funky insect

saw this funky insect not too long ago.. look at it! having feather-like wings! hahah.. maybe its some unknown species of insect.. another mysterious living creature in chamberlain house.. just like the mice... lol

anyway, play Orbox B here!
addictive rating: high
difficulty rating: not too bad, with steep learning curve
game duration: couple of hours to couple of days.. =)

Tock, u need to learn from this keeper.. =)

and check this ebay item.. woooooo

Free Ben & Jerry's!

wow.. they are really giving out free ice-cream cones on Tuesday, 25th April! Check it out here for the free scoop timing and location!

I wonder if they do this in Malaysia or Singapore.. i bet we'll will be so kiasu that it will cause a traffic/human congestion within 100 metres in the vicinity of the outlet.. Remember the McDonald's snoopy craze in Malaysia, or even better, the Hello Kitty craze in Singapore? Having said that, Londoners can be quite kiasu also.. I have seen quite a number of ppl queuing up for the free Krispy Kreme donuts at Harrods without planning to buy any.. I do admit that i love the freebie offered, but at least I do buy some donuts k (however many that is.. hehe)..

Windows Live Messenger Beta

Are you already using the windows live messenger beta (aka messenger 8.0)? If you are, you can now update it to a newer version here.. (ver. 8.0.0683)..




also, check this cool effect out!

Seasonal changes..

was reading the "nightfall" entry @ may's blog and it got me thinking.. alot of changes happened/will happen during each changing of seasons.. and every year (i know i'm only in my 2nd year in uni, but i'm hypotesizing!) winter-spring change would bring about happy situation and sticky situation.. this is the time where we have relatively more free time than the usual term time, and especially since m-night is over.. this is the time when the day starts to get longer and the sun sets only at 8pm.. this is the time to travel around europe, knowing that we have to start studying immediately after that coz exams are right around the corner.. this is the time where lovebirds come together (uh-huh).. and this is also the time to find ur housemates for next year..

funny how 1 year could have so much difference.. this time last year, i was worried sick about mel.. this year, i'm still thinking about her, but it just felt different.. feeling less "pressured".. this time last year, i'm certain i did study more.. somehow this year, i've lost the drive and motivation to work.. i'm missing someone who will actually force me to do some work.. this time last year, housemate issue was non-existent, everything was cosy and rosy.. yet it is quite a sticky issue this year..

*interrupted by a certain someone who came to my room and chatted till 630am*

being too tired now.. *yawn* gonna visit lala-land really soon.. oyasumi nasai!



p/s: check this out.. (click on "watch this movie!")

w810i


panoramic photo shot taken with my w810i

summer holidays

waking up at 845am during holidays just meant 1 thing - something bad is going to/has happened.. for me this time, it waking to prepare for a telephone interview.. for a summer internship back home in malaysia.. guilty party *ahem ahem* P & G..

lasted for 45 mins.. and i cant even remember the guy's name, the one who interviewed me.. all i remember was that he's a United fan.. he asked me to describe a situation where i've encountered difficulty and how did i approach and solve it.. I told him about the great adventure that me and tock encountered last week at OT.. =)

after all that, it left me in a half-awake half-sleepy mode now.. just finished watching the dvdrip of Goo Goo Dolls live in Buffalo on 4th July *gasp* 2004.. but that live concert was a bomb.. so said guan.. really superb sia..go mininova.org and search for goo dolls.. there will be 1 dvdrip and the other is the album of audio recorded at the concert.. trust me, get the dvd and u wont be disappointed!

was thinking about summer plans.. abit complicated and uncertain in a way..

• 14/6 last paper
• 26/6 last day of rent in London
• 13/7 sister's graduation convocation
• 20/7 going back KL with family
• august + september internship
• october next academic year starting

well well.. i will have about 2 weeks free before my parents come over to UK for my sister's graduation... and i dont plan to rent somewhere for 2 weeks and bump ard doing nothing.. and so, i'm thinking to backpack somewhere in europe (or maybe russia?).. and really budget backpacking... hungary, czech, austria, slovenia, croatia, somewhere there? anyone with experience/photos please comment.. i'm looking for 1 or 2 ppl for company too.. =)

and oh ya, w810i is pretty good... 2 things that i've noticed about the phone that i dont really like, the phone doesnt have a cover for the camera lens and the directional pad in the centre squeaks a little when depressed... making it feel like a toy, if u get what i mean.. besides that, its a great phone.. check out those photos that i've posted.. those are taken using the camera on the phone.. pretty good i would say.. =)

"I do miss you, dear.."

please don't comment..

