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TM presents Everyone Connects with Urbanscapes 2011 + Giveaway!

Posted by IcedNyior on June 29, 2011  |  20 Comments

If you are living in KL and don’t know what Urbanscapes is, WHERE HAVE YOU BEENN?

Urbanscapes is this awesome festival of music, arts, lifestyle and film all under one roof (well, actually one padang but you get the point). Go shopping at the bazaars, watch local arts perform or see works of art in action!

In previous years, it was held in KLPAC which is rather hard to get to. This year, its held in a bigger and better place – Padang Astaka. And this year, the main sponsor is TM Everyone Connects – the people who brought you “Through My Window”. Plus, you can easily take public transport there.

TM presents Everyone Connects with Urbanscapes 2011
Venue : Padang Astaka, PJ
Date : 16th July 2011, Saturday
Time : 12pm – 12am
Lineup : Azlan & the Typewriter, Stone Bay, KyotoProtocol, Furniture, Ferns, They will Kill Us All, Khottal, Busco, Lapsap, Lab the Rat, Acts by The Movemint (Juzzthin, Figure of Speech, SCBTea, SSK, The Silk Road & DJ Garuda), Tilu, Liyana Fizi & Acts at Moonshine Record Store (Diandra Arjunaidi, Narmi, Asmidar, Darren Ashley, Az Samad, Aiqa Halim)

Tickets are on sale at the door for RM40 (early bird tickets are RM30 but I’m not sure if its still available) but I want to give some tickets to you, my readers for the total amount of….FREE!

There are three pairs, yeap, you heard that right, THREE pairs of tickets to win!

You are REQUIRED to do the below :

1. Follow @Urbanscapes on Twitter
2. ReTweet this: “RT @icednyior: @Urbanscapes 2011 Ticket GIVEAWAY – http://bit.ly/jiEoO3 #zestfulorg“
3. Comment with the link of your Tweet!

So start commenting and good luck!

Terms & Conditions

• Winners will be chosen using a randomizer (random.org) from the list of commenters below.
• Contest closes at 11.59pm on Thursday, 30 JUNE 2011. Please make sure you put in the correct email so that I can contact you if you win.
• If you are the winner, you  need to respond back to me by 12pm Friday, 1 JULY 2011 as I would need details such as your Full Name, IC number and contact number for ticket collection. Failing to do so by the stipulated deadline will forfeit your winning.
• You will have to self-collect your tickets by Friday, 8th JULY 2011 at the Freeform office : Freeform Sdn. Bhd., B-21-6, Block B, Jaya One, No 72A Jalan Universiti, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor MALAYSIA. Tel: (603) 7958-1377
• The judge’s decision is final

Added 30 June : Ok so apparently some people aren’t too sure how to get the link of their tweet. Its easy. Just go to www.twitter.com/yourusername and click on the time of the tweet. Like below. That will load your single tweet. Copy the link at the top and paste it in the comment :)

Also, if you are a private account, please approve my request to follow you or email me a screenshot of your tweet & proof that you follow @Urbanscapes to http://scr.im/icednyior

WINNERS for the Giveaway!

Collected all the comments below and used Random.org to randomize the list. The 3 winners are :

1. @jiesze
2. @ob_af
3. @bennimaru
4. @she723
5. @geekmy

I’ve sent an email to the winners. As mentioned, you must respond by 12pm Friday, 1 JULY 2011 as I need your details to be sent to Freeform so that you can start picking up your tickets next week. Failing to do so will forfeit your winnings and the person after you will get the tickets.

Edit: Gave out all tickets. See you guys at Urbanscapes!

