Long time updates

Wow.... When was the last time I posted? I forgot already... There are many things happened since then... that is for sure :D But I am not going to write about all those things but just a little about the present.

It is the long awaited WINTER HOLIDAY!!!! I desperately needed a break from all those daily routine: going to school, doing assignments, reports, report this report that... wow... I have to treasure this holiday to do what I think I should do :) Oh ya, I successfully installed Debian Linux on both my desktop and my iBook.. Debian rocks!!! I love Debian!!!!

And there is a bad news... I think I have to close down the other two blogs, namely the linux blog and the freebsd blog, since I don't think I am going to post there anymore... so from now on I will post all the messages here :) Got it? :P

And another bad news, this is really bad... Earthquake in the north of Sumatra has caused a lot of damages to many countries... I don't know what I should say but personally I think that... we can't stop natural disasters like this one but we can definitely stop wars from happening... hope that we have a better year coming...

That's all for now... c ya...

Reports & Friendster & X'mas

I just reached home at around 23:10 just now. Was working at school lab trying to complete the assignments in an experiment. Tired... (_ _!) But finally got it done. I am quite happy with that (^ ^) That means I will not be that late for passing up the assignment(one week late actually, but I think at least 50% of the students couldn't make it to pass up today... Life is tough!)

I finally signed up with friendster last night as have been ignoring the invitations for quite a few times (^ ^!) I think it is a cool idea but my first experience with it was not very good. The server was slow yesterday but I think it is OK now. For those who have an account please try to search for my name and add me.

Just recieved the earliest X'mas card from my family (^ ^) Perhaps it is too early? Anyway, for X'mas, I think I will not go anywhere but sitting in front of the TV set. Perhaps I should go to invite some "lonely souls" to celebrate X'mas with me? Anybody? However, right after X'mas, I am going on a snow board trip (^ ^) Hope that my backside will not be as painful as last two times. Cheers!

OOoFf!

I have forgotten how long have I not been updating my blog. Kind of busy with all the reports, mid-term tests and some other activities. Just drop by to say hi. Today is a holiday and I am thinking of going out to rent a movie to enjoy myself before going back to study.

Came across this piece of news just now. A new software package is introduced. It is called OOoFf! Can you guess what is it about? Go and have a look. HINT: you don't really have to pay for it because you can get it free from here and here.

Hi, long time no see(?)

Have been disappearing for some time because of the mid-term exam on the coming Tuesday. Although that definitely doesn't mean that I have been studying all the time. Until now I still don't actually adapt to the way of studying here in university. How I miss the days in high school years (- - )

Was looking at some "job-seeking" site. And found out that many companies actually don't care what you have studied in university. So someone from the art stream can enter a technology company and become a programmer there. Amazing, huh? But this is how it works in Japan. They will re-train you once you entered the company. So I was thinking if this applies in Malaysia, too, what would I have chosen, art or science? What about you?

Still thinking whether to go have lunch with friends. And start to study later... any suggestions? :)

Say goodbye to my signature phrase...

"There are only 10 types of people in the world, i.e. those who understand binary numbers and those who do not."

I wrote the above phrase under my signature for the last few months. Now I changed it to something else. Just wanted to have something different. Actually, the above phrase is not my idea. I copied it from a website. It is thinkgeek.com which is selling products for geeks. Unluckily it is based only in the U.S. and it is expensive to buy from here. Sigh...

S.W.A.T. the movie

I just watched S.W.A.T. just now. And I saw no "W" and "T" in the movie. I only saw a guy who is not so handsome who thinks he is, acting solo. Teamship only can be seen when somebody got shot. Lousy lousy. And I just dun understand why they use a jet instead of an helicopter... someone please enlighten me... :D I was thinking that I could become more energetic after watching an action movie, but it made me feel sleepier... I would rather go for a Jackie Chan movie... :P

Is your copy of MS Windows genuine?

A piece of news from Slashdot.org. Microsoft is looking for volunteers to test if their copies of Windows OS are genuine. Microsoft promised total anonymity in this test. They are giving out free softwares for those who help them in this test.

It has been a long time since I last posted information about the technology world. Should try to get more news :)

Would you call to a radio DJ to tell him your problems?

