A fake Rolex with Swiss movement?. What are they? These so-called fakes are flooding the market these days; look so real, so much so that an ordinary guy on the street could not tell them apart from the real McCoy.
These "kam" engine or "Swiss" movement in those fakes Rolexes are actually ETA based movement install in a near identical Rolex case comes - with all the serial and model number 'engraved' on, not only that, its also come present with authentic looking paper and box!!. These fakes could now easily con the newbie and even the die-hard. And these scenarios are scary!! These fakes are the "AAA" grade type that commands a big price.
Another grade comes in form of Japanese / Chinese movement, still looking great and the lower grade comes in quartz movement. And who are the people who buy these fakes?. Well, these people could be the collectors - buy certain model to replace or make up for the gap in their collections that could not replenish financially, or the particular out-of- production model that could not easily obtainable.
Others would just buy a certain fakes (model) to see if the watch really excites him/her for a genuine buy later, and also at the same time to kill the urge of a future buy of the same model. And some buy it to deceive others. Just my 2 cents worth. DC
Monday, July 23, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Rolex owner, a wannabes
During my younger days, watches with Cyclops lens were always assumed /or thought to be as Rolexes. Then, only a handful few watches come along with the Cyclops. These Cyclops lens represent an unique way at reading the date.
Those days, I am one of the wannabes - who wanted a real Rolex but could not afford one. So, I bought myself the nearest look alike watch - the Titoni, ComosKing which comes completely with look & Cyclops. In my primitive mind set, any watch that comes along with these lenses - would look grand like a Rolex.
In my country (Malaysia), Rolex owners proudly but discreetly display their time pieces at any given opportunities. From a distance, many (people) would recognize their Rolexes - thanks to the reflective glare emitting from the small but distinctively & unmistakably Cyclops lens. They can smell your Rolexes miles away. Take away the Cyclops, the very same people won't come near to you, and would reject the watch altogether. Air King doesn’t appeal to them. So do a Sea Dweller.
Innocently, they would ask "Is that a Rolex"? Why NO lens ah ?!!” Their comments, traditionally, Rolexes must comes together with Cyclops...without it...it’s NOT a Rolex.
Wearing a real Rolex, has that kind of feeling great, an achievement (but not proud), whereas, wearing an imitation would not have the same feeling as wearing the real thing!. Wearing a fake Rolex is after all...cheating on oneself. Just my 2 cents worth.
Those days, I am one of the wannabes - who wanted a real Rolex but could not afford one. So, I bought myself the nearest look alike watch - the Titoni, ComosKing which comes completely with look & Cyclops. In my primitive mind set, any watch that comes along with these lenses - would look grand like a Rolex.
In my country (Malaysia), Rolex owners proudly but discreetly display their time pieces at any given opportunities. From a distance, many (people) would recognize their Rolexes - thanks to the reflective glare emitting from the small but distinctively & unmistakably Cyclops lens. They can smell your Rolexes miles away. Take away the Cyclops, the very same people won't come near to you, and would reject the watch altogether. Air King doesn’t appeal to them. So do a Sea Dweller.
Innocently, they would ask "Is that a Rolex"? Why NO lens ah ?!!” Their comments, traditionally, Rolexes must comes together with Cyclops...without it...it’s NOT a Rolex.
Wearing a real Rolex, has that kind of feeling great, an achievement (but not proud), whereas, wearing an imitation would not have the same feeling as wearing the real thing!. Wearing a fake Rolex is after all...cheating on oneself. Just my 2 cents worth.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Simple steps to build and attach your Google Adsense
Upon posting my blog on the Internet, I have received numerous message in my private email enquire on how to include an Adsense account on the blog.
As many of you people and friends out here knows that I am neither internet savvy nor an expert in any of this field but a newbie. Nevertheless, here I shall do my best to share with you my humble and limited knowledge.
All the gurus out here please guide us along should you feel the following steps need to improve and your comments are appreciated.
Simple steps to build and attached your Google Adsense.
