Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ultising my Orange MePhone apps!

Tried a few MePhone apps for photography, Simply Great!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

It's showing on TV! **敗犬女王**

Woow! Never thought that the 1st taiwanese drama serials that I watched will be showing on TV!

COOL! Reviews from my friends are telling me that indeed it's a goody show!!
Catch it my friends!  *敗犬女王*  n my reviews on it! It's Good ah!!!

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My favourite so far:  *敗犬女王* My Queen*
& of course my ultimate is still * *就想赖着你*!  Down with Love**
Cutesy Yang Guo (Ella) & Cool Jerry Yan!

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Trading in Green.... Trading in Red....

Recently smone asked me: "How is trading like... I alwis read abt those Newspaper advers abt Forex Courses... LOCK IN PROFIT... only 15mins a day... become Financially Free! Is it true?"

I took a rather deep breath... swallowed hard... before i drop the bomb on her...

"It's tough like shit!"

Maybe I should be less straight forward....  But the truth is this...
Somehow what I experienced on Friday was something familiar... like I was sailing on a Patrol...

I have never really slept when I was sailing during a Patrol duty. I merely rested... whenever I can feel a sudden rav in the ship's engine (my cabin is in the lower deck u see), I will make a call up the bridge (where the guys are on duty keeping watch)... I will just ask if everything is ok, sudden movements usually dun mean good news... mayb to avoid some traffic, to get away from traffic etc. - esp at nite (there are just so many unlit little sampans out fishing n they come out in gangs, trawling their nets along the way... these can get caught in the propellers etc.

Anyway, my point is this... I NEVER sleep onboard. Last friday, I had a Open trade position, it is in the Greens ($$$+ve)... but I wanna get more since I am already in it. i had to set alarms at 1, 2, 3 and 3.45am (close US mkt closes at 4am SIN n i wanna close it b4 the weekend)... so in the midst of my blurr-ness... I manual closed  my position. Meaning: I pocketed the $$$$, but there is a possibility that I can Pocket More if I didnt Blur Blur-ly close it off prematurely!

Before I closed off my position, I merely REST-ed... couldnt really sleep actually.... cos I was subconsciously thinking abt my position. My mind is still re-enacting the procedures, the entry, the exit, the charts n Candles etc....
I have been asked many times: "Is Trading Stressful?!"
My reply will alwis be: "You BET!"

I woke up on Saturday morning feeling rather tired but pleased with my winning trade... I dun blog much abt winning trades if you notice, cos they are fewer n of cos, i am alittle Pan-Dang, dun wanna break the M-A-G-I-C...


Anyway, I just wanna say that I really LOVE my Orange MePhone! YAY! So much convenience! Except that Battery-Not-Enough! Hahah!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Can’t Get Enough Cute Boys With Cats!

Read this from my subscription of Modern Cats . COOL!




If there is only ONE guy I can wish for....
I would really like to see him with my Pussy...



Actually... i mean with my Pussies...
You know, the hairy Ones....
Pardon my England Gramma lah!
*CHUCKLES*

But, I will gladly be Takashi's little pussy cat... licking his toes... flat stomach... & wooooooooo...
I can watch him bathe n Purr all I want!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

What have i been up to lately?

Recently I have been too busy with work...

Pple who knows me hear me complaining abt my insomnia problems, but lately i have problem staying awake just to set the next day's alarm... I have problem waking up at 7am even when I slept thru 7 hours straight at nite....

Yes, that's how mentally tired i am ... I feel guilty cos I hardly get to play with my kiddos... nevertheless, i try to play with them whenever I come home, b4 i fall asleep & b4 i leave the house in the morning....

You see, I have been trading outdoors almost everyday for the past 3 weeks...
it's tiring, cos I am someone who likes routine... i hate having to worry abt where to go to each day when i meet my Mentor... our constraints... Power Point.

