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12 days of Christmas

Posted by jaronliu on December 20, 2009

I kinda like this song, pretty catchy and sometimes cant seem to get it out of my head after listening! Check out the Indian version of this song….

Anyhow, this year, our 12 days of Christmas starts on 23rd Dec. We will be meeting PL, MB, KL, YT, and CC in Switzerland! I hope to do an update along the trip, day by day! Dunnoe if this will be possible or not with limited access to internet.

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Why i hate snow in ita

Posted by jaronliu on December 19, 2009

Snow is supposed to be a nice thing but here in ita is f up. 45 mins and still counting for bus! And its just light showers. Ita way of working is just simply incomprehensible.

Really super pissed off now…

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Buy miles instead of buying the actual ticket

Posted by jaronliu on December 17, 2009

I never knew how much miles are valued till I started reading flyertalk.com (FT). Besides actual flying (mileage runs), you can get miles from shopping, buying miles literally, credit card sign up bonuses, etc etc. The point is to pay for miles as cheap as possible and use them for award travel instead of buying real actual ticket.

Recently US airways offered 2 big promo and one of them is buy miles @ 2.5 cents per mile (cpm) and get 100% bonus, i.e. about 1.37 cpm including fees and taxes. Thats actually not too bad, I did something similar last year with NWA worldperks before they died and joined Delta Air (thats how Em got her ticket back to SG last summer). The other US airways promo this month is even better! Check this out http://www.usairways.com/en-US/dividendmiles/promotions/holiday_partner_promo.html.

Let me explain…

With this 250% promo, you could get up to 140 miles per dollar spent = 0.7 cpm and in SGD = 1cpm. But so what? Thing is, US airways are part of Star Alliance i.e. TG, SQ, TK, LH, etc (good airlines) and so you can use US airways miles for award in other Star Alliance flights! To put this into reality context, award ticket SIN-Europe round-trip is 90k miles business class = ONLY about SGD 900 plus minor fees/taxes. Even cheaper than buying an economy ticket on SQ.

If I have spare and liquid cash, I would buy like million of miles on this promo. In fact, several FT members actually invested like 30k USD on this = 4.2 MM miles = 50 biz US-EU flights!

Credits to all the FT US DM folks .e.g Beckles, Vysean, etc etc

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles/1020131-up-250-holiday-bonus.html

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/

I might sound crazy but once I told Em I wanna take a gap year to study FT full time and learn/understand everything! There are soooo much things to learn in FT and the above promo is just 1 small little piece

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Christmas songs for free!

Posted by jaronliu on December 4, 2009

I actually like Xmas carols alot. This year, there is an opportunity to download xmas songs for free!!! YES, for free… and YES its legal!!!

Check out this amazon link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1000453281

Edit 16/12/09 : Free songs from itunes also!!! http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_offers_free_itunes_lp_holiday_sampler/

Have fun!

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Street Performance #2

Posted by jaronliu on November 30, 2009

Nice one @ Budapest. Wonder what is this song, cant find it on shazam or midomi…

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Project 12

Posted by jaronliu on November 21, 2009

There are project 365 and project 52 around but since these days i suck so much in blogging, im doing project 12!!! At least one blogpost a month… Let this be the first?

Im on the way to discoteca in milano, my 2nd time, both coz em classmates gt bday party. Im actually there to eat only, here discoteca serves food before the party… Haha

– Post From My Tre Gee Asssss

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Street Performance Video #1

Posted by jaronliu on November 15, 2009

In European cities, there are alot of street performances and somehow I always like to donate a few coins to them. Emme however always say I am wasting money. Somehow, I just like to see pple perform and some coins is the only real appreciation that they will appreciate! At least these people actually “worked” rather than just begging and some of their skills/performances are really awesome!

