchess has been friends with Diez for several years. In fact, there were rumors of a wedding in 2008, but nothing occurred after the children "vetoed" the idea of marriage.
No word on whether the duchess's children and grandchildren intend to be on hand for the ceremony. She likes to point out that each of her kids is divorced, even though she has never split up with any of her husbands. According to the UK Guardian, the duchess has given her children and eight grandchildren "a palace each." That ought to keep them quiet.

Click image to see more photos. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Kronologi Perhimpunan/perarakan BERSIH dari 7.30 pagi ke 6.30 petang 9hb Julai 2011

Tak pergi join BERSIH?  Tak sempat? Tak minat?  Anyway, kronologi perhimpunan Bersih dari pagi sampai petang ni (9/7/2011) adalah seperti berikut:

6.30pm: A total of 1,401 were detained, including 1,273 men, 115 women, 12 boys and a girl. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar says they will be released once investigations are completed.

5.30pm: The Bersih 2.0 steering committee failed to hand over its memorandum to the King at Istana Negara but declared its street rally a success. It also condemned the arrests of any participants, including those from other groups.Committee member Subramaniam Pillay said Bersih will hand over the memorandum to the King in due time, although there would be no street rally. He also confirmed that Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has been detained and her last phone message said she was okay.

5.25pm: Police reported that as many as 924 arrests were made as of 3.30pm, of whom 875 were men and 49 women.

5.10pm: Throngs of people seen entering KL Sentral, most of them carrying face towels and bottles of mineral water.

4.30pm: Acting KL CPO Datuk Amar Singh says rally leaders detained under various offences, including under Section 27 of Police Act for illegal assembly.

4.20pm: Crowds that had gathered in KL for Bersih and Patriot rallies are dispersing; police keeping watch. A senior Bersih organiser requested crowd of supporters near Chinese Assembly Hall along Jalan Maharajalela to disperse.

3.18pm: Crowd gathered at entrance to Stadium Merdeka near MBSSKL. Some at police barricade but most have retreated and standing along Jalan Hang Jebat, seeming to wait for directions. Situation still calm.

3.15pm: Patriot disperses. FRU on standby watching everyone leave.

3.10pm: Patriot crowd praying in front of FRU water cannon.

3.01pm: Police say they have arrested 672 people as of 2.30pm (624 men and 48 women).

3.00pm: Thousands march through the rain towards Pudu. FRU fire tear gas.

2.55pm: Khairy picked up by police.

2.45pm: FRU fired tear gas at Patriot at Jln Bkt Bintang-Jln Pudu intersection to force them to disperse.

2.55pm: Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan detained for question. Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin has also been picked up by police.

2.39pm: Several Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been arrested, so far. Among them are PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, Kuantan MP Fuzaih Salleh, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, vice presidents Datuk Mahfuz Omar and Salahuddin Ayub and Batu MP Tian Chua.

2.35pm: Police say they had arrested 644 people (597 men and 47 women) by 2pm.

2.30pm: At least five FRU trucks head towards Pudu Raya.

2.25pm: Tear gas fired at crowd at Jalan Pudu and KL Sentral. Protestors throw back cannisters. Police warn reporters to stay away as they fire more tear gas fire. Its raining heavily

2.20pm: Police box in Bersih protestors between Swiss Garden Hotel and Magnum building. One man caught. Standoff between Bersih supporters and FRU who have closed the road in front of Magnum.

2.15pm: Crowd makes it into KL Sentral. Meanwhile, police are using batons to disperse at Jalan Pudu. The crowd disperses and regroups.

2.11pm: Kg Baru mosque has made announcement asking worshippers and the public to leave the mosque compound after prayers

2.10pm: Patriot group in Bukit Bintang waiting for two more groups from PWTC and Kg Attap before marching to stadium. Starting to rain here

2.05pm: Bersih and Pakatan leaders exit KL Hilton amid chants of 'Bersih!' to KL Sentral where they encounter locked doors.

2.01pm: FRU block Bersih group in front of Swiss Garden along Jalan Pudu as they march to Stadium Merdeka

2.00pm: Water cannons turned on crowd at Pudu Plaza

1.45pm: Third round of tear gas at Cahaya Suria Maybank interjunction as helicopters hover very low over crowd attempting to march to Stadium Merdeka.

1.40pm: Khairy Jamaluddin arrives to join Patriot group to a big cheer from crowd. Khairy is also on list of 91 forbidden from entering KL

1.41pm: Tear gas being fired at large crowd at Jalan Tun Perak near Maybank.

1.30pm: Reezal Merican defies restriction order to lead patriot in Bukit Bintang.

1.25pm: Police say 514 people had been arrested by 12.30pm (478 men and 36 women).

1.20pm. Patriot movement marches down Bukit Bintang in red shirts carrying Malaysian flags and singing national songs. Shops pull down shutters

1.19pm: Bersih group merges with another near Puduraya. Umno Youth's Patriot group, headed by pickup truck with loudhailer, is distributing Patriot t-shirts, shouting Hancur Bersih'

1.10pm: Thousands in Bersih crowd start from Pudu Plaza, passing Bukit Bintang and are on the way to Jalan Pudu in bid to reach Stadium Merdeka

1.00pm: Kuantan MP fuziah tweeted that she's detained in front of Hilton for obstructing police. She's in a black Maria now

12.55pm: Police say 441 have been arrested by 12noon (421 men and 20 women).

