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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Checklist

All the things on the computer now that needs to be sorted/burned

1a. game isos
1b. app isos
1c. rom isos

2. Academia related
3. chess related

4. others
4a. mp3/ost collection
4b. avi/wmv collection


Packing:
AY07/08 stuff


Cleaning:

1. laundry
2. scrubbing


Learning:
1. c++, game programming
2. chess
3. mahjong

Exercising:
3 times a week. Mon Wed Sat


Ideas:
1. mmorpg - mini multiplayer online rpg, with twin focus on mini games and multiplayer participation
2. pawnmolester wrb site
3. Italian Analysis - english version

Thursday, May 8, 2008

旧地重游

很艰难地,总算捱过了考试,午时就直接去巡访一贯的据点:乌节路的Borders和Kino,Bugis的百胜楼及国家图书馆总馆。

Borders和Kino依旧是老样子,我热切期待的某本新旗弈书还未上架,不料柯南#60已经上市了,自然入手一本以免此行无功而返。在百胜楼,本来是想找有关大老二和麻将的书籍,没想到竟然是少之又少,另外也发现,上海书局和其他几家中文书局,已经不再收录一些旧版的围棋书籍,看来早些年前应该把某些系列给补全的,现在可耽误了,得靠网购来解决了(但有些书太旧也未必找得到)。最后反而是在Knowledge Book Centre大有意外斩获:发现了一些少儿读物系列的新本,IQ Math Professor系列以前我可是有全收藏的,没想到现在还陆续出版了几本新书!想当年单是一本的价格就足以抵上一天的饭钱,现在可说是微不足道了,真是此一时彼一时啊。另外还入手了一本gamebook和某中文麻将书籍(虽然旧但相当厚实,应该有点料吧)。顺带一提,KBC是本地独一无二的英文二手书商(虽然也有其他语言的书籍),其藏书量令人咋舌,很多时候来这里寻宝总会有意想不到的发现,今天就是如此。最后的图书馆一行,总算找到了两本麻将的著作,以及一本游戏编程的入门。为了下学期,C++总是要学好的,有点调味料催化一下也不错。值得一提的是,公共图书馆的气氛就是不一样,不用老面对the horde of muggers@central lib,而是一些比较有纯粹娱乐意识的群众,感觉上确实比较健康。遗憾的是一本大老二的书都没有,倒是看到几本类似的书(斗地主,名词看不太懂),还有,书局里Sudoku的书太多太多了,这游戏都能用电脑来随机设题了,没事出版那么多书,赶潮流也得有个限度。

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Post-exam syndrome

Not really done with exams yet (!)
but already have a lot of things to do (!!)
starting with a much-overdue spring cleaning (!!!)
and packing the pron and whatnot away to free up some much-needed diskspace (!!!!)
then injecting some real content into pawnmolester.com

usually there's a long list of games to go with every holidays....but starting to outgrow them liaoz

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

I feel like working again

...after a very long period of passive state. Could be the recoil after being forced to the wall. I could write a whole treatise on this, but for the time being, let's just say that I had a long day (mentally anyway) and it's gonna be a long night ahead...it has been a day of interesting experiences and reflections and although I'm not going to find the solution to all my problems right now, I can at least be satisfied that:

1) I figured out how to do binary division, the method turns out to be more stupid than I thought, which is actually good.

2) I bought enough mosquito coils to last for the rest of March.

Doesn't make any sense? It's okay, it is intended to be so!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

One of the very few things that turned out right for this sem...

FROM MODULE : CS1280
Lab Statistics
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10 16 17 18
20 22 24 25 29 29 29
30 30 31 36 37 38 39
40 40 41 41 41 41 42 42 43 43 43 44 44
46 46 46 47 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 48 49 49 49 49 49 49
51 51 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 56 56 56 56
59 59 <------ moi ish here
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Unity Is Strength

Let's see...apart from Kelantan, UMNO lost (control of state government in) Penang, Kedah and Selangor for the first time in possibly decades

"In Selangor, DAP has taken 35 seats (DAP - 15, PKR - 11 and PAS - 9) out of the 56 seats in the state."

"Both the PAS and PKR have won 22 out of 36 state seats in Kedah."

"The opposition has won 27 out of 40 state seats in Penang - DAP (19 seats), PKR (6) and PAS (2)."

With a combined effort from the opposition, UMNO is denied of not just 1, but 4 state governments! A budding alliance no doubt, but so far they have honoured it...and are well-rewarded. A most interesting turn of events ahead to be anticipated.

PS: If Perak is also down, mother might be very pleased...but it doesn't really matter anymore.