To test the template :D

Hello, please ignore this post, I am just trying to see how things get displayed with this design template :)

Now, this is a blockquote:

Well, a blockquote looks like this. Now just want to make it longer to see the whole of it. It looks nice. Oh now let's think about it. Why didn't just copy a block of text instead of typing it like an idiot? :P

I watched "Saw"...

Yeah the title of the movie is "Saw". Not the past tenst of "See" but the tool you use to cut thing. The story is quite scary but not without meaning. Highly recommended. But not for the weak-hearted. Watch only if you have no heart problems.

Have had many activities today. First, I would like to say "Selamat Hari Raya" to my Malay friends. And thanks for the Open House they had today. Nice food! Thanks.

After the Open House, we went to a garden(Bampakku) to take some photos of momiji(red leaves). But unfortunately, the battery of my camera died off halfway so I didn't manage to take many photos.

Then, went to eat sushi(nice food again), doughnuts. And at last watched "Saw".

Didn't mean to report the whole day at first but just feel like writing more.

See you next time until you have watched the "Saw", too :P

Good nite.

Just dropping by

Hi, sorry for not posting for almost a month. Just don't feel like writing about anything. Not that now I have something to share but just want to drop a line so that you guys know I am still living fine.

Last night went for a movie called "The Corpse Bride". Quite nice an animation. Very creative and some jokes about death. It is trying to show you that sometimes the deads are much sweeter than the living ones.

That's all for today.

See you then and have a nice holiday(if you are in Malaysia and Japan).

About the ads...

Recently I noticed that there are many random advertisements added to my blog here. Well, since I enable the option to let anonymous user post replies to my posts, so I suppose that this is unavoidable. So for the time being, please ignore them. I think it is pretty easy to recognise the ads from the real replies.

Anyway, I am looking for a way to get around this but since I am not that free recently so this may take some time. So please don't be cheated by them.

About OpenDocument

Having waken up earlier than I have planned, I am surfing the web to kill some time. And I have found this article about Microsoft Office's support of the OpenDocument Format(ODF).

As its name implies, ODF is an open format that every applications can adopt. Imagine this, how many times have you got a file that only a proprietary application(something that costs money) can open/save to from your friends, and you have to write back to them to convert the format to another one which you can open with a free software?

If Microsoft is kind enough to implement this ODF into its office suite, then we may be able to use an alternative office suite(which is free) without any worries about incompatibilities. However, There might be a catch behind. Even if they implement ODF into Microsoft Office, we can never be sure whether they will try to manipulate the format once again. (Just look at what have they done with the WWW standards and you will know)

Well, if you also wish to get rid of the lock-down of Microsoft Office, perhaps this is the time for you to download OpenOffice.org(which is totally free! No catch) that supports ODF. But just be careful not to download version 1.1.5. The version that supports ODF is version 2.0 and above. Although it is still in its release canditate(rc) state, I think it is reasonably stable enough for daily use. For the safe bet, perhaps you should wait for one or two months before the official release comes out.

Microsoft must support OpenDocument

OpenBSD Release Songs! Cool!

Just something to share. It seems that the other free and open-sourced operating system, OpenBSD, claimed to be one of the most secure OSes on earth, has a release song associated with their every release since 3.0. And many of them are quite nice to listen. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Tips: Don't just listen to the songs, read the explanation on the left of the lyrics so you can understand the songs better :D

Here you go:
http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html

I have to go now since there might be a sales in town.
See ya! :)

The different feelings...

When I was in Malaysia, I liked to stay in my house most of the day. Watching TV, DVD, VCD; reading some books, magazines; doing some work I brought back. These seemed to be the most exciting things that I can do, and I really enjoyed doing them. Although the Internet connection back home was a merely 56Kbps dial-up, I did really take the time and read the articles on the web.

When I came back to Japan, I like to stay in my house most of the day, too. But doing basically nothing! Or should I say I am doing too many things, without one being at the satisfying level of accomplishment. Weird, huh? Despite all the resources I have here, I am not so keen on doing what I have been doing back home anymore...

