BTW.

Yours Truly Appeared on the NewPaper page 45. Thanks to JX for congratulating me first. I will be famous soon. AHHAHAHA.









*Note: Page 45 is fabricated. I got no idea whats the page. Really.

World's fastest.

Today, due to Mr Chin's good mood, We will have a special blog event today. It is called the World's Fastest Thing.


We start off this unique chapter on the Fastest thing on Earth.


AIR:

And it is light.



And to illustrate the speed of light, this lightning picture will be used. They disappear in split seconds.

WATER:

World's Fastest Fish. It is called the Sailfish.


And please for those people who don't watch documentaries, do not, I repeat, DO NOT SAY THAT THIS IS A SWORDFISH.




Over here. We have the World's Best Swimmer. Michael Phelps.


A bit debatable. Won 8 gold medals (but did not swam in the Backstroke and Breaststroke event) including Team Relays. With such formidable teammates, I believed that if Tao Li team with them they will also win la.


Just kidding. Of cause all the hype is on him. I doubt you know what are the other 3 swimmers' name. Seriously I got no idea why Phelps is always compared to a dolphin.


' That's Michael Phelps. He's swimming in lane 5. Oh he is leading the rest of the competitors and he is swimming like a dolphin.'


*NOTE: DOLPHINS ARE NOT THE FASTEST SWIMMERS UNDERWATER. ITS SAILFISH. S-A-I-L-F-I-S-H.


OK. It's self-explanatory why they describe him as dolphin. The swimming pattern like dolphin. Sine-wave shape ( legs go up and down and not right to left like the sailfish). And thus, that is how they come up with dolphin to describe him.


But why not describe him as killer whale? The debates goes on...


LAND:


OK over here we have the Fastest Land Animal over here.

It's a Cheetah. Fastest animal on land. And please. It is not a leopard.




And of cause the World's fastest man. Usain Bolt.

I watched his 200m sprint today. It was incredible. He got a very very big lead at the last 20metres. The commentator even said: " He's so fast that he made the other runners looks like college runners."

World Class. Absolutely stunning. His win is like the recent China vs Singapore table tennis match whereby China won 3-0 comfortably. Oh god. Unbelievable.

And the 'supposedly' American bronze medalist got disqualified as he stepped on the lines on the lanes. That's sad. When you won silver and takes the USA flag around parading with the World's fastest man and happily taking photos together and you were told you were disqualified while walking around the track with the flag on your shoulders, what will you feel?

Ask him. Mr Wallace Spearmon. However, he did pull the silver medalist down with him. Mr Churandy Martina, who were beside his lane while running, was also disqualified after the US team presented evidence that he cut across other competitor's lane.

Apparantly it is Spearmon's fault for cutting his lane in the first place. Pity to Martina, who set the new national record of 19.82 for the Neatherlands in ths race, was eventually disqualified too.


To readers: You all might think why no AIR: World's fastest air animals. But unless there is competition for humans to fly on air, that section is probably not needed.




Phelps's Picture courtesy of http://www.timalanstudios.com/images/phelps.jpg

Bolt's Picture courtesy of http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/17/olympicsusainbolt_l.jpg

Cheetah's Picture courtesy of http://theora.com/images/Cheetah.jpg

Sailfish's picture courtesy of http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/1024/sailfish.jpg

Lightning picture courtesy of http://z.about.com/d/weather/1/7/c/-/-/-/lightning2.jpg

LAST IBM POST.

I GIVE UP ON IBM ALR. PLANNING TO REPAIR AFTER 5 YEARS TIME OR SO.

sucelloscz
I am from czech republic - in Europe union :)

well I do not know why woudl they wanted to pay for keyboard and palm-rest these parts are with absolutely NO chance of beeing damaged by water...


So thats what my czech republic friend said. I agree. I GOT NO IDEA WHY THEY NEED TO BE REPAIRED. DAM THE IBM.

Ok so anyways. I've got new offer.

HP Compaq NC4400 Business Notebook

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0Ghz, 4MB L2 cache)

• 1GB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory (Free upgrade to 3GB (1GB+2GB))

• 80GB 5400rpm HDD

• Wireless Lan 802.11a/b/g

• 12.1 inch XGA LCD Screen

• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

• DVDRW Drive MultiBay II

• Bluetooth 2.0

• Modem 56k

• 6 cell battery (to up 4 hrs)

• Genuine Microsoft Vista Business OS

• 3 years Return-To-HP Warranty

• 1.8kg travel weight

• Free Carrying Case

• Brand New Units !

S$999 incl GST.

Going to check out the upcoming PC show to see if there is better offers available as this laptop has little or almost no review by both professionals and users.

Ok I emailed this guy who experienced the same situation as me. This is what I said to him.

