Happy Chinese New Year my fellow Chinese friends!
May you be showered with lots of ang baos, char siew paos, bak kua and fabulous food all year round!
Here’s wishing you a prosperous, successful year with plenty of good health!
Cheers! Gong Xi Gong Xi!
Posted in Mishy Mashy Wishy Washy
Can’t believe I am doing this. I know. I am old! No thanks for the reminder, Chris!
1. Name one of the actor of the old days that you missed the most
The dude from Airwolf. Erm… what’s his name again?
2. Name a cartoon of the old old days
G.I. Joe
3. Name a singer/group of the old days
Mr Mister
4. Band of the old days
Guns ‘n’ Roses
5. TV Series of the old days
Airwolf, A-Team, CHIPs, Miami Vice
6. Actress of Old Days
Stephanie Zimbalist (???)
7. Fashion of Old Days that you miss the most
Dr. Martens and ripped jeans
8. Movie of Old Days
Star Wars
9. Music Video of Old Days
Billie Jean – MJ
10. Coolest Song of Old Days
Blaze of Glory – Bon Jovi
As an act of revenge, I am tagging Qwerty, Diva, Laidbare, Paultan and 5-Cat Style + The Flyer.
Posted in Crapology Unlimited
Ronald Sudarja of Michelin awarding me the prizes
Having clinched the Runners-Up and Fastest Novice of Class C at the GRA Autocross Round 1, I am completely ecstatic to come out of Round 2 as Champion of Class C. Held at the same venue – KLCC outdoor car park, the event saw 100 contestants competing in 6 different classes. After a disastrous test-run in the morning where my front right brake hose broke, resulting in zero brakes during the run, I really had not expected to have competed at all. Fortunately, partner Stan, who didn’t participate this time round, came to the rescue. A huge, massive thank you to my race partner including the two mysterious mechs who came out of nowhere to sort out my brakes.
A full write-up and post mortem to come at The R3gister, with more pics!
A huge thank you to GRA (Ian and Jianin you guys rock!) and BF Goodrich for bringing motorsports to the grassroots. Kudos!
Stan looking absolutely thrilled to be surrounded by the GRA ambassadors.
A huge thumbs up before my 2nd run
Faisal of R3 and I in the presence of the GRA ambassadors -
April, Jackie, Joanne + Fiona
Pictures 1 and 2 courtesy of Victor Chen (photographer for Hypertune magazine)
Technorati tags: GRA, autocross, Satria R3, R3, motorsports, BF Goodrich, BFG
Posted in Auto + Motorsports
Whoever said you can’t compare apples and oranges? And whoever said you can’t mix apples and oranges is just so wrong. That is just so last century! Presenting the MacBook Pro. Kudos to the Apple Design + technical team for bringing us the first-ever dual-core Mac notebook. But kill the marketing team for the moniker. MacBook Pro? You gotta be kidding me.
In any case, welcome the first Mac notebook built upon the revolutionary new Intel Core Duo — which is actually two processors (up to 1.83GHz) engineered onto a single chip.
Ripped off the Apple MacBook Pro page, the Intel-powered ‘Book provides:
2MB of Smart Cache, L2 cache that can be shared between both cores as needed. It delivers higher performance in 2D and 3D graphics, video editing, and music encoding. And the new engine is only part of the story. MacBook Pro has a frontside bus and memory that, at 667MHz, runs faster than any previous Mac notebook. It’s the first Mac notebook with PCI Express, a Serial ATA hard drive and the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 for superfast graphics performance.
Despite initial skepticism from the Mac community, including certain quarters screaming “sell outs!” and “traitors!”, Apple has quashed all FUD surrounding the MacTel (Macintosh-Intel) platform. With Motorola and IBM less prominent in the picture, and a welcome thing too since they consistently fail to deliver and distracted with embedded applications, Intel moved in, promised and delivered. Right, on!
So how is this all going to fit into the picture? Well, surprise! It has. Mac OS X (or Mac OS X x86) runs natively on Intel and with Rosetta software compatibility, newer developed apps (identified with the Universal symbol) can run on both PowerPC and Intel platforms.
The 15.4-incher sells at $1999. Apple also announced the iMac, powered by a 2Ghz Intel dual-core processor, the first-ever dual-core consumer product from Apple.
MacBook Pro At a Glance
The MacBook Pro and new iMac were announced at the San Francisco Macworld Conference & Expo. Macworld Conference & Expo is the largest Macintosh exhibition event of the year to showcase professional, business, and consumer Macintosh products and services.Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick-off Macworld Conference & Expo 2006 with a keynote address from San Francisco’s Moscone Center. See the video-on-demand (VOD) event right here exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.
Technorati tags: Apple, MacBook Pro, iMac, Macworld, Intel, Quicktime, MPEG-4
Posted in Mac Universe, Techno Indulgences
its about going with the flow
through heart, not mind
its about letting go
not analysing
not rationalising
not being logical
just living!
Posted in Poetic Ammo
Time flies doesn’t it? It’s bloody 2006 already. I’ve lived 3.1 decades and counting. Bejeezuz. It’s scary, exciting, unflailingly unpredictable. Will I be rich? Will I be famous? Que sera sera. Eh?
Nevermind.
2006 is as eccentric and psychedelic as I want it to be. That’s right. I claim rights to two-zero-zero-six. Or two-naught-naught-six. I declare it my year. To hell with everyone. To hell with logic and every rational thought conceivable. THIS IS MY YEAR.
And, my resolution is…
Waitaminnit! I need a resolution? I mean, it’s the new year. I need something to make me new. To be new. To be different from last year. To not do things I did last year. To do things I did not do last year. Hmm.
What the heck. Resolutions don’t work for me. You know why? I’d much prefer to declare it then do it. Right that very instant. I don’t need to remind myself – “Oh, you need to lose 5 kilos this year.” Or, “you need to stop smoking.” I’m already doing it. I have already done it.
So here goes. *Drum roll…*
My resolution is 300dpi! It was 150dpi last year. Not too blur, not too sharp. This year’s more focused. Sharper. To the very dot. Complete and total detail at 800% zoom view.
Hah! Take that.
Oh er… Happy New Year everyone! Have a splendid, fantastically funny, inhumanely prosperous and absolute butt-whipping 2006!
Posted in Mishy Mashy Wishy Washy
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