Adrian's Little Haven

Migration

2009-02-12T00:44:00.000+08:00

Finally decided to migrate to http://adrianleo.org/

Please update your links

thank you.

Update-a-thon

2008-10-07T00:26:00.005+08:00

Okay, finally feel like updating again cause i actually have something to update about =)

Anyways, went to Cameron - Ipoh for a holiday during the Raya Break. Seriously missing the oh-so-perfect weather @ sigh... why can't Melaka have this kind of temps instead of the currently mind bogglingly 30-ish...

Pic above: Cameron at night, 15 sec exposure, no tripod, pillar was the next best thing. Misty night too.
Spotted at Brinchang, Is it a Proton? Is it a Perodua? Is it both? the guy has serious identity problems...

After 3 nights, went down to Ipoh, obviously, this being Ipoh, a visit to the Tauge Chicken shop(s) is a must apparently, where they have super crunchy and thick tauge and smooth and white err white chicken.

The place was stupidly full of people... Literally, people standing and waiting at soon to be vacated tables.

After a night in Ipoh, Home Sweet Home

And a few days later, Wendy's HighTea Birthday Partay @ EQ melaka!
woot!!
The attendees from left, Jien Lee, Sarah Lee, Adrian Leo, Wendy Lee, Han Yang, Aaron Leo.
Looks fake, but it only took one brave person, which is not me, to find out that it's edible.

The birthday cake, I think its called Chocolate Roulade or something like that.
Jien Lee was facinated by something...
And Birthday Girl herself

And for the ultimate geek/luxury/fun/show off/bragging rights/have more real estate (delete as apprioate) and a picture is worth a thousand words. Nuff said.

Security Check? my ass...

2008-09-05T16:15:00.005+08:00

Okay, went to the library to do some maths yesterday night, It was very normal, very usual until i got to the main gate/roundabout, There was a sign saying "Security Check" and 2 guards standing there. At this point, what the damn sign should have read was "Parking Sticker Check" or something like that.

The whole idea of this stunt is that, there are not enough students buying those pathetic parking stickers. Why in the name of all that's holy should we spend more money on a stupid sticker when I do not drive to campus often enough to need it? and why should some of us pay for a sticker that does not garuentee us a parking space? It's always full, and there's plenty of Creative Parkers to make life more difficult trying to manuvure a car in or out a parking space.

I know many people including myself, do not have their own cars, which should not be a problem. The problem starts when some of us have assignments and need to meet up to do it. So I drive there, cause its safer, and more comfortable, and its night time. Melaka is a safe place, but I do not fancy doing a 400-meter sprint if anything happens.

Ok, fine, the sticker is not that expensive they might argue, but ~~I have 2 cars~~ my household has 2 cars, not rich, but cause parents comes in pairs. So i am at liberty to choose which car to drive which is already parked outside the house (makes life easier). But somehow, those 'geniuses' at the top, thinks its a very smart idea to limit the same of those stickers to 1 per student. What in the world are they trying to do? They want us to buy the stickers, but they are limiting the sale of the stickers. I do not drive to campus often nor do I need to drive to campus often, cause I can walk. I am just there to finish up some assignments/project that needed doing.

Considering everything, I don;t drive to campus often, if I do, its only for a few hours, lack of parking space, creative parkers, does not warrant me to buy a damn sticker just so I can park the car in my own porch...

Ebla - E.S. Posthumus

2008-08-15T20:26:00.003+08:00

Ebla by E.S. Posthumus

E.S = Experimental Sounds, Posthumus = all things past; is fromed by 2 brothers Helmut and Franz Vonlichten. All they do, is make great music like this. Their music has been used by many movie trailers due to their cinematic/dramatic style. To keep in the posthumus theme, all their songs in the album are named after old cities.

Grand Theft Auto to be banned?

2008-08-12T23:24:00.007+08:00

Recently in the papers, some guy from some consumer association from Penang wrote in to say that Malaysia should ban Grand Theft Auto. According to him, GTA encourages violence, people killing people for the fun of it; degrades moral so people who played the game have the urge to have more sex. Apparently, one murder case in Thailand was linked to the game and in the writer's eyes, all should be well if the game is to be banned in this country. Basically is about "BAN THIS FILTH!!!" kind of thing. Its funny when they complain about the game but never played it themselves. Its so annoying when they start preaching about it when they never ever touched the game.

But I am sorry, I played GTA before and I thought it was kinda fun and entertaining. I certainly did not go killing people i do not like. Nor did I not go ~~fuck~~ fornicate around after playing the game. Best part is, I know other people who play the game and its still the same old sane person and definately not mental.

I seriously wonder why video games are taking the heat, of course the TV got hit first but i digress. If video games are to be banned if they contain violence/some sex that would literally mean most of the games out there, heck the only games on the market at that time will be children games... and thats not a rosy future to look forward to.

Other than that, think about it, piracy is already rampant, banning games is not a way to solve that problem either, it is going to drive piracy higher. At that time, whatever that happens, do not blame the consumers for using Bittorrent and RapidShare and some free games website (you get the idea) to download the those banned games. Them (Banners?) are the one to blame.

