Have you watched 2012? Good movie eh? A lil' on the depressing side though - imagine seeing our Merlion fall apart just like the statue of Christ in Rio De Janeiro. On second thoughts, it won't be that depressing after all. Special effects and epic death-defying car/plane/truck-being-chased-by-tectonic-cleavages aside, it really draws parallels with whats happening in the world today. And no, I'm not referring to the conspiracy theories.
In case you haven't read the news, the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 started yesterday in Copenhagen (dubbed Hopenhagen, and with good reason too). The aim? To get the major countries of the world to sign a treaty that binds countries to carbon emissions reduction targets. Its been promising so far, what with the likes of India and China finally taking action, not to mention the very ambitious targets of other countries.
Singapore also pledged to "reduce carbon emissions growth by 16 per cent below the 2020 "business as usual" level".
This all sounds very optimistic and if Hopenhagen 2009 turns out to be a success, it'll pave the way for a more sustainable future. Still, there are some people out there who still believe that climate change a.k.a global warming is a myth. Or perhaps ongoing actions to cut emissions are threatening their interests, personal or otherwise. Whatever the case, the recent hacking of climate researchers' emails (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html) just provides climate skeptics with more ammunition. The emails "show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change."
Bullshiat. Even 10 year old kids are acknowledging climate change.
Which brings me back to 2012. Imagine a conspiracy that is happening right now, exactly like in the movie. Information blackout. Researchers who tried to let the world know - assassinated. Governments around the world forced to keep quiet. We'd all be living our happy lives, oblivious to the effects our actions are having on the climate. Until its too late.
Scary thought eh?
Still, there are some aspects from the movie that are sadly, missing from our world today. Swift, decisive action is one of them. Now is the perfect time for that, instead of sticking to the "if he does it, then I'll do it" mentality. The problem is, and has always been, time. The effects of climate change require time, time that most of us will have probably lived out and died. Imagine how things would change if those brilliant scientists say the world will warm 3 degrees in another 2 years time.
We need action. And we need it now.
http://www.hopenhagen.org/home/map
Best we can do now its hope.
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Back to my Modern Warfare 2. Not exactly the most environmentally friendly holiday activity, but hey, at least I'm not flying all over the world (I wish).
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Advertisement!
No this ain't the type that can be blocked by AdBlock Plus =D
QUIS will be performing at Project Breakout vol.3 (PBO3) on the 12th of December (Sat)! If you like JPop, Jrock and Japanese pop culture, please do come down and support!
Tickets selling at $14 ($18 if bought at the door) so the earlier the better!
If want tickets can contact me :) Just drop an email or sms!
http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=65209
Support the local Japanese music scene!
Next we'll be performing at EOY09 on the 26th of December (Sat)! Fans of cosplay and anime/manga will love this =)
http://www.theeoy.com/
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Ok, back to mug.
QUIS will be performing at Project Breakout vol.3 (PBO3) on the 12th of December (Sat)! If you like JPop, Jrock and Japanese pop culture, please do come down and support!
Tickets selling at $14 ($18 if bought at the door) so the earlier the better!
If want tickets can contact me :) Just drop an email or sms!
http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=65209
Support the local Japanese music scene!
Next we'll be performing at EOY09 on the 26th of December (Sat)! Fans of cosplay and anime/manga will love this =)
http://www.theeoy.com/
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Ok, back to mug.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Pre-Exam post
Exactly 1 week to the start of the exams...
First paper - Economics. *panic*
Since I'll be spending most of next week locked up in my room (ok, maybe not locked, if I suddenly drop dead from over-mugging no one would find me until its too late), I figured I'll post pics of the small space that'll hopefully help me get through the exam period.
^View from the door.............................................. ^The workspace.
^Supplies, survival kit and rations....................... ^Objects for mental torture
^My only source of entertainment..................... ^The heart of my setup. Note the wiry mess.
^My source of audio gratification (X-Mini 2!)....... ^How I like my speaker positioned....
^...so that the music is amplified here! It really works :D Thanks to the table being made of wood the sound resonates well. The bass and mids are also projected upwards since I flipped the X-mini, resulting in much clearer bass compared to the normal upright position.
And for visual relaxation...
Wallpaper from the romance-drama animated movie 5 Centimeters Per Second.
Ok that's about it. Exams? Chiong ah!
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Remember my attempt at modding my Coolermaster NotePal A1 laptop cooling pad? Just a little revamp...
^The exhaust fans................................................ ^View from the back, in action!
^The underbelly of the beast................................ ^Monster fans come to life!
Last geek post before the exams!
First paper - Economics. *panic*
Since I'll be spending most of next week locked up in my room (ok, maybe not locked, if I suddenly drop dead from over-mugging no one would find me until its too late), I figured I'll post pics of the small space that'll hopefully help me get through the exam period.
^View from the door.............................................. ^The workspace.
