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Did I managed to fool you, even for a second? Yeah... didn't think I'd make a good lawyer, don't like formal speech that much. Saman commented that all blogs seem to have died, what happened?

Today was Sony's Christmas Evening, which for some reason, I got invited to. I suspect it was one of those competitions I entered. It said that I could bring one guest, and seeing as she was sitting next to me at the time, I asked my sister. So today, the two of us set of for Chapel St. (why do they pick the weirdest of places- Chadstone for a PS2 event, and Chapel St. for a Sony event?) A lot of the stuff there was way out of my price range, but my sister really wanted a Walkman so that she could listen to it on our trip to Queensland. So I bought one for her for her Christmas present-hehehe, but the thing is, she can't open it until Christmas, and we'll be back from Queensland by then!

Should I let her open it? I'm thinking about letting Tom open his present early, since I'm getting him cheese and I'll have to give it to him before the 11th (which is when we leave), and if he has to wait until the 25th....

We also got these cool bags from Sony. There were three things inside, a DVD (I got Spiderman 2 and Anjelica got 50 First Dates), a CD (we both got a Pete Murray CD- and an Anastacia CD came with Anjelica's Walkman) and a USB phone charger. I'm just happy that I got Spiderman 2!!! Tobey Maguire... *sigh*

Sorry this is so short, but I'm being asked to play Starcraft with Scott, and he's getting impatient!

[EDIT] I just found this on a friend's LiveJournal, isn't it cool? It's true, too. (I added this to the bottom because I wanted to keep that thing at the top so the more than one person could see it.)

You Are the Investigator

5 You're independent - and a logical analytical thinker. You love learning and ideas... and know things no one else does. Bored by small talk, you refuse to participate in boring conversations. You are open minded. A visionary. You understand the world and may change it.

What number are you?

I'm going to change the world by taking it over!

And another funny little thing:

You Know You're Addicted to Video Games When...

Your wife [it didn't even have '/husband', *annoyed*] tells you that you are, and you two kids; Mario, and Sonic; agree with her. Whenever something bad happens you reach for the pause button. You can microwave and eat a pizza pop using only your feet. You've spent so much time playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 -- you actually taught youself how to skateboard. You've worn out the buttons in the elevator of your apartment. The only joystick you play with anymore is plugged in to your Xbox. You've decided you won't go outside anymore due to the 'tacky graphics, poor sound and low playability.' You've moved your PS2 into the bathroom -- just in case you make it to the next level on Vice City. Your hands are so gnarled from gripping the controller, you can't even tie your shoes. You ask your doctor how many lives you have left. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to video games.

Get Your Own Addicted Meme Here


This post has become very long!

The Great Big Microsoft Secret

Hmmm, in a conspiracy theory mood at the moment. I've been talking to Ting(guy) on MSN, and he's suggested a few solutions, but maybe I should write what it is first!

This is a Try-It-At-Home one. Click on [Favourites]. Notice the [Links] folder. OK, delete it (if you had anything important in there, as if you would, move it somewhere else first). See, it's gone? Ah, but it comes back! What you didn't know is, Microsoft has a secret plan. This is -going to sound very far-fetched- but what decent conspiracy theory isn't? Microsoft is going to use those Links folders to take over the world; one million Internet Explorer users at a time. Here's how it works (remember, I'm a software eng student, so you have to take my word for it that everything is true):

1. Place something that is present, but everyone thinks is harmless. Come on, admit it, you just ignore the links folder, don't you? Bet you didn't even remember it was there until you read this. It's in the user agreement that you acknowledge the presence of the Links folder.

2. Now that the folders are there, and with Microsoft being the over-dominating OS at the moment, out comes the little program. It's disguised as an update, probably as a security update (ha, the irony!). This program will set of the true purpose of the Links folder.

3. Since nobody notices the Links folder anymore, nobody bothers to check what is in it. Soon, all of your personal information that's stored on your computer will end up in the Links folder. Everytime you connect to the net (if you don't connect everytime you turn your computer on) the contents of the folder will be sent to a Microsoft computer and filed away. After they have your personal information, then program is programmed to search for interesting documents. AI is further along than you think.

4. With all of this knowledge, Microsoft will claim to be omniscient. Of course, we'll all deny it, but then starts the blackmailing. Microsoft will take over the world!




Actually, not long after I started this post, Ting found a site that tells you how to get rid of the Links folder:

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak211.aspx

I figured that I might as well finish the post, being the sort of person that finishes everything she starts (er...yeah).

Anyway, now, after 4 years of trying, I'm finally Links folder free!

