Disturbed...

Knew of several friends who had problems with their marriage, in this year alone.

Sad because they are my friends.

Disturbed cause it makes the national statistics of 25% divorce rate seem so real.

I want to believe that love conquers all.  That the pledge to each other is long and binding.

I wish them all the best.

~

Why Robotech is the greatest love story of the 20th century

read more: http://io9.com/5971053/

Totoro Bed

For archival purpose...

link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=380266418734723&set=a.380266402068058.90888.100002541043447&type=1&ref=nf

Siege mentality...

...is darn unattractive.

Mars Gallant H-90 Particle Beam Gun

Mars Gallant H-90 Particle Beam Gun.

Would be cool if I have such a side arm.
link: http://ptn.home.xs4all.nl/ArmorWeapon/Gallant.html

Thor vs Silver Surfer

Thor vs Silver Surfer.
Looks like a draw.

video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgkmxY24xE&feature=related

[KTV]田欣-我們是戀愛的人

video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPlYz09534&feature=related

How can I do the right thing?...

If you never told me if we're playing basketball or football?
Never mind.  No limits.  Right?

Gonna puke

...from too much sleep

Jedi Training

Why you shouldn't book Mahkota Hotel

link:  http://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g306997-d299591-r8441561-Mahkota_Hotel_Melaka-Melaka_Central_Melaka_District_Melaka_State.html

 as posted by pt1973

highlights include:
rotten food in fridge black shower tray (we showered wearing flip flops)
blood stained sheets
dead animals (cockroaches, lizards) in room
excrement of unknown origin on fridge
water came out of taps brown
bed bugs and mosquitoes in room

Back from Malacca trip

It has been 4 years since our first Malacca trip.
Much has changed, sadly, though surprises reward the patient ones.
Photos soon...

Aiming these...

link1: http://www.xootr.com.sg/Price.html

link 2: http://www.whiteandblacktrading.com/scooters

无印良品《我找你找了好久》

无印良品《我找你找了好久》; I finally found you after a long search.

This was the song that introduced me to the group during my polytechnic days.
Enjoy.

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLsHAkFE7k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I have church on Sunday...

Fair enough.  Though whenever plans come up, this comes up as an immovable block of stone.
I question the enthusiasm that you showed for the event, which I had kept you in mind for so many years.
I wonder.  Does missing a session makes one a lesser person?  If so, does going to church on another day lessen the experience?
Your public display of piousness is admirable.  I question your clarity.
~

Poisoning the well

Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a rhetorical device where adverse information about a target is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is about to say.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well

SAP FICO Consultant

Wow.  Too bad I don't fill the bill.

 
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Hi JW,

We are looking for several people who fit the following urgent Job Spec. If you are interested please email a word version of your CV back to me stating Salary requirements and Availability.

If this job is not relevant to you please accept my apologies but if you could forward it to anyone you feel would be more appropriate I would much appreciate it.

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Job Title: SAP FICO CONSULTANT - Leading Consultancy -UK wide travel

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 + Car + bonus + Benefits

Location: UK Wide

Job Spec:

Role: SAP FICO Consultant

Location: Customer facing UK wide with home working

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 + Car + Bonus + Benefits
~

Finding employment...

...is like opening a window to a hot and stuffy room

For archival: An Q&A of my likes and dislikes

1. Do you have any and if so, all of the Amber books?
Yes, I don't mind illustrated ones, or special edition ones 


2. which Star Trek series did you like best? Do you have the collection?
I like TNG best (2nd series), I own none of them They are as follow: 
TOS (Kirk's gang - fat guy) 
TNG (Picard's gang - botak guy) 
DS9 (Benjamin Seisko - Black guy gang. never watched and would like to) 
VGR (Lady captain. watched 50%) 


3. Which Star Trek movie do you like best and what don't you have from the series?
I like and own the VCD versions 
First Contact (8) 
Voyage home (4) 
Wrath of Khan (2) 

I like and don't own this 
Star Trek - the reboot (11) 

Abosolutly avoid this, and no I don't own it, and don't intend to 
The Search for God (5) - directed by William Shatner

I missing these for my collection
Insurrection (9)
Nemesis (10)
Search for Spock (3)


4. Which Marvel hero you like best?
Thor, and Wolverine 
Liked Wolverine till they scrapped too deep for his origins 


5. Which Gundam hero you like best?
None. they are either cry babies or merciless killers 
The watched series are Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny 


6. Do you have any special edition LOTR books?
Unless you mean thick budget book with thin cheapo paper 


7. Do you have a pocket edition of LOTR or The Hobbit?
Nope to LOTR.  I have a collecters' edition Hobbit which is pocket size 


8. What is your tee size in general?
M to L, leaning to L 


9. Which is more wanted? a limited edition toy, normal film item, or autographed item? (for any series)
Autographed item, limited toy, normal film item, in that order 


10. What language would you like to learn most? (contemparary earthly)
Greek or Nordic, since I can't learn Vulcan or Elvish. 


