Learning Basic Conversational Malay with Language Lessons From a Friend

I’ve decided to start learning the Malay language, and to do so, I took up lessons both in school and with a friend.

So…

Sekarang, saya menuntut Bahasa Melayu.

Heh

I think it’s important to know Malay because Singapore alone has a significant Malay-speaking population, not to mention the neighbouring countries which speak Bahasa Melayu as their national language as well.

I hope I pick it up quick. Have a great day!

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Make Open Office Start Faster With This Speed Boosting Tip!

Open Office is a great piece of software - and at its price, it’s pretty hard to beat! The default settings for Open Office might cause it to have a slow start-up speed though, but no problems! This tip will help you speed up Open Office’s start-up time instantly!

1. Start either Write or Calc
2. From the menu, go to >> “Tools”, then “Options”
3. From the left menu, select “Memory”. Then on the right, follow these settings:

   Number of steps is set to 20.
   Graphics Cache for Open Office is set to 128 MB.
   Memory per object is set to 20.0 MB.
   Enable systray quickstarter is checked.

4. Next, simply hit OK and exit the program

That’s it! The next time you run any application of the Open Office suite, you’ll realise that they will start up much faster!

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Lenovo Thinkpad X60s Sent to Service Center for Repairs

I’m using a Lenovo Thinkpad X60s, and recently I realised I couldn’t charge the battery anymore. Whenever I plugged in a battery, it just wouldn’t charge. So I lived on direct AC power for quite a while, hoping that the problem would miraculously fix itself. But that didn’t happen - so with great dread, I decided that I had to send it in to the service center.

I have loads of sensitive information on my Thinkpad, so before I could send it in, I did a full backup of my system, then formatted it clean. I thought I’d just drop it off at one of IBM’s many drop-off points in Singapore, but the customer service officer told me that it’d add a delay of a day or two, so I decided to just drop it off at the service center directly.

So off I went to Changi, and gave my laptop to the technician. He told me that service times took anywhere from 3-5 working days, so I was pretty much prepared to be laptop-less for the whole week. Imagine my surprise when I received a call from them the very next day, saying that my laptop was ready for collection!

A nice card that came with back with my repaired Thinkpad

Apparently there was a problem with my Thinkpad’s motherboard, which prevented it from charging the batteries. So they replaced the motherboard, charged my battery, and even cleaned up the whole notebook so that it looked as good as new for me!

I’m happy

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