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the best ad i’ve seen this year.

warioland for wii

loading time is a bitch (considering streamyx and their pathetic speeds ALL THIS MONTH), but is it ever worth it.

click it, click it!

no wonder nur will be at cloth & clef la. looks like baby’s camwhoring camera also arrived just in time.

i’m super blur. dunno how i didn’t realise it was TAG tonight.
salawrong ’spinning’ (inverted commas their own) from 10:30pm onwards. i think kenny just wet himself at the news. freakshow.

so, baby, lains, nur, see you tonight?

i <3 david shrigley too.

siau charboh really layan me and wrote a post (90%) in bahasa.

I know, I know some of you must think, “ZOMG! T2 is like soooo 2007…” *rolls eyes* Maaf, saya tak secool kamu. Saya memang tak mampu nak tukar kamera digital setiap 2 bulan. Ye, saya memang seorang yang minimalist. Saya akan menggunakan kamera digital itu sehingga ia sudah hampir tidak bernyawa. Dalam pada ia sedang nyawa-nyawa ikan itu juga, saya akan terus berusaha sedaya mungkin untuk membuatkan ia berfungsi.

Ingin juga saya ketengahkan di sini bahawa fenomena DSLR telah menular di kalangan anak-anak muda dengan kadar yang agak melampau. Syabas saya ucapkan kepada mereka yang berjaya dan tahu menggunakan segala fungsi yang ditawarkan oleh kamera-kamera DSLR. Tetapi, kepada mereka (maaf jika ada yang tersinggung– terutamya golongan perempuan) yang sanggup menghabiskan duit ibu-bapa/PTPTN untuk membeli kamera D90, D50 dan lain-lain semata-mata untuk subjek Photo Communications 101 (saya tak berapa pasti akan digitnya) atau untuk tampak cool di acara-acara libur seperti Bijou Bazaar dan Threads Zoo (mahupun di kelab-kelab malam yang memainkan lagu Indie dan Electro) tetapi hanya menggunakan mode ‘Auto’ all the way… ingin saya nasihatkan, berhenti kan sahaja lah niat kamu. Kamera point-and-shoot kan lebih sesuai dimana;

1. Ia senang diguna pakai. Cuma perlu set kan sahaja ke mode yang sesuai dengan keadaan/suasana;
2. Kecil, boleh dimuatkan ke dalam tas tangan atau poket;
3. Tidak perlu mengecilkan mata untuk melihat ke dalam tingkap view-finder dan
4. Boleh digunakan dengan satu tangan (jika kamu bukan di bawah pengaruh alkohol yang melampau).

Tetapi, jika kamu tetap berkeras untuk mengangkut kamera DSLR itu ke hulu ke hilir, silakan.

i am tickled, but mainly awestruck by this amazing performance a good 6 years (yeah 6, she damn old ok) after SPM.

ok gotta sleep now. meeting tomorrow. *knees knocking*

watch me and tell me this isn’t just too awesome. one man ac/dc cover band who sounds like jack white.

have been really fretting over my little belly which is ugly as it isn’t adorable.

found some exercise videos on youtube and it’s my 2nd day trying to keep up with nicole, “one of spark people’s fitness experts”. i was slightly disdainful seeing as nicole isn’t your typical lean mean slavedriver. (in fact, i thought her slightly on the chubby side.) she instead possesses a rather sweet, chirpy and un-trainerlike demeanor.

so i watched the video till the end before making any sort of attempt to mimic her effortless movements. and since there apparently wasn’t any need for a warm-up, i was a tad overconfident.

ok, fine. i was like “wtf. that looks too easy.”

“if you can, we’re going to try speed it up,” chirped nicole.

“why wouldn’t i be able to?” i snorted (in my head).

needless to say, i didn’t last through even a third of the 15-minute ab workout.

tiu, you can so smart, can or not?

i’m currently at my heaviest weight. ever. and it’s a big letdown.

about a year ago i shook my fist at the heavens and made a booming declaration that, by god, life would be absolutely fucking perfect if i were but 10 pounds heavier.

late suppers (mmmm, salmon pizza and ikan pari) never made any impact before but methinks age is catching up with my amazing metabolism. the first indication that anything was amiss was when i had trouble squeezing into my levi’s.  ass getting bigger.

the second warning was when my skinny jeans popped open when i bent to pick stuff up. i attributed it to water retention and hormonal changes (period mah, be glad i didn’t throw water at people in the cinema), but it was actually tummy getting bigger.

