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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Polykarbon: Tutorials!
A lot of my college pals are manga and anime fans (psst...some hentai too!)...I've had the privilege of knowing some individuals with good drawing skills too...
So just in case you haven't seen this yet...here are some manga drawing tutorials.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Tom's Hardware Guide Games & Entertainment: Ten Free Games Worth Downloading - Free Games? What, Like A Pong Remake?
Don't look down upon these games. They might be made by amateurs but the addictive gameplay will last you hours.
I'm partial to the award-winning '5 Days a Stranger'. It's a capable horror-adventure game in a time when good adventure games are so rare.
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Slashdot | Wil Wheaton Strikes Back
An interview with Wil Wheaton...if you don't know who he is, then you ain't nerdy enough!
:: posted by Kenny, 8:44 AM | link | 2 comments |

Monday, June 27, 2005

Cute Wittle Girl

A little girl walks into a pet shop and asks in the sweetest little lisp, "Excuthe me, mithter, do you keep wittle wabbits?"


And the shopkeeper bends way down and puts his hands on his knees so that he's on her level, and asks, "Do you want a wittle white wabby or a soft and fuwwy bwack wabby? Or maybe one like that cute wittle bwown wabby over there?"


She in turn puts her hands on her knees, leans forward and says in a quiet little voice, "I don't fink my pyfon weally cares."
:: posted by Kenny, 8:36 AM | link | 1 comments |

Friday, June 24, 2005

Wisdom from the Ancients
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

He who does not punish evil commends it to be done. Justice requires power, insight, and will; and it resembles the queen-bee.

And many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude." -
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Flight
When comics take 'Flight'....
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Dog eat Doug � General
Web comics to lighten up your weekend. Enjoy!
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Thursday, June 23, 2005

BBC - Science & Nature - Sex ID
A very long quiz set up by eggheads. ('eggheads' is a compliment btw) You may save your results in a cookie though.
It should determine how male or female you are. It'll be interesting to see the results of gay people.
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A Very Important Disclaimer
Notice all those Google Ads at the right side of this blog? While I highly recommend clicking on them because I receive a teeny weeny bit of cashola from the ads, however i'm rather embarassed at what they advertise at times....
ie...Toltec Revelations, Your Spiritual Revolution, 72 Names of God, ...Holographic Creation???

Sheesh, whatever the hell gave Google the impression that I condone New Age and kooky beliefs on this blog?!
I do NOT endorse these ads...I repeat...I..Do..Not...Endorse...these...advertisements...

I dunno...click on them...or not...at least you'll get a good laugh from the websites...especially the one about 'creating your own holographic creation...some people create their own realities...'
Fuckin' nutjobs!
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How to Interpret Resumés and Job Ads

"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE:"
You'll need it to replace three people who just left.

"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST:"
You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

"REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS:"
You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

"GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS:"
Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do.

"I'M EXTREMELY ADEPT AT ALL MANNER OF OFFICE ORGANISATION: "
I've used Microsoft Office.

"I TAKE PRIDE IN MY WORK:"
I blame others for my mistakes.

"I AM ADAPTABLE:"
I've changed jobs a lot.

"I'M HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED:"
The minute I find a better job, I'm outta there.

"I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON:"
Like, I'm gonna hold my breath waiting for your form letter thanking me "for my interest and wishing me luck in my future career.
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Taiping Lake Gardens


Taiping Lake Gardens
Originally uploaded by Kenny Fong.

I just like the green hues of this photo.

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Cameron Outlook


Cameron Outlook
Originally uploaded by Kenny Fong.

Yet another trip up Cameron Highlands. It's just a 45 minute drive from my hometown of Ipoh. At least my father was happy to spend time with us.

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Violet Flower Bulbs


Violet Flower Bulbs
Originally uploaded by Kenny Fong.

I bought my sis a Nikon 'Coolpix' and now she's shutterbug crazy. Keeps taking shots of everything that's even remotely interesting...from moths to copulating monkeys. Surprisingly, the wonderful little camera takes great close-up shots.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Dogster :: A Walk Through The Dog Park
Got dog? I just love Dachshund hybrids! Register your pet here...it's 'Friendster' for dogs...there's even a link to 'Catster'!
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Longmire does Romance Novels
It's obvious that 'Romance' Novels are just porn for the female crowd. I once had this friend...not quite a 'girlfriend' even though we were intimate on certain matters...and she insisted that i read to her all the dirty passages from such books. As embarassed as I was browsing through the 'pink' aisles of the local public library, I delivered the daily readings anyway...well, at least the phone sex was good! ;)
I've never done any (truly) dirty talking since then...sigh!
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

US Patent Office Sex Inventions - Museum of Sex
Very educational.
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Summer Moon Illusion
We've all been taught that the full moon looks apparently larger when lower in the sky because of the Ponzo Illusion. However, it turns out this explanation isn't enough...read on to see why. Cool...if you're a geek like me that is! :p
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Universal Hall Pass (UHP)
Download some legal mp3s by clicking on the 'Sound' section. Turn up the volume, dim the lights, burn some sandalwood incense and you're all set.
Universal Hall Pass sounds like Bjork crossed with a little Tori Amos.
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Monday, June 20, 2005

Microsoft...WORD!


