Super Bad Luck Me

Been quite emo lately. Well not that bad lah but can;t help feeling down. My luck is running bad lately. Or more like I'm still not compatible with my computer just yet.

Fast forward four weeks back, I was having lunch with my mum when I brought up the topic where I planned to get a desktop in near future as my laptop is showing symptoms of it dying soon and there's no more warranty on it. She encouraged me to go ahead with it by funding part of the price temporarily. Excited about the encouragement, I called Hafriz immediately to select the parts for me. Yes, I'm noob with computers lol

It came three weeks ago. The journey to use it wasn't smooth. Problems during Windows installations, missing HDMI cable, inappropriate screen size, faulty modem and God knows what else that I don't wanna remember. I guess it thinks that I'm not worthy enough to use him yet.

Every drop of sweat and extra money I put in are certainly worth it. Full graphic settings on CoD4, Arkham Asylum and Assassin's Creed with no lag is so satisfying. I finished CoD4 in less than a week and was replaying it on Veteran difficulty. I was even waiting for Hafriz's XBox controller to play along with DMC4.

Then, all those short terms happiness went into shatters....

Last Thursday, I was happily enjoying a family time, showing mum some facebook pics from my sis with my nephew sitting on my lap. I continued Facebook-ing after they went off.

*Bright sparks* POPP!!!!!! *all LED lights turn off* .... "WTF!!!!!"

My power supply unit(PSU) fried. Apparently there's a power surge or something and heck there isn't any rain nor thunder at all!! I heard that the power supply in Malaysia fluctuates greatly and power surge can happen anytime, hence the need of POWER REGULATORS!! Fucking brilliant, Wai Ken! All the minor things you spent on but not a friggin RM55 POWER REGULATOR!!! FML!!

In fact I've only heard about such thing a week before this happened. I thought the power to my house is okay since there hasn;t been anything wrong with my laptop all these while. However, there could be a defect on the PSU as my LCD monitor, modem, and speakers are still in perfect working condition. After all the hard work of unplugging the main plug when not in use and I got hit when I'm using it =.= FML....

So far, I've found no blown capacitor or burned components on other parts of my computer. I pray hard that they weren't affected. Hoping for a successful warranty claim now and it'll take a while sigh....

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The Nuffnang Blog Awards

It was claimed the first regional blog awards ever. The Nuffnang blog awards was made in conjunction with Nuffnang. I was lucky enough to get an invitation through Tziaaa. Bloggers who wished to get an invite need write two blog post for the sponsors and the best 60 posts(I think) gets a pair of invites. I wrote mine here and here but I submitted the latter an hour late thanks to my stupid internet connection, which worked half an hour before the deadline =.= Anyway, I'm not too sure if they're good enough to win though.


I took a day leave last Friday and headed to Singapore for the prestigious award with more than a 100 bloggers. It was a grand event. Held at the Pan Pacific Hotel, the event hosted about 400 over bloggers and guests that night.


Guests of the event consist of famous bloggers such as Xiaxue, Cheesie, and KennySia and normal bloggers who won the invites through their posts. KennySia and Xiaxue's blog were the nominees for different award categories.

Nuffnang co-founders, Ming and Tim, giving their speech during the opening ceremony.

Allan Wu was the emcee that night.

Food were served in western style with smoked salmon as appetizers.

Forgot what soup is this already, but it was yummy!

The colourful and delicious main course.

I love the dessert. Wished I had more.

The food was great! I wasn;t expecting much because normally food don't taste good when it's cooked in bulk especially during such events. Pan Pacific managed to live up to its name and served not only delicious food but with consistency as well. Kudos to them.

Didn't get to take pics of the winners of the awards because they didn't allow us to stand in front of the stage. Enjoy the rest of the photos I took.

Putting this up because I think the girl has a sweet smile. My girlfriend thinks they're a match for each other lol

With KennySia.

Some Australian bloggers with Adele.

The Nuffies.

Group photo with bloggers.

The tem that won the Vlog award. Their video is seriously cool.

Managed to snap a photo with Jojo Struys =D She's really pretty.

Another group pics with bloggers.

More photos later at Facebook. Next post is about my tour around Singapore by Nuffnang. Stay tuned!

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Law Abiding Citizen Premier Screening

Got invited from Yung Chien again. He got it from Nuffnang and thanks to them, we both got to watch it 2 days earlier.



It's as good as I expected. watch the trailer and it is as good as that. I missed a little bit of the beginning part of the show though because I went in a little late. Missed it or not I'm definitely watching it again.

No spoilers though, but I'm gonna show a few screenshots.



Last but not least, a group picture. Those inside the photos, feel free to grab it n post it in your blogs.


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Simply Fabulous Grand Finale

Got the invitation from Jess. I was contemplating whether to attend it or not because I was very, very tired the entire week last week. In the end, I sulk my way to Euphoria, MOS last Wednesday.

I was blur of what's happening at the event actually. I didn't even know it was a finale until I got there. I was there just to fulfill my photography needs. Here are some shots:

The emcee of the night

One of the contestant.

Nilander with the emcee.

Zhareen

Shawn Lee performed that night as well.

and other artiste too.

More performers.

