really very long nvr post liaaaoo...
since nyp sch reopen until now(16/10/07)

do alot of things but nvr update.. too lazy and tired..
lots of work is pushing into my life, time is juz seem too little for me too use.

joined cisco CCNA Optional Module 2 weeks ago, every wednesday i will have to end sch at 6pm instead of 3pm, and sat 9pm had to went back too. sianed~

Communication Skill is the only class i dun feel like attending.. it sux.

moreover, as usual, my parents always giving me pressure from time to time dunno for what reason. they just dunno wad is call busy izzit?

todae JK bdae celebration was not successful.. i tink i am at fault. sorry guys. not on purpose cuz i cannot decide whether i am free or not. plz understand.

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anyway, ytd celebrated QY's birthdae under her block for BBQ.
quite fun actually and eated all kinds of good food and junk food(becuz of micheal)

tink of it.. its already nov.. jan 2008 is not far away from now.. why time pass so fast?

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sorry this post was written in a moody way.. cuz i am tired when i am writing it.
hope this is the 1st and the last time for my post too be so moody.

think i cmi liao.. sometimes really wanna wanna find sometime too think over things.

from alot of years ago i always wanted to learn how to type chinese words by keyboard but of cuz failed =p

at one time i rmb i got a book abt "倉頡/仓颉".. but i read the 1st very few pages and i give up cuz its too hard to understand
btw "倉頡/仓颉" is one of the many way to type chinese by keyboard

now i know that most taiwan and HongKong ppl using the 3rd generation Simplified "倉頡/仓颉", that is called "簡易倉頡/速成"(also is wad i am trying to learn now)
not going to explain wad is the diff between dem, cuz i am lazy..
the only thing that i am going to sae is, "速成" only consist on 1 or 2 characters to type a word

1st phase - 倉頡字母/Keyboard Key Location


-> total there will be 25 characters to rmb, exluding "Z"

2nd phase - 輔助字形/Key Stroke
-哲理類/Philosophical group
-筆劃類/Stroke group
-人身類/Body parts group
-字形類/Character shapes group

3rd phase - 基本概念/Stroke Location
-基本字形
-取碼順序
-取碼步驟

4th phase - 取碼原則
-完整原則
-省略原則

5th phase - 例外字
-特殊字
-難字
-書寫字體

Last phase - 標點符號
-標點符號


the way to make your keyboard to use 速成 in Window XP is:
->Go to "Control Panel"
->Go to "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options" (for those who is using Category View, for Classic View, skip to next step)
->Click on "Regional and Language Options"
->Click on "Languages" tab at top
->Under "Text Services and input languages" groupbox, click on "Details"
->Under "Installed services" groupbox, click on "Add"
->Under "Input language" choose "Chinese(Taiwan)" and Under "Keyboard layout/IME" choose "Chinese (Traditional) - Quick" and click "ok"
->Under "Default input language" choose "English (United States - US)" (this is to prevent everytime ur default typing language is 速成)
->Click "OK"
->Note: To switch between 速成 and English(default), use press left Alt + left Shift (its a default unless u got change "Advenced key setting")


-> steps to use 速成 in windows and how to make 速成 soft keyboard out)

OK TIME FOR A 1st SIMPLE EXMAPLE!!
now i am going to type out "豆".
1st i am going to type "一(M)".
2nd i am going to type "廿(T)".
"豆" appears at 2nd option, press "2".

OK TIME FOR A 2nd SIMPLE EXMAPLE!!
now i am going to type out "好".
1st i am going to type "女(D)".
2nd i am going to type "木(V)".
"好" appears at 1st option, press "1".

OK TIME FOR A 3rd SIMPLE EXMAPLE!!
now i am going to type out "网".
1st i am going to type "月(B)".
2nd i am going to type "大(K)".
since "网" appears at 2nd column 1st option, press SPACEBAR(or use mouse to click on the double down arrow[next column]) then press "1".


still dunno? learn at the in internet(lazy to explain abt the stroking and stroking positioning that thing) =p

learning links:
1) Chinese input methods for computers - Wikipedia
2) Cangjie(仓颉) method - Wikipedia
3) Simplified Cangjie(速成) method - Wikipedia
4) Tutorial of both Cangjie(仓颉) and Simplified Cangjie(速成) - 倉頡之友(香港) (all words in Traditional Chinese)

Time to blog abt wad i had done this lasssst wk of holidae!

