Things have been crazy of late - first started off with the 5-day intensive training conducted by a couple of trainers from the US of A from a company called CBS. Interesting training, friendly trainers.
Right after that, I've started with the process training to prepare for my new role. Ughh. Because of this last minute notification about my process training, I had to cancel 3 out of the 5 days of leave that I applied for.
The trainer says that the first 60 days will be the hardest. And this is only for the GSEs, mine will be even harder with the training I need to provide to my replacement, the new things and routines that I will learn, the old routines and habits I have to break.
Chinese New Year is one of the few rare ocassions where the clan gathers for a reunion. Managed to meet up with some cousins whom I haven't seen in awhile.
Matthew has gotten himself an Apple iPhone and it is so damn cool. DAMN COOL. I want one now more than ever. He got it in Hong Kong and it seems so much cheaper there. With the currency exchange rate, he told me it was only about RM 2000. You can get one for about RM 2250 on eBay Malaysia.
I managed to fiddle around with it abit and everything functions exactly the way you see it in the videos found online on the Apple site or YouTube videos.
No trickery involved. The silky smooth scrolling of contacts and photos, the screen orientation for viewing photos from portrait-view to landscape-view. The only thing I forgot to test was the function to zoom-in and out while viewing the photos.
The screen was huge and crystal clear. The touchscreen was sensitive and I did make some typos while testing out the SMS function but that could be due to me having big fingers and the screen had small virtual "buttons". Maybe it was also because it was my first time typing something out which I was not used to.
The phone was small and compact, but a tad heavy. But it feels solid and doesn't feel cheap. Of course as mentioned numerous times by myself and other sites, its basically an iPod with phone functions. The camera is nothing to shout about being only 2 megapixels and no flash.
But goddamn, it's just one of those things that you just got to have!
I've read that Apple was planning to release an iPhone with bigger capacity, 3G support etc. Apple has recently announced of a newer, improved version of the iPhone. The only thing I've seen so far is the 16GB capacity upgrade. I guess it's just a matter of time.
Took the siblings out for dinner on the 2nd day of CNY. It was the 2nd time I've been to Italiannies. We had the Stuffed Mushrooms with 3 cheese sauce for starters, Chicken Paramagiana, Fettucine Cabonara, Chicken Lagsane and Seafood Rissotto. And finally for dessert, the Cappucino Pie. Unfortunately, we finished everything else before we managed to take pictures.
Many moons ago, I blogged about how people said that Hershey's Peanutbutter Cups are the best chocolate ever. And at that time, these were a rare thing. But look what I found at Giant 1Utama the other day?
It looks like there's an update on the cause of Heath Ledger's death - a quote from bbc.com.uk
It's a great loss - I cannot wait to see him as The Joker in "The Dark Knight". Even some people have said that they now want to watch the movie based on his performance as seen in the 2 1/2 minute trailer itself. Now, how's that for good acting?
The next Bond movie has an official name - "The Quantum Of Solace" and its expected to be released in November 2008. Here's the poster.
Rm 2.29 for a 2 is alot cheaper than the 6-pack my sisters got from the Duty Free Shops at the airport.
On Wednesday, the New York City medical examiner ruled that Ledger died from the combined effect of six different prescription drugs.
They included painkiller Oxycontin and anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax.
Traces of painkiller Ibuprofen and the sleeping pills Restoril and Unisom were also found in Ledger's blood.
It's a great loss - I cannot wait to see him as The Joker in "The Dark Knight". Even some people have said that they now want to watch the movie based on his performance as seen in the 2 1/2 minute trailer itself. Now, how's that for good acting?
The next Bond movie has an official name - "The Quantum Of Solace" and its expected to be released in November 2008. Here's the poster.
I enjoyed "Casino Royale" so I'll probably catch this one as well.
Because its the new year, and its the Year Of The Rat, just for the heck of it:
Because its the new year, and its the Year Of The Rat, just for the heck of it:
Not that I'm a big fan of Disney characters, especially Mickey/Minnie Mouse (I am a fan of Hot Toys though!) - but those are impressive.
Finally, here's a quote that I'm stealing from WY ( if you're reading this sorry man, but I think this is good!) -
Finally, here's a quote that I'm stealing from WY ( if you're reading this sorry man, but I think this is good!) -
Should I smile because you're my friend, or cry because that's all we'll ever be
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