(Updated 09.09.16) Got Scammed from Smart Partnership Moto by Ambank

So here I am again blogging about something that happened actually 2 months ago, where I was given a called by so called Ambank Marketing team stated that I was their VIP customers after being with them for numbers of years already.  I first posted my story here on lowyat forum :- ambank smart partnership moto, need help  , but decided to post a more detail scenario here instead.  So here is what they were offering

• Free car replacement for the first 8 days
• Discount voucher for hotel stay
• Ambank bonus point for the first year
• Insurance coverage for accidents and hospital stay

All this for the price of RM56/Month.  Whereby they told me it will auto deduct from my credit card.  I would normally turn this offer down, especially from phone calls.  But didn't know why I went and accepted the offer in the first place.  And if I have any question, just call back Ambank for further clarification about it.  So after everything was done and all, I didn't hear from this agent again.

Blackberry Z3 Review

Update :- 19th November 2014 

My blackberry Z3 died on me after using it for 3.5 months. Currently trying to resolve warranty issues with them. You can check ou the post here :- http://alexjong.com/blog/2014/11/19/blackberry-z3-jakarta-dead-after-using-for-3-5-months/

The all new budgeted Blackberry Z3

OK.  It's been close to 3 weeks that I'm on the blackberry Z3 and have gotten used to it so much so that when I tried switching back to my Note 3, I began swiping up, down, left, right just to get around the apps.  So I guess I'll start going into details now.

New Hobby....

So after years of procrastinating, and weeks of being brain washed by friends. I've finally went and did it.  I went and got myself a road bike where I had no idea on how it will actually turn out to be.  Never the less, after gaining weight for the past few months due to unforeseen circumstances this is probably the best way to go.  Never the less wish me luck, as I intend to ride this every day early in the morning.  Hopefully I won't fall off that easily lol.

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home 1TB Not able to detect

  Ok. So earlier this year, as I was trying to back up my hard disk to my NAS which is of course the Seagate Goflex Home.  And while halfway trying to access the NAS, my file explorer refused to respond and the next thing I knew. Everything was gone.  Tried accessing from the website stated there was no device being connected.  And you could imagine the horror I've gone through where I almost fell into absolute shock because all the pictures and videos of my baby girl gone just like that!  I did what everyone would have done, reboot the device hope that all will be well. That didn't worked.  Turn off maybe a few days for the hard disk to rest and hopefully when it's back on it will magically appear once again.  But that didn't work too.  

  So I decided not to do anything about it. 7 months after the incident had happened and I totally forgotten about it (probably trying to deny the fact that I didn't want to tell Deluxe that Esther's photos were gone).  After installing Ubuntu 14.04 onto my old desktop, I decided to try accessing the hard disk once more.  Lo and behold, I was finally able to see that it's actually connected in a sense where there is the 4 folders which by default it has.  One for backup, external storage, personal folder and public folder.  I got so excited that I tried to access it but still failed. Whereby suddenly I had the inspiration in doing this.

Flipping the hard disk this way instead of standing vertical

  Instead of letting it stand vertically, I made it lie flat on like the picture above.  Initially when I flipped the wrong side, the hard disk wouldn't run.  But after flipping this side round.  Once I turn on the NAS sweet sound of hard disk spinning and everything was back to normal.  I tried accessing it one more time, finally after 7 long months all my files are still intact!  So I quickly transferred all the videos and photos out from the NAS onto my desktop. So now, I'll most likely get a replacement hard disk for this NAS.  And probably pop the current hard disk into my desktop and see how it goes.  Never the less I'm glad that I can get back the files and once I replaced the hard disk I'll probably go and format my laptop to run Ubuntu instead :)

Been a long time since I last blogged

With so many things to do and so little time to do it. I seriously need to start writing again to pretty much get things off my chest.  Never the less.  This is going to be a short post.  Going to sort out a few more things within the next few days, and hopefully by then.  Everything will be back to normal. So stay tuned!

