Merry Xmas!

[ Nikon D60 F5.6 Iso 800 ]

Giveaway of the Day

Wondershare Photo Collage Studio 4.2.10 is an easy and funny tool to make amazing photo collages and digital scrapbooks for print.

Wondershare Photo Collage Studio 4.2.10 is an easy and funny tool to make amazing photo collages and digital scrapbooks for print. With plenty designed scrapbooking templates, stickers and photo frames for any occasion, you can easily assemble your still photos into an artistic compilation. What’s more, you can create photo books, greeting cards, calendars and more you can image. Try to make this Thanksgiving and Christmas more fun and impressive with it now!

• Turn photos into collage and scrapbook in minutes


• Plenty collage templates and layouts for Thanksgiving, Christmas…


• Multiple-page Designs in one project


• Wordart, stickers, photo frames, stamps, masks & more


• Photo retouching and one-click filters such as old picture and more


• Magic doodle drawing


• DIY personalized calendar & greeting cards


• Print directly to share anywhere


• Save as JPG, JEPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF formats

The Womble MPEG-VCR is an MPEG-2 video editor with frame accurate editing and smart
render saving.

The Womble MPEG-VCR is an MPEG-2 video editor with frame accurate editing and smart

render saving.

It supports all MPEG-2 bit streams, including HD.

Major features are:

• frame accurate editing to find exactly the scene you want;


• fastest scrubbing to scroll through your entire movie as fast as your mouse can drag the slider;


• fastest frame stepping of any MPEG-2 Editor;


• NO re-encoding to let you write out edited movies as fast as any disk-to-disk copy operation.

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum - Advanced DVD Ripping Software.

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is the fastest DVD ripping software to convert DVDs to popular video and audio formats, including AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, MP3 and much more. Besides, it also enables you to transfer the DVD movies to portable devices such as iPhone, iPod, Apple-TV, PSP, PDA, Zune, Mobile phone and so on.

With both Intel and AMD Processor supported, the conversion process will be much faster than similar products yet without losing any output quality. This DVD Ripper software assists you to clip any video segment you favor and optimize the video by adjusting video resolution, change video frame rate, etc. And it is easy for all users to put DVD movies to hard drive and portable devices, thus you can enjoy DVD movies anytime, anywhere.

EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition can let you enjoy all the powerful basic and advanced partition functions.

EASEUS Partition Master is comprehensive hard disk partition management tool and system partition optimization software, Professional Edition can let you enjoy all the powerful basic and advanced partition functions.

It is especially for business users who run Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 x32 and x64 and want to optimize the disk usage and better manage disk space. More advanced than Home Edition, it can help you create bootable CD/DVD in case of system boot failure.

Key features:

• Extend system partition to maximize computer performance.


• Copy wizard to backup all data or copy entire hard disk to another without Windows reinstallation.


• Basic partition features for better managing hard disk and maximizing computer performance.


• Advanced partition features to maximize computer performance and minimize computer downtime.


• Usability features allow you to operate directly on the disk map with the drag-and-drop and preview the changes.

Total Defrag is a comprehensive product for total file system defragmentation and optimization.

File system starts out with all or most of its files contiguous, and becomes more and more fragmented as a result of the file creation and deletion over the time. Thus files and their parts become spread all over the hard disk, which follows the delays in the hard disk work and further lower performance. Total Defrag 2010 is a new comprehensive product for total file system defragmentation and optimization. Built on original Paragon technologies, it performs complete low-level defragmentation that provides almost zero fragmentation level.

It allows you to:

• Perform a complete low-level defragmentation that provides almost zero fragmentation level.


• Speed up and optimize all critical system files and metadata including MFT (Master File Table), directories, paging files, registry hives and others.


• Use 9 File System Optimization Strategies.


• Use one of 2 available modes for defragmentation:Fast or Safe. Safe Mode is slower but it protects your data in case of a power failure during defragmentation.


• Run Paragon Total Defrag without installation. Create a bootable CD or DVD and boot the system and defragment all the available disks directly from it.


• Read More

Limitations: Special Edition has no 64-bit support.

Technical Support:

During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support at http://twitter.com/paragonsoftware. Please, post your questions if you have any troubles while downloading, registeringand using the software. Paragon Software’s support team will reply you as soon as possible.

NTFS for Mac OS X provides a unique complete solution and creates an effective communication channel between Mac OS X and Windows.

NTFS for Mac OS X provides a unique complete solution and creates an effective communication channel between Mac OS X and Windows. You can browse contents, read and modify files, copy and create new files and folders on both file systems with your Mac OS X. Break down the barriers between Windows and Mac OS!

