OMG!! It's finally here!! RM3.3K worth of glass and plastic. Got it from Hong Kong which is so much cheaper since they don't have tax and got so many other stuff too. Like the 400D with EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II kit lens and the EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM which is a telephoto lens if you don't speak camera. And a tripod, and 2.0GB's worth of memory, and a bag, and two UV filters, and lots of reading material for the cam. I'm gonna be soaked in information soon. Man, I'm just so excited. Look out for my pics in the coming days/weeks/months/years/whatever.
Been given a choice to either stay at where I'm working or go somewhere else. What should I do? I don't expect anyone to answer that since I myself don't know the answer to that. Anyway... Life has been pretty dull. Same old same old.
BTW, after finally getting to see Tsing Yie in church on Saturday in Youth, I expected something more interesting to come out of her mouth. And you know what she said when she saw me? Guess. Come on, I'm sure you can guess it. Ok nvm.. Useless.. "Ai-Vern", "Yes?", "MCFLURRY!!" And the conversation went on pretty much like that until her boyfriend (or whoever it was in the white Kancil) came and picked her up. And I was like...
Then I poked her sister in the stomach as payback for poking me so many times. Deserves it by the way. And Tsing Yie, go away... Stop reminding me of the McFlurry's I supposedly "owe" you, which currently sits at 11. Oh wait, it's 12 now, cos she "felt" insulted by one of my SMS's... This girl is... Unbelievably talented in using her looks and sad little face to taunt you and bring you down to your knees while you bend to her every will... Well, I guess that's the price of friendship eh? Lol.
Anyway, she has just updated her blog with a very mind stimulating post, not because you learn something or anything like that but mind stimulating in a way that makes you think where she comes up with these little little things to nit-pick about, from ugly college-founders to anti-wrong-singlet schools to just declaring coffee is good for you (although I think that has more to do with tricking herself to drink with abandon, rather then it being good in itself since she's a coffee addict).
Time to study my camera, and just wait for a few weeks where I can get more worthy photos out of it. Big investment you know. See ya till then.
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Wednesday 13 June 2007
Sunday 10 June 2007
Please Forgive Me
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It still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss and
It's gettin' better baby
No one can better this
I'm still hold on and you're still the one
The first time our eyes met it's the same feelin' I get
Only feels much stronger and I wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on
So If you're feelin' lonely.. don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should
Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me
This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me
If I need ya like I do
Please believe me
Every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on
You're still number one I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moves
I remember you
I remember the nights ya know I still do
One thing I'm sure of
Is the way we make love
And the one thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath I'm prayin'
That's why I'm sayin'...
It still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss and
It's gettin' better baby
No one can better this
I'm still hold on and you're still the one
The first time our eyes met it's the same feelin' I get
Only feels much stronger and I wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on
So If you're feelin' lonely.. don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should
Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me
This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me
If I need ya like I do
Please believe me
Every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on
You're still number one I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moves
I remember you
I remember the nights ya know I still do
One thing I'm sure of
Is the way we make love
And the one thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath I'm prayin'
That's why I'm sayin'...
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Wednesday 6 June 2007
Game Ideas - Voice-O-Matic
Temporarily, I'll call it the Voice-O-Matic, as I can't think of any lamer name to give it...
Here's what it does, with explanations why I would like to see it made.
Immersion in games is the key to making you feel like you're in the game, and voices are a very big part of it, with character intonations completely changing they way you respond to things, with or without fancy graphics. So Voice-O-Matic steps in where voice-acting fails.
How we do it is, we record a person's voice (chosen before-hand to suit the character), and make them run through a set of keys and tones ranging a very wide spectre. File size can be kept to a minimum,cos Voice-O-Matic intellegently mixes different parts of the vocal range to produce different different sounds, meaning only minimal sound files to be installed, keeping space usage down.
When NPC's need to talk, the game accesses a small pre-coded file that automatically links to the mixer and voices to come out with the right intonation and pitch.
Also, at the beginning of games that require you to create a character (basically RPG's), there will be an option page with sliders that you can control to make the game pronounce your chosen name correctly, adding to immersion as the game understands who you are, and react accordingly.
In-game, small bits of code are accessed when NPC's speak, speaking directly to you, and those bits of code will alter how your name is pronounced according to the emotions needed, like panic, happiness and the likes.
One day, I WILL make this nifty piece of software, that is if current programmers don't make them first. At least credit me with the idea if you took it from here =)
For now, I think that's all for this idea. I'll post with more later on.
Here's what it does, with explanations why I would like to see it made.
Immersion in games is the key to making you feel like you're in the game, and voices are a very big part of it, with character intonations completely changing they way you respond to things, with or without fancy graphics. So Voice-O-Matic steps in where voice-acting fails.
How we do it is, we record a person's voice (chosen before-hand to suit the character), and make them run through a set of keys and tones ranging a very wide spectre. File size can be kept to a minimum,cos Voice-O-Matic intellegently mixes different parts of the vocal range to produce different different sounds, meaning only minimal sound files to be installed, keeping space usage down.