After Using Hotlink For 3 Months

Ok. 3 months ago I went and MNP over from Digi to Maxis due to the fact they were providing free basic internet.  And I was wondering how much I actually saved on my phone bill eventually.  Within the past 3 months I have managed to reload 3 times and used up max RM40 for these past 3 months.  Never the less, after hearing that LTE has finally arrived here in Kuching.  Only few days ago I went and subscribe for RM30 where they gave me 1.5GB quota.  And boy am I spoiled by the speed.  Of course I had to change my sim card as well in order for me to enjoy the max speed which gave me about 10mbps upload and download.
  But that is totally beside the point on how much I actually saved using Hotlink prepaid.  Well for starters, after 3 months using Hotlink.  Total cost I used was RM70 (RM40 for calls and SMS, while another RM30 was for the 4G Subscription).  Where I actually managed to slash my phone bills in half in a sense because previously I would be paying RM60++/month on contract.  While outside contract would had cost me close to RM90.
  One main reason why I managed to save a lot which I believe is due to the Data subscription.  Because most of the time I'm always situated where I have wifi connection, and of course the Basic Free Internet that Hotlink offer is just good enough for receiving Text from Whatsapp, Viber, BBM, Telegram and etc.  Plus I don't really need the speed whenever I'm out because I will be out for at most 1-2 hours, but still be able to receive messages through those social networking apps.
  Never the less, will definitely MNP Deluxe number once she uses up her credits to Maxis, because Maxis also now gives you Activ10, where their call rates would be at 0.06/30 secs and 0.01/sms (which I hardly use).  And you pretty much can save more from there.
  Anyway, only problem I had previously was when I went down to Plaza Merdeka Lower Ground, I was not able to receive any signals.  But after upgrading my sim card to 4G, seems like it managed to resolve that issue.  Not too sure yet, but will try it out again within these few days.
  So, being a cheapskate that I am.  I think RM30/month for phone bills is not that bad.  And another thing is taht I hardly call or sms people because most of the time you either skype on wifi or message through whatsapp.  No doubt that I won't be able to surf outside wifi vicinity, but hey at least it gives me chance to actually talk to people who are in front of me instead of looking at my phone the whole time.  It's all good.

Ichoose.my Review

So I went and purchased a domain name thisahpek.my from Ichoose.my before the 31st December 2013, and apparently I got their promotion for RM50 for 2 years which I thought was a steal.  As the normal price would be RM120/year.  They also provide domain mapping service for free.  What actually happen is that they just mask your whatever domain name you have, to the one you registered.  For my case is thisahpek.my, will pretty bring you thisahpek.blogspot.com.  So if you don't really need anything apart from forwarding your domain to your long blog url, you can use this service for free.  Apparently they can map anything from anything.blogspot.com, anything.wordpress.com or a .com domain.

Anyway, if you don't want your account to be mapped using their services, you need to change your mynic technical contact to your own first in order for you to change nameserver.  I've managed to change it already, now currently just wait for it to regenerate the dns first before I can actually map my domain name to the new blog.  Never the less, will wait and see how it goes within the next few hours.  Hopefully by then, I will be able to use the domain name later.  Will keep you guys posted on this.

#Hotlink Free Basic Internet Plan Review

Ported from Digi to Hotlink

  2 days ago, I went and port my number from Digi to #Hotlink latest plan which gives out Free Basic Internet.  After reading a few sites that gave it's review I decided to jump ship to Hotlink.  So I went to the Maxis Center at Kenyalang Park, where I was able to process my application in order to port my number from Digi to Hotlink.  (The one in Saberkas was not able to do it for me, so don't bother going there). 

  Anyway, the whole process took less about 10 minutes, where I needed to give a photocopy of my IC as well as pay them RM10 for the so called processing fees.  But the person told me that, this RM10 will be credited back once the porting is successful.  After that they gave me a new sim card, and told me it will take about 1 day for me to switched over to Hotlink.  But before that, I had to double check with them that I'm going to port to the new #hotlink plan that comes with the Free Basic Internet.

Installing Google Apps Playstore for Huawei G520-T10 without flashing

It's been 2 days while I was trying to see how to install Google Apps and Contact Sync into this phone, and I've finally managed to do so without having to flash the phone because I didn't want the hassle to write to Huawei just to send me a bootunloader code. Never the less, this is how I did it in 3 simple steps :-

Root Your Phone 
1. Download and install SRS Root to root this phone.
2. Run SRS Root
3. Connect your phone to your PC
4. Run SRS Root
5. Select Root Device (All Method)
6. Follow the instruction until it ask you to check your phone to select which Root Apps you need to install.
A) Select Install SuperSU (as SuperUser didn't work on this phone), and tap on the name that shows under the line (I got Boromir. Think it will generate a random name from Lord of the Rings).
B) Once it gives you a success message on your phone click OK button in SRS Root, and wait for it to finish removing the app.
7. After completing it, Reboot your phone.

Install Root Explorer
1. Download Root Explorer
2. Copy Root Explorer apk to your phone.
3. Install Root Explorer on your phone.
4. Run Root Explorer and grant permission to Super SU for this App.

