Monday, March 11, 2013

FA Cup semi-final result: Manchester United vs Chelsea

After crashing out of the prestigious European Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid, Manchester United is facing another strenuous test today in the FA Cup against Chelsea.

Chicarito scored the first goal for United. Yes!!


Date    : 11-03-2013
Time   : 12.30am Malaysia time
Venue: Old Trafford

To make matter more interesting, Chelsea defender David Luis was quoted as saying "we would rub salt to United's wound", referring to United's exit of the European League.

First Half result: MU ( 2 ) - ( 0 ) Chelsea

Hernandez header went past both Cech and Cahill, brilliant work by the Mexican forward. Second goal was a Rooney free kick and Luis himself failed to deal with the pace of the ball. Rooney's free kick went straight into the back of the net.

Great stuff!

Full Time result: MU ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Chelsea

Goals from Hazard and Ramires put Chelsea level. It is all square at Old Trafford. There will be playoff at Stamford Bridge to determine who go into the final.

Winners of the United/Chelsea tie will face Manchester City in the semi-final.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Could not activate cellular data network

Have you gone through a moment when your anxiety level reaches extraordinary heights as a result of your Apple army stops working?

You are not alone. The common error message is "Could not activate cellular data network", and you are well within the 3G coverage area.


iPhone

I've had similar problems with my previous iPhone 3GS and with my current iPhone 4S on several occasions and managed to get around them with simple toggling of the Airplane Mode. Tap to activate it then tap again to de-activate.

On other occasions a white apple reset (switching of/on the unit) did the trick.


Also happened on iPad

Today that error appeared on my new iPad (ipad 3) again when I tried surfing the internet. This is the first time that I encountered such issue since I purchased my iPad last year.

Other users stated that this maybe a wireless switching bug between WiFi and Cellular, but at the time of  the incident I was not connected or switched to WiFi. I was all the time on 3G.

Tried searching for specific info and iPad returned this error message


I search on the net and found that I should try the followings:

1. Toggle cellular data off and then on again on the iOS Device:
    iPad: Tap Settings > Cellular Data  --- did not work for me
2. Restart your iPad.                           --- did not work for me
3. Change Carrier (MY MAXIS) setting from Automatic to Manual selection --- also, no luck!


What did work?

4. Reset network settings worked for me, although I'm aware that not everyone get this one working for them.

a) Under Setting, tap General: then tap Reset



b) Tap Reset Network Settings: then enter your device passcode (if any).
     Note: Be prepared to get your network settings to the original factory setting.
              But it really is not harmful as other settings and data in your device are left intact.

c) Wait for a while and your iPad will automatically switch off and on with cellular data back functioning


I was able to surf again.


This is just a temporary solution as it could happen again anytime. If it is a bug in Apple's iOS program, I hope they will fix it sooner rather than later. You don't want to carry the tag of "A Device That Keep Crashing".

Hope this helps.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Two Malaysians among World's 100 richest

While it is none of mine and your business to know their wealth, it is good to just get some inspiration to know who make it to the top of the chart financially. Among the many billionaires listed by Forbes magazine recently we have two Malaysians in the top ten.

Tables: Net worth calculated March 2013.

World's richest - mostly from United States


According to Forbes rich list, Robert Kuok remains Malaysia's richest person with a fortune of US$12.5 billion (RM39 billion). His holdings include the Shangri-La Hotels, Kerry Properties and the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper.

Malaysia's richest (Top 10 with two of them in the world's 100 richest persons)



Source: Forbes