Gong Xi Fa Cai! May the Chinese Ney Year of the Dog bring Happiness, Love, Peace & Success to you and your family! Wishing all my visitors the very best of health, weath, prosperity, longevity, and my God�s abundant blessing and grace continue to flow towards you. It has been along time since my previous updates and you can see some of my friends like the obvious yingjia bugging me to updates. I finally manage to get my lazy ass to post something. I might as well do a major blog revamp again if I manage to find some good free PHP hosting.
My summer holidays are going to be ending soon, and I still never been to anywhere except for a movie on Corpse Bride. I just can�t imagine when everyone asking how�s your holiday when the uni reopen. I pretty much spend the whole holiday watching TVB and American series. I have finished the Sliders season 1,2 and 3, the Dark Angel season 1, Dead Like Me season 1, Friends season 1,2,3,6,7 and random episodes of season 5 and 8.

Lets us Fly For Fun
I have also started picking up mmorpg again this year, I have tried Conquer Online, Martial Heroes (doon online 2), Gunz and FlyFF.

Martial heroes are a full 3D online martial arts game describing like the one in the martial arts novel and becoming a hero to fight the evil. It kinda like Chinese martial arts but the set is in martial art world. The story line and game play is kinda good but the draw back is the navigation and the chatting system sucks. To learn a skill or move you need a manual or master to teach you and it also allow relationship such as brotherhood and master pupil. The graphic is merely average so I stopped at level 15. I think it is waste of time if you cannot interact properly with others player. If you like martial art world then feel free to take a look
http://eng.doonline.co.kr/ 

Conquer online had a good game play and feature especially good pk system but the draw back is it is a 2d game and the graphic sucks. So it is just wasting my time to reviewing it. If anyone interested to take a look just google it.

Out of all 3, I like FlyFF the best, so I played it for a month now. FlyFF stand for Fly For Fun and it is a mmorpg that in some way resemble RO but is unique in its own way. It featured the first and only mmorpg that have a unique flying system. No others mmorpg have them yet. You can fly by using brooms or hover boards when you turn level 20.
I am currently level 41 with more than 30 millions assets although I only 2 mil cash on hand right now. I already found one rare plug earring + 3 and demol earring + 3. Others include Intelring +1 and stam ring. I will be getting my second plug from the quest on level 43. Upgraded my whole lv 30 Sorain Set +3 and pierce it with earth element which give 4% extra defense, Flaming Staff +3, Fire+5.


Fly for the first time           Getting slayed by hobos

Me and my brother           My full glowing sorain suit with my +5 flaming stick in fire which cost about 5 mils all together.

The alarm rang exactly at 0430 hours. I headed for my shower and preparing for what was ahead. We packed our own lunch and snacks. The transport is arriving at 0500 hours and dispatched as two unit of four in a separate automobile. The day ahead of us was much anticipated as an excited day. It was indeed a long journey, as we are going all the way to Ecuka for our warfare destination. All the way from Bundoora, to Hume highway through metropolitan ring road. Then through Northern ring road, to Echuka. Our warfare destination is at somewhere near mooma which is the Semoir paintball battlefield. Semoz Paintball is located just over the border in NSW. After we crosses the Echuka/Moama bridge, we continue out of Moama towards Deniliquin. After that travel for 12 km and crosses the railway line. We arrived at a rather off road dirt track Old Deniliquin Road which stretched 4 kilometer and stopped.

The warfare was supposed to be starting at 0900 hours but we are pretty late as we are kind of lost when finding our way here to the battlefield. We reached the battlefield at about 0930. Everyone started emerging from their vehicles onto the drop zone group by group. We went to the officer in charge to register and paid our entrance fees and bought our compulsory 100 ammo after changing into the military camouflage outfit. We are all also geared up with the mask and goggles to protect our heads and eyes from any injuries that might arise. The wait was unbearable as we are all excited about the warfare ahead of us. After signed the clearance for the weapons and ammo, we are then preceded to the armory to receive our weapon which is a semi automatic rifle powered by compressed CO2 gas canisters. I was given a number 56 ammo vault.

