Spent 10 hours in the office today.

2 hours spent setting up my PC…again.

1 hour spent at lunch.

6.8 hours getting jboss, swing and python 2.4 to work

0.2 hours of coding, totalling a massive 10 lines of java.

You would think I was getting paid for each line that I write.

Sounds horrible doesn’t it? Well, it’s alright, I mean the work is not that high priority, I’m getting paid well and I don’t mind it.

Some guy also burnt his toast and set off the fire alarm. Had a fire truck rock up, check the premises and leave. Quite hilarious. Macquarie probably got slapped with a massive bill though. To make it worse, it’s apparently the 3rd time that it’s happened since I left. The toaster did not suffer from any injuries.

Chopsticks is holding “amazing race” on Saturday, if you want to come ask me for more information. It’ll be fun with lots of Asians.

Oh and Ben…screw you…I was trying to pronounce “ball” today. Made me realise that I’m one of those few Asians that’s not a banana but hang around a bunch of white guys, w00t?

Sorry, I’ll go back to being polite. Speaking of polite I was lining up to buy ham and delicious sandwich pickles at Woolies. Got up to the counter and the lady said “Hi, how are you?” in one of those extremely bored and rehearsed way. I gave the usual “I’m good thanks. How are you?” but slightly more enthusiastic than usual, with a smile of course, and her faced literally turned from a frown to a confused smile. I guess she doesn’t get a lot of friendly customers, which is a reason I hate customer service jobs. I cannot tolerate lack of appreciation. If I do something nice, you better appreciate and acknowledge it.

My WongFuProductions t-shirts came in yesterday along with my awkward turtle I’ll be wearing them most likely tomorrow, Friday and most definitely Saturday.

Anyway, I’m gonna finish my dinner and watch House. In the mean time here’s a video

and proud of it

Edit:

Oh and I realised that people don’t comment unless a) They really want to get their voice heard b) I tell them to

So um…comment!

So this was originally going to be a tweet/fb update. But then I thought…”This is going to be so embarrassing”. And then I thought “Wait…why would it be embarrassing?”. After couple of seconds I was like “Yeah…I’m not going to tweet this…”. So I’m going to blog about it instead. Yay!

Here are my reasons for blogging

1. Because only those who give a crap will read this
2. It’s prob too long to fit in a tweet

Sorry for hyping this…but it’s really not that exciting.

Well…I just bought a Macbook.

I’ve been saving money for as long as I can remember. Initially my pocket money was $5 every fortnight. This started when I was in Year 3? So it basically took me a whole year to save up a measly $100. I remember for Christmas I went to buy my OWN present. I spent more than half of the money on a lego set. It was a pretty cool lego set. It’s similar to one of those laser space planes in Star Wars. The ones that go “pew pew”. Later I bought a yo-yo at Hungry Jacks for $2. (Don’t judge me, it was during the yo-yo craze and I was too cheap to buy those crazy $15 flashy yo-yos)

Anyway, so eventually it became $5/week to $10/week and by the end of Year 12 I was getting around $100/week but $50 went to Mr Gu…and the majority of the other $50 went to food. After that I got a job so that made saving even easier. Don’t get me wrong I’m not a miser that just dumps cash in a bank and get excited each time the numbers go up, I would spend it but usually on “small” luxuries (one quick look into my bookshelf and you will shake your head in disappointment) *cough*$100 Linkin Park Album*cough*.

So my point is, over the past couple of years I’ve saved up quite a bit. Generally around $200 a week, consistently for 2 years…you do the maths.

So tonight I was staring at the Apple site and then loaded up Netbank and I said “Fuck it”. I wasn’t saving up for anything in particular but it’s nice knowing that if I do want to buy a house or perhaps put in money for a home I could…not that I’m planning on doing either anytime soon.

So I spent $1.4k on a macbook and got a 8gb ipod touch so I can get the $268 rebate. I’ll probably sell the ipod touch pretty quickly, my guess is they’re probably trying to get rid of all the ipod products to make way for the new range this year.

It’s so easy spending money on other people. When it comes to presents I’ve spent up to $100 on more than one occasion. It’s not that I’m generous or have money to burn, I guess I take pleasure in getting someone  something they enjoy rather than something crappy, though this usually only happens with close friends. However, with the rush of 21sts I tend to just chip in for a big gift.

So yes, that’s my story, I save a lot and I bought a Macbook.

