DVD Part 2

2 Days after I cant burn the darn DVD-R 16x Disc, I purchase 1 DVD+R Imation 16x to test whether my DVD drive able to burn DVD or not.

After login to my laptop, I directly start my nero burning rom and test how nero able to recognize the new disc as empty DVD disc or not. Nero able to recognize it as empty DVD. Yayyy finally I'm able to burn ^____^ I load my previous project, and start to burn immediately. Darn... it only able to recognize it as empty disc, but when trying to burn the DVD, I always encounter the same issue, unable to continue process. Unknown command when executing DVD burning.

Now I completely blur, how can I burn a simple dvd, or the shop just play marketing game to me. Never give up... I just think that perhaps incompatible disc. Perhaps the imation disc is not suitable with my burner.

The week after I bought the DVD Drive, I went out to the same place, but not for complaining the DVD Drive. I went there with Riko because he want to try to repair his laptop.

After that, I decided to purchase 25 pieces of DVD+R. Learned from the old issue, I will only buy the +R disc, and because I want to reduce the chance of failure when burning, I purchase the branded disc that already known with its quality... At end I choose Verbatim DVD+R 16x. It's a good brand isn't it?


Reached to home, and yet tested whether my DVD drive able to burn the verbatim discs, I try to browse at the internet and try to find as many as possible regarding any information for my DVD drive, and 1 article recommend me to use nero info tools to see whats your DVD Drive able to write?

And it stated able to write DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, and the speed for burning DVD only for 2.4x (Darn...) It's an old model indeed, not the new one. The other article told me that the DVD Drive only able to burn DVD 4x - 8x speed only, and cant burn the 16x one.

Oh nooo... what will I do with those 25 pieces of verbatim DVD+R 16x disc? I already purchased it.. and theres no way to give it back to the store and trade it with 8x disc.

Sigh... another good way to waste $ :D
So.... I made up my mind to test with 4x disc and 8x disc.. But, nowadays its quite hard to find the old disc that have 8x or 4x speed... all stores only sell the 16x DVD discs.

The hunting ends after I visited mustafa and find sets of DVD+R 8x disc and DVD+R 4x disc. Finally... after a long journey... I finally found the place that sold the old DVD disc^^. But still worrying whether its able to burn or not.

Finally its able to work.. so confirm my Drive is a DVD+RW drive that only able to burn old DVD+R discs and DVD+RW discs..

Here is the source URL that I used for learning the DVD formats

http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2003/DVDFormatsExplained.asp

Below is the chunk of details that I extract from the site.

DVD+R and DVD+RW
DVD+R and DVD+RW formats are supported by Philips, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha and others.

DVD+R is a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R. A DVD+R can record data only once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time.

DVD+RW is a re-recordable format similar to CD-RW. The data on a DVD+RW disc can be erased and recorded over numerous times without damaging the medium.

DVDs created by a +R/+RW device can be read by most commercial DVD-ROM players.

Below is the chunk of information that I've extract that informed me that 16x Discs will not work on my DVD Drive.

Pros: Verbatim brand; price.

Cons: I cannot get these to burn with my Philips DVD+RW SDVD6004. Also, the retailer's "receipt" must be sent in with rebate form; when I called the rebate center to see what constituted as the receipt from newegg, I was told there was an unresolved "issue" with this particular rebate and my question "could not be answered".

Other Thoughts: My internal Philips SDVD6004 drive came as an option with my Inspiron 5100 laptop; I have been using it to successfully burn video and data DVDs for about a year now, but I cannot get it to burn these particular DVDs. They are the first Verbatims I have attempted to burn with this drive. I have spent a considerable amount of time researching this problem with little success. The best answer I've found so far is that my particular burner is old/problematic. I would avoid this product if you plan to burn with a Philips SDVD6004 drive, as I have not had this issue with other media.

DVD Part 1

Actually I've thinking to buy a new External DVD Writer, so I can write a DVD between my old laptop and the newer one.

But finally the situations start differently....

It was started from when me, Johan, Desson, and Riko (read Bastard) play LAN games at my place.. we sort of computer since those 2 creatures (Desson and Riko), not willingly to bring their laptop...

Riko, even though that he live quite far, but his willingness to PLAY is really strong, so at end he always bring his laptop to my place.

But... Desson... the one that quite lazy to bring his old laptop (which very troublesome for playing DOTA :D), said... (translated version), "Chep, I think its better to you to reinstall your old laptop. It's really sux.. and slow". Felling pity for him, I've decided that I'll reinstall it...

OK.... not long from that the installation is started, and it was quite success, until... DVD Read error.. cannot find file "bla bla bla.."

and the installation is stopped... But.. never give up... I keep on trying... until 3am in the morning.. Installation finally completed.. (persistent is a special power isn't it :D)

What the hell???? I thought its over... yet... it turn out the other way around. The windows crash... able to boot, and load.. but... it stop at the password level.. Installation corrupted, please reinstall your windows... (ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

So... it end at last 2 weeks.. Desson, Riko, and me went out to Simlim Square to try to find is there any way to repair the optic without have to replace the whole Drive.

