Ting's Review

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I was interested in a few books from Amazon and found that if I bought them in used condition I would save even more. One particular book I was interested in was a Psychology book that was priced at $0.75 for a previous edition vs a new edition ($125). As I understand correctly, Amazon is able to ship to Malaysia direct. The problem is that most (if not all) used books do not ship to Malaysia. This is where the dilemma comes in. Should I buy a new book for 125x the used price and get amazon to ship to me directly? or should I use a forwarder? DECIDING ON A FORWARDER Which forwarder to choose? I took a look at the following forwarders: Borderlinx HopShopGo VPost I have used Vpost before while I was staying in Singapore. I believe it was the cheapest at that time. I haven't used Borderlinx but I had to deal with their customer service before when I had problems with my account and it was horrible. Pricing wise they are also the most expensive. Now, HopShopGo was a new...

Nintendo Wii has recently released Dr Mario Online Rx on WiiWare. I decided to give it a try, so went to the wiishop and bought 1000 points and downloaded this new WiiWare. After a couple of minutes and 93 blocks later, I started the game. What I found was two games in one. One is the classic Dr Mario and another is called Virus Buster which uses the wiimote as a pointer to move the capsules. The single player and vs mode are just the same as the classic mario. One interesting feature is that you are able to play Dr Mario against the whole world. This is the reason why I downloaded it. I'm not a very big fan of the original game but having online play changes everything. I went online I gave it a try only to have my ass kicked in less than 5 minutes. Well better practice on single player mode though, at least i'll be able to play against and easy computer. The online mode also has a player ranking system. So you can check your skill level vs the whole world. So far i'm ran...

Friends and Family has now increased to 11 numbers What's new? well.. call rates to friends and family drops from 15c to 11c per minute.. there's a catch though. Looks like you only get that rate between 12am to 6am.. Hmm.. like i'm gonna make many calls between that time. Well, the promo rate is only valid till 30th June 2008 at time of writing. Wonder if they're gonna extend it or not.

Does anyone hate the sight of ants crawling all over the wall? Previously, I didn't mind a few ants exploring my house.. I'd normally scoop them up and put them outside. Well, that was the case till they started to invite their friends in and gosh.. do they have a lot of them. Hungry ants I guess it was my fault as sometimes leaving food out in the open tends to temp them too much. Ok, so I'll change my habits and store food in containers whenever I can. Worked great, ants stopped bothering me.. well.. for a while anyway. It is not till then till I found out that ants actually get thirsty. Which means, they started pouring into my bathroom and water containers. Some ants smell when they die. I can't describe it. Its terrible. Thirsty ants Well, thats when I started to think of a way to get rid of them. I looked on the internet for some solutions, ranging from using cinnamon powder to vinegar to confuse their trails. Didn't really work for me though. So I...

Is it true? for RM30 you can get happy? Yes, in a way. Happy is a new provider on the prepaid mobile market running on the DiGi network. They have a nice easy to understand call plan. Call rates are 1c per second, with a cap of 99c per call. sounds very interesting.. per second billing is great for short calls and yet having long chats will only cost me 99c! Better yet, each message costs only 10c. Looks like Happy is the only provider that doesn't discriminate between other providers. Now I don't have to think who's on what provider cause the rate is the same. Happy's reload validity is also longer than current providers. Each reload gives you 60 days of validity. So, reloading the minimum of RM5 will give my sim another 60 days of life. Really great for low usage users. What else? well, 018 is a pretty auspicious number isn't it? hehe.. For now, Happy looks like they have a good package. Is it too good to be true? well there is a trade-off. In order to get these r...

In Malaysia there are three mobile prepaid providers. DiGi Prepaid Maxis HotLink Celcom Xpax When I got my first prepaid pack, I for one was rather confused when trying to one of the providers here. Competition has sprouted a whole new range of promotions and plans that is while great for us consumers but can be rather confusing. Call Plans Lets take a look at the providers sms and call rates. Both DiGi and Hotlink require you to spend over RM30 before you get the better cheaper rate. An exception is DiGi's Chat Plus that has a flat rate no matter how much you spend. Xpax charges you differently when you call people in different states. Personally, when I make a call, I hate to calculate how much this call is gonna cost me. Better a flat rate, less hassle. DiGi's Fu Yoh plan has the cheapest sms among all the providers, but you have to pay a subscription of RM3 per month. Hotlink give a cheaper rate when you sms maxis customers. Xpax is the most expensive, costing 20c to sms ot...