Quite a lot has happened to me in the short space of 358 days...
The most significant would of course be the passing of my father. Oddly, although I miss him dearly, I shed no tears nor do I feel the sadness that accompanies the passing of a loved one.
Perhaps I've come to terms with the fact that he would not be around from his constant "I can drop dead any minute" speeches. I guess that may have been his own way of preparing us for the worst.
Moving on, I got a fulltime job (finally) and gave up photography as the only means of income.
I met a whole lot of nice and new people.
I poked all the girls I know on facebook (almost on a daily basis)...
I went on a cruise and to Cambodia (I don't remember ever taking 2 holiday trips in a year).
I think it's a pretty eventful year....yup that it was indeed.
Oh and if anyone's intersted, you can add me to your facebook too. Just look for the email address bb354@hotmail.com.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Spring Cleaning...
One of the toughest things to do is spring cleaning. Why? Because old, obsolete items that are still working need to be thrown away. More often that not, we keep stuff for their sentimental values.
Some people might just say, move on and look towards the future instead of living in the past. At the same time, without the past, what future would there have been in the first place?
It's such a catch-22.
So now it's back to square one.
There's also this superstition that nothing can be done for at least a year. I guess it's out of respect and memory that it exists.
Oh well...time to move on...
Some people might just say, move on and look towards the future instead of living in the past. At the same time, without the past, what future would there have been in the first place?
It's such a catch-22.
So now it's back to square one.
There's also this superstition that nothing can be done for at least a year. I guess it's out of respect and memory that it exists.
Oh well...time to move on...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Reality Bites
Sometimes reality hits so hard, it not only knocks your socks off but takes a few teeth along with it.
The self-realisation that I've gone past the three five is beginning to sink in and boy does it hurt.
A self-appraisal once a year is good though. It kinda allows me to reflect on what I've done, what I'm planning to do and what I'm currently working on. It's an opportunity to work things out I guess.
After a couple of days when the self-realisation is done, I wake up with an attitude and a vengence.
Time to wake up!
The self-realisation that I've gone past the three five is beginning to sink in and boy does it hurt.
A self-appraisal once a year is good though. It kinda allows me to reflect on what I've done, what I'm planning to do and what I'm currently working on. It's an opportunity to work things out I guess.
After a couple of days when the self-realisation is done, I wake up with an attitude and a vengence.
Time to wake up!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Row row row your boat...
For those of you who didn't know, I was on a cruise from Sg to Phuket n back over the past 4 days...heh
Here are some pictures that I took with my trusty Canon Powershot A80 (not the DSLR).
Here are some pictures that I took with my trusty Canon Powershot A80 (not the DSLR).
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Totally unfit...
Just how unfit am I? Well, the short of it is that I ran up 10 storeys and almost died by the time I got to the roof.
My legs feel like lead weights had been tied to them after the 8th story...I was practically on all fours by the time I reached the roof. I was seeing stars too!
Obviously, this lack of excercise and physical fitness (the lack of that is...) is worrying. Once you hit the big 3-0, according to dieticians, the body's metabolism slows down. The worrying thing is that mine's almost at a complete stop.
I keep putting off excercise for various reasons but it's obviously because I'm just plain lazy. Therefore, from today on, I shall use the stairs every time I pay a visit to the transmitters. It pays to be in good health while being zapped by 5kW of radiation.
Gotta cut down on the ciggies too...damn.
Roller blading's gonna start to feature more prominantly on my schedule and so's the gym, dumbbells and pilates. Gotta start getting that "beach" physique I've been dreaming of since I hit puberty.
My legs feel like lead weights had been tied to them after the 8th story...I was practically on all fours by the time I reached the roof. I was seeing stars too!
Obviously, this lack of excercise and physical fitness (the lack of that is...) is worrying. Once you hit the big 3-0, according to dieticians, the body's metabolism slows down. The worrying thing is that mine's almost at a complete stop.
I keep putting off excercise for various reasons but it's obviously because I'm just plain lazy. Therefore, from today on, I shall use the stairs every time I pay a visit to the transmitters. It pays to be in good health while being zapped by 5kW of radiation.
Gotta cut down on the ciggies too...damn.
Roller blading's gonna start to feature more prominantly on my schedule and so's the gym, dumbbells and pilates. Gotta start getting that "beach" physique I've been dreaming of since I hit puberty.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A little too much information, perhaps?
I chanced across a website and this is what it chugged out...
14 March 1971
Your date of conception was on or about 21 June 1970 which was a Sunday.
You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 8.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Plan for many pleasures ahead.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441024.5.
The golden number for 1971 is 15.
The epact number for 1971 is 3.
The year 1971 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/27/1971 and ending 2/14/1972.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Pig.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 17 AdarI 5731.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 18 AdarI 5731.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.17.11.0 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 17 tun 11 uinal 0 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 16 Muharram 1391 (1391-1-16).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 11 April 1971.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1971.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 24 February 1971.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 30 May 1971.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1971.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 21 September 1971.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 11 April 1971.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 23 February 1971.
As of 11/27/2007 9:05:08 PM EST
You are 36 years old.
You are 440 months old.
You are 1,915 weeks old.
You are 13,407 days old.
You are 321,789 hours old.
You are 19,307,345 minutes old.
You are 1,158,440,708 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Taylor Hanson (1983) Kirby Puckett (1961) Billy Crystal (1947)
Michael Caine (1933) Quincy Jones (1933) Frank Borman (1928)
Hank Ketcham (1920) Les Brown (1912) Albert Einstein (1879)
Top songs of 1971
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night Maggie May by Rod Stewart
It's Too Late by Carole King One Bad Apple by Osmonds
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees Knock Three Times by Dawn
Brand New Key by Melanie Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.24735812133072 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 108 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 37 candles.
Those 37 candles produce 37 BTUs,
or 9,324 calories of heat (that's only 9.3240 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.23 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1971 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1971 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1971 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1971 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1971 the population of Australia was approximately 13,198,380.
In 1971 there were approximately 276,361 births in Australia.
In 1971 in Australia there were approximately 117,637 marriages and 12,947 divorces.
In 1971 in Australia there were approximately 110,650 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Lime Tree, the Doubt
Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.
There are 28 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 41 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.
14 March 1971
Your date of conception was on or about 21 June 1970 which was a Sunday.
You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 8.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Plan for many pleasures ahead.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441024.5.
The golden number for 1971 is 15.
The epact number for 1971 is 3.
