bye bye blogspot

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hello wordpress

no, i'm not shifting this blog to wordpress.
this blog will continue.

i've created another new blog in wordpress, a yugioh blog.
just wanna try out wordpress, but i don't know what should i blog about, so i just choose yugioh.

this is my new blog, Duel like an idol.

i'm in singapore

it has been a long time since the last update, kinda busy + lazy.
finally exam is over, and i'm summoned back to singapore by my parents.
i'll fly to brisbane on 24/7 (not 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.)

i've been drinking energy drink (red bull type of stuff) during exam period, and i never like it.

and the name of the drink is 'mother'~ lol

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schedule is packed since i'm in singapore.
reached singapore on 28/6 morning.

monday:
reached home, and endure my father's nag. -_- worse than a woman.
bought some stuff like shaving gel, then send my laptop in for repair, and omfg SGD$600 for the screen. meet up with ming wei and jason to get my steelseries mouse in sim lim square.

i picked up a steelseries xai (mouse) and a 4HD (mouse pad). this is the 1st time i tried steelseries products, and so far it has been very positive. the weight of the mouse is perfect, the shape and size fit my hand well, and the setting's depth is impressive. the best of all, it has a memory chip inside the mouse to save the settings. maybe i will even get a steelseries keyboard. $$

visited kino, bought 10 manga for my 1st wave of 'to buy list since i was not in sg'. both of them came to my home, jason helped me to unlock my sf4 characters (yes, i've not done so lol) and i gave ming wei his orc vs human match up tutorial to prepare for his wcg.

my aircon leaks water! kinda flooded~

tuesday:
collect my laptop and had another wave of manga purchase. $$$
meet up with jeremy and travel to marina square for dinner. (hor lan~)
i didn't expect to have that many people.

even darrell is in singapore with his long hair. lol

and kelvin bought me hello panda!


sam bought me evangelion 2.0 card sleeve from hk


few of us travelled to elizabeth hotel to catch japan vs paraguay's match.
sam, jason and i waited 45min for the night rider before we realised it's not on service on weekdays ._.
so we took a cab to my home and watched spain vs portugal on stream.

wednesday:
i slept at 7am after both of them left, and woke up at 3pm for lunch.
slept at 4pm and woke up 9pm for dinner. awesome~
then went to bed at 1am. =)
accumulated since exam period and i didn't sleep during the flight as well. plus world cup is owning me!

thursday:
made my way to british embassy to collect my renunciation letter, before i submit it in ICA. the procedure is much faster than i thought, exclude the travelling.
met up with my mother for lunch in orchard.

followed her to cut my hair, to save $ wahahaha!
i heard from the hair dresser, my mother dyed her hair green when i was in aust. lol.
met up with jason and jeremy in amk to check up some stuff before we went to khatib, and saw many familiar faces.

friday:
rest at home in the afternoon and visited ming wee at his new home in sembawang to watch netherland vs brazil. he can't go out to watch since his wife is pregnant. it is nice to catch up with as many people as possible.
almost missed the last train >_<

saturday:
met benjamin in amk to play pool then travel to khatib to meet the rest. we had dinner in mcdonald on a 'no cheese day', and seems like bejewel is the in game now? lol. made my way down to orchard to meet dawn and her friend to watch argentina vs germany. everywhere is full, so we went to elizabeth hotel for the match. but it was full too, so we just stood for 90min for the game.
waited for the 3rd night rider (the 1st two were full) and almost missed spain vs paraguay (watch it on stream again~)

sunday:
rest and ps3

world cup

i know it's day 5 of world cup 2010, and it's kinda 'late' to post about it.
i've to pick and watch only 1 match due to exam period, and hope i don't miss too much.
australia has telecast on tv, unlike singapore that you need to subscribe with starhub and singtel. maybe because australia is in the competition?
but the tv is bad at my place. the screen size aside, i need to adjust the antenna every few minutes.

i support spain as usual, one of the favourites to win with castrol calculated spain as the 2nd likely winner.
personally, i feel netherland and germany will do well. talking about germany, i've became a fan of mezut ozil after watching him put up a man of the match performance against australia. the efficiency of germany is scary, and tactically organised. but partly it's australia that made them look good, sometimes the germans are out of position but unpunished by a much weaker team. after germany won australia 4-0, the aussie commentators tone changed. lol.
australia's chance to qualify from the group stage is as good as none. with talisman tim cahill suspended with a red card, low on morale with a 4-0 thrashing, and a not so tactically organised manager.

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just some interest facts that i read from soccernet:

1. england legend bobby moore almost missed world cup in 1966 because he didn't have a contract with a club. back then, you need to have a contract with a club to be eligible which that rule has changed now.

