Movies Watched in 2006
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01. The Village02. ã„ã¾ã€ä¼šã„ã«ã‚†ãã¾ã™03. åˆæ‹04. The Producers05. Ice Age: The Meltdown06. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy07. Wanee & Junah08. Mirrormask09. Someone Like You10. The 6th Day11. Parent Trap12. MI: 313. Il Mare14. The Omen15. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde16. The King and the Clown17. Superman Returns18. Crazy First Love19. Bridget Jones's Diary20. Shall We Dance21. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest22. One Fine Spring Day23. Boogeyman24. Barking Dogs Never Bite25. The Lake House26. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen27. The Wedding Date28. An American Haunting27. School of Rock28. Thank You For Smoking29. Lucky Number Slevin30. Be Cool31. Freaky Friday32. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance33. Almost Famous34. The Prestige35. Death Note36. The Truth About Charlie37. Mr. and Mrs. Smith38. The Devil Wears Prada39. Pulp Fiction40. V For Vendetta41. The Nightmare Before Christmas42. Strictly BallroomMy favourite movie of the year was the sati
Die, Stupid People, Die
1970-01-01 00:59:59
You know what I hate? 1) Stupid
people who insist on rushing into the lift before you can even get out. 2) Now replace "lift" with "train"3) Stupid people who become rooted to the spot after getting off the bus therefore blocking my exit. MOVE YOUR ASS.4) Stupid people who insist on reading the newspapers UNFOLDED in a crowded lift with zero elbow space. Dude, your paper is in my face.5) Stupid people who have no qualms about sharing their bad taste in music with the entire train. 6) Stupid DJs who play that "You're Beautiful" song by whathisface on the radio 893283743 times a day.Technorati: Rant
College Saga
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Final Fantasy fan? You've got to watch this.Technorati: Humour, YouTube
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MyBlogLog
1970-01-01 00:59:59
I just joined MyBlogLog a couple hours ago and, oh man, it's addictive as hell. So many blogs, so little time!Check out my profile.Technorati: Blog Communities, MyBlogLog, Networking
Panic Room
1970-01-01 00:59:59
I watched Panic
Room a couple days ago and it was a disappointment. I had very high expectations for the movie since it was directed by David Fincher, who also directed Fight Club and Seven, two of my favourite movies of all time. One question I have is this, when you dial 911, are they supposed to put you on hold? It doesn't make sense. I was also curious about the daughter's medical condition.All in all, great cast (Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker etc.) and some clever camera tricks, but plot leaves much to be desired.Technorati Tag: Movies
Dark Water
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Nowadays, Hollywood loves to remake Asian movies and the remakes are rarely up to the mark. Dark Water was no exception. To be fair, I didn't like the original Japanese version. I thought it was rather weak compared to the director's previously much scarier movie, Ringu.One thing I was wondering about was why did the lawyer (Tim Roth) lie to Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) about his family? Technorati Tag: Movies
Idiot teaches us all how NOT to apply for a job in Dubai
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Some rude Canadian dude tried to apply for a job at North 55 and managed to make himself famous on the internets in return.Taken from here:From: Amir SaffarSent: 02 December 2006 01:22To: Amir SaffarSubject: multimediator/web designer positionAmir SaffarTo Whom It May Concern:I am a web developer/designer with experience in designing corporate, commercial, retail, and business web systems. With more than 6 years experience designing Internet/multimedia systems professionally in a production environment, I could be a valuable asset to your web design and multimedia team.Managing projects, task delegation, and client relations have been necessary skills at my previous employment positions. These have always been tasks that I excel at and enjoy.My experience in web site consultation critiquing usability, functionality, aesthetics, and search engine placement can help clients with their existing web content by introducing them to innovative and cost-effective solutions.My enthusiasm, creat
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Addicted to Apple?
