Hmmm...my second public holiday after Thaipusam. Chinese New Year and luckily it fell on a Thursday and Friday.So, in total there was 4 days of full rest.Well, sort of..

Since, during Deepavali time, we went to my hometown in Sungai Petani, this time we decided to head south to my wife's hometown in Simpang Renggam, Johor. The photos below are the moments captures during the time I was there. All are random pictures that I thought was interesting moments to be captured.

The photos can be divided into 4 separate categories as below but I don't know how to make 4 separate galleries in Wordpress.com. Anyone who knows how to do it, please advise.

1. BBQ  - 4 pictures

these are just a few shots of my son and crowd and also food prepared for the BBQ session in my mother in law's house. First time we are having a BBQ session over here and I didn't take much pictures as was busy eating and helping to prepare the food..hehehe

2. Kavinash playing in water - 6 pictures

some of the moments taken when my son was playing in the inflatable pool and some "scary" moments when his young grandfather decided to have some fun with him..hehehe. Those photos are taken by my wife.

3. Danga Bay - 16 pictures

never been here before and did not know what should I expect to see during the visit here. Found out that this place is actually beside the sea and there is quite a lot of Malay restaurants and a fun fair there. Just spent some time there but did not go all the places. After snapping some pictures, left the place to have our dinner in Pizza Hut.

4. the Birds  - 3 pictures

well, this was an unexpected ones. This was taken somewhere near Melaka or Negeri Sembilan on teh way back to Kajang. I can't recall the exact location. There were 1000's of birds flying everywhere above the Shell station. Such an amazing view there. Could not get much pictures as it was getting dark. I think it was swallow bird (burung layang-layang).

Check out the video after the photo gallery.

On a fine Wednesday morning, my wife decided to make a dish using the Ayam brand Sardine that was purchased from Tesco Semenyih. To her astonishment, she found some white particles at the top that looked like fungus.So, she kept it aside and made some other dish for lunch.

Check out the below photo :


At the same time, she insisted that we should make a complain to the company that their product is contaminated when the expiry date is on 07-09-2013!! I was a bit reluctant to do so but after constant reminder from her, I decided to send an email to them (found it from their website) not expecting any response from they anytime soon.
Check out below screenshot for the email :



To my suprise, within 2 hours I received a call from their Quality Assurance Manager!WOW! I was really impressed! She introduced herself as Tracy Ng and explained to me in detail that the white particle is actually saturated fat and not fungus as earlier suspected. The fish used for the canning of Ayam brand are from the cold water Pacific Sardine with a fat contact between 10% to 25%. Some of the saturated fats would eventually crystalised and settle to become solid like white color.It can be reversed by heating the crystalised solid-like fat. She even checked the product that I purchased was actually in the market for 6 months! (She checked it based on the photo that I sent her.) This information is actually printed on the large size can but not on the small sized can. She mentioned that in future batch lid it will be printed.
And she mentioned that their company really cares for their customers and to show their appreciation for complaining on their product, they will send a token of appreciation to my office! Again, I am impressed as I didnt expect that will happen.
I told my wife about the call but she was not satisfied with the explanation and she called Tracy to get some clarification. Tracy patiently explained everything and she even when to  the extend to come and meet us face to face to give a demonstration.All that for a can of sardine..hehehe.Unfortunately, we could not set the appointment to meet her.
Nevertheless, the next day I received a call from the company, this time a different person and I could not recall his name. He wanted to send the token of appreciation to me. :PWithin one hour he was outside my office and passed it to me. Check out the photos below on what did I receive.....


All that item for one complain on one small sardine can.hahaha!I am really impressed for their commitment to their customers and me and my wife will become their number one fan from now on. Not because of the "token of appreciation" but for their dedication and commitment given to ensure their customer will be happy with their products.

Moral of the story : Buy one sardine can and complaint to them. You will gets lots of sardine cans for free!! hahaha....just kidding. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR OFFICE OR WHEREVER YOU ARE! ONLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES!

