StiffNek Music Blog

The Way of the DnB

2011-02-25T04:39:00.000-08:00

StiffNek's Latest Release is out! - Feb 25 2011

Only Girl StiffNek DnB Remix

2010-12-18T05:23:00.000-08:00

Check out my latest Rihanna remix @ my Facebook page ;)
Click on the download link there to download!
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Zouk10ut ft Booka Shade & Laidback Luke

2010-12-12T22:54:00.000-08:00

It pays to be tall and have a camera with good audio ;) Enjoy the videos!

Touch Me In The Morning - StiffNek Trongo Remix

2010-09-23T02:22:00.000-07:00

Touch Me In The Morning - Stiffnek Trongo Remix by Stiffnek on Mixcloud

StiffNek Profile

2010-08-31T19:06:00.000-07:00

StiffNek Wan born on 1984.

Doodled with Beaterator on the PSP at the beginning. Now wielding the Ableton Live & never looked back!

His influences are Above & Beyond, Tiesto, Drifta, Ravager, Receptor and other commercialise drum and bass hollywood tracks and movie soundtracks.

Dnb + Trance = Drumnbrance

Check out his tracks at Mixcloud.

Hypercaine

2010-08-11T20:55:00.001-07:00

Great video great dnb tune. Just singing the lyrics makes me wanna get off my feet and do their dance! Cant fight the beat... LOL

left me for her drifta remix

2010-08-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

Awesome!

Joint Assault on 31st August

2010-08-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

Online coop.
Real world locations.
Simultaneous attacks on 4 different locations.
Infrastructure multiplayer.
Real planes.
Improved graphics over the previous just like Socom 3.

Another reason to own an UNHACKED PSP.

BUY your games.

This is gona be BIG.

drum n bass plus female vocals

2010-07-27T22:45:00.000-07:00

Click here for full Scribbler Subsonik Remix :)

Another great DnB track by DJ Drifta

At this point I realize Drifta produces the SHIT!
Female vocals DnB ftw!

Urban Ninja Scissorsnipz Remix

2010-07-24T18:35:00.000-07:00

After 4 weekends of multiple releases, this one is final! ;)

Urban Ninja Scissorsnipz Remix by Stiffnek on Mixcloud

Check out my other tracks on the link!

When a defribillator becomes a thunderstorm... (spoilers!)

2010-07-24T08:44:00.001-07:00

Inception, quoted as a thinking man's action movie. Personally one of my best 10 bux I've ever spent on.

Special effects are jaw dropping, yet practical enuff to not veer away from its attempt to visually explain how the rules work in their multiple level dreamworlds.

Here is my question.

At the last scene where Cobb meets with his "supposingly" already dead wife, was that a PROJECTION of Mal? Or was that her TRUE FORM after she attempted suicide? After all, that scene was her dreamworld that Cobb and her created in level 4... of 45 years!

A lot of ppl get mixed up in that.

Seeing that Inception is an AGNOSTIC movie with no reference of heaven and hell after death, I think Nolan open up a whole new bag of worms here.

My take is that when Mal jumped off the roof thats where her "spirit" went to. To level 4. So that wasn't Cobb's own projection of his late wife. I think Nolan is trying to tell us if you get deep enough into your dreams, you'd be DEAD!

Well, so much for opening a discussion. Thanx Nolan. Job well done. Gotta sleep!

Oh and if you don't want it to RAIN in your dreams, make sure u take a piss!

Pish out!

2010-07-21T19:37:00.000-07:00

Deleted my social networks.
Idling on Facebook. =)

All their smiles mean nothing except when I look at yours ;)

2010-07-15T00:50:00.000-07:00

All their smiles mean nothing except when I look at yours ;)

Modnation Racers: Ps3 or PSP?

2010-05-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

Modnation Racers. An all new Play, Create, Share game for the Playstation 3 & PSP is coming just round the corner. If you haven't heard of Modnation Racers yet, then it pleases me to be the first. ;)

Its been a long time since Mario Kart that we had any new kart racing game which sets a BENCHMARK for its genre. Modnation Racers is an EVOLVED kart racing game, primarily because of its polished visuals of a video game of this day & age which has also a taken references from other already successful games. Taking its appeal from games such as Burnout, Mario Kart & Little Big Planet. Fusing a formula that works for experienced and casual gamers alike. There are tons of reviews about this game that has garnered such a significant amount of interest, it'll be hard to not notice!

Where is all this attention coming from? If you enjoy
- action racing games like Burnout where you can takedown opponents, perform insane drifts and hangtime to collect boosts
- you like creating your own characters and racecars and playing them online with other ppl
- you like to create racetracks for hours & share them with the world
- you like the art style of Urban Vinyl Art and you generally like cartoons or thinks Little Big Planet is cute

Modnation Racers has all the elements which are right up your alley!

The only thing left to do now is to buy this game on its release date at May 25th! But which versions are you likely to be getting for that bang in your buck? the PS3 or the PSP?

I've personally seen the introduction and tutorial videos downloaded from PSN and Youtube. I have played the demo on the PSP which I have to say is one of the best looking games for a portable. But then again I look at the PS3 gameplay videos and I am once again stuck with a dilemma.

I have both the PS3 and the PSP. To be able to play on the portable means you can bring them anywhere. You can create tracks, mods and karts on the go and you are able to play single player career scoring takedown points and unlocking more props for your mods as you advance. This means HOURS of time on the PSP outdoors while being able to play them online or share your creations if you have access to a WiFi spot or when you get back home later. This is a sure battery killa for the portable!

Playing Modnation Racers on the PS3 is what this game ought to be! The visuals and the drifting really has an "arcade" feel and response to it similar to Burnout. The controls and collisions are rather more polished for the PS3 than the portable. The track creation enables you to create "elevated" tracks, meaning a track could intersect like a ramp that enables hangtime over another track which is a cool feature for the console. The PSP created track does not intersect and elevate. But they have tons of props that acts as a ramp similar to the console. So you still get plenty of airtime here.

The PS3 characters also looks a little better than the PSP. But these comes down to cosmetics that doesn't necessarily affect the gameplay. Or does it? The controls for both versions differ, with the PS3 version a little more polished than the portable version. But with the portable version you could bring it just about anywhere and stay engrossed in it for hours!

So its really a tough choice but you're essentially playing a same game. You compromise a few things as always with portability, but you could spend more time with it than with the console. You will also have to consider whether you are the only person playing this game or are you the ones that often play with your friends and family? I have a couple of games for the PS3 that I end up NOT playing them because it sits in a living room where everybody is, but I buy games for my PSP from the PSN Store and I play with them for hours.

I have a sister who pesters me to get the PS3 version since she would be bored at home during the holidays! And since MGS Peace Walker is due release for the PSP around summer. I guess I have already decided on which Modnation Racer to go for.

Nonetheless, its going to be a great SUMMER for PS owners ;)

Trip to Bali (day 1 & 2)

2010-05-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

This blog deserves more update than what its getting now.

I've been holding out this blog for months. Its not that I've outgrown my blogging habit. Its just that I've been simply too busy to update anything that is of significance. This blog goes way back in 2006 for me to want to delete it off. Some memories are just too precious to throw away.

So if you are reading this blog, I thank you. :)

Now on with the Bali trip.

The trip wasn't really planned. Just happens so that my friend and I had the same idea so we book for flight tickets less than a month before departure. The booking was "sui" as both of us were able to book for May (cheaper airtix, away from peak period and out of our busy work schedule so we are able to take leave). We book for 4 nights and I book a couple of tours for the 3rd and 4th day. In this entry I'm gonna talk about day 1 & 2.

Initially we got a room which was facing to a construction site which was building a new hotel to the right of Mercure Kuta. The hotel has a nice ambience and indoor architecture to it and everything was nearby. The K Mart and the food centre next to it was nearby, along with a couple of bars and McDonalds at the end. Starbucks, Hard Rock cafe, KFC, Matahari shopping complex with its A&W was to the left and the Kuta beach was in front.

The only problems we had was there were a handful of mosquitoes within our hotel room, but somehow it didn't want to bite us, and the initial room the hotel gave us, which we requested for a transfer the next day. Get a mozzie spray from the K mart just in case if u decide to stay here.

The people here were warm and friendly and they always greet you when they bump into you. It feels like back in school but somehow I miss the hotel more. Not everyday that you get ladies greet you with a smile. I'm not being a sleazeball here but that was an instant connection I made when I was there that totally differentiated it from anyplace else. Their unmatched hospitality! And it wasn't just the hotel. Taxi drivers, information counters, shop vendors, instructors. It seems that people were generally friendly here and you could easily just about make friends with them as they speak two of my already well verse languages, basic English and Bahasa. With english I can fire away questions upon local strangers like a dumb redneck tourist, and with Bahasa I don't have to speak malay like an arrogant "matrep". Another instant connection with Bali. :D

The first night on our arrival day we head out to the left side of Kuta and explore the streets. Lines and lines of shops with some famous international brands and local handmade crafts. The first thing that will struck you is that how close the shops are to the road and unlike the shops with international brand most other shop items do not have a price tag. Once I caught on idea that things there were up for bargaining, I ask myself how much should I push to get a good deal here. As of the first day, you don't know what are the standard prices are for the price of things. You just had to make an educated guess. But within days there just about ANYBODY can be an EXPERT for bargaining. The shopvendors motivation for success is to be able to make a SALE and your motivation for success is to RIP OFF as much as you can from the shop vendor.

