With the Apple iPad releasing in a couple of hours in Singapore. Telcos are dishing out iPad data plans to complement the iPad WiFi + 3G model. Users save the hassle of cutting their regular SIM card into microSIM.

M1 is offering iPad data plans with speed up to 7.2Mbps. A speed I have never obtained during my 2 years of M1 7.2Mbps data plan subscription. Even with 7.2Mbps capable devices, the speed pales in comparison with my old Singtel 2Mbps Mobile on Broadband service! For my case, it seems like M1 is tagging a speed which it is not obtainable, be it in the day or at night, in the west or in the east, in the north or in the south of Singapore. Must as well M1 say Mobile Broadband speed up to 1000Mbps right?

So M1 iPad data plan? Think again. Think carefully before signing on the dotted line.

Lovely Lory at Jurong Bird Park

I think the last time I been to the Jurong Bird Park was during my primary school days. The park back then had less exhibits and shows.

Jurong Bird Park is definitely much more interesting now. Activities such as Lory feeding and photography with the parrots made the park experience much more interactive.

Went down to Jurong Bird Park with Serene’s family yesterday. Totally enjoyed the outing with them! Fed the Lories at the Lory Loft, took pictures at the man-made waterfall, and got real close with the birds.

Been to the Night Safari last week, Jurong Bird Park yesterday. What’s next?

Yippee! Got a new watch. Yeah, this is the free watch from DBS Live Fresh card. It doesn’t look so bad after all. Adidas for casual wear, Seiko automatic for formal. Set!

My camera pouch arrived after approximately 9 days! As mentioned earlier, found this camera pouch on budgetgadgets.com. The quality is better than I had expected.

The pieces are nicely stitched together. The insides are lined with a layer of softer leather to protect the camera from shock. The screw at the bottom holds the Canon S90 to the pouch. Well, with this pouch,you need to remove the pouch base before you can change your battery or memory card. But who cares? Being able to sling your camera while touring around is more important. Time to sling my S90 around to take pictures!

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Went for a short Taiwan trip with Serene from 24th to 30th April 2010. Originally had planned to go with buddies but they aren’t free during that period of time. So we just went ahead and plan our first trip to Taiwan.

We toured around Taipei, Wulai and Keelung on our own. Occasionally taking cab rides to go hard to reach areas like Yehliu. Selected one picture from each day of our trip. Others are in our facebook.

Walked around Ximending (西門町) on the night we touched down at Taipei

Ended our second day at Raohe Street Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)

It’s street shopping day! Rested our feet and had lunch at Hello Kitty Sweets shop

Had a relaxing bath at the hotsprings at Wulai (烏來) after few days of shopping

Visiting the 13 layers (十三層遺址) after Yehliu Geopark. We went to Golden Waterfall (黃金瀑布)

Calla lilies at Zhuzihu (竹子湖, Bamboo Lake) in Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山國家公園)

Found another gadget website that offers free shipping like dealextreme and suntekstore. Got to know of budgetgadgets recently. Ordered a cool camera pouch for my Canon S90. Can’t comment on the delivery speed but I hope they are faster than dealextreme. Had some issues with dx recently.

Keeping my fingers crossed.