2. when the team register a 23 players list, the 3 goalkeepers listed on the list can only play as goalkeeper and not outfield player. north korea is kinda owned for their side deck method.

and more interesting stuff from goal.com

36 female Netherlands fans thrown out of stadium & accused of ambush marketing, owned.

but strait times report is the best

condom sales in south korea increases after the team won the opening game.

post-assignment, pre-exam

finally! the assignments are over for this sem.
after 2 days of slacking, it's time to prepare for exam!

i took a few pics of my 'during assignment' time...



stress ~_~
and it's kinda irritating when the branches scratch my window as the wind blew.
at first, it's scary, something move outside the window (i'm not living on ground level) at night. it sounds like nails scratching the window, horror movie -_-


and i tasted my housemate's oyster sauce pasta at last~



i went to city alone, just to walk around and watched a movie.
robin hood is disappointing!


in the city, i happened to catch some kind of 'iraq and turkey gathering'
people held the flags and walked along the road.



last night, i went for a jog.
a dog was shocked as i ran past it, and it jumped into the bushes then bang a tree. LOL
and i injured my right knee in return, it's still swollen. ~_~


something i saw outside a tutor's office.
brilliant~

applesauce's story

"Politics is applesauce." - Will Rogers

one of the quotes i used in my OB assignment.
for meaning of applesauce, check up urban dictionary.
basically, it is a slang word for "ridiculous" or "nonsense".

as expected of the 3 queens in my assignment group, they don't know the meaning of applesauce, except "苹果酱".
after i told them the meaning, they just can't stop using it for the whole day.
"you are applesauce la!"
"你依个苹果酱。"

i put it on my facebook status at night.
- You're the applesauce la!
and the comment is epic...
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Stella Yap o.O
Yesterday at 01:43 ·

Max Yu U r mangosauce lol
Yesterday at 02:05 ·

Stella Yap thanks. humph.
Yesterday at 02:05 ·

Max Yu Lol u know wat I mean?
Yesterday at 02:11 ·

Stella Yap of course. cause i know what is mango to you. T_T *i hate u* you heart-breaker.
Yesterday at 02:41 ·

Max Yu i'm laughing* lol
7 hours ago ·
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i didn't know mangosauce is that famous.
and on msn...
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sTe ™ ღ♥ღ あいღ♥ღ FiFi says (1:11 AM):
and.. so angry
you say me mango sauce
humph
T_T
sTe ™ ღ♥ღ あいღ♥ღ FiFi says (1:17 AM):
faster.. change my mangosauce to some other better sauce
i got so hateful meh
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btw, there's a website www.politicsisapplesauce.com lol

another arsenal summer heartbreaker

for the whole week, there's news about cesc fabregas leaving for barcelona.
it's nothing new to hear an arsenal player going to barca, think overmars, van bronckhorst, petit, hleb, henry, and the list goes on.

for those who need history lesson, cesc was bought to arsenal from barcelona instead back in 2003 when he was 16 (born in 1987, same age as me.) every fan watched him grow and develop to become the heartbeat of current arsenal. but everyone knows he'll one day leave and return to camp nou, but maybe it's sooner than most people expect. every season, there will be news about barcelona wants their boy back, but just never happened.

but now, it seems like it's likely to come true, after what was reported as an "emotional meeting" with arsene wenger. again, the key player of the team to leave in the summer? captain, talisman, heartbeat, whatever you want to call fabulous fabregas, is leaving after signing a long never-been-more-expensive contract with arsenal? many fans feel cheated. i'll say it is as expected that he will leave, though i am expecting it'll be next summer. but still this will break my heart to see him leave. no one can blame him, arsenal is going backwards and barcelona is the best team in the world. his former team mates and childhood friends have been winning silverware every season, but arsenal wins nothing. so it is stay and be a legend, or leave to win titles.

with all sort speculation, there is still no news of advance negotiation or confirmation. when such news appear, fabregas will always step up and claim those are rubbish and he's loyal to arsenal. or wenger will just deny such trash. but none spoke this time, but maybe no news is good news? it does no one any good to keep an unhappy player, so lets just farm a good deal out of it.

kiss goodbye?

past 2-3 weeks

ASSIGNMENTS
end of post...






alright, that word can just summarise what happened recently.
currently, i'm doing just 3 assignments concurrently. i said "just", because i'm very sure there are people who have more. the main problem with that 3 assignments, well, maybe the problem is with me...
1. organisational behavior workshop: group work, unhappiness between group mates.
2. computer info wtf excel shit: i'm just noob in excel, i believe it's quite simple to those who just know it.
3. business omgwtfbbq research method: this is tough, really, everyone says that. lots of preparation, research, reference, planning, and basically involves everything in the course.
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school work aside...
the one thing that all of you asked: i'll be flying to singapore on 27 june, reach on 28 june. i know i'm missed =\
back for less than a month though, summoned back by my parents.
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alright, back to work. =\

mother's day

bought card and air mail it back to singapore. no news yet.


and this video is MUST-WATCH!