Went to Matahari mall, ate at A&W and discovered she didn't like strawberry waffles, went to look for a pair of shorts for her but didn't had her size :p. Got myself a reebok tshirt. The first night's weather were terribly warm. So after a moderate walk around Kuta we decided to head back and call it a day.

The next day we had breakfast at the roof of our hotel. The view was beautiful as we chose a seat by the window. The food didn't taste too bad either. The seafood noodle was easily enjoyable as we filled our plates with other steamed and fried stuffs. My favourite was the banana pancakes which were served hot. :)

They had wifi at the breakfast area so we took some time to play around with Facebook and taking photos. After which we toured ard the outside of the roof of the hotel which had a breathtaking seaview.

So they have their hotel spa by the roof as seen on the pictures here. You can imagine how nice this place looks at night.

After breakfast I went to one of the nearby tourist information counter which was near to the food centre. I didn't plan to do anything yet for the day so I asked if we could get a last minute driver to take us to Nusa Dua beach in the afternoon. The guy at the information counter told me it was possible but he didn't want me to be disappointed in case if it rains and we didn't get to try out the watersports. He converesed with me with slow stalling Bahasa which I pretended to understood some and some I pick up from his body lang. I went along with it assuring him this is the only day we got and I need a transport who could pick us up ard 12 noon. So he signed me up for parasailing, jetskiing and banana boating at a rather good price, as compared to the brochure package prices that we gathered from the airport the day before. Everything went to plan! At 12 the driver called us from the lobby as we head down for our first adventure.

The journey to Nusa Dua took about an hour plus but my friend quickly fell asleep within the first 10 mins. She's an owl who only stays awake at night. A lot of sights to see during the ride on the way. Particularly how 10 year old girls are able to ride a bike with one hand on a rainy day, smiling in the rain while the other hand shielding their face, with no helmets on. Bikes are like bicycles there. But they don't usually go beyond 40-50km/h. Helmets are only found within paddy fields on their thing that passes for a scarecrow. :p

The infamous Vi Ai Pi club that got bombed in 2002.

Finally arrive at Nusa Dua beach. Skies are clear and what looks like to be a beautiful afternoon.

So the driver introduced us to the instructor there who gave us an overview of things while we deposited the remaining $$$$$ to him. Asked him if we could record a video recording and photo taking of the event as an extra and he said yes. After we put our belongings into the locker area and my friend changed into her swimwear, the instructor introduce to a much younger "usher" who would take us further into the beach where we started off with parasailing. There were other tourists, an australian group, an older japanese couple, a younger chinese indonesian couple, a singaporean group and a group of local beachbums playing soccer in a nearby area.

I'm just citing everything that I could recall as we go along so bear with me.

We had to wear red and blue gloves as an indicator for left and right pull when we would land at the end of the the parasailing. Here is a facebook link to the Nusa Dua' and Penyu Island's photos.

Nusa Dua Water Sports & Penyu Island

To sum it up Parasailing was breathtakingly fun, stress free but a little short. Could see the entire beach from the top view and even further beyond to the back. Being up there was calm, and its been a LONG time since my feet got off the ground.

Jetskiing was the one that I enjoyed the most. But it gets a little tiring after 15 minutes on the hand that holds the accelerator. The jetski would tilt sidewards if you don't pick up speed. And when you pick up speed you have to steady the steering to the center which takes some effort or you'll go sideways or in circles. And don't pick up too much speed too suddenly if you don't wish get dragged. Accelerate gradually. At one point if you go too fast you might glide up a wave and land hard, and if you land hard you will have a tendency to let go of the accelerator, which will cause you to brake hard. So u have to hold the accelerator halfway most of the time and anticipate the oncoming waves that might cause you to bounce. Overall, great fun!

The banana boat was suppose to be the most predictable ride of all the 3. We just had to sit on it and let the speedboat take us. At one point a big WAVE hit us and toppled our banana, along with our instructor whose name was Charlie. (Charlie with the blonde hair and chocolate skin) I don't know if it was an accident or intended, but I'm glad it happened. Kept my hand on that boat when we were dragged underneath the water for a good 8 seconds before it went to a stop. Our banana was capsized! So our instructor told us to get our hands off that boat, somehow turned the boat upright, picked up my lady friend and then told me to reach for the ropes. I can't swim! I just pedalled for the ropes where I see them. Had some difficulty picking myself up on that boat initially but with the instructor's help I managed.

After the banana boat, one of them recommended for us to see the Penyu Island. The kind people there help us out and got for us our very own boat at a good price. Just for the two of us and the camera guy. Another plus for Bali people and their friendly good service!

Did a video recording on the way to Penyu Island on that glass boat. We made a short stop halfway to "feed the fishes" with their crumbly whitebread but we didn't get to see any fishes. By then it was already raining

By the time we got to Pulau Penyu (Penyu Island), we wanted to touch all the animals we could see. It was a first time for us to touch so many animals in an hour! We became totally desensitize after trying a couple of new things in that day that the fear of touching animals eluded us. Snakes, turtles, hawks, bats, iguanas.

Another friendly guy greeted us on that other beach. I didn't catch his name but he told us he was recently married.

After being in contact with the animals, we had some coconut drink for refreshments. The seating area was by a souvenir shop. It felt like we were rushing and the rain didn't help. We heard 2 screams coming from the snake area during our R&R. It was a guy! -_-

After coconuts and guy screams, Ellyannie wanted to take some more photos of the turtles and the snake. Before we left she dropped some $$$$$ for the poor animals' food and then made our way home the same way we came from. Another video recording of the boat ride. To view the video click on this link.

Penyu Island Boat Ride

Went back to the hotel, decided to eat out at the nearby food house. Had chilli cockles, sweet and sour fish, tom yam soup, beef stuff with rice. Went to the K-Mart to get some stuff then took some pictures at the hotel lobby. We didn't try the complimentary drink at the bar. Neither of us drinks or smokes!

Charlie told me that drinking a gallon of seawater a day makes you strong. I think there is some truth to that. Better head to Sentosa this weekends!

Day 3 and 4 coming soon...

New blog just opened

2010-02-28T19:27:00.000-08:00

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I've opened a new blog under http://nevasayquit.blogspot.com

To help motivate others in more ways than one. :)

See u there!

Inactivity

2010-02-19T01:53:00.001-08:00

Forgiveness for the lack of updates. I have a blog here which i don't use anymore. But I'm not about to delete it anytime soon cuz of some sentimental attachment I have for it. This blog goes way back to 2006, when I was too free and had too much time. All the happy and bitter moments in my previous entries. Frankly I dunno why you and I are here anymore. But in case Facebook breaks down I could just update my blog from my phone. Thats cool.

Im more in touch with myself and i dun seem to have anything to rant on or complain abt. Maybe thats e perk of being at age 26. Uve finally come to terms with everything and am less conflicted. Generally happy and dun haf to camwhore to prove it to others u know. And guess what. I am still single and very much happy with my life. My last rship with a girl is months ago so dun worry, i'm not in any state of denial or anything. U can see it in my smile and hear it in my voice. Alright peace! Smile folks and c u around.

Using the Mail2Blogger on e X1

2009-12-19T16:26:00.001-08:00

Was looking around for more useful applications for my mobile phone till I remembered I don't really have an app for my blog account. But emailing my entry to my blog is much cooler I think. The xperia qwerty works great after I sent it for repairs some 2 weeks ago.

Attached a picture of KL Bt Bintang in this mail entry. Was there a couple of days ago before we went to genting on short holiday. Went to a few malls, wang sungai, bb plaza, times square. Didnt had a chance to go to pavilion or lot 10. Will visit kl again in the near future. Next trip will most likely be at cherating... If i get my leave. If not then i will either visit terengganu, bangkok or phuket next year.

Recently gotten a ps3 but still playing campaign mode on mw2. Sharpening ur sniper skills takes time dudes. For now im just gonna add friends on my ps3 profile before im oscar mike!

Chao!

Neo's Software FOUND

2009-11-13T00:49:00.001-08:00

Back when I was still a FANBOY and the internet was basically Web 1.0 and not very widget friendly like today, I setup a website for one of my favourite movies of all time. The Matrix.

After Geocities deleted my 2 earlier websites namely 8reakdown! and Our Dysfunction! which was running on Web 1.0, I was disappointed. Those were memories, man. Some part of me that started young that till today hasn't really died down. I didn't back the files up. I lost my old backup and only manage to save a few files in my new portable harddisk. The bandwidth usage per session for Geocities had limitations and saving files without an FTP connection made it difficult. Pray that I somehow had the old files stored in my old harddisk somewhere.

So to the links on the left, I have taken out the old broken links and added "Neo's Software: A Matrix Tribute" for all you guys to see. Check out the old essays that we had receive from some fan submission.

THE MATRIX HAS YOU.

