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When I thought that it could not drop any further, came along our friendly mobile phone operators who decided to drop the bomb on many one day. Prices dropped from $488 to $388 and now it’s only $88 with a 2 year mobile phone contract!

I’m not sure if this is a good thing as many will start to use this phone and it kind of takes out the way the phone was suppose to be marketed. The E65 is an executive phone meant for Professionals, Managers, Executives & Businessmen, whoring the phone at such a price only makes the phone look cheap, really cheap. Good thing I got mine for $178 if not I’ll feel as if I have just shot myself in the foot. So those who wanna get a great offer head down to your friendly mobile operators and pick up a slick looking Nokia E65 now.

Available at Singtel, Starhub and M1

A friend sent me this nice site about inspirational people who succeeded in life. They never did give up and dared to dream that dream and move ahead taking and sticking to their choice, hoping that one day the world will be moved. Eventually they did and these are little snippets which I guess we can take and use in our lives. Every time I decide that it’s the end, it’s good to have a little mental vitamins to jolt you back up and realise that life is beyond a little failure, a future of success is within reach as long as you persevere on with an unwavering spirit.

Read the little snippets over at this site.
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I’m not sure but seriously I’m not optimistic about things anymore, I’ve kind of lost it along the way. I wanna look up and persevere on, most of the time I guess it’s unnecessary stress and pressure I place upon myself. I think it’s about crossing the breaking point, I’m there already and I’m not sure how to move on from here on.

Jump or not to jump?

Tomorrow is the day, I’m not sure anymore, at least not anymore then when I asked for the prospectus. Oh yeah, for those wondering, API is not Application Program Interface, something which I studied for a 1/4 of my life is now going to change and API be to me Asian Pastoral Institute from tomorrow onwards.

Someone did ask me the other day why am I going for API, I really did not have an answer. Perhaps out of pressure or own willfulness  I decided to enter the next level of education, the education of spirituality. For whatever it’s worth I think I’ll just pray about it and see how things go tomorrow, perhaps I’m really not ready for the leap of faith. Just thinking about the sheer amount of work I’ll have to complete and making my already busy life busier. I really do need the strength to carry on forward, listening to the lives of others I just wonder why am I placed in such a situation having to carry such a “burden”.

Well let me solve tomorrow’s problems tomorrow, nothing cannot be solved, it’s just a matter of perspective.

There you go that’s how much my alias is worth.

[via pricemyname.net]

Today I was at the “Sneak Preview” of Ratatouille with a childhood friend of mine. I decided to catch the show at Cathay Cineleisure cause they were airing the show in digital, the images were suppose to be sharper and more detailed then the conventional film.First of all I want to say the show is great for everyone, food lovers would love it when Remy (The Chef who incidentially is a rat) rattles off the wonderful the names of herbs and foods that get our taste buds working while at the same time introduce the casual diners to the wonderful world of flavour perhaps closing the divide between the two. What stands out in this show is the message on the importance of “understanding” what you eat and as the phrase goes, “you are what you eat” does show through the characters in the show.

As the movie progresses, the show starts to weave the most impossible of stories of how a little rat can become a chef. A nice lesson to take home and perhaps even teach the kids who watch the show is the importance of resilience about how the future is within your graps, believe and have guts to do what you love doing. No one can steal that passion, and in this case is really the passion to become a chef. The rat is only so small but yet he braves the difficulties and eventually “wins” the hearts of his father and the colony of rats which symbolizes to me people who will eventually turn up to help when traveling the tough journey to fulfill that dream and emerge victorious.

Overall I would say this is an interesting concept by Pixar and they have never stopped at exciting movie goes with their various animated films. The minds behind these stories are pure genius and they never stop to put in important life lessons for the young. I’m looking forward to the next animated film by Pixar soon. Oh and for those who do not know, pixar did a hilarious short animation before the start of the film so remember do not be late for your movie!

Recently a Singapore based Anime distributor Odex, started serving “lawyer letters” to Anime downloaders and did so by obtaining the personal information of subscribers on Singnet and Starhub. These two ISPs were served court orders of which they had to cough up the information for Odex.

23rd August 2007, Pacific Internet, a third ISP in Singapore manage to protect their subscribers and won the case preventing their customers information to reach the hands of Odex. Pacific Internet lawyers walked out victorious and Odex was ruled out based on the following.

Only copyright owners – that is, the studios that made the anime – or an ‘exclusive licensee’ for the anime being downloaded, can take legal action under the Singapore Copyright Act.

Odex is a sub-licensee and had letters from rights owners authorising it to take action on their behalf, but the firm was neither a copyright owner or an ‘exclusive licensee’.

An exclusive licensee has the sole right to distribute a product in a certain market.”

So what did the other two ISPs do to protect their customers? Singnet, one of the largest ISPs in Singapore simply could not be bothered and submitted without contest!

It was also noted that Singnet lawyers were not present at the hearing.

I mean this goes to show how much your ISP serves you, in fact I do not find broadband prices in Singapore exactly cheap, protecting online privacy is the least your ISP can do for you but this was quite incredible to hear they did not even try to argue. Even Starhub made some arguements in an attempt to protect the interest of their customers.

This is really a PR nightmare, now with such bad press I wonder who wants to sign up with Singnet, who probably just lost customer confidence after this whole saga.

