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2009.12.29 Wedding photo

After months of procrastination, we have finally taken our wedding photos. The day started by wife make-up session by Fiona at 1040am while I was there admiring my beautiful wife change to most beautiful queen of the day. It took about 90 minutes for her make up. After that, it was my turn to transform to most handsome guy of the day. When I was make-up, wife wore her first gown of the day for indoor photographing. Wah! pretty wife!!! Photographer (Kenneth who has 9 years experience) gave us some tips on how to pose. Chest up, chin up, chin forward, butt out, hair, waist out, hand & leg positions & most importantly, smile.
Kenneth gave us a few tries with indoor photos... after that, we took outdoor photos at KTM with 2 gowns. Then KL lake garden 2 gowns before going back for studio photos. we took our lunch around 6pm. then continue 2 more gowns before it ended at 745pm. we went for dinner again at 8pm. We reach home at 930pm & did make-up removal.
Luckily, wife was happy with the whole session. Stay tuned for the photos.

Google Googles

Cool gadget from google.

2009.12.18 试婚纱记

终于,
终于去试婚纱了。 。 。 。
白色, 紫色, 黑色, 黄色, 红色。 。 。 。
几个小时,几十件婚纱。 。 。 。
换了一件又一件。 。 。 。
七件婚纱搞定了。 。 。 。
期待拍照那一天。 。 。 。

Bank machines maintenance

Recently, I realized banks (Hong Leong, Public Bank, UOB) in Puchong Jaya share a common practice; machines (ATM, cash deposit, cheque deposit) maintenance around 845-915 am on weekdays. I was caught waiting there to do my transactions. A piece of advice, avoid doing your transaction within this period. You will be caught waiting or just internet banking to avoid waiting :)

While waiting, I noticed a bank officer from Hong Leong copy something from cash deposit machine. You may think, normal only right. What puzzled me was the files were copied using floppy disk. Is it reliable & safe? Anyone can clear my doubt?

Coffee, Tea or Me?


Airline war on the F1 grid airasia passengers might get Richard Branson as stewardess

Is this the real deal or just for publicity? Well, assuming that this is real deal, it will be cool to see Virgin Group tycoon as AirAsia stewardess. Stay tuned!

Let's wait and see.

Please define 1Malaysia spirit


Anyone can define 1Malaysia spirit?

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/17/nation/20091217095242&sec=nation


Play with 1Malaysia spirit, footballers told

BY CHOI TUCK WO

COPENHAGEN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has urged the national football team to play with the 1Malaysia spirit to win the SEA Games finals against Vietnam tonight.
He said he felt very proud that the national Under-23 squad had defied the odds to reach the finals after winning the gold medal in the 1989 KL SEA Games 20 years ago.
Najib said he hoped the Malaysian team would play well and with full of determination to win in the finals.
“This is the moment which every Malaysian has been waiting for a very long time,” he told Malaysian journalists after attending a dinner with the Malaysian community on Wednesday night.
Najib, who is here to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, said he and all Malaysians would pray for the team’s success tonight.

2009 Wedding Marathon

Year 2009 has been an auspicious year for marriage. My home town friends, university friends & colleagues were among the people who filled up my 2009 wedding marathon list. 2009 May, Jul, Sep, Oct, Dec were the good months which made it a memorable & enjoyable day for the couples & as well as attendees. Almost every week, I joined most of the brother & sister sessions in Taiping, Penang, KL & Kuantan. I saw how sisters tortured brothers & how brothers were tortured. Games from mineral water, coke, wasabi sandwiches to sour, sweet, bitter & spicy. For all the sporting brothers & playful sisters, we have helped bridegroom got his most pretty bride.

Tasted the food in Hotel & Restaurant, luckily none of them in same restaurants. Personal preference, restaurant foods taste better than hotel foods. In term of environment, hotel is better than restaurant.