Public Service Announcement #1

2009-11-04T19:43:00.000-08:00

Everytime I see a celebrity or a supermodel with a gorgeous dress I'll tell them "That could be you in a MONTH, only FATTER!" No thanks to TV for all the "information" or lack thereof. Now WHAAATT I say? All the diet cokes and big Macs that you enjoy cohabiting with your FRIENDS and LOVE ONES coupled with your fav shows that takes a chunk of your already short evenings that you could have spent time doin something more productive especially about that lardass that you refer to as a BOOTY. You have TV to thank for that, dear! Who needs exercise let TV control our miserable lives and thinking I'm sure they're inventing a revolutionary DIET PILL that works without EXERCISE. The source of our problems has its own solution. WEEEE! ;)

SERIOUSLY?!!

2009-10-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

LIKE WTF?!

Top 10 Healthiest Food That I Love

2009-10-27T19:50:00.001-07:00

Top 10 Healthiest Food That I Love

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Lego Invaders

2009-10-22T18:43:00.000-07:00

Right click "Save Target As"
Lego Invaders.mp3

Sth random...

2009-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:00

like a screenshot of my Today screen! Enjoy! =)

Okizzaya Baybeats (Final Uncut)

2009-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Modified =)

Right click "Save Target As"
Baybeats Final.mp3

Breaking the Habit (Cyborg Dance Mix)

2009-10-20T18:18:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest Beaterator track featuring Linkin Park's Breaking the Habit! Download for high quality. =)

Right click "Save target as"
Breaking the Habit.mp3

Train Home: Beaterator Track 2

2009-10-20T00:25:00.000-07:00

Okizzaya Baybeats Track 1

2009-10-18T23:31:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at making a techno tune straight from PSP's Beaterator! Download mp3 from the link below by right-clicking "save target as" and tell me what you think! =)Okizzaya Baybeats.mp3

UPDATE: Download link track version differs from Youtube track version.

Download here:
Okizzaya Baybeats (Final Uncut).mp3

Have You Forgotten How To Enjoy Yourself?

2009-10-18T18:57:00.001-07:00

Have You Forgotten How To Enjoy Yourself?

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Are You Turning Into The World's Biggest Liar

2009-10-11T18:19:00.001-07:00

I just finished "spring cleaning" my room with my brother emptying drawers and clearing dust with each other's consent. No amount of optimism is gonna get me started unless I did a reality check on the rather serious situation which needed addressing cuz of the lack of storage space.

To quote off from this blog's entry. I personally have seen "The Secret" and think that by thinking positive it will create positive results to SOME EXTENT. But if you couldn't focus on an objective and keep procastinating ur goals and lie to yourself that things are going to turn out all right, then nothing could be accomplish.

You're going to get fatter. Your room's gonna look messier. You're spending more on booze and cigarettes.

The human mind is goal oriented and unless you set to work on your goals you are just lying to yourself. So yes, too much optimism isn't good. Everyone has to run into a wall at some point.

Are You Turning Into The World’s Biggest Liar By Being Overly Optimistic

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Hari Raya update

2009-09-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

Berocca makes my pee turn yellow. Is that a good thing?

Decided to stop using hair gel indefinitely.

Decided to send my stupid phone for repair maybe after Raya as I might need the camera.

Bought my baju kurung anyway for $155 when I thought I heard the lady mentioned $55. Kinda liked it tho. It feels like a suit.

Sourcing for Portable Player for my DVDs most likely after my next pay.

New clothes.

Restock on my protein whey.

Sell off my Swatch watches to Cash converter.

Please grow longer hair!

More consistent with my ab exercises. And hopefully return to my optimum fighting shape at 83kg.

Awaiting Tekken 6 and Star trek DVD on November.

And switcheeks, I hope to get this Raya thing over with so we could spend some quality time!

:)

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin! Dun need me to tell you, but have a blast for the month anyway.

And I haven't even started celebrating yet!!

NEWDC competition on Saturday summore. Means I will be slightly late for the festivities so I could secure my school a win to boost my appraisal for next pay.

Wish me luck!

What I think of Transformers 2

2009-07-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Kids fiction.

Its fiction is too much "delusions of grandeur" syndrome. Something that is dead should have stayed that way. Something that has went to pieces should never re-materialise. Once you break those rules, its left for a non-solid, watery outcome. ANYTHING can HAPPENand any BLENDER can TRANSFORM. The kids don't care if its real cuz SHINY GIANT MOVING PARTS with SPARKS and FLYING METAL are just cool to WATCH. You devalue the meaning of death making something that ought to be a classic like "Oh he's dead, so what? Somehow he'll come back to life. Whatever. He's a robot. The ALLSPARK is a MIRACLE WORKER!" I'm not a pessimist. If you decide to KILL something make sure its THAT WAY.

This movie isn't BELIEVABLE FICTION. Its almost like watching CINDERELLA. The kids are CHEERING not me.

half-a-star out of 5

freedom

2009-07-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

free to make my own choices. free from man's old conscience. :)

i have cleared a few floating entries in my past that i don't want to be a part of anymore, after hanging on to hope for so long.

this time it will be different, as i have lifted a burden in my wallet which i keep for so many years. this time i promise that things r different.

the future in the distance looks brighter

07 07 09

BaTaM TrIp

2009-06-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

I didn't tell anyone about going to Batam, it just so happens.

So my mum was kind of disappointed with that. But I assured her it was going to be OK over sms. Her disappointment wasn't long as she told me to get some KEROPOK and enjoy myself there. Which I did.

I'm not a very good storyteller. I'm just good with words when it comes to deep thoughts. Here goes anyway...

Ida's driver was waiting for us at Batam centre once we reached by ferry. First we went to Barelang bridge to admire the view and take pictures. We had lunch at Lapangan Tembak foodstall which sold very nice Bakso soup and other regular fried dishes. Food there was cheap. No smoking signs is nonexistant there in Batam. We relax at the hotel for 2 hours in the afternoon.

Breathtaking top!

Breathtaking under!

Heading for lunch...

Arrived at last.

Then we went to DC mall to shop for some keropok ,had A&W waffles and fries, bought some perfumes. Then we went to visit Ida's father who has a food stall there selling satay in front of Avava mall. The satay is one of the best. Ida's father Jaffar, told us it was real meat unlike the ones in Singapore. They had some family "reunion and discussion" which puts ME out of the picture. Ida was running out of cigaretes. The cigarettes there are less than 2 bucks. I didn't keep track of finances, which was a mistake on my part. I trust her and just keep passing money to her. Note to self that I have to prepare an excel spreadsheet for future trips expenses in different currencies. Dividing numbers by 6.5 soon became less confusing as we got use to it. Things were relatively cheaper there when it comes to food and clothes.

The cigarette seller who was passing by almost tricked Ida into paying more for the ciggies, but Jaffar's father scoffs, "Hah! Depan aku pun kau nak tipu ke aper?" It started to rain. We tapau the satay and chicken cuz we already ate a lot from A&W. In the evening we went to Coastarina beach which was further out of town. Reminiscent of sentosa. The place looks cleaner as it just opened. Initially Ida wanted to take the Ferris wheel but we went to get tickets for a Kerispatih concert instead. The Ferris wheel happened to be just outside the concert. Damn! I told her its ok, we may not get the highest best view but we get to WALK the view. We didn't stay for the concert but just lepak there and admire the place. Although it was not very well lit, it was spacious and very soothing to hear the waves of the sea behind us. Later on, one of the Kerispatih members showed up at Noname club at our hotel playing the drums.

I realise Batam is just like a small town and our driver, Cik Malis was taking us to the different malls in circles. I began remembering roads better after a while before it got dark. And some of the road junctions had no traffic lights so cars were coming in and out like its their father's road and in these junctions you have to watch carefully. Another thing I notice, a lot of unlit buildings at night. A lot of unlicense shops selling crackers and beverages without electricity using standard white lamps which barely illuminate in the dark. And there are many of these kinds of stalls which dun lit very well in the evening. In the thick forest growth you can see some illumination in the distance, means people are living somewhere at the back of these forests. Its almost like a backward country when its at night. But I was told its not that bad.

Cik Malis briefly put it that to join military here you need some savings and a good education, unlike in singapore where u just need the heart to do it and sign a bond. You also need some form of education which is not compulsory. In Batam you can choose to go to school or just work. Does the police here make a lot of money? Not so says cik Malis. Unless they choose to. In Batam a lot of cars are unlicense, so in order to make some money, the police there will have to issue fines to make a little extra. Of course they can also be corrupt and make some illegal money along the lines.

The taxi drivers here are either licensed or private. Cik Malis warn us to not take private ones although they are cheap. Either you get voodooed into giving them more of your money, or you might get into trouble with the authorities. How they operate is to rent different cars at different times and pose as cabbies. Even the locals are likely to get voodooed by the private cabs.

The law in Batam is simple. If somebody commits a crime and makes a run for it, its shoot first ask later. The police has more power, so Batam is relatively safe when it comes to violence.

The food here is great. But I stay away from outside stalls as a friend of mine from school found a cockroach leg in one of his dishes in a seperate trip. Already fried!

