Hehe… Not a blog entry – just a special message…

… to my dear friends who have chatted with me on the ‘live chat’ box on the left side of the page:

There may not be a large number of these special people like you, but thank you for chatting and sharing with me your opinions, offering advices, or simply talking about something that I have written.

… I really enjoy replying you guys!

But, lately, I found that our conversations on the chat box are not permanent – when they reach the bottom end of the box, they will be deleted forever – and there is no way to get them back…

I really want your words to be here forever – they mean a lot to me.

I want it when I look back at this blog many years from now, when we are all working adults and maybe not contacting each other anymore – I still want to see and remember every single word you guys have said to me, and have encouraged me in my life this far.

Because of that,

I have transferred all of the things that you guys have written (those related to a particular story that I’ve written) into the ‘comments’ section of that entry.

That way, it is much more easier for me to reply to you, because I have more control over the ‘comments’ section, compared to using the chat box!

… And what’s more – things written in the ‘comments’ section are never deleted by the system – kept there forever!

Dear friends, this is what I wish to ask of you – if it is possible, please leave the things that you wish to say (that are related to something that I have written in an entry) in the ‘comments’ section of each entry.

For the things that are not related to any of the entries, something that you simply want to chat about – you can leave them in the chat box!

I hope you guys know this – the things that YOU say about my entries, about the things that I’ve written about my life – they are very important to me.

… one of the main reasons that I created this website (as I have written in the ‘about me‘ page) is, after all, to communicate and interact with my friends!

Let me tell you a small ’secret’ – honestly, everytime someone writes something encouraging in the ‘comments’ section of any of my blog entries, I really feel very happy and warm… And I would secretly, but sincerely, thank that person in my heart… I really do!

I promise I would reply to them – every single sentence that you wrote to me on this website. If I didn’t reply to something that you’ve written, I would personally send you a message!

That’s it… Thanks to all of you!

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Assignment submission later… The time now (when I’m writing this) is 6.08AM and I still haven’t slept yet… Zzz….

I’ll update tomorrow after the submission…

Al-Qaeda’s terrorist member’s car! Someone call CIA! Maybe Osama is having lunch in a nearby Japanese steamboat restaurant!

Yup, I know it is unprofessional of me to capture my own reflection on the side window, but I only had one chance to take the photo, right? If I stood there for too long, who knows what would happen? The car might turn out to be a car bomb and explode!

Right, Al-Qaeda’s official car is a Perodua Kancil. So much for being one of the most famous international terrorist organizations…

Well, maybe it’s because Kancil’s are cheap! Then the cost for each car bombing would be less! Very cost-efficient!

Haha, spotted the car in Puchong, yesterday. Funny dude to label his car like that!

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*Ahem*… Now for an official James-Chow.com announcement!

Two months ago, I was contacted by MYNIC, the official company in-charged of all the website names that end with “.my“, such as ‘www.tm.net.my’ or ‘www.thestar.com.my’.

They told me that being the owner of a “.com.my” domain (in my case www.james.com.my), I was eligible to an early ‘priority’ registration for their new “.my” domains. Previously, there was no such thing as ‘www.abc.my‘ or ‘www.james.my‘, as there was only www.abc.org.my or www.james.com.my.

Don’t ask me why is was like that, it’s the government’s policy.

But now, the government has changed the policy and are opening ‘.my’ domain names to the public in March! So I was given the opportunity to register for my own ‘.my’ domain name three months before its official launching in March!

For those of you who are asking why don’t I just register after the official launch… The answer is this: When officially launched, the ‘.my’ domain name is going to be an “unrestricted” domain name – meaning any person or entity in Malaysia, and later – the world, could register for it; very unlike the ‘.com.my’ case, which is restricted to business and organizational entities only.

In the simplest terms – A common name such as “james” would be registered by someone else on the very day or even minutes after its official launch. Just like what happened to the “.com” names!

Yes, there are people or ‘investors’ who register hundreds of common names such as “alvin”, “money” or “happy” just to resell them to people who want them for more than 10 – 100 times the original price in the future! Believe it!

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OKOK, I know you’re totally bored reading all this. So here’s the announcement!

Starting today, you can access my website using “www.james.my“! A much shorter name! YAY!

Of course, you can still access it with any of the following:

“www.james-chow.com”

“www.james.com.my”

and… “www.james.my”

I still dunno what to do with the last two domains so they all go to a welcome page that links to my main site, hehe…

HARAP MAKLUM! Thank you!

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A bit about myself…

Huhu… I’m very insanely busy with the new trimester this week... Loads of stuff to do including my change-of-major process… Yes, it’s still not done yet… Haha…

There’s really a lot of other great things that has happened and I really wish to write about them one by one. But, for now I really don’t have the time, just for these few days… After this week I think I’ll be much more settled-down for the new trimester.

I’ll have more updates soon, you have my word!

P.S. Actually it’s not really a ‘new’ trimester, it’s already week 4. But thanks to our Chinese New Year sticking in week 2, so week 1 and 3 don’t really count!

Ladies and gentlemen,

it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure, that I present to you…

*drum roll*

www.James.com.my !

Woohoo! *cheers*

I’ve been looking for an alternative domain name ever since I discovered the extremely annoying JamesDashChow issue and was determined to prevent my friends from ending up in someone else’s website instead of mine!

But then, .com domain names on the internet are so grossly used up that you practically have to come up with an irritatingly long or wierd name to avoid having your registration be rejected…

By ‘long or wierd names’ I mean names like www.jameswhateverchow.com or www.blahblahjames.com or something like that. And those, are not excellent names at all!

The ideal names are short, concise, and descriptive. The best names are those that are really short and can be easily related to the contents of the site.

So you’ll never see big companies like BMW (www.bmw.com) or KFC (www.kfc.com) having websites like www.bmwgroupautomobiles.com or www.kentuckyfriedchickenitsfingerlickingood.com!

In short, the shorter your domain name, the better it is. People can remember it much more easily!

Of course, www.James.com would be the best option for me, but without the slightest doubt, it is already taken – there are just too many James(s) in this world, way tooooo many! And buying a domain name that is already owned by someone else would cost you up to tens of thousands of dollars, if not millions! Huhu…

Luckily, Malaysia controls and limits the registration of its .com.my domain names to organisations with registered presence in Malaysia only, such as companies or businesses. This greatly reduced the amount of domain names that are taken, and I’ve luckily secured my own name. Yay!

Just to clarify, www.James-Chow.com will still remain as my main website’s URL. On the other hand, www.James.com.my will serve as a portal that redirects back to www.James-Chow.com, this solved my JamesDashChow problem because www.james.com.my is (I think) unmistakably easy to remember! Hehe…

Anyway, something really annoying happened though:

My www.James.com.my domain name was registered on the 4th of Jun. And you know what? Exactly 2 days after my registration was processed (and money paid), the company that registered my domain name offered a bloody 50% discount on all .com.my domain name registrations in conjunction with our nation’s 50th independence day!

AARRGGHHHH!

That is so unfair! Why do I always get the feeling that fate is always against me?! *sob*