Demon Stone

Just finished this kickass game called Demon Stone. It uses the LOTR engine, but set in the Forgotten Realms world (from Dungeons & Dragons for ye of the uninformed masses).

Unfortunately, it only has 10 levels. I started playing on Saturday morning at about 10 am. Stopped at 3.30 pm. Resumed today (Sunday) at 12 noon, and finished the game at abt 5 pm.

Quite a short game I must say.

So now I'm damn bored, dreading the upcoming work week. Sigh...

On another note, I have now managed to get that stupid extract from JPJ required to convert my driving licence to a Singapore one. Had to go through tons of bureaucracy to get it over 3 days.

Day 1:
Go to the branch office in PJ at 4.30 pm. Find out the stupid office closes at 4.15 pm....wtf...nvm.

Day 2:
Go again to the branch office. Branch office says I must do it at the head office at KL. I curse silently and say "Terima Kasih!!!"

Day 3:
Set out bright and early to go to Wangsa Maju which is like twice the distance between Pasir Ris and Tuas, or more. Dad drives me there and dumps me there.

I go to the counter and see this malay lady and explained my request. She says I need to write a letter. ARGH. I ask for paper which she was nice enough to give me. And then I buy an overpriced pen and photostat my IC and driving licence, paying an overpriced photostat fee.

And then I start writing in Malay which I haven't done for yonks and am damn rusty at it. Few words I coudln't remember: "issued", "validity", "authenticity". I bluff my way through and hand the letter in. She tosses it aside without looking at it and says to wait for an hour:

"Tunggu di mana?" (wait where?)
"oh. Duduk sana lah nanti saya panggil" (oh. just sit there lah and I'll call you later)

Fine. I go eat breakfast instead. Roti kosong, Nasi Lemak and Teh Tarik..mmmmm.....Malaysian breakfast.

I go back half an hour later. It is 11.15. She says: "oh, the officer has gone to the bank..."

I'm like WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

And she says come back at 3 pm....God, I wanted to strangle her covered neck.

So then I hop on a strange bus, end up at an LRT station, and went to KLCC to catch Batman Returns. Manage to con my way into a Student ticket. I'm so younggggg....

3.4 pm I get back and get it. Fortunately it's ready.

So I've got my first step towards my Singapore license. Now to do the rest. No idea what they are. Involves taking some written test.

De Circuitu Aeterno - The Eternal Circle

"There is nothing new under the sun. A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and returns again to where it rises. The wind blows to the south, then to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, yet the sea does not overflow; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. All things are wearisome; more than one can express in words; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing. That which has been is that which will be. That which has been done is that which will be done; there is nothing new under the sun."

Thus is the circle of life. Bye Gramps.

Funky bands!

Went through some of my collection of non-choir MP3s (lately I've been like listening to only choir MP3s) which have been with me since Uni, most of which I have never listened to, and found some of the following pretty decent bands.

1. Train
2. Vertical Horizon

(to be updated)

Deleted the rubbish lying around in my harddisk:

1. Savage Garden
2. Nsync & Boyzone
3. Spice Girls (gross and vulgar and crass - like...2 become 1???)
4. Britney Spears (wtf)
5. Geri Halliwell
6. Tina Turner

(to be updated)

New Talent

This morning I discovered fresh high notes I never thought was possible, but ALL is possible with the help of ye old Vodka Vanilla and Coke!!!!

just returned from a fun filled weekend at Aloha resorts. doing nothing just lazing around chit chatting, eating each other's cooked food, having lots of alcohol...good stuff.

I also envy those younglings who are filled with boundless energy...they've got like their university years to look forward too and a whole life ahead of them. I feel like I'm past my shelf life. Resigned to a life of boredom at work.

Some colleague at work remarked at a social sort of gathering the other day that: "wah, he's quite cheeky huh? see him look so serious on the exterior....didn't know"...

That's me. Cheeky.

I have a lot of music on my computer which are also all OUTDATED. I need to update it.

I'm bored to tears.

New Definitions

We have some new words:

DF - this applies to dumb tenors who like to wear orange
FB - this applies to "friends" of dumb tenors

I wonder if I can get up by 9 am tmr.

I am connected

Well, finally I bought my cable modem last weekend at the PC Fair - it came free with a router and wireless set which I completely don't need (Anyone want to buy? $110 - unused), and 60 days of free broadband usage. I've been wanting to get a cable modem so that I could use Flexisurf for the longest time ever but just didn't get around to doing it 'cos I don't need the internet at all at home.

So now I'm online and realise that I'm completely out of touch with the phenomenon of IM-ing. I can't imagine why on earth I spent days and days in uni doing nothing but chat chat chat. WEIRD to say the least.

So, now that I'm online...I have nothing to do. Now what? The internet to me is just a source of entertainment. I don't go surfing to like learn new things (though I should). It's the same old sites I surf in the office over and over again, plus a bit of blogvoyeuring. How completely boring.

My sister says her ass is getting huge. My response to her was:

"well you should just bloody exercise then isn't it?"

Hmmm..talk about pot calling kettle black. I'm sure she ain't fat and just exaggerating. Yesterday was her 21st Birthday. Old. So all the ppl in my family are now of the age of majority. We're all oldies.

On 27th she's flying off to Budapest from London, and returning to London on 10th July. She says she has no idea where to go and where to stay and how to get around. She can bloody get her own way around - talk about bad planning.

Yesterday 2 more cards arrived. I don't know like wth I need so many credit cards. It's CRAZY. On counting, I counted like 7 credit cards and 4 debit cards including one that I'm about to cancel. There are 3 more on the way. I'm like why the hell do I need 14 different ways to pay a bill? It's nuts. Talk about going overboard. Like a kid let loose in Toys R Us. I shall STOP APPLYING FOR ANY MORE CARDS.

Part of the thrill is actually quite stupid. It's like I get a package from the bank with the cards and it's like...the bank endorses me! I'm an "Approved Person"!!!! Talk about attention seeking.

Ok I'm rambling because I'm sleepy but refuse to go to sleep. Again, going overboard with something new (i.e. internet at home).

Today, I spelt "sour" as "sower", and I said that someone "died her hair".

OK I'm REALLY going to sleep now. bye.

Grey's Anatomy

Of late I've been watching this show called Grey's Anatomy and feel inspired by the life of medical housemen who work 100 hour weeks. Therefore I shouldn't complain when I have to work like 60+ hour weeks on average. It's a phase I'm sure will pass. Like the big boss says, there are tons of people who have shitty jobs earning shitty pay and working the same long hours as I do.

I'm grumpy and sleepy but it's my fault because I was watching Grey's Anatomy last night until 2.40 am in the morning. So whose fault is that? Mine.

So I'm back to drafting corporate resolutions. Think positive! Think positive! I'm a young hungry ambitious professional!!!

The newbie seems to have little ambition. I don't know if he'll last the rigour.

I need to apply for leave. Like now...

I also need to bloody call Brewerkz.

Hmmm how interesting: for the period June 2004 - June 2005, I worked $730k worth of work.

Fresh Meat

The new juniors are in. Fresh meat I say. My dept has 2 new ones. Sizzling. They should come ask me questions harharharhar.