My Very Own Dot Com Finally

This is the day to call off my blogger blog rite here and officiate my very own dot com weee~~~


actually steveillusion has gone public since Nov 1st 09 but its in the process of renovating n touching-up here n there so i don't wish to make a buzz about under-con site..

Well although i'm still searching around for my ideal Logo but most of the things are functioning well and good to go. So here it is~ the continue of my voyage goes here:


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steveillusion.com

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Censorship Again?

Okay so i was listening to radio station on my way to work as usual and it was playing my Fav song by BEP - I Gotta Feelin. Guess what? they censored the word "Mozoltov"
The question is what harm can a word do to this society?? I mean cummon how long can u keep these Mr censor??? Wake up!! try search the lyrics online n EVERYTHING's there! Right in ur face! 

I notice that censorship in art content (songs, movies etc) aren't really doing good for the country *at least for my own opinion* Instead of keep on censoring "Stuff that YOU deem not good for your citizen" Why not EDUCATE or even PROMOTE what's GOOD for them?! Where's your GOV promotion budget on Health or Education goes to? USE IT!!

WAKE UP!! STOP Pulling out UNNECESSARY CENSORSHIP in the expense of OUR RIGHT!!! ARGH!

My 3 month n 8 day Baby--->E71

It has been 2,352hours since i first got myself this sexy little baby. Thee Shiny compact yet powerful Nokia E-71 *drum rolls...*

Since I've got luck weeks ago and own another BlackBerry Bold 9000, I've decided to do my own little review on the Nokia E71 before my 1st take on BB Bold. Nothing technical~ these are all my feeling and thoughts while using this nice piece of tech here. Oh and also i'm not associate neither sponsored to write these, its just me, and only me. So don held me responsible for any legal stuff

A brief intro on how i use my E71... So here goes

• Environment : 50% of the time in the field of construction site and 50% off site (ie. office, home, off work hour YAEHUU!!
  
• Function that i use on da phone: Call, sms, mms, web surfing(w/ wifi as well as EDGE connectivity using Opera-mini Browser as well as default browser), calender, To-Do-List, notes, camera, QuickOffice (more on spreadsheet and doc) GPS(Garmin Mobile XT), Music player *while driving*... hmm pretty much everything except for the Video conference i think..
  
• Storage n protection: when carrying around i use Locally purchased * believed to be manufactured in china's* fake leather vertical flip pouch(with the magnets removed by itself... -_-") slide in my pocket most of the time. Oh and i also use basic screen protector.

 OK lets start with the Body n build of the E71

Overall i just love~ the quality stainless steel wrapped all around *almost 90% of the body*  it gives a very steady, classy or should i say "worthy" kind of feel for the price i pay. No sign of wobbly or loose feel on key board and also Battery cover. The weight and the size feels juuust nice in my palm. Key-punch feels steady
HOWEVER~ The semi-doted back of the battery cover collects finger print easily, especially i have sweaty palm. But its no big deal, cuz simply wipe the stainless steel cover on my shirt leaving stainless steel cover with no scratch mark but clean as new. Another dislike is the size of the key... Its a bit small but then little time is what you need to get use to it and of course for me i think its a safety feature! Why? cuz u can hardly make calls or sms while driving (Isn't it a nice feature??)

OK moving on to the Software part

Ability to multitask is 1 of the coolest function i like about this phone, i tried checking air ticket,  viewing my own calender and also SMS at the same time (the shortcut key are especially useful) Viewing web page that's not optimized for mobile browsing will require a fare bit of navigation through the D-pad, the problem here is that D-pad operates up, down, left and right, so the movement's a bit like the preloaded game SNAKE, how does this affects browsing or rather navigation? when u want to click on hyperlink within the page you'll need a few more clicks compare to touch pad, joystick or even trackball *You know what i mean rite?* Another thing is that not all java page loads on default browser and also Opera... i wonder am i missing some plug-in??

Quickoffice comes with free upgrade to version 6 which is for sure a good thing. I use spreadsheets a lot for keying in data from pre-format sheets. The only thing i wish is its had bigger screen.. formulas works fine n so do other basic function but not for macros.

