Half-Life 2 Delayed Till April 2004
Damn it, Half-Life 2 is delayed again, this time to April 2004, after a third of its source code was stolen in the leak. Valve says the breach forces a four-month push back to rewrite parts.
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Infernal Affairs 2
My Pac-Man finally moves on a timer, though it's riddled with bugs I've no mood to chase; I'll return to it after my FYP. Worried about the FYP, so little time. Lunch with friends helped.
Lunch With Good Buddy = Priceless
No classes today, but I still went to school just for lunch with my good buddies. Transport $1.20, a bowl of seafood soup $2, a can of bitter lemon $0.80; lunch with good buddies, MasterCard-style: priceless.
Half-Life 2 Source Code Leaked
In case you've missed the gaming news: Half-Life 2's source code has leaked, the code alone, without any assets. That's worse than a beta leak. Imagine five years of hard work suddenly out in the open.
Work, Work And More Work
Too tired to blog lately; these two days have been work, work and more work. Went for my 5th driving lesson early yesterday morning, half-asleep until I got behind the wheel, then back to drowsy afterwards.
28 Days Later
Celebrated Suqin's birthday at school with a chocolate cake from Bengawan Solo at Tiong Bahru Plaza, reasonably priced and good. We cut it at SP's foodcourt six, singing the birthday song softly, too shy.
Parents’ 21st Wedding Anniversary
Met my FYP lecturer to plan: finish everything by end next week, then spend the following week on documentation, PowerPoint slides and rehearsal. Time's so tight I'm unsure we'll make it. Had driving today, practising slopes.
Women Integration Network (WIN)
Finally made real progress on my GAME assignment, drawing the wall, the seed, and positioning the camera nicely, thanks to my friends. Had lunch with Serene and company, joining the 'Suanning Campaign' I'd missed yesterday.
3rd Driving Lesson
My 3rd driving lesson, and it rained again. The rainy season is closing in for November. The lesson was fun; I'm less nervous changing gears now, and we moved to more advanced manoeuvres beyond the circuit.
Sunday’s Shopping
Breakfast at The Nudle Bar in Heeren, then shopping for another Fourskin shirt, an old design with 20% off. I asked for other designs, but my size was sold out everywhere, so I left with one.
Serene’s Birthday
Depot Road laksa for breakfast before my ELIT lecture, the most interesting one yet. The lecturer covered the RIAA, piracy, caning and gang members, one of the best part-time lecturers in SP, better than some full-timers.
Mom’s Company Dinner
Stayed after my JSPG practical to help Serene with her PHP FYP. The more it resisted, the more I wanted to crack it. It was ages since I touched ereg, but after hours I solved it.
The Italian Job
Breakfast at Ikea, where the special was vegetarian bee hoon, decent and cheap at $1.50. My 2nd driving lesson with a fixed group, rotating between Mr Tang and Lee. Today was Tang's turn, in heavy rain.
ITP Briefing
A normal Wednesday of lessons, plus two briefings on the Industrial Attachment, one for overseas, one local. The overseas option covered two universities, the University of Melbourne in Australia and Middlesex University in the UK. Tempting.
Hollywood Homicide
Skipped school to help my mom at the Expo. I'd assumed the food fair's final day would be quieter, but it was as packed as Sunday; last-day sales beat every previous day. Lucky we pitched in.
Bukit Timah Hill
Up at 7.15am for a hike up Bukit Timah Hill with Serene, Suqin and Lay Hiang; Jacky and Laily bailed to sleep in. We took a shorter, mostly man-made path to the summit, spotting interesting insects.
Super Busy At Expo
Two hectic days at the Expo kept me from blogging. Sad news closer to home: a gas tank exploded at the western food stall in my block 112 coffeeshop downstairs, injuring one person, possibly the uncle.
Singapore Food Expo
Woke late at 2pm. A quick correction to my last post: it's the Singapore Food Expo, not Festival, running from 18 to 22 September, not Sunday. Went to help my mom at 4.30pm, arranging the stall.
ELIT Assignment Handed In
Busy these past few days with ELIT, but we handed in the assignment and gave our presentation today, a short, low-key affair, nothing like the FYP. One module assignment down, two to go, not counting FYP.
ELIT PPT Slides
Overslept for the first time in ten weeks, too tired. I was only five minutes late for the FYP meeting and beat the lecturer there. Gave Lian a SIGG bottle for her birthday, hoping she likes it.
Fast Paced Weekends
Johnson's 19th birthday dinner at Fish & Co in the Glass House beside Park Mall, its seafood platter for one filling and delicious. Wandered the Esplanade, catching an amphitheatre performance of old songs with a good vocalist.
Parents’ 21st Wedding Anniversary
Left school after JSPG for a lunch date with my parents, celebrating their 21st Chinese wedding anniversary; the English one falls on 2 October. We dined at Shima, a Japanese restaurant in Goodwood Park Hotel, with teppanyaki.