so i went out dinner with my family just now just to realize sp food is also quite expensive and small portion. plus, the food here in sp is damn salty too!
sigh. so in less than 48 hours i'll be on my journey back to johore again. i guess it'll be quite some time until i get decent internet connection then.
see you all, and i still havent touch fat yet.
fuck opera. the only thing i dont like about it is is mouse gestures. thanks to it even after i've disabled it it still take my clicks as gestures and proceed to visit other pages and thus all the things i've wrote here is gone. fuck blogspot too to say the draft is autosaved and make me feel relieved only to find that nothing was saved or whatsoever when i check back the drafts.
so this is the sunset scene i took at my old house.
lotus flower at my old house too.
im not gonna write what i wrote. fuck. ok, that thing above me is the black pepper pork chop rice plus egg and cost just RM3.80. and u can know how big the serving is by comparing the fork and spoons to the plate. there is another shop selling the same "hong kong chop rice" (translate from mandrin) at a cheaper and taste better but i didnt went to that shop so i didnt got the chance to take the picture. so there you have it. im comparing how johor food at the place where im studying taste like shit and cost a bomb compared to the food i had in kampar.
a real watan hor and how it should look like. due to the angle of how this pic is taken, do note that its a bowl and not a plate. again you can see its quite a big bowl and the kueh teow is fried the way i like it, dark with black soy sauce and abit of overfried taste. the watan hor in johor i had are all watery. plus the kueh teow is not even fried enough and the gravy has almost no egg or starch and therefore its all watery and shit. more worse is when i tried to order ying yong (ying yang; which means kueh teow and beehoon), the shop told me they dont serve ying yong but only watan hor. its really a wtf moment right then.
wantan made by my gf. there are actually 2 "batches". first batch are soup wantan, the second batch is fried.
RED SAUCE ON PASTAAAAAAAAAAA!!
lunch!
fried wantan. you can see there are alot of meat in the wantan fillings.
extra wantans and nuggets.
tomyam soup with the typical ingredients.
taters with minced meat in black soy sauce.
so we went to this place somewhere in kampar and i still have no idea what's this place called. its right next to kampar old town. we went there by car, driven by the bf of my gf's friend. who's a rich guy with the typical ah beng modifications on the external and internal look of his car but not what's under the hood. plus he's not good with the clutch and stalled his car a few times during hillclimb. so in the end we have to take a hike up the hill on foot instead. the thing is, another girl friend of my gf has already drove her car up and down that place easily, manual car of course.
close up shot. which made it looks like a real waterfall but infact its not.
same as above.
ahhhh. this place. a disapointment. first of all let me warn you guys not to step into this place. that shop is ran by a bunch of teenagers! A BUNCH OF EMO KIDS!!! seriously, the chef is a kid! i checked! TWICE! and so since the shop is new and me and my gf never went there before so we decided to check it out. at first glance i thought this shop is opened by some thai ppl but damn was i wrong. the moment i stepped into the shop nothing felt siamese. so all the waiters and waitress and the cashier are some fucking school kids with their typical ah beng look for the guys and the typical ugly taiwanese look for the girls. if it wasnt for them serving you you wouldnt even guess they're working there. plus, the menu is not a menu afterall. its just a piece of old and crumpled A4 paper scribbled and graffitied everywhere all over the printed contents. so knowing we've stepping into the wrong shop, we decided to try it out afterall. we ordered some thai food cuz we really wanna see if the restaurant could live up to its name.
we've ordered thai pork rice and tomyam fried rice. the fried rice came, which is nothing near to anything thai or tomyam. then the thai pork rice came, and its pretty fucked up. its practically just minced meat and white rice, plus, its not even much meat to go with the rice.
so we quickly finish our dinner and got out of that place. i rode the bike to behind the shop to see the kitchen just to make sure again and yep. the chef and his helpers were kids. some still wore ah beng clothes and ah beng hairstyle and did the cooking.
the food SUCKS. period.
after we went back to my gf's room, both me and my gf had diarrhea. seriously.
PS: because the food taste so bad and we were only thinking a way to get out of there quick; we forgot to take pictures of the food we ordered. back in the room when i was having diarrhea only did i realize and i was alredy on the verge of taking a pic of what's in the toilet bowl before i flush but decided against it cuz im afraid i'd puke myself and drop my phone or something.
but please please. do not go to this shop if you can. Dont believe me? go try it.
ahh and below is the island red cafe. the condition is just the same like the "kopitiam" in central square, sg petani. where the owner is chinese but everything is handled by malay just because they complain that they too wanted to taste but doesnt want any food or drinks prepared by chinese. so in the end u get a chinese food shop where the food and drinks are served and prepared by malays. but good thing we're not ordering chinese food that day cuz im pretty sure chinese food are not meant to be prepared by them. btw, the menu is just like the "kopitiam"'s menu, or any other typical "kopitiam" typed restaurant or cafe; the price is similiar too. where you pay extra premium for food that cost and tasted much more less.
plus, i've got complains from local students regarding their western food. seems like everyone is complaining how their western food sucks so i didnt order them. plus, it doesnt look appetizing too even in the menu pictures. plus they're unreasonably expensive.
ok so that's the nasi lemak i ordered. RM5.80. its exactly the same nasi lemak ayam rendang where you can get at any mamak stall or malay stall.
tom yam noodle. it seems like they just chuck everything in the kitchen inside. cauliflower, brocolli, serai, leaves, anything, anything and anything. and its very sour and spicy! MJ memorial show was on the tv that time and it(the tomyam noodle) almost make us look like we're crying.
half boiled egg.
ahhhh and the CHICKEN lo bak. halal. sheesh. its like any other halaled non-halal products. where they didnt only taste different. they looked different. sigh. its their idea of chinese food. well, serves them right since they'll never get the chance to enjoy our real chinese food.
and so they've got french toast or roti bakar like any other "kopitiam"s. but then they've got these Arabian Toast. so we wanna try it out. and well. it taste and looked like fried Mi Ku. or maybe its fried Mi Ku afterall and they decided to call it Arabian Toast for malay customers' sake.
and in the end, these 2 pics were taken when im on my way back. its a transnational bus. some club bus or something. the seat itself was fuckingly uncomfortable and not made for tall ppl because the head rest is digging into my neck bone. plus its very very narrow. and then in came these bitches, or actually this bitch cuz she;s the typical type where once she's on the bus she'll adjust her seat to lie down as low as possible, and like its not enough, she'll even adjust the seat of her friend next to hers down to the same position like her. and then she'll talk away like she's at the beach or something but the fact is she's not and she's wrapped up like a wan tan and i dont have any more leg room and was forced to put my leg out on the aisle. damn.
so as usual before dissembling my rig i would take pictures of my usb connection, i didnt know i was using the wrong connections for the past 2 years when i set up my pc for the very first time, no wonder my front usb ports are faulty! the wire connections are suppose to be black, green, white, red. and all this time i had the green and white connectors switched!
the mobo is out again
took this to remember how my hsf fan connectors should be placed.
lol, fans that i'll have to clean.
fans after cleaning. 8 of the fans above are suppose to be in my rig. the leftermost on the second row is a proc hs fan where im gonna install in my bro's rig.
^ ok all these pic above happened on 3 nights ago.
on the very next day, which is the morning of 2 days ago, my parcels arrived! yay! but i was expecting 4 parcels, well nevermind since the most important 3 are here!
they are: 1. the modem that i bought to go with my wifi router
2. the sata dvdrw combo drive for my bro
3. the gigabyte g31m-es2l with active energy saving capabilities. this mobo costed just RM175! like i said in facebook, if you're not going for sli or crossfire then this mobo is the shit! the pic says most of it features, hell the onboard realtek audio could even support up till 8 channel. lol fat that's why i asked u to reconsider upgrading ur comp. @RM175 its even cheaper than what fatty's P4 mobo is selling new right now!
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4. ahh finally after a couple of hour or maybe less, the final parcel reached. well its just an adsl splitter with microfilter, yep, grade A shit.
ahhhh, the intel e8600 proc... i always wanted an e8400 but i never thought in the end i got e8600. and yup its a used cpu. OEM summore that means maybe its 3rd hand or more. but its cheap! plus no matter how old it is it'll still be newer and more powerful and, a super overclocker compared to my e6750. well i dont know if ive mentioned here before this i was going for a quaddie, the q9550. but the q9550 will draw more power and im afraid my psu couldnt cope with it. plus the price of the q9550 is around the price of an intel core i7! so i guess when the time i wanted to change to a quaddie or more is the time when i finally change my whole rig, but not now yet. not yet.
the e8600 placed and locked into my mobo socket!
ahhhh finally i get to take the front view of my monstorious gpu. lol this is to fatty: look at this beauty!; lol he used to send me a sms back then. btw this baby is very long, longer than the width of my mobo, plus its heavy too. i read in forums most ppl couldnt fit this gpu in their casing because the hdd bay would be blocking it. but thanks to my capalang casing there's no standard dimension for my casing and there's no special hdd bay or whatsoever so this gpu fits nicely in. but the only thing is now it blocks the air flow of my casing. plus its sitting right below of my north bridge and right on top of my south bridge! during load time this thing could go as high as 80C or more and that is not a good thing cuz my south bridge and northbridge will be affected too! plus it will be sucking up all the cool air which is suppose to go to my cpu hsf area and that too will cause my cpu to heat up too. without third part cooling solution this gpu is practically a radiator during gaming. my whole room feels like a sauna. damn. there is a cooler for this gpu but there's only one, yes only ONE in malaysia. its the arctic cooling accelero gtx280 extreme. one lyn forumer got it free from AC because AC sent to her for review, yes, its a her. after reviewing, she sold it to another damn quick buyer forumer before i could offer her. so there goes.
