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Our military is cracking down on blogs posting negative comments, so to be safe, I've password-protected my previous post. The password is the same across all protected posts, and the hint is my girlfriend's full name, not hanyu pinyin.
I finally got my posting order, a month after downgrading. As of yesterday, 14th November 2005, I've been posted to SAFTI MI, INTEC, the Instructional Design and Development branch. I had mixed feelings, since it wasn't quite what I'd expected.
Here's a clip of Chicken Little dancing to O-Zone's famous song Dragostea Din Tei. It's often shown before movies to remind audiences to silence or switch off their phones. The 3.2MB clip is well worth a watch.
I typed a long post, clicked publish and lost it all. Anyway, I caught a sneak preview of Doom at GV Grand. The storyline is simple; I'm not sure why some reviews rated it poorly.
Li Xiang and I celebrated our first anniversary yesterday, codename 1024, on my dismounting shift. We prayed at Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, then headed to Bugis to take Neoprints, before dinner at Tony Roma's.
I caught Tim Burton's Corpse Bride at Cathay Cineleisure; it was rather average, so I wonder why 8 Days gave it 4.5 stars. There's also a new Sony Gallery at Paragon, much bigger than the Wisma Atria one.
SanDisk and Sony have announced the development of the Memory Stick Micro, or M2, format, an ultra-small recording medium designed to meet the growing storage needs of highly compact, multifunctional mobile phones.
Li Xiang was busy with a conference at Sentosa last week, staying four days and three nights at The Beaufort Hotel. I dismounted on Thursday and took leave Friday, staying with her that night over an American breakfast.
I've been swamped these past two weeks with army life and time with Li Xiang. Manpower in my section was really low, with only an hour's break across seven hours of standby duty. Exhausting.
Sony has answered Apple with this. The brand-new Sony MP3 Walkman combines high-end design with ease of use and advanced functionality. It comes in two sizes: the NW-A3000 holds 20GB and the NW-A1000 6GB.
Steve Jobs announced the Apple iPod nano on 7th September 2005. As Apple put it, take everything you love about iPod, shrink it, then shrink it again. The pencil-thin nano comes in 2GB and 4GB models, starting at $199.
WeiLian won Project Superstar, though I was rooting for Kelly; I never voted, since at $0.60 an SMS I'd rather buy a drink. I think Project Superstar is bigger than Singapore Idol overall, which says a lot.
There's a new Japanese restaurant, Pepper Lunch, at Ngee Ann City, opposite Yoshinoya. They serve teppanyaki-style steak, chicken or hamburger on a special hot plate heated to 200 degrees Celsius, then slowly cooling.
I caught Land of the Dead two weeks ago at GV Grand, quite a good show, better than Dawn of the Dead and Resident Evil 2. I love zombie and war movies, but sadly none seem upcoming.
I caught Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Cineleisure. It was good, short, sweet and straightforward; if you've read the book, I'd recommend it. I also had Subway for lunch, and I'm now rather addicted.
I'm launching a free service for everyone, the GaMerZ Expenses Tracking System. As the name implies, this online software lets you track your monthly expenses; just key them in and it does the rest, with daily, monthly and yearly views.
I caught The Island last Sunday at GV Grand, a good film set in the future with very cool gadgets, especially the table-sized tablet PC, which I'll get when it's available. It's about human cloning.
The next version of Windows will be called Windows Vista, previously codenamed Longhorn. Personally, I still prefer the name XP. I suspect 2006 will bring a whole series of software ending in Vista, like Office Vista.
I caught War of the Worlds last week at GV Plaza, about 150 minutes long. The start was okay, but the ending rather sucked. It's quite similar to Half-Life 2, with three-legged machines destroying cities, but full marks for creativity.
I caught Batman Begins last week at GV Plaza, around 150 minutes. It was good, the best Batman film yet, and a sequel is confirmed, set to introduce the Joker. We also celebrated our eighth month together at Kuishin-bo.
I watched Mr & Mrs Smith at GV Jurong Point, around two hours. It was funny and worth a watch, though as with all action movies the stars dodge every bullet. My favourite line: Honey, you missed.
I finally bought a notebook at PC Show 2005, the first customer for the Fujitsu S6240 at $3,488. Free gifts included an extra 512MB DDR2 RAM, a Bluetooth USB adapter, a USB phone charger and an optical mouse.