What, Where, Why and How

Eh? Where are the pictures?

2009-01-25T13:30:00.004+08:00

Geez, I was hooked up in RL that I totally have not been able to manage this blog. Then what happened when I opened it? I found that the pictures I used in my last post are all missing. They are gone. How sad. I have not really thought that those can be removed. I totally enjoyed those pics from my last post. I wonder what could have happened? Could it have been resetted? Or maybe the website where those pics were taken is permanently down. I dunno...but they are definitely not there anymore...

The English Language

2008-04-08T00:21:00.010+08:00

It's quite funny how a foreign language can be twisted and used differently from what one wants to convey. Maybe that's why I get such a kick out of the Swedish chef. But then again, I guess that's how english is to some people. At any rate, just in case no one has visited the site yet, there's a site called engrish.com that posts hilarious pictures of things that exemplify just what I meant. It is not a new site. In fact, it has been going on since the mid-nineties...I think. Anyway, the site basically is a collection of pictures either taken by the webmaster or sent in by travellers/tourists in countries where english is not widely spoken. Had a bad day? Did too many stuff at work? Problems creeping up? Well, the more I invite everyone to go and visit the site. Go ahead and have yourself a good laugh. The pictures really are funny. They are the kind that elicits a fuzzy feeling where you ask yourself - WTH??? Case in point:

Would you send your child to learn from a teacher using this?

umm...don't buy for the wife...but may have some use for daughters...

How should you respond to this? Thanks?

What? It never occurred to me that it was in Taiwan.

Well, anyway,at least they have such toilets there.

Hahahaha. The site's hilarious! Oh boy! It has been so long since I've gone to the site. I had such a fun time revisiting this site and it sure made my day. Have a go too!

The Swedish Chef

2008-04-01T17:20:00.005+08:00

I remember the Swedish Chef from the Muppet show very well. I had so much fun watching his antics all throughout the shows and it made such a riot even while other sequences were showing. Thus, in commemoration of the great chef, here's some bork, bork, bork!

Zee Pruffesseeunel Gembler

Dooreeng zee Greet Depresseeun, zeere-a ves a mun vhu velked intu a ber oone-a dey. He-a vent up tu zee bertender und seeed, "Bertender, I'd leeke-a tu booy zee huoose-a a ruoond ooff dreenks."

Zee bertender seeed, "Thet's feene-a, boot ve're-a in zee meeddle-a ooff zee Depresseeun, su I'll need tu see-a sume-a muney furst."

Zee gooy poolled oooot a hooge-a ved ooff beells und set zeem oon zee ber. Zee bertender cun't beleeefe-a vhet he's seeeeng. "Vhere-a deed yuoo get ell thet muney?" esked zee bertender. Bork Bork Bork!

"I'm a pruffesseeunel gembler," repleeed zee mun. Bork Bork Bork!

Zee bertender seeed, "Zeere's nu sooch theeng! I meun, yuoor oodds ere-a feeffty-feeffty et best, reeght?"

"Vell, I oonly bet oon soore-a theengs," seeed zee gooy. Bork Bork Bork!

"Leeke-a vhet?" esked zee bertender. Bork Bork Bork!

"Vell, fur ixemple-a, I'll bet yuoo feeffty dullers thet I cun beete-a my reeght iye-a," he-a seeed. Bork Bork Bork!

Zee bertender thuooght ebooot it. "Ookey," he-a seeed. Bork Bork Bork!

Su, zee gooy poolled oooot hees felse-a reeght iye-a und beet it. "Ev, yuoo scrooed me-a," seeed zee bertender, und peeed zee gooy hees $50. Bork Bork Bork!

"I'll geefe-a yuoo unuzeer chunce-a. I'll bet yuoo unuzeer feeffty dullers thet I cun beete-a my lefft iye-a," seeed zee strunger. Bork Bork Bork!

Zee bertender thuooght egeeen und seeed, "Vell, I knoo yuoo're-a nut bleend, I meun, I vetched yuoo velk in here-a. I'll teke-a thet bet." Su, zee gooy poolled oooot hees felse-a teet und beet hees lefft iye-a. Bork Bork Bork!

"Ev, yuoo scrooed me-a egeeen!" prutested zee bertender. Bork Bork Bork!

"Thet's hoo I veen su mooch muney, bertender. I'll joost teke-a a bottle-a ooff yuoor best scutch in leeeoo ooff zee feeffty dullers," seeed zee mun. Bork Bork Bork!

Veet thet, zee gooy vent tu zee beck ruum und spent zee better pert ooff zee neeght pleyeeng cerds veet sume-a ooff zee lucels. Effter muny huoors ooff dreenking und cerd pleyeeng, he-a stoombled up tu zee ber. Droonk es a skoonk, he-a seeed, "Bertender, I'll geefe-a yuoo oone-a lest chunce-a. I'll bet yuoo feefe-a hoondred dullers thet I cun stund oon thees ber oon oone-a fuut und peess intu thet vheeskey bottle-a oon thet shelff beheend yuoo veethuoot speelling a drup."

