It's unbelievable... a friend of mine just sent me a link to this video that showcases the latest Series 60 operating system - 'touch'. If it sounds familiar, YES touch is a word used in Apple's latest phone, the iPhone... 'touch' is also the word used in Apple's flagship iPod mp3 player - the iPod Touch...

Series 60 is by far one of the most popular choice of operating systems around - used by many manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson (if I'm not mistaken) and many others...

So how touch is touch? Is it similar to Apple's iPod Touch or iPhone interface? I cannot nod enough... check this video out...



All I can say is bring on the devices! We're gonna see manufacturers such as Nokia with beautiful touch interfaces that are VERY VERY VERY similar to Apple's - and finally, Apple will have a rival... but could it really be a strong competitor? Only time will tell...

Estimated release of products with Series 60 touch interface? - From my sources from a far far away land - early to mid 2008. In the mean time, Apple reigns...

Paul Potts... never before heard - at least in Malaysia. He's big in the UK though. Well, then again, it would only make perfect sense as he shot to stardom through Simon Cowell's very own show Britain's Got Talent.

When you look at him, he is as promising as the next William Hung of the UK...

I'm not saying anymore... just watch and tell me what you think...



Miracles do happen... more on Potts

He's my partner... every weekday from 6-10am - well not in an intimate kind of way. He's the dude who goes on air with me LIVE.

So every year, there's a special day for each and every one of us. His day came... it was Thursday, October 11th 2007. See, it was really difficult to forget as he was literally telling the world about his birthday complete with a countdown on the show daily! At times, he even sang a birthday song for HIMSELF! Perasan...

Anyway, it's been a good 6-7 years since we got to know each other and lately, there's always been one thing he's been talking about... PhatFabes.com.

To those who are still in the blur when understanding his name, PHAT stands for P (pretty) H (hot) A (and) T (tempting) <- not to me; really. He's always wanted to buy the domain for himself to ensure it doesn't get purchased by someone else and end up selling it back to him at an exorbitant price - in one word - KIASU. Just 24 hours before his birthday, I decided that it would be his perfect gift. So I went online, made a purchase, got the web hosting package, grabbed some his pictures from my picture archive, did a little bit of Photoshop and got him PhatFabes.com! It officially went live at approx. 6am on his birthday... At 9am, we caught him by surprise - announced the gift on-air and YES! I almost made him CRY! Hahahahahaa.... HEHEHEHEHHEhehehehe.... hohoooooohhoooo... KAKAKKAkakakaka.... :)



Check it out... here

Ok, not that cheap really... but being the person who is constantly looking for discounts, bargains and deals EVERYWHERE... I discovered this...

The key word is "Hi-Tea". That's right! Imagine this, you're hungry, you're looking for pretty good quality food YET you don't feel like spending too much...

Here's what you do...

Before you begin...
Save some money... approx. 50 bucks a person (maybe even cheaper)

Step 1
Starve for breakfast

Step 2
Starve for lunch

Step 3
Drive to a nearby reputable hotel (5 stars preferably)

Step 4
Go to the coffee house and see if they have "Hi-Tea Buffet"... if they do, move to Step 5 if not, go back to step 3...

Step 5
Join in the buffet and enjoy variety of food that's laid before you... all at a price that's MUCH lesser than paying for a buffet breakfast or lunch or dinner!

Step 6
Congratulate yourself for getting a great DEAL!

If you're thinking, "come on lar... no BIG DEAL wat..." - it is coz I've done a lot of research on this and pretty much EVERYTIME I do the maths, it's WAAAAAAYYYYY cheaper to eat High Tea than anything else and when it comes to variety, it's not that bad either :)

Using my six precious steps above, I went through this lately... :)


Just that you know, that bag is not mine :) It's Stella's


Custom chocolate pancakes... chocolate drinks... chocolate murtabak... OOOH!


Half the spread...

Not bad eh? All that for less than 50! Of course, this is not something you'll indulge in daily... but hey, life is about food... it's ok to spoil yourself once in a while... ;) Plus... you get to save on 2 meals! If you eat enough, you might even be able to save on dinner!