Violin performance in Vienna


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Weekly Tweets from 18/10/2009

Posted by jaronliu on November 13, 2009

2009-11-11 18:51:12 jaronliu: Taking pregnancy fotos is a trend now???
2009-11-11 13:16:10 jaronliu: @jenxi should sell them!!! Lol
2009-11-11 07:33:05 jaronliu: @jenxi tts alot!!!
2009-11-10 19:08:07 jaronliu: Milan bus drivers all gt problem…
2009-11-10 07:38:35 jaronliu: @candicey okie cool!
2009-11-09 21:38:33 jaronliu: I want my green tea ice cream la…
2009-11-09 19:19:42 jaronliu: So miss our clean mrt!!!! RT @jenxi: http://bestc.am/tp8u iPhone panaromic shot on the MRT.
2009-11-08 15:37:12 jaronliu: @candicey haha kailee gt one lei!!! So dec u not coming to find pl??? Christine coming lei…
2009-11-08 12:59:36 jaronliu: Photo: Buffet again! http://tumblr.com/xgt3×2yku
2009-11-08 07:20:48 jaronliu: @candicey u gt a car??
2009-11-06 07:45:56 jaronliu: @candicey !!!!!!
2009-11-05 07:54:35 jaronliu: Bloglines is boring these days, i get more new entries on twitter!
2009-11-05 07:45:45 jaronliu: Listening to Shakira (Feat.Wyclef Jean) – Hips Don’t Lie http://qtwt.us/kl0
2009-11-04 16:39:24 jaronliu: Totally dark at 5.30! Wonders what happens in dec…
2009-11-03 19:27:03 jaronliu: Pretty cool huh… —Is monogamy still realistic? http://bit.ly/3eu4Oq (via @cnn)
2009-11-03 19:21:35 jaronliu: Thanks, my ssh n wifi are always on! Scary shit! –Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5 – (TUAW) – http://qtwt.us/xbo
2009-11-02 18:42:03 jaronliu: Retail Vanilla snow leopard install using vmware ws7! Now i have 3 OS on my comp – w7, xp, osx…
2009-11-02 08:46:00 jaronliu: Why not you do it before talking? ST: Don’t say NS at the drop of a hat – http://is.gd/4KQMH
2009-11-01 22:36:49 jaronliu: Halloween is over…
2009-10-31 14:41:41 jaronliu: Season of persimmons and clementines! My favorites…
2009-10-31 12:18:45 jaronliu: Theres always double standards eg one for the royal family and 1 for peasants! ST: Cabby’s view of Shell promotion – http://is.gd/4J5XF
2009-10-29 07:27:13 jaronliu: I dreamed about being a doll and in my active state i am a rich multi billionaire… FML.
2009-10-29 07:15:55 jaronliu: @candicey blast back with linkin park!!!
2009-10-28 18:54:30 jaronliu: 1 cent airfare is not that elusive after all….
2009-10-27 07:06:38 jaronliu: I have to go san siro to see beckham!!! ST: Milan confirms Beckham deal – http://is.gd/4DQ0K
2009-10-27 06:46:31 jaronliu: I’m starting dollhouse now, i wanna buy echo for a few days too!!!
2009-10-26 18:09:48 jaronliu: @chimerasg hows it going dude??
2009-10-24 13:03:52 jaronliu: Sick of being sick
2009-10-22 17:59:37 jaronliu: Photo: Dimsum! But super limited selection… http://tumblr.com/xgt3n2ntg
2009-10-22 10:09:58 jaronliu: windows xp in windows 7 is pretty good, double windows and still no lag…
2009-10-22 08:37:20 jaronliu: the world celebrates windows 7 today!!! except of course mac fans and their “world most advanced OS” really?
2009-10-21 17:37:02 jaronliu: Interesting idea, wonders wats the customers volume like though… —MabukMonkey – http://qtwt.us/stz
2009-10-21 16:30:16 jaronliu: Pretty interesting to hear his side of the story!! —Berlusconi governs out of sense of duty http://bit.ly/2stIvt (via @cnn)
2009-10-21 07:00:04 jaronliu: Nothing compared to fashion city Milan! ST: From beautiful walking track to route full of dog droppings – http://is.gd/4tAt7
2009-10-20 18:00:58 jaronliu: Windows 7 this thursday!!!!
2009-10-20 07:15:08 jaronliu: Everywhere except SG! ST: U2 concert live on YouTube – http://is.gd/4s2bR
2009-10-19 19:17:46 jaronliu: hannah montana is finally back after 4 weeks break!!!
2009-10-19 06:52:58 jaronliu: @jenxi its not lei… Strange…
2009-10-18 14:28:43 jaronliu: 12seconds – Retro Citrogen http://tiny12.tv/H746Z
2009-10-18 14:13:57 jaronliu: @jenxi how to add you???
2009-10-18 09:35:14 jaronliu: Blogpost – Weekly Tweets from 26/09/2009: 2009-10-17 15:59:05 jaronliu: @jenxi no background app!!!.. http://bit.ly/C7Ow
2009-10-18 08:13:53 jaronliu: i’ve joined the wave!!! all thanks to @jenxi… though its not as fun as advertised, probably coz i have ZERO contacts to wave with…

