28 dEcember nO bIrds iN hAnd wHat-so-eVer…
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26 dEcember 2004…..
a Tsunami hit several areas of Asia (mostly in Indonesia….) and killed nearly a quater of a million people…..
pEople called it the wrath of God…..
i Think it was because Christians were not allowed to celebrate Christmas in town so a bunch of them celebrated it outside, hence were mostly saved from the tragedy…
tWo years later…..
26 dEcember 2006…..
aN earthquake at the magnitude of 7.1 shook-up off the coast of Taiwan. Taiwan was hit, 2 died, 2 Undersea communication cables snapped…… iNternet connections around South East Asia with the world went out…..
wOnder if anyone’s going to make it into a sign stating that God is trying to tell us to stay away from the internet……
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yEt aNother dAy….. wIthout cOnnection……
wEll, for everyone using our, so-called, broadband (namely sTreamyx), it certainly is a familiar feeling to switch on your computer and router only to find that the connection is down, or just being a biatch…… iT’s happened so often, it’s become what its famous for…..
wEll, at least on a good day, it’s better than dail-up, so i wouldn’t complain….. much…..
eVerything seemed normal Tuesday night, 26 dEcember, and i was still galloping away on my hourse in Mabinogi with Rita, roaming around the new continent, searching for burried treasure and getting my horse killed over curiosity….. wEll, it was a new place, with new monsters…. hOw was i to know something that small could have so much juice in it to kick a horse’s arse….. wOrse thing was, it was a hairy wild pig not more than half the size of my horse……
tHe night went, and mOrning came and as usual, came the routine of waking up for work. aT my desk i arrived, only to find the internet connection being a biatch….
MSN messanger literally refused to sign in….
fIrefox was loading only peanuts….
bTcomet just stood there looking useless…. bUt that’s just normal since telekom re-allocated the bandwidth….
tOok nearly all morning to find out that most places around Kuching…
aNd another few more hours to find out that the whole Malaysia was affected….
tOok another 2 or 3 more hours to receive the news that it was caused by an off-shore earthquake in Taiwan…..
wHich in-turn translate into a connection-less day at work……..
ARGHHHHH~~~SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i Guess i’ve really gotten too used to having broadband connection almost everyday……
Something SomethingZ | Comment (0)26 dEcember wHere aRe mY gLoves…..
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Christmas is here once more,
kIds screaming to the top of their voices, demanding what toys they want…
cOuples spend huge sums to get their partners something…
Catholics children get to stay up till mid-night t watch TV…
aNd the annual Phone calls to my Dad asking,
"Eh, what time is the Mid-night mass tonight ah???"
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bOxing dAy bLues……
Christmas has always been my favourite holiday ever since i were a kid. iT had always been the time when i have an excuse to pester my parents for toys (they were very strict about buy toys and spoiling their children). bUt that was eons ago….
tHis is also the time, i could play all the silly Christmas songs that i’ve collected although the year. tHis year’s favourite is the Shrek version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. i Even have the song in my cell-phone, which by the way, has been set to a Christmas theme since the begining of Advent. aNd by themes i meant not only the wallpaper, but the ringtones (general, friends, family, enimies, etc…) as well….
tHe Christmas tree is in the living room, twinkling from lights, where the dings of the singing bells rang in the background.
pResents sit under the trees, just next to the good o’ crib where the miniature models of the Holy Family, 3 wise men, and a sheperd with a fetish for lamb scarves sit.
iT’s almost like last year….mInus the bat…..of course…….
sOmething was different this year though…..
iT was a bit too quiet…… eVen Mabinogi, then online game i’m playing, was suffering from a lack of holiday events….. aLl they did was give every player a Christmas cake……… wHat kind of sorry-arse event do you call that!? aT least last year there was an event for Antlers….. sAd……
nOt much emphasis on the Holiday on TV either…… uSually at this time around, you’d see all too many grand Christmas advertisements….. bUt this year, you hardly see any at all……
iS it a sign that the world is finally notice that Christmas has been too much commerciallize?
oR maybe it’s just one of those slow years…….