Zee bertender oonce-a egeeen pundered zee bet. Zee gooy cuooldn't ifee stund up streeeght oon tvu feet, mooch less oone-a. "Ookey, yuoo're-a oon," he-a seeed. Bork Bork Bork!

Zee gooy cleembed up oon zee ber, stuud oon oone-a leg, und begun peessing ell oofer zee plece-a. He-a heet zee ber, zee bertender, heemselff, boot nut a drup mede-a it intu zee vheeskey bottle-a. Bork Bork Bork!

Zee bertender ves icstetic. Loogheeng, zee bertender seeed, "Hey pel, yuoo oove-a me-a feefe-a hoondred dullers!"

Zee gooy cleembed doon ooffff zee ber und seeed, "Thet's ookey. I joost bet iech ooff zee gooys in zee cerd ruum a thuoosund boocks iech thet I cuoold peess ell oofer yuoo und zee ber und still meke-a yuoo loogh!"

Happy April Fools Everyone! Bork! Bork! Bork!

The Ken Lee Video

2008-03-30T09:17:00.006+08:00

She could have gone and sang something else, but it seems Mariah made such an impact on her that she just sang away...ummm...something. Anyway, I vote this as the best Idol audition video, ever!

Is Driving a Car Really Hard to Do?

2008-03-26T13:19:00.006+08:00

Today was a lousy day. The heat was unbearable. The traffic was excruciatingly terrible. And somebody cut me off. Hello? Did I allow you to do that? I was minding my own business going straight and listening to the radio. Then you do that?

I wonder. Is it really instinctual, NOT to let someone enter in our lane? Would that be considered as selfish? If that would be considered as such, then I'm probably guilty of it. Maybe if not for car doors, I would probably have been into many fights just fending off for myself against these lousy drivers. Arrgh!

They say God does things in mysterious ways. Maybe that is why God did not give me a tank to bring to office everyday. Or an ATC. Either would really be quite useful in times like these. Oh, how I would have loved to 'runneth over bumps of hills and mounds and colorful cars too.' Or race with them and fit my vehicle into impossibly tight middle of two lanes like they do. Ohohoho! That would really be nice.

Oh, well. Since God really, apparently, noticeably, perceptively AND obviously does not want to give me those toys, maybe I can bargain with Him? Dear God, I promise to be good. Can I please have a tank ? Or , Dear God, I promise not to be too rash anymore. Can I pleeeassse have a tank?

On the other hand, His not giving me a tank could be because he works in His own time. That's right. Maybe he will give the tank, but just not now. Hmmm. If so, then I better rehash my prayer too. Dear God, I promise to be good. Can I please have a tank, tomorrow?

Free Rice

2008-03-23T09:27:00.006+08:00

There is a website out there that is unlike any other. It is a site that is dedicated to the alleviation of world hunger. But what's so different about it is not that. It is in the way of how it does that. So how does it do it? Well, basically it is not through the usual way of asking for solicitations through the web. Rather, it lets you play a game. A vocabulary game, to be exact. So let me put that down again. You play a game.

Yes, that's right. In freerice.com, you play a vocabulary game in their website and your winning streak dictates how much rice will be donated. Oh, don't worry if you are thinking that the game is easy. It just starts out that way and it increases in difficulty as you keep on getting the right answers. It was, how do I put it... entertaining... challenging... ummm, ultimately, it was addicting. Oh, well.

At any rate, how much more cooler can it be? You're just clicking and enjoying, and all the while you are helping in the donation of rice to impoverished people. Ingenious idea, indeed. It makes me wonder what can the makers of the site think of next. Now only if I can do the same where I will be the beneficiary of the game... Hmmm...

click the site

Of Ghouls, Ghosts and the Devil

2008-03-22T05:35:00.007+08:00

Its Good Friday today, the day after Jesus supposedly died. There is a belief I heard somewhere that during this day and tomorrow, there will be no God (as he is supposed to be dead – don’t ask me, I just heard this). So I thought to myself, what will happen to us if that stipulation would hold true? Will we be vulnerable to the attacks of ghouls, ghosts or dare I say, the devil himself? So there I was, sitting on the chair and pondering upon things that came and went in my life.

The chair. Yes, I remember that video of the chair. I guess I have to look for it first so that I can show everyone the power of the chair. That chair had such an impact on me that I would like those reading this to see it to believe it.

After quite some searching, I finally found the chair video. There you will see what I was writing about. That chair video has a profound effect, thus I advise anyone seeing it to just observe it and not be engrossed by the chair. Everyone will see what I mean after watching it. Here is the video.

My Take on the Sad Truth About Relationships

2008-03-21T07:52:00.010+08:00

I was just going along my daily web browsing routine when I came by this topic regarding the sad truth about relationships. It centered on a video that described how couples become couples on a cynic persons’ point of view. But even though it was cynical, I think it was quite realistic in its depiction as to what really happens to couples today.

