Unusually hardworking SungaI Petani Town Council

Just now after back from dinner, suddenly saw local town council doing job at my housing area. what the hell? night time also do OT? Daytime never see them do work, but now do OT during night time? Gosh...... really no comment for how they spend the tax payer money for......

Here are the pictures I took just now using my camera:

Reben Kuih for sale

Want to have some nice looking and tasty Reben Kuih during CNY? Here is your chance to grab them. Home made, no preservative and delicious. Price is cheap as well.

Here is the picture of how the actual cookies looks like:


Small bottle : RM 7 (own bottle) / RM 8 (I provide the bottle)


Large bottle : RM 11 (own bottle) / RM 12 (I provide the bottle)


Extra Large Bottle : RM 19 (own bottle) / RM 20 (I provide the bottle)

Some of you may think its a bit expensive. Well, I can tell you that the cost of the bottles now are getting very expensive compared to previous years. Small size bottle already cost RM 1.90, large bottle cost around RM 2.20-2.50. The extra large bottle are hard to find, but if can find it, it will cost RM 2.80-3.00 each. If you can provide own bottles, then it will be easier for both parties. 1 week lead time is needed for completion of the reben kuih (for 1-8 bottles of reben kuih).

Reben Kuih

Just did some reben kuih. It only appear during Chinese New Year. A nice cookies to have during Chinese New Year. So tasty and crispy :P

New Gadget : Galaxy 8800GT 512MB GDDR3

OK, it's not new card, its old card. same as 9800GT nowadays. But still not a bad card (especially good looking).

Bought it for not a bad price.

I love home made food

Oh man, I love this : my mother's ikan bilis and fried chicken. and it's part of my dinner dishes tonight.

Ikan Bilis : (look very spicy, actually it's not that spicy, or maybe I too get used to the spice already :P )





Fried Chicken : (my sister sponsored RFC fried chicken powder and it seriously taste not bad)

New Toy : DFI NF570-SLi M2/G (motherboard)

Just received my new motherboard : SLI-based DFI NF570 Infinity M2/G

Will play around with it these few days hehe.

Mainboard Specifications

• CPU
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron
  • Socket AM2
• HyperTransport
  • 2000MT/s HyperTransport interface
• Chipset
  • NVIDIA nForce 570
• System Memory
  • Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
  • Supports DDR2 533, DDR2 667 and DDR2 800 DIMMs
  • Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
  • Supports up to 8GB system memory
• Expansion Slots
  • 2 PCI Express x16 slots (PCIE 1 slot operates at x16 bandwidth, PCIE 3 slot operates at x1 bandwidth)
  • 1 PCI Express x1 slot
  • 3 PCI slots
• BIOS
  • Award BIOS
  • 4Mbit flash memory
• Power Management
  • ACPI and OS Directed Power Management
  • ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
  • Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
  • Wake-On-LAN
  • RTC timer to power-on the system
• Hardware Monitor
  • Monitors CPU/system/chipset temperature
  • Monitors 5V/12V/Vcore/Vbat Dual voltages
  • Monitors the speed of the cooling fans
  • CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-up
• Audio
  • Realtek ALC882 High Definition audio CODEC
  • 8-channel audio output
  • S/PDIF interface
• LAN
  • NVIDIA® chip integrated with Gigabit MAC (Media Access Control) technology
  • Marvell 88E1115 Gigabit Phy
  • Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
• IDE
  • One IDE connector allows connecting up to two UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives
• Serial ATA with RAID
  • Six Serial ATA ports
  • SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
  • RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5
• IEEE 1394
  • VIA VT6307
  • Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports
• Rear Panel I/O
  • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
  • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
  • 1 optical S/PDIF-out
  • 1 RCA S/PDIF-out
  • 1 parallel port
  • 1 COM port
  • 1 IEEE 1394 port
  • 1 RJ45 LAN port
  • 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks
  • Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
• Internal I/O
  • 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port
  • 1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks
  • 1 CD-in internal audio connector
  • 1 S/PDIF connector for optical cable connection
  • 1 IrDA connector
  • 6 Serial ATA connectors
  • 1 IDE connector
  • 1 floppy connector
  • 1 24-pin ATX power connector
  • 1 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 4-pin 5V/12V power connector (FDD type)
  • 1 front panel connector
  • 5 fan connectors
  • EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)
• PCB
  • ATX form factor
  • 22cm (8.66″) x 30.5cm (12″)

Here is some pictures I took for it:

Screwed Up Streamyx and Celcom 3G

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh......... Streamyx so slow today............ Came home use Celcom 3G also slow!!!

