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ooo man… I’m exposed… Microsoft published the names of the TechEd SEA 2007 Blogger winners today (September 28).

I actually won 2 prizes in the blogging competition… one for the 4th round of the blogging competition and I got myself a Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 webcam… and the second one is really a surprise… Tech.Ed Supporter Award…  AWARD???… geeee… sound like Academy Award… Am I really a supporter??? I got myself a Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 for that.

I only attended TechEd 2003, 2004, 2006 and this year 2007. well… Thank You Microsoft… and Thank You to the organizer, Crystal Edge… And of course, next year I will definitely attend TechEd SEA 2008…

Participants are given $50 voucher on the last day when we submitted our evaluation form… so, our fee for next year TechEd will be $599 only if we register early with the voucher, the same amount I paid this year… now waiting for the online registration coz did not register at the convention on the spot… come on Crystal Edge… bring it up… 8)

To be continued…

C O N D O M … is this word sound too taboo for you to talk about? How about talking about it openly?.. Did you answer YES?.. I don’t blame you if your answer is YES because you are not alone, there are thousands people out there who feels the same as you do.

But safesax doesn’t think so. Safe Sax wants people to discuss about condoms openly. Safe Sax wants you to discuss about the use of condoms openly as a means of reducing the transmission of AIDs and STDs.

And Save Sax has taken the condoms out from its hiding place… from behind the drugstore counter… or hidden way out of your sight because you are not supposed to notice it! After doing so, Safe Sax did not throw the condoms away, but instead they thrust the condoms to the public! Thrust it to the public in the form of colorful purses, tote bags and makeup bags!

When you wear Safe Sax’s products, you should feel comfortable with it… you should be able to express yourself in any fashion sense… with condoms… and talked about it in any way you like.

And when you buy Save Sax’s products, you are not only getting the best products that are fun, funky, fresh and make people stop in their tracks when they see your condoms bag, but you are actually helping for a good cause. Partial of the proceeds of their sales will be donated to non-profit organizations that are aligned with AIDS prevention and education.

After lunch, we went back to Level 3. The exhibition, classes and labs are here at Level 3. There is something at Level 4… I think it something to do with educations… can’t believe it, I never visited Level 4 this year.

updated… (September 28)

 
On our way to the exhibition hall (September 10), we met butterflies… and I ask them to pose for me 8)

The crowd outside the exhibition hall… registration for tonight’s TechEd Fest games.

The TechEd staff announcing TechEd classes are going to start… but emmmm… nope, not going to class for now… 8)

  
Crowds inside the exhibition hall.

  
My dream server?… This is what at the back of a HP blade server… the turbine fans… I only read about it before coz no one has it in Sabah yet I guess… so this is my first time playing around with the turbine fan… I only played with the fans inside HP G5 so far… going to get it next year… LOL… $40K++ wooo… and that is only the chasis… can fit in 16 servers inside!!!

  
The D-Link… great webcame… they have 5 models… 2 with great feature, they require no PC but record straight into NAS!!!

  
PC game… HALO 2… too bad, they did not provide XBox 360 like last year… maybe they scared with the 3 red lights problem.

 
Maxtor… Helloooo…. 8)

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The opening started at 9am and end around 12pm. Of course, after the opening is done, food must come, right… so, off we go for lunch at Grand Banquet Hall at Level 1.

updated…

  
Getting out from the Plenary Hall.

 
Going down…. to Level 1… to Grand Banquet Hall.

 
Crowd are piling-up at the entrance… door still closed… then opened around 12.15pm for…. RUUUUSH… FOOOOOD!!!

  
According to TechEd, there are 2000 participants (not sure if that figure includes the staff…)

To be continued…

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September 10… Bonn woke me up around 7.30am. He already took his bath. I rush myself… took my bath, wear my shirt… then off we go. Since breakfast is not included in our room, we went straight to the monorail… the same journey we took yesterday. The monorail is packed… damm… we have to let that one… waited for the next one. The Putra is the same, but we just force in.

Reach Suria just after 830… the TechEd opening will start at 9am. Still have half hour. We took our breakfast at Dome… I can’t remember what I ate… but it was definitely not enough for my stomach although the bill is almost $50 for both of us.

It was already 9am, so we rush to KLCC… straight to Level 3 and the TechEd staff usher us to Plenary Hall for the opening… performance for the opening already started… COOL… the first thing I saw in the dance was the ‘mogunapit’ dance… the local dance from Sabah… the dance are lively… intermix with all kind of dance.

I will post my entire TechEd photo to my flikr later… I have like almost 3GB of photos… so if you like to see them, watch out for this channel… 8)

To be continued…

I’m sure you never thought about hospital bed… why should you think about it, right? It’s just a bed, it should be almost the same as the bed you have at home, maybe a little bit different.

Hospital bed is very far different then your bed at home. Understanding hospital beds is very useful because you never know you might need one in the future, maybe not for you but for those who we care.

First, there are three different types or ways hospital bed can be operated, namely the manual bed, semi-electric bed and electric bed.

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After receiving our kad keys, off we go to our room. Told the ‘porter’ to send our bags to room 417. Inside the lift, I asked Bonn if I should give the porter tips… he said ‘no need’… so no need lah…

updated… (September 24)

Once I landed on the bed, I just snoozzzzzz… I don’t think Bon slept. I woke-up around 4pm. I took my bath and started our journey to KLCC using my planed route.

Took the monorail at Imbi Station to Bukit Nenas Station. Then walked to Putra’s Dang Wangi Station. The walk is less than 200m but I felt it like 2KM… I was dragging my feet… mannn…. I have no energy… felt like sleep walking. Along the way, there is a place… looks like a bangalo… it got name something like ‘nature jungle’ or something like that. It was about 30m from the Bukit Nenas Station… There was function going on, looks like it’s over. I recognized the sound being played… it’s the Australian aborigines horn or ‘trumpet’… you know, the long pipe like bamboo… which makes booommmm sound… A bunch of guys were playing it, and becoz it is played through the loud speakers, the sound is tremendously wonderful. Wasted, did not take pictures…

We reach KLCC, straight to Level 3 for registration… no problem, cant get lost here… was here last year for the same thing. Quoted my ID TE0491… got my bag. Bonn got his too.

Then we walked back to Suria KLCC and landed at A&W.

My favorite Double Float Root Beer 8)

 
The nice A&W’s wall at Suria KLCC.

Then back to hotel for another round of sleep.

Around 8.30, we went out for food. Eat the ‘something’ Chicken Rice… can’t remember the name. It was next to Sungei Wang… next to the rows of ‘Arabian’ stalls. The food was nice.

Then we walked around outside Sungei Wang… then heard the nice sound again… crap… the bunch of guys we saw earlier are performing their Australian echo sounds again…. it was at the vacant area between Lot 10 and Sungei Wang. Dammmm… did not bring my camera… did not take their picture earlier when they practicing too… that is double dammm. Went to buy some drinking water after that and back to hotel for anouther zzzzzzzzz….

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