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This is the first time I am writing an entry using the iPad. I’ve used the iPad to write articles before so typing on this thing is still alright.

Anyway, remember the Fujian trip I was talking about? Well, it’s canceled. Apparently the sponsor had a budget limitation. I was actually looking forward to go but another time maybe.

Even though one trip is canceled, another one came up and it’s to a place I ALWAYS wanted to go. I just got an invitation to attend the inaugural BlackBerry World! It’ll be held in Orlando, Florida and I’ve always wanted to go to the states.

When I was younger, I wanted to go to Disneyland and the only Disneyland I knew back then was the one in Florida. A quick check on the BlackBerry World website shows that one of the recommended hotel is the Hilton Walt Disney World. I’m not too sure where is Research In Motion (RIM), the parent company for BlackBerry, putting us up but I really hope it’ll be the Hilton Walt Disney World.

The trip will be early May, just nice for me since I’ll be done with the May issue (I hope). Now I just need to get my visa settled, which is, from what I read, one of the hardest visas to get. I’ll be talking to Wern Shen about the visa thingy tomorrow since he just came back from Las Vegas a couple of months back.

Florida, here I come!

I called my dad in Papua New Guinea and he said that everything is fine. Not much impact where he is. That’s a relief. Anyway, Papua New Guinea suffers from earthquakes now and then and I think my dad is pretty much used to it already.

I was in Japan twice last year and it just breaks my heart to watch and read the reports on the earthquake and tsunami right now.

This is a clip from Associated Press on the tsunami. Look at how the cars and boats being washed away by the waves.

My prayers go out to all those in Japan. Be safe.

Update: Just saw that Papua New Guinea has issued a tsunami alert. I hope my dad is fine there.

Every now and then, I get PMs (Private Messages) on Lowyat.net with regards to the MBA I took. I was quite active on the MBA thread but I don’t go to that thread any more. I usually ignore these because the questions these people asked seem like they are just taking the easy way out by not doing researches themselves.

Anyway, I remember I commented on Lisa’s entries some time back and I’ll repost it here. By the way, these were written in 2008, which is about 3 years ago. I did my MBA in 2006. It’s been a while now so don’t take it word for word. Things might have changed.

Lisa and I studied the same course from the same university. I finished mine a semester earlier but we graduated together as I had to wait a few months for my graduation.

Lisa and I at our graduation

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I was having dinner with a bunch of media friends just now and Wern Shen asked me why I don’t blog anymore. He’s been blogging regularly and that sort of makes him a ‘pro’ now. HAHAHA. So here you go Mr. Chan!

My last entry was last year and we’re well into the first quarter of 2011, well, the last month of the first quarter. I’ve been pretty busy of late, which explains the lack of updates. (I interchange ‘busy’ and ‘lazy’ as I like)

Anyway, I’ve been doing quite a bit of travelling in 2011. I went to Bali for BlackBerry Devcon Asia 2011 in January, then to Singapore for AMD’s Fusion Tech day at the end of the January.

I stayed in Malaysia the whole of February mainly because it’s a short month and it’s Chinese New Year. (Ok, the main reason is I didn’t get any invites to cover overseas event, despite the fact that there are plenty)

I just came back from Samsung Forum Asia 2011 held at Singapore a few days ago. In April, I’ll be going to Fujian, China, although that’s not confirmed yet. I hope I’ll be able to go to Computex this year, which is in May (31st May actually). I missed Computex last year because there weren’t any sponsors.

In a few months time (October), I’ll be heading off to Hong Kong with the girlfriend and her parents. That’ll be a personal trip but it coincides with China’s National Day holidays. I have the air tickets and accommodation settled and hoping that it won’t be as crowded as what they say. Hey, one can hope, right?

Despite my busy travelling schedule, I am no where near Wern Shen’s travelogue. In February alone, he’s been to Singapore, Barcelona (for MWC) and Shanghai. Not to mention Las Vegas for CES in January. I really wanted to go to CES and MWC but…oh well.

There are a few big events I really want to go. Both CES and MWC are on that list. The other events are CeBIT, Computex and BlackBerry World. I don’t think I’ll get the chance to go to CeBIT, which is held annually in Hanover, Germany because CHIP Germany is there. I’ve been to Computex, sort of went to BlackBerry World (it was Devcon, Asia, close enough me thinks). Next year, maybe.

Anyway, work is piling up and I gotta sleep. Thanks for reading. You know who you are.