Monday, March 27, 2006

Progress Package

Yeah Govt giving me $700 as part of the progress package... hehe
but haben got $$ already some1 asking me to treat whole family eat liao ....
nvm take out $50 to treat...can save back later haha

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Discipline!!!!

This year I am 26 already..wah damn old liao...gg to grad soon have to plan for future liao...
must start to save $$ after finding a job...think really no time liao...wan to save $$ then must be DISCIPLINED!!! cannot always think this mth spend all liao aiyah nvm lah next mth then save... if have this kind of attitude then forever the bank acct wun move...the mths will pass very fast then followed by years and in the end??? after many years the bank acct still stucked at the same figure... so wat to do? really must have discipline, say wan to save this amt then MUST save this amt every month...it's gg to be tough in the begining but if u do it for a few mths then it will just come naturally but if u dun start then forever will still be at square one...
Of cos some times no choice then in such a situation then the next mth MUST save more to cover back for the loss in the previous month...

No stress? Dun think abt it? then in the end? Nothing's done...so is stress all bad??? I think some form of stress is needed to enforce discipline lor...

The savings even though may not be for marriage or watever, will still come in handy in emergencies. Say suddenly no job...(touch wood) or suddenly wan to go tour or wat or some emergencies... if no savings then wat to do if this type of situation arises?

if still no discipline then I dunno when can I acheive all that I wan to acheive haiz

Friday, March 24, 2006

Final Year Projects

Just finished my FYP demostration to my moderator, He very Bo Chap just like my project supervisor haha... In fact can u believe it? my project supervisor only came to see our project once and that once is when our project is only half complete and he came cos we drag him down to our lab... haha... so our supervisor and moderator all seen our project only once haha...

Anyway today the moderator came in, just look at the project then we just showed him wat we have done, then tell him about some of the functions of our project then tat's it... He also nv ask any questions leh even when we prompt him haha... simply bo chap...I dunno whether it's fortunate to get bo chap supervisors and moderators or not...sighz hope can get "A" for my FYP cos i really put in alot of effort and time ... pray pray...

Digressing a little to project partners, this is the 2nd FYP I've done, the previous one was in Singapore Polytechnic...very unlucky tat time my project partners(3 of them) simply bo chap and i was let down by a stupid lecturer also who promised to help but in the end play "taiji" until the end of the project then "disappear" then cause me not to meet my project objectives...I think that's the first time I failed to meet all my project objectives... Grrrh....

This time was much better although my project partner is also not much help to me... but the good thing is at least he tried...the attitude was there but he aiyah simply too "slow" .... cause my project is mainly software stuffs then mabbe it's his lack of experience or he simply don't have the flair for software. I gave him a simple software routine to write and he took more than 2 weeks and still haben come out with the prototype... So in the end I did his part lor... Took only 2 days to come out wif a working prototype but the debugging and integration took many more weeks...

I think I got a flair in software...I dunno why but I usually can visualise the logical flow of software routines and then break them up into smaller simpler part one by one...the thinking of algorithms just come to my mind when I think... mabbe this is wat they call "flair" bah... sometimes my partner I think also think too much liao lah...a simple alogrithm he think until very complicated and dunno until where... then in the end make himself confused and cannot turn that complicated idea into software codes... My style is to do one step at a time, write one module, can work liao then write the next and so on so forth make it easier to debug also...but my partner style is write everything, dun care can work or not..then debug after the whole thing is finished... anyway his program all I got involved lah...or should i say this project's software mostly(mabbe all) done by me... haha

Think I am getting carried away complimenting myself...gotta stop here... Here are some pics of my project...

Software Part:





Hardware Part:


Time to change New PC

nowadays my PC keeps hanging dunno why...dd say virus but I used my mcafee virus scan 2006 scan the whole system also cannot find any virus...Use advert Stinger also produces same results... mabbe it's a case of PC getting old liao and must change already??? my attached USB devices also seems to like "disappearing" from the system... Sighz think PC complaining it have been overwork liao ..pestering me to "retire" it ... My previous PC before this one(only owned 2 penitum MMX 200Mhz and my current AMD 1800+) managed to serve me for 7 years this one...3 years then got probs liao..think workmanship getting lousier? or faster means more prob?
but graduating soon so dun think will need new PC unless work need it... Anyway here's my dream PC configuration(if I getting new one):

AMD64 754 sempron 3200+ (lower end AMD 64-bit processor, enough liao lor 3200+ will make it eqv to pentium 3GHz)
A good and cheap Motherboard(any brand will do)
1GB 400Mhz DDR-RAM
nVidia 5200 graphics card (the present one I am using, stable and cheap)
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 (currently using)
80GB IDE HDD (currently using)
CDRW and DVDRW(current using)
casing - (current 1 very yellowish liao)
LCD monitor no need to change ...very satisfied wif my 15" LCD now

think if change only need to buy new processor, MB,RAM and casing. Think $400 enough hor? mabbe if I sell away old parts mabbe fork out $200 can liao...
hmm.... dreaming dreaming new PC ....

