False Advertizing on free Samsung Galaxy Y

I like to surf the wild wild web, because it always have something that is very interesting. While I was surfing last night, there is a ads that appear for a few times (in my memory) in last few days. It says free Samsung Galaxy Y (SGY). I just got my Samsung Galaxy S 2 (SGS2) recently, therefore I am not interested to use SGY, but the ads got my attention (you win). So I click on it. And it show like this:

If you are in Malaysia, I am sure you will know which brand is this. Anyway, point number 1 is to bring any of you phone and changer (that in working condition) to participating outlets to get the free SGY, 300MB data and RM2 airtime per month for 12 months. Not bad huh? Wait. What is number 2?

No.2, Reload RM360 and...... WTF? This is not free any more. SGY can be buy directly from shops for RM300 to RM500 depend on condition or new.

No.3, Reload a minimum of RM10 every month to continue enjoy the free data and airtime? You are paying for that, what is with the FREE word in there?

Therefore, ladies and gentleman, please be careful with all these confusing advertizing and packages that telco offering nowadays. I am still not subscribe to any data plan with my telco until now because I don't believe them. Yes, my SGS2 is not connected to internet all the time, but smartphone is depend on the user, not the phone itself. hehehe.


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XDA University

XDA forum has been my favourite forum since I start to use my HTC Touch Elfin. Recently I have changed to SGS2, however since there are too many stuffs in the HTC, I am still keeping both phone most of the time. There are too many customization on the HTC that I still can't find it on SGS2 yet. Therefore I am slowly moving stuffs from the HTC. Today I noticed that excel spreadsheet that I used on HTC are losing the formulas when I open them in SGS2 using Polaris Office and Smart Office. Why?!?!?!

 Anyway, XDA launched their university website. It is to to help people that just starting to use Android as well as for people who wish to do Android development, such as apps, ROMs, theme, and etc.

Here is the introduction video of XDA university:


The link:
http://xda-university.com/


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Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080 - Not So Grand

Samsung have just announced Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080 (SGG) few days ago. I wonder what could Samsung do with this new Galaxy smartphone. Samsung is very good in deliver many variant of flagship Android smartphone, example Samsung Galaxy S2, it has more than 10 variants.

I just got my Galaxy S2 recently (I am outdated and frugal okay?), therefore I wanted to compare my phone with SGG.

The easiest way is to head to gsmarena.com to get the comparison.
The link if you want to read it on gsmarena:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5162&idPhone2=4327

Here is the table from GSMArena (thank you!) with my comment on the right most column:

		Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080	Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G	My comment
GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	Same
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	Same
		HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Yes	Mini-SIM	Whatever SIM, still the same function
	Announced	2012, December	2011, Q3	No comment
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q1	Available	No comment
BODY	Dimensions	143.5 x 76.9 x 9.6 mm (5.65 x 3.03 x 0.38 in)	125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm (4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 in)	SGG is larger, obviously
	Weight	162 g (5.71 oz)	116 g (4.09 oz)	Larger means heavier
DISPLAY	Type	Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors	Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors	What kind of screen Samsung will put on SGG?
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches (~187 ppi pixel density)	480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)	Same resolution with bigger screen, lower pixel density, how to compete with i-whatever?
	Multitouch	Yes	Yes
	Protection		Corning Gorilla Glass	Will SGG getting Gorilla Glass?
		- TouchWiz UI	- TouchWiz UI v4.0
SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones	Nothing special
	Loudspeaker	Yes	Yes	Nothing special
	3.5mm jack	Yes	Yes	Nothing special
MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB	microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory	Nothing special
	Internal	8 GB, 1 GB RAM	16GB storage, 1 GB RAM	SGG with less internal storage!
DATA	GPRS	Yes	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps	Nothing special
	EDGE	Yes	Class 12	Nothing special
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps	Same
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot	DLNA?
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR	Yes, v3.0+HS	SGG is better
	NFC	No	Optional	Nothing special
	Infrared port	No	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go	Didn't mention MHL on SGG, assumed same?
CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash	Same!
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization	Same!
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps	Yes, 1080p@30fps	Same!
	Secondary	Yes, 2 MP	Yes, 2 MP	Same!
FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)	Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)	SGS2 going to get 4.1.2 on Jan 2013, x-finger!
	Chipset		TI OMAP 4430	What CPU will Samsung put in SGG?
	CPU	Dual-core 1.2 GHz	Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9	Same speed, but might be different core
	GPU		PowerVR SGX540	What GPU will Samsung put in SGG?
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass	Same!
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS	Same!
	Browser	HTML5	HTML, Adobe Flash	Nothing special
	Radio	TBD	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, support and GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS support	SGG with GLONASS, which mean faster lock to GPS?
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White	Black, White, Pink
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic	- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
			- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
		- SNS integration	- SNS integration
		- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player	- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
		- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player	- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
		- Organizer	- Organizer
		- Image/video editor	- Image/video editor
		- Document viewer	- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)	No document editor for SGG? Shame on you
		- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,	- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
		YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration	YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
		- Voice memo/dial/commands	- Voice memo/dial/commands
		- Predictive text input	- Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh	Bigger battery on SGG, better battery life?

