FixAtioN

Another long DEMANDING CALL to BOU

2010-02-03T15:39:00.002+08:00

so it lasted 17 mins...

she (enna) thanked me for putting on hold twice...

directly answer my question more like a friend than a irritating customer service officer...

understand my situation clearly and apologized at the end of our conversation as I have mentioned that it is an unconvenience to me multiple times even when she offered me suggestions...

Kudos to BOU. :) i am happy with the customer service.

DRIVING MANUAL THROUGH EXPERIENCE

2010-01-30T22:53:00.001+08:00

alright, first, let me see, get in the car
hehe, not passenger seat tau, driver seat ok..
then start engine everything
k.. make sure hand brake is up..
it's always up, unless you never park properly
start engine
then... tekan clutch.. all the way in... pasal u gg to change to gear 1... ready to move
after clutch is depress FULLY..
baru lah use ur hand tukar gear one, top left
left first...
then push the gear up... ok so far.
then... let go the gear... put ur hand back to steering well, u won't change the gear so soon one.. relax k
now.. remember u depress the clutch... slowly let go..
not all the way..
slowly slowly..
then u can feel the car vibrate.
meaning, the gear dah engage, car nak move.. tapi, the hand brake is still up
no... don't talk about accelerator first, chill girl
one at the time k
handbrake is still on
now, since car dah vibrate and nak move..
that is half clutch position, biar ur feet stay there for a moment, let it cramp there
now... release the hand brake.
once u do..... the car will move, very very very slowly, so u won't kanchiong and i also don't kanchiong.
but to be exact, it depends... kalau car is very new, the half clutch is not half way.. u depress sikit je dah half clutch, kalau my dad car, yang dah tua kutuk, lol, tu jauh sikit..
let me continue
now, handbrake dah down
then
car is moving VERY slowly.
NO ACCELERATOR tau, and the car moving,.... magical kan
but slow gila lah.
k.. now u at half clutch BUT never... never release more than that
ur left leg which is the one depressing the clutch half way
then... it stay there... if u let go the clutch a ITSY Bitsy little bit more..
then the car will vibrate WILDLY..
because by itself, it can't carry on...
it needs the accelerator.
so get your right feet to press the accelerator
baru ada power, car will move faster.
now... that u have the accelerator helping the clutch, u can let go the clutch.
the accelerator strong enough to handle the car
after tekan the accelerator... the accelerator will look at the gear... since its gear one, accelerator will listen to gear one, this gear one fella, is strong, but slow.. so it means, USE gear ONE for uphill SLOPE
so, u can tekan all you want when u are at gear one.. bUT it being slow, u can't attain a fast speed.. so gear one is use to gain momentum.
after u tekan the accelerator to a speed like 20 KM/h... 1 thing happen, the car vibrate madly=becuase its telling you it cannot go any faster.. "PLEASE change the gear"
so now, after pressing the accelerator to a great extend u must [hardest part] let go the accelerator and apply clutch at the same time

now, GO DRIVE

Carrying the WORLD

2010-01-22T19:16:00.001+08:00

most people can carry two things in their hands, but me, i can carry 20 things in my hand, and if i can't, i will ask myself why? it doesn't end there, and it rarely ends with me. but of course, try harder in the future.

TIME & PERCEPTION & How you should perceive

2010-01-22T17:30:00.003+08:00

Everybody got time.I don't HAVE TIME. I have limited time. I want to have TIME. (cannot say "i do not have time", must say "i want to have time")
I have so many things happening. When I focus on advising one person like my brother.
And advising my sister. (I am NOT perfect myself).
But people often think what we all don't want them to think. DO NOT think negatively, think positively. I will give an example PRACTICAL EXAMPLE. I'M the best at that.

I am riding and i am lane changing slowly to the right, this mini van was in MY BLINDSPOT and IT WAS MY FAULT that i did not check my blindspot. I slowly and gradually got into the right lane and TOO MY SURPRISE, my handle bar KNOCK ON THE PASSENGER seat DOOR. I was pissed off for the wrong REASON this time, and that is:
WHY THE POOP didn't he horn me sooner. SO PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES!
MEANING:
DO NOT GET AGITATED WHEN PEOPLE HORN AT YOU because THEY MIGHT JUST HAVE THE INTENTION TO HELP YOU or MAKE YOU AWARE OF A CERTAIN THING like:
1) YOU FORGOT TO SWITCH ON YOUR VEHICLE LIGHT
2) SIDE STAND FOR MOTORCYCLE

THUS, PERCEIVE POSITIVELY. Then live your life and die.
Thanks.

Not Gen X, NoT GEN Y, BUT IT IS GEN SEC!

2010-01-21T10:19:00.001+08:00

As always, I don't mean to set or start a trend but NOW, the trend is GEN SEC,

Just because, all information is available at your FINGERTIPS in sec.

Here's a scenario:

A boy is listening to a song, he likes it, go to google, get a few words out of the songs. And by seconds the lyrics loaded in front of your eyes and you can sing along, or hear it again.

SNAIL MAIL FROM UNITED KINGDOM TO SINGAPORE

2009-12-31T22:13:00.002+08:00

If I send a letter from London United Kingdom to Singapore, it will take 7 days to arrive.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME ISSUE EXPLANATION

2009-12-31T00:50:00.000+08:00

Dear Paypal,

Face the facts that some people do NOT have first and last names.

Please include another option in your application form that just ask for the full name so MANY people can just put their real full name in one box.

You asked for first name and I gave "Muhammad" and you ask my last name, i gave "Afandi" and when I log into paypal, you greet me as "AFANDI MUHAMMAD". What is WRONG with your system?

The funniest thing is, if I look for my merchant name, it will state as "MUHAMMAD AFANDI" which is correct but if I try to withdraw funds to my bank account it will state as "AFANDI MUHAMMAD" which is NOT the same as my bank details.

Please understand my frustrations and fix this. Thank you.

Happiness

2009-12-25T17:09:00.002+08:00

Happiness is a CRAZY thing . . . (crazier than money!) its a way of life, money is just part of life, you have it or not...

The simpler it is, the more easier it is to attain, and euphoric you go!
Simple things that makes me happy:

(list starts....)

Michael Jackson songs...
hearing songs from both my speakers and earphones that is plugged in the same speakers and knowing that it is possible...

(...it will never ends)
important, i myself can make myself happy
most important is still a secret.

SINGAPORE BANKS SWIFT CODES

2009-12-24T14:38:00.002+08:00

Since they do not provide it in their websites... (according to Standard Chartered Bank)
POSB/DBS has it in their website... Other >Inward... (there are charges)

BIC - Bank Identifier Code
These BIC is connected to the SWIFT network:

Institution name: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
BIC/SWIFT Code: SCBLSGSGXXX (Do not include the XXX, I don't know what that is for)

Institution name: DEVELOPMENT BANK of SINGAPORE (DBS)/Post Office Savings Bank (POSB)
BIC/SWIFT Code: DBSSSGSG

Institution name: Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd (OCBC)
BIC/SWIFT Code: OCBCSGS

Institution name: United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB)
BIC/SWIFT Code: UOVBSGSG

Institution name: Malayan Banking Berhad
BIC/SWIFT Code: MBBESGSG

Take care. Peace.

SONY ERICSSON PROMO. REF No.: VW8506

2009-12-14T15:00:00.000+08:00

I have a message from +22996713830, I have check the country code, it is from Benin. Benin (pronounced [beh-NIN]), officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa.The message is as follows:-
-start-

Your cell number has won 500, 000 pounds in the ongoing Sony Ericsson Mobile promo. ref no.: VW8506. Send email to contact@uksonyericsson.co.ukTel: +447035957855

-end-
The tel is a Great Britain number.Please warn others and please crack down on the people behind this. Interpol maybe, since it is an international issue, maybe UK and Benin officials can concentrate.

Important things besides money...

2009-12-11T14:58:00.003+08:00

Well, of course we have the money, this important thing only adults know about.
If you think it is not important,
1) You could be (or your parents are) filthy rich.
2) You are not an adult, your still a kid getting allowance from your dad.
3) You are a caveman back in the olden days still having faith in your wooden bat for dinner.

Aside from clothing, shelter and air, existence require money, furthermore in contacts of Singapore.

Even clothing needs money, so its in the initail necessity for life, QUESTION: Is there anywhere in the world that has a high room temperature in the night: What I'm getting at is, can we live somewhere where there is no need for clothing, EVEN in the night. If that is possible, living without clothing is a possibility, I understand that the desert's temperature at night is unbearable.

