My ceiling fan had always been switched on all the time. It’s the jack-of-many-trades, useful in nearly every home space and in virtually every décor. It’s also a necessity for us to cut down on our utility bills, you won’t want to max out your bill charges don’t ya?

But yeah, my ceiling fan broke down today. What a pity, so I’m guessing we’re gonna go shop for a new ceiling fan now. I’ve been hearing those radio ads, KDK safety feature fans… Been researching about it and it looks pretty good. A consumer should purchase a fan that has a good motor, that is energy efficient and most importantly it is SAFE. So yeah, I’ve been thinking about that KDK fan.

What you guys think about it? Any of you have KDK fans at your home?

Paranoid activitiessss~

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Challenge 1 : FlyFM Ratatouille

Iskandar bidded for RM2525 to do the challenge… what’s the challenge? Easy only… heh

Within 40 seconds, Iskandar had to pick out the items on the list (5x 10cents coin, 3x hair pins, 2x wall plugs)

Too bad, he failed to finish on time. However he was given another 10 seconds to pick out the remaining and he managed to finish the task within 5 seconds!

Great job Iskandar, easy money for him as he brought home RM3000!

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Challenge 2 : FlyFM Torpedo Challenge

Renuga Devi had to finish a bowl of torpedo soup for RM2410. You know what’s ‘torpedo soup’ right? It’s… Ox’s penis!!! Ewww gurl.

She managed to finish the bowl of delicious torpedo soup without a problem and she got double dared to eat an extra ox’s tongue for RM3500!!

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Challenge 3 : FlyFM Happy Mansion

Ng Boon Teong bidded the challenge for RM1159, and his task was to walk in the ‘Happy Mansion’ @ Sunway Lagoon Scream Park confidently without fear. He had to grab 5x New Straits Times newspaper in the process as well.

He came out with 3 copies of News Straits Times and was challenged again to collect 2 more in 10 minutes with the condition that they will deduct RM100 for each paper if he don’t get it out. In the end, he only manage to get one paper out and lost RM100 which total up to RM1,059. Still quite a sum of money right, so easy weh!

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Challenge 4 : FlyFM Reverse Bungee

The starting bid for this challenge was RM8000, however the daredevil Abidah won the bid with only RM249! Damn girl, should have bidded higher haha.

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It was a fun and exciting week with exhilarating challenges! All thanks to Sunway Lagoon for providing the FlyFM crew the venue to carry out the stunts

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If you still remember the show ‘Fear Factor‘ on TV where contestants had to complete extreme stunts, consume gross creature crawlies, face their nightmare experiences all in one show; now we have a somewhat similar local version of it and it’s on national radio.

FlyFM Paranoid Activity (co-organized by New Straits Times) offers up to RM40,000 for contestants who bid for the daring challenges each day to overcome their fears.

That’s a pretty huge amount of cash, eyh? Who says facing your fears isn’t worth it?

Here are some of the challenges during the past week:

Challenge 1 : FlyFM Paranoia’s Next Top Model

Zuhaili won the lowest bid at RM2 to take on the very first challenge of FlyFM Paranoid Activity.

His challenge was to pose in front of the camera… with reptiles/creatures! He seemed pretty comfortable with all the geckos, snakes and all because apparently he works in Sunway Lagoon Wildlife Park. However, he’s really afraid of spiders (hehe..)

At the end of the day, he managed to complete the challenge. Not only he got himself his RM2, but he also got an extra RM1000 for being double dared and being so sporting with the tasks although he has arachnophobia (fear of spiders)!

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Challenge 2 : FlyFM Brew of the Day

Chef Shamsudin blended a mixture of chicken liver, oats, milk, wasabi, milo, and egg plant for Sunny, FlyFM Paranoid Activity’s second contestant. The starting amount to bid was RM9500 and he won the bid for RM95.8! He thinks he can get it through easily just because he bid for 95.8 (FlyFM radio frequency)? Ha ha ha.

Well yeah, Sunny downed the first glass like a chanpion. He was then double dared to drink the same second glass in 60 seconds for RM1,500 and he walked away with RM 1,595.80 at the end of the challenge! Wow super easy money, me thinks.