The only things SGG is better than SGS2 are:
1. begger screen side
2. GLONASS
3. battery

SGG only come out on Q1 2013, mid-price segment, probably to replace SGS2 which going to discontinue any time now. SGS3 price probably will drop again. You can wait, wait for SGS3. Otherwise buy SGS2 like me now. :)

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Smartphone for Dump User

When I saw the title of this article I thought that it could be some neutral comment. However at the end it just a rant of a dump user which used to smartphone that have to use dump phone because his lost his smartphone.
Therefore ladies and gentlemen, a phone is just phone, dump or smart is actually depend on the IQ of it's user. :P

Article was published on Technology Review:
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/508871/my-dumb-phone-experiment-week-one/

My Dumb Phone Experiment: Week One
It’s not going great, guys.


Earlier this week, I announced my decision to try going back to a “dumb” phone for a month, following the theft of my iPhone. The idea was to try to wean myself off a mobile email addiction, while also reminding myself about the many affordances of the iPhone that I’d come to take for granted.

So far, this week, there’s been a lot more of the latter than of the former. I miss my iPhone far more than I do not miss my iPhone. Much as I’ve moaned about my hatred of a non-physical keyboard, I can tell you what I hate much more: having to write out SMS’s using nothing but number keys. I had thought my return to hunting and pecking might be endearing; in reality, I’ve simply dropped out of text message conversations that I really ought to be carrying on, or bullied people into continuing them over email or Facebook.

I had thought that two of the most-used features of my iPhone–hands-free phone calls with headphones, and the regular use of my alarm–would be mostly replicable on my Alcatel dumb phone. Yes and no. I can plug headphones into my phone for interviews, but the sound quality is notably inferior. And I can set alarms, but the interface is so clunky that I sometimes don’t bother, or, as today, I accidentally set an alarm for 7 PM rather than 7 AM.

“Interface”–the very word makes me nostalgic for my iPhone, whose design was so lovingly crafted, where everything made sense. Now I have to navigate and click my way around a barbaric little menu in search of features that may or may not ever materialize: the ability to set my dumb phone to vibrate, for instance. Could someone help me with that?

Most of all, though, what I miss about my iPhone is the grab-and-go nature of getting from one place to another. In my iPhone days (may they return soon!), I could wait till the last possible moment to dash off to an appointment; the address would be in my email or perhaps in my calendar app, and my maps app plus GPS would send me on my way. Occasionally I’d be irked if I reached my subway stop (which is on my block) before managing to pull up directions. Ah, for the days of such First World problems!

In some ways, I must note, my experiment lacks full integrity. When I first wrote about the idea of going back to a dumb phone (see “Is It Time to Go Back to my Flip Phone?”), the notion was always to do so in conjunction with a 3G-enabled iPad. I don’t own a 3G-enabled iPad, though, merely a WiFi one, and feel a little bit as though I leapt into this experiment without building a sufficient supporting infrastructure to give it a fair shake. (One thing I definitely would have done was to ensure all my iPhone contacts were on my iPad; I recently returned a text from my father asking, “Who is this?”)

