In loving memory of my beloved wife

Day 315 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, July 26, 2009 comments (0)

Yesterday, some inspiration to have a larger collection of Optimus Prime had urged me to drive to KL to buy-all-in-one-shot. There are seven of them, of which are old generation Prime which could be difficult to find now in shop. I reached home at 6.30pm and by the time I finished having them aligned, it was already 8pm. The kids were eyeing eagerly for the Prime but I warned them of touching but not "destroy" The kids are well known as destroyer.

I am still looking into other prime figures but will be more cautious for price then. After all, this is not a one-time-invest hobby.

Do you like the Prime?

Day 311 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Wednesday, July 22, 2009 comments (0)

This month I had over spent. Over spent for some reasons...

I have opted to change the already worn out tyre and was advised to have regular wheel alignment and balancing for every 10k km. The car also require another service at its 40km milage. Both of these services are considered unexpected expenses but it is necessary to perform this service. The service center also inform me that it will be time to have the timing belt changed in the next service... my God! and the car also has a cracked windshield which is just pending to be shattered into piece. I hope it will be the last major service before year end.

Btw, the is something I wish to show you, the little one has managed to pedal the bicycle with the balancing wheels at two sides. He could ride fast now although still does not know how to apply the brakes. But he is enjoying his riding at every evening whenever he has the chance to cycle. He has grown up a lot, but getting more naughty and mischievous but I hope I will not spoil him.

Another re-painting of Optimus Prime

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I completed another customization of color for the Optimus Prime. I am more getting used to the used iron / steel type of coloring now as this really transform the toy to be metal alike and giving the prime new look.

Optimus Prime

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I had been spending a few hours searching in webs for custom painted optimus prime so to give it bette metal appearance instead of plastic toy feel. After the search, I finally strengthen my heart to go on to paint the prime I have.

I spent at least 2 hours in this painting and kind of like its used metal appearance and some battle damage signature. With this painting, I found another hobby --> repainting the transformers

Day 305 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Thursday, July 16, 2009 comments (0)

Last night I was having a dinner and my friend suggested to have some casual street hawker delight and so we went to the "tong sui kai" but perhaps it was really too early, 80% of them were either not setup or closed. The traffic also was terrible as it was nearby to the Sam Tet primary school.

So, we tried to locate another stalls and I suggested the Hainan village chicken rice. But we decide not do so as it was dinner times and I only could observe 2 tables were occupied. My theory was that if the food are good, at this moment, the restaurant should have at least 80% full. And so, my friend suggested the nearby "Bentong fish ball" as it was supposed to be good and famous. There are around 8 tables occupied and only 2 of them were not yet served with food. There were at least 8 - 10 staffs around. For being first time to the shop, I walked to the food preparatory personnel trying to order our food and asking where was a bowl so I could pick. But I was told to be seated as their staffs would come and serve. OK OK! And so I sat there waiting. A middle aged short harsh voiced lady approached to take the order of drink. Fine, I order a drink. It was already 5 minutes and at the serve of the drink, the same lady asked me to pay and I was already furious and replied why there was no staffs to take my order as I only saw them gathered at the food preparatory area and there were at least 8 of them. The lady replied some one would come. I looked at her and she was waiting for my payment. I ignored and said "get the money from me when someone take my order" And so she left us alone. Immediately I saw her taking order from another customer and picking up the dishes. I watched and overheard that she yelled "I already take order of two tables...."

On hearing this and without hesitate, I asked my friend to leave the restaurant and did not look back. In this world now, you are not the only one who sell this type of food and you have nothing too great and why I will need to have my money to you while I was not honour as customer at all. What a shame! This is CHINESE stall. It is a shameful old style of operation. Good Luck to you. Another shop on my blacklist.

Day 304 after the even

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Last night, I had a chance of 1 hour break after dropping the elder to his music class. So I was windows shopping with my little one at a nearby mall. It is "The Store". It was a weekday and the time was approximate 8pm and so there was only a few shoppers. The entire store seem empty and quiet. We walked up to the third floor where it is the children and toy session. We stopped by the rack where there is a couple of "transformers" and "Gundam". There was already a guy, a rather tall and seem quite good looking guy there eyeing on Gundam. He took down the box and put it back. Walk away then come back. Repeated a few times. I was still at nearby, may be just 5 foot steps away. Suddenly I heard plastic bag wrapping sound, then I saw this guy picking up the plastic bag with a box of Gundam inside the bag and he walked away without looking back. While he was doing this act, he turned back to observe but he did not bother me who were at his front. It was as if I would not bother to report. I saw him walking to the escalator and descending to exit without paying a penny.

This was a shoplifting and it happened. It was just a simple trick and thus an item was stolen.

