s i o n g y i n . h u i w e n

feeling blue..

2008-08-04T22:44:00.003+08:00

so i guess the 'monday blues' are real.

have been in my current job for almost 3 months now. it still feels like its not permanent though. i cant really explain how im feeling right now, but i cant seem to get used to the 'working life'. i keep thinking that i will be enjoying a long holiday soon, that it'll come after a few months of slogging. but i guess that isnt the case, n it has gotten me qt depressed at times.

maybe a nice office environment like the one at b at ey would help..

i feel like taking a long road trip. maybe not that long. desaru would be nice..

._._...>_>_-.-.

2008-06-05T23:35:00.001+08:00

work is stressful. especially so today. got a bloody headache.

but im learning along the way...

What would you have done?

2008-04-01T23:38:00.002+08:00

Customer walks in arrogantly with a pen drive and a piece of paper, with "name cards" printed on an A4 size paper. What happens is that he used publisher to design name cards for his own company. What I gather was that it was a software program that was coupled together with Windows 2000. WINDOWS 2000 PEOPLE!!! We're in 2008!

Usually what happens is that they will copy their JPEG files or AI files onto my laptop, and then I will send them to our name card designer to "re-design" because most of the "designs" done by self-proclaimed "designers" can't be used.

So this cocky guy.. along with his humble designer.. ask me to copy his publisher files so that I can send to the designers for printing straight away. When I told him nicely that I can't use these files for printing...........

Cocky guy: Why not?! Don't you have Microsoft Windows Publisher?!
Me: No. Sorry. I am not a designer therefore I do not have Publisher to open your files.. And in any case, we need to...

Cocky guy: no no no... you listen to me! Who is your designer? Why don't you have publisher? Can u send to your designer and ask them to convert?
Me: ok, i check with my designer.

(call the designer on the phone immediately): designer, if i give you the publisher files, can u extract them and re-design?
Designer: no. we do not use publisher anymore. if customer provides publisher files, we will need to send to other people to do conversion. Whether the conversion is successful or not, we still have to pay them.

(explain the situation to the cocky guy)

Cocky guy: no no no... you listen. Why can't you just install publisher onto your computer and then u can open my files, and then u can send them to your designers?
Me: Even if I do that, my designer do not have publisher. They will not be able to open the files.......

Cocky guy: no no no... you listen. I get the CD for you to install onto your computer then u can pass it to your designer and ask him/her to install it into the computer. I got a fake CD, RM 7, I can give it to you for free.
Me: Sorry, we won't be able to do that for you. If you could just give me the JPEG files or AI files, I will be able to forward them to the designers and they can get the design up for you within 1-2 days.

Cocky guy: no no no... you listen, I think you can just download a trial version so you can view the files. then u can just extract it from there. U can tell your designer to do that also..

...

Could there possibly be a "good" way in which you can respond to this customer?

save the seals

2008-03-12T15:31:00.003+08:00

save the seals

why the seal hunt is cruel to seals

some pictures and videos are really graphic. . .

this is equally bad

Yoon Eun Hye

2008-03-11T18:23:00.000+08:00

itai !!

2008-01-31T01:12:00.000+08:00

burnt my lower lip cos i was too hungry and too eager to have my pizza, at 930pm. the cheese fell out you see. it hurts when the shower jet sprays onto it.

itai..

smah!

2008-01-22T00:38:00.000+08:00

work load is starting to build up.... but i don't feel ready for it! i don't feel ready for anything!
darn. n i haven't found a part time job. but finding one would mean that i would be tiring myself out too much.. though i DO need money for a grad trip. where to? not sure yet.. somewhere near i guess, moolah not enough. bahs.

shall go slp now.. my prof says to slp at 10 and wake at 4 to do his proj, in this way, we will still look young 10 years down the road. he also says that kissing is very unhygienic, so he only pecks his wife on her cheek. dear, we should not kiss anymore, a peck will do alrighty?

smah.

J C World Tour 2008

2008-01-21T11:48:00.001+08:00

was freaking awesome.

i'm so glad i went!! =D

i'm not a fan of opera, but this is simply........ breathtaking

2008-01-17T20:56:00.000+08:00

in case you're wondering
paul potts - winner of Britain's got Talent

ps. note their faces when he mentioned he was going to sing opera. he wasn't a man with much confidence, imagine how comforting it must have felt with such warm reception from the judges... ... i feel glad that he won. =)

oh, joy!

2008-01-17T20:37:00.000+08:00

I'M GOING FOR THE JAY CHOU CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-01-14T22:49:00.000+08:00

i don't know why i still miss him even though the LDR is officially over. i guess this is what happens when you can't get enough of someone?

i miss my friends too. the ones overseas. the ones in singapore but yet i rarely meet. im not a very good friend i suppose, not very giving in terms of time and effort. but i really appreciate those who are still around me... thankful for them.

thank who? i always stop and hesitate when im asked about my religion. i guess i would say thank the Lord but i've sopped going to church since forever, and deep inside, i guess my faith has wavered already. as i grow older i guess i question more stuff like this.. and i don't get answers so it just kinda hangs there. and im too lazy to do anything about it, i admit that.

anyway i guess i should learn to check my temper and my attitude. i'm quite a grumpy person, lol. wish i wasn't this way but i am. i complain alot too. but letting it out is always better, i feel. oh well. im sick now. i guess thats what made me write this entry anyway. feeling blue. can't wait for friday..

oh noooooo

2007-11-26T23:26:00.000+08:00

i major in marketing. marketing mods = many projects, hardly any exams.

so for the past couple of sch terms, i had like a max of ONE blooody exam. now is that gd or what?
but i was too lazy to study anyway, and there wasn't much 'exam period stress' due to having just a single exam, so maybe its not good.

n im always complaining about how project meetings are a waste of time. so the next sem, i have got myself a grand total of 3 exams!!!! ARGHHHHH. and they all include projects as well. ah. ah. ahhh. gotta buck up next sem. k i better remember that...

tmr's the last day of my one and only exam, bahasa melayu. i stupidly left ALL my notes at siongyin's place after bringing it there to revise. ALL of them! yes, the yellow file. tsk. of allll days... even though i may not utilise it much had it been by my side now, nevertheless, i feel that having it around gives me a false sense of security. n that sense of security is exactly the confidence that one needs before taking an exam that can't really be prepared for. (well, actually u can do alot alot of past year papers but i dont have answers to those papers and that sucks cos there's no point in doing them anymore is there)

anyway i realised (again!) that im a super major complain queen. hahhahaa. but i just like to voice out, no harm really intended. after voicing out, im good again. till the next time i get irritated, that is. heh.

icky chilli

2007-11-18T00:13:00.000+08:00

i shall not touch chicken rice chili, ever. it stinks too much of garlic

2007-11-17T12:57:00.000+08:00

Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves.

—Shakespeare, Othello 3.3

customers...

2007-11-09T09:51:00.000+08:00

Scenario one:

Customer: Hi, I want to buy office chair.
Me: May I know who the chairs will be for? Office girl or more senior executives?
(So that I know which ones to recommend)

Customer: Office girl.
Me: Ok, may I know wat is the price range you are looking for? Any budget?
(so that I know what kind of price range I can recommend)

Customer: Wat? you think I dun have money to pay is it? I dunno wat is the market price range for office chairs.
Me: No no no.. If i got a price range, then it would be easier for me to recommend you.
(motherfucker, watch your mouth.. but of course i didnt say that)

Scenario Two:

Customer: Hi, I want to buy office chair.
Me: May I know who the chairs will be for? Office girl or more senior executives?
(So that I know which ones to recommend)

Customer: Office girl.
Me: For office girl, i recommend you Model FC 607 ... (continues with explanation of why I recommend)

Customer: How much?
Me: Nett price RM 195

Customer: Why so expensive?
Me: Not expensive already. This chair is high quality and value for money.

motherfuckers.. if ask for price range, you get fucked by customers, cos they tink u are trying to imply that they dun have money to pay.

If u recommend already, then tell them the price, they just say expensive no matter wat the price is.

Moral of story: Don't be a fucked up customer if you're already one. It makes you look and sound extremely stupid.

drifting off into ....................