Lastly, I bless all my friends have a good marriage & wait for your junior full moon ceremony. 2009 wedding marathon finally ends. It also made me poorer :(

Philips EasyScene lets you remote-control lights without rewiring

This is cool!!! but still not available in Malaysia

Philips EasyScene



Call me a sluggard, but anything that removes one more reason to get off the couch wins brownie points with me. So hurrah to a lighting solution that can be turned on, off, even dimmed via remote, without the need for expensive rewiring of your home. The Philips EasyScene, developed in Asia for the region, launches officially in January next year, making Singapore and China the first countries to get it. This will be followed by other Asia-Pacific countries like Australia and Thailand.

According to Philips, EasyScene arose from research which found that almost 90 percent of those surveyed like to change the lighting around their house spaces to suite different activities & occasion, while 43 percent said that having easy control over their lighting was the most important attribute.

Close up, it's a nifty solution that operates on radio frequency which does not require line of sight. Each EasyScene light bulb is equipped with three components: Electronic ballasts to control the fluorescent tube; electronic dimming circuitry; and an RF receiver at the base. This "talks" to the remote (which requires two AA-sized batteries). Once fitted, the whole setup works like a plug-and-play solution. The remote's four buttons are scalable enough to let you choose your preset scenes, which can extend up to 100 whopping bulbs. These, in turn, can be switched on/off or dimmed either individually or in preset groups.

Price-wise, there's a S$109 (US$78.46) investment for the starter kit which comprises the remote and two EasyScene bulbs. Individual bulb replacements will cost S$30-$35 for 15W to 20W options in either warm or cool white. But considering EasyScene doesn't require any major rewiring works, this is one more option that should appeal to the thrifty Asian homeowner.

Why kiss my 2nd wife?

Hey dude,
Didn't you see traffic jam at federal highway, why u still kiss my 2nd wife? ##@!#$^$@
You scratched my 2nd wife!! Can you do the makeup for me?

Sardine Commuter

Last sunday, I boarded KTM commuter from Midvalley to KL Sentral. It was really a bad experience.




i. The train delayed for 15 minutes (expected) & was getting crowded.
ii. When the train reached, everyone tried to squeeze into train without letting the passenger to alight from train.
iii. Everyone just stand at door without going in. Then the officer came, yelled & bang the train. "Masuk-lah" (Go in!!!)
iv. As it was like sardine, a lot of pick pockets in train. I personally felt a guy trying to pick my wallet. It happened when I tried to get in, inside train & alight from train. Luckily my wallet was still with me. Beware of pick pockets.
v. I should have taken RapidKL to KL Sentral.

Transport minister, what have you done to improve the public transport? Buying old diesel trains?

Home alarm system

Are you worried of the security at your neighbour? Is it enough with grille only? You may want to consider alarm system, alarm system cum Central Monitor System (CMS) or CCTV.
To me, alarm system is installed to scare the thieves away or make their life harder so that you can have peace of mind when you are not at home. However, when alarm triggers, you will be panic as whether it is false alarm especially during sleeping time.
Typical alarm systems in the market are ADT, CHUBB, Paradox, Bluguard, Brno & etc.







Below is alarm system basic knowledge.

Magnetic & vibration sensor: Magnetic is usually used at door & the door must be intact. Vibration sensor is usually used at windows grille. A typical alarm system allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the alarm.
Passive Infra Red (PIR): PIR is actually a motion detector which detects object movement. There is indoor & roof PIR Besides, there is an animal immunity PIR for pet lovers. It is able to bypass 40kg weight. If your children who is less than 40kg detected by PIR, will it trigger the alarm? I don’t know as I don’t have children now and I’m more than 40kg.
Panic button: This is a button for you to trigger the alarm when you see burglar. It can be in rooms or kitchen. Anyway, alarm LCD keypad is also a panic button.
Smoke detector: Most people install this in kitchen only. Some claim that the smoke from your cooking will trigger the alarm.
Voice module: When alarm trigger, the alarm system will call to your handphone (or multiple handphones). With voice module, it is capable to inform you which zone has actually triggered the alarm. Next, instruction will be given to arm/disarm the alarm. Without this module, the alarm will still call you, but it will “beep” only. Numbers of beeps indicate the zones that trigger the alarm.
GSM module: Suitable for those who do not install landline. The alarm will use handphone sim card to call out.
Zone: House will be divided into 8/16/32 zones. A few doors or windows will be sharing one zone. Eg: sliding door & side windows will be grouped into single zone. Front door, (door you use most often) will be set to another zone & have exit delay of 1 minute. Within this 1 minute, you can open or close the front door. After that exit delay, the alarm will be active.
Zone bypass: If there is any activity at backyard like children running, you can keep the alarm active and bypass your back door.
Power supply: Most alarm systems need power supply with battery as backup. Get your wire man to prepare this power supply.

