24 May, 2009

Ultra Worth It


Juz came back from Suntec... Starhub is having a dua zong roadshow there... Sibeh alot of pple.. Switched to Starhub under Dear's name so to add on his Hubber discounts.
Was half-half undecided between Samsung UltraTouch S8300 & Samsung Omnia i900 until i reached there n fiddled with the test sets....

My oh my... the S8300 is much better than i900 (mind u, i900 has 'rave' reviews from the PDA-user forums)...
In terms of response rate, display colour, camera etc.. the S8300 really surpasses the i900.. Yeah i900 has some voice-directed GPS... while thats a good geeky tool to have.. it is essentially utterly useless...
A Samsung staff there tried to explain that i900's lag and slow shutter speed is due to the auto-focus function... But S8300 also got auto-focus, but no lag..
And everything u tap on the i900's screen, u will get an approx 0.8sec access lag.. That was on an 'unflooded' test phone only lor... Cannot make it lah..

The brochure pics of S8300 dont do it much justice... It looked like a cheapo phone in pics.. but the real deal is a good to hold, stylish metallic finish darling...
The 'red' parts of the phone aint the same bright shade as the predecessor Samsung phones... it is more of a maroon?/burgundy? tinge.. more suited to this phone's design...

Samsung UltraTouch S8300



For this particular phone, there r the usual Taka & Robinson vouchers.. However we also got a lucky dip chance as we signed 2 mobile lines today on a Hubber account..
Guess what Dear got us from the dip... a Samsung 20inch LCD TV LoL~! Ok sooooo, not all lucky dips are hao siao one =xxx

He also upgraded his HTC Touch Cruise to the newer slimmer version which is for some reason shorter than my phone =\... However HTC didnt give any voucher or etc, but they gave a hot pink iPod Shuffle.. which Dear gladly gave to me mwahahaha


freebies ~



k time to go search for customisation stuffsss xD

22 May, 2009

Abangs Adeks


HOHOHO~! Xmas came early... After 2 years of searching... we finally found our darling bear.......

Droopy is a 1976 NABCO bear... With long arms and legs.. He makes a good hug to bed... I had him since 3.5 years ago as a birthday gift from a fren... We have been wanting to buy more Droopys (aka ChouBear), but it has long been discontinued, and the stocks seemed to have dried up everywhere...

By sheer luck, I came across the website of Estes Ark in Colorado USA. They still stock him!!!!! After a quick check with them, we found that there are only 8 ChouBears left (prolly in the world)....
Sweet sweet Dear thus ordered 5 of them, and one mini ChouBear... 1 for the lil' one who has long named a desktop picture of ChouBear as "Beh~Bee", 4 for our 'lifetime supply', and the mini one for our own lil' one next time... Unfortunately, Estes Ark doesnt ship to Singapore. Therefore the AbangAdeks made the long, arduous journey from Colorado to VPOST California, and then here.

When they arrived at Dear's doorstep in an unmarked(meaning no pic etc recognizable by a child) carton box, the lil' one koped the box and pushed it around the living room repeating "beh~bee... beh~bee...".. Seriously we will never understand how he knows........
So we gave him one... and now it is his new best fwen.. He eats porridge with it, drinks water with it, sleeps with it, lays and watches tv on it, conducts incoherent conversations with it... everything... He even 'puts it to sleep', cover a 'blanket' over it, and sayang it with a few whacks pats on the head...
Sweetness...


ChouBear Family -1BehBee +1OldChouBear





20 May, 2009

Masked Infection


Dear had been down with on-and-off fever, cold, sore-throat, vomiting for a week after we returned from KL... After failure of 2 dosages of antibiotics, I decided that it was time for him to seek another opinion aside from that GP of his...

Last Sunday night after another fever bout and dizzy spell, i accompanied him to SGH for a checkup... At the A&E, our temperatures were taken.. & someone stuck a green sticker on me (no fever), and a red sticker on Dear (fever!) LOL...
After which, we were directed to the.. dem deM DEM~!.. Isolation Section..., where everyone with fever ends up... and told to "Must wear your masks har?"..



the patient


the green one


stuck on the doc's file cabinet =\


The isolation section was pathetically tiny.. (almost) everyone had their masks on... plenty of nurses n doctors 'rushing' across the hallway but the queue number on the display juz doesnt move......

When it was finally his turn.. the doc directed him to have a chest xray.. and took a sample of his blood to test ("need to wait 2hrs for the results, har?").. After which, we basically rot outside the A&E for close to 2 hours and waited for the results...