Key Features:

• Completely and instantly access all Windows files and folders with your Mac.


• Easy, safe installation and usage.


• Unhampered data exchange between PC and Mac.


• Share Windows files as a Mac user via external disk drives.


• Make any version of NTFS a native file system for Mac OS X – no restrictions, full support!

Detailed Product information is available at NTFS for Mac OS X website.

Limitations: Mac Browser for Windows is not included in version 6.5

Technical Support:

During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support at http://twitter.com/paragonsoftware. Please, post your questions if you have any troubles while downloading, registering and using the software. Paragon Software’s support team will reply you as soon as possible.

Wondershare Video to DVD Converter is an easy-to-use yet powerful DVD burner software.

Wondershare Video to DVD Converter is an easy-to-use yet powerful DVD burner software. It allows you to burn video clips taken by your camcorder, camera, phones or all videos files saved on your PC to DVDs. Then you can watch them on your home DVD player or share with your friends at will.

Features:

• Support all popular standard and HD video formats:
  
  it supports AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, MPEG, MPG, MKV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DAT and HD videos like TS, TP, MTS, M2TS, etc.


• Easy to use, 1 click designed interface:
  
  the specifically designed interface allows you to add videos and with 1 click on Start to burn videos to DVDs within minutes.


• Support burning videos to DVDs and ISO image files:
  
  when you are ready to burn videos, it provides you with two options to suit your individual needs: DVD and ISO file.


• 100% compatible with Windows 7


• Many more features on Video to DVD Converter…

PDF Password Remover helps you to remove PDF password easily.

Sometimes you have the legal right to copy or print the encrypted PDF document but forget the password. For example, one of your former colleague created some critical reports in PDF format but he is not working in the company anymore. Here is the solution. PDF Password Remover is designed to remove the password and restrictions (Owner Password) of PDF files. Right-click the PDF file, select Decrypt with AnyBizSoft PDF Password Remover from the shortcut menu, the restrictions will be removed in seconds. It is easy for you to copy, edit or print PDF files after decryption.

Key Features:

• Decrypt encrypted PDF files which were restricted from copying, editing or even printing


• Batch decryption—Decrypt 200 PDF files at one time


• Right-click decryption—Right click a PDF file and decrypt it without launching the program


• User-friendly interface. Extremely easy to use


• Standalone, doesn’t need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to be installed


• Support multiple languages: English, Turkish, Thai, Latin, Korean, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese


• More details

It Can Not:

• Remove or find the user/open password automatically


• Remove other protections, such as DRM or third part plug-ins

Important: To activate the software you are requested to register on the manufacturer’s page (full version, free of charge). You will get a registration code with which you can activate the software.

AnyBizSoft Studio provides free online technical support for this giveaway. If you have any questions about our products, please feel free to contact us via email: support@anybizsoft.com

Site Content Analyzer - Professional website content parser.

Site Content Analyzer is a professional website content analyzer and parser. It allows you to view at the content of your website and find the bottle-necks of your keyword strategy, reveal weak keywords an underoptimized phrases, uncover the most significant and weighty keywords and pages of your website.

With Site Content Analyzer 3 you can:

• Discover the most relevant keywords for your business


• Work not only with single keywords, but also with keyword phrases


• Analyze websites of your competitors to learn their keywords


• Learn the keyword density


• Find out which pages are under-optimized


• Learn the weight of your keywords and phrases to know if they are relevant to your niche


• Investigate the links within your site


• and more..

Aimersoft HD Video Converter can convert excellent HD videos for you.

Do you want to enjoy high definition videos anytime you like? Aimersoft HD Video Converter can convert excellent HD videos for you. Served with powerful editing functions, you can easily create your own HD video shows and share your HD life with your friends and family. In addition to that, you can expect more from this software. Enrich your high-definition life with Aimersoft HD Video Converter now.

Features:

• Convert between SD(Standard Definition) and HD, as well as all popular video formats such as AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, MKV and so on.


• Extract audios from HD or SD videos to M4A, WMA, WAV, MP3, AAC, AC3, etc.


• Support a wide range of multimedia devices like iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, Apple TV, PSP, etc.


• Create your own videos by cropping, trimming, merging into one file and adding texts or picture watermarks.


• Configure the output setting such as Resolution, Frame Rate and Bit Rate to meet your all needs.


• Complete the conversion in a few clicks for its user-friendly interface.

Shit on you!

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. 
While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. 
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. 
The dung was actually thawing him out! 
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. 
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. 
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him. 