1970-01-01 00:59:59
This is made of awesome.Taken from Ryland of a boy and his computerTechnorati: Humour
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, Addicted
Love Letter
1970-01-01 00:59:59
My favourite Japanese movie of all time is Love Letter
by Iwai Shunji.CastMiho NakayamaEtsushi ToyokawaBunjaku HanKatsuyuki ShinoharaMiki SakaiTakashi KashiwabaraMariko KagaSynopsisHiroko Watanabe's fiance, Itsuki Fujii, died in a mountaineering accident two years ago, yet she has been unable to forget him. She came across his high school year book and found his old address by chance, and wrote a letter, knowing that she would never receive a reply. However, to her surprise, she received a reply. It turned out that when Itsuki was in high school, there was a girl in his class with the exact same name, and it was her address that Hiroko has written to. She decided to pay a visit to this girl.When Hiroko arrived, she did not meet Itsuki as planned due to certain reasons. However, she did see how Itsuki looked like, which, to her shock, bore a strong resemblance to herself. In fact, they looked exactly alike. She began to be suspicious about (male) Itsuki's reasons for falling in love w
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All About Soap
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Speaking of hilarious email exchanges, one of my favourites was the fictitious email exchange between a hotel in London and one of its guests:The Saga of Hotel Soap The following letters were taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of it's guests. The Hotel submitted the letters to the London Sunday Times for their humor column.Dear Maid, Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way.Thank you,S. BermanDear Room 635, I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my inst
Anything and Everything
1970-01-01 00:59:59
I've decided to join the blogging elite and inflict my opinions on anything and everything on the unsuspecting netizens of the intarweb.
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Apple iPhone
1970-01-01 00:59:59
If you haven't heard of the iPhone
, you must have been living under a rock. It is a mobile phone, iPod and internet device all rolled into one. It's got fancy schmancy stuff like multi-touch and intelligent keyboard. I must say that even though I'm not an iWhore, this is looking pretty spiffy. Technical Specifications taken from Apple
iPhoneScreen size: 3.5 inchesScreen resolution: 320 by 480 at 160 ppiInput method: Multi-touchOperating system: OS XStorage: 4GB or 8GBGSM: Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)Wireless data: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0Camera: 2.0 megapixelsBattery: * Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing * Up to 16 hours Audio playbackDimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mmWeight: 4.8 ounces / 135 gramsTechnorati: iPhone, Apple, Gadgets, Mobile Phones, Technology
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How do you get your blogging mojo going?
1970-01-01 00:59:59
So when or how do you like to compose your blog posts? I'm sure everyone has their favourite way or time of day to do it. Maybe you like to do it during those long and boring daily office meetings with the boss or when you're spacing out in class. Me? I like to do it when I'm:in the showerThat's right. Others like to show off their powerfully hideous vocal abilities but I prefer to think about my next mind-shatteringly exciting blog post.on the pottyIt's certainly less disgusting than having a conversation on the phone at the same time and letting the other party hear all your pooping noises. I think it's a great time to think about my next blog post unless my utmost full concentration is required due to a particularly difficult bowel movement, i.e. stubborn piece of shit refuses to exit. I'm sure most of you do it too. Come on, don't be shy. Tell me about it. Heh.on the busTo work, that is. Provided I'm not busy fantasising about the cute guy at work. Or perhaps I can do that
Look Ma! I'm hot!
1970-01-01 00:59:59
How does the MyBlogLog hot members thing work? How the hell did I end up there?Technorati: MyBlogLog
MyPhoneExplorer
1970-01-01 00:59:59
I've been using the Sony Ericsson K800i for a couple of months and I love it. I've never been big on using some software to back up my phone data but it seems like a good idea to do so. The PC Suite software that came with the phone was a pain in the ass to use so I hunted around on the big, wide intarweb for a more user friendly software. I found MyPhoneExplorer. Man, I simply love it. It's so easy to install compared to the Sony Ericsson software which many of my friends encountered installation problems with. It even backs up your text messages (SMS)! If you're a Sony Ericsson user looking for a software to manage your phone, do try this. It supports all Sony Ericsson phones except for the symbian-based models.Software Features (taken from FJ Software Development)• Adressbook - with direct sync to Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird• Organizer with calendarview and direct sync to Outlook, Sunbird (up to Version 0.2), Rainlendar and net shared calendars (WebDAV, FTP)•
Sex offender, 29, attends school as 12-year-old
1970-01-01 00:59:59
This is some bizarre stuff. First seen here.A 29-year-old convicted sex offender managed to pass himself off as a 12-year-old child, attending one school for several months before anybody realised.Not only did he convince school authorities that he was a young boy, but he also fooled two men he was living with at the time - both of whom had sexual relations with him, while under the impression that he was 12 years old.Source: MetroWHAA...T?Technorati: Bizarre, News
