小弟弟

Hilarious. Since JC (or in american terms, HS) I can count the number of times I've been called "小弟弟" with 1 hand. But last night, I was called just that, and on internet radio too.

Interestingly enough, if I'm a younger kid, by checking out the DJ profiles on the site (which, I might add, has an amazing library of titles), I wonder how old the DJ really is. Considering that she didn't list her age (only given as "sexy") and I'm like older than almost everyone else.

For americans, there's Party Poker or Poker Stars. For Asians, there's VINAgames, or more specifically, Big 2!! It's free, convenient and is accesible anywhere with internet and Javascript. What a deal.

Anyone game to play?

Edit - I have ATROCIOUS writing. Ugh and NOBODY thought to point out my incomprehensible writings to me??

NKF = Whore ?

From the self-depreciating Neelia,

Right. I am not going to say that $600K is peanuts.. But at the request of dear Zueig, I present my side of the story.. or rather my pt of view. Don't slam me.

They need someone of calibre, of vision to head an organization like the NKF. It is a large organization no doubt. You can't take a cut from his salary, saying he doesn't deserve to be remunerated that much becoz it is a NON-profit organization. In that case, who wld actually work for these orgs? If you are saying those volunteers who spend their free time looking after the needy but get paid nothing, these volunteers have a full time day job to keep them alive. Durai's full time day job is heading the NKF. If he doesn't get remunerated here, he wldn't take on the job. I don't think many wld. We learn in economic theory that men are realists, rational pple. Getting paid $60K per mth (including bonus) is just a reflection of market mechanism. If you don't remunerate them enough, who will head the NKF? and I mean one of calibre....

That said, doesn't mean I condone what durai as done. Yes, first class flights and gold plated taps are bordering on overindulgence. But, I think the remuneration is fair. It just shld be disclosed.. so the public knows where their funds are headed and decide if they still want to donate.

That said, I am disappointed that many singaporeans have withdrawn their donations becos of the incident. Think it was common knowledge that the NKF is very cash rich, just that the tangible facts didn't come to light until recently. But pple withdrawing their funds, one after another, seemed to me, an emotional reaction of the poor man on the street vs the rich. The beneficiaries still need help. Withdrawing your funds wld only deprive the poor and needy of the little support they get from the NKF.

So let's go over what was said.

I agree that there is a need for someone with vision, drive and ability to lead. However, the caveat being that this is a publicly funded charity, people would EXPECT most (if not all) the money they donate to go to the needy, NOT the upper management. So 25K per month with a 12 month bonus with the perks (1st class travel, gold-plated bathroom fixtures) is GROSS indulgence on the part of the CEO. And on the perks, I would dare say is gross misuse of public trust. Surely the water won't turn into acid because it reacts with stainless steel taps? And business class, first class, it's still the same plane, if it crashes, you still die.

No wonder they wanted to keep their pay secret. Why would the public donate (and essential fund) an organisation that puts earning money above helping the people the money is supposed to go to? I can't remember where I read it, but I read that something like $0.10+ for every dollar donated goes to actually helping the patients. The rest, I guess, goes to ensuring the upper management gets "fair" recompense. It's a Brilliant rack, you have only overhead and minimal amout of wages to worry about. Half of the people doing the grunt work are volunteers who work for free, so even MORE money can go into your pocket. Wow.

You mentioned that 60K per year is fair value for someone in that position. I would agree if it's a private for-profit company. However, it seems like in order to get the 60K per, certain very questionable practices were engaged. 12 month bonus? OMG. That's just greedy. Just as it is greedy to keep asking for donations (and blatantly lying to the public) when they already have 200+ million in reserves which can last another THIRTY years!! Looks like the Board had forgotten that NKF is a NON-Profit organisation.

I didn't know that NKF was THAT rich. And maybe it's because I'm not back home often, but I don't think that kind of information is splashed across the headlines of the news. i think it's fair that people withdraw, because what's the point in donating to an organisation that, without further donations, can last another 30 years (bearing major catastrophes)? Also, if I were to feel like donating, I would rather give to the Kidney Dialysis Foundation or Red Cross(links are given in the previous post). The NKF is playing the "Oh pity the poor patients" card when they are sitting on a veritable treasure trove of (morally questionably acquired) money. The NKF doesn't deserve any sympathy. It got itself into this trouble, it can get itself out of it (with that nice 200+ million it has).

Besides, even IF you donated to the NKF, there's no guarentee that (with the current practices) most of your money will ever reach the patients. I read somewhere that only less than $0.20 per dollar donated ever gets to the patients. At that rate, I'd rather toss the money to hobos on the street. They get a greater rate of return on my money.

See? No harsh words. I didn't even say F*CK once.

FUCK NKF. Okie, now I have.

P.S - C'mon, lets hear what you have to say. Surely Neelia isn't the only one from Singapore who actually has an opinion? Don't let people say we are an apathetic nation!!

P.P.S - Weird sounding phrases:

Talking about mosquitoes
"Sucks to be well, sucked"

Talking about Photoshop-ping pictures
"NO WAY am I letting u deface, my erm face"

I guess the "NON" in Non-profit just went to hell.

First off, let me congratulate 형님. See I told you it would be 괜찮아.

EDIT - Looks like the whole thing is OVER before I could post this entry. Cos I felt sleep was more important than finishing this entry...

Well I was going to link to a petition to ask singaporeans to sign to call for the resgination of the CEO, but I think most singaporeans are happier that not only the CEO stepped down, but the whole Board also resigned.

I think there wasn't any other way to go. The NKF couldn't have explained why it has such huge reserves, paid its CEO such obscene (for a Non-Profit Organisation) amounts of money and the perks it gave to upper management. Especially when it used to portray itself as a relatively tight-budget charity, with only 3 years reserves (instead of the actual 30). Such decit from a well-known (and formerly well-respected) charity is very disturbing. Plus, the patron was the wife of our Senior Minister. I wonder if she was in the know about all the numbers or just a figurehead for the organisation?

I just want to say that the CEO was a FUCKER. And I'd bet he was Forced to resign due to public pressure. The NKF deserves its fate, if you want alternatives to help the less fortunate, the Kidney Dialysis Foundation or Red Cross are more deserving of your good-intentions (and monies).

EDIT - Unstruck what I struck through previously cos the saga isn't over and it's really hard to read with a line across the letters. What do you guys think? Leave A Comment! Show your interest in Community (if you're singapore)/ Foreign (everyone else who actually bothered to read the reports) affairs!

Next, a little disclaimer. I'm not the most morally upright person in the world, nor this postal district, hell, I might not even be the most morally upright person in this block, but any evil I partake in is a "small" evil, if you will. Downloading stuff, littering, jaywalking and the like. Having said that, I would also like to say that I'm typing this at 330am while waiting for my hair to dry, so I'm sure that there will be mistakes in what I will say next. Lastly, this is for SINGAPOREANS only. Other people can take a look if they want to see what's the hoo-hah all about (or if they want to play "Spot Zu31G's mistakes") but if you're singaporean and you don't take a look, Shame on You.

But given all of that, this is so fucked up. If you're too lazy to actually click and go take a lot, a brief (possibly biased) summary:

1. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ran a story on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) last year, alleging that the NKF had installed gold-plated bathroom fixtures in the CEO's private office bathroom.

2. NKF sued SPH and the reporter for defamation.

3. In court, NKF was forced to reveal the salary of its CEO (25K per month, a cool 600 grand a year, inclusive of a 12 month bonus) and the various perks the upper executives have (like travelling via first class, hiring expats from over 17 different countries).

4. Keeping in mind that the NKF bills itself as (or rather, is registered as) a not-for-profit charitable organization, the public was rather enraged at the CEO extravagence.

Something like that.

Ask A Stupid Question...

Like so:

J: hey
J: how do you spell pia?
Z: P-I-A

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Haha, what a classic. Folks, this is what happens when you don't think before you type.

Nothing really much to say today. Just wanted to share that faux pas. Can't wait to go home and leave this place behind. Homesickness is indeed a powerful urge.

Well I'll be

Ever heard about people who photoshop pictures? Just to make them look better? Well, I always thought those kind of people were myth, but it turns out that they are very very much walking amongst us. I present proof of their existence:

Zueig: still working on the PC?
A: yeapz
A: photoshop
Z: wat's wrong with photoshup? (I truncated my nick to Z. To long to type.)
A: haha
Z: Oh, u doing ur own pics so look better issit??
A: i m photoshoppingmy pics
A: yeah
Z: OMGGGGGGGGGGG

OMG indeed. Now I know better and shall view the world thru a photoshop-ped lense.

NEW VOCABULARY, courtesy of Ah Seng.

