Oh dear. It took me almost 3 hours for me to finish up this blog entry, from uploading the photos to Flickr, and generating the photo link in Flickr to be used in blogger. Usually, this will only take me about 15 mins. I just hope that they will fix the seriously damaged undersea cables at the soonest possible. I can’t live with slow internet like this, which is even worse that using a 56kbps modem.

Anyway, bonus is just around the corner (hooray!!). Fearing the same thing as last year’s bonus to happen again, I’ve spent all of it without me noticing it, it is better this time I secure it to something physically visible. So I decided to get LCD monitor.

I still remember back then, the 14-inch monitor can easily cost you RM400, and the very early LCD monitor costs a fortune that I can’t afford to get one, suprisingly to see nowadays, these things are getting really really cheap. With RM600 you can already get a decent LCD monitor for your PC.

But I fancy widescreen myself. Went to Low Yatt already on Wednesday for window shopping, where I have decided to get Samsung’s 19-inch wide screen LCD. Came back again today, where sudddenly I stumble upon this value line AL2216W 22-inch LCD Monitor from Acer.

It’s like love at the first sight, and then I suddenly made up my mind that this is the one that I will get. Being a value line LCD monitor, I didn’t really expect for the LCD to have high end specification, but it is really good enough for me. And the spec:

• 22″ widescreen display size
• 1680×1050 WUXGA native resolution
• Contrast ratio: 700:1
• 300 cd/m² brightness
• 5ms true response time
• 95 pixels per inch (PPI)
• Viewing angle (H/V): 170°/160°
• Inputs: Analogue D-Sub, DVI-D
• Comes in silver or black

Can’t wait to get home after that. And this is the box containing the unit.

Let’s open it. On the top layer, the stand, user manual and all the necessary cables are provided.

Moving to the next layer is the LCD unit itself.

And this is the final product looks like after I attach the stand to the LCD unit.

Below is my new LCD monitor in action. Sweet. It’s black in colour, and should be a perfect company to my black Acer PC. Yes… yes… I know. The keyboard’s colour is a bit off, but guess what, buying a new wireless keyboard (black in colour) is already in my wish list.

But the sweetest thing of all is to have my desktop at LCD’s native 1680×1050 resolution. Moving from 1024×768 on my 17-inch CRT monitor, I feel the area on my desktop now is soooo f*****g ample. And I have to drag my mouse twice to move the pointer from one end to the other end of the screen.

There you go, my latest toy, which is my very first LCD monitor. And all I need to do now is to take my old monitor out, and slot the new LCD monitor in. But it’s not an easy thing to do. Got to pull the table forward a little, and getting messy with all the cables behind my PC. Hate that. Need to leave that to next Tuesday when I’m back to KL after Hari Raya Haji holiday.

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Remember the grass that I bought for Oyen the other day?

Well, I planted it already, and it started to grow. It is not fully grown yet. This is how it looks on the 5th day after I first planted the seed.

Anyway, I put the plant outside my living room window. And just about now, I saw Oyen climbing to the spot, and start sniffing the box that I use to plant the grass. He tried hard to reach the grass.

So, I took the box, and place it on the coffee table, when Oyen keeps sniffing the grass, and suddenly, he started to chew on one of the grass blade. I quickly went into my bedroom and get my digital camera. So here it is Oyen eating the grass.

It really amazes me with the fact that cat instinctively knows that grass is something to eat to help with the hair ball problem. And I keep wathing Oyen in astonishment as he keeps chewing on 3 more blades of grass.

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Yes. The weekend is here. And it’s going to be a long weekend with Christmas falling on the Monday next week. Meaning, 3 days holiday. Yippee. Well. I don’t plan to go anywhere. Just stay in KL.

Just received little something from Motoresearch department. How thoughtful of them. Thanks.

It’s a cake. Yummy!!

Sorry for the crappy image quality, taken with my O2 Mini. I hate O2 Mini so much now. Planning on going back to Nokia (soon maybe)

Well, guess it’s time for blog header change also. Well. My event based blog header cycle is complete. Now back to Christmas, which I am using the one that I created one year ago.

Finally, to those who celebrate Christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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This is the current litter tray that Oyen use. Inexperience during my first buy (when I first decided to keep Oyen), I soon realize that this is a really bad choice.

Cats instintively cover their urine and feces, and during the process, litter may fly around. And that’s what happened here. My laundry area got covered with scattered litter. Looking at Marts blog entry about his Cik Tot, why didn’t I think of getting the litter tray with cover?

With the annoucement of 13th month salary (bonus lah tu) made by my MD last night, this is a perfect time for Oyen’s little shopping. Went to visit The Pet Family today.

And here are the things that I shop for Oyen today.

The first thing is this Cat Dome – the cat’s litter tray with cover. I quite like the design. Is that Oyen? Darn. The cat that is on the box really looks like Oyen.

Lets open the box, and see what’s inside. Oyen seem so exited with all the boxes and plastic bags that I brought home. He is the first one to jump into the opened box.

Let see how to assemble this, and……

….walla. Here’s the finished product. Looks more like a vacuum cleaner to me.

And let’s open the top cover. Neat!!! And Oyen is there as the model of the product again.

The second thing that I get is this Pet Litter Deodorant. The last litter that I get is not that quality. It doesn’t absorb the odour that much, or should I say, it doesn’t absorb odour at all. My laundry area started to get smelly from the litter tray.