Thank you everyone for participating! If you still want to get tickets, try your luck in the sites below :

• http://www.yogaretnam.com/events/tm-presents-everyone-connects-with-urbanscapes-2011/ (ends Sunday)
• http://bryanlyt.com/2011/06/urbanscapes-2011-free-tickets/ (ends Sunday)
• http://twitter.com/HanieHidayah/statuses/86514073709195264
• http://www.urbanscapes.com.my/news/2011/6/14/urbanscapes-tickets-up-for-grabs.html

Puspel Syabas Water Interruptions / Gangguan Bekalan Air March 2011

Posted by IcedNyior on March 1, 2011  |  4 Comments

Wondering if your area will have water interruptions today? Check the info below I got from Puspel Syabas Facebook Profile notes HERE and HERE. For some reason its not clearly posted at the top. so you will have to look back at older wall postings to see the Notes link.

They also seem to be updating more info on water interruptions around Kuala Lumpur on the Puspel Facebook Page and Twitter @puspel so make sure you follow em.

Edit : Puspel has clarified that the notes below are scheduled interruptions. Unscheduled interruptions will be posted on their FB Wall or Twitter.
@puspel : These notes r for today’s and tomorrow’s major scheduled water disruptions. For unscheduled disruption, updates are on our wall. #

Kerja Pengalihan Paip Syabas di SS20/27 Petaling Jaya

Kerja-Kerja Pengalihan Paip Syabas Bersaiz 850mm, 500mm Dan 300mm Diameter Yang Berada Di Ss20/27 Petaling Jaya Kepunyaan Tropicana City Sdn. Bhd.
Tarikh : 1/3/2011  (Selasa)
Waktu Gangguan Bekalan : 8.00am – 8.00 Pm (12 Jam)
Kawasan Terlibat :

Tempat- Tempat Kritikal: Universiti Malaya  & PPUM

Penggantian Injap Kupu-kupu di SSP 1

Penggantian Injap Kupu-Kupu Bersaiz 1800mm Dan Injap ‘Sluice’ Bersaiz 1350mm Di SSp 1 (1 Mac 2011)
Tarikh  : 1/3/2011 – 2/3/2011
Waktu  : 8.00 Am (Selasa) – 8.00 Am (Rabu)
Kawasan Terlibat :

How to change the new Facebook Photo “Lightroom” Viewer back to the old version

Posted by IcedNyior on February 18, 2011  |  2 Comments

Don’t you hate the new Facebook Photo Viewer that’s with that “lightroom” effect? I seriously dislike it a lot! Its so annoying and doesn’t enhance the user experience at all, in my opinion.

I found a simple way to walk around this issue. Can’t remember where I saw it la, some tech site I think.

Note : In addition to the steps below, here are more steps to help “remove” the new viewer

• Open in new tab – In Chrome I tried duplicating the tab, it seemed to remove the lightroom effect. Haven’t tried on other browsers tho. This works on other browsers like Firefox
• Refresh the page – Pressing F5 to reload the page also works
• Chrome Extension – If you’re using Chrome browser, download this extension. <—best method!

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Here’s how to do it.

1. Click on the photo and look at the address bar (the URL at the top)

2. Remove the text “&theater” & press enter

3. Then you…..nah, that’s all you gotta do

See screenshot below. Remove the highlighted words

And you’ll get this…Tadaaa!

Hope that was helpful

Do you have any more tips on how to remove this? Will add it to the list on top

Start Living Your Dream Life

Posted by IcedNyior on February 14, 2011  |  No Comments

- Go ahead, text him first, he might be checking his phone, waiting for you.

- Stare into the eyes of the person you like and memorize the color.

- Turn on your ipod and run as far as you can.

- Say hi to a stranger, you never know what they’ll become to you.

- Have a mental health day – you know you need it.

- Don’t go on Facebook/Twitter for a day and see what you can accomplish.

- Give money to a charity, your good karma will come around eventually.

- Sneak out, you might get caught, but it’ll be 100% worth it.

- Tell that one person that you like them, what’s the worst that can happen? he doesn’t like you back? then he doesn’t deserve you anyways, right?

- Treat yourself to something indulgent, you deserve it.

- Smile at a stranger, it could make their day.

- Wink, it’s sexy and makes you feel confident, after all, you are pretty hot ;)

- Go for somebody who is totally wrong for you, they may not be totally wrong after all.

