Downing of MH17

By now I guess most people would have known the fate of MH17 but this came as a shocking news to me last Friday morning (18 July 2014). It was shocking because this came only about 4 months ago when another Malaysia airline flight MH370 was lost and according to the media, somewhere in the South Indian Ocean. As at today, it is still a mystery as to the fate of this aircraft. No bodies, no debris and no wreckage is found yet.

Downing of MH17

Life Journey As At 17 July 2014

Good morning everyone!

Man...i'm feeling exhausted after completing a travel blog at www.borneoescapde.com. Hey, please visit and support this website yah, if you want to get travelling tips about Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

I'm going to reduce the frequency of this blog to once a week as I find it hard to juggle between these two blogs. I just do not have that much of energy to spare and during the period of setting up BorneoEscapade, I'd gotten sick a few times. Moving forward, this blog will focus mainly about myself, my life experience and personal travelling trips.

Lastly, your support is very much needed!

Winning RM57,000,000 Jackpot.

The question is, how will you spend the money?

Kota Kinabalu June 27, 2014

Oh yes, before I proceed, why i'm talking about RM57,000,000 instead of RM100,000,000 is because this is the record amount of jackpot winning ever won by a person in Malaysia. I think it was won by an elder in his 70s. 

Sony NEX-3N over Nikon D3100. Decided & Purchased!

I have recently bought a new camera. It's a Sony NEX-3N. In case you have no idea how it looks like:

Sony Nex-3N with accessories

Oops, in the box. But you can check out the exact camera here where I talked about why I'm getting a new camera.

First of all, this is not an article about a review of this camera. This merely talks about my experiences and considerations before I landed my hand on this new device.

I'm the kind of person who's willing to spend in order to learn a new skill. Some say this habit is good as it encourages one to learn new skills. In my case, I think it's bad. You see, whenever I bought myself new devices, in the beginning I felt very excited but after few days, I got bored, easily, and no longer fondling, er...I mean, playing around with these device anymore. I got myself a guitar (now, nowhere to be found), a 76 keys keyboard (last I checked, it's still functioning) and now, this camera. Because of this habit of mine, I told myself not to spend too much on this new camera as it may ended up just like the rest. (somehow I feel this device will not ended up like the rest as i'm going to use this for my work, though)

I budgeted RM1,500 for this new camera and my requirements are:

Rich vs Poor, From a Car Wash Session Perspective

Ha, what a weird title but let's just skip this for the time being as i'm still thinking of an appropriate topic for my sharing today. Or, perhaps I will just let it be.

Me and my wife brought our car for a wash yesterday at a car wash outlet in Damai, Kota Kinabalu. After done with our lunch, we decided to head back to the outlet to check on the status of our car wash and to inspect any dirt not cleaned. There were 3 kids (8-9 years of age probably) doing the cleaning of our car, on a public holiday.

Car Wash Outlet @ Damai

Dreaming: North Korea

Gee...I just woke up from a horrible dream. Guess what, I was in North Korea! What's the matter with me?! In my dream, the city of Pyongyang was filled with lots of gigantic and nicely crafted building. Unfortunately, these buildings were empty except for a few military personnel patrolling in the city of Pyongyang. Not many civilians were sighted.

I guess I watched too much  documentary about North Korea lately. 

The Ryugyong Hotel of Pyongyang

Considering A New Camera

Recently i'm considering a new camera. I have being using a Sony DSC TX-7 for quite some time. It's a compact camera and no doubt, it has lots of functions but most of them are in auto mode, meaning the ability of setting attributes such as the ISO and Aperture are limited.

I'm thinking of moving to a more advanced level of camera, not too advance in terms of cost but good enough to play around with the manual settings and taking good pictures for my work. After some research, I have came down to 2 cameras namely the Sony Nex 3N vs Nikon D3100. They cost about the same, function about the same and the most importantly, the sensor are about the same size.

Nikon D3100

Sony NEX 3N

What do you think? Which one would you choose? 

3 Strangers Bond Over Music

I came across this video today.



Background of the story:

The person who took this video was just finished buying his grocery and took this video when he finds this guy playing an interesting music. Soon after, two strangers joined and jammed with this guy.

My thought:

People communicate and bond over music! That's the way should be, enjoying the beauty of music and companionship of each other. I truly hope to see this kind of event happen in Malaysia and not watching certain people championing their own race, religion and political view in this country. Peace!

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Reminders For Myself

Proves that all successful people starts from very bottom of their life. 

Differences between a successful and unsuccessful people

Job Stability And The Underlying Problems: My Thought

Last week, I posted a video by Alex Alejandro Chacon that went viral here.