You may have known that I am listening to 988.com.my quite often these days. I especially like to listen to a programme on Friday's night. Many people call in and tell the DJ about their problems in their lives and relationships. I like to listen to this programme not because that I actually like it, but it just makes me think. Why are there so many people who worry and think so much about such tiny things. It just makes you laugh sometimes. :D

How are you? I am fine.

I am very tired now. I don't know why. Perhaps it is because that I didn't sleep well last night because I left my computer on re-compiling the OpenOffice.org with Java support.

There was a big earthquake in Japan 2 days ago. And there are still small shakes happening up to just now in that area. Hope that this ends soon. The Typhoon No. 24 is coming again... :( Those of you who have never experienced earthquakes or typhoon may think that it is no big deal, but it is actually very scary... So, good luck to all people...

ZzzZZzzzZzzz... sleepy... but want to watch Smap x Smap... zZzzzzZZzzz...

$ diff me others

$ diff me others

"diff" is a unix command that will give you the differences between two files. Therefore, the execution of the above command may give you the differences between you and the others... However, life is not that simple, and it is certainly unpredicted, undefinable, unexpected, thus making it fun to live in.

Many of us would like to stick with those who share the same interests, same dreams, same thoughts, same $WHATEVER with them. However, those are just the minority, whereas most of the people living in the world have different interests, different dreams, different thoughts, and different $WHATEVER from you. That is to say, the hint for living a happy and successful life lies in how well you mix with those "different" people but not those "same" people.

One plain colour, though simple and kind to the eyes, is not attractive. Let's make the world more attractive by having a mixture of all colours :D

Otsukaresamadeshita~~~!!!

Just participated the COOP's International Activities Forum 2004 last weekends. And I would like to say "otsukaresamadeshita" to those who went with me. You are the best, guys!!!

And this is about the next activity that we are having next. I am thinking of having some activities with those in Osaka Gaidai. Still thinking about the details so don't ask me for it now....

It has been raining for the whole day. Heard that another typhoon is coming tomorrow. Tired...

To those who are sitting for the SPM...

I am not sure if SPM is on the way, but I think it is because I can hear messages from the SPM sitters through 988.com.my, an online radio station of Malaysia. I really like to listen to this station. It makes me feel like I am in Malaysia. OK. This is not what I want to tell the SPM sitters. :P

As your senior, I wish you all good luck. But what I would like to tell you guys is that, SPM is not an end of your education, but just a beginning. No matter how well or how bad you do in SPM, it really means nothing. Nothing ends there. So, do your best!

Hehehe, youth is so good :)

I got a Gmail account!

Ok, for those of you who don't know what is a Gmail account. It is a web-based mail service provided by Google. It is in its testing phase now so it is not open to the public first. If you want a Gmail account you have to wait until someone with a Gmail account invitation right to invite you. Luckily enough, someone who I don't know invited me :D

Some of its benefit are as follow:
1. 1GB free space!!!! (the biggest point for those of you who like to store everything in your e-mail account :D)
2. New way of organising your mails.
3. You can search through your mails.
4. And more!!! (I haven't found out yet...)

So, drop a mail to me if you want. I may consider inviting you when I get the right to invite :P
khoyee@gmail.com

The way to stay focused...

Have you ever found yourself in a state that there are too many things you want to do at the same and you don't know where to start? I have, and still do. And I think that is the exact reason that I can't stay focused for long enough. For example, below are the things that I want to do at this very moment while I am writing this post.
1. Write a customized CSS so that my blogs look cooler.
2. Learn how to rip a DVD and encode it properly with FreeBSD.
3. Prepare for the next experiment next week.
4. Prepare for the programming class tomorrow.
5. Think and plan what to say in the forum that I will be joining this coming weekends.
6. Go to school to have my lunch.
7. Make an appointment with my dentist(still hesitating whether to visit him this Thursday)
How can I stay focused with so many things in my mind? Although I understand that I am not a super human and I can only do one thing at one time, it is still easier to understand than to practise. I really miss the days when my life was so simple. I go to school, do homework, read comics/magazines, browse online, chatting with friends, etc. and this is all I "have to" do in one day. Simple, huh? No worries for the future.
I would be glad if you share with me how you keep yourself focused. Till then.
p/s: Oh ya, my friend lost his handphone yesterday "mysteriously", here I hope that he can get over this soon enough.

