tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104345972024-03-09T07:23:41.261+08:00Fuzzy Sugar-Coated FluffMostly fluff about stuff.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1159115305113768792006-09-25T00:27:00.000+08:002006-09-25T00:28:58.113+08:00Wherein I moveMoved to Wordpress.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1157467554223914492006-09-05T22:43:00.000+08:002006-09-05T22:45:54.240+08:00Wherein I give notice of termination of service... but not of my job.
I'm considering switching over to Wordpress.
Just because I love building my own things.
So be prepared to update your links some day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1155310076398636052006-08-11T22:38:00.000+08:002006-08-13T12:57:20.876+08:00Wherein I realize my limitations as a salespersonThe office was empty today, with my colleagues on leave or out for appointments and programmes (we do events). Thinking it would be an easy day, I slept really late last night (having bought a new computer that can support Oblivion) and came into work sleepy and looking forward to a day of stress-free tasks, like designing some much-backlogged brochures and sending out mass feedback emails to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1154624810070014122006-08-04T00:56:00.000+08:002006-08-04T01:06:51.176+08:00Wherein my computer breaks down againWindows XP SP2 does not agree with my drivers. I finally tried to update just so I could download .Net 2.0 and VS2005 Web Express Edition but my plan backfired in the worst way possible.
Ok, to be entirely honest it might have had something to do with needing (or at least wanting very badly) DirectX 9.0b.
But this time I was able to respond and get my data back! Knoppix with Samba, a switch, myAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1154178386350290732006-07-29T20:36:00.000+08:002006-07-29T21:26:56.850+08:00Do the french write scripts?My claim to cinematic expertise comes from the one Film module I did back in university, but I do watch quite a lot of movies, which I believe counts for at least something.
And I'm pretty sure I can recognize a French film when I see one (even without the benefit of the large noses).
The question I'd like to ask is - do French films use scripts? And if they do, who writes them? How? My idea ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1154137676398168662006-07-29T08:43:00.000+08:002006-07-29T21:36:33.360+08:00Wherein I have been lazy and punished for it!Dear Readers,
I apologize for the lack of posts in the last few weeks.
Unfortunately, I have no defence other than the fact that I am an extremely lazy person with a contempt for writing for my readership and that you are not important enough for me to spend an hour typing on my computer for.
That's right, Pokemon-hentai-seeking reader. I do not care for you.
It is most regretful that I have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1152714876352888492006-07-12T22:26:00.000+08:002006-07-12T22:34:36.373+08:00Piracy = MurderPiracy = Murder
I'm not really that fond of the b-squad, but this one reveals a logical fallacy that I can't believe I missed. Ahh, the power of mass morality.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1152444757106302802006-07-09T19:21:00.000+08:002006-07-09T21:14:18.533+08:00Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on Mr Brown's sacking, Channel NewsAsia.
Dr Balakrishnan said: "If you feel there is a problem with cost of living, say so, let's collectively explore solutions. But don't in the name of humour distort or aggravate on an emotional level...
Can someone explain to me how humour that does not "distort or aggravate on an emotional level" works? Unemotional unexxagerated Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1151228936700204402006-06-25T17:47:00.000+08:002006-06-25T17:48:56.716+08:00Whee! An excuse to stay immature!Article from Discovery about how formal education is keeping our minds in a state of flexible receptivity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1150815218759781802006-06-20T22:39:00.000+08:002006-06-20T23:44:26.303+08:00I can't help making fun of poor EnglishI had this long post typed out about the clips below but I deleted it. Nothing I type can do justice to them. If you can watch this and not laugh you need a lobotomy. Trolled them all for you.
In context
More useful phrases!
And in context...
... my jaw was aching after this one.
Boys too!
The guys in context (the term can only be used extremely loosely here)
This guy Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1150396855375202142006-06-16T02:02:00.000+08:002006-06-18T20:13:43.606+08:00Working with AlexSome simple rules for working with people from IT Support:
If I tell you to reboot, and your response is to twiddle through your application windows to show me how important your work is and how impossible it is for you to save and quit for the 5 minutes it would take to reboot, then your disconnected network drives will not be recovered. I could be Bill Gates troubleshooting for you and still Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1149389854205061812006-06-04T10:53:00.000+08:002006-06-04T10:59:18.840+08:00Cunninglingus in North Korea (or The Power of the Written Word)*Warning: if you are prone to epilepsy, read slowly, or have a relatively poor command of English (can't catch up with subtitles at the cinema) then avoid these links*
Cunninglingus in North Korea, from Young-Hae Heavy Industries - pseudo-philosophical-trash wrapped in Flash, presented with jazz and animated with pizzazz (sorry I couldn't help myself).
More enjoyable than YouTube, I think, for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1149308560090190592006-06-03T12:03:00.000+08:002006-06-03T12:27:02.996+08:00Wherein birds run amok!Most interesting thing that happened all week:
A couple of days ago, I was working most diligently in my office (container located on a precarious slope in Sentosa) when suddenly there's a knock on the office door and a man pops his head in to ask if we'd seen a white bird around.