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Lazy Students, Poor Bus Driver

I think this is the 2nd time I am writing this article liao, think I wrote something about this some time back...but now I am writing again cos I EXPERIENCED it... not once but a few times liao...this time I think I will just named the parties involved(of cos not individual names)...cos it's a FACT i saw.

I always take TIBS bus number 180 to Boon Lay whenever I have morning classes , and my class coincides with the school timing for secondary schools. TIBS 180 passes through Dunearn Secondary on it's way to boon lay. Today as usual the bus is quite crowded with Dunearn sec students some standing some sitting... when nearing the bus stop for Dunearn Sec , NO ONE pressed the bell, then the poor driver have to guess whether to stop or not cos the bus is already full... he waited until the bus was entering the bus bay but still NO ONE presses the bell... luckily the driver was very nice, he still stop and open the exit door although no 1 presses the bell and then more than 20 students alight at that stop.... 20+ students and no1 press the bell to alight? tired mabbe? I was also tired I slept at 1am+ yesterday(cos printing my fyp report) and woke up at 6am today... 20+ students all sleeping????? can't be right? or youngsters these days all DAMN lazy...they think they are taking school bus ah? str to sch... no need to press also can alight... or mabbe they just lack the basic courtesy to signal that they wan to alight? If i was the bus driver I will definitely skip this stop if no1 press the bell... if that's the case then those students will curse and swear the driver for not stopping (I've witness this before)... so wat logic is this? Want to alight but dun press bell, how the uncle know? uncle didn't stop cos no1 press bell and he gets scolding and curses...

Yesterday also seen this situation, was taking a double-deck 174 to Boon Lay, then the bus was full of Jurong JC students...majority of the commuters on the bus was Jurong JC students . Again till the JJC bus stop, NO ONE press the bell.... they were all talking away or looking else where...wah sometimes I really admire uncle, bus driver have to read the minds of the passengers... 1 person vs so many of them... Singapore students are plain lazy or wat?
Is it so difficult to lift that finger to press the bell???? sec sch like that JC also like that....Kaoz!

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Something to Ponder...




"Don't ask what others can do for you, Ask what you can do for others first"



Sunday, March 12, 2006

Back to real life

Wah think I am quite "drawn" into the "小鱼儿与花无缺" serial...dunno why but I think mainly is cos of the touching love between 小鱼儿 and "小仙女" cos 小仙女 character is very cute... reminds me of my dd also(also cute and ba dao as her haha). Think some of the things they say are very touching also lor...

but then I think it's time I snap out of the show cos it's only a show afterall... and I got my
"小仙女 " also haha and mine is REAL...

my own
"小仙女 " aka "lao po" aka ""

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Great Site

Found this great webhosting site, claim to give users 2GB webstorage storage and it's FREE!
http://www.freewebtown.com

Meaningful song

An old but nice song...read the lyrics

"萍聚"

别管以后将如何结束
至少我们曾经相聚过
不必费心地彼此约束
更不需要言语的承诺
只要我们曾经拥有过
对你我来讲已经足够
人的一生有许多回忆
只愿你的追忆有个我

别管以后将如何结束
至少我们曾经相聚过
不必费心地彼此约束
更不需要言语的承诺
只要我们曾经拥有过
对你我来讲已经足够
人的一生有许多回忆
只愿你的追忆有个我

别管以后将如何结束
至少我们曾经相聚过
不必费心地彼此约束
更不需要言语的承诺
只要我们曾经拥有过
对你我来讲已经足够
人的一生有许多回忆
只愿你的追忆有个我

Friday, March 10, 2006

"Xiao Yu Er yu Hua Wu Que"

As the title of this post suggest, just finished watching this VCD set of 40 episodes "小鱼儿与花无缺" bought by my elder brother. This is the remake of the old gongfu series by Gu Long "Jue Dai Shuang Jiao". So sad, dunno which script writer wrote the script...everyone died in the end... there's really no happy ending though the villian(s) is killed in the end. All the loved ones around the 2 brothers died... Especially the part when 小仙女 "little fairy", 小鱼儿's wife died, their love was so true yet they cannot be together... (She looks so cute, reminds me of my own dd when she's happy of cos...kekeke)
Don't really like nicholas Xie's acting...always "acting cool"...
anyway here are some pics of the movie...





