Happy 51st, Malaysia!

Today (August 31) was Malaysia’s 51st birthday. What did I do? Went to church with the wife and kid, and sang the National Anthem in church, believe it or not. Then went for a bit of shopping before chowing down some lunch. Nope, I didn’t buy anything, but the missus bought a Nikon Coolpix L16 camera. Then came back around 3PM, had a quickie nap, as always.

After that, checked my emails, my blog, my web site, and then played with Google Analytics. Yeah, this is my current “toy” and it’s completely free of charge. If you have a web site or blog that you want to track, Analytics will do that for you and very comprehensively, too, I might add. All you have to do is sign up, and paste the Analytics tracking code into the web pages you want to track. It takes about 24 hours and after that, you can see a whole bunch of statistics about your web site. Pretty cool. Here’s a world profile of where my site visitors came from today. As you can see, I’ve had visitors from Canada, USA, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, and Australia.

What’s next for me? Total world domination! Just kidding.

Google Analytics for me

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Coffee in the morning, Part 2

Did some grocery shopping at one of the local supermarkets here. I happened to see this Home’s Cafe Hazelnut white coffee 3-in-one. It’s all pre-mixed, ready to drink, just add boiling water. Perfect for lazy people like me. Coffee does make my world go round.

And the aroma, even before I open a sachet, is superb! Glad I tried this. And it’s made in the town of Ipoh, Malaysia. Kudos to the manufacturer!

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Hello, World! It’s me here!

This is me, at the E & O Hotel

Hi, my name is Philip. I’m 48 years old, and have just started this blog, never too late, yes? I live in Penang, Malaysia. This is a beautiful country of about 26 million people. It’s just south of Thailand (we share a border) and north of Singapore.

I’ve been teaching piano privately for more than 25 years now, ever since graduating from the University of Arizona with a B. Music degree in the early 80′s. I’ve also become quite a computer geek since the early 90′s, starting with Windows 3.1 and now on to Vista. Building and servicing Intel-based PCs is another hobby of mine, which does bring in some good pocket money every now and then.

When I’m away from the computer keyboard, I play cocktail music at the E & O Hotel here, twice a week. A very nice and relaxing job, if I may say so (thanks, Mike!) Well, I’ve played cocktail piano for as long as I can remember, but I’ll save those for another post.

When I need some exercise, I head for the pool, which is almost every weekday. Swimming is another passion of mine. It really clears the head and I love the feel of water. Especially in a hot and humid country such as Malaysia.

Last but not least, I’m a staff member at BigBlueBall. If you want to know everything about Instant Messaging, this IS the place to go to. Besides, it has a ton of other cool stuff to check out, including Social Networking, the latest phones, a really nice BigBlueBall lounge, and on and on.

Alright, think I’ve just about completed the intro. I’ll be posting often, I hope! See you soon!

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