The year 1971 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/27/1971 and ending 2/14/1972.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Pig.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 17 AdarI 5731.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 18 AdarI 5731.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.17.11.0 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 17 tun 11 uinal 0 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 16 Muharram 1391 (1391-1-16).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 11 April 1971.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1971.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 24 February 1971.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 30 May 1971.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1971.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 21 September 1971.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 11 April 1971.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 23 February 1971.
As of 11/27/2007 9:05:08 PM EST
You are 36 years old.
You are 440 months old.
You are 1,915 weeks old.
You are 13,407 days old.
You are 321,789 hours old.
You are 19,307,345 minutes old.
You are 1,158,440,708 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Taylor Hanson (1983) Kirby Puckett (1961) Billy Crystal (1947)
Michael Caine (1933) Quincy Jones (1933) Frank Borman (1928)
Hank Ketcham (1920) Les Brown (1912) Albert Einstein (1879)
Top songs of 1971
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night Maggie May by Rod Stewart
It's Too Late by Carole King One Bad Apple by Osmonds
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees Knock Three Times by Dawn
Brand New Key by Melanie Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.24735812133072 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 108 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 37 candles.
Those 37 candles produce 37 BTUs,
or 9,324 calories of heat (that's only 9.3240 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.23 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1971 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1971 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1971 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1971 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1971 the population of Australia was approximately 13,198,380.
In 1971 there were approximately 276,361 births in Australia.
In 1971 in Australia there were approximately 117,637 marriages and 12,947 divorces.
In 1971 in Australia there were approximately 110,650 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Lime Tree, the Doubt
Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.
There are 28 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 41 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Farewell, Father.
This is for my father, Wang Yu Yung.
He was born on May 29, 1934 and died peacefully with my mother at his side on 28 October 2007 in China.
A man who was a role model to me
I followed in his footsteps as best I could
Always giving always loving
His family most important to him
Working hard to provide for us
as best as he could
We all enjoyed the fruit
of his labour
I never for once thought that he would go
for so soon it seemed
Time not enough, never enough
Go freely for it was your wish
To be able in death to experience
The freedom which you so deserve
Never shall we forget you
and all your good deeds
for many lives have you touched
and many more have you provided for
as the old saying goes
"Give the man a fish and he eats for a day,
Teach him how to fish and he eats every day."
Neither fire nor wind, birth or death
can destroy our good deeds.
In loving memory of my father,
Wang Yu Yung
29/05/1934 ~ 28/10/2007
He was born on May 29, 1934 and died peacefully with my mother at his side on 28 October 2007 in China.
A man who was a role model to me
I followed in his footsteps as best I could
Always giving always loving
His family most important to him
Working hard to provide for us
as best as he could
We all enjoyed the fruit
of his labour
I never for once thought that he would go
for so soon it seemed
Time not enough, never enough
Go freely for it was your wish
To be able in death to experience
The freedom which you so deserve
Never shall we forget you
and all your good deeds
for many lives have you touched
and many more have you provided for
as the old saying goes
"Give the man a fish and he eats for a day,
Teach him how to fish and he eats every day."
Neither fire nor wind, birth or death
can destroy our good deeds.
In loving memory of my father,
Wang Yu Yung
29/05/1934 ~ 28/10/2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The Click 5!!!
Yesh!!! They were at our station (Power98FM) today. They played LIVE in the studio!!!
As I was the only Tech dude in the office today, it fell upon me to fix up the mics and do the audio checks. The studio's designed for 3 guests and 1 DJ (that was the mic assignment) so there was some testing to do to see if we could fit the 5 band members and 2 contest winners.
Well, it worked out pretty well. I've got a recording of the song Jenny which they sang live off-air.
That was pretty cool.
Anyway, here's a picture of the whole gang with Harry (Our DJ who hosts the Double Xpresso lunch-hour show).
This is me with Ben Romans...
And this is their lead...Kyle Patrick...
As I was the only Tech dude in the office today, it fell upon me to fix up the mics and do the audio checks. The studio's designed for 3 guests and 1 DJ (that was the mic assignment) so there was some testing to do to see if we could fit the 5 band members and 2 contest winners.
Well, it worked out pretty well. I've got a recording of the song Jenny which they sang live off-air.
That was pretty cool.
Anyway, here's a picture of the whole gang with Harry (Our DJ who hosts the Double Xpresso lunch-hour show).
This is me with Ben Romans...
And this is their lead...Kyle Patrick...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Words that attract spam...
I spent a good 10 minutes deleting idiotic spam from my Tag Board.
Why?
Simply because I've got keywords such as p*rn and ad*lt m*vies in my blog. Geez. I honestly wonder why they even bother. It's not like as if I'm hooked on to it. I was just mentioning the fact that some Korean actresses looked like drag queens.
In any case, an interesting topic popped up @ work today.
It was about ladies, short skirts and legs. To be honest, I'm a legs, neck and shoulders guy. Lemme see a lady in a dress which exposes all three and well...
You get the idea.
It's a pity that not many local women dress up in clothes which expose all three at the same time. By expose, I don't mean show EVERYTHING...just a hint of what to expect would be great. Too much skin isn't necessarily a good thing either.
Sometimes I do wonder though, if there's something that you're after for very long remains unobtainable, would you persist or give up hope, cease and desist? I've been wondering if I should continue the persistance which after a whle may seem pesky...ah, to strike that balance...
Why?
Simply because I've got keywords such as p*rn and ad*lt m*vies in my blog. Geez. I honestly wonder why they even bother. It's not like as if I'm hooked on to it. I was just mentioning the fact that some Korean actresses looked like drag queens.
In any case, an interesting topic popped up @ work today.
It was about ladies, short skirts and legs. To be honest, I'm a legs, neck and shoulders guy. Lemme see a lady in a dress which exposes all three and well...
You get the idea.
It's a pity that not many local women dress up in clothes which expose all three at the same time. By expose, I don't mean show EVERYTHING...just a hint of what to expect would be great. Too much skin isn't necessarily a good thing either.
Sometimes I do wonder though, if there's something that you're after for very long remains unobtainable, would you persist or give up hope, cease and desist? I've been wondering if I should continue the persistance which after a whle may seem pesky...ah, to strike that balance...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Nostalgia...
This picture was taken in Vancouver in 1991...I just dug it up and scanned it and boy does it bring back memories...
Sleeping in the VW Golf cabrio @ Whistler in autumn and freezing out butt off...(it was like -5°C then. And that jacket...I loved that jacket. It was like CAN$49.99 when I bought it.
This one was taken in 1994 while I was already in Perth and SY was just visiting and checking out the school before she went there as well.
Anyway, I miss that jacket and have no idea where it's gone. :( Well, it has been more than 10 years I guess but still...I think I can still squeeze into it heh.