Pissifying - what happens when your fullhouse loses to a 4 of a kind TWICE in the same game. And just to clarify, I wasn't the one who was pissified. Haha, what a loser. LOL

P.S - The washing machine looks like a pretty innocent machine right? A little noisy maybe but just rumble rumble rumble and tada your clothes get cleaned. However, this is a fallacy. They are sneaky little buggers that like to make items of clothing disappear. So be afraid, be very afraid, the next time you need to use one. It's better to lose a sock than to mess with the dark forces...

Good Idea Bad Idea...

1G. Writing things down so you can self-reflect.
1B. Forgeting to erase said writings so everyone who came in after you can read your innermost thoughts.

2G. Taking out the trash before it rains.
2B. Procrastinating until it rains.

3G. Getting a cellphone...
3B. That sucks so badly cos it isn't 3G (har har har. Punned.)

4G. Going to your boss' office to get your time-slip signed.
4B. But staying long enough so that you get arrowed. Ugh.

5G. Save the Earth! Use less disposable gloves!
5B. Letting Distilled Deionised Water onto your hands cos you saved the Earth...


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Okie, on a more serious note, I'm no superhero. I'm a super shmuck. I don't have superpowers, well at least no cause to use them anymore. But I do need a reason, a reason to believe that it was innocent and not pre-mediated. I want to believe that life's cool, so please just give me a reason.

P.S - You guys wanna see how a good boyfriend behaves? I'm DEFINITELY taking classes from Zee. (The entry is "The Best Boyfriend In The Whole Wide World")

P.P.S - I HATE FIREWALLS... FINALLY, after a total of 300 online hours, I have my precious Saiyuki Reload. Which is an AWESOMENESSISTIC series. 300 hours!! Why? Cos my stupid torrent could never go green on me... Farking Firewall. Ooo aliteration!!

P.P.P.S - I KNOW that there are a few punctuation errors in this post. But I can't quite put a finger on it. Zee? Any help? "."? Anyone?

P.P.P.P.S - Okie, changed some of the punctuation. Should be better now eh? And remember folks, if it ain't punctuation, IT DUN COUNT!! And I mean YOU, Ms Ball.

Sad Case I Am

It's the 4th of July weekend and I'm stuck at home and will be in the lab on the actual holiday tomorrow. Talk about a lack of a social circle huh. I think in this case, I (most unfortunately) win a certain nerdy accountant who likes reading manuals before bed. (Okie, maybe a little embellishment over there. But hey, artistic licence, so bite me.)

Justice League Unlimited is AWESOME. ANY animated DC cartoon is AWESOME. They are the very essence of awesomeness. JLU, Teen Titans, The Batman, Batman:The Animated Series, Superman (I didn't watch so much of this), don't think I missed anything else. These are AWESOMENESSISTICISM!! Gosh, I can't stop expounding the greatness of these cartoons. 6 thumbs up.

Seth Mcfarlene likes retro songs. And thanks to him, I am getting in touch with more and more old hits.

Lastly, simple games are still the best. Minesweeper is an old love I rediscovered thanks to my bro. New Best Time is only 139 seconds... I still have aways to go before I regain my former glory of sub-90 expert clearings.

I have SUPERPOWERS

You know, in every superhero story, there is always a question of origin. How did he/she get their awesome(ness) powers? I think I got mine by a cosmic incident that altered my being. From that mess, I emerged with the power to make people unhappy.

But with great power comes great responsibility and I'm not sure that unleashing such power is a wise decision. After all, the incident has only just passed and I might be unstable due to it's occurance and who really knows how it has changed me?

But I swear that I can feel the shock gradually wear off and replaced by anger. Will it reach a critical point? I can't tell. I hope not. I'd rather not turn a lose situation into a lose-lose, but sometimes, you go with what life gives you. And if life bites you with a radioactive spider, you go out and catch some flies...

Some other, less introspective thoughts,

1. THINK before answering any question posed to you by a professor, especially one who is in-charge of your work.

2. Apparently, the phrase "young and innocent" if and when applied to a young man, is some code for "Eat more. We are counting on you to finish the food."

3. Brand new equipment is SOOOO much nicer to play with than old equipment. At the very least, you don't need to troubleshoot it at all.

4. And we will fade into the night with a "ChEEEEE BAIIIIIIIII".

There is Justice in This World.

I know it's bad form to post more than once in a day, but DAMN, I have an announcement to make.

Dear Champions Of Excellence,

GO CHECK YOUR INBOXES!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will not regret it.

Amen.

Kan Ni Nah Lah.
Hidup terlalu pendek untuk bermain-main.

雨过天晴？

Recently, it's been more naturaly to use Chinese to express what I feel, but what the hell, I try not to neglect my non-Chinese speaking readers.

Well, it seems like the big truth is out. Big in the metaphorical sense I guess, cos it's not really that earth-shattering and quite obvious I hazard, to the people who have all the facts. How am I supposed to feel? Resentful? Angry? Jealous? Relieved? Congratulatory? I don't really know.

All I know is that it will be an interesting Spring next year. And by next year I mean 2006. And if anyone wants to know more, please PM me. But to those who are 1. Not FUBARED, 2. Not CHampions of Excellence, it's really 1. None of your business, 2. What 1. said.

Another thing I know is that life is full of Fe-y. Good old Fe. (Cookie to anyone who can tell me this. Shouldn't take too long and I mean you, ".".)

The weather is getting a lil' bit cooler now, with all the rain and what not. Thank godness. Camping out (or at least, staying longer) at the lab was really looking quite attractive. It seems Ms Ball thinks that I am actively trying to taunt her. Well, minta maaf lah. Not purposely one hor. I was just pointing out that it WOULD have been a "-" but I guess if noone does it, it's more of a " ". Once again, if you missed it, MINTA MAAF.

Okie, just a couple of random phrases in languages I (kinda) know. And when I mean kinda, I mean barely and by barely I meant hopeless incompetent. You get the drift.

1. 凡事不后悔。
2. Aku memang akan mengatasi semua masalah.
3. 怒ってないけどちょっと傷ついた。

Okie, so by random I meant the jumbled mess of emotion. Go figure.

Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

Peace.
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Hmm, actually, I think that some of us are collectively hitting the summer siansation wall. Nothing better to do so life loses it's edge. Well cheer up guys, at least we are not in Guantanomo Bay. Or... At least we are not in Guantanomo Bay. Heh.

Lastly, a joke I just heard.

How do hip-hop sushis greet one another? Wasabi.

LoL. C'mon it was funny.

伤心

信赖被辜负的感觉真痛苦...

|_4|\| |)140 |_140...

133+ in Chinese.

其实,再次想一想,不是真的被背叛.可是,还是很大的惊讶.是不是渐渐的离开了吗?

必须做的事,偏偏做不到.为什么?为何这样折磨自己呢?我不知道.真的不知道.这是所谓人生的悲伤吧.想了就烦,干脆忘了吧!可是那也很难.

edit - Cleaned up the grammar. Props to A-E.

Finding Air-Conditioning

HAHA!! I realised that there is A/C in the apartment!! Sweet merciful relief!! I just have to sleep in the living room from now onwards.

A warm welcome to our dear Asian-Eskimo to the blogosphere. Now he'll know what's it like to have a pandering audience like all you good folk out there. Thank you very much! Keep on coming!! And I'll be accepting gift cards to Best Buy as well.

Lastly, I pwned Paper Mario:Thousand Year Door's uber-dungeon, the Pit of 100 trials. But not before I kicked the bloody power adaptor at level 91 and didn't save... (not that I could, mind you. But it's still frustrating.)

P.S - Batman Begins will kick the ass of any movie you might be considering (with the possible exception of War of the Worlds, but then again, I liked that H.G Wells classic), so don't even think about missing it for some other humdrum movie.

Death Becomes Heat

Meeelllltttttiiiinnnnggggg

The lab is looking more and more inviting nowadays. At least it has airconditioning...

I write this with the understanding that I might spontaneously combust in this horrid weather any second now. It is important to preserve for posterity so here are my thoughts for any of my progeny. (Where will they come from if I burn up? I have no idea, but I always wanted to say that word. Progeny. Makes me sound cheem and virile.)

1. Getting a summer apartment without A/C is like getting sentenced to be baked/roasted alive.

2. 你们最近可能发觉到我们的Ball小姐一直在tagboard上面写东西。好无聊哦。一定很爽。。。

3. I'm proud to be an accquaintance of the 2005 Best Aki. Congrats joode. When I get back, you can belanjar me. (Not like stupid GaWee bluff money one...)

4. I wish I had A/C.

5. Or a large swimming pool.

6. But I only have ice-cream this summer. Damn.

For people who game...

DO NOT PLACE YOUR POWER ADAPTER ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR FOOT!!

Doing so might cause 2 hours of playtime and 3 levels of hard earned experience to go DoDo on you (i.e byebye).

I'm such a sucker. I said I wouldn't watch the Finals but I was still there (although in my defence, I didn't watch the 4th quarter and I was just hoping Flopnoblie would break his nose). But life's a bitch and the Spurs win. I don't care about that but Flopnoblie didn't even get a scratch... Damn.