This is my conversation with the Celcom helpdesk "professional" operator:

Me : Hello, Celcom?
Siao : Yes, sir, anything I can help you?
Me : Yes, Celcom 3G very slow, any idea what's happening?
Siao : Our Celcom 3G is OK
Me : Yes, it's ok, but not here.
Siao : Can I know where is ur location?
Me : Seberang Jaya
Siao : Oh ok, wait for a while, sir
**** phone no sound for 5 minutes, weird, usually have some kiddy music ****
Siao : Hi sir, thanks for waiting, I just checked, your line is OK.
Me : huh? you should come here try out the speed, want to see a webpage also need to refresh 100 times
Siao : Are you sure?
Me : yes
**** censored content ****
Siao : Can I help you make a report? So that I can forward to technical department, and they will call u back. Please give me your address.
Me : huh? ok, go check my previous report, I lazy to repeat everyting.
Siao : wait.... ok, found your report, it's closed.
Me : huh? why closed?
Siao : becoz of wrong location sir.
Me : WHY WRONG LOCATION? u tell me what location they checked
Siao : Subang Jaya, sir.
Me : @#&*(@&*@(!&#(@!*#)@(!*#)@!# .... @*#&!(*&(*@&#@(*!#!!!!!
Siao : sir?
Me : you all damn stupid, I told them Seberang Jaya, Penang, not Subang Jaya (geram....)
Siao : No, sir, you provided wrong address
Me : OK stupid, read me the address
Siao : OK. *************** poskod 13700, pulau pinang
Me : See? you all stupid or not? 13700 is not subang jaya, you all just simply close report without checking.
Siao : no sir, we have checked the report and location, it's wrong sir.
Me : OK fine, make a report for me.
Siao : OK sir, please give me your address.
Me : Poskod 13700 Seberang Jaya, Penang
Siao : complete address please, otherwise we cannot check
Me : Your tech got check? Then why my previous report closed becoz of wrong address?
Siao : ........
Me : Go compile the report now, shit, I dont know why they pay you
Siao : Exact address please, sir
Me : Why you need the address? you just need the poskod for small area like this.
Siao : No sir, we need complete address.
Me : (@#(@!*#&(!@*#&@(!#&(@&@#!#@!) Fine, Pangsapuri *************************, 13700 Seberang Jaya, Pulau Pinang
Siao : No sir, I need complete address
Me : (drinking cold water to cool down) why you need that, this information is already enough for you to check.
Siao : No sir, we need complete address
Me : (grrrrrrrrrrrr) FINE. ******, Pangsapuri ************************, 13700, Seberang Jaya, PP
Siao : No sir, I need complete address
Me : Yes, it is complete address
Siao : No sir, It's not complete address
Me : Yes, it is, why you say it's not complete?
Siao : because your previous report address is not same
Me : @#&@)!#*)@(#*@)(!*#)(*#)@!(*#)@!*#)!#*)@!*#@)!*#)@!*#@!
Siao : Yes, sir?
Me : Since u said it's wrong address, why you referring to it? this is the correct 1, make sure it's Seberang Jaya and not Subang Jaya
Siao : No sir, I need correct and complete address
Me : (reaching my limit) It's complete, are you compiling it for me?
Siao : No sir, I need correct and complete address
Me : Aduh, am I talking to a stupid here? Are they paying you just for the sake of getting paid?
Siao : huh? ya, sir?
Me : Hoi, you dont understand? Tak faham ke? bodoh sangat ke?
Siao : Ya? (sounds blur)
Me : U ni faham ape saya cakap ke? you failed SPM English ke? apasai hang ni bodoh sangat?
Siao : Sir, I need complete address.
Me : (aarrrrggghhhhh!!!!) it's complete, put it in ur report.
Siao : Is it complete?
Me : Hoi bodoh, x faham ke? complete la, stupid
Siao : errr. ok
Me : are you sure they going to call me?
Siao : Yes sir
Me : How sure are you?
Siao : Yes sir
Me : tell me why they close the report without calling me
Siao : yes sir
Me : (ok fine, its enough) Report sudah siap ke?
Siao : yes sir
Me : ok. bodoh betul celcom operator skarang, you bodoh ke?
Siao : yes sir
Me : ok bye

