2 more new video and a little geek update..

Like my huge black title says so, I've added 2 more videos on MyVideoVault sidebar (which is on the left IF you still don't know!)

Video no. 10) "Seth Green Says Leave Chris Crocker Alone!"
*Before watching this video, please watch video no. 8 - "Leave Britney Alone!!" if you haven't watched it yet.

This is actually a video response by someone named Seth Green for the "Leave Britney Alone!!" video by Chris Crocker (yes that's the name of the [gay] guy in the video). Trying to mock him, quite funny actually..


Video no. 11) "Rowan Atkinson Amazing Jesus"
Disclaimer: This is a skit of Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a Mr Bean) preaching, so of course it's going to be funny, not a serious sermon here. So IF you can't take things like these as humor and watch it with a open-mind and heart and accept it is a joke then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT watch this. If you choose to watch it and if you can't take it as a joke, well, I've warned you so don't condemned me with comments. I love God and I think even He has a sense of humor too =)

I laughed so hard that I teared..seriously!

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Geek update..

Wheee..ITech launched a brand new model called "iLady", and they also came out with a new batch of their already VERY successful "Clip II Mini" bluetooth headsets. This time, they changed the color scheme to chrome! Yeahh..bling bling! And I just couldn't resist myself and I grab one of each the minute the stock arrived from Singapore!


Itech iLady bluetooth headset - SRP is RM209, but most people retailing it for RM199 (but I selling it for only RM180. Aiya..RM170 for my blog readers la xD)


Itech Clip II Mini "Chrome" bluetooth headset - SRP is RM199, but most people retailing it for RM168 (but I selling it for only RM128. RM120 for my blog reader!)

Out of all the Bluetooth headset I have (8 of it), so far the best I've used is the new ITech iLady. Seriously, the talk quality on this small little..peanut - is amazing! For those who used the Clip II Mini before, if you think that is good, wait till you try the iLady, it is very clear, and loud!! And it fits snugly into your ear canal, so it even filters out ambience noise (for the ear which you stuff it into only la!). Some of my colleague ask me how can the opposite end hear our voices clearly, when the mic is so far away from our mouth? (the mic is actually just below the ear level when you wear it, cause the whole thing is so small). But to my surpise, I found myself speaking much more softer when I'm talking to people, compared to using Clip D or Clip II Mini where the mic is so much nearer to my mouth. Amazing stuff! Oh, and it can even pair to 2 phones, just like the Clip II Mini. The only down-side is it doesn't "beep" when there's an incoming call, so you've to rely on your handphone for notification. But other than that, certainly one of the best wearable in-ear bluetooth headset I've used, even better than my old "Flamingo" which cost RM399!!


My "army" of bluetooth headsets! Didn't realise I have this many until I dug them all out. I actually have one more "Flamingo" bluetooth headset, but I gave that one to my dad.


From left to right. ITech R35 stereo bluetooth headset; TREX BTH 501; ITech Clip II Mini version 1 (piano black finish); ITech Clip II Mini version 2 (black rubber surface finish); ITech Clip II Mini version 3 (chrome finish); Itech Clip D caller ID bluetooth; Itech iLady (black) and Itech iLady (pink)(Yes I also gotten the pink one!)


If you are interested to purchase any of it, I'm selling most of the models you see above and I promise you the lowest price you can find around!
The prices are:

- Itech R35 stereo bluetooth headset = RM190
- TREX BTH 501 = RM85
- Itech Clip II Mini "Chrome edition" = RM120
- Itech Clip D caller ID bluetooth handsfree = RM180
- Itech iLady = RM170

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HEROES SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 IS FINALLY OUT!!
That's if you still don't know about it yet...

I've watched it already..and it's awesomeee!

NO, I'm not falling away from God, I still love Him! But do watch this video..

I was browsing through Youtube (because I'm bored and lifeless) a few days ago and I came across a video with an interesting title: "10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer". I didn't expect it to be some sort of a controversial video about Christianity when I clicked on it but it was, and I quite regretted watching it. But then again, it does ask some really good question and it does have some interesting points.

So for all Christians out there, watch this video with an open mind and do tell me what you think about it. Your feedbacks. I recommend that non-Christian to avoid watching this video, or even Christians who are not strong with their walk with God...as it could possibly make you weaker.

To be really honest, what the author says is quite true when it comes to us (Christians) trying to answer these kind of trivial, grey area questions. Many times I also find myself trying to find excuse for God if I'm faced with a question which I really don't know how to answer, or which is not possible to answer at all without contradicting our belives.

