My 2012 Resolutions
Posted on December 31, 2011, under New Year's Resolution, Personal.
Long time didn’t update this blog and gonna back a while and hopefully back and write something wanna write for a long time and continue the passion on writing in this personal blog! This blog is my story, my memories and I love it.
Finally back and today is 31st of December 2011 and the last day of 2011 and back to my annual resolutions writing. You can click it to see my previous years of new year resolutions wrote in this blog (that’s my history).
Looking back the year 2011:
1) I own an iPhone, finally and iPad 2 I love them so much as I thought would be. They both the most awesome devices I ever had in my life.
2) Finished the STPM examination which is equivalent to A-levels if you don’t know this what this examination is. I confess I wasn’t too serious on this exam but it taught me damn much of how serious I should have in every exam I will encounter in my future. The one and half year really an eye opener for me especially meeting the most cool Form 6 guys in my life. I appreciate the friendship though I don’t seem like.
3) Many many things to say but just forgot but anyway just appreciate whatever thing. Remember you have right to appreciate moment now so that one day it will be one of the many good moments in your short life.
Now my Resolutions of 2012:
Before that, still remembered my MUET teacher want us to go in front of the mini stage during my MUET period to speak out our resolution for 2011. She was a nice teacher, often giving confidence to her students and I’m one of them! Her name is Pn. Jothy, I think the most anticipated English teacher I had in my life.
1) Hopefully to have a more united family, all my family members stay in the pink of health. Less arguments is what I wanted for a long long time ago. I’m looking forward for this improvement.
2) A better and better STPM result from what I got in my Trial STPM. I really want to enter the government university and of course a better course than what I think it would be.
3) Better relationship with others by getting more control power to my mind as I have a very bad temper, I mean just very bad so friends isn’t much.
4) Having a greater body shape. I have a thin body and not look nice. Trying my very best now to have some exercises. Not that often but keep trying and never give up and it will surely paid-off. God bless, my Lord Jesus. Amen.
FINALLY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012.
Hopefully 2012 will be a better beginning and looking forward for a fresh and lucky year ahead me.
Update 3: My iPad 2 Review
Here goes my new iPad 2. I just bought it few days back at Machines store and it was of the third batch of its release in Malaysia. I did went for a queue early in the morning and thankfully it was not that crowded since it was already the third batch of selling in City Square JB.
So I’m going to do my first review of my first iDevice ever, the iPad 2 review is typically for Malaysian here. I would like to make it in FAQ form so that it’s easier for you to read.
Charging the iPad 2
1. Is it thin and light?
It is indeed very thin but not that light for a typical dimension of it. When you hold it for a long time you will feel ache on your biceps. While for those who want to compare with the iPad 1st gen, I didn’t own it but truth to say the iPad 2 is lighter and thinner based on the information given by Apple’s site. By the way, through days of experience it the mass of it is acceptable and you will soon get used to it especially when using smart cover for long time and later don’t use it so you will find it light. In physics term, density of iPad 2 is high!
Ipad 2 and included accessories
2. Is it worth it to buy?
Basically in Malaysia, the prices of iPad 2 models are one of the cheapest iPad sold in current worldwide sales. The price is even cheaper compared to Singapore. While for other PC Tablets are way laggy and not that responsive and even more expensive which can cost you about RM2000 and above like Motorola Zoom and HTC’s, for the iPad 2 the price starts from as low as RM1499 which is cheaper RM50 than the first gen sold last time. So basically it is worth it if you like it.
3. Does iPad 2 lag?
Erm basically it is not lag but being a complex OS built into it, some lag is inevitable but it is less than 1% occurs in my own usage. Sometime, the app will crash but not as terrible as my Xperia X10 smartphone. It crashed in a nice way without having to wait for the moment it crashed.
4. What model should I go for?
In memory part, it depends on your usage, if you would like to store many photos and videos or musics then you may have to go for 32 or 64 GB. While for only the purpose of apps and limited musics and photos stores 16GB is more than enough. Paid apps consume more memory usage so you have to pick the 32 or 64GB models.
While for Wifi or 3G part it would basically see whether you need your iPad to be connected anywhere you go or just in Wifi zone. Think yourself and you should know what you need.
5. Why you don’t have photos of iPad in this post?
I’m posting from iPad now. I will try to upload some photos of it sometime.
6. How does the touch sensitivity?
It’s pretty responsive if you have an iPhone you should know well, for Android users out there you will love the touch experience and for newbies switching to touch, you will have pretty good impression towards touch. Android tablets or phones so far don’t have such responsive, sensitive and good multitouch screen like iDevices currently.
7. How about the apps in app store?
For the Angry Birds fan, it’s sad that you have to pay in order to enjoy all the levels unlike in Android it’s free to have so many levels played. Most of the apps feel good in quality when using it and you have variety of apps to choose, most of them are fun and useful apps or game, but you will have to pay for it.
8. What do you like about iPad 2?
A. It’s indeed thin.
Box front cover, show off its thinness!
