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Tablet Or Netbook?

I have been travelling a lot over past few months since February and I am thinking of lightening the load of my backpack. because of the nature of my work, I have to take along my notebook wherever I go and because of security concerns, I try not to use public computers or even unsecured internet connections.

My friend, who owns a Samsung Galaxy S, told me that I should just get a Galaxy S too but I have tried it out and don’t feel like it’s a work tool but more like an entertainment device, like what the iPhone is to me.

So I’m thinking maybe I should get a tablet. Working on it would probably be a lot slower than notebook but it would probably be almost the same speed as working on the netbook because of its processor speed. However, a tablet would be something different that I could also use at home.

But then when I think about it, I could be better off getting a really thin, lightweight but full-fledged notebook. It would surely serve me the best, though it’s not as fancy as a netbook and certainly not as eye-catching as a tablet.

Baja Real Estate Online

A friend, who has expanded his property holdings to foreign countries, asked me if I could suggest to him something more exciting than properties in Australia and New Zealand. Well, I have been to a couple of property fairs recently and have seen Bali and baja real estate too.

While I didn’t pay attention to such offers because I didn’t have any capital to invest in foreign countries, I found this website, MLSBaja.com, with marketing and listing services of Baja properties which will be useful to my friend who is looking for something more exciting. I think Baja real estate would offer him what he is looking for.

I hope that I too can one day own a property in Baja. It would be great if I could own a luxurious holiday condominium in Baja where I could totally rest and relax without worrying about anything.

Should I Switch To Android?

A friend, who lives about 300km away from me, has a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone. Every time I visit his city, I get to sit down and meddle with his Galaxy. While he has been raving about the phone, I find that Android is still rough around the edges. There are still many things that don’t work though it also has many advantages.

One thing is that I wasn’t able to capture a screenshot. I have an Apple iPhone and a Nokia smart phone and this comes naturally to both phones. I love to take screenshots of apps since I am a blogger and I love to take screenshots of interesting webpages or jokes and then email them to friends. With Android, I am not able to do this easily.

Also, the other day when I met my friend, I purposely logged on to my Facebook account from his Galaxy to see if I could play my Facebook games. While we all know that the inability to run flash is a major setback for Apple iPhone, the Galaxy also couldn’t run a lot of flash based Facebook games, to my disappointment. My friend told me that the coming version will be able to handle flash better. So I guess I should wait?

Fast Online Traffic School Course

As mentioned in a previous post, I will be submitting job application soon. It is a new experience for me since I have never applied for a job before. A friend told me that some prospective employers may look at our driving record and asked if mine is “clean”. Well, it is since I haven’t been driving for very long but if you have recently received a driving ticket, you should look at this Los Angeles Online Traffic School to see how you can take up a traffic school course for free.

Well, fees will only be charged when you are ready to sit for the test. The good thing, though, is that it is a one-time charge so you can sit for the test as many times as needed for you to pass it at no extra charge.

Also, since the test is done online, you can do so at your own convenience. Moreover, your Certificate of Completion will be submitted to the court immediately and so that your traffic ticket will be dismissed as soon as possible. Besides the off-chance that your driving record will be scrutinized by prospective employers, having a good driving record will also lower your auto insurance.

Taking an online traffic school course is one of the fastest and cheapest way to keep demerit points off your driving record.

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Prime Minister of Malaysia To Host Special Dinner For Online Friends On Nov 4

HHmmm as a blogger, I am really interested in something like this. I wish I could attend this special dinner hosted by the Prime Minister but the date has been fixed on 4th Nov, 2010, possibly at Putrajaya so I don’t think even if I am lucky enough to be selected, that I could make it since it is so out of the way unreachable by public transport.

Yes, from what I was told, although we are urged to register our interest at the 1Malaysia website at http://www.1Malaysia.com.my, we are not guaranteed an invitation. From what we are told, attendees will be selected randomly, but how sure are we of that? Maybe cables have to be pulled or something? LOL

Anyway, I am looking forward to see who will be selected and I expect to read some blog postings of this event come the night of 4th Nov, 2010. If you are a Malaysian blogger, are you going to try your luck getting an invitation to this special dinner hosted by the Prime Minister?

Preparatory School Offer

I am going to submit a job application soon. Can you believe that I have never applied for a job before? I don’t even know how to write my resume. My friend told me that I am highly unemployable but even though I do not meet the requirements exactly, I am going to give it a shot.

Sometimes, seeing how well my former school mates are doing in life, I feel quite stupid but I know that it’s only because of circumstances that caused me not to complete my tertiary education. If only I have worked harder at school so as to qualify for a scholarship!

It’s not that I am hard up for a job and in fact, I am happy doing what I am doing now but I kind of regret that I turned down my uncle’s offer to put me through Preparatory School. I wonder how my life would be if I had taken up his offer but then I didn’t want to feel beholden to him for the rest of my life!

Anyway, I have got my cover letter and resume ready but have asked a friend to have a look at them. Once I have submitted my job application, I will forget about it. As I said, I don’t meet their required education background. I hope, though, that practical experience will count for something!

Google Remains Top Employer For Second Year

Google has retained its position as the best employer for the second year running based on a report by Universum, which focuses on employer branding, based on a poll on nearly 130,000 job seekers with either a business or engineering background.

Google came in first in both business and engineering fields, the same position the company held last year in the first employer attractiveness index. So besides Google, what other companies make good employers? Check the list below:

Top 10 attractive employers in business and engineering (Numbers in parenthesis denotes ranking in 2009):

Business

1. Google (1)
2. KPMG (8)
3. Ernst & Young (5)
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers (2)
5. Deloitte (10)
6. Procter & Gamble (6)
7. Microsoft (3)
8. The Coca-Cola Company (13)
9. J.P. Morgan (7)
10. Goldman Sachs (4)

Engineering

1. Google (1)
2. Microsoft (2)
3. IBM (3)
4. Sony (7)
5. BMW (4)
6. Intel (5)
7. General Electric (6)
8. Siemens (8)
9. Procter & Gamble (10)
10. Apple (N/A)