Accessing Gmail in China, Not Again

As a person who has always been

bumped into issues with

internet access

no matter where I go

 

accessing my Gmail

in mainland China

is something i need to

have 100% assurance of

 

some I decide to

ditch Outlook for QQ

have tried QQ once

 

but can’t really remember

why did i give up

 

somehow

I am having difficulties

accessing my Outlook (web version)

both on mobile and PC

 

so i decided to forward

my mail to QQ Mail instead

 

i can’t seem to

log in to my old QQ account right now

so i created a new one

and hey now it came with

proper name instead of 

[9 digits]@QQ.com

 

have done all i can

to make sure that

if either one of them fail

I still have another alternative

 

by making sure that

I am able to access my Gmail

via mobile on the go and

via PC so that I can work

Mobile	App (Accessing Gmail)	myMail QQ Mail Outlook
Mobile	Mobile site (Mail forwarding) Pop folder	QQ Mail Outlook
PC	Mail forwarding Pop folder Pop folder	QQ Mail QQ Mail (not working) Outlook

 

have spent the last 30 minutes

sending emails across

my Gmail, QQ and Hotmail

with the same username (luckily)

 

to make sure that

I am able to

receive as well as

preferably send mail under

my Gmail identity

 

well

of course everything is okay right now

will never know how’s the actual result is

until i touch down in China

another 12 hours later

 

till then

i am finally

taking some time off

after rushing through deadlines

one after another over the week

 

worst comes to worst

I can always turn on my

mobile data to roam

to climb over the

Great Fire Wall

Not Just a Feeling X a Good Good Month: Marvelous March

March, 30 – 11:06 PM

 

Less than 48 hours before our flight

just got my hotel booked

don’t ask me about the rest

such as packing up and

what else is there to do?

 

I still have 3 pending deadlines

no, 4 in facts by end of tomorrow

and i am supposed to wake up

by 5 AM tomorrow

as the first deadline is due at 10

 

and they actually consist of

various forms from

overlay, link checking, coding

and of course, translation

 

and a couples of invoices

to be sent out by end of tomorrow

as well as leave notice

 

hehehe since

my first flight booking with Ctrip

 

wait i started off this post

wanting to blog about my

hotel booking with Ctrip

 

but somehow

it is turning into a

monthly job review post

 

craps

but i am not suppose to

write this until i get these

work submitted by tomorrow

 

till then

good night

as tomorrow is going to

be another long long day to go

 

and guess what

i may be hitting the

highest sales jackpot again

 

the recorded was last written

on April 2016

that kinda got me worried

as I will be away for the

first 1/3 of April

 

let’s do this together

just the three of us

me, myself and I

 

okay

in case i didn’t have time

to come back for another post

that’s it

this will be the monthly review

How Sure Are You X Confused Mode: Booked for Good

To Book or Not to X More Travel Blue: Good Timing Rules

i have almost 100 screenshots

taken since Tuesday evening

that i seriously don’t know

which is which

 

to keep the story

short and simple

on Tuesday evening

since we confirmed that

we have two expired passports

we should just proceed to

book the other five tickets

 

that’s the price for five

Ctrip / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

then I realize that i actually

don’t have enough balance

to pay for the full amount

after a transaction fee of USD 46 USD

is being added during the final step

CTrip / KL-Tokyo

 

so i went back to Traveloka

and accidentally found that

they have similar fare

minus the transaction fees

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

some dilly dally took place

and i wasn’t able to

find the same fare again

 

from

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

it was suddenly jumping to

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

then i decided to

go back to CTrip and

proceed with 4 tickets instead of 5

Ctrip / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

and they were telling me like what

 

after rounds and rounds of

failure to secure tickets

at the same price

kinda clueless what’s next

 

then decided to given up

and give it another try

next morning, on Wednesday

 

where i finally managed to book

four adult tickets

at the best combo available

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

for this price which is at

an average of MYR 1366 per pax

 

well done Traveloka

haha MYR 25 coupon

is almost like nothing, isn’t it

 