^Supplies, survival kit and rations....................... ^Objects for mental torture
^My only source of entertainment..................... ^The heart of my setup. Note the wiry mess.
^My source of audio gratification (X-Mini 2!)....... ^How I like my speaker positioned....
^...so that the music is amplified here! It really works :D Thanks to the table being made of wood the sound resonates well. The bass and mids are also projected upwards since I flipped the X-mini, resulting in much clearer bass compared to the normal upright position.
And for visual relaxation...
Wallpaper from the romance-drama animated movie 5 Centimeters Per Second.
Ok that's about it. Exams? Chiong ah!
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Remember my attempt at modding my Coolermaster NotePal A1 laptop cooling pad? Just a little revamp...
^The exhaust fans................................................ ^View from the back, in action!
^The underbelly of the beast................................ ^Monster fans come to life!
Last geek post before the exams!
Monday, November 02, 2009
New Song of the Week
Just a lil' update, feeling a lil' nostalgic
QUIS - Stay Away (L'arc~en~ciel cover)
Our very first (and only) recording, used as an audition tape for SSF'08 that started everything =D
QUIS - Stay Away (L'arc~en~ciel cover)
Our very first (and only) recording, used as an audition tape for SSF'08 that started everything =D
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
*chirp*
It took me this long to realise the advantage Twitter/Facebook status updates have over blogs.
When you're tired, have really got nothing to write, lacking in ideas/inspiration, or simply lazy to craft out a long blog post, short status updates are a godsend.
On the other hand, if I were to post "I am feeling SHINGZ" or stuff like that on my blog, I dare say you readers would rather go watch another Ris Low video.
Anyway!
Update on my rapidly deteriorating life.
1) This morning, for the very first time, I got out of bed, washed up, brewed a mug of Milo, and STUDIED. First thing in the morning. And no, its got nothing to do with the "mug" of Milo.
2) I'm rewatching Inuyasha, ever since news about a final season was released
3) I'm re-playing Starcraft: Brood War. The entire, kickass campaign. When I should be mugging.
4) I've run out of words to type.
Deteriorating is the correct word to use, no?
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I'm having a stiff right shoulder now from sending too many Zerglings to their bloody doomZ.
When you're tired, have really got nothing to write, lacking in ideas/inspiration, or simply lazy to craft out a long blog post, short status updates are a godsend.
On the other hand, if I were to post "I am feeling SHINGZ" or stuff like that on my blog, I dare say you readers would rather go watch another Ris Low video.
Anyway!
Update on my rapidly deteriorating life.
1) This morning, for the very first time, I got out of bed, washed up, brewed a mug of Milo, and STUDIED. First thing in the morning. And no, its got nothing to do with the "mug" of Milo.
2) I'm rewatching Inuyasha, ever since news about a final season was released
3) I'm re-playing Starcraft: Brood War. The entire, kickass campaign. When I should be mugging.
4) I've run out of words to type.
Deteriorating is the correct word to use, no?
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I'm having a stiff right shoulder now from sending too many Zerglings to their bloody doomZ.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Why I won't need Windows 7 (for now)
Yes you heard the title right. I don't need it now. But I never said I didn't want it :P
Windows 7 comes 3 years after the release of Vista, which is short by OS standards (Vista came after 6 years of XP). Maybe its their attempt to end the embarrassing Vista saga, which was blasted and condemned ever since it was released. The common opinion at that time? "Vista sucks."
For me, I didn't have a choice. Vista came with my gaming rig I bought off WCG 2007, so I had to "suck thumb" and lived with it. Initially, it seemed pretty cool, since I didn't have the resource-hungry problem, what with all the Aero effects and cool black bar. I even remembered installing a Vista skin for my old XP computer, before Vista was released. In other words, I was a Vista "fanboy". I loved the way it looked.
Then the problems started coming in. Crashes due to incompatibility, irritating UAC prompts, BSODs, the usual. I spent many hours fixing those problems, more often than not compromising rather than solving. After 2 long years, I've finally reached a state of equilibrium (no, not related to Physics or Chemistry in any way). UAC? Disabled. BSOD? Restart lor. Game crashes? Restart lor. Thumbnail previews buggy? Disable thumbnails lor. Any sense of frustration/anger had long ago evaporated, leaving me in a Zen-like state.
Thankfully, having tweaked the system for over 2 years now, its definitely much more stable than when it was a baby. To this date I haven't had a single un-recoverable crash. Games and other programs run perfectly fine as well (minus the occasional Crysis crashes).
Despite all the new features, amazing looks and all that hype that comes with Windows 7, I'll stick with Vista. That is, until the day I can get Windows 7 for free/uber cheap.
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For those still stuck with XP though, its a no-brainer. Stop using that ugly, blue task bar!
Windows 7 comes 3 years after the release of Vista, which is short by OS standards (Vista came after 6 years of XP). Maybe its their attempt to end the embarrassing Vista saga, which was blasted and condemned ever since it was released. The common opinion at that time? "Vista sucks."
