Sunday, May 30, 2010

Haw Par Villa

The signboard of Haw Par Villa at the main entrance.

Went Haw Par Villa at Pasir Panjang Road with Weliam yesterday morning, around 11am.

Haha, amazing, after 4 years staying at Pasir Panjang Road, now only we took the "initiative" to actually pay a visit to the tourist attraction point which is super famous last time. I still remember the last time I go there was back in lower sec, during family trip to Sg. Guess was too young that time, can only remember the name but not the settings of the villa back then. 完全没印象. Haha.

More FB photos here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=228392&id=684816214&l=462243edb0

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Space saving furnitures.



This is totally awesome! My dream house definitely got to incorporate some of these ideas.

Brilliant designers!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Configure Samsung WEP250 for Skype on Windows 7

Samsung WEP250
Been trying to configure my bluetooth headset on my comp for the past few days. But windows just can't seems to automatically find the proper driver to install. In the end, I found this bluetooth driver installer from Broadcom that works perfectly.

Procedure:
1. Download the Bluetooth Device Setup Downloader (SetupBtwDownloadSE.exe) at Broadcom website.

Broadcom site 
2. Turn the device to pairing mode by holding the "multi-function" button for 8 seconds.
3. Run SetupBtwDownloadSE.exe.
4. Wait until the driver installation complete, usually will take about 15-20 minutes.
5. Now, turn the bluetooth device to pairing mode again.
6. Add your device, Windows 7 should automatically install the driver, the correct driver this time.
7. Check Skype, click "Allow access" for "BTStackServer.exe wants to use Skype".
8. Check Skype, click "Allow access" for "BluetoothHeadsetProxy.exe wants to use Skype".


9. Run Skype and call "Echo / Sound Test Service" to test the headset.
10. Enjoy!



Tiger being abused to earn money in Malaysia


This tiger is placed at the main entrance at safari world. when customer come in will ask them to take the picture then to wash out for rm15 to buy back the picture. Pls see, the tiger is very tired already but the worker is force it's to take picturer. You can notice wyhen the worker let go his hand then the tiger is going to lay and the worker is pinch it's nose and pull it's whiskers.
Seriously, this is the worst that can happen when Malaysia trying to promote tourism. And will only draw attention of worldwide animal-rights organisations.

"There was no abuse to the tiger, the tiger was just drowsy and lazy after being fed and so was being prodded by the handler to get into position," Afamosa resort general manager Allan Chee told AFP.
This kind of statement, he better be right about the facts. Or else, I'm sure this statement will cost him his position in the coming weeks... which I think most likely will be. The tiger cannot be "drowsy and lazy" after being fed. Can tell from the video that the tiger has no strength to even move its leg. And wouldn't it pissed-off when the worker pull its whiskers?


More readings at Yahoo News.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile


So apparently Skype has decided to temporarily pull its Windows Mobile client from the official Skype download page at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windowsmobile/

Saturday, May 22, 2010

download Google's Pacman



Its PAC-MAN's 30th Anniversary! I believe Pac-man is another all-time favourite child-hood game for most of us, along with Mario, Twin-bee...

For this event, Google created and placed a Google-Version of Pac-man at its main page. And I manage to grab the Google-Pac-man and archived it :) hehe

22-May-2010, Google hosted a Google version of Pac-man at main page.

The game is now hosted at http://kr02.net78.net/js/pacman/. You can iframe it if you wish to include in your site.

The embed codes are available here: http://paste2.org/p/844326

Update: Google decided to permanently offer its version of Pacman at http://www.google.com/pacman

Friday, May 21, 2010

Transaction failed because has no funding sources (10210)

Tried to register for domain at GoDaddy but failed and got the following error:
Transaction failed because has no funding sources (10210)
Did a Google search and found out that many out there also facing the same issue.

I guess its GoDaddy's problem.

Anyone facing same issue with PayPal payment method?
Or anyone successfully pay via PayPal for new registrations?

