Quote-Misquote

I'm starting a new thing called "Quote-Misquote". It basically involves taking famous quotes from movies (mostly) and then changing some of the context to make it sound right or wrong. It doesn't matter.

Today we shall take this quote from King Leonidas in 300:

"Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... For tonight we dine in hell!"

Let's see how we can change them...

"Programmers! Ready your frameworks and type quickly... For tonight we code in hell!"

"Connoisseurs! Ready your glasses and sip gently... For tonight we wine in hell!"

"Waiters! Ready your menus and stand steady... For tonight we serve in hell!"

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Any more? Post them on my tagboard.

Surprise

Turns out I have two extra weeks.

I had thought school would start on the 2nd, but it'll only start on the 16th. A welcome surprise.

That would mean I could use the money I earn from these three weeks in these two. Before school starts again and any clue of a holiday doesn't come till next year.

I want to talk about this medication I'm taking now. It's called Xenical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenical

Read up about it if you want. If you don't, let me tell you what it does.

***Warning: This portion of the post contains descriptions of certain bodily functions and may cause nausea or other symptoms to some readers. Reader discretion is strongly advised.***

What Xenical does is that it blocks fat absorption in my body. So any oils that go in, come out. Unchanged. This wasn't such a big problem the first week I took it, and then recently its side effects began to creep on me.

One major problem is the new frequency for me to visit the toilet. I've seen Mr. Flush at least 5 times the past 6 hours now, and each time it hurts more and more.

Another problem would be the farts. You see to me, farts aren't so funny anymore. Because sometimes it would feel like one, sound like one, but would definitely not look like one. Remember the oils that remain unchanged? They come out.

Not pretty.

***End of Warning***

This means I will need to be cautious when choosing my food. Because there is hell to pay.

Command & Conquer 3 comes on Monday. I really can't wait for it. But I will have to.

Only about 37 hours to launch time.

To the start of the new Tiberium War.

It clenches.

It was not a good day. No.

It made it clench. Very hard.

It clenched so hard. So very hard.

I wanted to hit something. There was nothing to hit.

I wanted to scream. It would be pointless.

I wanted to... Could I? No, I couldn't. It would never come. Never.

I wanted... Wanted so very much. But it will never be gotten. Never.

I... Do I? Can I? Will I? I don't know. Letting go gets harder and harder. Always.

EA Play 2007

I went to EA Play last Saturday. It was at SIM HQ Atrium, and it wasn't very big. But it was okay.



There was a main frame in the middle seperated into 3 sections:

Registration/Enquiries/Administration/Merchandise Counter,



PS3 demos(Fight Night Round 3),



and Wii demos(Need For Speed: Carbon and SSX Blur).



The four corners were 360 and PC demos, with one 360 corner playing FIFA 2007,



the other playing Def Jam Icon and NBA Street Homecourt,



and the two PC corners playing Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars



and Battlefield 2142.



There was also a big screen in at the front stage area that was playing Burnout: Revenge.



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Of course the first thing I noticed was that the entire crew was wearing the purple Scrin T-shirts. I saw this really huge guy in one and I hope I can wear my GDI one when I get it next week. Then I can wear it in my green jacket and look like a GDI officer, heh heh.

I spent most of the day watching and trying some of the games. I tried Carbon on the Wii, and it was pretty nice. But of course nothing will beat a real wheel in your hands.

I also joined this side event thing and got 4th/5th placing. Managed to win an MTV cap and a Sims 2: Pets lanyard.

I managed to play with the Scrin tech tree in C&C 3 near the end of the day. It was nice and a very important thing was that they didn't need silos for extra tiberium. Although at the pro level you wouldn't even see silos being built. Then I tried the first couple of missions for the Nod campaign and left when they were closing up.

Mav, the Mat and Peaceful were there too.

Mav was there with his BF clan Jedi for the 2142 tournament. The clan got 3 out of the top 4 places, and I heard BFNut (supposedly Singapore's top BF clan) got knocked out earlier on before the event.

The Mat was there with his girlfriend, and they only stayed a while. He did manage and stay for a couple of round of Carbon on the 360 with me and Mav before he left.

Peaceful was there later than he said earlier. He was with a friend, so I didn't bother him much. They tried out C&C 3 around the same time I did too, and we tried out Def Jam Icon. It seems a little stupid seeing all these rappers beating the shit out of each other. Well, whatever.