I stumbled upon an old friend unexpectedly at a club in Harmoni hotel that play some dangdut music and international ones. The chicks singing on the stage had awesome voices. I can't help but to just smile looking at them until Kartini burst my bubble by telling me "Wan, she's looking at you!"

I stumbled upon Ali Sluardalam, notorious for walking around in his underwear during SRB days. Hahaha! His is a sight to behold. He tapped on my shoulder and there he was like I imagined him there! He was going for a handshake with that "I can't believe its you" look on his face with his jaw wide open. He was speechless. At that time I was on the dance floor with Kartini and Idah. I was in complete bliss. I literally smiled dancing the night away. Kartini was teaching me some of her moves as I tried to follow. At some point we were suppose to dance together as she took my hand but at some point, it didn't connect. It was Ida's birthday too. Kartini bought her a cake and we got a complimentary one from the club. We didn't finish the cakes. The night was happening! But I still prefer house trance rnb music over dangdut. We left the club at 2am.

Day 2, had big breakfast in the hotel, left the hotel at 1pm. Went to eat at Lapangan Tembak again at Megamall. I notice they also have Es Teler there. I didn't know what Teler means until then. :) Anyways, after I had my fried rice with crabmeat and eggs with Avocado juice, we later chilled at Godiva where I ordered Strawberry shake and Chocolate Delice. Yes, you can even smoke here at Godiva. Still getting use to it. I had 3 desserts for that day alone as they cost about just 4 bucks each. Ida blanja the food again. So kind of her. As I sponsored her for the trip for her birthday. They had internet connection, but we couldn't use it cuz we are not using their telco.

Kartini and her guy fren joined us later and she started talking crap. She brought bakso soup and ordered pasta to go with it, but didn't finish her food by half. Then we went on to BGR stuff at some point. We chilled for the whole afternoon till it was almost time to depart at the ferry terminal. But first, Ida wanted to get a few floss breads from Breadtalk. It was 8pm Singapore time when we got in the ferry to head back to SG. It started to rain. I fell asleep for 30 mins, shagged from the whole trip.

I was so happy to finally set foot at harbourfront terminal, where the shopping malls smells clean once again.

There's only so much I can put in an entry, but I learn so much about the people and the food and the culture there. The trip has definitely given me a new perspective. And it has taught me to be more prepared next time round.

Next destination, Kuala Lumpur!

I can't be stuck in this office everyday, man

2009-06-05T02:29:00.001-07:00

I think I seriouly need another job. This office is doing things to me. My email spy8reak@hotmail.com if you have any good lobang. I'm for real.

Thanks for reading.

progressive rhythmz general themes

2009-05-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

www.freedom-09.net

Ferry Corsten

Above & Beyond

10 Unbelievable Sleepwalking Stories

2009-05-22T02:15:00.000-07:00

The sleepwalking nurse who draws masterpieces in a trance

Meet Lee Hadwin By day a nurse, at night he's a "sleepwalking artist" who produces strange and fantastical artworks which he has no recollection of drawing when he wakes up the next morning.

Dubbed 'Kipasso', he says he is utterly mystified by his nocturnal talent, while at the daytime he shows no interest or ability in art whatsoever. Major galleries have been asking for examples of his work, which they hope to market on its artistic merit as well as its novelty value.

Hadwin first started sleepwalking when he was four years old, but his parents believed it was a normal childhood phase. When he was in his teens, he began producing art work while asleep, at first on his bedroom walls. Once, staying over at a friend's house, he covered the kitchen walls with doodles in his sleep, an embarrassing discovery at breakfast time the next day. In his late teens and early 20s, the intensity of his sleepwalking increased and Hadwin would wake to find everything in the vicinity: tableclothes, newspapers, clothes and walls, covered in artwork.

Hoping to harness the strange ability, he started leaving artists' materials out when he went to bed and, sure enough, when he awoke he says he would find full-blown pictures beside him. Now, he leaves his home prepared for nocturnal wanderings, with sketchbooks and charcoal pencils scattered around the house, particularly under the stairs, a favorite venue. (Source)

Group hug in the shower tonight!

2009-05-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize that Prince Habeeboo was Rob Schneider all along. Lol! Its a "wholesome" comedy movie about a DAD who made a few small mistakes which got worse as he fast-forwarded his life on AUTOPILOT. Moral of story: Treasure ur loved ones before your career.

Prince Habeeboo! Ha-bee-boo! Hubba bubba is chewing gum! Prince Habeeboo is NOT chewing gum!

LOL!

who would have thought?

2009-05-20T20:07:00.001-07:00

SNAG is back! Congrats to the new superstar... I like his style. His clothes, his package! Both him and Adam are unique opposites which make the finals even more anticipating. Gonna enjoy tonight's telecast at home. :)

mirred in thicken time

2009-05-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

Lying in my bed I hear the clock ticking think of you
Caught up in circles confusion is nothing new
Flashback warm nights almost left behind
Suitcases of memories
Time after

Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me I can't hear what you've said

And you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I will be waiting
Time after time

After my picture fades and darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows you're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

You say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I will be waiting
Time after time

Time after time
Time after time
Time after time...

Stop Using Hydroxycut

2009-05-05T21:44:00.000-07:00

By Shuli Sudderuddin, Straits Times

Hydroxycut products are distributed by Global Active in Singapore through GNC outlets and other retail outlets, including pharmacies. -- PHOTO: GNC

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is warning consumers to stop using Hydroxycut products.
Made by Iovate Health Sciences USA, they are being recalled in the United States due to reports of serious adverse reactions there.

Hydroxycut, a slimming supplement used by people trying to shed kilos and by bodybuilders to better define their muscles, has been linked to 23 cases of adverse reactions affecting the liver, including one death due to liver failure.

Hydroxycut products are distributed by Global Active in Singapore through GNC outlets and other retail outlets, including pharmacies. They are also sold over the Internet.

To date, no local reports of adverse reactions have been received in relation to the consumption of Hydroxycut products.

However, the HSA is concerned and does not want consumers to be exposed to any health risk. Global Active has initiated a voluntary recall of Hydroxycut products here.

The HSA advises consumers who have been taking them to stop doing so immediately and discard them. If they experience any adverse reactions or feel unwell, they should seek medical advice.

Symptoms of liver injury include jaundice, brown urine, nausea, vomiting, light-coloured stools, excessive fatigue, weakness, stomach or abdominal pain, itching and loss of appetite.

A GNC spokesman said the company started recalling the products after it was informed early yesterday by GNC in the United States.

Said the spokesman: 'GNC stores in Singapore have sold Hydroxycut for about 10 years. It had helped many shed some excess weight.

http://www.hydroxycutinformation.com/

goddamn waste. die then die lah, so what!

The Full Xperia-Nce

2009-04-13T21:50:00.000-07:00

Fluid!

Where do animals go when they die?

2009-03-09T20:28:00.000-07:00

Why do we need weather? Why isn't there enough energy to go around?

If you travel in an ASTRAL body across distances and climate you'd understand why the world is seemingly DIVIDED. No matter how alike we are. We have nations, countries and are run under different government bodies. We trade off with one another so every section (nation) prospers and benefits as an economy.

Economy. ECOSYSTEM.

Every different climate across the world hosts different produces from nature. Produces that are a resource and are worth more to someone else other than locals. Some country has oil, some has coffee, some has rare, tropical fruits. WE TRADE WHAT YOU HAVE FOR WHAT WE HAVE. WE EXPORT TO YOU and YOU IMPORT TO US. If climates were the same throughout the world, we'd have EVERYTHING that you HAVE and we don't have to TRADE with one another. We didn't have to be dishonest because trading is dishonest.

In a PERFECT world, we'd understand how you'd feel without those resources so we SHARE them. There is no need to be territorial, monopoly and divided. There is no need for nations and governments. Our resources are shared throughout the world and everybody is benefiting from it everywhere.

And since climate comes from the weather, I sometimes wonder whether we really need weather. Why can't weather be constant? Why must it be too hot or too cold? WHY MUST WE BE DIVIDED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER?

The beauty of being in a mortal world is that everything is limited. We live off one another for as long as our lifespan allows us before we die & decompose and everything is PART of a cycle. Life is constantly jostling about across the universe. Something dies and something is born. It may seem like just a cycle to our short time on earth but it may be many cycles of an even BIGGER FORCE that is being created over time.

What is the bigger force?

This may all be sweeping remark to you. LIFE is indeed a big word.

Imagine LIFE once upon a time... concentrated into ONE small BALL. Everything that LIFE needed to sustain itself is included within ITSELF so there is no need to fight or trade with any other entity over ANYTHING.

Suddenly, CONSCIOUS comes into the picture. Since it is the absolute CONSCIOUS, it is AWARE of everything around itself. CONSCIOUS notices LIFE. It decided to examine whats inside of LIFE. Due to conscious' nature of curiosity it "played" with LIFE but curiosity got the better of CONSCIOUS and it accidentally BROKE LIFE into smithereens!

The Universe was created and everything broke down into simpler matter such as vacuum, air, dust, space, time and gases. Even CONSCIOUS was caught in the whirlwind! All there is now are different ELEMENTS scattered throughout the galaxy. Suspended into animation! Suspended into the universe, time and space! All these elements from LIFE originally are trying to get back together to become WHOLE again, even as we breathe right now.

