Boring Thursday but I ain't complaining

There's usually skool today. The tech people came round today. I found out that they changed the gateway for my internet connection because I needed to access the company's database in Malaysia. Simple things to techies that disrupt normal activities for others. Tried to spruce up my blog but didn't look too nice. I wasn't too sure of what I was doing anyway. Didn't want to screw it all up for good. Despite saying that I didn't wanna be identified by nationality, I gave in to the weather thing. I compromised and stuffed it right at the very bottom. If you do happen to see it, you'd realise thats its freaking hot here all year round. BTW, Prince Charming's blog is pretty cool now. I popped by today. Nice windmills and stuff going.

Quote of the day : I tore up my room looking for the receipt for my 'broken speakers' to return them when all I had to do is plug them in.

Yippee, it's Wedneday

I was telling myself the moment I reached the office " Hang in there Doug, only 9 hours to go"
Things were looking good when Yahoo Pool loaded. Then I anxiously took my first shot and.......IT HUNG! Phreaking webmarshal program. I swear I'd kick the shit outta it if was only a physical barrier. Overall, it wasn't such a bad day, there was work to be done. I was reading The Pan's blog until somebody somebody wanted something something. Kept me busy for pretty much the whole day. Happened to stumble upon a new weather website as well. Pretty darn good if I don't say so myself. http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/48698.html
I like to know if I need to bring an umbrella out to lunch. Helps pass time as well.

5 o'clock. Bam, rain. Just as the weather forecast forecasted. I boarded the bus looking forward to getting home. There's JAG on telly. One Tree Hill too. Gotta enjoy the little things in life, even if they're only TV shows. It's 9.30 now. Already done watching One Tree Hill. JAG is at 10.

Couple of days back, during the exam period, Eug and I were discussing how Michael Jackson's Thriller is a great song.

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed'
Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

Sounds like a typical walk on the darkside if you ask me.

Quote of the day : Bearing in mind all rap songs are about sex, drugs, and how they were fucked up the arse as a child...... there aint much to choose from

Back to the same old same old......or so I thought

It was a blooming hot day and I could feel it from inside the office. Boredom coupled with the crazy heatwave and the stupid webmarshal software which suddenly came into exsistence on my PC can sure ruin a otherwise normal day. Stupid people have the thermostat set on 26 fucking degrees in the office. They must have been trying real hard to fry their brains. The webmarshal software completes a horrible day like a sweet caramel topping on ice cream. It won't let me play any Yahoo pool. It won't even let me visit wikipedia. WTF! WTF! WTF!

I left promptly at 1730 hrs sharp. With the internet disabled like a man with no hands and 1 leg, there was absolutely no reason to waste more time in that microwave of an office. I got round to watching Initial D. Weird at first due to the chinese dubbing but I got used to it after a while. I would have prefered to see the film as it was in cantonese. Couple of honkie tonks posing as Japanese comic characters. The unique selling proposition was the winning car. A soapbox like car which can go faster then other modern technologe. Realistically, it broke down. Unrealistically, they fixed it and it got even faster. The tubby guy was the comic relief and Anne Suzuki wasn't too bad. The ideal girlfriend maybe but I think it could be an overdose of cuteness. Overall, I enjoyed the laughs more then anything else.

Quote of the day : Women are like hurricanes. When they come, they're wet and wild but when they go, they take your house and car

The good, the bad and the simple

Aloha, been pretty quiet on the blogfront due to the exams. Sad to say, the chance of me passing International Trade lies in the hands of my fellow classmates. Why does it always have to be econs. No matter how difficult a subject gets, nothing beats econs. Bah! Every term, some people have to fail this subject due to the oversized class and the bell curve marking standards. This term, I fear it won't be the case. The chance of me passing depends on how many other econo-idiots do worse then me. For once, please let me be on the good side of moderation. I think i've done enough of these favours in one academic lifetime.

Earlier tonight, we had a durian party. After dim sum in Hookerville again, we crossed the road where there were a few fruit stalls. Most of us had durians and coconuts. Funny combination to say the least. The Pan stuck to his coconut while enduring the empty threats of being pelted or smeared with durians. I give him credit for sitting with us while we semi-feasted on the strong smelling fruit. This time round, it was quantity over quality. 2 rounds of 3 for 10 dollar durians and we were done for the night.

Over the last few days, I was fortunated enough to enjoy eating at Carl's Jr. Seems that someone franchised this burger chain. Pretty costly but definately worth a try. I had a Guacamole Bacon Burger or something to that extent. The onion rings are pretty good too. To top that off, free flow of drinks to round off the set meal.

If anybody understands the meaning of being asleep but at the same time conscious of the surroundings. Please feel free to enlighten a few simple minds.

