Upcoming Events
Singapore GG - Dynamix
Location : McDonald's Kallang (N1.30527 E103.88176)
Date/Time: Saturday, 19th July 2008, 4:30pm
Bro Dynamix invite all brothers to come taste the fishes of McDonalds ... :)
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Kuching GG - Haddy4
Location : Kaya & Toast, Tabuan Jaya (N1 31.593 E110 22.575)
Date/Time: 7 Jun 08 / Saturday / 7pm onwards
Bro Haddy4 invite all brothers to come taste the fishes of kuchingguy ... :)
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Past Events
NPM Penang GG - Dynamix
Location : N5.33455 E100.30663
Date/Time: 25 May 08 / Sunday / 6:30pm onwards
A very happy and joyous Moeyhc went early !!!
He summarized as follows: "Good morning!
Had a great night out with Bro dynamix and the NPM guys last night. We had guys from
as far as Taiping, Nibong Tebal and not to mention our mapper dynamix from Singapore.
After a quick bite at TGIF on Appetizers only dynamix and I moved over to Starbuck for
the GG (our appetizers in doggy bags)... guess who we need to feed?....
These guys just don't know how to enjoy, once seated, out came the notebooks and it
was Mapedit, mapsource.... blah, blah, blah....etc all the way.... Other topics
discussed were on Garmin Que, Proxy, Gmxt...& etc for the Smartphones & PDAs guys.
I got a few peculiar stares from the guys for starting a thread in the Official Malsin
Maps '4 idiots' yesterday.... and was accuse of doing it so that there'll will be no
reply...to the post... Well it work till now... still zero reply...
Bro dynamix was busy with all the mapping questions and it lasted till the very end
before my Nuvi question got answered. He informed that the Nuvi cannot be used to
submit track offset data to be of use to a mapper. There isn't enough ref points a
user can plot manually to be of use. Hence Nuvi users without tracking capabilities
can only submit POIs and Errors correction.
We parted at around 10:15pm and thanked Brother dynamix for his kind attendance and
effort on our NPM Maps.
For Your Info :- This Is The 1st Time Our Own Mapper Is Using His Own Creation....
The NPM Maps.... cheers!
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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah GG - Tecrc
Location : Hilltop Curry Fish Head function room (N 5 57.006 E116 05.518)
Date/Time: 3 May 08 / Wednesday / 7:00pm ( for dinner) 8:00 pm (for GG only)
Tecrc invite everyone to come and 'wine,wawa & song' :)
Newbies who are shy.. please dont shy..... come and un-shy .....
Jaguar opined, "I cannot believe these guys. Having a GG at a great makan place and no pics of a Fish Head !!!"
"ke dong, ke dong , ke dong...... ka da ploom... ouch !"
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Klang GG - Harrier880
Location : AEON Bandar Bukit Tinggi Klang "StarBuck" located @ ground floor visible from roadside
Date/Time: 27 April 08 / Sunday / 6pm onwards
Sabre23t will teach you how to draw.... :) He would like to see more newbies... Please come !!!
quote from sabre23t, "I usually bring all my GPS gadgets to the GG. But what I take out on the table depends on what the group
(or person near me) wants to see/talk about.
* trusty Garmin Que old XdaIIs with GPSlim236 (mainly my GPS device)
* less often used Mapking R12 on TyTN II (mainly my phone device)
* venerable petite P1120 ultra-note with GPSMapedit, Mapsource and similar
I'd say you just bring what you want to talk/ask about, nokian.
Harrier880 said, "Thank you to all have attended. Is a good GG
where lots of sharing :mrgreen: we chat almost every thing...as i
can remember like -gmaptool (TQ dvpro), iphone demo, M3, track &
untrack areas around Klang. so u know what to right after this!!
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Singapore GG - Bro Redstorm
Location : Botak Jones @ Toa Payoh
Date/Time: 13 April 08 / Sunday / 10am
We had a great time, talking, learning, drinking and yakking. I am sure the newbies enjoyed it too :)
By the way... Bro SoSweet volunteered to buy food and drinks, and again someone beat to pay some of it .. :)
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1st Kelantan GG - Bro TanSeeHua
Location : Hayaki Kopitiam (free wifi)
Date/Time: 12 April 08 / Saturday / 9 PM till 1:30am !