This shot was taken in 1991...when I was still pretty new to photography really. One of those priceless film shots taken with a Yashica FM2 camera (which was a fully mechanical, manual SLR - my first). Anyway, it's super nostalgic to me. I was there studying and she came to visit...awww so sweet. And we've only been dating for 2½ years too! :P
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The Birthday Bash...
Alright, so I haven't updated in a week or so. I had to leave Daughtry up there cause he was giving me more hits!!! HAHAHA!
In any case, we had a ball of a time at Go India restaurant. It was an FM club outing. We also celebrated 2 birthdays. And a first at SAFRA Radio! Boi turns 21!!! Talk about young! He's like the 'baby' of the company although he hates being called that.
Well, that's because us old farts hate being old...that's why we're all young at heart! hahaha!
Well, all the best for the birthday boy and girl! :D
Here's the BD boi...
And the birthday girl girl...isn't she just sooooo sweet!?
In any case, we had a ball of a time at Go India restaurant. It was an FM club outing. We also celebrated 2 birthdays. And a first at SAFRA Radio! Boi turns 21!!! Talk about young! He's like the 'baby' of the company although he hates being called that.
Well, that's because us old farts hate being old...that's why we're all young at heart! hahaha!
Well, all the best for the birthday boy and girl! :D
Here's the BD boi...
And the birthday girl girl...isn't she just sooooo sweet!?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
DAUGHTRY!
Chris Daughtry and Brian Craddock!!! Woohoooo!!!
They were the in-studio guests on Harry's Double Expresso.
Sony-BMG brought them in and man...the groupies in us turned out at full force.
Okay, so they're not as tall as I expected but they're both way cool dudes.
Was great and we had a helluva time taking pictures with them ahaha!
Anyway, since they had a pretty long day ahead, they didn't stay here for too long.
In any case, it was pretty fun meeting them.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A Clear Night
It's such a beautiful sight. After a cloudy weekend (it's M's fault. He left for China today) it's CLEAR!!!!
I instantly whipped out my C90, mounted the camera onto it prime focus and voila! A nice shot of the moon.
Yes, it was sharpened a little because the original shot had the moon slightly soft. That's probably because of the 7 year old optics which to be honest, weren't maintained very well.
Still, it was a sight to see. Pity I didn't have the time to do shots of Jupiter as well because through the eyepieces, tonight gave a good showing of the planet along with its 4 biggest moons. Callisto, Io, Europa and Ganymede.
Well, I think the shot of the moon alone was well worth the trouble of packing and unpacking the gear. Heh.
And yes, the images are shot by me in Singapore and they're my copyright HAHAHA!
42 minutes past Midnight
This was what it was like at Seletar Reservoir 42 minutes past midnight. It was on the 16th September 2007.
A rather still night with no wind. Clouds hung overhead giving the surroundings a surrealistic glow from the reflection of streetlights.
A couple finds solitude for themselves and escape from the daily grind of city life.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sick...
My mouth is dry, my head's spinning and my hands are clammy. This to top off with the fact that I'm running a temperature. Damn I hate having a fever.
Backyard astronomy's a good way of feeding mosquitos. We covered more mileage than I'd care to remember driving from Seletar to Tuas to Sungei Buloh and finally to Pasir Ris...all in that sequence!
At the end, I blame M for bringing the rainclouds where ever he goes HAHAHA!
Oh well, I have to be optimistic about this coming weekend though. Might even do some sky tracking in order to get some nice wide shots.
Lets hope I get well by then.
Backyard astronomy's a good way of feeding mosquitos. We covered more mileage than I'd care to remember driving from Seletar to Tuas to Sungei Buloh and finally to Pasir Ris...all in that sequence!
At the end, I blame M for bringing the rainclouds where ever he goes HAHAHA!
Oh well, I have to be optimistic about this coming weekend though. Might even do some sky tracking in order to get some nice wide shots.
Lets hope I get well by then.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Face Booked
Man...since I got an account on facebook.com, I've been swamped by pokes, beer and God knows what else.
There's been very little happening these couple of days apart from the excitement of horizontal lightning, telescopes and earthquakes...
Okay, so it was a pretty big deal that we felt the tremors here as well but frankly speaking, it wasn't quite what I expected. After all, I've experienced tremors along the west coast of North America before and those were quite something else.
In any case, I won't be living anywhere close to a fault line anytime soon.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for clear skies tonight. Hopefully then I can photograph some nice Messier objects such as M31 or M42.
Polar alignment's still a headache for me though and I believe that M's big ass Celestron's gonna be hogged by his 350D. Still, one can always try.
One wonders what of the local trees that people have spotted with growths on the trunk that look like The Monkey God and the Elephant God. It's probably just a coincidence but since when should we start worshipping trees? It's a strange world that we live in I guess.
There's been very little happening these couple of days apart from the excitement of horizontal lightning, telescopes and earthquakes...
Okay, so it was a pretty big deal that we felt the tremors here as well but frankly speaking, it wasn't quite what I expected. After all, I've experienced tremors along the west coast of North America before and those were quite something else.
In any case, I won't be living anywhere close to a fault line anytime soon.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for clear skies tonight. Hopefully then I can photograph some nice Messier objects such as M31 or M42.
Polar alignment's still a headache for me though and I believe that M's big ass Celestron's gonna be hogged by his 350D. Still, one can always try.
One wonders what of the local trees that people have spotted with growths on the trunk that look like The Monkey God and the Elephant God. It's probably just a coincidence but since when should we start worshipping trees? It's a strange world that we live in I guess.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Shake it shake it baby!
Yup, some of us here at D-E-P-O-T R-D felt the tremors.
Apparently, our local tremors were caused by a 7.8 (according to USGS as of 8:47am) / 7.9 (according to NEA.gov.sg as of 8:47am) earthquake that happened at 7:49:01am local time in SOUTHERN SUMATERA, approximately 550km SW of Singapore and 90km SW of Sungai Penuh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
The 883Jia DJs felt it while they were still on-air and announced it as it happened. Quite drama yah?
Anyway, I didn't really feel anything much but it could be because of my rather central (in the building) location. They were closer to the edges of the building so they might have felt it more.
Oh well...
If you want more updates, check out NEA's Earthquake Monitoring webpage
or
the USGS Worldwide Earthquake info centre
Maybe they should stop doing the "jogek" for a while there...
Okay okay...not nice to make fun of disaster but have to make light of it lor...otherwise everyone so sad. :P
Apparently, our local tremors were caused by a 7.8 (according to USGS as of 8:47am) / 7.9 (according to NEA.gov.sg as of 8:47am) earthquake that happened at 7:49:01am local time in SOUTHERN SUMATERA, approximately 550km SW of Singapore and 90km SW of Sungai Penuh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
The 883Jia DJs felt it while they were still on-air and announced it as it happened. Quite drama yah?