my family poked fun at me. ma even went so far as to say she only gained weight after having her first kid (i.e. me). then it hit me like a ton of fei zhu yeuk. i’m not her age when she had her first kid. i’m not 18 anymore. i’m two decades older than my little cousins. i’m an aunty!

all aunties deserve a little tummy as a sign of a life well lived or some old-fangled chinese belief. (but someone insists it shows a healthy consumption of beer.)

with the stress at work caused by primadonna princess art directors, you’d think i’d have wasted away by now.

and no, i’m not enjoying the unequaly distributed 10 pounds. i wish it were all on my boobs. but as my youngest aunt said “you never gain it there.”

so after gushing about google chrome for a bit, i decided i couldn’t live without my add-ons. like yeah, what do i really need? really.

• adblock for all that nuffnang/advertlets bullshit.
• colorzilla for colour-picking without having to keep opening photoshop. kthxverymuch.
• delicious integration with bookmarks. yummy.
• download helper has been great since youtube ripper kicked the bucket it’s up again now, but oh well. best used with super for video conversion.
• fast dial. super awesome. opens up a personally configured grid of bookmarks with auto-refresh screenshots. my setup shown below.

  

• fireftp. simple ftp program. been using this for yonks now.
• fontfinder. relatively new addition. haven’t had the chance to use it fully yet, but looks to come in handy.
• foxmarks bookmark synchroniser. works well for a stalker like me. but now i’ve to wipe the work pc. *shifty-eyed*
• measure it. another webdesigner’s tool which i haven’t got much use out of yet. but is nice for grids and divs. *geekface*
• read it later. a great innovation from the idea shower. in theory at least. been saving bookmarks to “read later” but have procrastinated for almost a good year or so.
• stumbleupon. new sites + delicious bookmarking and i am on my way to ruling the world. muahahaha.

vanity applied liberally in all aspects of my life. shiny happy browser equals shiny happy stalker.

let’s say with a 2GB microSD card, i’ll squeeze in approximately 25 titles (give or take la). oooh, what do i get? choices choices.

Guitar Hero: On Tour*AWESOME*
like hello, check out the guitar grip and pick stylus.

WarioWare: Touched!
utilises everything the ds touchscreen and mic has to offer. cheer louder, people. louder!

Animal Crossing: Wild World*AWESOME*
open-ended gameplay life sim, ’nuff said.

Nintendogs
virtual pet sim with voice commands. how awesome. i can’t be arsed training dogs now

Professor Layton and the Curious Village*SWEET*
storyline-heavy, puzzle/adventure game (monkey island, anyone?)

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
tactical rpg <3

Hotel Dusk: Room 215
adventure detective investigations with interviews-based puzzles. cool.

Planet Puzzle League
i was addicted to bejewelled. this is some uber tetris brick game. will it feel the same?

Elite Beat Agents*AWESOME*
i love beat-based music games. since there’s no patapon for ds, this will do la. ;)

Final Fantasy IV
ds remake of 1991 final fantasy release (i’ve only ever played from VII onwards, this will be interesting)

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
not too sure about this one. but has good ratings and looks like a pokemon breeding sim.

The World Ends with You
action rpg (whatever that means) developed by kingdom hearts team. can’t go wrong there.

Cooking Mama
simple cooking sim based on array of mini-games (chopping, peeling, beating, slicing, frying etc.) gfx actually making my mouth water ;p

Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
been watching enough House to want to start doing miracle medical work, sim-style of course. controls not that intuitive

Kirby: Canvas Curse
stylus-only platform/adventure game

Harvest Moon DS
crop-growing, harvesting and marriage. lol.

metallic pleather (pvc) leggings in silver, bronze and black from lacquer and lace. mmm. “can you breathe in those,” he asked. it’s shiny and silver. does it really matter? ;p

cape top. an superhero is me! not really. but that’s what i’d imagine myself being if i had this. i am the terror, that flaps in the night!

pair of super boots/sneakers/monsters (as she calls them). i’ll probably never own something like that (i’d go crazy worrying about wearing them in public), but hot damn, aren’t they totally fine? maybe i should talk to rhine like jt suggested. ;p

some 80s-inspired boatneck dress with puffed sleeves (they call em bishop’s sleeves, how creepy. heh. creepier still is how adrian would love it.)

and of course, these pair of patent slingback heels with stretchable back from nose inspired by (some would say ripped off) nine west. going for RM85 from sales at csc.

need more basics as well: wifebeaters, shorts and LBDs (or LRD). pragmatic spending always eases the opening of the wallet.