Friday, February 24, 2006
This is awesome!! I can now blog without even entering www.blogspot.com! I can input my entry from any website! I found this extention for firefox called "Deepest Sender" which is a tool for blogging where it logs into your blog account for you and you just type in your entry and everything and it updates your blog for you! Fantastic ain't it!
Open-source certainly has its advantages! If only microsoft wasn't so stingy and tight-lidded with its products ;)
Anyway, I miss Nicolette xD She's having internet probs so she won't be online till Wednesday I believe. Thats quite a while...Oh well, time does fly by though! At least we can sms occasionally so its all good! =)
Can't wait for my book to arrive from Amazon.com! I ordered one of the two books written by Kevin Mitnick, a social engineer/hacker-turned-security consultant who explains all about social engineering and gives examples and explains how one can have the best security software but it as good as not having it because it is us Humans who are the weakest link in any organisation/company. Kevin Mitnick and his associates get hired by companies now and then to "hack" into their database using social engineering and other methods. Upon doing so, Kevin Mitnick gives a detailed report to the CEOs of the respective company on the areas of security that are weak and gives them ideas and suggestions on strengthening.
Its really cool to learn! This guy, a complete outsider, can enter a company and exit with the company's most confidential information. Check it out sometime! =)
3:01 AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Had a VERY relaxing day today..Woke up at 5pm after having to be up by 7/8am the past 2 days (Which my body is not used to lol).
Anyway, after chatting with Nicolette, I decided to browse the net for interesting articles from the Straits Times, that have been posted on the net. I found the Straits Times' online website called "The Straits Times Interactive" (STI).
I browsed through STI for a little bit and found some interesting responses and such. I decided to be a part of the forum and perhaps post some as well. When I tried to register as a member, in their form, they request your yearly income and highest education qualification, amongst other things and these are all required fields! I know
I can just give fake information and be done with it, but its just not right to be asking customers for such information, especially over the internet. Besides, why on earth would an online newspaper website need your educational and income details in the first place? What has it got to do with them OR the website?
With that said, I wrote in a letter to their editor/webmaster. Want to see what I wrote? Check it out here. =)
9:13 PM
Monday, February 20, 2006
I reached CMPB at 8:30, just in time to report in which is scheduled at 8:40. I left the premises at 8:35 >=| I left the premesis with 4 documents and 2 envelops. I have to report to the National Heart Center on the 31st of March for a schedule appointment. Mom and I suspect its because of my previous issues regarding heart murmurs that the doctor spotted in the health booklets. I REALLY hope this gets me a PES C for NS. If after going through all this, I get a PES B, I'll SO be cheesed off lol =p
Anyway, today I've been messing about on photoshop again. I really do like animations and grahpic stuff. Newfound hobby of mine I guess you could say xD I've been browsing the internet for tips and tricks on Photoshop usage. Cool tricks like doing a3D button or embedding a person's picture into a background image and making it blend in perfectly =P Its soooo cool!!
Well this entry will be short! Gonna go chat with mah sis and just chill! Tomorrow I gotta go accompany jiarong for HIS reporting LoL...Hope he gets a further check up too hehe =P
10:51 PM
Saturday, February 18, 2006
This is one extremely beautiful song! I was checking out other artistes on www.audiri.com when I stumbled upon Shannon Cutts' profile. I had a listen to her song "Modern Day Eve" and instantly loved it! She has a beautiful voice and blended with the awesome piano riffs makes for one awesome song!!!!
Monday's the medical test day ahhhh I still do wonder what test they wanna do...Hope it doesn't take up my whole morning.
