Philosphy of Life.

Hey people.

I think I’m gonna quit blogging…cant be bothered to continue…no enthusiasm, the passions gone, the flames extinguished, the lights blown.

It’s time wasting…and time = money…so it wastes money…and masa itu emas….and heck I dun wanna waste gold…

2 quotes come to mind,
a) Winners never quit and quitters never win.
b) Quit while ur ahead.

To be honest, I can’t really be bothered to type nowadays…it’s boring and I think I’m gonna get carpal tunnel syndrome from overusing the keyboard…Thats why I hardly ever check Friendster, my blog, and my status on MSN/skype is always away…

Unless u have something radical(thats the term Andy used) to show me I really couldn’t care less.

JIARENS QUOTE OF THE NEXT DECADE:
"You nibby!"

Definition: Interruption

Interruption

An outage caused by the failure of one or more communications links with entities outside of the local facility.

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We interrupt this blog to bring you a special news report.

My internet connection has been transferred back to its original owners. I have applied for a new connection which hopefully will be up and running withing the next 10 working days.

For your information, getting internet set up here is a pain.

Initial phone line connection fee costs AUD300. Phone line rental prices differ from plan to plan. I got the Homeline Budget plan so I pay AUD20/month.

After that I applied for broadband. There are about 200-300 different ISPs to choose from. Another thing the really annoys me is that Australian broadband services employ a quota system where by each account has a certain download limit. There are about 3 ISPs that have truly unlimited plans but a lot of people complain because of poor connection speeds, slow pings, interruptions and stuff like that.

After careful consideration I have decided to go with and ISP called Internode. It’s probably the most used ISP in australia at the moment. The plan I chose is 1.5Mbps down 256kbps up connection with an 80GB quota.

How much does it cost??? AUD120/month!!! …and AUD130 setup fee.

What happens when you exceed your quota??? The ISP does something fun to your connection. It’s known as "shaping" or "throttling". I dunno why its called that but basically you internet connection speed gets capped at 64kbps.

Thats a TCO of AUD570 just to get online!!!

I hope to be online soon so I can amuse you with my awesome blog posts.

Til then, chiao!

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quoteoftheday:

"Never Interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte.

Definition: testimonial
  • noun

1 a formal statement testifying to someone’s character and qualifications.

2 a public tribute to someone and to their achievements.

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OK CHILDREN! PAY ATTENTION!!! That is the definition of "TESTIMONIAL". Testimonials are NOT pictures/video/audio!!!

You know what I’m talking about…these ones:-

…and…

.*………….,
.to………._/^\_
my.dearest..
.friends:…./.-.\…..*
….*……..`/&\`……….*
…………,@.*;@,
………../_o.I.%_\….*
.*……..(`’–:o(_@;
………/`;–.,__.`’)…….*
……..;@`o.%.O,*`’`&\.
..*….(`’–)_@.;o.%’()\..*
……./`;–._`”–._O’@;
……/&*,()~o`;-.,_.`""`)
……/`,@.;+&.().o*`;-’;\
…..(`""–.,_0.+%.@’.&()\
…../-.,_….“”–….-’`)..*
*…./@%;o`:;’–,.__…__.’\
….;*,&();.@.%.&^;~`"`o;@();..*
…/();.o^~;.&.().o@*&`;&%O\
….`"="==""==,,,.,="=="==="`
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`……..\)_`"""""`
…….–’.')..Merry
….o(..)_-\….Christmas

Sure they’re cute but they are NOT testimonials. This is precisely why I don’t write testimonials…although I do enjoy receiving them…something tells me that I’m gonna be very unpopular in the receiving testimonials department after this…oh well, think of the bright side -if I were into writing testimonials, this would be on everyones page (click and zoom in!):

I have just updated my testimonial profile with 15 "non-testimonial" testimonials(NTTs) that I have kept hidden away…They will be there for your viewing discomfort until for no longer than a week before I remove ALL NTTs from my profile. The objective of this post it to urge you all to do the same!

