Month: June 2004

Jolin in Kuching – will pay money for photos of me

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I saw more than a couple of people with digicams and video cameras
in Jolin’s concert tonight. I will pay you if you have photos or videos
of the guy in the red shirt who was on stage. Email me at jolin@sixthseal.com for arrangements.

jolin photo request

I’m asking coz I just went and all I got was this lousy photo of the
crowd before I was told digicams are not allowed on stage. I’m kicking
myself now for not making the first shot a close up of Jolin. I’ll
write a post in detail later, but basically I was on stage but an
organizer told me that digicams are not allowed on stage. I started to
argue with her, and then another organizer came over and I think he was
trying to gently “escort” a troublesome person off the stage so I
relinquished my photographic opportunity since I wanted to see Jolin up
close. 😉

I kindly asked the first organizer (who suggested to keep my digicam
for me until after the contest) to take a photo of me, but she said she
couldn’t do that. (insert sincere_apologies.jpg from images)

Thus, I don’t have photos of myself with Jolin Tsai. I will be
willing to pay someone who can offer me the photos in question. I am
the one in the red t-shirt.

Concert ticket: RM 10
Bribing the girl in front to give up her prime spot: RM 50
Getting up close and personal with Jolin Tsai: Priceless

There are some things in life Mastercard can’t buy…for everything else, there’s Ringgit Malaysia. 😉

That was the best RM 50 I spent!

Spare Gmail invite giveaway – do you want one?

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gmail

I was surprised when I logged into Gmail and saw that I have 3 (!)
invites to give away. Actually, the verbal expression of surprise I
used was “Well, slap me on my ass and call me Sally!”, but let’s not worry about semantics. 😉 My account is a Gmail invite account too – courtesy of Pick Yin
[blogspot.com]. I haven’t heard of any invite email account holders
getting invites of their own, so I was surprised to see that I have
three invites in my account.

The reason I’m so st0ked over this is because I’ve been asking left
and right for a Gmail invite…without any success. It’s still rather
rare. I just wanted one for my girlfriend since I don’t need Gmail
myself. I already have a 6 GB VPS. 😉 I decided to log into Gmail, and
was amazed by this stroke of luck – I had invites to give out! I hardly
use the service – this is either the forth or fifth time I logged in
since I registered! Yet, there it is – all three of them! 🙂

Anyway, I used up one invite (for my girlfriend) so there’s ONLY two
left – get them quick! The premium sign in names are already taken, I
couldn’t even register her first choice, so the sooner you get a Gmail
invite, the more choices you’ll have. However I’ll only be giving away one Gmail invite – I’ll like to reserve the other for close friends/family or a future giveaway.

Here’s the Gmail invite giveaway rules:

This is a full featured 1 GB Gmail email account.
I will send you an invite link and you can do whatever you like with it
– sell it (for good money), hoard it, swap it, give it away, use it
etc. You can basically do whatever you want with it since it’s a Gmail
invite, so you can set up your own username and use it or plan some
other nefarious purpose for it.

Free Gmail invite contest

The first person who sends me the best fansign will get the Gmail
invite. I have to be honest here…only double X chromosome individuals
need to apply. That’s females only. It is after all a fansign…sorry
guys. 🙂

Here’s an example of a fansign [sixthseal.com].

However, you MUST be in the photo for this one.
You will need a digicam obviously, and the photo must have both the
subject (that’s you) and the fansign (just anything with sixthseal.com
and your name/nick written on it will do).

An example of this would be you holding up a sign with “sixthseal.com” written on it.

Nothing should be obscured. Your face and body must be visible –
think of it as a photo shoot…except you’re holding some stupid sign.
😉 We want to see you, not just the sign.

That’s all there is to it – wear whatever you want, take the photo wherever you want.

Please send the full, uncompressed photo to gmailcontest@sixthseal.com

Notice: Photoshopped images (fake ones, layers on
existing image etc) are considered invalid entries and will be
discarded. Please send in a real, unaltered photo.

Please note that by sending the photo, you’re giving your consent
for me to use the photo – in other words, you’re “giving” me the photo.

Thanks!

Disclaimer: This is a strictly opt-in chance of
getting a Gmail invite. Gmail, with its 1 GB of storage and limited
invites, makes it a commodity. It is not uncommon to sell off Gmail
invites – it happens all the time on eBay. I would not think of doing
that though, so I’ll go the other common route – to hold contests of
some sort to give away a Gmail invite. There is no onus for you to
participate unless you want to.