Quote of the day : Watermelon is watery.

Visit to Hookerville

Today, Eug had to go home to grab some stuff. On the way back, we stopped by Geylang to grab dinner. After enduring a 2 lane pile up because some jerk parked on the wrong side of the road which led to a cement truck being held up, we managed to get a parking space a few lanes away from where we wanted to eat. Halfway through the meal, we were pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face sit down at the next table. Who else but the lovely Pheromona. The girl who The Pan was attracted to. She came along with 2 other friends. 1 'guy' and another girl. The girl looked quite cute with the braces and all. We didn't bother to say hello or anything. She wasn't exactly friendly by nature. We were however speculating on why she was dressed up so nicely just to eat. We concluded that whatever the hell she was doing would still be an honest living.

Quote of the day : I did tech support for a day before I quit when someone asked me whats double clicking

Added these chappies to my tank

Nimbochromis venustus


2 of em to be exact. Nice camouflage patterns on these 2. Apparently they change colour when they grow older. We'll see if that ever happens. Can't tell the difference between the 2 but I wanted to name em after those blokes on The Pan's blog since they reminded me of the army. Halsey, Ozawa, Percival.......bunch of fags. Heck, I'll stick to Harm and Mac. Also paid 10 bucks for a piece of acrylic to stop the water from spattering when the bubbles hit the surface. That water jumping into the light above the fish tank spells doom for a lot more then just the fishes.

Ate dinner at the darkside with Eug again. Every journey there is an adventure by itself. We just made it more exciting by going a little later. 8pm. Total darkness. In and out without tempting fate by staying longer then we should have to. Driving in narrow lanes with many shadowy figures lurking everywhere was very difficult for me. It was hard to stay on the road and not run any of them over. After dinner, I was very pleased to find that my handphone which I left in the car was not stolen. They say when in Rome, do like the Romans. Everybody and anybody walking around in these parts will get in the way of moving vehicles. A tip to anybody who decides to go to this part of town. Never run over a chinese guy in these parts; they can afford lawyers.

Quote of the day : Aging is like underware......it creeps up on you

Bring on the exams!

Yahoo! The work week has ended just as it started! Thats the way work should be, Monday to Monday and I mean the same Monday. These days, I seem to meet my neighbours quite often. This happens in the evenings as I come back from work. Those little curry munchers are always coming up the lift after their communal bath in the swimming pool. Who could blame em, we don't have that many rivers here compared to thier homeland. Would you be surprised if they got their water cut off? I shouldn't think that is the case because I still do smell the curry cooking.

Good luck to me for the exams. After being robbed in class by stringent robot like grading systems by a certain Master of artificial intelligence, I figured that I should have just continued studying in the local education system. Why bother about thinking for yourself and knowing how to apply what you learnt? You'd get your marks deducted all the same for not following the textbook closely enough. Another thing this master has in common with A.I is that both his lessons and the movie sucked. Only Juan Sebastian and friends would have learnt anything from him if at all.

Information Systems
Assignment 1 (10%) + RQs (20%) + Assignment 2 (25%) + Test (10%) + Final Exam (35%)

8/10 for assignment 1. Thank god for non robotic marking and appreciation for good language and answers. 15.33/20 for RQs. Couldn't have gotten more even if I tried. My reward for passing up RQ4 early was no guidelines and almost certainly lower grades. 6/10 for the RIGGED access test. That puts me at 29.33 out of a possible 40. 18 or 19 out of 25 for my access project would be a fair reflection of the effort put in despite being last minute work. Hope still exists because a HUMAN is grading that assignment. That ideally puts me at about 48/65. Holy crap, that is still some ways to getting a distinction. 22/35. I guess it's possible.

For my other exam, it's much simpler. Econs = DOOM.

Quote of the day : The thing you gotta remember about the Japanese is, they're crafty and they speak a different language

They say chinese eat almost anything

It can easily be documented that some Chinese do eat some very strange and exotic animals and animal parts such as pig intestines, century eggs, durians. From these common things to monkey brains and animal penises, it seems that every culture has its own menu.

Had dinner at Clark Quay, Jumbo Seafood. I'm beginning to not like seafood. I noticed that the place was packed with people. The 3 main groups were european, chinese and the others. The others were only made up of about 30% Sonias and 70% injuns. From the tables that had more then 1 race, the europeans either sat with chinese with funny wannabe accents or Sonias or injuns or a combination. The table I was facing was made up a older couple and 2 younger couples. Presumably 2 parents and their 2 sons. The slighly more interesting part is that each son had a different date/partner. The family was French maybe because they spoke french and there was 1 Sonia and 1 injun. The table wasn't exactly on the right frequency so I noticed the injun and the Sonia talking to each other quite a lot.