2007-11-07T13:17:00.000+08:00

i discovered that i actually like the after effect of eating medicine. the drowsy effect. =) feels like im ensured a gd gd slp.. zzz

2007-11-01T22:36:00.000+08:00

the night is still young, n im already feeling slpy. its strange how i can never get enough slp. or maybe im just too bored, i dunno. i cant wait for the holidays to be here so i can slp in, n do whatever i want. but

what i really wanna do now is pack my bags, head straight to melbourne n never return. i like melb. maybe only when its cold, ha! but i guess the 3 months or so (in total) i have spent there kinda bonded me a lil.. i like the pace of life there. n the city. the so called suburb where siongyin used to stay. glenferrie road. caulfield plaza. coles. sigh. meatballs. cold cold cold water. freezing showers. carefree life. playing dota till 5am. slping in till 2pm. yummy spicy eggplant noodles. arghh i can go on n on.... it drives me nuts to think of all the things i miss there. maybe part of it was due to the fact that i was there with him alone, n its was really fun, no restrictions no curfews (not that i have any now, but its just diff overseas), doing whatever whenever where ever! i want that kinda life again. but sadly, he says its quite hard. i guess deep down i know it too. got no choice but to return to reality. further studies overseas is actually the only option. maybe when im 30, i'll propose the idea to him. heh. like rachel n her husband-to-be. it'll be damn fun doing masters with your him, overseas. live the overseas exchange life i nv had.

life is short, you know? so go ahead n do the things you always wanted to, before its too late. work towards it, at least. but don't spend your whole life slogging away for money, you may not have the time to even spend it, and you may not realise it till its too late. not everything requires a shitload of money to be acquired...

=(

2007-09-24T12:30:00.000+08:00

im such a lazy ass, i can't stand it.
been staring at my work for the past couple hours but i just cant seem to get it done. woke up earlier for nothing. shit i really need to snap out of it.

maybe working life is better after all.

rawh

2007-09-18T11:39:00.000+08:00

"Cats lick themselves frequently and do not smell, unlike many fellow travellers on the MRT."

so true. y ban cats from HDB estates? imo, its another breed of living thing that ought to be banned.

Last Alliance - Shissou

2007-08-16T22:17:00.000+08:00

I LOVE THIS SONG
I LOVE OURAN HIGHSCHOOL HOST CLUB

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Live)

2007-08-16T22:12:00.000+08:00

ooooohh she's actually quite hawt. i didn't expect her to be sooo young lol

Gym Class Heroes - New Friend Request

2007-08-16T21:38:00.000+08:00

taking a dig at online dating and social networking websites. LOL

i love gym class

Paramore - Misery Business

2007-08-16T21:07:00.000+08:00

we have to take our, CLOTHES OFF!

2007-08-16T21:01:00.001+08:00

eeks. they can dance! love the corridor scene, cute-ness

edit: those fursuit pple are actually panic at the disco members!!!! so kawai! ah ha.

2007-07-11T09:15:00.000+08:00

bleh. hate taking the bus in the morning. its so crowded n somehow there are pple who din seem to have taken a shower b4 coming out so its really gross. esp when the bus is crowded.
n i cant stand it when there is like a tiny crack of a seat left n someone fat comes along, underestimates him/herself, n just parks there. grrr. arghhh. ok this is a ranting post. i friggin hate crowded buses.

on a lighter note. my internship is ending next friday!@#$%^&%$#@
^^

hairstyles for liLtinker

2007-05-18T16:09:00.000+08:00

yotsuba

miru

caspia

angelica

onion

carla

rae

my current real life hairstyle. looks more like carla, with toot bangs n messy behind. haha. i dunno which one to waste my money on!

Fatal Marketing

2007-05-11T20:08:00.000+08:00

Completely speechless when I saw this commercial on Australian TV..

Comments? "hey! my wife's a stripper!".. wanna come see?

summer hols~

2007-05-02T00:08:00.000+08:00

our so called summer hols r here. although alot of smu peeps are prob 'working hard', for intern right now. heh. anyway abt a month ago at morton's, rach jo n i came up with a LIST OF THINGS TO DO!! hopefully, we will at least achieve half the list during our short short 4 months hols. haha. (its short cos we effectively only have weekends for our activities)

1) watch spidy 3
2) sentosa for tanning
3) zoo & night safari
4) cycling/roller blading at ECP
5) crab bee hoon
6) samy's curry at dempsey rd (we shud drop by PS cafe for dessert n get indigestion)
7) bbq@rach's
8) axis bar for free tapas
9) mortons for yummy martinis n 'complimentary' steak sandwiches. cant use the word free cos no class lor.
10) sembawang sailors' pub - nelsons pub. check out buckaroos at the same time
11) watch recorded shows at rach's
12) weekly gym sessions......... lol
13) catch a show at the esplanade
14) golf & tennis, with jo as our coach. heh
15) watch movies. first on the list is activity no 1.
16) (added by me) eat at jerry's bbq n grill. sizzzzzling HOT buffalo wings anyone?

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activities mentioned are repeatable and not limited to the creators of the list.
meaning all the girls are to do them tog la

sharon, see! we waited for u to makan at crabby n samy. can't wait. im getting hungry as im typing this.

jo! if ure reading this. i wanna borrow GONG! haha.

interning away~

2007-04-27T11:18:00.000+08:00

im sitting in front of the company laptop, typing this. (duuu-uh)
n im bored. cos there's nothing much to do. nothing constant, anyway. its just bits n scraps of researching n compiling, which SMU students r kinda trained to do. so its kinda easy. so far. hope im not speaking too soon because i dun wanna be overwhelmed with a sudden load of work!

as i speak, the sky darkens n i can sense impending doom. doom=rain=not being able to go outside of the building for lunch. haha. there's one tiny cafeteria in the first floor, n thats it. no canteen, no nothing. so IF it rains, everyone in the building has to eat from that cafe, n food runs out by 12.30. but if it doesnt rain, there's so so so much to eat ard the area. hehs. happy happy. n i got myself a lunch mate too, the other intern. nothing is worst than being bored at work AND lunching alone.

oh ya, the food places. there's lavender food court, boon keng area (lotsa food!), n i think there's enough time to bus down to bugis for a quick meal. im situated at bendemeer, by the way. ulu right. lol. anyway. tgif!!!

hahaha

2007-03-07T18:16:00.000+08:00

was so irritated with sheryl for posting pics of such yummy looking food on her blog.. especially since i was in class while i chanced upon them pics. bleh.

BUT. i realised that im in singapore while she's in france. ha ha ha.

2007-03-05T23:56:00.000+08:00

so happy that i got my headphones, they help to block out noise pollution.
ie, strange noises/accents which i hear on public transport, daily.

i am such a silly girl. i thought i brought my money out to deposit, and i panicked a hell lot because i couldn't find it in my wallet. then after i got home, i saw it lying on top of my pillow. i think i know how it got there. i was about to put the money into my wallet when i got distracted by something random i guess. some random thought. anyhows, i found my money. happy~

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p/s. maybe not so happy. im about to splurge it all on a HDD... which im not sure is a want or a need. dilemma...

chill out. =)

2007-02-26T22:31:00.000+08:00

the last sem

2007-02-22T00:33:00.000+08:00

the toot is finally going back to melb for his last semester. is my farewell going to be a big sigh or a yay?

im getting used to his coming n going... i wonder what it'll be like when he returns for good. will we see each other too often n end up quarreling? maybe. but i know that his final return is the day i've been waiting for..
its really tiring to have a ldr. tiring... for the both of us. i dunno what im saying now. shudnt i be damn happy that he's not leaving anymore? gee... i din see him for a week n im already thinking so much. oh the mind of a female

argh y didnt i just go over to melb to study?? i totally love the freedom i feel there. but thats prob because ive only been there on hols n not to study. oh well. i def would wanna get PR there, since i like the place. alot. n also because half my maternal side family has moved to australia for good.. y is it so hard to be contented with life. i want long long holidays with the toot, in any part of the world, as long as there are beaches nearby and shopping all day long. a hike into the wild would be good too. free from any burden of academia or material needs. yeah dream on

i wish i want i hope

weather's bad and im fat

2006-11-28T10:12:00.000+08:00

why do people envy those with only one exam?
i have only one exam to MUG for this sem, do you envy me?
well, the truth is that with people like me, i work best under pressure.

or rather, i work only under pressure.
one exam is hardly any pressure (i think? i should be stressed considering my non-existant participation marks)
this probably explains why from friday up till now, a good 3/4 days, i have but touched only one chpt out of my 8??/9??/10?? chpts of HCM?? good gosh.

it feels like holidays now.. what with the msian chalet+good food and working/chilling out at ah pek/cheena KTV pubs n downing all that booze. yesh, i drink beer now... TIGER beer at that. ha ha ha.

(oops. after reading what i typed, i realised it sounds like im working as some PR in a pub. LOL =p )

yanhan, me & prince(y)!

