It's been awhile

Yeap, it's been awhile since my last post. I just finished a poster session today that involved staying in school till 11pm last night to get *someone's* poster printed and done... But thanks to another pair of people, I managed to get my poster printed out at the last minute without any hassle.

Anyways, something light today. Although the Middle-East situation looks grimmer and grimmer everyday, we can always fallback on a couple things. The first are anecdotes about lawyers and the conversations they have. Taken from the book "Disorder in the American Courts". Pay close attention o lawyer (to-be) friends of mine, and please don't follow in their footsteps.

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
________________________

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
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ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan.
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ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty.
________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh....
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS! : He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Kudos to E.B.O.F. for unearthing that treasure.

Also, as many people know, websites like MySpace, Friendster and Facebook have been proliferating over the last few years. Many of these sites are mere excuses for people to post good looking pics of themselves and flirt or indugle in sometime even more. However, the sobering reality is that what people post online might not be what they are in real life. Here's a quick guide to interpreting MySpace account photos. Enjoy and learn. My apologies if it's too small. Kudos to drunkreport.com for that pic.

Mistress of the Universe! WHAZA?

Astute and toy collectible readers might recognise the pun on He-Man's tagline back in the day.

Anyways, the Miss Universe Pagent just crowned Miss Puerto Rico as 2006's ideal combination of beauty and smarts (female category). I really didn't even know that the pagent was held recently, but I remember what people said about Miss Singapore when she was elected. Well, I don't think she's pretty at all but lets give props to someone who dares to parade herself dressed like this.
Apparently this is our NATIONAL COSTUME. Whazzup with that? I think she looks like a reject from Swamp Thing tryouts (Floral Edition). The little orchids along the sides of her legs especially make her seem like a walking plant. I guess the Singaporean side figured that since she wasn't going to win anyway, why not try to win the "Miss Botanical" award...

Well at least that wasn't the weirdest national costume outfit.
She's all ready to kick ass I see.
I guess the warrior woman theme is in this year.

Haha I could make snide remarks all day long about the pictures, but at least they are pretty and smart (by the organizers standards anyway). I'm just smart. Hehe. Last Miss Universe thing for today, check out this video done for the Jay Leno show. Hilarious.

Human Interests

We live on a planet with over 6 billion people. Everyday there is something interesting, something tragic, something amusing happening. In the interest of my readers, I've decided to present a few happenings around the world. Recently, there has been a heat wave rocking the US. Temperatures have soared to above 33 degrees Celsius with the apparent temperature going as high as 38 degrees C. I park my car in the shade for fear of my shades melting... And from what I hear from #2, China isn't much better either. At least he doesn't have a car, nor shades. Hehe.

Also there has been the potential war in the Middle East. Israel versus any and all terrorist organizations/governments that dare to raid inside its borders. I think Israel practices the Terminator style vengence. I can imagine the silo control that fires the missiles saying "Hasta La Vista, B*tches!!" as they rain explosives on Lebanon. This is one of the reasons I find religion to be a very tricky and touchy subject. Much of the violence in that region can be attributed to differences in regious ethos, albeit extreme distortions of relgion.

Then there was the tsunami in Indonesia. A nation that had been devastated by previous natural disasters has been yet again ravage. My condolences goes out to anyone who has friends or family injured or worse.

Looks like the world is a very dangerous place eh. But sometimes it produces something so weird, so unheard of that you just have to stop, say eh?! and laugh. I present the first of 2 videos to teach Japanese people English. Both of them have sexual connotations and the 2nd one is NSFW. This first video is tamer I believe. You have been warned. But do try to watch it at your own time. I found them hilarious. Here goes, enjoy and I hope they take your mind off the sorrows of the world.

1. You're Sooooooooo Good!


2. I G1\/3 g00d |-|34|).

Ar me Mateys!

So, Pirates 2 is a 2.5 hour movie that is very visually pleasing with tons of undead marine creature/sailors. The central theme plays on the old notion of Davy Jones' locker although the film does add some twists to that concept. However, for a 2.5 hour movie, I found that the plot meandered for quite awhile. It never really resolves anything and I found it essentially to be only half a story. Nevertheless, it was quite enjoyable but the ending really felt very lame to me and was definitely lacking in resolution. So I would say that you should go see it but be prepared to have a weird taste in your mouth as you see the ending.

Well that's Pirates. 僕は最近超不運。エクウプメントを壊すつもりが全然ないけど不用意から壊した。それで先輩たちいまは僕に怒ってる。サイ．。。どうすればいいの。Oh well, like #2 says, 不经一事，不长一智。I try harder!! OSH!!

And I updated Driver as requested. See if it's more balanced now.

Day 2/84

Reading Body-For-Life and the 12 week program that it advocates. On day 2 of 84 and everything seems fine so far. Gotta carry on and try to lose those extra pounds so that some people *cough*Obi-woo*cough* can't make lousy jokes when I sing K anymore.

If you like Calvin and Hobbes (and who doesn't?) here's a link you might want to check out. The top 25 Calvin and Hobbes strips of all time. Well, thats it for now. I'll probably update Driver some other day.

Interesting Finals

Well, there you have it folks. It's a French-Italian connection for your World Cup finals. The path to glory has been littered with the bodies of the coulda/shoulda/woulda beens of 14 other countries. Congratulations to the finalists for having the grit, skills and plain luck to be where they are.

Having said that, I think quite a few people lost money on this finals matchup. My initial prediction of Germany and Brazil certainly bombed. Still, I think it would be fitting for the French to win, seeing as this is the swan song for many of its members. Also, I can't help but think that Italy is a very Wayang team. They should do water sports instead. Always diving and such. (Haha, okie, BAD joke. I know.)

So here's my wild and uneducated prediction. France 2, Italy 1. I don't really have any basis for that. I said it cos it looked good and France wins. =D

I <3 E.B.O.F.!!!!!

My birthday (palgatsu ershiwu) is more than 50 days away and already I have had 2 presents. The first was from my parents, the swanky 300G Seagate HD. The second was something I received today from Ms E.B.O.F. herself. It was a real surprise and I totally didn't expect that. She threw me off by saying she would send me a card, and then turned around and gave me this birthday (palgatsu ershiwu) present instead. Very very sneaky. Hehe. So without further ado, I present E.B.O.F.'s present! I apologise for the low quality pics. My webcam isn't that high-tech.

Up close and personal with the title shot.

The Tshirt in its totality.

Me showing off! palgatsu ershiwu!!

Well there you have it. My birthday (palgatsu ershiwu) present from E.B.O.F. It's da bomb. So here's a BIG THANK YOU/고마워/アリガトウ/谢谢/terma kasih to E.B.O.F.

P.S. The lesson learnt here is - Promote your birthday (palgatsu ershiwu) early, promote it often and you just might get a Mario T-shirt.

edit - Changed my birthday from English and roman numerals to something else. At the behest of certain individuals.