Fridae <12/10/07>
Waked up very late.. around 2pm+
finally.. my bittorrent dl of resident evil had finished ^^v
since i wan a nice comfortable environment when watching movie, this is wad i do:
- connect my laptop to my Samsung HDTV(around 20 to 22 inch widescreen)
- connect to my desktop's speaker, bass turned to the highest and volume turned to high
- on air con
- since tv is facing my bed, i juz lay on my bed to watch

so i juz on my Resident Evil: Extinction to watch.. consider quite enjoyable enough already although the video is not full quality ^^,
rating of movie: 4/5
i really like when Alicas start using dual dagger to kill zhomies


after that at 6pm gone for Poly class outing at City Hall that organise by Davis
those hu attended: me, nixon, alan, davis, juhao, yiling, nat, qianyu, liyan..

we gone to eat Fish and Co. and most of us were eating New York Fish and Chips =]
very full and nice can..

after that juz toking crap and gone to cinema at Sun Tech and book tickets to watch movie..
i cannot join in the fun to watch movie cuz i got work to do: having OT in my parents workplace at around 11pm

guess wad movie they decided to book? its Resident Evil: Extinction >.<"
the decision was make my majority, not include me cuz i not joining in ma.. =p
those hu already watch before: JuHao and Alan (and me)
can see Nixon was really not willingly to watch it cuz he dun like zhomie show but in de end he had no choice.. waaaahahahahahaha

so the movie started at around 9.30pm and so i dismissed from dem.
gone back to Sarangoon and slack abit 1st before start work..
work work work until abt 3am plus when reach home



Thursdae <11/10/07>
around 2pm gone to NYP to buy books, that cost S$44.55 and Adobe CS3 Web Premium software for S$88.30

den meet ek and welfred at mcdonald at 5.30pm den head to AMK to eat dinner.
after that meet sz, dj, xy and amy..
actually i had been organise for one whole week to watch Resident Evil: Extinction and in de end we gone to watch "balls of fury"
rate this movie 3.5/5, very funny i agreed but juz that storyline/storyplot is too lousy

after watching we stayed at McCafe near AMK Hub and tok crap that until 11+am before dismiss.

reached home i used Bittorrent to download...
-Year 2002 Resident Evil
-Year 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse
-Year 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction



Tuesdae <09/10/07>
In the early morning i had to do the CPF contribution e-submission for my parent's business =.=
yawn.. todae is the due date so i must do it unwillingly

having problem with the account.. so i phoned CPF and found that they had the wrong IC number in the database so i cannot access to their services lolz.
after 15-20min of waiting for dem to change data in their database, i finally get access to it..

after i had done with that irriating CPF i gone to bugis to buy IT stuffs and meet with HeeChai.
1st gone to Sim Lim Square to buy the following stuffs:
-120GB 2.5" SATA HDD for Laptop (for my lappy cuz previous HDD had breakdown in earlier post. And actually wanted to buy 160GB but they dun haf stock so no choice i taken 120GB)
-3.0M USB cable (for my printer since its USB wire was half dead)
-3.0M 3.5mm Stereo - RCA Audio Cable (for my speaker since its previous wire was half dead too)


after that gone to Yoshinoya to meet with HeeChai..
the reason of meeting is.. he is gonna giv mi his 2 X 4KG = 8KG dumbell =p

i can see that he had alot of suffering to bring all the way from Yishun to Bugis >.<
of cuz when i taking it back to my house is also seriously suffering.

brought twins ablum when on the way back home (^^,)*



Mondae <08/10/07>


Brought PSP Slim and Lite todae!

Gone to Yishun in the early mornining to meet up with ZiYang, Shang Zhi, Roger and Welfred.

when i reach that shop already seen ZiYang brought his Piano Black PSP and the "gor gor" started updating PSP's firmware to 3.71 M33.

