Nuffie love

Around 3 weeks ago, I received my first check from Nuffnang. Unfortunately,I did not use my full legal name as the payee name when I first registered. You see, I left out my surname. And the check issued was non-negotiable, so it was mostly likely that I would not be able to cash my payment with that check. So, I  contact the customer support staff at Nuffnang to assist in my predicament. The helpful executive updated my payee name and also requested for a new check to be issued to me. And the result , need I say. :pAs you can see, parts of the address was cleverly removed with the use of Photoshop. This is actually done to conceal the location of the official residence of the awesome Jeff for privacy reasons.

                                                   The check.

Not a huge amount , but it’s a decent amount that can get me a meal or two.

The Personality Exposed

Sharlene posted a link to a personality test on Facebook, just now. Click here to check it out. It's rather simple. Just a number of objective questions.

And since I refused to paste the result on Facebook and tag 20 friends; you get the privilege of viewing my results. Talk about the privileges you can get by being my loyal blog reader.Personally, I think it's rather accurate in some sense, but then again, it's just a personality test.

The result:

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education
You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Of laws and blogs.

Being a blogger, I decided that I would be better off if I'm aware of my legal rights.Thus,weeks ago, I went to University Malaya. Yes, the premier public university of the country. It was ranked in the Top 200 of the THE - QS World University Rankings by Times Higher Education in 2006.

A law conference regarding blogging and law was hosted there, and I decided to check it out.

The audience listening attentively as the speaker shares his insights. I shall not load this post with information or make it sound like a lecture, but I'll just roughly talk about the topics which the speakers touch on.

The speaker for the first topic is Mr. Foong Cheng Leong, a lawyer from Kuala Lumpur and a blogger himself.He touched on intellectual property and regulations related to it. His topic gave me some insights on the intellectual property rights; on areas which most people are unaware of, such as rights in registering domains, the owners of the copyright of the images.

Next, Mr. Nizam Bashir, a Malacca lawyer & blogger. He talked about defamation, something very relevant for the Malaysian society as the number of individuals being charged for defamation or sedition has increased significantly.

The event ended with a session for refreshment. Since it was a half day event , I decided to take the opportunity to visit a friend of mine at the university, after the event. We took a stroll around the campus, but the weather was getting unbearable. So, we ended up, hanging out at Mid Valley Megamall after that.

Of being tagged.

Since Julia decided to perfect her art of procrastination by tagging me on Facebook, here I am with this tag. I managed to come out with a pretty nice image, so I'll post it on this blog as well. 

Rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search (http://www.flickr.com/).
b. Using ONLY the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Mosaic Maker. Change rows to 3 and columns to 3 (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php).
d. Save the image and post it on this note.

e. If you're tagged, pass it on. And tag me please. 

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite color?
3. What is your favorite food?
4. Favorite drink?
5. Dream vacation?
6. Favorite hobby?
7. What you want to be when you grow up?
8. What do you love most in life?

9. One word to describe you?

Note: The images are copyrighted by their respective photographers. 

Credits :
1. Jeffrey and a really big fish tank, 2. Black-Crowned Night Heron Portrait, 3. 7th Course: Tasting of Ice Creams, 4. Vodka, 5. Aurora Borealis, 6. Pudge - Leave Me Alone, I'm Sleeping!, 7. CFO search, 8. ~I'll Paint the Sky with Love~, 9. Summer feeling

Guess who ?

Everyday, while you go on your social networking web page, there's a remote possibility of virtually meeting someone you already know. Be it Facebook or Plurk, it's something normal in today's world.But,it isn't an everyday thing, that I discover a friend I know, on Innit. So, guess who I discovered on Innit recently?

Innit is Nuffnang's exclusive portal for Nuffnang Gliterrati members to network and share posts.Actually, I was so stressed at that time, and visited Innit to check out some "entertaining" posts.However, I saw a familiar name on the Innit chat box, and decided to check it out, which further leads me to :  

Out of the sudden, this suddenly looks familiar.

Aha, Lynn ! You're stalked. =p

Rantings of a frequent traveller

Sometimes, travelling around in Malaysia can be a tiresome matter.  Take the KTM for an example.

Crowds of people waiting to board the KTM.

Once in a while, especially during weekends, you see this scene in the KTM.

It's a place where you get pushed, shoved and to some extent molested.

In times like this, where I have to stand, I would stand like a penguin, with my hands on the pockets. Being in a situation that pack like sardines , I don't have to fear falling over, as bodies will form a sort of general support for me. The risk, I would worry about is being pick-pocketed or having my stuff pushed out of my pockets. Trust me , it happens.

This sort of explains why every Malaysian wants to have their own automobile. And why cars are a preferable means of transport.

Something like this.

Another means of transport that I have been taking frequently is planes. 
If you're flying to Kuala Lumpur, you would usually have to walk into the terminal.

Like these people.

But, if you're flying from/ to Kuching, like I always do. You'll get to use the sky bridge to the plane, if you're lucky. Well, so far, I'm always lucky. 

Yes, the sky bridge. Airasia has been trying to upgrade their services.

But LCCT has become a little too pack. Reminds me of KL Sentral or Pudu during the holiday seasons.You get two queues leading to the same counter. Or someone telling you to make way for him/ her to pass. If you still remember my  tiring day at airport , it'll be a terrible experience for tourists if something goes wrong.

Despite LCCT's expansion ,  Airasia's statistics shows that the capacity of LCCT will not be able to sustain the volume of increasing customers of Airasia. 

This would probably lead to some consumers choosing to travel by MAS  @ KLIA over Airasia as for reasons related to comfort and travelling pleasure.
And recently, there's been an ongoing debate on whether Airasia should carry on with their project at Labu. The KLIA-East project. Some say it's a waste of money. Some say it's unnecessary.But, I actually believe this project is a very good one. Not only will it spur economic growth, develop the town of Labu, but it will also propel Malaysia to become South East Asia's aviation hub.