Tanseehua asked politely,
"Hi to all Kelantan MSM member, im thinking to organize the 1st GG in Kelantan, hope that all Kelantan member
will attend. For those from other state happened to visit Kelantan when we do the GG are welcome too.
Bill on ur own (US style lah) .... and if you don't finish your drink, we'll shoot you ... ;)"
After the successful GG, bro dvpro reported as follows
Topics discussed (among others that I can recall ):
History of Malsingmaps.
Tracking tips and experience.
Gmaptool tutorial for combining maps using Nik's Eee PC (thanks Nik).
Tips on Polygon tracking and tracing.
Amateur Radio tips (including tips for upcoming 24 June RA Exam) from 9W2Max (registered Ham operator).
Garmin video ads by TanSeeHua.
I'd like to thank TanSeeHua for organizing this GG and also for the Keropoks, and fellow members who attended this first Kota Bharu GG
and hope there'll be more GGs to come. A special thanks to Mohicans for allowing to hitch a ride with his lovely family and also providing
complimentary stay (including free meals ) at the comfortable Hanna Inn.
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Penang GG - Bro Tympg
Location : Starbucks Auto-City, Juru, Prai
Date/Time: 4 April 08/ Friday / 9:00PM
Finally, we have a brother Sulpher.. a grest artist.. see above .. the cartoons !!! fantastic.... speak volumes.
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Kuching GG - Bro Eclau2004
Location : Kaya n Toast, Tabuan Jaya
Date/Time: 22 March 08 / Saturday / 7:30 PM
EClau said,
"Hi guys, I am a newbie and am really keen to learn from the sifus.
Can we have a GG during this coming Easter holidays? I suggest 22/03/08.
Newbies in Kuching please show your response to get all the sifus out!
Hope to meet you guys soon. "some drinks on me ... oops" "
Berngps reporting ....
"On the evening of 23/03/2008, I was worried about what the attendence of the Kuching GG would be like
as it was raining cats and dogs. Sarawakguy picked me up at 1900hours and we arrived 15 minutes later to see
pungts ambling towards Kaya & Toast. Eclau2004 arrived not long after that.
By 2000hours, 8 of us (sarawakguy, berngps, pungts, eclau2004, leetz, mrank aka waterlily, amateur and belida88)
are already there. Donpkong with his BH and 2 children came shortly afterwards while the Datuk Bandar Kuchingguy
arrived 1 hour later and immediately went to order his Nasi Lemak Special.
The 3 newcomers (eclau2004, amateur and belida88) had no problem spotting the tables where we sat.
We got down to serious discussion after all the pleasantries. Eclau2004 started off showing us how he tracked using
GPSproxy installed on top of his GMXT. Belida88 took the opportunity to get his 76CSx checked if it is the optimum
setting for tracking has ben set on his equipment. Next eclau2004 and leetz wants to know about using GPSmapedit
especially with the G button activated while pungts was nearby asking about how to improve the .mp of Kapit that
he has done. Hopefully, the rate of mapping East Malaysia would be sped up with more knowing how to prepare
the .mp file. The GG dragged on where 4 hardcore members were almost chased out of Kaya & Toast and the
staffers wants to go home at about 12.am. Overall it was a fruitful and fun time meeting up and sharing
our knowledge. It was a pity that envincem could not convince his BH that driving 60km to
Kuching in heavy rain to meet some crazy guys is worth the effort while borneo4x4, bross and sllam88 send
their regards as they had prior commitments."
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SJ mini GG - Bro Antyong
Location : Mamak Bistro SS14
Date/Time: March 5th , 8pm
Munny members dropped by at Mamak Bistro for a simple mini GG. I dont' know what they dicsuss....
Member ladynglr wrote, "Nice & warm gathering at Mamak Bistro. Really thankful to allgurus for the helping on
GPS things for us newbies. Everyone is so friendly & helpful I really learn quite a lot here. Will look forward
for the next gathering & hope it's not long in future."