If it means killing off an ENTITY to give birth to another one, so be it. If it means destroying a NATION to ensure peace to the WORLD, so be it. Like WORMS trying to scurry back to their NEST. SURVIVAL is the very instincts of ALL LIFE. It is LIFE's MANDATE. Feeding off one another if they have to to ensure their elements survive. Ultimately, all these elements will CONVERGE to become one LIFE as a WHOLE again. Where EVERYTHING unites and there is no division and no boundaries.

So Earth has to CRASH into the Sun one day. We all have to DIE one day. Cause everything has to CONVERGE one day. LIFE was once just a ball of EVERYTHING.

You know why they haven't made a movie on this hypothesis? Our stories are build around US. This story makes our life on this universe very insignificant to the whole cause.

So why do we live? What meaning are we giving to ourselves to ensure that our LIFE and TIME is worth something to someone so its not just playing a small role in this IMMENSE UNIVERSE?

Where do animals go when they die?

They return to LIFE.

Humans return to CONSCIOUS.

Moral of the story? CONSCIOUS shouldn't be too conscious and should learn to keep its hands to itself. =)

Everyone is chasing rainbows

2009-03-05T17:03:00.000-08:00

But no one stops to look at what they have stepped on and destroyed along their journey.

Everyone's chasing a dream. But shouldn't we be more RESPONSIBLE?

Some CONSTRUCTIVE back and forth comments between me and another member of Facebook. I just hope it gave you guys some insight.

BOLD = HER and ITALIC = ME

Diana For some reason they all dress the same way-Shirt,T-shirt,Jeans in similar styles.Where's your unique identity guys?They need to STAND OUT.

this is a women world. women get cheaper better clothes with more variety than guys. guys r better at sth else. we dun haf to dress up to charm e opposite sex, just groom enuff n hygiene.

Right. Then explain women performers who dress the same too? By the way, are you saying women aren't good at anything else but dressing up? ;) Are you saying it is not necessary for men to dress up? You might want to rethink. This is the Attention Age dude. Be aware.

to put it bluntly its e same like animal planet. female enhances her attractiveness with youth n fertility. female waits to be pursue by male. males dun enhance themselves n wait to be pursued. they can wait a long time. :)

Yes I agree with you to a certain extent. Therefore women have the unfair female advantage. However to imply that men doesnt need to Stand Out is sweeping. In a highly competitive world, everyone irregardless of women or men needs to STAND OUT. Why do you think there's facial salons and spas for men now? Why are they metrosexual males? Better designs for men's clothing. First Impressions, Image is important irregardless of gender. You're selling yourself everyday. Thus you need to constantly be in a marketable manner. Where marketing is concern, image is very important. Of course it is highly likely women have it more adventurous when it comes to dolling up. Nevertheless no excuse for men. :)

*Pardon me for my spelling errors. Typed too fast. ;p

women these days r very able and talented below e dressing up part so dun get me wrong swity. its just necessary for them to dress n enhance then men. men are visual creatures. women are more attracted to personality. the average dude with decent grooming and hygiene with e right spark can date any women he wants :)

Hahaha! That's always the case huh! ;) But I prefer guys who are smart, business acumen, a big heart and Alpha Male! I like guys who can hold an intellectual conversation, works out and dresses well. ;p SINFUL! LOL! So how are you getting with your dates? You should check David DeAngelo!!! Go google him. LOL! GREAT STUFFS for men!

yeh i feel u. but i feel metrosexual is just a propaganda to get men to buy more enhancements to impress women. its unnatural and misguided. men shud be just comfortable being men and not get too caught up with consumerism ideals. but grooming n hygiene r still bases which r important which applies to all.

yes im a big fan of david d :)

Of course, I understand. In fact a lot of things are caught up with consumerism ideals. However the description stays. Alpha males in my own terms are men who lift heavy abv anything else. David D is cool huh! LOL!!!

hmm, too bad ur married :p

I always tell guys who are interested - "U'll be thankful I'm married because I am your worst nightmare. ;p" HAHAHAHHA! ;)

Diana APPALLING!There's this guy on my facebook who doesn't get tt this is the Attention Age @richschefren n thinks men doesnt need to STAND OUT

haha, we do need to stand out. we just dun use the gimmick all the time, swity. just occasionally. we dress for comfort. we dun use heels. we have better things to use with e money. a lot of insecure women out there seeking attention knw wat i mean?

whoever gave e idea abt the "attention age" has his/her ideals deeply misplaced. its a self defeating mandate. men who aim to seek attention are men who lack vision. they will not be good husbands n go ard flirt women. if these r men of today i think earth needs to be meteored n society shud start over their roots n ideals.

We're adults. We need to be more sensible in our ideals and lifestyle and what we would like to impress upon our children. Our ideals are misplaced and society needs to start over.

So please...

Villains are Artists

2009-02-27T21:51:00.000-08:00

If film directors like Christopher Nolan were to be immortal would he rather become a MOVIE DIRECTOR?

Would he direct a film abt heroes and villains into an "alternate life" play?

Are our revered "artists" potential "villains" living under the rules/laws of men by portraying their unethical, immoral ideas onto "canvases" for people to ADMIRE.

Ideas that would never work in reality cuz they are too FANTASTIC, but admirable nonetheless.

Or would he direct his movie into his OWN reality. Living it, breathing it. Eventually building his own rules that doesn't govern around the law of man. He who cannot be bought, bullied with or traded by money. Just the CRUDE laws of the universe.

A controlled creative mind can be brought to film. An UNCONTROLLED one however, would bring about CHAOS.

Some men are just not into it for the money. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Wouldn't it be interesting to learn the hearts of these men?

Unfortunately for men such as these, they will PERISH in this reality.

Maybe its a good thing that we aren't immortal to begin with. Cuz if we were, we would do as we PLEASE. We would truly be CORRUPT. As a consequence, God gave us just one life to hold by. One dear life to reflect back on ourselves with. One life to make all the small mistakes in the world as long as we do not DIE making a BOLD, wrong choice. So we make right choices above all else.

Or so we fool ourselves into thinking whats right.

Regardless with just one, we might find a reason to take our own life serving some bigger purpose many simply are afraid or fail to understand.

But then again, amongst those who takes certain risks. You have these garbage who just kills just for the money or sex.

A lower class of criminals. Criminals whom simply have no respect for ART.

So how do you respect art?

You kill yourself.

Eventually.

Cuz deep down you know you belong to a better place and this world and you just wouldn't WORK OUT.

The only thing that is holding many of us back is the fear of DEATH.

But many of us are already dead. Our souls have been bought over by money and consumerism. Our ideals are misplaced. We only live cuz dying is not an option and we are simply playing by THEIR RULES which involves buying whatever it is they are selling to fulfill our VARIOUS levels of physical wants and desires, which is always hungry and can never truly be fulfilled but temporarily replenish. We make business for them and it works both ways. It truly is beautiful. Some have respect for the monetary system. Others who indulge in SPENDING and overdoes it, doesn't. They have no respect for themselves cuz they let themselves be bought. Even if you give them a million dollars they wouldn't know what to do with it. Either way the system wins.

Maybe they need a religion to clear their heads and bring them back to life! Maybe not.

If I say ICE-CREAM, you're already thinking about having one right now. The rule of ATTRACTION is unavoidable. We must learn to acknowledge external temptations. But then we CURB it. Simply ignoring them won't get you through that hurdle in life. The temptation will get to you sooner or later.

Would it kill for you to sacrifice a life for lets say... some misplaced sense of self righteousness for a group or country over WAR? So you would have felt a sense of PURPOSE in LIFE and stop doubting your miserable existence on this face on EARTH.

Yes it would, wouldn't it? Your life is worth more than any war. Nothing is worth getting yourself killed. Those only happen in the movies.

You ask yourself why ure so miserable? This is why. Cuz you just have one LIFE and you wouldn't do anything about any war. You could do something about the ice-cream.

If you had more LIVES would you put your life at risk and do the right thing? Or would you turn the other cheek?

Come to think of it this could go either way.

You can be a villain or a HERO.

But without villains, would there be any heroes in the first place?

Have you come to your senses that we are truly corrupt no matter how we try not to be? Some form of power simply cannot exist in our hands. Which is why we are given one good life to live by. There is always a dormant inspiring villain in all of us waiting to be triggered. The one life RULE would ensure that we don't SCREW it up by risking our life like villains normally would! Nature has a way for things doesn't it?

A villain understands MORE than the supposingly "common good people". Good people are simply AFRAID.

GOOD and EVIL will always be on the brink. Without evil there isn't good. And evil always comes FIRST.

So when there comes a time when a LIFE is involve, what would YOU do?

Do you DROP at the first sign of trouble like the others?

Like Batman, his anger was motivated by his death of parents. Cause by desperation from poverty where evil had lend a hand. You either EMBRACE and UNDERSTAND evil by living among them. Or just become another link in the chain. Either way evil is behind it.

Great. So now I have a MOTIVE for what I just said?

