20071228: Doha sights & Corniche

Finally, you get to see some sights of Doha, and the beautiful Corniche.


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20071225: Doha Apartment and views

So, it's Xmas and we get to capture some shots of the Adam apartment in Doha.

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20071222: Doha Internet connection

A quick view of the apartment broadband performance.

20071222: Winter Solstice has arrived

The time of the TONG YUEN is here again!
This year, I cannot relish it back home in Malaysia, as I am stuck in the Winter of the Middle East in Doha, Qatar.
I have however found a couple of links for the recipes here and here.

My favourite is the latter one.
The history of the festival can be found here.

If you can't bother jumping to that link, here is a summary:
"The Winter Festival, or Dong Zhi falls on the twelfth day of the eleventh lunar month. It coincides with the Winter Solstice when the sun is at its southernmost point, above the Tropic of
Capricorn - two or three days before Christmas and ten days before the New Year in the Gregorian Calendar. This festival marks the turning point between winter and spring, daylight and darkness. Days begin to gain hours as the sun retraces its path northwards."

20071221: Sunset in Doha

SO what does the dusk bring, when the sun sets so early during the winter months at 4:55pm?

Take a look here:
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20071220: Qatar, Doha, City Centre, Shanghai Garden

Lunch Buffet here at QR39/pax or add QR10 for the dinner buffet.
Met up with some old chums and had a jolly good time.
The food variety was fair, and my only grouse was the lack of Chinese tea in the menu.

Amongst the food served were:

1. 2 types of starchy soup, including corn soup
2. Deep fried Belt fish
3. Prawns in tomato sauce (best of the lot)
4. Stir fried crabs
5. Stewed beef with bamboo shoots
6. Lemon Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken
7. Shiu Mai dumplings
8. Beancurd with mushrooms
9. Fried noodles
10. Fried rice
11. White rice
12. Cold Chinese appetisers (like gizzards, blood, etc.)
13. Oily Chinese salad
14. Western salad
15. Dumplings
16. Savoury desserts and pastries
17. Agar Agar jelly
18. Fresh fruits (grapes and oranges)
19. Free flow of cold soft drinks (no water provided)

Photos pending

20071219: Fish Market, Corniche, Doha

Went for a quick sandwich breakfast before driving over to the Corniche in the Mitsubishi Lancer (fortunately it's on automatic transmission)
Loads of fishermen selling their fresh catch of the day here.
They come in their motorboats to the steps on the Corniche, lay out a canvas sheet and dump all their produce from the ice box.

Visited on both 19th & 20th December, during the Eid Festival.



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20071218: Back to Doha, Qatar after 18 months!

Off to KLIA again on the ERL using a return ticket, paid with Diners Club.
Managed to use the free KLIA Wifi for a few emails prior to departure.
Lunch was only served at 2pm (Malaysian time) 1hr 50mins after the takeoff.
First time encountered a faulty WC on the Airbus A340 with a 2-4-2 configuration.
Food was fair with 1 lunch and 1 refreshment served prior to touchdown in Manama, Bahrain.
Managed to squeeze in 3 in-flight movies on the pathetic 6 inch LCD.
Watched: Shortcut to Happiness (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Bourne Ultimatum (Julia Stiles) and Stardust (Claire Danes). Yeah, I only noted the female stars!
Landed in Manama about 3pm (Manama time) Transited for 90 minutes before boarding GF514 at Gate 16 for Doha at 5pm. The departure lounge has a Chilli's outlet. More expensive though!
Detected a few Wifi base stations but couldn't connect. Managed to get a 3 pin plug point to charge the notebook until 95% charged status.

Arrived safely in Doha at 545pm on the Airbus A320 (3-3 config) with only a serving of orange juice and a pack of tidbits prepacked in England!
Immigration was swift with the renovated terminal building. Entry for Malaysians is now QR100 providing a 1 month visa.
Was fetched by my new colleague here in his patriotic left hand drive grey Waja.
Scooted off to the Adam Residences apartment. Located at: Lat: 25.2825° Lon: 51.5417°

Nice cosy place nestled on the 5th floor, with a small 20 m pool at the Mezzanine level. After settling in and introduce to 2 new buddies, we went downstairs to catch some grub for dinner. As the nearby Kebab shop was already patronised earlier, the only other option was the Indian restaurant next door, unless you wanted to exercise your appetite another block away.
So the Rolex restaurant provided us with some good food and of course, I took my fresh mango juice.
After tucking in to a QR 44 meal for 3 (which is reasonable, considering the amount we took), we strolled back to the apartment within 5 minutes!
Took a nice warm shower and checked some email! Luckily the apartment has got broadband! Very convenient! Speed ranges from 1 Kb/s to 70Kb/s depending on what time you log in!
Note that the time difference of 5 hours took it's toll on my sanity, and I had to get into bed (super single size) by 1030pm! Good nite!

