23
November
2010
Sent my Proton Wira to workshop on 16th October for a complete make-up, yes you read that right, a complete make-up, not a makeover..
Got a full make-up job, and a bit of knocking job, and of course some minor repairs here and there for the long-run..
Just got back my beloved car few days ago on Hari Raya Haji which is 17th November..OMG one whole month without car =.= Lucky I survived with Daphne around 
*My whole new Wira*
Definitely using the same color because to change another color I need to top up around another RM1k..
*Nice roof*
Quite an apparent change from the previous roof coz paint were faded off from the bonnet to the roof and then the trunk hood..
Last but not least, the smooth shiny trunk hood..Before makeover, it was with rusty patches everywhere and of course the mudguards too..
After makeover, it’s just as good as new and I can drive for at least another 4 years, should I not meet with any mishap *touchwood*..
P/S – My PC got struck by lightning during the heavy rain on last Thursday..It’s my first-time experience getting struck by lightning after owning a PC for 12 years..
Damages were spoiled 2-year old graphic card and the network card built-in to the mobo..Now I got both of them replacement and I’m back!
Posted: Ramblings
16
November
2010
Went to Uniqlo for the third time last Friday and it’s the real shopping session for Daphne and I..
Reached Fahrenheit 88 at slightly after 11am, just to be sure there are sizes available because the shop opens at 11am..I know, kiasu we are but hell with it! 
Got our 18 cash vouchers validated and off we scrutinized the whole shop for things we wanted..
As predicted, new stocks for every new day..We grabbed all the S-size that we saw on the Mickey T and of course a M-size of anime print for myself..
Got all the somewhat pretty designs and correct sizes, then only we start to filter which one we want and which one we don’t want..
Found the shirt that I want..Daphne found her leggings, and we have enough vouchers to grab some boxers
Here’s what we got ourselves..
*Mickey Mouse print Disney Ts*
Three of them are RM29.90..Used RM20 voucher for each so each costs RM9.90..
Two of them are RM24.90..Used RM20 voucher for each so each costs RM4.90..
*Anime print Ts*
Bought two Galaxy Express 999 T and one Inuyasha print..
Original price is RM59.90..
Promo price is RM29.90..
Used RM20 voucher for each..Each T costs RM9.90..The gray one is for me and the other two for Wilson for lending me his vouchers when I went with him..
*Oxford shirt and dry pants*
Oxford shirt is RM99.90..Used a RM50 voucher..Paid RM49.90 for it..
Dry cotton pants, original price is RM99.90..Promo price is RM49.90..Used RM20 voucher for it, paid RM29.90..
Bought another two Men’s Boxers, priced at RM19.95 each..Used RM20 voucher for each..I got two boxers for FREE!
Bought 4 Women’s Boxers, priced at RM24.90..Used RM20 voucher for each..Paid RM4.90 for each..
Bought two Women’s Leggings, priced at RM39.90 each..Used RM20 voucher for each, paid RM19.90 for each..
Total damage would be RM208.40, after using 17 RM20 vouchers and one RM50 voucher..
It didn’t use those vouchers, it would be..
(20 x 17) + 50 + 208.4 = 598.4..
Not to mention if those Ts were selling at original price of RM59.90..
So Daphne and I have saved up to RM390 on cash vouchers for our shopping spree~!!!
*18 receipts for using 18 cash vouchers*
Okay I didn’t mean to act cute or anything but the receipts were rolled so I have to use my face to ‘stand’ the receipts..
Yes, Daphne and I have 18 cash vouchers altogether..Worth waiting for not shopping for the past week..
Some might say I’m too much into Uniqlo fever or I’m promoting Uniqlo too much but do bear in mind that I’m spending so much on Uniqlo because the prices are reasonable..
And when I say reasonable is when I have so many cash vouchers..
I wouldn’t pay RM59.90 for an anime print T-shirt..I only paid RM9.90 for it..It’s even cheaper than night market!
And I got 2 boxers for FREE~!!
