I went out with an ex girlfriend last night for dinner. We use to date almost 10 years ago. She is single and so am I.

After dinner, she went to pick up her mom before sending me back. As we reached home, she asked me to tell mom she said hi.

So I did.

Me: Ma, Lyn kirim salam…
Mama: Lyn? Awak kluar ngan dia ker? Dia dah ada bf?
Me: Erm.. Dia single lagi kot…
Mama: Awak kahwin jer lah ngan Lyn. Dia ok apa?
Me: HAH?!!!

I say, my mom say the darnedest thing…

Twitter is a micro-blogging service which allows user to send and receive messages known as tweets. Many tweet for many several reasons. Some tweet to update their friends on what’s going around them and sharing cool stuff, like where to shop. Celebrities tweet to update their fans on their new upcoming events and activities. Companies also tweet to get to their customers. And all that for FREE!

In order to tweet, one must be able to be online or has mobile connectivity. I use Tweetdeck to send and receive my tweets. Tweetdeck is an application build using Flash Air and has recently released a new version which enables multiple twitter account. Good for those tweeting for work and personal.

I also use TwitterFox to tweet while browsing the internet. Twitter fox runs on Mozilla Firefox as an Extension. I started tweeting using TwitterFox before switching to Tweetdeck.

Technology is God. Now with the technology of Blackberry and iPhone, one can tweet on the go. Unfortunately I’m not a fan. Lucky me Tiny Twitter is available for Java enabled phones. Works perfectly well with my Sony Ericsson S500i.

Internet/GPRS charges may apply if you’re using this application. Oh yeah, if you’re not on plan, you may wanna check the UI setting first before you update your tweets. I learned that the hard way. Lol…

So which Twitter are you?

Riah Seafood Restaurant

My favourite dish.

Many more pictures of food.

Riah Seafood Restaurant is located at 23 Jln,SS20/10, Damansara Kim. Operates from 11am – 3pm, 7pm – 11pm and closes on Sunday.

Stand a chance to win RM100 shopping voucher!

The is a link for health tips. How cool is that?

It’s important to keep count of your calories consumed daily.

I find the Fitness tips is excellent! The wrist stretch exercise is good for those who work all day on a computer or laptop. Like me.

You can check your BMI by entering your weight (kg) and height (cm).

The body mass index (BMI) is a controversial statistical measurement which compares a person’s weight and height. Though it does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it may be a useful tool to estimate a healthy body weight based on how tall a person is. Due to its ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify weight problem within a population including: underweight, overweight and obesity.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

My BMI result.

I thought I was underweight but I guess I’m just normal. What about you?

For more information on Prudential Pruhealth, please go to their website www.pruhealth.com.my

p/s- I’m not an insurance agent. But if you’re interested, I know a person who may assist you. Please leave me a comment and I will get in touch with you.

I couldn’t be bothered about this until recently. I had to design a few flash banner and the requirement was to have a 1 pixel border with #333333 stroke color. Cis!

So I gave it a try. Did a quick 300×250 pixel banner and wallah!

300×250 flash ad with missing borders

Notice the missing border on the right? I found out how to get it to work. The one below is being treated and currently all four sides of the borders is showing. How did I do it?

300×250 flash ad with perfect border

The solution is rather simple.

Open your swf file. Assuming that your border is 300×250 pixel with a 1 pixel stroke.

Change the stroke size to 2 pixel. I use #333333 as my border color. On your align palette, click on the align “To stage” and align top edge and left edge. If the setting is correct, your X and Y setting should be set to 0.0.

Go back to your scene. Click on your border layer and align top edge and left edge. Be sure to click “To stage” so the border will align with the stage. Duh!

Publish your flash and you’re done! Yay!

I called and set up an appointment with the Aman Suria branch. Upon registration, the reception asked if I’d like to add an additional thirty minutes for RM27 (30% off RM39) A total of RM50 for Aromatherapy Body Massage. Hell yeah! You got yourself a deal.

The waiting lounge upstairs.

I didn’t take any more pictures beyond that point because I was in a hurry to striped off my clothes and go fo my massage. Lol…

I told my masseur to concentrate on my left shoulder and my lower back.

Surprisingly I didn’t pass wind throughout the whole session. It’s quite weird because the last time I had a body massage in Koh Samui, I was burping and even passing wind. With permission that is. Haha..

RM50 for one and a half hour full body massage. I feel rejuvenated. I feel brand new!!

The Amante Nail Spa & Body Care is currently having a “Celebrating Friendship – Buy 1 FREE 1″ promotion. Bring a friend to enjoy the same service for FREE.

Amante Nail Spa & Body Care can be found at these three location.

