Wednesday, October 31, 2007
"You're kidding"
This is hopeless. I can't find the bloody motivation to do my e-learning assignments. And when I head to school in hopes of getting at least SOMETHING done, Imran juuuust had to play his shit in front of me. Didn't help that I get very distracted easily, really. So I spent 6 hours in school doing practically nothing, with only an hour on skimming through powerpoint slides.
Someone wake me up when we get back to reality.
Solo ate you at
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
"Life's like that"
(Massive edit: Was extremely tired yesterday and I couldn't make a proper post. Will redo some shit now)
Back from the Aikido leadership training camp (LTC). Dead tired and frustrated. Really, really frustrated.
Yea, we are now having holidays that are only unique to Singapore Polytechnic: the E-Learning week. Supposedly for study purposes, since its right before most of our mid-semester tests (MSTs). But poly students being poly students, none of us would really give that much of a shit. And Solomon being Solomon, he is only half-aware that the MSTs are just next week. So he decided to camp it out in school for a precious 3 days and nights cuz he's too lazy to study =D
The Aikido LTC camp was somewhat of a disappointment, as I, like a few of the others, agree that it wasn't packed full of activities like ALL LTC camps should have. You know, to keep us occupied with group activities or they can't really gauge and select the next batch of community members to lead the CCA. And stuff like that. But hey, I ain't complaining much cuz personally, I had fun. Bonding here and there, a few good laughs, and lots of vegetables.
Btw, for the ignorant, I started on a no-meat diet about a week back. Was supposed to be part of a bet with Yu Tian, but with no money involved. Yea, I know. The irony of it. Don't even ask me why I started the bet in the first place ._. Spur of the moment thing? I'd say so. S'been only a week and I'm already having hallucinations. Dang.
Its all good fun though. And I have to diet out my chubbiness anyway, no thanks to the people who pointed out that I was getting fat. Also, it didn't help that we had a BBQ on the last night of camp >_>
The only things really worth noting during camp was that our Fishcake won a 16-man Pepsi Cola game. And that I somehow ended up pairing with her for the night walk. Best nightwalk I had in ages though, as the seniors actually planned it right this time. Rubina's outfit was kinda uncalled for though. And oh, we started on the Aikido banner as well, since the CCA drive's just around the corner. I only did the base layout of the banner since I wasn't confident on drawings anywhere other than on paper. Other than that, it was a hell lot of random games. And randomness from random aikido people.
Camp ended off with a special 4-hour training. We started flipping immediately after the usual formalities, for a solid 3 and a half hours. Extra half an hour was done after training. Sparred with Kok. Got out with a couple of big ass bruises, with one literally near my ass. Now I can't walk 5 steps without my knee buckling. Lol.
I demand a rematch.
Solo ate you at
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
"I has a flying kick."
Hello all. Hello hello hello.
S'been a awesome 3 days of school this week. And how, HOW could someone like Solomon ever, ever have perfect days, 3 in a row, you wonder?
Thats because I don't. Duh.
Kicked started off to an amazing Monday, with me full of energy thanks to a very satisfying 9 hours of sleep (wow, thats a first). Also thanks to that 9-hour sleep, I missed my first class. Which is a PCTechnology lecture if I'm not wrong. Attended the class after that. Drained half my total reserve energy in just one hour. And before we even had our lunch break, I was already drooling all over the table.
So much for sleeping 4 hours more than usual. Think my internal clock got fried shortly after the June holidays due to my excessively irregular sleeping hours. That would explain why I almost always tired. Look tired too. Yu Tian said I looked as if I could murder someone.
And to all the people who actually take note of my facial expressions, THATS as neutral as my face can get (yes people, Solomon finds it a bitch to smile all the time). I'm still friendly when I'm tired though. I won't bite. Much.
And oh, we got to COMPLETELY dismantle PCs during PCTech practical that day! =D The only shitty thing was that we had to assemble it immediately after. Fuck. lol. We tore and stripped the CPU down so fast (in about 5 mins) that we didn't take note of where went where. So we took a while to fix it back (took about 4 times as long). But it was fun. Went off an hour early to do some Ah-kee-dough.
Nothing happened much during training itself, 'cept that I was forced to wear a white-belt as I forgot to bring my blue-gold. The funniest shit happened AFTER Aikido though. Wee Yu, Benedict and and Kevin saw the whole shit. I think it was either a open hand slap or just a chop. Either way, Joel was flying at me when he smashed into my throat.
