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:: Friday, February 28
:: Thursday, February 27
brrr its cold in here, must be toros in the atmosphere
fudgecake.. its freezing in my office today... im wearing a glove on my mouse hand.. cos its like turning pale and im loosing feeling in my fingers.
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karaoke marathon
last nite went to karaoke for the second time in 4 days.. and almost went twice in one day. =p
we went to Top One music studio.. note it doesnt say karaoke in the title, which is probably why its always empty dispite it being probably the cleanest K joint in sydney. We walked in at 7:55 but the fool at the desk wrote down 8:55.. and gave us 2 hours starting at 8:55, so we in fact got 3 hours for the price of 2 =)
for some reason bunny decided that some songs needed actions.. and they were like making up actions for various songs such as "its a small word" .. *roffles*
//edit: something else strange.. the urinals at this place were all full of ice ???
but apparently they were full of ice cos the flushes were broken and the ice melts and performs a flush-like action =p
:: Tuesday, February 25
spam spam spam humbug
i jsut noticed that i tend to still check my uni emial more often than i check either my other emails or my work email even... Work email is check using outlook which i usually keep closed cos its a memory hog and my other email is web-based so it has session timeouts and doesnt auto-refresh (although i coudl tell oepra to do it). but uni email is hceck thru putty which uses almsot nothing int he wya of memory and has keep alive and sends a nice beep to my headphones anytime i get an email =) oh how sad will be the day when i cnat use this it mail anymore.. *sigh*
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tropicalia
aka sunday continued.. went to tropfest with khanie.. seems a lot of ppl were scared off by the rain, but the place was still packed out =) there were apparently 45,000+ ppl jsut in Sydney =) it was really nice to jsut sit out in the domain again, i missed carols, symphony and jazz this year (gah)...the movies were pretty good, a few were maybe a bit sub-par and i can imagine a lof of the 700+ ppl who didnt make the cut thinking "far out, mine was better than that".. =p the token 3D animation looked pretty sweet but didnt really have anything in the way of story realy.. which was a lil disappointing.. i guess good animators arent good screenplay writers =p
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sunday bloody sunday
gah.. woke up in jeaden's work feeling like id been hit by a bus or something. kinda staggered around for a while as the others all sorta kinda woke up. we jsut kinda sat for a while all acting rather bewildered and groggy. in the end we decided to go and check into the hotel so ppl could sleep and shower and other things :roll: basically everyone go there and jsut hit the deck... we watched some azumanga =) but mostly was ppl sleeping. i ran out to the local asian grocery to purchase some 2 min noodles in bowl, but came back only to leave b4 i had a chance to eat.. off to tropfest =) the others hung around and mingled or whatever they do =p
:: Monday, February 24
hooray for stupid spontaneous decisions
saturday: spent 90% of the day doing absolutely nothing except playing coutner-strike and watching azumanga. for some reason at about 9pm that night i jsut suddenly felt really really alone, went around hugging various pieces of furniture in my house and crying a lil bit =( tried ringing a few ppl but every1 was busy... the cricket came on, and i got over it. i had the company of the commentary team =p
later on.. while playing cs.. tenny said ppl were organising some outing (in the middle of the night mind u) where we'd go to the ct and stay at a hotel.. and jsut crash. sounded dandy to me =) but the plan had a lot of holes in it, one being that no1 could seem to find a place with any vancancies... until some1 (jeaden i think) found a place .. so we all packed and shipped out from out various locales, meeting up at jeaden's work at pyrmont. but unfortunately the place which had previously had a vancancy.. no longer did (seems no1 thought to book it while it was available). ppl spent a while ringing up a few places to see if we could get a room for 2 nites.. and eventually did for a coudple of places but for a few more dollars than we had planned.. by this time it was about 2 am.. and we figured... we may as well ride out hte storm at jeaden's work and find a room tommolo when there'd be more vancancies (since we'd only need to book 1 nite) so i went to sleept and they stayed up watching chicago and drinking chilli schnapps (gah.. dontask =p)
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not jsut another quite dinner
friday: went out after work to a lil dinner thing at pancakes with khanh and shelly. gah.. sooo full.. those pancakes are deceptively filling, and i hardly even ate any of it. we saw this cruise ship at circular quay.. made us all consider an ocean cruise =)
we met up with pablo and his posse just to hang out and catch up on recent events, just wandered around town as we tend to do =p in the end we jsut wnet home..