真堕落

不知为什么，最近真的很放肆。真的不能这样下去。好！就从今天开始，我的生活会有持续，会有一定的目标！！そうだ、これから本当に生きいてるぞう！怠け者になるはダメ。オシ！頑張れ！

Well, that's saying something. I'm pretty confident that I can hammer myself into shape. Both mentally and physically. Else I'm just slacking my life away. And besides, I need to get into shape so that EBOF can send me my lipstick right? Hehe.

Anyways, on to less introspective stuff, Detective Conan (柯南小侦探) is a great series. Even though it's 10 years old now, it's such a pleasure to see how Conan uses his wits to solve mysteries. I highly recommend getting it if you are Sherlock Holmes fan. Too bad I didn't get the DVD set as my present (hmmm....stares at the relevant people) but thanks to my parents' in-advance birthday (25TH AUGUST!!) present (a sweet 300G HD), I have all the space in the world to download all 175 episodes of that great series. YAY!!

Remember ya'll, Only One Truth Prevails! 真実はいつも一つ！

Sorry, no vidz this time. (Saves a lot of space, doncha think?)

Meh...

The interview wasn't fantastic. It went okie, but I don't think I was outstanding. But it was sure as hell long. It lasted for 75 minutes. On the phone. By the time it ended, my ear was all warm and fuzzy already. A gruelling experience.

In any case, it seems like many koreans are bitter about their country's lost to Switzerland in the World Cup. It maybe karma after all, but the Swiss lost to Ukraine. That probably will not assuage the feelings of many patriotic koreans, like my friend. Here is a short transcript of our conversation on MSN.

Zueig: so no more soccer?
Anonymous Korean Friend (AKF): fucking referee
AKF: it was bull shit
Zueig.: iicic

More elaboration.

Zueig.: i didn't see the 2nd goal
AKF: not only that but
AKF: the through out the whole game
AKF: he was so....fucking..

Post game anaylsis. Incidentally, the referee was Argentinean.

AKF: i think we did really good under that condition..referee being one of the swidsh team
AKF: his wife is swiss
AKF: and the president of FIFA is swiss
AKF: and...the switzerland president was watching the game from the stadium and
AKF: one of the players wife is daughter of FIFA president
AKF: so wut can i say..
AKF: it was all planed

So as you can see, some ruffled feathers in Korea this week.

Now for some more videos. Youtube is the bomb. It has everything you can think of. Unfortunately, whenever their server is down for maintence, you'll see a lot of white screens on this website.

This is a really funny commercial for Fanta. It's really non-sensical. But funny.


Here are some videos of a Japanese magician. A more comprehensive list can be found here.

For this trick, he skewers a pre-selected card while bungee jumping into a pool from a platform 52 metres above the pool. Check it out.


In this other video, he does "shadow magic" and "food magic". Must be seen to be believed!! Incidentally, the food does look good too. Oisou da na!!


Lastly, this is the inspirational poster of the day.
Enjoy.

Video AttacK!!

1st phone interview in god knows how long next week. Gotta start prepping. YOSH!

In other things, for all the hetrosexual guys out there, a list of potential japanese girlfriends. You know you want to click on that link. One of the oldies but goodies Matsushima Nanako (松嶋菜々子) is still looking sooo cute after all these years. Check her out.



ZOMG!! Sorimachi Takashi (反町隆史) is one lucky dude.

Another totally not related to anything but I had to post this. Golfers vs porn stars. What the ?!?! But you know, on some base level, this ad does work. In a kind of "OMG can I get mauled by the 3 females if I get me one of these?" kind of way. Haha.



Caveat emptor, as the saying goes. But I think AOL is taking that way too far. I think most, if not all, of my readers don't use AOL, but please spread this message, AOL is retarded. Don't use it!!



Finally, see if you can name all the tunes here. I knew only about 50%. Clue they are all from Mario games. This guy is crazy ass good.

Avenue Q

So remember some time ago I posted the video of "The Internet is for Porn" done WoW style? That song came from the soundtrack of the musical Avenue Q. And here are some more videos done to the soundtrack of that show. It looks hilarious. Too bad there aren't any DVD's out, only a soundtrack.


Kate Monster (the girl in the red bathrobe) is pretty good. (Shaddup guys...)


A giant ape and a dinosaur discussing homosexualism. How can you beat that?


Such a truism.

In something totally unrelated, Scorched Earth only heals 4hp/s at level 4. And someone still owes me a root beer float over that fact. Don't think I've forgotten!!

Media Blanket

That's it. No more NBA till it's over. I can't bear to watch the Mavs make another mental breakdown. What the fuck was up with that last TO? ARGH!Q$#ELWHRED()$#@&)$*FDKL!!!!!!$##F*)W_%RU#@ V)@H# ㄴ*)#꼬뚜ㅒ4. I'm so upset that I even typed in Korean. Who'd thunk that? WTFD?!?! GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.

To celebrate the bittersweetness that is the Mavs, lets all commemorate it with this tribute by Space Invaders to walking contradiction that is Life.

Drivers

So I sent my bro off to the airport this morning. It was a 9am flight so we had to be there by 7 in the morning. We left at around 550 and got there with plenty of time to spare. No thanks, however, to this stupid lady on the road who was travelling at sub 70mph on the fast lane and refused to go to the slow lane (on a 2 lane highway). She tag-teamed with a pair of truckers to ensure that for a good 15 minutes or 20 something miles, the whole highway was just staring at the ugly vehicle posteriors of 2 white truckers and an olive green camry.

So after thinking about it, I decided to follow in The Great Sze's footsteps and create a driver (DotA-style) and see how imbalanced she/he can get.

Name: Ace Drive
Starting Stats:
Strength: 16 + 1.5/level
Agility: 20 + 2.0/level
Intelligence: 24 + 3.1/level

Base HP: 500
Base Mana: 250
Base Armour: 2
Base Damage: 50-65
Range: 600

Skills:

PERCEPTION
Level 1: Gains vision range of 100. Lasts 30sec.
Level 2: Gains vision range of 200. Lasts 45sec.
Level 3: Gains vision range of 300. Lasts 60sec.
Level 4: Gains vision range of 300. No vision loss at night, can see for 100 range around corners and above hills. Lasts 60sec.
Casting cost: 50/70/100/120
Cooldown: 90sec

Remember it's always key to pay attention to your surroundings and opposing traffic / enemy heroes. Never lose sight again!!

QUICK FIXIT
Level 1: 1sec casting time. +3hp/sec regen and 15% movespeed increase. Lasts 20sec.
Level 2: 1sec casting time. +6hp/sec regen and 20% movespeed increase. Lasts 20sec.
Level 3: 1sec casting time. +9hp/sec regen and 25% movespeed increase. Lasts 20sec.
Level 4: 1sec casting time. +12hp/sec regen and 30% movespeed increase. Lasts 20sec.
Casting cost: 100
Cooldown: 60sec

Hate it when you have a flat in the middle of a journey? With QUICK FIXIT, you'll regain that time and energy spent on fixing the tire in a flash.