Then for his third question: "Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the Bible?", I find that it is really a good question. I do agree that some of the bible versus seems quite irrational, like:

[For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death] - Exodus 35:2 (New International Version)). To simplify, God demands that we kill everyone who works on the Sabbath day. Yes I know Sabbath day is a holy day and supposed to be a day for God only, but isn't this abit too...harsh? In this world today, most businesses runs 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Most people find it quite impossible already. Or how about those bigger Church which employs people? - I believe they will also have some people working for them during Sundays, and I believe mostly all their employees will be their own Church member as well. But from another point of view, I also agree that this is caused by the world, it was surely different back then when people has less things to do and less responsibilities..the world became too advanced and fast paced?

and also:

[If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." 21 Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.] - Deuteronomy 21:18-21 (New International Version)
Or to simplify it, God demands that we kill disobedient teenagers. In this case, I believe many of us should be dead by now..right? I have been a stubborn and rebellious son, and I admit I still am sometimes. And I believe many of you too who are reading this right now. Sometimes this kind of verses really really scare you.

and then there's also this one:

[" 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.] - Leviticus 20:13 (New International Version)
In other words, God demands the death of homosexuals! We also don't see this happening, infact, there are Gay churches. Sometimes is abit contradicting, on one side people say that God loves everyone, even the homosexuals. But in this verse, God says they must be put to death.

and, for the most scarriest:

[ 13 If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her 14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity," 15 then the girl's father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate. 16 The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. 17 Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, 18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him. 19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver [a] and give them to the girl's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you.] - Deuteronomy 22:13-21 (New International Version)
Like the video says..does God really demands that we kill girls who are not virgins when they marry? It doesn't say how about those who made a mistake and have already repented...will God still accept them back? I personally belive He will, as He is a loving God, but, this verse doesn't seem to accept that.


I really don't know. What do you all think? Watch the whole video and tell me what you think. There are some really good questions in there to make you ponder, and challenged us as a Christian. So watch it, and do leave a comment or so..

Laughter is a good medicine??

Posted 2 new videos on my side bar.
*If your internet connection is slow, then I recommend you to watch "Video no. 9" first, would probably lighten up your day.*

Video no. 8) Leave Britney Alone!! LOL!!!

Oh man this guy is seriously hilarious. The first few seconds of this video my expression was really like this: , I couldn't believe it. Then I started laughing out loud, at him. Geez, this guy has serious issue. Check out his uncleanly shaven moustache, cracks me up even more.


Video no. 9) Lifted. A short by PIXAR Animation Studios.

Pixar - Lifted - More bloopers are a click away
Finally, after sooo long! Someone finally uploaded it to the internet! For those who never watched "Ratatouille" in the cinemas, then you've seriously missed out this great animation at the beginning. Is a short animation by PIXAR, and it's one of my favourite so far. The little green monster look so patheticly sad, cute and adorable at the same time. Gave me a good laugh =)

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Britney Spears through the years..

In response to "Video no. 8", I found this picture of "Britney through the years" on dailyhaha.com.

Honestly my heart goes out to her. Look at the centre column of her 1993, 1999, 2004 and 2006 pictures is good enough. It's so sad to see someone so beautiful and famous, changed to someone like in the 2004 and 2006 picture. Compare her 1999 picture and her 2006 picture, it's like a totally different person, the girl in the 1999 picture is so pretty (and I remember she's quite hot too that time), but the 2006 picture, really look like some...pig.

I remember when I used to buy her original CD back in those days when I'm in primary school. She was like one of the youngest and most innocent looking girls who make it big during that time. Who can forget her famous singles like "...Baby One More Time", "(You Drive Me) Crazy", "Sometimes", "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart", and of course, "Oops!... I Did It Again"! It was playing all over the radio, everyday! She was like some teen idol back then, but now..look at her...

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FUNNY random pictures from the internet..


HAHAHAHAHAHA..


This is what's happening to the younger generation engrish thanks to WoW and Dota!!


And this is what happened when you play too much online poker!

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10 jokes for your pleasure..

10) Cops
Cop coming upon a young couple making out....
Cop: What the hell are you two doing?
Boy: See honey, I told ya cops were stupid.

9) First day of work
A young man, hired by a supermarket, reported for his first day of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom and said, "Your first job will be to sweep out the store."

"But I'm a college graduate." the young man replied indignantly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that," said the manager. "Here, give me the broom, I'll show you how."

8) Husbands Compliments
A man was just coming out of anesthesia after a series of tests in the hospital, and his wife was sitting at his bedside.

