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Ok. I'm finally back on yesterday night (10.03.07). Holiday ends here. Somebody teased me and said her holiday just started only... grrr... kek si wa liao...

Anyway, I've updated the list in What Penang lang eat ?. During my trip in Penang, I've eaten 56 out of 72 kinds of foods (some drinks too). That's 77.77% of completion of the goal. This result is not acceptable since I expect to complete (eat) at least 90% of what's on the list.

It's really great to be back at home. Hmm... Penang is still like that, lots of cars, traffic jam (surprisingly, it happens even after midnight in some places, even it's not in city area), illegal parking everywhere, illegally asking for parking fee (if those idiots are inside GTA, I'll make sure they die ugly...).

Then, lots of shopping malls (well, actually not many, just that Penang is a small island), one or two malls became foreign workers heaven (or ghost mall), some became ah beng's hang out place, a few still struggling to survive and the new Queensbay Mall will make you feel guilty if you're wearing short pants and a pair of thongs.

Those uncle who are selling DVD *cough*cough* are very helpful/讲义气, there is no such thing as 'Goods sold are not replacable'. However, you never get a receipt from them (in case you want to claim your tax in future) and you might get locked up in the shop (if they own any) for a short time if you're in a bad timing. Sometimes, you must be there on the right time because their business hours are extremely 'flexible'.

Also, I found that more a lot Penang people are speaking English to their children instead of Mandarin or Hokkien. However, I still can hear 'Si gina ! You @%^&*....' when their children are naughty.

Uhh... makes me feel home sick just by writing this. I'll better stop here. By the way, I'll upload some pictures later on. Until then you can check out my previous blog entry What you can bring in to Australia to see what you can bring through Australia's custom.

ps: Out of topic... Brisbane gets level 5 water restriction when I came back, that's not good... I wonder how many levels of water restriction they got. Will level 10 means watering the plants are not allowed, instead you gotna pee on them to save water ?

I'm back again, to a place where birds won't even lay eggs... oh well, that's not true... but you get the picture. Anyway, my luggage got checked thoroughly (i mean, undies by undies, if you still don't understand) by the quarantine officer when I'm going through the custom. Some of the items got confiscated after inspection. So I would share with you what I have brought and which one of it is ok and which isn't.

Things that's OK:

• 义香豆沙饼(Ghee Hiang). I didn't buy 馨香豆沙饼 (Him Heang) because of its loose packaging... but shouldn't be a problem when passing through custom since there is no egg in the ingredients.
• Chinese New Year biscuits (Malaysia style) like 凤梨酥, that white colour cookie (I've asked a few friends, nobody knows the name -_-") Kuih Bangkit (thanks ynee). Also, Kuei Kah Phek should be fine too (I remember bringing that 2 years ago).
• Bracelet that's made of wood pieces. Can't guarantee you can bring all kinds of bracelet made by wood, but most of them are ok. Don't ask me why, but this kind of things are consider as plant material and the quarantine officer loved to check them.
• Curry powder and other kinds of powder. Cannot contain meat pieces/chunck.
• DVD *cough*cough* is ok, don't bring too much like you're reselling them.

Things that's _NOT_ OK:

• Milo (I believe most people already aware of this).
• 3 in 1 instant coffee. Quarantine officer says it contains dairy product in the ingredients and therefore it's not allowed.
• Biscuits and cookies that contain fruits are not allowed. However, 凤梨酥 is allowed. Again, don't ask me why.
• Dried porridge. Most of them contains meat pieces/chunk that is not allowed.

For more information, visit www.aqis.gov.au/airports or call 1800 020 504 (free call within Australia).

Spent a couple of hours to make minor progress on my site.

1. Added 2 new options for D's Bloggie [img] tag : 'noborder' and 'simple'
2. Minor updates on the BBCode manual
3. Added a handy tool, String Sorting under Tools section

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Found a cool trick to display (nearly) all pictures on the web page you currently browsing.

1. Open your browser
2. Visit the page by typing the address of the web page in the address bar and hit [ENTER]
3. Once the page has finish loading, copy & paste the below code to the address bar and hit [ENTER]
   
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   [ Highlight ] [ Text ]

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Firefox has its own media browser if you need something like that.

Hawker foods that I would kill (or do sit-ups) to eat...

List is not complete/final, miss-out food will be added and food that I've eaten will be crossed out. I'm back. No more chance to eat liao...

