Step to check Apache port 80 status

Please find the following command to check on the 80 status in Windows 7
netstat -o -n -a | findstr 0.0:80
You should able to see the port 80 being listened by the Apache server.

upon installed the PHP, there are two things that need to be inserted into the httpd.conf


LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll" under the module section

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php5 under the section

Insert the "index.php" into the DirectoryIndex section.

One of the busiest day in my life

yesterday was one of the busiest day in my life. The moment I walked in the office, there are tons of to do list printed on my mind. walking around and getting the status update, discuss and move on. a lot of emails for me to follow up. I pushed myself to cope with the high amount of works and juggle around it.

Some Tips on the Apache server setup, it shown as "Forbidden - permisson denied" upon changing the Root Directory from c:\apache\htdocs to c:\apache. Upon browsing the internet and found out that this can be due to that the setup in the httpd.conf for the DirectoryIndex set to index.php since the PHP/wordpress is using this index file.

you also need to change this part to c:\apache as below

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#


Restart Apache using administrator user id and now, when you type http://localhost
you will see the text of the index.php instead of the page
Next step, is to configure the PHP to be workable with apache.

Re-install Apache and re-configure it to use the existing wordpress

I had uninstalled the previous Apache when playing with the BigBlueButton on my PC. However, as I try to upgrade and enhance my wordpress, I noticed that I need a test web server for me to trial and error any new wordpress plugin. With this, I decided to re-install the Apache Server and notice that there is another a newer version for Windows 7. I tried several attempt due to that the 80 was used by another Apache Server by default. Login to Administrator with you need its permission to stop the 80 service and restart the Apache server. I also chosen the custom install of the apache so that I can change the default apache director to c:\apache. there is a command which allow you to identify which process is holding up the port but later I also found that I can also check this through the task manager.

Upon several attempts, I managed to install and configure the apache. It shown as "It works!" by http:/localhost. the next step is to make the apache server to start up the wordpress page.

Sport Fishing at Tow Foo - Kundang

I was following my dad and elders brother to fishing when I was young. Last time, we used to visit my dad's farm (with 4 lakes) almost every weekend. I enjoyed the childhood and the good time of fishing still mesmerizing in my memory.

I felt like that my sons lacking of natural exploration hence I have decided to bring them for fishing. I know that to maintain their interest in fishing, I will need to search for a place where they can easily catch the fish, doesn't matter it's a small talapia. I found the above fishing pond from google search.

Three of us - Victor, Brandon and I were wake up earlier ~7:20pm and as usual, we spent 30 minutes getting ourselves ready and had a quick breakfast. We started our journey 8:30am and drove along the Sg. Buloh towards to Rahmat Putra. Cut through the RP club and made a left turn toward the end of the RP T junction.

Drove for another 20 minutes, we saw the Kundang Blue Lake on our left and further up, we found the Kundang Golf club. It was our first trip hence it took us an hour to figure out the actual location for the pond.

Finally, we arrived and parked the car at the entrance. We jumped our from the car and tried to explore the environment and also the price. The pond was next to the golf course with fantastic atmosphere. Even though we have two fishing rods (one of them was bought yesterday at Kepong Tackle) but we were only asked to pay one person fee - RM18 for 12 hours.

We hooked the earth worm and released the lines but not a single bite for the first hour. Both Victor and Brandon were get themselves used to the place and they were enjoying them in the nature even chasing after the chicken. Upon advise from the fishing kaki next to us. We changed our bait to small prawn and the fishes started to response to our rods.

We changed our depot to closer to the water motor and Brandon caught a Patin with a reasonable size - 1KG as shown in the photo. All of us were busy since then as we had gotten quite number of fishes. Most of them are small with the size of the less than 6 inches but we were having fun.

We left the pond at 2:15pm and it took us 45 minutes to reach home. Due to the blistering Sun, all of us are obviously tank and tired but we enjoyed ourselves for such a wonderful experience.

Enjoyed Good Time in Bali for the 2nd times !!