Steps:
1) You need to go to gmail.com to create a Google Account
2) Done, your new email is ready
3) From the email page , go to more and click (top row)
4) Go to Blogger.com
5) Follow the simple steps to create a blog account, under create your blog now.
6) Enter your gmail username and sign in
7) A page will appear, Sign up for Blogger
8) Insert your display name; eg; Penangboy and click continue
9) Name your blog, enter your blog title and blog url (eg:http;//yourname.blogspot.com) click continue.
10) Choose a template for your new blog.
11) Now, your blog has been successfully created
12) Start posting!.
13) Once posted, a page – JoPet – Log appears; your blog post published successfully!
14) Notice a box on the right saying “Earning money from your blog” (There you are!). Click on it
15) Sign up and wait for approval from Google Adsense
16) To insert Adsense to your blog, go to template (top of your blog control panel), then click.
17) A page ‘add and arrange page elements’ appears.. Click at add a page element (top right box)
18) A new page appears, choose a new page element. Then click on ‘Adsense; add to blog.
19) Sign up for an Adsense account page will appear. Just follow and fill all required information.
20) Configure adsense, you can change ad block to display in your blog. After done click ‘save change’.
21) Next, add and arrange page elements will appear. The adsense block will display on the right side. To change the position, use dray and drop feature
22) Subject to approval, Adsense will send you email to confirm your registration.
23) Once received and upon approval, open the email and click on the verification link. Register and fill in personal information. Start posting on your blog.
24) It may take approx. 48 hours before your application to be approved. Good luck.
As many of you people and friends out here knows that I am neither internet savvy nor an expert in any of this field but a newbie. Nevertheless, here I shall do my best to share with you my humble and limited knowledge.
All the gurus out here please guide us along should you feel the following steps need to improve and your comments are appreciated.
Simple steps to build and attached your Google Adsense.
Steps:
1) You need to go to gmail.com to create a Google Account
2) Done, your new email is ready
3) From the email page , go to more and click (top row)
4) Go to Blogger.com
5) Follow the simple steps to create a blog account, under create your blog now.
6) Enter your gmail username and sign in
7) A page will appear, Sign up for Blogger
8) Insert your display name; eg; Penangboy and click continue
9) Name your blog, enter your blog title and blog url (eg:http;//yourname.blogspot.com) click continue.
10) Choose a template for your new blog.
11) Now, your blog has been successfully created
12) Start posting!.
13) Once posted, a page – JoPet – Log appears; your blog post published successfully!
14) Notice a box on the right saying “Earning money from your blog” (There you are!). Click on it
15) Sign up and wait for approval from Google Adsense
16) To insert Adsense to your blog, go to template (top of your blog control panel), then click.
17) A page ‘add and arrange page elements’ appears.. Click at add a page element (top right box)
18) A new page appears, choose a new page element. Then click on ‘Adsense; add to blog.
19) Sign up for an Adsense account page will appear. Just follow and fill all required information.
20) Configure adsense, you can change ad block to display in your blog. After done click ‘save change’.
21) Next, add and arrange page elements will appear. The adsense block will display on the right side. To change the position, use dray and drop feature
22) Subject to approval, Adsense will send you email to confirm your registration.
23) Once received and upon approval, open the email and click on the verification link. Register and fill in personal information. Start posting on your blog.
24) It may take approx. 48 hours before your application to be approved. Good luck.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Pay Per Post (PPP)
I stumbled upon this page when exploring the Internet for the reason to blog. Out of the blue, this page came along when I actually wanted to find more on paypal account.
After reading through the simple-to-follow contents, I was fascinated and readily to learn and understand more of this PPP. After the necessary registration and viola! came the reply that I have already been accepted as confirmed registered member.
True to its words, PPP has created an opportunity to bloggers and alike to earn extra cash during their spare time. I am not too sure , how I would fare on this particular blogging for PPP. But I am sure of one thing, if this blog is reviewed and approved by PPP.Then, this is the very first dollar I would earn vie the Internet and thats for blogging too.