So, what is the moral behind the story? Who knows...

Listen to this and amuse yourself :-D

This is a cool idea!!!

Someone has use the voice of those talking dictionaries to sing some famous songs. And it is really funny :D Enjoy!

http://www.dictionaraoke.org/

A lot to report...

Wow... the last post was posted before the Graduate School Entrance Exam... and you know what, the result has been announced more than one month. So I did passed the exam and that means I will stay here for another 2 and a half year.

After getting the result, I went on a trip with lecturers, seniors and friends. Right after that trip, I went back to Malaysia. And this morning, I came back to Osaka again. Time is fast. So, use your time wisely. :)

Didn't have enough sleep after coming down from the plane, so see ya for now. Good night.

Oh yeah, I came across this article when I was in Malaysia. Hope you enjoy it, too. But be warned, only interesting for technology people. :D

Get passed weekend blues (^ ^)

Har... Finally I got over the weekend blues and started studying like normal again. Should think of a way to escape the blues before another weekend comes. :P Any ideas?

Oooopppsss...

Sorry that I forgot about the promise that I would continue to write last night. But never mind, I don't think you care anyway :P

Just now I went to a local electircal store to get a light tube to replace the old one. And naturally I had a look at what softwares they are selling. And I just notice that almost half of the shelves is filled with antivirus softwares. Now I think these company should thank microsoft for its popularity :P

What I thought was that, there are in fact many free alternatives out there. Here is a list of some of them which I have tried:

Antivirus:

1. AVG Antivirus
   http://free.grisoft.com/
   I'm using this :D


2. Avast! Antivirus
   http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
   You need to register every year... although it is free


3. ClamAV
   Official site: http://www.clamav.net/
   Windows port: http://www.clamwin.net/
   An open source software. Under development now but I think it will be highly usable in the near future. So be sure to check it out frequently.

Firewalls:

1. ZoneAlarm
   http://www.zonelabs.com/
   This is certainly my choice! Since it doesn't nag on me :P For power users, the following two maybe better :)


2. Kerio Personal Firewall
   http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
   An alternative


3. Sygate Personal Firewall
   http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
   Another alternative.

If you can't find the one you like, just search for "Free antivirus firewall" on google :D

Enjoy the free world!!!

Gulugulugulu....

Now ignore the title since it doesn't bear much meaning.

There is an old Chinese saying, "Bitter now and sweet later". It means suffer now so that you can enjoy later. But what about enjoy now and enjoy again later? Of course you have to do your planning so that you can spread your bitterness evenly but not focusing it on one spot.

Oh, my room is getting hot so I am going. See ya. Perhaps will write the rest tonight, and perhaps not.

Bye bye.

A good idea (- -!)

It is so HOT~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!

If someone has ever invented a time machine, I have thought of a good way to use! First, you make a hole that connect to the space on the other time on your wall. Then, set the destination time to which it connects a winter time. Then, the cold air would flow throw the hole to your room! With this, you don't need a heater in winter, too!!!

Arrggghh... how brilliant I am.... (_ _!)

To all my busy friends...

I have so many busy friends around me. What about you? Everybody just seems that s/he is so occupied by his/her studies, by his/her work, by whatever s/he is busy with. But why am I always the luckiest one who doesn't "seem" busy at all? Well, I think I am "optimally" busy. Have enough work to keep me busy, yet with a little time left for myself to enjoy my live. Good luck to those busy ones. I hope they will have their rewards for all their hard work :)

Today I would like to talk about the topic "Being Happy". I once told my friend, when he was miserable, that you can be happy anytime when you want to be. Of course he opposed to this idea and thought that I was crazy(Ok, I added this one... :P) But come to think about it, is that actually something that prevent you from being happy all the time? "Being happy" is just a state of your feelings. You feel good. If you insist to be happy, will anything outside you can stop you? Ya, maybe there are. This is a world full of challenges. Challenges that prevent you from being happy. But if you simply insist on being happy. Nothing can stop you :D Just like nothing can help you if you want to feel sad and miserable.

