Goodbye Pacnet, Hello MaxOnline

After almost 10 years subscribing to their services, I am pretty much disappointed that even to date, I was offered the same discount rate as I had gotten from them many years back. Other ISPs had offered bigger bandwidth for the same amount (imagine comparing 1.5Mbps to 12Mbps). And the lame excuse is that they could not match up with their competitors' pricing. 

So? That's it? That really got me peeved. And after looking through opinions from other users in some forums, I had decided to get Starhub's Maxonline subscription plan to continue my net surfing/gaming hobbies.

So after 3 weeks' wait, I finally gotten this modem from them and begin the new bandwidth experience!

New TV for the New PS3

Playing PS3 with a 15" CRT TV is really a pain. I can't even read the chinese characters properly in Grand Turismo HD Concept, to the point I have to strain my eyes with it. I figured that with that kind of video quality (if there's any to talk about) I and Dear can't even enjoy the Blu-Ray's High Definition movies at all. It is then I had decided to get a HD ready LCD TV in order to enjoy the full picture quality of the machine.

Why HD-Ready (1080i) and not getting a Full HD (1080p) TV you might ask? For the clueless, Full  HD TV currently in the market only comes in panel sizes greater than 40" and I am only looking into a 26" TV. As a small panel, its native resolution is not possible to support 1080p resolution. 

I had been doing some research on the TV and LG's LC7R TV seems to fit my requirements pretty well. Another TV to look at is the Pany's Viera TV (forgotten the model, sorry about that). So what's good about this TV?

- 2 X HDMI ports that takes in 1080p streams (but downscale and upscale video to panel)

- Looks simple and elegant (speaker grill are not that obvious)

- 10000:1 contrast ratio

- Brillant picture quality

Of course prior to getting this TV I have to obtain the green light from the "commander" before going ahead with the purchase. Eventually I got the green light and we headed down to Bukit Panjang Plaza where my colleague, Ivan, had told me about the LG promotion by Harvy Norman over there. Went down to take a look and the salesman told me that the batch TV sets they have  are made in Korea instead of Malaysia. In addition, it is selling at a promotional price which is almost $400 off its retail price, plus a petrol voucher to top it off. Really sounded like a good deal. After much thought and seeking Dear's opinion, we decided to go for the TV. 

After cleaning up the room, removing the old TV and PS2, I made a minor arrangement and this is how it looked like (yes, the one covered in yellow cloth is the PS3). Not very neat but not that chaotic too. After the arrangement, I came to realise one thing: somehow unconsciously I had become a LG supporter LOL (coz I have a LG LCD monitor and HDD recorder as well)...

Although Dear is not very happy about spending $2000 over 2 weekends just to get a good gaming equipment, but nevertheless she knew that I liked them and allow me to get it. Muack!

Ultimately I will hope that she will enjoy the HiDef movies I bring back to watch as much as I do and also to enjoy the PS3 experience with me. :)

Temptation that can't be resisted..

Yes, i almost forgotten about it until Weiming brought it up again, and made me itch to get the PS3.

In view of the upcoming GST increase, we decided to get one before that to avoid paying the extra tax for it (considering that it is already dang expensive). So after getting approval from the "commander", we headed down to Tampines Courts to get the console, only to find out that they have stopped selling them due to some "internal" problems. Seems to us that only Sony Gallery shops are selling the consoles exclusively. In my opinion, that will seriously affect the sales of the PS3. Well nevertheless i feel safer getting from Sony shops than from third party retailers.

Of course, first thing is to set up the console and update the firmware. That was at my woman's place. When i got it home, i did a major rearrangement on my entertainment corner and finally found the new spot for the console.

Now, who's joining me for frag session in Resistance?

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Bike Gadget Trial

Hilary was mentioning about this voltage stabiliser he used on his bike which he claimed that it had smoothened his low end power of his duke. After selling off his bike, he wanted me to try out on my bike to see if it helps.

Well, after putting it on, it did smooth out the roughness on my bike's low end, pick up is smoother.

However, it won't be with me for long since he's gonna bring it with him to USA. Dang.

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ROM cooked

Dear had been wanting the new Windows Mobile 6 on her 838 Pro, which comes with Windows Mobile 5. As she has to wait till July before Dopod, now HTC, release the upgrade, i managed to find some "cooked" ROM for her phone.

What's that you might ask? It is a leaked firmware and the user community modified them to suit what most users will need and also fine tune the firmware for maximum performance. In short, the firmware will be more feature packed than the official counterpart.

So, since she can't stand the instability of windows Mobile 5, i suggested to her to upgrade to the cooked ROM since most users praised the firmware a lot. After much hesitation, she agreed to upgrade.

So what you see in the photo is her upgraded 838 Pro with Windows Mobile 6 Professional.

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Long Way Round

This series is about actor Ewan McGregor and Charley going on a round-world trip on their BMW GS1200 Adventure. One kind of adventure that many had dreamt of, including me. Oh well, reality bites.....

Here's a clip where they were in Mongolia. From it, I don't think AngKuGuay's Busa and my bike can survive this terrain for long....



And the kind of preparation you have to make before this kinda trip


And of course, you must have money to burn and couple of sponsors with some support crew behind to put you through this grueling adventure.

Collection

Today is the collection of her new toy: the Honda Jazz.

Of course being her first car after getting her license, it's natural that she's extra careful with her driving.

First, parking training as how Danien train Sarah :)

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George Carlin

He's one of my favorite stand-up comedian and this is one of my fav scene (No offence to Christians)

Voltmeter

Just added this meter on my couple of days ago. Got this digital voltmeter from Carrefour which is meant for car, but after spraying it to black and waterproof it, this is how it look.

Well, although it's not some hitech equipment, at least now i can monitor the status of my battery, rectifier and alternator. The kick of DIY is a bonus though.

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What the hell

Even Korean KTV have metal songs, and english speaking country like Singapore don't have them? Lame for Singapore.

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