B. It has a long battery hours. I prefer to use it to suft net rather than a laptop or netbook because of the legendary long battery life and the device won’t get hot when using it.
C. The price is reasonable for me.
D. Touch is responsive as said earlier and the performance is awesome.
E. The display is nice in wide angle and even under the light you still can read it clearly.
I bought 16GB WiFi model
9. What do you dislike about it?
A. It’s heavy for me.
B. The iOS should have better user interface. It looks boring when you see it for a long time.
C. It doesn’t support flash. But in fact you should know the ecosystem of Apple that they don’t like flash before buying it.
D. The cameras is basically useless. Which means having cameras built in this tablet are like putting something won’t work. Low quality photos and videos taken (even in 720p).
E. The back side feels easier to get scratch and smooth which can cause you to drop the device, so get ready for a cover. You really need it.
F. The multitasking seems to be useless and when I shift to the other app the app before it will be restarted again in fact I have noticed that the background app will freeze in order to save the power consumption and sluggish experience from occurring. It basically needs more RAM I can say.
E.g. While you’re waiting for the YouTube video to load, most people will shift to the other app for the video to load in the background, the video doesn’t load and started load when you shift back to it. It doesn’t work in the background for some apps.
10. White one or Black?
Well, I bought black one because when picking the accessories for my iPad it is easier to have a better compatibility in color radiance. If white one, it’s hard to find a case that suit the white one. Also, when the device is in standby mode, black screen plus the white stripe corner looks weird. All in all, it’s absolutely up to you.
11. How long to charge it to 100%?
4-5 hours, considered fast I think. Just the supplied wire of the charger is rather short so it’s hard to enjoy working with your iPad while charging.
12. Should I have a smart cover?
I owed one and it’s ok for me. But you have to buy a plastic or whatever cover for the back as it’s prone to scratches. Up to you. I only use smart cover when I would bring it out as I need to protect the screen.
More to come if I can think something later and please drop your questions in the comment box, I’ll reply you as soon as possible.
Thanks for dropping by.
Tags: Ipad 2 review, malaysia ipad 2
TIPS on Going to Universal Studios Singapore
Posted on December 31, 2010, under Personal, Universal Studios Singapore.
Short talk: Last day of 2010, hopefully 2011 will bring more luck and motivation for me. Goodbye.
This December holidays went to this place with Kian Siong and today will do a review of it and maybe some tips of mine, photos too.
TIPS 1: DO HOMEWORK BEFORE GOING
First of all I truly recommend to check the official website to know the latest information about the theme park such as the ticket price and the opening hours because it may change from time to time. Basically, do buy the non-peak day ticket to enjoy cheaper ticket price and less time of queue. I went on weekday so less people, I mean really not so much that I imagined before I went to.
TIPS 2: GO ON YEAR END
Although many people think that December is dropped on school holidays but in fact I think it’s the best time to go because year end will always be the Singapore raining season and it doesn’t hot like hell as what people told me before I went there.
TIPS 3: BUY TICKET EARLIER OR RESERVE ONLINE (FOR MALAYSIAN)
For Malaysian, you are recommended to buy the tickets from a travel agency such as 707 Travel, they got sell it and they only accept Singapore Dollar upon purchase while for online reserve I’m not that recommend as you need to print the confirmation letter and proceed to take a long queue at the Guest Service there while if you get from travel agency, you can simply go to that travel agency branch located at ground floor of the Resort World Singapore and you can get the ticket at instant.
You can also buy the ticket from the ticketing booth there buy I just scared that it might be sold off.
Universal Studios Singapore Ticket, after entering using the ticket remember to go into the Guest Service counters for a redemption of SG$5 rebate on Dining and Buying Gift each inside the the Studios only.
TIPS 4: HOW TO GET THERE (FOR MALAYSIAN)
GO AND BACK: For Malaysian it’s good to be ready by 8AM as along the way to Custom Singapore will take lots of time. Front Kranji, take the MRT to Harbourfront bus stop and with SG$2.00 the bus (RWS8) will take you to the Resort World Singapore. This bus is a round trip bus which means you can take this from the resort back to Harbourfront bus stop for free.
Another option is taking the monorail inside the VivoCity at SG$3.00. You can take the monorail back to VivoCity at no charge also.
But, there’s another shortcut that is you can board onto the Resort World Bus located in front of Kotaraya, Johor Bahru for only RM5 the bus will straightaway bring you to the Resort World Singapore.
TIPS 5: BRING YOUR OWN RAINCOAT OR PONCHO
It’s necessary for Jurassic Theme Park or else you will get full-body soaked. You can also buy at there at SG$2.00. But another important tips for you is that in the end of the adventure of Jurassic, if you are facing backward of the door that will open, you will get splash by the water for sure even with poncho you will get soaked in your shoes and hair also, so Good Luck.
TIPS 6: WHICH TO PLAY FIRST?