五月天 - 如煙

one of my favourite mayday songs, if not the favourite.
can't wait to watch the concert on 12th may!

詞/阿信　
曲/石頭

我坐在床前　望著窗外　回憶滿天
生命是華麗錯覺　時間是賊　偷走一切
七歲的那一年　抓住那隻蟬　以為能抓住夏天
十七歲的那年　吻過他的臉　就以為和他能永遠

有沒有那麼一種永遠　永遠不改變
擁抱過的美麗都　再也不破碎
讓險峻歲月不能在臉上撒野　讓生離和死別都遙遠
有誰能聽見

我坐在床前　轉過頭看　誰在沉睡　那一張蒼老的臉
好像是我　緊閉雙眼
曾經是愛我的　和我深愛的　都圍繞在我身邊
帶不走的那些　遺憾和眷戀　都化成最後一滴淚

有沒有那麼一滴眼淚　能洗掉後悔　
化成大雨降落在　回不去的街
再給我一次機會　將故事改寫　
還欠了他一生的　一句抱歉

有沒有那麼一個世界　永遠不天黑　
星星太陽萬物都　聽我的指揮
月亮不忙著圓缺　春天不走遠　
樹梢緊緊擁抱著樹葉　有誰能聽見

耳際　眼前　此生重演　是我來自漆黑 而又回歸漆黑　
人間　瞬間　天地之間　下次我　又是誰
有沒有那麼一朵玫瑰　永遠不凋謝　
永遠驕傲和完美　永遠不妥協
為何人生最後會像一張紙屑 還不如一片花瓣曾經鮮豔

有沒有那麼一張書籤　停止那一天　
最單純的笑臉和　最美那一年
書包裡面裝滿了蛋糕和汽水　
雙眼只有無猜和無邪　讓我們無法無天

有沒有那麼一首詩篇　找不到句點　
青春永遠定居在　我們的歲月
男孩和女孩都有吉他和舞鞋　
笑忘人間的苦痛　只有甜美

有沒有那麼一個明天　重頭活一遍　
讓我再次感受曾　揮霍的昨天
無論生存或生活　我都不浪費　不讓故事這麼的後悔

有誰能聽見　我不要告別
我坐在床前　看著指尖　已經如煙

(no regret!)

series of bad luck

i wonder where should i start.
maybe i should just pick out the more significant ones.


karma for kidnapping my housemate's "tou tou".

first, my laptop screen is damaged.



how?
i was too angry with my assignment score that i threw my mouse at the screen. believe it?

when i wanted to bring my laptop downstairs, it slipped off my hand and flipped... and smashed against the corner of my table.
as you can see, 2/3 of the screen can't be seen.
called to check for repair the next day~ "it will take 46 days to repair."
great, i've an assignment due on tuesday.
so i went to city to buy a monitor.
samsung 20-inch LCD.
maybe i should feel lucky that i don't need a new laptop.



more limitation to my table's space. -0-
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carried my laptop in my bag to school and consult my tutor on my assignment. planned to go city after that.
while i walked across the road to the bus stop after consultation, my bag's strap snapped! and yes... my bag dropped in the middle of the road which left my laptop with more damage. and maybe i should again consider myself lucky not to get bang by car. (i just watched another car accident several meters away from me when i walked to school.)

when i carried my monitor home, the car almost crashed into me at the slope.
marvelicious~


still alive to eat my sushi and do my assignment.

not satisfied at all

i made my way down to collect my assignment which i did weeks ago, with hope that i could do decently well.
and last thing i want is anything below my expectation, but a slap by reality again!

67.5/100 <--- noob score!


i just took a quick look at it since i was going to a tut, and there was a comment "you've made good critique point.".
so in the critique section which is 30% of the whole assignment, i get a just pass for it. so i made good critique point which only capable to reach just pass. while my table, i saw negative things on it, but i had high distinction for that? wtf.

talking about that, it was marked by my tutor.
and i had very specific warning from my friend who did this course before, "dont go to her tutorial, join another. you'll suffer."
just when i used to think her way to bring material over is below par, but seems like there's more to it.
there were around 15 people in the 1st tut, followed by 10, 8, 5... and the new low was 2. and i had been quite faithful, not to change tut. -_-
maybe i should have listened to my friend and just tut hop.

that totally demoralised me!
and yes, i'm angry!

motivation bar: [|||||----------]
rage bar: [|||||||||||||||]


anyway, the tutor who taught in the tut that i had after i collected that shit, is kinda 'my type' of tutor. he made sense to me at least. he gives me logical and understandable answer to my question, unlike the other. i like his "does that make sense to you?". quite funny anyway.