I mentioned this to the nearby keeper, but he also did not seem to be interested. I looked around but found no security guard. And so I left the mall wishing it good luck as it was so simple to shoplift items from it and its staffs do not bother.

What a shame to the shoplifter !

I repeatedly mentioned this incident to the kids reminding them do not shoplifting and I could buy them what they want. This incident also reminded me that I too fell in this trap before of shoplifting when I was young. But those would be for eraser, ruler etc. Worst case would be just changing a pricy price tag to a lower price tag. I still paid for the items. Haha...but this was still consider a crime and I did. I had paid off by then. This really remind me

Mother and Birthday

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, July 12, 2009 comments (0)

It was another birthday for my mom. She is now turning to 66 and started to show some sight of aging. She has white hairs, wrinkles, joints pain, loss of memory and most importantly, she really old now as compare to my young memory of her. I always remember her younger appearance when I was in secondary school. She is a very dedicated woman and will never complaint for the kids although I always mischievous and disappointing her sometimes.

She will do anything for me and I know she cares for me the most, for being her youngest son. I knew it. I still remembered there was an incident of my mother queuing up at the bank to purchase a bank draft for her son. That was in 1991 when I just completed my STPM. I was indeed hoping to further my studies in Singapore since I knew I would not be getting in to the local U as I failed to acquire satisfactory results. It was really my most disappointing moment in my study life. I must confessed that (indeed only a few of my friends know this) I indeed thought of commit suicide as I had disappointed myself and my family. I did, it was a split second of thought. I did not remember what had made me to change this thought but I never did or so I would really disappointed my dearest mother.

She queued up for 2 hours and was riding to the bank with her bicycle and in the fact that, I could be the one doing so. But the shame of getting a poor results had made me embarrass to be out of the house. I was among the top student but I fell flat for the results...

I was really behaving strangely after the results. I did not talk to my family about how would I plan the studies nor my choice of studies. She was really worry but only to talk to one of my friend and since then I realized, I must not fail her again.

It was also at this time, with the accompany of SooKing bringing me back to the confidence of myself and moving forward to face the challenge of life so I will not disappoint the women of my life, Mother and Soo King.

To both of my dearest women, Thank you and I remembered all you have done for me, and I would not be myself as what as of now without your encouragement and support. I do remember and will always cherish. I must apologize for all wrong doings that pierced to your heart. I am sorry.

Transformers Again..

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It was a bad influence from a good friend. He indeed motivated me towards joining him in the saga of transformers collection. But I would only interested on Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee. I have now 3 optimus prime, 1 bumble bee and 6 others. I am also have the 4 tiny petronas transformers set. (Bumble bee, Starscrew, Megatron and Optimus Prime) These are really meant for my kids so they will not disturb the bigger cousins.

This evening, I had also re-furnished the second living hall with a cabinet to host the Transformers. I hope I will able to find more of my likes and continue to pursue this collection. After all, they are really nice collection toys for memory.

Day 301 after the event

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There is a pot of "bird of paradise" which I have since early 2008. It only flowered once and it was the reason I bought it home. Since then, it never has any blossom and I was truly sad and trying all I could to bring it to flower. But it never did for more 15 months.

Amazingly, early this month, I could see it showing sight of blossom and it was almost like a miracle as it never did. Could it be the sight of paradise is accepting you or is this the sight you want me to remember you? I always remember this month is special for you. I do.

I am being unreasonable now...

Voice of KM Chong Thursday, July 9, 2009 comments (1)

This week, the emotion drastically changed. I am easily upset and moody. I will fuss for a simple incident or item for hours and yet giving self heart-beating torture. It is because whenever I get angry, I am finding myself the sense of high blood pressure.

I had been nagging for sometimes since Tuesday and keep on complaining to a friend of mine. It was not really the problem of the person but I could not adjust or adapt myself to almost all situation. I am easily upset!

Today, I am making a fuss again as being FFK for some simple visit. I did not at all like the idea of FFK. Yet, the FFK was not informed to me till I checked up. I am really upset!

And alternatively I also felt terribly sorry for the kids as the little fell off the chair when he tried to climb up to the chair to off a light. The switch is way too high for him and the roller chair slipped thus he fell and cried. I was mad at this and punished them both. He cried even louder. After all, I was the one suffered as I was inspecting him when he asleep. It is simple to punish but the pains are really felt on me. Kids, please do not upset with me.

I am sorry but please help daddy for being good but not naughty.

I will again need to meditate to control my emotion.

Day 297 after the event

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My friend called me for the arrival of the "bumble bee" which I had waited for two weeks. After collected from his house and post the bath, I was already seated to prepare for the transformation...

