I Hate This Region

It's not even a month ago when I found out about PutFile.com, and last night when I tried to use their service I was greeted with this

Error: Due to persistent abuse we regret we are no longer accepting uploads from your region at this time.

As much as I hate PutFile for imposing a convenient blanket ban, I'm much more furious at those 'from my region'. Man, I hate this region. It's only an eight-point TOS, and you can't even follow that?

Auditory Gem

Heard this over the radio around 8pm tonight. It was a game where one contestant gave a clue and another had to answer correctly before the time ran out.

Woman: The place in Perak that grows tea leaves.
Man: (silence)
Woman: (after about 5 long seconds) Hello?
DJ: Hello, are you there?
Man: Uh...
Woman: (desperate) The place in Perak that grows tea leaves.
tick... tock... tick... tock...
Man: Err... Lipton?
DJ: Wha...?!
tick... tock... tick... tock...
DJ: Ok, the time's up. The answer is Cameron Highlands, lah (you moron). Sorry you two didn't win, but you still get consolation gifts courtesy of our sponsor, BOH.

That's 11 years of national education for you. Must be a Lipton man.

I Have a Dream

I'm not one to advocate gambling in any form or manner, but this is interesting. I've always wondered what my dream about washing a mosquito net actually predicted.

If nothing else, the graphics are super fun. Makes you wonder where they got them from. You can say that I am amused.

Find and Replace

It may be a bit outdated and stale, but this is my take.


The General Assembly closes today. I hope they don't close the black book as well.

Let's Learn German

Das ist Perfekt

it means that is perfect.

Wow, Proton, that is really hard to figure out. Thanks. I really don't understand what Germans say about quality. It sounds like qualität or something. What's that?



Wir sprechen Unsinn

My Feelings Exactly

"Why the sudden emphasis on [blog] traffic and page ranks now? Does it have to mean so much to you, to log close to a thousand visitors in a day? We have all turned into such narcissists and attention-seekers, the desire to thrive under the limelight is burning more than ever."

Word is born.

Malaysian Landmark Visible from Space

I was fiddling with 'Earth following the recent furore over a certain group of people in Terengganu. At first I was quite dismayed to see that most of the state was covered by clouds. But then, something caught the corner of my eyes. A faint pinkish golden glow peered through, so I zoomed in as close as I could.

I couldn't believe what I saw...


In case you just came out of coma.

Revisited (23/07/05): AP Profile on Cultster™.

Satria Replacement Model (SRM)

paultan left a comment on my previous entry, which led me to his blog. I've been there once or twice before while doing a casual blog-hopping. This time, I spent more time going through his posts and saw some pictures which jogged my mind.

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From my photo archive, I found these. Look familiar?

The thing is, I snapped these pictures months ago (16th April, 2005 to be exact) and I had no idea what car model it was. My untrained car-blind eyes thought it was the then-upcoming Aveo.

Another PPS Spam?

Aiz has been reminding us to be cautious not to let spammers infiltrate PPS. I noticed this just now, logged on July 13, 2005 09:47 PM. All words, including the excerpt line, are links to the same .info site but with different subdomains.

May just be a case of some kid trying to be smart. In any case, let's not give him what he wants by NOT clicking on the links. Hint: The pages are all blanks.

Update: diagneurotic beat me to it.

Customers are Idiots

Time: 4.30 pm

Ring. Ring.

Customer: Hi, I received the email you sent earlier but I couldn't open the attachment.
Me: What happened when you tried to open it?
Customer: Oh, I cannot even try to open it . It's still downloading.
Me: It's only a 44kb Word document.
Customer: Well, it's been downloading for two and a half hour.
Me: That can't be. Have you tried downloading from a different computer?
Customer: Well, actually I need the file urgently. Can you please send the file over?
Me: I can email the attachment again.
Customer: No, I need the file now. Can you please come over and bring me the file?
Me: Err.. sure, Mr. Customer.

Well, to make a long sad story short, I took the half-hour drive through rain and traffic to hand deliver a bleeping floppy diskette.

Customers are always right, but they are bloody idiots most of the time, too.

Dungun, Selangor?

Someone must have got their Geography all wrong.

Image from Google Earth. This thing is cool. I'm finding myself spending way too much time playing with it. Does anyone know whether it's possible to hyperlink directly to a spot on the Earth? You know, I click an earth:// link or something and it loads up Earth and fly into the spot? That would be super cool.

10 Good Reasons

Did you hear the latest ad from one of the local telcos?

Thug: Shut up! Give me your wallet!
Dude: G... g... give me 10 good reasons.

Ad Guy: With our ABC Calling Plan, we'll give you 10 good reasons.

Or something along that line. Funny.

Robbery, Telco, same concept.