I’ve been working on my stamina for quite a while and as usual, whenever I’m at the gym I’d be spending most of my time on the treadmill.
Just couple of days ago I was very determined to do the 10km jog again, started off slowly but still on a jogging pace and throughout the initial 30 minutes everything went really well. I was very confident that I could complete it without slowing down to walking speed.
An Indian dude came next to me about 20 minutes after I started. Usually I wouldn’t bother about anyone while I was at the treadmill. Furthermore I’m so determined that I was only minding my own business making sure that I stay focus at all time.
And this is when things get really bad, suddenly I smell something really terrible. The dude was breathing heavily and his breath smells so bad that my pace was all messed up. I tried my very best to keep focus for about 10 minutes and finally I couldn’t take it anymore, had to end the whole session at about 4km++. It’s rather disappointed that I was distracted but man, the smell can really kill. What a bad day. *sigh*
Apr 28, 2009
Apr 24, 2009
New Toy In da House!!!
It’s was quite a while since I was contemplating to get a netbook and the urge kinda went away when I was told that I will be been given a laptop at work. I’m currently prepping up my work laptop so I’ll be leaving the desktop world for good very soon. What was even better is that I managed to get hold of a Dell Latitude D420 and I’m rather happy because all this while my plan was to get a light weight laptop for personal use. I’ve never used a 12’ lappy so I was quite surprised and satisfied with its 3.1 lbs @ approximately 1.4kg weight. Although it isn’t a really very light one compare to those in the current trend.
I played a little trick on my mom and the previous owner and there you go. I’ve got a light weight laptop that I can use. My old faithful Toshiba will be fixed and pass to my mom since she’s more of a beginner. And she definitely needs a much bigger screen. “Ma, let me take care of the small one ok?” hahaha…ok, I know it isn’t a very new model, infact it was a 2006 model and bought in 2007, so it’s about 2 years old. I’m thinking maybe I could run it on XP and dual boot it with Ubuntu. Upgrade the RAM to 2GB and I guess it’s good to go as a casual lappy. The only draw back is that it runs on a smaller size 1.8’ hardisk rather than the regular 2.5’ notebook harddisk and I still have to get an external DVD combo drive to go with it. Although I’d really want to install it with Vista but I’m just too skeptical. I shall wait till Windows 7 is officially launched.
Old habit dies hard, with money saved for not getting a netbook I’m thinking of MacBook now. DAMN!!!
Spec of the Dell Latitude D420
•Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 / 1.2 GHz
•Screen: 12.1" WXGA TFT LCD 1280 x 800 (Matte)
•Graphics: Intel GMA 950 (Integrated, up to 224MB shared)
•Memory: 1GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, (512MB Integrated) 2 DIMMs
•Hard Drive: 80GB 4200RPM 1.8" Hard Drive
•Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
•Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
•Input: Full size keyboard with touchpad and pointing stick
•Battery: 6-Cell Primary (with ExpressCharge) and 65W AC Adapter
•65W AC Adapter: 0.8 lbs
•D420 Dimensions: 11.63"x8.27"x1.00"
I played a little trick on my mom and the previous owner and there you go. I’ve got a light weight laptop that I can use. My old faithful Toshiba will be fixed and pass to my mom since she’s more of a beginner. And she definitely needs a much bigger screen. “Ma, let me take care of the small one ok?” hahaha…ok, I know it isn’t a very new model, infact it was a 2006 model and bought in 2007, so it’s about 2 years old. I’m thinking maybe I could run it on XP and dual boot it with Ubuntu. Upgrade the RAM to 2GB and I guess it’s good to go as a casual lappy. The only draw back is that it runs on a smaller size 1.8’ hardisk rather than the regular 2.5’ notebook harddisk and I still have to get an external DVD combo drive to go with it. Although I’d really want to install it with Vista but I’m just too skeptical. I shall wait till Windows 7 is officially launched.
Old habit dies hard, with money saved for not getting a netbook I’m thinking of MacBook now. DAMN!!!
Spec of the Dell Latitude D420
•Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 / 1.2 GHz
•Screen: 12.1" WXGA TFT LCD 1280 x 800 (Matte)
•Graphics: Intel GMA 950 (Integrated, up to 224MB shared)
•Memory: 1GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, (512MB Integrated) 2 DIMMs
•Hard Drive: 80GB 4200RPM 1.8" Hard Drive
•Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
•Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
•Input: Full size keyboard with touchpad and pointing stick
•Battery: 6-Cell Primary (with ExpressCharge) and 65W AC Adapter
•65W AC Adapter: 0.8 lbs
•D420 Dimensions: 11.63"x8.27"x1.00"
Apr 8, 2009
DIY Skin Tag Removal???
