Perth in Review (Part 1)

Why so busy lately?

  Have been busy dodging bombs. (FIY, SOY means Soil on You or in other words, Shit on YOU)

Perth is as a matter of fact, a great place to live though there is not much ‘Hua Na” roaming the streets anymore. Thank goodness. Terrorism be gone Whether it is a good thing for some people, there is still those Aussie Slang running around your mind every now and then. You will receive heaps on greetings containing, “Luv”, “Darling”, “Sweetie” and the all famous “Teddy Bear". I am not a cute cuddly toy mind you but they Aussies don’t really take those words seriously as to their real definition.

Nevermind about that I say. They wont rape me that’s for sure. Right?

  Like I said, “No Hua Na, no terrorism"

Another thing is, those fences or jail bars that we seem to cage around our homely home are long gone in Australia (Well in some cases). They are not inviting any robberies or rape cases and some sort, it cause crime in Australia is more well controlled than Malaysia. You walk at 12 midnight and what do you see? No shady man, no massacres, no nothing (Well, I still don't recommend you to walk at that time of night). Though aggressive drivers are more likely to be seen in Australia.

  A typical street in Perth

In Malaysia, the car chases are a bore compared to Perth. Don’t you find it awkward that a car chase have a ninety percent chance that the car they are chasing is a KANCIL? I mean seriously, they don’t make movies like Italian Job anymore. "Reporting a prime suspect in aggressive driving, a black Kancil driving at 90kmp/h. Calling in backup in Batu Tujuh. We may have duit kopi if we do catch them" depicting a actual car chase in Malaysia in English.

As I said previously, cars here such as brand new Mazda can be sold as cheap as a plain old junk called the Kancil. I am so sad that we all have been cheated all along. Say thanks to the Prime Minister of Modernization. He’s the one who came up with this brilliant idea.

Perth Public Transport in comparison with Kuching? Laudable

Besides all that ranting, there are also other things to be well kept aware of. The many places to visit in Perth of course. From Perth City itself, strolling over the famous Swan Lake, feeding seagulls at Fremantle Port, having a picnic at Kings Park, feeding yourself at Chinatown, getting lost at Curtin University, going Wind Surfing at the beach, and all in 30 to 1 hour drive from the suburbs, you can’t go wrong getting bore at this place. Though, night life here is particularly amiss in Perth. Most shops close at about 5.30pm. The agony for us, the bliss for those businessman.

 

Chinatown, the only place with nightlife (Well, doesn't really look like Chinatown)

The Beach (Forget whats it called)

London style Chinatown

Pwetty Unknown Flowers

 

 

OH YES. You can easily get fat here..

 

 

Fish and Chips + Me = Orgasmic Dietary Malfunction

They call this kids meal

What Naruto fans like to eat. (The best Ramen is available in Fremantle Market)

 

Anyway, my first impression of Perth compared to Kuching is “Beats the Hell out of it in some ways”

Since my hair is itching to get a shampoo rinse, I’ll be signing off up to this point. Be sure to check out for more upcoming post about Perth and a review on the iPhone 3G.

This is definately a must for those iPhone haters cause I was one of them last time but now, I have become a fanboy. I proudly admit it.

So to sum it all;

KUCHING : PERTH = 0 : 1

(Check the current standings at the log next to my post)

Green DAY!

Green Day - New Music - More Music Videos

Know Your Enemy (Sorry about the overlap)

From the long awaited album, comes Green Day. The album name has one of the catchiest title I heard all year; 21st Century Breakdown.

I will buy their original album =)

Sorry about the late update. Been super busy this couple of days. Will update more on Perth soon. In the meantime, enjoy this awesome song!

Ebay 101

I just won a bid.

In ebay~~~~!!!!!

My next favourite shoplot.

What did I buy? Something for my iPhone. Regrettably, it cost quite alot as someone was competing with me in the bid. Sadistic person he was but I reign triumph and became the undisputed champion of yesteryear.

Though it was my fathers credit card. But soon, I’ll use my own bank account in PayPal.

Believe me. Online shopping is way fun!

The Great Escape (Finale)

Am I finally settled in Perth, Australia? Not entirely.

Anyway, totally very stupendous sorry for the late post. Been pretty busy lately. Trying to balance gaming, travelling, preparing and chatting is pretty hard. And finally now, I found time to blog! Yay.

I’ll make this post short and simple for suckers who never visited Australia, understandable.

Perth is something like Kuching.

 

Pretty similar ain’t it? (Sorry about the noise in the first picture. My camera can’t really take dark places)

Just that the buildings are taller, city is bigger, streets are bigger and a cleaner well kept river.

Though with all the similarities, is hard to say that Kuching is on par with Perth. In here, you can see that alot of immigrants from all over the world are here blabbering their own accent. From the Konichiwa type to the Brits, the ni hao ma and the ‘Au’ Fe’ De sen’ (I wonder how to spell that), you can find them in all sorts of skin colours. Still the majority is Australians of couse but its quite hard to tell whether they are citizens or coming from say America. ULTIMATELY, this proves that there is a reason they all flock to this enchanted bay. You know whats that?