The way the film was shown was quite funny (I cannot say it here yet…avoiding spoilers you see). But even though the way the short film was presented that way, its topic was definitely serious. Yes, the narrator described things on a pessimistic to an almost sarcastic view of things, but she (the narrator) described it, as I believe, truly in the way I think about it too. Of course, I really don’t know if it is true or not. It just so happened that the narrator was female and I was like: I knew it! I knew it! She’s confirming what I knew along…yeah right…

Then again, maybe I was just acting that way because the narrator was female and it it made me feel that what I thought all along(regarding relationships, I mean) was right. Who knows? Would I would have reacted less if the narrator were male? I don’t know about that. Maybe. Here’s the video. Maybe someone else will have a different interpretation to its meaning.

A Very Tiring Day

2008-03-20T03:12:00.007+08:00

Waaaa! What a tiring day! Actually, today was supposed to be a fun day, what with having a picnic outing and all. As I recall, I've never had a tiring picnic outing as tiring as this one. I remember that it was always fun, with all the food, drinks, stories and girl watching. Yeah, that's how I remember it.

But that did not happen today. This day started with a call telling me to buy the drinks for everyone... a very early call. Then again, that was just alright with me as I was to get up early for the days event anyway. So off I went to buy the drinks for the day. Not bad up to that point.

It was about before lunch that it started to get hectic. It was: bring this, get that, can you buy some more of these... By midday, I was hungry and tired. Thus, after eating a scrumptious meal, well... I fell asleep. No drinks, no stories, no ogling of the female species. Then I remember getting woke up by one of the guys, this time for me to help in packing things up. And that's when I reacted in a sort of a panic. Me: what the?! My day ended with me just eating a heavy lunch...during the picnic outing! Arrgh!

I don't know. Maybe next time I'll just make up some kind of story like I have a foot blister that prevents me from putting pressure on the balls of my feet, or my billiard finger is acting up, or I ate a super hot chili and it resulted to me not being able to speak clearly. Eh, vwat vid tshooo thay? Hmmm... Yes... They won't get me next time.

What the Future may Look Like

2008-03-18T13:14:00.013+08:00

Boy, how time flies. When I was young, most of our toys didn't move at all. Back then, it took lots and lots of imagination to play simple games, like war games. So we usually ended up our make believe games by making the games real... mmm, hitting your opponent and stuff. Yup, we sure did end up bumped and bruised, but hey, those were fun days (yeah!). Alas, those days are long gone. Nowadays there are robotic dogs that our young ones can play with (huh? Where did Lassie go?). There's even the futuristic ASIMO that awed quite everyone when it first came out, as it was a biped that had a humanoid design that was walking upright just like us. Cool!

But more recently, Boston Dynamics featured a quadruped that they called Big Dog. Compared to ASIMO, this was more futuristic, even now while it is just in its initial stage. It was very much sturdy and had good balance as you will see in the feature. Compared to the homemade Japanese mech featured last year, Big Dog appears to be more usable in real life. It is also good to note that the US government is funding it, so I guess this could be used as a weapon in the future. Walking Armored Dogs? Cool! Check out the video! There’s also a video from Gizmodo here.

How to Watch Movies for Free

2008-03-17T22:59:00.008+08:00

I have been watching downloaded movies since several years ago that I rarely go out for movies nowadays. I especially like those DVD ripped ones since their copy really is, well, DVD quality (ehe!). But awhile back, I overheard my friend saying that he was cutting back on his movie budget because he was saving up for a trip. Now I was just minding my own business drinking coffee, eating croissant and stuff, but I really found it weird for him to do so since I knew he had a DSL line back at home, just like me. So, being just myself I butted in to both my friends' conversation, and I told this friend of mine to just download the film that he wants a few months later when the official DVD of it comes out. I added that if he can't wait, well, he can try the cam recorded ones that sound like old mono films, or worse. Then it struck me. They were suddenly stopped by some unseen force like when Obi Wan waved his hand and did his thing in Star Wars. They were wide eyed and seemed perplexed. What the?! Why the hell are you guys staring at me

To cut the long story short, I found out that they didn’t know how to do it. For real, I asked and they both said yes. So as a result, the three of us had such a long conversation because the 2 of them had to get notes (!!!) on what I was telling them. Ugh. At the end of the day, friend number 1 said he did what I told him to do and he tried it by getting a corporate edition Win XP successfully (way to go!). My other friend didn't try it until the morning of the next day and all he got were some tampered mp3's (oh well).

I wouldn’t even try writing here what I told those guys for hours so for everyone out there, I found a rather simplified tutorial on how to do the downloading stuff. Its not really explaining anything but it is a useful guide and can jumpstart noobs immediately. But I must remind everyone not to be hasty as to forget protecting yourselves from viruses and spyware. Remember, we cannot be too careful with regards to those. Ok? The tutorial is found here.