I sooo want this phone. The specifications are great! It runs on Symbian, has a touch screen and a great camera to go with it.

But the sad reality is that I am in NS, and it costs $400+ with a two year plan.

Tags: phones

I want this album so badly.

Tags: flow

Being the computer geek I am, it’s inevitable I still have some wants for my PC hardwares

- Linksys WRT54GL: Oh yes, I need to get this soon. The lousy 2Wire is driving me crazy.

As for the rest, they are not “urgent” in a sense but they could be part of a new PC to be built in the coming one or two years. (With my monthly-accumulated [i.e. saved up month by month] NS salary perhaps; it’s still too early to say.)

- Some Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
- 200 GB SATA Drive - IDE drives are a thing of the past!
- hmm… nothing else for now.

Anyway, I’m thinking of building a 64 Bit PC next. 32 Bit is gradually being phased out anyway. If you were wondering about this bits thing, read this.

We need more of this, this, this and this kind of high-end PC manufacturers here.Goodness they allow you to customise your system to your heart’s content and one of my customisation ended up being USD 3878.

A Merry Christmas everyone!

I went to watch the movie The Holiday yesterday. Not my type of movie but I kind of enjoyed it, at least the humour within, much unlike the terrible You, me and Dupree. The crowd at Orchard was just terrible. I wonder how it’s like right at this moment, 10+ minutes to Christmas.

Today, on Christmas eve, I went on a shopping spree, including stuff that weren’t for me. I had a haircut, followed by a trip to Sim Lim to buy 200 CD-R and 50 DVD-R for CCA usage. Gosh, that was SO heavy and expensive (SGD 87). I almost died along the way carrying that home. I bought myself a Bluetooth adapter and for my cousin a network card and a thumbdrive (a pretty good looking one if you ask me).

Walked around for a long time before settling on a pair of Niké shoes. Believe it or not, this is my first piece of Niké merchandise I ever bought. The rest belonged to Adidas and New Balance etc.

And later on, I bought another jacket and a new shoe bag.

Phew, remind me not to shop at this time of the year again. The crowd is kinda huge. I still need some shorts and pants. That should be all that’s left to get.

I took a trip down to my aunt’s place at Clementi today (which is almost at the other end of Singapore from where I live) to take a look at my cousin’s PC, which was apparently not working. (It turns out that it was because the video card was loose.)

Anyway, while I was walking from the MRT station to her house, I passed by some places that gave me some kind of a feeling of nostalgia. I used to live with my aunt when I about 4 I think. Walking through those places really made me feel how quickly 10+ years have passed.

My cousin had an operation on her knees (because of reasons I can’t remember) and can’t walk around. So she had to stay at home everyday for a few weeks until she can walk fully again. She just returned from working in New York.

She lent me the box set of Lord of the Rings Extended DVD which she bought at only USD 40+! I was simply amazed! Damn, I want to get my hands on this box set for myself! It’s sold at (I think) nearly SGD 200 at shops locally!

On a side note, my recent attempts at combating SPAM bots seemed to have worked. I now use two plugins for this purpose: Bad Behaviour to block any spam bots from sucking my bandwidth try (i.e. blocking their access) and Akismet to filter any comments that bots which has passed through the first layer of defence post.

Somehow, this seemed to have worked to a pretty large extent - only 6 spam posts in two days compared to the 30+ per day from before!

Anyway I’ve added some form of advertisement on the site, powered by Adsense. I would call it a subtle way of placing it because you only see it if you view the posts on its own page. (i.e. when you click on the post title link.) I wonder how much I can earn by placing it like this. We shall see.

Tags: Lord of the Rings

Nokia N80 was touted as a “feature king” phone by some in its era. It’s title is going to be claimed by the upcoming N95. Mr Brown had a chance to see the new phone in action! Watch it at his WTF! Show. If there’s santa, this will be what I want for Christmas… next year perhaps.

More later perhaps.

Let’s see… It’s now December and that means… it’s time to shop! LOL, there are so many things I want to get. Firstly, let’s get the nerdy items out of the way.

• Computer RAM - gosh, all the other parts are getting cheaper EXCEPT for this. Need 1GB more.
• Hard Drive - Hm…
• A new PHONE! Mine is two years old now.

… if I could afford it, I won’t mind getting a better graphic card. But that’s way out of the budget anyway.

And now… I still need…

• A new pair of shoes
• Some clothes
• Pants. Long and short ones

Class chalet tomorrow. Hope it doesn’t end up like the previous ones.

Prepare to be bombarded by a fanboy’s scream rant.

I want this and this!!!

Gosh, ever since I first heard the soundtrack in The Two Towers (yes I didn’t watch Fellowship of the Ring first), I’ve fallen in love with the soundtrack. And now, Howard Shore is releasing it in complete recordings!

</fanboy rant>

Tags: Lord of the Rings

Some people have a fetish for rabbits, others for Counter Strike, gaying and pool. I, on the other hand, have it for DEATH NOTE!

Can’t blame me for this; of all the manga I have read so far, this manga is the best in both storyline and art. It is unconventional and has a nice plot.

To top this off, I want this artbook so badly. =/ The only problem is, it costs an atrocious $120+.

To further prove my point, here’s two new MSN display pictures you might catch me using some time later. The only problem is ZoneAlarm, a firewall I have liked and have been using for ages, is giving me heaps of trouble with Live Messenger. So, what should I do? Sacrifice features for safety?

Thank you for wasting 5 minutes of your life and reading a fanboy rant.

Humans have unlimited wants but resources are limited. This certainly applies to me.

After finishing PW today, went “shopping” with Xiang Long at parkway and then with Zenden at Bugis later. I came, I saw, I left (Veni, Vidi, Vamoose) - without buying anything. =(

Presenting to you, my wishlist:

Shoes
I decided it is time I stop giving sports shoes makers money and instead buy some “casual wear”. Here are some Converse shoes I saw that I liked. (There’s one more but I can’t find its picture)

Unlimited wants, but not the resources (in other words, I don’t have the money).

In lieu of these, I shall have this. (Note, the comic is called “Shoe”.)

Leaving the rest for the next time when I have nothing to write about. Look out for them under the “Wishlist” category.