In loving memory of my beloved wife

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

I will be back!

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

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.

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

Upset for the almost whole afternoon till now. And yet still not feeling any better. I also do not know the true reason behind the upset but I just feel blue and upset. I believed my face was not looked shiny and friendly at all.

Something has changed!

It was a usual night and so I had my dinner at sis's place. What really concern me was that the little one informed me again (twice in a week) that he dream of you. You were reminding him to go to the school and be a good little boy. He also mentioned you were in pink and green suit. I asked him if you were doing fine and so he replied yes. I did really hope you are doing great. I reminded him, however if next time he dream about you, please ask why you did not want to come to my dream!

I started to have date. And so I tried. The fortune teller once told me that I would have second wife and I did not understand how. And so now I realized that it really meant I would lost you then met another one. Of course, I do not believe anyone would be able to replace you and I am not looking for one. Everyone is unique and individual.

I would however still felt the loneliness and loss of you. I confessed that I would still cry for you.

How are you now, SooKing

The little one had a sport day today and he was really looking for this event. I had him to the field at 8.05am and he was energetic towards the sport event. The event did not start till 9.10am and he was waiting anxiously. It was really a great event as I could see some humorous acts from the innocent kids. Their acts were so natural and innocence. It was really nice for being a kid.

After an hour, it was the event of the little one. I could see his anxiety and he could really run fast and accomplish the task easily. After all, his team won for being completed the race earlier. We then left the field and headed toward your area for paying you a visit. After all, the kids had not been seeing you for at least 3 weeks.

At return to home, I started feeling giddy and only could help myself by resting on bed. It was fortunate that the kids were just playing with toys at their room and so I could take the short time to nap. Unknowingly, the flu really got me and made him slept till 6pm and the condition worsen. I called my sis and had the kids away so to avoid cross infection to them.

I was then declared down with flu.

This morning, I had made another first trial.. Haha, seem like a lot of first trial nowaday. Yes, I had the hill walk this morning. I woke up at 6.05am and picked a friend heading to the Menglembu hill. It was somehow, embarassing that on the way, i needed to stop the car at Caltex to let go something before the journey up the hill started. It was already 7.05am when we finally ready to walk up the hill. It was a refreshing hill walking as the journey to the almost top took us around 30 minutes when I was already exhausted. It was a great excersize although tiring for me. I would definitely make this as regular weekly excersize. I shall come here again next Sunday. I would be looking for a higher reach of the hill next week.

At evening, I drove to Lawan Kuda for a dinner. It was meant for my uncle. It was another great eat out at this famous restaurant. The kids again were the one blowing the candles. I returned home feeling a bit giddy and cold. I knew myself had caught a cold at the night before as I already felt the impact ever at the morning, but perhaps the morning exercise had delay the effect to be surfaced to be felt. I then buried myself in blanket hoping to warm up.

Today was a scheduled leave and so I thought I could wake up later. But instead, I almost forgotten that I would need to have the elde to the school at before 7am. I remembered the wake up time although I was reluctantly raising my body from the bed. Post the transportation, I cleaned up the filthy fish tank, in preparation of a golden arowana fish. I really wish it will last long as it would really mark the first in my life to keep a golen arowana. Although my family members have been keeping arowana even I was just 8 years old. Those time I could still remembered to hunt for lizard as the prey of the arowana. I also remembered that every 1 or 2 days, my father would drive us to a friend home which housed more than 10 arowana fishes. I could remembered still that a single one would cost a few thousand or ten of thousand...

Then I had a quick breakfast drink with friend before going to the phone accessories wholesale store for some accessories. Those items were really cheap and I must say it here as I am also taking the price advantage for profit. At least this is the life of mechandizing.

I also had the phone bill settled as it had amounted to over RM300. It was really only 1 month bill and I would need to seek way to reduce the cost of calling and sms. Next I spent another RM200 ++ for the car servicing. I indeed had skipped once but I could not let go for skipping the second service as it already drove at least more than 10,000 km. It was really not the money but the duration of waiting the service that would kill me. I wasted at least two and half hours. Before returning home, I had my hairs trimmed with a new style. This would also mark the first time I am having a different hairs style. I believed you would never believe I have this hairs style...

On night of 4/18, we had a simple gathering for my daddy's 70th birthday. It was really simple as we even prepared not enough food for the guests. I had a whole roasted pork to the guests and it was a great one as it was eaten while it was still hot.