Since we are talking about banning video games, let's see might as wells ban them cigarettes, they cause health problems, some people who smoke' em have the delusion of coolness, why not ban them too? I am already enjoying playing this banning game. Lets ban the internet, since its addictive and a perfect waste of some peoples time like mine or maybe because it has tonnes of pornography that destroys a person moral, that will save the world from global warming since people have no reason to turn on the PC and oh, it will oh-so-save-people's-moral. Hmm let's see, Might as well ban' em movies since some of the involve violence and sex amongst other vices. I could go on but for your sanity and mine, better not.

Beijing Olympics 2008

2008-08-09T18:24:00.003+08:00

They did not only outdo previous hosts, they even outdid themselves for their opening night. Breathtaking, visual, beautiful, Beijing made Athens look like they did not try hard enough for theirs 4 years ago.

So pretty, its almost hard not to burst into tears...

Speed Me Towards Death - Rob Dougan

2008-08-07T15:12:00.002+08:00

Adrian on solving problems part 2

2008-08-04T23:12:00.002+08:00

Sent my phone to the shop today, waited (again) almost an hour for the technician to cross check the IMEI numbers in his database. In the end, both IMEI from the phone and the board itself are in the database but they cannot determine the cause of the problems. So they decided to send it back to the manufacturer and see whats what. Its a 2 week thing and I am already suffering from withdrawel symptoms... Being used to speed and going back to my old(er) E398 is just plain torture cause its so slow... but oh well, better than nothing.

Fingers crossed.

Adrian on solving problems. Part 1

2008-08-03T23:17:00.005+08:00

Quite recently, I noticed that when i run java programs on my phone, that program cannot connect to the internet. The best part is, i downloaded that program from my phone using the built-in Opera web browser. Tried the the web (PC) but to no avail, no solution found.

So made a call to Motorola in KL to check on the problem, the guy was frankly not very helpful as it was a third party software, he did some basic troubleshooting though, in the end, pooh poohed me to call Maxis.

Called maxis, guy was helpful (relatively) and nice. Suggested that it may be a corrupt download and I should download it again from their WAP portal. Did that and still Opera Mini did not work, so he suggested that i go back to the shop where i bought the phone from.

Went to the shop the next day, those cocky/a**holes/bastards were to distracted to help because they were too busy trying to sell me Celcom3G/Unlimited Package crap. First he blamed Maxis, so he swapped my SIM for a Celcom one, Unlimited Data package obviously, and In-Your-Face-Smugness it did not work. According to him, my phone is original, Motorola will recognize the phone IF I bring it to them but more on this later. Anyways, he decided to try a maxis SIM the latest one according to him 256k SIM, still did not work. So he suggested me to go to Maxis Center in Mahkota Parade to get it checked, possible a network related problem.

So the next day, went to Maxis. Waited almost an hour for them to finish troubleshooting. According to them, its not their problem. They tried it on a Nokia at first, had the same problem as my phone, after that he came to me said that its my phone thats having the problem. So I asked about the Nokia, according to him, it works, and he did not show it to me... For all I know, he can't solve it and just made that last bit up. In the end, suggested I went to the Motorola dealer.

Went one floor up to the shop, the guy behind the counter said his technician went to eat and I should come back an hour later... An hour later, talked to him, he tried, did not work, he had no idea what was wrong and suggested I try the Motorola Service Center... According to him, my phone is an AP set and it will cost an astounding RM120 for labour charges itself, compared to the cheap 20bucks for an orignal set. So I gave up, went back to discuss with my aunt that bought the phone for me.

At that time, i was fuming, steam practically venting from any concievible opening retold the story to her. Then I had a sudden thought, check the IMEI to see it fits. Lol and behold, its does not... more salt to wound... made up my mind, they guy in the shop is SO dead... THIS IS ~~SPARTA~~ WAR!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love my V6 to bits. It is a very nice phone to use in reality. And it has trick up its sleeves that the others lack. Namely style and exclutivity.

I like the the design language, that glass front facia with hidden touch sensitive music buttons. I like that Soft Touch rubber feel even the phone is made of metal. Compared to those cheaper feel, made of plastic competitors this feels solid, something you can drop it and it survives. I like the metal keypad. Its a phone that attracts me. I like the slimness and how they managed to stuff quite a number of things into its slim casing.

I like the fact that most people would rather buy a Sony Erricsson or a Nokia. Actually I ahve considered these 2 before getting my V6. Its nice to know that I am holding a phone that less people has. For example, in my class alone, the amount of students using the same phone, Nokia or SE number in the hundreds, its too common, when you flash your phone, everybody has the same one, it hurts. The problem lies in the amount of Ah Bengs and Ah Lians using SE phones, and all the phones look the same. On the other hand, most Nokias are desperately ugly and stupidly bulky. And they have that fussy Symbian OS that tries to be smart but arent at times.

It may not be the most feature packed phone but its the phone that i would really love to own.

Those guys in the phone shop are so dead tomorrow...
Update after screwing up the guy.

Sarah is SO gonna pay for this...

2008-07-31T22:23:00.004+08:00

The Music Shuffle Meme
1. Put your iTunes/ music player/ phone on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must put down the song name no matter what.

After you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve been tagged to the meme themselves.
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1.What would best describe your personality?
Gonna Find My Baby - Moby

2.What do you like in a guy/girl?
Such A Rush - Coldplay

3.How do you feel today?
Growing on Me - The Darkness

4.What is your life's purpose?
Man on Fire OST End Theme Lisa Gerrard - Harry Gregson William

5.What is your motto?
Gegaran Warisan - Ensamble of Malaysian Schools?

