I think the OSIM iPen is the coolest pen I've ever seen. It's not just a pen, the tip of the pen is the "world's smallest accupressure massager". My mother-in-law got this pen for the missus from her Singapore trip.

Pen comes in two colour i.e. Champagne or Black. Personally I would prefer the Black colour. Inside the box there's a mini booklet showing which part of the face or body you can place the massager and how does it helps you.

Looking at the price from the web, I definitely will buy one for myself. Will checkout whether it's available in Hua Ho.

Cut story short... three of us went downstair for "Teh Tarik" and continue our chat.

My QQestore experiences

I order my new toy Tuesday afternoon. Since this is my first purchase with QQestore, I got to register myself as a member first. The online registration is quite simple and take just 2 to 3 minutes. Once registered, you just choose the item you want to buy and confirm. See below :

8 May 2007
[3:40pm] Register myself with QQestore through their website. Received SMS with the password. Start shopping for my new toy.
[3:44pm] QQestore sent out a SMS saying that they received the order with the order number and you can check it online the order status.
[4:24pm] Received SMS saying that my order status has been updated to "WAITING STOCK ARRIVAL"

11 May 2007
[12:21am] Received SMS from QQestore saying that my order status has been updated to "READY FOR COLLECTION"
[1:35pm] Received SMS from QQestore saying that my order status has been updated to "COLLECTED".

I'm glad that it only took 3 days for my order to arrive. Here's a tip... if you like to order anything from QQestore, best day to order is on Mondays.

Related link :

• QQeStore - A Homegrown e-Biz Success Story!

If you looking for a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) for outdoor and exercise activities then I fully recommend the Polar HRM monitors. It's basically a watch with a heart strap sensor. However Polar also have models for running, cycling or both.

The watch that I have is Polar S625X. This watch can be use to capture both running and cycling data. The sensor for the bicycle is optional (have to purchase separately). What's included in the box is the watch, heart strap, Polar S1 foot pod and the software for Windows. The foot pod is attached to the running shoe. It has one button activation and is water resistant up to 2 meters.


The Polar watch and the foot pod basically work like the Nike+iPod but with much much more features (e.g. measuring altitude, temperature, etc). Just look at my Jerudong Park Run graphs I posted last year. From my observation, the Polar watch and foot pod sensor measurement is much more accurate compare to the Nike+iPod. I notice that the Nike+iPod sensor is very slow to detect if I suddenly slow down my running pace.

You can see the running and cycling data from the watch. If you want to display it as graph then you need to transfer it to your computer using infrared. So make sure your computer have infrared port otherwise you need to buy the USB infrared adaptor.

Where to buy?

The only place I've seen selling Polar watch in Brunei is at Fitness Zone, The Mall. Mine is more than one year already. It costs B$580 during that time. Actually I got mine as one of my birthday present from the missus. The optional bicycling sensor is around B$90 each. I bought two sensors (speed and cadence sensor). The speed sensor attach to the front wheel to measure the cycling speed and distance. The cadence sensor attach to the crank to measure the crank turn speed, measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).



A heart rate monitor is a tool that will help pace you. If you exercise too hard, you will most likely quit before you get the real benefit. We have all seen the person who gets on the treadmill, cranks it up to 8% grade and 8 mph, runs full out for 2 minutes, and gets off. ALL THEY DID WAS WASTE TWO MINUTES OF THEIR TIME!

On the other hand, there are people who exercise very leisurely and wonder why they can't lose any weight. If you workout too slowly, you won't get the exercise benefit either.

That's where the HRM comes in. It paces you during your workout. It's like having a personal trainer that tells you to slow down or speed up. Read more

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So what did we do? I just took some photos as you see here. Chat with some friends who were waiting for the Mr Bean 8:30pm show.

I can't say much about the Meet the Robinsons movie. Don't know what's it all about. Only saw the scene where the lady left the kids on the doorsteps.

That's the shortest movie I watch in any cinema.

Here's some more photos I took last night. Quality not so good as I was using a phone camera.