2011 was the year where I was the least productive on my blog. You can go through the entries and realized there were barely 20 post.
2012 on the other hand will be a year where I will be documenting more entries as I will rely on my phone more.
I gave away my PC and been relying on my old notebook which takes a long time to boot and not to mention to launch Firefox, Photoshop, etc.
I recently cashed out from Nuffnang and it was good to see passive income which will be funded for my coming soon trip. Hopefully that will spark my urge to write more.
Until then, have a great 2012 and be sure to see more updates from me, whether it’s from the phone or notebook.
Joyous Cafe is an adorable looking cafe on Union Street which provides full month packages with customized baby cards, customized selection of box designs. All packages are easy to deliver right to your doorstep. Besides that, they are also selling healthy fruit juices and snacks. They have highly creative concoctions help to de-stress and detox, while at the same time help to improve your skin’s radiance.
Joyous Cafe was our 2nd stop of the day for Penang Heritage Food Trail.
It was a good thing too that we had our stop here after having a pasta overload session in Soul Kitchen.
Conveniently located at Union Street, it’s very hard to miss it as it’s just before Maybank.
I am gonna be frank here. I have always heard about Soul Kitchen but never had the chance of dropping by, simply because i was rooted to KL for the last few years. 2011 however was different. I was back in Penang and when i was told that the 1st stop for Penang Heritage was Soul Kitchen, i was ecstatic.
I checked out their Facebook page before hand and true enough when i arrived there, i was greeted by the beca and the owner’s new bike. Located at Muntri Street, it’s hard to miss this place if you are coming from either Love Lane or Penang road.
Michele and Tonio who run this place are not your usual couple you would see in cafes. They are a Malaysian German couple who met in Munich and ended up getting married here in KL before setting up this business. As i was walked into this cafe i could sense on why they called it Soul Kitchen. It was cosy, every where you look it was eye catching and not forgetting both Michele and Tonio who were kind enough to introduce the place as well as the food that would be served.
So December 16th will be the date where iPhone 4S will make it’s grand entrance to Malaysia and our beloved telcos have revealed their plans for the phone.
As usual Digi has maintained their 2 years contract plan and it will only be fair to compare both contracts on the 2 years basis.
Smart phones these days are famous for their hunger for data, including iPhone. So comparing their given data quota would be a better gauge for customers like me.
It’s clear that Digi is cheaper comparing to Maxis but do take note of signal coverage. But then again with a difference of at least RM 400, i won’t be surprised if more people go for the yellow man.
Happy comparing.
If there’s any mistakes in the table above, please do drop me a message. Did this in a rush
It has been a long time dream for my dad to own a dog, especially after having 2 dogs back in the days of Ipoh. We just couldn’t afford to keep one here in Penang due to space constraint at home.
We eventually shifted many years to a new home and finally this year, after we have settled down well, my sis and i surprised my dad with this fella you see above.
It was Father’s Day when Bittu arrived.
We walked into a nearby pet store and my sis had her eyes locked on to a brown toy poodle who was fast asleep. Upon inquiry, we were told that the fella was already sold to a couple before us.
Out of nowhere, this white fella jumped into the scene and ran towards us!
I was stunned …
… and my sis said, “OMG he is so adorable! Look at his pinky nose”.
There and then a bond was made and Bittu followed us home.
My dad got a shock when he saw a white furball with short little legs running around the living area.
Every trip we ever had were all planned at least 8 to 12 months ahead. But buying the flight tickets has been rather spontaneous.
Of course we would see if it’s feasible in the first place, especially now that we are planning for our big day.
We never had Laos in our main traveling list. We couldn’t get the Vietnam tickets at the ever so cheap Airasia promos and so we opted for Laos.
I have to admit that the last few trips never got my fullest attention because of work.
Ever since I shifted back to Penang, the focus has been my work. I am just not in my usual environment where I can be fiddling with machines and equipments that are rarely seen out of a lab.
Laos is similar to Cambodia and Thailand but more laid back.
Emails took forever to be replied and in the end I took the chance of walking in rather than booking prior to the trip.
I could only do that because I knew the people traveling with me well.
Well enough that, we took a almost broken van from Medan to Lake Toba in one of the most torturous rides in my life !
6 hours of bone breaking ride.
For this trip we had 7 kakis that needed a time off from work.
They are Angeline, Emily, Vingie, Jess, Colleen, Aaron and yours truly.
After the launching of the 3S center for CSL, we were then whiskered away to a cafe in Megamall Pinang itself and it’s called Life.
Upon entering the cafe, drinks were already ready and the food slowly rolled out.
As we were enjoying the food, the CSL employees came by and passed us some demo units to play around.
We were shown their new line up which consisted of CSL phones decorated with Swarovski!
Probably i shouldn’t end the sentence before this with an exclamation mark as i have no desire for blings let alone jewelry, LOL. Nevertheless, it was refreshing to see a bunch of phones with a different physical outlook rather than the usual sore-eyed candybar phone in the market.
Before i go in any further, in general all 4 phones have similar key features like:
- dual sim
- apps for social media, like twitter, facebook, messengers
-microSD card expansion.
The first model that came to my table was the Princess 9200 and the first thing you would realized how the Swarovski is blinging all the where. The girls around me immediately went, “woooooooo, so the bling and nice box!”
