BEWARE!!!

I dunno why i still have the mood to edit photos although i am fuming right now... I was just conned by mr yellowman and mr HTC!!!

The story unfolded when i came back from the Philippines.. I was shocked to see my digi unbilled amount.. It was RM190 and i called Digi customer service.. They told me they could not do anything unless the bill is out.. Alright, fair enough... I had to wait for another ten days for them to process my bill.. Bill was finally out then when i called them the second time. Lodged a report and they promised to get back to me within 24 to 48 hours.. Reason? They have to check with the billing department.. I waited for few days after that and there wasn't any reply.. I finally called them again.. Promise after promise were made but none was fulfilled.. They were unlucky because i had the time to call and pressure them almost everyday.. Each time, they got a free lecture from me... And finally, today, i got my answer...

My phone has this function enabling it to connect to the internet automatically, meaning it was connected to the internet almost 24/7.. I thought i am smart enough to have changed the settings through my previous experience but i was wrong.. They still have their way... Somehow.. WTF!! To make things worst, i was in the Phillipines that time.. Why would i want that kind of service which cost a bomb? Nothing can be done apart from paying for the service that i had never use.. Legally, they are not wrong... But ethically, they are very very wrong.. Professionalism, professionalism.... people!!! Indeed they are professional... A professional con man..

A WARNING to you guys out there!!! The auto connection is applicable to most of the phone models out there eg. iphone, blackberry, HTC.. Check it out before they rob you off your money!!!

Another thing... There is this kind of function where the phone connects automatically to the GPRS while u were connected through WIFI.. It happens when the WIFI signal is weak..

These functions are applicable to other countries where their data services are affordable.. But in Malaysia?? Hell no...

our culture.. not..

I just found out in fact, the shopping centre management also doesn't want us to toss our coins into the water feature..

Perhaps that amount of money is not enough to even repair the spoilt water feature..

Our culture?

Is it our culture that whenever we see pots, containers, ponds or water features, we must toss our coins into them? Isn't it a bad omen as it signifies throwing our money away? Funny lar especially us Chinese.. I used to do that before too but not now because i am broke.. :) Can't afford to throw away money d.. I think other races in Malaysia are also picking up this culture.. Have seen them tossing coins into ponds too.. lol...

Previously they do that in temples or other more 'reasonable' places.. Ok, i understand.. Maybe for charity... But now, they do that too in shopping centres... Why lar??

Eh people, those are not wishing well too...

Next time, if i have my own pharmacy, i will set up a water feature with a pot in it also... Might earn me another few hundred bucks every month..

Fourth one

Had a sudden push to change the header of my blog this afternoon.. :) It took me quite some time to align the picture to the rectangular box.. Stupid blogger.. Anyway this is my fourth one.. It has a different 'feel' compared to the previous three..

I don't want to eat curry rice anymore..

What's so bad with eating curry rice?

Because...

In Malaysian context, it means u're in a jail

In Singaporean context, it means u're in a funeral

So, why eat curry rice since we have so many thing else to eat right? :p

Philippines 19May - 4June 2010

I am shedding my skin like a snake now.. Thanks to the sunburn i got from the Philippines..

I know it's weird to have this kind of intro.. This is because I have decided to go random, to type anything that comes across my mind when i post this entry.. :) I realised that it's hard to get myself started when i have too many things to blog about.. And finally, i end up not blogging..

To begin with, I was back for about five days now from the Philippines.. Honestly, i have never thought that i will visit Philippines in my entire life.. It is so alien to us in Malaysia really.. It all started with the invitation by Dr Ignatio to join the workcamp in Alegria in conjunction with our elective module.. Was a bit reluctant to join in the first place because i had earlier planned to buy a DSLR and play with it as my elective.. But i guess it will be a rare opportunity for us to join a camp like this, especially in the Philippines.. I can be very sure that i won't be travelling to the Philippines for my entire life if not for the workcamp.. It was a difficult decision.. Between temptation and opportunity.. In the end i chose Philippines, hopping that i will get my DSLR later... lol....

On the 19th May, i flew to Singapore alone to meet Kin Man, Kwong Howe and Boon Fong.. As planned, we toured Singapore and put a night there in the terminal.. We slept on the floor of the arrival hall in terminal 2.. It was quite a rare sight as there were only four of us there.. Thank god the security didn't chase us away..

We flew to Cebu the next day for the workcamp.. Not going to talk about every single thing that happened there or else i will be writing a thesis..

So, what's interesting there in the Philippines?

1. Toilet

The public toilets in Philippines are really clean to the extent that u can sleep in it.. Exaggerating only lar... But seriously, the toilets there are very clean.. Ashame to say that Malaysia's public toilets are way dirtier than theirs.. booo.........

2.Food

They have nice food there, especially the barbequed ones.. Have already started to miss their barbequed food.. But the food in the Philippines are either very very very salty or very very very sweet.. Hope i don't come back with diabetes or hypertension..

3.Jeeps

They have some taxis there... But the most interesting thing is the jeeps aka jeepnees, colourful ones.. Jeeps are the main public transport there.. Each trip cost us 7 pesos ( about 50 cents )... The unique part is the way they modified the vans and lorries into what they called 'jeepnees'

4.Beach

I can't think of a suitable adjective to describe the beaches there.. They are just so wonderful.. It is like Redang everywhere in Cebu.. :)

Am glad to have put myself in this workcamp.. It was a tough one but it's definitely worth it.. Once again, it gave me the chance to open my eyes and experience tonnes of new things.. I saw starfish and touched them for the first time... I saw the planet Saturn with the telescope that was used to capture planet images for NASA..

Thanks Dann for guiding us during our stay in Cebu.. :)