Well where I'm getting at on this post is that, it will be funny to people to hear that you treat other things as important as money, one formidable match will be time.

Try saying this to someone when your are booking an appointment with them, you are their customer:
"I wouldn't want you to disturb my afternoon, I like to squeeze my morning to accomodate you"

Of course, the norm would say: "So arrogant/action/chesty like a peacock" but well you have to understand that you have not value time as much. With time my friends... we are at a LOSING war, i get pretty emotional when I think about time. I can never get it back, I'm such a loser.

But if you manage your time, you still waste it nonetheless, but it will be for a cause, you could relate it closely to "sacrifice". You have to have an emotion when it comes to this, then you will FEEL how precious time is. And if you could, YOU WILL BUY TIME. That is the ultimate-ultimate (linked to other ultimate-ultimate)

Hope this helps.

Demanding

2009-12-06T02:10:00.009+08:00

Well, I am the most demanding person I know... If you think you are demanding, you ain't seen nothing yet.
(I will kindly ask what you can do for me, after understanding that, I will ask whether they can do this, this, and this and until they say "Oh, we can't do that", but it does not stop there, I will still ask "Why not?", "Wouldn't it be better if you can provide this, this and this?"
I will also write feedback form to improve their system and as a whole, improve MY experience with them.
You can see me as a complaint-freak.
I can see myself as the customer that is the biggest investment these companies serving me has.
I will improve their system so that EVERY single person will want their service. :)

Well, I am also the most stubborn person I know... If you think you are stubborn, you'll be laughing at how stubborn I can get.

Demanding.
I want quick fast done now, instant. NOW NOW NOW!
A second to me is like forever if the thing I want done is not done.
I want fast cheap good, great would me better but I will compromise since it's already fast and cheap.
As a result, I want the service that I provide just the same, seamless and with ease. :)

Feedbacks will show how demanding I am: Tonnes of letters sent. This is the latest to DBS Bank, that's Development Bank of Singapore:

06/12/2009: 0145-0200
I chose Complaint rather suggestion cause I want them to take this seriously.
Do you know I am your customer? Do you value me? Show it, cause I ain't feeling it.Well, I could take my few cents to the next bank. :)
Actual letter sent: (as below)

06/12/2009: 0145-0200
I tried to log in to iBanking but I got "Service not available. Please try again later" so I check on the schedule maintenance but at this time and date, there wasn't any scheduled maintenance. So I called up your hotline(I've waited for 15 mins for the next available customer service officer, machine says next available officer will be in approximately 6 mins, after 6 mins, she said another 6 mins, after which she said 2 minutes, after which she said again, 2 mins and finally someone attended to me) and the customer service officer said because you do this in the night at an unspecified timing.
Well, could you include that as well in your schdule maintenance list, tell us that if it happens please try again after an hour (as mentioned by the customer service officer).
Your message: "Service not available. Please try again later" does not suffice.Please include this because it helps, at least for me it does:"We apologize for any inconvenience caused."
It is 0210, and I still have no access.
Thank you.
Sincerest regards.

---End---

And when you put me on hold, I demand that you say "thank you for holding" since it's the norm practice corporate uses, I rather you apologize. You might not value time as much as me, I suppose. And each time if you do not say "thank you" I will be wondering why you didn't, on the other side.

Well, as you can see when I'm pissed, (emotionally HOT) I'll do anything and everything I can to improve the current situation, in all situation. I'm driven for a solution every single time. I want to BE the last person to complain. I want the system to be perfect or go as far as it can for customers. I want their ease of mind. Simply said: I'm a perfectionist.

Married life

2009-10-26T11:42:00.002+08:00

Well, just want to start another chain of things to with my-wife-to-be, remember it's not a must be it'd be nice to do: (I usually only tell things that are already done, this is not me)

1) Go for an early morning walk/jog (4am-7am) talking and listening to birds chirping and embrace the morning together.
2) Brush teeth together, counting till 10 together, and floss together. :)

Earning

2009-10-21T10:54:00.004+08:00

Eventually... (Thinking about the best specific time to earn)
I want to earn when:
I am sleeping,
in the toilet doing my business, (business running when running the "big" business, LOL)
eating,
making others happy with this thing called life,
having fun & laughing and when I'm crying (if I ever),
having a bad day,
when it rains and shine,
when I'm still breathing and also when I stop, (I hope to have somebody already assigned and waiting to rip all my earnings by then)
busy doing something I'm passionate about,
I'm not thinking about earning,
hungry and stuffed,
living my life and not thinking about work at all,
basically, earning when I'm not suppose to working hard to earn!
(I can't think of anything else)
((Yes, I can will continue dreaming, thank you))
(((I always believe the mind is standing inbetween me and these dreams)))

Girls

2009-10-21T10:52:00.002+08:00

Confessions: I am Mr. Too-good-to-be-true.
Please get over it!

Movie Deal / Best Movie Deal / Best Movie Deal in Singapore / Singapore Movie Deal / Cathay Movie Deal

2009-10-09T08:40:00.001+08:00

(Going crazy on movies this time.)

Cathay Cineplexes: (5)
-Dhoby Ghaut
-Somerset
-Woodlands
-Ang Mo Kio
-Pasir Ris

Call them at 6337 8181.

1) You need to be a NTUC "U member" OR "U plus member" first.
2) $6.50=Valid from Mondays to Thursdays, excluding Public Holidays and eve of Public Holidays BUT
$8.50=Valid from Fridays to Sundays, including Public Holidays and eve of Public Holidays
3) Now where's the $7.10 movie tickets I'm talking about?
4) Movie Vouchers
 Cathay movie vouchers at S$7.10 at NTUC Customer Service Centre or selected Cheers
outlets. Cathay movie vouchers are valid for all movies on any day of the week, at any
time, up to a period of one (1) year from the date issued.
5) What Cheers outlet?
6) Selected Cheers outlets
North
Ang Mo Kio 2450 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, #01-02, AMK MRT Station
Toa Payoh Blk 500 Toa Payoh Lor 6, Toa Payoh Central, #01-33
Northeast
Sengkang 11 Rivervale Crescent, Rivervale Mall, #01-05/06
West
Jurong East Blk 135 Jurong East St 13, #01-137
North West
Choa Chu Kang 10, Choa Chu Kang Ave 4, Choa Chu kang MRT Station
Central
Harbourfront 81 Telok Blanglah Road #B1-02 HarbourFront MRT Station
East
Tampines 20 Tampines Central 1#01-02, Tampines MRT Station (529538)

Take care, peace.

Singapore Games Cafe / Games Cafe Singapore / List of Games Cafe in Singapore / Comparison of all the games Cafe in Singapore / Singapore Board Games

2009-09-26T12:18:00.005+08:00

What are the list of places in Singapore I can play board games with my friends?
MindCafe, De coder's Cafe, PITSTOP Cafe, Settlers Cafe, Which one to go play games?

1) De Coder's Cafe
Clementi - 6779 4845
Balmoral - 6235 2160
http://www.decoderscafe.com - 300 games listed

2) PITSTOP Cafe
14B Circular Rd - 6535 5383
http://www.pitstopcafe.com.sg - 213 games listed

3) MindCafe
Prinsep St - 6334 4426
Boat Quay - 6334 4427
Purvis St - 6334 4425
Safra Tampines - 6334 4429
http://www.themindcafe.com.sg/ - 500 games but not listed

4) Settlers Cafe
39 North Canal Rd - 6535 0435
SMU, 80 Stamford Rd - 6333 5229
http://www.settlerscafe.com - No mention on No. of games

My take, all have their pros and cons, just go to your nearest outlets for convenience sake!
Just take note of the food served, whether it's halal or not ok.

Here are the questions:
a)Most popular games?
b)Longest duration game?
c)Loudest games?
d)Most used game?
e)Easy to understand, simple game?

