Feb
17
My Dream Gadget!
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I haven’t been written a tag for a long time although I was tagged quite a few times over the past months! Soorrryyy!!! But Flsam tagged me again yesterday and it got me thinking, what is my dream gadget? I searched and searched in my head, and I couldn’t find one!
I am not a gadgety-girl, so I was always happy with what I have. I mean I just need a functioning laptop, mobile phone, camera and even MP3. Of course it would be good if the features are great but I wasn’t too picky bout them. I am more of shoes and bags and clothes person! 
But anyway, for the past week, I’ve been thinking of getting a new mobile phone. I have been using my same Nokia 3120 for the past 3 years and it is still functioning fine and I still like it. But looking around with other people’s cool and stylish handphone, I thought I could perhaps get a new one.
But the thing is, I have no idea what is de latest phone or what model is good or high tech.
So, with this tag, I started to google around and searched at Nokia and Sony Ericson website, wondering if I would prefer a normal or a flip phone. My budget would be around RM1k.
And ta-da… I found this! Nokia 7390!
I totally love the colour and also the designs and features, one of Nokia's L'Amour design collection! I read many reviews on it and it sounds really good, except that some people said it freezes at some point of time. Well..
It has 3MegaPixel camera, 3G and most importantly, FM Radio! Yup, I just want the FM radio.
Anyway, I am not really sure the retail price and I think it would exceed my budget. So, what you think, izzit cool and stylish?
So, let's here from some people, what is their dream gadget?
1. SeanLel
2. SlowCatchUpKuan
3. Kevin
4. TZ
5. Calvin
Feb
15
The Loan..
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I finally made it, after leaving university for about six years and it sure feels good. When I was in my third year I finally managed to get a study loan worth RM10k from Yayasan Pok Rafeah.
Uh, what’s that again? (you might asked)
It is a private loan from this Yayasan, that was very kind to loan you money for study with no interest at all, believe it or not, it’s true! Not even a cent of interest, but you got to pay them back. But it’s worth it, better than PTPTN, rite? 
I was happy at that time, money was coming in. But not when I was paying it off!
It took me 6 years to pay off a non-interest RM10K loan, as there were gaps which I didn’t pay monthly as I should be. So for the last couple of months, I really have to fork out a couple of hundreds monthly and it FINALLY clears off in January 2008!
Wooohooo~~!!!
But then again, now there are still loans that I am paying for my car as well as braces and Dell laptop. And I am so not looking forward for a house loan but dying to own a house. Irony. It's the ULTIMATE loan, someday.
I guess, as a working middle class, many people do have their loan (especially at my age), whether it is car loan, house loan or small business.
But some loans are not easily obtained as they required a lot of documents, guarantors and even strong financial ability for repayment. There aren’t many financial companies like AFS loan which has no application fees but with the lowest interest rate. It can be easily applied through online with a fast approval and no fuss of documents.
For me, one loan down, another three to go! 
Feb
14
The V-day!
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My site is not yet dead. I know I've been updating a little slower than usual but lately, I'm preoccupied with some stuffs and so, not really in the mood to write. My bad.
I'll be up and back again with lotsa pics from Taiwan and US by next week, hopefully.
Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day to everyone, all my friends!
Feb
11
Protected: 4 days of CNY~
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Feb
10
Life goes on..
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I am back!
But it has been a quite a busy and restless week.
Just hope everything will turn out fine again. Waiting for the day.
Work start again tomorrow and I am not looking forward or dreading it.
Life goes on..
Feb
7
Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!
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Gong Xi Cai to all!!!
I am currently in my hometown and will be back on Sunday!
Wish all of you a happy and prosperous New Year!!!
Feb
3
Spot Me!
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I am currently here! Spot me!!!
Feb
2
Unlike the last exciting Saturday I have in US, my last Sunday was pretty lame. It was practically the only weekend we have with no plan whatsoever. Reason being it was going to rain and we knew it and we have to spend it together (I mean my US housemates and me). 2 of them were hardly talking to each other; so you can figure out how fun it is to be spending the day with two of them together, not speaking.
So, it was not until 12noon that the guy finally asked us where we wanna go (we spent the morning surfing and watching TV with no plan =.="). So after some googling and stuffs, we decided to go to Mystery Spot at Santa Cruz and Wichester House at San Jose.
It took around an hour to reach there with the rains and it was like a jungle path for 3 miles before reaching the place (also like a jungle).
See the lanky greenish tree.. It looks a little horrible to me.. wicked..
The trips for 3 miles.. and we wondered if we were on the right track!