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Challenge 3 : FlyFM Sniper on the Loose

As for this challenge, the contestant has to evade himself from being hit by the paintball. He has to run for his life and will lose RM100 for every shot he has on his body.

He got shot 5 times in 15 seconds, lol poor guy. However FlyFM was generous enough to give him a second chance! He was able to go through the entire shooting ground without getting shot and he walked away with RM1000 at the end of the day. Easy peasy!

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Challenge 4 : FlyFM Blindfolded Wheel

Muhammad Aizad took the challenge and he tried 5 times and failed. And as usual being the generous radio station, the FlyFM peeps decided to give him a second chance! He managed to go through 50m on a bumpy ground and walked home RM1000 richer on that day! Worth it, yes?

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Challenge 5 : FlyFM The Swamp

As for this challenge… ewww. Challenger Ruben Ravi Fernandez has to retrieve 15 earthworms within 5 minutes!

Although he failed the first 5 minutes challenge as the mud was too deep in, he got another chance to overcome his fear for worms. He managed to retrieve 13 worms during the second chance but an extra 30 seconds was given to him to complete the challenge (how kind FlyFM?).

At the end of the day although he didn’t really successfully completed the challenge on time, he still walked away with RM250 in his pocket yo!

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Tune in to the Pagi Rock Crew every Monday to Thursday from 6am to 10am, and listen as they reveal the challenge of the day and the starting price. Call in, or text FLY <space> PA <space> BID VALUE to 33399, and show them just how low you can go from the starting price to face your fears! The lowest bidder of the day will be the one that gets to execute the challenge. Bidding closes at 7pm daily, and another round will begin the next day.

That’s not all! Every Friday, there’ll be an unexpected Mystery Friday revealed in New Straits Times. Listeners have to grab a copy of the newspaper to find out what the challenge and starting price is, and the search for the lowest bidder will continue on air. The 5 lowest bidders at the end of each week will take on their fears on the ground, and must successfully complete the challenge that they bid for to walk away with that cash cow!

Stay tuned as I’ll update you on the second week of the FlyFM Paranoid Activity

Over 50 bloggers + media attended the grand launch whereby all of us witnessed a ‘Live Bidding’ auction. Members of the media had the opportunity to bid for an iPhone 4s!

What is Sold.My?

It’s an exciting, innovative and reliable auction website offering new products at bargain prices. Like super duper cheap okayy, you seriously should go check out the site as you can find the hottest tech gadgets, hotel stays, travel deals and many other interesting goodies up for grabs!

All auctions start from RM0.00 and all products are brand new & shipped directly from the relevant suppliers. Each time a person enters a bid, the current price increases by 15 cents and the time remaining increases by up to 20 seconds. When the timer reaches 0 seconds, the last successful bidder wins the right to buy the product at the final auction price (usually at 60 – 98% off the retail price).

“Tokens” are required to bid on the auctions. Each Token costs RM1.50 and can be purchased from My Page. Registration is fast, simple and free. No credit card information is required. We will give you 10 free Tokens with your first purchase of any of our Token packs. And unlike any other online auctions, you do not have to pay to place a bid and the bid price is 100% determined by you. At Sold.my, each bid uses one Token (RM1.50 each) and all bid prices start from zero with fixed bid price increments. This way, we are able to keep the final bid prices extremely low. Both auction types have timer elements; the only difference is that at Sold.my, the timer extends by up to 20 seconds whenever a bid is placed.

So yup, don’t miss out on all the exciting deals on SOLD.MY! Click click click

And since Borders is one of the many participating outlets for the BCard loyalty program, I decided to redeem a Moleskin for myself using the existing points in my BCard.

Sooo many types of Moleskin to choose from, all also sooo expensive! To be honest I’ve always thought Moleskin is just an overrated notebook that doesn’t worth the money spent buying it hahaha.

So, I went to the counter and asked if I could redeem my existing points in my BCard to purchase the Moleskin…

Fortunately they said yes! Happy because I managed to get a Moleskin without paying for it, all thanks to the accumulated BCard points woots!

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Shop and dine with BCARD at 300 stores nationwide!