6.What do your friends think of you?
El Cargo - Amon Tobin (What TF....)

7.What do you think of your parents?
Lonely Souls - UNKLE (This is uncalled for...)

8.What do you think about very often?
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

9.What do you think of your best friend?
Whenever, Whenever - Shakira

10.What do you think of your crush?
What's Your Flavor - Craig David

11.What is your life story?
The Mouse (Stardust OST) - Elan Eshkeri

12.What do you want to be when you grow up?
The Tell (Casino Royale) - David Arnold

13.What do you think when you see your crush?
Heal Me, I'm Heartsick - No Vacancy

14.What do your parents think of you?
Sollente Pi - E.S Posthumus (Rrrright...)

15.What do strangers think of you?
Coronation - Elan Eshkeri

16.What will they play at your funeral?
Protoss Broodwar theme - Starcraft OST

17.What will you dance to at your wedding?
Your Body is A Wonderland - John Mayer

18.What is your hobby/interest?
Thardi Hildi - Aman Hayer

19.What do you think of your friends?
Friday - Daniel Bedingfield

20.What song do you listen to when you are sad?
A little Less Conversation -Elvis Presley (THis is so wrong...)

21.What song do you air guitar to?
You Give me Something - James Morrison

22.What should be your signature karaoke song?
Vertigo- U2

23.What is your greatest desire?
Everything's not Lost - Coldplay

24.What does next year have in store for you?
The Scientist - Coldplay

25.What's your outlook on life?
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

26.How will you die?
Have a Nice Day - Jon Bon Jovi

27.Do people secretly lust after you?
This Is Where I Came in - Bee Gees

28.The best advice you will ever get
The Hardest Day - The Coors feat Alezjandro Sanz

29.What will I be doing for the next 3 months?
Thank You For Loving Me - Jon Bon Jovi

30.What do you think of the person who tagged you?
Yellow - Coldplay

31.What will your future mother-in-law be like?
Pump It - Black eyes Peas

32.What is the favourite song of the doctor who will help deliver your baby?
One I Love - Coldplay

33.If you wrote a book, what would it be about?
Asmaradana - Tiara Jacquelina

34.What sort of world ruler would you be?
Da Ya Think I Am Sexy - Rod Steward

35.Will you ever get a dog or cat?
Anugerah Terindah yang pernah ku-miliki - Shiela on 7

36.What would you say at your Oscar/Nobel prize acceptance speech?
Super Trouper - ABBA

37.What is your superpower?
45.33 - LCD Soundsystem

38.Why are you attracted to enigmatic brooders?
Enjoy The Silence - Depache Mode (Mike Shinoda remix)
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Cool and somewhat dumb tag!

Now, I tag the 5 people:
1. Avisha Patel
2. Kua Zi Ren
3. Edwin Ho
4. Donny
5. Race Lee

I can feel the hate...

Bu aksam ölürüm, or just tutamas.

2008-07-30T20:59:00.008+08:00

Either you will like or hate this song. But i think its a really nice turkish song.
Bu aksam ölürüm by Murat Kekilli, this song is rumored to cause people to commit suicide due to the lyrics of the song, according to the video, and to a friend of mine.

Video is not mine as I do not have the video and my Turkish is crap.

Turkish in Bold
English translation below

Bu aksam ölürüm beni kimse tutamaz
tonight I'll die nobody can't stop me
Sen bile tutamazsýn yýldýzlar tutamaz
even you can't stop me, the stars can't either
Bir uçurum gibi düserim gözlerinden
I will fall from your eyes like from a cliff
Gözlerin beni tutamaz
your eyes can't stop me

Düslerinde büyürüm büyürüm kabusun olur ölürüm
I'll grow in your dreams. grow, become a nightmare and die
Bir siir yazarým bir türkü söylerim
I'll write you a poem, I'll sing you a song
Bir sen olurum bir ben ölürüm
I'll be you for once, me I"ll die
Bu aksam ölürüm sýrf senin için
Tonight I'll die just for you
Beni ölüm bile anlamaz
even death won't understand me
Bir siir yazarým bir türkü söylerim
I'll write you a poem, I'll sing you a song
Bir sen olurum bir ben ölürüm
I'll be you for once, me I"ll die
Bu aksam ölürüm sýrf senin için
Tonight I'll die just for you
Beni ölüm bile anlamaz
even death won't undeerstand me

No smoking, obviously not incense

2008-07-26T23:43:00.004+08:00

This goes to the dimwits who deserve it.

This sign, which is plastered all over any indoor air-conditioned area almost everywhere on earth and some geniuses just can't grasp the meaning of it.

Seriously, what the hell does it look like to you? a tyre? an exhaust pipe with smoke coming out? random shapes? What are the chances of people not understand simple english, like No Smoking? Is it an alien language? Is it some squiggly lines that form some sort of shape(s)?

Maybe it means no smoking of tires? no smoking of maybe incense?

Puffing up in front of me in front of that sign only makes you well... an idiot. Not man/macho/cool (delete as appropriate), but an idiot who does not understand simple English or the ability to decipher a simple pictogram. And I am quite sure that there are more people out there with me here...

