Month: October 2008

yesterday, my colleague stumbled upon a funny video clip on youtube – sabahan’s rendition of the movie 300. OMG, it’s so funny and we even found a part 2 of the clip. so hilarious the whole office almost roll on the floor laughing. you can watch the video clips here:-

Sabahan 300

Sabahan 300 Pt 2

another wonder of the internet. 10 yrs ago, i had never imagine that we’d be able to watch videos online but now, you can find a lot of web tv sites on the net. on a [slightly] different note, recently, Carlsberg has also launch it’s own Web-TV channel mainly related to football and fan life. Carlsberg web-tv quoted :-

PartOfTheGame.tv is the place to share glorious victories, proud defeats, or epic moments. Think, talk, sing, shout, cry, argue, smile or simply love football, that’s what PartOfTheGame.tv is all about.

They have categorized their videos into 5 channel which is Fan Life, Football Magic, On Tour, Half Time and Our Game. I’m definitely sure all the football freaks out there are going to love this web-tv. Well, i’m not even that into football, but i find myself clicking one video after another simply because it’s really fun to watch. i bet come World Cup 2010, www.partofthegame.tv would become one of the top visited sites on the net.

i wonder in the next 10 years or so, what else can we expect from the World Wide Web?

No no no no no! Don’t wish me Happy Birthday yet! You there, zip it! No singing Happy Birthday yet! My birthday is still more than a month away BUT hubby has already ‘bought’ me a present. And mind you, i know he loves me very much but believe it or not, he never gave me presents on my birthday if i didn’t ask for anything! he’s not the kind of guy who suprise you on your birthday with an unexpected birthday gift. So, this year, i asked him for this birthday present and he has already ‘bought’ it!

Curious to know what?

This, ladies and gentlemen, is my Birthday Present

ok

i can see some of you laughing, oh and i saw you there with that smirk on your face. well, you guys can laugh all you want. obviously, you don’t get it. oh and you over there, i saw a big question mark on your head.

now, let me explain, ok? while some of you might think this is an absurd idea, for me, this is the perfect Birthday Present ever.

why?

of course i didn’t ask for a 3 days 2 nights stay at Tunes Hotel! That’s ridiculous! For God’s sake, i’m staying in Penampang and 1Borneo is within a walking distance from the place i work. you must be wondering, why i didn’t choose some 5 star hotel like Rasa Ria or Nexus?

am i nuts?

no, i’m not.

what i had actually asked for is a 12 hours un-interrupted sleep / me-time  got it? the main point is 12 hours un-interrupted sleep / me-time and not 3 days 2 nights stay at Tunes Hotel.

and why Tunes Hotel, 1Borneo? Because… it’s cheap. see? 3 days and 2 nights for RM100.48 only! FYI, i’m not even going to spend the night there. or anywhere else without my hubby & kids so i’m not spending RM1K for a place that i won’t even spend the night in. the plan is, i will check in on the 8th and go home. The next day, at about 6:00 a.m or 7:00 a.m, i’ll go to the hotel and start my 12 hours un-interrupted sleep / me-time! and i’ll go home after 12:00 hours is up. will check out the next day. see??? rather than leaving my kids to go to some fancy resort for an un-interrupted time for myself, i can just go somewhere near to my workplace and relax. i’m pretty sure it will only feels like going to work – but instead of working, i’ll be sleeping (zzzz…..) and when i couldn’t sleep anymore, maybe i’ll read a book. btw, will be taking a day off on that particular day.

and why un-interrupted sleep / me-time? well, if you’re not a mother yet, you wouldn’t understand. but mothers that have 2 [or more] kids below the age of 3 would definitely understand why sometimes we, mothers [and also wife + career woman + in my case : a student ] longed for some time for ourselves. maybe some of you don’t but i do. really really really do it feels like i might go insane if i don’t! i may sound selfish here for wanting an un-interrupted time, but is it wrong to ask for 12 hrs out of the almost 4 years of not having the time for yourself?

p/s : do not call me on that day, i’m going turn off my handphone!

 

Aiya!! I totally forgot October is supposed to be the Cancer Awareness month! Last year, i was tagged by Azlina and i only found out i was tagged on the final week of October. However, I had still manage to change my blog template to pink.

This year, i was tagged again by Herda and Kak Zue, again on the final week of October. i’d really love to go all pink [with the template] but i guess this time around, time is not on my side. I’ve got a lot of deadlines to meet within the next few days, but don’t get me wrong, I’m still giving my full 100% support to this campaign.

The rules to place this logo are pretty much simple.