Stop sending me doc/xls/ppt files!!!

Just feel like complaining about people who always send you a Word/Excel/Powerpoint as if Microsoft is ruling the world now. I think it is a manner to make sure that the recievers can view your file properly, isn't it?

Here are some hints for people who care enough about this issue. (Unfortunately, most people do not...)

1. Use plain text file(.txt) or rich text format(.rtf) unless you need to do fancy things. But most of the time you do not.
2. Convert the files into a PDF file if it is necessary. Actually, there are a few merits to use PDF files. It can be viewed FREE with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Nobody can alternate the contents of your files.

It is that SIMPLE! :)

p.s. Actually there is one best solution but I think ordinary users won't care about this. Anyway, the best solution is to use OpenOffice.org(http://www.openoffice.org/), which is free and is reasonably compatible with MS Office. Try it out!

They think they could bluff me :P

Yesterday afternoon on my way back home from the station, I stopped at the local bookstore for a while. When I left the bookstore, a salesman stopped me and said that they were having lucky draw and showed me a box with small papers inside. Well, the bookstore is big and they looked ok to me. Just for fun, I drew one. By the way, I have no luck of this kind. I never win any prizes in this kind of luck-testing. All I have won were cups, or those things you would not be happy when you got them. You know what I mean.

Back to the story, this salesguy, tore open the little cut of paper I drew from the box. OOoooHhhh! How lucky I was!!! I hit the second prize... But I think there was no sign of excitement in my face, I never believed that life could be that easy. The guy, noticing I was not really excited at all, showed me a catalouge and try to convince me how lucky I was to get the prize. It was a box that you can use it to recieve some kind of radio broadcasting, you can listen to new songs faster than anyone can, and even record it! Wow, that was attracting, I thought to myself but still, nothing more than that.

Then came another salesman, he brought another new "lucky fellow" to draw, so he told the salesguy serving me to move further. So, we did move away from the "lucky" spot! Then the guy kept on with all the amazing stuff this little machine can do, and how much it would cost me if I was to buy it myself. But I was expecting something... (you should know what I was expecting if you are smart enough :P)

As I expected, I could get it free but I HAVE TO SIGN UP WITH A MONTHLY FEE OF ¥5000+!!!! Hahahaha, now I knew why I was so LUCKY... Of course I rejected straight away and left the bookstore as nothing happened. And now I figured out why the other guy would like us to move away... they did not want me to meet the other lucky fellow. :D

Now, be careful of this kind of stupid salesman, don't be happy until you make sure everything is FREE....

hair cut (^_^)

Forget to mention that I had a hair cut today. But nobody will notice when I have hair cut. If I tell my friends that I had a hair cut, they usually reply with, "You look just the same before the hair cut!!!".

G-form...

Every time when a new semester starts, we will have to fill in and pass up a form called G-form to register for the lectures that we want to attend. I often feel so worried when I am filling this form, coz I am afraid that I make mistakes. What if I missed out some important lectures? What if I fill in the wrong codes of the lectures? What if this and what if that?... sigh... I think I worry too much (T T!)

Come look at this, file-sharers :D

I always think that we have to do something about file sharing. P2P is a great technology if you forget about the bad image of it being the biggest threat to copyrights laws. If it is legalised then most of the problems would be solved. Now come look at this possible solution! I think this is a great idea :D (of course someone would say, "Why must I pay even a dollar if I can do it free now?" Come on, be fair man.)

http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/14369

What is a friend to you?

I suddenly though about this just now. What is a friend to you? Some may think that "Friends should be together all the time", or "Friends share the same interests", or "Friends are always on your side", or "Friends are those whom you go to when you need help and comfort". So, what is a friend to you? I am not telling you my answer coz you may copy it :P Hahaha...