If you want peace of mind, just contact any alarm system contractors.

Gelato, Italian ice cream

Anyone know where to find Gelato, Italian ice cream in Klang Valley? We tested out this ice cream in Penang. I google around, but cant find this ice cream in Klang Valley. Please inform me if you know ya.

Gelato, Italian ice cream

My personal opinion, it is as good as Haagen-Dazs & Baskin-Robbins. The best is RM3.50/scoop only. Start drooling now.

Nusaputra house buyers want defects rectified

When I did my house hunting in 2007, I came across this project as well. When I read this news, I was totally shocked.

This area is deep inside Puchong. To me, it is really far from Puchong IOI, never mention distance to KL city.
I'm wondering why the area sink? Could it be landfill land? FYI, this is a leasehold house.
I like the environment as it is clean, quiet, gated & guarded & direct access to MEX (KL-Putrajaya) highway.

I hope developer can rectify this issue asap. Now, dream house become nightmare.
Besides, I hope my house will not have these problems.

Click here to read full news

A HOUSE buyer’s worst nightmare would be to find his dream home plagued with defects. And for the Bandar Nusaputra Prescint 1 residents in Puchong, it has been a disappointment from the time the house owners moved in 2006.

With sinking porches and backlanes, leaking roofs, clogged drains and cracks, it was anything but a dream home.

Recently, the residents gathered for a meeting to air their grouses.

Not safe: A front porch that is sinking.

Pro tem committee chairman James Seow said the developer had only managed to fix some of the problems such as the cracks but had asked the homeowners to handle the rest as their warranty period had expired.

The residents are also concerned over security matters despite it being a gated and guarded community.

Mohd Fadzil Hashim recounted his ordeal when four foreigners broke into his house at about 3.15am and threatened Fadzil and his brother-in-law with knives and tied them up before running away with cash and valuables.

“They probably jumped over the low perimeter fence. I thought this was a safe neighbourhood what with it being gated and guarded,” said the 33-year-old.


Cracking up: The residents are concerned about the condition of their homes.

Although a spotlight had been installed at the said location, the residents felt it was only appropriate for the developer and management company to fix barbed wire and surveillance camera at the perimeter fencing and beef up the security.

The residents were also upset with some of the houses being used for commercial purposes.

They claimed that one of the houses had been converted into a bed and breakfast hotel and some residents are unhappy with a kindergarten in the area.

About 60% of the residents had signed a petition to object against the operation of the kindergarten.

The residents also questioned the monthly maintenance fees as they still have problems like uncollected rubbish, clogged drains, faulty lights and a dirty playground.

Several complaints: Seow (left) pointing at pictures of the defects taken in some of the homes.

“We have almost 600 houses. The owners of the double-storey houses pay RM80 each while the owners of semi-detached houses fork out RM120 a month, but the service is still poor.

“However, when we told the developer and management company about the meeting, they sent some workers to clean the area,” Seow said.

He said the residents just wanted things to be managed in an orderly and legal manner and transparency practised in every aspect of the maintenance of the property.

When contacted, the developer declined to comment while the Sepang Municipal Council (MPSp) public relations officer Zelda Mohd Zamri confirmed that the bed-and-breakfast hotel was illegal.

She added that the council had already sent a letter to the developer for an engineering consultation report.

“However, we have yet to receive any response. We will follow up as soon as possible,” she said.

Plaster ceiling calculation

Ever wonder how to calculate plaster ceiling during house renovation?
Let me share the calculation here.