Day 296 after the event

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It is at least 10 days I did not put a word on the blog here. Indeed I did capture quite a number of images and topics to share, but I just a bit too lazy to login to the blog but instead just resting on bed. It is sometime so relaxing just on bed without any thoughts and worry.

Ya, before I forget, I will still comment on some observations recently.

First, I started to see mushrooming of a red company. It was "SunRider". Everyone can start seeing it at almost every corner. Within a few hundred, one will see another outlet and another outlet. I do not know and do not care to know the nature of this company, but it is too many in the town making an eye sore. I will bet to "cut my head" if this company not going to be off the scene within 6 months. It may be doing good but without a good management to control the number to mushroom within doorsteps, customers will be confused and drive away. Good Luck. "SunRider", you just remind me the "KLG" or "MyFC"

Second...I started to feel life is so repetitive. Every week i am virtually and physically doing and repeating the same routine. It seems there is too much of routine schedule. And, I had stopped the morning sports. I get too tired after every trip fetching the elder to school. I would rather have another 30 minutes rest on bed. Then it will be followed by the routine preparation of the little one for his nursery then I reach the office for again non stop issues of yelling and arguing..May be I will need some juice to my life now. I try to ignite some sparks. OK OK I will

third, it is fast approaching to your birthday. This year, the lunar calendar and western calendar fall on the same day. I believed for this type of matching, it will happen once every 12 - 15 years. The last coincident took place in your 21 year old I believed. I may be having a trip to BM. I will need to "close" your wish made about 16 years ago at the St. Anne event. You have made it and I knew I will need to close it. I am also wanted to have a final wish to St. Anne so you have a peaceful life now and forever without any suffering of sadness and illness. I will want to close my wish to St. Anne. It was already almost 16 years I did not visit this event and I will go back for once and may be the last time.

July 26 will mark a closing chapter for your wish as we have been granted not one but twice gifts. The elder and little one are the greatest gift of all times. We will see you on this July 29th.

Day 286 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Saturday, June 27, 2009 comments (0)

This week is the week of the screen for the follow up sequence to the box office " Transformer". I was fortunate as manage to have grab tickets for Saturday evening shows while the seats were reported have been sold out till next week.
It was also this week that I bought 7 transformers action figures. I normally do not keen on action figures although I always would like to own a few. There are some others on my possession which I happened to buy them while I was in State. Those are just FF series and Sango series for occasion display at home. Having 7 of them in one shot was a record for me. Perhaps I will add more as I still do not manage to get the "bumble bee". I will also adding some other Japanese action figure which happen to be my childhood dream of owning them. Now I can definitely afford them.

The kids, however thought that these would be their toys but I immediately correct them as these would be for display only. Kids, when you grow up a little more with more careful and appreciating expensive toys, I will pass on these to you. After all, who else will I give them to?

Interesting costume...

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, June 21, 2009 comments (0)

This morning, I arrived early to the complex while it was only few customers shopping around. It was really boring as there was really nothing new and fancy to shop around. I was at the counter chatting with friends when there was a girl passed by. She drew all our attention. This was not because she was gorgeous or pretty... But she wore a T-shirt with the collar price tag still hanging at her back. It was almost instantly observed by everyone. I did not understand why the girl was so careless as I remembered girls will always check the clothes again after they bought and brought them home. They will always have another try on at home. And so all price tags and labels supposedly removed by then.
It was, however the opposite for this girl. She does not have eyes stunning figure nor eyes catching impression. But she was really catching our attention. She prompted me to walk towards her but to only snap a photo of the tangling price tag. Perhaps it was an expensive shirt that she will need to keep the price tag so it can be re-sold as new... as what I normally did for my gadget when I bought them new. I will keep all labels, marks in original form so I can re-sell later claiming as new... LOL!

Iphone, Iphone 3G, Iphone 3GS ...

