Some of my friends were very excited with the release of the 3G iPhone. As for me, the novelty of the iPhone has worn off. However, if I could purchase an unlocked iPhone that I could use anywhere without committing to a plan, I would. *ahem*

This afternoon, I was informed that Tiga Dua Cellular carries the first generation brand new unlocked iPhone. My friends are very excited because they would be able to use the iPhone even here in Malaysia. They wondered if Tiga Dua Cellular will carry the 3G iPhone too.

As an experienced online shopper, the shops that get my returning business are those that are easy to navigate to what I want as quickly as possible without having to jump through hoops. I am glad to say that Tiga Dua Cellular has passed this test.

I am also particular when it comes to providing financial information over any website. Tiga Dua is SSL Certified by COMODO. This is very reassuring.

A few months ago, I wrote a post about either downgrading my 3G subscription to normal 3G and not Celcom Advance OR to upgrade my mobile device.

Well, until today, I cannot decide. It is rather frustrating that I am paying for something that I cannot fully utilise. Also, mobile devices are not cheap and mine is only one year old.

However, I am a little moved into upgrading when I see new mobile devices in the market. Nokia has an excellent 5.0MP camera in its latest Nokia N82. It’s selling at almost MYR2000 for an original set.

So if you were in my shoes, what will you do? Continue to pay MYR98 for Celcom broadband advance yet do not have a mobile device or modem that could support it, so need to downgrade the subscription or upgrade the device. I am currently using Nokia E61i, by the way, and it is only a 3G capable.

A close friend has a holiday home in Marco Island in Florida and he makes trips to Miami Beach ever so often whenever he’s on holiday. After all, Miami Beach is the place to see and be seen. He told me that Miami Beach has developed so much and has become the playground of the rich and famous and that many celebrities own homes there.

One of the most popular homes is the luxurious Apogee Condo Miami Beach. I was shocked to know that each unit sells at a minimum of US$3 million but after checking this development on their website, I can certainly understand why. It is so exclusive that with only 68 units, even at that price, people were clamoring for it.

This friend is an architect and he drives by the Apogee Condo as many times as he could whenever he is in town to admire the architecture of the place. We can dream of owning a unit, too, can’t we?

That is what’s been happening to my comments since I changed my servers. It is so odd and I thought that my server changed has stabilized since I checked with DNS Stuff and it shows that my blogs are pointing to the new server.

So I approved a couple of comments and even replied to them. The next thing I knew, overnight those comments went missing. That was very weird indeed. I had to copy and paste those comments that came in via email notification and republish them. Of course, I could not be bothered replying to them once again. Heck, I could not reproduce it word for word again.

So yeah, I am a little apprehensive still with publishing new posts, approving comments and replying to them I’m so afraid of doing things TWICE, you know? And with each new posts, I’m making back ups too!

On this blog alone, I have written on quite a few websites of luxury timepieces and jewelry watches. Well, that’s because each time I have to buy a gift, I think of watches. I don’t know why. It just seems like the most appropriate gift no matter the occasion!

ViaLuxe is an excellent website if you are looking for news, press releases and updates of Baume & Mercier or chopard watches or any other luxury brand name watches and jewelry makers.

From the homepage, you can just browse through all the different brands or by styles. I remember that when a friend asked me if I had heard of Vacheron Constantin, I had to read up on the company here before I could have a meaningful conversation with him!

If luxury watches and timepieces are your passion then ViaLuxe should be on your bookmarks because they update the website and blog pretty regularly so you shouldn’t miss the latest news in the industry! I may not be buying any luxury watch or jewelry in the near future but I definitely like to take time off admiring beautiful craftsmanship and there’s plenty of luxury watches that you can admire here on ViaLuxe or read reviews of them on the ViaLuxe blog.

I have MS Office 2007 in one system and MS Office 2003 in another. I told the computer shop that I wanted MS Office 2003, specifically, but he did not listen and went and upgrade it to 2007 for me. BAH! Now I am confused like hell. And each time, I need to keep remembering to save my file as MS Office 2003, or else I would have problem opening it with the other version.

But that’s not all. The toolbar is damn confusing too as well. I hate all that clutter. Why must they make changes to something that we all have gotten used to using? I know that you may say that I do not accept changes and that I am fixated in the way I work but heck, who has the time to keep learning to use a program just because the developers think that the new one is better?

I personally do not think that this new version is better. In fact, I think that it’s clumsy and bulky and maybe even uses more resources than MS Office 2003. Sigh… I wished I didn’t need to use it but the Word Count in MS Word is so useful!

Well, it is going to be here soon enough! And I guess many people will be hitting the beach, especially teenagers! I remember when I was a teenager, my mom will always tell me to remember to leave home with a bottle of sunscreen. Well, I did leave home with it but I never used it. I did not like the icky feel on my skin!

Back then, I was not lucky enough to be able to find a sunscreen product that I like enough to use. Teenagers nowadays have this new range of sunscreen product that is NOT bottles of chemicals, thanks to Screen, Inc.

These products were created by two ladies who felt the void in the sunscreen product market and that teenagers were neglected without proper sunscreen protection for them. The good news is that even the Skin Cancer Foundation has approved these products to be safe for use on skin!

I was told that this sunscreen is as natural as could be. If you have a teenager, or two, at home, you may want to get some of these!