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Meanwhile, back in Malaysia, petrol prices are going up 30 sen per litre. This is no hoax, I kid u not. 

More information can be found here:
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=182852

Everyone should sell their cars (then AP system will crumble) and buy bicycles instead.

Hmm… anyone knows what happened to Jeff Ooi’s Screenshots blog? Cant seem to access it since last night. Wonder if it was due to server problem (again?) or foulplay

BTW, I’m already back to from NZ… been busy, no time to blog

Hey peeps, just updated my photo gallery… you guys can access it by going to http://auyongtc.theuseless.com/photogallery or clicking the “My Photo Gallery” link on the right —>

Added the US & Canada trip photos - enjoy

Sorry for not blogging for quite some time now. Had loads of backlogged work since I got back from Tokyo. Am still doing my Final Year Project so photos of Tokyo trip will be uploaded only after I’m done with that… sorry once again.

There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
- by Billy Ocean

Sometimes I wonder by the look in your eyes
When I’m standing beside you
There’s a fever burning deep inside
Is there another in your memory
Do you think of that someone
When you hear that special melody

I always stop and think of you especially
When the words of a love song
Touch the very heart of me

There’ll be sad songs to make you cry
Love songs often do
They can touch the heart of someone new
Saying I love you (I love you)

I often wonder how it could be
You loving me
Two hearts in perfect harmony
I count the hours until that day
A rhapsody plays
A melody for you and me

Until the moment when you give your love to me
You’re the one I care for
The one that I will wait for

There’ll be sad songs to make you cry
Love songs often do
They can touch the heart of someone new
Saying I love you

You’re my desire
You take me higher
My love is like a river running so deep

I always stop and think of you especially
When the words of a love song
Touch the very heart of me

There’ll be sad songs to make you cry
Love songs often do
They can touch the heart of someone new
Saying I love you

There’ll be sad songs to make you cry
Love songs often do
They can touch the heart of someone new
Saying I love you

Saying I love you
I love you

Found somewhere off the Internet:

Top Ten Signs That You’re A Dumbass
10. You’re a teenage boy from a small town like Sungai Petani
9. You’re a hypocrite who thinks other people of your race is stupid for the things they do, but you are proud of your stupidity
8. You’ve just got your SPM result and post it on your site so that everyone can see
7. You’ve just passed your driving test and you think you’re damn smart
6. You think you’re damn smart when you figured out that it doesn’t make one gay just by having anal sex
5. You found out that all the girls would rather sleep than to sleep with you
4. You rarely speak to your parents and your only brother because you think they’re stupid people of your race
3. You worry about others’ punctuation marks, while you have heaps of problems with your grammar and comprehension
2. You use your dumbass friend’s name as your nick because you hate him.
1. You’re fat404 a.k.a Bios Reaper

Just got this inside my e-mail account… ‘This Special Offer is especially for your loved ones & you and its for a limited time only, so hurry! pass the word on now…. since I treat all of you readers and lurkers as my loved ones as well (look, don’t have to come over and hug me, i don’t love you that much really… i mean it…)

So just decided to share this offer with you guys… only valid for these couple of days…:

Dear Valued Customers,

A Special Offer for a limited time only…

Buy Large, Free Large - for Delivery!

Buy any Large Pizza & we’ll give you another Large Pizza free! No matter how many Large Pizzas you order, we’ll give you the same number of Large Pizzas FREE! And we’ll deliver straight to your doorstep. For a limited time only!

Call 1300-888-333 to order, and mention, “SPECIAL OFFER - Buy Large, Free Large”.

‘This Special Offer is especially for your loved ones & you and its for a limited time only, so hurry! pass the word on now.

Have a great Domino’s dining experience!

Regards,

Domino’s

Terms & conditions
1. Offer valid from 29 March 2005 to 31 March 2005 only

2. Surcharge applies for Double Decker Crust

3. Offer valid when you call 1-300-888-333 only

4. Minimum purchase of a Large pizza at normal price

5. Not valid with any other promotions, coupons/offers, value meals.

6. Not valid for side items, drinks & ice creams.

Just felt it at my apartment in Kuala Lumpur, at 12:13am… !
Gosh! petertan in Penang felt it too!

Hope it’s nothing serious unlike Boxing Day tsunami…

It’s inevitable (no don’t start laughing tsewei ), isn’t it? In a widely-connected world of today, we’re bound to experience being put on hold on a telephone call every now and then.

Whether it’s a call to a customer service helpline or even a call to your husband (put you on hold either to speak with his boss, or mistress ), you might just find yourself being put on hold, often against your will. Nowadays it seems the customer service answering your call will nicely ask for your permission before piping you soothing music that will supposedly calm even the fiercest caller out there. And we’ll obliged to the request, despite the fact that we’ll be telling ourselves deep inside NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

And then we’ll be a slave to our phone, plastering the earpiece to our ear listening to whatever crap they want to pipe to us (stop laughing there you lucky bastard with a speakerphone!)…

Of course, often enough before we even get to speak with a customer service rep that would eagerly put you on hold once s/he gets your name (”hello there, who am I speaking to please? Oh hi Mr Au Yong, please hold…”). That’s why I really appreciate any customer service number that picks up a call with a human voice, instead of those pre-recorded drony female voices they call IVR (Interactive Voice Response). Navigating cryptic and maze-like IVR systems these days can easily speed up blood pressure and activate the Tourette Syndrome that’s hidden inside every one of us.

Back to the stupid HOLD button … since I don’t think we’ll ever do away with the HOLD button, we’ll have to figure other ways to make us, the consumers a lil more in control! Then again, if we can ever get rid of the HOLD button, I reckon 95% of the people manning customer service lines will quit, while the remaining 5% stay on coz they’re too lazy to get another job…

Don’t you find it absolutely frustrating to be put on hold and while you’re in the middle of being enslaved to the phone, you need to get off the phone, perhaps an emergency trip to the toilet, or that you’re late for an appointment? At times like this, I really hate to put down the phone and then at a later time, start over the whole agonizing process of calling up the number, finally getting through, navigating the IVR, getting a new customer service rep listening to your case and putting you on hold! I don’t think so!

So what can we do about the HOLD button? I just thought of this earlier… we should include a feature that we can use to get the attention of that person who put you on hold. There’s no way we should allow them to control the call. We should be able to press a key like 0 or * to get his phone to ring, signalling to him that you need to speak to him ASAP, before you miss that flight, or your bladder giving way!

Yeah, we should rally up and lobby to include this feature in every phone systems that provide a HOLD button feature! Anyone with me? Please?

P/S - Check out this old but funny clip about the Internet Helpdesk

UPDATE @ March 2, 2005 7.58pm:
Just heard a cute sarcastic line from today’s episode of Gilmore Girls…
Cust Rep: Can I put you on hold?
Lorelai: Of course I’ll hold. I thought you’d never ask!
– another –
Cust Rep: Can I put you on hold?
Lorelai: Well, of course! Holding is one of my great pleasures