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I used Iphone in Sept 2007 when it only had two versions. It was the limited 4GB and 8GB. I could remember that even the 4GB version was sold at USD399 that year. And I bought one from a vietnamese student who "imported" the iphone for some profit. Since then, Iphone spent around 50 days on my hands. It had (i used past tense here) an innovative and interactive user interface, bright LCD, excellent sensitivity with capacitive touch, stunning camera quality. It had also a bunch of shortfalls; mono speaker, low volume ring tones etc. I was still quite ok with the lack of mms and sms forwarding as well as video taking as I usually seldom utilize such functions. That time, it was (again I used past tense here) truly the king of the mobile phone. I even convinced myself and frieds of mine that once you were introduced to Iphone, you will never want to try other phones. This was the claim I made till Iphone 3G.
1 year later, Apple launched a remake of Iphone with almost no improvement of design and ignore users needs. There was still no mms and video taking etc. The screen is yellowish now as compare to first generation and except for the 3G connection, I do not really see a need for an upgrade at all. I do not see battery improvement or other features that match to other mobile phones are offering. Some others are (i used present tense here) learning and offering some counter measures slowly and progressively. Windows Mobile is to be blamed for nothing not updating its aged old platform and still using stylus based touch which lost innovation to the finger touch. HTC soon offer the touch flo as the counter measure and soon become the de facto to the WM platform now. WM phones still lack the intuitive and responsive touch sensitive as compare to Iphone and thus some had abandon the WM to join the Iphone mainly due to its stylist and design fancy. Yeah, I am using iphone!
Here we are told that there will be iphone 3GS, again there is little innovative as compare to the first Iphone. Still the same form factor, same GUI, same old dated design, same out technology etc. I felt like being cheated as this is the new iphone. It almost seem that Apple does not has a new design at all but just to plainly remake a model with some added new functions and launch for its fans. Why did Apple offer a new design? This is really like cheating the customers.
I do not see other phone maker offer a new series phone without any design changes but still call them as new model. What really a shame to Apple.
With other phone makers learning the tactics of Apple and offering great phones with refreshing design and up to date technology, I believed Iphone will be at the end of life soon. It will surely rejected by customers in another 1 year if the trend of this type of new series release to be taken place.
i am using an iphone...but the design was 3 years old and features were 2 years old. Do I need this type of Iphone?

Day 279 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Saturday, June 20, 2009 comments (0)

It is soon another year of father day. It will also mean another year. Normally, I do not buy gifts to both of my fathers as I will always spend the dinner times with them. But this year, I will buy a gift for them as a token of your memorial. I do not choose too much on these gifts as I will know for whatever I buy, the fathers will like them. So here I am with a pair of Nike Air sports shoes for my dad and a Giordino T'shirt for your father. I will keep buying the gifts for the next and next father day.

Day 277 after the event

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The discomfort and dryness of the throat woke me up in early morning. I found myself still have slight higher temperature than normal. The muscles are aching probably due to the start of the daily excersize which I could have strain myself. I stopped the excercise today and have a day of rest. I will continue on Friday. I need to consistent on this commitment of regular excersize. Not only for myself but a responsiblity to the kids. I would really worry if I need to hospitalize for whatever reason.
The kids were sleeping beside me last night and making the king size bed a bit crowded. The little one asked why I need such a big size bed if I am sleeping alone. I did not answer on this but reminding him that we will go swimming on Saturday morning. I also remembered that there was a weekend morning that I brought them to swim at the MPI pool while you were resting at the bench observing from afar. You were complaining about easy tiredness thus did not join the kids. You snapped a photo of us from afar and I believed you could be smiling observing the kids.

Fatherday Gift (Part 2)

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Today, the little one presented me his gift for me. It was wrapped in gift package and he did the wrapping all by himself according to him. There is something heavy inside but I guess it could be one of his toy. He had also has a drawing of people having dinner.
Kid, thank you for your thought!

Day 276 after the event

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As usual, I woke up at 6.30am to get ready the elder to his morning school. I always will leave the little one in sleep when I am fetching the elder to school. I could prepare him a milk and remind him I will be away for 15 minutes and so he will be staying at home alone. He normally nodded his head and falls back to sleep. Today, however I did not awake him reminding him that I would be away. And so upon return, I saw him cry standing at front of the gate. He was looking for me and his elder brother. He could not locate us and did not remember that we would be away and so he cried. I am so sorry seeing him crying. I hugged him and comfort him by saying will never leave him alone without informing him. He understood the circumstances but just need me to remind him and or bring him over to my bed, as he always like to be on my bed. As usually, he always like to be beside me. Kid, I am sorry to have left you alone and made you crying. I am sorry.

Day 275 after the event

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The fever seem did not want to surrender to my body defense system. It is still visiting me till today, after 5 days. This thus making me as a suspect of possibly denque fever. It was somehow also quite aching and tiring for me with the fever. I did not prescribe any medication but instead battling the fever with rest and heat absorption through herbs and plain water.
I hope I will win this battle!