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20071209: PC Fair, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

Last PC fair of the year!

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20071208: Le Meridien, Kuala Lumpur

Just a brief breather and short weekend stint at Le Meridien KL.
Shots of the room and a great buffet dinner at the Latest Recipe restaurant.

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20071126: Finally back from Dubai

After a hectic week of project management, buffet lunches and car tyre replacements, I'm back again in my homeland of Kuala Lumpur.

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20071117: Back to Dubai - for a week

So tonight starts my journey again, back to a cooler Dubai for a week stint!

Journey begins at KL Sentral, took the ERL, checked in at Emirates counter at 1030pm. Got seat 47A, departing from gate C12 at 2:10am! Yawn!

20071110: Vacation in Port Dickson - Disaster and nightmare

A short 3 night stint in our local timeshare package, at the Legend Water Chalets from 7th to 10th November 2007.

Somehow, the happiness was short lived after a terrible THEFT incident! So much for Visit Malaysia Year!

After breakfast on Friday morning, Jessica and I returned directly to our room, as I felt a bit uncomfortable and nauseous.

I took a couple of Panadols and rested until the afternoon, when we decided to have a stroll along the beach. I then searched for my NORTH FACE sling bag, which I then noticed that it was missing. I was definitely not in the car, as I checked there already.

So, the security was alerted and a full report was lodged. We were also escorted by the courteous security officer from the hotel to the Police Station.
All the normal procedures were adhered to including making a graphic report to the sergeant in charge.
His table had 3 thick stacks of files of unsolved cases, each about a foot tall! Talk about small town, but high crime.
According to the sergeant, there is a syndicate roaming around the hotels, targeting tourists (like me!)

My wife, Jessica, then made a comment, which I was unaware of, and this is the THRILLER!

According to her, when I was away to grab some food, some guy tapped her on her right shoulder and alerted her that she had dropped some money.
Not thinking too much, the "notes" were picked up. It turned out to be 2 sheets of FOLDED money.
This was 1 YUAN each. Current street value of the 2 Yuan = slightly under RM 1!
The strange part was, why on earth would we have dropped Chinese money in a Malaysian resort?
Yes, it is true that we recently returned from China, but the strange part is that China is NOW using COINS for all their 1 Yuan denominations. The notes picked up were dated 1999!
Is this a "trick" to fool the victim?
It is suspected that when Jessica picked the notes up, the accomplice would have snatched my bag without her notice!
The security guard mentioned the possibility of "jampi" or "some form of hypnotism" to the extent that:

• She didn't tell me about this incident until the police report at night
• She didn't notice anyone taking my bag
• I didn't notice that my bag was missing
• I felt uncomfortable after the breakfast, leading to forgetfulness

It is up to you to believe such folklore, but this was most shocking to us.

What irritated us even more, was the fact that millions was spent on the structure of the hotel, but no budget was appropriated for security cameras!
Would you believe it, they DO NOT have CCTVs in the lobby areas!

So this daymare took a good 4 hours out of us, spanning from tea time to dinner time.
We then returned to the hotel to await the arrival of the investigating officer. We met up with his entourage, after we made our way out to dinner, with the intention of trying out seafood at SEAVIEW restaurant, just 5 minutes away from the hotel. When we reached the restaurant, we got a call to return back to the hotel immediately.
This was a blessing in disguise, as if we did not returned, we would have been slaughtered by the SEAVIEW restaurant with their exorbitant prices!

After describing the entire incident again to the team, we then investigated the in-house dinner buffet, which we agreed in unison to dine!
At RM 55 nett, you get a plethora of seafood including crab, squid, fish, scallop cakes, smoked salmon, Japanese sushi, with salmon, beef, veal, chicken, sharksfins soup, seafood soup with clams, mussels, prawns,
vegetables, rice, etc.

It was a no brainer.

