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Well it is quite sometime since my last entry.. almost five months back. There are plenty of reasons of why it was.. Flipping through news here and there I found out that there is a new halal McD opened up at Southall branch in London. The halal branch was started business on May 1 ago. But as was the cases elsewhere it was not without protest.  Read about it  here  and  here . Another report is  here . Having McD meals in M'sia are great. It's all halal! - - - - -

Another paper on McD's entitled "McCafe: The McDonald's co-branding experience" written by Owen Wright, Lorelle Frazer and Bill Merrilees. The paper was published in Journal of Brand Management, 14, pp. 442-457, 2007. The writers are affiliated with Griffith University.   Bas Airport Delhi - - - - -

Peristiwa bersejarah 1984 bulan Mei hingga hujung tahun. Mei 5 Mei - Kompleks Dayabumi mercu tanda yang terkenal di KL dibuka. 17 Mei - Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad (EON) ditubuhkan. 1 Jun - TV3 secara rasmi dilancarkan. Pelancaran bertepatan dengan tarikh hijrah  pertama Ramadan 1404. Pelancaran mula tepat jam 5:00 petang. TV3 bersiaran tujuh jam sehari bermula jam 5:00 petang sehingga 12:00 tengah malam. Kawasan penyiaran hanya terhad kepada Lembah Kelang.  7 Jun - Nama "Saga" dipilih sebagai kereta nasional pertama. 31 Ogos - Saluran TV2 mula diterima di Sabah dan Sarawak serta Labuan . 22 September - Sultan Iskandar ditabal sebagai YDPA.. 17 November - Saluran TV2 menyambut ulang tahunnya yang ke-15. - - - - -

Catatan sebagai memori yang berlaku 1984. Zaman ketika berada dihujung tahun pengajian T5 Jalan Gurney. Period Januari hingga April 1984. [Sumber asal wiki - link  ; lebih elok in English - link ]. 1 Januari - Hotel Majestic (kemudian dimiliki oleh Balai Seni Lukis Negara) telah ditutup selepas 52 tahun beroperasi. Mula beroperasi 1932 (?). Ia  dibuka semula 2012. 11 Januari - Dr. Zaini Shaarani, kakitangan dari DBKL menjadi rakyat Malaysia pertama untuk sampai ke Gunung Kala Pattar. [Tak ada pulak temui info ini kalau search lain]. 12 Januari - Dasar Negara Diperbadankan (Malaysia Incorporation) dan Dasar Pertanian diperkenalkan. Januari - Kerajaan pusat merancang untuk membina sistem transit di antara Sentul dan Petaling Jaya.  31 Januari - Sultan Idris Shah II Perak mangkat secara mengejut selepas mengalami serangan jantung di Lumut, Perak. Pada 3 Februari, beliau telah digantikan oleh anak saudaranya, Sultan Azlan Shah.  1 Februari - Pembukaan rasm...

… What’s in a name? One may asks. Well to many of us it’s nothing much. But careful though if it contains one magic word … Mc. That was what happened to a restaurant in KL. It was reported that this local restaurant serving local dishes including chicken curry etc. But the problem started when McDonalds Corporation sue them for using McCurry as their business name. In September 2006, the fast food giant McDonalds has won a huge and noble victory against a tiny Malaysian curry house, after a five year legal battle. ... - - - - -

McD is not merely about fast food. There are books written on McD, a video on McD – (remember Super Size Me! - to be exact .. say no to McD), websites dedicated to McD (well done to  McChronicles  and  Mckroes  !) and many more. What is more interesting is that there were many academic thesis have been written on the topic of McD. Some are doing it for bachelor degree, and there are also graduate thesis and even at doctorate level. Here are some examples of the thesis related to McDonalds… French food vs fast food: Jose Bove takes on McD – (MA degree at Ohio University, 2002) Informal Learning in the Workplace: What Can Be Learned Doing a McJob. (Harvard University. Ed.D. thesis, 2001) Older Adults’ Frequent Visits to a McDonald’s Restaurant: An Ethnography and a Grounded Theory Study. (Doctorate in Public Health - University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1998). Small Fry, Big Spender: McDonald’s and the Rise of a Children’s Consumer Culture, 1955-1985.(Loyola University of Ch...

Well it is nice to know McD at some places start offering halal menus. McD in Melbourne has launch such service. Read the reports here -  Report 1  and  McD in UK  also giving a try of having the same.  In Melbourne, McDonald's consulted Muslim leaders before introducing halal products at its Brunswick East and St Albans stores. But understandably it is not without protest from locals. Read the report  here . The above photo is taken at a local McD outlet in Kuala Lumpur - - - - -

Yes, that topic again - McDonaldization.  But why? Well, if we search on Yahoo there were almost 60,000 entry talking about it (as at late Aug '06). Book on it was published, revised and uses as textbook in many university courses. An example of such is offered in a  sociology  subject at csuchico. I've posted  an entry  about its meaning and priciples. But will repeat here using material from another source. The “McDonaldization” of Society Where does the term McDonaldization originally come from?  - The term McDonaldization was coined by George Ritzer who wrote a book about this essay. He saw a parallel between the thoughts in Max Weber’s theory and the system of McDonalds. Weber was a sociologist who followed a fast development in the western world getting more and more rational. With the term rational Weber meant the things that control and dominate the people. In his point of view that things were “efficiency, predictability, calculability,” and replac...

While surfing on the net I found several good sites which gave coverage and promote McD. One of the interesting site is  mcchronicles . [The last entry was on Dec 2011]. Photos on McD were aplenty .. the best choice is  flickr . The person behind this is named  mckroes , and we suggest you check out the interesting  collection of McDonald's store images . Most images are of stores in Europe, particularly The Netherlands (a truly beautiful country and people). Photograph shown is McD at Cannes, France. mckroes says, "McDonald's isn't all the same. Every McDonald's is unique in it's own way." The McChronicles shares this level of appreciation. Thanks mckroes! A smaller but more international collection of McDonald's photos appears in  francoishavard35's Flickr account . The McChronicles enjoys the comments on this site (not to mention the exotic locations, like Marrakesh and Paris). .....

Quiet McD somewhere ... To some McD is quite intriguing, sort of fascinating, interesting and worth researching. Well is that really? There are lots of info on McD we could gather from many sources ... books, article, journal, video etc. Probably we can start from the internet.  To begin with ... lets visit  here. [Link does not there any more]. - - - - -

What is McDonaldization? McDonaldization is the term invented by George Ritzer to describe a sociological phenomenon that is happening in our society. Definition:  the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world. Four Goals of McDonaldization: Efficiency, Calculability, Predictability, Control 1.  Efficiency    -- Rational calculation of best cost effective mode of production. The optimum method of completing a task. The rational determination of the best mode of production. Cheapest per unit price. Individuality is not allowed.   2.  Calculability   -- (or quantity rather than quality) Assessment of outcomes based on quantifiable rather than subjective criteria. In other words, quantity over quality. Therefore, they extol the big Mac rather than the good Mac. 3.  Predictability  -- Organize production process to guarantee unif...

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