Merry Christmas to all!!!
ops.. its 12:22am here now...
Monday, December 26, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Singapore <-> Kuala Lumpur Coaches
If you are visiting Kuala Lumpur from Singapore or vice-versa, you may want to take note of these coaches site for you travel needs.
http://www.supercoach.com.my/
http://www.gunungraya.com/
http://www.plusliner.com/
http://www.aeroline.com.my/
http://www.transtar.com.sg/
(apparently some of the above seems to be down)
You might also want to buy ticket at the counters at:
Kuala Lumpur: Pudu Raya
Johor: Larkin Bus Interchange
Singapore: Golden Mile, Jurong Point, Boonlay Place
These are recommended budget bus:
KKKL
Transnational
GunungRaya/SuperCoach
These are some references that might be helpful:
http://www.cuti.com.my/
http://www.journeymalaysia.com/bus.htm
http://www.supercoach.com.my/
http://www.gunungraya.com/
http://www.plusliner.com/
http://www.aeroline.com.my/
http://www.transtar.com.sg/
(apparently some of the above seems to be down)
You might also want to buy ticket at the counters at:
Kuala Lumpur: Pudu Raya
Johor: Larkin Bus Interchange
Singapore: Golden Mile, Jurong Point, Boonlay Place
These are recommended budget bus:
KKKL
Transnational
GunungRaya/SuperCoach
These are some references that might be helpful:
http://www.cuti.com.my/
http://www.journeymalaysia.com/bus.htm
Friday, December 09, 2005
My Photo Gallery
After some long time... finally I've got my online photo album up and running! thanks to the coppermine gallery team that had made this superb gallery php scripts that novices like me can simply create my own album.
I'll start to upload my photos and share publicly at http://gallery.lovelyhome.org
I'll start to upload my photos and share publicly at http://gallery.lovelyhome.org
Saturday, December 03, 2005
New gadgets....
Got a couple of new gadgets recently, first was a PocketPC HP h4150, second hand though, since I didn't try to own and use a PPC before, this set does provide me with a good entry to it. I love this unit, as it has built in wifi as well as bluetooth, best for me to try out and develop some apps for it.
The second one, which might not be consider as gadgets, is a T43 laptop, with 1GB RAM, a very high end IBM laptop from my company. It comes with a thumbprint reader, it works great! performance is high, fast in everything, except when loads up, probably due to those IBM softwares s well as... all other services (I've installed smartermail, sql express, sql dev, and...). I got one weird problem though, which is that, when it is operating on battery w/o mouse (use touchpad) it does hang occasionally, which I still have not find out any clue to the problem yet.
The second one, which might not be consider as gadgets, is a T43 laptop, with 1GB RAM, a very high end IBM laptop from my company. It comes with a thumbprint reader, it works great! performance is high, fast in everything, except when loads up, probably due to those IBM softwares s well as... all other services (I've installed smartermail, sql express, sql dev, and...). I got one weird problem though, which is that, when it is operating on battery w/o mouse (use touchpad) it does hang occasionally, which I still have not find out any clue to the problem yet.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Change your coins now!!
RM1 Coin to be withdrawn from circulation
Bank Negara Malaysia announces today that effective 7 December 2005, the RM1 coin will cease to be legal tender and will be withdrawn from circulation.
The RM1 banknote will continue to be legal tender and will remain in circulation.
Members of the public will be given a three-month period from 7 September to 6 December 2005 to exchange the RM1 coins at face value without any charges at all branches of commercial banks, the main branches of Bank Simpanan Nasional and Bank Negara Malaysia's branches at Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
Further details on the withdrawal of the RM1 coin can be obtained from Bank Negara Malaysia's website (http://www.bnm.gov.my) or by contacting the Currency Management and Operations Department of Bank Negara Malaysia at 03-2698 8044 ext 7442 / 7417.
taken from here
Bank Negara Malaysia announces today that effective 7 December 2005, the RM1 coin will cease to be legal tender and will be withdrawn from circulation.
The RM1 banknote will continue to be legal tender and will remain in circulation.
