Happy Birthday

on Friday, August 14, 2009

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me ...
Happy Birthday to me

The Moon Represents My Heart

on Saturday, July 25, 2009

Heard this song played at a Malay wedding and felt nostalgic.

Since Apr 08, 2009

on Tuesday, July 7, 2009

As usual, I didn’t update the blog for a few months. Since my last post, I was busy with a few things.

First, I had to study for my exams which were around end of May and I really studied for 2 weeks morning till night and I was so glad that I passed the exams. Second, a couple of days after the exams, I fell sick…nothing serious…just flu, cold and cough but I really had a hard time with the coughing. I was serving my notice with the library and I had to take medical leave because I was really sick. Oh, I didn’t mention in any earlier post that I applied for another job in late Feb 09, went for interview in late Mar 09 and was accepted in late Apr 09 and I joined my new job late Jun 09.

Wow…the whole process took 4 months. I am an educator now and that means teaching!! So far so good and I find the job is to my liking and I am not missing working at the library. It feels so good to go to the library and not workJ.

I am into my 3rd week of work now and in another 2 months; I’ll be on 3 months full-time course at NIE to teach me how to teach.

When I left library, my ex-colleagues gave me a few gifts. I especially like the pendant watch and the wallet. I told one of my colleague I want a wallet with many pockets and she really got it for me hahaha and I love it.






One more thing…I bought a netbook!!!! It is Acer Aspire One D250 and I bought it at Challenger for S$688. No reason to buy it but I felt like having a netbook so I bought one. Basically the specs for all netbooks are the same and below are pictures and the specs for my netbook. Info retrieved from www.acer.com.sg.

Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition , Intel® Atom™ processor N280 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache) , Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset , Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology , 1GB RAM , 160GB HDD , Multi-in-1 card reader , 10.1" WSVGA high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD (1024 X 600 pixel resolution) , Integrated Acer CrystalEye webcam , Two built-in stereo speakers , 1.27kg with 6-cell battery

List Price: $899
Promotional Price: $688

Operating System

Platform

  • Intel® Atom™ processor N280 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache)
  • Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset

System memory

  • Single channel with one soDIMM slot
  • DDR2 SDRAM memory interface design
  • soDIMM slot: 1GB DDR2 RAM
    Supports 512 MB / 1 GB / 2 GB soDIMMs for total system memory of up to 2 GB

Display

  • 10.1" SD 1024 x 600 (WSVGA) pixel resolution, high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite™ LED-backlit TFT LCD

Storage

  • 2.5" 9.5 mm 160 GB hard disk drive
  • Multi-in-1 card reader

Audio

  • High-definition audio support
  • Two built-in stereo speakers
  • MS-Sound compatible
  • Built-in digital microphone

Communication

  • Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting 0.3 megapixel resolution
  • WLAN: Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
  • LAN: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
  • WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Dimensions and weight

  • 258.5 (W) x 184 (D) x 25.4 (H) mm (10.17 x 7.24 x 1 inches)
  • 1.27 kg with 6-cell battery pack

Color choices

  • Sapphire Blue
  • Seashell White
  • Diamond Black
  • Ruby Red

Power

  • 30 W adapter with power cord
  • Product Safety Electric Appliance and Materials (PSE) certified for battery pack
  • 48.8 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack
    • up to 6-hour battery life

Special keys and controls

  • 84-/85-/88-key keyboard, 89% of standard-size keyboard, , 1.6 mm (minimum) key travel
  • Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device with two buttons, supporting:
    • Circular-motion scrolling
    • Pinch-action zoom
    • Page flip
  • 12 function keys, four cursor keys, one Windows® key for Windows® XP Home, hotkey controls, embedded numeric keypad, international language support
  • Power button with LED
  • Easy-access WLAN switch with LED
  • Easy-launch Bluetooth® key

I/O ports

  • Three USB 2.0 ports
  • External display (VGA) port
  • Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
  • Microphone-in jack
  • Ethernet (RJ-45) port
  • DC-in jack for AC adapter

Software

  • Productivity applications:
    • Acer Recovery Management
    • Microsoft® Works Work SE 9 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
    • Google Toolbar™
    • Google Desktop™
    • Google™ Setup
    • Adobe® Reader® 9
    • Adobe® Flash® Player 10
    • Microsoft®.NET Framework 2.0
    • Customized Internet Explorer® 7.0
    • eSobi
    • Carbonite online backup
  • McAfee® Internet Security Suite (60-day trial)
  • Acer Game Zone
  • Communication/ISP applications:
    • Acer Video Conference Manager 4.0
    • Windows Live™ Essentials — Wave 3 (Mail, Photo Gallery, Live™ Messenger, Writer)

Warranty

  • One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)





Look what I bought!

on Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Sony Ericsson Xperia!!!

Remember my post http://nurturingmoments.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html I was deciding which one to get and finally after a long while I decided on Sony Ericsson Xperia. It is only a few days old so too soon for me to tell how it is but in the meantime I can say that I am really enjoying it :).
Uh Izryn, D60 has to wait another year I guess :).



2 months and busy

I didn’t realize that it is almost 2 months since I last updated this blog. What was I busy with over these 2 months? A couple of weeks ago, I asked a friend whether was I really busy and I don’t know what the answer to that is.

Besides working, I am also studying and this semester really took up a lot of my time because there were more group projects than previous semester. The projects were quite tough too so during my free time I spent on doing the projects. My group finally finished all the projects and assignments a week ago so that is something good but somehow now I am busy at work. I don’t understand why also and I think I need to look into this. Maybe it has got something to do with me not managing my time properly or I’m doing tasks others supposed to do.

Anyway, I will try to post more often but I have to prepare for my exams, which is on end of May so I will be busy again. This word ‘busy’ is really taking over my life and I really have to do something to minimize its presence.

Oh, I bought a new stuff and I am really loving it. I’ll show it in my next post soon.

Decisions in life

on Tuesday, February 17, 2009

It has been almost 3 weeks since I last posted anything on here. I went through a few ups and downs but I am still surviving. Life can be really difficult at times but most of the time for my case, I don’t make life difficult for myself but others did good jobs in this. Well, of course to quote Eleanor Roosevelt “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent” but for some people they do have ways to somehow make others feel inferior with their words.

Anyway, something happened about a week ago to make me so upset and because of this incident I made a decision that will change the course of my life. It may take effect in a couple of years and honestly, if I followed my heart, I’ll probably embark on the decision now. I wish I could do that but I have commitment to my studies and my job here and it is simply not possible for me to do it now.


As of now, I’m living my life daily counting to the days towards end of 2010. Whatever decision I made, I believe in my heart that it is for good and I hope that it will go through smoothly for my happiness.

Cruise

on Monday, January 26, 2009

Went on 2 nights cruise to Kuala Lumpur on Star Cruise Libra on 23 - 25 Jan 09.
Below are some pictures.