But one other thing I’ll say: even if I had created a virtual iPhone within my iPad, I’m not sure I’d always want to lug my iPad around, day in and day out. An iPad, while not too heavy, still weighs about a pound and a half–not negligible if I was otherwise only going to carry a magazine. And an iPad costs considerably more than an iPhone, making me somewhat loath to have it on me at all times (especially given my recent trend of losing things). An iPad isn’t a no-brainer vade mecum, in the same way an iPhone is.

That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed some benefits from being iPhone-less. It’s true that “spare change” time–the time waiting in line to order, or waiting for the subway to come–now gets funneled into thinking about projects I’d rather be thinking about than yet another compulsive check of my inbox. There’s undoubtedly something to be said for that. But so far, the brief bliss of moments like these is mostly overshadowed by the dozen other ways I’ve inconvenienced myself. I’m obviously and unequivocally at a net loss.


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The Best Samsung Galaxy S2 Online Deal

Since I am Outdated Penang Uncle, I don't buy latest smartphone, example Samsung Galaxy S3 or Samsung Galaxy Note2 or HTC One X+ or iPhone5. The reason is all new devices are way too expensive according to me. A lot of young people in Malaysia spend one month or maybe more of their salary to buy these new smartphone. Some signed up voice+data plan contract from telco and get the new smartphone for cheaper price, but it would cost much more after the contract end. Money does not come easy (for most people), okay?

Therefore I just bought myself a Samsung Galaxy S2. What? You might scream. Yes, it is Samsung Galaxy S2 (SGS2). The reason (as I learned from ToastMaster):

1. The price is quite cheap compare to the time before Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note2 being launched worldwide. Samsung Galaxy S2 was selling at RM1699 (~US$556) in first half of this year, now it is selling at RM1299 (~US$425).

2. I don't like to pay the premium just to get the latest gadget. If you want to play with these latest gadget, just go to shopping mall on the weekend and play with the demo units at the Samsung store or Apple store or Sony store, and whatever store. Think of the extra money you spent just to get a "wow" from friends. But then the "wow" does not pay you the money right?

3. My HTC Touch (Elfin) is getting too old. What? You might scream again. Yes, I am still using my HTC Touch Elfin until yesterday. It is running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Some people might don't even know the existence of WinMo (short-form of Windows Mobile). I bought the phone with more money than this SGS2. Sigh! Recently this HTC is always shutdown itself on every morning (even with full charge), and sometime it can happen at anytime.

Okay, so I have to buy a new smartphone. I just can't go back to use dump phone, which Nokia good at making them. But then I don't need to get "wow" from others. So SGS2 is the most value that I can think of. I don't want to buy second hand, or AP (AP means not being sell by Samsung Malaysia, therefore warranty is not by Samsung Malaysia). So I got this deal which is the best deal from Samsung Malaysia Authorized dealer.

I got it from PBB-Emall. It is a online shopping website own by Public Bank Malaysia. The SGS2 is sell by KTS, which is one of Samsung Malaysia Authorized dealers. The reason:

1. It is RM1299 (~US$425). Most of the shops in Penang selling at RM1399 with free screen protector and casing. Some offered RM1350, without any free gift. KTS in this case also offered free gift, 16GB microSD and Samsung Bluetooth headset.

2. The payment can use credit card. In most of the shops, including KL, they will charge you additional 3% because they want to you pay for the fee that bank charged them. No additional charges if you pay cash. Think about bring whole stack of money and walking around shopping mall.

3. You can even choose to pay by installment and there is no interest charged. But only Public Bank issued credit cards are allow at the moment.

Too bad that now they don't sell SGS2 any more, but SGS3 still selling at RM1799.

To find more good deal, head to PBB Emall.
http://www.pbbemall.com

p/s: I don't get any commission or money from PBB Emall or KTS or Samsung for writing this. I write this just to share the good deal.