^ i did it for the lulz. haha, actually i taped all the places that have air cracks to minimize the dust going inside the case. yep, the front bay including the cdrom is also being taped. now it looks ugly and cheap.
RIG building guide:
ok coming up next since im building the new rig for my bro i'll take this oppurtunity to do a short brief guide regarding how to set up a computer. do note that my way of building a rig may be different.
^ there you go first you'll have an empty casing. the first thing i would do is to install the psu first. (if u know me then u'll know that the reason why i install the psu first is because on my other rig, if i dont install the psu first, i'll have to remove all my fans and my motherboard before i could place in the psu) so there u go.
next, the motherboard, or mobo.
^ always, always always always read the manual first before u assemble anything! the mobo manual is a very informative and one should always read as inside u'll get to know your mobo layout, block diagrams, installation guides, installation precautions, bios setup, features and etc. read it, go, do it. actually what im about to tell you below is the exact thing what a manual would tell you to do so its always the best to read the manual than to follow what i do cuz the manual may be better than my way. but i've read enough manuals to know what should i do so i'll just do it my way.
ps: again, please refer to the manual. i will not be responsible if any of u follow my steps and screwed up ur computer.
^ ok, next is to get the mobo out from the anti-static bag. but before that, make sure your body and hands are properly grounded. any static charge could fry your motherboard. seriously i know this. cuz i used to fry an ic with my fingers during my digital project so these stuffs are seriously sensitive to static and electric charges. make sure u work at a static free and properly grounded workplace when ure dealing with mobo!
^ after removing the protective socket cover you should be able to raise the cpu socket lever and open up the metal load plate. but make sure no dust particles drop in the socket area!
^ ahhh. the cpu, actually, its my old e6750. well, its not old. its almost like new! im passing it to my bro.
^ hold and lift the cpu with your thumb and index fingers. there are notches on the cpu and along the socket area so you should be able to know which position the cpu should be placed!
please note! there is only one position should the proc be placed or you will damage the proc or the mobo if u close the load plate!
please refer to the manual again! i will not be responsible if u fucked up ur comp.
^ once the cpu is in place, close the metal load plate and push the socket lever back to its locked position.
next we'll go to how to install the stock hsf and applying thermal paste, or tim.
^ i'll be using the stock intel cooler (yes, its my e6750 stock hsf) and for the thermal paste, i'll be using the tuniq tx-2.
^ there are alot of ways to apply tim on the hsf. as you can see, stock intel hsf came with 3 bars of tim as you can still clearly see in the pic (the 3 darker patches) even after i've cleaned the surface. and do take note too that different design of hsf make have to use different technique of tim applying. say, like for my case, im using a heatpipe direct touch hsf so i have to apply tim the different way. if ure hardworking you can google and search for the best and most efficient ways to apply tim on different types of hsf.
well, for stock intel hsf, since its base is a round flat circle. a tiny dot of tim in the middle should do the job. actually in the pic above, i think i've applied too much tim too since too much tim is always not adviceable because exessive tim would go to waste and may problably decrease the heat transfer efficiency. again, please google for better answers and results.
^ next is too install the hsf to the mobo on top of the proc. well, for intel stock hsf, they're using the push pin design. this method is too simple and too complicated to explain here. your mobo manual will teach you how to do it, your intel manual will teach you how to do it too! its just the matter of push, click, and turn. a (or 2) flat screwdriver(s) would make this job easier.
PS: please read your manuals for this part as im not providing enough info on this!
personally after changing to third party hsf i now know the cons of push pin design. first of all, its not secure. once any push pins failed, or if the push pin got broken (since its only plastic) then your hsf is gone. second, since it is push pin design, there wont be enough pressure on the proc area compared to mounting kits with screws. plus, if u were to move your cpu casing around if any one of these push pins came loose it would post a danger to your mobo or any of ur peripherals in ur comp. one more thing regarding proc hsf, always push down the pins or secure the screws in a diagonal way. yep, diagonal, not side to side or clockwise or anticlockwise or whatever, but, diagonal.
^ ahhh my old adata dual kit.
^ rams are easier to install, but it may require some pressure to get it in place. just make sure both white clips at the end of the socket are open before u insert your ram (a Must do!). then check the notch on your ram and on the socket (a Must check!). the notch on the ram should be in place with the notch on the socket so there is only One orientation how the rams should be placed, not the other way round!
once the ram is in place, push down the ram to insert it vertically into the memory socket. the white clips at both ends of the socket should snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted.
PS: please refer to the manual on how to instal a memory! i will not be responsible for any damage done to your ram or your mobo!
btw, regarding dual channel. <-- please google this as im lazy to explain here. it technically and practically doubles up your memory bandwidth. which is a good thing! it will be one noticeable thing when you're going for memory upgrades. but both ram modules should be the same (same chip same design same same same everything) in order for dual channel to work. please, google for this to know more.
^ next, the back panel plate.
^ you should be able to make out which holes are for which part. please refer to you mobo back panel connectors layout to be sure. normally the top(in this pic it will be the left) 2 will be the holes for your ps2 connectors and the lowest part(in pic, it should be the right side) should be your audio jacks.
^ now move your mobo inside your casing! this is a simple yet difficult procedure to explain here. again, you'll have to be carefull not to scatch or drop your mobo in this process.
actually from here onwards there are some mistakes i did. and no it wont do any harm to your comp but it may make your rig building harder.
a note to remember (to myself too!):
1. try to connect the power/reset/hdd led/power led connectors first before you start to put in other peripherals like hdd, etc. after the power/reset/etc connectors are connected, try to connect the usb connectors next!
2. and then, try to install the front intake fan before you install your hdd as your hdd may block or hinder your job to install the front intake fan.
ok, i'll continue with what i did that day.
^ after placing and securing the mobo inside the case, i continue with installing the sata dvdrw combo drive.
^ i was halfway installing my hdd when i realize i havent install the front intake fan yet! this was my first mistake; as you can see the hdd was actually blocking the way to install the fan.
^ after the front intake fan was installed i continued installing the hdds.
^ yeah i know, who still use ide hdd nowadays? well, for this we'll have to blame fatty because of him not wanting to sell his sata 1TB hdd to me, my bro had to stick with ide hdd. ide hdd could be a pain during installation because of the wide cable connector. its so wide it could easily get in the way of any wiring and blocks case airflow! plus its hard to connect and install compared to sata connectors!
^ the rear exhaust fan.
^ the extra usb ports.
^ ah!, this is the second mistake i did! cuz u see, these power/reset/led connectors were suppose to be the first to connect to the mobo but i did it last! now u see the ide cable is blocking my way, the sata cable is blocking my way, the psu molex cable is blocking my way, so i had some trouble putting the correct connectors to the correct pins.
so next time, connect these power/reset/led connectors in first before anything else. well cant blame me too cuz i was expecting these pins to be at the bottom of the mobo but it didnt! my bad for not reading the manual properly before assembling the pc.
^ so finally its done! (and before that, do remember to put all your casing panels back unless you wan an open case cooling solution! XD) yep, the rig lacks of cable management as you can see cables and wires are dangling here and there. cable management is important as it will affect the airflow of your case. again i'll leave that field to you guys to go google or go lyn to learn more about it. cable management.
^ and finally, put your os cd/dvd into the drive and format your hdd, install os and ure good to go! done!
ok that's about how i set up my rig and my bro's rig. if you guys have any inquiries please feel free to drop me a comment or come to lyn to find me. heck, lyn itself is a huge database about comp and everything else.
thanks for reading and cheers!
indonesia immigration. damn slow and crowded
uhm, airport meet & greet, the whole bunch of them each holding up their greeting banners! well, our tour guide was one of em.
^ 2 pics above: Javanese food.
the flying gourami
ahh, finally, the cock opener of the trip, luckily my cousin did took a pic of him afterall! just look at his face, this is the typical "kiam pak" face. damn, his attitude, his tone of speech, his characters is damn kiam pak too, even sound like one. the whole trip he was trash talking and didnt even enjoy bali. worse, he's trying to influence my lil cousin brother by asking my him(my cousin bro) to do stupid things, daring him to do useless boring stunts. taunting him, etc. he's the one who went to bali and said the bali atmosphere sucks, he's the one who went to bali and wanted to look for supermarkets or malls and spend his day there, he's the one who said bali food sucks and vouched for chinese food, he's the fucktard that ruin my trip mood., no not mine, he ruined my family's mood. actually i couldve write the whole story about him and what he did and said the whole trip but it is just too much. he obviously doesnt like bali and didnt even enjoyed this trip. well serves him right. and to top it off can u guys guess who this guy is?
he is the husband of Lee Li Chin, the gkm moral or something in sin min.
the barong dance, and during this peformance the fucktard above was bored to hell and started trash talking again, he even made stupid boring jokes where he laugh out loud by himself. afterthat during the peformance he went up ahead and go behind stage while the show is still on. he was going to go behind stange and go on stage when the staffs and peformers behind stage stopped him. damn fucktard he is, the whole peformance was watched by foriegners, tourists, etc and damn he was trowing the shame on us!
ok, above 2 u are seeing how the world's most expensive coffee is processed. the kopi luwak, or luwak coffee. you can google this. yep, its the world's most expensive coffee.
ok, here u can see the so-called luwak, civet cat, or MUSANG as what we malaysian would normally call it. wanna know why kopi luwak is the world's most expensive coffee? cuz these coffee beans came out from the rectums of these musangs before they cleaned it and serves u the coffee. lol. seriously. it was said that the coffee beans that went tru the digestive system of these musangs that made the coffee bean superb. that's why u see the cage floor is opened so they can collect the shit/coffee bean that came out from these animals.
indonesian beer!