Fatherday Gift (Part 1)

Voice of KM Chong Monday, June 15, 2009 comments (0)

I remembered that the elder has bought some gifts to us before on the so called special event of the year. He had presented to you a mug with message I love mom. I still keeping the gift that he bought me when he was year 1 in US. It was a set of micro screw drivers which I still kept till today. I do not think he really knew the meaning of buying a gift to his dad at that moment but he could be influenced by his friends as the "mat salleh" are expressive and open. I could still remember he was really fluent in English and carried strong US accent. He was talketive, sporting, active and creative. And most of all, has the courage to question and offer answers when being asked. I believed you were also smiles whenever you heard him communicating in English. One most unforgetful event was that, when we were at New York, where we were in the cab on the way from airport to hotel, he was talking to the driver like an American kid. The elder could chit chat with stranger and not in his mother tongue. I remembered seeing you pleasantly smiled for your kid. I knew you were proud of the kids.
Ever since, he was back then. I really did not see much of this characters but replaced with rather timid, quiet, patience and shy. These are perhaps due to the school system and I do not ever see him confidently speak up. I remembered you also somehow comment some concerns. The more the elder grow up, the more quietness I seen. Perhaps this was also part of my early character when I was a kid? But I remembered I was rather sporty and talkative.
I knew how to well kept the house with everything arranged nicely as before. I am also capable of bringing the kids up. But I would face difficulty in encouraging an interactive talk with the elder. I seem do not understand this kid and he seems to live away from me.
For my wish of father day... I wish for a good talk with the kids to ensure they do not feel emptiness with you away. WeiYang, when will I able to see you be confident again to speak up for yourself and stand up proudly.
This is my wish for you.

Day 274 after the event

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It was today that I needed to go for the scheduled medical checkup. This is a check up which I had since delay for years. The last check up could be the one I did while I was still in State sometimes in 2004 due to complaints of chest pain. The check up found nothing wrong with my heart and body health. Since then, I had been ignoring any signature from my body complaints.
Today I woke up at 7am forgetting that it was also the day for school re-open after the two weeks holiday. I rushed the elder to the school and seeing the pupils queuing up for assembly and thanks god, the elder did not late for school on the first day after the break. I felt so sorry for the kid. Absent minded and forgetful thoughts started enrolling to my age. I would not know when will be more ahead. After dropping the younger to the nursery, I arrived to the hospital at 8.30am sharp. Then after was a series of checking...
First I observed my left eye could not make out clear characters making it at 6/7.5. I knew of this issue ever since I returned from State. It always with me since then and expert claimed it is due to retina detachment probably due to stress. I really did not bother this too much unless I was really stressing myself or else I would feel this slight eyes sight imperfection. Right eyes as expected recorded 6/6 as this is my dominant eye. Thanks and I will still need to depend on you.
Somehow, I believed I had some weight gain to 63kg... I never like myself to be over 60kg and I believed the return to above 60kg is really due to multiple suppers and heavy dinner for a month or two. I did not really want to have this weight as deep inside my heart, I always believed that it was a wrong doing for myself to have weight gain with my dear wife away. I felt sorry for this as if I "celebrate" the loss with "living happily"...It is only a thought of myself.
I always suspect myself would fail high blood pressure and cholesterol. This is due to the heavy heart beats and chest discomfort whenever I am in emotion or anger. I always reminded myself to let go this extreme emotion but still have no success yet. I will need to remind myself. The blood test really confirmed my worry that I have rather bad level of cholesterol in which may subscribe medication if no improvement within 6 - 8 weeks. I always knew I will fail cholesterol but never to my expectation that it is so bad now. You would have angry with me if I could hear your murmur. I really do not know what does it mean by LDL-cholesterol 4.33mmol/L (optimal 2.58) but the doctor went on warning me that the total cholesterol is at the borderline of high risk level of 6.2. I would need to subscribe to medication should there isn't improvement and requested for another follow up. OK! OK! I hear you now and will definitely control my diet and sport regularly. Having known this medical report, it will also indicated that I will bid farewell to some and most of my favorite foods...for at least some times or till a date the level of cholesterol drop to acceptable level. I really wish I could achieve this within 6 - 8 weeks.
There is at least some relief to me as I was diagnosed without high blood pressure. Dietary control...ok I will comply and abide soon.

Day 271 after the event

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It was really embarrassing... I do not realize that after the medication, I could sleep continuously soundlessly for non stop 7 - 10 hours thus making a day I slept at least 15 hours... And it was not just a day. For two days, I have been in this dream of fantasy. I do not know I am so much in love for sleeping.

But I will need to regain my conscious and I best wish for my health. I really hope I could recover. And here I am fighting back to only rest and sleep normally.

Amazing MacBook Air and Mac OSX

Voice of KM Chong Thursday, June 11, 2009 comments (0)

I had the MacBook Air for at lease 1 week now. The more moment I used it, the more I find it amazing. I do not need to comment about its thickness as it is specially crafted to confuse the eyes that it was so slim. The design will fool the impression. The curve edge design really make the eyes believed that it is real thin as air.

The only draw back, however is that there isn't any great expansion for it as the RAM and hardisk are not upgradable. I had loaded Vista to it and I named the computer as MacVista. I will turn on more in Mac OS system instead of Vista. I am also eyeing on the 20" IMac and I hope I will soon find a bargain in the desktop system.