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quoteoftheday:

"Credit… is the only enduring testimonial to man’s confidence in man."  -James Blish

I know that lately I’ve been blogging very little. So little that I’ve pretty much lost 90% of my so-called fan base…so THANK YOU for ur visit. I’d appreciate it if you’d comment.

Rather then just waiting for something to come by thats interesting enough to post about I have now decided to blog about something that makes me different from everyone of you. MY PHILOSOPHY.

Yeap! That’s right. Until this very day I find myself so unique that I can’t stop complaining about whats wrong with the rest of you. Yes, I know I have an ego big enough to make the internet jealous. Anyway, this way I’ll be updating much more often and with things that’ll make you laugh…thats the "HOPE"…but if you end up wanting to punch me then lets just say you’ll have to find me first.

Also, that means that my posts will be short and sweet and straight to the point because I’m lazy, you’re lazy, we’re all LAZY and YOU KNOW IT! …also most people have a very short attention span.

Okay then. Please tell me what you think abut this mew plan. The first "PHILOSOPHICAL FACT ACCORDING TO ME"  will be posted within a week.

STAY_TUNED.

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quoteoftheday:

"Fall in love your weaknesses and your strenghs will reward you."

-jiarenlau

OK OK…I know its been a while since I’ve last updated…(I know when I need to update when Evelyn gives me a nudge-thanks by the way…) I also know it’s been a while since 2 posts back I got a haircut and I just got another one less than a week ago.

A lot has been happening so I don’t know where to start….I’m assuming you come here coz ur bored so I’ll try to keep it short and span it over a few posts instead of one looooooonnnnnnngggggggg boring essay…

First and foremost, I stopped postponed blogging coz of exams…well, my results to those exams have already been released…I’m pleased to say I passed all of ‘em. Here are my results. I know you don’t give a crap but I wanna brag.

Data Analysis - B
Principles of Information Security - A
Managing Organizations - B
Business Communication - A

Unfortunately "A" isn’t the highest grade…theres something called a "HD" -High distinction…cant say that I’m disappointed coz I didn’t study for my exams anyway…unless you consider cramming a type of "study".

After that, I moved house. YEAP! I’m now blogging from a different location! I’ll *try* and post pics of my new room on my next post (if I can convince myself to get off my lazy bum, make my bed, take the pics, and actually transfer them to my computer.

So on to the next thing…HOLIDAYS! I went to Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmania…Here are some pictures to stop you from clicking the "X" on the top right hand corner of ur screen…

First I went to Sydney so here are some pics I took of the Opera House, Sydney Skyline and the Sydney Bridge…

The Opera House

Sydney Skyline

Sydney Bridge

From there, I went on to Melbourne. A lot of people like Melbourne. They say its really beautiful, clean, and a good place to live. As for me, I thought it was pretty crap…so the only pic I got is this one of the stairwell inside Crown Casino.

I only took a few photos there too because I accidentally put my camera in a water fountain. I thought it was dry…*sigh*

Crown Casino

Next, I went to explore Tasmania…land of convicts…and cute animals. First picture is of Port Arthur, a prison in the early 19th Century. Second is of the famous Salamanca Market which is held every Saturday followed by a view of the Tasmanian coastline.

Port Arthur

Tasmanian Coastline

Finally, I came back to Toowoomba.

Oh, I upgraded my camera…not as in bought new camera but as in accesories…I got a Gorillapod, high capacity batteries, 2GB CF Type I, lens adapter, circular polarizer, and lens cover. I’ll post pics of it on my next post. If you dunno what this all means then let me introduce you to google…but if ur wondering what a polarizer is, scroll down.

This is a before and after shot of a scene at Port Arthur in Tasmania. Before is the picture without the polarizer and the After one is the one with it…wait, ur not in kindergarten anymore so you should be able to figure it out urself!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

As you can see the polarizer cuts the glare on non-metallic surfaces so you can see thru the water, glass, and stuff like that…cool eh?