Anyway, part of the contents in the sling bag that was stolen is as follows:

1. Sony Ericsson K610i grey mobile phone (with my name sticker on the rear)
2. My Celcom 3G SIM card (which I have cancelled)
3. My Diners Club card (which I have cancelled also)
4. My Le Meridien Member card
5. MyKad! (Drats! another fine!)
6. Legend Worldwide Member card
7. Alliance Bank ATM card
8. Public Bank ATM card
9. Vegetarian restaurant member card
   
10. My Toshiba 1 Gb thumbdrive
11. My spare 1 Gb MicroSD card with SD adapter
12. My mini tripod

Pictures HERE!

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20071016-21: Shanghai Vacation

Yay, finally I manage to have a short trip with my wifey Jessica.

Took MAS this time. Can't use Diners Club card in our MAS Golden Lounge though! Sheesh!

Stayed at the RUITAI Hotel, which has INCLUSIVE (free, no additional charge) wired broadband internet at an UNBELIEVABLE (for 2007 standards) FIVE, yes 5 MEGABITS speed!

I was downloading stuff at 500 Kb/s, so talk about infrastructure (and this is NOT in the city centre!)

Wanted to return on Sunday, 20th, but no flights, thus had to take another extra day off!

Loads of photos here:

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20071014: The iPhone reviewed

Yup, finally got my hands on this piece of superb engineering from the fruity company,
and yes, I am still in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to do this review!

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20070903: Back from Dubai

Yahoo! I finally escaped from "Alcatraz"

Talk about uncomfortable living conditions (2 inch mattress), unnutritious food (read - CHINESE food from Chinese village, either full of OIL, Chilli, or salty soya sauce!), excellent entertainment ( 1000 satellite channels from ALL the provinces of China, all in Mandarin, including the dubbing of old Hong Kong movies!, peaceful and conducive washing machines (which rotates at about 600 rpm and has the acoustics of a machine gun!

Pictures soon!

20070822-Dinner at Radisson SAS

Invited by my old Suncon buddy, Mr WOO, from Suncon, Abu Dhabi. Had a great buffet dinner at the 5 star hotel, Radisson SAS, which was formerly the Intercontinental.

Had roast duck, lobster tails, beef steak, lamb and veal steaks, tandoori pomfret, amongst others.

Met up with old chaps, like LIM BL, Ramdani, Ms Toh and Edmund.

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20070817-Tea time in Burjuman

Met up with Cypark Alumni members for a tea break on a hot sunny afternoon weekend in Dubai, UAE.

Had my mug of green tea, whilst the other chaps had Cappucino and a Mango smoothie (Patrick)

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E90 arrives in Dubai

The super duper Nokia E90 has finally landed on the shores of Dubai during this super duper hot season.

Here are some shots of this baby!

Welcome to Paris, er no, Dubai!

All the glitz and glamour which are normally personified by the metropolitans of New York, London and Paris are no longer true.

Welcome to DUBAI, the MIDDLE EAST. Welcome to THEATRIUM!
This is situated in the Royal Ascot Hotel in Bur Dubai!
Shocked? Don't be. This is what all Islamic countries should have, including Malaysia.

Very cheap, prices start from FOUR HUNDRED DIRHAMS only (per person)! (AED 400!) Includes LATE dinner at 9pm, don't worry OK?
The show is > 3 hours, so imagine if u are having fine dining in Lafite, Shangri-La, KL, dinner would cost you at least RM 100 ++ per pax.

So treat the show as RM 100 / hour.
And for that, you have > 50 people entertaining you at any one time (works out to be less than 2 bucks an hour!)

So there you go, enjoy this during the HOT summer nights!

It's not Moulin Rouge, Paris or PatPong, Bangkok!

Don't expect vulgar entertainment or adult strip tease joints here. Pure fine family fun (for over 12 year olds!)


Sorry, I don't get any commission from this, (perhaps I should), just fancied fine entertainment.

UPDATED MACBOOK PROS

As usual, Tuesdays are always new announcement days! Check out the specs here

The US PRICES are still the same. However back in Malaysia, somehow the accountants are "unaware" of current market exchange rates (BUAT TAK TAHU) and squeezing up to RM 1,200 extra for the cool MacBook Pros.
Check out the spreadsheet comparison above!