:: Saturday, February 22
azumanga
ahh been accumulating a lil bit of anime lately.. but azumanga diaoh is the one im currently watching... its basically about this group of japanese school girls.. (i know what ur thinking.. but theres very little fanservice in this one). its not big on story, its basically i whole lot of lil skits about school life, the characters are like weird.. jeje tis funyn though, but not lol sorta funny. its more like cute amusing funny. ^_^
anyhoo heres a screenie:
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gheymazon
gah.. i got hecka ripped off by amazon.com.. well sorta. i ordered in the 2 transformers boxsets and donnie darko earlier this week costing me a total of US$118, which is a considerable saving over purchasing those DVD as imports in australia, but later on i was having a look at
deep discount dvd and foudn the same combination costs only US$102, a saving of US$16.. thats like AU$27.. enough to buy a whole extra dvd..
gah now i need to find a cheap place in the uk where i can buy my futurama dvds.. =p
:: Friday, February 21
i choose you, pikachu
i replaced the avacado cos i was getting a bit sick of seeing it all the time =p... its pikachu for now.. although it looks kinda funny so ill replace it when i have time.
pika pika ^_^
:: Thursday, February 20
globetrotting
yesterday i finally managed to have a lil chat with shelly about her World Tour.. and the many exotic adventures which ensued from her backpacking antics. in the same way that the gnome in amelie inspired her dad to travel the world, im rather inspired to travel the globe. although she seemed to be rather unphased about the quite hefty debt on her credit card.. thats the sorta thing id prefer to avoid.. khanh and shelly (the other shelly) are heading to the UK soon, considering maybe joining them for at least a lil while.. ive only been her 6 weeks but i need to breakout of this cubicle for a while...
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the false prophet
if anyone as ever played the ultima series they tend to drop the word avatar alot.. i.e. ultima 4: quest of the avatar, the isle of the avatar.. etc. so i always tend to associate the word with like a hero of some kind.. but in this day and age ppl usually use the word more to describe the lil picture that ppl have next to their name in a chat or a message board, rather confoosing =p jsut feels weird... on that note i lub my new avatar =) its ian from machall drawn by fred from megatokyo..
and here it is:
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money makes the world go round
meh.. if this is true, my world's been moving at snails pace lately. i have been attempting to save money of late and doign very badly (mostly due to DVD purchases =p). anyway: 2 mondays ago i took out $160 from my bank account, leaving only $8.40.. so this $160 had to last me about 10 days till my next pay day (which is today). had to pull off a bit of micro-budgetting and such.. managed to go away to canberra for a while and see a movie in there. although i kinda got bailed out by my credit card.. which is gonna catch up to me next month =p and i owe khanie more than a few dollars for the trip. in the end i had $3.40 in my wallet last nite.. and no train ticket.. so i bought a single to work today.. and i should be able to go to the bank today and miraculously find about $900 more money in there =) .. time for some retail therapy =p
:: Wednesday, February 19
catch me if you can..
went to see the movie yesterday nite at burwwod with some anime kids. tenny (who organised it) and a few others were sposed to come too, but they were too late and missed the movie =p
i really enjoyed the movie, although im not really a fan of leo. the movie was clever and well made, i always felt like something was going on, or about to happen. not really that big on quoteable one liners, it still was witty in its own way =) ill certainly consider purchasing the DVD.. it gains a 8.5 on my film-o-meter..
btw, wanna hear a joke?
knock knock =)
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.. to continue the java IDE debate from shely's forum:
i found something which intellij has that i liked, but eclipse doesnt have.. collapsing text!!
