Thursday, June 22, 2006

Here's something I took from one of past 5A class mates blog. This website tells you how much of the world you have visited. From the looks of it I have not gone far enough :P

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Just to let everyone know, I'm now 22 years old and it has been that long since I was born :P .

And yes, today 20/06/2006 is my birthday. Happy birthday to me :P

Now where's my 360?.. oh ya still have to wait for it to be ordered from Singapore...

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Yesterday night went to see the Proton Satria Neo. Dunno why they named it Neo. Either the designers were matrix fans or they had installed too much neons in their car. Couldn't use the name Neon since Dodge already used it for their Dodge Neon.

I was quite impressed by the Satria Neo. The interior is better and easy on the eye although there are some obvious areas where Proton did not include something to save cost. Like the Proton name tag on the dash in front of the passenger side to cover the "SRS Airbag" notice. Some circular plastic covers beside the steering whell etc. You got to wonder if the Europeans get something in those areas. Quality wise, it looks better than the past Protons, although I can't comment if you will get a lemon in the end since this is after all a show car. Performance wise I too cannot comment since I have not test drive it.

My brother of course was very impressed by the car. The only problem is that he cannot drive yet and no financial means to buy it! As the saying goes, when you are young and want such a car, you can't afford it and your parents will not buy it for you since it is 2 door. But when you can finally afford & old enough to buy it, you can't since a baby is on its way and you need a four door car!!!

For me a 2 door car is too small. I can barely fit in the back and even the driver's position is too cramped for me. Besides, I prefer to upgrade from a 1.5 auto wira to something larger. I thought of this, I prefer a four door car so that me and my gf will sit in front, and my mother and father in-laws (gf's papa and mama) can sit comfortably in the back, and hopefully be impressed enough to........ you get the picture.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

My phone experience something very funny yesterday and the day before. For some unknown reason, I can't make a call out or sms ppl, but I can receive calls and smses. Then by afternoon yesterday my phone is able to make calls like normal.

Must be the fact that on Wednesday I made a call to Singapore while in Segamat, Johor for a meeting. Had to spend the whole day out of the office to attend the meeting there, so had to call Singapore bout my progress on their project.

After that I think Celcom mush have thought my phone has been stolen and used to dial international numbers from another location compared to the Klang Valley. Since everything is back to normal again it could be that the network is unrealiable that the time of the call..... very unlikey since I tried to sms while the LRT was passing by the Telekom building on Thusday!!!

Sunday, June 11, 2006

I watched CARS today :) Kinda funny movie where there are talking cars everywhere!! No need for me to into the details of the story as many of you would have read or saw the trailer somewhere. Was expecting the main hero to die in a spectacular crash in the end but this is a Disney movie after all. Kinda dissapointed that there weren't any Mercedes or Skylines or Evos for in the movie at all. Also, where is the Lambo?

I have decided to get a 360. No doubts about it. I'm too lazy to paint my 40k minis, and a 360 should last a few years into the future before the 720 comes out. The 360 can't and will not play any pirated games, but since I am working already 1 original game a month is still affordable- unless I got a gf or need to buy something else. I still need to upgrade my computer when the time comes too, but that would be around next year when Supreme Commander comes out.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Today I met a classic "Help, my (insert relative here) is (insert type of emergency here) and I got no money to buy a (insert transport ticket, be it train aeroplane etc) to (insert your favourite destination here)" plea from someone in the LRT station. Needless to say I surprised to see such a person asking for money several meters below the river bed in the underground station. Thankfully it was a major station along the LRT line and not on the streets where he might turn nasty.

The best part was, he ask me in Mandarin first I think, followed by Hokkien or the like, another dialect, and lastly in English. I told him alot of ppl say such things to con ppl and if he REALLY need help get off at the next station (he followed me into the train) and tell security your problem. He left at the next station...

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Today my brother, father and I went to see KLIMS (KL International Motor Show) at PWTC. Lots more cars on display this time, and also lots more booth babes for happy shooters to point at.

Should see the amount of ppl taking pictures at the boothbabes. In some of the stalls the main draw is not the product, but the booth babes. Not surprise though, since in E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in the US, there are some ppl who come to E3 only for the boothbabes.

