A night at work

i started work as usual at 5 yesterday. Actually i was a bit late and had to do a crazy rush dancing with traffic to get to work on time. When i walked in, i managed to clock in at 4:59pm =D Perfect timing. Anyways it was a long hard night at work. We were pulling out pallets onto the floor for such a long time. Non stop pulling until about 8. Since we're understaffed, they hired new people so we're seeing a few new faces around, but they still have to learn the basics. i got put in the outdoor section and had to work the night alone. So much dog food, cat food and pottery to go through. When we finished it was 2am. My dad called while i was driving back from work. He didn't seem happy and probably thought i was up to something. i think he suspects that i finished work early and that i was out somewhere. It'll be pretty funny if he wasn't so angry about it. The pic on the left is what appears to be 2 monkeys caught in a comprimising position. Taken on the day Al and Deena 'retired'. Anyways i woke up at 12 pm today sore, but at least not tired.

Lego Mania!

What happens if u cross a police car with a race car?

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U get a street fighting drag machine. =D Ok i seem to have gone a little crazy with lego, but i couldn't help myself coz there was a crazy toy sale. Kmart seems busier than ever coz of the stocktake sale and also the coming of the school holidays. All these parents rushing to buy toys for their kids while the price is cheap is creating a lot of work we have to do when they leave. i also bought myself an Exo-force Mech called the Stealth Hunter. It looks like a cross between gundam and macross. Supposedly there's an alternate model i can build called the stealth wasp. But they don't have instructions for that. i'll try to look it up on the net. The are pics of the stealth wasp and they look really cool. i had to take my supervisor home last night after work. Her car seems to have been in a crash. Anyways it was kinda wierd when as i'm pulling out of the carpark, she tells me to slow down just to yell out random things to my workmates as they are still in the carpark. The same thing also happened when i arrived at the traffic lights and there was a workmate in the lane next to us. Sometimes i think she has maturity of a teenager. i also found out that she lives just down the road from my house. =S It's a small crazy world. Oh well, gonna play with lego now.

New mechanic

i think that my dad is finally convinced that the mechanics are dodgy so we moved the car to a different automobile workshop. The engine might still be salvagable, but it might cost a bit. Currently all options are on the table, fixing the engine, buying a second hand engine or buying a rebuilt reconditioned engine. The mechanic just has to have a look at it first. In the pic, our car is the one of the left and a Mazda 323 is on the right. They both use the same engine; a mazda B6 1.6 L EFI engine. i like the ford laser better. It's more curvier and sexier. =) In other news, i didn't get the Dampier job i really really so wanted. Dunno what to do now. i guess it was just a dream and dreams don't come true for most people. Especially for me =(

What a comeback!

i interrupted my sis's dvd program to see how Eagles were playing against Geelong. i saw that Eagles were getting thrashed by over fifty points and it was already near the end of third quarter so i decided to stop watching and let my sis watch her show. When her show finished a short time later, Eagles were only losing by 2 goals and there was still about 15 mins left. Eagles managed to get in front by a few points but then Geelong kicked a goal to get in front very very near the end of the quarter. Then Geelong decided to waste time which was really annoying. But Eagles had the last laugh when they manage to kick the last goal to get in front. It was a great game. Too bad i missed on most of it, but at least i saw the end of it. i found out today that the ford laser's engine is basically dead. The options are trade in, or get a new engine to be fitted in. We're probably gonna get a 'reconditioned engine' which is basically a second hand engine and the cost is gonna be lots of $$$ and my dad is not happy and is trying to push the blame to me. Anyways, he seems to have cooled down and we were invited to dinner at a chinese restaurant (Chin's Noodle House) by his god nephew. The restaurant kinda pissed us off coz our 'reserved table' wasn't there even though it was already booked. But half an hour later we got down to munching and it was pretty ok. i liked the appetiser with the spring roll wrap with fatty duck meat, spring onion and sweet sugary black sauce. When the wraps finished, i used the fatty duck meat as the wrap (as in picture) and it tasted just as good. Not particularly healthy though. The meal was ok. Long weekend! Whoopee.