12.45pm: Lim Kit Siang and other Pakatan Rakyat leaders are at KL Hilton Hotel.

12.40pm: FRU fire tear gas at protestors shouting 'reformasi' at Agro Bank near Daya Bumi in KL

12.30: A huge crowd of protestors shouting reformasi are leaving Central Market in an attempt to head towards Masjid Jamek and Dataran Merdeka. Near Masjid Negara, protestors were also seen carrying PKR and PAS flags while shouting Bersih

12.15pm: PAS vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar and Kubang Kerian MP Salahuddin have been arrested at KL Sentral

12.13pm: Police allow 5 lawyers from the Bar Council to head to the KL train station as a crowd shouted “reformasi" from inside the train station.

12.05pm: PKR president Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail arrives at KL Hilton accompanied by Subang MP R Sivarasa and lawyer Latheefa Koya. PKR sec-gen Saifuddin Nasution also arrives at KL Hilton

11.35am: All is peaceful at KLCC. Tourists taking photos. Mall security stepped up with metal barricades set up around the entrance, except small opening to let shoppers in.

11.30am: Police say they have arrested 236, including 8 women, in KL city for involvement in illegal gathering

11.02am: RapidKL trains won't stop at three stations in the city from 10.15am on police orders - Hang Tuah and Maharajalela stations on the monorail line and Hang Tuah station on the Ampang line.

11.00am: A man wearing red shirt arrested by police near Masjid Jamek LRT station

10.40am: Bukit Aman media centre released a statement saying that one of the 21 arrested earlier Saturday has been released.

10.35am: A black maria is at Masjid Jamek with 13 people, mostly men, detained on suspicion of being Bersih demonstrators. Police detain 3 women in their early 20s for carrying red strips of cloth.

10.30am: A large crowd has gathered at the train station near Masjid Negara. Heavy police presence headed by Dang Wangi OCPD ACP Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman. More police trucks arrive to join FRU trucks at Istana Negara main gate but situation is still quiet.

10.01am: Shops start to open. Queue of 100 people in front of Machines, Lot 10, waiting to buy iPad2.

10.00am: A man was arrested by police at Jalan Melayu, off Jalan Masjid India, after he was seen shouting aggressively in front of the public and media representatives.

9.50am: Rela manning Central Market entrance. They say the market will open as usual at 10am but they will stand watch. Police patrolling on foot around central market before it opens.

9.45am: Small group of about 100 along Masjid India ordered to dispersed by police

9.30am: An official statement from KL police says they have arrested 21 people.

9.28am: 12 lawyers in suit and tie outside Masjid Jamek station. Large police presence but normal activity. Station remains open.

9.15am: A crowd of over 100 is at the KTM station near the National Mosque. Police are monitoring them.

9.10am: Police take away a group of people who had gathered near the Kg Baru mosque

9.07am: Road blocks on highways into KL causing traffic slowdown. A roadblock near Batu Tiga has brought traffic to a crawl, taking drivers more than half an hour from Shah Alam to the toll plaza heading to Kuala Lumpur. But traffic flow after the toll plaza is smooth.

9.05am: Three lawyers, in black jacket and tie, walked into Jalan TAR. They told newsmen they are there to provide legal assistance

8.50am: About 15 FRU trucks outside Istana Negara. Road blocks set up 500m away from main entrance of the palace

8.45am: 6 ambulances seen entering Jalan TAR, believed to be on standby.

8.40am: 12 police trucks and a black maria outside Sogo. About 120 policemen are around area. Random checks are being carried out on passing padestrians at Jalan TAR.

8.15am: Police close off entrance to Jalan Stadium with barbed wire. 20 black maria in front of car park.

8.10am: Heavy police presence, light traffic but no sight of crowds in areas around Chow Kit and Kampung Baru

8.05am: Jalan TAR is sealed off with large police presence outside Sogo.

8.00am: The city is near deserted. At Jalan Raja Laut, only policemen on duty were seen. Outside City Hall, about 200 policemen were seen having their breakfast. A police helicopter is hovering over the city.

7.55am: More police arrive on the monorail and are getting off at Maharajalela Station, opposite Merdeka Stadium.

7.30am: A number of FRU trucks, including those with water cannons, pass Jalan Maharajalela heading towards the National Mosque and Masjid Jamek.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have sealed off all major roads leading to the heart of the capital, telling people to stay away from any rally Saturday.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the police had acted fairly in not issuing any permit to hold rallies.
The Sultan of Selangor said mosques and surau should not be used as a meeting place by those who come from other places to join in the street demonstrations.
The Ruler told his subjects to also stay away from street protests, saying this would harm the unity of the people. However, Bersih 2.0, Umno Youth and Perkasa look set to press ahead with their plans.
Bersih 2.0 insisted that its supporters will gather at Stadium Merdeka while Umno Youth under its Patriot umbrella will march at Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Perkasa has told its members to “stroll” around Tasik Titiwangsa.