Archives: 2007 February

I went back to Kuantan (my IL’s place) for the Chinese New Year.
We had our reunion dinner on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year.
The dishes were nice.

I thought that it would be a quiet dinner. Ahh. Proven wrong!
When we were finishing the dishes, suddenly loud music started blasting from the speakers beside the stage. […]

I will go going back to Kuantan (my wife’s hometown) early tomorrow morning.
Will not be blogging for the next four days, unless I can find a connection.
Wish everyone:
恭喜发财
Gong Xi Fa Cai

I am really looking hard at PC component pricelist, as I probably will get a new PC after Chinese New Year. Here will be the items:

Casing
140.00

Western Digital Caviar 250GB
270.00

Imation 16X DvD+-R/+-RW
155.00

Combo LG 52×32×52/16x
119.00

M/B Asus P5B P965 Core2Duo
655.00

INTEL CORE 2 DUO 1.8 GHZ
610.00

Graphic Card Galaxy Geforce 6500 DDR2
205.00

Kingston PC4200 DDR 533 DDR 2 1Gb
435.00

Samsung Syncmaster 19″ […]

Again, this is a post tag by the beloved bernardchan. I am supposed to get a screenshot of my desktop.
Here it goes.

As you can see, I am using Arcsoft photostudio to do the screenshot. This nice and small photo editor came with my Canon scanner.
To get a clearer look of the shortcuts.

When I first […]

When I was young (some thirty years ago), the angpao used to come carrying Rm1.10
Why Rm1.10? Well, according to Chinese believes, Rm1 is inauspicious, thus the need to add the 10cents.

Naturally, when Chinese New Year draw to an end, the bank will be crowded again. This time, everyone will be busy banking in their new […]

(I wrote this post after reading nyonyapenang’s)
One of the thing that we need to do every year is to get some crispy new notes to put into ang pao.
I went to the bank this morning. Fuiyoh. Crowded, like pasar malam.
I proceed to get my number. No. 1235
Then I looked at the display board. Now …. […]