Microsoft...WORD!
Originally uploaded by Kenny Fong.

Read the fine print on the box...WORD!

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Friday, June 17, 2005

What is "the unpardonable sin?" How does sin become "unforgivable?" - ChristianAnswers.Net
A Christian friend of mine was really troubled by the 'unforgivable sin' stated in Bible passages....here's some required reading....
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New Scientist Breaking News - Close friends make longer life more likely
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This Temporary Existence

Ever experienced jet lag? You're exhausted, the sky says you should be sleeping but you can't. You're in a pseudo-intoxicated state of mind, feeling blue when you know you should be reveling in your destination...but you're lost in unreality.

If you know what i mean then you'll identify with the characters in '
Lost In Translation', a movie i just saw recently and saw again just to 'feel' it again. It's a movie about two characters whose only similarity is that they're westerners lost in an unfamiliar culture (Japan in this case) and yet strangers that they are, they've found an intense friendship between them. What's interesting about this movie is the director (Sofia Coppola) didn't resort to obvious and easy resolutions to the tension felt between the characters. Watch it and you'll see what i mean.

Furthermore, the 'conversations' they have with each other is less through spoken dialogue and mostly through the glances they share with each other. It's really quite charming.

This is where the 'temporary existence' part comes in. As with most movies of this type, its grand subject matter would be life. Life as we experience it now is really just a temporary existence. It'll pass. In 'Lost In Translation', the characters are 'stuck' so to say. A feeling of loss permeates the movie. A loss of innocence, joy and hope. The wonderful thing about the story is that the characters do not have all the answers...which is realistic. However they found solace in each other anyway and there lies the clue to the meaning of life: that we're here for each other...love thy neighbor and it'll lead you to the *ultimate* meaning of life: loving God.

Thus despite themselves and despite the 'hell' that they're experiencing in such a foreign land that they just can't 'get', they ended up having fun anyway.

Lately the discussions with most of my adult friends made me reflect upon the fact that life's harshness and plentiful disappointments shape our outlook too much...
It's an eye-opening experience everytime they open up and share with you their life story. Everyone's got a sad sob story of their own even though some of them might choose not reveal it. You sense it's there...you *know* it's there. Adult life sucks like that.

Now a warning: Dwell on all that is wrong with the world and you're missing out on living! Sure you'd still be walking and breathing but you sure ain't livin'!

From here I'll quote from the book "Will Power! Using Shakespeare's insights to transform your life".

[begin quote]
In this epoch of melancholy, we consider wisdom and sadness almost the same, the one being a matter of mind and the other of feeling. We look sorrowfully, even disdainfully at other people who still delight in life, as if it were eternal. If these joyous people happen to be elderly, we think of them as dotty.

This melancholy epoch of life, which for many lasts all their lives, masks as 'responsible', as 'adult', as 'mature', as if the only proper verdict of true vision were sadness.

The melancholy stage has several obvious rewards, fringe benefits, what psychologists call 'secondary gains'. One is that you can't be disappointed if you already see the world as 'weary, stale, flat and unprofitable...an unweeded garden', as Hamlet put it.

[end quote]

Believe me, i've tried that strategy before...learn not to expect anything and i won't be so easily disappointed. What i realized after futile attempts at sulking and feeling sorry for myself (masochistic pleasures) is that I can't stay like that for long. Living the life of a zombie or living dead isn't sustainable for long because you just aren't dead!
You've gotta cry when you feel like it. Get angry when you have a valid reason to feel so and for goodness sake, enjoy the high of life's pleasant surprises and celebrations. And why not celebrate? Children are still beautiful creatures, chickadees still greet each new day with song and people with golden hearts still touch our lives every once in a while...lovely lovely folks.

Joy and love *are* superior emotions compared with melancholy and hate. We must retain our ability to laugh...and yes, even laugh at ourselves when disaster strikes. Yes, life is brief and some people tend to take it too seriously because of that fact. I see life's brevity as reason *not* to take it too seriously. 'Coz it's all just temporary baby! Becareful of what we do in the here and now but hey, something way better is waiting for us...We do all our best here to make this place a better place and leave the rest to the Almighty.