His eyes fluttered open, and he murmured, "Youre beautiful."

Flattered, the wife continued her vigil while he drifted back to sleep.

Later, her husband woke up and said, "Youre cute."

Startled, she asked him, "What happened to beautiful?"

"The drugs are wearing off," he replied.

7) Cold Cream
Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face.

"Why do you do that, Mommy?"

"To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue.

"What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?

6) Falling down drunk
A drunk had been at a pub all night. At last call, the drunk stood up to leave and fell flat on his face. He tried to stand one more time, to the same result.

He figured he'd crawl outside to get some fresh air, since maybe that would sober him up. Once outside, he stood up and fell flat on his face. So he decided to crawl the four blocks to his house.

When he arrived at the door he stood up and again fell flat on his face.

He crawled through the door and into his bedroom. When he reached his bed he tried one more time to stand up.

This time he managed to pull himself upright, but he quickly fell right into bed and was sound asleep the second his head hit the pillow.

He was awakened the next morning by his wife shouting, "So you've been out drinking again, have you?!"

"No! What makes you say that?" he asked, putting on his best innocent expression.

"The bar called... you forgot your wheelchair again."

5) Final Exam
An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics.

The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his desk and wrote on the board: "Using everything we have learned this semester, prove that this chair does not exist."

Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled in furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages in one hour attempting to refute the existence of the chair. One member of the class however, was up and finished in less than a minute.

Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest of the group wondered how he could have gotten an A when he had barely written anything at all.

His answer consisted of two words: "What chair?"

4) Top Ten Signs You Have A Low IQ
10. You tripped over a cordless phone.

9. You spent 20 minutes looking at the orange juice box because it said "concentrate"

8. You told your buddy to meet you at the corner of "WALK" and "DON'T WALK".

7. You sent a fax with a stamp on it.

6. You think a quarterback is a kind of refund.

5. When you were taking your friend to the airport you saw a sign that said "Airport Left" and you turned around and went home.

4. You sold your car for gas money.

3. They had to burn the school down to get you out of third grade.

2. At the bottom of the application where it says "sign here".. you put "Sagittarius".

1. It takes you two hours to watch 60 Minutes

3) Job Title with Descriptions
1. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

2. An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didnt happen today.

3. A statistician is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant.

4. An actuary is someone who brings a fake bomb on a plane, because that decreases the chances that there will be another bomb on the plane.

5. A programmer is someone who solves a problem you didnt know you had in a way you dont understand.

6. A mathematician is like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isnt there.

7. A topologist is a someone who doesnt know the difference between a coffee cup and doughnut.

8. A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a "brief."

9. A psychologist is someone who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room.

10. A professor is one who talks in someone elses sleep.

11. A consultant is someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time.

12. A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

2) Job Interview
Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?"

The engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."

The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?"

The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?"

And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."

1) Pregnant
An anxious woman goes to her doctor. "Doctor," she asks nervously, "can you get pregnant from anal intercourse?"

"Certainly," replies the doctor, "Where do you think lawyers come from?"

"Cintai-lah" Malaysia...

Was googling up some stuff and I came accross something that really pisses me off, and really makes me hate my country even more. Check this out..

Below are the new National Automotive Policy tax rates, as of 22nd March 2006.

For Completely Knocked Down (CKD) Cars


For Completely Built Up (CBU) Cars



Then I dig a little more, and got lucky. Guess what I found..the Malaysian Customs (Values of Imported Completely Built-Up Motor Vehicles) (New) Order 2006 Pricelist! This is like their cost price-list of all the imported cars in Malaysia.

Take a look and see, I can guarantee you'll feel quite pissed off too, knowing that a supposedly luxurious Audi A8 4.2 Tiptronic Quattro MPV that retails for RM850,000.00 in our Malaysian market, only cost RM196,240!!!

OR, the famous Suzuki Swift 1.5 (A) CBU version, which cost RM89,802.50 in our local market, only cost RM29,057!!

This is shit up right?

So how do they count it? Let's take the Suzukit Swift 1.5 (A) CBU as an example.

Cost price = RM29,057
So according to the tax rate, a passenger car below 1800cc will get:
30% import duty = RM29,057 + 30% = RM37,774.10
then another
75% for excess duty = RM37,774.10 + 75% = RM66,104.675
and then another
10% for sales tax = RM66,104.675 + 10% = RM72,715.14

And remember, this RM72,715.14 is ONLY the local cost price for the distributers!! Distributers will mark up a little, then pass on to the dealers. The dealers will also earn abit, before passing on to the showroom, where they will also earn a little bit more. That's how you end up cars that supposedly worth only RM29,057, cost all the way up to RM89,802.50!!!

