The wind is so strong..

In the area where I stay, we have not really seen rain for quite sometimes. Except for little droplets that left some spots on my car, all we have is very hot weather.

Today, to my surprise, it rained quite heavily. I can see the hawkers and sellers at the market nearby my apartment scampering for cover.

The wind was so strong and I can just pray that no branches fall onto my car. The wind howled and is almost like a storm brewing. Luckily it was only like that for about one hour.

Here is the video... Yeah you can see how strong the wind is...

My hotmail was hacked yesterday..

The title said it all...

Yesterday morning, I was very shocked to see many un-delivered posmaster notification emails in my hotmail inbox. When I checked, it showed that spammy messages has been delivered from my inbox.

What the heck, I didn/t send those, and then I realize something, my hotmail vacation reply was 'on' and inside there was spammy messages, advertising about a shop in China. I turned it off and deleted the content and off to do some other stuffs.

When I logged into window live messanger, I saw all my contact gone... none of them were there. I rechecked my hotmail again and yes.. all the contacts there were gone... damn it ...

So, I googled abt my problem and came across the window live support forum... I found that I was not the only one facing this issue. Many hotmail users were reporting this incident.. what happened? I don't know... but I contacted the window live messanger and the hotmail support team abt this.

Leah from window live messanger helped recovered my window live messanger contact list. And the Isabel from Window Live Support helped recovered most of my hotmail contacts. Thank you ladies :)

After all that happened, I changed my password to make it stronger.. well, i tried to make it as strong as my Agilent NT password... LOL...I changed the trick questions and put in different secondary emails there.

Lesson learned.. changed your password regularly and make it a stronger one. Mix it with alphabet, capital, numbers and special character...

When I browse through the forum support thread, one comment caught my interest. This guy mentioned that the problem is not mostly due to the password itself but inherent to the security flaws in hotmail, making it a target to hackers and spammers.

I just hope that the window product team will improve on this and make it safer for everybody to use it. Yes, there is gmail (that I'm also using) but I still like my hotmail account...so I'm not going to ditch it yet..

P1 Wimax in Penang

After a download frenzy in the last few days of March, I got a message saying that I've reached my 5GB limit for my Celcom Broadband. Now I realized that it come with a limit -> 5GB :(... peanut I think ... If you download videos from the net, it could easily reach 500Mb.

I searched the net and found a lot of user commenting on this tiny limit. I also found that if user reached that limit, then the conection will be 'managed'.. i.e your speed will go down to something like 166kb/s ..... so slow :(

Very recently, I saw a lot of banners near the Queensbay area advertising for P1 Wimax... finally it arrives here. Unfortunately, my area in Sungai Dua, Gelugor is not yet covered. I wish it will be here soon and I voted for it on the PI Wimax website :)

The package seems quite good but it comes with 12 or 24 months contract and you have to pay for the modem (RM199) if you choose the 12 months contract.

What pique my interest was the package that they offer. For RM99, the fair usage policy is 20GB .. but it is limited to 1.2Mbps.. i wish it is 3.6Mbps .... anyway, comparing with the 5GB that my RM98/month Celcom broadband offered.. that seems a lot. But then, on the other side, the coverage is very limited. Maybe in one or two years time it will cover the east and west coast also.

I heard that Celcom also offered unlimited broadband with their wireless gateway package - this one cost RM299. Well.. out of my budget at the moment. Hopefully Digi Broadband will come to Penang also as I heard one of their Explore package at RM108/month offer usage policy of 10GB.

The more player the better for us customer

Cute Smilebox!

Just couldn't resist this cute and useful software. You can get creative and start sending more personal and intimate email and even host your creation to your website or blog.

Check it out... you might like it too :)

We are what we eat

We always come across the phrase 'you are what you eat'. If that is true, then what does your eating habit reveals about you?

I was feeling peckish today and decided to make a simple quick meal to satisfy my tummy needs. I was actually thinking of pasta based meal when I decided to turn to the net for some simple to do recipes that I can try. I got that and I also came across something that piques my interest... food based healing....



Food is a necessity to us because we need the nutrients and vitamins from the food to survive. With the advance of marketing and technology, food has certainly evolves... and now we can see many fast food joints mushrooming in our area. Certainly the presence of these outlets are convenience.. but at what price? If we are not careful... we will start seeing our waistline expanding and tummy bulging. Once the weight starts to pile up, it will be an uphill task to get rid of and the journey of dieting will began.....