2006-11-04T23:18:00.000+08:00

All i need for monday's exam

2006-11-04T19:53:00.000+08:00

It's like dope on A4 paper. time taken to memorise all that will probably take 2-3 days. fuckin hate exams..

Japanese freestyle dancing championship

2006-11-03T22:29:00.000+08:00

disgusting? I would have to say it's pretty good.. lol

More on m-sian police

2006-10-31T12:13:00.000+08:00

FUCKIN FUNNY! have to say it happened to me before.. lol
i bribe them off with RM30 only.. hahaha

and some singaporean fuckers bagging malaysians.(fucking funny).. im not taking any sides. i just tot the singaporean who's doing the narrating is fuckin lan si..apparently, he come over malaysia to race on motorbikes and kena caught.. then moan and moan like a fucking bitch

And here is the video of the fuckin corrupted m-sian officer abusing the china woman. wat the fuck... must find that motherfucker who did this and fuck him inside out

m-sian police - suck big time.

2006-10-31T09:48:00.000+08:00

we all know they r damn famous for taking kopi money. sometimes the amt go up to hundreds la.
disgusting behaviour. i recently read somewhere that some women were wrongly detained n stopped in a rd blk, accused of having false documents, n thrown into prison when they din yield to the corrupt officer's request for money. (now, its not wise to refuse cos they have the right to throw u into prison, how unfair is that right? why isnt the damn govt doing anything abt it???!?!)

the women were made to strip in a room with windows. then the door wasnt even closed n there was a male chee ko pek officer peeping. one even signalled to a woman that she had big boobs. sick. uhhhh excuse me i thought ur religion asks for u to respect women. they even stole the items like branded perfume which the detained women's husband sent to them. OMFG. damn cheapskate can. i know u dun earn enuff but stealing from ur prisoner (though wrongfully detained), where's ur dignity?

was pissed when i read the article. i know most govts r screwed up. its just their trademark. but this.... sighhhh

in a few days time....

2006-10-30T13:26:00.000+08:00

hossan leong lives in singapura

2006-10-24T16:22:00.000+08:00

remember the clip of ruby pan n overseas living?
well, here's another clip of wht happened in talkingcock in parliament. heh.

this brings a smile to my face. i guess only sporeans n Jb pple will understand lahh

just for laughs

2006-10-24T01:21:00.000+08:00

ntu prof showing survey results..

*edit*

omggggg so FUNNYYYY!

"innovation at its best. Is your moustache the source of your knowledge? if it is, please do not set such difficult questions because most of us do not have moustaches"

rofl

sunshine in 16 days

2006-10-22T11:47:00.000+08:00

you are my sunshine
my only sunshine
you make me happy
when skies are grey
you'll never know dear
how much i love you
please don't take my sunshine awayyy

boo. study hard

So much for corporate social responsibility

2006-10-20T21:33:00.000+08:00

I was studying for my brand management exam which is this coming tuesday. I was reading on brand associations. the recent strategic marketing move by Arnott's and Mt Franklin raise my attention to brand associations. October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Australia. Arnott's is a biscuit company which produces their well-known chocolate "Tim Tam":

And Mount Franklin is just bottled water:

I figured that since im studying this brand management and it was something interesting, i might as well just post it. A major part of whatever im posting here will be duplicated in the exams if a similar question comes out.

Since it was "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" month, both Arnott's & Mount Franklin decided to perform their "social corporate responsibilities" by "supporting" the Breast Cancer Foundation. And what they did was...Pink Tim Tams!

And pink-bottled Mount Franklins

To take your mind off abit, I will talk about some "interesting" marketing tactics here. The normal packet of tim tams (1st picture) contains 11 tim tam biscuits. 11 is a prime number. Ever wonder why Arnott's produces packets of 11? Here's a theory (and it's true): as humans, you "never" take the last piece because it's "rude" to take the last piece. So their theory was: if 2 people were sharing a packet of tim tams, one person will lose out by missing out on the last piece of tim tams. So what do you do to make it even? you buy another packet. Evil tactics isnt it?

Anyway, back to corporate social responsibility, Arnott's pink-packeted tim tams cost as much as the "original" one, and for every packet of pink tim tams sold, Arnott's will donate 10 cents to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

BUT (here's the twist) the pink-packeted tim tams only got 9 pieces of Strawberry-flavoured biscuits in it. Assuming the pink one and the original one costs AUD$3. (You do the math yourself), for every packet of pink tim tams Arnott's sold, they are able to

cover the cost of the tim tams (normal)
donate 10 cents to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (woah, good effort! even though it's only a pathetic 10 cents. Great, them expect to raise more than $150,000.. that means u have to sell 15 million packets of tim tams) - *another thing to note: Australia's current population count is slightly more than 20 million
earn an additional profit of $0.06 for every packet of pink tim tams sold + they get consumers to perceive them as a socially responsible company (WTF!)

As for the Mount Franklin story, im not so sure, but im definitely not getting my hopes too high. so there you go, so much for helping the community and being a good corporate citizen.. my assss!

its that time

2006-10-18T21:02:00.000+08:00

yeah im pmsing. so tired... even though i slept for a good 8 hours. it jus isnt my day. ive been so blur and in my own world, maybe thats y i dropped my laptop, my phone, and my yet to be opened loaker cacao wafer on the floor today. hate it when im clumsy like that... i was on the bus sitting down with my laptop n shoe bag on my lap.. then as i proceeded to alight, i pick up my shoe bag n forgot abt my laptop. it bounced painfully on the bus floor. when i opened the case to take out my laptop in sch later on, i found the cd drive popping out. ouch. while changing into gym attire in the toilet, i dropped my phone cos i forgot i left it in my jeans pocket. it bounced painfully on the toilet floor. n oh, it even restarted by itself. talk about smart phones. my wafers. i forgot i was holding it n jus let go. it din bounce, but i think its all crumbly now...

This is how small we are

2006-10-18T19:32:00.000+08:00

Indeed, this is how small Earth is. I tink the same concept is applicable in the world we're living in as well. For example,

You think you can save the whole rainforest by re-using and re-cycling paper
You think you can make a difference when you sign an online petition against animal abuser
You think you can save water by rinsing your mouth with a mug instead of rinsing your mouth off a running tap
You think you can save the eco-system by not littering into the sea
You think you can save the environment by bringing your own bio-degradable bags when you go shopping
You think you can save the world

Fact is, you can't.

For every single piece of paper you re-cycle, you have people who throw a piece of paper away when they got off a bad start when writing an essay.
For every signature you sign in an online petition against executing an animal abuser, another dog gets eaten up by China people (Once again, i have to stress that Chinese from Malaysia & Singapores DOES NOT EQUAL CHINA PEOPLE)
For every piece of litter you do not throw into the seawater, there's another massive oil spill somewhere else
For every bio-degradable bag u use when u go shopping for groceries, there are 20 people behind the queue waiting to get a non-degradable plastic bag even when they are just buying a bottle of water or a tube of chewing gum. Or you may even have aunties who steal plastic bags which are meant for you to put vegetables and fruits into

Bottomline: You are too small to make a difference. I know i might be abit over-pessimistic here. But as Celine Dion sings

soooo sleepy

2006-10-17T22:20:00.000+08:00

had my first negotiation class today... luckily i saw some familiar faces. =)
ive qt alot of work to be done after the break... maybe its because i din do any work at all in the break... shitty. two quizzes next week, n both of which my profs haven even finish teaching. well not that i would have started any earlier but i guess its just in me to complain. bahs.

n i so desperately need to buck up with my octavina... i just need to remember my fingering... then perhaps joe will see that ive improved. haha i think he sees me n the other girls as rather hopeless cases. but im pretty sure that if i practise i can do it la... im so lazy i cant stand myself..

wah enuff abt work... its so sickening to have work on my mind so oft. im gonna think abt happy stuff. i know its abit early but i cant wait for the hols to come! ive so many things im hoping to get done... but i think i can accomplish half, its good enuff. cos i prob would have to work before i have the moolah to do anything!