I was also fall in love to Mac OSX as I would just load my another laptop with the Mac OSX and so is my Dell system. Now, all the machines are Mac OS...

Day 270 after the event

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I had been stubborn to have myself a thorough medical checkup. I always believed it is really a waste of time but as the age goes by and seeing the responsibility to the kids, I finally reserved a slot on next monday to have a medical check up.

It is however, not so long after the booking, I was down with high fever again. I really hate it as the whole body is so aching and the back is painful. I guest this is the sign of aging and health issue. It was also amazing that today, I went on sleeping from 10am till 5pm for a non stop 7 hours. After all, I believed it is time to have some body maintenance. I need to responsible to myself and the kids. I guest I will.

Flower in my drinks

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I am may really "out" as I was just introduced to a kind of drinks, which is called "flower in your glass". I do not really understand how it is made, but finding it really amazing. I again believed this is another marketing tactics to boost sale.

May be one day I would see "durian in my drink" Who knows...

Day 269 after the event

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The weather seem to be getting warmer by every other days. The kids wanted to have outdoor activities but even after 7.30pm, it will be still hot, sweaty and tiring to be outside. And so I would refuse their requests.

I will "lock" them into their room with the air conditioning on and ask them to have some drawing and books reading. And most of the times, they will comply except the little will be "manja" and bargain for some others... I wish I can bargain too.

It was really funny that there seem to be there is another nude photo scandal. This time not the Hong Kong stars but closer to us, Philippine! Hmmmm.... I am actually thinking may be I could post my self-nude photo and get some attention. LOL!

Electronic Gaming

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, June 7, 2009 comments (0)

I remembered my childhood days were filled with joy. I had a group of childhood playmates who always joined me for fish catching, "gasing", "guli", fighter-spiders etc. I was good at my studies and so did not need to spend too much time in revising and homeworks. Before and after the school, I would be enjoying these home-made games. All these games required skill instead of luck. Those were the days with fun but as times go by, all childhood playmates either shifted homes or lost contact. Now I do not have any contact to anyone of them although I do know that some of them still staying at the home town.
The teenage life was where the life I was just introduced to the electronic gaming but my family was not wealthy and those electronic gaming was still consider luxurious toys. I still remembered I would save up 1 -2 weeks coins and at one bright weekend would have myself indulge in the gaming fun. I was not at all great at those games and I always my friends who were so skillful that a 20 cents coin would allow them to play at least half to an hour while I (pity myself) would just last for less than 5 minutes. Then I would just follow those friends but to admire them till they finished the whole games.
Till then, I had myself indulged in electronic games when I start earning my life. I had my first PC in my 22 (thanks to my sis), PS in age of 25, PS2 at 27, Dreamcast and Xbox in 28. These are the ages where most of my times spent on the gaming.
The elder and the younger seem to have inherit all these and they too like the electronic gaming. I believed all youngsters will enjoy the games. I had them equipped with PSP and NDS. I hope they will appreciate the difference. I need to save up to have all those electronic gaming fun but they will just need to ask for them... Kids, you will need to appreciate.

Day 263 after the event

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Anticipating the arrival of the long awaited MacBook Air (MBA), I woke up and got myself ready on the road before 8am. I arrived the collection center for the courier service while they were still unloading the parcels. They were leisurely unloading without bothering you to wait anxiously. Some 10 minutes later, I spotted the parcel as my eyes focused my name on the top of the parcel box. Cool!

The MBA was nicely boxed and really have to appreciated my friend for his effort to box and trouble to ship. He was indeed doing the shipment for favors although he did indeed need to ship me his ancient laptop after he too switched wagon to Mac OSX.

The MBA is really a cool machine and a fine piece of art laptop. There is not close match from others. I had used IBM, Dell, HP, Asus, Hitachi, Acer, Vaio etc but all are clearly losers to this fruit -Apple.

I am still in the great anxiety mood with the new ownership of this MBA and I will definitely want to try the experience of both Mac OSX and Vista on this machine.

More images to come..

Garmin GPS on Dell mini 9

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, May 31, 2009 comments (0)

Tonight I tried the GPS and apparently I can lock on to the GPS satelites and transform the dell mini9 to be a 9" gps device. The only drawback is the signal strength may not be optimized and or require further enhancement or some form of antenna.

So far so good. I can really mobile with this little wonder now.

This is really worth for money finally

day 261 after the event

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I am blogging with the newly arrived Dell Mini 9 with the built in mobile broadband connection on a crippled Celcom broadband. The connection line is rather slow and always drop off. I could never get the advertised 384Kbps download speed but only at 1.2KBps even connected with HSPA. Although of the speed bump, I am still satisfied but annoy because of the waiting...

