New World

Here I am.

In a CyberCafe (called a Computer Shop here).

Manila.

Philippines.

A long away away from a place I've learned to call home.

Current Addictions

Quietdrive - Time After Time

Famous Amos Cookies

White Chocolate Dream Ice-Blended at CoffeeBean

Crap, calories are creeping in, and I haven't done weight training for 3 weeks. *grr*
At least got in 4 hours of basketball last week. Oh well..

Jay~

Tag Something

Got tagged by Nariza.

How many..

1. Cookies could you eat at once?
A bag of Famous Amos.

2. Times do you clean your room a year?
Every month. *smiles*

3. Times do you pee during the night?
Once. I'll wake up at about 2 am and have a date with my bathroom.

4. Times you bathe your pets in a year?
I don't give my doggie a bath; my mum does.
The rest are fishes, so they bath 24 hours.

5. Times you brush your teeth a day?
Twice. Three if I'm home after lunch.

6. Meals you eat a day?
5-6. I need a lot of sustenance.

7. Approximate pounds of chocolate you’ve consumed in your life?
Hard. I'd rather not say.

8. Times do you cry a week?
How the hell would I know?

9. Jeans that you own?
Custom ones from Grassmen's. SPLIT. Levi's.

10. Money in your wallet?
RM 67.17

11. Times have you dyed your hair?
Never have.

12. Hours of TV do you watch a day?
On football days, 4 hours.

13. Sodas do you consume in a day?
I don't do soft drinks.

14. Sheep do you want on your farm?
50.

Do you believe in/support:

Ghosts? Yes. But I'm not scared of them. They're dead.
Aliens? Yes. My neighbor.
Abortion? No.
Superstitions? No.
Botox? No.
Plastic surgery? No.
Religion? Yes.
The Bible? Yes.
Yourself? Yes. Duh.
Marriage? Yes. Definitely.
Divorce? No. My parents were, and it's tough on me.

IF IF IF……….

1. If you could go back to any age, what age would it be?
Being a history buff, a lot of ages, but I'd go back to Homeric Greece, Marcus Aurelius' Roman Empire, peak of the Seleucid Empire, Victorian Age.

2. If you met an alien she’d look like
Jessica Biel/Alba, Kiera Knightley, or Bianca Nicole Sissing.

3. If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?
The ability to learn anything I want to.
Perfect metabolism.
Her.

4. If you were up for sale, your ad description would say?
The Jason. One and only in the world. Discount for attractive and gorgeous females.

Which one are you?


1. You are a city OR country person?
City.

2. You think more with Passion OR Logic?
Passion.

3. You’d rather die with your love by your side, OR without them?
With.

4. You’d rather drink Milk OR juice?
Milk. Strawberry milk.

5. Your a Cat OR dog person?
Dog.

6. Smoothies OR Milkshakes?
Smoothies.

7. Night Owl OR Day Bird?
Day Dude.

8. Chocolate Cake OR Apple Pie?
Apple pie. Jason heart apples.

9. Alternative rock OR 70s Disco Music?
Alternative Rock.

10. Do you like your mate to be skinny winy or have a little chunk?
A woman with curves that women should have.

11. Rather get quilled by a porqupine OR stung by a jelly fish?
Jelly fish sting.


I tag:

Nikki.
Joe.
Mish.
Shereen.
Christina.
Rachel Anne.
Rachel Reeni.

Jay~

Reflections

So finally. A2 Levels are over. I'm free. Am I really?

19 now. Adulthood beckons. *bleh*
Having my own apartment. Also my own bills, laundry, errands, groceries, and household stuff for the pad.
University applications, clubs and frats to join (if any), new friends to make, new people to meet. Ah.. So many things. Some good, some not so good.

Then a question.

Am I ready? Ready to take on a life unlike any I've ever had?
I hope so.

Am I ready for uni? Have I made the right decisions at precisely the right moments?
Only time will tell. But in the wise words of Incubus:


Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
I'll be there..

I'll be there. *smiles*

Jay~

iTunes Fiasco

Wednesday.

Me: I need iTunes.
Mish: You can download it from the Internet.
Me: Ah okay..


Thursday.
Me: I've got iTunes.
Mish: LOL good.
Me: It took 2 hours to download.
Mish: You didn't need to download.
Me: Why?
Mish: I have the CD.


My side of the line: Total silence.
Mish's: Three and a half minutes of non-stop laughing.


*sharpens axe*

Oh look! I've got a CD too! *grr*

Jay~

B*tch Bite

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Headdesk Moment #17263

Stupid moment.

There I was, last Friday, playing around with my phone, listening to music, and texting people. I went into my File Manager folder (Sony Ericsson phone, so it's not called Gallery okies) and I saw at the bottom right an option that said "MORE".

For the weirdest unexplained reason, I clicked on it. 3 options.

MEMORY STATUS
FORMAT M.S.
INFORMATION

Guess which one I pressed?

FORMAT M.S.

