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Strawberry Fields Cafe @ PJ New Town
Mar 15th
If you fancy going to places where they have quite a variety of food so you won’t be restricted to just one kind of cuisine for example Chinese food, then you will have to give Strawberry Fields Cafe a try.
Located at PJ New Town area where the National Registration Department and MBPJ Tower (the cafe is opposite MBPJ Tower) are found, Strawberry Fields Cafe or maybe you could consider it a restaurant too, is one of my favourite to have Thai food. There’s not even a slightest hint that this restaurant serves Thai food, even the name of this cafe doesn’t but I must say the Thai food here is good.
On my visit here, I had their pineapple fried rice and I must say it was really good considering the fact that I have not come across any good pineapple fried rice for quite a while. The taste is just right and best of all, the pricing isn’t expensive at all with this being at RM7.60.
When you visit to many of the Thai restaurants, usually you’ll find their tom yam soup to be really reddish but not for this place, the tom yam soup served here is the clear base version and this is really rare. Of course the soup won’t match the authentic ones but it is good enough to be considered satisfactory. At least it isn’t the conventional reddish soup, right? The above photo is a tom yam yan pok tak seafood soup which is priced at RM9.80.
Overall, this cafe or rather restaurant managed to make my visit here worthwhile. Although I’ve only tried the pineapple fried rice and their tom yam soup, I’m confident that majority of the menu will turn out to be good as well. Apart from Thai cuisine, they have others as well including local delights. I sure think that this place is worth recommending and you should give it a try as well! 
Strawberry Fields Cafe
Lot 14 & 16, Ground Floor
Jalan Tengah, 46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-79602648
FGS Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom
Mar 13th
It was something new to me when I heard that there’s a temple with a lot of things to see including statues and great lighting during the night. I was clueless about this temple until the FGS Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom showed up on Google search and it matches quite a lot of descriptions by others. This temple is regarded as one of the famous temples and also a landmark as well as a tourist attraction. FGS is a short form of ‘Fo Guang Shan’ and I really don’t know what it means as I’m a banana. Translations please anyone?
Located at Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, this temple wasn’t exactly easy to locate especially for those who don’t really have good sense of direction. The road I took was via the Kesas Highway and then followed by some really narrow road. If you’re planning to visit this temple, I would suggest you to do some research on the directions first.
Once you’re on the right direction, you should see some directions to the temple on some street lamps. The temple is really big as it is built on a really large land and from what I see, parking lots will be sufficient as well as they have their own private car park for the visitors.
The walkway right at the entrance is really nice in a sense that it feels really grand to be walking through the walkway and there’s a ‘Kuan Yin’ statue looking facing the entrance. At the side of the walkway is where you’ll find even more statues.
I don’t have good knowledge in this but I suppose the statues at the side of the walkway are some of the higher level monks. The above photo is called Ajita, The Arhat Riding a Deer. A brief description was that Ajita once rode a deer to the palace and advised the king to learn the teaching of the Buddha and to practice and cultivate virtues.
Here’s another statue and this one is called Panthaka, The Arhat With Stretched Arms. He was named this way simply because of his usual lifting of both arms and stretching himself after meditation.
There’s also a tree that the visitors hanged their wishes on so this should be the ‘Wishing Tree’ in the this temple. I think it’ll look great when its really full of wishes, it’ll look very similar to a montage that way.
Above photo is the ‘Kuan Yin’ statue that is directly facing the main entrance of the temple. I’m not too sure what the statue is made of but when there’s a strong sunlight shining down, the statue can get very reflective. Could it be something like silk? There was even a dragonfly that flew past as I captured this image.
There’s also cute little monks right next to the ‘Kuan Yin’ statue. Somehow I think that this temple often uses creativity to attract more visitors.
There’s also a really nice Buddha carvings outside of the multipurpose hall. In my opinion, they should have allowed the visitors to get slightly closer to it as most of the visitors can only see it from quite a distance due to a small pond in between.