If you visit the the temple yearly during Thaipusam, what do you think is the most important thing that must be improved by the temple management or by the public themselves? Please comment below.

It was a Sunday and not knowing what to do on a sunny weekend, me and my wife decided to go to Pusat Sains Negara as there is a Dinasour exhibition going on there now. FYI, the exhibition will be running until 31st May 2011. Your kids might enjoy it.
We were not very familiar with the road to the place, just decided to hit the pedals and tried to find the way using the sign boards. Unfortunately, the number of signboards available to get us there is so less. I saw one sign board telling us to turn left, once I did, there is a traffic light and we didn't know where to turn since there was no sign board at all. After a turning here and there, finally decided to stop and ask at a food stall nearby. The funny part is, the local fellow there doesn't know the place and told me to ask the Bangladesh fellow working there. And to my suprise, that fellow actually knew the way to get there. At last, we made it to the place and had to round the place to find a parking as all parking are fully taken. The worse part is there are not many parking available there.

I paid RM20 (RM10 each. free for kids under 4 years old), and the journey to a few millions years back begins. Too bad there was not may dinosaurs exhibited there. On the ground floor, you will be able to see two huge Tyrannosaurus and Brontosaurus. Both of it can move their head and tails. T-Rex is more famous among the visitors as it can open it mouth wide and make a scary sound. :P  Check out the video below.



Once you go to the second floor, it has been separated into two different section, Herbivorous and Carnivorous dinosaur. On the right is the Herbivorous dinosaurs. There's around 15 different types of it with most of them can make some sort of movements and sounds. Me and my wife enjoyed it but it was exactly the opposite for my 2 years old son. The sound made him scared. Hahaha.. He kept on shouting and said "Babai..babai...", signalling us to get the hell out of that place.

After enough picture taken, we moved on to the Carnivourous dinosaur section. Here, most of the dinosaur was Velociraptor and T-rex. Only a few was of different type. Somewhere in between of the dinosaur screaming, you can also hear my son screaming again...Only towards the end he became bold enough to face the dinasours. And that was because, there was another kid (her mother besides him) crying and came to sit beside my wife. So, my son took the responsibility and showed the kid to be brave and he was running towards the dinasour and back to the kid. He even made some scary sound to scare that kid..hehehe...That kids mother told his son, "Tengok, adik tu berani". I was laughing when I heard that..
Well, that about it about dinosaurs..
Anyway, at the entrance of Pusat Sains Negara, there's something like mini-Aquaria. It was very nice to see those big fishes swimming on top of you. And of course, since it's  Pusat Sains Negara, there is quite a lot of scientific activities available there. Quite similar to the one available in Petrosains, KLCC but at a smaller scale.

This is their website : http://www.dinosalivetour.com

Enjoy the photos below :

First of all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 to all of you!

This happens to be my first post for the New Year. Hence, I decided to post it at 12.01am 01-01-11.

Do let me know in the comment section below.

For a beginning, don't go to the theaters expecting another Panchathantiram or Thenali. This movie is altogether different from those other KSR - Kamalahassan combo movies. This is somewhere in between Anbe Sivam and Panchathantiram. A movie with a message plus comedy. A feel good movie. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the cruise....

The Story

Ambu@Nisha (Trisha) is a popular actress and is engaged to Madhanagopal (R.Madhavan), a successful and rich businessman. A series of misunderstanding during the shooting for the "Oyyale" song with Suriya leads to a quarrel inside a brand new Hummer that Madhan bought specially for Ambu. And the quarreling lead to an accident with another car. Both of them were safe but no one knows what happened to the other car. The fight between the two ends as Ambu decided to take a break for holiday in France together with her childhood friend and divorcee Deepa (Sangeetha) and her two kids.