some of my classes have a lot of methods, itd be nice to collapse them so i can see an overview of my code.. this was sweet in intellij and evens ome sketchy text editors like homesite, but sadly left out of eclipse..
maybe they assume that every1 using eclipse writes good oo and therefore .. as rob rist says "small is beautiful" =p
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scsi is teh ghey
SCSI is very possibly the most ghey computer interface ever created.. it causes the stupidiest problems. last nite i was trying to turn on my puter with the scsi scanner plugged in, its sorta old so the plug wasnt in all the way, so the puter sorta detected it, but couldnt quite. but instead of throwing an error saying scanner not found, or even jsut ignoring the scanner.. what does it do? it just freezes my computer, so it wont even turn on.. gah..
:: Tuesday, February 18
you're never fully dressed without a smile
its funny how uplifting a smile in your direction can be, even when its from some1 you dont know, for no apparent reason.
yesterday i was walking home and thinking bout things... (as i do) therfore a lil glum, and i crossed a driveway where a lady was backing out her car. we jsut kinda looked at each other waiting for the other one to go, and for some reason we both found that quite amusing.. exchanged smiles and when on our merry way. made me feel better anyways.. =)
*smiles at you*
=)
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chocobo
mm i think i may be addicted to cold kit kats.. mm soo tasty. ive started having them for breakfast with a toastes cheese and tomato sandwich instead of getting bacon and eggs. im not sure which is healthier yet though =p
:: Monday, February 17
:: Sunday, February 16
time to wake up
we all had trouble getting up this morning.. had to check out at 10am.. got out with like 2 mins to spare =p
we were gonna go have brekkie, but seems Canberra is closed on Sundays =p there was a yum cha place, but we had to wait a while for it to open, so we went to Commonwealth park to have a squiz at where i grew up =) spent a bit of time climbing on the fortress playground (a must see if ur ever in Canberra).. i may make a CS map out of it someday. jeje...
ne ways, went walked all over the park trying to find this bike hire place, so we could teach khanh to ride a bike... she had a bet with chito that should could pick it up in an hour.. and she picked it up in about 4 mins =p she'd even been on a bke before so it was very impressive =) i had a lil go on the bike and rode halfway round the lake to the national art gallery, jsut for a lil peek inside, cos id never been b4.
we went back tot he yum cha place.. and it was like seriously under-manned, only 2 carts. and a few others with trays.. and a few cleaning up table.. food was ok, not the best, but not the worst. i tried out my canto "har gow, sui mai, cha sui bao" lol.. not that good =p
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a day int he life of a Canberrian
dragged chito's lazy ass out of bed at 11am =p went out to brekkie.. and sat around till khanie and henry were finished with their business in Canberra =p
met up with Winter.. and looked around his place, and looked around town a bit. Went shopping at Belconnen didnt see much of interest.. then went bowling.. i bowled the game of my life!! .. actualyl i broke 100 with 2 fluke strikes in a row off the first 2 bowls.. khanie got 132.. and Winter.. well he hit himself in the ankle with the ball and had to sit out =p quite painful.
finished the day by watching some cricket at the local pub, and some pho at the local.. umm.. viet place =p we went back to the motel to watch the 2nd innings of the cricket, only to find out we had every channel except channel 9 (known as WIN in Canberra) so we coudlnt even wwatch the cricket =p
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ahh our nations capital.. *starts singing national anthem
ran down straight after work to grab a lift to canberra from khanie.. eep my bag is heavy..
