MakanDeals.com marks Kidotech's first foray into the consumer market, after working on enterprise web/ mobile projects for the past 6 years.

MakanDeals.com is an online-only marketplace platform, where users are able to get discounted dining deals with our restaurant partners. We work out long term agreements with restaurants and bring these deals to the users.

MakanDeals.com choose our Restaurant Partners carefully.

• Good food/ atmosphere/ crowd ( Each partner restaurant is clearly defined and described by MakanDeals; We want to be your reliable guide to dining in Singapore.)
• Reliable & trusted ( We want partners who are committed to our users and deals; the last thing we want is for the consumer to turn up and run into problems using their vouchers)
• Long-term relationship (Business is a relationship, we want to prove our business model and provide a valuable service to both the restaurants & users. And we expect to build on this relationship over time.)

So if you see a restaurant that you like on MakanDeals.com, you know that we have personally tried each one of them and can wholeheartedly recommend them.

Some of our partners:

so do check out MakanDeals.com & see what deals we have on offer!

MakanDeals.com

Restaurant deals are available on MakanDeals.com

yes. we have finally launched with our restaurant deals on MakanDeals.com

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blog.makandeals.com is up and running...

see http://blog.makandeals.com

Dear starhub. Please refund me my time.

Dear starhub customer service,

i hope i am getting customer service and not redirected elsewhere.

I have just wasted 30 mins of my work day, navigating starhub's customer service and billing hotlines. 1633 and 1637.

in 3 seperate calls, after selecting "English"; "CableTV" and "Speak to customer service".
i was greeted by bewildered agents who either told me

1) i was calling the wrong department
2) started quizzing on my knowledge of navigating your phone systems
3) or offer a call back earliest after 24 hours.

on a currently-almost irrelevant note:
i was making a call to do an enquiry of my latest bill.
under Starhub cabletv subscriptions

1. Add TV5MONDE Asie
2. TV5MONDE Asie

are 2 items which i did not subscribe and would like to check on how they got there
and please remove them and refund me on the items.
(and how do i get back my 30 mins wasted on an inapt IVR system)

boon teck
boonteck(_at_)gmail.com

still need "www" meh?

curious on how many "major" singapore sites do not work if you don't put in www in the url.

in this age where the glc, statboards are going for shorter/hipper .sg domains... makes you wonder why the "www" is needed.

e.g. try:

1. cpf.gov.sg
2. hdb.gov.sg
3. sim.edu.sg
4. gov.sg
5. ....let me know

or is this a case, of .... one wrong, the rest copy&paste also wrong lah.

quote of da day: as found on a food blog

Taste wise, the beef balls tasted like the supermarket ones except that they were very much tastier.

hubstation blues: how to fix a unresponsive/sensitive hubstation remote control

1) hubstation in my room is working fine, for months.

2) just got a new hubstation for my parent's room; that when it all started; from day 1, the remote control is just..... crap. (ranging from super sensitive, press 5-5, it goes to 555 and jumps to channel 404 or unresponsive: press 5-5; it goes to channel 5.)

3) plagued by remote control blues, same problem when i brought my remote from the hubstation #1.... same behaviour.

4) called up tech support, arranged an onsite. and all of a sudden, the remote started behaving nicely, as advertised.

5) cancelled the appointment, and the problem started all over again.

6) couldn't take the daily rants from both parents, i finally brought the unit down to plaza sing, starhub customer service.

7) guess what? the device worked beautifully when setup at the CS counter.

8) after much discussion with the 3 dudes there (who are starting to doubt my sanity); they mentioned that, for some TVs, "the backlit interferes with the sensitive remote"

and me going: "but i tried with the older remote and have the same problem"

9) no choice, couldn't prove the "faulty" unit... brought it back..

10) put the hubstation into the shadows of the tv-rack... and covered the RF receiver area with a tint toy mask.....

11) hey presto! it is now working...

