Happy
Birthday Radiah~ Happiness and best wishes! =)
New Comp?
If I ever needed a reason to get
a new computer, it would be to play StarCraft II.
One of the best games of my
generation. Even till today, when I meet up with fellow
gamers and the topic of StarCraft comes up, we can't
help but look back with nostalgia and awe before going
for a round or two of battling each other with that
game.
Well this is a hilarious series
of YouTube clip - Annoying Orange. Check it out below
for some quick laughs.
Climbing @ Camp 5
Took it easy while climbing at
Camp 5. Didn't do a lot of routes but the climbs were
good still. Zonghao did his first climb in Camp 5 today
too. Respect!
Firstly my apologies to Ningfeng,
Weng Fai and Zonghao for making them wait for me this
morning. Due to the good times that I had yesterday, I
forgot to set the alarm and was literally late in
meeting them up to drive up to KL. As a result, the
other two cars reached KL ahead of us by around 2 hours
or so.
For this long weekend, 12
climbers drove up in 3 cars, stayed in 2 family suites
and did 1 thing that made them travel so far: climbing.
Yes, we were all-in for a climbing trip in KL.
As we drove up, it rained heavily
during the last 100km or so to KL, so when we reached,
the place was wet and cool. I slept most of the way up,
so the 5-6 hours trip seemed like 1-2 hours to me.
Anyway after having checking into the hotel and having a
well-earned dinner, we met up with the rest of the
climbers. Together, we caught Prince of Persia.
'Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time' Synopsis
In this most anticipated
game-to-movie adaptation, we follow Prince Dastan as he
teams up with Princess Tamina to stop a ruthless leader
from laying his hands on the Sands of Time, a gift from
the gods that can be used to reverse time and rule the
world.
'Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time' Review
Jake Gyllenhaal's performance
made the movie live up to the expectations of this fan
of the Prince of Persia games.
The acrobatic feats, coupled with
nice fighting sequences and plenty of wits and humour
made the show enjoyable to watch. There were some slight
twists in the story to make it interesting, but after
some time, the story became slightly predictable.
The most disappointing bit is the
last fighting scene. Somehow it felt like it was done in
a rush to wrap up the movie, because I found it unclear
as to what happened.
Overall it's still quite a visual
treat that you can enjoy over the weekend.
After the show, we chilled before
calling it a night. Camp 5 here we come!
If you've ever wondered about
how strong the Singapore Army is against adversaries,
wonder no more. Yesterday's news article,
SAF Commando
Shot, should put that
question to rest.
In summary, any armed forces
intending to go against our army need not bother sending
in their most elite soldiers. Forget Navy Seals, SAS or
GROM. All they to do is just send farmers armed with
shotguns. That's enough to injure our elite soldiers.
Heh.
Or maybe the farmers were elite
Thai soldiers in disguise?
Finally I went for cable-skiing
this year! Traditionally the first cable-skiing for the
year is done on Good Friday. But this year I forgot
about Good Friday and missed the chance to go for
cable-skiing again. Guess better late than never.
Aside from Tingting, joining me
for this trip was Rae and Brenda. Yesterday I had
reminded both to start packing early for the trip and to
not forget their passports. While having breakfast at
McDonald's in Harbourfront, Rae texted me to say that
she was on the way to meet me, but she had forgotten her
passport!!! Damn it! But she told me to have no fear,
because Ronan was on the way to send her passport over.
The weather wasn't too sunny over
in Batam. In fact there was some light drizzle. But that
didn't stop us from hitting the waters with our boards.
After a quick change and applying some sun block, we
were off.
I had originally planned on
taking some videos, but somehow forgot. At least I have
some photos for the trip.
Rae &
Brenda
Posing with
two lovely ladies
Brenda & I
playing in the water
Tingting
joined us for some photo moments
Who gets
the ice-cream?
My muscles ache crazily after the
cable-skiing! But I will be back for more!
Who's with me?
'Shrek Forever After' Synopsis
In this fourth instalment of the
popular ogre film franchise, Shrek has become a
domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers
away like he used to, the now-reluctant ogre agrees to
autograph pitch forks. Longing for the days when he felt
like a "real ogre," Shrek is tricked into signing a pact
with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin.
Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate
version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted,
Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never
met. Now, it's up to Shrek to undo all of
Rumpelstiltskin's mischief in the hopes of saving his
friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one true
love and family.
'Shrek Forever After' Review
Met up with Carol, Zonghao and
Weng to catch Shrek, in 3D!
As pointed out by the synopsis,
this installment of Shrek deals with a 'what-if'
situation, which brings about a fresh perspective on the
characters. This meant a lot of comedic moments thru-out
the show, which is typical of Shrek series.
A good thing about the show is
that you don't have to watch Shrek 1, 2 and 3 to watch
this one. Some of the stories from the earlier
installments are summed up and explained within the
show.
Since this is an animated family
entertainment show, the plot is thin and the characters
do not have depth and development.
But hey, it's not a bad show.
Catch it for some laughter and lessons on love and not
taking things for granted.