we crusied around town to pick up the rest of the gang, before heading off into the night. onward to our glorious nations captial =p
the road trip consisted mainly of karaoke versions of "All that Jazz" from the Chicago soundtrack =)
we got to Canberra and we drove right past out motel without knowing =p we were looking for some place which was "walking distance from Parliament House" so we ended up drivng for about half an hour and covered almost all of Canberra lookin for this place. damn those round abouts =p
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ian cant program
meh.. my project deadline was 4:30 on friday, and its all going smoothly, till about 4:15 on friday, when i realise that the whole system doesnt work at all.. argh!! it only had the impression of working due to some useless test data... ended up staying in late and being late to go to Canberra.. =(
:: Friday, February 14
ouchies
last nite i had a dream that i punched a wall for no apparent reason .. i was involved in some fight club like scene i think =p
anyways i woke up this morning and my knuckles were bleeding.. i think i may have actually punched the wall in my sleep.. ouchies
:: Thursday, February 13
tha ipaq never ceases to amaze me
do do do.. while browsing my ipaq CD i found 2 games of interest
1) simcity2000
2) tombraider
i figured simcity would be the sorta thing id wanna play on an ipaq so installed it. only to find it was pirated and i had no rego key =(
thinking tombraider was the GBA version (which doesnt run thru an emu btw) i installed it jsut cos i felt like amusement... but to my suprise it was NOT the side scrolling GBA version, but the 3D version!! oh many hours of fun =)
heres an image:
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public servant productivity
i wonder if there is some sort of consideration made by government office to account for the huge drop in productivity which occurs while any major sporting event in on.. this morning was Australia vs England in a friendly soccer match.. so i scooted up to the cafeteria of my office to watch it on the "big" screen.. only to find half the office up there all cheering on harry =p
when theres any international cricket going on u can be rest assured the whole web tech department is sitting at their puter with baggygreen open on set to auto-refresh.
this place is full of middle-aged fathers who like nothing more than watching some aussie beating up on the Poms, then going over to the english contractors and giving them an earful.
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buffet like a jap
went down to UTS to meet up with some of the anime kids. kinda got stuck bumping into ppl at UTS.. nice to catch up. but i got sucked into doing more peer networking stuff =p my system is apparently dying in many ways =p
anyhoo.. we scooted down to jap buffet in redfern area. twas a suprise dinner for Shinji.. and he was most suprised =)
basically i stuffedmyself full of salmon sashimi and prawns... it seemed like a good idea a the time =p overall it was pretty nice place and food, although i had some serious issues opening those jello shooters.. more tha a couple of times i ended up with jelly juice all over my shirt or pants or on the floor =p
on the way home we did our usual standing ona street corner for 2 hours before deciding to just go home =p
:: Wednesday, February 12
... my kingdom for good ankle
went to play basketball yesterday down at UTS. i cant shoot to save my life still.. played ok otherwise though.. i did injure my ankle again .. gah.. stupid canvas all-stars.. offer no support at all =p
:: Tuesday, February 11
lets get physical
i went to a gym training session today at work. a few ppl i knew were there and they ran like 5km as a warm up.. so inspirational.. im feeling the urge to get fit again. might start running or something.
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a nice quiet outing
monday was boring as always at work.. i got a project schedule for my admin project finally.. ive got 7 weeks to finish.. i expect it to be finished in about 3 weeks =p
after work went out with the kids, was a celebrate bunny finishing exams/ welcome home ararielle dinner... but ararielle didt show =p went to KK to scope out a variety of weirdo jap stuff.. im still looking for the FRUiTs book..
had dinner at StarBar.. and our food took like forever to come out.. i was hecka full afterwrds.. although i think the fish may have been off.. since we all felt a lil sick afterwards.
:: Monday, February 10
resolution
went back to church, first time in too long.. there was an interesting sermon about dedication to Christ and how u cant serve God and money.. its one or the other. *me looks around at all my meaningless matreial possession* a lot of things for me to consider.
:: Sunday, February 9
are you an angel?
finally went to see the star wars exhibit at the powerhouse museum today. waited outside for 2.5 hours for some slo-mos who slept in and were running very late. the exhibit was cool.. nothing to write home about though. seemed to be mostly replicas of stuff.. rather than originals from the movie. they had this thing where u could raise the xwing out of the dagobah swamp like yoda does =) jsut gott hold out ur hand still.. and a mask where u can talk like vader.."join us luke!.. it s your destiny"
reminded me how ghye episode 2 was though...
afterwards went to this party in coogee.. i didnt know any1 there.. so twas a bit of a yawn.. eep i shoudlnt drink ever again..
had a welcome home dinner for amy.. whose been away in china for a year or so.. went for the ever popular thai foon and passionflower double header =)
finsihed off with K at echo point. yawn.. so tired... got a lift hoem from david.. so gratefull.. =) thanks dood...