Seems like Ms Ball has marshalled greater "chee-hong ang moh" powers and has (all of a sudden) gained an amazing cognizance of the japanese language. All the power to her. But 她还不会讲华语. Haha.

P.S - Zueig Hebat!! (Why? Because it is so.)

P.P.S - A/C rocks. Nothing beats an A/C-ed place in summer. It's better than fire and sliced bread. Just below sex in the "Most Important Things To Man" rankings.

There is no $ in Cha-Ching...

Damn, I just reali$ed that I don't have a chance to u$e the "$" $ign to de$cribe the title. $till, I gue$$ thi$ make$ up for it. In $ome $ort of way. A$ you guy$ can probably tell already - PayDay Baby!!

In other new$, a certain a$ian$-e$kimo HAD (and again I empha$i$e HAD) a liking for animal$ of the genu$ Chelonia. 0.o!! o.0!! OMGZORZ!! Haha, thi$ i$ $uch a private joke.

Al$o, it $eem$ like my dairy-ba$ed friend has FINALLY made up hi$ mind about a certain girl. $o all I have to $ay is "Good Luck and may the Force Be With You".

Edit - Seems like our poor (literally and figuratively) Ms Ball is working pro bono and has to seek solace in World Of Warcraft. Awww poor thing. Now she makes me feel better about my 1.17 * min wage pay.

Titles BAbY!

Wow. I finally managed to get titles on my posts. Damn I'm a moron.

Anyways, just some random thoughts for this post.

1. It has not been a good start of the week for me. First my knee gets a little swollen cos of basketball and then I poke myself while trying to fix some equipment. Then I forgot to submit my bi-weekly reports in (which I have to do later). Lastly, there's a bloody bug in my room that refuses to stay put and let me smack it. So annoying.

2. I'm amazed at the very "matter of fact" way females deal with their own body. I was at the supermarket yesterday and saw a girl trying to decide what brand to use to help with the er, leakage(?). And she was just like choosing stuff and comparing them like the way I would compare apples. Guess the wild wild world of feminine needs will remain just that for me.

3. Fireflies!! Fireflies are out. Soooo pretty. Moving lights. Flying green lights against the blackness of the night sky is quite an enchanting vision (to me anyway, and this is MY blog. So there.).

4. Bad Japanese: 時々昔いの夏の事思い出してる時懐かしいな。。。でも終ったこともう終った。なにもう変わられなかった。 Corrected Japanese: たまに去年の夏休みの事を考えると悲しくなる。でももう過ぎた事は変えられないのでしょうがないと思う。Too bad. Life goes on...

5. I'm hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.........

Edit - Cleaned up my japanese. (Confirmed)

I'm sure most of the people in the States have some knowledge of MGM Vs Grokster basically a challenge between the recording industry and the technology industry. I'm quite biased against the RIAA cos I think the music executives are a bunch of heavy-handed, arrogant, greedy people. Yes, this probably is a very very sweeping statement and they have a case, but who wants to root for the favourites? Everybody would rather cheer on the underdog that fights the good fight than the incumbent that takes everything for granted.

And now it seems that there is another measure that the recording industry is trying to take to clamp down on the masses.

It's really quite disgusting actually I think. How they expect to control the masses listening/purchasing habits just to fund their tunnel-visioned industry. I agree that people (myself included) download songs from the internet without paying for them. And morally, that's wrong. However how can they expect to emerge from this with a shining image by doing all these actions? First they sue people, regardless of income and age (like the teenages who Kazaa can pay a grand for every song they downloaded) then now they try to impose themselves on after-sales activities? The people who download may be in the wrong, but from their actions they don't come across as angels. Not by a far shot. It's more of a "If we can't get rich from the (mostly) shitty stuff we produce, we'll just sue the cash out of everyone poor bastard that has every downloaded something from us, even if they are just kids who haven't realised that they are just downloading routinely, thoughtlessly manufactured tunes."

Well, don't need to take it from me. Who am I but some stupid dude with too much time on my hands. Why not take a listen to Mark Cuban, co-owner of HDnet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks?

Haha. Linkage overload. I couldn't really be bothered to arrange the links in chronological order, sorry about that. And Mark Cuban has a reputation for being unconventional (as I'm sure you'll find out if you read more entries) so take what he says with a pinch of salt. But hey, the guy has a NBA team and I don't, so maybe his ideas actually have something to it?

Happy Birthday to MamDuh!!

Kyo ha tanjyoubi dakara, tanoshinde kudasai yo!

And to "You Know Who You Are", that was lucky...

Here's a tip for all the people out there. Hydrochloric acid fumes are BAD. Do NOT let them get ANYWHERE near your face... It's not like your face will scar or corrode but your life expectancy will definitely drop a few days at least.

And that's today's safety warning from Zueig, part of the "Let's Live Longer" campaign. Cheers.

P.S - Father's Day is the 19th of June!! Go do something about it peeps!! I know I've done something already.

P.P.S - Been listening to old songs a lot recently and I just had to add this. Dum Da Da Dum,Tat tat,Dumm Da, Can't Touch This!!

형님,괜찮아.

Don't worry about it man. Everything will be okie. Be strong. =D

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***WARNING - RACIST JOKE***



Th3No0b: Im going to be the next hitler
Th3No0b: Im going to kill all the jews and 1 clown
RageAgainsttheAmish: why the clown
Th3No0b: See? no one cares about the jews
RageAgainsttheAmish: lmao

Yes, it may be racist, but it's still funny. Courtesy of the wild wild frontier called IRC.

Detriot has FINALLY shown some signs of being the (so called) World Champions. While I still hate both teams, I hate Detriot less so if I have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea, I hope the Pistons repeat. And break Flopnobli's nose in the process. And failing which, just breaking Flopnobli's nose will be just as good.

I realise that I've been a little heavy on the rhetoric recently but I just post and comment on what I read online. Like this - Nintendo isn't going down in flames. But it's not doing all the things the fans want (namely a KICKASS system that will give the Smack Down on the PS3 and XBOX360). Personally, I just hope DDR with Mario will be fun.

Came across this song,"爱计较" by Fish Leong (梁静茹) and the tale it weaves is quite true for any relationship breaking down. With apologies again to people who can't read Chinese, here are the lyrics:

对他会微笑陪我却睡著
话越来越少你说随便就好
不想争吵却很烦恼
以前都说好怎么现在都说不要

你不知道我爱计较因为你重要
太重要你对谁都好就是对我不够好
不够好我的话你会听多少
听多少难道我要对你发出最后警告

最近我迟到仍然比你早
爱情在感冒应该如何是好
把你丢掉又做不到
以前的美好怎么现在都变无聊

你不知道不再计较代表不重要
太重要你比谁都好就是对我不够好
不够好我想要的不只是拥抱
想拥抱更想的到我们爱情原来味道
得不到难道这样要求对你也算太高

How true it is sometimes...

P.S - I know I haven't brought t3h F4r|\|13 in awhile. Sorrie lah. Sometimes people have to think deeply too you noe...

A (in fact, THE ONLY) reply about my previous post from "."

Ware on this one, bro. Whilst I'm certainly on the same page as you with regards to this argument, a word of caution about aligning oneself too fully to the "China cause" - just cause you're Chinese and possibly feel some empathy with the Chinese folk, doesn't necessarily mean that the feeling is mutual. Your standing, amongst the Chinese, is probably in this order: PRC > Hongkonger > Ang Moh > Taiwanese > ... > you. Yeah, that's about how much they care about you.

That aside however, I do believe that the American government or media does have a bone to pick with China. China is the proverbial scapegoat for all of their problems - budget deficits, unemployment, defence spending... It's just such hubris to always look to external sources for the causes of internal decay. No retrospection. No self-examination. As the Chinese say, "反省". I guess it's easy for the government to redirect attention and blame towards China all the time, I just can't believe that the thinking American public would swallow it hook, line and sinker.

The fact of the matter is, it isn't about human rights. It isn't about corruption, or the rights of the Taiwanese, or freedom of speech. It's about the US being scared. Scared that it's position as the only dipshit-who-can-kick-everyone's-asses economically or militarily might one day be undermined by another nation, another people. China will never out-tech America militarily.

Come on, even though China does spend signifant amounts on its defence budget, America's spending far outweighs China's. So unless future US presidents insist on obsessing over Star Wars-ish missile defence shields and other inordinately expensive projects with meagre returns, China will never be on equal footing with America militarily. And besides, who is the US to question China's right to build up a respectable defence force? After all, the US wasn't the nation that was invaded, defeated and forced to unfair treaty terms in the Opium Wars. My knowledge of US history is sketchy at best (so I would gladly bow to superior knowledge in this area), but the only notable war I can recall being fought on US soil would be the Civil War. What gives them the right to critise another nation's defence spending? "Since no nation threatens China, one wonders: Why this growing investment?", I quote the ever quotable Donald Rumsfield. Oh really? And which nation threatens the US? Whatever antagonism the US has garnered from the rest of the world is fully deserved. You would have thought they would have learnt their lesson about sticking their noses in other people's businesses by now.

