Blackberry for my wife

Blackberry Curve 8520 atau codename Gemini ni actually kira hadiah untuk birthday wife aku tahun ni....tapi aku kasi benda ni awal dekat2 sebulan gak la.... reason, aku tak sabar......sejak aku pakai blackberry, aku mmg suka giler dan taksub tahap gaban dan sebb tu la aku belikan bb ni utk wife aku....cuma, bill bulan2 dia kena byr la..... lagipun, bila wife aku ader bb senang kan aku jugak, murah la sikit aku nak contact dia.... bleh guna bb messenger jer lagipun aku rasa dah tiba masa dia pakai bb untuk memudahkan dan menambahkan efisiensi business2 online dia.....

Wife aku bukan jenis org yg fancy2 sgt dgn electronic gadget ni.... dia sempoi jer.... janji ajar dia camna nak pakai sudah..... so takde la byk songeh sgt bila aku beli 8520 yg very basic bb ni.... dan sebb tu jugak, ambik line Digi ....sebb Digi offer monthly subscription paling murah.... actually, idea nak belikan bb utk dia pun dtg masa dgr dlm radio Sinar, digi offer bb service plan rm58 jer sebulan......compare dgn telco lain, semua paling murah rm seratus lebih..... lagi satu yg best sbb rm58 tu utk bb service dan utk call cuma perlu byr apa yg kita pakai jer....so, mmg sesuai sgt....sebb wife aku dah ader plan call yg bagus dia dpt dari Celcom..... syg la nak terminate....so utk call guna phone celcom, utk email guna BB Digi.... klu dgn telco lain semua kena ambik sekali voice plan diorg.... pastu byr free2 jer walaupun takde buat call..... rugi giler....coverage mmg kitorg tak peduli sgt....org ckp digi coverage takde kat kaw kampung.... alah brp kali sgt la nak masuk kampung..... most of the time mesti kat KL... dah keja sini kan.... yg penting .......MURAH!!!!!!....

Ironinya, masa aku beli bb ni, aku tercepat dua hari gak..... 2 hari lepas beli bb ni, Digi buat plk promo... diorg jual curve 8520 ni separuh harga drp harga yg aku beli....cuma, ader contract la.... tak kisah psl contract pun sebb mmg pun pakai...... dulu masa aku beli Bold2 aku pun tercepat 2 hari sblm Celcom launch Bold2....nak buat camna nasib badan...... anyway, dua2 bb yg aku beli ni takde contract...no string attach... (nk sedapkan hati)...hehehe....... tapi betul gak la..... sbb aku skrg dah tukar guna Digi plak.... migrate dari Celcom.... baru guna celcom 3 bulan.....reason.... aku rasa Digi lebih murah.... dan satu benda yg best psl Digi ialah, aku cuma perlu byr apa yg aku pakai jer...... sesuai utk org2 yg tak byk buat call mcm aku.....and Digi is always a smarter choice....kan...

Curve 8520 Gemini ni kira BB basic la.... functionality, feature yg basic2 jer..... mmg target BB ni utk beginner2 yg nak guna blackberry dan tak nak spend byk...... actually 8520 ni klu tak silap latest bb... kluar lepas Bold2..... cuma dibuat very basic la..... dia tak support 3G, screen resolution yg ok jer...... sound quality pun yg ok2 jer.....camera 2.0MP jer.... OS version 4.6 (klu Bold2 ver 5.0...... tapi overall ok.... just nice, just fit for purpose...... feature baru dlm 8520 ni cuma dia guna trackpad..... klu curve2 yg lain guna trackball..... dia kasi trackpad aku rasa sbb byk org complaint psl trackball.....personally, aku pun tak suka trackball.......

Physically, compare to aku punya Bold2, 8520 ni lebih ringan, saiz err...lebih kurang sama, cuma 8520 ada tebal sikit....tapi actually pada aku keypad 8520 better than Bold2, sebb dia tak cramp sgt dan lebih senang utk type sbb ader ruang sikit antara satu button ker button lain....bold2 ader sikit cramp la sbb button2 dia rapat sgt....klu tak biasa senang typo.........

