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F1 TT@Live final concert. If u haven't worked as a Buckingham Palace Royal Guard, come next year and work your leg muscles by standing for 6 hours in 95% humidity at 30deg Celsius. INTERNATIONAL acts only started at 1015 pm with 2NE1 for 45 mins before Backstreet Boys who pumped out an hour's worth of yesteryear hits until 1230am. Luckily LRT extended hours and got back only @ 130am. SONY STAMINA battery kaput due to rogue Android Apps running in background
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2013-03-23
2013-03-16
Anyone been to the Blackberry Z10 roadshow @ centre court MV? Call me dumb or whatever, but when I went to test out one of the demo units, da promo girl told me, "Oh Sorry Sir, please try another unit, this one hang oredi". Then I proceeded to the next unit, and I tried very hard to find a "home" button and a PHONE icon to make a call! Sad news was, I could find it and didn't know how to make a call!! I did see the boring folders, which looked like a Mac from 1984! Monochrome with a tinge of blue! Sorry, I failed! Or is it that u need high IQ levels to beat intuitiveness?
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2012-12-26
I must confess! I failed my Geography and Economics! Can anyone tell me if Phillippines is nearer to Malaysia or to Middle East? How come I could buy a kilo of Dole bananas in Doha / Dubai for about RM 4, but is RM 6 over here in Kuala Lumpur? That's 50% more! (Glad I didn't fail my Maths!)
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So u think the Koreans are just invading US, with PSY @ last month's American Music Awards and Madonna's New York Concert? Well, they are gonna invade UK next week too! They will be there next week after tonight's SELLOUT concert in Hong Kong! And their ticket prices are 2-3x that of the Pet Shop Boys! FANTASTIC BABY!
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Haha, latest joke I've heard today! Digi offering old 16Gb iPhone 4s for only RM499 but tied to a 2 yr 138 monthly contract yielding a 3811 TCO. On da other hand, new Note 2 is 1399 but only 88 monthly for same tenure bringing TCO to only 3512. Conclusion Note 2 TCO is cheaper! Go figure! To rub more salt on da wound, iPhone pack is a lousy 3 Gb data only vs Note 2 with 5 Gb. As for the included calls / SMS, do u really give a toss?
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2012-03-23
20120323: MDNA
After almost 4 years, our queen of pop is back in the limelight, and shedding more of her DNA in the guise of a new techno album by the name of MDNA.
Collaboration with contemporary acts like LMFAO is undoubtedly a bold move.
Album duration is quit short though, at under an hour and just over 50 minutes.
A DELUXE Digital download at iTunes is available for under US$15 which comes with a digital booklet
2011-07-21
2011-07-22: Macbook Air 2011 Benchmarks
A couple of days after it's world debut in conjunction with Mac OS X 10.7 (a.k.a. LION), the Geekbench scores are out for both the new Dual Core Sandy Bridge ULV Core i5 and i7 CPUs for the 13" MBAs with the integrated Intel HD 3000 GPU! These are now known as the MacBook Air 4.2 series
Impressive!!!
1.7 Ghz Core i5 (2557M) @ 5400+
1.8 Ghz Core i7 (2677M) @ 5800+
With the Turbo Frequency boost of up to 2.9 Ghz, are we speculating burst scores of about 9,300? Foof!
To put other CPU scores into perspective:
3.06 Ghz Core i3 = 5,600+ | 2.3 Ghz Core i5 = 5900+
2011-01-09
2011-01-09 Gosset Champagne
Anyone tried this OLDEST Champagne from Champagne, France?
Will this whip the standard Ariston Aspasies, Baron Fuentes, Billecart-Salmons, Bollingers, Bruno Michels, Charles Heidsiecks, Collard-Picards, Elisabeth Goutorbes, Fleurys, Franck Bonvilles, Henriots, Launois Blancs, Laurent-Perriers, Louis Roederers, Marguet Peres, Michel Arnoulds, Michel Dervins, Michel Loriots, Moets, Nicholas Feuillattes, Krugs, Perrier-Jouëts, Phillipe Gonets, Pierre Celliers, Piper-Heidsiecks, Ruinarts, Taittingers & Veuve Clicquots?