The Chinese New Year mood was still there even when it was over. The plants here are really well maintained and I would say that 99% of the plants here really look healthy.
Maybe nature photographers could consider this temple too for their plants! 
The prayers hall is big and it looks nice due to the simplicity of it. The prayers hall is even air-conditioned and I don’t think there are many other temples that would install air-conditioners in their prayers hall. Perhaps this temple thought of the comfort of their visitors too?
Be it for prayers or even just visiting the temple as a leisure, FGS Dong Zen Temple never really fails to attract other visitors. For example, you won’t see the cute little monks in many other temples. Well, this temple seems to come in through the fun and excitement angle apart from being just a ritual place. There’s even a mini vegetarian restaurant and a food court should you need to have a meal here.
In short, the temple is worth visiting if you have not been here before. I would like to visit this place again but during the night because apparently during the night, the temple is really lighted up nicely and it would be a great opportunity to witness and photograph it.
FGS Dong Zen Temple
PT 2297, Jalan Sg Buaya
Jenjarom, Kuala Langat
Selangor Darul Ehsan
DiGi to Offer the Apple iPhone
Mar 1st
Just when you thought Maxis will be the only network operator to sell authorized Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS sets in Malaysia, DiGi came out with a breaking news announcing that they will be offering the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS by Q1 2010 which would probably be somewhere in the month of April.
This three years agreement will be a great boost to DiGi’s sales especially when network operators these days are focusing on selling their data plan as mobile Internet is becoming a need in most mobile phone users. With the Apple iPhone, the users’ Internet browsing experience will be much different especially with the ever attractive touchscreen capabilities. The price is still not known yet but you can register your interest here so that you’ll be informed of any updates. A history check will definitely be able to speculate that the pricing will be very competitive to have the extra edge of Maxis.
Are you ready for this?
A Storm is Coming
Feb 24th
I’ve been a BlackBerry lover ever since I bought the BlackBerry Curve 8520 months ago during the launch by Celcom Xpax. A BlackBerry may seem to be a boring device to most people but once you’ve get the hang of it, your perception to it will change once and for all. Recently Celcom launched the brand new BlackBerry Storm2 9520 in Chinoz KLCC, not long after the launch of the latest BlackBerry Bold 9700.
The new Storm by BlackBerry is in short an improvement over the first generation Storm whereby there were some flaws in it that brought the attention of RIM. One of the notable improvements is of course the better touchscreen experience whereby it was not very responsive in the first generation Storm. With the launch of the further improved Storm model, no doubt it will strengthen BlackBerry’s position in the touchscreen field lining up against many other tough competitors such as the Apple iPhone.
I myself as a current BlackBerry Curve 8520 user will definitely want to get my hands on the new Storm simply because its really one of the coolest gadgets to own. A BlackBerry is really a helpful gadget in a sense that it brings a whole new level of communication to the owner. Features like push e-mail and instant messaging is already a very good explanation if you ask me “Why BlackBerry and not others?”
Why I would like to own the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 is because of the sleek design it has compared to the first generation ones. Nothing counters the desire of falling in love with a phone when you come across a sleek looking phone. After all, we live in the year of 2010 now where the latest in design and size matters. 
The organizer features of a BlackBerry is also truly amazing. Long time ago, most people who require a mobile yet interactive organizer will get themselves a PDA (personal digital assistant) device to help keep all appointments and to-do list in an organized manner. These days, a smartphone is all we ever need. With a BlackBerry, I’ll be able to keep track on all my to-do list effectively, so no more forgetting any appointments!
A BlackBerry is also unique for its state-of-the-art connectivity to the Internet world. With the BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service), all data that passes through the server will be compressed significantly so if you’re a heavy mobile Internet user, with the BIS I’m sure you’ll see a significant drop in the data usage not because of less usage, its just the compression. I would definitely love to have mobile Internet as it can come in handy at times when I’m in need of an Internet connection. Facebook and Twitter addicts will surely benefit from a BlackBerry too!
