Overpowering temptation

One of my greatest weakness is .... gadgets, well specifically PDA phones. Almost every year I would get the itch to get a new phone... the new features, new looks, they are all just too tempting.

This year is no different. About a month ago, I started "itching" again. iPhone 3GS coming... ooooooohhh...how exciting! Omnia 2 coming....ooooooh...how exciting. The temptation was just too much!

However I was controlling myself pretty well... at least that's what I thought until I saw the current price of last year's Omnia.


Last year when it came out, it was retailing at RM2799 for 8GB and RM2999 for 16GB. I already noticed this model then, but being a sour grape, I just dismissed it saying that it's no good bla bla bla. The actual fact was that it was too expensive for me.

As Omnia 2 is coming out, Samsung slashed the price of last year's model to around RM2000 for the 8GB version. I thought it was a good deal considering that Omnia does have quite an impressive specs. At that very second, I knew I was defeated.

So 2 weeks ago, I got my new toy. Although it's no perfect (and I doubt there is any phone out there that is "perfect"), it has very much what I wanted in a phone...for now. I installed Garmin XT and discovered the beauty of GPS. Funny how I still turn on my Garmin although I was just driving from home to work and vice versa.

It just seemed so "magical" that this thing can actually show you your actual location and tell you where to go. I know, I know... as someone who is in IT line, I should know better... but the "magic" of technology can just be so mesmerising at times.

Besides that, net surfing is so much more convenient with a bigger 3.2 inches screen. Watching movies on it too became more exciting.



Although it's no iPhone, in my opinion this is the nearest to iPhone that I would ever get. Hmm... come to think of it, I have an iPod Touch, so that should be the closest to iPhone that I would get, hehehe. Well anyhow I think you got my point. iPhone is just too expensive for me considering its specs, although the interface and responsiveness are very much left uncontested.

So far, I am really happy with my Omnia. Perhaps I will sing a different song a year later when another overpowering temptation comes.

As for my last year's temptation... LG KS20, I have already sold it to an ex colleague.


I believe all good things should be shared... and LG KS20 has served me wonderfully for the past a year and a half. It's time for it to bring joy to its new owner.

My memories are not mine

I tell you.... this song has been very hot on the radio stations many many months ago and I had no idea what's the title and who sang it although I liked it very much. That's the problem with being a "banana" person.

Finally I found the title and the singers.

Title: 我的回憶不是我的 (My memories are not mine)
Singers: Hai Ming Wei & Vincy Chan



Pinyin lyrics

seung sam dik jung wooi yam sing
fooi sam dik jung wooi yung hei lik
jeung jui ho dik gwoh hui
jeung jui doh dik sai sui
soh do
suk yue nei dik ngaan jing

sat luen dik bat gau noi sing
sat luen dik bat sun si jue ding
yue jui hak dik sai gaai
yue jui gwong dik saat na
gam do
suk yue nei dik hei sik

jik si han doh yat hei gwok dik
seung hei dik tung tung nei dik
wai juek si long maan dik oi ching
tung tung do hoh joi gin
daan sing nok hoh joi ting

sam moh hoh bat bin sik
oh baby
dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

sat luen dik do yah doh sing
sat luen dik do gei jue yeuk ding
dong lei seung dik sai gaai
dong lei seung dik saat na
yan oi
mo fan nei dik ngoh dik

jik si han doh yat hei gwoh dik
seung hei dik tung tung nei dik
wai jeuk si long maan dik oi ching
tung tung do hoh joi gin
daan sing nok hoh joi ting

sam moh hoh bat bin sik
oh baby
dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

Axel hurt his leg

My poor little boy (Axel the pug) hurt his left hind leg falling off the couch yesterday evening. He cried like I never heard him before and when I lifted him up and put him back on the floor, I noticed he couldn't move his left hind leg. I panicked thinking that it must have been broken! I was so worried and as it was a Sunday evening, all the vets were already closed. I called a few friends asking whether they have any emergency vet numbers. Either the vet was too far away or they didn't answer the phone. I was really panicking like crazy then.

After a while, Axel regained the control of his left hind leg and I could see him walking on his fours. Phew... that gave me a bit of relief. However he seemed to be limping a little bit on that leg. As I couldn't get hold of any vets and Axel seemed to be okay, I thought I would only send him to the vet today after work.

This morning when I woke up, I wasn't greeted by the usual excited Axel. In contrast, he was very lethargic and was even refusing food. I panicked again! After feeding him a piece or two of his dog food, he started eating again. Then I noticed that he was shaking a little... and I know I couldn't wait for tonight to send him to the vet. I called my boss and told him I needed to take half a day EL. I wondered whether my boss has ever heard "sending my dog to the vet" as an EL's reason.

