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• A new PC not now

 by Stanley, March 6, 2010

I was planning on getting a new PC a few months ago. An AMD Athlon 620 Quad core CPU, 2GB RAM and ATI 4650 among other specs. But I procrastinated. Also because I felt RAM prices is at an all time high right now.

But now that I think about it, I’m kinda pleased with putting off the purchase. The kids, especially my two-year-old girl is extremely noisy and active around the house. I cannot isolate myself into a room because I have to constantly keep an eye on her. So she is a really huge distraction whenever I need to get some work done. I’m not making full use of my PC like how I used to so I’d rather not buy a new PC now.

• The new cambodian maid

 March 5, 2010
Indonesian maids have one very significant advantage to Malaysian employers, that is the ability to understand Bahasa Malaysia despite the different dialects between two nations. When we decided to hire a Cambodian maid instead of Indonesian, we were told there’ll be a communication problem. It is very unlikely she’ll be able to understand a word [...]
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• Wife is coughing terribly

 March 4, 2010
Parenthood is driving both of us up the wall. My wife is coughing terrible for two days now. Last night, our baby boy just wouldn’t want to sleep and woke up every one or two hours. My wife barely slept for two hours straight. Whenever one of us gets sick, it stresses out our partner. [...]
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• Why I hate Toblerone

 February 6, 2010
This is easy. It’s the shape goddammit. I understand the triangle chocolates are an identity for Toblerone. But it just doesn’t work for me. It’s not as bad when I have the conveniece of unwrapping, cutting it into small pieces and eating it at home. But I would never buy a Toblerone bar, say at [...]
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• 16 Grand Slam titles for Federer!

 January 31, 2010
Marvellous! Roger Federer wins another Grand Slam title and that makes him two more titles clear of Sampras’s record of 14. It felt like only yesterday when my wife (then girlfriend) and I were watching him on TV playing his Wimbledon 2003 semi-finals against Roddick. That match was an eye-opener for me. Federer schooled Roddick good [...]
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• Magento on SSD flies

 January 24, 2010
Having experienced web development in a workstation built with an overclocked Intel i5, 4GB of RAM and Intel 40GB SSD, I am stunned how much smoother and quicker things get done with these top of the range hardware. Well, not exactly the top of the range I admit, but pretty high up on the technology [...]
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• Go Federer

 January 21, 2010
The Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam event is well under way. As always, I’m rooting for Federer. It would be absolutely sublime is he can add one or two more grand slam to his record setting 15 slams already achieved. But looming around is the dangerous Nadal, the only man who threatens Federer’s dominance. If [...]
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