Its such a simple sign and nobody gives a damn about it. This is seriously, going to be the end of the world, nuff said.

M4 Part2 - Faunts

2008-07-22T13:25:00.002+08:00

I have wondered about you
Where will you be when this through
If all goes as planned
Will you redeem my life again?

Fire the fields the weed is sown
Water down your empty soul
Wake the sea of silent hope
Water down your empty soul

Fight your foes you’re on your own
Holy war is on the phone
Asking to please stay on hold
The bleeding loss of blood runs cold

And I need you to recover
Because I can’t make it on my own

Hauntingly beautiful, atmospheric song.
Mass Effect OST, Credits.

BioWare does it again...

2008-07-17T12:17:00.002+08:00

BioWare does it again. Great game, endless restarts... Great story (Sci-Fi, aliens, tech you will never see, whats not to like?), typical slightly long winded but essential side quest (do it or have a hard time doing the main quest; low level problems). Great Galaxy Map system, i wish it was real (made up facts about made up systems/planets, seemless zooms in or out.). Well written dialog. Graphics are abit iffy though (okay... i play at medium... my PC is 2-3 years old...) but then shadows are erm crap, it looks like that i have doen the shading...

Anyways the bad part... It crashes... like almost any Bioware game I played... Kotor2, NVW2 and now Mass Effect (Jade Empire was suprisingly stable.). It freezes every 1-2 hours, dunno why. Best part is before i can even play the game, I had to use 3 different drivers just to run the damm thing... not fun... at all... it still does that though...

But great game, all is forgiven.

Dogs + idiots = ?

2008-07-13T21:17:00.006+08:00

Is it me or its just that some people are idiots? I mean really, everytime I walk Samantha, they will surely be some boys who will start taunting and/or try to get the dog's attention. Its a simple thing really, that they do not understand. Call the dog, you get his/her attention, the dog will investigate and then act appropriately. Its fine when the dog is on leash, but what if its some stray dog who is bored and wants to play? or just a stray who wants to bite the annoying idiot?

For example, i bring me German Shepard to the field for her daily walks. Almost everyday, i meet the same annoying git that tells me how to do stuff. For example, i brought her to a shady area (hot day) so we can enjoy the outdoors. When I say we, I meant me. But I digress, the smartass comes a tell me that they were playing there and can me and Sam go somewhere else, its all fine except for one thing, the field is huge, i was just standing under the tree with Sam on a leash, them kids weren't even playing near us in the first place, so i shot back, why don't you go there and play then since you suggested it to me. Another day came, same prick (ok, fine...I think its the same person) came to me and said, do not let your dog defecate on the field as we wanna play football... then came the Best Line of The Year. My friends dad is working in MBMB... I almost shouted at him at the point... just because i have a dog on my hands does not mean i am irresponsible. They are like hundreds of dogs... and I have only one.

Another gripe is, there are a few dogs in my taman, they are generally friendly to those who stays in the area and are more cautious towards others who don't. That's fine in all aspects, except for one thing. They are called Underage License-less Helmet-less Motorcycling Idiots of a race i am not allowed to speak of, but of course, i am not racist, its just them i see them do it all the time. Best part is, they don't even live in the area, ok fine, they live a few jalans away in their low(er) cost homes. Not that i am loaded or anything but I digress. They will mount their underpowered cub-chais and have fun their way. Which isto ride at (relatively) high speed and let them stray dogs chase them while shouting loudly at each other. Repeat procedure for a few times. Its a formula which works, for them. "Entertaining" to them, not to us or anyone who lives along the same road. What if they fall? Now you gotta be bonkers to help them, they deserve it, after what they done, which is something stupid. But then, thats just inhumanen besides, the whole world is watching.

What i can say, if they do fall and the dogs do bite them or something, they will be a ton of hoohah and a load of crap. Long story short, dogs = bad. But then the dog was provoked in the first place. But then blaming the dog is easier than blaming their beloved son who evidently lack brains, or good parenting. Or more spectacularly, both. Not that I am evil, but I really do want to see them fall of them bikes and let them have it, the taste of their own medicine. As I am writing this post, they performed their (almost) daily ritual of cheating ~~death~~ sorry, Injury.

Took a test @ Tickle

2008-07-06T19:41:00.001+08:00

and got this as my result...

Teacher's Pet

"Excuse me, Sir! I don't think you gave us enough homework." Being the teacher's pet probably didn't win you any popularity contests, (outside of the faculty lounge, that is). But who cares? You weren't being graded by your classmates. These days, no one knows the rules better than you, and no one else knows just how to grease the palms that make those rules run in your favor.

Back in high school, your peers might have voted you Biggest Brown-noser, but they probably didn't understand the perks of perfecting the art of the schmooze — and at such a young age! Sure, some things might have changed since your glory days, but at least some of the tables have turned. Back then a little sucking up might have helped you get an A — now it can land you that promotion!

Shadow Master card deck

2008-07-03T13:10:00.004+08:00

Recently bought a deck of cards caused it striked me fancy and partly i found cards nice.
Anyways, It was raining, the dogs were barking, the poslaju van finally arrived!
Signed, or rather he signed the paper, brought her in and rip her open.
There she is, in all her bubble wrap glorySay hello to Elusionist Bicycle Shadow Master deck-o-cards
UV500 air-flow finish finish guarantees almost frictionless shuffling/fanning/insert any card action.
Back of the box. Same pattern on all back of the cards
Mmm, red and white pips. Nice contrast, cards just fan themselves out on slight touch.Close-up detail. Notice the shadowy theme.