And now enters our universal hero Major R.Mannar (Kamalahassan) as a private detective sent by Madhan to spy on Ambu. As a return Madhan is to pay for the medical fees for Mannar's friend Rajan (Ramesh Aravind) who is suffering from cancer.
After a series of investigation, Mannar confirmed that Ambu is clean, loves only Madhan and is not flirting with any other guys. Madhan who is now a relieved man, backstabbed Mannar by refusing to pay the medical fees for Rajan since Mannar could not find any fault on Ambu.
Desperate to pay the bills for Rajan, Mannar decided to play a game by lying that Ambu is seeing a man.This made Madhan furious and ordered Mannar to continue the investigation and he promised to settle the bills.
How and where the lies leads form the crux of the movie.Will Madhan end up marrying Ambu? What was the significant of the car accident in the movie? Well, watch the movie to find out how the movie ends..

The Characters

As for the characters in the movie, all of them played the roles to perfection. Madhavan was simply superb and played the character to perfection.Suspicious and drunkard. A perfect casting for this movie. However, he did look like he gained a few kilos. Trisha spoke in her own voice for the first time and I do hope she will continue to do so in future. Acting along side with Kamal is no mean task and she managed to pull it off successfully.Sangeetha as a divorcee, money minded, a good friend and a mother was really good. A very special mention to Ramesh Aravind as the cancer patient. His acting was awesome! You can really feel the pain that he is going through in the movie.Oorvasi as Ramesh Aravind's wife acted in a serious role after some time. And not forgetting the kid who acted as Sangeetha's son, I believe he has a bright future and we might get to see him in a few more movies. Well, as you can see I did not comment on KamalaHassan's performance.err...do we need to comment on his performance?? Everyone knows how good he is and what can I say? Good to see that Kamal managed to reduce his weight and we can't see his belly anymore.hehehe..Kudos for Gauthami for his costumes selection. My personal favorite would be the black shirt and pants he wore during the stage show (the theme music). First time I saw someone wearing a Transitions lenses in a Tamil movie. :P     I'm wearing one, but I am not acting in any movies. LOL!

Whoever came up with the idea of showing the flashback scene in reverse mode in "Neela Vaanam" is brilliant. I assume it should have came from Kamal himself.Notice that Kamal will be singing normally but their action will be in reverse. Cool!

The Music and Background score

All the songs seems to be well placed and some songs runs in the background ("Who's the Hero" and "Manmadhan Ambu") so, feels like it does not distract the flow of the movie.The first song ("Boogolam"- was not in the Audio CD) during the beginning was nice and soothing to the ears. Background score was apt for the movie. I taught "Kamal Kavithai" was removed from the movie but strangely found it ways into the theaters. Perhaps it was removed only in India. "Neela Vaanam" is my all time favorite song from DSP so far. The lyrics of the song is awesome.  As for the music, Devi Sri Prasad (DSP), well done!

Summary

Overall, this is a movie about love, friendship,betrayal, the suffering of a cancer patient with a sprinkle of comedy. The movie takes it own sweet time to progress until the interval. It will be much faster during the second half and towards the ending it was really funny. This is a story based movie where each characters of the movie is well etched so there is no illogical scenes or unneccessary scenes in the movie except for two. One, the bullfight scene. I felt it was a bit silly. Maybe it was just me. Two, when Madhan confess his love during the climax, I felt it was a bit unbelievable. Maybe it was because he was drunk? I don't know. When Sangeetha confesses her love, it was a bit more belieable as she was more of a money oriented person and drunk.  What am I talking about?? hehe..go and watch the movie yourself.
NOTE :

1. Please do not compare this movie with Endhiran as both are in a different league altogether.

2. You will enjoy the movie if you dont set your expectation too high.

Verdict : A smooth cruise till you reach the destination! Madhavan, Sangeetha and the kid will definitely make you laugh!

For the first time ever, I was eagerly awaiting the time for me to watch a Malaysian made Tamil movie. In this case, I am referring to "APPALAM". No offense to all the other locally made Tamil movie that was shown in theaters, but this one was simply because it was about the relation of a father and his child. You guys will understand it once you become a father... :P.

