Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
ORD
I only ever truely realised how soon ORD was when i was invited to a ORD function this thursday. Minus my off leave and weekends..i have 35 workdays left. Due to a new stupid rule i can't plan all my off and leave in the last month so it'll have to be spread out between now and november.
its also got me reflecting much about my army days and what i wanna do in the future. Before i came to army i had quite a few goals. self improvement - pick up some skills, a veritable egg basket by the time i leave, and hmm well not much else. Sadly those goals have not been fulfilled. The egg basket stands at $650 and the skills; well don't come to me with your car. true to my media whore nature...my collections of movies and music have increased by the terabyte.
that said though ..my ns life has been somewhat more or less fulfilling. yes there have been extremely hairy patches...but it hasn't been as bad as i thought it'd be. Surprisngly though ....if you were to ask me which part i would miss most, it wouldn't be the current period: slack workload, jc colleagues, stay out. I miss the NS of a year ago, the LRI period, the hokkien ping people, the stay in sessions. I feel like i can leave now without any attachements. I'm ready to be taken, take me!
Whats next in store? half a year of part time work, and not much else i expect other then what i'm doing. when you fail to plan you plan to fail. but when you don't follow the plan why plan at all?
its also got me reflecting much about my army days and what i wanna do in the future. Before i came to army i had quite a few goals. self improvement - pick up some skills, a veritable egg basket by the time i leave, and hmm well not much else. Sadly those goals have not been fulfilled. The egg basket stands at $650 and the skills; well don't come to me with your car. true to my media whore nature...my collections of movies and music have increased by the terabyte.
that said though ..my ns life has been somewhat more or less fulfilling. yes there have been extremely hairy patches...but it hasn't been as bad as i thought it'd be. Surprisngly though ....if you were to ask me which part i would miss most, it wouldn't be the current period: slack workload, jc colleagues, stay out. I miss the NS of a year ago, the LRI period, the hokkien ping people, the stay in sessions. I feel like i can leave now without any attachements. I'm ready to be taken, take me!
Whats next in store? half a year of part time work, and not much else i expect other then what i'm doing. when you fail to plan you plan to fail. but when you don't follow the plan why plan at all?
tired
My legs are well and truely dead.
Ran the half marathon in 2hrs 20mins yesterday..got my medal. Was faster than my other colleagues....but the lack of training shows...my right leg started cramping all the way from the 18 km mark. you can only get so far on willpower alone.
WoW is geting stale..theres only so much you can do individually till you reach 60....raids are very fun and downing a new boss a new high for everyone but sometimes you just wanan chill out ...so i started another mage character. other than that though i have come to realise how well designed the game is. There are several things they have fucked up, like how the pvp is a honour grind accesible to only those who play 20 hours a day to be able to achieve anything of relative value, how most of the reputation rewards are a mob killing grind, but the depth of movement and the amount of flexibility you get with your characters is amazing.
Ran the half marathon in 2hrs 20mins yesterday..got my medal. Was faster than my other colleagues....but the lack of training shows...my right leg started cramping all the way from the 18 km mark. you can only get so far on willpower alone.
WoW is geting stale..theres only so much you can do individually till you reach 60....raids are very fun and downing a new boss a new high for everyone but sometimes you just wanan chill out ...so i started another mage character. other than that though i have come to realise how well designed the game is. There are several things they have fucked up, like how the pvp is a honour grind accesible to only those who play 20 hours a day to be able to achieve anything of relative value, how most of the reputation rewards are a mob killing grind, but the depth of movement and the amount of flexibility you get with your characters is amazing.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
taking it a step at a time
This was a long time coming -comment moderation. But it seems to come too late for this guy - http://www.kingrichard86.blogspot.com/. Anyway making a moves to tabulas soon blogspot has become too complacent for its own good.
btw angel i'm lvl 42 now , and only because i have been PVPing lots :) You know getting the rank rewards and stuff :). no blackwing lair at the moment for me now :(
btw angel i'm lvl 42 now , and only because i have been PVPing lots :) You know getting the rank rewards and stuff :). no blackwing lair at the moment for me now :(
Sunday, April 30, 2006
lvl 38 :)
turns out its for both ndp and saf day parade. i'm joining the contingent that runs arnd in smart 4 and sbo and forms the word 2006. very lame. next 4 months of my life are gone -_-"
anyways qh let me dl the last ep finish first shld be done by monday or tuesday will sms you den
anyways qh let me dl the last ep finish first shld be done by monday or tuesday will sms you den
Friday, April 28, 2006
lvl 37 :)
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been nominated by default for saf day parade. which sucks definitely..bye bye saturdays....
