Dang, my internet connection is out completely, that explains the lack of updates here. In the meantime, while Internet-less, I’m left with watching anime to pass the time between work and sleep (some eating and toilet time in between). I’ve currently still watching Black Lagoon, although the latest story arc (Roberta the killer south American maid) isn’t up to par with the start of the season. But apparently Season 2 is better. let’s hope so. I’ve just got Gunslinger Girl too, haven’t watch it except the intro to Episode 1. Seems like these European themed anime are pretty popular these days. I’m also in the midst of getting Last Exile,…

I’ve just got my new PC up and running, so If you see less and less around here, you should know what I’m doing instead of blogging… I’ve played quite a lot of games over the years since the mid-80’s, and I have had lots of favourites, spanning Apple, PC and Playstation (and Gameboy even). These days real time strategy (RTS) games are dime a dozen – you see so many of them at the shops. You have them based in medieval Rome, exploring the New World, outer space (Starcraft!), global domination, almost every thinkable historic or fictional scenario for a RTS, its probably been done before. Basically, the concept…

Yep, I’m buying a new PC. My home desktop, if you can believe it, is almost 7 years old. It’s a Celeron 433, I remember clearly I opted for it over the 466 to save something like RM40. Along the way, I’ve changed the motherboard and mouse once, and only a few months ago changed the 17” monitor. This is not to mention the countless re-formats over the years. It runs Windows 98 perfectly well, and it still has those addictive window games that were once the staple of bored office workers, like WordZap and TetraVex. Anyway, I’m getting a new one soon. It’s not going be a kick-ass one,…

If you’ve been reading the papers recently, they’ve been doing a series of interviews with loads of people from different industries about their job, i think it has something to do with some Education Fair. They always end the interview with a question about whether you can be a millionaire by the age 30. Oh, sure, everybody wants to be a millionaire by 30. Heck better still, most people regret they didn’t win the genetic lottery and be born as Bill Gates’ kid. But then of course, you and I know it’s far more difficult than it seems, unless: You do it via the less-than-legal way, You’re a hot chick…

My friend Pat likes my old post about [tag]snooker[/tag] (man, that was a long time ago, in the early days of my blog). I used to like snooker a lot, and still probably do – unfortunately, there isn’t a parlour for me to play in within a 10 mile radius. Snooker was huge in the 80’s. we’re talking HUGE, that was when our local TV started airing the world championship and Pot Black series. But after a few years, it sort of died out, and the snooker parlours were converted to video arcades (early 90’s) which were then transformed to handphone shops (mid 90’s) and then were taken over by…

Ah, the fresh smell of roses in the morning, as take a brisk walk in the field of daffodils. Especially when it’s on the elegant throes of the new year, and everything is fresh and beautiful… Except it’s midweek, and you have to go to work, and that pretty much sucks. To all my fellow lackeys who are slaving at the grind, to make this country great, welcome back to your job. Yes, my friends, after more than a week of public holidays and breezy traffic (school holidays ma…), it’s back to work. And it’s not looking good. In tray stacked high. E-mail inbox bold with 68 unread mails (the…

Apparently it’s a new year already. The calendar says 2007. Woo-hoo. So where are the flying cars? The universal remote that can control people? The instant microwaveable French fries? The X-ray specs? Never mind. Since it’s cool to make resolutions, let’s make some that I may (or may not) try to keep for at least 16 days into the new year before giving up. Simon’s resolution for 2007 Try to keep current job as long as possible not to get his a$$ fired (may not be applicable after disappointing Chinese New Year bonus. If there is one, that is…) Read more books*. Yes I know, I say this every year,…

Today’s 29th December, the last Friday of the year. The Internet here in Malaysia is still pretty slow, apparently it has affect Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. Frankly, it’s times like these people start to evaluate their dependency and / or addiction to the ‘Net. With the overload of newsfeed, blogs, online content, P2P downloads, i suppose some people can’t remember how life was pre 1995, when we actually had to do things the ‘slow’ and ‘hard’ way. Some things I learnt in 2006… Coke and mentos is volatile mixture. A website for people to broadcast their pets (or themselves) doing silly things for voyeurs to see is…

No.1 No.2 (That’s a 2-toed sloth, if you’re wondering…) No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 The internet today. Things that are slow. (Internet is freaking slow today, maybe something to do with the Taiwan quake.) The last picture was supposed to be “watching grass grow”. I couldn’t find “watching paint dry“. [tags]internet, Taiwan, earthquake[/tags]

Santa sleigh getting hit by the AirAsia KL-Bangkok midnight flight. George W. Bush actually spreading some peace on earth and goodwill to mankind. A Nintendo Wii under my Christmas tree. Bill Gates getting pwned at World of Warcraft by a 13-year-old pimply Japanese kid. CNN showing live footage elves staging a protest against low wages and discriminatory working hours outside the North Pole. Donald Duck, after all these years, comes out of the closet. A white Christmas, for once (and I don’t mean fake cotton wool, either.) No petrol price or toll price increase next year. The new Neon Genesis Evangelion movie is released. Rudolph with his nose so bright…