Friday, August 24, 2007
Telekom Malaysia Makan Duit
Dear Mr. Ganee{omitted},
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
We write in response to your complaint at TMpoint Plaza Kelana Jaya dated 16th August 2007 pertaining to the matter above.
We refer to your refund request of RM 69.65, kindly be informed that upon checking in our system, we found that your card has expired and the account was closed on 30th July 2005.
Please note that after checking with related department, they have confirmed that they are unable to process your request as the refund of prepaid card is only considered valid if there was damage or error on that card.
Due to that, we are sorry to inform you that we are unable to process your request due to above reason.
Should you require further assistance or would like to submit any enquiry / feedback, kindly visits www.tm.net.my and click ?Need Help? Contact our Customer Service?.
Thank you.
Regards,
Noorliza Binti Noordin,
Customer Care Support, Internet Services,
Customer Service Management,
TM Retail
www.tm.net.my
(ICOMS#6289337-368285)
-----Previous Response-----
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:08 PM
To: {omitted}
Subject: transfer credited amount to other streamyx account
Dear Mr. Ganee{omitted},
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
We write in response to your complaint at TMpoint Plaza Kelana Jaya dated 16th August 2007 pertaining to the matter above.
We refer to your request, kindly be informed that we have forwarded this matter to the relevant department to proceed with further investigation. For the time being, they are conducting a thorough investigation. We highly appreciate your co-operation to give us some time for this and we will do our best to resolve this matter. Once there is feedback, we will update you.
Should you require further assistance or would like to submit any enquiry / feedback, kindly visits www.tm.net.my and click ?Need Help? Contact our Customer Service?.
Thank you.
Regards,
Noorliza Binti Noordin,
Customer Care Support, Internet Services,
Customer Service Management,
TM Retail
www.tm.net.my
-----Previous Response-----
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 4:08 PM
To:{omitted}
Subject: transfer credited amount to other streamyx account
Kepada Encik Ganee{omitted},
Terima kasih di atas maklumbalas anda. TMpoint Kelana Jaya telah mengajukan kes anda untuk perhatian kami. Kami memohon maaf diatas kelewatan membalas maklumbalas ini.
Berhubung dengan pertanyaan anda mengenai bil, kam ingin memaklumkan bahawa pihak kami telah menghantar pertanyaan anda mengenai bil kepada Bahagian Pengebilan kami untuk bantuan selanjutnya.
Pihak Pengebilan kami akan menghubungi pihak anda setelah siasatan telah selesai. Kami memohon maaf di atas kesulitan yang dihadapi dan sokongan yang diberikan amat dihargai.
Sekiranya terdapat sebarang pertanyaan atau maklum balas, sila layari laman web www.tm.net.my dan klik "Need Help? Contact our Customer Service".
Kami berharap agar sentiasa dapat memberikan perkhidmatan yang terbaik.
Yang benar,
Suria
Customer Care Support, Internet Services,
Customer Service Management,
TM Retail.
www.tm.net.my
-----Original Message-----
From: Ganee{omitted}
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:08 PM
Subject: transfer credited amount to other streamyx account
I don't remember slotting the prepaid card into the modem in order to use the internet. I don't even remember closing the account. If the card is expired and I lose my balance, then why did your customer support ask me to file a refund?
Ohh well, knowing TM, its an uphill battle and I am tired.
TM, you guys surely dah makan duit orang sebelum ni... takpa lah... makan lah RM 69.65 tu. Cukupkan for your next annual profit statement yang berbillion tu. Tapi saya tetap haramkan RM 69.65 tu....
Monday, August 13, 2007
FeedDemon vs Google Reader
Update! 13th January 2008
FeedDemon is now FREE! I have downloaded the version 2.6. Looks like they have upgraded the interface. Whats new?
- Free online Gator account. Now you can sync your view your feeds online and sync with your mobile phone as well. All FREE!
- Thumbnail images instantly shows up on top of the feed listings.
- Have a Panic Button to mark all feed read.
- Prefetch items for offline reading.. cool
- Able to read in 3 modes, full post, summary and headlines - similar to Google reader.
- Add feeds to My Clipping for later viewing. Nice.