I still cannot bear myself to shuffle them yet...

Maths

2008-06-29T23:20:00.000+08:00

Ok, bad luck has befallen me these few months and i just need to clear this thing up. Am I the only one having problems with maths? as in furthur/additional/advance/rocket science maths? Is it something either you get or do not get? Or just by pure amount of practice?

Let's see, maths to me is like:
David to Goliath,
Kryptonite to Superman,
Athlon64 to Pentium4
Crysis to (insert any graphic card made before 2008)

But then... I can do...
Physics (easy)
Geography (even easier...)
heck, i can even figure out SketchUp and Vray... by meself..., most of the time...

Admitingly Maths is not my strongest subject i am in. Why? Its not that i want to fail/suck in maths. I attend all my classes, I might say i wanna skip classes, but i still end up in class. I do not go into class and a few minuets later and say "Let's Chill" like my friends do.

I clearly remembered saying to someone that with other stuff is skill/knowledge... with maths is sheer luck. And Maths is the only subject that can drive me to tears. Seriously...

Is anybody out there that suffer from maths? Is it genetic? It is because i practise buy not enough? or just because I can't do maths? or i just lack luck?

Green Computing.

2008-06-02T20:06:00.002+08:00

With prices of almost everything rising, it is high time that we do something. We can save some cash if we use computers the greener way. There are multiple ways to do this.

One way is to turn off your monitors. Be it LCD or CRT, power can be saved by turning them off. Switching from CRT to LCD monitors can most of the time cut power usage by half. In windows, you can set the monitor to turn off after a certain amout of time of idling in Power Management. Turning off the screen saver and letting the monitor sleep is also a good way to cut power usage as LCD's are not so prone to burn in compared to CRT monitors. The brightness of the monitor should also be adjusted to the brightness akin to a well lit book for comfort reasons and for optimal power usage.

CPUs can be underclock to run at lower frequencies to draw less power and for a quieter environment as the fans dont need to run at full speed to cool the chip. Enabling SpeedStep or Cool and Quiet for Intel and AMD respectively cuts power draw when the CPU is idle. Uses of Windows XP and earlier might have to download the drivers for it to work though. Windows Vista user just have to set their power management settings to Balanced.

Hope this helps!

Goodbye is one of the hardest things to say

2008-05-25T13:30:00.002+08:00

Time really flies when you don't notice it. Its already a year and the time to say good bye is well..., now. Its hard to part ways when you known someone for a few years, but sometimes its just as hard if not harder to do the same when you know someone for a short span of time. Its that feeling of not enough time to get to know them well enough or do do anything meaningful. Most people from PT05/06 will be in cyberjaya, while only some of us will still stay in Melaka to do our majors.
Anyway, on 24th May, Saturday our so called class gathering which consist of 7 people went to Alai, Crystal Bay for ikan bakar. we had fun eventhough we had like 7 people. Would love for more people to come, but most of them can't make it.

Afiq, any bigger and aeroplanes can land in it =)

Anyways, photos are at full resolutions so you people can download it. Or just PM me.

MSN and/or hotmail connection problems.

2008-05-19T20:20:00.004+08:00

Recently Screamyx is again f***ed and some time will not let MSN messenger and hotmail to be connected. this is due to certain ip addresses. to solve this damm problem, open your router/modem configuration/dialer and disconnect from your current ip and connect again to get a new one. Or just keep turning off and on your modem until things are solved.

Bad IP:
60.53.xxx.xxx
change to anything other than that.

Common IP addresses to access modems/router:
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.1

2008-05-08T22:17:00.005+08:00

5 things found in my bag.

1. My transparent paper file

2. Calculus book

3. Bloated pencil case

4. Foolscap paper

5. Prob and stats text book

5 things found in my wallet.

1. IC

2. CIMB ATM card

3. Student ID

4. MUET slip

5. Cash

5 favourite things in my room

1. My bed

2. My small collection of scented candles

3. My stash of CDs

4. Pillows

5. my E398

5 things I always wanted to do.

1. Play the piano/guitar

2. take more pictures for my deviantart site.

3. buy more stuff

4. Get a soulmate

5. finish studying

5 things I'm currently into

1. Travis

2. My new sound card

3. My new mouse pad

4. UNKLE

5. Call of Duty 4

List out the top 5 presents you wish for

1. Loads of cash

2. Motorola Z9

3. My own car

4. New PC

5. Hot bod counted?

The person who tagged you is :

Wendy, Sarah.... evil people :P

Your 5 impressions of him/her
Of who..??

=)

Tag 5 people:

Jian Zhen
Avisha
Race Lee
Edwin
Jo Anne

Breakfast @ McD.

2008-05-05T13:37:00.003+08:00

So we had breakfast at Mc Donalds with Jian Zhen, Sarah, and Wendy!Since me and JZ were early, we had to wait for the gals (read: yang permaisuris...) to arrive, they were loads of tour buses around, so we, i mean me, decided to act toursity :D

Sorry for the lack of pictures of the food though, we were hungry. :D

Blossom came with the Happy meal, the girls were so excited to have a toy!!
Mandatory cam whoring from JZ... swt
Any bigger airplanes can land in it.
Still having fun with blossom.

