Facebook

OK...I need to declare that I am not making any profit from Facebook by putting their name on the title of this posting :P

Anyway.....I am quite amazed by Facebook. When they launch....people is saying that they are only copying Friendster.com becoz friendster come 1st. Actually both are using the "6 degrees of separation" priciple in building the application. Basically it means friends meet friends and the the network expend from there.

What friendster did best, facebook expend it further. It encorporates advertisements, business opportunities, fun applications (I love Superpoke) and many many more. Also its build using Ajax...which enhances its GUI and user friendliness.

When I sign up, I am a bit sceptical that it will out-perform friendster. Well....little that I know, now it seems to be more succesful that friendster. I also begin to log into facebook more often than friendster now. Friendster try to introduce applications now, but I doubt it will be able to catch up anymore unless they come out with something new that is radical, interactive and fun.

Lastly....wanna say good job to Facebook.com for the good application. Also...for those who wanna add me ah, can search by my name (Kum Weng) lor :)

Updates

Realize that it is almost a month since I last posted anything in my blog...haihzzz. Not sure why I just can't find the words to put in here each time I wanna blog something. Well, this time is not any different also, just some update on myself:

Work:
Finally ended my 2 1/2 months holiday....so now back to work. I'm still working with the same company, only diff now is that I am a permanent staff now...previously I was on contract.

I must admit....not having ride my bike for almost 2 months n suddenly ask me to zig zag through peak hours traffic in KL does get me a bit scared. Anyway I am glad to start working again.

DM course:
Manage to finish few exams, namely the CW exam and also the theory exam. Still got few more exams, however those can be scheduled along with my work schedule.

Also the most happy thing is that I brush up a lot on my swimming skill during this 2 1/2 month break. I have very lousy swimming skills and I see swimming as an art of survival instead of a sport, so I always wanted to brush up on it. Finally got to do what I always wanted.

Love:
Still happy loving with my lovely sayang.....love grows stronger by day

Well...that's all for now...again I have stumble upon a mental block and dunno what to write d :(

:: CNY :: --Making fishie--

Every year without fail....the trees at my home in Malacca will be decorated with "fishes" during CNY. Well...its actually paper fishes make from ang pow and I am proud to be the maker of these fishes...hehehehe.

Usually I'll make ard 30-40 fishes a year, however due to the reduction of trees at my home this year...I make only ard 20 fishes.


Prepare the angpows....lots of them if u intent to make a lot of fishie.


1 single angpow usually can make only 1 fish, however if the angpow is long enuf, you can make 2 fishie.


Fold 1 end of the ang pow.


Then cut the angpow....use only the folded end to make the fish.


Cut out the shape as in the pic above on the folded part of the angpow.


Then snip a small portion away from the tip of the angpow corner...in this pic its the tip on the left corner of the angpow.


Open the folded ang pow and cut a line at the middle, directly on the line where you fold the ang pow just now. Cut about 2 inch.


Cross the end part to form the tail and staple the part where my finger is holding.


Make sure you staple it correctly.


Lastly hang a red string and tie a loop at the tree. Done....fish on the tree.

For those who would like a live demo from me, please let me know :)

Long time din blog....

Not sure what to blog.....hmmm..maybe share some pics of my "kids" sleeping.


A look at how Sappy sleep.


Have to open the cage to take this pic.....Sappy still can sleep so soundly. Now days Sappy is the de-thrown Hammy as "Champion Sleeper" d.


Due to the small cage Baby has and the corner it likes to nap.....its very difficult to get a good shot and also not waking him up.


Ex-Champion Sleepr....Hammy....the cutest one among all when sleeping.

See doggie...

There is this huge doggie day out event at Central Park in 1U last Sunday....so I teman Beckz there since she is a dog lover. Its also a good chance for me to see some real big tame doggies around.


Beckz playing with a Husky......


I like Huskys as they look a lot like a wolf.


So many Huskys.


Great Dane == very big + tall dog.


See.....stand on 4 legs already taller than Beckz waist d.


This Chow Chow makan very fast....like wanna eat the bowl .


St Bernard.....these dogs really big lah....very big bones.


Supprisingly they are very tame....and droll a lot.


This St Bernard very manja....want Beckz to sayang.


errrr......think this is a Bull Terrier.


This baby pug is very cute.


This doggie (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) is not camera shy...it even look at the camera each time I wanna take its pic.