1. A&W root bear (drink)
2. Ah mah's home cook food
3. Ais Kacang (Shatow Lane, 7/2)
4. All those cool roti series (eg. roti tisu)
5. Ark Thui Mi Suah (Farlim, 5/2 - Kampung Jawa no longer selling >.<)
6. Bak Kut Teh
7. Bak kwa
8. Bang Chang Kuih (Sunshine Market, 9/2)
9. Barli (drink)
10. Bi Tai Bak (Sungai Ara, 13/2)
11. Bubur Cha Cha
12. Cendol (Gurney hawker area, 10/2)
13. Chai Kuih
14. Char Beehoon (economical)
15. Char Hor Fun (dry)
16. Char Hor Fun (wet) (Gu Kan Tang, 4/2)
17. Char Koay Teow (Teluk Bayan, 6/2 * Kampung Jawa, 7/2)
18. Char Kuih Kak (Gu Kan Tang, 4/2)
19. Char Mee Suah
20. Chee Cheong Fun (Farlim, 5/2)
21. Curry Chee Cheong Fun (Special, something like curry mee but instead of mee it's using chee cheong fun, intro by Junnie) (Sunshine Market, 21/2)
22. Curry Mee (Jalan Tengah, 4/2/)
23. Dai Lok Mee (Super Tanker, 7/2/)
24. Dao Sar Piah
25. Duck Rice (28/2)
26. Fish Head Beehoon (7/3)
27. Gu leng peng (drink)
28. Hainanese Chicken Rice (Jelutong Market, 8/3)
29. Ham Jim Peng (Sunshine Market)
30. Hokkien Char (World of Leisure, 26/2)
31. Hokkien Mee (Loh + Thng) (Kampung Jawa, 7/2)
32. Jawa Mee (Sungai Ara, 6/2)
33. Jiu Hu Eng Chai
34. Kickapoo (drink)
35. Koay Teow Thng (Teluk Bayan, 6/2)
36. Lady fingers
37. Laksa (Near BJCC, 9/2)
38. Lam Mee
39. Leong fan (drink)
40. Leong fan + soya (drink)
41. Lok Lok
42. Lor Bak (Penang Rd, 23/2)
43. Lor Mee (A new food court near Macalister Rd, 11/2)
44. Mee Goreng (Super Tanker, 8/2)
45. Milo (drink)
46. Mom's home cook food
47. Muar Chee (Gurney hawker area, 10/2)
48. Nasi Lemak (E-gate, 5/2)
49. Nasi Kandar
50. Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Rice)
51. Nasi Pataya
52. O-Jien (oyster omelette) (World of Leisure, 26/2)
53. Otak Otak (Shatow Lane, 7/2)
54. Pan Mee (Thng) (Near Sunshine Square)
55. Pasembor
56. Pat Poh (drink)
57. Popiah (Spring Rolls)
58. Ramli Burger Special (Kampung Jawa, 10/2)
59. Ramli Burger Telur (Sungai Ara, 7/2)
60. Rojak
61. Roti Canai (Sungai Ara)
62. Sar Po Mee
63. Satay (A new food court near Macalister Rd, not nice -_-", 11/2)
64. Tau Hua (Soya Bean Custard)
65. Thosai (28/2)
66. Tomyam Mee (fish) (Teluk Bayan)
67. Wan Than Mee (dry) (Gurney hawker area, 10/2)
68. Wan Than Mee (wet)
69. Yam Cha (Farlim, 4/2 * Chai Leng Park 11/2)
70. Yee Fu Mee (Gu Kan Tang, 4/2)
71. Yong Taufu
72. You Zha Kuih (Sunshine Market)

*Note* The location where I eat has nothing to do with whether they're famous or not. It maybe famous and purposely go for it or I'm just getting something for my hungry stomach.

*update* Junnie told me about Kennysia's Open Challenge To Penang Bloggers, seems like this Sarawakian has (almost) same goal as me, to eat famous hawker food (and let that prove him wrong ^^).

*update* Came back on 10/3/2007. Crossed out those I've 'completed' and this will be the final update. Re-sort the list according to alphabetical order.

Home sweet home, finally I'm back (on yesterday) !

There are alot of new shop houses, shopping malls, new but crappy (and also stupid designed) roads/highways, as well as the most-can't-missable thing - the hawker foods ! I've been eating and eating and eating... oh well, who don't eh ?

Okay, the coastal highway is finally done (hurray ~!). But I never know it will cause so much impact on the vicinity of 5th road (goh tiao law). No more wooden houses, now you got highways and cars only. Road and building constructions in area such as Relau, Sungai Ara and Jalan Tengah are still going on. Cars and bikes are still like the stars in the sky, there are so many of them. You just need to learn to live with traffic jams (which sucks anyway).

One thing which I never expected was doing a crazy shopping with family, 2 hrs right after I stepped on Penang's land. Blame the one-day-only sales from Gama and Sunshine Square

ps: damn... where are the beaches and coconut trees...

ZINK company is going to release its first product, a "zero ink" portable printer. It uses dye embedded paper inside of a pocket-sized printer to do wallet sized prints (borderless 2x3). And it's not affected by gravity !!!

The special paper, or so called the ZINK paper, is a advanced composite material with dye crystals embedded inside and a protective polymer overcoat layer outside. Just like what every company will do, the ZINK paper is patented.

According to Gizmodo - First Hands On: The Zink Bluetooth Camphone Printer:

The printer accepts transfers by Bluetooth, images of up to (maybe beyond, 3MP), downscales them internally, and pushes out prints via a simple roller. The 2x3-inch, 300 DPI shots look fantastic.

Pricing on paper is approximately 20 cents on a on a 2x3. The printer's battery lasts 20 prints per charge, and juices by USB. The internal paper tray will hold 10. Prints take for about a minute to finish from send (video after the jump). Prints are water resistant and durable enough for wallet duty, which is appropriate for a print of this size. It's sold for US $99.

According to the Zink's website, its says it only supports bluetooth and USB connection. I would prefer if it can support infrared as well, since there are still many handphones in the market that didn't equipped with bluetooth.

Okay, up until now, I assume everybody who lives on earth should have already be aware that Windows Vista is out for private/home users. Having doubts to upgrade from your Win98 ? See the flowchart below to get the answers for your question


Oh ya, I've seen the tv adds about the pc guy and Mac guy, they're funny, and both looks nerd haha...