Economically, sure, there may be a real threat there (I gather this from reading newspapers articles and not from self-professed knowledge, given that I know da shits about Econs 101). But once again, America has no one to blame but itself. The US has grown overly comfortable in its role as sole economic superpower, causing it to overspend dramatically. Like seriously, how can the world's richest nation also have the largest debt? And a current accounts deficit AND a budget deficit? Like... wow. The US should be thankful,in fact, that China keeps gobbling up its Treasury Bonds, since its economy would suffer a bad shock should China suddenly decide stocking up on US Treasury Bonds isn't such a great idea. And the thing about China stealing jobs? That's just plain bullshit. It's blatant protectionism and politics. Period. Every damn report has indicated that shifting low cost production to China is beneficial to the US economy in general. But hey, I guess some folk hear and don't listen.

Ok, enough about economics. One more point to quibble before I sign off. "China does have a lousy human rights track record, is still quite corrupt and is basically an aristocracy..." Yeah? How about Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib? At least China isn't hypocritical and calls a spade a spade. What about the political protesters who were chased off the streets when George Bush came to town to campaign (I read this in an article somewhere, but if you challenge me on it, I'll just concede seeing as I can't remember where)? Like hello, 1st amendment, anyone? Corruption? Don't tell me it doesn't occur in the States. Private campaign donations? Enron & WorldCom? I can't remember if Xerox was mired in scandal as well... And the US, being a bipartisan nation, will not necessarily do better than an aristocracy - after all, both parties have their support groups so mired in their own stances that it is nigh impossible for either party to change their party rhetoric and hope to get elected. So, for better or for worse, they'll be plodding, more or less, along the same old paths.

And last, you didn't mention this point, but I simply have to, since it bugs the hell out of me that the States has such obvious double standards. 'The world has to abide by the decisions of the UN. Well, except myself of course, since I KNOW for a fact that that bastard Saddam is hiding WOMD in his half-assed desert, and hence I can ignore the UN and fight a unilateral, PREEMPTIVE war. Ya see, it's not enough I fight other peoples' wars, now I gotta start 'em too!' And of course 'We demand that China abides by its new responisbilities as a respectable member of the WTO. Open up your damn markets, and unpeg your currency, dammit! Of course, even though the WTO has official abolished all import quotas and restrictions as of January 2005, I don't give a booyah! And Europe is forced to follow my lead in reimposing import quotas as a result. Oh yeah, I'm the fairest nation around.' And don't even get me started on the Bryd Amendment. So please... who is the US to pass judgement on anyone?

Haha, reading through all this, I realised I kinda went off tangent (perhaps even way off) with regards to the interesting article posted (which is simply about US public opinion on China, nothing to do with US fiscal policies and stuff), but what the hell, I typed it all out, no way I'm gonna delete it and just leave. So, for better or worse, here are the comments.

Couple of things to note:

1. I'm not too sure about the pecking order you've just written. Probably the Americans are No.1 (with regards to PRCs)and(most likely) Taiwanese No.2 but after that, it's really a push I think. In terms of significance do you think they really care more about HK than Singapore? Even if they do, I'm sure it's something to do with SARS.

2. I agree about the logic about China's defence spending. I forgot the website but I think that the defence budget of the States pwns the next 15-25 most weapon-rich countries. So it is indeed hypocritical of them.

3. I belive that the first word is actually a typo. (S)He probably meant "we are". In fact, there are a few more errors but I'm sure (s)he was not too interested in being very thorough in a 600+ word comment.

In the end, however, whatever flaws the States has, it doesn't mean that we can ignore China's totalitarian regime. And even though China might (and probably will) never see us as a strategic ally, I guess it's just the Chinese bit (okie, whole) in me that wants to see some AZN pride lay the smack down on Dubya. Although this scene is HIGHLY unlikely to occur, considering that China only has 3 more years to make this wish a reality. Maybe it can do so with little Jebbie instead.

Still, I think that the States is still a very alluring place. Even though I might seem to be bashing it now, there are still many many things I like about it. "Whose Line Is It Anyway" for example. Or the NBA. Or having the freedom to actually write about it with relatively little fear of getting sued. Or having the chance to interact with 3214392805 other races and cultures. I just wish that the administration would be less obnoxious and listen less to the neo-cons.

In other news,

1. MJ is innocent!

2. OMG!! How far will evangelists go to convert people? (Evangelists deserve their own separate post.)

3. (To my brother) Dude, I had like the most fscked up dream about u & C. I dreamt that u were faking me about C and then like u brought her back for dinner. I choked on a mushroom when I saw u 2 2gether. O.O haha. Must have ate too much before I slept. But just FYI.

Interesting article about (North American) public opinion on the emergence of China on to the global scene.

I don't really know what to make of it. On the one hand, China does have a lousy human rights track record, is still quite corrupt and is basically an aristocracy (And we know how aristocracies turn out right? eg. French Revolution). However, it seems as if the situation over there is improving and perhaps the (North) Americans are worried about their own dominance on the global scene being threatened by the new kid on the block? Maybe after years of being the only superpower in the world, the States (okie, I can't really speak for Canada, cos I don't know nothing aboot it) is fretting that soon, when it says "Jump" people will not only NOT say "How high" but instead will say "What for?".

I'm definitely biased in this case. I hope that China cleans up its act (ideally within the next 10-20 years) and shows the world that Asians are more than pretty Japanese/Korean/Taiwanese school girls with weird fetishes.

Perhaps then, the Americans will realise the hubris they have had for the last 20 odd years or so and try to integrate into the global society instead of trying to play Punk'd with everybody else.

I do realise that this desire to see China emerge is fuelled in part by a desire to see the States taken down a notch or two. But I don't think it's malicious. It's more of a "just desserts" kind of feeling. I'm sure the people who heard me argue this out at Starbucks can vouch for me. (Right guys? *wink wink*)

Well, that's just how I feel personally. In any case, I think that China can't be stopped. It's really a rising dragon. So everyone will have to adapt to the new socio-economic landscape whether they like it or not.

P.S - Let's hear what you guys think okie? If you're scared of detention or anything, use a fake name.

Few quickie posts.

1. THANKS Kwong. That really made my day. =)

2. New Pics are UP! Don't know if you guys had realised earlier that "Dayat's Birthday" & "Spring Fest" were up already but now you do. Also, the MUCH awaited "Last Days of Spring" aka Summer Vacation is also up.

3. My paycheck got delayed cos my boss didn't return from vacation early enough to sign my time slip... Ugh. No cha-ching for me this week. On the bright side though, this means I will get a UBER-cash out the next time( To anyone who earns significantly above min. wage, please spare me the humiliation). Certainly something to look forward to.

4. Eat your veggies.

Fscked. Sprained my hand. Can't type properly...

This post is pathetically short and now that my hand is a little better, I'm going to flesh this one out.

现在已经凌晨1点了。这种夜晚就是会使人怀念。

一生中最可惜的就是和以前经常有交往的朋友，因为越来越忙，而失去联络。希望有一天我能再次跟已经和我失去联络的朋友见个面。更希望的是能和我现在的好友保持联络，不要让他们成为我的后悔。

因为我出国留学，我在祖国的朋友不算多。可是，他们就是我的结拜兄弟。不管我有喜有难，我知道"they got my back", 一定会支持我的。这样我就说声“谢谢”。

而在这里的好友们，我发誓一定会尽力和你们保持联络的！绝不会让我们大学毕业之后渐渐失去联络。因为好友一定要珍惜。除了亲戚之外，就是朋友了。

My apologies if you can't understand the above, but I felt that it would be best if I tried to convey my feelings in chinese.

Another interesting note, Ah Seng never never uses the UPPERCASE. Wonder why?

Recently, me and a few friends were discussing about life in the States vs life back home. The conclusions are not up to me to say because I'm aware of the ISA and Guantanamo Bay and I'm deathly afraid of both. But let me present some thoughts about life in the States.

1. Religion is on the rise here. And by religion I mean Christianity and Catholicism (tricky spelling there). This resurgence of religious fervour is coupled with a thinner and thinner distinction between the Church and State. This can be seen by the openly pro-conservative stances the Bush administration takes on the right to die and abortion, the two issues the conservatives want to change right now.

This has caused some vague sense of uneasiness as the States is a big country, with about 300 million people (5th most populous nation in the world).

This was supposed to be some deep, thoughtful and analytical piece on the affect of the State on the Church and vice versa here. However, it's just too hard. Religion is such a touchy subject, discussing it(at my level) would be something I don't have the time and energy to see through. So I'll just leave it as: Religion - What's yours is yours and damned if you try to force it on your neighbour.

