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Drat…
Damn…
Shite….
Bollocks….
you get my drift…. I just got My AS results back today… Guess What? I got a B for AS Maths… You might think what is wrong with that… The Thing is, i got an A the first time around, but had to retake coz my A2 Maths Sucked ass… AGH! What makes it worse, im a Double Maths Student. =( Oh well It was a Pleasent Surprise when i saw an a(a) beside my GP… and Computing but thats not what i wanted! God works in WOnderful yet strange ways.. I remember praying for good Maths and Comp Grades and i said i din care about GP… then i get an A for GP… OH and both my GP mock papers? I scored a consistant D… Wooooooooo

Someone Shoot Me

Nip/Tuck is a whack tv series. It’s provoking, it tickles ethics and it’s sexy. ‘Nuff said. Beats the shit out of Smallville (boo hiss) Where to watch? Heh… you can get your torrents for Nip/Tuck at www.suprnova.org and at www.filesoup.com [Props go to Perng: Coventry’s saxay biatch!] for those elusive 1×12 and 1×13 episodes. Note that you have to register to use the forum.

Hah, I was waiting for #tvtorrents to release a HDTV version but I guess filesoup’s variant will have to do. Now if only my camel poo router will allow a *STABLE* connection, I’d be able to watch the season finale soon. And on Nip/Tuck again, here’s a fansite with a great feature: the list of songs on all the episodes. If there’s one I’d like to favourably mention, it’s Jeff Hanson’s Hiding Behind The Moon. Call it an indie release if you want; it’s available for a FREE and LEGIT (Woot!) mp3 download off the internet. You can get the song here. Just remind yourselves that it’s a GUY singing (with probably somebody really holding his nuts real tight). Oh, and just in case you don’t remember, it’s from the threesome scene in Nip/Tuck’s 1×06. Sweet…

As I trundle along my so called 2 week “reading week” (READING WEEK MY FOOT as my friends would say), I’ve been keeping myself busy with Final Fantasy X2. I can’t wait for the UK PAL release as it’s supposed to be based on the FFX2 International + Final Mission. Mmm… More Yuna goodness yummy… FFX’s International version was the bomb. It had Dark Aeons in it, RIBBON (holy grail armor customization) and Penance that sonnafabiatch. I wasn’t about to hang around for half an hour to see my trio get pummelled so I Zanmato-ed his ass with a one time 3,000,000 gil payment to Yojimbo. Just reached Chapter 5 in FFX2 so off to finish the sidequests!

Until the next jobless post (or the next layout haha!) ‘tis me Zaaba signing off.

NB: I’ve decided NOT to go ahead with the MT conversion. Too much trouble. Td.com is a simple enough blog for the WP engine to suffice for now. Will be converting from 0.72b to 1.01 soon, but the only changes you’ll see are none – they’re exclusively admin only! Heh.

here i sit in the lounge of SIA, HEATHROW Terminal 3… (My mum is a member, we are NOT flying Business class!) I reflect on the whole time i have had in the UK. I mean its good and all when you see your Uni and the campus from a prospectus, but when you see it up close and personal, you actually know what you are working for. Im gonna work like heck to get to Manchester… i love it there! Apart from the SHITTY weather (Rain, Clouds, Frostbite) its a great City! Thanks to Zaaba For inviting me into his house and showing me round town! Pity i couldnt meet up with xlife who is in Bristol… urgh… More Train Travel? All in all i have seen ALL the bloody London Tourist Attractions, Been Lost in ‘Arrods for ages, Cursed and swore at the insane prices, seen a west end musical, sat on cold porcelin etc etc… Sigh… I also met Jennifer Lee just yesterday and we went to the Saatchi Gallery to check out the exihibition there. Speaking of galleries, i went to Tate Modern and The Dali Gallery too… VERY VERY interesting i kid you not.

On the other hand (Or is it)

I went to Camden town and saw what i have never planned on seeing… Shops lined with Bongs, Pipes, Cones, Blunts, Paper, EVERYTHING to do with Cannabis, except for the substance itself. I even saw the Camden Magic Mushroom Shop! ehheheh! As you know the law in the UK has changed , Classing Marijuana as a Class C drug… which means if you are caught with it, you will be let off with a slap on the wrist as opposed to thrown in jail with people waiting to give you human booster shots. Talk about culture shock….

Oh well i will try to blog a real detailed account of my trip some other time… and btw

Shes feeling a little shite… show her some love!

till next time…
Cheerio!