Anna the Food Disposal Unit

For some odd reason, my mum seems to think that I'm the food disposal unit around the house- the same way I think of my dad as the food tester for whenever I try to cook something. If there's leftover food that she doesn't want to keep for the next day, she tries to make me eat it all. On one hand, it means I can eat something right away when I come back from work. On the other hand, it means that every night I go to sleep with a very, very full stomach. And I have to eat everything that nobody else likes to eat (every week, mum cooks salmon mornay, and everyone else is sick of it, so I have to eat it).

Graham is moving to Melbourne (he lives way out in Broadford -it's really far away), and is staying with his sister for the moment, but he's looking for a place for himself. That got me thinking about moving out- for all of about a minute. It'd be an adventure! First I'd have to find some roomies to live with, since I'm hopeless at anything remotely domestic-like.

[Little side story here: Sometime in primary school, I can't remember who brought it up, and Jean, if you remember anything, feel free to add it, since I have the memory of a gold fish. Who are you again? Who are you again? Anyway, Jean, Ting and I planned to live together somewhere. I'm not too sure how well we'd get along if we lived in the same house, but we had all this stuff worked out, like rent, jobs, bills, and we were only in primary school at the time! I wonder what happened to the list that we made.]

To-Do List

Task One: Find a Gay Guy
Gay guys make everything so lively, just look at the Fab Five. Not only would we have a cool looking house, I'd have someone to give me fashion tips so that I don't go out looking like a colour-blind person- which is probably the case now. And if things go well, then I'd have my gay best friend thing covered.

Task Two: Find Female That Has Hopeless Luck with Relationships
What household would be complete without the romantically dysfunctional woman who uses up our entire supply of tissues in one day? Although my people skills are about as good as my golf skills, this is where the gay guy comes in; to take her out for a little retail therapy. Then she could come home and have a bath waiting for her (yes, I can fill a bathtub) and just relax her woes until the next guy comes along.

Task Three: Find a Place to Call Home
If it were a perfect world, then both of the above-mentioned people will go to the same uni, and work around Brunswick, but chances are, that's not going to happen. I'll probably end up in Whoop Whoop (which I consider anywhere outside Brunswick). It'd be a good opportunity to get over the fact that I'm locationally challenged (I got lost today walking from Melbourne Uni to the Royal Exhibition Building).

Task Four: Survive One Week Without Starving to Death
Hmmm, maybe we need another roommate, someone that can cook.

Task Five: Find Someone That Can Cook
Hey, if I could that guy from the Fab Five who can cook, then I'll get two for the price of one! Otherwise, it's just anyone that can stop us from starving to death- well, with all the redecorating, and consoling that we'll be doing, we won't have time to cook anything!

Task Six: Have A Housewarming Party
It's kinda late, considered that we will have survived a week already, but I figure, we should see if this works out before celebrating. And you all better bring presents- like spare light globes, frozen food, a new fridge.




On second thought, at home, I'm near uni, I live across the road from work, I get free food, and board. Hmmm, be a food disposal unit or move out. FDU. Move out. FDU. Move out. What am I complaining about? Living at home rocks!

Summer Fun Returns!

Seems like Summer and fun can't stay away for very long. For some reason, mum decided that she wants to go somewhere for Christmas this year (but to be here on Christmas Day so that she can go to the annual family party :-( *sigh*). So we're off to Queensland. *excited, excited* We'll be staying at this place called The Penthouses, which is about 10m from a beach, and is close to Surfer's Paradise. We'll be going with my aunty, uncle, and my cousin Scott.

So with something like that to look forward too, who can be sad about exams? I think the trip has put a positive spin on everything and I think Pr(failing everything) ≠1. [It's probably at about 0.95, but hey, at least it isn't certain anymore!]

We're going to fly up there and drive back. That way we can bring stuff back and see places along the way. My aunty wants to stop in Sydney, and I want to go to Wagga Wagga, because Sam talks about it so much- even though it's just to say that nothing is there. Well, I also want to go there because it has a funny name. :D

I can't wait to try surfing. I've loved that sport for so long, but I've been too scared to try it. I think my family deciding to go to Queenland is a sign. I'll also be able to lie on the beach and play my Gameboy. OK... so that's not the best use of the beach, but I've never done that before! There will also be a lot of swimming, and building of sandcastles. And my video camera is going to get a good workout. If it were possible, I'd never stop filming, but hey, who wants footage of my view from the toilet? I don't know about taking it to Wet 'N' Wild, but we'll see.

