Family Trip Visit to UK Farm, Kluang, Johor

Posted by KhoKing on Monday Nov 29, 2010 Under Family

Went to UK Farm today. It is an activity organised by TUTA Skudai Chinese Methodist Church, Sunday School.

The place is around 2 hours drive from our church. We departed at 7.30am reached there at around 9.30am. Already quite a number of visitors when we arrived. Our group is around 70+ including children, parents and Sunday School teachers. There were one bus, 3 cars and 1 church’s van in the trip. Quite good participation from the brothers and sisters, and it is school holiday season now. :)

When passed by this (entrance) to the farm, I thought…must take picture of this lah…since this represent the name and entrance to the farm. I actually took this picture when getting out from the farm returning home. Started to rain already, so took the photo is a rush.

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I dropped my camera bag when I took my bag out from the car when arriving at the farm.  I didn’t expect anything to happen to my camera or lens, since it is a camera bag (meant to protect the gear inside). I only realised something wrong when I took my camera out at the main hall of UK Farm, and my Tamron SP 17-50mm F/2.8 lens was like half opened at the body of the lens. 17-35mm no longer working, and luckily can still shoot from 35mm to 50mm zoom range. Else it would be such a waste visiting the farm without able-ling to bring back photo memory.

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Tested some shots, and built in flash seems not working well with the lens with overexposed result. Focus still seems accurate, so can still be used.

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Main attraction in the farm is sheep. They have quite a few thousands of sheep I think. The farm is huge, and they provide open-air bus to bring you around, or you can chose horse ride (carriage). Since our group is big, so we chose the bus ride. First attraction is to see herb of sheep coming out from their “house”.

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Then we continue seeing a sheep dog running, chasing and guiding those sheep. Need to walk quite a distance to the field, and Malaysia weather…HOT and SUNNY! I didn’t realize the grass is so nice until I edited the photo now.

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The most fun part should be feeding the small sheep. Megumi really enjoying that. We got one bottle milk for each of us to feed the sheep. Additional bottle of milk costs RM3 each, quite expensive as the sheep can finish the bottle within seconds!

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Not just Megumi, but I think all other kids enjoy the feeding too!

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Next stop is to see the ostrich. There are 5 ostriches in the farm, Africa species with two toes according to them. Darker feather is male, while lighter feather is female.

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We have the chance to feed the ostriches too, but they didn’t eat much.

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After the Ostrich farm is another bus ride around the farm. They do have chalets for tourist to rent and stay there overnight. Looks good from outside. Maybe can try that in future if come with small family group. Final stop is to visit the mushroom farm. My wife bought some mushroom there…and also the self-plant type to bring back to grow ourselves.  (The mushroom are now in our toilet! Need dark and moisture place to grow)

Lunch is included and served by the farm. Simple meal but I personally feel that is delicious! My wife agreed with me too, maybe we all are hungry after the long walk and sweat. :P

We departed from the farm at around 3.30pm, and reached home nearly 6pm (can’t remember exactly, as I was too tired). I took a long nap at the sofa once we touched down…

Thank God for the wonderful trip organised by the Sunday School of Skudai Methodist Church. Do bring your children to Sunday School, become God’s sheep, for children will learn many good disciplines and knowledge in the Sunday School (every Sunday 10.30am).

For more info of the farm, you can visit their official website at:

http://ukfarm.com.my/

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Bought a New PC (DIY)

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Nov 27, 2010 Under Computer / IT

Ordered should I say, as haven’t reached my hands yet.

New staff joining ShaShinKi’s team, so need to get a PC for her. Will pass down my wife’s PC to the new staff, and get my wife a better PC.

Did some study and finally decided on the Intel i5 processor. i7 is overpriced both the processor and motherboard. Bought Asus motherboard this time, no more Intel as I think Intel is best on concentrating on processor.

Ordered also a new monitor:

Samsung PX2370

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This is LED monitor. Not sure how good or bad it is as compared to LCD, 23″. I was hoping to get a 24″ monitor, but it seems like Samsung only has 23″ for LED at the moment. Quite affordable nowadays, RM760 for the above.

