Month: June 2004

The handwashing liquid at the office got replaced cos it was finished. In place is a different brand and had a smell which immediately reminds me of the medicine I use to take when I was young. I used to be thin and I fall sick easily. When I do, mum brings me to this old clinic along Upper Serangoon Road. I clearly remember it was next to the Crocodile Farm there.

I clearly remember the random patterns of the tiles of the wall at the receptionist. I used to stare at them, somehow amazed, and trying to spot anything unique in the design. I still have a vague image of the doctor’s room, large, spacious, sunny. I think the doctor was someone in his 30s.

The reception where we make appointments and collect medicine is high and I’m always struggling to look at the world behind that glass through a 1.5 foot tall hole.

After the visit, my mother would bring me to the bakery next door. You could smell the aroma of fresh bread from a distance. I would always have a beanpaste bread and a kaya bread. The shop is small, I still remember the desk and an old cash register. Sometimes the baker would swat flies in the big glass cupboard where most of the bread would be placed. I don’t think the aroma of freshly baked bread from that bakery can be found anywhere else. It just has to be that place.

Hmmm… Now I feel like going back there to check if the building is still standing untouched.

I just loooorve this new layout. [XD] I initially had lots of confusion with the table layout 2 days ago but with a clear and fresh mind this morning, it took an hour to get it done. If I remember correctly, this table I’m using to manage the layout has 6 rows and 6 columns. I wonder if this design is unique or someone else has already done it. And I certainly would like to see how CSS believers create this layout without using HTML tables.

I will have to work up a design for my tech blog. I’m thinking of minimalistic and it will replace my current portal at wyred.nu.

Begun playing FinalFantasy XI without getting a new PC yet. So far my CPU is able to cope with the lanscapes but lags a little when in city and in rooms with lots of NPCs (Non-Playing Characters usually AI-controlled). I want to do a large article on comparing Lineage 2 and FFXI after 2 months of playing FFXI.

An IRC friend, already playing for a long time, got me a WorldPass which is required for me to join the server he’s on. Without it, I will be randomly placed in 1 of 30 servers available. At the character configuration screen, I selected a male human with dark hair. At that screen he looks thin. During gameplay, he looks like a human version of Frodo. [:(]

I couldn’t move for the first 10 minutes into the game. So I had to search the manual to find that I had to left-click and drag. I hate to left click and hold because my right index finger is already overstrained during those intense Diablo 2 sessions.

That’s largely the reason why I stopped playing D2. The other reason was I’m getting bored of all that Baal/Diablo runs. There’s no more co-operation in the game anymore. Everyone relies on a higher level player to rush them all the way to the end of the game. There’s also quite a lot of in-game spam going on in the USWest servers. Blizzard could easily find out which dick is doing all that spamming and ban his CD key but sadly, they don’t seem to be doing anything. But the spam only occurs on the normal levels. You don’t see them on Nightmare/Hell level.

Woke up early in the morning again. 3am this time…