The judges of the show.

and the one walking home as the champion.

I think my photos did not get better, it's either stagnant or it got worst. My ideas seems dull and uninteresting. I need to analyse this but I jsut don't have the time lately. Sigh I wish there's more than 24 hours a day. Could use an hour or two extra for more sleep. Sienz...

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Blackberry Curve Launch by XPax

I've been missing from my blgo for a week now. Was busy with something which I will reveal later. Then, I couldn't log into the internet for a few days thanks to my faulty modem. Got new one now and back blogging.

Flashback to Saturday last week, I was at The Republic, Sunway Pyramid for the Blackberry Curve launch by XPax. Yes, the Blackberry is finally here thanks to Celcom.

Sazzy Falak was the emcee for the night.

I admit I am oblivious and ignorant to the entertainment biz and music industry. On that night, I got to know that there's such thing as beatboxing and this tiny little dude here opened up my eyes. He was awesome, really awesome. I was sceptical when I saw him going up the stage and raised my eyebrows when he said "I may look small but I have a big voice." Indeed, he meant what he said.

Beatboxer, Shawn Lee is ranked number 9 in the Beatbox Battle World Championships 2009.

Joe Flizzow was one of the performer of the night as well.

Dancers showing off their struts during Flizzow's performance.

DJ-in for Joe's Performance

DJ Lapsap providing the jams for the guests.

Partying hard all night.

I'm not a big fan of any phone brands right now. In fact, mobiles phones least interest me now. I've just arrived to the stage where I relaised I don't use all these fancy functions the current phoens currently provide. Another reason is, when I spent big money on mobile phones, it just get thrashed badly no matter how hard I try to look after it.

Yes, this is how bad my phone is.

The cover won't attach properly anymore. If you don't hold it, it'll just fall of with the battery.

So is that a good enough reason to have that Blackberry Curve 8520 smartphone?

Wait, smartphone? hmmmm maybe it's time to use those functions since I'm working already.
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Oh interestingly, Celcom XPax offers an unlimited prepaid access from as low as RM1. Sounds cheap eh? More info here

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Indulge in the Uniquely Singapore experience

I‘ve been to Singapore once. Just once. It was Christmas when I went there with a few of my close buddies almost two years ago.

It was a shame that after 20 years living in this world, I’ve never been to any neighbouring countries at all. I had three weeks of study break before my examinations at that time so, I took a few days off when a friend of mine suggested that we visit a friend in JB and then travel to Singapore for Christmas celebrations.


We visited places where tourists normally visit like the Orchard road, Chinatown and The Esplanade. Traveling without a guide, not knowing the way around and relying mainly on MRT to move around, we could only manage to make those few destinations given the short stint of time we were there.

I believe I haven’t seen enough of Singapore yet.

So, I would definitely want to visit Singapore once again to have an in depth experience of its lifestyle, culture and architecture. I hope to capture that experience with my trusty camera as memories and also to share what Singapore is like from my perspective.

A day may seem short and there are simply too many places to go but given the opportunity, I would like to make it worthwhile.

I would start my morning by visiting Chinatown. A good breakfast at Maxwell Food Centre will be a good start to the day. To me, eating local food is essential in my travels. With the variety offered there, it's going to be tough to choose. After food, I'd take a walk around Chinatown just to see and snap photographs of the heritage, culture, and architecture of the area.

Maxwell Food Centre

I'm not really a shopping person, I'd prefer seeing things that tells more about the country itself. By lunch, I would've like to go Orchard Road if I have a thing for shopping but instead, I opt to visit the Fullerton Hotel. It was initially built as a Fort and later converted into a general post office. On 1998, it was converted into a hotel. The history behind the hotel are intriguing and prompted me to pay a visit.


Since the Esplanade is located nearby The Esplanade, it would make sense to visit it as well. I've been there once before and I remember the beauty of its architecture. I would want to visit it again and later find a good view and perspective of the building and snap a good photograph of it. I would stay till night while enjoying the breeze from the sea and enjoy the beauty of the building as the lights turn on when night falls.


Finally, the night would be best spent at Little India. Deepavali, also known as the Festival of Light, is around the corner and the Streets of Little India would be light up with decorations. if you go on the right day, there might be some event being held in conjunction with Deepavali.


Singapore is filled with plenty of interesting places a day is not enough to see them all. However, what I wrote is the ideal plan for a day trip.

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Taman Rimba Riang in HDR

Here comes another photo that I got tempted to do HDR with. Not exactly a good shot but I like how the sky looks that day.

Taman Rimba Riang is located at Seksyen 8, Kota Damansara. I've been thinking of going there for a while, having drive pass it every single day after work. I thought the place was not as interesting as I hoped, no pleasingly good views nor does the lake water look anywhere near attractive. It was muddy brown to the point it almost reddish. Now, that's disgsuting.

I wonder if you noticed that I've changed the fonts of my watermark. I was using papyrus and Smashpop told me it was somewhat banned in design world. I'm not sure why but from the articles he showed me, it seems that they're one of those fonts that are overused. Now I'm having a headache of what fonts to use. This one looked common but cool though. Perhaps I should design my own watermark. Should I use ProE or FLUENT? LOL Click here to read the rest of the entry...