Member Stimix wrote, "8pm - Arrival of guests...2 tables spotted. 1 wth colnago + cch without realising
there's another bigger group on the inner table.. 8pm-11:30pm: talk-talk-talk all about GPS, laser, flashlight,
error reporting. Unlocked key request , how to mark & draw own landed property (tinta),
traveling experience, past GG, & also cuci mata....when a group of pretty ladies walked in ~10pm..
probably just after gym.... Those guys started to switch places to hv better view... ..No photos kah?"
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CNY Segamat GG - Bro Pauchai
Location : JJJ cafe
Date/Time: 9th Feb 08 / 9 PM / Saturday
They had the gathering... but no pics...... shy la... :)
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CNY Taiping GG - Bro Dynamix
Location : Prima Cafe (N4.85415 E100.74218)
Date/Time: 4th Feb 08 / 8:30 PM
Pre CNY gathering. Present were:tuabeng, gloomis10, ronchan, Jimmyong64, dynamix, doraemon1 :)
I am sure that was a large bottle of 'todi' in the middle :)
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Putrajaya mini GG - Bro Topoguy
Location : Putrajaya Lake Club. got free wifi (for club members), nice teh tarik
Date/Time: 19 Jan 08 / 3 PM / Saturday
--- reported by Topoguy --
Attendees: Mohicans, dvpro, srusnan+junior, stimix+2BH, topoguy+2BH
great GG, discussed amongst other thing:
` 1- how to convert from Cassini coordinates to WGS84 coordinates (no solution yet - any expert out there?)
2- MSM locked maps issues with mapsource (solution: create gmapsupp.img, copy to desktop/notebook PC, then cut+paste to GPSr)
3- hobbies: topoguy showed his hiking fotos and revealed his other passion: cooking
4- topomap authoring: ran through the basics of creating a topomap for mohicans
5- stimix keen on tracking, more than using GPSr for navigating
6- srusnan on paragliding, wow, a really esoteric hobby, keep it up
7- mohicans showed his RM68 external stick-on magnetic GPS antenna
my kids went swimming at the Club pool, while we talked shop about GPS things.
overall, a good GG, we finished about 5.45pm
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SG GG @ West Side - initiated by Bro Pauchai
Location : West Coast McDonald (N1 17.868 E103 45.823)
Date/Time: 27 Jan 08 / 1030 hrs / Sunday
Pre CNY gathering. Wow... a bunch of folks gathered and challenged each other ... ha ha ....
I am sure they enjoyed themselves very much... yum seng !!!
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Kuching GG - 1st 2008 GG in Kuching !!!
Location : Kaya & Toast Tabuan Jaya
Date/Time: 13 Jan 08 / 1400 hrs
Group photo taken at 1st Kuching GG for 2008. Bross Jr I, our youngest apprentice mapper in attendance.
We had the pleasure of visiting NZ mapper, rchan, gamma from S'pore and Michelle from France while the rest of us, are familiar local boys.
Kuchinguy as brought his foldable bike for demo, which is a good idea for tracking in view of the ever increasing fuel prices. Photo of bike taken by BernGps......(pls post)
rchan demostrated his ipod which was a fantastic piece for surfing using Kaya & Toast's wifi.
Both kuchinguy and Berngps's laptop ran out of juice during the meet.
On more serious note, Bern, rchan, pls elaborate on the technical side of the gg.
Until then, got to go....catching a flight to KK next.
BTW, leetz had a puncture to his wheels, or was he thinking about kuchinguy's bike....eh????
-- reported by sarawakguy --
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Singapore 'Sudden' GG for Cruiser -- Free Beer !!!
Location : Botak Jones @ Toa Payoh
Date/Time: 13 Jan 08 / 1400 hrs
Bro Cruiser hails from Holland. But he grew up here... so he has memories of old Singapore. He arrived here on Saturday.
We picked up Cruiser from his in-law's place around 1:15pm and arrived at Botak Jones around 1:35pm.
