There's a problem with my CD-ROM drive or the driver. Win XP reports it to be functioning, but it doesn't read any CDs at ALL. Yeah, the light's on and I think the CD's spinning but nothing loads.
The drive is a Matshita UJDA720, it's a DVD-ROM, if that helps. I'm lazy to go down to the Toshiba center, so hopefully one of you can troubleshoot this for me.
:: nimezs @ 11:47 pm [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 ::
HALLO!
Funny, that was the first thing I wanted to type when I opened up the create post tab. Anyway, this is a strictly non-personal thing, but...
Arts Bash II is on Saturday, 28th. It would be nice if you could come, whoever you are, out there, reading my blog. I realize my readership is probably quite small, but there's no harm in trying is there? I don't expect any replies or comments, but just to let you know, a group of people have put a lot of effort into this project, and it would be nice to see it succeed.
Think of this like a mass forwarded mail pleading for you to fulfil a dying kid's last wish. I'm not making light of it, and no one's dying, but yes, the whole organizing committee would be glad of your participation. I mean, if not for the 1 - 1 promotion, or the pretty pageant finalists, or the atmosphere, (Newsroom Bar is a nice place, and you can always wander elsewhere after you buy a ticket and take your free drink) then, maybe for me? Because I'm semi-entertaining...?
:: nimezs @ 11:16 pm [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 ::
I think it was just last sem that I was complaining about time-table clashes. Well, same thing again this year. See, I really, really want to take General Bio 'cause... well, I just really, really want to, and have been wanting to since year 1. Unfortunately I underbid for round 2A and did not get a place, which was utter foolishness because I had 1025 general programme points begging to be brutally used and then thrown away without so much as a next-morning-call. I've already received a dressing down for that, so you don't need to add anymore comments about that. So, progressing nicely to the next part of the story, I can't even add a different lecture group and sneak into the first lecture group because... dunDunDUN! There are time-table clashes!.. -gasp- And yet it seems like such a stupid appeal if I wrote in begging for a place, I mean, it looked stupid to me as I was typing it in.
Me: I wish to read General Biology (LSM1301) for this semester but cannot do so as the vacancies available clash with my allocated modules.
System Administrator: I want a Mercedes Benz C-class too but cannot do so as my liquid assets available clash with the allocated price-range. NEXT!
In other words, tough.
So you see, I felt like if I did submit that appeal, it would be so much like whining about a lost cause - wannaponywannaponywannaponywannaponyNOW... Even though I CAN afford to pay for the Bio module, it's not exactly a pressing need...
Thus, I have sacrificed Group Dynamics on the altar that is Semester 1 2004/2005 in order to win the lovely hand of General Bio whom I shall marry to my favourite daughter Biological Psychology. (pardon the pun, if you can see it.)
If this post seems a little more facetious than usual it's probably because...
Nobody knows why.
Steven, yea, Steven, Brow plucker thou art,
You look not a fool, yet play well the part.
No William are you, how shameless your stance,
Needless exposure in a histronical dance.
About your performance, this much I must say...
Cringe-worthy! Exhibitionist! A most tasteless display!
Beware, Steven, beware, this leads not to fame,
Your reward is infamy; a farcical name!
Still, I must applaud for this much you've done -
Articles, televised appearance, attention you've won.
Yet, all that you've shown with your show-business sidle,
Is but a poor deluded soul,
No Singapore Idol.
The ends of my hair are dry and natty. I'm not sure if it's because my hair IS dry and should be cut or if it's because of the toothpaste that got on that particular lock of hair when I was brushing my teeth in the morning.
:: nimezs @ 4:22 pm [+] ::
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:: Sunday, August 01, 2004 ::
I am quite possibly insane. It's 1.53 a.m. and I have to wake up tomorrow, early, but no, I'm not jumping into bed despite the fact I do feel a little tired, and the oblivion of sleep is nice. I'm not sure why I log on in the first place. It's like trying to cram nothing into emptiness. I don't want to go back to school. I think I've spent more time in school than at my home in the past 3 months, and I'm frankly sick of the place because of all the things associated with it. Thinking about it, and regretting how it would've been if I'd taken a different path last year in the direction of studies instead of social development. But maybe sometimes it's just too hard to say no. Anyway, for that, no one's grateful and in the end you get royally f**ked by the people who asked you do things because you screw things up when you're trying to make everyone happy, or at least a major proportion of them. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. And you wonder why people retreat into their happy little worlds. When being ensconced in your bed reading is far more enjoyable than interacting with other people. Tired. Do I have a right to be tired? I feel I can't even express myself anymore. Everything's changed and sometimes I feel like burning bridges.
:: nimezs @ 1:52 am [+] ::
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"There follows a rapid-fire round of expository dialogue amongst the Manor Morons to explain this half of the finale's central predicament, with the Dolt somehow understanding instantly and completely what happened to the world outside. As the Snidelys contrived to overload Bizarro World with people from our own, they've managed to upset that much-mentioned balance that was never fully explained in the last hour. As a result, our world has tipped over into being "too good," a place where "every little infraction is a capital offense." In other words: Singapore. The entire planet is now Singapore. Or, you know, Saudi Arabia."
Interesting that we should be famous in that way.
:: nimezs @ 12:20 am [+] ::
