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Supa-boy

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Superboy Originally uploaded by Pablo Latorre . Yeah, yeah, I know the hype of Superman Returns is already over. So last year. So passe. But, I have a bad memory these days. I keep forgetting to post stuff. However, it's still a little relevant as I still see it on TV. If you watch weekend cartoons (I still do, after all these years. Even if I'm reading the papers, I'll turn the idiot box on). There's this one advertisement that really takes the cake of toys these days not leaving anything to children's imaginations anymore: The Superman Inflato-Suit from Mattel Buy it for a tonne of money. Get your kid to wear it. Put in the batteries (batteries not included of course). Turn it on. The fan goes of. Voila, your kid's torso balloons up faster than you can shove steroids down a goose bred for foie gras . In my opinion, this concept would have worked better for Marshmallow Man . However, one can't help but wonder where's the bottom portion of the ...

Wilted

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Wilted Originally uploaded by Monster. . A gem in my recent keyword activity: can't get it up inexperienced I hope my post actually did some good for somebody. But my usual disclaimers apply of course. :D

Weekend Work

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:: فن :: Originally uploaded by Ra3ni . Can you believe on blogging from the friggin' office on a sweltering Saturday afternoon?! My stupid system went down for the past two days. The database was acting up. All connections timed out causing a meltdown. I'm now looking at all the logs, but I've come up with nothing significant, except that the database log is a little bloated (thanks to the IT department for changing the scheduled task user password and not notifying, causing my task to be stagnant for months). I've fixed that. Now I'm praying that it'll be good and not cause another fiasco!

Geek Joke

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bar nun (for slogrl) Originally uploaded by Rakka . Was doing some R&D for work today and came across this. I have to share... Want to get some funny looks in the hallway? Stand around in the hallway near the marketing department with your colleagues and discuss the benefits of using SOAP Bwahahahaha (* Urkel snort *) SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol Mel's right, I'm slowly and surely going over to the Geek Side. Or I am already there in the first place...

Some Things are Better Left Berry'd

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BerrydTreasure Originally uploaded by williamnyk . Tried my second non-coffee ice-blended at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (my first was the Malibu thingy) the other day. It was a Berry'd Treasure . Concocted primarily with berries. It wasn't good. Perhaps I should've went with the Sunrise -- every other customer who walked in ordered that (I should know since I sat near the counter for 3 hours that night). In conclusion, don't dig up this berry'd treasure anytime soon. You've been warned. PS: Sorry for the puns. I couldn't help myself.

See You in the Water II

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a a a h h h ! ! ! Originally uploaded by Aelle . My second lesson didn't go too well. This time round, a new instructor, by the name of Gary. Nothing to say about him, except the fact that he ignored after my 45 minutes were up, unlike Roland. So berkira . :P. I was taught the stroke favoured by Kermits everywhere. I started with just the legs. Even then, I couldn't quite get it right. Apparently, my kicks aren't forceful enough to propel me in a decent manner. And when they were hard enough, I tended to move diagonally rather than straight ahead. Pressing his luck, Gary decided to teach me the arm movements as well to see whether I could work it out. But no, I couldn't coordinate myself yet. Haven't quite found my balance. Any tips?

Overuse

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madwoman in the attic Originally uploaded by *raffaella . Having moved to a new project, involving a new system and technology, I have also gotten myself a new project manager. It's widely known that he's not a very popular person in the office, but that's not my complaint.... yet. He irritates me. To be more specific, his overuse of a certain word, *REALLY* irritates me. Let me now unveil that evil word: Per se I for one don't really know what the correct usage of that word is, but something's definitely not right if nearly every single sentence that comes out of his mouth during meetings includes that word. I flinch each time I hear it. If one ringgit is credited into my account each time he says it, I'd be a rich man. Comment a sample sentence. Thanks.