Anyway, I didn't really feel anything much but it could be because of my rather central (in the building) location. They were closer to the edges of the building so they might have felt it more.
Oh well...
If you want more updates, check out NEA's Earthquake Monitoring webpage
or
the USGS Worldwide Earthquake info centre
Maybe they should stop doing the "jogek" for a while there...
Okay okay...not nice to make fun of disaster but have to make light of it lor...otherwise everyone so sad. :P
In The News...
Got a call today...was kinda half asleep when I answered...
"Yo Boz! I saw your photo in the papers!" - Older Sis
"Is it?" - Me
"Yar! You're the Vincent Wang that shot the lightning right?" - Older Sis
"Guess so...not that many Vincent Wangs living on the 12th floor in Bt Batok" - Me
"Niiiiiiiice!" - Older Sis
"Thanks!" -Me
"You got newspapers or not?" - Older Sis
"No lei" - Me
"Okay I cut out for you to frame up." - Older Sis
"Thanks!" - Me
"Click"
So I got up still a little stoned to check out the Stomp! site...
hmm...1200+ views...not bad..get good exposure in Stomp! lei...
So later on when I came into the office I check out the papers...Yup...there it is. The cover photo for Stomp! on today's paper.
Looks like recently I've been involved a lot more in the Media...lending my voice for commercials and spots in Power98, photos posted in the newspapers and on the online portal etc...I kinda enjoy it.
Okay okay...it's attention seeking but then again, it's also fun. Heh :)
"Yo Boz! I saw your photo in the papers!" - Older Sis
"Is it?" - Me
"Yar! You're the Vincent Wang that shot the lightning right?" - Older Sis
"Guess so...not that many Vincent Wangs living on the 12th floor in Bt Batok" - Me
"Niiiiiiiice!" - Older Sis
"Thanks!" -Me
"You got newspapers or not?" - Older Sis
"No lei" - Me
"Okay I cut out for you to frame up." - Older Sis
"Thanks!" - Me
"Click"
So I got up still a little stoned to check out the Stomp! site...
hmm...1200+ views...not bad..get good exposure in Stomp! lei...
So later on when I came into the office I check out the papers...Yup...there it is. The cover photo for Stomp! on today's paper.
Looks like recently I've been involved a lot more in the Media...lending my voice for commercials and spots in Power98, photos posted in the newspapers and on the online portal etc...I kinda enjoy it.
Okay okay...it's attention seeking but then again, it's also fun. Heh :)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
STOMPed...
Well, if you guys happen to be visiting the STOMP website, you can see the pictures that I've taken previously of the cloud formation and lightning.
They've been posted here
Now I feel like a typical local "Kaypo" but I do feel that sights such as these should be shared.
They've been posted here
Now I feel like a typical local "Kaypo" but I do feel that sights such as these should be shared.
It's Showing its Age...
Yup...the 10D is 4½ years old now...and it's showing its age.
Just two days ago, I tried taking a long exposure photo of the lightning (see previous post) storm and the number of hot pixels that popped up are definitely more than when I first bought the camera.
I guess it's kinda protesting against the abuse that it's gone through. I suppose once I save enough for the new 40D. At least it's got "Liveview" which should help in getting a more accurate focus while shooting either prime focus or through eyepiece projection.
Orion's 120mm ST OTA is a 600mm f/5 and is going for under 1K at Astro, but after reading about it, I'm beginning to wonder if a shorter but faster 600mm is a good alternative to my current 1000mm f/11 mirror...
Or should I get a NexStar??? The Orion accepts 2" eyepieces which is a BIG bonus cause I wear eyeglasses...
The difference between the new generation C90 (M's Scope) compared to my old C90 is quite obvious. The new C90 is a 1200mm f/13.3 which appears very dark even though the magnification is better...
Maybe I should continue with the C90 first because it's a pretty decent all-rounder and M's already got the monster NexStar 8SE...
Argh...decisions decisions...
Monday, September 10, 2007
Big Ass Scope
M collected his big ass Telescope yesterday...and today he flew off to Manila.
At least he loaned me his C90 to mess around with along with the NexImage CCD. Haven't had a chance to try them out yet though.
Compare that with my own very old C90 side by side and you'd notice some differences; such as...
1) on mine, the darn focusing ring is on the tube itself...so whenever I try to focus, the whole scope would move...a big no-no if you're trying to spot Jupiter or Saturn...
2) I don't have the 90° dual-view thingy. which means that I have to rely on a star dianganol.
3) Mine's an 1000mm f/11 as compared to his 1200mm f/13 so it's a little bit brighter.
Anyway, he's coming back on the 14th so we're gonna go hang out somewhere n do some stargazing.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Storm on a Starry Night...
The raw power of nature...The picture above was taken at about 6.40pm and you can see the storm clouds brewing. Equally impressive is the super long shadow cast by the clouds from the setting sun. It was just a beautiful sight.
An aeroplane passing by the storm. Obviously the storm's quite a distance away. Probably hitting Johor Bahru and further north to perhaps Senai. In any case, the plane still looks puny!
Horizontal lightning was spotted from my front door and I decided to capture some images. This is what the storm front looks like when lit by the lightning from within...you can also see stars in the sky which made it an even more interesting experience.
This is a 100% crop of the above image...no resizing was done.
Truely a magnificent sight.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Mistaken
People often mistake acts of concern or goodwill (especially from the opposite sex) as a sign of affection (so I've said before).
However, having said that, it's only fair that the party not be kept in the dark about it or be led on. J recently had made this mistake with his ex and when she ignored him, he was utterly depressed.
It's no surprise that he feels that way since he still does have strong feelings towards her. I guess sometimes, women enjoy the attention for a while and then once that initial buzz of it wears off, it becomes tedious.
Guys just have to know when to quit.
Of course, there are times when persistence pays off but it seldom happens if ever at all. Persistence can sometimes become an irritant actually.
It's happened to me in the distant past so I guess you could say that I've got a certain amount of experience with this.
Besides, it doesn't pay to have a crush on someone who's self-centered and in need of temporary attention. You'll just end up being ignored when the person finds a new playmate or interest.
I guess there are people out there whom don't know how to put in a nice way that they want some time to themselves but rather choose to ignore as the easier way out. Humans are always looking for the easy way out. Otherwise, John F. Kennedy wouldn't have had to say, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard... because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and others too." at the Rice University Address on September 12, 1962 (full transcript here).