More later…

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Megumi and mum…

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Nov 21, 2010 Under Family

Just one shot…

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Home Farm…

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Nov 20, 2010 Under Family

My home farm…my wife said want to plant own vegetable…so we dig some area for home farming. Bought the quality soils…planted various vege. Started to grow now…

It took me quite a while to think of some pattern of the farm…so to show some modern look and not really farm in the house… :P

Here’s our farm… :)

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No Pain…No Gain…Piano episod…

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Nov 20, 2010 Under Family

Reminded me of the TV commercial…hahaaa…just have to grab my camera when seeing this in real life…

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Megumi:”Papa…help…”

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That’s her cousin sitting at the right watching…

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Don’t Under Estimate me…Jusino AX-255 + BH-02

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Nov 20, 2010 Under Photography

I might look small…I priced low…but don’t under estimate me!

I am STRONG!

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Megumi – 07 Nov 2010

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Nov 20, 2010 Under Family

Some photos of my baby…

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I was actually playing around with a Softbox Flash as in the picture below. Definitely very interesting light as compared to on camera flash.

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If the above photos sucks…that’s because of my skill…not to blame the camera, model nor the softbox… :P

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Computer Died…

Posted by KhoKing on Thursday Nov 18, 2010 Under Computer / IT

My wife’s computer died last night. Can’t boot up. Showing boot failure error. Changed the HDD and still the same. I suspect is motherboard problem.

I have two computers that use the same mother board (Intel DQ45CB Mainboard with 2 DIV output), both are having same problem of AUTO REBOOTING from time to time. Initially I suspect memory or HDD problem. Formatted HDD, swapped memory and still the same.

Now, my suspicious goes to the motherboard, and I think very high chance the motherboard is giving problem.

The same HDD in my wife’s computer, now I swap it to my computer (same motherboard, so no need to reconfigure), I can booth up smoothly. This shows that the HDD is fine.

Going to get another motherboard later…definitely NO INTEL this time. :(

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What is Wisdom?

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Nov 7, 2010 Under Church, Family

Today’s sermon by Pastor @ my church…”What is wisdom?”

That’s a good title, set me thinking. What is wisdom?

Many people confused Proverbs 1:7 with wisdom. If you study carefully, you will notice that in Proverbs 1:7, the word knowledge is being used, not wisdom.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 

The actual phrase that referred to wisdom is in Proverbs 9:10.

10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

I like the word “Fear” in NIV version. In Chinese Bible, the word “敬畏” is being used. The Chinese word is a combination of “respect” + “fear”, where my personal interpretation is more referring to respect than fear, which in my personal opinion is having a totally different emotional feel than the English word “Fear”. Yes, fear we should to the Lord. When we fear, then only we will do things carefully, carry out task carefully. Fear of not achieving God’s standard, always do our best for the Lord.

Know your Lord, know Him, and fear be you to Him. He is almighty, all knowledge. He created us, He is justice, He is love. Once you know Him, fear be you to Him, and you shall have wisdom.

What is Wisdom?

It set me thinking…what is wisdom? From human point of view, wisdom can be the application of knowledge, use the knowledge that you have, in solving problems that you faced.

Is that the wisdom that what God wants us to have? Personally I would interpret wisdom as:

“Able to judge or make decision based on God’s standard.”

What’s the different between the first and the second? Application of knowledge, someone can apply his knowledge in doing bad things. We do not call that someone a wise person or having wisdom. That someone has knowledge, but does not apply his knowledge rightfully, so he has no wisdom. Now there is an important keyword in my sentence above – Bad Things. What is bad things? Different time will have different interpretation of what is right and what is wrong. Something that you did today could be good in today’s standard, but maybe bad in say 10 years time. Let me give you an example:

  • Sex before marriage

This is NOT allowable in the old time, but nowadays, we can see this everywhere, especially in big cities or more modern countries. The standard of human is changeable, the moral of human is not permanent. In order to define wisdom, we need to stick to something that does not change, which in my opinion is God’s standard.

That is why in my definition of wisdom, I involved God’s standard. If we do not judge or do things as according to God’s standard, then we have no wisdom. Only if we can fear the Lord and judge things (make decision, carry out tasks) carefully, then wisdom of God will be upon us.

Just sharing, may God give me wisdom in writing.

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My new toy – Another Dedicated Server!