Aah… my exams are finally over! Enter 2 weeks of pure bliss ~ an extended Winter hol is upon me. Hello bittorrent, hello PS2!

Last word on the exams: I have a habit of using a big word in every examination paper. This term’s big word was “apropos“.

apropos
adj.

Being at once opportune and to the point.
adv.

1. At an appropriate time; opportunely.


2. By the way; incidentally: Apropos, where were you yesterday?

prep.

With regard to; concerning: Apropos our date for lunch, I can’t go.

What fun. I think I should go over the Architect’s speech again in Reloaded. I’d pick up more words like “ergo” in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. That’ll be tantamout to unfathomable crytic essays all right.

But now that I’ve alot of time on me hands, I’ve got a facelift and backend development plan for truedeath. Prepare for the return of the tagboard! Although Wordpress, the CMS that this site is running has hit it’s 1.01 milestone, I’m thinking of jumping on the MT bandwagon. Well, it’s far more developed – it’s in its 2.67th reiteration and it’s a juggernaut of a CMS. Almost *every* other design blog runs it and I see no reason why td.com shouldn’t convert. There’s the “if it ain’t broken” don’t fix it excuse… but then again it’s just me wanting to try out something new. OK, one good reason? WP can’t generate static pages. A max of 1 blog engine per page limits page creation to solely 1 blog engine or more with iframes (as td.com is running now with the photoblog) without creating new functions and/or queries.

Amongst other news, the Qisti brothers and friends at bullkons.truedeath.com have moved to their own domain www.qisti.net. Go pay them a visit. I can tell you for a fact that they update a hella lot more than we do here not to mention better lawaks. I am a dry lawyer… so sue me.

Vedder on the other hand has got himself a new girlfriend. Woot. He also got spammed. I think I need to take a look at that script again…

And lastly, take a look at this bebeh change from THIS:

to this sleek baby!

Yeap… thats the same beast, only with a stealthed DVD-RW drive, a blue LED ICE Fan and 2 Cold Cathode Flourescent Lights under an OutsideLoop acrylic clear casing. Sweet… it lights up the room like a fancy nightlight, chugging away at 40 degrees C downloading torrents. Oh and by the way, here’s a list of good torrent sites.

I’ll post up piccies of how I modded the case soon. /me loves my new Dremel...

I hate Londons Weather…. Cold… Too cold… Tomorrow im going to manchester… God Help me! Its going to be even colder! Oh well.. hopefully, i can meet Zaaba for a day and Xlife hopefully… Too cold to type…

My fave Quote from UK… “TIMES 6??????”

Peace

There is an opinion of mine that girls tend to spend less than guys. Of course, there will also be some who’ll be living testament to both polar truths to the postulate I just suggested. Gadget freaks vs. Boxing Day shopping enthusiasts.

However, I continuously think that guys tend to have large [and more expensive] gadgety-based purchases. New computer, new PS2, more 35 games so on and so forth. I on the other hand, have just bought meself a new mp3 player, that will hopefully pay for itself when my Sony MiniDisc MZ-N1 gets sold one sweet day.

This is what I bought, a black phallic object that looks more like a mini-dildo than your run-of-the-mill mp3 player. It’s a 256MB USB mp3 player/recorder. It’s got the WEWA brand slapped on it but as far as I’m concerned, it could have come off any Chinese or Taiwan factory mill and I wouldn’t have given two hoots about it. Cost me RM470 which is CHEAP considering a 128MB player here off ebay.co.uk would have easily cost 80+ with the looks not worth describing.

Anyway, a short review: Looks: Not exactly pretty but it’s going to be in my pocket most of the time so why should I care? Capacity: I would have liked it to be a 512MB model so that suprnova.org downloads off the Uni network would be viable… Sound: I’m no audiophile, so I ain’t picky. By the way, 256MB fits about 50 songs ripped at 128kbps at 5MB each. Which is about 3 albums or so. Come on, be realistic… are you actually going to listen to ALL the songs on your 40GB iPod?

In other news, Apple has another iPod for sale. Its called the iPod Mini (*Doh!* How creative…). Cute little bugger. Now if only someone can tell me if transferring files between computers using the iPod DOESN’T require additional software installation, I might actually consider buying one. Or even the 15GB big brother.

Now back to studying…

Exams on the way. Boring as hell. What fun. If you can spare the time, watch Nip/Tuck. Wicked new show, rave reviews; though may get a bit queasy and provocative at times.

Three Choices What would You Do?

You are driving along in your new porche boxter car on a wild, stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:

1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.