*Please don't flame me*

2. Is it just me? Or is there some kind of spam bot that randomly hits on your page from some other poor unsuspecting blogspot site? Please confirm for me peeps.

Wow. Just got back from the lab (on a Sunday no less). WOW! Nobody has zinged me about my pic yet. I'm amazed. It's benn about 24 hours already. And NOTHING. AM I THAT INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE?? Diss me already!!

Here are the rants of a service sector worker. Awww. Poor thing. I would just like to say that while I'm sure some people act like that, some of the Indians I've met here are cool. Like Milkshake cool (I don't even know if he's paying attention). So I guess that there are all sorts of people for every race. Ah Seng just got unlucky.

People, especially those back home, cross your fingers for me as I try to figure a way to go back this August. I don't know how exactly, but I want to try. Cos I realise that if I don't go back now and do actually get a job here next year, winter(i.e Dec) will be my only chance to go home and see my family and friends. And you can NEVER have too much time to see family and friends. So dang it. I want to go back. (Actually, only those back home need to cross their fingers. I'm sure there are some peeps here that will be glad to see me go. PFFFTT to them)

To placate the masses =）

TADA! My new short hair. Really really convenient. Especially now with the weather being really sunny and hot and me running low on shampoo.

I bought the wrong type of rice. It's the sushi kind. Problem is, I don't make sushi. And the rice just hardens up in the fridge. Damn. Have to go and buy more rice again I guess.

Other Thoughts:

1. Mr Stephon S. is one lucky dawg. Goddamn S.O.B!!! ARGHAGRHAGRHGAR.

2. Payday is NEXT WEEK!! WOOTZORZ^2!!

3. Seems like other people too have had their go at the emotional rollercoaster. Well to them, I say all the best. We are still young. Plenty of time to be "dangerous". (Okie, so that was a lame reference. Bite me.)

4. Here's to hoping that the money man "Flash" Wade is up and running and will be whacking Detroit's sorry ass on Monday. BEAT DETROIT!!!!!!!!

Finally got my hair cut. It was getting way to messy up there to manage. Now it's a lot shorter and I don't need to dry my hair before I sleep.

Re-installed windows on my laptop. And it COMPLETELY screwed up my monitor settings. Now I have a black bar about 1 inch thick on the right side of my screen... Help anyone? Please?

My downstairs neighbour(s) should be in a strait jacket for his (their) own safety. (Okie, I'm gonna assume it's them to clear up the grammar.) They are shit-assed crazies. Banging on their ceiling (my floor) seems to be their favourite hobby and they will follow me around to do it too. And it's not even like I'm jumping up and down or blasting music at all. Although when I get DDR with Mario all bets are off.

But still, I'm trying not to derive pleasure from making them do that. Cos in order to change, I have to get over the fact that getting even makes me happy. I'm better than those aurally challenged people living below me. Haha, in fact, they ARE below me already. Har har. Props to Miss Sim for pointing out how I should treat people like these.

A few parting words though, IF you are one of them, Suck It You Shitheads.

There, I feel all better now.

Finally can get my cooking up and running. With rice, life is good again. I can actually cook dishes and stuff and eat it with a staple. Ahh. =)

Went jogging yesterday. My first time this millennia. And I just got KILLED doing it... Restart from babysteps I guess. But at least I tried. Now the only thing to do is to keep the momentum rolling. Gotta keep my fingers crossed.

Was just reading about the NBA in general after seeing the Spurs lose. FINALLY the Suns were able to get a stop in the 4th quarter... I don't like the Suns, but I absolutely HATE the Spurs. Ever since they got Toni "I'm Spastic" Parker and Flopnobli. Flopnobli walks every single time he drives. He could walk to the convenience store around the corner and back and the refs won't call it. But I digress. The main thing I wanted to say is this. Mark Cuban may be way over the top, but I like this post. I'm sure everyone wants to hit their big one too. So here's to trying, rhymes with dying (quick, fantasy buffs, where did I plagiarise that quote from?).

So some clarification, I think what Mark Cuban writes is quite inspiring. だから、私もう頑張ります。

I just bought RICE!! Haha. Finally can get down to some serious cooking and not with dishes and that kinda stuff... Awesomeness.

Wow. First truly relaxing night of my work life. Going to R&R good.

But ever watched an ad and didn't know what was the name of the song? Try this site to aid in your purchasing/downloading (which ever gets you going man, NO innuendo at all) aims.

And Zu31G has Sp0k5n.

A lesson to all the Fanboys (girls) out there. What on Earth where they thinking?

A little more musings about vacation. (The pics will be uploaded soon)

1. I guess that modern art is not for me. Even if I tried, only maybe about 30% of all the stuff I saw in the Museum of Modern Art made sense. Perhaps people like Miss Huay and Miss Sim might beg to differ, but frankly, a line across a page art is not. (To me anyways)

2. I missed the Nintendo World opening!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. It was nice meeting up with friends and relatives that I haven't seen in awhile. It's always nice to see a friendly face in a sea of strangers.

4. Boston is very picturesque. It's not a big place, but it's pretty and still has a decent amount of activity. Not like some other university town I know of...

5. Chicago has GREAT pizza. It's near ESPN Zone and it's really really awesome. But it takes like 45 minutes to make, so better order early.

6. Hotel Wacker really is a BUDGET hotel. It's not expensive for it's location, but when they mean no frills, they mean no room service, no linen changing, stained carpets and the occasional cockroach. But it's only 2 blocks away from Michigan Ave (The Magnificent Mile).

7. Which leads to a lot of shopping. It's simply MIND-BOGGLING how much shopping people can do. On this trip, I learnt about brands of fashion that I never even knew existed. Quite informational, but the walking!! For the love of God, the walking!!

8. Lastly, if Gary reads this, Good Buy man.

Edit: Come on guys, if I make a mistake, please correct me (privately)!

Beware the 8th of June!! While I'd have to admit that it doesn't have the oomph of "Ides of March", "8th of June" is still a very very important date. It's the date of my FIRST EVER paycheck!!

Haha. It seems really weird that someone is so happy about paying potential taxes. But the thing is I might not even have to pay tax at all! (Considering the puny amount I'm paid, that might not be very surprising.)

But why fret over $$ when the sun is shining, the skies are blue and there is that tantalising smell of chemical solvents in the air? I'm gonna try to make better use of my time in summer to improve my languages and try to get in shape.

I don't know which one has a better shot.

Btw, here is a conversation I had with someone who comes to this place:

X:i went to see exploding ball's blog
X:she WoWs?!
X:0.o

I like the new nick. E.B.O.F. is now exploding ball. Haha.

It's 2am in the morning and I'm just waiting for my hair to dry.

Tomorrow I start the purpose of spending my summer here in the middle of corn fields and ghost towns. Research. I guess it's better than doing nothing and it'll look pretty on my CV and all, but damn, I wish I was slacking back home.

At least I had the vacation to recharge. It was such a total drag near the end of last semester. Just didn't have the motivation to really really study. Guess I was just consistent enough throughout the semester to get along. Either that or I was lucky in the finals.

In the words of Henry V, "Once more into the breach". Hope you guys are having better holidays than me.

Just came back from my 10 day tour of NYC, Boston and Chicago. Still unpacking my place. Just taking an after-dinner break.

Some quick observations for now:

1. AMTRAK is like a cheap whore. It sucks a lot. I left Chicago at 8pm last night, but reached the Lafayette Station only at around 130am today. That's a FIVE AND A HALF HOUR journey. By comparision, flying from Chicago to Indianapolis is around 90 minutes, the Greyhound will take around 4 hours from Chicago to Lafayette. Gods...

2. Museums take FOREVER to tour. One a day is just about right. There is just too much stuff to see at a leisurely pace to rush through. (Even if you don't really understand half of the works displayed)

3. NYC rocks. Boston and Chicago were so tame in comparision. Almost boring.

4. It was great to see old friends again. Now that people are actually graduating, I might not have many chances to meet up with them again. (This will take up another post by itself)

5. I'm sad that my exchange friends have left for good.

6. I'm doing fine Mr Pimp. Thanks for asking. =) See you when you come back.

OH JOYFUL DAY!!

FINALLY Finished with all my papers. I still have to do some stuff later today but I can start packing and doing holiday planning already. NYC here I COME!!

May Everyone (with the exception of the people I dislike) Have A Great Holiday!! See You Guys Soon!!

Just finished revising my report for individual research. It's been ballooning like mad every since the first draft went for inspection. 30 pages, then 44 and now 52. Crazy. Just crazy. Still at least that's 1 thing done. I still have to pack my stuff and prepare for Friday's 2 exams. And finalise vacation plans. Busy busy busy. But for now, I'm taking a breather from all that. And it doesn't hurt to be sitting directly opposite a cute chick, who looks like an ABA studying something in SLA.