Skin tag, also known as acrochordon, some little flesh that grow commonly on one’s neck, armpit or groin area. For further details please visit HERE. I prefer not to have any of these pictures posted here though.
I’m sure many people suffer such growth but have you ever thought of removing it? It is rather unnecessary to most men as they don’t exactly shave their armpits (assuming we’re talking about armpit skin tags). Anyway I had a couple and I usually wouldn’t be bothered about it until recently I noticed one that was rather obvious when I took off my shirt.
I’ve been told that you can have them removed in a clinic or by a dermatologist but the services do not come free. The cheaper alternative is to actually have them removed by yourself at your very own home.
Did a little study over the Internet and I decided to actually use the method of tying the base of the skin tag with a dental floss and let it dry up by itself, and eventually it’ll fall off without you even noticing it.
My experience was that I had it tied for 2 days and I could feel a little irritation because there is still a small little wound on the base part where the floss is, I know that you could just clip it off with a scissor or something but I was such a “pussy”... :P On the third day I couldn’t take it anymore, it dried up a little bit but was getting more and more irritating whenever I move my arm. Got too frustrated so I hold on to it real tight and give it a quick pull, surprisingly a little pinch pain and the whole thing just came off!
Put on a little aloe vera cream and I’m so relief now. I don't really recommend you to follow what I've done though as it has higher risk of getting an infection.
I’m sure many people suffer such growth but have you ever thought of removing it? It is rather unnecessary to most men as they don’t exactly shave their armpits (assuming we’re talking about armpit skin tags). Anyway I had a couple and I usually wouldn’t be bothered about it until recently I noticed one that was rather obvious when I took off my shirt.
I’ve been told that you can have them removed in a clinic or by a dermatologist but the services do not come free. The cheaper alternative is to actually have them removed by yourself at your very own home.
Did a little study over the Internet and I decided to actually use the method of tying the base of the skin tag with a dental floss and let it dry up by itself, and eventually it’ll fall off without you even noticing it.
My experience was that I had it tied for 2 days and I could feel a little irritation because there is still a small little wound on the base part where the floss is, I know that you could just clip it off with a scissor or something but I was such a “pussy”... :P On the third day I couldn’t take it anymore, it dried up a little bit but was getting more and more irritating whenever I move my arm. Got too frustrated so I hold on to it real tight and give it a quick pull, surprisingly a little pinch pain and the whole thing just came off!
Put on a little aloe vera cream and I’m so relief now. I don't really recommend you to follow what I've done though as it has higher risk of getting an infection.
Apr 2, 2009
Windows Live Messenger 2009 – CRAP! – Part 2
Here’s an update on my WLM problem. As you know I’ve downgraded to WLM 8.0 and it was working fine. I was relieved, disconnected the Internet and took a break. Made a phone call and I was back on my laptop again.
Reconnected the Internet and @(&*^@*($^@*&$@*($@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The freaking problem came back!!!!!!!!
Tried the MSN troubleshooting tool = key ports failed...what the hell is a keyport?!?!
Clicked repair...but was given with useless links...
Anyway, this is what I’ve done so far,
Click Start, then Run, and enter the following:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
Off my Windows firewall and antivirus (Kaspersky Anti Virus 7.0)
Checked system time and date
All the above won’t work! I finally reinstalled WLM 8.0 again and now I’m able to sign in. This wouldn’t be good if I have to keep reinstalling the WLM every time I reconnect my Internet connection so I had to think harder to solve this problem.
I’ve rechecked my Kaspersky AV, added C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe to the trusted zone and unchecked "used proxy server" on Kaspersky settings. Redialed Internet and it seems to be working. Tested it again this morning and it was still OK. WLM in office is working too.
Conclusion?
I have no freaking idea, high chances that it could be our beloved Streamyx service (ISP) and I sure hope that I won’t need to go through this shit again.
Reconnected the Internet and @(&*^@*($^@*&$@*($@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The freaking problem came back!!!!!!!!
Tried the MSN troubleshooting tool = key ports failed...what the hell is a keyport?!?!
Clicked repair...but was given with useless links...
Anyway, this is what I’ve done so far,
Click Start, then Run, and enter the following:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
Off my Windows firewall and antivirus (Kaspersky Anti Virus 7.0)
Checked system time and date
All the above won’t work! I finally reinstalled WLM 8.0 again and now I’m able to sign in. This wouldn’t be good if I have to keep reinstalling the WLM every time I reconnect my Internet connection so I had to think harder to solve this problem.
