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Archive (June-August 2004) 30th August, 2004 My computer finally works again! After what seems like 2 weeks of journeying back and forth to the shop and troubleshooting, it's finally working now! Hurray for computers! So now I can start updating this site more often again, although as fate would have it, I won't be updating for yet another week. Why? In two days time I'm going to embark on my first ever business trip, so I'm pretty stoked about that. I'll be visiting places like Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo, and I'll be doing it on someone else's money. Sick! And I've either never been to these places before, or haven't been there since my age was like only a single digit. So sorry for the delay in updates... hope you can deal with this shit for a bit longer. Come mid September this site will be updated like a motherfucker once again. Especially with pics of us eating sushi off a naked Japanese chick or something (as if...) --- In the meantime, check out some new photos of my misadventures in Star Wars Galaxies! Recently I've given up dancing, and I've become a Creature Handler... so check out these images of some geeky virtual pet fun!
--- Our pimp-daddy Baby Lamb (aka Goh) just pointed out this Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum... so for those of you out there who have dirty and dusty keyboards... check it out! 18th August, 2004
I can't stand it! I spent forever going through trying to figure out what's wrong with it. I reinstalled Windows... didn't help much. Installed all the latest drivers... but damn that shouldn't make a difference cos this is a hardware problem. So I had friends scour the internet looking for similar problems and fixes, and not much helped at all. I brought it back to the shop and had the senior technician look it over. But like Goh says, "a watched dog won't piss"... and likewise the computer didn't crash once during the 2 day stay at the shop. And without the computer crashing, the senior tech can't find a problem, and without a problem to fix he can't really fix shit. So I brought the computer back... without any major changes made to it except for the removal of a crapload of spyware... And I booted it up. It seemed to run fine, but I was still sketchy as hell. It's kinda like a shaky relationship recovering from some major (and mostly unresolved) fight, in the way that on the outside everything seems fin, but you know that nothing concrete has been made to fix the underlying problems yet... so the problem is still there and at any given time a wrong move could trigger an explosive crumble and crash (again). That's how I felt when I booted up Galaxies, Winamp, and a whole host of other programs to check if it'll crash... and lo and behold, it didn't. I thought everything might be all good... then it crashed. Again and again. Three times in one afternoon... when it managed to stay stable in 2 days. You're fucking with me, computer! And I'm sick of it. I'm going to have to head into the shop yet again tomorrow... and this time I'm going to ask them to rebuild this thing from scratch with all new parts. Computer, you will not defeat me! Gwar!!! --- We watched The Village the other day. How do you watch a M. Night Shylalalalalmyalamalan movie without expecting a surprise twist ending? I mean, after the whole twist ending thing in The Sixth Sense, he went on to do that shit again and again in Unbreakable then Signs. And what started as a good idea has become a cliche that is totally fucking up his movie-making credibility, I think. Always sticking to the whole "I gotta make a twist ending" mindset just makes it tacky... I mean, if he made a romantic comedy with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, you'd already know before watching it that they DON'T get together at the end. Woo! How surprising! I never expected that from M. Night Shylalalalalmyalamalan. Watching his movies have become for me, an experience akin to watching Blue's Clues on TV. We all know the concept of Blue's Clues, right? Well for those of you who don't watch children's programming, I'll elaborate. Each episode, Blue will leave 3 sets of pawprints around the house for Steve to find, and based on the 3 clues you have to try to figure out what Blue wants from Steve. While I was still in uni learning bullshit from my lecturer John Gillies, I had to exercise my brain now and then to keep it from dying of atrophy so I'd sometimes stay home and watch Blue's Clues instead and try to guess the ending as early as possible (hopefully before the kids on the show; damn I felt so happy everytime I guessed it before the kids). So that's what Shylalalalalmyalamalan's movies are like for me. An extended episode (and if you know how slow-moving and dull his movies are, you'd know it's REALLY extended) of Blue's Clues, except with ghosts and ghoulies. You watch it, and try to guess the ending as soon as possible... hopefully before the annoying kids around you. I feel like revealing the surprise ending of The Village just so you guys won't go and waste money on it. Would that be noble of me, or would I just be an annoying spoiler like Nate? Anyway, I think for his next film, as a surprise twist ending, he should actually make the movie enjoyable. --- Then recently, I took my bunny to see the new Tom Cruise movie Collateral. It was a pretty good movie, except that we had this annoying old rice couple behind us, who spoke loudly in Mandarin throughout the entire fucking movie. I mean, I don't