So excited, so excited. I don't think I can sit down. How will I survive until we leave? I want to jump up and down, but I won't last until the end of the week. *jump, jump* I can't stop thinking about it. So excited.

Hmmm, maybe I should follow Jing and Wayland's idea and have a quiz:

What emotion am I feeling now?

The first person to answer that, that hasn't already been mocktioned, can be the next lucky person to be mocktioned!

Pancakes!

To continue the tradition that was started last semester, we went out for lunch after the physics exam. Last time it was just four of us: me, Sharon, Lucien and Tom. This time we've expanded: me, Sharon, Lucien, Tom, Sam, Matt, Graham, Ricky-nii and Sasha. Matt is Sam's friend, and Sasha is Graham's friend. I think I've mentioned everyone else before.

When I suggested pancakes, I didn't expect people to agree so readily, but I was so excited when they did! Pancakes.... *drools* Sadly though, there were a lot of jokes about things I can't eat. Tom make many references to pizza and the fact that I have to eat it without cheese. He is so mean! I want to punch him, but I never can. If only he'd stay still...

So we walked in the rain to The Pancake Parlour on Bourke St., and then half of them left to go to the ATM. When we all finally sat down, Graham and Sasha had to leave because they had a Russian exam that they had to go to. :( Sam and Sharon seemed like they were going to start fighting (in a good way), but they wouldn't let me go home and grab my video camera first.

At the end of the lunch, Tom started saying stuff about how slow I eat. I'm starting to think I'm fickle- not with love, but with my opinion of Tom. One moment, he'll say something completely bizarre, and I'll think he's a good person- weird, but good (I like weird people). But then he'll do something else, and I'll feel like throwing him out the window (if I could, that'd be amazing, too!). But it's in a good way, if that's possible. Actually, it's not only Tom. When Barbara told me that Nick threw stones at platypuses, I was shocked. He's one of the nicest people I know. Apparently, he also chases kangaroos, too. Then he sits down and starts playing chess with the other kids, acting like a kid himself while he's at it, and I'll go back to thinking he's a nice person. I would go on, but there's a possibility that the next few people actually read this blog, so maybe I won't.

Next we went to Games Workshop, where Sharon bought me an early Christmas present, two Dire Avengers. サンキュウ、シャロンさん。By then only Lucien, Tom, Sharon, niichan and I were left. All of us except Sharon play GW games. Maybe she might start, too. Well, if she's interested in being broke anytime soon. ^_^

Lucien left and we got to the part where we wander around for a while not knowing where to go, so we went home. I'm just happy that I got to eat pancakes, and Jamaican banana. I'm also bored and waiting for everyone to go to sleep so that I can watch Stargate in peace.

But other than an infection that I somehow got on my foot (I bandaged my foot up so I could walk), I have this funny feeling from the lunch today. I don't know what it is, but it's bothering me. Not a sick/vomit-feeling, but an emotion-feeling. Maybe it's the 'Awww, I'm so glad I have such wonderful friends' feeling? Or the 'Yay, I got to eat pancakes today, but now I have this annoying itch' feeling? (yes, I know pancakes have both egg and milk in them, but that's part of why I love them so much, because I really shouldn't eat them, being allergic to egg and dairy products and all) Maybe it's the 'Niichan gave me anime' feeling? I don't know, but it's unsettling and bothering me. :(

But off to feel better and watch Stargate! Daniel Jackson が好きです。

[I just tried a spell check, because I wasn't sure I had Jamaican right, and it turns out that the spell check doesn't even recognise the word 'blog'! Argh, I so should be studying.]

Goodbye, Summer Fun

After the horrible circuits exam this morning, I don't really feel like making kanji cards or working through maths problem sheets. Niichan doesn't seem to think it was that hard, but he's niichan, I don't think he thinks anything is hard.

Just a quick apology to everyone for the short, or lack of, comments/posts. Between studying for circuits, and being depressed by circuits, I didn't really do much else. Come to think of it, this computer is a pile of circuits. *kick* No! I can't do it, I might lose all of my videos!

So in January, think of me while I'm locked inside a lecture theatre listening to someone talk about something that I should have paid attention to this semester. :(

Anyway, on a happier note, I'm going to play The Sims 2 now. Suffer, my litle sims, suffer! This game is great because if you want to make them suffer, they do more than just sob. For example, one of my sims is currently low on social. There's a Social Bunny that follows her around, and she can interact with it, too- though nobody else in the family can 'see' it so they can't do anything with it. So she has been slapping with giant bunny thing and getting into fights with it. Oh, but the other family members can cheer her on if she starts fighting with it.