I've joined the Android madness

Greeting and happy Eid. Another same quote when updating this blog is IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE MY LAST UPDATE or I'VE BEEN BUSY LATELY. Both suits me well.

I have joined the Android madness and my collection of mobile OS is almost complete. I have a Symbian phone, an IoS tablet and now an android phone in the form of Samsung Galaxy Ace. Last Thursday I went to my favourite mobile phone shop and asked about an HTC. With a budget around 1.3k, I originally want to go for HTC. But after listening to some arguments from my favourite sales personnel, I opted to buy the Ace and another Symbian phone for my wife who wanted a wifi phone. It's a decent phone (can't compare to the 1GHz above smartphones) but I agree with the googling info that I got. It's a very good phone despite its low spec. I've changed my telco plan as well and got the 3GB mobile data embedded together with my voice plan.

My impression on the Ace is I am satisfied with the performance (with the price). I have yet to upgrade to Gingerbread. I'm still exploring Android apps (I've done the Apple apps on my Ipad).

Regarding my telco's mobile data, I am a little bit dissapointed with it as when in crowded areas the speed seem to crawl but when I used it at my house, the speed is acceptable (I can upload photos on facebook but it is useless of having this speed in my house as I am using Unifi. I'm using Celcom by the way as when I was admitted in the hospital at May this year, I updated my FB status regularly using its mobile data and it seems fine. I was using the pay per use at that time and the charge was ridiculous.

My favourite Android app now is How To Tie a Tie, it's much more better than Angry Bird. Hehehehe.... Now I need to find an app titled How To Get Back The Money Spent.

Food Poisoning

Yesterday morning when I woke up at 6am, I felt a very strong stomach pain on my left abdomen. It was so severe that I also felt a very strong back pain as well. I was left with the most terrible pain I had ever experienced.

At first I thought that it was a severe back pain. But as time passes by, I felt the pain on my left abdomen as well. Luckily for me, my wife took a good care of me. I did not want to wake her up, but she heard my groaning.

She tried to ease my pain by putting some medication cream but it only last a few minutes. At 8.30 am, I went to the clinic. The doctor diagnose me of having FOOD POISONING. The doctor took my BP and Heartbeat reading and he was quite shock as the reading shows I am in a lot of pain (I've demonstrated it ever since I walked into the clinic !) I was given a high dose of injection. He told me it will work after 10 minutes but it actually start to work 10 minutes after I arrive home from his clinic which is a 10 minutes drive.

After taking the medication, I slept from 9 am and woke up at 1pm. By this time, the pain had almost gone, although sometimes I do feel a slight pain in my stomach and my back.

I have gone through some food poisoning in my life but this one is so different as the pain was much more terrible, my back was in pain as well, no diarrhea and I only vomit once after I return from the clinic.

As I am writing this entry, I still sometimes feel the slight pain on my stomach and back but I do think it is recovering well. That justifies the two days MC that the doctor gave me.

The source of Food Poisoning ? I strongly believe that the lunch that I bought at a food stall on the roadside is the source. It's quite cheap, delicious but unfortunately not in a clean environment. I bought it at 3 pm as well, way after the lunch time. Most Malaysian foods deteriorate faster as of their ingredients being used. Furthermore, maybe some insects had lay its eggs on the food as it was displayed without being covered for most of the time.

Dangerous to use mobile phone during lightning.

I saw this news on The Star online at www.thestar.com.my .

Friday July 15, 2011
Lightning disaster that was just a phone call away
By LEONARD PHANG
sarawakstar@thestar.com.my

KUCHING: If you are in the habit of moving around with the earphone of your handset stuck in your ears, an incident here yesterday will have you thinking twice about doing that.

It was about 5pm and a mosque cleaner at a teachers' training school at Jalan Batu Lintang was happily working away with the earphone of his handset plugged in his ears when lightning struck.

A source said in the split-second incident, the youth, 18, was flung to the floor, and friends who came to his rescue were shocked to see what used to be his handphone looking like a mere lump of metal. Apparently, it had instantly melted and then hardened.