The basic American prices are circa RM 100-115 for a 750ml Brut Excellence bottle.
High end bottles such as the Celebris range are nearer to RM 400 as shown here. Local taxation applies!
Note that the Flash enabled website needs you to be of legal alcohol consumption age.
2011-01-09 Caviar Azovka
Anyone tasted this French product of Olivier Besson?
It's farmed from one of the 24 varieties of known sturgeons.
Perhaps have to get my Iranian buddies to get some since the word 'Caviar' comes from the Persian word "Khaviar" which means "bearing eggs"
Pricing is from Hong Kong Dollars 10 to 20k per kilogramme!
This translates to HKD 10 - 20 per gramme!
Typical can sizes are 30g and 100g.
2010-12-28
2010-12-28: 3G connection is finally happening on the mobile device
Finally got my 3G connection on my portable Internet device.
My mistake of not turning on the 3G button! Silly me!
Streaming all my favourite stations using Tunein Radio app.
Speedwise, nothing to shout about. With the Celcom 512Kb/s cap, getting such results below is acceptable I guess, but is less than half of what the Canadians would expect. Won't dare to see the comparison with Seoul, South Korea!
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My mistake of not turning on the 3G button! Silly me!
Streaming all my favourite stations using Tunein Radio app.
Speedwise, nothing to shout about. With the Celcom 512Kb/s cap, getting such results below is acceptable I guess, but is less than half of what the Canadians would expect. Won't dare to see the comparison with Seoul, South Korea!
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Location:Jalan Tembaga,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
2010-10-31
iPad ANTI GLARE Screen Protectors for sale - cheapest in Malaysia
Get your HIGH QUALITY iPad screen protectors here.
You can check out Low Yat, Midvalley stalls selling at RM 60 to 80 each.
Protect your iPads at RM 50 only!
There are other polythene sheets out there which are cheaper, but you will get "GLAD WRAP" quality. Good for covering your leftovers in the fridge!
Bulk discounts for orders of 10 and above negotiable.
CASH on DELIVERY and FACE to FACE transactions in Klang Valley only.
If you are NOT in Klang Valley, get your friend to contact me!
Sorry, no postal / courier services here!
2010-07-20
20100719 Nuke da Duke?
Typical current state of affairs in our transport planning department. Malaysia Boleh all the way. This was the scenario I was stuck in this morning on the Duke highway after I exited from the house at 8am.
Pic 1: toll
Believe it or not, there was a queue. Not surprising, since the 2 million working class tax payers had to join the rat race every morning! But this not just the "tunai" lane, but ALL lanes including the Touch 'N Go lanes. All this crap in the name of proper traffic planning and efficiency! Look at all the suckers priming the cash cow. 2 phuqs per entry per booth. There's 8 booths so u get about 10 phuqs/second since it's not really sophisticated enough to have real time collection like Singapore's ERP or Dubai's 4 dirham toll gantries! Hey, we are not far off, paying half of Dubai and 5x more in car prices with a per capita income of 4x less than them! Great economics at work!
Pic 2
So wutz da fuss
Pic 1: toll
Believe it or not, there was a queue. Not surprising, since the 2 million working class tax payers had to join the rat race every morning! But this not just the "tunai" lane, but ALL lanes including the Touch 'N Go lanes. All this crap in the name of proper traffic planning and efficiency! Look at all the suckers priming the cash cow. 2 phuqs per entry per booth. There's 8 booths so u get about 10 phuqs/second since it's not really sophisticated enough to have real time collection like Singapore's ERP or Dubai's 4 dirham toll gantries! Hey, we are not far off, paying half of Dubai and 5x more in car prices with a per capita income of 4x less than them! Great economics at work!
Pic 2
So wutz da fuss
2010-04-17
2010-04-18: PC Fair 1
The annual fest is here again for the 1st tranche in the Klang Valley.
So today is the LAST DAY of this IT Fiesta in our capital
Here are some highlights.
27" Full HD LCD @ RM 1,100
32" Philips Full HD LCD (with USB support for RMVB!!!) @ RM 1,500
56" Philips super duper LCD with 21:9 aspect ratio (only one in the world) @ under RM 20k!