On that fateful friday, tock and I.............

the writing has always been on the wall... (sounds familiar? okay okay, no lame jokes..)

alright, on tuesday, I was informed by a fellow manchester season ticket holder that he has 2 spare tickets for a match on friday.. i've gotten tickets from him before, so he's a reliable source.. the only thing is how he's gonna pass me the tickets, coz the last time around, he got his friend to pass me the ticket at Old Trafford (OT, Man Utd stadium) but this time, his friend couldnt make it too (hence 2 extra tickets).. he told me too that his friend is holding the tickets and would have him contact me for the collection.. Immediately after that, i booked the coach ticket to manchester to try to get fare as low as possible...

the next day (wednesday), his friend called me telling me that he's in chelsea area (which is very close to where i am staying in london) BUT he forgot to bring his tickets! alright, i thought it would be fine for him to post it to me and i'll collect it the next day or even the day after.. but he could only post it the on thursday as the post office would have closed by the time he's back home.. On thursday, he called to tell me that the tickets would not be able to reach on friday becoz *gasp* its good friday! argh... we're not meant to get those tickets! but we've already booked the bus tickets.. well... too bad then, we'll have to find a way to watch the match at OT, preparing to pay over the odds for the tout tickets (illegal, but its the only way? )

that fateful friday arrived, and we're on the 830am bus to manchester, arriving at 130pm.. we treated ourself to a chinese buffet, knowing that it could be the last rewarding activity in manchester before suffering in misery.. after lunch, we head towards OT and we started looking for tickets.. I guess we must have "desperado" printed on our forehead coz as soon as we were in the vicinity of the stadium, we were approached by touts, offering a staggering £150 per ticket! fine! it was 3pm.. and the match is at 745pm.. i know we're TAD early, but no need to shock us with that OMGWTFCISYF price! we tried to calm ourselves and went to megastore (man utd merchandise store) to look ard, but at the corner of our mind, we knew that we may not be able to watch the game after a 10 hours long return journey!

its depressing...................... i know............ bear with me (LOL, i know what u're thinking) this story has many twists... We then head to a bar and just try to chill... there we met 4 irish guy who told us that they met up with someone who was trying to sell tickets at another bar.. the thing is that the bar has exclusive entry.. meaning that u need a man utd match day ticket to enter.. OMG, who is that retard who is trying to sell tickets inside a bar where everyone must have a ticket to enter! and who are the 2 morons who are trying to find that retard? US! lol... but sadly we were denied entry into that bar for obvious reason (duh!)

we were too embarrased to re-enter the trafford bar (the previous bar) and we just sat opposite, trying our luck asking passersby for spare tickets.. we even had our advertisement! haha



We spent about an hour or so with thousands of ang moh passingby and giving us weird looks.. we had a few touts walked past and offering us the tickets from a price range of £60-£100 each.. we weren't willing to shell out that much and we sat around until a guy came and ask how much we're willing to offer.. we told him £40 and he seemed abit too eager to sell his.. he took our money and pass us the ticket and left in a hurry.. i checked the ticket immediately and found out that it was a child's ticket! i ran after him and wanted a refund.. reluctantly he offered to return £20 and "taught" me how to cheat and enter as an adult... so current situation: spent £20, a child's ticket.. hmmm after consulting my "accomplice", tock, we decided to upgrade it to an adult's ticket thru proper means by going to their official ticketing counter.. i'll leave the details of this part out, but, in the end, we were ecstatic coz we managed to convert it to an adult's ticket without extra costs! =)

so we're halfway to achieving our goal.. and now we need another ticket.. luck has it that a season ticket holder was walking past at the same place where we were "begging" before.. and, like other honourable season ticket holders, he sold us his extra ticket at face value! how lucky was that? damn those touts! but hurrah! we're going to watch the match at last!



but this story does not has a fairy-tale ending! man utd drew 0-0 with the "almighty" sunderland and the title dreams 2005/2006 evaporated then if not before.. it was really a emotional rollercoaster ride.. maybe we're just not meant to make that trip.. SIGH..


ps: i know what u're wondering... CISYF = can i slap your face

All da nice nice photos from the spanish trip

nice random photos! =)

we were posing these when our car got broken into!

Colourful fruits @ merkat de Rambla, Barcelona

Spain Roadtrip

Code Name: Spain Roadtrip
Time: 27th March 2006 to 4th April 2006
Location: SW5 > London Luton > SW5 > London Heathrow > Barcelona > Valencia > Madrid > Seville > Malaga
(SW5 refers to my post code while London Luton & Heathrow refers to the airport)
Pros: excellent cuisine, sunny weather, driving around in a car, chilling out with friends, topless beach, bullfighting, flamenco dance
Cons: flight cancelled due to civil strikes in FRANCE! (i know, we're going spain, but wtf!), had to book another flight which costs alot more, waited and worried for almost 2 hours for the rented car, the car stalling 30 times a day becoz it was on 3rd gear all the while (lol, i'm not the driver, mind you!), driving in the other side of the road in a non-english speaking country, manoeuvring around cities with more 1-way streets than... than... 2-way streets? got our car broken into and left with a bag, 4 jackets & 150 euros after we left the car for a grand total of 15 minutes

Vocabs Learnt
uno = 1
dos = 2
tres = 3
cuatro = 4
cinco = 5
seises = 6
si = yes
de = of
gamba = prawn
pescado = fish
cerveza = beer
bebida = beverages
postre = dessert
calle = road/street
servicios/aseos = toilet
*dont ask me 7,8,9 or above, coz i dunno and u don't use them! not really..*

Additional Comments: I know the con list is much longer than the pro list, but those shitty things happened on the 1st 2 days mostly, and after that the trip got much much better.. phew!