^ balinese meal
^ chinese, that's why u can see noodles and tofu and stuffs. who the hell would go all the way to bali and just to eat chinese food?
^ indonesian meal
^ ok, all these above is the place Uluwatu. hell, i guess this is the best place in bali if ure going for the scenery. i would highly recommend anyone of u guys going bali to go here. shit. its a MUST! it shouldnt be missed. and u know what? at first we almost never get our chance to visit Uluwatu just because the fucktard above rejected the idea of visiting Uluwatu. the tour guide was giving us the choice where to go and he was against it and insisted that we go supermarket or to dempasar or something. that's why u can see he's not happy in the group picture wherelse everyone is enjoying and smilling away! he claimed that uluwatu is nothing and boring. damn.
ya like i said, actually for each and everypic that me and my cousin siss took, i can tell a story about him.
and last but not least, pics of dicks. at first i was planning to get some as souviniors for u guys (fat, fatty, koay) and my housemates but come to think about it, i'll have to buy more than ten of them and i wonder if im able to pass the custom or not. so in the end i just got one for myself. the keychains of these dicks cost just 3000 Rp. the more bigger the size the more it costs. they have dick keychains, dick beercan openers, and some other dick carvings.
ah! almost forgot, we had this fish for dinner during one of the nights in bali in a taiwanese restaurant. yea, we're suppose to go to a balinese restaurant and thanks to the fucktard, we end up in a taiwanese restaurant instead.
ps: it doesn even taste or felt like fish. more of like sotong, and during that time no one know what fish are we eating and no one likes it (some said its sotong, some said its chicken, some said its frog "water chicken") so the whole plate was left and i was the only one eating it away. and then the Maître d' came and asked us how is it and no one likes it, then she, yea, its a she. then she said its a very big fish and very expensive, she said normally ppl called it mambo fish. once they (u know old ppl lar) heard its an expensive fish they all stared to grab one and eat, but yea, just one, as to say that they've alrady eaten an expensive fish. but in the end its me who have to gobble up the rest too.
had they know what fish they are eating at then i guess they all wouldve puked out.
i did a wiki search and found out that this fish is the ocean sunfish. suppose to be the largest bony fish on earth, bony fish as in fishes that have bones. yep, shark doesnt have bones, sharks have cartilages instead of bones. whales on the other hand, is not fish but mamal. and the skin of this ocean sunfish could be as thick as 3 inches, so what we had that night was the meat. well wiki also said that this fish is a delicacy in Taiwan, japan and korea. but the european union bans this fish. well we chinese on the other hand, eat each and everypart of the fish from head to fins to the bones. this fish doesnt have a physical tail so it swims with its dorsal and ventral fins. well u guys could do a google search for this fish to know more.
and ya, its the "fan che yu" in mandrin. (toppled car fish)
i didnt even know we could eat them in the first place.
me: hey, fatty got bro or not?
fat: little
me: got?
fat: 1 little bro
me: how old is he?
fat: not sure
me: how come we never heard him mention bout it?
fat: cause he's a dictator
fat: he restricts his bro in gaming
fat: dick
fat: tator
me: damn
me: he told me he got no bro
fat: nazi
fat: mousolini
me: wtf? mousolini?
guess what's fat doing with his hand under that blankie..
wolverine's Adamantium aint so hard afterall.
second pic is actually a bailey, and there's one more hard liqour in the fridge which i didnt snapshot of.
hahaha, finally i could show of the pic of my rig with my monster gpu inside! :proud:
i mean, what the fuck, what's wrong with the mentality of most of them? its so obvious these ppl do not want to accept something new, something more efficient, something that's already proved more superior and more ergonomic than what we currently had now.
let me give u some examples, car. most malaysians mentality is so easily influenced by what the salesman said. that's how honda became so successful in malaysia.
so yesterday my girlfriend's electric hot plate broke down and now we're deciding whether to get another new one or to get an induction cooker. we went around the new town and the old town going into each and every electrical appliances shop to look at each and every hotplates and induction cookers.
so we're back at our room and the first thing my girlfriend did was go to search for brands of induction cooker. hell i dont even think she even mind if it was even an induction cooker or not. all she ever cared was the brand.
brand brand brand, that's the problem with most malaysians. all they ever cared was what others talk or feel about the brand. they dont even care if it was a quality product or not, hell they dont even care what the product is! all they;d ever cared was the fucking brand, as long as its not a malaysian brand, or, their other felow friends said its a good brand then they'll assume its a good brand.
so the first thing i did was go look up how actually an induction cooker works. the theory, the history, the pro and cons, the efficiency, the safety etc. i even went back to the basics of induction heating, which is suppose to have something to do with the subject im taking this sem, or infact, already taken this sem, EMT, electromagnetic theory.
...apparently the induction cooker is a new way of cooking for the future... (that's during the 80s, so i guess the article refers to Now). its more efficient, more clean and more safe compared to gas or hot plate cooking. in fact, its the best among these 3.
so i tried my best to tell my gf what i know about induction cookers but her attitude disapponts me.
apparently she had a few bad experiences with induction cookers where those cheap or cap ayam brand induction cookers would revert back to its previous heating mode when the mode is already changed. so i tried to explain that to her too that different models and brands had different makes and design; i told her i never had prob with the one my aunt owned and guess what she replied me? she told me my aunt's induction cooker is for steamboat only, and what she used is for cooking...
i was like, wth, obviously she doesnt even know how and induction cooker work, i dont even think she know what induction cooker is. well im lazy to explain what an induction cooker is all over again so i hope u guys could really go google for yourself. please do.
i tried my best try to let her know, tried to explain to her about induction cookers and in the end she phoned back to ask opinion from her mom and her mom asked her not to buy one. cuz according to her mom's friends, they said induction cooker "Not nice to use" (translated literally from mandrin/hokkien).
so there you go again, the friend-say-good-friend-say-no-good mentality of malaysians. this situation is same with the old-thing-good-new-thing-bad mentality too.
like how french cars are unpopular in malaysia because foreman and salesman say they're bad. because spare parts are hard to get, because french cars are different, blablablablabla. so in the end malaysian concluded that tiara is bad. that's why tiara is so unpopular and even failed to impress malaysian.
if u know top gear then u'd probably kno who jeremy clarkson is. i dont really watch much of that show but i've seen him test driving a few of malaysian cars. one of them is the kelisa. in fact what he did was he just got to take a u turn with the car and he came down, because the car is not even worth his time to even Test DRIVE it. and to prove that, he took a sledgehammer and wreck the kelisa down. ever see clarkson bash the tiara? nope, cuz he knows very well the proton tiara is infact the citroen ax. and he knows very well tiara is actually a french car.
i know to most/all malaysian, when given the choice to choose between tiara and kelisa, they'd surely pick the kelisa. why? because the others would surely do the same.
anyway i couldnt cut this photos down to the lower part of this entry so iguess i'll just write it here.
well what u see here is actualy a handphone. yup. a handphone. its from a company named "neonode".
just incase u want more info you could google for it or wikipedia about it. there should be more pictures of it.
well basically its a touchphone. there's a 2mp fixed focus camera in it, mp3, vids, etc etc whatever, for just around RM400+ i think it's quite reasonable and somewhat cool. affordable what?
but my fren here think its untrendy and uncool. there're only twice i see him using it, then its in his drawer for the rest of the sem. seems like its not popular because when you use it ppl doesnt even know ure using a phone. well, just my 2 cents.
btw my friend got this phone from his dad's company or something. seems like they're still beta testing it in malaysia. or i could be wrong.
well, there's the article here, http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/235/1035235/gigabyte-p35-board-fails-emi-tests
but after googling around i found this pula; http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2007/09/27/motherboards_not_passing_emi_tests/1
seems like its some competitor's tactics to bring gigabyte's sales down. anyway im using this particular mobo, the very first revision summore! and its fine so far, no any major problems or whatsoever. unless im slowly experiencing some gene mutation which im not aware of. XD
and this is some wire dog made my my housemate. actually im suppose to post this 4 days ago but im too lazy that time. anyway here they are.
an EMC center, where our prof (my EMT lectr) claimed there's only two in malaysia. and this is the second EMC center in our U (actualy i think they're gonna shift the old EMC center in our U to this one). from what i know or heard from him this is suppose to be some multimillion project and that's why in malaysia not many ppl wanna do this and thus the only 2 centers in the whole country, and the following pics showed how the emc test chamber looked like inside, where again our prof claimed that this chamber is currently the more modern one compared to the other emc center in malaysia, so here in our U we've the only chamber with the modern emc technology. well, looking at those cones reminds me of how my uncle's music room looked like. shit, too bad that time i never payed any interest in those stuffs, i shouldve take some pictures. its an impressive sight. there're cones, spheres, cylinders, etc etc in that music room. its exactly like entering a space ship. hey glacial, do you happen to have pics of xiaokuchang's music room?
homemade nuggets!