-learn how to blade. hahaha feel abit paiseh that i cant.. dunno y...
-dance class
-diving (IF i even have time n $, it shud be early next year)
-lotsa cycling (this aint that easy cos i dun even have a bike)
-improve my dota. haa
-lotsa shopping
-lotsa food. at least try out half the list i have in mind with mr.toot.

aiyah there's so much more... its a never ending list.. gd thing is that its all pretty much do-a-ble. at least im not asking to lose 20kilos. though i would LOVE to lose 10...

n one more thing.. i just wish the two of us wouldnt have to quarrel so oft. its really over trivial matters... so i hope there will be lesser of such occurrances.... cant wait for u to be back then i can pinch u hahahhaha

$1.65 Billion YouTube Acquisition

2006-10-10T23:56:00.000+08:00

This news broke out to me rather late.. I was quite shocked that Google actually bought YouTube. Google, as you know, already have their own Google Video. Acquiring them would mean that they are cannibalizing on their own assets. Furthermore, Google Video itself is facing enough law suits for video copyrights. With the acquisition of YouTube, everyone wants to suit Google now. I wonder what they're gonna do with YouTube.. Totally destroy it and capitalize on Google Video.. To be honest, i'm not a very big fan of YouTube because they deleted two of my accounts which caused about 200 videos of mine in frolic to not work. The second account got deleted without any warnings. I understand that copyright videos are not in line with their terms and conditions, but they should at least give me sufficient warnings before they do that. They deleted my second account without even a message. Long story short, these two dickheads just become millionaires within a year:

im gettin fatter

2006-10-10T23:55:00.000+08:00

i like fast cars. at least i like to sit in fast cars. there's that thrill and adrenaline rush, with one not knowing what to expect or when u will lose control. yikes. think i can only sit in them, n not be the one behind the wheel.

always thought i was the sensitive one, thinking n sparing a thought for others. but that was then.
now, im so blunt with my words... oft times saying things that nv got processed in tht brain of mine, if it exists. some times i dun even mean what i say... well i tend to be like this with pple who r familiar or pple i feel comfy with. so i hope no one takes any offense when i shoot my mouth off.

n im so bloody quick tempered. esp when i dun get enuff slp. take after my mum... lol. well at least by quick tempered, it means that i cool off real easily too... i dun stay pissed for long. well unless its accumulated pissed-ness or whatever. anyway its hard to get along with the same pple when u interact with each other so often. just that frens n couples fight in diff ways... oh wells. i guess only loved ones see the real ugly side of a person.

anyways, off to bangkok! in a few more hours! gee i dun know whether to feel excited or what. this trip seems so sudden and unplanned. but im just gonna try enjoy myself before really getting down to business.

miss you. 30 days to go... mug hard ya?

Mid-Autumn Festival

2006-10-10T21:18:00.000+08:00

This was a few days ago - mid-autumn festival (a.k.a moon cake festival). My supervisor suggested this event (which was required by our employers - P.R.D Nationwide). I have nothing against mid-autumn festival, i just tot no one would actually turn up for lanterns, mooncakes and fruits. So we did it anyway. It was last-minute planning. I didn't have to do much at 1st, cos i had a presentation on that day. My supervisor just bought all the stuffs that was needed for the celebration. I had a bet with him. He said that only 6 people will turn up. I said 8. It was a $5 dollar bet.

Celebration started at 930pm. It was this late because we both had badminton sessions till 9pm in uni. When it started, i took up the easiest job - peel and cut the fruits. Reason why i took it is because i didnt want to entertain them, cos on previous occassions, there was complete silence in the common room, which was really awkward. People started turning up. and surprisingly, at around 10pm, the common room was already filled with 16 people. Obviously, i won the bet but the worst part is that my supervisor didnt start all the small talk and just stood at one corner or stood outside the common room. I was inside because i was cutting the fruits at the basin which was located inside the common room. Lucky there were a few people who started some small talk to make it less awkward. Most of them came with friends, so it wasnt that bad, but there were still short moments of silence which made things really weird. I was just abit disappointed that my supervisor (when expected to take control of the situation) was away..

Anyway, Carmen (supervisor's wife) took a pic of my room, with a lantern and the moon which i thought was a well-taken picture:

Ended around 11 something.

Exams are coming soon. and im really gettin really pissy with Collins. as u can see i even dare to spell out his name, because he's a motherfucking bastard. He actually rip of the lecture notes slides from some other professors in the U.S. which explains why the lecture notes does not tally my textbook (which i actually bought and found it totally useless). He completely rip the exact same thing without even changing anything. I can't wait to do the survey evaluation for the unit that dickhead is teaching. What a bastard.. If anyone from Monash University is reading this, please do not take the unit "Brand Management" by Collins! Because you will suffer. He talks too much cock in lectures, rip off other prof's lecture slides, tutes are useless because ure just listening in to other people's presentation (which is fuckin useless, by the way). And Collins, if ure reading this, fuck you!

Qi Tian Da Shen

2006-10-04T17:10:00.000+08:00

watch this!! haha.. its damn funny la... though i dun understand some of it.

part 1

part 2

p/s: i think its a lil bit like a rip off the japanese comedies? but who cares la.
one thing is certain, spore will NV air this on national Tv... lol..

littlest things

2006-10-03T11:47:00.000+08:00

love this song, thanks to sharon for posting it haha.
can't decide if i like her voice or the piano background more. both goes really well tog, she's got a couldn't-care-less/rap way of singing..

well check out her mv for smile.. ' I found a light in the tunnel at the end'. so funny. gotta watch to understand it.

feel v irritated with myself n totally regretting it for not taking my piano lessons back in primary sch seriously. .

Help stop child pornography

2006-10-01T20:27:00.000+08:00

Light a candle for the innocent victims of online child abuse

up till now, i dun know what child pornography really is cos i just cant imagine how one can possibly enjoy watching kids in THAT context. n i dun really wish to find out. its so sick. those demented minds that derive pleasure from helpless children ought be stopped and punished bad. real badd.

What does your car say about you

2006-09-26T23:51:00.000+08:00

Passionate and romantic, you fancy yourself. A bit unreliable, and can be eccentric too. You hate BMW drivers, but think and act just like them.

You would like to believe you are part of the new generation that is caring, environmentally conscious and family-orientated. Actually quite boring; nothing more than a glorified wuss. Will one day probably drive a Merc, but you still sometimes wonder if you shouldn't have bought that Bee-Em.

Self-centred, ambitious, dynamic and assertive. Can be a big show-off pig. Likes impressing too. Buppies and kugels past sell-by date. You think you will be CEO one day. Actually an office weenie who thinks you are God's gift.

Faceless, subservient and demure (except for Matiz drivers). To you, a good deal is to work from nine to five, get nothing for it, and still say thank you. And then you wonder why you don't have money for a time after hours.

Cute self-confident girls climbing the corporate ladder with ball-breaking as their hidden agenda. Will take everything you own if she divorces you.

You still live in the 70's, trying to cope with the 90's (don't even mention the millennium). A loyal, diligent worker, but baffled by office politics and labour policies. Next car will probably also be a Ford.

You are the ultimate on-road wanker. You think your 80s model Commodore is a V8 supercar, OR you think by owning a Barina you’re a true Holden fan. You’re either a redneck or a way-too-standard family parent – but either way, you most likely drive like you’re the only person on the road. You’re even ignorant enough to argue that the new Commodore is better than the new Ford.

You aspire to drive a BMW. You are an opinionated pain-in-the-butt. The ultimate suffragette, or the boss's girlfriend (male or female!).

You like the smell of diesel and have secret fantasy of being a truck driver.

Quite progressive, intelligent and practical. But misguided. The kind of person who will suggest a sub-committee to find solutions to what the committee couldn't. You will always maintain that a Korean car is better than any Japanese model.

You would like to believe you are living the American dream and just love the great outdoors. The closest you get to it is by watching Days of Our Lives and the Adventure Channel.

You are a designer person with a designer life, who always pays too much for everything. Designer mud comes free with the badge. You're a closet colonial racist and have fantasies about the Queen. If you have a Freelander, it was probably a break-up gift from your ex.

A Ford driver with less money. Mostly staid boring with no image and less imagination. Lots of retired people drive Mazdas. You're in the way and should get off the road.

Responsible, immaculate and conservative. Boring CEO clones with too much money, or the office super-geek who can't remember what it's like to have fun. Definitely not dating material.

Good, solid, responsible, loyal office-fodder. You like to travel and maintain that you can sell ice to the Eskimos. Favourite answer: "It's a company car."

Not as label-conscious as your Land Rover counterpart, but still suckered into believing in the ultimate Paris-to-Dakar, African adventure. You drive through puddles to create your own designer mud. You believe you've made the grade, but everyone else knows you've got a long way to go.

Thinks France is the best country in the world and bores everybody with your limited French knowledge and tales of the Louvre and the Sourbonne.

Small dick or mid-life crisis.

An eccentric who likes doing things the wrong way around. Usually the one who asks all the silly questions at staff meetings. You fervently believe you have flair, but it's less than that of a French cookbook. Most probably gay.