*Post based on facts provided by Online news articles.

[Source: Straits Times Article 1 , Straits Times Article 2]

Director Royston Tan has done a production on the local Getai and fusing it with his fabulous directing created something close to everyones hearts. Synonymously related to Movies and Singapore, he has captured the young because we just love watching him present his ideas (he marketed 15 though a short clip which he uploaded on the Internet) and the old as most of them just adore Getais during the 7th Month.

Already it has gained strong viewer ship and has raked in decent earnings, I’ve even heard that tickets were not available during the first week after it’s release. After all the reviews, I’m really looking forward to watch it tonight.

Oh did I mention, Royston only took 22 days to produce the film and two weeks to write it!

I’ve only got one thing to say.

SEXY…..

Don’t you just want one? Get it at the Apple shops more information via [apple.com]

Was at Ang Mo Kio hub for dinner, went exploring a little taking a look around, see what I found! It’s coming, it’s coming, Ratatouille is coming! It’s a really good animation, I’m so going to catch it in the cinema. In the mean time do take a look at the nice pop-up standee displayed outside the Cathay cinema.

Check out Ratatouille here.

I saw her all so pretty and in my face! Felicia really does look quite good ya? I took a picture of her on my way back to office just now. Hehehe

Ok, got another new toy today from Ikea, was playing around with it at the main showroom area where I sat and was pleasantly impressed with the built quality of the chair but priced at SGD$169 it took quite some consideration so I walked on and just did my shopping for stuff at Ikea in Tampines.

I guess everyone knows about this little treasure cove in Ikea called AS-IS. At this little treasure cove you can find showroom pieces, slightly damaged products and other nick nacks. So I found the EXACT Chair in the showroom in very good condition, I mean the fabric is all wrapped up and stuff sitting there and it was at SGD$119, savings of SGD$50. So after some contemplation I decided to purchase it and it’s now siting in my room comforting my back.

I guess it is worth spending some money to ensure that my spine will last me till my old age, so I leave you with a more professional shot of the chair which I got from their website.

Borrowed the acronym from my good friend over at itnetwerk.com, he started this NTOTD thing which actually stands for New Toy Of The Day. Not that I get new toys every day but well it’s just a way to share joy.

Today I got the E65 from local telephone operator Singtel mobile, my first line with the Red guys. The whole thing started as I was shopping to get my E65 on SingtelShop.com as it was going at a really good price, after all the discounts and such I only need to pay SGD$276 for the phone cause it is National Day. So with the celebration they lowered the price by SGD$42 and the in store promo made it an addition SGD$30 less which gave me a saving of $72.

So what happened was that Singtel also offered a new service called Broadband on Mobile which was also offering SGD$100 off and 3G handset and so I did the purchase on line and called the help desk to find out how I could enjoy the offer. Note that at that time of ordering my phone would only arrive on 16th August 2007 which was quite a wait. Help desk got back to me saying that in order to enjoy this I had to head down to Singtel shops to get it. I was like “GOSH!”, so they canceled the online order, waived the cancellation fee and then referred me to the appropriate Singtel shop where I could enjoy the offer.

So I made my way to the Singtel shop at Compass Point and queued, yeah that is the con of getting stuff from the shops but of course it is great to be able to get my phone on the same day as well. The service staff was great but there was this rude guy who was demanding to see the manage and stuff, quite a scene but of course I cannot comment on who is right or wrong but the “shouting” was quite a distraction. I think they should get a room to do such crisis control. So at the end of the day I made off with my new toy at SGD$176, everything in, new SIM card, registration etc.

I’ve yet to test out the phone fully but say hello to VOIP, Broadband access, E-mail and much more. Oh Singtel was giving this Sweet Treats, which are really Jelly beans but I think I prefer the ones sold at Candy Empire.

This is like so cute, it’s quite yesterday… Seriously. I remember when is cost me like $24.90 from Action City and was this cute little head that moves from left to right in a “smooth” manner really quite soothing when watching this fellas. I saw a fake one before where the head moves really quickly and it kind of screws up the vibes totally. Anyway this is the limited color release for their 5 mil sales achievement so do check it out and get yourself a companion.

Available at play-asia.com

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Lets start slowly and build a disciplined life, reason being I think there are things that I need to do in order to glorify God and at the same time keep myself in good shape. Even the small little things like keeping fit and looking good are things that signify Godliness as it reflects from your character. I mean think about it this way, would you rather believe someone that Christ is doing a work in their life if they appear sloppy, sleepy and always carrying a “sian/bored” look on their face or someone whom is bright, cheery and full of energy?

Thus I am documenting down my journey which I will take henceforth and using these “rules” which will continue to increase in numbers to be my milestones in making myself a better person both in Christ and to others. I hope that one day I can look back and see what I have achieved and not be ashamed of what I did not do.

So for today this is my RULE.

RULE 1: Drink enough water everyday

I will drink at least 3 litres of water a day and keep myself hydrated. This is a simple challenge I set myself to do, this is the first milestone, it may sound silly to you but it is a small pebble to a great mountain. Because drinking water keeps you in good health, we are privillaged to have drinking water from the tap and it is a bad excuse not to drink and keep ourselves in health.
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