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Nov 7, 2010 Under Computer / IT

Yes, that’s my new toy. Something that I can’t see nor touch, but can feel. :)

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Just signed up for another dedicated server. My sites (PhotoMalaysia.com, Fotolah.com, PentaxWorld.com, BlogMalaysia.com…ShaShinKi.com) are too much for just ONE server to handle. Time to expand and migrate some of the sites to another dedicated server.

Here’s the specs of my new toy. I don’t want it to outgrow too much…so I have opted for the best specs (within my budget) possible.

Dedicated Server

  • Intel Quad Core Xeon 2.53 Ghz Processor
  • 8GB RAM DDR3 ECC
  • 2 x 1000GB Hard Drive SATA2 7200 RPM
  • 1Mbit Dedicated Bandwidth/Unlimited Transfer
  • Direct connect to 6 Upstream IP Transit Providers

Migrating is a painful job. After two days, I haven’t able to move a site. I am moving my most important site first – www.shashinki.com. I hope everything will be fine and minimum downtime possible.

Learning new things everyday…

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Portable Flash Softbox

Posted by KhoKing on Thursday Nov 4, 2010 Under Family

Got the time to play around with a portable flash softbox yesterday. I tried the 80x80cm version with my Nikon SB-26 attached to it. Wirelessly triggered using Phottix Strato. Manual flash output at 1/4 power.

This is the softbox. It is quite huge and heavy.

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This is how Strato and SB-26 is being attached. Take note that I reversed the SB-26.

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Result. I took quite a number of shots. It is definitely a very pleasant light from the softbox, I am hooked! :)

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Where to buy?

http://shashinki.com/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ShaShinKi+Speedlight+%2F+Flash

Strato is here:

http://shashinki.com/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=strato

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ShaShinKi Photo Competition – November 2010 (Theme: Light!)

Posted by KhoKing on Tuesday Nov 2, 2010 Under Photography

ShaShinKi Photo Competition – November 2010 (Theme: Light!)

Theme:

  • Light! 

(Show the impact & power of Light! It can be artificial light from flash, real sunlight, moonlight, torchlight…etc.!)

Prize:

Jusino LS-253 Professional Titan Quick Lock Series 3-Sections Tripod (Max Load 12kg) with BT-01 Professional Ballhead with Arca Swiss Quick Release System (QR Plate Included) (Max Load 8kg)

Important Dates:

  • Submission: Now – 20th November 2010 (11.59pm Google Gmail Malaysia Time)
  • Voting: 25th – 30th Nov 2010
  • Winner Announcement: 1st – 7th Dec 2010 @

   http://www.facebook.com/shashinki

Guidelines:

  • File Format / Size: Jpeg Only, File size: 200kb to 1MB (minimum 1000px on the width)
  • Subject of the Email must be:

ShaShinKi Photo Contest – NOV 2010 – YOUR NAME

  • Email your entry to sskcontest@gmail.com. One photographer is allowed only one entry per contest per theme per month.
  • Do not include a watermark in your image, this is to ensure unbiased voting later on.
  • No borders/frames are allowed.
  • Winner must submit Original FULL Resolution File to claim winning prize.
  • Photographer must type “Agree to ShaShinKi Photo Competition Terms and Conditions” when submitting / emailing the photo to the contest. Without the above phrase, entry will be disqualified. Please read ShaShinKi Photo Competition Terms and Conditions at:

   http://www.facebook.com/notes/shashinki/shashinki-photo-competitions-terms-and-conditions/16461909356120

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Nikon D3s or wait?

Posted by KhoKing on Tuesday Oct 26, 2010 Under Photography

If I took the D3s now…I won’t be able to afford the upgrade when D4 comes out (rumors said summer 2011). I am using D200 now, which I use it very roughly and sparingly.

Hmm…should I wait?

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There is a D3s sitting on the rack waiving me to take it out…do I need higher megapixel? 1080i HD video? Hmm…

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Available at:
http://shashinki.com/shop/photo-clam-korea-m-154.html

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Samsung Galaxy S – Camera Problem

Posted by KhoKing on Monday Oct 11, 2010 Under Family

My Samsung Galaxy S is having problem now. The camera is not able to focus at far subject at the center. It is always blur at the center part.

I tested it side by side with my wife’s Galaxy S, confirming that mine is fault. Need to send it for repair under warranty, but I hate to be without a phone and not sure how long will it takes to get it done. Need to backup everything and reset my phone to factory default as I don’t want things inside my phone to get view by others.

