Month: March 2004 (Page 1 of 2)

Nothing like getting a core/memory dump from a crash,
especially after a long struggle with denial of service.
It seems that the bigger the memory space used, the bigger the
size of the dump file. The three finger salute doesn’t
seem to yield any response and the reset button is not
there. What else is there besides yanking the power out?

Well, what’s done is done. Some of the stuff that were
(accidentally) done were stuff that I wanted to do anyways (e.g.
grilles, lights, fans, floor polish, additional lighting points).
I asked around prior to this about the cost to do up the
apartment like that and the ballpark figure given was around
RM4500-5000. So just to be fair to the contractor, I paid him
slightly over half of what he wanted. At least it will cover
some of the material cost for him (with the exception of the
green tiles) and definitely much better than having to tear
down the stuff that he had done. I reckon the sight of the
green tiles would make a good conversation item when people
come round to visit.

Read the earlier posting of How To (Accidentally) Renovate Someone Else’s Apartment
if you wanna know what happened.

So THAT's what it is…

Well, I don’t know how but it happened anyways. Thing is, it was
my recently completed apartment
that got the accidental renovation treatment. And it was no surprise
Casa Impian
job either (as is obvious by the green colored tiles for the
apartment’s entrance and balcony). A contractor was supposed to
renovate someone else’s apartment on the same floor as mine but
he mistakenly renovated my apartment instead. He found this out
when he got the owner of the other apartment to inspect the
apartment after completing the renovation. Somehow,
accidentally turning my hair purple
doesn’t sound as silly as it did before.

Trash my ego
Kick my stereo
Make my head blow
I always lose control

Update (2315 hours): Just in case if you were wondering what this was all about earlier, it’s a song that I’ve included on this mix track I’m working on. Just to give you a whiff of it, here’s a 150 second sample (out of the hour long mix) for your ear bleeding pleasure. Featuring Stirfry’s Lose Control and yours truly’s mad turntable scratching mangling skillz. Thank you Technics SL-1210 MK5, Vestax PMC-05D, Cool Edit Pro 1.0 and SBLive!.

I like the election banners spotted at Pokok Sena, Kedah where my friend had his wedding reception yesterday. The Barisan banner reads: “Insya’Allah semua pakat sokong PAS” (God willing everyone will support PAS) and the PAS banner reads: “Insyaallah kami undi Barisan Nasional” (God willing we’re voting Barisan Nasional).

A good friend of mine (and one of the nicest and most helpful chaps anyone could come across) back at uni held his wedding reception at his parents place in Pokok Sena, Kedah today. To see the beaming and gleaming couple on a joyous occasion like this is definitely worth the solo four hour plus drive there and back again! Moga berbahagia dan berkekalan hingga ke anak, cucu, cicit dan seterusnya!

I want her to be happy. No matter what that means. I want her
to find someone who will treat her with all the love she deserved
from me. I want her to meet someone who will see her always, as
I do now… through Your eyes. — Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey in
Bruce Almighty).

I’m also praying that my list for this prayer doesn’t grow
anymore.

Woke up late. Jumped into bathroom. Turned on shower. Ran out of
shampoo. Used sister’s leftover shower gel
instead. Applied toothpaste on toothbrush. Brushed teeth with
right hand while worked lather on head with left hand. Rinsed
mouth, head and body until clean. Toweled off and put on clothes.
Combed hair. Ate breakfast. Drove to office. Blablabla. Come
lunchtime while walking to warong friend says: “That’s some
funky purple tinge you got on your hair, dude!” Anti-stress
indeed.

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard; And they're like; It's better than yours; Damn right it's better than yours…

From Kathleen Fent's Mad Cows