Samsung DVD Player

Last night i went to AMK Hub, and i actually bought this Samsung DVD Player in NTUC, at an offer price of $79!!!. haha very auntie i know :P.

Anyway came home and tried it immediately..... the picture quality was good. As there was a sign saying "We'll Pay You if there is a disc that this player cannot play" i quickily loaded in a few of my DVDs and to my horror.... ALL CAN PLAY! hahaha They have this "14-Bit Video DAC" (digital-to-analog converter) sign there..... which i think is supposed to make the video runs smoothly.. i dunno what is the difference with my old wan anyway. :P

There is also a USB port on the DVD Player, which you can plug in a USB memory, and play songs, photos from there.... WMA, MP3 formats supported. The best part is..... you can now plug in your USB memory, insert a music CD into the tray, and this player will rip the CD into MP3, that will be stored into your USB memory. Kool~~~

The song quality is rather good. (i connected it to an Altec Lansing speakers and amplifier though :P)

but the Main reason that i bought this player is........ It plays DIVx movie files (Files with .avi ext)! imagine one data DVD will all the movie files inside. not needing to convert and burnt into movie DVDs. thus one 4,5Gig DVD disc, i now have 14 episodes of show inside! haha dunno what i am talking about? in short.... i was watching America Next Top Model.... all 14 episodes of them on ONE single DVD..... and if each episode is 1 hour..... one disc can be played for 14 hours!

Firmware can be downloaded from samsung's website and installed onto your player. (updates the Codec)

the best part is... IT ONLY COST $79! Worth it! haha now..... the my next target is to change my CRT TV to LCD :P any sponsers? haha

for more info, visit
Samsung DVD P380

矜持

Played mahjong till 4am last night, this morning kenna recalled back to office at 9am.... back in office for 4 hours, only to hear "someone" brief something for like. 10 mins..... duhz.....

anyway, must have woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. felt very sentimental/emotional the moment i wake up. anyway, after i came back from lunch, i ransacked through my collection of CDs / Mp3s. and came across this folder labelled "Faye Wong". ya..... the long forgotten folder, which i was sure to double clicked on, when i was younger. ya.... everyone in singapore was listening to Faye Wong at that point of time. her musics were bold, daring, experimentive and expressive. The 1990s were labelled "The Year of Faye Wong", She was the Queen of Chinese Pop then.

many memories flood through my head when browsing through all the titles. every single song represented a certain stage in my life....

i was exceptionally emotional when my sight reached this song called "矜持“. Was playing this song over and over again, when i was going through the first serious relationship in my life. thus...... it kindda brought back some blissful and some sorrow memories.... This is definately one of my Favourite song by her.....

then it sudden hit me... hey... i was once associated with the word "innocent" and "naive" too! haha but the bad news is.... that innocent boi have now evolved into somewhat... a stone. guess one could never go back to that stage in life, where everything was just plain simple and everything seem perfect..... sigh.



我从来不曾抗拒你的魅力
虽然你从来不曾对我著迷
我总是微笑的看著你
我的情意总是轻易就洋溢眼底

我曾经想过在寂寞的夜里
你终於在意
在我的房间里
你闭上眼睛亲吻了我
不说一句紧紧抱我在你怀里

我是爱你的
我爱你到底
生平第一次我放下矜持
任凭自己幻想一切关於我和你

你是爱我的
你爱我到底
生平第一次我放下矜持
相信自己真的可以深深去爱你

Men-O-Pause

A few weeks ago, i posted a posting about 2 type of feelings:

1) being alone, but not feeling lonely
2) feeling lonely although are not alone

guess everyone must have at least gone through one of these feelings at some point in their life.

i am always surrounded by peoples, be they friends, colleagues, dates... etc etc. somehow i've never felt more lonely than i am feeling now..... sigh...... guess i must be undergoing menopause. Hope tomolo will be a better day.