We stop at the 4th storey and I asked the shop owner.. "Can you repair my DVD Combo Drive?". "Whats wrong with your DVD?", he replied. "The optic is not good anymore, it not able to read continuously, can you replace the optic with the new one?" "Sorry, we don't do that in here.." (Sigh...) It just doesn't like Glodok where you can replace anything inside your pc or laptop.

"OK........ How much for a new DVD Writer drive?" "$190" (OMG!!! so expensive).. Those two creatures went out leaving me alone in the shop.. they went to search a External HDD. So, I called them to check the DVD Writer external price, if the price were cheaper I'm thinking to bought a cheap CD ROM only, just to reinstall my old laptop.

"How much for a CD ROM Drive?" "$50" (OMG!! I think this shop is try to get highly benefit from its customers). So at the end we decided to find other shop and hoping will get a better value price.

Looking around 4th storey and cannot find a good shop to stop, we continue to 5th storey by stairs, and stopped a while by 3 lovely lady sitting and studying at the stairs... Everyone put their best "Cool" face and pass them over and talking in Bahasa.

Yayy.. 5th storey have 1 cheap store that sell internal DVD writer for $125 only.. "OK, can test 1st??" The shop owner directly put the new DVD into my old laptop.. the surgery is begin, while we're talking about external HDD.

"OK, can le" The shop owner said.. "OK, let me test", seems the reading process looks ok, so.. without further checking and asking, I asked, "Can pay by NETS?" "Sorry we don't" "OK.. where can I find the nearest ATM?" "Go down to the 1st storey, and you can find the ATM near the Lift." "OK, wait hor.."

We went down... but not taking the escalator to go down from 5th to 4th :D Why???
Still remembered the 3 lovely lady.. I think we all agreed in our heart to see them again (LOL)
They still sit there and studying seriously, without noticing that the 3 handsome man pass them again on purpose :D

Shorten the story... after successfully take the money and pay by cash, I decided to bought the DVD disc to back up my old laptop Data. So I bought 25 disc for $15, it's a good price after all..
What brand? TDK it's a good brand.. and the writing speed is able to reach 16x.. WOW ok lorh... seems problems solved..

So I went back home with smile on my face.. and tried to burn and back up my data immediately after that.

But something fishy happened. Darn... why the bloddy disc is not recognized?
Is the shop trick me?

2 hours of trying wasted... and yet no good result............
so.. I try to see whether the disc is the problem.. I borrow Johan's DVD burner, and the disc is stated as Empty DVD Disc.. and he also can burn with it..

Something wrong with my new DVD Drive?? hell yeah it is... but.. I keep thinking the other way around.. I think the disc is not compatible with my DVD drive..

So the browsing begins.. and 2 days after that I saw an important information about DVD type..

I thought DVD R is DVD R and DVD RW is DVD RW, which similar with CD R and CD RW... But I got it all wrong!!!

DVD is not standardized.. some brand have the + standard and some have the -, mean while there other technology like blueray and others..

The TDK disc that I bought is a DVD-R which is not compatible with my drive.. so.. I bought 25 DVD+R disc in the next day..

Will it work???

Miss Communication

This noon, when I was thinking where should I have my lunch, I just follow my foot, walking pass through the Delifrance, step over the Ichiban Sushi...

blur.. confused... finally set up my mind to eat one of the chinese restaurant behind the Giordano shop.

1 nice lady greets me with chinese, "Ni yao chi ma lao ban?", I respectfully nod because I want to eat there.

Then.. the lady starting to talk again, "Ni yao chi shen me lao ban? ji fan, ya fan". Hm... I answered, "Wo yao ji fan". "She took note, and ask again, "........" (cannot understand at this point)

I put my innocent face, and look through her face... She keep on talking in chinese.. (ooo Gosh... don't she understand that I'm a new bie T__T)

Suddenly, she took out the menu.. and pointing to the herbal soup...

Let me guess she offer me another menu...

The marketing stuff start here, and the miss communication started.

She offered me the herbal soup, while I thought she doesn't have the Chicken Rice, so I choose fried rice, and choose the pig herbal soup.

Suddenly she said, "Ni bu yao ji fan ma?" errr... I've realized that the chicken rice is there, but it's already to late.

Sigh... I wish that My chinese is improving, so can understand what the lady want to say.

That lunch cost me $7, quite expensive for a single lunch :p

I indeed should continue my study, or it will get worst....

Sigh... so jealous with people that can speak chinese language, sounds so nice.. the tone, how they speak..

Sadly this matter happened more than once..

1 week ago, a lovely lady came to me, and ask me in chinese...

Darn.. I'm so blur... the last word that I remembered come out from her lips is "Ni ting bu dong ma?" (hahahaha dui bu qi ah xiao jie)

Lucky, not all the lady that come and ask me speak in chinese.. :D

There was a time when a lovely lady come and asked about where can she find Delifrance.. hehehe that one surely no problem, since I know the HDB Hub area (especially the eating place :p). So I gave the correct direction to her, and don't know whether she reach there or not.. So after finishing my cigars, I went to the same direction that I pointed to her. Grin... I found her standing and making order to delifrance. (good good, at least my direction is correct :p)

So...... when will we take the intermediate course?