We were discussing the coupbility (KA-AH-PU-BE-LEE-TI), the ability to become a couple with someone else (hopefully of the opposite sex), of one of our dear CHEs. Apparently, some people have deemed his coupbility to be so lower, they are willing to sponsor a dinner for him with anyone that he manages to hook up with.

I guess that being single and being attached both have their pros and cons and they have been debated to the death by everyone with a sex drive on this planet. Still, the stereotyping in this case is quite apropro in my opinion. Being single, you have more time for yourself, more money to spend and more freedom to do what you want. You do lose out on affection, emotional support and (possibly) great sex. Being in a relationship requires commitment, understanding, patience and (preferably) a deep wallet. But the bond you forge with that special someone and the shared memories are reward enough.

Well, I've been rambling on and on without any real thing to say. I just wanted to sit here a little while longer (to check out the chick) before I start the walk home in the cold. Also, I just wanted to point out what some people think of that abovementioned CHE's *erm* mojo *erm*. Haha. Damn, the chick just left. Ok, there's no point in prolonging my stay here any longer. Homeward bound I am. (May 19TH!!!)

Happy Birthday to Ah Seng !!

Don't feel so down and look on the bright side: The finals are ending and you are going home soon (not like me).

Just finished project in the lab. Everyone is asleep right now so I have no way to confirm if my answer is correct. (Did anyone get a linear Pressure Vs Catalyst Weight? Please leave a message in UPPERCASE if you did. Thanks.) So I has talk a bit about time and this semester while waiting for Mina to finish her project.

If there's one thing I learnt this semester, taking 18 credit hours (6 classes), is that there is ALWAYS time for something to be done. To be done well? Maybe not, but definitely enough time to do stuff. Like doing Texas Hold 'Em while waiting for my program to run or doing homework while my experiments are going on.

Still it's gonna take a minor miracle for me to do all my stuff next week. I have 3 finals and 1 report due by next Friday, then I have to pack, pay my bills and have a party in the weekend, then it's NYC on Monday. Hopefully, I'll just pull through.

Looking back at this semester, I can say that it truly has been pretty unique, harrowing and rewarding. I became a junior (haha... old already), had to do 20 hour weekends in the lab, gained insight on the research life and made many new friends.

It's a funny thing, but all my life, I think the best years of my life all were all the even years of my education.

Sec 2: Magic Cards, Basketball and Chateh.
Sec 4: The Fubar-ed Gang.
J2: A better understanding of 99S62.
PUyr2: The CHE Club, a more concrete direction in my life.

Well, as this semester winds down, I wish all my readers all the best in their academic endeavors. Unless you already finished your exams/projects/reports, then you won't be needing my wishes and I'd better save them for myself or someone else who needs them (thank you very much).

Apparently, too much Zu31G gives you mental imbalances. I guess some people just can't accept t3H PwN4g3 that is Zu31G.

The following transcript was taking from Windows Messenger earlier today. The name of the individual(s) has been changed to protect their privacy.
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Person X:
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Person X:
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Person X:
OMGzorz
Person X:
wht now??
Person X:
AWESTRUCK
Person X:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHha U R SOOOOOOOOOOO FARNEEEEEEEEE. if i could make that font size any larger, I WOULD
Person X:
YES I CAN
Person X:
DAMN I CANT
Person X:
hahaha... wht did i tell YOU?
Person X:
hmmm.... interesting conundrum
Person X:
eh?
Person X:
i can't make ur pwnage seem bigger than this
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Still, don't let this isolated incident discourage your much appreciated patronage to Zu31G. Remember: L3t Zu31G R0X0RZ UR W0RLD.

Quite a stir over a scholars and their online voices recently. All I have to add is: Thank God I got out while I could. While I COULD ramble abit more about stuff like that, I owe too much to my family and friends to get this site and myself into trouble. Anyone who wants to know my opinion(s), please PM me.

FINALLY finished with the GODDAMN statistics project. I am such a loser. The maximum allowable limit was 125 runs (or tries) but I took 146 runs to finish. Then again, the instructions were bad and there was a general sense of ~EVIL~ karma in the place. I hope something bad happens to the people who invent such torture to inflict on innocent students. Like suddenly becoming anal retentive or having monkeys coming out of their ears...

Well, I'm done with the project but I still have to do the report... Damn. I'm too tired to curse. ~Just insert your favourite image of me swearing here.~

I know it's been awhile since the last post, but I FINALLY finished that gignormous 44 page report that was due this week. 44 pages. 四十四页。ヨンジュウヨンマイ!! That's kickass long.

Anyways, TWO new albums are up guys. "Spring Festival" and "Dayat's Birthday". People who want the movies taken on those days, please PM me.

I'm going back to work. Cos I'm F*CKING BUSY nowadays. Actually, that's not true but to the first approximation it will be. Shit. Now I'm just geek-speaking.

One last thing: GOOD LUCK TO ALL FOR FINALS!! We'll need it.

One more last thing. Sometimes when we all feel like it's us against the world, don't feel too bad, cos God feels the same too. (Use your imagination...)

Fighting the forces of the Examitor...

If the were a superhero to take on the force of academia, I would imagine that he would look like that and sport a name like Captain PaperBag or something.

But anyway, after the most horrendous and morale depleting Mon-Tue-Wed in my recent history, I feel all better now.





Because I know I have my well-wisher(s) (you know who you are, thanks!) and because everyone (well, more or less everyone) felt the same way as I did and so I won't be that far off the grade curve.

So today was a far more relaxing day than the past few nightmarish ones and I ended up at Ah Seng's place playing a few games. Namely Star Wars Battle Front and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Both are really really awesome games. In fact, it was so fun, this was how we looked like.


Me and Ah Seng.

Solid props goes to Masamania for the pics.

Edit: The game was Star Wars Battle Front. And the Mr Happy pic is (obviously) not from Masamania.

Edit: The Naruto pics went down in a flame of "Yucks" and "Huh?".

Happy Birthday to Pimp Bang (Dayat) !!

Welcome to the getting-old-and-trying-to-enjoy-it club. =)

くそ。ムカツク。あのアマのせいだ。

貸た物は四か月うちに返す。それに､ぜんぜん悪びれね。俺に謝ったことがない！許さない。くそ。ちょうムカツク。

To prevent people from getting polluted, this rant is in Japanese. If you want to know more, go Babelfish what I just said.

In other news, We just got our Casinos approved. Interesting, we get casinos before we get gum back. But I think it's a good move. Why lose local money to foreign casinos?

Edit: There was a spelling error and nobody pointed it out? C'mon people, I need feedback to improve!!

大家！我的好友(Zee)的网记有一首真棒的歌。请多多支持！！。

For those who don't understand the post above, it might be kinda pointless to ask you to listen to a chinese song. But if you want to know what this is all about, go over to Zee's webbie and click on his "thegreatsze - Luan Luan Lai De" and download it for a listen. And in case you can't really catch the words, here are the (mostly correct) lyrics.

There has been an erratum issued on Bang Bang. His new nickname is now:


Pimp! With Attitude. (Personally, I like pim'bang)

The REAL gates of Hell.

By popular demand.

Me facing next week.


It's been a pretty hectic week for me and I'm seriously thanking whatever deity out there thats in charge of the weekend. I get a 2 day breather and some room to regroup before I face the :

!!WEEK OF DOOM!!

Next week, I have 3 exams( 1 each on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) with a 30 page lab report due on Friday. If I'm alive by the end of next week, I'll give ya'll a shoutout, cos you guys deserve the love. =). Till then, I'm gonna be trying to combat the evil Examitor.

Check out the new lexicon for the internet age. It's quite interesting. I especially like the:

Fauxmale - A male who impersonates a female online. The includes (but is not limited to) placing a female's photo on your biography page, playing as a female character in an online game, or using a feminine username such as "_-={bUtTeRfLi}=-_" for any instant messaging program. The major difference between males and females online is that the males usually possess significantly larger boobs.

Plus take a look at this !! WOW!! (That's WOW! factorial = a lot of WOW. har har har. Nerd joke.)

That's it. Sean Howard is a coward. He's a coward who does not try to resolve problems in a gentlemanly manner. Instead he incites goons to do his thuggery for him.

If you had clicked on the link, you would have found a webcomic that (quite probably)had been repeatedly ripping off Sean's own webcomic without acknowledgement. It's understandable for Sean to get upset about this kind of piracy. However, a few days ago, he all but unleashed his ravenous fanboys on that site by saying that as long as that webcomic was standing, he would not update his own. And now, this is what has happened. Completely immature and probably completely illegal too. And the worst thing is that the owner of the webcomic is (by all accounts) still a teen who lives with his dad and brother.

Sean has shown no remorse about this incident and in fact, was very sanctimonious about this whole incident. He's a drama queen, a crybaby and a bully all rolled into one. And that's the last straw for me. Although he does do a good webcomic, I'm never patronising his website again. Such conduct is unbecoming of someone who wants to use his platform (webcomics) to feed his family.

