for hong

blogging from work, cause it's a bit quiet at the moment. been up since 530AM and feeling it. we're watching the lion king in between breaks, but I think we're going to busy soon...

just took a institute call...what are kids doing at 9AM doing online training for target =_= on holidays too.

anyway, this post is for hong, because she insists that we should be blogging thrice a week. A very unlikely prospect in my opinion. especially since the holidays are so boring and I have nothing to blog about. Our group seems to be really out of sync...just unable to get together. I've given up trying get us together...Jason's leaving next week already, so we don't wont have much of a group until Feb.

um..so yeah. my holiday to do list is failing.

I started this at like 8AM...it's not 12:38PM. Talk about work rush =_= it's sooo busy, so I'm going to end it here for now. What a great post. Not even going to tag it lol.

teoh,

surprisingly nothing

holidays are off to a slow start.

computer is up and running =] I don't think I'll make a computer again for awhile..it's very stressful not knowing if all the parts are working (especially when you're buying it dirt cheap for dodgy places like MSY and CPL). Took an hour to put together, another 2 hours to find out that we hadn't put the CPU fan in properly, hence rendering the whole thing useless. Huge thanks to my workmate Greg who helped out. Sorry I didn't take part by part pictures, but I was too stressed at the time.


Playing Crysis Warhead atm, the graphics are pretty nice.

Besides that though...nothing much to report. DDR tomorrow should be good, although me and ling are waaay out of fitness. On that note, I'm going to the gym with my dad on wednesday. Working alot...work was stressful today T_T and on that note, I'm going to go shoot things.

teoh,

say what!?

ON HOLIDAYS, THAT'S WHAT.

Yeah that's right, I'll be taking down the dreaded exam box as soon as I finish posting. Sheesh, what an exam period. Went on for a million years. The exams were pretty tough too, worst than last semester (or did I study less this semester..?). I'll have a cry post on the 4th dec no doubt.

Wish Amanda and Tim the best with their long trips. Miss you both. Amanda's got a blog up, dunno how often she'll update though lol : Inexperienced_blogger

Anyhow, onto the future. Time to address that holiday to do list! First things first, gathering PC parts for my computer. At the same time, I'll be looking for a laptop for my sister.
Once that's all done, I'll move onto formatting and selling off my current laptop, as well as looking into TPG. Now that I'll be staying home next year, 12 gigs between me and my brother is not enough hahaha.

Just bought 700 dollars worth of parts from MSY and CPL. Here's to really hoping the motherboard is ok, otherwise it'll be the fight of my life trying to get it returned to CPL (apparently they're CRAP, but they were the only ones that had it). Here are my specs for any computer geeks reading this (which would be none I'm assuming...for my own benefit then!):

CPU: Intel Core i5 750

MOBO: Gigabyte P55A-UD3P

RAM: G.skills Jawrip 4GB Kit

HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

GPU: Gigabyte 1GB ATI Radeon HD5850

Case: Lian Li Lancool PC-K62

PSU: Antec True Power 650

ODD: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S

I'm pretty excited to put it altogether and get it working. I've already gotten Win7 from uni for FREE, so I'm excited to start all over again (just like formatting..)

more to come as I settle in the holidays,

teoh.

saying the g word

It's sad when you have to say goodbye to people; it's even worse when you don't get to see them one more time to say goodbye. recently two friends at work left and I didn't get to say goodbye to either of them. Such a pity, cause they were both decent people.

In particular, the security guard mannie was a really good guy, I used to go out and spend my breaks having conversations with him. He got a really good job offer in something he wanted to do up in the gold coast, so I think he's just moved up there now. I wish him all the best with his new life up there, and who knows maybe we'll meet again.

Ruban was also a decent workmate, one of the more know how tech guys at work. He was different to talk to, but definitely very smart. I also didn't get to see him before left, but I also wish him the best with his future.

T___T hate it when people move away. I remember I was so sad when my friend jenny (who I met up again in uni! so cool) left in primary school. grateful for the friends I have now.

DIE EXAMS DIE DIE DIE.

Edit: This is harliarious, got it from work:

NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.'

After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?'A) A PeanutB) An ElephantC) The MoonD) Hey, who you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer.'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure.'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'

Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.'Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be it.

'To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.''I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.'

Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

teoh,

some exam giggles.

If you get stuck on an exam questions, some of these might inspire you the answer...forwarded on from my dad, they're surprisingly funny.

teoh,

I don't like green eggs and ham.

Nor do I like this present seasonal effects!

Don't get me wrong, I like the sun. It lets go to the BEACH, parks, play sport outside, BEACH, can go out without worrying about rain (obviously), oh did I mention BEACH!? But seriously. We go to the beach maybe 3 times, and you're bound to get sick of it.

I just returned from a walk around the lake...and I upon returning home, I immediately regretted venturing outside.

1. Eyes were streaming with tears from rubbing due to eXtreme itchiness.
2. Nose was completely running due to excessive sneezing
3. Rash was playing up along my leg and arms. An itchy one.
4. Something bit my finger, causing it to swell to HUGE proportions. I would take a photo, but I wouldn't be able to fit it in the one shot. I hope whatever bit me CHOKES ON MY BLOOD.

Addition to increased insect activity, sporadic days of extreme heat (which isn't helping my studies), ARGH I dunno, I think I'm more a fan of winter.

Or maybe I'm just being whiny. (or maybe I'm right..(or maybe..))
\\edit I think I had a complain about summer last year on thelooop. Things never change!

teoh,