Explode in New Year

Happy New Year everybody!!!

Wishing you the good and prosperous New Year...

Bye bye 2006... you bring me lots of experience.. I'm very grateful that's you exist... within 2006 I learn lots of things.... like how to speak english infront of people, I mean people :D, learn how to get my own flat, learn how to take MRT, busses, also learn how to speak zhong wen.. (this one still sux).

What happened on New Year?

Well it's begin on 1 sms came... from my bastard friend in Jakarta. He's trying to find a new opportunities in Singapore too. Well good luck to you my bastard friend.

He came at 28 as expected... but the one that bring him to my place is sux.... I mean really sux... He only can remember how to reach Paya Lebar only T__T

Bastard Rix come wif a good souvenir... love ya MUACKZZZ ^^V Later don't forget to bring me again OK ^^. Beside of bastard Rix, there also Triana that came for holiday... Fuuh.. I never take a holiday to Singapore before... Don't have the money to spend a holiday to Singapore.. It's damage me to much!!

Not yet finished!! Still have WD that come to visit us in here.. He come along the way from Kuala Lumpur.. He also came with his new Toys a SLR Camera .. (that's what he said about it) Wow that camera is to cool... can take a very good quality picture... an object is no longer a usual object if taken by that camera..

Yeah... Yeah... but the price also super T__T extremely expensive... can afford 2 laptop I think..
Good toys come with good money :D


Peon Visit
The party is not over yet!!! Peon also came to visit^__^

Actually her visit to Singapore is not as expected..

But at least She gets something from here right?? STARBUCKS!!! hahahaha

I thought not seeing her for several months will make her taller and grow a bit :D yet... still she's still our 00-2 smallest gal ^__^

Look at the picture on the left.. it's more like a father take his child to play on the playing ground. :D

From left to right: Gunady, Dith, Peon, and Me at Sky Garden Suntec City.

This picture is taken on 31st Dec, just before the new year... After spending a lot of time in STARBUCKS, we go to explanade and wait for the fireworks in there.. According to Gunady the fireworks will be very awesome...

Hm... I was thinking of the fireworks that I've seen in Kota Bunga Puncak last year with Robert, Yulia, and Ivon.. That fireworks already wonderfull, cannot wait to see Singapore fireworks...

I thought that the place will not be so crowded... but then I'm wrong again... zzzzzzzzz
It's a human ocean.... walk here u meet people.. walk there also people... even they camp ... bring mattress to sit and umbrella to cover them.

The effort to see the fireworks is full with laugh, sharring and legg cramp :D
Yet still have time to a bit narsis :p

Waiting sure is boring... that's why I need to take a good break with smile and picture :p

Anyhow who will never expect that there will be three more faces behind me that want to share the narcist moment with me :p Laughed like hell... I vote this picture as best picture of the year:p



Well what is it like? I hope you can enjoy the fireworks like I do

1st X Mas in Singapore

Xmas in Orchard... 1st Xmas in Singapore, to be honest... this xmas is full with light... quite wonderfull since I always like lights... I don't know why.. but I always find it wonderfull.

Last Xmas I went to Puncak n got a big jam in the car... This Xmas... super jam and not even in the car :D

Hahaha, don't know what to say!!! In XMas seems like all Singapore ppl + Tourist went to Orchard and exploring a Xmas in there.

The road were crowded like hell.. This picture on the left is taken on the middle of the Orchard Rd. While people crossing the road and the police were busy to securing the road. Can you see the hat that I'm wearing on?? That hat is really cheap ^^, S$10 for 3 hats, I share the hats with Johan my house mate. He's the one that take my picture, and the other way arround. Well Merry Xmas to you ^__^

The day after Xmas at home


Since Yenny had returned to our beloved house, chey... this look at our pose on the right... surely a happy housemate right :D Ya la... Why do we feel sorrow? Xmas only once in a year right? Although they're not celebrating Xmas, but at least they can wear santa's hat right ^^


Though celebrating xmas without my family, but atleast still have a good housemate to share the xmas spirit with ^__^V

Thanks Yen, Thanks Jo for sharing this Xmas with me.....


Well we don't need rudolf to deliver the xmas present right since we make Yenny as rudolf :p

1 thing that I found out, that in Singapore, xmas is about sharring, not like in Indonesia, xmas is more sounds like peace... have a peaceful xmas.. that's what I always remembered if talking about xmas in Indonesia.

In here we're celebrating xmas with joy, and giving gift to others.. The office xmas event also quite ok, though not participating in all the events, atleast can get PUNCH and free LUNCH :D hahahahaha

Anyway they perform very nice XMas Carrolling and quite talented in singing ^^

Merry Xmas to you all... have a pleasant Xmas