This scene so sad, just before "little fairy" died....sob sob






Here's a short clip just before 小仙女 died...To me this is the most touching scene. "Seperation is only physical, though I may have leave this world, I will always live inside ur heart"
Sorry for the poor video quality, else will take long time to play(clip is dual sound- canto n mandarin)

Sunday, March 05, 2006

not-so-nice day

"Who in this world never make mistakes?"

so sad kena scolded today... someone so xiong today...

Friday, February 24, 2006

My birthday present



My 1st birthday present(and perharps the only 1) this year...
tks dd smuaks


Updated 26/2/06: Got 2 more presents liao kekeke
Ang Pow frm mummy...Shrink liao leh last year got $20, this year only $12...Economy not good...



2)Columbia Trekking shoes..
frm me to myself $100(actually daddy also contribute $50, the other $50 I pay myself)
told mum only $80 to spare me the naggings frm her..haha I very bad hor?
dd say nice so I buy she say more "man" than another orange pair

Thursday, February 23, 2006

For Reference

For Reference:

Shirt size:
T-shirt- "L" for most brands, tested: Umbro, Giordano,Bossini...
"M" for hang Ten

Shirts - "15.5" - "16"

Pants/Jeans - W31 or W32 (backside fleshy haha)

Belt - at least a hole must be at 28" - 29" location

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Shoes search

Got $50 from my dad for a new pair of shoes cos the $50 nike running shoes that i bought 2.5years also started to "speak" haha so no choice, even after I glued it back, whenever it touch water, the gap opens up again... anyway the surface also in tatters so I guess it's time to change also.

Went searching for a new pairs of shoes, dd suggest we buy those outdoor trekking shoes, so we went to beach rd, saw this columbia shoes the design quite nice but it's $110++. Wah really quite ex for my standard. Then we went to Queensway saw a similar pair but another brand selling for $88. Alas one series the color nice but design not nice, another series design nice but color not nice. Wah super hard to find a suitable pair.

Actually I also quite sianz after all these search, mabbe will decide to buy the columbia one... but the price quite expensive leh... meaning I have to top up nearly $70 to buy that pair, somemore it's those high high one(the sides higher) find it funny to wear that type of shoes to school leh...
Should I buy or not???

Saturday, February 11, 2006

10millon Toto Ang pow and O levels

This friday got 2 big events in Singapore, the 10millon CNY toto ang pow and the release of O levels results which falls on the same day... yesterday, friday 10 feb 2006
All somehow related to me cos I also go join in the fun and buy $2 of "quick pick" and also my youngest bro is one of the ones who got his results.

Toto:
Same as the last time I bought think last year bought $1 quick pick, got 3 numbers correct meaning never win any $$. This year I play bigger, $2 haha but still didn't win Haiz think I dun have luck with such lottery. looks like I gotta honestly save to build up my assets... no choice.

O' Levels
Such a miracle, my bro actually got 14 pts... he O levels also nv really study(everyday play computer games for at least 4hrs)... last time I got 16 but my Eng got D7(1st attempt, 2nd attempt get C5) ... but his eng composition really like pri sch eng( according to my 3rd bro )
He is such a lazy person dun think he deserved the 14 pts... looks like students nowadays getting better and better results... how come huh? or izzit this year got many top students(from top schools of cos) never sit for the exams so the markers(ah pehs at cambridge) cannot see the big difference in quality between the very good and the not-so-good? haha my dad even gave him $300 as reward to buy a mobile phone.
To think he(my bro) got 30+ pts in his mid-year(actually frm sec1-sec4 pts like that, mostly C grades) dunno why he can do "so well" in his O levels..exam luck? or just shrewd? dunno leh
Now he sort of "yaya" already...keep shouting at my mum and making those sounds like he's "very big" like that cos of his "good" results...
Don't like his attitude, because of his little achievement, he sort of gloat and become arrogant. TO think he even look down on Polytechnics and call them "lousy". It's an institute for those who can't get into JCs.
Anyway I am very irritated wif his attitude and his seemly "I-know-everything" thinking(when he doesn't know much). So till now I still dun wan to talk to him. Heck care him, I dun need him anyway. He's so arrogant tat watever I said he also wun listen, so better dun waste my time, saliva and mood.
To tell u the truth, I rather he get 20 or more pts so that he will get into the "2nd grade institute" to wake him up so that he would learn more humility and b more hardworking.
I very bad hor?