This was why Datuk Rafidah was in so much trouble after the PM found out she has been giving away so many Approved Permit (AP). The government easily lose anywhere from RM40k to RM500k, or more for luxury cars - per car! Take a look at Naza showroom..how much money they save on their cars..that is why they can afford to bring in so many insanely expensive cars like Ferrari, Prosche, Maserati, Lexus and even Mitsubishi, because if you have AP, the cars are actually dirt cheap!!

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If you're lazy to check out the price-list, here are some comparison of a few hot, popular cars in Malaysia, their cost price and On The Road price.
*OTR price is base on "On The Road" magazine, Issue 45, car price guide section.
**"Cost after government tax" is Cost + respective tax for that car category.

1) Audi TT 1.8
Cost = RM85,105
Cost after government tax = RM219,975.26
OTR price = RM350,029.00

2) BMW 645Ci Convertible
Cost = RM85,105
Cost after government tax = RM219,975.26
OTR price = RM350,029.00

3) Mini Cooper S Cabrio
Cost = RM87,866
Cost after government tax = RM219,884.67
OTR price = RM223,800.00

4) Mazda 5 2.0L
Cost = RM50,984
Cost after government tax = RM131,232.82
OTR price = RM159,000.00

5) Mercedes-Benz CLS 55 AMG (5.4L)
Cost = RM340,092
Cost after government tax = RM1,094,246.01
OTR price = RM1,291,888.00

6) Mercedes-Benz S 350 L (S) (3.7L)
Cost = RM247,500
Cost after government tax = RM796,331.25
OTR price = RM938,888.00

7) Mitsubishi Evo IX 2.0L
Cost = RM89,132 ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!#@$%
Cost after government tax = RM229,425.77
OTR price = RM284,913.90

8) Porsche Cayenne S FL
Cost = RM208,380
Cost after government tax = RM670,462.65
OTR price = RM765,000.00

9) Chevrolet Aveo 1.5 SOHC (A) (STD)
Cost = RM24,961
Cost after government tax = RM62,389.83
OTR price = RM77,047.50

10) Nissan Fairlady 350z 3.5L (A)
Cost = RM105,000
Cost after government tax = RM337,837.50
OTR price = RM557,185.24

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Don't you just "Cintai-lah Malaysia"...??

#@$#%#%@#$%^#@(*&$^#^$*&#%&*#^@*#$

*Do leave a comment..even if it's just on the chatterbox =). Thanks.

LOOSER advert.

Let me show you what is funnier than Ben Yue's picture (if you haven't see it yet please scroll down to the post after this)...



HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OH MANNN!! I'm literally "LOL"-ing, seriously, I laughed out loud (really loudly) when I saw this. Infact, I almost went "ROFL-MAO"...

Seriously WHAT is the person thinking about when they publish this advertisement? From the moment the photographer took this picture, doesn't he noticed ANYTHING wrong with it?

It's bad enough that the girls expression looks horribly fake, but, can't they AT LEAST plug in the AC power cable to the xBox? I would understand if they forget the video cable, but this is just plain ridiculous!! My as well don't even give them the controllers?? Geez. I hope this advert is not coming directly from Microsoft marketing team, or I can imagine their whole team being kicked off the company!


But WAIT..I found more stupidity like this, and this time, it's from a MOVIE..check this out!!



WAHAHAHAHHA. When I saw this I was actually speechless. If you still don't noticed, check out the microphone. And in this scene the girl is making an announcement with it, and WOW, it has feedback too!! HAHAHAHA, that's a wired dynamic Shure SM58 mic!! Hmmm..wonder how they get the feedback sound..when the mic is not even connected?!? HAHAHAHA.

And then, it got even worst in the following scene...



HAHAHAHAHHA. Check out this nerd singging from that mic!! How stupid does this look man, can even see the XLR pins at the bottom of the mic!! What do they expect?? Fool 5 years old kid with this?? Anyway this scene is taken from the movie "Super Sweet 16". Shocking how MTV, a company filled with musically inclined people who probably uses microphone everyday, make such stupid mistakes!

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Mann..some people just don't care enough to noticed these things. Often many people take all this smaller details for granted, but little do they know that small details like this could actually determined whether whatever they're doing will be successful, or they'll just end up being a laughing stock to everyone, something like the Xbox advertisement.

