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Showing posts with label Private. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Romantic Restaurant

Dine 16 feet below sea level at Ithaa, the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island’s unique undersea restaurant. Marvel at 180° views of reef and marine life, sip champagne cocktails and sample Maldivian-Western fusion cuisine at this spectacular Maldives venue – the world’s first all-glass, undersea restaurant. Advance reservations are recommended - please contact the resort to make a booking up to 14 days prior to arrival.

Hours of Operation:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM
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11:00 AM to 12:00 AM
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM
11:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Note: Advance reservations recommended. Please contact the resort to make a booking up to 14 days prior to arrival.


http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/hotels/dining.do?ctyhocn=MLEHICI&id=DIN2

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

What I want for my Birthday


Press and be Impressed.

with a unique touch screen and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities, the Blackberry Storm smartphones makes a great impression as you travel across town or to almost any corner of the world. Move your mouse over the glowing hotspots to the left to discover the great features of the Blackberry storm smartphones.

  • Wireless email
  • Organizer
  • Browser
  • Phone
  • Camera
  • Video recording
  • BlackBerry® Maps
  • Media player
  • Built-in GPS
  • Corporate data access
  • SMS
  • MMS

  • 4.43"/112.5mm (Length)
  • 2.45"/62.2mm (Width)
  • 0.55"/13.95mm (Depth)
  • 5.5 oz/155g (Weight)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Cremation of My Beloved Grandma
















My Beloved Grandma,87 years old, was died on November 05, 2008 at 00.30 and has been cremated on November 06, 2008. She has already accepted Jesus as her Saviour. We believe, right now, She is in heaven sitting beside Jesus, Our Lord...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

What I want as a Christmas's Gift


http://www.vacheron-constantin.com/default.php?langue=1&continent=4














The Bose® iPod® speaker system built for travel and at-home convenience.
Enjoy acclaimed SoundDock® performance with or without a power cord.

  • Runs on A/C power or rechargeable lithium-ion battery

  • Slim design with built-in carry handle

  • Docking station rotates out of sight for travel

  • Remote controls system and basic iPod functions

http://www.bose.com/controller?event=DTC_LINKS_TARGET_EVENT&DTCLinkID=7475&src=SOUNDDOCK




Canon EOS 50D

It's exactly eight years ago this month that Phil posted his review of the Canon D30. The camera was Canon's first 'developed in house' DSLR and therefore a milestone in digital photography. But it was also the first model in the popular line of cameras of which the EOS 50D is the latest descendant. Technology has moved on at the speed of light since the year 2000 but each generation of x0D cameras left its mark in the marketplace and the photographic community alike and there is no reason to believe to 50D would be any different. Or is there?

Like its predecessors the 50D sports a well built magnesium body that now features improved environmental sealing. Canon has also had more than eight years to optimize the camera's handling and it's done a good job. The ergonomics feel well sorted, all the controls are in the right place and even the formerly rather pointless Direct Print button now serves a purpose: Press it and you'll enter live view mode. Another useful addition is the Quick Control screen. Press the SET button to enter this newly designed menu which gives you access to the most frequently used settings. Even users who are new to the EOS system will find their way around the 50D in no time. The Quick Control screen and the revamped menus also look great on the new bright and clean 3.0 inch VGA screen.

The camera's performance doesn't leave anything to complain about either. Power on is as good as instant, the camera is always ready when you need it and it is quite impressive at what speed the huge 15 megapixel files are being written, processed and transferred through the imaging pipeline. Canon's new DIGIC IV processor certainly pulls its weight.

Let's have a look at the really important stuff then: Image quality. Below ISO 1600 image output is clean with well balanced contrast and colors and as you would expect from a DSLR with a 15 megapixel sensor the 50D delivers a fair amount of detail. Having said that, in terms of per-pixel sharpness the 50D cannot quite keep up with the better 10 or 12 megapixel APS-C DSLRs in the market. At higher sensitivities the smaller photosites are clearly producing more noise (as shown from our RAW comparisons) and so Canon is having to apply more noise reduction to keep to acceptable noise levels, this of course means a loss of detail from ISO 1600 upwards.

It appears that Canon has reached the limit of what is sensible, in terms of megapixels on an APS-C sensor. At a pixel density of 4.5 MP/cm² (40D: 3.1 MP/cm², 1Ds MkIII: 2.4 MP/cm²) the lens becomes the limiting factor. Even the sharpest primes at optimal apertures cannot (at least away from the center of the frame) satisfy the 15.1 megapixel sensors hunger for resolution. Considering the disadvantages that come with higher pixel densities such as diffraction issues, increased sensitivity towards camera shake, reduced dynamic range, reduced high ISO performance and the need to store, move and process larger amounts of data, one could be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that at this point the megapixel race should probably stop. One consequence of this is that the 50% increase in pixel count over the 40D results in only a marginal amount of extra detail.

We're by no means saying the 50Ds image quality is bad but it's simply not significantly better than the ten megapixel 40D. In some areas such as dynamic range and high ISO performance it's actually worse and that simply makes you wonder if the EOS 50D could have been an (even) better camera if its sensor had a slightly more moderate resolution.

The EOS 50D has to stand its ground in a highly competitive bracket of the DSLR market. It is currently almost $500 more expensive than the 40D, almost $500 more expensive than the Nikon D90 and for an extra $100 you can bag yourself a Nikon D300. Looking at the specification differences between the EOS 40D and our test candidate it appears you pay quite a premium for the 50D's extra megapixels and as we've found out during this review you don't get an awful lot of extra image quality for your money. The Canon EOS 50D still earns itself our highest reward but considering its price point and our slight concerns about its pixel-packed sensor, it only does so by a whisker.

