jed is still in Singapore!!!

Hello everybody! If you've been here before and is just dropping by to check whether I'm back or not, today is indeed your lucky day! Go buy some 4D numbers or lottery tickets, Lady Luck is definitely with you today...

Well, today marks the mid of third week I've been here already, currently sipping Maggi Mee while blogging (forgive this multi-tasker). Well, I can't really say that I'm back for good as for me to get hooked to the Internet, I would require some kind, generous Singaporeans to on the access point in order for me to 'leech' some bandwidth off... yeapz, jed has become a leecher!!! Ah, woe is me! I'll be updating as much as I possibly could, so look out for more to come!

Life has been pretty routine for me, waking up early in the morning to catch the MRT and feeder buses to IBP, work, lunch, work, dinner, home, laundry occasionally, sleep... and on and on. It's kinda hard to head out anywhere during the weekdays as I dun have a car here, therefore, public transport is my only option. dang!

To those who are in Singapore, the Great Singapore Sale is currently running. I will be updating some strange events that has happened to me throughout this few weeks and my personal opinions and experiences here too. Can't be doing it now cos the conenction is getting pretty unstable.

Cheerioz and take carez...

Read More

jed will be m.i.s.s.i.n.g.

Hi all,

Jed is currently in Singapore and will be here for quite some time due to work. Unfortunately, he does not have a personal machine (lappie) therefore preventing him from blogging macam biasa. Therefore, it might be kinda dead here for some time. Sorry for all the disappointment caused, if any.

Best regards,
Jed

Read More

moving o.n.

Back then, I once mentioned that there will be some drastic changes, but it was yet the time to talk about it. I've refrained myself from blogging bout this cause some of my colleagues do blog, and there's nowhere to hide in blogosphere. But, now is the right time.

I've resigned from my current job @ Damansara Intan :: that was way back in April 14, 2006 (which coincides with my 4th Anny with mun yee). As norm of practise, it would take at least one month before I'll be officially released; hence, yesterday notes the final day of employement. I am officially jobless, contributing to the unemployment sector in Malaysia..... only until next Monday. HaHaHa!!!

Looking back, it has been close to a year I've been working there. Not too short, yet not very long but enough to learn aplenty. Enough time for me experience the working world, revolving around me rapidly each day. Enough time for me to learn the differences between the two worlds (studying and working). Enough time for me to know what it takes to survive...

Well, I'll definitely be missing all my colleagues ex-colleagues. All the breakfast and lunch sessions, late-night OTs, get togethers, the screw-ups (hahaha!!!), the triumphant moments!!! and so much more! Thanks for all the patience, guidance and help throughout my employment, my highest gratitude to each and everyone of you! Do keep in touch ok?

Will be deeply missing u guys (and gals)...

Read More

my rights, your r.i.g.h.t.s.

Please be aware that the following entry is solely based on my humble and personal opinion and mindset...

When Companies competes, consumer wins! So true, so, so true... Let's take a look at some prime examples:

Competing Companies :: TelCos (Celcom, Maxis, DiGi)
Remember how much a Hotlink Starter pack costs few years back? Yes, a whopping rm256.00 (Can even buy a decent phone with that now)!!! Inclusive of a Nokia 3210, it costs me close to a month's salary working part-time as a sales assistant to get "connected". That was way back in 2001.

Fast forward to current day, its only rm8.80 (McValue meal anyone?). That's 2901.00% decrease in cost required to get hooked up to the mobile community. Let's say a Proton requires rm55K back then; with the same amount of depreciation, you can buy Proton Cars @ only rm1896.00. Got your attention, finally?

Because of these competitions (healthy, unhealthy, I dunno lar), the TelCos are always on the look for better, cheaper, more efficient alternatives to address the needs of its consumers. Although there are still lots of room for improvement, at least we're getting services which are at least "parallel" to the "fees" we pay...

Monopolizing Company :: TM, TNB
With monopolization; the providers/manufacturers reaps all the benefits. Lack of (or zero) competition leads to deprivation of initiative and motivation to become better, which envelopes each and every personnel. Thus the "Not satisfied ah? Don't use lar" attitude. With that, enough said!!!

Example, take a look at the fee of a home line phone rental supplied by TM. Since Eons ago, the price has remained the same (heck, if I remembered clearly, it has even gone up). And it will remain the same as long as you live (else, price hike lor). When mun yee moved to Bkt Pandan 2-3 years ago, new never expect that till today, there's still no phone line...

Next, to the typical story of a Streamyx consumer :: How many have experienced their customer support nightmare which consists of:
I. Your line being passed around endlessly
II. They don't understand what your talking about, vice versa
III. Report filed, closed, filed, closed, filed again, closed again, filed...
And all it needed was 5 minutes from a technician to rectify the problem...diewz...