At the end of the day I bought a Carbon mug and helped the Mat buy a keychain, presumably for his girlfriend.

The counter was selling C&C 3 preorder cards too, and they had a sample launch package on display at the side. It looked great, which made me even more anxious about the launch.

So I guess that's all to talk about EA Play 2007.

These are some of the other photos I took at the event:



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Ciao.

Untitled

He had a friend
She had one too
Went to the party
Without a clue

She was with her sister
Classmate of the host
They played a funny game
He played the most

She's just a girl he met the other day
And he had never felt quite this way
He thought he had found the one
Brighter than the sun
He wanted to be free
It was never meant to be

A gathering was planned
It would last the day
He had to tell her
In any way

They skated in the morning
He couldn't get it on
Went singing in the afternoon
Song after song

She's just a girl he met the other day
And he had never felt quite this way
He thought he had found the one
Brighter than the sun
He wanted to be free
It was never meant to be

The group went for dinner
They sat face to face
By the time it was over
All he did was gaze

Soon they went back home
It was time to say goodbye
He knew it was his last chance
He had let it fly

She's just a girl he met the other day
And he had never felt quite this way
He thought he had found the one
Brighter than the sun
He wanted to be free
It was never meant to be

She's just a girl he met the other day
And he had never felt quite this way
He thought he had found the one
Brighter than the sun
He wanted to be free
It was never meant to be
It was never meant to be
It was never meant to be

Fights

When 1 person does it, it is a struggle.

When 10 people do it, it is a brawl.

When 100 people do it, it is a riot.

When 1,000 people do it, it is a conflict.

When 10,000 people do it, it is a war.

When 100,000 people do it, it is life...

(When 300 people do it, it is a movie. =P)

Words

When 1 person says it, it is a lie.

When 10 people say it, it is a rumour.

When 100 people say it, it is a myth.

When 1,000 people say it, it is news.

When 10,000 people say it, it is a proven fact.

When 100,000 people say it, it is common sense...

Work work...

In case nobody knows, I'm working! Yay!

I don't know my job title, my job specification and pay rate because there are none of those (well there'll be pay, but no idea what it pays)! But it's okay. Because it's with a relative.

I work here:



See the door on the left? That's where all the lights are kept. And there are a lot of lights in there.

So first day at work. My job would be to turn this:



To this:



And I'll explain to you how with pictures in a second. But first let me tell you what it is. These are 16 Ampere plugs. You know the common domestic 3-pin plug? Those are 13 Amperes. So these babies are used for the big guys, projectors that run on 3000 Watts and whatnot.

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For illustration purposes (and because I only took photos for one set), I'll be showing you how to fix a female 16A plug. Ok so first, you gotta seperate the shell from the head. Then you put the shell through the cable first, like so:



Now we leave the head aside for a while. Let's look at the cable:



It's one thick black case covering 3 colour-coded thinner ones that cover about 20 copper wires each. So first, we cut a small section off the black cover and exposing the three thinner ones within:



After this we go in another level and cut these covers off the copper wires, and you will get this:



Now we need to do is connect the wires to the corresponding hole in the head of the plug:



After the wires are screwed in and secured, screw the lock around the cable so that rough handling of the cable wouldn't result in dewiring the plug.



After this is done, pull the shell of the plug back to the head and lock it in place.



Congratulations, now we have a completed extension cable ready for use.

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So I spent the whole of the first day doing that, on my makeshift workstation, with its own name.



I continued doing that until after lunchtime on the second day. I should also mention I had a hand injury due to the excessive use of the cutter and the screwdriver, and also a lot of pulling.

So after lunch I was told the job would never be completed because there were an almost endless amount of such cables waiting to be fixed, so I was swtiched to doing something else.

My new job was a little easier on the hands. It tested my patience a little though:



I was supposed to sort through that. Get the good, long ones and wind them up. Dump the rest. This was what I got after a long while:



After a day or so, my assignment got changed again. My new job yesterday was to label these babies:



These are neon light tubes. They weigh quite a bit (nothing I can't handle), and I was to label nearly 300 of them in total. With tape and a marker.



These are just 2 sets I completed. I was supposed to complete 14. This time I had a makeshift workstation too. I think it was called Carton No. 8. Go ahead, take a look:



Now I'll still it until I finish all 14 sets. I finished 11 when I left work early today. So i'll be ready by tomorrow morning I guess.