Jeremy CHAN visits Dubai, UAE

Straight from Paris, via Amsterdam, Jeremy arrives around 1045pm.
Picked him up from a little cute blue Chevy.
Almost got summoned by the Airport traffic warden, but managed to get scott free after showing him I am a Malaysian tourist, and lost my way.
Whisked the VIP to the Grand Hyatt hotel, after packing in LOADS of suitcases into the teensy weensy car.
No traffic was apparent when crossing the Garhoud Bridge, and within 10 minutes, we were checking in at the Hyatt.
The room was upgraded as Jeremy had the Hyatt VIP card. Free breakfast and larger room.
So, I forked out 2 bucks as tips for the bell boy, as J was low on change.
After a quick freshening up and some room photos, we then darted out the room after midnite to head onto the Hard Rock Cafe.
Down the Sheikh Zayed Road we went, passing all the super skyscrapers along the 6 lane highway. If you had the patience of limiting yourself to the speed limit of 120 km/h for 90 minutes, you would be in Abu Dhabi.
However, as we passed the Internet City, my instincts told me to keep right to get close to our destination.
My scouting talents did not fail me and we reached the free car park safely next to HRC.
The night was quiet. The crowd was barely noticeable. NO live band was on display.
As we entered, the momentos counter greeted us on the left, after the Pinoy doorman greeted us on the right.
J soon got his paraphernalia, primarily a beer can opener amongst other HRC knick knacks. I only got a HRC brown bag as a souvenir (free one).
We then adjourned back to the hotel, after going through a few wrong turns. We landed in the middle of Dubai Marina, with its 24 hour construction shifts in full swing. Fortunately for the excellent signage in both Arabic and ENGLISH, we got ourselves out before sunrise!
So down the SZR again, we stopped for a moment on the road shoulder to witness the live progress of the worlds tallest building (for now!)
As we arrived back in the hotel, we took a few more night shots and then retired to the room. I happily continued my array of photos of the room, whilst J took a quick shower.
When it came to my turn for the shower, I was most unhappy as I forgot my toothbrush. I would have thought that a 5 star hotel would have provided one, but believe it or not, they did NOT have a toothbrush, nor a comb! They were generous with the cotton buds and cotton pads though!
After drying my wet hair (or whatever is left of it), I just picked up a magazine and glanced through it till I was well asleep on the 8 inch mattress. J was still busy packing and repacking his bags, enroute for his next destination, Muscat, OMAN!

The morning arrives. The rays shone through the slithers of thick curtains covering the 10 metre long window. I got up and did the necessities, geared up and headed for the gym and pool.
A private lift takes you down to the Atrium level (1 floor below ground) and you will enter the GRAND SPA. Check into the mens room with private lockers, don on a thick bathrobe and collect your towel and slippers. Head onto the gym.
This is the most hitech gym I've been too. All the cycles have a 10 inch LCD monitor which doubles as both a TV and the main touchscreen control. U can feast your eyes on all the piped in cable and satellite channels. You can loan a pair of Sony headphones too, if you so wish. On the other workout machines, from TECHNOGYM, you can monitor reps, weight, etc, via an attached LCD panel on each workstation.
After a quick 15 minutes on the cycle and a few rounds on a few machines, I had to rush into the pool. A quick shower with L'Occitane shower gel graced my sweaty body.
The pool was a bit cold, so strategically, there was a HOT pool juxtaposed next to the indoor covered pool with deck chairs. I had to dip inside for 5 minutes to increase bloodflow. After that, I managed to use my goggles after a 2 month hiatus in the small lap pool of 1.6m deep.
10 minutes was all I could spare before I headed into the men's room HOT Jacuzzi.
After relaxing the muscles, it was off to shower off the chlorine and headed back up to the room for a quick breakfast.
The swimming trunks were obviously drenched, and thanks to a SWIMMING ATTIRE drying machine, my speedos were air dryed within 15 seconds!
When I reached the room, J already finished his "delicious" complimentary breakfast on the CLUB floor. Nothing extravagant! Don't expect Nasi Lemak, Curry Laksa, Bacon and Eggs for breakfast. Some cereals and bread with cold cuts was the fare of the day.
I had to indulge in my fresh orange juice, caviar with brown bread buns together with a pot of Muller strawberry yoghurt to start my day. I did let J try the Indian mango!

After we packed up and checked out, we deposited the major bags with the concierge and made our way out to town in the sweltering heat of at least 40 degrees C!
Our first stop, a beach picture on Jumeirah with the Burj as the backdrop. Next was Madinat Jumeirah. Showed J the sights, and bought a pack of Energizer batteries from my Garmin eTrex Vista cx GPS unit.
After that it was off to Mall of the Emirates. Everything was in close proximity, thanks to my good tour planning.
A car park was obtained after circling for 5 minutes, and mind you, this is a working day around lunch time.
Loads of shops caught J' fancy, especially the designer ones. SKI Dubai was a sight to behold for J. We landed up at CHOP CHOP, a restaurant right next to SD. Perhaps we are paying 80% for the view and 20% for the food? What you see is definitely not "value for money".
After walking for another hour, we then darted back to Wafi City whereby I promised J to have a look at Penhaligons and also the Memoirs shop, full of CASTLE THEMED decor.
The long hot afternoon caught the best of our energy and we then had a pit stop at Starbucks (where else) for a cuppa. We had the fortune of trying some free frappucino and cookies too.