We are briefed about the dangers involved, the safety and the weapon handling at the practice zone. Everyone was so eager and look forward for what awaiting them. One division consists of 25 infantries which further divided to two clans. It is very obvious that all the guys that came with the big military truck grouped together. They are all strong and brave militia while living all the gals in one group. Needless to say, I am in the gals� team as our self-appointed group leader is Carolyn.

We were brought to the first preliminary zone where there is heaps of barriers make out of woods. The experience of shooting someone with the paint loaded semi automatic rifle was overwhelming as soon as I started to shoot enemies especially in the very near distance. When you heard ah� or ouch�, you can know for sure that is Caucasians while if you overheard aiyak� or aah�, you can know for sure that you comrades got hit and need medics. Basically each battle is mission based such like capturing flags and bring it to the enemy barrel at the base. Defending or attacking a fortress. Some mission, each infantry are only given one life which mean if you get shot once, you are out. Some mission if you get shot, you must tag the barrel at the base before you can enter the battlefield again or get tagged by a comrade.

There is 10 different combats field and we only played about half of it. We only played the Board, Celtic Ruins, The fort, Hay Bales 1, Junk Yard and Search & destroy.
1. Board
2. Braveheart
3. Celtic Ruins
4. The fort
5. Hay Bales 1
6. Hay Bales 2
7. Junk Yard
8. Search & Destroy
9. Tyres
10. Wild West





We didn�t even win a single game as anticipated since we are the inferior group. Our group only reloaded once while the other group already reloaded at least 4 or 5 times. Since we are short on ammo, we have to be sparing on our ammunitions. It is so infuriating that I kept eating bullets. 人吃子彈, 我吃子彈。 I really ate bullets as I kept being shot on the mask and the paint splash inside my mask and it taste really bitter. We are already worn out before the break and our struggles end there.

Clock Wise: Carolyn, Me, Elaine, Suhaina & Yaamuna. *not in pic, chai yuen

Mr T, Sky and Me
Everyone was already tired from the paintball game and no one notice that on our way home, we went to a wrong direction. By the time we realized that we didn�t cross the Echuka / Moama bridges across the Murray River at the NSW border, we are already all the way up at Deniliquine, NSW. It is atleast 80km away from Echuka, while Melbourne is about 210 km away from Echuka. The journey to Echuka from Melbourne which supposed to be only 3 hours took us 4 hours. It is intriguing that the return journey which supposed to be shorter took us about 6 hours as we went to the wrong direction.

I am going to list the TVB series that I have collected currently this year here.

[TVB-M] Healing Hand III - 妙手仁心Ⅲ
[TVB-M] Revolving Doors of Vengeance - 酒店風雲 (2005)
[TVB-A] War Of In Laws - 我的野蛮奶奶 (2005)
[TVB-A] The Herbalist's Manual - 本草藥王 (2005)
[TVB-A] The Gentle Crackdown - 秀才遇著兵 (2005)
[TVB-M] Just Love 老婆大人 (2005)
[TVB-A] The Prince's Shadow 御用閒人 (2005)
[TVB-A] War and Beauty 金枝慾孽 (2004)
[TVB-A] Twin of Brothers - 大唐双龙传 (2004)
[TVB-A] Strike At Heart - 惊艳一枪 (2004)
[TVB-A] Where the Legend Begins (2002)
[TVB-A] Lost in the Chamber of Love 西廂奇緣 (2004)
[TVB-M] Web Drama 20|30 Dictionary 男女字典
[KBS] Mini Drama Series - I'm Sorry, I Love You Mianhada Saranghanda 미안하다 사랑한다 (2004) The Lost Series

Traditionally, the middle of autumn is the end of the harvest, when people return home for a reunion, gathering with friends and family. In Australia, 'mid autumn' happens to be early spring and it gives the festival a new meaning -  "the first full moon of the new season is a nostalgic time: Winter is behind us and the energy of summer is on the horizon".

