Saturday, June 28, 2008

五年前的歌 五年后的心情

搁了五年,今晚终于提起劲拿起吉他录下了一首五年前写好的歌的demo。

五年前的感觉,五年后一样深刻,一样记忆犹新。

录demo的过程还是老样子 —— 不是歌词老唱错,就是吉他老弹错,要不然就是莫名其妙生起痰来,或什么东西忽然又发出什么噪音的……总而言之,没有一次是百分之百零缺点的就是了。

牢骚发完了,听歌啦!

关于这首歌背后的故事,请阅我4月份PO的《留宿》

听歌 Play...
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听歌 Play...
比较不NG完整版


《留宿》词曲:小立

喧哗热闹的SS2 今天看起来特别冷清孤独
是不是 因为没有了你的缘故

你开了四个小时长途 去到了遥远的关丹的度假屋
两天的公共假期 和你家人共度

在这个没有你的国度 天气忽然冷了好几十度
我又有 什么资格去在乎

在你的心里 是否只有他一个人在长住
而我 只能在你心门外徘徊而不能留宿
曾经的投入 原来只是一厢情愿的付出
告诉我 在你失眠的时候
是不是 他在与你编织着爱情的蓝图

在我的心里 至今都还是没人住的空房屋
期待 有一天你在门外停下了脚步
仔细的阅读 为你写在心深处的祝福
因为我清楚 他在你心里的位置
这辈子我也不能替补


因为我清楚 你在我心里的位置
这辈子谁也不能替补

Instant Widescreen in less than 60 seconds

Craving for a widescreen LCD monitor but don't have the cash? Convert your normal LCD to a widescreen one, it only takes a few seconds! Here's how:
  1. Right click on your Taskbar, make sure the Lock the Taskbar option is unchecked.


  2. Place your mouse cursor at the border between your Taskbar and your desktop. A Vertical Resize cursor should appear, Click and drag it upwards for about 5-6 steps.


  3. Presto! You just made yourself a widescreen display. Now simply maximize your browser window, or any other windows that you wish to work on. You'll get an approximate 16:9 widescreen. Enjoy!

Check out my widescreen display on a 19" Dell LCD. LoL!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

1-dollar Coin Eater

If you still have some old, ugly, bulky, heavy, stinky, phased-out one-dollar coins and you can't wait to get rid of them, look no further.

Just hang out at Desa Sri Hartamas, and look for this ancient coin eater.

Oh NO I wasn't in a museum.

Does this remind you of your (dad's) good ol' days? Just insert coins and wind. Simple, but it works, and most importantly, it still works!

Now you've just got one more reason to visit Desa Sri Hartamas. SOULed OUT, anyone?

Btw, an 1-dollar coin can last over 90 minutes. Not bad, heh?

朝九晚X

“朝九晚六”这句成语永远没法用在我身上。

这是一个很奇怪的世界。

因为堵车偶尔迟到几分钟,你被留意了。每晚不时在公司逗留工作和支援夜班同事,更甭说三更半夜爬起床干嘛。谁管你?

迟到是你的错。迟回是你的问题。

算了吧,反正讨好人家并不是我的专长。

依我看,做人事的,是该和公司上下打成一片的吧,不是吗?

也许我双眼被蒙上了——因为我看不见。

Saturday, June 14, 2008

A very, very bad day

As if my week wasn't bad enough.

I was so tired that I skipped a rare drinking session at the Sky Bar, Traders Hotel with my fellow co-workers yesterday. To a person who doesn't really drink and hardly socializes, it was a chance of a lifetime. Instead I opted for a dinner session at Pho Hoa, a Vietnamese restaurant at The Curve, with another group of colleagues.

Back home, I was all but exhausted.

After an out of sorts Friday, I managed to get a good night sleep. I thought a good night sleep would have ended all miseries. I'm gonna have to think again.

Today I have to send my broken Belkin USB hub (broken power adapter to be precise) to All IT, Digital Mall. As I drive by the still-under-renovation RHB Bank just across Digital Mall, I step on the brake pedal as a car parked at the side if the road moves out right in front of me.

I don't use to park this close to Digital Mall. Getting a parking spot around the mall is usually a friggin' nightmare. I thought it would be a great chance and without second thought, I park straight into the empty spot.