New phone!

i always knew i needed, or rather wanted a new phone. i really wanted
a shock proof, durable phone coz i have a bad habit of dropping my
current phone constantly. But i also wanted a camera one. When i
heard from Jamie about his Nokia 5140i, i knew that i needed it. My
current phone is slowly dying. The battery is very weak, and some
buttons and lights don't work anymore. It's over 2 years old so i
thought i needed a new one anyway. So two nights ago, i bought the
5140i online from www.nextmobile.com.au using the cash on delivery
method of paying. That way i don't have to give out my bank details
and can pick it up from the post office. i hope its really that
simple. Final cost of the phone was 256 bucks including tax and
delivery from the eastern states. That was pretty good to me
considering that the optus shop was trying to sell me the 5140 without
the "i" for 300 bucks. i just have to wait for a few more days until
i get to pick up the phone. Also in about an hour, i'm going to the
massive woolworths warehouse near the airport to apply for a job. It
pays well, but i'm not going to hope too much about getting it. i try
not to believe or rely on hope too much. For my own good.

Tomb Raider Legend

I just found out about Tomb Raider Legend. Wow, there's been a lot of Lara Croft Tomb Raider games. The only Tomb Raider i've ever completed was Tomb Raider 2. i didn't manage to complete Tomb Raider 3. That was the good old days. When i first got the playstation, Tomb Raider 2 was my first game. In fact it was my only game on the playstation for quite a while. The graphics (then) were mind blowing. Not only can i move left and right, but i can see and move up and down. It was probably my first 3D experience. Surprisingly i didn't pay much to Lara's boobs then. Its kinda strange coz i think i was well into puberty then. It must of been because i was too stunned by the 3D graphics. Or maybe because her boobs were way too large to be any real. Or maybe it was the fact that i was more into using her to shoot things. A lot of the games i played before the playstation were platform shoot'em up games. Anyways i looked into the storyline of Tomb Raider Legend and it seemed really interesting. Some forums even say that the game explains why Lara became a Tomb Raider. Anyways Tomb Raider Legend seems more realistic, Lara's boobs are smaller, she looks better, the resolution and quality of Lara and her environment seems more real. Yeah, she is hotter than ever. Maybe i'll get this game once i get my super computer.

Meet Wiffle

Ok, so i got hooked on an item called Eggflips. Maybe its their spikey hair, or their plumplish figure, or maybe its their humongous eyes. Whatever it was, it had a very high cuteness factor. Theres about 25 different eggflips. When u buy one u don't know what u will get because u have to turn it inside out literally to make it like that cute little thing u see in this pic. Otherwise it just looks like a plain single color egg shape thing. Supposedly there is only 5 golden eggflips and if u get that one u instantly win 1000 bucks. There's also larger ones but they are already flipped out and you can't win 1000 bucks from them and they only come in 4 patterns. Also they all come scented. =) Anyways the eggflip i got is Wiffle! He's in the Ultra Rare category. Not as rare as the golden one but in the second rarest category then. Lucky i didn't get the pink one. i'm happy with Wiffle's pattern. It matches the colour of the car.

Stray Cat

i don't know if this week has been the best or the worst time in my life. During the days i guess i am having a really happy time. i don't know if i should be so happy. It's a fantasy i guess. i'm spending a lot of time with someone i like even though i shouldn't like her as more than a friend. i think there is a movie like that called Just Friends, but i'm not gonna watch it. At night, my nightmares are getting worse. i know how they happen. They result from the very very little things that are said or done during the day. Little things that shouldn't bother anyone but affects me heaps. Anyways, on the weekend a stray cat came to our house. It was very hungry and quite young and wouldn't stop meowing so we decided to feed it a bit. We couldn't call RSPCA coz they didn't operate on weekends. We fed it as much as we can and played with it a bit during its stay. We handed over the cat to them today. Hopefully they'll find it an owner that will take care of it well.
Hopefully it won't get put down. Life's not fair.

Finished Uni

i've finished my last exam on friday and have officially finished all my uni studies. The exam went ok. i was afraid i didn't write enough notes before the exam but a lot of what i DID write appeared in the exam so it was pretty good for me. i dunno whats it gonna be like now. No more uni. Have to start looking for work then. i wanted to do a manual part time job which would be really cool but my parents won't let me because i would have a uni degree. They want me to start in an office straight away. i can't understand them. They always make it difficult. i've been playing Super Mario and Megaman recently. Platform games are kinda cool coz u can run real fast and shoot bad guys and jump crazy distances. i also have to start planning my birthday bbq too. i thought i would be really depressed after i finish uni but luckily i don't seem to be feeling that way. i'm glad i have contact details of my uni friends. For the past 2 weeks i have been using Mozilla Firefox coz somehow Internet Explorer stopped working. It's pretty cool. Theres tabs which is pretty useful. Yesterday i tried to install the new printer which my dad bought. It literally chewed up every sheet of paper that it tried to roll through. We took it back to the shops and exchanged it for another one. This one worked perfectly. Its an Epson Stylus Photo R210. It can print on cds which is pretty cool. i'm having a bit of trouble installing the ink check software which tells the computer how much ink is left. i would be in the garden today mowing the lawn and digging up weeds. Our garden is filled with flowers which would be good if they weren't all weeds.