Members of the public will be given a three-month period from 7 September to 6 December 2005 to exchange the RM1 coins at face value without any charges at all branches of commercial banks, the main branches of Bank Simpanan Nasional and Bank Negara Malaysia's branches at Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
Further details on the withdrawal of the RM1 coin can be obtained from Bank Negara Malaysia's website (http://www.bnm.gov.my) or by contacting the Currency Management and Operations Department of Bank Negara Malaysia at 03-2698 8044 ext 7442 / 7417.
taken from here
CS Blog
Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying
Despite objections from publishers and writers, copyright law appears to be on Google's side, legal experts say. The social value of Google's initiative to digitize library books, including those protected by copyright, will likely weigh heavily in the search engine's favor.
Should the growing number of publishing groups, who oppose the plan by Google Inc. to digitize the collections of some of the world’s major libraries, fail to reach an agreement and turn instead to the courts, they may have a tough road ahead of them.
More at:
http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=170700329
Despite objections from publishers and writers, copyright law appears to be on Google's side, legal experts say. The social value of Google's initiative to digitize library books, including those protected by copyright, will likely weigh heavily in the search engine's favor.
Should the growing number of publishing groups, who oppose the plan by Google Inc. to digitize the collections of some of the world’s major libraries, fail to reach an agreement and turn instead to the courts, they may have a tough road ahead of them.
More at:
http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=170700329
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Planet Mars as big as moon during August.
I've got this in email, not sure how true it is, worth to give it a try though, hopefully during that time the Haze in KL will be gone as I'll probably be there during that time.
Don't forget to watch this effect...... one in a lifetime!!!
"Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultimate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65 M.Miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 2005, at 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again"
regards,
choongseng
Don't forget to watch this effect...... one in a lifetime!!!
"Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultimate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65 M.Miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 2005, at 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again"
regards,
choongseng
Friday, August 12, 2005
Saab Turbo!
Came across this website:
The Saab Museum
http://www.saabmuseum.com/
Quoted from the site:
Saabmuseum.com, at over 200 pages of Saab information, is the most comprehensive history of the Saab marque that is currently available, in one place, on the internet.
Saab 900 aero
Browse the pages and learn how the marque has evolved from the experimental Ursaab of 1947 to the similarly shaped 96 that was still in production some 33 years later.
Discover Saab's long list of innovations, many of which have since become industry standard. Read about the turbo-charged 99 and how turbo-charging technology has become standard on all Saab production models.
Hey man! that's my dad's favourite's car! well, I love that too, it is just very powerful and looks great.
regards,
choongseng
The Saab Museum
http://www.saabmuseum.com/
Quoted from the site:
Saabmuseum.com, at over 200 pages of Saab information, is the most comprehensive history of the Saab marque that is currently available, in one place, on the internet.
Saab 900 aero
Browse the pages and learn how the marque has evolved from the experimental Ursaab of 1947 to the similarly shaped 96 that was still in production some 33 years later.
Discover Saab's long list of innovations, many of which have since become industry standard. Read about the turbo-charged 99 and how turbo-charging technology has become standard on all Saab production models.
Hey man! that's my dad's favourite's car! well, I love that too, it is just very powerful and looks great.
regards,
choongseng
Monday, August 01, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Living Under the Cloud - Hiroshima
Flip over the TIME magazine this week, that's the title on the first writting on the bomb that had ended the World War II.
The war finally came to and end when 12 americans on 6th Aug. 1945, boarded the B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" dropped the first and perhaps the last atomic bomb ever drop for such purpose at 8:15am. The bomb which of weight 4 metric tons not only devasted the entire city, its radiation had also brought further harms thru years.
That was about 60 years ago, and since then, as Gerge Orwell wrote two months after the bombing, we've lived in "peace that had no peace", and we lived.
I've some deep though on that sentence, perhaps we may ask, what is REAL PEACE?
regards,
choongseng
The war finally came to and end when 12 americans on 6th Aug. 1945, boarded the B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" dropped the first and perhaps the last atomic bomb ever drop for such purpose at 8:15am. The bomb which of weight 4 metric tons not only devasted the entire city, its radiation had also brought further harms thru years.