And here are the answers:

1) De Coder's Cafe 1
a)Strategic-Games=Pandemic/Settlers of Catan | Party-Games=Uglydoll/Halli Galli/Jurassic Jumble | Team-Games=Cahoots/Pictionary/Quelf/Taboo
b)Mare Nostrum/Settlers of Catan
c)Uglydoll/Jurassic Jumble
d)Jurassic Jumble
e)Uglydoll/Halli Galli

1) De Coder's Cafe 2
a)Strategic-Games=Puerto Rico/St Petersburg | Party-Games=Jurassic Jumble/Snorta/Saboteur
b)Mare Nostrum
c)Jurassic Jumble
d)-Attended to customer-
e)-Attended to customer-

2) PITSTOP Cafe
a)-Busy-
b)-Busy-
c)-Busy-
d)-Busy-
e)-Busy-

3) MindCafe (All lines merged)
a)Snorta/I'm the Boss/Saboteur
b)I'm the Boss
c)Jurassic Jumble
d)Saboteur/Snorta/Jurassic Jumble
e)Snorta/Halli Galli

4) Settlers Cafe 1
a)Reaction-Games=First Hand/Uglydoll/Halli Galli | Strategic-Games=Management Material/Niagara/Bucket Change
b)Cashflow
c)Uglydoll
d)Pit
e)Project X

4) Settlers Cafe 2
a)Reaction-Games=Uglydoll/Halli Galli | Strategic-Games=Saboteur
b)Betrayal at House on the Hill
c)Uglydoll
d)Uglydoll
e)Uglydoll

My take, don't ask me, look at the stats:

Uglydoll-Mentioned 9 times

Jurassic Jumble-Mentioned 7 times

Halli Galli-Mentioned 5 times

Saboteur-Mentioned 4 times
Snorta-Mentioned 4 times

I'm the Boss-Mentioned 2 times
Settlers of Catan-Mentioned 2 times
Mare Nostrum-Mentioned 2 times

First Hand-Mentioned 1 time
Management Material-Mentioned 1 time
Niagara-Mentioned 1 time
Bucket Change-Mentioned 1 time
Cashflow-Mentioned 1 time
Pit-Mentioned 1 time
Project X-Mentioned 1 time
Betrayal at House on the Hill-Mentioned 1 time
Puerto Rico-Mentioned 1 time
St Petersburg-Mentioned 1 time
Cahoots-Mentioned 1 time
Pictionary-Mentioned 1 time
Quelf-Mentioned 1 time
Taboo-Mentioned 1 time
Pandemic-Mentioned 1 time

Take care, Peace.

Another of my projacks - Games Cafe Projack

Singapore Muslimah Friday Prayers / Mosques that ladies can go for their Friday Prayers in Singapore / Lady/Ladies Friday Prayers Singapore /

2009-09-24T04:52:00.008+08:00

List of Mosques the ladies can go to perform their Friday Prayers in Singapore:

Masjid Kassim - 3rd floor Wisma Indah Building (100+pax)
Masjid Al-Mawaddah - 3rd floor
Masjid Al-Muttaqin - 2nd floor (10-15pax)
Masjid Darussalam
Masjid Al-Istiqamah - 2nd floor
Masjid Muhajirin - 3rd floor (Lift provided - 100pax)
Masjid Al-Iman - 3rd floor
Masjid Mujahidin - 3rd floor
Masjid An-Nahdhah - 3rd floor
Masjid Sultan - 2nd floor
Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique - 1st storey room (10pax)
Masjid Darul Aman - 3rd floor (50pax)
Masjid Al-Amin - 3rd floor (Ladies Prayer Hall - 1500pax)

Only Men (currently as of Sept 09)

Masjid Tentera Diraja
Masjid Al-Mukminin
Masjid Haji Yusoff
Masjid Assyakirin
Masjid Al-Taqua
Masjid Al-Ansar
Masjid Pusara Aman
Masjid Alkaff Kampung Melayu
Masjid Hajjah Rahimabi
Masjid Darul Makmur
Masjid An-Nur (But 2 Eid prayers will be available for women. An-Nur collaborated with its Qaryahs organise Eid prayers at 6 other locations to accommodate the Muslims in Woodlands, Admiralty and Marsiling Estates.)
Masjid Darul Ghufran

Take care, Peace.
Updates: as of 24/09/2009
Rejects:
Holland
Assyafaah
En-naeem
Ahmad
Penempatan Melayu Sembawang
Kampong Delta
Wak Tanjong

Parenting...

2009-09-13T15:01:00.003+08:00

Hopefully, I will get to write a chain of parenting tips for myself, guess why, guys are egoistic *another aphorism post coming up*, so egoistic that the last thing you want to tell him is advice to take care of his children. :)

So I am just writing but I pray that if I chance upon this I will try it or serve as a guideline to follow it.

So let's get to it... *argh so many wrong things to say*

So, as we all know, parents are such good people, they brought you life and they control it like it's theirs. (hehehe)

What I think/feel: (As usual, this might/must be wrong) Parents must be responsible, they must have a plan for their children, must be aware (most definitely in all aspects aware), they have lived life, although in a different era, you could still choose to note down your life experience. Parents must know the different phases of life, and must be aware of what is going through their child's thoughts in order to prepare for and react to whatever is coming, and most probably that will be a great variable. They will always get it wrong, but its definitely always good to forsee. Some parents will go through all the phases in life and totally ignore all those experiences and feelings at each phase. I feel that is critical to get to know your child better, interact with them since young so there won't be or there will be less of the "awkward feeling" to talk about "sensitive things". They must undeniably face the facts that their child need to go through all these phases, they must understand the erratic nature of human being, more so a teenager. To conclude, maybe just maybe they could care LESS. Of course its hard, nothing comes easy. But I'm not asking to control his/her every breathe, just exposing him/her to everything so he/she knows and (most crucial) is to understand that it is wrong and why its forbidden and aspects of law and maybe even religion. Well of course I'm talking about the bad things in life. Rather than make them curious (man, I hate this word, but it is revolutionary if put to the right place) and experience it for themselves, parents need to talk to them, yes communication, you thing communicating to your other half is hard? Try talking to the mini-YOU. Now, its a challenge but, you've decided to settle down, and pick this up, so you might as well do a good job at it.

Now let's start to the basics. Life is good, it always is. For the rest who say otherwise, contemplating suiciders, chill. That's the first thing you need to do... Life can actually be good at a different view, there's still hope, master your mind then we'll talk life. :)

Now, let's continue with early basics of life. Choices, maturity, light. Keywords I feel/think are important. Basics of life highly influenced by parents, (heaven's sake, I'm talking like my father and I realised that) (Let me just say that, i'm far from being mature, always till making the wrong choices and only God know for sure if I got the light)

Variables variables variables, there's no perfect formula for anything. LOOK, tatoo-ed arms parents with an pious child AND pious parents 24hrs @ a worship place with a wicked one right there. (Just to show facts of variables)
But closest you can get is be prepared, keep an open mind, be ready for a boom.
Best saying is hope/expect the best and prepare for the worst.

Now back to parenting, parents are super scared (what I feel/think), they need to chill. Period.
Yes, they are the parents and with a strict tone of voice, I must do whatever he/she says right then and there. See, I will do it, but not with a heart of wanting to do it. You want to ace at parenting? Get your child to do something you want by her/his own heart, surely he/she will overdeliver. With zero parenting knowledge, I can say parents are scared, to lose this power they have over their children, chill mates, we are going lose anyway, why not lead us there instead of making us struggle for it, and furthermore hating you at the same time. (By now maybe you are thinking, I got issues, I'm generalising, not my life story)

Parents will always be right, and they always think they deserve to be, just because they know they are parents. Some humility please. Tell your children what you are afraid of, let them sympathize for/to you. Let them love you. Most of all, let them know you are human. :)

Extending trust is another issue i'd like to blabber about. Milestones, let them go, free them with your own will, educate them, this will be for this time, although it'll feel like a robot, and law (no application for a class 3 till 18yrs old) i've mentioned, take note what they like to do, be at ease for them to share their thoughts, and this will come after a long lasting strong relationship with your child. Never oppose openly, always compromise but (take into consideration other aspects including religion), never give a straight answer according to your emotion as a "PARENT", don't abuse the power of choice over a little voice. Like i mention, as you are human, say "You will think about it". At least while you are thinking, she/he is thinking as well. Balance pros/cons, and wa laa. Tell her/him, reasons, appoint limits, consequences, be clear. Tell him your worries upfront. Make sure he understands you and love will flow in once again.

Enough talk about parents. Let's talk about the wicked one, that's us. Give parents a break! It's still ultimately your choice to choose to be like them or be who you want to be. In a child, interest and happiness is keywords. They usually tend to do things that interest them and also make them happy. Well in the long run, happiness prevail. End of the day, you'll only do what you are happy to do. Period. You can endure all your life with unhappiness, and you'll start living once there's a big smile on your face.

Interest plays a big part in your life, so much so that you might be here (having a life) for that sole purpose.

