October 28, 2005
My new girlfriends
Haha! Made you look! Since there’s less one mouth to feed, I found myself having a surplus of RM100 form my monthly allowance of RM500. During the time where love is everything, I found myself so tight, till I’ve to forgo my hobbies and buying new DVD titles. Ok, enough rants about my past love life, I’d like to introduce my new love (read: hobby) PVC figurines!
I wasn’t really a big fan of Vance Project - Pinky.st PVC figurines when it was first introduced in hobbies and toy collectable forums about a year ago. Not until six months after that, when customizing Pinky was a big hit in Japan and all sorts of never seen before customized anime character miniatures flood the internet. That’s were my interest comes in. It was then that rumor about KOF (King of Fighters) characters, namely Mai and Athena being released in their ultra cute Pinky form. Since I got the extra cash, and I’m a KOF fan boy, I decided to buy those Pinkies with the excess cash I got.
Bought it for RM55 a pair. Normal Pinky are sold for RM34 each.
October 23, 2005
Don’t waste
I’ve received an e-mail chain mail from a friend of mine and I find it quite disturbing. What disturb me more are not only the pictures, but also our current society where there are still people who waste food (take a walk to the science faculty canteen and you’ll see what I mean). I’m not talking about those who didn’t lick clean their dishes clean, but rather those who took mountains full but only eat two or three mouthful and leave the rest to waste.
There is a Chinese saying for these kinds of wasteful people but I just can’t find the right translation for it. And often wastage of food is related to current luck or fortune of one being (as said thought in Chinese or was that Confucius???)
Though I’m not too clear about the origin of weather Confucius or Chinese culture that relate wastage with fortune, I do know darn well that my mom did a very good job bringing me up NOT to waste any form of food.
I can still remember when I was little, I was a greedy bastard. I see anything appetizing, I ask for it. Since I was small and was still growing, my mom naturally let me have it. I took a bit then said I was full. It happened for quite sometime and my mom had enough. One day after dinner, I saw my favorite food, burger. I asked for it.
My mom asked “You just had dinner, are you sure you want it?”
I said yes, I’m hungry”
After two bites, I was stuffed and didn’t finish. Furious, my mom forced me to down the burger. I just sat there crying at the burger, slowly taking bites of it till nothing left. Not only was being hungry miserable, but being stuffed to the brim is equally as antagonizing.
From that day onwards, I never ask for food that I know I’m not able to finish. I’ve also to thank National Geographic for their work and coverage in some African countries where famine is their number one enemy. Knowing how lucky I am being blessed with a country where hunger is lamely translated as not eaten in hours. While in Sudan, a few hours of not eating is nothing compared to the number of days the have to go through without food.
If you have the stomach for the pictures, I’ve uploaded 2 of the most inoffensive ones. I don’t see how any human being with any sense of conscious, not feel any guilt or pity on those poor souls.
As a closing statement, look at these pictures and think twice before throwing your food away.
(click on thumbnails for bigger image)
October 22, 2005
10 things…
Things girls do that guys dont like:
1. Being too sensitive
2. Demand for explanation
3. Being so moody at all times
4. Being indecisive
5. Always checking on us
6. Being insecure even when in a relationship
7. Always wanting attention
8. Comparing how you treats her with how her friend’s bf threats her friend
9. Always wish her BF to improve instead of tryin to accept him for who he is
10.Apologising when wrong but not changing their ways
Things guys do that girls dont like:
1. Being a lousy listener <– (You were talking while the show’s on)
2. Cheating and not admiting when confronted
3. Expect the girls to know what’s on their minds
4. Looking down on girls e.g. thinking that they are not important
5. Mood swings <– (I was tired, very tired)
6. When they feel that we should not look at other guys but they can oogle at other girls
7. Guys expect girls to understand them when they dont even understand us
8. Not keeping promises <– (i’m keeping to my promisses, it’s just that i didn’t have time to execute them)
9. Thinking that they are superior/smart/better…think gender descrimination
10. Comparing us with other girls
I’ve posted the above in Friendster bulletin board. Like all
bulletin board, nothing’s permanent. So I’ve decided to save that article in my
blog and reflect on it how my previous relationship can be saved if both of us
take time to read this. Well, there’s no point crying over spilt milk
especially when I got dumped for being myself. Right now, all I can do is dance around and sing "yay, I’m free" like this green dude.
4r3 U 1337 enuf?