Taken from kAkAk's blog :

Your Crush is VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Win-Him Strategy: Virgo boys are captivated by understated elegance. A girl with an attitude of good taste and a classic fashion sense will be the one to capture his heart. Virgo guys sseek a great deal of mental and physical stimulation, and they also crave permanence. Show him you're stable and centred, and he'll start dreaming of how great life would be with you at his side. Virgo boys also need to respect the girl they fall in love with, so demonstrate your integrity by never gossiping or acting petty. The "ladylike" girl will always win the Virgo boy's heart. Keep-Him Strategy: Virgo boys will stay if you show them that you need them. Ask for their advice, and let them know when their tips have helped you find the right path in a situation. Be loyal, be wise and be sweet and you'll keep his affections.

So ladies, there you go. How to win & keep a Virgo boy. By the way, my birthday is the 25th of August.*Coff*VIRGO*Coff*.

Bidding is now open.

Aftermath of my Stats exam.

Wow. I studied till 4am in the morning for this exam and I still have had only 3 hours of sleep since Sunday. So much effort, so little returns.

Luckily, I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not a single person was smiling when they left from the exam hall. So all I have to do is to do less bad than them. Which, considering that the majority are Ang Moh's shouldn't be too hard. (People who don't understand that terminology, please PM me if you want to know.)

Argh. I slacked too much over the weekend. Now I need to really really rush my stuff for the quiz tomorrow and the exam 2 days from now. I need to do this shit.



Thanks to my buddy Zee for hosting the gif.

Kenneth: wat's your wbpg?
Kenneth: wrb pg?
Kenneth: web pg?

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People are just too excited about this page to even type straight.

In happier news, we went to Mina's crib to hang out and eat Kim Bap tonight. It was a really kickass time. The food was good, so was the company and the entertainment was first class. Pics of what happened are up. Go check it out!!

P.S: I now have proof that Donkey Konga is hot with the chicks. I'm soooo gonna score. I hope. Real soon. Please.

P.P.S: Abandon all hope, yee who face me in Mario Kart. I am the Master of the Mario (kart)!! You can see their pained faces when playing against me in the picz.

P.P.P.S: The pics are in the album "Mina's Crib".

I never really realised how crazy some people can get over webcomics. I'm a regular reader of webcomics since they're free and usually gag comics (which I prefer over action/drama comics).

I just went to the website of a semi-famous(or perhaps infamous) webcomic artiste and realised that he, in a fit of anger (and irrationality), basically threatened his readers to solve his own problems if they (the readers) wanted to see new comics on his website. His problem being mainly that there was another artiste that was using (so claimed the insane webcomic) his style and character base and who (the other artiste) refused to acknowledge his (the crazy dude) work and remove the "copied" comics. I can't properly describe this. It's too blown out of proportion. Just msg me if you are interested.

I was dumbstruck. It's one of the most insane things I've ever heard. How can an author/producer/artist hurt his own fan base by essentially forcing them to do his dirty bidding? If the crazy dude actually carries out his threat and stop updating (next comic is due Mon, 11th Apr), I would just hang around to watch the drama.

Like they say, "Truth is stranger than fiction". TNT ain't got SHIT on this one.

The Face of Cookie Monster, Beloved by Children since at least 20 years ago and feared by chocolate chips since forever.

However, he might be schedule for a lobotomy or at the very least, a total attitude change. I guess it's just the evolution of television but damn, he was the insipiration of the legion of chocolate loving kiddies when I was growing up and it will be sad to see him change.

Plus, I'm USD 3.50 richer than I was 2 hours ago. Thanks Bruce!!

Just finished my Heat and Mass Transfer Exam. Whenever an academic subject is written with Uppercase First Letters, you know it means business. Unfortunately, in this case, Heat and Mass Transfer's business was to kick my ass from here to Kazakstan. With Gil Lee as the professor, I wonder why we even try sometimes...

Still, after the whole ordeal was over, the Gang (another Uppercase First Letter word), went to pizza hut to get some pizza buffet. While the buffet itself was unexciting and highly highly ordinary (save for the blueberry dessert thin crust super sweet pizza), we had lots of fun destressing and coming up with nicknames for our members.

In order to save the names for posterity, I shall post them now. In no particular order:

1. Akshay : Milkshake.

Because he's smooth with the girls and also because Carolyn can't stand milk.

2. Jayme : The Exploding Ball of Fury (EBOF)

This is what I think a potential EBOF looks like. One Scary Lady.

3. kAkAk : Baby Panda

I didn't come up with this one. Her parents did. I have no idea why.

4. Abang : 'Bang 'Bang (pronounced Bah-ng Bah-ng)

Cos he's just a cute (a)bang (a)bang. =) Note: Abang is Malay for elder brother and this was the best pic I could find with 'Bang Bang'. Please disregard Cher.

5. Carolyn : Oatmeal

Smart people eat oatmeal don't they?

6. Mina : BSK

She's ghetto. 'Nuff said.

7. Me : HDP

It was original honeydew pudding but then became High Density Polymer since we are all chem e's and we felt it was more appropriate. However, I couldn't find a nice pic of a HDP. So here's a public service announcement instead. Cheers.

時々おれは失礼な事をします。だからこれからもっといい人に成るために、変わりたいと思います。頑張ります。

My promise to someone. Although it's really probable that they won't read the site anyway. So maybe I can fudge a little...


Light in our darkest times...Save US!! 

After some berating from kAkAk, I'm gonna repost a really really old joke.

What do you call a lesbian dinosaur? Lickalotopuss

Funny? Maybe. But this second one is da BomBz.

What do you call a gay dinosaur? Megasorass

Turns out our beloved Eric is a:

Eric : Chaotic Good Elf Bard Ranger
Eric : wth is an elf bard...
Zueig : g4yxor
Eric : wth
Eric : this is g4y with capital 4

And there you have it. He's 'g4y with a capital 4'. Roflsauce.

Lol. In a tribute to my geekier side, I went to take this DnD survey done by NeppyMan. And here are the results:

I Am A: True Neutral Dwarf Ranger Fighter


Alignment:
True Neutral characters are very rare. They believe that balance is the most important thing, and will not side with any other force. They will do whatever is necessary to preserve that balance, even if it means switching allegiances suddenly.


Race:
Dwarves are short and stout, and easily recognizable by their well-cared-for beards. They are hard workers, and adept at stonework and engineering. They tend to live apart from other races; generally in deep, underground excavated systems, and as such tend to be distant from other races.


Primary Class:
Rangers are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.


Secondary Class:
Fighters are the warriors. They use weapons to accomplish their goals. This isn't to say that they aren't intelligent, but that they do, in fact, believe that violence is frequently the answer.


Deity:
Dumathoin is the True Neutral dwarven god of buried wealth, ores, gems, and mining. He is also known as the Keeper of Secrets under the Mountain. His followers are typically miners and explorers, but also respect the beauty of the earth. They also stand guard over the dwarven dead. Their preferred weapon is the maul. Dumathoin's symbol is a faceted gem set inside a mountain peak.

Dwarf Ranger?! What is up with that? I'm one messed up hobo... And ugly to boot...


Quick quick, now it's YOUR turn to go find out What D&D Character Are You.

And make sure you tell me!! Even if you get a Lawful Evil Human Fighter Bard. You may be evil (and possibly gay), but we still love you.

My brother (even though he has never even stepped foot in W.Lafayette) has pointed out to me that the owner of Cafe Hookah(let's call him Jim cos it's short.) can't be a fucktard because there's no such thing. And you know what? He's right. According to dictionary.com, there is no such word as fucktard. However, dictionary.com only gives an official definition of words. In my search for the meaning of fucktard, I turned to urbandictionary.com and voila! I had my answer. Well, now that I know the meaning of fucktard, I would say that yeah, Jim is definitely a fucktard.

Miss Singapore Universe 2005.. If anyone is interested.

Viewtiful!! 

WooTz! I just completed Viewtiful Joe 2. It is a mostest kickass awesomenessest game. Mainly it involves Joe & Sylvia running around and doing all sorts of amazingly fantastic stuff like "Slow" (aka Bullet Time), "Replay" (where you can see your own best moves again and again) and "Zoom" (who doesn't want a close up of their viewtiful faces?).

Really really awesome. If you have a PS2/Cube (my brethen!!) go and get it. Or at least rent the bloody thing already!!

And now you know what I did on Saturday.

Well, the chemE's are going to puff, smoke and drink again tonight I think. Cafe Hookah is a groovy place but it's not really my kind of music. And the owner is such a fucktard. (Interesting note: Blogspot does NOT have any language filter. Awesomeness)The last time we were there, when we were waiting for Randy and Doug, he asked us to leave the table because we weren't 'making him money by sitting there'. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT ATTITUDE!?! Fucking douche bag. I would hope that his place burns to the ground but then the other guys won't have anyplace to go on Friday nights.

