Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Last Post for 2008

Had a horrible end of 2008, was feeling damn down and was in recovery mode when there is a meeting at office. Went more low morale and down.

Virtually sleep off the whole last day of 2008 if not for multiple phone call by gf, yizhen and chenxin. Really drag myself to meet them if not for the cake they ordered, and it's seriously DRAGGG myself because after the sales meeting my mood was so low that I don't even want to drag myself to the toilet to pee despite a full bladder.

Anyway, had mini countdown + bday celebration in my house with an ice cream cake. Well, simple and nice.

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This year I think is the only year where I had no bday photos taken with family or myself. Maybe getting too old already.

Year 2008 has been quite a fun ride overall with me finally working full time for a year without changing job, still hope I can get so sick of work that I'll aim to study again (which is quite farfetched for now)

Well, fill up this entries with more things when I can recall. (shit, seriously getting old)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.

How to know if its holiday?

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So... long...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Went to watch this show.

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It's about a mind reader vampire who have no gf since 1918 and suddenly one day he see this gal and he can't read her mind so he choose her to be his gf and wanted to suck her blood but keep resisting ( I guess bcos the show need to tahan 2 hrs else maybe after he suck her blood it won't be worth the $7.50)

Vampire sparkle when they are under direct sunlight, some can play piano and most of them love to play baseball.

This has got to be the worst show I've watched in year 2008.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Happy Birthday.

Had stomachache after eating the sugar peanuts from GV Bishan during midnight movie.

I got this for my bday!

Seriously, all the pic on the Internet just doesn't cut it. Really have to see in real life. Add some Enya Music.. wooh... out of the room experience!

Number of wishes by people this year - 26

Birthday Present this year - 3

Cake this year - 1 cyber cake by Jingxi --> cake

Wish for this year - For Jingxi to have one nice wish for her peruse. (is she lucky or what o.o)

First person to wish - Shirly

Last person to wish - Jessie Oh

First belated wish - Linhui

I miss the last sermon in church for 2008 today.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

He Can Lead You Out Of It

Almost everyone will at some time in their life be affected by depression, either their own or someone else’s. Some common signs and symptoms of depression include feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, worthlessness, and helplessness. Although we cannot say for certain that characters in the Bible experienced depression, we can say that some did exhibit a deep sense of despondency, discouragement, and sadness that is linked to personal powerlessness and loss of meaning and enthusiasm for life.

Elijah is one biblical character who fits this description. After defeating the prophets of Baal, he received a death threat from Jezebel. His hope was shattered, and despondency set in. He wanted to die! God helped Elijah deal with his despondency in several ways. The Lord did not rebuke him for his feelings but sent an angel to provide for his physical needs. Then, the Lord revealed Himself and reminded Elijah that He was quietly working among His people. Next, He renewed Elijah’s mission by giving him new orders. Finally, God reminded Elijah that he wasn’t alone.

In our times of discouragement, let us remember that God loves us and desires to lead us to a place of a renewed vision of Himself!  — Marvin Williams

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain. —von Schlegel

The weak, the helpless, and the discouraged are in the Shepherd’s special care.

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Friday, December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas.

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Christmas Lunch & 94 year old grandma playing the piano. Unbelievable.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

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Why is Christmas Day on 25 December?

The Bible offers no date for the birth of Jesus, which probably was not in the year 1AD, but a few years earlier, and may or may not have been in December. The celebration of the birth of Christ on 25 December dates back to the fifth century, when Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.

The date was chosen to coincide with the winter solstice and the Roman festivals associated with the shortest day of the year, which falls between 22 December and 25 December. This was seen as the day when the Romans celebrated Dies Natalis Solis Invicti - "the birthday of the unconquered sun". It was also Jupiter's birthday and, further back, the birthday of his Greek equivalent, Zeus. In Eastern Europe, the various Orthodox churches n the Russian, Greek, Armenian, Serbian et al, follow the old Gregorian calendar, and in which Christmas Day is 7 January There is no Santa Claus in the Gospels.

 

Why do people eat turkey?

Long ago, it was the smell of roast goose or the head of a boar that filled the Christmas air in Britain. Then in 1526, a trader named William Strickland imported six turkeys from the US and sold them in Bristol, for tuppence each. The birds were popular because they were tasty, and practical. Cows were more useful alive, chicken was more expensive than it is now, and other meats were not as popular.

 

So where did the idea of a Christmas tree come from?

As you are sweeping up those annoying pine needles next month, you can blame the Germans. When Victoria married Prince Albert, he brought over the German habit of decorating a tree, which the English adopted out of reverence for their Queen. What started the Germans off is lost in the mists of time, but one story is that in 722AD, St Boniface came upon pagans who were about to sacrifice a child at the base of a huge oak. To save the child, he cut down the oak, and when a fir tree grew up at its base, he declared that this was the tree of the Christ child.

 

And when did Santa get that ridiculous red outfit?

In 1863, the cartoonist Thomas Nast began a series of drawings in Harper's Weekly, based on "The Night Before Christmas", in which Santa Claus, as he had now become known, could be seen with flowing beard and fur garments. Around 1869, he turned up for the first time in a bright red suit, with a white belt, but he was not invariably dressed in red until the mighty Coca Cola corporation appropriated him for an advertising campaign that began in 1931, and ran every Christmas for 35 years. That is also when the reindeer became full size. In Britain, this American import merged with an older folk hero called Old Christmas, or Old Father Christmas, a fun-loving heavy drinker who seems to have arisen in reaction to the Puritans.