After ZiYang's turn its my turn to buy!
i had choose Felica Blue colour PSP Slim and Lite for the price of around $325(PSP slim other den piano black the price is higher).
i din choose the bundle cuz i really had a 4gb memory card and i do not gonna waste more money on PSP =.=

rest of the accessiories i had brought:
-Black PSP slim poach(no choice only black available)
-PSP Controller and earpiece package
-White PSP hand strip(no choice only white available)

really wanted to buy PSP - TV component cable but no money =.=

after that gone to McDonald to eat lunch and crap.

hoho i failed my 1st time trial basic theory test!

my score: 41/50
require passing score: 45/50

actually dun feel like going to take the test todae but yiling jie pull mi to book for a trial test at todae 3.20pm =.=

so i make my 1st time internet booking with MY MASTERCARD at the Singapore Safety Driving Centre(SSDC) website the dae before

when i 1st time step into the trial test room, the environment looks quite tense~~~
the room is full of ppl taking test but it is very quiet~~

anyhow choose a seat and start start at monitor infront of mi..
gosh! there is no keyboard and mouse! the monitor is touch screen!
omg this is tmy 1st time really "using" touch screen rather den juz touching it ^^v

btw i actually din study much for this trial test cuz i tink that "it is juz a trial test, juz look at how the question is asked ba.."
but of cuz i wont juz wasted $6(include internet transaction charge) for juz looking at the qn..
2 hr before i took the test i actually flip through the book and read it..
read all at once at 1 go and close my book
and i still fail! =p

4got actually how much time i used to do it but i consider quite fast ba..
and i tink carrie is quite jealous ba

carrie, this is juz a trial test, so there is no point in how much score we get, juz pass in the real test can le rite?
and there is no serious tinking in the qn, juz hard memorize will do.
i am a starter in this too so i cant give too much comments in it =p

end of post.

my laptop hardrive had break down again..
when i start laptop, BIOS loaded and after that it jump to windows safe mode options.
no matter which option i choose, start windows normally, start windows with last good configuration, safe mode, safe mode with networking and safe mode with command window, it shows windows loading screen but after that come out blue screen and next sec it restarts my laptop =.=
even i on laptop for the whole entire day it juz repeating the same thing!(restart, load, blue screen and restarts again)

sianed..
todae i went to Sim Lim Square to search for help.
hate the ppl that had a money face in sim lim square
those ppl that do laptop/hardrive said that they can help me check if my hardive, but inclusive of $10 service charge.
it is like, why do u wan to charge someone with juz a little bit of work, juz find a SATA cable and connect to PC and check whether inside contains any data or not??
further more if my hardrive really can extract file, but i dun haf a place for storage! my laptop hardrive is 100GB, and my Document alone is more than 10GB of data!
of cuz i wont be checking my hardrive for $10!
so i am off to find another method.. to find external casing for SATA 2.5 hardrive

so i found.. but the casing itself is $55! of cuz i din buy..
1st reason: why shld i buy when i dunno whether my hardrive can work or not?
2nd reason: buy a casing juz to extract data? den wad to do with the casing after i get all my data? hardrive shld put back to laptop and reformat wad..
3rd reason: it is too expensive, rather hand my hardrive to data recoverist to recover my hardrive data..

so without gaining anything from sim lim, i gone back to koven..
at heartland mall(Koven), there is a PC hardware shop.
with a thick face i go in and ask if they can help mi check my hardrive for free..
surprisingly the shop assistant accepted.

results of checking:
- not very good result.. computer cannot access to the data inside my hardrive(when double click on my G: drive icon "My Computer" is not responding)
- the shop assistant told mi that my hardrive come out some noise when the magnetic disk is spinning inside that is a prove that it is spoiled (i was feeling.. OMG!!)

Conclusion:
- my hardrive is broken (~.~)"
- i gonna buy another hardrive to replace my laptop's hardrive
- all my data is gone!!!!!!!!!!

my songs.. my photos.. my videos.. my doc that saves all passwords inside!!!!!!

thats why ppl always say.. packup, packup and packup!!!!(so start packup today!)

I FINALLY GET MY POSB MASTERCARD(debit) 2 DAYS AGO!!!
and i got my card activitated ytd but until now i still haven try whether it works or not =p
my biggest use is internet transaction(for my driving trial test)

Some info abt my card(POSB Website):

All-in-one Payment Card
The POSB MasterCard Debit looks and works just like a credit card. It offers you the convenience of signing for your purchases, wherever and whenever you are dining, shopping, travelling or holidaying. Simply look out for any merchant outlet where MasterCard is accepted.

