Sunday, May 31, 2009

Outing: Terminator 4

P1000043My green tea blend from Coffee Bean

Jon Lai was supposed to join Franklin and I to catch a movie yesterday night since Franklin had been stashed away in the jungles for months for National Service and will be leaving soon. It has been ages since I’ve seen those two Lodgians anyway. Unfortunately, that Jon bum couldn’t make it today so we asked Jonas to come along instead.

P1000045My half-eaten dinner and a MacBook

Since I was hungry, Franklin and I went to Coffee Bean. I had some tomato and cheese thing. It was amazing that Franklin (a guy) actually bothered more about how fattening this and that dish was compared to me (a girl). So we stood for ages at the counter and finally, he ordered a plate of salad…Untitled-1We met up with Jonas at Star afterwards and suddenly, Franklin and Jonas developed some camwhore-mania and posed a lot. P1000072 I guess Gabrielle suddenly became the manliest of them all.P1000064 Met Emmanuel at Star, who will be watching his 3rd movie today, 3 movies in one go… ran into Chun Hoe as well. P1000105A photo while giving Jonas a short ride to his car in the car park. Oh yea, why so many photos? That is because the Franklin bought a new Lumix camera.P1000096You will be SERIOUSLY PROSECUTED according to the sign in Star Cinema. Could anyone be JOKINGLY PROSECUTED?P1000117

Macbook vs. Vaio, who stands out more?

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Old Residents

I didn't receive any letters from JPA yet and now, I am really curious which country will I be sent to. I spent half an hour yesterday evening, standing in front of the window in hopes that I will see a Post Laju van. What a waste of energy.
Again, I have another pair of lovebirds in my garage.
I don't have a good picture of them both together.
But the above is a HE.
And again, I have their noisy babies in my garage.
This is the third time I have noisy baby birds in my garage.

Then, when they start learning how to fly... there will be fat baby birds making a lot of noise and zooming around. They fly into windows a lot and fall a lot too.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hiatus: Restoration

Layout under technical restoration.

Firstly, Adobe Photoshop CS4 must be obtained again.
Comiting piracy...again.
Previous license just expired thanks to my itchy hands.
Retired to restoring my blog layout using Photoshop Elements on my Vaio.
However, functions are limited.
So... I currently do not have a proper header.
But yea, I have an awesome dog at the top right hand corner of my blog.

No Photoshop CS4 on desktop = Work Cannot Be Completed

Anyway, Chong found out that she'll be doing her JPA preparatory program in INTEC before going overseas but she still doesn't know what country is she going to. I, on the other hand, do not even know where will I be doing my preparatory program let alone which country I will be sent to. There is one thing that I do know, I will not be doing medicine in Russia since the Russian program scholars already received calls from JPA or so they say.

Random thought: Boy-who-dunno-how-to-boil-eggs thinks I am poser-ing him. Thick faced indeed or could it be that you are subconsciously poser-ing me? ^_^V

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Equinox Egg Balancing

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CHERYL TEO

At 12.00PM on 28th May 2008, which is the first day of spring or the first day of the vernal equinox, and the only day you balance an egg on its tip and it will stay upright vertically. Or is that just some myth? I am more excited by the fact that today is Dumpling Festival.

According to BBC, the egg is used because it is a symbol of fertility. Apparently rabbits are symbol of fertility too but according to BBC again, eggs are easier to handle than rabbits. Equinox Egg Balancing legend was started off in ancient China, something about the "balance" in gravity between the Earth and the Sun. BBC says it will work today and it will work on any other day too if you are extremely patient. The trick is to shake the egg first according to BBC again. Hmmm, why only eggs can be balanced?

Why not stand a mango on its tip and it will stand upright vertically?
Egg on its tip

Monday, May 25, 2009

Windows 7

I finally decided that I would attempt at installing the evaluation copy of Windows 7 on my desktop and so, I did after backing up my files. That was what the whole RM22 stack of empty DVDs that I bought yesterday at PC Image were for.

The installation was a success, installing a new operating system turned out to be easier than I thought it would be. You can stop calling me a noob and you can drop the illiterate nickname. Come on lah, my computer skills aren't that bad. Sexist people. ^_^

Unfortunately thanks to my decision to change my operating system, now I have so many drivers and softwares to reinstall. Not to forget that I have Microsoft Office Professional to hack...

