Garmin EDGE800 Review

"If you’ve been shy of getting into GPS, this new 800 will convert you. Touchscreen and OS maps make it our top choice"

With a touchscreen display and improved interface, the Edge 800 is an excellent successor to Garmin’s popular Edge 705 GPS bike computer. It’s easier to use and offers significant new features over the 705 including compatibility with a wider range of maps (including Ordnance Survey in the UK), temperature, and improved calorie counting.

The new full-colour, backlit display is 160x240 pixels, which is just big enough to make the detail of a 1:50,000 map useful. The resistive 37x55mm touchscreen – it needs pressure to activate it – uses an Apple iPhone-style swipe to switch displays, and provides a big target when you need to press a virtual button. It works fine in full-finger gloves or with numb hands, making it ideal for winter riding, and makes it easy to spell place names.
Ride data is presented in three customisable screens with up to 10 pieces of information on each, with each digit measuring at least 5mm tall. We configured our test unit to show all of our important ride data on one page, important time info (such as time of day and sunset) on another, and key post-ride data on a third.
Available data now available includes temperature, which is useful for training analysis and for showing off how hardcore you are. A notable improvement over the 705 is heart-rate-based calorie computation: the 800 gives a reasonably accurate figure for the total work on your ride, unlike the 705’s rather vague estimate.

Don’t Add These Things In Your CV

You have now put what you should be in a good professional cv. Let’s look now at what to avoid in CV…..

a) Do not tell lies in your CV. Most people have been in business or in a particular company for long periods of time and it would be fool hardy for you to try to fool them. This one thing that many people do but its one among the things on what to avoid in CV

They will detect lies after reading the first 3 paragraphs and I can assure you the moment he detects your lies, the CV will be headed straight to the shredder and your dreams will end there.

b) You have attended 100 one day interviews with your previous employer. But are those seminars relevant to the job you are applying? I bet they are not, so don’t include them trying to impress the employer.

c) You might have a very pretty face and your looks might make all people turn, but does your employer want to see you? I bet he will during the interview, so don’t include a photo unless the job advert expressly asked you to include one.

d) You might be artistic and creative but your CV is not the place to try out your talent.. Keep the CV simple leaving out those elaborate colours and fonts. Always make sure you CV stays at font size 11 or 12.

e) Do not divulge sensitive information in your cv.Leave out your national ID number, drivers license number, passport number e.t.c after you have sent your cv to the potential employer, you have no control over who accesses it and some sensitive personal information might get lost and into wrong hands to your detriment.

f) If you are applying for 10 different jobs, you don’t have to write 10 cvs. Always make your CV in such a way that it can be used to apply for several different jobs without much changes.

The cover letter that you attach to the CV should be the one doing the answering of immediate questions to the employer on your suitability for the position advertised.

g) Don’t repeat the words that have been written over and over till every employer knows them. Word like, ‘am detail oriented, highly motivated, works under pressure….’we have heard that before.

Be creative and try to capture the employers’ attention. Be factual in your carefully worded phrases. As a rule always avoid using the first person in your sentences. Avoid starting every sentence by …’I did this, I that, I these……’

h) Avoid sending more than one application to the same employer for the same position. Job application is not lottery where the more entries you make the more chances of winning. In fact some employers might discard you CV whenever they detect there are more than 1 copy, this is what to avoid in CV.

i) Always come out clearly when you explain your skills and achievements don’t make ambiguous statements and expect the employer to read between the lines.

j) You are a professional in your field but avoid those technical jargonsthat many ordinarily mortals might not understand. Unless it’s very necessary, use simple language.

k) Don’t tell us on your CV why you left your previous employer. This is one thing to avoid in cv. 

Ayoi mencari awek

Masa Ayoi di zaman jahilnya, dia rajin gak pergi clubbing…

Satu hari dia masuk ke kelab.

Dia duduk sorang-sorang di bar..

Tidak lama kemudian dia nampak Sumardi bersama 5 orang awek-awek cantik di sekeliling dia.

Mereka duduk2 di lounge dan Sumardi kelihatan seperti seorang Raja yang di manjakan oleh dayang-dayang yang cun melecun.
Ayoi yang duduk sorang dan berfikir, bila agaknya aku boleh jadi macam dia?

Awek pun aku takde…

Semasa Sumardi sedang ke tandas, Ayoi menahannya dan berkata :”Bro, macamana caranya lu boleh dapat awek-awek cun camtu”?

Sumardi membisik ke telinga Ayoi: “yoi,ni gua nak bagitau lu…”

Kalau kau besok masuk ke kelab, masa ko nak duduk di bar, lemparkankunci kereta ko di atas meja bar, pasti awek-awek datang dengansendirinya.

Ayoi menjawab: “tapi aku takde keta bro, aku ada kapcai jer…”

Sumardi: “Ko hanya perlukan kunci kereta jer.. tengok aku ada keychain kereta Jaguar..”

Ayoi: Ler…tu jer tektiknya.

Malam esoknya Ayoi dengan semangat membara masuk ke kelab, dia melihat Sumardi di sudut bar dengan 3 awek di sekelilingnya.

Ayoi berjalan menuju bar dengan muka confident giler dan mencampakkan kunci bersama key chain kereta Ferrari ke atas meja bar.

Tapi tidak ada respon sama sekali

Di saku seluar dia ada lagi kunci. Bila ada awek-awek cantik lalu, dia lempar lagi kunci tu ke bar.

Tetap tetap tidak ada respon, malah awek-awek cun melecun tu bantai gelak terbahak-bahak.

Ayoi tidak faham..

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Sumardi akhirnya datang ke Ayoi dan berbisik: “Ayoi, lain kali masa kaucampak kunci kereta ferrari di bar, helmet tu buka dulu bro……..!!!