So, a brief introduction of Alex Alejandro Chacon. Alex was a Biomedical Sciences graduate. After graduated from his studies, he sold everything that he had, loaded all the necessities for his upcoming journey onto his bike (a KTR650) and started his lone journey to travel and experience the world. For now, he’s a public speaker, charity raiser and is continuing his passion travelling around the world. You can check out everything about this guy at http://www.modernmotodiaries.com. Below shows one of his earlier videos that went viral.

Selfie In 360 Degrees: Good Idea

Taking a 360 degree selfie? Just came across a great video today from a guy (Alex Chacon) who had been taking selfie, 360 degrees around the world that he's traveled. Great idea! Video below.

For more information about his adventure, please visit http://www.modernmotodiaries.com/

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Update About Myself + Upcoming New Project

There were so many things happened last few weeks that shifted my focus away from this blog. 

First it was my parents who visited me some time beginning of last month. Busy entertaining and because this computer which i'm working on was always occupied, there's no chance for me to sit down, having some time to clear my mind and starting to blog. Anyway, i'm not blaming as family time is more important for me. 

And then there's this GST (Goods Service Tax) thingy that our government is going to implement commencing 1st of April next year and because of that I have to attend a two days course about this. As i'm in charged of the accounting and administrative related matters for the company that i'm working for, I have to learn about the mechanism of this GST. Seems to me it's going to involve very complicated procedures for me to 'toy' around once this GST is implemented.

Lastly, the most important project that my friends and I are working on. If you realized in my blog, there's a button which says "Private Tour" that is now still under the status "work in progress'. Yes! me and my friends are working on this, and basically, we're providing private tours to whomever is interested to visit this area of the world, privately of course, without the trouble of having to follow strict schedule prefixed by local tour providers as well as the awkward feeling to mix around with other tourist strangers. Our main focus is to build friendship with people around the world who's interested to visit Borneo and to exchange, share and understand about the lifestyle, culture and tradition with each other. This is purely a friendship and fellowship approach and more details of this project we will present in our new website. For the start, we will focus only on the area of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

I'm currently working on this new website so expect me to blog less often here but I will still update from time to time. Once this website is ready, I will announce it here so, stay tuned.

P/s: you may provide me with your suggestion/comments below about this new project of mine. Thanks.

Toyota Prado 90: Clinometer/Altimeter

I need your help to look for this below.

Clinometer/Altimeter

This is actually a central console/meters that is installed on most of the Prado 90 series models. This meter shows altitude, leaning level, temperature and direction of the vehicle. 

I have being searching this from a number of auto junkyard locally but failed. I feel annoyed every time I look at this console. The display seems to have faded due to it's age but electronic inside seems to work fine. I managed to find new units for sell but the dealer is in west Malaysia and he insisted me to bank in into his bank account before he posts it over to me. I don't dare to place my bet.

If you have or managed to locate this for me, new or used but in perfect working condition, please drop me an email. Thanks!

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Toyota Prado 90: Airpress And Antenna Replacement

I have always wanted to install Airpress on all four windows of my Prado. I think all Prado 90 series originally manufactured in Japan have all these installed. As my version was assembled in Malaysia, we don't have these readily installed on our cars, and, my car looks so much naked without them.

Newly installed Airpress

Devil Breath: Scopolamine

Have you ever heard of Devil's Breath?

Some times ago I watched a documentary about Devil's Breath. What it is? It is some kind of drug, known to be the world's scariest drug.

Kopi Ping @ Kota Kinabalu : Air Bandung

Kopi Ping is a cafe located at Damai, Kota Kinabalu. It serves varieties of Asian food.

Air Bandung Special @ Kopi Ping

About Apple iPhone, From My Eyes...

Recently, I came across an article from the February 2014 issue of Chip Malaysia magazine, detailing how much Apple (as in Steve Job's company) earned from the owner of their most recent iPhone line-ups namely the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.

How much Apple gets from the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C owners

Missing MH370: My Thought On How The Chinese Media Portrayed Malaysia

First of all, I need to make myself clear that i'm not being insensitive to the relatives of the missing MH370 victims. What I am about to say may not be to your liking (particularly if you're from China) but I still feel that I need to voice out in respond to all negative comments regarding how Malaysia handled this incident of missing MH370.

Toyota Prado 90: Aircond Major Service

Weird. I only realized that "Aircond" is not a recognized word but we have being using this word day in day out in Malaysia for as long as I can remember. Okay, for those who don't know what an aircond means, it simply means air conditioner and of course in this case, i'm referring to my Toyota Prado 90's air conditioner.

