Happy new year. I’m 3 days behind, talk about a good start.

New year night was good, spent it with Alan, Shirley, Raja and a shit load of beers while motivating each other on the many projects we plan to get started in the new year. Too much time has been waisted in the past just talking about shit, hopefully this year’s gonna be productive.

I’m not a big fan of new year resolutions but if you must know here’s mine;

1. Reduce and eventually quit smoking.
2. Exercise!!
3. Be a good son.
4. Be a good bf.
5. Be productive at work.
6. Roll out at least 3 side projects.
7. Contribute to at least 5 welfare related deeds.
8. Make more money from other avenues besides my full time job.
9. Travel to at least 5 countries.
10. Buy a house.

Let’s see how many get to cross out by end of year.

• Back from the holidays
• Yearly pilgrimage
• Oracle now has a Wiki
• I’m back from Langkawi
• Moving again, this time to VPS from ServerFreak

I torrent quite abit and I know you do too. Thought it would be cool to share some of the torrents I find interesting with you.

Back in school I was part of a skate crew, this was back in Cameron Highlands. Best time of my life.

If I remember right, I went through 5 decks. Powell, Mapel, Shortys and World Industries, Blind tires, Panther bearings and  not to forget, my DC, ES, Emerica and Globe shoes.

Good old days, it’s been a couple of years and I’ve put on a few pounds. I was fit, light, fast and full of energy. Wish I could turn back time, haa haa….

Anyways, here’s 2 skate videos I found interesting. Antiz the Z Movie and  411VM Skateboarding Volume15 Issue1.

Hope you enjoy them.

• Skateboarding comps for December
• Full Circle Magazine Issue 21
• My trip to Cameron Highlands
• Clearing out your tray
• Happy New Year , 2009 it’s here!!

Malaysiakini is extending it’s free service till this Friday 14th March. However after that it will be switching back to it’s subscribers-only model. Malaykini.tv their video site will also be transitioning to a subscriber-only model due to the high cost of bandwidth. Lower resolution videos will however still be uploaded into YouTube as they have always been.

Much needed upgrades are also being put in place. Malaysiakini will be seeing 3 new high-end servers and have it’s bandwidth upgraded to 150mbps. Users will surely realize an improvement in performance moving forward.

Malaysiakini and many other local news sites experienced a tremendous spike in users/subscribers this past week thanks to the Malaysia 12th general elections. I myself experienced 12k page views within a few hours.

This just comes to show the awareness levels of Malaysians, almost everyone I know is internet savvy now, even my dad 63 years old now spends 6 hours a day on the net researching. Many politicians (Non net savvy I guess) consider the Net (alternative media) a bad thing and claim that almost everything if not all is not true. But one must ask, why aren’t they coming out with their own sites/blogs to counter the negative media. An open debate I would call it(the democratic way). Watch a video.

I still buy newspapers today but since I feel that the local papers and news channels are generally pro government, I need to hear both sides of a story. Where do I go? The online world/community is the answer to satisfy my “need to know” hunger. However one must not easily believe everything one reads online or from the papers. Always cross reference before coming to a conclusion. Find the truth and not blindly follow.

Malaysians are smart people, don’t keep challenging them. serve the people and your country not just your party.

Source: Malaysiakini

• Poll: 12th Malaysia Election, did the internet help?
• YouTube goes 1080p HD this week
• Social Media Revolution 2
• Barisan Rakyat has spoken
• Negaraku! – The Malaysia News Aggregator

I would like to wish all my Chinese friends and all Malaysians a “Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year”.

I got caught up with a lot of things this weekend including a really bad hangover. I’m back to normal now and would sincerely like to apolagize for my late wishes. Especially to all my close Chinese friends.

Sorry guys, better late then never.

• Gong Xi Fa Cai , Xin Nian Kuai Le
• I’m back from Langkawi
• Back from the holidays
• Yearly pilgrimage
• Happy 50th birthday Malaysia

Thought I’ll share this picture with you since it’s the only thing keeping me motivated to work late nowadays. Speed = smile on Danny’s face.

Update: 12:52am

Just crashed my Netgear WGR614 router with the new speed

Streamyx!! This is what happens when you deprive us of bandwidth.