So, kat bawah ni gambar2 first look BB 8520 Gemini wife aku....... smart tak?......

Kesimpulan, bb 8520 ni dah cukup bagus utk beginner2 yg teringin nak pakai bb tapi ader budget constrain...... tak rugi beli...performance wise so far so good.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LING!!!

chiow.......

Hospital & Ultraman Dyna

Apa kaitan?....Hospital dgn Ultraman Dyna.... kaitannya,... bila kluar hospital kena beli Ultraman Dyna.... gini... hari tu si Thaqif masuk hospital sbb demam panas... dia dh start demam hari Jumaat lagi.... demam sikit2 mulanya... on and off... makan ubat ok kejap...pastu naik balik.... sampai lah Ahad... temp makin panas..... so, bawaklah gi hospital.... Problem dgn si Thaqif ni, klu dia demam dia refuse utk makan dgn minum..... klu paksa gak, sure dia muntah balik.... so, bila tak minum suhu bdn pun lagi cepat la naik...... sbb tu si Thaqif klu dia demam, ada sikit lambat la nak elok..... emmm...camna nak ajar dia minum air byk masa demam huh??...ada idea?... Si Thaqif agak jarang demam kecuali masa dia nak tumbuh gigi dulu la...... tapi klu sekali dia demam.... mesti nak kena masuk hospital ambik drip...... dan bila Thaqif masuk spital, aku pun kena tido spital dan bila tido spital...masuk hari kedua aku pulak yg nak demam.... bukan sebb apa..... aku mmg tak tahan sejuk aircond hospital.....naik kering badan beb...... aku mmg takleh imagine klu aku kena keja dekat Alaska ker Aberdeen ker, Oslo ker, Copenhagen ker.....errr...sejukkk!!!!......aku lebih rela Afrika dari Alaska......hehehehe..... so, please Thaqif...jgn demam lagi..... babah yg teruk nanti....

Ultraman Dyna... tu cuma umpan nak pujuk si Thaqif supaya minum air.....but, org selalu ckp....buat janji dgn budak2, confirm takleh tipu...diorg sure ingat...... so, lepas discaj jer..... sebelum sampai rumah, singgah Jusco dulu.....beli la Ultraman Dyna..... anyway takpe, since benda ni pun dah jadi collection kan.....so, Ultraman Dyna ni jadi yg ke-13 dlm siri koleksi ultraman2 Thaqif..... kaya lah si Bandai dgn Litt Tak lagi......

Actually, aku pun rasa cam best gak kumpul ultraman2 ni..... skrg ni, aku dok cari ultraman2 lama.... Ultraman Jack, Ultraseven, Ultraman Leo,....yg ni kat Jusco takde jual.... mana nak cari huh?.....

Chiow....

Ultraman Nexus

Ultraman Nexus, ultraman yg ke-12 dlm simpanan aku...baru beli last week kat Jusco.... mmm... kaya la Bandai...... Actually dah lama aku tak gi Jusco... sebb ader nak beli apa ntah, terpaksa la gi Jusco and bila lalu jer kawasan toys tu, Thaqif sepantas kilat la gi tercangok kat depan patung ultraman tu... so, since agak lama gak dia tak dpt ultraman baru, aku beli jer lah.... kebetulah hari tu ader la pulak Ultraman Nexus.... mmg kena beli la....