Also, don’t forget to take part in the Bcard Swipe and Win contest from 2nd January 2012 to 29th February 2012 to win some cool prizes like an all expense trip to London!! Check it out on www.bcard.com.my for more details.

BCard hebattt!!

Besides that, I heard Thais are such nice people, all the time smiling and trying to help whenever they can. Friendly people makes me smile, when I smile it makes me happy, when I’m happy means my holiday travel is a great one!

All these factors just makes me wanna travel so badly; haven’t gotten to travel outside Malaysia (and Singapore) for quite a long time already because I could’t afford an overseas holiday as often as many other fortunate ones. If I were to, I would have to save up my own

But then again, I found out that VISA wants to bring people over to Thailand! They’re giving away a holiday trip in Thailand, just by entering the contest!

1. Check out this video of Matt Harding in Thailand:

2. Visit the contest site: HERE, click on the Enter Contest button, fill in the form, answer a simple question related to the video then tell them where is your favourite destination in Thailand and why.

It’s so easy that I’ve already joined it before I wrote this post… So, how about you?

Head on to HERE for more details!

May the last lucky man standing wins!

Not sure if you’ve read my past post regarding Petronas CNY event? I did mention that in line with its TVC as shown below, a photography contest themed ‘Reimagining Energy’, in collaboration with Leica Camera AG is also ongoing.

Here’s 4 extended version of the Chinese New Year TVC showcasing the casts from different countries coming home for CNY:

India

England

China

Malaysia

Back to the contest… Contestants have the chance to win exciting cash prizes and have their photographs exhibited at Galeri Petronas in KLCC. All YOU have to do is to submit snapshots of Chinese New Year celebrations that best portray the spirit of ‘Reimagining Energy’.

I had submitted mine! Did you spot it in the Petronas Photography Contest Facebook page? :p

The picture was actually taken during last year’s Chinese New Year, where I spotted a dragon dance troupe and I happen to have my camera with me. Took some snapshots here and there, who knew that I would be able to use one of the pictures I had taken for this Petronas CNY Photography contest? It suits the theme pretty well I’d say!

So, have you submitted yours?

I had previously updated about Ep. 1 Ben Spies & Ep. 2 Jorge Lorenzo; now it’s already on Ep. 8 which features the profile of the Petronas Syntium Moto Yamaha AHM riders!

It’s an online show showcasing the essence of the racing world & Petronas, hosted by the sassy Julie Woon. Check out some of the insights as well as getting to know the riders from Petronas Syntium Moto Yamaha AHM racing team, support Malaysian yo! Malaysia Boleh

Remember to check out PETRONAS MOTORSPORTS Facebook page to be updated with their latest campaigns & events, as well as the new videos uploaded on their YouTube channel too!

“For centuries, mankind have migrated from one place to another, in hopes of finding better opportunities. But no matter where they are, or how far they have come in life, they will always come home. This Chinese New Year, let’s celebrate the virtues that bind us all together — the spirit of resilience, determination and adaptability in turning challenges into opportunities and seeing the positive in the negative.“

Among others, the stories revolve around a dentist in India celebrating the new year with his family in his home country via Skype, and a young woman forced to celebrate the festival while working two jobs to make ends meet in London.

The story of the young Chinese girl in London celebrates the Lunar New Year with the customers she serves, is arguably the most heart warming of the bunch! The feeling of ‘coming home’ to your loved ones on special occasions is like no other, as many who will be battling the horrific traffic to reach their respective destinations this upcoming holiday weekend can attest to. In that regard, ‘Coming Home’ encapsulates the very core of any holiday season which is the simple warmth of home.

Let me know what do you think of the commercial?

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This Petronas commercial was actually being released during their launch event held in KLCC just few days ago.

Petronas Group Senior General Manager Corporate Affairs Division, Datuk Mohammad Medan Abdullah said this year’s commercial would bring a breath of fresh air into Petronas’ approach to the festive campaign.

