Hanami

Hi, I am currently recovering from a minor cold. But I think I will be ok tomorrow.

School starts. Nothing special yet. Just like the same old days.

Went for Hanami(Sakura Seeing) on the past Sunday. Taken a few pictures with my old film-based camera. Quite nice but not as I expected. Since I didn't take any picture of myself with that camera, here are two pictures of me under the Sakura tree taken by my friend's digital camera.
I think it is a controversial topic whether I should smile with teeth shown or hidden. What do you think?

With teeth hidden.

With teeth shown.

Ok, time's up. See you next time.

Long time again...

Wow... I don't remember when is the last time I posted a message here :P Sorry about the blank time. It might be a blank time in this blog, but there has been no blank time in my life. Done quite a lot of things in the spring holiday, including moving my room from one building to the next. Well, those are not important things, so let's forget about that.

Read a news last night saying that you are now able to run Windows on a Mac machine natively(dual-boot with Mac OS X). And it is officially supported by Apple. You can get the beta here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Enjoy :D

Oh, I seem to be Brown in Colour...

Haven't updated this blog since I am busy working on the report of the final year project lately. Well, everyone needs a break and I needed a longer one :P So I took this test and it said that I am Brown. Here is my result:

Brown

You're brown, a credible, stable color that's reminiscent of fine wood, rich leather, and wistful melancholy. Most likely, you're a logical, practical person ruled more by your head than your heart. With your inquisitive mind and insatiable curiosity, you're probably a great problem solver. And you always gather all of the facts before coming to a timely, informed decision. Easily intrigued, you're constantly finding new ways to challenge your mind, whether it's by reading the newspaper, playing a trivia game, or composing a piece of music. Brown is an impartial, neutral color, which means you tend to see the difference between fact and opinion easily and are open to many points of view. Trustworthy and steady, you really are a brown at heart.

!!!CAUTION BEFORE YOU CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK!!!

It will ask you about your e-mail address but since you don't need it to see your result, just give them something that you don't mind being junked.
Now go find out what is your colour (^ ^)

Wow... Am I that good?

The result of The World's Shortest Personality Test:

Your Personality Profile

You are nurturing, kind, and lucky. Like mother nature, you want to help everyone. You are good at keeping secrets and tend to be secretive. A seeker of harmony, you are a natural peacemaker. You are good natured and people enjoy your company. You put people at ease and make them feel at home with you.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

Take the test yourself and tell me the result :)

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Today I feel so good! The wheather is fine. The temperature is warm. And the most important thing is that this is the first day of Chinese New Year!!! Although there is not much celebration over here in Japan, I went out with some malaysian friends and had a dinner... then went to karaoke with them last night to celebrate the great event. :)

Once again, 新年快楽!

Oh ya, I made some wallpapers for the Linux operating system. Download and use them freely if you like. It comes in blue initially, the red one is here for the festive season. Enjoy!

Hi, there

Another post from the lab.

Recently I have been keeping to a very healthy schedule, waking up at 09:30 and sleeping at around 01:00, until last night. Last night, I worked on my research until 4 in the morning. Although I woke up at 11:00 today, I feel good. Not that I want to say that I feel good because I have had 7 hours of sleep, what I want to tell is that sometimes it is good to break out from a routine. Of course in order to break the routine, you will first have to have a routine.

We always hear people complaining that they are tired of routine work. And we feel good when we can get out of it. So, what I would like to suggest here is, why don't we purposely get ourselves a routine and then delibrately break it? Then we might feel good.

Alright, enough non-sense.

Just read a comparison by CNET between the AMD's dual-core chips and Intel's dual-core chips. I have gained some interest in Intel's since Apple's new iMac and the coming MacBook Pro are using its Core Duo chips, but this article has reminded me about the truth. Go to look for yourself, AMD is certainly the winner. However, there must be a reason why Apple has chosen Intel's. And I think I know the answer. You see. AMD's chips, although powerful, has a bad reputation on energy consumption and heat problems. After experiencing the consequences of these weaknesses with Power PC, I think Apple has made the right choice. However, I think if I am going to buy a desktop, AMD is the sure way to go. On the notebook side, stick with Intel.

Just some thoughts.

You can read the review here.

Oh, ya. Before I forgot.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Watched 2 movies today...

It is 1:56 in the morning and I should be sleeping now since tomorrow is Monday. But obviously I am not. I was very tired and sleepy just now but now I feel a little refreshed after brushing my teeth and washing my face. The effects won't hang around long I suppose. So this might be a short post.

I watched 2 DVDs in a row today. They are "Batman Begins" and "National Treasures" and I think they are fun to watch. Although not really good but good enough to kill some free time. Before I forget, I would like to mark down two sentences that I like from "Batman Begins":

"Why do we fall? To learn how to pick ourselves up." - Thomas Wayne

"It is not what underneath you, but what you do that defines you." - Rachel

Perhaps not exactly what they are in the movie but I think this is pretty close.

