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Gosh.. Is it 2010 already?? Time really flies.. Well about my resolution list at the side, I finally got a Mac OS. Why Mac OS? Well, that’s because I didn’t buy a Mac. I just bought the operating system and installed it on PC hardware.. Yes, it’s possible.. and it only cost an extra RM 100 for the hardware..

My current ‘Hack’intosh has reasonable specifications and only cost me almost half of what a iMac would cost but the hackintosh comes with way better specifications than the iMac.

I think for the new year, I should change this theme.. I really can’t find anything I really like.. Perhaps it’s time to create my own theme as well??

We’re going to move to our new place by the end of the month. I was worried my DiGi Broadband would not work as our place is on the 7th floor. I’ve tried Celcom 3G “broad”band even at my current place on the 5th floor and it sucked.

I’m just going to let the picture below speak for itself. As they say a picture speaks a thousand words!

And yes, I’m posting this from my iPhone powered by DiGi 3G!

I just downloaded WordPress for iPhone and I think this is just wonderful. I can now update my blog anytime without bothering about starting up my notebook.

iPhone is really a wonderful device. It has saved me from going back to the office so many times because I could remote back to the server using RDP.

A phone call just came in while I was typing this post and WordPress automatically recovered the post!

I don’t regret getting the iPhone even one bit. An excellent platform for me to start building on.

I only have to wait to get my iMac now. Sigh. Money, money, money.

I went to TMPoint last Saturday to terminate my home phone line and Streamyx. The Streamyx 2 years promotion price of RM 77 just finished and I was getting ged up of paying RM 115 per month for “best effort” service. Surfing during late evening and at night is almost impossible. The Internet just crawls.. I must say TM has improved a lot! By the time I got home, my phone and Internet service was disconnected!! Talk about efficiency!! Damn scoundrels!!

Enter DiGi Broadband!!

I signed up for DiGi Broadband after having a great weekend testing the DiGi Internet my colleague borrowed me.. I can’t say I have been disappointed once! Just to prove to you how awesome it is, here are some screenshots downloading a single file from iTunes.

Starting download..

Damn.. Just when I thought I giving up smoking was bad, I’ve started a new addiction… Mafia Wars!! Damn it.. This game is so addictive and I have my brother to thank for that..

When I joined Mafia Wars, surprise, surprise, 75 of my friends are already playing it!! No wonder they claim to be the #1 game on Facebook.. You just want to login every time your energy refills just to improve your character..

Me being level 21 and all, have a loooong way to go to match my brother who’s like level 300 something and my other friends who are close to that number as well..

Damn this game is a real productivity killer and I have to start balancing my time or I guess I’ll have to give up Mafia Wars.. Sigh..

Don Nathan rulezzz!!!

My semester exams are almost over and I’m feeling a bit relieved. Life has been a bit tough these couple of months with a whole lot happening in my life. Me becoming a father, work tension, settling the new house matters, money problems and my end semester exams.

I want to learn Objective-C so that I can create apps for the iPhone but I’ve got a few problems. First, I don’t have a Mac which is required to run the iPhone SDK. I could run a Hackintosh but that would be against my new policy of reducing piracy in my life. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. A common Malaysian, not pirating? Something must be wrong right? Well, as someone said “For things to change, I must change first”.

Secondly, learning a new programming language is no easy task. With all my work commitments, I guess if I really want something, I have to work real hard for it.

Well, I’ll see how things go from here. Hopefully all turns all out well and I get to start my new plans.

I guess a new home requires a new set of resolutions.. Since I haven’t accomplished all my previous resolutions, guess I’ll add whatever that’s outstanding to the new list..

Ahhh finally… A domain of my own… I have plenty of plans for this and don’t intend for this to be just a crappy blog..

Hope the ‘wild’ ideas I have take off.. Well if it doesn’t, this is my promise to never give up!!

First thing I have to do is change this damn theme!!

Yesterday, the government announced a price hike from RM 1.92 to RM 2.70, a 78 cents increase overnight.. The stupid thing was it was announced at 5pm, creating a major havoc at almost all petrol station nationwide.. I left the office at 6.20pm and only managed to reach home at 9.10pm, an almost 3 fucking hour drive back.. The reason was the petrol stations along the way were packed with cars and the queues have spilled over to the highways.. Why the fuck are Malaysians such idiots!! How much can you save by being a fucking asshole?!?!

Let do some simple calculations.. A normal car can take 50 litres of petrol.. Let’s say the reserve tank holds 10 litres, so that leaves on 40 litres of petrol you can pump

1. 40 litres at Rm 1.92 = Rm 76.80
2. 40 litres at RM 2.70 = RM 108.00

so that’s a RM 30 saving.. Oh fucking WOW!! So what do these motorist do the next morning?? “Oh let’s celebrate being fucking assholes last night and managing to save 30 fucking ringgit by buying overpriced fucking coffee from Coffee Bean or Starbucks for me and the Mrs. It’ll cost us less that 30 ringgit and we’ll have change to spare, Yippie fucking ka yay!!”

Don’t eat banana leaf rice for one fucking day also I think you can save 30 ringgit.. Ka ni na fucking selfish idiots..

Guess what?? Lazy ass Dickson finally got off his lazy ass and decided to draw the map to Little Genting @ Taman Bukit Permai. So here the map to Little Genting.. I’ve added a couple of landmarks and I’ll probably add a few more when I get the fucking time.. Cheers!

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