Every year, over 600,000 people of Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean descent celebrate the Moon Festival across Australia. The most visual element among the festival activities is the sale of moon cakes. At Asian supermarkets, grocery stores, cake shops and restaurants, you will see at prominent places piles of moon cakes and colour posters.

2005 Darebin Moon Festival
The North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association (NEMCA)墨爾本東北區華人協is organising a 2005 Darebin Moon Festival, in partnership with 3CW Chinese Radio, for Sunday 18 September 2005, at the Preston City Hall and Shire Hall. This festival is an umbrella event of the Darebin Music Feast. The Moon Festival is also known as the Mid Autumn Festival. It is a traditional celebration of the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese Lunar calendar, marked with moon gazing, displays and eating moon cakes. It is an occasion for family reunions. The Festival will feature multicultural community performers, music, cooking demonstrations and food stalls, Asian food products, healthy food and diets, children��s games, moon cakes making, Chinese noodles making and Chinese lantern making workshops at the halls. The Organising Committee intends this festival will involve participation by a wide cross section of the community, reflecting the cultural diversity of the City of Darebin and engendering a sense of unity amongst all of our citizens.

 

Full Moon covered in clouds

Fire Burst

Fire Burst

Me and Sky

Me and my bro

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         Mouse Like Rice - This flash animation is so sweet. Cute version.

��The Mouse Love The Rice��(老鼠愛大米)

When that day I hear your voice
I have some special feeling
Let me always think I don't wanna forget you
I remember at the day
You are always on my mind
Eventhough I just can think about you
If the day in the future
This love will becoming true
I've never change my mind that I will love you forever
I don't care how fool it is
I will let my dream come true
I will tell you something I wanna let you know, I let you know

I love you, loving you, as the mouse love the rice
Even every day has storm, I will always by your side
I miss you, missing you
I don't care how hard it is
I just want you be happy
Everything, I do it for you

Just finished my presentation, been through hell lots of test this few weeks..
Minh just gave me the KBS Mini drama series, I'm Sorry, I Love You Mianhada Saranghanda. This drama is quite a hit during last year. Although I haven't watch this series, I think it gonna be great. There is so much other series that I wanted to watch such like Full House.

This is the first time I will be viewing a korean drama series from KBS.
I had only seen two Japanese drama series before, the infamous GTO by Takeshi and Beautiful Life about a hairdresser which fall in love with a paralysed girl (Takako Tokiwa).

Click    Here      for info about the drama series that I blogged about before.

Kiss The Messenger
by Jessica Findlay

I anxiously punch his email address into Messenger. Would he be online? Success. He's there. It's lust at first type.

A few months ago, I decided to crash at my cousin's house in Toronto after a Christmas party. His friend was visiting and we ended up talking and flirting before I called it a night. The next morning I was searching my coat pockets for lip gloss when I came across a business card. It was blank except for an email address belonging to the cute boy, Ryan.

Since adding my new friend to my growing list of Messenger contacts, we've been getting to know each other through brief and entertaining conversations over the computer. Although we don't live in the same city and I haven't seen him since, we regularly chat, incorporating winking faces into our conversations. In person, I'm really not a very good winker.

Luckily, there's MSN Messenger

"It's huge," said Anabel Quan-Haase, a professor of media, information, and technoculture at the University of Western Ontario, who is studying Messenger use on campus. "It's only going to get bigger."
For many university students, whose schedules are busy and unpredictable, it's difficult to find time to create or maintain relationships in person. That's why more students are choosing to communicate over instant messaging programs such as Messenger, said Quan-Hase.

Cellphones offer a similar convenience of mobility, but there seem to be more advantages to typing than talking, as many people regularly use Messenger on their cellphones.

Quan-Haase explains that when talking on the phone, you have no idea if the person is there and have to go through the formalities of introduction. It can also be expensive, she said. With Messenger you can get to the point quickly, while having five or 10 different conversations at the same time.

