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last sunday, a few of us made the effort to gather together to celebrate mark’s birthday. the 10 of us met up at adelynn’s place before departin to the curve.

bein the indecisive kind, i leave the dinin venue decision to the rest, and we ended up in tgi friday’s.

the same bunch of us as always, my mind was already on the indiana jones movie which we are to watch later. i wasn’t very hungry at that moment, so the food decision lies on yijun (sittin opposite of me).

decisions, decisions, decisions…

after placin our orders, came the birthday session (the singin, wishin, blowin candles kinda thing). the waiters and waitresses came to our table with birthday cakes, and adelynn suddenly announced mark’s name… plus mine and alwin’s!

o… m… g… this ain’t part of the plan yo >.<”

we were asked to stand on chairs. “what? what about the other customers? aren’t they gonna be lookin at us? do we really need to stand on chairs? i didn’t sign up for this!”

too late. before i knew it, i was on the chair, holdin somethin resemblin a mic, and was asked to sing or give a speech.

owh man, it was an embarrassin moment =(

and it didn’t just end there. after singin and blowin the candles, they started singin/chantin some unknown song which kept us standin on the chairs for a very long time. alwin later asked me if the duration of their song has got anythin to do with the number of people celebratin their birthday (in this case, 3).

when it was finally over, our food was served. some decided to do funny things to it (hopin the portion gets bigger),

get a bite off it,

there are some who just sat still,

while some decided to just pose.

all in all, we had our fun, and before we knew it, it is time for our movie. hey, wait a minute. it’s hard to get me on photos, so here’s one more =P

*indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull spoiler*

by the way, the latest indiana jones movie is really a letdown. i was wonderin, if the crystal skull is magnetic, it should give off a magnetic field. coverin the skull with a cloth would not prevent the magnetic field from occurrin and objects would still be drawn to it even with the cloth over the skull, like it did when it was in the wooden box at the beginnin of the movie.

Chapter 2

So all 4 inner selves and Mother Goose enter this cave like opening , dark and hollow, and proceeded in quite a merry looking fashion when all of a sudden, they sunk, well more like dropped, into the ground. And if you were to look into what they dropped into, it would be like looking down from the top of a tunneling water slide that goes around. Except that it wasn't water that was causing the flow.
It was more of a stream-like looking bright turquoise flow of something not quite liquid or gas. And this flowed with much grace and gentleness , it actually looked like soft after-feathers constantly growing from the rachis, in an underwater-y way.

So this ride went on for a few minutes, quite comfortably as you may imagine. You could sit down and extend your elbows backwards into a lean while looking up into something shining but dark at the same time, and if I could ever put this shining object into simple words, it would be called, 'the dark side of the sun'.

Mother Goose was sitting down on her sideway-folded legs in a lady-on-a-Sunday-picnic-like way while Naught had her head on her lap chatting about something a mother and daughter might chat about on a Sunday picnic. Work was studying the substance they were riding on and wondered how this could contribute into forming ideas. Conscience was stroking the feathers and humming a praise and worship song while appreciating and being grateful for the comfortable ride. Ego was standing up and looking forward, hands folded, into the distance, looking rather moody and thoughtful.

Then, they all plopped into a standing position and proceeded walking without interruption, as if they weren't aware the ride had ended.

"Well, here we are."said Ego

There was a huge box looking building, having the same measuring characteristics as a standing closed book. Tall and slender on one side and wider on the other.

"So that's the ab then, is it? It doesn't look like a place where you inner selves might bee happy living in, if i say so myself!" said Mother Goose

"We have roomates." conscience innocently mentions. "Well sometimes, at least.

"That's...very nice, conscience darling." coos Mother Goose. "Right then, perhaps we should go in and say hi. It's getting a bit cold out here"

Ego lead the way.

To be continued....

i was busy designin some buildin structures when my phone suddenly rang. it was a call from some local johor number.

i’ve translated it from mandarin, and this is the summary of our conversation:

“hello, who is this?”
“wei, you forgotten me ady ar?”
“huh? i dunno you wor. who are you?”
“you sure? no heart la you.”
“i think you’ve gotten the wrong number.”
“blablabla… we met before at blablabla… i’m blablabla la.”

duu… duu… duu… (the other person hanged out after sayin that >.<’)

wtf… first of all, i only have an uncle livin in johor, who won’t speak to me that way. aside from that, i’ve got a few johor friends, who sure as hell speaks to me in english, not mandarin. now who can that be?

on another note, my housemate, taisoon, was busy doin some circuit involvin lcd display like those you see on your calculator (as an electrical & electronics engineer, he is undergoin his industrial trainin too). this bargher wants me to view his end product, which looks like this:

i might not know about circuits, but i sure as hell knows what is written on the display.

on display: tl suck

darn…

Finally! An answer to my lifelong question that I have spent so much time thinking about. I’m sure all of you here would like to know the answer to the question too: Why is Zi Dong so perverted???

Now, now, before you girls (especially Renly, Pat, MJ, CM, Jinni, Crystal and Kristy) start blaming me for every perverted thought, speech or actions of mine during the our secondary school days, it’s time to look into the mirror and ask yourself the question, are you to be blamed too? Well, according to a reputable source, Malaysian school uniforms are actually sexy.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/nation/21326822&sec=nation

Quote:

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.

“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.

“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.

Given that you girls tempt me with such sexy uniforms everyday, can I solely be blamed for those perverted thoughts?

Look at the above, aren’t they sexy? Come on, being a normal hot-blooded guy, how can one not have perverted thoughts? It’s already a great feat that my eyes never pop out whenever I’m with you sexy girls.

So, you should be grateful to all the self-control that I exerted on myself throughout all these years. So, the next time you want to blame me for being a pervert, remove those temptations first. Then we can talk.

p/s: The post is satirical. This means: DON’T SUE ME!

now that dong made a post on his 8gb survivor, my hands are itchin to make one on my 2gb shooter too. okay la, 2gb nothin fancy, but what if it’s the shot that counts and not the capacity?

i’m not talkin about any ordinary gun here, but i’m talkin about my newly bought fujifilm finepix f47fd =P

blur? it’s an image on the camera box

i couldn’t get hold of the legendary f30fd/f31fd (6.3 megapixels), and f40fd (8.3 megapixels), so i’ll just make do with f47fd, as it is an ”update” to f40fd.

it’s a 9 megapixels compact camera, which comes with li-ion battery, hand strap, audio/video cable, battery charger, usb cable, cd, and a manual. also bundled with this package is a 2gb sd card, which totals up to a grand amount of rm599. even the current promotion by fujifilm malaysia is nowhere near that pricetag.

what i like about this camera is its superccd high resolution sensor, which is widely accredited for its class leadin low-light capabilities since 2 years ago. it produces the least noise (blurriness) in comparison with the same mega-pixels of its rivals.

that was then. now, due to the megapixels race, fuji is releasin degradin products (like my f47fd) which although produce very little noise, come with a price — strong noise reduction in exchange for it, causin smudge away detail (especially in things like grass, and trees), giving photos at higher iso a fuzzy look. at lower iso, there’s a definite “grain” from the noise reduction that you don’t see on most cameras.

1:1 scale of the wordings on the box

another thing i like about this camera aside from its lovely exterior design is its powerful flash, which gives you the ability to snap wonderful shots even in the dark. there is no need for an external flash here.

picture taken in the dark

picture taken under low lighting condition

f47fd has a gorgeous 2.5″ lcd screen which displays bright and clear images! it has a built-in face detection too, hence the “fd” in the model name. as this is a 100% point-and-shoot camera, there is no manual controls involved. what got me puzzled is the existence of ”manual mode” on the camera’s mode dial. this manual mode is actually still point-and-shoot, but with full menu access (ability to change iso settings & white balance) compared to auto mode which has some menu options locked up. >.<”

the bad thing about this camera? shot-to-shot speeds are below average compared to its competitors. i’ve to wait about 2 seconds before my f47fd lets me take another picture. i don’t even need to go in detail about the continuous shootin mode. that doesn’t affect me though since i couldn’t be bothered about continuous shots anyway.

i haven’t got the time to actually play around with the camera settings, but accordin to online reviews on the f40fd, this camera produces high quality pictures even at high iso settings. if that is the case, then f47fd is a point-and-shoot compact camera that i would highly recommend =)