My bro did took a lot of photos, maybe I'll put one here soon. One of the best was the ASIMO robot. One more step closer to 30 foot tall Mechs!!! However it still required a few grid lines on the stage for it to walk and navigate.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Need to go back to office on Sat to do some work. Altough officially we are working a 5 day week sometimes there is simply too much work we have to come back on Saturday :(

Hopefully next Saturday is free.

Tried out DoW online. First battle I managed to play was a 2v2. The problem is, by 3 minutes my enemies has a big army combined together; several choas marine squads and his commander together with several sniper squads fully armed with sniper rifles :P. By 5 minutes by opponent's base is overrun and by 6 minutes we are dead. Woopee... kena rush.

Seconds was a 4v4. Everything looked good at first. But as my ally started engaging the enemy team, things grinded to a halt. Everyone on the battlefield froze. The game was not frozen though, as I can still move around and select units. But the game froze due to extreme lag. Woopee... game aborted due to lag.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Yesterday had 2 very hilarious battles. The first one ended with me winning the game with ZERO loses and wiping out every single unit my opponent has. For some unknown reason my opponent's Inova Wolf, in her Mad Cat can't shoot properly and Shin Wolf performed badly in his charged. My forces meanwhile played a game of staying behind cover and infuriating my opponent.

The 2nd battle was equally hilarious. For fun I made an infantry heavy army with only 1 mech, the Highlander Koshi while up against Geoff Bekker's Kodiak and Kendrick's Mad Cat 3. It was like a scene from the 40,000 universe, where my infantry battalion charged up towards the enemy while some of their brothers are killed in the process. Eventually a group of my infantry managed to make contact with the big bad bear and proceeded to capture it. Geoff the veteren warrior in his kodiak, panic when this group of infantry touched his mech and suffered a critical miss in the process. This later caused himself to be capture for the majaority of the battle. He was later freed after a desperate but eventually successful struggle to elinimate his capturers. At first it looked like the SWs would succeed, but a mistake on Kendrick's part cost him his mech (he thought that infantry standing there was a lousy group of shooters, only to found out they are actually elite snipers). And most of the time the units that actually made victory possible was my opponent's infantry and vehicles (Honorary mention to the SW Maxim). While the mechs....... I dunno what to say.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Had a very hectic week. The usual got to finish up the drawing for contractor or client and meeting with client to discuss what is wanted for the project. But it's still ok and I managed to get some things done before the weekend :)

Nothing much to say except that I did not went to play MW this week because my MW friends had a lot of stuff that needs to be done. So this Saturday I felt it was like Sunday in which I did not go anywhere.

Plugged in my Xbox to play for a while. I noticed that the majority of players in my Xbox Live friend list have already got their Xbox 360 and playing games which are meant for the 360. So I'm the only few who still have the old Xbox and plays Halo 2 online. Mechassualt, Burnout, Crimson Skies all have very little to no players anymore. Which is a pity, since duking it out with 8-10 players in Mechassault is absolutely chaotic and fun. Crimson skies when played with a large amount of players is also very fun. Oh well, some games just grow old with time.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

For the past few days I have been thinking on what to buy using my first and now my second paycheck combined. Couldn't decide on what to buy when I got my 1st paycheck coz I was busy with work and decided to wait for my range of options to get bigger. Now that I have received my 2nd paycheck, my available resources have grown larger and so too are the available options for spending. The problem is, I still can't make up my mind on what to buy!!

It's not like I am kedekut; I am a big spender and won't mind paying RM 15 for a large ice-blended at Starbucks, spend RM 100 or more for dinner in a restaurant or anything that has got to do with food. It's the non-edible stuff that I have problem deciding on what to get.

Among the stuff I am thinking on buying are:

1) Xbox 360 : The console itself cost RM 1500, games another RM 160, so I would spend about RM 2000 just to get the console and with a small selection of games. The problem is that it will only have about 2-3 games to play and my interest to play 360 has waned since I came back coz playing an RTS on my pc is more enjoyable (Blame Dawn on War on this). Also, my resources will be strech thin if I make this purchase, and I highly doubt I can buy the stuff I liked to eat :(