Anyway, chatting with my sis now so my day just got a whole lot better!! xD
I really hope I'll be able to get my butt in bed early tonight. Need to be up on Monday by 7am!! Mannnnnn....Tuesday too, that is, if Jiarong accompanies me on Monday lol xD
I was re-introduced to this song by MEW called "156". Its an AWESOME song too!! It has this quality about it thats hard to explain. The last few lines goes "156, don't you just love goodbyes". The band MEW won't say what 156 represents or means so everyone is trying to contemplate its hidden meaning. Its so intruiging!! xD
6:27 PM
Friday, February 17, 2006
I read this quote somewhere the other day that goes something like "Nobody can make you feel angry or sad or any other emotion. People create the situation and its up to you to decide how you want to react."
Sometimes its just really hard to not feel one way when the people seem to make it so, especially when you get unfavourable comments about your work or when accusations are thrown at you. I kept reminding myself of the above quote. I read it over and over again in my mind. And you know what, it did help! People create these situations in life...but its up to you to choose how you want to react. If someone insults you, do you get angry and strike back? Or do you take it in good stride and brush it off your shoulder like the dirt that it is?
Its never easy to control how we feel sometimes...we are human afterall...but its not impossible. Will power is all it takes. Hell, you'll still feel a slight sting when you think about it but it will always be "Mind Over Matter" and virtually anything is achievable!
You get all sorts of people in this world. In every community, in every group, there will always be good and bad. Its what you make of it that makes all the difference in the world.
Well, Valentines Day is over...but that doesn't mean couples won't be going on dates and guys giving their girls flowers and chocolates. I think Valentines Day is everyday really. If you want it to be Valentines Day, and you make the effort to make it happen, then it is! Who knows, maybe after I get out of the army and get my life back on the road of progress, I'll meet someone nice and be able to celebrate my first ever Valentines Day LoL :) That'll be something REALLY special. You know, I see all these guys at the MRT station standing in a row as if they know each other, with bouquets of red roses in their hands and lit candles on the parapet just behind them. That is just SO overrated these days man. If I had a valentine, I'd spend time preparing something unique...different and extremely special. I suppose there would be red roses and chocolates. The approach would, of course, be different! I am SO not going to stand with a bunch of guys, holding a bouquet of red roses with lit candles at my behind. I don't exactly know what I'd do but I'll be writing it here when it happens you can be assured of that!
As today is Friday, its 3 days till I have to go back to CMPB for that medical test thing. I still do wonder what test they want to do on me and I am pretty certain its a blood test *shudders* Oh well, just gotta get it over and done with. Gotta give JiaRong a call to see if he still wants to head down. We agreed that he'd accompany me on Monday and I accompany him on Tuesday. Lmao He has to go for another test too xD I have this feeling his is going to take forever just like before...Well, hopefully we get PES C's xD
Alrighty, till tomorrow, ciao!!~ =)
2:01 AM
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
and it's all in how you mix the two
and it starts just where the light exists
it's a feeling that you cannot miss
and it burns a hole through everyone that feels it
well you're never gonna find it
if you're looking for it
won't come your way
well you'll never find it
if you're looking for it
should've done something but I've done it enough
by the way your hands were shaking
rather waste some time with you
and you never would have thought in the end
how amazing it feels just to live again
it's a feeling that you cannot miss
it burns a hole through everyone that feels it
well you're never gonna find it
if you're looking for it
won't come your way
well you'll never find it
if you're looking for it
And what do you make of this? =)
7:21 PM
Just a little shoutout:
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!to
Nicolette,
Jolene,
Ray,
Qingwen,
Fadhilah,
Fabian and LOADS more!! <333
Remember: Valentines Day isn't the only day to spread love around! ;) We do it everyday with those around us!
4:52 AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Gonna be yet another quiet Valentines day this year for me. Just gonna spend it at home...I can just imagine all the guys at Orchard MRT standing in one row with roses in their hand and candles behind them...lol I remember seeing the last year =P
Aww I miss chatting with Nicolette at night =\ Well I'm glad she's getting a good rest though...she has such long days heh =) <33 At least she'll be well-rested to battle the day out wonderfully! =D
Well I guess I'm gonna head to bed..Will blog again tomorrow! Or tonight rather! =D
Ciao!~
4:44 AM
Monday, February 13, 2006
Haven't seen my sis in 2 days..Hope she's doing ok =) Really miss her though! Its been a very quiet night. Far too quiet.
