Shoots Randomly

I haven't had much time to blog(I prefer the term 'journal' but that's reserved for my other serious journal) so the only stuff I can afford the time to plug are my IM chats. And even those are plugged in between arriving back in hostel and waiting for the recently mopped floor to dry.

Coincidentally, mrbrown quoted Alex Blagg who said:

Please bloggers, if you can't think of anything to write about, just don't write anything. There is really no need to subject us all to the tedious musings of you and your Internet buddies. We don't know you. We don't get your inside jokes. Being witty online is about as difficult as showering. If I wanted to read the transcripts of conversations between boring people, I'd bring a stenographer with me to bars.

So from now on, you can only post IM conversations if your name is Bloodninja.

Frankly, I don't give a shit. I will shoot them both if I could.

(22:36:29) nguyen: what?
(22:36:35) nguyen: the content??
(22:36:46) nguyen: hey hey
(22:36:48) nguyen: tell me
(22:37:23) Arnold: nah.
(22:37:34) nguyen: i just need good comments,
(22:37:46) nguyen: it's at least something he can do for us
(22:37:48) Arnold: see then u know. i dun wanna waste time on this.
(22:38:02) nguyen: k
(22:38:09) nguyen: tmr you have classes?
(22:38:14) Arnold: yeah.
(22:38:21) nguyen: 441 ?
(22:38:22) Arnold: 441?
(22:38:25) Arnold: yes
(22:38:27) nguyen: ok , good
(22:38:32) Arnold: ok. see u at 1030
(22:38:39) Arnold: bring the cheque too pls.
(22:38:40) nguyen: cheque and letter
(22:38:55) Arnold: no weapons too.
(22:39:01) Arnold: and no police!
(22:39:11) Arnold: this is juz between us bad guys.
(22:39:13) Arnold: haha
(22:39:24) nguyen: ok, got witnesses?
(22:39:34) Arnold: if have, we will have to kill them.
(22:39:55) nguyen: bury them
(22:39:57) Arnold: *loads the cartridge...
(22:40:22) nguyen: cut the body in pieces
(22:40:38) nguyen: i don't like noise
(22:40:42) Arnold: remove teeth first. chop. burn. then bury or throw into sea.
(22:41:03) Arnold: u amateur.
(22:41:06) nguyen: nah, to scare ppl away, just bury in the lectures
(22:41:15) nguyen: theatres
(22:41:24) nguyen: then tmr no ones could go to school
(22:41:30) Arnold: kk. dont waste time. i still got drugs to sell. cya tmr.
(22:41:43) nguyen: kk
(22:41:46) nguyen: good night
(22:41:54) Arnold: : *cocks gun and shoots a random henchman
(22:42:04) nguyen: u bastard
(22:42:20) nguyen has closed the conversation window.

I am supposed to be all nice and peachy in this journal because it is for general consumption, unlike my other journal. But I can feel the Dark Side calling out to me.

*shoots my roommate

RTFM

Me! Acting Disgustingly Cute
Originally uploaded by Arnold Ho.

This is an instant messaging session that turned hilarious at the end. Well, at least for me. 99% of you wouldn't understand. The avatar referred to in the conversation is taken from the picture on the right.

22:59:34) Arnold: gary!!!
(23:06:28) lil`Taku : ya?
(23:06:49) Arnold: pls help me book tennis court. pls pls pls.
(23:06:56) lil`Taku : wat??
(23:07:02) lil`Taku : how?
(23:07:10) Arnold: studentlink loh
(23:07:19) lil`Taku : u cannont book megh
(23:07:35) Arnold: my slot is already used on another day on the same week
(23:07:44) lil`Taku : ok
(23:07:46) lil`Taku : just book onli rite
(23:07:49) lil`Taku : no need to go down rite
(23:08:00) Arnold: yeap. u can come down and play!
(23:08:44) Arnold: pls help me book
aug 9
1030-1115
Court 6
(23:09:33) lil`Taku : under where??
(23:09:56) Arnold: admin stuff i think. sports facilities booking
(23:10:33) Arnold: oops. its under Others
(23:11:19) Arnold: interested in playing tennis? weimin, suqiang, zhemin, me
(23:11:25) lil`Taku : nah
(23:11:27) lil`Taku : dunno how to play
(23:11:30) lil`Taku : which court
(23:11:32) lil`Taku : ?
(23:11:42) Arnold: aug 9, 1030-1115, Court 6
(23:12:38) lil`Taku : Please confirm your advance booking for facility
Tennis Court 6 on 09-Aug-2005 , session 1030 - 1115 hrs
(23:12:52) Arnold: yup yup
(23:13:38) Arnold: thanks! now i just need to hope dun rain...
(23:13:51) Arnold: the booking confirmed already?
(23:14:20) Arnold: no need la
(23:14:20) Arnold: nobody really prints it out man
(23:14:54) lil`Taku : hmm ok lor
(23:15:25) Arnold: hey, are u able to see my cute innocent like a innocent harmless lamb avatar?
(23:15:39) lil`Taku : lamb/
(23:15:40) lil`Taku : ?
(23:15:42) lil`Taku : where got
(23:15:50) lil`Taku : i see a face telling me to rtfm
(23:15:54) Arnold: HAHAHAAH
(23:16:06) Arnold: LOL

Ok, so I did give Gary the RTFM line once in a while but I must clarify that I do not indiscriminately ask everybody to RTFM.

I prefer to give a pointer in the right direction. Only once in a while do I give the RTFM line. Simply because the answer is really in there! Now can you imagine that harmless lamb up there snarling: "RTFM!!!"

Late-night Supper

Late-night Supper
Originally uploaded by Arnold Ho.

I had fish 'n chips and "Kornie" had chicken chop whist we argued about the existence of God. He is a Christian in-the-making and I am the staunch Atheist.

Here is a plagarised list of wel-known atheists.

The Atheist and the Materialist
those who have no need for gods and some who have no need for the supernatural

Woody Allen - the skinny actor/director
Lance Armstrong - won the Tour de France 7 straight times
Richard Branson - Virgin's numero-uno
Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Albert Einstein - generic genius, bad violinist
Jodie Foster - meets aliens in Contact
Bill Gates - "Resistance is futile"
Seth Green - ssssshhhh... ssssshhhh...
Katharine Hepburn - Oscar magnet
Angelina Jolie - Girl Interrupted. Lara Croft for the rest of you
Margot Kidder - the original Lois Lane
Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do
Todd McFarlane - author of Spawn
Sir Ian McKellen - says, "You shall not pass!"
Julianne Moore - starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in Laws Of Attraction
Jack Nicholson - guy who walks into a mosiac corridor in As Good As It Gets
Keanu Reeves - one of my favourite movies is Speed
Gene Roddenberry - my afternoons after primary school classes were spent watching Star Trek
George Soros - the man who broke the Bank of England
Richard Stallman - GNU's not Unix
Linus Torvalds - Linux kernel
more...

Mum's New Notebook

Mum's New Notebook (top view)
Originally uploaded by Arnold Ho.

I think it's a Acer Aspire 5500. The rounded edges makes it quite elegant. She always has better hardware than me. I only make up by using better software.

Shopping For A Proper Tennis Racket

Shopping For A Proper Tennis Racket
Originally uploaded by Arnold Ho.

Waikong, Xuejun eyeing the Yonex Ultimum 1500, which is what I eventually bought for $249.xx. It was originally $355 but I am sure I would have got it much cheaper at distant Queensway Shopping Centre.