Cafe Majestic @ Crowne Plaza

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cafe majestic

Cafe Majestic is the Crowne Plaza attached dining establishment. We
had two RM 40 complimentary dinner vouchers so that makes RM 80 for
three people. Thus, the dinner bill would have RM 80 deducted from it –
not bad at all. I’ve eaten here before though and I must say that my
previous experience was nothing to write home about. This time, the
gastronomical offerings fared much better.

warm buns blanket

Upon our arrival, we were greeted with warm, fluffy buns – fresh
from the oven and wrapped in a blanket to preserve the heat. It went
down well with the butter served on the side.

pineapple juice

I had pineapple juice. Juice is complimentary with a meal. The
pineapple wedge lacerated my tongue when I tried to eat it though…

chefs salad

This is the Chef’s Salad (RM 16.00++). It had
slices of ham, chicken, cheese, eggs and other things served with a
bowl of Thousand Island sauce. I didn’t order this, but I helped myself
to some and it was alright, for a salad.

crown plaza club sandwich

The Crowne Plaza Club Sandwich (RM 15.75++) tasted
REALLY good. It came with potato wedges, but the sandwich is the main
feature and it really pulled it off well. The bread was warm and
toasted, yet it retains a fluffy texture. The layers of egg, beef
slices, lettuce, chicken slices and cucumbers were absolutely
delicious. Definitely worthy of its “club sandwich” status.

grilled sirloin steak

I ordered Grilled Sirloin Steak (RM 30.00++) and I
was pleased with the choice. It came with fresh garden vegetables and
french fries and the steak was served with bearnaise sauce. I liked the
grill marks on the steak.

sirloin medium rare

I wanted it done medium rare and for once, the chef did not ignore such requests. I loved it.

ais kachang

To finish off the meal, we had Ais Kacang (RM
7.00++). It came in a large bowl topped with a scoop of yam ice cream.
The bottom of the bowl conceals a plethora of goodies – sweet corn, sea
coconut, grass jelly, the works! It was a great dessert to finish off a
great dinner!

This post was sponsored by Crowne Plaza Riverside Kuching. 😉

How to drill without making a mess

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clean drilling

I have just witnessed this wonderful synergy of common devices to
avoid making a mess while drilling. Some people came in to drill some
mounts in one side of my wall. What mounts? I’ll tell you very soon, we
have a press release coming up and also several exhibitions so I can’t
exactly keep under wraps the field I’m working in.

Anyway, this entry feels rather forced, I feel much more comfortable
venting in my quit drugs blog. That’s…that’s what a blog’s supposed
to be!

Catharsis for the soul.

Not entertainment for the masses.

Jesus, I have deluded myself for so long.

Home, sweet home, the journal for my progress.

I actually enjoy writing in that…I feel like I’m just talking to
someone who’s listening, instead of feeling pressured to entertain…

I think I’ll blog more there.

Stock clearance

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Everything must go! The first inventory* clearance sale on sixthseal.com is on!

Email: needfulthings@sixthseal.com

Serious enquiries only. Will only do transactions with established (posts on bulletin boards, forums, bloggers etc) people.

Ships internationally. Payment by PayPal.

*old clothes, books, Needful Things etc.

This is a strictly legal garage sale.
ILLEGAL REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED!

Books from Amazon

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two amazon books
I just received my orders from Amazon – I sent them to my mailing
address back home instead of over here and my parents brought them over
today during dinner. They were on their way to KL.

strength of the wolf book
The Strength of the Wolf – The Secret History of America’s War on Drugs by Douglas Valentine

road of excess book
The Road of Excess – A History of Writers on Drugs by Marcus Boon

Anyway, my apologies about the quirks this site is experiencing
now…I messed up something while putting up the categories and broke
it even more when I went into phpMyAdmin to try and rectify things.
I’ll fix it tomorrow, excuse me, I’m so full now that I am either going
to throw up or sleep and I’ll choose the latter. 🙂

Download my nosebleed video while it’s still fresh! ;)

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nose is bleeding
Nose bleed

Here’s something to entertain you on a slow Saturday morning. 🙂 The
link to download it is at the bottom of the post. It happened just now
– I suddenly felt blood dripping down for no reason and saw that I had
a nosebleed when I reached up to wipe my nose. I quickly grabbed the
digicam – I can’t remember the last time I had a nosebleed…probably
before I reached puberty? I was mildly concerned at first though, coz I
thought it was precipitated by *cough* sheesh, this room needs a good
dusting.

nosebleed stemming
I love the ones that still drip after you wipe it.