思念是一种很玄的东西
如影~随形
无声又无息出没在心底
转眼~
吞没我在寂默里
我无力抗拒特别是夜里喔~




Current State of mind: Grouchy, Moody

如果你也听说

我只有几个字可以形容这首歌。 无助， 无奈 和 感慨。。。。sigh.... got feel. :P



张惠妹-如果你也听说
作曲:周杰伦填词:李焯雄
监制:崔炎德, evi yang
编曲:adrian chan

突然发现站了好久
不知道要往哪走
还不想回家的我
再多人陪只会更寂寞

许多话题关于我
就连我也有听过
我的快乐要被认可
委屈却没有人诉说

夜把心洋葱般剥落
拿掉防卫剩下什么
为什么脆弱时候
想你更多

如果你也听说
有没有想过我
想普通交朋友
还是你依然会心疼我

好多好多的话想对你说
悬着一颗心没着落
要怎么附和
舍不得又无可奈何

如果你也听说
会不会相信我
对流言会附和
还是你知道我还是我

跌跌撞撞才明白了许多
懂我的人就你一个
想到你想起我
胸口依然温柔

Relationship Games.

Is there such a thing called "Honest Relationship"? Do you have to play games to make a relationship works?

i have come across many many many people, who are so frank, so naive, so attentive, so nice.... towards their partner, only to have his partner leaving them, for someone else, in the end.

These people are usually the nicest of nice. putting their partner in front of everything. in a way, they are even willing to die for their partner.

So why does their partner leave them? like i was telling my friend. The Male Species, is something very abnormal. this species do not like everything in a relationship to become "normal". they live their life in a jungle, where the trills of the possibility of being eaten by a tiger, is enough to make them cum in their animal hides underwear. *think Tarzen*

And to you, who is reading this, i don't really wanna pour cold water on you, but if you think you are in a "Perfect" relationship currently, just a query: what makes you think that he is not "eating" behind your back? :P

when things comes too easily, it goes too easily too. when your partner gets too accustomed to your over-attentive care and concern, they will start to feel like they are trapped in a cage. they wanna break free.

You no longer will be "Important & Special" if you are always available to their callings. 随传随到。you will become dispensible. Open your drawers, look at all your underwears. some white briefs have turned yellow, but you are unwilling to throw them away. but will you feel the same for disposable underwear?

a relationship is just like playing Chinese chest: Strategy moves, counter-moves.... all designed to keep your opponents off-balanced until you win.

At the end of the day, what i wanna say is.... keep your relationship interesting. do not throw yourself onto the butcher table, volunteering to be butchered.

People, at the end of the day, are willing to pay money to go to a zoo, to see animals like pigs living in the wild. but they would rather die than to go to a wet market to study what the butchered pig looks like on the inside.

Yeah... WE, the male species, are just that shallow. :P

依然是朋友

i no longer remembers when i started liking this song.... i even forgot about why and how i like this song. This song was never a hit. it never really got into any "Top 10s"... what is is....is a very simple songs, with simple lyrics. but yet... there is something about this song that touches me....

宇恒 - 依然是朋友




情人节的前一天, The day before valentine,
他离开你身边 he left you
却剩下你无止境的想念, all is left is just endless pining for you.
那一夜我陪着你, i accompanied you that night
你哭了一整夜 you cried throughout the night.
你是否知道 Do you know......
我对他一样很想念 that i misses him too.

直到有一天我和他碰面 till that fateful day, i bump into him....
在那间我们常去的咖啡店 in that coffeehouse that we frequent

才知道有些感受 then i realise, that some feelings
我和他谁都不曾说出口 were never mentioned between me and him
我们之间隐藏了什么 what have been hidden between us?
除了我自己没人懂 no one knows, other than me.

可是你,你怎么说 But you.... what will you say?
你知道后 after you found out
是不是从此避开我 will you avoid me for good?

