Things i Cherished in life.

It's been a while since i last posted anything and the last was in 2015. It's been a few magnificent years seeing my daughter growing up since she was born in 2014. Seeing her starts pre-school and enjoying the parenthood makes me feel how difficult my parents raised me and my 3 siblings all these years. I'm experiencing the amazing effort my parents did for us now through my daughter's upbringing. My buddies kept telling me to enjoy the moment with my daughter while they are still young and once they reach teenager's age they will have their own time with their friends and will not have time for us :) . It's true that each day she is learning new things and her vocabulary keeps increasing that sometimes i was shock that she knows the word. Thanks to her pre-school teachers who taught her so many words and really glad that she enjoys every moment of it.

 
Apart from looking after my daughter and family, i have a bunch of brothers who i spent a specific amount of my time together with them be it at our favorite hometown or having a yumcha-dinner- lunch sessions together. Our favorite spot would be at the drinking session in GC where we enjoyed ourselves to the max. There were so many different occasions where we team up to dress based on the theme like BTS, Halloween , Military or even at Football match night.

 

 

I'm really blessed that i have such a good bunch of brothers who accept and supported me all along through the years. Hope brotherhood last forever no matter what happened to any of us.

It's about time I pamper myself with a brand new Gift

One would say why you need to pamper yourself sometimes ? There are lot of reasons to do that, women especially like to pamper themselves with gift without any particular reasons. Most men will pamper themselves with things they like and would not mind if it's expensive as long as for them it's worth it. As for a guy like me, it's all about IT stuffs which excites me whenever i see new technology in the market. Too bad I'm not as rich as those who can just get themselves new toys without having to think twice the cost of the hardware. I have a family to feed and buying expensive stuff would take me to think hard whether it is worth to buy it.

Well, there is one thing in my mind that i have to think hard before i buy is getting an expensive watch for myself. I have been without a decent watch since my last one was broken in the year 2013. I have been searching for a decent watch for quite sometime but due to the cost and the design that either it's too expensive or the design sucks big time. Majority of the branded timepiece are either 4 figures or above and some are even 5 figures. Anyway, that didn't stop me from continue searching and finally i realized that in order to have a branded watch, you have to spend that kind of money.

So, i have decided to pamper myself with a branded watch for my upcoming Birthday in February and given myself a budget of RM2000. This decision came after my investment in shares rewarded me with their bonus issue news during the end of January 2015.

Finally, on the 8th February 2015, i managed to get myself a TISSOT PRS516 AUTOMATIC
(RM 1,785.00) which the cost and design suit my budget and taste. The last decent watch i had, followed me for 15 years and i hope this one will last longer than that.

That's all for now ..........

The Day i Became a Father to a Lovely Baby Girl

It's been a really really long time since the last i wrote anything on my blog. Therefore, i would like to take this opportunity to write about my enjoyment of being a father for the first time as it signify another step in my life.

I will start with the moment i woke up at 5am early in the morning of June 9th 2014. I was awoken by my wife Christine when she told me she saw blood in her underwear and it was time to deliver the baby. I straight away woke up and off we go to the hospital. As the hospital was just 15 minutes away from our house, we reached there about 5.30am. We straight went into the "Dewan Bersalin" aka labour hall as we were told by our gynae previously that we should go straight to the labour hall if my wife had any symptom of delivery.

Once we reached the labour hall, i was told to register for my wife's hospital admission while she was examined by the standby doctor there. My wife felt that her water bag had burst as she felt the fluid started dripping. The nurse there told us they had already called our gynae Dr. Roslan about our case and he was on his way. In the meantime, we were guided to our room in level 5 and my wife was told to lie on the bed while they examine her. It was already 8.30am by the time we reached the room.

We waited for Dr. Roslan to come and he finally show up around 11 plus. In between the time, i went back to my house to freshen up myself and brought the thermos flask so that easier to get hot water from the nurses. Dr. Roslan advised us to go for cesarean if my wife did not have any contraction within the 12 hours which is around 5.30pm that day. He said it is not good for the baby if the amniotic fluid has gone dry. We agreed with the doctor's advise and he left the room.

Time really moved very fast that day, a blink of an eye, it's already 5.30pm. Dr. Roslan came again and we decided it has to be cesarean to deliver the baby. So, all the preparation was done before my wife being sent to the operation room at 7.30pm and i was told to wait at the hall for the baby arrival. I was really nervous that time and my heart was beating twice as fast that day. At 8.30pm, i saw Dr. Roslan came out from the operation room and i quickly grab hold of him to ask how my wife and baby were doing. He said everything was fine and mother and baby were in good health although the baby's weight was a bit low at 2 plus kg and she has to be observed inside the operation room together with my wife. Although he did ask me to wait at the room at level 5 as they will bring her back to the room later on, i insist to stay at the hall to wait for my wife and baby.