First post with geotagging

Anyway, as the title says , this is my first post with geotagging. What's that? It's actually tagging a location to each of your blog posts.As simple as that. Check out it out below this post. You can even determine the specific location you wish to geotag your post with . Right to the specific housing estate. Well, my geotag isn't that specific, for privacy reasons.
Interested ? Login to draft.blogger.com to start blogging with geotags right away.

If your geotag is not appearing, especially if you are using a customized template; you might want to revert your widget templates to default. This can be done by accessing the layout section of blogger. Click on edit html and you'll find that option.

In addition, you'll also have to check the box for location in the setting of your blog posts under page elements.This must be accessed through draft blogger as it's unavailable in the conventional blogger.

One more thing, I realized that the geotag will disappear if you edit your post in the normal blogger. 

Those interested to know more can check out what the google team has to say on geotagging. Click here.

Tagged by a Giraffe

I was tagged by a giraffe sometime ago, but I was too lazy to do it. But since I'm in the mood now, here goes . 

1. What is the relationship between you and her?

She's my junior. lol.INTImates. Haha..that sound wrong. We're friends.

2. Your 5 impressions towards her.
Giraffe-like. LOL.Okay. She's sporting, active,nice and smart.

3. The most memorable thing she had done for you.

Listening to me rant. Really, it's one of the best thing someone can do for me.

4. The most memorable things she have said to you?
No idea. I have very bad memory.Maybe  "Seize the moment, blaze a trail"?

5. If she become your lover, you will..
Have spots ??  lol...

6. If she become your enemy, you will...
OMG. I'll nice to animals. How is that possible ? 

7. If she become your lover, she has to improve on...
I have no idea. Seriously ..

8. If she becomes your enemy, the reason is...
I killed a giraffe . Okay, I don't know ..

9. The most desirable thing to do to her is?

Point and laugh at her.I think I like to do that to a lot of people. 

10. The overall impression of her is...
Nice outgoing person, good listener . 

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?
Nice and friendly ? Okay, I'm not that friendly as I used to be. LOL.  Lazy ? Wait,  I know you people want to say this . Yes, noobish... =.=

12. The character of you for yourself is?

What is this question asking ? Urrggh.. Okay, I believe that a lot of things are just a matter of perspective. Some people like to make things complicated, while I prefer it simpler. I've learned the hard way that I can't satisfy everyone. I'm a non-conformist. lol, in some aspects, I just refuse to follow the norm. I believe in living life with no regrets, living life to the fullest. It's just too short to waste. 

13. On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?
Lack of confidence? 

14. The most ideal person that you wanna be is?

Is that a question? Obviously, I want to be me. =)

15. For the people who care about and like you, say something about them.
Aww, they are the best people on Earth. With especially good taste. =)

Tagging..
1. Julia
2. Yung Terd
3. Kelvin
4. Claire
5. Evelyn

6. MeiiLynn
7. Wan Yi
8. Michelle
9. Bernard
10. Yi Jing
11. Karuna

12. Chin Yee

It's 12 for the month of December. =p

Who is no. 2 having a relationship with?
His mangas.. lol.

Is no. 3 a male or a female?
Duh. XY chromosomes. What do you think?

If no. 7 and no. 10 were together, would it be a good thing?
Err..no. Bernard will be jealous.

How about no. 5 and 8?
No either. 

What is no. 1 studying?
You mean her major ? Econs maybe, or psychology. Wait, it's lamerlogy. 

Is no. 4 single?

Nope.

Say something about no. 6
She loves teddy bear ...Sheessshhh...

What about no.. 11 ?

She's said to come from Sri Langka. >_<

The hottest book in town

Worrying about where to go, for dinner or to hang out with friends ? Worry no more, My Privilege Book is here. This book is a smart guide to dining, entertainment, retail and services in Kuching City. Besides, it offers the owner, elite privileges to various offers around the city , be it shopping or dining . Retail therapy couldn't be better in Kuching. What more can you ask for?

Yes, a warning have been issued. It contains more than RM3500.00 in value. =)

Ta da.

My Privilege Book 2009 is launching on 12.12.2008.Those interested in the book can check it out at the following venue:

-The Spring ( 12-14 December)
-Crown Square ( 12-24 December)
-Boulevard ( 27-29 December)

If I'm given this book, I would most probably go like this :


Wait , I mean like this :

Maybe a little more ecstatic.

Those interested to take part in the competition organised by Kuching Bloggers can check it out , here

CBox vs ShoutMix

If u haven't noticed, I've changed my chat box. The section used to be occupied by the CBox has now been taken over by ShoutMix.

Why, you may ask ? 

Well, it's just that the Cbox has been doing things behind my back. *Curang*

Yes, it's the culprit behind the pop-up that appears everytime you click on my blog link. 

Note: It only appears when you click on my link. It should be blocked by the pop-up blocker, but nevertheless, it's still an annoying pop-up.

Still Cbox used to have an advantage over Shoutmix, which is the ability to block and ban IP. I repeat , used to. To Cbox's horror, now, ShoutMix offer this same feature to it's free user. Although,  it's pretty useless if the user uses a dynamic IP, it still gives you control over your chat box.While messages can only be deleted on the admin page of Cbox, users of ShoutMix can delete the messages on the chatbox itself. Thanks to the cool login feature when you click on the top right of the chatbox itself. Nice eh ?

And since, both are free, why not choose the better one ? I mean they offer free services for basic users. Premium users can pay , and get better services, with more features. But, that's a different story altogether.