哦,我一样难过 either way, i'll be devasted.
多希望我们不曾相识过 how i wished i never knew you.

那一夜我陪着你, i accompanied you that night
你哭了一整夜 you cried throughout the night.
你是否知道 Do you know......
我对他一样很想念 that i misses him too.

直到有一天我和他碰面 till that fateful day, i bump into him....
在那间我们常去的咖啡店 in that coffeehouse that we frequent

才知道有些感受 then i realise, that some feelings
我和他谁都不曾说出口 were never mentioned between me and him
我们之间隐藏了什么 what have been hidden between us?
除了我自己没人懂 no one knows, other than me.

My Room

hmmm.... i admit that i do have a habit of being naked in my room. whenever i reach home, i have a habit of taking off everything, go shower and just laze about in my room... in the buff. don't know why is that so. nope its not a fetish. its not a desire. just a feeling of freedom.

i'm sleeping in a master bedroom in a 3 room flat, by the way, with toilets attached, TV, DVD player, PS2 and computer attached. plus its fully air conditioned. haha thus, dun really need to go to the living room.

spent quite an effort painting / decorating / furnishing my room... but tot was worth the effort thou... now i'm only short of a 42 inch LCD TV with computer input capability. :P Anyone wanna sponser? haha

Quotes i saw today..

passed by some posters today.. and suddenly realised that some of the quotes on the posters are quite meaningful....

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

"Love is a priceless commodity. It is the only thing you can give away and still keep."

"90% of friction in life is caused by the wrong tone of voice"

Regrets in life?

What's your greatest regrets in life?

Two tear drops were floating down the river. One teardrop said to the other, "I'm the teardrop of a girl who loved a man and lost him. Who are you?"

"I'm the teardrop of the man who regrets losing a girl..."

Life, not always have a 2nd chance. Treasure what you own, too late to cry over spilled milk in future.

Lonely?

ever felt so lonely that you feel like crying? I've always heard people telling me these sorta things. and frankily..... i do feel like that once in a while.

When someone tells you that he feels lonely.. you just casually assume that he is someone with no dates, with no sex partner, with no life....

Nope i'm not talking about those. i'm talking about feeling lonely, when you are out having a date with someone, lonely when another person is lying on the same bed with you, lonely when someone is sitting on the opposite side of the table, chatting with you.

so.... in a way, being lonely is not associated with the fact if you are physically ALONE or not.....

its more of like erm..... you have a feeling that you are not connected to anyone. you felt like you are standing alone in foreign planet. you feel like there is an emptiness, even though someone is physically with you.

its a cursed feeling... to some extend. its even worst then feeling lonely due to being alone.

i'm very good in controlling my emotions. to the extend that i have not shed a single tear for the past 13 years. but even guys with heart of stone feels this way once in a while.

personally i think its good to indulge yourself with these lonely feelings sometimes, it will make you appreciate your company even more. BUT i seriously think that there is a limit to everything. if you choose to let yourself sink into these feeling deeper and deeper.... you will eventually sink.

One day, you will sink to the extend that you no longer appreciates the little happiness in life. you no longer feels good about yourself. you no longer can stand couple around you. you keep wondering why everyone seem to be able to find their "soulmates". EVERYONE...... except you.

you will start to associate that, feeling lonely means..... being physically alone. and eventually, all that is in your mind, will be to look for a relationship asap.

relationships are not meant to be found when you are purposely looking for it. it usually comes when you least expects it. its these unexpected love that will make your relationship special.....

To A Very Dear Fren: save yourself from drowning. piece your life together and just patiently await the special love that is currently coming your way, but is currently caught in a traffic jam in CTE. its better late than never.

Oldies.

my senior colleague was sharing this incident that happened in the early 90s. there were no KTV rooms then, there were only these KTV Lounge. where you have to sing in the open.... for everyone to hear.

well, my colleagues went to this Lounge with his bunch of his ex-colleagues (all ORD personnel, mostly Hokkien Soldiers) and one of them went up to sing "Rhythm of the Rain"..... that was the first time the whole lot hear this handsome yandao guy sing..... and when he start...... he goes....