Started playing BioHazard(or Resident Evil) Epi. 1 now

I know this sounds ridiculous but I just bought the first episode of the famous game, BioHazard(this is what it is called in Japan, in other places it is better known as Resident Evil...). I tried to play just now but since it is late and I am those with a weak heart, I think I will save it for tomorrow when my room is brighter :P I think you can guess why I am suddenly so interested in playing the game, yeah, right, it is because of the movie :) I think it is pretty cool. So go and watch! Don't watch pirated VCD, go to a cinema, the sound and visual are far more better!!! :D

Oh ya, just to tell you that I am not so rich to buy a Play Station to play the game. I got the PC version. It is stated on the package that it only runs on windows 95/98. So I asked the sales person in the shop and they said there is no warranty that it runs on windows XP. But it does actually, just if you enable the backward compatibility function in windows XP when you run that game. The moral of the story: Don't trust the sales person if you think you are better than they are in the area! :P In the areas that you are not familiar with, get a friend who is familiar with those areas to help you. Don't trust the sales persons! :D

Review on Terminator 3

I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

The John Connor in Terminator 3 is so bad looking and dumb. The female terminator doesn't look as cool as Arnold or the bad terminator in Terminator 2. Disappointed. And the story is just normal. Nothing special. I wonder if they are going to make the 4th episode.

Btw, my tooth, or the hole where the tooth used to stand on, is still aching.... :(

A horrible holiday... :(

Hello, sorry for the long delay in updating... if anyone is actually reading my blogs... :P

Yeah, I am now having my summer holiday. Actually it is already near the end of the holiday. School starts at 1st of October. Yeah, it is a Friday so I will have another two days to rest once after the school starts. Just wonder why they don't make it the 4th of October which is a Monday...

This is actually both a good holiday and a bad one for me... the good thing is that since we have had our exams before the holiday, I fully enjoyed it without worries about the exams. The bad thing is that, I wasted one week plus of the holiday suffering from a bad cough... so, take good care of yourself. Health is important. And today, just a few days after I recovered from the cough, I got one of my back tooth unplugged!!! Well, it is not as painful as I have expected but now I am having a cold sheet sticking to my chin. Again, go check the condition of your teeth every few months. So that you won't end up like I did.

Today's lessons:
1. Take good care of your health.
2. Take good care of your teeth.

Review on "Bruce Almighty"

I think it is a pretty good movie. I don't have those kinds of "hard feeling" watching as I watch Matrix or LOTR. Not a new idea but a new way of telling the story. Do you think you can handle the job of the God? I don't think I can. This movie reminded me of the catch phrase in Spiderman. "With great power comes great responsibilities." I absolutely agree with this. Having no power may be a blessing in disguise. Don't you think so?

It is easy to make Tom Yam Soup... :D

Ya it is pretty easy... just grab a bag of Tom Yam Package from the super market... follow the instructions on the package... you need some fresh prawns and other things you would like to eat... :D

bus tour a success!!! :)

The bus tour we organised in uni was a success... not a very great one but I think we did it pretty well :) Thanks to the people who have helped and supported me through all the hard times :) You guys are great!!!

Good Morning!

I have to attend a seminar later today. But I came across this piece of news from Slashdot.org that told us, especially the IT professionals to pay more attention to different cultures around the globe.

Another funny news from 988.com.my, a Malaysian local radio station came online, that men in Hong Kong loves to communicate with their virtual girlfriends through handphones... How can they ever made this happen!!! Now people will blame that technology brings us apart again... sigh...

Luckily...

In school just now, I received a mail from our Network lecturer. The mail was about the second exam for those who have failed the first... My heart bounced crazily after reading the mail, as I had not much confidence in that exam. Worse, he didn't mention who have to take the exam. I thought the list was too long to fit in that e-mail... so I walked to the notice board to check out whether I was one of those unfortunate... Heart still bouncing... Hurrah~~~!!! I was not on the list... hew.... :D

Ooooppppsss!

As expected I couldn't wake up in the morning... (^ ^!) But as the event in the afternoon was cancelled, I am going to school later to finish my report. Yeah!

Wow I love blogging!!!

I just found out that blogging is the simplest yet the most powerful way to write web pages!!! Wow, I hope I have found out about this earlier... but it is not too late anyway. Thanks, guys!

Tomorrow I will have to go to school to finish my report. A few days ago I went to the computer lab but it was closed. (-_- !) But it is kinda late now. I hope I can wake up tomorrow. The best coffee for sleepy morning - "Morning Shot" from Wonda!!! Ciao.

The historical first post!!!

Since everybody is having a blog, how can I miss out? I think it would be much easier for me to manage my website by switching some of the frequently changing pages into web blogs. This is the real reason I join the trend. Since there are many things to be done to renew my current website, the next post may be late. For the moment, this is what I want to say.