So long as I live…

I think my blog is the only place who can listen to all my feelings. It is so painful. I felt really painful today. The silence is really killing me. I don’t know what to do. I am in complete lost. The rain seems to be crying for me whenever I felt my heart is crying. What am I to do? I really tried so hard, I held on so hard, but I get a cold respond. Why is this happening? Mending seems not to be working at all. I did everything I could do, what else can I do? Now I understand

…my words are poison.

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Camera Phone or Phone Camera

Now this is what I call a camera with phone feature. Long ago when phones start to have camera feature, I discussed with a friend that it would be good if camera could integrate phone feature. And now, this is a truly camera phone.



But too expensive already this camera phone. Think have to wait a longer while for more models to be out and it would be a good buy. Can give up on DSLR already.

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New Year Resolution I

2007 is approaching soon in just 5 days time. I had made some New Year Resolution for myself.

Today’s network screwed up due to the Taiwan’s earthquake. I wonder how long it will take for them to restore the network, especially those underwater damaged cables. Natural disaster, it’s the man made structures which kills the human and not the earthquake. So sad.

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Bad day but hope it gets better

Today is Christmas Eve. I had quite a bad day today. Woke up in the morning with bad headache. The video I copied from my HDD recorder to DVD could not be converted. The “zhi cha” forgot all about my table’s salted fish fried rice. I felt so sleepy. But never mind! Tomorrow is Christmas day!!

Also, I just realized Cash Converter is a “blood lecher”. If you sell your music CDs to them, you can only get a very very small pathetic amount of cash back. Chinese songs range from 20cents to 50cents and English songs range from 50cents to 1 dollar each. Pathetic!! That will be the last place I will ever sell my things to.

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Merry Christmas!!

Yesterday, a bunch of us celebrated Christmas at Anthony’s house. We had loads of great fun!! It was some light cooking from the girls and we guys were outside slacking :P We ordered 3+3 pizzas but could only finish about 3 pans. Gosh, we saved it for breakfast the next day.

There was games. Xinying brought Johnny Walker and we mixed them into the coke and 7-up. I drank a small cup, and my whole face and body turned red like lobster. I was like fuming and got a bit excited throughout the game. It was fun. Hell loads of fun.

Then later after midnight was opening presents time. All of us exchanged gifts and everyone were so enthusiastic. I love all my presents.

Mid-night movie was the next event. SAW III and Happy Feet. By then, my head hurts a lot. Got a bad headache. I couldn’t sleep well that night. Really pain. Time for me to rest for the day.





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Harry Potter!!

Yeah!! Yesterday morning, J.K. Rowling gave all Harry Potter fans an early Christmas present. Harry Potter book 7’s title!! It is called, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yeah!! The wait for the title had finally come!! Can’t wait for the print of book 7 and movie of book 5 next year!!

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Some Photos

It had being long since I last updated photos here. Show ya some photos I took on the 10th this month at Singapore Botanic Gardens.











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Changing my mobilephone

My O2 is dying. I think… I am looking into 2 other phones which are non Windows OS. The Sony Ericsson M600i and Nokia E61. Still unsure which to get!



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Back

It had being quite a while since I last updated my blog. It had being a long week and so many things had happened. Yesterday, I almost hit the side of the wall along a drain while making a u-turn. I almost hit a lorry without noticing it wanting to turn left in front of me. I horned at a taxi driver who wanted to cut unto my lane and was so close to me. I drove 120-130km/h along the highway.

I am so tired. Very tired.

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Happy 2nd yr Birthday!

Today is my Blog’s Birthday! 2nd year already. Time flies so fast. My first post dated back on 11 December 2004 when I was still in Army. Happy Brithday!

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My New Notebook!

At last, I received my new Dell Precision Notebook on Friday 08 December 2006! Enjoy the beauty of it :P



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Nightmare

Lately, I had 2 different dreams but similar intentions. I woke up this morning with lots of questions in my head. It was 2 dreams which I am not sure if it speaks out what my heart desires or what I do not wish to happen. The dream brought sadness to me. It brought worries to me. It brought confusion to me. I am so afraid that one day, it might happen to me one day.

I always tell myself, bad dreams are always the opposite. But it felt so real, so true. I could not even overcome the terror I had in my dream. The opponent I am facing was too strong.

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Some Funny Names

I was chatting with dearnantiya this afternoon and was asking her what does Aonang’s Ao means, she said it’s bay. So, I was curious when Phi Phi Island is also called Koh Phi Phi, wonder if Koh means island, and it is. Yoke Chye Island. Playing around with my name, I asked her more.

