iPhone Review (One of the Best)

Well the iPhone has been out in the US for like almost a week (5 days to be exact, I think). And most probably you guys have had more than enough of your share of reviews and stuffs. But I have to tell ya.... this is one of the best reviews I've ever read online.



Granted you will expect nothing less from Anandtech reviews which over the years have gained massive confidence and popularity. At any rate, since Apple is not going to launch the iPhone in Asia until sometime in 2008, all we can do now is to drool at this technological marvel here!!!!

My Golden Retriever Loves DURIANS!!!!

This comes as quite a surprise. I have been eating durians for the past 3 days.... hahahhaa yeah... I know... very "heaty" and stuff..... but I just couldn't stop since I stopped by a stall on my way home 3 days ago.

The average price now is about RM6 per kilo. Pardon me for not remembering the "model" numbers of the durians they have on sale. I can remember D24, D100, 101 or something like that!!! LOL!!!! Personally I prefer my durians to be a little sticky kind and with a little bitter aftertaste.



Well maybe the reason I did not think that Goldens would fancy durians was because I thought they are basically "ang mo" species.... kekekeke... so I did not expect them to have Asian "taste". But my Golden REALLY loves durians. In fact she just can't have enough of it. I had to stop feeding her so that she would not become too "heaty". So does anyone know for sure if its ok for Golden Retrievers to have durians????? ;P

Anyway, its not that I fed her with a lot of durians.... I think about 3 "fillings" only. Can't be too careful when it comes to my precious "daughter"!

Let's Come Together!!!!!

This short clip is to commemorate the European films made annually. Damn funny!!!

SeeqPod - For Music Lovers!!!

I believe most of you out there are very much like me. When you are online, chances are you will be doing a little downloading of "stuffs", be it movies, songs or just pictures.

Well for the music lovers out there, seeqpod is really one heck of a search engine for music. Rather, its a music search and discovery website. Most people would be familiar with imeem and esnips right? This is a somewhat similar, as the search results can be compiled into a playlist and even be embeded in a webpage or blog. However, whats different is that seeqpod actually searches throughout the web and blogs, instead of just songs uploaded and available from its site. Consequently, it does not bother with the "legitimacy" of the songs that it finds.

The other feature, the discovery feature is something found in most of these music hosting/searching sites. It takes the artist name, album name or genre and compiles a list of other songs that you may be interested in.

Go check it out! For those familiar with Chinese songs, SeeqPod is much like Baidu, only so much better in terms of interface and functionality.

Vista Live Messenger 8.1 (Skin)

Ok... this goes PERFECTLY with the Vista Transformation Pack that I mentioned before. Its actually a skin for your windows live messenger. Dont't get me wrong, it will work without the transformation pack as well. I'm using it myself and its AWESOME!!!!

The icons are revamped, even the default emoticons are different. The black color just ties in so well with the rest of my black desktop theme, black Firefox theme.......

You can get this skin here.

별 "Byul" - Star

This is an English translation of the song titled above. Its one of the song from the Korean movie - 200 Pound Beauty. Its very very touching, BOTH the show and this song!!!

the wind is shaking the windows,and over my small room,
the stars fill up the sky, shining brightly too many to count,
the stars reassure tired me
they wipe away the many tears that are deep inside me

don’t be hurt too much..they hug me tight and pamper me
and comfort me,
telling me to go to sleep

though I’m exhausted to the point where I can’t walk
though my tears blur my vision
I’ll still smile in front of my love that I’m not able to get

Even though our happy times were short, I’ll treasure it deep inside my heart
like those countless number of stars, forever

My dream is coming. though it is unusual that my one star is bright
it is very bright, even blinding..it comes down to my shoulder
stop being so sad..it holds my hand as it touches me
and gives me a warm hug

though I’m exhausted to the point where I can’t walk though my tears blur my vision
I’ll still smile in front of my love that I’m not able to get

Even though our happy times were short, I’ll treasure it deep inside my heart
like those countless number of stars, forever

Only for today, I won’t cry though my eyes fill with tears
I want to laugh like those stars
Oh~ I want to cherish all my happy moments deep inside my heart
Like those countless number of stars, forever...

Some SMOKING Facts!!!!

As I'm in the process of quiting my smoking habbit, naturally I surf a lot of websites regarding quitting and also about other facts related to smoking and cigarettes.


Here are some interesting facts that I managed to find out:

1. Global cigarette production in 2004 was 5.5 trillion units, or 868 cigarettes per every man, woman and child on the planet.
2. At least 4.5 trillion [non-biodegradable] filter-tipped cigarettes are deposited annually somewhere in the world.
3. China, United States, Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia are the five countries that produce the most raw tobacco leaves and manufactured cigarettes.
4. There are around 1.2 billion smokers in the world (about one-third of the global population aged 15 and over). Nearly forty per cent (39.4%) of Europeans smoke, (up from 1995, when a figure of 33.9% recorded.)
5. Modern cigarette manufacturing machines use more than six kilometres of paper per hour.
6. Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year). If current smoking patterns continue, it will cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2020. Half the people that smoke today -that is about 650 million people- will eventually be killed by tobacco.
7. Each year nearly 600 million trees are destroyed to provide fuel to dry tobacco. Put in another way one tree is destroyed for every 300 cigarettes.

Blah, blah blah blah!!!!!! LOL!!!! So anyone going to quit with me too???

The original article can be found here.

My FireFox - Black Reloaded

Finally I've customized my Firefox 2 to the point that I'm extremely satisfied. Note: NOT totally satisfied, but this is as close as its gonna get!!

Take a look at it and maybe you can give me some comments. The theme is generally black /grey to match my Windows XP theme.


Yes, the menu bar as well as the bookmarks toolbar is gone. Everything is accessible via the row of buttons I have.



BTW, that is the Google Desktop Sidebar. The RSS reader and Google Calender widgets are two of the most important items that I can't live without!!

This is one of the reasons I love Firefox. You will not be able to customize IE till this extent, with everything in black and with a minimalist approach.