know what's worse... that they're too dumb to realize that you're supposed to be considerate and quiet during a movie, or that they're so fucking dumb that the bitch has to ask questions throughout the whole goddamn movie! Every little new development was followed by her questions, and the guy would just answer her casually and loudly as if they're watching this movie in the comfort of their home back in Guangzhou. Dumb bitch: "Why isn't the phone working anymore?" I mean, I would hate to be sitting near her while she's watching something more complicated like Reservoir Dogs, The Usual Suspects or Harry Potter or something like that. Can you imagine how noisy she'd be then? Or worse... a M. Night Shylalalalalmyalamalan movie! If you're too fucking dumb to comprehend a simple concept like: lights are out = power failure, then you really shouldn't be watching many movies, especially ones from Hollywood. You'll be a lot more comfortable watching The Twins Effect 2, or another movie that's little more than ricey pop-starlets running around doing that kungfu shit trying to find the mighty Jade Sword of the Fortunate Emerald Dragon. I'd suggest a Michael Bay movie, but then you'd still have to devote 90% of your brainpower trying to decipher the English subtitles. 12th August, 2004 Well, I haven't updated for quite a while, have I? There's a whole buncha reasons I could give... been busy with this, busy with that... but mostly it's because I've been spending most of my time either with my Poopy or playing Star Wars Galaxies. Star Wars Galaxies is one of those Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games like EverQuest or Ultima Online, and it's totally addicting. SWG is my first time playing such a type of game, and I gotta say it's really really good. You're a character in the Star Wars galaxy, and you're not just interacting with computer AI critters and aliens but also thousands of other geeks around the world running around trying to prove who's got the biggest lightsaber. It is this opportunity to interact with other players that really draws you into it. It's like the first time I discovered IRC and got amazed at the amount of ppl at your fingertips that you could just reach out and talk to (or in this case, kill). And not only that, but it's amazing how wide the scope of this game is. Not only do you go around hunting creatures, but you can also be a chef, a home-maker, a doctor and many other professions. I started my career as a stripper in Corellia, selling my used underpants to horny Jedi-wannabes (underpants that Dave custom-made for me). I'm not sure what the Sims Online was like, but I'm sure this is not far from what it was. Anyway, it's been eating up my time because I'm totally addicted to it, but I've decided that this addiction will end now and I shall devote my time to more fruitful pursuits again, such as updating this site, working on my videos, finding more freelance work to pay the bills with, and trying to teach Peanut to say "Oh Peanut, my Peanut!" But in the meantime, check out some snapshots of my misadventures in Galaxies.
Before we get off the topic of Star Wars Galaxies, I do urge those of you who haven't given it a shot to follow that link and download the 2 week trial of Star Wars Galaxies. I'm certain that it'll, at the very least, enrapture you for the 2 week duration of the trial. I'll post up more pics as more shit happens, yah? --- One thing that really bugs me is when people that you don't really know or care to get to know better try to add you to either their Friendster list or ICQ or MSN Messenger or something. I mean, it's just kinda irritating, don't you think? I hate it when someone I don't really know comes online, and then I just really would rather not say "hello" and risk starting an unwanted conversation. But then again, if I don't then I might come across as an arrogant fuck who snubs people. I'd rather just not allow them to add me to their lists in the first place... but then I might once again come across as an arrogant fuck who snubs people. Gawd it must be a convenient life if you're an arrogant fuck. --- If you haven't already read the News Page, then check it out for some updates about some new upcoming projects! 22nd July, 2004 Drakey died this morning. After getting back from Sydney 2 days ago, I found out that she's been really sick for the past few days. I immediately took her to the vet, but as it turns out all the vets in Singapore are incompetent and clueless fucking morons when it comes to a creature that doesn't have four legs. The pet stores here couldn't be fucked stocking proper healthcare products or toys for birds (and sometimes not even birdseed!), and apparently the vets here can't be fucked learning how to keep birds from dying either. Drakey lasted a lot longer than the estimates given by the vet and the bird breeder that I saw, and everyone in my family did their best for the poor girl... but despite all that I found her still and lifeless this morning. I really thought she'd defy the odds and pull through. I honestly did. She just seemed so determined to survive despite being so weak and helpless... I just hope that she'll be happier in birdy heaven now. I wish I had been with her during her last moments. I wish I had come back from my trip a bit earlier so I could've taken her to the vet earlier. I wish those dumb neighbors of mine won't fumigate their places every other day. I wish I could just hear her sing her name one more time. I dunno... I just wish Drakey was still around here with me.
