WordPress 2.2
WordPress 2.2 has been released, and as usual I've updated GaMerZ.WordPress to it. Among the goodies, WordPress Widgets let you easily rearrange and customise areas of your blog, usually sidebars, with simple drag-and-drop.
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GST Offset Package
I caught 28 Weeks Later at The Cathay, my first visit there. The building is confusing and the carpark cramped, so GV VivoCity still rocks. The film was only average; I reckon 28 Days Later was better.
Nokia N81, N82
The Nokia N81 is a slide phone measuring 102 by 50 by 17.9mm and weighing about 140g, with 8GB internal flash, up to 12.5 hours of music playback and 15 days of standby.
Movie Blues
I caught Spider-Man 3 at Lido with Li Xiang and her friends after a sushi buffet at Suki Sushi. That was my first and last time there, as the food is poor; Sakae Sushi is far better.
Crumpler Bags
I'd wanted two Crumpler bags from a HardwareZone mass order, but it fell through and I got my refund. I paid promptly, while others refused to pay and backed out when the organiser tried to place the order.
Exams Over
My exams are finally over; never have I been this stressed except at NUS. The competition is so high and the students seem ten times smarter, which makes you feel ten times dumber.
Blizzard Announcing A Game On 19th May 2007
Blizzard got back to us about the rumour that StarCraft 2 will be announced next month at their Worldwide Invitational in Seoul. A Korean website says it's being developed in 3D with a new race.
Room Makeover
My parents bought my brother and me each a King Koil queen-size bed, costing around $500 and arriving last Wednesday. Our previous mattress lasted ten years and the frame sixteen. Since the bed is big, I rearranged my room.
Fracture
Before our movie we queued about 20 minutes for doughnuts at Vinco The Donut Parlour on VivoCity's second level, and they were disappointing, not fluffy at all, as if the doughnut had gone on a diet. Overhyped.
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Hits Shelves
Adobe Creative Suite 3 has finally hit store shelves, in six flavours. Design Standard bundles InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat 8 Professional, while Design Premium adds Photoshop Extended and Flash.
My Own Wiki
Just following the trend, I've installed MediaWiki on my site. For the uninitiated, MediaWiki is the same software that powers Wikipedia. I plan to post things there that need frequent updating, starting with my WordPress plugins to-do list.
Ice Cafe Latte
I love an iced caffe latte, and when I start work I hope there's a Starbucks nearby. My ranking, best to worst: Starbucks, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Gloria Jean's, McCafe and Spinelli.
Shooter
I caught Shooter on Sunday night, a film over two hours long that was slightly above average. The main character, Bob Lee Swagger, played by Mark Wahlberg, is practically an aimbot, with near-100% accuracy.
Tagged By LiXiang
Li Xiang tagged me with this game: each player lists six weird things about themselves, then tags six others, who must blog their own six weird things and state the rules. Number one: I speak very fast.
Sunshine
I caught Sunshine at GV Jurong Point and the film was pure rubbish; I should have watched Shooter instead. This is the third consecutive time I couldn't watch in peace at GV Jurong Point, and I've no idea why.
50 Memorable Things For Singaporean Teenagers
Fifty memorable things for Singaporean teenagers, so sit back, enjoy and think back. Were you one of these? You grew up watching He-Man, Transformers, SilverHawks and Mickey Mouse, not forgetting the Ninja Turtles and the Smurfs.
Things You May Not Know
Things you may not know, part one to thirty. Look at your zipper: the initials YKK stand for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha, the world's largest zipper maker. Around 40% of McDonald's profits come from Happy Meals.
Found in JB pirated discs bust: Database of S’pore buyers
A raid by Malaysian authorities on a Johor Baru shop has turned up a customer list, which will be handed to the police here. The database of names, phone numbers and addresses was found on the shop's PC.
Ping.sg
I recently stumbled upon Ping.sg and, seeing its potential, registered both my blog and my development blog with it. I think it's much better than Tomorrow.sg, and amusingly my site's Alexa ranking is higher than either Ping.sg's or Tomorrow.sg's.
Prison Break
I celebrated my birthday with my polytechnic classmates last Thursday at Glass House Fish & Co. I'd first wanted Tao's Restaurant, but found its $28.80++ seven-course set dinner a bit pricey, whereas Fish & Co tops out around $24.
23rd Birthday Celebration
I celebrated my birthday with family at Dian Xiao Er in VivoCity a day early, since my parents, grandparents and uncle are off to Vietnam. My birthday cake was a Ben & Jerry's ice cream cake.
Happy 23rd Birthday To Me
It's now just past midnight, so I'm officially 23 years old! Another year older, hopefully a little wiser, and grateful for everyone who's been part of the journey. Here's to whatever the year ahead has in store for me.