Anyway, I must say though, I have hypertension, which they say makes
me prone to sneeze red. 😉 It sure wasn’t the gushers I used to have
while I was young – my mom had to get me to pinch my nose to stop it,
and still it won’t quit. Heh. Memories. How I wish it was one of them
legendary ones just now, those take to motion picture well. I don’t get
them now though so I was mildly surprised at this pleasant occurrence.
It’s something interesting to kick of the day, even though nosebleeds
are really very tame and isn’t anything to shout home about.

nosebleed teeth
Mmm…tastes like chicken!

I still like to take videos of everything though. This was a really
mild one, didn’t last longer than a minute. It makes a nice video
though, eh? 🙂 I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, as inappropriate
as that might sound.

Transcript:

Hey, this is sixthseal.com, and for no reason at all…
I found myself getting a nose bleed.
It sucks.
This is…a cause for concern.
I haven’t even touched it, before, ya know, like blood flowing down?
And then I felt it drip on my shirt…and…
I can’t remember the last time I had a nose bleed.
Must be pretty long ago.
I think…er, my teeth is clotted.
Well, anyway. I’m going to clean myself up.
sixthseal.com, out.

Download:
My nosebleed [sixthseal.com]
It’s only around 4 MB, good quality DivX encoded video running for 46 seconds.
Requires DivX 5.11 or XviD codec.

sixthseal.com – delivering cutting edge entertainment 24/7. 😉

Note: This post was made early Saturday morning, but went down
sometime during the afternoon – it’s a configuration issue, and also a
database corruption, which took the whole of this afternoon to rectify.
The post just disappeared and I’m not sure why that happened in the
first place. I remember six comments last time I checked, but I only
received four through email unfortunately, so I can only restore those.
Please feel free to comment again, as I’ve missed your input during
that time frame.

I will fix the rest of the server problems tomorrow – I’ve gone for
too long without sleep and I’m getting the hardcore constant visual
hallucinations now (tiny worms are infesting and crawling across my
screen, the box in the corner is flapping at me, you know the drill)
and I have to rest even though I’m not sleepy per se (an amazing 35 mg
of clonazepam could not put me down, not just due to tolerance but
*cough* damn, there’s some nasty weather coming up, I reckon).

I will also reply all the comments tomorrow – thanks for your
patience. My apologies for the glitch that affected Apache and MySQL
this afternoon…

Thanks goes out to Rebecca (Beckie) from Hamilton, NZ and Jason Tan
from SF, US for taking the time to notify me. Cheers! I’m still looking
into what’s going on here…

Movable Type 3.0D

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mt30d

sixthseal.com is now running on MT 3.0. I love the comments
interface, it can list ALL the comments in a descending order. I
already anticipate this will be my favorite feature in this release. I
have waited for this day for so long…the day, the glorious day, when
I can mass delete those spambot comments in seconds! I shall finally be
faster than a bot! 😉

Anyway, I was torn over MT or WordPress, coz MT with it’s Perl and
CGI bloat, really stresses my server while I rebuild the database. I
installed WP 1.2 and was mighty impressed by it, the easy set up
(imported my MT export file within minutes, faster than even MT can
import!). It can be easily set up within seconds and I like the PHP
type UI – reminded me of the stuff I used to write for the uni last
time. Heh.

It was really fast too, I know that MT rebuilds make a huge spike in
CPU utilization but surprisingly, extreme administrative stuff – I was
continuously right clicking Delete links and opening it in a new window
to see how fast it can delete, and even after 115 windows popped up,
all of them deleted fine, as PHP commands issued should. It’s just a
quick right click, close on each docked window, and there you go.

I went into my box via SSH and ran top in shell (no I wasn’t trying
to be smart, and not use WHM, I was already in there to do some dig
soa’s) and was surprised at the vast different between MT rebuilds
(heavy CPU and memory usage) and WP admin stuff (very, very low).

The only thing stopping me from installing WP is due to the
unfortunate “single php file with templates” design. You can opt to
have each post named according to the title of the post, but it’s
generated dynamically – there are no flat files, it usually ends with
something like this:

/archives/this-is-wordpress-posting/

The problem with this would be apparent if you go to WP blogs and
I’ve been to many before deciding that I’ll better stick with MT. The
WP system doesn’t pass PageRank down to the individual pages, except in
unusual circumstances.

Anyway, I’ll be adding the rest of the sidebar soon and do some general redesign of the blog later today.

Wow, is this a boring post or what? 😉

Danger: Upgrading

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beware update

sixthseal.com is upgrading the CMS.

Caution: Do not even breath heavy on the site for the next hour or so.

Warning: Constant danger of DFA (Death From Above) if you do that. I can throw pretty far. 😉

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