And just like your ATM card, the POSB MasterCard Debit lets you withdraw cash at over 800 DBS/POSB ATMs in Singapore and over 900,000 MasterCard /Cirrus ATMs around the world; as well as gives you the option of making NETS payment at 17,000 merchant outlets in Singapore.

No bills to worry about
You don't have to worry about monthly bills or outstanding payments because your purchases are deducted directly from your bank account.

Virtual Living
What's more, you can shop on the Internet or make telephone purchases using the POSB MasterCard Debit. You can also log on to DBS iBanking to make enquiries on your debit card transactions.

Spending Limit
You will enjoy a generous spending limit of S$5,000 daily for MasterCard signature payments or the available balance in your bank account, whichever is lower.

All-round Protection
With the POSB MasterCard Debit, you will have absolute peace of mind with zero lost card liability for fraudulent charges made after you report the loss of your card.

Exclusive Privileges
There's more! Enjoy exclusive discounts and privileges all-year round at selected merchants. Simply sign with your POSB MasterCard Debit to enjoy these benefits.

Eligibility
You just have to be at least 17 years old with a signature-operated POSB Passbook Savings Account, DBS Savings Plus, DBS AutoSave or DBS Current Account.

Pay No Annual Fee
Enjoy fee waiver for the first 3 years and your POSB MasterCard Debit could remain free forever even after that. Just make 18 transactions every membership year to enjoy continuous fee waiver. That's less than two transactions a month!

Very long din blog liao!!
very lazy to blog nowadays..

this post will be abt PSP Slim and Lite and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (^^,)v

Abt PSP Slim and Lite:


Playstation website of Japan->Here
PSP Slim and Lite Infomation->Here

6 colours of PSP Slim and Lite:
Normal Series: Piano Black, Ceramic White and Ice Silver
Blume Series: Rose Pink, Lavender Purple and Felicia Blue

Changes form PSP to PSP Slim and Lite:
1) Size
-> new PSP width is 169.4mm, height is 71.4mm and thickness is 18.6mm compared with old 1 that is 170mm x 74mm x 23mm (changes of width's and height's change wont be obvious but thicknes will be very obvious)
-> the bottom of new PSP is flat now
-> overall new PSP had reduced the size of 22%

2) Weight
-> new PSP's weight is 189gram compared wif old PSP, that is 290gram (reduced by 34.8%)
-> it is lighter den a apple, that is around 200~300gram (can imagine how light it is?)

3) Button
-> no obvious position change

4) Light Indictor
-> no change

5) Memory Stick Location
-> the design of the cover had changed
-> Memory Stick is insert in reverse way compare to old PSP

7) WLAN button
-> changed to top compare to left in old PSP (you might tink that it is UMD cover button =p)

8) Speaker
-> location had changed to top of surface of PSP

9) PSP Serial Number
-> from left changed to right

10) Input Hole(for earpiece)
-> location had changed to botton of PSP

11) Battery
-> became slimmer and lighter
-> changed to 1200mAh compare to 1800mAh

12) UMD tray
-> changed its design
-> UMD will not 'pop' out when tray is opened

13) PSP on TV
-> it is able to transfer video from PSP to tv

14) screen
-> still using cystal screen of 4.3", 480 X 272 bleh bleh bleh...
-> a little little little little bit brighter =p

Firmware or Version of PSP Slim
-> all starting version of PSP will be version 3.60
-> Custom Firmware was created by team M33, custom firmware name is 3.60 M33 or 3.71 M33
-> able to read ISO, but couldnt use 1.50 kernal due to new motherboard for 1.5 kernal games

Price of PSP slim and Lite
-> it will be abt the same as old PSP currently
-> heard that bundle will include a 4GB memory stick! (not sure)


Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core


this game is nice!!
those who like Final Fantasy VII MUST come and play this game!! Those hu din play nvm come and play to know the story!!
from the 1st few dae when the game is out i already started playing!!!!

My Game Status: *Updated on Oct 06*
-Completed game once
-Current Level 76
-Completed misson percentage: 86%
-880 000+Gil
-1 000 000+SP
-All DMW had been collected
-Highest 1 hit damage: 99999
-Current HP: 50000+ MP: 300+ AP: 300+
-Got HP, MP, AP, damage limit break
-Got Ribbon that prevent all negative status other den 'death'
-Got 'Ultima' material(not very useful but is most powerfull area effect magic)

General Game Info:
It is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PSP. The game is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII and is also the fourth entry to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, which also includes the games Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, as well as the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and the anime, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII.