Chrome Update



Small change on Google Chrome.

Notice the incognito icon behind the downloads? Indicates the files downloaded in incognito mode. :)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

What's burnt is the buildings, but what remains firm is the spirit.

"What's burnt is the buildings, but what remains firm is the spirit. "
-- Yanjie

Image source: theglobeandmail.com

image source: cnn.com
The pictures shows aftermath of conflicts. And this is definitely not the Thailand that we know anymore.

This would not happen if only everyone can take a step back. And political leaders or representatives can sit down and talk, instead of gathering supporters to protest.

A peaceful conference is definitely a better solution.

Come to think of it, the situation is similar to the previous issues in Malaysia. Just that the government manage to cool things down before they escalates. But, there are still few barbaric leaders who's voice is bigger than action. And always shout and scold foul-words at others in front of media.

Its very important for leaders to be calm and vigilant; Its is more important for people to be smart enough to choose the right leaders to represent them.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

KR Command 2010 (Videos)




Compiled a youtube list of the videos played during KR Command 2010.


Kent Ridge Hall Command 0910 Final Song - Kent Ridge Me



Original song by:
Jia Xin @jiastham
Joel
Vernon @vernonchua


KR Command 2010 - FYF Tribute

FYF Tribute by Soon Fatt, during his valedictorian speech for Command 2010.
We've got Heidi who seriously needs some Medicine
Samuel who needs some slimming Medicine
And I heard Teik Zhen just got his gal from Medicine

Yan Jie is studying Thai 6
Xiao Bai is learning Thai
Daniel prepares to go Thai

Yee Kiat loves his guitar
Cheng Kang's the soccer hero
Well, Su Yuen plays both at the same time - guitar hero

Joel's from Acapella
Yi Lynn thinks she's Twilight Bella
Alexis, you can always stand under my umbrella

Minyi dreams to be a Stepper
Chun Ting is a hot Stepper
Adrianus always bio at Steppers

Joyce is our Drama Queen
Zhang Pei calls herself the Queen
Bing Han got himself the RAG Queen

Rachel thinks she's a Diva
Shin Fei comes from the block of Divas
And Jia Xin simply a Diva

Kimberly represents NUS with her bow and arrow
Eng Tat loves shooting arrow
4K always kenna arrow

Andrea studies E-Lit
Marc's our tennis elite
Weliam the Buddha Elite

Eunice the evil twin
Esther the equally evil twin
Wei Liang is in love with a twin

Hao Xiang the handball manager
Tian Ying is Wei Liang's manager
Hokito misses his manager

Chin Gi plays Er Hu
Thye Heng always Ping Hu
Wee Wen confirm Zha Hu

Kelvin always gets called Soon Fat
Stamford has always been Fat
Gim Sen, stop getting Fat!

Peklyn is KR Rocker's bass
Juncheng is KR Stepper's base
But Brian set the best base

Mark Koh scores a goal
While Ronny show his mojo
Joseph go Emo-jo

Deborah was the Public Relations Director
Suffian's our best Hall Production Director
Gerald wishes he was a R21 Director

Vernon enjoys the spotlight
Kenny bought MPSH's spotlight
Sherry has a perpetual spotlight

Tze Wee watches Godzilla
Kimberly Siew craves for Milo Godzilla
Siewling's KR's very own Godzilla

Moses split the sea
Peter went NOC
Annie can't speak PRC

Kuan Thye's nickname was 'Polar Bear'
Calvin Lo is hairy like a bear
Melissa has thick lips more than I can bear

Lastly, the day we are overtaken in IHG,
Is the day Zhu Hui 飞
And I confirm scold Tina Beh!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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Top 10 College Dropouts

My list for Top 10 College Dropouts. The original list.