and would have to

book the remaining

1 adult and 2 children’s

at a much higher price

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

passport renewal

was not as smooth as expected

my client was chased out

because her romper was above knee

 

and there was a slight delay

during payment as it was their

day 1 implementing card payment

what a waste because

i actually found this on CTrip

while we were waiting to be called

Ctrip / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

and within the next 24 hours

the price remained at 4.9k for three

and decided to just proceed

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

that would make 10.4k for

7 tickets to Tokyo

an average price of 1.5k per pax

which is considered reasonable

giving the season, timing, airline

 

there makes a 1.7k difference from

what we KIV-ed at 8.7k

in the first place last Saturday

Traveloka / JAL/MAS / KL-Tokyo

 

but it’s alright

at least everything is secured

and we are on our way to

Tokyo this Summer!!

To Book or Not to X More Travel Blue: Good Timing Rules

this is a real story

about trip planning which

land me in quite a headache

like never before given

the amount of people

 

that’s the price

we actually managed to KIV

last Saturday which is not too bad

Traveloka – MAS – KL-TOKYO

 

for flying during peak season

on a full service carrier

with good timings too

although the amount looks

slightly daunting for a start

Traveloka – MAS – KL-TOKYO

 

peak season is the period where

you don’t expect good deals

and it can even be more expensive

to travel on a low cost carrier

one left? at that price?

on top of meal and luggage fees?

AirAsia (Official) – KL-TOKYO

 

then I went on to get busy

as last Saturday was

one of the busiest weekend ever

juggling 3 deadlines, due by EOD

all with zero progress

and managed to get some bookings done

My First China Domestic Flight

But First, Off to Silverland Jolie

 

then

i didn’t check it

throughout the whole Sunday

was outside almost the whole day

since it was first my work-free Sunday

for more than 2 weeks

 

and when I clicked open

9 something on Sunday night

shoooot i forgot

that’s the MATTA Travel Fair week

Traveloka – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO

 

was texting my sister

trying to tell her

but she thought i was

trying to tell her something

unimportant and pretended that

she wasn’t around!!

 

and yesterday

the price didn’t fall, obviously

and i was busy the whole day again

 

and that’s the current

cheapest flight available

Traveloka – SQ(Indirect) - KL-TOKYO

 

12 hours transit?

no way!!

Traveloka – SQ(Indirect) - KL-TOKYO

 

the same tickets we KIV-ed

last Saturday would have cost

Traveloka – MAS - KL-TOKYO

 

that’s almost a 5k difference in MYR

Traveloka – MAS - KL-TOKYO

 

the other alternative

would be splitting the booking

into two bookings

and secure whichever tickets

at a lower price before the rest

 

changing dates is not feasible

as we are travelling with kids

and not every working adult

in the group is a freelancer like me

 

that’s the cheapest solution for

flying one day earlier

Traveloka – Cathay - KL-TOKYO

 

yet the timings are not ideal

and flights operated by Dragon Air

is pretty small, similar to low cost

Traveloka – Cathay - KL-TOKYO

 

almost giving up already

then i remember CTrip

no harm trying

who knows

or i can just see

how ridiculous the price

can actually get

 

well

this is actually not bad

CTrip – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO

 

and even better

if we are okay with

shifting the dates one day earlier

CTrip – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO

 

just out of curiosity

how much would the same flight

cost on the official website?

i did this exercise once

and let’s do it again

wow

MAS (official) - KL-TOKYO

 

 

but then

1 adult and 1 child are holding

expired passports right now

and I am given the instruction to

 

proceed with the other 5

instead of waiting for them

to get their passports renewed

 

moral of the story

- flight booking is a now or never thing

- would be great to survey on different platforms

- make sure your passports are active!!!

