More Cephalopod Goodness

For the morbidly curious or the inanely bored, there's more news about those spotlight loving squids!

I guess the new term for sexual prowess is "hung like a giant squid"?

Terror from Deep

Giant squids, you can't live with them, you can't live without them (if you're a sperm whale that lives in deep waters that is). But now you can, for the first time in my living memory, see them LIVE and (somewhat) clearly!!

Brought to you by your childhood (or rather my childhood) memory of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

P.S - In a more crass joke, I guess Mike Brown (former head of FEMA) is the true terror from deep.(The joke is some attempt at equating deep with flooding. Yes I know it's really non-existent, but I was lazy to reword the title.) Such a ball-less man. I bet his backbone is made of yogurt.

Tragic Comedy?

Web-surfing before doing work can lead to new websites that one never thought even existed. For example, Katrina:The Gathering is something that I have never saw coming. It's funny and yet, there is a sense of loss at not only the disaster that befell the unfortunate people of New Orleans, but the incompetence and sanctimony of some of the people "in-charge". A caveat: If you didn't/don't play Magic:The Gathering, some of the terms and jokes might be lost on you.

This is another ridiculous thing. It's about WoW and gold buying and divorce. Hilarious. Probably fake, but hilarious nonetheless.

Lastly, I hate my car company. I called them on friday saying I need a new temporary licence cos mine expires today, they said ok. And it's supposed to be over-night mail too. It's sunday already and I can't drive cos of them lazy asses. Don't trust Evanston Toyota. They suck. (Of course, this is said in a real fit of annoyance and inconvenience, but I think they still suck.)

Wow

Wow. I'm finally staying at home over the weekend. It's the first time this whole month. Leaving this place over the weekend is really something that a person can look forward to, but it really really makes cleaning your room hard to do. Fortunately, I have some of the best parents in the world and they really helped me alot over this week and now, the problem of cleaning my room is much more manageable.

Lots of things to say, but I don't really know how to organise, so I'll just say it in chronological order.

1.Corpse Bride is AWESOME. It's a touching yet funny story about how a guy marries a "corpse bride" when he is set to marry another. The soundtrack is worth a listen too. Catchy.

2. Job-hunting is tiring. Especially if you have only a few companies that will even look at you. But hopefully, I have found a path that will lead to greater things. Unfortunately, I couldn't spend more time with my parents because of this job fair. But I did get a lot of free stuff from 3M. Haha. I'm such a cheapskate.

3. Northwestern University (NU) is a small university. But it's still one of the most expensive places in the states. Guess this means that there is alot of money per student. So #2, don't let it go to waste yeah. Work hard and play hard, and put that 12x to good use.

4. Somethings just don't make sense and yet, sometimes they still are oddly comfortable. At least I am still fubared so I know that I have roots. (this isn't very coherent, but I'm just blogging)

You Know You Have Had Too Much When...

You start associating acronyms with academic terms.

2: wat is SHC?
2: deductible @ SHC
Z: huh?
Z: i have no idea
2: insurance
Z: oh
Z: school hopsital
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Z: i was going to say specific heat of combustion
Z: b4 u mentioned the word insuarance

Yes, I know I had a typo, but you get my drift.

The Closest Thing To Mambo

I just found a place that most resembles Mambo. It plays R&B and Hip-Hop, but more importantly plays rock and pop. Songs like "I Love Rock N Roll" and "Living On A Prayer" were songs that I never thought I could find here, but I am glad to say that I was wrong. Oh Neon Cactus, where have you been?!!?

Today we went there to celebrate Mina's 22nd birthday. It's a pretty cool place and you get lots people dancing. I got a chance to dance with this girl that just came right up to me. Must be my animal magnetism. (Kwong, please puke in the toilet) It was awesome. I haven't been in US club for over 6 months, I felt young again in that place. Songs that I actually knew were playing, I was dancing with girls, dancing with friends, dancing with random strangers. Sounds like a chionging night from home. Shiok.

But if anyone 1-upped me tonight, it had to be Sid the Quick. From nothing to phone number and caressing in 2 hours? YOU DA MAN SID!!! I gotta take lessons from you man.

Oh wow, it's so late already. I'm going to shower then go to bed. Hopefully I can make it to my 930am class.

To the CHAMPIONS OF EXCELLENCE, you guys were great. Especially Ms Ball for being such a sport. Rock On!! Viva La CHE!!

