April 2006

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• Dell Factory Visit

  04.28.06 | Permalink |Information, IT, Penang, Technology| 5 Comments

  Yesterday, a few of us from my work place made a trip to dell factory in Prai. That factory produces 80% of the Dell notebook world wide. I am very impress with their supply chain. It is very efficient and no inventory storage that drive cost up, meaning maximize profit at the end of the day. All the notebooks are build to order. A lot of checkpoints, to make sure no missing parts.

  Each operator can produce at least 6 units per hour. You do the math to see how many they produce in a day. The factory runs 24×7. All testing on the notebook is automated and softwares are dowloaded in the same way. They have this huge racks, probably 5-6 notebook per rack for this purpose. I notice that the operators who assemble notebook are mostly female. Those in the server lines are male. Probably servers are much more complicated heavier.

  Actually Dell does not produce anything, mainly assemble the parts together to make the final product and name it DELL. By the way, if you want to purchase a notebook, order at the end of the quarter. If they run out of the specification you want, they probably bum it up for you to meet the orders. For example, if your notebook has 40G hard disk and they ran out, they probably give you a 60G or next higher in stocks. It doesn’t work all the time, ok, only if you are fortunate enough.

  Sorry no pictures for the visit because no camera allowed. However I did take back with me a lot of value added information and a great eye opener. Who knows, I may open up a MELL factory. 😆

  P/S I did get some door gift.

• 4th May 2006

  04.26.06 | Permalink |Information, Special Day Event| 2 Comments

  I received this today.

  01:02:03 04/05/06

• Genuine or Not Genuine

  04.26.06 | Permalink |Information, IT, Technology| 4 Comments

  I am not sure how many have read TheStar yesterday. Starting today, Microsoft will put an annoying pop-up on your screen if you are not using a genuine copy of Microsoft.

  Read here:
  http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/25/nation/14053230&sec=nation

  By the way, I heard it was crack within 24 hours of the first release.

  http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html

  or

  other suggestions:

  http://earendur.blogspot.com/2006/04/windows-genuine-notification-updates.html

• Disney On Ice

  04.17.06 | Permalink |Children, Entertainment| 12 Comments

  I got some tickets to watch Disney On Ice over the weekends. Thanks to my friend who could get me 25% discount for the tickets. Tim was very eager to watch the show. He kept saying, he want to see Mickey Mouse, Buzz Lightyear and Incredibles which will be appearing. Every time, we pass by the poster, he will tell mummy he want to go watch.

  The day came, we watched the 1 pm show, first show in Penang. Fortunately we went to see the first show, because later show have to wait outside the door for the previous show people to clear before they can entered. Imagine the hot sun.

  The show was great, I enjoyed every bit of it. Emily didn’t. She slept through Act 1 and cried during Act 2. Probably she was too sleepy or hungry. She didn’t eat much at lunch time and mummy didn’t bring enough food to keep her happy. 😡

  Anyway, it was not a big crowd. I would say 50% of the stadium was filled. My hubby took 200 shots, and here are a few for you to enjoy. I will certainly bring them to watch it again. By the way, I spend quite a bit to get those overprices souvenirs for Tim & Emily. The program book already cost RM30.

  It was a great performance with a variety of fairy tales. I felt like I was in fairy tale land or in Disneyland. The stunts were ok, a few flips and twist. Music and dialogues were recorded. The program:

  Act One
  Overture
  Goofy and the Zamboni
  Aladdin
  Finding Nemo
  Beauty & the Beast
  Classic Princesses
  Toy Story
  It’s a Small World

  Act Two
  Mickey Leads the Band
  Pinocchio
  Mulan
  The Incredibles
  The Lion King
  Finale

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• ANNUAL EPF Account 2 Withdrawal for Housing Loan II

  04.12.06 | Permalink |Information, ProductReview, Service, Tips| 2 Comments

  Yes, it is true. Newspaper published it yesterday.

  http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/11/nation/13929587&sec=nation

  http://www.kwsp.gov.my/index.php?ch=81&pg=132&ac=6905

  So happy withdrawing and quickly get yourself out of debt. The catch is your account II must have a minimal account of 500 to qualify.

  If you want to learn more about the paperwork, read this and this.

• ANNUAL EPF Account 2 Withdrawal for Housing Loan

  04.06.06 | Permalink |Information| 2 Comments

  I recieved this email today. Hooray can withdraw EPF annually to pay off housing loan. I didn’t find this announcement in EPF website. So is it true? :sc: