Hey hey, guess what? It's a new post!!

After vanishing off the face of the Earth for the last two weeks or so, I finally have the inclination and time to update my blog. Yay. Ok ok, so the truth is, i'm just waiting for my laundry to dry and am just killing time. So sue me if i don't have really grand intentions.

Things that have happened since the last update.

My cuz came.
My cuz left.
We had a lot of fun in between. Like going for Karaoke, Mini-golf and eating lots of good food. Well, good is a relative to Indiana and means Chinese mainly.

I went to San Fran. Saw Rushing Hill, the most windy road in San Fran. Went to see a high school girl's basketball game with Gawee. Went to Fisherman's Wharf and met up with Iris. Went to the chocolate factory with the name i can't pronounce properly. Ate the chocolates. Grew fat(ter) mostly.

Jolly good fun all in all.

Oh yeah, and i sent out my holiday cards already. I can't call them Christmas cards anymore but happy Belated Christmas and a happy Pre-New Year New Year!! Cheers!!

It's the holidays!!!! (wootZ ^2) x(2!)! <-- that's a lot of wootZ for those who are too lazy to calculate.

I slept like 10 hours since friday to sunday afternoon. It was murder trying to study for the last few papers. But it's finally over and i got an A for my organic chemistry. The bane of my intellectual existence. And i actually got an A. Hahaha. Some one must like me after all.

Anyway, i'm in my aunt's place in Cupertino,California now. The weather(at 10-15 celsius) is positively balmy compared to the feels like -14 celsius i've been getting... So i'm not complaining. Plus it's a vacation so i can relax all the way. Now i'm waiting for my cuz to come so we can have some fun.

Probably going San Fran later this week. Chill guys.

Haha. Holidays. Finally.

Exams have officially started. I had 2 today, with another one of friday (philosophy) and the last on saturday morning (comp sci)... I just finished my chemistry exam. And (as alwasy) it didn't go very well i think. But then again, i've learnt to think pessimistic about chemistry. It certain helps in being realistic. Hahaha. I'm bushed. I'm going home to have dinner and sleep.

To all those who have already finished their exams, lucky guys/gals. To those who haven't, i finish on saturday and let's suffer together till then... Haha.

"PS: blog more, esp photo update. ur webbie getting boring..."

After being prompted, I have to write this entry. I apologise to my many (i hope) faithful readers about the state of my website. Having a keyboard that flips off more often than that dreaded lunar based biological cycle, it's kinda hard to get consistent work done on your background and html with Frontpage.

And Toshiba is not helping me. I called the service centre today (US) and was told to call back to Singapore to confirm the procedure for my international warranty. This is stupid. Isn't toshiba a MNC (multi-national corporation)? Aren't MNCs supposed to be global organisations? Why then is there is disjointed communication is policy between the United States arm and the Singapore arm? For heaven's sake, it's an INTERNATIONAL warranty. You would suppose that there would be some rules and policy that transcends the international barrers... But nuuuuuuuu. It's like the eye asking the brain to ask the legs to walk around the hole in the ground. Someone is probably gonna fall down. Ok so it's not the best analogy, but bear with me. I think you get the idea yeah?

Ok that has fulfiled my rant a day quota. To more shocking news. Today was the first day that the temperature fell to double digits below 0. This morning, to get to my 730am lab, i had to walk in -9 (-14 with windchill) weather. I don't need a fridge with this kind of weather...

As so aptly put by this reader

Jianz: -14 is ridiculous lah
Jianz: will die one

I'm dying here already. Wish me luck. I have my finals next week... ztoow ztoow...

Screw. Video games aren't eligible for shipping on amazon... Guess i'll go to the store and buy it then...

I hate missing out on good deals. And i (might) have just missed out on one. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was going on amazon.com for around USD 25.99. For a new gamepak. An original gamepak. In the end, it was out of stock.

To put the deal in perspective, back home, such a game would have cost around SD 60 for a pirated copy and around SD 80 for the original. USD 26 is around SD 52. Even if you throw in the shipping charges, it won't exceed SD 65. Damn, slow fingers, i curse you all...

Now i'm considering to buy it from amazon.com and get a 20% discount of it's stated price of USD34.99. Let's see. 80% of 35 is around 29 dollars. Throw in the shipping and that's around 35 again... hmm... I'd better go and check if there's free shipping then. Brb.

I hate ENGR 106 practical exams. Well, technical since there's only one, it would be exam. But just in case i have to go through it again, i'm cursing in advance.

After the latest and (thankfully) final 106 exam, which was a practical, if one were to go around asking the student population who took it, you might form the opinion that either
A. MATLAB is a shit-ass program that sucks like a high powered vacuum or
B. every student is suddenly a programming idiot. or like a certain seafood inspired friend so succintly put it "dian4 nao3 bai2 chi1" (电脑白痴) <-- for those who can see.

And it's snowing here. It's been snowing really hard. Going to class this morning, i've already seen at least 1 person slip and fall... I was walking penguin style all the way to class to maximise the contact between the floor and my shoes.

Oh yeah, one last thing. I shot a pistol last weekend. Like CS... Haha. wOOTz. (haven't see that in awhile huh. Here's one more for you guys... wOOtz)

Onwards to FINALS WEEK!!!!!!

Damn. The holidays are over.... I feel like bawling.

Bah bah bahwl....

Ok back to work. Siannnnzzzzzzzzzzz.