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• Moon Cakes

  09.07.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Moon Cakes

  Two months ahead of Mid Autumn festival, the moon cakes supplier started selling their moon cakes. They are all out to get your money. It is ridiculously overpriced. I used to get it for RM5, now it is selling for over RM13-RM15 (~USD$5). The cost price I believed is not more than RM5 per piece.

  Every year, the price goes up by RM1. Maybe the supplier put a lot of money into advertising. It is wasted because it is getting to be too commercialized. They make beautiful boxes but if I buy a piece, I don’t get any box. You need to get 4 to get 1 box.

  Oh well, I am still hunting for a good old traditional moon cake at an affordable price. If you find any, let me know. RM8 for a single yolk lotus moon cake is reasonable.

  
  
  

• Shower Cabin

  08.28.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Shower Cabin

  I don’t know about you but I like my toilets dry and clean. I really cannot stand people wetting the entire toilet or bathroom after they shower. Why do they have to do that? Isn’t it more comfortable if it is dry?

  In my wish list, I hope to have a “Atlantica” Steam & Jetted Shower Enclosure. Just imagine, you get a water massage while you are bathing. It is so cool. Here is a picture of it.

  
  
  

  With this installed, after a shower the rest of the bathroom will be dry because it has an enclosure. In fact I tried one of these in the hotel and I kind of like it.

• First Impression

  08.28.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on First Impression

  In Penang, there are quite a lot of vacancies for production jobs because there are a lot of manufacturing plants here. I remembered when I went for an interview to get a job here in Penang, I was shocked to see there were over 100 applicants. I was nervous because I thought my chances are low. However, I found out that they were all looking for production jobs.

  Do you know that I was the first applicant to arrive for the interview? All the managers who interview me remembered that. It is good to set good impression for being punctual. In fact, I was only one who made it through and got the job. If you are looking for a job, think of something that make you stand out from the rest. It helps!

• Freeze It

  08.18.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Freeze It

  My iPhone wifi went cuckoo again, I meant it is not working. Well I read a lot of problem with wifi after it has been upgraded to 3.x firmware. It looks like it is looping to find wifi access. I am running out of my wits to fix it permanently.

  I didn’t have this problem when it was 2.x firmware. What is Apple doing? I thought they were improving the operating system but it looks like it is degrading.

  Last approach that I was very reluctant to try was to freeze it. I heard because it is looping, it caused the chip to heat up.

  I had to freeze the iPhone in the freezer for 5 minutes. After that, it goes back to normal. I can detect the wifi and get connected. However this is not a permanent solution. I had the final fix in mind but I do not have time to try it out yet. When I do, I will post it here.

  
  
  

• Designer NeckTie

  08.13.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Designer NeckTie

  Wow I liked the neckties on this site, many are affordable designer ties too. Do you know that, if you are into fashion, they have different color for different season? You can find out more from Ties-Necktie.com. Light blue tie is for warm summer days while rose, pink and orange are for spring.

  Ties come in many different colors and pattern. You can find most of it on the website. I wonder how this one looks like on my man. Maybe it can add some charm to his life. Shall I order one?

  
  
  

• Shabu Shabu At Queensbay

  08.05.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Shabu Shabu At Queensbay

  
  
  

  I was thrilled to hear that Shabu Shabu was in Penang. I am not sure if it is the same chain from Kuala Lumpur. I doubt it. It opened in Queensbay mall at the 3rd floor, near the Queens Food Court.

  Shabu Shabu is a place to have buffet steam boat. They have a conveyor belt to serve the food and there are soup pots in the table to boil the food. It is RM31.90+ per pax.

  However this Shabu had a 90 minutes time limit, the KL one doesn’t. The food variety was limited and very small in portion especially vegetables. There weren’t many types of sauce too. Definitely not what I expected. When I was there, I didn’t see any noodles.

  The one in KL and town is much better than this. I will give them a rating of 2 out of 5.

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• iPhone Is Sick

  07.16.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on iPhone Is Sick

  
  
  

  Last few days my iPhone was really sick, not literally. It couldn’t detect any WiFi anywhere. I wasn’t sure what I did. I didn’t install any new apps or change any configuration.

  I search the internet for answers or fixes. You know what? I have found so many people having the same problem that their iPhone cannot detect WiFi. However there was no absolute fix, just some trial and error suggestions which many people feedback, it didn’t work for them.

  I decided to backup my iPhone and apply the firmware again. It worked for a while and it was back to square 1. I did that for a few times and I also managed to crash iTunes too in the midst of doing that. Everything was not working. Sigh.

  I started from ground 0 again. I applied the original firmware so that everything will be wiped out. Secondly, I jailbreak the iPhone with redsn0w. The WiFi was working. I restored my backup. WiFi was working. So far so good. I installed some apps from Cydia. WiFi broke down.

  Ahhh…I realized that It was one of the apps from Cydia. Guess which one. It was MxTube version 1.5c. That was preventing my WiFi from working. I removed that, WiFi is back on! Hooray!!

  I used to have MxTube on 3.0 firmware but looks like it is not going well with 3.1.3. Believed me, it ran for a whole month without any issues and suddenly it didn’t want to work anymore.
  Moral of the story, if your WiFi is not working, it could be some apps you installed. Try removing one by one to see which one is causing the problem.

  I have downgrade from 3.1.3 to 3.1.2. Now it is really working fine!!

• Google Pacman

  05.26.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Google Pacman

  Google had pacman game on its search engine last week to commemorate 30th anniversary of the pacman game. I haven’t played the game for a long time. I am glad I still have the skills.

  My brother was the King of pacman. He used to complete all level. He gets so many free games at the arcade. He played until the owner of the arcade want to close shop and return his 20 cents back. Those days it was 20 cents per game. He played the whole day with 20 cents. I used to sit by him and watched him play.

  This game does bring back memories.
  

  
  

  

  
  

• Spa Tub & Covers

  05.07.10 |Uncategorized| Permalink | Comments Off on Spa Tub & Covers

  Do you know now you can get your very own spa hot tub and spa covers? The Spa Tub is so portable and you can just place it in your home.

  I bet my children would love to have one of those. Generally, they love to play with water and I love a good soak in my favorite aroma therapy oil. I am still surveying for one that can fit in my bathroom. It would be great if it has Jacuzzi feature.

  
  
  

• Pen Your Will

  04.20.10 |Uncategorized, Will| Permalink | 2 Comments

  A Will is a written declaration of a person of things he wishes to take effected after his death or at the time of his death. At the time of his death is when one is in a coma and wishes to end his life peacefully. I am not sure whether this is legal in Malaysia, maybe not.

  A Will can be hand written, signed by the one who made the Will and signed by 2 witnesses. Witnesses cannot be the beneficiaries of the Will such as parents, spouse, children or anyone that the person puts as beneficiaries of the Will. Most important, the person must be of sound mind at the time of signing the Will.

  Well, you and I can just create a Will without paying anyone to do it for you. Just get 2 witnesses and have it signed. It will be a legal document.

  In most cases, people will seek corporation help when he/she wants someone trusted to be the Will executor. The executor is required to carry out the distribution accordingly, seek legal help to apply grant of Probate from High Court and a lot of running around. You are advised to name 2 executors in your Will, just in case the main executor either cannot carry out the duties or he/she passed away. It is not easy to become an executor if the Will is not written properly.

  I guess that is one reason why many people seek professional help and willing to pay a fee for it.