As Simple As Black & White

Hello World...

2007-07-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hello hello... time for me to make some use of the time I have outside of work... and maybe some time @ work too :p What have I been doing since the last time I was blogging? I guess I'll sum it up.The wall in our front yard has collapsed so we have to replace that.My sister has moved into the Strathcona area, and I'm very surprised at how nice her block is... among the projects.We've recently

Singapore: Day 4...

2007-05-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hi :) It's me, and I'm back from the dead again.. :p Ya, I've been getting lazy, very lazy, and very bored... and it's hard for me to write about the trip when Jacq's sleeping... she knows the names of all the locations that we went together, me on the other hand... not so much.Day 4 of my trip was a long day on the road. It was the 16th and we first had to meet up with a friend's friend :D (and

New Headers...

2007-04-29T21:25:00.000-07:00

I've made some updates to the visuals... but they don't FREAKING SHOW UP!!! :@:@:@

Back to XP...

2007-04-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

Well... I've switched back to Windows XP professional and curbed Windows Vista for the time being, so I can get back to business!!!I was soooo close to switching over to Linux or purchasing a MAC.. no, really, I was pissed. Don't get me wrong, Vista as an OS is superior to XP in that it offers alot more, has a fancier User Interface, and nifty little widgets, higher security, blah blah blah....

Grrr...

2007-04-10T21:52:00.000-07:00

Hey boys & girls... Yes, I'm still here and yes, I still think about how I haven't been posting :(Work has me very very busy (ya ya.. excuses)... and I've been catching up on my GTA: San Andreas :p. Also, I was in Edmonton the week before. It was nice to catch up with my cousins there. The trip was work related BTW.. and I paid an extra $28 to extend my stay :D weeeeeeeeee!Anyhoo, hopefully I'll

Singapore: Day 3...

2007-03-20T22:47:00.000-07:00

People were telling me that I was very fortunate when I was over in Asia. It seems that during this time of the year (CNY) it's usually drought season... Strange thing is parts of JB were under water, and there were times in the day when the rain was coming down REALLY hard. This, of course, led to milder temperatures... which I obviously won't complain about :)M was going to the market again

No Pok...

2007-03-17T17:38:00.000-07:00

Sound only but funny as hell :P

Singapore: Day 2...

2007-02-24T15:58:00.001-08:00

Day 2 began with a trip to the market with mary :)... She had to go see the fish monger and pick up some prawns... or something :p We all headed off to Farrer Market. I always liked the markets in Asia, there's so much going on there... and the Asian markets have a different air about them, it's not the same as going to the market when you're in Canada.We don't have people screaming at you to buy

Singapore: Day 1...

2007-02-21T09:19:00.000-08:00

It's nice to be back in Asia again... Everything is sooo different than in the west. Small things like the way the air smells bring back a nostalgic feeling for me. Tho I left M'sia when I was very young, the smells and sounds never left me. Each time I come back I look around and see sights that fascinate me, for instance... the Hong Kong style housing flat in the picture to the left. You won't

Happy CNY from Malaysia!

2007-02-17T05:04:00.000-08:00

:D hey all! A very happy Chinese New Year from K.L. ;) I'm posting from my phone because I am at an old friend of my parents' place :) again.. Sorry for the lack of posting.. But I'll make it up to you soon! Ciao for now!

Hello From Singapore :D...

2007-02-11T19:21:00.000-08:00

Due to my lack of a photo editing program, all my photos are going to be 2048x1536 or vice versa... they should load reasonably quickly still :)Hello, hello!!! Greetings from lovely Singapore :DI arrived in the wee hours of the morning... 1:10am roughly :P We were supposed to arrive @ 1:30am but had a tail wind all the way from Tokyo :)Soooo... I guess I should keep up with my blogging so that I

New Position...

2007-02-04T22:45:00.001-08:00

Hey Folks... yes, I've been 'not blogging' for the last while :( and I'm a little upset about that. On the other hand, I've also moved to another position @ work... no longer do I hold the Technical Support title but now the IT Desktop Asset Coordinator. That is part of the reason that I haven't been blogging over the past couple of weeks... the new position (some say is a promotion) I feel is

Movie: Smokin' Aces...