It was a viral infection... "What virus?", we asked... "Well we cant really tell what virus as there are too many kinds" he said... "Anyway your chest xray looks fine, and blood test shows no signs of dengue or etc... But right now no medicine is of use to you, you have to let your body heal itself... Antibiotics are for bacterial infection, not viral... so stop taking them"...........

We were like... *FACEPALM*...

So we left SGH with a bottle of cough mixture, paracetamol, and vitamin pills -_-....... In any case, it was good to get an official all clear... And ever since he stopped taking the antibiotics, he doesnt feel woozy anymore... and right now as im typing this.. hes almost back to 100%...

Poor baby... now who's the one with the better immune system, huh? *touchwood* =P

Mama's Pics


So we had the belated Mother's Day dinner at Grand Copthorne's on 12th of May.. food was not bad, plenty of oysters, sashimi, lamb, beef, u name it.. desserts r superbly only for the sugar-addicts ._.v





Dear, his Mum, and the SIL flipping thru the album


his mum filling in his sis and the SIL on the history of each pic


i was too busy eating




couldnt n didnt get a decent shot of the lil' one.. hes either moving too fast.. or poked his head somewhere we cant see ._.


His Mum was extremely pleased with the album we've printed for her from My Photo Ideas.. It encompasses photos from when she was still a teen, until her recent grandmotherhood... *pat pat Dear* for a job well done xD... I'll try to get shots of the album if possible... She has been bringing it around for her temple-frens, karaoke-frens, opposite blocks aunties etcetc to see..

Soooo... though it was belated.. it was quite successful... and Dear's bro has already mentioned planning for Father's Day... seh o.o

11 May, 2009

The (not-so) Big Reveal


For weeks, I told him on the weekend of his bdae, we were gonna catch the sunrise and spend a relaxing weekend in a local hotel... However, on Saturday morning, i woke him up at 5am... Conversation went like this...

*ring ring riiinnnggg*... *Grouchy picked up*
Me: Dear wakey wakey.... we are late..
Him: *grunt* Huh? Orgh...
Me: Really lah.. you have 20mins to get ready.
Him: Har??! *snaps awake*
Me: Gimme a call when u pom finish.. bb.. *click*
25mins later...+ a sudden outpour of thunderstorm...
Him: ppom hao le *teeth chattering*....
Me: Ok, now grab your passport, check that u hv an extra set of clothes, then call me again..
Him: Passport?? Where r we going??
Me: *click*
10mins later... we were in the cab...
Me: *feeling a little lame* ok so im kidnapping u to KL for the weekend... *filled him in on some flight & hotel details*
Him: *eyes barely open, looking spaced-out* Uhh... im kinda blur now.. wait til i get my kopi-peng first...
Me: DDDD:


got more tired one anot...


rain rain going away...


logging in to NS portal b4 takeoff


Msia Health Declaration


Heh


Upon exit at the LCCT arrival hall.. some touts were selling bus tixs to KL Sentral.. RM8/pax/way.. 50mins journey.. wa so cheap... ok onz.. xD
Parkroyal is juz next to Bukit Bintang monorail station.. so from KL Sentral, we hopped on to the monorail for a 10min ride to the hotel.



Aerobus from LCCT to KL Sentral


tio sniped


quick shot at KL Sentral


Bukit Bintang Monorail Station



We reached the hotel at ard 10am, and upon checking in at level 6 front desk, our room was already ready for us. Although the club rooms cater more for business travellers, it has a touch of sexiness and sleek masculinity.. me likesss...
We did our usual phototaking.. and went to the club lounge for tea juz after noon.. The cakes & sweets were timely to give me that boost to go.. shopping!



Parkroyal Lobby




Orchid Club Level 5






heard that pple do Yoga on this o.O


Orchid Club Room 513




room entrance


glass bathroom.. mmm.. sexy...


sink & tub partition


all the necessities u will need


from the bathroom looking out


fits even the biggest tush






getting connected


mirror mirror everywhere




sliding panel to hide either the TV or the closet




uhh... juz playing ard with macro




view of Berjaya Times Square from our room


tea-break at Orchid Club Lounge


sweet-tooth satisfied & ready to hit the shops


but Mr. Ng is still fiddling with his toy......


Headed to Sungei Wang, nothing much there.. only got a strap for my camera.. Then to Berjaya Times Square.... We still didnt manage to whack finish the whole 10 floors... But ended up with a new Levi's, a pair of couple tees, a short jacket for me, and some sorta filter lens that takes away reflection or the works ("circular polarizer filter", the Wise One said)..



i seriously hv no idea what that was for


making turd-shapes with his shake... brilliant


In the evening, we went back intending to juz plonk our stuff then head to Jalan Alor.. When we entered our room, it smelled lightly of lavender, the butler has already done the turn-down service.. The fruit platter was delivered.. together with some 'good nite' minty chocs... Room has been made up and toiletries and coffee topped up.... niceee...

