If you guys are around for another 50 years, you’ll get to see Halley’s Comet. I was around for the comet’s last visit, but I can’t really say if I ‘saw’ it or not. It’s not something that comes light a flash in the night, it’s more like a star in the night that can be seen over a period of about 2 weeks. All I remember back then was everyone was all excited about the comet, large crowds gathered at the beach and everybody will be pointing to the stars in the night sky saying, “no, no its that one!”, “No lah, I’m sure its THAT one!” I was…

Speaking of tigers, I remember reading a few lines of a poem about them when i was small. A little googling got me the poem easily, its actually The Tiger by William Blake. You can read the full poem here. Tiger Tiger. burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Okay, for those not into poetry you might enjoy this – Eye of the Tiger!!! 🙂 ROCKY!!! Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Tigers get a bad rep these days. At the mention, some people conjure up images of the Tamil Tigers in their mind, or worse still, our national football team (nothing wrong with that, just their performance) or something with a negative connotation when you mention “tiger-show” especially in Ipoh. But make no mistake. The tiger is a magnificent animal, one of the true apex predators of the Malaysian jungle. Since tigers don’t live in same climate as their big cat cousins (the lion, jaguar and leopard), it is safe to say the tiger stands alone as a symbol of courage and strength. It is no coincidence the tiger is our…

Let me see, I’ve had my current home PC set up for, um, since 2003? That’s a long time. So are the Sonic Gear speakers I got together with the PC. I guess they’re okay as a first generation speakers, it looks good and works well. But the thing with speakers over time is that the sound gets less sharp, you get more feedback (and that annoying soft, hissing sound in the background especially when you turn the volume up). The other problem with my speakers is that the volume control is stiff. So stiff i can’t adjust it anymore, so i just leave it at max and control the…