I'm quite thankful that I'm a person who is very sensitive to minor details, infact, many times people think that my obsession for details are a little bit too..obsessive! People like Thomas would probably agree with what I just said, many times I made him recoil cables which actually "looks" fine, or ask him to tape down cables some more even if it's already taped down properly already, or reroute a cable all over again just to make it slightly neater. Yep, I'm this type of person. At work, people don't understand why I would spend so much time or stressed out over a simple email to send to a client; or why I would redo whole documents, or quotation myself when it is actually presentable enough already; or why the moment I reach my outlet, I would take the cloth and glass cleaner and wipe down the glass cabinets, even if there's little to no finger print on it. As long there is a smudge, I'll wipe it off. I do all this for a simple reason, because every little thing counts, and also because I'm a (over-obsessive) perfectionist. If it's related to me, I can't stand to see things less than perfect, or else I would be very very disappointed at myself.

That's also probably the reason why I don't like to do the things I won't be good in. That's why you don't see me play games like football, simply because I suck at it, and I rather choose not to play at all if I can't excel in it. Call me a quitter if you feel like, but there are certain things I know which I can never do in my life. But for those things which I know it is possible for me to do or to succeed in, I would really fight for it till the end, until I can fight no more.

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and now, more of Jeffrey's
10 Random facts..

1) I somehow managed to get a deep and 1 inch long cut at the bottom of my toe earlier in the morning, but only found out about it when I came home and took my bath in the evening. Only then I felt the pain, (and it was REALLY painful), after I saw it. This prove that we can shut out physical pain completely if we want to, it's all in our mind!

2) Today my boss was actually earlier than me!! The first time out of 123456789 times that we hold our informal meeting at our favourite Kopitiam in Seksyen 14. Should ask me mom to buy 4D and Toto...

3) I still can't stop listening to "Everything" by Lifehouse. I've been listening to it everyday, without fail for more than a week already, and I'm still touched by the lyrics when I hear it everytime. Really can apply both ways, in terms of God and also for our loved ones.

4) Did you know: "Petronas had provided gas subsidies close to RM50bil since 1997, and last year alone, it paid out RM14bil in subsidy." And because of this, “Petronas is screaming for an increase.”

5) As of 12th September 2007, Apple oficcially sold 1 million units of their iPhone! Just 74 days after it's launch. No other hand phone to date sold as much, or as fast as the iPhone.

6) Did you know: "In September 2007, Peninsula, an employment law firm, found that British businesses may be losing $260 million a day from employees using social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook [source: BBC News]."

7) Did you know, that it is estimated that by the year 2060, (natural) red-heads will be...extinct! (If you don't know what is a red-head, Archie(the comic) is a red-head!)

8) Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail outlet, has over 1.9 million associates (employees)!!!

9) Grey's Anatomy Season 4 will be premiering on the 27th of September, that's about a week away! For ALL Grey Anatomy's fan, you MUST head on over to Adeline's blog, she's "evil" enough to post up 3 sneak previews from the new season, and it's killing me..

10) Sad for those who don't know, but Prison Break Season 3 episode 1 is already out and can be downloaded from Mininova. I've watched it already and I got to say this is going to be a VERY exciting season!


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And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.

Sigh..
Funny how we can find love from the most unexpected person on earth.
Funny how can one person give you everything, and also take away everything the moment he/she walks away from your life. Really scary...
Funny how we always only learn to appreciate things after it is long gone.

Baptism @ SSGC & some random Pictures. & some random facts.

Earlier tonight, 5 Youth from SSGC: Audrey Soo, Tan Wen Min, Chin Tun Huang, Lim Yi Shien and Marcus Ong have took the step to proclaim their love for God and walked through the water of baptism, infront of their families and friends.

Just want to congratulate the 5 of you and pray that you all will continue to grow closer with God.

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Pictures..


Uncle Eng Aun leading the evening, with Doctor Victor as the mandarin translator.


First candidate of the night, Audrey Soo.


Next, Tan Wen Min. Here is Petra sharing about Wen Min.


Tan Wen Min.


Then, we have Chin Tun Huang.


and followed by Lim Yi Shien.


*Check out his expression!*


and finally..Marcus Ong!


Picture of all the baptist youth for the evening with their parents.

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And now..for some random pictures..


Priceless shot of Ben Yue..

UPDATE!!
I post this picture on the camp blog, and this is what I found from the chatterbox barely less than an hour later..

yue: eh who is that handsome guy? even thomas is trying to kiss him
yue: can i have his number pls? he looks so cute
Jadeline's: It's okay Thomas, everyone makes mistakes

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH!!