Does Yoke and Chye means anything in Thai? Yes, Yoke = Jade, Chye = Victory. Rearranging my name for a better word formation structure, it will be Victorious Jade Island, or Island of Victorious Jade. Looks like I got so many kinds of names. Yao Cai 药材, Egg Yolk, You Cai 油菜, Yoggie Bear, Big Bird, Yokie and many more. Can you still think of any other names for me?

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New Notebook

I just bought a new notebook at SGD3459.75. Latitude laptop graphic card is only NVIDIA® Quadro NVS which is not for 3D stuffs. NVIDIA® Quadro FX is more suitable for me.

Dell Precision M65

Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2.0GHz)
Integrated Intel 945PM Express Chipset
Genuine Windows(R) XP Professional SP2 Edition
Dell Services: Hardware Maintenance 3 Years Next Business Day (8x5) Onsite Response (Parts + Labour)
Memory 2GB (2x1GB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Internal Optical Drive 8X DVD+/-RW Combo Drive (8/4/8X DVD+RW)
Primary Battery 9-Cell Li-Ion Primary Battery (1 Year Warranty)
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Controller
NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) FX 350M 512MB TurboCache OpenGL PCI-E Graphics
LCD Size 15.4" Wide Aspect Ultrasharp(TM) UXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display
Bluetooth Module Dell(TM) TrueMobile(TM) 350 Bluetooth Module
Hard Drive (SATA) 80GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive
Adapter 90W Primary AC Adapter (110V/220V)

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Confused

Suddenly, I felt very confused. I think I got a lot of things have not done and is piling up one after another.

Booking of my air tickets to Australia, buying a laptop, booking of resort in Krabi, buying Christmas presents, and many more. Ah… I better get working fast. Priority are the air ticket and resort booking.

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SITEX

Think I am settled with Dell Latitude D820. Yesterday went to SITEX and was very disappointed with the exhibits. Looking around at the specs of laptops they offer, I think none of them offer a better price than Dell’s business entry Latitude laptop D820.

There are nothing much to see at SITEX. And offers are not as attractive as previous COMEX. Big Boy’s Toys is also a disappointment. It’s free, that’s why. The babes and F1 cars are all in the $5 entry covered up area. Well, I do not think it is worth that sort of money just to see a few cars.

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Getting a new laptop III

I think I did quite badly for the 3D job. Guess 3D rendering isn’t my strength yet. I still have to spend more time studying the correct way to put in lighting and materials.

Anyway, I was recommended a Dell Latitude D820.

Here are the specs:

Intel® Core™ Duo processors 667MHz Front Side Bus & 2MB/4MB Smart L2 Cache
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.00GHz)
Genuine Windows® XP Professional SP2
945PM with NVidia graphics
2GB (2x1GB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
15.4” WSXGA+ (1680 X 1050 resolution)
512MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache™
120GB SATA (5400RPM) HDD
Large Nylon Case or upgrade to a Nylon Back Pack case at SGD8.40
90 Watt AC adapter with cord wrapping
Primary 9-cell/85 WHr “Smart” Li-Ion battery featuring ExpressCharge
8X DVD+/-RW Combo Drive
56K5 v.92 Internal Modem; 10/100/1000 Gigabit6 Ethernet network interface adaptor
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945A/G (802.11a/g)
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth internal wireless card
54mm Express Card Slot; supports both 54mm and 34mm Express Cards
PC Card: One Type I or Type II
I/O Ports: Serial, 1394, docking connector, 4 USB, powered USB (D-Bay), VGA, headphone/speaker out, infrared port, RJ-11, RJ-45, AC power
3-Year Next Business Day (8x5) On-Site Service (Parts + Labour) International Support For Notebooks
Starting at 2.73 kg

SGD3069.15 as at 28 November 2006



Due to the bad comments about HP DV9000 series which cost at 3.2k, I decided to strike that off and now leads me to deciding between Dell’s Inspiron 9400 and Asus F3J.

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Finish at last!

At last, I have complete my phase I of my 3D drawing after chionging since last night till now haven sleep yet. Big panda eyes already. Now, I am going to submit them to my boss and later, see what needs to be changed. Shag. Things are not in favor to me.

At first, I thought my graphic card is spoiled, and I rushed down to sim lim to get one new one at $208. After getting home, I plug in my card, and realised that it still doesn't have display on my screen. Conclusion, graphic card not spoiled. How?! But buying the card gave me an advantage for a while, I could use it on my parent's computer. But it's still slow due to the processor speed.

This goes on slowly as the render took ages. At times, I am so fedup that I wanted to give up. But i strived on. AHHH!!!! So slow!!!! AHHH!!! it's so late already!!!! fustrating during my work.

