Ready for Collection

Finally complete the installation and customization of my IBM T41. Now it's ready for collection by it's new Owner. Gonna miss her...

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Carrot for rabbit

How's this gadget? Samsung YP-Z5F



A guy from starhub called this afternoon and I got to know that my resident maxonline contract has ended. He tried to induce me with the gadget aka carrot =D in order to tie us as their client for another 24mths (hey that’s 2 YEARs). I told him that I will be checking out the freebie online and reply him later. Reason? I remember seeing promotion offers like networking package which worth a few hundreds and Xbox 360 why pick this lower value item.

Just done with my research, the higher value freebies are tied to Maxonline ultimate or 6500 =\, I belongs to the 4000 category. Well I did a check on their competitor, singnet, hmmm nothing interesting on their broadband package.

Do you have digital voice? Free incoming and outgoing call FOC until Dec 2007 but you need to get a digital voice enable modem and register for the service. I got this digital voice a few months back, my only house line now and it require the modem to work. With the above notes, plus my current satisfaction level of their service is still good. I shall be a rabbit one more time haha.

PS : Strong Competition coming from our neighbour , good news Minister for International Trade and Industry Rafidah mentioned that the recent proposal to levy a RM20 tax on foreign cars entering Johor has been scrapped.

Mon - Move On

Started with a pretty rush day, well blame my bed haha just too comfortable. Skipped the most important meal of the day - Breakfast. Do you have a habit of eating breakfast ? I like having breakfast in the morning when i was in Aussie, if i m lazy at least a slice of bread spread with peanut butter(those wif nutz crunchy) plus a glass of ice cold milk. Yummy!! ^_^ But i hardly take my breakfast when I m back in town. Wonder why ? Any analysis from you ? My guess, weather.

Colin (my colleague) and I was tasked to setup some stuff, quite abit of uploading and downloading to do for the whole day. Well we have a pathetic temporary computer to work with thus i continued on my book and let him settle the stuffs =D. A guy from another department was there to guide us. But he's kinda of slow man(he know his stuffs but his fingers seem to pause alot on the keyboard) Oh, if someone guiding you on some topic and he/she offered, "if you are in doubt, just ask me" what would you do when you are in doubt ? Ask right ? And what you expect ? a reply on your question right ? Well this guy told us to ask questions when in doubt. When i poped the questions, most of the time he will show me his palm. Baka (my interpretation is hold on i m working on this) what's yours? There's lots of interesting people on planet earth - Move On

My favourite CNA newscaster, Andrea Chow


Oh dear, youtube is loaded with all her news telecast!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsQeXonQ1pA

PS: Issue with Window XP Service Pack 2 Advance Validation ??? Check this http://www.9down.com/story.php?sid=6867

lesson learnt

CHeers!!! great job for completing the last day of the week man. Weekends!!! But it's kinda of sad to look at my wallet right now, TOTALLY empty and i withdraw 50 bucks like 2 days ago. Food and transport expenses getting higher man. Or its the effect of the rising transport cost ? Just learn the the 4 level of wealth from Adam khoo book, "Secrets of self-made millionaires". The first level, Finanical Stability, was kinda of puzzle initially - what he meant by that?

Definition by him, Finanical Stability
1) Your current cash/cash equivalent items can sustain your current monthly expense for a minimum of 6 months
2) Possess hospitalisation and life protection for your family should anything happen.

Actually sometime someone told me about the cashflow to cover expenses for 6mths but i didnt really bother about. And guess did I manage to accumulate the required amount in my bank account after working for nearly year? NOPE =\. There's a simple strategy for it, actually a formula. stay tune.....yawnz....晚安

Rate this customer service experience

Just finished with the email on yesterday incident.

"
Hi, I m Sam. On 22 Aug 2006, I made a call to IBM support center @ 1800 3172 888 to make a request for recovery CD. After verification of my machine type and serial no., the customer officer recorded down my contact no. and informed me that i will receive a call from the support center to process my request. After a delay of few hours , i decided to call up support center @ 64189933, i waited on the line for nearly half an hour before i hang up. Tried another few calls later and finally someone pickup the call. But they could not find my record, i was shocked, the communication/transferring of customer information between the two place need some SERIOUS synchronization. The officer did try to trace my records using my mobile no. that i had provided to support center but failed. And the only way i have to go through the trouble of calling support center again. It's like pressing the RESET button and you have to start all over again.

I had the worst customer service experience and it's from a reputable company like IBM. I am utterly disappointed.
"

Snapshots

It's been quite awhile since my last post, time to start recording my life and stuffs again.

Just finished watching the National Day Rally Speech by PM Lee, http://www.channelnewsasia.com/nationalday/rally/video.htm

Pretty interesting, wide range of issues covered. Check it out. Sleeping time getting shorter if i go into details.

Here's some snapshots - picture speak a thousand words =D

Nice capture of Sunset


Posing for soya bean


Vacuum Day, a bath after working out is GREAT!


Culprit that mess up my meal timing on Monday.


Interesting food for the brainy


Oral-B, Cross Action almost near to 90% efficiency in removing plaque.

Oyasumi!

Waterspout

Gosh, i could have witness this rare sight. Why did they cancel the beach gathering ??? Damn!!! check this article,

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/224647/1/.html

A waterspout - commonly known as tornadoes over the sea - has been spotted off the coast of Sentosa, spooking many who were spending a lazy Sunday on the beach.