Its been a real challenge for me to decide which RSS reader I am going to be using. I have been using FeedDemon for a year now, but after watching this video, my interest in Google Reader was renewed.
FeedDemon
- Includes Podcatcher and syncs to my Windows Media which in turns syncs to my PDA. A real advantage.
- Offline reading.
- Newsbin
- 3 column view (Configurable)
- Fast!
- Simple to use with AJAX features
- Love the OPML import features
- Offline reading now with Google Gear
- AJAX integration with keyboard keystrokes
- Play podcast immediately from the browser
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Insult on Islam and Country
So, he apologises. Why no video? Was it sincere or due to pressure from Big G? You rapped in video and I want to see the apology in video!!
- Negarakuku - Translation of its lyrics in Malay
- University student comes under fire for video clip
- MCA seeking to calm uproar over music video
"However, Ong stressed on Saturday that the party would not tell the family if Wee had been right or wrong to make the video." - The Star
- I am more appalled that MCA is going to calm the matter and not ticking the father off. What nonsense? Tan Sri, why no police report on this?
"In Muar, DAP Youth chief Nga Kor Ming has invited Wee to join the party, saying that it did not find his "rapping" of the national anthem an insult.He said Wee was “very creative”, adding that the party could use his talent." - The Star
- Its not DAP needs him, its DAP need less people like you. What a dumb ass? You plan to rap thru the GE?
Our country Malaysia is multi-racial and multi-religion. All of us have to be tolerant and respect each other's religion and customs. I read another blog, a Chinese blogger who was annoyed that Muslims double park outside mosques on Fridays. Come one, go to Jalan Gasing on Saturdays, they double park in front of the church. But don't we all tolerate it?
I am one with the Government on this, extradite this moron back here and give him a lifetime imprisonment. Make sure his cell mate is a big burly gay guy who doesn't shower.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Fuming mad with McDonalds Kelana Jaya
I had my lunch around 3-4 PM. I was very hungry when I entered McD Kelana Jaya around 11.10 pm. This what happen:-
- As I entered I notice the environment was rather hot. No air con?
- Order my CFO and cheeseburger. I was told to wait for my cheeseburger.
- So I paid and waited beside the counter.
- Suddenly my cashier was changed with another person. My cashier went missing.
- I don't know what time was it.. but i think it was around 11.15 PM.
- I waited, waited and waited to be served. My cashier was still missing. 11.18 PM.
- It was 11.25 PM. I was boiling inside. An hungry man is an angry man.
- 11.26 PM, the new cashier notice I was waiting and ask what I was waiting for, I said cheeseburger. Then cashier shouted to the kitchen "cheeseburger!" and I didn't see any. Tak kan baru nak suruh buat?
- I blew my top "HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING!!?", then she shouted back to the kitchen "cheeseburger!".
- "IS THIS WANT YOU CALL FAST FOOD!!" - I shouted to them. Everyone stopped to look. Then my original cashier came running out, and miraculously my cheeseburger arrived!
- While waiting, those Mat Rempit of McD Delivery was staring at me. So the customer is wrong?
- Mistakes here?
- I should have kept my cool, but I just couldn't contain it anymore. I was hungry and left there unattended. I got really pissed when they had to reorder my food.
- My cashier went missing after taking my order.
- The new cashiers didn't know my situation.
- Why the original cashier didn't come back to attend to me or inform the new cashier that I was waiting?
- Why was not I informed the time of the burger would be ready.
- Why was I not given a drink and ask to sit down?
- The best part I couldn't find any email or phone number in McDonald Malaysia website to file in a complain. So much for customer service and McD is an international brand.
- I am going to lay off McD for a while.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Royal Fight
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Installing PHP 5 & Apache 2 on Windows Vista
- Download PHP from http://www.php.net/downloads.php. I first installed the MSI version, but then it caused more problem than good. I download the zip package instead.
- Once that is done, download Apache from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi. This one I choose the MSI version.
- Unzip the PHP zip file. You can store is anywhere, but the usual practise is C:\php. But its up to you.
- Once done, now run Apache setup file. For installation steps - http://wamp.corephp.co.uk/step_07.php
- For Apache, you can run it as service using port 80 or via console using port 8080. Its up to you. I am using console since I still need the stupid IIS to run .Net.
