Skype

Skype is your modern PC phone. If you've been using built-in PC phones like those found in Instant Messengers (IMs), you may find Skype useful also. If you are using a stand-alone PC phone like PC-Telephone, maybe Skype is your better choice. Skype, in fact, is an IM itself (if you prefer to call it so), only with more functions of internet telephony. It is said to have clearer voice. I believe so, but I didn't actually compare its voice quality with other PC phones. One good feature I like about Skype is its 5-person conference call. It lets five people talk to each other at the same time! Skype is also cross-platform and multilingual! All PC-to-PC calls are free and PC-to-phone calls are relatively cheap. Signup is required to use its service. Download size is about 10MB. See the screenshots!

School-pup

(Picture courtesy of The Local Animal Behaviorist & Dog Trainer)

"Oh yeah? What are you looking at? Never seen a pup reading books? ...See, I've read a stack of books and I really want to be a useful dog."

Love Jay's Songs

A portion of lyrics of the song Wai Po (Grandmother) in Jay Chou's Qi Li Xiang album:

记得去年外婆的生日 表哥带我和外婆参加
她最最重视的颁奖典礼 结果却拿不到半个奖
不知该笑不笑 我对着镜头傻笑 只觉得自己可笑
我难过 却不是因为没得奖而难过
我失落 是因为看到外婆失落而失落
大人们根本不能体会表哥他的用心
好像随他们高兴就可以彻底的否定
否定 我的作品 决定在于心情
想坚持风格他们却觉得还欧颗 没惊喜没改变
我已经听了三年 我告诉外婆
我没输 不需要改变
表哥说不要觉得可惜 这只是一场游戏
只要外婆觉得好听 那才是一种鼓励
外婆露出了笑容说她以我为荣
浅浅的笑容 就让我感到比得奖它还要光荣

(Reference: Jay-Chou.net)

I think the "cousin" in the lyrics is referring to Jay Chou himself.

I love this song. Other than this, I also love Luan Wu Chun Qiu (Chaotic Dance Spring Autumn) in this album. Very nice, won't get bored for listening to them many times.

A Baby's Blog

Everybody Loves Raeven!

Quote

A: "Tissue please."
B: "Tissue 都没，哩点读书咖。"
....

Wish For A Friend

Just wanna wish a friend of mine, who is sick, get well soon.

I've Become Lazy

I become lazier everyday. I don't know why. (I'm in a sleepy mood.)

Do You Eat While You Sleep?

I got good news and bad news for you. Bad news first? OK then.

Long time ago I received an email talking about some believe-it-or-not "facts". Part of that email said that all of us do eat spiders while we're sleeping. Recently, that "fact" came to my mind, and this time I was curious to know more details about it. I researched on the web and I found this:

Did you know that when you sleep, the spiders can crawl on you. When we sleep the spider tries to drink from our mouth for water but often times we eat them in our sleep. The average person eats 30-60 spiders a year. That's almost one every week.

That seems quite reasonably true because some spiders are really small and move fast. If you're too worried or scared, maybe you can think about taping your mouth before you sleep. That might be a good way to prevent spiders from entering your mouth. Anyway, let's talk about the good news.

The good news is: I found an article that tells something you might feel very happy to know. Check it out.

Birthday Surprise

This is specially for my friend, Ting... Happy 19th birthday!

No More Gridlock

Woohoo! I beat level 40 -- the last level of online flash board game Gridlock and the only level that I took many days to solve. I tried so many days and got stuck in the same situation -- the targeted block (see picture) is at the top-right corner. Finally, almost giving up, I searched for a guide. Thanks to a screenshot that looks like the picture above. Got hinted that the targeted block was actually supposed to be at the top-left corner. Then within a few minutes, the puzzle was solved. It was so easy but I took so many days...

Weird SMS Of The Day

Amount of short messages or calls from anonymous (or what I prefer to call -- mysterious) senders/callers keeps increasing (slowly). An interesting SMS among those can't be any other but this:

老公，回了吗？电话打不进。

English translation:

Darling (husband), are you coming back yet? I couldn't get through to you.

which I received from a Maxis mobile today at 3.55AM. I don't know whether the sender is someone I know, but I guess she (can't be he) is not.

Selemat Hari Raya!

Well, just three days ahead of Deepavali... happy "Raya Day", all my Malaysian friends and everyone who celebrates it!

Do You Have A Name?

Do you? (Of course you do) If you don't, or if you think you don't, then generate one that suits you.

have fun

Happy Deepavali!

to all my Indian friends! It's just nineteen past twelve, not too late to greet!

Hyper-Threading (HT)

See how Wikipedia defines Hyper-Threading (HT), and how Ron Fenley explains how it works. Also, another definition is from whatis.com.

See also: Thread

It's Raining Season Again!

The weather in KL is bad now. It rains everyday, causing inconvenience of going out. So cold sometimes. The forecasted rainfall in KL is rather high for November and December. That is 300 to 350mm per month.

Bad for me.

Old Competition, New Awareness

IT-related competitions always interest me. That will include a .NET development competition, called AsiaStudent.NET 2002 Competition, which was held in KL two years ago on December 23rd. Although it is really a little too late, it is worth knowing if you are interested (like me) and did not aware of it. Here is the winner list:

1. MMUTECH, MMU
2. ProtoGen, USM
3. Binary Bugs, APIIT
4. SS.NET@KDU, KDU
5. Vision Extreme, APIIT

Why wasn't there an Informatics team leading in this competition? So, MMU, USM, APIIT, and KDU must have some adept students in them? There sure is chance. Informatics can make it too.

Press: Multimedia University Grabs Top Prize in Microsoft’s AsiaStudent.NET 2002 Competition

Some Definitions

Having happened to browse the "freedom of speech" definition page from Wikipedia, I learn that there are so many forms of government. This is something interesting I should share it with you.

Tip For Life

DON'T SMOKE!

Yes, just that simple. Quitting smoking isn't hard too.

Fine, Meaningful Calligraphy

Painted by a popular calligraphist, Zheng Ban-Qiao.

It says:

"Nan De Hu Tu

It's hard to be smart
It's hard to be "hu tu" (not smart)
Transforming from smart to "hu tu" is harder still

Yield a little
Back down a step
Think and be careful
All for rewards in the future"

(Quoted from China the Beautiful)

Ah~ so meaningful...

My Friendship, My Love

I know, friendship is a property. It is so much required in my life. Although sometimes I weigh it with my goals to see whether it is worth having, but if I have built it, I won't ruin it easily, perversely, arbitrarily. Understanding is an underpinning a friendship should be built on, I think.

Sexual love. I don't know how much I should give. I'm too greedy to want eveything, but I can't afford to have everything. Love comes, love goes, so fast. Perhaps, it is best to be sincere all the time.