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Limitation of PUT.IO

Put.IO is a new type of cloud storage that allow users to download torrent files into it. I have introduced put.IO in this post:
How To Download Torrent Without Torrent Client

According to the Dashboard of put.IO, the bandwidth supposedly is unlimited for all users, even for free accounts. I have been using put.IO to download the files that I wanted and unwanted as well just because I am a geek after all. By coincident, I found out that there is a limit of bandwidth after all. See the picture below that I have saw last night:



Looks like I have almost spend all the bandwidth.

Update: Looks like new rules being applied for free users. Bandwidth is limited to 1GB per day.




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Stop 114A

Everyone, please support Stop 114A.

Please like this as well:
http://www.facebook.com/evidenceamendmentact


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Will be right back

I am out of bandwidth to write new post on last weekend. Will be right back. :)

Btw, this blog's page rank is being up to PR3, woohoo!

This blog was on PR2 for quite a while and I didn't do anything on SEO or similar thing since PR2, thanks to you all for stopping by!


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What is Google Fiber?

Do you want a 1000Mbit internet connection? I am sure everyone would want it. Google is going to offer that for US. What you have to do to get it? Watch this video:


I am still using the turtle speed of 'narrow'band (broadband) in Malaysia. Okay, there is UniFi, but it is super expensive for the average Malaysian's income. How fast (or slow) it is? Example:

This is the best one already.

More example here:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/p/speed-test.html


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Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 3

Okay, it is actually Samsung Galaxy S 3 International version vs Samsung Galaxy S 3 Sprint version. Sprint version as the name have told the clue, it is available for US only.

What is the different between these 2 version? There are 2 main different:
1. International version equipped with quad-core Exynos CPU, while Sprint/US version come with dual-core krait CPU
1. International version equipped with 1GB of RAM, which Sprint/US version come with 2GB of RAM.

See the comparison video made by pocketnow.com.


Looks like there is not much different and the result is not consistent, meaning there is no clear winner here.
For me, I will either choose to buy Samsung Galaxy S 2 or Samsung Galasy S Advanced because their price drop significantly after S 3 came out, so this should be a good time to get them.


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(Almost) Shopping with Lazada (Social Media Failed)

If you are surfing internet from Malaysia, you probably have noticed lately that almost all the Google Ads you seen on all websites, including international websites, are Lazada ads (ladies might seen Zalora, the online fashion site, under same company with Lazada). Lazada and Zalora are new Amazon clone that started by Samwer Brothers from German. Samwer Brothers operating model (I heard only ya) has always been clone famous online business from US and implement on other countries that don't have the similar online business. So they has been very successful.

With the all-in effort (seems like) in Malaysia by Lazada, I think a lot of Malaysian knows about it by now. And the price are very competitive, well, at least for the smartphones that I am looking for recently. I was almost wanted to order for Samsung Galaxy S 2 because after discount and voucher, it is selling at RM1169 (~US$368) only! My friend has bought the very same phone at shop for RM1550 (~US$488) few weeks ago. That is RM381 or more than US$100 cheaper at Lazada.

However after some research (Google, what else?), there is a little bad comment on the internet or forum (including Cari and Lowyat which are the mostly use forum in Malaysia), except Lazada Philippines which was being complained about the bad services. So I was getting a bit worry.

Then I found FB page of Lazada Malaysia. There are mixed comments with bad ones appear more than the good ones. Just now I found the best (worst) comments. I think that person is very frustrated, therefore he posted about 6 or 7 of same comment on the FB page. However when I want to take a snapshot of it, it left one only, the rest probably being deleted by the page admin.



Checking other comment, some are left without any response for days. And I (almost) decided not to buy from this website, because I don't want to get too much trouble just to save a few hundreds. If there is any problem, the money should be able to return to me, but the troubles and worries is not worth of the money that I might be saved.

In the summary, if you want to have a FB page of your business, make sure there is one person who properly manage it. FB page can be your biggest helper or bigger loser for your business. Well, Lazada is not making profit out of me, for now. :)


Update: Jul 2, 2012 - looks like there are more and more frustrated customers on Lazada's facebook page.