On a side note, I think my Oxford shirt is quite a steal because I just paid RM49.90 for it..I like it because of its checker-print on the inner sleeves and collar..
And I only paid RM208 for 18 items worth close to RM600..I can only say I’m a smart consumer..Not too extreme, nor want to hard sell on Uniqlo..
Not meant to defend my take on my shopping spree and to offend anyone if they REALLY like Uniqlo, but I don’t like to be tagged as too hard sell on Uniqlo..
Happy welcoming Year End Sales (Y.E.S) everyone
Posted: Amazed, Ramblings
14
November
2010
Look who I met in front of Lot 10 when I was done with my Uniqlo shopping?
*Stormtrooper standing in front of Lot 10*
They call it the Yes Troopers, can you see the constant YES hand sign?
They are actually wandering around Kuala Lumpur, specifically Bukit Bintang area to promote the so-called Yes 4G Internet by YTL..
It’s the much-hyped fastest 4G mobile internet with voice ever..
Everything will be in town at Lot 10, Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur on 19th November 2010 at 5pm..Be there to see them live..
You can also book your Yes ID with a 018 number now..University students (EPP) will receive 300MB a month for free!
“The EPP allows our students to do things differently and bring about a wave of positive change in a YTL Comms 4G enabled education environment that will eventually contribute to the larger future success of the nation.”, says Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh, Executive Chairman of YTL Communications..
For more info, check out yes.my..
Posted: Ramblings
10
November
2010
The Uniqlo (pronounced as yu-ni-ku-ro) fever has been exciting, thrilling, overwhelming, and some said overrated..
Overrated or not, the marketing strategy has proved its success and people queued up to enter the newly opened first Uniqlo outlet in Malaysia at Fahrenheit 88 (formerly KL Plaza)..
Like it or not, every time a new brand is in KL there’s always a wave of people queuing up for it, be it Uniqlo, Cotton On, Krispy Kreme, or maybe even Coach..This is just Malaysia..
After all, the Flanel Check Shirts are cheaper by 30%-40% (at original price) as compared to Topman‘s check shirts so you can’t be blaming people flocking Uniqlo every now and then..
So you can’t be saying it’s overrated or it’s not worth the queue (I didn’t queue though) or whatever other reasons you have..
Why so? Keep on reading and you’ll know why the queue was humongous over the weekend..
Since it’s opening on 4th of November 2010, the crowd has been awesome, my sis, Daphne and I paid Uniqlo a visit today (Tuesday) at about 3.30pm..
By the way, all photos taken by BlackBerry Torch 9800
The crowd wasn’t as packed from what I see in photos during the weekend but still quite a lot of people, for a weekday that is..
Upon entry, there’s a so-called “Cash Voucher Validation Counter” waiting for you if you are planning to use the vouchers you have won on go-uniqlo.com..
*The voucher validation counter*
Well I’m not sure how the whole voucher thingy works on its opening day (4th Nov) or during the past weekend but THIS is how it works from now..
I believe this counter is to speed up the cash flow at the cashier counter so they don’t have to validate the vouchers one by one..
Print out all of your vouchers to validate everything in one go, no hassle..
How to print out the cash voucher? EVERYTHING~!!!! Continue on!
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Ramblings
22
September
2010
It wasn’t quite a Plurkers gathering but a farewell dinner for Jackie aka Yuri for her departure to Singapore to join the SIA..
On 10th September 2010 we had dinner at Dave’s, quite a cosy place to have a meal and the food is quite teh awesome too..
I had a Carbonara Linguine and it was awesome..Others had steak, pizza, and some others..Thumbs up from them too..
Okay no food review shits from me..Just an update just for the record..
*Plurkers*
I think I shall keep their identities a mystery..
Til the next time I see you Jackie, all the best in your training! Stimzzzz!
Posted: Family & Friends, Ramblings
20
September
2010
UPDATED (20th September 2010, 11pm – GMT+8:00)
Innity has clarified their issues and took swift action is trying to solve the problem..As quoted from Innity’s Announcement Page as of 20th Sept 2010, 6.20pm (GMT+8) :
Google has now completed a review of our domain and certified that http://innity.net/ has now been re-activated and has passed all checks.