DEFENSIVE MOVEMENT
Level 1: 30% armour increase. Gains 5% evasion. Lasts 30sec.
Level 2: 55% armour increase. Gains 10% evasion. Lasts 40sec.
Level 3: 80% armour increase. Gains 15% evasion. Lasts 50sec.
Level 4: 100% armour increase. Gains 20% evasion. Lasts 60sec.
Casting cost: 100/120/140/160
Cooldown: 75sec

It's important to always practice defensive driving. You never know what might happen on the road. So stay alert and stay nimble!

Ultimate:

ROAD RAGE
Level 1: Lose ability to cast spells. Lose 0.5% life per second. Deals 1.7 times damage. Gains 25% increase in attack speed. Lasts 17sec.
Level 2: Lose ability to cast spells. Lose 1% life per second. Deals 2.4 times damage. Gains 50% increase in attack speed. Lasts 17sec.
Level 3: Lose ability to cast spells. Lose 1.5% life per second. Deals 3.2 times damage. Gains 25% increase in attack speed. Lasts 17sec.
Casting cost: 100/120/140/160
Cooldown: 30sec

Since you've been such a good driver, it's time to indulge a bit and go Grand Theft Auto on those damn pesky pedestrians, tailgaters, road hogs, etc. Go on, don't hold back. You only have 17 seconds to enjoy yourself.

So there you have it. All the elements of a kickass driver. Go out today and proudly proclaim yourself schooled at the Zu31G Academy of Safe Driving. =D

Star wars!! Lego!!

Does it get any better than this???



Hilarious.

While we're still on the subject of ridiculous videos, check out this flash animation of a Giant Enemy Crab. It has something to do with the upcoming PS3 but I think it's funny in its own right.

Ahpunehneh

Obiwoon's most recent post discusses his views on racial harmony and racism in the supposedly harmonious multi-cultural society of Singapore. Also, he talks a little bit about a stick in the mud blogger who obviously has a chip on her shoulder and has decided to let the world know about it.

His post got me thinking about the whole issue of racism. Having been both a minority and a majority (if there is such a term) in different countries, I would say that most racism is somewhat harmless. In the sense that if some white person were to call me "chink", it wouldn't hurt me personally. It might be insulting, but that is just a passing moment. Even if the person were to give me some threatening gesture, it would not be more than an unpleasant moment. Rarely, if ever, do I see cases of physical and emotional abuse due to racism. It more like small, irritating things that happen, like not getting help from the TA before the Americans. And personally, I would be lying if I said I never exhibited racism or at least racially motivated behaviour. I've laughed at Indian jokes, blonde jokes, Malay jokes and many more. Crude? Perhaps. Tasteless? Certainly (in some cases). But like Obiwoon pointed out, there needs to be a sense of humour when you encounter such behaviour. Take it with a pinch of salt.

However, if you asked me to beat someone up just because they have a different culture or background, that would be wrong. Or to ignore them cos their skin tones are different from mine, that would not sit well with me at all. So I guess people can call me a moderate racist then? If they wish to?

Hmm, looking back, I realise that my post is kinda meandering and doesn't make much sense. However, I would urge all my readers to remember you don't throw stones in a glass house. If you think you have the moral high ground to condemn people about racist behaviours, take a moment to reflect on your actions. I think it's rare that someone will have a totally clean slate.

So er, moral of the story is feel free to laugh at racist jokes but remember that it's just a joke? I guess that's that.

Any thoughts?

Technical Difficulties

Hmm, my laptop just had a near death experience. I'm backing up all my stuff on the 300G HD that my parents gave me as my advanced birthday present (25th Aug for those who are interested!!HINT HINT). So that's a present put to good use.

Job searching is a chore but at least I found myself some paid research work to do in the summer so that's not so bad. The pay is paltry but $8 per hour is still $8 more than what I earn just looking for a job.

Just in case you don't see me online in the near future due to a fatal laptop experience, here's a DDR version of the song Uncle Fucka from South Park. It's crude, it's rude and it's hella funny. But be warned, NSFW. Well, kinda, if I were the boss and it were lunch break, I'd let my employees watch this. But that's just me. I like fart jokes.

Without anymore ado, here is Uncle Fucka for DDR.

GO MAVS!!!

It's the NBA Finals and it means that the Dallas Mavericks are going to earn their 1st ever NBA title, lead by the German wunderkind(I don't know how to do umlauts) Dirk Nowitzki. After this one and a half week basketball climax, it'll be soccer all the way with the 2006 World Cup! What an exciting summer for the couch potato/sports fan.

In other none sport news, here are a few videos of some crazy ambidextrous dude playing video games. What so special about that? He plays a 2 player game ALONE. And has mad mad MAD hand-eye coordination. If I had to do what he did in the vids, my brain would explode.



And again for an encore.



Come one now. Let's say it all together.WOW!!!

Couple of cool vidz

The first one is a parody of the Super Smash Brothers Brawl video I posted some time ago. This time, it's done WWE style. I don't think it's as good as the first one, but you have to give awesome style points for the pokemon man and kirby man.



The second video is real life Tekken. It's actually pretty cool, even if you never played the game, treat it like a kungfu movie.

Some People have Waaay Too Much Time

To be able to do stuff like this. And I guess me too, for showing stuff like this. Haha.

EZ Reading

Apparently, this blog is relatively easy reading. It has a Gunning-Fog index of 6.49. That means that 6th graders (12 year olds) can read my blog. For comparison, here are a few references.

6: TV guides, The Bible, Mark Twain
8: Reader's Digest
8 - 10: Most popular novels
10: Time, Newsweek
11: Wall Street Journal
14: The Times, The Guardian
15 - 20: Academic papers
Over 20: Only government sites can get away with this, because you can't ignore them.
Over 30: The government is covering something up

So will being a comfortable reading site attract more visitors or should I start tossing in words like "anti-establishmentism" to spice up my blog? Any opinions oh erudite readers?

P.S. A new link has been added. Go check it out and comment!! The author is (in his own words) a comments whore.

Interlude

California is great. You see more babes and chicks in 1 hour than you will see in 1 year in Purdue. And you get to eat till you explode at any time of the day. From dim sum at 10 in the morning to century egg porridge at 9 at night, the asian-ness of the place feels very very welcome.

Anyways, I just wanted to let you guys know that some of my graduation pics are up in the albums already. If you're too lazy to click that link on the right, here's a direct link. More will be posted upon my return. Till then, have fun guys!!

Super Smash Bros Brawl Trailer

This probably means nothing to 99% of my readers but I thought the trailer was funny. So there. Enjoy.

Memories

As promised, here is a montage of all the times we had in ChE. Props to E.B.O.F. for the excellent, fantastic techomatic wizardry. Good times, bad times, funny times, drunk times, they were all unique and I'm sure everyone of us will cherish our moments together. So here's wishing all the best and greatest of luck in all our future endeavors. And to the FUBAR gang, we don't need something like this cos it's always there in our hearts doncha think? =D

Here's the link. And remember, copying is bad and may result in grevious bodily harm from E.B.O.F. She means it!!