Resemble something..or someone? or..something else?


Jin Fong thought I bang his car!! Actually, at first I also thought I did until I took a closer look.


Some flower I took from the Lilac Salon, with really bright sunlight behind. Have to +4.0 EV to take this.


One of the things I dread most everyday..


You can't really see it. But the road tax price is a staggering RM3280.50. Ouch! What car is this you ask? Aston Martin DB7.

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10 Random facts..
I shall post 10 random facts everytime I post an update. These random facts can be about anything, from facts about myself, or other people, or anything in the world that interest me.

1) I like yellow

2) I like soft toys, if it's possible I would want "Spencer" (from Wong Fu Productions, Give and Take short video)

3) Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Both Co-Founders of Google) are the youngest, self-made billionaire in the world. At only 33 and 34 years old.

4) Bill Gates is no more the richest man on earth. Now the title goes to "Carlos Slim", a Mexican Businessman @ USD$67.8 billion.

5) The sixth richest man on earth, Sheldon Adelson (CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp, which owns The Venetian Macao resort) has the same forename as a SpongeBob Squarepants character - Sheldon J. Plankton.

6) Sheldon Adelson is also the highest paid person on earth at the moment. Earning close to USD $ 1 million per hour. That is around USD $16,666 per minute, Or around RM56,664 per minute. His pay per minute is about the same as most average Malaysian full time employee make in a year!

7) iPod "Product Red" Nano 8GB, which is actually a red color, limited edition version of the brand new Nano 8GB video, supposedly only able to get it in U.S.A.. But guess what, it is already in Malaysia! Infact, there's more stock for "Product Red" in Malaysia compared to the iPod Classic 160GB! *poor Bryan..*

8) I just realised the leading actress in "Honey" is Jessica Alba. And omg she IS so darn pretty. I wonder why everyone say she is hot? Pretty is more like it!

9) I'm voting for "The Stand" by Hillsongs as this year's camp song! Oh yeahh! Now I only hope there is enough musician to actually play this song!

10) My Nikon D50 dSLR is starting to show signs of "old age". Or at least it needs servicing. I can't take pictures at ISO 200 anymore. And the picture produced by my camera seem so dull and "lifeless".

The new "barber"

First up, geek update..


iPod Nano


iPod Classic


iPod Touch

Are these DE ultimate iPod everyone has been waiting for? I don't know about you, but the iPod touch is certainly something I've been waiting for since the firs iPod photo was reviewed to the world. I've been holding myself back all these years and refrain myself from buying an iPod because I know that sooner or later, Apple will come up with something like the iPod touch...and I'm right...and it's beautiful!

Here is some geek talk.


iPod Nano

The new iPod nano comes in 4GB and 8GB variations. It's shorter, wider and thinner than it's predecessor. And the best thing about this new and revamped nano, is that it now sports a 2-inch, 320x240 color screen with LED backlight to push our human eyes to the limit - watching movies on it's miserable small screen. Claimed battery life is up to 24 hours for music playback, and up to 5 hours for video playback, of course this is only for people who will leave their player alone and don't keep changing tracks only after 30 seconds into every song. Anyway this little gems are already out and selling in Malaysia, and the price for this is RM619 for the 4GB version, which only comes in silver color; and RM829 for the 8GB version, which comes in silver, green, blue and black.



iPod Classic

Next up we have the iPod Classic, and it now comes in 80GB or 160GB variations. Like the name suggest, it is still iPod Classic, not much notable difference (externally) here just that it is sleeker and they bumped up the memory. But something worth mentioning, Apple has enhanced the iPod user interface and it seems much more cooler now, and they also added the funky cover flow interface, so you can (almost-literally) "flip" your album and search for what you want.


iPod Classic, Cover Flow.

The selling price for iPod Classic is (surprisingly) cheap. Suggested price for the 80GB version is only RM1099, while the 160GB version is going at RM1499. This is actually very cheap when you compare it to the last generation iPod Video, where the 80GB one is already RM1599. For those who are interested to get this, I highly recommend paying the extra RM400 for the 160GB version. This is seriously the thinnest and sexiest 160GB external hard-disk you can find so far.


iPod Touch - the ultimate iPod?