So we waited until 10am and I sent Axel to Saint Angel Animal Clinic, his usual vet. Dr Ding who treated him kept commenting how "round" Axel is. I told him what happened and he inspected Axel's legs. He found nothing wrong and said that it could be due to muscle sprain. So he prescribed some pain killers, asked me to monitor him for a few days and sent us home.

I accompanied Axel for a while at home and then I went off to work. I tell you, I now understand the feelings that parents feel when their kids are sick or hurt. There was this worry hanging on my head throughout the day.

When I came back, Axel was still lethargic. I gave him some food which he reluctantly took, and administered the pain killer. He is now sitting by my side, looking miserable. I hope my little boy will get well soon. Looking at him now made me feel so guilty and sad. :-(

My Matrix is back!

After what felt like forever, I got my Matrix back today!!


The workshop's claims executive picked me up at my office in Damansara Utama after work and sent me to the workshop in Jalan Ipoh where my repaired car was.

Weird though that I wasn't asked to sign any documents. Come to think of it, I don't have any records whatsoever on the whole thing - I wasn't asked to sign anything when they towed away my car, I was not given a copy of the police report and I wasn't asked to sign any document when I collected my car. Is this normal? Seemed a bit fishy to me though.

Well whatever it is, the cost of repairs is supposed to be claimed from the other party's insurance... so as long as it stays that way, I don't care whether the right processes have been followed or not.

The past few days when I was car'less had been so inconvenient for me. Modes of public transport in Klang Valley are very unreliable. Thank goodness I have kind colleagues and 2 of them (husband & wife) are staying near to my place. So they have been picking me up in the morning and dropping me back after work. I am truly grateful.

Anyway now that I have my car and my "life" back, I will make sure I park my car at more "secure" places i.e. not near to any ramps. Till now, I still couldn't believe that a properly parked car can still run the risk of being knocked.

DiGi's booth in Midvalley

I came across DiGi's roadshow at Midvalley Megamall this weekend. I thought the booth's setup was really interesting... as if you're in a very YELLOW cartoon world.





Sorry my phone's camera didn't do the booth justice.

What an unlucky day!

After lunch, I was sitting at my cubicle reading up some materials when a colleague from other department came to me and told me that someone was looking for me. Upon meeting that person, I found out that he is a guard from the car park where I am season parking in. He told me that my car got banged and I was like "What?!! I parked my car properly leh!!". I couldn't believe it and kept wishing that guy got the information wrong.

Upon reaching the level where my car was parked, my heart dropped. It was no longer at the original position where I parked it this morning. Instead the front of my car was at the next parking space, resting on the butt of a Hyundai parked there. My bumper, mud guard, headlights smashed. The front left absorber already knocked in, causing the position of the tyre to be distorted. I couldn't even open the left door. On the front right side, there was a huge dent on my car, and a huge dent on the Hyundai next to it.

Then parked at the side was the culprit, the Wira with it's whole bumper gone and crumpled bonnet.

I was like speechless... "Am I in a nightmare? It would be good to wake up now!!". "What happened?!!!"

Apparently this lady who was driving her Wira was coming down from the upper level to the level where I parked my car. When she turned the corner, she lost control of her car and ramped into mine. The impact of that caused my car to move and hit the car next to it.

Looking at the aftermath, I couldn't help but to wonder how fast she was going to cause such a damage.

Anyway she called her husband who called the workshop to come and check the damage by the time I reached the scene. The Hyundai's owner was also there. The lady's husband was thinking that if it's not too much to fix, they would not claim their insurance. However looking at my car's condition (with tears flowing in my heart), I doubt it would be cheap.

Then the people from the workshop reached and after assessing the damage, what I guessed was correct. So they did need to claim their insurance. One of people from the workshop was a claims executive who advised us on what to do. All of us needed to go make police report.

So I went back to my office, packed my stuff and told my boss what happened. Then I followed one of their cars to the police station at PJ State. The lady's car and my car were towed there as well. The Hyundai can still be driven.

We took more than an hour to wait and to do the report. The workshop guy told me that my car would need 5 days to fix, and all cost would be borne by the lady's insurance.

I am now without a car to use for the next 5 days. I need to figure out how to move around during this period of time. Taxi? I always have this problem getting them to come pick me up from my apartment. Guess I have to rely on my friend to pick me up and follow him to his office. Then from there, I will need to find ways to get to mine.

Sigh... imagine you parked your car properly in a car park, then got banged causing serious damages.... how often does that happen? What an unlucky day for me!

P/S I wished I have taken some pics of the aftermath, but I was too traumatised to even think of that.