Dicky Says Whatever

Finally, it is time to try out new. I just bought the ESCORT C550. There is a hot deal $150 off from Future Shop this week.  So, I decided to buy it and test it out. In the worst case, I will refund it within 30 days Here is the picture of the box 2. Here is what you get. The GPS navigator unit Window mount Car power adaptor Regular USB Data Cable Protective bag for the GPS unit Sticker (if you decide not to use the window mount) Garmin Lock instruction Manual GPS Navigator manual Features: Preloaded City Navigator North American v8 Bluetooth connection for pairing with your cell phone Plays Mp3 music SD Card slot of loading other maps and mp3 Text to Speech, the GPS can read the street's name for you Come with 1 year manufacture warranty Notice that the company is call ESCORT. It is a sister company of Garmin. I didn't see much a different between ESCORT c550 and the Garmin StreetPilot c550. It is a bit thicker than the Garmin Nuvi. From the side, it has t

Ah... Thanks to Professor Sit! Now I got addictive to Desktop Tower Defense . Last time when Professor Site told me about Grid War , I couldn't stop playing everyday. Anyway, I was playing Desktop TD, level medium and I manage to get to level 41. My torrents just can't beat those giant Crap! Here is the result of how I placed my torrents. I only got 2579 points, but I was very happy already! Enjoy the game!

Today, I got an very important letter size envelope. On the envelope, it has a green tag indicating a tracking # of the envelope with the following instruction "The contents have been sealed and dispatched under supervision to ensure compliance with all entry deadlines". It indicated it send from Montreal... I wonder what is it. So I opened it and... WOW, I am a $500,00.00 winner! Wait... how come the cheaque has the word "Specimen Only". Oh.... I am a " potential " winner to the $500,000.00. Wait, wait, wait, there is more, I actually have three pink cheaques: a $500,000.00, a $155,000.00 and a $33,750.00 one. All stamped "Specimen Only" Let read more... It also has statement stating that I am invited to win the Grand Prize, the Multi-Prize Draw and Super Bonus, and I am a potential winner for the "Cash On Demand Price Draw" Wow, sounds so exciting. Since I have nothing else to do today, I kept reading and I started reading a letter th

I should have posted news about my long lasting parking lot accident last week. So... finally, I am breath again! Here is what happen and a bit of recap: About four weeks ago, my adjuster tired to negotiate with the other insurance company, stating that they believe the case isn't my fault. However, because of the current law (not sure if it is Alberta traffic law or some insurance company's rule), the decision stayed as 50% of my fault. Basically, when your car is in reverse, you are consider to be a moving vehicle , even you step on the brake paddle and stopped fully . That's why even I stopped, and hit by the other person, I am still consider at fault. Without success, my adjuster helped me sum up a report about this incident and send it to the policy manager (or another manager... too many of them), hoping that my insurance company will waive my premium increase. After 3 weeks.... The manager finally had time to look into the file when my premium is about to due in abo

Yes, it is about the car insurance again. After calling the adjuster back for like million times. Pretty much I called 3 times a week. I need to know if they will waive or decrease by premium increase by this week since my premium is about to due. Finally, today I called and the adjuster told me that she is working on my file. She need to write a form to her manager. Some good news here at least. Hopefully I get more info this afternoon.

You may have thought the whole parking lot accident was over. No, not at all. Feeling disappointed what I heard from my insurance company, I decided to file a complain letter. Stating that I was disappointing about the outcome of this incident. Well, for awhile there was light shinning on me. My insurance took the witness statement and believe that my case was good and they would negotiate with the other insurance company. After another depressing week... I finally able to find my adjuster (it has been very difficult to contact her). Unfortunately the news was that the other insurance company wouldn't change the decision on its 50/50. Because of this liability issue, my adjuster cannot do much with this situation. Remark: Whether you have stopped the car or not when the other car hit you, when both of the parties are backing out, both are liable and therefore it is a 50/50 split. If I know about this, I would have just pull my car back without even honk the other car. So, what else

Finally, after all the "hard work", I beat the final boss. The bottom picture shows all the tonties!

Too bad, I can't beat the boss!!! It is too crazy. I play too much.

Ok, I played this game too much, my right hand is very tired. I know that the last level is level 20 . I am so close of finishing this game. Anyways, I have to prepare more cover letters.

