Smart Phone

Hi,

Smart phones are getting more popular in the past year, based on the reported statistics.

I think you also need to be pretty smart to use one of these phones too.

Why?

Let me share with you some of my recent experiences on such phones.

I recently decided to download applications into my mobile smart phone by connecting it to my home network.

After doing the downloads, I turned off the connectivity but the mobile will still automatically search for the network and connect itself every few minutes.

I seek help from a mobile shop and I was told that I did turned off the connectivity so we agreed that the best solution is to set the mobile back to factory settings.

So I attempted to do it and was prompted a password to set it back to default factory settings.

Password?

I managed to call the mobile manufacturer help desk for the default password and took the opportunity to tell him my problem. He advised me to turned off the access point through another option and my problem has been solved.

Do you know that your applications continue to run when you exit from them?

We were taught by my nephews who are using iPhone 4 as they incurred high data charges when on holidays overseas and found that they were getting automatic downloads for some of the running applications!

Similarly for my mobile, not an iPhone, as I realise that the battery is running out quite fast lately.

So I wonder what other things that I need to be aware when using a smart phone..?

While I think I do not really need a smart phone but the few applications like stock market, weather, SBS Iris,..... can be useful though.

Otherwise, a mobile with the typical functions is good enough as long as it also has a 3-5MP camera besides music player and FM radio.

Well, this is the new generation where technology becomes so much part of our lives....!

Mount Kinabalu

Congratulations to my neighbour, Daniel, for reaching the summit of Mount Kinabalu!

What an achievement..!

When I google about Mount Kinabalu, this is what one of the climbers said ...
"Mentally, physically and emotionally challenging! Expect to be sore for at least 3 days... Proper climbing boots a must.

Am glad we did it, but would I do it again? No! "

So Daniel, would you do it again....? Ha..ha....

Here are a few photos taken during Daniel's climb.

I definitely cannot make it with my bad knees.

However, it would be nice if I can do some hiking in Katmandu, Nepal....?

David

Lion King Musical at Marina Bay Sands

We saw the Lion King Musical at Marina Bay Sands last weekend and we both agree that it is one of the best , if not the best, musical we have seen to-date.

The costumes and props were fantastic..... and of course, the singing and the storyline too!

If you have not seen a musical before, I think you should watch Lion King musical especially when it is held at Marina Bay Sands instead of Esplanade.

You can have a preview of what it is like here :

Congrats to Jon & Amy

I am proud of my nephew, Jon, and my niece, Amy, who just graduated from their respective universities in Australia.

Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Law( First Class Honours) degrees.


Jon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce degrees.

Congratulations again and I am sure their family are so happy and proud of them.

Uncle David

General Election 2011

Wow... what an experience over the past 10 days!

Though I have voted 3 times to-date, I only feel the intensity and excitement during the recent general election.

I must also admit that I am more aware of the issues and achievements through the rallies and info made available through the Internet.

As I was coming home from my breakfast, I saw and heard PAP lorry broadcasting their thanks to the public for voting for them. Similarly, I saw WP lorry doing the same and I managed to take a photo of it.

Congratulations to PAP for being elected to form the government again and also WP for winning 6 seats in this new Parliament.
Well, I just hope that we , the citizens of Singapore, will now put our differences away and work towards a prosperous and secure nation that we will be proud of and for the future generations.

David

iPhone Hung But Recovered

My dear wife's iPhone 3GS hung when I was updating the software through itunes on the PC, caused by a restart of the PC when the installation or upgrade of the software.


I pressed the button on the top to do a reset but it did not work.


I surfed the Internet to find solutions but none of them work and I dare not try some of them too, in case I made the problem worst and the shop may not want to honour the warranty.


So I went to bed and let the iPhone as it was , as it could not be switched off.


The following morning, the iPhone ran out of battery so I started to charge it.


Apparently, this triggered some sort of reset and I was prompted to link the iPhone to itune for recovery or restoration.


I was indeed so happy and managed to get the iPhone restored with the last back-up.

It is back to working status and the latest software was updated too.

Hooray!

Lessons learned:


- When updating the software on the iPhone thro' itunes on the PC, do not multi-task so as to interrupt the software upgrade process


- Backup your iPhone thro' itunes on your PC ( a few of my friends do not sync their iPhones with itunes on their PC or do not know how )


One interesting thing that I observed from this incident.... I put my wife sim card into an old Sony Ericssion mobile while I was trying to solve the problem and she struggling with it as she is so used to the finger touch interface on the iPhone...ha....ha....


I have used other smart phone and I must admit that iPhone is in a class of its own.


I should consider getting an iPhone 4 when my mobile contract expires at the end of this year....

David

My 2nd Election Rally

Since I attended last night rally by the opposition party, I thought I should also go to the one by PAP since it is held at the same venue, near my home.

Just to compare the atmosphere and get a feel of the rally by different parties.
It was definitely not as crowded as last night rally by the opposition party.


Only the grandstand and most of the terrace are filled up with people. The platform was in front of the grandstand.


Partly, we were there as one of the speakers is a brother of our friend and we wanted to see how well he can delivered his speech. I was impressed by his perfromance, good for him!

Enough of rally for this election since I can catch all of them on the Internet, i the comfort of my home especially now that I have an idea of how the atmosphere and crowd response are in these rallies.


David

Singapore Election Rally 2011

Hi,

My family and I attended our 1st election rally just a few hours ago.

We were motivated by the fact that there is always an unusual crowd in opposition rally and we wanted to experience the atmosphere and excitement that we read in the papers and on the Internet too.

Also, the rally by WP is held at Bedok stadium which is near to our home.

Though it started at 7pm but we only left our home around 7:30pm and there was traffic jam along the way and many people walking along the pavement towards the stadium.

We decided to stop one bus stop earlier and walked to the stadium as the traffic jam was pretty bad. However, we found out that there was a car accident just near the entrance of the stadium and it was causing the jam.

Upon arrival at the stadium, we thought that we may not be allowed to get in as there was a huge crowd but we managed to slowly get in through a small entrance.

Wow....! The grandstand and terrace were full with people already and people were standing on the track and field too.

We managed to slowly make our way to almost the centre of the field so that we can hear clearer from the loudspeakers.

Amazing crowd! I have never seen so many people in a stadium before!

If only this is an S League soccer game....ha..ha....

The contents of the speeches were really nothing new as I have read them in the papers and on the Internet but hearing it delivered in person, can indeed stirred up the people emotions as can be seen by their shouting and waving the opposition flags in acknowledgement of the the speeches made.

We slowly made our way out of the stadium before the last speaker as we do not want to be caught in a human jam and also, we have yet to get our dinner. It was around 9:30pm and we have stayed longer than planned.

What an atmosphere indeed..!

Good-nite,

David