I just love a good movie, thats all. I may be evil, but maybe just a little. This post IS a DARK entry.

Movies are "emotionally honest". When you look at characters you don't have to wonder about their hidden agendas cuz they're NOT HIDDEN.

In reality, people are too proud to show their emotions. They're always talking about the next best HANDPHONES or their next best JOB and girlfriends. They never really regard a person's feelings at times. Other than their stomachs or bowels. Very unlike people you watch in the movies, don't you think?

Now you know WHY you love SOAP so much. The characters are more HUMAN than any of us would like to ADMIT. Some people are just ZOMBIES when it comes to acting out their EMOTIONS.

In fact, I tried to look up for the word "EQ" in an OXFORD dictionary but I couldn't find it. Though I did find the definition of"Intelligence Quotient".

I bet some would even know such a word EXIST.

Many of adults' problems and arguments cannot only rely on additional information to fix it. Its simply not like fixing a tivo set by referring to DIRECTIONS from a MANUAL. Some problems cannot be solve by a high IQ person even though he may be in the RIGHT. He has loads of information. But he lacks the ability to handle groups of people and has no regard for their agitation. This is where EQ comes in.

Some problems by nature, needs an acceptance of unlearning old ideas rather than just keep taking in NEW ones. Smart ppl always keep taking in NEW INFORMATION hoping they'll nail it right the next time even if they keep getting it wrong. Its like trying to get a girl's no. It doesn't work that way. Discard old information. Break old traditions that do not work. If you fail at it trying to be nice, then maybe you don't have to be nice. Bust her balls with some sexual tension. Get what I mean?

Unlearn.

Not many people and not many adults LIVE by them. They do not have these areas of their LIVES handled. No wonder there are so many angry and MISUNDERSTOOD people all the time!

Someone up there is trying to manipulate and shape our society, making us spend unnecessarily over our hard earned dough. They brainwash you into buying things you don't need. WE ALL KNOW IT IS TRUE BUT WE ARE DOING IT ANYWAY. Where do we draw the line? Do we haf to get old to realise that we are neglecting whats in front of us?

The world doesn't need more smart people. Sometimes people need to admit their emotions. Whether it is wrong or right in the eyes of society. Sometimes, truth isn't enough. Sometimes people need to have their faith rewarded.

Digsby Review

2009-02-23T19:14:00.000-08:00

I don't know how many of you are aware of this.

But Digsby is the new shit of 2009!

I even installed a Digsby widget on this blog. What it does is to allow anonymous users who come to my blog to chat with me online through Digsby.

And on the other side I'm not just connected through the anonymous user on my blog, I'm also connected through MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and Facebook chat all at the same time.

And it doesn't LAG.

And the thing about Facebook is, all the news feeds you get from the homepage will be notified through Digsby via a popup message. So you'll never miss an update that comes by the second! You can turn this feature on and off as you can view updates from one long list manually.

Just like viewing your email inboxes list but without having to go to your internet browser which takes time to load. You view them just by hovering over them quickly at a glance.

You can set the popups to appear in any corner of ur screen. You can set the Digsby friends list to display image thumbnails or not. You can set the size of the thumbnails, the text sizes and fonts of ur contact list's nick and personal messages. You can set on which side of the contact list you either want the thumbnail to display pictures, the online/offline icons or the service icon the contact is using.

Even the dialogue box has its own skins. Digsby is ad free. Lag free. And it doesn't take up advertising space like MSN messenger. Its very CUSTOMIZABLE. Its the best multi messenger ++ application by far. Bar none!

The initial setting up takes a bit of time but you only need to do it once. Everything else will be done automatically each time you log on to windows. Its worth it.

http://www.digsby.com

kung fu panda mom

2009-02-21T07:30:00.000-08:00

And the audience approves! :)

Rest In Pieces

2009-02-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

One of my fav old songs of all time superimposed into this Smallville video.

A lap of Singapore

2009-02-19T20:24:00.000-08:00

random doodles

2009-02-10T07:11:00.001-08:00

random cny graphics

2009-02-10T06:45:00.000-08:00

Email from the Cullens! Oo..

2008-12-28T04:20:00.000-08:00

Hi, I stop cars with one hand.

Its pretty obvious that I look dead like a vampire, but it took HALFWAY through the movie for them to establish my identity! I guess its a bonus that they make me secretive and mysterious towards the first half. The girls are carried away by this. The guys dun buy it of course.

I guess the only exciting part of the movie to watch is the baseball scene. But its not any different than Charlie Angel's slow-mo pausing fight scenes or Matrix bullet-time fight scenes. And they all went like HOLY CRAP THATS THE COOLEST SCENE EVA!! Pfftt!!

Theres very little action and suspense after that. I guess some girls will outgrow this kind of movie. But there are always new batches of screaming teens who would compare this with something like an Oscar movie. Something like Titanic. But at least Titanic is palpatable. Its an actual tragedy. I climb trees and read ppl's minds. Never mind that I'm immortal. I just give girls delusions of grandeur and I keep playing it and playing it in their heads. And yet they fall for its fictitiousness. Nice!

I tried withholding myself by not giving in too much to the kissing scene. And girls love me for it. They like to be tease this way. Every guy knows that! Oldest trick in the book.

Maybe the book has a story. Its a romance novel. But my movie is really just a promo for it. And/or for the sake of giving Edward Cullen a face so that readers could animate me and fantasise me in the book later.

I can't say that you guys are gonna like it very much. It gets draggy after the 1st time, man. Admit it! The movie sucks that is why its not worth a SECOND look! Good looks will go after a while right? Why can't u guys face the reality that I'm the best looking guy on the planet and thats the only saving grace of the movie and the reason u pay the 8 bucks?

Why huh?

Take it away from here, guys! You're welcome :)

- Edward Cullen

Fight!

2008-12-01T00:49:00.000-08:00

Nothing like a good old bout of Tekken meeting up with an old friend. Seriously guys, I need a guy out there who can take me down once in awhile. Need to keep the game interesting. I haven't been in the arcade in years but I beat this old poop 10 to nothing. Hahahahaha! I played with one token and ended up losing to the final boss. Well its not that hes tough, managed to beat him at one round. Hes just not as prdictable as the regular fighters. You can't tell whether he is stunned to make your next move or indifferent to ur asswhooping before he gives you one.

I need to look for other jobs as my contract is ending. There are surprisingly a lot of good offers for multimedia IT but the chances of clinching one deal is fairly tricky.

prosthethic arm

2008-07-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

I feel I shud blog this.

I dislocated my arm last Sat... and the doc put it back overnight. It was painful. There wasn't any tears. But my face turned blue. The Xray showed that my bone went "in". But its really visible from the outside. Ppl were looking as I was rushed into the registration counter. What the hell! I'm in pain for e past 2 hours and I still have to register and wait for the doctor. No choice but to bite my lip.

Doc gave me 8 days mc. Its Monday. I'm suppose to be recovering at home but I went for a run in the evening instead. I dun care if it hurts. Staying home for too long is making me sick.

So there. I got until 14 August before my next checkup. But the armband is already off. Woohoo!

spoilers

2008-07-19T07:04:00.000-07:00

Thought provoking, moral grinding, emotional riding, deep plot on corruption of justice system. Multilinear storyline which makes the dry trailers bite the dust. Watching a political hero becomes a villain after he sacrificed everything. Hearing the joker laugh falling to his death. Almost. No hint of CGI. Big things gets blown up, including the hospital blowing up scene which didn't cut away as the joker walked out from it (Very cool!). Elaborate props and high tech gadgets that only Bruce Wayne can buy. The mind of a criminal who doesn't thrive on money is the greatest criminal mind of all. Breaking society down by grabbing their faith and fear turning them on one another. Which will society choose? Does corruption prevail in Gotham?

Dun bring ur gf along, u won't have time for her with so much going on.

"Sometimes truth isn't good enough. People need to get their faith rewarded."

Singapore to own 20 of these!

2008-05-30T17:59:00.000-07:00

SINGAPORE signed a contract on Monday, Dec 12, to buy 12 US-made Boeing F-15 fighter jets, the defence ministry said, marking a further upgrade for Southeast Asia's most modern military arsenal.
"The 12 F-15SG are expected to be delivered in 2008/09," a ministry statement said.

The contract also provides an option for the acquisition of another eight aircraft at a future date, it said.

A ministry spokeswoman declined to reveal the cost of the deal but industry analysts have said it would be worth about US$1 billion.

Singapore announced in September that it was in talks with Boeing to buy the F-15 Eagle instead of the Rafale, the pride of Dassault Aviation of France.

The Rafale and F-15 were in a dogfight after the Eurofighter Typhoon was knocked out of the running for new fighters to replace a squadron of aging A-4SU Super Skyhawks, upgrades of US-made aircraft first bought in the 1970s.

The defence ministry said the aircraft to be purchased "will be the most advanced variant of the F-15 and will operate as the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) next generation multi-role fighter jet."

It said the fighters "will significantly enhance the capabilities and operational readiness of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)."

Analysts said the deal came as no surprise.

"The real question is whether they'll be buying more F-15s after this first 20," Robert Karniol, Asia-Pacific editor of the military affairs journal Jane's Defence Weekly, said from Bangkok.