Install Google Apps On Your Phone
Ok for this segment here, I need to clarify in order to prevent any confusion for other models of Huawei G520.  Because G520-T10 uses Android version 4.2.1, I've extracted 6 files from Google Apps 20121212 which are the following files.

• GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
• GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
• GoogleLoginService.apk
• GoogleServicesFramework.apk
• OneTimeInitializer.apk
• Phonesky.apk (this is google play)

Attach the files for the 6 files you can download here.  For other Android version please visit here [Rootzwiki] to download the google apps for your Android version.  Ok let's get started.

1. Copy all 6 files to your phone.

2. Open Root Explorer

3. Copy 6 files \System\App

4. Reboot your phone.

And that's it!  You should be able to run Google Play store, and sync your calendar and contacts with your Gmail account.  Hope this helps!

D.I.Y Minons

Miri McD Drive Through

Ok everyone have been crazy with the Minions and had to rush to McD just to get a piece of the action.  And of course at the end of the day, kids who really want them ended up not having them.  Anyway, here's a solution for those who really want to have minions without having to fight with others.

1. Like this page Story Craftz
2. And click on here to check out her album.

She will be doing a video on it soon, hence it is better you Like the page in order for you to get the latest updates.  Here's a sample of how it turned out in the end.

Pa Pooi?

Her latest tutorial can be found here :- http://storycraftz.com/tutorial-minions-from-despicable-me/

Flash Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman Jelly Bean 4.2.2

You can now install CM10.2 aka Jelly Bean 4.3 onto our phones. It's still currently in alpha testing stage, but so far everything seems to be working well. Installation is similar, you can download the rom here CM10.2 Rom. For more details you can check out the link here :- {Mini/MiniPro/Active/Live}[DEV][JB 4.3][CM10.2] LegacyXperia

Ok.  So after going through so many post as it was all over the place, I was finally able to flash my spare phone Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman to Jelly Bean using Legacy Xperia Rom.  Due to the fact that Sony decided to dropped the idea of upgrading the 2011 series to Jelly Bean so it got stuck with Ice Cream Sandwich instead.  Anyway, I do not mind the fact where the phone is not on the list of upgrade but never the less, having Jelly Bean would be kinda cool actually.  Do take note that this rom also supports Sony Xperia Active, Xpria Arc S, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Neo, Xperia Neo V, Xpreia Pro and Xperia Ray. So without further adieu, let's get straight to it.

AdHitProfits Make Money Through Revenue Shares

  A friend of mine introduced Ad Hit Profits program to me a few days ago, where you actually make money through revenue sharing.  Each share cost $45, and will mature at $56.25.  Coming from a background where I used to sort of "invest" in HYIP programs, where at the end of the day was pretty much like a ponzi scheme.  So here I was being a little bit skeptical on how this would be different from others.  So I began to look at how the whole system work, and how they generate revenue, which are listed below.

- Directory Listings & Website Traffic (Included In Your $45 Purchase)
- Forum Advertising Services (Sold Separately)
- 728x90 LeaderBoard Ads (Sold Separately)
- 125x125 Banner Ads (Sold Separately)
- 468x60 Banner Ads (Sold Separately)
- Vacation Mode (Sold Separately)
- Share Auto-Repurchase (Sold Separately)
- EzyBonds Shared Transaction Fees (Sold Separately)

Happy Father's Day

Sofia the First

Sofia, is a little girl with a commoner's background until her mom marries the King and suddenly she is royalty. With the help of the three fairies in charge of the Royal Training Academy, Sofia learns that looking like a princess isn't all that hard but behaving like one must come from the heart. Written by Anonymous - Source

Why suddenly this blog post?  Well, Esther was watching this cartoon on the 27th May 2013 about 9PM and she fell in loved with it immediately.  Apart from Mr.Cedric of course.  She managed to catch the repeat of this movie the following day, and boy was she really into it.  So the same night, she was waiting patiently till 9pm thinking the next episode was going to show but only to be disappointed that it didn't.  As after every cartoon on Disney Junior they kept on playing mini coming soon clips for Sofia the First, till she didn't want to go to bed worried that it will be showing.

  So being the daddy that does not like her princess to be disappointed over and over again, I went and did a little search on Astro's guide but found nothing much about it.  But that didn't stopped me from trying to see if I can find any info on the web regarding this.  And I managed to find out apparently there is a series of this which will hopefully reach Malaysia shores by next month.  But from now till then, Youtube mini clips will do for now.