The second reason was because of the director, Afdlin Shauki. The curiosity of how did a Malay man would direct a Tamil movie raised the bar for the movie (of course he also had the talented Shasi Tharan Rajoo as the assistant director.) Third reason was for the song from Dr.Burn - Appalam which is considered a hit in Malaysia and the forth reason was for the casting. Really wanted to see how all this local artist would perform on screen.

The Story

The movie begins with both Appalasamy(Ganaa) and Nalaini (Jaclyn) getting married in a temple just like any Tamil movie where the parents does not give consent for the marriage. The good part is, there was no flashback scene shown to tell you what happened. Its just that you know that is the case with Ganaa and Jacyln's expression.

Next, the famous song by Dr. Burn kicks in and in between the song, the story unfolds.

The story was set in 1992 in Penang and Appalasamy opens a stall that sells Indian food and his Appalam is very very tasty and huge.With the help of his friends, Wong (Iman Wan) and Hassan (Afdlin), they opened a restaurant in Penang. In a period of 10 years, Appalasamy became very successful as we can see their are now living in a huge bungalow and driving a Mercedes. How he became rich was not shown in detail as I think that was not necessary since that is not the core of the movie. However, they did show that he was opening a restaurant in Ipoh. So, could be that he has quite a few branches. Well, if we can accept Rajinikanth becoming rich by the end of a 5 minute song, this is totally acceptable!
Appalasamy was working very hard so that both his wife and daughter would be able to live a happy life until he does not have time to spend for his daughter and wife.This was deliberately shown in a few scenes where he could not attend the ear piercing ceremony and the dance competion of his 10 year old daughter.
The death of his wife due to an accident while quarrelling over the phone changed his life and he vowed be with his daughter so that he can protect and take care of her no matter what happens. Now, the story moves to another 7 years, and Appalasamy's daughter Shruti(Raja Ilya) achieves 10A1's and wanted to go to KL to furhter her studies and from here on you need to go to the theater near you to enjoy the movie! I do not want to go furhter from here as to not spoil the fun and drama in the movie.

The Characters

Appalasamy ~  Gana Pragasam

Shruthi ~ Raja Ilya

Nalaini ~ Jaclyn Victor

Siti ~ Sharifah Amani

Vassan ~ Vassantha Kumaran

Booty Slap ~ Shashi Tharan

Hassan ~ Afdlin Shauki

Wong ~ Iman Wan

Jasmine ~ Haanii Shivraj

Shasha ~ Kristina Vinokree

Mr. Prakash ~ Sathia

Teacher\Karate Master ~ Gunseh

Booty Slap’s Manager ~ Muthu Kumaran

Instead, I would like to write about the characters which were pillars of the movie. The performances of Ganaa and Raja Ilya is definately an award winning performance. This has to be Ganaa's best performance so far as we only used to see him in full fledged comedy movie but for this movie, emotion is very important and I believe Ganaa managed to deliver the needed performance. Kudos to Afdlin for choosing Ganaa to do the same character he enacted in Papadom.

Raja Ilya expression was good and seems to be correct at all places but for one thing which is the Tamil dialogue that she speaks (I assume that is her own voice) was not very clear. Not always but maybe just 3 or 4 times. And again, that is acceptable since Tamil is not her mother-tounge. Raja Ilya as a 17 years old was a perfect choice for the movie.
Sharifah Amani who came as the friend of Raja Ilya was very natural and funny too. Jaclyn Victor's performance was good but i think she might need to improve on her dialogue delivery as it seems forced at some places.Another actor that worth the mention is definitely Vassan. He was really good and manage to tickle your funny bones (the scene in the swimming pool was one of it.) Shashi Tharan as Booty Slap with his dialogue delivery and body language managed to give a different kind of  performance.
Overall the comedy in the movie is very original and does not copy any other movies (even Tamil movies) except for the Sathyah and Gunseh part. I will come to that later.The moment you see Afdlin Shauki, expect some unexpected comedy to roll in. This fellow is very good. Some of the scene are during the baby naming ceremony, when Ganaa is leaving  to KL to work as a gardener, the scene in the car after Shasha(Kristina Vinokree) threatened Ganaa and many more.