I've added a little music player on the "Background music" page so visitors can stop the song if they don't want to hear it. =D I changed the song yesterday to this really beautiful song called "Baby Goodbye". I hope you all like it!
Hey Nicolette see you online soon yea? <333 =D
1:20 AM
Friday, February 10, 2006
I joined this forum "neowin.net". Trust me you don't EVER want to be a member in there. I registered and posted on this one thread for Windows Live Messenger BETA invitations, hoping to get invites. This was about 2-3months again. I subscribed to that thread a day after I posted. I unsubscribed to the thread a week later but till now, I still get my inbox flooded with over 30 email notifications on this thread. Its SO annoying!
The best part is this: I posted on their forum issues board where they stated this problem was confirmed a bug and is being worked on. It has been "worked on" for months and many users have this issue. I posted saying that they just HAVE to fix it because everyone is getting put off by how much damage this forum is doing to email inboxes..flooding some with 100s of notifications. The guy replies calling me a dick. He's a "Supervisor" in the forum and hence one with some power.
This is my reply to him :-
" I'm trying to explain how dissatisfied I am as well as many other users I can garuntee you. If you can even say to me that I am being a dick, that is just plain unprofessional. It clearly shows your unability to handle an unsatisfied customer. This puts me off even more from using this forum. Why the hell are you a "Supervisor" in the first place if you are not capable of dealing with customers? Think about that the next time you try to be clever.
And to answer your question, no. I am still being flooded. "
I've realised this year that you sometimes have to stand up and make your point clear. If someone does something to you that you feel is wrong, you need to just say it. Thats how life is I suppose...If you don't get the satisfied service but keep quiet about it, they'll walk all over you. If you open up and say "Hey..this is not right" then they will step back and realise you are not to be messed with and they'll take steps to ensure it doesn't repeat.
Of course, you have to be reasonable too when explaining and not be rude or anything lol. =D
I remember when driving, as I was stopped at a red light, this car suddenly swerved into my lane just beside me, VERY close to hitting me. I instinctively swerved a little to the left to avoid hitting him and I slammed on the horn, dragging it out a little to express my astonishment and frustration at his easily avoidable carelessness. He was so shocked he daren't even turn to look at me. He stared straight ahead. I'm not sure what happened but I'm thinking maybe he had a bit too much to drink =S Oh well....
Till tonight! =D Ciao~!
11:26 AM
Thursday, February 09, 2006
It rained today!! Finally! I woke up at about 1pm and saw it was pouring rain. It must have been some kinda automatic reaction, my body automatically went back to the bed and I slept somemore LOL xD Not sure how I'm gonna be able to wake up in time to answer the door when the delivery guy comes between 9 and 12 but I hope I'll be up! =x
Waited all evening for Nicolette to come online! I always look forward to our chats! =)
Only thing is, when we chat, time flies and beforeyou know it, its 12:15am (The Nanny!!) then 5am =x lol But its all good! Tons of fun spending time with mah sis!! xD
Man, CNY is over!! Well traditionally not yet but holiday-wise and hongbao-wise its over lmao..Was fun collecting them hongbaos! xD
I feel like composing another song! Might see what I can come up with tomorrow! Or later in the morning! =D
11:00 PM
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
I woke up this morning/afternoon to find this at my computer table...
I was thinking "who left this chinese cream/medicine thingy on the table? O.o"
In my curiousity, I decided to open it and have a look inside....
As it turned out, its a collector's $2 coin for the Year Of The Dog! Mom went to buy it for me lol...Its pretty neat!
