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Disabling Twitter Vibration Notification

Twitter never fails to cause my phone to vibrate whenever a notification comes in. It has become such a nuisance that I started looking into my settings to turn off the vibration.

Guess what, my setting has been on silent and it"s not working?! Crap..

I've googled for some days but to my dismay, I couldn't find a workable solution. What that were shared were either outdated (for an older android version) or I"m already on the recommended setting which didn't work for me!

After meddling with my phone again and again, I think I finally found a solution. At least now my twitter notification doesn't come with vibration anymore!

So here's the solution:

1) Go to your phone's Settings > Sound and vibration 

2) Go to vibration intensity 

3) Under "Notification", set it to the lowest.

Voila! 

GoPro Hero 8 Not Detected By Windows 10

There is a new setting on GoPro camera.

• Go into preferences and go to connection and click on "USB connection".
• You should see two options. The default is "GoPro Connect", this is probably for use as a webcam with the beta windows software. Change this to MTP (media transfer protocol) and you should be able to access your GoPro from your PC/laptop once again. 

Notes:

• If the setting cannot be found, check if your camera sofrware is updated.
• You may need to restart (power off and on) your Go Pro after changing the setting before your PC/ laptop could read your GoPRo

Handy Electric Glue Gun

Get yourself a handy electric glue gun!

This is available at most value dollar shops in Singapore for S$1.50.

It's a 2-pin connector and comes with 2 short 7mm glue stick.. so you can use it right away without having to scout for the glue.. (some places sell the glue gun and glue stick separately). 

Additional glue stick can also be purchased from value dollar shop as well  (if I remembered correctly). Unless you are a heavy user, the glue sticks should last you a while though :)

Bento box!

Re-usable bento box spotted!

TEPPEI

UNFORGETTABLE TEPPEI

Eng Kee Fried Chicken Wings 荣记炸鸡翅膀

Located at Commonwealth is this yummy chicken wings.  Whenever I'm there, I couldn't resist the temptation. They serve fried beehoon and noodles along with other accompanying dishes such as cabbages etc. But the highlight is their tasty chicken wing! *burp* Sometimes I even see people packing 30 pcs at a go!
 

Where: 117 Commonwealth Drive #01-711
Operating Hours: Mon to Sat 12pm to 10.30pm
Price: S$1.20/ pc
Closed on Sundays
 

My 1st Fondant Cake

 

Overdue post:

 

1st attempt on a surprise simple fondant cake - for my mum on Mothers' Day 2015.

 

Not perfect but it's the thoughts that count right :P

 

Philips Carnival Sale!

Tempur Singapore Sale

TEMPUR sales coming up in Nov 2013!

Have you heard of Kiwi Berries?

Yes, this little green stuff on my fingers is the kiwi berry. It's the first time I've seen this and according to the fruit seller, their in-season is very short- usually only available for 1-2 weeks.

These kiwi berries are small and soft. The internal looks just like the usual green kiwi if you cut into half but tastes sweet unlikely the normal size green kiwi.

Season time: some time in Sep
Price: $3-4 at fruits stall.
(Spotted a fruit stall at commonwealth selling $3/small box)

Gum paste lesson

Some months ago I signed up for a lesson on gum paste. I'm pretty satisfied with my end products. As I have some (a little actually) pastes left, I made the Angry Bird and Badtz Maru back at home. You can see that they seems flat/ small compared to the rest. :P

Finally! The option to move to SD card!

Just updated the firmware and as I was exploring my newly acquired S4 (it's 1 week old today) I chanced upon the tab "Move to SD". *gasp*

So now I can shift some of the app/ app data to my external sd card!

Here's how to do it:

1) Go to Settings > More
2) Select Application Manager
3) Select an app that you want to move to your SD card
4) Click on tab "Move to SD card"

While I was totally trilled with this feature however, something bothered me.... where in the sd card are these data saved to?  A mystery to be uncovered. ....

Shanghai Cuisine@ Alexandra Village Hawker Centre

Spotted a long queue at Alexandra Village Hawker Centre. It was a stall offering shanghai cuisine - featuring the xiaolongbao, guotie, dumplings, sweet and sour soup,  and various noodle dishes including szechuan dan dan noodles. The stall is manned by 2 persons - a lady cooking abd collecting monies, and a shifu kneading the pastry and preparing the xiaolongbao on spot.