For some reason, dear took out his psp and soon was vigorously battling dunnowhodunnowad... and..i.. i.. juz dozed off........ To be exact, i konked out... Vaguely i heard him say: "Dear u hungry ma? Wan go eat dinner must tell me huh?".. I think i muttered something in reply.... and then slept on until morning DDD:
Poor him! I was dead to the world & thus he had no dinner! But he said soon after i fell asleep he also bored himself to sleep... so.. not so bad lah =x



fruit platter


Parkroyal lavender-scented turn-down service


minty choc...




bOoo~!


Next morning i woke up quite early at 6+ with a rude shock and the greatest sympathy for the still-sleeping one.... Made myself a few cuppas and sunk into a bubble bath xD
Woke him up at ard 8+ for breakfast... we didnt bother going down to the main cafe, instead we went to the club lounge again... It was pleasantly unoccupied, and the club staff that checked us in the previous day started showing us the breakfast selections, and coo-ed over us abit =P
We lazed around until check-out at 1pm, and before we went shopping again, we left our bags with the concierge, cuz it's no point lugging stuff around until our flight at night.



me with another nice Club staff


We roamed Lot10 and bought the lil' one some clothes, and then went to Low Yat to look at.. what else.. camera stuff & electronics... Scary lor.. that place is like the jam-packed SimLim of yesteryears.... He managed to get a compatible lens cap.. cos he wanted one "with strings" and the original Canon one doesnt have -.-
With plenty of time to roam around until dinner, we went in almost every big n small shopping center in that area... but not much shou huo DDD:

Cannot tahan liao... before 6pm we walked to Jalan Alor to whack the food liao... Dear like machiam steady liao lor.. nonid see menu one... See what he ordered for us 2...



grilled stingrays


yellow wine herbal chicken soup


bak kut teh (healthier version)


oyster omelette


sambal kangkong


the explosive aftermath


After collecting our 'luggage' (my A4 size sling bag & his laptop backpack) from the hotel concierge, we took the monorail to KL Sentral at 7+pm... Found the KLIA Ekspres counter and bought the tix... waddaya know.. There was a train juz about to leave at that very moment... w0ot..
We were quite impressed with the train... clean.. neat... spacious enuff... Saw quite a few ang mos & biz travelers pulling their luggages onboard the train too... I guess it's the best way to beat the KL traffic during these peak times....
In juz 28mins, we reached KLIA... and upon asking a couple of Abangs, we found the platform for the shuttle bus to LCCT for our flight back home.



KLIA Ekspres for 2










arriving at KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)


directions to the shuttle bus


'Platform 10' shuttle bus to LCCT


hui jia liao~


waiting for the gate.. the gate...


There was abit of chaos during and after boarding... The departure gates didnt open until almost times up... and u can see alot of the 'red-passport-people' tsking and getting impatient.... When the gates opened... it's like 7th month lor.. pple rushing, uncles aunties ah-mas ah-gongs trying their best to chiong as fast as possible to the plane .___.
Seems like nobody obeyed the 1pc-handcarry rule.. It was getting late, tempers were short there were a few glares and muttered grumbles everytime someone with multiple handcarries and shopping bags jammed up the isle whilst trying to stuff everything into the overhead compartment... When finally all have settled down and the plane was taxi-ing out, the Flight Captain told us that the delay was due to LCCT having only ONE(1) runway, so we had to wait our turn... AND.. he sounded irritated LoL...
I was like O_O...... How could it be? It serves quite a lot more airlines than our silly little BTS, 1 runway can meh? Not dangerous meh? (Ookkk i watched toooo many Air Crash Investigations)
Anyway, we queued up and waited for 2 jumbos to takeoff, then 3 planes to land.. before it's our turn.. Though it was almost a half hour's delay... we still manage to land at 23:35, only 10mins later than scheduled... the Captain steady sia =X

Debrief:
I humbly admit that it was a very rushed getaway to a not-very-interesting choice of location... Initially i had thought about going Turi again, but with that beastly weather, we would juz be holed up in the hut, got sea also no use.....
So i chose a fastfastgo fastfastcomeback place, luckily Dear dun mind shopping one... I was really glad when on the 2nd day he woke up and told me with a sleepy smile... "I think that was the best sleep i had in a long while"....
THAT was worth it xD