Homemade Tomyam too! no tomyam stocks or paste were used.
preparing the cheese-filled chicken chop! niceee
to reply to ice glacial's enquiry:
haha, yup, its like normal chicken chop but before that you take the cheese and put it on the chicken, roll the chicken up so the cheese is filled inside. then dip the chicken into beaten egg and then into fried chicken powder or jagung powder, make sure everything is covered up so that when you deep fry the chicken the cheeze dont come oozing out from the chicken and become wasted.
well to make use of the remaining beaten eggs i added cheese and onions and black pepper to it, fried it and wrap it up on the cheese-filled chicken chop! nice1111
Westlake Gardens
mac again
the day when sushi king is offering everying on the conveyor belt for rm2 each. gotta wait nearly 2hours before it was our turn to go in.
Trip #1, westlake gardens.
to avoid confusion. my previous post was just a way of me to channel my anger and disatisfaction. im perfectly fine now and shit i must admit, yes, there are indeed alot of other groups who were better and far more advance than my lousy water level sensor. im only against the fucktard who won with his mouth, not all the other groups who were there that day.
in the end, i would like to thank my team again.
thanks!
below shows the exhibition for our digital subject. so in each sections all the students should group up and create one product that has to do with digital theory.
below shows the final product of my group (man am i proud of them, i mean my group members, its been quite some time since i socialize with ppl other than my housemates). its suppose to be a water level sensor. oh what the heck, i'll brief about my product like i briefed during the exhibition.
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ok, this here is a water level sensor with 7 level of water level detection. oh ya, and equiped with led and buzzer too to indicate when its empty and when its full. what make us different from all the other groups is that we will be using an encoder and a decoder to display the water levels to the 7 segment display.
as you can see im using the 74series of IC for all my IC in this product [74LS148 (8-lines to 3-lines priority encoder), 74LS47 (BCD to 7-segment decoder / display driver), and 74LS00 (a NAND gate)]. they're less static sensitive compared to 40series or any other CMOS type IC. 74LS series are TTL type IC and they would only operate at only 5v dcc supply. and that's the reason why im using a pc psu (red wire +5V) to power up my circuit instead of 9V batteries or so on. plus, 74LS series is the main series used by our U and all the reference and truth tables and operations are inside our subject modules, i did prepared the datasheets of each IC and component. *we spend almost nothing on the parts and components for this circuit as all the components on this circuit could be applied free in our U.
ok now i'll demonstrate how our product work. so when the resovoir is empty the readings should be 0 and the red led and the buzzer should be on, to indicate that its empty. and so as we pour water inside the resevoir the water level would rise, so would the 7-segment display. the red led and buzzer would be off once the water level go pass 0, to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. after 7, the green led and the buzzer would be on, this time to indicate that the resevoir is full.
ok, the water level detection is only one kind of way where we could use this circuit for, because of time constraint water level detection is the fastest and the simplest way we could come up with using this this circuit. with the concept of encoders (where they provide priority decoding of the inputs to ensure that only the highest order data line is encoded. to put it in simple terms, only one state of input is taken), the sensor part could be modified or changed, say to a pressure sensor, or waterflow sensor, or whatever sensors or input which would meet the requirements of priority encoder. as for the output, we could hook it up to other systems instead of red or green leds or buzzers. it could be connected to another control system to continue what to do next. hell, this circuit itself could be cascaded to show more digital number outputs if i wanted to.
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well, that's probably how my presentation goes, at first it should be my other group members that would be presenting. but in the end i guess i'll do the job since its me who designed the circuit and therefor i should know better just incase the judge panel decided to ask something else or something regarding the components i use (which they did). there are 6 panel judges, but each group would be evaluated by 4 from the 6 randomly.
the thing about water level sensors is, there are quite a few groups doing the same thing. well, i guess everyone is buying the same hobby kit. well to tell the truth, i did too. but the hobby kit is spoiled by the time i reach home to try it out. the kit cost around rm28, which is too expensive for what it offers. first of all, its using a inferior 40series NAND gate IC. its only then i went reading about 40series and 74series as suggested by weipin. its only then i found out about the difference between CMOS and TTL. turns out 40series is a CMOS and they're freakingly sensitive to static. and for the same reason that's how my hobby kit went kaput the moment i tried to assemble it on a breadboard.
lateron i found out about the different voltage supply each family of IC need. for 40series, they could take in from 5V to 20V or more if im not wrong; while a 74series could take only 5V. anything more could fry the IC. plus, its not recommended to mix families of different IC in a circuit because;1st, different family of IC requires different voltage to operate; 2nd to cascade different family of IC, step up resistors or step down resistors are needed; plus, a 40series could only be fan out to one 74series while a 74series could fan out to 50 IC of 74series or vice versa or whatever shit. gotta refer back the document, i forgot bout it already.
shit, anyway my group mate has been buggin me to update my site quick so i'll write this fast. i've been writing for the whole day now and i still havent publish and update my blog yet.
so shit happens when at the end of the exhibition, there are 15 groups that will get awarded for being the best 15. turns out among the groups that were doing water level sensors, the only group that doesnt demonstrate their product using water won that award. and that's the same fucking group that had issues with my group before this when i decided to do water level sensor. the group won with the filthy mouth of their leader. a fucktard.
apparantly he found his circuit online while i went buying a hobby kit. i think there are 3 or 4 more groups doing the same thing. i mean, they bough the same hobby kit from the only shop in town which is selling these kits. but there's one similiarity between all these kits and the guy who "found" his circuit online. all these circuits were using 40series IC. which its cons i've already mentioned above.
so this guy came to my group and try to stir a fight. he's bosiok cuz he claimed that its his hardwork he went online to find a circuit and DO a circuit while we just go and buy a hobby kit. i explained nicely to him about my hobby kit is spoiled and i'll be using only the idea of the kit, not the kit itself, i'll have to redesign and use other families of IC. after that day and i hope and thought everything was resolved.
story goes like this; this guy is doing water level sensors too, he found his circuit online from online hobby kit database, but he claimed its HIS idea and HIS design. then without knowing he is doing the same thing, i went to buy another water level sensor hobby kit cuz we had to change our circuit twice already and our lecturer is still not happy with it, so i resort to buying a hobby kit to solve it once and for all. had i know this fucker is doing the same thing i'd have go with other hobby kits.
turns out the hobby kit functions the same way as what that guy is doing. in fact, its using the same 40series IC. the circuit design is very simple, there are only two states of outputs, either its full, or empty. i saw the circuit diagram and i understand that we could connect more leds to show more water level. so typically for a NAND IC, there will be 4 NAND gates inside. and so there will be 4 output for 4 water levels. and if we want more, the simple modification we could do is add in another NAND gate, so there'll be 8 different output for 8 different water levels.
but from what i could see in today's exhibition, none of the groups that are doing water levels modified or changed their hobby kit. so there you go, 3 or more groups of ppl having water level sensor with 4 or less leds indicator....
i brought the concept of the original hobby kit further. instead of using 40Series IC, i decided to go with 74LS series since its abundant supplies in our uni. and instead of just using NAND gates or AND gates or NOT gates i decided to try out the 74LS148 priority encoder as suggested by weipin (credit goes to him for suggesting it to me!) as it suits my needs more. then i'll need a display driver or a decoder to decode the output of my encoder so that it could be displayed on a 7-segment display unit. and to spice things up abit i hook another line to the zero level and the full level so that my circuit could determine when its empty or when its full. in fact like i said i could even choose which level to extend out to another control system if i wanted to. but afterall the ideas are all there. the concept are all displayed on the circuit i did.
i explained what i wanted to explain to all the panel judges. i told them what other uses my circuit could apply to i show them why i wanted to use the 74LS series. but from the 4 panel judges that evaluated my group. i think only 2 of them understands what im explaining about. one even liked the idea of using a computer psu, he's our class lecturer himself. the other 2 are women lecturers, and i could really see that both of them dont even know what a 74LS series IC is when they(74LSseries) are the only family of IC our university uses. they're blank when i told them about 74LS series, they're blank when i told them i'll be needing only and only 5V. because they had this bias mindset that those doing water level sensors bought their circuits from hobby kits, which would affect the group evaluation as originality and creativity is involved here. lecturers knew the existence of hobby kits and they dont like it when students bought them.
so in the end this fucking guy won the award. which im really pissed off at. first of all, from what i heard from my friends (actually its what we heard from his gf) his circuit has only four outputs. which means, 4 leds. before this i was doing leds and when i found out he is doing leds too i change to 7-segment display.
it was only till yesterday i heard again that he too, change to 7-segment display, but still with only 4 outputs. that'll explain the NAND or AND gates he will be using. but im positive he's using 40Series cuz this morning he tried to "scare" our group by telling us stuffs like one should understands about the circuits and components we use, then he mention something about going up till 18V and all.. etc. that's when i know he's still using 40Series, and, he doesnt even understand the families of IC at all.
he's the only group presenting water level sensors without using any water at all. hell, his product wasnt even switched on at all. and he give all sorts of reasons to the evaluators like how its troublesome to bring water to demonstrate, how its troublesome to pour water in, pour water out, calibrate, etc. all reasons. but still, his demonstrations were all words, no action. his product is off at all time, and his resovoir is dry.
here's my guess.
he's using a 40Series IC all these while without even knowing what's the cons of using one. he's either using AND or NAND or whatever gate and that explain the only 4 led outputs. then the sudden change to 7-segment display. and then today he presented with the circuit OFFat all times and NOT a single drop of water is used. he just talk and brag and talk and bullshit all the way long with that mouth of his. and in the end he WON the award?