IrfanView
1970-01-01 00:59:59
One awesome graphic viewer software that I feel not enough people know about is IrfanView (ya, I know it's one of the most popular viewers but the folks I hang around with don't seem to know about it *shrugs*). For days when I don't really need to open the very bloated Photoshop software for heavy duty tweaking, I'll use the IrfanView software for cropping, resizing, batch conversion or renaming, or other simple graphic editing stuff. Best of all, this software is FREE. Screenshot of the software:Some IrfanView software features (taken from IrfanView) * Many supported file formats * Multi language support * Thumbnail/preview option * Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD) * Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc. * Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters * Fast directory view (moving through directory) * Batch conversion (with image processing) * Multipage TIF editing * File search * Email option * Multimedia player
5 Reasons Why You Should Never Get Drunk at Office Parties
1970-01-01 00:59:59
You don't really want to wake up the next morning realising that you had:1) kissed the office loser (ya know, the one with bad breath and jokes that nobody laughs at).2) gobbled down the party decorations thinking they were dessert.3) thought table dancing with your top off was a swell idea... and you actually did it.4) pinched your boss's butt.OK, I lied. I only have 4 reasons. And nah, not speaking from personal experience. Thank goodness.Technorati: Humour
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Zen Japanese Restaurant, Mah Boon Krong (MBK) Center, Bangkok, Thailand
1970-01-01 00:59:59
We had lunch at the Zen
Japanese
restaurant at MBK Center
in Bangkok
over the weekend and it was fantastic. As you can see from the picture, we went a little salmon crazy. We highly recommend the salmon teriyaki and salmon sashimi. The beef shabu-shabu was only so-so though. All 4 of us ate to bursting and the bill came up to less than 3,000 baht. Well worth every baht, I say.So, any of you out there who's eaten at this restaurant?Technorati: Food, Japanese Food, Restaurants, Bangkok
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My heart breaks into a million tiny pieces
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Damn, I'm no longer hot. *Emo tear* Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.Technorati: MyBlogLog
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, breaks
, pieces
12 ways to amuse yourself during boring meetings
1970-01-01 00:59:59
I spend half of my working hours at boring
meetings trying to look important and attentive, so I've come up with 12 ways to combat the boredom.1) See those pieces of paper with "Meeting Agenda" printed on them? Try making paper aeroplanes with them on your lap.2) Now imagine one of the paper aeroplanes whizzing over your boss's head.3) Then you realise you could be fired for doing that and attempts to pay attention to the meeting.4) As you have the attention span of an insect, your mind starts to wander again...5) ...and now you're imagining your boss naked.6) And he's doing the macarena.7) With pom-poms.8) And a feather boa.9) Snigger quietly to yourself and refuse to share the joke when your equally bored colleague asks you what's so funny.10) Then it hits you that a sight like this could possibly traumatise you for life.11) Decide to do something more constructive instead, such as...12) ...compose time-wasting lists like this in your head for your next blogging opportunity.Hey,
Stop annoying me with Snap!
1970-01-01 00:59:59
After reading downloadsquad's How to get rid of Snap's obnoxious link previews, I began to wonder if you folks find the Snap Preview Anywhere thingie annoying. So it's poll time!Technorati: Snap Preview Anywhere
Bling H2o
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Would you pay 40 bucks for a bottle of water? If you answered in the affirmative, you need to get your head checked. Ok, just kidding. If you're into gourmet bottled water, then Bling
H2o may just be your cup of uh.. water. The bling factor comes from the bottles, which has handcrafted Swarovski crystals on them. Since I don't have 40 bucks to throw away, I don't know what the water taste like. Maybe it tastes like the elixir of life. Who knows?Anyway, if you're really loaded with money coming out of your ears, why not think about donating to the help-Lis-quit-her-boring-day-job fund? Or perhaps I can fund myself by starting my own line of bottled water. I'll call it B(Lis)s H2o.Technorati: Shopping
Life in a hole
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Apparently, the latest fashionable thing to do in London is to live in a janitor's storeroom, all for the low, low price of £170,000 (gawd, I can buy 8,000+ bottles of Bling H2o for that kind of money). The flat measures 11ft by 7ft which is about the size of a snooker table. Doesn't the place look depressing?Source: BBC NewsWhile we're still on the topic of tiny living spaces, if you check into the das Parkhotel, you'll be living in rooms made out of drainage pipes. I kid you not. At least you'll have a good view of the River Danube. They kinda remind me of those capsule hotels in Japan.Via Random Good Stuff here and here.Next up on the real estate market: flats the size of toilet cubicles! You get to sleep standing up!
