Letters to my future self

20061123

Letters to my future self

23rd nov - quick updates

havent been online over the past few days cos i'm currently in brisbane, at my cousin's place, without my computer. posting right now from a internet cafe in brisbane city. (the keyboard here sucks btw... the spacebar is somewhat faulty and it annoys the hell out of me).

did alot of walking around the past couple of days, resulting in a pair of very tired legs. walked from my cousin's place, along the brisbane river to the city, a trip which is abt 6km. and the same route back. alot of things to see thou, compared to my place.

flight is scheduled for midnight tomorrow, so i'll be back home early sat morning.
cant wait to get home!

-out-

20061110

Letters to my future self

nov 10th - u know christmas is jus around the corner when....





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20061108

Letters to my future self

8th nov - "killer!"

woke up this morning... turned on computer, brush teeth, chk email.

in my inbox, there was a mail titled "gurubashi screenshot contest" sent to me by a blizzard staff. its a screenshot contest i took part in awhile back and nearly forgot abt it. anyways, i was anticipating it to be one of those "kkthxbai" emails... until i clicked on it.

*insert 30 secs of silence* + *jaw dropping*

"Congratulations! You were chosen as a Killer Silver finalist in the Gurubashi Screenshot Contest. You have won 29 "KILLER SILVER" silver coins, a "KILLER" T-shirt and a "KILLER" network card.

Please email us back your full name and a mailing address and we will be sure to send your prize within 30 days. Should we not hear from you within 30 days you will forfeit your prize.

Best wishes,

Nethaera
Blizzard Entertainment"

like ZOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!

thats like the top 5 entrants!
lol!
/dance

"KILLER SILVER prize - Two qualified entrant shall be chosen to receive the "KILLER SILVER" prize package consisting of the following: twenty nine (29) "KILLER SILVER" Silver Coins with an aggregate approximate retail value of $400.00; one (1) "KILLER" T-Shirt with an approximate retail value of $15.99, and one (1) "KILLER" Network card, with an approximate retail value of $279.00"

and for those curious, this is the theme for the contest:
""We're looking for some belligerent adventurers to let their artistic fury fly by taking screenshots of themselves doing what they do best, vanquishing their foes!"

Participants should submit shots displaying the widespread carnage they've wrought, the havoc they've mercilessly unleashed on the masses, the piles of enemies who've fallen before them -- anything that shows the world that they are without a doubt Azeroth's most destructive force."

and this is what i submitted:
gurubashi screenshot contest
click image to enlarge

yes. rats.
=p
-out-

20061107

Letters to my future self

8th nov - 2 down, 2 more to go

my 2 most difficult papers are over! actually come to think of it, my accounting paper was less terrifying then i had imagined, out of the 2 sections (mcq and practical sums), i actually had to ponder over the questions in the mcq section while for the practical section i jus breezed through the whole thing.

last 2 papers are supposed to be the easiest ones... next up is employment relationships, which is a 50 mcq paper *rolls eyes* tutors said its a straight forward paper, so i dont think theres much to worry abt... i mean, 50 mcq? how hard can it get? *frown*

last paper is FnB, which i'm almost certain to get a distinction... if i do fairly well for the exam. the pre-exam marks put me into a high credit-distinction range, which is gd. i was also told i scored the highest marks in my class for the practical sessions in the restaurant. *go me!*

was watching a documentary jus now on tv, abt 'tank man', the guy who got caught on camera, during the 1989 tiananmen incident where he tried to block the progression of a column of tanks by standing in its way. came back online and read up abit more abt the tiananmen square itself. it would seem that apart from being a symbol of great cultural significance, it was also a site a numerous politcial events, like the may fourth movement and the above mentioned 1989 protests.

the 1989 protests in particular seems to have a very big impact on the history of china. the government, seemed to be censoring away information on that event, which goes as far as getting google to block the related material on its china portal. wikipedia was also said to have been blocked to china users partly due to the uncensored material on the protests.

interesting? personally, i would like to be able to see the square myself in person... one day.

17 days more until i'm back in sgp!
-out-

the postal service - "Such great heights"

20061103

Letters to my future self

3rd oct - ZOMG!! A MOUSE!!

scene of crime: kitchen - common area
evidence: droppings, size waaaay to big for common house lizards, spotted on various locations in the room, on tables, stove.

... and so last night, halfway thru revision, i decided to come out of my room to grab a snack from the fridge. stepping out of my room, i caught a fast moving shadow across the room and very quickly out of sight. wondering if i've caught my culprit, i tried to look for it, scanned the floor under the couches. nothing. kicked the couches, hoping that it would come out. nothing.

"maybe i could have saw it wrongly?"
/grab snack
/return to room.

fast forward to today...
its after dinner and i'm doing my dishes. jus as i'm returning a plate to the rack, the same shadow appears. except, this time, its no more then 2 metres from me and i'm positive i'm staring at a running mouse. it isnt too big, kinda like the regular hamster size, but still spine tingling, nevertheless. anyways, it disappeared from sight again.

/return to room
/msn roommate
me: we have a mouse in the living room
him: ...
him: where
me: i saw it run, but i cant find it
him: is it out?
him: i scare lol
him: big or small
me: its definately still in the room somewhere
me: small
him: ok
him: leave it ? ><
me: well, i cant even find it...

at this point, i opened my door and walked out to the living room, behind me, his door opens... and he peeks out.
and so... the 2 of us decides to do something about it.
after some random guesswork at the mouse's possible location, we decided to move the couches and see if we find holes anywhere and thats what we did.

/pull couch away from wall.
almost immediately, the small shadow appears again.
...follow by a scream coming from behind me -_-" **ker coward leh**
the small shape disappeared under another row of couches.
as i approached the couches to pull them away from the wall again...

"QUICK QUICK, OPEN THE DOOR 1ST!!"
/open door
/pull couch

there was no reaction for abt 2 seconds. i was about to peer over the couch when....
the mouse appeared on the arm rest of the couch, which totally takes me by surprise and. i jumped backwards, followed by a scream from behind... again.

its then, the mouse decided that it didnt wan to be sharing the same roof as 2 grown men, jumping, hopping around in their living room screaming, and ran out of the unit.

the door was quickly closed... in case it changed its mind.
quite... exciting... i mus say, heh.

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