Something that I learned from PPP, is that you are actually being paid to blog.
Thank You.
After reading through the simple-to-follow contents, I was fascinated and readily to learn and understand more of this PPP. After the necessary registration and viola! came the reply that I have already been accepted as confirmed registered member.
True to its words, PPP has created an opportunity to bloggers and alike to earn extra cash during their spare time. I am not too sure , how I would fare on this particular blogging for PPP. But I am sure of one thing, if this blog is reviewed and approved by PPP.Then, this is the very first dollar I would earn vie the Internet and thats for blogging too.
Something that I learned from PPP, is that you are actually being paid to blog.
Thank You.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Penangboy trip back to Penang (Part 2)
3rd Day
Well, after dropping wife at her office in the Thean Teik Estate, I went next door to a coffee shop to ta-pow a packet of steamy hot char mee hun and kopi-oh with the intention to pray my late father at the nearby temple in Ayer Itam
After setting up the plate and burning of joss stick at the altar, I proceeded to the next block to burn some joss stick to my late in-laws which take but some minutes for the whole process.
Upon my return to my father's altar, I was taken back and shocked to discover that the packet of char mee hun had gone missing! with only the plate and the kopi-oh intact. Whew! this is daylight and strange things do not happened with the solar sun brightly shine on.
Not satisfied and out of curiosity, I look into the dustbin for the missing mee-hun...none and gone without a trace.....and there goes my breakfast too. After staying for a while for the joss stick to run its course and telepathic informed my late father that I shall be leaving, I then left the temple.
After praying, my initial plan was to run up the Kek Lok Si Temple (never been there since the eighties) after the light breakfast but now no more, change of plan. Instead I drove straight to Kwong Fat Lee coffee shop (junction to Melayu Street) just in time to enjoy my bowl of duck meat koay teow along the Carnarvan Street. This same stall would sell the koay chap after 11.00am. I was lucky enough and manage to ta-pow another packet of this duck meat koay teow for my the other half. (her favorite)
In the afternoon, I spent my time taking a stroll along the upper end of Penang Road, a five minutes walking distance from my hotel. First stop is Tatt Ming, the watch shop. You will be surprised at the merchandise in their inventory. A mixed blend of antique and modern time pieces, limited and special edition and a huge collections of mechanical operated of wall and table clocks. I was in market for a mechanical alarm clock and the only ones on display are made from China. No, I did not make any purchase, says thank you to the shop assistant, left and proceed to the camera shop next door.
Browse around the camera shop for a while, while eying the latest model from Olympus, a ultra slim type incorporated with 7.1 mega pixels comes with free 1 GB picture card. Checked out the price quote (wife is in market for a slim camera) but left without any purchased done. And thats is window shopping, my style.
For dinner, we went over to my sister-in-law (wife's sister) place which is very near to the Waterfall garden. Nephew (chef-to-be-in-training at a local 3 star hotel) is cooking something good for us to try on our taste buds. Before that, I went early to their place, parked my car and drop wife with them and proceed to jog all the way to the waterfall.
Reaching an hour before the waterfall garden closes its gate at 8.00pm. I did a quick detour, as usual joining the many joggers whose main itinerary is keep one blood pressure down and heart working good, all in the name of keeping fit to ones health.
Nephew cooked up something nice, Japanese style - complete with soup soba and fish fillet on terayaki sauce. Yummy. After a hearty meal, we sat around to chat and wind away time for a little while before waving goodbye
Well, after dropping wife at her office in the Thean Teik Estate, I went next door to a coffee shop to ta-pow a packet of steamy hot char mee hun and kopi-oh with the intention to pray my late father at the nearby temple in Ayer Itam
After setting up the plate and burning of joss stick at the altar, I proceeded to the next block to burn some joss stick to my late in-laws which take but some minutes for the whole process.
Upon my return to my father's altar, I was taken back and shocked to discover that the packet of char mee hun had gone missing! with only the plate and the kopi-oh intact. Whew! this is daylight and strange things do not happened with the solar sun brightly shine on.