 

And the reindeer?

On 23 December 1823, the Troy Sentinel, in New York State, published an anonymous 56-line poem variously known as "A Visit from St Nicholas" or "The Night Before Christmas." which fused the feast of St Nicholas with Christmas, and had the St Nicholas that Irving created arrive on Christmas Eve in a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. The author was probably a Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature named Clement Clarke Moore, who did not want to sully his fine academic reputation by putting his name to some nonsense he wrote to amuse his children. The reindeer had names, but none was called Rudolf. He of the Red Nose was created by an advertising copy writer in 1939.

 

What about Christmas cards?

The first person ever to think of selling Christmas cards was a civil servant named Henry Cole, who had worked on the introduction of the first postage stamp, the Penny Black, in 1840. He was too busy that year to write to all his friends, so he commissioned a designer named John C. Horsley, of Torquay, to design a card with the words "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year To You". In 1843, the year that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, Cole went a step further, by commissioning 1,000 cards. He used some, and put an advertisement in the press offering the others for sale at 6d each. One card from that batch was sold in December 2005 for £8,500.

 

Has the Christmas holiday always lasted this long?

As a religious festival, Christmas used to be almost as long as the festival of consumer extravagance that it now is, but it started and ended later. In the 1840, a Roman Catholic priest named Dom Geuranger published what many still regard as the definitive study of the liturgical year, which identified Christmas as beginning on 25 December, and ending with the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, on 2 February. "The custom of keeping this holy and glorious period of forty days as one continued Festival has every appearance of being a very ancient one," he wrote. So all those shopping binges, office parties and hangovers that preceded Christmas are one vast misunderstanding. Christmas begins tomorrow, and you should carry on celebrating it right through January. Get to it.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Singapore VS Vietnam

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55,000 Spectators. More then half went home disappointed.

GIVE ME BACK MY $6!

Friday, December 19, 2008

One of my poly teacher is in this show.

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Saw her in person after eating the best cookie in Singapore at esplande, heard that the tickets was sold out.. o.O

old computer ads

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Went Esplande Today..

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The Most Hard To Ans Question of year 2008.

how to buy full pack item in camp? show them ic? i dont want buy online.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Not bad Phone. HTC Touch Diamond

No Christmas Tree?

Fret Not!

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Had wonderful Christmas party at friend house... and where the heck is the rest of the photos!?!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

BEWARE... New Kind of Scam.

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You might feel like clicking on the 'play' button in friendster, after which you will be redirected to

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Which in turn direct you to

http://friendjster.com/1/

which will capture your ID and PW!

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Those who have click on the link pls start to change your password !!!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Vivo 2008

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Saturday, December 06, 2008

Ben & Jerry Chunk Fest

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Weekend Special.

Print out to enjoy the pricing. =)

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Going back in time........

As all my friends know, I'm always repairing PC and answering questions regarding PC. I've no idea when was the first time I DIY my first PC.

I had this drawer which I kept all my receipt, wether it's for customer or mine I will just stuff it into the drawer. Recently I have problem putting more stuff inside so I decided to checkout and discard the old ones.

and WOW...

In 1998

4.3GB HDD cost S$272
now 1.5TB HDD cost only $235 (348 times bigger capacity)


16MB EDO Ram Cost S$47+
S$36 can get you 2GB Ram (125 times bigger capacity)

I continue to search for the oldest date which I first DIY a PC and kept the receipt. It was:

'02/02/1998'

BEHOLD...

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I'M A GEEK.. -.-

Huat ah!

Free Starbucks Coffee

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Random Crazy Workday...

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Game On!

Canon MP638

Bought an 8.8kg Printer at $349. Why so heavy? Let's take a look...

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This monster can load paper 2 ways. behind and below. The bottom part is a cassette tray which can hold 50 pieces of paper.


1. Direct Printing on CD (means you can make v.cool ahem disc)
2. Their software is v.useful and intuitive.
3. Scanner spec is same as their $279 scanner which is just a scanner where by this is AIO
4. Front 'door' auto open when you click print on your computer. You can also off this printer at the click of your mouse
5. Print out 4x6 photos on glossy paper in less then 2min.
6. LED light on each individual 5 ink tanks to indicate low ink or insertion of ink on the wrong slot
7. Cheap color ink (less then$17 per ink, less then $24 for black)
8. Scan and save to thumb drive without using PC (PDF or Jpeg Format)
9. Print via Infra and also direct card reader that accept MS Pro , SD , CF etc
10. Nice LCD display
11. Able to print double side automatically
12. 1pl microdot print and up to 9600DPI
13. Replaceable print head that you can buy after use for 2 years

Compare to HP:

1. Cheaper price
2. Longer Warranty (2 years on site)
3. Cheaper Ink

What this printer can't do:

1. Fax
2. Wireless
3. Film Scanning

Compare to the price / speed / function this is quite a good buy. I didn't include Epson cos you can't change the print head for Epson. HP ink is expensive because the print head is build on the ink cart. That is like buying a new printer everytime you change a new ink.