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Thursday, January 31, 2008

HOBBY NO. 7 : ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE

This is a very interesting hobby but always limited people like it because they think they must have a lot of money to enjoy this hobby.

Antique word is from Latin word Antiquus which refer to old collectible items. Normally, antique items is about 50 years olds items (the older is the better & valuable).The value of the antique is based on their age, rarity, condition, utility or their special & unique features.

Items which normally consider as antique :
1) Furniture - Chair, lamps, table, candle stand, ect..
2) Automotive - Bicycle, motorcycle, car, spare parts.
3) Music Equipments - Gramafon, casette, guitar, ect..
4) Household Items - Glass, spoon, knife, plate, books, bottle, can, ect..
5) Art - Drawing, painting, Manuscrip

However, some items is more on collectable items compared to antique such as :
1) Collecting items from same manufacturer or Company. Example : Collecting Coca-Cola bottles & cans.

2) Collecting item on specific subject such as collect merchanise from Manchester United Fooball Club.

3) Collecting on specific hobby such as collecting coins or stamps.

4) Collecting on specific interest which normally influence by gender. Example : Collecting dolls for female and collecting war ships for male.

Monday, January 28, 2008

COUNTRY AND CURRENCY

This is some of the country and their currency.

1) Algeria : Algerian Dinar (AD)= 100 centimes
2) Argentina : Argentina Peso (Arg$) = 100 centavos
3) Australia : Australian Dollar (A$)= 100 cents
4) Austria : Schiling (Sch)= 100 groschen
5) Bangladesh : Taka (TK)= 100 paisa
6) Belgium : Belgian franc (BFr)= 100 centimes
7) Bolivia : Boliviano Peso (B$) = 100 centavos
8) Brazil : Cruzeiro (Cr) = 100 centavos
9) Brunei : Brunei Dollar (Br$)= 100 cents
10) Cambodia : New Riel = 100 sen
11) Canada : Canadian Dollar (C$)= 100 cents
12) Chile : Chilean Peso (Ch$)= 100 centavos
13) China : Yuan (Y)= 100 jiau
14)Colombia : Colombian Peso (Col$)= 100 centavos
15) Czech Republic : Koruna or Crown (KCS) = 100 haler
16) Denmark : Danish Krone (DKr) = 100 ore
17) Egypt : Egyptian Pound = 100 piastres
18) Finland : Markka (FMk) = 100 penni
19) France : Franc (Fr) = 100 centimes
20) Germany : Deutsche Mark (DM) = 100 pfennig
21) Ghana : Cedi (c) = 100 pesewas
22) Greece : Drachma (Dr) = 100 lepta
23) Guatemala : Quetzal (Q) = 100 centavos
24) Hong Kong : Hong Kong (HK$) = 100 cents
25) Hungary : Forint (Ft) = 100 filler
26) India : Indian Rupee (IR) = 100 paisa
27) Indonesia : Rupiah (Rp) = 100 sen
28) Iran : Rial (Rl) = 100 dinars
29) Iraq : Iraqi Dinar (ID)= 1000 fils
30) Ireland : Irish Pound = 100 pence
31) Italy : Lire (L)= 100 centesimi
32) Ivory Coast : CFA Franc (CFA Fr) = 100 centimes
33) Jamaica : Jamaican Dollar = 100 cents
34) Japan : Yen
35) Jordan : Jordanian Dinar (JD)= 1000 fills
36) Kenya : Kenya Shiling (K Sh) = 100 cents
37) Korea Republic : S.Korean Won (SK W)= 100 chon
38) Kuwait : Kuwaiti Dinar (KD) = 100 fils
39) Laos : Kip = 100 at
40) Lebanon : Lebanese Pound = 100 piastres
41) Libya : Libyan Dinar (LD)= 1000 dirhams
42) Malaysia : Ringgit (RM)= 100 sen
43) Mexico : Pesos (Mex$) = 100 centavos
44) Morocco : Dirham = 100 centimes
45) Myanmar : Kyat (kt)= 100 pyas
46) Netherlands : Guilder (Gld) = 100 cents
47) New Zealand : New Zealand Dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
48) Nigeria : Naira (N)= 100 kobos
49) Norway : Norwegian Krone (N Kr)= 100 ore
50) Oman : O.Rial = 1000 biaza
51) Pakistan : Pakistan Rupee (PR) = 100 paisa
52) Panama : Balboa (Ba) = 100 centesimos
53) Papua New guinea : Kina (Ka) = 100 toea
54) Peru : Inti = 100 centavos
55) Philippines : Philippine Peso (PP) = 100 centavos
56) Poland : Zloty (ZI) = 100 groszy
57) Portugal : Escuso (Esc) = 100 centavos
58) Qatar : Q.Riyal = 100 dirham
59) Romania : Lei = 100 bani
60) Russian Federation : Rouble (R) = 100 kopeks
61) Saudi Arabia : Saudi Riyal (S R) = 100 halalah
62) Singapore : Singapore Dollar (S$)= 100 cents
63) South Africa : Rand (R)= 100 cents
64) Spain : Peseta (Pta) = 100 centimos
65) Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka Rupee (SL R) = 100 cents
66) Sudan : Sudanese Pound = 100 piastres
67) Sweden : Swedish Kronor (S Kr) = 100 ore
68) Switwerland : Swiss franc (S Fr)= 100 centimes
69) Syria : Syrian Pound = 100 piastres
70) Taiwan : New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) = 100 cents
71) Tanzania : Tanzanian Shiling (T Sh)= 100 cents
72) Thailand : Baht (Bt) = 100 satang
73) Turkey : Turkish Lira (TL)= 100 kurus
74) United Arab Emirates : UAE Dirham = 100 fils
75) United Kingdom : Pound = 100 new pence
76) U.S.A : dollar ($)= 100 cents
77) Uruguay : New Peso (Urug N$)= 100 centimos
78) Venezuela : Bolivar (B) = 100 centimos
79) Vietnam : New Dong = 100 xu
80) Zambia : Kwacha (K)= 100 ngwee