Anyway, I'm not going but I DO have pics up about my first time at Cafe Hookah. So if you want to see my first time with a hookah, go check it out.

And yes, I know that there are many many puns available with hookah. Go figure.

Things that struck me today:

1. Mina's sister got most of the good genes. Not all, but most. Just like my brother. Ugh, elder siblings always get the shaft in the good looks department...

2. It takes an AMAZING amount of time to prepare stuff in the lab when the stupid pH meter shuts down periodically every 10 minutes or so... If I had the pH meter working properly or at least for 45 minute periods I would have check down my lab time by at least 1 hour. So irritating.

3. Somethings in life you just can't get and you just can't change. I just hope things will change but they probably never will.

4. I have NO CLASSES TOMORROW!!!! WooTZorz.

Hearing all the comments about the tagboard's colour, I've decided to pander to the audience's taste and now instead of that dull reddish brown hue, you have Cyan. So enjoy folks.

Okie. New Pics are UP!! Again. Detailing what happened a few posts and a couple days ago during one of the rare breaks I get in my schedule. Enjoy people. (Especially Ken)

Wow, a new look, a new image and hopefully, this will draw in the chicks like bees to honey. =)

I was using the old "Jellyfish" Template since Aug 2003 and when I restarted this site, I realised that there were a lot of features the old template couldn't integrate. So it was time for a face lift. And I like this new orangey-brownish look anyways.

Most importantly, there are now COMMENTS sections. So NO MORE EXCUSES people, TALK to me. Leave a comment. Hate/love/wanna buy me a XBOX? Tell me. Tell me faster.

New Photos are UP!! Well, they're not too new, but waaaaayyyy newer than the previous albums. So go check it out, especially if your name is 1.Eric 2.JX 3.Jayme 4.Ching.

Illnois had the most awesome come back last night. With 4 minutes left in the game, they were down like 15 points or so but outscored Arizona the rest of the game to force a 80 all tie at the end of regulation. Can you imagine that? A 15 point comeback with FOUR minutes left in a game? On the college level?? WOW. Lucky or skill? Who knows? But the Ill seem to be blessed with drama and skillz and here's to hoping that they play all the way to their NCAA title.

Okie, after some help from Ah Seng, this webbie is up and about again with new options. So everything's cool and after almost a year of absence, Zueig is up and about and wants to spout stuff again.

Thoughts for today:
Mario Kart rocks!! It's like one of the most funnest (I know it's not a word) party games around. Anyone with a (game)Cube and friends should get it.

"Guess Who" is a pretty good movie. It was waaaay better than I expected. It really struck some chords inside me as I saw stuff that mirrored life. 2 Thumbs from me.

Test post. The return of the Zueig is nigh!!

Oh yeah i forgot to add one thing. There is NO MORE SNOW!!!! That rocks man. Hopefully this year we get an early spring. Then i can get to see the girls out of the thick winter jackets and into the good-looking spring/summer wear that all guys have come to love. Wootz.

Now if there was some way to get rid of my love handles faster... Gotta work on those man.

OK this is a request by a nice girl i've meet recently. She says that blogs should have music tastes (like most of you don't know that already...) but ok. So here are my favourite genre of music: (i think the plural of genre is genre, can somebody help me on that?)

1. RETRO (tututututututu call me.... call me..../ owowowowowowo square rooommmms/ everytime i think of you, aaai getdown on my knees and pray/ etc)
2. Jap rock ( Fukai fukai mori no oku ni / Ittai koto ga ienai konna yo no naka ja posion/ blah blah)
3. Morning Musume , ok this is more like a closet fetish, hey everyone has some right???
4. RETRO (I wish i had Jessie's GIRL/ We go together like do wap do wap dippy dip dee doo/...)

erm i'm populate this list as i go along. Or if she says it's not good enough. =) call me... call me... baby baby call me now. tututututututututututu

edit: The great and erudite Sze has informed me that the plural of genre is genreS. Kudos and thanks.

Everybody walking on campus has a stupid grin on their faces. Well either that they have the stupid grin, or my brain is warping my visual senses to think that everyone looks like me. Haha. Yeah, i was walking around campus smiling like i just had 29038402834 rounds with an oreo cheesecake from NYDC. And it was all because the weather was above zero today!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!

Above zero. I take this as a sign that SPRING is coming. That means no more -20 degree days, no more shivering while penguin flopping over the icy sheets that cover the pavement and no more acting like ninjas between buildings (flitting in the shadows and dressed in stylish black garments). Sooooo happy. I can probably ramble on and on about this fact that the weather is taking a turn for the better and that soon all the ice on the ground will melt. But i think that's at least another 2-3 weeks away. I've waited the whole winter (a chilling 3+ months and counting) i can wait a few more weeks.

Well that's my weather report for today. Going to pray for better weather later today when i visit Mr Zhou. Nights everybody.

Another long miss between updates. But i have something important to annouce today. I fried an egg with a rice cooker! Haha. Yeah. And fried chicken breast as well. With a rice cooker. I cannot stress that enough. Haha. There's such a sense of accomplishment. I think given enough time, i can be crowned the "King of Rice Cooker Cooking" haha. I should write a book man. I'm Gosu!! Woot woot.

Also, i can cook stew. Although it wasn't really stew more like really thick soup. But still i've started cooking stuff already. Alright. No more crappy fast food. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha.

Yeah,so food is important to me. And how i cook/eat it. Any problems can be directed to idunwannahere@hotmail.com...

I played with snow for the first time since coming here yesterday. And while i couldn't really feel my fingers for the next 4 hours after that( mental note to self; wear gloves the next time you pack a snowball), it was fun. Although maybe the fun in running around like headless chickens that don't squawk and can throw snowballs was that it let us (me and my friends) destress after an exam, there was some kind of base pleasure in dumping ice cold snow (well duh) on your friend's head. Haha.
And what's better than dumping snow on someone else's head is to dump snow down someone else's shirt. HAHAHA. Of course, i did that only cos the agressor attacked without a valid reason other than "Your head looks better draped in white... and wet"

I'll be getting back my exam results in about 10 mins time. Cya

Another update. My keyboard is playing hopscotch with my directional keys now... but this had to be posted.

ok so a guy walks into a bar, upon entering he hears piano music, being played by a 10 inch pianist, he looked like a midget. Anyways, when he entered the bar there was a jeane granting 1 wish to everyone, the bartender was there to, he looked pissed. The jeane said "what would your wish be", the man said, i want a million bucks!, the jeane creates a million ducks all over the bar. The man said "hey i wanted a million bucks, not ducks!, ya know, money!. The bartender said
"hey!, do you think i wanted a 10 inch pianist?"

Hahahahahahaha.

I really need to change my sleeping habits. Either that or i need to get one of those super pillows and beds that ensure a good night's sleep. I've not been getting enough of "the season of all natures". (points to those who actually know this reference and not guess it hehe). Even as i write this, i can feel my eye lids drooping. And my fingers feel heavy.

But reading back on my past entries, i think that my blogs have lost some of their luster. The entries have just gone flat. They used to be funny. But now they're just there. Maybe that's cos i was really free when i first started this thing and could update almost daily. Now, sometimes it's degenerated into a hassle or Mr Proh "Crusty" Nehshyon comes and chat with me. And we are talking about extended conversations here. But I digress. Actually I just ramble. Cos there isn't really very much for me to write now. I'm just rambling to place my mind in with the pinky fluffy bunnies of places where nasty thoughts can't invade. So my fingers are kinda on auto-pilot. (it actually took me 7 tries to get "auto-pilot" spelt right. Damn.

Well i'm done for now.

Wow, it's been a long time since i posted. So much to write, so little energy.

This is the coldest Chinese New Year i have ever had. -20 degrees everyday... Soooo cold.

Happy Belated Chinese New Year everyone. Hope you have/had a festive season and bountiful returns.

I think i'm finally gonna get my phone tomorrow.

School starts tomorrow. So that's 1 word. S-I-A-N... Haha. Well here's to a new year, with new friends, new classes and new homework. Cheers everyone!!

Yesh yesh. Short post i know. Inspiration comes in brilliant but brief flashes ok?

Well, it's the 2nd last day of my visit to sunny California. It's much warmer than Indiana now. Which is a good thing, but as they say all good things must come to an end and i'm going back tomorrow. Back to frigid Indy... Brrrr...

Most of the people to whom i addressed cards to should have gotten them by now, if you have not, don't blame me. Blame the United States Postal Service. Or Singpost, whichever one you feel like cursing at.

I just realised that I didn't post my first semster's grades here. Which is a good thing. I didn't do too badly but i don't want to people to call me boastful. So it'll stay secret. For those who really want to know, and are good looking to boot, please drop me an e-mail :) <-- new smiley.

Well that's that. And apologies to Zee, your card is still with me cos your address in on my laptop back in Indiana... My bad.

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.