Written When Wanted: January 2007

Saturday, January 13, 2007

ARGH!!! WAT's WRONG WITH THIS BURNER?!?!

ARGH!!!...
just as the title says... i have been having problems with the new DVD-writer of mine...
i just can't burn anthing unto CDs...
i have photos to burn for a teacher in school but this Samsung Write Master DVD-RAM burner just isn't cooperating!!!...

i don't know why...
at first i thought it was just the usual spoilt CD... well you know.. the rm40 for 50 pieces kinda CDs... but then... it never went past 6% on Nero when i burn stuff...
WHY???...

then... i just changed my burner... or rather... my mom helped me change it as she was out and about.. and i was busy... but it is still the same!!!...

i tried burning stuff on the old Acer PC which uses a Lite-On DVD burner... which i used to copy discs quite often last time....
and it had the same problem!!... could i be so unlucky to have SO D*MN MANY SPOILT DISCS??...
but then again... i did reformat that Acer....
but then again... it shouldn't have any effect!... =.="

ARGH!!!...

anybody with any idea with what may be wrong, please immediately leave a comment... or just contact me... ASAP!!!...

so... ok... enough of my complaints about the burner....

well.. my dad's much better now.... the swelling has subsided... and he is looking much better...
went and got a new pair of glasses today... rm200!... o well.. that's quite usual for a pair of glasses anyway.... XP

thank God... and all that prayed... (if there were any... =.=")

so... basically... i am just writing this post to kill time...
as i am very sien of turning off my pc so many times trying to burn CDs unsuccessfully... =.="

o ya!...
today... i took many many pics... yea...
talk about taking pics the whole day in school... well... when school's in session i mean...
helped the IT department to take pics of all Form 6 and Form 3 students... not all... around 7 classes... passport sized photos...
it is for their GRADUATION cert....
form six no problem lah... but why form 3 olso in this? some of you may ask....
well... our school has this Junior Secondary graduation kinda thing...

the head of the IT department bought two new studio lights (the big thing you see in studios that they use to take your passport-sized pic) and two passport pic backdrops (the blue to white gradiented thingy)! talk about using finances and getting things done fast!...

i know our photography society should have those things... and the IT department buying that kinda stuff sounds a lil awkward... but... we do have them... just that our ONLY light is a bit cacat and is really really ANCIENT... and the sensor olso sot sot liao...
our backdrop is KINDA dirty... with paint and all sorts of stains and marks.... =.="

but... after we helped them take photos... the head of department seemed quite pleased and said we could lend those equipments from them whenever we wanted... if they aren't using it... (which i don't think they will after taking the passport-sized photos...)
so...
YEAH!!!... XP

haihz... WHY? WHY? TELL ME WHY??... WHY WON'T YOU WORK? o' DVD BURNER??... =.="

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haih...
well.. i had a thought when i was coming back on the bus yesterday...
you know our RapidKL bus system.... you buy one ticket and you can use it the whole day?..
well... i was thinking... put myself in the bus driver's shoes:-

12th January-
The bus driver goes on his normal routine... goes around.. driving people...
when people put in RM1 or RM2 and he gives them a ticket...
he comes to Titiwangsa main stop at about 3pm....
then a guy steps into the bus, shows him a ticket he has bought earlier on another bus....
he (the bus driver) looks at it...
"12 JANUARI 2007"...
he (bus driver) let's him (passenger) in...

13th January-
it's another afternoon... just like the day before... and the day before that... and the day before that.... .... well... maybe it rained on the day before before that... ....
he comes to another bus stop... a young lady steps in... he looks at her ticket...
"13 JANUARI 2007"...
he lets her in....

just about 16 hours before that... it was still the 12th of January....
but in another 16 hours... he would be seeing tickets with "14 JANUARI 2007" printed...
just 2 weeks before that.. he was still seeing tickets with "2006" at the back....

he sighs.. snaps back to reality... and continues driving....

conitnuing his old routine....

while time and tide just passes by.....

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o well... i know tat was kinda emo...
but... well.. it was just a thought... and i have plenty of time to think all sorts of stuff (HEALTHY STUFF) when i am on my way back from school...
and yeah... i am quite an emo guy... i think... I FEEL... XP

so.. yea... tat's about all for this post...

ARGH!!!!! WHY WON'T YOU JUST FUNCTION!?!??!
(talking to my lifeless DVD burner.. not anybody or anything else..... XP)

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

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new year.. new problems...

haizz...

well.. yea.. just as the tittle says... got QUITE A BIT of problems lately...

haizz...

first of all...