Feeling frustrated and helpless, I decided to called the Edmonton Police and my insurance adjuster to get a better understanding on how they view my situation. Insurance Company vs the Police It turns out even the police lay charges (when damage is over $1000) against the other driver, insurance companies looks into the report and disregard the police's point of view on this accident. Hence, police charged the person at fault doesn't mean I am not at fault according to the insurance company. Insurance companies pretty doesn't look at how the police conclude the situation, it is up to the insurance company to figure it out themselves. Parking lot Accident So, why it is still a 50/50 split. Basically as long as you are still in the progress of reversing your vehicle, even when you have stopped during the middle, are you still consider reversing. The technicality is that you are still backing out, once you hit, or being hit, you are still at fault. The only time you are n

Remember my recent parking lot accident story, please read it first before continue on read this blog. I am screwed, big time!!! My new insurance rate with Allstate has doubled ! It is crazy, insane and unacceptable. I shouldn't file the claim. I should have deal this whole matter myself. As I typing this blog, I am holding the burning fire inside of my heart. This is the biggest gamble I ever made, filed a claim. This one small parking accident cost me too much, too much to the point I feel like I shouldn't drive again. I lost all my confident of driving. How many have I been driving you may ask, 11 years already. 11 years, experienced? or just a meaningless figure! I took the risk of filing a claim because my agent told me if it happen to be a 50/50 split, I would expect my insurance to increase by about $300 most. Feeling that I am right, and I can take that risk, I filed the claim. Now, the agent called me, my insurance has doubled due to frequent accident. Yes I have 2

Ok, this is another addictive game. I play this game before. However, this is a newer version. The best I can play up to is level 18. I was surprised how my numpad survive that long! The last level that I played was crazy! Try this game yourself!

Won in space and my highest score so far!

Well, life is not fair. We hear that all the time. Even you are right in some situation, it does not mean you will deserve what you expected. What happened on Monday On Monday, my girlfriend, her mom and I were sitting in my car at a strip mall parking lot. I pulled my car in reverse gear and backup my car to exit the parking slot. I always turn my body and look at back directly instead of my rear mirror to back up. Than I saw the car right behind me start backing up. I almost able to exit the car park, but I stopped. My instinct told me I could either move my car back to the slot, or I could honk the car hoping the car would stop. So I honked. In a second or so, her car bump to the back of my car. Without know much about parking lot accident. I presumed that I did the right thing. I stopped, tried to warn the other car, and I got into an accident. Immediate, I asked my girlfriend to look for a witness and hoping I can resolve the matter. In the end, I got a witness. My girlfrien

It is crazy, I have spend 2 days to play this game. I only got up to the following scores. However, my girlfriend found another score , or this score that is way higher than the one I got. If you are bored, try this game! Yeah, I don't have job right now, hopefully I will find one soon or else my score would become higher and higher!..although I think my girlfriend is trying to make sure that the scores don't get any higher ^_^; Recent high score: 494 on single score

Well, there are many bad story about bad customer service. Actually mine story isn't too bad at all. However, I find that funny so I decided to post something about. My mom who can't speak English need to activate her new VISA. So, I try to help activate the card out by call to T* Bank number on the new VISA card. A representative picks up the phone and I told her I am helping my mom activity her new VISA. In the past, I remember you only needed to activate the card though a automated system by calling from your home phone line. This time I actually got a person responding. So, I kindly told her that my mom can't speak English and so the rep decided to look for a translator for me. Waited... waited.. 15 minutes later, she came back and say the interpreter service was closed. So, I hang up. Next morning I called again, this time I told the representative that I need a translator because my mom can't speak English. So she did, after 5 minutes, I was forward to an autom

Wow, this is the first time I make a blog this quick. 1/2 hr ago I went to my girlfriend's house to have a cup cake (cup cake is not made by my gf, but she lured me by implying she made the cup cake!!!!) I was at her front door and saw my gf's sister's bf standing still. Yes, I saw this huge black furry thing walking at my gf's front door. No one actually know what's going on. I am guessing this poor guy must be hungry and somehow it woke up in its hibernation. Here is a close up look! Looks pretty cute. However, we didn't really know what to do. Well, one of my friend decided to call 911, hopefully there is an answer of what we should do. Well, the lady told my friend that "this is not a joke?", "is this life and death situation?". I figured that we shouldn't call 911, but who knows! We don't even know who to contact. Well, sometime, problem will resolve itself. This little guy decided to climb over the fence and walked away from