Remarks :
There is a lot more countries which not include in this listing. I will update the listing time to time. However, if you have the complete listing, plese share with me.

World Currency Names: why is a franc called a franc?

Have you ever wonder why different kinds of money are called what they are? Why is peso called a peso and mark called a mark, for example? Well, the following list will let you find out a little bittle about what names of some world money mean.

AUKSINAS (Lithuania) - means "golden" or "gulden". Auksinas derives from lithuanian "Auksas" which means "gold".Currently "Litas" is used in Lithuania which has no particular or direct meaning or translation other than similarity with the name of the country "Lietuva" (Lithuania; Litauen; Lituanie; Lituania).

COLON (Costa Rica, El Salvador) - derives from last name of Christopher Columbus - Cristobal Colon.

DRACHMA (Greece) - means "handful".

ESCUDO (Portugal) - means "shield", referring to the coat of arms on the original coin.

FORINT (Hungary) - means "golden".

FRANC (Frank, Frang) (France, Switzerland, Luxembourg) - first issued in 1360, as a gold coin. Gets its name from its original Latin inscription - Francorum Rex, which means "King of the Franks", - the title given to kings of France in the 1300s.

GUILDER (Gulden, Florin) (Netherlands) - from the same root as "gilded", the guilder was originally a gold coin. It was first introduced from Florence in the 13th century. Florin - another nickname for Guilder means "flowers".

KORUNA (Czechia, Slovakia) - means "crown".

KRONA (Kroner, Kronor) (Iceland, Sweden, Norway etc.) - means "crown".

KUNA (Croatia) - means "marten". Marten skins were used as money.

LIRA (Lire) (Italy, Turkey) - from the Latin word libra, which means "pound".

MALOTI (Kingdom of Lesotho) - Maloti is plural for Loti, currency of Lesotho,a kingdom in Southern Africa.

PESETA (Spain) - means "little peso", and was created in the 18th century as a "companion" coin to the Spanish peso.

PESO (Mexico) - means "weight". It was introduced by Spain in 1497, then adopted by Mexico and other Latin American countries in the late 19th century.

POUND (English) - named for its weight in Sterlings, - the unit of currency in Medieval England. The first pound coin was issued in 1642.

PULA (Botswana) - Pula means ‘rain’ in Setswana, but "pula pula" does not mean a lot of rain. It means luck, prosperity, health.

RIYAL (Saudi Arabia) - borrows its name from the Spanish real, meaning "royal".