Memory prices not moving much. 8/16Gb thumb drives & SD cards in the RM 50/100 arena. U can imagine the MemStick Pros & CF prices!
HD prices still a bit sticky at about RM 300 for 1 Tb and RM 538 for 2 Tb. Looks like 1.5 Tb is best bang for da buck at RM 365.
800VA UPS for under RM 200
Buffalo 2 bay NAS below RM 300
Buffalo 2 bay NAS below RM 300
Dlink has a nice Wifi-n router with 4 port GIGABIT for half da price of Airport Extreme! Woo hoo! Great for connection DROBOs or NAS with GIGABIT! No need eSATA / USB 2 or 3 / FW 800!
Projector prices down to RM 1,500 with free 6*6 manual screens. I know I'm eyeing the Viewsonic with 3D support (Superb! Who need's the baby sized 55" Samsung 3D TV @ over RM 15k?)
The usual suspects were all there:
A to Z PC / Camera brands (Nikon D90 with 18-105 kit plunges to below RM 3,500!)
Lots of DSLR trigger happy dudes snapping all the "booth babes" with the Chinese RPG online gaming ones sporting the best costumes.
Small techie shops, with Thundermatch stealing the limelight this year
All the telcos mashed into the last quadrant at Hall 5, just as u r about to exit.
Don't bother asking about HSBB @ Telekom stall. No difference in deployment. Just wait for 2010Q4 for further progress (Yawn!)
Photos here at PICASA
2009-12-26
20091226: My Birthday blog
OK, yeah, another year has passed. I thank all those who have assisted me in pulling through this tough year, especially for me.
Talking about tough, I went to Jusco Mid Valley to hunt for mumsie's birthday present. I was looking for this GADGET which my mumsie wanted. The price was right too, as it plunged from RM 3xx to RM 2xx now. Problem was it that stocks were diminished and they have not replenished!
Feel unabated, I recalled that Best Denki also sold lots of electrical appliances @ LG. So there I went. Believing that every cloud has a silver lining, I was blessed with that lining, as they had stocks, er STOCK, 'cos I took the LAST one! Better yet, they were also another RM 10 cheaper.
Since there was an Xmas promotion going on, I had to use my Mastercard credit card to amass RM 250 worth before I could redeem a token. So I had to grab a 4 pack of Sanyo's Eneloop AA 2000 mAh batteries, that cost a staggering RM 66!
With the token, I redeemed a nice wine glass, and on top of that, was given a Lancome voucher to redeem extra skincare freebies from the counter within Metrojaya.
Before I met my friend for lunch, I then lugged this gift up to Gardens Club, which provided me FREE gift wrapping. Timing was good, as the scheduled movie at 2pm, would only end just before 5pm.
Thus when all the goodies were left with the Concierge, I then proceeded to ISETAN which provided another freebie, courtesy of UNCA UNUNDA. Yeah, cut out a coupon and redeem a full bottle of Davidoff's ECHO Shower gel, worth > RM 100 (apparently). So there's all the freebies to date.
I went to watch AVATAR in 3D, costing a staggering RM 18. The morning queue was also outstanding. A long line of at least 200 people were in line prior to the box office opening at 10am! Effects were astounding, and it was Dejavu to see James Cameron team up with Supa Mama, Sigourney since the 1st ALIENS day.
Wrapping up in a cocoon incubator, now, doesn't that bring back memories? And all the robots, which are just ALIENS "cut & paste". Easy for ILM and Weta Studios!
In summary, it's LORD of the RINGS, mashed up with ALIENS running about in the Forest of Endor (remember the Ewoks?) killing each other at the end, Terminator style!
Talking about tough, I went to Jusco Mid Valley to hunt for mumsie's birthday present. I was looking for this GADGET which my mumsie wanted. The price was right too, as it plunged from RM 3xx to RM 2xx now. Problem was it that stocks were diminished and they have not replenished!
Feel unabated, I recalled that Best Denki also sold lots of electrical appliances @ LG. So there I went. Believing that every cloud has a silver lining, I was blessed with that lining, as they had stocks, er STOCK, 'cos I took the LAST one! Better yet, they were also another RM 10 cheaper.
