July 31, 2008
One Drop Too Many
Looks like I’ve to go phone shopping again. My trusty K750i has been with me for two wonderful years. Now, like an out grown puppy, I stopped treating it with tender loving care and hence this.
It slipped off my fingers as i took it out of my shirt pocket in a hurry to answer a call. The front plate won’t close back as the locking clip is broken, and due to the awkward position of the screen cover, dust is getting into the LCD display and it has made listening to the ear piece difficult. The gap between ear and ear piece widens because the cover couldn’t close, which made listening rather difficult. Its like having volume tuned to 60%.
Having a phone that’s going to die soon is one problem. Finding a replacement will be another headache for me. I have several short listed models (namely, the N95, iPhone 3G or a dopod 838pro) that I’m interested in, but then since I’ve gotten so used to the K750i, it’s hard to find a phone with the same characteristics of the K750i but better.
Things that I am picky about choosing a phone:
LED flash (doubles as flash light)
Instant camera activation
fast software response
July 29, 2008
I’m on Facebook
Got registered today.
July 28, 2008
MEM Proton Super 2000 Rally Car
I know, it’s old news. The first picture of a wide body kitted rally neo was circulating over the internet early this year. Here’s the latest picture how it looks like.
MMmmm…. simply beautiful, guess I’ll put the thoughts of R3 kit on hold. This looks so much nicer. I wonder if it’ll look nice in Iridescent white, or championship white.
drools…..
“The engine is based on the Waja 1.8 engine
with racing internals and increasing the capacity to 1998cc, which is
positioned transversely and producing a power output of 280bhp at 7800
rpm.”
Waja 1.8 engine! But then again, it’s a totally rebuilt engine with racing spec materials, which is a world of a difference compared to stock Renault F4P D4 1.8 which has cause many car users switching brands.
July 27, 2008
Batman: The Dark Knight, Again
Woo Hoo! watched it the second time on Sunday night. Yes, i know it’s crazy time to watch, since monday is a workday. Very drowsy now. Nothing 2 jugs of coffee can’t fix. Anyways, we (Marc & companion, Weang Kean, Irene, sweetheart and I) watched it at GSC 1U. It’s the second time for sweetheart and I, first time for the others. We didn’t stay back after that for any sort of movie discussion, I was rushing back for some sleep. As for the movie experience, I am disappointed with the picture quality of GSC. I find it too dark for my liking. It’s like they messed up the contrast. In dark scenes like the final face off between Batman and Harvey Two Face at the burnt down warehouse, the only part of Batman that I can see is his mouth and a little lighting glare of this shiny iris. At times I have that feeling that I’m watching a pirated cinema copied movie in a cinema. There were no such graphical foul ups in the previous movies that I watched in the same hall, namely Ironman.
July 24, 2008
The Month of the Cons
Seriously, what has the world become? 3 days ago, I got a call from a telemarketer who tried to get my credit card details discreetly. a day before that, my mom got a call from the typical china lady “do you speak mandrin, we are from XXX doing a survey etc…” for the third time.
Yesterday, I was told that the 100-200k grant application that we were trying to secure is nothing but a deliberate con job. I did warn my senior management the moment these consultant who were introduced by a so-called-company-friend, because I did not trust this “company friend”, lets call him J (sorry to all my other friends whos name start with J, not referring to any of you guys). J has been in and out of many industry, from selling heavy machineries, to selling companies. Yes, J is a salesman, 60 year old salesman.
I haven’t seen J for almost 5 years, and two weeks ago, he came knocking after gotten news that the company were looking for some financing for further business expansion. All I had to do was to ask one simple question pertaining on the category and program that our grant falls under, he could not give a straight answer, instead gave the most typical inside job story. I was quick to dismiss J, but the senior management did give him the benefit of the doubt but assured me and said”allow him enough rope and he’ll hang himself”. And he did hung himself after arranging 3 meetings with the so called inside man who could get the grant for us for a small after service fee when the grant is approved. I was lucky I wasn’t in for the that final meeting or I might have lost my cool and verbally assaulted them when the terms were changed to upfront fee of 10k, no longer after service and definitely not small. Fucking liars.
I’ve applied for government grant and loans. Applying for them is remarkably cheap, I only have to pay for the form. Loans require colletrol in form of fixed deposit with the required amount set by the finance company upon approval. Of course, provided I have the time to burn to follow up on the tedious progress, otherwise, might as well hire someone to do it, henceforth, consultants.
Thank you, Jasper, for wasting my time.