As for word, well body of the document appears to be exactly what u see on your computer screen but without the header and footer.. again there might be some option that can view the "full" doc but so far i havent found it.

 Final verdict, If only they could put a better set of camera lenses and spice up the browser and also beef up the music player it'll be perfect for me.

Lucky Me ^^

I was invited to the 2nd Mingle session with DIGI in conjunction with the official Launch of Blackberry Yesterday @ Senso

What actually draws me there of course more than networking and knowing a little more about BlackBerry, its because there's 2 BlackBerry to be won!!

So the session begins with the presentation, mingle session AND FINALLY!! Lucky DRAW!!

All guess's anxiously standing up waiting for their business card to be picked, so Am I!

There's ONLY 2 BlackBerry for the draw, Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Supposingly there's 2 draw as there's only 2 price but The 1st business card drawn and the owner'd left, which means there's 3 draw! *chances increase!* so the 2nd name card held in the hand of announcer does looks like mine, *Am I going to win Curve?!* but when he announce the number starting with "8" heart just knew it wasn't mine.. AND the final Prize! Bold 9000! this time announcer covers the back of the business card making me hard to peep! but he hinted there's a long talk about function n stuff that BlackBerry can do with this lucky winner and he's actually looking my direction! *was it really me!!??* And there goes my number announced!! Whoah! i cant believe that i have actually won a BlackBerry Bold 9000!!

apart from the Grand prize Digi Throws in pretty nice door gift too!!

Nice wooden Box Printed with Digi Logo

There's a nice elegant ball poitn pen and also a ink pen in the box.

And there goes my earliest present this year from Digi

Happy~~

Congrads!!

A quick post to congratulate my lovely kewt kewt dear and also Fab


They're all officially Graduated!!! just yesterday!!  Weee ~~~~~ Congrads gals!!

Okay got not much time today gotta get back to work now

Have a nice one


Cheers!

  

Stay tuned for: 

• Krista Dang Lung Night
• The rest of my sarikei sibu trip
• and much more~
  

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The 2 new born~

Happy burthdaey to the 2 new born~~~ *applause* weee~~~
ya i noe its actual date of these 2 babies are actually born back a year or 2 ago~

but after pages and pages of research and reviews me n dear came to conclusion to adopt these 2 babies

well for me a mobile phone that can make and receive calls, SMSing isn't sufficient enough.. I need sumthin that can keep me on my schedule (especially to-do as i'm really gud at forgettin things from time to time), extra long battery life for all those phone calls, GPS for explore new horizon during weekend... and most important proven track record in terms of its stability and rigidity due to my nature or work.

Well I've been using this little piece of art for more than a week now. It actually exceeds my expectation. Apart from a few firmware bug which google can easily give solution("camera in use by other application" error message; "system error" when new to-do list is added) its a very nice smartphone.

You've Got Mail!

Have you ever came across situation where u misplace something important at places during your vacation and only realize that when you're back to home country?

Well i have... *head growing big and shaping like prawn*

its the phuket trip that me and dear went like about a months ago.. haha [yea.. haven had the time to update the rest of the trip.. but soon it'll come out]

so back to the story.. there wus this photo taken by force with their 'mysterious camera man' hiding at the side of the elephant trek on our elephant ride back at phuket [there's a lot of these mysterious photographer at tourist spot in Thailand. We both tot the pic look quite nice so we bought it as our sweet memories *tahahaha sponge bob laugh* but somehow the photo dropped out of our sight when we checked out of Thantip villa... we only realize it when we got back kch that its not with us..
so we called up Thanthip Villa and checked if the photos's there.. the reception asked me to call back day after as they have to wait for the guess occupiying the room to checkout then only they can help us search the room again. So i called back day after after work and guess wud! they had it.. the housekeeping lady didn't throw it away!! it wus actually dropped between the side desk and the wall... and the housekeeping lady kept it well. i wus so happy the moment they say they had it .. so i emailed them my address and waited for the mail to arrive..

