A new baby for me...

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I was pretty busy for the entire weekend, even until today... just simply trying to get my baby totally up-to-date and ready for me to use! Yes, my new baby which costs a big hole in my bank account, my new computer! =D

Brand new PC.

Finally, I got myself a totally new computer using my own money. I am really happy and excited, I have been thinking of getting one since... forever? Now that I finally can afford to buy one myself, without any help from my parents, I am so thrilled. This feeling is really hard to describe but it's definitely amazing when you finally buy something for yourself using you own money... Yea, amazing. =)

I was pretty clueless at first on what spec should I go for, as you know... different usages need different specifications. I am not looking for the newest technology, but I don't want to be outdated either. After asking a few people, my friends, EdeNz's friends... haha... Here's the final stuff that I put together to become my new baby...

• Core 2 Quad Processor Q9400
• Asus P5Q Pro Motherboard
• Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870
• Kingston DDR2-800 2GB RAM x 2
• Western Digital 1TB HDD
• Samsung 22x SATA DVD-RW
• Silverstone Strider 500w PSU
• Cooler Master ATX Casing
• Sonic Gear Ego3nity 2.1 Speaker
• Powerlogic Xplorer 3000 USB Keyboard and Mouse
• Dell Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

... and a brand new computer table!

My biggie monitor.

The heart of my computer, everything is inside!

According to the sales person, this speaker is cute!

Simple keyboard and mouse will do for me.

All of these add up cost me a bit less than 4k, a big sum of money which I saved since last year.

Hehe, I really love it, although it's really a painful and troublesome process to format and setup my stuff all over again, but it's worth it! I am happily using it right now. I can really feel a big difference since I am stuck with a 15' laptop monitor all the while... The is better than my TV at home when I watch anime or TVB series, so nice right? Hahahaha...

It's only few days now, I haven't even done installing everything, which is why I am so busy but I just really want to blog this as soon as possible, so here it is. I am in love with my new baby computer. =)

Steamboat @ Genting

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Oppsie, neglected my bloggie again. Not that I wanted to, just that I'm down with a cold and fever for the past 3 days... =( Bad health condition affects my mood a lot, no mood to do anything or even write anything, please chase the flu bug away!

Yummy yummy! It's time to talk about food. =)

Genting Skyway.

When I was in Genting with EdeNz sometime last month, we had steamboat for dinner, that's the best food you can eat in a cold weather right? and I absolutely love steamboat anytime, I don't know why I just like steamboat a lot even it's just fish balls and stuff. =p

We went to this restaurant call Hot Pot in First World Plaza, it's on the same floor as the Snow World and it's just next to the escalator. There isn't much people when we were there, maybe we are early or something, I have no idea. The restaurant offers a few kind of dishes, typical Chinese restaurant type, but we decided to go for the steamboat and took tom yam and porridge soup base. =)

Our steamboat.

and Utensils. =p

We have to order the food separately though, since they don't charge for the soup base. It's kinda pricey to be honest but it's only once in a blue moon kind of thing, so it's fine! XD The food came in small square dishes, arranged nicely, haha... the dishes can be stacked as well... Seems little but it's actually very very filling, we had a hard time trying to finish everything up.

Yummy foood!

Let's cook!

Off we cook the food, I separate all the food evenly into the different soup base and wait for them to boil, it's quite a long wait though... So, we chit chat and cam-whored a little, hehe... Since the restaurant is on the upper floor and we sat by the window, I get to see people walking around downstairs, kinda nice to sit like that and relax my mind.

It's boiling!

Let's eat!

After a pretty long wait, the food is finally ready and we started to eat and eat and eat... then cook new ones again... then eat again.... eventually both of us are extra full... Well, we rest a while and talk and stuff... then continue eating again. We spent quite a long time in the restaurant I think haha...

Almost done...

Zombie on the roof.

After dinner, we walked around to let the food digest a little... We saw this zombie sitting at the roof top and playing around with his chain, pretty cool right? XD

^StarrY^

Watchmen

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Another quick update, another movie entry. =p

Went to the cinema @ Mid Valley last Saturday with EdeNz and Matt because Matt suggested us to go out for a movie. I have no idea what movies are current on the screens so Matt and EdeNz suggested this superhero show called Watchmen.

The Superheroes.

The show looks so cartoon-ish to me lol... But since I have not watch any movie quite a while, might as well give this a try maybe it will turn out the be interesting. Luckily I managed to book the movie tickets else it's gonna take a long time to buy tickets at the cinema, I wonder why so many people are always lining up...

The show turns out the be 2 hours plus, almost 3... The story is sooooo long, so many characters as well. The movie settings are back to 20 years ago I think, so somehow it looks weird at first, couldn't really get the story at the beginning of the show lol... Well, things are explained later after lots of stuff happen. There are some action scenes as well, since it's superheroes fighting against the bad guys ahaha...

