OMG!!! It was only yesterday that our team realised that we are going to fork out $38++ for a buffet meal at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel to have our Loh Hei meal today. Most of us was surprised and upset about the issue that they did not let us know earlier... Such an expensive meal but we did not have a choice to reject it... Sobsob...

*** CAN YOU ALL PLS LET US KNOW UPFRONT FIRST BEFORE YOU DECIDED ON ANYTHING***

*ROAR like a TIGER~!!!


1. Check the PSP series

- If you get the 2000 series, most likely you can crack the OFW (Official Firmware) provided by Sony and replaced it with a CFW (Custom Firmware). In this way, the PSP can be fully modified to play ISO and CSO games.

- Alternatively, you could get the 3000 series but however you cannot fully modified the PSP. It is only modifiable by a program called ChickHen. With this version of modifications, you cannot shutdown the PSP entirely, you can only place the PSP in standby mode. If the battery runs out, the modifications are reset to default settings on next startup which means your modification is gone. =/ So you have to remod each time your psp goes out of power/shutdown.


2. Check the PSP CFW version

- It should be at least 3.90 M33-3 to play normal games and up to 5.00 M33 to play the latest games. CFW 5.00 M33 version is the more stable version as I heard from my friend. However, the latest version in the market now should be CFW 5.50 Gen D3.


3. Check the physical conditions

- I checked for scratches at the PSP casing and its UMD ring at the back of the PSP(seems to be more common to have scratches at UMD ring).

- I also checked for the buttons, functionalities like play the games for a while to test out the set. My set has 1 problem which is the WIFI LED light is always on even if I turned off the set but it does not affected game play so I did not bother to refund my set.


4. Check the price

- Currently, a new PSP Slim 2000 series is selling at $350 - $380. I believed there is 2 versions, one version can be fully modified but another can only modified to ChickHen which means half modified. Usually they will state it in the descriptions or you have to clarify with them.

- While in the secondhand market like the HWZ, people are selling around $180-$250 for a secondhand PSP. This price usually included a 4GB MS Pro Duo memory card. A scratch free usually cost slightly closer to $250 so if you can get 1 scratchless set at a lower price, you can grab it.


5. Check the memory card included

- Those sellers usually included a 4GB MS Pro Duo Memory card in the price they mentioned so if they do not included the card, make sure they sell you at $20 - $30 lesser to compensate you for the loss.

- I got a PSP set without a card because the owner wanna keep the card so an good alternative will be to get a card on your own at Sim Lim Square etc.. For me, I bought 2 new MicroSD card 8GB each and connected them together via a MS Pro Duo Adaptor to form a 16GB MS Pro Duo Memory Card. This is a cheaper alternative compare to getting a MS Pro Duo 16GB Memory Card. You can use the PSP to format this card and you just need to pump in the ISO and CSO games to start playing.


Hope the info is useful and have fun !!!


Felt really bothered by the slight swell on my face, the swell have subsided, there still leave a scar, a slightly swollen patch and it feels a little hard. Went to see the stupid doctor today. He said "You got 2 choices, either you continue eating antibiotics or cut"... I was like, if I know it was to spread to such a large area, I would have squeeze the whole damn thing out when it was still a small little dot.. You are the idiot who asked me not to do so and it spread like crazy to 1 huge patch... grrrr.... Although the swell now is not that bad, I am still bother by the fact that it was once a huge swell, a huge scar in my mind...

Please do not make me grow any of these weird swell anymore, I felt terrible, especially when it falls on festive dates... The feeling sucks big time, the confidence level drop alot too.. I hated answering everyone question about why like that, how come swollen because I got no idea... It was probably a bite by some insects, an acne, an infection, blah blah blah... how would I know when even the doctor couldn't tell what was it?

I know you care out there but I would appreciate if you did not ask why some times...

Sianz... I hope the swell will subside a little bit more, make my face normal again...


Coincidently, the one who is going to buy the IPhone from me, is my regular phone dealer. He has been the one who bought my old phones and sold me the new phones I owned this few years. He is willing to get the phone from me at $920 which is the more or less the average price you can sell off your brand new IPhone 16GB.

He is quite a nice guy easy going and honest dealer.
You may check out his website @ http://mobilerelation.blogspot.com/ and his name is Stanley.

Labels: iphone 3gs 16gb, singtel

Spent:

1x Iphone 3GS 16GB White: $418
1x PSP Slim 2006 Silver: $170
2x Sandisk MicroSD Card: $24.50
1x MS Pro Duo Adaptor: $7.90
1x MS Pro Duo Card Reader: $9.00
1x Clear Case: $9.00
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Total: $662.90
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This CNY is a high spending year as I finally bought a PSP Slim 2006 series (second hand) and many many accessories, memory cards etc.