Okay, this post has become longer than I had anticipated…I’ll continue another day…hopefully soon…but it depends on how many comments I get for this post.

HAVEABLESSEDCHRISTMASANDAHAPPYNEWYEAR!!!

-jiarenlau.

P.S. A special Christmas prezzie to those of you using kaspersky and found that your antivirus key has been blacklisted…here is a working key…at least for now. Select between the arrows to copy it.

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You know what? I’m not too crazy about blogging. Believe me if I was I’d be updating it like crazy like what Diahann does. Ya know why I do it??? Coz I enjoy reading the comments other people write. It makes me feel all happy inside that someone would take the time to read my meaningless garbage. I enjoy making other people happy…although I’m guilty of making many people cry as well. In between that I also take pleasure in discriminating, insulting, making fun of others, and generally being a huge pain in the bum. Don’t get me wrong, theres also the soft side, the “slightly-but-not-too-much-feminie” side that’s charming, warm, sensitive, and gentlemen-ish…if you get what I mean…

You know what? Anything I write here Is impermissible in an argument whether is be something I wrote last week or last year.

“The words expressed in this blog are PURELY for the authors own entertainment and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the author.”

*phew* I’m glad we got that straighten out.

You know what? I try to keep my blog posts as short as possible coz if ur anything like me, you’ll get bored after just a few lines. Hence the colourful fonts and and many images. I try to minimize of words and maximise on pictures. No pics (of me) on this post coz I’m in the school library “supposedly” studying. Yes, this IS another one of those long and boring posts.

LESS pictures MORE words…and vice versa.

You know what? My exams are starting next week…next thurs to be exact. It’ll go on until the 22 November then I’ll be FREE! I’m planning a trip to Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmania after that. I’d give it all to go back to Malaysia tho…This will probably be my last post till the end of exams eh.

You know what? I’m going to play skirmish on Saturday…its someplace a bit out of town and I’ll be going to play paintballs!!! WOOHOO!!! AUD30 for 100 paintballs or AUD90 for 500 paintballs. Guess which one I’m going for?

You know what? Last but certainly not least I finally got my powerball!!! For those of you how do not know that this is, check www.powerballs.com. The one I got looks something like this:

Enough slacking, time to start cracking those books!!!

-JiarenLau

Thank you everyone who remembered my birthday! If you didn’t than buzz off…I dun need friends like you. That aside, I got a couple of prezzies that you probably couldn’t care less about so let’s not go there…instead, lets read about Jiaren’s incredibly interesting, ambitious, mind-boggling life…

First, let see what happens when a big fish tries to eat a basketball…
Apparently,A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around kind of strangely in a nearby pond and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously tried to swallow a child’s basketball which became stuck in its mouth!! The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The resident tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish.

You probably wouldn’t have believed this, if you hadn’t seen the following pictures…

Credits go to Sileast20 for sharing it in the first place…I was even too lazy to write it up so I plagerized his words as well…lame huh, I know..tell me about it…

Now for item No. 2…
Behold the truth about our country’s history…contains traces of discrimination…not advisable to read if you are easily aggravated.

[Click on image to enlarge]

…and finally, last but certainly not least, I let my friends cut my hair for me!!! First time ler…! See…cool anot? how much would you pay for a cut like this??? (To be honest I don’t really care but you’ll make my friends feel either happy of sad with ur answer)

My hair dressers were Valerie and Stephanie…see for urself!

Pretty much the best "Before" picture I have…

*gulp* thinking: "what the heck have I got myself into now?!"

The great minds at work evaluating the subject…

hehe…it tickes…!

1 hour and 15 minutes later, behold…

Finished and itchy!

So whadaya think??? any coments??? Remember, if you insult me you insult them…

I know it’s lame to advertise ur own birthday…but wen you have no shame it’s not really that much of a problem…anyways, I’ll be 20 tomolo….the BIG two-OH!!! I dunno whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing coz I still feel sweet 16…or younger. -probably younger.