A lecturer rushed the unconscious youth to the Sarawak General Hospital.

The source said there were clear burn marks on the youth's ears.

At press time, he was still in critical condition.

Some people told me not to use mobile phones during lightning.

Malaysian Ghost

Malaysia has ghost, just like other countries. Quite a number of spooky tales could be heard in Malaysia. Take a look this news from Harian Metro, one of Malaysia's daily newspaper. The news is in Malay Language. Basically it says that this towing truck guy had taken a picture of a wrecked car that had crashed. All four passengers were safe but injured. After the picture was reviewed back, he saw those ghostly images (see picture above). Even the ambulance personnel felt something spooky was around while they were attending the crash victims. Another towing truck operator saw footprints on top of the car's roof.

Demam balik nahas
Oleh Shahrul Nizam Mohamad
am@hmetro.com.my

KUANTAN: “Saya demam dua hari selepas melihat imej tiga makhluk itu,” kata seorang penunda kereta, Abdul Mubin Mohamad, 24, yang mendakwa merakam gambar tiga makhluk halus menggunakan kamera digital di Jalan Kuantan-Gambang, berhampiran sebuah tokong, di sini, pada 17 Jun lalu.

Sebagai pekerja separuh masa di sebuah bengkel membaiki kereta yang terbabit dalam kemalangan, antara tugas Abdul Mubin ialah mengambil gambar kereta mangsa sebelum ditunda ke premis majikannya.


“Pada hari itu (17 Jun) kira-kira jam 11.30 malam, ada kemalangan di kawasan berkenaan membabitkan sebuah kereta BMW 5 Siri yang dinaiki empat lelaki dalam perjalanan ke Kuantan.

“Bagaimanapun, semua lelaki terbabit hanya cedera dan mereka dihantar ke Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan manakala kereta mereka terbabas ke kiri dan ‘melekat’ pada sebatang pokok,” katanya.


Dia yang turut membawa anak isterinya ke tempat kejadian itu mengambil gambar kereta berkenaan sambil dibantu rakannya. Bagaimanapun, kereta itu ditunda pemilik bengkel lain.


Abdul Mubin berkata, selepas urusan mengambil gambar selesai, dia pulang ke rumah.

“Saya berhenti di sebuah stesen minyak di Jalan Gambang untuk ke tandas sebelum isteri menegur mengenai gambar diambil selepas berasa curiga dengan bentuk tiga lembaga yang dirakam.


“Saya membesarkan lagi imej berkenaan sebelum terkejut melihat ‘satu keluarga’ berwajah ngeri dan lengkap berpakaian.
“Makhluk menyerupai wanita itu berpakaian serba putih manakala dua lagi berbaju merah,” katanya, di sini, semalam.


Menurutnya, terkejut dengan penemuan makhluk itu yang kali pertama dilihatnya, dia kemudian memberitahu rakannya yang sama-sama berada di tempat kejadian.


Dia berkata, rakannya mendakwa tidak selesa ketika mereka berada di kawasan berkenaan sebelum itu.


Katanya, rakannya turut mendakwa menemui kesan tapak kaki berlumpur berjalan naik ke bumbung kereta yang terbabit nahas itu tetapi enggan menceritakan kepadanya kerana bimbang sesuatu buruk berlaku.


Abdul Mubin mendakwa, ketika merakam gambar berkenaan, dia yakin tiada sesiapa berada di depannya kerana tempat kejadian gelap gelita.


“Saya menunjukkan rakaman itu kepada beberapa rakan lain dan mereka mendakwa objek itu makhluk halus dan ini kali pertama saya merakam gambar sedemikian selepas beberapa tahun bekerja sebagai penarik kereta,” katanya.


Sementara itu, anggota Jabatan Pertahanan Awam (JPAM), Mohd Azwari Abdullah, 31, berkata, dia juga mengalami nasib sama dan demam selepas melihat gambar berkenaan.