Did you even went to the extend of bribing all the panels my boy? what the fuck is wrong with the attitude of yours and the filthy mouth? and during the evaluation you even came to my group to wreck the morale of my group. you even brag by saying that in your group there's only ONE brain at work and its unfair when my group has SEVEN.
well, let me tell you what, here's my reply
FUCK YOU, and then FUCK YOU again. you dont even understand what a group project is. fuck. its called GROUP project for a reason. and from the way i look and know you, in your group if there's only ONE brain of yours at work then its no other better than NO BRAIN at all.
awww.. why doesnt your circuit work or why didnt you even use any water when ur product is water level sensor?
is it because your 40Series IC is fried?
ohhh. noo, wait, probably you dont even know you're using a 40Series CMOS. and then suddenly u knew my group was using 7 segment and u decided to follow?
but then how do you connect a 7 segment to that 40series you are using?
oh wait, how about active low or active high?
oh wait, what is a display driver?
oh, common-anode or common-cathode display unit?
oh fuck you're so fucked. i bet u even try to mix families of IC up without even knowing what you're doing.
even my final product was more interesting than what you have there with a plastic tuppurware and polysterene where you claim you would use them as "float sensor" when you couldnt even demonstrate how! now wtf is that?
my group mates went to the trouble of not sleeping too to design the final product you see below and in the end you bought the evaluators' trust with that mouth of yours eh? i went to see your demonstration, and you only demo with your mouth. now answer me, can you show me again how your polystrene sensors work in real water again? fuck i bet you cant. cuz it never worked.
when the evaluators asked why are you not demonstrating your product with water, you gave them reasons; and they asked why other groups could manage? and what did you say? you said my group has the time, and you dont. fucking brilliant answer i say. fuck you.
fuck. i've always despised you when i first saw you. the way you talk and yor attitude is a fucking give away that ure a fucktard.
in fact i've never even fought so much for anything to do with academics. i dont even care so much when anything has to do with academics.
but fuck this time im fucking pissed and disappointed.
the reason why i wrote all these is that i am, really really really disappointed.
i am.
i let my group mates down.
ya
im the group leader.
shit.
its my first time in my life so far being a group leader.
shit.
its my first time ever doing something so seriously and taking it so seriously.
its my first time designing and building a circuit.
i really did my best. but i know its still not good enough. fuck. for someone who could win with only his mouth.
fuck.
i had sleepless days doing and designing my circuts.
fuck.
i did everything for the sake of being a leader and for the sake of my groumates.
shit.
in the end i would just like to thank all my group mates. its been fun with you guys. its like i almost had a new social life other than my housemates.
Thank you all, you guys've been great with the work.
and
im sorry.
thanks. cheers.
these events happened chronically from a few months ago to a few minutes ago (top oldest). im lazy to caption all the pictures, you guys go figure what happen. enquire at the comment box. thank you.
so we've decided to make sandwich for tea.
honey baked ham, damn expensive! four slices (100g) for RM4!
the ingredients we used! (eggs, mayonnaise, black pepper, olive butter, etc) actually, these were the only things available at the time. it'd be better if we'd have some pickles or some green to go with it.
frying the ham, sprinkle some black pepper on top.
the bread was spread with olive butter and fried for a while.
next, the omelette.
after that, cheese and then, tada! done!
oh wait wait!, before the cheese!, mayonnaise tuna was spread on the ham!
now, its done!
there you go, some yummy sandwich!
we've got olive butter on it, then mayonnaise tuna, then the honey baked ham,
then the omelette,
and cheese!
somehow the whole thing reminds me of our sp "bang chang kuih"; maybe because the combination of tuna with ham. but the sandwich is nice afterall.. too bad i couldnt have these kinda food back in johore.
another thing nice bout kampar is the food, compared to johore where i stayed, food here in kampar is damn more cheaper and more variety than johore. in johore at my place, minimum price for a dish is RM4, RM3.50 if u wanna eat plain, very very plain fried rice or fried noodle. but normally for a meal you'll have to spend minimum up till RM5. according to my gf, RM5 she could pay for her two meals a day here in kampar! jeez!
then they have no chinese hawker food like what they served here in kampar, hell, i dont think they could serve any food better and tastier than any of the food here. right here in kampar i could enjoy good food at good price. now im starting to dread the food in johore...
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/2008/11/yngwie-malmsteen-perpetual-lame.html
well, just thought this would interest leong. XD
currently im very happy with the card but one thing about it that bugs me is the temp. on load / gaming it could hit 80 degrees Celsius. i know its normal for high end cards to run at this temp but i gues im still not used to high degrees. during gaming itself would make my whole casing very hot. my mobo and my cpu are affected by the temp of this gpu and thus resulted in their rise of temps too. third party cooling system for this particular card is available this month but i guess i'll reconsider after next sem, or maybe next year, or at least till the warranty wears out first.
but i guess sooner or later i'll probably get a new psu. if, of course, if i got the funds. i've been thinking of changing my proc too but because of some "inconvenience" that plan was cancelled. i was suppose to change my gpu an cpu at the same time but end up changing gpu only for the time being.
but lately gaming on my new gpu itself is enough to satisfy me. im even addicted to a game where i used to hate before. so i guess i could still live with my old proc; i've been trying to push it further but it just wont get stable past 425FSB no matter what clock or voltage settings i've used. i guess in the end its my mobo which is limiting my oc afterall. so like i said, an upgrade in gpu itself has ended making me feel like wanting to update my whole system.
btw enough geek talk
so we've been playing l4d in our house on expert settings to the point that we felt bored playing the game anymore. but yesterday i've downloaded custom maps and custom campaigns. im currently in kampar now and my rig is still in johore, will try those new maps and campaigns out once i go back there again.
btw found these screenshots in lowyat forums;
enjoy
i wanted to upload photos, but my line is still not stable enough for that.
btw, i've got 10 fans in my rig for quite some time now. just abit report of my FANaticsm.
now my proc will run idle at 30+C (depends on room temp too) and at full stress it never even reach 60c.
the reason why ppl do oc is because they wanna get more bandwidth, they wanna push things more, want to get more out of it.. etc
in the end it could be jsut... i dont know.. maybe its just because it is capable of.
trbt is best in his electronics but he could never understand all these. and he never wanted to. he would laugh or make comments about the stuffs i do to my comp but when i tried to explain he would just not listen or believe. its the same as the rest of my other housemates.
wherelse i've got one housemate which i mentioned before, he's got a better rig than mine. he's got a better and powerfull psu than mine, he's got a better newer mobo than mine, he's got a more kickass gpu than mine, he's got better all-alluminium casing, good fans, all sleeveing of wires and cable management all done by himself. he's got one kickass hsf, kickass razor mouse, keyboards, headphones, bigger screen than me, etc etc;
why? its because im not as rich as him? or what? even when i bought an extra fan my housemates were laughing at me, when i change my hsf, they laugh harder. shit.
i never liked circuit theories or electrical or electronics. i dont like the thermodynamics that's taught in school too.
but i know about computers; especially my own.
thank you.
so finally today i recieve the fan i've ordered. actually i ordered the thermal paste and the fan on the same day at the same time, the thermal paste reach me on the second day while the seller of the fan requested that he'll send me the fan after 3 days, so in the end i'll have to wait 5 days before the fan reach. (i bought my another fan from him previously and that took 11 days to reach me. jeez.)
it was before and after lunch when i started my work.
here you see im trying to make a push-pull config for my cpu hsf, that is, one fan will blow onto the heatsink while the other will pull air out from the heatsink.
but first i'll have to remove the mounting screws...
with the tiny little spanar there...
finally i could take picturs of my rams...
as i can see, previously i've applied too much thermal paste on my hsf (the whole tube!! i know alot of lyn forumers gonna laugh at this; my housemate didnt even ask me not to apply all too! afterall it was my first time appling thermal paste. luckily i decided to change thermal paste and adding fans, imagine what all those paste leak would become after years...), and now its a mess.
yup, it leaked till it went tru the proc bracket... not a good thing.
my proc! after i cleaned it!
intel e6750 G0 stepping... not as oc fun as the E0 e8400, tho i never tried oc on any other proc before.
heheh... my double fan hsf...
top view!
other views...
the proclaimed best thermal paste ever. bah. i tried it out, results were just kinda the same. dunno... it costed RM18... maybe next time i'll try artic silver termal paste, the type with real silver inside, dunt know how much those will cost tho... hehehe. but it'll be quite some time before i finish this tube of tx2.
my initial settings of my fans. i hooked the front cpu intake fan to the "SYSTEM fan" connector while the rear exhaust cpu fan to the "CPU fan" connector. (before this when i was only having one fan on my cpu, it was connected to the "CPU fan" connector. my mobo has only 2 PWM connectors; the "CPU fan" and the "SYSTEM fan". since i've got 2 PWM fans now i decided to interchange the fan connectors and see how it goes)
at idle the front fan never really reaches 1k rpm while the rear fan spins at a whopping near to 3k rpm!