Last night was All Nations Night…I got to wear my "guy-cheong sam" thingie…I know theres a special name for it but I can’t be bothered to look it up…dun I look cool?

The other two people are my family for the International Friendship Linkup thingie…The guys name is Mark and the wife is Jennifer. They’re both really great people…they gave me a TV and a Bicycle free!!! I’ll post a pic of the bike soon…if I remember.

There were performaces from from so many different countries…and the food!!! it was great! I have a swell time! …ooh man, I gotta start dieting…I can’t loose weight in this place…mainly coz of the fact that I have a buffet style dinner every night…and my willpower is only oh-so-strong…

Besides that, I have another announcement to make…If ur one of the many people who asked were recomended by me to use Kaspersky AntiVirus, then you would’ve realised by now that the key I gave you is gonna be expired in about a weeks time (15 Oct if I’m not mistaken) so for ur convenient…and mine, I’ve supplied a link for the key for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.0.303.

By the way, YES, Kaspersky AntiVirus (KAV) IS the best AntiVirus out there…in my opinion. Here’s what you do so you don’t I don’t have to guide you one by one…

Step 1: Click Here
Step 2: Download from any one of the HTTP links.
Step 3: Run it or save it up to you…but I recomend
Step 4: Click Here
Step 5: Choose "Save Target As" or "Save to Disk" and put it on ur desktop or someplace easily accessible.
Step 5: After installing KAV it will say "Welcome!" and request that you activate your copy of KAV. Choose the third option that reads "Apply existing lecense key" Follow the instructions.
Step 6: You should be alright unless you want to configure everything in it.

Credits go to Subkiller for supplying me the key.

I hope thats simple enough for you guys to understand…*hints at Linzhi*…anyway, this is from me to you..I just hope I dun get sued by Kaspersky Labs for this, hehe…Enjoy!

-JiarenLau

People blabber on about forward and chain mails everyday. They blog about it, they complain about it, they whine and grumble about it…yet nobody does anything about it. So whats different about this post of mine? nothing. You’ve seen one you’ve seen ‘em all…only I don’t really mind forward mails, it’s just those fake ones that I hate…especially those "we’re closing-down" ones…

Example 1:
MSN is closing down

hey everyone, i had a look on the internet and its actually true . On
the
1st of november , we will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email

accounts unless we send this message to at least 18 contacts on your

contact list. It’s no joke if you don’t believe me then go to the site

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm
) and see for
yourself. Anyways once you’ve sent this message to at
least 18 contacts, your msn
dude will become blue. please copy and paste
don’t forward cos people won’t
take notice of it. Hey it is Andy and
john the directors of MSN, sorry for
the interruption but msn is closing
down. bla…bla…bla…

look at this (this is the above link):

Use ur brain lar!!! read properly lar! sheesh…and by the way, the directors of MSN are NOT Andy and John!!! If Hotmail
(or any other service) wanted to know whether subscribers were using
their accounts, why would it gather that information by having those
folks forward a message to other users of the same service?  Wouldn’t it make more sense to simply instruct them to reply to the message?

Exampe 2:
Friendster is closing down:

Message from Mr. Allen Smith (manager of friendster )

Friendster system is getting too crowded!! We need you to forward this to at least 20 people.
I know this seems like a large number, but we need to find out who is
really using their account. If you do not send this to at least 10 Friendster
members, we will delete your account. WARNING! We want to find out
which users are actually using their Friendster accounts. So if you are
using your account, please pass this e-mail to every Friendster…bla…bla…bla…

No, I’m not…It must be coz of my charm and the way I carry myself that is appealing to the opposite sex. I know ur all rolling ur eyes right about now. On a more serious note, the majority of my friends are girls…so what? cannot meh? It’s not like I’m sleeping around or anything right??? I’m not stupid…geez…

So as you browse thru the photos, don’t simply jump to comclusions, aiight?

Josephine.

Stephanie and Valerie.

Valerie.

Ann.

Stephanie and Josephine.

Ann and Deni.