Frienger

The latest single from Otsuka Ai. It's a pretty upbeat and catch song. And she's quite cute in the MTV. Check it out. For the further obsessed, you can go here and here for your Otsuka Ai cravings.

Nintendo Rube-Goldberg Animation

Hilarious! Enjoy.

Closure?

As the semester draws to a close, the impending paradigm shift just weighs on my mind. When we graduate in two more weeks. I might not have a chance to see many of my friends ever again. That fact has been gnawing at me for quite awhile but I see no way to give closure to my life here. I guess it's different now than in JC cos back then, regardless of what happened, we (the FUBARED people) would still be stuck on the same island at the end of the Malaysian peninsular. Now, the bunch that I've spent so much time laughing together and cursing proffesors with (haha, okie, maybe 60% of the curses originated from me) will all go our separate ways. The only common thread being our shared history.

There's no way to stop the inevitable but I sure as hell wish there was some way to make it feel better.

And to the people who have finished their exams: Nice work guys. Hope you did well.

To the people who are graduating: May the force be with you. Stay in touch!

And to the people who are gonna take their finals: I only have 1 suckers!!! HAHA. Well, I guess you guys can share my luck then. Cos I don't think I'll need it.

Let's see if I have time to do a tribute sometime next week after I turn in my thesis...

A little break

So I'm doing my thesis defence tomorrow and I'm still working on the powerpoint slides (85%) completion. But instead of doing it right now, I'm taking the time to share this gem with my viewers. Cos it's such a classic.

Taken without permission from an anonymous source. Edited for spelling mistakes. The conversation was originally about Kup (a Generation 1 Transformer). Apparently, there are more meanings to "kup" than I thought.

Applying across cultural and social boundaries, taking a conversation btw an uncle and a Laydeeboi:

Uncle: Sa wa dee 'kup'!! Eh, u A 'kup', B 'kup' or C 'kup' ?? Can i 'kup' a feel?

Ladyboy: Can 'kup' my B 'kup', but 20000 baht, 'kup' koon 'kup'.

Uncle: WAH! 20000 baht for a 'kup' of B 'kup'! Might as well 'kum' lan! (Thus the introduction of a new term, 'kum')

Ladyboy: 'Kum' lan also can 'kup' at the same tum!

Etc etc etc. But it's just re-emphasising the point that 'kup' is a very
versatile word, even more so when used with 'kum'.

Okie, back to work...

Birthday Alert

Selamat Hari Jadi Bang!!
祝你生日快乐，学业和职业上成功。我会永远记得你的。
All the best to your future endeavors. May the force be with you. =D

Movie Review

Let me get this out of the way first. Scary Movie 4 is not something you would want to spend money to watch. Download it, get your friend to pay for you, do anything to ensure that it's a freebie. At least that way, you just waste about 1.5 hours of your life only. It's funny, but in the lamest sort of way. And there's just a farce of a plot to carry the story. It has its funny parts but overall, it's just banking on past fame.

Another movie that looks pretty good is Silent Hill. Although it's a movie based on a game, it looks pretty scare. In a tribute to the upcoming movie, here is a clip from Silent Hill 2. The Dog Ending. Stay and listen to the ending. Enjoy.

All Good Things Come to an End

Yes my dear friends and readers, all good things do come to an end. But rest assured, the good thing in question is not this blog so it won't come to an end just quite yet.

Graduation is in a month's time (I'm assuming that final year projects and research go fine and I don't get retained) and I think it's really a time to cherish the friendships forged and experiences shared over the college life. But I have too many too many of those to go into right now. Those I will save for a later time and place.

Another tribulation of graduation is the job-search. Many of my capable friends have already determined their path in life. My best wishes to all of them. I on the other hand, am probably gonna stare unemployment in it's face when I graduate. However, I take comfort that I am not alone. Even the once omni-potent Emperor has to look for a job. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to shoot lightning bolts out of my fingers. But perhahps in hindsight, that is a good thing.

Star Wars!! Kinda

Well, more like Star Wars with lotsa 80's-early 90's video game references. But it's still pretty good. Take a look!

Revival!!

Of some sort anyways. I'm going down (or rather UP) to Ann-Arbor this weekend so there's already a confirmed no update over the weekend. So instead, here are a couple links to tide you guys over.

1. All sports people have been supporting phallic symbols!! Quite an interesting read.

2. For all you people with nothing to do, however rare that is, try this. It's a homemade chinese version of Metal Slug. A great game.

Well that's it for now. Take care guys and have fun!!

Birthday Alert

Happy Belated Birthday to Kwong!!

The Ides of March. Was there any easier birthday to remember? Well, except my own that is. So here's wishing you all the best and pai seh cos I was on vacation and had no internet access so I couldn't do this on the proper day. Plus I was sick when I came back and am still sick... So no inspiring message.

Vacation

Starting tomorrow, I will be vacationing in the Big Apple, NYC. So there will be no updates. To tide you guys over, here are some funny (if lame and maybe disgusting) things. You have been warned.

1. So a guy goes to see a psychiatrist. He walks into the office covered with nothing but cling wrap. The psychiatrist takes one look at him and says, "Obviously, I can see your nuts." BA-BING!!

2. A guy walks into a bar with a newt. He goes up to the bartender and says,"Hey, meet Tiny." So the bartender asks,"Why is he called Tiny?" And the guy responds,"Easy, cos he's my newt!" (Think about that for awhile) BA-DA-DING!!

3. What do you call 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 piccolos? A gigalo.

Okie and for my finale, here's a video of a re-made Morning Musume music video. Allegedly done by some people in the Korean army.



Here's the original for comparison.



Enjoy.

霍元甲

霍元甲(Huo Yuan Jia) is Jet Li's latest kung fu flick. It's out in Asia already but the American release is gonna take some time. For the life of me, I　have no idea how that title translates to "Fearless" considering that the original title is the name of the main character...

But anyways, here is the MTV of the theme song with the same name from that movie. You can see how cool Jet Li's moves are. Looks to be an awesome film. Finally, a good Jet Li show. I don't know about you guys, but The One really sucked balls. Enjoy.



Also, here's a clip of Jay Chou performing that song live. He actually does that gu-niang sounding part by himself live. And the comment at the end of the song is really funny. Again, enjoy.

Sports News

It might be a little too late to cash in on the Winter Olympics but here are a couple of sports links. I use the word sports very liberally here.

Curling is an olympic sport. How is it an olympic sport, I have no idea, cos to me, it just looks like a couple of people sweeping ice in front of a flattened bowling ball. But if that's the kind of thing that tickles you, try this. Puppy curling is the latest in curling evolution apparently.

I would think that to most people, scissors-paper-stone is a very basic and childish game. But apparently, there are international leagues that organise professional competitions. And they are now bitching about it. Crazy sports fans indeed.