So life's short....start living! I'll end with a few borrowed words from Mr. Will Shakespeare's Twelfth Night...


What is love? 'Tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty,
Then come kiss me sweet and twenty;
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
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Friday, June 10, 2005

New York Daily News - Home - Nerds make better lovers
Read the title...'nuff said!
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Warning: Tasteless and offensive one-liners below!
CONFUCIUS SAY...
Man who run in front of car get tired.

War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left.

Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

It take many nails to build crib but one screw to fill it.

Man who drive like hell bound to get there.

Man who fishes in other man's well often catches crabs.

Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!

Man who jumps off cliff, jumps to conclusion!

The difference between pink and purple, is your grip.

Man standing on toilet is high on pot.

When called an idiot sometimes is better to be quiet, than open mouth and remove all doubt.

Passionate kiss like spider's web, soon lead to undoing of fly.

Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone.

He who thinks only of number one must remember this number is next to nothing.

Don't drink and park, accidents cause people.

A penis is the only thing that a woman hopes she will find hard to handle.

Some Sex Is Good...More Is Better...Too Much Is Just About Right.

A Shotgun wedding is a case of wife or death.

A penis has a hole in the end so men can be open minded.

It's ok to let a fool kiss you, but don't let a kiss fool you.

Men screw with dicks; women screw with minds.

To make a long story short, don't tell it.

Never argue with a fool...he may be doing the same thing.

The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.

It is better to lose a lover than love a loser.

A Politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

A transvestite is a man who likes to eat, drink and be Mary.

Birds of a feather flock together...then crap on your car.

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.

It's not how deep you fish, it's how you wiggle your worm.

The toilet of the Star Ship Enterprise contains 'the captains log'.

A "smart ass" is someone who can sit on an ice cream cone and tell you what flavor it is.

A joke is like sex. Neither is any good if you don't get it.

The only animal with an asshole in the middle of its back, is a police horse.

Student who study history, will find there is no future in it.

Just because men have one, doesn't mean they have to *be* one.

Best way to make wife's panties wet every day, is to do the laundry.

Whoever gossips *to* you, will gossip *about* you.

An Australian Kiss is similar to French Kiss, but given down under.

It is impossible to sling mud with clean hands.

Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

Man with head up ass, can't see for shit.

If You Don't Believe In Oral Sex, Keep Your Mouth Shut.

Misfortune is the kind of fortune that never misses.

Those who quote me are fools.

Confucius say too damn much.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Friends Friends and More Friends!
Righty-o! Here's yet another link added to my Fellowship of Blogs! Her name's
Doreen so guys, please play nice willya?
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Friday, June 03, 2005

Another Blog Link
I've just added Denis Toh's blog to the side bar. Since he's quite actively participating in this here humble blog, I'd thought maybe I oughta pimp his site for a while.
Beware though, it's his 'poetry' site, so expect an embarassing read. (I'm embarassed for you Denis! LOL! jes jokin')

FYI: Denis was a hostelmate back in college. We shared our passion for classical music together, discussing and playing 'guess the melody' games. While the rest of the residents blared Limp Bizkit through their Altec Lansings, Denis was turning up the volume on his Beethoven. He's just out of the ordinary! (read:weird)

Nobody dared bully him though. Denis is fair-skinned, big boned, a devout Catholic and a Tae-Kwon Do exponent. Chicks dig him like crazy...which in turn drives the rest of us guys green with envy!
I mean, he's a huge geek/nerd, what with all the Smeagol/Yoda impersonations, his fanaticism with Star Wars, unhealthy interest in the Templar Knights, spends too much money on classical CDs and calls himself 'Jedi Amadeus' ... but he's like a hubba-hubba-burnin'-luv-horse-ridin' -Knight-gonna-sweep-u-off-yer-dainty-feet to the ladies!

You're one of a kind Denis! We love ya and don't stop being yourself...haha! :o)
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Thursday, June 02, 2005

First-Aid Guide - MayoClinic.com
Back in secondary school I was a St. John Ambulance cadet. It was one of the most fun times of my life.
Update your first-aid knowledge at this reference site.
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Van Cliburn Foundation
A good write-up of the Van Cliburn piano competition.
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Temporary Hiatus
I feel guilty not updating this blog for quite a while now. So here's a quick post: There's been lots on my mind lately but i've not the opportunity to write it all down properly because I've been ill. Actually I don't feel too well right now either! Sigh!
Don't feel like taking MC since i took medical leave merely 2 weeks ago.
So please be patient dear-whoever-actually-visits-this-humble-blog...*puts on sunglasses*..I'll Be Back!

PS. I just put up a link to my friend Gary's blog on the right side of this page...do check it out too mmm-kay?
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