2007-02-04T15:51:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: An incendiary array of stars-including Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji Henson and, in their motion-picture debuts, Alicia Keys and Common-star in Smokin' Aces, the new dark action comedy from Joe Carnahan, the acclaimed director of Narc. In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo

Movie: Pan's Labyrinth... (El Laberinto del Fauno)...

2007-02-04T15:49:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: 1944, rural Spain. Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child, lives with her mother and adoptive father, a military officer tasked with ridding the area of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With post-war repression at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.Since I first saw

Hold Your Wee For A Wii...

2007-01-23T17:14:00.001-08:00

I know I'm a little behind in the times now.. but I recently found out about the radio contest in the States... HOLD YOUR WEE FOR A WIIThe object of the contest: Contestants are given an 8oz drink of water every 10 minutes and the last one to go to the toilet wins a Wii... easy enough, right?Well, what most people don't know reminds me of an old addage my dad used to recite to me: "too much of

Pickton Trial Begins...

2007-01-23T10:35:00.000-08:00

The trial of (possibly) Canada's worst serial killer has just begun. Robert Pickton was a pig farmer that lived on the outskirts of Vancouver, in Port Coquitlam. He has been charged with the first-degree murders of 26 women from Vancouver's Notorious Downtown East Side.The trial began yesterday where the prosecution laid out gory details of the remains found on his pig farm. This is one trial

Movie: Snakes On A Plane...

2007-01-21T11:22:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: A young man named Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) witnesses vicious and powerful mobster Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson) brutally murder a prosecutor bent on putting the crime mogul behind bars. Soon Kim's men raid Jones' house and attempt to kill him, but are stopped by Nelville Flynn (Samuel L Jackson): an experienced FBI agent who convinces Jones to fly to LA to testify against Kim. Aboard the

Eats: Tojo's...

2007-01-21T10:28:00.001-08:00

For my Father's birthday my sister and I decided to take the family to Tojo's Japanese restaurant. Some people say it's the best in Vancouver, some say it's the best in Canada, and some say it's the best in the World!!! There is only one Tojo's and this is it... :) I had heard many things about Tojo's but never had the opportunity to go.Tojo's has just relocated to 1133 West Broadway. We were

Movie: Apocalypto...

2007-01-17T19:37:00.001-08:00

Synopsis: Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of

Poor B.C. Place Stadium...

2007-01-08T22:31:00.000-08:00

In case you haven't already heard... BC Place Stadium, one of the most recognized structures in the Vancouver cityscape, has had a tear in panel which has brought down her inflatible roof :( The tear occurred in the first week of January during the wind/rain/snow storm that we had, but they're uncertain of the exact cause of the deflation.Since then I've had conversations with different people

Movie: Blood Diamonds...

2007-01-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can

Gingerbread House...

2006-12-26T23:06:00.000-08:00

This X-Mas my family and I got to try something we haven't done since we were kids :)While I was out last-minute shopping with AK he showed me some pictures on his phone... At first glance I said..."wth... nice... you didn't make that, did you?""Sure I did...""Whatever, man... you? The Korean Hulk?""Ya""Mr. Destructive? Mr. I-have-no-patience-for-anything?""YES!"Anyway, you get the point :P

Song Of The Week: My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade...

2006-12-26T18:11:00.000-08:00

It's not often that I come across a non-hip hop/r&b song that catches my attention. Disregarding its political message this song is pretty impressive... I've been listening to it for the past week :p

Merry Non-Denominational Winter Holiday...

2006-12-25T23:41:00.001-08:00

X-Mas, X-Mas... the weathermen promised us a white X-Mas... and it didn't happen. I asked for a winning Lotto ticket... that didn't happen either :pThose who know me also know that I never look forward to X-Mas... I never look forward to any holidays/celebrations, for that matter. Meh, it's just me. As with every other year I spent TOO MUCH time running around like a chicken without a head

That Time Of The Year Again...

2006-12-20T20:56:00.000-08:00

It seems like such a short time ago that it was X-Mas! Now... here we are again. One year later...There are only 4 short days left and I'm STILL not done my shopping! :'( we'll see how it goes. As for the lack of updates... sorry sorry... work has me tired :(

On Call...