However, having said that, it's only fair that the party not be kept in the dark about it or be led on. J recently had made this mistake with his ex and when she ignored him, he was utterly depressed.
It's no surprise that he feels that way since he still does have strong feelings towards her. I guess sometimes, women enjoy the attention for a while and then once that initial buzz of it wears off, it becomes tedious.
Guys just have to know when to quit.
Of course, there are times when persistence pays off but it seldom happens if ever at all. Persistence can sometimes become an irritant actually.
It's happened to me in the distant past so I guess you could say that I've got a certain amount of experience with this.
Besides, it doesn't pay to have a crush on someone who's self-centered and in need of temporary attention. You'll just end up being ignored when the person finds a new playmate or interest.
I guess there are people out there whom don't know how to put in a nice way that they want some time to themselves but rather choose to ignore as the easier way out. Humans are always looking for the easy way out. Otherwise, John F. Kennedy wouldn't have had to say, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard... because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and others too." at the Rice University Address on September 12, 1962 (full transcript here).
Friday, September 07, 2007
Escapism
There are some people that I know that would make Houdini look like an amateur.
Of course they would have their reasons for it. However, it's the fact that it occurs without knowing when it'll happen that gets a little on the nerves.
Otherwise it wouldn't be called disappearing I suppose.
How effective is the Internet in searching someone up? Not very if the person suffers from technophobia I'm afraid. There are quite a few people I know of that are certifiable technophobes. It's a little strange though because first of all, they're my age and secondly, how can anyone truly survive in this country being a technophobe?
It is good to know though that there are senior citizens out there that try to embrace technology with open arms. Even though oftentimes it's a pain to teach them about it, one just has to be patient of the fact that:
A) Because they think they're old, they automatically have bad memories...(but they can remember what you did wrong two months ago)
B) Because they think they're old, they say that it's more difficult for them to learn new things (well, lets just put it down to experience-induced stubbornness).
Imagine that we have this so-called aging population (that's according to a government census), think of the sheer numbers of hair-tearing moments that will occur when our population reaches the average age of 50...dang, we'd have a whole bunch of bald-spotted 20-somethings then wouldn't we?
Oh well...
Of course they would have their reasons for it. However, it's the fact that it occurs without knowing when it'll happen that gets a little on the nerves.
Otherwise it wouldn't be called disappearing I suppose.
How effective is the Internet in searching someone up? Not very if the person suffers from technophobia I'm afraid. There are quite a few people I know of that are certifiable technophobes. It's a little strange though because first of all, they're my age and secondly, how can anyone truly survive in this country being a technophobe?
It is good to know though that there are senior citizens out there that try to embrace technology with open arms. Even though oftentimes it's a pain to teach them about it, one just has to be patient of the fact that:
A) Because they think they're old, they automatically have bad memories...(but they can remember what you did wrong two months ago)
B) Because they think they're old, they say that it's more difficult for them to learn new things (well, lets just put it down to experience-induced stubbornness).
Imagine that we have this so-called aging population (that's according to a government census), think of the sheer numbers of hair-tearing moments that will occur when our population reaches the average age of 50...dang, we'd have a whole bunch of bald-spotted 20-somethings then wouldn't we?
Oh well...
Thursday, September 06, 2007
The World will miss a Great Tenor
Luciano Pavarotti...
One of the greatest tenors of our time and an opera legend has died. He was 71 years old. BBC News has more.
If ever a movie were to be made of his later life (say past 40s), I think the perfect actor to portray him would be actor John Rhys-Davies don't you agree?
They both bear a striking resemblance to each other.
Don't you agree?
One of the greatest tenors of our time and an opera legend has died. He was 71 years old. BBC News has more.
If ever a movie were to be made of his later life (say past 40s), I think the perfect actor to portray him would be actor John Rhys-Davies don't you agree?
They both bear a striking resemblance to each other.
Don't you agree?
And another...
Yup...another ticket at 4:41pm. This AFTER I went to the Branch Office to change back the valid season ticket for my own car.
What can I say? Are they INEFFICIENT or what?
I sometimes wonder what's the use of implementing all that technology if none of it is put to good use? That's so weird.
What can I say? Are they INEFFICIENT or what?
I sometimes wonder what's the use of implementing all that technology if none of it is put to good use? That's so weird.
An Addendum
And I got a ticket about 2 hours after parking at my own house!!!
Hellooooo!
CISCO/HDB Car parks section needs to WAKE UP THEIR FRIGGIN IDEA!!!
I temporarily transferred my season parking ticket to the "loaner" which was from 30 Aug - 10 Sep (being kiasu). I collected my car and by the time I got home, it was roughly 6.30pm (which is obviously after government offices end their business day).
So I didn't have a chance to transfer my season parking back to my own car.
And they gave me a ticket.
Car parks division, being armed with all that technology obviously doesn't make life for me any easier.
I went down to the branch office today to transfer back the season ticket and also to try to get the parking offence notice voided. Lo and behold, the counters that settle ALL season parking matters do not have the authority to void 1 idiotic parking offense notice in a situation is as clear cut as god knows what. So I was informed to get a queue number and join ANOTHER queue to get that done.
Obviously, I opted to do it over the Internet and at the same time, write a long-winded letter on why I be penalised for their or their systems' shortcomings.
Lets see how things go from there...it could be interesting.
Obviously, bureaucratic mentality is STILL the only constant in the universe...and is probably the glue that's holding the entire civil service (of any country for that matter) together.
Hellooooo!
CISCO/HDB Car parks section needs to WAKE UP THEIR FRIGGIN IDEA!!!
I temporarily transferred my season parking ticket to the "loaner" which was from 30 Aug - 10 Sep (being kiasu). I collected my car and by the time I got home, it was roughly 6.30pm (which is obviously after government offices end their business day).
So I didn't have a chance to transfer my season parking back to my own car.
And they gave me a ticket.
Car parks division, being armed with all that technology obviously doesn't make life for me any easier.
I went down to the branch office today to transfer back the season ticket and also to try to get the parking offence notice voided. Lo and behold, the counters that settle ALL season parking matters do not have the authority to void 1 idiotic parking offense notice in a situation is as clear cut as god knows what. So I was informed to get a queue number and join ANOTHER queue to get that done.
Obviously, I opted to do it over the Internet and at the same time, write a long-winded letter on why I be penalised for their or their systems' shortcomings.
Lets see how things go from there...it could be interesting.
Obviously, bureaucratic mentality is STILL the only constant in the universe...and is probably the glue that's holding the entire civil service (of any country for that matter) together.
iPod, iPhone, iPay
According to Dailytech.com, an iPhone customer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple.