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iOS6 announced by Apple

So what? I will continue support Android. Of course I am still using my HTC Touch which running on Windows Mobile! I am still looking for a new Android phone with the right price. Sorry, no SGS3, no HTC One X, no even close to SG Note. My price range is RM 1k (~US$314), that's all.

Have you noted that iOS interface since iOS one until iOS6 still looks the same? Of course, there are folders and notification. But yawn, iOS still looks the same, unless you jailbreak it and install something fancy like my brother which make every icon spin whenever you flip the page.

pic credit: pocketnow.com (even they think iOS is boring ow)

iOS6, so what?

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Basic Magic Wand

If the author of Harry Potter was writing the very same series of Harry Potter books at Middle Age of Europe, she probably being burned by church. However in nowadays, Harry Potter is just being a commercial product, being from books, DVD, BD, theme park (yes, there are a few Harry Potter theme parks), and many fake magic stuffs that you seen on the Harry Potter movies, that you can buy at Amazon.

Magic, probably just a really working stuffs that Churches that dislike during the middle age. It is because most of the people don't understand it. Just like voodoo , black magic, gong tau (known in South East Asia), which normal people don't understand, probably these magic are being teach by alien at thousands or millions years back, until they being control by Men-in-Black. :P

okay, okay, enough with that. Now there is a working wand that can be use by anyone that don't understand magic or never attended Hogwarts' summer school.



You can actually order it here:
http://www.thewandcompany.com/


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Facebook Free Money?

Facebook is giving me free money. No bluffing, Facebook is really giving me free money.

I got this email from Facebook last night:


Apparently it is because this blog's Facebook Page has reached 300 Likes last week. Facebook is offering me US$50, wow, that is about RM150. Not bad at all.

US$50 for Facebook is much much smaller than a peanut. With market capital at 70.62B (May 24, 2012), the money Facebook gave me is about 0.0000000007% from it's market capital.
Anyway, how often someone that is not working for Facebook getting money from Facebook? :P

Alright, I am going to use the free money to run ads on Facebook!

This blog's Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/PenangUncle


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new iPad (2012) is selling in Malaysia now

Okay, new iPad is selling like hot cake in US for a while already. However today is the first day new iPad (or I called it iPad 2012) selling in Malaysia. And the price is the same like iPad2 before price reduce.

So to complete this post, here is the price list:

• WiFi only:
• 16GB: RM1499
• 32GB: RM1799
• 64GB: RM2099
• WiFi + 4G:
• 16GB: RM1899
• 32GB: RM2199
• 64GB: RM2499

Got rumors said that the 4G on iPad 2012 is not being supported in Malaysia telco because of different operating frequency of LTE of Malaysia compare to US. This was enforced by the government, so nothing we can do about it if this rumors is true. For additional RM400, you get a piece of junk that operate just like the WiFi version only. Will Apple fix this? or Already fixed? We have to wait and see.

I have posted the cost of making a new iPad:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-much-is-your-new-ipad.html

Anyway, I don't care is it selling like curry fish head or hot cake because I am not buying it now. Check out why I am still not buying new iPad:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-i-still-not-buying-new-ipad.html


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Penang Uncle is back!

Hi everyone, Penang Uncle is back from vacation! I have a problem with Google Chrome 18 today, it keep on crashing event thought with just less than 10 tabs, so I switch back to FireFox 11 now. It is better than wait slowly with FireFox than restarting Chrome everything it crash. Sigh.

Stay tune for new post, because I have very fresh mind now after vacation. :D

update: I found out it is Google+ that crashing both FireFox and Chrome. Have to leave Google+ alone for now.

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Fake OutdatedPenangUncle blog?

sigh, I wish this could be April fool joke. But it is not. Someone is copying this blog exactly, even the nuffnang ads code as well. Most probably using machine or software to copy, but then they don't know that the nuffnang code depends on the address of the blog/website, so you could see error msg on the blog.

At the side bar:


Bottom of every post:


Floating unit:


From error message, I think you should notice the link to that fake blog.

Anyway, thanks to that blog, I am getting more traffic to this blog because many link links on that blog are still point back to this blog. So should I thanks to them?