Cookies 'D' Lukis

Cookies 'D' Lukis ni nama blog yg aku dgn Tuty buat bulan Aug 2009. Mulanya, main2 jer nak buat blog tu...tujuan asal just nak pamerkan hasil2 fancy cookies yg dia buat.... Tuty mula start belajar buat decoratives cookies ni awal tahun lepas... Mula berjinak2 dgn deco cookies ni masa plan nak buat Aqiqah Fiqry (our 2nd child)... masa tu dok pikir2 item2 yg nak masukkan dlm goodie bag utk tetamu.... then came out dgn idea fancy cookies lepas tgk kat internet.... then bila nak order, baru tahu... mahal rupanya org jual.... dari situ lah timbul idea nak try buat sendiri... so, dia pun start2 la sign-up masuk kelas..... cuba2 buat sendiri.... barulah kitorg tau apasal diorg boleh jual mahal deco cookies ni.... mmg seksa gak la nak buat.... mcm2 hal.... cookies lemau, lembik, cepat pecah.....pastu, part deco... mmg tough.... bukan senang nak make sure deco tak messy.... bancuh icing kena betul...cair sgt takleh, pekat sgt takleh.... even klu kita ikut apa yg class ajar pun, belik umah still tak sama...nak dpt consistensy tu agak sukar la....thru time dan lepas byk kali trial n error.... baru la dpt sikit skill dia....anyway, still improving....belum betul2 perfect la.... tapi boleh la jual... hehehe.

So, lepas postkan gambar2 cookies dlm blog, tunjuk kat kawan2 opis, ader la member2 dia suggest try buat jual... pikir2 balik..mmm...good idea gak tu.... maka bermulalah blog yg diberi nama cookiesdlukis.blogspot.com dan akulah yg terpaksa jadi blogger dia... hehehee....

Try la lawat blog tu....byk benda2 menarik..... kot2 ada apa2 occasion, nak kasi hadiah kat org ker.... boleh la order...harga berpatutan.....Dan dlm blog tu bukan jer cookies, cupcakes ada, tupperware, ECPI, barang2 craft bunga reben..mmg dah jadi blog rojak la..... yg brg2 crart tu ader member dia nak tumpang jual... tgk la.... member Tuty tu mmg pandai buat craft bunga reben ni... cantik2 dia buat.... tak rugi beli.......

Actually, kitorg nak try rasa challenge berniaga... yer la..selama ni dok dgr org citer jer.... try la sendiri plak....klu tak try tak tau kan.... kornag pun doa2 kanlah kejayaan business kitorg ni...aminnn....

So, korang try la masuk blog tu...gerenti best!!!... chiow dulu....

Renovation : Before & After

Beginilah rupa rumah aku yg baru direnovasi "sebelum dan selepas". Banyak gak perubahan yg dibuat. Almaklumlah, rumah ni rumah lama... Dah 15 tahun lebih, pastu pulak dah dekat 4 tahun ditinggalkan tanpa penghuni..... so, paham2 la mcm mana keadaan asal dia kan..... Keseluruhan proses renovation ambik masa 72 hari, dari bulan Oct sampai Dec 09. Generally, takde byk melibatkan perubahan structure besar. Rumah ni asalnya owner lama dah ader renovate sikit la mcm kitchen dah extent sampai belakang (bahagian bawah sajer), gate depan dan dilebarkan, lantai porch dah ader tile dan ruang tamu dan dining asal pun dah ader plaster ceiling. Tapi, semua dah agak usang dan buruk la....So, alang2 nak repair, repair jer lah satu rumah.

Kebykan kerja melibatkan baikpulih. Paip air buat baru, repair wiring, tukar tiling, plaster ceiling, tukar frame dan tingkap, repair pintu dan cat seluruh rumah balik. Ader la sikit keja hacking and building kat area kitchen dgn porch. Kat kitchen kitorng pindah bilik air (dari tengah ke tepi), pecah dinding2 dapur kasi nampak luas sikit dgn buat concrete table top. Kat Porch pulak, buat bumbung porch, tukar tiles lantai dgn tembok gate, pasang gate baru dgn autogate pastu ader extention living area dlm 5 kaki ke depan, tukar sliding door jadi pintu and tukar pintu asal jadi tingkap. Basically tu la perubahan yg dah jadi. Plan asal bukan camtu.....jauh bezanya dgn plan asal..... ni semua gara-gara apa yg kita panggil" Teori Alang-alang"....alang-alang menyeluk perkasam biar sampai ke pangkal lengan.....