That was about 60 years ago, and since then, as Gerge Orwell wrote two months after the bombing, we've lived in "peace that had no peace", and we lived.
I've some deep though on that sentence, perhaps we may ask, what is REAL PEACE?
regards,
choongseng
Monday, July 25, 2005
A simple dinner with love...
Yum yum... it was hungry!!
I went almost on the dot, but then it was 6:15pm as I've promised my girlfriend to knock off and go home earlier.
Today, we have 2 dishes, one vege plus one egg... and... very little salt. Not that we've no money to buy salt, but rather, after the suspicious incident that her father is having some problem with kidney, salt had became the unlikely ingredients to be in any dishes that she cook.
Well, that's love, for our health.
Thank you to my dear.
regards,
choongseng
I went almost on the dot, but then it was 6:15pm as I've promised my girlfriend to knock off and go home earlier.
Today, we have 2 dishes, one vege plus one egg... and... very little salt. Not that we've no money to buy salt, but rather, after the suspicious incident that her father is having some problem with kidney, salt had became the unlikely ingredients to be in any dishes that she cook.
Well, that's love, for our health.
Thank you to my dear.
regards,
choongseng
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Live Webcam!!
That's cool, happen to find this webcam server, as simple as just run and a few click, and I'm online.
WebCam2000 is freely distributed open source software for Windows 95, 98, Me!, NT, 2000, and XP that serves images from any video capture device connected to a computer. WebCam2000 can serve pictures as either JPEG or bitmap (BMP) and can include complete HTTP headers or serve the image "raw". The second case is particularly useful when you want to perform further processing on the image; for example by using WebCam2000 as a back-end to a CGI script. One important thing to note is that the WebCam2000 is for people with a live internet connection only: the current version does not have the ability to dial-up an ISP and FTP upload an image.
http://www.webcam2000.info/
And gotcha! you can view me online when I'm available at http://webcam.lovelyhome.org:8080
Hmm.. it is time to plan some CCTV at home.. :-D
regards,
choongseng
WebCam2000 is freely distributed open source software for Windows 95, 98, Me!, NT, 2000, and XP that serves images from any video capture device connected to a computer. WebCam2000 can serve pictures as either JPEG or bitmap (BMP) and can include complete HTTP headers or serve the image "raw". The second case is particularly useful when you want to perform further processing on the image; for example by using WebCam2000 as a back-end to a CGI script. One important thing to note is that the WebCam2000 is for people with a live internet connection only: the current version does not have the ability to dial-up an ISP and FTP upload an image.
http://www.webcam2000.info/
And gotcha! you can view me online when I'm available at http://webcam.lovelyhome.org:8080
Hmm.. it is time to plan some CCTV at home.. :-D
regards,
choongseng
