Anyone can fly in the big sky once ..

TAO

dear friends, so long ...
The Journey ends officially today, we get off the boat.

Went to Esplanade till 7.15pm. Opened the package at 6.45pm and read the surprise (booklet) till 7.15. Guess its been a long magical journey.

For the Future, D.A.I

Ryo Owatari & Van Tomiko of Do As Infinity

F01. For the future
Romaji & English translation by: cori
From the single, For the future

* dare datte ichido wa oozora wo toberu sa
kyou kara kimi no genkai mezase  For the future
Anyone can fly in the big sky once
From today, aim for your limits  For the future

yaritai koto wo gaman shite'tari
yoseba ii noni otonabuttari
kotowaru koto mo dekinakattari
honto no kimi wa doko e itta no
You were patient about the things you wanted to do,
Although it would've been better to give up, you acted like an adult about it
You couldn't even turn it down
Where has the true you gone?

kyoukasho doori no
jinsei na-nte
unzari sore deshou
saa  ikou!!
You're probably sick of [living a] life according to the book
C'mon, let's go!!

* repeat
tameiki tsuku hima nante nai no sa
FURU SUPI-DO de genkai mezase  For the future
* repeat
There's no free time to sigh
Aim for the limit with full speed  For the future

jinsei to iu na no SUTO-RI-
kono SHINARIO wa kimi ga shuyaku da
nanika fuman ga aru no dattara
do-zo katte ni kakinaoshichae
In the story called "life,"
you are the main actor in this scenario
If you have any complaints,
you must go ahead and rewrite it the way you want

nani mo yaranaide
tsubekobe iu no wa
tanoshikunai desho
saa  ikou!!
Not doing anything
& complaining isn't fun
C'mon, let's go!!

dare datte ichido wa oozora wo toberu sa
hontou no kimi wo ima misete yo  For the future
ato sukoshi de mata tsuyoku nareru sa
kagayaku toki wo kakenuke yo  For the future
Anyone can fly in the big sky once more
Snow me the true you now  For the future
After a little while, you can get stronger again
Run past the shining times  For the future

bokura jiyuu nanda
saa  ikou yo
We are free
C'mon, let's go

* repeat

saa ichido wa ano sora wo tobou yo
kyou kara kimi no genkai mezase  For the future
saa ichido wa ano sora wo tobou yo
FURUSUPI-DO de genkai mezase  For the future
C'mon, let's fly in that sky once
From today, aim for your limits  For the future
C'mon, let's fly in that sky once
Aim for the limit with full speed  For the future

There's a Taiwanese student's spoof on Hitch going around:
http://xomibid4.myweb.hinet.net/8.htm

Makes a good idea for adapation.

Anyways, had another brainwave this morning while going to class. Imaging myself being given directions to walk to class over the phone. Turn left, turn right, you see the stairs? Don't go up, turn left, go on straight. Turn left, shit, sorry sorry, turn right... argh, wth, backtrack backtrack!
Just another random idea.

Limits of Infinity. Dreams are Over.

Its been shocking tonight. The band, Do As Infinity, is dissolving after 6 years. Hints and rumors had been going around, but I didn't think it would be that soon. So, the last concert is in Nov 29. Maybe we have discovered the limits of Infinity. Are the Dreams are Over? No, they will continue separately.

True Song

The red-stained sun has shone on everything,
now and in the past
In the end, will the image written in this darkness
be something that my hands can't carry?

More than you are now, get naked.
Teach me how I can live on.
Dirty me, just a little bit.
That way even if I'm alone, wounded,
having lost all those around me,
the True Song will still flow in my heart.

The struggle will still continue.
No matter what, this is an important time.
We've become reckless and lost something,
like someone's kind smile.

If you know eternity, any darkness
and any pain will eventually fade.
Dirty me like that, now.
Some day we'll arrive
at the castle in the sky I once saw.
We'll follow the True Song.

If you know eternity, any darkness
and any pain will eventually fade.
The True Song flows in my heart.

More than I am now, dirty me.
Just a little bit, dirty me.

We'll follow the True Song.

Pringles These Days

Ever wondered why Pringles tastes like shit these days?

Let's take a closer look..

An ASEAN edition Pringles, Made in Malaysia T.T

Hoho! Let's compare this with a US edition Pringles

Difference in diameter!!

Well, so I bought both home. Of course the US edition tastes better and has more oopphmm. So conclusion: AVOID Malaysian Made Pringles or whatever ASEAN edition crap. They are ripoffs which cost the same as US ones but practically taste like shit and are way smaller.

Stay the course

1 month left till the end.

The ipod mini is now a collector's item, so I'm keeping it for good.