How to Spot a Jap
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Thank you, US War Dept, for imparting the invaluable knowledge of how to spot a Jap. I no longer have the fear of mixing up my Cs and Js.
Neil and his Magnificient Oracular Journal
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Neil Gaiman is positively the awesomest author on all of planet earth. Like seriously. To celebrate his web blog turning six, he has a birthday toy on his blog that is a serious instrument of divination. Needless to say, I just have to try it for myself.As per Neil's instructions, I imagined my question and framed it in my mind.Q: My bladder is currently full to bursting and I fear that even a slight cough may open the flood gates. Should I go and pee, like, now?A: My question is why you included these scenes in such a descriptive manner.And thus, Neil has spoken.
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7 Ways to Reject that Unwanted Valentine's Day Invitation
1970-01-01 00:59:59
It's Valentine
's Day and the office creep decided to try his luck and asked me out. Eh, I was probably his 9829384th unlucky try. Anyway, I decided to compile a list of excuses for future reference. I'm sure they'll come in handy again some day.1) "Can I bring my mum along?"2) "Sure, meet ya at Nagrand?"3) "Sorry, not enough HP to last through dinner. Gotta level up tonight."4) "I think of you as a brother and I'm not into incest."5) "Nope, not into guys."6) "Whaa..t? Sorry, I can't hear you, you're breaking up." Make some static noises and hang up.7) "I'll love to go out with you, but first, I've gotta bury the last guy who tried to date me. He's stinking up my garage. Wanna help?"Happy Valentine's Day!
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, Invitation
Honey, I'm home!
2007-03-12 04:38:00
Wow, I've been away from the blog for way too long (almost a month!). Promise to write something soon. How's everyone doing?
No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
2007-05-14 08:54:00
Got a call from one of those "you've won a gazillion dollars in a lucky draw you've never heard of !!!eleventyone!!" timeshare scammers the other day.Timeshare Scammer: Hello, We're calling from Timeshare Scammers Limited* and wish to inform you that you've been selected to receive a free gift worth $4,000.Me: Ok.TS: The gift includes a 8-day Thailand hotel stay, spa vouchers blahblahblah.Me: Ok.TS: We're a newly set up company blahblah promote our new packages blahblah NATAS blahblahblah.Me: Ok.TS: Just to reassure you, we're not one of those timeshare companies. This gift is offered to you with no strings attached.Me: Ok.TS: You'll not need to purchase anything before receiving the gift.Me: OkTS: At the same time, we'll like to do a presentation with you to promote our new packages. The presentation will take about an hour. Will you be available at 2pm tomorrow?Me: Ok.TS: Our office is located at blahblahblah. By the way, I'm Angeline**. Please ask for me at the reception bl
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, Lunch
Firefox
2007-05-17 19:50:00
For all you neanderthals still using Internet Explorer, you might want to check out Jason's excellently informative post on Firefox
. Before discovering Firefox, I felt like a lost lamb wandering through the Dark Ages of Internet Explorer. And then, behold, there was Firefox and all was good. I've seen the light. I was lost but now am found. Yadda yadda.Maybe I exaggerated a little.Ok, I exaggerated a lot.I was having trouble with Internet Explorer before making the switch to Firefox a few years back, although I can't for the life of me, recall what sort of trouble. I do remember it's the sort that made me want to inflict grievous bodily harm on my computer and hurl it out the window (that's right, Internet Explorer killed my kitty and ate my baby). Anyway, Internet Explorer is so 1990s. Who the hell wants to live in the last decade?So the cool stuff about Firefox? Did you know you can have multiple home pages with Firefox? You did? Damn. I must not have been paying attention durin
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