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My wife bought me a nice memo holder with a horse sitting in a F1 race car. It's part of Ferrari's Official Merchandise from Nici Sports AG . It's handmade so no two units are alike.

They were at PJ State near HSBC bank around 9:30pm. Rain didn't hamper the people crowding the area to meet up in person with your favorite MixFM DJs and Roadrunners. Free icy cold cans of Pepsi As usual brought home some goodies such as Coffee Bean voucher, IMAX vouchers, Gardenia Break-thru wholemeal bread, Harper's BAZAAR magazine, David Powter's self-tiled album, Love Songs album, MixFM notepad (old tagline), CK perfume, MixFM shopping bag DJs : Richard, Shazmin, Non, Ika, Mesh, Ross & son, Anu, Missing DJ : Aldeena Roadrunners : Eric, Lorraine, Big Sham, Little John, Nan Ika & Non Lorraine, Eric, John Richard Ng

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I will be heading to Bangkok next week from the 5th to the 8th of September 2005 for business trip. Gonna be flying via Thai Airways this time around. No mileage points to accumulate because it's a special fare rate. Time to exchange some Thai Bahts at my favorite Money Exchanger for the trip. I wonder what's exchange rate now. Pray that it's lower than the last time ;-) Own mission :- Get a "Hard Rock Cafe - Bangkok" T-Shirt to add to my collection

Business Times : Hong Kong will retain its position as Asia's top shopping capital with tourists tipped to spend at least US$11 billion in the territory by 2011, up from over US$6 billion in 2006, a MasterCard survey showed on Wednesday. In second place is Bangkok with shopping slated to hit US$3.5 billion in six years' time from above US$2 billion in 2006, followed by Seoul with US$3.1 billion, also from over US$2 billion currently, the global payments firm said. Singapore takes fourth spot with tourist spending estimated to reach US$2.9 billion by 2011 from around US$2 billion in 2006. 'Shopping spend in the four cities is expected to increase by 8 per cent per year between 2006 and 2011,' MasterCard said. Hong Kong, with its close proximity to China, is a favoured destination for mainland tourists and is seen as a gateway to the rest of Asia. 'Hong Kong is already repositioning to capitalise on the growing Chinese arrivals market, securing the

Details are as follows: Date: 26th August - 31st Aug 2005 (26th August TPC cardmember's preview day) Time: 10am - 7.00pm Venue: No.4 (2nd Floor), Jalan 13/4, Section 13, Petaling Jaya (behind Colgate-Palmolive) RM1 per entry for car park Special Bargains* Selected titles at RM1 per copy; titles will differ daily (Max 5 copies per person) *while stocks last Please present your Times Privilege Card upon entering for the preview day

Found this cute pink monkey over at CNet Asia. It's a FM radio + Plush Toy....2 for the price of 1. Amazing CUTE factor. I think it's a great gift for the upcoming Valentine's Day. Priced at approx USD$30.00.

Brighthand : The Bluetooth Qualification Program (BQP) has given its approval for Dell to release a new series of Pocket PCs. The BQP site gives few details on these devices, aside from the fact that they will be called the Axim X51/X51v series, and that they will use Bluetooth 1.2. This handhelds have not yet received approval from the FCC, a necessary step before they can be used in the United States. Rumors and Speculation Although few hard facts are available on the Axim X51/X51v, these are almost certainly the models that were mentioned in the roadmap of Dell's handheld plans that was leaked to Brighthand earlier this year. If so, then at least one these will be the first Axim with a built-in miniature hard drive, although the capacity of this is not yet known. Also, as the current Axim X50v is the company's only model with a VGA display, it's virtually certain that the X51v will also have a 640-by-480-pixel screen. It would be very surprising if these upcoming handhel

PalmInfocenter.com : "Palm and Audi of America, today announced their collaboration in a new generation of communications solutions designed to improve safety and convenience for drivers: easy and totally integrated hands-free calling inside the car. Using built-in Bluetooth wireless technology and the Palm Treo 650 smartphone, drivers of 2006 Audi A6 and A8 vehicles can make and receive calls totally hands-free using the car's MMI (Multi Media Interface) console, voice-recognition interface or steering-wheel controls. With the Treo 650 smartphone, Audi drivers can take advantage of the Treo 650's advanced calling features without ever touching the smartphone. After initiating Bluetooth communications between the Treo 650 and the car, drivers can use the steering-wheel controls, MMI controls on the dashboard, or the optional voice recognition to do the following: Pick up or ignore incoming calls; Dial outgoing calls; View active call status, including caller ID

Gizmodo : Amazon.com France has slipped a page with the European release date and price for Nintendo's monolithic new game console, the Revolution. The release date is listed as June 15, 2006. The total, after conversion, would be about $365. European console prices tend to be a bit higher than here in the U.S., but this still sounds like a fool's ransom given the Xbox 360's $299-$399 pricetag. (Remember that Nintendo says its console will be less technologically advanced and thus cheaper than the Xbox 360 or PS3). Based on the GameCube's 2001 launch cycle, it arrived in Europe six months after it debuted in N.A. This leak gives credence to rumors that the Revolution could see a surprise 2005 launch. Either that, or Nintendo is doing some very cheeky marketing."