1 week pass.... 2 week pass... untill yesterday i had a flash of this incident over my mind wondering where's the mail.. did they really mail it to me?? did the postman misplace it?? Where did the mail went to???AND TODAY!!! after returning home from work justnow, my mom told me that You've got mail from Thailand!!! I've got mail~Guess Wud's inside!!
our photos!!! hahahaha so i quickly took pics of it and posted it up.



Million thanks to the team at Thanthip Villa for helping us.. it might be nothing for them but the photo means a lot for me and my dear for our 1st cross country trip.. thanks to the manager [who commision the post of the photo using registered mail], the reception [who keep in touch with us untill the photo was found], the house keeping lady [who cleaned our room, making 'flower' out of our randomly put cloths during stay time and most importantly not throwing away the photo] and other ppl involve in search of our photo at Thanthip Villa. Not only you have one of the best environment in town, the most important is your superb service to customer did not stop at the door step. Thankyou.






To be frank, Thanthip Villa is a very nice hotel located very near to the Patong beach at Phuket but slighthly apart from hussle and bussle of Patong which makes the surrounding peace and quiet. I would say its very suitable for groups of friends or family and especially couples. The ambience, standard, cleanliness of the hotel is exceptional, i like the warm hospitality that makes u feel like VIP regardless that we're staying at standard room. My stay at Thanthip Villa was an unforgettable one. I would recon this hotel if anyone wants to stay at Patong beach in Phuket island. *this is not an official ads but i'm just reviewing a little to express my gratitude.*

poor doggy...

this morning when i'm about to go work there's a black dog at my gate..
i didn't think of anything but chase it away to avoid it come into the compound and poo..

but after work when i come back ITS STILL THERE!!!


Its after rain so the poor dog is all wet... i parked and walk to the gate n have a look... its so wet n look so hungry....

i ran in a grab 3 biscuit for it.


look at him... he's a bit terrified... looking left n right and back before approaching my 1st biscuit to him...


Within sec its all eaten....

gosh it must be very hungry...

so i search for summo things and i found few pieces of white bread in the fridge!!
dug some butter and some tuna spread it over the bread and i rush out to the poor dog

just imagine 1 piece of white bread 4 mouth for the dog and its done with a double sandwich...
can i imagine how many days have the dog been starving??

after feeding him thinkin it'll leave to his "house" but who knows he stand at the opposite of the gate like a loyal guard-dog and make that kind of kolien sound.... my god... make me so guilty not keeping it... only if it haven got any skin disease I'll definitely let him in...

well wud to do... i'll go find a durable box for him as a shelter tomorow... dono which heartless owner throw him away... so heartless...

Pls anyone if you know how to take good care of this poor dog don be shy to collect him... he'll be wondering around Jln Ong Tiang Swee

V Day Pressie ^^

Wu huhu expectantly i discovered diok sum evidence days before V day so there wasn't any surprise for the present itself actually hehe

but dear wus very "mysterious" about the way she gives me my 1st V day pressie. 1st little red heart shaped cards wit clue to the 2nd heart-shape little red card and then to the next and all wus hidden all over so i wus running all over from my room to the car and back to my room again where its rewarding to see this:

after dragging my tired body all over the place its so rewarding after all.

V Day = Happy Day~

Valentine's day just pass 48 hours ago, and my lappy has been kidnap by yien so cant update.. *hahaha rubbish reasons huh?*

okay now time for a most recent update about the Valentine's day which just passes.

So wud's valentine's day? couple buy each other flowers, chocolate, bears, candle light dinners and yada yada yada... I dont think so... these are just few of the many elements of V'day.. sumthing needs to be done in order to create a chemistry to blend all of the element together which makes up the true meaning of V'day.. to express sumthin to sumone..

recalling the X'mas eve experience that causes 2 hours plus of food hunting for a decent bowl of mushroom soup and carbonara.. i figure out that its not a wise choice burn the wallet for a choice less, tasteless, unworthy "take-it or leave-it" standardize uncontrolled quality dinner SET.

Its my 1st Valentine with this special gal, and so i tell myself well.. i cant let my 1st valentine as pek cek as the X'mas eve hunting simple food that we want for more than 2 hours getting food that is not as delicious as usual.. so i've decided to use around the same amount of money that would cost a couple to buy a standard SET dinner which every1 else wud hav had on V'day and make my very own "cheft at hum V day experience" for her.