Detail (D-SLR)
Rating (out of 10)
Build quality 9.0
Ergonomics & handling 8.5
Features 9.5
Image quality 8.5
Performance (speed) 9.0
Value 8.0

Highly Recommended (just)

Highly Recommended



Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Memahami Resesi Global Saat Ini

Dana moneter Internasional atau IMF menyatakan bahwa ekonomi global tengah memasuki suatu masa tersuram dalam krisis keuangan terbesar yang pernah terjadi sejak resesi global era 1930-an. Menurut IMF, gejolak ekonomi global yang awalnya dipicu oleh krisis subprime mortgage pada medio 2007 ini kondisinya terus memburuk dan memasuki masa turbulensi pada September 2008 lalu. IMF-pun memproyeksikan bahwa pertumbuhan AS, Eropa, Jepang dan Kanada tahun ini hanya sebesar 1,5% dan turun menjadi 0,5% pada 2009. Bradford DeLong, professor ekonomi dari Universitas California di Berkeley, juga berpendapat senada bahwa ekonomi dunia kini tengah memasuki masa resesi terburuk sejak era 1980-an.

Jika menengok ke belakang,krisis subprime mortgage yang menjadi trigger resesi global saat ini, sebenarnya bermula dari ketamakan AS sendiri. Awalnya, sekitar tahun 2003/2004 harga minyak mentah dunia mulai merangkak naik akibat imbalansi supply-demand di pasar internasional. Beberapa analis menyebutkan, terganggunya mekanisme pasar minyak dunia kala itu tidak terlepas dari gejolak politik di Timur Tengah akibat agresi militer AS beberapa waktu sebelumnya. Selanjutnya, lonjakan harga minyak menciptakan tekanan inflasi global dari sisi penawaran (supply-side).

The Fed merespon tekanan inflasi ini dengan menaikkan suku bunga. Tercatat dalam periode Mei 2004 hingga Juni 2006 Fed Fund Rate (FFR) secara gradual telah mengalami peningkatan sebesar 425 basis poin dari 1% menjadi 5,25%. FFR sebesar 5,25% ini dipertahankan hingga Agustus 2007. Dampaknya memicu kenaikan suku bunga kredit di AS, termasuk suku bunga kredit properti secara signifikan. Akibatnya, debitur yang secara profil pembayaran memang sudah rendah menjadi kian lemah dan terjadilah kredit macet (credit crunch) di sektor properti yang diiringi depresiasi aset. Berikutnya pasar KPR memburuk, portofolio dan proses sekuritisasi perumahan macet, serta bank-bank pembeli subprime loans dan investor mengalami kerugian miliaran dolar AS. Secara sistematik, gejolak keuangan ini dikenal dengan istilah subprime mortgage.

Ternyata gejolak akibat subprime mortgage sudah berlangsung lebih dari 1 tahun, sejak medio 2007. AS sebagai salah satu negara yang paling berat merasakan imbasnya dilaporkan kini tengah melakukan overhaul atas sistem keuangannya. Kegiatan “turun mesin” ini yang terbesar sejak Great Depression melanda AS pada era 1930-an. Untuk menghindari terjadinya systematic insolvency, pemerintah AS terus melakukan suntikan modal (bail-out) pada berbagai institusi keuangan. Pada Maret 2008 lalu, misalnya The Fed rela mengucurkan dana sebesar US$ 28,8 miliar pada berbagai institusi keuangan di AS, seperti Morgan Stanley dan Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Boleh dibilang kucuran kredit kepada institusi keuangan non bank di AS ini merupakan yang pertama kali dilakukan The Fed sejak 70 tahun terakhir.

Kemudian, pada September lalu, pemerintah AS juga mengucurkan US$ 25 miliar kepada dua perusahaan raksasa pembiayaan KPR, yakni Fannie Mae dan Freddie Mac. Berikutnya, Oktober ini US Treasury juga menambah kucuran dana sebesar US$ 700 miliar guna menyehatkan berbagai bank yang sakit akibat krisis. Kabar terbaru menyebutkan bahwa Gedung Putih kini tengah menyiapkan dana talangan terbaru sebesar US$ 350 miliar dalam rangka mengantisipasi gejolak keuangan lanjutan. Jika dihitung, total suntikan dana pemerintah AS dalam rangka penyelesaian krisis finansial ini sudah lebih dari US$ 1 triliun. Hingga kini, dunia sekurangnya telah mengalami sepuluh kali masa resesi. Namun, jika dilihat dari magnitudenya, sekurangnya ada 4 resesi hebat yakni pada era 1930-an, 1970-an, 1990-an dan saat ini. Dari ke-empat resesi hebat ini pada dasarnya dipicu oleh penyebab yang sama : lonjakan harga minyak, persoalan kredit macet dan deflasi aset properti. Sebagian ekonom menganggap resesi 1930-an yang paling dahsyat dari dampak yang ditimbulkan maupun durasi waktunya. Satu pembelajaran berharga dari berbagai resesi yang melanda dunia bahwa gejolak resesi biasanya diwarnai dengan tekanan inflasi dari sisi penawaran (supply side) karena lonjakan harga minyak dan komoditas internasional.

Dikutip dari Harian Kontan
Tulisan Muhammad Romli, Analis Badan Kebijakan Fiskal DEPKEU RI

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

August 22, 2008. Miss Universe & Puteri Indonesia visited Ciputra World Surabaya. It's such a scarce occasion to take a photo with the Beauties... from left to right : (?), Ira, Sinar,me, Miss Universe, My Boss,Putri Indonesia, Putri Intelegensia,(?),Mr. Wenas, Vica, Tjen-Tjen.