Example here:
Area: width*length (sqft)
Living room: 16*14 = 224 sqft
Dining room: 15*12 = 180 sqft
Kitchen: 15*11 = 165 sqft

(i) Flat plaster ceiling, market rate is from RM2.50 - RM2.80
Living room = RM560.00 (224*2.50) [sqft]*RM
Dining room = RM450.00 (180*2.50)
Kitchen = RM412.50 (165*2.50)

(ii) L-box. L-box market rate is around RM8.00
Living = RM480.00 (16+14+16+14)*8 [width+length+width+length]*RM
Dining = RM432.00 (15+12+15+12)*8

(iii) L-box with light through. L-box with light through market rate is around RM11.00
Living = RM660.00 (16+14+16+14)*11 [width+length+width+length]*RM
Dining = RM594.00 (15+12+15+12)*11

Flat plaster ceiling only, (i) = RM1422.50
Flat plaster ceiling + L-box, (i)+(ii) = RM2334.50
Flat plaster ceiling + L-box with light through, (i)+(iii) = RM2676.50

If you do not request, some contractor do not drill hole for you. So you must negotiate with him if you want to save cost. Anyway, for reference on drilling cost, circle hole: RM3, square hole: RM2

Before you do plaster ceiling, you may consider re-wiring your light points for downlight, spot light, L-box light through. Besides, fan point is also important. Note that re-wiring is another additional cost to be considered.

After you do plaster ceiling, you must paint it with wall sealer to enhance the adhesiveness of your new ceiling. Then apply 2 coats of paints. Note: Normally, they do not provide free painting.

More fancy design = more money
Do your own math now :O

When I did my plaster ceiling, power short-circuit happened. It was totally a nightmare that contractor took half day to troubleshoot the problem. Anyway, I heard from friends that this is very common to happen during when doing plaster ceiling.

Plaster ceiling guy drilled hole on my wiring :(

Close-view of broken wire

Plaster ceiling in progress

Light point for L-box light through

Finish product

Local MPVs

Same field playing now. 2 local MPVs: Perodua Alza & Proton Exora are on the market now. Which one will you buy?

In term of design, I prefer Alza, be in internal or external. In term of technology, I prefer Perodua technology which is supported by Toyota & Daihatsu.

If I have the money, I will not buy another Proton simply because of personal experience driving Proton Waja.

1. Power windows failure - SmartTag will solve the issue. At parking, just open door.
2. Unknown sound from engine - Turn your radio louder (assume you don't hear it. hahaha)
3. Absorber - change to other brand as long as not Kayaba
4. Front steering bush always run.
5. The list goes on....

Some credits to Proton Waja. Its handling, power are good. A comfortable car without all minor problems mentioned above. Suitable for family car.


Look at promotional ads from Proton Exora. IT THINKS. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. Comment: This slogan tries to say this car is suitable for brainless Exora drivers. No offense. Just my personal opinion on this slogan.

Perodua Alza - Car One Moment, MPV The Next

Good luck to new car buyers.

Bangkok, we're coming

AirAsia free seats is back. After discussion with wife, we wish to visit Hanoi & Yogyakarta. However, there is only one way free ticket. So it cost about RM200/person for 2 ways ticket (ticket + airport tax only). This 2 places only has 1 flight per day. So it is quite hard to get both way free and we feel not worth it (just in case we are not able to fly when time comes). So we look for other location, Bangkok. After a few tries, we found Bangkok ticket which cost us RM100/person for 2 ways ticket (ticket + airport tax only). Imagine save half. We will go Bangkok with a few Uni friends. Bangkok, we're coming.

Phase 1 house renovation completed



Phase 1 house renovation (a.k.a. student house setup) finally completed with the following items:

a. 23ft 2*2 concrete kitchen top
b. Work area covered-up with washing machine outlet
c. Power socket looping & lights add-on for plaster ceiling
d. Powder coated grille
e. Alarm
f. Plaster ceiling (L-box with hidden lights for living & dining, flat for kitchen)
g. Lights & fans
h. Curtain
i. Painting Interior & Exterior
j. Padlocks
k. Sharp fridge
l. Rubine hood (RCH-BOXLINE-90SS) & hob (RGH-OLIVE2B-90BL) installation
m. Kitchen tools, gas connector & gas

We have spent all our savings for these years. We really broke now. Click original house & phase 1 to view the before & after renovation.

