Archive for June, 2008

I wish it wasn’t so

Mum’s feet’s hurting again, swollen too. She says it hurts when she walks, as it always does. She’s literally on her feet all day, the very moment she wakes up to goto work. Due to the nature of her job, she get no opportunity to rest those soles. I would have advise her to seek [...]

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Am I asking for too much?

I just want a simple device to capture some faint existence of my memories. To peer at this queer world at different angles. To take a crystal view at every corner of life from different perspectives. And finally to sit in a corner and savor each moment while I sort through these memories.
But you took [...]

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“Wanted” starts this Thursday!

Finally! Here’s a few screen captures of the exotic bullets expended in this movie, to whet your appetitate.

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The FX520: 1st impressions

The device encountered its 1st power-up today. The screen protector had a greenish hue to it and it affected the image representation (to the end-viewer), especially in the night. However, the greenish tint isn’t that apparent in bright daylight. The mini-tripod is completely useless, i.e. the ball-&-socket joint can never be tightened fully. That, coupled [...]

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“Got install antivirus, still kena all these?!”

Many a times people I have encountered threw the above qn at me. These folks possess a false sense of security in that they believe implementation of an antivirus solution will render their workstation impervious to any forms of threats whatsoever, be it au naturale or repercussions from their dangerous internet surfing habits.
Let me just [...]

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I lived in Jurong EAST. NOT Tuas. NOT Jurong West.

Here’s a few Google Maps capture to show the relative distances between selected locations and my residence. Now, imagine e fact that I dun drive. Next, imagine e fact that most bus stops are not near the locations. And then, imagine the ridiculous frequency of bus services that SBS has assigned such locations.

Finally, I dun [...]

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It’s always nobody else’s fault. But yours.

It’s always nobody’s fault. But is it mine to be trapped in such circumstances. I dun like my track record to be tarnished too, yet 40% of the time I’m in situations where I’m asked to accomplish impossible or illogical things.
Pushing a trolley stacked with a desktop PC, a laser printer & a LCD monitor, [...]

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Movie after-tots: “Kungfu Panda”

Kungfu Panda is fantastic, even more so when I was dragged in without any expectations. Famous quotes I liked include:
“There’s no charge for awesome-ness. Or being handsome”
“Woah, I’ve only seen paintings of that painting”

Other than that, please do everyone a favour and bring ur kids and the inner child in you to watch it. It’s [...]

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Got my new digicam! Lumix DMC-FX520

Got my new digicam today! The Lumix FX-520. Yes, I did get it from the PC Show in the end, but that’s after tons of research and comparison throughout the Internet. In the end the promotional offer I’ve got from the show is:

Camera unit
1*  Class 6 4GB Lexar SDHC card
1 * Class 2 4GB Lexar [...]

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Movie after-tots: “The Happening”

Caught e 11pm screening of “The Happening” at e ol’ run-down theatres of JEC today. It’s a film by M Night Shyamalan (the “M” stands for “Manoj” btw). I wanted to catch it because I wanna noe the cause of such a large-scale massacre as depicted in its trailer. Coming from the director who gave [...]

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