Something SomethingZ | Comment (0)19 dEcember Christmas iS nExt wEek!
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eVery year, around the time October waltz around, life becomes a living hell…..
tHe air is cursed by the unholy stench of the cursed fruit…..
a Stench that could knock someone out……
a Cursed fruit only those addicted would love……
tHus every October…..marks the annual dawn of…..
dUrian season………
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rEminiscence oF a sNake……
iT was sometime at the dawn age of a mighty ruler of game console, the Playstation 2. aS games were slowly spouting out one by one, came a sequal to a game which made its way into the hearts of many gamers whence it was was released on the previous console ruler, the PS…..
tHis was a game that allowed you to play hide and seek and tag at the same time….
tHis was a game where you can lock an unconscious guy in a locker…..
tHis was a game that allowed you to lock yourself in a locker……
tHis was a game that let let you fool you enemies with a toy soldier + a touch light…
tHis was a game that you could shoot someone continuously in the head/arse/crotch with a traquilizer gun early in the game…..
tHis was also a game that allowed you to do this…..
cOsplay as a box……
tHe game swept through the gaming world like a tsunami. bOth the enhanced graphics and improved gameplay caused quite a commotion back when it was first released……
sOme fans even went the the extent of making a real-life parody of it…..
i’Ve played it…..though didn’t finish it…..yEt…..
bUt it was enough for it to leave its mark in my head……even till today….
lAst week, the family went out and bought a new washing machine. aNd of course, with the machine, came the box…..
aNd along with the box, came…..
instant fun……
Something SomethingZ | Comments (2)15 dEcember wAck tHe wEasle
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i Had a rhyme i wanted to write here earlier,
tHought i’d remember as my mind was still clear.
sO i got clicking just over here…
oNly to realize my greatest fear……
gReat…..i’Ve forgotten what i initially wanted to write…..
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nOses iN sOmeone eLse’s bEef….
nO it’s not what you think…..
hAve you ever played this game as when you were younger? yOu form a line then the first gut whispers something to the second guy, and the message is passed down the line and the last person in the line calls out the message he’d been told. tHe group with the message closest to the original, wins.
if you’ve played this game before, yo’ll know how comedic the final message could become. iMagine
"To be, or not to be?"
could actually end up as
"A bee had just stung me!"
yOu be the judge…..
i Don’t know what got people playing this game in the first place, but to me, it’s an experiment of human nature.
eVer so often, someone is told a rumour, and the rumour then spreads to a ten, and the ten spreads to a hundred (AKA the mandarin idiom ‘一傳十，十傳百’).
aNd as if spreading rumours, which often doesn’t even have a single spec of solid proof of truth, people tend to spice up the story, adding in their own versions and ‘enhencements’ to it. i Guess it’s just in the human genes to take something, modify it and then send it out again…..
wHether if it’s just a harmless joke or a story to defame someone, the one under the spot-light is often put through much interrogation and shame.
iT maybe fun and useful in making conversation to share the rumours about a certain someone with a bunch of friends, but have you ever thought about the consequences of it all? sOmeone you know for years might be get defamed over the things you say and the little ‘enhancement’ you added just to spice up the story.
fRiends could turn into enemies……
fAmilies could fall apart……
cOmpanies could go bankrupt…….
jUst because someone decided to spice up the rumour he/she heard, and spread it to another…
dIctionary.com has the following description of the word ‘rumour’( or rumor in American):
- a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to fact
- gossip;hearsay
iN lay-man’s terms, there’s is no proof of whether the story is true or not…..
sEeing so many cases of this happening around me, and even being put under the spotlight several times, got me wondering why people can’t just shut up about things that they don’t even have proof to.
aRe people in Kuching really That bored?!
tHat they need to make up stupid rumours about their Friends and spread it around just to make their like more entertaining???
lIke here you have
"WOW! did u hear about X and Y getting together??"