so after the tut, i was talking about the assignment score. he was trying to moralise me, "at least you pass." and clearly he caught my expression on my face that, PASSING IS THE VERY MINIMUM REQUIREMENT!
he went on, "do you know that UQ business school is ranked 20+ in the world? you will probably get a 80+ in other schools." and again i think he can read me that i was thinking, "yeah right, you mean oxford, harvard or campbridge?". he just lighted his stick and said, "it is much better than (named some schools which i dont want to name, so don't flame me if you happen to guess it's your school. but you get the idea? LOL)." then another teaching staff walked past, he grabbed her to join the conversation. lol. but one thing is that he didn't go "don't worry, cheer up, you'll do better next time." which i seriously hate to hear such type of comment.


anyway, i won't 自暴自弃 and throw the towel. gonna nail the 2nd assignment and the exam! a total of 80% up for grab.
seems like another episode of come back from me.
有我就有反盘！

krispy kreme

yesterday morning, exam!
should do just fine, though i hope i can do more than fine.

walked back with a long black, played some games on bnet.
since i didn't wanna sleep, as i probably will wake up after 7pm. lol.

went out to city to buy gift for wl with chelsea.
followed by krispy kreme when nazeeya joined us.
heard so much abt krispy kreme, and it tastes like normal donut to me.
furthermore i've no love for donut, too sweet.
tried an original though...


the price of 1 donut...




the picture you've been talking about. i used it as my profile pic because i rarely have a generally colourful pic. plus the right side, "krispy-licious".
and if i fully remove her face on the left, mine will get cut too.

pictures of the house

last week was the 1 week sem break, and i spent it on sleeping and assignment. emo* lol
gonna post the pics of the place i live in, i'll show a pic of my room soon.

my dinner tonight: noodle + kimchi + beef sausage + egg


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introducing my 2 housemates:




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Hero of Newerth

downloaded HoN beta and played a few rounds with mango & co.
(for those who don't know what's HoN, it's dota brought to its own platform with better graphic and new features)
i can't play dota with them on garena because of server, and your idol being in aust.
crazy delay etc..

praise:
- the major keys are direct brought over from warcraft, e.g. alt, shift, tab, ctrl, A, S, H, M.
- hotkeys can be reconfigured in the option of the game, doesn't need 3rd party program to map hotkeys like item inventory.
- every hero has the same default skill hotkeys (Q, W, E, R), although dota players will take time to get use to it, but i think it's good in long term run.
- in game chat is available, althought it's not as good as skype
- reconnect to the game after a player dc. it's extra useful to me because my connection always dc.
- vote to concede, lets not waste time... lol
- leaver record
- kick inactive players (i get kicked because i was clicking around the shops to find item. lol)

jeer:
- the minimap is horrible, can't really see much. i didn't notice enemy is beside me.
- fog of war is too short. the game map is relatively stretched in compare with dota's, so with the fog distance to decrease further, it becomes more sneaky. you need to have closer control in terms of micro, and click closer to your hero when u move at times. maybe this encourage more ganking, with the fog distance, you can gang better due to fog abuse initiative.
- slight map bug, because of the tree positioning and the fog. when i click to move into the trees, my hero move to the edge of the entrance then the fog covered up the point location, so my hero auto find another route to the place i click. so it looks like my hero move in and out of the entrance, can be solved by close micro control clicks.
- the colour is too close to each other, so hard to tell for many things.
- need to balance some of the stuff, e.g. magmus (sandking)'s stun time (2.15sec) is longer than the ulti's channelling time (2sec).

Earth Hour 2010

today is earth hour 2010, where the cities across the world off the lights.
click here to check what is the time for your country.

australia: 9.30pm
singapore: 8.30pm

i'm gonna off everything, and sleep.
(ultimate excuse to slack, FOR THE WORLD.)

logo

you might have see bahamut's logo before, if not, just click on the link on the right. the blue dragon thingy on the bottom right of his banner.
i spent sometime and did mine. with baha's help. =)

and when i put it on a blog banner, or use it as blog banner, it's blur. no matter how i adjust or redo. so i upload to facebook and link it over here, problem solved.
maybe i shall change the font, color...

KARA: Mr. (Mister)

after watching "Hyung Joon becomes a Progamer ep07", i youtube for 'Mister'.
butt shaking dance move is so difficult!


la la la la la~

storm in perth

1st of all, i'm in brisbane, safe and naughty.
and i'm not in perth, so don't worry.

i've friends there, and i heard uni of western australia is totally owned.
oh well, the whole city is owned.

johnson: "it's like 'day after tomorrow'."

below pictures are taken from johnson's facebook.