Finally stopped to play with her phone.
Worried look, she want to go back and study :D

2008-05-05T09:35:00.001+08:00

in response to this

Avisha, have fun in cyber :D
hope you love that desert more.

Been a long time..

2008-04-29T19:31:00.006+08:00

I am back! finally, some free time to update this damm site of mine... Anyways, been busy shopping during the month and i got myself these goodies!!

I have been using an Audigy2 value for almost a year now, its a good card, EAX and CMSS and everything, its been good so far.
But lets face it, its abit old already... so say hello to my spanking new X-Fi Elite Pro! as you can see, it has more err components on it compared to the older Audigy2. And it has a heatsink on it!!!! love!!! although it does not produce enough heat to warrant it, but I digress anyways,

Its gold plated at the back!!! other that improving connection between the jack and plugs, it is also to show the lesser people/souncards to get the hell away :D. Oh and the big D-sub connector is for the console, which i don't have :(
The cirrus logic chips on the card.
4 of them on the Elite Pro.
And for people to show off when...
... its alive!!! Bragging rights +10
Seriously, when you use the X-Fi, you will never want to go back to anything else. 24-bit crystallizer works wonders, when its between minimum and the halfway setting, anything above will make anything sound dodgy. CMSS-3d in short works, but make your songs sound bad most of the time. In movies its not so bad though.

Other than the sound card, i also bought mouse skates as i was using my MX518 on the table, bad move, those super slick teflon skates were not so slick after heavy usage, so i needed replacements
They are very easy to replace and it returns your mouse to super slick status again.

And because i need a mousepad, and i was partly suckered by the adverts...
Yes i actually bought a Razer Destructor.
Shes mine and you guys/gals can't have it. :)
Mandatory shot of the pakaging. I think like 10% of the price went to the packaging...
The back, where the pro gamers bla bla bla over the mousepad, on how it improves performance and stuff.
37% better tracking for laser mice, optical uses have to settle for 25.
And the Über sexy casing to contain the mousepad. most prolly 50% of the price is for this gorgeous casing, that you rarely gonna use...

Oh, and MacBook Air's only need apply if anybody wanted to fit a laptop in.

My mouse sitting on it.Another shot of it sitting on it. And no more acid green brand on the mousepad, less annoying.
now if only money grows on trees...

Testing of new software

2008-04-29T19:10:00.002+08:00

Testing of new content hoster

The negative effects of gaming areM.docx

essay does not reflect writers views.

Random update

2008-03-30T21:35:00.004+08:00

So wallpapers for downloads?

Say Hello!

2008-03-18T10:25:00.003+08:00

Say Hello to Samantha (Sam)! Shes a 5 week old German Shepard, black/tan colored body. Follows me everywhere, and does not want to go into her crate...The litter of pups.

What they look when they are younger.
Here she is. at 5 weeks!

Sorry...

2008-02-28T21:06:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the Über lack of updates...
Been Über busy these few days/weeks...

anyways, in the news
AMD is in trouble
Motorola is in trouble
Hillary CLinton is also in trouble

life is full of troubles...

Happy Valentines Day!

2008-02-14T17:41:00.002+08:00

And again, Valentines day is here! for those with somebody to celebrate with, have fun. For those who does not have someone to celebrate with, join the club.

Monopoly Here & Now : World Edition

2008-02-03T15:14:00.000+08:00

Come on Malaysians/peeps!!!
Vote for Malaysia for Monopoly Here & Now : World Edition for a chance to appear in the board game. We are currently ranked at 50!!

Post/print this poster anywhere, encourage your friends to vote, do anything! xD
dun cha wanna see Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Monopoly?

Click http://www.monopolyworldvote.com/en_MY/world or on the poster to vote.

Update your nVidia drivers here!

2008-02-01T15:40:00.000+08:00

Update the drivers for your nVidia products here by just selecting your product and OS and you are good to go.

Malaysia Boleh, maybe not....

2008-01-25T16:05:00.000+08:00

Open the papers these few days and I challenge you not to get sick and bored about the things some of our politicians are capable of. No really, first Hindraf, then this Lingam fella. What were they thinking when they are committing stupid acts after stupid acts. But lets just focus on the latter. Recently in the papers He stated that the person in the video "looks like him, sounds like him", come on, a 5 year old can recognize him just by watching the video. Surely he does not have an evil twin brother, that looks like him and sounds like him? then just today in the papers "i was just bragging to whoever is on the phone..." Sure........

But anyway, the whole point of this rant is about Malaysia and our mentality. When something wrong happens and somehow they are involved and in deep shit, then the roller coaster of lame excuses and lame ways to get they and themselves out of the problems they created in the first place starts. They start blaming everybody but themselves and they will instruct an army of people just to investigate what went wrong. Thats why, when our Health Minister, sorry now ex Health Minister resigned from his post due to his so called sex scandal, I have immense respect for him. What he did was wrong i should clarify myself, but to actually admit what he did takes courage. For him to do that makes me proud to be a Malaysian, that someone in the higher echelons has the courage, dignity and responsibility to admit his mistakes and resigned after encountering heavy resistance by some people who are 'moral' and have forgotten all the things he have done while holding his post. and again R.E.S.P.E.C.T to him.