Government :: Government lor!
What has our government anything to do with this, you ask. Well, our government is actually protecting these companies (not limiting to these few mentioned above) as if they are little babies from global competitors. In one sense, its beneficial because local economy will be able to grow steadfastly and compete globally (that's the vision). On the other hand, too much protection has actually been provided... thus, dunno wtf happened (that's the outcome).

Example, take a good look @ Proton. 25 years down the road of its establishment, Proton is actually loosing customers and market share to Perodua, which existed merely 10 years. Heck, the government is even protecting Proton locally by disallowing Perodua to produce Sedan Vehicles (thus all the compact cars only) and there's still zero (0) "attacks" from global market yet!!! This is how bad things really are...
Imagine TM facing competition... I would love to see that...

Consumers :: Us
We are the new era consumers equipped richly with knowledge and intelligence; we should learn of our rights and fight for them (consumer wise, no other sectors intended). Stand up if we're right and throw away the mentality of lackluster!!! Remember, we as consumers are always right (but please, don't abuse it lar... we educated people what)... With the mass media surrounding us daily, its never hard to reach out to lots of people in a short amount of time!


truth of the day ::
Did you know that the costs (in terms or resources) to get new customers are way higher compared to the costs of retaining existing customers. So, don't be afraid to complain or voice out dissatisfactions!
Did you also know that a positive feedback from consumers may bring another 5 opportunities but a negative feedback causes 20 opportunities to be lost???

p/s :: the cause of this entry...
Astro, if you still fail (or delay yet again) to replace my decoder by tomorrow, I'm will be giving you a piece of my mind!!!

Read More

bak kut t.e.h.

Sat night :: 06.05.06

Earlier, earlier, earlier on; me, pOp and my somehow managed to hook each other up on msn to discuss bout a mini reunion dinner with a few friends. After much, much argument, spamming and flaming, we decided to have a bak kut teh dinner :: with pOp suggesting a place in Pandan Indah (which actually is supposed to be Pandan Jaya) cause it was special-ler there. my, being the PR of the group, proceeded PR-ing ppl to come for the dinner... and thus, the plan proceeded...

Upon reaching the destination, pOp commented that I was driving too slow... #%*@#^!*$ you! Not only did he not slow down to wait for me, flame me summore! kanasai! Lan Si! Will flame him again later. Anyways, those present on that day were (in no particular order) :: me, mun yee, pOp, my, wy, mw, ll, and joe. Dinner is served ::

pOp going through the "take food pic(s) before eating even though very hungry" ritual

"dau kok" rice :: although it looks kinda disgusting, trust me, its a must try :: deceiving, looks can be... young one

yau char kuay and vege :: the amount of yau char kuay consumed by us that day can make anyone unable to orgasm for a week , about 9 bowls...

The Bak Kut Teh coming in "dan jung :: traditional pressure steamer" rather than a claypot, special leh :: damn kao with herbal taste

Don't wait for Chinese New Year :: everybody, let's eat!!!

happy and satisfied customers :: near orgasmic meal!

After our hearty mail, we manage to catch up and update with each other after some time. my will be graduating and joining the unemployment "sector" (just kidding lar!!!). wy will be heading overseas for a study stint. Some are doing quite well, others are looking for better prospects. pOp is getting married :: just kidding!!! All in all, its good to see everyone enjoying and living their life to the fullest...

It's really kinda hard to believe that it has already been a while since graduation from secondary school (heck, even graduated from UNi liao!!!). Seems like it was just yesterday that we were gathering for assembly and singing Negaraku half-heartedly together. I guess when others say, time passes by so quickly, it is so, so true. Well, take a good luck back at those good old times, look ahead and move forward to other challenges awaiting us in life...

Down the road, hopefully we will all still be meeting up and have another round of mini-gathering! Love y'all and take care!

- end -

truth of the day :: you can never run out of blogs to read...

Read More

prancing h.o.r.s.e.s.

Ferrari & Micheal Schumacher has did it once again. With precise, strategic planning and implementation, Schumey won the race, ahead of Fernando Alonso of Renault who started @ pole. Heck, even Felipe Massa was able to maintain his starting grid position @ 3rd to make it a 1-3 finish for Ferrari :: thus, bringing them ahead of McLaren in the Constructors! Look out Renault, the Scarlett are prancing!

9 cars retired from the race and the safety car was deployed once.
For more information regarding the race @ Nurburgring, visit the Official Formula 1 website.

Jed's driver of the day :: Nico Rosberg of Williams.
Due to an engine change, Nico was penalized and dropped 10 slots in starting grid; therefore, beginning the raced in slot 22nd (the final one). He was, however, able to make a comeback and finished with points :: in 7th position. Bravo!

- the following part are totally unrelated -

Headed to Leong Ya :: the one opposite Serdang KTM Komuter station for lunch on Saturday afternoon after an appointment in Cyberjaya.

