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Screenshot whoring
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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Screenshot of N70
A screenshot of my N70
Haha, more 'whoring' of my phone...hahahhahha!

Installed a screenshot application and thought I should share my current theme/wallpaper. It is a Brushed Mac theme for the N70 with a customised wallpaper of nabenabe and vandyke (our Maple Story characters - as they look now in the game,... erm, well close enough lah! Hee!).

We are currently at level 40-ish and at the moment are hunting monsters real hard because of the Maple Story SEA Birthday specials that are happening right now!

 
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A weekend at Genting Highlands
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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Brrr....
Brrrr...
The entire family was at Genting Highlands over the last weekend of the school holidays. We had initially planned to go on the trip the week before but could not get our hands on the hotel room bookings, so we had to make do with this.

Foggy weather
We could not see what's in front of us!
The weather was pretty fine when we arrived but after a short while, it started pouring! In a way, it was good that it did because it would not be as cold if there was no rain! The downpour on Friday made the place very foggy. Great!

Something not great was that the things there are getting more and more expensive! Shit! A bowl of noodles at a certain eatery costs RM13.00! For a small bowl ok!?!? Blardy hell!

I guess the kids had a great time there (theme park). The cold weather added to the fun as you do not sweat at all! Hahah!

round and round... huge bugs they have!

 
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N70 Internet Connection via PC
Monday, June 26, 2006
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WiFi on the Nokia N80 - yah.

WiFi on the Nokia N70 - Nope, but getting to the Internet without using 3G is possible too! Haha! I have managed to configure my N70 to use my Internet connection at home to access the Internet!

To do this, you will need:
  • PC connected to the Internet
  • Bluetooth dongle
  • gnubox - (I lost the link to it but I have the .SIS file if you want)
  • m-Router
  • Part 2 of a total of 4 excellent detailed guides on the N70 from "Crazy Little World of Mine" by abdulmueid

That's all you need! Follow the instructions on this post and you should have no problems!

All the parts of abdulmueid's N70 guides: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

 
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Attack of the Green Ones
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Caterpillars
Woah! The Alocasia plants (or Elephant Ears) around my neighbourhood are being attacked by big green caterpillars!!! Eeeeewwwww!!!

Just look at the size of these huge green wrigglys! Each one is about the size of my finger!

At first glance, you will probably think that these are nothing but the droppings of a bird/animal but look closer and you will see the real thing!


*Sorry ah, my phone cam not 'focusable'... *

Caterpillars
Big Green Caterpillars!


My guess is that these are the larvae of a kind of Hawk Moth. Which kind exactly? I don't know. Heehee! Any expert care to give an opinion on this?

 
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Lucas skates
Monday, June 19, 2006
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When you are five and terrorists mean nothing to you, stuff like these will seem to be very fun!

And believe me, he did this for the entire evening when we were at Pasir Ris Park.

*amazed*



 
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Green in the office
Friday, June 16, 2006
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The greens in my office
I was taking some photographs around the office today when the plants on a small cupboard caught my attention. These guys are the only green around the office - besides the fugly looking ones that are placed beside the water dispensing machine.

The small ones have been that size since they were first brought in about half a year ago. No growth, vertical or horizontal. None at all. Does this signify something about the work and growth opportunities here as well?

Hmm.... *ponders*

 
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Make Your Own World Cup Ball
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
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Surfed by Kennysia.com just now and saw this.

Haha! It's funny and it's the first thing on the World Cup 2006 that I've posted so far! Kenny's good! No doubt!

 
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Diet Coke and Mentos
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You've probably read this on the news sites somewhere. Have you tried it?

Make a Diet Coke + Mentos fountain
  • Go find yourselves about 3-5 pieces of Mentos.
  • Get a bottle of Diet Coke.
  • Drop the Mentos into the Coke bottle.

And there you have it! Your very own Diet Coke + Mentos fountain! It really shoots VERY high up! Oh, and please please be ready to get really wet and my advise is to do this in the open and not at home! I don't do cleaning up for you! Haha!

Watch how others do it!

 
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I have bought my phone
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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Ok, I got my phone!

Yup! I spent almost 2 hours on Sunday queueing up just for upgrading my phone at the M1 Shop at Compass Point...sheeez!!!

In the end, I got myself the Nokia N70. Not a particularly 'new' model by today's standards but it definitely is a good phone for me - way too good. Oh ya, and so it's "Buy BuyBye bye Chocolate!" for me! Heh!

And thanks to all who have sent me their suggestions for my phone purchase!

Now that I have got the phone, what next? Hmm... earn more money?!? Heehee!

 
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I need a new mobile
Friday, June 09, 2006
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As some of you might have already known, I am looking to buy a new mobile phone to replace my Sony Ericsson T630. I happened to flip through the papers yesterday and saw an advertisement for Starhub MaxOnline services.

Starhub's bundling iPaqs (at reduced prices) with subscription to their MaxOnline Ultimate and 6500 plans! Wow! The iPaq 6818 costs only SGD99.00 with a 2-year subscription plan to the broadband service and the 6965 (which boasts an onboard GPS and WiFi functions) costs only SGD199.00!

Shucks! Anyone signing up for the services but do not want the phone?? Huh? Huh?? Heehee!

 
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Back from Taman Negara
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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Back in Singapore!! Ha!