There are a lot of books written about the topics of food healing and I believe what it is trying to tell us is that
we can use food's nutrition to develop optimum health. The idea of using food to heal is not new and it is very diverse across the cultures. For example, the humble and bitter 'peria' or bitter gourd have been promoted as the answer to diabetes control. It was found that regular intake of bitter gourd along with your food can help diabetics to control their blood sugar level.

So, next time you shop for food, try to fill your trolley with fresh fruits, veggies, legumes, leafy greens, fish and seafood to cater for various nutrition that your body needs. It will be a great foundation to a healthy body... chioww..

Abie and me..

Abie.. squeezing herself next to me, and slept for about 2 hours with the fan blowing right into her :)

Meowww.....

Abie hates it so much when people try to snap her photo. She can rarely sit still and most of the times, the photo comes out blur… whenever she saw us taking out the camera, she’ll jump like crazy and won’t sit still even for a few seconds. She even touched the lens her big paws … and look at the long whiskers… auwww

Cik Tazzzzz...

Cik Taz… my niece. She’s chubby and likes to sleep a lot. In this photo, she dozed off on her mummy and doesn’t care what’s happening around her

Sausage and bean hotpot

Saturday brunch.. using  common ingredients from your pantry and fridge

Ingredients:

Cooking oil - 3tbsp
Onion - 1, peeled and chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves, peeled and crushed
Garlic sausages - 450g, cut into half (or smaller pieces if you prefer)
Baked beans  -110g, drained
Tomato paste  -2 tbsp
Salt To taste
Freshly cracked black pepper
Dried parsley

Method:

1) Heat oil in a heavy based pan and lightly sauté’ onion and garlic for about 5 minutes
2) Add sausages and cook for about 10 minutes until the sausages are lightly browned
3) Add tomato paste, baked bean and enough water to cover beans. Simmer gently for a few minutes, stirring occasionally and add more water if needed. Check that the sausages are cooked thoroughly
4) Taste and add seasoning with salt, pepper and dried parsley and serve hot

This is Abie

My furry friend is called Abie... well.. that was not her only name. You see, she has many names, depending on times of the day and which of her human friends you asked. My sister Intan called her Gabby, my mom called her Bie and I like to call her Kelubi when she's being naughty, which is what she's been doing all the time.

She is 4 months old now and unfortunately has some problems with lices/fleas.. whatever you want to call it. I think those parasites were transferred to her from her mum that got them from other stray cats that she mingled with. Since the problem is getting worse, i decided to get the fleas drop from a nearby pet shop and thank goodness that works. In a matter of few days, the fleas seems to have deserted her and I only apply a few drop on Abie's neck. And now she's a happy kitty...



Thsi photo was taken during my recent trip back home in December. As it was a raining season, she took the opportunity to snuggle up and claim her righty spot on my bed. And she slept all the way from morning till two in the noon.

She does not tolerate others who disturb her sleep. A strong MEOWW from this princess will surely make you think twice .. and she bites too! Only if you bother her :)

A moment like this

This song is really beautiful..

"A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this"

Both Liona Lewis and Kelly Clarkson sing this song but Kelly's Idol version has more feeling and her voice is more powerful.

So, are you waiting for your moment?

Thought of sharing this video.....

Happy New Year 2009

It has been sometime since I penned something on this blog. It has been two busy months and I just couldn't find the time to do it.

Well, 2009 is here and hopefully it will bring happiness to everybody regardless of what others are saying and predicting.

Each New Year will bring in new resolutions. This year, there are few things that I want to achieve, with sorting out my finance to be my top priority. I'm also trying to get my hand into small business... ... and in doing so; I'll have to learn the art of marketing and selling. I found this new knowledge very interesting and there are so many things to learn.

One thing we should be aware of is, whatever it is that we want to succeed in, having a correct mindset is the main priority. What we subconsciously think is what we are attracting, whether we realize it or not. And this is also the area that I'm focusing on this year. Reprogramming the mindset is not something simple and it requires efforts and I'm certainly taking baby steps in this path.

Anyway, I just want to wish everybody a happy new year and may your life blessed with abundance.