All the other supporting characters played their characters very well and was very natural. Congratulations to all the characters in the movie for living the character on screen!

Minus Points

Honestly speaking, I did not enjoy Sathya and GunSeh's acting very much. Their performance reminded me of Vadivelu (one of my colleague in office told me the same thing). They should have sticked to their original way of acting and if they did not try to imitate Vadivelu, it would have been better.
Another drawback of the movie is that none of the actors besides Sharifah Amani speaks the northen dialect despite all of them were born and raised in Penang. For me, since I was born and raised in Kedah, found it to be a bit akward. The director should have paid a little bit more attention on this.
The final dance scene of Shruti,hmmm...I'm not a professional dance or even a dancer to begin with but the dance could have been better choreographed (since, in the movie Shruti was said to be the best Bharatanayyam dancer in Penang). I think, the meaning of the song was not projected properly in the dance. Well, that's what I think...dunno bout others.

Conclusion

Overall, the movie was fully enjoyable and funny. Being a UPM graduate myself, it reminded me of those days when I saw the familiar locations of UPM. I just hope the movie will be a huge hit in Malaysia shown in other parts of the world as well.Make sure you watch in the theaters near you!

Verdict : Appalam; very crunchy and tasty!  Served with full set banana leaf meal. Enjoy!

Poll :

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Enjoy the trailer and the songs below :

Appalam Trailer :

After All Valkai  :

Uchakattam :

Thaana Vanthe :




Vikna

Scene 1 :

Dad : Raj! Raj!

Son : (ignored the father is calling as too busy watching movie)

Dad : Raj! Raj! Come here for a while...

Son : (cheh!want to watch movie for a while also cannot aa..) The thought crosses his mind, as he walks to the dining hall where the father was sitting in front of the computer trying to figure out something.

Dad : Do you know how to launch Media Player?

Son : (OMG! This one also dunno aa?) And slowly he showed to his father, how to access Media Player. (Well, it was Windows 95 at that time.) But, the father was still a bit confused and Raj in a irritated voice rudely told his father again. Luckily, this time his father managed to understand it and Raj straightaway walked away without saying anything to continue watching the movie.

Later, once the movie finished, Raj went to sleep feeling sorry that he acted rudely to his father and wanted to apologize. Too bad, his father was already asleep and Raj deep in his heart knew his father was hurt by his attitude earlier. Well, there still time tomorrow morning to apologize, Raj thought and he went to sleep.

Scene 2 : (early next morning)

Brother : Raj! Raj! wake up! something happened to Dad!

Raj : What!!!!

Immediately, Raj jumped off from the bed and ran to his father's bedroom. Things that he never imagine would happen, happened right in front of his eyes. His father was suffering a heart attack and passed away right in front of his eyes.

Raj : Oh Dad!Why! Why! I didnt even get a change to apologize to you! I'm sorry Dad!

[background song from Nayagan, Thenpaandi Cheemayile being played as a situational song]

It has been 8 years now, and Raj still could not forgive himself for hurting his father's feeling that day... :(

The END!

Well, just a story that crossed my mind...don't get too emotional..I could have gone a bit more detailed in the Scene 2, but FINAS would have give 18SG for that scene, so have to chop a few scenes here and there to get a U certificate. :P

The point is, we always tend to forget or take for granted when the people we love soo much are so near to us.We'll never know when Mr.Yaman is checking his waiting list and says "Ahh! It's your turn today!"

A mother will always steal the show compared to the father.hehe. A father rarely shows his love to his son directly like a mother does as his son\daughter grows older as much as he did when we were a baby. Well, something like Amitabh Bachan in Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Ghaam..Those days there were no digital camera or camcorder or whatever you call it to snap as much of picture\video that you want for us to see how much the father would have showered his love to us, 20-30 years later.