Bad… :(

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Jusino Tripod Height comparison – AX-253 and AX-284

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Oct 9, 2010 Under Photography

Jusino AX-253 Professional Traveller Series 3-Sections Tripod (Max Load 12kg) with BT-02 Professional Ballhead with Arca Swiss Quick Release System (QR Plate Included) (Max Load 15kg)

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Yours truly with the AX-284 model.

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Dinner @ Korean Restaurant

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Oct 9, 2010 Under Family

On 3rd Aug, we went for dinner at a Korean restaurant in Johor. Order a meal set (RM178 I think) for 4. Quite ok. Some photos to share (took by my Samsung Galaxy S).

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JJC PD-3 Softbox on Canon EX 430 II Speedlite

Posted by KhoKing on Saturday Oct 9, 2010 Under Photography

A portable softbox for speedlight!

First step, put on the HOLDER. It comes with velcro (spring type). No glue, no gum!

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Front few after the attachment of the holder. See the reflector inner silver surface that helps to concentrate and bounce the light.

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Attached the Softbox to the Holder via velcro. Again, no glue, no gum.

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Another view. Basically, you are ready to FLASH!

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Available at:

http://shashinki.com/shop/universal-flash-softbox-external-speedlight-flash-p-6223.html

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Your Facebook at ShaShinKi!

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Sep 19, 2010 Under ShaShinKi

We have modified our Facebook link at ShaShinKi, using FB Like Box, now it randomly selects and shows 6 Facebook users that LIKE ShaShinKi FB page.

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Do subscribe / LIKE our ShaShinKi’s FB page, you might get show up at ShaShinKi’s page as well! (We have over a million hits per month!)

Thank you for those who have LIKED us! We hope to bring you the latest news and update via Facebook! :)

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Mooncake Festival 2010 with Family (Malaysia Day 16th Sept 2010)

Posted by KhoKing on Thursday Sep 16, 2010 Under Family

Today is the first Malaysia Day public holiday in Malaysia – 16 Sept 2010, in celebrating Sabah and Sarawak join into Malaysia to form the country.

Megumi, Lydia and I have some good time tanglonging in our garden. Of course, must take some photo to blog about.

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Megumi is enjoying the moment…

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Last year shot is here:

http://shashinki.com/blog/2009/10/05/mooncake-festival-2009-%E4%B8%AD%E7%A7%8B%E8%8A%82/

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Megumi in Korean Costume

Posted by KhoKing on Monday Sep 13, 2010 Under Family

Sharing some photos of Megumi. I think the costume is really beautiful!

Preparing…

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Lydia at the back, she is really proud to see Megumi beautifully!

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Megumi was not feeling well that day, but she still want to join the events of her school. (We left in the middle to go and see the doctor and she was having fever till 38.4 degree C!)

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Together with some other kids…

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Some other shots…

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Shop Front Page Update @ ShaShinKi

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Sep 12, 2010 Under Photography

Got some free time during this Raya holiday, so managed to do some clean up @ ShaShinKi store.

There are 3 major update that you will see on the shop front page, and several minor ones (for you to discover).

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Clean Up 1 – Search Box @ Header

I have wanted this for a long time, finally able to do the codes and make the move. The old search box is at the upper right column, which has now been removed as I want to make the right column shorter with less items there.

Clean Up 2 – Top Menu

This should be a minor one, just doing some cleaning and tidying work. Not perfect yet until I figured out what to do next.

Clean Up 3 – Used Corner

ShaShinKi Used Corner is getting hotter and hotter, so I figured it would be good to put a dedicated BOX to promote our USED Corner so that it gives more exposure and better visibility to the products that YOU consigned with us.

There are some other cleaning work that has been done like tidying up pages, changing some colours of tables…etc. One that worth mention is the Shopping Guides at ShaShinKi, which has been updated with our latest look and design.

Thank you for dropping by and we hope these minor updates can make your shopping experience @ ShaShinKi a better one! :)

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 ShaShinKi Appointed as

 

Official Distributor of Jusino Professional Tripod
 Jusino Tripod

Jusino professional tripod and support system are manufactured by Zhongshan Baoyi Plastic & Metal Products Factory, founded in November 1999. Specialize on producing metal products, Zhongshan Baoyi obtains good reputation in home country China and international markets for its high quality and competitive price. Since 2002, Zhongshan Baoyi has been OEMed products for many countries including United States, Korea, Japan and Asia countries.Zhongshan BaoYi Photo Enterprise Co., Ltd. Established in 2008 through 10 years effort and advance, and have searched out our own brand — “Jusino” professional tripods and heads.

