Since it was the school holidays,  my family came down to KL. I told my dad about it and asked him to follow me to the music store. I took him to Bentley in Mutiara Damansara and tested some guitars over there. Its a nice place to look around for music stuffs over there. So, I was trying the normal acoustic guitars and was pretty satisfied with the sound of it. Then my dad suggested me to get a acoustic guitar with a pickup, which means it can be connected to an amplifier. I tried a few, it sounded well without the amplifier but its really ugly when it’s connected to an amp. Finally, the salesmen who was with me, took a guitar which cost a little more then the previous one and suggested that to me. I tried it, and compared it with the previous one. It sounded softer when i was playing without an amp but it sounds great when its connected to an amp. The only downside would be, i need to use a 9V battery to use the pickups. My dad was satisfied with it too, and we bought it.

1. Asus Motherboard
2. LG LCD Screen
3. Nokia N85 ( Not by lightning,  but related to my post)

First my motherboard ethernet card, and the DVI port got spoilt. Most motherboards has 3 years or more warranty by manufacturer. So I went to lowyat and gave them my motherboard and told them something is wrong with it without mentioning about the lightning strike, cause you know Malaysians, never want to give customer support, they only want money support. So he was reluctant to take my motherboard since its like more than 2 years and he asked me RM30 for transport fees. I was like going to slap that guy, and tell that nut head, “You don’t need a car to send this motherboard to the next building.” ASUS was in the plaza next to lowyat. I gave him the RM30 and paid RM 5 for the parking and another RM 5 for the parking when I came to collect my motherboard.

Total : RM30 + RM5 + RM5 = RM40

Next, my LG LCD Screen. I thought it was only 1 year warranty and I got to pay to fix it. So I took it to LG, and parking was RM1.50. I haven’t went and get back this screen yet. The LG guys called me up and said the PCB is spoilt so he needs to wait for stock to repair it and it would be about a month. Currently using my netbook to blog. So I asked him if the motherboard is still under warranty and he said YES. It is 3 years warranty. Considering the next time I go there, I need to pay the parking fees again.

Total : RM1.50 + RM 1.50 = RM3

Finally Nokia N85, this is a little longer story…
I was using this phone like normal since the first day I bought it. Never knew it had any problems until one of my friend came and told me that sumthing wrong with the camera which I never realised at all all this while. After he showed me the problem, it was not comfortable to be using the phone. So I took it to Nokia Customer Centre in Sunway Pyramid. This is the worst customer centre I ever been to. Its like a small store room where guys are repairing stuff. I gave it and had to keep going and coming back since this guys never knew the problem until I fired them nicely. How many times they expect me to keep coming back and live without a phone. So the boss took me out so that he wouldnt get embarrassed in front of his other customers and told me:

Sir, the technicians here not so professional so they don’t know how to do. Can you go to Amcorp Mall ? There are more professional Nokia technicians there.

I was like, HAHAHAHA, this is why you brought me out ??

So I went to Amcorp Mall and parking was RM3 for open parking. So I went and gave my phone, they changed the camera to a new one. Even the back cover was changed. the camera was so much better. I wasn’t satisfied with the GPS and also told them about it, and the fixed it. I could connect to a satelite within a few seconds. I was totally satisfied with their service except they couldn’t back up my contacts. I had backup, so it doesn’t matter to me. I brought it back, and not even a few days I dropped the phone. The phone was ok but I felt it a little slow. Suddenly one day, I tried my GPS and it didn’t work. So I took back to them and told them that the GPS isnt working since the last time it was fixed. So they took my phone, and guess what. They changed my whole internal board. A new phone with a old casing. Since the day I dropped it, I wasn’t satisfied with the slide, it was a little lose. So when they gave me back my phone, i pretended like the problem just happened. They checked the work order and it wasn’t stated that at the time I gave the phone, there was such a problem. They took it in, and asked me to return in an hour and changed my slide. How cool is that ? Now I have a total new phone and guess how many more days for my warranty to end. 2 more days, and they told me since we just did your phone, you can come back anytime if there is any problem, we give you extra 2 months warranty.