(Pending more stuff)
-interest, influence, how to guide them, expose them accordingly, freedom of speech, how the feel towards what. make them experience, share your pain. let them experience themselves practical analogy, hot boiling pot, show them your concerns openly, make them understand, love them, ...

Banking...

2009-09-06T22:25:00.004+08:00

I didn't know:

POSB=Post Office Savings Bank
DBS= Development Bank of Singapore

Do you have it?

2009-08-19T10:24:00.005+08:00

It's NOT what you have, its what you DO with what you have...

Why TV is unpopular / Why people are switching to YouTube rather than TV / Why TV stinks / TV losing Popularity

2009-08-16T00:26:00.001+08:00

I so am pissed off about things that wastes my time, like TV, we have no choice but to watch what they screen, so that's why computer (YouTube) is more famous now, and people keep switching off the TV, like me! Sooner or later, people will realise that their life is important (and they have control), then they will choose more often. TV is really pathetic. (I'm really sorry, but you are really losing your edge.) Nowadays, I find myself flipping channels more often then the usual (I'm a guy!).

Why do I watch the TV?
When I switch on the TV, I say to the TV:
"Entertain me!" Now, that's a demand, cause we did pay big bucks for a TV set, or even more so now, a plasma TV. And if the TV can't entertain me, I'll fired it cause it's not doing its job.

And the media is dying.
See, with humans, like I mentioned. As soon as they find out that their life means something, they will stop wasting time. They will stick to what they like, what interest them, or what will give them what they need. Youtube has this. They they will switch off the rest (TV).

YouTube shows what the world is watching NOT what the media is promoting. :)

We are often "made" to watch movie screened by the tv stations. And the best TV can do right now is to offer us more channels (meaning more money) and the pathetic (sorry) video-on-demand, just a little choice.

Alright, let's really clear this up... If your watching a movie on TV, I'd like to say:
"Stop wasting your time!" "Get somewhere my dear friend" "Don't follow the crowd/media, or don't buy into their "the making of ..." snippets". (Unless that movie interest you or it would get you something you need/want)

And where I am right now is focus more on movies (Yes, they entertain me too!) that gets/makes me think, that interest me. And stories with a moral, something I can take home with and apply.

Well, mostly, it boils down to "Based on a true story" movies. And why are they on the big screen? Because, I think they are worth it to be made into a movie. So...

Enjoy your movie. And finally thanks for wasting part of your life to read what's in mine. Peace.

Singapore Movies Listing

2009-08-07T18:05:00.006+08:00

Well, as usual the world is not perfect, so is STARHUB.

If you are having the new Starhub set-top box, you can use interactive TV to check movie listings in Singapore, BUT the sad thing is there are a couple of movie theatre they missed out like SHAW Century Cineplex, which pissed me off and made me write this post. We can never be happy (with services), we can only always try to be happy being content.

So here is another alternative, I like it simple straight to the point and clean = Singapore Movie Listing.

The best of the best Interactive TV = 28 movie theatre (Incomplete) [At time of blogging]
My Yahoo! Site = 31 movie theatre (Maybe complete)

"The Man"

2009-08-01T09:04:00.003+08:00

I hope you've watch The School Of Rock where they teach you to step up to "The Man".

Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1

2009-08-01T08:01:00.012+08:00

Want to learn arabic? You need a teacher and you need this book: (Please buy the book if you can afford it, they are worth it) Buy it Here or Here or Here or Here or Here or Here!

Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1

In the following two links, you can view the pdf file then save or you can "Right Click" then "Save Link As/Save Target As":

If you are blessed with a fast internet connection, please download the colour version(bigger-13.5MB) - Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 in Colour
If you are grateful for the slower internet connection, please download the black and white version(smaller-7.1MB) - Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 in Black & White

Please be kind to the environment, if a print is needed please print both side of the paper.
For Singaporeans:
Mustafa Centre: 6295 5855 ext 0471 (Books Dept) Check if stock have arrived ($11.90)
Darul Arqam Bookshop: 6597 0425 Check if stock is still available ($12)
Notes:

Other common terms that people may use to find the free version of this book would be:
Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 Free Download
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Free Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1
Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 Save File As
Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 PDF
Madinah Arabic Reader Free Download
Madinah Arabic Reader Download
Free Madinah Arabic Reader
Madinah Arabic Reader Save File As
Madinah Arabic Reader PDF
Learn Arabic Language For Free

My say:
I am not asking you a million dollars, nor SGD$12 (The price of the book in Singapore dollars).
I'm only asking to give something that is free like how I'm giving the book.
And I believe that what I am asking is worth more than the book itself or what I could ever give, a prayer for all of us Muslims and non-Muslims.
May God bestow all of us to the straight way.
And may God bless you even if you didn't.

Credits:
Inspiration: IslamicCopywork.wordpress.com (http://islamiccopywork.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/madina-arabic-reader-worksheet-1/madinaarabicreader-1/). They have the same Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 too! I've contacted them, but no response.
My elder brother's 3-in-1 printer.
My father who pays the electric bill that works the printer.
My parents who raised me.
God who created this world for you and me to live in.

Other notes:
I am using mediafire as a file uploader, if it does not seem to work in your area, tell me!

Current Ride - Daewoo Prince

2009-08-01T07:48:00.002+08:00

My dad's:

Hook On This

2009-07-21T08:25:00.001+08:00

Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

What's more valuable than money...

2009-07-19T00:39:00.002+08:00

I think, i think, i think ah...

Like I mention before, they are some other ways to put value besides money...

KNOWLEDGE, TALENT (another two more I've forgotten)

What about minimal effort, let's be extra extra cheapo BUT the value will be much much more...

What about not giving in much time...
...what about not giving up a single cent.

WHAT ABOUT A PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION ?!?!

one person pray for my health: I can lift my eye lid.
6.772 billion people pray for my health: I can fly.

Giving Back

2009-07-18T23:40:00.000+08:00

It is always SO HARD to give back, I wonder why...

I am so "Car-zy" Best Fuel Economic Fuel Efficient Car Ever In the World

2009-07-14T05:43:00.006+08:00

In search of the most cheapo, fuel efficient car...

Toyota Prius please. Thank you.

I love this site: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/bestworst.shtml

Singapore also confirms this:
http://els.nea.gov.sg/mfels/vehicle.asp
Choose "Fuel Consumption Urban" in SORT BY and "Ascending" in SORT IN.

With pictures:
The top ten. http://www.thesupercars.org/ford/most-fuel-efficient-cars/
Don't worry, it's not Ford-biased. :)

Fuel Efficiency: At 25.6km/litre, the new Prius boasts the best fuel efficiency in its class.
From: http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/cars/new_cars/prius/kce_1.asp

Peace.

Songs For the Moment

2009-07-14T04:52:00.000+08:00

As usual, Chris Brown - With You
Kris Allen - Heartless

IMPORTANT

2009-07-10T18:58:00.001+08:00

Follow your passion, desire and interest.

Branding

2009-07-10T08:41:00.002+08:00

Been de-branding since 1986.

I might like your design but I definitely hate your name :)

Ignorance

2009-07-09T12:57:00.001+08:00

The best thing is to ignore the ignorant.

What people think about you

2009-07-09T12:52:00.003+08:00

(Very harsh, I've done this before)

When people go: "I think you should...", "I think ... is better for you"

You go: "Yeah, here's the thing, no one cares about what you think."

(Although, you might get an enemy, that person ain't giving you anymore opinions)

You can say what you want to say but don't be so sure people will heed.

Sharing

2009-07-09T09:04:00.002+08:00

Sharing takes a whole new level when you can't afford time or when time is chasing you.

Give and let live a legacy.

Secrecy

2009-07-09T09:00:00.002+08:00

This little boy is very uncomfortable if you know more about him than he knows about you. He will not "open up" if you have not done so.

The ball always needs to be on his side of the court. Furthermore, his wants to and needs to be in control of all the 5 players on the team.

Mind

2009-07-09T08:32:00.001+08:00

Our minds are a wonderful thing ONLY IF you put work at it.

Letting Go

2009-07-09T08:21:00.002+08:00

It only best to practice letting go.

Master the skill to be fearless.

Case study: Pen
When writing with a pen, if you hold it tightly= after a period of time you will cramp your fingers, experience pain and will temporarily be unable to write.
If you hold the pen gently, with ease= the ink will ooze out and you can write for an extended period of time with no pain at all and you might even enjoy writing.

-That is why smooth writing pens sells more than the non-smooth ones-

Case study: Steering wheel
You want to be and you need to control the car, but you are taught time and again to NOT hold the steering wheel tightly. Loosey goosey. :)

Practice letting go one item in your life one a a time. Be ready and prepared or be prepared to experience some pain.

