World warned of grim swine flu battle ahead

Updates on swine flu seems to be heading south after WHO upgrade the status to grade 5 from the previous 4..

Amidst all these.. I am worried about whether can I cancel my LA trip that we have paid the deposit.. My mum heard over the news that they will allow travellers to cancel their flight and get their money back.. It is situation like this where we have no choice but to give up the trip..

To be optimistic.. I really hope that things will be under control soon but I am prepared for the worst.. Hopefully we can cancel the tickets if that really happen..

Canon EOS450D

Something seems to be not functioning properly with my camera.. The service personnel said there is something wrong with my main board.. Perhaps it is factory defect as it is brand new..

Just wondering whether can they exchange mine for a new one..

Well.. Will see tomorrow as the part just arrived and I am bring it down to get it fix.. Maybe i can ask the staff whether can or not..

But i must say canon has brilliant service.. Quite proactive and quick to reach to their clients’ call. I called them just now in the afternoon asking about whether the part has arrived as the person handling it didnt call.. Less than 5 min later the guy called back and apologize for not calling sooner as the part just arrived.. I must say i am quite impressed..

Putting that aside.. Hopefully they can get my camera fixed.. Better yet.. Change me a new one..

Next Buy?

HTC Dream (Google Phone)

HTC Touch Cruise

2 of the phones that I am looking at now to replace my sony ericsson k850i.. I had faith in sony ericsson once.. But time and time again they have failed me with the phone requiring constant repairs but unable to solve the problem.. Perhaps a different brand of phone can help..

What’s confusing is that both phone has GPS. But HTC Touch Cruise has internal GPS antenna and HTC Dream has GPS navigation capability.. Do they both meant the same thing? HTC Dream is quite similar to iPhone as it is running on android OS..

I am still waiting for the other 2 new HTC phones (HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2) that are hitting the market between mid may to early june.. Hopefully they are out before the Vietnam Trip.. =)

Dar’s Granny Birthday Celebration

This was quite a last minute decision to hold the celebration as Dawn’s auntie was flying off to England to visit her son.. Rush there after project meeting and gave the camera a test run.. =)

Lots of random shots at everyone at the party..

And we finally got camera shy Ah Ma to smile for the camera.. Ah Ma looks so cute when smiling..

This photo seems like everyone is praying for 4D number.. But actually they are getting Ah Ma to make her birthday wish =)

Someone savoring over delicious yam cake..

Caught the chocolate thief in action =)

Poorer but happier

I finally got something that I have been trying to get my hands on.. After much much consideration..

Hopefully, I can learn how to take better pictures with this and there is so much to learn =)

Over the Rainbow

The sight of the rainbow reminds me of this song

Coming Soon

Are you afraid that something you watch in the cinema follow you home?

Movie with little twist but pack quite a punch for the scare factor. But after constant scaring in the front, I got numb of it as it was reaching the end. The thing about a good horror movie is that they have to scare you in a way that you least expected. The movie chose a way to scare you in the least expected way and it is quite easy to predict when you see the trend that they use. But nontheless, it is still one of the scarier horror movie that I have watched.

*it’s damn funny to see lily and ryan screaming and hiding in their seats.

Freedom Writers

This is another movie that I really like. One person who believe that she can make a change in her students’ life. Undaunted by the their repulsive behaviour towards her, she stood by her beliefs and got them to change. Using unorthodox teaching methods that were scorn by her peers, she succeeded in making a change in the kids’ lives. Based on a book called Freedom Writers Diary that made up of journals that Erin Gruwell told her students to write in about the troubles of their past, present and future. There are all the voices of the kids that have something to say to people.

The Freedom Writers Foundation formed and continued with exercises and philosophies similar to those used in the original class and tracks the progress of the original and continuing classes.

9ine

While driving to school today, there was a rare sight. I saw a total of 9 TP bikes along ECP at the various entrance to the highway. Quite an interesting sight, I just made me wonder whether is there some big shot that came to town or someone escaped from remand.

T.P.G.

I really don’t understand some people. Is it so difficult to meet up half an hour before tutorial to have a short discussion with regards to project, when everyone is free at that time? Come to think of it, I have never seen T.P.G. coming for project meeting at that time before. I wonder why….

I think there is one kind of person that I have difficulty working with is one with low EQ who thinks he is always right. He is sort of like a devil advocate that does not know what he is talking about.

It is understandable why company like to hire people who are team players and those with high EQ. You can train someone on their ability but you can’t train them to be a team player and have a high EQ.

I am just looking forward to the end of my ordeal.