SGH Express Public Service

Maxtor HDD made in Singapore effectively made in Malaysia? Pretty true, since all the workers are mostly Malaysian. Malaysian made stuff must be made by Thai workers I guess or even Indonesian. If that's the case, maybe China made stuff is better. Got this from nilnainam's blog, great topic for SGH Express.

Yet Another Test

What a fruitful day spent at the library, doing math and stuff. Tmr, I'll head for the National Library as well.

Outcast Genius 52 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 56% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius. Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject). Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius. Congratulations! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 55% on nerdiness You scored higher than 83% on geekosity You scored higher than 89% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid

Brain Test

Brain Lateralization Test Results

Right Brain (52%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (50%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain

Are You Right or Left Brained?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Architecting the Powerhouse

People are going to hate me for this, especially those that have their systems built for by me. Today, I'm happy to announce the new flagship and mother of all systems that I have built and christened.

It started with a casual comment by Soon Kai months ago about a replacement system for his Pentium 3 although he uses a P4 3.0ghz with HT that was commissioned about 2 years ago with a Radeon 9700. Now, that system has lasted for 2 years, and by modern day specifications, is still in the middle class. Not bad for 2 years of fast paced technology.

Moving on to today, we have PCI-E, dual cores, dual SLIs, dual channel DDR whatever. So the theme for this new system is Dual Infinitus. Ok, its not infinity, but in basic sense a Duallie as most parts are working in tandem with an identical twin.

Cut the bullshit, specs specs..

AMD A64 X2 4200 + Abit A8N-nf4 $1045 (Fuwell)
Inno3d 6800GT 256MB $599 (Bell)
2X PC3200 Twinmos CL3 1GB 2X$189 (Fuwell)
2X WD SATA2 200GB JB 2X$172 (Fuwell)
Antec Sonata2 $229 (Fuwell)

Total: $2650 I think, some discounts here and there.

Heck, if you are Ben Chia, you must be thinking NPNT!! But you are wrong, GPCT!! Pix bombardment as follows:


Building blocks of a powerhouse.

Preparing Abit AN8 + AMD X2 4200+ Manchester for initial mount. The nforce4 chipset is actually heatpipe cooled. Let's take a closer look!!

X2 chip basking in all its glory. This is a Manchester core, 2.2ghz per core with 1088kb combined cache.

X2 baby in its rightful cradle. Snuffy.

Mounting 2X WD 200GB for RAID0 400GB

Dual SATA connection, clean arrangement

Here comes the Antec Sonata2!

Hoho! the geforce 6800GT is out of the box!

Sure will kick some ass.

Covering over the board with an exhaust air chute

sleek... the server feel

Before we end, the certificate of authenticity. Done.

Subject-IVE

Yet another brainwave after dinner, maybe someone shd research on Coke. The stuff in the bottle and the canned version totally tastes different. So which is the real Coke? In Iraq, Coke is cheaper than water, mainly because it sux.

Bewarned, this is not objective in any way, its a Subject-IVE program. IVE standing for Intrigue, Vicorous, Espionage.

Your HP Ego

You scored as Severus Snape. Well you're a tricky one aren't you? Nobody quite has you figured out and you'd probably prefer it stayed that way. That said you are a formidable force by anyone's reckoning, but there is certainly more to you than a frosty exterior and a bitter temper. Severus Snape 70% Harry Potter 70% Sirius Black 70% Ron Weasley 65% Remus Lupin 65% Lord Voldemort 65% Ginny Weasley 55% Hermione Granger 55% Draco Malfoy 50% Albus Dumbledore 45% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...? created with QuizFarm.com

信念

This blog is protected by faith. This phrase always comes up in my mind when I log in to post an entry, but that meaning seems to have changed now. I had a rare brainwave again, so I better log down the ideas.

一直以來,我都以信念守護著這白刻空間.只不過,在人為與局勢的發展之下,我對信念的意義又再次改變.無法平息的浪跡心情還有多一個月才能平息,一了白 了.擺在眼前的是一張空前絕後的考卷,必考不得.對此,我是滿懷萬分的不滿和著急.也許這是個錯誤的選擇.但事到如今,我別無選擇.

不開心的事免談.

So today during Chinese class, Loo was giving Ian Cheong a scolding about waving his hp about. Said something about calling his mum, and he said he won't give her her number. So Loo asked daniel loh whether he had ian cheong mum's n.o. The dog replied: 我沒有 他媽 的電話. That's an idea for future comedies.

Additionally, I got inspiration for the starting of the next project. Something like the matrix and the HAL computer speaking. It knows English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and stuff.. and l33tsp34k.

Ok, end of ideas.