There one thing about me is that I can’t stand knowing something that I own doesn’t work properly. I really want to get it fixed, and if can’t, I really want to get replaced.

I kinda lost track of when I bought my current all-in-on Brother DCP-150C printer. Well, it works like charm, with memory card reader, tray paper input and scanner. But just recently, something wrong with the yellow. I guess the nozzle got blocked. I tried so many ways of cleaning it, but to no success. Black, cyan and magenta works ok. So, I will give this to my brother. He’s quite a computer technician himself. Hope that he can fix the problem with the yellow on this printer. And whatever it is whether yellow will work again or not, this printer will be his.

Printer is so cheap nowadays, but not the consumables (i.e. the ink cartridge). I’m quite shock to see when I first bought this printer and using the supplied ink catridge, it only last for a very short of time, then the ink needs replacement.

But thank god there is CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System). This is one of the best thing ever created. This is the CISS that I got for this printer. Using this, you can you a RM15 per bottle ink, and it last really long. I’m a quite have printer user too, printing photos myself, and suprisingly, the ink refill that I bought long time ago still untouched.

So, it looks like that I need to get a new printer then. Touring around at Low Yat plaza today, I found this RM188 Canon PIXMA MP198 printer at All IT Hypermart. Can you imagine, all-in-one printer, with scanner and a good built costs only RM198?

Well, CISS is a must then. I bought the CISS for this printer too, and the shop will assemble it to your printer as well. Sorry, no unboxing process this time as the box has already been ripped at the store for them to take out the printer and install the CISS.

Here is the tank for the CISS, where ink to be refilled when its depleted.

3 new toys in the first month of 2010. Yay!

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My sleep tonight is disturbed with my Penang friends arriving at my home at around 1:30am, but their arrival is something that I’m waiting since earlier. My friend got this from the company dinner. Not using it, he decided to sell this cheap for RM200. Well behold, my new Canon Selphy CP780 Compact Photo Printer. This will be a really good complement to my Canon EOS 40D camera.

The usual unboxing again. Here are the contents of the box.

And this is the printer unit itself. I still can’t do anything tonight. Got to get the specialized photo paper for this printer tomorrow.

It’s still the first month of 2010, and I got 2 new toys already (first one being Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable Drive) I likeee….

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So, how’s your first day at work for 2010? Well, it’s rather a bad start for me. I’m on EL. LOL. Just not feeling well. I guess the sudden temperature change (it’s quite cold at Cameron Highland, and very hot in KL) and the sudden pressure change (my ears still feels the effect) make my system goes haywire. So, I decided to call for an EL this morning. Don’t feel like going to doctor as I will take existing medicine.

Who said that only girls use “shopping” as a theraphy? It can happen to guys too. Well, for me, it’s only one stop that will make me feel like in heaven – Low Yat Plaza. LOL. Since my portable hard disk crashed last Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday, I yet to get a replacement. So, I’m getting Seagate FreeAgent GO 320GB together with the FreeAgent Go Dock.

Here are the contents of the hard disk box,

and here at the contents of the dock box. Kinda like the pouch that comes with the dock.

Here is the hard disk connected to the dock. Red and white color combination always work for me.

And here is how the hard disk on the dock looks like from the side.

Like I said previously, I like the carrying pouch that came with the dock.

I guess this is the very first new toy for 2010, with a total damage of RM268 ;)

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Happy New Year folks! So here is the very first entry for the year of 2010. Me and a group of friends decided to spend the new year at somewhere cold – Cameron Highland – away from hustling and bustling of KL, away from traffic jam,

well, not really. Traffics at Cameron Highland can be as pack at certain area, especially at the Equatorial Hotel area.

We stayed at the usual place that we stay everything we are here – Villa Dahlia.

Bought carrom a few days before. So this is one of the main activity for the night.

Activities to do here pretty much the same as my last visiting – visiting rose, strawberry and cactus farm, tea drinking, visiting night market, shopping for fruits and vegetables, etc. So rather I’m blabbing about what I do here, just enjoy a few photos that I managed to snap. Decided to walk around with my 50mm lens this time.

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This blog entry will close my 2009 blogging. At the moment of writing, below are the last count of the blog posts that I’ve made in 2009, with a total of 96 blog posts (excluding this one) even though the count for December will most likely increase due to the post dated entries that I will do on my Bali trip.

Overall, I’m writing more this year compared to 2008 and 2007. But 2006 remains the most active year – the year that I started writing blog seriously.

So where was I and what I was doing at 12 midnight of 1st Jan 2010? Well, I’m at home, watching the fireworks from the window of my house.

Well, most of my friends just stay home, not having any plan. I guess lets save the energy for the Cameron Highland trip tomorrow.

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Had a very good sleep last night, and I’m ready for the activities for the third day here. Click the link below to visit the sub page of each of the activity.

• Souvenir shopping at Krisna (coming soon)
• Visiting Tanah Lot (coming soon)
• Watching Kecak Dance at Uluwatu (coming soon)

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Day 2 at Bali is quite packed with activities. Click the link below to visit the sub page of each of the activity.