Will probably blog about my Mac experience once it arrives.

Hey look, two blogs in one day, aren’t you guys lucky. Now comment below!!!

Have you ever had random bursts of happiness for no particular reason?

I tend to get them whilst I’m walking around listening to music. It makes it seems that my life is like a movie with its own soundtrack. Artists include Eminem, Linkin Park, Jay Chou and JJ Lin, with over 100 other cameos.

As soon as I stepped out of the house, I felt it was going to be a good day. Whether or not it turns out to be a good day is another question. But so far it’s been fine.

Went to see the optometrist today (finally after 2 years). My eyesight has gotten worse I’ve realised. Reading street signs have become near impossible. Got my eyesight checked out and it seems that it’s only slightly worse. My right eye hasn’t changed, but my left has

I apparently have that problem where the image distorts? Totally forgot the proper medical term.

Anyway, I prescribed a pair of specs but hopefully will only be wearing them when I drive or perhaps also in lectures (damn you IT kids wanting to sit at the back).

Gym has been a lot more fun now that I have a buddy It’s not as boring when compared to going by myself.

Macquarie also called me up begging for me to come back. Well, not really begging, but asking me to come back. So I’ll be working on Wednesday (tomorrow) and get to see some lovely people.

Honours is a pain at the moment, not really motivated to do it, I wouldn’t mind working full-time right now but then I’ll miss out all the uni-festivities.

Oh and I’m also now the IT director for USYD’s chopsticks. Attended their first event last weekend and met some extremely cool people.

So yes, next time you’re listening to music, pretend your life is dramatic and walk with purpose. No matter how big of a retard you may look at least inside your head you’re that GUY in that MOVIE.

That’s it for now, heading off the gym and let’s hope my day gets more exciting than sitting in front of my desk working on my honours.

Pork rolls no longer available.

Courtesy of some work mates at Macquarie, my repository of information has grown.

Last night I had around 4.5 bottles of beer, which is more or less my record at this stage. Beer usually tastes like piss after 2 bottles in which case I move on to spirits but due to lack of spirits, and free beer was free so I decided to to just drink the BEER. I was so full of beer…

Anyway, the real reason I decided to blog was for one hilarious reason. I began talking to a scammer today. Not one of those nigerian ones but those webcam types. The problem is that I do not know how they managed to get my MSN email! I thought “Hey cool, some person decided to add me, this hasn’t happened in a while…” And then  when “he/she” came online it was like “hey wanna see me on cam! here click this http://twurl.nl/nuqe47 see you !!xoxox” I thought…hmmm…this doesn’t seem right.

I was about to block delete and thought…hmmm why not start a conversation and see where this leads?

So I did.