- Stand up for yourself, because if you don’t, who will.

Moral of the story is: It’s 2011, start living your dream life that you’ve always wanted, after all.

Something rather inspirational I read somewhere and decided to paste it here. I know many are out enjoying their Valentine’s Day with their loved ones (be it their significant other or their happy single friends). So in the spirit of spreading love, here’s my favourite medley from Moulin Rouge. Enjoy and have a great night!

Jothy’s Fish Head Curry sues Blogger SixthSeal & Google for Defamation

Posted by IcedNyior on January 26, 2011  |  16 Comments

Just saw this on twitter:

Google, blogger sued by fish head curry restaurant operator in KK

Jothy’s Fish Head Curry restaurant director Tharumaraj Sivaperumal filed a RM6mil civil suit at the Kota Kinabalu High Court here Monday, naming blogger Poh Huai Bin as first defendant and California-based Google Inc as second defendant.

The suit is arising from some allegedly defamatory statements about Jothy’s Fish Head Curry restaurant posted in May last year by Poh, originally from Sibu in Sarawak and now residing in Kuala Lumpur.

Jothy’s is also seeking an order from the court to remove the offending articles from Google and other popular search engines used on the Internet.

As a result of the defendants’ action, the plaintiff claimed it had suffered loss and damage, and its reputation had been affected both locally and internationally.

Source : TheStar Online

So apparently Huai Bin @ Sixthseal wrote about how he didn’t like the food in Jothy’s in his blogpost (way back in May 2010 mind you) even though it is recommended in Lonely Planet. In his words he called it “The Worst Fish Head Curry and Banana Leaf Restaurant in the Known Universe” and “a tourist trap. Avoid it like a bad case of herpes.”

His post – http://www.sixthseal.com/2010/05/jothys-fish-head-curry-banana-leaf-restaurant.html – is currently down (and/or a bit slow). You can get his post in Google cache here – http://bit.ly/gWJKeW

If that is a bit slow, I also have a screenshot of the post with images below. Click for a bigger pic (thx april!)

Edit : Just realized the screenshot wasn’t complete. Fixed.

Update to this issue : Google to retain ‘offensive’ contents on fish head curry outlet

Disclaimer to save my ass : All the contents of above post are content reproduced from relevant sources. All comments below are owned by the commentators themselves and do not reflect the opinions of this blog’s author.

Berita Harian : Blogger Untung RM 1 Juta (Blogger earns RM 1 Million)

Posted by IcedNyior on January 24, 2011  |  17 Comments

So last sunday, the weekend pullout of Berita Harian called Berita Minggu ran a huge headline titled “Blogger untung RM1 juta” which loosely translates as “Blogger earns RM1 million” and featured a blogger (Mira Abu Bakar frm redmummy) with the caption “Blog saya pernah mencapai jumplah tertinggi kira-kira RM12,000 sebulan” (The highest my blog has gotten is RM12,000 a month).

The full article had quotes from Nicholas Chay, head of Nuffnang Malaysia, Blogger Aimie Harmelia from jejariruncing, gf of Malaysia’s football star – Khairul Fahmi Che Mat – and a Lecturer (Pensyarah Kanan?) from UM’s Media Studies department talking about (in general) how popular blogs can make money and how blogging is part of the Malaysian lifestyle.

Interesting thing to note that along with that article, was another one about how bloggers are also required to pay taxes to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) under the Income Tax Act (Akta Cukai Pendapatan) 1967, Section 7 where it states that income made online are also subject to taxes.

What I really disliked was how BH sensationalized the piece, giving the impression that a singular blogger made the RM1 million. There was no mention at all in the article(s) about how this number came about. Was it accumulative of all the bloggers? Or one blogger over the course of xx years?

Anyway, I know some people might not have Berita Harian so I have reproduced the article here. Please feel free to share (and link back if possible? :P) Thanks Kazwan for editing the pic for me! Click the image below for a bigger version

I have a feeling that there will be an influx of new bloggers with less-than-desirable quality blogs just so that they can make money. *sigh* What do you think?

Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011!

Posted by IcedNyior on December 31, 2010  |  4 Comments

Yep, its that year end post again. Reflections on 2010 and hopes and dreams for 2011.

2010 was truly a life changing year for me. It was the year that I met countless of people. It was the year I changed jobs. It was the year I did less of some things and more of others. It was a good year.

The Year of Tweetups

This year, it was the year that I went for a lot, and I do mean A LOT of tweetups. The problem for me about tweetups is having to remember whose face is connected to which twitter handle.

I must admit that until now I’m confused who some my twitter friends are (unless they put their faces on their display). Tip : That’s why I don’t address people often by name and why I make sure people like Khir, Khairul or Rara is somewhere nearby so I can ask who is who. LOL!

So I guess for the new year, one of the things I have got to do is learn to remember people’s name more.

The Year of New Jobs.

Its actually funny how I decided to change jobs. I wasn’t looking for a new job, no. I just happened to come across someone’s RT of an RT of an RT about this person looking for someone to do social media. And I thought, hmm, why not? Best part is, the interview had to be at lunch time smack dab in the middle of KL – in KLCC. So I had to take an LRT frm Bangsar to KLCC and back within my lunch break.

So to cut a long story short, I quit my job doing programming and designing (something I spent 4 years of my life obtaining a BSc Hons degree for) to do social media. As I like to tell people, how else would you get paid to Facebook or Tweet? (Of course that was before I found out the amount of planning BEFORE and the number of reports AFTER. LOL)

The Year of Discovery

I discovered that time really does heal things. Though it might take years, but it does heal. I also discovered that without my “posse” of Pam and Aree, I went out less :( That led to more at home time and more time to dabble in projects (particularly baking).  Also I am now lazy to “doll up” and go clubbing for some reason which then leads to less drinking. I suspect it has to do with lack of “kaki”. I actually wouldn’t mind a night of fun every once in a while instead of cooped up at home and work.

It was also the year of lots and lots of road trips! I finally went to Cameron and Bukit Tinggi. I also went up to Genting (meh). Also road trips to Penang, Melaka, Johor Bharu and even Singapore! I was supposed to write a post about my trip to Singapore and Universal Studios but..er….hehe.

Resolution of 2011 : Try to visit as many states in Semenanjung so that I can complete all the states in Malaysia.

The Year of Less and More

This was the year that ironically though I’m working with bloggers, I myself as a blogger has deteriorated due to lack of time. Which leads to less blogging and lower hits (boo!). Also towards the end of the year I’ve felt the need to be more private – hence two different twitter accounts and a private Facebook acc.

So yea, more blogging this year I hope?

Anyway, here are the Top Blogposts of 2010

1. Malaysian Twitter Users put Rais Yatim on Trending topics #yorais (link) – This is actually quite funny. A bunch of Twitter-ers (namely bongkersz) started this yorais hashtag in retaliation to what he said about Malaysians shouldn’t be immersing themselves in Facebook and Twitter
2. The Body Shop Malaysia 2010 Sale + price list (link) – It was the big sale for TBS and I managed to get a pricelist (and spent a bomb)
3. Google Analytics Master Class (GAMC) Kuala Lumpur + Slides (link)– Google SEA organized a FREE class to teach us all about Google Analytics. I wrote a post about it and provided download links
4. Full List of Academy Awards (Oscars) 2010 Winners and Nominees (link) – I guess this really needs no explanation :)
5. Craft Brews Brewhouse and Restaurant Party (link) – Craft Brews invited us bloggers to sample their food and even gave us a mini brewery kit for us to try it out ourselves. Good food and good beer!
6. Digi and Maxis iPhone 4 Comparison Chart (link) – I did an table of comparison between the plans and the pros and cons for both. I think many people found it useful.
7. Artist Lineup for Arthur’s Day 2010 in Kuala Lumpur (link) – This was the list of all the awesome artists that came to KL! I was there that night but didn’t stay for long.
8. Accident on Cheras-Kajang Highway (BHP Incident) (link) – This was a really sad story about how, due to red tape, help was not able to be given to someone in need.
9. Twitter on ‘Men Carrying Handbags’ (link) – I did a quick survey on twitter asking friends what they thought about Men carrying handbags. I posted some of their reactions. What do you think?
10. Mencari Tetek Janda? (link) – Do you read the Google Adwords advertising when you’re visiting websites or checking gmail? Here’s a funny one.