Plan asal cuma nak tukar piping baru, repair wiring, cat, renovate area kitchen dgn tukar lantai atas dari parquet ke tiles jer. Takde dlm plan nak buat plaster ceiling, extent living area, tukar tingkap, jauh sekali la nak buat porch, autogate dll. Ni semua gara2 "alang2" la ni..."Alang-alang nak buat ni..buat ni la sekali, nanti tak payah susah" dah......"klu dah masuk barang2 baru nak buat, byk keja nanti"......pastu contractor plak "ni klu buat lain kali harga jadi mahal sikit la"....tu semua la ayat2 yg "membunuh".....hehehehe.... anyway, ada kebenarannya jugak la.... sebelum masuk, better siapkan semua dulu..... baru boleh duduk dgn selesa..... tapi tu lah, akibatnya "poket" yg merana.....tahan jer lah....

Ni 2 bilik tidur tingkat atas. Asalnya lantai parquet, takde plaster ceiling dan tingkap jenis nako. Kitorng tukar tingkap jenis 2 panel, tukar ke porcelain tile 2x2, buat plaster ceiling dan cat balik. Dalam kedua-dua bilik ni dulunya ada built-in wardrobe jenis plywood. Tapi sebb wardrobe tu besar sgt sedangkan bilik ni kecik jer, so kitorng buang wardrobe tu..

Yg ni pulak built-in wardrobe dalam master bedroom. Yg lama tu guna material plywood. So, kitorg tukar, buat baru guna melamine abs, kedudukan & saiz semua sama jer. Tukar meterial jer

Built-in wardobe ni pun sama. Asalnya plywood, kitorg tukar melamine board dgn sliding door....yg lama tu ok lagi cuma ader satu pintu dia dah hilang....so, tukar jer lah..alang2....

Ni keadaan bilik tingkat bawah. Asalnya area ni kitchen, tapi owner lama dah convert jadi bilik tidur. Maybe sebab area ni lebih besar dari bilik maid sebelahnya. So, yg bilik maid asal dia tukar jadi kitchen sebb dia extent kawasan belakang sekali , so jadi besar sikit la kitchen tu. Masa kitorg beli bilik bawah ni dinding dia ader tiles (sebb asalnya kitchen kan)... tapi, owner lama tu alas tiles dinding tu dgn plywood.... tatau apasal.. Kitorang remain bilik ni and jadikan bilik tetamu.... plywood tu bukak, buang tiles, plaster balik dinding tu dan cat balik. Tingkap asal dia di pindahkan ke bahagian tepi sbb ruang belakng tingkap asal tu jadi tempat utk washing machine. Lantai bilik ni lantai asal, tak tukar, cuma pasang skirting jer.

Yg ni pulak dining area. Tak byk perubahan, cuma pasang downlight, polish balik lantai fractured marble tu dan cat.

Ni kawasan entrance ke bilik bawah (sblh kanan) dgn kitchen (sblh kiri). Pintu bilik tu tukar jadi bukak sblh dlm dan dicat warna putih.

Ni lah rupa bahagian depan rumah. Dulu ada sliding door, tapi kitorng extent dlm 5 kaki, pastu tukar guna pintu kayu. Cermin tempered glass tu kira personal interest aku... nak nampak moden kononnya.

Asalnya ni lah pintu utama, tapi sebab pintu dah pindah ke tempat sliding door, pintu ni convert jadi tingkap.

Tiles kat tangga pun tukar...

Ni kitchen. Asalnya bilik air kat tgh2 (sblh dinding tu). Bilik air dlm rumah, pengudaraan pun dlm rumah...dok plak tgh2 rumah...cam tak sesuai...sbb tu kitorg pindahkan bilik air ketepi..... pengudaraan pun ke luar....takde la ader bau2 yg tak menyenangkan masuk dlm rumah....