So we have been paying our "rentals" at Airport (Starbucks, TCC), East Coast Park (CoffeeBean, National Civil Service Recreation Resort), Tampines (Starbucks, TeaDot), Orchard Central (QuinozSub).
It's tough cos I dun even drink coffee & i dun believe in paying for for Super-Extortion-price-Branded-Coffee....But i have to take it as Rental... On one hand, i need to keep my expenses low, on the other hand I have to pay $4.00 for Peppermint Tea at Starbucks, when I can buy $5.50 for my fav Dilmah Peppermint tea bags - 25 teabags.... 25 BLOODY Teabags... Even then, I'll usually shop at NTUC instead of Cold Storage to save  $0.25! goodness grief.... can u imagine how guilty i feel?

Despite all these, i am happier with my trading skills.... learning like an apprentice under the guidance of my Mentor... i feel tat I am so blessed to have met him. Frankly, I was in despair sometime back. I prayed very hard to be shown some light if Trading is what God has planned for me... Miraculously, by some chance things just happened.

A "colleague" whom i have only met thrice, randomly asked if I would like to join him n Mentor at ECP. He said mayb I can learn some things from him. I went half heartedly... u see, I am naturally shy and not very socialable - not the Haaah Laa Haah Laa type. I went anyway.

2nd time I met him, we randomed decided to go for a jog after trading at ECP. After the jog, he asked me if I would like to be his apprentice... a pet project he is taking. I jumped at the chance! Our agreement is based on me as a "Trial" for the close apprenticeship, if I can produce results, i will be his Testimony, a triumph card for this business.

Although I agreeed on the spot. I couldnt well sleep that day. I was very excited, at the sametime afraid. I toked to a few pple, mainly to get it off my chest(yes, mine is almost chest lah,almost). Frankly, I have nothing to lose except Time n Effort. Mentor on the other hand has SOoooo much more to risk than what I have in all!!! For this, I thank God for showing me the LIGHT, my mentor.

I took the challenge.... THREE long weeks now.... things are looking brighter for me! Nope, I havent made my 1st million. Nope, I am not abt to buy my 1st condo, YET. On the contary, I ended up with some fresh "debts" to pay off, while extending my deadline b4 succumbing & giving up my dreams & go find a job.


Three weeks later, I am a calmer trader, I go into the market with Bullet, Armour, Walkie Talkie and if I die, then I die... No big deal, I am only infantry! I cant avoid a Missile or an Atomic! But within my control, I can do so much more! I am more confident now... i take calculated risks based on knowledge, not ignorance (which I used to). I am careful but allow myself to take some bits of risk.
Though I am not making alot of money now - not even enough to pay for my mthly expenses, but i am n will be getting it better each day... analysis, entry, management, evaluation etc.

I am still a noob of cos.... learning abt trading is never a short process, it's definitely not a Quick-Get-Rich-Way-Out! I look forward to trading each day! Ever since I got myself the Orange MePhone, I have been making full use of it! Nope,i aint got any games on my phone (yet), e 1st apps I set up was my work email n my trading apps.

I fell asleep watching the charts on my HP last nite. This morning, I woke n the 1st thing I did, shut down the alarm from my Hp, then I stared goggily at my charts from it!  I am LIVING Trading, BREATHING Trading... the funny thing is this: i kinda enjoy it, very much. =D

For the next couple of months, I see myself getting better in trading, i need to learn more! Alot of times, learning comes from watching the Market & posing my questions to Mentor. the more questions I ask, the more I learn. The only problem is, "we duno what we duno right?" No harm really, my take is this: when it's really crucial, u will know what you duno then. =)

I have missed training much, havent swim for the past 3 weeks, havent run for the past 1 week. With Sundown ADIDAS coming soon, I am getting worried. Need to buck up & squeeze some time to do these soon! =D
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Did i mention that I love my kiddos?

Took some photos of my babies recently... they look really nice... wanna share them with u...
=)







Soooo....niceeeee? =D
Did i mention that I love my kiddos?
Can I mention again? kekek! =D

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Come Fight the War with me! I am OPERATIONAL READY!

Finally finally...
thank you all who are so concern abt my well being, the sleepless nights... causing abit of anemia in me (almost black out twice last nite after I stood up from a squat-down position.... noooo, i wasnt doing the toilet biz... I was playing with Creamie n Nugget)!

Haiz.. anyway, after much searching online.... i tot my last opinions would be:
1) Pay $$$ Upgrade my lappy OS - NOoooooooooooo!
2) Use another PC to sync (where to find?)
3) of cos the last resort is to sell the HP!

