Don’t ask, Don’t Tell!
Just home after a week away in HK to take in the new Year 2011!
It dawned on me on this trip to HK that all these few years that I stayed at the Conrad Hotel, I did not realize I was entitled to breakfast and Internet on the house as a special guest! Unless this is a new complimentary throw-in as a special guest.
I don’t remember ever asking the hotel what is or are complimentary for me. On this trip, all I know is I heard clearly that I was entitled to breakfast and free Internet as a special guest.
Well, what do you know? You don’t ask, they don’t tell!
On the flight to HK on SIA, I was on the latest A380-800 plane and was not too familiar with the movie channels. So I decided to ask the air hostess, who addressed me: Lady Wong, and she promised to return soon to help me get to : Wallstreet: Money never sleeps. Meanwhile, I decided to play around with the channels, and managed to find Wallstreet, instead of waiting for the hostess to tell me how to locate it. My love of tinkering with electronic gadgets.
On the flight back from HK yesterday, it was an older plane, B777-300ER, and being more familiar with this plane, I went straight into the channel for : The Social Network, based on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg with his continuous legal battles especially with the twins: Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, among others.
Mark’s woes:
http://valleywag.gawker.com/tech/facebook/a-brief-history-of-mark-zuckerbergs-legal-woes-280901.php
My conclusions on looking back:
So, it is not just: Don’t ask, don’t tell, but don’t sue, don’t get!!
Valuation of FacebooK
Goldman Sachs deal values Facebook at USD50B!
Worth more than Time Warner , Yahoo. Value of each FB user is worth USD100 (500m users)
The January Effect – myth?
http://www.wisebread.com/5-reasons-to-ignore-the-january-effect#5min
Ushering in the New Year with Big Ben – fab – Lucy in the sky like diamonds!
CAVEAT WHEN ABROAD
When carrying your iPhone, iPad, you should turn off your Cellular Data and Data Roaming under Settings. Use Wi-Fi instead by turning it On to join automatically.
Otherwise, you will incur horrendous billings when you return home!
My iPhone could not receive data access although the settings are correct. So visited Singtel at Takashimaya branch to find out why. The techie just pressed the off button and reset, and voila! I can now access my email and Facebook on my iPhone.
Apparently, when you leave the country, and return, just reset the button. LOL.