 

Introductory price!

http://shashinki.com/shop/jusino-m-163.html

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ShaShinKi’s Advertisement Banner in September DCM and HWM

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Sep 5, 2010 Under Family

Checkout for our Advertisement banner in DCM and HWM magazines September issue! :)

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Maha Introduces PowerEx Imedion 2400!
 
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Powerex IMEDION Batteries – “Ready When You Are” – Now Even Better!

Maha Energy, the maker of Powerex batteries and chargers, announces a major performance upgrade of its IMEDION battery: the AA size rechargeable battery gets a 14% capacity boost from 2100 to 2400 mAh, without compromising longevity or reliability.

A common problem that plagues rechargeable batteries is the need to recharge them about once every one to three months even if not used. Maha tackled this issue by developing advanced electrode materials to reduce the rate of power loss during storage. As a result, the IMEDION batteries retain up to 85% of its charge even after one year of storage (at a room temperature of 20 deg C). The IMEDION batteries are shipped fully-charged and ready-to-use.

The IMEDION batteries differ from the competition in that they boast a longer lifetime as well as increased power retention under warmer environments. The IMEDION batteries can be recharged for hundreds of times and perform extraordinarily well at elevated temperatures. In addition, the IMEDION batteries feature a low-impedance design and can deliver a high burst of current, suitable for camera flashes, remote control cars, and more.

The IMEDION batteries are fully compatible with all Powerex chargers.

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About Maha Energy
Founded in 1993, Maha Energy Corporation designs, manufactures and markets batteries and chargers under one roof. Armed with a robust core technology portfolio and a precision manufacturing operation, Maha seeks to provide consumers, professional and companies with the state-of-the-art power solutions.

Malaysia’s Sole Distributor
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Smart Phone, what IF LOST?

Posted by KhoKing on Wednesday Aug 25, 2010 Under Computer / IT

With the advancement of technology, it is so good that a phone can perform like a portable computer for you to bring everywhere! So many data and information you can store inside, some even like to use it as a camera to snap “private” photos. :P

It will be such a disaster if your smart phone is lost…cost of the phone is one thing, but the information inside the phone is the most important and of concern to all.

Being a phone, which can be bring around anywhere, the possibility of it getting lost is extremely high. Some might even get robbed! Yes, I have heard and read stories about that (don’t ever put your phone on a table when having lunch or dinner in open market).

So, what IF your Phone is lost? What security does one provide for the phone?

Apple has been demonstration remote lock and remote wipe features in their iPhone during the first generation launch. It is really a peace of mind thing. If a phone is lost, you can remotely lock it and / or wipe out all the data inside the phone. In some countries, you can even trace and locate where your phone is! (some countries do not allow it due to privacy issue)

Now…Android phone being so HOT and POPULAR now…does it has such feature? I wish it has but I was disappointed. I was really concerned about the information I have in my Samsung Galaxy S, and I did “lost” it once (later only found it inside my car). There are just way too many private data in the phone and security concern that should not get exposed to. I searched and google around and found two:

  • wave secure
  • mobile defense

When I tried to search for it in Android market via my Galaxy S, I just couldn’t find them. Not sure why, maybe is not available to my country (Malaysia).

Today I discovered and tested out ONE nice built in feature in Galaxy S! I have actually noticed that feature on Day 1 of buying my Galaxy S, but I didn’t understand the function of it and forgot about it. I did asked the salesman at Samsung Mobile Shop, and he doesn’t know as well. Today, after google for it, I finally understand it and IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! Yes, it is the REMOTE WIPE, REMOTE LOCK and MOBILE TRACKER!