As you grow older, a father will show his love by giving you all the neccessary things for you to be prepared to live in the ever challenging world! He will do his best even though he has no money is his hand so that his son would get a Degree in some University. What he did to get the money....the son will never know. That's how a dad keeps the secret so that the son will concentrate only on his studies. A father rarely spends for himself, even for Deepavali and all the expenses goes to his child\wife. A father, will always be annoyed on Father's Day as the children will spend more to celebrate Mother's Day and yet, the love for their children will never fade. :P A father will never says he has no money, when you ask to buy books.

At least, that's how my father had been towards us.

Just wish you were there when,

- I got my Degree in UPM

- found my love of my life

- got my first Job in TMnet

- bought my first car(Kelisa)

- bought my first house

- got married

- bought my second car, Kia Rondo

- when your grandson was born.

I Miss you and Will always love you! Too bad, you are not here now for me to tell you directly. Hope there is high speed broadband access in heaven or wherever you are right now for you to read this blog!

:) The sole reason I'm writing about a Father's love is because the movie Appalam that is running successfully in Malaysian theaters right now. Might be going

tomorrow
sometime this week to watch the movie. After all, its a story of a love of a father for his daughter.. Go watch it in theaters only and not on download\or pirated CDS!! (Of course, you can watch it on DVD once the original DVD is released..buylaa..don't go pinjam from friend and then pass to another 10 friends and at last the owner would not get back the CD)

Support Malaysian artistlaa!! Well, I sense another review is coming soon.....hehehe!

Vikna

Well, after the huge hype created for Endhiran, me and my wife went for the movie at Alamanda Putrajaya yesterday noon.

Had some technical difficulties with my brain as I bought the ticket for 11.25am via GSC online but the next day thought the movie starts at 11.45am. Went to the theater a bit late at 11.33am. Hopefully we did not miss anything as it was showing the title credits or whatever you call it when we went in.

Ok, now about the movie. This movie has the simplest intro of Superstar Rajinikanth in decades...You'll know what I meant when you watch the movie yourself.

Overall I enjoyed Rajinikanth's performance. He was simply awesome as Dr Vaseegaran, Chitti and Chitti 2.0 (my favourite of them all)

Dr Vaseegaran

Rajinikanth looks smart and looks totally handsome. He delivers the character perfectly. Rajini's expression as the scientist  is good compared to his other movies. One example is during the conference when Chitti is asked if God exists? Rajini's reaction when Chitti gave the answer really gave the impact that it should. His coming timing is always perfect as we already know. No comments on that.Overall, Rajiikanth's performance as Dr Vaseegaran is sans any Superstar's style and mannerism. Credits should go 100% to Director Shankar.

Chitti

Rajinikanth as the Chitti  is totally loveable with his innocence and again his coming timing is perfect. Chitti is super intelligent and all the scene involving the Robot is really enjoyable.The dialogues during the arguments that occurs between Dr. Vasee and Chitti after Chitti confesses its love to Sana is very well constructed. Unfortunately, we can clearly see that it's Rajini's double during the fight scene in the train and during Chitti's Dance Showcase. But, that is totally forgivable. :P

Chitti 2.0

Yeah, Rajini is totally menacing as Chitti 2.0. His performance is superb. After years, Rajinikanth has performed a superb villainous role. It must have been a piece of cake for Rajini to do such a role as that is how he started his career during those days..In fact, this was one of the main reason why I went to see the movie on the second day itself. I love to see Rajini as a villain. Though, Rajinikanth looked a bit old as Chitti 2.0.

Sana (Aishwarya Rai)

Ahhh....Aishwarya.. what to comment about her?? For a commercial movie, she delivers the required level of acting.  She looked gorgeous throughout the movie...

Shankar

This is the man who made it all possible. A 10 years old story finally came to life thanks to SUN Pictures. This fellow knows the nuances of commercial cinema and took it to a higher level. Difficult for others to beat this but of course, in future more sci-fi Tamil movies will be pouring in all because of this "first of its kind movie".