At 10pm, both my wife and the baby were pushed out by the nurse and that particular time was my first glance looking at my own daughter. I was really touched and thank god for giving me a lovely baby girl which i always dreamt of having one. At that time, i just realize that i have become a father of a lovely baby girl and how great the feeling it was for me at that moment.

Euro 2012 - Mighty Germany Striker Mario Gomez

Euro 2012 had just started with a bang and already into day 5 of the competition. The teams that impressed me so far were Germany and Russia. With the kind of flowing football that they have shown in the early matches, there's a possibility that either one will go on and win the Euro 2012 this year.


The most promising striker for Germany at this moment was none other than Mario Gomez. The 26 years old Bayern Munich striker scored 3 goals in two matches and look good to become the tournament's top scorer.


His finishing touch was superb in the match against Netherlands and the 2 goals he scored were brilliant.


Hopefully, he can continue to score more goals and Germany will definitely in the Final of the tournament and eventually wins the Euro 2012 cup for the fourth time.   Go all the way GERMANY !!!! Yeah !

Magnificent iPad from Apple.Co

APPLE ROCKS !!!!!!

Needless to say, iPad was one of the most interesting creation from Apple that launched in April 2010 apart from the iPhone a few years back .

I have been using my iPad 1 since August 2010 and until now i have no regret in getting it earlier than it's launching date in Malaysia 4 months later. It has been the most exciting IT gadget that i have in posesssion for decades. Of course the excitement cannot be compared to my first ever car that i purchased in the year 1995.

At this very moment, i've been using it almost daily for my work & leisure, which is a good thing based on my opinion. Even though the 2nd version of iPad has been released merely few months ago, nothing much has changed from it's originator apart from the dual camera function and a much lighter in terms of weight.

Although, there are lots of competitors who has launched their own version of tablet PC/device, none can still match the iPad. Be it Motorola Xoom or Blackberry Playbook, they are just merely 2nd best compare to the originator, period.

MY DOUBLE STOREY HOUSE FOR SALE

MY DOUBLE STOREY HOUSE FOR SALE !!!!

( 31, Jalan SM 1/3 , Taman Selayang Mulia, Batu Caves, 68100 Selangor )

Yes it's true ... I'm selling my Double Storey House after staying there for 4 years. I'm really reluctant to sell at first but since my dad pass away late last year, i inherited his house in Taman Kok Doh, Jalan Segambut, KL which was where i was brought up in the early years. For the past few months, i have been running around from my Selayang Mulia home to the Kok Doh house almost every morning to offer prayers to my ancestor before i went to work. I have decided that it's about time for me to sell my Selayang house and move to the Kok Doh house permanently after discussion with my wife. My wife wouldn't mind staying in the single storey house in Kok Doh as long as the distance to her office in KL reduced.

Let's get some facts on my house which are currently for sale :

• The house built up is 16x70 ,
• 3 Bedrooms & 3 Bathrooms,
• Extended kitchen (which i renovated when i first move in)
• Renovated Porch
• Fully Automatic Gate System
• House Alarm System
• Attached Kitchen Cabinet

Since then, i have renovated my Kok Doh house and move in on the 23rd Oct. 2010. It took a 5 tonne lorry to load all my stuff and cost me RM420 for the trip. Anyway, all the sweat was worthwhile as the double storey house was finally cleared and sold to a married couple.

That's all for now.......

openSUSE 11.1 Rocks ..... hope to download 11.2 soon

Hi there,

It took me almost 5 months to start writing again in my blog. There were so many things happened during this period of time, which i don't even know how to describe. Anyway, to start off with my recent interest in openSUSE, that was when i started to install the openSUSE 11.1 using the ISO format which have been downloaded by one of my colleagues to replace my previous OpenSUSE 10.1 on my dual boot laptop.

To find it quite amusing that i was actually very impress with the 11.1 as it solved my previous wireless problem in 10.1 that forced me to temporary stop using it. To my surprise, 11.1 was not the latest and openSUSE 11.2 was currently the latest release. They actually had a launching last month and i missed the opportunity to be there.

I found it hard to believe that i actually using it more often nowadays than the previous month to surf the NET. Now that i have installed most of the updates, i'm reluctant to replace it with the latest release. Eventually, i will install it but not at the moment. Most probably will install it into another spare company notebook, thats for sure to view the difference.

Cheers
Ian