Anyway, I never called that much anyway (I think i used about $5 - 10 per 3 months with my calling card). If it were something like $5, i might be interested, but at $25, definitely no deal for me!
Mar 16, 2008
Okay...that was a weird phone call...
Guess who just called? HKBN! Yeah, HKBN just called me asking me whether I want to join their $24/month unlimited call plan. First of all, how did they get my number? Are they that desperate to sign up new customers that they're willing to call internationally?
Anyway, I never called that much anyway (I think i used about $5 - 10 per 3 months with my calling card). If it were something like $5, i might be interested, but at $25, definitely no deal for me!
Anyway, I never called that much anyway (I think i used about $5 - 10 per 3 months with my calling card). If it were something like $5, i might be interested, but at $25, definitely no deal for me!
My weekend schedule is a wreck!
Fortunately, it's just that schedule that's wacky - the weekend itself is fine. Hohoho!
Since I stayed my pretty late on both Friday and Saturday, it wasn't until like 3 or 3:30 before I got up. On Saturday, that didn't leave me much time to do my weekly grocery. As for today, I was planning to go back to my office to wrap several things up and get a head start for next week. Now I have to rearrange my plans. :P
Part of the messed up schedule was contributed by the following:
The 14th Wii game in my collection (who says the Wii has a low attach ratio! ha ha ha). King Snort and I went over to Dinj's place & played a couple hours (those guys are good and King Snort obviously couldn't divide his attention between SSBB and FFCC:RoF) before having dinner at a burger place in the UW campus. (Side note 1: It really has been a while since I last went to the campus area; note 2: Dotty's Dumpling has a decent steak burger - wouldn't mind going back more often; note 3: lucky that we found a parking this time). Afterward I went back to my place and pretty much just played the game till like 4 or 4:30. And since i tend to sleep for at least 10 - 12 hrs on the weekend to catch up with all the missed sleep time during the week. No surprise that it was 3 when i woke up (Actually King Snort called for lunch around that time. Otherwise, I think i probably would stay in bed for another hr or so).
For those who own SSBB, my friend code is 0860-2925-8328
Since I stayed my pretty late on both Friday and Saturday, it wasn't until like 3 or 3:30 before I got up. On Saturday, that didn't leave me much time to do my weekly grocery. As for today, I was planning to go back to my office to wrap several things up and get a head start for next week. Now I have to rearrange my plans. :P
Part of the messed up schedule was contributed by the following:
The 14th Wii game in my collection (who says the Wii has a low attach ratio! ha ha ha). King Snort and I went over to Dinj's place & played a couple hours (those guys are good and King Snort obviously couldn't divide his attention between SSBB and FFCC:RoF) before having dinner at a burger place in the UW campus. (Side note 1: It really has been a while since I last went to the campus area; note 2: Dotty's Dumpling has a decent steak burger - wouldn't mind going back more often; note 3: lucky that we found a parking this time). Afterward I went back to my place and pretty much just played the game till like 4 or 4:30. And since i tend to sleep for at least 10 - 12 hrs on the weekend to catch up with all the missed sleep time during the week. No surprise that it was 3 when i woke up (Actually King Snort called for lunch around that time. Otherwise, I think i probably would stay in bed for another hr or so).
For those who own SSBB, my friend code is 0860-2925-8328
Mar 9, 2008
Give me back my hour!
It's that time of the year again. Spring - forward = an hour loss. Not pleasant when you thought it's only three in the morning but realize that it's 4 already.
I missed my hour...
I missed my hour...
Feb 24, 2008
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton is the 17th DS game in my collection. I finished the games in about 4 - 5 days (but i did stay up till like 4am one night), totally about 13hrs of game play. In my opinion, I think it's kind of short and wish it would be more like a 20hr game. But at least we know it's a trilogy so there are two more Layton games coming (the 2nd, titled Professor Layton and the Devil's Box, is already out in Japan. Hopefully it can make it to the stateside this year).
It's a collection of puzzles and brain teasers string today with a fairly good story. With the hint coin system, i didn't have too much trouble figuring out all the puzzles. Though at times it got frustrating because you've used 3 hints coins (the max per puzzle) but none of them give you really useful tips. Fortunately that wasn't always the case.
The art style is exceptional and i really dig it - absolutely loving the cute cartoonish look. The cut scenes are pretty neat, though i do think some of the voice acting could be better. All in all, Professor Layton is definitely the type of games where you keep telling yourself "Just one more puzzle, just one more" and finally realize that you've spent an awful amount of time in it. Well, in my opinion, that might not be a bad thing. =)
Lastly, I will be patiently waiting for the release date of Professor Layton and the Devil's Box.
P.S. I actually remembered seeing a couple playing this game (the "unofficially-translated" Chinese version) in the MTR once during my vacation.
It's a collection of puzzles and brain teasers string today with a fairly good story. With the hint coin system, i didn't have too much trouble figuring out all the puzzles. Though at times it got frustrating because you've used 3 hints coins (the max per puzzle) but none of them give you really useful tips. Fortunately that wasn't always the case.
