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Guys, I will be away from 31 March to 6 April to join a Japan Sakura (cherry blossoms) tour with my mom. It is a 7 days 5 nights tour. RM6K+ per person.

We will visit many places such as Kyoto, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan Universal Studio, Mt. Fuji, etc. But the main purpose is cherry blossoms viewing.

I have get my shooting gear ready. Wish me good luck to get some nice shoots!

You want to host your blog for free, but which is the most reliable blog hosting?

Pingdom did a uptime survey of nine blogging services for a period of 4 months. They discovered that the Top 3 most reliable blog hosting services are: Typepad (not free), Blogger, and Wordpress.com.

Reliable and Free?

Among the Top 3, Blogger and WordPress.com offer free account. Both have the same downtime of 20 minutes in the 4 months survey period.

So, which is better? I would say Blogger.

Although WordPress.com offer free account too but there are many limitations, one of them is “no custom css”. You cannot edit nor change your own blog theme. You have to pay to have WordPress.com premium features.

Note: WordPress.com is NOT WordPress.ORG (blog publishing application).

On the other hand, Blogger, which is backed by Google big brother, does not have such limitations and has better offer. Click Here to Continue Reading »

I am an Amazon.com affiliate member and I have chosen to receive my commission in Amazon.com Gift Card.

Here I will show you how to redeem an Amazon.com Gift Card you received (from friends/family/Amazon.com).

When you receive an Amazon.com gift card, it shows the amount and a claim code. Copy the claim code to redeem your gift card.

Login your Amazon.com account. Click on the link “Apply a Gift Certificate/Card to Your Account”.

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Thanks to the supporting partners of Earth Hour in Malaysia, it has successfully created a buzz in Malaysia. But, do you know what is “Earth Hour”?

I did not.

I watched the “celebrities” (don’t know who they are…) commercial on Astro but didn’t get the message they tried to send. (blame it on my bad English understanding)

By visiting the office website of Earth Hour, I understand that Earth Hour is a global election. Your light switch is your vote. Turn off your lights at Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm means you have placed your vote to Earth.

The slogan of Malaysia’s Earth Hour website (hate the yelling animation!) is quite misleading:

“Come together to fight global warming. Turn off your lights for one hour.”

Does it mean that if we turn off our lights for that 1 hour and the global warming will be settlef?

No way.

After you have voted for the earth (switch off lights for 1 hour), there are something you can do to fight global warming. It is not as difficult as you might thought.

P.S. Like the Earth in my hand pic above? Make yours here.

Just 2 months after I bought my lovely Canon EOS 450 (and lens), Canon unveils the 450D replacement — Canon EOS 500D (Rebel T1i)! (not the 500D close-up lens)

What’s new on 500D over 450D?

Canon EOS 500D is a combination of 50D’s sensor and 5D Mark II’s video capture in the body of 450D. Rob Galbraith has a detail reviews of 500D.

• 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
• Full HD movie recording with HDMI connection for viewing and playback on an HDTV
• ISO 100-3200 (expandable to 12800)
• 3.4 frames per second continuous shooting
• Max. 170 large JPEG images in a single burst
• 3.0” ClearView LCD with Live View mode
• High speed DIGIC 4 performance and superb image quality

Price and availability? “$899 (USD) with kit lens (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS), $799 (USD) body only, available early May”, said Gizmodo.

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