I wonder what its like to be a coin collector...Quite an expensive hobby I'm guessing =x But it is really neat! Haven't persued any hobbies of mine for a long time! Well, except for playing the guitar! =D
My DOOM3 still hasn't arrived! I called the customer service and asked if the product is available and this lady said she'll ask her colleague and get back to me. After 2 over hours I still hadn't recieved a reply so I called back and the lady said she hadn't recieved a reply from her colleage. Up till now, I've yet to get a reply from them on whether the product is still in stock. LoL Oh well =]
The best part of the day is always chatting with my beloved sis! xD
10:56 PM
Well as it turns out, I got a return email saying "F.E.A.R" is not in stock. I decided to choose another game. I browsed around and decided to try DOOM3 since its got fantastic ratings as well...I placed an order then decided to check out the official website. Just visiting the website is enough to make you wet your pants oh my god =x The sound effects on their website itself is frightening...There is no way one can play this game at night man =x I have a feeling at the back of the box of the game they'd state "If you are prone to heart attacks, please refrain from playing this game" *shudders* LoL
Anyway!! Chatting with my beloved sis right now! We just watched The Nanny! Love it love it love it!!!! <333 Fran was so sure Niles was a murderer trying to kill her but as it turned out, he was writing a play and she found the manuscript LOL =P
Well I know how the rest of my night/morning before I sleep will be, fun chat with my sis! xD The best part of da day I tell ya! <3
1:05 AM
Monday, February 06, 2006
Woke up at about 3pm hehe =P Came online to check my download of Friends and it was a success!! I've one more new episode to add to my collection WOOO!! =P Oh yea, I purchased "F.E.A.R" online earlier this morning. I got the confirmation email....I just know I'm gonna scare the socks off myself with this game. Its like one of the top rated scariest games...God knows why I bought it =S Cannot play it at night thats for sure! Once it gets dark, must stop and wait till the next day LOL... Anyway, at night I chat with my sis! That makes hours fly by like minutes! <3
Well I'm gonna just chill out the rest of this afternoon and await my sis' return!
3:46 PM
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Pictures say a thousand words! This pic says it all! It describes my day! xD A beautiful pic of me and mah sis!! <33Met up with Nicolette today! We had an awesome time!! I know I definitely did!!! xD
We met up at CityHall and then walked over to Sun Tec City for lunch. Nicolette had her camera with her of course! We ate at Swensens..baked rice....and then ice cream!! *rubs tummy* still stuffed!! LoL =P Ooo yea we checked out this "Fountain Of Fortune" and this security guard guy (big mean-looking dude lol) lets in a certain number each time to go up to the fountain and you're supposed to walk 3 or 4 times in a clockwise direction around the fountain, the whole time stretching out your right hand and silently making a wish as the water shoots up and soaks your hand xD
After doing just that, we walked around Sun Tec a little, looked around the shops and saw just how much the place had changed! There's a Toys'r'us on the top level!!! Not sure how long that has been around but its the first time I've seen it there xD Nicolette showed me the Sky Gardens, and I must say it is one AWESOME place!! We were slippin and sliding around too LMAO Nicolette'll know what I mean xD
After walking around Sun Tec, we decided to hit Orchard Road and head down to Borders for a little bit......My sis wanted to use a shortcut *ahem* and it turned out to be a no-cut deadend LoL..Coz we have to go back up to the 2nd floor from 1st floor, to go over to the other side of the building. We went around outside on the 1st floor and it turned out to be a deadend, so we had to walk back around and then go up the escalator LoL =P I love teasing her about that hehe xD The best part about the whole afternoon is the great company! We chatting the whole time and joked around and stuff...it was really tons of fun!!! xD
We almost got stuck in the Chingay parade I think...We just made it out. By the time we got to Orchard Road, it was about 4 and we headed to Borders. When we exited the MRT station, you could see the staff personnel for MRT, closing some of the doors and putting up barriers. By this time, our lunch had made us pretty thirsty so we got a drink inside wheelock place at a little restaurant called "Big O"..Interesting name I must add.. LoL The Big O...=P
We got down into Borders and browsed some magazines..looked around...lotsa really good books they have..
