Increasing My LAN Ports

During my recent trip to KL, I visited Low Yat Plaza ( their equivalent to our Sim Lim Square or Funan IT Mall )  where they sell mainly IT and mobile products and accessories.

My main router ran out of ports and I was shopping for a gadget to expand or increase the number of LAN ports so that I do not rely on wireless connection which has a slower data transfer speed compared to a LAN wired connection.

In the recent Comdex show, I saw a 5-port switch selling for S$17 and this is the solution that I was looking for.
IN KL, the same product was selling for RM22 ( about S$11 ). So I bought it without hesitation.

I managed to installed it and got it working and I thought I would make a video on the installation since the instruction that came in the box was just too brief and I have to surf the Internet to confirm how I should do it.

Hopefully, this video will be helpful to someone out there who may need some guidance.

Free n Easy Trip to KL, Sept 2012

We flew into KL for a short visit with some friends since Jason was also away on a school trip to Hong Kong.

We were in KL about 5 years ago and traveled by coach and stayed in Berjaya Times Square.

It was an enjoyable shopping and eating trip, thanks to our friends who led the way to all the good food..ha..ha...

However, I did not put on any weight as we walked a lot for food and shopping too.

We were impressed by the newly implemented GOKL City FREE Bus which travels around the central business district so we did not need to take any taxi or mono rail to places like Chinatown and KLCC.

We bought a cabin luggage bag at 50% discount and I also bought a few networking devices at the famous Low Yat Tech Mall at a cheaper price.

Congratulations to Equestrian Rider Laurentia Tan

Laurentia Tan, the 33-year-old won a bronze in her Grade 1A Individual Championship Dressage Test at London's Greenwich Park with a score of 73.650 to bag the third Paralympics medal of her competitive career.


She had also won bronze in the same event as well as another bronze in the Grade 1A Individual Freestyle test at the 2008 Beijing Games, an achievement which led to her receiving the Public Service Medal that same year.    

 

She suffers from cerebral palsy.

 

 

Congratulations to

Equestrian Rider Laurentia Tan..!

Garden by the Bay - Aug 2012

My dear wife and her friends visited the Garden by the Bay and celebrated her birthday with dinner there too.

Here is a slideshow of some photos taken with her iPhone :



I look forward to going there myself soon.

Happy 47th Birthday, Singapore!

We have our NDP 2012 at the floating platform and we watched it 'live' on TV.

 

Congrats to the Singapore Women's Table Tennis Team

The women's table tennis team beat South Korea 3-0 in an impressive fashion.


This is Singapore's second bronze medal at the Olympics after Feng Tianwei won an bronze in the singles last week.

I watch it 'live'on TV and it was again another exciting match and I am glad our women managed to overcome their opponents convincingly though there were some tense moments.

Feng Tian Wei in action, playing single in all her matches in the team.

Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei playing as doubles team.

Congrats to the 3 women for giving Singapore another bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics; increasing our medal tally to 2 Bronze!

Congratulations to Feng Tian Wei !

Feng Tian Wei wins Singapore's first individual Olympic event medal in 52 years, an individual bronze Olympic medal for Women Table Tennis.

I saw the match 'live' on TV and it was very exciting indeed as she came out very strong and hungry for the medal.

Feng won the tense first game, in which the two opponents kept trading points, 11-9. She then followed up with three dominant games which were won 11-6, 11-6, and 11-5.

We are proud of her achievement for Singapore.....!

A very good birthday present for our 47th National Day celebration in the coming week.

Congratulations to Feng Tian Wei...!!!

Kinetic Rain - Changi Airport Terminal 1 Departure Hall

You should have read it in our local papers but in case, you miss it....

This is a new sculpture made up of 1,1216 metal droplets in Terminal 1 of Changi Airport in Singapore.

I was there last week to send off my younger sister, who stopped overnight on her way back to Melbourne after holidaying 2 months in Europe and UK.

Each droplet weighs 180g, powered by a motor housed in the ceiling of the departure hall.

The droplets are coated with polished copper to prevent the surface from rusting.

Kinetic Rain morphs into 16 different shapes in a 15 minute loop, ranging from an airplane to a kite, captures the varied aspects of flight.

The sculpture was made by German design firm led by a German based Finnish artist. Officially opens on 18 July 2012 but already operational now.

I took a short video of the kinetic rain in motion, so enjoy....

Cosby's Visit to Spore

Wei and Andrew were in Spore for a night, on their way home after 2 months holiday in Europe and UK.

After dinner, I took them to Marina Bay to take in the sight before they left the following day.
Here are a few photos but more in my Facebook....

Andrew, Lai Meng, Wei ( my younger sister ) and I.

Wei & I at Changi Terminal 1, behind us is the Kinetic Rain display.

Cosby bought us a white orchid for our garden, when we passed by the nursery nearby after our breakfast at Siglap.

Tentatively, they plan to be visiting again but staying longer at the end of this year.... for post Xmas shopping....?

Singapore Garden Festival - July 2012

We went to the Singapore Garden Festival and spent the entire afternoon there.

I took many photos and here is a slideshow of them, enjoy it!