Parking : RM2

Total : RM2 + RM2 + RM2 + RM 2 + RM2 = RM10

All of these plus some of my time and every thing is back to normal and NEW !!
So my suggestion, go for branded and officially supported things and with WARRANTY !!

This is a cool video of a cool guy playing a cool music with his cool guitar !!

Enjoy !!

XP has been the major operating system which is very stable until today but it was lacking this feature since it was implemented in Windows Vista. I have actually just installed Windows XP as another operating system because I would like to do many projects but I’m being stopped by the operating system. I have Creative Audigy Value sound card and other recording and audio devices and I want to use it for some recording purpose but due to driver incompatibility in Vista and also in Windows 7, I decided to use XP as another operating system to suit my other requirements.

Whenever I use it, I find it a little difficult after getting used to Windows 7 and Vista. Especially without the search option, it really makes it difficult to go and search for the file I want which will be inside a few folders. Finally I found an update from Microsoft where you can actually install Windows search in Windows XP. This is a screen shot of how it looks :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=55C18CB3-C916-4298-ABA3-5B98904F7CDA&displaylang=en

So XP users, you can start enjoying this feature. You can download it from the link above directly from the Microsoft’s web site.

I used to keep up with the issues around especially with political issues and I always blog about it. But after knowing some rap*st becoming our ministers and all those 1 Malaysia lies. And I still see some fellow jumping parties here and there. People still voting for this wonderful government, so I just don’t even wanna listen to anything about this country. The more I hear, the more I irritate myself.

Recently I’ve been wasting a lots of time not doing anything although I have so many things to do. Guess I have to manage my time properly. I need to also work and complete Drewbuzz Radio 2.0. Will be releasing it soon and will try to keep blogging to keep this site alive.

After I started my degree  in Cyberjaya, I didn’t find any rooms or didn’t even apply for the hostel.
Currently staying in PJ in my uncle’s house. I’m still looking for a room in Cyberjaya for a reasonable price.
So I can’t actually apply for streamyx since they have a 1 year contract.

Luckily I had this DiGi Campus plan, where they are offering RM30 for unlimited data usage.
So i decided to give it a try, and by the way, the speed is not bad. Not fast , not slow !!

OK, first of all, your phone should have a modem function.
You can either connect it through bluetooth or your phone cable to USB.
The easiest is bluetooth because, it will find the modem and its driver automatically.

Once you have connected your phone to your computer, you should have a new modem in your computer.
All we need now is just a dialer. Go to Network Connection and create a new connection.
Create a dial up connection with the number *99#. Make sure that your dialer is using the modem from your phone.
This dialer doesn’t have a username or a password.

Thats all !! Just click connect and you now have internet on the computer.

Note : You must have your GPRS activated & GPRS setting correct in your mobile phone in order to use this on your computer.

So guess what, this is where our hero comes in.
Prabhu Deva who is a famous actor and dancer in the Tamil movie industry is also called Benny Lava in this song.
So watch this buffalaxed song and get ready to laugh !!!

I’ve been busy working on the Robotics Challenge Week(RCW) 2009 web site for this pass few weeks. Been programming and designing that site since the event is around the corner. Finally after completing it I feel relieved and I have also started to continue designing a new design for my own site.
You can view the RCW ’09 site here :

http://rcw.mmurobotics.com

Today I have published my new design with my recent photo. I have been receiving feedbacks regarding my photo with the glasses. Since that was taken when I was 17 so I decided to change to my current photo. I don’t really know if this design is nice. Anyways, just give me some feedback regarding my site’s new look.

Note : Changed back to old layout with some editing because I received many bad comments about my new design.

Every time I tell out my site’s url to anyone. I’m the only one pronounce it the way it’s suppose to be(or maybe I want to hear it that way).
When I write it down, they ask me how to pronounce my site’s address. So disappointing.

Anyways, its my mistake of getting such a nickname for myself and as my site’s url.

So let me explain how to pronounce my site’s url or my nick.

Read every line one by one…

A…
D…
W…
RAJ

Get it ?? So whenever you try to pronounce it please do not forget. Its A-D-W-RAJ.

Been really busy in this semester with a lot of assignments, work load and other activities.
Anyways, I’ll try to keep blogging as often as possible.

Sorry for not updating all these while.
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