*headdesk*

I just wanted to check the memory! *grr* That's what happens when you'r not looking properly and carelessly press a button. Stupid moment.
Total losses: 96 (yes, ninety six) songs, 200+ pictures, and 3 videos. Gah.. Have to load a new batch of songs.
So I go down at 12-ish and start putting in songs, adjusting bitrates and such and after 2 hours I was thinking, hey, I've got 40+ songs again. Unfortunately..

THEY WERE IN WMA FORMAT.

D'OH! *smacks head on desk, literally*

SE phones only play MP3 and MP4 format songs. 2 hours = zilch. *headdesk*

Stupid moment.

PS. I've got 11 songs back now, but since they came from my mum's laptop, my guitar thrashing rock songs are not in my phone yet. *sigh*

Jay~

crazy stuff on blogthings

Your Penis Name Is...

Prince Charming

Penis Name Generator

That's a lie!

Your Mexican Name Is...

Don Luz

What's Your Mexican Name?

LOL.

Your Japanese Name Is...

Kisho Shigenoi

What's your Japanese Name?

Stupid name.

You Are an Emo Rocker!

Expressive and deep, lyrics are really your thing. That doesn't mean you don't rock out... You just rock out with meaning. For you, rock is more about connecting than grandstanding.

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

Ah.. As long as I keep it real I suppose.

You Are Super Spicy

You're a little bit crazy, a little bit naughty, and a whole lot of sexy. You go beyond hot - you set people's senses on fire!

Are You Hot?

Hmm.. No comment.

Your Kissing Purity Score: 34% Pure

You're not one to kiss and tell... But word is, you kiss pretty well.

Kissing Purity Test

OMG.

Jay~

Goals

I started this year with some goals, and I achieved some. I'd be a lot happier if I got all, but hey, win some, lose some right? *rueful smile* Here were my goals, to be achieved before 1st of June, 2007. Starting stats are in brackets.

Weight = Under 70kg (74kg)
Waist = 34 inches (36 inches)
Formal Shirt Size = 06 (08)
Shirt Size = M (L)
10 three-pointers in one game.
1 billion offense in Darkthrone, an online game I play.
30 points per game.
15 assists per game.

I achieved each and everyone except for the last two. It's not really a big deal, as I haven't been playing basketball all that long, so plenty of time to get it down and done. *smiles*

Anyway, about the ones I achieved.

My weight is now a pretty good 68kg, for a loss of 6kg. I really did not want to lose muscle hard-gained from weight-training and basketball, so yeah, it took 5 months because I had to eat a lot. Got to replenish the stores you know.

Waist is down to 32 inches, far better than what I targeted. Pretty happy about it. I suppose abs aren't that far now, but I wouldn't count my chickens before they're hatched. Ahaha.. I tried on my secondary school pants (yes I still keep 2 pairs) which are 34" and they were super loose. Yay!! *grins*

Formal shirt size is now 06. That's really good stuff.

Shirt size is now a regular M. It's nice and snug around the shoulders which isn't a problem for me. Ahaha.. Hey, if you've got it flaunt it right? Looking like a lion's a big plus. Sans mane.

I got 17. Read post "51 points from the arc."



















Goal setting's good. I'll be working on the other two. *grins*

Jay~

Sir complain-a-lot

It's just really annoying when you meet a person who is literally full of excuses. It's just REALLY annoying! And then there was Mr. Cho Shao Kian.

I met this guy at basketball at one of the courts I play and man, he's just so full of excuses. He's actually a pretty good player but darn, when he misses one or two chances, he goes on an all-out excuse spree.

"My butt hurts today from too much jumping."
"My leg cramped."
"My finger's still painful from an accident when I was younger."
"I've got this rare condition that makes my tendon go..."
"I've got foot arch pain today."
"The wind is too strong to shoot properly today."

Come on man! SUCK IT UP!! You're a guy, everyone has their off-days! *grr*
Do you have any idea how great I'd feel if I could play like you? I've only been playing basketball for about 7 months, but you don't hear me complaining. I get mad at myself, sure, because I know I'm not at the level we play at sometimes, but for Pete's sake, stop the excuses!

If you suck, admit it and shut up.
No one enjoys hearing crap like that and we certainly do not symphatize because newsflash, playing badly happens in sport now and then. Roger Federer never had a streak so long it couldn't end. Sheesh. You don't hear him complaining about some weird disease.

Oh by the way, foot arch pain is called plantar fasciitis.

Jay~

A Lala + An Essay

Lalas already annoy me as it is. It does not help when I have to see them twice a week, every week, every month. How is this possible? My student!! *aarrggh*

There's an essay I taught which dealt with learning proverbs. They each had to choose one. This particular one, The Lala, chose "Every Garden Has Its Weeds". The conversation went something along these lines:

Me: So this proverb simply means that nothing is perfect. No matter how beautiful a garden is, there will always be weeds growing on it somewhere. It's not perfect.
Her: But you said it's a garden wor. How can it mean nothing is perfect.
Me: It's a metaphor. If I say I swim like a fish, you wouldn't think I'm a fish right?
Her: Yeah hor. So how come you use garden?
Me: It's a metaphor. *groans* The "garden" could be any object, person, or animal. The "weeds" are the faults of this object, person, or animal.
Her: But you said garden. People are not garden.