Well, that's about it for all sports stuff today I guess. Now I have to go and tackle the problem of estimating the cost of a heat-exchanger by pulling magic numbers out of my ass and using equations that I see in the clouds...

Birthday Alert

Happy Birthday to "Tucker" CJ Soh!!
Well, at least you got a "surprise" on your birthday eh? And I'd thought you would prefer "Tucker" over "I can jiggle my nehs" Soh. Cheers boy!

Aspen is T3H Suck

Okie, so as an engineer, we are expected to be able to create and run our own simulations. Cos it's a lot cheaper and safer to predict stuff in the PC than in an actual plant. All fine and dandy, but, perhaps in a ball-twisting piece of irony, I think working the simulation is very stressful and dangerous to the engineer him/her/hir(for the sexually confused engineer)self.

Case in point, my group started working on the simulation at 5pm today. At 930pm, we had scrapped 6 different versions of previous code and were working on 2 new ones. By 10pm, it really wasn't worth the effort to do the stupid thing anymore, and I ended up playing charades in the comp lab around 1015.

I think charades is an excellent way to have fun with friends, but unfortunately, I don't think enough people think it's cool. (At least, the people here anyways. I know back home, people are T3H |<00|_x0rz) But I must say, it was still pretty fun.

Sigh, the project is still incomplete and we need to do it tomorrow again... Aspen BatchSep is really t3h Suck. In honour of such awesome suckage, here's an anagram of Aspen BatchSep. Aspen BatchSep - He Snaps, Beat PC. If I could scold vulgarities at it now, I would. Screw ASPEN!!!

P.S. In a side note, it looks like Google thinks Aspen is awful too.

Pac Attack!!

Check out this Pac-Attack done in Claymation. Quite funny. Wakka Wakka!!

Today, I spent 3 hours in a meeting that was originally slated to be only 2 hours long. I didn't really mind the extra hour cos it was supposed to be for discussion over projects but out of the 7 people (1 Prof, 3 Grad students, 3 Undergrads) only 3 people were having a conversation after the first 1.25 hours or so. That meant 1.75 hours of listening to stuff that I know most of my friends don't know now, and probably will never know in their lives. I didn't know 90% of what was going on. So what originally was supposed to be a group meeting turned out to be a game of Feign Interest in Stuff (not) For Undergrads (FISHU). Argh...

Couple more vidz

Kinda interesting what you can find surfing on google videos. Here are a few more interesting vidz.

1. Remember My Sassy Girl? Remember Canon in D? Perhaps the most famous classical piece in korean movie history. Well, here's Canon in ROCK. Enjoy



2. Ninjas. Everyone loves them. Well these dudes aren't exactly ninjas but what they can do is also damn cool. Check it out.



Enjoy.

The Truth is Out!!

There you have it people, the internet is for Porn. And brought to you song and dance style by taurens that do the shuffle! What a revelation eh? Kudo's to E.B.O.F. for pointing this out to me.

Anyone with a PS2 should go and get Katamari Damacy. It's a brainless uberly fun game. And the soundtrack is really neat. For a small sample of gameplay, you guys can go here. If you read Japanese, the intro at the main page (the people saying oshiete) is quite funny as well. Na naa na na naa...

So Bloody Cool...

It's called Parkour for the interested. And it's damn cool. You can see more from the film Yamakasi.

Swimsuits and Tetris

Sports Illustrated Swim Suit 06 has come out. Not many names I know in that list, but hey, who's complaining. And in line with the more sexual nature of this post, here is why Tetris is sexual. Enjoy. I am goin to get myself some zzz's.

V-Day!!

So it's Valentine's Day and what are you doing? If you're reading this instead of going out with any significant other, you must one of the following:

1. Single and bored
2. Single and really support Zu31G
3. Single and secretly think Zu31G is very attractive (if you are girl, please leave a comment. Thanks)
4. Attached but denounce the commercialism of V-day
5. Attached but not physically able to celebrate with your S.O.
6. Attached and really support Zu31G
7. Attached but secretly think Zu31G is very attractive (again, please leave a comment if you are of the fairer sex)

In any case, here's wishing all my audience a Happy V-Day. May the couples grow close and cuter (and for the guys less poor) and the singles grow abs and look like either Brad Pitt or Jennifer Love Hewitt. Cheers!!

Birthday Alert

Happy Belated Birthday to Dad!!
Sorry about not calling Dad, but at least your birthday is now immortalized on the Internet. =)

Super Bowl Ads

So if you watched the Superbowl, you'd know that the half-time show sucked donkey asses. Mick Jagger was inaudible for like 70% of the time and all he did was do that lil' shake my hips kind of thing. However, every year, companies take the chance to show off their new ads at Superbowl. And for those who missed them, here they are.

Nothing really much to blog about nowadays. Just trying to find a job and slacking off. Haha. Some people hate me for that. Haha. But that's something I can live with it.

P.S - Porn stars heart video games too!

Videos Galore!!

So the previous Duck Hunt link didn't quite work out. My bad. I didn't realise that they didn't allow direct linking and I forgot the original url already. So in order to make up for that AND for the fact that I didn't post any CNY thing, here are a few links to interesting (at least to me) videos.

1. Parappa the Rappa in real life. They say that art imitates life and now we have life imitating a rhythm bopping video game.

2. Dog >> Chicken. But let's give those beleaguered avians a bone here. (Warning - Chinese Link)

3. Anyone remembers the SNES and Genesis? Anyone remember screaming at the screen cos A,B,A,B,Up,Down,Left,Right,Start didn't give you enough lives in Contra? Well, if you (like me) never saw the ending to the game(s) you wasted your teens/youth on, you might find it here.

And that's all the videos for today folks.

Happy belated CNY. Well, technically there are 15 days...

Gaming News Redux

This is, as the title aptly says, retarded. A 50% tax on video games? The law-makers of this country really have their priorities straight yeah?

And I'm not sure if anyone who reads this regularly is old enough to remember "Duck Hunt" for the NES. It was the first game I played that required the Nintendo light gun. In fact, that and some weird game that involved shooting Mexicans were the only 2 games I ever played on the NES with a light gun. Anyways, "Duck Hunt" is back. And on steroids. With random jihadists (is that a word?) thrown in for good measure. Go try your hunting skills here. Amazingly, jihad warriors are easier to kill than ducks. Maybe the ducks in Central Asia are just that ghetto...

For the FF VII Junkie in You

Even if you don't game, this trailer is pretty interesting. Shows a bit of Vincent's past I think and the CG is great.



Plus, somewhere out there, a games journalist is weeping. (I would too, if I actually got to go to these events...)

Edit - Just in case you can't see the video above, go here.

Ode To My Life

This following piece is an Ode to my Life. I gotta get my act together!! And to those people out there who might react negatively, don't be jealous!! Haha.

堕落-ING
LAZY-ING
心情就想要坐下看个电视机
堕落-ING
改变-ING
改变了黄昏,黎明
凡事就想呆在家里

To the tune of 五月天's 恋爱-ING.