been QUITE busy with all the photography society stuff in my school... all the publicity work and trying to recruit and attract new members.... phew...
i am the SECRETARY in my socity btw... but not the one in charge of all the recording stuff and that sort... but... on all the 'publicity' kinda thing... all the designing, drawing, bla bla bla...
basically... i do all the dirty work and tiresome work... =.="
we had this... erm... some sort of exhibition... we show cased some of the former and current society members' works.. including our current coach's (who happened to be an ex-president for our society some AGES ago... and is majoring in photography in.. i forgot where... XP)... don't expect me to describe them... i would need more than a thousand words to do so... serious...
a teacher got a fishing net for us, quite a big one... and we spread it in the small hall of our school... then all the photos went up there...
other than that... we showed some of the equipments.. like that chunk of metal which develops films, and enlarges them... the light (we only had one.. which was kinda spoilt... -,-") and the accessories for it... like the "umbrella" etc...
and there some other stuff.. which... i am just lazy.. and tired to describe...
well... it was only for two days... and ended today.. so... PHEW!!~... after helping the president (of my society...) to pack up a little.. i left for tution... (ofcourse... she wasn't very pleased, as we were the only two left packing up... o.. and yes... the president's a SHE... don't ask why... =.=")

so.... i won't elaborate more on that... there is so much more about my society that i was, am, and will be busy about... .... haih... sien... =.="
like they say... never go into a career that involves your interest(s) / hobby(s) as it will kill it... =.=" haihzzz....

haizz...

so...
secondly...
yea.. i know many of you will say it is nothing much...
but heck... i'm FORM 5!!.. it's SPM YEAR!!.. and my mom is reminding me about it every possible chance she gets.... =.=" how important it is... haih... no.. i am not saying what she says is not true.. but... u noe.. when parents say it... u juz find it kinda annoying... =.="
so anyway... me being in chong hwa means i've got more to cope with... (no... i m not trying to b lcly here... juz stating facts.. XP) including calculus... .... haih... so far so good... ... hope it stays tat way... =.="

haizz...

thirdly...
this is kinda recent... just yesterday in fact...
my dad fell from his bike... (bicycle)... while cycling home from work yesterday... yes.. my dad does tat as it saves money (parking, petrol, car maintainance) and it is a form of excercise... ofcourse... my dad's office ain't very far... about 10mins cycle from my home...
so... back to the main issue.. my dad fell.. and had quite some injuries... they're quite bad... on his face... both knees... a bit on the leg and hands here and there too... the doctor says they are all just superficial (don't really know how to spell that... but it means the injuries are only skin deep) but my dad's face is not very pretty... the right side... it seemed that when he fell, his glasses smashed and the metal frame cut his face...
i ain't very sure how the whole thing happened as two kind boys who happened to find my dad quickly got help and a neighbour who happened to pass by helped and called us...
when we arrived... erm.. i think SHOCK is the word.. i saw my dad's face half covered in blood and my neighbour was holding a hand full of tissue with blood...
well... rushed my dad to a clinic and dressed the wounds... and the doctor gave him a tetanus jab... well... it is to keep infection away.. i think.. =.=" not to sure...
according to my dad... after he came back from the clinic and was resting at home... he wanted to avoid two cars coming from the back and wanted to go up a curb at the side of the road... but it seemed the curb was too high and he fell... and passed out... until the two boys came to help...
my dad's ok... according to the doctor... (he went to another doctor today to redress the wounds and get more advice...) but... i can see that his face near his right eye is swollen... not a very pretty sight... and my dad stayed home today to rest... his right palm is kinda injured too...

so.. i hope all you christians out there reading this (if there are any...) please do pray for my dad's speedy recovery... and against any sort of infection or complications...
thx...

haihz.....
haihzz...
relationships...
haihzz...

well.. ofcourse.. luckily... there are some bright things to look to in these times...
my bio, bm, chem, physics, eng teachers are all quite ok... quite good... (so far)...
my bm teacher is the head of the department.. so no questions there...
as for my physics teacher... he is quite clear... but kinda strict... but also ok.. so far...
the focus is my english teacher... Mr. Chin... if any of you current or ex-chong hwa-rians should noe him... he is... well.. kinda not the usual teacher... come in with a papaya face or juz jovial tat kind of teacher... he is one teacher tat will definitely spark some conversation... he is very... very... well... cute... =.=" i don't know any other word to describe him...
really.. like for example... he literrally jumps on the stage of our class and says.. "Please listen to me" when he wants attention from the class... serious... he can speak some (n i really mean SOME...) cantonese... but not mandarin... not at all...
and if that ain't enough... he likes to mimic children laughing... and the facial expression too... =.=" if that ain't "cute"... i don't know wat else is... =.="
but the main thing... he is devoted... he even bothers to get other materials... like from national geographic, Time magazine etc... and today... he taught us ordinal and cardial numbers...
i noe it sounds kinda stupid (to me at least...) but... come to think of it... many students in my school (or my class at least) don't really know much or very good at it too...
so... basically.. this Mr. Chin... well... he is serious about teaching... "to bring you all up to Cambridge 'A' Level"... (that's what he said... XP)

so...

haizz...

hope all these will pass by soon...
yea... God... do give me your strength and wisdom... i nid it... (i noe this sounds like going to God when onli when i nid him.. but... heck... i really nid it now.. =.=")

yea.. i noe... is juz one of those times when teenagers feel depressed and the world is weighing them down.... when a young mind is being flooded by thoughts, dreams, regrets, ifs.....
well... it's my turn... and i've gotto face it... it ain't very pretty... but it's part of life.. and i've gotto get through it... in one piece.. and with flying colors.....

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"you have turned my mourning into dancing...
you have turned my sorrows into joy... .... ....
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this is how we overcome... this is how we overcome... this is how we overcome...
..."

haizzz...
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