2006-12-10T21:21:00.000-08:00

I have recently acquired the on-call pager, blackberry and laptop. After having them passed to me I asked around to see what the experiences of others were. It was mostly, "You'll almost never get paged."On Friday AS decided to stay back after his shift. We had a nice chat, time flew and then we decided to head over to Richmond Center to walk around then grab some grub. there we were enjoying our

Dead Battery...

2006-12-07T23:50:00.000-08:00

Yeeeeesss... I had a dead battery today... it wasn't as simple as a dead Blackberry battery or a dead watch battery. It was the car battery O.oIn my old age ;) I find that I'm forgetting more and more... simple things like turning off the car lights are eluding me. Thanks AS for turning my lights off... unfortunately for me, it was too late. I got into the car and put the key in... nothing. I got

Movie: Turistas...

2006-12-03T23:23:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: A group of backpackers narrowly escape a bus accident in the mountains of Brazil. Around the corner they discover a little cabana/bar on a white-sand beach with crystal clear water... the perfect getaway. After a night of partying they wake up on the beach only to discover that there's more going on than meets the eye. They have been robbed of all their belongings... who can they trust?

What A Week...

2006-12-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

Photos from JohnHarveyPhoto.comThe week is finally over and the weekend is here...It has been a long time since I've looked forward to the weekend as much as I have this week. Monday started out blah. The only thing interesting about that day was having to dig the car out of the snow and then make my way to work. The whole city was buried in snow, but the plows DID come out. However, the side

Samsung Bluetooth WEP200...

2006-11-26T21:23:00.000-08:00

Yup, yup... another new toy for my Pearl :) This is one of (if not) THE smallest bluetooth headsets on the market today. I'm not usually one for gadgets 'n' such but I've had my handsfree plugged into the Pearl and I'm tired of having that wire dangling everywhere. Half the time it's being yanked on by accident and it's not a nice feeling on my ear. When I went to purchase the Pearl the salesman

vNES on Pearl...

2006-11-26T20:38:00.000-08:00

That's right folks... I'm uber dorking out now that I have my Pearl :P Since I dumped so much money into this wonder of technology I've decided to do as much with it as I can. Jacq's convinced that I'm going to spoil it by dumping so much crap good stuff on it :D Who knows? She may be right ;) Either way, I'm still going to push it to its limits and see what it can do! heh. For the last

White X-Mas...

2006-11-26T18:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, AK and I went downtown just to do something... anything. It was already nippy by the time we left my house but it was still dry. In Pacific Center mall, surprisingly, it was not too busy. We were both expecting a little bit of a X-Mas rush but we soon found out why it was so quiet. On the north side of the mall where the food court is located they're renovating. There were NO fast food

Movie: Déjà Vu... (pre-screening)

2006-11-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

I have the good fortune of working for a great company and having an awesome supervisor :) As it turns out, his wife works for the Vancouver Sun and frequently has access to pre-screenings of select movies. They had an extra pass and were kind enough to offer it to me, of course, I couldn't refuse! Even though I had to wake up for my early shift the following day :pSynopsis: Denzel Washington

Blackberry Pearl...

2006-11-21T16:20:00.000-08:00

OO... Guess who's got a new Blackberry Pearl?Those who know me well also know that I could care less what model mobile phone I have as long as it's sturdy and reliable. For example, back in the 90s I kept my old Sony Ericsson for a good 5 years... I believe I brought it into the new millennium with me. :P OK, I'm not going to lie to you... it has to look somewhat appealing.I picked up the

Encoding Videos for BlackBerry Pearl...

2006-11-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

The Blackberry Pearl is a powerful toy. That being said, many people still think it's just that, a toy.After purchasing the 2GB MicroSD card I now had to find stuff to fill it with. mp3s are the natural first choice. But with video playback capabilities I went straight for the gold! Now I can watch videos / anime where ever I go! If I'm just sitting somewhere waiting for someone, or waiting for

It's Shitting Rain...

2006-11-16T19:23:00.000-08:00

That's right, shitting not pissing! Yesterday the heavens decided to open up and dump down on Vancouver. In this city when it rains everyone forgets how to drive. Last month or the month before we had our first downpour in awhile. What happened that day? There were accidents on all the major routes AND all the bridges! What's up with that? Does the low pressure swell your brains?! Is it that much

Uhm...

2006-11-16T05:37:00.000-08:00

O_o If you are one of the few subscribers... sorry for the false posts. You might be getting a few more over the next little while. I've been going back to label my old posts :p Ciao for now.

