A great "Kay Pa"!!

Fri 190811

Yup, Pensioners do hv great (though different...from time to time(?)) "Kay Pa"s...

And yup, "Kay Pa" here refers to our country's PM...haha!

Recently the present KP (short for "Kay Pa", ok?) announced a half month Bonus for all Govt civil servants and a RM500 Special Allowance (so he called it...) for Pensioners. One cannot give bonuses to Pensioners for doing no work, right? Special Allowances? Of course! Why not?

Well, on the evening of 17th Aug, that RM500 was credited into our respective bank accounts! And yesterday, our August pension was also in! Nice Merdeka (Independence) Day gifts!

What more can any Pensioner ask for? Maybe another such Special Allowance for the New Year? Soon...? Haha!

Anyway, come 23rd Aug, both Lot 10 inmates would be going to Penang again to spend time with our fav niece for a few days. CU soon, Amy!! As always...Godwilling...

And on that day, too, it's our son's Bday. Happy Birthday, EJ!! Sincerely hope this past year had contributed to making you a wiser & more loving person...and my special wish to have our "ole" EJ back! Yup, the EJ we had given birth to. Kinda not like the EJ we've seen these past few years...

After that, on 27th Aug, is, of course, my other half's own Bday! Thank God for still keeping her next to me for this past one year! And me sincerely hope & pray that God will bless this ole man enough to have her around till the last day of my life!

Happy Happy Bday, MDB!! Love you so...

That's it!

Until me back online after all the above, here's wishing one & all a Happy Happy August & a better September 2011!!

Me still around...

Sun 140811

Yup, me still around...hehe...

Just a short post to prove so...

Frankly, nothing much has happened to both inmates of Lot 10 since my last post. Life As Is has been routine...day to day...namely, wake up, eat, watch Astro, eat, afternoon nap, watch Astro, eat, watch Astro, sleep...a cycle...

Re our still "new" Astro Byond, I feel there is a need for a myth(?) to be dispelled! Yup, there was this strange belief that the new larger Byond would overcome the perpetual "Rain Fade" issue that had been haunting all Astro subscribers. And yup, that simply is NOT true!! Believe me...

Why? The other day it rained quite heavily for about 10 mins. Transmission was interrupted and stayed with a blank screen c/w Byond's onscreen message that "it might be a temporary problem due to rain". Fair enough, I said to myself.

However, even when the rain lessened to just a drizzle, the screen was still the same! And that was half an hour later!! Then the SD channels came back to life and only about another 10 mins later, the HD channels were back again. See?

So wonder what's all that hype about the Byond unit being better...? Nothing significant...IMHO!

Further, I've found that the information/guides that came with the Byond PVR was minimalistic, to say the least! Thank God for the Internet & forummers in forums directly or indirectly related to Astro Byond!

Other that those (maybe minor?) issues, Astro Byond HD broadcasts are a great gift to ole ppl like these 2 inmates. Why? Less of a strain on our eyes because images are so much clearer and a source of enjoyment to the fullest! We could see details that we had never seen before in TV/Astro broadcasts...akin to Blu-ray discs!

Oh yes! I almost forgot! Our "Kay Pa" (if you know what or who I'm referring to) did NOT fail all Pensioners (including these 2 inmates!!) one more time! And yup, it's a Bonus Payment of RM500 each...presumably for the coming Raya celebrations! In about 5 days time? Hurray! Now...maybe then(?)..., we can breathe a bit easier...

Ok...ok...time to be a "couch potato" again!

Have a nice week ahead, ok?