My time was tight as recently my grandma has admitted into hospital and she need sum1 to look after her 24/7 plus my current contract has shrink into 2 years contract instead of 2 years and 4 months. Time's tight which means less time to tangkap ular.. and not to mention preparation..

On sum random brainstorming during day dream session, my mind generate the picture that i want on that night piece by piece.. little touch of the scene we 1st meet with all other element that she mention that she likes.. *hehe its more then our 1st Vday so effort is a must lo* cumulatively 8~10 hours surveying materials for decos, 3~4 hours doing purchasing.. and left 1 more day to the BIG day... hour plus to clean and rearrange my room [yup too long din do room keeping.. haha] since its night time i pull the running LED lights and set-up the dim light to test the effect.

on the morning of Vday we had breakfast like usual at the place wher we use to go. *I don wanna make much different so that the surprise level wud be emphasis on the night hehe* after sending her back hum after bfast, i rush to the site to finish up my task, being a bit dizzy after whole morning of restless job i drove my car for a wash and rest for a bit while waiting the car to be done. after that another round of rushing begins, collecting flowers and went back hum to prepare the balloons and sum final decos for fresh roses pedals, candlelight dinner tables and chairs so on which tooks the entire afternoon away... and so i had to continue cooking and then rush for a quick but clean shower making sure there's no food smell on me that cud leak my surprise.. * i wus actuallly quite worried that she doesn't like this arrangement... i really had very limited time to do all this.. and when i finish i myself still thinks there's lack of sumthin..

but anyway herecomes the night...
When i went to her house its quite dark so the bouquet of red and champagne color roses is tidily hide behind the tinted glasses before she enters the car, and when she enters the smile on her face just comforts me so much.. knowing my work is getting appreciated although the quality of the flower is less than i expected.. anyway i tricked her saying i had to go hum to take sumthin that i forgot..
reaching house i told her to help me get the things i left while i do sumthin downstairs, and in a flash i grab a lighter speed up to my room and light up the candle on the dining table before she comes in. double checking the lights are dim and music is on i let her into my room. the moment she enters i can feel that she's happy enuf that tears are coming out.. that moment i felt that all these things i did is so worth it and luckily i did wud i think i sud do...the hunting for a equally nice n cute bouquet of bears, baloons, roses, cooking preparation all are priceless the moment she smile from her heart.

We took our sweet time having dinner i prepare earlier in the comfort of my own room. Mushroom soup to start with follow by my signature classic spaghetti *though that night is a bit too dry hehe* camwhoring along the way and wraps up everything with Choc mud [a must for Vday ma], her favourite black forest all from secret recipe, flush down with nice and cold beer when we finish.

After that we went out finding ideal places to take photo for memories but then my energy level has really gone down by that time so i'd all sleepy face the photo session haha... but we really enjoyed our 1st Vday.

p/s: din have much photo through the process actually cuz of very limited time.. but anyway the photo that night its all at: here *hehe all photo has already nicely edited liao ma so i can curi tulan a bit lo ho hehe

RUBIK'S CUBE

just~ recently had a rush wanted to get an rubik's cube to kill the time after lunch instead of sleep away the life... hahaha and guess wud!!! I GOT IT!!!! A NICE and proper 1!!! hehehehehe


but then after the package was open i haven got the chance to take a virgin photo of the cube and its jumbled up ... noty yien.. hahaha

hmm i'll try not to read any technique or solution and solve my 1st puzzle.. hehe that'll kill even more time ma~ WISH ME LUCK!!