Celcom would be the best Storm-tastic place to get this gadget because Celcom is now offering the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 from as low as RM216 monthly or RM1,588 with the CEP50 together with a BlackBerry Advance plan but sadly as a student, I’ve yet to earn my income so the best I could do is dream on and look at the website as well as the advertisements that comes out in newspapers. Why would Celcom be so cruel to offer such irresistable offers?
Another reason why Celcom would be the best place to get it from is simply because of Celcom’s widest network coverage and one of the fastest network throughout Malaysia. I don’t have to worry about not getting any reception in many places with Celcom all thanks to their wide network coverage area. Moreover, with the fast network, I will be able to take advantage of the HSDPA features of the BlackBerry Storm2 9520. How about blazing fast speed on-the-go?
In short, a BlackBerry Storm2 9520 on Celcom’s network will definitely cause a massive storm in Malaysia!
TM HSBB – How About Speeding?
Feb 23rd
If you’re a tech savvy person especially in the communication field, I’m sure you have probably heard about TM’s plan to roll out their HSBB (High Speed Broadband) service in the Klang Valley throughout this whole year. I know that most existing Streamyx users will just wonder what’s so great about it since they can’t even provide a stable broadband service with their Streamyx most of the time but HSBB incorporates the use of fibre optics and I believe it will be the next step to further improve the broadband service here in Malaysia.
So what exactly is this TM HSBB? It is also known as high speed broadband with speeds of up to 20mbps (might be higher when it is officially launched) allowing the users to download files in just “a blink of an eye”. With HSBB, your downloading experience will never be the same again. Just imagine downloading a movie at speeds higher than 10mbps, I think hard disk drives will be selling like hot cakes by then. Besides having blazing fast download speed, the latency/ping to local servers will also be drastically reduced, it will be capable to get below 5ms and it’ll almost be like playing LAN games for gamers all thanks to the fibre optics technology.
If you ever come across the white/beige small box with a TM FTTH sticker on the box attached to any of the telephone poles in your housing area just as it is in the above photo, be prepared as your housing area is already ready for the TM HSBB service.
Even any sight of a green box that looks similar to a really nice looking rubbish bin is already a sign of TM HSBB in your housing area. If you have not been paying attention to any of it then maybe you should starting from the point you read this post.
In the above photo is the modem provided by TM in order to get connected with their HSBB service. For the current beta testers, they were also given a D-Link DIR-615 wireless router which had the configuration to connect and the beta testers were advised not to do a hard reset on the router or else they would lose the configurations causing them to be unable to connect. To those of you who thought that you will also need the router provided by them to connect, its not, the truth is that TM did not openly reveal the configurations so you wouldn’t know what parameters to use for your own router.
Above are some bandwidth test results via speedtest.net conducted by one of the HSBB beta testers. If you look at the connectivity to the local server, it is a whopping near 20mbps for both downstream and upstream with only 2ms ping, if we have more local content in the future then HSBB will definitely benefit a lot of the users since everything will be speedy. International connectivity for most of the servers are not even 50% of 20mbps and it is disappointing but since its still in the beta testing stage, it is still a bit early to judge the whole HSBB service. However, if the existing international pipes don’t get an upgrade, it will be difficult to achieve even 10mbps to an international server.
The pricing for the service is still not known until today but there are rumours speculating that it could be somewhere around RM150 for the lowest package believed to be a 5mbps package. The packages are yet to be revealed so if you have any insider information, share it via the comments!
While the HSBB service by TM definitely sounds convincing, the test results by the beta testers have yet to show the public the worth and what HSBB can do. I am still awaiting for the full potential to be unleashed, I hope it will. If you’re one of the beta testers, do not hesitate to leave a comment and share your opinion on the service. If you’re not a beta tester, you too can share your opinion and will you subscribe to it when it reaches your place?
*Credits to dr3nchippo and mytechnews.info for the photos