You can just imagine how I was feeling. *grr* To make it worse, the whole time she was doing that puffy cheek thing that Lalas in general love to do. *double grr*

So we got onto the writing. She passes up her work and it was about her computer. Alright fine, nothing is perfect about her computer. Then I read more and got really ticked off. I like a neat format of 3 points of what you like, and 3 things of what you don't like (garden and weeds). What does she like to do with her computer?

LOOK FOR CUTE PICTURES.

*triple grr* I'm going to blow a vein now. Lalas are not only shallow, their imagination is about as creative as a sheet of glass. Thin, brittle, and in all likelihood about to break. The things she hates about her computer?

MY COMPUTER SO SLOW HAVE TO WAIT ONE.
MY COMPUTER NOT FAST ENOUGH.
MY COMPUTER A BIT LAGGING.

They're all the same!! All the freaking same!! *quadruple grr*
But then, patience is a virtue. I did not blow my top, even though I came very close to hitting the coronary. At least I hope she's learning something, those most of the time she's paying more attention to her nails than nouns. *sigh*

Lalas. Shoot 'em all.

Jason~

Football Madness The Sequel

Here's a sequel from Nikki's question. *grins* Enjoy.

Full-time.
90 minutes of game time. 45 minutes each half.
15 minutes of break at half-time. (More to 20 minutes if you watch on TV).

Injury-time.
Also known as stoppage time. This is given to allow for stuff that happened while the game was on. Examples are player injuries, bookings (explained in previous post), unfortunate delays (weather, a fan gone crazy and raised hell), or substitutions. How much time is given depends on a lot of variables, some not quite understood. Injury-time can vary from 1 minute up to 6 minutes (the most I've ever seen). Extra-time is given at the end of each halves and is extremely up to the referee's mood and he can call it off sooner, or let it play on longer. Note the referee wearing 2 watches next time you watch a footie match.

Extra-time.
ET is only given during championship or elimination matches. They are not given in league matches (those that run the course of the season where points are counted, not who wins or lose). ET is needed to provide a winning team especially when the score is tied (0-0 or 2-2 and no one has away goals advantage. Away goals to be explained later). There used to be the Golden Goal rule where the first team to score a goal in ET is awarded the win, but it's gone now. Now, you get 15 minutes of ET per half. If no one still scores, we go to the penalties.

Penalty Shootout.
The most nail-biting, heart-stopping part of a competitive match. Also pretty unfair but rules are rules. Each team sends out shooters to go against each other's goalies. Usually, 5 shots are given per team, where you need to get 1 more than the other team to win. However, if both teams keep scoring, there's little choice but to let them shoot it out until a shooter (or a keeper) makes a mistake.
Famous shootouts include the AC Milan - Juventus Champions League Final, and the legendary Istanbul incident where Liverpool beat out AC Milan in the penalties after fighting back from 0-3 to 3-3.


Away Goals.
During a championship knockout stage, where a team must win to progress, the away goals rule is applied. No points are necessary, so goal difference (GD) or aggregate (AGG) score is required. Let's say Roma is playing at home. They score 2 goals and win the match, but Manchester United score 1 goal. An away goal. If at Manchester's home ground they win 1-0 (bringing the AGG score to 2-2), Manchester United would progress as they have an away goal, whereas Roma only has home goals. The concept is that its harder to score at your opponent's home ground, as you are unfamiliar with it. Of course, Manchester United banged in 7 goals to 1 in the 2nd leg of this knockout to progress with an AGG score of 8-3. True story by the way.


Substitutions.
Each team is allowed 3 substitution per match.
Aussie substitution.

Squad.
A football squad must consist of a minimum of 16 players. 11 starters and 5 subs. A squad (like the Blue Baboons aka Chelsea) of course have no limits as to how many players they have, as long as they can afford to pay all of them.
Play is stopped and automatically conceded to the opponents once a team reaches less than 7 players available on the pitch.
A possible scenario goes like this. You start with 11 players. 3 get injured, and you must sub them. 2 players are red-carded (sent-off, read post below) and sent to the locker room. 2 more players are injured and unable to continue. Then, the goalkeeper has his skull broken a la Petr Catch (Chelsea goalie). However much time is left, you can't continue.

Points.
Easy to understand. A team gets 3 points for a win (W), 1 point for a draw (D) and 0 points for a loss (L). Strategically speaking, 2 wins are better than 5 draws. That's why United are champions. The Blue Baboons drew too many games.

Goals.
GF - Goals for. Goals scored by your team.
GA - Goals against. Goals scored against your team.
GD - Goal difference. Mathematical formula of GF-GA=GD.

Jason~