i think the novice that is the online social networking craze has sort of platoued.. maintaining several social networks online is a hassle in some ways.. having to log into everyone of them to check what is posted, what is new, etc. is kind of time consuming..
some of them are aggressive, sending out emails to inform you of events and recent updates..
but sometimes, it is just plain annoying.. being poked and superpoked etc etc.. oh well.. maybe that was the design..
when we have an abundant of internet content we have to sieve through to get some good content, a poke is probably the one thing you would ignore..
or maybe it is just that no one really pokes at my profile.. ahhaa...
i'm lame..
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
a literary effort : the bankrupt prince and the m.i.a princess
i was watching a program which sort of wanted the participants to "compose" the whole story from a few given clues/sentences.. so i thought i would give that a try.. and test out how much of the english language has deserted me whilst i become less dependent on the language for everyday life..
THE PRINCE IS BANKRUPT. THE PRINCESS WENT MISSING. the ending... THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER...
The Prince has been declared a bankrupt. The war on the neighbouring state has exhausted the Prince's credit and due to the Prince's default in a lot of payments and being arears in others, he has been subsequently declared bankrupted.
That rainy morning, the Prince left his castle as it was repossesed by the banks to be auctioned off. He was saddened that his efforts to keep the invading neighboring state did not result in victory and his heart pained to see his subjects suffering from the mistreatments from the invading army.
Time passed and his status as Prince was no longer. He became a common folk, a peasant and began to make those nice pan fried chinese dumplings he was so fond of when he was a child. His memory was filled with those days when his mother made them for him and his sister. But as soon as his thoughts of his sister surfaced, he became still. His sister, the Princess has gone missing since young and he has not seen her for more than a decade. He still believed that she was alive but could not bring himself to think that she was no longer of this earth.
As his dumplings became famous, more people came to his shop. He met a nice girl and got married.
One day, his wife shouted out in exhilaration as she saw her best friend. The wife's best friend has gone off to another land helping the underpriviledged and had done so for many years. She (the best friend) too exhaulted joy to see her friend. As they sat and talked and enjoyed the delicious dumplings made by the "Prince", the best friend's eyes suddenly teared up.
She uttered that the taste was familiar, that her mother used to make the dumpling for herself and her brother. Asked if she knew where her brother was, she said she did not know as she was taken away when she was young by her mother and left that big house to live in a faraway place.
On hearing that, the Prince began to suspect her identity. The Prince began to slowly see the reseamblance of his mother in her and when he saw the locket she was wearing, he immediately took out his. Both were identical. She was the Princess that went missing for all those years and he was the brother she had know to exist but had no contact with for so long.
As they cried and hugged each other, the wife prayed and thanked the Lord for the reunion of her husband and her sister, who was her best friend but became her sister-in-law.
Their mother has since passed but her memory lived on in the dumplings that they make. As their business grew bigger, the Prince no longer minded the fact he was no longer Prince. Gone were the responsibilities but instead, he became benevolant to his customers and began to help as many as he could.
Years passed but the good deed of the kind Prince and his benevolance reached far and wide. As the invading ruler died, the Prince was returned to the throne. In his rule, he made sure everyone was able to enjoy peace and maintained good diplomacy with neighbouring states.
The Princess met a Prince from one of the neighbouring state who too loved to help the less fortunate. Together, they began their quest to rid their kingdoms of hatred and war and suffering, giving out hope and love and generosity to all they met on their journey.
As the Prince and the Princess were kind to all, their's were a kingdom not touched by war, famine, or poverty but abundance and forever grateful. The Prince and Princess lived happily ever after, knowing that their good deeds were spreading to all corners of their kingdom.
THE PRINCE IS BANKRUPT. THE PRINCESS WENT MISSING. the ending... THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER...
The Prince has been declared a bankrupt. The war on the neighbouring state has exhausted the Prince's credit and due to the Prince's default in a lot of payments and being arears in others, he has been subsequently declared bankrupted.
That rainy morning, the Prince left his castle as it was repossesed by the banks to be auctioned off. He was saddened that his efforts to keep the invading neighboring state did not result in victory and his heart pained to see his subjects suffering from the mistreatments from the invading army.
Time passed and his status as Prince was no longer. He became a common folk, a peasant and began to make those nice pan fried chinese dumplings he was so fond of when he was a child. His memory was filled with those days when his mother made them for him and his sister. But as soon as his thoughts of his sister surfaced, he became still. His sister, the Princess has gone missing since young and he has not seen her for more than a decade. He still believed that she was alive but could not bring himself to think that she was no longer of this earth.
As his dumplings became famous, more people came to his shop. He met a nice girl and got married.
One day, his wife shouted out in exhilaration as she saw her best friend. The wife's best friend has gone off to another land helping the underpriviledged and had done so for many years. She (the best friend) too exhaulted joy to see her friend. As they sat and talked and enjoyed the delicious dumplings made by the "Prince", the best friend's eyes suddenly teared up.
She uttered that the taste was familiar, that her mother used to make the dumpling for herself and her brother. Asked if she knew where her brother was, she said she did not know as she was taken away when she was young by her mother and left that big house to live in a faraway place.
On hearing that, the Prince began to suspect her identity. The Prince began to slowly see the reseamblance of his mother in her and when he saw the locket she was wearing, he immediately took out his. Both were identical. She was the Princess that went missing for all those years and he was the brother she had know to exist but had no contact with for so long.
As they cried and hugged each other, the wife prayed and thanked the Lord for the reunion of her husband and her sister, who was her best friend but became her sister-in-law.
Their mother has since passed but her memory lived on in the dumplings that they make. As their business grew bigger, the Prince no longer minded the fact he was no longer Prince. Gone were the responsibilities but instead, he became benevolant to his customers and began to help as many as he could.
Years passed but the good deed of the kind Prince and his benevolance reached far and wide. As the invading ruler died, the Prince was returned to the throne. In his rule, he made sure everyone was able to enjoy peace and maintained good diplomacy with neighbouring states.
The Princess met a Prince from one of the neighbouring state who too loved to help the less fortunate. Together, they began their quest to rid their kingdoms of hatred and war and suffering, giving out hope and love and generosity to all they met on their journey.
As the Prince and the Princess were kind to all, their's were a kingdom not touched by war, famine, or poverty but abundance and forever grateful. The Prince and Princess lived happily ever after, knowing that their good deeds were spreading to all corners of their kingdom.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
just some carbohydrates fix..
i went to town to try to eat tien pien ngu.. but unfortunately the traffic was horrenderous.. including the weekend rush to get those lottery tickets.. or maybe because tomorrow is mid-autumn festival..
anyway.. i ended up at the dumpling tea house.. a little bit off foochow lane here..
on the day.. i ordered the zha jian mian 炸酱面 and the woh tieh 锅贴...
zha jian mian 炸酱面
this dish is not bad.. the sauce looks like what i see on tv.. but i hadn't really tried out the taiwanese or korean version.. maybe next time.. but this one's not bad.. but i like to add the chilli oil to this..
woh tieh 锅贴
actually this one is not bad.. for rm4.50 you get 10 pieces of this pork and chives pan fried dumpling.. nice.. you must eat with the ginger and dark vinegar..
not a bad outing..
anyway.. i ended up at the dumpling tea house.. a little bit off foochow lane here..
on the day.. i ordered the zha jian mian 炸酱面 and the woh tieh 锅贴...
zha jian mian 炸酱面
this dish is not bad.. the sauce looks like what i see on tv.. but i hadn't really tried out the taiwanese or korean version.. maybe next time.. but this one's not bad.. but i like to add the chilli oil to this..
woh tieh 锅贴
actually this one is not bad.. for rm4.50 you get 10 pieces of this pork and chives pan fried dumpling.. nice.. you must eat with the ginger and dark vinegar..
not a bad outing..
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
the new iPod Touch version 090908
Apple just released its updated version of its cross-platform all-in-one console.. with wifi capabilities and gaming enable, the new iPod Touch with its new 2.1 firmware is designed to capture a lucrative handheld gaming sector..
eh.. why am i reviewing it?? i am not a reviewer.. i just thought it is a cool device.. now with inbuilt speakers.. someone suggested that soon, you can perform VOIP chats on it.. i.e. via skype or MSN or Yahoo Messenger or AIM.. well.. you get the drift..
now if only i have full wifi connection wherever i go...
eh.. why am i reviewing it?? i am not a reviewer.. i just thought it is a cool device.. now with inbuilt speakers.. someone suggested that soon, you can perform VOIP chats on it.. i.e. via skype or MSN or Yahoo Messenger or AIM.. well.. you get the drift..
now if only i have full wifi connection wherever i go...
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