Sincerity

2009-07-09T02:57:00.004+08:00

Sincerity is key. (Well, now that I think about it, willingness to share is also a childkey (: [anak kunci] )

Can anything beat that?

Although you can be great at manipulating "oblivious" others, its sincerity that will shine through you at the end of the day.

If you let yourself flow through them, they will let you flow in...

Case Study: Relationship
Why do your partner wants you to do things in a certain way, or even more seriously, behave and be in a certain way?
Do not just follow for their sake of happiness, it will not bring YOU happiness (in the long run), instead... find meaning to why (ask them why), find reason, understand it and if you agree with it, do it then both of you will experience happiness.

Google Maps

2009-07-08T08:43:00.001+08:00

1st The Link: http://maps.google.com/

I love it, It so fast easy concise. Many people took 3 second-look and know their way. Handy Dandy.

Peace.

67495211

2009-07-07T18:35:00.001+08:00

Yeah, I got a call from them as well...

Many people here say that its Standard Chartered. I'm not sure cause I did not pick it up. (Was in a meeting)

Well I tried 67495210, and it was a company in Ubi and was not related to 67495211.

So I asked Google and Google said that it was this guy:

A-poly Waterproofing Pte Ltd
Category(s) : Waterproofing Material
Address : Shun Li Industrial Complex
705 Sims Drive #02-09,
Singapore 387384
District : Geylang
Phone: 67495200 | Fax: 67495211 | N/A |

But when I called, it's a fax machine for 67495200 and engaged tone as for 67495211.

Here's another Google recommendation:

Pegasus Art Design Trading Co
Category(s) : Design Related
Address : Shun Li Industrial Complex
705 Sims Drive #02-09,
Singapore 387384
District : Geylang
Phone: 67495211 | N/A |

One more:

Lucky Up Stainless Steel
529D, Sims Ave
Singapore, 387589
Tel: 67420712 (Called but no one answered, maybe because after office hours), 67495211

I am a very skeptical mind I think that this person/company are just wasting people's time but commenting on this number like me. Well, it's a prankster with a one way dial. :)

Anyways, in this case ignorance is bliss so move on with life ok!

Peace and take care.

Car-rying Around

2009-06-22T02:43:00.003+08:00

I love driving (maybe because I just passed, Thank God), Just finished practice parking, from 1.40am-2.40am.

I am enjoying driving so much that I am oblivious to waiting for traffic. I am known to be very impatient.

Living like there is no tomorrow

2009-06-22T02:36:00.002+08:00

The research took 1hr 45mins and I took 1hr 40mins to go all the way to Woodlands at 12mdnight to get my keys duplicated. (Stubborn and Impatient, like there's no day tomorrow to go)

Well, I want what I want and I got what I want.

He said 10 bucks over the phone, but when I arrive there, he asked where's my car?
I brought my bike.

The key needed to be tested in order to confirm its working.

Finally he gave the duplicate key, which end up to Work, for F.REE!

So, let me repay him by flashing his site and his number again:
Website: http://www.singapore247locksmith.com/
Handphone: 98 373 373

May Godspeed his business!

Singapore 24 Hour Duplicate Key Locksmith Service

2009-06-21T22:33:00.005+08:00

Peace everyone. ---This research took 1hr45mins---

When Google failed, I turned to 30 of my friends asking:

"peace.. need some help.. you know any place that i can go right now to duplicate my keys? maybe 24-hour?" (this managed to hang my MSN for awhile)

Although most of them do not know, these are some of the valid answers:

1) Try Googling it.
= Which I already did, sms the guy-96161760- and he said it closed at 10pm.

2) Yishun interchange
= If I had no other choice because I live in Bedok (East). Unconfirmed.

3) hmm...not sure man...maybe mustapha in little india? since it is 24hr and a shopping centre..maybe got such service?
= 62955855 (say thank you to my dad's landline), called and she said "Maybe in the future". LOL

4) try this number 67816781
= He mumbled a few words then hanged up on me.
try this number dude. 9099 9099
= The same guy, only more audible this time, no, he don't do key cutting.

5) 24hrs ?? no choice unless u call my boss friends
= Called, Opens 1pm-9pm. Location Bedok Central NTUC beside Mr. Bean (free advertisement).

6) ahhh u try see this one haha dunno whether will help.. u call jer.. 9191 8383
= Bukit Batok, close at 9pm (free advertisement). (MOCCA!)

7) http://www.singapore247locksmith.com/ 98 373 373
= Woodlands. Moving "key" van. $10 bucks for duplication of car keys (free advertisement). (MOCCA!)

Credits:
1 is by Hafiz, ex NS mate and Puan Saviola, ex Class mate, Nadiana, ex class mate, Salwa, internet buddy
2 is an indian girl who also think Nina Varghese is pretty
3 is by Andrew Choong, my internet buddy and Faris Fong and Siti and re_na and ain shan min and Hafiz LexyDucky
4 is by Halim, ex Class mate
5 is by Karen, my "hopefully" soon-to-be teacher
6 is Puan Saviola, ex Class mate
7 is Puan Saviola, ex Class mate

So what's the moral? When Google fails, try Mocca!

Thanks everyone..

It's Bad Enough You Got My Name Wrong...

2009-06-18T00:02:00.002+08:00

Peace, most people spell my name wrongly...

It's ONE F, Afandi, not double. And some pronounce its as Afani...

Well, I just got a double impact today... AFFANI...

:)

(Shakes head and walks off)

Fixed my watch...

2009-06-16T18:27:00.003+08:00

Well, it's not that easy...

I had to go to Mustafa just to get a picture...

Learning lesson, use the phone!

Even better? Outsource all your work!

Marketing Simplified

2009-06-16T18:22:00.004+08:00

Peace,

(Big deal I park at Bedok Reservoir Park...)

Well, look at the two picture, some one lost the key and it's placed on the curb where it's not getting much attention so...

It's already having traffic (people walking by)...

Well, it's definitely not the best place but in comparison, it's better.

Peace.

Too late

2009-06-12T11:32:00.002+08:00

Hahahah, I crack myself up sometimes...

"don't wait till 60 to go skydiving, u will sky dive into ur grave..."

Great Music

2009-06-12T10:51:00.002+08:00

Why Too Fast Too Furious - "Ludah" (Spit) Kris is a nice song?

It's because the |Music| does it's thing and Ludacris does his separate thing rapping.

:)

Peace.

This just in...

2009-06-12T08:10:00.001+08:00

I got tonnes of quotes (says with a high nose)

They come in and out of conversations and that is why you need to have Ms. smarty pants as your wife to stimulate thinking.. :)

"i bet if u keep at it, u get better at it no matter what."

Time Difference

2009-06-04T13:55:00.002+08:00

Well, what's PDT and EDT?

My "wrong" guess is Pacific Daylight Time and Eastern Daylight Time.

In comparison with Singapore:

PDT ia alower than us by 15 hours.

Explanation: While they are sleeping 3 AM in the morning we are just knocking off from work at 6 PM.
:)

EDT is easier to calculate. They are the exact opposite.

Explanation: While they are sleeping 3 AM in the morning we are fast working our butts off at 3 PM.

Take care.
:)

Text To Speech Application.

2009-06-04T13:45:00.000+08:00

Yet again I've wasted my time on researching...
Enjoy my brothers and sister in/not in Islam.

Natural Reader 7 --- $99.50
Text Aloud 2 --- $29.95
AT&T Natural Voices --- $52.24
Acapela --- $52.24
Real Speak --- $67.17
SpeechSoft Power Text to Speech Reader --- $29.95
Read Please --- $49.95
Dragon Naturally Speaking --- $869.95
Verbose --- $34.90
LinguatecVoice Recorder --- $495.00 :)

Peace Out.

Music Test

2009-06-03T16:32:00.000+08:00

quality="high"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
WMODE="transparent"
width="480"
height="25"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
allowScriptAccess="always" />

Business

2009-05-31T02:14:00.000+08:00

Most impt i found out, is power of focus and consistency.

Quran

2009-05-31T01:28:00.002+08:00

intention to read better than no intention at all, then intention to understand better than intention to read blindly.. no matter what ikhtiar for the better always the best

Health

2009-05-31T01:28:00.001+08:00

ur health no one accountable for except you.

Consistency is key

I can explain...

2009-05-30T23:13:00.001+08:00

it's easy to explain. with me.. everything is explainable.. i try hard remember..

Go to where?