"OMigosh! i Heard someone saw them holding hands!"
"WA~~ nO, A said they kissed passionately in Water-front!"
"ISSIT!?!?! i heard from B they Y stayed over at X’s house ah!"
"WALAU!!!! They are up to that Extent liaw ah! Must be doing it ah!!!"
i Mean WTF!?
aRE you really that BORED???
sO Korean drama don’t hit the spot anymore!?
aLl the information and things to do on the internet is not IN anymore????
tHat you have to go and pry into other people’s business and spice up their life by ‘enhancing’ and ‘modifying’ it into a stupid rumours with flying pigs???
dUde! yOu really need a H-O-B-B-I-E! hOw about Bungy jumping? wIth any luck, the rope would snap and, MAN! that’ll be very exciting for all of us to talk about!
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iT’s funny how people can be selfish as to be naive about it.
iN other words, they don’t even know they are being selfish at all……
sTrange?
bUt it’s actually more common than anyone think…..
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sOmethings cHange, sOmethings dOn’t……
sKipped work and ran off to hAd to send some brochures to 一中 (Chung Hua Middle School No.1) just now. i’d always get a sentimental feeling when i go back to my old school. eSpecially 一中, since i practically ‘grew’ (intended without the ‘up’)there.
a Lot has changed since i left 6 years ago. iT almost seemed like another school now.
aFter handing over the brochures to 楊月玲老師 (the counselling teacher), i decided to take a short stroll around the familiar surroundings and take a few pictures….
aPparently, they’ve built a bronze statue over the two outdoor badminton courts and rennovated the 2 lily-ponds. tRy to imagin how the statue and the ponds would look from the building behind it…….
aS i strolled along, i met a few of my teachers and had some small talk with them. oFten , i am rather terrified about speaking to them (i don’t know why either….), but today, i get a warm feeling when i see that they are all still fine.
wHat stroll would be complete if i didn’t re-visit my old favourite spots.
tHe old tree is still standing tall and mighty. tHough i must say, the leaves used to be alot more lush green. tHink it’s also getting bald with old age.
tHe school assembly hall seems wider without the stacked-up green plastic chairs. mEmories of working backstage during the annual talent nights still linger in my mind. i couldn’t help noticing that the 2 對聯 beside the stage are gone though…….
aNd lastly, the stroll took me to one of my most frequent places back when i was just a high-school student…..
tHe Long-house (toilet)….. tHey kept the style and structure, but they got rid of the holes……
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i’Ve been pushing myself to go out and get a haircut over the weekends….
iN the end, i chicken-ed out…..
gUess i was afraid that i’ll end up with a coconut over my head….again……
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wEekend + 2 dAys lEave = lAzy tUesday…
sO much could happen in 4 days.
i Had 2 days left in my annual leave, and considering the fact that no admin staff are permitted to apply for leave in the last 2 weeks of December due to the January intake, i took last Friday and yesterday off. wHich meant my weekend began early and i still had the chance to lie in bed till 10am even though it was Monday.
nEat huh!?
4 days seems like such a short time. bUt looking back, so much could happen in such a sort period of time….
fIrst of all, my ‘holliday’ didn’t have a ‘flowers and butterfly, bees and honey’ begining to it….. i Was at an education roadshow until 7pm last Thursday. wHen we finally packed up everything to go home, it was almost 730pm, and i was sweaty, cold and my face was numb after all that smiling…..
aS glad as i was that the whole ordeal was over and a long holiday laid waiting, the drive home seemed as normal as any other drive home. hOw was i to know that….
uPon reaching my lorong, a ‘Ninja Turtle’ reversed and Rammed into my Nissan Sunny…. 1 Smashed head-light + a Dent in my head-light socket area.
lUckily the guy agreed to pay for all my repairs and introduced me to his mechanic…
mY car had to be sent into the shop for 2 days….. i Got my car back on Saturday though… tHink i’ll post of pictures of the damage and repairs soon….