For me, I didn't have a choice. Vista came with my gaming rig I bought off WCG 2007, so I had to "suck thumb" and lived with it. Initially, it seemed pretty cool, since I didn't have the resource-hungry problem, what with all the Aero effects and cool black bar. I even remembered installing a Vista skin for my old XP computer, before Vista was released. In other words, I was a Vista "fanboy". I loved the way it looked.
Then the problems started coming in. Crashes due to incompatibility, irritating UAC prompts, BSODs, the usual. I spent many hours fixing those problems, more often than not compromising rather than solving. After 2 long years, I've finally reached a state of equilibrium (no, not related to Physics or Chemistry in any way). UAC? Disabled. BSOD? Restart lor. Game crashes? Restart lor. Thumbnail previews buggy? Disable thumbnails lor. Any sense of frustration/anger had long ago evaporated, leaving me in a Zen-like state.
Thankfully, having tweaked the system for over 2 years now, its definitely much more stable than when it was a baby. To this date I haven't had a single un-recoverable crash. Games and other programs run perfectly fine as well (minus the occasional Crysis crashes).
Despite all the new features, amazing looks and all that hype that comes with Windows 7, I'll stick with Vista. That is, until the day I can get Windows 7 for free/uber cheap.
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For those still stuck with XP though, its a no-brainer. Stop using that ugly, blue task bar!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
lai liao...
time goes by... so quickly.
Its already week 9, which means the exams just loom over the horizon in another 5 weeks' time.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Damn.
And I'm still in a relative state of "relaxation", i.e no bouts of panic-mugging. Yet. I can't imagine how it was back in JC, where studying was like the top activity voted by students. I think I'd be buried in a pile of notes and past year papers by now.
As I formulate this blog post, I'm already getting ready to pick up my Computing notes and start reading, as soon as I'm done. *sigh*
Screw mugging.
Anyway, Tuesday was Hall 6's Mid Autumn Festival.
Pause.
Wasn't Mooncake festival a couple of weeks ago?
Strange choice of dates aside, it was a pretty fun event, even though the moon was barely visible (it was crescent already). The Hall 6 jam band, Roku Band (nice name! roku incidentally means "6" in Japanese) played a couple of English and Mandarin songs - 21 Guns, Supermassive Black Hole, Wu Le Bu Zuo (Cape no. 7 theme song) and of course, One Night in Beijing. I was kinda worried that I'd screw up since it was my first time playing solos on stage, but luckily everything went rather smoothly. Everyone gelled pretty well, despite having only 2 practices the week before.
Following that was a singing competition, a standard dress-up-the-guys-by-removing-their-tops costume contest and a couple of games. Even our hall fellow, a prof, was dancing along to the music with his kid in his arms. Now that's one happening prof. Contrary to the event, there wasn't a mooncake in sight; there WAS a faux moon hanging in the concourse though, which looked rather like a yolk XD
After all that, it was back to sian.
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When was the last time you watched a funny Youtube video? A few minutes ago? And by any chance was it from a link posted by a friend on Facebook?
I probably guessed right =)
Facebook = Viral videos.
boomz.
Its already week 9, which means the exams just loom over the horizon in another 5 weeks' time.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Damn.
And I'm still in a relative state of "relaxation", i.e no bouts of panic-mugging. Yet. I can't imagine how it was back in JC, where studying was like the top activity voted by students. I think I'd be buried in a pile of notes and past year papers by now.
As I formulate this blog post, I'm already getting ready to pick up my Computing notes and start reading, as soon as I'm done. *sigh*
Screw mugging.
Anyway, Tuesday was Hall 6's Mid Autumn Festival.
Pause.
Wasn't Mooncake festival a couple of weeks ago?
Strange choice of dates aside, it was a pretty fun event, even though the moon was barely visible (it was crescent already). The Hall 6 jam band, Roku Band (nice name! roku incidentally means "6" in Japanese) played a couple of English and Mandarin songs - 21 Guns, Supermassive Black Hole, Wu Le Bu Zuo (Cape no. 7 theme song) and of course, One Night in Beijing. I was kinda worried that I'd screw up since it was my first time playing solos on stage, but luckily everything went rather smoothly. Everyone gelled pretty well, despite having only 2 practices the week before.
Following that was a singing competition, a standard dress-up-the-guys-by-removing-their-tops costume contest and a couple of games. Even our hall fellow, a prof, was dancing along to the music with his kid in his arms. Now that's one happening prof. Contrary to the event, there wasn't a mooncake in sight; there WAS a faux moon hanging in the concourse though, which looked rather like a yolk XD
After all that, it was back to sian.
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When was the last time you watched a funny Youtube video? A few minutes ago? And by any chance was it from a link posted by a friend on Facebook?
I probably guessed right =)
Facebook = Viral videos.
boomz.
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