"Ree-Some to the Lee-thom of the four-ring Lain~~"

the whole lot was dumbfolded... it took them a few second to absorb.... and whole lot burst out laughing so hard that one knocked his head on the table.... the singer... was still asking "Why you all laughing? my in-ger-leash okay ma~" :P

anyway..... after hearing this story from my colleague..... all of a sudden have the urge to listen to the original version.....




a very smoothing version.... it sort of brings back some long forgotten memories....

then i ransack my folders and found this another song that i loved so much........



The MV sucks though..... so just enjoy the beautiful voice and the nice song.... geez..... think i'm beginning to get sentimental....

想太多

hmmm..... someone used to tell me i look like this guy...... which..... erm..... i din really find it pretty flattering.. haha nah. when he was chubbier maybe. anyway i quite like this song...



你笑着说，他是朋友，但你眼中太温柔
我的不安，那么沉重，只有你不懂
他霸占了你的心中属于我的角落
所以你说我们不是你和我

是我想太多，你总这样说，
但你却没有，真的心疼我
是我想太多，我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

他霸占了你的心中，属于我的角落
所以你说，我们不是你和我

是我想太多，你总这样说
但你却没有，真的心疼我
是我想太多，我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

我想我没有，错怪了什么
虽然你不说，或许错在我
太晚我才懂，爱了你太多

是我想太多，你总这样说
但你却没有，真的心疼我
是我想太多，我也这样说
这是唯一能安慰我的理由

Gym Sex?

The other day, a lady friend was telling me.... why are there soooo many gay guys out there who are soooooo gym-toned and well mannered? why isn't her boyfriend more interested in going to a gym? then she goes on and on about her boyfriend's tummy, unshaved pubics, nose digging, ass scratching, farting.... etc.

i looked at her with a smirk on my face.... and replied : " The MAIN reason why gay guys is more 'ON' in going gym... is simply cos.... there is a high possibility that they might have sex in the gym. or rather... meet someone to have sex with in the gym. You wanna your BF to start having sex with a guy in a gym?"

Then she looked at me from head to toe and ask:"Then why are you not hitting the gym often?"

i replied:"honey.... THAT....... is the reason why i 'm chatting with you at 2pm in the afternoon......instead of getting laid somewhere..." hahaha

PS: this is a true conversation. hahahah

Face Maintenance

For those who known me long enough. they will proberly know that i used to have very serious ACNE problems. so serious is that.... i can have pimples growing on top of my acne swells .... and also i can have 2-3 pimples growing around the exact same spot. it was that serious then

i was reading another forum another day.. and saw this 18 year old boi seeking advise on his acne/pimple, oily skin, and eye bags.... actually din wanna reply to it.... but LC was asking me to post my experience.... so i posted the following....

PIMPLES
there are many causes for pimples. one is puberty, hormone change. another cause is "poor maintenance and poor hygience"
for poor maintenance and hygience:

Rule #1 : Never touch your face with unclean hands. will only increase the bacteria on it, which will lead to more serious acne problems

Rule #2 : Never try to squeeze out the pimples/acne. will only cause wound infection and leave scars which you will regret later.

you have to understand what causes pimples in order to stop pimples.

Pimples/Acne is caused when pores are clogged and have become infected. so maintaining a daily routine of cleansing your face is VERY important.

there are many pimples cream out in the market today. brands like OXY which you can try.... i'm not crazy over this brand, though it do work for some ppl

Personally, i prefer Tea Tree Oil. just go down to any Guardian shop and look for this 100% pure Tea Tree oil under the brand "Thursday Plantation". other brand also can. but just that this brand works wonders for me. :P and also get this ALOE VERA 100% gel by "Fruits Of The Earth" (alternatively, you can get Jerubi, but Fruits of the earth is cheaper).