Not satisfied and out of curiosity, I look into the dustbin for the missing mee-hun...none and gone without a trace.....and there goes my breakfast too. After staying for a while for the joss stick to run its course and telepathic informed my late father that I shall be leaving, I then left the temple.
After praying, my initial plan was to run up the Kek Lok Si Temple (never been there since the eighties) after the light breakfast but now no more, change of plan. Instead I drove straight to Kwong Fat Lee coffee shop (junction to Melayu Street) just in time to enjoy my bowl of duck meat koay teow along the Carnarvan Street. This same stall would sell the koay chap after 11.00am. I was lucky enough and manage to ta-pow another packet of this duck meat koay teow for my the other half. (her favorite)
In the afternoon, I spent my time taking a stroll along the upper end of Penang Road, a five minutes walking distance from my hotel. First stop is Tatt Ming, the watch shop. You will be surprised at the merchandise in their inventory. A mixed blend of antique and modern time pieces, limited and special edition and a huge collections of mechanical operated of wall and table clocks. I was in market for a mechanical alarm clock and the only ones on display are made from China. No, I did not make any purchase, says thank you to the shop assistant, left and proceed to the camera shop next door.
Browse around the camera shop for a while, while eying the latest model from Olympus, a ultra slim type incorporated with 7.1 mega pixels comes with free 1 GB picture card. Checked out the price quote (wife is in market for a slim camera) but left without any purchased done. And thats is window shopping, my style.
For dinner, we went over to my sister-in-law (wife's sister) place which is very near to the Waterfall garden. Nephew (chef-to-be-in-training at a local 3 star hotel) is cooking something good for us to try on our taste buds. Before that, I went early to their place, parked my car and drop wife with them and proceed to jog all the way to the waterfall.
Reaching an hour before the waterfall garden closes its gate at 8.00pm. I did a quick detour, as usual joining the many joggers whose main itinerary is keep one blood pressure down and heart working good, all in the name of keeping fit to ones health.
Nephew cooked up something nice, Japanese style - complete with soup soba and fish fillet on terayaki sauce. Yummy. After a hearty meal, we sat around to chat and wind away time for a little while before waving goodbye
Before going back to hotel, we headed toward the Kimberly Street to check out the hawker wares. Yes, the soya bean stall is there, so is the char mee hun and many others that makes your mouth watery. You guess it right, we ta-pow both food stuff back to hotel. It is our supper...mah.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Penangboy trip back to Penang (Part 1)
I begin to wonder what to write about after drifting for some days and after creating this blog. As you see, I was down with a bad sore throat and a sprained ankle and this had put me off the inspirations to blog. The sore throat came about with eating too much nasi kandar and the sprained ankle resulted from my daily jogging and all this in the name of keeping fit
Also stressed out on preparation with time and journey traveling back to Penang this week for some work assignment. However, not to be mistaken, I am not on any work assignment but my the half is.
As a happy go lucky guy (I am now on semi-retirement, remember?) I am now the bodyguard and driver to my the other half. Simply put it, I am on a small vacation back to hometown.
Once a Penangboy, always a Penangboy, right?.
1st Day
For starter, once on the island and without much adoo... we headed straight to Green Lane at the Genting Coffee shop to chow down my favorite wan tan mee followed by the curry mee.
I would have tucked in another bowl of char hor fun but my stomach would not allow me to.
Together, my wife and me had walloped 4 different kind of penang food (chee cheong fun and java mee) on the first night out. How satisfied we were.
For accommodation, we put up at the Sunway Hotel along the New Lane. Why here??. For Penang food..mah. Staying and eating here is so convenient!.
2nd Day
My role as a driver comes into effect the next morning.. fetching wife to her office branch and after dropping her, I make my way to the Penang (Botanic) Waterfall Garden. What to do here??.. jogging mah.. To be realistic, the last time I ever came to waterfall garden is some.....20 years ago!. My, and how times flies!.
