July 2009

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Free Meal
07.31.09 | Permalink |Travel, US| 1 Comment

Before I came to Colorado Springs, I ask my US counterparts what’s the weather there. All of them said hot and sunny. I landed here and it was cold. Now I am freezing. I didn’t even bought any jacket with me, just a knitted sweater. I have been drinking hot tea to keep me warm. Ooh, I brought rain from Penang too. It has been raining since the day I step foot here.

The other day I walked into Boston Market to get a ¼ roast chicken with 2 sides for dinner to take away. The chicken wasn’t ready. I waited and waited. The chicken was still roasting. The waitress was nice, she offered me a drink. I sat down. She took my order. Next thing she packed everything and told me it was free. How nice.

The reason it was free because the service was slow. Hey I only waited for 5 minutes. Don’t you just love it here? The chicken taste delicious too, better than Kenny Rogers. It was juicy and superb. I will go back again! Next stop, in-and-out burger. Yummy!

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Shopping At Castle Rock
07.28.09 | Permalink |Shopping, Travel| 5 Comments

I drove 35 miles to Castle Rock Factory Outlet on the day after I land. Fun starts before a busy week of work. They have summer sales there. You cannot imagine how cheap and how much I bought. There are many outlets there like Coach, Levi, Guess, Gap, Corelle and many more.

Driving up there wasn’t too difficult because it is a straight road, just like Gilroy. However with Castle Rock, the shops are all in one place. I don’t have to drive from one zone to the other. If you are tired walking, there is a little nice food court for you to eat and relax. It has wifi too.

Ok, here is the interesting part…..COACH IS ON SALE!!!!! It is not just sale but SUPER SALE. Yes, crazy price too. Most bags were like 50% discount and there are so many choices there. By the way, there is no queue whatsoever and not very pack with people too. Some bags were USD$99. See for yourself. You cannot believe how many I bought back. Now I am broke!

Look at my Oshkosh receipt, clothes below USD$5. Back home, it is selling above RM40. Now you know why I have a problem packing. Not forgetting all the preordered toys that my children listed for me.

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Acne Cures
07.28.09 | Permalink |Living, PP| Comments Off

I was at Walmart shopping and I saw 8 packs of chocolates going for US$1. You cannot get cheaper for that. I got a bunch for myself and my family. I love Reese’s with peanut butter inside. It melts in your mouth. It is simply delicious.

I hope acne does not appear after eating all the delicious chocolates. However now with all kinds of acne treatment, it is nothing to worry about. If you want to find out all the acne cures, go to AcneCuresRevealed.net.

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Stormy Weather
07.28.09 | Permalink |Law Firm, PP| Comments Off

The weather in Colorado Springs is wet and stormy. On Saturday while I was on the road, it started raining so heavily and it was hard for me to see the road. My car was not any help because the seat is really low which make it difficult for me to see the road. I had to drive very slowly.

That day, I came across 3 accidents. A smashed car was on top of the divider and it caused a long queue on both side of the road. I saw the driver as I passed, she was really frighten by the incident. She may need a Tacoma car accident lawyer to help her. Second accident was trucks which skidded and blocked the entire road. The police had to close the entire road and drivers have to reroute. With this type of weather, better drive safely.

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Dreadful Flight Schedule
07.27.09 | Permalink |Travel, Work| Comments Off

Yeap, I am off to US and my flight schedule is terrible.

Thurs Night -> Fly to Singapore, stayed overnight at Transit Hotel.
Fri Morn -> Fly to Narita, Japan. Then head to LA

In LA, I arrived at 1:30pm, waiting for my Colorado Springs flight at 8:30pm. It was a long wait. There is nothing near by the airport, that I can do. I stayed in the airport and went online.

Flight delayed until 10:30pm due to technical problem in the plane. They got another plane. I landed in Colorado Springs at 1:30am. Fortunately they didn’t cancel the flight else my plans all go down the drain. A few flights were canceled while I was there. United is really going downhill.

There was one flight, they were overbooked. They made an announcement to give a free round trip on United in US, to anyone who want to give away his/her seat on that flight. Hotel and next flight arrangement will also be provided. I don’t mind if it was my flight.

I am so glad that I made a decision not to collect the car on that day. I chose to stay near the airport and pick up the car next morning. At 2 am, no one will be there to hand you the car. It will be waste of money to take a cab to my hotel and back to collect the car. At least with hotel near the airport, I can use the airport shuttle.

Most of the time, when I reach US, it is at night. I can sleep after that. However this time, I reached in the morning and I don’t have a place to sleep. It was really tiring and went to sleep straight after I checked in.

Next up, shopping spree and you cannot imagine what I got! Ok, a few of you know because I was too excited to share the news…..

Here is my rented car, no hybrid car this round…

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Calling BBGS-ians
07.19.09 | Permalink |School| 1 Comment

If you are an ex-BBGS, there is a big event on 4th August. It will be a MEGA reunion. Sob sob, I would be around to attend it. If you know anyone from BBGS, please tell them! Let the BBGS spirit leaves on. Oh, for those who donno, my ex school has transformed into a prestige shopping mall called The Pavilion. It is really quite sad.

Venue: Bintang Circle (Concourse Area), The Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Date: 4th of August 2009
HOTLINE: +6017-871-9357
11 AM
Launch of THE ELENA COOKE EDUCATION FUND with Miss Cooke
Lunch with old friends
Throughout the day
Sale of souvenirs – to help raise funds
6.30 PM
BACK2BBGS Gala! – The Mega Mother of all Reunions!!
Welcome Ms Yeap Gaik Khoon and all the former Teachers
Choral Speaking, The BBGS Alumni Choir, and others

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Dog Ramps
07.19.09 | Permalink |Living, PP| Comments Off

Dog Ramps are perfect for big dog owner who has a truck or a large vehicle. Now how do you get a big dog into your truck? You would get one of these dog ramps. It is simple for the dog to just walk up by itself.