The mini9 somehow drain battery faster than my previous experience (without the build in broadband) The battery just cannot last longer than 2 hours. I started noticing that even in standby mode drain battery faster than other lappy. This make the mini 9 not really a feasible option for mobility because of this issue then.

When checking for any similar complaints online, I stumbled into a post of which the dell mini 9 indeed included a GPS chip which is hidden and disabled by Dell. After some driver install and uninstall, I managed to have the GPS port enabled. Wow... a little wonder for all the wireless connection needed.

If I manage to run it with Garmin then I will post up the step by step. All these follow up only possible when I arrived back home then.

Day 259 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Friday, May 29, 2009 comments (0)

The little one has always exhibited some talent in innovation. This round, he demonstrate with his ability to create with lego. He innovented a beetle bug like figure from the lego and I kind of like it so much that I had it placed beside your protrait so y0u can see his art works.

They are fast asleep tonight as they were eagerly waiting to go for the holiday when the morning break later. The elder one has always requested to go to the hill top for fun and so we are going to the Genting soon. The Genting was also a trip for two of us.. We also had spent quite some repeated tours up there with concerns, gambles, theme park etc.

The elder one remembered that he always with you together and so he is asking you to come along and I will not reject this idea at all.

There after the trip, we will descent to KL for another day and I will make full use of this time to trade for a Macbook Alum at a specially bargain price. Tonight as well, I received the WWAN version of Dell Mini 9. This is the 2nd time I owned this model. Now is mainly because it has upgraded to SIM card broadband ready at an excellent price tag of RM1099. Indeed I had order three sets.

It is a great machine and i am looking forward to transform the mini 9 into MacMini with Mac OSX. I believed next monday i will load it with the different OS.

Day 257 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Wednesday, May 27, 2009 comments (0)

Somehow, I resumed my once forgotten hobby... PC setup, sales and service. Only different was that now is laptop and netbook centric. Indeed, for the the last 10 days of silence moment from blog, I was busy in this fun again.

I have 5 laptops and 1 Macbook with me at one time. The setup and installation of XP/ Vista indeed costed most of my times. Of all of course the setup of Vista on Macbook is the greatest joy of all. There is no IBM compatible Laptop really comes closed to Macbook. No... But, Bill I am sorry. I am in love with Mac.

Nevertheless, the beauty of the Macbook with dual system immediately drew attention from my friend who without hesitated forcefully grab my Macbook away and paid me on spot. I could only wave goodbye to the Mac... I was also bad enough to influence another friend of mine to indulge in the Macbook arena. This costed him ~RM4k and he proclaims great affinity of preference of Macbook over Windows. It was also fun that we teleconference to have the Macbook dual boot system with XP.

Now it left only two low end laptop at my room and I was still busy searching for the Mac...and a mac replacement. I am trying the installation of Mac OSX onto a laptop. The download will take another few days and I shall believe I could install the Mac OSX onto my new toy...the Dell Mini9. But first of all, I will need to upgrade it to 16G SSD. This will be the fun for the month of June.

I am also eyeing on Macbook Alum and Air...if not the price are over RM6k... i could have just spend then... But I am always cautious...

Day 252 after the event

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I had been away from the net for at least 10 days. Not online for MSN, Facebook, Blogging etc. All because of a white Mac issue. I fall in love in Mac!
I believed I was introduced to Apple when I was still a kid at around form 2 age. It was named as Macintosh and the design was so unique as it was the first time I was introduce to world of computing. Then after I do not have chance to have my hands on it till now. Wintel solution of PC was so much copycat and there is no such thing call design in PC world. Sony may be is another optional in PC world as it is still unique in some sense.
Well, I had been trying to get myself familiar with Leopard OS at my age. Install and reinstallation to experience the OS. Third party software and compare them to their PC cousins.
After 1 week, I will declare that Windows, you are really far far behind and I just avoid to comment about the hardware then.
Mac, it is a salute for me to you.

Day 248 after the eventt

Voice of KM Chong Monday, May 18, 2009 comments (0)

Wow... it had been 12 days since I last updated the blog. There had been changes. I need to find time to upload images and progress.

I will be back!

Day 236 after the event

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I began the week with a funny incident. I went to office as normal after the normal chores of having to the school and nursery. However, I was so careless that I did not bring the suitcase and the laptop to office. And so I was bare-handed for the morning. This also marked the first time where I am such absent minded. I could only amused myself for this.