RIP Drakey Poo 28th June, 2004 Apologies to everyone for not having updated for almost a month (but I've been caught up with... well... Star WarGalaxies). But unfortunately, instead of bringing you a proper update and a return to our regular updating form, this is an announcement that I'll be out of town for the next 3 weeks so I won't be updating in that time. So check back again after July 19th, okay? In the meantime, thank you for your patience, and please enjoy the Archives. --- Oh, and Ryohei from W-inds is a GIRL! He's totally such a girl! --- I've finally finished reading MORE books. Now I'm reading yet another book. Actually, while reading my book on the bus last night I noticed this little pretentious bitch sitting there with a crappy skateboard. It wasn't just the fact that the skateboard had these silly looking trucks with those ugly see-thru plastic looking wheels, or the fact that it looked like a skateboard purchased from Toys R Us or a Sports store with a deck that probably had a picture of Shrek or Spiderman on it... it was because it was so clean looking. The wheels had minimal scratch marks on it; the deck had all the fucking shellac on its edges and looked brand spanking new, and there wasn't a single scratch mark on its surface either. Judging from all the evidence all he ever does with the board is carry it on buses so that bystanders will look at him and go "wooo he's a skater, just like that Avril Lavigne girl." I might be just a mere cruiser and not a proper skater, but at least I use my deck for transportation purposes. People who carry around skateboards as accessories should be shot! Today, it's a skateboard that he doesn't use to skate. Tomorrow, he'll be carrying around a book that he doesn't read. Next week, he'll be carrying around an acceptance letter to a university... one that he doesn't intend to attend (and in the meantime he'll just take up a space and prevent a hardworking student from the chance to study at that uni). Next month, he'll be walking around hand in hand with a trophy girlfriend that he doesn't respect. I wanted to reach and smack that guy's head with my book and berate him for being a dumbass during my bus ride. Carrying that skateboard as an accessory is a long and steady road to being a complete and total jerk for the rest of his life, and someone should slap some sense into this little fucker. I wished that I hadn't finished reading Rainbow Six (the book, not the videogame), because while that thick-assed book could've been wielded effectively to give this jerk a concussion, The Da Vinci Code (which I'm currently reading) would've only knocked his Avril Lavigne pumping headphones off his head. 3rd June, 2004 After a miscalculation on my part, my sister and I woke up this morning and planted ourselves in front of the TV all set for game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, only to see... nothing. You know what? It's tomorrow morning. Oops.
I mean, at the very least she should be able to recognize Snoop Dogg, right? I mean, if she can distinguish between the three members of Japanese pop group W-inds then she should be recognize Snoop... it's not like he's an obscure celebrity like Liz Phair (no offense to Liz Phair fans. Her music's nice, but who the hell knows what she looks like?). If anything he's probably the most recognizable rapper out there aside from Eminem (unless you count the outrageously hideous Ja Rule... he's pretty recognizable for all the wrong reasons). I think I'm going to have to make sure my sister exposes herself to pop culture a bit more before she becomes a clueless wreck who doesn't even know who Avril Lavigne is.
--- On Sunday we went to check out the Lord of the Rings exhibition at the Science Center. Now there are some real dumbasses out there... Mainey and I overheard some girls debating if the wax sculpture of Boromir was real! I mean, did they really think that Sean Bean would just lie there for 2 months over the course of the exhibition? Then some girl was telling her boyfriend how the makeup for the Orcs reminded her of the makeup they used for the zombies in that movie they just watched, and I quote: "The Dawn of the Dawn." --- I finished reading my book! Now I'm going to read another book! --- I think I'll write my next update like an asian schoolkid's blog.
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