And I finally completed 80% of all that by 4.00AM... Had no choice but to go off to sleep since I had a review with my orthodontist at 10.00AM. Thankfully some patient was late, so by 9.30AM I was done and back home, sitting in front of the computer.

I don't know but... Windows 7 just seems like a big brother to Windows Vista and apart from that, nothing impressive or interesting about it.

Random thought: I am about to get my hands on a copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

An Afternoon Out

Went to watch "Night In The Museum 2" with Jonas and Stefan in the afternoon. It was an okay movie, nothing very special about the movie but the Bobbing Head Albert Einsteins were very cute.

After that, it was duck noodles in Hong Kong Noodle House. Since I did not have that much of a big appetite, I gave a share of my duck noodles to this needy fellow. In the process of dividing the share, I realized that our skills with the chopsticks suck. That was because it took us forever to split the noodles. (No offence, but yours is seriously no match compared to the older generation.)

Besides that, I bought a stack of empty DVDs at PC Image to back up my files and so when I finally have the guts, I will perhaps attempt at installing Windows 7. Did I mention that I hate Windows Vista for causing me all those technical problems?
Marinara and Funghi from Bella Italia

On my way back, I ordered takeaway pizzas from Bella Italia for dinner with my family. Bella Italia's pizzas are a bit overpriced though, two pizzas cost me RM47.00 but then again, they taste better than pizzas from Pizza Hut. This post pretty much sums up what I did the whole afternoon with this and this. Random thought: Windows 7, Windows 7, Windows 7, Windows 7... here I come.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Games, Food and Cameras

Now that salmon roe in a salmon fish, I am now thinking of Ikura Gunkan Maki served in Sushi King. That is where all those little orange balls in your Japanese meal comes from. Please note that I absolutely detest fish roe.
I detest fish roe, I am saying this again.

Anyway, I went to the game shop yesterday after church to pick out a new PC game and after failing to decide what game to walk out with, I ended up chit chatting to the shop keeper about Left 4 Dead. Since I was a pretty frequent customer, he was nice enough to give me a discount this time without me having to ask. Thumbs up for that. I walked out of the shop with a copy of Devil May Cry 4. I installed the game last night and played it for a while this morning, Devil May Cry 4 is quite a boring game with terrific graphics.
This morning, I finally satisfied my craving for Foochow fried noodles at a coffee shop before sending my dad to the airport.

In the afternoon, I went out with a friend from Lodge School who wanted to go compact camera surveying at Tun Jugah and The Spring. At the end of the day, I was pretty impressed by the Lumix FX-48 and the Sony Cybershot W290. Not to forget that my favourite camera dealer is still Digital Copal.

Random thought: Windows 7 is coming out and I found out from the man in the Sony retail shop that I am not allowed to change my operating system this year, thanks to my Sony Vaio warranty.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Vent Holes

Enough said that my mood has already been in the dumps since Monday. A bit of karma that I got for being a smart mouth at the wrong time. Thank goodness that there is the existence of certain people, they drag out you out of the hole. On the other hand, there are also people are... let's just now mention about that.
Ya, that is my best angry face. The glasses helps emphasize my anger.

Left 4 Dead keeps crashing daily, irritating. That just spoils the mood to game.

My bad, I just need to vent today. I am currently calm. Halo above my head.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Randoms

I always thought that Megan Fox (every guy seems to kind Megan Fox is hot) looks familiar. Then, today it struck me that Janice Dickinson looks like an older version of Megan Fox.Turns out Adam Lambert didn't win American Idol but Kris Allen did. Hmmm... I wonder why. I am no fan of either finalists but Kris Allen certainly does have a nice T-shirt in this picture.

Today, I have been brainwashed by Amy Lynette to listen to Linkin Park. You know what? It turned out that one of the Transformers soundtracks by Linkin Park is actually nice.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Banks and Fingerprints

I went to Maybank on Monday afternoon with my dad to open another bank account and to apply a supplementary credit card for me. A credit card for emergencies and necessities okay, not a piece of plastic for shop-and-swipe usage.

I filled in the application forms (and got nagged by my dad about why my "e"s do not look like "e"s) and waited for my turn to be entertained by the bank worker. It was a rather short wait but it felt like ages and I was sleepy.

Finally! My turn! I was eager to get all of these banking things done, go home and relax for the rest of the week.

Unfortunately...