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Of New Year Ang Pows

I think I have finished collectin most of the CNY Ang pows already...this year the amount of $$ not very good lah... Altogether $208.5
haha here's the breakdown:

Parents:$80
DD's parents: $48
dd's relative : $52
My Msia's relative:$28.5(after converting RM68, 2nd auntie give RM50)

As usual, most of dd's daddy's side relative never give me any ang pow and her 2nd auntie... Oh well no hard feelings on my part... After all all these $$ I count as bonus only...

Plus the $100 I saved earlier(due to CNY hols, quite a feat considering I only get $50 per week, managed to saved $100 in 3weeks...anyway I used to save $100 every 3 weeks but then sometimes also guilty of spending it away, like go resturant eat lah, buy stuffs, for me and dd), going to save $300 into my POSB account... Yeah

Went wif mum to JB on wed, kena "forced" to show dd's pic to my uncle (all cos of mum's big mouth n chatterbox nature). My uncle and his wife(=auntie) all say dd pretty... think she must be happy to hear that... and I think my mum now also thinks she's pretty...cos she commented "if not pretty, I also dun wan"... then my mum say my elder bro say we 2 look very similar got "fu qi nian" husband-wife face... haha

Friday me counting my Ang pow $$, then mum came inside and KPO, then she suddenly ask why dd never give me her Ang Pow $$ this year to save in our joint acct? Recap: DD started giving me her ang pow $$ the last 2 years to save in our joint OCBC acct(so the money is all our Ang Pow $$ + some of my own savings)... Later all take out and put in OUB, then later all take out give to her to buy her car car... so now the orginal joint acct no $$ liao.

To tell the truth I also dunno why... haha so I can only say I dunno lor... I also dunno why after all the hype about saving $$ together during the discussion on buying car car, nothing have been done, although I opened a joint acct(all my savings from working PT and army) wif dd. No wonder ppl say women are fickle, one moment say this the other moment change their mind again... think all women are similar lah...

Reasoning 1: mabbe dd scare I will spend her $$ away if she put her $$ wif me?
Nah, she noes I am not the sort who splurges..

Reasoning 2:She got no $$ to save, or she scare that it would be hard for her to take out the $$ if it was left with me, cos she noes I dun like her extravagant spending habits
Mabbe...

Reasoning 3:(Most likely) Her frends/family told her not to trust me, cos if she put her $$ wif me, then if one day we go our seperate ways(touch wood) then she would lose all her $$(meaning cheat her $$ lah). ya this would be the most reasonable ans. Think we 2 still lack the basic trust, nvm trust have gotta b earned, after these 6 yrs, she still dun trust me enough then there's nothing much I can do right?

Actually I think it would be better to put the $$ into our joint acct if she REALLY wan to save, cos I noe her pattern, if she sees $$ in her bank acct chances are she would be tempted to spend away...her thinking is "still got $$ inside mah, spend a little nvm" so save $200 then day1: spend $100, day2 spend $150... then in the end? save $200 but spent $250... haha this is her pattern...

Really would like to walk down the aistle wif dd, must save $$ hard hard.... Hey sio hey sio

Valentines day coming dunno wat to get for dd, must start to scout around liao, afterall dd only deserved the best(I can get), me anything also can lah... even $4.90 bear haha(wah so fast, the $4.90 bday bear turning 1 year old liao)

Promised to take her to Long Beach on 24th Feb... Afterall we(me is VERY VERY long, close to a year I think dd I not sure lah) both haben have crabs for quite long time liao... so Long Beach trip is must go one...

Monday, January 30, 2006

Serve them right...

my 2 younger brothers?

Haha my bro's computer spoilt liao....hohoho I mean the 2 younger bro. My dad paid for most of the $ for that com lah...and i was the one who brought it back(in my dad's car of cos). Well I think that computer have to endure alot of punishment frm them. Quite a feat for it to be able to last so long.. haha

General pattern of usage per day:
3rd bro: >8hrs after he came back frm camp
4th bro: >6hrs after my 3rd bro use

So as u can see, the computer is on for at least 12hrs everyday...almost continously... Like that u think wun spoil meh?