:: Saturday, February 8
friday
left home at 6:30
went to kirribilli for some more boring talks about the reserve bank =p
went on the harbour bridge climb =) twas such fun.. they get u all dressed up in moonraker-like suits. its not even a bit scary.. pretty casual walk with a fantabulous view. its rather amusing some of the things that go on back there =p like theres a practice bridge.. only like 3m high.. to check if ppl get vertigo keke..
finished off by going drinking with work ppl at the Australian hotel.. paid $5.70 for a tooheys new.. eep pricey
that nite i went to see a play "2 weeks with the queen" at the genesian. wah lao, i really enjoyed it =) it was sorta a comedy.. but there were like emotional parts in it too *wipes away a tear* the acting was really good =) i certainly recommend to all
ended by going to phil's 21st..i got there ridiculously late.. and sorta left early too.. i was so tired fromt he rest of the week.. also a very long day
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thurs
woke up =p still only metres away fromt he PM's place =)
sat through about 4 hours of incredibly boring speeches on economic policy at the reserve bank =p then sat around for a bbq to meet the other grads... then went home to catch up on the missing sleep =p
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wed
had lunch with annie + phuong at pitt st mall today.. annie jsut got back from south africa (said with an accent like the bad guy in lethal weapon 2) sounds like an interesting place.
at nite i went to grad dinner at kirribilli + stayed over only metres away from where the prime minister lives =)
no1 wanted to play pool...
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tuesday
today i had lunch with anne down at the pharmacy =p havent seen her for a long while.. twas good to catch up =)
after work went to dinner for hema's bday which was sorta organised at last min notice by kavita =p twas in parra .. and i lost track of the time.. and got home at 2am =(
ooh.. i also bought a 2nd hand ipaq today off a guy at work.. sweet deal.. $230 .. its worth maybe dbl that.. more on this later
:: Tuesday, February 4
its jsut another manic monday 2
almost fell asleep at work.. working on ldap crap again..
had lunch with jenny =) havent seen her in too long .. she was sorta busy at work, and rushed off.
finally went to annie's house to pick up judy's bass guitar.. now i jsut ogtta get an amp.. and learn to play bass =p
:: Sunday, February 2
excellent chinese seafood restaurant
lol, that was the name of the place i had yum cha today in carlingford with family. quite amusing.. actually hte chinese words said "good good chinese seafood resturant".. even more lol.. keke..
the wait was long and the food was poor.. no mango pancakes either *pout*
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tai mai shu
i think im finally beginning to understand why girls feel the need to go out and pruchase large numbers of shoes.. today i went out and bought 3 pairs of shoes =) and i saw about 3 or 4 other pairs i was seriously considering buying.. a pair of casual black Nikes for $10 (no thats not a typo) and a pair of leather high top all stars also for $10 and then a pair of Windsor Smith work shoes for $66.. the $10 shoes were from Paul's warehouse and the work shoes were from DFO =) i think i could live in the Converse store at DFO =p
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.. and all that jazz
went to the ct to see star wars at powerhosue museum.. only to find a queue halfway down the street, since this was sposed to be the last weekend of the exhibit. luckily for us, it jsut got extended till the 23rd. so we couldnt be bothered to wait, and left to go see a movie.
Went to George St to see Chicago.. and although i do have a serious bias towards musicals.. this movie was soo good =) i wanna go see it again.. and i rarely say that (last time i said it was the Matrix). theres something jsut wrong about richard gere singing.. but overall the movie was schweet. couldve maybe used a twist at the end to make it diff from the stage msucial, but still rates well.. gets an 8.5 on my scale.. wouldve got a 9.5 if the casting was better =p
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