Morals of the story: 
(1) Not everyone who sh*ts on you is your enemy. 
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of sh*t is your friend. 
(3) And when you're in deep sh*t, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

Perodua MPV - Alza

Some pictures from around the net..

Another under-powered Malaysian car. :)

Twilight - New Moon

Seriously, I have no idea why people are so crazy of this movie. It's not much of an action movie and most of the time, they are just talking , kissing and other PDA activities. A friend said, I have to read the book to understand the movie since the movie producers failed to capture the real story into motion picture. But, there is no way I'm reading a chic-flick novel.. Yea, That's why I think this movie is about. Romance and stuff between this human and vampire.

So, if you just got into a relationship and want to make her to see your "emotional" side, then you have to go and see this movie.

Note : It's my personal comment. It doesn't mean the movie sucks! It depends who you are. :)

Warehouse Sale - Popular Book Store

If you have plans to get any books , novels etc ; Then you should head to Summit USJ [ Subang Jaya ]. From today till 6th December, they are giving away discounts up to 80%. Popular always do their sale here in summit once or twice a year. If you have time, check it out.

Date : 20th Nov - 6th Dec 2009

Time : I think from 10am till 8 pm.

Venue : 4th Floor, Summit USJ [ Subang Jaya ]

Map : http://maps.google.com.my/maps/place?cid=3004272929882648777&q=summit+USJ+shopping+mall&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink&ei=NzMGS_KIGo6wywToqsXqCw

2012 , The Movie

The movie "telan" more than USD200m into production. It surely created a big havoc with it's amazing trailers. It's been out for about a week in Malaysia but I'm yet to watch it yet. Mainly because it's been raining almost every evening and I'm hate to get wet! :) Anyway, i heard the tickets are sold off.

Most of my friends have already watched it and I'm getting mixed reaction from them. Mostly they are all blown away with the special effects [ Hollywood magic ] but some says nothing special about the story line. It's pretty much the same with any other end of the world movies and it's kinda "stretched" too long.

Anyhow, I'm planning to watch it myself this weekend and I shall write about it too.

Till then.

The most searched words in Malaysia

"Facebook" is the most searched word in malaysia on google. That shows how famous is this social network online program.

What is facebook? Some info from wikipedia ..

Facebook is a global social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.

Read the rest on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

Morning Wishes

Everyday, Deer awakes knowing it.
Must outrun the fastest lion or be hunted to death.
Everyday, Lion awakes knowing it.
Must outrun the slowest deer or starve to death.
It dosn’t matter whether you are a deer or a lion.
When the sun rises,
You should be running at your best.
good morning

Good Morning #1

Nothing is hard if the HEART has LOVE...
Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE when the heart UNDERSTANDS;
Nothing is HEAVY when GOD is in the HEART...
Never HATE any, instead SHARE your love with those in NEED....

Have a Pleasant Day ahead..............

Know You Tire! [ Cont..]

After reading my previous post on Tire, few friends asked me if “Low Profile” tires are good for their cars. Well, there is no direct answer for it. Low profile tire may or may not be useful for you.

Low profile tire means when the height of the tire is less than 55% of the width. In another words, your tire side wall will look shorter. Normally, the low profile tire will have wider width compare to the normal tires. If you guys can recall back your high school physics, with low profile tire your car will have center low gravity point. Which means, you car will be more stable or “attached” to the road. It will surely help you when you take that sharp corners.

However, rims on low profile tire can get easily bend because of thin walls. Plus, as we all know how good our Malaysian roads are. Potholes can really damage your rims.

So.. You decide. :)

Know You Tire!

Have you guys ever wondered what are those numbers and characters on your tires are for? Lot of us doesn’t really care about it and leave it to our “trustworthy” mechanic to decide on that. If you take a look closer, you will see something below


175/70R13 82H

Firstly, the first 3 numbers i.e. 175. It shows the width of the tire. The wider it is, the better it is. And the following 2 numbers shows the height profile of tire. In this case, 70 means the height of the tire is 70% of tire width. However, in this case, the lower it gets, the better it is. Anything below 55% is called as “Low Profile” tire. I’m sure you have seen it on those luxury cars. Low profile tires give better handling and more stability in terms of road grip.

“R13” means the radius of the tire. In this case, it’s a 13 inch. The following 2 factors are one if the most important thing is selecting your next tire. The 2 numbers i.e 82 refers to load index of your tire. In this case, each tire with 82 LI allows [ referring to below chart ] the tire withstand maximum load of 475KG. So, if you have 4 tires [ Doh! ], that means 4 X 475KG = 1900KG. What does it means? You tires can only take max 1900KG of load which includes your total car weight, passengers and what ever it is in your trunk. For chassis weight you may refer to your car manual. It is very important not to overload your car because your tire may explode especially if it’s too old or getting too hot [ long distance driving etc ].