Now I am going to sleep. Good night.

Just to update...

Haven't updated this blog properly for quite a long time. Just drop by to update you about my life and those things/events that interested me recently.

First of all, I am currently working on the evaluation of the system I have built for my final year project. Then I will have to write my thesis(or report) based on it. There is only one month left and I am still not very sure about how well I can do. But I will try my best :) Fight fight!

Apple always catches me in surprise. They just announced their new Intel Mac recently. Although we all have known and expected that they were going to move on to the Intel platform but I didn't expect they could build the product so quickly. But I love surprises :D Instead of telling people that there will be something nice and ask them to wait, I think it is better to first make the thing. And let's get back to the new Intel Macs. There are currently two products announced, iMac and MacBook Pro(only available in February, though). You can watch the clip of the keynote here. I would like to have a MacBook Pro but it is just too pricy for me at the moment. Let's see if they are going to have a cheaper notebook line like the iBook now.

The Theory on the Quality of a House

The quality of a house is decided by the ones living in it; not by the house itself.

Happy New Year!!!

First, I would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year!!! I have a feeling that this new year will be a better year for all mankind :D And I think this will be a year full of change for me. First of all, I will graduate(hopefully) in March and continue on Master Degree in April. And then last morning my landlord told me that they are going to tear down the building that I am now living and build a new one. So, I have to temporarily move to another building. But since changes always give birth to new things, I am going to face these changes positively :)

And since this is new year, I would like to make new year resolutions:

1. Be more focused and concentrated.


2. Do thing one at a time.


3. Be a smarter consumer.


4. Stop worrying too much.


5. Be more self-motivated.


6. Be nice to the others.

By the way, I went on a snow board trip from 26th December to 30th December 2005. Although we couldn't play much on the day we arrived because of the heavy snow, we managed to enjoy ourselves on the second and the third day. Like usual, I will post the photos on my static website when I have the time.

Starting off to ski trip

I am now in my lab having finished the mid-term presentation. Later I am going to take the bus to... (sorry but I forgot the name of the place) to play snow board(play?). So, for sure I am not going to update my blog in these few days but here I want to wish everybody a Happy New Year!!! (too early...) Well, since I will be busy during the end of the year(busy enjoying myself) so I just want to make an early wish. Hope that the coming year will be a better year for all of us :D

And next year is the year of the dog... woa! woa!

Added the ablum to static website

Hi, just as promised I have added the photos I have taken on the day which snowed heavily.
Check it out :)

HERE!

See you :)

Merry Xmas

Why do I need a forest if all I ever need is just a shade to rest under?

Merry Xmas.

A white Xmas & Beware of the Santa worm

Merry Xmas! Xmas is just around the corner and it has snowed quite heavily today. Above is the photo of my bike being covered by snow... poor fella... More photos will be uploaded to my static website when I have the time.

And while you are in the holiday mood, don't be fooled by this worm reported by ZDnet here. Viruses and worms tend to appear during holiday seasons.

So see you again :)

Life long debugging process

From a developer's point of view,
life may be a piece of software which needs constant updating and debugging. Now where is the next bug?

Tomorrow's a holiday :D

Late at night thinking...

Thinking about what? An algorithm for my current research :) And I finally thought of a way to make what I want it to happen happen. Well, since it has nothing much to do with other people so I am not reviewing it here :P

And now I can go to sleep happily :) Going to implement the algorithm tomorrow. Now I wish morning comes sooner :) See you and good nite :)

Template change again

Hahaha, I don't really like the girlie look of the former template, so I changed it again. And I added a photo in the profile box. It was my former handphone strap but since it tore off some days ago so now my phone is naked...

Changed the template..

Just tried to change the look and feel for this blog. Look a bit girlie? I think so, too. Anyway, will put it this way for some time and see...

Japanese Proficiency Level Test

I just sat for the Japanese Proficiency Level Test Level 1 today. FYI, level 1 is the highest level you can take in this test. Well, what can I say, I haven't actually prepared for it. I would tell you that because I want to know how well I can do without any preparation if you ask. But in fact I just didn't have the time + mood to prepare for it :P

The test is not as easy as I thought, but not extremely hard, too. Just feel a bit nostalgic answering all those questions. I haven't taken a test for language since the time I was learning Japanese 4 years ago. Just made me think about the good old days :D

Well, the test is one thing. The other thing is that it has rained heavily today. And it is very cold. Heard that it will be even colder tomorrow. >Sigh< So I suppose I will spend my whole day in my lab tomorrow.

Wanted to wash clothes but...

Ok, that's all for today.
See ya :)

Firefox 1.5 is out!

Quick, go download it from here. Amongst the new features are:

1. You can now rearrange your tabs.
2. Clear up sensitive informations(history, cookies, etc.) in one click.
3. Faster rendering.
4. Find out more from the above website!!!

I know this sounds like an advertisement but it is not. Those who know me should know that I am a hardcore fan of the mozilla team. I hope you enjoy it, too :)

See ya.