When NPC's need to talk, the game accesses a small pre-coded file that automatically links to the mixer and voices to come out with the right intonation and pitch.
Also, at the beginning of games that require you to create a character (basically RPG's), there will be an option page with sliders that you can control to make the game pronounce your chosen name correctly, adding to immersion as the game understands who you are, and react accordingly.
In-game, small bits of code are accessed when NPC's speak, speaking directly to you, and those bits of code will alter how your name is pronounced according to the emotions needed, like panic, happiness and the likes.
One day, I WILL make this nifty piece of software, that is if current programmers don't make them first. At least credit me with the idea if you took it from here =)
For now, I think that's all for this idea. I'll post with more later on.
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Re-Visited : Guild Wars - Prophecies
Guild Wars. The pay-once-free-for-life MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) that left huge tremors of spastic joy through the gaming community slightly more then a year ago. Actually, CORPG (Competitive Online Role Playing Game) would be a better term for this game. Only the cities and outposts are shared with other players, and when you leave them, the game creates the whole seperate map just for your party, hence eliminating Kill Steals and TK's and looting. This is called instancing.
After being away from the land of Tyria for almost a year, I'm finally back into it and enjoying every moment of it.
Everything that I loved about it is still here, with minor modifications and improvements that make it all the more interesting to play. Improved network code, better skill animations and minor GUI tweaks make the experience a richer thing.
The PvP, as always is frantic as hell and really random but never managing to feel unfair. It just plays so well!! I had this PvP once and I was a Ranger/Monk with 3 teammates against a party with 2 Monks, one Elementalist and one Warrior. Elementalist and Warrior we downed with relative ease but the 2 Monks were giving us problems. They keept healing each other!!
So finally, it was only me and the two monks fighting it out with the rest of our parties dead. I would attack with my bows and they would heal. When I ran out of Energy, I ran in circles to avoid being attacked. Then the two monks attacked me. Me, being a half-Monk could also heal so I healed and they attacked and they healed and I attacked. For half-an-hour it was a tie. We were just not doing any significant damage to each other. Support monks being support Monks, they had very little firepower. So I could heal as they attacked me.
For 30 minutes this went on, me crippling them making them walk 50% slower while I use my running skills to run and heal myself somewhere further. Then argh!! DISCONNECTED!!
But oh well.. The single-player game is very absorbing although it takes ages to complete it. I took 155 hours to get through it the first time round... It was worth playing every minute of it. Guys, if you're sick and tired of paying subscription fees to games that you rarely play or have a hard time justifying the price, splurge a little bit of money to get this game and you will never regret it. Trust me, I never did and never will. I may cost a pretty penny for now, but it will be so much more satisfying then your standard run-of-the-mill online game.
System Specs
Minimum:Pentium 3 1.8 GHz or equivalent, nVidia GeForce 4 MX 420 or equivalent, 2GB hard disk space, 256MB RAM, dial-up connection
Recommended:Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent, nVidia GeForce 6600GT or equivalent, 4GB hard disk space, 1GB RAM, broadband
Pros:Very good graphics, relatively lag-less, immersive, good PvP
Cons:Not alot really
Final Verdict: 89%
After being away from the land of Tyria for almost a year, I'm finally back into it and enjoying every moment of it.
Everything that I loved about it is still here, with minor modifications and improvements that make it all the more interesting to play. Improved network code, better skill animations and minor GUI tweaks make the experience a richer thing.
The PvP, as always is frantic as hell and really random but never managing to feel unfair. It just plays so well!! I had this PvP once and I was a Ranger/Monk with 3 teammates against a party with 2 Monks, one Elementalist and one Warrior. Elementalist and Warrior we downed with relative ease but the 2 Monks were giving us problems. They keept healing each other!!
So finally, it was only me and the two monks fighting it out with the rest of our parties dead. I would attack with my bows and they would heal. When I ran out of Energy, I ran in circles to avoid being attacked. Then the two monks attacked me. Me, being a half-Monk could also heal so I healed and they attacked and they healed and I attacked. For half-an-hour it was a tie. We were just not doing any significant damage to each other. Support monks being support Monks, they had very little firepower. So I could heal as they attacked me.
For 30 minutes this went on, me crippling them making them walk 50% slower while I use my running skills to run and heal myself somewhere further. Then argh!! DISCONNECTED!!
But oh well.. The single-player game is very absorbing although it takes ages to complete it. I took 155 hours to get through it the first time round... It was worth playing every minute of it. Guys, if you're sick and tired of paying subscription fees to games that you rarely play or have a hard time justifying the price, splurge a little bit of money to get this game and you will never regret it. Trust me, I never did and never will. I may cost a pretty penny for now, but it will be so much more satisfying then your standard run-of-the-mill online game.
System Specs
Minimum:Pentium 3 1.8 GHz or equivalent, nVidia GeForce 4 MX 420 or equivalent, 2GB hard disk space, 256MB RAM, dial-up connection
Recommended:Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent, nVidia GeForce 6600GT or equivalent, 4GB hard disk space, 1GB RAM, broadband
Pros:Very good graphics, relatively lag-less, immersive, good PvP
Cons:Not alot really
Final Verdict: 89%
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A Clearer Mind
Now that I've calmed down and have a thorough think-through, I have to accept that what happened has already happened and there's nothing I can do about it. As they say, shit happens, but life still has to go on. I'm feeling happier already!!