Lmao. Wasn't intentional of course, as he wanted to aim for......someplace else. He couldn't change directions in mid-air anyway, so he ended up karate chopping my neck (right in the apple). Which concaved my windpipes, and I couldn't breathe for about half a minute or so. Ben said my whole face turned blood red during that 20 secs or so, and I made those weird whiny, gasping noises.
No one else seemed to have noticed, though I was hoping someone videoed the whole thing xP I mean, c'mon, its not everyday you see a 1.6er completely disable a 1.8er. And Joel, seriously, you don't have to feel bad about it. Shit happens bro. I wouldn't guarantee you your safety for the next few days though.
*smirk*
Tuesday was one of those normalish days I rarely have. Decided to screw CRS assignment and do it the following morning instead. So I slept at 10, intending to wake up at 5 the following morning. And surprise! I woke up a full 2 hours after the alarm went off. Had about half an hour to finish a 450 word essay. Did so. Left for school, and again, missing the first lesson.
I swear, my 'live-a-day-at-a-time, worries-are-for-tomorrow' attitude is gonna get me into some serious shit someday.
Solo ate you at
Saturday, October 20, 2007
"Just like that"
Today sucked. Offended a friend. Teacher complained to my 'rents in the parent-teacher meeting that I always looked brain-dead in his classes. Lost in a tournament before I could get anything good. Tripped on my bolster and knocked my head on the TV in my room.
Jin: "Fuck. You hit your head on everything."
Solo: "So its my fault the bolster was on the floor?"
Jin: "Pretty much, ya. I should just take your head for myself, since you hate it so much."
Solo: "Be obliged."
Halo 3 competition was crap. I fell short of 3 places behind getting a free limited edition tagger bag (easily worth around 150 bucks), since only the top 25 people get em. Man, why didn't they make it top 30 instead?
On the bright side, I did get one of the really cool Halo posters. Heard there were only 500 of its kind in the world, so it felt kinda good to own one. Got a awesome dogtag along with it. Met up with alot of friends I haven't seen in a long time as well, so I guess it wasn't so bad.
Form 'cher informed my parents of my in-school habits. And thats not a good thing. C'mon, I mean, was it wrong to look sleepy in boring classes? No offense to Calvin, since he's a really cool teacher and all, but the module he teaches is dead boring. And why does a interesting teacher like him teach such a boring module? My mom asked him and he said: " Precisely that its so boring, that no one wants to specialize in it or teach it. So I CHOSE to find it interesting, and specialize in it. And since there are so few people in that department, they need me."
Smart. I never thought of things the way he does before, really.
That aside, I wanna apologize to a good friend whom I unknowingly hurt. It was wrong of me to rush an sms reply back when the topic was on a sensitive issue, no matter what I was doing at the moment. It was only after the reply when I realized my choice of words was wrong, and that if I were the person on the receiving end, I would have probably misinterpreted it myself.
I lost someone really close to me not too long ago, and putting myself in that person's shoes......yea, it was just plain insensitive of me to put my shit that way. So I just wanna say that I'm really, really sorry.
No hard feelings?
Solo ate you at
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
"I beri fool aledy. Den I whomit."
Some lecturers have shit for brains. I swear.
Remember IDEAs? That module I took that involves designing stuff and improving businesses and all that shit? Yea. Yu Tian was pretty full up on the projects that were piling up in the new semester. So I volunteered to help out a little with her IDEAs, since she was having the slightest bit of trouble designing the object she wanted in ZBrush (that 3D design program). Basically the idea was to create an original, multipurpose object that can be used in everyday life.
Yu Tian: ohh i know i know. TEDDY BEAR.
My MSN display picture's fault? I'd say so. But thats not the point.
Anyway, heres what I came up with: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2412/finalbeartf4.png
She started with the base head and torso. I just finished it up. Looks okay right? And guess what she got during presentation? A big ass sneer and a look that said (quote right from her blog) 'can-you-gimme-more-original-stuff-please-this-is-so-corny'.
Nothing compared to the shit that came in a 4 hit combo last week, but still definitely something that makes your day. Fuck. Original or not, it was a job well done. And the bear's many, many cool functions she came up with? At least give her credit for it. And if a bear with a USB port in the ass isn't creative, I don't know what is.
Gah. Sorry. Had to get it off my chest. I get a little sensitive when my work gets shit like that.
Got class now. Will bitch more later at night.
Solo ate you at
Thursday, October 11, 2007
"And they say that shit comes in threes"
Wow, Solomon's been blogging actively as of lately, huh? No surprise there. Cuz as of that 'lately', Solomon's got alot of shit he can bitch about.
Just this past weekend: Massive headache. Felt like shit. Skipped church.
Just this past Monday: An even bigger headache as a result of bus <88>-signpost head smash.
Just this past Wednesday: Brain was having spasms. Pulsing head pains for the entire day. Yu Tian suggested that it could be migraine. I suggested that it would either subside within a couple of days, or I would die within that couple of days.
You know what they always say about tragedies. That they always come in 3s. Or so they say.
I WAS expecting more shit to happen in the next few days, as my head pains won't just disappear like that. What I didn't count on was a follow-up 'tragedy' straight after, or rather, DURING the Wednesday fiasco: I lost my handphone in a bus. Must have slipped out of my damned pocket while I was sleeping. Major bummer, eh? Just when I wanted to sell that samsung handphone I won during the World Cyber Games too (as a result of 2nd place). Turns out I have to use it. Tch. 200 odd bucks gone like that. Where's the justice in that?
And you know what really, really amuses me? The bus was a fucking <88>.
Shoot me. Please.
PS: I will be, however, using the same number as before. So don't flood me with PMs for my new number.
Solo ate you at
Monday, October 8, 2007
"Wtf I do that for?"
Not like I had a choice, foo'. Its not like I WANTED to smash into that sign post. Goddammit. Fuck. Sign post? Felt more like a damned 18-wheeler.
Headache from yesterday + Sign Post = Fail.
Typical Monday, eh? Never gets old.
And it being a Monday, I hardly paid attention to any of the classes I had, 'cept for PCTechnology, which I found moderately entertaining. I actually did ALL the tutorial questions and answered all of them correctly (wtf). But I had to leave class an hour early as I didn't wanna be late for Aikido training. And also because I managed to persuade a classmate to join the CCA. Ya know Joel Quek? The short and feisty one? That kid at one-six? Yep. I shit you not.
Hey, I've seen people his height totally dominating dudes twice his size. Whats that metaphor again? Big things come in small packages? Yea, thats the one. Typical of people to stereotype others based on body mass. I mean, c'mon, look at me. I'm a pacifist (by nature). But because of the fact that I'm one-eight and have half my face covered by my fringe, people think I'm an emo cunt who eats babies. Hell, I've seen enough of short and small people to assume that 50% of em are crazy enough to jump on you and bite your lips off.
And throw that 50% of short people into Aikido, and voila! You have small and crazy shits with kung-fu.
Fuck. lol.
But yea, he's just gonna join me for Aikido, and I'm just happy to have one more friendly face during training. Whatever his or her size is.
Same old stuff in Aikido. Couple of new moves. Wore the blue-gold belt for the first time. Felt good. Stocked up on fats at KFC together with my Aikido bitches. Emo-ed the way home due to my headache. Smashed into a bus 88 sign post immediately after I got off the bus.
And so my day ends.
PS: Singapore lost in the early rounds in the World Cyber Games (Gears of War) at Seattle. I feel like shit now.
Solo ate you at
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
"You just got served"
Finally back after my month's break from blogging. And no it wasn't because school started. Not because of Halo 3 either (Yea you heard me. Halo THREE) And it was definitely not because of my laziness either. Nope. No way.
Anyway, alot of shit happened since I last posted. Took up Human Resource Practices as a GEMs module (sorta like an elective subject) for this semester. Not because I wanted to. But I figured I had to take a business elective sooner or later, so I sucked it up and went for it. Turns out I actually like the class. Even made some new friends and such.
Not because I wanted to? Why? Cuz I fucking missed the first day of registration, thats why. Still, who woulda've guessed that all 15 psychology classes would have been gone within 10 minutes of open registration? Gay stuff. But hey, I'm happy with my current elective and the people I met there, so I'll just have to settle for camping the bloody school website next semester.
Now you must be thinking: Wasn't Solomon looking forward to taking psychology classes in school for months? Where's all the angst? Where are the dead penguins?
Sir, because on September 25th at 1342hrs, I discovered Halo 3.
Old news, but yes, Solomon has a limited edition of Halo 3, the long-awaited epic end to the trilogy! AND NONE OF YOU DO. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
aha.
Yep. It was that damned awesome. IS awesome. Past tense cuz I long finished the game on its hardest difficulty (which I found intense and borderline insane, but enjoyable all the same), present cuz I haven't touched Halo 3 online yet. Not since beta anyway. Huh? What? Is the game that much of a good one as everyone expected it to be?