A make-believe fool, because you'd like a Pajero but can't afford it. Don't actually know that the engines are made in India and not in Germany.

Although there are thousands of them, you mostly can’t spot them in their zero-image cars. Toyotas are good, reliable cars and are bought by a wide variety of people who have zero personality to go with their cars and are basically chicken-shit scared people who will never take chances and will therefore be driving Toyotas forever.
The most zero-image car in the world?, ... a white Corolla

Highly overrated for dependability cars since the days of the Beetle, but they do have a good re-sale value. Usually practical, sensible people who like to drive fast where nobody can see them. They are usually loyal to their brand to the point of irritation due to the fact that they lost their virginity on a Beetle's back seat.

As square and safe as the car

I was quite disappointed with the comments given to Peugeot, cos my 1st car is expected to be a Peugeot 206cc. But i do aspire to drive a BMW but will definitely drive a merc before i die.

Ripped this off from my brand management article. (smirk) my prof used to drive a Volvo and now he drives a Renault (Do read the comments given to these two cars again). And yes, i dun like him.

Also, i spent alot of time doing the format, hope the view turns out fine on your web browser. Had to do the table html coding for it. maybe not hard, just very tedious.

What do you wanna drive in future?

how to slp like a baby

2006-09-23T12:55:00.000+08:00

"alcohol does induce sleep but doesn't give you a good night's rest because it releases adrenaline and disrupts the production of serotonin (an important brain chemical that initiates sleep)."

so... do know that drinking alcohol before u slp is bad k? u always complain that u cant get to slp... dun u think that its a vicious cycle? u drink before u slp, to try n slp. but it actually affects ur slp in the long run. so stop!

Computer clean out

2006-09-19T20:06:00.000+08:00

Havent clean my computer since Feb.. When i stayed at campus walk 2, i could give it a vaccum because they provide a vaccum cleaner. and i could easily just suck away all the dust. Now, at campus 15.. they have cleaner coming evert fortnight. i dun have a vaccum to conveniently suck it.

and one fine day, my computer started beeping, no matter how many times i restart/scan with anti-programSS.. it was still making the beeping sound. I was starting to wonder whether it was memory leak. cos it took vvv long to restart and applications opened up much more slower nowadays. And it's contradicting especially when you did all ur basic anti-scanning shit and it's still slow.

I knew it was dusty, but i didnt realised how dusty it was until i finally detach all the cables, and place the whole thing under the lamp...

It was so dusty the black fan looks white or grey.. lol. Spent almost an hour cleaning it out. I had a hard time doing it because i had problem removing my CPU-fan.. the metal heat sink (bottom left) is filled with dust and i didnt have a gd long brush to brush everything out.

After cleaning it out, the beeping stopped. and the computer was smooth once again. Except my internet is having some fucking maintainence which goes on forever. These ISP providers sent me an email telling me that there will be maintainence from friday all the way thru to sat.. fine.. but today's tuesday and they still havent got it solved. pissed off man. Im supposed to be using 512kb/s but... the speed is halved now..

Anyway, the cleaning out of the computer got me thinking.. "maybe i should invest in cleaning tools of computer instead of spending money upgrading all the hardware. Cos the dust not only slows down your computer and makes it hot, it also wrecks your fan, which makes it even less efficient if u dun clean it. i went to do a search on the internet and got me to this site - Mr PC Clean. And i tink this product below will do the job pretty well.
So instead of sucking all the dust using a vaccum, why dun u just blow all the dust out violently. Sucking actually runs a risk of u spoiling your computer parts.. but the air blaster... it probably does the job 3 times as fast as a vaccum. And it looks so cool.. lol

I might have to start looking for one, a cheaper one of course. cos the product is actually compressed air with a tiny tube which allows u to slide it into minute spaces in your computer and blow everything out..

-gon start investing in cleaning tools-

2006-09-17T14:35:00.000+08:00

if i lay here, if i just lay here
would you lie with me and just forget the world

the mrbrown show 30Aug06:TalkingCock in Parliment - Ruby Pan

2006-09-16T16:36:00.000+08:00

got it from ling hui's blog

Edited version of huiwen's pic with the horse

2006-09-15T08:50:00.000+08:00

Haircut

2006-09-14T13:14:00.000+08:00

After cutting my hair twice myself, i woke up today feeling quite pissed off with my hair. it looks messy and thick and just imbalanced.. I was in a dilemma as to whether to cut myself again or go to a hairdresser. The hairdressers in melbourne sucks.. All of them are noobs and even the experienced one cant really give you want you asked for. So out of anger, i decided to just go for a haircut. I decided to find a new one. there are a couple of hairdressers along glenferrie road. I walked into two shops and they both can cut my hair straight away. So i didnt make an appointment. Finally i went to one which looks expensive but is not.

And here's the outcome:

Looks quite bad without wax. but it's fine. and finally someone actually knows how to cut my sides:

Again, it looks weird without wax. whenever i say i want it short at the sides, then the hairdresser always messes it up. i dunno how. and this is actually the first time i get a 'balance' hair cut in Australia. Usually, i always get one side longer than the other.. and i mean it's so obvious that you can actually see it. sucks..

And the hair cut only costs me AUD30, which usually costs around AUD40. Not too bad. Felt so much better after the haircut.

Nelly Furtado - Say it right

2006-09-13T12:22:00.000+08:00

In the day
In the night
Say it all
Say it right
You either got it
Or you don't
You either stand or you fall
When your will is broken
When it slips from your hand
When there's no time for joking
There's a hole in the plan

Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me
No you don't mean nothing at all to me
Do you got what it takes to set me free
Oh you could mean everything to me

I can't say that I'm not lost and at fault
I can't say that I don't love the light and the dark
I can't say that I don't know that I am alive
And all of what I feel I could show
You tonite you tonite

From my hands I could give you
Something that I made
From my mouth I could sing you another brick that I laid
From my body I could show you a place God knows
You should know the space is holy
Do you really want to go?

meoww

2006-09-12T23:48:00.000+08:00

i like cats. even though i prefer their counterpart/nemesis??, doggies! but im a pretty lousy dog owner so..... oh well.

ran into this cute lil pussy cat on my way to my tuition kid's place. that area is swamped with cats! u'll see one which ever way ur head turns. n some of them r real friendly felines, like this lovely brown one.. i love its tail, long n curvy... a lil hypnotic if u ask me. anyway, do click on the picture to find out what this demented person did to cats, or prob to any other helpless creature he could (soon it'll be can) lay his hands off. dun leave ur cats out on the streets, esp if ur feline is a trusting one! i wish i could whack the hell outta all abusers. n with that i mean abusers of all living things.. esp helpless ones like the elderly, the young, n our furry friends.

on a lighter note, im so happy! got a call during tuition kid 1's session that tuition kid 2 wants to cancel tuition. so it means i can go home earlier! got a quiz tmr la... n travelling to n fro is v v tiring. giving tuition to lazy fidgety kids is worst. but getting money is gd. so.... i guess i shud stop comparing la. kays i got quiz tmr.... need to go study... shit...

(think someone will scold me cos i went to blog instead of mug. oops.)

Sweet exam timetable!

2006-09-12T11:01:00.000+08:00

Brand Management 24/10/06 2:30pm
International Retailing 27/10/06 9:30am
Retail Technology 02/11/06 2:30pm
Buying for Ret Mkts 06/11/06 9:30am

Ok, what's so good about it is that i dun have consecutive days of exams, which i normally do. And i end early! which means, i gotta start studying for exam real fuckin soon. and it doesnt help that i only got textbooks for brand mgmt and retail buying. What's so good abt this timetable is that i can go home earlier.. My house in malaysia just got extreme make-over.. can't wait to see it. and i can also see my baby earlier! excited.. cant wait to go on our food trip and bangkok trip and ideally diving!Hopefully, i can apply for leave soon. the residential advisor job actually expects me to continue with the job. And it doesnt benefit me if i quit the job jus because i have to go back.. cos.. the next semester, i will most prob be promoted to supervisor and basically stay for free. So i hope i get the leave approval.

exams..... shit..

we love horses

2006-09-10T01:05:00.000+08:00

cleaning up my closet

2006-09-07T23:33:00.000+08:00

y? because i found a teenaged cockroach lurking in my load of barang barang. normally creepy crawlies dun freak me out THAT much... esp if they r visible at ALL times to me, n as long as they dun fly. like, u wont see me freaking out when a flying insect decides to do a crazy aerobatic stunt in the classroom... that is until i dun see it anywhere... then, i start to worry. so whats worst than finding a cockroach in ur room?? ..................a baby one. im soooo gonna clear up my load of crap on sat. been delaying this much needed spring cleaning for who knows how long. i think im messier than a typical guy. yikes.