- Now, go open the C:\php folder. Rename the file php.ini-recommended to php.ini. Open the file. Look for the value "doc_root". After the "=" sign, type this "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs". This will tell PHP to look for the web files at the mentioned folder. You can always change the path.
- Now save the file. You can do the other tweaking later on.
- Open your Windows Explorer to "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\default".
- Rename the file httpd-win.conf to httpd.conf. Open the file in notepad or any editor of your choice.
- Now comes the part that caused me the most headache. Telling Apache to parse PHP.
- Look for within .conf file for DSO. Under it there will be a bunch LoadModule statements. Just on top of the first statement, type this
- # PHP5LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"PHPIniDir "C:/php"AddType application/x-httpd-php .phpAddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
- Next look for the value DocumentRoot. Make sure it looks like this - DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
- Now save the file and copy the file out to "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf" folder level.
- Almost there... now depending on your Apache setup earlier, try this http://localhost/ or http://localhost:8080/. You should be welcomed with "It Works!" message.
- Make sure Apache is running. If your running console, use the CMD command and "cd" to "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin" and type httpd. Don't close the windows, its your web server running!
- Now the acid test. Create a php file with the following syntax
<?php
Save it as phpinfo.php in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs.
phpinfo();
?> - Now run again http://localhost/phpinfo.php or http://localhost:8080/phpinfo.php.
- You should be able to see all the PHP config information.
- If you don't, then probably there is some PHP or Apache config error. Good luck!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Fitness First Review : Menara Maxis
- Parking, you must be either very rich or insane to park in KLCC. For the rest of us, park at Avenue K. Its much cheaper. Weekends its a flat rate of RM 1. I can't remember on weekdays, but its not that expensive.. probably RM 2 for the first hour.
- Avenue K is connected to KLCC via the tunnel. The tunnel connect the KLCC LRT station to Suria KLCC. Either that, you can cross the street at the zebra crossing.
- Security is tight, so handover you IC or FF membership card to the security personel for registration purpose. You will get an access card in return. Scan it at the turnstile.
- There is a dedicated lift for FF here. Its the first one on your right. 3rd floor.
- Recently FF installed a turnstile, so you gotta swipe your membership card again before entering the gym.
- Well as you enter, you first hit the receptionist table. I don't want to comment much here, you go yourself and judge.
- Men changing room is on the left and the ladies on the right as you enter.
- 2 floor split.
- Changing room is OK, clean. Lockers look pretty old. The funny thing is the shower room. They have this tall glass shower room and yet, no hooks. How to hang lah?
- Cardio is fun here, all the machines are facing the window. So you can run, huff and puff while looking at the KL traffic + the construction work of Four Season. Enjoy.
- Some cardio machine, have this funny 5" LCD monitor. Lots of treadmill.
- Machines, I would say they have a complete sets of machines. They have those elusive machines such as glutes, calves and etc. Double of lateral pull down, rows, pulldowns... thumbs up!
- Now for those hardcore guys, your place is upstairs. The freeweights area is not the big, but big enough. 2 bench press machines, 1 smith machine and a 4-5 work bench. However the machines here are like in Manulife. Looks like hardcore Muscle Beach benches.
- Dumbbells can be limited at some time if there is a crowd.
- There is a quiet gym room for those looking for solidarity. Quite a large room.
- Chicks - this one no need to talk so much. Your center of KL, you know there will be hot mamas around.
- Only one thing I dislike is the abs area is under the staircase. You are like crunching and then you get to see people's ass chugging up and down the stairs. Come to think of it, its not that bad at all...
Ratings?



FF Island Plaza
FF Manulife
FF IOI Mall Puchong
FF Menara Axis
FF The Curve
FF DU
FF Consplant
Installing Ruby on Rails on Windows Vista
- http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html
- http://allaboutruby.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/installing-rails-on-windows-step-by-step-tutorial/
- Head to http://www.rubyonrails.org/down
- Download Ruby from http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167. You can download this http://rubyforge.iasi.roedu.net/files/rubyinstaller/ruby186-25.exe. At the time of writing, Ruby is at version 1.86.