Yes.... such drastic measures cos I've had enough....

Until I came upon a few forum toks with the "fruit vendor"...
Pple were having the same problem as me, almost EXACT! YAHHHOOOO! I am not the only one! Phew! Some relief!!!

But the happiness stopped short when only few successfully resolved the problem, many did not...
Worst of all, many forum posting were targeted at the "fruit vendor" that they are irresponsible & did not attempt to resolve the problem or provide technical help.

That nite, I dreamt...
1) I will uninstall the current version (latest) iTunes & ask ard if anyone had an older version of it.
(Newly posted versions usually had some glitch unresolved).


2) If failed, I will find alternative comp/laptop to sync my MePhone.

I think I abit 走火入魔 already... sleep also dream of Fruits.... damn!
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Next day, the 1st person I met was my FX mentor, Eric, & i casually asked if he has a copy of the older version (he's an iPhone fan). These days pple usually download new progs & run it on the spot, nobody saves the .Exe file on their computer anymore, Nobody except for me (i usually will replace the old 1 with the new)... or so I thought....

Eric is the other person... wuahahah! Luckily me! I casually asked & he say: "Yah... I think I still have it in my laptop, let me see.... (starts searching the files in his lappy)... yah... there u go!"
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So last nite, I showered (cool my angry head).... dressed in cooling clothes (in case i get heated up again)... sat at my lappy &:
1) uninstall the Latest version
2) uninstall all the add ons (like Quicktime, Bonjour, Apple device support etc.- all the Fruity pple out there... u'll knw what I mean if u see ur installed prog list)
3) reboot lappy
4) Install older version of iTune
5) Reboot lappy
6) Poke my Orange MePhone's buttocks with the USB
7) Pray very very hard!!!

1st try... unsuccessful... told me got 1 file is the newer version than my current version, cant read the file. i tot when I uninstall a prog, all the files related to it willbe deleted!?! Did a search & found few folders created by iTunes... deleted the files & folders. Start all over again....

2nd try:
1) uninstall the old version
2) uninstall all the add ons (like Quicktime, Bonjour, Apple device support etc.- all the Fruity pple out there... u'll knw what I mean if u see ur installed prog list)
3) reboot lappy
4) Install older version of iTune
5) Reboot lappy


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I was too tired to try.... when to sleep after that... decided that I have abused my lappy very much for the past 2 weeks.... making it work from 7-7pm & 9-12am almost every weekday...

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Morning... went to "work".... poke my MePhone.... *PRAY very hard no error msg*.
Nothing happened for the next agonising 2 minutes... open iTunes...
"welcome - Soya's Orange MePhone" greeted me!

still skeptical.... tried to do some stuff.... download apps.... sync songs (playlist)... check the photos..... made 2 ringtones....
VIOLA!

So happy! Now I have some interesting Apps.... still thinking abt getting the WatsApp for sms - actually i dun sms all that much.. those Fruit Lovers friends also dun sms me that much.... but i guess it's a worth it investment. =D



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Importantly, i managed to meet my objective of buying the "fruit".... do my trading work on the go! It's great! Simply great! Not the best... that would be a little handy Netbook or those clutch size netbook....
But it's really GREAT! I can check my position (though if I am out enjoying & having a losing position will make me grumpy for a bit, but winning position I can treat makan!) plan my day out more objectively (i practically live with my lappy now)!

Check out this cool app!
Though it's trial for 30 days only,
it's a great app!



Thank you to all those friendly fruit lover friends who volunteered their help & support!
Thank you for bearing with my #%@#$$&%#^ on the phone!

I am starting to QUITE like my ORANGE MePhone now.... =D
Oh... any nice & useful apps, please drop me a sms, it's sms for now... watsapp will be COMING SOON! 

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

I've got an Orange MePhone!

I finally succumbed to the "Fruit Vendor"... haiz... but according to my bestie, Starry, I am the only 1 she knows who is *%I*&%*&^$#@^ the fruit vendor's products, the fuji Apple iPhone.