AR Rahman

His music is already a chart buster everywhere in the world but my humble opinion is the background score could have been better. After watching his performance in Raavanan which was totally awesome, I was a little disappointed with the background score.Well, only a little... Anyway, ARR rocks!!

Danny Denzongpa

He fits perfectly as a corrupt scientist. Great acting from this fellow.

CGI

For a Indian movie, the CGI is superb, minus a few places here and there. Which of course can be ignored...The CGI works at the temple is one of the highlights. I was totally impressed with the CGI during 30-40 minutes before the end of the movie. The snake, gun firing ball, the drill and of course the surprise robot...all of it was awesome!
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! dot!

Other Castings

Santhanam and Karunas provide adequate comedy provided their limited time onscreen.
So does all the other casts in the movie.

Conclusion

Overall, if you want to experience the grandness\richness\greatness of the movie and the awesome acting by Rajinikanth watch it in the theater!
One of a kind movie!
Now, I'm thinking when will I go for the second show??? Anyone care to join me?

Latest Update (05/10/10)

My above article on Endhiran is published on Behindwoods.com!! Do check it out :

http://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/endhiran-malaysia-05-10-10.html

Vikna

For the first time, I am writing something that is not related to photography in my blog. This is because at last after a gap of a year or so, I managed to find out the method to install unsigned apps to my Nokia 5800 (V51.0.006).

Hahaha....what a big relief and I almost give up until a few hours ago (before I manage to resolve the problem and decided to blog about this..)

I believe there are more out there still confused on the steps to achieve it as there are many websites out there giving tips but most of it does not work.

First of all, I would like to give credits to (http://nokia5800.net/help-guide-signing-unsigned-apps-without-hacking-your-phone/) for providing the website to generate the .cer and .key files.

Ok, enuff talking and lets go straight to the topic.

STEP ONE : GETTING THE .CER AND .KEYFILES

1. Go to http://www.symbian-freeware.com/download-free-signer-for-symbian.html and download Freesigner application

2. Then go to http://andy.ehandysoft.com/devcert.php



2. Follow the steps provided in the website. (Note : it will take from 12-24 hours to generate the required .cer and .key. So be patient.)

3. After 12-24 hours return to the same website and enter the IMEI# again and this time, you will get a similar page as below. Click the link that I highlighted with the RED BOX.



4. Download the RAR file (something like 201008241843556.rar) to your favorite location. :P

5. Extract the file (again, to your favorite location) and you can see similar files as below.

STEP TWO : INSTALLING FREESIGNER

1. Connect your mobile phone to your computer and transfer Freesigner, .cer and. key.key file to a desired location.

2. Install Freesigner on your mobile phone. You might  be getting the below error : Expired Certificate.



3. To resolve the issue, I change the current year from 2010 to 2009 and reinstalled and Voila!

STEP THREE :  FREESIGNER SETUP

1.Now that we have installed Freesigner, launch the application and go to Settings.



2. Click on Self Sign Cert and then click on the "Back" button. This will allow you to choose the path that you have saved the .cer file. Once selected, repeat the same step for the KEY.key file under Self Sign Key

STEP FOUR : SIGNING THE APPLICATION WITH FREESIGNER

1. Now we are done with the settings and you can start signing applications now. Launch Freesigner again and click on Add Task > choose the drive the application is located and "Add" the application to be signed.

(Note : you can sign a few application by repeating Step 1 )



2. On the next option, select "Self Sign Sis" and OK. This will then sign the app within a few seconds and the signed application will be located on the same location of the original file.(The signed application name ends with Application_Name_signed.xxx)

STEP FIVE : INSTALLING THE SIGNED APPLICATION

1. Try installing the SIGNED application now and you will definately succeed!

2. This step worked for me, however I would not be able to guarantee that it will work for everyone. Do try and leave a comment so that someone would be able to help if I can't help you guys!

Thank you!