I’ve rechecked my Kaspersky AV, added C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe to the trusted zone and unchecked "used proxy server" on Kaspersky settings. Redialed Internet and it seems to be working. Tested it again this morning and it was still OK. WLM in office is working too.
Conclusion?
I have no freaking idea, high chances that it could be our beloved Streamyx service (ISP) and I sure hope that I won’t need to go through this shit again.
Windows Live Messenger 2009 – CRAP! - Part 1
I was very happy with MSN 8.0 until one day it started prompting me to upgrade to the latest 2009 version. I was hesitating initially but I ended up clicking the “upgrade” button because it was really annoying.
Everything was working fine until 30 minutes ago; I couldn’t sign in to my MSN! From the MSN troubleshooting tool it says that a firewall or the proxy setting is incorrect. It gives an error code of 8100306. My cousin had the same error a week ago and it seems that there is nothing you could do to solve it. Off the Windows firewall or even stopping the antivirus. I just can’t find any solution! I’ve googled on it but nothing seems to work. I ended up downloading the older version of MSN and reinstalling it. Restarted the computer, VIOLA!!! I’m connected!
Blardy piece of shit…I know it doesn’t exactly solve the problem but two incidents in a row with the new 2009 version?! I think I’d just stay with the old one for now. So to you guys out there who are having similar problem, uninstall the damn thing and revert back to 8.0. I can't guarantee a confirm fix but I hope it helps.
Additional notes: to uninstall WLM 2009, go to your Add or Remove Programs and double click on “Windows Live Essentials”. Check “Messenger” and just follow the regular steps. (this applies only to Windows XP...not sure about Vista)
Everything was working fine until 30 minutes ago; I couldn’t sign in to my MSN! From the MSN troubleshooting tool it says that a firewall or the proxy setting is incorrect. It gives an error code of 8100306. My cousin had the same error a week ago and it seems that there is nothing you could do to solve it. Off the Windows firewall or even stopping the antivirus. I just can’t find any solution! I’ve googled on it but nothing seems to work. I ended up downloading the older version of MSN and reinstalling it. Restarted the computer, VIOLA!!! I’m connected!
Blardy piece of shit…I know it doesn’t exactly solve the problem but two incidents in a row with the new 2009 version?! I think I’d just stay with the old one for now. So to you guys out there who are having similar problem, uninstall the damn thing and revert back to 8.0. I can't guarantee a confirm fix but I hope it helps.
Additional notes: to uninstall WLM 2009, go to your Add or Remove Programs and double click on “Windows Live Essentials”. Check “Messenger” and just follow the regular steps. (this applies only to Windows XP...not sure about Vista)
Apr 1, 2009
Old Memories...
I had other topics that I initially wanted to blog about thinking that I could fill up some of my quotas for March but I guess I was just too late. Hehe.
Anyway, April fool’s day is here!!! But there isn’t much to talk about. April fool’s day was more important when I was younger. HAHA...Today seems to be a day that brings me a lot of old memories. It is also the death day of Leslie Cheung. Can you believe that it’s been 6 years since his death? This thought actually reminded me of the one major incident that I remember the most. The September 11, 2001 attack in New York, I still remember clearly I was relaxing at home at the very same place that I am sitting right now, checking on my Province in the online game Utopia. An American mate from the same kingdom in Utopia sent me a link of a news website. I thought the attack was some prank joke initially but I was kinda shocked after I saw the news on TV.
The September 11 incident did not directly or indirectly affected anything around me but it was one of the incidents that I have a strong memory on. While you enjoy the memorable song from Leslie Cheung below, I bet some of you also remember the 2 girls who were quite popular in Asia back then. Check it out!
I feel old…very old…:(
Anyway, April fool’s day is here!!! But there isn’t much to talk about. April fool’s day was more important when I was younger. HAHA...Today seems to be a day that brings me a lot of old memories. It is also the death day of Leslie Cheung. Can you believe that it’s been 6 years since his death? This thought actually reminded me of the one major incident that I remember the most. The September 11, 2001 attack in New York, I still remember clearly I was relaxing at home at the very same place that I am sitting right now, checking on my Province in the online game Utopia. An American mate from the same kingdom in Utopia sent me a link of a news website. I thought the attack was some prank joke initially but I was kinda shocked after I saw the news on TV.
The September 11 incident did not directly or indirectly affected anything around me but it was one of the incidents that I have a strong memory on. While you enjoy the memorable song from Leslie Cheung below, I bet some of you also remember the 2 girls who were quite popular in Asia back then. Check it out!
I feel old…very old…:(
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