- Download RubyGem from http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126. You can download this - http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/20990/rubygems-0.9.4.zip. RubyGem is a packager for Ruby. You need this to run many stuff later on. At the time of writing, RubyGem is at version 0.9.4.
- Next is MySQL. Head to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#win32. Download MySql 5.0 Community Server. I assume you are not running enterprise level application. Download the Windows Essential version. http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-essential-5.0.41-win32.msi/from/http://mysql.oss.eznetsols.org/
- Your download folder should look something like below:-
- Run ruby186-25.exe. It will do all the installation. Just sit tight. Once its done, go to your search box and type in cmd. Once the command prompt screen pops up, type this "cd c:\ruby\bin" (I assume you have installed Ruby in C drive). Then type "ruby -v". If you have installed correct, it will show the version. If not, you have to reinstall Ruby again.

- Excellent. Now lets install RubyGem. Unzip rubygems-0.9.4.zip. Click on setup.rb. The setup will run in command window.
- Once done, now you need to run post-install.rb. This will create the RUBYOPT environment variable to the value rubygems in Windows. More information at http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3.
- Well, we are done with RubyGem, now Rails. Open the command prompt window. Type "c:\ruby\bin ". Now type this "gem install rails --include-dependencies". What happens now that it will fetch the latest Rails framework from http://gems.rubyforge.org/ .
- Don't worry if its slow and looks like its hanged, its downloading. There is a standalone package, but I haven't tried installing it that way. Once done you will see the screen as below (look at the 3rd last line in the screen):-
- Now is MySQL. Unzip mysql-5.0.41-win32.zip and run the setup.exe. I am not going to explain on the steps here. You can refer to to section II of http://allaboutruby.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/installing-rails-on-windows-step-by-step-tutorial/
- Thats it. Your done! You are ready to launch your Ruby application. Just to note, your Ruby application file can reside other drives either than C.
- To create your application, open up the command prompt. Assuming its at D drive, type "D:\", then "mkdir projects", then "cd projects", then "rails myfirstproject". (You can replace the word "myfirstproject" with any words of your choice. Rails will create all the file structure for you.
- Then type "cd myfirstproject" if you are not in the newly created directory. Then type "ruby script/server". This will boot up WEBrick web server. Btw, don't close this windows as it will shutdown your webserver.
- Type in http://127.0.0.1:3000. Tada! You have your Ruby application up and running. Well almost....
- There are additional steps, however you can refer to section IV of http://allaboutruby.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/installing-rails-on-windows-step-by-step-tutorial/.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Maxis e-billing with Mozilla
1. Open your Mozilla browser (version 2 and above).
2. Type into your address bar "about:config". This will list out a list of parameters.
3. Below the address bar there is a filter bar. Type in the word "security". This will be bring you to the first parameter on security.
4. Look for security.ssl2.des_64 until security.ui.enable parameter. Mark them and all other parameters between them, double click on the value column and make sure all of them are changed to "true".
5. Restart your Mozilla browser.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Songkran in Thailand
2nd time in Thailand but first time in Bangkok. We took the AirAsia flight to Suvarnabumi Airport, Thailand. Below are the bullet points of my entire trip:-
Airport
- One of the most amazing airport I have ever seen. Its huge! Way bigger than KLIA.
- The blue lights looks beautiful matching the airport exterior design.
- Its huge!
- Very modern and yet it blends together with the Thai culture. Alot of statues in the airport as a deco.
- Thai immigration officers are damn rude. I seen many times how they treat tourists. They shout at them for the slightest mistake. They never smile, and you will think, this are the front liners of Thai government and they don't smile or even say Thank You.
- Waiting for luggage is the same as KLIA. Long wait.
- Walking from point A to B in this airport is really a task. Sometimes it feels like going thru a maze.
- There is no standard uniform for immigration officers here, some wear uniform, others wear suit (a suit!?), normal shirt... aiya....
- I saw a Israel airline! First time in my life. All this while I didn't know Israel had airlines, just warplanes.
Deco in the Airport
Taxi
- We got a cab from the airport. Their standard taxis are Toyota Altis. Yup, the exact same one that is costing us RM 100K here.