11. do you prefer an experience or an item?
Don't mind. Good thing is I don't have to store it, or find this and that to assemble it 


12. red, yellow, or white?
Used to be I liked Giordano yellow, now it's Uniqlo Blue/Red 


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Gaga: THANK YOU. :P
Kns, these answers would last you a long time
~

Macross Frontier: Episode 24

Sigh... I wanna watch it again.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFODMGOzFE&feature=related

Stomach cramps

Resouce links:

1. How to cure stomach cramps: http://www.wikihow.com/Cure-Stomach-Cramps

2. Abdominal pain: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003120.htm

3. Abdominal pain (contains causes by location): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_pain

~

My loves

Games
They suck you in.  You puff and puff on them, feeling bliss along the way.  Kinda like a smoking addiction, if you ask me.

Books
If games suck you in, books wrap you in.  You won't have withdrawal, but once you're in it, the sun can rise and fall and you won't be aware.  Sure, games does that too but the immersion is on a different level.

The other half.
Games + Books.  Enough said.
 

picture from:  http://lynmidnight.blogspot.com/2012/02/when-man-loves-book-character-vs-plot.html
~

LOL & ROFL used at bad times

What goes through these people's head?
"Hey, I'm a happy go lucky girl.  LOL!"

Some things are just not funny.

Selling oneself

Over the last few years, I got a nagging feeling that my resume is not up to scratch.  Yet, whenever I open up the file, everything looks in order.  "It's functional and detailed", I thought, and filed it away.

Recently, I've been doing some revision on it.  The more I look over, the more I trim.  Stuffs that I used to boast are now laughingly simple to me, and not worthy of mention.  Still, something is amiss; I can't put my finger on it.

After several phone interviews, I had an idea of what I'm lacking.  Date of birth; experience in functional and technical skills; full project cycles; summary of what each job was about; expected salary; summary of skillsets.  I will work on this soon.
~

NYT: A Catholic Classmate Rethinks His Religion

JW: This is not "safe" for FB consumption, so I'm exercising my right of expression in posting it here.  I found the story of the classmate in his soul search thought provoking, so I'm sharing it here.  This however, is not indicative of my support/or hate against any religions and sexual orientations.

Excerpt:

During our recent correspondence, he said he was sorry for any impression he might have given me in college that he wasn't open to the candid discussions we have now. I corrected him: I owed the apology - for misjudging him.

He grew up in the South, in a setting so homogenous and a family so untroubled that, he said, he had no cause to question his parents' religious convictions, which became his. He said that college gave him cause, starting with me. Sometime during freshman year, he figured out that I was gay, and yet I didn't conform to his prior belief that homosexuals were "deserving of pity for their mental illness." I seemed to him sane and sound.

He said that we talked about this once - I only half recall it - and that the exchange was partly why he remembered me two decades later.

Questioning his church's position on homosexuality made him question more. He read the Bible "front to back and took notes of everything I liked and didn't like," he said.

"There's a lot of wisdom there," he added, "but it's a real mistake not to think about it critically."

Full article here: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/opinion/sunday/bruni-a-catholic-classmate-rethinks-his-religion.xml?single=1&fb_source=message
~

I'm glad we are on the same wavelength

I'm glad you did what you did.  No need for further pretense.

Sleeping early

I stopped gaming at 10pm, and fell asleep soon after.
Maybe I should do that more often.  Hmm?

Star Wars Characters React to the News of George Lucas’ Retirement

Star Wars Characters React to the News of George Lucas’ Retirement

“What do you think about the news that George Lucas is retiring?”Han Solo: I retired first.
Darth Vader (Special Edition): NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

read more: http://deathstarpr.com/2012/01/star-wars-characters-react-to-the-news-of-george-lucas-retirement/#more-720

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

link: http://youtu.be/6ntDYjS0Y3w

Frustrated with the state of things

This had been in the brew for about 2 years.  You think things can't get any worse, and then fate proves you wrong.
I've never had such a low in my life, yet it's good to have supportive friends and a spouse who argues on your side.  And for a few seconds, you do agree with them.
However, it matters not what the truth is, but what the larger proportion of people believe in.  I believe it is time.  You can't beat them all.
Sometimes the way to advance, is to retreat.

picture source: http://blog.smartercomics.com/blog/2011/05/what-do-the-numbers-tell-you.html

Real steel

A movie I wanted to watch, for Hugh Jackman.  One that I'm wary of, because an actor does not make a movie and the synopsis was screaming, "Lame!"
Got to admit it now, it's fairly good, if you treat it as an underdog-inspiration movie.  The human parts suck, as expected.