Mirror of Me

This weekend could be a busy one for some people out there, events like World Cyber Games @ Suntec and National Library Book sale @ Expo.

But kinda of in anti-crowded mood lately thus i choose to play Mahjong with beng, zk & ter on Sat and a relaxing day at silo beach with my NSI on Sun. Goddess of luck isn't on my side for gambling yesterday, for no good reason i became the shooter that create 2 rounds of max limit and a half limit to my opponents in 3 consecutive rounds. Well! that occurred only once in a blue moon.

As for the Sunny Sunday, gathering was cancel due to poor attendance. I was like didn't we all agreed on it two weeks ago.

So here's my Sunday at home, woke up late due to the overnight mahjong session followed by juicy prata-curry drumstick combo Wooo yummy!! Need prepare lunch, actually plan to do a simple 3 minutes maggi mee but my AUssy days suddenly zapped into my mind and here's the output. tahhhh - dahhhhhh "Stir Fried Mee with Nor Hiong"
Feel hungry ? haha


Here's some of pics :



Wonder why the auntie gave me 2 spoons ? Right and left hands?




Big Feast @ Pizza Hut BUT i only ordered a chicken mushroom soup =
Ok, here's the mirror part, i telling off my jacky on his behaviour and attitude for school work. It always pissed me off when he asked me some school work during the last few hours of the day before the next schooling day. That's a pretty long long story to it. As i was telling him off, he kept silent but from his facial expression (he seem to be listening and reflecting but kept smiling) suddenly i feel i m speaking to myself. I asked him "what's so funny, i m not telling you a joke here?" and his reply, "I m always like that". In the past, when speaking to others, i would most likely put on a smiley face be it good/bad/sometimes even serious matter, i couldn't control it. I wonder if it's the carefree attitude, cant be bother, lack of seriousness or something else. It's good to smile but do it at the right time.

Time for chess with Mr Zhou....

Nitroglycerin

UK, London on national critical terrorist alert 2 days ago, to-date 24 suspect has been arrested for the plot of flight bombing. Lots of flights have been delayed or cancel. And passenger have are allowed only minimum hand luggages.

The news reported that the explosives planned to be use are easily attained!!!! nitroglycerin - a colourless or yellow liquid made by combining sulphuric acid, nitric acid and a glycerin powder. When mixed, it is highly volatile and can be detonated by a small spark or vigorous shaking.
TATP (triacetone triperoxide), which can be made using nail polish remover and hydrogen peroxide.

According to one of the experts, the cost of these materials are rather affordable. =\

With reference from, http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=05c25106-9147-40a5-bf1e-d90fedfbc6d3

What's going on in this world? terrorist act, Israel & Lebanon conflict, all day high oil price, typhoon, Nuclear issue.

PS: Great effort for detecting the plot and deployment of the proactive actions.

3hrs @ TM

well to start off the new week, got a few items on mind and Tampines mall could help me resolve those. Oh and i found out that Tampines mall actually got a website, www.tampinesmall.com.sg

Spent around 3hrs there, here's the breakdown. Look for my printer ink at courts. Yucks they didnt have the black ink and i asked the salesgirl if there's other places around which sell this. She replied "No". Well in my mind there are challenger and maybe the best connection in century square. Maybe she doesnt shop around this area. In the end, i got it from popular book store.

Next thing on mind, to look for my bro gift. Got a black colour backpack off Isetan. Initially i thought of getting a green bag but from the condition of the current red bag, i guess black will be a better choice.

Lastly, first visit to "Hair Mechanics" greeted by a nice smile from the lady boss, ann, upon entering the shop. Next, i was directed to my seat and serve with a drink and magazine. The staff gave me a maxsim and newman, yeah stuffs that interest guys =D and it was pretty up-to-date, June 2006 issue. Someone poped behind my back when i was reading, oh my hair stylist of the day, Caslyn. Had a small discussion with her the hair style. Do you enjoy your hair cut session? Personally, i enjoy watching hair stylist who look very focus and executed their cuts in a detailed manner. Overall experience of this visit is good and pleasant.

shop & movie

HapPy Birthday!! to my country, Singapore and my bro. Wanted to get a backpack for my bro since he has been using my bag for the past months. He's rarely go out for shopping on clothes/bags/shoe. I understand most guys hardly do shopping but at least buy those items you need man. Some people give excuses like no time, no $$ for buying things that consider "need". Well it will be a long topic to dwell on.

Went to bugis with fox to browse for baggy, he's looking for those professional sling bag too. But couldnt find he's like at the end of the day. oh ya, here's the new shop of andrew's & co.



Fox in VIP room, oh he's on standby and answering calls on a Saturday. Well standby sux, but that what ahead of me starting Sep =


Time for MAKAN!!! Dinner. Went to the "Zheng Zhong Chong Qing Huo Guo", steamboat. Pretty crowded over there man. They have good variety of food and free flow drinks(only lime and sour pulm). It would be better,if the watermelon were ice cold =D. Overall rating 3.5/5



Ending the day with a movie, "Click" wonderful show. Working hard for the family is great but do leave some attention for them too. Need to learn about balancing work and family. How to do that? Ask those who have done it. Final note, it's good to do regular feedback to your day's actions when you are calm and relax. Sometime things might be overwhelm in your head and you reacted without thinking.