It was also this Monday that I received a so called reminder letter from a legal firm that I am having a debt of over two thousand of unsettled phone bill. It was amazing as I was totally unaware of such bad debts. After visit to the telekom(another unpleasant event as it requested me to come back due to system hang...) and I was clear that it was the last phone which I did not cut off after the biz had been shifted handed to a friend. And so even the business eventually close-off, the friend did not cut off the service or bother to have the line cut off and so the monthly fixed cost would accumulate. The friend called me apologizing the incident but I could not agree anymore of resolving the matter with myself paying first the debts. I would first try to have the incident appeal for a reduction of payment if possible as of why telekom did not cut off the line even after 3 months or 6 months or a year after no usage of the phone. I would need the friend to pay me first with the last and final figure of debt. This Friday... I would return to the shop again and hopefully the system will not hang then.

It was also Monday that i added another mini laptop or netbook to my list.. it was the Toshiba NB100. But soon after, I still perfer my sony vaio p. and so it would be in the list of sale.

Tuesday, the elder said he would like to buy white carnition for you on the event of mother day. This reminded me that this sunday would be a day for mother. The kids remembered.

So, the mother of the kids, do you know that your kids remembered. I am still on and off testing their memory of you. They are and continue are having a good memory of you. The little one still is still drawing a family with members of four. One of them has long hairs and it is you, my sooking

Day 234 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Monday, May 4, 2009 comments (1)

It was still drizzling outside when I parked the car after sending the elder to school. It was too early yet for the little one to be awaken. And so I could not help myself but to rest lazy on the bed with the mini laptop on my dummy browsing the web. It was really convenience for me as the tiny lappy can rest on my dummy without feeling any weight. Cool!

All of sudden, I wanted to login to your gmail account... and so I did.

I cried.... when I read back the emails I sent you last year. You were not reading them and I did not know if you would be able to do so. I browsed further and I read those mails when I was at state in 2006. We seldom had email exchange as we lived in the same house...but now I missed these so much as these really served as my memory.

The eyes were filled with tears and I still feeling the same as you were just not around 8 months ago.

I may have a new life now and soon, but the memory of not having you around will not be as easy as simply pressing the delete key for me and I will not choose to forget. You are my dearest wife.

Day 233 after the event

Voice of KM Chong Sunday, May 3, 2009 comments (0)

I am blogging at front of your protrait. You were smiling to me and always.

Thursday night, I drove to Penang on an occasion to help a friend of mine to move back from Pg back to Ipoh. It was not ill 8.45pm I reached the Penang bridge. I, however under estimated the traffic jam on the bridge. And of course, I had been out of the island since 2006 and there has been a lot of changes to Penang as well. I finally arrived at the hotel at 45minutes later before too late to meet Stephen. He was the usual one with "rocky" costume and punky hairs... nothing too much to describe him. We then headed to Gurney for our dinner (actually I was staying at G Hotel) before I shown him with my GF...Sony Vaio P. He recently bought a HP mini and it was clearly not a closed contender to Sony Vaio P. Finally, I have something fancy to show him and make him "depressed"

On Friday morning, I drove to his new home. And on the way, I must passed by our last home, Springfield. On the few last visit to Penang, I did not passby these areas... and immediately, all memories rushed back soaking my eyes with tears uncontrollably. Those were the times we spent at the apartment and surrounding, grocery buying, fisherman grill's dinner, char kaoyteow, chicken rice etc. You were always the one buying breakfast and some fresh vege on every Sunday while the elder and I were still on the bed. It was really painful to have these remembered!

I swifted my focus to reach Stephen's home and so I could divert my attention to his fancy self designed rennovation home. It was really a grand house with personal taste and likings. I admire the office area. Great job! If you were with me, you would be teasing Stephen similarly as I did. You basically share almost the same home liking as I did.

It was already 5pm before I reached Ipoh. Although I planned to have a nap as along the way, I was kind of a dead fish if there was a bed at front. However, the black Sony Xperia 1 really caught my attention, although it was 2nd time I used this phone. I flashed it to wm6.5 before finally I could take a 15-minute nap.

It was a nightmare Saturday as I would need to be at office for physical inventories audit. And the last experience of non stop 30 hours was not really a pleasant one. I also suffered badly with flu. It was however, a smooth audit with I walking out of the factory at 6pm. It was still an almost 10 hours task. Without OT...sob!

Sunday, a usual morning with household cleaning. It was not till 1pm before I declared ready for myself to go out comfortably without worrying the home was still messy. The memory of you seem to be more frequent back on this week. I really did not know why. So much so, the little one also mentioned twice in a week that he dream about you. One at sis house and another one at my parents' house. Why? you must be worry that we would forget you!

SooKing, no matter what and what changes to me and the kids, you remain as my wife and the mother of the lovely kids. And you will always and forever on my mind.

I remember

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