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Earth Hour Promotions That Is Not Earth Friendly

While I try my best to just keep my posts to PC, Smartphone, websites and any related to technology, I just can't reject to post this picture.

Anything can be commercialize, in this case the Earth Hour. A restaurant in KL is doing a Earth Hour Set at Earth Hour day.


Questions:

1. How are you going to eat with lights off during Earth Hour? Well, it might be candle light dinner.
2. How does eating smoked salmon help Earth Hour? The salmon already smoked, I am helping the Earth to clean it up.
3. How does eating Ocean Bass help Earth Hour? These fishes are shitting all over the ocean, I am doing my part to wipe it out.
4. How does eating chicken help Earth Hour? Chicken are a very noisy species, it cause sound pollution.

What do you do during that Earth Hour? Shut the light? 

Well, I am not going to do that. Because I am saving the electricity everyday, I am not going to switch off light on that hour because everyone is doing that. The power stations going to burn the same amount of coal/gas/any non-renewable energy even you all switch off the light! 

If you really want to help the Earth, do switch off the light and electrical appliances that you not longer needed, everyday. And also do recycle/reuse/renew.

DO NOT DO IT only at Earth Hour only that has been commercialized.

Every hour is Earth Hour, save the planet!

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OCBC Online Banking Failed

I like to do a lot of things online. Banking, transfer fund, pay bills, buy stuffs, file tax and renew passport, etc etc. Yes, I wrote a post on renew passport online, check out the link here:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-renew-malaysian-passport-online.html

At the other day, I wanted to pay my wife's insurance premium (Great Eastern Life/GEL). I remember OCBC Malaysia Internet Banking has that service, or at least I  saw it on OCBC Malaysia Internet Banking website. And thinking of to utilize my OCBC credit card that offer cash back on any purchase, I would save a few RM from the premium payment.

So I login to OCBC Malaysia Internet Banking website, add the Great Eastern Life as my payee. After successful add it, I want to pay for it. Therefore click on "Bill Payment" -> To Owner Account Registered Payee". Huh? Why it is not there, I can see only the electricity bill which I added earlier.

So I go back to my payee list to check again. Click on "View/Delete Payee", the GEL is there. Okay, go back to "Bill Payment" -> To Owner Account Registered Payee", still not there.

Okay, try Non Registered Payee. "Bill Payment" -> To Non Registered Payee". I can see GEL can be pay.


So I click next, but I get this:

I can't proceed somehow, if you read the snapshot carefully, at last line, it says "Only Available for Credit Card Holders (1075)". HUH? If it is available for credit card only, why I still can pay for it?

Alright, time to talk to real people. Call up OCBC, after explaining my problem, the phone banking personnel told me that GEL payment only available for customers with saving or checking account only. Why I asked. She said it is GEL's policy, they only accept payment from saving or checking account. Then I suggest them to fix their website, or at least let customer know upfront that GEL payment only available for blah blah blah only. She told me that she will note this down. However I am not sure how long for them to fix it, one week, one month, one quarter or one year?

Please OCBC, other banks will list down clearly which payee can be pay by credit card and/or saving/checking account, example Standard Charted:

It is so clear that only deposit (saving/checking) account that can pay these few payee. So customers will not be confused.

At the end, I have to pay through Public Bank, because Standard Charted cannot pay to GEL. Btw, I can pay using my Public Bank credit card.


Another thing that bug me is that GEL is now part of OCBC, so why I can't pay using OCBC credit card?

OCBC, please fix this.



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Something Wrong with Facebook?

The other day I have problem login into Facebook on Chrome, the the page just could not refresh even though other websites just refresh nicely on Chrome. So I changes to FireFox, was able to login to Facebook, but see something like below picture, the date and time just NaNNaNNaN.


It might be just the "Notifications" only, so I go to a group that I created, and see this:


Okay, might be my account, so I go to check out some Singapore local artist facebook page, and still get NaNNaNNaN.


Okay, probably my network problem. I just leave it and try it tomorrow. Then I login in again in next day and still get the same thing.

Oh well, probably Nyan Cat has slip into my laptop? :P




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