Confessions of a 20-something Drama Junkie...

Ok, so I used to wonder how people could couch potato themselves in front of the tv (or more recently, the computer) and vegetate away while watching shows. After watching Full House, all 16 episodes of it (which corresponds to ~ 16 hours), in less than 24 waking hours, I think I know why. Of course it also helped that I　didn't have class on Thursday (jealous anybody? haha) but sometimes the drama is so enticing, you just can't stop. Also, it really helps if the leading actress is as pretty as Song Hye-Gyo (송혜교).

But anyways, now that school life has more or less settled down, I guess I should start with job-searching and all that stuff. It's gonna be a crucial year so I have to 아자아자 Fight! and GoGo 加油！ (if you don't understand that, you are missing out on 16 hours of Song Hye Gyo)

Let's do it people.

P.O.C.A.R. - A Review

It's 530am and I've been asleep for the last 11-12 hours trying to recuperate from the weekend's aborted P.O.C.A.R. (Purdue Outing Club Adventure Race) attempt. From the way my body aches after that 12-15 mile trek, I think I need at least another 3 more days to soothe the sore muscles... But in any case, here is the review of how I spent the better part of my weekend. (Done IGN.COM style)

Presentation: 6. The boy scout camp was quite in the middle of nowhere and we had some trouble locating it initially. Also, it was a camp site so there was nothing spectacular about it. However the cookhouse was heated so that was good. And we (eventually) had a toilet with running water. Uber.

Graphics: 8. It was good to get back to nature again. Even if half the trees were bare and everything was queit. It gave a sense of soothing nature. Except when we had to trek through thorns... Some points lost due to the lack of babes but bonus points given cos I could see the constellations in real life for the first time. Big Dipper baby!!

Sound: 6. Nothing spectacular. Just the quiet sounds of a forest in winter. We did come across some hunters so we heard dogs and duck calls. Other than that, a forest in winter is perfect for quiet lovers.

Gameplay: 8. Ahh, the meat of POCAR. It was to be a 36 mile trek but I KO'd after the first 12 or so. But it was kind fun trekking through the forest and walking all the roads/trails/straight bashed paths. Thank god we had a pro navigator on our team. Else I think we would have quit even earlier.

Lasting Appeal: 5. It's a toss-up basically. I won't be doing this anytime soon, but it wasn't a NEVER AGAIN kind of experience. Perhaps when I get into better shape... Nah... Haha. I think that it was really lucky we could borrow stuff from POC but next time I'm sleeping in the car and not in the park overnight...

Overall: 6. It wasn't a bad experience but not something I would do again anytime soon. I was lucky and had uber-mates in Bruce, Julia and Randy. They made a gruelling sadomasochist experience that much better.

Pics will be up when I get some.

New Year, New Start, Bean Sprouts and A Sad Revelation

First of all, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY ZHENZ!! Pai Seh. Was sick on your birthday so didn't post this till now. So here's to the oldest of our bunch, hope that you turn wiser and beat your "tourettes". =)

So anyway, it's a not 2 weeks into the new year, and I've already buried a few hatchets. Wow. That's a new thing. I nurse grudges like a drunkard nurses his alcohol after the last-call at a bar. And I must admit that it's a refreshing feeling. Letting go like that.



Bean sprouts, also known as Tao-Gay, are a really troublesome vegetable to prepare. I bought a bag of them the other day, and was hoping to just dump them into my stir-fry. However, I realised that they haven't been cleaned yet, so I proceeded to remove the tail and the husks on them. So for a bag of about 500-700mL of Tao-Gay, I spent 45 mins washing and cleaning. And I only did about 1/3 of the bag... Back-breaking work I tell you. Tao-Gay washing is.

Lastly, perhaps all the good karma I'm trying to generate in my life (letting my anger go, eating more greens, actually spending effort to prep the greens) will help me alleviate this situation.

Oh that's right. I resolve to shower more too. =)

First Links of the Year

So I'll try and make them interesting.

1. Unga!! A song about poop.

2. MIT and Mario. See, playing video games makes you smart.

Cheers to all. And may your new year be less full of Unga than the last.

忘情水

啊给我一杯忘情水...Let's forget about all bitterness and the heartaches the misfortunes of the old year brought and learn instead to better ourselves from our past mistakes. It's a new year and a fresh start. So here's wishing all my readers a happy new year. Go enjoy yourselves. Cheers.

P.S. - Home is definitely where the heart is. Although we are no longer teens, you guys (and you know who you are) are still the best. JeNgA!!

P.P.S. - Does anyone know where I can procur CNY songs? Preferably legally and F.O.C.. Thanks.

P.P.P.S. - This is an interesting read by Courtney Love about music labels and "piracy". Go read if you like to hear people bash the RIAA.

Merry Holidays!!

I'm such a loser, staying home on Christmas Eve, but I don't want to clusterf*ck with the crowd downtown and everyone else is off generating their own personal 24V's. So here's me wishing everyone who bothers coming here a Merry Christmas! May your Christmas be merrier than mine!!

P.S - The cat has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. But I liked the tree...

Edit - I changed the Christmas Pic. If you want to see what it was, go check out Ah Seng's. Image is taken from the brilliant Chugworth Academy.

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

Warning: Prudes/devout Christians are not advised to visit the following site unless they have an open-mind and a fair sense of humour.

Having said that, go check out the new religon that's taking the world by storm. Some further background. Hilarious.

T3h Internal Clock

Is so busted now... Every day since my return, I have been waking up earlier and earlier. Cumulating in today's 630am wake up. Although to be fair, I did sleep at 6pm last night. But damn, waking up before the sun rises is such a novelty in a tropical country.

Anyways, just a few bits and pieces of news today.

1. Sucks to be vacationing in NYC now.

2. So what's this about Intelligent Design being a theory then?

3. Regardless of what's gonna happen, somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad.

Btw, all the best to people receiving their grades later on. Let us all pray for A's.

Being Home

Is awesome. Not 28 hrs after being home, I have already gone thru 6 different meals already. I'm definitely loving it.

To everyone still left in the snow, take care and hang in there. Although you'll miss my presence, it doesn't mean you can't have fun. =)

To people having vacation fun now, have fun people. We all deserve it. And here's to hoping no one burns out next semester.

Just to let y'all know I'm still alive and kicking and didn't crash my plane or anything. Cheers!

P.S. - For people bored at home.

Good Luck Guys (& Gals)

Well guys (& gals) this is it. Crunch time. Our grades depend on our performance during the upcoming week (or till whenever your finals end). So for all my readers out there, Zu31G s3z : Good Luck and All t3h B35+!!

Narnia

It's a good movie. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, go check it out. But be warned, it's a long show. Ensure complete bladder drainage before watching.



And who do you think will be prettier when they grow up? Susan (Anna Popplewell) or Hermione (Emma Watson)? Decisions, decisions. Unfortunately, neither of them are legal yet, so hands off guys. Till (April 15th) 2008 anyway.

