RIP

Its been 3 months since I last blogged, well after settling down in nz and after having a weird spell this morning here i am again,

Can't really believe this, my previous blog post was about the passing of a friend, 3 months later its bout another passing of another friend.

Heaps of you must have heard bout the dragon boat tragedy that happened on the 17th of Jan 2010. Yeaup 1 teacher and 5 students drowned in the incident, all of em from my previous high school,CLHS, 3 of them happens to be Leo club members and one of em,Jason, happens to be the president of the club.

First met Jason in the Leo Camp back in early December, didn't get the chance to really know him but, he was a good leader, a good friend, someone who can make the worst thing best, someone who listens to advices and work towards it, someone whom is determined to get things done the right way. Although the time we knew each other was short but I do really appreciate the time we had! Remember before leaving for PCGHS's charity concert in Auto-City, we met in the Leo Camp review meeting and I was asked to make some comments on things that needs improvement, I told Jason that his games ideas was there but the execution of it wasn't there and needs improvement, but unfortunately from now onwards we don't have the chance enjoy his ideas. Rest in peace my dear friend! Jason! ROAR! Jason! ROAR! Jason! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!

and for the teacher and the 4 students, rest in peace, your passing is a huge loss to the community. You'll all b deeply missed!

Rest In Peace

As you all know I'm not someone with a thousand words, but yea here it goes.

Dear James,
You were a good friend, a good senior nonetheless a good person. Remember the days where we had fun in leo projects, although the days were short as I migrated those were one of the best days we had. Remember those things you thought me and also guide me through difficult situations, those memories are carved deeply in both my heart and mind. I do regret for not making the effort to contact you and meet up, but our final conversation will be remembered. For James' family and friends please accept my deepest condolence. We shall live life to the fullest, live life happily, live life with no regrets. There is more to say but I guess the next phrase will round it up all right. Bro, I miss you. Rest in peace my friend.......you'll be deeply missed!

I shall stop here with a haka performed by the All Blacks....we shall stay strong!

Random Facts about NZ

1. New Zealanders consume large amounts of alcohol compared to Germans.

2. 53 per cent of New Zealanders consume fresh potatoes four times a week or more.

3. New Zealanders consume 9g of sodium per day, more than double the recommended amount.

4. New Zealanders consume on average 130kg of dairy products per year, consumers in Japan only get through around 50kg.

5. New Zealanders consume about 682,000 tonnes of packaging every year and recycle about 60 per cent of it.

6. Half a million New Zealanders consume cannabis.

7. New Zealanders consume more KFC per capita than residents of any other country.

Adopted from NZ herald

Howdy all

Hey guys, yea this blog is full of cobwebs and creepy crawlies..being lazy to update my blog..but as a promise to update before 1st October 2009, here it is

Nothing much has been happening in my life except for parties and also poker nights.
For the last 2 nights I've attended 2 birthday party 2 very very different kind of celebration.
on Friday night I was at Tien and Vee's birthday party..We had like a food fest, Vietnamese spring rolls, sushi, Japanese pancake thingy, Japanese cold noodles and last but not least berry cheesecake!

Lazy to copy photos just look here.

Last night was at my cousin's mate's birthday..Tim and Rachel...the theme of the party is athletics .We were divided into two groups and we had some games, we played capture the flags in the dark, eat the cardboard, and thats pretty much it..interesting games tho..on how to play it ask me.

Again click here.
this is a must see tho...14people pyramid

Oh yea...Daylight saving is over....I'm now 5 hours ahead of yous in Malaysia.
till then..laters:D have a good life

Ski Trip

As a promise to somebody, I said I'll post a blog during the weekend and this is it..

Aight during my sem break my family and I decided to go up to Mt Ruapehu one of NZ's largest ski field. We went down to the Huka Falls in Taupo and had lunch by the Taupo lake. After an hour we were on our way to the lodge for the night. Played some board games, poker and cooked some bbq in the dark talked, and went to bed at around one, woke at 6, packed and left the lodge for a day at the ski fields.

Julian and I picked snowboarding as we felt its more 'manly' but the other chose ski-ing. Suprisingly mom did some ski-ing too but with falls all over..okay this is gttin boring I'll let the pics tell the story.

ps. I'm planning to make it an annual trip to the ski fields.

Copied

Copied this from BJ's blog..found it pretty interesting and true..he copied this off this month's CLEO magazine


'Don't Starve Yourself!!
Guys aim to eat better and not go on "diets"

Eat When Hungry and not Stressed!!
Most women turn to food when they feel stressed out and pressured.. On the other hand, guys tend to hit the gym instead of the fridge

Skip the "lite" and "diet"
People are more satisfied when eating "real" food. Women may eat more "diet" food in search of satisfaction but end up with more calories

Banish the guilt
Women feels guilty after not following their diet plans, while guys will feel satisfy with the results after a good workout at the gym'

Too all girls out there, don't complain that u're fat when u're not. Gaining weight doesn't have to mean that u're fat or you've gain some spare tyres, might be some muscles growning, or just growth hormones..

Latitude E6500

As promised this post will be a review of my latest toy Dell Latitude E6500. Price: Undisclosed. Got a good deal off it Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9550, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz, 6MB L2 Cache

Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista Enterprise

LCD Monitor: 15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display with Wide Viewing Angle

Memory: 4GB (2x2GB) 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive: 250GB SATA (7200RPM) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive

Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW Drive

Video Card: NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) NVS 160M Dedicated 256MB

Primary Battery: 9-Cell Li-Ion Primary Battery

Fingerprint Reader: FIPS Certified Fingerprint Reader

Wireless Card: Intel WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/g/n 3X3) MiniCard

Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth(R) 2.1 Minicard

Add-ons: Internal Backlit Keyboard
Built in Cardreader
Dial-up connector

Included: Ambient Light Sensor
Webcam


The case is made of metal(according to Dell its Magnesium alloy) whole laptop is matt black in colour and the keyboard lettering is solely white. Unlike other laptops with backlit light it only glows when you press a key(there is another option where once you move your mouse or press a key the backlit light will glow). Lights on the laptop are blue including the light on the power plug. With dual navigation the touchpad and the 'in-the-middle-of-the-keyboard control' it provides users to have an option, with the hands of a novice 'in-the-middle-of-the-keyboard control' it proves to be a mission to navigate the pointer across the screen. The ambient light sensor helps you to change the brightness of the screen according to the amount of light present. Although there are still some flaws with the sensor it doesn't really affects the performance( just a simple switch on and off will fix it).

The USB plugs, card readers, optical drive and the external screen plug is located on the side which eases the need of turning the laptop to the rear unlike most laptops. Power plug and the ethernet plug are located on the rear which keeps all the 'one-off' plugs away from the side which allows room for the USB plugs. As its a 'business'laptop there is less buttons for the 'musicplayer' but that could be encountered by shortcut keys. The noise level is pretty high but it is okay once you're used to it. Speakers are located to the left and right of the keyboard with the volume set and 35-40 its reasonably loud enough for a room. The 9-cell battery is pretty long lasting, I've tried once operating with powerpoint, word doc and also normal browsing the battery is able to last for at least 5 hours ( with the keyboard light off, light set to low,and battery plan set on balanced)

The cons of this laptop is that the case is a fingerprint magnet, once you touch it say hello to fingerprints. The speakers are dust magnets you can see strand and strands of dust if you don't wipe it daily. With the matt black finish you can see dust easily which makes your laptop look a little dirty.

All in all its a good laptop for business people and students who don't look for flashy-ness in their gadget, although its abit to pay for but its a worthwhile investment.

ps. this is my 1st time writing a review plz comment
pps wecome back