Excuses, Excuses! X Ray of Sunshine: To or Not to Buy?

was looking at purses on Radley

because I have this

mini sling bag from Peanuts

which is so so mini that

my current long zip around wallet

can’t actually fit in there

 

so i visited the Radley website

have always taken interest

in their wallet but

was hesitating to get one

 

as i don’t always have money anyway

it’s not justifiable of why should I

buy a leather wallet for myself

 

and when i am out for travel

i prefer using cheap wallet

which doesn’t look good

and even if … wood touching

i lost it in the process

it wouldn’t make me

feel so bad

 

as I had the experience of

losing a 10 year old pouch in

a not really busy transport hub

within minutes

 

so i found this one

it’s called “Excuses, Excuses!”

hahahahaha an excuse is the best way

to justify for your shopping ,isn’t it

 

and another one, called Whitfield

with a plainer design

 

then i came across this series called

“Little of Sunshine” which looked really cute

 

but too bad

the purse in this series doesn’t

come in the zip around design

 

i prefer because I like

everything to be in one place

and i think it’s quite difficult

to look for $ as

the compartment is quite deep

and there are too many card slots

i literally only have and use one card?

which is the most basic card ever

 

but hey

since the $ compartment is deep

nobody would ever notice

how poor you are

that’s a plus point, isn’t it

 

as i was looking for a photo

of the mini sling bag

i found this

hey wait….

 

the dimension is H9 X W18

the average dimension of

a medium purse from Radley

is H9 X W14

so that solved my concern

if a Radley purse is

still too big to fit in

 

and they are actually

offering extra 10% off sales items

 

goodness

would have proceed to

check out immediately if

 

i am given this design

in this format

 

but hey

actually this design is

not that bad too right

“The Radley Made Me Do It”

“Excuses! Excuses!”

 

“The sling bag made me do it”

“Excuses! Excuses!”

 

“The sale made me do it”

“Excuses! Excuses!”

 

“The additional 10% off made me do it”

“Excuses! Excuses!”

 

“The free shipping made me do it”

“Excuses! Excuses!”

 

oopsies

just realize that

we are 2/3 through March

and I have spent quite a bit

a pair of Gel Lyte and

almost 1,000 MYR at Aeon

mostly on Wacoals for

myself and my mom

 

and yesterday alone

had booked

a flight for two to Wudangshan

as well as hotel at HCM City

 

and the concert tickets of

Li Yong Ho is opened for sale

starting next Tuesday

and i need a ticket to

fly in to Singapore

should i successfully

grab the concert ticket

 

and my sis is talking about

a family trip to  XXXXX

in the summer

 

and it’s funny how

i never hesitate to buy

Fossil, Lacoste wallets for

people around me

 

while I hesitate so much to buy

myself a proper wallet

that’s the Charlie Brown’s mentality

From H.C.M. City X to Changi: But First, Off to Silverland Jolie

booked some flight tickets

in the afternoon after i got

the first task of the day done

 

then I blogged about it

in the evening after i got

the second task of the day done

 

and randomly booked a hotel

after midnight after

i finally got the third and

toughest task of the day

done done done

 

were supposed to

discuss about our hotel to HCM

half way doing my work

and can’t really participate

 

until the Purple Unicorn

finalized it and

there came me to the rescue

for booking and payment

 

this is the first time

clicked in the link via Whatsapp

 

landed in the web version

and was awarded

with a 10% app coupon

 

best of all don’t have to type in

just  select it from the promo tab

and without much restrictions such as

maximum discount, limited booking period

 

done!

 

if you have decided not to proceed

and restarted with another booking

no problem

the coupon is still available

 

while checking out the hotel

there came another problem

i kept thinking that our trip

will be in early May

i even told the Purple Unicorn that

thank goodness the date doesn’t clash

 

wait!!!

in fact it does!!!!

we will be touching down late!!!!

so there’s no way I can make it!!!!

 

unless

that isn’t too bad right?

and thank goodness Singapore Expo

is one station away from Changi

 

even before I know about the clash

when i first saw the concert

and started making plan

i was thinking to

stay overnight at Changi

after the concert

 

okies

now it makes even more sense

HCM-Changi-Concert-Changi