<![CDATA[Chimou.com]]> <![CDATA[Chinese New Year is over. “过]]> 年过了,明天就开工大吉,有点懒懒的不想回到现实。 :P

这个过年我真的是彻底的 switch off,拼命吃,死命玩,夜夜睡,哈哈哈,痛快!

今年照片拍了不少,跟大家分享一下我们的全家福 :)) 

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初四

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<![CDATA[CIMB Scam]]> If you have gotten some email from CIMB such as below, please beware...

 

upon clicking the Login link you will be taken to a fake LOGIN PAGE. notice the address is "http://202.123.75.53" instead of https and cimbclicks.com.my. you should never deal with HTTP:// pages when doing your online banking, and you should never deal with suspicious domain name (202.123.75.53 in this case) for anything related to money. 

is there any cyber patrol in Malaysia that we can report this to? 

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<![CDATA[PPS.tv]]> 2010 来临, LOST, 24, Heroes, 全部都会连续。你准备好了吗? :) 快去下PPS.tv!

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<![CDATA[PCNUTS get wed]]>

Congrats to TECKYUN and MAYFUNG! Finally tie the knot and jump into the grave of love. The wedding was a memorable one for me especially seeing all my heng dais are in good shape, plus I p4wn the noob kiddo TWICE in SFIV. LOL. siok sendiri.

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dear fellows, I am changing the comment system in chimou.com to the free comment system provided by DISQUS ;)

if you want something like this on you site, simply goto http://www.disqus.com/comments and sign up. i may consider doing it for you, for free, depends on our kam ching. heheh

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<![CDATA[Swift in da house]]> Finally my SWIFT arrived last Friday. HOOHOOHOOHOO~~~ Vvroroooooroom... haven't go zero to hundred yet, no road smooth enough to do that =) 

Luv it? yea~ 

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<![CDATA[District 9]]> Hahaha its been awhile since i watched a FUN movie. The story feels like a RPG game to me, abit of Gordon Freeman. Check it out, its popular! PETER JACKSON's work. Very entertaining and gory, dont let your kids watch it ;)

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/ 

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<![CDATA[Run Chinese apps in Chinese, English in english, with AppLocale]]> Sometime when you install a program, it ended up showing funny characters. Especially if you install Xunlei or QQ or things like that. One way to solve this is to change your Window's  non-unicode setting to "Chinese".

 

But doing so will cause your other programs think that they should be installed in Chinese too. Messy!

Now try this program called Microsoft AppLocale (yea lo, they have this program but never tell you), it lets you select what language to run in for specific program. Neat :)

You can download AppLocale from Microsft's website:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8C4E8E0D-45D1-4D9B-B7C0-8430C1AC89AB&displaylang=en

Note: if you are Vista / Windows 7, remember to run it as Administrator during installation

- run cmd line as admin, then goto the installer and run start applocale.msi

- run AppLocale as admin to install your software

- run AppLocale again (no need to be admin this time) to create shortcut to run your installed app.

confused? maybe i wil make a video.. if got any demand.

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<![CDATA[Going 64bits]]> If you have been reading about Windows 7 you will find everyone is recommending you to go for the 64bit versions, where the most obvious benefit is allowing you to use up to 192GB of memory (32bit allows max 3.2GB), modern day computers should have at least 4GB -- costs below RM400.

I have gone 64 bits and so far have not found any compatible issue with whatsoever programs i am using. Running 64 bits doesnt mean you have to install everything 64 bits, it allows applications (such as MS Office) to run in 32bit modes. only drivers has to be 64 bits.

But if you are the kind of geek like me who want to get all things 64, then try this website =)
http://www.start64.com/

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<![CDATA[Windows 7]]> Today (22nd) marks the worldwide launch of Windows 7. Win7 is market as the OS that everyone should upgrade because Vista was a failure and XP is 9 year old and no longer fit. As much as i think it is all hyped, i hv managed to get a copy of Win7 Ultimate OEM and install it under Virtualbox just to testdrive and evaluate it. The installater was best! it only ask your name and password, and timezone, and did the rest by itself.

And here's my Win7 installed inside a Ubuntu host. Boot up is few times slower compare to the WinXP virtual machine. :P

 

and here's  a cat of the nfo file. 

 

and finally here's me trying out Win7

 

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<![CDATA[choices]]> life is about making choices, and accept the consequences. 

choice of job, choice of spouse, choice of your ride!

 
and choice of color =) 
 
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<![CDATA[I have been Waved!]]> To my surprise today i received the Google Wave beta invitation!

This thing is totally new and i have no idea how to utilise it yet. but i was also given 8 invitations to spare with friends and i now have 3 left. If you are interested drop me a message.

