I don't usually care too much about product brochures, usually they just contain bullet points of prominent features, which is good for the casual buyer, but never quite useful enough for the more technically inclined customers like me.

Then I saw the brochure for the Gigabyte M912 Convertible Netbook, it's essentially one of the first netbook computers (ie, something with an Intel Atom processor and costs < RM2k) to have a touchscreen and hence is usable as a Tablet PC. Something that I'm always interested in.

As with most netbooks it comes with 1GB of RAM, just like most other netbook user out there I was interested in seeing if we could upgrade it's RAM, or if we attempted to do it ourselves would we void any warranty.

Then I saw this on the brochure.

Not only did they mention that the memory and hard disk are easily upgradable, they were nice enough to provide a picture of just how easily accessible it is. One large panel at the bottom.

Whoever made this brochure definitely knows what their users might be looking for when choosing a netbook.

This is a pack of instant noodles that is just so WRONG!

1. It's BAH KUT TEH flavored!!! How can something that's cooked with about 11 herbs and spices be distilled into powdered soup mix? That is just wrong!
2. On the pack itself it says it's SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS!! But it's BAH KUT TEH!!!
3. There's a HALAL certification sticker on the main pack (It comes in a pack of 4)!! That's just so wrong!!

But, the main question is obviously how does it taste? It doesn't taste horrible, and if you had a craving for bah kut teh in the middle of the night and you're too lazy to go out and get some. Yup... this will satisfy your taste buds.

It's still so wrong though...

Why do I have the urge to get more?

Must be the damn MSG.

What follows is a detailed list of the various plot holes in the Star Trek reboot movie, do not read if you want to watch the movie and not be spoiled.

As I was going to be stuck in a jam yesterday, I loaded up some entertainment on my Diamond so I could watch it while waiting for the jam to move along. But then the horrifying effects of putting the tinting on my Diamond showed up. The glare of the sun made + the one way glass tinting pretty much made the display totally illegible under direct sunlight. Then I realized something, it all has to do with where I put my phone. This is where I put my phone usually.

It's a standard position for a phone holder, right in the lower corner of the windscreen so it doesn't block the drivers view. BUT... the sun shines directly on it, so not only does it receive the glare of the sun, it also receives the HEAT of the sun. I never thought too much about it (heck ALL my holders had been in this position since the first time I used one!) until putting the tinting on my phone made me realize I should put it in another location, away from the sun. Like...

On the TOP of the windscreen! I would have NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED this location with the old PDAir holder cause the suction cup just felt flimsy. But with this new CRYSTAL EDITION holder the sucker just sucks so hard I feel like I can break the windscreen if I just yanked on it hard enough.

Some of you might be asking wouldn't the thing be blocking my view in that position? No actually because it's out of my field of view.

The advantages of this position is that the phone is actually IN the car and outside of direct sunlight, and added plus is that because I brought the phone up closer to my face. I can actually use the speaker phone properly now (The diamond's external speaker isn't particularly loud) which is nice since my bluetooth headset was borrowed by my wife after she destroyed hers a few months ago. So I can hear what the other side is saying properly.

The only other disadvantage is that I need to get a longer car charger cable to provide power to the phone by snaking it up the windscreen so it doesn't get in my way when I'm driving. So I told myself what a great position to put the car holder in.... until I smashed my head into it when I leaned forward to see something!

So quick adjustment left me with.

The upper right corner of the windscreen! All the advantages of the previous position minus the possibility of me headbutting it. Also if it falls for any reason it *should* land on my seat. :P

So mommy decided to try out some Korean BBQ. The restaurant she choose to go to was occupying 2 shop slots on the 2nd floor. When we got into the shop red flags starting going off in my head cause it was dinner time and the shop was completely empty and the air conditioning was off. Shops only turn air cond off when they know they don't have customers to deal with.

Then they lead us to the other part of the shop, which had people and air conditioning, but... there was one caveat. The area was one of those that didn't have any chairs, just cushions where you sat on the floor. The first thing that came across my mind was "how the heck are we supposed to secure WZ?" and we couldn't! the moment WZ figured out the plank raised floor made an interesting noise when he stepped on it he just started running all over the place.

And one of the customers started giving him the evil eye, and had the what the fark are the parents doing about this naugthy kid look. Mommy saw that and told me to restrain WZ. As I grabbed WZ and forced him onto a cushion, WZ did what all 2 years old would do when captured, he starting to shriek.

I let go of WZ when I noticed he was priming his shriek, then I asked mommy would you rather he run around and annoy people with the pitter patter of his feet, or would you rather he annoy people by screaming his lungs out? Mommy expectedly choose the feet option and I let WZ run off again.

Then I saw the other danger, the shop doesn't use gas stoves for the in table BBQ plate, they use COAL. So every now and then they'd bring over a bucket containing burning coal and load up a plate. I grabbed WZ and try to get him to stay calm before he burns himself.

For the remainder of the meal, it was a battle between trying to eat, and trying to keep WZ from running around. And I can't even remember what I ate!

No more eating where there aren't any baby chairs when WZ is around!