It’s been a while since I last wrote about my cats. So, how are they doing? They are doing just fine, and lying down and being lazy are what best that they do.

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It’s quite nice to see the competition between 2 companies that provide the same service where one slashing another and at the end, the user gets the benefit. I’m talking about the war of providing 3G broadband by telcos in Malaysia.

I used to pay RM138 monthly for my 3G broadband last time, where I bound to 18 months contract, and RM350 penalty of breaching the contract.

Now 3G broadband seems to be so competitive, which makes me want to get 3G broadband as my secondary internet source whenever I’m on the move. I use Celcom prepaid 3G broadband before. It looks like a good thing at a start where you don’t have to worry about monthly fees, but in the long run, you have to keep the SIM card active by topping up, or the SIM card is terminated. And also, the SIM card that I use for prepaid 3G internet has been terminated already because I didn’t reload any credit to it for 2 months.

So, I’m looking something that is very basic, since I usually just doing internet surfing while on the move, and I also want to have 3G modem providing the one that I have is too big and ugly and is not considered cool anymore (more about my bulky 3G modem in this blog entry). Below is the current offer of the most basic 3G broadband package

Price	RM48/month	RM48/month
Speed	Capped at 384Kbps	No cap up to 7.2Mbps
Volume quota	1 GB monthly	1.5 GB monthly
Modem price	Free	RM100. The modem is free if opting for 6 months contract
Other charges	RM100 activation fee	RM100 activation fee
Other T&C	RM38/month for the first 3 months. RM48/month afterward	RM100 penalty is charged if the contract is breached. If the modem is returned to Maxis Centre, the RM100 penalty is waived

The Maxis package does catch my eye more, just because that the speed is uncapped. Even though I have to pay RM100 for the modem, but I do think that I will be using the 3G internet more than 6 months, so I can opt for 6 months contract and get the free modem.

More about other packages that Celcom and Maxis has to offer from the leaflets that I scan below.

So I pay a visit to Maxis Center at Gardens during lunch hour break today, and getting myself Maxis Broadband again.

I just love the USB stick modem. Quite small to be carried anywhere. I’m getting the E1552 modem instead, with the max speed of 3.6Mbps. There’s also E1762 model with the max speed of 7.2Mbpps, but I don’t think that I need that much speed even Maxis does provide that speed in certain area of Klang Valley.

This is the new modem compared to my old E220 modem (minus the USB cable which is the reason why this modem is no longer cool. LOL).

And also, using this modem on my newly bought D-Link DIR-412 Mobile Wireless Router looks so cool now. The black and white combination does look good.

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27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

PS: This turned out to be just another hoax. LOL

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Been FBing and tweeting from Plaza Low Yat, that I’ve made a visit here again today with the total damage of RM200.

These are actually the things that are causing that RM200 damage to me. My shopping list for today.

The first thing that I got is DVD ring file. I just want to reorganize my DVD rack by moving out all the DVD from the box cover, and place them in this file. I should make a lot of space saving. Furthermore, it’s blu-ray era now, and I just to start collecting blu-ray discs now.

That brings me to the second thing that I purchase today – 50 blank blu-ray cases.

My Xbox 360 games collection are growing, and now the cover sleeves are coming in blu-ray case size. Will look good on my rack later what I have this arranged together with the blu-ray movies that I have.

My “cuti raya” is around the corner. This HSPDA USB Modem has been a savior for me so many times already for my internet need whenever I’m away from home.

But plugging this to the laptop does restrict the wireless freedom a bit, with this modem hanging down whenever I place my laptop on the lap. Furthermore, I can’t share the internet connection that I got.

I guess this is the highlight of my trip to Low Yat Plaza today, buying this quite cheap, RM115 D-Link DIR-412 Mobile Wireless Router. This one supports 3G network. There’s a 3.5G model, but the price is RM324 more. And that’s RM439!! Phew. But the prepaid 3G broadband that I use is not even 3.5G and I think it’s not necessary to get the 3.5G model one.

And the unboxing process as usual. You can find the power adaptor, the router itself, network cable, manual and CD-ROM inside.

This is the router itself out of the wrapping plastic. It’s quite small I can easily carry this over everywhere and set up internet sharing with my friends at anytime anywhere.

The back of the router is very minimal. There’s a hard switch there of either you want to use WAN or 3G. This unit can also act as a normal router by connecting it to the normal ADSL or cable modem, and set the switch to WAN. In case the WAN is not available, 3G will act as auto WAN-fallover.

If the switch is set to 3G, the LAN port can be used to connect to the computer using LAN cable in case wireless adaptor is not available on the laptop or PC.

This is how the setup will look like. Not at it’s best look, but this will do for the time being for my internet needs when I’m back to my hometown in a 2 weeks time.

I’m so considering of getting this D-Link DWM-152 3.5G HSDPA USB Adapter which is a black stick 3G modem, but I just don’t want to spend another RM102 just yet.

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Remember the first time that I took step to INTEKMA for Ramadhan buffet 4 years ago? Until then, INTEKMA is a must visit venue for every for buffet fast breaking almost every single year.

Today on the 2nd day of Ramadhan marks the first day of Ramadhan Buffet of INTEKMA for the year 2010. And I feel honored again this time as Emilia Basri has invited me again to INTEKMA for free Ramadhan buffet Iftar. Representative from Tourism Malaysia, press and bloggers are also invited.

The theme for this year is “Kembali Ke Desa, Menjalin 1Malaysia”. The price is RM43 nett for adult, but there is a special price of RM35 per person that you can get if you go there between 12th to 17th August 2010. Even for the full price of RM43, this is still a good bargain. Just check my entry of Ramadhan buffet for this year. It’s hard to find buffet that is priced at RM40ish.

The venue is the same as last time, the relaxing and beautiful Poolside Cafe.

I’ve been placed at the Press table. Well. There’s quite a hilarious event took place here. While I was away taking photos, the representative from Berita Harian asked my friend a question “Dari Mana? (Where from?)”. Then my friend replied “Dari Sentul (From Sentul)”. Then that guy gave my friend a weird look. Then someone else replied, “We are not from anywhere. We are bloggers”. So that guy means is, from which press that we are from. LOL.

Not let’s go to the more interesting part – the foods. Lets start of with the “kuih-muih”. There are variety that you can choose from.

And the one that caught me is this chocolate icing cake. I bet this will be gone in no time.

Also, there are 14 lines up of crackers biscuits that you can eat while relaxing after the big meal of fast breaking.

Western salads and tradition “ulam kampung” are also available to boost your appetite.

And the highlight should go to the buffet lineup that you can choose from. There are 10 lines up that you can choose – chicken, squid, lamb, mutton, veggie – that should covers everything.

Grilled lamb is a must get. Too bad that I don’t fancy mutton that much. There’s also “sup ekor asam pedas” and “nasi lemak ayam berempah”.

The “kuih muih” that I had for fast breaking today.

Thanks again to Emilia Basri for the invitation, and for the goodies bag. Looking forward to be there again.

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