Day6391
Speculations that this was to be a leaked photo of the next Video iPod turned out to be false. Some smart@$$ uploaded this image and fooled the world. I commend him for the efforts, but why the heck was there a Chinese "This Side Up" (这边) label on it? That label led me to pronounce that this was a total fake, even without watching this video that macrumors.com linked. He should have used Japanese on that. It'll fool the western world. That's it.
Almost, but not quite. Great Photoshop Skills though.

I've been brushing up on my Tetris over the past few days, losing my touch going "Tetris-less" over the past days. Even hOP #27 was based on Tetris. Tetris DS is due March 20th. The Best part? It can play 10 with one cartridge over the DS's wireless Arena.

Oh, crud. Common Tests are next week. Here we go...
Day6384
I got back my essay from review. Got 22 out of 30 marks. What disturbed me was when I was told that my essay was written so "maturely" that it was more of a comprehension passage than a composition. So me thinks, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Quite a few grammatical errors, so curse Microsoft Word for that. (Oh, and I did the Mature Rating Logo myself. Realistic, eh?)

The 365-million Dollar Man
If you have yet to hear, some lucky chap in Nebraska, USA has the ONLY winning ticket to $365 million US Smackers. That's US365,000,000, which is 596,154,882.6 Singapore Dollars, the largest Lottery Jackpot winnings in the World. The most heart-cringing part? Either he's yet to know for himself, or he's afraid of publicity, and has yet to claim the cash.
Do the math. If you got US$365,000,000 from the moment you're born, taking the average human lifespan to be 75, you'll have approximately $4,866,666 to spend each year for the rest of the life. Assuming each year to be 365.5 days, a daily sum of $13315 will be yours to spend. It doesn't look that much right? But it'll cover the rest of your life. Think about it.
Oh, how I wish for a Time Machine right now.

Sorry, but that ain't stolen
One Final Word. If you do a drawing and your friend says that you probably stole it from somewhere, only then will you know that your art is that good. I'm talking about J.D. at the top on the blog, which I obviously drew, designed and coloured.
It eez beautiful, no?
Day6383

I found this nifty flickr page that provides step-by-step instructions on making a Lego iPod dock. As you can see, I've made one of my own. It's not exactly the same parts since I improvised with the parts that I had.
The Dock Connector fits real snugly into the 5x3 squeeze surrounded by Lego blocks. The iPod slots in real fine, easy yank-off removal too. Pure Genius. Thanks, linuxmatt. You saved this Geek S$68.

Angry Talk
There were two things that frustrated me yesterday.
1. Why can't someone make a bag of Microwaveable Popcorn that pops EVERY kernel without having to burn the rest of the early poppers? (Mine had a handful of unpopped corn kernels yesterday. This was a slight shock until I saw that it was past its 'Use by' date by a month, which could explain that. But this wasn't the only occasion.)
2. I was gonna cross a street yesterday, almost standing forever since no one, neither the Aunty at my end nor the Grandma at the other side, pressed the stupid button that stops the traffic! We could have stood there all night! Why? Isn't this just plain frustrating?!
Day6381
Egad! J.D.'s in Colour!
Here we go. A New blog redesign. I personally like the new title image. It's so peaceful-like.
Cris de cœur is a French term which literally means "cries from the heart". The Oxford Dictionary defines "cris de cœur" as "a passionate appeal, complaint, or protest". I usually do something like that here so here we are.
Along with the redesign, follows another Creative Commons Licence where you are able to use this blog's layout (if you want to...) with my attribution and the exception of commercial usage. See the Licence here.
I've also made the browsing popup wider to make my blog look better. That's all the updates here.
Day6378
Early Morning. Screams and squeals filled the total lovin' classroom. So it's Valentines Day, I don't care much. I'm not in the mood for Petty Lovin' after much experience of love lost.
Got out our first taste of Qualitative Analysis today (I like to call it QA). It was manic. Allowing Salts to turn to precipitates is a cool transition. I did break a test tube, but no harm done. I realised that I'm very sensitive towards certain chemicals, like Ammonium Hydroxide will actually disrupt my nasal signals and leave a lingering pungent odour for 7 hours. That was a fuped* moment.
Ooh! and I caught 50 monotonous hours of Curling from the Torino 2006 Ollie Games. Some would call it boring, having to frantically sweep a path of friction-melted ice for a stone to whizz pass the "Sheet", but it's like Tetris, it attracts a specific audience where strategy is needed.
Today is a momentous day. Due to the fact that after living for 6378 days, it's only now that I've learned how to create paper stars out of long strips of paper. Whee!

*Fuped (pronounced fupped): Being F***ed up. A Word of Personal Origin.
Day5675
I was supposed to go to school today for some fund-raising bazaar thing, but I didn't. I went forward with tuition instead. Hey don't blame me, I needed to pick up the losses from the last 2 tuition-less weeks. So, mates, you're on yeh own.
O Level results. Not Good. I got a D7 for my maths, keeping in mind that that's the only subject I took so as to skip it this year. Which, obviously, I gotta retake it this year.
I'm slowing down hopeless optimism because the busy days are coming. Yeah. Whoa, whoa, that's not an excuse!!
But I drew that anyway. It's my new Adium Display Avatar. Like it?
Day6373
I've placed Hopeless Optimism under a Creative Commons License.

(Note: The CC Deed only applies to "Hopeless Optimism" and related Works.)
Yeah. Enjoy!
Day6370
Damn this fast-paced world. Can't do anything anytime anymore. I haven't even posted last Saturday's hOP on time. It's up now.
So I did complete the ridiculous essay after all. I met the quota and managed to get 1518 words on it. I had better get something out of this. Grrrr...
While on the Subject of Time Stress, I'm planning to put my shoutbox here, but it'll be hosted locally on my server. That mean's a wait is imminent.

Well, it's Sister-Pasta Night so... yeah.
Day6368
Yeah! I finally did every Kinstone Fusion in Zelda: Minish Cap! Ridiculous, I know.
This 1500-word Essay is driving me Crazy. Not a buffet of Topics, mind you. So I took the one I know the rest of the class won't probably take. "Topic 2 EITHER". Is any other class even doing this, or are we the only ones being fooled?
As of now, I'm down with 1073 words to fill my essay with. I gotta stay relevant to the topic too, before I go nuts and write nonsense. This isn't all bad. I've heard of a 25000-word Thesis requirement on a downright boring subject. That's a Mental thing to work on.
In the news, Outrage and Anger are sparked off within the global Muslim community by a low-down editorial cartoon published on a Dutch Newspaper. Hey, if you got Free Speech on Media, don't go crazy and do something like this. We're hanging by a thread here. I'm rather ticked off by this too, although I stay away from such tight issues when drawing stuff. I'm glad I live here.
Day6365
I'm not listening to music much, so I've put back my Life Count.
I've never heard of any Commonwealth, nor any Essay Competition Associated with it. This is crazy! Now we gotta enter this competition as a compulsory(yes, you read it right) assignment, writing a minimum of 1500 Words. I'm not really complaining, even though I have a commendable command of English, but I'm not thinking about me alone. I, myself, have never written anything past a thousand words. It's an Essay, not a thesis, for God's Sake!
Nonetheless, I've accepted this as a Personal Challenge. I'll write the best damn Essay and snatch the £600 prize, which is a sweet S$1734 bounty. Damn You!

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