After entering I recommend you to play the Mummy and the Jurassic, for Jurassic because you will get wet so better get wet earlier before go back. Mummy ride is popular so to avoid long queue it’s better you can go play them after you enter into the park. Also, for the Mummy ride, you have to put your bags into the lockers and the lockers is free for the first 30 minutes while for the Jurassic you can bring along bags into.
Next post: My Universal Studios Visit Experiences.
Rewind back the 2010 and heading forward for 2011
Posted on December 30, 2010, under New Year's Resolution, Personal.
As usual, for the last days of every year I’ll do what I will post that is the rewinding of the year achievement and also the resolutions for next year 2011.
In 2010 I did….
1) Have my TX7 camera
2) Have my SE X10i phone
3) My face has grown many pimples that make me sad until right now.
4) Not bad and not good result of SPM for me, but I mean bad.
5) Got my driving licence somewhere on March.
6) Met new friends with SDJ Form Sixers.
7) Having new schooling environment at SDJ
8) First time going to Universal Studios Singapore.
9) First time have to read a lot, I mean a lot of syllabus for my STPM 2011
10) First time signing up for DiGi Smart Plan Lite Postpaid.
And so on, got bad and good in 2010
So, still resolutions for 2011 would be…
1) I’ll have mood on doing everyday studying my STPM and really hoping everything goes fine for every examinations I attempt on 2011, short talk would be I WILL BE ABLE TO DO MY BEST.
2) My face pimples can be healed by 2011.
3) I’m hoping that I can save as much money as I can to be able to buy the fifth version of iPhone, hoping to become a Mr. Saver.
4) Able to find work after my STPM examinations.
5) Hoping for a happy feeling after I ended every paper of my STPM.
6) My family, friends and I stay in the pink of health.
7) Maintaining a good relationship with everyone.
8) Improvement of my own attitude, motivation and diligence.
That’s all I hope. No greedy for me.
Last Part: Malacca Eyes on Malaysia
Posted on August 7, 2010, under Genting Trip, Personal, SPM Graduation Trip.
Shorttalk: So much to talk but my mind is blank right now. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Many things have done during the time and really hope to share but I’m lazy and busy so have to let this blog hiatus for a some period.
Continued Memoirs: PetroSains
Posted on August 7, 2010, under Genting Trip, Personal, SPM Graduation Trip.
Shorttalk: Studying Form 6 right now. Feel tiring everyday.
PetroSains continued….
Emo-ing during the queue at Petrosains.
Sharing of my Year End Trip 2009
Posted on August 7, 2010, under Genting Trip, Personal.
Long time didn’t back to this blog and write something and now going to update a while of my very last post of Year End Graduation Trip last year.
GENTING:
Talking inside the mini train: Smiling…
Omg
SUNWAY LAGOON:
Lockers.
Sunway Pyramid
Took few photos because my camera isn’t waterproof.
BERYL’s CHOCOLATE:
? or ? ?
PETRONAS SCIENCE CENTRE:
To be continued due to this post is too long already. Lol.
Away for Genting Trip again
Posted on April 18, 2010, under Genting Trip.
Genting here I go again!
I’ll be there for 3days 2night start tomorrow.Will enjoy playing there! Will be back on 21st April and wish myself all the best and having safe journey! Lack of update recently due to the low moodiness I have recently. Don’t really know what to blog recently.
It’s a long time break
Currently listening Explosive and Victory by Bond. Nice music, go check out at YouTube.
I’ve been left out this blog for almost two months and I did a lot of things in this period and soon will post out. Before that lets check these two music videos that is extremely fantastic:
Bond- Explosive
Bond-Victory
You will sure like it and this is my long-time-no-blog gifts.
Graduation Trip IV: Time to Play
Posted on January 31, 2010, under SPM Graduation Trip.
Short talk: Kinda disappointed on my driving lesson today because I keep on doing a lot of mistakes. I didn’t sleep well on last night.
On the next day, 16 December 2009, our main activities was UNLIMITED All Park Ride but actually there isn’t a lot of time to play because every queue up for an activities took about 45-1hour time. Overall, I have played about 2-4games in one day only although it’s one day. Still happy and enjoyed on this trip.
There are less photo taken as all the activities are dangerous for the safety of my camera and I can’t manage to take a lot of photos or videos unless I don’t play.
Here’s the caption + photos, will describe longer a bit:
Indoor game:
We were queued up at the 3D Cinema to watch a 3D short film
It took us about 45mins – 1 hour like that and actually it can be considered fast. Taking photo while queuing.
Arrived inside and taking the 3D spec glass.
Outdoor theme park:
Soon after that we went to the outside because we have no time for indoor games because it’s just for ONE day.
Melissa Lim, took at the Double Deck Carousel and more:
Double Deck Carousel, actually we played this for about 2 rounds just because to take some photos. (Picture bit blurred, what to do when we were rushing for time)
Pei Ling and Pei Ee
Pei Ling and Kian Siong
I’m sleepy right now and need to sleep. To be continued…