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Archive for November, 2007

Remember This…?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Let’s see if it is on this floppy…
C:/>dir
What..? 500 over files?! Okay, Ctrl+C and break it…
Let’s try this…
C:/>dir/w/p
Nope…nope…this is taking too long. Maybe it isn’t in this directory…
C:/>cd system
C:/>dir *.exe
File Not Found.
Nope, nothing either…
C:/>cd…
Oh wait i see it. I made it into an .bat file the last time.
C:/>autoexec
Here we go…
SIERRA ON-LINE presents…
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KING’S QUEST
Okay, can’t remember […]

38 Special

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

From Consuela.
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night. Laugh? Jimmy Kimmel, on the American Music Awards.
2. What were you doing at 0800? Driving to work.
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Watching Death Note. I know it’s cheesy, but it’s fun…
4. What happened to you in 2006? Was too […]

Truth. Beauty. Freedom. Love.

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Nope, it’s not the ‘just values’ of Al-Rajhi bank as promoted by “I’m Kevin Lim, Branch Manager of…”
It’s the four Bohemian ideals glorified in Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 musical, Moulin Rouge! It’s one of favourite recent movies… I have always been a fan of both Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, so this was a must watch […]

Thoughts After the Wedding Dinner

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I just came back from a small wedding dinner, two friends from way back got married. I haven’t seen the two of them for many years now, although i was pretty close to the guy before he went outstation to work.
The thing about attending wedding dinners is that it always makes you think.
I for one, […]

Four Days in Phuket

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Took a short 4-day trip to the island of Phuket last week for work-and-holiday.
It was a great trip, with all food and lodging paid for, and with generous spending money from the management. We stayed along the Patong Beach, the most happening place on the island (in more ways than one…!)
Phuket is quite a […]