Pemandangan kitchen dari depan pintu masuk kitchen... asalnya dulu ni bilik maid, tapi owner lama dah buat kitchen tapi nampak smpit sebb bilik air dia tak ubah, still dok tgh2... kitorg pecahkan dinding2 yg tak berkenaan, kasi nampak luas sikit.... buat concrete top, pastu install kitchen cabinet.... pintu cabinet tu guna glass coated.... mulanya ingat nak guna acrylic tapi lepas bincang2 dgn org kitchen cabinet baik buruk acrylic, glass coated dgn vinyl...kitorg decided ambik glass lah....sbb susah calar walaupun senang pecah.... insyallah klu tak slam kuat2, tak pecah kot....

Ni plak view kitchen cabinet dari sblh pintu belakng.....

Ni sebelah yg satu lagi kitchen cabinet, tempat nak letak oven, fridge dgn microwave.....

Ni lah rupa asal rumah. Masa belum beli ke lepas siap renovate. Bumbung porch tu agak rendah, tapi still la boleh masuk MPV tinggi mcm Naza Ria. Actually, takleh nak buat apa sbb rumah ni mmg beam rendah...mmg rumah lama design cam tu kot. Contractor ader suggest buat bumbung concrete slab, tapi aku tak nak sbb byk dgr citer org buat concrete slab klu hujan air bocor klu tk buat water proofing betul2... so, better buat bumbung tiles jer lah.... Autogate ni asalnya takde dlm perancangan...tapi...mmm..sbb "teori alang-alang"...buat jugak lah.....

Ok lah... tu serba sedikit psl renovation rumah aku...... Secara amnya, renovation ni lebih kepada kerja2 repair jer, .... tak byk melibatkaan cosmetic work.... maybe next time...insyallah klu ader rezeki lebih........

chiow....

My Birthday Gift

12 Jan 2010 hari tu genap la 31 tahun umur aku....alhamdulillah. Guess?...what I got for my birthday?....Taraaa!!!! ......a Blackberry 9700 smartphone or code name "Bold II"... this lovely gift is from my beloved wife, Tuty.. I got this on th 13th, a day after my birthday.

According to my wife, the idea of buying me a hphone came out when she heard me keep on complaining and started "pissed off" with my 2 years old Asus P750 smartphone. That phone's signal receptions started to give me problem and of cause a problem to her as well because she hardly get me.

Initially, she had planned to give this as surprise. She already "kaw tim" with my good friend, "Ngek" (bukan nama sebenar) to recce, what is my dream hphone. I remembered, Ngek did called me and we had a long conversation about hphone.... but, at that time I still not in serious thought of buying a new phone. I was kinda forget about phone's technology and model since I bought Asus.... I did mention to Ngek that I was thinking of Samsung Omnia, HTC HD2..... and also Iphone... That time I still want to keep on using windows mobile phone.... One day, my office friend suggested to me about Blackberry specifically model 9700 Bold II.... my perseptions about Blackberry was just a phone suitable for business and work. To me BB is famous with it's email thing.. and because BB is very common in my office, almost every employee have (company kasi...) except me and a few non-important worker....I found it a bit boring la.... that why I never thought about buying a BB... untill one day I watched a review about the phone in youtube, then I realize that BB is kinda cool stuff also.... I told my wife about that and that had made her mind confused about what to buy for me and as she knows my fussiness when talk about electronic gadget, she don't dare to make decision so she decided to reveal her surprise plan la..... hehehe....