Life has been ok so far, nothing much to complain about really =) Nothing out of the ordinary, just the ho-hum of life endlessly repeating itself as I travel to and fro for work. Somehow, everyday I get one No-Show guest that gets me into trouble. Stupid guests xD But oh well, it's my job to make them come, so if they don't it's partially my fault too.
Church was good, as it is always. Really freshened me up for the trying week ahead and gave me a clearer mind to think things through. Thank you God =)
Nothing much to post about now, so I'll go and write up a re-review of Guild Wars while I'm at this.
See ya in my next post ^^
Regards
~ArmedandDangerous~
Life has been ok so far, nothing much to complain about really =) Nothing out of the ordinary, just the ho-hum of life endlessly repeating itself as I travel to and fro for work. Somehow, everyday I get one No-Show guest that gets me into trouble. Stupid guests xD But oh well, it's my job to make them come, so if they don't it's partially my fault too.
Church was good, as it is always. Really freshened me up for the trying week ahead and gave me a clearer mind to think things through. Thank you God =)
Nothing much to post about now, so I'll go and write up a re-review of Guild Wars while I'm at this.
See ya in my next post ^^
Regards
~ArmedandDangerous~
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Sunday 3 June 2007
Hurt? Confused? Left Out? Yeah.
Why? I always ask myself that when things go horrible wrong or just so unpredictable nasty, especially from one you consider important and close to you. The hurt is so incredibly overwhelming that sometimes you think it might not be worth carrying on, and sometimes it overtakes you and end up hurting everyone around you. Well, I've just encountered this exact situation and I am wondering how I can go on, but I just know that I have to no matter how improbable the solution might be.
And girls can be the worst source of pain for anyone, and I'm quoting straight from true-to-life experiences which have left me a broken man. I liked this girl see? I wouldn't say that we're really close but I would say that we're long time friends. And well, frankly I told her about it and everything. She was single at that time so I thought that I could make the cut. WAS is the figurative word in that sentence. Her response wasn't exactly encouraging but hey, everybody needs to be pushed a little right? So OK, I got that part all sewn up. Came back from 2 1/2 months of hell from a faraway place, and I thought that I might just make it. All the signs were slightly more positive. In fact, I was really confident!!
Fast forward to 2 months down the line it had to happen. It just had to. You know what? She's already taken. For the past month or so. By her colleague. And I was just thrown into the dark just like that. All my hope just evaporated into thin air as I slowly digested the information. All the plans, the hope, the very essence of why I do what I do. Just like that. Boom. Slice. A part of me died that night, and I'm not sure if I can go on without it. Hurt by the pure evil in the timing of the events. Confused by what I should do. Left out in my own circle of friends.
As I see it now, I'm never going to be able to make the cut. I'm never good enough for any girl. I've never ever been an important part of her life. And I may never will. I try to tell myself that this isn't the truth, that everything I see and hear on that night isn't what actually happened but who am I kidding?
I'm not complaining but I just want a chance. One solitary chance. That's all I need from her. I never got it. Well, I guess that's that then.
Girl, you know who you are, and if you're out there reading this, I sincerely wish you all the best in all your endeavors, your studies and in your private life. Thank you for everything.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
- Sherlock Holmes -
And girls can be the worst source of pain for anyone, and I'm quoting straight from true-to-life experiences which have left me a broken man. I liked this girl see? I wouldn't say that we're really close but I would say that we're long time friends. And well, frankly I told her about it and everything. She was single at that time so I thought that I could make the cut. WAS is the figurative word in that sentence. Her response wasn't exactly encouraging but hey, everybody needs to be pushed a little right? So OK, I got that part all sewn up. Came back from 2 1/2 months of hell from a faraway place, and I thought that I might just make it. All the signs were slightly more positive. In fact, I was really confident!!
Fast forward to 2 months down the line it had to happen. It just had to. You know what? She's already taken. For the past month or so. By her colleague. And I was just thrown into the dark just like that. All my hope just evaporated into thin air as I slowly digested the information. All the plans, the hope, the very essence of why I do what I do. Just like that. Boom. Slice. A part of me died that night, and I'm not sure if I can go on without it. Hurt by the pure evil in the timing of the events. Confused by what I should do. Left out in my own circle of friends.
As I see it now, I'm never going to be able to make the cut. I'm never good enough for any girl. I've never ever been an important part of her life. And I may never will. I try to tell myself that this isn't the truth, that everything I see and hear on that night isn't what actually happened but who am I kidding?
I'm not complaining but I just want a chance. One solitary chance. That's all I need from her. I never got it. Well, I guess that's that then.
Girl, you know who you are, and if you're out there reading this, I sincerely wish you all the best in all your endeavors, your studies and in your private life. Thank you for everything.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
- Sherlock Holmes -
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