For the benefit of those of you who don’t know what I’m jabbering about, the title is translated as: (Are You leet(elite) enough??). leet talk or 1337 talk has been around for quite some time. I’ve no objections if they are forming a culture of its own. Breaking the rules seems cool (hey, I was once a rebel) and fancy fonts and numbers to replace alphabets is the “in” thing (Though I had the most difficult time trying to read what they typed). And most of these elite communities are tech enthusiast (though now, it incorporates gamers as well) and they are more than happy to share their 1337 ways. That’s the beauty of the internet, free information and thanks to these 1337 people, normal nettizens like me has the chance to pick up a tick or two to stay updated in this ever rapid changing world.
There is however one site that I’d like to point out. Its www.1337tech.org founded by our very bunch of local breeds. In a nutshell, it’s a technology information site. It has lots of guides and articles for noobs. (Kinda make me think why they didn’t name it n00b tech). I couldn’t say for certain that it’s any better that already existing heavy weight Tom’s Hardware because it all depends on what are you looking for. Still new, 1337tech has very simple and clean interface to get around and straight to the source that you are looking for. And because it’s still new and has little advertisements, there’s no long waits for the page to load up. The only complaint that I have is, there’s one particular editor that has an extremely rude way of communicating. Being 1337 don’t mean being rude. I’m sure that Soggie is trying hard to be sarcastic but it’s ain’t working!
Here’s just a small sample of his “work”
Now you n00bies out there, how many hands have you got? Two? Good. How many fingers do you have? Five? You idiot, you have 10! Get your math right you n00b m4gg07s!
You see, on your right hand, you have two fingers on your mouse buttons, and the other three grabbing the poor little creature. You use that to interact with window’s various GUI (That’s graphical user interface for you n00bie, which is basically all those little clickable stuff on screen), and so what happens to your LEFT hand? Well when you’re surfing pron sites maybe that hand will take care of self-satsifaction, but to improve your productivity, that HAND SHOULD BE ON THE KEYBOARD!
Full article HERE.
Don’t let this rotten apple spoil your visit. Articles from Chewxy and Empire23 are quite helpful in many ways. I especially liked Empire23’s recommendation on RTS (Real Time Strategy) games.
updated:
I’ve talked to Chewxy about Soggie. For the sake of 1337tech, I hope that he edit Soggie’s article and attitude.
October 19, 2005
Savylicious
Gah… When I had nothing to blog, I don’t post for a few days. And where’s something to blog about, lots of stuff starts running into my head. Since all of them are not interrelated, I’ll give separate post for them. Furthermore, I need to sleep early tonight because tomorrow is a big day (KK Day). Here’s one of many that I’d like to share with the world.
The wait is finally over (10 long days). I told no one about the car other then Marcus and Weang Kean since I’m already a well known Proton basher. Wouldn’t want the world to know I’m a hypocrite, YET. As the title above, My mom has bought a Proton Savy!!!
Yeah, yeah, enough with the WTF already. Couldn’t believe uh? That a person that cusses that car so much finally gave the green light to his mother to buy the car. Truthfully speaking, this car still looks like sh*t. Hey, even the Kenari looks like sh*it when it’s first launched. Now it’s a widely accepted design. So will this car.
In the name of Need
I’ve short listed the reasons why we decided to get this car.
- 2 cars is not enough, my mom needs one (although it’s registered to my sister)
- We are on a tight budget. The cheaper the better
- No down payment!!!
- Little interest (without down payment, we need to fork out an
additional RM30 monthly. Since it’s 7 years and the Ringgit depreciates
like a rock, it’s no major impact when the car is paid in full) reason:
inflation. After 7 years RM30 is like penuts. - Stock in hand. No waitting (7-14 days paper work)
- Handles like a DREAM (red more to find out)
The Sh*tty Became The Savy
Seriously speaking, how can something so ugly performs like a Waja? I don’t know the answer to that but I bet that the guys at Proton does. I was very skeptical about this car even before it was launched. Most probably because of it’s code name, TRM (Tiara Replacement Model). After reading the review from Cars.my I was still skeptical. Like, when can you ever trust car reviewers especially when they are reviewing the car that’s heavily advertised in their magazine?
So, I decided to test drive the Savy in order to prove the magazine wrong. Boy, was I in for a big surprise. It’s exactly like the street modified Waja during the first Proton road show I went in Sepang circuit a few years back. It hug the road like inseparable lovers. What I like best about the car is the suspensions that makes the surface of the moon like a walk in the park. You can remove the word “bumpy” from your dictionary when you are driving this car. I need to remind you that this is a RM40k car. That’s just how good it is. Mind you that my mom was at the rear passenger seat during my test drive and she did give her input how well the car absorb punishment from potholes.
That’s just the first part of the review. I’m looking forward to a weekend joyride on the PLUS highway this Sunday.
