I came across the voice of Zee Avi from a music blog. Rarely would a Malaysian be able to shine on the world stage. But, she did it. After posting her singing on the youtube, she has generated a great interest and signed by Bushfire record from US. The debut album - Zee Avi sounds great. If you like Norah Jones or Joanna voice, you cannot miss Zee Avi.
I was impressed by the songs and voice. Hear it out yourself.
I had a special mission today. That was to troubleshoot my uncle's PC which cannot boot up after he installed something last night and the best part is he didn't do backup. It was a tough fight, close to 6 hours, trying to get the PC up again. My poor Sunday evening gone.
The first two hours, I was trying to figure out the windows message "Windows cannot start, file missing or corrupt..." After a while, I realised that the registry was corrupted. OMG. I searched high and low on the internet and found microsoft instruction - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545. It was a series of file moving and backup. I succeeded in getting windows to start as per normal. But don't be happy too early.
Just when I booted into the normal windows, I realised something was wrong. There were constant security alert from the stupid software - Windows Protection Suite!! Can you believe that? It is actually a malware, instead of a security software, trying to cheat you into believing something is wrong with the computer. Possibly to ask you to pay subscription fee later. I asked him again. He visited some website which pop up the IE window saying your computer got virus and ask him to install this malware. After it get installed, it constantly pop up alert message and if you shut down computer, it never get started up again.
I was trying to remove the malware.
- But there was no uninstall option.
- I cannot open regedit.
- I cannot open task manager.
- I cannot access internet to download scanner
- When I connect the external hard disk, it failed to recognise.
- When I try open up CD rom drive, it took forever.
When I restart, the registry get corrupted again. How stubborn the stupid thing is!
Finally, I thought of a way to kill it. I boot into the windows recovery console, copy back the backed up registry file and boot into safe mode (F8). Inside safe mode, I deleted the program executable from Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\Application Data\xxxx\XXXX.exe (the exe name could change).
After reboot using normal windows, thank god, it doesn't get loaded. It gives me time to access the internet, install the malware scanner and remove it thoroughly. Malware scanner remove the re-generated exe and registry setting.
The moral of the story are
1. Don't click or install any pop up window software.
2. Always do your backup. That's very important
我一直都比较少看电视，原因是工作比较迟。几个月前看了校园superstar 的决赛，对蔡艾珈的最后一首歌印象深刻-星星 I am not a star。她的歌声令我震撼。一个十五岁的小女生有这样感染力的歌声真是难得。原以为没法再看到她的演唱了，她却去了超级星光大道5PK。
这一唱，真的是一战成名。除了拿到高分外，主流媒体的报道与电视的播出将会让更多的人见识到她的厉害。超级星光大道作为一个在海外都有观众的节目，能让更多人听到她的歌声。说不定很快就有唱片公司找上门。不过她年纪还小，还是多读一点书的好。
高水准的演出：
蔡艾珈 星光5 - 不痛
Sushi Tei has a new shop at Tampines 1. Last Friday, I went with colleagues for a enjoyable relax dinner. I decided earlier to have something different this time, compare to the usual item I ordered.
After going through the menu, I finally settle with this item:
HOURAI (6 kinds) tuna belly, sea urchin, sea bream, yellow tail, raw scallop, salmon belly
Friend's fried sotong. Don't ask me about the Japanese name. It is simply delicious to dip with mayonnaise sauce.
Associated sushi item ordered by them with the usual stuff - squid, scallop, tuna, salmon, egg etc
Need to fill up the stomach first, I was having this Salmon handroll.
Finally, my Hourai came. raw scallop, sea bream, yellow tail (row above). salmon belly, tuna belly, sea urchin.
This is supposed to be the premium item. I need to take time to slowly enjoy it. The scallop sushi, sea bream sushi and yellow tail sushi has their own distinct sweetness. For the real taste, I dip the fish slightly into soy sauce, the rice must not touch the soy sauce and with minimum wasabi. The salmon belly taste just like the usual salmon. Maybe I didn't really try hard to appreciate its difference.
Sea urchin or Uni sushi. This is the very first time I try it, having seen it in tv for quite a number of times. It was really good. It tastes a bit milky or cheesy, but not exactly the same.
Tuna Belly sushi. I never thought it tastes so heavenly. The meat is tender with fat distributed evenly on the surface. I would say this is one of the item I would want to try again.
Watched the 超级星光大道5 十强赛, this is the performance which I like most. A very touching performance by 曾梓淞 蕭煌奇 with the song 阿嬷的话.
Watch it:
It was a small gathering with my usual Poly gang. I suggest to go Iluma Bugis, since the place would be less crowded than the Buigs junction itself. Friends arrived there early and suggested to go Empire State at level 4.
When I reached there, two of them already sit inside the shop. Helping themselves with fries. The fries come with topping like tomato, cheese, italian sauce. A nice twist to the usual boring fries.
I ordered two - mushroom soup and potato salad. The mushroom soup is really good. The soup is filled with real mushroom and rich in flavour. Not the usual canned campbell soup. No picture taken.
Next on the table, Potato Salad. Quite a nice presentation and the taste is good also.
LK ordered the mushroom pizza. It is not like the usual pizza hut style. The crust is crispy but thick with lots of mushroom and cheese. A big portion, for big eater.
Food ordered by other friends also taste good. The price is not too expensive. A good choice for dining at Bugis area. Try it out, but the place is always quite occupied.
