Monthly Archive for April, 2006

* sigh *

It’s not that I haven’t noticed, but I haven’t really been putting much effort into my entries nowadays. The usual feelings put into most sentences are just not there anymore. Trust me, I’m experiencing ‘em, but I guess I’m a little too shy to put them in print. For now. Hopefully. Perhaps it’s up to me to clean up my life first before being able to come clean.

Anyways, I seem to have exhausted my supply of The O.C. to watch. I’ve got Episode 22 of Season 3 (which might be the season finale) on queue, but I gotta finish downloading Superman III and IV for my boss first. I’m also downloading FF7 for the PC, just so that I can experience the storyline and maybe even pick up a few more favorites from the soundtrack. So far, I’m only hypnotuned to the battle theme and One-Winged Angel. I’ll be cheating of course; don’t want to spend too much time on it.

In WoW, I’m still stuck at level 51. Still have things to do in ZF and Uldaman, so I’ve yet to progress for Maraudon runs. Slow and steady though. My guild’s implemented the Guild Event Manager, but I don’t wanna put anything on there with the fear of not attending my own events. :P And I discovered a Japanese-speaking guildmate too; maybe I can start putting some in practice.

In BF2, I’ve surprisingly made 2K points since making First Sergeant. Haven’t been playing that much, but I haven’t lost my edge. I’m starting to love my PKM, being able to take down squads of people without breaking a sweat. :D Think there’s much room to improve though; I’ve seen people do 30 kills without a single death. :O But then again, they’re highly ranked, so they must play like every single day. Merv is inadvertently helping me with my ‘training’, since the team he’s on almost always loses. No offense, man. :D
At the office, I’ve been able to pick up the pace again after being stuck in a short rut. My fragile mind just has to take a break every few weeks or so. While I’m making good progress on my stuff, I still have to deal with the upcoming audit on our project (i.e. more work) and an upcoming renovation that will force me from my currently wide and spacious cubicle to a cramped corner with the rest of the office folk (i.e. more physical work). Kinda ironic since I just got promoted. Oh well, I’ve made a pact with the chief clerk to erect a wall around my area to make it more private. :)
I definitely have to finish my tax forms tonight.

And.. I’ve resisted the urge to migrate to PCI-Express. The cost is just too expensive for a mega-graphics and dual-core upgrade. My overclocked proc is sufficient for now, and I’ll just have to live with the current graphics problems that can be rather annoying when BF2′ing (hence the urge). Imagine trying to shoot something from a tank and only be able to see panoramic black stripes flashing across the screen.

I will however, upgrade my LAN to 802.11g to save the trouble of downloading movies from my server to my PC in order to watch them, and maybe procure a decent sound card for the heck of it. :) And maybe also replace this card with an adequate if not better alternative.

stuff to watch! and others to avoid.

ES and I watched Ultraviolet Friday night. With the exception of Milla, everything else sucked. We got there a lil earlier to try out the new House of the Dead 4 at the arcade. But it was such in demand that we didn’t get to play, so we settled for some Time Crisis 3. Which I could probably play on my PS2 by myself. :P
Speaking of the PS2, I think I’ll bring it into my room to play on my 24″. Wanna see if the gun works with LCDs as well.

And I’m a few minutes from downloading the entire Season 3 of The O.C. I like the way [Azureus] allows you to set priorities for each file in a torrent so that it downloads faster. That basically means I’ve watched the 1st episode, and can now start watching episodes 2 to 8. :)
Ooh, and the latest Nokia PC Suite has an auto update feature. I’m now on version 6.80.20 and it works very well with the WIDCOMM stack I installed earlier. Sweet! Now hopefully someone improves the Bemused protocol to allow it to control other things. :)

sakit mata

This week’s news briefs:-

- I’m now able to control winamp using my nokia 6230. It’s fun, but I wish I could control movies as well. Luckily for HID-capable Sony Ericsson phone users, they have an official app that allows you to simulate keystrokes using your phone. I don’t have the link though, so you’ll have to google it. :) In the meantime, installing the latest WIDCOMM stack was a pain, and now I can’t get my Nokia PC Suite working. :\

- Almost done with the O.C season 2! Gonna start looking for season 3 now. :)
- Watched most of Nascar 3D last night. 3D is nice, but it was too short. Makes me wonder if normal PC games like BF2 can be 3D-ized. I recall looking into it a long time ago… maybe I should look into it again. Met up with Ida Maya too, from ze old primary school. It was great being able to catch up with her. :)

note to self

some links for me to look at when i get home. :P
widcomm bluetooth drivers: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/index.php/t-127539.html

needed for this to work: http://elektron.its.tudelft.nl/~jkohne76/

and this as well: http://bemused.sourceforge.net/

Kelantanised

Here’s a currently popular Indonesian/Malay song playing on radios everywhere. But modified. :)
Lagu: Teman Tapi Mesra (versi Kelantan )

kawe punyo saing
saing sepermaine
Kemano ado dio selalu ado kawe

Dio amak come
Jugo baik hati
Dio selalu ado waktu
Untuk tulong kawe

(2)
Namung kawe bengooww
Ketiko dio ghoyak cinto
De dio jugok ghoyak
Tuk ingin jadi gewe kawe

Reff :
Cukup lah sajow saing nge kawe
Jange demo mitok lebih
Kawe tok ser mengcintai demo
Kito bersaing sajo
saing tapi mesro

kawe meme berkene pado diri demo
Namun kawe ado gewe doh
Lebih baik kito bersaing sajo
Kito bersaing sajo
saing tapi mesro..