真乱

First, before I go off in another language, a public service announcement.

To Susi, Tee, Pri and Bang, Smoking is BAD!!

Some points raised in that article,
1. Smoking appears to be independently associated with weaker verbal and visual-spatial reasoning
2. Smoking is negatively related to IQ and thinking

So to anyone out there who smokes, please stop. Unless you want to die stupid, infertile and slow. Unless of course, you are on my hate list, then please, by all means smoke more. Smoke more and die. Although I seriously doubt anyone on my hate list smokes and even less of them come here anyways. I just like saying that.

Okie, with that out of the way, my apologies to some of my readers.

最近,我觉得自己已经高兴多了.可是,还是有烦恼.当一个人说:"对不起,我觉得我们之间没有那种感情...", 你应该怎么回答? "啊.是吗.我已经察觉到了"? 还是"哎,没关系吧,我会再接再厉的."? 真烦. 还是不能放弃,还是舍不得,还是对她有感情. 最终,只能希望吧.希望有志者事竟成.希望好人会占先锋.

Actually, my happy chart did dip a bit, but I guess it wasn't too bad, so no worries. Not like when I heard T3h N3wZ!! So there's just crossing of fingers.

Like #2 said, I have Fe-Balls.(And yes, I think only #2 will understand this.)

Stuff

Well, I just finished my presentation, and for something that got completed 2 hours before the presentation, I think it went pretty well. Although there were a couple of typos and completely wrong notations...

But anyways, here are a couple points of interest I would like to share:

1. So not happening in engineering. Maybe I should have gone to one of the schools listed there.

2.Amusing play on WoW and LotR. Courtesy of Pimp Bob.

Okie, now I shall sleep.

Happy Chart

Just in case anyone thought that I was feeling down after that last post, please don't be mistaken. I've never felt better in recent months, but I just thought that some introspection was needed. As further proof of my emotional health, I present my happy chart.



See, I've never been happier now than anytime in the last few months. So no doom and gloom for me!!

Balance

Like the crazy ass dude in Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid says, Life is all about balance. How does one balance work with play? Study with rest? Committments and pleasures? I think everyone goes through his/her own life trying to do balance all their wants, needs, responsibilities and expectations. Some are more proficient at balancing than others and some know how to take time from one of their needs and to put them into one of their wants. Me, I'm just trying to recalibrate myself.

I believe that anything someone does, always starts out less than adequate, but with time and a positive attitude, that process will fine tune itself. However, there might be an issue of time-constraint. The process has to work within a definite time-scale or risk redundancy.

Now, I'm trying to balance a new paradigm shift in my life and I just hope that by the good graces of whoever/whatever that is out there, I can get it done. Because if I don't, I think the loss will be quite severe. So here's to trying, it rhymes with eventual success and gratification!! (Well, kinda, if you're drunk, and high on questionable substances. Okie, so sue me.)

In less introspective news, Life from Space? Or perhaps someone out there likes a sweet fix?

Bird Shit Magnet

Now after what happened this weekend, I'm afraid to park under trees already. In just 1 night, the whole right (passenger) side was covered in white, brown and grey. I took 30 minutes just to clean the windshield... And then there was the roof and the rear windshield... What a trying process. I hate birds with incontinence/IBS...

Sloth

Wow. It's been awhile since my last post. I'm just been so lazy. And so busy with reports. I know it seems contradictory, but that's the way it seems.

Lots of things happening in the past few weeks like me getting comments verification so no more spam comments. (Sorry Numero Duo) And bloggers getting sent into jail for "seditious" comments. That's so g4y. I mean, the beauty of the internet is, if it pisses you off, DON'T FUCKING READ IT!! The internet is full of people who believe their opinions are bigger than their genitalia but who says you have to go to a blog you don't like? That's so sadomasochist. Except perhaps minus the whips and other toys.

For FUCKS SAKE people, get a clue. And by people, I don't mean the awesomenessitic readers of this site. That was just a ranting kind of statement. YOU guys are awesomness personified.

I'll probably rant more in awhile. After I get more sleep.

$100000000000000000000000000000000000000

Warning, the words "Bill Gates" and "porno" appear in the following conversation.

Some background - we were discussing what would make me stay in the states, and one of the factors is my future pay. So thusly...

L: pay u $100000000000000000000000000000000000000
Z: yeah
Z: that's something special
Z: USD summore hor
L: ......
L: like that u dun need to work
L: bank also dun want to give u interest
L: lol
Z: haha
Z: i think they will loh
Z: that's like super instant capital for them to play with
Z: haha
L: hahaha
L: they buy bill gate
Z: haha
Z: yeah
Z: make him sell porno movies

Lives of the Rich and Famous

Well, not quite famous but at least rich. And he's my namesake too. So I wonder where I'll be 10 years from now. On the bright side, at least I'm like 134908023509825x more handsome than him. HA!

Random Stuff Late At Night

Well, the title says it all. So without further ado, I present to you the Sushi Panda.

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. =)