I don't have the intention to generalize but it does seem that some europeans do actually go out with other races. My question is, is injun pussy on their menu? I only ask this because most of the Sonias look like cross-dressers.

Quote of the day : If you have problem with women, I suggest you keep your spirits up by keeping your standards low.

Honky Tonks + Skool Fees = 2 bad days

Last night I paid a visit to good ol Pops. He came back to Singapore and was expecting me to visit. I planned my time properly so I could reach his place at 8 sharp. I knew how he could nag if I was late. By the time I got back, my dumbass brother insisted on going to the gym. Why isn't he in camp anyway? They should lock him up, throw away the key and only let him out when I say so. So he arranged to meet Pops at 8.30. No surprise, he was late for that as well. All went well at Pops place until I went downstairs. There was a bigass Merc parked in front of my car. How da fuck am I spose to leave? I looked up the guard in the guard house and he started giving me crap. 'Why you park in the residents lot? Are you a visitor? Is this your first time here? Why didn't you park at the visitors lot? I kena screw by the fella because of you! You dunno him ah, He one kind one you know.' So I lied, 'So sorry, my first time here. Visitors lots were full.' Who could blame the mat for getting some stick. The enitre race was made to take stick from others.

Anyways, the mat went to get the Merc owner. Pushed the button on the intercom and said, 'Ah, the fella who parked in your lot is here.' The voice over belonged to some lady. She rudely said, ' Tell them to wait there.' What a dumb bitch. Where else could I go? I imagine her to be fat and ugly. Probably interupted her while she was stuffing her face at her dinner table. Why else would she need such a big car anyway? The stupid mat security guard walked past in a huff and sad, 'Hah, now you will get to know the fella.' I was prepared to face Fatso. Minutes later, this guy comes down and looks around. Tall fifty-something and condemmed by me the moment he opened his mouth to speak. In a unsatisfied honky tonk accent, 'Is this your car?' (WTF?!?!?! was he dumb?) 'You cannot just park anywhere you want. This is a private lot. Didn't you see the number painted on the floor? If the visitors lots are full then you should park outside. You cannot just park anywhere you like.' (Tape recorder spoilt) SO I SAY, 'I'm sorry. Didn't mean to park in your lot'......blah blah blah extra politely while cursing silently while he got into his car. Lied once more that it was my first time here. Zoomed off and headed home. What a fucking piece of chink shit. To go through all that trouble because of a parking lot? Bejeebus!

Today did not go down well either. Was disturbed by plently of sms and calls from the only 2 people involved in paying my school fees. I thought I was keeping up my part of the deal by doing decently in school and staying in school till I graduate but it isn't so. The only 2 people in my life with the moolah wanna make my life a living hell with their stupid money. You pay for my fees and I get mah freaking degree. END OF STORY!
2 bad days topped off with no air-con better end tomorrow.

Quote of the day : $2.95?!!? Listen Punjab! Why don't you pack your slurpee machine on the back of your @%*!# elephant and you can both start swimmin' east 'til you hit the Ganges!!!

Finally got the project outta my hair

Everything went according to plan. Even the pre celebrations. Honey pratas with ice cream to cap of each night of mind boggling experiments with MS Access. Of course some will find this more mind boggling then others but we all got thru in the end. The database looks and functions decently, the user guide was made for morons and it was capped topped of with 1 day work schedules and 10 minute test logs. Many congratulations to myself for being able to 'compute' and to Eug for winning a 3 day 2 night stay at Jervios Rd. Many thanks to Kai. If not for him, we wouldn't have had so much fun beating The Pan at Winning Eleven. Also many thanks to The Pan for saying the darndest things. Congratulations for beating us at Winning Eleven once!

Quote of the day : You know you have to stop using the medication when you are enjoying the side effects too much.

The game plan is out

Project Soccer Database
Deadline : Monday 1700 hrs
Days left: 3
Today : school takes a backseat, another project outing bites the dust. Andy loses at Winning Eleven. His theory that 2 players are not better against 1 player has yet to be proven.
Friday : Finish application development and run tests
Saturday : Finish documentation and user guide to database
Sunday : Finish what we didn't finish on Friday and Saturday

Quote of the day : When my friends go on diets, I discourage them. This is because I really just want them to be fatter than me

Project Tuesday

As usual, I met up with Eug and The Pan for our weekly project discussion. In actual fact it is a weekly dinner and laughs session. So anyhows, The Pan decided to start his own blog for profit orientated reasons. Though I don't see the connection with money and war history, we'll wait and see if gaytimes.blogspot.com was a better idea. The Pan was an absolute NOOB with HTML. Who can blame him? A little(alot of) help here and there and his blog was spruced up with pictures and bigger space. Got rid of this and that, added a bit of something else and tahdah! http://www.warjunkiez.blogspot.com/ was REBORN.