Mont Kiara @ Solaris
No.17-1, Jalan Solaris 4
Opens Tue to Sun 10am-8pm

Petaling Jaya @ Aman Suria
No. C-G-5, Jalan PJU 1/45
Opens everyday 10am-8pm

Klang @ Bk. Tinggi II
No 32, Lorong Batu Nilam 21A
Opens everyday 10am-8pm

For more info on Amante Nail Spa & Body Care, please visit their website www.amante.my.

p/s – Oh I’m definitely coming back again. This time with a friend. Lol.. Anyone wanna come along?

Download XAMPP 1.7.1 from apache friends website. For first timers, I strongly recommend that you download the Installer (Basic Package).

XAMPP 1.7.1 installer packages includes Apache HTTPD 2.2.11, MySQL 5.1.33, PHP 5.2.9, Openssl 0.9.8i, phpMyAdmin 3.1.3.1, XAMPP Control Panel 2.5, XAMPP CLI Bundle 1.3, Webalizer 2.01-10, Mercury Mail Transport System v4.62, FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.31, SQLite 2.8.15, ADODB 5.06a, Zend Optimizer 3.3.0, eAccelerator 0.9.5.3, XAMPP Security, Ming. For Windows 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA. Read more.

Screenshots of the installation

Here’s the nifty bit. The folder for all WWW documents should be at C:\xampp\htdocs. Put a helloworld.html and you can view it by typing http://localhost/helloworld.html on your preferred browser. You have to run the Apache server in order to make this work.

You can create subfolders for your projects. For example, create the folder C:\xampp\htdocs\mywebsite and move your helloworld.html there. You should be able to view your page by typing http://localhost/mywebsite/helloworld.html.

For more information on installation and how to use it, please visit the Apache Friends website.

XAMPP is nominated for the Source Forge Community Choice Awards 2009!

Support XAMPP, Vote for XAMPP! If you enjoy using XAMPP, please spread the word and vote for us at the Source Forge Community Choice Awards.

Please vote for XAMPP particularly in the Best Tool or Utility for Developers category

Vote here.

I’d like to thank a few people for this spanking new theme of mine. This shout out goes to… Drum roll please!

1. Nick La for the GlossyBlue 1.4 Wordpress theme and Mini Pixel Icons
2. Astereostudio and Devlounge for DL2 2.0 Wordpress theme
   
3. Derek Punsalan for Grid Focus Public 1.0 Wordpress theme
4. Sam for Pixeled Wordpress theme
5. Dezignus.com for the Parralax technology

I mixed and matched all 4 themes and came out with the ultimate blog theme for my blog. Maintaining the old GlossyBlue look to complement my older post.

Good news is the new theme is Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer friendly. Below is screenshots of the new blog layout on different browser.

I’m not gonna elaborate more about my new theme but be back soon for something good. I’m thinking Full Moon…

Anyone wanna guess?

Cheers ya’ll!

I never though it was easy until I tried it. After reading the steps from Wordpress website that is. It was easy as 1, 2, 3. Really!

The Three Step Upgrade

IMPORTANT: Please read the instructions properly in order to have a safe upgrade. Make sure that you have backup. The upgrade from this post is most probably suited for those who has experience with php and html.

Step 1: Replace Wordpress files

Download the latest Wordpress. Login to your ftp and delete your old wp-includes and wp-admin directories. Copy the new Wordpress files overwriting old files. You may want to keep the wp-content folder because it contains plugins and themes folder. You should copy over the content to these folders, not the entire folder.

Do take special attention to preserve the content of wp-config.php file in the root directory. The file contains current settings for your existing installation. Compare your existing file with the new installation file wp-config-sample.php. You could either copy the new statement from the sample file to your current file or transfer your settings to the sample file and save it as wp-config.php replacing your current file.

Step 2: Upgrade your installation

Go to your blog admin login page. Wordpress will detect if database upgrade is necessary at which point you will be directed to Database Upgrade page and follow the instructions. Wordpress will update your database to be compatible with the latest code. You blog may look funny if you don’t do this step.

Database Update Required

Upgrade Complete

Step 3: Tap yourself on the shoulder and have a cuppa

Your Wordpress installation is successfully upgraded. You may want to clear your cache if you have caching enabled. And you’re now considered and upgraded blogger. Lol…

Wordpress Login - Old

Wordpress Login - New

Wordpress Dashboard - Old

Wordpress Dashboard - New

For troubleshooting please see here. That page also has information about some of the most common problems we see.

I hope you find this tutorial useful. Good luck with your installation. Cheers!

Anyways, I did a couple of tweaking on my blog. I’ve added a new plugin called Random Redirect. Created by the Wordpress creater himself – Matt Mullenweg. Random Redirect allows you to create a link to yourblog.com/?random which will redirect someone to a random post on your blog, in a StumbleUpon-like fashion.

So now you can read my old post on random. Nice ain’t it?

Click here to download the plugin – Random Redirect Wordpress Plugin