Guess who is there !!! Bro Sotongkia oredi there !!! He chopped 3 tables and eating his lunch !!! Ha !
So, I quickly took mee goreng before the rest came... of course they came..... one by one... eyeing the brew on our table...
We enjoyed talking a bit about GPS (of course) and a lot about everything else on this great suunday afternoon...
Before bro poortraveller came, we oredi had 3 jugs of San Miguel..... great timing..... and great warm up..
Bro poortraveller is true to his words. He brought a large red coolerbox with about 9 bottles of his home brew beer with him !!!
By that time, we could only help ourselves to wallop 2 bottles.... of his beer
Honestly ... better than the one my neighbour brewed last year !!! Yummy .. yummy... thanks bro poortraveller....
..... and by some luck... Botak Jones engaged a 2 piece jazz band today !!! I thought they were here for us..... Malsingmaps boleh !!!
Folks present today are...jaguar & BH, sotongkia, cruiser, taipan, jchoong, silverbeauty, redstorm, redshadow, singawon, trajet2b, poortraveller
Before we left , Bro Cruiser gave each of us a packet of chocolate to be mixed with some hot milk................from Holland !
Great day.. great day.. great day...
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Kota Kinabalu GG - First KK Organized GG in Y2008 !!! Yippee !!!l
Location : Old Town White Coffee,City Mall
Date/Time: 04 Jan 08 / 1900 hrs
- Summary report by Bartmp8 and Berngps -
We just had a Borneo "Interport" GG with members from Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei.
I hope all the poison we put in tonight will have some effect. We hope to welcome
Bro KJ at MSM soon. Bro 9W6VX while still GPS-less will hopefully bite the bullet
and get himself a HCx that he has long been pining for.....
....Bro Spyroeast was not having any luck with the waiter as everything he ordered seems to
be out of stock . But it didn't stop his infectious personality and humour. Bro Fahroe
was telling us about HAM radios. Now I know HAM radio operators are not called "Hamsters"
because they are not cute little furry creatures. Neither are they "Hampers" . Anyway
having Bro Fahroe there with his radio on the table makes it look like we got some CID or
undercover police officer with us (the Cafe Manager was asking me all sort of questions)....
... First KK GG for 2008. What a great turnout. The head count before the GG was 9. The final turnout........ go count at the photo posted by tecrc lah.
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Singapore GG with MoeyHC - First un-organized GG in Y2008 !!! Yeah !!!l
Location : outside Albert Court
Date/Time: 03 Jan 08 / 1930 hrs
We got together for the first impromptu GG of Y2008 ! Silverbeauty, Sotongkia, Redstorm, Dynamix, Moeyhc, Ace, Jaguar & BH.
We couldn't talk too much in the lounge, so we adjourned to a small cafe outside the hotel to drink & yak ...
Moeyhc talked about common sense and a tank driver passing a driving test ... we had fun..
Cheers and have a Happy New Year !!!
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The passing of our good friend Rickvon.
Rotweiler informed that Rickvon had passed away due to a Motor Accident on Sunday (16-Dec-07) in Thailand.
He is one of the most jovial and well-loved 'wawa' fellas around our Hall, and will be missed by all.
Apart from being a very helpful brother. "You call , he come".... he literally gave new meaning to the word "wawa".
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PJ Gathering - DJ: Aceedburn (free Malsing Song :)
Location: A&W PJ (N3.10351 E101.64609)
Date/Time: 8 Dec 2007, 2:00PM
The verdict : All in all, a very successful gathering. I initially thought it would be a small gathering under 10 people, but we
had 30 in total! Great job guys! I was pleased to meet all of you and also thanks to bro antyong who made time to come
and show his handsome face(although he's camera shy) to those who haven't seen how he looks like! Also, a big thank you
to bro lawloh and bro feiluman for handling the photography and video recording and bro lawloh for labelling the pictures
and posting them up. Good initiative there guys, I feel so proud to be part of this unselfish community.
It was also nice to see so many brothers who had come from far, like sarawakguy and barnes who were mighty friendly.