Well sir, I can tell you this: It was worth the year-long wait. It was worth the money. It was worth the time. It IS worth the time. And every hour of sleep I am to miss because of this fucked up piece of shit, bloody worth it.
Nothing much post-Halo 3 hype. Save for the Aikido grading I went, which went well and earned me a blue-gold belt. If I keep this up I should reach black by the end of my 3 years.
Thats about it for now. I'd love to bitch about the new modules/subjects I took up this semester, but I'll just save it for next time.
Peace. And Halo 3. THREE.
Solo ate you at
Anime | |||
Name | Episodes |
Size (GBs) |
Status |
Ah! My Goddess SR1 | 26 |
4.7 |
@_@ |
Ah! My Goddess SR2 | 24 |
22 |
@_@ |
Avatar: The Last Airbender | 61 |
9.7 |
!! |
Basilisk | 24 |
3.6 |
=D |
Bleach | 163+ |
25+ |
!! |
Blood+ | 50 |
8.1 |
=D |
*Burst Angel | 24 |
5.5 |
=D |
Card Captor Sakura | 70 |
11.6 |
=D |
Death Note | 37 |
6.3 |
=D |
Detective Academy Q | 45 |
8.1 |
=D |
*Excel Saga | 26 |
4.8 |
@_@ |
Fate Stay Night | 24 |
4.2 |
=D |
Full Metal Alchemist | 51 |
9.3 |
=D |
Full Metal Panic! | 24 |
4.2 |
@_@ |
Full Metal Panic?: Fumoffu | 12 |
2.2 |
@_@ |
Full Metal Panic!: The 2nd Raid | 13 |
2.4 |
@_@ |
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni | 26 |
4.5 |
=D |
Inukami! | 26 |
5.8 |
=D |
Kaze no Stigma | 24 |
4.2 |
=D |
Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora | 12 |
2.4 |
=D |
Lucky Star | 24 |
4.1 |
=D |
Marionette Saber J | 21 |
6.1 |
=D |
Marionette Saber J2X | 24 |
6.3 |
=D |
Minami-Ke | 10 |
1.6 |
=D |
Naruto Shippuden | 43+ |
6.2+ |
!! |
Ragnarok the Animation | 26 |
4.4 |
=D |
Samurai X | 95 |
23.7 |
@_@ |
School Rumble | 26 |
4.8 |
=D |
School Rumble Nigakki | 26 |
4.7 |
=D |
Shakugan no Shana SR1 | 24 |
4.2 |
=D |
*Shuffle! | 24 |
4.1 |
=D |
Shuffle Memories | 12 |
1.1 |
=D |
Sister Princess | 18 |
4.1 |
=D |
Sister Princess Repure | 13 |
3.9 |
=D |
Trigun | 26 |
4.6 |
@_@ |
TMO Suzumiya Haruhi | 14 |
2.6 |
=D |
*Utawarerumono | 25 |
4.7 |
=D |
XXXHolic | 24 |
3.7 |
=D |
Yami to Boushi to Hon | 13 |
2.2 |
=D |
Zero no Tsukaima SR1 | 13 |
2.2 |
=D |
Zero no Tsukaima SR2 | 12 |
2.1 |
=D |
Movies | ||
Name | Genre |
Status |
1408 | Horror/Thriller |
=D |
Alien VS Predator 1 | Horror/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Alien VS Predator 2 | Horror/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Animatrix | Anime/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | Comedy |
=D |
Bruce Almighty | Comedy |
=D |
Click | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Constantine | Action/Sci-Fi |
|
Dollmaster | Horror |
=D |
Doomsday | Action |
=D |
Evan Almighty | Comedy |
=D |
Fantastic 4: The Silver Surfer | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Final Destination 1 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Final Destination 2 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Final Destination 3 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Final Fantasy 7- The Spirits Within | Anime/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Final Fantasy 7- Advent Children | Anime/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Forbidden Kingdom | Action |
=D |
Full Metal Alchemist (Movie) | Anime |
=D |
Happy Feet | Comedy |
=D |
HP and the Philosopher's Stone | Fantasy |
=D |
HP and the Chamber of Secrets | Fantasy |
=D |
HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Fantasy |
=D |
HP and the Goblet of Fire | Fantasy |
=D |
HP and the Order of the Phoenix | Fantasy |
=D |
I am Legend | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Mr. Bean's Holiday | Comedy |
=D |
Naruto Movie 1 | Anime |
=D |
Naruto Movie 2 | Anime |
=D |
Naruto Movie 3 | Anime |
=D |
Naruto Movie 4 | Anime |
@_@ |
Pulse | Horror |
=D |
Resident Evil | Horror/Sci-Fi |
=D |
Saw 1 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Saw 2 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Saw 3 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Saw 4 | Horror/Gore |
=D |
Shrek 1 | Comedy |
=D |
Shrek 2 | Comedy |
=D |
Shrek 3 | Comedy |
=D |
Silent Hill | Horror/Sci-Fii |
=D |
Soul Plane | Comedy/Drama |
=D |
Step Up 2 the Streets | Drama |
=D |
Taiyou no Uta | Drama |
=D |
The Bourne Ultimatum | Action/Drama |
=D |
The Grudge | Horror |
=D |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Horror/Gore |
=D |
The Matrix | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
The Matrix Reloaded | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
The Matrix Revolutions | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
The Number 23 | Thriller/Drama |
=D |
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | Action/Sci-Fi |
=D |
The Toothfairy | Horror |
=D |
White Noise | Horror |
=D |
Wishing Stairs | Horror |
=D |
'ho there.