Told them many times not to on the computer for so long they dun listen... now i dun care. let them settle themselves.. not gg to help them bring back to shop for repairs also. No more Mr Nice Guy.

These 2 lazy fellas, CNY coming also never help to clean up the house, see my mum and I work like siao like that also never try to lift a finger to help... Just Sit there play games on the computer... Serve them right now they have no computer to play haha. I very bad right? Also no choice I think this is wat they deserved...Now spoil sure going to have alot of finger pointing going on. Nobody is going to say that it's their fault... Wah if they see this blog they are bound to kill me...

Oh I think my com also got a little bit of prob liao... Of the 3 computers in my house, Mine already have the longest lifespan liao haha. Mabbe will change to a AMD64 3000+ sys if I never get to go on a tour after graduation.. Or mabbe can do both... Hmmm... Like dd said wan to do then go do lor...

Saw Levis having a sale earlier . A pair of jeans only $65-69++ Not very cheap in my terms but in the levis term it's cheap.. Thinking of getting a pair just to see whether it's good... After all as wat levi's says "Every1 should have a pair of Levi's jeans". It's time I pamper myself a little...

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Hol for d1?

Been wishing to go another country this May-Jun after graduation, Hope to go somewhere within the region so that my pocket wun get a big hole. Also hope that the trip will widen my views... All my frens have already taken aeroplane and go somewhere EXCEPT me... Oh well no need to compare...different ppl different lifes right? There are sure to be others who are worse off than me...

Initially, dd say she wanted to go Korea, now she went HK liao spend more than $1000 may not be much but to her it's almost her 1/2 year savings haha. The air ticket alone is close to $500. Ya and this is the "good deal" she's talking abt, must grab it before it's gone. haha

Nvm tat, think she wun have $$ for another trip wif me overseas in May-Jun. Oh well think I should go alone? Join travel group? or simply tag along wif my frens where-ever they wan to go? Hmm... Mabbe I should do that... Many of my frens said that once start work very hard to go overseas liao... Shld enjoy while still a free man and not slave to coy...

Can see travel packages from this site: www.zuji.com.sg
Then again go alone very sianz, tag along like light bulb... Haiz. mabbe no Hol this year again for d1... or tag along wif a unattached guy? see wat are my options when the time comes lor...else how? must start to plan savings... $400(hopefully) from IPPT, $100 from CNY Ang pows,...haha

What must I do to make her save?

Everytime dd wants to spend $$, she said that after that she would "settle down" and start to save for pongx4... maybe she doesn't rem it anymore or rather she said all that just to please me... Who knows?

I have been explaining to her countless times that marriage thingy needs alot of $$ and that amt takes time to save, not just day nor weeks..it's Y.E.AR.S... and gg by her progress she will take decades if she wants to try. Somemore she still say she wans this wans that, even worse need more $$. Dunno whether she really didn't see all these or she purposely wants to ignore the whole thing altogether. Maybe she doesn't wan to get married after all. Even if the saved $$ is not gg to be used for pongx4, it's always good to save $$ for a raining day. Dunno how to get this info into her head..no matter wat I do, she just can't save...

Am I wrong to ask her to save? I just dun understand why it's so difficult, when she's earning about $2000 every month...last time when I was earning $540 as attachment in Toshiba, I still managed to save at least $200 every month(though all used up in drv lessons, hehe) ... Must be fair right? so the best way is to contribute dollar to dollar. Meaning if she save $1 then I will contribute $1...tat's the fairest way right? If she dun wan then no pt forcing right? Afterall marriage is 2-person thing...

I think I dun wan to talk about this anymore, think it irrtates me as much as it irritates her. If no $$ then at most dun marry lor. Simple right? like that both of us no need to stress...

Friday, January 27, 2006

Falling sick on Eve of new year's eve

Finally finished painting the doors I was assigned to...
About 4 doors, wah take up so much of my time... abt 4hrs for one door, the frame only.. have to use small paintbrush to paint little by little

Now getting sick already...wat a great time to get sick, woke up in the morn with diarhoera dunno whether it's the Shilin oyster mian xian I ate yesterday evening... anyway now after eating a bottle of "Pow Ji Yan" better liao... Now stuck with running nose been sneezing away since morn...Ah choo

Grr... hope can recover in time, lotsa CNY goodies awaiting me...