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Weekly Tweets from 26/09/2009

Posted by jaronliu on October 18, 2009

2009-10-17 15:59:05 jaronliu: @jenxi no background app!!! Plus jailbreak = free app! Lol
2009-10-17 14:38:36 jaronliu: @jenxi of course!! Else this fone is useless!!! ThAnks to blackrain!!
2009-10-17 14:36:14 jaronliu: Chinese have great biz minds!!! —PRC guy adopts rescued dog and posts him for SALE – http://qtwt.us/1fh
2009-10-17 12:33:35 jaronliu: Photo: My home screen http://tumblr.com/xgt3ka39r
2009-10-17 07:17:33 jaronliu: @candicey funny show!!! Me too, wanna go alaska!!!!
2009-10-16 11:16:09 jaronliu: @jenxi okie dokie!!!! Thanks!!!
2009-10-16 07:20:38 jaronliu: @jenxi me!!!!!
2009-10-15 06:37:05 jaronliu: It’s 4 deg at 8am in oct??? Geeess
2009-10-12 06:45:57 jaronliu: Using a vanila tre gee assss, defintely sucky but seemed faster
2009-10-11 18:06:46 jaronliu: @geohot i cant seem to access the root partition with diskaid… any reason? JB is fine..
2009-10-11 07:34:59 jaronliu: You rock dude… RT @geohot: as promised #blackra1n is live!! blackra1n.com
2009-10-11 07:32:39 jaronliu: Its done!!!! RT @geohot: get #blackra1n to number 1, and i release right then!!!
2009-10-11 07:30:10 jaronliu: Apuohail is like a parrot!!! Go blackrain and screw appuhail!! RT @geohot: get #blackra1n to number 1, and i release right then!!!
2009-10-11 06:57:47 jaronliu: Woot!!! RT @geohot: http://is.gd/4cXVX — i want to see #blackra1n trending
2009-10-10 14:48:40 jaronliu: I want an intel x25m g2 for Xmas!!!!!
2009-10-09 19:06:21 jaronliu: Big pizza!!! At frens party!!! http://twitpic.com/kuzpf
2009-10-09 18:57:39 jaronliu: Photo: Frens party!!! http://tumblr.com/xgt3g72d7
2009-10-07 07:38:14 jaronliu: What’s w all these work from home shit on FB????
2009-10-06 07:13:02 jaronliu: Can someone tell me how to do the “I posted some pictures on Facebook” thing on Twitter?
2009-10-06 07:08:41 jaronliu: Pretty cool! RT @geohot: Meet the Family — http://is.gd/3ZnLX
2009-10-03 17:05:51 jaronliu: was surfing randomly on mediacenter photo library and realised i have some real old (webcam style some more) photos of some friends!!!
2009-10-03 14:00:25 jaronliu: Vampires diaries is quite boring but I’m still goona watch coz Nina Dobrev is hwat n sexy!!!
2009-10-01 17:39:40 jaronliu: I’m obsessed w hannah montana! via @TahmidZ.Mannan I’m obsessing over a show called “Dollhouse”. My mother would be so proud…
2009-10-01 17:36:16 jaronliu: I find it funny lei… ST: Class 95 DJ has no class at all – http://is.gd/3QKbN
2009-10-01 17:20:55 jaronliu: I’ve bn doing OTC over at Msia all along! Via @PriscillaKoh Omeprazole had just been reclassified from prescription to pharmacy-only…cool
2009-09-30 18:46:59 jaronliu: I’m having problems with 64bit installations!! I’m too kay chua Liao…
2009-09-30 03:00:25 jaronliu: Testing scheduled tweet… I am actually sleeping now!
2009-09-28 22:00:42 jaronliu: Where the hell is powerpack3!!! Time to launch it already!!!!
2009-09-28 17:32:39 jaronliu: Having Hannah Montana withdrawals already… Thinking of subscribing to Disney channel lei…
2009-09-28 11:33:39 jaronliu: trying to make windows gadgets load FASTER
2009-09-27 20:36:02 jaronliu: Blogpost – Weekly Tweets from 2009-09-17: 2009-09-26 10:01:17 jaronliu: So true! Wats with the ame.. http://bit.ly/M426j
2009-09-27 18:20:17 jaronliu: @pfingo the technicAl issue is solved but the customer service part is not.
2009-09-27 18:07:44 jaronliu: @pfingo ya I know. I posted my issue on the forum already. My Id is jaronliu
2009-09-27 18:01:05 jaronliu: Happy hour w em…. http://twitpic.com/jdten
2009-09-27 17:04:17 jaronliu: @pfingo thanks but no thanks. I still have an outstanding issue with pfingo. I still waiting for a response. Almost 4 weeks already.
2009-09-27 13:11:47 jaronliu: Mine is 70 secs! –See What Your Windows Restart Time is. – dslreports.com – http://qtwt.us/dnx
2009-09-26 10:01:17 jaronliu: So true! Wats with the american accent lo… ST: Reality check – where you live is how you speak – http://is.gd/3GGZn