The show is okay, but not my type as I don't really like the story setting and it's too long for me, it's really tiring to watch such a long movie if the story is not exciting or action packed. It is kinda special though, first time watching a movie like this and I think the story comes from a comic book? If you are a fan of the comic series then maybe you should try watching the show. =)

^StarrY^

Punisher: War Zone

Sushi King RM2 Bonanza is back! It's gonna be on 13 April to 16 April, anyone care to join the sushi fest? XD

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I can finally login to Gmail and Blogger in the office @ Astro, but still trying to figure other ways to get to Facebook and MSN Messenger or any web messengers, if anyone knows how, do tell me please. =(

So when I was in Genting few weeks back, I went for a movie with EdeNz... didn't know what to watch and finally picked Punisher: War Zone. Well, I get the impression that there will be lots of people dying scene, cruel and disgusting stuff, hmm...


The movie is indeed that way but most of those parts are cut off already, even their dialogues are censored, kinda annoying... I really don't understand why they want to censor the dialogues when the movie is already 18++ rated. It's not like everyone in the cinema doesn't know what they are saying, I bet everyone knows it so well and even some use those words daily.

The story is about a guy who lost his family one fine day, then turn into a heartless killer who goes around killing every bad guy he can find, then when he is tracking down another bad guy, he accidentally shot down a FBI undercover agent... He felt really bad and wanted to quit and stuff, but when he got to know that the family of the FBI agent is in danger, he want to protect them and thus hunting down the bad guy again... Of course, after lots of fighting and battling scenes, the bad guys finally died and the good people are safe.

I guess it's not my type of movie, I don't fancy seeing disgusting stuff and people dying, lol... Well, I know many guys would love these stuff haha... So it's better to download the uncensored version than to watch it in the cinema.

^StarrY^

I'm a (fluff)Scriber!

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Due to some issues with Internet connection lately, there's not much time to update my blog anymore. I couldn't do it in the office because I am currently placed in Astro which has crappy Internet connection as well. =( More on that sometime later, for now...

I'm a (fluff)Scriber!

Well, it's something new introduced this week on (fluff)Friends. Users can actually pay a subscription fee every month to get some privileges which doesn't exist before, kinda cool it seems... The fee is of course not that cheap since it's $10 or $25 per month, lots of users complain and whine about it, others support them and go on with the subscription.

List of stuff for (fluff)Scribers!

As for me, I didn't want to waste money on games like this initially. Maybe due to influence by people who subscribe, I feel it's good to be able to have those special stuff given to them. I decided to join the crowd when EdeNz said $10 isn't a problem for him since he's earning much more from advertisements on his site, haha...

Another important thing is that I know (fluff)Friends donate to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) when we pay them in cash and they have promise to contribute $50,000 regardless whether they get this much cash from users ever since (fluff)Scriber was introduced. I see this as a good thing, to protect the nature on earth as environmental issues seem to be hot right now.

There's more to it! Every (fluff)Scriber will be given a surprise by mail, a real gift! Apparently it's gonna be a plushie from (fluff)Friends. =) Though we will not be able to choose which one to have, I am happy to be able to own one, it's not easy to get one since they don't sell it anywhere else. The plushie and the shipping fee to my door step could simply cost (fluff)Friends 2 or 3 months of my subscription fees, so why not? It's quite worth it, right? Hehe...

My Customized (fluff)Book.

I'm happy to have purchased this privilege, as I like to spend my time playing this Facebook application, it's just another hobby I guess, every hobby needs some money to maintain perhaps? =p I'm looking forward to receive my (fluff)Surprise and will definitely post about it when I got it!

^StarrY^

The Gem of Life

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Internet is still as slow as ever, that's why I didn't really want to update my blog... No materials to write about is another issue too. =(

Anyway, I have just completed my Siebel training today, it's fun... I would love to have some experience in a project site, let's hope I get the chance to do so. I will be going to Astro for a support role next week, I don't really like it but it's better not to choose in this kind of bad economy situation... =/

So, back to the topic, a TVB series review.

珠光宝气 - The Gem of Life

The Gem of Life, a TVB series which has 82 episodes, recently showed on Astro on Demand. It's a series which has lots of famous actor and actresses, everyone has been looking forward to the release of this show since the preview was shown to the public. I am one of them too, expecting it to be filled with lots of dramas and emotions.

Being a long series, it took around 4 months to finish the show. At the start of the show, the introduction was good, get to see the rich people's world. It's interesting to learn about diamonds too! =p However, things starts to slow down a little in the middle of the series and it became quite boring. The story became very dry because things are very predictable and draggy at the same time. Since it's already half way through, I thought I should just continue on, hoping for the story to pick up on the climax. It changed for a little but the ending is really dull and meaningless...

I felt that it is a total waste of my time to watch this series for so long, just to get to such a dull ending, without any drama, fights or emotions involved. I felt disappointed. Although the settings and the scenes of the series are great and all, the storyline ruins everything. I think they shouldn't make the series that long and have a totally different ending where the bad guys get punished and the good guys get rewarded, at least put in some actions.

^StarrY^