Doggie: "I am so tired.....I wanna go home"


Finally...I like this doggie..its a Doberman

New Year Liao....2008

OK....finally new year d. 1st posting for the year...as biasa will be new year resolution lor. Every year I make new year resolution....can say resolve bout 80% of them.....some still tercicir. This year I think I wanna increase the rate....so will set more realistic resolution as below:

1- Kau tim my DM training
Ini mesti kau tim in 2008....unless in the process of doin so, I meet some unfortunate incident which make me physically or mentally incapable to complete the course under PADI standards. If that din happen....then this is my top priority resolution.

2- Get fit
In 2007 especially the 2nd quarter onwards....I start to slowdown termendously in sports. I can feel my body feeling lethargic, my reflex slower, my mind not as cergas as use to be....basically whole person getting lazier. Every morning go work also feel tired.....come home also tired...haihzzz...mana boleh ni.

So resolution is to get back fit.....goin to play badminton again, rock climb more n start to run/sprint more d.

3- Better financial planning
Goin to have a permanent job in 2008 finally after working on contract basis job for more than 2 years d. Finally now I can better plan my finances and budget more efficiently.

4- Relationship
Will continue to build and strenghten the foundation of my relationship with my sayang. Basically I would say we drew the blueprint n plant the pilling d in 2007 for the relationship. Now we will continue to strenghten the foundation so in future we can build a strong building for the family to come...hehehehe.

OKlah...so got 4 resolution saja......tak mau set so many this year...now I wanna tido liao.

My Best Friend Wedding

Last Sunday is my one and only best friend punya wedding. Sudah lama I waited for him to kahwin....akhirnya the days come also. Was happy for him too...coz his perangai "sap har sap har" a bit wan...so got a wife to jaga him also good.

Wasn't able to make it for his "tendang pintu" ceremony.....which make him kinda upset...hehehe, anyway I make up for it by attending the church wedding.


Church of the holy name of Mary in Permatang Tinggi....so far from Penang Island.


Inside the church....catholic churches usually have nice designs...btw..this is a chinese church.


ah ha...groom sudah sampai...leng chai leh. His bro (at belakang) lagi leng chai ah.


The lovely bride.


Exchanging vows.

I hereby wish Steven Nah and Anne Kee (from now onwards known as Mr & Mrs Nah Chee Siang) semoga bahagia ke anak cucu

Pergi Penang

Was at Penang last weekend for a friend's wedding. Since the wedding reception and dinner is on Sunday....I decided to leave KL to Penang on Friday nite itself after work...so sayang n me can go jln jln a bit on Saturday.

We had all sort of plans for Saturday....however only manage to go to the botanical garden and makan makan at nite saja. All this becoz we are just too tired n find sleep more important than jln jln...hehehehe. Anyway still manage to go breakfast with Beckz punya friend's mama, whom we are staying at her place.

At the botanical garden...., was expecting to see many monkeys. Indeed there were a lot...sampai kena attack by one...hehehehe. This place is famous for joggers too....can see many of them, old and young running ard the garden. Also can see many kahwin orang come here for their outdoor photo shot.

I took the oportunity to put my old Canon Powershot A80 to some closeup pics.










Curi take pic of my sayang also...hehehehe

Decision......

Initially was difficult...its something I must do at the end also....only the decision is difficult. Soon later it become easy, things are clearer and the path is visible now.

As things get easier and clearer...the decision is made and going to be firmed up. Suddenly some circumstance happen which render the decision to be tough again....haihzzzz.....

decision decision.......

Hari Raya coming d

Hari Raya is a muslim festival.....and celebrated by all in Msia regardless of any religion and colour you are. This is the beauty of our nation....regardless of any race festivals....we will all celebrate together.

I kinda like Hari Raya....when I was a kid, will go visit dad's muslim friends who really stay in kampungs. Serious.....we really go to kampungs, where there is not really any big roads and the sight of goats n cows grazing the grass by the road side is common. The environment is just so peaceful.....no wonder those stay in kampungs lived longer and healthier.

Also during hari raya....that is the time I get to eat lemang.....yummy. I seriously love it....so tasty. Makan with some mutton curry....yum yum....kenot describe the feeling.

Now days staying in the city.....don't really have chance to visit any muslim friends who stay in kampungs anymore. Despite not being able to see goats n cows grazing grass beside the road.....the mood of hari raya is still very much alive. All this thanks to......what else, lemang lah...hehehehehe.

Driving....