Every evening when you reach home, after washing your face (and you know you will not be going out again), drip 1-2 drops of tea tree oil onto a cotton bud. then apply it onto EVERY pimples on your face. Try not to use the same cotton bud for every 2-3 pimples. However if your WHOLE face is covered with pimples, just give up, just clean your hands till very clean, drip a few drop onto your palm, then use your finger of your other hand to just dab it over the affected area...wait for a while, then apply Aloe Vera gel onto the pimples. and leave it like that.

*Tea Tree Oil is Antiseptic, and Aloe Vera Gel promotes healing, and also good for irritated skin.*

Make Sure you change your PILLOW case very very frequently. when you got serious acne problems, bacteria will be left on your pillow case. when you are treating serious pimples problem. best to change your pillowcase every 2-3 days.

try to use a facial Scrub on your face 1-2 times a week (dependable on the condition of your skin). this is to rid the stubborn dead skin cells that is stuck on your skin. but note, DO NOT use so much force to scrub that you break all the pimples.... for facial scrub i recommend : Loreal PURE ZONE Deep exfoliating gel wash. cause its very watery yet scrubs cleanly.

For normal cleanser, i recommend this "Tea Tree Oil Facial Wash" by Body Shop.

For toner, i recommend " Deep Pore Cleansing Toner" by Clearasil Ultra. available in all Guardian / Watson


OILY SKIN

Oily skin is very Misleading...... many people though that they should not use moisturizer, as their face is oily enough. WRONG! After using products that are "For Oily Skin" their skin gets very dry. and your skin in turn tells your brain and glands to produce more oil! this is why after washing your face, its not oily initially, but after 1-2 hours all the oil comes back!

after washing your face, used toner, apply a thin layer of moisturiser before you leave your house in the morning. this will delay your skin from generating oil too fast.

what is the different between all the type of cleansers?

For Oily Skin -- this product is VERY strong. it cleans very deep into your pores.

For Dry Skin -- This product have moisturising effect on the skin. usually consist of dunno what jojoba oil or avacado extracts wan.

For Sensitive Skin: this product is very very very light. to normal ppl: got use no use no difference wan. but cos there are some ppl who have really sensitive skin that they cannot use just any cleanser.

For Combination Skin : some part of your face is dry (usually cheeks) some part is oily (usually T zone). these cleanser usually also majiam products that are "For Normal Skin" wan.

For Normal Skin -- need i say more

Day time, you may like to follow up with a moisturiser that is light. Loreal Men Expert have this new range, which i find very good. Pure & Matte anti-regreasing moisturing gel. which is sold in Watson for less than $20. i only use moisturiser in the day time before i leave house. at your age, you can skip the moisturiser at night and apply your anti-acne thingy at night. usually before i sleep i just apply Aloe Vera gel over my face and just leave it there till next day.

For those without Majory Pimples problem, Aloe Vera gel have the effect of calming your skin, promotes healing and minimize pores. i sometimes apply the gel as a moisturiser. however if you intend to use it as a moisturiser, i recommend "Jorubi" compared to "Fruits Of The Earth" as it is less sticky

confusing? nah.... in conclusion, the 10 things you need to do/buy are as follows.

1) a "For Oily/Blemish Skin" cleanser <--- minimum wash your face at least 2 times. in the Morning after you wake up and Night time when you reach home.

2) Deep cleansing toner <-- drip onto cotton pad and just apply onto your skin might if too strong if used without cotton pad.

3) Moisturiser <-- use a very light moisturiser. for morning usage, before you leave your house. DO NOT apply onto the pimples.

4) a facial scrub which you use 1-3 times a week. <--- do not scrub daily!

5) 100% Tea Tree Oil < --- anti septic for the pimples.

6) Aloe Vera Gel <--- Promotes Skin healing.

7) Oil Blotters.

