Big Black Book

The end is near, end of the year that is! Not the end of the world! I'm not some disillusioned apocalyptic prophet! This year was kinda special. It went by awfully fast. Before you knew it, it has already been 6 months. Maybe it is just me.. I have assignments and projects pouring in, that might explain why time passes by so fast for me.

Anyway, it is time again for resolutions, economic predictions and wild countdown parties. Do keep your resolutions, work hard and party responsibly.

I'm wishing all readers an early Happy New Year or Happy 2009 as I might be unplugged on the actual day.

I know it is a lil late to be wishing you guys Merry Christmas, but better late then never! =)

We often take things for granted. Everything around us seems to simple, but behind every one of those things lies an epic tale of blood and sweat.

Surfing the net is so much easier now with portable broadband. Anyone with a Internet connection can now get online. Click on a few buttons and that is it, you are connected to the rest of the world through fibre optic cables. Looking for info is also made much easier with the Internet.


The question here is have you ever thought how all those website or webpages are made? You have seen the 'the making of' countless movies and the manufacturing process of many everyday products through the discovery channel but how about your favourite hangout spot on the net? How was it made? Yes it may look clean and simple but trust me, behind that pretty face, there is lots of hideous and messy scars...

I was not getting enough sleep lately. The reason for this was Projekt Hamster. I'm really glad that I am done with it now. Projekt Hamster is actually my part of an assignment for the subject Webpage Design. My group decided to make a website about pets. 5 of the most popular pets were chosen by us for this assignment. They are dog, cat, fish, rabbit and hamster. There were 5 of us in the group and the hamster section was my responsibility.

Looks easy enough but here comes the hard part, no HTML editor was allowed. So we had to type all the codes by ourselves. The only best friend I had to get me through the night was the textbook. He stood by me all night and remind me of codes that I've forgotten. It was a long and arduous task. Some deprecated(phased-out) codes were still working and some codes that is still in use are not showing its effects. Firefox and Internet Explorer gave me different output. One would play the song I embedded into the site while the other refused. Typos and missing characters will make codes not appear and sometimes when you get it right, it still does not appear! Even the coolest person on Earth will get cranky when frustration and drowsiness meets.

Even after the website was done, the report still had to be written. I just finished writing it on Christmas morning. After finishing it I sent it over to CK who is still in Kampar for further checking, printing and handing-up. After that, the site still had to be uploaded. It was fully online and operational this morning.

The result of our tears, sweat & blood, I give you MyPetZone.

It might look amateurish but let me know what you think of it.
*There was no audio because the hosting site did not allow me to upload audio for copyright reasons.

Projekt Hamster 90% completed.
Exams are over.
I think my Edifier macam sudah koyak.
The all-new Honda City looks not bad.

Will blog more the coming weekend when I'm back in Penang.

Sports is good for you. It trains you to work with your team mate towards a common goal. It pushes you to strive for the best. It keeps you healthy and fit. And best of all it keeps your mind sharp at all times. These are those priceless moments in sports...

Now I'm having doubts if sports was ever good. =)

This is another interesting forwarded email I received the other day :

Word Can be REARRANGE!!!

DORMITORY : When you rearrange the letters : DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN : When you rearrange the letters : BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER : When you rearrange the letters : MOON STARER

DESPERATION : When you rearrange the letters : A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES : When you rearrange the letters : THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH : When you rearrange the letters : HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE : When you rearrange the letters : HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES : When you rearrange the letters : CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY : When you rearrange the letters : IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS : When you rearrange the letters : LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS : When you rearrange the letters : ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT : When you rearrange the letters : IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES : When you rearrange the letters : THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO : When you rearrange the letters : TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW : When you rearrange the letters : WOMAN HITLER

I'm hooked on a few songs these past few days.

• 給我一首歌的時間 (Give Me The Time For One Song)
• 花海 (Sea Of Flowers)
• 說好的幸福呢 (Where's The Promised Happiness)
• 蘭亭序 (Lan Ting Preface)
• 稻香 (Fragrance Of Rice)

And yes all of them are in Mandarin! Ironically, I have very limited knowledge in the language. Don't ask me why, I'm just addicted to them..

I'm safely back in Penang. Gonna attend the PC Fair tomorrow at PISA (Penang International Sports Arena) and hopefully I can get a set of good speakers at a reasonable price.