Samsung Mobile Tracker

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This is a unique feature given by Samsung to their phone users! I think only Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Wave have this function at the moment. I won’t go into detail on how to set that up, as you can read that from Samsung website.

http://www.samsung.com/my/support/…

I set up my Galaxy S with the Mobile Tracker ON, and I tested it few minutes ago to LOCK my phone. Yes, my phone is locked after receiving an SMS. This is GOOD! :) Restart won’t bring OFF the lock screen. There is a PHONE password that you need to type to UNLOCK the phone. Yes, the lock screen is just like your phone keypad that allow you to type from 0 to 9. I am not sure how many time it allowed you to try out the password, as I read somewhere that a few wrong tries will result your phone being lock permanently.

Ok, I didn’t try the REMOTE WIPE feature, as I don’t want to reinstall and reconfigure my phone again (Just did it this afternoon after upgrading the firmware). I suppose REMOTE LOCK is better as REMOTE WIPE will clean all the data in your phone including the Mobile Tracker information (by default is OFF). That might render your phone to original factory condition and allowing whoever got your phone to be able to use it as a new phone. Not sure if I was right or wrong on this…

Locate my phone feature is not available in Malaysia. Too bad…

Samsung Dive

To remotely control your phone, you will need to login to Samsung Dive website.

http://www.samsungdive.com

It is a free service from Samsung for their mobile users. You can register account from your phone during the setup of Mobile Tracker on your phone.

Ok, now I have a peace of mind. Will set the Mobile Tracker on my wife’s phone later. :)

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Samsung Galaxy S Firmware Upgrade (JG4)

Posted by KhoKing on Wednesday Aug 25, 2010 Under Computer / IT

Last night when playing around with Kies (Samsung software for the computer to communicate with Samsung phones), I noticed a notification of Firmware Update is available at the lower right corner of Kies.

New Firmware: PDA:JG4 / PHONE:JG4

I remember two weeks ago when I use Kies, there is no firmware upgrade available. So this must be released only recently.

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This is NOT Android 2.2 (Froyo) yet. Samsung has announced in their Korean website that there will be Android 2.2 for Galaxy S in September 2010. Definitely a MUST upgrade later (going through the pains again…). :P

Since my wife’s Galaxy S is new, I so thought why not upgrade it! (no valuable data inside it yet).

It took around 15 mins to complete the firmware upgrade, depending on your internet speed as it need to actually download the firmware (binary files) from Samsung website. I am on a 4MB/s Streamyx line.

Upgrade will actually DELETE and ERASE everything from your phone, back to factory default. So beware! You need to back up a few things first before attempting the firmware upgrade:

Contacts

  • Contacts (if you are using Google Contacts, then just sync it with Google)
  • Contacts in Phone (Copy and backup using Kies first to your PC)
  • Contacts in SIM (again, can copy and backup in Kies first to your PC)

SMS / MMS

I am not sure how to back this up. Kies seems not able to view my SMS stored in my Galaxy S. A bug in Kies? It should by right…else how am I able to backup my messages?I don’t know and I have tried several times by plugging and unplugging my Galaxy S to my PC, still Kies can’t load or find my messages.

Nevermind, not that those messages are of super important, so I just proceed to upgrade my phone.

Installed Software

I am not sure how to back this up. I don’t think there is any option to backup the installed software. So, manually note down what you have installed and wanted to install, as you will need to reinstall them later.

Upgrade? What Change? New Features?

I am not sure. Samsung did not mention it during the upgrade. One obvious change I saw after the upgrade is a new Apps Running icon, which you can click to see what apps are running in your phone and can choose to kill it as well. Good feature I would say.

Upon searching for the upgrade info in the internet, I saw some mentioning about the improvement in speed and reducing lag time in using the phone. Also improvement in sound quality. I am currently upgrading my own Galaxy S, will know later after upgraded and played around with it for a while.

It is actually GOOD to upgrade the firmware if you want to CLEAN and put your phone back to its original factory condition!

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Samsung Galaxy S – Again?!

Posted by KhoKing on Tuesday Aug 24, 2010 Under Computer / IT

Just bought another unit today…for my wife this time. :)

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Same price, RM2500. :P

I also learned that there are AP set from Singapore and other countries, selling at around RM1.9k (8GB) and 2.1k (16GB) via Lelong.com. In Malaysia, there is only 16GB version from Samsung Malaysia.

Paying RM2k for a phone, I think it is safer to get an official warranty set. :)

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My Dream Car…Mercedes CLS 2011 Model

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Aug 22, 2010 Under Rojak

Can only dream about this car…Mercedes CLS 2011 model. I just love the BIG Merce logo in front. Classic yet fierce look!