On the whole, the trip was quite a learning experience for my kids. They had the chance to experience how different life can be in a different environment and how the basic living conditions that we have here in Singapore are far more than what we actually require to get by.

The journey to Taman Negara started way off track. We nearly gave up on the whole trip and head back to Singapore! Let me give a re-cap of the whole trip.

WARNING!! This is potentially a very long read!

01 June 2006 - Getting to Taman Negara
We arrived at the train station in Johor Bahru (JB) before 1956hrs (our scheduled train departure time). Upon reaching the station, we approached the ticket usher and asked if our train was on time. We were told that the train would be delayed by half an hour. So we waited. About 15 minutes later, I approached the usher again. This time, he told me that the train would arrive in approximately 10 minutes. And so we waited again.

About 15 minutes later, a train stopped by the station. I approached the usher and was told that that was not the train for us. I showed him my tickets again and he took a look before repeating that it was not the train. By now, it was almost 2100hrs. After the train left, we decided to approach an immigration officer for help. Guess what?!? He told us that our train was the one that left the station a while ago!! Aarrggghhh!

He directed us to the Station Master's office where we found out that the usher had screwed up our schedule because he 'thought' that ours was a different train. He 'saw' wrongly. What the fuck!!! There was nothing the Station Master could do but offer to give us free tickets to Gemas where we were supposed to find our way to Taman Negara ourselves, or to refund to us the full price of the tickets we'd bought. Since this was not originally planned, we decided to go for the refund. We got back the money for tickets for both directions since we were not sure whether we wanted to continue or to turn back to Singapore.

Angry and disappointed, we left the station and started discussing the possibilities we had. Finally, we decided to catch a coach from JB to Kuala Lumpur (KL) where we would take another transport to Jerantut.
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Bus schedule at Jerantut


This roundabout took us 5 hours just to get to KL (at RM180.00) and another 3 hours by taxi (at RM600.00!!!) to Jerantut town. Yes, the taxi driver agreed to take all 8 of us in his car. Nice chap but I still feel we kena 'chop' by him... RM600...walau! Fucking KTM usher screwed our budget! Anyway, we arrived at Jerantut earlier than expected and had some breakfast before taking a local cheap bus service to Taman Negara at RM6.00 (notice the decimal place? Ha!) each.

02 June 2006
  • Janet hurt her ankle
    Ouch!

  • Rapid shooting - (RM120-RM180)
    We get into a boat, sitting in pairs, and go shooting the rapids! Rapid shooting is basically taking a boat ride against the currents and of course, the boatmen will always look for the wildest waves and swirls to hit so as to produce the most amount of splash on the passengers!

    All of us got wet and as we found out, the ones sitting nearer the back of the boat get the most of the splashes.

  • Night Safari in the Oil Palm Plantations (RM120-RM150)
    We had luck enough to see quite a handful of animals. We saw a few domestic cats, 1 big toad, 1 barn owl, a few x Tailor birds, 1 x Magpie Robin, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Tree Frog, 2 x Leopard Cats, 1 x Paradise Tree Snake and 1 x Wild Boar. We had no chance to see any Civet cats though.

03 June 2006
  • Trek to Bukit Teresek
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    Hot at the top!
    The top is HOT, HOT, HOT!!! The sun nearly burnt us up! Hahah!

    Oh, the place was also full of honey bees and other flying insects. Keep your mouths closed! You don't want to get insects crawling in your mouths do you? Hee!

  • Canopy Walkway
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    Canopy Walkway
    The majority of the visitors to this attraction will obey the 'Keep 5 metres from person in front' rule. But we happened to meet some pig-headed asses who just could not understand this!!!

    They kept getting close to our group, swinging and jumping on the walkway, and making it swing like mad!!!

    Geez! I swear I could have killed them there and then if they made me lose my balance and drop my camera!!





  • Gua Telinga (Ear Cave)
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    Gua Telinga (Ear Cave)
    This was one helluva challenge for us! We took a boat ride from our favourite restaurant cum river taxi stop (Lia's Restaurant) to a drop off jetty near the cave. A 20 minute trek took us to the entrance of the cave. Kim Hong, Janet, Valerie, Lucas, Chu Hui and myself went into the cave.

    Anna had to wait outside with Chu Tuang as the little boy was sleeping. Lucky for her!



    Edit: Added new pictures to Flickr.com album.

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    Bats in the cave, Janet and Valerie making their way through the cave


    It was difficult right from the start as this was not a cave where you can just 'walk' in to. You have to crawl you way in! The inner parts of the cave was also pretty small with jutting rocks here and there. Claustrophobic people please do not attempt!

    There were lots of bats in the cave and YES!!! I have finally had a chance at my guano!!! Woohoo! Heeheehee! In the cave, I accidentally pressed on a snake and it quickly got itself away from me. Good for me! Ha!


04 June 2006
  • Trek to Lubok Simpon
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    Valerie and Lucas having fun in
    the river.
    A short 15-20 minutes trek from Mutiara Resort will lead you to Lubok Simpon. A scenic river spot where the kids can have fun in the water.

    The river bed is generally full of pebbles here and you will get the occassional tour boat going past. Although the current here is a little bit on the strong side, it is still pretty safe for the kids. Just keep an eye out for them.

  • Check out of resort and start back to Singapore
    Bye bye, Taman Negara!


More pictures of this trip are available at my Flickr album.

 
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