And the last character, “H” in this case means the max speed the tire can withstand. Lot of us never even knows that your tire can’t go more than certain speed even if your car can. “H” gives this car the maximum speed of 210KM. That’s pretty fast and I know for sure my car can't go faster than that. :P

Nevertheless, all above information is for a brand new tire. You have to understand that, the performance / stability / characteristic of your tire ware out as it’s getting old. Rotate your tire on every 10,000KM and keep it properly inflated. Change your tire when it’s time because tires without good tread causes you to loose your grip while on road, especially when it’s raining.

So, there you go. Now you know you tire pretty well. Go back and look at your tire and make sure you have the right one for you and your car.

Load Index Chart




Speed Index Chart

Reference : Wikipedia

Bersahur D' KFC

Of course, if you up early and happen to be nearby, then you should give a try to KFC sahur package. Even if you are not fasting, you can still enjoy the breakfast set. KFC serves breakfast until 11am, if i'm not wrong. So.. Enjoy.

RON95

Ron95 supposed to replace RON92 starting 1st September 2009. But it’s already available around Klang Valley Petrol Stations. For Shell example, RON95 using the green handle which was previously for RON97 and for RON97 is using red handle which was for V-power. From what I can see, V-power is no longer in sale.

I tried the RON95 on my Iswara [ ’04 ] the other day. Gave me few litters extra for RM 50 since it’s only RM 1.75 per liter. Too little info was shared to public on RON95, especially by Proton & Perodua. If you have noticed at around your Oil Cap, it says only use Unleaded 97. Anyway, after checking lots of sites and forums, found out that you can use RON95 on almost all Mid & Low range engine cars such as Proton & Perodua. Exceptions to some specific models like Perdana where some people experienced Knocking sound after using RON95.

Anyway, been on RON95 for 3 days and found no problems. But, I can feel the difference in performance even if not so much. And for your info, price of RON97 will cost RM 0.20 cents more starting 1st Sep.

By the way, before you try the oil, please check with your Car Manufacturer or User Manual. Just to be safe. :)

Desktop Games!

When you really free and dont' know what to do, you can try these desktop games. A friend of mine spammed me with it recently and it's the coolest spam I ever had! :)


My personal favourite is : Golf. It's simple game but quite addictive. Give it a try.


Download : http://www.filefactory.com/file/ah39bec/n/games_zip


Few screenshots.

PC Fair 2009 II

Oh yes!! PC Fair is back in the town. Hold on to your ATM cards and read on. :)

Date : 31 July - 2 August 2009

Time : 11:00am - 9:00pm

Venue : KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur

And if you are not from klang valley, then there are few more locations around the country.

Village Mall, Sungai Petani - Kedah

Dewan Perbandaran Taiping - Perak

Batu Pahat Mall, Batu Pahat - Johor

For further information, checkout www.pikom.org.my

MU vs Malaysia XI

For those who were not so fortunate to watch the game beween Manchester United Vs Malaysia XI recently, check out the Goals in YouTube

Game 1 [ 18th July 2009 ] : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3yX2U7858g

Game 2 [ 20th July 2009 ] : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqAocwbpxsc

One word.. Excellente!!

KFC Discount Coupon!

Feeling hungry? I came across few KFC Discount coupon recently and thought you guys might enjoy it better than me being a vegetarian. :P Anyway, feel free to print it out [ Color or BnW ] and ambush your neighbourhood KFC outlets.

Note :

1) Price subject to 5% Gov Tax as usual..

2) Valid till 30th Aug 2009

Google me baby..

Have you ever 'google'ed your name before. It's interesting actually. Well, it might scares some of you to know that so much of your details can be found online nowadays. Or it might fascinate you to know so many versions of you around the world. What ever it is, it's a must do. Go ahead.. Google yourself.

Anyway, Googlism is a fun way of doing just that. [ http://www.googlism.com ] For me it says, "saran is all polyvinylede chloride".. That means, I'm made of PVC!! [ Just like in the pic ] :)

Oh ya, if you just google'ed somebody after reading this post, leave a comment here will you. :)

I wish...

I wish...