My sis wanted to build a powerful pc, and it's a good chance for her. Using my super large casing, she bought new motherboard, processor, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13Mhz, 2GB DDRII 800Mhz RAM and GeForce Nvidia8800GTX SLi graphic card, which is super duper big card, my first time seeing it, and weighs quite heavy too. With these and a SATA HDD, there is no questions of the speed it will produce. Oh my! Its Godlike!

Super fast loh! What took me a few minutes to render a scene, took me under a minute on this new setup. I work more efficently and faster. Last time, I can wait for it to render the scene and take my time to chat in MSN as it process the job. Now, I can only chat for a few seconds or not even a chance before I make the changes which I don't like. GODLIKE!!

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Getting a new laptop II

Getting a new laptop II

Today, I was walking around Best Denki in Ngee Ann City and came across a lot of notebooks. I was drooling over the HP Pavilion dv9000 series, the one on display I think is the dv9014TX. I wonder if it is a good buy at about S$3.2K.



Actually, I had almost made up my mind on Dell’s Inspiron 9400 and now I am looking at HP’s. What am I going to do?!

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Crappy shots

Some of the shots I took on Sunday morning at Woodlands Town Garden







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Getting a new laptop I

I got a dilemma. To get a Dell Laptop or a Asus’s. There are pro and cons for each laptop. I am choosing over Dell Inspiron 9400 and Asus F3. They are of different size of course. One is 17inch monitor and 15.4inch respectively. The weight is of course heavier on Dell. But Dell offers quire a good graphic card. Price is about the same, with about maybe $100 difference, Dell at a higher price after a 3 years warranty upgrade whereas Asus is only 2 years.

The freebees Asus is giving during IT fairs are of course more attractive than Dell’s as Dell does rarely give free bags or mouse etc during the purchase. What should I choose?



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Happy Birthday to Fiona!

Yesterday had a small birthday dinner celebration for our birthday gal Fiona. So when you getting married? Heheh



Suddenly got the mood to make cakes. So I made 2 trays of Cookies and Cream Cheesecake and a small one for Fiona.



2 more shots which I took with nicer cuts





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Weekend of Fun

Had a super hot Thai Chili Japanese Noodle on Saturday. Super hot, the aircon was like switched off that moment. Had the 5 or 6 chili one (2nd last). Luckily never order the hottest or else I think I will be really crying.



Yesterday went to Vivo City. It’s a great place for family fun or a great place if u wanna soak your feet if dun wanna go to beaches. But the water really abit choky and there are small rocks. Careful when bringing children as the pool has sharp metal plates covering floor traps on the “pool” bed.





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Back from Holiday!

Wow, it has being such a great holiday. Climbing up the highest mountain in Southeast Asia, Mt Kinabalu was an enjoyable one. Anyone can climb this mountain, at age of 50 or even young primary school kids have no problem at all. Just make sure you are healthy and have no serious health problem. Enjoy the photos! The rest I will upload them to my online album.


My first time to board a budget airline.






Night scene of Kota Kinabalu city from Signal Hill


Street Stall - Fried Carrot Cake.


I had forgotten when I took this shot but it should be near the Mt Kinabalu Park HQ.


One of the many rest shelter along the way up the mountain.

Pitcher Plant, there are more bigger size pitcher plant around the locality. Can be as big as my open palm.


My tired legs taking a rest along the way up.


Reaching Pana Laban Lodges!


The beautiful sunset outside my lodge.


Next morning we start climbing up to the peak at 2.30am to catch the sunrise.


On top of Low’s Peak. The wind is so strong that I cannot smile properly. My hair is so long n I looked so weird My hand is blocking the word Kinabalu!




A steep climb.


South Peak.




Left – Ugly Sister Peak, Right – Donkey Ears Peak. There are some other peaks but I do not remember their names :P


St John Peak


Descending down the peak.

The entrance to climb up to the peak.

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A Snap Shot

A Snap Shot

Spotted a red Sun Bird in SBG the other day. Wanted to get more snap shots of it but I am too slow, or should I say my lens is slow. Bu the time I wanted to snap more, it flew away. I only managed to capture one photo, and it is only the body without its head… sad…



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Another morning in SBG

Another outing organized by some friends from ClubSNAP to Singapore Botanic Gardens. This time, it’s organized by Minolta user group. I see many kind of lenses. Macro lens are wonderful! I do not have a macro lens though. I think I am quite bad at taking macro photos.

At last, this time my bird photos are more presentable as I am using a monopod while shooting. Or else with my shaky hands, the images will be quite blur.









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