The art style is exceptional and i really dig it - absolutely loving the cute cartoonish look. The cut scenes are pretty neat, though i do think some of the voice acting could be better. All in all, Professor Layton is definitely the type of games where you keep telling yourself "Just one more puzzle, just one more" and finally realize that you've spent an awful amount of time in it. Well, in my opinion, that might not be a bad thing. =)
Lastly, I will be patiently waiting for the release date of Professor Layton and the Devil's Box.
P.S. I actually remembered seeing a couple playing this game (the "unofficially-translated" Chinese version) in the MTR once during my vacation.
A typical weekend
My normally weekend finally returned! Ever since I came back from my vacation, my weekends were either spend at work, or something unexpected happened.
So it was nice sitting in my favorites Starbucks for an afternoon yesterday (despite it was a 15 minutes drive, and there are other Starbucks close by), taking my time to do grocery, and sleep-in on Sunday (didn't get up till like 3:30p today...Mwahahaha).
Second week in a row I made soup. Last week I made 雪耳 + 紅蘿蔔, and this week is 西洋菜 + 紅蘿蔔. Since I still have some 紅蘿蔔 left over (I use about 2/3 bags each time), probably next week will be 青紅蘿蔔 or 妅蘿蔔 + 蘋果. By then I'll be sick of 煲-ing 紅蘿蔔 and switch to something else. :P
So it was nice sitting in my favorites Starbucks for an afternoon yesterday (despite it was a 15 minutes drive, and there are other Starbucks close by), taking my time to do grocery, and sleep-in on Sunday (didn't get up till like 3:30p today...Mwahahaha).
Second week in a row I made soup. Last week I made 雪耳 + 紅蘿蔔, and this week is 西洋菜 + 紅蘿蔔. Since I still have some 紅蘿蔔 left over (I use about 2/3 bags each time), probably next week will be 青紅蘿蔔 or 妅蘿蔔 + 蘋果. By then I'll be sick of 煲-ing 紅蘿蔔 and switch to something else. :P
Feb 4, 2008
There Goes Another Weekend...
But the good thing is that, this was a relaxing weekend (well, not really relaxing) and not one of those "wake up at 3p, grab something to eat and head straight to work till mid-night" weekends I had couple weeks ago. We are at the tail end of our release cycle, so in terms of development, things pretty much quiet down a little. There probably will be some fixes here and there, plus a lot of catch up with reviewing documentation, but "shouldn't" be too hectic.
So back to this weekend. Saturday was a trip to Chicago for haircut. I figured it probably would be nice to get one before the Chinese New Year. Normally if I am going to Chicago for a haircut, most likely it would just be me since it's difficult to convince King Snort and MyEvilInsideYou to come along (let just say oriental food is not their type of cuisine). However, this time, I actually had a travel companion. He started at my company in January, also from HK, and driving 2.5hr to Chicago for a haircut totally make sense to him. Perfect match for me. Ha ha ha. So that was what we did on Saturday: Dim Sum > haircut > Mitsuwa > WoodField > Bowl House (dinner). I think we were seriously short on time - didn't even get a chance to hit Ikea. Maybe we'll need to cut WoodField next time.
Sunday of course was the Super Bowl Sunday. Jamie once again organized a Super Bowl party at his place. Like he mentioned in his invitation e-mail, it was the 3rd year he organized the party (can't remember whether I was at the first one though). See Faith running around was cute - it always amazes me how quickly she grew up. :P There were a bunch of no shows, so we even ended up with packed sandwiches to take home. So let me take this opportunity to thank Jamie once more for the hospitality.
The game was quite fun to watch. I seriously thought that the Giants would be dominated by the Patriots, but apparently that wasn't the case. Tom Brady really couldn't do much throughout the whole game. And the last quarter was absolutely amazing.
2:45a already? Definitely my regular time to head to bed. :P
So back to this weekend. Saturday was a trip to Chicago for haircut. I figured it probably would be nice to get one before the Chinese New Year. Normally if I am going to Chicago for a haircut, most likely it would just be me since it's difficult to convince King Snort and MyEvilInsideYou to come along (let just say oriental food is not their type of cuisine). However, this time, I actually had a travel companion. He started at my company in January, also from HK, and driving 2.5hr to Chicago for a haircut totally make sense to him. Perfect match for me. Ha ha ha. So that was what we did on Saturday: Dim Sum > haircut > Mitsuwa > WoodField > Bowl House (dinner). I think we were seriously short on time - didn't even get a chance to hit Ikea. Maybe we'll need to cut WoodField next time.
Sunday of course was the Super Bowl Sunday. Jamie once again organized a Super Bowl party at his place. Like he mentioned in his invitation e-mail, it was the 3rd year he organized the party (can't remember whether I was at the first one though). See Faith running around was cute - it always amazes me how quickly she grew up. :P There were a bunch of no shows, so we even ended up with packed sandwiches to take home. So let me take this opportunity to thank Jamie once more for the hospitality.