Long Banished Without Good
Reasoning... Dean Is Back!
Yes. I am back. On Fuckbook
Facebook.
Back in 25th February 2010, I was
banished without a really good explanation. It made me
think that Fuckbook Facebook hates me. Subsequently when
I asked for an explanation, the following was received:
Hi Dean,
One of Facebook's main priorities is the comfort and
safety of our users. Your account was disabled because
you engaged in behavior other users reported as
harassing in nature. It is a violation of Facebook's
Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to harass users
on the site, whether through unsolicited messages,
friend requests or other features. We will not be able
to reactivate your account for any reason. This decision
is final.
Thanks for your understanding,
Joseph
User Operations
Facebook
Seriously. What The Fuck?
I've never send unsolicited
messages. As for friend requests, I do at times add
random strangers, but never repeatedly to the point of
harassment. In fact, some times I feel a little harassed
when friends repeatedly send requests to join them in
some games, even though I've turned down such requests
repeatedly!
This is an example of a fucked up
policy put down by Fuckbook Facebook which I believe
does more harm than good. The worst is that users aren't
offered the chance of defending themselves or provided
the chance to explain themselves. In this 'crime',
Fuckbook Facebook was Prosecutor, Judge, Jury and
Executor.
Their parting line is read as
'Thanks for using Facebook. Now shut up and die.'
It irked me so much that I
stopped myself from using Fuckbook Facebook for almost 3
months.
True, the issue of having my
account disabled can be overcome by starting a new
account. But to what end?
I might as well start another two
or three accounts and use them as back-up, just in case
those assholes at Fuckbook Facebook decided that I've
too many friends and remove my account again. Maybe I
will do that. Hmmmm...
In the meantime, I will have to
expand my contact list again and only hope that Fuckbook
Facebook don't turn psycho and remove me for building up
my contacts again.
Joined Tingting to climb at SP
today. I arrived late. By the time I reached, it was
only the two of us bouldering at the gym. All hell broke
lose as two individuals went crazy while bouldering,
playing catch and filming videos.
All in all it was just a lot of
fun.
That Tingting even picked up a
new hobby: throwing darts. She misses the dart board
almost half the time. But she still enjoyed it. Hmmm...
Normally, Sunday is known as a
lazy day. But for 3 of us (Zonghao, Wengfai and me), the
lazy day was today. We watched our first Bluray movie at
Zonghao's place before heading out for a late lunch at
around 4pm.
And since we had a late lunch, it
consequently resulted in a late dinner. Dinner didn't
start till around 9pm! But the highlight is the dinner
because it was to celebrate Carol's birthday!
Dinner was at a Japanese BBQ
restaurant in CHIJMES called Gyu-Kaku.
We made a video montage for her
based on the photos taken that tonight, and got her a
digital photo-frame that showed the photos taken tonight
as well. I think she really liked the present cause she
was touched by it, especially the video montage.
Unfortunately, major asshole
you-tube disabled the music from the clip. The music
used was really good. Oh well... at least Carol saw it
for how it was meant to be presented. =)
A lot of people will often test
their luck by taking a shot at winning the lottery.
After all, a windfall of wealth is always dreamt of and
very much welcomed. The lottery becomes more attractive
if the cost of buying a chance at it is minimal. For
example, a toto board cost at least only $0.50, and with
a board, one stands a chance to win at a range of sum
from $20 to millions. Sounds attractive, isn't it?
And the thing with lottery is the
attractive idea of suddenly gaining great wealth,
especially when one strikes the first prize. Suddenly,
all financial objectives can be achieved. A car, a
house, a dream holiday and so on.
I'm one of many who would take
that chance at winning first prize in the lottery. And
the first thing I would do with the prize money is to
convert it to cash, throw it on my bed and swim in it!
Then I'll pack it up and go travel around the world on
an open-ended holiday. Wohoo!!!
Bruce Li coined the nickname 'Monnester'
for Simonne to describe her first time climbing at Climb
Asia. I'm not sure where the inspiration came from, but
I've a feeling it's in the way in which she tackled the
wall.
Due to my injury sustained on
Tuesday, I was unable to join the gang for the climb.
But I still went down to catch up and to snap some
photos of this inaugural event. This resulting in Esther
and Aikhim complaining that I never took photos of their
first climb. (-_-")
So to make up for it, I became
the official photographer for that day. Auntie Dolly
asked me to take more photos of Simonne so that she can
put on Facebook and be more encouraged to go climbing. I
hope that doesn't mean I've to take photos every
session! I'd prefer to climb more!
It took 2 people to help this
girl to wear her harness...
Posing before her climb
Monne-ster on the wall!
Being belayed by Bruce Li
Act Cute Aikhim
Auntie Dolly sure knows some
techniques
Esther going for the big hole in
the wall
Aikhim almost reaching the top
Hmmm... no photos of me!!!
I want to live life to the
fullest while enjoying the beauty that life has to
offer.
It's all about the brighter and
funnier side of life.
For everything else, you would
have to discover for yourself.