Snow generally sucks but being able to dump it on people's heads does provide some measure of satisfaction at times. Haha. And for the record, I did NOT start that incident.

Humor in Misery

Check out the lyrics to this song I stumbled across while surfing:

歌曲：如来,救救我
歌手：陆洲 专辑：开不了口

佛祖会保佑我的,
悟空总会来的,
我在梦里一切都有!
可是现实常常是相反的……
吃我的妖怪很多,
你只是其中一个,
在你前面还有许多,
问他们这样呀又能算什么?
心里太清楚了,
其实徒弟恨我,
奇怪地球上怎么会有妖怪这么多!
如来,救救我吧!
一把年纪了,
一本经书都没有.
文盲是可怜的,
如果没读过,
人生是黑白的!
如来,救救我吧!
老是我被抓,
一点新意也没有,
我这个和尚啊就快要死了,
猴子又在哪儿!!!-…

Lol. I guess some people have it worse than bad.

And the Answer Was No.

Wow, I'm so lazy today that I'm not evening using html to edit this. I'll just compose and let the html work behind the scenes.

And so, the answer was no. Which was very disappointing and quite heartbreaking in some sense. I guess nobody can force emotions onto another (without dealing in illegal substances anyway) or hope that someone feels a certain emotion for you. My mind gets that fact 110% but I think my heart still says, "Never give up, never surrender!". Which leads me to think that my heart is more of a Tim Allen fan than my brain or perhaps Sigourney Weaver's boobs affect the brain less than the heart.

Anyways, I guess I have to deal with the fact that the answer was no but I still hope beyond hope that perhaps someday, the answer will change. Hopeless romantically hopeful? Probably. But that's just the way I'm feeling now. Will it change? Probably, but not in the near future I think. Unless of course, Jennifer Love Hewitt suddenly starts finding Asian Males with the initials JJ attractive. Haha.

OMG. I think I'll stop here before degenerating to some primal mess of emotions. 男子汉，流汗不流泪。

O fer 3

With only one more to go too. I guess job searching is a lot harder than what I originally thought it would have been. Just getting to that 2nd interview is really a shot in the dark. Well, if perhaps late news is good news, then may the last one be good news.

Haha, now that I think of it, at least with job searching, you know you just have to wait till the other better qualified candidates accept other positions before you become king of the field. Compared to some other facets in life, that's almost a sure thing. Unless of courses, you are some depraved maniac who has been subsisting on rats and lallang the last year or so. Then all bets are off...

To my readers who still have exams: Come on guys, we can do this! Never give up! Never surrender!! (kudos to anyone who can tell me which movie I just quoted from)

Wonders of A Mind

if disturbance == 0;
print"Life's good you lucky bastard.";
else
mood = (mood^0.7);
disturbance_mod = weemon ^ (1/mood);
disturbance = disturbance * disturbance_mod;

if frens == 1;
disturbance = disturbance / 2;

else
if disturbance >= max_lim;
print"FXCKINGKANINAHBEHCHAOCHEEBYEBANGSAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

end
end

P.S - That was my attempt to illustrate how a mind can internally self-destruct on it's own if loop. So try not to think too much. I know it's easier said than done, but still, one can but try yeah?

Congrats

To E.B.O.F. for her smashing new site. Go clickie clicky now!! It has t3h 0r4|\|G3!!



The frog(-like thing with the weird tail) says it all.

雨过天晴?

Well, not really. But I guess it's better than what I was feeling on Sunday and Monday. I really feel like a weight has been lifted. What replaces that though, is still open. All people can do is work hard and hope for the best I guess. I'll stop here cos it's kinda hard to type while crossing your fingers.

AGRAHGRAH

おんなのこころ、だれがわかる？もしだれかしってたら、おしえてください！どうやってだれかまっている？こまったなぼくは。

Post Holiday Musings

Well, the Thanksgiving holiday came and went just like that. But I have to say that it was fun. Even though I wasn't really feeling all that great on Tuesday and Wednesday. And hence have to work on Saturday and Sunday...But I finally have new pumps!!

So I rested a lot on those two days in order to be fully charged for Thursday's drive up to Illnois. Couple of things I noted during this shopping road trip:

1. Sheridan Road turns right at the hospital. Every time I go to see the Baha'i temple, I always miss that turning...

2. Walmart DOES NOT open on Thanksgiving... (8 people learnt this thanks to a certain commenter...)

3. The road is Boncosky, not Bobonsky.

4. If one wants to hide (potentially embarrassing) baby photos, one should do it oneself.

5. Always, always get to the post-Thanksgiving sale early. No matter how early you go, there will be people who are crazier and slept earlier than you.

6. Shopping in an outdoor mall in winter means a lot of shivering and popping into shops just to avoid the cold.

7. BSK is a determined and tactical shopper. A veritable well of shopping knowledge. (she also knows a lot more about my car than myself.)

8. Snow can REALLY accumulated in only 1 hour.

9. Driving in snow entails driving below the legal speed limit.

10. Driving in snow ensures a car wash the next day.

P.S. -
My shopping dividends for the whole trip:
1x adidas sneaker
1x reebok pumps
6x low cut reebok socks
6x atheletic reebok socks
1x reebok small duffel bag
1x nautica fleece
1x nautica long sleeve T

Politically Incorrect Post

Before I delve into the subject of this post, let me first say that you readers have been given ample warning. What could be clearer than a title indicating that the post is politically incorrect? If you persist on reading and end up with wounded sensibilities, tough luck. But I guess most of you guys are pretty ok, given that you actually visit my blog anyways.

In another completely unrelated matter, I wish we had some of that kind of teachers here.Hehe. What the hell was the boy thinking when he turned her in? I think he's not old enough to realise that most other guys would KILL or at least do quite dastardly things to be in his position.

Okie, finally to the subject of the title. My car has bird shit on it again!! Like 2 days after I cleaned the windows. OMFG. That is so irritating!! To counter this, I was considering a variety of options, like mounting a radar/sonar bird-targetting air pistol on the boot/trunk of my car. It could then shoot pellets at any low flying (~10-50 feet) birds within a 20 feet radius of my car. But then it would be expensive to actually design one of these. So then I thought of outsourcing the work. Hire a mexican midget (mexican, because I presume they will be cheaper than american or canadian midgets) to sit in the trunk/boot with a catapult and pelllets. The dude could guard my car and clean it at the same time. And with the strength of the USD, I think I would be able to afford his services for quite awhile. Then them F***ing birds will know that if they shit on my car, the car shits back. F***ing birds...

P.S. Schematic diagram pending...

P.P.S Happy Thanksgiving people! Eat more (birds) and have fun!

Precipitation...

Sucks. Especially when it causes you to shut down your entire system to clean up the mess the inconsiderate chemicals left behind...

