Blog archives for June, 2006

Jajah does free calls between USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Jajah, a relative newcomer to the VOIP Web calling field currently dominated by Yahoo! Messenger and Skype, now introduced free calls between USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. You don’t need to download any software or buy any equipment to use Jajah - the VOIP service works by you entering your number and the number you’re willing to call, which then generates a callback to you from Jajah. When you pick up the phone, they connect you to the recipient of the call.

Citibank Direct is now at 5.00% APY

Citibank Direct online savings accounts now offer 5.00% APY. No minimum balance (aside from $1) and usual Federal requirement of maximum 6 withdrawals per month. You have to apply for EZ checking account as well to qualify for the APY.

Another free movie ticket from Blingo

Someone who has registered with Blingo off this site won a movie ticket / free iTunes gift card yesterday, which meant I got to win the same thing. The nickname didn’t look familiar, so thanks, whoever you are.

Great Mediterranean food with impeccable service

Great Mediterranean food with impeccable service

Review of: Faz Restaurant & Bar
By: Alex Moskalyuk
Rating: 5
Read review on Judy’s Book.

Located by Sunnyvale Sheraton by the intersection of 101 and 237, Faz Restaurant and Bar positions itself as white cloth dining restaurant with a pretty good selection of Mediterranean food and extensive wine list. The place is open daily for dinner from 6:30 to 10 pm, and the menu can be found on the official Web site http://www.fazrestaurants.com/menus/sunnyvale_menu.html

Faz greets you with rather pleasant surroundings overlooking the Sheraton internal garden with fountains, small pond and some squirrels. The dining hall also features a grand piano and two television sets in the bar area.

The appetizer menu looked pretty good and we tried what was called the Mediterranean platter, featuring Grape Leaf Dolmas, Hummus, Tabbouleh, Babaghanoush, Tomatoes, Pepperoncini & Imported Olives. The food was great-tasting, the vegetables were fresh, the olive oil and hummus were at just the right level of spicyness.

None of the restaurant specials looked too enticing, so we went with the chicken meals. The pizzas, however, are brick-oven-made, which I guess adds a special taste if you decide to get one. The half-chicken was juicy and tasted great. The veggies were grilled in garlic sauce, which added a good aroma to the meal.

The service was prompt and expedient, and overall it’s a great place to visit again for a nice dinner. parking is alaways available, as this is the hotel parking space.

Good menu and excellent service

Good menu and excellent service

Review of: Long Life Noodle Co & Jook Joint
By: Alex Moskalyuk
Rating: 3
Read review on Judy’s Book.

Long Life Noodle is located in Stanford Shopping Mall facing the parking lot, and has a pretty good menu for a noodle house. There’s an expectedly large selection of noodles in all combinations, some weird drinks, like cucumber juice and ginseng iced teas, as well as a good variety of rice dishes.

Check out their newest additions that are not on the menu - there’s a chalkboard right as you walk in listing the newly added items. The service was very courteous and fast. This is not a fast food, but the food was served within 5 minutes ordering, probably due to the fact that there weren’t too many people in the restaurant for late lunch on Saturday.

The prices are reasonable, with most of the dishes costing under $8-9. The dishes featuring seafood and shrimp are surely high on noodle contents and low on seafood ingredients, but overall the lunch menu and decent portions won’t leave anyone hungry.

Long Life Noodle has outside seating, but few people volunteered for the parking lot view.

Top ads nominated for Cannes awards

USA Today lists the ads nominated for Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

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Pretty good Vietnamese place

Pretty good Vietnamese place

Review of: Pho Quyen Noodle House
By: Alex Moskalyuk
Rating: 4
Read review on Judy’s Book.

Pho Quyen Noodle House is hard to notice as you drive down El Camino Real amid all the strip malls, but once you visit the place, you will remember it. Due to it being located inside a larger strip mall area, parking is plentiful.

The menu features soups, pho, rice dishes, variety of drinks (weird and traditional) at very decent prices, few of them above $7.99. The restaurant is quite clean and well-lit, the service is also quite commendable.

We tried ginger chicken and a rice dish with chicken and shrimp. The food was excellent, and the rice was plentiful. The restaurant also has a pretty good selection of pearl teas and Vietnamese drinks.

Yahoo! Finance badges as iframes

Yahoo! Finance badges are now available to the general public inside of iframe tags, which makes them super-easy to install.

$25 giftcard with $1,000 deposit at NetBank

Another promotion at NetBank offers free $25 gift card to Buy.com for anyone who opens a certificate deposit of $1,000 for 12 months. Currently the 12-month CD is at 5.45%, which is among the highest in the country (but not the highest). Note that it’s limit 1 per customer. Have more than $1,000 to drop into CDs in exchange for good rates and some gift cards?
$25 Visa gift card with 12-month $1,000 CD
Another free $25 Visa gift card with $1,000 CD
$75 Office Depot gift card for $1,500 12-month CD
4,400 HHonors points for a $1,000 12-month CD
2,000 Marriott Reward points for $1,000 12-month certificate of deposit
$25 Visa gift card for $1,000 12-month CD
$25 Visa Gift card for $1,200 12-month CD
$25 Visa gift card for $1,000 12-month CD
$20 Visa gift card for $1,000 12-month CD
$20 TigerDirect gift card for $1,000 12-month CD
For Pitney Bowes customers $25 Visa gift card for $1,000 12-month CD

Hell’s Kitchen this season

Gordon Ramsey from Hell's KitchenHell’s Kitchen this year is a bit trashier than previous season. The demands are even higher, since the top prize is ownership of a restaurant in Red Rock in Las Vegas. The contestants, however, seemed to be pre-qualified for a Jerry Springer type of daytime TV, and therefore there’s much more backstabbing and personal fights that pulls the contestants away from the actual game. However, the tension and Chef Ramsay in the kitchen are much better. Not that this is an indicator, but I haven’t seen another reality show, where the contestant left on an ambulance in Episode 1 being under too much stress. Gordon Ramsey is definitely doing his best this season, the contestants are a bit subpar compared to the first Hell’s Kitchen.

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