We must work harder to save money for wedding & phase 2 (kitchen cabinet, wardrobe, bedroom set, furniture, water filter, water heater)

Home sweet home

After 5 months waiting for defect rectification & minor renovation, we have finally move in to our dream house today (8th month 8th day in Chinese lunar calendar which is also same with our ROM 080808) :D. It started with simple move-in ritual. After the ritual, the lorry mover came to our apartment to transport our stuff to new house. I did not realize we have so many boxes to move. It is unpacking time now. :D Tonight has to attend wedding dinner also. :D
Finally we have our home sweet home.

Bali, we're coming

AirAsia promotion is back. This time, we are surveying for ticket for our wedding honeymoon. After discussion with wife, we decided to visit Bali. After a few tries, we found Bali ticket which cost us RM88/person for 2 ways ticket (ticket only). We will spend our 5D4N honeymoon in Bali. Hopefully it will be a memorable days for us. Bali, we're coming.

Is it me?

The Roaster

Count down to big day

1 year from now, we will be going through our biggest day in life although we have registered 8th Aug 2008. Let the clock tick… 365, 364, 363 & … I love you.

First House

Project Proposal

14th Jul 2007: Clean up

29th Jul 2007: Foundation start

8th Sep 2007: Foundation part 2

26th Oct 2007: Foundation part 3

19th Apr 2008: House frame up

1st May 2008: Roof was ready

9th May 2008: Windows frames were up

17th May 2008: First plastering ready

31st May 2008: First layer paint applied

15th Jun 2008: External paint applied

22nd Jun 2008: Car porch roof in the making

28th Jun 2008: Car porch roof ready

12th Jul 2008: Driveway ready

13th Aug 2008: Walkway ready

9th Sep 2008: External touch up

12th Oct 2008: External touch up part 2

15th Dec 2008: External touch up part 3

15th Jan 2009: Dream house ready

26th Mar 2009: Clean up, Ready for vacant procession (key collection)

30th Apr 2009: Key Collection


After about 20 months wait, we finally got the first key to our dream house. We will be busy with defect check & minor renovation then.

Balik Mengundi!

Work Effectiveness

I attended work effectiveness training today. One of the topic was time management.

There are 4 quadrants on the image.
1. Important task may be urgent.
2. Important task may not be urgent.
3. Urgent task may be important.
4. Urgent task may not be important.

Work effectiveness also covered Neuro-Linguistic-Programming (NLP) & presupposition (belief). One of the best is flexibility :-)

Do I do important & urgent task at work? I'm not sure :-D

Google Latitude

Have you tried out Google Latitude. I did. It is cool... But will there be privacy violation concern?
Read up more here

Back to work

After a long holiday for about 10 days, I'm back to work today with lazy & blur mind. Hopefully I will be back on track soon.

Plus New Toll Rate 1st Jan 09 - 31st Dec 10

PLUS's new toll rate has been effective today for class 1 vehicle.

Look at how much we can save when we travel off peak hours from Damansara - Changkat Jering. To their definition, this period (12-7am) is when we pay at toll plaza. I can merely save RM3.30 when I travel from Damansara - Changkat Jering during off peak period. I'm risking my life & endanger other road users for travelling during my ZZzzzZzz time.
To enjoy this promotion, will we see traffic jam situation at toll plaza between 12-1am or 6-7am?
Another promotion from PLUS is the PLUSMiles loyalty card. We can get 5% toll discount if our toll usage is RM200 and above per month. If we are a normal off-season highway users, we cannot really benefit from this promotion. An example is we travel (round-trip) monthly from Bukit Kayu Hitam - Skudai, we are charged RM211.80 for 1468km for a rebate of 5%. Besides, we can use this loyalty card to enjoy some discount at participated shop along PLUS highway. Now, compare to other mileage card (e.g.: MAS Enrich card, Asia Miles), we need to pay RM10 annual fee for this loyalty card.
To my opinion, PLUS is not really sincere this time given the timezone & annual fee for PLUSMiles loyalty card.
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