Grand Honour Restaurant...

2006-11-13T16:51:00.001-08:00

Last week my family went to The Grand Honor Restaurant. They mentioned how it's supposed to be a really expensive seafood restaurant and that they use REAL Shark's Fin... wooo. That being said, I was still a little skeptical. I was expecting it to be one of those pristine Chinese restaurants, you know the type... huge fish tanks, nice big bar, white table cloths with the plastic cloth underneath

Oh My...

2006-11-10T00:03:00.000-08:00

Saw III...

2006-11-05T19:00:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: Jigsaw has disappeared.With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) is unaware that she is about to become the latest pawn on his vicious chessboard.One night

The Grudge 2...

2006-11-05T18:50:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: Set within two years after the first film and between two countries. Karen's sister, Audrey, been affected by the supernatural curse, and trying to find the origin of it in order to find a way to free herself. But what has this quest got to do with the families who are living in Chicago, a photojournalist from Hong Kong,and the three schoolgirls from Tokyo's International High School?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning...

2006-11-05T15:20:00.000-08:00

Synopsis: This prequel to all the other Texas Chainsaw movies takes place in Vietnam era Texas as a couple of brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip before the boys head off to war. But then a run-in with a sinister sheriff turns nasty and the group is hustled off to meet the Hewitt family and young Leatherface, who’s just learning how to kill.Going into this movie (as any other

New Random Header Feature! :)...

2006-11-04T22:51:00.000-08:00

Over the last week I've been working on a new Header/Banner. I actually wanted to make it more fancy, but that would go against my 'motto' As Simple As Black & White. I'm still not satisfied with them, but... one thing that I AM happy with is the random banner hack!!! Don't know what I'm talking about? Hit F5 and you'll see ;)It took awhile to figure it out (I was actually trying to just add code

Messing With Blog...

2006-11-04T22:10:00.000-08:00

Uhh... if you see stuff jacked up or out of place... Chances are, I'm screwing around with the template :)

Gotham Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar...

2006-11-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday I went to Vancouver's premiere steakhouse Gotham Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar! Although it's my favorite steakhouse, I don't regularly attend, if you haven't figured out why already, you'll see why by the end of my post.The occasion was a simple night out with my sister and a family friend. We arrived just after our reservation time, roughly 7:40pm. I dropped the ladies off and went to

Busted!...

2006-11-01T12:45:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite commercials currently... (including alternates)... ENJOY! :D

Hallowe'en @ Work!...

2006-11-01T12:43:00.001-08:00

Every year many companies encourage their staff to come dressed up on Hallowe'en. The participation for alot of places, however, is not all that high. Me being the new guy, I was curious, so I 'interviewed' a couple of collegues to see what the usual participation rate is. Our department (IT) apparently has had a 90% participation rate! There are about 50 employees... do the math, that's 45

Happy Hallowe'en!... (Ken-O-Lantern)...

2006-10-30T21:12:00.000-08:00

It's Hallowe'en! and I like carving pumpkins :) During each holiday I try to do something creative... I try to challenge myself and do something interesting each year. This year I decided to challenge myself again... the following is my first attempt at this sort of carving so you'll have to forgive the crappyness :p On with the show!!!I went to the grocery store and picked up this pumpkin for

Eye Specialist...

2006-10-28T19:47:00.000-07:00

On Thursday I left work early to attend my appointment with the Eye specialist. Surprisingly enough there wasn't a nervous bone in my body :)I decided it would be a good idea for me to head home first, my dad was free that afternoon so I thought I'd drag him along just in case I wasn't able to drive safely after.I drove over to the medical building, which coincidentally is the same building that

Walk-In Clinics... Questionable?

2006-10-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

My right-eye has been bothering me for a couple of weeks now. Last week I called up my doctor to make an appointment. His receptionist let me know that he was not accepting anymore patients for the day. I asked her if I could make an appointment for the next day and she said he was going to be out of town until the following week (Tuesday). Fek... I was pretty upset. I told her that I was

I Need Exercise...

2006-10-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

Do you?...

Body Worlds 3...