As they say, all good things must come to an end, and we had to dart back to the hotel (which was just 5 minutes away) to collect all the bags. After confirming the flights, we then took a long way round to Terminal 1 for the departure to Muscat.

Quite an exciting 18 hours I must say!


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FOLEO

Palm is still alive

iLoad

Since more and more people listen to music as compared to watching movies, it makes sense to have this invented. Full review here .


I think the Malaysian crowd will love it! I'm sure the DVD version is in the works, to rip movies into the iPod Videos!

Nokia N95

After months of speculation and patience, it is finally here.

I managed to get a working model in one of the hypermarkets here in Dubai.
Size is more larger than an N70. (That is my left hand holding this baby!)
The screen is SUPERB, at about 3mm thick. Finally displaying 16 million colours. Reviews here. N95 Blog here.
3D games are very good.
The 5 Megapixel camera is very sharp, especially when assisted by the Xenon flash!

The Bar code functionality is cool!
However, couldn't check the GPS as it couldn't get any satellite signals indoors (duh!!!)

However, do check out for FAKES!

The iPhone has arrived, 1 month earlier [NOT]

If you think Malaysia BOLEH,

Then the Americans will really get smitten by CHINA BOLEH!

Dinner at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

The bosses have arrived.
Top class cuisine is the ONLY option. 4 digit bills were the theme of the evening.
Here is the Mid East branch of the reputable Caviar House & Prunier
Menu is not too extensive, even though seafood was their forte. (For Malaysian standards)

We had a sampling of Caviar (obviously), Very fine smoked Salmon produced by BALIK of Switzerland, sushi and prawn cocktails, washed down with Stellas, Buds and Heinies!

The backdrop of the Burj Al Arab was also gorgeous. The weather on the other hand was something left to be desired, unless you are craving for 30 degrees heat!

Madinat is still as scenic and thriving as ever, and being a WEEKEND for the Mid east, all the bars and eateries were at their capacity, packed with Fashion TV type of clientele (so were their FREE underground carpark!)

Check out the photos below.

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Hot property in Dubai

Fancy staying near the Dubai World Trade Centre?
If you are, don't hesitate to take a look here

Sizes are reasonable, ranging from 1744 to 4122 sq feet.
Prices are VERY AFFORDABLE, if you are a celebrity, Sheikh or earn 6 digits monthly. (liras, rupees & rupiah excluded)

The range is from 2.294 to 6.7 million Dirhams! (About 1,316 - 1,626/ sq foot)

Here is the photo of the hoarding!

ABU DHABI - My first trip and impression

Finally get to visit another Emirate, after visiting my 2nd Emirate, Sharjah a fortnight ago.
This capital of UAE is about 160 km away from Dubai.
Set out along Sheikh Zayed Road and travelled for 90 minutes, averaging 120 km/h.
Yup, that is the speed limit here, and most cars have a beeper installed that beeps continuously if you breach this limit! IRRITATING is an understatement!

This city is still developing, but not as hectic as Dubai.
From preliminary first impressions, things look quite organised, especially the super 4 lane highways that run through the city.

The Corniche is breathtaking!

Check out the photos here

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Bahamian Bananas

Holy schmoly!
Look at the SIZE of these bananas from the Bahamas!

The whole bunch juxtaposed to my trusty Sony Ericsson K610i 3G mobile phone.
According to the specs of my phone, the length is only 102 mm,
So, scaling from there, the big BROTHER is a staggering 8 inches! (1 inch = 25.4 mm)
Pisang Emas, eat your heart out!

SCHWING!

Windows Annoyances - the saga continues

Can anyone explain this QUIRK?
The wireless network status in the first row, shows NOT CONNECTED but yet, the button at the bottom right says DISCONNECT.
How the heck do you disconnect something which is UNCONNECTED in the first place?

Another feather in the cap for the Micro$oft XP annoyances saga!

I wonder if this holds true for Vista dudes?