What made me chose BB is because I think BB is just fit my need, It fast, simple, elegent looking, and look pro.... I've been using Windows Mobile phone since 2005 and I started to fell unease with the "hanging" and "lagging" problem which I think is quite common in WinMo phone. I admit, WinMo has lots of applications and its compatibility with PC really good... but out of thousand apps that WinMo have, only a few that I really use. I just use some financial manager apps and also a password manager software which I can find it also in BB.... and the fact that BB has least or no problem with "hanging", so I chose BB.... plus I kinda 'giler' facebooking, so BB is a good choice.

What a BB if without BB service kan, so terpaksalah I subscribe BB service and I think now I am ready for phone bill commitment. I still wanna keep my 9 year old number, so I just migrate it to postpaid. I'd never experienced using postpaid before and this is my first time. I've been using prepaid since I had been introduced to mobile phone back in 1999. ....lama tu....

So far, I really like my BB..... really excite me...and hope the excitement will remain for a longer time...and I'll not think about other phone anymore......

Ni la phone lama aku ... Asus P750 running on Windows Mobile 6.1. I bought this phone in April 2008..Ni lah phone yg paling lama aku pakai....dekat2 2 tahun jugak la.....cuma lately ni dia selalu buat hal....ader masalah dgn signal reception .....maybe sebab dah byk kali jatuh dikerjakan Thaqif...phone ni la jadi tempat Thaqif layan video2 "ultraman" dia... .but anyway, undeniable la, Asus P750 was a great phone....but aging.

And below is my new Blackberry Bold II....sexy isn't it?.

Side profile of the phone..........

Main screen interface.......looks really elegent

3.2MP camera...just nice for camera phone... Why need higher pixel?.. If I wanna shoot high quality pics, use a real camera then....

What a great birthday gift I got this year...Thank you so much Ling (Tuty)......

Zee Avi

Dulu penah sekali, member aku citer psl sorang artis pompuan terrer main gitar... nama dia kokokaina....dia kasi aku link youtube minah tu...aku tgk tapi tak brp beri perhatian sgt time tu.....

Satu hari, ader member FB aku ckp member aku masa kat UM dulu masuk Raja Lawak 4, nama dia JD....(dulu aku pangil dia Koi).... so, aku pun search la dlm youtube psl dia....tetiba aku jumpa satu post si JD ni dia buat clip psl dia reply kepada lagu Zee Avi tajuk "Kantoi"... so, dia link la dgn Zee Avi.... aku pun layan la video tu dan aku rasa cam aku penah dgr lagu tu dlm radio.... lagu tu catchy and guna dwi bahasa, english and malay....

Start dari situ la aku mula tertarik pasal Zee Avi....tahu lah youtube kan..... dia akan bawak kita dari satu video ke satu video dan aku pun terjumpa la lagu "bitter heart".... Lagu tu mmg aku suka giler even masa first time aku dgr..... dari situ la aku start search info psl Zee Avi... dan tempat utama aku pergi klu nak maklumat Wikipedia la.... dari situ lah aku tau yg Zee Avi ni Malaysian, lahir kat Sarawak, dok KL, dulu dia dikenali sbg Kokokaina.... buat aku kagum beb... sebab record label dia dari US.... cuma aku pelik gak apasal takde company Malaysia yg boleh spot talent dia?...

Citer Zee Avi ni ader sikit2 cam Marie Digby.... bakat dia dikesan dlm youtube... Dia pun pernah buat show dlm Carson Daly......hebat kan.... So, skrg ni youtube dah boleh jadi medan utk expose bakat .... so rajin2 la post video kat youtube, mana tau bakat2 korang ada org spot nanti......

Aku dah lama tak beli CD lagu.... ker tak penah huh?....maybe tak penah kot.... So, CD Zee Avi ni la yg pertama yg aku beli..... original tau..... reason, sebab aku rasa worth it..... Lagu2 dia simple, easy listening, very soothing.... sesuai utk release tension......

Ni la video show dia dlm Carson Daly....lagu fav aku, Bitter Heart.... klu korang search youtube, lagu ni actually penah jadi commercial Wal Mart kat US....

Good Luck Zee Avi.....