because my rear cpu fan is connected to the "CPU fan" connector, during cpu load times it could spin up to 5k rpm! and its almost like a jet engine inside my cpu.
whereas the front cpu fan which is hooked up to the "SYSTEM fan" connectors only spins up to 2k plus rpm during load times. (i suspect its the pressure from the rear fan that makes the front fan to spin faster too, not the voltage that cause it to spin up... ::sweat::; since the "SYSTEM fan" changes its PWM according to the northbridge, not the cpu)
in the night i decided to change the fan config as i figured this cant be right. whenever the cpu loads the rear fan would roar up like a jet engine firing up its engine. wherelse the front cpu fan would spin less than 1k rpm; and only spins up because the rear fan pressure is making it to spin faster.
so i took out my hsf again and voila, this time my thermal paste coverage is just nice! tho its abit on the excessive side but there's almost no leakage (there is a tiiny little bit of leakage tho, but its just a little! and it never leak inside my proc bracket like it previously did! yay!)
but in the end i wipe and clean everything again. and applied a new later of thermal paste like the way i did before (since the pic below showed that the method i use to apply the paste is correct)
with the front cpu fan connected to "CPU fan" connector and the rear cpu fan to "SYSTEM fan", now both fans spins at almost identical rpm at startup time.
during cold / first boot; when everything is still in room temp / cold, the PWM of the "SYSTEM fan" couldnt actually start up my rear fan. at first i thought the fan was spoiled, then after testing i found out it isnt. then that make me think the "SYSTEM fan" connector was broken. during that time i was kinda panic and restless. i was so worried i spoiled my mobo connectors and it would be such a waste. then only i realize the "SYSTEM fan" connector changes its voltage according to the motherboard temp instead of the CPU temp. and at early startup / cold mobo temp; the low voltage couldnt actually startup my high flow fan. it was only after my motherboard warms up and "SYSTEM fan" is suppling enough voltage to turn my rear cpu fan.
now my rear fan spins at +- 2k rpm depending on mobo temp. which is a very nice rpm combination with my front cpu fan!
at the end of the day, i've got sore thumb and index finger because of the ridiculous tiny spanar. i could only hold it with my thumb and index finger because its so short and small. and i could only unscrew or screw at most 45 degrees each turn. now u go figure how i unscrew and screw four 2 inch long screws as shown in pictures above.
i didnt realize this was so true; i did mention about the BTN i went tru.
and to clarify what anwar said was true, here's my personal experience:
http://jiajhjia.blogspot.com/2008/05/here-in-my-home-its-uglier-than-you.html
that's one of my old post.
remember this pic? tat was on my july 1st post. i talk about how their pipe was broken and was left for weeks. now guess what...
6 months later, the thing is still haven fixed; in fact;
there are TWO of them now! on the same fuckin water line. they're just great. assholes.
btw me dad got a modenas jaguh. this bike has been my form of transport during my sem break. i've been riding it everyday even went outing with me gf. suddenly riding seems more fun than driving. ah well, anyway i spent the whole afternoon cleaning it up by just wiping it instead of using a hose to wash it or something. yup. soaped and wiped every parts of it and that's why it took a whole noon till its dinner time. anyway its sparkling new after that and im glad.
on the public bus on our trip to kluang.
well this is the night on my birthday when leong and 4 other guys went clubbing which i was suppose to go but i didnt. we had a LAN party and the guys from our room above came down to join us. well, its dark because there's a blackout in the whole hostel area. and the whole place go wild. even the girls on other blocks were making alot of racket and screaming for fun.
the pics were taken with my flash leds on, that's why you could still see. because its really pitch black. me and anothe fren decided to go walking to girls blocks but ppl from other blocks keeps shining at us with torchlights etc and the patrolling guards saw us. shortly after that the lights came back on.
BEFORE the blackout;
this guy here is chan sin keong. i pissed him off the other day because i wrote "sohai" and his girlfrens name on his back. well. actually i just wrote the "sohai", but the idea of writing his gf name is not mine, it was ngai's. somehow his gf name was directly below the "sohai" so it became like "sohai wai yan". and he was pissed. he didnt talk or respond to me and leong for days until i bought him some cadburry chocolate bars. its true. you can ask all of my housemates, or leong.
well, this is my front intake fan filter after 3 to 4 months. the dust accumulated on it is so thick you could peel it off like a capati.
this is anothe epic moment. notice below its actually a poll. where the orange colours account for "NO" when the green means "YES".
the question is; "Do you agree with abortions?"
well, funny thing is, im the evaluator that day and they asked me to poll. (it was presentation day and in my group there're presenters and evaluators, evaluators work is to go to all other groups presentation and give marks.) so i pick a green and stick it in the middle of the yes or no column. and i even drew a zigot on it. it was only after that that trbt went drawing the baby trying to run to the "Yes" column. but he didnt know it was me who drew the zigot, i didnt tell him, not yet atleast. cuz the group leader of that group is kinda pissed. the moment he saw the baby, he came to our group (which is just right beside their group; btw we present in booth system) and remark: "are you guys no worse than the malays? dont you guys scare to loose face?" (in MANDRIN of course).
its like in other words he's saying we're like malays. that pissed me off. so;
and that bring another wave of events afterwards. well. after the day he came to our group again and asked for our group leader (ngai), in a very rude way, asking him who write all those words on their poll board. i dont think i heard ah ngai said the "fuck" word (they told me ah ngai said "what the fuck...") but somehow another group member from the guy's group suddenly came out and confront ngai and say "Hey you, mind your GRAMMAR ok? you mind you grammar!" he keeps saying "mind your grammar" and this time our whole group was like really wtf.
so that became a joke among us whenever we see their group or their group members; "mind your grammar". in fact we even come out with stuffs like "mind your spelling" or "conjugations" or whatever.
that was ah hau's (another fren, ex-housemate, but not in the same group as ours) board and we had fun changing, switching, moving, covering up, etc the words and icons on it. btw i couldnt really recall what's the original wordings for the "HC SEX" anymore. it was initially something else.
melvin, and his starwars light sabre moves.
tiger, the ungreatful bastard.
that's our group;
our group leader, ngai, the day before the presentation; giving us briefing about the presentation on the next day.
my group members / housemates.
that's leongs table the other day. i think he spent the whole night/morning doing all that. and he did this kinda stuffs not only once.
kai ming, my courserep for 2 fucking years and my group leader for CNI and RNI. ppl hates him. me too.
leong having fun with crysis.
the cat that knew how to swim. it could go underwater for 8 seconds!
ah boon, the typical penang fella.
ah ngai, the typical ipoh cantonese.
sin keong aka "ah man", the innocent love bird.
one of the "NO FARTING" signs in bkt mertajam new jusco.
kia carnival 2.5cc v6 quadcam 24valve. fully imported from korea. well, the other day before ah ngai was like commenting about single and double overhead cams. he keeps saying like how DOHC will be so powerful than SOHC and stuffs. i mean. typical brainwashed driver by local salesman and foremans. he's the type that get facinated by bling bling cars and loud exhaust pipes, boomb box, neons, etc. i bet he doesnt even know what 24, 16, 12 valves means too.
haha no hard feelings ngai, but this kia carnival with the so called quadcam (it has double the value of your "DOHC" man!) and 24valve is underpowered. i repeat, UNDERpowered. and its an fuel sucker. so my dad sold it off. EOS.
that's tk, the guy that almost became obsolete to us ever since he became the third person in a triangle relationship.
ah beh (i do not know him well) broke his racket when he smash the shuttlecock.
these flies were bombarding and harassing us on our lunch. in fact, they even dive into our drinks and food without fear! in the end to show them we mean business, leong did all these.
saint gobain security glass. you dont find these high performance glass in japanese cars (another reason why i dont like japanese cars). only european cars comes with these panels. well, one thing is for sure, all peugeots comes with saint gobain glass, since its a french companay; plus they're factory tinted glass, not some stick on tints like how any car tint shop would do. well. my dad gave away the peugeot 305 before i came back for sem break. its a nice car tho, but mantainance has costed more time and money to my dad so he decided to give it away.
another cat victim to our house;
poster on the bus stop; read carefully.
you're suppose to ride this by sitting in the basket in front.
just finished this movie.
btw fat, did u wait till all the credits ends? there's a little skit there btw.
i actually went tru all fat's archive. to look for movies rated 4/5 and above. since i've got my new lcd i couldnt really enjoy games anymore cuz my 8600gt couldnt cope up with it. the gpu couldnt handle games at 1920x1080, so i decided to use the lcd for what it's best at; movies.
btw, nfs undercover sucks. nfs is a gone case now. grid and dirt has beaten nfs.
well, there're alot of things back then. form 6 to be exact. hell lot of things happen back then. i read about me used to be very emo and would "echo slam" in school.
read about cchuat's case, read about wade, trbt, then the end of form6 stuffs. fatty, koay, etc.
jeez. come to think bout it its only 2 years back, and it felt so distant now.
we're one hell lot of crazy ppl in one hell crazy class back then.
hell i miss form 6.
stolen from fat's site:
Start Button -> Double-U
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there you go, that's my new 21.5" lcd. which is not my initially wanted model. but what can i do, seems like the market doesnt favor 16:10 users like me anymore and now they're promoting and targeting the so called 16:9 "HD" users. not only stupid consumers become a victim of marketing scheme, a hardcore gamer like me becomes a victim too, to stupid malaysian consumer stupidity.