I guess the iPhone customer must have been asleep or been living in a cave/under a rock before he purchased it because according to the lawsuit, it claims that Apple did not disclose the fact that the iPhone did not have a user-replaceable battery.
Well, all of Apple's portable products with the exception of their laptops don't have user replaceable batteries.
The ironic fact is that even though Apple's batteries for their portable products cost a bomb to replace, people are still snapping them up without much hesitation. Such is the power of marketing and the urge of blending in with the crowd.
People may have bought the iPod perhaps for the fact that they wanted to display their individuality/creativity by buying an Apple product (Apple products gave the impression that the person using their products are "artsy" since many designers have adopted their MacIntosh computers for that purpose).
Well, of course the beautifully designed iPods attracted attention as well..duh!
But lets be honest, non-user replaceable batteries? It'd be such an inconvenience if say you were listening to your iPod one day and it (the battery) just died and can't be charged anymore. You'd have to go through the hassle of sending the thing in to have the battery (which, lets be honest, is a pretty simple replaceable item) changed. That kinda sucks.
Imagine that happening to your phone...major inconvenience.
I don't doubt though that Apple's iPhone will still sell like hotcakes since we're such a bunch of consumers here. To me, it's profiteering from poor product design (or just plain profiteering because they can). Imagine this, in the States, you gotta pay $79 for the battery plus $6.95 for shipping which puts you out of reach for about a week cause you gotta send the phone in to have the battery replaced. To top it off, they even have the cheek to charge you $29 to rent another iPhone...what about your contacts, smses and other stuff that's in the phone with the dead battery???
I definitely wouldn't wanna buy the phone for that and that reason alone.
Oh and by the way, I GOT MY CAR BACK! Wooooooooooohoooooooooo!!!!!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Maintenance
Coffee to me, is the liquid life saver.
Now, I'm no coffee connoisseur but I do enjoy a good cuppa ever so often.
There are 2 known types of women in this world, as coined by Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron; they are the "Low maintenance" woman and the "High maintenance" woman. Lets shed some light on the definitions of "low/high maintenance".
No, it's not the Dictionary.com definition. Instead, the "high maintenance" here would equate to a more picky, more demanding person whom insists on having things done her way.
"Low maintenance" would then describe a more nonchalant, unconcerned or indifferent person in terms of personal requirements.
The worse kind of woman, would be the type that is high maintenance but think that they're low maintenance because they don't realise that they are in fact, rather demanding.
On another note, I've realised that when a woman shows concern towards me, I'm pretty appreciative of it. When I find the person attractive and she shows concern towards me, I may have the misconception that she actually likes me enough to perhaps have a date with. Do all guys think that way? I don't know but lets hope it's unique to me. Otherwise, the world would be in chaos over such misconceptions.
Now, I'm no coffee connoisseur but I do enjoy a good cuppa ever so often.
There are 2 known types of women in this world, as coined by Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron; they are the "Low maintenance" woman and the "High maintenance" woman. Lets shed some light on the definitions of "low/high maintenance".
No, it's not the Dictionary.com definition. Instead, the "high maintenance" here would equate to a more picky, more demanding person whom insists on having things done her way.
"Low maintenance" would then describe a more nonchalant, unconcerned or indifferent person in terms of personal requirements.
The worse kind of woman, would be the type that is high maintenance but think that they're low maintenance because they don't realise that they are in fact, rather demanding.
On another note, I've realised that when a woman shows concern towards me, I'm pretty appreciative of it. When I find the person attractive and she shows concern towards me, I may have the misconception that she actually likes me enough to perhaps have a date with. Do all guys think that way? I don't know but lets hope it's unique to me. Otherwise, the world would be in chaos over such misconceptions.
An untitled entry
Yup...I've run out of creative juice and so this is the title of the post.
While everyone (including me at times) is guilty of posting blogs about their love lives, there have been times when I think out loud, "Enough Already!".
Oh...need a crap break...
Back to the post...
But then again, what is this 4 letter word that can sometimes be vulgar?
It's nature at work of course. Because we've evolved into intelligent (at least for some of us) sentient beings with a sense of morality driven into us, we look upon procreation as first having a sense of belonging followed by a sense of responsility towards one another. Jealousy would take over because if the belonging were to be taken by someone else, we'd feel the loss.
Many times, after the institution of marriage has been applied and women have borne offspring, the men have a need to sow seeds further. This is nature's way of ensuring that only the best offspring are born. After all, diversity is the key method of ensuring difference.
Some offspring may be weak physically but strong mentally, others the opposite way round. It's only natural that a parent (be it father or mother) look upon another mate to ensure the diversity of their offspring.
However, this would be contrary to our modern-day standards of morality which condemns so-called adultry. When that happens, one of the parties in the marriage will obviously be hurt but sometimes, the natural instinct is so strong that it overrides the sense of morality and we give in to temptation.
For the sake of sounding sensitive and politically correct though, we would always say that we're married to the person of our dreams. Be honest though, we'll always have a roving eye when disagreements arise.
I may be wrong, I may be right but so far, this is what I've observed. Perhaps my observations are biased by my own upbringing and experiences (yes, they're getting a divorce after 40 years of marriage) and I'm a little sour about that.
On other topic, I'M GETTING MY CAR BACK AT 5!!!!! Wooohooooo!!!! I can at last rid myself of this abomination on the road with a rubber-band engine and transmission although I must say that I haven't laughed so hard while driving because of a car before. It's so bad, it's funny!
Interesting quote of the day (after I wrote this entry) : Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
- Evan Esar
Word of the day : Perambulate
While everyone (including me at times) is guilty of posting blogs about their love lives, there have been times when I think out loud, "Enough Already!".
Oh...need a crap break...
Back to the post...
But then again, what is this 4 letter word that can sometimes be vulgar?
It's nature at work of course. Because we've evolved into intelligent (at least for some of us) sentient beings with a sense of morality driven into us, we look upon procreation as first having a sense of belonging followed by a sense of responsility towards one another. Jealousy would take over because if the belonging were to be taken by someone else, we'd feel the loss.
Many times, after the institution of marriage has been applied and women have borne offspring, the men have a need to sow seeds further. This is nature's way of ensuring that only the best offspring are born. After all, diversity is the key method of ensuring difference.
Some offspring may be weak physically but strong mentally, others the opposite way round. It's only natural that a parent (be it father or mother) look upon another mate to ensure the diversity of their offspring.
However, this would be contrary to our modern-day standards of morality which condemns so-called adultry. When that happens, one of the parties in the marriage will obviously be hurt but sometimes, the natural instinct is so strong that it overrides the sense of morality and we give in to temptation.