The newly elected mods, sunn and dvpro were there too and they promised they will not ban us from the forum even if
they're in a bad mood.
Again, a big thank you to all that came and since I've been unanimously voted as the official gathering organiser,
I will take that as a compliment and plan another sometime early next year. -- unedited report by Aceedburn --
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Penang GG - MoeyHC the man ! (free donut, free 'OrKow'... :)
Location: Starbuck E-Gate (N5 22.595 E100 18.943)
Date/Time: 7 Dec, 2007.... @9:00pm
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
Another Fun Filled Time At The NPM GG last night...
All were early birds... with a mix of new and old faces. Great time trying to make the Holux M1200 Bluetooth pair with my notebook..
Thanks to Calvinyeoh learnt that a fresh start up, Shutdown n Re-Boot, is the way to make it run. Now I can do tracking... " src="./images/smilies/eusa_clap.gif"
Run through the sendmap20 excercise together but found the Gmapsupp.img generated on my system does not work for
other Nuvi... There were request for a screen projector as the notebook screen is a challenge for some to comprehend...
Next time bring your own Mircoscope... okay?
Bro pumbaa, as promised, got his highend camera clicking .... until the Family Photo shot.... No focus, no flash... no pictures....
until a kind neighbour offered his services.... Manage to keep his diet controlled... via No Donuts Policy... Bro keep up the good work.
The meeting was filled with joy and laughter that befits a pre Christmas gathering... Thanks Guys for the wonderful time together...
see you all again in the near future.. Have a great weekend. - reported by brother MoeyHC
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Singapore Gathering
Location: Botak Jones@Toa Payoh (N1.34267 E103.85003)
Time: 24 Nov 2007, 11.30AM
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Here, you witness the sharing of knowledge and close friendship. This was a great GG.
I extract this report from the forum
"Ok Sexatary oops... secretary here reporting .. aiya already mabok from the session
Bro Jaguar camera too high tech, produces too high quality photos but msm allows too little space to show such quality so have to massage them for better fit
Here now are the photos. (see above)
We had a whale of the time exchanging information, techniques, skill-sets, etc....
The food / booze was great and the free wifi was an added bonus.
The collection of GPS from the group attending the GG is awesum. -- reported by Silverbeauty -- "
Kuching Mini Gathering #4
Location: Kopitiam near HarbourView
Time: 24 Nov 2007, 10.00AM
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Kuching Mini Gathering #3
Location: King Centre Food Court
Time: 12 Nov 2007
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Combined Meet with MyPDACafe
Location: Kapitan (N3.12331 E101.57480)
Time: 3 Nov 2007, 6.30PM
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Klang Valley Gathering
Location: Kapitan (N3.12331 E101.57480)
Time: 11 Sep 2007, 6.30PM
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Singapore Mini Gathering cum Workshop
Location: West Coast Park McDonald's (N1 17.868 E103 45.825)
Time: 2 Sep 2007, 11.00AM
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Penang Mini Gathering
Location: E-gate Starbucks (N5 22.595 E100 18.942)
Time: 31 Aug 2007, 8.00PM
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Kota Kinabalu Gathering
Location: Karamunsing Complex Food Court
Time: 17 Aug 2007, 12.30PM
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Singapore Gathering
Location: Kallang McDonald's
Time: 4 Aug 2007, 11.00AM
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Penang Gathering
Location: Batu Lanchang Wine House (N5 23.357 E100 18.312)
Time: 13 Jul 2007, 8.00PM
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Singapore Gathering
Location: Kallang McDonald's
Time: 10 Jun 2007, 10.30AM
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Johor Gathering
Location: Johor jaya Kopitiam (N1 32.569 E103 47.982)
Time: 9 Jun 2007, 11.30AM
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Kuching Gathering #1
Location: King Centre (N1 31 42.5 E110 21 36.9)
Time: 2 Jun 2007, 2.00PM
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We just had a Borneo "Interport" GG with members from Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei.
I hope all the poison we put in tonight will have some effect. We hope to welcome
Bro KJ at MSM soon. Bro 9W6VX while still GPS-less will hopefully bite the bullet
and get himself a HCx that he has long been pining for.....