What a change! jogging amist the greeny compared to the apartment blocks back home (Subang Jaya) is alot fresher, I mean the air. Yes, the lily pond is still there, and so is the tracking path.The pond near the waterfall where we used to swim and play is there but now filled with much trapping of leaves and not so deep now. Small peacock fish still exists. the wooden bridge now replaced with a concrete one. The rounded shape shelter is of course still there. All so still and calm and very much different away from the hustle and bustle of the city life we faced daily. And I tell myself, I have to come here often.
After a change of fresh t-shirt, I drove down over to Carnarvan street to enjoy my lor-mee at the Sintow. Then dropped by at Woo Hing to say hello to Mr. Robert and also take this opportunity to check on the latest price quote on a few sport time pieces. Say good-bye to Robert and left.
Drove through the Esplanade, passing by the Fort Cornwallis and yes, the antique cannon guarding the fort is still there too. Nothing changed though.
In the evening, we (I and wife with her colleagues) dropped by the padang (field) along the Anson Road to tuck in - the king of fruits, yes - durian (particularly the so-called grade wu-lou and hung-ha) where the fruit vendor swear by their words that guarantee to satisfy your appetite with their fruits galore.
Not really filling, we went over to Pregraves Street (Sar-teow loh) to check out the Hokkien mee and the Wan tan mee and washed down together with the ice kacang. After with all these fantastic food and feeling satisfied, we carry our belly and left for our hotel.
Too full on any supper for tonight
Also stressed out on preparation with time and journey traveling back to Penang this week for some work assignment. However, not to be mistaken, I am not on any work assignment but my the half is.
As a happy go lucky guy (I am now on semi-retirement, remember?) I am now the bodyguard and driver to my the other half. Simply put it, I am on a small vacation back to hometown.
Once a Penangboy, always a Penangboy, right?.
1st Day
For starter, once on the island and without much adoo... we headed straight to Green Lane at the Genting Coffee shop to chow down my favorite wan tan mee followed by the curry mee.
I would have tucked in another bowl of char hor fun but my stomach would not allow me to.
Together, my wife and me had walloped 4 different kind of penang food (chee cheong fun and java mee) on the first night out. How satisfied we were.
For accommodation, we put up at the Sunway Hotel along the New Lane. Why here??. For Penang food..mah. Staying and eating here is so convenient!.
2nd Day
My role as a driver comes into effect the next morning.. fetching wife to her office branch and after dropping her, I make my way to the Penang (Botanic) Waterfall Garden. What to do here??.. jogging mah.. To be realistic, the last time I ever came to waterfall garden is some.....20 years ago!. My, and how times flies!.
What a change! jogging amist the greeny compared to the apartment blocks back home (Subang Jaya) is alot fresher, I mean the air. Yes, the lily pond is still there, and so is the tracking path.The pond near the waterfall where we used to swim and play is there but now filled with much trapping of leaves and not so deep now. Small peacock fish still exists. the wooden bridge now replaced with a concrete one. The rounded shape shelter is of course still there. All so still and calm and very much different away from the hustle and bustle of the city life we faced daily. And I tell myself, I have to come here often.
After a change of fresh t-shirt, I drove down over to Carnarvan street to enjoy my lor-mee at the Sintow. Then dropped by at Woo Hing to say hello to Mr. Robert and also take this opportunity to check on the latest price quote on a few sport time pieces. Say good-bye to Robert and left.
Drove through the Esplanade, passing by the Fort Cornwallis and yes, the antique cannon guarding the fort is still there too. Nothing changed though.
In the evening, we (I and wife with her colleagues) dropped by the padang (field) along the Anson Road to tuck in - the king of fruits, yes - durian (particularly the so-called grade wu-lou and hung-ha) where the fruit vendor swear by their words that guarantee to satisfy your appetite with their fruits galore.
Not really filling, we went over to Pregraves Street (Sar-teow loh) to check out the Hokkien mee and the Wan tan mee and washed down together with the ice kacang. After with all these fantastic food and feeling satisfied, we carry our belly and left for our hotel.
Too full on any supper for tonight
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