Ok, I got it cos of some promotion, also managed to "squeeze" some discount off my Sunshine Service provider... I actually had to resort to using this statement:
"How long have I been your customer?"

"Erm... 6yrs, 4mths and 23 days..?"

"Great, 6yrs, 4mths and 23 days AND this is ALL that you can do for me?! C'mon!"

So.... was I the unreasonable or tyrant customer?! I said it in a decent tone, I wasnt even sounding pissed - ok, mayb a little sacarastic... but I meant no-harm-asking what!?!

So, it was delivered to my house & little did i know this was the start of e nightmare I have been experiencing for the past few days since Thursday.
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Thursday: Got the phone delivered to my doorsteps.
  

Frankly, I was alittle thrilled n excited but after I poke it with the USB, it kept prompting me error "syncserver has stoppped working" etc etc "itunes is not able to load sync provider blah blah blah" repeatedly.... error, pissed.

I troubleshoot the problem till abt 3am...
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Friday: Good friday public holidays, so cant do much, tried again, accidentally erased all my contacts in the phone from previous sync (gmail). Luckily for me, I actually spent 2 weekends cleaning up my contacts n migrating them to gmail - getting them back in my phone was seamless. but still that created abit of HooHah at my friend's place (where we were having a great time playing wii). I had to borrow the computer & google how to "fetch or Push" it back to my Mephone.

I troubleshoot the problem till abt 4am...
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Sat: Morning jog - 20km but feel very naked jogging at ECP cos dun have phone with me, my fav armband cant fit the MePhone in. Damn. I wished I could use the MePhone app with GPS to track my workout & pacing!

Needed a cover/protection badly, after getting jellied legs from running the 20km, i tramped the whole of TampOne, Tamp Mall, push cart btw Tamp bus int n TampOne, back to TampOne n finally decided on this cover. I considered to settle for those Push cart ones, but Screen protector is $10, badly manufractured chiong silicion cover is $10, that makes $20. I could get a better Made-In-China one from Challenger!

I had wanted something GREEN or ORANGE in colour. in the end, I got both my wishes: Tadah!
I hate the Mirror Screen protector though, but since it comes with the package (2 free somemore!!), dun complain!


Anyway, still having problem sync-ing with itunes. Everyone tells me it's idiot proof, just plug in the USB, itunes will detect n viola! Well, then I am beyond idiocy...

Googled for a long time, read all the forums wrt this matter.... decided to reformat my computer to try (since I've got another problem IP address hijack due to some trojan horse virus)


I troubleshoot the problem till abt 3am....
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Sunday: Restored most of the stuff, tried again on Sunday morning. Alas, still same error though my virus n IP address hijack problem is resolved.

Bo bian, called M1 tech support. Ding Dong for at least 8 call backs (IT help had to call me back several times as they cant resolve the prob. In the end, advised me to go dwn to Paragon M1 to find the those Sunnny pple....
I shower & piah down to M1 , waited 1.5hrs for my turn, another 2 hrs for the trouble shooting-left my lappy there while me n starry went for desserts (she claims that Chocolate has got soothing effects n can calm my troubled soul....)

After a cool 3.75hrs, the problem still cant be resolved. argh.
I am down with an operational NOT-ready Orange MePhone. Says who it's idiot proof! The Sunny pple read all the articles that I read online & still cant resolve my problem! argh!

My conclusion: It's Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit version that is having some glitch/bugs. I have encountered similar cases like this with my old phone. But it's a gd lappy!

So now, i managed to work ard the problem, unorthodox method - catch the sync before it prompt the error & sync most of the impt stuff.
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I am currently down with some feverish feeling & cold sweat so resting... enough troubleshooting...

I still have to learn how to do these things, somebody teach me if you know k!

1) Read word, excel, PDF doc attachment on my Orange MePhone .. All my recording, recipes are in these formats! Help!
2) Sync some photos over!
3) Learn how to change tunes for ringtones, I am paranoid now cos I cant wake up (different alarm tones), cant hear my phone calls n sms! HELP!
4) Back up all the apps I downloaded.

YEP! that's all I can think of now....
please... i need help.... for now, it's just me n my Orange MePhone....
I have succumbed to the fruit vendor!