Tom's Hardware Guide : "Rumors that Apple may soon replace the harddrive in the iPod mini with Flash memory gained substantial weight on Friday with an analyst saying that Samsung may drastically slash prices for its Flash memory products - potentially by up to 50 percent. According to Nam Kim, director and principal analyst for iSuppli's Memory ICs/Storage Systems research department, Samsung may be wooing Apple to convert parts of the iPod product line from using harddrives to Flash memory products. Apple already has booked as much as 40 percent of Samsung's NAND Flash output to support the production of 512 MByte and 1 GByte iPod Shuffle devices. To extend this relationship, Kim said that he believes that 'Samsung has committed to Apple that its NAND products will match harddrive pricing.' In order to replace the 4 GByte harddrive in the iPod mini, Samsung will have to reduce pricing of its 4 GByte Flash by about 50 percent. And Kim believes that Sa

BargainPDA : "Last week a report came out on BusinessWeek.com that Dell would likely be releasing a new PDA with QWERTY keyboard. As exciting as that may be to talk about, it's not going to happen according to Dell. Dell plans to focus on their current line of Axim products and won't be offering a model with integrated keyboard. There also will not be a version with mobile phone capabilities. While this may change at some point in the future, nothing will be released in 2005 along these lines."

BargainPDA : Reliable sources inform BargainPDA that watch maker Fossil is giving up on its ill-fated line of PDA watches, and gracefully exiting the market. The company, hamstrung by a lack of exposure, delays in production, and difficulties in their chosen niche, never fully found their footing in the market despite their best efforts.

Reuters.com : "Nintendo said its upcoming Game Boy Micro, a cell phone-size handheld, will ship at the end of September and sell for $99 in the United States. It will also be released in Japan and Europe in time for the holiday season." Picture courtesy of Gizmodo.com

StudioTraffic is one of the most successful autosurf program ever created. With my upgrade to account level $500, I am now earning USD$5 per day for less an hour of work. I will be getting my first cheque this coming September 2005. Don't miss this opportunity. JOIN NOW !!! StudioTraffic really rocks .

I've finally decided to upgrade my StudioTraffic account level to USD$490. ...that's RM1,881.60. I've send them a cheque of this amount to their Payment Gateway (StudioPay). Hopefully can get fund in to my account ASAP before end of the August. Will update my status on this blog ;)

I was waiting anxiously yesterday for the courier guy to come over. But nobody did not turn up. This morning, he finally arrived with my RM150 Fasta Pasta vouchers. Upon carefully opening the nice white Fasta Pasta envelope reveals TWO vouchers (RM50 and RM100 each). There's a very interesting clause under the Terms and Conditions. There are no cash refunds. All unused balances of voucher(s)(when applicable) will be refunded with voucher(s) only. The voucher is valued to the next RM10 within your bill. (When using a RM100 voucher and your bill is RM88, the management will refund you with a RM10 voucher only) Thank you very much to MixFM and Fasta Pasta

Just received a call from MixFM on my win of the Mix Battle of the Sexes contest. I won a RM150 voucher from Fasta Pasta (Ikano Power Centre). Basically getting the address to couriered the voucher to me. Yummy...yummy...yummy

Podium placing at Budapest, Hungary after 70 gruelling laps 1st : Kimi Raikkonen 2nd : Michael Schumacher 3rd : Ralf Schumacher

Current world champion Michael Schumacher put Ferrari back on top with a stunning first pole position on the 2005 Formula 1 season at Budapest, Hungary. This is Michael's 64th pole position of his career, one short of equaling Aryton Senna's record.

Have a look at this graph from The Star If the KLSE goes up like petrol price, everyone wouldn't even complain of the increase, right ?