Now I know how to piss people off in my company.
Just learn from the best : Streamyx and Celcom Hotline. haha.

Fuel Price decrease again!!!!

This time is 10 cent drop. Nice timing. But I do hope the prices of food will drop as well. If prices of food doesn't drop, I think it's not fair for us, as we are having expensive food with cheaper and cheaper fuel.

Source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/2/nation/20081202171959&sec=nation

The new price of RON97 petrol would be RM1.90 per litre down from RM2.00, while RON92 petrol and diesel would be down to RM1.80 from RM1.90 per litre, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in a statement released at about 5pm on Tuesday.

Apple Ipod 30GB

Just received my 30GB Apple Ipod 3 units. sounds very good and all working well. 1 unit left for sale. little bit of scratches, but still in good condition. Units was open for testing before reach my hand.

Price is RM 280, personal warranty 1 month. All units have been tested and working very nice. Negotiable if you are able to COD. Postage I will bear but won't be able to negotiate far.

McDonald Spicy Fries

There is 2 types of spices in McD (excluding the sauce please). 1 is pepper spicy, 1 is curry powder spicy (as provided with each value meal).

The stack on the left is pepper spicy fries, on the right is curry powder spicy fries (made from 1 regular fries and 2 packs of curry powder).

Let's go to the "nutrient" part of the food.

1. Too much pepper can affect our eyesight.
2. The s0-called curry powder is actually the same as the curry powder supplied to maggi mee for cooking. It's known for making our bodies not healthy (some even has hair loss and obesity after long term of consumption).

So, if you go to McD, which type of spicy fries you want to have? No comment from me, as I was the one taking the picture (although my handphone failed to focus on the fries, in fact it totally screwed up on the focusing part).

p/s : I already stopped eating maggi mee since long time ago, but I still enjoy pepper chicken :P But I guess we have not much choice in McD, right?

New Game : Need For Speed Undercover

Just finished download this game. Now looking for the crack for the game. I will post up the screenshots after I managed to run this game in my Dell Workstation.

Trailer
Undercover Girls

Maggie Q:

Christiana Milian

The game is not as bad as many people said. Luckily my workstation able to run at 1024x768 smoothly, otherwise I will have to suffer with the mediocre graphic quality.

Here is some screenshot that I made yesterday night :

How to take good pictures

Most people should noticed that BBC usually only pick high quality pictures for their campaign and promotion uses. Here, Tom Ang shows you how to get the most out of your digital camera. Nice camera doesn't you will get nice pictures, you will need some skills to get the most out of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/apictureofbritain/how_to/

Here is a sample picture:

Streamyx Promotion from me

Those who register streamyx package (all package) will have their line activation fee of RM 75 waived. Yes, waived, no need to pay Telekom for the activation fee.

Let's have some comparison, shall we?

Usual:
Activation fee : RM 75
Installation by Telekom : RM 88

My style of doing it?
I will either go direct to your house to setup everything, or I will set the modem/router to auto-dial mode and send to customer premises.
With this promotion, Activation Fee of RM 75 also waived.
Total savings of RM 75 + RM 88 which is RM 163. Free 2GB thumbdrive for each successful registration.