1. Bill Gates (Havard)
2. Steve Jobs (Reed College)
3. Mark Zuckerberg (Harvard)
4. Frank Lloyd Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
5. Buckminster Fuller (Harvard)
6. James Cameron (Fullerton College)
7. Tom Hanks (California State University)
8. Harrison Ford (Ripon College)
9. Lady Gaga (New York University's Tisch School of the Arts)
10. Tiger Woods (Stanford University)

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Thomas Cup 2010 Mens Single Semi Finals Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei


Thomas Cup 2010 Mens Single Semi Finals Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei

Thomas cup 2010 Men's Singles Quarter Final Peter Gade vs Lee Chong Wei


Thomas cup 2010 Men's Singles Quarter Final Peter Gade vs Lee Chong Wei

Just finish watching the game between Peter Gate and Lee Chong Wei. Good game by top class players. Just few careless mistakes (which I think can be avoided) by both players, especially Gate. I think due to the age (limitation of physical fitness) that causes Gate into those errors after intense rally .

Ohya, not forgetting the good commentary.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

This is a browser

Continuity of my previous post on "What is a Browser?". Heres a good explanation on "browser" :)



Heres another old post on browsers and the modes of transport they represent.

:)

Google Voice now available for all .edu Students


Yay! Google Voice now available for students with .edu email addresses! Just sign up by entering .edu email address right here. Too bad NUS is .edu.sg :(

Some notable features of Google Voice. More can be found here.
  • One number: a single phone number that rings all your phones
  • Voicemail transcription: The best feature to translate what your voicemail into text
  • Free SMS: send, receive & store text messages online
  • Block calls: send unwanted callers straight to voicemail
  • Record calls: record phone calls and store them online
  • Conference calls: join several people into a single call
  • Screen callers: hear who is calling before you pick up
  • Custom greetings: Set up a special greeting for different callers.

Stay tuned, until gVoice is open to public :)

Friday, May 14, 2010

New hobby

Found a new programming hobbies for myself
1. Programming problem set at http://uva.onlinejudge.org/
2. Programming puzzles at Facebook
Lets see how much I can complete at this period while finding job.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Updates

Weather forecast everyday. Super hot morning tua lei kong in the late afternoon.

- Moses Han

Haha, tua lei kong.

Google Chrome Speed Tests



This is a nice advertisement for Google Chrome.

Although I think the video a bit fake. like the page loading from bottom up??? yeah... but still nice illustration of the speed.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

updates

Went down to Sim Lim Square around 11.30pm to change my RAM which defected few weeks back. Initially I wanted to buy another new RAM, but got shocked by the price increase. The 2GB RAM that I bought in Jan 2009 was $28. Now, the same RAM cost $78... Almost 3 fold! Can u imagine that!

Ah, its official... got rejected by Blbg. Got a call from Kim when I just about to take a nap around 5pm. Ah... after 4 interviews, they decided to take another Hong Kong guy.

zzz... JW has been sleeping whole day.... before I went out, he still sleeping, after I came back around 3, he is still sleeping... YC say he got wake up in between, around 1pm... zai la... Haha.

Steamboat dinner.

Had steamboat dinner with JW, Cindy, Tina, Weliam, YC at kitchen. Initially we wanted to eat at rooftop, but found out that after rain, the benches are wet and there are a lot of small moth flying around under the light. So we decided to just eat in kitchen.

I like to eat with them. Talkcock and suan-ing each other while eating. Feel so much more alive. But, think I ate too much... stomach feel like gonna burst soon...

After dinner, around 9pm. We went down to see the new batch of raggers. Saw the current progress, not bad. Some how felt that I kinda like the working environment, like so fun the sit together in a circle to discuss. There are past designs and current designs pasted on wall, sign that they did their homework... haha

Just one fundamental mistake that they made - Focus on the wrong thing. Still early though, no issue :)

We (the lao langs) continue to enjoy the aircon in the ops room while talking nonsense. Sometimes I felt that we are too loud. Don't know whether they (those who are working) feel irritated or not...

:)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Updates

Just finish shifting to new room today - A606. Previously its Jordan's room.