Launched by Microsoft in the summer of 1999 to compete with other instant messaging programs such as ICQ, MSN Messenger (commonly referred to as MSN or Messenger) has been taking off. Among the 18 million Canadians who regularly use the Internet, 10 million are registered with the MSN network.

There's nothing to it. Search for a friend by using their email address. If they have Messenger, it sends them a message asking if they want to be on your list. If they accept, the chatting can start as soon as both friends are using the program by double clicking on a name.

The free download is more than just exchanging instant conversation with friends and family. Want to send a hug? Click on the hug icon. Want someone to think they're funny? Type LOL (laugh out loud) or put an action in asterisks to show you're laughing, such as *giggle*. There are also ways to send pictures, files and facial icons to show emotions.

Above all, the biggest appeal to instant messaging is that it's fun - especially when it comes to relationships.

"It's so easy," said Heather Keith, a master of science student at the University of British Columbia.

 
Photo by Jessica Findlay
MSN is a new relationship gateway for university students. 
"If you have to call someone, you'll probably fake dial five times before you decide to do it," she said. "With MSN, you just add their name to your list. It's easy to start talking to them without seeing their reaction. If it doesn't work out, it's over and done with and you can just delete them," she said.

Online banter also eliminates the potential for awkward silences and missed opportunities.

"How many times have you walked away from talking with someone you like and wished you had said something funny or witty?" said Keith, 26. "On MSN there's time to think about what you're going to say."

The ease of saying hello online isn't news. Even back in 2001, a University of Miami psychology study showed people who communicate over a computer say they feel more free, uninhibited and comfortable, than in face-to-face communication. The study also showed that people enjoyed face-to-face conversation more, if it was preceded by online communication.

"If students participate in some form of computer-mediated communication prior to a discussion, then those discussions are likely to be enhanced."

"I definitely think it's good for testing the waters," said Will Kostelynk, a business student at the University of Manitoba.

Last Halloween, Kostelynk met a woman at a bar who was taking pictures on her digital camera of him in his costume. She requested his email address to later send him the pictures. When she did, she also added him to her MSN and the conversation began flowing.

"We chit chatted for a bit and then I used MSN to ask her out to a movie," he said. "It's a good and safe way to get to know someone a little better."

But some Messenger conversations are not so innocent.

It's no secret that many university students like to drink, often referring to alcohol as "liquid courage" when it comes to making the moves.

While students tend to feel extra confident soberly typing their feelings, typing under the influence has been known to take the conversation to a whole new level.

"MSN booty calls happen all the time after a night at the bar," said Krista Leck, 22, who studies nutrition at Acadia University, a school where all students have laptop computers.

Asking for late-night romance of any kind isn't as intimidating when it's all type and no action.

"If you don't know how they'll respond you could always add a winking face, as though you might be joking. On the phone, it's more embarrassing," she said.

But, sometimes instant messages aren't instant enough.

After a night of flirting with a guy at the bar, Leck was on Messenger seeing where things would go. By the time she received an invitation to come over, it was too late. "I passed out between messages," said Leck, admitting she probably wouldn't have if she had been talking on the phone. "I guess I missed my chance."
Despite its limitations, instant messaging is working to bring couples closer together. For students in relationships needing to go the distance for an education, extra miles can put extra strains on love.

Candace Skinner has been in a long-distance relationship for more than three years and doesn't consider the phone as a desirable option for frequent communicating.

"If you phone someone four times a day, it's annoying" said Skinner, 22, who introduced her boyfriend to Messenger. "If you message them four times a day it doesn't seem to be a problem �K You can just message about something as it comes up."

With Skinner studying occupational therapy in Toronto and her boyfriend working on a freightliner in the Atlantic Ocean, Messenger is their obvious connection.

"He can be gone for three or four months at a time," she said. "When he goes into international waters, it's too costly to call."

Just as instant messaging can easily bring couples together, it can also tear them apart.