CHEAP CARS!

22-30K AUD

20-25K AUD

And to top it all of;

11-12K AUD. ( RM28K. Cheaper than Malaysia!!)

Though the only proton car I seen so far was someone driving is a metallic white Gen-2. Poor Bastard..

That’s all folks. Remember to check my blog next time for the REAL review of Australia. Tata.

(Lesson of the Story Kids : Malaysia are ****tards and never will exempt their overpriced tax rates in imported Cars and other items. They want stupid people like you and me to buy their home made junks. MALAYSIA BOLEH! BULLY)

The Great Escape (Part 2)

I’m finally at Aussie. Honestly, I’m kinda homesick. From the absence of Proton cars zipping past the highway, Asians who are like rarely to be seen, blondies everywhere you walk, you sure are going to say “Ha?” or” Wow”.

Anyway, currently I am surfing the web in my cousins house. It’s alot faster than Malaysian Internet I can assure that. For now, I’m pretty free, but with my cousins Wii and his Uber Awesome Rig to be accompanying for me the next few days, I am sure going to be busy =D. I guess gaming do run in the family. Kekekeke. Photos coming soon.

Dem dudes and dudetts I hang out with

The Great Escape (Part 1)

What will happen to Malaysia when I’m gone?

In Chronological Order;

• Najib is appointed as Prime Minister (Which he already is)
• Batang Ai election turn out badly as PKR won by a landslide cause the orang pekampungan don’t trust BN’s get rich schemes anymore.
• Taib was in shocked and was saddened by the whole matter and appoint his young son to take over his place
• Anwar naked vasectomy surgery photos circulate over the internet
• Next State Election turn out even more badly as PKR won a 75% majority
• Anwar was assassinated when he was giving speech as the next Prime Minister
• US intervenes and cuts of many trade routes and puts embargos towards Malaysia
• Najib gets a heart attack and few into a coma
• Mahathir finally shuts up
• Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak went into anarchy
• Indonesian forces organize mass rape to little Chinese and Malay girls
• And pregnant woman
• North Korea tested nuclear missile on Malaysia
• Millions of people became infected zombies and ghouls
• Nuclear Warfare happens
• Few Malaysians survive cause of their kia-see syndrome that they contracted
• The era of Fallout is declared around the world
• Flying dogs and fire breathing lizards are one of the most common animals in the world
• Bryan Kho saved the world
• He won more votes to be the president than Barrack Obama Junior himself
• Peace was finally declared
• He dominated the world and enacts slave trading to be a past time to rich locals
• The middle finger was a salute to humanity

This is not depicted to be a true historical event as procured and predicted by professionals. This story is only fictional and for entertainment purposes only. Please don’t close my blog using ISA. 

Acer 6935G Review

My New Portable Beast

As for now, I currently inherited the Acer Blue Gemstone 6935G. This is what should be keeping me alive for the next five years. Hopefully it does last that long..

This is my first review in this blog and I intend to make this a good one. I’ll be looking in the Value, Performance, Design, User-Friendliness, Hardware, Software, Sound, Accessories Weight, Portability, Net Surfing and just about everything in this powerhouse machine.

Hardware Specifications

From there we could see the specifications quite barely.

For those cannot catch a glimpse on what I just took, I guess I’ll type all of it out. Prepare to be astounded^^

• Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4ghz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache)
• 16” Full HD 1080P Acer CineCrystal LCD (1920 x 1080 = Crazy Ass Resolution)
• Up to 2303MB NVDIA GeForce 9600M GT TurboCache ( Alright, I am in Love)
• 3GB DDR3 (DDR3 not those obsolete DDR2)
• 500GB HDD (Sadly, it is more than my Uber Awesome Rig)
• Blu-Ray Disc (This could be the most expensive part of the laptop)
• 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N WLAN
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Acer Xpress VoIP Phone
• Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
• Surround Sound Enabled (by something called TUBA)
• Built in Webcam 1.3Mega Pixels/2Mega Pixels (I am not too sure about it)
• Built in Fingerprint Security
• Built in Mic
• 1 year international warranty

Software Provided

• McFree (Like most laptops)
• Microsoft Office Student 60 day Trial (Though I quickly reinstalled it with a pirated one)
• Some Acer Stuff

Accessories given

• Acer VoIP Phone
• 16GB Kingston Thumb Drive (We paid an extra 50 to upgrade it from 4 to 16)
• Headphones with Mic
• TECOM mouse (It’s a little small for my hands)
• Laptop Lock (Don’t really know how to use it)
• ACER laptop bag (Barely manage to fit my laptop inside)
• An outdated blu-ray disc showing some trailers

Performance and Multi-Tasking

I have this laptop for about two weeks and it seems to be running quite fine without any BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) or frequent lag happening now and then. I normally run my Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, Few tabs from Mozilla Firefox while posting this blog with Windows Live Writer with no cinch of lag. Besides that, with the provided resolution, 1920 x 1080 pixels, you can guarantee that you never have problems not being able to do stuff all at once.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 opens in like about 5 to 7 seconds the moment I click it as it loads all its resources. The Firefox on the other hand loads in about 3 to 2 seconds. Most Windows program though load in less than a second. But one thing I hate is it seems to show the Welcome screen after you access an account a little longer but its forgivable.