I don't usually bother about chain, forwarded e-mails but this is one I couldn't resist spreading it to the rest of the world. I got it from a friend of mine... In the asian community more specifically Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese community, we have this thing called the Ah Lian (for girls) and Ah Beng (for guys) phenomenon...

Here's an e-mail sent from an Ah Beng to an Ah Lian... Enjoy! :) (if possible, try to read it with a typical chinese accent)

Dear Ah Lian

Thanks you for your letter. Wrong time no see you. How everything? For me, I am quiet find.

You say in your letter your taukeh soh want you to chain your look? Somemore you must wear kick kok soo, hope you can wok properly.

You know, Ah Kau Kia working in a soft where company now. Last week, he take I, Muthu & few of his friend to May Nonut to eat barger. After that he take we all go to kalah ok.
Muthu sing and sing no stop until the sky bright.

Next week, my father mother going to sellerbread 20 years annie wear sari. My father mother going to give a fist to all the kampong people. So you must come with your hole family.

I only hope one day we no need to write and send letter to you and to me. Better I e-meow you, you e-meow me. I will ketchup with you soon. And when you got time, please few free to call me. Goo bye.....

Worm regard,
Ah Beng


Whoever wrote this... you are by far a Picasso of the Ah Lian and Ah Beng community... it's so abstract yet so meaningful... :)

Just as the title describes... it was Uuurrrggghh.... it seems to happen whenever I drive to work in the wee hours of the morning. Happens only at one particular stretch of the KLIA expressway.

Right after the KLIA toll... a couple of minutes in and SPLAT... one bug... two dead bugs... three wingless bugs... and so on...

In the past, it was like 20 or 30 bugs splat all over my windscreen and car's front... that's alright... it was almost like a hobby for the bugs... either that or it was too early in the morning and it was dark... so they saw a BLACK wall with lights and decided Hey! What's that? - SPLAT!

So it's one of those routines... 2nd day back at work right after the break... was driving... weather seemed perfectly fine... and all of a sudden, it looked as though it was raining... but it was WHITE in colour... SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT... SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT... SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT... I can't type that enough... why? I'll let the pictures explain it all...


Car front (look closely... there are BUGS all over!)


A close-up shot (and that's just one SMALL TINY section of my car)

What were the bugs thinking? I don't know... maybe they were migrating...

Fabes & Roshan went on and on about me baking cupcakes during my recent 'break'. You see, in radio, once in a while, you've got to break away from the craziness on air and do something that's more calm... something that not everyone does or at least something that you wouldn't do on a daily basis...

The opportunity came when Stella went on a sudden cupcake craze and decide to bake some cupcakes. Let me repeat... it was Stella who got REALLY excited... and got me into the excitement as well :)

So off we went to this bakery place in Puchong where you can find literally ANYTHING & EVERYTHING when it comes to baking. You want flour, they have flour, you want cups, they have cups, you want sugar, they have sugar, you want caster sugar, they have caster sugar... okay, you get the idea...

Problem was this, we had NO recipe. What to do? Logged on to the net, did a couple of searches and VOILA! Cupcakes were born!


And it bloomed...


Cooling it down before decorating it



The finished product :)

Ahh... wasn't that bad and it didn't taste bad... in fact it tasted REALLY GOOD Ole' Chap... put in some tea and it's a PERFECT AFTERNOON, LUNCH, DINNER, SUPPER, BREAKFAST companion :)

Want the recipe? Can...

Taken from CooksRecipes.com

Cake Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk

Frosting Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
6 cups powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup fat-free half-and-half
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons light corn syrup

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. Set aside.
2. Stir together flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in large bowl. Set aside.
3. Beat sugar and 3/4 cup butter in large bowl at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition, just until mixed.
4. Divide batter evenly among cupcake cups.
5. Bake for 23 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pans. Cool completely.
6. Beat 3/4 cup butter in large bowl at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt alternately with half & half and 1 teaspoon vanilla, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in corn syrup. Frost cupcakes.

Makes 24 cupcakes.

Enjoy.... Muahahhahaha... muahahahahha...