I have also signed up for the Iphone plan and got the Iphone at a discounted price at $418, an $100 off its original price and got a free upgrade so no need to pay additional $100. Yay!!! Felt so happy =P

But now I got to look for buyer to take in my Iphone so that will take some time.
Just open the box to check all accessories intact, Iphone turned on to check no dead pixel but I have not inserted any SIM card into it.
Looking to sell between $930 to $950.
Anyone interested, pls let me know.
Thanks!!!


Dont understand why my mood now is emo...

Perhaps because of the songs I have listened to, or the tired mind, or the idiotic scenes I have saw during my CNY bai nian trip...

This Valentine was simple, plain, maybe nothing much...

Cake bought me the weirdo softtoy called "CocoMan Plush Doll".

When I saw this, I immediately recalled the day we all laughing at the plushies which showed a Giant CocoMan going eat up his own child "Mini CocoMan" hahas~


It began from a mosquito bite, started to grow bigger and bigger till about 10 cent coin size..
Bloated and ugly.. it is the 2nd most serious swell on my face since my Rudolph nose last dec.
Totally lost mood, lack of confidence to face people, hate to answer many whys about my swell...

People thought I "chao geng" during the Rudolph nose incident and now they see the real thing live in front of them.
Most people wasnt around when I got that swell in dec so they thought I was faking mc for a non serious incident but maybe not after they seen my current swell.

My boss was stunned when he wished me happy new year before lunch today but he did not say anything. However, it was shown in his eyes. At that time, my face was bloody, filled with a few spots of blood and pus. It was seriously damn gross.. And yes pls do not imagine it...!!! It may spoil yr breakfast, lunch, whatever...

The medicine made me restless even though I am resting enough for the night...

What has gone wrong with my body ..... sadded..


I just manage to get to this website when i was looking for a netbook review on HP Mini 110 series for cake. Hmmm seems like a good deal and i am going to check it out later at Bishan.

So how do you choose your first netbook? Click HERE to find out more ...

Labels: Netbook buying guide

Once again, I am down with another infection on my face.. It began from a mosquito bite liked spot with itchiness and grew larger to a 10 cent coin size now... Sianz.. This makes me feel so sianz, so sad... Why kana this kinda shit thing again!?!! What's wrong with my body!?!! Haiz~

When do all this appear all in a short time interval..

21st December - Rudolph nose (Cured after eating antibiotic and apply Bactroban cream for 1 month)
26th January - A tiny pimple liked infection (Managed to squeeze it out)
2nd February - Swollen 10 cent spot (Still eat antibiotic and apply Bactroban cream)

Why does this happen when it is reaching some festive seasons like this time Valentine & CNY!?!!!

No mood to do anything... Dont tell me I need to go A&E again on CNY eve... NO i dont want that to happen again....

*prays that my infection will be cure soon =|


After knowing myself for 25 years, I realise that I am capable of the following weaknesses...

1. Late for almost everything
2. Lack of focus/concentration
3. 3 minutes of passion
4. Pessimistic
5. Indecisive

Whatever I decide to do/say, did not complete.
I merely did enough to "pass" the criterias.

My new year resolution is to get rid of all these weaknesses that made me feel like a failure, can I !?

I want to try ...!!!!!!~~~


Published: January 23 2010,
The Straits Times
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Red plates are red-hot right now. Interest is revving up over cars with those distinctive red number plates marking them for off-peak use only, thanks to incentives starting on Monday.

These are longer usage hours - notably all day on Saturdays and the eve of five public holidays - plus cash rebates.

The changes are timely, coming in the run-up to Chinese New Year, when being able to drive around freely on the eve of a public holiday, instead of only after 3pm as currently permitted, is bound to accelerate interest.

Sure, owners of off-peak cars got a one-off $17,000 tax rebate, but they could drive only during off-peak hours, from 7pm to 7am on weekdays, among other aspects of the scheme.

Now that the scheme has been tuned up with features such as allowing unfettered use on the eve of New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali and Christmas Day, the brakes are off.

For some, there are obstacles to conversion. A driver who converts his normal car to an off-peak one will receive $1,100 in cash rebate for every six months it remains so, but not the $17,000 offset.

'People who are looking at off-peak cars are turned off by the high COE prices,' he says.

Although he does not expect COE prices to come down in the next three to four months, he is confident that 'customers will check out the cars once the market comes round to accepting the rates'.

Current off-peakers have a choice of staying in the old scheme or switching. The catch is that they must pay a one-time administrative fee of $100.

Monday's changes mean that these drivers, along with some new car buyers and owners of cars with no restrictions, are no doubt gearing up for some cost-benefit calculations.

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