My wife and I were thinking of taking a short break during the school holidays. Somehow, I would like recall our good time in Bali back in 2 years ago together with our two elder kids but this time is only for both of us - honeymoon.

Due to the late flight booking, the fares are considerably expensive and it's worth to go with MAS with a slightly cheaper rate. Our vacation period was 7 - 9 June 2010 departing in the early morning and return was scheduled on the late evening.

We have our driver been arranged and I would recommend him to be your driver if you have a chance to go visit Bali. His name is I-Wayan +62811397367 and able to bring us to our desire restaurant for the local delicious Babi Guling (which we had tried it three times in a row within the 1st 2 days, the best shop was by the road side on our way to the Bedugul) and also another highly recommended local food is Bebek Betutu.

Please find our trip itinerary

First Day :-
Arriving in Denpasar Airport at 11:50am
Hotel transported and driver wait for us at 2pm
enjoyed our Bebek Betutu and heading to Taman Ayun
Sun set at the Tanah Lot and proceed for romantic dinner at the Jimbaran
Short walk at the Kuta and took a cab (less than 1 km) back to Hotel Vira Bali

http://www.thevirabali.com/

Second Day

Breakfast at the Hotel

Driver picked up at 8:30am to Monkey Forest and then Ubud

Spend the afternoon time in Ubud and then to the beautiful lakes

Amazing scenery on the Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan

Little walk at the Bedugul and mesmerizing with massages back in the Ubud (but the service is not up to expectation and not worth the money we paid ... about USD120 for two persons)

Had our dinner at the Night Market in Denpasar and shopped in the Discovery Kuta city

Third Day

Breakfast

start our journey ~10am to Nusa Duo and tried to find the art shop which we bought the printing last trip but in vain. Bought Kuih Lapis at the Carrefour and driving along the Sanur

Our last attraction not other than Shopping - Sukawati Market, It is the best bargain shopping with much reasonable price compare to Ubud.

Lunch before heading to the airport for departure.

Good news of the day - MAS upgraded our seat to Business case :)

Am I in China Phone Market or IT Fair ??

As usual, we passed by Mutiara Complex, Jln Ipoh and noticed there was unusual traffic on the stretch. Oh.. there was a IT fair and it was not the first time it is organised. Perhaps it is a good idea to promote the Complex and attract more crowds. I was there to look for the Taylor who can help me to stitch school badge on my kids uniform. Then, I spent 5 minutes dropped by at the IT fair and expecting to see the latest IT gadgets. Surprisingly, I was smashed with "iPhone" and with many banners with hand written "Buy 1, Free 1".

I was asking myself since when the iPhone was so popular till almost all the shops are selling iPhone and so many potential customers surround for enquiry. Think twice, it's odd and before that, I was told by my colleague that the China's made intimated iPhone was introduced recently. The offerred price RM388 reaffirm that indeed those that the China version of iPhone.

They look very much the same but I'm confident that the genuine iPhone is much powerful. I hope our China phone maker can be more innovative and creative rather copy someone else design and idea. Copycat is not the way forward for sure !!! Save the energy and our reputation.

All I can eat and FREE !!

Today, my brother in law invited me to try out the food at his new restraurant. Free and all my family & I can eat. Just need to provide your feedback on the food served.

Front View

The restraurant is K3K branch at Kuchai Lama and you can find the location from the following link

http://maps.google.com.my/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%2229,+Jalan+Kuchai+Maju+7%22&sll=3.089225,101.687815&sspn=0.002464,0.004388&num=10&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=29+Jalan+Kuchai+Maju+7,+Kuchai+Entrepreneurs+Park,+58200+Kuala+Lumpur&z=16

I had never known that there is a place called Benta, Kuala Lipis, Pahang until I entered the restraurant with information printed on the wall. Indeed, the foods are originated from Kuala Lipis.

I must admit that the foods is good and delicious. (Especially Nasi Kunyit)

The best soup Noodle in Town.