- Now, important lesson about Thai taxis. Always ask the price before you get in. Negotiate for the best price. Why? Even if you ask them to use the meter, they will use the longest route to get to your destination. Its always a lose-lose situation for us.
- Yes, all taxi drivers in Thai are disgruntled ex-F1 drivers. So put on your crash helmet.
City
- I was amazed with the city. Everything is huge here.
- They have about 8 to 4 lanes highway stretching from the airport to the city and the toll is much cheaper compared to KL. Most of the roads leading into and out of the city are highways. Some are elevated highways. We went to Pattaya on an elevated highway. I think we were on the highway for about 1 hour or so. Compare to our Prolintas. You do the math.
- BKK is very modern city compared to KL. The city is well planned, but can't say much about traffic congestion. They have digital traffic congestion signboard.
- Bill boards are triple the size of those in KL.
- While on the trip to Pattaya, left and rights were factories. Not just one but just factories all over until your eyes can see. Huge economy here.
- They really have huge malls here. Sadly didn't managed to venture into one.
- So many fitness centers here. I didn't managed to go to Fitness First here. They have FF Plus - with salt water swimming pool!

Songkran - now for the best part
- Songkran is synonym to water festival. Basically they throw water on you and wish you Happy New Year. I guess it started with sprinkling of water as a blessing but some smart aleck decided to take it further with water guns.
- I met with my friend and his wife (who became our host) and they took us around to celebrate Songkran. Well thinking Songkran was over, I wore my T-Shirt and Jeans. What a mistake.
- We got onto a Tuk-Tuk (Yeah! finally), and he brought us around from our hotel. The next thing I knew, every corner there will be a group of ppl waiting with pails of water. Seriously, PAILS of WATER. They have past the water gun stage here.
- After one round of getting splashed with water (I didn't get hit much), my friend said "Ganee, hold this water gun, hold it?". Well OK. Bad move.
- Well, the rule of the thumb is if you hold a water gun, your gonna get it. I learn this the hard way.
- What I saw next was, WATER, WATER and WATER. Splash! Blink open eyes, SPLASH! SPLASH! We are talking about buckets here ppl.
- BKK was hot and didn't rain, but the roads were wet until the next day. That much water was used.
- I was soaking wet with my socks and jeans and it was not over yet.
- After soaking wet in Nana Road we went to Koa Sarn Road. The entire road was filled with people and each one of them looked like zombie. Apart from throwing water, they now put white powder unto your face. Escape!
- At one corner I saw someone taking water from this filthy river and preparing it to throw. Yuck!

A scene of water splashing
Yes, they go in pickup trucks and start a water war
Shopping
- There is this huge flea market in BKK. Its called Chatuchak. It houses hundreds of small stores selling all kindda thing from small key chain to t-shirts, shoes, fake jewellery, all kindda souvenir. I think we only finish about 20% of the area and we went around for 4 hours.
- Earlier mentioned was the flea market that operates only in the morning. There is another flea market that operates in the night. But this one has a huge open air food court with live entertainment and a huge screen.
- I missed going to Siam Paragon which is the biggest mall in BKK.
Pattaya beach
- We made a day trip to Pattaya beach for some sun and sea. It was about 2 hours bus ride, but it was highway all the way.
- We did nothing but lay around the beach, sleep and eat. In other words, being a slob.
- I can't believe the number of beach peddler who bugs your life every 5 second. How can one enjoy the beach?
- But the beach is too hot for comfort, on the way back, we kena baling water again. The street is not safe at all.

Pattaya Beach
Food
- Tx to my buddy, halal food was easy to find compared to Phuket.
- I tried an extremely hot spicy food, can't remember the name. I had to buy an ice-cream to cool down. 40 baht! Cut throat!
IMPORTANT:
Although the trip was suppose to be all fun, but I had a lot of opportunity to learn about different culture and country. I learn about people and aspiration. I learn about economy and democracy. I learn about people's passion for the King. This was a study trip for me and have open my mind to think out of the box. This trip helped my self-esteem and my outlook towards life. It was a good trip.
A shout out to my buddy for your sincere help in accommodation, paying my meals
, taking us around BKK and Pattaya, shopping and host of other stuff. Thanks man!





