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New iPad Air, iPad mini with retina display and Macbook Pro pricing comparison. Forex as of 23rd Oct 2013 and the source from Google. And obviously, I would like to discharge myself from any liabilities by telling everybody up front that I shall accept NO LIABILITY or whatsoever from the chart below or any mistakes made both in description or in the pricing.. It's merely drafted out out of personal interest. Previous pricing comparison: - 14 Oct 2013 - 25 Oct 2012 - 15 June 2012 Model US ($) SG ($) MY (RM) UK (£) HK ($) DE (€) MBA 11' 128GB 1.3GHz 100% 109% 95% 137% 99% 137% MBA 11' 256GB 1.3GHz 100% 107% 95% 138% 99% 137% MBA 13' 128GB 1.3GHz 100% 109% 95% 125% 100% 137% MBA 13' 256GB 1.3GHz 100% 111% 95% 140% 99% 137% MBP 13' 2.5GHz 100% 107% 98% 134% 99% 137% MBP 13' 128GB 2.4GHz (Retina) 100% 111% 102% 136% 99% 137% MBP 13' 256GB 2.6GHz (Retina) 100% 112% 103% 134% 99% 137% MBP 13' 512GB 2.6GHz (Retina) 100% 112% 104% 134% ...

Updated pricing on this link... http://15dezember.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/apple-ipad-air-ipad-mini-with-retina.html A community service as an Apple fan :) If we use USD as the base price, you will be surprise that you might be paying as high as 49% more (Apple TV in Germany) compare to the price in the US. So if you are by any chance travelling to let's say Malaysia, find yourself a bargain :) Prices are correct as of 14th OCT 2013 with the exchange rate obtained via Google. And obviously, I would like to discharge myself from any liabilities by telling everybody up front that I shall accept NO LIABILITY or whatsoever from the chart below or any mistakes made both in description or in the pricing.. It's merely drafted out out of personal interest. Model US ($) SG ($) MY (RM) UK (£) HK ($) DE (€) MBA 11' 128GB 1.3GHz 100% 108% 94% 135% 99% 135% MBA 11' 256GB 1.3GHz 100% 106% 94% 136% 99% 135% MBA 13' 128GB 1.3GHz 100% 108% 94% 123% 100% 135% MBA...

Have been really abandoning this blog for sometime, which is no good. And if I don't start writing something, there will be ONE additional excuse for me not to write in the future. So, let's kickstart with a couple of short blog to kickstart the habit again. Old habit dies hard! :) Ok... These little fellas... I've grown up with quite a number of kids around me when I was young. But never had so much recollection of them compare to these 3. And with the help of digital photography, I've probably have so many pictures of the kids which I don't actually own :) And probably at certain stage in their growing life, they might look back and ask their mommy and daddy, "... why is uncle Wong take so many of my pictures???..." This year, all Three of them turn 3! And if I have the time to look back at all my life in London, probably half of it (at this stage) is all about them, before and after they are born. And sincerely from Uncle Wong, Happy Birthday...

I wonder what this is... :)

Please... Please... Please... Tolong... Tolong... Tolong... Toh Looooog la.... Have we not learned anything since the day we call ourselves Malaysian? Are we in such total denial that we have to stood this low to fight among ourselves? If the Israelis & Palestinians fought for a piece of holy land, are we really want to fight for a WORD??? Does anyone who "owns" the word ALLAH means he is more Muslim than the rest? And does Muslim's teaching is just about ONE WORD? Come on lah! Come on lah! Come on lah! I can only pose questions as I do not have any "academic" answers to the above. But if I may predict the next 10 years if this "fight" continues, Malaysia will become the next "Gaza Strip" and no one is going to benefit at all out of this, INCLUDING ALLAH. Yah Allah... Oh My God... Links to some disturbing news... http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/perkasa-threatens-to-pull-support-for-mca-mic-over...

Not the best way to start work on the first day of 2013 isn't? I have to say though, it's not as scary as it was just 2 years ago because of the constant backup that I have been doing and more things are moving to the "Cloud". But still!!!! Grrrrrrrr.......... Happy 2013!

Time flies... To start that in my final post of 2012 sounds a bit "too normal". Then I remember a phrase while listening to 988 on the way back from work last week and thought it was quite meaningful at this juncture of the year... 人生匆匆几十年 Yup... As if year after year is not fast enough, reflecting back what happened in 2012 does make the above statement seems logical. To some, 2012 is just another year in life. To many others, it's a year of jubilation (The Queen), Inspiring A Generation (London 2012) and last but not least, a year full of challenges and disappointments (me :). Wasn't a year to remember, but shouldn't be a year to forget as well. The past 365 days will go down to "my" history book as "The" 2012. And like a lyric from (who else) Jacky Cheung's song, "... Remember the darkest hour, is just before the dawn..." should move things more positively towards 2013... The year of the Snake :) Looking forwar...