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Some good reference to get Country Codes
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm
Worldatlas
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/ctycodes.htm
regards,
choongseng
http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm
Worldatlas
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/ctycodes.htm
regards,
choongseng
Thursday, July 14, 2005
唯独基督是道路，真理，生命！
这一次匆匆地回到吉隆坡参加信仰研讨大会，也没什么空档和吉隆坡的朋友出来聚一聚，有点可惜。但是，感谢主，最后一天晚上，虽然是很迟了，还是和朋友约了出来吃点心，谈天。
也乘着这个机会尝试与朋友分享福音，可是却说到一半忘了，也不知如何接下去，真尴尬！
其实那也没什么大不了，可是，心里还是回想着诗班正在练的诗歌“蒙呼召”里的一句“救灵魂，刻不容缓！” 还是顺着感动，把该说的用电邮发出去了。
内容参考自许牧师的一篇讲道，若有差错请电邮通知我。
世界上的宗教可分为多神与一神，先来讨论多神宗教。
民间信仰为多神论，有土地公，观音，甚至孙悟空。
希腊甚至有着各神争战，嫉妒等等的。
所谓多神，却是各有千秋的，没有一个是至高掌权，主宰一切的。
如果是如此的话，请问，那一位神才是真正的全能，全善的呢？
无可避免的，我们必须从一神的宗教去寻找。
一神的宗教有基督教，犹太教及回教。
特别的是，这三种宗教都有同一个发源地，即是耶路撒冷。
三个宗教都在谈论人的罪的问题。
犹太教徒认为人必须靠自己行各样的义，可是圣经说“没有义人，一个都没有”
回教徒的教义是一最后的先知所说的为权威，换句话说，今天如果有一个先知兴起，有可能推翻之前的权威。
更苛刻的说，就是，回教的信仰是没有不变的真理的，那也是有问题。
而基督教呢，圣经说“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切相信他的人，不至灭亡，反得永生。”
耶稣就是上帝的独生子，道成肉身，为世人的罪，死在十字架上，担当了你我的罪孽。
唯有基督徒有得救的确据以及永生的盼望的。
忠成上
也乘着这个机会尝试与朋友分享福音，可是却说到一半忘了，也不知如何接下去，真尴尬！
其实那也没什么大不了，可是，心里还是回想着诗班正在练的诗歌“蒙呼召”里的一句“救灵魂，刻不容缓！” 还是顺着感动，把该说的用电邮发出去了。
内容参考自许牧师的一篇讲道，若有差错请电邮通知我。
世界上的宗教可分为多神与一神，先来讨论多神宗教。
民间信仰为多神论，有土地公，观音，甚至孙悟空。
希腊甚至有着各神争战，嫉妒等等的。
所谓多神，却是各有千秋的，没有一个是至高掌权，主宰一切的。
如果是如此的话，请问，那一位神才是真正的全能，全善的呢？
无可避免的，我们必须从一神的宗教去寻找。
一神的宗教有基督教，犹太教及回教。
特别的是，这三种宗教都有同一个发源地，即是耶路撒冷。
三个宗教都在谈论人的罪的问题。
犹太教徒认为人必须靠自己行各样的义，可是圣经说“没有义人，一个都没有”
回教徒的教义是一最后的先知所说的为权威，换句话说，今天如果有一个先知兴起，有可能推翻之前的权威。
更苛刻的说，就是，回教的信仰是没有不变的真理的，那也是有问题。
而基督教呢，圣经说“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切相信他的人，不至灭亡，反得永生。”
耶稣就是上帝的独生子，道成肉身，为世人的罪，死在十字架上，担当了你我的罪孽。
唯有基督徒有得救的确据以及永生的盼望的。
忠成上
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
第二届基督教信仰研讨大会
那时非常繁密的三天课程，但是其中可是更加的坚定了自己的信仰。
自己也在唐牧师呼招时，再次决志，将自己献给主，一生荣耀主。
其中最感动的是李灵牧师的分享，从他的演讲中可隐隐约约的感觉到他对这一次无法开课感到万分的不甘及可惜。结果就在短短的一个半小时，滔滔不绝的把为何今天的华人很难信主，许多的历史渊源一一地叙说。他的心志实在令我敬佩。
忠成
自己也在唐牧师呼招时，再次决志，将自己献给主，一生荣耀主。
其中最感动的是李灵牧师的分享，从他的演讲中可隐隐约约的感觉到他对这一次无法开课感到万分的不甘及可惜。结果就在短短的一个半小时，滔滔不绝的把为何今天的华人很难信主，许多的历史渊源一一地叙说。他的心志实在令我敬佩。
忠成
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
After a month...
wow... it has been a month after we've moved in this new unit.
well, things went well, and I'm sitting here with infront of laptop, waiting for my sweet heart to come back from night class.
Finally, I got the chance to online almost everyday, thanks to Starhub introducing FlexiSurf.
While I can't convince two of my housemates to share the cable bill, my Starhub Digital Line offers me free surfing on weekends. Thus, for weekdays, we'll use FlexiSurf which cost S$2.50 per day, with condition of minimum subscription of 3 days. Thus, effectively we are able to cut cost on the cable bill down to s$40/month.
But... the promotion for free surf ends on december. My only hope is that the broadband new players in the local market will start fighting and I'll be the fisherman who get both the clam and bird.
regards,
choongseng
well, things went well, and I'm sitting here with infront of laptop, waiting for my sweet heart to come back from night class.
