歡迎豬年！Welcome the Year of the Pig!

一年復始，萬象更新，在此祝福，
諸事如意，諸事享通，諸家平安，
豬年行大運！

敬祝大家新年快樂，大吉大利，迎春納福，財源廣進！

Happy Hearts Day!!! :D

HAPPY HEARTS DAY EVERYONE! :D

Sony Product and Service WOES

I was very disappointed with the kind of service Sony Center gave to me. And even the product is disappointing. We bought a Sony MiniDV Handycam DCR HC-96 last October 2006 and an audio recording and playback problem occurred December 2006. We brought it to the service center Dec24, 2006. a day before the holiday. And we just got the unit TODAY.. Feb 07, 2007!!! the first week was tolerable because it was the holiday season, and it's really not expected to be repaired within the first week. But come the first week of january, still no call from them. I called them Feb 8, and they told me that the product was still UNDER OBSERVATION.. 2 weeks... I was already asking for a replacement at this time. Been following it up every two days. I got pissed off and reported them to Sony Main Office, and behold, they called the next day saying that a part was to be replaced and to be ordered from Singapore. Come one week, i called, and they said that there was a problem because the part which was the main board was displaying Japanese system, ONE WEEK again.. they come the next week, and the problem was about the video system.. PAL/NTSC.. PAL is Europe and NTSC is for Asia. How can they be so STUPID... shipping a Japanese system and a PAL system to a country in Asia and PHILIPPINES?! To my dismay, and it was TODAY, when i was going to get the unit, i saw their INTERNAL EMAILs.. and the service report.. They all didn't coincide with the reports they were giving me when i was constantly following it up. And what was worse was the part "For some unknown reasons, the customer is insisting for a product replacement!" This was so frustrating, and so unprofessional! Adding up to that was their wrong english grammar! It was frustrating seeing the Unknown reasons, because my reasons were: 1. It was taking them forever to repair my unit! 2-3 weeks for an observation!? 2. The product was SELDOM USED! in 3 months it got busted! 3. We NEED the handycam BADLY already!
Oh yeah, when i got the product.. the unit was NOT CLEAN, it looked like it AGED already.. There were some scratches and the lens was not CLEAN... *sigh*

Guess Sony is not as GOOD as before. To think of it, they have many batteries recalled. Esp. Apple's Powerbook and iBook's batteries that were Sony made! Even my Powerbook Battery was part of the recall. Sony's digicam recently had a recall too. oh well, i'm not going to buy any Sony Electronic products.. I wonder.. Sony Ericsson... oh no...

Think before buying SONY!

Goong S

Though not a sequel of Princess Hours, this is a "spin-off" of the successful series Goong/Princess Hours.

I think the story of this series is about a prince who will return to the palace. not quite sure about it. hehe

It's called Goong S or Prince Hoo (for the english title).

Stumbled upon it while I was searching for Princess Hours OST. And goong S's OST is nice too ;) esp. this song "MIRACLE" which is sung by HowL

enjoy!

Still Thinking of Upgrading to Vista? Think Again!

According to Apple.. " 'Why upgrade to Vista when you can upgrade past it?' "
Apple once again updated their Get a Mac campaign in their website.
Here's a quick run through:

1. No upgrade nightmares. If you’re thinking of upgrading to Vista, you’re probably aware of its strict hardware requirements. Most will need a new PC, or serious upgrades to their existing PCs, before they can make the upgrade. Many others will take a vastly easier path: get a Mac.
Vista requires a PC with 1GB memory, 15GB of free hard disk space, and a powerful graphics card. So upgrading to the new OS can require a significant investment of time and money before you even get around to the Vista part. (Which can also be expensive.) Read More..

2. You can even run Windows software. Which means, of course, that the Mac may very well be the only computer you’ll ever need. In fact, the Mac’s flexibility — its ability to run both Mac and Windows* — has both customers and columnists very excited.
If you’ve ever wished you could enjoy the best of both worlds, now you can. With a Mac. Read More...

3. It's simpler! Once you decide to upgrade your PC to Vista, that’s when the real fun begins. Because there isn’t just one Vista, there are many. Each with its own set of features and capabilities. Contrast that to Mac OS X — a single, full-featured OS that runs on every Mac.

Ready to upgrade to Vista? Choose from Home Basic (no Aero interface, no media center, $99), Home Premium (limited networking, $149), Business (full networking, no media center, $199), and Ultimate (the whole ball o’ wax, $259). Oh, and when you install, get ready to decide whether you want the 32-bit version (more compatibility, less performance) or the 64-bit version (fewer drivers available, higher performance). Read More..

4. You don't have to buy news stuffs. Many people are delightfully surprised to find that supposedly Windows-only peripherals work just fine with their new Mac. That’s because the Mac ships with drivers for most everything you’re probably already using. (Oh, and Mac OS X doesn’t scream “hardware detected” every time you plug in something as basic as a keyboard.) Read More...

5. Know iTunes? You know the Mac. iPod and iTunes makes it easy to be both a music fan and a gadget guru. You’ll find it’s the same with the Mac. Apple engineers create astounding software that turns you into an expert just by using it. If you know iTunes, you know how to use Mac software. Read More..

6. Macs run Office. These days, who doesn’t use Microsoft Office at least some of the time? People all over the world use Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. On Macs, too. Read More..

7. You can take it with You. When you upgrade to a Mac, you may justifiably wonder what’s going to happen with all the stuff you’ve created over the years on your PC. Your Word documents. Digital photos. Email. Video and music files.
The simple answer: nothing. In most cases, you’ll be able to continue working with them like you always did — except with the added benefit that now you’ll be doing it all on a Mac. How can it be so easy? Computing standards. Read More...

Now that Windows Vista is just around the corner.. You now have more reasons to

Get a Mac

;)

Thinking of switching to Windows Vista?

as most of you know, Microsoft has just released Windows Vista. It's the new version of Windows and they claim that it's more advanced than Windows XP. But wait.. most Windows Vista features are already present in Mac OS X! Aero UI is just a copy of Mac OS X Aqua UI which was already present 5 years ago! Windows Flip 3D is also a copy of Mac OS X Tiger (10.5)'s Expose! Microsoft is claiming that Windows Vista is the most secured OS of this time.. then why would MacOS X, in 5 years of existence didn't have any viruses, spywares, trojans, etc ? And upgrading to Windows Vista would require you to buy a new PC, bec of it's system requirements! So still thinking of getting Windows Vista? Get a Mac instead! :P