2006-10-20T16:06:00.000-07:00

! WARNING ! The following post contains extremely graphic picturesA couple of weekends ago AK and I managed to take some time on a weekend to go to the BodyWorlds 3 Exhibition at the Telus World of Science (formerly: Science World). I had heard about the exhibition on the radio... many other people had seen the adverts on the side/backs of the busses around town or seen spots on the news.The

I'm A Terrible Friend...

2006-10-20T15:32:00.000-07:00

Last month I got a call from JM... he called to check on me... and then remind me that I had forgotten about his 30th Birthday :( How crappy is that.I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to celebrate my birthday... but sometimes I forget that other people do. Also, as a result of my ways... I am probably one of the worst people when it comes to remembering birthdates. Lucky for me I have a

International Sandcastle Competition...

2006-10-07T09:32:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back my parents went over to Harrison Hotsprings with some friends... it was an outing to go see the Sandcastle Competition.This competition is held annualy and draws competitors from all over the world. The competition main event takes place throughout September and the exhibition continues through to early October. Here's a link to the official site. This is going to be more of a

Upgrading Again...

2006-09-20T23:44:00.000-07:00

It looks like the people @ Google have finally figured things out :) I'm able to post comments again, and I'm able to edit the HTML in the template! That being said.. I'll slowly be reworking the layout again... time permitting, of course.Oh ya... those of you who don't know yet, I am no longer jobless :p

Jacq's Gift!!!...

2006-09-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

Well, Jacq's gift finally arrived at her doorstep a few days back! :D Her brother was home when the delivery guy reached but he didn't answer the door. The package was already belated as it was :( not enough hours in the day to do everything :( and now it was going to be even later.The fact that her work is being shifted over to a new location / new company isn't helping either. What that

Vid Of The Day :: Kris Kross - The Way Of The Rhyme...

2006-09-11T22:33:00.000-07:00

They don't make music like this anymore... enjoy.

Happy Bird Day Jacq <3...

2006-09-10T19:39:00.000-07:00

It's Jacq's birthday today! :)Times like these are very difficult in LDRs :(. It's difficult enough in that I always want to be together with her, spend quality time together with her... days like today I want to be with her even more... :'(

Golfing With Apples :P...

2006-09-06T15:43:00.000-07:00

My dad has been talking about taking golf lessons lately and last week I had the urge to go out into the backyard and whack a few apples around :DIf you're ever bored and happen to have an apple tree in the yard then you should give this it a shot ;) Apple trees like to drop apples all over the place after they have ripened. Alot of the time the apples are over ripe or end up really bruised so

Is Blogger Beta Worth It?...

2006-09-03T15:20:00.000-07:00

What the fruck?! Since I've moved over to blogger beta I'm no longer able to comment on other peoples' blogs if they're not on beta?I hope they work all this stuff out soon... it's getting a little frustrating, so many features missing... :@

Stanley Cup Night :)...

2006-09-02T23:21:00.000-07:00

Over the last week I've been working on a project for a friend, thus the lack of updates... I'll post the project in a bit, but first...About a week and a half ago EK got permission to have a night out, as such I was one among many who were invited to go out and spend some quality time :DOur night began at Sip Restaurant located on Granville near Helmken... I've been there once before (with JM,

EK's Surprise B-Day & Stanley Cup Night Out...

2006-08-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

On the 18th of March a bunch of us crashed EK's house to throw him a bash :) Unfortunately it wasn't as much of a "SURPRISE!!!" as we had hoped, because he was playing online poker... and winning O.oUncle James and Ang tried to get him to "go outside and get the cats" but he was too involved with his game. We ended up just barging in single file... but his reaction was still priceless :DThe rest

How Un-Malaysian Are You..

2006-08-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Sam, you are 6% not Malaysian. That means you're as Malaysian as... Abdullah Badawi ! How Un-Malaysian Are You? Here's Jacq'sCongratulations Jacq, you are 33% not Malaysian. That means you're as Malaysian as... Michelle Yeoh! How Un-Malaysian Are You? Ummm... howcome I'm more Malaysian than Jacq :P

McDonald's Memories :D...

2006-08-23T12:41:00.000-07:00

The other day Jacq and I were talking about McDonald's and the different menus that they have all around the world... It reminded me of that REALLY old commercial from when I was in elementary school :p I did a search on YouTube and someone actually posted it :DAnyway, I'm pretty sure that the Canadian version had some minor differences, but hehe, it doesn't matter :p it's such a great song :DBig

Overhaul...