ROUBLE (Russia, Belarus etc.) - means "cut-off", a term that dates back to the days when portions of silver bars were literally cut-off from the bars and used as coins. The rouble was first issued as a silver piece in 1704.

RUPEE (Rupiah) (India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius etc.) - comes from the Sanskrit rupa, which means "beauty" or "shape".

TAKA (Bangladesh) - the word "taka" is derived from the sanskrit "tanka" which was an ancient denomination of silver coin. Taka currency name was also used in North India.

YEN (Japan) - borrowed from the Chinese yuan, which means "round", and describes the coin. First issued in 1870.

YUAN (China) - means "round" and describes the coin.

ZLOTY (Poland) - means "golden".

Source :
http://www.banknotes.com

Comments:
I just visit this website today and I found this website is very informative and a must read by everybody who love collecting coins and bank notes.

This article is published with permission by Mr. Audrius Tomonis of www.banknotes.com.

TRIP TO PUTRAJAYA @ 27/01/08

Date : 27/01/08 (Sunday).
Venue : Putrajaya, Malaysia
Interesting places visited :
1) Putrajaya Mosque
2) Alamanda Shopping Centre
3) Putrajaya Club

Its only 1 hour journey to Putrajaya from my house. This is my first visit here this year. Nothing much changed from my previous visit since November 2007.

For your information, Putrajaya is the civil administrative centre for Malaysian Government. Here, you can see beautiful building including our Prime Minister's Office, Mosque, Darul Ehsan Palace, offices and well planned housing area.


Photo: My wife and daughter with Putra Mosque as background.


Photo : Putra Mosque is built near man made lake.

Useful link :
www.putrajaya.net.my
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putrajaya

Sunday, January 27, 2008

HOBBY NO. 6 : READING

Reading? Please don't tell me that you hate reading because you are reading my blog right now. Ha.ha.ha....

Why should we read?
1) Better life. With proper education, you may have better career and life.
2) Gain knowledge in any field. Learn new language for example.
3) Learn form others experience. You can purchase bibliography of your favourite icon and then try to follow their footstep to success.
4) To teach others. With knowledge, you can teach your kids.

What to read?
1) Education books.
2) Religous books.
3) Newspaper & magezines.
4) Novels.
5) Internet - website, blog, ebooks, ect...
6) comics, manga and cartoons.
7) Anythings that can suits you.

Where to read?
1) Education institutions - Kindergarden, School, College & university.
2) Library.
3) Internet. There is unlimited knowledge in the internet. Just pick something that suit you.
4) Anywhere.

MY COINS & BANK NOTES COLLECTION

Let me start with my own experience on collecting coins & bank notes.

I started this hobby seriously since year 2003. Until now I have more than 500 coins & more than 40 pcs of bank notes. For collecting bank notes; I actually not a serious collector due to their expensive value. I just bought a cheap bank notes when I have extra income.


Photo : With my collection.

Normally, I got this collection thru :
1) Internet - www.lelong.com.my & www.ebay.com.my
2) Exchange with friends.
3) Flea market - every sunday morning @ Section 13 Shah Alam (Malawati Stadium).
4) Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya - Every Saturday & Sunday.

My coins collection included :
1) Currrency - Coins which still valid as currencies. Some coins already not used as currencies.
2) Token - Coins from video games and hypermall.
3) Commerative coins - Issued of specific events.
4) Replica - Coins which reproduced as commerative.


Regards.
izman

HOW TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE?

I received few email from our Friends asking how to share their experience in this blog?

As I informed earlier, this blog is to gain info and also sharing info and knowledge. So, you can email me at damak_76@hotmail.com regarding your hobby or experience.

Details you are advice to include in your email to me :-
1) Name / Nick name
2) Location / Country of origin
3) Age
4) Occupation
5) Type of Hobby
6) How long you have involved in this hobby
7) Related photos - Give brief summary of each photo.
8) Email / website or blog
9) Others

I will help you to copy your story from my email and paste its to this blog. As all details is not compulsory, please inform me if you wish not to disclosed your email or other details. Its your choices.

However, I will decide to publish or not to publish your stories, depend on your story. If not related to this blog, I'm sorry.

For details, just drop me an email at damak_76@hotmail.com

Thanks & regards

izman