This was a long due service so expected to cost a bomb. I didn't go to my usual car service center (again, if you are aware of any good 4x4 workshop in Kota Kinabalu, please recommend to me as i'm getting sick of their service) as they don't do aircond. One Saturday few weeks ago, I went to a workshop specialized in fixing car aircond. This was the first time I visited this workshop. 

Weirdos, Craziness and Success....Strange Combinations?

Am I a weirdo? My wife always reminds me don't be one. It's shameful, she says. But there's part inside me that always wanted to do crazy stuff. "Crazy Stuff" as defined as acts that "NORMAL PEOPLE WILL NOT DO".

Logitech® Keyboard Case for Ipad® 2 By: ZAGG, My Experience

Recently, I have being looking for a replacement for my notebook for word processing purpose. I was looking for a device that is extremely portable, one that I can type straight away once I activated it. After several weeks of window shopping, I learnt quite a few things about product on offer in the market nowadays and why most of  them are not suitable for me, unfortunately.

Logitech® Keyboard Case for Ipad® 2 By: ZAGG 

The Missing of Malaysia Airlines MH 370: From My Eyes

About seven days ago, at around 2.40am on 8th March 2014, a Malaysia airline flight MH370 of aircraft type Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people on board went missing from radar. The flight departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and was expected to land in Beijing around 6.30am the same day, however, during the handover of air traffic control from Malaysia to Vietnam during the period the flight entering the airspace of Vietnam, Vietnamese air traffic control failed to detect MH370. Malaysian air traffic control tried to detect MH370 but to no avail too.

Property Development in Kota Kinabalu: The Palm Condominium, Kinarut

Looking for an affordable condominium? Or a condominium that can give you the best scenic view of both Sabah famed crystal clear ocean and the majestic Mt. Kinabalu? Introducing The Palm Condominium, Kinarut, another new project developed by WSG Development Sdn. Bhd. 

The Palm Condominium, Kinarut

Toyota Prado 90: Service at mileage 172,813KM

I have just sent in my Toyota Prado for it's service recently. Nothing major repaired so not much to log on this blog. Total amount paid for this service was RM235.82. This include change of motor oil, labour charges on service as well as change of a set of front wiper.

Normally on average this is the amount I pay to service my 4x4. I used to pay RM300.00++ for different brand of motor oil so I consider paying RM235.82 to be quite reasonable. Engine still going strong as at today, no complaint on the motor oil I currently use but I do have hell lots of complaints regarding the attitude of technician from this workshop that I visit regularly but, more on this some other time. I would really appreciate reader to recommend me any other workshop with specialty in servicing 4x4 vehicle around Kota Kinabalu area. By the way, i'm using 76 motor oil.

Property Development in Kota Kinabalu: Jesselton Residence

Jesselton Residence is another future landmark in Kota Kinabalu. This will be a 28 storeys, 3 blocks buildings comprising shopping center, car parks and condominiums located just beside Suria Sabah shopping mall in the city center. 

Jesselton Residence: Artist Impression

Property Development in Kota Kinabalu: Menara Kekal Megah

Does anyone knows what is happening at the old GSC (Golden Screen Cinema) site in the city facing the Shangri-La Hotel? Apparently there has being some activities going on lately at the site.

Activities going on at the old GSC

Sickening Society

Yesterday, came across this news shared by a friend of mine.

Because of things like this happened, people are becoming more hesitant to help out. I see people keeps blaming of how heartless the Chinese are but this is the kind of thing frequently happening in China. If we want to blame, blame the government for failing to safeguard the neighborhood. I seriously think that the authority should compensate this kind-hearted fella for all his losses and suffers.

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ASUS Radeon HD 7790 Direct CU II OC, My Experience (Not a review)

I have always wanted a higher performance graphic card for my desktop with the primary reason, the ability to play PC (Personal Computer) games with descent eye candies but have never willing to pay more than RM600 or about USD180 for this reason (yeah, I know I'm stingy but hey, I'm just an occasion gamer). I did have a slower performance graphic card previously which came in the form of Gigabyte Radeon HD5450. It was a good budget card which came at a cost of RM129 (USD40) but will not allow me to play my preferred PC games at higher graphic setting.

Last June 2013, I came across a review regarding ASUS Radeon HD7790 Direct CU II OC from Chip Malaysia Magazine 

Asus Radeon HD 7790 Direct CU II OC

Friendship

I'm kind of feeling down at this moment. The story is like this. Today is a public holiday and I was initially asked to attend a small gathering with our ex-high school classmates. Only realized they did not invite me at all even though I have indicated to them to give me a call if the gathering is on.