And finally, we have the brand new iPod, the iPod Touch. Is this what I've been waiting for all this while? The ultimate MP3 player to boil my geek blood? Honestly, I don't think so. From my point of view it's just a iPhone without the GSM phone functions in it. It has the same beautiful 3.5" 480x320 wide-screen; the same multi-touch display where you can pinch your pictures to zoom in and out; and also the same interface as the iPhone; and also Wi-Fi, Safari internet browser and also YouTube support at your disposal. The biggest drawback about all this is it's memory, it only comes in (a VERY VERY pathetic) 8GB and 16GB variations. I think they were too concentrated on making this iPod (very) thin, rather than usable or practical. It's not cheap either, selling price for the 8GB version is USD $299 while the 16GB version is USD $399. The selling price for iPod touch in Malaysia won't be announced until next month, but I got a feeling the 16GB version will set you back at least RM1599. But then again, I wonder could I even help myself from buying this even though I know it's absolutely not worth it, compared to the iPod Classic 160GB which I can also use as a handy external hard-disk, with 160GB to my disposal.

Damned, stupid Apple with their stupid clad-in-white products which is really tempting me to spend my hard-earned money on unpractical things which I probably won't use all the time. Shall see how when I finally get a chance to touch, the touch!

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The new line of "barbers"..

For those who don't know, the company I'm working for also has a magazine devision publishing fashion lifestyle magazine once a month around KL area. So, this week I got pulled along to see 2 new hair salon that has just recently open and they're interested to advertise in our magazine.

Now I'm not really a salon person, and I don't really see much of it around my area, what's more enter to one. So I don't know is this a new "normal" trend or not, but I'm amazed how these new Salons are like. What happened to those good ol' barber with that authentic look?



After all, it's all the same (right?), just go in to get your hair cut. But these Salons really bring the hair-cutting business up a notch.

This is "Inn Hair Salon", the first salon we visitted.


When I first walk in to this one, I was like.."whoah!!". I know I know I might sound like a jakun, but seriously, how many salon's do you see having chandelier?? And it looks so different from the normal barber shop I'm used to seeing outside my house there.


The cement block "table", the cement floor, the "floating" mirrors that is lighted up from behind, everything looks so cool and modern. Certainly something new for me.


Next up, we went to "Lilac Salon".



My goodness man, just when I thought the Inn Hair Salon was already something else, this is really really something else! I'll let the picture do the talking..


The area where people get their hair cut. Actually give you a proper sofa to seat on!








They even zheng the toilet..


Even their instrument/equipment cart..it's so..class!

Man..time has certainly changed man. Nowadays everything is getting either very very big (like huge shopping malls and retail outlets); or it must be really different than the rest. Looks like the word for all the newer business nowadays is "modernisation" and "(VERY) expensive".

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I really hope God can give me a reason to live..soon! It's really getting (very VERY) hard to continue living when you're living in a absolutely meaningless life.
I just need a reason..any reason at all to live will be good enough.
Or at least a sign that You are still there? That it would eventually (hopefully) be worth it, to be patient.
I just hope and pray things will eventually get better. Especially my life, I'm really desperate to get out of my shoes. I would trade shoes with anyone on earth right now, without any hesitation. Better still if I could trade shoes with the dead, or the mentally retarded. At least they don't have to think about anything, don't have to worry about anything, and most importantly, don't have to remember or think about any painful experiences and hurts.

Sad to say this, but sometimes, or actually most of the time, I actually envy that mentally ill guy that is always coming around our Church and the field...

Yet another geek update..

A "short" rant on the IT hardware retail business (in Digital Mall)

I think out of ALL the other 123456789 industry there is in this world, the only industry that can have a huge impact on a measly RM1 difference in pricing between competitors is the end-user IT hardware business.

I'm serious, selling your thumb-drive at RM39 or RM40 can either mean a day without any sales at all, or a sold-out on that day. Sometime it can get very frustrating as all the products you're selling must be competitively priced, or else you'll definitely lose out in terms of sales. I'm surprise end-users shopping for such high end product (computer hardware are considered high end right? Most of the things is not cheap!) can be so, insanely kiam siap!

And because of this, the IT hardware business in Malaysia is actually getting very very terrible (compared to Singapore, US, Australia, even Thailand!), simply because there are too much competition, and everyone out there is trying to grab hold of your customers, and the customers themselves are very kiam siap. Many times I lost customer to competitors just because they're selling their stuff RM0.10 cheaper! YES, I'm serious, just because of 10 cents they rather walk up another floor, is like RM399.90 and RM400.00 can save them ALOT. Geez.

