February 2010

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• Shabu Shabu

  02.20.10 | Permalink |Food, Kuala Lumpur| Comments Off on Shabu Shabu

  Absolutely love Shabu Shabu at Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park in Klang Valley. After a few days of eating the Chinese New Year food which consist of a lot of meat, my family decided to eat something soupy with lots of vegetables to wash down the meat.

  We chose Shabu Shabu steamboat. It is a buffet style with conveyer belt to serve you. You can pick anything from it. It has meat, seafood, lots of vegetables, bean curd (taufu), seaweed, egg and mushrooms. They have pork, beef and lamb for meat. I love them all, it is cut into thin slices and taste superb.

  I like it because each individual has its own steamboat pot and soup. They have tom yam, miso and chicken soup. For dessert, they have free flow of fruits and ice-cream.

  I will certainly go back again. Let’s hope they open one here in Penang too!

  
  

  
  

• Tethering With iPhone 2G

  02.13.10 | Permalink |iPhone| Comments Off on Tethering With iPhone 2G

  In lay man’s term, I can surf the internet on my notebook using Internet connection from my iPhone. How cool is that? Yeah I am in KL now, no free broadband available. I have to make do with my iPhone internet.

  After researching I found a very simple solution using PDANet software. PDANet will make my iPhone into a router. Cool eh?

  First step is to create a adhoc wireless network. I am using Win XP wireless. To do that, go to Control Panel -> Network Connections, select Wireless Network Connection & View Wireless Connection. Go to Change Advance Settings -> Wireless Network -> Add. Create a SSID, uncheck “The key is provided for me automatically”, create a network key for security purposes, check “This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used”. Everything else is default. Now connect to the newly created SSID.

  Once you have done that, go to your iPhone & install PDANet using Cydia. The phone needs to be jailbreak first if haven’t done so. Next go to your wifi and select the newly created SSID and key in the password. Run PDANet, it should detect your notebook. Finally open a browser and start surfing as you are CONNECTED.

  Very cool!

• Garmin GPS 265WT

  02.13.10 | Permalink |Driving| 5 Comments

  
  
  

  I always wanted to get a GPS but I do not know which model to get. I also do not know whether it will work in Malaysia or has Malaysia map. Thanks to a group of developers, they produce Malaysia map.

  Garmin has a lot of GPS models which confuses me. I really wanted one with the minimal features and cheap. Of coz not a old model that will be discontinued. I went to search for a Garmin model chart for something that is right for me. You can Google for the comparison chart.

  Before I went to the states, I also search for Malaysia map that can be loaded to the model of my choice. I got the Malaysia maps from Malsingmaps.com. It is very easy to install the map, just drag and drop to the GPS folder when you connect the GPS to your notebook.

  I was fortunate when I saw Costco was giving rebates for GPS 265WT, the model I selected. It took me a while to make a purchase. I am glad I did. Amazon sold a little higher. GPS 285W is selling at a very low price.

  Now I have been playing with it and it works in Penang. I am going to test it out in Kuala Lumpur which I always get lost there. Ipoh too, to find good place to eat!

• Good Riddance Celcom

  02.07.10 | Permalink |Handphone| Comments Off on Good Riddance Celcom

  Usually it takes me more than months to use up RM100 reload card for my mobile phone. Celcom suck it all up in 1 day. I called Celcom support to find out but the support staff said Celcom network is not meant for iPhone. What a statement to get rid of customer??!!

  The staff told me that my iPhone is accessing internet. I asked them to tell me what server my iPhone is accessing. They cannot tell me. Believed me I know how to switch off APN/Edge and even turn off push feature on all my email accounts. I have SBsettings & BossPrefs to disable Edge, 3G or any Internet access through telco.

  Surprisingly, it starts sucking my money after I return from travel. I suspect that Celcom must have reset my configuration on my account. Previous 2 months, it was good as I have no charges on Internet.

  Anyway, I hop back to my good old Digi. Service was superb, activated my phone in less than 24 hours. Digi, please improve your signal at my home and my office. If you do that, I will stay on forever with you!

  Latest:

  Here is the award letter against Celcom….
  

• Coach Sale

  02.02.10 | Permalink |Hangbag| Comments Off on Coach Sale

  I was in US at the right time again. Coach was on sale. Yeap, it was pretty good sale because some bags were 50% off and others were given additional 30% off. It was a good bargain. I got my poppy design coach, one for my mom and wristlets for my cousins. I tried to snap some pictures but the staff stopped me. 🙁

  
  

  
  

  I went to 3 coach stores, one in Gilroy, one in Petulama and one in Great Mall. Gilroy gave the best discounts. However there were not many choices there. Great Mall has more selections.

  
  
  

  If anyone of you wants the Purple Coach Poppy 13843, I am selling this for RM850.00. Shipping & Insurance not included.