My Trip To Pulau Tioman (Feb 2010)

In December 2009, I finally got married. I didn't blog about it because my father passed away on the same month just 10 days before my wedding. I lost interest on writing blog after that and it took me several months to recuperate myself and my family having to replace my father as the head of my family.

In February 2010, since my wife and I didn't go anywhere for honeymoon yet. We organized a last minute 3 days and 2 nights trip to Pulau Tioman. We selected a 3D/2N package from an advertisement on 88db.com and booked a return ticket Transnasional bus ticket from KL - Mersing. The hotel resort we booked was a RM700 budget package for 2 person from Sun Beach Resort Tioman Island. My only comment for the resort is to change their bed. I can feel the spring inside the mattress. One more thing, the room doesn't have a TV so be prepared to do your own activities inside your room there.

I'm not going to write in details of our entire journey and activities so I'll summarize in using a slideshow below:



Overall, it was an unforgettable honeymoon and we are looking for more trips for the next coming years.

My 2010 Blog Re-Cap | Hello 2011

I can't believe I only had 11 blog posts last year. That's like skipping a month or blogging one post a month although I never made any promises to myself to blog at least once a month.

Anyway, I guess making promises or new year's resolution won't propel myself forward. So I am thinking of making smaller objectives for this blog as a resource to share my own little information I've gathered to the world. Before I do that, I'll recap what I've blogged last year.


March 2010

In March 2010, I wrote 3 blog posts:

• A Tribute to My Late Father


• My Latest Ride – Mercedes 230E


• My Own Shirt Store: Aisy T-Shirt House

During January 2010 to March 2010, I was still recuperating from my father's passing apart from putting my life back together and building up my new family. It was tough having to juggle between being my father's successor leading the family and becoming a husband. My Shirt Store is now closed and my ride now becomes smaller (I'm going to sell off the Mercedes 230E soon). A lot of things have changed and it will still be changing very soon.

May 2010

Didn't write at all in April 2010. Only wrote one blog post about one movie I went to:

• Iron Man 2 featuring Oracle

June 2010

I went to an Oracle presentation:

• An Intro to Oracle Enterprise Single Sign On (ESSO)

July 2010

I bought a new smartphone this month but I didn't write about it. I was still however interested in mobile blog:

• My Blog On Mobile

September 2010

Skipped blogging during the month of August, wished a festive season greeting to all of my readers:

• Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2010

October 2010

I changed the house I live in telephone account ownership from my father's to my name. Unfortunately, the account downgrade didn't happen and I am going to lodge a complaint about this:

• TM Net Internet Streamyx Downgrade

November 2010

Sold off my car in July 2010 but only blogged about it in November. I have so many other lists of things to blog about but only kept it on my draft box. I really should be shooting out the blog post without worrying about photos and other stuff.

• In Memory of My Proton Iswara Aeroback

December 2010

I went travelling around my wife's hometown so I had to use a mobile internet service. Turns out that the mobile internet provider I had regularly use now capped the bandwidth for the internet connection:

• The Best Daily Mobile Internet Prepaid Option in Malaysia

There was a lot of blog post which was significant which got missed out. One of them is my wedding on December 2009 which happened 10 days after my father's passing, an event on May 2010 plus a brand new car for me and my wife on the same month, a PHP Meet Up 2010 in June and a whole bunch more after I sold off my Sony Ericsson W810i.



This year 2011, my goal is to fill up my blog with at least 2 - 4 blog posts per month. Hopefully this year I wouldn't become too much dependent on pictures when writing any blog posts because that was the main cause of me procrastinating updating my blog. Until my next blog post.

The Best Daily Mobile Internet Prepaid Option in Malaysia

We all have different need of internet usage. I normally use an average of 400 - 500MB (upload and download data transfer) usage per day. Total that up for one month, that would take up almost 15GB per month of data usage. However I find it hard to reach 15GB per month except if I am on a downloading quest for movies and videos stuff. The best internet option for me will always be TM Net Streamyx. However when I go travel for example like right now I am in Tambun Ipoh, I would bring along my Huawei E220 USB modem which is powered by DiGi Internet Prepaid. Lucky for me, my in law's house is within the area of 3G Internet Broadband services for all the Telcos available.

