First snowfall of the season

Early snowfall for 2011 season. It wasn't until last year late Dec to have the first snowfall.

Test

Test post.

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch, the Last Lecture.
I watched it last year once. Just saw this video surfacing again thru a friend of mine. Watched it again, and feel like ashamed for being down from time to time when things didn't get going—hmm, I didn't feel anywhere near disappointed this evening though after 2 hours of shock and awe—after seeing again how he remained such a strong and motivated person even just 2 months before his possible death.

There was the line when he talked about his childhood dreams: you have to be very specific when you set a dream. I like it so much.
And I like his big stuffed toys. =D

He's a professor but if he didn't say he was one, I was nowhere near to think he was a professor. I know I'm stereotyping professors, but isn't stereotype coming from repeated observation of the same thing? I just wish all professors were like him.

You've Got A Way

This is very colorful—her dress, the colors on her face, and the grass, the flowers and the fishes. Of coz the music is nice as well.

You've got a way with me
Somehow you got me to believe
In everything that I could be
I've gotta say-you really got a way
You've got a way it seems
You gave me faith to find my dreams
You'll never know just what that means
Can't you see... you got a way with me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

You've got a way with words
You get me smiling even when it hurts
There's no way to measure what your love is worth
I can't believe the way you get through to me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

Oh, how I adore you
Like no one before you
I love you just the way you are

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

It's just the way you are

Lars Rasmussen

When I tweeted about his departure, I didn’t know that it was this guy!
I clearly remember him when he first showcased Google Wave at the Google I/O.

Too bad for Google! He’s really a smart guy!!!
OMG!!! No wonder these days there is news about talent fight between Google and Facebook! No wonder Google’s raising pay for employees across the whole organization! (And even 30% raise and 250% of salary bonus for top execs!)

Isn’t there a better time to study Computer Science yet?!!!

Nothing On You

Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby
They might say hi and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
Coz they got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby

Not not not nothing on you babe
Not not nothing on you
I know you feel where I'm coming from
Regardless of the things in my past that I've done
Most of really was for the hell of the fun
On the carousel so around I spun (spun)
With no directions just tryna get some (some)
Tryna chase skirts, living in the summer sun (sun)
This is how I lost more than I had ever won
And honestly I ended up with none

There's no much nonsense
It's on my conscience
I'm thinking baby I should get it out
And I don't wanna sound redundant
But I was wondering if there was something that you wanna know
(That you wanna know)
But never mind that we should let it go (we should let it go)
Cos we don't wanna be a t.v episode (t.v episode)
And all the bad thoughts just let them go (go, go, go)

Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby
They might say hi and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
Cos they got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby

Not not not nothing on you babe
Not not nothing on you
Hands down there will never be another one
I been around and I never seen another one
Look at your style they ain't really got nothing on
And you out and you ain't got nothing on
Baby you the whole package plus you pay your taxes
And you keep it real while them other stay plastic
You're my wonder women call me Mr. fantastic
Stop... now think about it

I've been to London, I've been to Paris
Even went out there to Tokyo
Back home down in Georgia to new Orleans
But you always steal the show (steal the show)
And just like that girl you got me fro (got me fro)
Like a Nintendo 64 (64)
If you never knew well now you know (know, know, know)

Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby
They might say hi and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
Cos they got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby

Not not not nothing on you babe
Not not nothing on you
Everywhere I go I'm always hearing your name (name, name)
And no matter where I'm at girl you make me wanna sing (sing)
Whether a bus or a plane or a car or a train
No other girls in my brain and you the one to blame

Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby
They might say hi and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
Cos they got nothing on you baby
Nothing on you baby

Not not not nothing on you babe
Not not nothing on you
Yeah and that's just how we do it
And I'ma let this ride
B O B and Bruno Mars

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bob/#share

Eat Pray Love

I've been reading mostly non-fictions lately, so when I found this book on Amazon for a mere 7 bucks, I thought I should probably give myself some story entertainment.

After all, Eat Pray Love isn't a crappy love story book. It's already been made into a film (which I've taken a glance at and was disappointed at how little meaning it can convey as opposed to the book).

I didn't really like the first part about eating a lot in Italy. But the later two parts about praying in India and falling in love in Indonesia kept me from dropping the book (and made me have a sleepless night once).

There's one particular thing I can concur with Liz. She believes in God, but not in Christian God, nor in Hindu God, nor in Islamic God, but just God in general as some divine being that gives her strengths. That's exactly how I have been feeling in the last year. I know Buddha is not God or anything, and if anything, He's already very really dead. But still I feel from time to time that there exists a God who I can speak to and who sometimes answer to me. When I said God, I wasn't particularly referring the Christian God or anything; I was only thinking of someone (or is it even someone? could have been something) divine who I can feel.

The funniest chapter in the book was Chapter 100. Lots of talk on Banana and what not. =D
It was so funnily written I couldn't help laughing all along.

In the end, I was glad Liz finally found peace and love and the balance of them all.
I hope I will have time to read the sequel: Committed. =]

Small is Bigger than Big

I just got this idea to use my laptop as the primary computer and promote or demote the desktop to a file server (coz all my files are on the HDDs of the desktop).

The CPU of the laptop is faster than the desktop one, so I hope it will be better.
What's good about this is that I now have two monitors: the built-in one from the laptop and the Dell monitor that I can attach to it.

The only thing I'm concerned about is if the laptop can handle the photo editing. Apart from that, I think this small thing can handle pretty much everything. And I don't play games, so I'm good with that too. =)

I just hope this works out. :)

Untitled

I'm just wondering how fine the line is between being extra-cautious and being chicken.
I understand the fear can be inversely proportional to how much value you put into it, but I just don't know if I'm being too chicken. =S

Stymied

Really really stressed by all these hacking.
I think I just got a hold on assembly, but a bigger problem came up. =S
So stymied by this project I could only think of Compiler Design assignment to find an equivalent feeling.

Feeling so powerless and so helpless.
I could do away pretty well in all other areas, so the bigger question is "what the h*ll am I doing trying to learn hacking?"

On an unrelated note, I think I've been taking too much precaution.