Finally, I got the chance to online almost everyday, thanks to Starhub introducing FlexiSurf.
While I can't convince two of my housemates to share the cable bill, my Starhub Digital Line offers me free surfing on weekends. Thus, for weekdays, we'll use FlexiSurf which cost S$2.50 per day, with condition of minimum subscription of 3 days. Thus, effectively we are able to cut cost on the cable bill down to s$40/month.
But... the promotion for free surf ends on december. My only hope is that the broadband new players in the local market will start fighting and I'll be the fisherman who get both the clam and bird.
regards,
choongseng
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
First night at 108
Today, I woke up at 7:20am, it was a good rest throughout the night, ofcourse, after a whole day of hardwork of moving house!
Some surprises though, after taking my morning bath, figured out that I've no comb and no hair gel in my new house!!! They are still in the old house...
So, I've used the natural comb (my fingers) and try all means to press down my spongy hair and I'm at work.
That's the first night in my new house.
Some surprises though, after taking my morning bath, figured out that I've no comb and no hair gel in my new house!!! They are still in the old house...
So, I've used the natural comb (my fingers) and try all means to press down my spongy hair and I'm at work.
That's the first night in my new house.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Moving to new unit!
Many things happended since last saturday.
At 4:30pm, we've meet up with housing agent to view the potential 3+1 rooms house, and the initial offer was 1.2k. Well, after getting advice from housing agent, Jeff, we made a counter offer of 1.1k, and moving in by 1st of June!!! it was indeed very rush decision, but afterall, it is a just nice deal for us.
So, as the "head of the house", I've been doing all the administrative works, including signing of legal rental agreements, etc.
And just the day before, my dear mummy called me and informed that my brother and she are coming to Singapore, reaching on 8pm saturday night. That's how suddenly all things pop ups, which I'll have to delay my schedule of shifting house and also break a promise to assist my friend in shifting hers on monday night.
Well, well, things doesn't just end or stop like that, there was some decisions need to be made, such as room allocations and also sharing of bills, etc, which end up hurting when there's some objections. One of it being whether to subscribe to a broadband package, which was indeed hard to decide since some of them insist on not paying the bills since they doesn't use.
That's the end of sunday, I'm sitting infront of my laptop at 1:43am.
regards,
choongseng
At 4:30pm, we've meet up with housing agent to view the potential 3+1 rooms house, and the initial offer was 1.2k. Well, after getting advice from housing agent, Jeff, we made a counter offer of 1.1k, and moving in by 1st of June!!! it was indeed very rush decision, but afterall, it is a just nice deal for us.
So, as the "head of the house", I've been doing all the administrative works, including signing of legal rental agreements, etc.
And just the day before, my dear mummy called me and informed that my brother and she are coming to Singapore, reaching on 8pm saturday night. That's how suddenly all things pop ups, which I'll have to delay my schedule of shifting house and also break a promise to assist my friend in shifting hers on monday night.
Well, well, things doesn't just end or stop like that, there was some decisions need to be made, such as room allocations and also sharing of bills, etc, which end up hurting when there's some objections. One of it being whether to subscribe to a broadband package, which was indeed hard to decide since some of them insist on not paying the bills since they doesn't use.
That's the end of sunday, I'm sitting infront of my laptop at 1:43am.
regards,
choongseng
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Looking for a whole unit to rent
Haiz... I can be tedious when you are in a foreign land and need to find a place just to stay, and ofcourse, w/o paying big bucks!!
Looking for a whole unit in Jurong East, need to be near MRT, budget around SGD1.1K, anybody??
Well, I should add that it has to be a 3 bedrooms flat (aka 3+1) with washing machine and refrigerator and 6 people is going to squeeze in the house.
Looking for a whole unit in Jurong East, need to be near MRT, budget around SGD1.1K, anybody??
Well, I should add that it has to be a 3 bedrooms flat (aka 3+1) with washing machine and refrigerator and 6 people is going to squeeze in the house.
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