boon's log 4307.07: Ab's Holiday/MC week...

The past week was supposed to be Ab's mid-term break from school. It was supposed to be a stress-free week for the Mommy and daddy, rushing from work to school and baby-sitter's, and of course, also a little break for the little one from school - but I think it is more of the former than the latter.

However, the Friday just before the school break, Ab caught a bad cold/flu bug from school - a few of her classmates were already down with the virus since the beginning of the week.

It was so bad for Ab that she shivered in the middle of the night, with fever up to ~39C, and we had to rush her to the A&E at 5AM... talk about a stress-free week. And the doctor gave her 9 different types of medicine (!!!).


Ab's 9 type of medicine...

Poor girl. At first we were afraid that it was H1N1 Flu-A virus. The doctor took a swab from her nostrils for the labs, and in an hour, we were told that the results were negative - what a relief!!!

Anyways, she got better speedily with the help of the medicine(s)... just in time for school to start again... what a school break. Good thing we did not have any vacations planned for this week, else it would have been a worse let-down.

boon out...

boon's log 4210.07: R8 Wannabe...

Look at what just rolled into our apartment complex carpark?


TT with R8 bodykit


TT with R8 bodykit, Penang

From far, and to the untrained eye (like mine) it could have passed as an Audi R8 - a whopping RM1.4mil of power drive. But with closer inspection, you will find that it is just an Audi TT with an R8 body kit. Ok, I don't mean to belittle the the TT - it is still a beauty to behold, but slapping an R8 body-kit on it somehow defiles the authenticity of the TT, don't you think? I kinda like the TT in it's ori form. Well, not that you'll see me in an Audi TT anytime soon... :) Maybe I should get an R8 bodykit for my Nissan, eh? ;P

Well, enjoy your weekend - what's left of it.


boon out...

boon's log 4110.06: BK's in da' house!

FINALLY! After years and years of waiting, Burger King has finally landed in Penang. And of course, many Penang-ites (local or imported) were ecstatic when they heard the news. IL and I were 2 of them - every since news about it's arrival, we've been thinking about going to give it a try. And we finally did on one fine October evening.

We've been warned about the elevated PRICE one has to pay for a piece of burger. IL and I both ordered the same thing - Whopper meal with onion rings, up-sized. It came up to a total of about RM31 - a "whopping" RM15 per person. But I have to admit that their burger are much bigger than McDonald's burgers - and it tastes better also - it's true, I have to admit that though they are all burgers, but BK's burger tastes a lot better than McD's.

Even though people complain about the price, but there are still a whole lot of people queuing up when we arrived. Customers of all ages, from all walks of lives, putting aside their differences, to queue up and declare we are 1Burger-King, "Whoppers First, OnionRings Now!"


The Queue.



Our first meal at Burger King Penang.


Truly home of the WHOPPing big burgER


For those who do not know where it is - take the Sg Pinang exit as you cruise along the coastal highway and head towards the sea - i.e. if you are coming from Bayan Lepas, turn right at the Sg Pinang/Coastal Highway underpass; if you are coming from Georgetown, turn left).

So, people are already asking if this BK is going to be able to sustain - especially with the Super Value Lunch meals offered by McDonald's which is almost like 2.5x cheaper than BK. For me, I will definitely go back and support BK - if not for anything else, at least for its name-sake! ;P

boon out...

boon's log 4010.07: A (2nd) new breath of life...

I recently reported that my Asus (sort of) slipped into a coma a few weeks back due to internal fan issues, and we ordered from PCHub.com - which we later found out was a company in Singapore. And they kept to the estimated timeline of 5-7 business days, true their word. Well, it also partially depended on the trust-worthiness of our POS Malaysia - yeah, because I selected DHL GlobalMail, DHL will hand it over to your local postal services to do the final lap of the delivery. When I learned about that, I prayed DOUBLY hard... y'all know about our POS Malaysia, right? Dumping mails along highways, etc.

Anyway, They have renewed my trust in them by delivering the fans on time. And with that, my good ol' Asus was given a second lease of life (the 1st being a HDD failure). Oh, did I mention that I bought 2 fans from PCHub.com, just in case? Kiasu... All in all, it came up to about RM76 - which cheaper than the price I have to pay the tech-guys at the Asus Service center to accept my PC for service - not including the labor and part charges. Well, my baby's back, and much more silent... Purrr...

P/S: With that, I am a semi-partially self-certified Asus Service Tech. You can reach me at my email addy here.


The arrival...


The Twins...


The journey into the deep begins...


The Replacement


AHhhh... the breath of new life...


boon out...