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Weekly Tweets from 2009-09-17

Posted by jaronliu on September 28, 2009

2009-09-26 10:01:17 jaronliu: So true! Wats with the american accent lo… ST: Reality check – where you live is how you speak – http://is.gd/3GGZn
2009-09-25 17:09:04 jaronliu: @candicey globalization!!!! Proxy, sip incoming number, fowarding and wat not made it possible!!!! Wats your number? I can call n chat w u!
2009-09-25 16:46:03 jaronliu: I’ve successfully configured GOOGLE VOICE! GV divert to Gizmo5 SIP divert Pfingo SIP divert Fring Mobile? US PPLE call me on +12345679290
2009-09-24 21:07:30 jaronliu: New look! http://twitpic.com/izema
2009-09-24 07:02:41 jaronliu: @skl123 wats up patn!!!
2009-09-24 07:00:08 jaronliu: @candicey sch provide foto workshop ah? Cool lei
2009-09-23 17:29:22 jaronliu: For all who dunno SINGAPORE. mrbrown: L’infantile terrible of Singapore: A night shot of the Singapore Formula One cir… http://qtwt.us/6v7
2009-09-23 06:27:31 jaronliu: Woooots! RT @engadget: Google adds support for push Gmail via Exchange ActiveSync http://bit.ly/1qiXSs
2009-09-22 17:41:52 jaronliu: @jenxi gt v2 mei? Urs vr2 no? Anyway lens can keep, body not a big deal
2009-09-22 16:34:21 jaronliu: @jenxi ya but only d60…. Ha
2009-09-21 21:26:47 jaronliu: Season premiere of House, Criminal Minds, Heroes, and Greys Anatomy all happening this week!
2009-09-21 11:04:37 jaronliu: Blogpost – FML Entry #3: Today, I went to the school canteen for lunch as usual and as I was queing, I.. http://bit.ly/J3YH6
2009-09-20 09:14:37 jaronliu: Sg!!!!!!!!! ST: Uniquely Singaporean – http://is.gd/3tZpz
2009-09-19 20:26:10 jaronliu: @candicey it’s online prog… Can find anything there! I use it for all my American serials! Dl speed of 1MB/s! Try it…
2009-09-19 19:11:33 jaronliu: @candicey u can try graboid too, one of the best!
2009-09-19 12:36:11 jaronliu: Photo: Back to the routine weekly “spesa” http://tumblr.com/xgt36552h
2009-09-18 17:08:30 jaronliu: Windows 7 RTM tonight… Let’s hope it’s good. In any case I have my acronis and WHS image…
2009-09-18 06:46:09 jaronliu: Chicken rice war!!! sg 1 – msia 0 RT @mrbrown: http://bit.ly/iHMmq Yo, Malaysian Tourism Minister!
2009-09-18 04:50:26 jaronliu: Blogpost – Hannah Montana is not just for kids!: So I have been watching Hannah Montana these days and.. http://bit.ly/1X46b0
2009-09-17 18:51:34 jaronliu: @candicey haha ya right… Love the black Friday!!!!!
2009-09-17 18:21:33 jaronliu: Have to work over weekend… Can’t wait for Xmas to come

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