and qh i am finally finishing desperate housewifes season 1 time to bring that hdd over ^^
been nominated by default for saf day parade. which sucks definitely..bye bye saturdays....
and qh i am finally finishing desperate housewifes season 1 time to bring that hdd over ^^
Sunday, April 16, 2006
OFFICIALLY DEAD
YES UNEQUiVOCALLY OFFICIALLY DEAD.
Blogging just doesnt hold any attractions for me anymore. maybe i really was like the rest of those attention seeking bastards. or maybe it doesn't provide me the soothing answers to my messed up life anymore. mebbe its cos i'm too busy with WoW. mebbe its cos i have reduced my life to a simple automatic routine.
R.I.P dear bloggie
might convert it to a listing of my ever growing collection of movies. omg i have to watch movies just to rem how to live life. anyway memento, walk the line, city of god, supersize me and the notebook are some of my eh hem recent acquistions. or revive it when i can act feel my bloody toes again.
Blogging just doesnt hold any attractions for me anymore. maybe i really was like the rest of those attention seeking bastards. or maybe it doesn't provide me the soothing answers to my messed up life anymore. mebbe its cos i'm too busy with WoW. mebbe its cos i have reduced my life to a simple automatic routine.
R.I.P dear bloggie
might convert it to a listing of my ever growing collection of movies. omg i have to watch movies just to rem how to live life. anyway memento, walk the line, city of god, supersize me and the notebook are some of my eh hem recent acquistions. or revive it when i can act feel my bloody toes again.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Well the dreaded letters never did materialise..cos one person reversed a stupid decision, circumstances changed for another and for the last..well he was just too happy for me to do anything...
Anyway i can't be bothered by these stuff anymore...been playing a lot of World of Warcraft lately that and 'm almost done with lost..about time..need new eps...
Anyway i can't be bothered by these stuff anymore...been playing a lot of World of Warcraft lately that and 'm almost done with lost..about time..need new eps...
Friday, February 10, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
I swear i'm gonna fucking lose it sooner or later...i really can't take it anymore....
i'm talking of course of the army, wonderful piece of shit that it is.
6 months into the army wasn't so bad, cos you were doing different things and learning lots of stuff...but now that i've hit the 1 year mark...with more than a year to the end in sight and the sheer monotony of it sets in...i say screw defending the country.
its slowly but surely sucking the life and creative juices out of me. cause i feel myself growing stupider by the minute. just because i'm wasting 1 year of my life here. No retraining opportunites, no chance to jump ship to another department, no performance based wage increments..its like slaving in a white collar cubicle. except the cubicle walls are 5 metres high. With no windows.
I mean day after day after day the same old boring routine sets in, Just how do people even live like that? Is that what that real adult world is going to be like? if it is i rather go back into my little hiding hole and never ever come out... Imean give me abreak. Ship me to combat even just so that i can appreciate warm food again if thats what it takes. No things to look forward to on weekends, nothing to look forward when i go home...just the sheer realisation that tmr..i have to wake up early and do the same fucking thing that i do every fucking morning and which i just did this fucking afternoon...
And i just heard my warrant officer say he was a private for 6 years of old skool pre3G army...and just because of that he earns my respect for the moment. Cause anybody who goes through that much shit deserves a better life.
"somebody kill me please
I'm on my knees
pretty pretty please
kill me...
I want to dieeee
Put a bullet in my headdddddddd"
i'm talking of course of the army, wonderful piece of shit that it is.
6 months into the army wasn't so bad, cos you were doing different things and learning lots of stuff...but now that i've hit the 1 year mark...with more than a year to the end in sight and the sheer monotony of it sets in...i say screw defending the country.
its slowly but surely sucking the life and creative juices out of me. cause i feel myself growing stupider by the minute. just because i'm wasting 1 year of my life here. No retraining opportunites, no chance to jump ship to another department, no performance based wage increments..its like slaving in a white collar cubicle. except the cubicle walls are 5 metres high. With no windows.