Other problems with our mentality includes our weird obsession with petty things that are happening around us but we just decide to ignore the more important stuff. For example we agonize about our so called moral decline while we have mat rempits/minah terrorizing the roads. We moan and groan about a popular pop star taking off his shirt (its called stripping here...) and wasting time pondering about what should they do to (punish) him. It has come to this stage I that when a meteor is going to hit Malaysia, we still can ponder bout our morals...

So maybe, maybe this mentality is instilled into us by schools in the first place. This is a real event where a friend of mine, a student of Munshi Abdullah decided to delete his blog because of the "controversial" content he had in it. http://heavensdeed.blogspot.com/ Its not controversial, Hes just a student just voicing out his opinion about his school, yes there were harsh words and stuff. Who dosent get mad at some things at times? All of us do. And its not all negative about the school. He did shower praises/love to his teacher due to their dedication and teaching abilities. But no, with typical Malaysian grace, they had a disiplinary board meeting discussing about the blog and what they should do to protect the "schools name". If the school name is so perfect why bother? its just a lame excuse used because they cannot take criticism. Why can't they improve after the blog? I am sure some people have the same feeling, but does not mean if they do not blog they have nothing to say. Blogs never caused harm, politics do.

Bestest keychain ever!

2008-01-14T23:39:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Lucas for this über key chain!
the man knows me well.

Got tagged.

2008-01-09T20:40:00.000+08:00

What was your dream as a small kid?
Errr, typical primary school kid dreams lor, doctor/teacher/insert appropriate

What is the happiest thing in my whole life?

What do you wish to have right now?
A DSLR, puny compacts are no fun.

What did you realize recently?
I am single? o.O

When was the last time you laughed loudly?
Me, Myself and I. xD

Which bad habit in you is most unacceptable?
Being in front my PC nearly 24/7. Internet keeps me entertained :D

When you're unhappy, what will you do?
Look for someone to talk to online ker, on the phone ker, as long its a person.

Within 5 years, which target is most realistic?
erm i take it by the day.

When you met someone you like, will you profess your feelings or hide it?
It all depends, some things are best left unsaid

List out 3 kinds of people you hate the most.
Childish people
Annoying people
People who are lackadaisical when is time to be serious

Define loneliness.
Being single and having a crush on someone

Are you satisfied with your life now?
50/50

When is the most recent time you felt touched?
Heroes season2

Where is the most beautiful place you've visited?
Pulan Perhentian, white flour like sandy beaches, crystal clear waters, want to go there again

A song that has been playing in your mind recently.
ATB - Ecstacy

If you could have one wish, what would it be?
10 million pounds sterling, then i will worry bout the other stuff.

Do you have anything to be worried about or scared about recently?
Nope. I am careful.

most of the time.

If the world is going to end, what will you do?
It really depends on my mood xD

How did you celebrate the New Year?
Went to a small countdown party at me mates place.

Who do you want to tag?
Jian Zhen
Race
Avisha
Yuwan

now now, dun be mad at me, someone else made me do it xD

Recolor a B&W photo.

2008-01-04T21:34:00.000+08:00

For this, you will need any program that can edit images. For this i use Photoshop(CS2).
oh bother... if anyone actually comments or ask for a tutorial, then i will write one or something.
Small project.

BeforeAfter.
Comment?

Merry Christmas!!!

2007-12-25T16:50:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas!

xD

Its all over...

Li Min's Birthday @ Friends Cafe Melaka Raya

2007-12-10T12:18:00.001+08:00

Before I start 56kers be warned....
Pic here are @ reduced quality, pm me for full res.

Sunday, a place where i passed by many times and did not notice the place was there.... yes i know its sad... Anyway, We are there to celebrate Somebodehs birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to Li Min!!! She is literally inundated by pictures when she came ok it was only me... Time to partay!!!
Anyway, Friends Cafe was a not bad place, nice atmosphere, actually quite liked it when i first went in there.
We never had dinner so it was straight to the menu and took us quite awhile to choose what to eat due to price (you will see what i mean)/too many choice etc etc

Some random shots before we continue.

Lansi look
Edwin acting... errr...'smart' xD, btw, my glasses is not tinted....
Anyways, The food finally came
Spaghetti

Chicken Chop
Blink and... this happens :P

Friends grill (Chicken+Hash Browns+Eggs Sunny Side Up) Hamburgers without the bun?
Halfway there....
Admire the cleanliness
Some rice, forgotten the name.
The drinks.
Green Tea literally...Say ahhhh,Aeroplane coming... good boy!

After filling our 'fuel' tanks, cake cutting time!
but before that, mandatory shot of cake.

And ze piece la resistance...

Saga Replacement Model

2007-12-01T22:06:00.000+08:00

Maybe the new Saga.
But it looks like a Savvy extended at the back...

What do you think?

Fun @ Shakeys

2007-12-01T12:57:00.000+08:00

Twas a Friday, and we had Probability test, so what do we do after that? act like students (5 year olds more like it...) and go out to let out all the "stress". Originally, its was a planless night until Race 'White Belt' Lee and Avisha 'Maple Story' Patel asked (read: forced) me to bring them for dinner after the paper. As i was reading the text book, out of a sudden those 2 decided to go to Shakeys. Awhile later the 2 gals invited summore ppl Jason and Brian. Then KNN CCB... they think i drive bus or what?... invite another fella.... but nvm still can fit.