first of all, 1920x1080 resolution shouldnt be proposed to a 22 inch. fuck 1920x1080 is suppose to be the resolution for 24" but somehow someone got so smart and try to instill the new "high definition" concept to 22" lcd. totally ruining the computer user/gamer experience.
at 16:9 ratio, now my screen doesnt only look stupidly wider, my height is sacrificed, to cramm all the so called 1080 height pixels into a small 21.5" screen. hell, even my 17" lcd has a higher verticle height than this model!
the reason i wanted to get a 22" is because i want to enjoy a screen with the verticle height like that of a 19" but with wider horizontal viewing area!
but now i got the verticle height of a 17" but a hell lot wider than any of those 16:10 widescreens.
well, enough complaining. i'll just get on with the pictars, if u want to know more about what, why, where, when, you can go to lowyat forum and search for "LCD thread V5" yup, V5 stands for version 5, i've posted my enquiries and questions there for weeks regarding the model i want, and no one even bother to hirau me, so i end up with this 16:9 model instead, which pretty frustrate and disappoint me because i used to have high expectation towards lowyat forum..
there, look at the unit no., notice its CM22WS (chinmei 22 widescreen), that's the reason why its so popular and cheap. because its not a samsung panel anymore, its using some cheap china panel but has a "samsung" badge. infact, its not even a 22 inch its only 21.5, if they would give me a resolution of 1680x1050 at 21.5 i wouldnt mind, but at 1920x1080, even .5 inches would mean differences.
more pictars...
well. the only 2 good thing about this screen is that,
1st; its cheap (because its a chinmei panel instead of samsung panel)
2nd; its good for movies.
but hell i dont watch much movies, this would be a nice panel for trbt or maybe fat, but man im a gamer! and i want the 16:10 version of this model! damnit stupid malaysian.
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anyway the reason i went to kl because my parents had a wedding dinner to attend to, and at the same time we went to my sis house for house warming. my sis had a new apartment in kl. well below is the meal i made myself on the night when my parents went for the wedding dinner and my sis had to went outing with her friends.
found some nutriplus sausages in my sis's fridge, fried it; then there's the cheese ommlete, and instant noodle.
well. seems like my wishlist is almost complete:
decent psu (check)
peformance ram (check)
performance hsf (check)
22" lcd (almost... got a 16:9 21.5 instead.. sigh... check)
now im just left with
GPU.
to console myself over the lcd issue, i think i'll try to get 4870GS 1GB instead, since that's the only gpu capable of render games max setting at 1920...
heheh, will try to wait till after CNY and see how the price goes.
salut!
and here's to please fat, i present to you...
LEFT 4 DEAD ;
ps.. you might wanna click on those smaller pictars for higher definition views.
tho i still havent capture the screen of "the witch" yet.... she's too hard to handle, u all should try it out.
the game requirements wont be high as its running on a source engine, so basically if you can play halflife 2 series, you probably could play this game too.
is a combination of all the zombies horror movies, iamlegend, 28weeks, etc.
world in conflict:
just started the tutorial and i got bored of this game (uninstall), i dont like rts games, fatty does.
tomb raider: underworld;
lara croft is back, and this is suppose to be a continue from the previous TR:legend, which i didnt play so i kinda dont know the storyline for the previous series. i think it has something to do with lara's parents or something.
turok:
yup, alot of dino, but gameplay isnt really that good. melee mode has to be triggered instead of executed, that is, you'll have to wait or get in the correct position before you could execute melee "impromtully".
nfs:prostreet;
just another nfs series, grid could beat any of the nfs series easily, yup, even undercover couldnt come up to grid's standard.
half-life 2 series and mods:
the pic says it all.
monkeys, human, combines,
zombies
zombies
gman
dr. breen
GRID:
this is grid, it runs on a superb game engine, in fact its the exact same engine on dirt, but with improvements and added features. im waiting for my new lcd and gpu before i continue playing this game.
DiRT:
both dirt and grid were developed by codemasters, and they did a pretty good job!
crysis series:
the game where i could run on full settings except shaders, shadows and anti-aliasing. again, will wait for my lcd and gpu before replaying this game again. yep, i've replayed both crysis and crysis warhead twice; once on normal mode and once on delta mode. (almost played crysis for the third time for easy mode but i uninstalled it cuz i got bored).
call of juarez:
fucking useless game.
you must not harm animals in this game, you're forbidden to shoot or hit any animals, you're forbidden to shoot or hit any dead animals,
you're forbidden to shoot or hit innocents, you're forbidden to shoot or hit any dead innocents,
you're forbidden to shoot or hit any dead enemies.
wtf, if u did any of those, u'll be reloaded and restarted for the game.
hell. and the game engine is so kind towards animals that my horse jumped straigh into a cactus and got stuck. talk about animal cruelty.
company of heroes:
another rts game that i played and uninstalled. well, at least i get to play till the 3rd or 4th campaign when finally the whole boring rts got me.
cod4:
this game needs no introduction as infinity ward done a hell of a good job to produce this game. damn! its running on a good engine and the gameplay rocks! storyline is nice and graphics could beat alot of newer dx10 games given that its only a dx9 game. character actions were smooth and natural. this game got high replayability and the multiplayer mode were addictive too!
a highly recommended game by me but seems like among my friends, only fatty played this game and could managed to play with me online.
i've been trying to promote this game to my housemates but seems like no on could manage to play this game on their rig. except my other housemate who has a more kickass rig than mine.
assassin's creed:
another game where the ingame actions and movements are smooth and natural. too bad im using a 4:3 screen to play this because its a widescreen game. would probly replay this game when i got my lcd + gpu.
another sad thing is they're not releasing assassin's creed series for pc anymore, only consoles, i hope someday someone would rip or crack this game for pc.
its that time of the day again.
sometimes i wonder what my housemate could do online. i wonder trbt could always find entertainment and amuse himself and couldnt live without internet.
jeez. all that's in my head now is always wishing my torrent would go faster so my games would finish earlier.
damn.
my only social life now except for my girlfren, is with those ppl playing cod4 online.
damn. maybe i'll need some outing with pals.
wth;
it started with my multimeter, notice that i've bought one 2 way switch and one 3 way switch for my fan modding. in order to test how the switch works i'll have to do a resistance test. something is wrong with the value when i tried to zero adjust the zero resistance. turns out the battery terminals are thick with greenish blue oxide.
the internal resistance of the multimeter is so high when i short the probe it'll give more than 200k ohm. o.O
anyway to cut it short, i'll skip the soldering part and come to the final product, here u see i've mod the fan with a three way switch. now there'll be 3 modes for the fan; 5v, 12v and off. (trying to figure out how the wiring of this works at first could be really tricky, in the end i finally understands why the switch came with 6 terminals, because all of it will have to be used. but for my case i used 4) 
whereas for this fan, it'll be used as my top blowhole fan so i just make an on/off switch for it.
ok we now move to case modding part, here u see my top panel being removed and i've drawn the outline of a 120mm fan on it. X marks the spot where it should be drilled.
too bad i dont have a dremel so i'll have to stick with bosch. a dremel wouldve make things easier and neat.
4 holes were drilled for screws, as for the fan exhaust, i was deciding whether i sould just drill small holes or make it one big hole. in the end i decided to make one big gaping hole.
was only half way tru and my palm hurts like crazy, i shouldve listened to my dad's advice to saw it instead of cutting it. good thing about sawing is that it would produce a prettier outcome, but its slow.
finally the thing came undone. but its not pretty either, its jagged and dented, because i dunwanna use saw.
next, filing; which is a fucking noisy procedure, occasionly you'll still have to hammer the panel to make it in a plane. its almost like smelting, just to make sure the panel is not out of plane.
in the end i gave up filing and resort to only hammering it. i wanna use those thick duck tapes to cover up the still jagged edges when my dad suggest using pipes would be better, and voila, there you go jagged edges safetly hidden and i even got myself 2 speaker covers as the mesh for my fan.
fan installed; inside-view;
outside/on top-view;
since i'm already modding my pc, i decided to clean everything up (i was suppose to do this at end of each sem break but since my top panel is arleady removed, plus i've only one month of sem break this time, so it wouldnt make too much of different if i clean my pc earlier.)
now this is the heart of my rig;
wouldnt wanna refer to mobo manual later so i just snapped this down for later reference, cuz im gonna strip my rig down, everything.
my mobo, rear-view; (proc and hsf and rams are still intact, wouldnt wanna remove them cuz they may give me more work and any mistake could mean the end of my rig.)
mobo, front-view;
there, the weak capalang frame of my rig, and all my periperals were on the bed. everthing is cleaned.
the mobo holder is then attached;
next, the top panel;
then i installed the intake fan, sanyo denki high flow fan. the one i mod with 3 way switch cuz at 12v its almost like a vacumm cleaner.
hardisks and cdrom were placed into their racks;
next, the front panel;
then the exhaust fans;
and then my mobo.
actually i did a wrong thing here, i shouldve install my psu first but not last because by the time i've got everything placed and psu come last, i found out that my hsf was blockin the way, so i had to remove my mobo again.
with the mobo removed, i found out my rear exhaust fan were blocking the way, so i had to remove them too;
but with the rear exhaust fan removed i found out that my top blowhole fan was blocking the way.
so in the end i'll have to remove the top blowhole fan. which means that im starting from first when i wanna reassemble my pc.
lesson learnt, next time assemble the psu first.
there, everything is nice and clean, its almost like new. plus, i've cleaned and greased all of my rig's fans' bearings. except that of my cpu fan and my gpu fan, which ive only cleaned them. reason? my cpu fan is still new (only a week old), while i cant remove my gpu fan. its stuck to the hsf on my gpu.
btw, i realized, i still have 7 fans inside my current rig. XD
edited/added: No WAIT! i've got fucking 8 fans inside my rig! i left out my side panel fan!