• Watching Barong & Kris dance (coming soon)
• Tid-bits shopping at Puteri Bali (coming soon)
• Drinking coffee at Buana Amertha Sari Agrotourism (coming soon)
• Having lunch at Gunung Batur (coming soon)
• Buying handicraft at Tegallalang (coming soon)
• Visiting art market at Pasar Ubud (coming soon)
• Dinner at Jinbaram (coming soon)

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The day that I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived – the day that I will be going to Bali. Got out from the house as early as 12pm to catch the 5pm flight at LCCT. Got to get out early as there are 20 people all together that will be on this trip, just to allow ample time for all of them to gather around.

Arrived at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali at around 8:10pm. Yay! Another stamp in my passport. Since I just recently renew my passport, this is the third stamp that I got in my new passport (the other 2 were for my Bulgaria and Thailand work trip).

There a little bit confusion at the baggage claim area. There’s no monitor telling which carousel that I should go to claim my baggage. I have to revisit from one carousel to another, only to find out that all Air Asia flight will be using this carousel.

As I passed the immigration and custom area, there’s this whole stretch of money changer counters, each one competing on offering the good exchange rate.

Getting cab at the airport is not a problem. On our way to hotel, we had a little chat with the cab driver. Surprisingly, the cab driver thought that we are from Jakarta, where we told them that we are from Kuala Lumpur. Thanks for the “sinetron” that we have aired in Malaysia where we already get so used to Indonesian slang.

Well, this is the hotel that I’m staying here in Bali, the recently opened Tune Hotel, Kuta Bali.

The counter has a Balinese decoration,

and the landscape is very Balinese.

Doh! That’s for sure since I’m in Bali.

Once we have settled down at the hotel room, it’s time to go for dinner. We took a 20 minutes walk to the Legian district. It’s quite happening here with numerous clubs and eating place.

It’s not that hard to find halal food shop in Bali. Just look for “Masakan Padang” and “Masakan Sunda”.

Yummy! I’m so hungry now.

On my way back to hotel, I saw there’s a little commotion at this place, with crowds keep lingering at this area.

Getting closer to that place, it seems that this place is having a foam party tonight.

And out of the blue, there’s this “minah salleh” just came in front of me while I’m taking photo, and strike a post. Using DSLR, I can rapidly press the trigger and capture this beautiful moment.

Well. Got to go know. Have to be in the hotel lobby by 8:30am tomorrow for the tour. I’ll write more of the places that I visit during my trip here in Bali.

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It’s been a while since I travel for leisure, where the last one was the trip to Phuket early last year. Most of the time, it’s due to work which I don’t have time to enjoy, and furhermore, I’m travelling alone, and it’s kinda boring just to do the sightseeing on my own.

Went to see my friends for the final discussion before the flight tomorrow.

Well, I’ve got all the essential stuffs packed – passport, hotel confirmation, flight ticket and money. I’m a millionaire now. That is 3 millions worth of Indonesia Rupiah.

Bali, here I come.

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Astro will go HD tomorrow. I was sitting in the car to office this morning when I heard the news on the radio that Astro will launch HD service tomorrow. Well, it’s just time, and just a very perfect time since I also just recently getting obsessed with HD World when purchasing my Sony Full HD LCD TV.

After the launch of Measat 3A satellite, Astro been quietly upgrading their system to support HD broadcast. Well, they are doing a good job of keeping that quite as I only get to know that today despite several articles on the local newspaper already about this.

From the digging that I do, I found out that the broadcast will be in 1080i resolution. What? I thought that it will be in 720p. 1080i can be thought as 540p, which is below 720p. There’s also interesting rumors about the new decoder as well. The new decoder will be eqquiped with HDMI port, ethernet port, usb port and digital audio output.

(Images via Miri Community Forum)

But I don’t see any HDMI port from the new decoder that comes with any new Astro subscription.

But seeing the USB port and Ethernet port at the back of the decoder rather excites me (current model only have phone jack port for the modem). Having USB port can mean that you can connect portable external hard disk to it, and use Astro decoder as PVR (Personal Video Recorder) to programatically the whole season of Akademi Fantasia (LOL!), and watch it at your own leisure time.

With broadband internet is now connectable to Astro decoder, I hope this will be first Malaysia version of TiVo. As a matter of fact, in the past I have touched twice about Malaysia version of TiVo. Firstly, when MiTV first launched, which MiTV turn out to be not close to TiVo at all, and the launched of Astro Max after that (which the production has been ceased now)

During the launch, only a few channels will be broadcast in HD. Which channels then? Measat website has a good hint for this.

Local programs will be in HD in the next phase as Astro has to upgrade the video camera and other equipments. I just can’t want to watch Akademi Fantasia in HD (LOL).

The 2 things that still have big question marks on them are, i) how much the new decoder will cost, ii) what’s the price will be for the HD channels package. Everything will be unveiled soon.

It’s time for me to reconsider upgrading my package which currently I’m under protest by switching to the basic RM37.95 package due to the price hike that they announce to the Sports Channel last time.

Astro website will definately be the first website that I’ll be visiting first thing tomorrow.

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