T60 thinkpad

I saw your post on the T60 video which underwent the water spilling process. And u said that:
"I had a tea accident with my T60. And it went DEAD! and lenovo said that the water entered the chaisi and damagend the whole board and that it will NOT BE REPAIRED without me paying for it."

I had a similar accident with my thinkpad and I will like to know what happened to your old thinkpad. was it repaired? and how much does it costs? Do share with me your experiences with thinkpad too and do drop me a mail at kuong_90@yahoo.com.sg if possible.

And by the way, my repair will cost me $1200SGD and that amout will be able to buy me a new laptop in Singapore.


And his reply:

Re: T60 thinkpad

Well the notebook is still dead in my old office - they wanted aproximately 800 $ for the repair. I have contacted a different part vendor and he had told me that the motherboard - which they would have repaired would coust only 300$.

Anyway I quit the job and now I have an Thinkpad X31 and I have to say that I am much more satisfied with it that with the T60.

The X31 was for 500 $ with 1 year warranty.



I am waiting for his future reply. Am I going to be like him? Leaving my $2000 baby in the storeroom? And same damages but different prices. His is $800, with motherboard damaged only, why mine is $1200, with keyboard, motherboard and palm rest damaged? Hopefully he will tell me where he lives so that I can price check with IBM.

Lenovo Laptops

Note: For all pictures, please do click on it to enlarge.

Ok. In my last post I state that I will display my laptop thingy over here. Here goes.



Situation No. 1:







Ok this is their advertisement. Note at 1.05 into the video. It shows a spill prevention system.

Situation No. 2:






Note: At the end of the video, the laptop is still running with 4 lights on. And a viewer posted this comment on the video: " a glass of water split onto my T60, into the speakers, battery, AC supply and the heat sink. I turned it off immediately, dried it with a hairdryer and it worked perfectly withing 30 minutes. These machines are very durable and i have no hesitation in buying another one."


And speaking of which, my laptop went through the same thing as situation 2. While mine had 2 lights on too. For battery and power outlet, however, it failed to recover. Why? And now the problems came in.


The quotations for my repairs.

So I am in a dilemma. Should I repair it for 1200$SGD? Or should I buy a brand new one? And leave the 2,000$SGD Lenovo laptop in my storeroom?



Now let me analyse the staff at IBM.


1) They either had a typing error, as K is beside J, or they just plainly spelled my name incorrectly.
Note: My full name is Chin Kuong Hing, not Chin Juong Hing. Nope, I do not have any korean names.

Then again, They could not have so many typing errors right?

2) They are very irresponsible.

i) Firstly, an engineer came over my house at Tuesday, 5th August. He told me my quotations will come in at approximately 3 working days time, which will be Friday, 8th August.
And I waited till Thursday, 14th August and 7 working days after, before I made my call at 9am.
And to my horror, the staff told me that the case is still 'pending' and I told her that the engineer came over and etc, she told me that the engineer will call me back shortly.


ii) And so, I waited for his call (as my hand phone have no sound) and did not join my brother for badminton and Hafiz for his study group. I waited till 1030 and joined my brother for badminton as I believed the term 'shortly' does not refers to a 1.5 hours wait.


iii) I went back at approximately 1.20pm. I checked my mail and I saw the quotations. And the question is. Where is my 'SHORTLY' phone call?


iv) So I called back again at 1.50pm. The staff said: ' Oh, the engineer sent you the quotations at 9.40am already.'
I retorted back. ' Oh, at least he should have made an effort and called me and not be so irresponsible right? You know I waited for the call for about 5 hours?' and the reply I got back was a couples of sorry.ST A COUPLE OF SORRYS. IF I

3) And I hate being kicked around like a ball.

The Madam I spoke to said that I had alternative services when I requested for alternative services as the 1200$SGD does not make economical sense. She mentioned something about $150 only and labelling cost at their service center at Changi. So when I heard that such a great deal was offered, I asked for courier services.

And because I live in Western Singapore, I requested for courier services, which was free-of-charge. And I was directed to the service center line. And what he told me is entirely different from what the lady told me.

'No No, the repair not 150$. The repair is the amount that was quoted to you. Which is $1200 + $150 or 200$(I didnt hear properly) for labelling charges and etc. And if the guy come over your house to fix the laptop, it will be 200+ for the first 2 hours .'

' But the Madam said $150 don't know what then what riggit thing leh' I replied

' No. Its not. Its slightly cheaper only. Not much difference.'

'Got alternative?' I asked.

' Oh u can call pink gallery (and don't know what I cant remember. ) at 6xxx xxxx and 6xxx xxxx.'

' Oh ok.' And immediately after that I called Ngee Ann's Learners and Teachers center for help. And they are more helpful and efficient I think.