....Bro Spyroeast was not having any luck with the waiter as everything he ordered seems to
be out of stock . But it didn't stop his infectious personality and humour. Bro Fahroe
was telling us about HAM radios. Now I know HAM radio operators are not called "Hamsters"
because they are not cute little furry creatures. Neither are they "Hampers" . Anyway
having Bro Fahroe there with his radio on the table makes it look like we got some CID or
undercover police officer with us (the Cafe Manager was asking me all sort of questions)....
... First KK GG for 2008. What a great turnout. The head count before the GG was 9. The final turnout........ go count at the photo posted by tecrc lah.
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Singapore GG with MoeyHC - First un-organized GG in Y2008 !!! Yeah !!!l
Location : outside Albert Court
Date/Time: 03 Jan 08 / 1930 hrs
We got together for the first impromptu GG of Y2008 ! Silverbeauty, Sotongkia, Redstorm, Dynamix, Moeyhc, Ace, Jaguar & BH.
We couldn't talk too much in the lounge, so we adjourned to a small cafe outside the hotel to drink & yak ...
Moeyhc talked about common sense and a tank driver passing a driving test ... we had fun..
Cheers and have a Happy New Year !!!
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The passing of our good friend Rickvon.
Rotweiler informed that Rickvon had passed away due to a Motor Accident on Sunday (16-Dec-07) in Thailand.
He is one of the most jovial and well-loved 'wawa' fellas around our Hall, and will be missed by all.
Apart from being a very helpful brother. "You call , he come".... he literally gave new meaning to the word "wawa".
More Info
PJ Gathering - DJ: Aceedburn (free Malsing Song :)
Location: A&W PJ (N3.10351 E101.64609)
Date/Time: 8 Dec 2007, 2:00PM
The verdict : All in all, a very successful gathering. I initially thought it would be a small gathering under 10 people, but we
had 30 in total! Great job guys! I was pleased to meet all of you and also thanks to bro antyong who made time to come
and show his handsome face(although he's camera shy) to those who haven't seen how he looks like! Also, a big thank you
to bro lawloh and bro feiluman for handling the photography and video recording and bro lawloh for labelling the pictures
and posting them up. Good initiative there guys, I feel so proud to be part of this unselfish community.
It was also nice to see so many brothers who had come from far, like sarawakguy and barnes who were mighty friendly.
The newly elected mods, sunn and dvpro were there too and they promised they will not ban us from the forum even if
they're in a bad mood.
Again, a big thank you to all that came and since I've been unanimously voted as the official gathering organiser,
I will take that as a compliment and plan another sometime early next year. -- unedited report by Aceedburn --
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Penang GG - MoeyHC the man ! (free donut, free 'OrKow'... :)
Location: Starbuck E-Gate (N5 22.595 E100 18.943)
Date/Time: 7 Dec, 2007.... @9:00pm
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
Another Fun Filled Time At The NPM GG last night...
All were early birds... with a mix of new and old faces. Great time trying to make the Holux M1200 Bluetooth pair with my notebook..
Thanks to Calvinyeoh learnt that a fresh start up, Shutdown n Re-Boot, is the way to make it run. Now I can do tracking... " src="./images/smilies/eusa_clap.gif"
Run through the sendmap20 excercise together but found the Gmapsupp.img generated on my system does not work for
other Nuvi... There were request for a screen projector as the notebook screen is a challenge for some to comprehend...
Next time bring your own Mircoscope... okay?
Bro pumbaa, as promised, got his highend camera clicking .... until the Family Photo shot.... No focus, no flash... no pictures....
until a kind neighbour offered his services.... Manage to keep his diet controlled... via No Donuts Policy... Bro keep up the good work.
The meeting was filled with joy and laughter that befits a pre Christmas gathering... Thanks Guys for the wonderful time together...
see you all again in the near future.. Have a great weekend. - reported by brother MoeyHC
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Singapore Gathering
Location: Botak Jones@Toa Payoh (N1.34267 E103.85003)
Time: 24 Nov 2007, 11.30AM
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