Ah, damn tired sorting, packing and shifting all my stuff. I cleared 2/3 of my stuff, left with 2 big boxes (not including the box for computer) and 2 luggages. But after moving all the boxes and the luggages, I feel like throwing away some of the things again, considering I'll need to move again sometime in end-of-June. Officially move out of KR.

Memories are costly.

A weird thought ran thru my mind when I'm packing. There are a lot of gifts, letters, and booklets that I kept for the past 4 years. Those little little gifts, notes, paste-its, letters and shirts are precious memories to me. But Memories are hard and costly to keep physically. Further more, those memories only make sense to me, and not others. If I'm gone one day, people are going to throw away all those things. Simply because none can understand the value behind it.

Digitize.

So, I decided to digitize all the gifts, notes and shirts. I took the photos of every single thing before throwing them away. Will post the photos slowly when I'm free to edit them.

Work.

Ah, have to start looking for jobs and house from tomorrow onwards. I'm really exhausted from the shifting today, so decided to slack for the night.

Ohya, forget to tell. Jiawei is my new neighbour at 6 floor. And we are going to be neighbour, or roommate to be precise for the coming one year.

Just now ordered McD, and all of us eat together. YC, Tina, me and JW.

Feel like finding "the monk" to talk-talk a bit to get updates on his recent life. Haha.

Felt much alive after exam. (actually don't feel the urge to online also after exam... wth, online so much before exam, but after exam, I didn't even bother to on my comp the whole day until just now, to watch TV while eating McD.)

Thursday, May 06, 2010

台灣的心跳聲

【官方正式版MV】蔡依林Jolin獻聲上海世博會台灣館主題曲「台灣的心跳聲」


2010年上海世博會台灣館主題曲正式曝光!

由台北世界貿易中心籌辦、台灣房屋贊助製作播映、方合廣告范可欽統籌策劃,力邀亞洲天后蔡依林Jolin詮釋由方文山作詞、林邁可作曲的台灣館主題曲「台灣的心跳聲」,驕傲為上海世博會台灣館獻聲。

金曲獎最佳作詞人方文山以細膩感人、饒富畫面感的文字,創作台灣館主題曲「台灣的心跳聲」,刻劃出最代表台灣風情的動人縮影。台灣館及台灣房屋期待藉由這首歌曲,讓台灣人民甚至是全世界的同胞,深刻感受台灣這塊美麗土地獨有的特色文化。

Jolin在MV中溫柔感性地為全民天燈祈福,邀請大家透過優美感人的歌詞與旋律、親切的台灣人文風情影像,一同沉澱心靈,聆聽台灣土地最真實的心跳律動,在紛亂之中找回屬於台灣人最純真的感動。

愛,就是台灣最美的心跳聲。

近几年的台湾MVs都拍得很不错 - 景色、小食。。。都拍得很迷人。弄得我心痒痒想到台湾旅游!

啊~~~ 接下来想去的国家-
1. 韩国,
2. 台湾,
3. 中国(只是担心遇到野蛮族,例如之前到香港就很幸运地在"迪士尼樂園"、太平山(Victoria Peak),遇上插队,强行霸道的中国人。害大家扫兴。当然不是全部中国人都是这样。像在小新这里的中国邻居,全都都很有次序和顾卫生)
4. 欧洲

不知道几时才能再去旅游,要做Project、找工、找屋子。。。一旦开始上班,恐怕没机会了。。。

看看吧!随缘!有机会才去。 :)

Notes from angry owners

Photo from Daily Acid
Saw this photo on Daily Acid, thought of sharing it with everyone.
This photo also reminds me of other similar photo I took in hostel throughout the Semester...

Nothing can express better than the phrase "F*ck You!", 
when you found out your stuff are stolen...
and the thief must pray DAMN hard to make sure 
that you will never find out about who he is (or... they are).

Presenting to you....

Notes for Food Thieves

To e bastard/bitch,
Surprise! There's no more milk/juices! You took all!

