So finally the thing I ordered last month has finally arrived. This is the USB Microscope 50-500x which I got. There were a few selection ranges from 20x-200x, and one to 800x, but after reading the reviews I went and got the mid range one instead hoping that I would get a good deal. Never the less, I got it pretty cheap, so I'm not complaining about the quality. First and foremost, as I suspected from all the reviews I read. This is only a 240x320 camera, so practically it's a 0.3MP camera. Not so much emphasized on the 2MP as promoted. I was hoping that I could use the Veho software for this camera, but unfortunately it was NOT able to detect the camera at all. Never the less, it's still a fun thing to play with.
Reason why I went this one instead of the 20x-800x was because most of the reviews or comments that I've seen stated it's only a 0.3MP camera instead of a real 2MP camera. And the reason how they can actually get up to 2MP resolution is software interpolated. Which pretty much defeat the purpose of it. Again not complaining, as I'm still having fun with it along with Esther. Anyway, here are a few shots that I actually took with them, and it's ok. But never the less, will indeed make full use of it as I intend to use this to magnify some of the antiques that I got. At least I can see it from my monitor instead of the magnifying glass. Here's a few things that I caught with this camera.
For the past week, I have been having problems with Digi. Despite their infamous "I will follow you" song that has always been played throughout the end of the ads, but unfortunately for me they had not been following me around especially during night time. Especially during night time, for the past few days I have not been able to actually make phone calls or connect to data.
At first I thought it could be my phone or something, so I thought of restarting it but that didn't do anything at all. Again, 2-3 hours later, I get an incoming sms stated that I have 2 miss calls during this period of time. So seriously, I'm not too sure what's up with them as I didn't receive any notification from them that they are upgrading their network.
What made it worst was that last month, because my contract with them using the iDigi plan was about to end. Their customer service called me up and asked me to stay with them by using their new Iphone plan where I only had to pay RM55/month but they still gave me the free mins, sms, mms, and 1 GB of data. During that time I thought it would be a sweet deal since their cheapest data plan was RM48 that time, so an additional RM7 would probably be a good deal.
So I went and agree to proceed with them, and he told me that I need to stay with them for 1 year. Should I decide to terminate with them earlier, I would be required to pay RM400 for cancellation fees. But I did ask them what if I decide to get a new phone from, can I continue to use that plan. He said no, but the RM400 cancellation fees will be waived off and use the new plan.
Probably one of the greatest mistake, and maybe it was due to the fact I was busy so I said yes to everything during the time of call. I overlook one point where I thought of actually cancelling the contract to switch back to Prepaid. Main reason is that I'm pretty much a light user. Plus nowadays everyone is on Whatsapp/Viber/Line. Whereby making actual phone calls is less than 1 hour a month. And data, I only manage to use up to 3-400 MB/month because I don't really stream videos on my phone. And another reason why my data is getting less usage is probably due to the fact that I stopped being anti-social especially during breakfast/lunch/dinner. Yes I was a social media enthusiast. But not anymore. So the more reason why I don't really use much of data apart from Whatsapp now.
So, what's next on my plan? Most likely will head over to Digi store and find out how am I going to terminate this postpaid line and change it back to prepaid and hopefully to avoid the RM400 cancellation charges. But since Merdeka Plaza is just around the corner, I may just go over there to see how can it be done without any casualties. Oh well, life goes on and have a nice day.
21.03.2013 *Updated Today they called me up again, and told me the same story saying that they were from the collection department. This time to cut long story short, I say ok will go to the bank and make payment. And the guy just hung up. Anyway this time the phone number that came in is +32719999. And you can find out more how they managed to clone the number here. (http://www.aeonmalaysia.com.my/acs/static/htmls/ScamAlert_v3.html)
Received a called from AEON Card Service
collection department with the number 03-2719 9999. Stated that I owe
them RM5800, and asked me to pay them. So I told the person Jack,
said I don’t have any credit cards with them. He then informed
me that I personally went to their branch in Puchong, and applied there
last year. I then asked where the credit card statement was being sent
to, and he told me to an address in Selangor. And he told me that I
had made 2 transaction one in KLCC and another in Pavilion. So he asked
me to verify my IC, but before that I wanted him to fax me the
statement. He said due to Private & Confidential issue, he cannot
fax the statement to me. I then shot him back asking that is my name,
and (yeah he read out my IC but I didn’t confirm) he should release that
statement as I want to make a police report. He then said, they had
made a mistake and will rectify the issue and hung up.
After he
hung up, I went and google the above number indeed it was from AEON
Malaysia call the number above and tried to talk with the customer
service. So the first thing they asked me was if I had any account or
credit card with them. She CS told me to just ignore the calls, as they
have been getting a lot of calls regarding that issue. But I did told
the Customer Service that the number I got from my phone is from AEON
Customer Care line, where she replied stating that “We will never call
clients using this number” as it is only to receive phone calls from
customers. So as long I didn’t provide any personal banking details, it
should be fine.
