G900 vs E71

Its about time to change my handphone as I have been using it for more than two and the half years. The buttons are worn out, battery is weakening and applications / softwares are out-dated.

I have such intention some three to four months ago and have considered various phones. The following two Wi-Fi phones are the finalist - Sony Ericsson G900 and Nokia E71.

Some of my friends are strongly recommending E71 whilst others are fans of G900. Current voting results are 3 versus 2.


G900 versus E71, who is the winner?

Tagged Friends

My total friends in facebook as of today are 219, whom 95% or more of them are real friends or acquaintances (not those added for the sake of applications or games). How many do you have?


How many real friends do you have in your facebook?

Table Tennis

I have fulfilled one of last year’s resolutions, which is to exercise more than a hundred times in the year. One of the key reasons for success is that I pick up basketball and badminton during the year, both sports that I have not participate for years. This year I hope to pick up table tennis, another sports that I have not play for over three years.

I was tempted to buy a table tennis table so I can relive the experience of taking brother Loong to school. If my memory serves me well, the first class was conducted some eleven years ago and I bet he will never forget the experience. :)

Any idea where I can buy a table tennis table?


Lesson 101 for brother Loong coming up soon!!

Stealing Heart

I read a book on wines last year that mention / recommend hundreds of wines. The author put a strict warning to the following wineries and producers, citing it will absolutely steal your heart!


Region: Cote De Nuts (within the Burgundy region)
Producers: Confuron-Cotetidot, Sylvain Cathiard, Denis Mortet, Henri Gouges, Georges Roumier, Armand Rousseau, Gevrey Chambertin, Domaine Trapet Pere & Fils, Domaine Hormand Geoffroy, Bernard Dougut and Dominique Lawret.


I have been searching for the above wines in Malaysia in the past few months without any success. For those who happens to see any of them, probably higher chance for those visiting France soon (*hint hint*), please keep an eye for me. :)

Will this wine steal your heart?

Festival Music

Its only the first week of the year and we can start hearing Chinese New Year song everywhere despite CNY still three weeks away. Some friends enjoy listening to festival songs as it brings up the festival mood. Others, like myself, were kind of uninterested after listening to the same harmony for over thirty years. However, correct me if I am wrong but most people will never be bored of Christmas songs. I wonder why. May be they are just not that corny?


CNY songs are everywhere; even the frogs are singing it. Are they corny?

Count Down

We celebrated New Year count down at Solaris Mont Kiara, the home of Cold Storage and the area where I used to work for over a year. It has developed much since our offices moved out some six months ago, however, the crowd is still thin on New Year Eve. I bet the organizer make a loss in the count down event.

I was constantly amazed about non-Christian Chinese celebrating Christmas count down. I mean why do we not celebrating Chinese New Year count down, Moon cake festival count down or Depavali count down? Why do we choose Christmas count down just because the Christian white men do so? Maybe we should organize a Moon Cake Festival count down just for a change :)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!! Lets wish the year 2009 is filled with good luck and aura, and pray that all the 2008 unexplainable phenomenon will not recurred.

Examples of Unexplainable Phenomenon are:

1. My pc Internet is working for all sites except gmail.com but gmail is working on everybody else pc. Furthermore I have important emails in gmail account that requires immediate attention.

2. I try to call a government department's Lan line for numerous times without answer. When I pass the number to a friend to dial, they answer immediately. When I try again with my own phone (same tel no), nobody answer. When I ask the friend to try again, someone responded immediately again. Spooky...

Year 2008

This would be the last entry for year 2008. I compiled a list of eleven resolutions back in January this year. Some think I am too ambitious whilst others have doubts that I would follow my detail plan. I have, however, been reviewing the resolution and keeping track of the progress on a weekly basis for the entire year. Today my report card shows that four of the eleven resolutions are successful realized, two are progressing well but not fully pull off, whilst the other five yet to accomplished. I shall have similar if not an even more detailed plan for year 2009.


Polishing my shoes and preparing for a run at year 2009

Boxing Day

Participate in a boxing day gathering last night, which includes events such as exchanging of presents, special performance by those not following the themes and names memory exercise. I received a solar mini plant, another form of lucky vegi (see photo) :)



There are plenty of wines tasting exercise too. To my surprise, some people have never heard of the mixture of red wines and soda. Although it is wise to think that such mixture will spoilt the original taste of the wine, one should also be aware that there are plenty of people, particularly Chinese from the main land China, believed that such combination are tastier (not that I believe in it). Some manufacturers (even those from countries producing good wines) produce such mixture as final product. If you wish to try that, why not mix a Cab Souvignon from France with soda. I mean, who would want to try a Cab Souv from France by itself anyway.


A very unique present that Stephie received. Who can guess what's that for?

Merry Christmas

I wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Joyeux Noël et une nouvelle année heureuse
(French)

Buon Natale e un nuovo anno felice
(Italian)

عيد ميلاد المسيح سعيدة وسنة جديدة
(Arabic)

즐거운 성탄 및 새해 복 많이 받으세요
(Korean)

メリークリスマスおよび明けましておめでとう
(Japanese)

Yuan De Bu Neng Na, Fang De Neng Na
(Indian, must read very fast, with head shaking, and curry on one hand)

Prison Escapees Spotted

Warning! Prison escapees were spotted in the newly constructed lighted church. See photo.


Warning! Prison Escapees 04 and 547 were Spotted!

It’s a 3D puzzle of 327 pieces. Surprisingly it hasn’t been as difficult as anticipated as it took less than ten man-hours for completion.