The 45 minutes tour was mostly outdoor and cost USD5 and the parking was also USD5 (the first parking we have to pay in US!). The girl decided not to join us and waited in the car! So the guy and I went for the tour, with me wearing poncho (rain coat) and look silly but dry.
Our tour guide, quite a funny guy, standing straight outside the slanted cabin in the middle of the Mystery spot.
Me in my poncho, standing straight up! But it looks crooked..
It is a place with weird gravity (or don't know what) with house at weird shapes. The mystery thing is when you stand at certain place you'll be taller than usual, or shorter than usual and he showed us that. And in the small, crooked cabin, you would feel the force pulling you to the other end! It was true and I have to hold tight to the rail as I really felt the force pulling me to the other side and nearly fell down twice!
The people standing straight for pictures..
And the ball rolls to the higher side when it is put at a piece of flat wood! It was odd. The trees which was suppose to be straight was crooked in the circle of the mystery spot too. They dont know the reasons for the mystery though. It was rather interesting albeit the rain.
The ppl original standing position, over quite a flat and even height wooden plank.
After they switch, the shorter ppl seems taller! And vice versa!
Next we went to the Winchester house which is near to our office. It is rather expensive for USD23.95 per adult tour entrance at the Mansion. The tour guide was a young white guy which was rather disinterested in his own tour as he speak so fast (like reading) and have no expression whatsoever.
The mansion was built by Sarah Winchester, the widow of a president that owned Winchester Rifles. When his husband died, he left her USD20 million and daily salary of USD1K a day! That was a lot of money in the early 1900s. She kept building rooms to her house, which explains 110 rooms in her house/mansion when she died.
The mansion was a very large and beautiful Victorian style and many odd rooms. For example, some doors open to nothing and the designs were very unique. One of the special thing is the unique stairs that were very low so that she could climb in her older age. It was like 77 steps to go to the next floor as each step was so low.
The so low steps!
Sarah's beautiful room, which she died here too..
Another part of the room and yeah, she played piano.
One of my fav room that looks so cheery and happy!
Nice huh?
I love the tops of the house..
It was said that she was so rich and no one could question her ideas or opinions or they would be fired right away. It seems that she got the idea for building the rooms from spirits which she communicated with in certain rooms. After the death of her husband and only baby daughter, she built those rooms for the spirits so that she wouldnt have the same fate as them. Some said the rooms designed were so complicated to confuse the spirit killed by the rifles (which her husband made.) She died in 1922 of health condition.
It was a pretty but complicated and confusing mansion. Due to the rain, we didnt really get to see the gardens which suppose to be beautiful too.
The beautiful door decor, it costed a lot..
The grand ballroom.. which was very expensive..
Part of the house from outside..
Looks pretty yummy, isn't it?
The mansion from the outside.
By 4pm when we finished the tour, I was very hungry as we didnt have lunch yet! So, we went to Valley Fair Shopping Mall for the first time and headed to Sushi Boat (recommended by collegue) and, man, it was really the best sushi I have in my life! It was really yummy-licious, perhaps the high point of my day! I had 3 plates, like around 7 to 8 pieces of good sushi and a plate of greenery (seaweed I suppose).
Unagi!
I dont know what's that but I think some salmon inside but it tasted damn good!
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Of coz I must have the raw salmon, rite? It's good too..
Greenery.. dunno what izzit called..
We hang out in the mall, individually, all of us going separate ways and met up after an hour. I managed to suppress my need of spending as I have already spent extra 25% of my initial budget and have very low cash in pocket.
Home by 6.25pm and surfed and TV for the whole day. Here goes my last weekend in US. =)
Feb
1
Goodbye, guys..
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Today marks the second last day here in US and somehow, I felt rather sad to leave. I am so going to miss this place that I have started to get used to. And like. Very much. Yeah.
The chilling cold weather in the morning and night, sometimes even in the afternoon too. But it is okay to be in the buildings as there are heaters and so it’s warm and nice.
There are many Indonesian Chinese in this US office as well as from Taiwan, Pakistan, Russia, US and others, which I am not very sure of;, around 30 over ppl in this office. But I mostly mixed with the Indonesians which are very friendly and nice. They brought us to different of places for lunch almost everyday. And to Tahoe too.
I just feel a little blue the whole day and I hope it doesn’t get worse tomorrow. I’ll be flying to Taiwan around tomorrow midnight (Friday’s midnight in US) and reach Taipei at Sunday early morning. It’s a dreadful 13 hours flight that I am so not looking forward to. I'll spend two days in Taipei and fly back to Malaysia on Tuesday morning.
Well, yeah I don’t know if I am coming back here in the future. So, goodbye colleagues..
Till I see u again. 
p/s : So don't feel like Chinese New Year is coming!!!
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