oN a lighter note, Rita and i decided to put together her old CPU with my old monitor to set-up another PC. nOw, initially we wanted to get a video output card for it so that we could watch Real Media Player files in my room. bUt doing so would mean….spending extra cash……cash which we don’t have since we got our dream phone…..
sO i had the crazy idea of putting my old monitor (which had been taking up space and collecting dust in my brother’s deserted room) and Rita’s old Pentium 3 (which had been left untouched in a corner of my kitchen) to use. aT that point i wasn’t even sure if the monitor could still run. aFter 1 format, 1 series of driver/program instalation and a trip to the nearby hardware store for am extension cord and some speakers, the system was ready. nExt came moving my PS games to make room for monitor….. i Think i’m still coughing out dust bunnies….. aFter extensive wiping and a battle alongside my trusty side-kick, the vacumn cleaner, the stage was set and the computer is now proudly sitting next to my tv. nOw i have a computer in my room….. gOsh i feel even more like an OTAKU than i did before…. yOu’s think the same thing if you saw the picture i took of side of the wall in my room….
wHat else happened? wEll, just found out a friend of mine studying abroad had just broken-up with his girlfriend over the weekends. dOn’t be too Sad, dude. bEtter days will come.
oH, the Weather was awesome, we had a storm almost every night. oNe night it almost seemed that we were about to hae a flood. wAter even over-flowed into the kitchen washroom from the drain in our yard.
wEll, guess good things must come to an end….sO ends my short holiday for the end of the year…..
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i’Ve just found out that my little USB Bluetooth gadget is called a Bluetooth Dongle….
dOngle, which means a piece of computer hardware provided with software.
wHich, coincidentially means….
a Long, stretchy….penis……
(reference, check number 6)
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i’Ve fInished iT!
i’Ve FFFF III!!!!!
FFFF???
Finally Finished Final Fantasy III….
……
i Know, i know, it’s a lAme excuse of a joke……
eCk……….
aNd it is up to this point that i finally remembered that my Bluetooth….don…gle… dongle! iS not with me…… wHich means i am unable to upload the Final Final Fantasy 3 (i just had to do that…) save screen here…… aRGGGHHHH!!!!!
4 dEcember dOn’t wAnna bE yOur mOnkey wRench~~~
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eVer so often i find myself talking to unpredictable things…..
i talk to stuffed-animals…
i talk to walls…
i talk to fish…
i talk to dogs…
i talk to ……myself…..
aLl i have to say for myself is…..
i’M not crazy~ i’M just a little unwell~
i Know right now…………..
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mOnster……
i Wonder, how many people can stare into a mirror and tell themselve they know exactly who they are….
i’Ve lost count of how many times i’ve stared into a mirror, and have doubts about the reflection.
"iS that really what i really look like?"
bEfore you burst into a full scale assault on me, hear me out. oUr world is defined by how we see it to be. iN other words, it is how our eyes make it out to be. tHat, is our definition of "what iS". lEt’s take a step out of this predefined circle for a moment, and think,"iS this really what the world iS??"
cOnfused? mE too…..
rIght, i’ve gotten totally off track from what i initially wanted to write….
sO many times it doesn’t take much to remind us about how imperfect we are. hEck, it doesn’t even take a real person to do it. sOmetimes, reality knocks you in the head in the form of a television character, usually a villian or just a mis-understood cameo….. yOu see yourself in their imperfections and flaws.
sO often they become a prediction of what you might become if you still don’t learn to change certain flaws that you have. fLaws like having a bad-temper….
lOoking at the consequences of the villian, in a way, warns you that it could happen to you.
oVer the years (which actually isn’t that long if you really think about it), i’ve noticed that i may be turning into what i despise… iT’s actually alarming when you really think about it….
aNd it’s over these same years that i’ve been reminding myself not to become like that…
hUmans are strange….. tHe more you tell them not to do something…. tHe more they tend to do it…..
tHat’s what got us into the mess of losing immortality, getting expelled from Eden and pushing towards our own destruction in the first place….
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