Looking out the window

i was looking out the window on a rainy afternoon and noticed a couple of pigeons underneath a shrub taking shelter from the rain. i quickly took a few photos of them together. They look pyscho cute together. It reminded me of what i don't have and what i might never have. i'm really happy for the pigeons but very sad for myself. i wish i can fly away from my life. Ben's birthday party yesterday was alrite. Lots of good food is always good. Lots of his relatives were there. i played pool with Daniel, Adrian and Ben until late in the night. Almost fell asleep at his place. i've had a very rough week. i wanted to sleep and rest today but didn't get a chance. i've been doing too many things for other people and not enough time for myself. i'm losing the chances to take my stress out of my mind.

i think i already know

So...yeh, i think i already know how its gonna turn out...but just don't have the guts to face it..i'll try again tomorrow. Also last thursday my lil bro blew up the computer. He didn't really blow it on purpose, but it died on him. i decided to open it up and have a look. i noticed that a few capacitators were blown or leaking...not good.

Thats the mother board after i removed all the graphics card, modem, firewire, sound and network cards. Below is the obsolete geforce 2 mx 64 mb graphics card:

Here is a pic of the creative sound card:

And our firewire card:

And network card:


And internal modem:


Heres me taking apart the big ass fan/heatsink from the cpu (pentium 4 1.6 ghz):


Pics of the Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz CPU:


So we got a new computer upgrade on the weekend. i picked it up today after uni. Our new computer has the old 40 Gb hard drive as the primary drive, and an extra 120 Gb hard drive as its slave. Also has an additional 512mb ddr RAM over the existing 256 ddr RAM. Has a Intel Celeron 2.8GHz and a new motherboard which has already a network slot and also 6 USB 2.0 ports. We also got a new case and dvd burner for it. The graphics card, firewire and modem has been transferred to the new mother board. When i turn on the computer, everything looks the same, because we used our old hard drive as the primary drive. The only difference is it can now burn dvds and is slightly bigger and faster. i'm kinda happy with it. It helps take my mind off current things that are disturbing me.

Very Happy

i was so happy yesterday...my parents bought me a zen! i promise that i will do anything they say for the next 5 years or until i pay them back. i'm at uni right now listening to it and also writing up my critique for the week. i'll finish in the next 2 hours then i can start on my ICT325 assignment. Also our new neighbours who recently moved in gave us some home cooked muffins. They must be really nice. i can't believe that i have zen that will give me music whenever i need it. Thats already one of my four goals that i have in my life. The remaining three are: a job, a car and a girl.

Distracted

Hmm...i was supposed to be doin homework, but i keep getting distracted. i downloaded and installed google earth which shows pics everywhere on earth from orbit. It even shows roof tops from houses. If commercial satellites can do this, i wonder what military satelillites can do? Darn i have to go to uni coz i can't find my uni work, and i'm hoping i saved it onto my uni folder at uni. Otherwise i know its on one of the desktops of the many computers i go on. =( i'm hoping i can find it and get it done by 3:30 pm

Cousins house

My cousins family is very fun. They are fun to talk to and force feed me so much. Raining so much today had nuthin to do. They forced me to eat lunch with them, and now i have to eat dinner with them as well...

High School Reunion

We had a Lynwood Senior High reunion dinner just for us boys. Also for Daniel's birthday as well. We had chinese stuff in a chinese restaurant which was pretty ok... Daniel got his present, which was a massive optical illusion poster (pictured). It looks like cogs turning and it would make anyone go crazy if they stare at it for too long. After the dinner we played snooker at LA Cue. i officially suck at snooker. Even if i have a clean direct shot and the white ball, red ball and hole is in one line, my white ball will constantly jump over the red ball and land in the hole. The rules for snooker were pretty interesting though. i wish i was a better player.

Success!

i finally got the layout just the way i want it. Sure worth the effort. =D i wonder when i'll get some sleep? Some ppl are still on msn...Crazy

Testing Hello Picasa program. If anyone knows a bit about it please gimme a yell

Ginji looking at a photo