The dog ramps are foldable and easy to carry or put away. It is made from aluminum which is very light weight. I am sure your dog would love it or you cat.

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One Stop Shop Insurance
07.19.09 | Permalink |Insurance, PP| Comments Off

2Insure4Less.com is a great website to learn all about insurance. The information you get from that site is amazing, I haven’t seen such details in a site before. Not only that it provides information, you can compare insurance quote. By comparing insurance quotes, you get great savings.

It is one stop shop for any insurance like automobile, life, health, home, personal accidents and others. There are many tips on how to make your insurance work harder for you. Great site if you want to know about insurance.

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BM Vs English
07.16.09 | Permalink |English, IT| 3 Comments

The recent announcement where the govt wants to switch back the teaching of Science and Maths to BM or mother tongue puzzles me. If you look at today, most of the Science terms used are in English. The application of Science terms use in Chinese, Tamil or BM is very little.

Today we were discussing this in our office and one of my colleagues brought up a good point. He said when he heard the India IT outsource workers talk, they are speaking Hindi, Hindi, Hindi, CPU, Hindi, Hindi, Hindi server Hindi…. Some computer terms has weird meaning if it is translated to mother tongue.

Let’s take computer terms as computer is my field. Here is some of the translations I found and it really make laugh.

Mouse – Tetikus or Petunjuk
Click – Tekan
Double Click – Tekan-Tekan
Cut & Paste – Potong dan ~~Gum~~ Lekat
Save – Kemas Kini
Enter – Masuk
Ink Jet – Pancutan Dakwat (hehehehehe….LOL)
Database – Pangkalan Data
Access Denied – Laluan DiHalang
Sound Card – Kad Bunyi
Motherboard – Papan Ibu
Monitor – Ketua Darjah??!! (someone suggested)
Keyboard – Papan Kunci
Local Bus – Bas Tempatan
Joystick – Batang Gembira (try translating plug and play!)
Sound Blaster = Peletup Bunyi

Maybe these terms are not the official ones but it sure sounds funny to me.

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Belly Fats
07.16.09 | Permalink |Health, PP| Comments Off

Yes I do have fats near my belly area. I guess it is there after I delivered 2 lovely children. People told me to go for massage during my confinement. It is a great help to lose belly fat. I was being lazy and didn’t take their advice.

Now my belly area looks flabby. I believe if I do some proper sit ups, it may help to reduce the flabbiness. I just have to find the time to do it.

Somehow I do get fats in my lower body area. I have a pear shape body figure. However not many people notice because I tend to dress to hide those fatty areas. It makes me look slim but actually I do have fats. Dressing to your body figure can help you look slim. Ha! Now I don’t have to worry about eating more durians.

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Billing Me Ahead
07.13.09 | Permalink |Business| 1 Comment

Unbelievable! I received two notice of payment that is due in the future. One is due in end Aug and the other in Oct. Are the businesses so bad that they need the customers to pay ahead of time?

This is not just one month ahead but 3 months ahead. If they give me a discount, maybe I think of paying ahead. Otherwise, I probably pay the week before it is due. Yeah, give me some incentive to close the deal for you. Be creative and not just shove the invoice to me.

Well I guess, everyone is only thinking about their own business, their own cash flow and their own profit. When times are bad, every business man turns on their survivor mode.

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RV Net
07.10.09 | Permalink |PP, Travel| Comments Off

I came across a cool website on rv. RV means Recreation Vehicle. I wished I have one. It will be cool to drive my children around in a RV to tour around Malaysia. I am planning to do that in New Zealand where RV is commonly available. Some RV has really homely interior.

How can you not love this? For more RV information, do browse RV.net. A place where you can find out everything you need to know about RV!

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Professionalism
07.08.09 | Permalink |Work| Comments Off

I admired one of my colleague professionalism. He was impacted by severance package but UK has a good labor law that deferred his exit date. He is in the midst of kicking a project out. He makes everything to ensure that this project is successful before he leaves. He is putting 110% in making it work. He even drafted out a good support plan after implementation to ensure it is sustainable.

As opposed to my managed service contractor who has tender his resignation. He is leaving end of the month. He has been coming in late, not attending his transition meetings and giving me a lot of problems. He even told my colleague that he is not at his desk doesn’t mean he is not in the company.

Sometimes I wonder does culture really play a big part in being professionalism.

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Coach Bag
07.04.09 | Permalink |Hangbag| 2 Comments

I am not a handbag person, meaning I don’t carry handbag. However ever since I knew about Coach Bag, I kind of like the design. Not sure why. When I first saw the coach patchwork design in the Coach KL Shop, I like it very much. However I was rushing to go somewhere and didn’t really buy it there.

I hunt it down and I found one in Ebay. I was really skeptical of getting a branded bag in Ebay because you really cannot trust some of the sellers there. It may be replicas that they are selling. I found one seller who I have a good feeling that she is selling the authenticated one because she gave me the receipt from coach shop, coach tag and what not. By the way I got it 70% off the original price, last year.

The shipping fees were not very costly, maybe the seller misquote. The only problem I faced when the bag arrived was custom. The custom sent me a card asking me to collect the item in Butterworth, the other side.

Fortunately, my FIL knew one custom person to help me. Yes, I did pay a minimum tax on this item. I wonder how people get away from pay tax. It was worth getting it. Until today, I am still using it to travel.

It will be soon that I am going to walk into a Coach shop in US. Let’s hope I can get another one that I like that is in the acceptable price range. I got this for my mom on mother’s day.

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