10th Mental Health Convention at Hyatt Regency ( Part 2)

Well, it was quite an agonizing trip going to Johor as I had to travel there by express bus. There are 3 of us ie me, my female colleague and KSN (not ketua setiausaha negara btw) and it totally took us more than 7 hours of journey. When we reached the Larkin bus station, we boarded a taxi to Hyatt Regency. It was just a short trip about 10minutes that costs us RM 12.

At the reception there, it was quite a mess as people of different sexes are put into the same room. And i was among the unlucky ones, but since the other person (female) not yet arrived, I went into my room and put my things down. Then I went to find the organizer and we sorted out the room issue. Finally, I was alone in 1 room and I welcome my former coursemate HKH to join me. Its nice to meet some of my former coursemates that I havent met since convo.

My room mate, HKH..funny guy! 728, a lucky room number!

Swimming pool - Night view

Mini garden with small fountain

Rainy day view from my room

Our convention was held in a big ballroom. The atmosphere was very spacious with 3 projectors beaming onto 3 white boards to enable those who sits in the left and right corner to have a better view. But the chairs makes it hard to those who would like to take notes as it was quite uncomfortable.

This is an exception as sitting too front is not my usual self ha..

The attendance becomes fewer and fewer as time goes by..

We have Malam Mesra on the 1st night of convention that was held in the same ballroom. The food was quite fair as it was halal type of chinese dinner btw..Then there was the performance from the staff from Hospital Permai and karaoke singing from the audience. Thumbs down!

There is a reward to those who can guess correctly the person in front of the photo

Menu - to those who are interested

In the next post, I'll briefly blog about the final day which is the 4th Pychopharmacology Seminar at Persada International Convention Centre.

10th Mental Health Convention at Hyatt Regency, Johor Bahru

Finally back from Johor after 3days. A big thumbs up for this convention..5 star hotel, nice and comfortable room, international speakers and lots and lots of good food hehe..Due to limited time, will post some of the photos first and the remaining in a few days time..

Hyatt Regency

Hyatt Regency - Night View

Hotel lobby

Twin room for 2 person

My bed ;)

Bathroom. Separated from the room by sliding wooden panels

Toilet and shower room

The room has a panoramic view of the Johor Bahru skyline. It is quite spacious and comes with plush linens and duvets, marble bath and work desk. Deluxe amenities include Internet access, soft bathrobes, 24-hour room service and daily newspaper delivered to your door. This room costs RM355 for a night stay during weekdays.

Nothing much to complain except there is only a 21inch old CRT television which is enclosed in a cabinet. I have to strain my eyes when watching it from my bed. Then, there is only given 3 modes for controlling the air-cond temperature which is hi, med and low..pretty outdated nowadays.

Breathtaking views from the room, too bad didn't bring my swimming trunks though

Malaysia Today is back! Hooray!

Malaysia Today has been hacked and not accessible for the past few days. To those of u who eager to know the latest hot topics, go to this temporary site http://202.75.62.194/
Please be patient as the extra high traffic makes it inaccessible for certain times.

Malaysiakini has emerged as the most popular newsites in Malaysia while Malaysia Today ranked 31st!

Well done! For the full rankings, click here

Firefox add-ons ( part 2 )

Cooliris Previews

This add-on has been for a long time. Remember PicLens? Its from the same developer. Well, to summarize it, this add-on lets u to preview any website from any links by just hovering ur mouse pointer on the icon beside the link itself.

Sounds cool? A blessing for those who just want a quick preview and do not want to open many tabs at once. Well, the only drawback is like opening a new tab, u have to wait for the preview windows to load up the contents.

Quite unfortunately, the "stacking" feature is not working on Firefox 3. "Stack" is the only feature that makes it outstanding because u do not have to bookmark any pages, just "stack" it on the right side of the screen. Hope the coming updates will rectifies it!

Sounds complicated? U can view and download this at http://cooliris.com/site/firefox/. Check it out.




FoxyTunes

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web?

FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser itself. After installation, it sits on ur status bar on ur bottom right. Well, u can drag it to anywhere u like eventually.


For me, since my keyboard already have those media keys for music playback, I dun really need this add-on. Its for those who wants uninterrupted music and browsing at the same time! U can download this add-on here

How stuff Works?

Ever wonder whats the world's cheapest car? or can the govt see what websites I was visiting? and does drinking ice water burn calories?

You can find the answers to the above questions and many more at http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Firefox 3 wins a Guinness

Its confirmed. Guinness has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox. A staggering 8 million downloads in a day! And I am proudly 1 of them :)

What are u waiting for? Lets promote this modern open source browser to everyone!

Beowulf

Its time for another mobile game review.
Well, I admit that I watched the movie simply because it has Angelina Jolie in it. For those of u who have seen it, u'll know what I mean hehe...


Some of this gameloft mobile game features:

• The official mobile game of the feature movie Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis.
• Storyline true to the movie: relive the events of the movie.
• Battle some of the largest monsters ever seen on mobile phones
  
• Advanced fighting system using scene elements (a boulder for crushing groups of enemies, etc.).
• More than 15 special moves, including the ""Carnal Fury"" to destroy a troop of enemies in a blink.

Epic storyline


Final level boss fight

Beautifully rendered environment

Special combo moves

Well, it has some very good graphics and the levels are quite interesting. There are many giant beasts to slay but the low level enemies are almost the same and gets quite repetitive. The last level is a bit too cumbersome as it took me more than 20minutes to kill the dragon boss.

The Good: Some very cool combo attacks move
The Bad: No sexy Angelina Jolie in the game, just kidding btw

For download, refer to my previous post.
Well, after finished this game, I have decided to download Assassins Creed mobile game. I'll come up with the review in a week or two.