I mean day after day after day the same old boring routine sets in, Just how do people even live like that? Is that what that real adult world is going to be like? if it is i rather go back into my little hiding hole and never ever come out... Imean give me abreak. Ship me to combat even just so that i can appreciate warm food again if thats what it takes. No things to look forward to on weekends, nothing to look forward when i go home...just the sheer realisation that tmr..i have to wake up early and do the same fucking thing that i do every fucking morning and which i just did this fucking afternoon...
And i just heard my warrant officer say he was a private for 6 years of old skool pre3G army...and just because of that he earns my respect for the moment. Cause anybody who goes through that much shit deserves a better life.
"somebody kill me please
I'm on my knees
pretty pretty please
kill me...
I want to dieeee
Put a bullet in my headdddddddd"
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
what i did over the past week or so
Saturday 24- mad rush to buy prezzies
sunday 25- spent christmas at home with family watching honey
monday 26- went thongs house
tuesday 27- went back to camp
wednesday 28- went sentosa. pics and stuff coming up later
thursday 29 - went thongs house. william came over and taught me dota.
friday 30 -played dota
sat 31- played dota and went expo for countdown party
sunday 01 - city harvest and slepp.
monday 02- went out with becky and weiteen.
in the process i slept less than 5 hours a day, left a lot of unfinished business and spend myself broke. And i'm still short of new year resolutions.
so my new year resolution will be to : use tuesday and wednesday to do my annual stocktake.
Saturday 24- mad rush to buy prezzies
sunday 25- spent christmas at home with family watching honey
monday 26- went thongs house
tuesday 27- went back to camp
wednesday 28- went sentosa. pics and stuff coming up later
thursday 29 - went thongs house. william came over and taught me dota.
friday 30 -played dota
sat 31- played dota and went expo for countdown party
sunday 01 - city harvest and slepp.
monday 02- went out with becky and weiteen.
in the process i slept less than 5 hours a day, left a lot of unfinished business and spend myself broke. And i'm still short of new year resolutions.
so my new year resolution will be to : use tuesday and wednesday to do my annual stocktake.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Winamp tweaks
Ever tried playing japanese or chinese songs your friends give you in winamp but seeing only this ???? - ???? or worse this ‚Ç‚¤‚µ‚Ä‚±‚ñ‚È - ‚ƒ`ƒƒƒCƒ€? Theres a way to fix that! Only works for winxp cos thats the only thing i have now.
First you have to go to date, time, language and regional options in WinXp and select Regional And Language Options. Click on the Advanced Tab and under the language for non-unicode programs option select Japanese, which provides the option of seeing the jap/chinese song title on the taskbar since japanese has kanji (chinese chars) too
By now your media library shld be able to display the jap and chinese titles. Some ??? will still appear occasionally since not all of the chinese chars are available in the japanese char set but you can still play them. the playlist editor uses a diff font from the media library however and for that you have to go to preferences < playlist under there you shld find the option "Use skin or language pack font". Unselect that and under font select Lucida Sans Unicode or any other unicode font and walla! chinese/japanese support. The only thing left remaing is the scroling song title in the main window, but since i couldn't find a tweak for that and i dun really stare at that already.
Now why am i putting this down here? Cause i searched for a frigging long time and found no site that provides this information in a an easily inaccessible form. Plus i'm going thru my mp3 collection and putting proper unicode ID3 tags on them.
First you have to go to date, time, language and regional options in WinXp and select Regional And Language Options. Click on the Advanced Tab and under the language for non-unicode programs option select Japanese, which provides the option of seeing the jap/chinese song title on the taskbar since japanese has kanji (chinese chars) too
By now your media library shld be able to display the jap and chinese titles. Some ??? will still appear occasionally since not all of the chinese chars are available in the japanese char set but you can still play them. the playlist editor uses a diff font from the media library however and for that you have to go to preferences < playlist under there you shld find the option "Use skin or language pack font". Unselect that and under font select Lucida Sans Unicode or any other unicode font and walla! chinese/japanese support. The only thing left remaing is the scroling song title in the main window, but since i couldn't find a tweak for that and i dun really stare at that already.
Now why am i putting this down here? Cause i searched for a frigging long time and found no site that provides this information in a an easily inaccessible form. Plus i'm going thru my mp3 collection and putting proper unicode ID3 tags on them.
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