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Back in Singapore. Ho Chi Minh was nice… crazy traffic, great service standards, horrible weather… list goes on. Will have to save photos and details for another night. Tired now… sick too (cold, bad bad sore throat)… and i need to work tomorrow.
A lot of things on my mind now… a problematic case that i need to deal with tomorrow… and the seemingly unbridgeable distance between a friend and me. Bleah. Tired Need rest.
Goodnight!
1:05pm. Handphone rings.
Me: Yes Boss?
Boss: Hey, i’m doing the binding process for XXXX client. Anything else that needs to be done?
Me: That should be all boss. The new UT deal will be next week… DB can ring the underwriter tonight if need be?
Boss: Don’t forget the Terrorism Cover for Pakistan… but can do that next week. So what time do we meet at the airport?
Me: It’s a group check in lah. So everyone’s supposed to meet at 3:30pm even though the flight’s at 5:45pm.
Boss: What time will u be there?
Me: 3:30pm lor. I don’t want to be the black sheep that makes everyone late. I just started packing my luggage.
Boss: If it’s any consolation, i haven’t packed mine. Some of us have to work u know.
Me: Haha.
Boss: Think i should get u that laptop soon man. U’re supposed to be doing this work.
Me: Thanks Boss. Cya at the airport. Heehee.
Check out this brillant new model from Nokia man!! WOOHOO! Was just leaving my seat to buy it when my friend told me it costs $1288. *Faints*. But the specs are good lor! 5MP camera… GPS… 160MB internal memory…
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Chope chope! Just did a check at singtelshop.com… it’s going for $1148! (Not that i’ll spend that sort of money on a hp lah).
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Operating Frequency
- WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
- Automatic switching between bands and modes
Dimensions
- Volume: 90 cc
- Weight: 120 g
- Length: 99 mm
- Width: 53 mm
- Thickness (max): 21 mm
Memory Functions
- Up to 160 MB* internal dynamic memory for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
- Memory card slot supporting up to 2 GB microSD memory cards
* Changes to product details are possible without prior notice. Application offering may vary. Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory.
Power Management
- Battery: Nokia Battery (BL-5F) 950mAH
- Talk time: up to 160 min (WCDMA), up to 240 min (GSM)*
- Stand-by time: up to 200 hours (WCDMA), up to 225 hours (GSM)*
* Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.
Displays
- Large 2.6″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16 million colors
User Interface
- Operating system: S60 software on Symbian OS
- User Interface: S60 3rd edition
- Dedicated Media Keys
- Multimedia Menu
- Active standby screen
Call Management
- Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
- Speed dialing
- Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
- Automatic redial
- Automatic answer (works with compatible headset or car kit only)
- Supports fixed dialing number, which allows calls only to predefined numbers
- Conference call
- Nokia Push to talk (PoC)
Voice Features
- Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)
- Voice commands
- Voice recorder
- Talking ringtone
- Integrated hands-free speaker
Messaging
- Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
- Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
- Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
- Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific
Data Transfer*
- WCDMA 2100 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
- Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
- EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.
Digital Services
- Javaâ„¢ and Symbian applications available from Nokia Software Market
Imaging and Video
- Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessarâ„¢ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
- Direct connection to compatible TV via Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or wireless LAN/UPnP
- Front camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor
- Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
- Integrated flash
- Digital stereo microphone
- Flash modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction
- Rotating gallery
- Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
- Nokia Lifeblog 2.0 support
- Video and still image editors
- Movie director for automated video production
Mobile Video
- Video resolutions: up to VGA (640×480) at 30 fps
- Audio recording: AAC stereo
- Digital video stabilization
- Video clip length: limited by available memory
- Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
- White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Scene: automatic, night
- Color tones: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
- Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)
Mobile Photography
- Image resolution: up to 5 megapixel: (2592 x 1944 pixels)
- Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
- Auto focus
- Auto exposure – center weighted
- Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
- White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
- Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vi
vid - Zoom: Digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
Camera Specifications
- Sensor: CMOS, 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944)
- Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessarâ„¢ lens
- Focal length 5.6 mm
- Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
- Macro focus distance 10-50 cm
- Shutter speed: Mechanical shutter: 1/1000~1/3 s
Music Features
- Digital music player – supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists and equalizer.
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- OMA DRM 2.0 & WMDRM support for music
- Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz)
Visual Radio *
- Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
- Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
- Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
- Find out more about Visual Radio
* To check the availability and cost of the service, contact your network operator or service provider.