 

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<![CDATA[Badass Spider X]]> Alright here's the owning spider photos as promised.

spider telling the world he's an X-men.  

badass spider =) 

 

and its side kicks, some ass licking gay bug couple

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<![CDATA[Cameron Highlands (again?)]]> We went to Cameron Highlands [yeah, again] over the Hari Raya break for a 4D3N bungalow stay. My [rich :P] cousin rented the place (not the whole house, just 1/4 of it) at over 1k a night so that the whole TAN family can go there and steamboat and mahjong all night long. :) It was really relaxing for me coz i cant get much internet or 3G service up there, and the weather is cold due to rains.

 

that's our bungalow

 

My other cousin brought his apple and we succesfully have a round of DOTA AI with his mac running Parallax [walao the graphic so lag] :)) 

Most of the time i just sit, eat, sleep and rot, watch movie (Rocky 1, 2, 3), or keeping eyes on the kids in case they get too excited and do weird stuff. 

 

Carol pretends she just swallowed a strawberry

 

New food we found in the mountains -- Strawberry Nan. You should try it if you have not, its nice. but recommend to eat there, dont pack it back becoz they turn into rubber when cold.

Darius chewing strawberry nan 

I've got a shot of a very owning spider web. Will upload it later, its not in this computer :)) 

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<![CDATA[what car should i get?]]> Thinking to replace my 10 yr old kancil, which one should i get?

thinking to get either

Suzuki Swift (most favourite!)

MyVi

Naza Suria

or something else cheaper , around 40-50k..

any suggestions?

 

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<![CDATA[We moved! and making a time-lapse video.]]> We moved the office today! Out of the blue i decided to make a time-lapse video of the moving process, so i grab my webcam and laptop, find the software to do interval webcam capture (i use AbelCam http://www.abelcam.com/en/features/?20090408, make sure u let it register for free license -- i just found out :p) 

After capturing 1 frame per second into a series of jpegs, i then use ffmpeg to convert them. you should keep your filename as number sequence instead of base on time. another mistake i made.

Once you have the jpegs in a folder,  rename them with number from 1.jpg to X.jpg (write a script to do this)

finally, i use ffmpeg to combine them and output as MP4 with 1Mbps bitrate.  Here's the outcome, enjoy :) 

 

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<![CDATA[WSATP new office, from Idea to Reality]]> After a month of renovation work, our new office is finally reaching completion. Bukit Mertajam will now have a new landmark called "WSATP" :))

Start by finding the shop since May/June... and we landed on a great deal -- the 2nd floor corner unit. high up and customer sure wont miss it :)

then we have to plan for the layout. my first job as interior designer :) 

We need a meeting room, a room for TOMMY (coz he got non-stop phone calls) ... and the rest are for the main work forces. Took about a month to finalize it. This looks great with all the fengshui element considered ;)

 Then we find the PCK contractor, get quote, unquote, requote, and landed on one with the best deal. :) He did everything from wall to painting to carpet, with payment terms. ^_^ So the renovation begin.... and more decisions to made..

First Week of reno

 

2nd Week

 work finsihed, all nice and clean ...

Now we have to pick the colors for wall, partition, carpet, bla bla bla... those really gave me a few sleepless night :P

then folow by installing the glass and doors

the painting, carpet, and  finally here's what we arrived at, today! :)

 

More photos when we move in, which should be about 2 weeks later. I am so excited!

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<![CDATA[Just a Prototype]]> Once in a while i get extra joy doing web application which tends to have monotnous GUI. I hope the client will enjoy using it too ;)

 

Cartoon for background, nice

 

Dashboard, i have done "get more girls"

 

Pick your Avatar from all 368 Lotte Koala =)

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<![CDATA[LEGO Bots]]> My 10 kilos of LEGO just arrived over the weekend. The big pieces are for Darius and Carol, and the small pieces of coz fall into the creative daddy's hand ;)

MY mission is to make miniature robots to conquer the house... check it out.. 

Mark 1, feels like one of the starwars dumb bots, no kick... 

 

the finish verison, equiped with hand-blade and sword. Allright! now we are talking!

Stay tuned, transformable bots (ala transformers) coming soon. 

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<![CDATA[Trine]]> Spoted a cool games from Gamespot, its called Trine. For those who like Action/RPG this one is something worth trying out. You plays 3 characters - theif, warrior and magician. or if you have 2 game controllers you can actualy play co-op 3 players!

Checkout the screenshot, very pretty =)

 

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<![CDATA[Leg-o-madness]]> *sigh* 我想我有点疯了!我花了整 100磅 买了一大堆的 Lego (算算大概有3000片吧) ... 现在还在英国等着寄回来~   还差点就 bid 下那 13KG LEGO 的 auction -- 结果被别人以 120磅赢掉了,幸亏!

 

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