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How To Cancel Voice Mail For Home Phone
02.29.08 | Permalink |Service| Comments Off on How To Cancel Voice Mail For Home Phone

It is a nuisance again. Sorry lately I have been having too many problems with the telephone. Do you ever get annoyed when you are napping, suddenly the phone rang and tell you, you have missed calls???!!! I can never sleep in peace.

If you want to provide a service to your customer, don’t let your customers suffer with your so call extra service. Sure the service is free but retrieving the voice mail is 4 sens/minute. In additional to that if you have missed call, your telephone will ring. Can’t they provide phones with voice mail capability like having a red blink if there is voice mail?

Anyway for you who wants to cancel the nuisance, please call 100 and have your voicemail service canceled from TM. Be warn about the lengthy menu virtual operator, please press 1…bla bla bla.

This is a community service.
callerTunes I Hate!
02.26.08 | Permalink |Handphone| 1 Comment

I really don’t understand why people want to change the “receiving tone” to music. Oh it is called callerTunes. For those who have not come across this. It is when you call someone’s mobile, the mobile suppose to go “tut tut, tut tut…” until she picks up. Now she replaced the “tut tut” tone with a song. It is loud, annoying and those songs they chose are horrible. I have to bear with it until the person picks up.

Bad idea! Not everyone like your choice of music. Worst is the person I called was my supplier. I am very put off by it as a customer. If you are running a business, please get rid of callerTunes. It is good if you know your customer’s favorite song. If you don’t turn it off. First time hearing it, I thought I dial the wrong number or the mobile had problem.

Just imagine when you are depressed and someone chose a more depressing song for you to hear. How depressing.
Feeling of Earthquake
02.22.08 | Permalink |Nature| Comments Off on Feeling of Earthquake

Two days ago, there was an earthquake in north of Indonesia, Aceh province to be précised. Penang state felt the aftershock. It was the first time I felt it. The past aftershock went unnoticed by me. I remembered when the big Tsunami hit, early morning I was at church. The church members felt shaking and furniture moving. I didn’t feel a thing. We evacuated the building. The next day, the big news came that Penang was hit by Tsunami.

This time I was at the office first floor, I felt dizzy and I thought that I didn’t have enough sleep due to busy schedule. Next thing, my colleague asked me whether I felt the earthquake. Boy was I shocked. Most of us were worried about Tsunami. Thank goodness, it didn’t happen.

Oh well, at least now I know how an earthquake will feel like. It is definitely not a good experience.
Keep The 1 Sen Change
02.19.08 | Permalink |Malaysia| Comments Off on Keep The 1 Sen Change

I don’t understand. The government has already announced in the papers to eliminate the 1 sen coins by April 1st. However I am still receiving 1 sen coins from cashiers. How am I supposed to dispose of it when you keep giving it to me?

By the way do you know that copper price increase so much that it takes 4.2 sen to make 1 sen. However it is illegal for us to melt the 1 sen coins to make a copper bar. Don’t get any ideas.

A few ways to get rid of your 1 sen coins. One way is to give back the cashiers, you can spend a maximum 200 of it at one go. I heard once that a guy gave 50 of it to the toll collector. Do not give it to the car parking attendant, they will throw it back to you. Last method you can just exchange it with the bank before 1st April. Malaysia got rid of a dollar coin and now 1 sen, what’s next?
Malaysia 2008 General Election
02.18.08 | Permalink |Malaysia| Comments Off on Malaysia 2008 General Election

March 8 is the date for Malaysia 2008 General Election. Everywhere in Malaysia, you can see banner of parties. If you do not know where you are voting, here is the place to check:

http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/daftarbi.asp

Be sure you know who you are voting for. I wonder when will published the contestants for my area. I know the BN contestant but not sure about the opposition’s party. Details will be published at the SPR website.

Do practice your rights to vote.
Mandarin Oranges
02.16.08 | Permalink |Food| 1 Comment

During Chinese New Year, mandarin oranges are part of the celebration. Mandarin Orange in Cantonese is called “kam” that means “gold” and symbolizes prosperity or good fortune. When Chinese visit one another, they will give mandarin oranges and it must be given in pairs.