It also achieve a 4.9 rating for the Vista Experience Index.

Entertainment and Video

The sound system taking all the space up

From the picture above, you can see that it has an extra large sound system. Though if your one who love bass heavy songs, you may hear a slight interference every once in while but it’s not quite audible. But it has no problem with songs that are softer.

With a 16 inch screen at your disposal, you cannot give up trying to see the latest (pirated) movies with this machine. The picture is very crisp and sharp. I have no problems with playing DVD’s with the machine though I have not tried any blu-ray disc being it is to expensive for my puny budget.

Though, my main problems is the blu-ray disc drive seems to be making loads of noise while reading certain disc. The crackling sounds that you may hear may fright you for awhile and probably tempt you to take the disc out but I have not see any problems so far if you leave it in there. The drive can burn CD, DVD and most probably HD-DVD also but sadly it doesn't burn Blu-Ray disc.

The CineDash Media Console

Yes it does look very catchy and it works pretty catchy also. It seems like they stole this design from some Star Trek Movie and slap a sticker next to the keyboard. But it is not any sticker, but it is some flashy touch sensitive buttons so you won’t need to press or anything but just brush your fingers over it. It did have few problems when I wanted to change the volume though.

User-Friendliness and Design

The Keyboard and Touchpad in view

The keyboard I would like to say is alot smaller than usual. You can see that the space bar seem to be cut off due to the space the CineDash Console taking part of the space. With that, for first time users, you may have some problem getting use to the keyboard but it is not impossible. But one thing I don’t really like is that dust or some other foreign object seem to like come out from nowhere and hide itself under the keyboard. The keyboard seem to have holes here and there. I don’t know whether it is dangerous or not to leave it in there but it is just so silly when you get bothered by the same thing you see every time you type.

Anyway, the power button looks very sci-fi like and that seems to make eye go ogle it everytime. The one thing I love more is the circular shinny oject at the side of the laptop where you plug in the power cable and probably also the blue illumination around the laptop. The touchpad material also follows the body of the laptop which is carbon fibre. Yes it does sound strange but it works well since it doesn’t spoil the design of the product. No wonder this lappy had won the Best Product Design of 2009 though it didn't win the Dust-Free Award.

So smexy!

The top/dashboard/or whatever you call it seems to be the most attractive feature of this laptop. But yes, it does collect alot of dust also and probably smudges from your hands. So be sure to wipe it almost every time which is getting pretty annoying.

The weight is about 3kg plus. That is pretty heavy for a laptop. But consider it has 16 inch screen it is pretty average in its category. Though with this weight, it can easily be as heavy as a desktop replacement. But the hardware inside the computer is not to be miss as it is the main reason that it is this heavy.

Gaming

With the 9600M GT, it does pretty well in gaming. With playable frame rates in games like L4D with medium-high settings and L4D in medium settings with about 60 Frames per second, I do say this is the best laptop which is bang for my buck with such a great graphics card. Though I didn’t benchmark much on this laptop but I do say, you can’t go wrong buying this laptop as a gaming machine.

Though I didn’t test this beast on Crysis or more of the top end games but this will certainly appeal to the casual gamers and possibly the hardcore gamers also.

Internet and other wireless capabilities

It has no trouble in connecting internet outside and WIFI. Though it is not tested thoroughly, but it does pretty well in finding connections outside. It also has Bluetooth for those who want send files in a jiffy from your phone.

It can view webpages with no problem as the resolution is ultimately quite big. Though it didn’t had JAVA the first time I got it.

The webcam was pretty fine and it takes pictures and videos also. Though be warn that the videos taken have a slight delay with the sound which is pretty annoying as you can’t record yourself if you intend using sound with it. The microphone was possibly hidden very well as I can’t find it but it does read sound pretty clearly even when afar.

Value

I bought this for 4499 (Though it got a discount of 99 bucks). With extended warranty of 3 years domestic only (add another 200), I say this may be the best laptop around with this kind of specifications. I did not regret as I have made this purchase and I will absolutely take care of it like its my baby.

Verdict

This is should be the best laptop at its price around and you can’t find it anywhere on other companies. I do say few things bother me but still it is easily forgettable as it brings so much that you can as well get from a desktop. I dare say that this will be something I can’t live without when I am at Aussie.

Pros

• Cheapest laptop you can find with specifications like that
• Extremely wide resolution
• Blu-Ray
• Mainstream to High-End Graphics Card (Gaming capable)
• CineMedia Dash Console
• Beautiful Design
• 500GB HDD
• Crisp Videos
• Bright LCD
• Some nice Acer Programs fitted in there

Cons

• 3 USB Bays only
• Reflective LCD Screen
• Smaller than average keyboard
• Heavy
• Collects dust and smudges easily

Final Rating : 8.7