"Basically their requirements will determine it."

Assistant professor Bernard Loo Fook Weng, a military analyst in Singapore, said the Singapore Armed Forces have almost always bought US-made combat aircraft, and the F-15 is combat-proven.

None has ever been brought down in action, he said.

"I don't really see this as part of an arms race," said Loo, of the Nanyang Technological University. "First of all, it's something that's been on the agenda for a very, very long time."

Singapore was one of the few countries still flying A-4s, Loo said, and the fleet of about 40 planes is "pretty antiquated".

Tim Huxley, senior fellow for Asia Pacific security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said he did not foresee any strong regional reaction to the purchase.

"The way to look at it is that other regional countries including Malaysia and Indonesia have also been modernising their air forces, so they will understand how important it is to modernise their air power," Huxley said.

The wealthy city-state's choice of fighter was keenly awaited in the world arms industry because Singapore is regarded as a picky buyer whose rigorous selection process influences other countries' decisions.

Singapore also operates F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-5 Tigers, both US-made.

The city-state has been spending around six percent of gross domestic product annually on defence, a legacy of its vulnerable early days as a republic.

In the fiscal year to March 2006, its defence budget was S$9.26 billion (US$5.5 billion), up 7.4 percent from a year ago and accounting for almost a third of the national budget.

On Friday Singapore launched the fourth of six "stealth" frigates being built as part of a naval upgrade.

Because of its limited land area and air space, Singapore has to station some of its air assets in friendly countries including the United States for training. Loo said the bulk of the new F-15s would also be US-based.

Life Sentence

2008-05-27T08:39:00.000-07:00

The bride tells her husband, "Honey, you know I'm a virgin and I don't know anything about sex. Can you explain it to me first?"

"OK, Sweetheart. Putting it simply, we will call your private place 'the prison' and call my private thing 'the prisoner'. So what we do is: put the prisoner in the prison.

And then they made love for the first time.

Afterwards, the guy is lying face up on the bed, smiling with satisfaction.

Nudging him, his bride giggles, "Honey the prisoner seems to have escaped."

Turning on his side, he smiles. "Then we will have to re-imprison him."

After the second time they spent, the guy reaches for his cigarettes but the girl, thoroughly enjoying the new experience of making love, gives him a suggestive smile, "Honey, the prisoner is out again!"

The man rises to the occasion, but with the unsteady legs of a recently born foal.

Afterwards, he lays back on the bed, totally exhausted.

She nudges him and says, "Honey, the prisoner escaped again."

Simply turning his head, He YELLS at her, "Hey, its not a life sentence, OKAY!

Rrrip yourr mmaaaaa

2008-02-07T05:52:00.000-08:00

Hahaha! I can't stand it...

Planet X

2008-02-07T05:31:00.000-08:00

There are a lot of videos of Nibiru on youtube but this one strikes me the most. Believe it or not. Enjoy.

Vader playing the blues!

2007-11-16T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hilarious!

Digital Monster Designs 2 & 3

2007-09-17T05:17:00.000-07:00

I know its been long since I last posted. But that doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything. Do you still like no 1 best? Tell me wat u think.

DJ Beatnik is in da' howse!

2007-08-25T18:47:00.000-07:00

My latest design. Self-explanatory.

Force Unleashed

2007-07-13T04:21:00.000-07:00

The new exciting Star Wars game set to release in September 2008 that takes place in the Star Wars saga of episodes 3 and 4. The first game of its kind with DMM and Euphoria technology exclusive only to this Lucas Arts title. Check out the trailer!

Simply badass!

www.theforceunleashed.com

David Blaine Spoof

2007-07-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

I found this on Youtube not awhile back. Its crazy n hilarious. Big whup!

Part 1

Part 2

Freedom is the right of every sentient being.

2007-07-03T01:04:00.000-07:00

One shall stand. One shall fall.

Who knows what line comes after this quote from the original 1986 movie and by whom?

This is gonna be a pointless review, since everybody is gonna watch this summerblock movie anyhow. Let me just point out that if you haven't already seen the movie cuz of the full house during weekends' theaters, its probably why the weekend theaters are so full. Its not just another Jet Li badass hardcore action movie. Its a next armageddon out of this world hardcore action movie and the at 60 frames per second, some of the action scenes looks too confine to fit into a 16:9 widescreen. They shud prolly see this film in the Omnimax.

There are many kinds of Transformer fans out there. The toy collector fans. The Beast Wars fans. The Generation 1 fans and so on. I happen to be more of the original movie fan of the franchise first movie film back in the 1986. Watched it a zillion times. Memorised the entire script of the original film from start to finish so I could irritate the hell out of you guys out there. Heheh! But more than Optimus Prime, I was a fan of Rodimus Prime. The autobot's slightly younger, more athletic muscle of the group, who took over Optimus Prime as leader after the autobot Matrix was passed to him after Optimus departed. Actually bought the toy from the classic series which is the best looking toy of Rodimus Prime up to date. I hope the sequel would feature Rodimus of the original, and maybe also Unicron, a monster eating planet that devours moons and other orbiting planets. But back to the main film.

The initial stages of the film was to me a reminiscent of Terminator 2. Everything was futuristic, very metal. Humans being attacked by the machines. Industrial light and magic stuff. Barricade police automobile mistaken for the good cop but actually the bad guy himself. Machines protecting humans against other evil machines. Protect and destroy.

Bumblebee reminds me of Mikey from Ninja Turtles, another classic turned movie this year.

As the pieces set in, we learn that the Transformers are more humanlike in nature then they look. They mimic the way we talk and move. They show concern towards their other sentient beings and they felt they haf a responsibility towards the humans. All which leads to Megatron, the Allspark and a very explosive ending to boot. The plot is pretty direct. Autobots vs Decepticons trying to find the Allspark, a cube energy that gives cybernetic life to simple machines. The action is pretty intense. The sequence is very well thought out and the goofiness didn't hurt. This is the best cartoon to movie port release from the past series to date. I'm glad to have grown up at e time where cartoons then have become classics now. Seriously.

צ λ ε ς ъ ר װ ζ

All hail MEGATRON!

If not, get Unicron to bring back Galvatron in the sequel!

Kalel

2007-06-23T18:34:00.000-07:00

Blogger really grinds my gears sometimes. I did a massive post and hit the publish button which went to a missing page. And when I hit e back button my whole post went gone! Like wtf! Anyways lesson learnt. Copy the entire post before hitting the publish button if you wanna keep ur hair folks. Check out this cool shirt I recently got from Bugis.

Bought at DC Superheroes. Comes in other stupid colors like black and brown, which cannot really see the design. Another outlet down at Suntec which is more or less the same. Believe it or not, this shirt is a size S. Try ur sizes before purchasing them, folks.

Gatsbyy

2007-06-14T05:22:00.000-07:00

Our version of it... like it? Haha! Camera is suppose to be rotated.

Magna Cum Laude

2007-06-08T03:42:00.000-07:00

I've never settled down for any video game except maybe till now. I have this idea that video game, if not for its mindblowing graphics and gripping storyline... is a pointless waste of time. For me its like I'd rather go to the gym. I've never really considered the PSP. My sis plays Maple and shes into Audition now. Shes got skills for an 11 year old I can tell ya that.

I'm a fan of those abandonware games, but mostly those from LucasArts or those I had played when I was little. Earlier this year I've been playing the SIMS 2, some PSX roms I dloaded but I couldn't really get into these games. Maybe not yet. Maybe I'll get my swity to play with me I heard she goes to arcades after werk often! I need an opponent to bash their heads in with haha! I'm usually so competitive but my competitiveness died out cuz got no one to play with. Eventually I became this boring person. But I have to tell you about this game: Leisure Suit Larry! The game is rather simple to play. Its also fun to watch. Dun ask why heheh! All you have to do is to play the minigames they have in their quest and complete them, and you'll get your reward! Its a very kinky game despite its cartoony looks. Its a guy game but I dun tink the girls wud mind either eh.

If only my mom wasn't ard to ask too many questions.

We knew this wasn't an illusion!

2007-05-11T17:02:00.000-07:00

There's just something about BRTC that drains my energy from becoming the active type on afternoons, say like going to the gym. I keep thinking each day is going to be different but it always ends up that I dun go to the gym there. SRB is a place that makes you lazy. Maybe being surrounded by cemeterial area has sth to do abt it. Maybe there's no girls ard. Maybe I'm turning into sth else. Watever it is, its soon gonna change. I can't lose all that I've worked for for so long.