"There are most definitely downfalls to MSN," said Greg Uremovich, a recreation student at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.

"Something that was meant to be sarcastic can be taken the wrong way. Also, many people say things that they wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation, and that could be bad," he said.

As a channel for unrestricted communication, Messenger can facilitate a gateway for cheating. Unless partners reveal passwords to each other, it is difficult to know who's typing what to whom.

"Depending on what type of flirting is going on between two people, I think it can be considered cheating," said Uremovich. "I wouldn't want my girlfriend flirting on MSN and if I found out, I probably wouldn't be too happy."

Regardless of what MSN Messenger is and isn't doing for relationships, its popularity is continuing to grow.

"We're going to see instant messaging being used more in the next generations," said Quan-Haase, whose research will continue over the next three or four years. "If your friends have it, you'll have it. No one wants to feel disconnected."

"It's here to stay," said Andrew Mills, a Grade 12 student at Rothesay Netherwood School in Rothesay, N.B, who goes online everyday after school until he goes to sleep.

"It's like the fast food of communication -- it may be unhealthy, but it's quick, easy and temporarily satisfying."

Mills, 18, explains Messenger also plays a big part in the high school dating scene because everyone uses it. However, he hasn't had much luck. A girl he wanted to date found out he liked her and immediately rejected him online.

"It was devastating, but I've moved on," he said.
With any relationship prospect, there are risks. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. As much as I love talking on the computer, it does leave something to be desired.

With hours of Messenger conversations with Ryan, I'm hoping to take my online relationship offline.

After all, a *MWAH* over Messenger never beats a real kiss.

       I finally found the journal that required for the pharmacology seminar presentation. I got it through document delivery system [LIDDAS]. It took me a day to register for LIDDAS and 3 days for my document to get into my inbox in a tiff file format. There is so much things to do and I can�t imagine when the therapeutic pharmacology & toxiology exam crash with the human physiology 2 exam. 
        I was late for the lecture today, the lecture already started by the time I reach. I took my sits at the back of the exam hall like usual. Lectures hall is indeed a good place for blue jacking and there I took out my mobile and search for Bluetooth mobile phones. One, two, three�Seven of them on the phone. All of them were named except for one phone with an unknown. I chose my first victim,  -=High=-. A msg with �don�t you find this subject was boring?� was send over. After it was transferred, I hided my phone on my pocket and acted likes nothing happen. Although I don�t know who is my victim nor what type of model of that phone. But knowing that it already send through was really satisfactory. This is the first time I bluejacked someone and it feel so satisfactory.
        I am also not expecting a replied as I didn�t turn on my Bluetooth at all as I only turned on my Bluetooth for a few second when sending my msg across and it automatically turn off after doing so. Next time I should on my Bluetooth and hope that somebody will send me a message.

Euro English - German Language
Message: The European Union commissioners have
announced
that an agreement has
been reached to adopt English as the preferred
language for European
communications, rather than German, which was
the
other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British
government conceded that
English spelling had some room for improvement
and has accepted a
five-year
phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish
(Euro for short).

In the first year "s" will be used instead of
the soft "c". Sertainly
sivil servants will resieve this news with joy.
Also, the hard "c" will be
replased with "k". Not only will this klear up
konfusion, but typewriters
kan have one less letter. There will be a growing
publik enthusiasm in the
sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be
replased by "f". This will
make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the third year publik akseptanse of the new
spelling kan be expekted
to reach the stage where more komplikated
changes
are possible.
Governments
will enkourage the removal of double letters,
which have always ben a
deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre
that the horible mes of
silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and
they would go.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to
steps such as replasing
"th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year,
ze unesesary "o" kan be
dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar
changes vud of kors be aplid
to
ozer kombinations of leters.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking
German like zey vunted in ze
forst pls.
European Korespondent

khers
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Try Reading This - I know alot of you might already come across this but I decided to post this anyway.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the
hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht
oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can
sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

I overslept today and missed the early lecture today on biochemistry. Today was the second week of my second semester and I already missed to lectures. It is already noon when I woke up today and I hurried had my brunch and shower. I came to the university unprepared for my clinical biochemistry peer group questions. It was like usual where I ended up referencing my peers� works, hehe. 
     