2. An old friend who once saved your life.


3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car. Think before you continue reading. This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first; or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.

However, you may never be able to find your perfect dream lover again.

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. I love this, I may actually use it sometime for an interview situation.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

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Random bits of downloads you might find useful.

If you use MSN and ICQ, I recommend Miranda IM.
Why ? It’s free, it combines both protocols very nicely, it has a substantial following (Support !), and it has a nice community of people who create free plugins/customizations/tools.

If you are still looking for a antivirus. I recommend AVG Antivirus.
Why ? It’s free, it does it’s job( I havent’ had a virus attack ever since I started using it a year ago ), it doesn’t hog the memory.

Bittorrent fanatic ? Use ABC (Another Bittorrent Cliet)
Why ? It puts all your downloads in one window, it has nice features like queing, uploading limiting, etc.
Advance users might wanna try the web interface too ( controlling your bittorrent downloads remotely ).

Running Folding@Home ? Use Google Toolbar Compute.
Why ? It’s runs in the background ( no more cluttering your taskbar ! ).
Advance users who wanna tweak the client settings(username, group,etc), point your browsers to this forum.lowyat.net.

Need a dictionary ? Use Wordweb
Why ? It’s free, and it acts as a thesaurus as well.

That’s it for now folks.
Oh, since Luc posted a pic of his OC’ed barton, I’ll post mine.

(For those not technically inclined, what I bought was a Athlon XP 2500+, but I overclocked it and it’s performing almost like a Athlon XP 3200+, which cost @ RM 1500 more)
(p/s: Curse you for getting me started on RO.)

In Norwich lives a striped orange fat cat, who goes by the name of Onion. Now Onion is strange because he has a fantastic talent, and that is the ability to DRAG himself across surfaces. The English language does little justice to this feat, because I would simply describe Onion as the kucing yang suka mengesot. And mengesot by the way, is what slugs and snails do to get along.

Onion’s Impression of a Slug

[edit: 22.01.2004] Taken down the video of Onion. He was being naughty.

/me says WOOT! Double post!

Allos peeps… Happy New Year! Hope 2004 bring much to cheer about. I don’t have much to right now. Cancelled Paris in light of exams. Damn. Whot a waste… but oh well, Paris will always be there though I wish I gave it much more thought when we decided to buy the tickets. Talk about impulse purchase!

Anyway, I read somewhere that it can almost amount to a sin to regret doing something. Something along the lines of questioning fate. Well, I guess it’s to make sure that whatever decisions you make in your life, they’re sound and done with conviction. Technically, you can’t regret anything if you really truly believed in something yes? There will always be bad judgment calls but not to the effect where you’d say, ‘I wish I did X or Y’, cuz when you committed yourself to the path you took, to your knowledge, knew all the pitfalls you might encounter. Of course, you can always take the nihillist approach and say, there is no fate in the first place. Boo.

Brief teology dicussion aside, Cairo was the bomb! Took a flight into Egypt from Heathrow and went all over the city the next day. Giza, Saqqara, Memphis the whole jinbang. Saw pyramids, mummies, rode camels… The trip was like one week crash course in Egyptian mythology.

Fact: Did you know that Tutankhamen, with all his treasures wasn’t even famous by ancient Egyptian standards? He was a young king that died young, so at 18 years of age with only 9 years on the throne, he had no fantabulous monuments to his name. His treasures? Meagre, shitty stuff (if that’s what you’d call a solid gold throne!) compared to the big guns like Ramses II and Menemptah II.

Oh by the way, the two names above are apparently the two blokes contending for the bibilical character of the Pharoah of Egypt of Moses’ time. Ramses was the more vain of the two, he had so many temples made in his image. Abu Simbel, the “temple in the cliff” shrine is absolutely massive. However, in all his vanity and narcisstic self (all temples dedicated to the gods had more images of himself than the deity), Menemptah II was the only mummy discovered with sea salts on him. In fact, the Quran relates that in some verse that the Pharoah’s body shall return to serve as a lesson to all. Prophetic yes?

Aside from the long history lessons by the tour guide, we took a cruise up the Nile from Aswan to Luxor. It’s absolutely stunning scenery if you’re into DUST, SAND and the COLD. It could be only me but clothing myself in thermals, a turtleneck shirt and a denim jacket was not enough to withstand the winter Egyptian weather in the Valley of the Kings (or anyplace else in Egypt at dawn). 3 degrees + windchill factor = brrr…

Fantastic holiday. Where did YOU go?