At the All IT technical support booth, they accept my warranty claim. My Belkin USB hub comes with a lifetime warranty but since it's been more than a year since the purchase, they explain a 30-buck transportation fee will be required. I don't really mind the charge as it's gonna save me a trip to the unfamiliar OUG Garden.

I place the warranty documents into a plastic bag I brought along and it happens to be an All IT bag. I then walk around the store looking for a replacement USB hub. Yes I can't afford to wait for the broken one to get repaired.

Having made my pick, I'm on my way to the cashier, only to realize I'm not having enough cash. I return the goods to the shelf, go downstairs and across the street to the nearby RHB Bank.

Did I mention the RHB Bank was under renovation? The work makes ATM machines in the bank inaccessible. I head back to Digital Mall with frustration and get the cash I need from an ATM machine on the ground floor, costing me some several minutes which proved to be precious later in the day.

Back at All IT, I went back to the shelf to get my stuff. As I bend down to reach for one of the items, my glasses catches a shelf hanger, leaving a 5cm scratch mark on the right lens. Ouch! It hurts. It hurts as thought it poked right into my eye. To make things worse, it's a new pair of glasses that cost me a good 700 bucks and I got it just a month ago.

Check out that mark man! It's 5cm in length, and it's permanent!
(I'm actually pretty impressed by my Canon Powershot S2's Super Macro mode. Awesome close-up!)


Finally I'm done with my shopping, paid for the stuff and about to make a move, but something isn't feeling right. It was then only I realize the plastic bag that I have been carrying is no longer in my possession and I can't remember when and where I left it behind.

I ask and look around the store, scrutinizing every corner that I have been to earlier today to no avail. After a 30-minute search I finally found it at a service desk in the store. Apparently someone must have found it and placed it there.

I have had enough today. I just wanna get out of here and leave this very building as quick as I can. My car is just right across the street and guess what? Someone is already there before I do -- an MBPJ officer. A 100-buck traffic ticket is on its way out from his little portable printer. I'm penalized for parking my vehicle at an undesignated parking space and what frustrates most is the fact that I was just minutes short.

Here's my traffic ticket. Nice layout and watermark. 2-tone printing. Not bad considering it's a, umm, government production.

Guess what? Mr. Officer and I share the same birth date! Woo-hoo! He's exactly one year older.

The only line on the ticket that people care most about.

Had I not left that plastic bag behind; had I not left Digital Mall to look for an ATM; had I had enough cash in the first place, I might have already been on my way home, and my glasses would still be clean, new, and scratch-free.

It's all opportunity cost.

The lenses on my glasses are under warranty, unfortunately it doesn't cover scratches, be it deliberate or unintentional. It's ok, I can live with it.

So with all these unnecessary spending, am I still getting myself a new Pocket PC phone?

Hell no!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Ouch!

... is the sound I made having banged my head against the side of a door in the office just this afternoon.

Then, needless to say, it's all bumps and bruises.

It hurts so much even a blink of an eye would send you jumping.

Let's see if Alex's famous first-aid catchphrase Just Ice It helps.


Thursday, June 5, 2008

I love optical illusions 向左转·向右转

I just love them.

Here's one I think can easily be the mother of all optical illusions -- The Spinning Dancer Illusion.

Which direction do you think the silhouette dancer is spinning? Clockwise, or counter-clockwise? Try blinking several times while looking at the picture. (Hit ESC to stop the spin. Refresh the page to start the revolution again.)



很爱看一些有关错视的图片和文章。上面的插图是我个人最近满喜欢的一个。你认为图中的“舞娘”是在顺时针打转还是逆时针?当你确认了你的答案后,尝试望着图片,同时眨几下眼睛。(按下 ESC 键可让舞娘停止打转。重刷本页舞娘便重新转动。)

除此之外,上个月我自费到新加坡自由行,也去了一趟新加坡的科学馆,拍了很多很多有趣的错视图片和实验。等我整理好后再逐一 PO 上来和大家分享分享。

By the way I've been to the Singapore Science Centre on my last visit to the country. What I got back is an abundance of interesting optical illusion snapshots. I'll post them up here once I got the time to archive the photographs.

So... clockwise, or counter-clockwise?