2009-05-24T07:42:00.002+08:00

This just in...

My version of "go to hell"/ "go and die"

...

Just say: "Go take your paper and fill it(your brain) up with negativity"

Or more crudely: "Go rot your brains and die"

+++

Please be aware of negativity and don't let it consume you. Stay positive!

Peace.

List of things to do before I die

2009-05-12T00:20:00.001+08:00

The not serious list...

All-expense-paid holiday trip vacation, hopefully before anyone of them gets married. :)
Go surfing/bungee jumping/sky-diving....
(non-exhaustive)

Underappreciating

2009-05-12T00:17:00.001+08:00

A little boy I was given cornflakes and house-brand milk for breakfast.

And only because of that, he appreciates and gives gratitude to getting Koko Crunch with HL milk.

That double delight !!

Long time no do...

2009-05-12T00:14:00.003+08:00

It's so rare that maybe there are health benefits or secrets to it... hmmm

Kids call it: I want to play in the rain.

Let me justify: I want to embrace the rain.

It is rainy season and its just been too long...

I'm really SICK

2009-05-12T00:14:00.001+08:00

I don't want to die, I just want to experience life fully by being sick.

Risk Taker

2009-05-12T00:13:00.000+08:00

Not risking life is not living life.

Complaining

2009-05-12T00:09:00.001+08:00

Most of the time we are unaware of the many things we are blessed with...

I was using 56k connection before, now when my dual-core loads.. I go "arrr"
(I did remember not awitching on the PC cause I can handle the loading time)

"Boring ah.." speaker rosak rosak, kadang pelan, kadang one side keluar suara.. Arghh..
1) Padahal 10-bucks speakers
2) At least sound is coming out from either side... :)

All the -ally I've collected.

2009-05-12T00:07:00.003+08:00

Come, express yourself...

legally, morally, interpersonally, physically, emotionally, socially, sexually, spiritually, mentally, psychologically.

If there are anymore... please make me aware :)

2009-05-12T00:02:00.001+08:00

Appear offline, why?

1) Awkward, seeing your friend there and not doing anything is just weird to me, if you ain't engaging, you are ignoring so better not ignore, just lay low.
2) Utilize the fuction provided by MSN and that is to message people when they are offline. Use it!
3) Allow people to get use to see-ing me offline so when they see me/or anyone offline in their list. They still feel that can are connected thru chat message they can still send.
...
(non-exhaustive)

Another one by a friend

2009-05-11T23:50:00.001+08:00

Quotes:

Procrastination won't happen if you don't have time for it... - Saiful Rizal

I love this one

2009-05-09T23:30:00.001+08:00

"If everybody cares enough and everybody shares enough, then everybody will have enough."

-From a forum-mer.

Bath once a week

2009-05-09T22:16:00.002+08:00

(I hate eye-catching lying headlines like the above)

Clean bath

I do it once a week. Needed. If you have any habits, be it bad or good, this should be one of your habits and that is the need or satisfaction to be clean, not by others but by yourself. I think it is associated to immature if you are just doing it for the sake of people acceptance.
it takes about 40mins, and when you rinse your body, it feels different than usual.
Its being sold by Body Shop but for far more expensive than it is meant to be, I think I bought mine for $1.50.
There is a part of your body that you can't reach (see picture), and that is, you've guess it, your back. I've drawn it for you, using Paint.
Start button (Bottom left of your computer screen), Programs, Accessories, Paint.

FU: Check the price it's selling at Body Shop and also the original price it is sold.

May peace be upon everyone who reads this...

IDLTWMTRSANSIWTW

2009-05-05T17:59:00.002+08:00

IDon'tLikeToWasteMyTimeReadingSomethingAndNotShareItWithTheWorld :)

According to research:
Have AT LEAST 10 friends because the more you have the happier you will be.

I love SDU not because of the girls but because of the exciting activities.

Headlines:
Tamil Tigers "putting 11-year-old girls on front line"
General Jagath men who shot the girls said "it's difficult but you have to shoot"
And those who were captured had to undergo rehabilitation.
(What's happening?!?)

3 quarantine for swine flu in Singapore.

Peace.

Choose the former instead of the latter

2009-05-05T00:40:00.002+08:00

Sometimes the worse is the better...

If you give me this chair: (Computer chair)

It's comfortable
It's swing-able
It's best

But overall;
It will decrease productivity
It will be uncomfortable, changing position time and again
It will be very uncomfortable in the long run (sitting for hours)
I tend to move a lot because it gives me the power to move it easily

But if you give this chair:

It gives me less movement.
Less comfortable.
It give me less option to move it about, less mobility.
It increases my productivity by not always adjusting my sitting style.

Well, I conclude that sometimes you need and will be happy with something less better. :)

Peace everyone.

How to DOWNLOAD online streaming videos using IDM (internet download manager) while playing the video?

2009-05-01T12:36:00.004+08:00

My second BABY instructions!

Haha, I love doing this... you can never be wrong, but you might feel insulted... And if you do... DON'T BE (PERASAN!) your not the smartEST, God is.

Question: How to DOWNLOAD streaming videos using IDM while playing?

Hi frnds,
I am using IDM as my download manager.Earlier when i watch streaming videos,a button named"Download with IDM" appeared at the top right of the video.Then i reinstalled IDM because of a software error.Now it is not appearing on the video.Anybody pls help me to reappear it again.

Answer 1:
hi unistal the idm and find full idm then instal it and instal the pach where you had instal the idm then clic on it for five times

My answer:
Let me apologise to Saman first...

Saman, you bloody liar, cheat people, waste people time! Mislead people. Its not even the easy way out! (hahaha, this is my first flame so, don't mind me)

And for the record, let the mods ban me.. is it ok to flame here? well.. i guess its ok if Saman over here is giving false INFO..

Well my dear friend, here the way to go, I just installed the IDM today and through my little bit of knowledge I know there's an easy way out...

Well first you DON't UNINSTALL IT...
U RUN IT... then at the bottom right of the screen you will see the green arrow pointing to the right. Hooray! You got eyes, you can see.. For your info that is the icon for IDM!

Then you left-click the arrow, WOw! you HAve fingers!! great job!

Then the IDM window opens, yes the "BOX" thing..

Next you see at the top panel their are icons! COOL!!

Next you count number 7 from the left... Wow u can count? good going! if your doubtful, its 6th icon from the RIGHT, well that icon is called the "Option" icon.. cool right..

Next you click it, what else?!

Next you will see another window box opens... Yes, you've guessed it rite... its the Options window.

Then automatically, its the "General" tab... wow, the computer can read your mind, cause that is what you are looking for!!!

Next scan your eyes down to the last line!
Let me spell it out for you!
It says this: IDM Download panel for web-players in browsers.

Beside it there is an "edit" button.

YES YES YES>.. click that.. ok i give up... the rest you figure it out!

These are baby instructions by me..

Peace. and hope it helps!

proof: http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?topic=79745.0

A quote

2009-04-30T12:54:00.000+08:00

One day all my aphorisms will be worth mentioning/using/reflecting on/cared about. InshaAllah, Amin!

People must not destroy others intention to start changing (e.g. being sincere)

They might be a crook behind bars all their life but how can one take away their right to rehabilitation???!!!

Sincerest regards,
The crook-ed. LOL

ARSENAL 1 - 2 CHELSEA

2009-04-19T02:57:00.003+08:00

Peace everyone,

I've just watched one of the most worth-it soccer action between Arsenal and Chelsea.

(This is how I blog because the only important thing you need to know is the title, now... GET LOST)

It was extremely riveting !

Let me explain, all the player's families were held hostage and they can only be released if their side wins...
They were tackling limitlessly(endlessly) like mad (fantastic challenges - not the dumb-yellow-card tackle, we are talking about challenges that makes the supporters stand up to the feet in disagreement BUT the referee extends his two arms forward indicating "play on" - thus bringing up controversies).

Definitely a match to remember and worth another 90-mins-look.

It's so worth it, the play and the skills of the players, I would take out my wallet and start throwing money for this kind of entertainment! (I forgot about the electric bill/Starhub Cable Vision Bill) Let me explain, those there who paid to get in fulfill their dollars worth!

Please, you are welcome to disagree with me, but let me tell you, you ain't going to get that kind of action in the EPL. I'm starting to think: What is the prize money for the FA cup, besides glory?

Take care.

Peace.