All you have to do is:
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who shared it with you.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Add links to these blogs on your blog.
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

And so, I would like to tag:

Each and everyone of you! Anybody who is interested in supporting this campaign, you’re welcomed to pass on the pink ribbon.

You gadget freaks out there, you wouldn’t want to miss this.

Presenting…. *drum roll*

The Apple II Series (1977) with 64kb RAM

isn’t this a beauty????

what?

ei! you don’t pray pray aaa… this is one of the great ancestors of all the i-Pods and i-Phones that everybody coveted nowadays!

gosh! i’ve never thought i’d see one of this ancient earlier computer. this computer was used in UKM KK back in 1977. 1977? i wasn’t even born!

looks a lot like an electric typewriter with a small tv on top.

isn’t life ironic?

just when i have just gone over the top with online shopping in this entry, i’m now facing the worst nightmare of an online shopper, the very kind of thing that puts aspiring online shoppers off.

paypal account is still frozen. all funds are on hold. 1st they asked for a copy of photo id and utility bill. then, a few days later, they sent me another email asking me for further informations.

1) A full description of the item that was purchased, and the value of the
item. If the payment was for a service, please describe the service purchased.
2) Please provide information regarding any relationship or business
affiliation that you have with the above party(ies). 
3) We would like to obtain as much information as possible about the above transaction(s), including any email correspondence between you and the buyer, in order to expedite this investigation.

sent all the required infos last Friday and today, got another email

Dear Leyana Mesyel Matimbun ,
We have received  the documents of explanation. Thank you for your
cooperation.

After reviewing your account, it appears that you have participated in
behavior that could be reasonably suspected of potentially illegal
activity. We ask that you immediately discontinue Foreign Currency exchange through your account unless you are receiving payment for goods or services and can provide sufficient evidence including, but not limited to, verifiable tracking information for such purchases.

This is your written warning. If you continue to engage in such behavior,
your account may be terminated. We appreciate your cooperation.

But we are sorry that your account access limitation cannot be lifted at
this time. We need more information.

***To resolve your limitation effectively,  please complete all the
following steps in one time.***

1.We will review your PayPal account, there is no need to provide document to us.

I am sorry that we cannot lift your account until your counter party
**8@yahoo.cominsert domain onlyhad resolved his/her limitation case(s).
The transactions with this counter party include:
9BG77688AX216864G
2RT27036FV282115P

When the limitation in your counter party had resolved, please contact us to review the limitation in your account.

We sincerely sorry for the inconvenience that had caused you.

OWH MANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so the fate of my paypal account with almost RM800 worth of funds is now in the hand of the @$$**LE paypal-fund-seller. who keeps saying that RM800 is nothing compared to RM3K that he lost. And he refused to refund the money saying that it’s not him that is holding the fund, it’s paypal!

He said he was told to wait for 180 days for his account to be released and until then, the fund he transferred to me earlier [USD225] will be put on hold!

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m beginning to hate all these. Exciting new experience my @$$!

Taken from Facebook status : Mimi is currently pissed off with paypal.

Why???

*no mood to write properly. will only write in point form*

Monday

a friend asked for help to buy something from the internet that requires paypal as method of payment

Tuesday

tried to pay using paypal, paypal keep displaying the card that was already removed from the list with no other option

keep trying for almost half-day, only found out in the evening that the current card hasn’t been linked & confirmed by paypal yet and had already exceed the [paypal] spending limit.

Wednesday

look for ppl who wants to sell paypal fund [yeah… and i did asked from some of you]

finally found one, bought USD 225, made the payment via maybank2u and sent an email to the paypal seller in the morning

worry the whole morning coz didn’t hear anything from the paypal seller until afternoon

finally saw him online, go and chat with him but i think he has mistaken me for somebody else, keep saying something about some form that needs to be scanned and sent to [supposedly] me – which kinda a pissed me off also, but said nothing

at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, send me an email saying he couldn’t transfer the paypal fund coz his paypal account is frozen

at about 4.30, feel worried so asked my cousin for help to transfer fund from his paypal account by credit card. he agreed but before he sent it, i thought i should asked the paypal seller to refund my money.

he’s still online so i went to chat with him and the conversation went like this:

me : hi, regarding the paypal fund… [i’m not finished yet, he immediately answered]

paypal seller : i send now

me : eh? they unfreeze your account already?

paypal seller : got another account

me : owh… *dumbfounded*

thanked my cousin for wanting to help but i said no need to transfer coz prob solved.

the seller transferred USD220 only, USD5 short. told him, he said will send the balance soon. after half an hour, checked paypal account, funds were already available.

