8:22

I was laser-eyeing the waiter when he said, "Dr. Who timing. In 4 minutes, everyone will stand up and sing the national anthem."
"Huh?" (I've no idea if he really did say Dr. Who but that's what I heard.)
"There's no end to your oblivion, isn't it? At 8:22pm, everyone will stand up and pledge their loyalty to the country. With the national anthem to boot, I believe."
"Ok... I'll pretend to be a tourist and continue eating."
"No excuse."
"You're lying... why 8:22? What's that in minutes? 502 minutes. What does that stand for?"
"Not so complicated, lah."
"Then why? What does that signifies? What's the computation in seconds? Why so special a time?"
"Maybe that's the time this country got it's independence. To the second."
"OOhhh, you're so clever! And in case you're unaware of this, 8:22 came and went. Without a fuss. You lied."
"I did not!!! It says so everywhere! Even on the highway!"
"Oh I know! We time jumped. We skipped the moment! You programmed this, didn't you? And to think that you were writing that crack for Sims City to add a few thousand dollars in your account... I knew it! You were writing a time distortion algorithm. You're so clever! *grin*"

We went Vivo because I was looking for lonely planet's Cambodia guide and I really needed some bras. I didn't get either.
Watched Up in 3D instead. The 3D glasses were quite smudged and I had a hard time with immersion due to the frames blocking my field of view. I pressed the glasses hard on my button nose and voila! better view.

Thoroughly enjoyed Up and definitely watching it again in the theatre. The part where Russel used a leave blower to navigate, too similar to another scene in Wall.E where WallE did the same with an extinguisher.

In the cab home, I had the usual dilemma again. What do I do when I graduate? I figured, I'll just be really good at my job and earn a lot of money. Ya. That sounds like a plan.

Note: 8:22pm is just an arbitrary time for when the parade reaches it's conclusion or when the NDP committee were giving speeches. Or something like that. How disappointing eh?

Lego Arcade

Lusting: Unexpected damages

Kinokuniya has 20% discount for the past 3 days. Went with Kelly. I did not intend to buy anything but walked out with these magazines...

Damage: $90 plus.


Woah! These mags really bring out the nerd in me.

Necessity:
1. Academic Adobe Photoshop CS 3 Extended ($529).
2. Wide(r) angle lens.
3. Bigger portable harddrive.
Got meself a nice 250Gig Maxtor at the PC Fair. And a really cool Garskin to boot. I am in heaven! Hehehe.
4. Nikon SB 600... Sto-fen Omni Bounce(?)
Was in Gotemba with Apie... Oh man, you guys should've seen the Nikon shop there! It's like heaven for Nikon lovers. I bought it! I BOUGHT IT! Hahaha
5. GOOD tripod.

Hmm....