This promotion is valid from 15th Nov 2008 until 31st Dec 2008. What are you waiting for? Come, Let's Streamyx together.

IT news : USB 3.0 spec is out!

Rumours saying it's 10 times faster than current USB 2.0 and it's even USB 2.0 backward compatible.

Now I am thinking where and how to put my old usb external hard disks after USB 3.0 has been the mainstream standard......

IT tips - Run command in windows 2k/XP/2k3

Here is a list of some commands that you can run using windows command prompt

To Access…. Run Command
Accessibility Controls
access.cpl

Accessibility Wizard
accwiz

Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools
control admintools

Adobe Acrobat (if installed)
acrobat

Adobe Designer (if installed)
acrodist

Adobe Distiller (if installed)
acrodist

Adobe ImageReady (if installed)
imageready

Adobe Photoshop (if installed)
photoshop

Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt

Calculator
calc

Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc

Character Map
charmap

Check Disk Utility
chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd

Command Prompt
cmd

Component Services
dcomcnfg

Computer Management
compmgmt.msc

Control Panel
control

Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl

DDE Shares
ddeshare

Device Manager
devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*
directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr

Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc

Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager
diskpart

Display Properties
control desktop

Display Properties
desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility
verifier

Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc

Files and Settings Transfer Tool
migwiz

File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif

Findfast
findfast.cpl

Firefox (if installed)
firefox

Folders Properties
control folders

Fonts
control fonts

Fonts Folder
fonts

Free Cell Card Game
freecell

Game Controllers
joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game
mshearts

Help and Support
helpctr

HyperTerminal
hypertrm

Iexpress Wizard
iexpress

Indexing Service
ciadv.msc

Internet Connection Wizard
icwconn1

Internet Explorer
iexplore

Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl

Internet Setup Wizard
inetwiz

IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws

Keyboard Properties
control keyboard

Local Security Settings
secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff

Malicious Software Removal Tool
mrt

Microsoft Access (if installed)
access.cpl

Microsoft Chat
winchat

Microsoft Excel (if installed)
excel

Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)
frontpg

Microsoft Movie Maker
moviemk

Microsoft Paint
mspaint

Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)
powerpnt

Microsoft Word (if installed)
winword

Microsoft Syncronization Tool
mobsync

Minesweeper Game
winmine

Mouse Properties
control mouse

Mouse Properties
main.cpl

Nero (if installed)
nero

Netmeeting
conf

Network Connections
control netconnections

Network Connections
ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl

Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)
nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager
packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard
osk

Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl

Outlook Express
msimn

Paint
pbrush

Password Properties
password.cpl

Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor
perfmon

Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl

Phone Dialer
dialer

Pinball Game
pinball

Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes
control printers

Printers Folder
printers

Private Character Editor
eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl

Quicktime Player (if installed)
quicktimeplayer

Real Player (if installed)
realplay

Regional Settings
intl.cpl

Registry Editor
regedit

Registry Editor
regedit32

Remote Access Phonebook
rasphone

Remote Desktop
mstsc

Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks

Security Center
wscui.cpl

Services
services.msc

Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows
shutdown

Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game
spider

SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg

System Configuration Editor
sysedit

System Configuration Utility
msconfig

System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x

System Information
msinfo32

System Properties
sysdm.cpl

Task Manager
taskmgr

TCP Tester
tcptest

Telnet Client
telnet

Tweak UI (if installed)
tweakui

User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager
utilman

Windows Address Book
wab

Windows Address Book Import Utility
wabmig

Windows Backup Utility (if installed)
ntbackup

Windows Explorer
explorer

Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier
magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc

Windows Media Player
wmplayer

Windows Messenger
msmsgs

Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)
wiaacmgr

Windows System Security Tool
syskey

Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr

Windows Version (to show which version of windows)
winver

Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart

Wordpad
write

New Born Blog

Oh well, this is my humble new blog which will be having updates of my recently snapped pictures and my experiences with digital photography, as well as some other irrelevant life experiences, and IT-related tips.