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    IBackup backs up your files online

    September 19th, 2007

    IBackup is an online storage and backup service provider.

    The online backup feature has enterprise-class protection with superior performance at low cost. This feature is ideal for the general consumer, but it is also robust enough for global corporations.

    One of the features of IBackup’s online storage is the ability for you to see your online data as a mapped drive or a folder on your computer. That means distance does not make procedures different - you deal with your data the same way: the usual operations: drag-n-drop and explorer user interface.

    Other online storage services might have this same feature, but IBackup claims that it offers much higher levels of performance and security, hence higher levels of productivity. In fact, in many cases, IBackup’s desktop applications outperform its rivals by 30 to 50 percent.

    Other features of their online storage service include Snapshots, Sharing, Collaboration, Sub-Accounts, WebFolders and Mobile Access.

    Rates start at USD99.50 per year for 5GB storage.


    The most unique Kadazandusun pop song ever produced

    September 18th, 2007

    Kinatu Anggidau wrote, recorded and released what should be the most unique Kadazandusun song ever last year. If usual pop songs deal with love, this guy tackled a topic never done by any Kadazandusun musician before: life insurance.

    The song features Sabah’s own guitar god: James Sami.

    If you like it, please support local musicians: buy the original.

    The first verse roughly translates as follows:

    I am an insurance agent

    Moving around to earn a living

    Meeting people to explain why they need insurance

    Relatives & friends, please understand the need for insurance

    If not, you might regret it later


    High School Musical : The Concert (El Concierto) in Buenos Aires, May 2007

    September 16th, 2007

    The cast of Disney’s most successful franchise ever, High School Musical did a 40-city tour of the USA, Canada and Latin America November 2006 to May 2007. The following is a selection of videos from the concert in Buenos Aires, one of the last (if not the very last) leg of the tour. Zac Efron was not there (he was busy with another project), but Drew Seeley, the guy who actually sang his parts in the film did.

    Stroke of genius (music-themed movie surely will spawn concerts like this: guaranteed money spinner) - if they did the concert in Malaysia surely kids and the young at heart will be scrambling for tickets.

    Some trivia:
    - The official DVD of the concert entitled High School Musical, The Concert - Extreme Access Pass features only the North American leg of the tour
    - The soundtrack for High School Musical has sold almost 6 million copies worldwide.
    - The next tour will be end of 2008. Will they come to Kuala Lumpur?
    - “Breaking Free” and “When There Was Me & You” was written by Jamie Houston.
    - The soundtrack is the first TV soundtrack to be No.1 in the Billboard since Miami Vice.
    - The highest charting single on Billboard is Breaking Free (peaked at no.4).

    Click here to see the videos


    Full movie: Ultraman Mebius and Ultraman Brothers (2006)

    September 14th, 2007

    Fire up fullscreen YouTube and enjoy.


    Pictures of Melinsung Summer Bay Resort, Kota Kinabalu - Papar highway

    September 14th, 2007

    We had a church event at Melinsung Summer Bay Resort end of August till early September.

    For accomodation, most of us stayed at the 3-room apartments. From the outside, they look like the following:

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    Near the apartments, and probably the most unique feature about this place, is a stationary ship called the Summer Bay Cruise. Reminds one of Noah’s ark. The “ship” contains a restaurant, karaoke lounge, upper deck and main hall big enough for 150 persons.

    Front view:

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    Side view:

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    The beach is a short walk away and is open to the general public, but have to pay a certain sum. On weekends, if I remember correctly, the charge is RM5 per person. A view of the beach as seen from the 1st floor of the “ship”:

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    Predictably, even the inside of the restaurant is ship-themed:

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    It cost us around RM3,500 for 2 night’s stay (Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon) for about 24 persons. That includes all meals and the use of a small hall (it’s actually the karaoke lounge).

    The swimming pool is located a stone’s throw away from the “ship.” The kids’ pool is next to it. It looks quite inviting, unfortunately it was raining heavily and the lifeguard did not allow swimming in the rain:

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    In fact, there are quite a few swimming pools located around the accomodation areas.

    More pictures and contact details at Wong Kwok’s website (developer of the site).


    Dialaflight.com: worldwide travel services

    September 14th, 2007

    DialAFlight is a United Kingdom-based travel company offering flight, hotel, even car hire reservation and travel ideas to destinations worldwide.

    Their website is a good place to start exploring your options for holidays overseas.

    Currently focusing on weekend breaks, they have quite a lot of cities to choose from, with something for everyone: sightseeing, shopping, kids-friendly, nightlife, culture, beach. The cities include world renowned Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Venice, Prague, Vienna and Nice. Personally, I’ve been to all of them save Barcelona and I must say the experiences were unforgettable.

    Different from a guided tour, DialAFlight would organise the flights and accomodation - you are free to choose where to eat, and what to see and do. Hence, you can also call these short breaks as city breaks!

    They also offer many other holiday offers including beach and spa holidays.

    To book, DialAFlight requires you to call and discuss your plans with one of their UK-based travel consultants. Verbal discussion via phone will ensure that you’d be absolutely sure that you get exactly the holiday that you had in mind.


    Ethan receives record number of presents for 4th birthday

    September 13th, 2007

    My boy Ethan celebrated his 4th birthday on 30th August.

    Can you see anything strange about the picture below?
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    I never expected that he’d get so many presents (more than 30 in all), all from different persons. Most of it came from his schoolmates. The school has about 60 kids in total. It was so many that the present opening task had to be done in 2 sessions.

    No wonder he looks so happy…

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    The most treasured present, which he chose himself is the following creature from Bandai:

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    Chance to earn an easy RM20 / SGD10 from Advertlets

    September 13th, 2007

    On 11th September Josh Lim of Advertlets announced an opportunity to earn an extra RM20 (SGD10 if you are in Singapore) for its members.

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    This opportunity is only open to:

    - existing and active (code up for at least a month already) Advertlets members, limited to 100 bloggers from Malaysia and Singapore (read: hurry!!)

    - those who have not received any Advertlets cheque yet.

    So what do you need to do?

    Write a post about Advertlets. Josh gave no specific format to buzz on, and you can write in either English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Singlish (English as it is commonly spoken in Singapore) or Romanized Hokkien.

    More details at the Advertlets blog post.

    Deadline is 30th September 2007, but I have a feeling the 100 places will run out much earlier. So be quick!


    Shoko Tendo: front view

    September 6th, 2007

    All these while, we’ve been seeing the heavily tattooed back of Ms Shoko Tendo, the now (in?)famous yakuza daughter. This is what her face looks like:

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    Holiday season is drawing near: CouponChief to the rescue

    September 5th, 2007

    For quite a number of people, the holiday season is definitely not something to look forward to; in fact, it is something to be dreaded. I’ve even read a newsreport where this guy went down to the basement, food stocks in hand, before everyone got caught up in all the merry-making, and only emerged, in quiet bliss well after the 12 days of Christmas is over.

    There are at least 3 major events coming up that’s sure going to put a dent in your bank account: Halloween next month, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas.

    This is where CouponChief, that one stop online coupon deal and discount resource could come in handy.

    Online shopping is wonderful for getting those items which might be a hard to find in Malaysia.

    My musician brother would be pleased to get AC/DC’s Family Jewels DVD from Amazon and at the same time get a free CSI:Miami download.

    As for myself, I’m going to check out some of Dell’s coupons.

    Utilising the coupons are a breeze: you just key in the specified promo codes in the relevant boxes and that’s it.


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