Since there was an Xmas promotion going on, I had to use my Mastercard credit card to amass RM 250 worth before I could redeem a token. So I had to grab a 4 pack of Sanyo's Eneloop AA 2000 mAh batteries, that cost a staggering RM 66!
With the token, I redeemed a nice wine glass, and on top of that, was given a Lancome voucher to redeem extra skincare freebies from the counter within Metrojaya.
Before I met my friend for lunch, I then lugged this gift up to Gardens Club, which provided me FREE gift wrapping. Timing was good, as the scheduled movie at 2pm, would only end just before 5pm.
Thus when all the goodies were left with the Concierge, I then proceeded to ISETAN which provided another freebie, courtesy of UNCA UNUNDA. Yeah, cut out a coupon and redeem a full bottle of Davidoff's ECHO Shower gel, worth > RM 100 (apparently). So there's all the freebies to date.
I went to watch AVATAR in 3D, costing a staggering RM 18. The morning queue was also outstanding. A long line of at least 200 people were in line prior to the box office opening at 10am! Effects were astounding, and it was Dejavu to see James Cameron team up with Supa Mama, Sigourney since the 1st ALIENS day.
Wrapping up in a cocoon incubator, now, doesn't that bring back memories? And all the robots, which are just ALIENS "cut & paste". Easy for ILM and Weta Studios!
In summary, it's LORD of the RINGS, mashed up with ALIENS running about in the Forest of Endor (remember the Ewoks?) killing each other at the end, Terminator style!
2009-12-24
20091224: Xmas eve coffee break reunion
After 25 years, we meet back @ Starbucks, Bangsar Village on Xmas eve.
Yeah, known Bala and Alvin since 1984 from the VI days!
Bala has really moved on, being one of the senior honchos in Posterscope, whilst Alvin is another senior dude @ IBM Singapore.
2009-12-23
Ian Cheong has invited you to Dropbox
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2009-12-07
20091207: Malaysian TV Channels
Finally got the Philips DVD recorder for my relatives to replace the aging Panasonic VCR!
Since blank DVD-RWs are cheaper than Video tapes anyway, so wuddaheck. The SLP recording mode can record up to 6 hours per disc too!
Better still, it has a USB port to plug in a thumb drive or hard disks to watch loads of DVix movies.
However, life still goes on by recording some lame terrestrial programmes over our 6 local TV stations. My relatives are reluctant to line more of Uncle Ununda's coffers, unlike a silly ME!
Thus no Astro & Wah Lai Toi for them!
I then found out that this superb Philips recorder actually scans the frequencies (AND DISPLAYS THEM) during the channel search function in the tuner.
So this is the conclusion for our local television channels. All of them transmit in NICAM stereo now.
VHF Channels 2-12: PAL System B
TV1: 175.25 Mhz
TV2 (started on 17 Nov 1969): 196.25 Mhz
UHF Channels 21-69: PAL System G
TV3: 535.25 Mhz
NTV7: 599.25 Mhz
8TV: 519.25 Mhz
TV9: 639.25 Mhz
More technical details are shown here
Anyone else know of OTHER recorders which display the frequencies?
Since blank DVD-RWs are cheaper than Video tapes anyway, so wuddaheck. The SLP recording mode can record up to 6 hours per disc too!
Better still, it has a USB port to plug in a thumb drive or hard disks to watch loads of DVix movies.
However, life still goes on by recording some lame terrestrial programmes over our 6 local TV stations. My relatives are reluctant to line more of Uncle Ununda's coffers, unlike a silly ME!
Thus no Astro & Wah Lai Toi for them!
I then found out that this superb Philips recorder actually scans the frequencies (AND DISPLAYS THEM) during the channel search function in the tuner.
So this is the conclusion for our local television channels. All of them transmit in NICAM stereo now.
VHF Channels 2-12: PAL System B
TV1: 175.25 Mhz
TV2 (started on 17 Nov 1969): 196.25 Mhz
UHF Channels 21-69: PAL System G
TV3: 535.25 Mhz
NTV7: 599.25 Mhz
8TV: 519.25 Mhz
TV9: 639.25 Mhz
More technical details are shown here
Anyone else know of OTHER recorders which display the frequencies?
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