No more rumors. Price of unleaded petrol (RON97) will be at RM1.62 from 31 July 2005 onwards. *cry* *cry* *cry* *cry* *cry* Good point : more Bonuslink and Real Rewards points Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA

Received a document containing very interesting ANAGRAMS. An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word or phrase to form another word or phrase. DORMITORY = DIRTY ROOM ASTRONOMER = MOON STARER MOTHER-IN-LAW = WOMEN HITLER THE EYES = THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH = HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE = HERE COMES DOTS ELEVEN PLUS TWO = TWELVE PLUS ONE

Found this from an article in http://www.arcchart.com/blueprint/show.asp?id=374&qtabs=99999

Here's some of the specifications (from MS Mobiles ) built-in Wi-Fi processor: OMAP850 195 MHz ! Since Skype needs 400 MHz to run properly, such slow processor may be too slow to handle Skype voice calls and some other applications. Having Pocket PC phone with built-in Wi-Fi and no ability to run Skype client is pointless. powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC no UMTS(aka 3G) on board, but it supports GSM, GPRS and EDGE built-in 1.3 megapixel camera built-in Bluetooth slide-out Qwerty keyboard (side-wise) display resolution: 320x240 (with orientation switching horizontal <-> vertical) - clearly if you need Pocket PC phone with VGA resolution, then the HTC Universal is the only answer! mini-USB socket - for charging and synchronization with computer - so no need to use proprietary cables - you can have one and only cable for your Pocket PC phone, digital camera, MP3 player, GPS receiver, etc. size: height and width are the same as in the case of HTC Magician (i.e. i-mate

Quoted from the Inquirer MEMORY FIRM Pretec said it has started selling 4GB SD cards which have an access speed up to 20MB/s and will set you back $699. It said the cards will be going into mass production in August as part of its range of SD 133X memory. The firm claimed the SD cars conforms to the SD 1.1 spec and uses 65 nanometre 16Gbit SLC NAND chips

With such direct competitors from Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, Tapwave Zodiac didn't really catch on with the Palm gaming market (is there such thing ?). Another Palm licensee says bye-bye Quoted from Tapwave Official Website : We are sorry to inform you that the Zodiac business was discontinued and service and support are no longer available as of July 25th 2005. Resources that may still be helpful to you can be found at http://www.tapwave.com/resources and http://www.tapwave.com/support. This includes links to websites where you can find a variety of useful tips and information as well as purchase e-books, Audible books and magazines, Palm OS applications, Zodiac skins, and third party Tapwave Certified games. Additional products, acessories, and game cards may still be available from COMPUSA, Fry's, and J&R while supplies last. We thank you for your past interest and support and apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. If you have an outstanding claim with

My Offer Brand NEW Unopened Dell 256MB USB Memory Key @ RM80 ( normal pricing is RM152 ) Update as of 12 August 2005, sold to KVPUG member (endura)

Quote from Head Monkey I'm going to make my decision clear so that people are not left hanging wondering what I'm going to do with KVPUG, note that I will NOT be closing KVPUG ... YET! Monkey Business!: The KVPUG story

This Moto Q makes Treo 650 like a dwarf indeed. Small screen is the drawback The above picture courtesy from Engagdet More photo comparison : http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000000051949/

Orange has announced that it will be the first to carry the Sony Ericsson W800i music phone in the UK. The release date is the 12th August 2005, and will be a very high profile launch at London’s Oxford Street, which will include Jamiroquai’s front man Jay Kay. But the omen’s don’t look to good. But a study of digital music devices by TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence has found that 140 million adult Americans have not heard of the Walkman phone. “Sony has still not got the word out about its Walkman phone,” said Constantine Kambanis, an analyst at TechnoMetrica. “Our findings suggest that the Walkman phone is poorly positioned for a head-to-head match against Apple’s iPod or Dell’s Digital Jukebox. It has a weak showing among the consumer groups that propelled the iPod to superstardom.” Orange Captures W800i For First Release News

I must drink lots of plain water today. Throat getting very itchy and pain. Weather nowadays is not very good it seem. No wonder GP doctors are earning big bucks and driving Mercedes/BMW/Volvo.

Let's see if this works

Hall Of Shame / Hall Of Merit :: Parking offenders! :: WEW7989_072605_1903 How on earth am I going to hail a taxi when a Mercedes Cx00 is parked there ?

Have a look at the latest RAZR family : http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/detailsPf/0,,113,00.html

Going to take CCF (that's chee cheong fun for those who doesn't understand) for lunch at Wisma E&C

It's a sad days for the Palm OS community in Malaysia. http://forum.kvpug.org is gonna be closed down *cry*

Ate Chee Cheong Fun @ Wisma E&C 2 pcs of "fun" 1 pc fishball 1/2 roll of "yaw tio" Kangkong Lime juice Total = RM6.00

Time to get some ZZZ. Another working day tomorrow.

Note to self : REMEMBER to submit Form BE to the nice tax office in Kelana Jaya