“Ketika di tempat kejadian, saya sudah merasa ada sesuatu tidak kena namun saya tetap meneruskan tugas menyelamatkan mangsa yang tersepit dalam kereta.


“Makhluk halus itu ciptaan Tuhan dan hanya boleh dilihat secara kebetulan saja namun saya bersyukur kerana tidak mengalami kejadian lebih buruk selepas kerja menyelamat selesai dijalankan,” katanya.

Rethinking

I haven't post anything for quite sometime as I was admitted to hospital due to dengue. Just wanna post some gadgets and new technology and I've bought and subscribed until July this year.

Ipad
PSP 3006
Astro Byond HD.
Unifi.

The Last To Own an LCD TV

I maybe the last to own and LCD TV when most of my friends had set their eye on LED TV or LCD TV with a bigger screen. It's a Sharp Aquos 32 inch LCD TV and I got it from SenQ for RM 1299. There's a shop at Subang Perdana that sells this product for RM 1080 ! I chose SenQ because it has another 2 years insurance besides the 1 year all risk manufacturer insurance while the Subang Perdana shop could only go with the 1 year manufacturer insurance.

The sound is good with an intelligent sensor that adjust the brightness automatically. Below are some of the TV's specifications.
• 32" WXGA AQUOS LCD TV (32 inch is enough for me as my house is small)
• 25,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio (minimum is 10,000:1, Samsung has a brighter contrast)
• 1080/24P Signal Input (works fine with my Sony HT DVD Player)
• Advanced OPC (Optical Picture Control) (love this feature)
• SRS TRU SURROUND HD (the sound is quite decent but my Sony HT delivers more clearer sound)
• 10W x 2 Speakers (I'm using my 5 speaker + 1 subwoofer from my Sony HT)
• Built in RS-232C
• RCP: RM1,499.00 (see above)

It has 3 HDMI input and almost all other inputs available in the world today. 1 HDMI has been used for my DVD player. I'll reserve the other one for B.Yond and my IPTV.

The best thing is the USB player which I could play my internet downloaded movie, you name the format, this TV could play it. Name it mp4, avi, rmvb.. almost every format. Recently I watched Avatar HD, it was more than 4GB and the picture was awesome, looks like 3D.

I bought an adjustable wall bracket as well to install it on my wall for RM 180 including installation. To add a clearer sound, I bought the Sony Home Theater DAV TZ130 for (I couldn't remember.. RM 499?) Bought all of this item together at SenQ.



To be honest, if someone wanted a Home Theater with a powerful loud sound (that's the purpose of having a HT isn't it?) than leave the TZ130, you could read reviews on the internet. I purposely needed a decent HT with woofer and for the time being, not so loud as I have a little daughter whom is afraid of loud noises so TZ130 suits me well. The total power output is 350 watt when the minimum HT requirement is 600 watt. But the TZ130 does have an USB player which could play MP4 and DiVx, MP3 music and Jpeg. The DVD player comes with an HDMI cable and I could play most movies I downloaded on the net.

Now, I need a new TV cabinet or maybe a new L Shape Sofa

Now Everyone Can't Fly?

Some one posted on the internet with the title Now Everyone Can't Fly? This accident happened last night around 10 pm at Kuching Airport. It left hundreds passenger not only from Air Asia but from MAS stranded as Kuching Airport is being closed temporarily.

Readers can read this blog entry regarding the incident here.

Below is the news taken from The Star Online.

KUCHING: The Kuching International Airport has been closed Tuesday until further notice, a Malaysia Airports Bhd statement said.

This is becaused of an incident Monday night, when an AirAsia aircraft (flight AK5218 from Kuala Lumpur), skidded and veered off the airport's runway 25, when landing at 10.02 during heavy rain.

All passengers were evacuated safely from the aircraft.

Efforts to remove the aircraft Tuesday were hampered by continuous heavy rains.
Only one flight was released for departure from the airport, flight MH2505 to Kuala Lumpur.

All AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines flights from the airport have been effected.

Passengers are advised to contact their airline's offices to enquire about their flight status.
Source : www.thestar.com.my