For the sake of sounding sensitive and politically correct though, we would always say that we're married to the person of our dreams. Be honest though, we'll always have a roving eye when disagreements arise.
I may be wrong, I may be right but so far, this is what I've observed. Perhaps my observations are biased by my own upbringing and experiences (yes, they're getting a divorce after 40 years of marriage) and I'm a little sour about that.
On other topic, I'M GETTING MY CAR BACK AT 5!!!!! Wooohooooo!!!! I can at last rid myself of this abomination on the road with a rubber-band engine and transmission although I must say that I haven't laughed so hard while driving because of a car before. It's so bad, it's funny!
Interesting quote of the day (after I wrote this entry) : Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
- Evan Esar
Word of the day : Perambulate
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The "Loaner"
Okay, for those out there driving the 1.6litre Mitsubishi Lancer CV-T, I have nothing but pity for you.
THE CAR SUCKS! OMG!!!!
Here's the scenario...I step on the gas...the car crawls forward and the engine revs a little...
I floor the gas pedal, the car crawls forward (albeit a little faster), the engine revs to REDLINE and makes a freakin' helluva lot of noise.
For a moment there, I thought I'd busted up the dang CV-T (Continuously Variable Transmission) cause the speedo wasn't climbing...just the tacho.
Oddly though, I managed to dodge an Accord 2.0 (Euro version) non-Euro-R along CA6 last evening. The moron actually decided to tailgate me while I was passing another CMI Lancer on the right lane at the bend which leads from the PIE to Clementi Ave 6.
Obviously, being very familiar with that particular bend, I took it at about 70km/h and was still accelerating (at a snail's pace) when this idiot in a White Accord decided to come right up to my ass.
Having a Honda Civic recently kiss my own car's ass didn't make me feel any better with this moron sitting behind the loaner car's ass so I floored the pedal and managed a decent slingshot acceleration around the bend.
I guess it kinda took him by surprise cause it was a while before I heard his engine revving trying to catch up. By then I'd already pulled quite a distance from him and was overtaking another car and getting stuck behind a matrix.
Well, sufficed to say, this moron was lucky that I wasn't driving my own car (it's still in the workshop undergoing repairs to the rear-end which was damaged by the Civic) otherwise I would've blow-offed his ass to high heaven and probably given him a layer of soot to wipe off his piss ant faggoty white accord.
It's been a pretty boring day with little or nothing much happening to me. I have the night shift so it's the daytime that's boring. B's got this problem though. He's been around for a fair bit and obviously knows the place inside out and exactly what to do when something happens (or doesn't). What he fails to realize is that the rest of us are pretty darn new to this and honestly, don't really know what's the norm and what ain't. In any case, either way, it's gonna be sad to see him leave but we've gotta make sure that everything's handed over right before he goes. Otherwise, all hell would break loose here.
It's interesting to note that Porcupine a.k.a KXXZ a.k.a SLK seems to not think of anyone besides herself. I don't mean that she doesn't think but rather, if you like someone enough, you'd spend sometime thinking of that person wouldn't you? Obviously I feature very low on the likable scale since she admitted today that she doesn't think of me at all. That kinda sucks.
I can't wait till Wednesday to get my car back! I'm dying here with this piece of junk that they've loaned to me. Yes, yes, some might say that I at least have a loaner. Well, DUH! If I didn't have one, I wouldn't even think of going there to get my car fixed now would I??? Of course I'd want something that at least on the same trim level as the car I'm sending in. After all, fair is fair. I didn't hit the bugger, he hit me!
THE CAR SUCKS! OMG!!!!
Here's the scenario...I step on the gas...the car crawls forward and the engine revs a little...
I floor the gas pedal, the car crawls forward (albeit a little faster), the engine revs to REDLINE and makes a freakin' helluva lot of noise.
For a moment there, I thought I'd busted up the dang CV-T (Continuously Variable Transmission) cause the speedo wasn't climbing...just the tacho.
Oddly though, I managed to dodge an Accord 2.0 (Euro version) non-Euro-R along CA6 last evening. The moron actually decided to tailgate me while I was passing another CMI Lancer on the right lane at the bend which leads from the PIE to Clementi Ave 6.
Obviously, being very familiar with that particular bend, I took it at about 70km/h and was still accelerating (at a snail's pace) when this idiot in a White Accord decided to come right up to my ass.
Having a Honda Civic recently kiss my own car's ass didn't make me feel any better with this moron sitting behind the loaner car's ass so I floored the pedal and managed a decent slingshot acceleration around the bend.
I guess it kinda took him by surprise cause it was a while before I heard his engine revving trying to catch up. By then I'd already pulled quite a distance from him and was overtaking another car and getting stuck behind a matrix.
Well, sufficed to say, this moron was lucky that I wasn't driving my own car (it's still in the workshop undergoing repairs to the rear-end which was damaged by the Civic) otherwise I would've blow-offed his ass to high heaven and probably given him a layer of soot to wipe off his piss ant faggoty white accord.
It's been a pretty boring day with little or nothing much happening to me. I have the night shift so it's the daytime that's boring. B's got this problem though. He's been around for a fair bit and obviously knows the place inside out and exactly what to do when something happens (or doesn't). What he fails to realize is that the rest of us are pretty darn new to this and honestly, don't really know what's the norm and what ain't. In any case, either way, it's gonna be sad to see him leave but we've gotta make sure that everything's handed over right before he goes. Otherwise, all hell would break loose here.
It's interesting to note that Porcupine a.k.a KXXZ a.k.a SLK seems to not think of anyone besides herself. I don't mean that she doesn't think but rather, if you like someone enough, you'd spend sometime thinking of that person wouldn't you? Obviously I feature very low on the likable scale since she admitted today that she doesn't think of me at all. That kinda sucks.
I can't wait till Wednesday to get my car back! I'm dying here with this piece of junk that they've loaned to me. Yes, yes, some might say that I at least have a loaner. Well, DUH! If I didn't have one, I wouldn't even think of going there to get my car fixed now would I??? Of course I'd want something that at least on the same trim level as the car I'm sending in. After all, fair is fair. I didn't hit the bugger, he hit me!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Time and again...
Being able to blog frequently doesn't necessarily mean that the person has nothing better to do.
For me, blogging is an outlet. A way of putting my thoughts into writing. It's also a good place to store events in my life that I might want to remember later and also to let people around me who read it frequently to know what I'm going through.
I enjoy moments of solace where I can organize my thoughts into words and pen it down. I've tried keeping a diary but I have the tendency of losing them. Anyway, all this is probably just justification for my seeking more attention I suppose. That's what most people who blog are after; some sort of recognition that they actually exist in a world of 6 plus billion people. It's also a way of demonstrating individuality.