immediately paid for the something and felt utter bliss for finally completing pending transaction.

had quite a good nite sleep. [thought the nightmare is over]

Today

out of office until afternoon.

came back, checked email. surprised and totally upset for receiving 4 emails from paypal saying that my account has been frozen, they are currently investigating (2 emails about this) and transaction was put on hold [the buying of my friend’s something]. OWH MANNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

luckily already informed the seller about the problems i had with paypal earlier, so she told me that she’ll wait. Bless her for being so understanding and so patient.

for investigation purposes, paypal asked for a copy of my ic and a copy of recent utility bill bearing the address that i registered with them. sent. only hope they understand that BGN is the short form of BANGUNAN.

i do understand that it is their security measures, but i couldn’t help being all pissed off because i know i’m the only one handling my accounts right now and i’m 100% sure there are no frauds or what so ever. ok, maybe there are some ‘suspicious activities’ for the past few days, but rest assured all those ‘suspicious activities’ are done by me!

OMG! This is by far my worst online shopping experience ever! And it’s not even for me!

But may be it’s me bah.. if i had confirmed all my cards with paypal before, none of this would have happened, kan?

Like the seller said ONCE YOU GET IT SORTED OUT, PAYPAL IS WONDERFUL’

and i do hope so

I’m the eldest of 5 siblings – I have 3 brothers and a sister.

My sister and one of my brothers wear glasses. During the school holidays last August, my sister came to visit and told me that she need a new pair of glasses. Actually, she was thinking of getting contact lenses but my dad doesn’t approve of contact lenses because he have heard so many horror stories about it. So I brought my sister to 1Borneo and there are lots and lots of optical store, but my sister was having a hard time to decide which one to choose because she doesn’t really like what she saw. Although there are many stores, most of them are offering more or less the same design. The nicer glasses of course are more costly. After quite some time, she finally made up her mind on a pair, but I’m not sure whether she’s satisfied with her choice. But then again, she has to because I was the one who paid for them.

When my brother found out that sister has new glasses, he told me that he wanted to have new glasses too. So, he came to KK, brought him to 1Borneo and he also spent quite a long time to decide on which pair to choose. When he finally decided on a pair, I can see that he’s not that satisfied with it, but he bought it anyway.

Wouldn’t it be nice if I’d known about ZenniOptical.com earlier. Shopping for my brother’s and sister’s glasses would be so much easier! Being an online shopper, I would definitely order from this website because they do take international orders, as long as your credit cards billing information and shipping information are the same.

ZenniOptical.com offers a wide range of Stylish Prescription Eyeglasses, from as low as $8 per pair! They offered varieties of frames, rimless to full rim and also lens such as single vision, sunsensor (potochromic), tinted sunglasses, bifocal, progressive, etc. They have also categorize their glasses to Children’s Frames, Women’s Fashion and Men’s Classics so that you can easily navigate and browse all the glasses. Besides offering a huge selections of eyeglasses, their website also has informations on RX terms, how to choose a frame and on lens/materials which I found very informative. ZenniOptical.com has received positive reports and even the popular U.S. talk radio host of the program The Clark Howard Show recommended them.

If I am wearing glasses, I think I’d buy this one

This is 4937 Stainless Steel Half-Rim Frame with Acetate Temples and cost about $29.95 and if I have extra money to spare, I might consider this one. This is a 3754 Rimless Pure Titanium Frame.

This particular frame design has 4 different colors to choose from.

 

Really love the frame design! So0ooo…. stylish!

I know my brother and sister would have loved these glasses from ZenniOptical.com. Don’t you feel like getting one for yourself too? I heard that new frames have just arrived…

You Are Trinity

“Touch me and that hand will never touch anything again.”

I love shopping online. How about you?

I know some of my friends also just LOVE shopping online. For those who have never done it before, trust me, once you started, you can never stop. You will be constantly looking for things to buy on the net. You have to agree with me, the internet has now provide extra ordinary shopping experience different from the normal shopping we used to do.

Honestly, I’m not sure why but the satisfaction of shopping online is totally different from the one you get when you go shopping at the mall. Browsing through all the displayed items in the comfort of your own space, clicking the ‘Add to Cart’ button, checking out, paying by Paypal, communicating through email with the seller… all these bring undescribable satisfaction known only to online shoppers.