There you go, round up of 2010. Hope everyone parties safe tonight!

Happy New Year 2011!!

Digi and Maxis iPhone 4 Comparison Chart

Posted by IcedNyior on September 27, 2010  |  5 Comments

Im using both a Digi and Maxis number. So I guess you could say I’ve got my foot planted firmly on both camps :P

Am interested to see whose plans is better so I decided to make a comparison. Unfortunately, some things were in the way

• Digi does NOT have a 12 month contract plan
• Maxis has plans with 1GB, 2GB and 3GB while Digi has plans with 1GB, 3GB and 5GB

So i present the following table:

Digi and Maxis iPhone 4 Comparison Chart for 1GB and 3GB plans with 24 month contract

Interesting things to note to influence ur decision:

• Warranty : Digi offers only 1 yr warranty, while Maxis offers 2 years warranty
• Free SMS/MMS : Maxis free SMS/MMS is to Maxis-Maxis numbers, Digi is for all telcos
• Contract Period : Maxis offers 12 month contract for the iPhone 4, Digi does not.
• Coverage : Maxis has undoubtedly better coverage than Digi, especially outstation
• Exceeding Data : Maxis will charge RM0.05/10KB (to a max of RM250) while Digi does not charge anything extra but might throttle your speed (need to double check on that)

So, hope that helps you make a decision. iDigi or iValue in Malaysia? Or perhaps get a set from Singapore?

*Closed* Sept Giveaway: Manhattan Fish Market vouchers

Posted by IcedNyior on September 14, 2010  |  16 Comments

————- Giveaway Closed———–

Sorry I’ve been sooo busy at work. Thanks to all 14 people who participated! I used random.org to randomize the list (refer screenshot below).

Congrats to Philip Khor, Koh Shern, SamZzNg & junw3! I decided to give FOUR sets instead of three. You should get an email from me soon. Enjoy! :D

————- Giveaway Closed———–

I honestly cannot remember the last time I did a giveaway on this blog so yea, this might be the right time. It being the month of my birthday and all :D

So I’m giving away  RM20 Manhattan Fish Market vouchers and I got three sets to give away

FYI, Manhattan Fish Market had a change of menu some time back and my favourite is Shrimp on the Rocks – Generous amount of shrimp just nice for two people, Shrimp on the Rocks is actually cooked and pre-chilled shrimps served on a bowl of ice, with the sweet and flavourful Cajun Honey Mustard as the dip.

To Win : Just leave a comment and winners will be randomly chosen.

Closing Date : Monday, 20 September 2010, 11.59pm

Vouchers will be posted (via normal post). Vouchers expire in Nov 2010.

Note: open to Malaysians.

Comment away!

Jadual waktu imsak dan berbuka puasa 2010 m/ 1431 H bagi Kuala Lumpur & Selangor

Posted by IcedNyior on August 15, 2010  |  No Comments

Been wanting to put this up but haven’t had the time. Hope this is helpful. Leave a comment if you want other states/areas

Waktu Imsak dan Berbuka Puasa Tahun 2010 m / 1431 H bagi Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya

Waktu Imsak dan Berbuka Puasa Tahun 2010 m / 1431 H bagi Negeri Selangor – Zon 1 : Daerah Gombak, Petaling/Shah Alam, Hulu Selangor, Hulu Langat dan Sepang

Waktu Imsak dan Berbuka Puasa Tahun 2010 m / 1431 H bagi Negeri Selangor – Zon 1 : Daerah Klang, Kuala Langat, Kuala Selangor dan Sabak Bernam

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