Transformers @ Petronas

More on Transformers fever. Petronas introducing merchandise such as action figures, T-shirts, cap etc starting 1^st June. However, most of the action figures will only available after the movie release. From their adverts, they gonna come up with 4 action figures. That’s is, bumblebee, starscream, optimus prime and ofcourse the bad boy, megatron. The t-shirt doesn’t look very special but who cares, it’s “Transformers”! J

Note: For some reason, people still referring the resurrected decepticon’s leader as “Megatron”. If you know your transformers’ fact, the defeated “Megatron” comes back as “galvatron”. Anyway, too early to speculate the story now. Let’s wait and see.. 18days more!!

For more details on the promo : http://www.mymesra.com.my/index.php?ch=mm_priv_promo&pg=mm_priv_promo_promo&ac=118

Black Money!

There has been lots of talk on “Black Money” scam in Malaysia nowadays. With lots of people been cheated and mostly up to RM100K!! But then, when I first saw the news, reminded me a picture that I saw few months back. It is also a “Black Money” J

Transformers : USB Flash Drive

If you are a die-hard Transformers fan, then you most likely will find this awesome. Check out this Transformers USB Flash Drive which will of course, transforms into “Ravage”. For those who don’t know Ravage, he is member of Decepticon and featured during some of the original Transformers series and also if you guys can remember him from the Beast Wars series. Anyway, this device is as regular as your flash drive but you can twist and turn it to transform it into Ravage. The only problem is, once it is in Transformed mode, you can’t really use it as a flash drive. Nevertheless, it is a cool thing to have and to show off. :)

 

Note: You can pre-order this device for USD43 @ http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10927&mode=retail&picture=out but will be only available in September 2009. 

Malaysia's 40 Richest

...ooohhh....

.. Pity these people

It’s so amusing to see how people think nowadays. With their infantile behavior and under developed mind... A friend of mine told me that, there is no point talking to this type of people. Bcoz, no matter how hard I try, they will never get it. For them, they always right and refuse to accept the fact that they do make mistakes too.

 Frankly, I pity these people. Kinda worried for them for being so naive. Maybe somebody has to remind them that it’s 21^st Century and the year is 2009. Hmm.. I wish I can do that, just that I would rather waste my time playing PS2 instead.

Wishes...

Tamil Puthandu Valthukkal .. It Means, Happy Tamil New Year! :) May God bless you with peace, prosperity & happiness this year and many more years to come.

Some details on Tamil New Year : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puthandu

Not really a "Good Friday" ..

It was "good Friday" last week but I don't think it was any good for me. I was at Ambank ATM to withdraw some money and guess what,... half of my money stuck in the machine itself. :(  .. What a luck! Made a complaint to the customer service officer and according to her, it will take 2 weeks for them to reimburse my money. It seems that Ambank outsourced their ATM service to a 3rd party firm. Haizh.. just hope that i will get back my money... 

Ambank, you owe me now.. for a change. 

Saran

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things

"Problems happen because women cannot accept polygamy, What about doing a campaign so that women can accept polygamy?"


No... I didn't say that. That my friend, by one of our famous local Politian. :) This is one of many "interesting" quotes compiled in this book called "Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things Vol 2". It's the continuation from the best-selling Vol 1 of Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things. Frankly, I'm quite surprise how these guys can be even elected as one in the first place. Some of their quotes are totally out of place and just simply stupid.

.. God Bless Malaysia.

Saran

Note : The book is currently available at all major book stores. I got mine from Popular for RM25.

My first Ever Pay Cut..

Received my pay slip yesterday. There it is, my first pay cut. My company decided to cut 10% [ Arrgghh!!! ] off my salary starting this month to help itself recover from current global economy meltdown. I'm not gonna complaint like few around me. Come on, when times like this, we should be glad that we still have a job! So, grow up.. stop bitching about it. However, 10% for me it's a huge thing, and because of that, I had to change little things in my life.

* Only 1 Movie per month. This is pretty hard because summer is just around the corner and this is the time when good movies are out!! Sigh...

* Only 1 fast-food visit per month.

* Only 2 or less PS2 CDs. :( :( :(

* Less frequent visit back to hometown.

And when I thought the pay cut was the worst thing that can happen, car park vendor near my office increased their rate. From RM7 to RM 9!!! Sigh.. I still remember when I first started off with this company 5 years ago, it was only RM5.
There goes my budget for PS2 CDs..

Saran

... Why i did that?

I just deleted a year worth of posts. actually, the whole blog. Why? Maybe because when i read thru my posts, all tat i can feel is anger and nothing but hate on certain people around me. Maybe because it's Good Friday and I decided to stop hating people for simply being themselves.. being stupid & @$$h0l3s. So, with that, I'm starting off with a clean slate. Maybe I will write about fun stuff thats' happening around me.. Let's See!

Saran