Sony Ericsson Issues

Recently my laptop and hand phone broke down on me. And now I will show you guys the emails I got back to them regarding the repairs.

Below is the issue for my Sony Ericsson Walkman ' Soundless' W880i phone.


Question:
Email:
To: questions.sg@support.sonyericsson.com
From: Chin Hing kuong_90@yahoo.com.sg
Subject: questions regarding handphone

hello there.
My W880i phone's sound is gone. there is no ring tone when people call/message me. there is also no mp3 music even when it is at full volume.

So i was wondering approximately how much will i pay for the repairs?

By the way this is how the phone looks like.

And below is the reply I got from them.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting Sony Ericsson Customer Support (Singapore).

With regards to your inquiry, if the handset unit is still under the warranty coverage, then our service center will only accept the following documents for warranty services;

Warranty Card
Proof of Purchase
Copy of the Contract from the Service Provider
Any piece of document that will signify where and when the product was purchased

If the following documents is not present then our service center will charge the customer a $ 10.70 SGD evaluation fee initially. Afterward all fees and costings will be coordinated first for customer's approval.

Thank you so much for your understanding!

If we can be of further assistance, please email to us at questions.sg@support.sonyericsson.com or contact us at our Customer Support hotline. For un-resolved issue, please do quote your cases ID for quick reference purposes.


Thank You and have a nice day.

Best regards,
Sonny Gale


Sony Ericsson Customer Support ( Singapore )
Contact Us: +65 6744 0733
Operating Hours: 9am to 6pm (Mon-Fri) & 9am to 1pm (Sat)
Sunday & Public Holiday : CLOSED

OK. So basically I have to pay at least $10.70 and I have to pay an additional amount of money, depending on how much the hardware costs, as my warranty period is over. Damn. Hopefully it is only in the $40~100 range. Why I so unlucky? =/

I will put up the laptop issue's email soon as I do not have Microsoft Office in my desktop now. Do check back for updates..

Woah.

New tags. Ok so I shall reply to the tags here

-: fingers*

14 Aug 08, 12:29

-: typing like that is utter crap. anyone who does it should be shot and then have his/her finger pulled out of their sockets by pilers


LOL. I seriously got no idea who you are and, Yes I agree people who types like that deserves that punishment. The English is horrible, the way they type it and even seeing it is horrible. However, I am only demonstrating. So please do not aim the criticism at me specifically. Thank you.

And to CZ:

CheeZe: LOL, saw tt pic at friendster...ahah


You serious you saw this picture? Who is it arh? Can show me the link again? hahhahah

Special post for today.

Today iie will try to blog lyyk a giirl. it may seeeem verii easyy but iie swear its dammmn diifiicult. And thiis style had not been incorporated wiith biig and small alphabets.

sOo nOw iiE wilI tRy tO iincOpoRate bOth stYles toGetHer. serrriiouSly iie got nO iidEasS hoW sUmm giiRls annd tHeiiR dArlliiNgZ cAn dO suCh a trOuBleSomme jOb in tYpiinG thiis. iiE tOoK appRoXiiimaTelY 1O miiins trYiiing 2 do thiis. iie am suRe thAt nOt all oF euUu cann bE aBlE tuhhh do thiiis. Ohhh My GOD. iiE aM gOiingg mAdd tRYiing tUhhh dOo thiiis.



iiie sAw thiis lOonG loOonG aGo. iie sAvE iit cOs iie thOugHt iit wAs fuNnii. sOrrY iif thhats eUuu fReNx. xD


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Ahahahhahas. iie laUgHhed sHhHoo hArD jUsT byy loOokiinG at thiis piictuure. =X




Imagine how much easier it is just to type normally and without much fuss. I got no idea why some girls are used to the text above. I guess maybe they just wanted their own styles and thus they developed this writing style.

As a reader, I feel very irritated seeing that and if I ever become a English teacher, I will fail the student without a doubt. How about readers? What say you?

Tag replies.

Since I have got nothing better to do, I will reply some tags.

stevey: haha laptop spoilt sia sianz PI chin is not going to post any pictures or blog for the time being le
Tsk..Tsk.. I hope I wont disappoint all of you. Alamak a lot of pictures inside leh. Hopefully can recover.

joanne: wow! you so side wl arh?!
No leh. I neutral. Hahaha. Just that a little bit of gossip adds to the fun, am I right?


LYDIA: orh bi! laugh at me..cuz my lappy kena virus..see la!what goes ard comes ard..LOL..bleh.
Ass! Laptop spoil liao still rub salt into wound. LYDIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOPE UR LAPPY DIED TOGETHER WITH MINE!!!! MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH..!!!!