A couple of months ago, I have no issue with DiGi Internet Prepaid as it serves my purpose quite well. Although the top download speed is capped at 384kbps, watching YouTube videos has not been a problem. The download quota of 3GB per month never been exceeded as I only use the pre-paid internet line for 3 - 4 days sometimes 10 days per month. At RM2 per day, it was the perfect internet replacement for me while on the go.

After haven't been travelling for a while, I realized something new happened. I got this SMS in my Mobile Connect application:

You have reached the 100 MB daily quota. However you will continue to enjoy unlimited Internet usage at 128kbps until the next quota reset at 12am

I was shocked. Immediately the internet speed dropped and my download was downgraded. This is not a good sign. I did some Googling just now using the now throttled internet speed of 128kbps:

DiGi Internet Prepaid



Oh dear, I need to find a solution for this. I did some checking around:

Maxis Hotlink Internet Prepaid



Celcom Broadband Prepaid



I am a Maxis postpaid user on my Sony Xperia X10 Mini. However Maxis has the most expensive plan with RM8/day and only 500MB per day. I also have a DiGi Prepaid sim-card which I hardly use, at RM5/day and only 100MB per day, this is even pricier than my DiGi Internet Prepaid at RM2/day. The best option for me right now is to go for Celcom Broadband Prepaid at RM6/day with 1GB per day.

I should make a comparison table for this but I am too lazy to do it right now. Now, I need to find myself a Celcom Broadband Prepaid™ Pack somewhere here in Ipoh.


Update 1st February 2011: I subscribed to Celcom Broadband Prepaid on Celcom Blue for RM18 weekly (Sim Card cost me only RM3 during a promotion). The line only managed EDGE connection with unstable internet connection even on the 18th Floor of Menara PJD, Kuala Lumpur. The same goes when I was in Tambun Ipoh. So, it was a no go for Celcom Broadband Prepaid for me.

Update 12th February 2011: I bought Celcom Broadband Prepaid pack just now at a Celcom partner's booth (Only RM12.50) at Giant Ipoh (Tried to buy one at Celcom Blue Sunway Pyramid but they said they ran out of stock). I realized that the Celcom Blue sim-card doesn't have 3G capabilities which is why I couldn't get a good speed the last time I tried. I am now on HSDPA line powered by Celcom Broadband Prepaid.

A Night At Tune Hotels Penang

Ever since Tune Hotels established 3 years ago, I have been wanting to try and stay there just to experience how the hotel is. Last September, I had the time and the chance to go to Penang after Hari Raya Aidilfitri to visit my mother's relative up north. One room was booked and paid online 3 weeks earlier at Tune Hotels Downtown Penang which total up only RM70++ per night. Arrived and checked-in at the hotel at 10pm after being stuck in a one hour jam just before boarding the ferry services.

Check out the photos I've taken:


Tune Hotels Downtown Penang


Tune Hotels Downtown Penang lobby


Tune Hotels Room Hallway


Loved the comfortable bed


RM5 toiletries


The stylish glass door bathroom

Unfortunately the room doesn't have a TV, however it wouldn't be worth the resting time if you spend it watching TV. The bed was astoundingly comfortable. I wish my bed was as comfortable as the bed at Tune Hotels. Overall, I give this hotel a 5 stars rating and would love to stay for another night there.

In Memory of My Proton Iswara Aeroback

5 year ago, together with my younger brother and my father. We went for 'car shopping' to replace the current car I was using at that time. Check out the colour of the Proton Iswara Aeroback car before I bought it from the second-hand car lot:



5 years later, check out what happened to the shiny red colour:



So it is true that car paint can only last for 2 years. For the past 5 years, the car has been through a lot together with me. It also served my wife for a couple of months before we got married.

I've written a couple of blog posts that talk about my car, mostly on the maintenance part of it.

• Car Maintenance at Fasfik Kepong


• Taking Care of Your Car CV Joints


• Benefit of Turning Your Air Conditioning While Driving

There were also incident that happened:

• KTM Segambut Car Park Daylight Thievery

All of them were memories that I'll never forget. So back in July 2010, I couldn't afford the repair of the car since there were too many broken parts within the car itself. I had to let go of the car eventhough I still owe the bank another 2 years of loan. It was a sad moment for me but the car has to go either way:













The car is still in its original state, so hopefully, the next car owner could take care of the car even better than I am. BTW, I sold the car back to the 2nd hand car dealer where I bought it.