Birthday Alert

Happy Birthday to BSK!!
Keep up the good work and may you reap the rewards of your hard work!! And you are not that young anymore. Hahaha.

HOLY F*CKING SHIT

What ever happened to Freedom of Speech? I mean yeah sure, everyone's anti-racism, but does that mean that every time someone says something in a moment of anger/frustration/drunken stupour his ass will get police-d off? Wow, I guess the racists have to start inventing new terminologies then. The old ones will be too easy to detect. This is so BOGUS.

Maybe I should de-link myself.

Cos there's no time like the present

Well, it's been awhile since my last post and I figured that since this is gonna be another hectic week, I'd better post now while I still have the time.

1st of all, pics are still coming up. I'm in the process of getting them from my various sources and compiling so please be a little more patient. Well, maybe you guys will have to be a bit more than "little".

2nd, Boston was great. Free lodging, free travel and almost free meals too. The only caveat is that when you take free miles for travel, be prepared for screw ups. I left at 1130am but reached my hotel only at 1030pm at night. The direct flight from Indy to Boston is only 2.5 hours so you guys can just imagine how much waiting/transfer I had. Also, my return flight to Indy was at 6am in the morning. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night at the hotel. BUT at least I had a chance to eat fresh seafood. That's not something I can say very often over here. Had a chance to meet up with my cuz and Ms Turtle Lover too. It was nice to see a familar face over there and great to catch up.

To Ms TL: Don't worry too much lah. Things will be okie. 3.97 GPAs don't fall from the sky.

Incidentally, I heard a new reply to the commonly asked question "How's it going?". I guess this reply is rare cos alot of people will be lying if they answered "Living the dream." I overhead this conversation between 2 pilots walking in the airport.

Lastly, today was a day of funnies. The first funny was by Susi. In reference to people in a certain student organisation, he said they looked like nice people, but are actually assholes. Asked to justify his statement, he replied "There's a guy there who works in physics and seems to like his job. Anyone who works in physics and likes his job is an asshole." His audience couldn't stop laughing for a full 60 seconds. The second funny is courtesy of Ms Ball. Her methodology on How to Cope with Homework was pretty amusing, but I guess she spent more time doing that than actually doing homework tonight.

I'm gonna bathe and carry on searching for cars. So that the bad vibes from Ms BSK don't kill me. Till next time, cheers.

Revolutionary

As some of you guys might know, Nintendo has a new system debuting next year. The Revolution. The much hyped revolutionary thing about this system is its controller. Although the system has been shown, the controller has yet to be displayed so no one knows what it looks like or what it can do. However, that hasn't stopped people from trying. One of the best was this concept shown below:

Blatant Admission

What? You thought it was something about me? No. There's nothing that I can say that can be counted as a blatant admission. Either you know that about me, or you can infer from my posts my characteristics (wow, I got that right the first try).

Anyways, this is about Kakak. And her research. Apparently, she's doing computer based research cos:

Kakak: yeah... my research is computer based

Z: nice

Kakak: KAKAK is a lab hazard

And here I was thinking that NOT being in a lab is a good thing. It means you can actually eat/drink/sleep/download t3h pr0n while working. But I guess a positive spin on lab work is that you inspire sufficient confidence in other people about your own safety habits.

So..., the weekend was awesomenessitic. Went to Cedar Point over the long Labour Day weekend. Had TONS of fun riding all sorts of crazy rides. Like the Millenium Force and Magnum XL-200. One of the things I learnt from that trip is that no matter how handsome you are, G forces always do nasty things to your facial expressions and ensure that your photos never look good. Shoutout to Oatmeal for her assistance.

Lastly, a big Congrats to Zee for being a first time passer. You've joined a really exclusive club. Now you and Woon and Zhenz can laugh at me. =)

(Another) Birthday Alert!!

Happy Birthday to Oatmeal!!
Welcome to the LEGAL-ALCOHOL club. Leave your senses at the door and come join the fun. (Although waking up the next day is a drag...)

Birthday Alert!!

Happy (Slightly Belated) Birthday to No. 2!!
Pack well and enjoy your last few days at home.

I gotta get out more

And I know Kwong can't agree more. I think I've been holed up in ChE for way too long. In this week, I've been spending more time in the open labs all over school and I've just realised that there are more girls here than I previously thought. Not many more pretty/attractive/cute girls but still, you have to take the ba zhang together with the xiao long baos. Haha. Don't ask me what that means, I just think it sounds right.

Okie back to work.

P.S - Wikipedia is now my new best friend.