2) Warhammer 40k : Since I am hooked to Dawn of War is no surprised that I want to try out the original table -top game from which the RTS games is derived from. The cost of setting up and army is also as expensive as the 360, but can be spread out over a few months as the army takes time for it to be fully battle ready and fully painted. Like the first month I can spend RM 500 for the rule book (I know, buying the RM 250 rule book is insane) and the Land raider. Then next month I buy a tactical squad for another RM 500 and so on. Really liked the idea of getting the land raider, but my CBT gladiator is still in pieces and unpainted and as soon as the land raider is finished I highly doubt I will want to get the marines. After all, all I want is the land raider sculpt. Also, I even said to my self, why stop playing a minitures game (because it is too expensive) to play another minitures game (which is also very expensive) ? Still deciding on whether to pick up the hobby, but to tell the truth, prefer playing computer :P

3) PSP : It was this same time last year I wanted a PSP. The price has dropped, more games available, but it still cost a bomb just to get started. Add to the fact I need to buy the sony memory stick duo which is only compatible with the PSP itself, no thanks.

4) Nintendo DS : I would have bought one last year if I wanted to.

5) New graphics card : Unfortunetly because my computer is prefer ancient by todays standards, I need to spend about RM 3000 just to get a new mother board, ram and processor to run the graphic card I want to buy. Also not many new interesting games to justify an upgrade and my laptop still do fine. (To my DOTA friends out there, DOTA is not my cup of tea)

6) New handphone : nope, my current one will do me fine

7) New car : my current car is still ok, no need for a new one

8) New watch : my current one is fine

As you can see, I do not have many needs or wants on my part to justify spending on any of those above. Maybe next month when I have more dough I will buy something, but in the mean time I am still keeping my non-edible wants on hold. Very thrifty I am right?

Saturday, April 22, 2006

My previous week was one hectic one. Had a site meeting on Monday in which I have to drive there and also had to stay at office until 8pm on Friday to make sure the construction frawing of one project is printed out. It's not a small drawing mind you, it is a detailed drawing printed on a big plotter which prints on A1 size paper. And the mechanical drawings is lot because there are alot of different services for the building. Anyway managed to get through the week ok. Pretty rushed though..

Just now went to the wine shop beside Maybank in SS15 to have a look. Saw a lot of Australian wines, but none of the brands I am familier with. There's a lot of Shiraz, Cabernet Souvignon etc, but we somehow the wines I drank last time when I was in Australia are either rare or cannot be found. I saw there is a bottle of Old Vine Shiraz of another brand which costs almost RM 200!! Before I left Australia I bought and drank a bottle of Old Vine Shiraz from a winery which can only be bought from the celler door for AU60. The wine was very nice with a rich earthly vanillay oak flavour... something like that. Then there is another white wine which is fruity and sweet. It's name is Mcguigan Black Label: Traminar Restling. It is also bought from a winery in Australia (the Barrosa Valley to be exact) and we took it home to drink it during CNY. It costs AU 20. It is so nice that my family wants to drink it again and I am hpoing the local distributer of these wines brought some to M'sia.

Friday, April 14, 2006

I changed my computer abit this week. No more Norton Anti-virus. It bugged me everytime I turn on my computer, everytime to update it and renew its licience. Worst, the message does not pop up the minute your computer boots, but a few minutes after windows loads, so if I already started a program like Dawn of War, the stupid message appears to disturb. And then when you disabled the Auto-protect, it bugs you not stop to turn it back on!! Very bad if you want to squeeze a few Hz out of your computer.

Instead I installed Kaspersky AV. So far so good. It has a 3 month trial to try it. After that must but a 1 or 2 year licience to use it. Atleast it is not as annoying as NAV which BUGS you to update and renew. The 2006 version BUGS you like hell to activate and to update it I'm going to delete it and put Kaspersky instead for my parent's PC. Also it has made their computer slower. Not to mentioned NAV is known for not detecting some stuff when it enters your computer.

On Monday night went for dinner at a Korean BBQ restaurant in Taipan. It is just opposite my former tuition centre and Macdonalds. The food was very nice but the wine was even better!! My face turned red after 3-4 small cups of the wine. Must have drank too fast. The wine has 14% alcohol, quite normal for red wines.

Monday, April 03, 2006

Long weekend

It was a long weekend at the end of the first month of working. Felt very happy that the weekend was finally here as I am looking forward to it he whole week!

