$2 each only! but only 2nd ed. the newest is 5th ed costing usd22. so still quite worth it as its published in 2001, not too long ago.
got to prepare myself before going over!
latest song in my head
I just walked down the street to the coffee shop
had to take a break
I'd been by her side for eighteen hours straight
I saw a flower growing in the middle of the sidewalk
pushing up through the concrete
like it was planted right there for me to see
the flashin' lights, the honkin' horns
all seemed to fade away
in the shadow of that hospital at 5:08
I saw God today
Chorus:
I've been to church
I've read the book
I know He's here, but I don't look
near as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I'd just slow down to stop and stare
opened my eyes and man I swear
I saw God today
I saw a couple walking by they were holding hands
Man, she had that glow
yeah I couldn't help but notice she was starting to show
it stood there for a minute takin' the sky
lost in that sunset
a splash of amber melted in the shades of red
Chorus
I got my face pressed up against the nursery glass
She's sleeping like a rock
My name on her wrist wearing tiny pink socks
She's got my nose, she's got her mama's eyes
My brand new baby girl
She's a miracle
I saw God today
last night at a newly renovated brethren church somewhere east. had to take more than an hour;s journey from the wild west to the far east. me and a labmate, Ant, went. but quite worth it. got his autograph on his cd too! yay. this is the first artiste autograph i ever got. anyway, the tickets were complimentary so heck, go lah. got a seat in the thrid row too, can see his face so clearly. quite enjoyable but it was more of a performance than a concert. everybody folded their arms and sat down. very dead i guess, but then again, its a brethren chruch. so no complaints there.
just got World in Conflict. a real time strategy game where you control US forces to kick out the invading Russian enemy that came to US shores. The reason i got it is purely to test my PC's graphics capabilites. and i have not been dissapointed. played it on 'easy' mode just to gawk at the graphics and its really quite realistic, especially when the camera is zoomed to the max. the benchmarking was not so impressive though, a low of 25 fps? thats crap for a 9600gt IMHO.
here's a screenshot of the gameplay, by the 4th or 5th mission, i couldnt control the troops enough and had to cheat my units to attain 'god mode' i.e. invincibility. then sat back and enojoyed the fireworks. the graphics is really quite amazing. especially the clouds and water reflection. the explosions were also quite nice, with white and black plumes rising up quickly and settling down slowly.
am really starting to wonder how those gamers manage to control individually so many units fighting at various points in the map all at the same time. once you concentrate on one batch of troops, its almost impossible to forsake them for another because the enemy keeps on coming back to get you.
went to the singapore version of the flyer after taking the malaysian one. cost 4x more expensive, one ticket here is S$30 compared to the RM15 ticket back home. still, its the highest in the world at the moment before china comes up with the great wheel of china. so got to ride it just to have that 'been there, done that' feeling.
its a good ride. the capsules are much larger. you could park a car inside one of those things. one ride takes 40 minutes and it goes to a max height of 135meters.
other interesting sightings in KL
dont bribe me! reminds me of a certain sign in the zoo i saw not too long ago. someting about feeding and monkeys...
old school type busses with pre printed paper tickets and malfunctioning coin box.
sales at Sogo. my usual fix for clothes. got 3 shirts from Padini and Seed. 50% discount! muahahah... surely a sin not to buy.
testing my night shots skills on the malaysian flyer, named 'eye on malaysia'
not that tall a wheel and closing soon because they are shifting it to another location in another city. RM15 a ride, quite cheap, and it goes quite fast for a few rounds. the cabins can fit 6 so is pretty small and the windows heavily scratched. so the pcitures were not so nice because of the light smearing along the scratch marks.
the eye is built on the bank of a lake and at certain times, there are laser shows. recorded a part of it. that one not bad.
took a trip back to kl for about 10 days hence was absent from this blog for a period. so, its another slew of posts coming up.
for a change, i took the train back. a long swaying 10 hour snake ride. actually took it because i lugged back my old AMD system back for my mum, to replace her aged Duron 800Mhz system that died. So 1/5 of the bunk was taken up by luggage. didnt have enough legroom to stretch. then halfway, at Gemas, we had to offload the train to continue the trip by bus because there was a train derailment few days ago and they have not cleared the tracks yet. had to shift all my stuff out into the bus, took the 2 hour + boneshaker bus ride to Seremban, then from there, got off the bus to another train and continued the journey to KL. was late by 2 hours when i reached but still in one piece and very annoyed with the train company, but then again, as my mum said, 'what else would you expect?'
i rest my case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA
wear a pair of headphones before listening to this. its surreal
http://remixmag.com/production/hardware/remix_sixth_annual_remix/
my pair of current headphones, the audio technica ath m50 won some award. no wonder i could hear all the still small voices from the pc causing me to want to change my soundcard. well, at least i'm assured that its a good set of cans.