went to city plaza today... heard from sheryl that they sold alot of clothes at wholesale prices. well, it wasnt too bad, i discovered a couple of nice n decent shops... but that was limited to the first level. the higher one goes, the crappier the clothes get. i hate to have to dig thru a whole load of clothes jus to find that nice looking one. think this fashion; dig thru a mountain of clothes till u get a headache from the in store noise (is it supposed to be music?) that they play, n if ure lucky, u find something decent. if not... u go home with a headache la. not that i go there often.. i dun think i like the style of clothes they sell, to put it nicely. bugis is my current fav place! cheap stuff! n good thing is that most of the nicer things r kinda filtered out already.. unlike in city plaza where i still had to dig abit. avoiding bugis for the moment la, i seem to spend everytime i go there. even things that arent that nice seem to catch my attention due to the low prices..

pple say shopping is retail therapy.. but y do i feel guilty each time i spend? i think i prefer spending on food. lol. plus the fact that i actually have better uses for the money. think bills, loan, transport... i cant imagine what it'll be like living on my own in the future.. independence seems to come with an expensive price to pay huh.

i tend to ramble alot. from the cockroach to shopping to blah blah blah.
i need to lose some fats.

anyway bon voyage to ting shan whos leaving for tokyo tmr for a one year exchange! how cool is that??? envy envy envy! do take care dearie...=D
i got no moolah to go exchange n my darn skool exchange program din liase with any melb unis. bahhhhh.

DM2

2006-09-06T15:46:00.000+08:00

The DM2 arrived much earlier than expected. It was supposed to arrive on Thursday. I received the notification card from the post office that i have an international parcel yesterday. and was extremely thrilled because i knew it was my DM2. DM2 is actually a much simpler version of a turntable. It connects directly to your computer through USB. What matters the most is the program that ure gonna use to mix then music.The program that they provided me together with the DM2 is absolutely crap man. Cant even load in your own songs and mix. although i must say that the interface looks cool, but funationality wise, it's bullshit. So i went online to search for good virtual dj-ing programs (most famous e.g. VirtualDJ). However its not compatible with DM2. The one that most people talked about was Traktor DJ studio. I found a good set of instructions as to how to set the DM2 to be in sync with traktor. BUT...... the latest traktor i got was v3.0 and the instruction was for 2.0. I tried it anyway, it didnt work. the controller settings of the DM2 wasnt compatible with the traktor v3.0... The usual steps of troubleshooting begins.. i went to search forums.. and even register and posted, asking for help. Hopefully someone will reply. Oh, another thing.. because the DM2 wants to try and act smart.. they make their files into a format that could only be played by their program... so i had to convert all the audio input and output into midi, so that i can play it with traktor. as least midi is compatible with more audio players..Sounds like im complaining alot. But there is actually no problems with the 'turntable' (DM2). Quality was good, almost on par of what i expected. and the basic functions are there. All i need to do now is to sync the DM2 with the Traktor program. Have been doing this the whole day. Havent done any work yet.. better do some now.

Determination of the snail + Confidence of the photographer

2006-08-28T11:04:00.000+08:00

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AHHHHHEEEEEEE cutie!!

2006-08-27T00:10:00.000+08:00

ok so its just the cutie's hands la. but still, heeee.
n its a v cool ad.

Hands by Motion Theory
Uploaded by Razorbuzz

random stuff...

2006-08-27T00:05:00.000+08:00

i hate walking under trees. get the creeps. im afraid of those cocoons or caterpillers hanging on silk thread that might end up on my neck.

it happened to me twice along the same stretch of road. n i squashed one of them while trying to remove it, thinking it was a leaf on my neck. eeew...

some kind of tree huh.... caterpiller haven....

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was walking to the bus stop today when i past by a house n saw this cute lil jack russell puppy tied to the gate on a leash. i felt so tempted to pick it up n run away... dun like to see animals being tied up. its bad enough u leave them outside in the rain or sun... to tie them up is worst. oh well. im not that fantastic a dog owner myself. ex dog owner..

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before i went to give tuition, i met up with sher for lunch at ajisen. there was a really value for money (at least we think so) set lunch where the noodles cost 10 bucks while u can order a side for either 10cents or 90cents. ok so maybe the cost is incorporated into the noodles la, but the sides cost quite abit on their own. greedy me said we shud order one bowl each...tho sher tot we shud share. den the greedy US wanted to order more sides after we each ordered a 10/90cents side (that makes 2 sides tog). ahhhhh the noodles killed us la... even thought that we could have takopachi after but we were stuffed. gee i think i cant control myself when it comes to food. eat n eat n eat......... n eat....

tasteless jokes

2006-08-26T02:55:00.000+08:00

but i laughed anyway.

(1) DON'T LOOK AT NAKED LADY
Boy 1: Why do you run from a naked lady?
Boy 2: Becos my mum said that if I look at a naked lady, I'll turn into stone. A part of me is getting hard already!

(2) NAMES OF WIVES
A malay man had 4 wives, and he called his...
4th wife..... baby doll
3rd wife.....china doll
2nd wife.....barbie doll
1st wife..... panadol !

(3) HOW INDIA GOT ITS NAME
This is how India got its name.....
The king was having sex with his mistress while thinking a name of his country and his mistress ask him "is it In Dear?"...

(4) RESEARCH FINDING
Research shows men are fatter than women because every-night men get fresh milk & 2 big papayas while women only get 1 banana, 2 peanuts & 1 tea-spoon of starch!

(5) ARAB MAN
An arab was being interviewed at a US checkpoint.
'Your name pls.'?
"Abdul Aziz "
"Sex? "
"Six times a week!! "
"No, no, I mean male or female! "
"Doesn't matters, sometimes even camel !"

(6) SERVICE
Sex is like a restaurant.
Sometimes you get full satisfactory service,
and sometimes you have to be satisfied with self-service"

(7) HAPPY MAN
What makes a happy man?
Daughter on the cover of cosmo.
Son on the cover of sports illustrated.
Mistress on the cover of playboy
and .. Wife on the cover of "missing persons"

(8) SWIMSUIT
Why was the 2-piece swimsuit invented?
To separate the HAIRY section from the DAIRY section.

(9) GOOD AMBITION
Teacher: What do you want to become?
Little Johnny: Doctor !!
Teacher: Why?
Little Johnny: Coz its the only profession where u can tell a woman to take off her clothes and ask her husband to pay for it.

(10) DENTIST
Woman complaining to dentist: "It's so painful, I'll rather have a baby than have a tooth removed."
Dentist: "Make up your mind soon, I'll adjust the chair accordingly."

(11) VIRGIN
Old lady, 85, a virgin, about to die. wanted her tombstone to read : BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN.
The engraver shortened it to: " RETURNED UNOPENED "

(12) OLD MAN AND YOUNG GIRL
75 yr old man got married to a 15 yr girl.
On their first night both were crying - why???
Coz she didn't know anything, and
he had forgotten everything.

Us in St Kilda Beach

2006-08-25T20:54:00.000+08:00

BEAU-tifuland thanks ronny for the image resizer (right click and save target as...)

Jason Aldean - Why

2006-08-21T11:32:00.000+08:00

It's 3 AM and I finally say
I'm sorry for acting that way
I didn't really mean to make you cry
Oh baby, sometimes I wonder why

[CHORUS]
Why does it always have to come down
To you leaving
Before I'll say 'I love you'
Why do I always use the words
That cut the deepest
When I know how much it hurts you
Oh baby why, do I do that to you

I know I'd never let you walk away
So why do I push you 'til you break
And why are you always on the verge of good-bye
Before I'll show you how I really feel inside

[CHORUS]
Why does it always have to come down
To you leaving
Before I'll say 'I love you'
Why do I always use the words
That cut the deepest
When I know how much it hurts you
Oh baby why, do I do that to you

Why do I always use the words that cut the deepest
When I know how much it hurts you
Oh baby why, do I do that to you
Why do I do that to you

Bling Education

2006-08-17T23:11:00.000+08:00

I wasn't supposed to do this.. but fuck assignments.. 2 major assignments plus 1 fuckin presentation due this coming tuesday. Not that it's hard to do or whatever, i fuckin hate presentations.. Gotta present on Toy "R" Us.. i gotta say we the slides some of my groupmates did were pretty impressive. Just hope they deliver it professionally..