Although with online shopping, we need to wait for a few days [or even weeks and months] for the items to arrive, still, even the waiting cause so much excitement. I remembered receiving my first online-bought item, i was so excited I feel like jumping up and down! And what did I buy? 12 pcs of Great Britain stamps Later on, i slowly gained my confidence and started buying something bigger than stamps. I started to buy books online, clothings, handbags, gadgets… and when my friend Joyce started me on Cloth Diapers, i admit i got addicted to online shopping for a few months [so far, Cloth Diapers are only sold online]. But the thing with buying Cloth Diapers, the local online store have very limited choice so, i started looking for international Cloth Diapers online store! How did i search for the stores? Well, I search by Google and of course, there will be a lot of unrelated websites included in the search results.

Then, I heard about ShopWiki. Have you heard about this website before? If you haven’t, let me do the honor of sharing them with you, especially YOU, online shoppers. Now you don’t have to search using Google for online stores anymore because ShopWiki is more appropriate to use for this purpose. It is not only a powerful search engine for available products, but it also helps you to get the best deal possible by providing a real, unbiased and comprehensive information about your product of interest. Take a little time to check out this link : Xbox 360 Buying Guide. Just look at the detailed guide provided by the website. Impressive, isn’t it?

I was also impressed by their searching features. I tried searching for Cloth Diapers and besides displaying all the results, the function to narrow down your search result is also provided. You can narrow them down by price, by Brand (you can either type in the brand or select from the drop-down menu) and also by color! I’m truly impressed!

With all the excitement this ultimate shopping search engine brings, bear in mind that ShopWiki itself is NOT an online store but it helps us, online shoppers to look for the exact products we have in mind and refer us to the best store that sells that particular product. And with this, I’d like to quote a line from ShopWiki’s website

“Whether you’re just beginning to research a product or you know exactly what you want, ShopWiki should be your first stop when you’re ready to shop.”

Tagged by kadusmama a few weeks ago but don’t really have the time to ‘Dump the contents of my handbag in a pile’ anyway, since i’m so lazy to work today [come to think of it, i’m always lazy nowadays], decided i should do one of the memes i currently hutang. so far, i still hutang a meme from Jeff and 2 hutang from Herda.

so, what do i have to do again?

Find a safe quiet place free of significant other, nosey meme makers, priests, nuns, all things religious and men in general. ~ I have the strategic-est seat in my office. Di corner-corner youuuu….

1.  Dump the contents of your handbag in a pile. (I arranged mine)

2. Take a photo of your handbag and the contents.

So, this is my current handbag – a black Kathy Van Zeeland Celebrities A-Line Shopper. And these are the stuff i carry around inside this bag.

3. Be brave and explain to your fellow bloggers what lurks inside the handbag.

1. The book i’m currently reading – The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
2. Dior sunglasses – Replica only My aunty bought it from pasar malam and left it inside my car. apa lagi… trus jadi harta la..
3. I know it is barely visible, but it is actually a comb, free from MAS
4. Pocket Mirror
5. Maybelline Watershine 3D Essence
6. Vaseline Lip Essence
7. Hanky
8. Buku klinik U*MS
9. Xavier’s Immunisation Card
10. Parkson’s RM30 Voucher – expiry date 12 October 2008
11. Lok Kawi Wildlife Park leaflet & ticket – blm buang lagi
12. A box of Panadol ActiFast – for my constant headache / migrain
13. Canon Digital Ixus 750 camera
14. Coins – i don’t have a coin purse. It would be lovely if someone can get one for my birthday
15. External hard disk with the cable still attached
16. Kingston pen drive
17. Sony-Ericsson P1i phone
18. Spare phone no. 1 – what for? coz i always forgot to charge my P1i.
19. Spare phone no. 2 – what for? coz i always forgot to charge my P1i & my spare phone no. 1
20. Pen (pen is inside. that’s the casing btw)
21. Hse & car keys
22. A small pouch for my dept’s club money – siiikit saja tau! don’t ever think to rob me!
23. Coach wristlet – i use this during breakfast or lunch to keep my phone, money, ic & driving license.
24. Bonia wallet with no money inside

and normally, i would also bring an umbrella [inside my handbag] but today i forgot… hopefully it won’t rain.

 

4. Tag others who might want to embarrass themselves.

I think i don’t have anybody else to tag. seems like everyone has already been tagged. would really love to tag si-kicik, but then again, si-kicik doesn’t have handbags. nleen? would you like to do the tag? you’re always welcomed to do it if you want to.  but tiada paksaan la…

 

5. Answer these questions :

What’s the most important thing in your handbag?
My wallet

What’s the most embarrassing thing in your handbag?
It has to be the free MAS comb

What’s the smallest thing in your handbag?
mmm… the coins???

Is there anything illegal in your handbag?
i don’t think so…

 

Habisss…. clap clap hand everybody.

P/S : Please do not rob me!