It will be a waste if I want to change it now. I guess the temporarily solved this problem is to use this deodorant. Just sprinkle lightly, and mix with the litter.

The third thing is this scratching post. Well, I might not know where and when will sharpen the claw by scratching, but I guess I have this as one of the option. I hope my sofa and my bed is no longer a victim of Oyen’s claw.

And this is Oyen testing his new scratching post. He seems to enjoy it a lot.

Finally, is this grass. I used to watch cats eating grass, and I thought, what the heck that cat is doing.

But after I did some reading, cat eat grass as it acts as a natural emetic, that causes vomiting, as part of getting rid of hair builds up in the stomach. Because the cat’s tongue is covered with tiny, backward-facing hooks, the cat has no choice but to swallow all the loose hairs that come out during grooming.

And Oyen is house cat, and grass is not available to him naturally. So let’s plant some grass inside the house using this. And the instruction:

Anyone knows how to read Japanese?

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Oyen now has his own Catster page.

You may visit Oyen’s Catster profile page at

www.catster.com/?438442

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Yes indeed. My cat has gotten its name. So here is Oyen (the mispronounciation of Oren – the malay word for orange colour) at his favourite spot whenever I sit at my computer table. Why?

What else… It’s the fish aquarium behind. Luckily, when talking about cat and water, both are just like a mortal enemy. So far, what Oyen can do is just tap the water surface with his paw. Nothing else, and none of the fish got injured so far.

One thing that I like about cat is to look at them while they sleep. I find sleeping cat is very cute. The facial expression, and the way they stretch, twist and bend themselves in various of positions. Here are several photos that I took while Oyen is taking his nap.

But above of all, this is the photo of Oyen sleeping that I like the most. He’s sleeping on my really mess computer table. I guess he just found himself a heat source from the table lamp in my air-conditioned room.

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Keeping my flash video organized is quite a lot of chore for me. From inserting an entry into the database, finding the album cover art and upload it to Flickr and lastly put the lyric of the song into my blog.

Putting the lyric into the blog itself is quite tedious, especially creating the top part of the entry where it shows the thumbnail of the album, artist, song title and album name. Furthermore, it is a repetitive task that I get sick of doing.

Actually, this is what I’m talking about

So, I fire up Visual C#, and start designing mini application that will automate this process. And walla, I have the code generator already. This should make the job of adding a new lyric to the blog really easy.

Anyway, all the values are pulled from the database. Meaning, I add the entry into the database. The new video will be available in my Flash Video Player, and the entry will also visible here for me to generate the HTML code. How I love automation, and how now I started to love Visual C#.

But would it be nice if the video is displayed here too. Lets extend this application a little. C# WebBrowser control. Lovely!!. Just what I need to display the video here.

Lovely. Now I have standalone player for all my flash videos. This may not concern others, but the thing that i want to tell is, how free I am today at office. LOL. Just for today though…

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To view the video for this, select Dewa – Emotional Love Song from the dropdown list of this page.

Artist  :  Dewa Song  :  Emotional Love Song Album  :  Republik Cinta

Jangan sakitiku lagi
Mungkin aku bisa pergi
Pergi untuk selamanya
Dan mungkin tak kan kembali

Belum cukup sembuh hati ku ini
Dari luka yang kau tikam kejantungku
Sudah kamu lukainya lagi
Sudah kamu hancurkan percayaku kepadamu

Aku mungkin takkan pernah tau
Apa salahku kepada dirimu
Mungkin kamu juga masih ragu
Dan tak pernah menganggap ini adalah serius

Reff:
Jangan sakitiku lagi
Mungkin aku bisa pergi
Pergi untuk selamanya
Dan mungkin tak kan kembali

Setelah aku menjadi milik mu
Masihkah kamu akan sakiti aku lagi
Belum cukupkah kamu menyiksa aku
Belum cukupkah kamu membuat aku jadi gila

Meta Tag: dewa, emotional, love, song, lirik, lyric, lyrics

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To view the video for this, select Anuar Zain – Perpisahan from the dropdown list of this page.

Artist  :  Anuar Zain Song  :  Perpisahan Album  :  OST Cinta

Ku mengerti perpisahan ini
Bukan kerana kau membenci
Tapi kasih yang pernah ku beri
Tiada lagi bersama

Sering kala aku terlihatkan mu
Impian nan indah tersulam bahagia

Ku harungi hari demi hari
Bersama wajah tak mungkin akan kembali
Tapi hati masih tak terima
Ditinggalkan sengsara

Keraguan ini bukanlah padamu
Perasaan hati masih rindu
Kekalutan ini hanyalah untukku
Tercari-cari bayanganmu

Tak sanggup aku kehilangan
Kehilanganmu
Oh…oh…..
Yea…yea…..

Masih tercari-cari
Keraguan ini bukanlah padamu
Masih tercari-cari bayanganmu
Tak sanggup aku kehilanganmu

Meta Tag: anuar, zain, perpisahan, lirik, lyric, lyrics

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Just before I went home yesterday, someone came to my desk, and pass me an envelope, saying that it is from Julie, Business Consulting, Synovate Singapore.

I opened it, and it’s a thank you card. How sweet of here to send me this card. Thanks for the card Julie ;)

Sometimes I pity her too since I can no longer help her with the web application that I create for BC, due to I now have different role and responsibility already. Sorry for that Julie, but as always, if you need any other help, feel free to ask, and I will try my best fitting it in my tight schedule.

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