 

  Never the less, will try to head to Speedy and see if I could get a copy of the Once Upon A Princess copy for her, so at least she could watch it over and over again.  Anyway, I would highly recommend this to all of you parents out there who have a little princess at home to get it.  It's actually great that both Deluxe and I went and sit through the whole movie with her.  And they do give moral values, which could be applied to every day living.  Something Disney never failed to do, so I'm pretty happy with it.  Plus there's a lot of singing in them, so be warned if you start humming the tunes as well as you work.  Lol!

 

  

Hectic Week

Last week Deluxe had a retreat at Santubong One Hotel, and of course the family get to tag along.  Will blog about it later, as I'm still sorting out the pictures at the moment.  Never the less, it was a busy week after the Go Bald event.  Had to clear up quite a number of back logs, so have a few minutes to spare before I go have my dinner.

Anyway, will do a video log soon as I've finished some major stuff over the weekend.  So do expect that, and as for the time being have a look at this video of "Aku Sudah Botak", a parody version of "Aku Anak Kampung".  Recorded this last Saturday evening with Lowell, Entinio and Aaron.  Working out on the video clip, but for now here's the demo.  Have a nice day!

Thank you all

Ok.  The long final wait is over.  And the total amount raised as of this post is RM4401!  RM400 more than the target I set.  We hit RM4091 on the 12th of May which is exactly 1 month when I started raising funds for this cause.  Never the less, I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have supported me in this cause.

Here I would like to mention a few people who have actually help made this possible.

My eldest brother, who managed to raise RM1470 from his group of friends.  And also kept checking me on how much I have raised all the time, and if I was still far away he kept on pestering his friends to donate.  Guess that’s what family are for.  Thank you so much for helping me for this cause.

Tay Chung Ang also raised RM350 from Inti College Kuching, and my friend Lionel Chen raised RM100 on my behalf.  Thank you so much for the both of you for helping me reached my intended target.

Mclaren’s Restaurant & Pub for posting out the shout out on their Facebook page, to help raise awareness for this Go Bald campaign.

To all my donors from KL, Kuching, Miri, Perth, Brunei, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Labuan, Melacca, & Penang.  Thank you for helping me to raise funds for this cause.  Check out my sponsors page here.

Lastly, the most important person whom kept me going on during this fund raising campaign is my wife Deluxe.  Who kept me going on to the point where I almost gave up, and told me why I need to reach the intended target.   Who also supported me from the beginning till the point of allowing me to get my head shaved.  If it wasn’t for her most likely I will not be bald, as 2-3 days before I had 2nd thoughts in going bald.  And also helping me to convince Esther to allow Daddy to go bald.

This is the 3rd day after going bald.  I finally realized it’s not so much on how I look at myself, but rather how others would look at me.  Of course those who knew me were pretty shocked at first as I did not tell them that I was going bald.  They heard about the Go Bald campaign, and I told them as well to do an annual check up if they have a family history of cancer.  As they say, early detection saves lives.

Never the less, I’m beginning to like this new hair style considering the fact it does really save me a lot of time from looking in front of the mirror.  Never the less, we shall see how it goes. Again I would like to take this opportunity for giving me a chance to make a difference by going bald!  You all have a nice day now!

Post Election

Not going to say much now..  But gonna just post this video :)  Have a nice day.

E-Commerce Iron Lady of Malaysia - Carol Fung

 

  Sometimes having a website is one thing, running it is another.  Often people make a lot of mistake thinking that I've already got a website and I should be making money already.  But for many, if not all this may not be the case.  There are a lot of tips and tricks in order for you to get the attention you need for your website.

  Introducing Carol Fung, the E-Commerce Iron Lady of Malaysia I might say.  I’ve known here back in 2006 during my eBay Education Specialist years and indeed she is someone whom is very knowledgeable and always full of joy to be with.  From a humble seller, who now help thousands to start up their businesses online.  You can be sure you are in good hands when she leads you through her course.

  Do check her out at http://www.carolfung.com.my and feel free to ask anything.  Like she always say “If you do not ask, I won’t tell”

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/CarolFungTrainer

HolanTV : Report on donation collected as of 18.04.13

StoryCraftz.Com

Children are the greatest gifts from God.  They can make you laugh, and cry at the same time.  But then, children grow up real quickly, and you never know how much quality time you can spend with your little one.  Introducing Storycraftz.com where you can follow Jac - a stay at home mum who spends most of her time connecting with her kids through stories and crafts.

In her website, she will share with you her resources as well as crafts that are categorized from Pre-School, Age 6-9 and Age 9-12.  She too will be conducting courses soon, so you may want to contact her directly and ask her how it is being done!  Never the less, check her out and start connecting with your kids now!

You can follow her on Facebook as well : https://www.facebook.com/StoryCraftz