Did you know ::
There a actually quite a number of Leong Ya(s) located within the Balakong/Serdang area itself.
One of the significant trademark of the restaurant :: other than their food :: will be their pink plastic covered tables (easier to maintain, beats tables clothes).

So, I ordered 2 pieces their famous "Paper Wrapped Chicken :: Zee Bau Kai", 1 stir fried vege (KaiLan), and Six (6) pieces of Yong Tau Foo :: complimentary items were white rice and drinks (Bak Jee Chou, iced). As usual, the special dish is definitely the Paper Wrapped Chicken and indeed, it never fail to appease my taste buds.

Clockwise from top-left: White Rice (kinda dry), Drinks (kinda sweet), Vege (kinda salty), Yong Tau Foo.

The ever delicious Zee Bau Kai!!! Yummies!!! The Satisfied Customer cleans every bits of his order!

Apologies as the pictures are not that clear, was taken using my phone... The bill sums up to RM14.80, which is quite reasonable. In case you're wondering, I was indeed eating alone. Think twice and think again if you're planning to treat me to a meal, cause I can eat!!!!!

Read More

no s.k.i.l.l.z.

a little aftermath of today's storm @ housing area around Damansara Intan (between SS2 & SS17)

Unaware of such a heavy downpour + strong winds... I was astounded to see the aftermath of the storm... trees were uprooted, traffic & electric poles were blown away, zinc roof blown away... damage was at its optimum...
It caused traffic to crawl back miles and miles away... and unfortunately, I was without camera... dang!

In a seperate disasterous event :: SmashpOp insisted on watching UltraViolet even after much x 913644588547821365475574 persuasion from me not to do so :: what could me more disastrous than that?!?!?!?!

- the following part are totally unrelated -

My attempt @ mahjong after quite an absence (since CNY2006 I think). Practically, I was noobiez and without any skillz once again... sadz. As we're playing "3 kah", I totally had no idea how to count "farn" at all... dang!

In case you did not know (diam pOp! I know you know!) ::
Mahjong can also be played with only 3 individuals *pause* if you have no idea what Mahjong is, go figure. As opposed to the original 4 person (of north, south, east and west), a 3 player game requires the accumulation of "farn" (some sort of point system) to reach a particular level before gaming/winning. The more, the better but there will be a limit of 10 "farns". A 3 person game is a lot faster in terms of game speed, which means that when you're on a winning streak, you rock! and vice versa...

Since we kinda gila already, we Mahjong marathon-ed for close to 5 hours, close to 65 games were played. Talk about commitment...

Noobiez player like me can be identified easily... always got "support" players around... hahaha!

bad tiles day... very bad! Or maybe its just me...

Aku menang! Aku menang weh! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,tung,tung leh! but actually ngam, ngam cukup "farn" only, I think...

We were so dedicated and committed in the game that the spirit of mahjong decided to appear and join us... the spirit caused the picture to be distorted...

Read More

astro r.o.s.a.k.

Officiated today, the Astro decoder @ home which has served us faithfully for the past few years, regardless of sunshine or rain, has moved for better.

No response from da decoder

It was sinced yesterday night that it ceased to function :: there goes all my Discovery Channel, National Geographics, MTVs, CHannel Vs, Starworld, comedies, soap operas, thomas cup!!!! Hopefully, things can revert back to normal before F1 in Nurburgring this Sunday!

Read More

I am boh l.i.a.o.

Before going into the actual topic, I came across something very interesting today:

This is Chia Sheng Sin, dozing off during a movie I was watching. He lives somewhere near Leisure Mall, Cheras. No girlfriend yet.

The following news was extracted from thestar.com.my today:
" It was halfway through the movie Election 2 at the Cheras Leisure Mall at 1pm when Chia (Chia Seng Chin) told the girlfriend he wanted to take a nap and to wake him up later."
(Deepest condolences to Mr. Chia)

News extract courtesy of The Star Online
Full news available @ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/2/nation/14121232&sec=nation

Kinda spooky, isn't it???


--- @ --- @ --- @ --- @ --- @ ---


On Sunday morning, due to being too boh liao :: I drove a total of 164km, all the way up to Gopeng in Perak. The main purpose of the drive is actually to send YC (for those who dunno who YC is, scroll down a bit) home :: very kesian her because cannot get bus ticket. So, being the super-gentleman I am (Come to think of it, not only that I am boh liao, I am actually very boh liao), I decided to send her back, since I got nothing much to do anyway.

I did mention before that I enjoy driving freely along highways... these are the reasons why:

Very very calm road in Gopeng

Although drive quite long liao, the roads are still very very calm in Gopeng

Finally, some other vehicles were caught on sight...

Moving out of Gopeng :: the lush jungle scene of the unexplored Semenanjung. This is why we should put our united strength to protect mother nature from further harm.

Read More