But I also very kiasu one la, normally I try to be cheapest. If they put RM399.90, I would normally change my price to RM395 or even RM390 straight away if I can. Please bear in mind that because of all these terrible competition, the gross profit margin (gross profit devided by cost, times 100 percent) in this business has drop way below the average level. Normally retail business (buy and sell, exclude food) you should be able to get around 20-30% gross profit margin, manufacturing business can get about 35-50% and of course higher for trading and food industry. Now, for the IT hardware retail business, you're considered very lucky if you can even get 15% gross profit margin!! That's if you sell mostly computer accessories like blank CDs, USB hub, mouse, keyboard, laptop bags (those stuff u can import in bulk from China). But if it comes to computer hardware, you're looking from as low as 0.8% to the most 10% only! Yes guys, believe it, it's THAT bad, why?? Cause you all love to bargain so much!

So when you see my prices to the right and you start to think: "Hmm, how much cheaper would Jeffrey give me leh??", hold that thought and let me tell you the truth now, for thumbdrive (the 1gb and 2gb), I'm earning not more then RM2 each! And for the 4GB, not more then RM5. If you look at the external hard-disk, let me just tell you my cost straight; for the RM178 - 80GB 2.5" external hard-disk, my cost is RM174.50!! Yesss..I only earn RM3.50 from a capital of RM174.50, my profit margin is only 2%. And I'm only able to get such low price on my hard-disk (is considered low) is because I've to commit to order 650 units a month from my suppliers. So..still want to bargain?

But I love this business. It's very challenging and it's very fun trying to beat all those bigger outlets in terms of sales volume, and even profit margin! I always like to compare my 96 sq ft kiosk with outlets which are at least 6 times my size, challenge myself to do things which is way past it's limit.

Like Sam Walton said: "Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring in to reality; but the dream must be there first."

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Temptation

Today after having our usual weekly Monday meeting at office, I decided to stop by Digital Mall again before I go home (or normally I'll go straight home to sleep). After checking up on my little outlet and made sure operations is going smoothly, I did my usual surveying routine around Digital Mall on all my competitors, checking up on prices (to make sure I'm still the lowest on the hot selling products) and also try to see and learn from them. If you pay attention to every shop you enter, there are actually alot of things you can learn from each one of them. Their people, customer service, how they run their operations, product marketing, pricing, even how they arrange their products and even to the smallest detail, like what they write/draw on those small promotion tags and stick on their product to entice you to buy it. After all, a great idea must come from somewhere right? And most ideas out there are actually base on existing ideas, is just up to you to gather it, and improve on it.

Anyway..I was walking in ALL IT and then suddenly I saw a promotion tag that says: "50% discount!!". And if you read what I said above, you should know that this mean they're selling stuff under-cost (Since most you can earn is also only 15%)!!, at least I did and I went over to the next isle where the sign was. And the next thing I know..I'm at home with this..


Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop keyboard set

Argh..I'm a sucker when it comes to geek stuff like this. But I always wanted to get this set and I always told myself that it is way too expensive for a measly keyboard
(<>even though it is omg so darn sexy and beautiful and the keys are like so nice to type and some-more the numerical keypad is seperated with it's own calculator function and media keys and everything is wireless, oh and did I say it looks darn sexy? <>)
, SRP is RM429 and I think that's abit too over-rated. BUT now they're having a 50% off on it, how can I miss out on a chance like this?? A quick check with my supplier and he confirmed that they're definitely selling under-cost, so now I've a new uber sexy keyboard.


Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop keyboard set with my Logitech MX610 laser mouse. My perfect desktop combo!


My desktop


Closer look on the diNovo keyboard




Closer look on the wireless numerical keypad cum calculator.


I love my new keyboard. MSN me more people!! So I can type more on my new keyboard.. =p

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Something not-so-geeky

Went to Fraser's Hill last weekend to "crash" Agape family camp for one night. It was a great getaway, even though it was only for a night, but it sure is good to take some time off from work, and to finally stop thinking about work (although I still did at night).

How can you blame me? I'm a young businessmen trying to be successful, I've to eat, sleep, drink and play - work...if you get what I mean.
"What you think about most of the time is what you become. If you think about achieving your goals and put your time, energy, and effort behind achieving them, what you think about most of the time is what you will become." - Sam Walton (again).


Sorry side tracked again, anyway the main point of this section is to post something funny about the camp..


Beautiful, quiet, peaceful, green and small little town-centre of Fraser's Hill.


But right behind me..


Hahaha, check out all the Agape-ians swarming the marble stone which describe a little of Fraser's Hill background. I'm sure this stone is quite important to this little town, and the Agape-ians are all over it..literally!