Yeah the phone comes in this cool looking box that girls could use to store their extra make up set, etc.
Equipped with:
- dual sim
- BB Messenger
- Push Mail
- Opera Mini
- Facebook/Twitter/ Skype
Menstrual calendar (it’s a women’s phone after all)
- supports GPRS /WAP / MMS /EDGE
- 2.0 Megapixels camera
Now now, 2.0megapixels might be little for some of you out there but this is why CSL had 4 different phones for this series. Different phones have a different target group.Saying that, the price of this phone is RM299. Talk about affordability.
We then were given Sophie which was primarily aimed to those who would love to own a touch screen CSL Phone. Sophie G16, immediately caught the attention of Angeline and Emily for some reason (probably because of the phones that they are using which i will not mention here).
Equipped with the same features as the Princess model, there are some added features on Sophie such as:
- WiFi connectivity
- 3.2 Megapixels camera
All that for a mere RM399.
So if you always wanted a phone with touch functions and decorated with Swarovski crystals, Sophie would be ideal for you.
The final 2 phones of the Swarovski line up by CSL were rather briefly played around with as the girls just wouldn’t allow me to do so.
CSL Emma DS900, would be the typical candybar phone that most people love using.
Identical features as the Princess model except that the screen is slightly smaller, 2.2″. Princess has a 2.4″ screen.
CSL Emma DS900 is priced at RM299.
Finally the one that swivels around and acts as a mirror for the ladies …
CSL SHE 9300.
Probably now you get what i meant by Swivel and it becomes a mirror.
Identical features to the Princess model except for one thing …. it has a mirror lol.
Priced at RM399.
The ladies , Emily and Angeline with the Swarovski decorated CSL phones.
So what was there for me or for the guys?
CSL Mi 350.
It’s the 1st Dual Sim Android phone and it’s equipped with a 5 megapixels camera, a 3.5″ LCD screen as well as WiFi Connectivity.
Yes it supports 3G connection but only the 1st sim card. The 2nd sim card will be on the standard GSM quad bands and GPRS, which i think is good enough. Wouldn’t make sense to have both on 3G as usually the 2nd sim would be for calls only.
One thing about the screen is that it’s capacitive and it’s smooth as butter when i had the chance to push the icons or pages around.
It has a built in memory of 512MB ROM and 512MB RAM, expandable on the MicroSD card. GPS and AGPS comes standard.
Standby time on 3G connection would be up to 380 hours and talk time is up to 140 hours. Of course if you are not on 3G it would have a better standby and talk time.
Finally, i know you might be wondering which version of android is it on. It’s 2.2.
So with all that packed in a phone by CSL called the Switch Dual Mi350, how much do you think it is?
Nope you are wrong (that’s if you really don’t know and is honestly guessing).
RM699.
Now you can own and android phone for less than Rm700. How’s that
With the growing appetite of owning a Smart Phone, let alone a normal handphone, brands these days are differentiated by 1 common question where a customer will ask before purchasing …
“Eh warranty how ar? and where is the service center?”.
2 weeks ago i was invited to the official launch of CSL’s 3S Center which is located at Megamall Penang and boy oh boy the crowd that was already there was ridiculous.
Frankly i was clueless on what was the agenda on that day and i only knew that the center was opening. Little did i know that, there were also selling certain CSL models at a special price. This ultimately made a line right in front of the CSL 3S Store.
The first person in line which his proud new toy/gadget/phone, depending how you see it.
Proudly making his order and patiently awaits for the crew to key in his details.
The 3S center had a wide range of CSL phones on demo where customers had the chance to use as well feel the phone before purchasing. This is key in any businesses, demo units.
This was one funny clown. He took random people’s Rm 1 and changed it to RM50.
Yeap he actually allowed them to keep the RM 50!
I wonder where can i find him lol
One ….. two …… threeeeee.
All the top people which are involved in CSL as well as the 3S Center were there to officially launch the outlet.
So if you have any inquiry regarding CSL devices, look no further and head over to Megamall Penang. In case Megamall Penang doesn’t ring a bell in your head, the map below should help you locate it
There are so many news on fake Apple store mushrooming all around China and why should anyone be surprised with these news? If they can create fake tau fu, why not an Apple Store?
So I was on a backpacking trip in China in April and I was telling Angeline we should visit the Apple Store in Beijing if time permited. It didn’t happen.
We went to Datong then to Pingyao and then to Xi’an.
If you didn’t know, Xi’an is famous for it’s Terracotta Warriors. Upon arriving to Xi’an, guess what greeted me instead?
An Apple Store.
I was thinking Wow Apple must be banging on all cylinders to expand in China. I immediately went into the store with my friends and everything looks exactly like the actual Apple Store set up except for one thing.
The price.
It was more expensive by a few hundreds of ringgit.
I took this opportunity to snap photos. Later I sent it to my bosses of Switch(Apple Premium Reseller). I got a reply a few hours later from John.
It then hit me. I actually walked into a fake Apple Store in Xi’an, China.
All in all, an average person would not be able to distinguish a fake Apple Store and the real one. I am not sure by now if this store is legit or was legit in the first place. There are news around saying, some of the Apple Stores are actually legit.