Navigation
- Built-in GPS
- Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
- Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard (sold separately)
Browsing
- Nokia Web Browser with Mini map
Digital home
- Play video, music and photos on home media network – compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP
Java Applications
- Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
- Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games
Other Applications
- Personal Information Management (PIM)
- Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
- Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing.
- Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
- Wlan wizard
Connectivity
- Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
- Integrated Bluetooth wireless technology v.2.0 EDR
- USB 2.0 via Mini USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
- 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
- Nokia PC Suite connectivity with USB, Infrared and Bluetooth wireless technology
- Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection
- Remote over-the-air synchronization
- Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technolog
RealPlayer media player
- Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
- Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10
Standard Sales Package Contents
- Nokia N95
- Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U
- Nokia Connectivity Cable DKE-2
- Nokia Stereo Headset HS-45, AD-43
- Nokia Battery BL-5F
- Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
* Sales package content may vary by region.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
The availability of particular products and services may vary by region. Check with the Nokia dealer nearest to you.
Operations, services and some features may be dependent on the network and/or SIM card as well as on the compatibility of the devices used and the content formats supported. Some services are subject to a separate charge. For more information, contact your service provider.
Just saw The Crying Game at Birdland just now. Weird movie. Don’t understand how one can lump the IRA (as in Irish Republican Army… not to be confused with IRAS… i know it’s tax filing time!) with a romance between a soldier, a tranvestite, and a IRA volunteer, who loves the tranvestite, but cannot accept the fact that it’s a “shim”. What the heck man!
But then again, there’re a lot of weird relationships around i suppose… people who can meet 4 – 5x a week, cosy up during movies or while napping, and then behave like perfectly normal friends at all other times.
Hmm…
Mr. Abandoned was right after all. I AM territorial! Iceman met up with Alt-S in Shanghai… a gal whom before he left, he was cursing and swearing about not wanting to see her ever again.
One night in Shanghai and his attitude spun 180deg. I kept asking Iceman if he’s interested in her (‘cos we were teasing him previously that she may be interested in him). He says no. But he kept telling me about the stuff they did, and the wonderful chats they had, some scandals that got sparked off, etc.
Strangely, i was kind of jealous of Alt-S. If she was a “prospect”, i would have no problems with that. But it seems like she may be the new best friend of Iceman? No!!! There can only be 1 BFS! And that’s me! Sigh… was complaining about her all week to HD. Haha. He promised he won’t meet her so i would at least have 1 friend left… haha.
Oh well, we find out something new about ourselves every now and then don’t we? I’m territorial. *Grrr…* hear me roar.
I had a happy Monday… which was rather unexpected ‘cos i thought i would have a “long weekend” hangover. Had my first dose of hou happiness during coffee break with HD in the morning, then met Green Apple for lunch for a booster hou happy dose… and finally… heeheehee… the last hou happy dose… which was the most over-powering dose of all… wahahaha…
Bumped into a friend of my colleague WC, who also happens to be part of AKKK’s balaclava cheonging gang at the lobby of my office building when i was on my way back after coffee break with HD. This chap, let’s call him ONSer, works on the 39th floor of my office building. Seeing him looking at me, i turned and waved at him and didn’t think much about it after that.
Lately on in the afternoon, WC said that ONSer messaged her on MSN and said he saw me that morning. Apparently, he colleagues were checking me out when i turned and waved at him and his colleagues said, “What? You know her?”. Then they (i quote) “sighed with envy”. ONSer told WC to tell me that i have a “fan base” in the building.
Hiak hiak… so my head’s like bigger than my curls now. Hahahaha. But it made my day. Hehe. ONSer got my MSN contact from WC and he was the first person to message me when i logged on this morning. Heehee… wonder if he knows how bad his rep is… which in case u haven’t figured out, ONSer = One Night Stander… 😛
Went shopping with Azure on Saturday. There’s this shop with lots of pretty and cheap accessories (though some had rather rough finishing) called Diva. I saw this pair of earrings that i thought was really nice but when i flipped over the tag, i saw that it was made in China and the price was RM19. So i asked the sales girl how much was the cost.
She went to check and said, “SGD10”.
My immediate response was, “Wah! Made in China, sold in M’sia, and marked up for Singapore market? Can i pay in Ringgit uh?”