Forced Adrian to bring us out. Victory!! V V

Shit lar, no money to pay....

So we reached Jusco, where the 2 gals took a light year to actually figure which set to buy and another light year to choose 2 pizzas...

Say i bring camera so surprising also pose....

After dinner pulak some of us decided that they were 5 year olds and... Picture would/will tell rest of the story

Mandatory Group Photo at McD... swt...

I LOVE MCD!!!!

Really got nothing to say....

Lets do it again!! xD

Free Audio Editing Program.

2007-11-21T21:49:00.000+08:00

Audacity is a free audio editing program which runs on Windows (Vista supported), MacOS, Linux, Unix. Easy to use interface, Having a dual core PC will also help.

Download Link:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

On the left is the programs main interface, logical layout of control buttons

File Loaded

And the list of plug-ins that you can play/twiddle with. Loads of options here.

Audacity might not be the best looking piece of software ever made, but at least its functional, free and open source, so there will be updates.

Samples:

Download songs/music

2007-11-14T21:40:00.000+08:00

Want to download songs/music you really like from a game?
go to http://gh.ffshrine.org?r=83337

And i present you.....

2007-11-04T18:40:00.000+08:00

Its FINISHED!!
Its finally done.
The Walltop is complete!

The name of the frame I used

Dimensions of the frame

Sawed off a section at the bottom of the fram to make way for the ports.

The back of the frame

And there she is, Windows XP installed.

Walltop

2007-10-19T21:54:00.000+08:00

Since its the holidays, figured need to do something to kill some time.

Since i have an old laptop but the casing is almost gone, decided to mount the laptop on the wall. Project is still ongoing. But concept is there. Pics below

Front:
Back:

Motorcycle ban?

2007-10-07T22:23:00.001+08:00

Our gov suddenly decided, to ban superbikes on expressways. This controversial topic created alot of fuss between the superbike owners. But why superbikes? They go fast, unlike cubchais. They actually have lights that work, unlike cubchais. People riding on superbikes causes less accidents compared to riders to the underpowered cubchais. So it really makes me wonder why the government want to ban superbikes anyway. People who say motorcycles are a cheap way to travel and to maintain is the Sunday School version.

In reality, Motorcyclist, break the law. They dont follow the highway code, nor they follow all the things we learn in driving school. They cross the road even if someone else has right of way and they beat the traffic light in DROVES.... They just shoot out from a junction and best part is they are going the wrong way, and they shoot you dirty looks. Izzit just me or they just don't value their life by riding in the dark literally? Do they get the kicks out from riding without any kind of light? Best part is they wear black and they don't put on a reflective jacket. It's already dark enough and they still do it, you cant blame people who install Xenon lights in their cars.

Is communication so important that they have to chat while riding? Is that so important to them until they exchange foot rests on each other cubchais? Bottomline, they are a nuicence and they are the ones that should be banned not superbikes.

2007-10-04T23:37:00.001+08:00

Flower by ~dkm2350 on deviant ART

Of spam and idiots

2007-10-04T23:15:00.000+08:00

This is something bothering me for quite sometime. I am quite sure that many people has friendster, free email, spam. Why do people forward crap? Its crap, why send it to other people? Cases in point, MSN bla bla bla is gonna close/Friendster bla bla bla is gonna close if you do not forward it to a million friends of yours... Oh comon, are you idiots born with an IQ of 10? MSN is owned by Microsoft... Friendster has tonnes of ads.... What the heck does forwarding mail have to do with stopping them from closing? Its ILLOGICAL!!! Get a frigging life and stop spamming my inboxes...

2007-10-02T17:58:00.001+08:00

Good Luck

Good Luck to all MMU students taking their finals!!!

2007-10-01T12:29:00.000+08:00

My very first serious blog post.

Ok, i am useless when it comes to blogging, so i am gonna start off with an intro of meself. My name is Adrian Leo, I am from Melaka, Malaysia. My IC number is 890902-04-xxxx (i am not that stupid...).As you can see, my D.O.B is September 2nd 1989, so thats makes me a virgo. Anyone else a virgo here? Being a Virgo rocks btw. And 04 simply means i am from Melaka.

I have a sharp tongue,so, I am the winner of the Critic of the Year awards many times, all of them awarded by my friends, I get PMS when i am under stress (yes,its PMS, no, i am am not a gal, i am a guy...). So i cant exactly say i am level-headed. But i am friendly :) I have a certain liking for puddles of water (don't ask...). I like stepping into them, I like bicycling tru them, I like to drive tru them too. Everybody has a 10 year-old at heart, so i guess mine just loves stepping into puddles.

I am a photographer wannabe, so i have a deviantArt account @ dkm2350.deviantart.com
I am currently in a 'Business' with a friend of mine selling computers. We don't have a shop (yet), so we are more to build on demand kind of service.

Ok, I think that concludes the intro to myself part, Hoped i made a good impression to readers and you all had fun reading it. If I bore you to death, well, leave me a comment too XD.

Pweese...??

Pweety Pweese...??