Also got round to visiting Annabelle's blog. Not too bad I must say. Also, the review board (Eug and The Pan) decided that I should save the class pics from Kai for another time. They weren't too good anyways.

Quote of the day : I like bigger boobs, but you should never sacrifice perkiness for size. Sophie Howard (Nuts Magazine 27 May - 2 June 2005)

I like to move it move it. I like to move it move it...........

Bloody monday again but hey, the weekend was pretty good. Watched Madagascar. The friggin lemur is good. Sacha Baron Cohen better known as Ali G played the voice of King Julian. He kept me from falling asleep. I also won't be posting anymore pics from my trip to Hong Kong. Too frigging many and Kai sent me some pics from class! I'll post em real soon. Tonight hopefully.

This may be a bit late but it's still worth looking at.
http://www.spicyparis.com/
We have Carl's Jr to thank for this stuff. This burger joint has a pretty good website too. Keep in mind it's a burger joint. The home of the 6 dollar burger.
http://www.carlsjr.com/home

A Mat, who was in Primary 3, came home from school one day and asked his father, "Bapak, today in school, me and friends had competisen, see who's cock the biggest, lah. My cock bigger than all, lah. Why ah? Because I melayu, issit? The father sighed and looked at him and said, "No lah. Because you're eighteen years old."
Thank you Mister Pan for submitting this joke.

Quote of the day : Just pull down your pants and chase her around. She's bound to fall down sometime.

What would you do to be the burger? 

What would you do to be Mr Smith? 

Stranded in a shopping centre

Wonder what 'Amber' means

This is the sign at Pacific Place. The other shopping mall where I had to wait about an hour before I took another cab home. Fortunately it only rained 1 time throughout the entire trip

Big ass thunderstorm

It's heavier than it looks

Made it safely back to International Finance Centre (IFC). Day 1 ends with this big ass thunderstorm. Tried to take a cab home but there was an accident on Old Peak Road. Got dropped off at another mall instead to wait for the accident to be cleared up.

Man Mo Temple on Hollywood

One of the many haze factories

Literally going to school in Hollywood

Getting schooled in Hollywood

Hollywood road is also known as 'Antique Street'. There are plently of antiques, including the people selling them.

The Flying Pan

I didn't know he could fly

Another shot from the mid level escalators

Vampire hunters or hired assassins?

Nice uniforms!

I was fooling around on the escalators and managed to get a shot of these 2 walking down the hill.

The true meaning of 'Public Toilet'

Along the road towards central

After dumping the luggage, we headed straight out to lunch. On the way down the mountain, we passed by this public toilet. Build right next to the road in a back alley. The roads here are not only narrow, they're also 1 way! Getting around really means going around. Roads intertwine up and down the mountain. A really confusing place to be driving if you ask me.

Who says you aren't supposed to play on the escalators? 

Finally home

View from the bedroom

Cabbed back from the Ritz to number 18 Old Peak Road. Took 1 set of lifts to level L8, walked accross to the farthest block, met a super cute receptionist, continued up another set of lifts to level 14 and finally reached unit 14A. As you step out from the lift, a wafting smell of indian cuisine can be picked up by the unsuspecting visitor. DUM DUM DUM! Unit 14B! Indians! Everyday hence forth, it would be curry day.

Free phone = good service

In the Ritz Carlton

After reaching Hong Kong station, I was mislead by some inaccurate information from my Dad. Hence I wandered off to Central station which was quite a fair walk from where I was supposed to be picked up. Being resourceful as usual, I headed to the Ritz to look for a phone.

The 3 noisy bitches

Did I mention ugly too?

These bitches sat behind me during the flight. Non stop talking in high pitched voices. Almost enough to make a person want to jump out of the plane. They sat right next to the emergency exit. It was either gonne be me or them.

Inside the Airport Express 

The journey begins

Gate 48. Probably the cheapest and worst parking lot a plane could have.

Thats mysterious me looking at the plane which I would eventually board and make it to Hong Kong in 1 piece. The walk to the gate is really far. Right at the end of the airport.

Inside a budget airliner
 

The long walk to the gate

There're everywhere aren't they?

I hope that they are getting deported. Awfully many of them at 6.30am.

Back from the land of Honky Tonks

Aloha. Finally back. The dream has ended and reality is beginning to set in. Very saddening thought but plently of lovely moments to look back on. Most of it captured on camera. Finally sorted out the photos and I'll post some soon. Can't post em all for sure but I'll try to post as many as I can.

I bet you guys haven't heard indians speaking fluent cantonese.