Sigh… the long weekend is drawing to an end. Kind of sad… it was a good weekend mostly. I say mostly because 2 things marred my weekend. Although they’re not very major incidents but they surfaced once in a while and are like a blemish on an otherwise porcelain smooth skin.
First incident was at Balaclava on Thursday night. My friend’s friend introduced us to his friend and his friend, unfortunately, turned out to be a big buaya. We shook hands and… he held onto my fingers when i tried to pull my hand away. In that split second, i did think about whether i wanted to tell him off… but i chose to keep my peace, though i ignored him and refused to go near him for the rest of the night. Asshole.
Second incident was a row i had with my ex-bf on MSN last night. Long long story that i’m too tired to repeat in detail here. In a nutshell, i feel that his repeated attempts to “be friends” are very fake ‘cos in his phone calls previously, all he seemed to want to know was whether i’m seeing anyone, and i never realised how possessive he can be till we broke up. He, on the other hand, feels that i’ve misunderstood him, and am taking him for a fool (i’m quoting what his MSN nick says). I could copy & paste all our chat history here for the world to judge… but what’s the point? Sigh.
I’m looking forward to this week ‘cos it’s going to be a short work week – 4 days! And i’ll be off to Ho Chi Minh on Friday! Whoopee! However, i’m also a little apprehensive ‘cos i’m wondering if it’s time for some dalliances to come to an end. Don’t ask me why… it’s just a feeling.
Whatever the case, i really hope i can wrap up the deal that i’m doing for my client (yes, the same client… “Mr. H”… haven’t thought what nick to give him) tomorrow. Wouldn’t want to screw up things for our fave client now ya? 🙂
Dinner time!
I have lagged, once again. During the sermon today, the speaker spoke about how Christian scholars have overturned the Discovery Channel’s documentary on having found the tomb of Jesus (together with his alleged wife, kid, etc) earlier this year. But the tomb was discovered in 1980 and a BBC documentary has been made on it before… albeit with less marketing aplomb i guess so it didn’t make as much of a splash as the Discovery Channel documentary.
I did some search online for both sides of the stories – what did the documentary have to say about having “found” the bones of Jesus (note: this is a serious allegation ‘cos if u found God’s bones… it would mean God wasn’t God… esp. since Jesus is a risen Saviour, i.e. no bones!!), and what did Christian scholars have to say to overturn this claim.
Conclusion? I thought both sides made some rather significant assumptions in their arguments for and against the topic… which means that if i were a neutral party, i wouldn’t believe either side. I would have liked to do my own personal research and draw my own conclusion…. but that is something that cannot be done easily since that would entail mastering Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, understanding technical fields like archaeology, ossuary, apologetics etc. It would require a lifetime of devotion and this renews my respect for people who have spent many years on their areas of specialisation, as they use their time to justify their faith.
But i am not a neutral party. I believe in God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. I have said before and i will say it again – spiritual faith is something that must be experienced. Just like politics, u can argue till the cows come home and still not convince another person to follow your belief.
So what’s the difference this time? Well, i suddenly feel inadequate. Not that i’m deserting my belief, but i strongly believe that the time has come for me to buck up in my biblical knowledge. Note – i’m not saying i need more evidence for me to believe in Jesus. But more in-depth knowledge is needed so that my faith can grow.
A simple faith is good. A simplistic faith, needs maturing.
Happy Easter.
In tort law, there is a very famous “neighbour” principle, established by Lord Atkin in the final hearing of the Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] (aka the case of “The Snail in the Gingerbeer Bottle”), used in establishing a breach in the duty of care.
In his judgment, Lord Atkin said:
“The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law, you must not injure your neighbour; and the lawyer’s question, Who is my neighbour? receives a restricted reply. You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who, then, in law is my neighbour? The answer seems to be – persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.”
Some colleagues and i were recently discussing the issue of office romance. Miraculously, my company has an amazing number of successful cases where the dating couples got married. There was even a successful “reverse takeover” (zha bor got pregnant with superior’s kid leading to superior divorcing his wife, who tried to slap the pregnant mistress in office, not realising that pregnant mistress used to be a national judo competitor. The slap did not take place.)
Our conclusion was – don’t shit in your own backyard.
The conversation then turned to the issue of dating clients. After the pros and cons were raised, WC concluded, “Well, client is still your backyard”.
And that brought to mind Lord Atkin’s last sentence… “persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act…”
Case closed?
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