12) this is the story of starhub r&d.... and they should give free stormtrooper masks to all hubstation owners

news of da day:Private property prices register steepest drop since 1975

in Today (today)

But Mr Chris Koh, Dennis Wee Group’s vice-president, said there is a
threshold as to how far prices can go down. Noting that some private
projects are advertised from as low as $450,000, anything beyond that
would "go against all fundamentals", as that would match prices of
five-room HDB flats and executive condominiums.

somehow.... everyone's convinced that hdb flats... can only price up.... and not price down.

facing up to "reality" or the says so?

or the question we should be asking is.... if private developers can sell at 450k, what gives the hdb flat pricing?

Email from NTU Campus Interviews 2009

just got a mailer from NTU, the best part of the email.

PS: We have already received overwhelming responses from the Insurance Companies and Independent Financial Advisors and will not be able to take on further bookings from these sectors. We seek your understanding in this regards.

maybe those companies are looking to sell some policies.

"You are already jobless and NOT covered !?!"

news of da day: JAPANESE MAN FOUND DEAD AT RITZ-CARLTON

A 64-YEAR-OLD Japanese man was found dead in his hotel room at the
five-star Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore by hotel staff yesterday
morning. The man was found with a stab wound in his chest.

blah...blah

The police have classified the case as unnatural death, and a spokesman
said: "Preliminary investigations indicate that foul play was unlikely.
Police investigations are ongoing."

seriously, Dude found dead, with a stab wound in his chest... and "foul play was unlikely" ??? maybe he was cutting the skin off his ritzcarlton apple, and fell on the knife.... and killed himself.

itunes audio book: Business Category

was just going thru the itunes audiobooks store.

the last book (by release date) is seth godin's "The Dip (Unabridged)" Released May 10, 2007.

and the one before that. "The Big Moo: Stop trying to be perfect..." by... you guessed it again. Seth Godin (and the Group of 33).  Dec 02, 2005

and 3rd in line. John C. Maxwell's "Thinking for a change: ....", May 23, 2003.

is this the blackhole of itunes category? i'm wondering what kind of volumes sold.
looking at the audience size of itunes... can it be in 4 years, we have 3 audio books released under the "Business" category?

 

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Wayman tisdale

Wayman tisdale
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Washington bullets forward. NBA.

regards,
Boon Teck
Kido Technologies Pte Ltd

1am preview show

1am preview show
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regards,
Boon Teck
Kido Technologies Pte Ltd

Men's Product

Men's Product
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Wild oats
....with horny goat weed.
I kid you not.

regards,
Boon Teck
Kido Technologies Pte Ltd

Get ready to rock and roll, 25 Oct 2008.

Get ready to rock and roll, 25 Oct 2008.
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F1GPSG.com: Your F1 site for Singapore Fans!

visit: f1gpsg.com

News of da day: Zappos pays new employees to quit.

Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too - Harvard Business Online's Bill Taylor


Cut & Paste:

So when Zappos hires new employees, it provides a four-week training period that immerses them in the company's strategy, culture, and obsession with customers. People get paid their full salary during this period.

After a week or so in this immersive experience, though, it's time for what Zappos calls "The Offer." The fast-growing company, which works hard to recruit people to join, says to its newest employees: "If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you've worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000 bonus." Zappos actually bribes its new employees to quit!

Why? Because if you're willing to take the company up on the offer, you obviously don't have the sense of commitment they are looking for. It's hard to describe the level of energy in the Zappos culture—which means, by definition, it's not for everybody. Zappos wants to learn if there's a bad fit between what makes the organization tick and what makes individual employees tick—and it's willing to pay to learn sooner rather than later. (About ten percent of new call-center employees take the money and run.)

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screenshot of da day: www.bizfile.gov.sg

anyone else have noticed the newly revamped www.bizfile.gov.sg ?
behold... 



i can imagine the brainstorming sessions...

"i want.... colors!... pastel colors, i want it to be vibrant! alive! bright! "

and hence someone delivered THAT.

someone gotta nominate them for some kind of award... i don't care what kind...
but that color scheme deserves an award... even if it's for craziness or something..

"avant garde gov website of the year!"

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Starhub Euro2008 signup page.

look at the URL:
https://secure.starhub.com/shop/pages/forms/euro2008dummy/index.jsp

we must be real dummies.... to keep paying... monies.

Starhub Euro2008 signup page.
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Creative ad on apple.com

Creative ad on apple.com
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should be due to Wireless @ SG... did shock me while i was browsing... needed to double take on the ad...