After the tedious work of doing my peer group questions, my friends gave me a belated birthday present. It was enclosed in a fine-looking silver paper box wrapped in a pink plastic bag which they think is girlie. It is a very nice brownish 120 x 22 cm scarf that knitted by one of them. Thanks MKNY for their present.

It is the day, the day where my parents arrived in Melbourne on last?s last?s last Sunday. It is already one and half year that I didn?t see my parents, missed them so much. My parents brought a lot of things for me and my brother. On the first day on Monday, like usual we went around Melbourne driving eating air. Although we been to Melbourne before, but we aren?t familiar with the Melbourne and we have to drive around to find our way. Of course we get lost a lot of time, making illegal U-turns, ignoring no turning sign, speeding, driving on the tram lane, being horned by people for switching lane the last minutes, get lost on the freeway and have to travel a extra a few kilometers in order to find the nearest viable exits.
We dined in a Vietnamese restaurant on Tuesday with my dad friend. It was really nice; we have a lot of those Vietnamese hawkers? varieties. Then we droved to the Melbourne International Airport through the metropolitan ring road as my father want to familiarize the road to the airport. Then we had go ?yam cha? for the past few days in Box Hill as the dim sum over there is not bad. Imagine driving from bundoora every afternoon just for yamcha. Actually we don?t know any better place to eat out.
After we picked up my brother from Ballarat, we spend a week of vacation in Rye. We pretty much stayed in the resort for the whole week. It was good as we are able to spend some time with our family and we watched a few TVB series that I burned earlier. I even bought my external DVD burner there and burned from there.
War and Beauty
[TVB] The Gentle Crackdown - 秀才遇著兵
[TVB] Just Love 老婆大人

I bought a new DVD burner again, I bought the very same pioneer 16X OEM again. But this time, I bought a different casing brand although it is the same Aluminium 5.25 external enclosure, this time the casing are able to slide and doesn?t require an external adapter as it is all build in this time with a internal fan. The price for the DVD burner with casing overall is 130A$ which are cheaper then the last time that I brought the earlier one. Well, at least buying separately is much cheaper than buying those branded and assembled External DVD burner which can cost about 150A$(pc fairs price) - 190A$ office work discounted price.
I also bought an USB dongle on that day besides the external DVD burner and a spindles of DVD-R discs. My mother gave me her old phone; it is quite a fairly new phone as she seldom uses it. It is an SE k700i, this model is about a year old and this phone is almost phasing out due to superseeded by the SE S720 and the new SE k750i. I spend a few hours yesterday trying to find some program to upload it into my phone. I found a 2MB Chinese ? English Dictionary  J2ME supported phone should be able to use this JAVA program. I also uploaded a periodic table, a scientific calculator and heaps lots of JAVA games. I still have the java program with me but you will definitely need a USB dongle to install the java application on your phone.
The USB data cable that my father bought from Malaysia is very slow and now I am only using the USB BlueTooth dongle for data transfers. The memory in the mobile phone is really low with no expansion slots for memory cards. 42 MB are used almost completely when I take some videos and uploaded 4 or 5 high quality MP3s. How great if I have SE k750i.
I recently watched the whole series of the LOST series season 1 as my brother burned it to me during the holidays. It was really good and I even burned a few copies and passed them to my friends. I can?t wait for season 2. Here is the list of movies that I watched, Chobits Animes, Full Metal Alchemist Anime, Prince Shadows TVB Series and a few other movies like Team America where bloody moron puppets acted like what they are.

I finally decided to drop microbiology 2 and forgoed my chance to do medical microbiology 1 and 2 during the third year to do general pathology instead. My exams results for the previous semester come out last week, it wasn?t too bad. I got 3 credits and 1 pass for human physiology. Anyway that?s for now.