Xigmatek HDT SD-964
one of the best hsf around for intel... heheh.
this baby is currrently one of the top 10 best cooling hsf, but for profile lower than 140mm this hsf is still the best (its only 134mm tall). i wouldve gotten the sd1283 (height 160mm) but due to my casing restriction, i've got this sd964 instead (haha fatty could only opt for hsf lower than 70mm). but like i said, for a hsf profile lower than 140mm this is still the best.
its cooled by only a 92mm fan but it beated a few 120mm fan heat sink out there. plus its a 2 fan design hsf, so i think in the future i'll get anothor fan and equip it up for even better cooling.
currently reviews stated that this hsf differs from the best hsf (sunbeam core contact freezer) by just 1.6 degrees celsius, while it differs from sd1283 by just a mere 0.9 degrees celsius. so im fucking satisfied with this right now.
before this my proc would idle at around 40+ degrees, cpu loading woule make it rise to nearly 70+, sometimes reaching 80, which is not a good sign.
now my proc would idle at around 30+ depending on room temperature. full 100% cpu stress on both cores would only make it rise to 59 degrees, never reaching 60 (unless its a really hot day). plus, do take note that my proc is overclocked.
overall im happy with this, very.
well, here's my previous post:
psu - (checked)
gpu, 4850gs - (still working on it)
lcd, 22" - (still working on it)
decent rams - (planning to);
instead, i've gotten myself a new hsf and new rams. (2nd & 3rd pic; the one that looks like the bindings in our secondary school kerja kursus)
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so now this is my new wishlist:
good psu (check)
performance rams (check)
performance hsf (check)
now im just left with:
gpu and lcd.
i think i'll go with lcd first, since gpu price would be expected to drop again next year.
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after this i'll post about my fans. yup. fans again. hehehe i used to have 7 fans in my amd 700mhz rig. now i think i wanna do some modding; i'll add voltage switches, or maybe i'll drill or cut to mak blowholes etc.
well then, later.
ps: this is a show off to fatty, for he got himself a good casing, but with a bad design for cuztomization. hey fatty, case mod FTW!
and yeah, we made onion rings by ourselves too. i mean me and my gf.
well so here's my current wishlist:
psu - (checked)
gpu, 4850gs - (still working on it)
lcd, 22" - (still working on it)
decent rams - (planning to)
or i could replace "still working on it" with "still dreaming of it"
so i went to kampar for 4 days first before i went back to sp for the raya break. the reason why i did not update my blog isnt just because there's no internet at my place in johor, it isnt just because of laziness and all. its like how and what i talked with my gf these few days, she's complaining to me about her friends, and i was complaining to her about my friends.
so i found out that the difference between her friends and my friends are; her friends' problems and conflicts normally go long term or forever, while mine, are so short-term where right after the conflict all of us were back to normal like before again.
that's why i dont really know what to blog about anymore lately. i've been writing things down on a notepad or in my phone before this, just incase i could online and i would post them up. but after a few days these things just dont seems necessary anymore. eveyrtime i would really like to write about the things that happen in my place with my friends in johor. but when i come to think about it, its no big deal.
same goes with what i would like to comment about fat's life, but end up writing nothing. like how i wanted to or planned to find him, but never did. (but i did went to tesco everyday but i didnt see u there fat.)
what i want to say about money (everybody is working to earn, i felt like working too, but what job? for how long? for how much the pay? for what type of job?... )
about technology (like my previous post, technology is so fast now product prices are dropping way faster than i could think of a way to earn)
about my money (im broke [read above], but end up doing nothing again)
my life (i have no hobbies, no things of interest in particular, or mayb i do, but i dont know. i like comps, but there's always someone better than me in comp, i like cars, but there's always someone better than me in cars, i like anything, and there'll be always anybody that's better than me in that)
my university (fuck)
my computer (i couldnt decide if its enough for me or not. a moment i will be wanting upgrades, a moment i'm satisfied with it. probably because of financial constrain)
damn
afterall im just saying and saying and saying the same old shit but shit still happens.
few days ago. or maybe weeks ago, one of my friends commented that if something is not your hobby, no matter how much you do it, you wont learn anything.
we were talking about sports then. and now how i realize how true it is. it could be applied to other stuffs as well let it be driving, computers, games, etc.
damn. i miss playing cod4 with fatty. now that im here its getting harder for me to go online like how fat is getting harder to get his dick hard.
i've complained, but all i get is all these reasons and no action taken from the PTM. plus even if i could finally get to online all sorts of clients were blocked as always. i tried garena and as usual it was blocked. damn. by the time i could finally get a secure line of my own cod5 will probably be out long.
im tired with my 17" screen now. everything looks so small in it. it even look small compared to the table it is standing on. now that we've got a wider table for this semester, my screen is now far more at the end of the table than before, so gaming or watching movie with is is like straining your eyes forever. its not enjoyable at all. i couldnt lie back on my chair to enjoy games or movies anymore.
trbt recently had his gpu went kaput. he's sent it for RMA, and now he's relying on his onboard.
i wanna sell off my tft screen to him but he doesnt wanna buy it. damn. he's still on a 15" crt where the viewable area is probly around 13" to 14" and now im offering my true 17" viewspace and he refused.
damn if only i was still in utar and having full ptptn loan. i wouldnt have to stick with this low tech small shit town.
ok guys, im starting my journey back to my campus today. i'll be staying overnight at kl today and will stay overnight at my relative's tomorrow in johor;
this is because on the following day i'll have to rebut place for my hostel along with my hostelmates.
so there's a big probability that i wont be able to online for quite some time, but that depends too, if i were able to get good wifi connection.
so
see you all again.
second year starts in 4 days
this here is some doc from metro. my bro is going for his orthodontic appointment at 4pm. imagine, we have to wait for 2 freaking hours in a private institute. then i've just realized, she and her nurses who were in charge of the patients were the same kind. disappointing.
lunch at home, kampar
taters with minched meat
fried eggs with pickled carrots and onions
the greens that i liked
and there you go
yao chai soup
beancurd with sausages in sweet sour sauce
bitter gourd with slices of chicken
it was nearing its expiry date, plus the bakery or something made it too hard and too dry to eat it on its own, so i'll have to toast it with butter and cheese to go with the soup
the soup
farfalle, another day's lunch
ok, guess what is this. its made of french loaf, eggs, milk, leftover potato wedges, sugar, soysauce and blackpepper. i think im suppose to make french toast. but i sliced the loaf too thin a strip, so when it goes in the pan the bread goes all mushy and broke up into what u see here. but man it is delicious. it has the taste but not the texture. T_T
bitter gourd fried egg, this is suppose to be go with the french toast but the french toast is all mashed up.
okay, the last one. this has happened for weeks now, WEEKS. there's a kindergarten right next to it. parents will have to use this road everyday. the residents in this area will have to use this road to get to the main road. but still, no one cares to bother about it. Why?
some 'black head' remover or something, i dont know. doesnt seems to work and i dont care anyway XD.
this is what i called good food. macaroni, bolognese sauce, black pepper, rosemary, sausages, fishballs, fishcakes, cheese, what else? ketchups? err.. etc etc, and yeah! chicken!
some cool vodka 
thats how i look after a pint of it
fatty was driving and we're at queensbay mall waiting for koay to meet us. (we took the wrong exit and missed koay's place)
fat was quite quiet the whole journey. always staring out at space and all.
cannonball tree
koay took us to the botanical garden for a walk, the weather is nice tho.
after having a mixed fruit punch we went to gurney.
that's where we had lunch at gurney; Kim Gay, as we called it
some secret society or something... the same night we went out looking for supper
2nd day:
there you go, that's fat, he's supposed to share blanket with koay but in the end koay dominated it all, it was fucking cold in koay's room. here in these pics u see him with a blanky because fatty was awake by then and threw him his blanket to fat, it was like christmas in thanksgiving to fat.
that's fat with his morning-erect-penis.
after lunch we went to batu feringgi's beach.
koay having fun with his legs submerged in the sand 
there you go again, fat is deeply in thought with his miserable expression staring sadly out the sea, waiting and wishing for something or someone.
its 2.30pm, and everyone is still sleeping. i heard they slept at 5 something or 6 in the morning. damn! and i missed all the fun the night before!after that itwas journey home again.
fatty came to find me again the next day to lend me alot of games. i still couldnt believe he could hit 160KBps from his torrents! that's 83.33% of his bandwidth! which is fucking damn efficient to me! the most i could hit is 40 to 50 KBps (from a 192KBps connection), the same goes with fat too, he could do more than 100KBps. damn. now i couldnt even online in my own house!
fish pop, egg tarts and sapporo, some japanese beer.
my humble rig... was so ashamed with my gpu i decided not to put it in. the psu is disappointing too. was actually planning to work to earn some money to get a new gpu and psu. and maybe a new lcd. but man... i dont know.