This year those smaller mandarin oranges are very sweet. It is much more delicious that the bigger ones. The good thing is that it has no seed. You can easily pop 2 or 3 in your mouth. However do not eat too much of it as it is “heaty” and you may get a bad throat. If you haven’t tasted it, do get a basketful.
Hotel Carlton San Francisco
02.13.08 | Permalink |Hotel, Travel| 1 Comment

One thing that I liked most about Hotel Carlton is that it is very environmental friendly. The first hotel I stayed, that provided 2 bins, one of which is a recycle bin. They are certified as a Green Business.

“Green businesses help reduce waste and protect our environment by employing pollution prevention practices, minimizing waste, and conserving energy, water as well as other natural resources”

Besides that, the location of the hotel is good. A 5 minutes walk to the nearest SF famous cable car stop and 10 minutes walk to Union Square where the shopping places are. However it is pretty quiet around the area at night.

The staffs are fantastically friendly. The room was very clean and cozy. It has complimentary evening wine at the lobby reception and free WiFi internet connection. However there is this one staff that really spoiled my good impression of the hotel. It is a small matter and I will not talk about it here. Overall I am very satisfied with the hotel and would recommend anyone to stay there.

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If you plan on taking a trip to any place in Europe, then find cheap hotel rates online. You could be traveling to Spain or Australia and you can still find great luxury hotels at amazing prices. It can be easy to find pet friendly hotels when booking online as well.
CNY Reunion Dinner
02.10.08 | Permalink |Food, Special Day Event| 4 Comments

Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner is very important to a Chinese family. It is a time where every one from the family gathered to have a peaceful dinner together. We come together to catch up with one another. My mom always prepared great dishes for the occasion. I always looked forward to go back to taste my mom’s cooking.

However being married, I have to go to my in-laws home for reunion dinner. Thanks to my hubby and his family, I can have reunion dinner in my parent’s home every alternate year.

As usual, my mom will have lots of dishes until it covers the entire table. The meals are eaten over a few days. A few of my favorite dishes is the Mushroom Stew, Fatt Choy Abalone and the Sourish Vegetables (Asam Chai Boi). It is certainly a scrumptious meal.

Asam Chai Boi:

Mushroom Stew:

Fatt Choy Abalone
Big Apple Vs J.CO
02.09.08 | Permalink |Food, Travel| 4 Comments

I heard so much about the 2 Kuala Lumpur donut shops where people queue to buy it. I went to the Curve Big Apple to get a dozen of my own. I went there during the night time and there wasn’t any queue. How fortunate. A donut cost RM2 per piece. It is cheaper if you get ½ dozen or a dozen.

I really love it at the first bite of the Big Apple donut. The donut is really soft and the toppings melt in the mouth. I have sweet tooth so it really taste good. However for those who doesn’t like sweet things, maybe you may not like it.

A few days later, I went to Pavilion lower ground floor to try out J.CO donut. The toppings are almost the same as Big Apple but it has more selections. Yes, there was a queue but I could get a box within 15 minutes. If you do not want to queue, you can go to the drink counter and pick up a dozen right away. However, you cannot make any selection.

Overall, I like Big Apple’s donut because of the soft base. J.CO’s topping is not as sweet. J.CO is also cheaper. By the way, both donut shops, the donut is made fresh on the spot. Now it makes DD taste really bad.

If you come to Penang, please bring me these donuts. Yummy….

Recommendations: Tiramisu, Al Capone, JCrown Almond.
KL Roads
02.06.08 | Permalink |Kuala Lumpur, Travel| Comments Off on KL Roads

Picture Credit: Google Map

Kuala Lumpur roads have changed so much since I left home in year 1998. Now there are more and more highways. It sure looks messy. I still can manage to drive to most places. However I did made a few wrong turns.

By the way, wrong turns in KL can be very costly. Once I ended up paying 2 tolls when I could have paid none if I didn’t made that wrong turn. Worst is, it is a longer distance which means a waste of petrol.

I found that a lot of KL drivers are always rushing which means they like to speed, tailgate and cut queue. I used to be one of them but I have changed ever since I move away. I heard over the radio that most of the above mentioned can lead to a big ticket.

I bet if everyone drives courteously, everyone will reach home safely and faster. Often traffic jams are caused by those who cut queue or cause a deadlock in traffic, because everyone wants to pass by no one wants to give in. Of cause the most obvious ones are those who cause accidents and those who are kepoh aka busy bodies looking over at the accident.

Anyway drive safely if you are travelling long distance during Chinese New Year. If you cannot, please take a flight or a train. I don’t even dare to recommend taking a bus.