Spiderman 3 is a disappointment, especially for the fanboys.(See how they make movies with big names and somehow always makes me want to puke after watching 'em not that I want to but cuz' they really suck and I'm the bad guy!) They shud get more muscle to play the actor for Venom. Not some joker from that 70s show. Venom could have been his own franchise but they decided to put him briefly there and kill him with a less than flashy detonator explosion. Ended his reign short. He looks horrible on film! Sam Raimi has shown us his strength for making a Spiderman movie. And now he has shown us his weakness. He can direct a fairytale like story for Spiderman in the first two. But he can't pull off a true action movie filled with key characters as in X-Men. Thats Bryan Singer's art. I can't believe they get this dude to play Venom at first. I was right! They got it wrong. Its true what they say, the film lacks lackluster of villains. Sandman is nt really an evil guy. The Goblin (or whatever he's suppose to be) is just looking for revenge on Peter. Venom appears too briefly and died at the end. They're all just not evil to the core. Its long winded and at times just tiring to watch. For those of you who actually LIKED the movie, you are mistaken! The movie isn't what it should be. Go back to Spiderman the Animated Series' Sins of the Fathers' episodes. The only credit I could give is that Tobey plays an excellent bad guy. Well done, Tobey! Black and emo is your look!

Spiderman 3 rating: Numbers don't tell anything. This movie, just like the Symbiote that consumed Spiderman, is bad!

Hunk of Junk

2007-05-11T00:18:00.000-07:00

Click whirr!

Hello from CDA

2006-12-19T03:40:00.000-08:00

Just got a new 3g fone under singtel that enables me to blog n put fotos online. Its really neat. Unfortunately its on another blog addy at okizzaygo.blogspot.com. Either i find a way to rss feed that blog to my current one or i need to do some recorating for my new one.

Its real boring here at bunk. Yesterday a cat jumped onto my bed at night as i was drowning into e sounds of radio to get to sleep. I wasn't hallucinating! What a fright i got! I dun blame it. Imagine how cold itd be like out there with me

Imploding Building

2006-11-18T20:12:00.000-08:00

If you looked carefully at this video, the surveillance camera and the live cam shot does not sync at the part where the officer steps away. But the flat table where he emerged from after the implosion remains a mystery. I know most of Copperfield's tricks... how he flew, went thru the great wall of China, sawed his body into half, disappearing the Statue of Liberty etc. Anyone has a clue to this?

I love Mozart! =)

Stigmata

2006-11-03T17:50:00.000-08:00

An effect that I did to a bunkmate which left him astounded and in disbelief. A devastating effect to the spectator. Stigmata works brilliantly and Wayne Houchin is a craftist!

You know. Fish! I wrote a whole entry about how I was close to passing out that day during training and it gave me some respect and perspective of SCDF. Now I have to rewrite everything all over, the HAZMAT suits, the face masks, the gas chamber, the hyperventilating and the pails of sweat that we get to go through. It was 10 paragraphs long and the internet window froze upon submitting. Don't u just hate that? I don't think I have the patience for computers. I'm too tired. I can't be bothered. I guess its all better to tell them from the mouth. >:(

Art of Disaster

2006-09-08T17:55:00.000-07:00

One of the better Burnout clips I found from Youtube. Best racing game of the decade! If you look at the video, you may think this game is all about crashing! Its more about surviving at blazing speeds! But the ragdoll physics and pyrotechnics is so eyecandy you wun mind crashing into sth once or twice. You'll see why many people would agree this game rocks! Definitely not for those with weak reflexes and a sore temper. Whoosah! Credit goes to the respective authors who composed this musicvid masterpiece.

Bastardization No 1 & 2 =)

2006-08-25T23:07:00.000-07:00

Out with the old...

... and in with the new! =)

Me & my GT Bike @ Seletar

2006-08-20T08:27:00.000-07:00

Taken ard 8pm with a camera phone after dinner at Jln Kayu =)

Superman Swoops The Screens

2006-07-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

Its been 5 years since our caped hero has left Earth in hope of rediscovering whats left of the remains of his home planet Krypton. But alas, Kal El's search was refutable. As he returns to Earth 5 years later, the people of Metropolis seemed to have forgotten about the man of steel. Lois Lane has moved on since superman left. She won an award for her article "Why The World Doesn't Need Superman." She doesn't care about Superman anymore. She was upset when he left without saying a word, and now she has moved on without him.

The original soundtrack that hinted the first few hums of the nostalgic intro sequence, the trailing 3d credits, the swooping animation of the spanning universe were all nothing short of refreshing. There is a lot of negativity of this movie despite the high ratings in other reviews. Ppl say Brandon couldn't act, there's no chemistry between him and Lois, or he's just not Reeves. To me the script was dead on. Not too much bang but just enough room to make a potentially good sequel. Brandon Routh is a great actor, he's great as Clark Kent. But he just falls short as Superman. He looks either too synthetic or too boyish. Its not because of the movie is too long. You expected more because the guy couldn't give anymore. He's a great actor. But thats as far as Superman Routh is ever gonna be. He's forgivable although he's not a great Superman. He played the part pretty well. Reeves is undeniably the best Superman. If we could take a minute to take away the nostalgic fondness of Reeves I think Routh falls in second to all other Supermans out there. Haha! Best scene of the movie? The plane scene at the beginning sends blood rushing to my head. The later scenes just gets number after a while as Superman seems to slow down a little. Theres not enough bang to it. All his superpowers were played out in the movie. As soon as it gets between him and Luthor it was yawns for me. Luthor is an average manso you can't really say these 2 collided near the end. Haha! Well, just my 2 cents. This movie gets my B+. Its worth reincarnating and its worth watching. Superman fans like myself can't miss this!

X-Men 3: What a GREAT letdown...

2006-05-31T09:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I just seen the movie with my "baby" who happens to be eating ice-cream sundae when I arrived late at Tampines Mall earlier this evening. Haha! She got the tickets the day before so we got pretty good seats. I'm sure many of you has seen the movie by now so I'll just get it over with here. Yes we're talking about X-Men 3 and goddamn, I wish I was Pyro! I don't have to hurt anybody its just so cool to be holding a flame in your hand like that. Who needs a light?

I had no idea it was to be the last movie of the franchise. I thought there were many other areas where the movie could've taken itself into from the cartoon series. Particularly the Apocalypse saga where Cyclops and Jean would travel in time to meet their future son, Cable. And I would have loved to see more of the Juggernaut slugging it out with Colussus. 2 great giants battle it out! They put 2 big guys in there but that didn't happen. The consolation was Iceman against Pyro. Two friends turned enemies thanks to the underhanded schemes of Magneto who brought Pyro to the "mutant" side. Hmm. Climax of the movie? I din feel there was any. Maybe I'm being ungrateful. But here's why. There was no great last battle between two of the best. Like Magneto was outdone by the Beast and Wolverine duo, Juggernaut gets outwitted by Kitty, a lot of random mutants became victims of random tranquilizer fire and the seemingly unstoppable Phoenix aka Jean Grey lost to Wolverine just cuz he uttered 3 words. Ouch! Another thing that doesn't help is killing Cyclops and Professor X earlier in the movie. 2 of the most influential characters of the X-Men. Ok Cyclops I didn't care. But Professor X is the great leader lah. Taking him away halfway in the game doesnt give it justice to the ending's climax. So its like, all the characters who defeated their adversaries were either real lucky or real jinxed. But they don't cancel each other out to their last dying breath. And that fails to make a real memorable climax of an action movie.

The ending was abit of a cliffhanger. We all know that (and if you didn't, shame on you) Juggernaut is not a mutant. He got his powers from some ancient voodoo magic in a form of a red crystal. So he cannot be cured. What happened to him then? You can claim that he got disintegrated in the final Phoenix massacre along with the others but that is just plain ass of an excuse. Another thing was that Magneto chess board scene. Is he really cured? Or does that man possess more power than the cure would've taken away from him? Is there gonna be another sequel? With alot of the big players gone I doubt it. Very little chance of that. But there are other players that haven't already got in the picture. And some that you wouldn't even thought of already made the big screen. Characters such as multiple. Multiple was a character too briefly used as a decoy. He could have done alot to turn the tides in the chess board if put to good use. Bad use of character for a movie? Or was the movie too big for its own good?

You got me. I give up. =)

Sample Tunes

2006-04-27T04:36:00.000-07:00

Finally I got my mike to work on the pc. I've been playing some tunes from the keyboard and decided to record them on the mike. Uploaded a few to this link for your listening pleasure.

Sample tunes:
http://www.momoshare.com/file.php?file=dcc4cb1788373fd4555819375fdba020

Edited Goodbye:
http://www.momoshare.com/file.php?file=eed9e039e264f91dd5d868390cae4cc2

Check them out. Tell me what you think. =)

Misplaced you have

2006-04-12T19:43:00.000-07:00

So I was playing with my flashy Mace Windu lightsaber and accidentally turned the lights off and not wanting to spoil the play I followed up with "Oh, I musta forgot to charge my lightsaber last night." Then in another voice I said "Kill him!"

Thats how this image came about. Instead I used a spineless lightsaber its more visual then a lightsaber already turned off. Initially I wanted to design it for a tshirt. Then the slogan materialised as I felt it needed some everyday thing ppl could relate with... and wear it. The image has already done its comic relief. I think I nailed this one. All it needs left is the is the marketing part. Haha!

We have moved! =)

2006-04-10T07:10:00.000-07:00

Whaddya guys think? Haha! Its still halfway done tho. Cuz I intend to put a lil flash movie and some music to go with it somewhere. Finally I'm switching to blogspot. Cuz frenster blogs aren't exactly customizable frenly. I like this shit it kicks ass!