Updated: 20/04/09

The FA Prize Fund

Round	Payments 08-09	Last Season

Extra Preliminary Round winners (203)	£750	£500
Preliminary Round winners (166)	£1,500	£1,000
First Round Qualifying winners (116)	£3,000	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying winners (80)	£4,500	£3,750
Third Round Qualifying winners (40)	£7,500	£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32)	£12,500	£10,000
First Round Proper winners (40)	£20,000	£16,000
Second Round Proper winners (20)	£30,000	£24,000
Third Round Proper winners (32)	£75,000	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper winners (16)	£100,000	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper winners (8)	£200,000	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper winners (4)	£400,000	£300,000
Semi-Final winners (2)	£1,000,000	£900,000
Semi-Final losers (2)	£500,000	-
Winners (1)	£2,000,000	£1,000,000
Runners-up (1)	£1,000,000	-

What online people want

2009-04-18T13:37:00.002+08:00

(Or just what I want)

I am extremely demanding. I want. I want NOW.

So if your a provider, give great service that people will be proud or confident to comment good service.

I am talking about MP3, listening to it online! Police can leave ly site now because I am not talking about DOWNLOADING MP3, I am talking about listening to MP3 ONLINE. :)

So, what on Google? Imeem.(http://www.imeem.com/)
But loading is SLOW = BAD Service (as I see it)

So what loads fast?
http://www.mp3raid.com/ - Of course there's a catch! (We are not talking about me, coz with me, THERE IS NO CATCH)

The thing wants you to enter a code then you can listen OR download. (Is the Police back?) :)

Peace and take care.

Oh, was listening to T.I - Asal Kau Bahagia

Outz..

Amazon stinks! ! !

2009-04-16T10:10:00.002+08:00

Peace everyone.

Let me apologize before making the comment. Sorry Mr. Amazon.
This might/MUST be their business model but it just ain't fair...

So I wanted to help a guy out, found his profile on Amazon and wanted to email him, it was hidden of course by Amazon. So I couldn't email him but I can invite him as a friend...

So WHAT NEXT? Amazon asks me to sign up... and says after which you can continue to your previous page which is "Invite the person as a friend". So I got through with the registration and Amazon got my email address so they might/might not email me stuff I might be interested to buy. Then I came up to a page which says.." You cannot send invites to other customers through their profile page until you have made a purchase."

Pissed me off and I quickly reach for the X right away.

It's totally a scam, what I mean is that, they should inform people on the registration page itself with this: "Please note that if you want to email this person you must 1) Register and 2) Purchase a product from us. Thank you." Eventhough its abit in your face... its the truth and you must be transparent right!

Take care.
Peace and regards.

Timing...

2009-04-14T23:47:00.001+08:00

So guess what... Time now In singapore is 11.41PM Tuesday coming to Wednesday...

Check this out Slowest country I can safely and maturely say that I have experienced Tuesday more than you is Honolulu, United States - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5.43AM (They are still sleeping, well some of them...)

And the fastest, who already got their Wednesday is Kiritimati, Christmas Islands, Kiribati - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 05.45AM (Yes, they are still sleeping too... :)

Sauces: (I take both by the way...) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

I got a few pictures... How come? How come?! How come?!?!
How come nobody ask about this? Or even cares..?

:)

Movie Review - I Love You, Man

2009-04-05T02:53:00.006+08:00

Peace.

I would pay $4 bucks for this movie.
Rating is 8.0/10 (Only get rates from imdb.com)
Movie is quite funny, able to crack me up at times.

Review:
Minus (-)
Lots and lots of swearing...
A bit boring...
Just a little lack of flow... (draggy at times)

Plus (+)
Learn about personal confidence...
Importance of friends...(striking a balance)
Be better at your relationship...

Pictures:

In a sentence:
A guy who, all his life, is a girls-entertainer doesn't have any guy friends, wants to get married but without a best man, thus he tries and finds and finally get married.

Should you watch it? What can you get out of the movie?
No. Learn to speak the truth, learn a bit about body language, self-confidence, appreciate your true friend a bit more, understand difference between friends and lover.

Take care.

CROC-a-doodle-do!

2009-03-30T09:12:00.005+08:00

Hah!

Finally.. I got myself my crocs! (Let's take a second for those who knows Steve Irwin)

Alright! Why only now? Because the previous designs were ugly! (told him(the sales guy at Crocs-Queensway Shopping Center) straight to his face)

Now, I'm not saying this one is beautiful, it is tolerable. Enjoy the pics.

Normal $80, Queensway (the guy said) takes no GovernmentServiceTax so it 74 bucks.
Hahaha.. I thought it was.. It is Goods & Service Tax.

Peace and sincerest regards,
Muhammad Afandi - Crocker (From Fairly Oddparents)

Pastamania Is HALAL

2009-03-30T09:09:00.001+08:00

Peace everyone,

This is the green light, go get some pasta and pizza. It is OFFICIALLY HALAL, not HALA but HALAL. :) I know, I know. I'm one of the last to know...

If not you can just appreciate some pictures of the food at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=237602&id=535150376&l=4f46742721 .

Sincerest regards,
Muhammad Afandi - Abang Pasta!

When you type something in the address bar, it will show ask.com search results. Why is this so?

2009-03-25T14:12:00.005+08:00

This is to explain why is it that if you type "Ice cream" in the address bar, it will come out search results for "Ice cream" by Ask.com

(Why Ice cream? Because I am hungry and I want to search for Ice cream)

But why Ask.com? Why? Why?! I hate anything other than Google search results. Google is the best and he is "da" man. Nothing comes close.

So how do I ditch Ask.com and welcome Google search results when I enter anything in the Address Bar? (At the point of writing this blog post, I'm not sure if I know, but I'm still searching for the solution)...(Now, after 40 minutes, I've found a solution)

This is MY very extremely detail instruction so ignore some stuff ok. [BABY INSTRUCTIONS]

(Here is the professional explanation by mozilla: "http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location+bar+search")

1) First what you do is find the address bar.

(What is address bar? It is a place where you type "www.google.com" in order to go to the Google search website/webpage)

2) Then type the following "about:config" (without the " ) so just type about:config in the address bar.

3.1) Press "Enter" on your keyboard.

3.2) You will see a pop-up window with following message:

"This might void your warranty!

Changing these advanced settings can be harmful to the stability, security, and performance of this application. You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing.

(tickbox) Show this warning next time

(button)I'll be careful, I promise!(button)"

4) Now Click the Button "I'll be careful, I promise!"

5) You will see a scary page, take a deep breathe and don't worry, we are almost there!

6) Scroll down (it is in alphabetical order) and look for "keyword.URL", it starts with K so find properly...

7) Click the words "keyword.URL"

8) Wow, the whole row lights up in blue, "cool"

9) Right click that row and click "Modify"

10) Another square window pops up saying:

"Enter string value

keyword.URL

(space to type something)

(button)OK(button) (button)Cancel(button)"

11) Now in the space provided by that box, type the following:

"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="

12) Then click the "OK" button

13) Close the Tab

14) Go to the address bar and type "Ice Cream"

15) Get ready to feel satisfied!

This post is for everyone who is particular about all the little things that we are concern about, that keeps coming up, that we want to rectify but is just so hard to find the answers, if only we know someone who knows everything or if we only know how to search for the exact answers to all our little important needs while surfing.

This answers the questions such as these as well:
(from Yahoo! Answers)

Whenever I type in something in the address bar, it goes to ask.com with the website in search. Stop this?

It's really annoying that when i type in something in the address bar it goes to ask.com with the results of the website i typed in.

(from Answerbag)

Why everytime i search on the address bar, the ask.com always appear on my browser?

I went to the professional Mozilla Website and "Submitted article feedback" and gave them a piece of my pissed off mind.

<--- Start of Feedback --->

Hello guys!

I love to use Mozilla Firefox, it rocks, Internet Explorer is going extinct as I'm typing this to you.

Allow me to blow of some steam now. I am so angry that my keyword service is ask.com, I do not know how and why this happens, all I NEED now is to change that keyword.service back to the default which is Google. And this page need to show me the answer, unfortunately it doesn't instead, it irritates me by showing Yahoo! Search keyword.service which is "http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=" ! Thanks for this but I need Google's keyword.service.

You are initially not showing Google's keyword.service because it is the default's service but you must understand that people who eventually comes to this site need to fix that essential part. So I would appreciate it if you include the default keyword.service code on this page.

Hopefully this site will be better. This will save people some time to write feedbacks like this and also save the person's time to wait for a reply from Mozilla's Team, if they wished to reply to an angry person such as me.

