Chasing After Rainbows

[I tried to record the 1280x768 version of the 1st 5 episodes of the 1st season of 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (The Depression of Haruhi Suzumiya) in cronological order on my VCR . It worked, but the playback on the tape make it look old (with mono sound) as compared to the original HD version. Also, possibly due to age, the tape player did not indicate the position. Also, even though the counter reach around 2h 15min (since I fully rewinded and started recording) on a E-195 tape, I tried recording the 6th episode but mid-way it behaved as though it already reach the end. Also, when rewinding, the VCR turned off by it self.] There is a class outing for IQ0704F of ITE college central bishan at East Coast Park this Saturday, 22 Dec at 9:30am (i think). The meeting place is at the MacDonalds there. The direct bus to there is 401 from Bedok interchange, but that bus operates on Sat, Sun & Public Holiday. On saturdays, it operates from 2pm-10pm with intervals ranging from 20-29 mins and 10am-8pm on Sun

[Yukari Takahashi (who also helped me with my japanese language blog ) would kill me if I put up the full size version in colour here because she already has a reputation / large fan base somewhere. She said it's fine if I use one of my images on top of the one you see here. Don't ask how I get to know her.] I'm quite blur when it comes to vector drawing. At first, I don't even know how to create it. Now, using inkscape , it looks alright, at least, for 2d people and basic things like a box. I'm still unclear on how to do something as complicated as a city scenery. I have done at least a few and uploaded some of them online. It's been a long while since I have done vector tracing since I have use the pencil (erm...) to do the same thing, but in monocrome. To find the earlier vector art, you have to dig deep since it was a long time ago. You can try looking through my 1st blog  (that blog used to have the same url as this blog until around April 2007 ) or image

I spent most of the day adding missing/corrupted information, making sure that compilations in an album appear together instead of seperately, and adding album images. At first, I was clueless at to why mp3 info looks okay on this pc but when I transfer to another pc/device, the info (that is not in latin charaters) appears messed up ( mojibake ). I noticed that when I added/edited info using Windows Media Player or Apple iTunes (above), the text becomes okay, though the ones I edited earlier in windows explorer are still messed up. The problem now is that the music I "received" from chinese sites are messed up. I can solve it by copying the file/folder name or open the readme.txt included in it using firefox by changing the encoding. It's time consuming though. As for the album art, I was clueless as to how to add image until today. 1st, I have to move the folder of the songs away from where you originally save to (otherwise, the text info can be edited). Then make sure

Here are the stuff I'm annoyed with: People calling/messaging me at the inconvenient times (especially when I'm in the middle of drawing/sleeping) My laptop is too laggy but upgrading the RAM would mean voiding the warranty. There's always speed boost but other than my portable HDD, I don't have anything that is at least twice my current RAM size. People asking me to do things when I don't want to. (Even though I say otherwise) My body is aching The whole "national/racial/religion identity" thing. Not enough money to do/get what I want. The weather (I don't mind the rain, but THERE IS NO SNOW!) People smoking, especially in public areas Applied for about 5 jobs, but so far none of them called me back How I'm not what I want to be (biologically) grades and not getting courses that I want time limits, especially short ones felt like living in the past 4chan.org banning me for some unknown reason Being accused of something I didn't do Can't t

On 15 January 2008, there will be acting/singing and have to say out the words in japanese. I just sent the english and japanese to the email address around 11am today. My group consists of 3 people. Here is the japanese script I submited (I was supposed to send it as romanised text): 伝説は特定のビデオを監視した人々を言って、即座にぞっとさせている死を持っているでしょう。 二人の人が匿名の人によって送られたビデオを 監視していました。 中途で見ている間、彼らのひとりは、トイレに行くと決めました。 それ少しもずっと後に、禎子はテレビから這って、その人をテレビへ引きずりたがっていませんでした。 その人をテレビへ引きずる禎子の代わりに、彼女はその人を怯えさせようとする部屋の周りで追いかけられました。 いつか後に、禎子はテレビに登って戻ると決めましたが、脚によって捕らえられて、引っ張り出されました。 それらの間の恐ろしい戦いの後に、 禎子は、テレビまで這って戻るのに最終的に成功しました。 それを見て、その人は、テレビを持ち上げて、それを震動させるのを始動しましたが、禎子は動かないでしょう。 長いときに、より遅れていなくて、その人は、あきらめて、去り始めました。 その瞬間に、禎子の手は、見えて、その人をテレビへ引きずり始めました。 その人がそこにいた間、禎子は彼女に関してその 人に過ぎて話しました。 禎子 ： およそ 10 年前に、私は粉砕を引き起こした人として私の幼な馴染みを間違った元のボーイフレンドによって井戸まで押し下げられました。 私たちが親密に見えたように、彼は激怒に負けま した。 ( それは、私の死を引き起こしました ) 。 私は、報復を取るためにビデオを作成して、それを彼に渡しました。 ビデオが彼のために作られていましたが、それは、どうにか他の人々に渡されて、あなたで終わりました。 私の過去の経験から、ビデオを見た人々が私に死ぬほど怯えるでしょう。 いつか後に、私は、非常に孤独で

Better put this down before I forget 14 - 16 Dec (Friday - Sunday): Have to submit stuff by the 15th and then go to the open house at Republic Polytechnic at Woodlands sometime later. 18 Dec (Tuesday): 9:50am - 1pm, outside ITE Bishan staff room for video editing 21 Dec (Friday): 10am onwards, meet ming rong and skye outside payar lebar MRT station. 22 Dec (Saturdy): 9:30am onwards, class outing at East Cost park MacDonalds (no idea how to get there). until 8 Jan (Tuesday): Prepare presentation for business communication. after 21 Dec (Friday), before 15 Jan (Tuesday): Subsequent (bi-)weekly (not confirmed) meething with sky and min rong Unknown: Visiting relatives in Negara Sembilan, Malaysia. Unknown: Cleaning up my room (it's messy) Unknown: Finding time for a (full/part time) job. (need 50x of what I already have by 2013) Holidays during the period (which makes no difference to my life or would care about): 20 Dec (Thursday): Hari Raya Haji 25 Dec (Tuesday): Christmas 1 Jan (Fr

Here are a bunch of entries that took place from 8 Dec (Sat) to 12 Dec (Wed) 8 December 2007 (Saturday): Stayed at home most of the time. Decided to make major changes to my 3rd and 4th profile after making this post just the night before. Managed to watch "ef - a tale of memories" and "灼眼のシャナII" (Shakugan no Shana Second). 9 December 2007 (Sunday): Woke up earlier than usual (7am) on a Sunday. Father comes home with mother (she works the night shift and he went to fetch her) with MacD breakfast (it happens every week) at 9am. He also wants to watch "Doraemon" (ドラえもん) on RCTI (an indonesian free-to-air network). Had to connect the external antena via VCR (which is almost 12 years old) as the widescreen tv bought almost last year can't display it. Made a lot of changes to friendster, blogger and youtube profile. Later on around evening, went out with parents to fech my sister from work (Hans Art, Bishan Branch) without changing. Went to Sheng Siong sup