After the call, I headed over to AEON Malaysia website again, and click on their scam alert (http://www.aeonmalaysia.com.my/acs/static/htmls/ScamAlert.html).
Lo and behold, my case was pretty much similar but it didn’t go pass
step 2. Because I insisted that he fax me the bank statement first,
then I will proceed to take further action.
Because times are
tough now, there are a lot of scams going on. So remember to remain
calm, and never give away your personal details banking details
(Address, IC, Mother Maiden Name, Credit Card details, etc). Never the
less, always keep yourself inform the latest scam in the following
website :-
If you know any other extra websites, feel free to add on to this.
Here are the tips that was given on Aeon Credit Card Service WHAT TO DO?
1 - Please be reminded to ignore such call/ sms/ email and to refrain
from giving personal banking information to anyone under any
circumstances. Financial institutions, including credit card issuers and
Bank Negara Malaysia and all banking institutions will never request
for personal banking information when contacting customers, be it via
telephone calls, SMS or emails. 2 - Lodge a police report 3 - Walk-in to any nearest bank branch / Call customer Care Line
OK, only today I found out something which I thought would be a good kangtao. Never the less, this is the kangtao I've been looking at. If you are someone who always kasih kangtao to AirAsia. In other words you always fly using Airasia, then chances are you normally pay with your Credit Card or Bank Transfer.
But wait, there's more to that. Only today, well about 2 hours ago I so by happen to find out more what is this tune 2 big was all about. Because yesterday I just made a booking for my boss, and apparently when I was about to pay using my credit card. It preselect BIG Visa Prepaid, and there was no convenient fees being charge. And I was like, seriously. But I think it was too late for me to apply it, so never the less I went ahead and paid using my credit card.
So today, well 2 hours ago I was curious to find out more about this kangtao. So it brought me to that page when you visit www.tune2big.com. Not so much information there, but never the less when I click apply these two thing came up. One was the Free Membership having the BIG ID, and the other was the BIG VISA Prepaid Card. Both also let you earn points when you make bookings via Airasia. I think most of you should know more about the Prepaid Card, but today I will talk more on the BIG ID free membership instead.
So when I first click on the apply for the membership, it will ask you to choose either your airasia login details if not sign up for a new account. If you have AirAsia login details it will be faster for you and you don't have to key in every single details of your particulars. Never the less, once you successfully registered. You will be given a BIG ID. With this ID, you can actually start earning points with AirAsia even if you don't have their prepaid cards.
But you just booked a ticket, so your points all hilang lah? Well, not exactly. Janji you still can modify your bookings you can put in your big points inside there. Steady or not? Anyway, most of the FAQ can shown in the youtube video below.
Well, the only problem with Big ID is that it must register the same person who is flying on that flight. Because this is a loyalty program, meaning to say 1 ID = 1 Passenger. So I cannot use my ID to book for someone else to earn those points. So that is where the Visa Prepaid Card has the advantage. Anyway, to find out more you can check out their Terms And Condition page. So you can't pretty much accumulate points in that way. Thought can use to combine 3 people in one account, so can collect points faster. But unfortunately cannot. So never mind, this will ensure you to make everyone happy by everyone must travel with you policy. So you better start registering everyone who always book with you to enjoy the benefits.
So that's my kangtao for today. My project is to sign up my father, my mother, my wife, my daughter, my brother, my sister, my everyone who always fly with AirAsia and help them to accumulate points so that they can fly free in the future! So start sign up now, since you have nothing to lose but a lot to win.
P.S This is not a paid post, but instead a community service message. No holan one. Seriously.
Ok. Probably this one of the post I get to talk nonsense about. Seriously, this game was introduced to me by none other than Deluxe. She has been playing this game for months now, and apparently her coverage area is way more than mine. Not only she cover quite a huge chunk of land, she has a lot of ships and homes as well. In short, she's making more money compare to me. The problem with this sort of game is that they are indeed fun to play with, but takes a long time to play as well. Well for starters, the first few building and I mean 2-3 buildings are really fast. Especially when exploring as well. Notice the little island on the bottom right, you can explore finish in less than 30 mins. But once I head over to the bigger chunk there, it takes about first 2 hours to explore and gradually increased to now about 6 hours. Chopping down trees also takes a lot of energy, plus I don't know how to gain experience points apart from chopping trees. Hence only level 6.