“We have moved away from the narrative approach that we had adopted in our past commercials and this time, we want viewers to understand the underlying messages through visual poetry. TVC also incorporates the spirit of perseverance, adaptability and determination captured in each of the stories. This energy is something that should inspire us all as we navigate through life.“

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In line with its TVC, a photography contest themed ‘Reimagining Energy’, in collaboration with Leica Camera AG is also ongoing. Contestants have the chance to win exciting cash prizes and have their photographs exhibited at Galeri Petronas in KLCC. All YOU have to do is to submit snapshots of Chinese New Year celebrations that best portray the spirit of ‘Reimagining Energy’.

For more info, check out the photography contest page on Facebook HERE

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I’d like to end this post with a pleasant CNY holiday wish to all my readers, especially those ‘silent’ ones who doesn’t comment or anything but I still see you visiting my site even though it’s not being updated frequently haha.

Happy Chinese New Year & have a great holiday everyone!

Gong Hei Fatt Choi, Ang Pao Kia Lai! :p

I have my favourite brands when it comes to buying pen; Paper Mate is one of them. Remember those Kilometrico ballpens? Those are pretty darn cheap yet long-lasting man! Back then it used to be like what, 50-80 cents each? It was quite value for money and because of Kilometrico ballpen, Paper Mate had gained my trust and reliability when deciding which pen to bring into the examination hall during test, which pen to recommend friends to buy, which pen to use for drawing and so forth.

And just recently, I had received a bundle of Paper Mate InkJoy pens to tryout! If I was still in high school, I would have cried to joy receiving so many pens with different colours for my own usage! Really… I really love having to see new pens in my stationary case, it gives me a sense of INKJOYfulness; don’t you too? :’)

The beautiful colours of Paper Mate InkJoy with different sizes – this is a new product line from PaperMate which are designed to be a lot smoother to write with than your standard ballpoint pen.

Although I have been a huge fan of PaperMate Kilometrico pens, I still wasn’t completely satisfied with the way it sits in the hand; it’s kinda skinny (like me lol) to be a truly comfortable pen to use. Especially during school exams, I would struggle a little with the Kilometrico because I’ll get a ‘pen mark’ on my fingers after using it non-stop for a few hours writing essays. Don’t get me wrong, they’re one of the best, affordable, long-lasting pens I have used! But fret not, I think PaperMate acknowledged the issue and their latest PaperMate InkJoy range eliminates that problem! InkJoy is a new inking system that mixes “optimized writing tips” with “ultra-low viscosity inks”. It is a great little pen, cheap and cheerful with a range of colours to satisfy any pen enthusiasts. It glides across the page without leaving messy blobs of ink, require less pressure to write with and is comfortable enough to use when writing.

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InkJoy 100

Features a triangular shape for comfort. Available in both clear and transparent colour-tinted bodies for classic or fresh and modern look.
(RM1.00/pc)

InkJoy 100 RT

Features a triangular shape for comfort with a retractable tip for convenience. The colourful tinted body and white refill give the pen a refreshing look.
(RM1.20/pc)

InkJoy 300 RT

A retractable pen that features an extended rubberized grip for optimal comfort and a metal clip for durability.
(RM1.50/pc)

InkJoy 700 RT

The perfect blend of understand elegance and modern style. Sporting solid metal accents which provide long-lasting durability, a retractable pen that features an integrated contour grip to provide both comfort and control while writing.
(RM3.90/pc)

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After using these pens for quite some time, I conclude that I do quite like these Paper Mate InkJoy pens and would recommend anyone who often uses ballpoints to give them a try. Probably you could get the InkJoy 100 if you see one; if you like it, pick up the InkJoy 300 or InkJoy 700 as your everyday pen because I think you’d like them if InkJoy 100 is your choice. My personal favourite? PaperMate InkJoy 300 RT because it has variety of colours that would make my notes much more interesting and JOYful!

Anyway, let me know if any of you wanna try out these Paper Mate InkJoy pens because I certainly can’t be finishing them all by myself. Sharing is caring!

Also, let’s join the InkJoy PicBadge Creative Awards Contest on Paper Mate Malaysia Facebook and See How It Feels™! The contest will run through 6th January 2012 till 2nd February 2012, stand a chance to win cash prizes + awesome goodie bags! Who knows you might get a big bag full of InkJoy pen variants too? I think that’s pretty awesome, so let’s join together!