Times fly, my father is 70 and I am also fast approaching 40... I believed the next celebration on the line will be the mother day in May. Let's have another fun with gathering.

It is 214. 2.14 or February 14. It is a date for lovers. And coincidently, today also the 4/14 as black valentine day. A date meant for single like me now.

Along the driving way home, I remembered that I indeed had message over the air to you before. It was in 1997 sometimes after you had discharged from hospital. I believed we manage to hear the message throught the DJ before entering to your bro's house. I still remember it required fax in at 03-4439988. I did the fax when I went back to the office with you inside my car. You were not expected at all and smiled happily when heard the message through the air.

If I fax in now for a song dedication to some one speical, would one really can help?

In evening, the niece called informing me that she had an accident. The accident was that she drove on the other side of the lane and eventually hit by a lorry. The car was damaged somehow slightly according to her at the back. I did not have any chance to inspect the damage yet but the car definitely can be repaired.

I was not in good mood somehow in the night. It was really not because of the damage to the car or anybody else's fault. It was really myself. I just somehow found myself burdensome nowaday. And so I called myself monster.

At 11.30pm, the little one complained about stomachace and PM a few times within a hour. Normally he would not have complain if he could take the pain. I worried and so brought him to the so called "Specialist Hospital" (one of the prestigous hospital in Ipoh) for immediate medical consultation. It was never a pleasant experience to deal with those so called health care service provider... and this time, it turned out to be true again and history repeated for itself...

Upon arrival, I hugged the little one to the emergency bay. The nurse just stared at me and asked me why. I said he had stomachache etc. She did not even bother to ask me to have the kid to the bay for examination, but instead asked me to fill up a form. Having this, I immediately had my anger on and replied loudly "What type of emergency service is this. you only bother for paper work while not even bother to look at the patient .." The nurse was emotionless and insisted me to fill up the form and asked me the little one is elder or younger or how many kids. I wrote on the paper 2. She asked again and I replied " You do not know how to read number is it? Isn't this is 2?" Another nurse came to help with asking me to have the little one weighted. Then I was directed to have the little one to the sick bay for examination. I looked around and there was only the little one and another Indian kid. So I timed to see when would the little one be attended to. And so the little one was attended to within 3 minutes. This was still ok... but the doctor behaviour and "professionism" really questionable.. He started asking a lot of questions (as usual, the diagnosis of doctor only is ask) blablabla..and when he asked "Does he has fever?" I silent and he asked again. I said "How do I know now? You are a doctor, isn't it you are going to tell me or use a thermometer to check?" He turned and murmured to his nurse and I teased him why not using a thermometer to check now! And he became inpatience and threw his patient record pad and seeing this I told him I would file an official complaint to his administration for this rudeness. Then he changed and started having some "diagnosis" on the little one. Then he walked away without telling me anything.

Later, he asked what did I want to do?I was really shocked with his "suggestion" I teased with replying that "isn't that a doctor must advice and tell the patient what to do instead of the patient informed the doctor to do something?" Then he said to have medication and I answered fine. I paid and left this so call health care service provider. This was just another unpleasant encounter with the medical staffs and I remembered this was the same doctor. Shame on you! Doctor

I would never give face to the health care service provider as nowaday it is so commercialized and they do not serve the community with heart. I acknowledged they would face hundred of different patients. but if you cannot do the job, then please do not do it and do not call yourself nurse and doctor. Shame on you!

i will write a letter of complaint to the hospital.

Nurse and Doctor, it is the psychological manner you will need to offer to the patients. With your sincere attention, the patients would feel better even thought the psychological assistants may not help curing the illness. Shame on you...

It was Saturday night when I had the movie "Fast and Furious 4". I, however did not find this was a good movie, simply because it fancied about the driving speed and heroin act of fast driving vehicles and stereotyping of "sexiest ladies with cars" I would only watch it as mean of leisure but not finding it bringing any value of life to its audients.

During the movie, I heard blowing whistle whenever some sporty cars were screened. It really seem that guys are really enjoying and acknowledging such heroin acts of speedy driving instead of safe driving. I did not reject the idea of great cars, but not for a mean of youngster as a way to show off how speedy they could drive on road.

Prior to the screen of this movie, the preview of "terminator and transformer" seem interesting enough to have myself return for these two movies. I will return to cinema for these two titles when they are on screen later. Let's hope it will be a great movie.