To da BITCH/FUCER,
I know u took my
food. Don't force me
to announce ur name in
the list of A block.
I CURSE YOU!!

FUCK U BITCH!
Stop drinking my milk.
Or get me a new 1

I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION!
from the person who took my
 ENTIRE tupperware from
 this fridge...

Notes for Untidy Person

To that Idiot(s)!
The egg tray is so big can't u see???
...

How tough is HTC HD2 - You be the judge



The video is about a HTC HD2 owner dropped his phone on the middle of road for half an hour.

How sturdy is HD2, watch the video and decide :)

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

鹿児島実業高校 新体操 2010



When comes to creativity, Japanese never fails to top the list. This gymnastic performance by Kagoshima Commercial High School (鹿児島実業高校) is professionally entertaining.

目中无猫~胆大包天!



The duck steal the cat's food in front of the cat... and even steal the bowl in the end...

Fail cat... so lazy...

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Interesting observation about guys when talking to their girlfriend

My neighbour, HX, was talking with his girlfriend over the phone just now. While on the phone, he walk around in his room, then walk out to corridor once a while, then walk back and lie down on the bed, play with the TV controller... this continues throughout the conversation.

Actually I notice this kind of behaviour on myself as well.

I wonder why we just can't sit still and talk. Either we move around, or we grab any nearby objects to play with (randomly).

Maybe this is how we channel out the excitement in ourself?

:)

Usavich 監獄兔 HD 1-39



Youtube playlist for Usavich 監獄兔 Episode 1-39.

Click here for the ringtones.

Encrypted



Haha, saw this line of codes in a friend's blog. First guess in 5 minutes, bingo!

Try guessing what the binary code represents? :)

Monday, May 03, 2010

初恋红豆冰 Trailer



很Malaysia一下。很多Malaysian小时候因该是在这样的环境长大的吧。

不知不觉我们在一起已经18个月了。


我很享受跟你在一起的每一刻。一起吃早餐,午餐,晚餐。偶尔去附近散步,一起看《康熙来了》,一起看《Fringe》,一起走街,一起去旅游。。。


有时候我会觉得我越来越依赖着你。早上你会准时地把我从被窝中叫醒,下午会泡水给我,晚上你会督促我读书。。。


真的真的很高兴能和你在一起 :)


我爱你 :米

Blogging

I really admire those people who consistently blog about their life, their kids. Example of one of the blog that follow http://myangelpanda.blogspot.com/.

I don't know the blogger, but just bookmarked her blog in my Google Reader after YC recommended the blog. And I followed through every single post ever since. I find it amusing to read those post about her child - from new born to almost-2-year-old-kid-that-can-walk.

Reading through my old posts, I find that I tend to blog less and less about my life. I feel that nothing much to blog about.

I wonder will I continue to blog when I'm old?

Saturday, May 01, 2010

Learn HTML 5

To-do: Learn HTML5
Status: Not completed
Date completed: -

Good bus driver


Went Sheng Siong for grocery with YC just now. On our way back, we took #51 SBS bus from Ginza. I think the bus plat number was "SBS 7366A", or something.

What so special about the bus?

Well the bus driver is super nice. He helped a physically disabled old lady down at the bus stop opposite Ginza. The old lady was on an automated wheel chair and she was having difficulty to reverse down the bus via the small platform connected between the bus and bus-stop. The bus driver slowly guided her without showing any sign of impatient on his face.

Then along the way, whenever there are elderly aboard the bus, he will make sure that they sit down properly before he gently drive off.

Me and YC looked at each other, nodded and smiled.

Compared to previous experiences of taking public transport, where the drivers doesn't even care whether the passengers found their place or not, they will just dash off after you scanned your card. Erm, I'm not saying he should wait for people to find their sit, bus at least drive off gently mar... most of the time, we lost balance due to the sudden move. Imagine if its those elderly? The might even fell of their feet.

Anyway, the driver that we met just now simply brighten up my day. Glad that there are still super good drivers around.

Thumbs up! :)