Desktop Peek

Got tagged by slowcatchupkuan who wants to take a peek at my cluttered desktop. hmm... so checkit out below!

yeah i know, it's pretty old and i need to get a new one. :P Took the screenshot last nite so i didn't cheat ya.. there's even time there. :) Gotta say that this is not THAT messy, i've had worse! Happy to note that my work laptop is tidier than this home machine, really! :)

Got my usual 24x7 applications open - Azureus, mIRC, Yahoo, MSN etc. The browsers are showing Facebook (i was throwing sheeps, biting chumps and throwing bombs at people as usual.. keke) and Gmail. Of course, there are many TABS inside my browsers!! haha





I'm tagging:
Patrick Ling
Egg
Loon (who needs to update his blog more often!! :P)
Forestfyre
Annice

Summarized instruction: Take a screenshot of your desktop immediately after reading this and post it on your blog. Don't clean up any of the icons.. no cheating ok! Then tag the next 5 bloggers. That's it! :)

Perhentian Island Challenge

Signed up for Perhentian Island Challenge's Novice Race! The fee is RM120 which include 2-way bus transport from KL to Terengganu, boat transfers, meals, tent accomodation, T-shirt, goodie bag and race certificates!!

RM120 for 3D/2N fullboard stay in Perhentian is really cheap! So i get to join the race, laze and snorkel in a gorgeous island for 3 days at only RM120!! Nice!! Race is subsidised by Tourism Malaysia and Terengganu government in conjunction with the country’s 50th Merdeka celebrations, Visit Malaysia Year 2007 and leading up to Visit Terengganu Year 2008. :)


Looking forward to shoot at Pulau Perhentian! Meanwhile, here's a gorgeous pic of Perhentian from Alfred Molon.


It was recently featured in an article in The Star Weekender too. Some snippets here:

The RM120 fee covers the cost of transportation by coach from Kuala Lumpur, boat ride and accommodation from Aug 24-Aug 26 at the Race Village – basically tents spread over two beachfronts with full toilet facilities.

It also includes meals and entertainment programmes, T-shirts, goodie bags and race certificates. There will also be a food fair and handicraft exhibition.

“We also identified the location and type of food stalls and drink stations to have, and have ensured that ample tents and kayaks would be made available for participants”

Snorkellers, for example, are not allowed to wear flippers as they could end up kicking and damaging the island’s precious coral reefs. The races are also planned in such a way that the routes take participants through the most beautiful scenery. Arrows will be strategically placed on the ocean floor to direct participants to look around and see the colourful fish and other marine life.

Markers will also be put up at strategic sites to force participants to either look up at the trees or around them. So no matter how rushed, participants are forced to pause and appreciate nature.

The Race Village will be very lively throughout the weekend with a food fest, handicraft demonstrations, traditional games, concerts and fire shows taking place during the day and late into the evening.

Wow, looking forward to 23-26 Aug! Will definitely take lotsa pics of the event and post them here! :)


*More details at Perhentian Island Challenge website.

Top 20 AMBP Blogs

well, what do you know?!! The Lair has been shortlisted as Top 20 Blogs in the AM Blogger Project!! wowzer! Gotta thank The Star and the peeps at AM Blogger Project for that!



Registered my Lair on All Malaysian Blogger Project (AMBP) on a whim about 2 weeks ago after reading about it on The Star and i was pleasantly surprised when i received this email in my inbox today :

Congratulations!

Your blog has been selected as one of the Top 20 AMBP blogs, and as such, will now be featured, along with the 19 other blogs, in the next stage of the Genting AMBP Contest, our very first contest for bloggers!

To check out the shortlisted blogs, proceed to http://allmalaysia.info/visitmalaysia2007/am_blog/top20.asp.

Now, in order for you to win one of the prizes, your blog will have to be ranked in the Top 5, as selected by the majority of visitors on our site. Voting begins on Aug 6 and ends on Aug 20.

Keep on blogging and may the Force be with you.

Thank you and good luck!


AMBP Editor
I.Star Division
Star Publications

Nice!! So the public will be voting among the 20 blogs to determine the Top 5 to receive prizes from Genting. ah well, i'm more than happy just being featured in the Top 20. If you're a blogger, do register your blog on the AMBP network :) You'll have to be a registered MyStar user in order to do that. And while you're at it, do spare a moment and gimme a vote!!

Leech-Proof socks

Been raining lately and i've been told to "be prepared to FEED the leeches" in the upcoming outing... . Many said that splattering tiger balm all over the legs helps keep the pests away... i might do just that.. heh

"Leeches have an adverse reaction to the menthol contained in heat rubs and will detach quickly upon contact with the substance"

Neways, I stumbled on to this Leech-Proof Socks which are available in Borneo/East Malaysia but can't say that i've seen them around here. Where can i get this here eh????

Naked toe

On a thoroughly disgusting news, my right toenail just came right off today!!! euw! I guess i spoke too soon when i said "at least the toenails didn't fall right off" two posts below (Bukit Tabur climb).

Good thing it's not painful as i imagine it would be. Just that my right toe now feels really naked!! Too gross for pics so i won't post any :P

Back to work

First day of work after a week's break. I've yet to revert my biological clock back to the working days. Been sleeping late and waking up at noon like i used to do back in college.. hehe.. gotta love the night!!

So my clock is still a bit screwed and i could only sleep at 5am last night and had to draggggg myself up at 8am this morning. ergh... It's amazing i'm still at my feet and did not nod off at work.

Monday is not as bad as i thought I'd feel. It was good catching up with the fellas who went off for vacations. Had traditional candies from Japan and checkout pics taken in Lipe Island. Gosh, i miss island's clear blue water. Gotta visit one soon!!

:|

Got another bunch of pics from our Jugra outing last weekend. Will post it up either tomorrow or the weekend. Off to get some caffeine to keep me awake. :|

Snap Preview

Snap Preview on the Lair. Came across this and decided to use it. Hover your mouse on the links and you'll get a preview of how the page looks like. Try hovering on these links and checkit out:


Star Online

:)


Edit: I've taken it out. After a while, it gets kinda annoying :P

New Year 07 Street Party @ The Curve

The countdown to 2007!



The crowd went wild with party snow spray and confetti spray!



The firework started!











HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!! :)

Purged Lair

All previous posts from 2004-2006 have been moved. Ha, just realised that i've been blogging for 3 years now. :)