Please, if you want to improve this site even further. Provide all the search engine's keyword.service codes on this page. So you can make all the personal preferences changes. Please view the following example:

Changing the keyword service

If you like Google, modify it to:
http://search.google.com/search?p=
If you like Yahoo, modify it to:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
If you like Ask, modify it to:
http://search.ask.com/search?p=

Thanks guys. I'm sorry if this offends you.

Take care.

Sincerest regards,
Muhammad Afandi

<--- End of Feedback --->

Quotes..

2009-02-15T15:46:00.000+08:00

anyone has an affect on everyone, i'm sure i'll not be the only one..

The Quest For Getting Pelanduk-Dua-Serupa (Similar Face)

2009-02-08T20:41:00.003+08:00

Smiles.. I tell it like how i see it.

Shout to me I'm wrong...

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Take care and Peace Out!

Dream...

2009-02-07T12:13:00.003+08:00

This is pretty lame so just skip it..

--- Start ---

I was dreaming about my ex-girlfriend just before I woke up, and I woke up because I felt, it could definitely and only be a dream, so I woke up...
:)

But it was still a good dream, she's beautiful, with semi-thick make up on, and contact lens. (Well, I hope for her to be this beautiful or even more in real life, it's been a while (since I've seen her) )

Dream:
Occasion: Some fun time, like Christmas or whatever..
Dress code: Casual cool (She's in red... (my fav. colour) ), I was in whatever...
Doing what: Dancing around, in unison.
Location: Two building facing together... Big space, like a dancing studio.. with a second level filled with beds.
How did it go down:
I noticed her, she noticed me. I don't know why, but I was in my underpants, and she came, I ran up to the second level-hiding. She came to me and said "What's wrong dear?"
Shocked, "Dear?!?!" ("Let's start with, "Why did you have to leave me?") ) - I didn't actually said that but... I did asked the dear part, well, then I woke up thinking, No way she's calling me dear...
(Laughs)

Writing this, I already forget part of the dream, I can't remember dreams, I mean they fade:

Faded dreams.

End say: I'm afraid of her. Gives me the chills. I'd rather run to know a bulldozer is coming then treat it as if its a new bulldozer and try to introduce my name.

--- Ends ---

Sincere regards,
Muhammad Afandi 2 Muhammad Afandi

Song of the time

2009-01-27T09:03:00.002+08:00

Was stuck with Leona Lewis - Better In Time

And highly strummed ones such as Chris Brown - With You (and) Gavin DeGraw - I don't Wanna Be

Now this is going to be on my repeat Take That - Patience

I wish...(You don't need a library card to borrow a book)

2009-01-23T21:10:00.004+08:00

(Continued from "Title")I am still NOT on talking terms with my girlfriend, Opps...
Ex-girlfriend.
Well, for a start, i miss her (Yah, all of you can go "We don't need to hear this...").
Conversationally, she great. (Haha, bet she's smiling right now)
TO BEGIN WITH I DON'T THINK SHE WILL EVER BE HERE.

See I can't keep my mouth shut, meaning= if I know something good I like to share, that's not necessarily something good, cos I FORCE share, even if the person is so arrogant to not want it. :P

Well just want to share that you don't necessarily need a Library Card to borrow a book (cos she's a bookworm, that's why). Awesome!

What's lame is:
She asked "You don't have anything?"
I said "No, nothing... I only got a pen"
(At this point, I thought she wanted to trade the book for IC, "Yes, you can do this at a petrol pump, if you ain't got bucks... Put your face down on the cashier's counter (that's your IC lah) )

So I waited patiently (trying to get a pen out of a stuck position)...
And a receipt is given under my name (I gave her my IC No. lah)

That's it. Just to share, but don't tell everyone. Cos they'll (she) be doing "favors" for everyone.

Sincere regards,
Muhammad Afandi - I'm no bookworm, borrow it for my sister!

Alright...

2009-01-23T21:04:00.001+08:00

There are so many things to do, so many things to follow UP.. I seriously think is there time to WORK amidst all the things in Life. Sigh, soon all of us will have a so so life, not maximizing to what we wanna do, but occupied with things that we call life, which is work, I mean its not wrong, and as I've learn its wajib but, WHAT?! throw your life away, or really feel " "live" ly" only for that term break or overseas vacation. This IS WRONG, well I feel it is. We are all defining life differently and well, I don't like this defination.

Ramble, ramble, ramble: that's me.

Take care and please... wake up, this is life and we live only once (according to me).

Sincere regards,
Muhammad Afandi

My First Online Purchase

2009-01-07T12:06:00.001+08:00

MPBUY, (for those who still don't know... its May Peace Be Upon You lah!)

Alright, for those who've reached this page, reads the title and says "Big Deal" I like to say "Bye Bye"

Yah, back to main, I bought this:

So how, why?
1) Thru simplyislam.com
Wait, if you want to join... click here instead:
Join SimplyIslam.com
2) Cos I love it, I like it lah.

Then you will see this:

Saw that "Referral ID"? Yes type in: 9366732311
NO, that's not my handphone number, mine is 9664 7226. :-)

So than, let me explain, if three(3) of you register online and type MY referral ID, i get $5 gift voucher from them...
Why would you do that? Hmm, let just say you love me! As a brother in Islam of course!
Smiles.

Alright, go buy something now...
Here's to get you started... (Click Below)
Hot Items At SimplyIslam
-Worth a Look

OK Guys here's the review on the product I bought:

Order on the:
Order no: 65713
Dated: December 23, 2008
Amount: UK £5.16 / US$7.86

Received:
January 6, 2009
That's 14 days LAH. ok its actually faster because I dillydally (Skeptical mah)

Enough said let's look at the pictures:
Not as nice as this lah:

You think what?! You see what you get...

Here's the reality check:

So there you have it.
The chain (silver maybe), is really nice, but I'm the sweaty type, so I'm using the black band.
Smiles.

Here's it on me:

Alright for those who are stalking me:
Please click here to see me wearing it w/o my shirt on:
Hairy chest
I hope this does not go against the aurat.
Smiles.

Sincere regards,
Muhammad Afandi

Hello. I love you. I have not slept for the whole night, Smiles. Peace.

2008-12-08T06:46:00.001+08:00

So I was at EXPO

2008-11-20T13:27:00.002+08:00

For two weekends, One is a waste of time, the other was the best of time!

Took this picture while walking, see how its no blur? I don't know why too.

Joke of the year!

2008-11-20T13:26:00.001+08:00

Wavey is BROKE,

so am I...

My favorite No.

2008-11-20T13:23:00.001+08:00

Peace.

Is two! Just like two suns...

Smiles

Would I lie?

2008-10-25T02:11:00.004+08:00

MPBUY,

please check when you buy ya...

9 cents, big deal, I said so.
Had to go all the way back to snap a picture after the cashier "check" that 2.99 was rite.. : |

I know I'm outdated but..

2008-10-25T02:07:00.003+08:00

These are cool...

The case!

The Small Size of the thumb-drive... Now i call it Pinky Drive...

Dejavu - Secondary School

2008-10-25T01:04:00.003+08:00

I thank God for the surreal experience to feel how I feel to sit for my 'O' level...
(and also concert in Secondary School)

Even chewing gum has a halal label!

2008-10-25T01:02:00.003+08:00

MPBUY (May Peace Be Upon You),

For all the millions and millions of halal things in this bless world we live, need we ever resort to trying non-halal food?

Wavey Gratification

2008-10-21T20:24:00.001+08:00

Peace...

Its official... I am taking way advantage of my bike..

My bro was going out at 820pm to bedok interchange, and I was like... what? ("bila nak balik?") (naik bas 15 min come back 15 mins waiting time 15mins)

I would rather not...

See how Wavey made me lazy?
(with wavey its 5 mins to 5 mins back and 100% thrill)
*shakes head*

Your name

2008-10-20T14:18:00.002+08:00

Superficially, it is the first present you get when you were born from your parents.

Although you have little say when you were real young that time, no one is stopping from changing your name now.

But... mostly people accept that gift and stick with it till its written on your grave.

MPBUY

Electrocuted

2008-10-19T17:27:00.002+08:00

MPBUY,

Guess what? I got electrocuted over the weekend, not throughout the weekend, I'd be extremely tanned if that's the case.

So if u decide to try play punk and want to stick a screwdriver in the power socket while the switch is ON, I would recommend it. It won't kill, well not for my case (thank God).

I was just joking. Please switch OFF 1st but in case you forgot like me, you won't die... Just thank God after that.

Regards,
The electrocuted one