Gameplay:
Crisis Core has action- and menu-based elements. The new battle system is known as Digital Mind Wave, or "DMW", and revolves around a series of reels at the upper left corner of the screen which spin continuously as long as there is SP left to consume. Each rotate independently and upon lining up the three reels of the same character and value, a power-up or a "Power Surge!" will be rewarded to Zack.

The player will have full control over Zack when moving around, and can rotate the camera with the left and right triggers. Every now and then, a random encounter battle will occur. The battle takes place on the same screen as regular movement, with no transition or loading.

Battles consist of multiple enemies on screen at once. To attack enemies, the command bar must be set to attack. Spells like Fire, Blizzard, Cure, and their higher level counterparts are also located on the command bar and used in the same fashion as previous titles in the series, although they deplete magic points with each use. Materia will also be present in the game, fully customizable and with a variety materia commands such as "Steal" and magics. The game automatically targets the closest enemy, and changes the target automatically as you move around. A quick roll maneuver and triangle to block incoming attacks can also be performed.


Characters

Left to right, Genesis, Angeal, Zack, Sephiroth, Tseng, and Cloud

Returning characters
-Zack Fair
-Cloud Strife
-Sephiroth
-Genesis Rhapsodos
-Aerith Gainsborough
-Tifa Lockhart
-Tseng
-Reno
-Rude
-Cissnei
-Professor Hojo
-Yuffie Kisaragi
-Weiss
-Nero
-Jenova
-Cait Sith

New characters
-Angeal Hewley
-Lazard
-Dr. Hollander
-Genesis


Story overview

Thanks to their monopoly on mako energy and a strong military force, the Shinra Electric Power Company is quickly exerting their influence around the world. Construction is also rapidly advancing on their base, and symbol of prosperity, the mako city of Midgar, which will soon become Shinra's seat of power.

The Shinra Company possesses an organization of soldiers with powerful combat ability known as SOLDIER, and amongst them, the especially excellent SOLDIERs are known as SOLDIER: First Class, inspiring respect and envy from the masses. One of the young people yearning to be First Class is Zack. He works hard at his daily duties with his senior, Angeal, a First Class and an excellent leader.

At that time, the SOLDIER Mass Disappearance Incident occurred when, during combat operations in Wutai, Genesis, a first class member of SOLDIER, went missing without a trace along with many other SOLDIERs. The Shinra Company's top management assessed the situation and decided to send out SOLDIER in order to bring an end to the war and clarify the scandal, and so, Angeal and Zack, as well as Sephiroth, whose name would come to be known throughout the world as a hero, were dispatched to Wutai.

During the duration of the game, events similar to Last Order: Final Fantasy VII take place, as well as Zack meeting Aerith, becoming best friends with Cloud, Zack discovering the truth about both Angeal and Genesis' origins, The truth behind the mysterious "Project 'G'", Sephiroth's hatred of the Shinra company beginning, and many other events. There are also scenes in Crisis Core of Zack that Cloud had as flashbacks in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and Final Fantasy VII.

At the end of the game, Cloud and Zack reach the Wastelands near Midgar, after escaping Shinra. However, Zack is shot by the Shinra soldiers while Cloud is left unharmed because of his catatonic state. Aerith is seen waiting at her church, praying for Zack.

After some time Cloud snaps out of his rigid state and crawls to where Zack lies. Zack (while giving Cloud his Buster Sword) tells Cloud to take all his pride and dreams for him and continue living. Then he dies. Cloud cries out in anguish. After his brief mourning, Cloud says his thanks to Zack and tells him to rest. Zack talks aside that he is finally a hero, while the scene goes to Cloud who is making his way towards Midgar, dragging Zack's Buster Sword behind.

If you're playing through Crisis Core for a second time, after the credits roll the intro to Final Fantasy VII plays. Aerith is shown in an alley, then moving to the streets of Midgar, while Cloud rides atop of a train. He raises his head and he states, "I am Cloud. SOLDIER. First Class." marking the beginning of the original game, Final Fantasy VII. The game ends with the words, "To be continued in Final Fantasy VII..."

Videos

-Opening intro


-Sephiroth and Genesis fight


-Ending