(6:32 PM) me:    yo dawg
(6:32 PM) scammer:    Hi there …
(6:33 PM) me:    whats going down?
(6:33 PM) scammer:    Do I know you??ur single male right?
(6:33 PM) me:    fo sho nigger
(6:33 PM) scammer:    OHH maybe we meet on some social net work or something i just saw ur id and was wondering who you were….i can use some company though!lol
(6:34 PM) me:    just show me dem titties now, know what i’m sayin?
(6:34 PM) scammer:    good!!!!, I just got off work and finally got some time to relax which site did i msg you from again papi?
(6:34 PM) me:    there ain’t no site fool
(6:35 PM) scammer:    Accept the invite, if you need the link again its http://twurl.nl/nj85dg
(6:36 PM) me:    just show me here dawg
im down wif it
(6:36 PM) scammer:    I know a way we can chat and have a better time. do you cam?
(6:36 PM) me:    my cam’s all busted and shit
(6:36 PM) scammer:    Well i don’t do yahoo cam or any other cam because i have been recorded before… But i do know one site you can watch me on cam, that assures me no one records…
(6:37 PM) me:    yo there are software out there that can record anything you know…
ain’t no safer on a website than it is on msn
(6:37 PM) scammer:    I mean… Do you want to see me on my cam?
Accept the invite, if you need the link again its http://twurl.nl/ypv3xf
(6:37 PM) me:    sure, just hit that video button on top
know what i’m sayin?
(6:38 PM) scammer:    Ok go to http://twurl.nl/egfy36 accept the invite on the page baby
(6:39 PM) me:    yo why does it need my credit card details?
i ain’t get no pussy yet
(6:39 PM) scammer:    sweet, fill out the info ur info.. i can not wait for you to see me baby let me find something nice to wear
(6:40 PM) me:    answer my q bitch
y u need my cc details
(6:40 PM) scammer:    sounds like the only bitch here is you! haha
its the sites policy to ensure no minors get access to the site, so they might ask for CC to verify your age babe.
(6:40 PM) me:    man i dunno dawg
(6:41 PM) me:    ive been fooled b4
(6:41 PM) scammer:    What color Panties do you think i should wear? i might have you favorite color here somewhere…
(6:41 PM) me:    and you kno what dey say
fool me once shame on u
(6:41 PM) scammer:    Your such a good boy, i’m gonna show you what good boys deserve.. you can tell me to do anything you want me too!
(6:41 PM) me:    fool me twice…shame on u again
okay okay
(6:41 PM) scammer:    Ok let me know when you get in so I can invite you directly to my cam.
(6:41 PM) me:    you getting me all hot and shit
and like that
(6:41 PM) scammer:    u have to enter a cc, atm, or debit card so they can tell your of age, thats the ony way to see me sweety
(6:42 PM) me:    man, ok ok, ive been busted by the cops before for some underage shit
(6:42 PM) scammer:    hahaha!  call em! and tell them you are reporting a felony…  YOUR MULLET!!  You might wanna get that looked at!
(6:42 PM) me:    i need to know that you’re not some fat 40 yr old manbitch
(6:42 PM) scammer:    sounds like the only bitch here is you! haha
(6:42 PM) me:    yo yo listen up fool
(6:43 PM) scammer:    k you in yet babe??
(6:43 PM) me:    take a pic and send it to www.imgur.com
i just wanna make sure you real babe
get me?
(6:43 PM) scammer:    k
(6:43 PM) me:    and you gotta write this on your left hand
write “Hi there”
(6:43 PM) me:    so i know it’s you
(6:44 PM) me:    and not some random pic you got off gogle

“He/She” didn’t reply after that.

Being black and dumb is a lot harder than it looks.

Why is the internet gods torturing me with this nonsense?

I’m so lonely.

If I should Vlog about anything what should it be? I’ve been enticed by Ben Taylor after his amusing videos regarding NOT visiting reddit. See here.

So if I can Vlog about ANYTHING. What should it be? I really can’t think of anything interesting to talk about >.>

Nobody have been commenting on my stuff lately, makes me a sad panda

Happy new year!

So in China we have a saying which literally translated is “Good good study, day day up”. It basically means “Study hard, focus on improvement each day”. I thought it was quite funny since my mum wrote it in an email to my cousin.

We then had a debate where she was saying how it’s a common phrase in English now. I begged to differ. She then said its similar to the phrase “Long time no see” which was also derived from China. I was eager to prove her wrong and then I did a simple google search for the phrase…and the internets proved me wrong. Bob’s your uncle!

I watched the 9 oclock fireworks at darling harbor yesterday with Diana. It wasn’t that spectacular, after the 10 minutes, the entire harbor was filled with smoke and flakes from the fireworks were falling everywhere.

We ended up at Star City and I decided to try my luck on the blackjack tables. I didn’t realise they had $10 tables so I sat down on a $20 table. I picked a table where there were only 2 players sitting on the ends of the table. So I sat down in the middle. The Vietnamese gentleman on my right wasn’t doing so well, cursing every time he got a bad hand and lost. That was fine and all, curse at your own shitty luck but try and not be so bitter at other people’s fortunes.

I won my first hand two hands without much effort, my two cards totaling 18. My third hand totaled 12. The worst hand possible in blackjack. The dealer had a 4 so I decided to stand. The Vietnamese gentleman decided to mock my decision, pointing and saying “ayah” at my cards. Then it was the moment of truth, dealer uncovered 2 more cards totaling 15, I held my breathe and the next card was a 10. Too many! The Vietnamese gentleman did gave out another “ayah” after I won.

Forth hand. I got 11. Decided to double. Next card was a king. Just won $40 bucks on a single hand, that seemed to have ticked off the Vietnamese gentleman, I had won 4 hands and made 100 bucks whilst he had lost 4 hands and lost 80 bucks. That’s karma I guess.

I took my winnings and decided to bail.

Lessons to be learnt? L2 Basic Strategy.

I realised that I could have twittered everything in 2 twits, curse you twitter for making things so succinct!