We probably would have hung out longer if it wasn't for the Chingay parade...It would have gotten awfully crowded so we decided it be best that we make our way back...I think we got into the station and left in the nick of time! xD
I had the best day with mah sis!!!! Really disappointed its over so fast but it was one helluva great day!! Wooooo!!! xD
Ahh I shoulda taken pics of us with my Phone cam too!! >.< Well we'll meet up again so I'll take the pics then!! xD
8:55 PM
Friday, February 03, 2006
Tonight was quite a challenge. Had to bring a bed mattress over to my Grandma's place. We had to squeeze the mattress in the car and place the backseats down flat...the boot couldn't close so we had to tie it down LOL...
Life's challenges....come in many different shapes and sizes xD
Ooooo foty Minor is COOOL!!!! Went to download their album and have a listen...RAWKING!!! The rythmn beats are catchy!! They make you thump your feet and hands!! xD
Gonna meet Nicolette tomorrow!! Really looking forward to it!!! We're gonna check out Swensens Yummmmm!!! =D Its gonna be tons of fun!!!! Woooo!!! Can't wait!
11:44 PM
I found this song by INXS called "God's Top Ten"...its a tribute to one of their band members who apparently comitted suicide or something. Anyway, its a really beautiful song. It has a very ghostly feel to it...I really love it! I introduced it to Nicolette and she really enjoyed it too!! =D If anyone here is interested, do check it out! Some of their songs are pretty awesome! This is my favourite one though hehe =D
I obtained the Dirty Dancing : Havana Nights soundtrack (FINALLY!) *Shakes bootay to the songs* It's got REALLY cool dance tracks!! Nicolette is gonna love this album hehe xD Rawking!!!
Tomorrow (or today rather) is gonna be another good day I'm sure of it! xD
I'm trying to upload the "God's Top Ten" song on my blog but the uploading is acting up so the sound will cut. Bear with me while I try to sort it out yeah! Thanks xD
Quote of the day: Nobody can make you angry or sad. People create the situations and its how you choose to react to them. =)
1:49 AM
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Went searching for new music and stumbled upon this band called "Acceptance" and they have pretty good music! I think the genre is Rock. Not sure if its Pop/Rock or something/Rock but it certainly is Rock...Alternative Rock perhaps? =) I like 2 songs best in their album " Phantoms " called "Take Cover" and "So Contagious" ! Do check it out everyone!
Today I woke up to find one of Mom's friend came to visit...I wake up to a hong bao..now THAT is the life eh LOL =P "Let the hong bao do the walking" >=D Heehee...
Mom and I went to Great World City to check out kitchen ovens (Which they didn't have) so we had lunch there, did some grocery shopping for dinner and stuff then came home..I just chilled the day away! *relax* Hehe..
I'm still admiring the prezzie that Nicolette made for me!! =DD
10:42 PM
Today started out as any other ordinary day...Watched TV...played with Crystal and Roxy a little...chatting online...quality time with mom and stuff...
Came online again at night and Nicolette gave me the BEST BEST BESTEST birthday gift!!!!! It is so VERY special and so very personal!! <33 Anyone who recieves such a gift is SOOOO fortunate!! I know I am!!!! =DDDD Even as I write this entry I'm still looking at my gift....I love personal gifts like this...I mean buying a $500 Mp3 player or a $200 giant teddy bear...they are lovely gifts indeed but I love gifts that may well be cheap but are very VERY personal...gifts that someone makes for you with his or her own hands...that you cannot buy ANYWHERE...money cannot buy such precious gifts....and this gift Nicolette gave me today is one such gift that I will treasure forever!!!! =D
Click here to view the beautiful gift! <333333
Its been one helluva great day!!!! I couldn't ask for a greater friend or sister!! <333333 Love her to bits!! xD
p.s I might set up a countdown timer for the fun of it, here on my blog for my birthday hehe...thinking about it =D
1:59 AM