2006-08-20T22:54:00.000-07:00

Weeeeeeeeee... Blogger has opened beta to us and it's full of new features :)... I'll slowly be overhauling to make everything all purdy 'n' stuff :Poo.. I'll have the pics from EK's surprise berfday party soon ;)*update*It seems that I can't edit the HTML in the template yet, so I'll be going back and forth while I'm playing around with the settings. :P

Mum's B-Day @ Aqua Riva...

2006-08-16T21:17:00.000-07:00

Today is mum's birthday :) Happy Birthday Mum!!! Ask for her age and she'll tell you she's 29 and holding :P hehe.I'm not sure why, but Mum and Dad decided that they wanted to go out for dinner last night instead of tonight but it happened that way, and the pick was Aqua Riva, down by Vancouver's Waterfront, right next to our World Trade Center.Aqua Riva is located right on the waters edge and

Movie: Pulse...

2006-08-14T22:35:00.000-07:00

A couple of nights ago I went to see Pulse with AK...Synopsis:Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine the connection we made can't be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they'll get in, you'll be infected and they'll be able to take from you what

Movie: The Descent...

2006-08-12T00:31:00.000-07:00

Tonight I watched a movie with AK... I'm pretty happy because it looks as though there is a string of horror movies coming out :D and I'm a horror movie buff :)On with the story. Our movie was scheduled for 10:10 pm so we left my house at around 9:40pm (the theater is fairly close by). We arrived at roughly 9:50 and to our horror, the theatre was busy as hell. I was thinking that we'd have to

Celebration of Light 2006 - Grand Finale

2006-08-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

Heh.. I almost forgot about this clip :p Here's the grand finale for the Celebration of Light 2006, Vancouver:

Celebration of Light 2006 - Mexico

2006-08-07T03:29:00.000-07:00

Yes, yes, it's a little late, but I'm posting the celebration of light video for Mexico and the Finale :) I've already encoded and uploaded to Google, now it's just a matter of waiting until they verify and make it live ;)ok... so it says that it's live now.. but when I click on the link it says that the vid is not available :@... grrr.Ok.. the video is available now. Actually, it was probably

Celebration of Light 2006 Czech Republic - Full Video

2006-08-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

WOW... this one didn't take 4 days for google to verify and make live...Here you go :)

Celebration of Light 2006 - Czech Republic

2006-08-03T00:07:00.000-07:00

Today is Wednesday and therefore Celebration of lights day :). X and I had planned to go together again, but due to last-minutes changes to his job schedule, and people not responding to their MSN, I ended up attending this event on my own. Meh... it wasn't all that bad.I didn't have to worry about losing someone in the crowd and I didn't have to wait around for people to catch up. The down-side?

Celebration of Lights 2006 China (Full Video)

2006-08-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Google Video finally decided to allow my video to go live, and here it is :)

Video of the Day: Kris Kross (Warm It Up)

2006-07-31T01:31:00.000-07:00

I'm really not sure what posessed me to look this video up, but here it is. Maybe it was the reminiscing of those days... back in the early 90s when life was so much simpler. We had great hits like Run DMC - Down With the King, Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem, Public Enemy - 911's a joke... the list goes on.I remember going out to the video store with my cousins... we had all our clothes

Celebration of Light 2006 - China (Day 2)

2006-07-30T00:51:00.000-07:00

Today wasn't such a great day for me. I woke up feeling not-so-good. Chatted w/ Jacq for a bit, then had to go back to bed because I felt like crap :( sorry Jacq <3 One thing that was worrying me was whether I would be well enough to make it downtown for the fireworks tonight!Thankfully, I did! (tho, again, things didn't all pan out)I managed to acquire my tripod from my buddy KL... he lives on

X vs MMX : 8-Ball...

2006-07-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

X decided that he wanted to play pool w/ me today :) yeee haw! For those of you who don't know, I used to work @ Starlite Billiards recently reopened as Cue Club.I've been playing pool since I was about 8 yrs old, but only began playing seriously in my late teens. When I was on top of my game I was playing on average 5 hrs a day, about 5 days a week. That was when I could run roughly 5/9 racks.

Celebration of Light 2006 - Italy (Day 1)...