I was doing work and i messed up.. i re-read a big part i already did.. and realised it deviates from the main topic too much.. i deleted the whole chunk and had to re-do it.. damn it.. took a break.. as i was too pissed off to continue. Read this article from my school magazine.. it's an 'educational' piece of crap on "Bling"..

At the same time, i could test out the pro-ness of my camera.. apparently, i took a picture of the article and its read-able from computer.. i hope u guys can read this too!

For a more professional education about bling, click here...

DJ Jaz

2006-08-17T00:58:00.000+08:00

we found the man! he's at this new club at central mall... called cube. its no where as nice as chinablack in terms of interior... cos cb has this 'underground' effect whereas cube is.. more open. but the music is the same! one track flows smoothly to the next, u can feel he pimped each one up nicely so u wont get sick of listening to the whole song, n all the songs r gd! hope u r excited abt coming back... well i know u arent that keen but this time its a chance to relive our best times clubbing... too bad cb died...

zzz time to try n slp. skool starts next mon n its a bloody 830 lesson. need to get back normal slp cycle. but what normal ah? ... ...

lol

2006-08-15T16:19:00.000+08:00

edit: these two grown men were arguing abt whether they shud trust this new guy, n one strongly opposes as he stresses they dont know the new guy at all. the other guy goes:

"vince, there was a time where i didn't know you"

"yeah, that was in the third grade!"

its from fast and furious. hah.

You gave me

2006-08-13T12:12:00.000+08:00

Someone to love
Someone to touch
Someone to hold
Someone to know
Someone to love
Someone to trust
Someone to hold
Someone to know