We at Innity though are still looking to enforce additional layers of checks and confirmations before reinstating all advertising scripts so please bear with us and we will notify you in the next 24 hours to put up our ad scripts again.
Furthermore, if your site is still currently blacklisted and you are having difficulty getting it reinstated, please drop us an email with your site details to report-malware@innity.com with a copy to marketing@innity.com and we will complete this process for you as quickly as we can.
For further updates you can proceed to Innity : Announcement..
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I bet many of you have heard of and also never heard of Innity Ads..
Unlike Nuffnang and Advertlets where both companies aiming at blog advertising, Innity Ads target more on corporate websites, or so I heard..
As quoted from Innity’s website..
Innity Ad Network is a South East Asia network of premium quality news, editorial and entertainment websites that reaches more than 200 million consumers regionally, with over 2.1 billion ad impressions monthly.
Innity Premium Network campaigns are designed to provide high profile brand exposure with no limits on specific placement sites or creative structure on selected premium content publisher sites.
It’s presumed at about Malaysian Time (GMT+8:00) 5pm, September 19th 2010, more than 500 sites contained Innity Ads have been labeled as harmful as it is listed as suspicious..
The time of attack can be confirmed by the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for rojaks.blogspot.com, where it’s updated 12 hours ago at the time this blog post is being written, 5am..
*Printscreen of the page at Malaysian Time 5am, 20th September 2010*
In that page it’s also clearly stated that malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including innity.net..
Here’s a printscreen of rojaks.blogspot.com where you can’t view it on Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers but they are working fine on Internet Explorer and Safari..
*rojaks.blogspot.com on Mozilla Firefox*
Here’s a printscreen of rojaks.blogspot.com on Google Chrome..
*rojaks.blogspot.com on Google Chrome*
Using Internet Explorer is pretty fine, well I don’t know why as I’m not a tech guy but here’s a proof, visiting the blog at the same time..
*rojaks.blogspot.com bearing the Innity Ads banner*
So the question is what causes the “malware attack” that prevented those sites having Innity Ads from being visited?
After some research and discussion with Joshua, we found out that Innity is not at fault for causing the malware attack that paralyzed those blogs and websites..
If you visit Innity.com you will safely enter the site without any warning at all..But when we tried Innity.net, the warning page appeared and we found a better source of it..
Quoted from Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for innity.net says..
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, innity.net appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 3 site(s) including yiela.com/, insurance.us/, lintasberita.com/.
Other than the 3 mentioned sites, we also know that The Star is actually running Innity Ads but they have solved it pretty fast and The Star is working fine now..
But when Joshua searched on the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for thestar.com.my, it says..
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 902 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 75 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-09-19, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-19.Malicious software includes 63 scripting exploit(s).
Malicious software is hosted on 3 domain(s), including 2117966.net/, cnjug.com/, innity.net/.
3 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including skyad.net/, doubleclick.net/, innity.com/.
This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS10204 (ARCNET), AS17547 (QALA), AS2042 (ERX).
*Printscreen of the page to support what I’ve quoted*
People started noticing this “attack” after some people tweeted bout it where you can search “innity” it on Twitter Search page..
Other than proofs from Google, DataKL Solutions also blogged about “Innity Ad Code Causing Reported Attack Page”..
Now don’t be surprised if you found out your blog/website appeared to be harmful
The solution is to temporarily remove the ad code in your blog/website by using Internet Explorer or Safari because these 2 browsers were not affected by the malware..
To date as of 6am, 20th September 2010, it’s reported that this malware has infected more than 644 domains including xaluan.com, cari.com.my, and gudanglagu.com..
Check out Joshua’s – Malware Attack on More than 600 Domains/Blogs/Sites With Innity Ad Code Affected..
Posted: Blogosphere, Ramblings, Shits, Technology