Bank worker: Sorry, your IC can't be read. I think the chip is spoiled, there is this little crack line in the plastic behind the chip. It could be that the chip is bent. So our machine cannot read the data stored in it. We need the data to process for opening an account and your credit card application.

What?! I passed through the immigration counters at airports just three weeks ago with my Identification Card in that state and just about less than two months ago I had my IC data extracted during all those driving test procedures. What a waste of time queuing up at the bank only to find out that they cannot extract the data so that I could open a Maybank account.

Today, I tried my luck at another Maybank branch but was unsuccessful. So, I put on my back a black blazer over my jeans and shirt, and headed over to the Immigration Office with my dad to get our new ICs done. At the Immigration Office...

Officer: Tak ade fingerprint punya. Eh, kamu punya fingerprint s'karang dan dulu tak sama punya. Tak apa lah, tukar data IC kamu. Kes special ini. Gambar fingerprint kamu terlalu hitam, tak dapat tengok garisan putih. Lu punya jari rosak ha?

That was just another of those classic reactions I get during thumbprinting at offices.
Penang Curry Mee, tasty spicy stuff

Went to have Penang curry mee at Asian Recipe before heading back to Maybank to submit my application for a credit card. Now, I have to wait for my new IC to be done.

Random Thought: Downloaded, installed and played Left 4 Dead because THIS PERSON kept promoting the game. My verdict would be that this game has too many zombies.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Confusion?

Here is the thing about the picture above, would you say that it is the girl kissing the rain or the girl being kissed by the rain?

G: "Kiss The Rain" is a nice song.
S: Yeah. Kiss the rain. I'd like to see you try. Kiss the rain I mean.
G: Why don't you try? Stand under the rain and pucker up.
S: The song would now me "Rain Kisses Me".
G: What is the difference? It is still kissing the rain.
S: No. If you are water, you SINK under oil. If you are oil, you FLOAT above water. Matter of perspective. So are you kissing the rain or being kissed by the rain?
G: You're still kissing the rain because you puckered up and the rain didn't.
S: How do you know the rain didn't kiss you instead? Did you touch the rain first or did the rain touch you first?
G: Because the RAIN NEVER PUCKERED UP to kiss YOU. It is only a personification that the rain can make out with you!
S: How sure are you? Animisme.
G: Okay. Picture this okay. You were standing stationary, facing upwards in pre-kissing more and suddenly, this girl falls off a building naturally and you kissed her. So see, it is you who is kissing the girl (the falling rain) because the girl (rain) did nothing.
S: Think this, what if the girl was already puckered. Ha! So now who kissed who!
G: I don't think any rain spirits or that girl wants to kiss you.

That happened probably due to another day clouded with boredom, laksa, blue clay, playing the piano and driving.

Random thought:
I got an offer for some IT diploma course by College Yayasan Melaka on Saturday. For a moment when my mum handed me the envelope, I thought it was from JPA and my heart was thumping. Then, I realized it wasn't and I went, "chey..."

Friday, May 15, 2009

The Twilight Saga

"Ugh! Twilight! Chick lit..." said Perry

I am sick and tired of staying at home, doing nothing except staring at either the computer screen or the television screen. To make things even worse, all the programs on television are a great bore and there is hardly anything to do with the computer. I had been too lazy to take out my laptop lately.

So, I have been reading... a lot...

I bought "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer on Wednesday. It took me almost 4 hours to complete the book.

I bought "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult on Wednesday. It took me 1 hour to get through half of the book. Then, I chucked it aside. I will get back to it after I finish reading all the "Twilight" sequels.

I realized that "Twilight" had sequels. My bad, I never knew about that since I was never a "Twilight" fan. So, I had my dad drive me down to MPH on Wednesday night and I bought all the sequels to "Twilight".

I finished reading "New Moon" with 2 hours from Wednesday night and 2 hours from Thursday morning.

I finished reading "Eclipse" in 4 hours on Thursday night.

"Breaking Dawn", the last sequel to "Twilight" is next to me now. Just 300 more pages left for me to finish reading.


I realized that not only I have to learn how to speak slower, I have to learn how to read slower too. I realized that I will be needing a third bookshelf pretty if I do not stop overloading my second bookshelf with novels.

I came to a conclusion that the "Twilight" storyline just gets dumber and dumber until the last book, "Breaking Dawn". Captivating due to my curiosity yet the whole saga is mostly bland, stale and very anti-climax.