tearjerker

2006-08-13T00:49:00.000+08:00

~~~~

i wanna watch the movie... n cry my eyes out..

If you really care about someone, do not tell her to fuck off

2006-08-12T19:00:00.000+08:00

The weather was worsening outside. Her windshield was covered in a half inch of ice - the de-icer she had bought previously in the day was not working as well as she had hoped. Driving home at midnight from work would be an ordeal, to say the least, but she had driven on ice before, even this Texas girl could take care of herself.

She returned to work after scraping the windshield and verifying that the car would start. She sat down at the computer and saw an Instant Message on the screen, from the person that had given her the most happiness and the most pain of her life:

It is getting worse outside, you come home now.

She messaged him back, telling him that she had to be here, because she was the only supervisor around for the particular group and it was not fair to everyone else if she left early. His consideration for her safety slowly gave way to anger, making idle threats against the company if they did not close their doors due to the weather, and then attacking her character.

Fuck the others! Who cares about the others?

I care.

Well, fuck you too.

Perhaps he really cared. That he was really thinking about her safety. But more likely than not, it was the first time she had ever said NO to something that he had told her to do. And she felt justified in it and somewhat proud. If she made a bad decision then it was totally hers, not because she was doing something that was commanded of her. But she knew what she was doing. She had driven on ice before.

What did all this mean?

One more battle in the power struggle.

One more fight to lose.

One more night without sleep.

One more day closer to eradication.

Eggplant noodles

2006-08-09T20:50:00.000+08:00

water animation

2006-08-09T19:19:00.000+08:00

this is so damn cute!!

dance like this

2006-08-08T14:20:00.000+08:00

this, is the original version of the popular song, 'hips don't lie' by shakira n wyclef jean. but the original is really so much better... trust me... i get so miffed when everyone is so in love with shakira's version. not that i hate her la... ok listen to this...

im sure anyone who watched dirty dancing 2 would agree with me that claudette ortiz duet with wyclef sounds so much better! its so much more sensual with the spanish feel to it. uhhhh. like it has a dirtier, raw feel to it. like straight from the streets. k i suck at describing it but yeah, i think its way better. geez im so long winded. its a pity not many pple have heard it.. so most of them think that the highly publicised 'hips don't lie' is better. oh puhlease, i think her voice dont suit it at all. bahs.. n its damn irritating cos it gets stuck in my head when i hear it. darn. phui.

good news for my taste buds

2006-08-08T01:09:00.000+08:00

i thought i would have to miss this certain thing very much after returning from australia...
but it turns out i dont. =D

apple and mango. found at beloved lido!

Ronny's BBQ 2006 + Poker

2006-08-06T23:40:00.000+08:00

Hardcore Foodies

2006-08-06T10:18:00.000+08:00

Me, Ron, and Huiwen came out with this idea during the year end holidays.. travel around to try all the "Top 10 lisiting" / "Best Hokkien Mee" / "Best Chicken Rice" / "Best (anything)..

Though i tink taste is a personal thing, but there must be some general consensus as to which one taste the best.. Huiwen found a Makansutra website, whereby they have a top 10 listing of the best foods in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Though i have to disagree with some of the them..

I really miss the Penang Char Kway Teow i had on my first visit to Penang. It was the smallest and most expensive plate of Kway Teow i had (considering Malaysia standards). I had about 4 to 5 plates! I hope the Hiong Hiong place in Penang is the Kway Teow im looking for.

So im really looking forward to the day when we all set out on the food journey and come back with our own Top 10..

Anyone interested?

Snow Patrol - Run

2006-07-29T17:02:00.000+08:00

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up...

Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

stars - calendar girl

2006-07-18T09:56:00.000+08:00

If I am lost for a day; try and find me
But if I don't come back, then I won't look behind me
All of the things that I thought were so easy
Just got harder and harder each day
December is the darkest and June is the light but this empty bedroom won't make anything right
While out on the landing a friend I forgot to send home
Who waits up for me all through the night
Calendar girl whos in love with the world Stay alive
Calendar Girl whos in love with the world Stay alive
I dreamed I was dying; as I so often do
And when I awoke I was sure it was true
I ran to the window; threw my head to the sky
And said whoever is up there,please don't let me die
But I can't live forever,I can't always breath
One day I'll be sand on a beach by a sea
The pages keep turning, I'll mark off each day with a cross
And I'll laugh about all that we've lost
Calendar Girl who is lost to the world
Stay Alive
Calendar Girl who is lost to the world Stay Alive
January,February,March,April,May I'm alive
June,July,August,September,October I'm alive
November,December,yah all through the winter, I'm alive
I'm alive

monday

2006-07-18T09:53:00.000+08:00

Been in Melbourne for two weeks now. feeling sad since i know i have to leave soon.. n head back to reality. skool, that is.

i think i will leave stuff abt goldcoast n sydney when siongyin n i both decide to work on it together. lazy me... =D

in a small cafe corner of monash caulfield now. sipping hot choco n munching on a sushi roll in nice cold weather is really a nice n relaxing thing to do. well actually i went for my first lesson with him today, but it was a v v v small class with abt 30 pple n each had to do some self intro n give insight of what each knew about international retailing.... so.... i slipped away. since i wasnt supposed to be in the class anyways. haha.. hate self introduction... cos there's nothing much abt me, im a boring person. so, not to waste my train ticket to caulfield, i decided to slack in his skool for awhile. n type this post.

there's still like 3.5 hours before his lessons end... dun think i can last that long alone. n i cant tap into the skool network so that sucks. shall catch a train back later, after my drink. hope i dun take the wrong side! i gotta find stuff to do during his lessons! cos i prob cant tag along for any... all tiny classes. his current class is 5 hours, i think thats absolute madness! i cant even pay attention for a 3 hour seminar, n 5 hours would jus mean loads of spacing out (cant snooze cos its a small class) n a complete waste of time.

sun is shining at my eye n laptop screen now. think i shall make a move.

dun wanna go home.

really cold n windy melbourne.

2006-07-11T23:40:00.000+08:00

back from goldcoast and sydney... doing my stupid BOSS stuff... or i wont be online. its so nice to slack my life away here... heh. the only time i on my laptop is to play games. =) sadly, its all coming to an end. n i guess it'll be close to impossible to lead this kinda skacking life again, esp not when i'll be graduating soon. n my next summer hols r to be spent on bloody internship. (prayyyy that i get one without much wait)...

sydney n goldcoast were both superlllyyy fun, in their own ways. i wouldnt hesitate going to either place again! saw the famous bondi beach, but sadly it was dark n cloudy so we din get to surf. boos. did quite alot n i cant really recall all that much right now... but i kinda conquered my fear of the G-feeling that one gets in extreme rides. well, almost.. just dun ask me to get on those free fall typos n certainly no bungees. i've got a weak heart..

life is good. for now. besides worrying abt bidding n BOSS, ive been slacking n watching movies, shows, Big Brother, cold walks to buy grocery, cold walks in the park.. it actually feels great to be wearing 2 or 3 layers n shiver instead of a thin layer back in spore, n sweating like a pig. sure will miss all that. miss pple back home. miss the food. but siongyin's a brill cook n im contented. =D

cant wait to go back to sydney n goldcoast.

Finished exams!

2006-06-19T12:04:00.000+08:00

Next stop:

surfin the deep blue sea and hittin the golden shores!

a lil more shopping

2006-06-19T00:02:00.000+08:00

ok so i went out again n spent more money. geez. oh but how was i to know... going out with my family, i thought i wouldnt be buying anymore, since they dun exactly frequent the shops i fancy. but. argh watsons has so many things i would love to lay my hands on.. n this time i bought some face powder n facial sunscreen. these two r actually necessities, so it aint waste of moolah. but yeah considering how broke im gonna be, i shud be saving every penny i have now right? sigh...........

ee im actually rambling abt shopping. how bored am i?? well basically i have been entertaining myself with BLEACH! heh i love it. i love mr strawberry. that is, kurosaki ichigo (strawberry) , kuchiki rukia and kuchiki byakuya!! pretty characters. ahhhh. me love. i like ichigo's personality.. so blatent n rash yet so kind hearted n silly. ha ha ha. so endearing! hope to watch the anime in melb.. so far ive only been reading the manga as anime is like, tooo huge for me to dl la. im lazy to wait that long.. y bother when u can get it from others. hee. oh i finished watching hotel babylon season 1 as well. its a super entertaining serial/drama i must say... i din know such things actually can take place in hotel management. watch to find out =) cant wait for season 2!

i shud really get down to my final packing... haven sorted out what clothes to bring. thats abt my biggest headache already.. cos one n a half month aint v long but it aint v short either. so i end up thinking that i'll be needing this, this n that, n throwing every decent looking top into the already big mound of clothes im preparing to squeeze in. ok ive procrastinated long enough... i'll go throw out some clothes. back into my wardrobe la. tmr tmr tmr!! oh no im getting realllll jittery....

feeling restless

2006-06-17T22:29:00.000+08:00

i have nothing to do at home besides bumming away and stoning in front of my computer screen. n i decided that i shud stop going out since im leaving so soon... so i thought i shud 1) spend more time at home, 2) spend time away from the evils of shopping, 3) pack! my luggage. which i am afraid of doing so, since i have a high tendancy of packing my whole wardrobe along. and that certainly wont do as i have a pathetic weight limit of 20kg. sobs. i have kinda decided not to do (much) shopping in australia, bearing in mind the state of my wallet now... booooo. so sad right? =(

2 days. oohhh 2 days! i cant help but feel super excited. but will miss my family, frens, n my hamster la. but i miss the life there too. i think if i could bring my entire family along to australia, i wouldnt mind living there at all. i kinda like melbourne. there's slackness when u wan it, entertainment n shopping in the city, short getaways just by a couple hours of driving... life is just different? but i dun think it'll be easy getting a job there. oh well im thinking too much. i have more impt things like my majors to worry abt now... grr...

anyways the vid below... i find it so amusing. cos its something our neighbour country came up with. lol. kinda cute la

very original

2006-06-17T22:26:00.000+08:00

the roti-man vs the milk-man
(guess what this is for?)

AHHHH!

2006-06-17T02:05:00.000+08:00

am.so.excited.

i cant wait to be in australia. oooh im jus so exhilarated at the thought of it. =D

im hungry now. bahs.

suicide

2006-06-16T16:20:00.000+08:00

so, so you think you can tell
heaven from hell
blue skies from pain
can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail
a smile from a veil
do you think you can tell

did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts
hot ashes for trees
hot air for the cool breeze
cold comfort for change
did you exchange
a walk on part in a war
for a lead role in a cage

how i wish
how i wish you were here
we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year
running over the same old ground
of how we found
the same old tears
wish you were here

sparklehorse
wish you were here

Best pork ribs in the world

2006-06-15T22:10:00.000+08:00

Wireless everything

2006-06-14T18:48:00.000+08:00

...well.. sort of.

Click here to see how to make your personal computer completely 'wireless'.

thx ronny for the find.

11 days to go!

2006-06-09T14:17:00.000+08:00

before i hit the land of golden sand.

haha thats lame, ok. thats the normal colour of sand i know. kinda excited, cos i have nv been so far out without my family on a trip like that before. we r soo unorganised, no plans for itinery whatsoever. but i guess everything will work out fine. =) cant wait!

wish i could stumble upon a bag full of money now.

Reality TV, Thailand 'chio-bu's' and Maxim Top 10

2006-06-03T16:09:00.000+08:00

Reality TV

A recent work in frolic let me discovered another series of reality tv which may be appealing to most guys. It's called "He said..., she said..." In this reality tv, guys get to interact with a female and the female will vote the guys off one by one (those that she doesn't like). An interesting legal action was brought against them recently regarding some ethical issues about the programme. Here's the only sample that have been screened on television before the legal actions proceeded:

Thailand 'chio-bu's' (chio bu = pretty girls in hokkien)

Usually, i don't get much forwarded mail. i dun open forwarded mails much anyway, except for those that are sent by huiwen - which will probably be those that are worth having a look. She forwarded me a mail with the title 'pondan cantik'. for those of u who knows malay, u probably know what it means. anyway, it was a mail full of pretty ladies. I will only post the ten of which i tink are the nicer lookin ones (and don't forget to tell me which one is your favourite!):

Chio bu number 1:
Hott ehy?

Chio bu number 2:
Green with envy?

Chio bu number 3:
With glam..

Chio Bu number 4:
Nice hair-do

Chio bu number 5:
Sexy eyes

Chio Bu number 6:
Nice hair-do again

Chio bu number 7:
hmm?

Chio bu number 8:
abit of poise there..

Chio bu number 9:
Polka-retro beau!

Chio bu number 10:
so, all not bad-looking yeah? there's a couple of things which i tink u should know about them:

They're all from thailand (yeah, you shud visit thailand someday man)
They all look like girls (duh.)
They're all very pretty (duh..)
They're all transexual [i.e. ah-guas(hokkien), pondan (malay)].. which means they're all guys..

Isn't it amazing how they can be even prettier than pretty girls on the streets? It's amazing what science can do these days, ehy? Sorry to spoil your excitement about the 'pretty part'.. but they're really all trans.. I hope u guys have not save these pictures into your collection of 'chiobus' k? If ur friends discover them, it can be quite embarassing.

2006 Maxim Top 10 (yes, they're real girls now!)

At number 10:
Christina Milan

Number 9:
Keira Knightley

Number 8:
Kate Bosworth

Number 7:
Cameron Diaz

Number 6:
Scarlett Johansson

Number 5:
Stacy Keibler

Number 4:
Angelina Jolie

Number 3:
Lindsay Lohan

Number 2:
Jessica Alba

and Number 1:
Eva Longoria

yum yum....

and now have to get back to study. fuckin hate exams.. head is about to explode.. and can't wait to go on DA trip.. u know wat im talkin about..

Mobile Weapon Zero v1.11

2006-06-01T13:48:00.000+08:00

our first ever user submitted flash game. interesting concept, mech RPG in an easy to pick up format. its a point and click based interface, and the brief tutorial at the start helps explain things alot. you'll be on your way upgrading and questing before you know it!

save game feature available. so give it your best mech-arm-gun shot now!

thanks to Tianyang from TYLER projects for the submission.
for more info and the latest versions, check out MobileWeapon.net

my adorable baby hamsters!

2006-05-30T22:28:00.000+08:00

abt a month ago, i felt the need for some furry pals in my home. so i plotted with my bro to get one or two dwarf hammies. yeah but subject to my mum's approval. jus yesterday, my colleague passed me 2 cute lil adoloscent hamsters to me! well actually i was getting them from another colleague, n she was charging me 2 bucks each. -_- but turns out her fren wanted them so she prob gave them to her instead. my other colleague's hamster gave birth too so she offered them to me. foc. as i would if i were finding homes for the lil ones. unless im selling to petshop la! they make money from them anyways.

here's how they look! haven named them yet cos i cant really tell them apart. yet.

huddling in a corner

ahhh squish them!

din take more. my phone camera is blurry... blehs. but arent they so adorable? esp when they walk/waddle, their lil butts sway side to side. lol. i dunno their gender yet, part of me hope they r same sex, part of me wanna see them reproduce. arghhh. so sad that i cant see them 'grow up'! bahhhs. (actually i dun want them to)