Rubik's Cube

I bought a challenging birthday gift for my bro this year - Rubik's cube. Its not the usual 3x3 cube which he owned (3-5 in total). I bought him the 5x5!! I bet he will loved it =)

He's very crazy over this cube in the past. One of his cubes was customized with pictures that has the feel of "da vinci"!! Passion is not a crime!! Haaa!!

I bought a 3x3 cube at the same time. Till now still couldn't solve it... Left with 4 corner cubes... Sighz... Not as smart as my bro... No matter how, i will TRY NOT to look into the solutions FOR NOW. LOL!!

Trying to maintain the fun and satisfaction =) Gambate!!

Jackson requires a new face detection algo in his brain...

My brain is aging... Running at O(N^2)... I think it requires a new update on my face detection algorithm. On my way home, while i was reading newspaper, a face popped right infront of me!

1st second - shock
2nd second - who is she?
3rd second - do i know this pretty young lady?
4th second - why is she smiling at me?
5th second - Think!! Think!! Think!!
6th second - HARDER!!!
7th second - Processing in progress ... ... ... ... Is that her.... ??? Face detection says 60% alike

Brain nerves proposed to give it a try on this name "Liz".
Gosh!!! IT IS HER!!! I couldn't believe my very own eyes!! WHAO!! She looks very young! Not only her new hair cut, her make up and dress up surprised me as well. Its a waste i couldn't grab a piece of her with my camera... Denied by her... JTB

Its nice to meet friends along the way home. Had a nice short catchup =)
OK! Time to update my brain with her new looks and also upgrade my face detection algorithm!

P.S.: Pls pardon me if i dun recognize you =)

Fish for him, or teach him fishing?

Lately been helping chin chai on his C++ assignment. I have been pondering over this Q - "Am i helping or harming him?".

This Q arises when Dear complained that i have completed his assignment instead of teaching and giving guidance. I can't answer this Q confidently... neither i can defend myself... Therefore i think the ans should be both...

When chin chai asked me for help, for e.g. "which part of my coding went wrong?" or "how to do this Q?", i will investigate, tell him the root of problem, and as well tried to solve it and send him the solution asap. I DID show him (guidance) and solve the problem for him as well (harm created!!). Yes.. its both, i know...

BUT... i am glad that he doesn't take my ans blindly =) At least, he did try to understand my codes and asked me when in doubts.

So ultimately, HELP weights more than HARM...

I must thanks chin chai for giving me this opportunity to learn C++ =)
In fact, this week I have been learning python as well... Snake Lang.. Shall be the next Harry Potter!!!

Good Saturday, Indeed

Dear Mission (Life-Long): Maxwell Market's Sweet Potato

Yes! Its a success this time. The shop was opened yesterday. Finally dear got the chance to enjoy her favourite snack. We bought a total of 10 - 8 pure sweet potato and 2 with peanut filling.

Freshly cooked, Yummy =)

This time, I followed instructions from my bro to take 145 to Raffles City from Maxwell. I did. But... i forget to ask him where to alight... Haaa blur me. Dear trust my instinct. We dropped somewhere near Stamford Rd which is just a building to our destination.


This is the building right infront of our bus stop. I think its chijmes. Quite like the building structure, so took a photo =)

We went to Robinson straight to grab presents for dear colleague's baby shower. Selecting baby present is as well a headache. Looking at the price of each toys and clothings scared me away. A pair of cute Disney shoes cost 49.90! And I doubt it can last a year as baby grows very fast. Will parents willing to spend such money, even in such recession period? OF COS! I can still see parents shopping for them yesterday. Hmm this makes me wonder whether I will buy such shoes for my kids next time... Dear always said: "You will". Haaaa = p

Dear was crazy bout winning me on monopoly. At the same time, we were crazy over buying jenga to play. Haa we did!! Went to Toys'r'us at United Sq to get it. Cost us 12 bucks. Worth it =)


Dear gonna hate this game soon. Haaa cos she lost 11 - 3 to me!! Actually I am not that worried. She's got this attitude of "Heh, I must play till I WIN". Yeah that's my dear.

Okay. That's my Saturday. Its definitely better than good Friday =)

Good Friday

I kinda miss this day as in the past, this day seems nothing to me. During this period, i should be preparing my exams or still rushing for my project. So what bout this year?

Sama Sama.... I didn't get a chance to enjoy the whole day. Been busy working at home till evening. Gf was busy with her reborn and haircut near her aunt house. Talking bout her, i realised that i never enjoy with her on this day before. Indeed Good Friday =p

I thought i would be able to enjoy a good movie with my bro after dinner... But "Knowing" fails terribly... I quite like how the story builds up and all the graphics of the tragedy... However the last 10 mins destroy the movie, TOTALLY.

IMO, the whole story is saying bout the predictions of the bible and etc... I dun really like religous story...

And yes.. thats my "good" friday...

Fear of receiving emails fromTiger

"Ting". My google talk alert me on new email. The address was from Tiger. My heart sank, though i have not read the contents.

Fortunately this time, its good news =) Tiger sent this email to apologize for their poor customer service and have reinstated my departure date on their system. I pray there wont be any more changes or any major delays...

I must really thank Tiger for giving me such an experience on my first overseas trip. Though it did brought me fears, anger and tons of trouble, its a good learning opportunity as well. Next time, i will try on different budget airline or normal airline and compare =) Typical Auntie? Haaaa

Canon IXUS 990 IS and Canon 500d

In few months time, my latest toy, Canon IXUS 980 IS, will be consider as old in the market. That is due to its new successor, Canon IXUS 990 IS will be released in 2nd quarter of this year. Thats fast!! I wonder what are the differences between the two. Though its sad to hear this news, i still love my camera. It enables me to take lots of great pics. But i still hope to get a DSLR even though i not sure whether i do really use and need it.

Talking bout DSLR, i am glad that i never buy 450d during the IT SHOW 2009!! Cos 500d is coming to the market soon!! 450d has proven to be good plus my boss has one as well. Saw his pics, indeed worthy. 500d should be good as well then, i hope. For now, must consult and convince my financial advisor, Piggy Dear =) In actual fact, i have to convince myself whether i need one as well.

Theres this struggling in the past on whether DSLR is a need or a want for me. It always seem to be more of "want" than a "need". Hopefully, it will eventually turn to a "need" when 500d arrives. Else Dear ears will have a hard time from me. Haaa cos whenever i take pics, i nag at her on getting a DSLR =)

Worm activated on April Fool Day

Emails on the details of this worm, Conficker C has been circulating my office and personal email yesterday. Looks serious to me. I not sure how many people do know bout this. Therefore i decided to write on my blog to spread awareness on this virus.

I used mcafee free scanner, Stinger to scan on all the variants of this virus. It caused me to fall asleep while waiting for it to finish scanning, I not sure how good this scanner is but at least its from reputable AV company and its free as well.

Read up these links for more info on this worm and they do provide free tool to scan and remove as well. =)

• http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm&inid=us_ghp_link_conficker_worm

• http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

• http://www.mcafee.com