We often hear that one "can't help feeling bad", but I would hope that someday somebody would tell me that, s/he "can't help feeling happy" :D Isn't that nice?

Bad day... (T T)

But I am not going to talk about it :D I just decided that I will only write about good things from now on. Writing about bad things only make you feel worse. Agree?

Good thing.. good thing... Oh ya, today I cleaned my room. I don't actually remember when did I clean my room last time. But it makes me feel a lot more comfortable now :D Yaho!

And good thing good thing... Oh ya(again?), I helped a junior with his programming work just now. I think he should try harder to think about it himself, though. So instead of writing it all for him in maybe 20 mins, I made him write his own code and spent about 2 hours with him :D Hahaha, I think I will make a good teacher :D

What else? what else? Ok nothing else... so I will stop here.
See ya again with more good news :)

Ok I lied....

Hi, it is me again... hehehe... missed me? But I didn't actually lied. I was actually busy, and am still busy. Why I made it sound so BIG was that I wanted to let someone know that I am busy, too. So, I hope that the someone has got the message and the someone will never think of a mission for me again. Thanks.

And in this weekend without the someone, I have completed building a website for a school organisation, complete with PHP authentication so a user can just log in and post messages. Something like a blog but not as powerful as one. Well, anyway I learned a new skill and my job of maintaining the website becomes easier with this tool. Good work to myself. And starting from tomorrow, I will spend more time in the library to prepare for my graduate school entrance exams. Good luck to those who are going to sit for it.

I think I made it sound too suspicious with the term "someone", but the one who knows knows, the one who doesn't get it, maybe you don't need to know. But one thing is for sure that this someone is not the someone that you think if you don't simply know the answer...

Ok, let's call it a day here :)
See ya!

I AM BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you think that new hope is here, you are 99% wrong. Evils strike back!

OK, ignore me. And I am damn busy lately. No time to write here. So, expect my next post to be posted... maybe... next year?

See ya.

Going to be sick... (-_-!)

it is so hot lately in the afternoon, but it cools down at night. I think I am going to be sick if this kind of weather continues. In fact, I don't feel quite well now. Sore throat and some coughing. Going to see the school doctor tomorrow to get some free medicine. (- -!)

Getting busy these days. Need to prepare for the entrance exams of the Graduate school but I haven't got anything done yet. Sigh. But it is much better than last year, though.

Arr... sleepy now... need some rest badly...

See you next time if I survive the bad weather :(

Wow a long time again!!!

Sorry for not writing for such a long time. Ya I am still alive :) And everything is fine except my poor little old white scooter... the exhaust pipe got stuck after all these years and the mechanic of the shop told me that it doesn't worth it to repair. So, I got a new one for 55,000 yens. (-_-!) Broke.

Oh ya, I rented the whole series of the LOTR(Lord of the Rings) and watched all 3 episodes in two days!!! I found it quite boring last time when I first watched it. But now I think it is actually quite interesting, if you watch all at the same time, before you forgot the stories of the former episodes.

And... what more... nothing... my life is quite empty... but buzy... So see you next time :)

Wait, I forgot to mention that I bought the whole set of the City Hunter comics at 1,800 yens!!! Cheap cheap... and they are in good condition. I have finished reading them yesterday. Fun.

So, see you.

One month...

It has been one month since I came back to Japan. Somehow I felt that it was longer. But it was just a month. Everything is fine here. Not much problems with studies. Things are like usual. I just write to let you know that everything is fine.

Oh ya, I still have some assignment to do. I have to pass it up tomorrow but I haven't started doing it yet. Anyway, I don't really need the credit, so... But I will try to finish it lah... :) TRY... :P Just now one of my juniors told me that he thinks he is lazy... but now let's see who is the lazier one... :D

Ciao.