Anyway, on Satrurday morning I woke up early coz the family mechanic need to come to my house to replace the falt battery in my car. The battery ran flat due to a malfunction of the timer switch that controls the "ring of light" around the key entry. So the "ring of light" drained my car battery till it ran flat. Alarm don't work. Starter not a squek. 100% dead. Fortunately all it needs was a battery change and the car was good to go. Too bad I can't have the "ring of light" anymore. Looks very cool at night.

Then in the afternoon although my car was repaired, my friend picked me up to go play MW. He fianlly got a dropship of his own and has the chance to be dropship command. The battle on Sat between us ended after we called it off due to lack of time and nearing a stallmate. But Arnis managed to hold down 1 assault mech and a group of infantry while my artillery and the rest of my forces move in for the kill. Too bad Arnis was sacrificed in the process.

On Sunday went to Cheng Beng at the Nirvana near Semenyih. Nothing to talk about since it was a yearly routine.

Friday, March 24, 2006

Almost a month

I had worked almost a month now. Just one more week to mark the first month of working. Tomolo not going to play MW as everyone else has some work to do. Good for me though, get to zzzzzzz for the week ahead. For someone who likes to take naps and sleep long hours working the whole day is very tiring... and my office maintain a 5 day week with normal work hours somemore! (too expensive and not that productive to work on Sat).

Dunno why I want suddenly thinking to buy a land raider sculpt for display when my CBT gladiator is still in pieces inside its plastic blister. Must atleast get that mech walking b4 I decide to get anymore "dust-gatherers". Maybe it is because I pass by Amcorp mall everyday to and from work that I should check out Wolf's place.

Haih, nowawdays also not many ppl online to chat with. Even when they are online, there are away or busy.. must be a busy time for everyone (including me!)

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

3 Weeks of working

By now I have already worked for 3 weeks. Nothing much is going on yet, as no projects has been assigned to me. Still, the day goes by very slowly when you have nothing to do.

The funny thing is, when you have no work, you will be begging for work. When you DO get work after begging for it, you wish that particular work you wished for was not given to you! Funny how humans behave.

Had a fun weekend playing MW. Managed to beat 2 opponents by my superior force (and also alot of luck, as my friend will explain.. ). A fun game to say the least. Also in every game there will reach a point you and opponent will neither move forward as both of you will know what will happen next. It's like " You go first!!" "no you go first" " your force is superior than mine, you go first:P ".

Friday, March 10, 2006

Weekends here!!

Whoooppee.. the weekend is here. Can sleep a bit later and get mroe sleep than usual. Dunno if there is MW on saturday, hope more ppl will come so that I can slaughter any noobs who dare challenge me :P

Anyway, I was wondering how does ppl play Dawn of War against 2-3 insane computers and still WIN. I know it will take a long time but usually I get slaughtered before the hour is up. How do these guys do it???!??

Of course they dun cheat coz defeating 2-3 insane computers with cheats is very easy.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Working already

That's right, my first day of work was on the 1st of March. The job: Mechanical Consultant Engineer. Office: In the heart of Kuala Lumpur, near the Bank Bumi building. Type of work: M & E Building services consulting such as air-con, firefighting, sanitation, cold water plumbing.

So far oklah the company. Getting there is easy since can tumpang my dad's transport and take the Putra LRT to the Jamek Mosque LRT station. If required drive and park at the Putra LRT station. Then a short walk to the office building and go up to the office by lift. Have not updated this blog much since when I come back from work a little to tired to do anything.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Happy Valentine's Day

Since I am single and can't celebrate it with that special someone, I made this cartoon for fun
















That's right, cupid ought to be more up to date with the latest hardware and invest in an AWP or the like. This is to improve accuracy which in turn will reduce any chance of wrong pairings and the .50 caliber bullets will make even the most stubborn person to fall in love. If only cupid DID upgrade to such a weapon..

Thursday, February 09, 2006

One.. more... turn....

Recently I have been staying up late playing the lastest game I installed in my computer; Civilization IV. Somehow I am still totally lost in managing my cities as my cities just refuse to grow and even lost to some barbarians wandering around the land... on the easiest difficulty. Like last night, started playing at around 10-11 pm, all the way to 4 in the morning! Almost won the Alpha Centauri victory condition. Those space parts took forever to build.

Once I played on the deity difficulty, my opponents all hate me and looks like they cheated by producing everything in double quick time. Needless to say I was crushed :P