Wifi DRAFT-N - Problem solved from June 2007

No more worries, as Apple has already embraced this new wireless speed in their machines.

Industry pundits have given confirmation here. A new logo is born!

We've been shortchanged by Apple

If this has any truth in it, then all us MacIntel Notebook converts really got our hard earned cash being yanked away under our noses without us noticing it!

So much for brand loyalty!

Skype 2.6.0.137 FOR MAC (30Mb!)

Yay,
Finally an update (but still nowhere near to the Wintel version at post version 3 already, with games, etc.!)

However, this is still BLOCKED in the UAE from certain Telcos! So much for ADVANCED telecommunications!

IT Announcements - Mid of May

What a great day. 2 major announcements!

Announcement 1
UPDATED MacBooks! Now Standard with 1 Gb of DDR2-667 RAM and 802.11n Wifi!
Also, Speeds bumped a notch up to 2 and 2.16 Ghz respectively and hard disk capacities have been upgraded to 80, 120 and 160 Gb respectively!
Price is still at US1099 (With our strong Ringgit at 3.4, this should be only RM 3740!)
I guess this should be my replacement for my recent burglary case!

Announcement 2
Fujitsu has finally released the
Notebook version of the 250 Gb HD also.

New Detergent pack

How to make more money out of your customers.

This is what a NEW pack of washing detergent looks like.

Lunchtime at site

A selection of our daily menu.

Chow Mien with fried chicken

Tandoori Chicken (look at the size!) More like Tandoori Pigeon!
Compare the 1 Dirham coin in the centre to the thigh!

My Birthday Wish List 2007

Since the terrible burglary back in March of this year,

I have to resort to get the following items:

1. A new Notebook
2. A new ZOOM Camera, like this:

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

3. A larger thumbdrive like this baby from Lexar

The 8 Gb one is nice, for 2007!

Night scene at International City

A view of the carpark from our our balcony at Level 4, from Block A-07.

Dinner at Noodle Bowl, Dubai

My first restaurant meal in Dubai for 2007!

Very expensive meal for a Malaysian!

This is like a super HIGH CLASS "Chap Fan"







Would you pay 25 Malaysian Ringgit for a plate of rice topped with stir fried vegetables and chicken slices?

Well it is DHS 25 here!

DEAL !

Visit to Dubai World Trade Centre for the

DUBAI ENTERTAINMENT, AMUSEMENT & LEISURE SHOW

Skype Connections in Dubai

By some strange luck, the internet connection was working again in the apartment in the International City.

My friend also tried to use SKYPE to call Malaysian mobile number, and the 15 minutes of porridge boiling only cost him ONE US DOLLAR (3.65 Dirhams!)

Well, not to waste the 2 Mb bandwidth, more pictures have been uploaded to the FLICKR site, and also an update of this blog! More freebies were also downloaded from the iTunes Music Store (yay!)

Also got glimpses of the Pirelli 2007 calendar with Naomi Watts, Hilary Swank, Lou Doillon, Penelope Cruz and Sofia Loren (huh!?) Do subscribe to the free membership to download loads of swanky clips from the site!

All in avant-garde Black & White.

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Windoze Vista Home Premium in Dubai

Somehow, this Windoze thingy, gives u the jitters, especially when a new OS version comes out.

Finally figured out how to SHARE the internet line coming in from an ethernet port into an LG notebook, and share out via WIFI!

So, now I am connecting the 2 Mb broadband via Wifi.

Darn weather is still very hot today. 36 deg C!

Meanwhile, check out more new photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian_cheong

Satellite photos of Dragon Mart also.

My first Malaysian Dinner in Dubai

Finally, I get to relish the after-work traffic jams in Dubai, having driven from Za'abeel Park to Al Ghurair City through the Makhtoum bridge.
Went to park at Level 3 Main carpark, over Spinneys, and trundled over to Block 3 to have a sumptious dinner.

Had Bakuteh, Assam Prawns and kangkung belacan!

Unfortunately, the city area's broadband prohibits SKYPE connetion!

Dubai Festival City

Finally I get to drive down the highway,

crossing the Business Bay area,

and turned up at the Dubai Festival City, totally based on instincts,

totally based on instincts, and an outdated map!


IKEA is fantastic and so are its tenants!

Dubai 2007

Arrived in April 2007

Staying at International City, China Block. Next to Dragon Mart.

Got the company car, 2006, Honda Civic 1.8 Auto.

20070321: Major burglary in my home

Major theft disaster!

Full report here at the MyMUG forum