I tend to blog more when I can't sleep. I guess the whole reason why I can't sleep in the first place is because my mind's a little too active. So putting the thoughts into words does help.
Kay's got this great Nike Dumbbell in the studios. Kay, if you don't mind, I'm gonna borrow it to use from time to time in an effort to gain bigger arms. Dang, I might end up with huge arms, a small body and tiny legs....geez that'd be weird.
Good thing I bought my camper's mat so I can still do crunches and sit-ups since I can't really sleep on the job anyway heh. That helps.
SLK tried to predict what I was going to blog about tonight. Well, I hate being a forgone conclusion and predictable so, nope, I'm not blogging about what you think I'm gonna be blogging about ;) heh..
I might do it later though.
Word of the day: Egregious <- kinda sounds a little like erogenous doesn't it? :P
For me, blogging is an outlet. A way of putting my thoughts into writing. It's also a good place to store events in my life that I might want to remember later and also to let people around me who read it frequently to know what I'm going through.
I enjoy moments of solace where I can organize my thoughts into words and pen it down. I've tried keeping a diary but I have the tendency of losing them. Anyway, all this is probably just justification for my seeking more attention I suppose. That's what most people who blog are after; some sort of recognition that they actually exist in a world of 6 plus billion people. It's also a way of demonstrating individuality.
I tend to blog more when I can't sleep. I guess the whole reason why I can't sleep in the first place is because my mind's a little too active. So putting the thoughts into words does help.
Kay's got this great Nike Dumbbell in the studios. Kay, if you don't mind, I'm gonna borrow it to use from time to time in an effort to gain bigger arms. Dang, I might end up with huge arms, a small body and tiny legs....geez that'd be weird.
Good thing I bought my camper's mat so I can still do crunches and sit-ups since I can't really sleep on the job anyway heh. That helps.
SLK tried to predict what I was going to blog about tonight. Well, I hate being a forgone conclusion and predictable so, nope, I'm not blogging about what you think I'm gonna be blogging about ;) heh..
I might do it later though.
Word of the day: Egregious <- kinda sounds a little like erogenous doesn't it? :P
Dumb-Bell!
I chanced upon this local website while surfing around looking for a place to get the Nike 5lbs dumbbells.
http://forums.ohgenki.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/
Okay, some of the people that post in there have like Mr Universe muscles etc but that's not really what I'm looking for. Me, being the lazy sort would rather work out for nice abs and well, big arms just for the sake of looking better in a t-shirt.
Well, this guy (Wow his online moniker), seems to be confident of his exercise regime so if you guys want to take a look at it, the link's here
I'm still a firm believer in "Great abs and big arms" so I'll continue to work them out even though the pain's really something the first few times.
It's an interesting enough forum but I doubt I'd make my presence there felt. Does seem to suit the more superficial since it's all about looks. Yes, yes, I'm contradicting myself here but then again, since when are we not at least a little vain?
http://forums.ohgenki.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/
Okay, some of the people that post in there have like Mr Universe muscles etc but that's not really what I'm looking for. Me, being the lazy sort would rather work out for nice abs and well, big arms just for the sake of looking better in a t-shirt.
Well, this guy (Wow his online moniker), seems to be confident of his exercise regime so if you guys want to take a look at it, the link's here
I'm still a firm believer in "Great abs and big arms" so I'll continue to work them out even though the pain's really something the first few times.
It's an interesting enough forum but I doubt I'd make my presence there felt. Does seem to suit the more superficial since it's all about looks. Yes, yes, I'm contradicting myself here but then again, since when are we not at least a little vain?
All I get is a...
Lancer 1.5CVT...that's the loaner car that I got from Star.
Kinda sad cause the civic dude which went there in the morning managed to get his hands on a Camry. I should have gone there earlier, then I might have had first dibs on what car I'd get.
The choices were pretty simple actually, either a Lancer 1.5 or a Latio 1.5. Obviously I'd forgo the Nissan. I'm beginning to regret it now though cause the Lancer's got a rubber-band engine.
I managed to meet SLK today but only for a short while. She looks absolutely fantastic I must add. As usual though, she turned porcupine on me.
And she spent more than she intended to which is I guess normal. Since when does a woman go shopping and not bust her budget? Never!
I got myself a camper's mat from Giant. It's about the same size as the one I was almost gonna get at West Mall except that this one costs only $5.60 instead of $12.10. It's like totally less than half the price. Couldn't get the colour I wanted though.
I'll be heading down to Astro with Mike on Sat PM to go take a look at some scopes. Looks like the boy's found himself a new hobby. One that he's just as clueless to and just wants to spend moolah on. In any case, I'd just tag along and maybe give him some advice on which scope to get.
Word of the day : Supernal <- does sound a little like "Anal" doesn't it? :P
Kinda sad cause the civic dude which went there in the morning managed to get his hands on a Camry. I should have gone there earlier, then I might have had first dibs on what car I'd get.
The choices were pretty simple actually, either a Lancer 1.5 or a Latio 1.5. Obviously I'd forgo the Nissan. I'm beginning to regret it now though cause the Lancer's got a rubber-band engine.
I managed to meet SLK today but only for a short while. She looks absolutely fantastic I must add. As usual though, she turned porcupine on me.
And she spent more than she intended to which is I guess normal. Since when does a woman go shopping and not bust her budget? Never!
I got myself a camper's mat from Giant. It's about the same size as the one I was almost gonna get at West Mall except that this one costs only $5.60 instead of $12.10. It's like totally less than half the price. Couldn't get the colour I wanted though.
I'll be heading down to Astro with Mike on Sat PM to go take a look at some scopes. Looks like the boy's found himself a new hobby. One that he's just as clueless to and just wants to spend moolah on. In any case, I'd just tag along and maybe give him some advice on which scope to get.
Word of the day : Supernal <- does sound a little like "Anal" doesn't it? :P
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Bang! crash!
This is what happens when people tailgate or stop concentrating for a minute while on the expressway...
I was the first car and the second car was an 8th Gen civic (FD) 2.0. He managed to stop in time as well but was rather close to me. The third car, which was a Comfort Taxi (I've been hit by cabs before...so it's not surprising that a taxi was either involved or the cause of it somewhere along the line) however was obviously tailgating and not paying attention...
After about half a second from slowing down to a stop, the bang started followed by another while my car was jerked forwards. At first, the damage didn't seem more than minor bumper-bumper but upon closer inspection, it looked more apprarent that there was internal structural damage. Well, the C&C guys will know what to do :P.
So much for a nice peaceful morning...
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