Tried the guotie and sweet & sour soup, they were "ok".

I still prefer those by Margaret drive's  (note the stall has shifted to maxwell after the Margaret drive food centre was torn down) which are juicer and soup more savoury.

Yum factor: 6.5/10

Capitol Optical Warehouse Sale

Topshop Sales

It's happening at Ion Orchard branch now!

Kam Long Curry Fish Head

Kam Long Restaurant / 亚福街金龙亚仔

Kam Long Restaurant (also known as Kam Long Curry Fish Head/ 亚福街金龙亚仔) is the only place that I know which supposedly serves curry fish head as early as 8am! While I've not verified if people eat curry fish head this early but looking at the numerous people eating in the shop at 10ish in the morning I wouldn't doubt!  (Update: went in oct 13 at 925am and the place was already packed!  And yes, I waited 25mins before I get to eat! There are people who really eat curry fish head this early!)

During lunch time, expect a long queue and waiting time.  I always try to go earlier to beat the crowd after learning a lesson on my maiden visit. However, if you are looking to takeaway, you'll be pleased that you can zoom all the way to the front and inform them that you want to "dabao".  And you can request for the fish to be cooked or uncooked.  They would pack the raw fish head (looks frozen to me), ingredients and their curry separately for those who prefer to cook at home.

Back to the curry fish head, since my first visit, I've been visiting the place almost once a week. I even "dabao" too when the queue is too long. :P  My sis asked me: "so nice meh?" whenever I sent her a photo of me conquering another claypot of curry fish head. Yes, it is nice.  Decently nice homecooked flavour. The fish served had been fresh on my visits so far. And she might not be aware, I loved eating fish and curry, and with this combo and the right taste - how can I miss it?!

Where: No. 74, Halan Wong Ah Fook, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
Hours: 8am - 5pm or till sellout!

(There is another associated stall at Permas Jaya but I still prefer this original stall at Jalan Wong Ah Fook)

For takeaway orders:
016-752 8382 亚仔/ Ah Zai
016-796 2287 顺安/Soon On

DIY Gelish Project - French Manicure

Above features the gelish french manicure i did on my nails some time back with my few months old toy - led lamp. With the led lamp, 30 secs is all I need for each cure. What I like about gel nail is that there is no more "waiting to dry" and I can get on with whatever work I need to do right after the gelish manicure.

I am pleased that my DIY french manicure lasted more than 2 weeks. Not longer because I got bored with the same stuff on my nails after a while .....

"Some of my tools: led lamp, gelish - foundation, top it off, sheek white"

Turn OFF That Photo Syncing on Facebook!

Recently, I did an update of my facebook app and discovered a new feature being turned on unintended. The new feature allows the photos taken with the iphone to be synced to your facebook photo album automatically! While photos remained supposedly private till you decide to make it public online, you'd never know what happens if there is a breach someday.....

So after googling, here's the steps to disable the feature on iphone:

iPhone or iPad

1. Open the Facebook app and go to your timeline
2. Tap Photos
3. At the bottom, tap Synced
4. Tap the gear icon and choose Turn off Photo Sync
5. Tap Don't sync my photos

If you are using Android phone, the step is different from above: 

Android

1. Open the Facebook app and tap the top left main menu in your sidebar
2. Scroll to the bottom and select Account > App Settings > Sync Photos
3. Choose Don't sync my photos

(Source: https://www.facebook.com/help/274634689307648/)

Lost Your Photo Tab in Itunes?

Fret not!

If you are like me who can't find the photo tab after updating to the latest itunes version, here's how you can find it!

Open up your itune software and connect your iphone. Press "Ctrl B" on your keyboard to open the side bar on itune. Click on your device and you should see the photo tab again on the top menu bar.

It took me a while to find this solution on the web after googling to realise that there were others like me facing the same issue. Some called for the removal and reinstallation of itunes while some called for changes in certain settings. This however, proves to be the most hassle-free! I've decided to include this piece of information in my blog in case I forget how to do it.... "Oh well....." :P

Note: in case you need to open the menu bar, press "Ctrl S"