It takes me a while to digest this information, and I stare rather stupified at him he provides me with more Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1148697248777756632006-05-27T10:29:00.000+08:002006-05-27T10:34:08.796+08:00High LifeHigh point of my week: When Hi-5 came down to Sentosa for a meet-and-greet session, and put up a performance for over 400 little children at an amphitheatre just a stone's throw away from my office, in the middle of which it started to pour, sending aforementioned little children and their assorted parents scrambling for shelter like so many little bugs.
Low point of the week: Two seconds after Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1148399945226359502006-05-23T23:51:00.000+08:002006-05-24T00:28:19.486+08:00What is Heaven?Christians, avert your eyes now! Fow the terror that is Wonder Showzen is here!
Yeah, little girl, you'll never know what Heaven is if you keep appearing on this show.
Here's another clip of a Mother Nature muppet-thing having a home-sex operation (I promise this is the most hentai my posts will ever get). It's comedy and societal satire so outrageous I'd be offended if it wasn't for the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1148222658533984952006-05-21T22:43:00.000+08:002006-05-21T22:44:18.556+08:00Sarcastic Lonely GuyUh oh. A bit too close for comfort.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1147965301774705952006-05-18T22:58:00.000+08:002006-05-18T23:26:02.313+08:00Wherein I discover the PAP has its supportersI'd always been under the impression that the PAP was somewhat unpopular in the blogosphere. The majority of bloggers seem to admit, if grudgingly, that because they haven't led Singapore down economic failure they must be doing a relatively good job, but the sentiment is usually tinged with a hint of disapproval. Perhaps it's the inherent uncoolness of supporting the Big Winners, no matter how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1147960957294981702006-05-18T22:00:00.000+08:002006-05-18T22:10:38.040+08:00Wherein I dribble food, fart, cry, throw up a bit and make my roommate worry for my sanity
Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 - by Candyboots.
I found this so funny I completed all activities mentioned in this post's title.
VISIT. NOW.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1147502736871625792006-05-13T13:46:00.000+08:002006-05-13T15:05:08.960+08:00Wherein I have been absent for a while, and will be absent for a bit longerIn recent times, I have:
Been to Malacca, which was disappointingly like an older and dirtier Singapore. The curious juxtaposition of anceient European architecture in an Asian city isn't really very interesting to a Singaporean. Off-season Malacca also showcases the equally not-very-interesting situation of half the shops in town being closed. Having a total of 3 restaurants (unless you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1147499058562317732006-05-13T13:41:00.000+08:002006-05-13T13:45:46.326+08:00Death comes cheapIt turns out people don't really like to listen to funeral music.
(FUNERAL MUSIC - SPRING SALE: $9.95)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1145803669540417342006-04-23T22:27:00.000+08:002006-04-23T23:42:03.056+08:00Random funny thingsTrue Porn Clerk Stories (entirely work safe, except for your inevitable uncontrollable snickering) - I remember reading this a couple of years back, and laughing my head off. A couple of years (and a few more inches round the waist) later, I've forgotten enough of the stories to have a good laugh off of them again. The writer is a First Amendment Feminist (women are equal to men, and adults are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1145799936775256782006-04-23T21:38:00.000+08:002006-04-23T21:47:12.066+08:00Wherein I Mock the Local MediaMeidacorp's ad for reporters:
MediaCorp News
REPORTER, ENGLISH NEWS
You will cover stories for our daily television news bulletins. You are expected to be an outgoing and dynamic individual with a flair for writing and a keen interest in news and current affairs.
You should have a good voice and a strong presence in front of the camera. In addition, you should possess a good University Degree Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1145294263082920322006-04-18T00:56:00.000+08:002006-04-18T01:44:56.940+08:00Wherein I cannot even take a dump in my toiletRemember a couple of months back when I posted about my inability to take a proper shit in my own home? (If you are easily offended by talk of shit I suggest you leave now! Go! Lest the demons of Toilette Hell flood your delicate tissue-paper ears with foul expulsions!)
Since the days of la toilette portable, I have been blessed with a smooth toilet experience (constipation aside). However, a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1145025149422666252006-04-14T22:17:00.000+08:002006-04-15T02:34:15.956+08:00Fun! In my sister's room!Went back last night to my parents' place because Sister had messaged me that it was our Father's birthday, and thus Mother had decreed that all of us, including my errant Brother and I, had to be home to celebrate the event.
The above sentence contained all members of my family.
Well, except for Lethargy and Apathy, our oldest and and dearest family friends.
It turned out that it was not Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10434597.post-1144515660775307542006-04-09T00:50:00.000+08:002006-04-09T01:01:00.813+08:00Army Songs
The Singapore Army has put up some Army Songs for free download, in the hopes that they will "help instill pride in our soldiers and build the esprit-de-corp in Our Army."
Looks like our Armed Forces has really lived up to its promise to use technology as a battlefield leveller. A synthesizer will have to be included into the infantry standard equipment so our marching soldiers can, with the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841978864210384903noreply@blogger.com0