• My Streamyx is screwed again
• Streamyx’s new TOS
• Sleep sleep
• Streamyx Internet disruption to US and Hong Kong
• U Mobile High Speed Mobile Internet

I decided to go ahead and build my own notebook cooler. Played around with acrylic and other materials but what happen was I need to jack my notebook up to get the best air flow. This worked fine while on my lap but not when place on a desk.

Some hours of thinking later I decided to convert my desk into a cooler itself. Started off drilling a hole fit for a 120mm fan powered by a 12v adapter and connected through a molex connector.

2 hours later I finally found my notebook cooler. Works like a champ!!

See pictures of my home made notebook cooler below.

• Red Hat updated RCHT and RCHE exams
• My trip to Cameron Highlands
• XPS M1330 now Ubuntu ready
• Sudo enable Yast in openSUSE 11
• Google Android debuts through T-Mobile’s G1

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Graham McTavish, Matthew Marsden
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone
Cinematography: Glen MacPherson
Music: Brian Tyler
U.S. Distributor: Lionsgate

My Review,

Caught Rambo 4 last week thanks to AMBP.

1. Fire power 9/10

Lot’s of big guns, bombs, sniper riffles and home made machete. My favs have to be the snipper riffle and the machete.

2. Blood 9/10

The is blood and body parts flying all over the place!! Legs, arms and heads exploding in your face.

3. Brutality 9/10

Kids tortured, burned and shot, woman raped and murdered, mens body parts chopped off and blown to pieces by land mines.

4. FX 9/10

Super super good effects. Everything looks freaking realistic.

5. Rambo 5/10

Well, Rambo’s old now. Shirt never comes off. Does not get captured, tortured and then escape. No more solo action, John Rambo actually works with mercenaries this time. Hardly says a word. I heard the word “John Rambo” only twice if memory serves me right.

6. Vehicles 4/10

Besides the pirate bot in the beginning and a few military transport lorries don’t hope to see any cool helicopters or military vehicles.

7. Location 7/10

Nothing new, typical Asian jungle backdrop.

Final words:

A must watch movie for those with a strong stomach and a passion for mindless brutality. Don’t go in expecting to see the old Rambo, open your mind and you shall enjoy.

My favorite part from the movie is when the enemy confronting John Rambo get taken down by a head shot from the sniper. His damn head explodes on screen….BAM!!

So how did you find the movie?

• I’m going to watch Rambo 4
• Finally watched Transformers the movie
• Facebook the movie
• How to limit ssh access to specific users or groups
• Movie: Free Movie Screening

Delirium had a contest running for the past few weeks. To qualify I had to link back and contribute comments.  Me, Wing Loon and MerDurian came up on top being the top commentators so we get some WordPress stickers. Thanks Abi.

Received my stickers from Delirium yesterday.

• WordPress Stickers giveaway
• Free TUX stickers by Wing Loon
• Win a HP Kensington Wireless mouse
• Delirium Short Story Contest
• Upgraded to WordPress 2.5

The parties were good, girls nice, booze wonderfull but best of all were my best pals. Thanks guys for another memorable new year in Langkawi.

• Yearly pilgrimage
• Gong Xi Fa Cai 2008
• Happy New Year , 2009 it’s here!!
• Shiatsu Self Massage
• Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.2

Dropped my best friends Alan, Raja and Weesak off at the bus station last night. This is the beginning of the yearly pilgrimage we make to Langkawi. 5th year to Langkawi if memory serves me right.

Why now? Simple, new year in Langkawi!!! No jam, party with no dress code, chicks and best of all cheap BOOZE!!!!

Imagine 1 whole week without worries, phones, notebooks, city life, parents,clean rooms, schedules and every other pain in the ass reason you can find. Only us, the ocean, Mr. BEER, Mr. Liquor and reagea music….. Woo Hoo!!!!

I’m running late this year though, stuck with work so I’ll be leaving this Friday the 28th and will be there till the 1st. So wish I could leave everything behind and join them on the bus, doesn’t help that we just had some pre Lankawi beers just now.sigh……

Well, I’ll hang in there for 2 days….

• I’m back from Langkawi
• Happy New Year , 2009 it’s here!!
• I’m off to Rainforest World Music Festival 2009
• Gong Xi Fa Cai 2008
• Aussie Beer Commercial – It’s a big Ad