The current model is around RM800k before roadtax and insurance. Can get rob when driving it on the road in Malaysia…yeah…not anybody can “afford” one. Need not just $$$ but guts too. :P

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Online Shopping in Malaysia – Can trust or not?!

Posted by KhoKing on Sunday Aug 22, 2010 Under Family

The first thing that people will ask (especially in Malaysia) when talking about online shopping is…CAN TRUST OR NOT!

Noticed that I did not use ? but !, because those who asked this question are actually already set their mind to “CANNOT TRUST Lah!“. They are not seeking for answer, not asking a question but TELLING YOU what they think (Cannot Trust).

Online shopping in Malaysia is still relatively new. Thanks to AirAsia, most have to force to learn to shop online, at least to grab the so called “Free ticket“. AirAsia have managed to kick start online shopping experience in Malaysia since their first launch in early 2000, but that’s not enough. AirAsia is a big company, so people trusted them. How about other online shop?

ShaShinKi – the First & Largest Online Camera Shop! (in Malaysia lah…)

From time to time, I receive phone call and email from potential customers asking what if they paid but never receive the goods that they ordered. Can they trust ShaShinKi? Guest what…I told them NOT to trust me, but google for ShaShinKi and see what others are saying about ShaShinKi.

Of course, I also told them who am I (Dr. KOH Kho King). Hahaa…you might ask…who are you?! (“in shout mode”)

I am Dr. KOH Kho King

  1. Co-founder of Photo Malaysia (www.photomalaysia.com) – First & Largest Online Photography Community! (We have Canon, Schmidt, Futuromic, Shriro, etc. big companies in Malaysia advertising with us)
  2. Founder of Fotolah (www.fotolah.com) – Fastest growing Chinese Photography Forum in Malaysia!
  3. Founder of PentaxWorld.com (www.pentaxworld.com) – International Pentax Forum.
  4. Founder of BlogMalaysia.com (www.blogmalaysia.com) – Largest blog directory in Malaysia with over 10k members!

If the above still not enough, then take a look (detail study) at ShaShinKi website.

ShaShinKi.com – How much does it worth?

Malaysia’s First & Largest Online Camera Shop!

http://shashinki.com

We are the FIRST and LARGEST Online Camera Shop in Malaysia! Started in Dec 2005, we have been in the business for more than 4 years with lots of satisfied customers! We have nearly 5000 active products online, over 20k customers, very detail and smooth shopping system!

ShaShinKi has been in the business for more than 4 years, and we are the distributor of many big brands in the market (Domke, Maha PowerEx, Photo Clam, Phottix…etc.).

How much do you think that worth? A rotten egg (cheating) can easily spoil the whole pot of soup, and we will not let that happen to us and crashing the reputation and brand name that we have built.

Still worry?

Check out our Facebook account.

We communicate with our customers. We keep in touch with our customers. We make ourselves available for our customers. If we have cheated, people can find us easily and bad comment about us!

We have hundreds of satisfied customers that have left feedback at our website:

ShaShinKi advertises in TWO popular magazines in Malaysia MONTHLY!

  • Digital Camera Magazine
  • Hardware Magazine Malaysia

Go get a copy and you can find ShaShinKi’s advertisement and coverage in the magazines in the last 1 year and the many coming months!

Affiliates, we have lots of them!

We have lots of Affiliates that advertise for us too! If you happened to see ShaShinKi’s banner at some blogs, facebook, personal website, most probably those are our Affiliates. They earn commission by introducing customers to ShaShinKi, most of them are actual satisfied customers of ShaShinKi!

We Care!

Since the early day we have been implementing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) in our website to protect the data sent over the internet from our customers to our secure server.

My Account Information

We are serious in the business, and we know how important and valuable our customers’ data are.

Not to mention that ShaShinKi is served from a dedicated dual Xeon processor server located in Malaysia too! (costs us $$$ every month to rent the server)

So What? you might say…

We spent lots of money in building up our brand, our reputation. Just like AirAsia.

In cyberworld, domain name is everything. It is the most worthy part of an online shop. An online shop can try to cheat their customers, but that can’t last long. Words will be spread easily (especially in online world, where everybody got their FB, blog, twitter now).

Try us once, I am sure you will love the convenience of the internet! :)

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