THE EARLIEST POST EVA~~

gosh look at the clock!! ITS ONLY 6.58!!! just 15 mins ago i was woken by the hammering or door.... BAM BAM BAM!!! i was still half way in my dream... and wonder wud's happening.... the 1st thing i did was grab my mini clock to check the time.. OMG!!! the minite hand was pointing at 1 minute pass number 9!!! DID I OVER SLEPT ??!! i grab my watch my phone looking at the same minutes display... without delay in a speed of light i prepare myself... after preparing everything i was much more awake cuz my blood circulation escaladed few time for that kind of shock... then finally when i grab my phone checking my 1st item in my "To-Do-List" THEN only i realize sumthing....its only merely 7 o clock.....oh..man..... I'M 15 MINs EARLIER!!! NO WONDER MY ALARM ALL DIDN'T CHIME!!!! now from a supposingly guilty day turns out that i'v so many time to waste b4 i really head off to work....so~ ended up posting the earliest post ever...hahaha the "BIG BAM" is actually for my bro...not me... he's late for i dono wud...

anyway HAV A GUD DAYS FOLKS!!i'm gonna get sum food for myself b4 i start my day =)

My 24th BD [Part 3 / 4]

sunday mornin~ he wakes up~ ring ring ring on the bell~
its time for brush up~ perfect smile
isn't he lucky~ he's a star~ hahaha ok enuf britney's gonna kill me for spoiling her song..


lucky me got my 2nd celebration at Koreana. dee says actually got a bigger surprise if it hasn't clash with my school reunion dinner de, but its ok la~ wu xin du ho dy ma rite hehe =)

we ordered a seafood soup and bulgogi for the mains. although the food we ordered that noon doesn't taste as delicious as it always use to be [mayb dinner cheft is more experienced??] but i really appreciate all u galz sacrifice sleeping time to be with me for lunch hahaha thanks !!

making summore wishes~~hehe

Tada~~ my 4th gift~ thanks gals!!

My 24th BD [Part 2 / 4]

WUAH~~ yien and fab is even faster than me...

ookay~ so this is the my part 2 of my 24th BD
Location: Pop wave II
time: after the school reunion dinner ard 10


I think its a gud idea having dinner at pop wave.. although the sound system is not as gud as the 1 at flaminggo, but the overall service, cleanliness, facilities, price and all kind of other things satisfy me. Hmm or mayb its the 天时地利人和 all exist at once?? so comes out a happy and memorable BD lo~ thanks to All u guys and gals though! *big hugs*

loads of things happen that night as the time ticks officially into my 24th year on earth
ppl sing, dance, drink, go crazy, camera's light flashes all over, dare deviling with happy ending *nyek nyek* and many more~


hae hae hae~ my 1st shoot!! dono y that night don have any dizzyness at all.. still very awake after all together 3 solo challenge and 2 group solo challenge which comes out to be 6 glass plus


shhhh~~ making wishes~ and so let my wishes come true ^^

wuhu! Gift Gift gift and gifts~~~ thanks All of u guys and gals, glad we're still as crazy as we were in secondary time, thanks for the time, the surprise, the gifts the everything~ many thanks!!
and ofcuz last but not least special thanks to yien for the luvly gift extended time to be there and also gifts *nyek nyek* ^^ *zan dai sek*




My 1st 3 Gift of my 24th BD~




hmmm just discovered sumthin... forget to snap a group photos la~~

here's me and yien pic of da day hehe

day 3...another but last boring day..

another boring but at last the last day at first aid training course hosted but a very old fashion ah mu...

she's not only slow [slower than 打太极] she needs everything to be soo perfect... can u imagine she needs the knot to be tied not too hard but not too soft and has to be presented beautifully flat... i mean hello~~ its not a gift ok~~ we need to act fast so just tie the knot so that it won fall off during the journey to hospital enuf dy wad... tie so pretty... tok mei~~

that's just 1 example how unreasonable she thought us... but lets not mention her... she's old after all haha so cant blame her for her culture and edu that she experienced [err mii tuo fuo...san zai san zai... not gud talking back at ppl esp old ppl haha... but cant help not to mention... 3 DAYSSSS facing her betahan ah...

but anyway... atleast i had my lunch at another nice shop at the same street as my 1st day lunch



and my food of that day~~ very tastily sweet by itself's seafood soup shared with my collegue
and also


金玉饭
well it may look like pataya style rice at first but its actually a piece of prawn fried egg..... haha kena tipu by its look on the menu... if it was fried rice inside then it sud be much worth it ..

anyway the soup is more tasty than the 1st day's sparepart soup haha which out of my expectation...