The game was quite fun to watch. I seriously thought that the Giants would be dominated by the Patriots, but apparently that wasn't the case. Tom Brady really couldn't do much throughout the whole game. And the last quarter was absolutely amazing.
2:45a already? Definitely my regular time to head to bed. :P
Feb 3, 2008
MacBook Air is Nice...Real Nice
I've been to the Apple store last Thursday AND Friday, hoping to find the MacBook Air on display but to no avail. Well, small town in Wisconsin, not much hope anyway.
But today it was a different story. I finally got my hands on a MacBook Air at Woodfield's Apple Store. And it sure is lovely, and definitely has the "Wow" factor that I am looking for. It was so tempting to see if they have one in stock and just hand over that little plastic card (XD). Luckily (Unfortunately) I haven't done my tax refund yet so I really don't have the extra cash laying around, otherwise, I might be an owner of a Mac today.
I was debating between the MBA and MBP earlier, but after holding one, the scale's leaning towards MBA. Well, it's rumored that MBP is going to get a update soon, so maybe i'll just wait a bit longer. Like I said earlier, the computer budget is still with the IRS now. :)
But today it was a different story. I finally got my hands on a MacBook Air at Woodfield's Apple Store. And it sure is lovely, and definitely has the "Wow" factor that I am looking for. It was so tempting to see if they have one in stock and just hand over that little plastic card (XD). Luckily (Unfortunately) I haven't done my tax refund yet so I really don't have the extra cash laying around, otherwise, I might be an owner of a Mac today.
I was debating between the MBA and MBP earlier, but after holding one, the scale's leaning towards MBA. Well, it's rumored that MBP is going to get a update soon, so maybe i'll just wait a bit longer. Like I said earlier, the computer budget is still with the IRS now. :)
Jan 28, 2008
SVN
Why is TortoiseSVN called TortoiseSVN?
Because it makes your system crawl!
Merging stuff into QA and running web Wilma should not be done at the same time. My computer was totally locked up for an hour or so. Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Because it makes your system crawl!
Merging stuff into QA and running web Wilma should not be done at the same time. My computer was totally locked up for an hour or so. Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Jan 21, 2008
又無緣
發覺同某 d 人同某 d 事真係好冇緣嘅... 今次又冇我份~~~
如果今年10月或者下年2月再有就好喇~~~
btw, 一峰隻新 EP 值得買架 (雖然係國語! 我未買...因為佢個 payment processing system 好似唔收 foreign 發咭銀行咁啵~) 同時佢亦都好似好耐冇出過廣東碟~~~
P.S. 搵o左好耐嘅歌詞...
起點
我生命裡第一次感到遺憾
是我和你擁有不同的起點
所以今天牽著你的手開始
我會努力追回失去的時間
我會努力嘗試忘記你的缺點
直到發現它們本來是優點
如果我不能為你改變我的缺點
就請你笑一笑 親一親我的臉
路很遙遠 躲不過雨天
當雨水打在我們的臉上
快樂 不快樂 卻由我們來選
我們也許會忘記玫瑰的顏色
香檳的甜 還有淚的鹹
長路盡處我仍會 牽著你的手
微笑看著同一個終點
微笑看著一起的終點
如果今年10月或者下年2月再有就好喇~~~
btw, 一峰隻新 EP 值得買架 (雖然係國語! 我未買...因為佢個 payment processing system 好似唔收 foreign 發咭銀行咁啵~) 同時佢亦都好似好耐冇出過廣東碟~~~
P.S. 搵o左好耐嘅歌詞...
起點
我生命裡第一次感到遺憾
是我和你擁有不同的起點
所以今天牽著你的手開始
我會努力追回失去的時間
我會努力嘗試忘記你的缺點
直到發現它們本來是優點
如果我不能為你改變我的缺點
就請你笑一笑 親一親我的臉
路很遙遠 躲不過雨天
當雨水打在我們的臉上
快樂 不快樂 卻由我們來選
我們也許會忘記玫瑰的顏色
香檳的甜 還有淚的鹹
長路盡處我仍會 牽著你的手
微笑看著同一個終點
微笑看著一起的終點
Jan 19, 2008
New monitor at work
Yeah! Someone from CaTS (I think the acronym stands for Computer and Technical Services, but not very sure. Anyway, it's our internal IT team here) knocked on my door the other day and left me with my new monitor. I didn't get one with their last batch so I am quite excited.
It's a 20" wide screen monitor from HP (model L2045w). I got used to my Dell wide screen at home so this is definitely a welcomed upgrade. I think I can also tilt the monitor to have it display it portrait mode (vertical) - should make it easier when going through pages of codes. =)
It's a 20" wide screen monitor from HP (model L2045w). I got used to my Dell wide screen at home so this is definitely a welcomed upgrade. I think I can also tilt the monitor to have it display it portrait mode (vertical) - should make it easier when going through pages of codes. =)
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