2006-07-27T10:03:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night I had the good fortune of X reminding me that the Celebration of Light is on again!!!Here is some footage from the affair :) I'll blog more about it later... still have to finish up the post about my PC..******** UPDATE ********I posted the full version on Google Video :) it only looks good if you keep it at the original size tho. The videos are in 3 parts because each show is

Wow... New PC :D...

2006-07-24T16:25:00.000-07:00

Woo.. .sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been busy trying to get everything in working order over the last few days...As you may have guessed I've acquired a new RIG :D Weeeeeeeeee!What has transpired since the last post?... hmm.Let's see on Friday, the 21st ASoo and I went out Downtown. That day I was looking to purchase a new Keyboard, I was planning on using my laptop as a closed PC so I

Who's Got A New Monitor?...

2006-07-19T16:29:00.000-07:00

Some of you already know that my trusty laptop's monitor decided to crap out on me not long ago. I'm not sure how... but I seem to have a gift for destroying electronics (that I own). When I was in the British Columbia Institue of Technology (BCIT) I was in the laptop program. This required that we lease an IBM Thinkpad from the school. Apparently, we all got a bad bunch of laptops so there were

Bird Day Outing #3

2006-07-16T01:42:00.001-07:00

My parents had wanted to take me out for dinner during the week but we decided to move the dinner to Saturday so that's when we went out. Bird Day outing #3 was at Coast restaurant in YaleTown (Hamilton St).I've been to Coast Restaurant a couple of times before and each time was a great experience. One of the things that drew me back was their attention to detail. I filled out one of the surveys

Collecting Garbage...

2006-07-16T01:42:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we spent 5 hours clearing out the garbage in my Grampa / Grama's old house. Aunt Sally just sold it and has moved over to the Brentwood area. The new family has already come in and started renovating the home. While our family was cleaning out the house we found stashes of money all over the house... it appears that Grampa liked to hide cash just-in-case. I believe that after the

Bird Day Outing #2...

2006-07-15T02:10:00.000-07:00

The day after my birthday AS and Miguel decided they wanted to take me out for a Bird Day outing :) I hadn't seen them in ages so I accepted their offer.That night was all-you-can-eat Japanese food night for us... our destination: E Bei Sushi on Granville and 41st.I've been there a couple of times and the all-you-can-eat menu is actually pretty good compared to other places. What I didn't realize

SilverCity & Superman 3D...

2006-07-14T17:40:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to watch Superman Returns 3D :) Since there has been so much hype surrounding Superman I was afraid that I would be disappointed with my experience... Thankfully, I was wrong!We went to SilverCity Riverport, one of the 2 places showing Superman Returns in 3D. I was surprised at the number of people watching movies that night... it was a Thursday and we still had to park on the

Bird Day! ...

2006-07-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

Heh... I finally got to open my Bird-day gift from Jacq today :D The best thing about that whole event was the fact that Jacq was more excited for me to open the gift than I was :D I was very excited, but she wanted me to tear into it before it hit midnight :Doo... what's inside? :D well.. actually, I already know it's a watch cuz it says so on the package :P... but we all wanna see what it looks

Meeting an Old Friend...

2006-07-12T23:49:00.000-07:00

Today I was sitting @ home and mum called me. An old friend was in town and she was going to have dinner w/ him and his mum. I haven't seen him in ages, and I heard that he was in a terrible accident just recently.I'm glad I took the time to go out and have lunch with the 3 of them. It was nice to see my friend and his mom. He's looking pretty good and you can't really tell that he was in a

So Long, Sis...

2006-07-12T23:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday morning my mother and I accompanied my sis and her husband to the airport. They're going to S'pore / M'sia / Thailand, etc... for 6 weeks (again, refer to the crying video below). It seems that the Spirit Bears are REALLY all over Vancouver... I found another one in the airport.After our outing to the airport I decided to rearrange my room and sort things... hopefully this will help get

Pleasant Surprise...

2006-07-11T00:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon while I was crashed out as a result of that stupid hangover a package arrived at our door...Since I was passed out in my room, my dad received it for me and paid the postage due. He then woke me up (thought I was awake already) and gave it to me. I'm so happy :D It's a bird-day gift from Jacq :D What a sweetheart!It's not even my bird-day yet! O.O So that means that I'm going

Me = Weak Sauce...