Should I also mention the two lovable guard dogs they have? I don't think they have names though.

This is Yellowie:



And Blackie:



They bark for free. But are rather nice. Blackie's more friendly though. And I heard Yellowie once jumped over the fence where they kept them so they had to raise the barrier.

They were out for what reason I have no idea. They bark at passerbys and cars while outside. Funny.

Well. It's 2 more weeks of work. We'll see what happens to me then.

Ciao.

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Randomness Awakes

I like C-Note from Prison Break. He's a great guy. His most memorable line for me is "You feel me, Snowflake?" to Scofield.



Fun times.

I went out with these two gorgeous ladies the other day:



Fun too.

I found this brand of flip-flops the other day:



Looks like somebody is earning on the side, Hiro. You should get him to fund your mission. Actually you already are, aren't you? Hmm. Well at least now it's justified.

KTHXBAI!

Hint: Movies, cooking and scandals.

In the past week I have watched the following movies:
- 300
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Paris Je T'aime

All very, very cool movies.

I was at Yangheng's the day before. We were supposed to have a barbeque but ended up cooking everything on a stove because the pit was simply too small (and too slow) to support that many people. I did some of the cooking myself, and it was good. Even though it was sausages and satay meat (the sticks were knocked off in favour of convenience).

Scandals... Well. I'll leave Cat to that one. She said she'd blog about it and we'll all see about that, won't we?

I have work now. I still have no real idea about what it is, but whatever. It's from a relative. And yes I pulled some strings. Live with it.

CCCCGGGG - It was a particularly painful experience. I shouldn't even think about it. - CCCCGGGG

My ring failed. Or rather, I have failed my ring. I had forgotten what it stood for, and what it meant. I swear never to forget again, but only if I have the strength when it happens. There will be chances. I might take them. May the Irony Gods not curse my fate. I am not worthy.

Supersonic Hazardous Emissions (SHE)

Greetings all.

We are the Hazards Interception Movement (HIM), and we are here to talk about something very serious; something that has threatened our world for a long time. It has caused thousands of deaths and millions of dollars in lost property.

They are called the Supersonic Hazardous Emissions, also known as "SHE".

Not to be confused with the Taiwanese girl band of the same name, this one is of high destructive power that should be feared and eliminated.

This following statement would probably look very familiar:
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehh~!"

It is the sound a typical Japanese person, mostly women, would make when surprised or astonished. However it is not to be taken lightly. In rare cases of such exclamations have caused disasters to man and nature alike.

In normal exlamations, the source object will rise in pitch until it reaches its limit, shown in the graph below:


However, under the circumstances of a SHE, pitch behaviours become abnormal and rise rapidly, shown in the graph below:


Notice that the pitch approaches infinity at a point. This is true. When this occurs, all matter within 200 metres will reach resonance and shatter, as how a glass shatters under special circumstances. Living beings within the next kilometre that survive the initial eruption will suffer from severe brain haemorrage.

After the initial eruption a sonic zone, which is an indestructible radius of echoes, would remain within a radius of 1.5 kilometres and up to 3 kilometres of the hypocentre. What the echoes bounce on within this sonic zone remains a mystery.

However, HIM scientists have established a link between SHEs and the frequent earthquakes that occur in Japan, as the impact of stronger SHEs could have caused plate shifting. This leads to the suspicion that a SHE was the cause of the quakes in that led to tsunamis, and specifically in the Indian Ocean late 2004, causing tsunamis that killed hundreds of thousands in the Southern and Southeastern regions of Asia.

In order to ensure your own safety, it is advisable not to say anything potentially sensational, controversial or incredible to any Japanese speaking person around you within hearing range. This includes both native and non-native speakers.

However it is also advisable not to say these same things to other people outside of your own language group, especially languages that have been included into the "List of Potentially Harmful Languages".

You are however encouraged to continue speaking to people within your language group or language groups that have been included into the "List of Safe Languages". Speakers of many other languages have yet to be tested and sources of SHEs could be found in other areas.

For maximum security, it is in your best interest not to speak to any female at all. Various HIM studies have shown that up to 96.7% of the sources of SHEs are women aged in the range of 8 to 48. The remainder points to various groups of people commonly known as "Sissies" and "Trans".

We hope that this warning will be taken heed and action will be taken upon to make sure we are safe as humanity.

Remember that prevention is better than cure.

Regards,
Hazards Inteception Movement (HIM)