Time I reached school : 230pm
Time I started studying : 235pm
Time system went bananas : Approx 245pm
Time stopped cleaning system : 630pm (and only temporarily too)
Probable time of experiment start : 730pm
As opposed to my original estimate of 4pm. Precipitation really really sucks.

OK. Stopping here to get my solution ready. Just a word of advice to budding chemists or people who playing with solution. Don't let them clog your system. Be afraid, be very afraid of temperature differences.

Birthday Alert

Happy Birthday to Zee!!
Hey man, straddling the moral horse or not, you still are a cowboy and a slick operator. Go have a blast!!

大嘴巴...

真是的。朋友曾经跟我说过我讲太多话，开口之前没想清楚。可是如今我没什么在乎。 但今天我犯了超大的罪。我这种粗心开口的说法伤了她的心。我觉得自己很笨，有个聪明，可爱，活泼的女孩喜欢我，我却这样使她伤心。我真该死。。。从此以 后，我不会这么轻易开口说话了吧。我的本性就是开朗和乐观，可是还需要为别人着想。对那位姑娘，我要深诚得道歉。对不起。我不会故意伤你的。有了你，生活才愉快。

好吧，现在已经晚了。应该睡了。各位，晚安。

Winter is Here

Well, just a scant 3 days from my post telling about winter, it showed up this morning with all its chilling fury. I definitely had temperature shock this morning, going for around 20 to -2 degrees celsius in 5 minutes, rushing for my morning class. The body just refuses to accept the fact that it's bloody cold and makes you believe that it's just a dream, a thing the weather is playing on you. Meanwhile, as you fight with your brain, your fingers get freeze and your legs get numb. It's been awhile since I've experience negative temperatures so I really had forgotten how bad it can get.

Still, some people seem to like it. I have no idea how they can find pleasure in the frost, snow and flurry that rages unabated around us, but if they're happy, at least there are happy people in winter. As opposed to freezing, miserable peaople. 如果她笑，那我就有足够的温暖了。

Winter is coming...

And the goddamned birds still shit on my car... Luckily it's raining right now, so I hope that the stuff gets cleaned off. If there are new water stains, at least they will be new water stains...

And the average clothed human being has just gained about 1.5 pounds due to the proliferation of puff clothes. The average hopes and dreams of adolescent males has also taken an expected down turn. With nothing to see, guys have no hope but to imagine...

And the school term is coming to an end soon. This is the final push. Gotta psyche yourself up to finish strong. To all the readers struggling and fighting, keep your head above the water, your 2nd (or perhaps 3rd/4th) wind is coming. Don't lose hope and don't stop fighting.

And even if girls were to be more complex than physics, I wouldn't want to be on an Earth without them. They just make life seem more joyful and bearable, although you do get the occasional violent *Cough* *Cough* obessive *Cough* *Cough* individual...

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...
-Henry V

Hang in there guys and gals. Vacation is in less than 6 weeks!!(for me anyway)

Words Of Wisdom Explained

I gleamed the insight that Girls are Simpler than Physics from one source of wisdom but it was never properly explained. For ages I hunted around for clues to garner deeper understanding of that phrase, and at last, I have found it. And can now die in peace.

Z: girls are simpler than physics
Z: true or false?
SAGE: i said true
CONFUSED Z: true?
CONFUSED Z: really?
CONFUSED Z: why?
SAGE: cos we are not tt complex
SAGE: need lotsa TLC, praises, presents and attention
SAGE: tt's all

Well, I think some people might have differing opinions so let those (probably anonymous) comments come on in!

Erm Dunnoe What To Title

Had a really good night's sleep yesterday. I don't know why but I woke up feeling refreshed and then went back to bed for another 40 minutes. Haha.

Don't really know why, but I feel a bit discombobulated (brushing up my verbal for the GREs) today. I guess it's just a cumulation of stress and fears of many things that are not really under my control now. But I guess that's life (I was gonna say cest le vie, but I didn't know how to do the strokes above the e's. Can anyone tell me how?)and we all have to suck it up. But at least I had one serendipitous event occur. Anyone heard of Inductis? But at least they said they would interview me over the phone. That was unexpected. But good. Unexpected but good.

Irritated

So here I am, trying to setup my Thunderbird mail at 3am in the morning. But the stupid thing just won't get it right. It won't transfer all my mail from Mozilla, nor will it even run the junk mail processes right. It hangs whenever I try to rid my folder of junk. So irritating. I'm giving it 1 more chance. If not, it's back to Mozilla for me. Thunderbird can go lay its egg somewhere else.

In other news, it was a day of loss. I realised that my Sony headphones broke in my bag and now I need to get a new pair. Perhaps #2 has some good ideas? Also, Transport Phenomena is so not getting done tonight. I need more sleep now. Goodbye. And yes, I know this is quite incoherent. But it's 3am. So there.

Be A Man

To the people shaking their heads and sighing, well, sooner or later, someone was going to make this joke...

Anyways, I believe that you can broadly categorise (UK spelling) people by watching their reaction to the phrase "Be A Man".

If someone answers "Do the right thing", you know you have a Russell Peters fan there and then. And then you both can chat about all his other jokes and laugh at all the racial funnies. And then you can rinse and repeat the process another 35 times or so, before someone gets irritated.

If someone answers "I Am Not A Man", do not question their masculinity. Because quite probably, the person is not a guy. And would be quite willing to prove that girls can and do beat up guys. So do not mess with someone who responds like that. You will either get trashed or get hit upon (equally undesirable if you don't swing that way).

If someone answers "No man, you be man" (pause here for at least 4-5 seconds of laughter), they are probably buzzed. At this point of time, if you are still cognizant of your actions and aware of your surroundings, it would be amusing to record any further antics of said person. Try to goad them into saying other funny things like "PUNCH RUSH!!" (while trying to imitate video game characters).

Well, a couple of events have happened in my life that have certainly affected the my outlook. Some were good, some were bad, some were both good and bad, but they are the reason why I've been lazy to update. Blame life for my silence. If anything can make up for it, perhaps some photos can?

Birthday Alert

Happy Birthday to Kenneth!!
To the 乖est of our lot, many happy wishes on your birthday. And Sorry, it's slightly belated, but hey, better late than never eh? Go ChemE!!

Birthday Alert

|-|4pP1 |31r+|-|c|43 to E.B.O.F!!
May you grow less violent and more proficient in DDR!! And thanks.

P.S, I'm sure you can read this message eh?

Miscellany

Well, seems like reality T.V. is really pervasive nowadays. Even the Muppets are not above getting a piece of the pie it seems.

That's really really sad, cos I remember watching the 2 old geezers do their thing about changing opinions from the show being lousy to being awesome. I also remember the episode that they had Piece Brosnan on, and everyone called him Mr Bond, and Ms Piggy was trying to dry hump him. Good stuff. Great stuff. And now it's a reality show. Saddening.

I give up, Transport Phenonmena is kicking my ass tonight. I just need some rest and then tomorrow, I'll beg and plead for a homework extension.

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.