You can speed up the game of course, if you want to use up your rubies. Which is not worth it as it is extremely hard to come by. Coins are at least better for me now since I have merchants which does boost up my economy side. Never the less it's still a fun game to play with, whereby you only need to manage it 2-3 times a day. Depending on how long you set your voyage, or build new buildings. It's all about strategy, in using up your economy and have a lot of patience.
One holan moment was that, I went and fought a pirate to pretty much chase it away. I only took one hit, and it cost 16 gold for the cost of repairs. But the time of repair took at least 4 hours, which is seriously crazy. Never the less, it's still a good game so it prevents you to stick to it throughout the whole day. So normally after managing it for 5 mins, I will put it down and check back 4-6 hours again. And no, I will not spend any money on this as Deluxe managed to get by as well after months of playing it. So I will do the same. I tried hacking it, but unfortunately it syncs with the server so you can't cheat. LOL. Oh well it's all good.
So this is week 2 of 2013. And after going through what I wanted to do for 2013, I had a dream last night. Probably it could be due to the fact that I was thinking about my project for 2013, but never the less it was indeed a good one. Maybe that's how God gives inspiration to people, through dreams and visions. Unfortunately I'm not someone who can see vision, so I guess I was fortunate enough to have dreams. Never the less, it gave me an idea on what I need to do. And how am I going to achieve it, will totally be a different story. As I may need to figure out what I need to do, in order to get where I will be in the future.
So right now, I may need to learn a whole new different ball game but never the less. At least the goal is there, and I know what I want to do. It will indeed take a lot of research, as well as learning the market. But never the less, the goal has been set and I know I must achieve it one way or another. It may take months or even years, but i know through perseverance and proper planning I think it could really work. Never the less, I'm all fired up now and hopefully I will put a status bar on how much I've actually done to complete the project.
Never the less, I think I should start to keep a journal on what I did to maybe help me achieve my goals for this year. And hopefully, when I look back at least I know I've made it. And who knows, if I made a mistake probably I would look back where I went wrong and correct it. Never the less, the fire must not die and the passion must go on.
Ok, so the New Year is finally here. For the past few years, I had always look forward to the new year. As it would be the time I would really kick start to get things done. Never the less, like the photo that is shown above. Basically yeah, the passion will not stay long like previous years. So a lot of things I wanted to do, ended up I didn't do it due to poor time management and of course unexpected things just popped up from no where. But never the less, there were indeed a few things that I planned to do for my New Year resolution which eventually I managed to do over the past 2-3 years.
One of my resolution back in 2010, I wanted to try something new or out of the blue. Basically, something I never thought I would ever had the chance to do it. The first experience was to basically take a bus from Kuching to Miri. It was a 14 hours ride, but never the less a good experience in a way. No doubt I couldn't sleep much during the whole time as it was bumpy in certain areas, and I was able to finally experience why people complain regarding the bad road condition. Never the less, that was only the beginning of my journey. Few months after that, I went to Sibu along with my Father in law on the road. And boy was that an experience, where we did made a few stops in between towns looking for antiques. Hence, I began to think that traveling on the road is kinda fun. But at least this time the trip was more pleasant due, which is probably due to the fact that I was able to drive as well. As I don't really like to be a passenger, especially inside a car where I am not able to drive. So that was probably one of the resolution I struck off my list which I completed in 2011.
That's me after losing 12KG when I completed my 3 months programme
Another resolution of mine back in 2010, was to lose weight and drop to 80kg. As previous years, it was easier for me to gain and lose weight. But alas my body was not as good as last time and I found out it was extremely difficult for me to even lose 1kg. Never the less, with the help of TRA and support from Deluxe, I was able to drop 17KG within a period of 5 months time. And managed to come close to 18KG and that was before the Christmas holidays that I pretty much gain back a KG after that. Never the less, being able to finally lose those weight and gained back my health was worth the price I paid for. Plus, I didn't had to continue to taking the supplements after 3 months. It was like getting a second shot at life when I lost all those weight. And that struck off another list I need to get done for since 2010.
Currently there are 2 more things I wanted to do back in 2010. And I'm still working on how am I going to get it done. One of them was to cut an album, which I think is way off from my current situation now. Due to the lack of time, I'm not able to come up with inspirations on new songs like I used to. Never the less, I'll shelf that project for now and probably look into something else to help support my next resolution which is pretty much to get a house. But getting a house would seem near impossible compared to 5 years ago where we seen property prices sky rocket over the past few years. Never the less, that will not stop me from achieving my goals and dreams as some would have put it. So I guess I may need to start planning now my next step in order to achieve that goal hopefully by this year, if not next.
Anyway, will probably stop now as I'm going to do more research into something new. And just placed an order for a new gadget which will help me understand more into this thing. Hopefully, by doing so it will help me achieve my dreams sooner than later. So I'm off to my next project now and will try to allocate an hour or two in a day to get this done. You guys have a good day now.