8) Cotton Buds and Cotton Pads

9) Drink a lot of plain water. flush out all the toxins in your body. drink most, early in the morning when you wake up.

10) To prevent your face from infection again, change your pillowcase every 2-3 days.

EYEBAGS

For eye bags, there is currently no known cure. what you can do is just to prevent yourself from getting dark circles, which in turn will amplify your eye bags. eye bags can only be removed by plastic surgery. but as you are still young, no need to go to that exteme.

Alternatively, you may pat your eye bags with your hands, for about 20-30 seconds in the morning when you wake up, and another 20-30 seconds before you go to bed every night. i said PAT.... not SLAP. remember that.

i do not believe in using the whole range of products from one single series. as i know that.... when scientist come out with one new "WORKABLE" product, they slowly add in other range in the series to make more money. thus to me... every series only have ONE single product that is really GOOD. its up to you to find out which product is that. haha

Crotch

hm... have this pic in my MSN for a few days already.... all of a sudden created a lot of "interest"...... hmmm.......... i wonder. :P

Relationship Karma

ever been in this relationship, where you give your whole, your heart, your body, your everything to this person.... only to have him leaving you in the end for someone else? then you are so upset that you actually wanna die. you felt like a loser, you felt like shit, you felt like it the end of the world. it took you long to get over him.

a few years later, this Mr Nice guy comes along into your life, treating you like a king, answering to all your emotional needs, in a way, he's this PERFECT guy who really loves you a lot. But somehow, at this point of time... you felt powerful, you felt like in control, you felt like you can do whatever you want and gets away with it. You start treating him badly (exactly like how you were previously being treated). And in the end, you dumped him for someone else.
and that Mr Nice Guy starts to undergo that same transformation that changes you previously....... its a Chained Reaction.

another few years passed. and you happen to run into this "Mr Nice Guy" in the streets. only to discover that he had become this notorious being that is very well known for ONS and no longer believes in love. He now treats his date badly, caring only for himself.

You feel bad.... you started being nice to your dates.... only to have him dumping you for another person.

Does a string of bad dates really equals to one good one? And will treating someone badly in a relationship ensures that you will be treated badly in the next? Does everything that goes around, really comes around? And if so, will it comes around to bite you in the ass? Is there really such a thing as..... Relationship Karma?

The Truth about ONS

i wonder how many of you out there dare to declare that they have never had ONS before.....

well.... i know that there are some people, who are totally against ONS, when you ask them if they did, they will tell you"Over My Dead Body!".... but yet...... they are totally aggreable to the concept of having sex upon the first meeting. and yet they insist that that is NOT ons, even though they are sure that they will never see that person again..

They always say..... " That was not ONS..... that was special..." which never fails to leave me thinking..... how many "Specials" are they getting every month :P *okie, i'm bitchy i know...*

i do not discriminate people who goes for ONS. in fact, i do not deny that i have been in quite a few before too. But what is so shameful in admiting that you do casual sex? just because people do not talk about it, doesn't mean that they are not doing it.

ONS is just a very simple result of a physical attraction between 2 people. People choose to have ONS doesn't mean that they have given up hope on true love. it just means that these people are more "results-orientated". skip the tedious dating process, proceed to sex str8 away.

At the end of the day, someone whom might not make a good lover, might make a good sex partner. :P although a few of my relationships started off as an ONS.

afterall, what are you expecting? your partner to be a virgin? lets put it this way...... if you think your partner is good in bed....... well...... where you think he learns all his sex moves from? :P

Pronounce

sorry, been busy playing mahjong the past few nights :P, dats why haven't been posting.

anyway, let play a game... Do not Write down the answer. just do it mentally....ready?

How Do you pronounce "YES"?

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what if you add a "e" in front? how do you pronounce it?

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you know there is no such word?

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you sure there is no such word call eyes? :P

i asked 10 people in office today, only one got it correct within 10 second. :P