This is basically a list of all the shit I collected for the past few months or so. Programs, games from various genres, entire albums/discographies of song artistes, animes, etc etc.
It's a pretty damn small collection, but this is where YOU come in.
This whole thing can work out good both ways. You, reader, as long as you provide me the blank DVDs/CDs, I can get whatever it is you want on my list burned for ya. Also, if the thing you want isn't on my list, feel free to post your requests on my tagbox.
All I need is your name, and the full name of the program/song/anime/game.
This way, you get what you want, and at the same time my collection increases as well.
Sound good?
Programs | |
Name/Description | Status |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | |
(Advanced Image Editor. Prefered over CS3) | =D |
Adobe Photoshop CS3 | |
(Image Editor. More user friendly than predescessor) | =D |
Cam Studio 20 | |
(Records all computer screen and audio activity) | =D |
Guitar Pro 5 | |
(Easy download, easy reading of music tabs) | =D |
Limewire PRO Version | |
(Best Direct/P2P Program. DL Songs, videos, etc.) | =D |
Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3 | |
(HTML Editor. Create/Edit your own websites) | =D |
Nero 8 Ultra Edition | |
(Burns videos into DVD/VCD Player watchable) | =D |
PowerISO Full Version | |
(Runs and Burns ISO formats into CDs/DVDs) | =D |
R-Studio | |
(Advanced recovery of deleted files and data) | =D |
RPG Maker VX | |
(The latest in the RPG Maker Series. Self-Explainary) | =D |
Registry Mechanic 7 | |
(Repairs your registry and compacts it) | =D |
Spyware Doctor 5.5 | |
(IMO, best for spyware detection and removal) | =D |
Tuneup Utilities 2008 | |
(Awesome optimization of computer performance) | =D |
TweakUI | |
(DA program for tweaking hidden aspects of windows) | =D |
Ulead Video Studio Plus 11.5 | |
(Currently one of the best video editors out there) | =D |
Games | ||
Name | Genre | Status |
Assasin's Creed | Adventure | =D |
Bioshock | FPS/Action | =D |
Command & Conquer 3 | Strategy | =D |
Devil May Cry III SE | Action | =D |
Devil May Cry IV | Action | @_@ |
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas | Adventure | =D |
Hitman I- Codename 47 | TPS/Action | =D |
Hitman II- Slient Assasin | TPS/Action | =D |
Hitman III- Contracts | TPS/Action | =D |
Hitman IV- Blood Money | TPS/Action | =D |
Need For Speed: Carbon | Racing | =D |
Need for Speed: Prostreet | Racing | =D |
Neverwinter Nights I | RPG | =D |
Neverwinter Nights II | RPG | =D |
Rockman X1 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X2 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X3 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X4 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X5 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X6 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X7 | Shooter | =D |
Rockman X8 | Shooter | =D |
Spellforce I | RPG | =D |
Spellforce II | RPG | =D |
Starcraft + Expansion | Strategy | =D |
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | RPG | =D |
The Sims II + ALL Expansions | Family | =D |
The Witcher | Adventure | =D |
Unreal Tournament 3 | TPShooter | =D |
Warcraft I | Strategy | =D |
Warcraft II | Strategy | =D |
Warcraft III | Strategy | =D |
Warhammer 40k: Soulstorm | Strategy | =D |