YES! Parkson will very soon be opening another branch at 1Borneo, taking over the previous location occupied by Tune Store. This makes it their 2nd outlet in Kota Kinabalu after the 1st opened in Wawasan Plaza a few years back.

The new anchor tenant is expected to be opened on 7th August 2009 with over 100,000 sq. ft. of retail space filled with major fashion brands for the young and old, household items & all the goodies you'd expect from any Parkson outlet.

Presently, Tune Store has setup a "relocation clearance sale" at the lower ground floor centre atrium with discounts of up to 70% off. So for those of you who are looking for bargain buys, do drop by their promotion area. No news yet on where exactly they are relocating at this moment.

Updates will be posted on this blog soon.

Ever wished you could watch your favourite TV series the very next day they are aired on the US networks? In the US they are airing the latest episodes but here in Malaysia we have to wait. Yeah maybe that’s no big deal, but the next day you happen to go online & read that the lead character gets killed off while you were still watching Astro’s “latest” episode – only to find out you’re really 8 episodes behind. And coupled with our very own censorship board’s strict guidelines, the ‘juiciest’ bits tend to end up on the editing floor.

Frustrating right? And now you ready to start ripping? That's the spirit! Here’s how.

First of all, you need to find out what is the latest episode that is currently on the US networks. Take for example the huge cult series HEROES, & there it’s showing episode five of season two. So, what you do now is Google “heroes s02e05 rapidshare”.

Explanation :
S02 = Season 2
E05 = Episode 5
Rapidshare = file hosting site.

If you are comfortable with Megaupload or any other hosting sites, feel free to replace the "rapidshare" word to your choosing. I personally use Rapidshare as they have the most files shared on the internet (in my humble opinion, that is...).

Next, look for the sites which displays the rapidshare URLs in its summaries (view top pic):

Eg. “http://rapidshare.com/files/64670039/heroes.205.hdtv-lol.avi.001...”

These are the results you should be looking for. Go to that site & you would see the FULL list of URLs of the particular episode.

Looks like I’m back to update my blog. And the weird thing is… my mind’s drawing a complete blank & I honestly don’t know what to write about! Geez!

Uh… okay, pull yourself together now Alan. Let’s see… Oh yeah.

Believe or not, I have spent some time reading up “Blogging for dummies” & preparing myself for this monumental task. And WHY might you ask I should spend my hard earned money on some book which I could have learned by myself in due time? Well, the answer is “I DIDN’T”! I stopped by Harris bookstore here in 1Borneo & apparently they have that book on the shelves unwrapped. So, like the other cheapskates there were in the store, I took the book, found myself an empty stool & sat there for half an hour – glancing through the must-read areas of the book. So boys & girls, here I am!

Here’s the bottom line. Blogging is not as hard as I had imagined before. All I need is a good topic (or I could just make one up for that sake), research to get my facts straight & just start… simple. And from the looks of it, I have just composed a relatively short story of my first endeavor as a blogger. With much anticipated success I would say.

YAY! =)

Basically, this site or "blog" as you can see, is still a working progress. I'm one of those people who are intrigued by the complexities of creating and maintaing a personal blog, and posting comments or otherwise thoughts eventually needing inputs from the wisdom of other bloggers... so to speak.

Well anyway, "Rome was not build in a day" as they say. But as my workload piles up every day & only finishing everything on the next, at this rate, completing this blog will probably take... FOREVER!

Damn...