Warning...

Abstract Science Concept Ahead.

Discover recently had a contest to ask people to explain String Theory in TWO minutes or less. The entries are all pretty cool and should be checked out if you have interest in knowing how the universe works or just want to sound knowledgeable about this theory.

However, for the people who just want to spend two minutes of their lives knowing more, I've copied the winning entry into this post below. It's string theory about duckies. I present to you- String Ducky. Enjoy.

Total Wipeout

So Comcast has been sucking balls lately. My Pudge has spent more time fighting lag than enemy heroes, so with some regret, I have to renounce my dota-ing. For the near future at least. Guitar has kinda become my new dota, which means I play anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes almost every night. Haha, at least girls can dig guitar more readily than they appreciate my l33t dota skillz. That's a net plus in my eyes.

And now that I have 9-11pm block free, I can read the books that I've always meant to catch up on. Investment, programming and of course, Japanese. I've lost the camaraderie of my bnet friends but I hope to gain much more knowledge. My life for VB for Excel! Er, I meant Aiur (Waiting for SC2)!

欢迎光临

听说中国现在能上blogspot.com了。所以我想热烈欢迎来自大陆的朋友们。请多多指教！

学弹吉他真的好痛。手指肥，手又小的人弹吉他就等于自讨苦吃。每天只不过弹几分钟，
手指就会痛，要停一下。没办法啦，只能坚持下去，花了100+块买吉他，就一定要学。

For the people who can't read (or are too lazy to read) Chinese, China has just allowed access to blogspot.com. So I'll make more of an effort to type in Chinese, just so that if anyone in China sees this, they will see a bilingual (more or less) blog. So I guess probably once a week, I will have a Chinese entry.

Sudden Urge...

To get an Xbox 360. I know that it's probably gonna fail on me, and have the 3 red rings of death(can you imagine, the 360 has so many problems, it even has a dedicated Wiki page...). But I just saw the video of Beautiful Katamari, and now I can't stop saying "Oh Oh!". Maybe I should get the Wii instead, I heard that Beautiful Katamari might come out for that too...

A Story in Pictures

So I was down in Utah for my friend's wedding this weekend. It's a very nice place, Utah, but it's kinda slow on Sundays. But still, I flew in on Saturday for the wedding, and managed to spend Sunday morning before my flight exploring Salt Lake City. So it was an eventful weekend.

I didn't manage to attend the wedding proper as it was held the day before I reached Utah, but I was there for the ring ceremony and the reception. So my pictures only tell the story of the ring ceremony.


So the setting is fixed, a backyard at someone's nice. A gazebo. Cool. Now we just need a bride and a groom.
The groom appears first. I wonder how sweaty are his palms now?
The ring bearer shows up and, for a moment, steals the show. Isn't she adorable?
Here comes the bride, all dressed in white! With her dad in tow, she was the most beautiful lady that day.
"Thank you for this wonderful lady sir! I promise I will do my very best to take care of her!"

So now the I/C says a few words about the bride and groom and tries not to reveal all the embaressing moments at one shot. He's saving it for the reception later...



The exchanging of "rings". I don't know why it's called a ring ceremony if the couple is exchanging wedding bands. The groom goes first.
Very nice.


Now it's the bride's turn.
Hmm, seems like there's a NG moment here. The groom must have fat fingers. It seriously took about 2 minutes to get the wedding band on. Oh well, if that's the only hiccup they have, they're lucky.

Awwww.

So with the wedding bands exchanged, the couple gets a round of applause from the attendees. They look really good together don't they?
And then they leave. I forsee a bright and happy future for these lucky people. May they always find peace, joy and love with each other.

I have other pics of the event, but they're uploaded in the my picture album. Go check them out. There are 2 sets, "Nat's Wedding" and "Life in Pics".

For Whom The (Wedding) Bell Tolls

Not for me that's for sure, but a hearty congratulations to the newly weds. I will post pics laters. I just got back from the ceremony in Utah (a really nice place by the way) and I have to go to work tomorrow, so this is just a short update.

Also, check out these vids by Monty Oum. I would use the term f*cking awesome to describe them, but that won't do them justice. So just watch.

Halo vs Metroid. Stay past the credits!


Dead or Alive vs FF! Chixorz fest!


Enjoy.

The LAWGIVER

Don't mess with Toyota, any and everywhere you go. Or you might find yourself on the wrong side of the 4 wheels of FURY!

If I were to turn Emo...

Now would be a good time to do it. I got the guitar today, and like 2 hours of trying to tune the damn thing only led to me snapping one of the strings. The G *ahem* string (yes, yes laugh now) to be precise. Sianz. Sianz Si bei Sianz.

Anyone out there knows how to use a digital tuner? Mine is the Qwik Tune and I can't seem to get it right. Or maybe I'm just not good enough now... Sigh.

1Z1A715V0339135471

That's my shipping number for the guitar. It's been registered with UPS since it left Lenexa, Kansas MONDAY MORNING 1:10 am. Using Mapquest, I've determined that it takes about 8 hours from Lenexa to my office. Even giving the driver a whole day to putz around, it should have been around Illnois today... I fear my truck has been jacked or involved in an accident. WTF... SIANZZZZZZ.....

In other happier news, I played a 9 hole course today. We were playing in a company tournament with 9 teams of 4. And we used best ball, i.e. the best ball out of your team is used for play after all 4 members have shot. With those rules, my team which had a combined 5 years or so of experience (which was all concentrated on one guy with a sprained wrist) came in at about 15 over par. Some of my low lights include losing 5 balls, 3 to water hazards and 2 to wherethehellisthedamnthing-itis, and slicing my ball so hard off the course that it hit the cart track and bounced like 5m into the air. However, I was feeling good as I did manage to make a 1-shot putt on the green. That's pro-ness right there, but Tiger Woods should be safe for the next year or 10.

Man, I wish I knew where my guitar is...