2006-07-10T23:28:00.000-07:00

Today was sorta 'hit & miss' for me... well, more miss than hit, but ya ;)I woke up this morning thinking that it would be another typical day. I had planned to go to get a haircut, go for a jog / workout etc. You can probably guess that none of those things happened :$ haiz.Last night my family and I went out for dinner with some family friends. We went to the Keg Steak House in New Westminster.

It's Not Fair...

2006-07-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

*sigh* it's not fair :'(... My sister and my brother-in-law are going back to S'pore / M'sia for 6 weeks. I wish I could go back with them too... I'll just crawl into the corner, curl into a little ball and wet my cheeks O.o

Downtown & Stuff...

2006-07-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

Jacqueline's take on makeup:JACQUELINE says:they like patching their face like those contractor patching the cement on the wallToday AK called me up and asked if I wanted to go join him for some dinner, we ended up in DownTown Vancouver. It's been awhile since the last time I took a walk down here and some things have already changed. One of the most noticable changes for me is the fact that

Accidental Summer Day Project...

2006-07-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

I was helping my dad clean out the garage just last week and we discovered that the previous owners of this house was a packrat. Yes, that means that we've never EVER cleaned out this garage O_o Interesting innit? The garage-cleaning story can be a post all on its own, but I'll just summarize the highlights here:While cleaning stuff out... I found that we had some fairly large spiders in there.

No Excuses... Time To Pick Things Back Up... :)

2006-07-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

Hello people... it's me again... Time to get things going again :)

Malaysia Trip Second Leg... Tokyo - Singapore

2006-05-30T23:31:00.000-07:00

Weeeee... Another Malaysia entry :p Well, things are starting to get back on track with me, so hopefully I'll have more time to blog... Or I should stop making excuses and set aside a few minutes to write an entry everyday :$ keke.My parents and I got off at our designated stop and they proceeded to run to their gate... I on the other hand had a couple of hours to kill. Oh yeah, I forgot to

Together Again...

2006-05-21T02:20:00.000-07:00

Tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil..."Grandma's Funeral was on Tuesday, May 16. It was a sad affair but beautiful in its own way. One thing that was apparent was that, even though everyone had written speeches, and not collaborated, the dominant theme was obvious: Grandma was a caring, nurturing person who instilled great values in all of her children/grand

Sad Times...

2006-05-15T23:49:00.000-07:00

To the few who have been checking up and not seeing updates, it's because I've taken up helping a friend with a project, studying up for my Father's work, and more recently on a more sad note my Grandmother has just passed away.Her Viewing was tonight at 6-8pm. And the funeral will be tomorrow at 11am. I will try to get back on track once things slow down.Regards...

WiFi Hunting...

2006-04-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

Here I am inside Blenz on Robson and Bute on their open wireless network :) It's the first time I've actually come out in search of an open wireless network with intentions of just sitting down, relaxing and... sipping coffee(?). Ya well, I'm sitting down and relaxing.. but I'm not sipping coffee. I'm actually sipping on a Bolthouse Farms (Since 1915) Strawberry Banana Fruit Smoothie with Apple

WoW - The Internet Is For Pr0n...

2006-04-24T15:57:00.000-07:00

On a light note ;) and this is in good taste btw... just some suggestive language.

Malaysia Trip... First Leg...

2006-04-24T01:53:00.000-07:00

Finally... for the few people who are reading this... I'm posting about my Malaysia/Singapore trip. Again I have to apologize for the delay :(Just a !warning! : I've been having trouble gathering my thoughts lately so the following posts are not going to contain much wit and might not even make that much sense... O_o. Bear with meWe arrived in Vancouver International Airport on the morning of

Moving on...

2006-04-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

Well... here I am, back from the dead. I know it's been over a month since I last posted (a real post) and now I can explain what was going on. First, yes, I have attempted to post in the past... but the two times that I was about to update the blog 1) blogspot crapped out and I had not saved the post as a draft... and 2) my laptop crapped out before I saved what I had written over the 2 hours.

Yes I'm Still Alive...

2006-03-26T00:04:00.000-08:00

For my two readers who are wondering... Yes, I'm still alive and plan to get back into the swing of things :p I'm just taking some time to slowly get things together :) Regular posting will resume shortly ;)