For those who always say I drive like a devil...well...check these out:


Keng ah.....


The car like made out of cardboard...


Even pros with training also can crash gah....

Baru punya background pic.....hehehehe

Got this inspiritation from my sayang's blog so I decide to try also. So here it goes...I change the background of my blog....hmmm....dunno consider nice or not.

Feedback are welcome....tq tq

My Wii Experience

It all started with this sms:

FROM: Sister
i am bringin d nintendo wii game back 2nite.pls try n give me feedback. tq

So I was cordinally invited by my sis to test the Nintendo Wii her company just bought for a promotion they are doing soon. They are not promoting Wii but using it to attract customers.

For those who dunno what is Nintendo Wii.....well its a new game console introduced by Nintendo. Its very unique in the sense that it changes the way people play console game. Usually u uses a joystick or controller to play...however in Wii....u uses its controller like as an object in the game. Example if u r playing tennis, the controller serves as a tennis racquet handle...hence u play the game by really swingging the controller as if u r really playing tennis. Movement of the controller are sensed by a sensor you place on top of your TV. For more info about Nintendo Wii, please visit their website @ http://wii.nintendo.com/

OK...back to me cerita....

So here i am...like a small kid wanting ice cream when i saw the Wii console on the floor. I give the manual a few flip through n immediately pasang the console.


Nintendo Wii console ah.


Nintendo Wii console with wiress controller ah.


There is a lanyard attach with the controller....any before any games begin, there is a reminder to remind u to strap the lanyard to your wrist so it won't accidently fly off your hand while u swing it and break something...most common is your TV.


** Fasten the lanyard to your wrist like this....to avoid accidently launching any "projectile" controller towards ur TV, home hi-fi, mirror mirror on the wall, out of your house via the balcony or ur sleeping cat on the TV ** warning by Siew :P


The sensor which sense your controller movement. Also I suspect there is a motion detecter in the controller which sense your wrist movement.


There is also another warning (yes...this is a warning) to remind you to clear off a radius of area surrounding you....coz u r going to swing ur arm in multi directions according to the game...and i am sure u do not want to hit anyone while doing that. So I clear of an area about 6 square feet....enuf for me to play Wii tennis as shown in the pic above...hehehehe.

Then while playing.....aiks notice got kipas. Aiks...dangerous, later hand hit kipas how...cialat lor.

Realize the kipas is quite low also...alamak...susah ni.

So I test test....see my hand can reach the kipas or not.

Ah....luckily tak sampai.....now can continue play Wii tennis d.

Wah...play for 1 hour d...sweating a lot liao. Started from level 4 now see see...

play until level 381 d...terror leh...also the game start to feel like real tennis d now.

Opppsss.....din notice a danger just now. I reach my hand to touch the fan...but clearly won't kena....but then din realize this type of fan got a short tali to adjust the speed wan. This tali clearly my hand can hit.

Look closely...can see the tali geh.....very low saja.

Then it hapen.... **pring prang**...hand hit the tali.

The tali terus putus....kena repair with tapes......haihzzzzz...

So summary of my Nintendo Wii experience are:
- Nice to play....its seriously is something new.
- Good innovation...those jipun fellow in Nintendo really got good brain to come up with this console.
- Graphic and sound ok ok saja lah...standard stuffs lor, nothing spectacular.
- Din't really get me glued to the TV...maybe its the game which is not exciting.
- Good for exercise...i seriously sweat a lot playing Wii tennis.

lastly:
- Seriously make sure your radius of play area is clear...inclusinf overhead n underhead.

Result: 4 out of 5 mamee snacks

Still sick...haihzzzz

2nd day sick...haihzzz....ma fan lah. Guess the doc already espected this...that's y he gave me 2 days MC. I still remember he say "fight 1 day, recover another day"...basically I need 1 day for the med to fight the virus...then another day to recover.

At least not so tired today...so manage to do some work related stuffs also. After doin for few hours...feel bit headache so go lie down. Can't really sleep....n feel quite miserable not able to do anything.

Then I catch a glimpes of my camera. Its been quite some time since I take photos...so I tot...hmmm, why not take some pictures. Below are some of the shots :)


Take picture of my Ferrari in my garrage...hehehehe...the Ferrari F430


This one lagi cun...the Ferrari Enzo...one of my proudest collection in my garage :p


Small bottle of perfume...


Sis punya Estee Lauder cup...

Hiahzzz...pening kepala again...time to lie down liao.